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VOL. 15.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY NO. 19 — SINGLE COPY, 16c
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Now that your resolutions
have all been broken, which
means for sure that the holi
day is over, may we take this
opportunity again to wish you
a happy and prosperous new
year.
May all your troubles be lit
tle ones.
—R—
IT WAS COLD!
The cold weather over the
week-end brought back mem
ories of the first year I
spent in the Mid-West and
stories pertaining thereto.
I well remember stepping
out one moro,ing and freez
ing my ears before I found
that it was far below' zero
where it remained for days
on end until all records were
broken for Central Illinois.
It was colder than even the
natives remembered. Sev
eral years later I won a
bowl of wheat ies, topped
with peaches, when 1 re
called that one morning dur
ing the “cold spell” in
Champaign it was a cool 25
below zero.
During that period of
blizzards roads were blocked
by drifts which at one time
covered rows of cars that
became stuck on the high
ways. It was a new exper
ience for me to see the
state highway patrol search
ing for cars by shoving
hroom sticks down through
the drifts until they hit
“something hard.” Those in
the cars at this particular
spot left their vehicles,
walked back to a small town
on the railroad, and were
later brought into Cham
paign on the train.
—R—
FROZEN HOT BISCUITS!
My story of this little cold
spell caused Ashby McCoy
to recall that one morning dur
ing the great blizzord, the
same one referred to above,
Mrs. McCoy placed a pan of
biscuits in u stove which was
red hot on top, and they, the
hot biscuits, froze before they
could bake.
I didn’t see the frozen bis
cuits but I did see, during the
same period, ice cubes six
inches long blown out of the
gas line of a car I was driving
across the prairie. 1 had nev
er seen frozen gasoline before
but I saw it then.
Hear Talk
By Retired
Missionary
The Rev. Finley M. Grissett,
Sr., retired missionary from
French Canieroun, Africa, gave
a most interesting and inform
ative lecture, illustrated with
colored slides, at the joint
i meeting of the Woman’s So
[ ciety of Christian Service and
| the Wesleyan Service Guild
[ Monday night in the Fellow
I ship room of the Methodist
I Educational building. Mem
cbers of the Guild were hos
ftesses.
The Rev. Mr. Grissett, who
Iwith his wife, came to Mon
|treat in June, 1959, went to
French Cameroun in 1920 and
i was in the mission field there
for 39 years with the North
ern Presbyterian church. His
son, the Rev. Finley Grissett,
Jr., is a minister in the Salis
bury, N. C., Presbyterian
church. Another son is a stu
dent at Indiana University,
Bloomington, Ind., studying
radio and television church
: work. There are three other
| children.
Mi'. Grissett was introduced
■ by Mrs. William T. Brown,
I program chairman for the
Guild. Others on the program
were Mrs. Carl Kerlee, who
gave the devotional and the
Rev. John McWhorter, who
brought a message on “Peace
in Our Time.” Mrs. Lee Till
er accompanied the group in
singing "In Christ There is
No East or West.” Mrs. J. L.
Holman, Jr., Guild president,
presided at the meeting.
After the meeting a social
j hour was held, during which
Russian tea, sandwiches, and
cookies were served to the
group.
Those on the social commit
j tee were Mrs. Melvin Hobson,
Mrs Bill Pinyan, Mrs. Gray
Stephens, and Mrs. Holman.
MRS. HOWE'S SISTER
DIES IN TENNESSEE
Mrs. Ernest Howe was
called to Lynchburg, Tenn.,
Tuesday because of the unex
pected death of her sister,
Mrs. Laster Brown, who died
early Tuesday morning at her
home in Lynchburg.
Cite Need For
More Merchants
In C of C Here
An urgent appeal for more
support for the Chainber of
Commerce, a resume of what
was accomplished last year,
and plans for the future are
expressed in a report issued
today by George Moray, exec
utive secretary of the local
group. William Hickey is
president.
All members were recently
furnished ballots by which
they may vote for the 12 di
rectors to guide the Chamber
of Commerce through the com
ing year. Mr. Moray asked
that these ballots be returned
as quickly as possible in the
self-addressed, stamped en
velope provided for that pur
pose.
