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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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By
Gordon Groonwood
of the most unusual greet
at Christmas was signed
\'ews Gang” and said, in
yod before the pearly pates,
face was scarred and old.
pod before the man of fate
admission to the fold,
have you done? St. Peter
• To pain admission here?”
been a newspaperman, sir,
many and many a year.”
early gates swunp open wide,
Peter touched the bell,
in and choose your harp,
friend, you’ve had your
*e • • •*
4 ill waitinp to find out
I've had my share of. Haven’t
phle to find out yet who the
)fer was. The handwritinp
like Lib Dinwiddie’s.
—R—
and Mrs. Ralph Brimley
[ontroat and (he Rev. Cecil
of Ridgecrest held a sym
im in the News offfcc Mon
niorning and came up with
interesting observations,
long and short of it is that
agree with the statement
by the late Dr. J. N. Bin
of Montreat road. In dis
pg the work of ministers
id: "A preacher who can’t
i thing but preach can’t do
The trio included tcach
,.( the Brimleys have been
Kted with school and school
ers for many years and
Mr. Perry is a minister,
are well qualified to pass
lent.
Brimley was a star athlete
. (’. State college a few
ago. Be left the West
igh campus before I en
(they just finched high
,1 earlier in his day than
did when I squeezed
igh) so 1 can’t accuse him
ing a member of the group
gave all of us freshmen a
_,nd a lot of good footraces,
won’t believe it but I never
caught.
—R
rad old tycoon cams out of
h. hailed a taxi, and got in
and carefully,
driver asked respectfully:
e to, sir?”
ve off a cliff,” said the old
I've decided to commit sui
—R—
|( of the strangest docu
received at any newspaper
arrived on my desk re
ly Mailed in Boston, the
fpriced piece of printing was
“1956. Re: The Act of
Fourth.”
first paragraph followed
lame style as the preamble
[institution, but the writer
^lightly off the track when
Untied:
act is Heaven’s will . . .
! alien realm . . . The Lord’s
ji spurned by Yankeedom
[fell Dixie; and in raemor
(i- out star-spangled cross
tnd now . . . God’s will be
. Dixie is risen . . .
[this nation, etc.”
|an>one lias an idea as to
i' meant hy above, please
some light on same. Same
to he so lighted.
—R—
•»-e Creed is a good one.
>' who haven’t seen or
lit. here it is.
(Believe:
aith in God gives meaning
ari 'Se to human life;
the brotherhood of man
—Turn to Page 8
< Ground Heat
Outing C.
111if*h Ground
Buckner and other mem
11 the N C. State College
Outing club are candidates
It Polar Bear club.
v" k John brought eight
P nds from State home for
ri end and what a week
11 had Friday night just
training for their outing
- Ptd out in the yard at
11 ’' r home. Since it was
l! such low levels, the
',v°td the heat, camped
or two on Greybeard.
'""P returned to school on
'! John remained over
extra day.
11 ! no one said so it
no surprise if they had
:,t most of the day in the
I
k
"/f‘ t0 avoid the heat o
ho came for the
•aylord Howard F
11 N- C.: James J.
, ,nal Zone; Gam
;•;' xandria, Egypt;
'Port, Conn i
j ‘on-Salem; Pau
, !,xa.s. social di
Bob Aberneth'
p'urman of the'
on. oh‘'llam L- «ose
d. M. Horse Show
Committee Makes
Plans For Year
On Jan. 21, the planning com
mittee for the horse show of 1957
met at the City Hall. W. W.
Earley presided. Those present
were: Mr. Early, Fred Higgin
botham, \V. A. Gibbs, Glenn Hun
nycutt, Mr. Bradford, Bill Styles,
Townsend Hay, Janice Higgin
botham, Dot Burgess, Eloise
Styles, Nonie Greene and 0. B.
Creaseman.
It was suggested that two shows
be planned for this year, one in
July and the other in September.
The July show would be open to
campers as well as to local people.
The date will be decided accord
ing to the date that the camps end
their first session. This will give
campers a chance to become ac
customed to riding and the show
will give them a little practice be
fore entering the larger shows in
Asheville and Hendersonville. The
second show will be about the
same time aa the show was last
year: about Sept. 15. This will
also be open to people from out
of town as well as the local par
ticipants.
The band will be unable to at
tend the July show but will be
able to participate in the Septem
ber show.
Classes included in the show
will be the Tennessee Walking
class, the 3-gaited class, the 5
gaited class, and horsemanship. If
possible at the end of each group
of classes a jumping show may
be put on—a form jump at the
end of one group and a height
jump at the end of another. Also
a lead-in or future horsemanship
class for the tiny children. It was
suggested that children under 9
be admitted free.
