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BUY T. V. TICKETS LOCALLY, FOR CHAMP'S FIGHT DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low Prec. Feb. 28_67 .40 Mar. 1_ 46_40 Mar. 2_67_31 Mar. 3_60_25 Mar. 4_76_45 Mar. 5_70_40 Mar. 6_65_53 .08 VOL. 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 28 — Single Copy, 10c {FLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood blJCATION rhe first meeting of (nmittee the on education on Ui'm-day brought out a full ,t, 0f this large group lich numbers 58, approxi itelv one-half of the house. I tii- ;s a very active group contrary to popular be |cf has nothing to do with budget of the university, (alleges, or secondary schools. fjn fact, it deals chiefly with legislation, that is the ■tinges in school laws which >ect only one county. PI KITED DEBATE! iF.ut the Wednesday meet was unusual in that we fd two statewide bills, in ad Iion to plenty of local meas IThe session brought the first Mended debate between those ■voring and those opposed to ■creasing the number of a _tal school committee from |ree to five to make it read Mm three to nine. "The increase >s neces |;,rv." the introducer said, ft o'make il possible for each If the nine districts of some fcf the consolidated schools |n his county to have a <rcp lesentative on the local Ichool committee.” | The bill was given a fav lable report hy the commit but not until many of the ■embers made sure that it Ins of a permissive nature that their own county bild still elect to keep the (tree or five which it now fed. Iesolution A resolution hy the com littee chairman that a com lission be appointed to make study of the manner in |hich members of the boards education of county and ■ty administrative schools hits are selected was held ov for further study after a |ng discussion, sometimes fated, by the group. .iOoe ohje-. Ling ' pi.-...,.vd out. bat the present system, or lek of it, which permits the nits to decide how and when pe board members are elect and installed, was truly Jennie ra tic and that what lould suit Buncombe county light not work at all in Dare imnty or Winston-Salem. "If you pass this bill here ■today it will mean that they ■have their foot in the door land that it won”t be long— Tjust two years until the next session meets—that they’ll ■he back with a bill making —Turn to Page 4 I rati Winners in the high school music contest sponsored locally ^*jonv^fle [^i°n of Women’s clubi were. (L-R) Miss Lynn Goodson taffn ,7er y Br-van of Black Mountain, second place, Piano’ a" xi ^ Ph0to tatford. also of Riooi, fi,-ct nlnre voice. —Citizen limes nun -lountain club women |(.r3 In°?u of their two win LS( l ,, district music con |ast V Ut ^ee Edwards this lord ‘ atur**y- Elaine Staf fer tv. I ^lrst Place winner kcal seWr°r dub with her Selectl°n “The Lord’s rrayer>’ i.ora s N PoisM1:, !hf presented |ithout ? ami talent t0 win the jud^sUeh discussion f nner' in ®!"yan-. second place |0r the r a P'anist group fear tht* “niors> came very top p]ace jn her Movie of Penn Columbia Game Shown at Rotary The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Rotary club held its regular weekly meeting in the Monte Vista hotel at 12:15 p.m. Wallace Grubman, the next president of the club present ed a motion picture of the Columbia-Penn. football game of 1958 in which he played as an end. Columbia lost after being ahead most of the game by a score of 20-13. President Wilbur Ward pre sided and welcomed several guests from Asheville and Old Fort. B. M. TO BE HOST TO 200 VISITING FIREMEN The Black Mountain Volun teer Fire department will be host to the Western N. C. Fireman’s Association on Wed nesday, March 15. The meet ing will begin at 6:30 with dinner in the Primary school cafeteria, prepared by the women of the lunch room. Following dinner there will be a business meeting in the aud itorium. About 200 visiting firemen are expected for this training session. B. R. COMMUNITY TO MEET MAR. 11 AT CEN' ER The Br ad River Communi ty mee*: g will be held Satur day night, March 11, at 7:30 at the Community house. A very interesting program is planned. Refreshments will be served. All residents and their friends are cordially in vited to come and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship. T. V. Tickets 4 vailable Here For Prize Fight Tickets for the closed cir cuit telecast of the world’s h e a vyweight championship fight between Johansson and Patterson March 13, are on sale at Beddingfield-Konrad’s Men’s store in downtown Black Mountain. There will be no home tele cast of the fight. The closed circuit telecast will be at the Asheville City Auditorium. It is being sponsored in this area by Bob Allen of the Biltmore TV company. group, when the judges re quested both finalists to play another selection other than the one they first played for judging. Miss Bryan’s oppo sition has had twelve continu ous years of music study, Be\ erly studied for four years with Mrs. Viverette, but in the past four years her study has been done at home, driven by her own interest in music and her natural talent, ror her second selection Beverly played “Moonlight Sonata, by HONOR THE PAST W. B. Pollard Chooses Temp. Retirement W. B. Pollard, Educational Therapist on the Physical Medicine staff of the Veterans Hospital at Oteen, has chosen temporary retirement rather than transfer to another hos pital which