Co-operation Is a Pretty TF ord
Black Mountain has hit the headlines in
a big way in the last week — from Owen’s
third successful basketball championship
tourney in Buncombe county — and Mayor
Richard B. Stone’s reception of a second “Man
of the Year” award this season — to Black
Mountain’s newly won community honors as
“Town of the Month” in the Carolinas’ “Finer
Carolina” program. Every participant de
serves well-won commendation.
Behind one of those headlines is a quiet
and not-too-often demonstrated record of
achievement in community affairs — the
plans of the Chamber of Commerce and of
the Lions club to co-operate with the prev
iouslv planned finer Carolina efforts of
the Woman's club to beautify their home
town.
Co-operation is often the most difficult
of human endeavors—the desirable faculty
of working together toward one common end.
So an extra bow goes to the C. of C. and the
Lions in their plans to co-operate in an an
nual “clean-up and paint-up” campaign with
the Woman's club under “Finer Carolina”
efforts, which is already in progress. Through
this concurrent effort our town is bound to
benefit by results more effective than if each
individual group should see fit to go it alone
in such a project This is real community
team-work.
Kidd Brewer's
Raleigh
Roundup
VARIOUS DIRECTIONS—What
about the 1959 Legislature as it
•moves toward the end of its first
month of action?
Ask 59 people and you get 50
widely varying answers. But in
formants seem to agree on a few
basic statements.
Feeling is that the first-termers
are bogging the spotlight. Ordi
narily, the freshman waits until he
knows his way around a little and
makes a few friends who can help
him when his bill runs into trou
ble. Not so this time. The sta
ble, older members—some of them
nationally known and others with
long years of legal training and
experience back of them — are
quietly studying the scene while
those here for the first time seem
to be riding off in all directions.
Despite what you may hear to
the contrary, the races for speak
ership in the House and for presi
dent pro tern in the Senate have
apparently left dissension and
slow-healing wounds. Now this is
particularly true over in the House.
CALL GIRLS - We hear that
the machinery in the House under
the capable and veteran leadership
of Chief Clerk Annie Cooper is not
functioning: up to this time as
smoothly as in past sessions under
her guidance. There have been in
stances of short tempers and bad
humor within the past few days in
the give-and-take of House legisla
tive mechanics handled by Mrs.
Cooper’s big staff of female clerks
and male pages and messenger
boys and what-have-you.
Most of the girls are housed in
another building some two blocks
from the Capitol in a sort of sten
ographic pool near the new and
modern motor pool. Informed they
would be contacted there by tele
phone as needed for special House
work, some of the ladies laughing
ly referred to themselves as "call
girls.” We are advised this bit of
joking burned Mrs. Cooper to a
crisp and she spared no words in
letting the clerks know of her dis
pleasure. Our prediction is the
situation has cleared up consider
ably by this time.
HOW THEY STAND—Our word
is that in the House there are now
65 solid votes out of the 120
against any administration item re
garded as being the least bit on the
controversial side. Over in the
Senate, they say that 20 of the 50
members will follow blindly the
wishes of the Governor, with the
remaining 30 leaning neither for
nor against the administration.
TAX BILLS—In past years, you
could hear members of the Legis
lature in early days of the session
complaining and growling about
the new taxes proposed by a Gov
ernor in his revenue message. “My
folks back home just won't stand
for any more taxes,” they would
say. “Why can’t we come to Ra
leigh just one time without having
to face new taxes?” they would
ask.
And so this time they came, they
listened, and for the first time in
the memory of most of them, their
governor asked for not one dime in
new revenue. The impossible at
long last had happened, the mil
lenium had settled about them like
a warm, dollar-studded shroud,
'i ou would think the legislators
would be delirious with glee. One
session without new taxes! But—
I kid you not, as Jack Paar would
<ay—before the session was 20
days of age upwards of a half
dozen far-reaching money bills
had been introduced out of the
clear blue. These measures would
raise your taxes .'525,000,000 per
year.
