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VOL. 15.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 26 — Single Copy, 10c
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
PRHDICTIONS
No, I didn’t have advance
notice-that the snow was com
ing two weeks ago when we
published the picture of the
winter scene made SEVERAL
YEARS back near the Blue
Ridge gate.
Please note by capital let
ter above that the picture was
made at least five years ago.
It waa just a coincidence that
it appeared on Thursday and
that the snow started late the
following Friday night and
has been coming down in
■sheets since. If I thought
publication of the old picture
had the least thing to do with
causing the snow, I’d never
publish a winter scene again.
' My opinion is that the snow
was caused by the groundhog.
—R—
McNARY
Harold J. McNary, resi
dent manager of Blue Ridge
Assembly, is not really an
gry about the picture but
he’d just as soon we check
ed with him before publish
ing anything else about
“sledding and skating” at
| Blue Ridge. Seems that the
I photograph, coupled with
I the snow, brought several
I calls and 'eminded the pub
I lie that Blue Ridge did have
r an excellent place for win
I ter sports—provided there
.1 was snow on the ground.
| I promised that I would
I n’t mention Blue Ridge a
1 gain without first making
m sure it’s all right and that
f he is prepared to stay close
H by the phone and entertain
I visitors.
—R—
NORTON, VA.
Speaking of snow, Gene
Slatkin and I, along with a
radio engineer, spent Satur
day visiting Norton, Va., and
points between here and there.
Two nights before we arrived
they had 16 inches of fresh
snow piled on top of several
inches that had fallen before.
Saturday morning there
stiH 'VrUSn*t a set of chains to
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Woodcock
Names Heads
Of Committees
Morris L. McGough, exe
cutive vice-president, Ashe
ville Agriculture Development
e Council of the Chamber of
Li Commerce, was the guest
speaker at the regular noon
luncheon meeting of the Black
__ Mountain Chamber of Com
_ merce at the Monte Vista
■ hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 16. There
were 33 members and guests
present.
Mr. McGough gave an ac
count of the progress in rural
development in this area in
the last 10 years. In 1940, six
_thousand people had moved
from the urban to the rural
area; now there are 27,000, or
314 times as many. New
__ plants have been built in many
areas> and with the introduc
tion of labor saving machin
ery, progress is made possi
ble as people are released
—■ from the farm to work in in
dustry. 40% of the people
living in rural areas are part
time farmers. Nations can
progress to a higher standard
of living, only as they pro
,jj| gress in producing food. The
wm gross income from milk last
year was one million dollars,
— while poultry raising jumped
from the bottom to the top
place in the last ten years.
Ten years ago there was only
one stock yard in the area,
now there are three.
—Turn to Page 5
I Joe Kirstein
'1 Leads Class At
Carson-N ei vman
Joe Kirstein son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey S. Kirstein, Sr.,
of Broad River was on the
honor roll at Carson-Newman
college for the entire fall
semester.
By secret ballot he received
the unanimous vote of his
class as the student most in
terested in his college studies.
_- He led his class in economics
and in psychology, being the
only A student in freshman
psychology. His average was
97. The next highest average
was 85. Joe is a pre-engi
neering student with a con
centration in mathematics in
r which he is also an A student.
He was a 1959 graduate of
Owen High school. He and his
wife are both students at Car
soi\-Newman college and live
^ on the college campus.
The Rev. and Mrs. Mack
M. Summey of Lake View,
S. C., announce the engage
ment of their daughter,
Margaret Ruth, to Jere
Pearsall of Winston-Salem
and Raleigh. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Pear
sall of.Holly Springs and
Raleigh.
The bride-to-be is a sopho
more at Meredith college and
will transfer as a day stu
dent to Wake Forest college
after her marriage. Mr. Pear
sall is a graduate of State
college and is now' employed
as an Industrial engineer
with Reynolds Tobacco com
pany at Winston-Salem.
The wedding will take place
June 18.
Margaret has attended
school here. Her grandfather
is R. G. Summey of Black
Mountain.
Her mother wras the former
Ruth Ownbey of Fail-view.
World Day Of
Prayer Will
Be Observed
The Black Mountain Coun
cil of United Church Women
will sponsor the observance
of the World Day of Prayer
on Friday, March 4, with a
service at the Methodist
church on State street from
12:05-12:35. The purpose of
the day is to unite all Chris
tians in a bond of prayer, to
pray for all the peoples of the
world, and to make an offer
ing for Chi-istian missions at
home and abroad.
