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HEAR STARNES! First Baptist Church Black Mountain YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER W enther Date High Low Prec. Apr. 22_64_47 .89 Apr. 28- - --79 -45 .19 Apr. 24-. 85_52 Apr. 25_ -74-56 .88 Apr. 26 .- - 65. --54 .99 Apr. 27_54_52 .97 Apr. 28_65-51 2.33 THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1958, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY REFLECTIONS by Gordon Greenwood ;U-old son of Mr. and l:;' Osteen, seems headed 1 with some law en ( v. He has an ob .,.nu,nl ' ■ other had explained to \ ... the FBI was looking for „ whose pictures appear rt,,"':. illetin board in the post . S0 when he saw a famil ! ... ring at him from a poster he put two and 1 , ther and blurted out: ’ ni..thor. there’s old Jack ‘wood. What’s he done?” —R— lar out in the country there’s which « arns: ‘‘Cross road our advice and humor it. ,nlt. who didn’t are now push e up daisies. p —R— \\ ,h I'd known the A. F. Ty wcre going to hop over to |. i London for an all-ex hist week. I would have | m a few points to visit • ,lVl-re not on their list. ')uv would have loved 50 Greek V, a quiet little dining room e, to the left, and then , irb left again and four .|„s of steps from Piccadilly f ■■ sounds like double talk, hnt. That was the way you t in the blackout and it al v, w iked. The Red Cross lady 0 directed us to the place back 11144 said to stand in front of nbow Corner, turn left, cross 1 curbs, turn left at the third, ss one curb, then feel along the E of the building for the steps t come right, down to the side k, crawl up the fourth flight | say you were sent by a friend, r. the inky fog of the London ckout we followed the direc ts on several occasions and we er had one bit of trouble. Then got smart and tried it 'in broad light. But we didn’t make it. ieve it or not we never were —Turn to Page 8 illowship Day Open To All lurch Women pay Fellowship day will be ob jved by the United Church Ilmen of Black Mountain on Fri noon. May 9, at 12:30 at St. nos' Episcopal church parish Jis<- Women from all churches j 'his area are invited to meet pether for a covered-dish lunch, he theme. "A Place to Live”, be emphasized in a talk by Andrew J. Darling of Bun »be county Welfare department, isic will be provided by the pi- Sextet from the Owen High pool chorus. firs. M. e. Head, chairman of I committee planning May Fel Brship day. is working with Mrs. |ai'lc.s Burks. Mrs. George Gudg -'■i- Ben Marett, Mrs. Walter Ddman and Mrs. Mary Aleshire. aap Rockmont ii ^pen June 9 : kmont is scheduled to t'ird camp season on Dth a “full house” of its two five-week ses ;c'tor George W. Picker - meed this week. Ses ial organizations are d there prior to the op ine camp season, st, a camp for boys, will ' tampers and a staff of J the opening five-week : Kecent expansion of facil ' v"ie.s for 202 bovs the 0|M period. directors will be Dr. t d' M °f New Orleans Bap j. ' id seminary, and Dr. t : dead of the botany de lr • Stetson university, De li “ ' "donal 77 acres and 15 , purchased last Septem n la’1 dis winter been condi , repaired and will be ,, use in the greater " Llani this summer, Mr. aid. More extensive —Turn to Page 5 Kao ARE HELD Barlow infant turf services were fternoon, April 2t in,., na,,e* Methodist ch n n Creek, Fain i' ’ on of Mr. and , ’‘allow of Swanna ],7J -mrly Friday in an A , h°s>pital. purv itr.fa i ale one bro ■ MaSr: vhe -pat‘ h „ ' • Mrs. Nannie 1 v >:<< maternal grand Ither iUld Mrs- Floyd S ..St I Miss Sylvia Haley, Danville, Va., senior, is surrounded by members of the Montreat College May court over which she will reign as queen in May Day festivities at 4 p.m. Sat urday, May 3, at Montreat. Class representatives are, (left to right) Misses Mary Thom Windsor, Onancock, Va., junior; Virginia Tolley, Clifftop, W. Va., freshman; Marjene Cox, Ozark, Ala., maid of honor; Lois Keys, Central City, Ky., sophomore; Sabra Slay, Jackson, Miss., senior. Judy Ann Rhodes, 2V2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin C. Rhodes, Black Mountain, will be crown bearer. May Court Named By Montreal Col. Judy Ann Rhodes, two-and-a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin