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Don't Forget to Vote DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY May 31 YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Weather Dale High Low Pree. May 13_ .76_47 .09 May 14_ __78_47 May 15_ _83_50 May 16_83_53 May 17_ 82_55 May 18.. 80_60 May 1,9_74_58 .10 m THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1958, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 38. [[FLECTIONS by Gordon Greenwood _ days when everybody is stand on any one k a'lis, a Black Moun , - up with,a propos , ,uiUls good. He wants Ming season changed jt's legal to hunt them .Minor time*when they’ll '■ x ,-at out of your hand, j;r„V in the fall when they wild a- hacks. deer is smart. Change and he’ll change his '. living—to live. 5 —R— have lost a vote hut I room the night the Lions b conducted the sale, j ,ier to my knock the lady , , i-,' cautiously pushed the nil the time staying in r; <0 that she could retreat .. case of an emergency. suv it was only a broom ,.g. . ai rying she sighed with ef; Yes, I’ll buy a broom. When I . von pass the window with t thing on your shoulder 1 ucrpt it was a gun. I couldn’t n)v ut what on earth you’d doing coming around at this r of night with a gun.” —R— 1 few seasons ago when Joe ip. ii was a student at Black Untain High school he wrote ii-;. p.n on the flyleaf of his ik a. the effect that the person iliiig the hook would have to over sooner or later, and would, doubt, get the worst end of the gain. oe most have been persuasive, i book is still around. He has g once departed for Texas and executive position with an oil ipany. Close friends say that has been in the Lone Star state long now that he can expound ! wonders of the southwest just je a native. —R— [Candidates were so thick in lack Mountain one day last ttk that they had to stand out do and wait to enter some [aces. Tin- promises to be one of the lost interesting primaries in tvt-ral years. One very great ingtr is that too many of us ill feel it not important to vote, lain elections have been decid i by one ballot. It could be on who will cast the deciding otc lor your favorite candidate —Turn to Page 8 WANIS CLUB TO :AR MOUNTAIN LORE L sextet from Owen High school hr direction of Woodfin Rhodes vided a delightful music pro m fur the Kiwanis club last ^ose participating were Jane '•'■ess at the piano, Joan Con I and N'ona Owenby, first so fi’w Susan Ballard, and An k Hall, second sopranos, and SJ Cooley and Dianna Nes altos. oijne Williams of Asheville entertain the club today ursday) with some of his rich lntairi stories. Rev. W. A. will be in charge of Program. ^ Iftchur School of Dancing a recital at the Black “"’am Primary school Tuesday, 1 at h P-ni. Proceeds will ,° me school. Local pupils will 1 'Pate in the recital, which J)ubllc i.s invited to attend. , will be 25 cents for 10 cents for children. MCE RECITAL benefit school BEHRE leaving R PUERTO RICO I'M"01' Behre of Laurel ave ' leave Miami by plant --cum uy piam • -■> for Puerto Rico when 111 be on the staff to aid th> (■■'•■ence institute for teach v,K'ld under auspices o: •«_»,«»! Science foundation e,:,..;1 b,\ held at the Inter oup un“versity, San German tf-j Miami, Dr. Behre wil J " ; in A«anta. She wil “11111 the fall res|dent S AT COATES J. Of H May te.s fhter, < Me last f list cl; •fohnson, former resi J1 h Mountain, died Fri ‘ - at her home in rvivors include her !: -• Betty Wrenn of ‘tain. Sen-ices were I!,1ay at the Fellowship Irt'h in Coates. Jim n N T(. Bnue ; ^ a, \ be Png f 1 SALK CONTINUES and Topic club will rummage sate all day Saturday on Cherry 1 '--s have been cut to the committee said, Nl come in and take the low prices. There or the whole family. 