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IHOSK WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE BOND ISSUE ARE ASKED TO DO SO SATURDAY, JUNE 6, OR JUNE 13. VOTING DAY WILL BE TUESDAY, JUNE 23. , id Weather High Low Prec. May 26_60_55 .25 May 27_72_57 .40 May 28_80_57 .10 May 29_79_50 May 30_75_60 .01 May 31_77_59 .33 June 1_80_60 .52 THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1959, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 40. REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood nB COMMITTEE REPORTS! ; , appropriations committee of , , ,,iu.t-al Assembly took a long '-,,-vvard completing its work ession when it received uf (" ,-opted without change the uni ac eport of ... night. the subcommittee last fours the budget for the Making of ,f North Carolina is a huge :tate , requiring the efforts of the of the budget, a full-time t |ie governor, the advisory '’i',! commission, and finally ,U'. hulf of the members of the ''u ,. .tors and one-half of the I house members, ttlion we reported to the first „. ,;nu 0f the appropriations com njttec "on Feb. 5. we received ‘ ‘ . , t the A and B budgets re leV‘e'1 in two giant-size books of 'than 1600 pages printed in '' pe. Included between the ... of these manuscripts were hV-'request and the amount grant ,1 : the advisory budget eommis 0R':,ir every agency and depart tent in the state. \. one veteran member ex loined it to us dumb freshmen as l sat .taring at the awesome L|[jn, volumes — “You’ve been ondering what goes with the ate’s money. Well, just look in id, those books and you’ll find ut If it is to be spent in the tate during the next biennium, it’s neluded in that set of figures." 1 soon learned that just making he recommendations didn’t end he work. It seems that many of he state agencies were not sat u’ith fhn nmniints a Hot pH foem. That's where we—the 60 re Iresentatives and the 25 senators i-entered the picture. A schedule was set up, and all hrough February, March, and My April the department heads lame before the joint appropria Sons committee to tell their stor es and to explain why they could lot operate during the coming bi mnium on the funds granted. At he conclusion a sub-committee of 5 was named from the 85 mem lers to re-study the requests and o make recommendations. The ubcommittee in turn appointed phat is called sub-sub-committees o study certain departments and iring in reports. I was assigned to public welfare md to a special study group on jducation. When all of these sub-groups had lompleted their reports, sub-com nittee No. 1 studied them, cut tere and there so as to make the mounts fit the estimates, and then ad week brought in what it chose 0 call: "Report of the action of bo mint appropriations sub-com nittce appointed to study and to nak< recommendations to the joint ippropriations committee of the 959 General Assembly.” It was a lengthy report of 31 tiimeographed pages, 8V2 x 14. In iffec- the report recommended an ncrease of more than S20.000.000 ibove that submitted by the ad isory budget commission. The dal increase of the biennium will approximately 870,000,000. or Explaining this, Kemp Dough on- ’he distinguished gentleman fom Alleghany county, said “This s n°t a stand-still budget. It is go-forward budget. You don’t land -till by increasing appropri A°ns by 14% and the amount by bO.OOO.OOO." —R— Western north Carolina! "(1 ‘n Western North Carolina lj^a tremendous stake in the out dor As the only member of ' combe delegation on ap ; Elions, { kept reminding I™'1 members of the excellent ll,rr 1 injg done bv our own com nunuy college, Asheville-Biltmore, 1 ■’ m at need of the Asheville ’“hopedic Hospital and the ser —Turn to Page 8 Aching Class Sels Heeling etching class of the "Get b^ai , club will meet at I assembly, Thursday, 9:30 am- t0 Paint the i, ; ■ > seen from the porch E. Lee hall. (n-,;1' visiting artists are in :n the group for sketch Thursday morning at . Wl11 Hold Open House < i Monday evening, June < ,ir -rt class will present a aid • rara of slides, movies, ( 0U|i, demonstrations in the V ' ?hc Monte Vista hotel : h,. ;night at 8 o'clock for r months. , ^ s Howell will show slides 1.4,. 01 Europe on Monday ■ IJtel guests, members of the ,, Acquainted” club, and < 1 ;ed public are invited kat,| . 