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Join Your Chamber of Commerce and Help Black Mtn. Grow your county newspaper Weather High Low Prec. Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 25 _ ..60_41 .01 _62_46 .58 _64_23 1.32 _42_21 _56_19 __60_26 _64_24 VOL. H. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 22. REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood The Black Mountain Lions club red 11 members with 20 years '"’more of service at a special rojram at the Monte Vista last ;k Speaker for the occasion , Hugh Monteith, international iiinselor and a member of the , 0f directors of Lions Inter national. Acting as master of ceremony the occasion Charles E. Spen r pact president of the Black Mountain Lions club, gave a brief Tistory of each of those honored as o placed “old monarch” caps on heir heads. Those honored included N. C. Shuford, only man to be president lf the local club for three terms; Vriahl E. Finch, past president; ,1 Potter, long-time director and (■■ul'er in the club; H. A. Kerlee, (‘ Dougherty, J. O. Williams, lieivin Lance, all former directors; 1 Cook, Sr., director and famous jailtwister; W. M. Pate, director; tov A. Taylor, past president and Jistrict governor and now interna >j„nal counselor, and Herbert W. hinders, past president, district •overnor and now international ounselor. phve years ago when “Herb was lupposed to have received his but ,,n for lb years’ perfect attend ee_he was snowed in at Blue tidge and couldn’t make it to the neeting. I wrote the facts of the case, —Turn to Page 4 lev. Lo Vallo to peak Feb. 9 at riendship Church Friendship Presbyterian church [ Black Mountain will have as lest speaker at the evening ser ce on Monday, Feb. 9. Rev. ngelo LoVallo, a former Roman Hholic priest. The Rev. Angelo Lo Vallo was in: in Dunmore, Penn., of Roman itholic parents. During his uldhood he attended the public hools and was awarded a scholar lip to the University of Scranton, affed by the Jesuits. He sub iquently studied at St. Mary’s niveristy, Baltimore, Md. In 1936 he received a four-year holarship to the Collegio Brig )ii Sale, International University, Genoa, Italy. It was there he as finally ordained as a priest 1940. Following his return to the nited States, Mr. Lo Vallo served ie Roman Catholic church as as stant pastor, and administrator various churches in the Scran n diocese, Scranton, Penn. However, doubts that he once itertained while in the seminary ere carried over into the priest lod. Finally in 1948 he decided at he must therefore leave the lurch of Rome, a move which used, temporarily, much sorrow. ■Since then Mr. Lo Vallo has been filiated with Christ’s Mission of la Cliff, N. Y. KEJS. Chapter to ionor Tarbert Black Mountain Chapter No. 3 O.E.S., will honor Richard S. irbert. Sr., district deputy grand itron of the 20th district of orth Carolina, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. Mrs Mae H. Willman, past grand | atron. O.E.S., will be guest speak Her subject will be the con cision of a talk on "The Build of the Temple”. This is by (c-cial request. All members are 'Bed to attend. I no Make Gifts (> New School Uuidcraft Class DEEDED: Some used tables and [airs and other odd pieces of fur hire which you aren’t using— Wiich would be suitable for l,e new lounge and “sickroom” Ia.oh eighth-grade students at the ®nontary school are trying to fnish. ewly-organized handicraft clas ' (a "Finer Carolina” project ensured by the Business and 'Sessional Women’s club) have “pted the creation of this lounge >m a bare classroom. Boys are r‘ the furniture. Girls ■"Hr.ing curtains and re-uphols lng furnishings. # iou have furniture you could rib'jte, please call the teacher, E A. Kelley, at her home. ’ hanks to the generosity of three a merchants, the Black Moun « l umber Co., Black Mountain " r<»., and Western Auto l’J> > the boys have new tools j "rials with which to work .*su businesses have given saw'. •mers squares, paints, brushes, , i i voj pant W3| IJi uouvo paper and wood with which to 'arious craft articles. Swannanoa’s New Baptist Church (Photo by Darby) Interior view of the new sanctuary of the First Baptist church, Swannanoa, shows where dedicatory services for the structure will be held for members and the public on the coming Sunday. First will be a morning service; an afternoon program will follow noon luncheon, and congregation and guests will be welcomed again for evening services. Opening day of the new $130,000 sanctuary of the First Baptist church, Swannanoa, will be held Sunday, Feb. 1, with special ser vices during the day. A special effort is being made to reach a goal of $0,000 for the offering to the building fund. Architectural service for the new structure was by Six Associates and the building has been done by Britton Riddle, who began the ov erseeing of construction, and by Russell Riddle, who finished it. These men and their helpers have done a superb job, the Rev. C. W. Smith, pastor, stated. The seating Capacity is over 800 people. There is a large balcony, a basement area with 13 class rooms, two large assembly rooms, a kitchen, five restrooms and two dressing rooms. The services Sunday morning will feature Rev. E. F. Hardin