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P.T.A. MEETINGS AT BLACK MOUNTAIN AND SWANNANOA SCHOOLS Thurs., Sepl. 18( 7:30 p.m. VOL. 14. YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Weather Sep!. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 High Low Prec, 79 47 84 44 72 59 65 53 72 50 76 45 74 56 T .20 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 3. REFLECTIONS By Dorothy Mattison ijl,,. Black Mountain News i l, quite what it was a few mo If,,;-, ago- and never will be agaii K,„- word has just come of th. tjden passing of Oden Walker E. \(,ws' “Mr. Bittersweet”—om ■ (he most thoroughly-read an< Ejoyed columnists any newspaper rwhere, ever had the privilegi J printing. sphere was never a “blue Mon L'- around here with Oden drop jp in to bring his copy and ap ,,,'i to it, by word-of-mouth, i w more of the unlimited store o: iecdotes and reminiscences gai ned in all the years he had spen' L in his beloved mountains am fcllo ijtwas a member of one of the I,,,,.,.! families of this area am K passing came only two weeks Ts a day. within that of the deatl that figure who often playec ■prominent role in his writings mother, “Aunt Roxy Walker.’ Sorrowing over her “leaving,” K was at that time that Oden topped a word or two of his Personal philosophy about "cross |lg over yonder” into the land so often sang about in his local appearances before many I,sal gathering. He said: “I loo t figure I’m a very emotional ellow. Now, that isn’t to say ’m not sentimental. Everybody tnows I'm sentimental. But I [on i believe in getting emotion [1 about something as natural as ife and death. They are both 1st plain the most interesting ,dvontures that can ever happen o folks—but, of course, the oiks who are left behind aren’t (ways able to look at it that ra v.” I1'Mr. Bittersweet” did manag —Turn to Page 8 liles Thurs. 2 p.m. [or Oden Walker it First Baptist Ch. lOden Walker, one of Black iountain’s best-known citizens will (laid to rest Thursday afternoon feday) in Mountain View Memor I park. Services will be held in le First Baptist church at 2 p.m. Ith the Rev. Eugene Byrd, pas §1' and close friend of Mr. Walker, 10 the Rev. Robert Clayton, pas |r of Mountain View Baptist lui' h, conducting the services. ■Mr. Walker, author of the Black lountain News weekly column, Pittersweet,” was one of the first fcular writers for the News. He J)o was a poet, writer of plays Id a singer. Among his many Bents he was an expert wood pftsman. |Mr. Walker was the son of the Julius A. and Roxanna Pit Walker. His mother died |Pf- 2 at the age of 98 years. —Turn to Page 5 Teachers on [faff of B. Min. primary School Faculty members of the Black puntain Primary school as an this week by Principal onard Keever comprise the foi ling: Fourth grade: Miss Bronte npi r, Mrs. Flora Briggs, Mrs. pdrcd Thompson, Miss Evelyn and Miss Joy Edwards. * b,r,i Crade: Mrs. Frankie Ear M''s. Josephine Hickey, Mrs. I6;' Bennett and Mrs. Della o,i,i grade: Mrs. Evelyn Allene White, Mrs. ” Hendon and Miss Lu ■ Thayer. _ 11 glade: Mrs. Mae North I • Mr-. Lores Whitaker, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Nora Hum *' Mrs. Ruth Kennedy. fe6 RIDGE ASS'N. JUIh RALLY SEPT'. 20 n' t “Youth Rally” of the : “Jge association will con •rday night, Sept. 20, Rocky Pass Free Will *! ■ church at 7:30 p.m. Ev !<,h of the association is 1 bring their youth and £ his meeting, Rev. Wayne pastor, stated, minded that this will be to organize and to elect Ri pOrdui ’ ROOD’S PROGRESS 'ii Greenwood continues to 1 7e satisfactorily at his Ur undergoing surgery re- | Memorial Mission hos- ? ! is anticipated that he i l,uck at his desk at the f ’ 'fountain News on a part- l is within another week, c Friendship Church Dedication Sept. 21 The new Friendship Presbyterian church services on Sunday, Sept. 21. (Photo by Gragg) on Montreat road will be dedicated at special On Sunday, September 21, mem bers of Friendship Presbyterian church will dedicate their new building. This is located on Mon treat road just outside the Mon treat gate. This beautiful building has been under construction less than six months and is ready for occupancy, with adequate facilities for Sun day school, social and other activi ties, the pastor, Rev. Carroll R. Stegall, announces. The architec ture is of Colonial style. The pews have not as yet arrived for the seating capacity of 200. Tempor ary seating has been arranged. The speaker for this special oc casion is the Rev. R. E. McClure, D.D., executive secretary of Ashe ville Presbytery of the Presbyter ian church, his next beihg, “Ex cept the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." The service will start at 11 a.m. Home-coming will also be ob served on that date, with dinner served in the spacious Fellowship hall. At 7:30 that evening the annual revival service will begin, the speaker being the Rev. Carroll R. Stegall, Jr., D.D., son of the min ?