OLD HAND — No governoi in
our recollection has gone into his
last session of the General Assem
bly with so ambitious a program
as Luther Hodges. While you
might doubt his judgment, you
must admire his spunk. His ap
pointive powers are gone, his new
face days are far-spent, and he’s
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strictly old suit now in this his
fifth year in office.
Nevertheless, he heads for his
last round-up loaded for bear. His
Sunday punch is pone. His fact
ball is a thing of the past. He's
like an old fighter with only his
skill left or like side-winder “only
pitchin’ on what he knows.”
THE FULL PACKAGE — When
Veteran John Umstead looked over
the ten-item package which Gov.
Hodges’ various study groups and
commissions presented to the leg
islators ere they had warmed their
seats good, he opined to the effect
that either long hours, a long ses
sion, or both, seemed to be in or
der. Indeed the package did. does,
seem full to overflowing. Never
mind. It has been made larger
and more burdensome by the legis
lators themselves through bills
which will require more study than
some of the original package items.
NO CENTER—Amidst all this
ambition on the part of the gover
nor and various members of the
Legislature, we constantly hear
the report that there seems to be
no leadership. This criticism is
not directed at Speaker Addision
Hewlett or Lt. Gov. L. Earnhardt
or at the governor. It is just that
there seems to be no rallying
ground yet. This may develop as
the session becomes older and the
older members assert themselves a
little more. We think it will.
ADVICE FROM HOME—Up to
now. however, the 1959 legislature
is like a basketball five without a
coach, like a football team with no
quarterback, like a boxer with no
seconds in his corner, or like a
baseball nine with no lineup. Con
sensus is we have too little team
work and too many stagestruck
stars. At least one group of folks
back home met with their new man
in the Legislature two weeks ago
and firmly advised him to “take
it a little easier until you know
the ropes a little better.”
We still have four months to go.
Stabilization is needed.
SHOPE CREEK
By Mrs. Thelma Buckner
Mrs. Jack Smith stave a Valen
tine party for the intermediate
class of Berea Baptist church on
Saturday evening at the church.
Members played games and ex
changed Valentines and were serv
ed hot chocolate and Valentine
cake. Mrs. Henry Ingle, Jr., who
was to have participated at the
party, was sick.
Mrs. Mollie Elkins died on Sat
day after a long illness. She re
sided with her daughter, Mrs. B.
E. Stepp in West Asheville. Burial
was in Bethel Baptist cemetery
on Monday. She was the sister of
H. H. Ingle, Sr., of Swannanoa.
Little Michael Bartlett, baby son
of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Bartlett,
was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital
on Feb. 8. He has pneumonia.
Ray Shope, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe A. Shope, was hospitalized
early last week.
Mrs. Ralph Cordell entered an
Asheville hospital on Sunday for
surgery.
Albert Gilliam received word
that his brother, Jim Gilliam of
Hendersonville, has been hospital
ized.
Mrs. Juanita Messer returned to
Mission hospital on Friday eve
ning for a short period of time.
M. H. Creasman, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Creasman, Riceville road. W.
G. Creasman, Asheville, and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Creasman, Oteen.
went to Port Royal, S. C., over the
week-end to he with their brother,
J. F. Creasman, who is seriously ill
in a hospital there. Other mem
bers of his family who went there
on Monday were G. R. Creasman,
Jones Cove, and Mr. and Mrs. ,T.
B. Edwards. Barnardsville.
Michael Mood'-, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. .1 >e Moody. Jr., was ad
mitted to Memoriaj Mission hos
pital on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gregg,
Robin and Sherry were -supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry In
gle, Jr., of Black Mountain on Fri
day.
B. M. ROTARY CLUB—
From Page 1
At the regular weekly Monday
meeting of the local club at the
Monte \ ista hotel, Mr. Taylor pre
sented a case of Rotary badges to
members, as gifts of Rotary Dis
trict 767. Mr. Field reported on
the district meeting.
Robert Matthews, Jr., of the
news staff of the Asheville Citi
zen-Times, spoke on the kind of
public relations which he believes
every civic club should have "to
be effective and grow.” He gave
reasons and methods of carrying
out such a program and outlined
the benefits which accrue to the
club and the community at large.
