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RABIES CLINIC FIRE DEPARTMENT APRIL 27 Weather High Low Prec. April 11_01_IK) April 12_45_40 .80 April 13_39_35 .30 April 14. 05_27 April 15_55_44 April 10_53_33 .50 April 17_55-33 ’I THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 34 — Single Copy, 10c Reflections Gordon Greenwood 1 tnn, attendance members of the Gen ‘ Assembly bave been ser 'l , ; considering introducing '! , correct a situation has exited in the state mien y too long- . VSoueh we have on the . , hooks a compulsory Tnol attendance law, we do :h°t°oo little to see that ,t is iforced. Some county and I; Sty unit: have attendance of i;-but in many counties no |e actually does the job. As "^ult many pupils are not '^hool. and county and city I, ,- hwe many teachers need I'Jv each year because no lie actually trees to the trou ge to round up all those un I , jg absent from classes Ithout just cause, and take tern back to school. Currently, each county and |(jtv education unit is charg [ed with the responsibility of ■enforcing the compulsory at ■tendance law under rules and (regulations prescribed by Egg state Board of Educa tion. But the law at best not strong enough. It |,ays only that the units "May" employ special at tendance officers to be paid I from funds provided in the jeur.-cn! expense fund budget ■of such administration unit.” VEI.FAKK department The law provides further lhat in case this is not carried I-.- by the unit in (Question, he duties shall he performed |y the superintendent'of public V'elfare. As a result we have in North Carolina only 69 units with Iruant officers. The other 104 knits trust the duties to the Superintendent of public wel S0 STATE FUNDS If such an act were introe [duced it would include the [attendance officer in the [regular state budget with [the county, probably, furn lishing the office, supplies, [telephone, and other local [items. This would not cost the county or city units very [much money but would be of [benefit to them as they work [to improve their daily at tendance, which is the basis on which teachers are al lotted. POSI’ITAL EXPENSE Rising costs of hospital and fciedical care have been a lource of worry not only to jhe individual but also to the lospitals. Chief complaint has »een that indigent patients, ■hose nut eligible for aid ur> Ber the federal or state web Jart* program, have caused the ■eficit of the private hospitals [° go higher and higher. I nder terms of Senate I Rill 12 and a bill introduced J 'n ’I10 House by Dr. Rachel I Ravis of Lenoir county, the 1 s,a*e "ould be able to par | ticipate in the plan for this patient, which means I tlu‘.v would receive federal matching funds. Hut matching funds is not I a good term since the fed I ‘'.‘.d government would fum j ™i 80 per cent of the mon je.'. the county and state di I 'iding the other 20 per cent. | 1 nder terms of the two f measures the hospitals r°uld receive $1,2.80 per day f ereas in some previous eir |u'n>tances they have received T"v >1.50 per day from the I0u»ty alone. rI'LS DIFFERENT j) ' :'i 11 s are somewhat a I-‘ut differ substantially on | 0 ur three points. Senate Bill 12 in v , P *° 1)0 eligible for as 1 ance Hie patient must ‘it the requirements set j l,r welfare cases, while the Hill would make any ! over 6-‘» eligible for ; ‘‘leaicai assistance, provid I'!",1!1' Prove that he is r":lb|e to pay. t,,’1ll,K‘r °f these two pro _the ' ‘°uld be confused with I): i... i’1''posed Social Security ■(..'! '' hich has yet to be Klwed in the U. S. Con |WiliCKd^TN- LODGE FRin^EHEARSE r,lDAY night *!'k fountain Lodge No. l<l«v l ‘ h°ld a rehearsal Fri :AI1 0».mng’ APr‘l 21, at 7:30. :Pres,.!:t“ erS are urged to be ^L^J^rett, Master. h”4 'V^TiTete! I Mr-.HareyF.Har Iha\..' Black Mountain, |:''Itmoriai°Mi,b0rn ^pril 13 in Mission hospital. The Navy Recruiting of fice in Asheville announces that Miss Harriett Ann Waters of Swannanoa en listed in the Navy on Mar. 31. Miss Waters is the daughter of Mrs. Mildred Harris and the late J. F. Waters of Swannanoa. Miss Waters is a native of Swannanoa and a graduate of Owen High school, class of 1960. Her first assignment is the U. S. Naval Training Cen ter, Bainbridge, Md. Here she will undergo 10 weeks of recruit training in Naval Orientation and many other courses that will pertain to her career in the Navy. C. E. STROUPE TO BE SWORN IN AS H'WY. PATROLMAN Charles E. Stroupe of Win ter street, Grovemont, will be sworn in as state highway pa trolman in Raleigh on April 24. Mr. Stroupe was manager of the Dorato Motors Esso service station at Oteen prior to entering the highway ser vice. Mr. Stroupe is married and has one daughter. Track Teams Win For Owen In Two Meets The final tally of scores accumulated in the county wide track meet for high school girls, held at Owen this week gave the Owen Lassies an edge over all con tenders. Their score of 19% was closely followed by Enka with 18% and North Bun combe in third place with 16%. Erwin, with 6% and Reynolds with five points were the low scorers in the event. The following is a lis^ of the various events with win ners and schools they repre sented: 60 yd. dash: Robin son, Enka; Freesland, North Buncombe; Garrison, North Buncombe; Lyday, Erwin. Time: 7.9. 