*mmm BMI b Dr. F. Crossley Morgan noted Bible scholar, will hold a conference during the week of Nov. 9 through 14 in the Swannanoa Presbyterian church. Details will be an nounced later. The public is invited by the pastor to “put the date on your calendar and plan to attend.” HOME-COMING SEPT. 21 AT PENTECOSTAL CHURCH deal' Branch Pentecostal Holi ness church, located in the Broad River section, will hold its annual home-coining Sunday, Sept. 21. Everyone is cordially invited to at tend,' the pastor announced. Sev eral groups of special singers are expected to appear. _ PTA Open House At Swannanoa The Swannanoa PTA will meet rhursday (tonight) at.7:30 in the school auditorium. Open house will ie held for parents and friends to neet the new principal, R. L. smith, and the new teachers; also ,o visit the building and see re ■ently made improvements. Roy A. Taylor, county attorney, vill be guest speaker. Several ither county officials are also ex >eeted to attend. W. J. Wright, president, will ireside over the meeting. Mrs. 0. A. Alexander is publicity chair nan. Baby sitters will be provided or children whose -parents need to iring them to the meeting in or iel- to attend. Rev. Carroll R. Stegall, Jr., D.D. ister of the church. Dr. Stegall is a well-known “chalk artist” evan gelist and pastor of Northminster Presbyterian church, Greenville, S. C. The public is cordially invited to join in the fellowship with the members of Friendship in all these services. Two PTA'i Slate Thurs. Meeting With schools of the area in the fourth week of their fall terms, mothers and fathers are due to report back to school tonight (Thursday)—when the first PTA sessions of the new school year are scheduled. First meeting of the Owen PTA is scheduled for Oct. 2. Meetings of the Black Mountain and Swannanoa Parent-Teachers associations are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. at the respective school build ings. The Swannanoa program will be an open house at the school. Joe Scannell, program chairman, will introduce Dr. Robert H. Spiro, Jr., president of Blue Ridge as sembly, for an address at the Black Mountain PTA on this date. Har ry W. Clarke will preside. Ellis Vaught, first vice presi dent, will be in charge of the pro gram for Owen High’s first PTA —Turn to Page 5 ' Legion to Sponsor Membership Drive In Near Future Waycaster-McFee Post 129, Am erican Legion, voted to. put on a concerted membership drive at its meeting last week. Sherman Shell was elected as general chairman for the drive. He appointed as team captains, Johnnie Hall and Lewellyn Good man, with the understanding that the losing team is to treat the winners to a dinner at the close of the drive. “This is a drive to enroll every veteran of any war period who resides in this area and who pos sesses an honorable discharge,” Chairman Shell said. “The Le gion needs you and you need the Legion,” he continued. “Member ship is the cheapest insurance you will ever purchase.” The Post also voted to buy again this year a steer to be given as a prize about Nov. 21. There will also be games and other prizes at the round-up meeting at which the award will be made. Turkey shoots are in the offing with dates to be announced later. U. S.