Although the Chamber en
joyed a great year in 1959,
Mr. Moray points out that the
need is great for more mer
chants to join and participate
in the activities, and to attend
the regular monthly luncheon
meetings at the Monte Vista
on third Tuesday.
At the last meeting Mr.
Hickey took note of the small
number of retail merchants
attending and pointed out that
most of the activity of the
Chamber of Commerce is di
rected toward increasing busi
ness and shopping in the
town.
Mr. Moray's yearly report
follows:
The Chamber of Commerce
has just ended a successful
year in many ways. Eleven
new members were added to
our membership, but there are
quite a number of merchants
and professional men who do
not seem to see the value of
such an organization. Our
sole purpose is to make this
a better town in which to live
and shop.
An effort was made to make
the approaches to the town
more attractive, and with the
assistance of the Woman’s
club, an improvement has been
made. With the cooperation
of the Service Clubs, signs
were placed at the east en
trance of Black Mountain and
the west entrance of Swan
nanoa, announcing the time
and place of their meetings.
Several new industries have
made inquiries concerning the
possibility of locating here,
and with the additional space
at Kearfott Company’s plant,
there are over 5,000 people
employed in our factories.
A special effort is being
made to show the people of
Black Mountain that in most
instances they are able to buy
the things they need in our
local stores but one local mer
chant made the statement that
most of his business comes
after the local people “come
back from Asheville.”
We feel that this is not
quite fair to our local mer
chants, as they make every ef
fort to have everything need
ed for our comfort.
The Asheville Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association will
—Turn to Page 8
$500 Check Sent
Youth Center
By M. Head, Jr.
The Black Mountain Youth
Center (Operation Youth Inc.)
received a gift of $500.00 last
week from Middleton E. Head
Jr., of Westerville, Ohio. With
the check was a note to his
father on Montreat road which
read in part: “I know how
close to your heart is the Black
Mountain Youth Center, so I
am enclosing my check for its
use.”
The grandchildren have at
tended Camp Ridgecrest and
Camp Crestridge. No doubt
they sold the father on the
wisdom of a little investment
in the youth in this commun
ity.
Fire Department
Dinner at Don's
Will Be Jan. 18
The Iilack Mountain Fire
department will have a dinner
at Don’s Restaurant Monday,
Jan. 18, at 6:30 p.m. Follow
ing dinner the regular meet
ing will be held during which
time an election of officers
will take place. Other impor
tant matters will be brought
to the attention of the group.
All members are urged to be
present.
Sea Cruise From
Honolulu To
Texas Described
(Ed. Note: The following
account of a sea voyage from
Honolulu to Galveston, Tex.,
has been written for the News
by Mrs. Mary Griffin Scar
borough of Black Mountain
and Goldsboro. In this first
installment she describes the
start of the trip.)
On Hoard the S. S. Antinous
By Mrs. Mary Griffin
Scarborough.
Monday, March 9, 1959.
At .1:30 p.m. today at Hono
lulu seven passengers includ
ing me came aboard the S. S.
Antinous, a freighter bound
for Galveston, Tex. We seem
to be quite a congenial group,
though from different parts
of the country — one couple
from New York City, one coll
ide from Vancouver, Canada,
two ladies from Charleston, S.
but who have lived in Ha
waii for the past 25 years, and
yours truly from North Caro
lina.
On touring our ship we
found that we have most com
fortable quarters. My state
room is a large outside room
with three portholes, a private
bath, two large walkin clothes
closets, plenty of drawer
space, bedside table, night
light and other lights, a large
dressing table with a very
large mirror and smaller mir
ror over the lavatory plenty
of everything for comfort.
The ward room (dining
room) is just a step away. It
has six tables to seat the cap
tain, his ten officers and the
seven passengers. There is
another ward room for the 48
crew members. The food is
excellent and in great abund
ance. Besides the three regu
lar meals there is a mid-morn
—Turn to Page 8
Miss Sarah Louise Gouge
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E V. Gouge of Black
Mountain, who announce
her engagement to Yancey
Leonard Medlin, son of
Mrs. Y. L. Medlin and the
late Mr. Medlin of Oteen.
