LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WRITER IS KNOWN
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
I was particularly interest
ed in the article, “One in your
midst" because I have a letter
in my files that covers the
same ground, only in this let
ter. the writer signed her
name. However, the phrasing
and many of the sentences are
alike, so 1 know who wrote
i to you, (but I won’t tell.)
However, our files are open
to all of our members.
My letter was addressed to
the Asheville Chamber of
' Commerce, and Dick Degen
hardt, the executive vice pres
j ident, sent it to me to investi
gate the charges. I suggested
| to her that if she could prove
her charges, she should im
mediately take the matter up
i with the state authorities.
Nothing happened, so I am
j sure that there is no founda
f tion for her complaint to us or
I/to you.
She came to the Chamber
Commerce office several
les, asking assistance in
ime of her projects, but we
rere unable to help her, most
ly because of her location.
It has been necessary, some
times, to suggest to people
rriting about this area, that
ley should not come here,
ley would find the same kind
>f people they were so anx
(us to get away from in the
Ity where they live. One man
■ Wrote that he wanted to get
- 1 away from the grafters in
Virgina. He also wanted some
one to build him a little shack
SO he and his wife could sell
doughnuts and coffee to the
mountaineers when they come
to town. One of the problems
that we have is to show people
coining from resort states that
wo are not hillbillies, and you
can not rent a nice cottage
here in the mountains for five
or ten dollars a week.
With regaid to the Assem
blies, the people attending the
conferences fill our motelk,
buy gas and oil, trade with
Our merchants, and advertise
our community as a good
place to live. Some of our
people are living here now be
cause someone attending one
of the conferences told them
about us. Assemblies furnish
us with excxellent programs
and prominent speakers dur
ing the summer season, and at
Montreat these programs con
tinue all the year.
Of course things in Black
Mountain are not perfect, but
I am sure that if people com
ing here will be friendly, they
will find that we are willing
to go out of our way to make
them feel at home.
Sincerely,
GEO. E. MORAY,
Executive Secretary,
Black Mountain Chamber
of Commerce.
LIKES ARTICLES
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
After witnessing the results
of your newspaper’s splendid
handling of the current Equit
ation Club articles, I feel the
urge to do a little thanking
of my own.
Many people have gone out
of their way lately to tell me
how much they have enjoyed
the informative articles pre
pared by the club. This in it
self is enough to convince me
that if the articles continue
to have such an enlightening
effect on the local readers,
the future certainly looks
bright for our beloved equine
friends in Black Mountain.
What really swept me off my
feet, though, was the fact
that a great many people have
taken the initiative to dig up
information in addition to that
given in the articles.
This renaissance of eques
trian culture is indicative of
several things: In the first
place, a better informed pub
lic is a more considerate pub
lic. In the past, many of our
local residents have been lit
erally frightened out of their
wits by thoughtless motorists
(not all of them tourists, eith
er!) who blew their horns and
backfired their cars just for
the so-called “fun" of seeing
someone’s horse jump. Sev
eral rather serious accidents
have resulted from these
blunders, and as a result many
people are afraid to let their
children ride. I hope that the
R. M. E. C. articles will help
people to realize that horses
have feelings, too. In the
second place, 1 hope that peo
ple will stop looking on the
horse as just an out-dated
mode of transportation.
The horse is largely respon
sible for America’s being
where it is today, so why not
give him a little credit by be
ing kinder to him? Finally, I
sincerely believe that as a re
sult of these articles, we'll be
seeing many more mounted
enthusiasts, both at the horse
shows and on our many excel
lent riding trails, instead of
so many starry-eyed pedes
trians. Won’t you join us ?
Thank you, Eloise and Toni,
and all you other Equitation
Clubbers, for your splendid
work in bringing the horse in
to the limelight for the bene
fit of the people of Black
Mountain.
Sincerely,
An Interested Friend.
—Three percent less sows
are farrowing this fall in the
10 Corn Belt states than last
fall.
Production of heavy white
breed poults in August was
up 28 percent from August of
1959. The hatch of other
heavy breeds was over four
times as large as the season
ally light hatch of August,
1959.