This is the 74th observance
of World Day of Prayer which
began in 1887. On the first
Friday in Lent thousands of
Christians around the world
will be united in a service of
prayer and thanksgiving in
00 languages and 1,000 dia
lects. Services begin on the
Tonga Islands, west of the
International Date Line, where
Queen Salote leads her sub
jects in prayer. Throughout
the day observances are held
in 145 countries on six con
tinents, ending with the set
—Turn to Page 5
Many Groups
In Area Hear
Rev. Harris
The Rev. Gertrude Harris
returned to her work at the
Koinonia Foundation of Bal
timore after a long- week-end
in this area.
While here Miss Harris as
sisted in the observance of
Brotherhood Week, Race Re
lations and the Week of Com
passion.
She high-lighted the Town
meeting on Saturday night for
the Department of Interna
tional Affairs, preached on
The Way to understanding
among nations on Sunday
morning at Groce Methodist
church of Asheville, and on
Sunday night she preached at
Tabernacle church.
Having preached in country
churches of Maine for 14
years, she was perfectly at
home Monday as guest of hon
or at the luncheon meeting of
the Black Mountain Home
Demonstration club in the
home of Mrs. Glenn Bryan.
The Home Demonstration
clubs of North Carolina are
the sponsors for the wide
teaching of adult illiterates
by the Frank C. Laubach
method now being used in this
state.
Charts designed by Dr.
Laubach were displayed and
literature used by Koinonia
was given out during each
service.
While in this area, Rev.
Harris was a house guest of
Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire, who
is a member of the Council
of Koinonia Foundation, rep
resenting them in this area.
Large Crowd
Braves Cold
To Attend Tea
Girl Scout Troop 98 would
like to thank their many
friends who came out in the
wintery weather last Sunday
to make a success of the Val
entine Tea which was held at
the Monte Vista hotel. Al
though a week late the ex
hibit of old fashioned Valen
tines was greatly appreciat
ed by the guests, and every
one enjoyed the musical pro
gram.
The program began with a
piano selection “Indian Love
Call” by Janice Wheelon. The
Troop chorus sang “Tell Me
Why” which was followed by
a flute duet featuring Helen
Soos and Rebecca Allred.
Lynn Hemphill played a piano
solo “Romany Life.” This was
followed by the chorus’ sing
ing “The Lilac Tree.” A piano
solo “Minuet” by Ann Stubbs
followed. Cathy Gonzalas
read two poems, “Little Girl”
and “A Valentine for My
Mother.” Helen Soos and Re
becca Allred, flutists, Lynn
Hemphill, Beekie Burgess,
—Turn to Page 8
DINNER WILL
BE FRIDAY AT
CARVER SCHOOL
A chitterlins and barbecue
dinner will be served from 5
8 p.m. at Carver school on
Friday, Feb. 26, for benefit
of the school lunchroom. Tick
ets are 75 cents and may be
purchased in advance or at
the door. It may be eaten
in the lunchroom or taken
out.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend the dinner
which is sponsored by the
Friendship Club No. 1.
Carl E. Duckett, whose mother Mrs. W. E. Duckett
lives at Swannanoa, was given a special certificate of
achievement by Maj. Gen. John B. Madaris prior to
the general’s recent retirement as commanding gen
eral of the Army Ordnance Missile Command.
The young Swannanoa soldier was cited for out
standing service as an electronic scientist with the
Signal Office of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency
from July, 1956 until June, 1958 and as scientific
advisor with the Signal Office at the Army Ordnance
Missile Command from June, 1958 to January, 1960.
CO-WORKERS SUPPER
WILL BE FRIDAY
The Co-Workers Sunday
school class of the Methodist
church will hold its monthly
covered dish supper Friday
evening;, Feb. 26, in the fel
lowship hall. All members
and their families are cordial
ly invited to come and bring'
a covered dish.
Cecilia Wyrick has been ill
with a severe cold.
The citation states that
“Duckett made significant
contributions to the accom
plishment of the high priority
missile and space projects. He
provided policy and scientific
guidance and staff assistance
of the highest order to the
commanding general in the
areas of guided missile range
instrumentation, guided mis
sile electronics, astro electron
ics and technical intelligence.”
Duckett attended Danville,
Va., Technical School and
Johns Hopkins University.