C. Rhodes, Swan nanoa avenue, Black Mountain, has been selected as crown bearer for the May Queen in Montreat college May day festivities, Sat urday, May 3. Under direction of Miss Mar garet K. Smith, physical educa tion teacher, 45 Montreat students will present a pageant adapted from the Greek myth, “Psyche and Cupid.” Miss Jean Falls of Roanoke, Va., will be the reader. —Turn to Page 4 Booster Club To Meet May 6 A meeting of the Valley Booster club will be held Tuesday night, May ti, at 7:30 p.m. in the library at Owen High school. All inter ested in athletics in the Swan nanoa Valley are invited to at tend. Grant Ballard will preside. SING SCHEDULED IN SWANNANOA A sing at Swannanoa Baptist church Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m., will be conducted under di rection of Frank Reed. Singers and members of the public are in vited to attend. MAY 6 MEETING OF SWANNANOA WOMAN'S SERVICE GROUP Mrs. Whitt Gibson will be in charge of the program, “The March of Mission Dollars,”’ which is scheduled for the May G meet ing of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church in Swannanoa at 7:80 p.m. Mrs. Lynn Gill, Mrs. C. C. Allen and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins will be hos tesses. All the women of the church are cordially invited to at tend. Cancer Drive Continues Here The annual “Cancer Crusade,” in which all funds tor the re search, treatment and education program of the Cancer society are raised, is continuing this week un der auspices of the Junior Home and Civic club. The drive will continue through May 2. Volunteer workers will be call ing at your door for your dona tion, Mrs. Henry B. Pittman, Jr., chairman said. “If they miss you, please get your contribution to the following area chairmen,” she urged: Airs. Stanley Bennett, Mon treat; Mrs. Ben Ivey and Mrs. Sherman Long, old Black Mountain highway area; Mrs. Max flack and Mrs. Jack Milton, East Black Mountain and Ridgecrest; Mrs. William Senn and Mrs. Gerry Faulk, Lytle Cove; Mrs. Jack Gil bert and Mrs. Kenneth Bashaw, —Turn to Page 8 Miss Donnie Mae Hargrove and Earl Edward Jordan orriP? Saturday night, April 5, at the home of Mr. and Cline1 Jordan,* parents of the bridegroom. The Rev. E. -formed the double-ring ceremony. Miss Hargrove is the daughter of Lonnie Hargrove of Swannanoa, and the late Mrs. Laura Hargrove. The bride wore a dress of blue satin with fitted waist and full skirt and wore a white lace hat. Her corsage was white carnations. Mrs. Robert Duckworth, _ sister of the groom, was the bride s on y attendant. Frank Jordan, brother of the *room, was best man. Immediately after the ceremony an informal reception was held. After a wedding trip through Tennessee, the couple is residing it 203 Vance avenue, Black Moun tain. May Court Set At Owen High Owen High school's annual May day festival will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 1:30 at the school, N. C. Shuford, principal, announces. The public is invited to attend the production which is titled “Around the World in 80 Minutes.” It will he presented in the gymnasium. Joan Walker will be crowned as May queen, with Mary Ann Bal lard as maid of honor. Narrator for the featured production will be Tom Spiro, with Robert Brown cast in the role of Mercury. Oth ers in the cast: Charleene Meyer, Toni Taylor, Kenneth Morgan, Ce eile Vaillaneourt, Mack Kirkpat rick, Mary Stockton, Inci Akkay nak, Wilma Hall, Kathy Gafford, I.loyd Moore, Judy Byrd and Emi ly Alexander. The May queen’s court com prises: Attendants, Regina Staf ford, Beverly Bryan, Sue Smith, Jannette Ledbetter, Nana Owenby, Annette Hall, Joan Connett, Gail Hall. Escorts, Walter Harris, Charles Blaine, Jack Bennett, Dougdas Owenby, Arthur Clayton, —Turn to Page 8 A. L Auxiliary Elects Officers Waycaster-McFee American Le gion auxiliary held its April meet ing at the home of Mrs. Joe Bullock Tuesday evening, April 15. with the president, JMrs. H. E. Stinchomb presiding. Election of officers was held and they are as follows: Mrs. Stinchcomb, reelect ed president; Mrs. M. E. Head, first vice-president; Mrs. C. M. Ledbetter, second vice-president; Mrs. Bullock, recording secretary; Mrs. W. T. Wright, corresponding' secretary; Mrs. Clara Snyder, treasurer; chaplain, Mrs. D. (1. Guess; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. A. R. Rudisill. It was reported that the unit entertained 55 patients at the monthly party given at the VA hospital, Swannanoa, for patients. Also 188 gifts were given at this time. At the close of the meeting the hostess served cake, sandwiches and cold drinks. Those present were Mrs. C. J. Dotson, Mrs. Rud isill, Mrs. Clarence Joyner, Mrs. Ledbetter, Mrs. Guess, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Stinchcomb. 