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! KlWANIS CLUB Sponsors BENEFIT ' performance of "THE RAIN MAKER" by ; SILO CIRCLE PLAYERS for Boy Scout Building Fund FRIDAY, JULY 18, 8:30 P.M.! VOU. 13. YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER W eather July 8_. July 9__ July 10_ July 11_ July 12_ July 13_ July 14_ High Low Prec. _75_65 1.40 _78_63 .28 _80_68 .07 _81_64 .09 __82_62 .23 _78_57 .14 .79_65 .02 THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1958, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODA Y NO. 44. Ieflections by Gordon Greenwood t It Over 11 ' , ;,1 who throws herself a The gin tan never Mrs. One thin* th, good Old days-if yoi ^,h- horse you could be cer “that the model wouldn’ Ihange before you wore it out ?’"... ,,,, caused not so much bj lir, ,u cat as by what’s eating i|. 1 -an t \ i-d T) , vj it of the Lions club t( , Mciri-Mac each summer i< f !. pleasant affair. The foot 1 ; nt, the surroundings ! . the hosts delightful, am h ,am outstanding. , cek’s meeting was no ex 1 don’t know how thej L‘‘ tip with such polished per 0imer.. year-after-year, but they ° They were all good, but of special interest was Mrs. Eugene jit'llersberger, Bible teacher, who returned recently aftor having spent 30 years in Africa as a missionary. She and her hus jj.UKl now make their home in Melbourne, Fla., but spend the summer at Camp Merri-Mac. jlrs. Kellersberger gave some lUresting incidents that happenec o other missionaries on the Dark lontinent. The Lions and their guests won't oon forget the dramatic stories f the teeth, the eye, and the "leg hat was too tough to chew.’ ^ange as it may seem, most oi s believed the stories—all three f them—although we had beer rained by the speaker that the list two were true and that we ould believe the tough leg story i! re wanted to. I believed. —R— I'father Wise If you haven’t enjoyed the re cent rainy weather—maybe you'd like to place the blame on Bruce ft'ilshire, Silo Circle player who las the title role in this week’s production, "The Bain Maker.” Anecdote has it that the loca' towers began just as the players igan rehearsals of ‘‘The Rair aker.” Mr. Wilshire, sitting or te lawn near the barn playhouse toned the words which proved tc i a magical rain-bringer in the tow: —Turn to Page 10 Me of “White llephants” to Aid Mack Mtn. PTA The Black Mountain PTA will )ld a “white elephant” sale at te Royal Art gallery Saturday oming, July 26, beginning at 11 clock. The committee in charge iks that you look through youi tics and closets for articles that ■en’t being used and call Mis, rank Watkins NO 9-5063. All proceeds will go to the PTA, r. Roti from the Art Gallery, has iry graciously donated many val ible items for the sale, the com ittee said. ING SCHEDULED T HOMER'S CHAPEL Homer’s Chapel is having a sing 11 convention Saturday night, l]y lb, beginning at 7:30. All I'geis and the public are extend 1 a cordial invitation to attend. BEHIND THE According to Produc n -E:.;, t r Charles L. Parmalee ®luri\!!>' nicknamed “Chuck”) mainly a matter of F wort but we have observed o a matter of great enuity. Btrhin,! the scenes in theater are ie unsung heroes of the produc “n stall Few people know just into production and we I'e had many questions. Here at r,, 0 Circle Playhouse, we have ^st-hand opportunity to find 1 ""ho does what . . . and why how. e 1 v" learned also that pro rtion i ek's m unceasing job—next is being produced „ae ,|' 1 rrent week’s show is j," 1 ‘ l,!l‘ audiences’ attention. |p'‘-;j!:: '‘ight schedule is the ptig. '1 notion jobs include ev :at , sweeping out the aring for “props” (stage “P<*ties :hn' “Hier jobs, to the very u. ! complex job of stage u ’ the uninitiated), cos Buck’s staff of people K.0.