'hat to Do in Black Mountain
jaycees meet 1st Thursday for business, 7:30 p.m •
Thursday for dinner at Monte Vista, 7:00 o’clock'
Black Mountain-Swannanoa Rotary club meeting
. Outpost, Mondays, 12:15 p.m.
Black Mountain Lions club, Monte Vista, second
fourth Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club, each
rsday noon, Monte Vista hotel.
The following events, sponsored by the Get
iquainted club, to which all interested persons are
Spited:
j Every Wednesday night, 7:30 p.m., Monte Vista
L, duplicate bridge; instruction by Max Woodcock,
f Business and Professional Woman’s Club, second
inday night in month, 7:30, at Monte Vista hotel.
Other purely social activities listing in this cai
rn may call the Black Mountain News. Save this
iedule for easy reference.
FREE WHEELING
By Bill Crowell
IqoD PRACTICE A steady
t 0f "moderate driving is
bmniended for a healthy,
existance on North
iroiina highways.
Moderate driving, if you
[,cr too fast nor too slow
'in keeping with state
,,1 limits, the traffic flow
[weather conditions. Whet
vou’re a dyed-in-the-wool
r or a chronic slow poke
likely that sooner or later
iaw they call average
catch up with you. Or
jM.e a highway patrolmen,
the Motor Vehicles De
tment computers tell us
-driving too fast for
duions” is not only the
ding cause of fatal crack
j but also is a contribut
»'factor in a host of other
ffic mishaps.
blow drivers, too, account
their share of the acci
But of the two classes,
eders are by far the most
nacrous and produce the
Idliest accidents. The proof?
HI, last year there were
|(i 5 death-dealing traffic
ihaps in North Carolina,
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then
fermaglas
is a must!
The finest class t1. ! ■ lectric
water br.it r . r-,.% with
HYDRASTf11 I,a • >tr.i i life!
438 of them caused by speed
ing. The best recommenda
tion for speeders is-don't!
Abnormally slow drivers
tend to hamper the traffic
flow, particularly on mainline
thoroughfares, and cause con
gestion. They can set up an
accident by creating a “blow
the top” atmosphere among
drivers all along the line of
traffic. Sightseers or others
who prefer to amble along
should confine their trips to
lesser traveled roads. Those
with mechanical trouble and
trying to make a garage should
keep to the right as far as
possible and wave other cars
around.
Moderate driving is a prac
tical way to cut down the
accident toll. It means pacing
your driving to traffic around
you, gearing your speed to
prevailing road and weather
conditions.
A good rule of the thumb
has been coined by Highway
Patrol Sgt. Lloyd Burchette
who pilots No. 1 the state’s
handsome official limousine.
“If on the open road many
cars are passing you, then
probably you’re traveling too
slow. And if you are passing
many cars, chances are you’re
going too fast,” says Bur
ch«tte.
As a further incentive, keep
in mind that moderate driving
is much less fatiguing and adds
much to your motoring pleas
ure.
SUDDEN TWART. Money
may make the mare go but
the installment plan runs the
cars.
FABLE. A mule and one of
the small cars met one day
on the highway and stood
for sometine looking at each
other. Finally, the mule said,
“I beg your pardon, but I’m
a horse. May I ask what you
are?” The small car replied,
“I'm an automobile.” Where
upon both laughed heartily.
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WILLIAM R. COOKE, JR.
Your Telephone Manager
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"'one
in many ways. We hope it serves you oik a.
Now that fall's knocking on
everybody’s door, there s a
new hustle and bustle around
home. Suitcases being dusted
off for the trip back to school.
Lists being scribbled about
fall house cleaning. Talk of
i getting the furnace in order
'.her pre-winter repairs. Yes, indeed, life sure gets
when fall rolls around!
L
li'.r you ever thought what a big help your phone is with
“ '■•’.ese things going on? Take Long Distance, for in
c. If you’ve got a young one going off to college for
p- :>rst time, nothing helps cure homesickness like a call
pe, home that first week. Or, in the case of the left
ad gym shoes, what’s the quickest way to notify the
. ’ Long Distance, of course.
