i FOLK FESTIVAL
Owen High
Saturday - 7:00 P.H.
Weather
High Low Prec.
Mar. 14_52_43 .13
Mar. 16_03_36
Mar. 16_56_41 .05
Mar. 17_53_29
Mar. 18_33_25 .15
Mar. 19_55_32 .15
Mar. 20_58_37
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 30 — Single Copy, 10c
ELECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
»TTLE RAGES:
fin Raleigh as on the home
T t (he battle of whether to
£ or not to tax and what
tax rolled on with no ap
■rent decision in sight.
[Most people were of the
* 0 opinion: ' Stick it to ’em.
|c need the money for the
locational program to bring
Lj. ^.tate more in line with
|e other 44 that we now
The "stick it to 'em"
Lhrase was heard often and
las repeated dozens of
limes over in letters, cards,
fcnd telephone calis.
[strangely enough a large
limber reversed the order of
lings and said “stick it to
“ We’re willing to pay in
der that the children now
school have a better op
[rtunity than we had”.
■HAT TO TAX?
I As reported last week there
L two distinct lines of
■ought in the state. The
bys from the west, as a
oup, are against taxing food
|d medicine while the legis
jtors from other areas of the
^te want the General As
Irnbly to keep their cotton
■ekin' hands off their living
■tobacco.
But as had been expected
last week several bills were
ntroduced which would
|hift a major part of the
ales tax burden from the
Necessities to tobacco, soft
drinks, and luxuries,
jit is too early to tell what
fee general reaction to these
roposals will be but most
pgislators from our section
that this is to be prefer
|d against a tax on other
Ems and, as some mentioned,
[state tax on real estate.
SAINST
jin a letter being mailed to
bnstituents back home some
lembers have spoken out
jrongly against any proposal
hat the state enter the real
htate taxing field. “It has
PPH nrnn *c
♦He past that
le counties assume more re
ponsibility from a local level
improve schools. I am op
psed to this as our property
Ixes are already as high as
|e can afford to pay and that
our only source of revenue
|>r operating all of our
puntv and town services,”
jie letter said.
It is my opinion that no
perious thought is being
Biven to a real estate tax at
[this time and will not be.
ML HEAVY
I It is significant that in the
pavy volume of mail now
puring into Raleigh from all
r-r North Carolina few have
piced any opposition to Gov
pnor Sanford’s program to
Tiprove the schools and edu
ptional system of the state,
j Tlie only question seems to
a how to raise the necessary
Pnas. Many say: “We want
program but please try
find some way to finance
without taxing food and
|edicine”.
lOBBYISTS
I From reading some of the
Pwspapers one would gain
T lmPression that Raleigh
1 the hotel lobbies are
^ajming with lobbyists, but
jn olin§ the legislators on
turn.
T,hls ‘s an entirely false
fcre- one, except
L w legislators, has even
Fr!e to discuss the propos
JL Pro9ram with me and
I. of the other members
[ieiv had ttle same exper
lt(,r instance, in the lobby
I.J, Walter Hotel last
F; Wednesday), the place
I ted with rea mem
lii t'T 1,11 over the state
T ' 1 h school people here
i l'™l the United Forces
|ty \tUrf10n rally in the
f wditonum. If the lob
la t, 'u:re here they didn’t
lo i,r n {)resence known to
Tlat i k°noa"y other legislators
Ion ' i " iek 1 hope to tell
lev 0ut 'he lobbyists, who
ft* t, ’ what they do, and
lctivities°y Carry on their
[ ThVV CALE=NDAR
lour inJ1 S have started t
Ire ,i , ,n,ow an,i indicatior
1 calendar will t
Ivvhii ,ihe weeks ahead,
lee « i u; finance eommi
leasurei be studymg U
Ipprot,, ,. ,our Committee o
King tff ns will be bus
|°a>m. m: °me up with r
I . .:’:':."ns that will 1
►" member th® majority '
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Frank Buckner
Dies Suddenly
Sunday Noon
Frank Buckner, 65, for
many years a resident of Black
Mountain, died around noon
Sunday in an Asheville hos
pital following a brief and
sudden illness. He was visit
ing with friends on Saturday
night, returning home in the
evening when he became ill
and was taken to the hospital
by neighbors. Mrs. Buckner
and son Jimmy were in Flor
ida to bring her parents back
to Greensboro. She received
news of Mr. Buckner’s illness
on arrival in Greensboro Sat
urday night and immediately
came on to Black Mountain.