( tically everybody from 1 csonnel to the techni ft(j the lighting and Production equip hs a < S suc^ a variety of ‘Ur»ie uoning board for the Used 11 lo concrete-mix *i. ivertc ' :tlnK the big old barn H *•««! - further arti ” a real theater, ah. ar^cles we’ll go into Prod Personalities and jobs "n and find out more - Turn to Page 10 VJALL Cflfi Tysons Review Furniture Styles of N. C. Display Mi', and Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr., Tyson Furniture Company, who at tended the southern furniture and rug market in High Point, stated that homemakers will be excited about the new designs and styles in furniture and home furnishings. Several thousand retailers at tended the market which was held at the Southern Furniture Expo sition building. Modern furniture is still the style leader and again many inno vations have been introduced into this style. Elegant touches and utilitarian features appear in many of the new lines. Furniture shown at the High Point market empha sizes the homemaker’s desire for clean-cut lines which give her ease of maintainence, as well as good style. The need for additional storage space, too, is stressed in all lines. French Provincial and Italian Provincial continue to be popular in all price categories. Buyers visiting High Point wit nessed the construction of the new Wrenn street wing of the Exposi tion building. The new addition will be the largest all-welded con struction in the Carolinas and will provide 140,000 square feet of showroom area. The new building is expected to be completed in De cember, 1058. ST. JAMES' WOMEN SPONSOR BAKE SALE St. James Episcopal church aux iliary will hold a baked goods sale at Tyson Furniture store Satur day, July 19, beginning at 8:30 a.m. For any special items call Mrs. II. E. Stinehcomb, NO 9-8203. The committee in charge suggests that you “take a rest and let the auxiliary members solve your week-end bake needs.” I Ians for a Boy Scout clubhouse have been completed and hopes of the Scout committee of Troop 25 are that the building detailed above may soon become a reality as a local youth center. The project is designed to meet the needs of all Scout and Cub Scout groups, in addition to such other groups as Little League baseball. Town property between Lake Tomahawk and Highway 70 is the chosen site. A drawing of the exterior is shown below. Plans have been drawn by. Mrs. Ruth H. Westbrook, A.I.A. A Silo Circle Playhouse perform ance of this week’s play, “The Rain Maker,” Friday night is being sponsored by the Kiwanis club to benefit the Scout building fund. 19,028 Books Circulated Last Year by Library; Support Totals $2164.50 The Black Mountain public library in the City Hall build ing was operated during the past year at a cost of slightly more than $2,000, including payment of staff salaries and the sum of $941.78 expended for new books for the reading public. i nese statistics ana otners re lating' to library operations were contained in the treasurer’s report presented at the annual meeting of the trustees last week. The Town of Black Mountain contributed the sum of $1200 for the year’s operations and Bun combe county supplied $500. According to the report of the librarian, Miss Ruby Hall, from July 1, 1957, to July 1, 1958, the Black Mountain Library circulated 7835 adult fiction books and'879 of non-fiction; 8080 juvenile fiction books and 2234 non-fiction books were circulated, a total of 19,028. Two hundred and six fiction and ■id non-nction books were added to the adult’s library and 233 fic tion and 50 non-fiction were added to the juvenile collection, making a total of 7143 books, 141 books having been withdrawn due to wear. One hundred and seventy nine adults and 308 children re registered during ths year. The report of Mrs. Marian N. Leeman as treasurer follows: Cash balance July 1, 1957, $95.07; receipts: Town of Black Moun tain ($180.00 of this figure for 1956-1957 arrears), $1,380.00; Bun combe county, $500.00; rentals on aooks, $54.17; fines, $133.82; lost —Turn to Page 10 Christmount Assembly Hears National Leaders By MARY E. ALESHIRE The Spiritual Life conference for the Southeastern states was a revealing experience for the attending delegates from 10 states at Christmount assembly recently. wriL i Miss Bloodgood Is Married To Guy Ledbetter Miss Barbara Ann Bloodgood of Norfolk, Va., and Guy Rector Led better of Blackstone, Va., were married Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Larchmont Methodist church, Nor folk. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Julius Edward Bloodgood. