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If your name is to be listed in the JULY 4 HORSE SHOW Program, YOU MUST GET ENTRY BLANK BY JUNE 22 from Miss Lou Lindsey (NO 9-7165) THIS Week — or Mrs. Chester Sobol (NO 9-6421) NEXT Week! YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Weather High Low Prec. June 2_78_62 2.10 June 3_72_51 .11 June 4_74_50 June 5_._75_55 June (>. _79_48 June 7_79_48 June 8_80_50 .04 THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 41. REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood » ,■ nor's Seat . |l'(,0\. ,round there and pit in lor's chair. You might o.nieday, anyway. ’n . , o voung’uns to whom this u' given needed no sec j.,vitation. They—Ricky and H<1 > *'-'**• * . , t , ■ r^enwood—had been ts f ial instructions on how f . 'heI1 “we get down to the I office,” but the inform f . . of Gov. Luther Hodges I : ,,11 this and made them Kht at home. They acted part. »,* It Started. atter of courtesy the gov : each of the 170 mem ,f the General Assembly to ,, viis office sometime dur ,, , -sion for a short get-ac jinteil conference. , ■ Friday morning during ; debate on the report of the nr-priations committee a mes . , :\ine and asked that “if I I, 1 . ,1 come down to see the vernor." \i the time Ruddy and Ricky Jfrl, iMitli serving as pages, and decided, after due delibora to take them along to meet |< excellency. I reasoned that would probably be the only Ipportunity they would ever |at, to meet the top man in the Vi,. On the way down to his Iffi(T they were given instruc on what to do and w hat lot to do. They were to sign J, e register, walk over and wait Ljeth hj the door, shake hands lith the governor, and then lavc and return to their duties then I gave the signal. '}:■■■ all this was changed a tew tniU's later when Gov. Hodges look hands with the boys and |en, before 1 could give the sig 11 for them to beat a hasty re Jat, invited them to go around Id sit in his chair for a while. |They took him at his word. In they almost ran over one an tler in. their haste to see which Bull! get there first and occupy Ke choice spot near the telephone. Joky won the race by taking a art cut across the visitor’s lair, ami the fun was on. ■While we discussed the work of le legislature in general, the boys I-.:, around in the big leather Jail' like a top. Each time they ssnl the front of the desk Ricky jouid push a button on the tele lone. |i -lipped closer to the edge of chair but Gov. Hodges didn’t fe' an eye or even glance toward Is desk, which was, by this time, Ider close scrutiny by the two bung visitors. Ever so often I jouid cringe as one or the other jouid whisper in a voice so loud |ut I was sure it could be heard the way to the Sir Walter: JH'hat do you suppose HE does lith this?'' That, of course, was fidence that they had discovered pushing new as they examined minute detail the desk of the |P man of our state. But if the governor was wor bied, he didn’t show it. At the pondusion of the interview, he pse from his chair on “my side” jof the desk, shook hands with phe boy-, again, called in his sec petary and asked that they each Riven a special autographed picture, and invited them to —Turn to Page 8 Camber of commerce o MEET TUESDAY T-e Black Mountain Chamber ' 1 om.nerce will hold its regular l'vC to purchase sustaining ‘■•"•be:.-nip tickets to the Silo Cir Tickets are available FpDGERS ■ GARRISON WEDDING JUNE 6 IN BROAD river >wena Garrison, daugh Ernest Garrison and Mr. Garrison of Broad 1 ' a me the bride of Rob ,,!1 Mrs. Grover Ledbetter, afternoon, June G. 1 ri-niony was performed Rev. T. G. Highfill of an uncle of the bride, ■remony being used, ""re a dress of white Her corsage was of red "-er a brief honeymoon nke their home in Lan services and is em *’ Springs Foundry and ’P in Lancaster. ■ ion was held in the and Mrs. Ledbetter in bor 'Hoys’ State Lloyd Moore will go to Chapel Hill June 14-21 to at tend the American Legion’s “Roys' State” of North Caro lina. A rising senior at Charles D. Owen High school, ho was selected by the principal and faculty of the high school because he met the required qualifications based on character, mental alertness, physi cal fitness, honesty and dependa bility. awareness of opportunities, and potential leadership, sponsors said. Each year outstanding ris ing high school seniors are sent to the University of North Caro lina’s widely recognized govern ment teaching branch, the Institute of Government, to hear lectures and discussions by public officials, faculty members and leading Leg ionnaires. As a part of their train ing the delegates attending organ ize their own governments for cities, counties and state, elect their own officials and put into practice some of the theories of government they have studied. Lloyd is being sponsored by the C. W. Francy Post of Oteen. ALL SET FOR MAIL