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1961:
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Peekin’ Through The
KEYHOLE
.... With LIB
by Elizabeth Dinwiddie Keith
Sunday, Jan. 1, at the Meth
odist church students enrolled
in colleges and universities
were guests of honor at the
11 o’clock service. They are:
Marie Benge, Western Carolina
college; Jane Bowness, Duke
University; Pat Browning,
Greensboro College; Guy
Burchfiel, University of Ten
nessee; Donna Dotson, West
ern Carolina college; Stanley
Garland, Clemson College;
Elaine Gregory, Berea College;
Dianne Nesbitt, Brevard Col
lege; James Gresham North
cott, University of North
Carolina; Betty Pollard, Fur
man University; Lea Tiller,
Woman’s College, Robert Wat
kins, Montreat-Anderson Col
lege; Anne Woodcock, Emory
University; John Woodcock,
University of Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Teems
have returned home after
spending the holidays in West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Single
ton and daughters, and Mrs.
Blane Gilliam spent several
days during the holidays with
members of Mr. Singleton’s
family in Jacksonville, Fla.
Thursday night, Dec. 22, ov
er night guests of Mrs. Blake
Allen, Montreat road, were:
Miss Carolyn Allen, Miss
Joyce Byrd, Miss Betty Mc
Peters, Miss Irene Worley,
Miss Doris Gihson and Miss
Polly Miller.
Jack Ledbetter of West
Palm Beach, Fla., spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Ledbetter,
Broad River.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleveng
er of Knoxville, Tenn., spent
the holidays here with mem
bers of their families. Jack
is a student at the University
of Tennessee.
Dr. and Mrs. Russell Row
land of Birmingham, Ala.,
spent the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Rowland and sister, Toni. Dr.
Rowland is affiliated with the
University Medical Center in
Birmingham.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Spiro, Jr., and family of Ma
con, Ga., spent several days
during the holidays at their
home here. Dr. and Mrs. Spiro
will celebrate their wedding
anniversary on Tuesday, Jan.
10.
The Rev. and Mrs. David
Parks and children have ar
rived home after spending al
most five years in Korea. Mrs.
Parks is the former Miss An
na Rue Osteen of Black Moun
tain. The Rev. Mr. Parks is
from Weaverville.
Thomas M. Farr, Jr., of
Melbourne, Fla., a field engi
neer for RCA at Cape Canav
eral, seems to be on the up
and go in this busy world.
Timmy, as he is known here
by his friends, is married and
has three children, Tim, Mike,
and Pat. He is enrolled at
Brevard Engineering college,
and when not on the job he is
attending classes at night.
Dean Harold L. Dibble of Eau
Gallie has just published hi?
list for the first semester and
Timmy’s name appears among
those chosen. He is the son
of Mrs. Margaret Farr of
Black Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mash
burn have returned home af
ter being away seven weeks.
They spent three weeks with
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Mash
burn and children of 1’ort Or
chard, Wash. They then went
to Tuscon, Ariz., where they
visited their daughter, Mrs.
James Bell, Mr. Bell and their
family for four weeks. They
made the trip by plane.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Osteen
and children, Preston, David,
and Karen of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., spent several days dur
ing the holidays with members
of their families here. They
made the trip in Mr. Osteen’s
plane.
Mrs. Gustova Brown spent
the holidays with her son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. John Lopes and two chil
dren, and another daughter,
Miss Buzzie Brown of Glou
cester and Boston, Mass.
It seems that Mrs. C. R.
Longcoy, Sr., went to Los
Angeles, Calif., to get on Art
Linkletter's TV show instead
of visiting her son David.
Many people in Black Moun
tain were startled on Wed
nesday, Dec. 21, when Helen
appeared on one of Art’s quiz
shows. She won an electric
toaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lindau
and family, Will and Sarah of
Winston-Salem, spent Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Sanders, Blue
Ridge. Sarah remained for a
longer visit with her grand
parents.
Lt. and Mrs. Ed Daniels and
children, Eddy and Betsy of
Springfield, Md., and Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Plemmons and son
Bob, of Charlotte spent the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. G.
