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VOL. 16.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
NO. 19 — Single Copy 10c
8 PAGES TODAY
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
RESOLUTIONS!
I resolve not to make any
resolutions that I do not in
tend to keep!
That was my first New
Year's resolution. At the end
of the year I’ll give you an
accounting as to how I did.
1 firmly resolve to try and
do a better job for our com
munity during the coming year
than I did in 19(10.
We need very badly, in my
opinion, improvement in edu
cation. more aid to welfare, a
fourth lane to Asheville, an
access road to the Blue Ridge
Parkway via the Old Mount
Mitchell Motor road, an im
provement to the road to Mon
treat, improved secondary
roads — those traveled by
school buses and those which
aren’t—many things in many
fields. The list grows too
numerous to mention.
We can't get these all at one
time but we can keep pushing,
never forgetting that "them
what asks sometimes gits.”
So during 19G1 I resolve to
ask. And I hope we get.
—R—
CHRISTMAS MESSAGES!
During the season we see
many messages written or
printed on beautiful and at
tractive cards and letters.
The following from Cloyd
Philpott, lieutenant gover
nor of North Carolina, was
a simple typewritten letter
but it carried a message
which is one that we can car
ry with us for many years
to come. It said in part.
Dear Gordon:
For the new year, I send
you this message, which
came across my desk sever
al years ago, the author of
which is unknown:
1 said to a man who stood
at the gate of the year, give
me a light that I may tread
safely into the unknown, and
he replied: ‘‘Go out into the
darkness and nut yoer'tasift
into the hand of God. That
shall be to you better than
a light and safer than a
known way.”
—R—
■ l’RAYER FOR NEW YEAR
2 Lord, make me an instrument
of Thy peace;
Where hate rules, let me bring
love,
Where malice, forgiveness,
Where disputes, reconciliation,
Where error, truth,
Where doubt, belief,
Where despair, hope,
Where darkness, Thy light,
| Where sorrow, joy!
1
O Master, let me strive more
to comfort others than to
be comforted,
To understand others than to
be understood,
To love others, more than to
be loved!
For he who gives, receives,
He who forgets himself, finds,
He who forgives, receives for
giveness,
And dying, we rise again to
eternal life. Amen.
—Francis of Assisi,
(Thirteenth Century)
Teen Agers Will
Start March of
Dimes Friday
Teen-agers of the county
kick-off the March of Dimes
drive this Friday, January 6,
at 5, when they begin the an
nual sale of crutches. These
minature pins are given to don
ors to show' they have parti
cipated in the drive and thus
will not be again approached.
Donations are on a voluntary
basis, give as you feel able, or
wish to; children are urged to
feel free to give pennies so
they can have an active part
in the drive to help those less
fortunate.
Mrs. Grace Scruggs stated
that Jackie Hughes and Pattie
Ilyrd Talbot, of Owen w'ill be
! co-chairman and will, with
about 100 others, initiate the
drive which will continue un
til the following day, Satur
day, at 5.
Mrs. Scruggs also said the
teen-agers have been most en
; thusiastie about helping and
are planning a county-wide
dance which will culminate
[their activities.
The March of Dimes will
I continue throughout the month
[with other means being em
] ployed to gain the necessary
[funds to carry on the work of
[the organization. She wishes
[the citizens of the community
Ito be aware of the fact that
[this fund is not covered in the
llnited Appeal drive which
ftook place some time ago.
m mmzsaammm
Only a portion of the 150 persons to attend the
Rotary club Christmas party for children, is shown
here. Gifts were distributed to a carefully chosen
number of children ranging in age from 2 months to
11 years.
This 10 month old youngster was pretty solem
throughout the whole affair until he received his gift
for which he bestowed a large smile on the Rotary
Ann when she wished him “Merry Christmas”.
Mrs. Don Burgin, Rotary Anne, presents a gift to
this guest whose name had just been called.
"One In Your Midst”
Receives Answer To
Letter To Editor
(B. Gordon Byron, retired industrial
executive, moved to Black Mountain
several years ago. Since he has lived
in many sections of the country he
is well qualified to answer the charg
es made by "one in your midst" in
a letter to the editor last week. He
has had wide experience in dealing
with the public, built his home here,
and knows the community. His an
swer follows.)
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
While contrary to your pol
icy to publish anonymous let
ters, I think it was wise to
publish the one signed “One in
Your Midst," last week. For
one thing, it causes me to look
around and count our many
blessings, and also stimulates
a little soul searching and self
analysis which is usually pro
ductive. 1 would like to take
up each point raised in turn.