DELIVERY? Do you have your mailbox erected ready for city mail de livery? Have you advised your cor respondents to direct all mail they send you to your proper street and house number? If not—you’ll need to get busy at once. These questions need to be answered in the affirma tive in order for you to be ready to receive mail delivery in Black Mountain, which is sched uled to begin within the next few days, local Post-office auth orities stated this week. BRIDGE GROUP WINNERS NAMED Last Wednesday night at the duplicate bridge division of the Get Acquainted club, winners were: North-South, Miss Ma/.ie Buie and Mrs. Townsend Hay; sec ond, Mrs. Claudia McGraw and Mrs. Helen Perley. East-West, Mrs. S. A. Young and Mrs. Hugh Stevens; second, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Field. Sessions are held each Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Monte Vista hotel. YWA to Welcome 1000 Delegates to Ridgecrest Thurs. The second conference of the summer season at Ridgecrest will open tonight (Thursday) featur ing missionary personnel from throughout the world. The Young Woman’s auxiliary conference will welcome more than 1000 young ladies to Ridgecrest Thursday. Mrs. Don M. Kim will deliver the opening address at the Thurs day evening session. Mrs. Kim is a Southern Baptist missionary to Koreans in California. Each night at the close of the services, vespers around Lake Dew will be under direction of Mrs. Wilfred C. Tyler of Blue Moun tain college, Blue Mountain, Miss. Some of the missionaries on the program include Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Belvin, Mrs. Allegra La Prairie, Dr. and Mrs. James M. Young, Rev. and Mrs. Roy B. Wy att, Jr., and Mrs. Maurice J. An derson. Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Belvin were appointed in 1948 by the Baptist Home Mission board as missionaries to the Creek and Seminole Indians in Oklahoma. Prior to their appointments, Mr. and Mrs. Belvin served as mission aries to the Kiowa and Apache Indians in western Oklahoma for four years. Their home is Okmul gee, Okla. Mi's. Allegra LaPrairie, of New Orleans, La., is superintendent of the Baptist Baby Home and Wo man’s Emergency home in New Orleans. Her work consists of counseling with unwed mothers to help them make decisions about their present and future lives, studying adoptive homes, and —Turn to Page 5 Silo Circle's Opening Show On Mon., June 15 On Monday night, June 15, at 8:30 sharp the Silo Circle play house will open its second season with a production of the riotious French farce “The Little Hut”. Last Monday, culminating sev eral weeks of intensive pre-season activity, first rehearsals began on the opening show. Prior to this, a highly successful membership drive, plus major renovations on the old red barn which houses the arena-style theater, and a wide variety of behind-the-scenes back ground work sparked the begin ning of the second season. With the arrival of the cast and crews for the coming nine-week run of the playhouse, production schedule is now at peak perform ance. Many favorites from last season, and several newcomers highlight the company of some 15 highly experienced professionals who will comprise the playhouse staff this year. In the opening production of “The Little Hut” Joan Wirtz, Ger ry Rabkin, Kent Mecham, Arlan Digitale and Thom Stutt will be —Turn to Page 8 Plans Music for Institute Music makers for the fourth Ecumenical institute to be held at Blue Ridge assembly beginning July 19-24: Left to right, Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire, of “Oak Knoll Studios”, chair man of Bible Festival Hymn Sing; Allan Guy, music director, Montreat college; Woodfin C. Rhodes, director of First Bap tist choir, and of the Junior Festival chorus; C. Sam Fox, di rector of First Presbyterian choir, Asheville; John Connet, director of music, Warren Wilson college. They were pictured as they met on the veranda of Robert E. Lee hall, Blue Ridge assembly, to plan details of the festival to be presented by choirs of Swannanoa Valley churches July 19 at the 8 p.m. opening of theEcumenical conference. Eleven states of the southeast will send delegates. Singers, ministers and laymen will study the theme, “Our Unity in the Church”. Mrs. Ale shire is local chairman. 4Mr. Guy will direct the united choirs in the Hymn festival. Events in Black Mountain Silo Circle theater productions every night except Sun days, beginning June 15. The following events, sponsored-by the Get Acquainted club, to which all interested person are invited: Every Mon day night. 