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Contribute to United Church Women for 1960 Projects. MRS. WALTER A. DAVIS, PRES. DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low Pree. Mar. 8. _34_25 Mar. 9_20_18 March 9—8 inches of snow Mar. 10_42_20 Mar. 11_30_20 March 11—1% inches of snow Mar. 12_32_25 Mar. 13_33_16 Mar. 14_42_14 VOL. 15. 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 29 — Single Copy, 10c THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA !yrd’s Column Draws item Objection From Inexpected Souice Letter In the Mail Today: In my column of Thursday, March 3, I mentioned candidacy of Roy Taylor and Gordon Greenwood he respective offices for which they had announc 1 then made the following statement: In addition to their own sterling qualities, both L are blessed with charming and capable wives. | -it is increasingly important that men in public L invo intelligent and educated wives. I am sure Eat Garnet and Evelyn will be more than a credit to lordon and Roy in any circumstance.” I didn’t expect any repercussion from this inno int and sincere compliment, but I got one from an tiexpected source. In the same mail that I sent out my material for fountain Musings for Thursday, March 10, I received [letter from Heinz Rollman of Waynesville, N. C. Since 1 think it would be of interest to my read 1 pass its contents on to you. n, . - Mr. Byrd: Kj raVc .ecu your “Mountain gs” in your issue of lurs'lay, March 3, and I | u vill forgive me if I ragree with you that for Un jn public life the choice • . r wives is so tremend luPv important, fl believe that the voters |e represented by the candi and not the candidates’ Kv and I believe that the L of an elected official lo-i’.d no more influence state national legislation than Jo-.id the wife of a furniture Bniifacturer influence the y];ng- of furniture. [l believe that all the offic cocktail parties that take |ace when the legislature is session in Raleigh, and at the year-round cocktail Julies where Congressmen Bow their wives- are poison fcr our laws, for our lawmak and the public. I hope lery legislator has a wonder ll wife and that she pursues tr -.vii interest in life, Girl lo ' work, or Red Cross iorK, or taking care of the p -a ,or anything for hi-i: she feels she is best ilified. IV- - have had Presidents in hr history whose wives have je -tv prominent and we bad other Presidents h - wives shunned the lime pit' and are i|uite happy not travel 50,000 miles every a We have had good P res it1 1; and we have had bad psidents, but they were the hii-f executives and not their jl have the greatest respect p women and have appoint - -men to more high posi pI!S in industry all over the ®r- ! than most industrial F have ever done previous 1. naturally, have the ruatest respect for women p would respect any wo |an who runs for elective of lAn elected official becomes P trustee of the people, but fl so his wife, or his moth I- - r- hi- children. It is even pt".:u! in my mind if an official has the moral frr. to discuss the people’s st-.-ss with his family, r “tiling very real if ru ;' l'a ' The world is now —Turn to Page 8 Nelli Martin fakes Part In tony Exercise I’ ''V''1 GERMANY (AHT . Pfc Kenneth E. C :: °r Mrs Beatrice fc N IrUte '• B,ack Moun th„r' Participated with ' mnel from the 516th fir, ' ; "'PPany in Exercise (o 11 at the Grafen J training area fv.it.;'.1'Romany, Feb. 1-7. Inter Shjc‘ld, an annual prmi^Th“Ver dlsigned t0 “e combat readi enth Army troops, "" l urn to Page 4 rnSPL,c high |pfSTs will |resent comedy Asheville Cath '*'>!,] will present “earnou ts at 8 p.m. ’aam of St. Gen 'n'‘s- Proceeds the 1960 rrrad „ 'ast and equip cne school. *lt' on sale at conts. For ad Mrs. An i ticket chair r Mrs. W. “ AC 3^2904. Membership Training Week Is Set The First Baptist church will participate in Member ship Training Week, March 20-24. The emphasis will in clude every department of the church and a place is planned for every member of the family. The courses with their lead ers are as follows: adults— Training in Church Member ship by Rev. Charles W. Smith; young people—The Challenge of Church Member ship by Mrs. Lawrence Barn hill; intermediates — Now You Belong by Mi's. George Bickering; juniors — My Church and I by Mrs. Perry McMahan; primaries — The Story of Samuel by Mrs. A. J. Hemphill; beginners—Good Times at Church by Mrs. A. T. Usher; and nursery—Day time and Nighttime by Betty Brandon. The conferences will begin at 6:15 on the coming Sunday with both the Training Union hour and evening worship be —Turn to Page 8 Taxi Drivers Praised For Faithful Work (Editor’s Note: The follow ing was written by a resi dent of the community, who wishes to remain anonymous. It is self-explanatory.) Our world has been beauti ful in its white dress of snow, trimmed in crystal icicles. (Beautiful but at times most inconvenient) during the past weeks. This emergency has brought out sterling qualities in the