200 yd. relay: Owen, Enka, North Buncombe and Reynolds. Time: 29.9. 300 yd. relay: Owen, Reynolds, North Buncombe, and Erwin. Time: 41.7. 400 yd. relay: Erwin, Owen, North Bun combe, and Reynolds. Time: 57.2. High jump: Bobby White, Owen; Sandra Haney, Owen; and Hamlin, Erwin, were all first place with a —Turn to Page 8 Ruth Norton Is New VFW Auxiliary Pres. The regular meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9157 was held at the Post Home on April 13. The installation of new of- , ficers was conducted by Hazel < Vaughn, 17th district presi- ' dent. They are as follows:^ : President, Ruth Norton; Sr. i vice president, Doris Reed, Jr. i vice president, Viola Cope land; treasurer, Hazel Bur nett; chaplain, Dot McMahan; trustee, Mona Lindsey; guard, Josephine Clements; conduc tress, Florence Melton. Other officers will be ap pointed at a later date. Discussed at the meeting was the new Cancer Program for the auxiliary. Hazel Vaughn talked to the members present about the program. The wives of the Post mem bers who are not members of the Auxiliary are requested to contact one of the members of the Auxiliary and/or come to the joint meeting of the Aux iliary and the Post on Apri 24, about the cancer program. It is very urgent that we con tact all the eligible members at the earliest possible date. Spring Concert At Owen High Friday, April 28 Approximately 300 students will perform on the Owen stage the night of April 28 either in song or with the Ow en band. The Swannanoa 8th grade chorus, over 100 strong, with Mrs. William J. Fawcette directing; the Black Mountain Elementary chorus of nearly 100 with Mrs. Cliff Meyer di recting; the Owen chorus of 05 members, and the Owen band with Woodfin C. Rhodes di recting, will participate. Admission fee $1.00 for ad ults and 50c for students. This money is used to help defray expenses of our music pro gram. Come out and help support our Valley music pro gram. Christmount To Hold Spring Board Meeting The Spring- Board meeting will be held at the Monte Vista Thursday and Friday, April 20 an 21, President H. H. Striet mann of Cincinnati presiding. Plans for summer confer ences and building program will be presented by the execu tive director Dr. Howard Kes ter for approval by the board. A breakfast for the Women of Christmount will be served at the Monte Vista hotel at 8 o’clock Friday morning pre ceding- their semi-annual busi ness meeting. Dr. and Mrs. Kester attend ed the South Carolina State convention of Christian church es last week in Charleston, S. C. Square Dancing To Be Feature of Thurs. PTA The Black Mountain P.T.A. will meet Thursday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. A program of square dancing will be pre sented by the Black Mountain Elementary and Junior Square Dance teams. Miss Evelyn Cauble is director of the Ele mentary team and Jerry Wil son is caller. The team won first place in the Swannanoa Folk Festival on March 25 and was runner-up in the Mountain Youth Jamboree in Asheville. The Junior team is directed by Miss Joan Han lon and Albert Holcombe is caller. This team also was a finalist in the Mountain Youth Jamboree. The executive board of the P.T.A. will meet at 6:45 p.m. Work Shop Attendance Has Been Poor Attendance at the Civil De fense Work Shops being con ducted under the sponsorship of the Black Mountain Bus iness and Professional Wom en’s club under direction of the Buncombe County Civil Defense unit has been very disappointing, and it is felt that many of our citizens are missing an opportunity to avail themselves of valuable instruction and information with regard to self-preserva tion and protection. The class on Friday evening of this week, April 21, will be held at the Black Moun tain Presbyterian church at 7:30 p.m. and instruction will be on Family Fallout Shelters and means of survival in event of nuclear attack. Mrs. Gertrude McCabe will be in structor and we urge every one who possibly can to at tend this class. We Salute -- We Salute YOU oa Your Birthday! April 19— Mrs. Sallie K. Hamby, Mrs. W. L. Snypes, Lula T. Moore, George Sarti, Sr., Rosella L. Underwood, Cliff Meyer, Thel ma Carswell, H. W. Estes, Jean Smith. April 20— Margery Wolfe, Charles Spencer, Roy G. Clark, Arthur B. Olsen, Nora Craig, Frank R. Donoho, Mrs. Della Vess. April 21— Charles Sanburn, Donna Lee Wasson, A. C. Leonard, Jim mie Dodge, Charles Dodge, Lester Ballard, Jr. —imiWUUIWUUUUWUUUUtU.»im—iUUUULlUiaWflIBMflflttaOMWim1 SUUIMUmaaB8ggB»WHgi««W»g»BWCggC88^::-:^^->^88R^:-^«gggo<^g8g8^«8S8»5^^ Pictured here is the Sheriff of Buncombe county, Laurence E. Brown, at the tender age of 13, with his own pair of oxen. The yoke, chains, and rope reins wound around some part of the gear would indicate that the young man has put in a hard day plowing somewhere nearby. 