Mr. Buckner was a native
and lifelong resident of Bun
combe county, a son of the late
Dallas and Harriett Carter
Buckner.
Formerly an employee of
the Hans Ree’s Sons. Inc., of
Asheville with whom he work
ed for 42 years, he was plant
manager for many years be
fore the plant consolidated
with the L. H. Shingle Co. of
Camden, N. J., and had con
tinued his association with the
firm.
Mr. Buckner was a member
of the Black Mountain Metho
dist church, a member of the
present official board and
former chairman of the board.
He was a member of the Black
Mountain Lions club, the
Mountain City club of Ashe
ville, a member and former
commander of Waycaster-Mc
Fee Post of the American Leg
ion and was a World War I
veteran.
surviving are tne widow,
Mrs. Lucille Albright Buck
ner; two sons, James of Black
Mountain and Atlanta, Ga.,
and John of Bristol, Tenn.;
two brothers, C. M. of West
Asheville and R. D. of New
bridge; two sisters, Mrs. G. N.
Carter of West Asheville and
Mrs. L. D. Maney of Ashe
ville; and one granddaughter,
Martha Catherine Buckner.
Services were hold at 3 p.m.
Tuesday in the Black Moun
tain Presbyterian church. The
Rev. John McWhorter, pastor
of Black Mountain Methodist
church, officiated. Burial was
in Mountain View Memorial
park.
Pallbearers were Dr. H. D.
Daugherty, Kelly Benge, Stan
ley Garland, T. W. Nesbitt.
N. C. Shuford, and H. A.
Kerlee.
Lions Will See
Movie Showing
Communist Ads
The Black Mountain Lions
club will hold its regular meet
ing at the Monte Vista hotel
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March
23.
For the program it has been
announced that Lion Roy A.
Taylor has secured a picture
showing how the Communist
tried to block our investigat
ing committee on un-American
activity.
Lions from the Black Moun
tain club who attended the La
dies Night meeting of the Val
ley Springs Lions club on
March C report a very fine
meeting and a good dinner.
Tn addition to Lion Woodfin
Rhodes, who took the Owen
High school octet, consisting oi
Elaine Stafford, Arlene Schn
eider, Brenda Garland, Bar
bara Pound, Wesley Worley,
Jimmy Allen, Ned Willis and
Johnny Rayburn and pianist
Joan Lemieux, there were in
attendance Lion President, C.
A. Stubbs and Mrs. Stubbs,
Charles Spencer and Mrs.
Spencer, W. B. Beddingfield,
Leon Williams and Joe Wall
in.
JANE BOWNESS
ON DEAN'S LIST
FOR FALL TERM
Jane C. Bowness, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bowness
has been named to the Dean s
list for the fall semester ac
cording to information h
reived here from the publicity
department of Duke Univeis
ity.
An overall academic aver
age of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0
for the semester is required in
order to attain this recogni
tion.
Jane is a member of the
junior class, majoring in mus
ic. ____
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly 1
Eaton of Black Mountain, have
a daughter born March 13, in
St. Joseph’s hospital.
TROPHY
SPONSORS
Sponsors of the beauti
ful trophies for
the winning square dance
teams at the Swannanoa
Folk Festival on Saturday
night are: Noblitt’s Gro
cery, Roy Alexander, Tne
Town Grill, L&N Barber
shop, Mac’s Tire & Supply
store, B&J Drugs, Buch
anan s 5 & 10, Buckner's
Cleaners, Porter’s Food
store, Swannanoa Insurance
agency, Davidson’s Fuel
Co., Ward’s I)rug,s Dr. H.
D. Crawford, and Huggins
Jewelers.