of Ridgecrest, as speaker, and will begin at 10:30 a.m. when the Sun day school will enter the building and present special offerings for the building fund. After the lunch downstairs, afternoon services will begin at 1:30 p.m. and close at 2:30 p.m. with L. T. Hamrick, Jr., and Rev. Charles Jollay as speak ers. Special music will be given by Riceville Men's chorus and a quartet from the Swannanoa church. —Turn to Page 8 Recent Bride Mrs. Walter H. Morris Miss Geneva E. Brown and Wal ter H. Morris of Black Mountain were married in a double ring cere mony on December 31, 1958, ir Spartanburg, S. C. The couplf honeymooned in Charleston. Geneva is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Rufus Brown of Blaci Mountain, and Walter is the sor of Mr. and Mrs. William Floyc Morris of Star Route. Mrs. Morris is employed bj Black Mountain Hosiery mills, am Mr. Morris is employed by Western North Carolina Sanatorium. Amateur Archers Give Invitation to Join Group Herr An interested group of members and spectators gathered Sunday afternoon at a practice session of the Gray Eagles Archery club on grounds at the rear of the Ele mentary school. Members and prospective mem bers are urged to make payment of membership dues promptly in order that purchase may be made of hay and target faces necessary for practice. President Bueky Wright also stated that another practice will be held, if good weather prevails, beginning at 1:30 p.m. next Sunday at the same location. All interested persons are invited to bring their bows and take part. PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE TO MEET ON MONDAY Circle 4 of the Black Mountain i Presbyterian church will meet • Monday night, Feb. 2, at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. William Klein. TEEN-AGE DANCE FEB. 2 The American Legion will furn ish chaperones for the next dance in the party schedule for Black Mountain ’teen - agers, Monday : night, Feb. 2, at the Community . clubhouse. Ossie Osteen is di rector for the group. January Sees Much Progress In "Finer Carolina" Projects Continued progress toward realization of the five-fold “Finer Carolina” program of Black Mountain for 1958-59 has been made during the month of January, local FC Chairman Max Woodcock said in making his monthly report this week. All local chairmen report month ly to Raleigh headquarters of the sponsor, Carolina Power & Light Co. Although cold anti wet weather has interrupted work temporarily on three of the projects, all are moving on schedule, he said, and indicate successful completion by season’s end in another five months. Currently plans are under way by sponsors of “Operation Youth” to step up their financial campaign to underwrite the building of a permanent youth center. Volunteer supervision of the con struction and the promise of some needed materials have been made and, as weather permits, the job of clearing and levelling the 15-acre site between Cragmont road and the highway will continue and building operations will begin, Chairman R. C. Bowness stated Still badly needed are additional contributions to the building fund. Rain and frozen ground recently interrupted bull-dozing work of an operator provided by T. K Brown, but this work was scheduled to proceed and be concluded at an early date. Regarding the second PC pro ject a “Beautification Program sponsored by the Senior Woman s club, a report was made that 1 t per cent of the club’s members have completed planting of spring bulbs on their own residence grounds. The program, which ear lier accomplished landscaping of approaches to the town, will now be dormant until planting: of an nual flowers and a clean-up cam paign in the spring. Last week saw the second phase of a third project launched. This was constituted by the first meet ings of a new handicraft and voca tional education class for the GO boys of the 8th grades of the Black Mountain Elementary school. A class for 55 girls was similarly established several months ago, both with FC sponsorship by the Business and Professional Women’s club. These classes grewr out of a wish to provide a constructive pro gram for boys and girls of junior high school age who need encour agement to remain in school and sometimes do not find such en couragement solely in the regular academic program. Both classes meet three times a week. Details of the activities of the new boys’ class will be found in a coming feature story in an early edition of the News. Progress on the FC project of the PTA is reported in detail else where in this edition of the News. Need for flexibility in the project was seen and action taken last week by the PTA board, providing for substantial financial contribu tions to make it possible for the school to purchase needed supple mentary reading and other vita! class materials. The project will now have as its goal “Improvement of school,” rather than limiting it —Turn to Page 5 Man of Year Mayor Richard B. Stone Asheville Jaycees have pick ed Black Mountain’s Mayor Richard B. Stone as “Young Man of the Year for 1958.” Mr. Stone, who has held the Black Mountain mayoral office since June, 1957, is a member and a past president of the lo cal Junior Chamber of Com merce. The