HALL'S CONDITION
REPORTED “GOOD" AFTER
MONDAY OPERATION
Waynesville — Congressman Da
vid Hall of Sylva yesterday report
edly "tolerated the operation well”
and his immediate post-operative
condition was reported good fol
lowing a drainage of the kidney
performed Monday night. The
statement was made by the com
manding officer of Bethesda Naval
hospital where Congressman Hall
is a patient.
OBITUARIES
II illiam E. Duckett
William E. Duckett, 76, a native
and lifelong- resident of Buncombe
county and a resident of the Bee
Tree section for the past 47 years,
died Wednesday, Feb. 18, in an
Asheville hospital following a lin
gering illness.
He was a retired guard of Bea
con Manufacturing Co., and a for
mer railroad engineer for Bee Tree
Lumber Co.
Services were held Friday after
noon in the Bee Tree Christian
church of which he was a former
deacon and member. The Rev.
Bruce Nay and the Rev. George
Talbot officiated. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Amanda Lovin Duckett; three sons,
the Rev. Paul Duckett of Leaks
ville, the Rev. Fred Duckett of
South Hill, Va., Carl Duckett of
Huntsville, Ala.; four daughters,
Mrs. Jack Adams and Mrs. Jack
Edwards of Bee Tree, Mrs. Ed
Lentz of Marion and Mrs. Jim El
liott of Winston-Salem; and 14
grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were: Sam
Blank. Jim Adams, E. A. Coggins,
IL G. Reese, Mac Carson and L.
L. Bartlette.
Harrison Funeral home was in
charge.
Michael V. Frizzell
Services were held Sunday af
ternoon Feb. 22, in the Grovestone
Baptist church for Michael N. Friz- ,
zell, infant son of Sgt. Bobby N. 1
Frizzell of the U. S. Air Force :
and Mrs. Frizzell, who died Feb.
8, in Turkey.
The father is stationed in Tur
key. The Rev. Mark Pittman of
ficiated and burial was in Moun- ,
tain View Memorial park.
In addition to the parents, the ;
child is survived by a -sister, Vicky ■
Frizzell; the paternal grandpar- j
ents, Mi1, and Mrs. Jim Frizzell of :
Asheville RFU 5. and the maternal "
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon- j
ard C. Allen of Oteen.
Harrison Funeral home was in
charge. <
Miss Mary I. Tipton 1
Last rites for Miss Mary Ida ‘
Tipton, 83, of Montreat road, were s
held Thursday, Feb. 19, in the
chapel of Harrison Funeral home \
with the Rev. Stanley Bennett, i
pastor of Montreat Presbyterian 1
church, officiating. Burial was in *
Hernando, Miss.
Miss Tipton died Wednesday in
an Asheville hospital following a .
long illness. She had been a res- ;
ident of Black Mountain since ;
1923, and was a retired missionary 1
school teacher, having taught for
25 years in home mission schools. 1
She was also a former faculty ;
member in Montreat and Black i
Mountain schools.
Surviving are one sister, Miss j
Jessie P. Tipton of Black Moun- <
tain; two brothers, J. C. Tipton of 1
Hiawassee, Ga.. and Dr. S. P. Tip- -
ton of North Hollywood, Calif.; 17 :
nephews and 10 nieces.
Pallbearers were Clarence Wor
ley. Jack Beckwith, William Grif- j
fin. Clyde Stubbs, Clyde Watkins, j
K. F. White, Dr. Carl Snyder and 1
Dr. L. Xelson Bell. t
Miss Riiih Merrick <
Funeral services were held Wed- '
nesday afternoon, Feb. 25, in the '
chapel of Morris - Hendon - Black j
Funeral home, Asheville, for Miss '
Ruth Elizabeth Merrick, 56, of
Montreat, who died Monday after- 1
noon in an Asheville hospital after 1
an illness of several months.
