FIRE PREVENTION WEEK - OCT. 9-15 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low Pree. Sept. 27_66_50 .16 Sept. 28_50_58 .61 Sept. 20_71_54 .16 Sept. 30_72_56 Oct. 1_75_47 Oct. 2_72_54 Oct. 3_82_58 VOL. 16, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 6 — Single Copy, 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood ,51 CAREFUL, please \ friend called last week to inquire: ■ -pill you attend the legisla te luncheon in Chapel Hill Saturday?” Told that 1 did he wanted to know: ■■How did you like the ball game? Kine,” I replied with great enthusiasm before realizing • I was talking to the ene mv. I resolved then and there to 1,0 more careful when talking ., customers and not to ex press an opinion as to the rel ■jvc merits of N. C. State and Carolina. It seems odd that jlnce then we’ve seen neithei m\ friend nor his printing order which he was due to have brought in last week. I won der if he is looking for a printer who went to Carolina? Could be. —R— BOTH WERE GOOD! If he’ll come back I prom ise not to mention even once that State won the ball game because of two things: a rock-ribbed defense that re fused to give inside the 20 and one of the best quar terbacks in the country, Ga briel of Wilmington. This boy is exciting to natch even when thrown for a loss trying to get a pass away. He runs around in the baekfield side stepping nould-be tacklers and carry ing the ball in one hand as if it had a handle on it. State was lucky to win but luck wasn’t the whole story. Earle Edwards kept shuttling big men and fast men into the game at strat egic moments and in the fin al analysis this made the difference. He had the big line, supported by fast backs and ends, in the ball game when they were needed. CAROLINA IS GOOD Hut don’t underestimate Carolina. With a break or twc md a Gabriel they could just is easily have won. They out lined State but their power ,eemed to fade as they neared he goal. My prediction is that they’l! it- rough before the season is 'try old. They have the tab int. In fact, they are twc tnd three deep at most posi dors. A team with much po ll ' .ul won’t stay down long. i - R— I0E ROBINSON ii We tried to see Joe Rob in.-iin, tlu- Black Mountain hm running at fourth string fullback for the Tut Heels, but missed him. Watched fur him throughout the Kamo but he didn’t get to play. —R— L11MS1.ATIVK LINCHKON i It was good to see many ol h ol : members of the Leg Sa' irc and the new ones at ib- luncheon given each yea) r. the Planatarium. ! •!"<' Hunt, a shoo in for 19(11 (pi-aker; H. Clinton Blue ha :!a:i of the 1959 financi Cti-.tiii'tce; Terry Sanford, am ■ 11 n-r leaders were theft h tig bamls and making ha\ the sun was shining : it * ertainly did shine ' ttm 1 have been 90 out a' k stadium. —R— ■'ll Most members expect the —Turn to Page 4 |LUE ridge chapel IUMMAGE SALE WILL IE FRIDAY, SATURDAY ’V Society of Blue Ridge “a!" 1 will have a rummagt r brake’s office on Broad “The ladies are offering 1 buys at a low cost. Come ld outfit the family,” the iwnittee said. JEART DISEASE' TO | SUBJECT FOR earfott program r second program in the l?! “Mt Company’s Moderr r ’ive Living series will be f-wnted on Thursday eve jj Oct. 13, in the Owe! r“ bool auditorium, it was r luc'cd today. The sub - be “Heart Disease.’ | ! 'Lilip Russell of Ashe l' ;:ii show a film “Pumj I make a short ad L “The Heart and Its j uid then lead a i)ues r. ::'-l answer period. I !_ public has been invitee L;, and other program; L' Ml he scheduled for the ^ ’'‘day afternoon anil Sat fda.v the Woman’s Mission the vacant lot betweer '■Real Kstate office anc —Ed DuPuy Photo Oct. 29 is the date set for the forthcoming mar riage of Miss Pauline Jelley and Dr. Richard Thompson, Jr. Miss Jelley is the daughter of Mrs. Walter Jelley of West Asheville and the late Mr. Jelley. The wedding is to be held at the Methodist church. Black Mountain. Glenn L. Vernon, a sum mer employee of Blue Ridge Assembly for the last three years, and re viewer for the Black Moun tain News for the Silo Circle Playhouse produc tions, has been named di rector of a historical pag eant which will be pre sented in Asheville on Nov. 15. The pageant will commemo rate the 75th anniversary of the North Carolina Baptist Children’s Homes, and will be presented on the opening night of the 1960 North Car olina Baptist State convention which will be held in the Asheville City auditorium. Vernon is a 1956 graduate of Mississippi college, Clinton, Miss., and at present is work ing toward the master of arts degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a graduate assistant in the department of dramatic art and serves the Carolina Playmakers as publicity di rector. He will graduate in June. Another Horse, Another Girl Tragedy again struck our >rse loving youngsters in the immunity with the passing ' Nassau, owned by Janice iggenbotham. Or is it true ,at we never really OWN our ;ts, that they own us, in ead ? In this case, owner and iend were so closely related is difficult to draw the line, ,r Nassau and Janice be nged together. They belonged gether because they under ood each other and if you ink a horse will perform for meone she doesn’t under and and who in turn doesn t iderstand her, think again, y friend, for understanding ,es with love and if you want see hate at its worst see ,meone who has felt the slash ■ a hoof or whose arm has *en cut to the bone by venge ,1 teeth. These things are )t all story book or TV plots. iey are for real. This story another in what is getting be a series of true stones >out girls and their horses. Nassau was an openjumpei Pe horse, chestnut with a few ack markings. She was a oroughbred in every sense of m Being a thorough ie word, neing ** , ■ed made her sensitive o her indling and up .