1 manoa^rhnols^t ^ schools band and chorus shared the spotlight with choruses ,e valley’s schools Fnday S concert for benefit of the pTAs’ “Finer Carolina” project t —Photo by DuPuy from Black Mountain and to finance music programs Swannanoa in the valley’s schools. Mnrnhv Mam ^ourdadl group of 7th and 8th grade students and leaders were: first row, left to risht Emelie Carole'Rogers Marinfio^p RU^y Clark’ pinda Allan, Kate Worley, Marilyn Bartlett, Sarah Marsha Perley, Cleda Wheeler nlm v a T sec30nd rOW’ JosePh Pe°Ples> director- Patsy Watson, Patty Raefield Sandra Haney Fields ShideyBartlettZAnn JeanAm^0Ils’ Peggy Hamby; third row, Johnnie Linnins, Margfe Greene pP«ov nlnn n ’ ? Ann Bartlett, Pat Johnson, Brenda Bartlett; fourth row, Ann Hanev, Judy McDonald Kay assisfmt , uEf ,, m June PfSidey- Brenda Cordell, Carolyn Roland, Lois Elliott, Janice Peek, Mrs. Charles Meyer Shirk V \lnnro 1 t ’ unV°T' ,F °t Ba™hl11, Llnda Surrett, Deanna Belcher, Shirley Williams, Pat Bartlett, Elaine Parker Perk bis Whli6, JVdy S'\lltb; slxth rovv> steve Norwood, Taylor Morris, Wesley Worley, Ray Williams Sonny Wrib.p Me it on, Eric Jo ly Carl Rogers. Also members, but not present when the photo was made are S Wright, Barbara Mundy, Nancy McKay, Emalme Parker, Dean Halford, Franklin Davis, Shirley Childers and Cremelt Taylor Red Cross Honors Many Volunteers A special program was held in the recreation hall at the Oteen Veterans' Administration hospit al last Thursday evening for rec ognition of services rendered by volunteers to patients there. Dr. Robert H. Spiro, Jr., presi dent of Blue Ridge assembly, was guest speaker, using the subject, “Esse Quam Videre,” (To Be Rather Than to Seem). He was introduced by the manager, Fran cis W. Rollins. The barbershop octet of the Asheville chapter, SPEBSQSA, Inc., rendered several selections. The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Red Cross chapter was represented by the following who received awards for their service at the hospital during the past year: Cer tificates for 100 hours, Mrs. Grace Bergthold, serving as staff aide, and Mrs. W. A. Davis, gray lady, serving patients in the wards; 1000 hour certificates were given to Mrs. Della B. Hurst, and Miss Lily Woods, gray ladies; Miss Genevieve Fisher received a pin of special recognition for having served over 4000 hours in occupa tional therepy, teaching- weaving to patients; and the Montreat Col lege choir, given honorable men tion for perfect attendance during 1957. Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chapter volunteers who had pre viously received certificates of re cognition and who were awarded pins at this meeting are: Miss Connie Dougherty and Mrs. W. M. Pate, 100 hour pins; Mrs. R. S. Tarbert, .‘100 hour pin; Miss Lor raine Carver, Miss Joy Edwards and Mrs. Carrie W. Vernon, 500 hour pins; Mrs. George E. Moray and Mrs. Meyer Nimaroff, 1000 hour pins. Major Hearlin In Lions' Talk Major Bertram S. Hearlin, ad visor for the U. S. Army Reserve Center, Asheville, will he the , speaker at a dinner meeting of the Lions club tonight (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m. at the Monte Vista ho el. He will tell of the organiza :ion and operation of the reserve inits. Chaplain Deyo Williams ' vill be in charge of the program. General Chairman Woodrow 3eddingfield says “Better come »arly if you want to get a seat.’’ < The recent sale of brooms for : he benefit of funds for care of ( he blind and visually handi- , apped is reported to have been f one of the most successful pro ects carried on by the Lions club f n many a day. ’ __ , Tween-Agers’ Dance Saturday Tween-Agers Summoned! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! You are icarby summoned to present youi elf at the Black Mountain club lOUse on Saturday night, May 24, nd show just cause why you hould not dance with the Tween ige Cotillion club from 8:00 to 0:30. Failure to comply will render ou subject to a penalty of an vening without grand fun and ellowship. ( t € t t ( n € 1 t F Two Special News Editions Offer Chance to Tell Your Story In co-operation with the Chamber of Commerce, the Black Mountain News will publish two special editions to welcome sum mer conference and camp guests and vacationists arriving here for the 1958 season. These editions will appear on June 5 and 12. Both editions will contain a maximum of lively stories, pic tures and advertising of interest to all who wish to know where to shop, what to do and where to go for trips and entertainment here in the heart of North Carolina’s Variety Vacationland. ^ ou will want to have a copy to keep for reference—and you will want to tell the vacationers and conference people the full story of the services your own business enterprise is equipped to offer. One