The Rev. I,. Stanley Bennett, ;
pastor of Montreat Presbyterian T
church, officiated. Burial was in 1
Riverside cemetery, Asheville. <
Miss Merrick, forme]’ acting :
postmaster at Montreal, was a :
teacher in the Buncombe county ■
schools, more recently at Swan
nanoa and Forth Buncombe. She
was a graduate of Brenau college ,
and a member of the First Pres- 1
byterian church here. 1
Miss Merrick was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. K. ;
Merrick of Asheville. A native of
Spring City, Tenn., she was the
last surviving member of her im
mediate family. H e r brother,
Frank, a sergeant, died while in
service in World War I. Cousins ■
are the closest survivors.
RICKETTS FAMILY ARTISTS
FOR FEB. 28 AND MAR. 6
The Ricketts family gave a pro- i
gram of dance and vocal numbers i
during a banquet at the Sky club,
Asheville, last Saturday night. :
Frieda Ricketts, 6-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Ricketts, 1
presented Hawaiian dances. Romeo
Ricketts, with his sister. Miss Ju- ]
liette Ricketts, and Miss Eunice ;
Dotson, sang several popular songs.
They were accompanied at the pi- 1
ano by their mother, Mrs. W. E. 1
Colvin. 1
This group will entertain the
Moose club, Asheville, March 6.
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Free Will Baptist
Rev. Fred Hall will speak at the
Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing at the church.
The combined choirs of thp
church met at the church Monday
night under direction of Rev. Fred
Hall.
The Boys' Bible club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 under
direction of Rev. Hall. This is for
boys 9 through 12. All boys of
the community are invited to at
tend.
First Baptist Activities
The R. A.’s and the Brotherhood
met. together Tuesday night for a
supper in the church basement.
A Training Union study course
on “Soul Winning” will be taught
at the church each night March 9
13.
The Kathleen Mallery -and the
Floy Waddell circles met at the
church Tuesday night, Feb. 17,
with 15 present. Mrs. J. W. Teems
taught from the book, “Ways of
Witnessing.” Mrs. Lester Miller
and Mrs. Jean Ramsey were co
hostesses. They served coffee,
punch, and apple pie a la mode.
The Kathleen Mallery circle will
be in charge of the nursery during
March.
The Virginia Fowler circle met
at the church Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Flans were made to take “sun
shine” baskets to shut-ins. At
tending were: Mrs. H. R. Patton,
Jr., Mrs. Clarence Brank, Mrs.
Noel Wilhide, Mrs. Thelma Gash,
Mrs. Reagan Reed, Mrs. Sylvania
Dodson. Mrs. T. C. Cole and Mrs.
J. W. Teems. The next meeting
will be a birthday luncheon at the
home of Mrs. Sylvania Dodson.
The General W. M. S. is plan
ning a kitchen and a nursery show
er Tuesday night, March 3, at 7:30.
All woinen of the church are in
vited to attend.
I he Lottie Moon circle met at
the home of Mrs. H. S. Engle Tues
day night, Feb. 17. Mrs. Elizabeth
McPeters taught. Attending were
Mrs. Gertrude Allen, Elizabeth
McPeters, Roselle Xoblitt, Dorothy
Engle and Lillian Maney.
The Willing Workers circle met
at the church with the Elizabeth
Hale circle Tuesday night, Feb. 17.
mission study was on “Ways of
Witnessing.” Mrs. Fred Davidson
spoke on Indians, and Mrs. Clar
ence Wood gave a talk on "Moun
tain Missions.” Eleven members
were present. Plans were made
to finish studying the last three
chapters on the mission study.
These two circles will meet to
gether at the next meeting in the
Baraca room of the church.
The Lucy Wright circle met with
Mrs. Amos Ledford Tuesday, Feb.
17, on Richmond avenue. Mrs.
Bernice Robertson taught two
chapters on “Ways of Witnessing.”
Plans were made to send “sun
shine” baskets to shut-ins and a
social hour was observed. Attend
ing were Mrs. Harry McPeters,
Mrs. Clem Hunt, Mrs. Virginia
Moyer, Mrs. Lisa Osborne, Mrs.
Annie Allen, Mrs. Ruth Sands.
Mrs. Midlred Rector, and one vis
itor, Mrs. Dennis Penley.