The show or classes should be
divided into three groups—the
adult group, intermediate group,
and beginners group. The fee for
entering each event should be $1.
There will be a deadline for hav
ing one’s name on the program,
but not for entering the show.
It was decided that -lihbor.
would be better than prizes, hav
ing blue for 1st, red for 2nd, yel
low for 3rd, and white for 4th. If
possible the show could be broken
up into two parts, afternoon and
evening, thus allowing more time
and preventing the need of rush
ing.
United Church
Women Council
To Meet Sunday
The Council of United Church
Women called to convene at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3 at the Fellowship
room of Black Mountain Methodist
church to complete plans for the
observance of World Day of Pray
er March 8, 1957.
Joining with Christian Women
in more than 140 countries, local
women are making extensive plans
for general prayets for peace.
There are 24 Protestant churches
in this area holding regular wor
ship services and having organ
ized groups of women who study
missions and help in all depart
ments of their churches. The Unit
ed Church Women are a vital part
of the World Council of Churches.
Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire of the
Christmount Christian church is
the local chairman.
Invited to attend the council
meeting Feb. 3 are at least three
women from each church: the
minister’s wife, the chairman of
the women’s work, and one othei
whom these two will select.
These will be official voting mem
bers of the council for 1957. The
executive committee of the council
and any other interested women
are urged to attend and to assist
in this important work.
Projects Will
Be Discussed
At FC Banquet
The civic clubs of Black Moun
tain are getting ready to present
their Finer Carolina projects lor
1957
A Finer Carolina banquet is
planned for Thursday night, Jan.
3, at the Monte Vista at 7:00.
Each civic club will have at
tending the banquet the club pres
ident. the 1950 Finer Carolina
chairman, and the 1957 I inel
Carolina chairman At this time
each club will present to tne
Finer Carolina committee the pro
jects they plan to take for 1957.
Mrs. Vivian Bushong, Carolina
Power and Light Co. representive,
and W. S. Holcombe will bt
speakers.
Black Mountain is looking for
ward to a very successful^ r mer
Carolina program for 1951
Rev. Wayne Smith
Swannanoa Free
Will Baptist (hr.
Plans Services
The Rev. Wayne Smith, pastor
of the Swannanoa Free Will Bap
tist church, has announced a ser
ies of special messages and events
for February as the church ob
serves “Family Life Month.”
Speaking at the Sunday evening
services at 7:00 o'clock will be
outstanding leaders in the teach
ing, medical, legal, and religious
fields.
Each Tuesday evening during
the month special programs are
planned for the entire family,
starting with a picnic or banquet
at 6:00 p.m. and closing with a
message and film.
The Rev. Mr. Smith will deliver
a series of sermons at the 11:00
a.m. worship service on Sunday
on Family Life. His subjects will
be, Feb. 3, “Hope of the Home—
Christ”; Feb. 10, “Heritage of the
Home—Children”; Feb. 17, “Hap
piness of the Home—Love”; Feb.
24, “Hopelessness of the Home—
Divorce.”
B. M. Tomberlin
B. M. Tomberlin, principal of
the Flat Creek school, will be the
first guest speaker. He will have
as his subject at the Sunday eve
ning, Feb. 3, service “A Teacher
Looks at the Family.”
Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, the
schedule will include a picnic at
6:00, followed by a film at 7:30
on “Seconds to Midnight.”
The pastor urges members and
their families and invites the pub
lic to attend all these services.
Dr. C. W. Bales
Dies At His Home
In Weaverville
Dr. C. W. Bates, 73, who retired
last year as pastor of the Swan
nonoa Methodist church, died at
his home in Weaverville on Thurs
day, Jan. 24.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Weaverville Methodist
church on Saturday with the Kev.
John Lowder officiating. Burial
—Turn to Page 5
Jr. Home & Civic
Club Elects Mrs.
H. B. Pittman, Jr.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Junior Home and Civic club
was held on January 22, at the
home of Mrs. William Klein. Mrs.
William Senn and Mrs. Stanley
Bennett were co-hostesses.
Mrs. Whitaker, president, open
ed the meeting with the clubwo
man’s pledge—to pledge ourselves
to better community service. She
welcomed as new members Mrs.
Hilda Galloway, Mrs. Stanley
Bennett, Mrs. Jerry Faulk, and
Mrs. H. O. Austin.
Mrs. Whitaker introduced Sher
man Shell, Jack Gilbert and Bill
Pinyan, members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, who gave
detailed talks on the Driver Train
ing program in public education.