would have meant a move for the entire Pollard family out of the state. Mr. Pollard chose this course with the possibility of again becoming active at the hos pital when a vacancy in his field occurs. Eight years of military duty and twelve years of civil ser vice made Mr. Pollard eligible for retirement. Mr. Pollard entered the army in 1941 and served until 1947; he then en tered civil service as assistant 10 the executive assistant at Oteen where he stayed until another leave of active duty with the army which, this time was for two years. In 1952 he again took up his old job at Oteen and in 1954 be came educational therapist. With the possibility of again becoming associated with the Veterans Administration, Mr. Pollard is going to see how he likes retirement. He has also spent considerable years as a high school teacher and prin cipal prior to any army and civil service work. —Turn to Page 4 lSeetnoven; ner mau v,<»o laguena,” by Lecuona, a very advanced composition. Elaine Stafford will now en ter the state contest, going to Raleigh where the contest will be held at Peace college in April. Beverly has been re quested to play for the Vogue style show at the Fine Arts luncheon in Asheville on Mar. 14, where Elaine will perform for the district meeting also, singing the selection with which she won the contest. The group above are the attractive younger members of the W. M. Styles family, Dorothy (Deedee), Allen, and Eloise, of Rangoon Lodge, Lytle Cove Rd., near Swannanoa. Since this coming week, March 12-18, is National Girl Scout week, we thought there was no family in the Black Mountain-Swannanoa area which better exemplifies the best in Scouting, both for boys and girls. Both Mr. and Mrs. Styles are active in Scout work, he as leader of Boy Scout Troop No. 25, and Mrs. Styles as leader of Girl Scout Troop No. 98; Allen is a Boy Scout troop member, Deedee is working toward her Curved Bar, and Eloise is a Senior Scout. Slubbs Resigns From Collins' Chain of Stores Marion Stubbs, since 1958 manager of the local Collins’ department store, has resign ed from connection with the chain of stores, effective Mar. 11. At the present time his plans are indefinite although he hopes to remain in this area. Mr. Stubbs and his family came here from Windsor, N. C., and both he and his wife have been active in church and community affairs. They are members of the First Baptist church where he has been teaching a class in the Sunday school and she has been a member of the choir. Mr. Stubbs was recently elected president of the local Rotary club, in which he has been an active member; he is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. —Turn to Page 8 AUDIO-VISUAL COURSE TO BE IN SWANNANOA Education course 466, sen ior-graduate level, 3 quarter, 2 semester hours credit. Fees $26 plus $3 for materials. This may count for certificate re newal or toward master’s de gree. Interested and qualified per sons may register at Swan nanoa school Wednesday, Mar. 8, after 3:05. Classes will meet for 10 consecutive Mondays except ing Easter week-end, at the Swannanoa school from 3:30 6:00. This course is being offered under the auspices of Appal achian college. Peggy Cooley Is In Finals For Organists Miss Margaret Ann Cooley, junior at Wilson college, and daughter of Mrs. S. S. Cooley, Black Mountain, was recently announced as the only girl among eight finalists in a contest in organ playing. The contest is being sponsored by the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, Ind. To enter the preliminaries, the contest ants submitted tape recordings of three selections. The con test is limited to organists not over 35 years of age. All finalists are to go to Fort Wayne and play in person. The winner will be awarded $200 and the privilege of giving a full recital nt the Fort Wayne church. Miss Cooley competed against organists from Rochester, Ann Arbor, Bloomington (Ind.) and points as far west as Califor nia. She was complimented by the judges on her accur acy, fluency, and excellent reg istration, and on her fine com mand of the instrument. One of her recordings was termed “an exciting performance.” Too little has been said about the work Mrs. Styles has accomplished with her girls. The group with which she now works is of the age that would have dropped out of Scouting because of other interests in mosf communities. Her troop not only has main tained its membership but has added new members. This is largely due to her interest and capabilities. Her father, A. W. Allen, was for 36 years head of the Daniel Boone council in Asheville, and Mrs. Styles grew up with Scouting, boy style, which has served her well with her work with girls, for she is not only a past master at handicraft work, but she camiliar with all outdoor activities in which Girl Scouts specialize. Un like most Scout leaders whose work with their troops begins and ends with the school year, she meets with her troop during the summer, thus giving them the advant age over others who miss the interesting outdoor activities. Someone once remarked in re gard to the one-time lack of members and interest in the Boy Scouts of Black Mountain that if they only had a “Mr. Harriett Styles” they would do better. Not only is she of service to the Scouts in this commun ity, but she is called on by the Pisgah Girl Scout council to participate in district meet ings as