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SPAGHETTI SUPPER Methodist Church 6-8 p.m. Saturday Tickets — 50c and $1 Weather Oct. 27- _ Oct. 28— Oct. 29— Oct. 30— Oct. 31— Nov. 1__ Nov. 2— High Low Prec. _68_44 _55_30 _50_37 .02 _53_41 .26 --76_49 .13 _65_55 _65_49 YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER VOL. 15. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 10 — SINGLE COPY, 10c [[FLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood |OT TOO GOOD" When Fred, young son of he Rev. and Mrs. John Mc Whorter, was asked, "Is father a good preach ).?" Fred thought it over nd then replied solemnly rfth a shake of his head: "Not too good! Not too #od." (Ed. Note: The congrega on of the Methodist church isagree with Fred.) —R— RST MEETING! Since being appointed to the iard of the North Carolina jiatorium System in August, lac! wondered just what this dy did. Attending my first jeting of the group at West n North Carolina Sanatorium it week, I learned a great g] about the board and its irk As host for the occasion Dr. p Thomas and his staff at esiorn San had the red car t out, the other board mem rs whom I had never met ire friendly, and I soon felt [ht at home. From the reports submitted ound that as a state we rank ar the top in the effective •a'nient of TB which at one no was one of the most dread [. diseases known to medical ence. During the last quarter there fr 17 deaths from TB in irtli Carolina. In a state of ire than 4.000,000 that is an cellent record. Just a few years ago the erage stay of a patient in sanatorium for TB was 18 inths. In fact at one time e waiting list was so long r those needing to be admit 1 that it was a rule that no e could stay longer than 18 inths, cured or not. Hie general public will be ppy to learn that the aver e stay now has been cut to proximately eight months d is still falling. In addi n those who leave the hos tal as cured have less danger {returning with an active je But the Sanatoriums of the Ite System pertorm otner k’ices, too. For instance for the period ginning July 1. 1959, and ding Sept. 30, 1959, the med staff of the four sanator ia received and interpreted r physicians and outside encies a total of 33,033 X ys Of these more than >000 were processed here at estern North Carolina San pnum. ; learned, too, that there are ny diseases and ailments nulating tuberculosis so psely that only by diagnostic its ' can the difference be Bd There were 122 cases i this type received at the patoriums during the quart The patients were releas | alter the proper tests were —Turn to Page 8 laptisl Boys To lear Visitor rom Hawaii [Baptist boys of the Bun pnbc Baptist Association will ir a message from a visit from Hawaii in their an ia! Royal Ambassador Con IVe meeting at the Craven -feet Baptist c-hurch, Ashe Ue, Thursday evening, Nov. 1959, at 7:00 p.m. Royal Ambassadors is a Issionary organization of Tptist boys, ages nine rough 16. All boys of those |es. their pastors and lead P> are invited to the regular bual Conclave of the Royal mbassadors whether they 'e members of the organiza jn or not. Jim Grant of the (i>' ’ ty Baptist church is Am fssador in chief of the Con . and Frank Hopkins, Jr., forty church, is recorder. [Special speaker from Ha is Miss Peggy Lois Tat P’ a student in Mars Hill ge and a daughter of IL u-rn Baptist Missionaries Hawaii. Miss Tatum will pak on the work of South h Baptists in our newest y' film, “All Are Called,’ P1 i'e shown as a feature of program, depicting the - by which missionaries * elected for work under ‘reign Mission Board of le Southern Baptist conven ^ “ devotional message of :1‘ 'ogram will be in charge 'lax Sanders, Jr., of Cal 1C’ Baptist church, who is h’ assistant Ambassador of ie Buncombe Conclave. Lions Start Sale of Fruit Cakes Here The Black Mountain Lions tlub is sponsoring a sale of Benson’s Old Home Fruit Cake as a Thanksgiving and Christ mas project, Janies H. Skelton, club president, announced to day. The president appointed Woodrow Beddingfield chair man for the event. Mr. Bed dingfield said this morning that he hoped each club mem ber will sell at least five cakes between now and Thanksgiving. They will sell for $3.25 for a three pound cake which will be enclosed in an attractive box that will preserve the flavor and moisture for many weeks. The cakes are already sliced. are moisture proof, and are sold