1-40 Paving To Get Under Way By May First Weather permitting, work preliminary to paving the in terstate 40 section between Marion and Old Fort should have gotten under way Thurs day or Friday of last week, state highway engineers stated. Work on the 13 miles link join ing the nearly completed stretch of 1-40 between Burke county and highway 226 south of Marion to the dual-lane Old Fort-Ridgeerest closed down in January due to the weather. Blythe Brothers Company of Charlotte has the paving contract at an estimate of $2, 640,000. Workmen expected to start this past week cutting sub-grade, stabilizing the road way, and putting down base in preparation for pouring con crete about the first of May. When this section is com pleted the distance between western North Carolina and the middle of the state will be shortened considerably. BASEBALL TEAM STARTS SEASON WITH THREE WINS Owen high baseball players are off to a good start for the spring season with three wins in a row and no losses. They are leaders in their di vision with wins over Rey nolds, Biltmore and Bethel. J. L. Garrison is getting along nicely at his home, after undergoing surgery at St. Joseph’s hospital last week. The picture was made look ing north on Black Mountain avenue across the street from what is now the Key City Laundry. In the background the large building looking down the street was at one time a general store located at about the spot which the NEWS now occupies. It was in this store that the post of fice was once located and mail delivered across the counter. The buildings on the right still stand. That on the left has been replaced. Guest speaker for the revival at Blue Ridge Chap el First Church of God, Blue Ridge road, will be Charles R. Richardson. Rev. Richardson is the Church of God state evang elist for Kentucky. The services? will begin Wed nesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. and continue nightly , including Saturdays, through Sunday, May 7. Pastor Harpest, extends a warm welcome for all to hear the “Word of Life.” A. H. Westbrook Marries In Knoxville Sunday, April 16, Miss Pa tricia Ethelda Griffith, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Cary Griffith of Cleveland, Tenn., and Arthur Hampson West brook, son of Mrs. Ruth H. Westbrook of Black Mountain and Lloyd Westbrook of New Haven, Conn., were married in a lovely ceremony at 4 o'clock in the Episcopal church chap el on the campus of the Uni versity of Tennessee, Knox ville. The Rev. Mr. McMillan officiated. The vows were exchanged before a background of green ery, and arrangements of pas tel yellow and white chrysan themums. The bride wore a beige suit dress with matching accessories, and an orchid cor sage. Mrs. Richard Westbrook of Asheville was matron-of-hon or. She wore a royal blue sheath dress with contrasting accessories and an orchid cor sage. Richard Westbrook of Ashe ville served as his brother’s best man. Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held on the campus at the home of a friend. Mrs. Westbrook is enrolled at a Chattanooga School of Nursing and is now in Knox ville for special training. Mr. Westbrook is affiliated with Fort Sanders Hospital labora tory, Knoxville, while he is at. tending the university. Rotarians Visit Many Countries - Via Film The regular meeting of the Black Mt.-Swannanoa Rotary club was held Monday in the Monte Vista hotel. Our member, Sam Millar, an engineer at Warren Wilson college, had the program for today. Sam recently took a two weeks’ trip to Scotland, Ireland and England, where he took us by means of col ored slides and comments. We visited, as Sam did, several of the ancient castles and cathedrals of Scotland, Ireland and England that date back to the ninth century. We journeyed to Iona Island where many ancient kings are buried. We saw Big Ben in London and the statue of St. Patrick in Down Patrick. Sam even showed us the college which he obtained a degree, and the Pub where he used to go, as well as his home town in Ireland. Sam’s talk was a step in history. Wilbur Ward, president, pre sided, and welcomed guests from Marion, Florida, and Asheville, as well as Bill Law rence president of the Ashe ville club. He also announced a district conference to be held next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Grove Park Inn. All