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RELIGIOUS CENSUS Will be Conducted Here Sepl. n DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low Prec. Aug. 30 83 63 Aug. 31 86 64 Sept. 1 82 65 Sept. 2 85 60 .06 Sept. 3 83 56 .84 Sept. 4 84 63 .64 Sept. 5 85 61 VOL. 16. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 2 — Single Copy, 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood j^Ol TH WILL RISE [ am now the owner of i icenuine $10.00 bill. ■*" \ot the usual kind issued b; m-m,|e Sam—I’d never get tha L,K.h ahead—but this is a gen II I Ml bill printed by the Con (federate States of Americ: r ■ - u e d on February 11 L at Richmond, \'a. K must be legal exchattg |b , arise in the upper left ham ■orner there’s a notatio: ivhiih says: “Two years afte Ratification of a Treat; If Peace between” (and thei llu' note is continued in th Ipper right hand corner) “th Confederate States and th IJnited States of America. Th onfederate States of Ameri L will pay Ten Dollars.” The bill was given to me b; I Leon Thomas of the Stom fountain Confederate Mus |um, Ga. Mr. Thomas stoppei to make an appeal fo Itamps, letters, Confederat jfoney, State Money, or an; Jthor item or material of 1801 Kr before which could be dis Klayed in the Museum. Tho address is P. O. Bo: |2G, Decatur, Ga. My bill is wrapped in celo lhane in order to protect am preserve it. My only question is why i |asn’t been cashed befor. ow? I wonder if the fac |hat the wrong side woi Irotild have anything to d> lith it ? Next time I go ti (he bank I may try to slip i hrough while no one’s look pi,;. But Bill Hickey, whosi grandfather came South wit] Yankees and liked it si ^oll that he remained, migh jecognize it and throw it out 1 wait and see. —R (TUITION! “Why don't you give an [account of yourself and what [you were doing while away [for a week during the mid idle of August. Are you (ashamed to let us know [where you went on vacation. Actually, I just haven’t (had time to tell our flying -by road not air—trip to (Pittsburgh to see the Pirates (down the lowly Phillies, and Ion to Niagra Falls, South fern Ontario, and Detroit. Hut in due time I'll bring (you up to date. As Gene (Byrd would say in his dis Itinct style—” Gentle Read Jers. before many more ar (bits of the satellite I'll give la full account. -R— NEWSCASTER! “As a newscaster you’i (nako a good copy boy—may You have lots to lean pout the radio business.” That was a friend speakinj pd he spoke the truth. I hero is anything I know les (bout than radio, it’s TV pich is nothing. In fact I’m scared to deatl the microphone. A teache pld me a long time ago t fever go into radio. You pice is too weak for the ai nd it would sound terrible i on talked louder.” | Eo I stayed away from radi Pti! a few years ago whei fom Mallonee talked me int< a ng a tape for a schoo N drive. The hot littl nth with the dim light, th Ml table and microphone the men staring througl Pe glass giving signals tha i ’’’as time to start, remind me of execution picture B seen in the movies. ■ But this time I was the on (jng executed. I was so ter fi,-“I that I could hardl; enk above a whisper and th P<- sounded just the way ought it would. I resolve en and there to keep as fa pay from the business end o Iitiierophone as possible. So—if i sound scared on th pal news cast—it isn’t ai F- I am scared. If yo fn ’ want me on, write th Pj'ager of Radio Statio: , -HT and maybe he’ll fir Let’s hope so. Observe 60th uiniversary P^r- and Mrs. J. E. Justus o Tp('k Mountain observed thei E! wedding anniversar liiday. Sept. 4. They hav '‘'1'"1 in Black Mountain fo past 30 years. ■ "uy have two sons, Perc; F Roscoe, and one daughtei fa Glenn Brooks, all of Blacl Henn Brooks, all of Blacl P'uitain. They have seve: Pl;'lchildren, and four great godchildren. They are mem f3 of the Tabernacle Metho pt church. Taylor Assured Consolidation Won't Hurt Vets 1 WASHINGTON — The Vet , orans Administration assured t North Carolina Congres . sional Delegation today that the consolidation of the VA t hospital at Swannanoa with the Oteen VA hospital will not impair future medical care > tor the veterans of North j Carolina. , At a meeting arranged by . Representatives Roy A. Tay , h)r of the 12th District and , Rasil L. Whitener of the 11th , District, VA officials prom ised that the consolidation . would result in better medical , facilities. In addition to Con gressmen Whitener and Tay lor the meeting was attended , hy Senators Sam J. Ervin and s Everett Jordan and other ' members of the North Caro I lina delegation. Tho delegation was advised , that approximately $7,325,000 ; will be spent by 1965 in mod . emizing and providing addi tional medical faeilites at Oteen. Of ths amount $325, . 