only through civic groups. White Cane Lions club members were also reminded that final reports on the 1960 White Cane cam paign will be due at the next meeting on Nov. 12. Each member has been mailed in structions, along with five membership cards, 0. B. Smith, chairman, has revealed. The chairman said today that many Lions had already sold their five memberships and turned in the money. Since the White Cane is the major project for the year, the pres ident expressed a hope that all Lions would participate 100 per cent. Fall Festival Date Set For November 21 The Fall Festival for bene fit of the Black Mountain PTA will be held at the local primary and grammar schools at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, it was announced to day. Activities will include a tur key dinner for adults, $1, stu dents, 50 cents. Other events will include an amateur pro gram, king and queen contest, L I 1 VJ LvUHtl J Ol/Vlt) UUiHVjr chances, cake walk, and many other activities in the gram mar school gymnasium. All parents will be called upon to assist in preparing and putting on the program. The teachers will carry out the king and queen contest in the individual rooms and help with the country store activi ties. All citizens of the commun ity interested in the schools oi the community are requested to help. Auxiliary Here Will Observe Veterans' Da y In observance of Veterans Day Waycaster-McFee Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will join the Legion for a covered dish supper Tuesday, Nov. Hi. at 6:30 in the Legion hall. All members are cordially invited to come and bring their fam ilies and a covered dish. Auxiliary Meeting The Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. E. W. Jackson on the evening of Oct. 19. Those present were Mrs. C. \V. Ledbetter, Mrs. J. B. Bul lock, Mrs. J. I- Cook, Mrs. D. G. Guess, Mrs. M. E. Head, Mrs. Arnold Jones, Mrs. A. R. Rudisill, Mrs. Clara Snyder, who assisted the hostess, Mrs. Dickerson of Florida, and Mrs. Stikeleather were guests. Plans for observing Veter ans’ Day were discussed. Illustrated Lecture For Owen High PTA ert D. Charlton, head or of the Buncombe v Health Department, ,-ive an illustrated lec n ‘'Health of the School hild” at the regular ,,, of the Owen High PTA Thursday eve Nov. 5, at 7:30. parents are urged to at his special meeting and ipate in plans foi the cement program being ered at Owen High Villiam Blaine is pres the Owen PTA and ert IL Spiro, Jr., is chairman. Latest additions at Shuford Field by the Valley Booster club, which will sponsor a college game here on Saturday, Nov. 14, between Gardner Webb and Mars Hill, have been the scoreboard in top photo and a press box at bottom. Giving material help in installation of the score board was Tom H. Drury, sales representative of Gen eral Eectronics of Houston, Texas. Mr. Drury helped install the board and then came up from Hickory on several occasions to teach K. V. McCurry and Charles Lewis how to operate it. The press box, located high atop the field house behind the north stands, will be used for the first time in the annual homecoming game here on Nov. 13 with Wavnesville. UNDEFEATED JVs PLAY BREVARD IMPS HERE FRIDAY NIGHT The Owen High School JV’: still undefeated after fiv games, will be out to make six in a row when they tak on the high flying and pow erful Brevard eleven here a Shuford Field under the light Thursday evening at 7:30. This is expected to be thei sternest test of the eampaig in their drive toward an ur defeated season. Coach Ai Ditt has the boys up and run ning and a large crowd is ex pected to be on hand. DESSERT CARD PARTY WILL BE SATURDAY I! CHURCH PARISH HOUS A dessert card party wil be held at 7:.'d> p.m. Saturdaj Nov. 7, in the St. James Epis copal Parish House. In ad dition to dessert, prizes wil be given. Tickets are $1 per person The public is invited to com and enjoy an evening of fur President ol the Booster Club Grant Ballard today paid high tribute to several who have helped in erecting the press box. These include Carl Bowness, Walt Davis, Calvin e Brooks, I. T. Brooks, Fred Ens 1 ley. who did the wiring, R. W. e Cook, who furnished the labor ■ for wiring of the field house, t and many others, * Kickoff for the big benefit college game at Shuford Field *' on Nov. 14 will be 8:00 p.m. 1 All proceeds above expenses ■ will be donated to the Booster 1 Club to