She is a student at Berea
college, Berea, Ky., and
Mr. Medlin is a member of
the faculty of Eastern Ken
tucky State College.
A summer wedding is
planned.
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—Photo by Gragg Studios
Santa Claus didn’t lack for attention when he
attended the party given at the Black Mountain Ele
mentary school gymnasium on Sunday, Dec. 20, by
American Parboard corporation for employees and
their children. Approximately 150 were present to
participate in the festivities during which they re
ceived presents and refreshments.
After the singing of Christmas carols by the group,
Santa distributed the gifts.
Kiwanis C. To Install
Officers for New Year
New officers of the Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis
club will be installed at the
annual Ladies’ Night to be
held at the Monte Vista hotel,
Thursday, (tonight) .Jan. 7.
at 7:00 p.m.
Final plans for the occasion
were made at the last meeting
of the dub on Wednesday,
Dec. .'JO. Dress will be option
al.
Crane Gives
Minimum Wage
Requirements
State Labor Commissioner
Frank Crane today issued a
summary of the chief provisions
of North Carolina’s new Min
imum Wage Law, which went
into effect on New Year’s Day.
Crane called attention to
the following provisions of the
law:
1. Starting Jan. 1. 1960 ail
employers of six or more cov
ered workers must pay each
covered worker wages of not
less than 75 cents an hour icr
all hours worked
2. An '“employer,” as de
fined in the statute, means
•"a’n' y individual partnership,
association, corporation, bus
iness trust, or any person or
groups of persons acting di
rectly or indirectly in the in
tcrest of an employer in re
lation to an employee.”
3. Coverage under the law
is spelled out on an employer
basis, not an establishment
basis. If an employer has as
many as six non-exempt em
ployees, they are all covered
even though they may work
in different places throughout
the state.
4. The unit of time employ
ee’ for determining coverage
is the pay period used by the
employer. Any time the em
ployer has as many as six
non-exempt workers on his
payroll, all six are covered by
the law for that pay period.
5. Enforcement of the law
is the responsibility of the De
partment of Labor, under the
Commissioner of Labor. The
Commissioner or his inspector
may inspect payroll records
and may require from any
covered employer a full and
correct statement, in writing,
of the wages, hours, names
and addresses of his employees.
(To be continued)
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Patton
of Swannanoa have a son born
Dec. 25 in St. Joseph’s hos
pital.
Many special invitations
have been sent for the meet
ing tonight. Invited as a
special-guest will be the lieu
tenant governor of Kiwanis
International. Following din
ner, special entertainment, and
a “get-acquainted” session,
Albert M. Clark, past presi
dent of the Asheville c-lub, will
install the local officers.
The Dec. 30 meeting was
conducted as a “Round Table
in keeping with the Christ
mas season.” Miss Jane
Bowness, home for the holi
days from Duke University,
was invited to lead at the pi
ano, while the Kiwanians sang
several Christmas carols.
Miss Jane, who is the daugh
ter of Carl Bowness, the new
ly elected vice president of
the club, has on several occa
sions entertained the Kiwan
ians at the piano, and is great
ly appreciated by all mem
bers. No better music echoes
through these hills.
Quartet Will
Give Program
At B. R. Chapel
T li e Messengers Quartet
will present a program of sa
cred music at the Blue Ridge
Chapel, Sunday, Jan. 10, 1060
at 7:.'ll) p.m. Members of the
quartet: Earnest Clarke, Ham
ilton Brittain. Wilson Cooper,
Woodrow Singleton, and Kath
leen Bowman, the accompanist
are from Drexel, X. C. Cur
rently, they have their own
television program, channel
Rt, on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
The public is cordially in
vited to come at d enjoy this
time of superb gospel singing.
The chapel is located just off
of Blue Ridge r ,ad, one-half
mile south of Route 70.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
HEAR QUARTET AT
HOMER'S CHAPEL
Everyone is cordially invit
ed to Homer’s Chapel church
Sunday night, Jan. 10, at 7:H0
to heai- the Kingsmen Quar
tett of Asheville.