000.00 has been spent already. The VA promised the North Carolina legislators that al j though there will be a gradual reduction of bed space due to attrition of beds needed for ' TB patients no loss will result ' in bed space for general med ' ical and surgical patients. The VA stated that under the mod ernization program at Oteen a neuropsychiatric section al so would be added containing | approximately 60 beds. As the modernization program pro ceeds, the VA declared that . the total number of employ ees at Oteen would increase. Following the Delegation meeting with Veterans Admin istration officials, Congress menTaylor and Whitener is sued a joint statement which declared: “We have been greatly con cerned over the consolidation of the Swannanoa and Oteen hospitals. The Veterans Ad ministration had assured us in the past that such a consolida tion would not result in an over-all loss of bed space for the veterans of North Caro lina. During the past several months we have received re ports from our constituents which indicated that the pro gram under way at Oteen could result in the loss of criti cal bed space. We, therefore, arranged the meeting today to present the problem to the VA and secure full details with re spect to the consolidation. We have been assured again that the present consolidation and modernization plans will im prove medical care for the vet 1 erans of North Carolina and will not result in a loss of 1 fasilities at Oteen. We plan to keep fully advised as to : the matter in order that the ^ assurances given us by the 3 Veterans Administration will ' be kept.” ; Amcel Manager i Addresses : Kiwanis Club ! Kiwanians at the Sept. 1 luncheon, listened to a talk ' given by J. Stewart Petersen, plant manager ot Amcel Pro ’ pulsion Corp.. whoso plant is * located in Swannanoa, near the Bee Tree Heights section. ' Mr. Peterson was at the meet ’ ing as part of his campaign to forewarn all in the valley to expect occasional test ex plosions at the plant but not 1 to be alarmed. He said that only low charges would be ^ permitted at this plant and ^ would not be any worse than the usual odd dynamite blast ^ caused by road and building contractors. “The Amcel plant,’’ said Mr. Peterson, “has less accidents, less deaths, and less losses of man-hours working time, than any other plant that makes articles or machine parts not even related to explosives. That can be expected in a plant, as working precautions must be fabulous in order to prevent accidents. Explosives like water, make wonderful workers for mankind, but aw ful masters”, he concludec Charles Siegel, who is mov ing to Elmira, N. Y was given a warm send oft. ne has been a faithful »-rk« and was chairman of the house committee, too. Mr and Mrs. John Clements inounce the birth of a son i Sept. 3 in St. Josephs hos ital. Mrs. Clements is the irmer Miss Sadie Fortune. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Conroy of Livingston, N. J., announce the engage ment of their daughter, Mary A., to Sp/4 William N. Belcher, USA, son of Mrs. Howard Cothran of High Point, N. C., and Harry A. Belcher of Balti more, Md., formerly of Ridgecrest. Miss Conroy is a graduate of Grover Cleveland High school, Caldwell, N. J. Sp/4 Belcher was graduated from Charles D. Owen High school. He has completed three years with the USA Missile base in Livingston and Edison, N. J., and is now attending the Army Radar Techinicians school at Fort Monmouth, N. J. A spring wedding is planned. The Rev. John Ashley Woodhouse, natio n a 11 y known evangelist, will be the speaker at a series of revival services to be held at the Friendship church, Montreat Road, Black Mountain, Sept. 11 through 18. The time will be 7:30 each evening. The public is invited. Called a self-made man with natural gifts and keen to the moods of the people, plus a sensitivity to the pulse of the times, Woodhouse launched a ministry of music in 1932, sermon and song which has taken him over 600.000 miles into 39 states and 11 foreign countries by the end of 1956. Woodhouse got his first in sight into the crime world while traveling with the Cart er Prison Evangelistic party, and appearing before prison audiences. His visit to the horror chambers, his contact with life-timers, and his as sociation with the rehabilita tion center for ex-prisoners made lasting impressions on him. He is versatile in the use of the piano, the organ, the accordian ,and many other musical' instruments. Camp Rockmont Ends 5th Season Camp Rockmont recently completed its fifth season in the Swannanoa Valley. Five years ago the Black Mountain College property of 300 acres on Lake Eden road was pur chased for the purpose of establishing another Christian boys camp in the area. With new improvements each year Camp Rockmont has become a place of beauty and one of the outstanding camps in the southeast. The camp operates two sessions each summer with a capacity for 220 boys during each period. This summer’s season was highlighted by the presenta tion to the camp of an 18 foot totem pole which was hand carved by 13 year old Paul Bouchard and his father of Arlington, Va. The totem pole is situated above Lake Eden. One specialty included in the camp program is a two weeks’ football training per iod for the older boys. Coach Bob Gongola, backfield coach of Furman university, conducts this program. Before and after the season the camp facilities are used by other organizations and groups. Boyden High school of Salisbury recently closed a football training week. Im —Turn to Page 4 BM Woman's C. First Program Will Be On Art The Sept, meeting of the Senior Woman’s Club will open the season of 1960-1961 with a program on Art Appreciation by A. W. Wilhelm, resident and local artist. Mrs. Charles Spencer, Art chairman is pre senting this program; Mrs. Max Woodcock is overall pro gram chairman. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 in the Crystal annex at Ridge crest Assembly grounds, Mrs. A. W. Wilhelm, noted artist, teacher and lecturer will ad dress the members. As back ground and personal partici pation by the painters of the club an exhibition of more than 20 paintings by members will be on view. Although busily occupied with building, Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm found time to partici pate in cultural and civic pro jects in the Black Mountain area thruout the winter and spring. Qualified by years of train ing and experience in the arts and education, they bring the gist of their gain to share with this community which they have chosen to be their home. During the summer of 1960 he taught the Art classes for Camp Merrimac inspiring good work and unusual interest from camp students. Ex amples of his work in portrai ture, landscapes, still-life and cartoons will be on display at Crystal Annex, where he will tell of his current work in Religious Cartoons used to il lustrate Editonals in The Pres byterian Journal written by Dr. Nelson Bell and Rev. Aik en Taylor, Editor. All members are urged to attend this first meeting of the year to avail themselves of-the privilege of hearing Mr. Wilhelm speak upon the op portunities in art for our com munity while viewing his out standing wirk and that of club members. Hostesses will be Mrs. Niels Larson, chairman, Mesdames Clifford Porter, Ronald Finch, Ray Harrison, Mertle, Bittin ger, Walters, Willis, Weeks, Meeks, and Misses Lizzie and Florida Waite. The first meeting of Board members will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept 13 at the home of past president Mrs. W. W. Weeks of Ridgecrest. R. Mumpower Is Ordained The Rev. Charles W. Smith, pastor of the Swannanoa First Baptist church, preached the ordination sermon at the First Baptist church, Black Moun tain, Wednesday evening, Aug. 24, at which time Ralph C. Mumpower was set apart to the gospel ministry in the Baptist (Missionary) denomina tion. Others participating in the service were Rev. W. R. Moss, pastor of the Kerlee Baptist church, who led in the open ing prayer; Rev. James H. Black, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church, who gave the charge; Rev. Elbert F. Hard in, evangelist of Ridgecrest, led the dedicatory prayer; Cecil Nanney, chairman of the deacons of the First Baptist church, presented a Bible from the congregation. After the laying on of hands, led by Rev. A. T. Usher, pastor, the Rev. Ralph C. Mumpower prayed the closing prayer. Robert W. (Bob) Easley, Jr. of Murphy is the West ern North Carolina direc tor of the 1960 White Cane Drive which will be conducted Sept. 18 to Oct. 2 by District 31-A Lions Clubs. Black Mountain is a member of this district. HUNDREDS PARTICIPATE IN REC PROGRAM Several hundreds of Opposition To New ABC Store Here In America we have free dom of speech; therefore I wish to publicly state that 1 am opposed to the newly lo cated ABC store in our com munity. I feel that I am not alone in resenting the estab lishment of this store in our neighborhood. People who live at Christmount Christian As sembly and many members of the Lakey Gap Presbyterian church as well as other indi viduals and families do not want alcoholic beverages sold right under our noses. It is bad enough, too bad, to have beer cans all along the high way and in our driveways. Perhaps those people who vot ed for ABC stores in Bun combe county want the store moved across from their homes. Why was N. C. No. 9 just outside the city limits of Black Mountain chosen? Black Mountain is supposedly dry. Yes, place the store as near as possible! Why not extend the city limits? Why not move it to Vance avenue extension or the Blue Ridge road? I do not know who is re sponsible for placing the store where it is, perhaps the coun ty ABC Board. I do know the Sheriff’s Department will have added work for every quart of liquor sold, not only the Sheriff’s Dept, but the welfare department. I do know that we who have to pass this ABC store every time we go to town are not at all happy about it. Are you? Did you vote for ABC stores Do you help to make the drinking of alcoholic bev erages popular? When one suffers from the effects, all