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BENEFIT BAND CONCERT - Dec. 18 - Owen High School YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Weather High Low Pree. Deo. 1_53_19 Dee. 2_48_26 .10 Dec. 3_48_34 .17 Deo. 4_65_24 Dec. 5_59_33 Dec. 6_40_33 .31 Dec. 7_29_19 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 15 — SINGLE COPY, 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood BEAUTIFUL snow Who said beautiful snow? The kids were all pleased t0 awake Monday morning (c find snow — and more important no school. gut come late May and early June when the flies are flying and the fish are Biting, they—the boys and „ir|s who are so happy now _wj|| wonder if it isn't better to go to school in the winter and have nothing to do but play and go swim ming in the summer. Time will tell. —R— SLICK ROADS Hoads in the Black Mountain Lvannanoa - Old Fort area r,,re slippery Monday, but wpre not in as poor condition a. those in sections west and north of Asheville. \s 1 pointed out last week _l ve crossed the Smokies my j.,st time in a snow storm in the dead of winter. Except L great emergency, of course. C-RR—R—R ; if and when you visit the Kobbinsville Lions club, you’ll t ;;d an unusual situation. —Turn to Page 5 Rotary Marks First Year With Banquet Members of the Black Moun tain-Swannanoa Rotary club, guests and friends, gathered at the Sxvannanoa Community Clubhouse Tuesday night to observe the first anniversary of the club. The local club received its charter one year ago from Ro tary International at the club house. Dr. J. W. Faucette, chair man of the arrangements com mittee, and his group gave the Rotarians and Rotary Anns a highly delightful program for the evening. In addition each Rotary Ann and guest received a corsage. The ham dinner was served by members of the Order of Eastern Star. Kelly Roberts, father of the local club, was master of cere monies. He praised the pro gress of the club and predict ed greater things for the fu ture. Entertainment was fur nished by three students from Warren Wilson college, one young lady from Thailand and two from Korea. They gave demonstrations of native dan ces. Jean Michael Hanin, a stu dent from France sent to the Inited States to study at Wesern Carolina college at Cullowhee on a Rotary Fund Scholarship, gave a short talk on his experiences. District Governor C. W. “Pat” Gilchrist of Charlotte explained the work of Rotary and reviewed the progress made by the Rotary club in this community. Principal speaker of the evening was D. Walter Mc Pad, Asheville Rotarian. Attending in a body with '■’■e Rotary Anns, were mem 1 “fx of the Old Fort club. —Turn to Page 4 Special Song Service At Homers Chajtel The Messenger Quartet from LOS TV, Asheville, and the “Uneombe County Sheriff’s de partment quartet will be at homer's Chapel Sunday night, ,ec' 13, at 7:30 for a special sonS service. public is cordially in ' c“d to come and hear these '"‘b known singers. Sew Hours For Su'dnnanoa P.O. Ire Announced . .7" Swannanoa Post Office observe new hours during T"w , Christmas season. Jimmy ' Jrks. postmaster, said today, post 0f£jce wjj[ be open bay on Saturday, Dec. 12 °i .'9, while on week days ‘ Wh! be opoj, from 8:00 a m , 5;30 p.m. beginning Mon J.' Dec. 14. Parks joins other post ••astcrs and employees in ask l^at mailing for Christmas done as early as possible ensure fast delivery. This . ‘ help the post office in its mPt to be of greater ser to the public. uiurcn Adds Sunday School Classrooms written by Mrs. Lloyd 0. ampfield. The series will be concluded next week.) Mrs. Lloyd O. Campfield man, and may have been thought of as an Apollo by some. However, I was too young to be tempted along these lines at that time. It was during this period that three Sunday school class rooms were added to the west end of the building and the church first owned a pastor ium. Mr. L. T. Hamrick was teaching a ladies class, ages ranging from 18 to 35. One tiunda^ morning there were "C< present, which presented a real problem, for they had standing room only in their small classroom. Mr. Hamrick proposed that they each sell some blocks in order to build From 1925 George W. Davis tor. He, too, \ to 1927 Rev. s was our pas tas a single nuKii neeaea classroom? fur their Sunday school, and he further bargained to pur chase two blocks from each member of his class. Thus, the project was started and satisfactorily completed with in a short period. This work was done by Rev. Benjamin S. West, who was later elect ed pastor, and served from 1927 to 1930. Brother West, being a carpenter as well as a preacher, built the pastor ium himself, with the help ol Mr. Avery Buchanan and Mr. D. P. Queen. Mr. Queen alsc assisted Brother West in the building of the Sunday school classrooms. The pa.storiurr was first occupied by the West family. By this time our Sun day school and Baptist