MASONS WILL CONFER
FIRST DEGREE ON
CLASS FRIDAY NIGHT
Black Mountain Lodge Xo.
6611 A.F. & A.M., will hold an
emergent communication to
confer the first d gree Friday
evening, Jan. 8, at 7:110. All
Master Masons ordially in
vited. L. T. Keener is \V. M.
B&PW Club Will
Sponsor Course
In Radiology
The Buncombe County Of
fice of Civil Defense, under the
sponsorship of the Black Moun
tain Business and Professional
Women’s club, will conduct a
10 hour course in Radiological
Instrument Operation begin
ning on Thursday, Jan. 14. at
7:30 p.m. and continuing for
two-hour periods on consecut
ive Tuesday and Thursday
evenings until the 10 hours are
completed. These classes will
be held at the City Hall 'n
Black Mountain.
Alan A. Taylor. Deputy Di
rector of Civil Defense for
Buncombe County, will conduct
and instruct these classes, us
ing instruments and equipment
furnished by the National Civil
Defense organization. The
course will consist of instruc
tion in radiology instrument
operation, monitors in detect
ing radio activity during fall
out, familiarization of instru
ments and vocabulary in con
nection with monitoring tech
niques, the use and calibration
of instruments during emerg
ency operations, and other
valuable information for use
in case of enemy attack.
Because of insufficient num
ber of instruments it will be
necessary to limit each class
to 30 persons, but Mr. Taylor
and the B. & P.W. club are
very anxious to fill this quota
for this first class, and if suf
ficient interest is shown, there
will be other classes. If you
are interested in learning how
to care for yourself and family
in the event of nuclear attack
and fallout, please contact
Mrs. R. A. Kelley, phone NO 9
8125. or Mrs. Fred Higgin
botham. NO 9-7159, after 5:00
p.m. or on week ends.
Last Rites For
Miss Mary Ward
Held At Brevard
Last rites for Miss Mary I.
Ward of Brevard and Ridge
crest were held Tuesday af
ternoon, Jan. 5, at her home
in Brevard with the Rev.
Frederick Valentine, rector of
St. Phillip’s Episcopal church,
and the Rev. W. Harold Kil
lian, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, Brevard, officiat
ing. The Rev. Neils Larsen,
pastor of the Ridgecrest Bap
tist church and the Rev. Cecil
M. Perry, former pastor at
Ridgecrdest, conducted grave
side rites in Riverside ceme
tery, Asheville.
Pallbearers were E. F. Til
son and R. E. Moody of the
Rosman schools, \\ illard K.
Weeks, Paul Turner, Hensley
.Snipes, the Rev. Elbert Hard
in, and Paul Harris of Ridge
crest. Miss Ward was active
in Transylvania county religi
ous and education affairs. L n
til she retired recently because
of illness, she had taught in
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Black Mountain
Gained 296 New
Phones In 1959
Black Mountain gained 290
telephones in 1959 bringing
the total to 3,237 telephones.
Southern Bell added that
number to keep pace with the
area's continued growth and
progress, W. R. Cooke, man
ager announced today.
To expand and improve ser
vice, an average of over $172,
000 was spent, every working
day of the year on telephone
construction in North Caro
lina, Cooke said.
In meeting the state’s tele
phone needs the company
gained more telephones in 1959
than in any previous year, ad
ding approximately 53,000
phones. This is an increase
of nearly 10 per cent over
1958.
Southern Bell’s total outlay
on construction and expansion
in the State was over $28-mil
lion in 1959. The payroll for
its approximately 5,550 em
ployees in the state amounted
to over 26-million.
Construction was started in
September 1959 on a new ex
change at Swannanoa at a
cost of $94,300, when complet
ed in April 1960 will serve 900
telephones that are presently
served out of Black Mountain.
All telephone numbers in the
Swannanoa area will be
changed, and a new telephone
directory will be published
with the new telephone num
bers in it.
