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Attend Benefit Concert for Eugene Hudson Saturday Night, 8 P.M. Weather Date High Low. April 30_78_51 May 1_77_54 May 2_75_49 May 3_60_50 May 4_62_45 May 5_62 _ . 45 May 6_66_33 Prec. .03 .18 13, NO. 36. 1 MB ■ a m THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1957, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY Reflections By Gordon Greenwood has it been since a i) mQ]y i»1’" 1 |'!ovrdtted ? -hr most drastic meas ,t(i as a result of the rater rates by the City that the county vcott the city’s busi Xhis started several joke but the idea As fcidi‘1 ’ rif" iys a-'" few as jraini jng Strength as it who came in late we *°!,y about the fight which , jag on for several years 8bf,;;.K Citv of Asheville and i.unty over the rates to l'c, . . isers of water in the ' Sullivan Act, which *r n the mid-thirties and r d rates for outside I1"1 i„ higher than those 1 ,.r- Inside the city was fej m *»• d" |Ll U'oenstitutional. T ,h city immediately an * ; , per cent increase in . . citizens of the coun thinking of means of The boycott of Ashe was suggested and 1 .,i favor. Plans are to .amen of the county. f1;' . . you didn't know, con i'p,,, a strings and spend Tt 0f tla money. If you don’t L ,ha-\ right, ask any man you R [Ham Ilvder. Western Auto ,n, owner here, was feeling lfpv and had just about de ltd to so to bed without watch tho Maxim-Machen fight last jdav night when the referee .•ode into the picture. Immediately Harry was wide akf and telling Mrs. Hyder: know that guy. I was in the jabot- with him and he was in tent." Kate may have thought rry had just been working too but to prove his point he ihed out and got his outfit’s rbook and sure enough—he right. He did know the re btcaiisf his picture was in talk. ley, years back in tho South lific Paul Machueny, the re e, was director of recreation Harry's outfit and they had nnd together, said room be one slightly worn tent. Ac ing to Harry, Machueny was boxer of more than average lity himself and w as a champ in his own right. wasn't too many years ago Waltei A. Davis, now an of and promoter of Christ Int, was gixing a lecture to a up of hoys for the YMCA on (ting Your Own Standards.” an example he cited the case [Nurmi, the flashy Pin miler, came out of Europe to stun [world with his speed and en |hce. Hr was one of the great Idescrimng his tactics Mr. Da Ipointed out that Nurmi al i wore it wristwateh and kept jseh tinie.i like a well oiled en —'Turn to Page 3 |als Pound il B Hits To (me Gordon's [•' 1 attain pounded out 23 laml.rill here Satur l they i imped to t (|mhe County league [ 1 !• >r<lon Furniture. J? 1 Mountain was ■onfused the opposi J ■’ : ft a single, double, C amt h;"™e run. Davis col doubles. J‘l(ini!’ uv«t the route for the r:;;u'1 fan»ed eight. He had 1 trim teammates who f' 1 twin killings, r. . "ill play Venable L; 1 Saturday and Pb,e at - :30 Sunday. -0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 Mt 6—11—3 0 5 0 2 1 0 4 4 x 16—23—2 Ss f' R, 3b J>y. if I rf lb klin, c r‘tr. p |ett. if »ttc, ,f Jfd. rf K pby, .. L Ptons r-t AB H R E -5 1 1 1 .4 1 1 -5 1 0 1 1 -4210 -6 1 --.6 —6 —3 —3 _4 5 3 5 0 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 o 1 0 0 -3 0 1 -3 1 o 38 11 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 46 23 16 2 Black Mountain Is Called Unique Small Community Dear Mr. Editor: While we are analyzing and re examining opportunities here in Black Mountain, we should think not only in terms of material bene fits but pause and count our other blessings. I shall mention some advantages of living in Black Mountain which have not hereto fore been brought into the discus sion. My reaction may be prejudiced, but I would question whether there is another spot in the United States where there are more hap py, contented people in a world where conditions have been any thing but conducive to peace and calm. Also, our young people have un usual opportunities to participate in a planned, supervised recrea tional program; I say unusual op portunities, because in most places where there are such programs, they have the support from a large, dependable source of revenue which we do not have here. Beginning with an early age and up through eighteen, free in struction and participation are of fered in swimming, various sports, and in two chaperoned teen-age dance groups. •—Turn To Page 5 Men's Club Will Request Fair Water Settlement After hearing1 a discussion of the controversial City-County wat er question, the Swannanoa Men’s club voted to write letters to the county commissioners and to the state legislators requesting that a solution be worked out which would be fair to both parties. The action came after Jack Smith had called attention to the fact that in ruling the Sullivan Act unconstitutional the judge had classified the City of Asheville as a corporation. “Since this is true,” Mr. Smith said, “I see no reason why the county can not tax the water which they send through the lines and also the watersheds. “While it is true that the city built the dam, the county is still the best water customer. Approx imately 70 per cent of the popula tion of