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rector Ledbetter of Black Mountain. The Rev. Clarence Ambrose Tur ner; Jr., pastor of the church, per formed the ceremony. ^.biuiaude F. Bloodgood, Jr., gave his niece in marriage. She wore a wedding gown of white silk taf feta and Alencon lace. Her finger tip veil of silk illusion was ar ranged from a half-cap of Alencon lace, and she carried a prayerbook showered with white bride’s roses. Miss Lois Elizabeth Bloodgood, who was maid of honor for her cousin, wore a full-length gown of pale pink taffeta. Her head dress and cascade bouquet were of feathered pink carnations. Robert W. Miller of Columbus, O., was best man for his brother in-law, and the groomsmen were Lieut. Richard Stamey and John I.ightfoot. Following a reception in the so cial hall of the church, the couple left for a northern wedding trip. After spending the summer in Blackstone, they will reside in Ra leigh, where Mr. Ledbetter will begin graduate study at Ncth Carolina State college. Silo Show Will Benefit Kiwanis Seoul Funds The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club is selling tickets to this week’s Friday, July 18, per formance of “The Rain Maker” at the Silo Circle theater. One-third jf the proceeds will benefit the local Boy Scout organization. Per sons wishing tickets for the show m Friday are urged to buy them through Kiwanis and.thereby help he youngsters. The Kiwanis meeting Thursday vas a business meeting with no speaker. Guests present were Adrian McCune, Miami; “Chic” sayles, Miami; W. C. Crucscuber y, Birmingham, Ala., and Steven I. Miller, Asheville. 17 Honored Lions Club Service Aivards Staff members and campers of ’amp Merri-mac, where members f the Lions club were entertained, •■ere featured at a Lions club meet ng last Thursday night. Wood ow Beddingfield, first vice presi ent, presided. Awards for 20 years’ member hip in the Lions club went to J. ke Cook, Sr., J. M. Lance, H. W. landers and Clyde Stubbs; 15 ear awards to William Hickey, 'om Nesbitt, J. G. Northcott, W. V. White, and Robert E. Williams; or 10 years, to Charles Clevenger, . lordon Greenwood, J. L. Holman, ! r., Wade Morrow, John J. O’Con- \ or, B. W. Rowland, Dempsey fhitaker and H. McGuire Wood, j A picnic for the blind will be i eld Sunday, July 20 at 2:30 at ’ oe Weaverville Country clubhouse. SCENES At The Silo Circle Playhouse with CLARA CRAWFORD , u n thp success ol current productions &t A good share of the success o efforts of the the Silo Circle Piayhouse is due sh°th ^through f light production staff. r“® j*®*0 , ft t0 rjght, Glenn B. Hill, Larry ing effects is being made y, 1 is production manager, Henderson, Charles L. Pan ' > number in the corn and Bruce W.lshire. Wilshire, UKe ^ ador he has the pany, “doubles in b™ss / «The Rain Maker”, title role in this week s show, me nu a team or .seven nationally known leaders set the tone by sharing; their deepest personal ex periences in their various fields of endeavor in their addresses. Following each address both leaders and delegates assembled in small groups for prayer and discus sion as to how they might each develop a deeper spiritual reality as individual Christians, church members and world citizens. In this way a spirit of unity, fellow ship and consecration dominated the sessions and definite resolves were reached for the social action deemed necessary to meet present world needs. Local members of the Christ mount Christian church were so much impressed by the practical, ecumenical plans developed that an insistent request was made to the national team to make such a con- i ference an annual affair at Christ mount. ( Several families of ministers of , Christian churches are camping ( this week in the cottages at Christ- ; mount. x The Christian churches of this c area will send delegates to the Ecu menical institute at Blue Ridge , Assembly July 20-25. Many of ] Christian ministers and leaders < have assisted in the organization j of the institute and will appear on ^ the program. \ So many delegates from all f churches are expected at Blue ( Ridge, the Christmount assembly J will house the overflow. r Renne Whitaker underwent a tonsillectomy at Memorial Mission h hospital Tuesday. t CofC. Speaker Sees Town As America’s Beauty Center Largest of Season Conferences Now Due at Ridgecrest Past attendance figures indicate that the largest conference of the summer at Ridgecrest Baptist as sembly will be the third Training Union Leadership assembly which opens tonight. It is also possible that the registration total for the week will surpass last year’s rec ord figure for any conference. There were 3855 who attended last summer. Both