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GET TICKETS FOR C of C BANQUET WITHOUT DELAY! DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 0 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Weather High Low _44_25 —_45_27 _.— -53_27 _52_29 _45_30 _38_22 _44_16 Proe. VOL. 16. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 20 — Single Copy, 10« REFLECTIONS Gordon Groonwood GENERAL ASSEMBLY! Bill Holcombe of Carolina Power and Light company and I were in Raleigh last week for the doings in the General Assembly, the inauguration of the governor, and other busi ness. Joe Hunt, as predicted some |fane ago, was elected speaker of the House of Representa tives. at a Democratic caucus held in the hall of the house Ot 5:J0 p.m. on Wednesday. Actually he was only nom inated as the Democratic can didate, but since the Demo crats outnumber the Repub licans 105 to 15 his election Seems to be a sure thing. Joe is a clear thinker, intelligent, and likable. He’ll get along well with the members of the House. —R— PROBLEMS SHILL SAME Discussing with other House members some of the problems that the General Assembly will be called up on to solve during the com ing session, I found most agreeing that money, reap poftiodiment, and redistrict iag would give the most trou ble in that order. Many citizens here at home are confused regard ing the power of the gover nor of North Carolina. Although he has great prestige and wields great weight by his appointive power, he has no vote in the General Assembly, no veto, and can not participate in debate on either the floor of the House or the Senate. After he brings out his proposals in his message to the Assembly, the governor most depend on his personal charm and his liaison man to carry his program and to put it across. —I— SIR WALTER LOBBY Hie lobby of the Sir Walter Hotel was a bee hive of activ ity as Tar Heels from all cor ners of thi. exchanged views. If the opening caucus is any indication, there’ll be a hot time in the old town—Raleigh —before the final gavel meets the walnut this spring. —R— YOUNG GROUP Bill Holcombe was sur prised at the youth of the members. He, as many oth er citizens who have not spent any time around the Capital City while the Gen eral Assembly is in session, had expected to see an older croup. But things have changed from the old days. The House of Representatives that will be sworn in on February 8 will be dominat ed by young bankers, law yers, executives, farmers, and businessmen. There are but few old men left in the house and the senate is the same. —R— FEBRUARY 8 Plans are for the committee chairmen to be appointed by the time the session convenes and to get down to work on the budget—the biggest job of the year—soon after. Groups from all over the state; have been busy contact ing house members and sena tors during the past few weeks and: the activity will be in crensed this month. They all have good causes and I only wish it were possible to tell each one that his or her spec ial project is sure to be in cluded in the final draft of the budget. But that is not possi ble. And then who is there that would dare attempt to speak for the 120 in the house, plus the 50 in the senate ? —R— SCHOOL SPIRIT Watching the Owen cheer ing section last week one ob server who has taught in several schools in three states said: "Write something about ew spirit at Owen. I have never seen anything to equal the school spirit which we have here at Owen this year. I have never seen it better anywhere and I think the public ought to know how enthusiastic the students are here and how well they co operate.” To those of us sitting on the Enka side looking over •t the Owen section it look ed like the finals of a state tournament instead of a county conference game. —Who said opportunity only knocks once ? Television is giving us a second chance to see movies we missed 20 years ago. Old Sanctuary To Be Removed In Near Future The official board of the Black Mountain Methodist church, in session Sunday night, voted to send out re quests for bids for the remov al of the old sanctuary in pre paration for the erection of a new contemporary design building. The action followed a pre sentation by Fred Tron, build ing chairman, which showed the time necessary to remove the old building, the time con sumed by submitting bids, and the collection of pledges which would normally come into the treasurer’s account would make it possible for building to begin in the early spring. The board unanimously voted to begin the razing of the old building as soon as possible, and authorized