“^ilthe me she became Janice s hor e .e had not been schooled. She Us formerly owned b> tne •alter Newman stables in ikon S. C., and had been a fficult horse to manage as r. Newman pointed out. mice. Under her patent -Turn to Page 10 Methodists Vole To Build New Sanctuary The congregation of the State Street Methodist church convened following the Sun day morning service, for the purpose of deciding between two building plans, presented by the building committee, for the new sanctuary to replace the one now located at the corner of State and Church streets. The vote of the congrega tion was overwhelmingly for the contemporary design as opposed to the Gothic design, also presented. The new build ing will be of buff brick which matches the Educational build ing completed in 1955 at a cost of $58,000. The new sanc tuary will seat 27(1 with class room area in the back which may be converted, or taken into the main sanctuary by the removal of a temporary wall, so that the seating will then be for 400. There is to be a choir room and small chapel which will seat 83. The chapel opens by private en trance, to Church street, as does the sanctuary, to give privacy and remove services from the noise of State street which has proved so distract ing. The chapel will be used for small groups, prayer, med itation, youth worship and small weddings and funerals. The wing which is the link with the Educational building will contain rest rooms, a large library, an office and a study. The estimated cost of this building is $114,000 approxi mately. George Moray, on behalf of the congregation thanked and commended the committee for the excellent work they had done and for the many hours spent in study and conference with the architects, Gudger, Baber and Gudger before pre senting the plans. The recently acquired park ing lot on Church street just north of the parsonage, will be more accessible from the Church street entrance and will provide adequate parking for many cars. One of the most interesting features of the new sanctuary is the window which will face State street. This window will have the World Parish Cross which is a cross with the po lar projection of the world. This Cross is copyrighted but permission has been obtained for this use. The design sym bolizes two things, (1) that —Turn to Page 5 Carl Bowness Building New Apt. House A much needed addition to the housing facilities of Black Mountain is now under con struction. Carl Bowness, local builder is constructing a 6 v.nit apartment house directly back of the Baptist church, facing on West street. These units are all on one floor with ample parking area. There will he four large units, with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bath. Mr. Bow ness states that the kitchens are very compact with stove and refrigerator. Electric heat will be used throughout. In the construction of this first unit Mr. Bowness has used one of the two large lots which lie between Midland and West streets. If the future demands make it practical Mr. Bowness may build another 6 unit apartment; there are many demands for convenient, small apartments for retired persons who wish to live with in walking distance of town. These apartments will answer this requirement. The exterior of the apart ment house will be of reclaim ed brick, which is being used extensively now in the making of many attractive structures. The approximate cost of the unit is about $35,000 and the date set for completion is around the first of the year. CLUB'S FALL RUMMAGE SALE TO OPEN FRIDAY The Tea and Topic club fall rummage sale will open on Friday, Oct. 7, at 9:30 at the Auction Gallery, corner of State Street and Broadway. There will be an exceptionally fine selection of clothes, lin ens and household articles. Come early and look things over. —Photo by Gragg A host of friends and relatives helped Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bradley of Black Mountain celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 25. They were married Sept. 20, 1910. They have eight daughters: Mrs. Walter Allison, Mrs. W. M. Burgess, Mr. Walter Bartlett, Mrs. Lee Kerlee, Mrs. Cordie Bartlett, Mrs. Wayne Ro land, Mrs. Harold Eller, and Mrs. Pat McMahan. They also have 23 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Be Careful With Fire Every Week During (he Year The Western North Carolina Sanatorium and the