8 p.m.. movies, colored slides and varied programs (Monte Vista hotel lobby), presented by Art group. Every Wednesday night, 7:30 p.m., Monte Vista hotel, duplicate bridge; instruction by Max Woodcock; for informa tion call Mrs. Townsend Hay, NO 9-3912. Every Thursday, 9:30 a.m., sketching and painting group; for information call Mrs. Mary Aleshire. Every Thursday, 1:30 p.m., Monte Vista hotel, contract bridge, canasta, Bolivia and other card games; for informa tion call Mrs. Townsend Hay, NO 9-3912. A diet luncheon at 50 cents person, will be served at 1 p.m. preceding card game; those interested may call hotel for reservations. Person who wish to play chess mav call ,1. W. Ager. NO 9 7793. Other purely social activities desiring listing in this col umn, may call the Black Mountain News. Save this schedule for easy reference. "COUNTRY STORE" BEING PLANNED BY W.S.C.S. TO AID CHURCH BLDG. A committee of eight represent ing- the Women’s Society of Chris tian Service of the Methodist church met last Friday to plan an old-fashioned country store to he held June 23, 24 and 25 for the benefit of the church building fund. The committee is eager to re ceive donations of articles which may be offered for sale in the store and suggested that local peo ple look over their households to select items to contribute in order to “make the store benefit a real success.” NOTED ORGANIST BOOKED HERE FOR HORSE SHOW Organist for the July 4 horse show to be sponsored by the Black Mountain PTA will be Hiram Carr, of Nashville, Tenn., who will tome here soon after having made a similar appearance at the Mem phis horse show. Sponsors said this type of live music contributes much to the color and interest of the competition events. These will include 19 classes, with a twentieth being added if enough enter for the walking horse class, Chairman Fred Higginbotham announced. Swim Classes Set by Red Cross The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Red Cross chapter will again this season sponsor training classes in swimming at the Black Mountain pool, under direction of Ralph I). Singleton, an able and qualified Red Cross instructor, who has taught here for several years. Many registrations have already been made at the Red Cross chap tr office and these names will be placed first on the schedule. All persons wishing to join the classes are requested to be at the pool at 10 a.m. Monday, June 15, to be Scheduled. Classes will begin im mediately, and will be held /from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Monday through Friday. The schedule follows: Mondays, beginners, boys; Tuesdays, begin ners, girls; Wednesdays, interme diates, boys; Thursdays, interme diates, girls; Friday, life-saving. Hostesses will be present at all classes to assist the instructor. WOODCRAFT GIRLS HAVE PICNIC MEET The Swannanoa Girls of the Woodcraft group of Woodmen of the World, court 1172, and their guests enjoyed a picnic supper, boating and fishing at Grovestone lake Tuesday afternoon, June 2. Mrs. Joe Poreher, counselor, was in charge, assisted by Mrs. R. L. Ballard and Joe Poreher. Affianced Miss Sadie E. Fortune Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Fortune, Jr., of Black Moun tain, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sadie Estelle, to John William Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cle ments, Jr., of Black Mountain. Both graduated from Owen High school. Miss Fortune also grad uated from Asheville-Biltmore col lege. RECEIVES DRIVING TROPHY David DuPuy, representing the Black Mountain Jaycees, received a golden winged trophy from N. C. Motor Carriers association for his performance in the N. C. Teen age Roadeo. The award was made Sunday at exercises in High Point and was made on behalf of the trucking industry of the state. Ralph Singleton Will Join Owen Faculty for Double Duties Ralph D. Singleton of Black Mountain, will join the Owen High school faculty in September, Fred Martin, newly elected principal, announced today. He will teach general science and serve as head basketball coach. III Ralph D. Singleton, who again this summer will in struct Red Cross swimming classes beginning Monday, June 15, at the Community clubhouse pool, has been ap pointed to the faculty of Owen High school. In addition to his teaching dut ies, Mr. Singleton will serve as assistant to Cliff Brookshire, foot ball coach, and will coach boys’ basketball and baseball. He will assume his new duties in mid-Aug ust. Singleton and Brookshire will attend the coaching clinic at Greensboro, Aug. 3-7. Graduate of Mooresville High school and Western Carolina col lege at Cullowhee, Mr. Singleton played four years of varsity foot ball in college, followed by two years on the post team at Fort Jackson, S. C.. and one year at Fort Benning. Ga. Discharged from active duty in November, 1349. he was recalled to active duty in 1951 during the Korean conflict. Since receiving his degree from Cullowhee in 1954, the new Owen High school faculty member coach ed for one year at Bryson City in the Smoky Mountain conference, and for the past four years has been head football coach at Rey nolds High