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BULLETIN - RALEIGH Gov. Luther Hodges told the News by tele phone Wednesday morning that "No decision what soever has been made regarding the placing of a prison laundry or anything else on the Moore Gen eral hospital site. In fact we are not even sure yet that we are going to get the property. If the time comes when we do, then we'll talk it over." May 3 Mav 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 Weather High Low Pree. l_67_42 _71_39 ._69_46 ;_68_47 _58_41 _52_40 _58_39 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY VOL. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 37 — Single Copy, 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood IVKY JIMMY! Win'' J. W Byers execu president of Ashe Federal, selected young Webb of North street ’ A annanoa to draw the ■ ^ name for the f M and ^'radio at the opening of ‘ n‘,u- Black Mountain of , last Friday, it was Jim v’s lucky day. T;,., :i-year-old reached in i()X and drew out the card ‘ -Hobby G. Webb.” Now nir v and his father are en vim; the radio and proba •" will for many days to Th,. odds against that ever ippening again are pretty BIG FISH! Who said the wives aren't pied fishermen? You’ll never make Dr. E. i Brake believe that again. n a contest recently at ;rove Stone Lake, Mrs. irake tossed in her hook, lowdered her nose and pull d out a 19 inch bass- Doc ritd hard but for him the ,ijr fi<h weren’t biting that |av. Since there were wit i esses on the scene he otildn't even claim that the iig ones got away. —R— [DELIGHT Strange as it may sound it’s ue. When Howard Barn ell, new football coach at we; High, reported for the am at the old Black Moun in High school, E. V. Gouge —Turn to Page 8 VOW Present iivnrds For rood W ork Each year the Woodmen of ic World present an award i the member who has done le most outstanding work ith the organization and to le lady that does same. Th- local camp and court t Swannanoa held their iiarterly supper meeting at ingle Too, May 7. Empress Margaret Kelley E the Court presented the idics Court award to Mrs. [ae M. Porcher for her work ith the ladies court in 1959. W. B. Wright, district man P r fur the Woodmen of the iMrld, presented the men’s imp award to Lewis Metcalf >r his work with the local imp. kindergarten lepistration s how Open The kindergarten of the i^t Baptist church is receiv er registrations for the next B -ion. The fee is $5, to be aid two weeks before the be inniujr- 0f kindergarten, which M be the same as the open p of the public schools. Tui i.; $12.50 per month. Pese figures cover the costs i supplies and the daily re Nhns nts but do not include pnspurtation. The child must F 1 years old on or before ptober 15. who would like to their child or discuss odergarten are invited the First Baptist F ■ telephone NO 9-9011. ''' '/ /laJllisl fordo/ Will ^witinue L !“vival services in pro [[ ;U the First Baptist •‘;ifl continue through L" ■' * i‘o hours of services 1 in the morning anc ’V : lhe evening. Dr. Ware i;1 ha-tor of the First Bap : - eh, Gastonia, is bring messages, and Johi I, -Montreat college i: j,. vuo tuucg the singing. A f 'Option is extended f !' [Siitr cor . -nded b' Mur, the Rev. A- T l .. 11 i the eongregatioi 1 no would share in th< tz: At East l (,( k Mountain h(><> K ill Ch. r R.. p: . Cecil Higgins is L' a revival at the F Mountain Free i) ‘ church. The Rev. inks Is pastor. Oval will continue i.is week. Services '«Ue at I 'Ovitort . - p.*;, . to attend. Specia in v i V*1® ,,rn- Everyone 1 , UIU' fl '*-* be enjoyed. -Photos by C. D. Baxter, This sequence of pictures made by C. D. Baxter, purchasing agent at Ex-Cell-0 Corporation, shows the results of a head-on crash between a car and truck just east of the entrance to the plant on U. S. High way 70 Friday afternoon, May 6. I)r. Jan Philip Schinham, 72, of Kannapolis, vice aresident of the North Carolina Symphony and teacher jf piano at Mars Hill college, was injured in the acci lent. He was given treatment at an Asheville hospital for multiple lacerations. Driver of the truck , according to the State High vay Patrol, was Howard George Anthony, 42, of Jherrvville. He was admitted to the hospital with lac jratio'ns of the left arm and face Highway Patrolmen said that Dr. Schinham swerved across the line and struck the truck almost head-on. Both vehicles were heavily damaged. Top photo graph shows the car, second the truck being inspected by a couple of spectators. In the third picture the Highway Patrol is holding back the crowd as one of the victims is prepared for the ambulance Lower shot is >f Dr. Schinham as he was loaded into the ambulance. Sorority