award was made at the Asheville Junior Chamber’s Dis tinguished Service Award banquet last Saturday night in the George Vanderbuilt Hotel. The presenta tion was made by William C. Morris, Jr., president of the Ashe ville Jaycees. Mr. Stone was chosen for the honor from a list of nine nominees. The choice re mained a secret until announce ment at the dinner. The nomina tion was made by a fellow attorney at-law, Ronald E. Finch of Black Mountain. Mayor Stone is active in church, school and community work here. He is a member of the Town Board; vice president and executive com mittee member for the Elementary school PTA; member of the Black Mountain Boy Scout committee and treasurer of Troop 25; member of the American Legion; a director of Buncombe County United Social Services; is active in the Valley Boosters club and a charter mem —Turn to Page 5 Services Held for Mrs. Sharp, Sr. Funeral services for Mrs. Mar jorie Cuthbertson Sharp, 48, of Greenbrier road, wife of Rudolph C. Sharp, Sr., were held Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, at St. James’ Episcopal church with the Rev. Kenneth Donald, rector, officiating. The body was sent to Birming ham, Ala., where graveside rites were conducted at 4 p.m. on Tues day in Elmwood cemetery. The Rev. John C. Turner, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Birmingham, officiated. Survivors in addition to the hus band include one step-son, Rudolph C. Sharp, Jr.; the mother, Mrs. William John Cuthbertson of On tario, Canada; one sister, Mrs. Arthur Booth of St. Catherine, Ontario; and three brothers, Ralph, Harold and Milan Cuthbertson of Ontario. PTA Budgets Three Substantial Gifts For Local Schools Board members of the Black Mountain PTA, meeting Monday, Jan. 19, changed the priorities of improvements which they planned earlier in the year to make in local Primary and Elementary schools during the current school year. Harry W. Clarke presided. The projects are included in the town’s “Finer Carolina” program. A vote unanimously called for revision of the proposed “improve ment of school grounds” to “change priorities,” providing that monies from the PTA-raised general fund of $4000 should be used for “cur rently more urgent purposes.” In consequence, appropriations were made as follows: $400 to the Pri mary school for supplementary reading materials not provided for in state or county school funds; and appropriations of $000 each for Primary and Elementary schools’ materials in other classes, for which funds would not otherwise be available for these materials for class work; and funds were also made available for purchase of an intercommunication system between Principal Burchfiel’s of fice and classrooms in the Primary building. The latter makes for greater efficiency in teaching and administration. The next regular meeting of the PTA is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19. PTA funds for the general fund were raised through several suc cessful enterprises: from two horseshows; from benefit perform ances sponsored at the Silo Circle Playhouse last summer; from a Hallowe’en carnival which netted $1400,t and from “white elephant” auctions, the latter adding $1150 of the year’s $4000 fund. Swannanoa Gels New Draperies in FC Project of PTA An estimated 160 hours of labor were contributed to Swannanoa’s recently-completed ‘'Finer Caro lina” project at the Swannanoa school under PTA auspices. This provides new draperies for audi torium windows and doors, with these being furnished by Beacon | Manufacturing Co., and installed ! on traverse rods which were given and put in place by Tarmac oi Asheville. This idea originated last March • when Mrs. Mabel Moser was try t —Turn to Page 4 ; Reports on Trends in Home Turn. A. F. Tyson of Tyson Furniture ' Co., who attended the Southern furniture and rug market in High Point, said the Southern Furniture Exposition building offered a great er concentration of merchandise than ever. The new Wrenn Street wing opened in time for this market which ran from Jan. 19 through the 23. The wing adds 150.000 square feet of display area to the build ing. Style trends shown at the mar ket indicated contemporary and early American were among the leaders. Styles with an Oriental influence are important. National istic influences of European coun tries were noted. Wood finishes showed generally the more natur la wood tones. The oiled or waxed finish was most popular. In upholstery fabric covers, beiges and tans topped the list. For accent colors, blues, greens, reds and the olive shades of grten are becoming increasingly popular. Several manufacturers have ad ded complete correlated groupings to their lines. Most noticeable was the trend to furniture that is prac tical and designed to give the home maker the most for her money. Storage space in all case pieces has been a prime consideration. Sgt. W. C. Nelson Is Cited in Germany LANDSTUHL, Germany Army Sgt. William C. Nelson, whose wife, Maude, lives in Swannanoa, re cently received a certificate of achievement for outstanding per formance of his duties as ward master at the 2d General hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. Sergeant Nelson, son of Mr. and Mi-s. Buxton