Rotarians and Rotary-Anns were urged to attend. DR. SNYDER LECTURES AT OWEN HIGH On Wednesday, April 12, Dr. Karl D. Snyder, head of Science at Montreat-Anderson college, gave an illustrated lecture on Human Genetics to the Biology classes at Owen High school. Posey Gentry To Speak To Local Kinwanis Club Posey Gentry, division It. governor, will address the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Ki wanis club at its noon meet ing today (Thursday) at the Monte Vista hotel. Following the luncheon he will meet with the board of directors. Program for the last meet ing was provided by President Carl Bowness, who showed slides covering a western trip he made with his family last summer. The trip covered some 9000 miles through the most scenic spots in the country. The photography was excellent and subjects select ed showed good taste. Mr. Bowness advises young fam ilies to see America while they can enjoy travel together rather than put it off until they are too old for rigorous travel. The president also an nounced the “get acquainted” meeting for April 29, which is being sponsored by the Senior Woman’s club. Ki wanis made a contribution for refreshments. CHAPEL CHOIR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: back row, left to right, Buster Harvey, Mac Blizard, Eric Jolly, Jimmy Edwards, Ronnie Watkins, Andy Craig, Ted Nanney, Gary Summey, Mike Miracle, Terry Ledbetter, Bobby Ball, Ronnie Morrow, Suzie Tatham. Second row, Barbara Page, Becky Hudson, Pat Champion, Clare Hamby, Nancy Gregory, Martha Ann Basnight, Barbara Solesbee, Patty Glover, Toni Rowland, Sandra White. Front row, Phyllis Ownbey, June Boone, Ann Harris, Ann Camp bell, Linda Beddingfield, Flo Barnhill (accompanist), Miss Hildegard Jo Stanley (director), Irene Ledbet ter, Becky Allred, Lynn Hemphill, Barbara Boone,Judy Evans. Not pictured, Sandy Wilson, Nonnie Bost, and Ray Heath. The Chapel Choir of the First Baptist church of Black Mountain is composed of young people ages 13-17. They rehearse weekly to provide music for worship services, special programs, and state contests. On March 2, this group com peted in the Regional Youth Choir Festival at the First Baptist church in Asheville. Each choir had to have two numbers memorized and they were graded by three out-of state judges on technique, die. tion, and interpretation. The Chapel Choir sang “O Lord Most Holy” by Cesar Franck, and a negro spiritual “Let Us Break Bread,” and was given a rating of “A” by all three judges. This makes the choir eligible to go to the State Choir Festival in Winston-Sa lem at Wake Forest college this Saturday, April 22. The 37 voice choir will participate with 150 other choirs in the state Saturday singing 11 hymns and anthems, under the direction of William J. Rey nolds, music editor for the music department of the Bap tist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tenn. The Chapel Choir has been rehearsing for several months under the di rection of Miss Hildegard Jo Stanley in preparation for the concert which will be broad cast across the state from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday after noon. HELEN E. HATCHER A new circle, organized at Sw^annanoa Baptist church since Oct. 1, now has 17 mem bers and started with just the chairman, Mrs. L. L. Enloe, and the co-chairman, Mrs. W. C. Shope. The circle was named for Mrs. Helen E. Hatcher after they heard a very inspiring report by Mrs. Hatcher of her trip to the World Baptist Alliance in Rio de Janeiro. She told of pass ing through former mission fields and of being greeted at airports by some of her “Brazilian sons and daugh ters”, as she calls them. Mrs. Hatcher, who has a large home at Ridgecrest, dedicated to the future comfort and joy of ac tive missionaries, and who is still a real missionary wher ever she is, was born in New York of English Episcopalian and Methodist parents. She became a Presbyterian when a child and after attending Wes ley college and two years of Bible Seminary was sent by the Presbyterians to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1913 to work with girls in Mackenzie col lege. While there she attend ed a Baptist church and be came a missionary Baptist. She returned to the States and met and married F. M. Ed wards, a Baptist missionary from Texas. They were ap pointed to Brazil. The work was so hard and the mission aries were so scarce that the strain was too much for her missionary husband—who died after only eight years. Mrs. Edwards kept on with her organization of women’s work and teaching in the in terior and Bahia until she re turned to the states for a fur lough, at which time she met and married Mr. Wm. Hatch er—another Baptist preacher. She resigned her position with the Foreign Mission board but continued her work as librarian. She