Meets At Oak Knoll Black Mountain Gamma Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met with Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire at Oak Knoll for ts May meeting on art, May 5, 1960. Mrs. Aleshire, an honorary member, led a discussion in the history of art and gave llustrious comments of pic tures and art objects in her collection at home. The pro gram was very inspiring an( cultural since the members were guided on an informal irt tour of Oak Knoll. The hostess served a re freshing ice and cake course following the program. Rollman H ill Be Sjfeaker At Y. II. Meeting The Young Republican club will meet Monday, May l<>, it the club house in Grove nont. Heinz Rollman will be juest speaker. The meeting 7:30. will begin at AUXILIARY WILL MEET MONDAY NIGHT Vaycaster-McFee American ?ion Auxiliary willmee nday night, May ’> 0 at the home of nold Jones, old Black - 011,1 n-Asheville highway. AH mbers are urged to at Jr. Women Set Spring Dance The annual spring dance sponsored by the Junior Wo man’s club will be held at the Black Mountain club house Saturday, May 14, from 9:00 until 1:00 p.m- Bob Gill’s or chestra will present the mus ic. The admission will be $1.50 per person. The dance is one of the club's ways of raising money for its many projects. Some of our projects for this year were a contribution of $200 to the Buckner Murdock school for mentally retarded children, a band uniform to Owen High school, and contributions to the Children’s Home Society. Come on out and have an evening of good entertain ment while supporting the civic projects of the Junior Woman’s club. COOKS AT COOK’S NOOK Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook of Miami, Fla., arrived last Saturday night to spend sev eral weeks at their cottage "Cook’s Nook.” Their daugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hanelin and Susan of Florida, are here spending several days whiele Mr. Han elin is attending a conference at "Intheoaks.” — John Paul Jones’ USS Ranger was the first Ameri can ship to receive a formal salute to its flag when it vis ited Quiberon Bay, France, in 1800. Lions Broom Sale Will Be Tonight Officials Still Mum Dn VA Unit As the News went to press it noon Tuesday there was till no definite word as to '/hat the Veterans Adminis ration and the State of North Carolina have in mind for the iite of the Swannanoa Divis on of Oteen VA hospital. Although telegrams have )een sent to federal and state mthorities, as of noon Tues lay no answers had been re ceived. Many were adopting a “wait ind see’’ attitude, but other itizens, concerned with the utuation as stated in the 'lews last week, had sent let ers and telegrams to Wash ngton and Raleigh in an ef 'ort to determine what steps o take. Leading the way have been Hax Woodcock and the Black ^fountain Chamber of Com nerce. The following letter from Donald C. McKenzie, superin tendent of the Mountain Or ihanage, is typical of the re action to the story which the Slews broke last week. Dear Mr. Greenwood: I read with alarm the news ihnilf + Vin 1 if\r O I’rison Laundry to take over the place here at the Moore General Hospital. I hope and pray that this is just a rumor and not the true facts. It would be very alarming to us here at the Mountain Orphan age to think that this would happen. I hope that the ones who have thought of this idea will take into consideration that adjoining the Moore Gen eral Hospital stands a home for children sponsored by the Presbyterian Church of the Asheville Presbytery and that our relationships with the people in the Moore General area have always been on splendid terms- If a Prison Laundry were established, 1 am afraid that the restrictions we would have to place on our children would cause great hardships on us here at the Orphanage. Out of a staff of nine, sev en of these are women and 28 young girls, all of whom have expressed alarm at the possi bility of this laundry being established so close to us. I :im sure that all precautions and safety measures will be considered in this move, but low many times have we read af those things that happen 30 close to an area near a penal institution? We have said that it could happen to athers, but never happen to as, but this would be some thing of a threat that we would have to live with con tinually. We are all concern ed and interested in what will lappen to the property in our .alley. Sincerely, Donald C. McKenzie Superintendent. 