Town of Black Mountain will observe Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15, it was announced today by Dr. C. D. Thomas, associate medical director of the sana torium and R. T. Greene, bus iness manager of the town. Purpose of the event is to direct public attention to the tremendous annual loss of life and property resulting from fire, and to the safety measures which must be taken if these losses are to be re duced, Dr. Thomas explained. Frank Wade is chief eng ineer and safety officer for the. sanatorium and L. A. Al len is town fire chief. —Turn to Page 4 Famous Fruit Cakes On Sale By Men's Club Frank Huggins, chairman for the 1960 fruit cake sale of the Swannanoa Men’s club, an nounced at the regular meet ing’ this week that the cakes have arrived and are now ready for distribution. They may be bought from any mem ber of the club, a 3-pound cake for $3.00. The club voted unanimously to endorse the plan for city mail service for the Swannan oa community and President S. D. Alexander appointed a committee composed of Fred Davidson, Dr. W. J. Faucette, and W. W. Corne to work with the postmaster, J. H. Parks. Mr. Parks explained that the community must meet cer tain conditions before the ser vice could be started. The houses must be numbered and the streets marked. He point ed out that the Swannanoa post office serves more than 6000. —Turn to Page 10 Woman’s Club Luncheon Date Is Changed The annual Gourmet Lunch eon of the Black Mountain Woman’s club, fellowship room of the First Baptist church on Montreat road, 12 noon Thurs day, Oct. 13. Members please notice change in meeting day. Each member is expected to bring a copy and demon stration of her favorite recipe so others may not only taste her dish but have a copy for her own use. A charge of 50 cents will be made for each guest, many of whom are expected. Mrs. Mary Farmer Ray, the Home Demonstration agent of Buncombe county, will speak on “Consumer Buying”. This lecture provides val uable information for every homemaker since Mrs. Ray’s profession gives her full ser vice on current prices and policies of food industry. The executive board will meet at the home of Mrs. A. J. Schneider on Mountain Cove road at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 10. MRS. KERLEE WILL OBSERVE 94th BIRTHDAY ANNIV. Mrs. H. B. Kerlee will ob serve her ninety-fourth birth day anniversary Sunday after noon, Oct. 9, from 2 to 5 p.m. with open house at her home. “All friends and relatives are cordially invited to come and extend birthday greetings to Mrs. Kerlee,” members of the family said. Nation's Mail Volume At All-Time High A new all-time high in the nation’s mail volume was reached during fiscal year 1960 ending June 30, which con tinued the steady upward trend of the past seven years at a rate which even exceeds the population growth, accord ing to advance information from the Annual Report of the Post Office Department which has been made available to Postmaster Charles L. Greer. Although subject to last minute revisions, the years’ total has been estimated as 63.6 billion pieces of mail which includes about one bil lion pieces of parcel post. It was stated that this would mean an increase of nearly 25 per cent over the correspond ing figures for 1953 when the annual volume was 50.9 billion pieces. During this same period, it was pointed out, the revenue of the Department also has shown an impressive gain with an increase from $2,091,714, 000 in fiscal year 1953 to $3, 276,800,000 for fiscal year 1960. Turn to Page 5 Rotary Club Donates $100 To New Class The regular meeting of the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Rotary club was held Monday noon at Don’s Outpost. Wallace Grubman, manager of American Parboard plant at Swannanoa, and one of Ro tary’s new members gave a brief sketch of his life his tory. Wally told of being born and raised in Brooklyn. His school days were spent there and he attended Columbia uni versity from which he was graduated as a chemical engi neer. After working several years with National Corporation, he was sent to North Carolina to develop parcel board in their plant in Swannanoa. He has been here about a year. Wally lives in Asheville and enjoys the hospitality of North Carolina, and is happy to be a member of Rotary. Vice Pres., Marion Stubbs, presided, and reported our two hospital beds are in use as well as the crutches and wheel chair that the hospital equip ment committee loan out to residents of the Valley. Barney Baxter, secretary re ported that $100 was donated to the program in Black Moun tain for retarded children. Two Rotarians from Florida were visitors. Capacity Crowd Present For Series Opener Wilma Dykeman, native of the Beaverdam section of Asheville, and author of the best seller, “The French Broad,” was enthusiastically received as the first speaker on the Montreat-Anderson col lege distinguished visitors’ series last week in Assembly Inn. A capacity crowd at tended. The Northwestern Univers ity graduate who vaulted to fame overnight with the pub lication of her book