training- union weeks thus far have been larger than those in 1957. Dr. Walter L. Moore, pastor of the First Baptist church in Merid ian, Miss., will be principal speak er for the week. He will bring both messages Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:50 p.m., and will speak nightly, except Friday, at 8:25 p.m. Sam D. Allen, minister of music at the University Baptist church, Abilene, Tex., will be in charge of the music program. —Turn to Page 4 This Week's Silo Show Proves to Be Audience Favorite By Dorothy Mattison Audience reaction at Monday night’s opening performance of N. Richard Nash’s play, “The Rain Maker,” indicated that this current week’s production at the Silo Cir cle playhouse is proving to be the favorite of Black Mountain’s new summer theatrical season thus far. Having acclaimed the group’s fa cility and versatility in handling comedy and farce, play-goers from an ever-widening area appear ready and eager now to enjoy a week of drama. The show will continue nightly at 8:30. this week and at a Saturday (2:30 p.m.) matinee. “The Rain Maker” is a happy choice by a happy group who ap parently take great joy in their chosen field of the theater. This kind of pleasure in a chosen pro fession has an almost tangible qual ity, highly communicable to a sen sitive audience. —Turn to Page 5 TABERNACLE BIBLE SCHOOL IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN Tabernacle Methodist church will start its Vacation Bible school Monday, July 21, and continue through the 25th. The hours will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. All chil dren of the community are ex tended a cordial invitation to at tend. CO-WORKERS TO HOLD JULY SUPPER ON 18th The Co-Workers Sunday school class of the Methodist church will hold its monthly covered-dish sup per ami meeting Friday evening at 6:30. All members and their families are cordially invited to come and bring a dish of their choice. Mary Gonzales The new four-week-old Silo Circle playhouse, located on Old U. S. 70, two miles west of Black Mountain, will present “The Glass Menagerie,” Tennessee William’s Critics’ Circle award winning mas terpiece. Co-Producer Tinka Craw ford announces that “Menagerie” will play nightly July 21 through July 26 at 8:30 p.m. with a mati nee Saturday at 2:30 p.m., replac ing “The Dover Road” which was originally scheduled as the fourth production. Director Jerry D. Rumley stated that heading the cast will be Mary Gonzalez as Amenda, a little wo man of great vitality clinging frantically to another time and place; Carl Williams as Tom (her son), a poet with a warehouse job; Elaine Hunter (her daughter), a girl who lives in a world of her own illusions; and Burt Edwards as the gentleman caller. Ticket and reservation information may be obtained at the box office by calling NO 9-8429, or at the Inter national Gift shop in Asheville. Miss Gonzales is a favorite of Silo Circle audiences, drawing great appreciation in her role of Miss Skillon in last week’s come dy, “See How They Run.” E. L. Pemberton, 50-Yr. Local Resident, Dies Edmund Lilly Pemberton, Jr., brother of A. J. Pemberton of Black Mountain, died Wednesday night, July 9, in Highsmith hos pital, Fayetteville, after a long and lingering illness which began with a stroke in 1942. He had re sided at his summer home in Black Mountain for approximately 50 years. After attending the public schools in Fayetteville, Mr. Pem berton continued his education at North Carolina State college and —Turn to Page 4 ALLEN AND NANNEY FAMILIES INVITED TO ATTEND WEDDING All friends of the Clark Nanney and Lawton Allen families are cor dially invited to attend the wed ding of Miss Yvonne Nanney and Lauranee Albert Allen at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19, in the First Bap tist church, Black Mountain. Common Efforts Urged to Insure Community's Fut. Recommendations which he be lieves would insure the beauty and prosperity of Black Mountain’s fu ture were outlined in an address by Alex Williams, former Mayor of Vero Beach, Fla., and long-time Florida state legislator, in address ing a meeting of the Black Moun tain Chamber of Commerce at noon on Tuesday at the Monte Vista hotel. Mayor Richard B. Stone, mayor of Black Mountain, introduced the speaker. William H. McMurray, Jr., presided at the session at which business included a vote to grant to the local Fire Department an award of $25 offered in the C. of C.