5WANNAN0A BOOK :lub will meet The Swannanoa Book club will meet Tuesday evening, May 17, at 8 o’clock at the lome of Mrs. James Liner, Grovemont. Mis s Pauline Powell will speak on “Feder ited Clubs.” All members are cordially nvited to attend. Troop 25 Will Have Court Of Honor Monday Charter night will be oh served by Boy Scout Trooj 25 in a ceremony to be hel< at the youth center at 7:()( p.m. on Monday evening, Ma; 16. All parents and friend of the Scouts are invited t< attend. In addition to Charter Nigh a' court of horn r will be hell and tenderfoot, second class first class, and merit badge awarded. Gay Wells, Scoutmaster, an Carl Bowness, chairman o the Scout Troop committee urge all committeemen to at tend. Air Raid Systen May Be Tested This Week-End Don’t look now but you ma; be startled later this wee' when the Black Mountai Volunteer Fire Departmen tests its new air raid warn ing system which has jus been installed. In case you hear the strung est and loudest sound you’v read about for many montin don’t be startled. It’ll be th boys testing the signal. I may come Friday or Satur day. R. T. Greene, town man ager, asked that this be pub lished so that the loud bias would not come as such ; shock to the citizens of th area. Since he and the mem bers of the fire departmen haven’t heard it either, the; don’t know what to expect Just don’t be surprised n< matter how eerie the noise. C OF C WILL MEET AT NOON TUESDAY The Black Mountain Cham ber of Commerce will mee at noon Tuesday, May 17, a the Monte Vista hotel. Ma: Woodcock, president, will pre side. Is Your Name In the Hook? If you're not on the registration books, you’ll bi the man without a country, a state, a county, a town, ; street, a schools, a party, a vote. Look at all these things you can lose, if you’re no 1 registered voter. If you’re not in the book, you loci yourself out of the elections. The polls are close* to you. You can’t vote on streets, on schools, senator congressman, or representative. In other words an< n plain language if you don’t think enough of you rights as a citizen to register and vote, Ihen you havi 10 right to complain about the men who govern yoi ir how you are governed. But more than that, you cut yourself apart from neighbor next door, your friends at the office and plant, and your fellow church and club members. You lose the right to look that boy of yours in the eye when he wants to know if you're doing your part. And you lose the self-respect that comes from knov\ ing you can walk into the polls on Election Day—th< me place in the world where all free men are reall; equal. Isn’t it too much to risk for the little time tha registering takes? Get your name in the book—and do it now! Is your name in the book? Frank Williams, left, re tiring president of the Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, brings a happy smile to the face of Woodfin C Rhodes, director of the Owen High school band, as he presents him a check for $130.00, proceeds from the annual Jaycee spring | dance. The $130.00 will buy : two uniforms which are > being furnished for the en tire band by the various civic clubs of the Swan ’ nanoa Valley. - Mr. Rhodes pointed out today that more support i is needed but that it is ■ hoped that more organiza > tions will come to the aid of the band so that the . uniforms may be on hand in time for the opening I of practice for the football I season Beginners Day Will Be May 18 ■ At Swannanoa The following announce t ment has been made by Ralph Smith, principal of the Swan - nanoa school. 3 Beginners Day for the , Swannanoa school will be held 3 on May 18, beginning at 9:00 t a.m. It is urgent that all - children who will enter school here this fall plan to attend - this meeting. You may plan to - have your family physician t administer the necessary im i munization shots but it is 3 still necessary for these chil d non of + ond { NT i\ 1 ‘ u f ’ t will be given to any child on i this date). Please bring birth . certificates, if at all possible, > since these are required be fore fall registration. If you do not have avail able transportation your child will he permitted to ride the buses with older brothers or - sisters, or with friends, and t they may remain with them t while here at school- All pre : school children will be sent - home on buses about 12:00 noon. In order for parents not to have to lose so much time standing in line we are sug gesting that you observe the ; following registration sched 1 ule: Last names beginning with [ letters: A through H register , at 0:00 a.m.; I through Q reg i ister at 10:00 a.m.; R through Z register at 11:00 a.m. ’ The present first grade * children will remain at home on this date in order for the 1 first grade teachers to assist 1 in this pre-registration. This is a very important date in the life of your child, and please help him to look forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. Let him know that it is mainly a par ty and there is nothing to fear. Refreshments will he - served before they go home. 1 —The underground ballistic t testing range at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Silver Springs, Md., is large enough to serve as a bomb shelter for 3,000 persons. Chest X-Ray Unit To Visit Here Next Week The chest X-Ray unit from Ihe Buncombe County Tuber culosis association will visit Black Mountain and be set up on the A & P lot on Montreat road between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on May 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, it was announced today. This is part of the campaign to discover and eliminate TB as nearly as is possible. The Black Mountain Senior Woman’s club and the Junior Woman’s club will furnish volunteers to serve during the visits here. Mrs. W. L. Wheelon, presi dent of the Junior Women, and Mrs. John Benedict have arranged the schedules so that the Jr. Women will be on duty from 10:00 to 1:00 and the Senior Women from 1:00 to 4:00 at the X-Ray unit. Officials in charge point out that it is simple and sensible to get an X-Ray. It takes only a minute and there is no undressing and little in convenience- X-Rays are made free. Each subject gets a written report. A chest X-Ray is a picture of your chest and every per son needs one which is up-to date. Those who should take ad vantage of this are persons 15 years of age or older whe have not had one in the past year. Anyone under 15 shoulc have an X-Ray if he has rea eon Vio H ti v. been in close contact with a case of tuberculosis. Chest X-Rays finil tubrculosis, limy tumor, some abnormal heart conditions, and many abnor mal chest conditions, it was pointed out. If many of these condition? are found early enough, there is a good chance of complete recovery. Officials emphasized that no one is too old for TB and that every person should have a chest X-Ray at least once each year. It’s free. Slafkin Will Announce Radio Station Plans Eugene Slatkin, manager of the new radio station which was authorized for Black Mountain last week by the Federal Communication Com mission, told the News today that plans for construction and other details would be an nounced within a few days. Mr. Slatkin, a partner in the firm, said that attorneys are now drawing up deeds and other papers necessary before construction of the building, to be located on a lot on the north side of the highway just beyond the Black Moun tain Primary school ground, could start. The Commission authorized a 500 watt daytime station to serve Buncombe county and eastern McDowell county. An. May Day Program Friday Morn at Owen The annual May Day pro gram will he held at Owen High school Friday morning at 8:45 in the gymnasium. All patrons of the school are in vited to attend. The theme for the program will be Mother Goose. Gail Hall will reign as May queen with Julia Raines as maid of honor. Attendants will be Peggy McElrath, Tony Hampton, Charlene Meyer, Douglas Ow enby, Brenda Lindsay, Mur Peterson, Loretta Hall, Dean Brown, Melanie Meyer, Bruce Edwards, Faye Fender, Cecil Caldwell, Joyce Ledbetter Marvin Harper, Sara Marcia Perley and Eddie Smith. Bill Horne will give the welcome; Mr. Fred Martin will crown queen; Talmadge Cook is crown bearer. The story is by Padhec Massey and will be announced by David Whitaker. Characters are: Mother Goose. Eloise Styles; Granny Beverly Bryan; children, Bob by White, Ann Beddingfield, and Carolyn Dotson. Sponsors are: story, Mrs. Stutts; court, Mrs. Nesbitt; costumes, Miss Price; boys pyramids, dances, Mr. Brook shire; dances, Miss Wrenn; tumbling and dances, Miss White; program, Mrs. Leins ter; and scenery, Mr. Carson On the May Day commit tie are: Mr. Brookshire, Mrs Stutts, and Miss White. The following dances wil be presented by the boys’ am girls’ physical educatioi classes: Swedish (Windmueller, Swe dish Varsovienne); Russiai (Alexandrovska); A ust rial (Spinning waltz, waltz of thi Bells); French (Ten Prett; Girls, Lili Marlene); Mexicai (Cerrido); Hungarian (Ham bo-Hopak); German (Butter fly, and the Inn at the Crown) Scottish (Green Sleeves, Roai to the Isles); Irish (Wayes o Tory); English; Boys Tumb ling and weight lifting Girls Pyramids, and Maypole Mrs. Brown Is WSG President In a beautiful and impres sive candlelight service con ducted by Mrs. Gay Wells, as sisted by Mrs. John McWhor ter, Monday night, May 2 in the Fellowship room of th State Street Methodist church the following officers of th Wesleyan Service Guild wer installed: Mrs. Rill Browr president; Mrs. Joe Wallir vice-president; Mrs. Haro! Roger, treasurer; Mrs. Car