Young People’s Union were going full blast. From 1930 to 1935 Rev. Le roy Asbury Thomas was oui pastor. It was during hiv pastorate that our block ehurcl was remodeled and a new aud itorium was built. Mr. L. T Hamrick was the architect Our church services were helc in the Buckner building while this work was being done This auditorium had a seating capacity of between three anc four hundred. This work wa; done at a cost to the churct of around $5,000, according t< Mr. Ross, who was treasure] at that time. The man ir charge of the building anc head carpenter, Mr. J. L. Ben nett, was paid by the Beacor —Turn to Page 8 Owen High Will Play Leicester Here Friday The Owen High school cag, teams will meet up and com ing Leicester High in a twii bill at the gym here Frida; evening, following - straigh games on the road. 1 he V\ ni horses played at Valle; Springs last Friday and a Erwin Tuesday. Owen wil play North Buncombe here oi Tuesday, Dec. 15. Owen dropped doublehead ers in the first games of tin season. Reynolds, who i: proving to be an early seasoi powerhouse in county circles handed the locals a double losi here in the opener on Dec. 1 The visiting lassies roarei off to a fast start to lead 09-17 at the half. The Mai lassies closed the gap to 46 36 but never really threatened Shook paced Owen with 1 points. Green pounded th. nets for 28 for Reynolds. Taking the cue from th, girls, the Reynolds boys tan fy leaped from the starting gates and took an • quarter lead. U was 24-1° a the half. Horne sank 16 to, Owen but his efforts were no rough and the visitors tool home the victory, 4a to •> \t Valley Springs on r ri day, Owen found the Spring erJ just as tough and kis both games, the girl-. • and the boys, 56-43. Reel with 14 and White with, L paced the Owen girls. Horn, had 19 for the Warhoise.s. RT CARD PARTY T JAMES' CHURCH esert card partyb' laturday night, Dec. - James' Episcopal church public is invited to com Joy the fun and to com or a door prize and fo e at each table. Kiwanis Club Hears Address About YWCA “The Young Women’s Christian association is not only the oldest but the largest organization in the world. It came into being at the time of the Industrial revolution and was begun out of concern for young women who came from sheltered homes to work in factories in big cities and did not have a proper place to stay.” Mrs. Ruth G. Clark, executive director of the Ashe ville organization, told mem bers of the Black Mountain Swannanoa Kiwanis club Dec. 3. The speaker described the work of the YWCA and told how the program was fitted to the local need. Mrs. Clark cited the purpose of the YWCA as follows: "To build a fellowship of women and girls devoted to the task of realizing in our common life those ideals of personal and social living to which we are committed by our faith as Christians. •In this endeavor we seek to understand Jesus, to share his love for all people, and to grow in the knowledge and love of God.” Seawright Open House To Be Sunday One of the most colorful and 1 flowery businesses is having • open house Sunday. Mrs. Rich ard Seawright said that she has been in business here ■ since 1951 and has always been , ready and on call to supply ■ [lowers and arrangements for all occasions. Seawright Florist invites ■ everyone to open house at the : shop on Cotton avenue, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13, from three to six o’clock. The place is • beautifully decorated for this . special occasion. JR. ORDER FAMILY NIGHT SUPPER WILL BE MONDAY, DEC. 14 Black Mountain Council No. 145, J.O.U.A.M.. will have a family night supper Monday, Dec 14, serving at 5:30 in the i O U A M hall. A turkey sup per will be prepared bv spe cial cooks. Members and their families who plan to attend please call Leroy Mashburn, NO 9-3591 and report how many to expect. Each member is asked to pay $1 for his fam “Get your reservations in as .oon as possible,,’ the commit ee in charge requests. A Shopper Tells the Truth About Shopping Blk. Mountain Shops When I first visited here, 15 years ago, with my old par ents. I decided that I liked the town: I liked the moun tains, the people, the simplicity of country living, and the friendliness. So I bought my self a little land and built a very modest home (thro the home-owned- and - managed) building and loan company, and had it built, again by home talent (and such a talent!). And in August, 1957, I retired from my teaching position and mov ed in. And I still like it.