Taxes
Obviously, if you buy a
piece of unimproved property
and put a building on it, its
value goes up. As taxes are,
throughout the country, based
on the appraised value, the
Enka Here For
Doubleheader
Friday Evening
Enka, a leading team in
Buncombe County and Blue
Ridge Conference play, will
be here for a doubleheader
with the Owen High school
teams on Friday evening, Jan.
6.
The JVs game will start at
5:30 with the girls’ contest
following at 7:00.
On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the
Warhorses and Lassies will
journey out to Waynesville to
play the Haywood county en
tries in the Blue Ridge Con
ference.
taxes on this property will go
up. But let us remember that
the placing of a building calls
for increased services from
the town or county and addi
tional costs which can only be
met by taxes. I note that in
the past five years, my own
local taxes have increased 45
per cent. This is high, but I
am not unmindful of the fact
that the cost of labor and sup
plies (also a result of con
stantly increasing labor costs)
have also increased in the same
period. Thirty-nine years ago,
when we were married, we
built a small, two-bedroom
house on 5500 square feet of
land on the outskirts of a
“backward” village in West
chester County, New York, be
cause it was cheap. The local
taxes on that house in the
thirties were about the same
as my present taxes on a much
larger three-bedroom house
located on 22,500 square feet.
And two years ago, when I
visited my former neighbors,
I found that the local taxes
on my former house, then 37
years old, were more than
twice what I am now paying
for a much superior property.
Sales Tax
Few, if any States, have no
sales tax of 3 per cent. Mich
igan, just recently, has raised
its sales tax to 4 per cent.
Moreover, some states charge
3 per cent sales tax even on
the food purchased in retail
food stores, which N. C. does
not.
Two-Price System
We moved here 13 years
ago and have never discovered
any two price system such as
your correspondent claims. On
the contrary, when we moved
here, we were welcomed in lo
cal stores, given advice and
help freely, and even given a
discount as a token of good
will. I know that was the
—Turn to Page 4
Citizen Urges
Police Control
Beyond City Lmt
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
Because of the limited area
included in the Town of Black
Mountain, traffic control by
our local police force is inef
fectual. Cars pass along Mon
treat road at 70 miles per
hour in a 35 mile zone and be
fore the police can overtake
them they are outside the town
limit where they are free from
arrest. The same problem
arises with respect to other
crimes committed within the
town limits. The tragic acci
dent Sunday night just out
side our limits is a case in
point.
I urge you to sponsor leg
islation to authorize our po
lice force to make arrests any
where within the township, of
persons committing law viola
tions within the Town of Black
Mountain, if such legislation
is possible.
Of course the town limits
should be extended but that is
another subject.
Respectfully yours,
—M. E. Head.
Throughbreds
Sired From One
Of Three Horses
The term “thoroughbred” is
one of the most loosely used
in the horse world. To most
dealers every horse they own
has some thoroughbred blood
flowing in its veins, (the a
mount depending solely on
the gullibility of the prospec
tive buyer). But to a real
horseman a horse is a thor
oughbred only when its ances
tory can be traced back in a
direct male line to one of three
horses: Eclipse, Herod or Mat
chem.
These stallions were de
scended from one of three
horses, all desert studs. They
were in Darley Arabian, the
Byerly Turk, and the Godol
phin Barb. All of these found
their way to England. Here
they were bred to English
Cart horse mares and produc
ed, a few generations later,
the foundation sires of the
English Thoroughbred.
They seem always to run in
threes. Most horses now rac
ing on American tracks go
back to either Domino, Ben
Brush, or Fairplay; Domino
and Ben Brush being descend
ents of Eclipse, and Fairplay
of Matchem.
Today, as for centuries,
breeders are burning the
lights until the wee hours
studying brood mares charts
and the racing records of var
ious stallions for thorough
bred parents are chosen with
great care. But sometimes
these careful efforts don’t pay
off. Many an owner has stood
woefully on the rail at the far
turn and watched years of
breeding, waiting, and paying
out dough, drop back farther
and farther because the colt
in question lacked the class to
answer the challenge of rac
ing. There is a saying—
“Breed the best to the best—
and hope for the best.”
Some less informed persons
have said that the thorough
bred isn’t as sensible as the
common blooded horse. Well,
maybe it couldn’t be called in
telligent to keep fighting to
finish with a broken leg, but
is intelligent sense a greater
virtue than courage ? Who
can say?