-Sponsored Science Library at Owen High Science will be emphasized, un- i derscored and pointed up during i the current year at Chas. D. Owen i High school. i Principal N. C. Shuford’s appli- | cation for participation in the 1 Traveling High School Science Li- - brary program has been accepted by the American Association for “ the Advancement of Science, and j, 200 outstanding, evaluated, up-to- t date “best seller” type books in the “ sciences and mathematics will cir- ^ culate to the school library from Washington, ,D. C. o All branches of science will be ic covered and the reading level will it range from books the brilliant jun- a ior-high student will find interest- d ing to some that will give the out- tl standing high school senior a taste T of advanced work. The collection tl lists for more than $1,000, the K —Turn to Page 8 M "OPERATION YOUTH" GETS SUPPORT OF LEGION POST HERE Endorsement of “Operation Youth,” community campaign to build a permanent youth cen ter here was made by the local American Legion, last week. Commander Arnold Jones in addressing- M. E. Head of “Op eration Youth” (which is a “Finer Carolina” project) stat ed: “By unanimous vo(e, Waycas ter-McFee Post 129 endorses Operation Youth and pledges full co-operation and all possi ble assistance to this most wor thy community project. “I am sure that I speak for each member of the post as in dividuals, when I wish you ev ery success with this project.” Beautification of Community is Aim Seeking- the assistance of the public in helping to advance the beautification program of the Wo man’s club’s “Finer Carolina” pro ject, the Garden club branch of the Woman’s club, meeting at the ; home of Mrs. Willard K. Weeks, asked for contributions of bulbs ' from “those who have an abund- 1 rince.” Members will see that ‘‘ they are planted as a part of a program to make “Black Mountain . :he City Beautiful.” | The request was presented at a neeting of this recently-organ- j zed Garden club. From a taste- , 'ully arranged buffet, refresh- c nents were served to these mem- ( iers: Mrs. Hi A. Kerlee, Mrs. H. t X Dougherty, Mrs. Albert Jern, t Jrs. W. A. Allison, and Mrs. C. t —Turn to Page 4 CEEVER IS ELECTED 1; ITATE CONDUCTOR 1 )F JUNIOR ORDER, U.A.M. n At the recent State convention b f the Junior Order, United Amer- „ •an Mechanics, held at the Wash- Ii lgton-Duke hotel, Durham, Leon- d rd Keever was elected state con- d uctor. He is also a member of IV: le state planning committee. ]V here are only seven members of J lis committee in the state. Mr. G leever is principal of the Black a fountain Primary school. a School's Out on Sepl. 23 as Staff Attend NEA Meet The Western District Annual Convention of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in Asheville, Tuesday, Sept. 23, with teachers from Black Moun tain and Swannanoa attending. Classes will not be held in local schools on that date. The day-long meeting is one of ten NCEA district meetings sched uled for this fall as a part of the NCEA’s in-service training and professional development of mem bers of the teaching profession. Over 2,000 teachers, principals, supervisors, superintendents, and other school personnel from the fourteen counties comprising the district will attend the meeting .Section meeting speakers will in clude two from Black Mountain: Miss Lou Lindsey, for classroom teachers, and Mrs. Edith Metcalf Bryan at the elementary educa tion section. W. L. Barkby, Canton, will pre side over the general session at Lee H. Edwards auditorium. Oth er district officers are Hazel S. Sprinkle, Mars Hill, vice president; Mrs. Belle Ratcliffe, Waynesville, secretary; and Mrs. Edna F. Rog ers. Waynesville, NCEA director. Dr. Lyman Ginger, junior past president of NEA, will deliver the principal address at the general session. Dr. Ginger is dean of the department of education, Univers ity of Kentucky. Others to appear on the general session program are: Mrs. Belle F. Ratcliffe, supervisor, Haywood County schools, Waynesville; W. P. Griffin, principal, Lee H. Ed wards High school, Asheville; Glenn Robei-tson, NCEA president, principal, Beulah High school, Mount Airy; Mrs. Edna F. Rogers, NCEA western district director, Allen’s Creek school, Waynesville; Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state sup erintendent of public instruction, Raleigh; Mrs. Ethel Perkins Ed wards, executive secretary, NCEA, Raleigh; and Earl C. Funderburk, superintendent, Asheville City schools, NEA director, Asheville. —Turn to Page 8 Many Dignitaries Attend Service for Rev. W. Williams Last rites for Rev. Wayne W. Williams, 63, former pastor of the First Baptist church, Black Moun tain, retired U. S. army chaplain and one of this section’s most en thusiastic outdoormen, were held Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13, in the First Baptist church, Ashe ville. The Rev. VV. A. Huneycutt, pas tor of the First Baptist church, Black Mountain, and Chaplain Deyo Williams of Oteen VA hos pital, officiated. Burial was in Lewis Memorial park with military rites at the grave. Pallbearers were Dr. G. F. Prather, Dr. James I. Cornwell, J. G. Northcott, Bill Shope, A. E. —Turn to Page 5 GOAL SET BY COLLEGE ALUMNAE FOR A "LIVING ENDOWMENT" Goal of a living endowment pro- 1 gram by alumnae for Montreat col lege is announced as an additional i $11)00 by Dec. 15 and total pledges i ot .