help pay for the im ■ provements that have been - made this year. The Booster club met at the school Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, to make plans for the sale j of tickets. They may be pur _ chased in Black Mountain and " Swannanoa or from any club ] member. —Driver of Austin: “Please - give me a glass of water for 1 the radiator, a thimble full of oil for the engine and a half . pint of gasoline.” Attendant: • "Sure you don’t want me to . cough in your tires?” Skelton Shows Rotary Slides Made In Brazil The regular meeting of the Black Mountain - Swannanos Rotary club was held Monday Oct. 26, at the Monte Viste hotel. Chaplain James H. Skeltor of W.N.C. Sanatorium, formei chaplain of the Presbvteriar Church in Brazil, gave a lecture with slides of modern and in terior Brazil. He showed the new capital, Brasilia, beine built in the central part of the country, which will replace the present capital, Rio De Ja nerio, which is located on the coast. The new capital wil be one of the most moderr cities in the world, constructec with the jet age in mind. B> 1960 it will house 500,000 people. Every road in the city will be without red lights, a< crossings will have underpasses or overpasses. Chaplain Skelton said “Here (Brazil) will be the greatesl challenge for the Christiar Church and the greatest op portunity for religious ad vance.” Vice-President Wilbur Ware presided. Clifford Meyer anc R .C. Bowness were given e vote of thanks by the mem bership for their part in plac ing Rotary road signs at the entrances to Black Mountair and Swannanoa. Guests present were: Rotar ians Roy Cash and Clarence Livingston of Rochester, N. Y. Harry F. Sterns of Tampa Fla.; Wilkos Trice and Jin Chapman of Asheville; Charle: Hansen, president of Old For Rotary club and Walter Will iams of Old Fort; R. C. Bow ness and Cliff Meyer, contract ors of Black Mountain weri alcn cfiiPctc CLUBS THANK THOSE WHO HELPED WITH BENEFIT CARD PARTY Leaders of the Black Moun tain Junior and Senior Wo men’s dub today thanked al those who had a part in mak ing the youth center benefi card party last Friday eve ning a success. These included Beacon Man ufacturing company for th( blanket, the Black Mountair Ice company for the ice, ant many civic minded citizens foi cookies and prizes. Mrs Grace Bergthold gave a $21 check to the center. Proceeds from the party were approxi mately $42.00. Armisfead Pastor Emeritus At a congregational meeting of Friendship Presbyleriar church on Montreat road las Sunday the Rev. W. H. Armi stead, recently pastor of the church, was named pastes emeritus. The Rev. and Mrs Armistead have been living ir Florida since his retiremen from the active ministry. At the same meeting thi congregation elected the fol lowing new officers: Elder: Albert Pound and Claude Betts Deacons Jasues Gorman, Will iam Hinkle, and Woodrow Cam bron. An officers’ training school will be conducted by Asheville Presbytery on Nov. 10 at the First Presbyterian church Asheville, with supper at si> o’clock. All officers are ex pected to attend. —Picture courtesy Asheville Citizen Instrumental in the great improvements that have taken place at Shu ford Field has been the Valley Booster club, an organization composed of friends of athletics at Owen High school from the Swan nanoa Valley. Although small in number this group has astounded the entire communities of Black Mountain and Swannanoa with the work performed and the results obtained. Officers of the club are shown in picture above. They are, left to right, George W. Penley, director; Grant Ballard, president; John Jones, director; Maur ice Jones, secretary; Fred Ensley, vice - president; Grady Luckadoo, director. Those not present when picture was made, Roy Alexander, treasurer, and Latt McMahon, Dick Stone, and Gordon % Greenwood, directors. i M I ■■ Diooa ramie At Beacon Mfg. Co. On Nov. 11 The Red Cross Blood Mo bile will be set up in the Swannanoa Methodist church Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the con venience of blood donors from Beacon Mfg. Co. The em ployees and management have a contract with the Black Mountain - Swannanoa R e d Cross Chapter and the Re gional Blood Center under which the employees will con tribute one pint of blood for 35% of employees at the plant. Three hundred blood donors are needed on Wednesday so that this obligation can be met. B&PW Club W