A s Cyranoride Bergerac
cried, “It is better to fight
when there is no use!” Any
one who had seen horses like
the gallant Black Gold, Dark
Secret, and Scapa Flow, who
fought so gamely when there
was no use, would agree with
this.
Many thoroughbreds have
been known for particular per
sonality traits, C. W. Ander
son, a noted author of horse
stories and a great artist, tells
the following stories in his
books, “Thoroughbreds” and
“Horses Are Folks.”
There was once a horse who,
during his racing career, won
sixty-seven races. He might
have won more but for several
little habits of his. When you
bet on him you weren’t bet
ting on his speed, but on
whether he would decide to
jump over the rail and take his
jockey for a nice little hack
across the infield, or stop and
enjoy the view along about
the stretch turn. This horse’s
name, the understatement of
the year, Carefree!
The Finn, was a rugged
horse, known almost as much
—Turn ta Pape 4
Hilltop Scene
Of Unexpected
Christmas Guest
It was two days after Christ
mas. The phone rang, "This
is Howard.” "Why, Howard
you said you couldn’t come.
Where are you? I’ll be in
Black Mt. at 11:30. I went
to the bus station in N. Y.
and a bus was just leaving for
Black Mt. so I hopped on.”
Such fun, such excitement at
Christmas time to have chil
dren come home. Ruth, Tom
Innes, her husband, from
Kingsport, Tenn., and their
lively three were here for
Christmas dinner. A phone
call to Ray, Thelma and their
son Raymond who had not
dared to come over the icy
roads from Oak Ridge for
Christmas day were soon on
the road for home and with
them the dog and Siamese cat.
They did not bri.j,y Raymond's
pet mouse in a cage and his
pet snake. And so the house
on the hill was ringing with
laughter again as of old and
every one was having a good
time. What matter if the
pipes had frozen and broken
and water was scarce. In the
good old days that had hap
pened before. Howard found
some of his tricks and we all
wondered once again however
did he do it.
Howard’s visit was all too
short, just one night but it was
like Dick’s visit a week or
two back, unexpected and hap
py. The tug of home is strong
especially at Christmas time.
Mary and Vic and their four
teenagers in Ankora, Turkey,
will be back in the States for
next Christmas and happy Dr.
and Mrs. Richardson will be.
When Howard was taken to
the bus to leave he looked at
the It. R. station and the bus
station and up and down Cher
ry street. “Well,” he said,
“This is certainly the scene
of my childhood. It has not
changed an iota,” but he had
been shown how the rest of
Black Mt. had moved forward.
—Turn to Page 4
Orphanage Has
New Name By
Board Action
By action of the Board of
Trustees of the Mountain Or
phanage and approved by the
Asheville Presbytery in ses
sion last April, the Mountain
Orphanage will hereafter be
known as the Presbyterian
Home for Children of Black
Mountain, N. C. The change
of name was approved last
week by the secretary of the
state.
The reason for the change
in name was to avoid the use
of the word “orphan” since the
majority of children cared for
in the institution are from
broken homes and other situ
ations, rather than from loss
of both parents as the word
“orphan” indicates.
The change will also link
the home with the Presbyter
ian church which started the
work in 1904. It was the first
home for needy children in the
Appalachian mountains. Be
fore finally locating at the
present site there were two
other sites, one in Haywood
county and the second in Hen
derson county. The home has
been located in Black Moun
tain since 1923.
The institution has a capac
ity for 56 and at present cares
for 54. Three of the young
sters are in college and one
student nurse at Memorial
Mission. Don McKenzie is
superintendent.
—Photo by Ed DuPuy
Employee’s children are shown receiving gifts at
the Kearfott Employee’s Activities Association Christ
mas party. Aiding Santa Claus with his task are, left
to right, Utha Franklin, Barbara Rickett, Jessie Glenn
and Mary Wagner. Fred Hoffman was also active in
the distribution of toys.
Hiss Clapp
Becomes Bride
Of John McRary
Miss Carolyn Celeste Clapp,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hu
bert L. Clapp of Swannanoa,
and John Walter McRary III,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wal
ter McRary Jr., of Metuchen,
N. J., formerly of Asheville,
were married Tuesday, Dec.
27 at 4 o’clock in the after
noon at the Swannanoa Pres
byterian church. The Rev.