hearts of many people —qualities of unselfishness, thoughtfulness, and gratitude. Our community owes a spec ial debt of gratitude to the men in the taxi seiwice men who have been so faithful in their helpfulness during this time of inconvenience taking people to their work, to church, to the hospital, to various community functions, and even delivering groceries to those off the beaten track. When it was not possible to reach houses in their cars, they have walked up snow covered trails with these food parcels. These men have worked day and night to accommodate out townspeople. Financially this has been a losing battle. What with snow tires, chains, lost bumpers, and other parts these have far outnumbered the income, but they came at our call and came with a smile. Black Mountain townspeo ple wish to pay a tribute o respect and gratitude to these loyal men who have made life easier for us all during tusi weeks of being snow-bound. _A Resident. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY WILL OBSERVE BIRTHDAY er-McFee American i Auxiliary wiil cel , birthday anniver he Legion with a sh supper Thursday ight) at 6:30 in the 1 Members of both cordially invited to bring their families. Jaycees Awards Banquet Will Be Thursday President Prank B. Williams of the Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce an nounced that the annual awards banquet will be held at the Monte Vista hotel, March 17, at 7 p.m. Speaker for the evening will be the popular and well known Gene Wike, owner and operator of the Sports Mart in Asheville. He will be pre sented by Bill Pinyan, master of ceremonies. The award which will be presented is the Jaycee Key Man Award to the outstand ing Jaycee for his efforts of the year. Certificates of ap preciation will be given to those individuals or busines ses, which have contributed toward the Jaycee efforts of community betterment. Mr. Williams also stated that the awards for the an nual Christmas Lighting will be presented. This award is in two catagories, commer cial and residential. The first place winner in the residence category is Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Buckner for their outstanding design and Christmas scene painted on the picture window of their home. Mr. and Mrs. Carter Uzzell won second place for the beautiful manner in which their home was lighted. There was only one winner in the Commercial category, the Monte Vista hotel for the outstanding Nativity scene. In keeping with sincere ap preciation of efforts by oth ers than the club members, the Jaycees have invited their bosses to accept their hos pitality and thanks for the evening. Snow Doesn't Halt Kiwanis Club Meeting Although the snow was piled high on the streets and sidewalks on March 10, every member of the Black Moun tain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club except two stormed into the Monte Vista hotel in time for the meeting. Since many members had to walk, this was considered an exceptional turnout. The program after lunch was highlighted by talks on the life of a Girl Scout (this —Turn to Page 8 Vandals Spoil Everybody's Fun, Burn Books Blue Ridge officials today expressed regret that some of those using the Assembly road for sledding during the recent heavy snows saw fit to turn vandal and destroy valuable books and papers belonging to G. K. Roper of Richmond, Ya., and the door to the gate house. The books and papers stol en from the building and burned, along with the door to the gate house, had been stored there by Mr. Roper. The vandal or vandals broke into the small building which marks the entrance to the Blue Ridge grounds, carried the books and papers outside, and burned them along with the door to the place. During the snow season hundreds have enjoyed riding down the Blue Ridge hill— the mile long run from the Assembly buildings to the gate. The gate house now standing empty with the con tents reduced to smoldering ashes outside bears mute evi dence of bow a few reacted. Dr. Robert H: Spiro, Jr., president, and other Blue Ridge officials told the News this morning: “We are great ly distressed because of the vandalism of a few.” 7. Ventulett !{(>< '(>i vps $ / 000 Scholarship Thomas W. Ventulett HI, grandson of Mrs. L. B. Poole, has received a $1,000 scholar ship to the American Insti tute of Architecture on re commendation from Georgia Tech. He expects to enroll at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall. Swannanoa Men May Establish Youth Bureau A bureau to aid the youth of the Swannanoa community in finding employment and employees to find suitable workers may be established by the Swannanoa Men’s club. At the meeting this week President J. Herbert Coman appointed Dr. Hubert Clapp chairman of a committee which will study the situation and report at the April meet ing. The bureau would be similar to that which was in operation in Black Mountain a few years ago. Other committee members include Coman, Charlie