ill Hear Program On Civil Defense The Business and Profes sional Woman’s club w ill meet Monday, Nov. 9. at 7:30 p.m. at Assembly Inn, Montreat. A program on National Se curity will be given. Alan Taylor, deputy director for Buncombe county, will speak and show a film on civil de fense. This program is open to the public. z B Robinson Construction company of Asheville was awarded the contract for the new Asheville Fed eral Savings and Loan association building which will be located on the old Gregg property at the corner of Dougherty Street and West State. Six Associates of Asheville'will serve as architects. Cost of the building will be $31,500. This does not include vault door, drive-in window, counters, and much other equipment. Construction is expected tc start within the near future with the completion date set in late winter or early spring. ' i nmsmmmmmmm m > < Mrs. James Harold Norton j Miss Wanda Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. < Walter Bartlett of Black Mountain, was married to t James Harold Norton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Nor- j ton. Sr., of Black Mountain, Saturday, Oct. 24, in the ; Kerlee Heights Baptist church. The Rev. Clyde Par- ", ham performed the double ring ceremony. Miss Judy \ Capps, vocal soloist, and Miss Betty Jean Shook, org- t anist. oresented the music. Owen Addition Given Final Inspection Final inspection of the five room addition at Owen High school was completed last week by J. W. Sherman, inspection engineer of the Division of School Planning for the State of North Carolina. Haywood Plott represented Six Asso ciates, designers of the annex. Mrs. Ben Davis. Clarence Roberts, and J. M. Cauble, all members of the Buncombe County Board of Education, were present along with T. C. Roberson, county superintend ent of education: Hal Weir, business manager of the county school system; Coke Cand ler, chairman of the county board of commissioners; Harry Mitchell, commissioner and purchasing agent for the county; N. C. Shuford, who re tired as principal at Owen last year; and Fred Martin, new principal. Local committee members present were W. W. White, chairman. Hoy Alexander, and W. B. Beddingfield. Charlie Bell and J. G. North cott, also members of the County Board of Education, were unable to attend. They were present for the previous inspection. The new rooms have been accepted and approved. They have been in use for the past week. Keep Treats, But Return Glasses To Young Lady When a prankster grabbed the trick or treat bag out of the hands of Leah McKinney on the Montreat road at ap proximately 8:30 Friday even ing. he made off with a very ""valuable and important item —Miss McKinney’s glasses. Miss McKinney and a group of friends were walking along the Montreat road, just north of the A&P store when some boys leaped out of the bushes ' and grabbed their bags of Hal loween goodies. A short while before, the young lady had placed her glasses in a “Safe Place” so that they wouldn’t get knocked off in the rush. She also had approximately SI.50 in change and some other girlish items, such as lipstick, etc. She is not interested in any item but her glasses. She needs these for her work in the office at Beacon Manufact uring company. If the young man or men who took the glasses by mis take, along with the bag of treats, will return said glasses to Miss Leah McKinney, Box 123. Black Mountain, N. C., it will be greatly appreciated and what started out to be a trick will be forgotten as one. No questions will be asked. The bride was given in mar- 1 riage by her father. Her gown 1 was of satin and Chantilly lace, ‘ and her lace veil was attached * to a satin embroidered cap. ' She carried a white Bible with a white orchid. Mrs. Myrna Parham of Ashe- i ville, sister of the bride, was ' matron of honor. Her baller ina-length dress was of green taffeta and her accessories were beige. Her bouquet was of bronze chrysanthemums. E. M. Norton, Jr., brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and ushers were David Young and Jack Leatherwood. The bride’s mother wore a blue two-piece dress with navy accessories and her corspge was an orchid. The bride groom’s mother wore a gray suit with black accessories and her corsage was an orchid. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of Max Flack on Padgettown road. Assisting were Mrs. Bruce Ensley, Mrs. E. M. Nor ton, Jr., and Mrs. Charles W. Norton. Mrs. Norton, a graduate of Charles D. Owen High school, is employed by Beacon Manu facturing Co. Mr. Norton, also a graduate of Charles D. Owen High school, is in the U. S. Navy at Charlestdn, S. C. At present Mrs. Norton will make her home with her par ents on Padgettown road. Kiwanis Hear Discussion of United Appeal At the Oct. 29 luncheon in the Monte Vista hotel the local Kiwanis club listened to a talk and boost for the United Ap peal Campaign Fund by the chairman of the United Appeal of this district. Dr. Robert Spiro of Blue Ridge assembly and member of Asheville Kiwanis. The United Appeal’s benefits, pros and cons, and methods of applying for same through the Asheville agency, were openly discussed. Visitors were C. I). Baxter of Excello Corporation; Horace Stroupe of Beacon Manufactur ing Co.; Charlie Rogus of North Wilksboro; W. H. McMurray, Sr., and H. B. Craven of Black Mountain. Mr. Craven stated that he was leaving within two weeks for his winter home in Lakeland, Fla., unless the autumn coloring of the leaves are still too beautiful to leave. MASONS WILL HOLD STATED COMMUNICATION Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 will hold a stated com munication Friday evening, Nov. 6 at 7:30. All Master Masons are cordially invited to attend. C. L. Gwaltney is master. —The death sentence is a severe penalty to pay for breaking a traffic law. But figures from the State Depart ment of Motor Vehicles show that over three-fourths of all drivers involved in last year’s fatal accidents were violating some traffic law. faylor Elected ’resident Golf [ourse Group Ross Taylor, golf pro at the ilack Mountain Country club, ?as elected president of the Carolina Golf Course Superin mdent’s association at the an ual meeting held in Charlotte, fr. Taylor is a charter mem er of the organization and has een a member of the National ssociation for 12 years. A former pro at the Malvern [ills course in Asheville, Mr. aylor came to Black Moun ain on Aug. 9, 1941. Since aat time the club here has hown steady growth and the ourse has been greatly im roved. New greens, new tees, ridges, and a barn have been uilt. In addition a new pro hop has been erected and the ourse improved in other ways. Mr. Taylor also is director f the city parks and in charge f the lake, golf course, and lub house. He is greatly in erested in developing differ nt types of grass for putting ;reens in the state and now las before the dean of the Ichool of Agriculture at N. C. Itate college a proposal that course in turf management le added to the curriculum of hat school. “We believe that this is iractical because of the im lortant part that the golf ourses play in the economy if our state,” the new presi lent said. He is' an elder in the Black (fountain Presbyterian church ind president of the Black .fountain - Swannanoa Rotary :lub. Joe Kirstein On College Honor Roll Joe Kirstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Kirstein, Sr., of Broad River, made the honor roll at Carson-Newman col lege, Jefferson City, Tenn., the first six weeks of the fall semester. Joe is a pre-engi neering student. He and his wife Ann are both students at Carson-Newman college. Joe was graduated from Owen High school May 29 of this year. He and his wife moved to Jefferson City, Tenn., anil both studied at the college during the sum mer session, completing a to tal of 12 semester hours of college work. After a brief visit with relatives during the last of August, they returned to Carson-Newman college and registered for the fall semes ter, where they are both car rying a full college load. They live in one of the college apartments on the campus. The Swannanoa First Baptist church will observe i special service during the 11:00 o’clock worship hour on Sunday, Nov. 8, in cele arating the 10th anniver sary of the pastorate, the ^ev. C. W. Smith. Recog lition to the Rev. Mr. Smith ind to all who have been aaptized by him and to all ouples that have been mar ked by him will be a part jf the program. Special nusic and sermon by guest speaker, C. Fred Smith of 31ack Mountain, will high ight this memorable oc casion. A basket dinner will follow •he services in the church fel owship hall, and all members ire urged to bring their lunch md join in congratulating the pastor upon his 10 years of service to the church and community.