George B. Talbot performed
the double ring ceremony. A
program of wedding music was
presented by Mrs. Kenneth
Davidson, organist.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a floor
length gown of peau de sole,
trimmed with Alencon lace,
ending in a chapel train; a
fingertip veil of illusion at
tached to a silk organza petal
headpiece and carried a bou
quet of orchids.
Miss Mary Linde Hatcher
of Fort Valley, Ga., was maid
of honor, and Miss Janet Bar
field, Miss Nancy Johnson,
Miss Mary Ann Swart of Wil
mington, and Miss Joan Vel
lines of Richmond, Va., were
bridesmaids. They were at
tired in gold satin street
length dresses with gold petal
caps and had bouquets of
bronze-toned roses.
The father of the br idegroom
served as best rrran and Bruce
Clapp and Lee Clapp, broth
ers of the bride; David Puett
of Morganton and Hoyt Hack
ney of Sanford ushered.
Following the ceremony a
reception was held at the
Monte Vista hotel.
Mrs. McRary will graduate
in January from Duke Uni
versity with a degree in Eng
lish. Mr. McRary will also
graduate in January from N.
C. State college with a B.S.
in physics. He will then enter
graduate school at N. C. tSate.
Upon their return from a wed
ding trip the couple will live
at 2824% Bedford ave., Ra
leigh.
Toys were collected by plant
personnel from various sourc
es and committees were ap
pointed to re-do the toys, paint
them, repair them, and make
them completely like new for
distribution to children of
needy families. The toys were
distributed during Christmas
week to some 20 families in
which 100 children participat
ed in enjoying a happier and
brighter Christmas through
the hard efforts of Kearfott
employees.
Those on the Christmas Toy
committee were as follows:
Andy Andrews, chairman,
Lucy Hollifield, Jean McFalls,
Phebe Hill, H. Wheelon, Eu
gene McFalls, Jack Gilbert,
Jessie Glenn, Bob Wheelon, A.
T. Hollifield, Georgia Nix,
Mary Carter, Dot Kennedy,
Abnetta Tweed, J. Stevens,
and Ben Ivey.
(Other pictures appear else
where in this issue.)
Ingenious Work
of Mrs,Norwood
Recognized
(The following article is
from “CAROLINA BABIES”,
a publication of the Children’s
Home Society of North Caro
—Turn to Page 8
Senior Club To
Hear Of
Appreciation
The Black Mountain Wo
man’s club will meet in the
fellowship room of the Black
Mountain Baptist church at .'1
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Mrs. A. J. Schneider will
present the music apprecia
tion program of the year. Pi
ano selections from the -works
of Brahms, Kaehaturian and
Ernesto Lecuona will be used
to illustrate her talk on these
composers.
The regular board meeting
will be held at 10 a.m. Mon
day, Jan. 9 with Mrs. Carl
Bowness. Mrs. Garnet Green
wood assisting hostess.
MRS. JOHN WALTER McRARY, III
Christmas Tree
Trail Followed
By Garden Div.
Members ftf the Garden Di
vision of the Senior Woman’s
club and their escorts drove
over the trail of enchantment
created by colored lights, trees
and Christmas decorations on
the evening of Dec. 19.
Reginning at Oak Knoll, the
party convened where a bright
ly colored, lighted tree was
atop a second floor roof; can
dles lighted the many win
dows and two beautiful trees
were alight on the first floor.
After greetings with Mrs.
Aleshire and Miss Ruth the
party drove to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Weeks at
Ridgecrest. Brightly colored
lights decorated the natural
holly tree on the lawn w'here
gaily garbed carolers appear
ed as the chimes pealed out
the Christmas carols.
After viewing the clever de
corations arranged by Mr. and
Mrs. Weeks in each room, the
party departed for “Over
Yonder,” the North Fork
home of the Kerlees. Here
each room accented the others.
Tables were spread with bril
liant red cloths, lights were
confined to oil lamps, candles
and lanterns. Greens, pine,
holly and poinsettea were
used in profusion on tables and
paneled walls, giving the
house a gala, holiday motif.
Refreshments were served
and carols sung—with Mrs.
Bergthold at the organ and
Mrs. Constance Weber leading
the carolers.
The party returned to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. I.
Willis of Ridgecrest, where
decorations were of a different
trend. Mrs. Willis being well
known as an artist and dec
orator, she used white, silver,
pink and gold in the dainty
arrangements for dining room,
den and living room while na
tive trees, greens, bells and
lights adorned the outside of
the house and door.
The Garden Division meets
each Monday following the
regular meeting of the Wo
man’s club for a program of
inspiration and information
throughout the club year.