Folk Festival
Participants
Are Announced
Fiddles will be singing-, ban
jos will be ringing, the lead
er's calls entrancing to merry
feet a-dancing ... at the
Swannanoa Folk Festival on
Saturday night at Owen High
auditorium, beginning at 7:00
p.ni. Performers from all over
the Valley will take part, pre
senting a wide variety of en
tertainment.
Square Dance Teams com
peting for trophies will be
Elementary teams from Black
Mountain, Swannanoa, and Log
Cabin school (Jackson county),
and Junior High teams from
Swannanoa, Black Mountain,
and Valley Springs.
Exhibition Dances will be
presented b y Swannanoa
school (Stick dance); a High
land dance by Anne Davidson,
Brenda Parks, and Kathryn
Lemieux; a folk song and
dance by Mrs. Szittya’s third
grade, Swannanoa; and clog
dancing by Bill McElreath.
Music for square dancing
and special numbers will be
by Pedro Cordell and his
Rhythm Seven.
Folk Songs and Music will
be given by Marcus Martin,
fiddler; Jimmie Morgan, gui
tar; Jackie Hughes, Red and
Ted Smith, The Wheeler Sis
ters, Horace Rogers, Edith
Morris, Linda McDonald, and
Paul Grant, folk singers.
A group of folk singers from
Warren Wilson college, includ
ing Margaret Meadows, and
Judy and Joy Ritchie of the
famous “Singing Family of
the Cumberlands”, and story
teller Frank Smith of Rain
bow Ridge will round out the
evening’s program.
Proceeds of the Folk Fest
ival, being sponsored by Swan
nanoa Woman’s club, will go
to the Swannanoa Public
Library.
B. M. LODGE NO. 663
TO REHEARSE FOR
SECOND DEGREE
Black Mountain Lodge No.
663 AF & AM will hold a
rehearsal of the conferring of
the second degree Friday
evening, March 24 at 7:30.
All officers are urged to be
present. B. L. Marett is
master.
Greenwood Is
On Fourteen
Committees
A booklet entitled "House of
Representatives, Session 1961'’
lists the various committees on
which our representatives
serve. Since several persons
have asked Mr. Greenwood this
question from time to time,
the complete list of the com
mittees on which he serves are
listed: Agriculture; Appro
priations; Counties, Cities and
Towns; Education;. Expendi
tures of the House; Federal
and Interstate Cooperation;
Higher Education. Journal
(Vice-Chairman); L i b r a r y
(Joint); Public Welfare; Pub
lic Utilities; Roads and High
way Safety (Vice-Chairman);
Water Resources and Control;
and Wildlife Resources.
EASTER CANTATA
TO BE PRESENTED
BY ADULT CHOIR
The Adult choir of the First
Baptist church in Black Moun
tain will present their annual
Easter cantata, “Behold Your
King”, by John W. Peterson,
this Sunday evening, March
26, at 7:30 p.m.
George Pickering will do
the narration and Vernon Wall
will be speaking the words of
Jesus. The words of Pilate
will be sung by Andy Turby
fill, bass. Other soloists are
Mrs. Ben Gaines and Mrs.
Frank Watkins. Mrs. James
Helgreen will be at the organ
with Miss Flo Barnhill at the
piano. The choir is under the
direction of Miss Hildegard
Jo Stanley.
Legion Post To
Give $120 For
Boys Uniforms
The Waycaster-McFee Post
of the American Legion at its
last meeting voted $120.00 to
help purchase Little League
baseball uniforms. The post
will raise this money by pro
viding one of its famous chick
en barbecues, Saturday even
ing, April 15. These barbecue
suppers are more than worth
the price, but with the Legion
men doing all of the work
and with the community co
operating by buying tickets,
this amount should be clear
ed for uniforms.
Commander Cockrell stated
that the policy of the post
will be to support those pro
jects which are in the best
interests of the Black Moun
tain community and that he
knew of no better project
than the development of our
youngsters. Those present at
the meeting voiced their
hearty approval.
Too often a Legion post is
accused of being a selfish
group, but this post is deter
mined to belie that accusa
tion, Commander Cockrell
stated.