'ur of art and travel. >rann Mews for future pro swannanoa Camp Woodmen of World Presents Awards Swannanoa Camp of the Wood men of the World presented tin Sold medal, the King James vers ion of the Bible, and the certifi cate of merit to the students wit! the highest grades in Ameriear history at the Charles D. Ower High school. The gold medal. Miss Barbar; Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clarence Morris; the Bible to Mis: Shirley Moore, daughter of Mi ami Mrs. Huston Moore; and tin merit award to Miss Toni Taylor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro\ Taylor. At the Swannanoa Elementarj school: the gold medal to Ronalc Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Buforc Lowe: the Bible to Michael Blaine son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Blaine the merit award to Miss Edn; Church, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Charles Church. These awards were presented bj Joe S. Porcher, local representa tive of The Woodmen of the World The Woodmen wish to thank tin teachers of both schools for theii cooperation in every way to mak< this program a success. Miss Haley Given Appointment As Missionary Miss Sylvia Elizabeth Haley, s graduate oi' Montreat college, anc a nurse who formerly served ai Camp Montreal and Memorial Mis sion hospital in Asheville, has re reived her appointment to Kore; as a medical missionary. Word of her appointment come.' from the Board of World Missions Presbyterian Church, U. S., locatec in Nashville. Miss Haley was ap pointed at the May 11-12 meeting of that board. A native of Danville. Va., sh< received her R.N. degree from th( University of Virginia School o: Nursing. She has had additiona experience in her field as a pri rate duty nurse in Danville anc Charlottesville. Va., at Duke hos pital where she was a night super risor.^and most recently has beer the head nurse at the Hospital oi Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, Ga. She is now a member of the First Presbyterian church of Mil tedgeville. Dr. Spence's Mother Dies Mrs. Thomas H. Spence oi Con cord died on Sunday afternoon. May 31, in the Presbyterian Home n High Point at 2:30. She has lot been well for some time but t was unexpected. The funeral service was held m Tuesday, June 2, at 11 a.m. in Rocky River Presbyterian church near Concord and burial was in he church cemetery. This is the church in which the late Rev. fhomas If. Spence was the pastor or many years. She is survived by two sons and wo daughters. Dr. Thomas H. ipence, Jr., director of the Histori cal foundation, Montreat; Chenault Ipence of Concord; Mrs. R. C. Reid, Thomasville; Mrs. Guy llud ion, Rockingham, and several 'randchildren. London Minister Will Speak at Friendship Sunday The Rev. E. Buckhurst-Pinch of .ondon, England, who has spoken ■ecently at Swannanoa Presbyter an church and last Sunday at •'riendship church, both morning ind evening, has been so well re vived that a return engagement las been arranged for him by the ninister of f riendship church, the lev. C. K. Stegall. The Rev. Mr. Pinch will therefore peak at Friendship church on dontreat road at 7:30 p.m. this "hursday and Friday nights. The lev Mr. Pinch is one of the vorid’s leading scholars of Bibli al prophecy. The public is most ordially invited._ 5ROVE STONE HAS 50FTBALL TEAM The first home game of the ■rovestone softball team was layed against Asheville Wednes av night, June 3. On June 10 ne team will play City Appliance f Waynesville and on June < ■ie Champion “Y” Juniors of Can jn These are all home games. , doubleheader will be played each Wednesday night. Miss Vivian Eleanor Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Griffin of Montreat road, was graduated on May 31 from the Woman’s College of Uni versity of North Carolina, Greensboro. Vivian is a graduate of the Mon treat School for Girls. She was an honor student and received all the honors the school gave. She received letter Athletic award. She attended Monlreat college for two years, then transferred to W Oman’s college where she major ed in education. She has accepted a position with the Nassau School in East Orange, N. J. Wade Russell Rowland, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Row land, was graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine on June 1 with the degree of doctor of medicine. The afternoon prior to the grad uation exercises lie and other stu dents were presented with doctor’s hoods at a ceremony at Hill Hall. Ur. Rowland’s internship will be served at the University of Ala bama Medical Center, Birming ham, Ala. A graduate of Black Mountain High school, he did his pre-medi cal work at Wake Forest college. Swannanoa Club Will Support Stood Issue The Swannanoa Men’s club had as guest speaker Monday night, June 1, John Reynolds of the Citi zens’ committee, who spoke very interestingly on the school bond issue. T. C. Roberson, county superintendent of schools, was al so present. The club voted to support the bond issue. D. W. Harrison is president of the club. The Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith of Swannanoa have a son born May 23 in Memorial Mission hospital. A new Boy Scout troop has been formed, sponsored by Friendship Presbyterian church, of which the Rev. C. R. Stegall is pastor. The troop charter was presented by Richard Null, district Scout commissioner. Left to right: Ronnie Brad » liKrorioiv pAntlifi d