$6250 by Commencement day ( next spring. ' , Sponsors of the project, with i Elizabeth S. Hoyt acting as co-or- ■ dinator, explain that the latter sum represents “annually the in terest at two and one-half per sent on an endowment of one quar ter million dollars. You can do it,” she tells alumnae in a current bul letin addressed to former students. She urges them also to write and :alk “to Montreat college friends ibout the living endowment.” JESSE JOLLY'S MOTHER DIES IN MISSISSIPPI Mrs. Will M. Jolly, lifelong res dent of Okolona, Miss., mother d Jesse Jolly of Black Mountain, lied Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the )kolona Community hospital, af er having been hospitalized for wo weeks following a heart at ack. Mr. and Mrs. Jolly and daughter, usan, returned to Black Mountain ist week after having attended uneral services on Sept. 5. 1 he late Mrs. Jolly was the for- \ ler Miss Fannie Gaskin. She was orn and reared in Okolona. She 'ou Id have been 89 in November. 1 l 1943 Mr. Jolly preceded her in * eath. She is survived by four aughters, Mrs. Carrie Brand and a liss Mabel Jolly of Dallas, Tex.; Irs. Lee Corley and Miss Mytle ally; and by another son, Landers ar . Jolly of Memphis, Tenn. She n; Iso leaves nine grandchildren and so number of great-grandchildren, of *Operation Youth’Seeks Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire Many times a visitor to sessions of the United Nations, and a constant and interested student of its organization, and the functions and the possibilities it offers for solution of international problems, Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire will give an address on the UN as a major feature of the Black Mountain Business and Professional Women’s club’s week-long observ ance of “National Business and Professional Women’s Week” here in October. Annual United Nations day also comes in October. The week’s observance locally will open with attendance of the club in a body at morning services at the Methodist church on Sun day, Oct. 5. Mrs. Aleshire’s ad dress will be a feature of a dinner and program on the following eve ning, 'Monday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Monte Vista hotel. (Mem bers are asked to make personal reservation’s for themselves and for husbands who wish to attend, by calling Miss Ruth Gilbert (NO 9-8291) by the Saturday preceding the event, Oct. 4). Miss Gilbert is chairman, aided by Mrs. Laura O’Connor and Mrs. Helen Johnson on the public affairs committee which will sponsor the celebration. Members will meet to attend church services at the Methodi-st church at 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 5 in front of the church. All business and professional women, of Black Mountain and Swannanoa, are invited to attend a reception which will be held on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 8 to 10 p.m., at the home of Mrs. O’Con nor, 206 Church street. Mayor Urges Observation of Constitution Week With D.A.R. The current week is designated as “Constitution Week” in a proclamation issued by Mayor Richard B. Stone of Black Mountain, at the request of Ruth Davidson and Edward Bun combe chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. i ne ijak annually sponsors na ;ion-wide observance of the date. Local members of the organization ire affiliated with these two ihapters. This year’s anniversary >i Sept. 17 marks the 171st of the idoption of the Constitution of the Jnited States of America by the Constitutional convention. The proclamation, announced lere by Mrs. Walter Burgess of he Ruth Davidson chapter, sets 'orth this message under the sig lature of Mayor Stone and at ested by R. T. Greene: “WHEREAS, To accord official ecognition to this memorable an liversary, and to the patriotic ex rcise which will form a notewor hy feature of the occasion, seems itting and proper; and “WHEREAS, Public Law No. 