American Parboard Division of National Starch
& Chemical corporation announces the promotion of
M. G. Turner and Ruffner Atkins to position of night
supervisor. The promotions were made in view of
their outstanding work at Parboard over the past
years.
Atkins (r.) lives in Black Mountain and has three
children, ages 19, 12, and 11 years. Larry, the oldest,
is also an employee of American Parboard. Ruffner
has been with Parboard about three years.
Turner (1.) lives in Old Fort and has three child
ren, a son age 9, and twin girls age 4. He has been
with Parboard about 2V2 years.
National Starch & Chemical Corporation execu
tives recently visited American Parboard Division here
at Black Mountain. Pictured above (1. to r.) are Dr. R.
W. Merritt, National Starch & Chemical vice-president
of manufacturing; W. K. Grubman, American Par
board vice-president and general manager; James Dil
lon, National Starch & Chemical senior vice-president;
and A. H. Haigh, Jr., American Parboard technical
manager.
Dr. Merritt and Mr. Dillon toured American Par
board Feb. 4 to inspect changes and improvements
made since National Starch & Chemical bought Amer
ican Parboard late in 1959.
All-Number
Calling For
Swannanoa
Customers of Southern Bell
in the Swannanoa area will
soon receive a new service—
the latest system of telephone
numbers according to W. R.
Cooke, manager.
When the new dial building
in the Grovemont section is
placed in service at 11 p.m.,
April 9, 19(10, Southern Bell
will introduce “All,-Number
Calling’’ into Buncombe coun
ty. This exchange will be
known as the “(18” office, and
the customers it serves will
have seven-numeral numbers
rather than the two-letter and
five-numbers now used in
Black Mountain.
Extension experiments and
actual usage have shown All
Number Calling to be faster
and more accurate. And the
new system will make possi
ble more number combina
tions, an important factor in
the future growth of the com
munity.
Customers who now have
North numbers but who will
be served by the “68” office
will be notified of their new
seven-numeral numbers. And
the new numbers will also ap
pear in a new telephone di
rectory to be issued shortly.
Telephone users served by
the “68” office will continue
to place orders and pay tele
phone bills at the Black
Mountain office.
—Turn to Page 4
Ex-Cell-0
Milk Carton
Sales Soar
DETROIT, MICH., Feb. 20
—Americans purchased an es
timated 14,700,000,000 paper
cartons of milk in 1959,
George D. Scott, vice presi
dent of Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
manufacturers of Pure-Pak
milk packaging machines, re
vealed today.
The trend from glass milk
bottles to paper milk cartons
continued strong and last
year, well over 50 per cent of
all bottled fresh milk uon
sumed in this country was in
paper cartons. Scott said. Of
the 14.70 billion cartons sold,
Ex-Cell-O’s Pure-Pak Division
accounted for 10,214,000,000
or approximately two-thirds.
This was an increase of 7.8%
over 1958 sales of 9,497,000,
000. The Pure-Pak trade
mark is the most widely used
food package trade mark in
the world.
Improvements
Are Under Way
At Blue Ridge
Extensive improvements are
now being; made in three
buildings and 11 cottages at
the Blue Ridge Assembly, ac
cording to Harold J. McNary,
business manager of the as
sembly.
Before the assembly opens
its 19fi0 season in June, some,
improvements will have been
made in all 40 of the institu
tion's buildings, McNary said.
In Robert E. Lee Hall, head
quarters and main residential
building of the assembly, the
main lobby is being renovated
and new draperies and Vene
tian blinds are being installed
on guest room windows. Elev
en of the rooms also are be
ing repainted, rewired, and
their floors refinished.
In Asheville Hall, a resi
dential building whose con
struction was financed par
tially by gifts from Asheville
residents in the late 1020’s, a
complete renovation is now in
progress. Asheville Ha,ll
houses 110 people and also
contains an auditorium and
classrooms.
—Turn to Page 4
Course Is Set
In Detection
Of Fallout
A second class of instruc
tion in the use and operation
of radiological instruments
for the detection of fallout in
the event of nuclear attack,
will be held in the Black
Mountain Primary school
lunchroom, beginning Monday
Feb. 29, at 7 :.‘10 p.m.
Roger Stuck, instructor of
physics at Warren Wilson
college, will direct the course,
giving instruction in the use
of Geiger Counters, Ionization
Chambers, etc. He is one of
the few persons licensed by
the Atomic Fnergy Commis
sion to handle Cobalt 60- and
is a very able and interesting
instructor.