50 Women Attend Japanese Program Fifty church women of all de nominations in the Black Moun tain area met in the fellowship hall of the Methodist church for a Sukiyaki (Japanese) luncheon and program, with Mrs. John Ben edict, president of the church’s Woman’s Society of Christian Service, in charge of the luncheon. Mrs. George Moray, secretary of missionary education and ser vice, was the program leader. The invocation was given by Mrs. H. —Turn to Page 5 8 Scouts Win Honors at Court A Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troop 25 was held at city hall Monday evening, April 28, with the following boys receiving badg es: Tenderfoot: Ronald P. Watkins, Barry C. .roily, William B. Pollard, James M. Rogers, Ronnie L. Shell and William H. Rogers. These awards were presented by Rev. Kenneth Donald, assisted by Jim my Page. A second-class badge was presented to John W. Sobol by Call Rowness. Richard Stone presented the one merit badge on rocks and minerals to Richard D. Hamilton with his mother receiv ing it in his unavoidable absence. Several parents were present but sponsors reported that every par ent should have been on hand for this impressive ceremony in the character-building of their boys. The committee praised the work being done by Alvis Osteen, leader, and his assistants, Jimmy Page and Wayne Morrow. This Scout troop is sponsored by the Kiwanis club. Study Course At Methodist Church Opens “The Ecumenical Witness of the Local Church" is the theme for a study course to be given by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church. The study book to be used is “In Every Place a Voice”, by Walter G. Muelder. Mr». Walter Davis and Mrs. A. E. Watters led the opening ses sion last Friday. Meetings are scheduled tonight (Thursday) and Friday, May 2. The meetings will be held in the educational building, starting ,at 7:30. There will be a refresh ment break from 8:15 to 8:30. The meeting will close at 9:15. Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt led one of the meetings and Mrs. Douglas Je,?es and Mrs. Stanley Garland were devotional leaders. White Insurance Agency Opens Opening of the “White Insur ance Agency” at 121 Broadway in the building formerly known as the Anthony building, has been announced by E. E. White and W. W. White. Both residents of Black Moun tain for many years, they invite all their friends to visit them in their new location. CIRCLE 4 TO MEET AT KLEIN HOME Circle No. 4 of the Black Moun tain Presbyterian church will meet on Monday, May 5, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. R. Klein. Mrs. James Robson will lead the Bible study and Mrs. Sherman Long the conversation period. P.T.A, Elects A! Swannanoa Swannanoa PTA, at its final meeting of the current school year, last Thursday night elected officers for the coming year. A program was presented by the Owen High school chorus. Officers elected are: President, William J. Wright; first vice president, Charles Crawford; sec ond vice president, Mrs. W. R. Davis; secretary, Mrs. Winifred Corn, and Mrs. Dorothy Martin, t reasurer. Revival Series Opens a! Free Will Church Revival services will be held at the Swannanoa Free Will Bap tist church May 5 through 1(1 at 7:80 daily. Evangelist Rev. Luth er Gibson will bring the message each night. The Rev. Gibson is pastor of East Tupelo Free Will Baptist church in Tupelo, Miss. There will be special music each night. Members of the church are beginning a week of visitation this week, April 28 through May, in preparation for the revival. The young people of the church are planning a bonfire with special music and prayer