Meetings are held regularly
in City Hall on the second
Tuesday of each month at
7:30 p.m. All eligible veter
ans are encouraged to turn
out and help make this organ
ization one of the best in the
state.
Were You There?
Swannanoa — Does the big
black cherry tree on Central
avenue that the kids called
“The Tree’' still stand ?
“Often when playing with
my children I remember the
good times we had at the
tree”, wrote M. R. Moore re
cently from Seattle, Wash.,
“Especially when cherry time
comes. It had more kids and
birds in it than any other”.
Each year it had been a
race between the kids and a
multitude of birds to see who
got the most cherries. How
ever, the birds never seemed
to out-eat the cherry-loving
kids.
It was an ideal tree for
climbing and gave one a feel
ing of being far above the
world.
Pits from those same cher
ries were much better for
homemade river cane blow
guns than the bitter wild
cherries.
Cherrytime wasn t tne only
time the big tree was visited.
Those who came first for
cherries returned again and
again to play with new and
old acquaintances on the
smooth, hand-packed ground.
Some came for the game of
marbles (are marbles played
as much and do some collect
“Cows”, “Peewees”, or steel
balls?); others came for any
kind of ball, whatever the sea
son. A few tomboys always
tried to out-play the boys.
Once a golfball was found;
where it came from no one
knew.
The clean, hard ground was
perfect for rope jumping, hop
scotch, round or square, occas
ionally a tug-of-war broke out
or crack-the-whip.
Who needed a baby-sitter
in those days? At the tree,
when: “I can’t go without
Jane”, someone would yell;
“Bill, watch Bobby, ’til I bat”,
and “Keep June, it's my time
to jump”.
Once in a while, if it wasn’t
too rough, everyone enjoyed
seeing a fight. It was quick
ly forgotten unless the parents
were involved. They stayed
angry long after the kids had
made up and were playing to
gether.
The old cherry tree had
great character and could have
told many amusing and per
haps sad tales.
_Old Salem’s first museum,
the John Vogler House, was
built in 1819.
PVT. CECIL DAVIS
NOW STATIONED
IN GERMANY
Mannheim, Germany (AHT
NC) — Army Pvt. Cecil E.
Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Davis, route 1,
Swannanoa, recently arrived in
Germany and is now a mem
ber of the 40th Transportation
company.
Davis, a truck driver in the
company in Mannheim, enter
ed the Army in February 1960
and completed basic training
at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He attended Charles D.
Owen High school and was
employed by White & Will
iams Co. before entering the
Army.
Father's Error
Makes Happy
little Girl
My father’s fy.it mistake”,
I suppose, was to let me ride
the ponies on the merry-go
round. At this tender age of
four or five, I decided I want
ed a horse.
For several years my par
ents thought this business
about horses was just a child
ish fantasy and that it would
soon pass. Meanwhile, I was
silently scheming my strategy
just as a general plans a war.
My first “battle” was mother.
This was a useless battle.
Then, as any persuasive little
girl does, I won my daddy
over! Soon mom found her
self outnumbered.
Prince was his name. He
was a gangly, skinny circus
horse who would work only
a short length of time before
he stubbornly stopped. His
usual stopping place, after a
flying gallop, was the garage.
This act only lasted a few
times before we parted com
pany with this horse.
Our next horse was a skin
ny (they always are) red
horse. The trader said, “He’s
five years old, 5 gaited, he’s
registered and he’s a ladies’
fine riding horse”. Strangely
enough, most of it was true!
His color became his name,
Ginger.
Shortly after we bought
Ginger there was a horse
show in town. Being 12, in
experienced and 'horse crazy”.
I went. I don’t think that I
shall ever forget that day
even if I live to be as old
as Methuselah!
—Turn to Page 4
Marlin Speaks
To Rotarians On
School Program
President Wilbur Ward pre
sided at the regular luncheon
meeting of the Black Moun
tain-Swannanoa Rotary club at
the Monte-Vista hotel Monday,
March 20.
Fred Martin, principal of
Owen High school for the past
two years was the guest
speaker.