hfl APT CPtllAr nofml 1 n <1 /-J n »> • ley, troop librarian; Ronnie Gardner, senior patrol leader; Jerry Curtiss, quartermaster; Leon Rayburn, scribe; Jack Bradley, first aide; David Barnwell, assistant patrol leader; Steve Norwood, patrol leader; William Burgess, treasurer; Ralph Copeland, chairman of troop committee; John Martin, Scoutmaster; J. R. Payne, assistant Scoutmaster. Grady Cole, Jr., Radio and TV star, former assistant Scoutmaster of Salis- a bury, presented each member of the Buffalo patrol with a 'v tenderfoot badge. Others not shown in picture are Wiley Nor- t wood, institutional representative; Wilton Watkins, secretary * of troop committee; Lawrence Curtiss, outdoorsman; Wood- i row Cambron, advancement and promotion; Claude Betts, i health, safety and service. —Photo by Gragg i Fellowships Available For Local Students A year of study abroad as a Rotary Foundation Fellow is the exciting possibility for some stu dent from Black Mountain-Swan nanoa, president of the Rotary club Ross Taylor, announced to day. Applications are now being accepted by the Rotary club for the fellowship, which includes all transportation, education and liv ing expenses for the 1960-61 aca demic year. Fellowship Qualifications Applications for the Rotary Fel lowship may be made only by stu dents whose permanent residence is Black Mountain-Swannanoa, and should be made to Ross Taylor, president. Candidates must be single and between 20 and 29 years of age. They must have a college or university degree (or they must now be in their junior year), a record of high scholastic standing, and a thorough knowledge of the language of the country in which they propose to study. They must have the ability to make friends easily, be vitally interested in world affairs, and possess an in stinct for leadership. Rotary Fel lowships are granted without re gard to race, creed or nationality. Highway Patrol Officials Like Changes In No. 70 Asheville, N. C. May 29, 1959 Dear Mr. Greenwood: We realize you are interested to know the reaction of the general public, and the improvement in the accident and traffic picture on US 70 between Black Mountain and Asheville since the Highway Com mission has relined, marked and established a new procedure of travel for this particular highway. We arc happy to advise that this new system has been accepted very favorably by the general public. There is a minimum of confusion which can and will be corrected through local news media. We are also happy to advise that the accident picture at this time shows improvement. This condition will continue to improve through education and enforce ment. We wish to thank you for in troducing the bill in the General Assembly which brought about this change. Sincerely, H. C. Johnson, Lieutenant Executive Officer Troop “E", State Highway Patrol. O. M. Alexander Driver Education Representative. Rev. Wilbur A. Huneycult Is Called By First Baptist Church of Yaldese The Rev. Wilbur A. Huneycutt, pastor of the Black Mountain Bap tist church since August 1947, sub mitted his resignation at the reg ular morning worship service last Sunday. He has been called by the First Baptist church of Valdese. Dr. Frank Howard Richardson made a motion that the resignation be referred to the deacons’ meet ing and that a report be made to the church on next Sunday, June 7. C. E. Johnson made a motion that the nominating com mittee convene with the board of deacons to nominate a pulpit com mittee on Sunday to secure a suc cessor. The resignation will become ef fective on Aug. 2. The Rev. Mr. Huneycutt will spend the entire month of June in the church and all of July on vacation. During his pastorate here cover ing the past 12 years, the Rev. Mr. Huneycutt has seen the Black Mountain First Baptist church en joy its greatest period of progress. A new sanctuary and a new edu cation building have been erected plus the acquisition of new land which brings the value of the church property to $350,000. In addition church attendance has more than doubled and the budget has increased from $11,000 to $66,500 per year and 20 per cent of the amount goes through the cooperative program for mis sions. While here the Rev. Mr. Huney cutt and his wife have been ex tremely active in community af fairs and have been leaders in many activities. He has not only been pastor of the Baptist church, but has come to be known as the "pastor for the community.” Sel dom did a new family move to town that they did not receive a call from the energetic leader of the Baptist church. He visited the sick, the newcomers, and any other person "who needed a friend.” He became a familiar figure as he hurried in and out of the hospital rooms bringing good wishes to those confined to their beds. His friendship and concern cut across all lines of society. He knew no class and recognized none. He will be missed by