the building committee to let the bid to the best possible advantage of the organization. It is hoped that there may be churches in the area which might be interest ed in the pews, or any other part of the old building to be salvaged. Bids for removing the build ing may be submitted to Fred Tron, 30 Pleasant Ridge drive, Oteen. The American Standardised Is Good Horse When the pioneer set off across the plains in his cov ered wagons, drawn by quite an ordinary draft horse, he occasionally met another trav eller going in the same di rection on the long journey. Then it was nearly impossib)' to resist the urge to race horses. From this beginning, harness racing (the sport) de veloped. A special breed of horse was needed for this sport, a horse that could trot with great speed. In Orange county, New York, the stallion, Rys dyk’s Hambletonian, became the sire of a long line of foals to exhibit this characteristic. To be officially registered as a member of this breed of trotters, a horse must meet a certain standard: the abil ity to TROT a MILE in TWO and a HALF MINUTES! Thus, Trotters have come to be known as American Standard breds, because their origin is the. American answer to an American problem. In honor of the stallion Hambletonian was held every year in Orange county until last year when the site of the race was moved to Illinois for financial reasons. The Standardbred weighs from 800 to 1200 pounds and measures from 15 to 16 hands in height. He has powerful haunches and a rather long tail. His mane is usually clipped over the polls and thinned and shortened. He has a good disposition and makes a good saddle horse despite his difficulty in learn ing to slow canter. —Ann Beddingfield Mother of Local Man Dies In Greensboro Word has just been received here of the death of Mrs. Charles T. McNary, mother of Harold McNary of Blue Ridge Association. Mrs. McNary had been in declining health for some time and her death oc curred in a Greensboro hos pital early this morning (Tues day). Funeral services will be conducted in Greensboro and interment will be in Pittsburg Friday. LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR WILL VISIT BLK. MTN. CLUB The Black Mountain Lions club will hold its regular meet ing Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Monte Vista hotel. District Governor G u d g e r Cabe will make his official visit to the club. Each Lion is urged to be present, to start the new year with a good at tendance. It is hoped that 1961 will be the best year for Lionism in the history of the club, of ficials said. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Forbes Tyson, Jr. an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ammon Tyson, to Roy Murphy Glass of Fayette ville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lambert Glass of Linden, Ala. Plans are being made for a spring wedding. Miss Waite Writes Article Florida Waite, librarian, First Baptist church, Black Mountain, has written an arti cle for the current issue of a Baptist Sunday School board publication. “The Challenge in a Gard en”, in the first-quarter, 1961 issue of The Church Library magazine, compares a church library to a garden. Miss Waite writes: “One cannot work with seed and growing plants without realizing the miracles wrought by the Creator. One cannot work with books and individuals without realizing the miracle of changed lives.” Cultivat ing personal improvement and Christian growth is the chal lenge of the library-garden. The Church Library maga zine is published quarterly as a guide to an effective library program in the church. BIDS ASKED FOR USE OF STATION WAGON AT SWAN. Bids are being solicited by the postmaster at Swannanoa for the use of one late model station wagon containing 90 or more cubic feet. Bids should be made on a daily usage of four or five hours excluding Sunday. This vehicle will be used in delivery of mail in the city delivery service soon to be installed. Date of closing bids is 2:00 p.m., Monday, Jan. 30, 1961. More information may be obtained from Postmaster Jim Parks at Swannanoa. —Americans in 1959 spent, on the average, only a fifth of personal income for food; while most of the others in the world spent half. Miss Nila Lynette Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kelly of Swan nanoa was a sponsor for the governor’s inaugural ball in Raleigh on Wednes day, Jan. 4. She is shown with her escort, William N. Ames, Duluth, Minn. Miss Kelly was one of 186 sponsors from the various counties of North Carolina. These included Miss Toni Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Taylor