feature of these special editions will be a classified business directory of stores and services in this area. Listings for this feature are now being accepted. Rep. George A. Shuford, Buncombe county native who fought overseas with the 30th Division in World War I, is a candidate for renomination in the May 31 Democratic Pri mary. He was one of the eaders in the successful fight io prevent tolls on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Merchant Greets 55-Car GE Train A promotional project, one of the argest ever staged, was attended jyA. F. Tyson, Jr., of Black Moun tain, when he attended the re ception of a solid train load of Jeneral Electric appliances in Asheville early Monday morning. En route to Asheville, the 55 ar train passed through Black •fountain. The appliances are be ng distributed to General Elec ric dealers of North Carolina, .mong them Tyson’s Furniture tore here, by Walker Martin, Inc. Mr. Tyson said: “This shows the remendous confidence GE and Valker Martin and the GE deal rs in North Carolina have in our ■ood state’s economy. This is he largest shipment of major ap •liances of any make ever sent ito this state. Tyson Furniture ’o., the local dealer, purchased its hare and joined 100 per cent in his promotion. They bought Gen ral Electric appliances for you at he train-load price and are going o pass on to you the savings by ffering the greatest buys in GE ppliances in the past 10 yeais. Mr. Tyson and the other deal rs attended a breakfast at the iattery Park hotel prior to going u the railroad station to take art in the reception exercises. Barn Converted Into Theater By Silo Circle Group The conversion of a cow barn on old highway 70 opposite U. S. vet erans’ (Moore General) hospital began this week in preparation for Black Mountain’s new summer theater, the Silo Circle playhouse. The producers, Tinka Crawford, Norman Kean and Dale Meador, teel that the cow barn will make a very attractive, comfortable theater building. They have tak en the hayloft of the barn for the site of the stage and seats, and the main floor of the barn for dressing-rooms, scene shop, box of fice and theater lobby. The hayloft, which at times held as much as 00,000 pounds of hay, will have a specially constructed entrance leading up to the loft door from outside to facilitate en trance and exit to the theater. The theatre will employ arena staging as its means of presentation, and the loft is particularly adaptable because of the height of the ceil ing and the unobstructed floor space. Seating capacity will be ' 024. The installation of seats 1 and the construction of the stage is expected to begin next week, thus turning the cows’ old home < into a modern comfortable theater > plant. Dressingrooms and shop area are being completed in the down- < stairs part of the barn for the ac- 1 —Turn to Page 3 Legion Elects Officers For '58-'59 The Wayeaster McFee Post of the American Legion last week elected officers for the coming yea)' as follows: Commander, Ar nold Jones; first vice commander, Sherman L. Shell; second vice com mander, William H. Spann; ad jutant, Joseph B. Bullock; histor ian. M. E. Head; service officer, Thomas Blizzard; chaplain, W. M. Pate, and sergeant-at-arms, Frank I* ord. Messrs. Jones, Bullock and Head were re-elected to positions heid the past year. The adjutant gave an encourag ing report on the finances of the post. The membership voted to put on a fish fry early in June, the date to be contingent upon the availability of the community club house. It was also voted to hold future meetings on the second Tuesday of each month instead of the first. The hour will be 8 p.m. It was announced that the state convention of the Legion will be held in Asheville June 12, 13 and 14, and member^ were urged to attend. Delinquent members are urged to pay their dues before the time of the convention, ’the post remind ed. Jr. Home & Civic Club Installs Officers were installed for 1958 39 at the annual banquet of the Junior Home and Civic club Tues la.v nigjit at the Black Mountain ■lubhouse. Decorations in the club •olors, yellow and white, were ised and the programs which cuests received were yellow. Those taking office were Mrs. A illiam Senn, president; Mrs. Phad Burnette, Jr., first