and Mr. Hatcher served the college and seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil, until 1933 when, upon the in vitation of the Portugese, they sailed for Lisbon, Portugal, to open a seminary there. They were forced to give up the work in 1939, because of the —Turn to Page 5 Gel Acquainted Club Invites All Newcomers A “Get Acquainted” party will be held at the Monte Vista hotel from 8 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. Come and meet your neigh bor—see a beautiful film of the Old North State, revealing the beauty spots, interesting historical points from seashore to mountain tops. Laugh awhile, sing awhile, tell your favorite jokes, meet some pleasant folks, and eat your favorite foods. You are cordially invited. Come and make new friends, sponsored by the Black Moun tain Woman’s club. Committeemen Reelected For Valley Schools The Buncombe County Board of Education reelected committeemen for a two year term to serve the schools in the Valley. School committees named were: Owen — Mrs. Margaret Kelley, Mrs. Grover Ledbetter, Roy W. Alexander, Harry M. Noblitt, Gordon H. Green wood. Black Mountain — Richard Stone, R. T. Greene, Frank Harris, Kenneth V. McCurry, Mrs. Mildred H. Simpson. Swannanoa—Mrs. Robert J. Davidson, Roy Armstrong, Mrs. Lovey DeWeese, Tal madge Burnette, J. Herbert Coman. Owen Has Week Of Interesting Activities Favorites Win Final elimination judges for individual and group talent at the Asheville City Auditorium Saturday night awarded first place trophies: “Supreme Folk lore,” (group singing) to “The Ebco Trio” and “Outstanding Group Singing” to “The Trou blesome Four.” The trio consists of Bill Medlin, Owen High; Bob Teague, Lee Fdwards; Jeff Phillips, Hall Fletcher. The quartet consists of Jack ie Hughes, Ted Smith, Red Smith, Jimmy Morgan, all of Owen High. With the aid of guitars these two groups did very commend able justice to “Kingston Trio” type ballads such as “Three Jolly Coachmen,’' “Shady Grove,” “Banua,” “Green Fields,” and several others. A Cappella Choir On Monday morning from 10 o’clock to 10:30 the Owen student body was privileged to hear the Lenoir Rhyne col lege A Cappella touring choir. The choir, under the direction of Professor Kenneth Lee, pre sented a program of sacred music. The program was high ly received by students and faculty. One of our own teachers, Mrs. Leinster, is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne college and a former member of the touring choir. She was instrumental in making arrangements for this very fine program. The annual Activities Awards buffet dinner was held in the Owen cafeteria Tuesday, April 18. Mr. Hugh Tomberlin, prin cipal of Enka High school, de livered the main address in —Turn to Page 8 Square Dance Teams Win Four Awards The square dance teams coached by Miss Joan Hanlon and Miss Evelyn Cauble won recognition for their school, themselves and their coaches in the Youth Jamboree in Asheville last week. The elementary team, win ners on the first night of com petition, were runners up for the finals for which they earn a trophy. They also won the award for best sportsmanship of all teams participating which was a high tribute to the two women who had work ed with the team. Their good grace in accepting defeat shows training which is far harder to put into practice. It is most difficult to not exhibit feelings, especially when their little team has for at least two years, been so near vic tory only to see it snatched from them on the final night. The junior high team went to the finals also, but did not reach the “runner-up” status of the younger team. Albert Holcombe, their caller won the title of best caller for the group. Edith Morris, for several years singer of folk songs in the Jamboree, was awarded a gold medal for her singing. She is a student at the Black Mountain elementary school. Love of Horses Means Much To Myers Girls Diane Meyer first became interested in horses when she came from Florida seven years ago to visit a dude ranch in the summer. Then, after be ing around horses at a young er age, she grew to love them strongly. At that time there was one horse in particular that she especially loved, although she was not allowed to ride him. He was a chestnut gelding with a large star on his fore head. (He was 17 hands high and Dianne was only four feet tall.) The owner of the ranch felt that he was too large and spirited for her to ride. Di anne’s older sister Melanie was taller and more experienced with horses, since she rode him on trail rides and in shows, she grew to love him, too. Mr. Meyer, realizing how much they loved horses, bought the horse, Major, and boarded him at the ranch in the winter while they were in Florida. —Turn to Page 4
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