Nelson, Rich Square, entered the Army in 1944 and holds the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He arrived overseas on this tour of duty in April, 1957, from an as signment at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The 34-year-old soldier is a 1944 graduate of Rich Square High school. Club Hostesses at Schools Teachers of the Black Mountain Elementary school enjoy a coffee hour conducted by the Junior Home and Civic club in honor of “Teacher’s Day”. Serving coffee and doughnuts at the Primary school also were Mrs. Ralph Singleton and Mrs. Burton Osteen. At the Elementary building hostesses were Mrs. Jack Milton and Mrs. Max Flack, and at Owen High, Mrs. G. W. Pickering and Mrs. Simon Berggrun. The Junior Home and Civic club met Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the home of Mrs. H. L. Lackey. Mrs. Carl Nifong, Enka, district junior di rector, and Mrs. Rachel Martin, past president of the Asheville Junior Woman's club, were hon ored guests. Mrs. Nifong spoke to the club about what is expected of mem bers of a civic organization and opened a discussion on the state, national and international projects of the club. It was a very en lightening discussion for everyone, new members of the club in par ticular. Plans were made for Mrs. Ni fong to meet with a special plan ning committee from the club to discuss and organize next year’s program. Following the business meeting, members and guests enjoyed a de lightful buffet consisting of dainty sandwiches, relish tray, nuts, mints, cake and coffe. The table was centered with a beautiful ar —Turn to Page 8 Clubhouse to Get Attention of Board at Feb. 18 Session Restocking of Lake Tomahawk with future “good fishing possi bilities” is expected momentarily, Town Manager R. T. Greene re ported early this week. In line with plans made last season, the lake was drained in order for brush to be cleared and to allow extermination of the fish previously contained. Blue Gill bream will comprise the new stock which is to be received from the Pisgah Forest hatchery of the Wild Life service of the U. S. De partment of the Interior. Activities in the lake area are slated soon to center on repairs at the Community clubhouse. As a result of last week’s high winds and rainstorm, which removed some shingles and made more acute the need for a new club house roof, early action is expect ed to be taken by the Town Board. The matter is slated for discussion at a regular meeting of the board at City hall on the evening of Feb. 18. So is consideration of the possibility of installing a new club house floor. Recent renovations include installation of new fixtures in the club restrooms, an expense which the Junior Chamber of Com merce and the Junior Woman’s club have helped to underwrite through recent contributions. (JAW Withdraws At Ex-Cell-0 Corp., Black Mountain Gene Ford, manager of the Ex Cell-O Corporation, Black Moun tain, announced today that the National Labor Relations Board had notified him that the UAW CIO had withdrawn its petition for a representation election previously called for Jan. 30 at the Ex-Cell-0 Black Mountain plant. Jack A. Crump, international representative for the United Auto mobile Workers (UAW) union, stated that “having filed a petition with the NLRB on Oct. 7, 1958, asking that an election be held,” the union had made a decision “to request that the election be with drawn without prejudice, thereby allowing the election to be held at a later date without having to await the 12 months that would otherwise be required". In commenting upon the with drawal of the petition, Mr. Ford said that “although 1 have not received from the UAW-CIt) any reason for its withdrawal, I am sure they have backed out in the face of certain defeat. The UAW-CIO represents employes in five Ex Cell-O plants located in Detroit and Traverse City, Mich., Lima, Fostoria and Bluffton, O. Each of these plants has been idle since Oct. 20, 1958, when the UAW-CIO called a strike at all of these five locations,” Mr. Ford stated. Mr. Crump’s announcement of his request that “the election be withdrawn without prejudice”, was followed by a statement from Mr. Ford to the effect that “The Ex Ceil-0 Corporation would not agree to have the petition withdrawn without prejudice”. B & PW TO MARK 10th BIRTHDAY AT FEB. 23 BANQUET The Business and Professional Women's club will have a birth day—and a cake with 10 candles on it—on “Charter Night”, Feb. 23. Plans are be ing made for a banquet and program at 7 p.m. at the Monte Vista by a committee compris ing Mrs. Carmen Bullock, chair man, Mrs. Kate Simmons, Mrs. Garlene Stutts, and Mrs. Alice Coburn, of the club’s hospital ity committee. This date marks a change from the regular monthly meeting date which generally occurs on the second Monday. Owen 5 Moves to Buncombe Lead Owen High school’s Warhorses gained revenge for the defeat by the North , Buncombe five when they won a 64 to 63 decision over the Hawks before 2000 fans at City auditorium Saturday evening. The game had been postponed from Jan. 16 because of cold weather and snow. North Buncombe’s girls staged a last-half rally to edge the locals, 48 to 42. McAfee scored 17 for Coach Eugene Byrd’s