of Black Mountain. The sponsors and their dates were honored at a cof fee hour at the Carolina Country club in the afternoon prior to the ball. They were introduced to wives of the incoming and outgoing gov ernors and other state offi cials. Miss Kelly is a graduate of Lee Edwards High school, at tended the University of Tenn essee and the Ray Bogue School of Design in Chicago. She is employed as a dress designer for Claudio’s in Asheville. Owen (agers Split With Enka Jets Down by a count of 39 to 25 at the start of the final quarter, the Owen High School Warhorses outscored the Enka five 20 points to 7 but lost a heart-breaker, 46 to 45, be fore a capacity and enthus iastic crowd at the local gym Friday evening. The Warhorses gained con trol of the ball with slightly less than a minute to go but their plan to play for the final shot failed when they were called for a violation of the 3-second zone. While the boys were drop ping their game, the girls, di rected by Coach Joyce Parris, romped to victory over the Enka six, 38 to 22. They were off to a slow start and led by only 10-6 at the quarter, but they warmed to their task and built the bulge to 24-10 at the halfway mark. Enka outscored the local nine to five in the third quarter. Highlight of the game was the shooting of Kay Greene with 15 and Susie Reed with 17. Kay hit on several beaut iful shots from out near the free throw circle to draw the defense out to meet the threat. When the Enka guards came out Susie roaded under for layups and hook shots. Coach Ralph Singleton’s boys were cold at the start and fell behind by 13 points at the half. But <-heered on by the Owen student body the Warhorses came to life and all but won the game with their final minute spurt. GIRL'S GAME ENKA (22) F—Robinson 6, Brooks 3, Webb 10, Howell 3, Plemmons, Kilpatrick; G — Robinson, Raper, Morgan, Sims, Smith. OWEN (38) F—Boring 6, —Turn to Pag» 4 M-A Receives Gift Check From Northwestern The Northwestern Rank has donated a total of $35,000 to six educational institutions lo cated in the area served by the bank. Montreat-Anderson college has received $5,000 from this fund, according to Dr. Grier Davis, president of the college, for which the college is very grateful. Due to the tragic accident which occurred just outside the Montreat gate before the Christmas holidays, the Asso ciation expects to place traffic breaks in the road to slow down vehicles for the narrow gate approach. This will be done as soon as the weather permits. The college choir will go on tour from Jan. 25 to Feb. 7. The itinerary will include Spindale, Rutherford,- Forest City, Abbeyvillo, S. C., Bain hridge, Ga., and the following towns in Florida: Tallahassee, Ocala, St. Petersburg, Plant City, and four appearances in Miami with a fifth to be tele vised there. The final concert will be in Jacksonville on the return trip. Reception Will Honor Stegalls 4 P.M. Sunday The Rev. and Mrs. Carroll Stegall will be honored at a reception on Sunday after noon, Jan. 15 at Friendship Presbyterian church from 4:00 o’clock at which time friends of Mr. and Mrs. Steg all are cordially invited to at tend. The Rev. Mr. Stegall is retiring from the active min istry after 45 years of service. Mr. and M Stegall en tered their ministry of the Southern Presbyterian church in 1915 when they went as mis sionaries to the Belgian Con go where they served until 1949. Since then, Mr. Stegall has served as associate pas tor of St. Andrew’s Presbyter ian church, Wilmington, as pastor of Eastern Heights Presbyterian church in Savan nah, Ga., and since 1955 as pastor of Friendship Presby terian church. Friendship church has pros pered in many ways under the able direction and leadership of the Stegalls, having grown in membership from approxi mately 125 in 1955 to 180 at the close of 1960, and having acquired a church plant val ued at $75,000.00. During 1960 this home mission church purchased a $16,000.00 manse. For the past three years Mrs. Stegall has taught the Senior Hi Sunday school class and has been active in the Women of the Church organi zation. In addition to the many duties of the pastor, Mr. Stegall has had the responsi bility of the church office work as well as the weekly printing of the church bulle tin. Friendship church will miss the missionary minister and his wife whose many tal ents have contributed to the church growth. Record Freight Train Passes Through Town An all time record freight train went through Black Mountain Jan. 5, according to H. B. Culberson, Southern Railway agent in Black Moun