Buncombe county lives outside the city limits. The city has raised our water rates by 50 per cent but they have left the large consumer’s rate the same. —Turn to Page 8 Babe Ruth League Being Organized For Boys 13-15 A Babe Ruth league for boys, l'i, 14, and 15 will be formed at Swannanoa as part of the Beacon Manufacturing company’s recrea tion program. Herb Coman, direc tor, announced today. The forma tion of this league means that there will be baseball available for all hoys of the Swannanoa Valley from age 8 through high school. The little League includes bovs 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. The Babe Ruth League will take those from Id through 15, and there will be Junior Industrial league competi tion for the older boys. According to Mr. Coman, who is in his first year as director of the recreation program, at Beacon, four teams will be formed for the Babe Ruth league of boys from the Val ley. All players meeting the age —Turn to Page 4 GROUND OBSERVER CORPS POST OPEN The Ground Observer Corps post is now in operation and is being manned from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m by volunteers. Anyone wish ing to volunteer please contact Tommy Singleton at Lance’s Esso station. —Photo bv Gragg Studio Miss Wanda Hollifield. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Tom Hollifield, became the bride ot Ole a Leroy McKJnney ’ * ceremony Saturday night at Homers ( hapel Baptist chuich, conducted by the Rev. Wilco Melton. The bridegroom is the son of the Rev. ?"d Mis. • • McKinney. The bride was given in marriage by hei bio , , Avery Hollifield ; She wore a ballerina length di ess. o' «!ieckline Her bouf fanf Uille *skirt "^s of'.ace buoquets stuffed ' Hollifield r "tin* i Leah McKinney, sister of the bndegioom, uue or u —Photo by Gragg Studio Ed Parkinson was seriously injured when this 1951 Ford Station Wagon was struck by a car at the intersection of U. S. 70 East anti High School road and shoved over the 14 foot wall into Flat Creek where it is being examined by a group of curious spectators. Driver of the second car was, according to investigating police, Ransome Shuping of Asheville. Neither he nor his 10 year old son was injured. The condition of Mr. Parkinson, who suffered a crushed chest and a punctured lung, is reported by hospital authorities to be good. The station wagon was turning from U. S. 70 into High School road when struck by the second car and pushed over the wall, dropping head down on its nose. It then bounced back into the upright position as shown here. —Photo by Ed DuPuy Aaron F. Belt was installed as president of the Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce at the annual ban quet held at the Monte Vista last Thursday evening. Coleman Wright, retiring president, was principal speak er. He reviewed the past year’s history and installed the new officers. Others who will lead the Jaycees during the com ing year include Dan Turner, first vice-president; William Pinyan, second vice-president; Reginald II e i s e r, secretary; lack Brown, treasurer; Mr. Wright, state director, and di rectors, Jack Gilbert, Frank Williams, Bob Brown, Jim Huntsinger, and Doyle Turner. —Turn to Page 8 Mrs. L. McMahon Selects Heads Of Committees Appointment of committee chair men for the coming year has been announced by Mrs. Latt McMahon who was installed, along with oth er officers of the Owen High School PTA, by Mrs. Alvin Byrd, president of the Buncombe County PTA council at the school last week. Other officers are first vice pres ident, Gordon Greenwood; second vice president, Mrs. Sam Alexan der; secretary, Mrs. Fred Higgin botham, and treasurer, Mrs. Ches ter Sobol. Those appointed included, Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr., publicity; Mrs. Sam Davidson and Mrs. Don Wright, hospitality; room repre sentative, Mrs. Roy A. Taylor; magazine and publications, Mrs. Perry Buckner; legislation, Garry Carson; ways and means, Mrs. Max Woodcock; parents and family life education, Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt; safe ty, Bill Blaine; parliamentarian, S. R. Neskaug; college coopera tion, Mrs. Allen P. Perley, III, and devotions, the Rev. G. B. Talbot. Y. L. Medlin gave the devotions and Anne Woodcock was narrator for a style show presented by the home economics girls. Music was by Annette Hall, Betty Patton, and Carolyn Mills. Mrs. S. Miller New President Of Elem. S. PTA Mrs. Stuart Miller was elected president of the Black Mountain Elementary Parent-Teachers’ As sociation at the April meeting held in the Primary school auditorium. She succeeds her late husband as president-elect. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Midgett, Mrs. Miller was born at Manns Harbor, N. C., but after the death of her mother, she came to Swannanoa in 1930 to live with her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Raper. While attending Swannanoa High ■school she was editor of “The Swan,” high school newspaper, and was interested in dramatics, tak ing part in several plays. She at tended Woman’s college of Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Sec retarial Administration and Busi ness Education. After teaching commercial sub jects at Sanford, N. C., High school for three years, she worked for Eastern Air Lines with headquart ers in Atlanta, Ga. While there she married Mr. Miller, and they went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was an executive in the Elmer Millet Coal company, which belonged to his father. In Toledo Mrs. Miller did Junior League work. A former member of the Black Mountain Junior Woman’s club, the new PTA leader’s hobbies are sewing, reading, and painting. She has an extensive library of biog raphy and adventure, particularly sea stories. She and her husband spent two years in Topeka, Kan., where she studied portraiture and painting from life under John Clarkson, well-known artist. Her son, Stuart Burke, is eight years of age and is a pupil in Mrs. W. W. White’s second grade. Mrs. Miller and Burke attend St. James Episcopal church. Rites Are Held For Mrs. Ashley Last rites for Mrs. J. P. Ashley, 74, a resident of Black Mountain for the past 42 years were held Tuesday morning, May 7, in the State Street Methodist church. Mrs. Ashley was a retired school teacher. She had taught school for 24 years, 15 of them in the Black Mountain grammar schools. She was an active member of the State Street church and was al ways interested in religious and civic affairs. Mrs. Ashley, who had been in , declining health for sometime died Sunday afternoon in an Asheville nursing home. The Rev. Robert ' Walters, pastor of the church, of ficiated. Burial was in Gaston i Memorial park, Gastonia. , Pallbearers were John J. O’Con —Turn to Page 4 $50 OFFERED FOR IDENTITY OF THE ANONYMOUS CALLER A reward of $50.00 has been offered for information leading; to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who have been making- anonymous tele phone calls to a party on Crag mont road. Said calls are reported to have been of a threatening na ture with the use of much ob scene language. The calls, which usually come in a series of four, have been between 9:00 and 10:00 o’clock in the morn ing. The voice is that of a woman. Legal steps have been taken and are being taken to bring those guilty of the crime to jus tice. This is a federal offense. The last person to engage in this type of thing in Black Mountain was caught and per mitted to leave town quietly. Dog Is Man’s Best Friend-And At Times WOman’s I am certain that everyone who has seen “Lassie” of movies and television agrees that she is a pret ty smart dog, and there’s one clos er home that isn’t far behind her. One day last week the “Lassie” I’m referring to kept barking, paw ing, and whinning so persistently around a rock in the steps which her owners walked up and down daily, that her mistress became alarmed and investigated. She couldn’t see or hear anything at all that could account for the dog’s strange behavior, but Lassie with her “dog sense” knew the real danger, and couldn’t somehow seem tfo put it across. She kept right on harking, whining, and digging more vigorously than ever. Finally Mrs. A. C. Campfield at whose home this event took place, called her brother-in-law. Hewitt, from his place of business, and after a short time the rock was loosened and removed and directly under it one copperhead lay. When the snake was killed, Las sie settled down to some well earned rest. She had gotten her message through—and all was well again! ■—Mrs. Oliver Penland. 8!h Beach Bfn. In 2nd Reunion At Montreal Eighth Beach Battalion, a for mer U. S. Naval Amphibious WWII outfit, plans second reunion at Montreat, N. C., May 8 to 12. The Eighth Beach Battalion was formed at Camp Bradford, Nor folk, Va., in October 1043. From there it went to Ft. Pierce, Fla., and underwent very rugged am phibious training. It departed for North Africa in April, 1944, and took more amphibious training at Arzeu, No Africa and Salerno, Italy, before departing for the in vasion of Southern France, Aug. 15, 1944. It landed on the beaches (before the army) on “D” Day morning and operated the beaches with Beachparties and Beachmas ters. LODGE TO CONFER DEGREES Black Mountain Masonic Lodge, 003 AF and AM, will hold an emer gent communication Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. The first degree will be conferred. Tyson, Wheelon, Knight Win Seats On Town Council A. F. Tyson, Jr., Edward H. Knight, and W. Lawrence Wheelon were named to the town board for a two year term in the election held here Tuesday. Richard B. Stone, Black Moun tain attorney, was unopposed for mayor. Dempsey Whitaker, mayor, and Drs. S S. Cooley and Frank How ard Richardson, members of the town council, did not stand for re election. A total of 330 votes were cast in a contest that attracted a record number of candidates. Only on one other occasion have more voters been drawn to the polls, that being the contest between E. E. White and J. L. Potter which end ed in a tie. Mr. White won on the toss of a coin, but Mr. Potter later served as mayor. There are 582 registered in the town of Black Mountain. Although Stone was unopposed, there were three write-in candi dates. The Rev. W. A. Huneycutt received 2, Jack Brown, 2. while Gordon Greenwood trailed