charges, while Sherlin had 10, and Shook, 11. Last Friday Owen split a twin bill with Reynolds here. The vis iting girls walked off with a 04 to 40 decision after leading at half time, 33 to 10. In the nightcap the Warhorses, paced by Tony Gardner with 10 points, won hand ily, 50 to 42. Owen will play at Erwin Friday evening but will return to the local pastures for an important game with Leicester on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Billed as the game of the year in Buncombe county basketball cir cles, the game with North Bun —Turn to Page 4 Northwestern Bk. Reports Best Year In History Was 1958 “Northwestern Bank had the greatest year in its history in 1958”, Edwin Duncan, president, of Sparta, told stockholders of that institution at their annual meeting held in North Wilkesboro last Tues day. The Northwestern bank in Black Mountain, and 21 other towns and cities, ifacluding Old Fort, in addi tion to the home office in North Wilkesboro, ended the year with resources totalling $91,423,779.01, Mr. Duncan’s report stated. Wil liam Hickey is the cashier of the local bank. More people than ever before in the history of this bank used all services offered by the bank in 1958,” Mr. Duncan said. “The bank became better known in finan cial circles, both in this state and in money centers of the nation.” During the year the bank’s capital account was increased from $5,171, 000 to $0,404,000 and reserves for possible loan losses increased from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. The president reported that in 1958 deposits increased about 33 per cent to a total of over $79,000, 000. About one-half of the growth was reflected by increase of bus iness in the territory served by the bank and the other half by con solidation of State Trust Company at Hendersonville into the North western Bank. In addition to merger of State. Trust company into Northwestern Bank, permission was granted the bank during the year to establish another branch in Boone and to operate a full power branch in West Jefferson. Stockholders re-elected all direct ors as follows: H. C. Buchan Jr., E. F. Gardner and J. H. Pearson of North Wilkesboro;W. B. Austin of —Turn to Page 5 Spring Will See New (hristmount Building Start Seven conferences are now scheduled for this Christmount assembly this summer. Christmount will again co-oper ate with the Ecumenical Institute which will meet at Blue Ridge, July 19-24, by caring for the over flow of delegates, also by offering facilities for an afternoon meeting, dinner and evening program. Three new residence^ are sched uled for construction early this spring by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Strietmann of Cincinnati, O. Miss Opal Stamm, retiring teacher of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Miss Nancy Sloan of Roanoke, Va. The proposed Fellowship build ing will be erected high on the mountain just north of the Hubert Jarvis Memorial entrance to the assembly from Lakey Gap road. Beacon Slates New Warehouse Seventeen general contractors have been listed as bidders on the proposed 100,000 square foot ware house building for Beacon Manu facturing company in Swannanoa, Carolinas branch, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. Jan. 28 in the office of the archi tect, Six Associates, Inc., Ashe ville. All Urged To Participate In "World Day of Prayer" The annual “World Day of Prayer” service will be spon sored here by United Church Women on Feb. 13. Following a delightful coffee hour at the home of the president, Mrs. S. S. Cooley, more than 20 members of the United Church Wo men of Black Mountain, held their annual meeting Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, when plans for the coming observance were made. With Mrs. Cooley presiding, re ports of the local activities of the group during 1958 were given and plans made for the observance of the “World Day of Prayer” on Friday, Feb. 13. Mrs. Walter A. Davis of Christ mount Christian church is the gen eral chairman, who will preside at the noonday meeting at the State Street Methodist church. Mrs. Roy Taylor will sponsor a program at Owen High school, while Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire will assist the faculty of Carver school, and Mrs. A. H. Perkins will work with the grade schools of Black Mountain in preparing their pro grams. As in former years all clubs, schools, hospitals, industries and individuals of the area are request ed to join with all Christians around the world in earnest prayers for peace. The theme, •‘Lord, I Believe,” from St. John 9:38, will be used in all services. Offerings from all countries and sources will be used for ecumenical (world-wide) mission work in home and foreign lands. The “World Day of Prayer” is to be followed by observance of “Brotherhood Week” by the Na tional Conference of Christians and Jews. Mrs. Cooley, president of the Black Mountain Council of United Church Women, and Mrs. Walter A. Davis, chairman of observance of the “World Day of Prayer,” are in Durham, attending the annual meeting of the North Carolina Council of Churches of which the United Church Women are a vital part.
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