The club voted to endorse this
program.
Mrs. M. L. Williams gave an
interesting and informative talk
on the Caswell Training school,
a state club project of the club.
Mrs. Williams is a member of the
state advisory committee on Cas
well Training school.
Gary Carson talked briefly on
parliamentary procedure.
Mrs. Whitaker read a letter of
thanks from Chaplin James Skel
ton, thanking the club for the
Christmas gifts sent to the San.
Also, the club distributed sev
eral cheer baskets to needy fam
ilies before Christmas. The Chil
dren’s Home committee reported
a good supply of Carnation milk
to be sent to the Children’s Home
in Greensboro.
The following officers were
elected for the 1957-58 club year:
president, Mrs. H. B. Pittman,
Jr.; 1st v-pres., Mrs. William
Senn; 2nd v-pres., Mrs. H. L.
Lackey; rec. sec., Mrs. Stanley
Bennett; cor. sec., Mrs. Harold
Boger; treas., Mrs. Charles Han
son; parliamentarian, Mrs. Jack
Gilbert; chaplain, Mrs. Gary Car
son; and reporter, Mrs. Dan Es
pey.
Mrs. Lewis Phillips and Mrs.
Keith Townsend, past president,
have been made honorary mem
bers of the club.
Members present were: Mrs.
Harold Boger, Mrs. G. C. Carson,
Mrs. Dan Espey, Mrs. Jack Gil
bert, Mrs. D. C. Hamby, Jr., Mrs.
Ben Ivy, Mrs. H. B. Pittman, Jr.,
Miss Sara IJice, Mrs. William
Senn, 51 rs. Dampsey Whitaker,
Mrs. Hilda Galloway, Mrs. Stanley
Bennett, Mrs. Sue Faulk, Mrs.
H. O. Austin, and Mi's. W. R.
Klein.
ALL PRESBYTERIAN
CIRCLES WILL MEET
Presbyterian circles will meet:
Circle 1, Mrs. R. C. Bowness, chm..
at home of Mrs. Charles Car
michael, Blue Ridge road, Tuesday,
10:30 a.m., Feb, 5; Circle 2, Mrs.
Harry Barkley, chm., at the church,
Mrs. Fannie Allen Brandon, host
ess, Tuesday, 3 p.m.; Circle 3.
Mrs. S. L. Woodward, chm., at
home of Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Sr..
Tuesday, 3 p.m.; Circle 4, Mrs. Joe
Scannell, chm., at home of Mrs.
Vernon Johnson, Monday, Feb. 4.
8 p.m.; Circle 5, Mrs. Allen Per
ley III, chm., at home of Mrs. W.
W. White, Monday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m.
CUB SCOUTS MEETING
WILL BE TONIGHT
The meeting of Cub Scouts was
postponed from last Friday night
until tonight, Thursday, Jan. 31.
It will be held in the Fellowship
room of the State Street Metho
dist church at 7:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in becoming
a Cub Scout is invited to come
to this meeting. Mrs. William
Styles is Den Mother.
Revival Will
Begin Tuesday
A revival will begin at the
Church of God Tuesday, Feb. 12.
The Rev. Mr. Lankford from the
Mountain View Church of God in
Marion will do the preaching.
All churches are invited to
come and bring their special sing
ers. Everyone is welcome.
JAYCEES WILL SPONSOR
JOHNNY TINSLEY SHOWS
HERE FOR WEEK IN JULY
The Black Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce will spon
sor the Johnny Tinsley Shows at
the Elementary school grounds for
six big days, July 1-6, Bucky
Wright, president, announced to
day.
The Tinsley shows consist of 20
rides and side attractions. This
is the main project of the Jaycees
each year and is used to raise
money to carry on their program
of civic improvement. Fireworks
are planned for the evening of
July 4._
—This" clipping will admit Mary
Wells McNeil and one guest to
free admission to see “Teenage
Rebel” at the Pix Theater.
How Communists
Have Changed
Propaganda Told
The Communists in Europe have
changed their line. No longer do
they discredit religion. On the
other hand they now agree that
Christ was a perfect prophet but
maintain that the trouble lies with
those nations, including the Unit
ed States, that profess to be
Christian countries but whose acts
do not coincide with their words.
This was the chief impression
gained by Henry T. Ware who re
cently returned from a two-month
tour of Western Europe and the
British Isles. Mr. and Mrs. Ware
visited their son, Sgt. Malcolm
Ware, who is on duty with the
U. S. Army in Italy. Mr. Ware
sooke at the regular meeting of
the Lions club at the Monte Vista
Thursday evening.