The course consists of 10
hours instruction, lectures,
and movies, and will be held
on the following dates from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.:
Monday, Feb. 29; Thursday,
March 3; Monday, March 7;
Thursday, March 10, and
Monday, March 14.
The Black Mountain Busi
ness and Professional Wo
men’s club is sponsoring this
course in the interest of pub
lic welfare and preparedness.
It is under the general super
vision of the Buncombe coun
ty office of Civil Defense.
Please contact Mrs. Fred
Higginbotham by phone after
6:00 p.m. if you wish to en
roll for the course, or to com
plete the lessons you may
have missed in the first class.
The class will be limited to
30 persons.
To Onlookers
Drill Looked
Like Retd Fire
The siren screamed its
mournful warning-, members
of the Volunteer Fire depart
ment rushed to their posts, -
and traffic ground to a halt j
as the fire truck roared to the
Black Mountain Drug store
where smoke was pouring
from the basement.
It was shortly after dark on
Monday evening. No one
except Jim Uzzell and em
ployees of the drug store, and
Johnny Rice, fire chief, knew
that it was only a drill to
test the efficiency of the de
partment. To the firemen the
blaze looked real, and the girl
overcome with smoke—all
part of the pre-arranged plan
—had to be carried out of the
basement in a hurry.
To the large crowd that
quickly gathered—at a safe
distance, of course—it looked
like the real thing. In fact
it was so real that officials
became concerned and are tak
ing this opportunity to assure
the public that it was only a
drill.
But to the onlookers the (
flames seemed to be eating at
the heels of the firemen as
they went quickly about their
business of removing the per- (
sonnel from the building and j
bringing the blaze under con- ^
trol. (
Story is that at one time it j
looked so real that even Mr. ,
Uzzell and the fire chief got j
worried. However, this could ‘
not be confirmed at press £
time.
Take a closer look! You should know most of
the people appearing in this picture.
The photographer didn’t bother to put his name
on the back of the photo, but it is of the 7th grade
at the Black Mountain school in 1953. Frank Watkins
pulled it out of his scrap book and brought it to the
News office last week. Examine the picture thorough
ly before reading the list below. They are all identi
fied except one girl, second from right in fourth row.
No one knows who she is. Do You?
Dan Turner, now an employee of the North Car
olina State Highway Department, is the young man in
front. The others in order of their appearance, left
to right, are:
GROUP TO DISCUSS
TEACHING OF BIBLE
IN SCHOOLS HERE
All persons interested in
the teaching of Bible in the
public school have been invit
ed to attend a meeting each
Thursday morning at 10:30 in
Apt. 4 of Fleetwood Apart
ments.
"This is for the purpose of
seeking through prayer God's
leading as to whether we
should put the teaching of the
Bible back into our schools
in Black Mountain,” the an
nouncement said.
The first meeting is sched
uled for Thursday, March 3.
Susan Currell will serve as
moderator.
Gordon H. Greewnood,
publisher of the Black
Mountain News, today an
nounced that he would
seek reelection to the
North Carolina House of
Representatives.
Native of Black Moun
tain, Greenwood attended
Buncombe county schools,
N. C. State college, the
University of Illinois, and
the University of London,
England. During World
War II he was a psycholo
gist with the U. S. Army
in Europe.
Catherine Whitesides,
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. t
J. R. Whitesides of Old
Port, was a member of the >
,'ast w h i e h presented ‘
[phigenia In Tauris, a
dreek drama, at Appala- ,
•hian State Teachers eol
ege recently. Catherine is .
i freshman majoring in 1
lome economics. She is ;
i graduate of Old Fort
High school. (
Page Sylvester, Margaret
Gragg, Azalee Garrison, Kath
erine Plenimons, Nell Jones,
Pauline Nix, Roxana Shaw,
Louise Mease, Mary Propst,
Jerome Aldridge, Carolyn
Gregg, Mary Belle Stepp, An
nie Mae Brooks, Joan Bridges.
Mozelle Johnson, Katherine
Smith, Alberta Watkins, Law
rence Brandon, Alma Plem
mons, Florence Kirstein, Eth
el Hudgins, Nettie Bartlett,
Saxon Kerlee, Wesley Pence,
George Ledford, Nema Ald
ridge, Doyle Jones, Dean Wil
lis, Ruth Cordell, (unidenti
fied), Nora Summey. Worth
Dalton, Frank Watkins, Clyde
Gray, Howard Hammonds,
James Knight, Ruth Freeze,
Bradford Johnson, Charles
Taylor, Roy Mashburn, How
ard Barnwell, Hubuert Smith,
D e 1 m a r Watson, Clarence
Massey, Bob Rogers, George
Ennett, George Gill, Frank
Simpson. Mrs. J. P. Ashley,
teacher, and A. W. McDougle,
principal.