Mr. Martin emphasized that
Owen High school was the
most important project in the
Swannanoa Valley. He also
stated that no change is made
in his five year program with
out first consulting the six
member school board which
meets once a month, and also
without outlining his proposal
to the County School Superin
tendent.
Both students and parents
alike are very enthusiastic a
bout the academic program be
—Turn to Page 5
Blue Ribbons
Won by Two
Local Girls
Two Black Mountain jun
ior artists brought back blue
ribbons from the district con
test held in Asheville Tues
day, March 14, by the Feder
ated Women’s clubs. This is
the second time in two weeks
students have brought distinc
tion to the community with
their talents. The first was
when Elaine Stafford, spon
sored by the Senior Woman’s
club, won first place for vo
calists in the music contest,
and this week further laurels
were added when Padhee
Massey and Becky Burgess
won blue ribbons, and Patricia
Burgin won second place in
their respective groups.
Padhee is well known
around Owen for her art work,
particularly on posters for
special events, but she won
her ribbon and $5 cash prize
for a charming portrait of the
windblown head of a young
girl entitled “April Wind”.
Padhee is a senior at Owen;
her home is on the Warren
Wilson campus.
Becky’s design of a horse
for a plane done in an ab
stract manner with suitable
decorative motifs, was the
winner in the design group.
Becky is an eighth grader,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Worth Burgess of Black Moun
tain.
Patricia Burgin, 7th grade
student, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Burgin
of Hiawassee avenue. Her
prize winning work was in the
illustration group, picturing an
iris clump.
Mrs. Dorothy Whitaker, vol
unteer art teacher for the
eighth grade one hour-a-week
class in arts and skills, had
11 entries from her class at
the elementary school. Mrs.
Charles Spencer, chairman of
art for the local senior club,
obtained six entries from
Owen. Both women stated
—Turn to Page 8
Water Safety Is
Subject For
Kiwanian Meet
Roy Gravenor addressed the
Black Mountain - Swannanoa
Kiwanis club at its last meet
ing on the subject of “Water
Safety”. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Gravenor are swimming ex
perts and have taught life sav
ing in England and in this
country. He pointed out the
importance of learning to
swim at an early age and felt
such training should be in
cluded as a required course
in our public schools. He ex
plained the proper techniques
to be followed in instructing
persons in life saving.
President Carl Bowness an
nounced that the board of di
rectors had set aside $100.00
for the purchase of baseball
uniforms. He also urged
members to strive for a 90%
attendance.
CUB PACK 28 TAKES
TRIP BY TRAIN
Pack 28, Cub Scouts, of
Swannanoa, took a train ride
to Old Fort last Saturday,
March 18. All five dens, the
Den Mothers, and some of the
parents made the trip down.
A good time was had by all.
The trip was made in conjunc
tion with their theme of the
month which was Railroad
ing.
POLICE POWERS WILL EXTEND
FOR TWO-MILE RADIUS WHEN
AMENDED BILL PASSES HOUSE
Civil Defense
Work Shop to Be
Given By B&PW
Tentative plans are being
made by the Black Mountain
Business and Professional Wo
men’s club for a Community
Civic Defense Work Shop to
be held in Black Mountain
within the next few weeks.
Arrangements will be under
the direction of the Buncombe
County Office of Civil De
fense, and will feature ex
perienced speakers and mov
ies designed to acquaint the
public with various types of
disasters and effective means
of defense and protection in
the event of attack.
This will be a ten hour
course, probably two hours a
night for five nights, and the
Business and Professional Wo
men’s club is hoping that ev
ery civic and defense minded
citizen in the community will
plan to attend. Whether or
not we are ever attacked, there
will be lessons of benefit for
use in the community, should
local disasters arise.
Detailed plans will be an
nounced at a later date, both
in the Black Mountain News
and over Radio Station WP>
MT. This is important to each
of us, so please keep it in
mind and plan to attend when
time and place are announced.
Activities
Of Interest
From Owen
Science Project Winners
Projects of two biology clas
ses were exhibited Wednes
day, March 15, at Charles D.