— in fact, I might say now 1 love it. But I met an odd situation: I found that it is a local custom for even reasonable people to feel that the local shops and places of business are entirely inadequate; they must make periodic shopping trips else where. Now I know that shop ping is a disease with some people; they lust like to “shop”, whether they really need anything or not. Perhaps they have nothing that is really interesting to keep them busy. O.K.! But people who do have other active interests do it too, _the “shopping” out of town. So I decided to test the re sources of this town of ours, and last year I tried to do my Christmas shopping entirely here, going out only for any gifts that were absolutely un attainable here, by hook or by crook. And I am doing it again with even more vigor this year, bestirred to repeat the test by hearing a sensible woman brag on gift-wrapping paper from the county seat, when the exact duplicate was obtainable (I checked on this!) montreat church SERVICES TO BE IN LOBBY OF INN Services of the Montreat Presbyterian church on Dec. 20, 27, and Jan. 3 will be con ducted in the lobby of Assem bly Inn. There will be special Christ mas music at the service on Dec. 20. ANNUAL JAYCEE DANCE DEC. 19 AT CLUB HOUSE One of the annual events for ■ the holiday season will be the 1 Black Mountain Jaycees dance 1 Saturday, Dec. 19, from 9 to ; 1 at the Black Mountain club house. The music will be furnished by the Clubmen, i with a vocalist. The price will 1 be $1.50 per person. i in two local shops, at the same price. (I suppose gas and tire wear for the trips are free!) Any store wotjld have troub le beating the price or/and the quality of chiiSren’s clothing in at least stores here; adult women's* dresses and coats in two;.'toys in four: kitchen, and household goods in six. There are two stores that have offered to get for me things that they do not reg ularly stock. Christmas cards are available at fine prices ir at least seven stores, anc specially designed ones in at least three. Toiletries can be bought in very standard form in at least six places of bus iness. We have three shops that, concentrate on local and less local crafts, and three others that do similar things incidentally. We have a fine antique shop and several that handle that type of goods along with othei items. There are at least twc shops that handle flowers and plants. There are excellent bargains in the furniture line as well as fine craftsmen whc —Turn to Page 4 Karen Schneider, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Schneider, Black Moun tain, plays viola in the Bre vard Civic orchestra. Miss Schneider is one of nine Brevard college students who are members of the organization. When the orchestra gives its irst concert of the season Dec. i, in the College Campus Center auditorium, a brass ■hoir will be featured in the ntroduction to Act II from .Vagner’s “Die Meistersinger.” Ralph Reed, conductor of he orchestra, is a faculty mem >er of the Brevard college nusic department. —Photos by Gragg Studios A part of the large crowd that attended open house at the new youth center, left photo, is shown at the refreshment table being served by members of the Tea and Topic club which furnished refreshments for the occasion on Nov. 29. Boy Scouts served as guides. The handsome new build ing is located on property leased from the Town of Black Mountain just off Cragmont road, south of Lake Tomahawk. Sponsored by Operation Youth, Inc., the new centei building has an assembly room 50 by 30, kitchen space, two wash rooms, anc locker rooms on the south for use of Boy Scouts anc little league baseball teams The baseball field has beer seeded and will be reach for use by spring, official: said. The building has beer paid for in full by clona tions from business anc industrial concerns of th< community and by individ ual gifts. Officers of Operatioi Youth, Inc., include Car Bowness, chairman of th< board of directors; R. T Greene, treasurer, an< Sanchez Mott, secretary. Annual Masonii Banquet Will Be Friday Night Jesse James Bailey, forme sheriff of Buncombe and Mac! ison counties, will be the prin cipal speaker at the annua banquet of the Masonic Lodgi at the Monte Vista hotel a (i:30 Friday evening. He wil he introduced by Vaden Marett Others on the program wil include Arthur E. Radcliffe invocation: C. L. Gwaltney, re tiring WM, welcome address Glenn Morgan, introduction o Lodge officers; Mrs. Ruby J Knight, recognition of OEi members, and Robert Hauth introduction of guests. John Boring was chairmai of the committee which ha: made arrangements for th< banquet. Other members an Clyde Watkins. W. R. Cope land, Carl Crisp, Bill Snypes Robert Hauth. Jim Uzzell. Ec Knight, and Marcus Begley. Officers who will be in stalled in 1960 are: Leonarc T. Keever, master; Ben Marett senior warden; Odell Peeler junior warden; Fred Higgin botham, secretary; Alvis Os teen, treasurer; William T Brown, senior deacon; Vader Marett, junior deacon; Will iam Snypes, senior steward Roy Bartlett, junior steward: Reginald Reiser, tyler; Arthui E. Radcliffe, chaplain; Clyde Watkins, marshal; and Johr Boring, organist. FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL SPONSOR HAM, TURKEY SHOOT SAT. The Black Mountain Vol unteer