the Baptists and the other people of the community alike. Native of Stanley Mr. Huneycutt is a native of Stanley county. He is a graduate of Wingate Junior college, Wake Forest college, and Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary. Be tween college and seminary days he served two years as associate and educational director of the Loray Baptist church, Gastonia. Rev. Wilbur A. Huneycutt Upon completion of his seminary work he became a chaplain in the U. S. Air Force and served until 1947 when he became pastor of the First Baptist church in Black Mountain. During his pastorate at Black Mountain he served as chaplain 16 months in the Korean war. During World War II and the Korean war he spent two tours of duty overseas. He holds the rank of lieutenant colonel. The Rev. Mr. Huneycutt has served on many important com mittees in the Buncombe associa —Turn to Page 4 Fred H. Martin is Elected Principal of Charles D. Owen High School Minor Leagues Being Hurt By IV Programs Art Perkins, business manager of the Asheville Tourists baseball club, was speaker at the regular meeting last week of the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Rotary club. Mr. Perkins told of the relation ship between the Major Leagues and the Minors. He explained that there has been a lot of talk but little done toward helping the small town clubs stay in operation. He said that in his opinion the advertising and TV programs by the Majors hurt the Minor League teams. The Major League officials always elect a man as commission er of baseball sympathetic to their cause, Mr. Perkins said. Although they needed only 40 players they actually control 400 players. He told of the working agree ments which the Major Leagues had with Minor League clubs and some of the disadvantages of these agreements, such as loading clubs with new, inexperienced players, and paying high salaries to young players. The Asheville club which Art is connected with is not altogether an independent team as the club has an agreement with the Phillies. They can refuse to take players if they so choose. He told of how a good club can be an asset to a city like Ashe ville just as a new industry can help the economic life of the com munity. The budget of the Tourist club is about $100,000 which is spent locally with the exception of bats and balls, and all incoming club players use the hotel facil ities of Asheville besides bringing in people from outside the city who also spend money locally. The club also gives a recreational out let for factory workers which in dustry also likes. Ross Taylor, president, presided at the meeting. Swimming Pool Opens Friday The Black Mountain swimming' pool will open Friday, June 5, at 1 p.m., and will be open every day from 1 to 5 p.m. except Wednes days and Sundays, on which days the hours will be from 1 to 6 p.m., according to Ralph Single ton, manager. Prices are 20 cents for children under 12 years of age, and 35 cents for those who are 12 or over. Season tickets are $8.00 for those under 12, and $12.00 for 12 or over. They are on sale this week at Knight’s Drug store. The pool has been patched and repaired and the restrooms reno vated .in readiness for the summer season. Don McDougle will assist Mr. Singleton as lifeguard and manager. A qualified lifeguard will be on duty at all times. Can dy and soft drinks will be on sale, as in the past. The pool will be available for rent for parties at night during the summer. Xematodes ai'e tiny soil-borne, eel-like creatures that can be con trolled by fumigating the land. Fred H. Martin Fred H. Martin, native of the Beverly Hills section and former assistant principal of Asheville High school, has been elected prin cipal of Owen High school, W. W. White, chairman of the local com mittee, announced today. He re places N. C. Shuford who resigned last week. June 22 Deadline For Entries In B. M. Horse Show The Black Mountain Horse show sponsored by and for the benefit of the Black Mountain Elemen tary P.T.A. will have an attrac tive booklet type program this year. In order for entries in the several classes to be listed on the program it is necessary that they have their entries in the hands of Miss Tou Lindsay, corresponding secretary, Box 821, Black Moun tain. N. C., or Mrs. Chester Sobol, her assistant, not later than June 22. The same rule applies to sponsors of classes. The commit tee urges those who wish to enter to get their entries in before the deadline. There have been requests for the walking horse class to be re stored on the list of classes. If there are enough entries for this class to make it a competitive event, it will be replaced on the program. Mrs. Frank Watkins will be in charge of advance tickets sales which will open Monday June 8. VFW Will Sponsor Softball League The Veterans of Foreign Wars softball league are planning four teams for this