The meetings are held in
the homes of the members and
refreshments are served.
Mrs. Walter A. Davis of
High Haven is president of the
group, and Mrs. Herbert
Dougherty is the program
chairman.
Dinner Honors
Those Born
Under Capicorn
A Capicorn Birthday dinner
for Miss Ruby Hall, Mrs. .1. W.
Bergthold, and Mrs. George
Moray was given Monday,
Jan. 2, at “Fairlawn Lodge,”
the home of Misses Ruby,
Caroline, Bernice, and How
ard Hall. This is an annual
event for the three ladies.
Others present were George
Moray and Mrs. Constance
Webber.
PART-TIME FARM
FAMILY CHOSEN
The J. C. Wise family of
Beaverdam coimmunity near
Candler in Buncombe county
was selected to represent, via
a picture series, a typical U. S.
part-time farm family at the
International Agricultural Fair
in Cairo, Egypt, March and
April 1961.
C of C to Install
Officers And
Board Jan. 17
The officers and board of
directors of the Black Moun
tain Chamber of Commerce
will be installed at a banquet
to be held at the Monte Vista
hotel, Tuesday evening, Jan.
17, at 7:00 o’clock.
An excellent program is be
ing arranged. Dr. Stanley L.
Nale will be the speaker. Tick
ets may be purchased at the
Black Mountain News, Collins
Dept. Store, Black Mountain
Hardware Store and the Cham
ber of Commerce office. The
public is cordially invited.
Tickets should be purchased
not later than Monday, Jan. 16.
BLACK MOUNTAIN
LODGE MEETS
Black Mountain Lodge 663
AF & AM will hold stated
communications Friday, Jan.
6, at 8 p.m. All Master Ma
sons are cordially invited tc
attend.
B. I,. Marett, Master.
Pvt. David W. Buckner
recently spent a 14-day
furlough with his parents
and brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert W. Buckner and Ter
ry of Swannanoa. He re
ported on Dec. 16 to Fort
Dix, N, J., for duty in
Europe.
Pvt. Buckner enilsted in
the Army in July last year
and completed his basic
training at Fort Jackson,
S. C. His final training
before going to Europe
was with the Engineers at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
For those of his many
friends who wish to write
him his address is:
Pvt. David W. Buckner,
RA 147/6335, 79 Engra
Bn Construction Div., APO
189, New York, N. Y.
Slate Accepts
Hospital Site
From YA
The State of North Carolina
formally took possession of
the old Moore VA hospital site
from the Federal government
in a brief ceremony held on
the grounds at 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday.
Attending were representa
tives from the Veterans Ad
ministration, state, Town of
Black Mountain, City of Ashe
ville, and officials of the State
Board of Correction and Train
ing, the agency which will
utilize the property as a treat
ment and diagnostic center for
children.
The property was bought
by the State of North Caro
lina for a test farm from J.
H. Greenwood in 1908 and was
sold to the government for
an army hospital during World
War II. In 1946 it was trans
ferred to the Veterans Admin
istration but had been declared
surplus when the patient load
for TB patients reached a lev
el which, officials maintained,
could be handled at Oteen.
—Turn to Page 5
Susie Reed
Leads Owen
To Victory
The Owen girls continued
to show improvement as they
turned back the strong Hen
dersonville six on the local
court, 39 to 28. The Owen
boys lost a hard fought battle
to the invaders, 48 to 45.
Big gun for the Owen girls
was Susie Reed who continued
to pace the Buncombe county
scoring with 30 points. She
was ably assisted by Greene,
Boring, Haney, and Himes in
the forcourt.
The home team guards,
White, Harris, Cooper, Nan
ney, Byas, Taylor, and Soos
threw up such a tight defense
that the Hendersonville girls
were able to count but nine
points during the first half.
After leading by 20 to 13 at
halftime, the Owen boys
slipped in the second and saw
the visiting boys draw along
side at the three minute mark
—Turn to Page 4
BANK PROVIDED
ORGAN MUSIC WAS
HOLIDAY TREAT
ITie Christmas music waft
ing from the Northwestern
Bank on Thursday and Friday
before the holidays was played
on an organ furnished for the
occasion by Cagle Music com
pany of Asheville. The or
ganists were Nonie Greene,
junior at Miami University,
who played in the mornings
and Barbara Helgreen, organ
ist at the First Baptist church,
who played in the afternoons.
Both young women are for
mer employees of the North
western Bank.