Fire Department will sponsor a ham and turkey shoot in the field near Burgess Phillips 66 Station, Highway 70, starting at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, it was an nounced today. All proceeds from the event will be used to improve the equipment of the department, leaders said. Information Sought On Zeb Vance (Editor’s Note: The follow ing letter from Bob Conway, historic site specialist with the State of North Carolina De partment of Archives and History is self explanatory. The department is seeking in formation on the old Zebulon Vance home and on Vance himself, his ancestors, and his descendants. Since Vance built a summer home. “Gombroon” near Black Mountain, the department be lieves there may be some relics in this area.) Down through the pages of North Carolina history, from 1585 to the present, this state has had 92 governors, includ ing a number of outstanding men and—in the early days of the Lords Proprietors—a few scoundrels. In this large group, one man stands apart from the rest— Zebulon Baird Vance, born in 1830 in Reems Creek Valley of Buncombe county. Regarded by many authorit ies as (he greatest North Car olinian who ever lived. Vance served this state during its most trying times—the War Between the States and the equally difficult Reconstruction period. He served two terms as a U. S. representative, three terms as governor, and lour as a U. S. senator. In 1861 and 1862, he was a colonel in com mand of the 26th North Caro lina Regiment of the Confed erate Army. Holding all these offices, however, did not make this Buncombe countian a great man. His greatness came from his honesty and integrity, de votion to duty, keen intelli gence and sharp wit, skill as a public speaker, and an over whelming love for his native state. These qualities and many others left the stamp of great ness on the “mountain giant”. As Alfred Moore Waddell said ; of Vance: “No one in the whole history of the state was ever so dear to the hearts oi 1 its people. He believed in the —Turn to Page 5 Quack-Quacks On Lake Here i Need Food The ducks are on the pone : and they are hungry. * Ross Taylor, Black Mountair superintendent of parks, callec the News just prior to press time to request that an appea' * be made to animal lovers tc i help feed the large body oi ducks that has taken up res icience at Lake Tomahawk. Says Ross: “Stale bread, ole corn, wheat, rye, oats, or jusi anything will do. The ducks are here in great number anc it is quite a chore to feet - them. The citizens of the - community are invited to brinj - the kids out and let them feec l the friendly quack-quacks tha > have descended upon us. It’s : fun. The kids will enjoy it I and the ducks will love it.” No license is needed. Just I pack up your food and heac for Lake Tomahawk, the ducks . are waiting. Kearfott Employees To Have Party ' The Employees’ Activities Association of the Kearfott company, located near Black Mountain, announces Dec. 12 as the date for their Employ ees’ Children’s Christmas par ty, which will be held at Owen High school auditorium at 9:30 a.m. The party will in clude cartoons, refreshments, and each child will be present ed a gift from Santa Claus. The party is for Kearfott employees’ children and ad mission will be by ticket only. SWANNANOA MEN'S CLUB WILL MEET MONDAY EVENING Herb Coman, president, has urged all members of the Swannanoa Men’s club to at tend the meeting on Monday, Dec. 14, in the Community Club House in Grovemont. The meeting was postponed from Dec. 7. A special progrom of inter est to all has been planned by the chairman. Since this will be the last meeting of the year, final reports will be made on the fruit cake sale and other projects which have been under way during the past few months. Many special guests are ex pected to attend. Engineers Suggest No Change in Ex-Cell-0 Entrance Markings Yellow Springs, O., Nov. 10. 1959—Gorman Lindsay Mattison, second-year stu dent at Antioch college and son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E Mattison, o f Matthews, formerly of Black Moun tain, currently is working on maintenance and field work with birds at the Powdermill Nature reserve of the Carnegie Museum Pittsburg, Penn. The job was secured for him by the college under its study plus-work plan of education an integral part of Antioch’s unique liberal arts program which requires that all stu dents regularly supplement on campus study with off-campus job experiences. While the aim of the co-ot program is educational and i is not designed to help stu dents work their way througl college, some do secure finar cial benefits from their cc operative jobs. Last year, 32' employers in 38 states and 3 employers in seven foreigi countries employed Antioc! students. A graduate of Charles E Owen High school, Mattison er tered Antioch in the fall o 1958. This is his first cc operative