“The Communists are at work.
They point to America and say:
‘that is supposed to be a Chris
tian country but look at their con
sumption of alcoholic beverages,
their record in racial relations, and
their crime rate.’ That scares me
because we are vulnerable in those
areas.”
Through England, France, the
Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and
wherever they went in Europe the
Wares were impressed by the eco
nomic progress of the nations, the
genuine friendliness of the peo
ple, and the religious institutions.
They returned to Black Mountain
shortly before Christmas.
Edwin McCall, E. V. Gouge, and
.Tim Stakias were inducted into the
club by N. C. Shuford, former club
president. Prior to the meeting
they were briefed by H. W. Sand
ers, past district governor of MIA.
William Hickey was program
chairman.
Owen High Teams
Hip WaynesviUe
For Double Win
The WaynesviUe Mountaineers
were no match for the Owen High
school cagers Friday evening as
the locals took a twin bill in the
Haywood capital. In the girls’
game the Warlassies nailed down
a 42 to 29 victory while the hoys
romped to a 69 to 55 win.
Greene, Morgan, and Watkins
kept the WaynesviUe guards hop
ping around like Mexican jumping
beans as they bounced and shut
their way to victory. The first
half was close but the girls got
rolling after the rest period and
built up their lead. The Owen
guards played their usual game.
That’s enough said.
The WaynesviUe five must have
thought that Carolina had come
to town as Ned Straehla’s lads
opened with a rush and kept up
the pressure. Bridges, Luckadoo,
and Gardner found soft spots in
—Turn to Page 8
BLACK MOUNTAIN MASONS
WILL MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
There will be a regular com
munication of the Black Mountain
Masonic lodge 663 AF and AM
Friday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. Robert
Queen, worshipful master invites
all Master Masons to attend.
GOSPEL SINGING IS SET
AT VANCE AVE. CHURCH
There will be gospel singing at
Vance Avenue Baptist church Sat
urday, Feb. 2, beginning at. 7:30
p.m. A number of quartets, trios,
and duets are expected. All sing
ers and the public are extended
a cordial invitation to attend.
—Photo by Eward DuPuy
The engagement of Miss
Hazel Jayne Morris to Jim M.
Reese of Bee Tree has been
announced by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Morris of
Black Mountain, Star Route.
Mr. Reese is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Reese. A
February wedding is planned.
Bill Alexander, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Alexander of
Grovemont, received the high
est award in Scouting, the
rank of Eagle Scout, on Tues
day night, Jan. 15, at the Court
of Honor held at the Bun
combe County Courthouse.
A freshman at Owen High
school, Bill is the 5th Scout to
attain the rank of Eagle in
Troop 28 at Swannanoa. He
plays in the Owen High school
band. Attaining the rank was
his Christmas gift to his moth
er.
VALENTINE PARTY FOR
TEEN-AIDERS FEB. 12
A Valentine party is being
planned for the Tuesday night
Teen-Aiders square dance group
Feb. 12. All parents who are in
terested in helping decorate the
club house and furnishing refresh
ments are asked to call Mrs. Roy
Taylor, 0292, Mrs. D. C. Hamby,
Jr., 4081, or Mrs. M. J. Wyrick,
6151.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haney of
Lytle Cove road, Swannanoa, are
parents of a son born in Memorial
Mission hospital Jan. 27.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Lakey of Ridge
crest in St. Joseph’s hospital Jan.
28.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Longcoy. Jr.,
announce the arrival of a baby
girl, born in a Charlotte hospital
January 29.
—One of the best mission fields
in the world seems to be the mem
bership of the average church.
—Photo by Edwrd DuPuy
Bill Gudger was awarded an
honorary membership by the
Black Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce at the annual
banquet Saturday night, Jan.
19. Making the presentation is
II. C. (Bucky) Wright, Jaycee
president.
“Bill is the man who did
more than anyone else to keep
up the spirit of the members
and to bring life back to the
club,” Mr. Wright said in
pointing out the great service
which Bill had rendered.
The story had its beginning
back in 1952 when Mr. Gudger
received the Key Man Award
for the year. There were two
significant facts connected
with the presentation. First,
it was the only award made by
the Joycees that year, and sec
ond, for some reason or an
other it was never reported in
the News.