song leader and work shop teacher, and in the past has served with the establish ed camp at Brevard for na ture study. She is active every summer with the day camp, Beechwood, as council lor. Her work with the young people is outstanding, and she is my number one candi date for “Woman of the Year” for this Girl Scout week and all this year. As if this were not enough to use up her energy, she is an active member of the Black Mountain Garden club, one time president, heads the American Home committee for the Senior Woman’s club, and manages to play a little bridge in her free moments. —Turn to Page 5 Robert J. Clevenger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clevenger, earned a post on the Dean’s list “Cum Laude” for the fall quart er at the University of Tennessee. Placement on the list is only for those students who receive an average of 3.0 and better on 12 hours or more of work. Owen Activities Show Variety, Achievement Partial Scholarship For Anne Beddingfield Ann Beddingfield, a senior at the Charles D. Owen High school, has been named the recipient of a partial scholar ship for the academic year of 19(!1-1962 at Duke University. During the current year Miss Beddingfield is the editor of the Owen Annual, Black Swan. She has an academic average of 95 for her high school career and is an active member of the Beta and Fu ture Teachers Groups. Miss Beddingfield is a finalist in the National Merit Scholar ship program and has been awarded a certificate of merit. Mr. Martin to Attend Meet ing o»f Planning Commission Principal Fred H. Martin, of Owen High school, will attend meetings of the North Caro lina Education Association’s Planning Commission in Ra leigh Friday night and Satur day of this week. The plan ning commission of the NCEA submits over-all plans to the board of directors. Students Attend Family Life Education Conference The 4th Annual Family Life Education conference spon sored by Buncombe County P. T. A. was held on March 2 at Weaverville Methodist church. Those attending this meeting were Pattie Bird Talbot. Eu gene Smith, Jackie Hughes, Bobby Lowe, Judy Evans, Bar bara Solesbee, Carol McKin ney, Ronnie Morrow, Melanie Meyers, and Kay Goode. The theme of the conference was “Do the Standards of Ameri can Homes Prepare Our Chil dren for Today”s Problems?’' These boys and girls are Jun ior and Senior class officers and Future Homemakers of ficers. A play, “Tickets to Tomor row,’’ was given by the stu dents from North Buncombe. The group was then divided, and group discussions were held. Our group discussed ev erything from standards of life to the Bible. In the esti mation of our group, it was an extremely interesting and profitable day. Owen P.T.A. Meets Thursday, March 16 Owen PTA will meet 7:30 Thursday, March 16. A panel of 10 students will make com ments concerning their recent attendance at a family life conference. Special music will be provided. The PTA Exec utive committee will meet in the school library at 7 o’clock. Piroska Soos Wins Second Place in Essay Contest An annual event in the Bun combe County Tournament —Turn to Page 8 SENIOR W.C. BOARD WILL MEET MONDAY The Executive Board of the Senior Womans’ club will meet Monday, March 13 in the home of Mrs. Wm. J. Gammon on Mississippi road, Montreat. Mrs. Aleshire is co-hostess. SERVE THE FUTURE Art Entries Are Sought by Clubs For Art Awards The Youth Art Awards, sponsored annually by the N. C. Federation of Women’s clubs, will be given this year in Asheville on March 14 All persons interested in the recognition of art talent in young people, in grades 7 through 12, are urged to sup port this club program. It is state-wide, with money prizes and awards to encourage de velopment of talent. Students in 12th grade are eligible for national scholarships of $600 to the art school of their choice. Special prizes of $5.00 have been contributed by each of the following clubs in District 2 of the Federation: Black Mountain Senior Wo man’s club, Rhododendron club and Time and Tide club of Asheville, Forrest Woman’s club and Junior Woman's club of Hendersonville. These prizes will be award ed to students in grades 7-12 whose work will be judged on the basis of originality and skill by a jury of artists from Asheville and Hendersonville. The paintings will be exhibit ed and winners announced at the Fine Arts luncheon to be held at the Battery Park hotel on March 14. —Turn to Page 5 The Mars Hill College Touring Choir, directed by Thomas J. Cole, will present a concert of sacred music Sunday night (Mar. 12) at the First Baptist church in Black Mountain during the evening worship period. Citizens Urged To Attend UFE Hearing Citizens who are interested in education are urged to jump in their cars and appear en mass at the United Forces for Education hearing scheduled for the Raleigh Memorial audi torium next Wednesday, Mar. 15 at 2 p.m. The hearing will be before the joint Appropriations and Finance committees (this is the entire General Assembly). Interested persons are nec essary for the success of any educational venture, and it is hoped that there will be many from the Valley who will see fit to attend the meeting and stand up and be counted in support of the program. -—Salem, N. C., survived both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars without fire or pillage. Appeal For Antiques For Vance Home There is a concentrated