job since coming t the Ohio college. Lions To Make Final Fruit Cake Reports Final reports on the i'rui cake cale will be given an other business of importanc will be discussed at the regula meeting of the Black Mountai Lions club at the Monte Vist at 6:30 today (Thursday), * H. Skelton, president, has ar nounced. The broom sale proceed amounted to $1010.00 and tha from the calendar sale, $695 00, Mr. Skelton said. In add ticn $300.00 came in from th White Cane campaign jus concluded. These totals are expected t be boosted considerably whei Woodrow Beddingfield, ehaii man for the fruit cake sale reports at the meeting tonight Each Lion was given five cake —Turn to Pag? 4 Carol Sing To Be Here Sunday At Methodist (h. A round-the-table carol ser vice featuring the three choir of the Methodist church wil be held in the fellowship hal at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13 The public is invited. The adult, intermediate, am junior choirs, directed by Mrs J. W. Bergthold, will sinj carols from 12 different count ries, in addition to those fa miliar to the local congrega tion. Mrs. Mary Gonzales staff member of the Silo Circle Playhouse, will give severa readings. Mrs. A. W. Wilhelrr will sing several Christmas lullabies, accompanying her self with the autoharp. The congregation will be invited to sing some of the well known carols. The three tables will be decorated in the following styles: Swedish, French, and English. The traffic engineers of the Norfh Carolina Highway De partment have advised against any change in the present markings of Highway 70 at the entrance to the Ex-Cell-0 plant, according to a letter received today by the Black Mountain News from W. F. Babcock, director of highways. Although the traffic eng ineers did not recommend a change at this time, Mr. Bab cock did not close the door but after citing the findings of the engineers, quoted below in full, explained. Because of your great in terest in this marking on this route. I would appreciate any further thoughts that you have on this matter in that our Traffic Engineering De partment does not feel that it is necessary to revise the channelization at this point." The engineering report ad dressed to Mr. Babcock, who ordered the survey, follows: In compliance with your re ouest, this office is submitting for your consideration our thoughts on the marking on US 70 in the vicinity of Lytle Cove Road, entrance to the Ex Cell-0 Corporation plant near Black Mountain. This section of US 70, as pointed out by Mr. Gordon H. Greenwood and Mr. C. E. Ford, is marked with two lanes east bound and one lane westbound. US 79 marking along this sec tion was placed to provide, as evenly as possible, passing maneuvering areas in each di rection and to provide left turns to very large traffic gen erators. The Kearfott Plant and Grove Stone and Sand Company east of this location have several hundred vehicles entering and leaving each day ■ with very high peak volumes. 1 This required very extensive - marking to provide an ade ‘ quate treatment. The Ex ' Cell-0 entrance is approximate < ly 750’ from the east end and 1 approximately 1150’ from the 1 west end of this eastbound passing lane. Since it was ■ necessary to provide the Kear ‘ fott area with a treatment for 1 their large volume of traffic ' and to keep from “killing out” 1 the center lane for some 900 feet, it does not seem feasible to provide a special treatment, for the small traffic volume at Ex-Cello-0 entrance. The sight distance is very good at this location and no difficulty should be experience except for a slight delay in making a left turn off US 70 from the east. Yours very truly, Robert A. Burch, , Traffic Engineer. ; Fourth Graders Will Entertain • Swannanoa PTA The Swannanoa PTA will ■ meet Tuesday night, Dec. 15 * at 7:30 in the school auditor ium. ’ The combined fourth grades ’ will give a Santa Claus oper etta entitled “Trouble In Toy ’ land.” Mrs! Hal McKinney ; will be in charge of costumes; Mrs. Ora Lee Twiggs, stage setting; Mrs. Vergie Duncan, program and ushering; Mrs. Charles F. Smith, music, r Charles Crawford, presi dent, will preside over the business meeting. All parents and friends are cordially invited to attend. AMERICAN LEGION TURKEY SHOOT WILL BE HELD SATURDAY Waycaster - McFee Ameri can Legion will have a Ham and Turkey ^ shoot Saturday, Dec. 10, next to Burgess’ Phil lips 60 station on Ridgecrest highway. The public is cor dially invited to attend. GARDEN CLUB PARTY, DINNER DEC. 17 AT MONTE VISTA HOTEL The Garden club will have its Christmas dinner and party Thursday, Dec. 17, at 6:30 p.ni at the Monte Vista hotel. There will be Christmas carolling, games and fun ga lore. Bring Christmas decora tions and your prettiest Christ mas cookies for display. Make your reservations with. Mrs. Chas. Ross, NO 9-7720
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