>r those of you who
teenagers at home,
a thought. Wouldn’t
■ tension phone in his
r room be a great
: ; ior you? Oh, I know
auger would enjoy
-II brings on a rash of
cs, dates and school
—but think of your
if all those long and very important conversations
1 go on in the privacy of his or her room, wit ou
bing the rest of the family. (Just call our business
- for all the details.)
one more thing I’d like to remind you of—those
Yellow Pages in the back of your telephone direc
With fall house cleaning coming up, it’s the greates
’ hunt” all over town for what you need. Cleaning
. paint, repair people—you name it and you in
your Yellow Pages. Count time and steps saved wne
ase them.
today’s column just serves as a simple reminder that
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Its a couple of happy policemen you’re seeing here. For the fourth
year in a row the North Carolina State Highway Patrol has won the “Out
standing Achievement Award”, presented by the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP) to the nation’s top police organization. On the left is
Commissioner Edward Scheidt, former FBI special agent and head of the State
Motor Vehicles Department (of which the highway patrol is a part) as he turn
ed over the prized award to patrol commander David T. Lambert. The pre
sentation was made recently by Col. C. W. Woodson of Richmond, superintend
ent of the Virginia State Police and IACP president.
OLD FORI NEWS
MRS. BONNIE S. REYNOLDS
PHONE NO. 155
Old Fort, N. C.
Elliott-Pittman Vows Spoken
Saturday at Old Fort
Miss Margaret J. Pittman
became the bride of Daniel S.
Elliott in a beautiful candle
light ceremony performed by
the Rev. C. Glenn Powell, for
mer pastor of the Old Fort
Wesleyan Methodist church,
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Pitt
man of Old Fort and the
groom’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Elliott of Black
Mountain.
Native greenery of fern and
palm trees and baskets of
white gladioli flanked by can
delabra holding lighted white
tapers were used as decora
tions. The vows were spoken
before an archway entwined
with ivy.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father. She wore
a ballerina length dress of lace
and net over satin, with a
fitted waist and bouffant
skirt.
Her shoulder-length veil of
French illusion was attached
to a crown of pearls and she
carried a white Bible topped
with an orchid.
The bride’s sister, Mrs. Billy
Vess, served as matron of
honor. She wore a dress of
blue satin with a nylon over
skirt; a hat in matching blue
ahd carried a nosegay of pink
carnations.
. Mark Elliott of the U. S.
Army stationed at Fort Gor
don, Ga., served as his broth
er’s best man. Ushers were
Guy Hensley and Billy Vess,
brothers-in-law of the bride
and Richard Simmons and
Cecil Murphy of Black Moun
tain.
The new Mrs. Elliott is a
graduate of the Old Fort High
Poet's Corner
Conducted by
Anne K. Sharp, Chairman
Creative Writing Group
GOI>S CARE
Courtesy of Cordelia Spitzer.
Each time I stand alone be
side
The sea and hear the break
ers roar,
Or watch in wonder as the
tide
Crawls in and grapples with
the shore,
I muse, “Could God who made
the sea
Feel yearning and concern for
me ”
And when I look into the vast
And awesome reach of space
and know
The starbeams flickering
there were cast,
Perhaps, a million years ago,
I realize that life and breath
Are but a thought from birth
to death.
And often questionings arise,
Could God who made eterni
ty,
The universe—stars, planets,
skies—
Stoop down to fellowship
with me?
Does God who made the night,
the day,
Take time to listen when I
pray ?
And then I see the small
brown bird,
Well clothed and fed, whose
lilting song
Throughout the wintry wood
is heard;
I watch the wild goose rise
on strong,
Broad wings; I note the flow
er and bee
And no more doubt His care
for me.
Anne Kendrick Sharp
Chr. Poet’s Corner.
school and held a position at
Montreat last year.
The groom is a graduate of
Charles D. Owen High school
and holds a position with the
Old Fort Finishing plant.
For the wedding trip to
Myrtle Beach, S. C., the bride
changed to beige sheath dress
with matching accessories.
She wore the orchid from her
bridal bouquet. After return
ing the couple will reside on
Blue Ridge road, Black Moun
tain.
The bride’s mother wore a
navy suit with white accessor
ies and wore a corsage of
white carnations.