V. Nanney and other members
of the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Gools
by of Atlanta spent the holi
days with her mother, Mrs. C.
W. Shumate and Mr. Shu
mate.
Cecil Nanney of the Uni
versity of Chicago spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Nanney. He
is a former employee of the
News.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Mull
of Lexington, Ky., spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Mull. Sher
wood is a former employee of
the News.
David Tyson of State Col
lege, Raleigh, and Miss Patty
Tyson, a member of the High
school faculty, Fayetteville,
spent the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Tyson, Jr., and brother, Joe.
Bryan Frady, U. S. Navy
First Class Seaman, is spend
ing a leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frady.
Bryan has just returned from
a voyage that took him half
way around the world. He is
stationed at Newport, It. I. His
parents spent last week at
Myrtle Beach, Georgetown, and
Charleston, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. IS. H. Pearce,
Montreat road, spent three
weeks during the holidays
with their son Chester and
family in Miami, Fla. Ches
ter is connected with the U.
S. Weather Bureau’s National
Hurricane Research Project.
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CATTLE,
A GENERIC TERM
FOR BOVINE
ANIMALS, ONCE
MEANT ANY FORM
OF PROPERTY
ANCP WAS
SYNONYMOUS
WITH 'CHATTEL!1
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1
WHTTEFACE
HCKEFOAP
TEXAS LONGHORNS,
FAMOUS CATTLE OF THE EARLY
WEST, NOW ARE NEARLY EXTINCT.
THEY WERE PESCEHPAHTS OF
STOCK BROUGHT TO THE SOUTH
WEST BY SPANISH SETTLERS.
OF CATTLE
RAISE BETTER-OUAUTY BEEF BECAME A
FIXER SCIENCE IN EN6LANP ANR SCOTLANR
BY1800... THIS WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE
WTHOKN ANP BLACK ANGUS
MOPERN STOCKMEN USE
A NEW TYPE OF FEEPING
PROGRAM TO PROPUCE
MORE TENPER BEEF WITH
LESS FAT. MORBF&UQUIR
SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING
ETHYL ALCOHOL, FEP
WITH GRAIN ANR ROUGH
AGE, PROV/PES IMPROVER
NUTRIVON FOR CATTLE.
En route they stopped in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., to visit Mrs.
Pearce’s brother S. H. Ches
ter, Sr.
During the holidays Mrs.
M. J. Baer and Mrs. Margaret
Farr entertained with a love
ly bridge luncheon at their
home to honor Mrs. Ben Hunt
er and Mrs. L. A. Hiltz on
their birthday anniversaries.
The home was most attractive
with decorations that carried
out the Yuletide season. Six
teen guests enjoyed the occa
sion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pollard
and children, Nancy and Bill,
drove Miss Betty Pollard and
Miss Toni Taylor to Furman
University, Greenville, S. C.,
last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stepp
and children, Harold, Jr., and
Debbie of Huntsville, Ala.,
spent the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Finley
Stepp.
Mrs. Sam Coggins, owner
and operator of Coggins Din
ing room, Tunnel road, spent
the holidays with her son,
Samuel and family of Wash
ington, D. C.
Dr. W. C. Houston of Con
cord was a visitor in town last
Tuesday.
STATE ACCEPTS—
From Page 1
According' to present plans
the next few months will he
used to renovate the property
with an opening date set for
July 1 to receive students.
Blaine M. Madison, commis
sioner of correction for the
state, explained that the cen
ter will serve as a much need
ed addition to the facilities
provided by the state.
“Within a few years this, in
my opinion, will he one of the
leading- institutions in the
state. We wish to point out
that there will be no walls,
no guards, and no locked
rooms.. W e will have a ratio
of one employee to each three
students.”
In explaining the importance
of the new school, Mr. Madi
son said that 90 per cent of
the students coming out of
training schools make good
and become useful citizens. He
called it a sound program.
The new school will provide
a centralized admissions and
evaluation center for students
committed to the Board of
Correction and Training, and
provide a clinically oriented
diagnostic study of all stu
dents which will be used in
planning an appropriate pro
gram of therapy and treat
ment.