The WMU executive met at the
church Tuesday night in the base
ment.
Banquet
The Cub Scouts will have a ban- j
iuet Thursday at 6:30 at the Com- j
inunity building.
Style Show
The Swannanoa Woman’s club
will present a fashion show at the
clubhouse in Grovemont at 8 p.m. '
Friday for the benefit of the li- <
orary project of the "Finer Caro- ;
iina Contest.” Mrs. Mae Council j
if Efird’s, will direct the event. ^
The Garden club group will pre- ,
sent a fashion event of costumes
25 to 100 years old found in local !
attics and trunks and worn by nine 1
women and three children. 1
A 30-minute talent show will be 1
presented. Women in the fashion <
show will be Mrs. James Patton, t
Mrs. Henry Franklin, Jr., Mrs. T.
W Folsom, Mrs. Holly Hipp, Mrs.
Melvin Hopson, Mrs. James Parks, {
Mrs. Arnold Buckner, Mrs. W. W.
Porn, Mrs. Maurice Jones, Mrs. 1
Robert Reisig, Mrs. W. H. Lewis. (
Mrs. John Kelly and Mrs. Sam 1
Alexander. s
Jr. Deputy Meeting
The weekly meeting of Run
mmbe County Junior Deputy Sher
iffs and Juniorettes has been an
nounced by Sheriff Laurence E.
Brown. The meeting will be at
die Swannanoa school at 1:45 p.m.
Presbyterian \ctivities
Men of the First Presbyterian
church met at the church Monday
night for a covered-dish supper.
A program on missions was led by
Taimadge Burnette. Louis Joyner
presided and conducted devotions.
Twenty men attended the meeting.
“Week of Prayer and Self-De
nial" *is being observed at the
church. The church is having pray
er meetings on Tuesday and Thurs
day at 11 a.m. for women, and
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. for men.
The regular prayer meeting will be
Wednesday night with a panel dis
cussion on the Middle East by
some students from Warren Wil
son college, led by Miss Marion
McKechnie, a teacher at Warren
Wilson.
Youth Group
The Greater Asheville Inter
group Youth Conference met last
Thursday night at the YWCA in
observance of “National Brother
hood Week.’' The program includ
ed a film, singing and skits. Par
ticipants from various high schools
included Miss Eloise Noah, of
Swannanoa, Owen High school,
who was in charge of refreshments.
Nazarene Revival
The Rev. Jamas T, Hokada, Jap
anese-American from Honolulu,
Hawaii, is to be evangelist at the
First Church of the Nazarene,
Church and Park streets.
Mr. Hokada, a converted Budd
hist, will speak on his conversion,
“From Buddhism to Christianity,”
in one of the services. He attend
ed Trevecca Nazarene college in
Nashville, Tenn., and also Bethany
Nazarene college, Bethany, Okla.
He served with the U. S. Army
during World War II. In 1J52 and
1953 he did missionary work in
Hawaii. 1 he pastor of the church,
Rev. Paul Stamey, cordially invites
you to attend.
The meeting will run from Feb.
25 to March 8. Services will be
gin at 7:30.
Personals
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, and
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Askew, and
son Eddie, left for Washington, D.
C., Monday to visit with relatives.
They will return this week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davidson re
ceived word Sunday that their son,
Lt. Christie Davidson, was in an
auto accident in Norfolk, Va., but
escaped with only bruises and a
cut over one eye. He was taken
to the Naval hospital at Ports
mouth, where he was to remain for
a few days for observation.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Andrews
have adopted a month-old baby
girl, Theresa Lynn. They have
three children of their own.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edwards,
Swannanoa, RFD 1, have a daugh
ter born Feb. 19, at Memorial Mis
sion hospital.
S 'Sgt. and Mrs. Roy C. Stafford
have a son born Feb. 18 at St.
Joseph’s.
With the Sick
Earl Waddell is in Memorial
Mission hospital.
Hardy Davidson is recovering
from a second operation at Mem
orial Mission hospital.