school. He is a member of the Black Mountain Methodist church, treas urer of the Methodist Men. and —Turn to Page 4 Completion of Youth Center Depends on More Gifts When will the new Youth Center be available for use of Black Mountain’s boys and girls? “It ail depends on you”, Operation Youth, Inc. sponsors of this Finer Carolina project replied early this week, while building operations were closed down as Chairman R. C. Bow ness and Volunteer Building Supervisor H. McGuire Wood had to turn their attention to fund-raising before further con struction can be undertaken. Mi‘. Bow ness and Mr. Wood therefore were serving as solicit ors of pledges and gifts late last week and this week, in an effort to raise the necessary money to proceed with work. You don t need to wait to he approached for your gift, they reminded—if you’d like to hear the sound of hammer and saw renewed at the Youth Center in time to afford a sum mer recreation program for youth of your community, just mail your pledge or check to one of this two-man team or telephone and your gift will be picked up. Gifts of labor, services and ma terials with an estimated value of $787 during the month of May contributed considerably to the speed of construction of Black Mountain’s new outh Center, Finer Carolina-sponsored project of Operation Youth, Inc. Even though such gifts will foster the completion of initial outdoor sports facilities and clubhouse restrooms and equipment storage areas—and their use in the community’s sum mer youth program to open short ly after the close of school—they do not in anywise lessen the acute need for financial gifts to enable the completion of the building, sponsors reminded this week. Mr. Wood, local builder who is PTA’s $44)00 Budget Benefits Tivo Black Mountain Schools Final inspection tour of the school year by retiring PTA president Harry W. Clarke gives him opportunity to observe some of the many benefits of the PTA school improvement program, a “Finer Carolina” project. Already—with schools just closed for the summer—plans are well under way for a benefit to help finance the PTA’s next year’s improvement program. This will take the form of a July 4 horse show at 1 p.m. on the school grounds. Glimpses are given here of the wav in which these fourth-graders, as well as all fellow pupils of the Primary school, quickly emptied their school library shelves of new books provided through a $400 PTA grant for books as a portion of $1000 given to the school to meet supple mentary needs not' provided for in the regular school budget. Mr. Clarke is pictured with Principal Leonard Keever. A $700 gift from the PTA to the Elementary school was the inter-communications system shown in right-hand photo in a trial run super vised by Principal Guy Burchfiel, left, Jack McCracken of Tarmac Audio-Visual company which made the installation, and Mr. Clarke. A fund of $1100 went to this school from the PTA which next year will be headed bv recently-elected President Don McKenzie, superintendent of Mountain Orphanage. ‘ ‘ (Photos by Gragg) Mm mm jdkmt i FC Chairman Max Woodcock (Gragg Photo) giving supervision to construction, estimated that 280 volunteer hours of labor were given to the building of the center last month. Another gift was that of material and labor roughing in plumbing, for the building, contribution of —Turn to Page 5 Lions Schedule Six Meetings For Summer Last Lions club meeting of the ■summer at the Monte Vista hotel will be held today (Thursday) at <3:30 p.m., when a talk by Arnold Walz, assistant manager of the Asheville Social Security office, will follow a dinner meeting. The remainder of the summer meeting schedule: June 25, at Blue Bulge assembly; July 9, at Camp Merri-Mac; July 23 at Camp Rock mont; August 13, Ladies’ night, at Ridgecrest Baptist assembly; August 27, at Christmount assem bly. Lions salesmen taking part in the annual broom sale are asked to turn in all funds at this week’s meeting. The following members were scheduled this week to attend the state Lions convention at New Bern on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: President Woodrow Beddingfield, M. L. Williams, J. O. Williams, Charles Spencer, president-elect James Skelton, and Counselor Roy Taylor. ED DuPUY ENTERS NATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST ( HICAGO — Edward L. DuPuy of DuPuy Photography of Black Mountain, has entered “Heirloom Frames Best Photographs” contest. The competition is open to profes-. sional photographers throughout the United States and Canada and carries a top prize of $500 in cash. An additional $2,000 will be split among 52 other winners. Approximately 400 photograph ers from every state in the union and from Canada are competing in the contest. Judging the entries will be the Photographers Associa tion of America.
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