vice pres dent; Mrs. Jack Gilbert, second 'ice president; Mrs. Harold Boger, ecording secretary; Mrs. Stanley iennett, corresponding secretary; drs. William McAllister, treasur r; Mrs. Ben Ivey, parliamentar an; Mrs, Sherman Long, reporter; JVs. Harvey Austin, chaplain. Guy Burchfiel served as master I ceremonies; George Pickering sd the invocation; Mrs. Henry —Turn to Page 4 Chamber of Commerce Discusses Questions of Telephone Service Matters pertaining to Black Mountain’s telephone service were discussed at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting of the Chamber ol (. ommerce at the Monte Vista hotel. zV decision was made to write a letter from the organization asking that “The Tele phone company modernize the pay telephone system and also to make changes in order that all party line telephones do not ring whenever a call is placed to one party.” I he question was raised as to A-hy long' distance rates should be •barged for calls from Black VIountain to all county points ex cept Asheville, whereas Asheville subscribers may make such calls vithout long distance charges, r’lans were made to ask the man iger of Southern Bell to discuss -hese questions at the next meet ng of the Chamber of Commerce. R. W. Cook, reporting on last veek’s “Clean-Up Week” said that ■ertain problems, including “local alleys which are in bail conditions,” had been referred to the civic im provement committee. Plans for two special editions ol the Black Mountani News in co-operation with the Chamber of (ommerce were discussed and plans were made for their publi cation on June 5, coinciding with the opening of the local assem blies and summer camp programs, and on June 12 to welcome other summer vacationists. 44 See Officers Of Jr. Woman's C. Installed May 17 The .Junior Woman’s club held its annual spring- banquet at the Monte Vista hotel Saturday, May 17. Mrs. W. L. Wheelon gave the greeting- preceding invocation led by Mrs. Willard K. Weeks. After a delightful meal, Mrs. Harold Patton welcomed guests, members and their husbands. Reg inald Heiser, who served as mas ter of ceremonies, introduced the speaker, Charles Plledge, principal of Marion High school, and also dramatics teacher. He gave an entertaining program of comic readings. Mrs. I,eon Williams gave a resume of the club's work dur ing the past year. Miss Polly Powell, district past president, in stalled the following officers in a candlelight service: President, Mrs. Reginald Heiser, first vice president, Mrs. Bill Pinyan; sec ond vice president, Mrs. Leon Wil liams; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ned Straehla; recording sec retary, Mrs. Neil Price; treasurer, Mrs. Woodfin Rhodes; reporter, Mrs. Richard Stone; parliamentar ian, Mrs. W. L. Wheelon; chaplain, Mrs. Taylor Martin. Mrs. W. I. Willis presented Mrs. Wheelon with a president’s pin at the close of the program. With good wishes to the club for the coming year, Mrs. Wheelon turned over the gavel to Mrs. Heiser. Guests presqent were: Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Weeks, .Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Willis, Charles Elledge, Miss Polly Powell, Mrs. Wheelon, Mrs. John Bennett, Mrs. Chester Sobol, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Price, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pinyan, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Har old Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Pox, Mr. and Mrs. George Kica, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Straehla, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Heiser, Miss Alice Turner, Bert Wilde and Mr. and Mrs. A1 Simons. Mountain Party Opens Slate B&PW Convention June 5 Black Mountain Business and Professional Women’s club mem bers will be among- Tar Heel wo men gathering in Asheville June 5 to 8 for their 29th annual state convention. Headquarters will be the Battery Park hotel. Hostess clubs will be Black Mountain, Asheville, Brevard, Bry- , son City, Canton and Waynesville. The Black Mountain club will be < hostess for the opening welcome i party June 5. Miss Mildred Snipes and Mrs. ] S. Thomas Walton, both of the Asheville Business' and Profes sional Women’s club, are chair men, with Mrs. Grace Stamey of Waynesville, district director, as- ] sisting in arrangements. 