During the year the com
pany paid nearly $18-million
in taxes on its North Carolin
operations. Over $6-million
of this total was paid locally
to the state, cities, and coun
ties with the balance being
paid to the Federal Govern
ment in income taxes.
The company also collected
from telephone users an addi
tional $6-million for the Fed
eral Government in excise tax
es on telephone service in
North Carolina.
The telephone plays an in
creasingly important role for
North Carolinians. Calls ov
er Southern Bell telephones in
the state averaged over three
million a day. Nearly 110,000
of these were long distance
calls.
Telephone growth and ex
pansion continued s t r o n g
throughout the state. Today
there are over 620,000 South
ern Bell telephones in service
compared to 420,000 five years
ago, an increase of about 50
per cent.
The growing trend among
Tarheel families to have one
or more extension telephones
in their homes is evidenced by
the fact that today about 27
per cent of all homes have ex
tension phones compared to
10 per cent in 1953.
Industries
Here Should
He Appreciated
“Local communities should
show their appreciation for
the industries they already
have and do all possible to
help them grow and expand,”
William K. Henderson, a
member of the North Caro
lina State Department of Con
servation and Development
told members of the Swan
nanoa Men’s Club and guests
at the regular meeting in
Cirovemont Tuesday evening.
“You here in the Swan
nanoa Valley are extremely
fortunate, compared w i t h
most any other section of the
state or area. You should
work with the industries you
have to create a favorable
climate for their growth,” the
speaker, who was introduced
by the Rev. William T. Ratch
ford, asserted.
Other important steps to
consider before trying to at
tract a new plant is whether
or not the community can ab
sorb the new industry, what
effect it will have on the
labor market, and how it will
be accepted in the area.
If these questions can be
answered in the affirmative,
then the community should
form some kind of organiza
tion to work with the Conser
vation and Development De
partment. This group should
be prepared to furnish in
formation that will he needed
from time to time for those
desiring to locate an industry
in the state.
“The State of North Caro
lina does not send an industry
to any community. All we do
is try to select a town which
we think will fit the needs
of the prospective industry.
We offer all assistance possi
ble but the community must
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CARD OF THANKS
IS ISSUED BY
MRS. ROY STEPP
I would like to take this
means to express my deepest
appreciation and sincere
thanks to our many friends
anti neighbors for their many
acts of love and kindness be
ing shown Mr. Stepp while he
is ill. I hope that each and
everyone that has been so
thoughtful and kind will ac
cept this as a personal note.
—Mrs. Roy Stepp.
March of Dimes
Campaign Is
Launched Here
The general “kick-off”
meeting of the I960 Buncombe
County New March of Dimes
Campaign was held recently
in Asheville.
Chairmen of all committees
gave progress reports for the
drive, scheduled for the entire
month of January.
Deputy Sheriff Seth Perk
inson and members of his com
mittee: Mrs. Neva Haden, Mrs.
Juanita Brown, Lewis Mc
Kinney and Tenella Holmes
outlined the plans for the an
nual peanut sale, scheduled
for January 15 and 16.
Dr. Joseph Schandler, chair
man of Special Events, re
ported on the annual coffee
day to be held on January 25
and the March o f Dimes
Bowling Tournament, sched
uled for the first two weeks
in January.
Roy Taylor, chairman of the
Advance Clifts, reported on
the December mailing of 400
appeals to businessmen and
industrialists in Buncombe
county.
Coin collections, under the
direction of Mrs. E. A. Tuck
er, Jr., was reported to be un
derway and all coin con
tainers were being distributed
by the police and Sheriff’s de
partment.
Harvey Elkins, chairman of
the Annual Dance; John Jer
vis, chairman of Labor Solici
tations; Reverend Otis Dunn,
chairman of the Negro Divis
ion; Dave Lyons and Leo Wil
lette. Publicity chairmen; and
Mrs, Robert Gibson and Miss
Inez Sorrells of the Mother’s
March made reports.
The mail appeal, under the
direction of Mrs. George Mor
gan, was mailed on December
51. Over 33,000 letters, the
largest in the Chapter’s his
tory, were sent to residents of
Buncombe county.