Por ter, and Gordon Greenwood. The club voted to develop a play area, provided permis sion is granted, at the com munity center in Grovemont. Paul Patton will head the committee which will he in charge of this project. He will be assisted by Roy Alex ander and Wilbur Ward. The club discussed the park ing situation in Swannanoa, welcomed Warren Jones as a new member, and named Sam Alexander and Mr. Coman to represent the group at a meeting with the library com mittee on March 28. Fred Davidson will have charge of the April program. At this meeting every mem ber is urged to bring a pros pective new member. There are still plenty of the “Swannanoa Industrial Valley” auto tags on sale by members of the club. They cost $1.00 and are permanent. B & PW RADIOLOGY CLASS SET TONIGHT The radiology class being conducted by the Buncombe County Civil Defense office, under the sponsorship of the Business and Professional Woman’s club, will be held Thursday night (tonight) in the Black Mountain Primary school lunchroom at 7:80. An other class will be held Mon day night, March 21. Contributions Sought By United Church Women For Many Projects It was with regret that the committee of Black Mountain Council of United Church Wo men cancelled the World Day of Prayer noon service planned for State Street Methodist church. It was almost im possible for cars to park near the church even if they had been able to get that near. It is felt that many Chris tians in Black Mountain joined others around the world in praying for peace and world brotherhood even though we were unable to as semble In one place to pray. If you care to have a part in the projects the World Day of Prayer 19(10 offering will promote at home and abroad, such as migrant work at home, the literacy program and Christian Literature pro s' r a m, interdenominational work in hospitals and in ed ucational projects, you may hand your offering to anyone of the World Day of Prayer committee members: Mrs. S. S. Cooley, Mrs. Carl Bowness, Mrs. James Skelton, Mrs. K. W. Austin, or Mrs. W. A. Da vis, president of the local Council of United Church Wo men, or Mrs. Max Woodcock, treasurer. We can not let our local council fall down in its 1960 World Day of Prayer offer ins. Contributions from the Woman's organizations in lo cal churches and from indi viduals will be welcome. Three women from each church will be invited to the president’s home soon for a planning session. Look for ward to May Fellowship Day at the Lakey Gap Presbyter ian church Friday' May 6. SWANNANOA WSCS SUPPER SATURDAY COME WHAT MAY Rain or shine the W. S. C. S. of the Swannanoa Metho dist church will have its chick en supper Saturday night. March 19, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will be used for re pairs on the parsonage. This supper has been postponed several times because of the bad weather. WOMAN'S CLUB FASHION SHOW MAY BE SATURDAY ,If the weather permits the Black Mountain Woman’s club will hold its fashion show Saturday, March 19, at the Monte Vista hotel. This is an open meeting and every one is cordially invited to at tend. The time is 8 p.m. This is the artist’s drawing of what the new post office in Black Mountain will be like. The new build ing will be located directly behind the present struct ure on West street on a lot containing more than 16.000 square feet. The new post office building will be modern throughout with the latest type heating and lighting. Space will be provided for many more lock boxes which have been in short supply here for several years. U.S. Post Office Dept Calls For Sealed Bids For New Bldg. Here Sealed bid's for the construc tion of a new post office building in Black Mountain on West street have been called for by the United States Post Office Department, according to an announcement made to day by Postmaster Charles L. Greer. The lot selected as the site for the new building is lo cated on the west si le of West street, between State street and Sutton avenue. It con tains 16,500 square feet of space and will provide ample room, the plans show, for the building, parking space, and the loading ramp for mail trucks which will be located at the rear of the plant. The floor plan has been de vised so as to permit the smooth flow of mail from front to rear and from the incoming trucks to the lock boxes which will line the east and south walls of the build ing. DR. WEATHERFORD IS IN HOSPITAL Dr. W. D. Weatherford, 84, is a patient at Wesley Long hospital in Greensboro, where he suffered a stroke Saturday morning. Latest reports to reach the News at press time was that he is getting along fairly well. Dr. Weatherford’s son, Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Jr., a pro fessor of economics at Swarth more college, has been notified by cable in Malaya where he is doing research as a Ful bright Scholar. The lot on which the new building will be located be longs to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr. It