in the riv er series, held the attention of the capacity crowd from her opening sentence to the closing as she led the group “up the hollers and down the coves of the French Broad Country.” Possibly no one in the region has a more intimate knowl edge of the character and way of life of the people who in habit the Southern Appalach ians than does Miss Dykeman who is descended on her moth er’s side from the pioneer fam ilies of Western North Caro lina. In private life she is Mrs. Wilma Dykeman Stoke ley of Newport, Tenn. She made the mountain area come alive and it was not hard to visualize the characters she told about. Natives of the mountains have known many who would gladly carry the apples to the car but would rebel at being told to do so and explain the 50 cents extra in the same manner as the man in the story: “When I tote a poke of ap ples to the car it costes.” The language may have been handed down from the days of Chaucer but it is still easily understood by most of the residents of the moun tains. The speaker was introduced by Miss Elizabeth Hoyt of the MA college faculty. George —Turn to Page 5 City Delivery Mail Service Is Planned ForSwannanoa Area Vvrr \X7 T PrnTijfnrrl R o cl Committee Needs Your Old Christmas Toys The Christmas Toy com mittee of Kearfott Employees association has started a drive for all old toys that are just lying around the house, in the attic, or possibly in the garage, not being used. The committee will rebuild them and paint them so that some small child can have a Christ mas toy on a day important to him. “Although Christmas i s some months away, now is the time to start preparing for the yule tide season and think of the underprivileged and needy children in the Swan nanoa valley”, Andy Andrews, Christmas Toy committee chairman, stated. Others serv ing on the committee are Lucy Hollifield, Wilma Whitaker, Jean McFalls, Phebe Hill, H. Wheelon, Eugene McFalls, Jack Gilbert, Jessie Glenn, Bob Wheelon, A. T. Hollifield, Georgia Nix, Mary Carter, Dot Kennedy, Almetta Tweed, J. Stevens, and Ben Ivey. These toys will be repaired at Kearfott company with the assistance and help of the maintenance personnel. It is a plant-wide project. Call any member of the committee for a pick-up or NO 9-5231. Final Rites Are Held For J. N. Wright Final rites for Jasper N. Wright, well known and prom inent business man of Black Mountain, were held Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, in the Methodist church with the Rev. John McWhorter, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial park. Pall bearers were John Pellom, W. J. Griffin, Nelson Massey, James Hyatt, Clarence Davis, and Mack Burnette. Mr. Wright, a native of Georgia, had resided in Black Mountain for 33 years. He was in the grocery and feed business. He was a member of the Methodist church, the American Legion, and the Junior Order of United Amer ican Mechanics. Mr. Wright was a charter member of the Black Mountain Lions club. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Florence Holt Wright; three sons, W. J. Wright of Swannanoa, H. C. Wright and P. N. Wright, both of Black Mountain; a brother, W. T. Wright of Black Mountain; seven sisters, four grand children, and a number of nieces and nephews. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. —Always store pesticides in original container and keep them tightly closed. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Vess celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, Sept. 11, at an open house in their home near Lake Lure. Many friends and relatives called during the afternoon. Their five children, Mrs. Festus Mills of Campobello, S. C.; Mrs. Frances Lee and Billy Vess of Swannanoa; Ray Vess of Lake Lure; Mrs. Earnell Bradley of Landrum, S. C., and eight grandchildren were present for the occasion. They have spent several winters in Swannanoa. ill lull) K/Wll MJ11H7V»11VV/V» ' ' • •*-« ' —— -J O ional Operations Director, Post Office Department, of the approval to establish City Delivery Mail Service in the Swannanoa area. Service will begin when street signs are erected and the houses numbered to conform with Department Regulations. J. H. Parks, postmaster, believe that service can be started on or near Jan. 1, 1961, if the above con ditions are met by the people of the community. Sev eral of the civic organizations have expressed an in terest in the project and they are expected to organize a central committee to help the people in numbering their homes. Carl Bowness Carl Bowness was elect ed president of the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Ki wanis club at the regular meeting held Sept. 29 at the Monte Vista hotel. Don Quarles was elected vice-president. Secty-Treas. James C. Bar tholomew was cheered by the whole club for having sold twenty-five per cent of the club’s total ticket sales at the recent Pancake jamboree. Pres. Dave Harrison announced that the Oct. 24 Kiwanis di rectors meeting is to be held at Don's restaurant. The reg ular club meeting will, of course, be at the regular place, the Monte Vista hotel, Thurs day, same time as before. Phil Stevens, local plumber and heating contractor, gave the Kiwanians a 20 minute talk on how too much heat ing can be a real menace. Phil is naturally interested in the Fire department and gave some fine pointers on fire prevention. Church Women Urged To Give Medical Kit United Church Women of Black Mountain area are pre paring to participate in World Community Day Observance. Nov. 4, 1960, in a very prac tical way^. The women of lo cal churches are urged to as sist the needy of foreign lands by donating a “Home Medical Kit.’’ Black Mountain druggists have agreed to fill these kits with medical supplies at re duced prices. Messrs. Klutz Uzzell, and Wheelon have made this generous arrange ment with Mrs. M. E. Head chairman of this mission en terprise. The following contents may be purchased from local drug stores for less than $5.00: Home Made Kit—2 pkgs. Band-Aids, 1 can antiseptic powder, 1 pkg. bicarbonate of soda, 1 tube vaseline, 1 pkg. Vicks or Mentholatum, 1 bot tle iodine, 2 or 3 toothbrushes and tooth paste or powder, 1 pkg. boric acid powder, 2 or 4 oz., 1 pkg. gauze pads, 4”x6”, 2 rolls adhesive tape, !4” or and (> rolls bandage gauze, as 1”, 1 pkg. absorbent cotton, sorted widths. In a land where there are few or no doctors, nurses, nor medical supplies, these kits will give evidence of our Christian concern for the ill and needy. The kits are to be brought to the Presbyterian church on Montreat road where the church women will meet on Nov. 4 for a luncheon meeting. MASONS WILL MEET FRIDAY Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 will hold a stated com munication on Friday evening, October 7, at 7:30. All Mas ter Masons are cordially in vited. L. T. Keever is Master. look Who's Here Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross C. Wheeler of Swannanoa a son Sept. 27 in Memorial Mis sion hospital. Both a foot, and a mounted route will be established to serve the community on a one delivery a day basis. The area served by the foot, or door to door carrier is as fol lows: Park St. from Railroad to Beacon, Alexander, South, Hughes, Whitson, Railroad, Richmond, Edwards, Short, Barker, Young, Central, Gibbs, Dennis, Morgan, Cambell, and Powell Sts. In this area pa trons will be required to num ber their homes, erect street signs and provide a mail re ceptacle at their door. The mounted carrier will serve Asheville Rd., North, Harrison, Beacon, New High way 70 from Whitson to Jord an Rd., Trailer Lane, Franklin, Red, Old Highway 70 to C. W. White residence, Stone Dr., All of Grovemont, Rockdale, Patton Hill Rd. No. 2, Lytle Cove Rd. to Guy Etherton res idence, Watershed and Church Rd. (Harrison Ave.). The pa trons in this area will be re quired to erect a rural type mail box in front of their homes (the side of the street will be designated), number their homes and erect street signs. It will be of help to the carrier if the house num ber is also shown on the mail box of the mounted route. Parcel post deliveries will be made, to the door, in the foot and mounted areas. Patrons who desire may con tinue to use their post office boxes, however, it is hoped that those who now use gen eral delivery will make ar rangements to receive their mail by carrier. Extensions have also been made to the rural delivery ser vice which will benefit 120 families. These families will be notified when to expect the additional service. It is estimated that the pa tons will receive 68% of their mail on the day the mail is received in the local post of fice under the new delivery plan. Any person or organization interested in helping with the numbering of homes and erection of the street signs are asked to contact Mr. Parks. The carrier will be selected from the civil service eligible register. Sorority Sees Slides Monday Tha Gamma Pi Sorority met in the home of Sara McWhor ter Monday night. Shirley Atkins presented the program on Introductions and Invita tions. She introduced her guest Ann Burgin from Scot land who assisted Shirley in showing slides of Edinburgh. Her descriptions and also her Scottish accent made it possi ble for members to visit Scot land in a vicarious way, at least. Refreshments were served by the hostess. GIRL SCOUT TROOP ON CAMPING TRIP Girl Scout troop 90 spent the week-end camping at Pis gah Girl Scout camp at Bre vard. Those enjoying the trip were Barbara Blizard, Candy Clarke, Mary Cook, Betty Love, Vickie Osteen, Carol Watkins, Ruth Frady, Karrie Rayburn, Helen Christian, Pa tricia Warren and Elena Ron quillo. Barbara Miller and Pat Smith intermediate Girl Scouts, accompanied the group also. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ron quillo and Mr. and Mrs. John Love were chaperones. RED CROSS CHAPTER ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 10 The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Red Cross chapter will hold the annual meeting and election of officers at the town hall in Black Mountain at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10. The pubic is invited to attend.