Greene Witnesses Fatal Accident
Ned Greene of Swannanoa, now
a sergeant in the Marines, wit
nessed the death of one of his
buddies Saturday near Henderson
ville. He and four of his Marine
buddies had rented a plane from
the Asheville-Hendersonville air
port to practice some parachute
jumps. Sgt. Ronald Hess of Johns
town, Pa., was killed when his
chute failed to open. It was his
first jump. Sgt. Greene said that
all four had taken the jump chutes
from camp without permission to
practice jumps. Greene jumped at
the moment he noticed that Hess'
chute failed to open. All of the
boys were stationed at Camp Le
jeune.
REFLECTIONS—
From Page 1
ning to read each page with me
ticulous care.
This crown tax, estimated to
produce upward of $20 million in
new revenue, stands high on the
list of those measures favored at
the present. Of course many things
can and will happen before the
speaker raps his gavel and an
nounces in a serious tone: ,
"The bill will now be read the
third time. This will be a roll
call vote. Those in favor answer
‘Aye’ when your name is called. |
Those opposed, ‘No.’ The clerk will j
call the roll.” I
1 didn’t know until informed by (
Thad Eure at a morning class for ]
greenhorns that roll call vote is f
required when money is being spent (
or new taxes levied. That is to
prevent some of us from voting j
yi - and then swearing we voted no [
when you folks here at home call t
us on the carpet.
—R— t
Legislative Notes \
Last week 1, with the other com- i
mittee members on prisons, visited t
Central Prison for men and the t
Women’s Prison. It was educa
tional, and most of us were stir- 1
prised at the training schools be- t
ing conducted at each. f
At Central Prison the men have t
the opportunity to learn several 1
trades, including printing, brick >
laying, cooking, woodworking, and
others. We stopped by to watch 1
as they stamped out license plates i
for next year, then followed the t
plates through the various step- t
until they came out finished pro- c
ducts and were carefully slipped >
into the paper containers, just the
way they’ll be when you buy them \
next year. In case you’re interest- ;
?d, they’ll be black numbers with 1
a yellow background in I960. i
I considered slipping a set of c
plates under my coat hut thought i
setter of it when a prisoner run- <
ning a linotype said he hail been
on the same machine for five I
years. They kept their eye on us ]
:o close that I couldn’t even sneak
i bar of the “Pine State” soap in ^
ny pocket. I never did figure out j
whether they were watching the i
visitors or the prisoners. (
l he committee on prisons is I
studying’ and has under considers- i
tion the possibility of establishing -
additional schools or training coin s- (
es in the prisons so that more men !
and women will have a chance to
learn a trade. They would not i
make products to compete with pri- (
vate industry but would sell only
to other state institutions. I
This would save the state man- !
ey. But the greatest advantage j
would be in the training given the !
prisoners. It would help them
when they are released to become j
adjusted. Strange to say there is
opposition. i
—R—
Plenti of Bananas
The story of what’s now being j
served from Room 215 at the Sir
Walter, appearing in last Sunday’s j
Charlotte Observer, brought im
mediate response from Jim Graham
of Farmers’ Market in Raleigh.
He and the Austin Fruit Co. sent
over Jo pounds of delicious banan
as, fresh off the boat, to my room
last Tuesday morning and left a
note promising: “When you get
low on bananas, just call. We’ll
keep you supplied throughout the
entire session.”
No Road Into State
Norwood M. Ansell, Currituck I
county representative in the legis
lature, is the only member who has
to travel through another state to
get to Raleigh. From his home on
Knotts Island, Mr. Ansell has to
go through two counties of Vir
ginia to reach North Carolina.
There is no road from the state to
the northeast part of Currituck
county where he lives.
But the school children up in
that part of the state really have
a rough time. It is 47 miles from
their home to school. They make
the round trip (94 miles) by bus
each day.
The genial gentleman from Cur
rituck operates a farm, growing
B & PW CLUB HAS—
From Page 1
executions following in its wake
was made by Miss Blanca Reinoso.
Isaq Ansari of Jordan, for seven
years in his country's income tax
department, stationed in Jerusalem,
a sophomore here, expressed the
hope that the “refugee problem
will be solved as soon as possible.