was selected by the department after several other sites had been consid ered. Bidders will be furnished with a “Do Not Open—Sealed Bid Sticker” which shall be completed and affixed to the face of the envelope contain ing one bid. All bids should be addressed to William II. Allen, Real Estate Officer, P. 0. Box 478fi, 5 Forsythe street^ Atlanta 2, Ga., not lat er than April 9, I960. No bids bearing a later postmark will be considered, Mr. Allen said. Bid lease term will be for 30 years with a renewal op tion of two 5-year terms. The building, which will have outside walls of ceramic tile, face brick, aluminum and glass, will contain 4785 square feet of floor space. The roof will be of built-up tar and gravel. Central heat and modern lighting will be in cluded as will air-condition ing. A complete package of building materials, including drawings, etc., may be obtain ed from Mr. Allen’s office at the above address. Miss Kirstein Is Honored By Science Group Miss Bernice Kirstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Kirstein, currently teach ing science at the McClean High school in Fairfax coun ty, Va., has been honored as an outstanding science teach er by the Joint Education Board of the Washington So ciety of Scientists and Engi neers. Miss Kirstein was chosen primarily for her work in teaching astronomy but also pioneered Fairfax county’s effort to improve 9th grade science teaching. She intro duced a 9th grade course in geophysical science which is open to students of ability who are particularly interest ed in science. She became in terested in this project after winning a fellowship two sum mers ago to study Earth Science at Cornell University. Her success in transmitting her enthusiasm to her stu dents is reflected in an active astronomy club which meets even during the summer for star-gazing and talks. SWANNANOA PTA TO MEET TONIGHT The Swannanoa PTA will meet Thursday night (to night) at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Dr. Frank How ard Richardson will lead a Question and Answer period on "Making the Grades as Parents.” An election of officers will be held during the business meeting. Charles Crawford, presi dent will preside. mm Miss Dougherty Becomes Bride Of L. E. Ladner Sunday afternoon, March (>, at 4 o’clock the First Baptist church was the scene of a pretty wedding when Miss Nancy Carolyn Dougherty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dougherty of Black Mountain, became the bride of Louis Edward Ladner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Welton J. Lad ner of Gulfport. Miss. A dou ble ring ceremony was per formed by the Rev. A. T. Usher, pastor, assisted by the Rev. W. W. Pharr. Mrs. E. V. Gouge, organist, and Mrs. Marion Stubbs, vocalist, pre sented a program of wedding music. The vow-s were spoken be fore a background of sun burst ferns, floor baskets of white gladioli and chrysan themums, a n d candelabra holding lighted tapers. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of imported ban-ion bridal lace and taffeta, with a scal loped Sabrina neckline em broidered in seed pearls, a bouffant skirt fashioned with taffeta roses, and a scalloped lace hemline. Her tiered veil of silk illusion was attached to a crown of lace outlined with delustered pearls. She carried a cascade bouquet of pom-pon chrysanthemums and feathered carnations, centered with cymbidium orchids. Mrs. John E. Garrett of Atlanta, cousin of the bride, was illa tion of honor. She wore a ballerina length dress of or chid silk organza over taf feta, with matching head dress. and carried an arm bou quet of yellow carnations. Miss Connie Dougherty, an other cousin, was maid of honor. She wore a blue dress like that of the matron of honor with matching head dress and carried a bouquet of pink flowers. Mrs. John Holt of Old Fort, and Miss Julia Capps of Black Moun tain, bridesmaids, wore aqua and pink dresses, respectively. They had matching head dresses and carried arm bou quets of pink carnations. Their dresses were designed —Turn to Page 8 Mrs. Louis Edward Ladner Weeks Tells Of Great Growth Of Ridgecrest The regular meeting of the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Rotary club was held Monday, March 15, at the Monte Vista hotel. Dr. Willard K. Weeks of Ridgecrest told of the growth of the Ridgecrest Assembly, which is one of 16 religious assemblies near Asheville. He said it was a nation-wide Baptist Assembly having over 21100 guests per week with a maximum last year of 3385. Most of the states in the United States are represent ed including Alaska and Ha waii, with guests also coming from Canada. Included in the religious program are boys and girls camps which have become very popular. Out of 12 to 14 hundred applicants only 500 or 600 can be accepted. These camps are run with a religious emphasis. Ridgecrest has grade A ac commodations for 2300 Bap tists and is run with a staff of 400 to 425 workers, who