suffer sooner or later. What do you think? Are you afraid to express your opinions? —Mrs. W. A. Davis. WBMT — 1350 ON YOUR DIAL FOR GOOD LISTENING! Religious Census Will Be Taken Sunday Sunday afternoon from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. all residents of the Black Mountain area are requested by the churches to be at their homes of at all possible in order that the Community-W i d e Religious Census may be successful. Planned and participated in by most of the churches in the area, this will be the first United Religious Census for Black Mountain in about 0 years. A large number of workers, more than 100 couples, has been recruited by the churches to do the work. The workers will gather at 2:30 P.M. Sun day at the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church to re ceive their instructions and assignments. From 3 o’clock Sunday through Wednesday the 14th the Census will be underway. PAST MASTERS WILL BE HONORED FRIDAY EVENING Clyde Watkins is general chairman of Past Masters’ Night which will be observed on Friday evening, Sept. 9, by Black Mountain Lodge 663 AF & AM. Past Masters will confer the Master Mason's De gree on a class of candidates. Leonard Keever, worshipful master, urges all past masters to attend. BRIDGE WINNERS Winners for Aug. 31 in the Black Mountain Bridge club were: North-South, Mrs. Clau dia McGraw and Max Wood cock; second, Arthur Johnson and Miss Mary Williams; third, Douglas Jones and Don Livingston. East-West, Mrs. Max Woodcock and Miss Peg gy Dennis; second, Mrs. Doug las Jones and Kenneth Don ald; third, M; Made Buie and Mrs. R. Ragland. This scene shows the finish of the balloon burst on opening day of the recreation program sponsored here by Operation Youth, Inc. Following this activity the boys and girls lined up at the Youth Center in background for free drinks and ice cream. Walter L. Cook, graduate of North Carolina State college and now completing his work for his Master’s Degree in Recreation at Indiana University, was hired last fall as full-time director. He and his family have left for Bloomington, Indiana. He will return at the close of the first semester in February. ___ rU/-»of ic on. Leadership Conference At Swannanoa A Leadership conference will be held at Swannanoa First Baptist church for all new W.M.U. officers. This conference will be for the Black Mountain and Oteen dis tricts. The churches in these districts include Black Moun tain First, Lakewood, Moun tain View, Grove Stone, Wilkie, Bald Mountain, Chest nut Hill, Ridgecrest, Kerlee, Vance Avenue, Swannanoa, Buckeye, Bee Tree, Oteen, Berea, Beverly Hills, Midway, Morningside, and Mt. Olive. This conference will be on Thursday night, Sept. 8, from 7:30 to 9:00. Conferences are being plan ned for: presidents and circle chairmen, enlistment and pro gram chairmen, secrearies, prayer chairmen, stewardship chairmen, mission study chair men, community missions chairmen, Y.W.A. directors and counselors, G.A. directors and counselors, primary Sun beam directors, primary and leaders, beginner Sunbeam di rectors and leaders, and nurs ery leaders. All W.M.U. presidents will please line up the new offi cers and have them present for this meeting. School Vandals Again Al Work Vandalism again reared its ugly head in the community over the long week end. Three of the schools in the area were broken into by so far unidenti fied persons in an effort 'to find money collected for sup plies and books. Mr. Keever, primary school principal stated today that access was gained to his build ing by breaking into the out side door and by cutting a hole in the panel to enter his office. While there his desk was torn apart and the cabinets were emptied and contents dumped, nothing of any value except a pair of binoculars and a wrist watch was found to be miss ing. The thieves also forced into the supply room back of the stage. Mr. Owen at the Black Mountain Elementary school stated that the damage done in his building was extreme, lunchroom and pantry were en tered, but very little taken and the lock was forced on the deep freeze causing damage, al though no food was removed. As in the primary school, the marauders broke a panel to get into the principal’s office where the most damage was done. With crowbar, hammer and what not, the vault was broken into, but fortunately there was very little cash left in the building over the holi days. Mr. Owen was most ap preciative of the insurance campany’s replacing and re pairing all damage as soon as an estimate could be made. Mr. Martin, from Owen High Sch >o' ;a:'’ is s-^ool was en —Turn to Page 4 Top picture at left is en titled “A little inside activ ity moves outside”. These youngsters have been busy as bees inside but not too busy to move out in the sun for a few rounds. The varied program provided activities for the young and those not so young. That the boys and girls en joyed it is shown by the fact that they flocked