He indicated his belief that some
Marshall plan Point 4 effectiveness
had been lost in administration
of the programs, in such things as
salaries, fences, new roads,’ while
the real need, he said, is for es
tablishment of “more factories in
which employment could enable our
refugees to help themselves.
There are no senior colleges as we
know them, he explained, education
is hard and expensive to achieve.
Arun Preedidlok of Thailand,
who served four years there in the
Department of Education, by which
he was sent here to school, traced
the history of relationship between
his home country and the United
States. He asked that more schol
arships be established that “wo
may better come to know the ways
of the United Statets and of dem
ocracy.’’ He said this would be
the most effective way of combat
ting pressures put upon Thailand
by Communism and added, “Al
though my country and the US are
miles apart geographically, they
are very close in spirit."
Miss Reinoso, a sophomore ma
joring in political science, remind
ed: “After our bloody revolution,
there is scarcely a home that is not
saddened by the death of a loved
one. In the executions which have
corn, wheat, soy beans, and hogs.
When Irwin Belk of Mecklenburg
took the floor last week to intro
duce guests from Charlotte, he an
nounced that there were four he
wished to recognize. He named
three, then stopped and, with a
puzzled expression on his face,
turned and looked long and hard
at the place where they were sit
ting in the rear of the hall.
Then the identity of the fourth
person hit him right square in the
face: “And my wife." he almost
shouted in his relief at remember
ing the rest of the delegation.
Craig Was flood Player
T. F. Story of Wilkes county,
remembers George Craig, president
of the Swannanoa bank, as a tough
man to handle in intra-mural sports
at Chapel Hill. "He was short
and heavy, but I remember him es
pecially for the power he had when
he butted me in the stomach with
his head,” Mr. Story recalls: "I
tan still feel my bones rattle when
1 think of those games we had be
tween the classes."
Governor's Breakfast
At a breakfast last Friday inorn
ng- given by Governor and Mrs.
-lodges for a group of legislators,
he governor told the waiters:
"Start serving up at this end of
he table on each side of me. If
,'ou run out of ham and anybody
s left out this time, I want them
,o be as far from me as possible
»nd at the other end of the table.”
The reason: At the first break
fast the man sitting on the gov
ernor's left, kept rubbing his ham's
and saying: “I just can’t wait until
they get around to me with that
ham. I’m starved. It look^ and
smells so good.”
But he did have to wait. In fact
he waited several days. The ham
ran out, not as it was supposed
to with the last man, hut at the
man next to the last. Thus, the
fareful instructions as to where
serving was to start.
But. the governor need not have
ivorried. There was plenty to go
around. Being in the middle, I
fiad no worries anyway. I ate ^
more than my share of ham, bis
fuits, red gravy, grits, apples fried
n deep syrup, two or three kinds
if jelly, and toast.
Maybe that’s where that extra
poundage came from.
Has Aunt Living Here
i was surprised to learn last
•veek that the photographers mak
ing the pictures for the legislature
are nieces of Mrs. J. K. Peterson
af Black Mountain. They are Mrs.
Hallle Siddell and Mildred M. Gar
ner.
flowed thc;bS8UtSdrawi,?Scriti
I must tell you ^ facts If
hero know all of enif they
Americans dm i'no .
"olf'ta^fneni1"among students
struments of torture were used
ST Piles of
th m on the ground. One con
fessed killer destroyed 50 peopl^
another 30-in one night The L
needs to understand tu .
citizen* think of us as we appeal
to the movies with our palm trees
and romance. We, in turn, think of
Americans as rich, dominating, nn
nerialistic—vet individual Ameri
cans whom we come to know, we
like! despite some feeling agamst
the government itself. Tin •- ‘
Cuba are dependent upon ea h oth
er—the plain facts are that the U
needs sugar, and Cuba needs the
/.r encrar 1 think i'
monev loi sugai
vitally important for American
children to know more about the
I atin-American nations, more than
the movies tell- to learn the Span
ish language and history—foi thej
will be the leaders of tomorrow
and need to have a deeper interest
than worrying about the next date
or the next football game. I be
lieve that through understanding
Latin-America as a whole, u a
tionships will improve,’ she saul,
adding that the best means of
bringing about such understanding
would be establishment of more
scholarships.