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America de signating Sept. 17 through 23 each year as Constitution Week; “NOW, THEREFORE, I, Rich ard B. Stone, by virtue of the i authority vested in me as Mayor j of the City of Black Mountain in c the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the week of Sep- -v tember 17-23, 1958 as “Constitu- t tion Week’’ in the City of Black g Mountain, and urge all our citizens o to pay special attention during j that week to our Federal Consti tution and the advantages of Am erican citizenship.” f OI Miss Ruby Harrison and Patrick Wagner were wed in a mble-ring ceremony Sunday, Aug. 31, in Bennettsville, S. C. The bride is the daughter of Mr. d Mrs. W. G. Harrison of Swan noa, and the bridegroom is the a of Mr. and Mrs. James Wagner Altoona, Pa. The couple will reside in Fort -“"tigg, where the bridegroom is stationed in the U. S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division. gu its su 6:1 ch an vii th ch : Firms’ Gifts Pledges to Dale At $1500 Mark Clubs' "Finer Carolina" Chairmen Name Projects for Year Pledges and gifts totalling ap proximately $1500, toward a goal of $7500, were announced this week by sponsors of “Operation Youth” for which a financial campaign is being currently conducted in an ef fort to erect a permanent youth center for use of Black Mountain’s young people. This is a “Finer Carolina” pro ject, one of those to be conducted in the community during the com ing year. This week marked the first of the meetings for discus sion under the new 1958-59 chair manship of Chairman Max Wood cock of the over-all community sponsorship of various “Finer Car olina” projects during the coming year. The meeting, held at City Hall on Monday night, was at tended by “Finer Carolina” chair men representatives from the var ious clubs in the community, from whom reports were heard on the projects they plan to sponsor. Financial reports on the cam paign progress of “Opera i Y'outh” included announcement > f 11 gifts and pledges of the sum of $100 or more. These sponsors comprise: M. E. Head, $100; Ki wanis club of Black Mountain, $200; R. Carl Bowness, chairman of Operation Youth, Inc., $100; Lance’s Esso service, pledge of $100; Tyson Furniture Co., pledge of $100; Western Auto Associate store, pledge of $100; Uzzell’s Rex all Drug store, pledge of $100; Key City Pharmacy, pledge of $100; Black Mountain Lumber Co., $100; Knight’s Pharmacy, pledge of $100. Rev. William A. Huneycutt, pas tor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. John L. McWhorter, pas —Turn to Page 4 Democratic Bar-B-Q and Rally Here on Oct. 25 “Everybody from Black Moun tain, Swannanoa, Broad River and Oteen townships is invited to at tend’’ a free barbecue and Demo cratic rally on the evening’ of Sat urday, Oct. 25, at Owen High school, the general chairman for the program, Mayor Richard B. Stone of Black Mountain, an nounced today. The barbecue supper will be served from 6 to 8 p.m., and at the latter hour there will be a speaker of national reputation, Chairman Stone said. Local Hosiery Mill Has Annual Outing The Black Mountain Hosiery Vfill held its annual picnic for em ployes and their families Satur lay, Sept. 13, at “Intheoaks.” Various recreational facilities vere available and many enjoyed lowling, swimming and golf. The roup also enjoyed guided tours f the estate, which is now a WNC Ipiscopal diocese center. This affair, to which both the lanagement and employes look orward, was quite a success in ttendance and participation, the ponsoring committee reported. IRST CHRISTIAN HURCH SUPPER The First Christian church will rid its church-wide supper Wed usday evening, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m. 11 friends of the church are ex nded an invitation to attend, here will be no charge, but a ee-will offering will be taken. REE WILL BAPTIST EVIVAL TO OPEN The First Free Will Baptist urch will begin revival services inday night, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. le Rev. E. L. Benchboard, pas r, extends a cordial welcome to e public to attend. There will special singing during the re val. D-WORKERS CLASS OST TO CRUSADERS Members of the Crusaders class the Methodist church will be ests of the Co-Workers class at regular monthly covered dish pper meeting Friday evening at 10 in the fellowship hall of the uich. Members of both classes d their friends are cordially in -ed to come and bring a dish of eir choice, the committee in arge states.
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