1 The theme of the national or ganization, the -state theme and the national symbol are of the modern air age: the theme for ^ the state meeting is “Break the > Barriers” and the symbol is a jet plane. j The program will include recrea tional and entertainment features ^ that are native to the mountains j of Western North Carolina as will j be shown at the party which will ( be held June 5 to welcome the q delegates. I Challenging topics for speakers t have been announced: Mrs. Erma Romanik, national legislative ( chairman, will discuss legislation t. of special interest to women, and j Dr. Irma Henderson-Smathers will e speak on “Woman's Worst Ene- v my.” c Mrs. Romanik will also conduct b the installation for the new state officers. v THOMPSON OPENS GARAGE SERVICE W. E.. (Pluto) Thompson has re cently started pperating a garage in Black Mountain, just across the railroad from the passenger depot and invites his many friends and customers to come in. Since selling out his garage on Lakey Lap road in 194(i, Thompson has been working in "Asheville and Thomasville, the last two years with the Packard and Studebaker dealer in Thomasville. He has been in mechanical service since 1930. PUBLIC NOTICE Mrs. Grace Mixon, manager, wishes to announce to the public that recent reports she plans to sell the Beauty Nook are not true. She plans to retain the business, <he announced. Dr. J. Cecil Lawrence Dr. William H. McCorkle Commencement, baccalaure ate and alumne program dates are announced by Montreat college. Dr. J. Cecil Lawrence, execu tive secretary of Mecklenburg Presbytery with headquarters in Charlotte, will preach the baccal aureate sermon at Montreat col lege Sunday, May 25 at 10:45 a.m. A native of Kenly, he holds de grees from Davidson college and Union Theological seminary, Rich mond, Va., and a D.D. from King college. He has served as pastor of sev eral North Carolina churches, was superintendent of home missions in Granville Presbytery for five years and was associate pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian church, Atlanta, for two years before com ing to his present position. He writes Sunday school mater ial regularly for his denomination ind has held several committee of fices in the Synod and in Meck enburg presbytery when he was rssociate pastor of the Myers Park Presbyterian church. Dr. William H. McCorkle, pas ,or of the First Presbyterian •hurch, Bristol, Tenn., will deliver he commencement address Mon lay, May 2(1, at 10:30, at Mon ;reat college. He is vice chairman >f the Montreat college board of rustees. A native of Rock Hill, S. C., he lolds a B.S. degree from the Cita lel, a B.D. from Union Theologi al seminary, Richmond, and a , rh.M. from Princeton Theological . eminary. He was awarded an j lonorary doctorate by King Col- i ege, Bristol, Tenn., in 1934. —Turn to Page 4 1 1 Buckner Reviews Tax Revisions Dear Editor: I was appointed a member of 1 the Board of Tax Supervision for * Buncombe county by the 1947 Leg-- - islature, and have served in that capacity on a per diem basis since. ! 1 his board has the legal responsi- " bility of listing- all property for taxes and conducting revaluations. In 1954 the Board of County J Commissioners and the City coun- < oil jointly appropriated funds to finance a revaluation of all real estate. After the appropriation was made, all other decisions con cerning the revaluation were made by the Board of Tax Supervision. It was the Board of Tax Super vision which employed the profes- ^ sional appraisers who determined j. the valuation to be placed on each j tract of property. ^ A sincere effort was made to a —Turn to Page 5 s METHODIST S. S. CLASS SUPPER The Co-Workers Sunday School ^ class of the Methodist church will have its monthly covered dish sup per and meeting Friday evening ^ at 6:30 in the fellowship hall. All w members and friends of the class ]; are cordially invited to come and p bring a dish of their choice. L ~ w DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED p; Black Mountain Lodge 663 AF & AM, will hold an emergent 01 communication for the purpose of conferring the first degree Fri day evening, May 23, at 8 p.m. S All Master Masons are invited to