do 34 different types of work. Since Nov. 1950 when the re ceipts were $389,000 the growth has risen to provide $700,000 in receipts. Last summer 323,724 meals were served in two dining halls, one accommodating 1800 peo ple and the other 600. Dr. Weeks stated that since Ridgecrest is a non-profit or ganization it is always run in the red. The staff members are paid $5.00 per week plus housing and meals. Added to this at the end of the season a love offering is divided among the whole group. These workers are interested more in the spiritual than in the monetary gain from their work. In spite of the low in come the staff last year do nated $1677 for missions of the Baptist church -with a large share going to foreign missions. The assembly lias its own reservoir to provide water for all the guests and 48 hydrants each with 150 pounds pres sure for fire protection. This reservoir provided 29,109 130 gallons of water last year. By 1972 another reservoir is to be built to provide additional water for the expected growth. The grounds include a Memorial Park and a Stage Coach house museum besides all the other buildings. $3, 000,000 has been allocated for the next three years, $500,000 of which is for capital invest ment. By 1964 the year round operation of the assembly is planned for. Last year through the gen erosity of donors a new chap el and gymnasium were built. With last year’s registra tion at 30,100, and 18,000 new reservations since January, 1960, a bigger year is expect ed this year. Mr. Weeks stat ed that with the growth of Ridgecrest Assembly, Black Mountain would also be bene fited, due to the increased payroll, the purchase of lum ber and supplies- as well as the money spent by guests in the township. Red Cross Aids Many Families In Distress Details of how the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chapter of the American Red Cross has handled calls for fuel, food- and medicine during the emergency caused by the heavy snow and cold of the past few weeks were given today by Willard K. Weeks, chapter chairman. The local chapter has jur isdiction over that part of Buncombe County east of the VA hospital at Oteen. “The majority of calls are for food. In fact, we have answered more than 50 such requests prior to last Sunday afternoon,” the chairman pointed out. “The work at the chapter office has been on a continuous basis since Friday when the situation was reported critical. “We would like to thank the merchants who have ' cooper ated so well in filling food and fuel orders quickly. “The personnel at the State Highway Weight Station on Highway 70 have been ex tremely helpful in reporting cases and in transporting food and fuel. And so have the Black Mountain Police De partment, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department, and many other groups and individuals. We want all of them to know that their ef forts have been appreciated,” Mr. Weeks concluded. At the chapter office here in Black Mountain Mrs. Bes sie Hobson has worked hard to coordinate the efforts of the various groups and indi viduals. She was given val uable ' assistance by Mrs. George Moray, office clerk, and William S. Holcombe. Kearfolt Will Sponsor Film, Canter Program A program to encourage all women employees of the Kear fott company to have periodic medical examinations was an nounced today by company of ficials. A memorandum from C. H. Riley, plant manager, to all women employees said in part: This month Kearfott will sponsor a program to encour age all women employees to have periodic medical exami nations. The program will be in cooperation with the Amer ican Cancer Society. Periodic medical examinations are the best way to discover the “Seven Danger Signals” which may mean cancer is, present. The enclosed pamphlets were supplied by the Amer ican Cancer Society. They give valuable information on the importance of detecting cancer at an early stage. They also point out that although cancer is a major killer, it can be cured if found and treated early. At the end of March a film on early cancer detection will be shown in one of our local high schools. In addition to the film, we are arranging for a prominent local physician to be present at the showing to answer questions which may be of interest to you re garding cancer. I urge you to read the en closed pamphlets carefully and make use of the informa tion offered. Our most val uable possession is our health. The program, Mr. Riley told the News, will be opea to all women of the Black Mountain - Swannanoa area, and it is hoped that as many as possible will attend. Sewing Classes Ttp Start Mon. Attention, young and old: Owen Vocational Home Eco nomics department will start classes in sewing Monday, March 21, at 3:30 p.m. in the Home Economics department of Owen High school. Mrs. Mavis Nesbitt and Miss Vera I’rice will be instructors. These classes were sched uled to begin March 7 be* were postponed because of the snow.