The grooms mother chose a
dress of blue jersey with white
accessories, with a corsage of
white carnations.
Miss Virginia Baker of
Asheville was vocalist. She
sang, “Oh, Promise Me,” and
“I Love You Truly.” After
the service she sang “The
Lord’s Prayer.” She was ac
companied by the organist.
Cake Cutting Held
Immediately following the
rehearsal of the wedding, Fri
day evening, a cake cutting
was held at the home of the
bride’s parent.
Assisting in serving were
Mrs. Harold Pullium of Swan
nanoa, aunt of the bride, and
Miss Naomi Elliott of Black
Mountain, aunt of the groom.
Old Fort Indians
Opened Season Friday
Old Fort High school’s 1960
football season opened Friday
night at 8 o’clock with the
Salem High school team at
Salem in a Skyline class A
conference game. Old Fort is
the defending conference
champions.
Coaches Jim Washborn and
assistant Ken Griffin face a
big task in rebuilding the
championship team from which
10 of the 11 starters were lost
due to graduation and other
reasons.
The score was a disappoint
ment to the Redskins, and
their coaches, as well as to the
Old Fort fans. The skins and
bruises were not nearly so
bad.
Better luck next time boys.
Friday’s loss is behind you.
Serving as co-captains of
the Old Fort Redskins will be
Malcolm Robertson, a senior
back who weighs 140 pounds,
and “Big Tom” Carr, a husky
tackle who tips the scales at
200 pounds.
Tornado Causes Considerable
Damage In Old Fort Area
A tornado that struck in a
small area around Old Fort
last Friday night caused con
siderable damage by up-root
ing trees and crops ready for
harvest. The farm of W. L.
Gilliam in the Crooked Creek
section, according to reports,
was hit the hardest. A small
barn, a tool shed and a num
ber of trees, fruit and shade
trees, were completely up
rooted. Hail came with the
rain for a short time.
McDowell Youth Packing
For Colleges—Over 330
McDowell county has over
330 students leaving for col
lege and training school at
out-of-county points this fall.
A few have already reported
to school campuses, but most
of them will be leaving during
September.
Another 65 or more Mc
Dowell students will attend
their home-town business col
leges. Formerly known as
Clevenger’s the Marion busi
ness school is changing its
name to Marion College of
Commerce. An enrollment of
approximately 100 students at
the Marion business school in
cludes about 65 from McDow
ell and others from Spruce
Pine, Forest City and Mor
ganton.
Local students who are go
ing to out-of-county colleges
and training schools add up to
334 on a list compiled by the
McDowell News. Another nine
students will be off to prepar
atory schools.
The following students, tak
en from the roster for Mc
Dowell county, are from Old
Fort:
University of N. C.: Juniors
—Carroll Miller and David
Setzer. Sophomore: Kenneth
Rhinehardt. Freshman: Ter
rill McEntire.
N. C. State: Junior—Lloyd
Elliot. Freshmen: Frank
‘Butch” Gibbs, Robert Harris
and Marion Allison.
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine: William Griffin, Jr.,
1st year.
Wake Forest: Mrs. William
Griffin, Jr., under graduate
student. Senior: Robert Plem
mons.
Woman’s College of U.N.C.:
Sophomore—Bonnie Burrell.
Appalachian: Sophomore —
Katie Whiteside. Freshman:
Brenda McCullah.
Greensboro College: Senior
—Dorothy Bailey.
Brevard College: Sophomore
—Rita Allison.
Furman University' Senior
—Nancy Hughes Jennings.
Western Carolina: Senior—
Virginia Crawford. Sopho
mores: Linda Willis, Margaret
McEntire. Freshman: Juda
Morris.
Carson - Newman college:
Senior—James Kanipe Taylor.
Mars Hill: Freshman—De
Lois Harris.
Gardner-Webb: Sophomore—
Lloyd Porter. Freshmen: Ed
ith Davis, Richard Padgham.
Lees McRae: Sophomores—
Elaine Ross, Bobby Jo Met
calf, Janet Marston. Fresh
men: Lynn Shiflett and Sue
Crawford.
Warren Wilson: Freshman
—Allan Allison.