season. Those in terested in playing sofeball are asked to be at the grammar school ball field June 4 at (!:30 p.m. or contact Bob Hand or William Wat ers. Anyone interested in sporing a team please contact Mr. Hand or Mr. W aters. Games are played on Tuesdays and Thursdays. WANT TO PLAY CHESS? SEE J. W. AGER Some interest has been shown in the community in organizing a chess group of the “Get-Ac quainted club. Anyone interested in playing chess, experienced or inexperienced, contact J. W. Ager, phone NO 9-7793. LLOYD MOORE NAMED PRESIDENT OF FTA Lloyd Moore of Charles D. Owen High school was elected president of the Buncombe County Future 1 Teachers ot America at a dinner 1 meeting of the county FTA chapter ' at the S and W cafeteria, Asheville. ( Miss Gwen McAfee of Charles D. Owen was named secretary. MASONS WILL HOLD STATED COMMUNICATION Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 will hold a stated communication Friday evening, June 5, at 8:00 a’elock. All Master Masons are cordially invited invited. C. L. Gwaltney is Master. ATTEND GRADUATION Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Rowland and daughter Toni attended the graduation exercises at the Uni versity of North Carolina where their son, Russell, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine June 1. While there they visited Mrs. Rowland’s brother and fam- i ily, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Peek, in " Raleigh. son oi Mrs. b. t. Martin and the late Mr. Martin of Asheville, the new school head has been prin cipal of the Enfield, N C. school for (he past five years. The pro gram developed by Mr Martin at Enfield has been called by edu cators “the most comprehensive small high school schedule and curriculum in the State of North Carolina.” Graduate of Lee Edwards and Brevard Junior college, he holds the B.S. Degree from Eastern Carolina college in science and English, the M.A. Degree from Peabody College for Teachers in biology and second ary school administration, and has one year toward his Ph D. in secondary school administration at Teachers College of Columbia uni versity. Prior to going to Enfield Mr. Martin was on the staff at Ashe ville High school. 21/2 years as as sistant principal. During World War II he served for 39 months in the army, two years of which were spent in the Pacific theater. His professional organizations in clude: past president of Asheville Classroom Teachers, past president of Halifax County NCEA, for nine years an official delegate to NCEA state conventions, member of Na tional Association of Secondary School Principals, life member of NEA, member of two national ed ucational groups, Pi Delta Kappa and Phi Sigma Pi, Tennessee Acad emy of Science, and a member of planning commission of NCEA. He belongs to the following civic and social organizations: Lions club, past member of Jaycees, member board of directors East Carolina College Alumni associa tion, member of Enfield Recrea tion commission, Thirty-Second de gree Mason, and Shriner. Playhouse Opens Subscription Cam paign Miss Tinka Crawford, producer of the Silo Circle Playhouse, an nounces (he opening of the offi cial season subscription campaign for Black Mountain to commence Thursday, June 4. Tickets may be obtained at Gift. Crafts, Main street, from 10:00 5:00 p.m. through Saturday, June 6. Three types of memberships are available. Patron membership: $100. All patrons will be acknow ledged in the play bill—will re ceive 15 tickets to be used through out the season—will be invited to participate in all social events of the playhouse. Sponsor member ship: $50. All sponsors will be acknowledged in the play bill will receive 10 tickets to be used throughout the season—will be in vited to participate in all social events of the playhouse. Sustain ing membership: $12. Entitles holder to seven tickets to be used throughout the season. Season, ticket subscribers will have the choice of any seat in the house according to their preference. Silo Circle playhouse, located on 91d U. S. 70, near Black Mountain, received a highly successful re sponse to its Asheville campaign list week. The playhouse opens its second season on Monday night, June 15. it 8:30 with a production of the French farce “The Little Hut”, further information concerning he coming season may be ob ained at the season subscription moth. A final pre-season meeting of ill interested supporters of the ■iilo Circle playhouse will be held Friday night, June 5, at 8:00 p.m., n the Black Mountain Town hall. At a meeting last Thursday a cick-off to the coming Black Moun ain season subscription campaign vas successfully launched. The executive committee of the ilayhouse urges everyone who has lonated so generously of their ime and money to be present for his progress report meeting. Tinka Crawford
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