the ticket with 1. Mr. Tyson led the ticket with a total of 202. The complete tally follows: Edward H. Knight 141 J. Melvin Lance 118 Dr. James H. Love 53 John E. Love 29 Cecil C. Nanney 44 Wiley E. Norwood 10 Alfred F. Tyson. Jr. 202 W. Lawrence Wheelon 139 Marcus F. Begley 109 Fred P. Higginbotham 74 Public Responds To Slogan And "Hear Haggai" The Rev. John Edmund Haggai, evangelist at large tor the South ern Baptist church, on Sunday evening closed what has been call ed one of the most successful re vivals held at the First Baptist church here. Pastor Wilbur A. Huneycutt paid tribute to the individuals and organizations of the church and community that made the revival a success. Large crowds attended each service and many joined the church by baptism, statement, or transfer of letter. There will be a baptismal service at the church Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock. “The most outstanding thing about the entire series of services was the deepening of the spiritual lives of the Christian people. A large share of the credit for the success of the revival must be given to the organizations of the church. Through prayer, visita tion, and publicity the members made the preparations that ac counted for the large crowds which attended. Once a person had ‘Heard Haggai’ he or she wanted to hear him again and again”, the pastor said. “But we should not forget the work of Carl Perry, who led our music. He did an excellent piece of work.” Considered one of the outstand ing evangelists in the South, the Rev. Mr. Haggai is booked through 1961. He will conduct services in the United States, Canada, England, the Philippines and the Orient Miss Brookshire Named President FT A at Owen Hi. On Tuesday, May 7, the Archi bald D. Murphy Future Teachers of America at Owen High school held their last meeting of the school year to elect and install the officers for 1957-58. They are as follows: president, Gloria Brookshire; vice-president, Ruth Clayton: secretary, Judy Luckadoo; treasurer, Joan Walker; student council repre., Kay Rob inson: song leader. Annette Hall; parliamentarian, Thomas Dickens, and reporter, Lynda McGraw. EUGENE HUDSON TO BE HONORED AT CONCERT SATURDAY Don’t miss the student bene fit concert honoring Eugene Hudson at the Black Mountain Baptist church at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, May 11. 1 By your attendance and con tributions you may encourage other worthy young musicians in the Swannanoa Valley. Eugene Hudson is the first recipient of the L. A. Oates stu dent scholarship fund which will be used for helping outstanding young local musicians. Eugene attended Mars Hill college and is now a senior at the Univers- , ity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Navy Lt. Cdr. Carl T Smith, son of Mrs. Annie S. Smith of 113 First st., Black Mountain, and husband of the former Miss Emma L. Haire of Jones boro. Tenn., is serving at the Electronics Supply office at Great Lakes, III. Lt. Cdr. Smith reported to Great Lakes, April 2, from the Military Assistance Advisory Group at Tsoying, Taiwan, Formosa, and was assigned to the Allowance Branch of the Technical Division. Before entering the service in Jan. 1931, he was graduated from Black Mountain High school and was employed by the Common wealth Bank and Trust Co. ■MM WBKI Miss Harriet Burgess, a for mer resident of Black Moun tain, was married on April 11 in Daytona Beach, Fla., to Richard M. Chapman. The ceremony was performed by Hudge Thomas N. Tappy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Orfinger. A former bookkeeper at. Black Mountain Lumber company and secretary of the Black Mountain First Baptist church, Mrs. Chap man is employed as a legal secre tary in Daytona Beach. Mr. Chap man is chief of the fire depart ment of that city. Attendants were Mrs. Lydia Milton, the bride’s aunt, and P. B. Chapman, brother of the groom. REV. HARDIN TO GIVE MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE At the Vance Avenue Baptist church the Rev. D. C. Hardin, pas tor, will deliver a Mother’s Day message on May 12 at the 11:00 o’clock service. A corsage will be presented to the oldest and to the youngest mother. Everyone has a cordial invita tion to attend. SGT. JONES WILL ADDRESS MEN'S CLUB Sgt. E. L. Jones of the State Highway Patrol will be the speak er at the regular meeting of the Methodist Men of the church in the Fellowship building at 6:30 Tues day evening. Officers will be elected. Presi dent Roy L. Russell urges all men of the church to attend. BAKE SALE Who? -Black Mountain Chapter No. 200, Order of the Eastern Star. When ?—Saturday, May 11. Time?—8 a.m. Where?—The store that Varsity Grill used to occupy on State street. T. & T. RUMMAGE SALE The Tea and Topic club will hold a rummage sale on Cherry street, May 10 and 11, from 9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. With The Sick Mrs. Ruth Lance Laughter is a patient in room 231, Baptist Hos pital, Jacksonville, Fla. This clipping will entitle Mrs. Cora Rogers and one guest to free admission to see “The Tea House of The August Moon” at the PLx Theater.
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