on the parking lot of the church. The Rev. Wayne Smith is pastor. Dr. S. M. Bittinger is a patient at St. Joseph’s hospital. OFFERS MAY 12-17 CLEAN-UP PRIZES May 12 to IT are the dates set by the Chamber of Com merce for observance of “Clean Up Week,” during' which the organization, urges that all res idents and merchants co-oper ate in putting their property in to top-notch condition. “Community pride and- econ omy will he well served and we will really reap dividends if we all co-operate in this clean up and paint-up project,” the C. of C. reminded. Further in centive is offered in a prize of $25 to the resident making the best showing in cleaning up his or her property, and a citation for the business establishment doing the best clean-up job. J Carl Perry, singer, will pre sent special musical selection: at revival services at the Firs Baptist church. The services opening Monday, May 4, wil continue through May 11, a 7:30 p.m., with services als( being scheduled on Tuesday through Friday at 10:30 a.m Rev. Nane Starnes is th( evangelist. Mr. Perry is originally Iron Danville. Va. He attended lh< College of William and Mary be fore the war, during which h< served in the Air Force for three years. He was stationed in Italy Afterwards he went to the Univer ity of North Carolina, from whicl he was graduated in 1949, with : major in voice. He also receivee his Master’s degree from U.N.C. He taught for two years a Coker college, Hartsville, S. C. and directed music in the Harts ville Baptist church and ,he Harts vilie Community chorus. He ha: been at First Baptist church Asheville, for six years and ha: eight choirs in -the church, will 330 enrolled. He will be on the faculty for "Music Week” at Ridge crest for the fifth consecutive time this summer, and also on the faculty of the State Music Leader ship conference, Caswell Baptis assembly, for the fifth time. Mr Perry is a member of the Ashe ville Music club and Asheville Rotary club. His wife is the form er Iris Haywood of Danville. The; have two children. Precinct Members To Be Elected Sat. Democratic precinct representatives will be chosen at meetings Saturday of this week, and will in turn meet to choose representatives to county and state Democratic con vention sessions which are also scheduled this month. Election of five members and a chairman and vice chairman in Black Mountain precincts 1 and 2 is scheduled at Democratic pre cinct. meetings Saturday afternoon, May 3, at 2 p.m. at the local poll ing places in City hall and the Black Mountain school. Notices of the meeting were dis patched to local chairmen Monday morning by Philip C. Cox, secre tary of the Democratic Executive committee, in the name of the president, John F. Shuford, who is at present in Europe. Precinct chairmen are T. K. Brown and Mrs. 1,. 0. Poteat, Black Moun tain, and Kiah Ferguson, Swan nanoa. Saturday’.? meetings are an nounced as “for the purpose of perfecting precinct organization," and business before the sessions will include election of a precinct committee of five. The group to be elected at the 2 o’clock session are asked to meet immediately and elect a chairman and a vice chairman, with a woman being chosen for the vice chairmanship. On Saturday, May 10, a meet ing is called at 10:30 a.m. in the council chambers in Asheville to . elect a chairman of the Demo . cratie Executive committee, and, at 11 a.m. on that date the Bun combe County Democratic conven 1 lion will meet to elect delegates to attend the State Democratic con vention to be held at 12 noon in ' Raleigh May 15 at the auditorium. Registration books will be open on Saturday of this week at City , Hall and the Black Mountain school in order that residents who have been in the state for a year Provision Made For 200 New Phone Listings Here Installation ol' additional dial equipment in the Black Mountain Telephone office has been com pleted at a cost of $11,000. J. L. , Smith, district manager for South ern Bell Telephone Co., said the new equipment would provide for 200 new telephone numbers. Mr. Smith pointed out that the rapid growth of the Black Moun tain area in recent years has brought about a tremendous de mand for telephone service, and that