Miss Lillian Russell presided at
the banquet for which decorations
were in green and white, club col
ors. and flags representing nations
in which B & PW clubs are located
around the world. Light of the
nine past presidents who have
served in the 10-year history of
the local club were guests of hon
or. among them Mrs. Josephine
Hickev. who reviewed the history
of the club, Mrs. Harrie Danen
hower. Mrs. Garnet Greenwood,
Miss Pauline Tipton, Mrs. Gustova
Brown. Mrs. Laura O’Connor, and
Miss M. Sanchez Mott, now district
director. Miss Louise Sloan was
unable to attend.
Honor guests also included the
first vice president, Mrs. Stella
Spencer of Lenoir; Miss Rachel
McKav of Statesville, treasurer,
and Mrs. Mary Sue Jarrett of Shel
by. Delegations attended from
clubs in Asheville, Brevard, Can
ton, Hendersonville, Murphy, Syl
va. Waynesville, Bryson City and
Mrs. Anne Higginbotham intro
duced two who have become local
members in the past year: Mrs.
Carolyn Kinser and Miss Dorothy
T ravis.
Invocation was by Miss Tipton;
welcome by Miss Russell, who also
made a decorated birthday cake in
honor of the 10th anniversary of
the founding of the local club.
Miss Mott introduced Dr. Jensscn,
whose wife was also a guest.
Mrs. Hickey in her history of
the club, reminded that the "Fed
eration is the largest national or
ganization created to serve busi
ness and professional women" and
"is the spokehman for the interests
and needs of all business and pro
fessional women. It is national
international— it grows in stature
each year.
"Today one in three women is a
wage earner. At home, in the of
fice. she may be combining enough
chores to make a whirling dervish
feel like a statue. We have made
great strides in the last 40 years.
What a field is before us in the
next 40 years. How will we meas
ure up? It is a changin,
for all of us, but for the , W°rl<i
this has been and is a rev,!.!’1’6'1
ary age,” she said. ,utl0».
The committee which
the banquet: Mrs. Carmei/ i;
chairman, Mrs. Simmon* "'v'
Stutts and Mrs. Alice riot J'-'
26 ATTEND SORORITY
SUPPER AND SHOWER
Gamma Phi Sorority hei <
cial at the Monte Vista hotel V0'
urday, Feb. 21. ' ^t
A cold plate covered-dish
was enjoyed. Afterward, K''>Per
were played, including- (]arls n,e!
ping-pong and others, m, ' !^0'
Heiser was honored at a -V ‘
shower” given by membc . rt:
The social committee j
the event consists of A. ,[ ^ ,..r?
Mary T. Stevens and Jane TuC'
son. P
Look Who’s Herel
Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Edward, ,»
Swannanoa, Route 1, have a da
ter born Feb. 19 in Memorial ys
sion hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Headley ,<
Dayton, O.. announce the birth !«
a son Feb. 17. Mrs. Headley \
the former Miss Willie Ker|..‘ ,'i
Black Mountain.
W. C. GREENE ILL IN n \
W. C. Greene of Black Moun
tain, after suffering a heart y.
tack, is in Brevard hospital, m„ '
bourne, Fla. The Greenes have
been spending the winter at the;.
home in Fan Gallie. Mr. Greene
is much improved, but must
main in the hospital for several
weeks, his son, R. T. Greene, re!
ported.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE
Having this day qualified a
ministratrix of the estate of K \TH
BRINK C. WICKER, late of I;s',',
combe County, N. Carolina, t i :.
to notify ail persons having claims
against sai i estate to present them
to the undersigned, duly verified
at her home on the North Fork
road, Black Mountain, North Caro
lina, on or before February 2fith
1960, or else this notice will be
plead in bar of recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This the 20th day of February
1959.
ISABEL WICKER.
Administratrix of the Estate
of KATHERINE C. WICKER,
deceased.
Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; Apr. 2.
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