Montreat College: Sopho
mores—Mary Jo Harris, Car
rie Padgett.
Lee College, Tenn.: Fresh
man: Patricia Frye.
Campbell College: Fresh
man: Nancy Harris.
Gaston Technical Institute:
Freshman—Jerry Sutton.
Jaycee Junior College, San
Francisco: Kenneth Carver,
2nd year.
University of Georgia:
School of Pharmacy: Sopho
more—Ike Caplan, Jr.
Others are being accepted in
hospital schools of nursing,
business colleges, beauty
schools and training and ap
prentice schools in different
fields. We are proud of our
youth who are preparing for
the future.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bach
of Old Fort left for a trip of
several weeks, and will visit
Mrs. Bach’s brother and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ter
rell in Elkin, N. C., before re
turning.
Mrs. Gladys Kanipe and her
brother of Roxboro, N. C., at
tended the funeral of J. M.
Kanipe in Old Fort last Fri
day. Mrs. Kanipe is a former
resident of this place.
Miss Betty Venard Steppe
will enter the Dell School of
Technology in Asheville this
week.
Miss Elizabeth Crawford has
been quite ill at her home in
Old Fort. Her condition is
somewhat improved at this
time.
David Brown of the U. S.
Navy stationed in California
is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Donie Brown of the Bethlehem
section.
Mrs. Earl "Steaker” Grind
staff was the honor guest at a
stork shower given last week
by her sister, Mimi Padgett
and Mrs. Barbara Harris. Ap
proximately 30 persons en
joyed the evening of enter
tainment. Mrs. Grindstaff re
ceived many lovely gifts.
The shower was given in the
social hall of the Old Fort
Baptist church, which was de
corated beautifully. Refresh
ments suited to the summer
evening tastes were served by
the hostesses.
Mrs. W. S. Burgin is spend
ing a few days with her niece,
Mrs. Tony Grant of Marion.
They attended the memorial
services Sunday at Newland
Baptist church where Mrs.
Grant’s father is buried.
Ronnie Hunter of Morgan
ton is visiting- his grandmoth
er, Mrs. S. G. Hayes. He
was honor guest at a party
given for him by his grand
mother Saturday evening.
Those attending the party
were the following young peo
ple: Wayne Allen, Malcom
Robertson, Ray Lytle, Mar
garet Hendley, Jane Robert
son, Linda and Sadie Haney,
Johnsie Harris, Eugene Sim
mons, Locke Kelly, Jim Craw
ford and Martin Allison.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tate are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Faw and son Mark, in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., for a week
or 10 days.
Mrs. Don Gosorn, formerly
of Old Fort, is a patient in
Memorial Mission hospital in
Asheville. Her condition is
improving.
Revival services will be held
at the Bethlehem Baptist
church beginning Sept. 5
through the 11th. The Rev.
Clyde Church of the Calvary
Baptist will bring the mes
sages.
Miss Katie Whitesides has
been in Memorial Mission hos
pital in Asheville for a minor
operation. She has returned
to her home and is improving
nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Revis and
small daughter of Orlando,
Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Collier and daughter of Stuart,
Fla., spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Vergil Silver.
Mrs. Revis and Mrs. Collier
are daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Silver.
Homecoming was tyeld at the
Catawba Falls Baptist church,
near Old Fort, Sunday. The
Rev. Julius Henline was speak
er at the morning service.
Dinner was served picnic style
at noon. A large number at
tended.
The Rev. J. Groce Robinson
will speak each morning this
week over radio station WB
RM, Marion, at 9 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Calloway
of Hickory, made a business
trip to Chattanooga, Tenn.,
last week. They stopped on
their way home to visit with
Mr. Calloway’s mother, Mrs.
C. A. Calloway of Old Fort.
Miss Jo Silver, who has vis
ited at the home of her un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Burnette of Bee Tree
road, Swannanoa, and her
brother Robert J. Silver who
has visited with his aunts,
Mrs. D. B. Gibbs, Mrs. Brady
Skidmore, Miss Ada Silver and
Mrs. P. D. Reynolds in Old
Fort, have gone to their home
in Palm Bay, Fla., to enter
school there. They are chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Jay C.