the new equipment is in keep ing with Southern Bell’s plans to provide for full service needs. Mrs. Ruth L. Woodcock has been 1 sick at her home for the past few days. —Photo by W. H. Noah Five flutists will appear in the Owen High band for its public concert on May 16 for benefit of the Black Mountain and Swannanoa schools’ music programs. Flutes will be played by (seated, left to right) Barbara Solesbee, Sue Ben nett Barbara Page; standing, Eloise Noah and Tom Spiro. Continuation of the music pro- cert is under direction of Woodfin grams in the Black Mountain and Rhodes. Swannanoa schools is dependent upon wide attendance at the bene- All teachers and pupils are act fit performance to be staged by ing as ticket salesmen and tickets the Owen High school band and are also available from Mrs. Latt chorus at Owen High school on McMahon in Swannanoa. and Mrs the evening of May 16. The con- —Turn to Page 8 and the precinct lor au oa>s, out who are now unregistered, may register their names and be en abled to vote in the May !1 pri mary. The books will be open from 9 a.m. to sunset. Fire Dept, Plans Hydrant Check And Drills Meeting last Monday night at City hall, members of the Black Mountain Fire department made I>lans for outdoor drills and check ing of fire hydrants beginning May 1. All hydrants in the Black Moun tain, Swannanoa and Grovemont and other out-lying districts will be checked and put in first-class order, the association said. Drills with pumping equipment will also be conducted. Appreciation was expressed to firms who contributed to a fund which made possible the new door on the Fire department. These were: Black Mountain Lumber Co., Williams Brothers Gulf service, Key City pharmacy, Stepp’s Gulf service, McMurray’s Chevrolet, —Turn to Page 4 Garden Talk At Jr. Woman's Club The regular monthly dinner meeting of the Junior Woman’s club was held at the Monte Vista hotel on Tuesday, April 8. Arthur Radcliffe of Art’s Garden, gave an informative and interesting talk on “Making a Garden.” Mrs. W. L. Wheelon, president, welcomed Mrs. Don Ross and Mrs. Bob Brown into the club as new members. Those present were: Mrs. Bill Phillips, Mrs. Doyle Turner, Miss Alice Turner, Mrs. George Kica, Mrs. Ned Straehla, Mrs. Willard Walker, Mrs. Woodfin Rhodes, Mrs. Reginald Heiser, Mrs. Har old Patton, Mrs. Bill Pinyan. Mrs. John Bennett, Mrs. Chester Sobol, Mrs. Bill Thompson, and Miss Marion Simons. Kiwanis Club Meets Today The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club had as speaker last Thursday Ed DuPuy, who spoke on photography as a hobby. He presented some beautiful illustra tions of his own work and showed how interest in photography leads naturally to interest in many other subjects which might otherwise go unnoticed. "With present day equipment anyone can do good work if he wiil first study carefully the in structions which come with such equipment,” he stated. The speaker for today (Thurs day) will be Col. Stanley Saultier of Asheville. Col. Saultier has just completed an overseas tour of duty in military service and should have some interesting observations to relate, the sponsoring commit tee reminded. The club meets at the Monte Vista hotel promptly at 12:00 noon instead of 12:10 p.m. as it formerly did. M. E. Head will be in charge of the program. LEGION AUXILIARY BAKE SALE MAY 10 A bake sale will be held at Ty son Furniture store Saturday, May 10, by members of the Leg-ion auxiliary. The committee in charg-e suggests that you come in and buy a cake or pie for mother in observance of Mother’s day, May 11. MASONIC LODGE 561 MEETS THURSDAY, MAY 1 Swannanoa Masonic lodge 561 will meet tonight (Thursday) May 1, at Lodge hall, Swannanoa, for a stated communication. Lloyd Campfield, W. M., invites all Mas ter Masons to attend. ALL DAY RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY A variety of clothing will be of fered at a rummage sale to be sponsored by Circle 1 of the Meth odist church Saturday, May 3, all day in the lot' on Broadway be tween Dr. Jim Love’s office and Eckles Real Estate agency. Hours of the sale are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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