Owen High school. The pro
jects were started as early as
October 1, 1960, and much
planning-, research, and collect
ing was involved. Six winners
were chosen by judges of the
faculty to represent Owen
High School at Western Caro
lina College at Cullowhee on
March 25, 1961. These win
ners are Ellen Leonard, Max
ine Kendall, Piroska Soos, Guy
Pressley, Charles Sanders, and
Brenda Cordell and Brenda
Guffey.
Other entries were:
1. Tommy Hughes—Con
tents of one sq. ft. of earth.
2. Jim Cunningham—Effect
of Tranquillizers on Hamsters.
3. Pat Wilson—Effect of
Chemicals on Flowers.
4. Ellen Leonard — Compar
ison of Tar in Cigarettes.
5. Freda Russell—Collection
of Leaves.
6. Theresa Lemieux—Mak
ing and Drawing Microscopic
Slides.
7. Charlie Sanders — Seed
Viability.
8. Bobby Leonard -— Devel
opment of Spiny Rose Gall
Wasp.
9. Eric Jolly—Effect of Diet
on Hamsters Traveling' at
High Speed.
10. Linda Hyams—Geomet
rical Patterns of Spider Webs.
11. Adelaide Clark — Effec
tiveness of Various Baits for
Catching Small Animals.
12. Piroska Soos — Effect
of Vitamins on Weight of Tad
poles.
13. Teresa Dougherty —
Collection of Commercial
Woods of Western N. C.
14. Lucille McPeters — Col
lecting of Tree Twigs.
15. Muriel Ogle—Collection
of Mosses Found in Western
N. C.
16. Maxine Kendall — Rate
of Growth of Guinea Pigs in
Light and Darkness.
17. David Barnwell—Effect
of Noise on Guinea Pigs.
18. Linda Beddingfield—Ef
fect of Vitamins on the Re
generation of Salamanders.
19. Elaine Hampton—Ef
fect of Alcohol on Rabbits.
20. Guy Pressley — Effect
of Skin in Stimulating Regen
eration and the Effect of
Methyl Cholenthrene on Re
generation.
21. Brenda Guffey and Bren
da Cordell — Collection of
Herbs.
22. Rebecca Smith — Collec
tion of Leaves.
23. Joyce Ledbetter—Collec
tion of Lichens and Ferns.
24. Russell Ronquillo—The
Internal Organs of a Chicken.
—Turn to Page 8
The bill introduced Feb. 23 by Rep. Gordon
Greenwood for the extension of the powers of the
local police for a two-mile radius beyond the present
city limits was given favorable report by the House
Judiciary No. 2 committee. It appears this bill may
soon become law. This added protection will include
schools and some religious assemblies in the Black
Mountain area which have found it necessary at times
to appeal to the sheriff’s department for assistance.
Before the bill was given a
favorable report it was amend
ed in two respects: to allow
for future expansion of the
town so that police power
would always extend two
miles from the corporate lim
its, and to limit police activ
ities to the enforcement of
criminal law and only as it
is lawfully enforced inside the
town limits.
mm ii i ———whihhi ii niiniiniM w—
James Y. Perry, Jr.
The Black Mountain Min
isters’ association will present
the Rev. James Y. Perry, Jr.,
as their speaker for the noon
day union Holy Week Services.
These services will start on
Monday, March 27, and go
through Good Friday, March
31. They will begin at 12:05
p.m. and last until 12:35 p.m.
on each of . these five days.
They will again be held at
the First Baptist church on
Montreat road. A light lunch
will be served in the recrea
tion room of the church fol
lowing each service.
The Rev. Mr. Perry attend
ed the Theological School of
the University of the South,
Sewanee, Tenn., and Berkeley
Divinity school in New Haven,
Conn. He was ordained Dea
con and Priest in the Epis
copal Diocese of Western
North Carolina in 1954 by
Bishop M. George Henry. He
was rector of Grace church,
Waynesville, until 1959 when
he became executive secretary
of the Diocesan Department
of Christian Education and
Director of the Department of
Missions of the Episcopal
Diocese of Western North
Carolina. He has fulfilled
many preaching engagements
throughout the south.
Mr. Perry’s theme for Holy
Week will be “The Cross is
Contemporary”.