e] attend, Carl O. Crisp, announced, w C. of C. Still Hopes Ml. Mitchell Road To Originate Here Hopes were still being cherished here this week that the building of a state access road to Mt. Mitchell by the State Highway commission will mean that the road will lead from this area via extension of Route No. 9. This hope was ex pressed by the president of the Black Mountain Chamber of Com merce, W. H. McMurray, Jr., de spite last week’s announcement that the commission plans to build the road to Mt. Mitchell from near Busick in Yancey county—and lo cal opinion clung optimistically to the commission’s postscript to the announced plan which said the road would be built from Busick “provided the cost is not prohibi tive.” Mr. McMurray said local promot ers of the routing of the road from this area believe the route they champion would prove less expen sive. He said that the Chamber of Commerce’s roads committee, headed by Dr. Frank Howard Richardson,' last year submitted a survey for building the access route via No. 9 and believe that would prove less expensive than via the old Mt. Mitchell road. He said members of the local commit tee last year attended a meeting with State Highway Director W. F. Babcock and at that time re ceived assurance that the local survey would be considered in try ing to find the least expensive routing. Rabcock conducted a meeting in McDowell County courthouse last week during which top highway officials heard road needs from county and municipal groups of 12 western counties. The newspaper there reported he told the McDow ell group that a survey is now being made on the proposed , Mt. Mitchell road and should be com pleted by June 15. He afterward, the report said, stated that the road probably will be built next spring and estimated its cost at about $350,000. The route, he said, would im prove an eight-mile existing For est Service road from Busick, to which would be added some three and a half miles of new road to tie in with the present N. C. 181 which leads off the Parkway to Mt. Mitchell. The new stretch would run north of the Parkway and al most parallel the Parkway. Three proposals were made to the highway officials by McDow ell countians. The proposals were presented by Robert W. Proctor for the Board of Commissioners, McDowell Chamber of Commerce, and Marion and Old Fort. These were for improvement to V. C. 80—the route leading off Highway 70 west of Marion to the Parkway at Buck Creek Gap; im proving the secondary road on the pack side of Lake James; and im proving of the road from Old Fort ;o Bat Cave, formerly a link of J. S. 64. It was pointed out that Lake fames is “becoming more and nore appreciated by the people, ■specially on Sundays when liter dly hundreds of people use it for notor-boating, water-skiing, and ishing.” Babcock said of the Lake James oad improvement, “We hope we an get funds for just exactly what 'ou’re suggesting.” Babcock re-affirmed the plan or letting the second project of he of the Interstate route through JcDowell June 8. He said the two iro.iects would take a minimum f two years, maximum of three ears, to complete. IT. JAMES' WOMEN rO SPONSOR BAKE SALE The Women of St. James’ Epis opal church will conduct a bake ale in Tyson’s Furniture store laturday, May 31, beginning at 8 ■m. There will be pound, cocoa ut, devil’s food and earmel cake, upcakes, banana bread, pies, can y, cookies and other kinds of aked goods. You can buy half of a cake, if ou desire, the committee said, et your Sunday dessert .from us, le committee in charge "suggests, t you have any specials you ould like baked, place your order s soon as possible. Mrs. H. E. tinchcomb general chairman, hone NO 9-8203, will receive such ders. USS KNOEFEL IS ONORED AT COLLEGE CHARLOTTE — Miss Charlotte noefel, Black Mountain, recently as awarded a college letter in the ecreation association awards •esentation at Queens college, stters are awarded to students ho attain 100 points for partici ition in various sports events. Miss Knoefel is the daughter Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Knoefel, Jr. Mrs. Perry M. Alexander of vannanoa, is a patient at St. Jos >h s hospital where she under ent surgery Wednesday morning.
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