Other chairmen of the Bun
combe County New March of
Dimes Drive are: W. A. Mc
Elduff, Business Appeal; Wil
liam Moore, Lawyer Appeal;
and Mrs. E. P. White, Jr., Pri
vate Schools.
Campaign chairman, Wade
Hall, directed the meeting.
Gardner-Webb
Camnagin A!
$300,000 Mark
Gardner - Webb college
launched the new year in high
gear Monday, with two meet
ings of trustees and administra
tive personnel on the same dav
classes resumed from the holi
days.
The newly organized execu
tive committee of the board
of trustees held their initial
meeting at 10 a m. The Rev.
W. T. Hendrix of Gastonia is
committee chairman and holds
the number two post with the
board. Only routine business
came before this group.
Directors of the current fund
raising campaign had a dinner
meeting at 6 p.m. Reports
went well past $.‘100,000 in the
$550,000 drive. The last re
port showed $271.000 on Dec.
18. but general chairman P. L.
Yelton says he has several sub
stantial gifts to report tonight.
The income figures repre
sent advance gifts of major
amounts. The group might
organized for general solicita
tion with attorney A A. Pow
ell of Shelby serving as Cleve
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The building planned for
Black Mountain will be repre
sentative of modern facilities
now being erected in other
areas under the Post Office
department’s Lease Program.
Consideration will be given to
the provision of air-condition
ing. Further negotiations at
Black Mountain, including the
posting of advertisement, de
velopment of bids, etc., will be
conducted by Real Estate
Officer William H. Allen, P. O.
Box 4786, Atlanta 2, Ga. In
terested bidders should be en
couraged to contact Mr. Allen.
The site is located on the west
side of West Street between
State Road and Sutton Road
and is owned bv Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Tyson, Jr., of Black
Mountain.
The site selected joins the
property of Dr. F. H. Rich
ardson on the north side
and has a frontage on West
Street of 144.7 feet, plus the
use of a 20 foot driveway
on the south side.
The property is so elevated
to make it adaptable to load
ing platforms and has suf
ficient area for parking and
future expansion.
The new building will be
constructed under the Post
Office department’s Lease Pro
gram. Under this program, the
Post Office department is
granted an assignable land
option on a piece of property
and advertisement is posted
inviting bids for the construc
tion and lease to the Depart
ment of a post office building
thereon. If satisfactory bids
develop, the option is assigned
by the Post Office department
to the successful bidder, who
purchases the property and
constructs I he building for
lease to the Department.
In connection with this an
nouncement, the release point
ed out that the Black Mountain
post office is one of 191 such
projects in North Carolina
which are now receiving at
tention either from the Postal
Inspector-in-Charge or the Reg
ional Real Estate Manager or
are awaiting departmenal
action,
It was expained that this
does not mean 191 new build
ings since many of the projects
call for enlargements, remodel
ing, lease renewals, driver. ,v
paving, and the installation o:
new equipment, but all of these
improvements are in line with
the Postmaster General’s mod
ernization program.
Pfc. R. Hutchins
Is With 101st
Airborne Div.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.
(AHTNC)—Army Pfc. Rob
ert T. Hutchins, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hutchins,
Rt. 1, Black Mountain, N. C.,
completed the 101st Airborne
Division typing and military
correspondence course Dec. 11
at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Hutchins received instruc
tion in typing, office machine
operation and military corres
pondence procedures.
He is regularly assigned to
Company I! of the division’s
327th Infantry at the fort.
Hutchins entered the Army in
May 1958 and completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He attended Charles D. Ow
en High school, Swannanoa.
Miss Rickman
Becomes Bride
Of K. Atkins
Miss Billie Sue Rickman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Rickman of Black
Mountain, and Kenneth Atkins,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Atkins, also of Black Moun
tain, were married Dec. 26,
in Pickens, S. C.
Mrs. Atkins is employed at
Knight’s Pharmacy. Mr. At
kins is affiliated with Kearfott
company.
WE REGRET
We regret that space forced
us to omit many news items
in this issue. We hope to be
back on schedule next week.