to the Youth Center each time the doors were open ed during the summer. In the lower picture at left the teen-agers dress in their best to stage a beat party that would make even the wildesl green with envy. The party was complete with costumes, tables, music, and lights. Here a group of beatniks look on while the others go into their dance. The dances at the clufc house and the street square dances on the A&P lot drew large crowds ol youngsters, their parents, and spectators. J. G. Northcott Northcotf Ends 2tst Year With Grove Stone Co. On Sept. 1, 1939, the sarat day Hitler sent his Nazi hordes into Poland thus precipitating the world into war, James G Northcott came to the Swan nanoa Valley to begin his portion of the Grove Stoni story. At that time Grove Stone was under the presidency oi the late R. L. Ellis, also ai one time president of the Asheville Coea-Colo Bottlinj company. Northcott left a responsibh position, materials engineer with the State Highway Com mission to begin his nev career. He has seen Grove Ston< grow from a small plant em ploying 15 men to a moderi gravel producing plant tha employs 50 persons exclusivi of administrative personel. New and modern equip ment has been purchased, in —Turn to Page ° Several hundreds ol child ren of various ages have en joyed the Operation Youth program this summer. The varied activities offered made the recreation interesting to many children; the fall and winter activities should prove just as well attended as the full time program continues. The employing of Walter L. Cook as full time recreation director, a man professionally trained for the work with young people, and Ron Hall berg, Indiana University und ergraduate who has been here this summer, have given the impetus to the recreation pro gram which has made it so popular. The summer program start ed in early June with sports and games, arts and crafts, dancing, social recreation, na ture and outing activities which have kept the youth of our community occupied this season. The Little Boy’s Baseball League has been developed in to what is about the best first year league around anywhere. Each team played in 16 reg ular scheduled games iplus the playoffs. The community is indebted to such men as Har ry Hyder, Everett Stephenson, Jesse Jolly, Amos Griffin, Charlie Tubaugh, A. J. Matson, Neil Price, and James Atkins for the fine job done with the little league. The influence of these men has meant much to the boys in teaching them sportsmanship and making bet ter citizens. The painting and sketching group under the direction of Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs. Bill Mc Murray, Mrs. Mac Wood, Mrs. Whitaker, and Mrs. Copeland were an enthusiastic gathering and the progress was evident. The 11 teen and pre-teen dances were fun as was proven by the average attendance from both groups, of 110. The dancers also were present at the public Saturday night community dances at the A&P parking lot where it is esti mated some 800 persons ob served, besides those who participated. A vote of thanks to Dr. Snyder of Montreat for his help in the nature program; nature films were a part of this activity and the children had a wonderful time. Instruction in Western square dancing and in social dancing aroused interest espe cially after those who attend ed found it was not too diffi cult to learn the modern dance steps. A Beat Party was some thing out of the ordinary and added a little spice to the summer. Beginning tennis was of fered to two groups and a tournament climaxed the com pletion of the classes. Swimming, always popular in the summer, was well at tended as anyone who visited the pool can testify. A swim ming meet and presentation of certificates for those who successfully completed the re —Turn to Page 8 Owen Will Meet Asheville High Friday Night The Owen High school War horses will open the season Friday evening when they travel over to the county seat to take on the rebounding Ma roon-Devils of Lee Edwards high at Memorial Stadium. This will be the first game of the new season for the lo cals playing under the direc tion of a new coach, Howard Barnwell, graduate of Black Mountain High and a star end at Western Carolina college at Cullowhee. Asheville High dropped a close 13-12 decision to Canton last Friday and will be set to take revenge on a young Owen 11. It is still too early to reach any conclusion as to what type team Barnwell and his staff will be able to field here this year but he and the other coaches have worked the boys hard in an effort to get them prepared for the tough season they face. Following the Asheville , High tilt, the Warhorses will meet Bethel, Hendersonville, Reynolds, Enka, North Bun ‘ combe, Erwin, Canton, Bre vard, and Waynesville. A look 1 at this schedule will convince - you that Owen will meet all ' the top powers in Western North Carolina over the next - 10 weeks. A breakeven mark - in this would be highly com mendable.