Ruth Penland
Is Counselor
For New Group
Mrs. Ruth C. Penland, Rt. 1,
Svvannanoa, has been appoint
ed counselor of Woodmen of
the World Girls of Woodcraft
Court G-L172-N.C. being or
ganised in Svvannanoa, it was
announced by Willie B. Wright
of Asheville, Woodmen state
manager.
Mrs. Penland, a Sunday
school teacher and former
Girl Scout leader, will be as
sisted by Mrs. Carolyn P. Dav
idson, Rt. 1, Swannanoa, the
court secretary.
\Members will be enrolled by
Joe S. Porcher, Swannanoa,
Woodmen field representative.
The court is sponsored by Wo
men of Woodcraft Court 1140
of Swannanoa.
Objectives of the Junior
Court are to teach awareness
of religious, home, and family
responsibilities; good citizen
ship; a finer appreciation of
nature and the out-of-doors;
and to create a desire to de
velop talents and self-improve
ment.
METHODIST MEN
AND LADIES NIGHT
RESCHEDULED
The Methodist Men’s club
and Ladies’ Night supper
meeting that was postponed
Monday night, March 20, will
be held Monday night, March
27, at 6:30 in the Fellowship
hall.
Speed violators who have in
(he past evaded the town
police by crossing the town
limits can expect police action.
This should decrease the num
ber of accidents which have
occurred on such roads as
that in the approach to Mon
treat. This should discourage
excessive speeding and also
curb some of the break-ins in
the elementary school, which
is at present beyond the town
limits.
The bill provides that:
All policemen, town con
stables, town marshals or
other law enforcement offi
cers charged with the duty of
making arrests or otherwise
enforcing the criminal laws
in the Town of Black Moun
tain in Buncombe County are
hereby authorized and em
powered to execute such dut
ies and powers which are now
lawfully exercised within the
corporate limits, relating to
the enforcement of the crim
inal laws, including arrests, in
all that territory embraced
within two miles in all di
rections from the present
corporate limits of said Town
of Black Mountain or for such
distance from any future ex
tension of said corporate
limits.
Boy Scouts of
Troop 25 Have
Court of Honor
Court of Honor
Boy Scout Troop No. 25 of
Black Mountain had a court
of honor on Monday. March
6, at 7:30 at the Youth Center.
The boys received scout awards
and merit badges.
First, two of the scouts re
ceived second class badges.
They were Lloyd Bahsaw and
Robert H. Swann.
Second, William Henderson
and John Miracle received
star badges.
Third, five of the scouts
received merit badges. They
were: William Henderson, pub
lic health, chemistry, and pub
lic speaking; Karl Snyder,
reading and public speaking;
Allen Styles, basketry, citizen
ship in the home, and home
repairs; Geza Soos, reading;
and John Miracle, swimming.
Fourth, the scouts had a
tenderfoot investiture at which
two of the scouts received
tenderfoot badges. They are
Arnold Jones and John Alli
son.
New Committee Men
The new committee men
are as follows: Raymond A.
Heath, Donald J. Quarles,
Michael A. Cefaretti, Walter
L. Cook, Wallis Goodman, M.
E. Head, Joe B. Bullock, O. R.
Thompson, Carl Bowness, and
Robert W. Queen.
—Reporter, Carl Rogers
GAME WARDEN
ISSUES WARNING
FOR FISHERMEN
The game warden at Lake
James wishes all fishermen in
the area to be informed of
the enforcement of the state
law for the use of life pre
servers on all lakes. Hereto
fore the law has not been
rigidly enforced, but hereaf
ter any violators will be pro
secuted.
There must be a life pre
server for every person who
occupies any boat on the lake.
Any person caught without a
life preserver is subject to a
fine.
YOUTH CENTER IS
OPEN FOR ADULTS
MONDAY & THURSDAY
The adult recreation pro
gram, started on Monday of
this week, will continue with
Monday and Wednesday morn
ing meetings until the end of
the school year when the chil
dren then have use of the
Youth Center in the morning
hours. All adults are invited
to come from 9:30 12:30.
—Keep farm records in 1961.