tain. This train was No. 52 east bound at 8:35 a.m. and was about one and one quarter miles long, stated Mr. Culber son, but the record consisted of the weight of the cars and their loads which totaled 14 million pounds. It required six diesel units to pull the train and they were all work ing to pull the 122 cars. The morning passenger train from New York, No. 15, was put on the siding for its regular stop in order that the heavy freight would not have to slow down in its hard pull up to Ridgecrest. Black Mountain is proud of the fine service which the Southern Railway continues to give to the people and indust ry of the growing Swannanoa Valley. ■mm Mrs. C. R. Longcoy of 403 Montreat road in Black Mountain, guested recently on Art Linkletter’s CBS TV and radio show “House Party” in Hollywood. Mrs. Longcoy took part in a game with Art Link letter, that he calls “Next thing on the list”. He starts by reading a list of prizes, when the person says “stop”, they get the next thing on the list. Mrs. Longcoy said “stop” when Art read, “A bot tle of perfume imported from Paris”. The next thing was something no Christmas should be without ... a Christmas tree! And old Santa himself brought in a 12 footer. Art presented Mrs. Longcoy with another small household gift for helping out on “House Party”. On Dec. 23 each employee of the Kearfott fam ily was given a Christmas turkey by the management. Some 850 turkeys were given out and additional turk eys were donated to various organizations in the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Valley. Turkeys ranged from 12 to 15 pounds and total pounds were 11,265. Gamma Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority won the Queen of the Snow Carnival at a dance held in Asheville. Mrs. Shirley Atkins was the Black Mountain Gamma Pi’s entry'. There were 10 chap ters competing for the honor of queen,. w mmmmmmmmmm. The Swannanoa Free Will Baptist church hon ored Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, pastor of the church, with a Testimonial Dinner at the Swannanoa community building on Friday night, Dec. 30. The dinner was prepared by Lhe members of the Young Married Couples’ Sunday school class. Guest speak er was Rev. W. L. Kell, moderator of the Blue Ridge Association of Orig inal Free Will Baptists, of Marion. Rev. Smith is leaving Swannanoa to ac cept the pastorate of the Elm Grove Free Will Bap tist church of Ayden. Rev. Smith has served the church for 8% years, during which time he has added a new sanctuary, an educational building, an audio-visual li brary, a baptistry, a church li brary, and a workshop for boys and girls has been com menced for the junior and in termediate members , of the G. T. A.’s and the Boys Club organizations. The church membership has grown from 114 in 1050 to 500 in 1960. (Rev. John Cansler served the church for a two-year period between Rev. Smith’s service there). —Turn to Page 4 W. W. Early New President C of C REE TREE CHURCH SETS DEDICATION PROGRAM SUNDAY The Bee Tree Christian Church, Swannanoa, will conduct a special dedication program Sunday, Jan. 15, 1961, at 2:00 p.m. A new sanctuary has recently been added to the present build ing. The congregation wishes to extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend this service. The Rev. Bradford Burnette will deliver the dedication ser mon. The Rev. Bruce Nay is pastor of the church. Kiwanis Club Ladies' Night Banquet Friday The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Kiwanis club will ob serve Ladies Night with a banquet starting at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13. The new of ficers will be installed. The guest speaker will be General J. E. Edmonds of Asheville. Harry Hyder is program chair man and John Kluttz will serve as master of ceremonies. The presidents of other civic clubs and their wives have been in vited as guests of the club. The banquet will be at the Monte Vista hotel. Col. S. G. Saulnier was guest speaker at the last luncheon meeting and gave an interest ing talk, illustrated with won derful slides, on an extended tour of England, Scotland and Europe last year. The photo graphy was excellent and showed tremendous progress since World War II. The col onel emphasized that his trav el of several months took him to many places not seen by tourists generally and gave him and Mrs. Saulnier an op portunity to know the people of the countries visited. Most of them love and respect Am erica, he said. Guests were, W. H. McMur ray, Sr., and F. L. Garton, guest of R. C. Wright. D. W. Harrison, presided. Owen Will Play North Buncombe Here Tuesday The Owen High cagers will lake to the road Friday night when they travel to Reynolds for a twin bill. The Rey nolds’ boys are especially strong and have been knock ing off the leaders with reg ularity. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, Owen will return home to meet North Buncombe. Both the NB teams, boys and girls, have been showing good form and will give the locals a bat tle all the way. Fans are reminded of the earlier starting hour, the JVs at. 5:30. the girls at 7:00, and the boys immediately there after. Rev. Waldrip Will Speak At Lakey Gap Ch. The Rev. Jack Waldrip. president o f International Lord's Acre and Lord’s Hour plan, will speak at the Lakey Gap Presbyterian church Sun day, Jan. 15, at 11 o’clock. The Rev. C. W. Solomon, pastor, has invited the public to attend. SWANNANOA P.T.A. TO MEET THURSDAY The Swannanoa P.T.A. will hold the January meeting Thursday night, Jan. 12, at 7:30 at the school. Rep. Gord on Greenwood will be the speaker with the possibility of other legislators present to hold a question and answer period in regard to what the future holds education-wise from this session. Refreshments will be served. BOOK DIVISION WILL MEET JANUARY 17 The Book division of the Sw'annanoa Woman’s club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Charles Waldrop, Northwest ave., Grovemont. Mrs. W. H. McMurray will be in charge of the program. Officers Will Be Installed At Banquet W. VV. Earley was elected president of the Black Moun tain Chamber of Commerce at a special meeting Monday morning in the office of Caro lina Power and Light company. He succeeds Max Woodcock. Other officers named to serve with Mr. Earley include Gene Ford, first vice presi dent; Jim Uzzell, second vice president; Marcus Begley, treasurer, and George Moray, executive secretary. The officers were chosen from the directors elected by the members by special ballot by mail. In addition to the officers, members of the board of direc tors are Mr. Woodcock, H. McGuire Wood, Harry Hyder, W. S. Holcombe, Bill Hickey, F. E. Stepp, Carl Bowness, J. Herbert Coman, Bill McMur ray, G. Gordon Byron, Ben Ivy, and Gordon H. Green wood. A member must attend at least seven meetings during the year to be nominated for a place on the board of direc tors. The officers will be installed at the Chamber of Commerce scheduled for the Monte Vista hotel at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Dr. Stanley Nale will be the speaker. Tickets are on sale at the Chamber of Commerce office in the town hall, at the Black Mountain News office and at other bus iness places in town. Those in charge have re quested that those planning to attend buy their tickets im mediately that, the hotel will know the number to ex pect. The Chamber of Commerce has enjoyed an exceedingly good year and now has more than 100 members. Interest is at an all-time high and lead ers predict that 1961 will be the best year ever for the group. Byron Speaker At Meeting Of Press Group B. Gordon Byron, retired in dustrial relations executive and publisher, was the speak er Saturday evening at the monthly meeting of the West ern North Carolina Press As sociation in Asheville. Mr. Byron pointed out that too often the community does not appreciate or realize just how much an industry means to its economic life. He said that the members of the edi torial and publishing staff of the community newspapers should make it a point to be come acquainted with the plant executives. “Too often the only repre sentatives we ever see of the press are the advertising men or those working on special pages. The editorial depart ment should make it a point to visit the plants, too,” he concluded. At the election of officers L. L. Terry, advertising man ager of the Times-News at Hendersonville was named president; Roy Lucas, Canton Enterprise, vice president, and Jim Gray, Sylva Herold, sec retary. Gordon H. Greenwood of the Black Mountain News is the retiring president. OES CHAPTER TO HONOR GRAND REPRESENTATIVE Black Mountain Chapter 200, OES will honor a Grand Representative at the Jan. 17 meeting. Mrs. Mildred B. Fisher, past Grand Matron will be guest speaker. VFW AUXILIARY TO MEET JAN. 12 The regular meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Post 9157 in Black Mountain will be held at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Post home. All members are urged to attend. Prospective new members are needed and are requested to contact Mrs. Hazel Bur nette, secretary-treasurer.
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