-sponsored “Clean-Up Week” held in the Spring. By unanimous vote, the Chamber of Commerce secretary, George Moray, was giv en a salary raise. Mr. Williams strongly advocated the increase of parking areas in downtown Black Mountain to pro tect local businesses from “suffo —Turn to Page 4 Norlhcott Heads Co. School Board; Name Mrs. Pollock J. G. Northcott of Black Moun tain, was elected chairman and Mrs. Mary Bauman Pollock, form erly of Montreat, was sworn in as a member of the board at a meet ing of the Buncombe County Board of Education in Asheville on Mon day. The Buncombe County Demo cratic executive committee Satur day nominated Mrs. Pollock to fill a vacancy on the County Board of Education. Mrs. Pollock wife of H. E. (Ned) Pollock and daughter of former Democratic Chairman Albert R. Bauman, succeeds Frank E. hay cock who died recently. She also is expected to be named by the Legislature next year for a full six year term for which Laycock was nominated in the May 31 Demo cratic primary. Governor Hodges Opens B. R. Meet of Industrialists The 39th annual meeting of the Southern Industrial Relations con ference opened here July 16 for a four-day session. More than 1,100 Southern busi nessmen and industrialists, rang ing from plant foremen to top lev ‘1 executives, are attending the meeting which is dedicated to the mprovement of human relations n Southern industry. Governor Luther H. Hodges got he conference under way at 8 p.m. Wednesday with a welcome greet ng. The keynote address was de ivered by Dr. Noel Bowman of the —Turn to Page 5 SWANNANOA’S SUPERVISED YOUTH PROGRAM Jim I utterow, a rising: senior in the School of Education, De partment of Industrial and Rural Education, at NT. C. State college, is directing a program of super vised play and recreation at Swan nanoa for the summer, Herbert Coman, general chairman, an nounced today. Mr. Coman, per sonnel manager of Beacon Manu facturing company, which spon sors the program, will act as sup ervisor. Mr. and Mrs. Tutterow are liv ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Pate for the summer. The summer work here by the native of Burlington, N. C., is a part of his work at N. C. State. He will be graded by the college ind will, if his work is satisfactory receive credit toward graduation, rhis is the first program of this ype for this area. Although greatest part of the irogram will be of an athletic na ure, the director points out that here will be time and an oppor unity to engage in many other ictivities, including arts, crafts, tnd dancing, among others, as the lemand is made. The program opened Monday norning and will continue daily intil the end of the summer. Hours vill be announced later. The sponsors and the supervis Jim Tutterow ors have emphasized that the young- people of the entire com munity are invited and urged to use the facilities and take part in the program. There is no charge. Play will be in progress on two fields, at Nolan field in the upper village and at the new Coman field in the lower village. The Babe Ruth and the Little leagues are already in operation and the stand ing- and results of last week ap pear elsewhere in this issue of the News. Coman field, the new stadium completed recently near the en trance to Swannanoa, is modern in every respect. Named for Herb Coman, the personnel director, the field has dug-outs, scoreboard, stands, and a surface that would be welcomed in higher classifications. Responsible for much of the work were “Gog” Martin and Charlie Ferguson, both members of the Beacon varsity nine. Coman field is a standard size field for Little league play. “We believe that Mr. Tutterow will be of great value to us in the promotion of our program of re creation and will help us reach the maximum number of boys and girls in the Swannanoa Valley,” Mr. Coman said. “We want the public to know that this is their program and that they are welcome to use the facilities and to participate in any or all of the activities.” This program is similar to that sponsored each summer here by the Black Mountain Recreation Council and more recently the Civ ic council with funds supplied by the United Fund of Asheville and Buncombe county.
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