The diagnostic study will in
clude observations in the fol
lowing- areas: medical, social
work, psychological, psychia
tric, dental, group supervision,
religion, and education.
The center will provide for
the admission and treatment of
several groups which are not
now in residence in the train
ing schools of the state.
Only three employees have
been hired. They include
Charles H. Wilson, in charge
of operation and maintenance,
- Kidward Helms, and Luther E.
Chapman, assistants.
On the grounds represent
ing the Board of Correction
and Training are Blaine M.
Madison, commissioner of cor
rection, and Vance Robertson.
The staff will be enlarged
as the need increases.
Baking Soda Is
Good Medicine
SODA TIPS—Mind you now
I’m not peddling the stuff
but plain old baking soda can
be a mighty handy item for
car owners to have around.
Here are a few of the many
automotive uses where soda
will turn the tricks.
Clean windshield wipers
for better vision. Rub the
wipers with moistened baking
soda and then rinse before
driving in the rain. Uncleaned
blades spread a vision-bluur
ring oil film over the wind
shield. Soda adds more life
to the wipers, too.
Remove insects from the
windshield. When bugs start
splattering on the windshield,
they can prove to be a real
menace. The next time it
happens, try sprinkling a lit
tle soda on a moistened rag
and rubbing it over the wind
shield. After rinsing with a
clean dampened cloth, there’s
clear driving ahead until the
little pests attack again. Ap
ply the same cleaning proce
dure to your headlights oc
casionally.
Clean battery and cable
terminals. First brush away
the dirt from the top of the
battery and cable terminals
with a wire brush. Next mix
a solution of one-quarter
pound of soda in a quart of
water. Apply with a discard
ed paintbrush to the termin
als, frame, battery case and
metal ground strap. (Be care
ful not to get the solution in
side the battery.) This treat
ment emulsifies the oil and
grease and neutralizes corro
sive acids. Rinse off the soda
solution with clear water and
wipe dry. Check the connec
tions for tightness and for a
finishing touch coat the term
inals with vaseline to retard
future porrosion.
Put out engine fires. Per
haps you’ll never have one,
but there’s still the possibili
ty. If fire breaks out, never
use water—only a smothering
agent. Sand will do the job
but will probably damage the
engine. Baking soda dumped
on the flames is advised by
fire underwriters for it cre
ates carbon diovide gas which
smothers the flames quickly
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TAX LIST TAKERS
LISTING LOCATIONS AND DATES IN COUNTY TOWNSHIPS
JANUARY 1961
BLACK MOUNTAIN:
D. L. Nanney, List Taker
Black Mountain, N. C.
City Hall Building — 3 thru 31.
Hours: Week days 9-5.
Wed. & Sat. 9-1.
SWANNANOA:
Mrs. Harry E. Byas, List Taker
Route No. 2, Box 809, Asheville, N. C.
Bee Tree Heights Field Office, Bee Tree
Road — 4, 5, 6, 7.
Beacon Manufacturing Co., Swannanoa
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Folsom Superette, Swannanoa
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Legion Hall, Oteen
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31.
BROAD RIVER :
Mrs. Alvin Stroud, List Taker
Star Route, Black Mountain, N.C.
Paul Smith’s Home — 4.
Ray Kirstein’s Home — 6.
Roy Nesbitt’s Store — 9, 16, 27.
Ledbetter’s Store — 13, 20, 23, 30.
At Home — all remaining days.
FAIRVIEW:
Mr. T. H. Byers, Fairview, N. C., List Taker
G. J. MerreH’s Store — 14, 23.
Fairview Supply Company — 4, 16, 21.
Fairview Feed & Grocery — 5, 18, 31.
Cedarcliff Grocery — 6, 11, 30.
Dotson’s Hardware Store — 7, 17, 26.
J. H. Jenkin’s Grocery — 10, 19.
Sheet’s Grocery — 12, 20,
Howington Grocery — 25.
At Home — 9, 13, 24, 27, 28.
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