Silver.
Col. and Mrs. R. O. Booth
and son Michael, who have
been spending the summer in
Chaney, Md., were the guests
of Mrs. Booth's mother, Mrs.
M. M. Chaney last week in
Old Fort.
Warren Sutton fell from the
roof of his home near Old
Fort last Wednesday and broke
a leg. He was taken to the
Marion hospital, where he is
doing nicely.
Howard Bevins was called to
Roxboro, N. C., on account of
the illness of his father, Mar
tin Bevins. He was accom
panied by his two brothers
Ervin and Bob Bevins.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Collins
and young daughter Sandra of
Jacksonville, N. C., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Gibbs for several days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Andre and
family of Florida, have visited
in this area for a week or ten
days. They have spent some
time with Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Adams. They are former resi
dents of Old Fort.
Donald Lydia of Old Fort
spent the week-end with Miss
Judy Scott in Jellico, Tenn.
Maran Piercy, Jr., visited
his wife and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Moran Piercy, Sr., ,
over the week-end.
Harold Vess, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Vess, has been
inducted into the U. S. Army
and is taking basic training in
Fort Benning, Ga. Mrs. Vess
is a registered nurse at Mar
garet Pardee hospital in Hen
dersonville.
The Rev. C. Glenn Powell,
former pastor of the Old Fort
Wesleyan Methodist church,
has been moved to a church
in Lexington, N. C., where he
and his family are now living.
The Rev. and Mrs. Forris
Barnard and son Larry, have
moved their residence to Old
Fort where the Rev. Barnard
will be the new pastor for the
Wesleyan church. They are
formerly of High Point, N. C.
Class Radiant of the Old
Fort Baptist church in the in
termediate department held its
meeting at the home of Mrs.
James D. Faw last Friday
evening. The girls enjoyed a
wiener roast in the yard of
the Faw home.
Those present were Magaret
Simmons, Margaret Hendley,
Sue Dare McDaniel, Brenda
and Penny Carver, Linda Wor
ley, Janet Sersey and Louise
McKenney, a visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wal
ker of Cary, N. C., are visit
ing their parents in Old Fort
and Black Mountain. Mrs.
Walker’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Ira F. Knupp of the
Crooked Creek section. Mr.
Walker is a rising senior at
N. C. State this year.
Little Joyce Dobias, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Dobias
was riding her horse last week
when suddenly he fell to the
ground with a heart attack.
The little girl was partially
under the horse when found
by her mother. She was found
to be only scared and hurt be
cause the horse had died.
Joseph M. Kanipe
Dies at Old Fort
Joseph M. Kanipe, 88, a re
tired Old Fort business man,
died last Wednesday evening
after a long illness. Mr. Ka
nipe was a much loved and
respected citizen of Old Fort.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Old Fort church
Friday morning at 10 o’clock,
by the Rev. J. Groce Robin
son, pastor.
Burial was in the Oak Grove
cemetery in Marion in the
. family plot prepared there for
. several years. Mrs. Kanipe,
who proceeded him by a num
ber of years, is buried there.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, Miss Millie E. Kanipe of
the home and Mrs. J. H. Tay
lor of Old Fort; one grand
son James Kanipe Taylor and
one granddaughter, Elizabeth
Taylor.
He is also survived by one
sister, Mrs. Anne Noblitt of
Old Fort.
Arrangements were under
i direction of McCall’s Funeral
home in Old Fort; and the I
body remained there until the I
funeral hour. |
__The Noblitt Reunion
Approximately 100 members
of the Noblitt family met in a
reunion at the old Noblitt
cemetery, near Old Fort, last
Sunday. Mrs. Harlow Noblitt
was the speaker for the group.
A picnic style dinner was
enjoyed at picnic tables al
ready provided. The out of
town members were delighted
with arrangements of this re
union.
The Silver Reunion
The Silver reunion will be
held Sept. 11 at the Old Fort
park on old highway No. 70,
west. In case of rain, plans
have been made to have the
reunion and picnic dinner at
the Old Fort Community build
ing. A way will be made to
let the out of county and state
members know' of any change ^
in plans has been made.
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