First Training
Session For GOC
Will Be Monday
The first training session for
the Ground Observer Corp-s will be
held at p.m., Monday, Feb. 4.
at the City Hall building. Any
one interested in participating
should attend this meeting at
which a film and lecture by the
U. S. Air Force will be presented.
This will be an organizational
meeting. All those interested are
asked to be present. The GOC
program here is sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Headquarters are located atop
the McMurray building over Lor
may’s Department store. Entrance
is through the alley between the
Jumper Building and Gragg Stu
dios on Church street. The sta
tion will be supplied with all the
latest equipment, including a plane
detector which is not “annoyed”
by any other sound. The station
will be operated strictly according
to Air Force regulations. Un
authorized persons on the prem
ises will not be tolerated. Dam
age to property or any other of
fense involving the station will
be subject to investigation by the
FBI.
Praise Southern
R. R. For Station
Improvements
Black Mountain is proud to show
off their newly painted and re
modeled railroad station.
Congratulations are in order to
Mrs. Mary Aleshire and the Arts
and Crafts group, who saw to
this project as their Finer Caro
lina Project for 195(1.
To the Southern Railroad com
pany officials, who so kindly re
sponded to the pleas of our com
munity, we extend our thanks for
a job well done.
It will be a very delightful sight
that greets our never ending line
of tourists. A new roof, a beauti
ful white and green railroad sta
tion on the outside. The interior
of the station has also been great
ly improved.
This has certainly added much
to beautify Black Mountain, mak
ing it a Finer Carolina Town for
195(1 and 1957.
More improvements are being
planned for 1957 along the right
of ways, as one of our 1957 Finer
Carolina projects.
—Cool heads keep some people
out of mischief—but cold feet keep
more out.
Slate Employees
Will Seel; if
Pay Increase
The executive committee of
Area 1 held its quarterly meeting
in the S & W on Jan. 30 and ap
proved the 1957 Legislative Pro
gram which was adopted by the
North Carolina Employees Asso
ciation Board of Governors.
Joe Wallin, business manager of
the Western North Carolina sana
torium, is chairman of Area 1
which includes approximately 1600
state employees in the 21 western
counties.
The 1967 Legislative Program:
1. SALARIES—a uniform in
crease of at least 15%, straight
across the board, for alt State em
ployees and Teachers alike, retro
active as far as practicable in
view of funds on hand and in
reasonable prospect This Associa
tion took unprecedented action in
the 1955 Session by publicly stat
ing we were not asking for in
creases due to eenomie picture at
that time. We now realize the
changes, have suffered long and
patiently, and feel justified in this
request. Employment Security
Commission survey on jobs com
parable to ours in North Carolina
shows a total wage increase of
17.8% since 19.r>£- the date our
last increase was effective. Also,
firms in North Carolina covered
by ESC I-aw had a total wages
increase of 14.6% last year.
At present, due to inadequate
—Turn To Page 5
Mothers' March
On Polio h Set
For Thursday
Hundreds of mothers ii. Ashe
ville and Buncomb* county will
march from door-to-door for con
tributions to aid the many thou
sands of polio patients for whom
the Salk vaccin* came too lite
when the annual Mothers’ March
on Polio is held Thursday, Jan. 31.
The march is scheduled from 7
p.m. to 9:30 p.m in the city and in
the early afternoon in the county.
Mothers participating in the
March will be identified by a blue
and white streamer pinned to
their coats bearing the words,
“Mother’s March’ and they will
carry sealed containers for con
tributions.
Those wishing to contribute
have been asked to signify their
desire to do s< by turning on
their porch light apartment dwell
ers by hanging a handkerchief on
their doorknob.
So that ever;, section of the
city and county may he covered,
areas have been broken down in
to districts with a captain in
charge of each.
Mrs. Alvin By id chairman for
the county has announced the fol
lowing captains Mi- S. C. Rob
erts who is also co chairman, Mrs.
Betty Lou Dillingham, Mrs. A. L.
Warren, J. F. Watkins Mrs. Hugh
Greene, Mrs. Hazel Wise. Mrs.
Paunee Byrd, Mrs. II C. McIn
tyre, Mrs. Griffin Intson, H. L.
Harper, W. B. Martin, Ellis Sum
ner, Mrs. Donald Shook, Mrs.
Howard Reese, H F Saylor, Mrs.
—Turn to Page 5
Phillip Brooks McMahan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
McMahan of Blank Mountain,
received his B S Degree in an
imal husbandry on .Ian 28 at
N. C. State.
Graduate oi Blank Mountain
High school with the class of
1952, he transferred to State
from Berea college At Black
Mountain High h< participat
ed in football and baseball.
Phil received to- degree on
his second wedding anniver
sary. Mrs. MuWahan, the for
mer Eleanor Vnnee of Mur
freesboro, Term received a
“Good Wife C* ’ Ide ate.”