ef fort under way to obtain au thentic articles for the furn ishing of the former home of civil war Gov. Zeb Vance, in the Reems Creek section of Western North Carolina. The state has purchased the land and from the existing foundation and standing chim ney of the old original home place, have reconstructed the house, identical to the one Ibudlt by grandfather David Vance back in 1795. It is now the job of the citizens of the area to furnish the home with the utensils, furniture and im plements suitable for the per iod between 1795 and 1830. The response and the extent to which this is accomplished will determine whether or not this end of the state may expect further aid from state funds in other restoration projects ol other historic sites. On May 20 of this year the house is to be opened for vis itors and by that time it is hoped enough authentic furn ishings may be donated to make the site a tourist attrac tion and a display for the teaching of the younger gen eration so that they may be come acquainted with the pi oneer life of that period. There are many historic sites of a similar nature in the eastern part of our state, this is the only one west of the Blue Ridge, and the first undertaking of this nature to ward restoring any that should be kept for posterity. When David Vance, Zeb’s grandfather brought his fam ily into the western part of the Estate he had already seen military duty as a vevolution ary soldier at such memorable battles as King’s Mountain and Brandywine. When Zeb was born his family was well established in a good farming area and he is reputed to have inherited his mother’s sense of humor and wit. When he was still a young man he had al ready entered in a small meas ure, into the politic r.f the state and he . ., oecame a military man, when he ad vanced to the rank of colonel in the 2tith regiment of N. C. in the army of the south. He was called from this duty to assume the governorship of North Carolina. He was pop ular and well liked by his peo ple, who elected him to the hall of fame by placing a sta tue to his memory along with —Turn to Page 4 The 50-voice mixed chorus give a similar concert in Morganton Sunday morning and will arrive in Black Mountain Sunday afternoon aboard its chartered bus. The week end performances are a prelude to the choir’s annual spring concert tour which will begin March 19 and carry the singers to various churches and high schools in North Carolina, Virginia, and the nation’s capital. The choir is the finest mus ical organization on the cam pus of the Baptist junior col lege. Its repertory includes choral selections by such famous composers as Bach and Brahms, several numbers by contemporary composers and some familiar spirituals. Look Who’s Hero! Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Ray Greene of Swannanoa have a son born Feb. 28, in St. Jos eph’s hospital. Swannanoa Folk Festival Is Planned A Swannanoa Folk Festival will be held on Saturday night, March 25, at Owen High school auditorium, featuring competi tive square dancing by teams from Swannanoa, Black Moun tain and Valley Springs, and individual and group perform ances of folk songs, dancing and story-telling. The event is being sponsored by the Swan nanoa Womans club for the benefit of its special project, the Swannanoa Public Library and Mrs. Sam Alexander, club president, states it is planned to make the festival an annual affair. This will give the school dance teams a chance to perform before a home town audience before compet ing in the Mountain Youth Jamboree, and will give local folks a chance to see their teams in action. Dance teams will compete for beautiful trophies, to be awarded in two divisions, Ele mentary and Junior High. The trophies will be given on a “revolving” basis, and a team winning three years in a row will be given the trophy to keep permanently. Many individuals and groups will round out a full evening’s entertainment, including the Valley’s well-known fiddler, Marcus Martin, and clog dan cer, Bill McElreath. Tickets are $1.00 for adults and 50c for students, and may be obtained from any member of the Swannanoa Womans club. LIONS WILL MEET THURSDAY AT MONTE VISTA The regular meeting of the Black Mountain Lions club will be held at the Monte Vis ta hotel Thursday, March 9 at 6:30. Mr. Walter Cook, who is in charge of our “Operation Youth’’ will be the speaker for the evening. A full attendance is urged. MASONS TO MEET FOR EMERGENT COMMUNICATION Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 A.P. & A.M. will hold an Emergent Communication to confer the Entered Apprentice degree Friday evening, March 17, at 7:30. All Master Ma sons are cordially invited. B. L. Marett, Master. Former B.M. Boy Is On Crete To Spot Capsule Lt. Albert W. Howard, Jr., was a member of the Navy crew which first spotted the now famed chimpanzee “Ham.’’ The Howards are former residents of Black Mountain. Lt. Howard is a nephew of Mrs. Betty Wrenn who lives here. After his plane returned to the home base at Jacksonville Lt. Howard told the press the successful spotting of the space capsule was due to 100 percent teamwork by the nine men in the crew. He stated that his crew began homing in on the capsule shortly after it was launched from Cape Canaveral the previous day. WBMT — 1350 ON YOUR DIAL FOR GOOD LISTENING!
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