S/Sgl. Strong
Completes
Marine Course
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FHT
NC)—Marine S/Sgt. Ben E.
Strong-, brother of the Rev.
Charles W. Strong, formerly
of Chirstmount Christian As
sembly at Black Mountain, N.
C., husband of the former
Miss Frances L. Myers of
Ponca City, Okla., was grad
uated, Jan. 25, from the Ra
dio Chief Course at the Ma
rine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego, Calif.
The eight-week course in
cluded instruction in Naval
communication procedu re,
principles of radio, sending
and receiving of Morse code,
and general communications
within the Marine Corps
ground elements.
C. Waldrop
Transfers
To Black Mtn.
Charles Waldrop has come
to Black Mountain from Win
ston-Salem to be associated
with John Brown at the Am
erican Breeders Service of
fice here. He has been with
the service since August 1951
and originally came from
Shelby. He says it feels good
to be back in the mountain
country.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldrop have
two daughters, one attending
Wake Forest college and the
other in grammar school here.
They belong to the Baptist
church.
Sanitarians
Meetings Set
“Community Sanitation Im
provement” will be the theme
of five sectional meetings for
sanitarians which will be held
luring the period March 7-lb
throughout the state.
These meetings will be
sponsored by the State Board
of Health in cooperation with
the School of Public Health
sit the University of North
Carolina.
Dates and place of meet
ings are as follow-s: March 7
Clinton; March 9- Sanford;
March 11—Washington; Mar.
13—Shelby; and March 16—
Charlotte.
Fire Causes
$1,000 Damage
To Reed's Cabin
Fire believed started by an
overheated oil stove caused an
estimated $1,000 damage to a
cottage at Reed’s Cabins, lo
cated on No. 70 just west of
Reed’s Court, at approximate
ly 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19.
The cabins are owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Reed.
Ironically enough Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Brown, who lost
their belongings when the
Carl Trickett home burned re
cently near the Black Moun
tain Primary school, had
planned to move into the Reed
Cabin on Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed today
expressed appreciation to the
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Bridge Club
F ranchised
By A. C. B. L.
The Blue Ridge Duplicate
Bridge club, which holds its
weekly meetings at Don’s Out
post. this week received its
franchise from the American
Contract Bridge league. Ef
fective immediately weekly
winners will be issued frac
tional master point certifi
cates.
The first master point tour
nament is scheduled for March
6.
Temporarily, until new fa
cilities at Don’s are complet
ed, the club meets Sunday at
2:00 p.m. All bridge players
are cordially invited.
CHICKEN DINNER
TICKETS ARE ON
SALE AT SWANNANOA
Tickets are on sale for the
chicken dinner which will be
held at the Swannanoa Meth
odist church from 5-7:30 p.m.
on Saturday, March 5. The
cost is $1.25 for adults and
75 cents for children.
The VVSCS of the church is
sponsoring the dinner and will
use the proceeds to repair the
parsonage.
Admission will be by tick
et only. Tickets may be pur
chased from members of the
WSCS or reservations may be
made by calling the parson
age. NO 9-7759.
No tickets will be available
at the door.
MONTREAT THANKS
JOE REESE FOR
EXCELLENT JOB
Saturday afternoon two
weeks ago during the
height of the storm a large
tree blew down, fell across
the power lines on Tennes
see road in Montreat, and
started a fire.
The fire was soon ex
tinguished, the tree was
sawed in two and removed.
Following this Joe Reese
climbed the high poles, un
tangled the lines, and
worked in the cold and
snow until 8:00 p.m. to re
store lights in the homes
of Montreat. It was 10:30
p.m. before he could re
store the light service at
Assembly Inn.
In recognition of this
unselfish service the resi
dents of Montreat issued
the following tribute to Mr.
Reese:
“So often we wait till the
one we wish to commend
can no longer enjoy the
flowers. This little bou
quet is sent while Joe can
still hear it and while he
can still realize that his
offorts did not go unnotic
ed.
“Montreat a p p reciates
some one who is depend
able and willing to go be
yond the call of duty.”
To Joe Reese we say: “A
job well done.”