Kerlee recording secretary Mrs. Henry Pittman, promo tion secretary; Mrs. H&rr; Hyder, Mrs. H. C. Wright Mrs. Bill Pinyan, and Mrs Tom Nesbitt, committee chair men Mrs. Roger presented th program, “Light of t h World.” A guest, Miss Bessie Ear! Patterson, district secretary reported on the district meet ing at Oak Hill Methodis church April 24. She told th' group that their prayer calen dar consists of Belgian Con go, Bolivia, and Brazil. Mrs. Bill Brown presided Mrs. Andrew Milovitz ani Mrs. Wright were hostesses Others present were Mrs Lee Tiller ; nd Mrs. Graj Stephens. Adult Leaders Are Needed For Little League All boys who wish to pla; in the Little League this yea: and who have not yet beei assigned to teams, shouh contact Carl Bowness, NO !t 8210 immediately. Boys pres ent last Saturday were give] the name of their teams Those who were not shouh call Mr. Bowness as soon a possible. More adult assistance i still needed, Mr. Bownes pointed out, before the leagu can operate properly. An; adult willing to coach a tear should call Mr. Bowness The annual broom sale by the Black Mountain Lions club will be held Thursday night (tonight) starting at 7:00 p.m. when club members will call on every home in the township- Brooms are $1.50, Claude Stubbs, chairman for the sale, announced, and are considered top-notch in every respect. Those who desire may leave their porch lights on to help the Lions, but the chairman said that calls will be made on every house whether the lights are on or not. This is necessary to dispose of the many brooms which have ar rived and which will be dis tributed to the various teams on Thursday night. “Wives' of Lions club mem bers should not expect them home from their task too ear ly in the evening,” the chair man warned. “This is one of the club’s best projects of the year and we want to strike while the iron is hot and get the broom sold and the money in the bank!” Purchase of the brooms will provide employment for the blind of the State of North Carolina and aid for the blind of Buncombe County. All funds received from the sale will go to the sight conserva tion work, which is the chief project of all Lions clubs. “As they knock on every door in the township tonight, the Lions will be selling use ful household products made by the blind in the Lions Workshop. The quality of these products is as high as you can buy anywhere and you need them in your home,” Mr. Stubbs asserted. “So why not buy when a Lion calls at your door and help support this worthy cause?” Immediately following din ner at the Monte Vista at | G:30 p.m. the Lions will fan 1 out in an encircling move 1 ment and start knocking on doors throughout the area. - While it is hoped that the 1 sale will be completed Thurs i day night and all brooms dis 1 posed of, a few may still be ' on sale over the week-end at i the Black Mountain News of fice. Dial NO 9-4101 for in - formation. ' Rotary Club ■ Make Plans For Barbecue The Rev. David E- Coleman, director of the Personal Guid ance Council of Asheville, was the speaker at the meeting on Monday of the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club. He told of the work of the organization and of the great ’ good it has accomplished in this area. ’ The committee on a chicken barbecue which will be held the first part of June for the ’ purpose of purchasing addi .’ tional medical equipment for patients of the Swannanoa Valley recuperating at home, ’ has already completed ar " rangements for the affair. Tickets will soon be printed ’ and the committee members ■ hope it will have the support of the people of the entire valley. Arrangements are be > ing made for a large crowd. ; New members welcomed in to the club at the Monday session included C. W. Kon rad, of Beddingfield & Kon rad Clothing store, and Wood row Patton, manager of the Black Mountain office of the Asheville Federal Savings and Loan association. Guests were introduced from several clubs. I Cancer Program Will Be Held Here May 18 A cancer program, spon sored by Kearfott company in cooperation with the Ameri can Cancer Society of Bun combe county, will be held on May 18, 7:80 p.rn., in the Owen High school auditorium. Guest speaker for the eve ning- will be Dr. Bruce Franz 1 of Asheville. He will discuss I “Breast Cancer.’’. The meeting is open to all ■ women of the area. t ----- GARDEN CLUB WILL 1 MEET FRIDAY NIGHT The Black Mountain Gar den club will have the an 5 nual meeting on May 13, 6:00 3 P-m. with Mr. and Mrs. VVil ; iiam Styles at Rangoon Lodge ’ on the Lytle Cove road This i will be a covered dish supper. Officers will be elected.
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