Rotary Club Benefit
CHICKEN BARBECUE
B. M. CLUBHOUSE — SATURDAY 5:30-8
DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY
THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 47 — Single Copy, 10c
Reflections
Gordon Greenwood
0 LIONS
.rhen two old Lions get to
lther vou may not believe
Vwthing they say but you
’behove them when they
they are always present
the meetings.
The other night when the
I for the Black Moun
V 1 ions club were installed
Vamp Merri-Mac, Willard
,n,Vy. past president of the
;V' = iie club, and Herbert
’ Panders, past everything
Black Mountain group
(1 past district governor of
1 were discussing attend
j i v. as about to brag that I
\ ,mled for six months once
Ithout missing a single meet
when Mr. Hensley volun
ernl the information that he
Id IS years’ of perfect at
pdanee.
Tiler!,, who was former raan
L- of Blue Ridge and now
Itired, but who still forms,
png with Chubby, (Mrs.
knders), one of the most
ipular couples in the Swan
Inoa Valley, came back with
[reminder that his span of
Irfect attendance covered 24
ktill
ARS AGO
It must have been along
ibout 1937 that Herb last
issed a Lions club meet
ig. That was before Hitler
arched into Poland and
icfore many of the boys
ho later fought in Korea
ere even born. Guys were
porting raccoon coats
nd the girls were wearing
ihort dresses and boyish
bs.
After leaving the meeting I
to wondering why on earth
S would ever have missed
ession but it’s been so long
;o now that I doubt if either
or Chubby remembers,
.owing his zeal for whatever
does and his energy and
jthusiasm, my guess is it
st have been something of
:!-.■Liking importance. It
[uldn’t have been the atom
nb because we hadn’t start
working on it in 1937.
ZY SATURDAY
My first contact with Herb
jtne one lazy Saturday after
Mews office in the Potter
lilding- on Cherry street just
a chat and to get acquaint
(That was in 1946 and
m have no idea how that
lit boosted our morale).
^ talked for a long time
)ut many things. I don’t
liemher too much that was
id but was impressed by the
it that he came by to visit
the first place. That was
■ ' tinning of a long- friend
ip and from my viewpoint
lvei'y enjoyable one.
His intelligence, his sin
|erity. his ability to talk
. l0P ‘n more than one f ield,
his desire to be of ser
[»ce were very apparent.
Jts a pity there aren’t more
•°ple like Herb-and Chub
fy
;harles Logan of 308 Vance
inuc has come up with an
I : > that will do until some
better comes along.
;A f.'w days ago when he in
;cted his potato patch he
,m Lie vines covered with
P1- tomatoes. We counted
'lne that he brought by
■hews office and found 12
'“•tees in various stages of
telopment.
pb. Logan dug in the hills
,make sure that he wasn’t
’l!‘- a nightmare and found
!are plenty of pota
' ' n the vines underneath
.■ ground.
Ffl tomatoes are growing
,the Potato bloom.
. ,'|u’ek check around
. , , the information that
Hall said he had seen
,a'ame thing in South Caro
n'winnf0ne else anything
l,*1 1 heat this?
Ln , ave to be good and
L la'e to bring the evi
, No “they tell me”
-Ar'kr r be accePted.
Ack ford
ir,]fJ„ne da-v iast week a bla<
i \i as rei-‘ling and rockir
w. treat > oad so fast thi
fiv,.r not to° sure that tf
LJ *ou>d make the cun
tne Baptist church.
'Hear?rri£e<1 a" Alab*n»
|Ufc” Dixie” license
ill * l llc" Proves that nol
r*!'deltleCf le“ driver* »r«
Tix , our “ramunity
iV . '4d there isn’t son
i'vers fst°P the thoughtle:
lad a\ r'°m using Montrei
iy H a race track. A w
ni!’e found.
light
in ofhRhl at the inters'
Richardson Bouleva
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Second Concert
In Series To He
Bond & Chorus
The second of a series o:
concerts presented under th<
sponsorship of the Transyl
vania Music Camp will be giv
en Saturday night, July 22
in Anderson Auditorium at 1
p.m.
The program will feature ;
Concert Hand under the direc
tion of Evelyn Sisk and thi
Transylvania Chorus with El
wood Keister conducting.
Elwood Keister, choral di
rector of the University o:
Florida, is sec.-treas. of th<
American Choral Society, am
a former of the Robert Shav
Chorals.
Evelyn Sisk is the directo:
of the Northside Highlam
Band of Georgia.
Among selections to hi
heard will be the “Kyrie Eli
son” from Hydn’s Imperia
Mass; Howard Hansen’s “Sons
of Democracy”; “Four Winds’
Harry Budka; “Andante Can
tabile,” Miller.
Rolarians Lose
Wally Grubman,
Express Regret
The Black Mountain-Swan
nanoa Rotary club met at the
Monte Vista Monday at 12:lf
with 17 guests and as manj
members present. Guests were
from six different states as
well as N. C.
Wallace Grubman, plan;
manager of the American Par
board corporation and incom
ing president of the club, an
nounced today his transfer tc
a managerial position with the
plant in Plainfield, N. J. Grub
man was on the board of di
rectors last year and has beer
a member of the local clut
for two years. Cliff Field
spokesman for the members
expressed regrets at his leav
ing and thanked him for his
i i ve ''S-j'Urirvtion in the did:
alter which he was given i
standing ovation and besi
wishes for his future from the
group. Mr. Grubman assured
his friends that he intends
maintaining his ties with the
club.
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Jack Brown Is
Advanced At
Amer. Parboard
American Parboard Divisior
of National Starch and Chem
ical Corporation recently an
nounced several promotions ir
its manufacturing organiza
tion. W. K. Grubman, plant
manager, indicated that
Charles E. Brown had been ap
pointed General Productior
Superintendent with full re
sponsibility for all productior
operations. Mr. Brown, a res
ident of Black Mountain, ha;
held many different supervis
ory positions since starting
with the company in 1957
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Max Woodcock
Is Installed As
Lion President
Officers were installed ai
the regular meeting of the
Lion’s club at Camp Merri
Mac this past week. Install
ing official was Willard Hen
sley, immediate past Deputy
District Governor of 31A fron
the Asheville club.
Officers for the cominf
year1 are: president, Ma>
Woodcock; 1st vice pres., Leor
Williams; 2nd vice pres., Har
old McNary; 3rd vice pres.
O. B. Smith; secretary, Jot
Wallin; treasurer, Kay Stutts
lion tamer, Bob Williams; tail
twister, Wm. Hickey; assist
ant sec., Marion Corbett, as
sistant treas., R. L. Crawley
assistant lion tamer, Phillif
Gaines; and assistant tailtwist
er, W. W. Earley.
Directors for 1961-62 art
Kenneth Evans and Dor
Wright; for 1961-63, Jame;
H. Skelton, Jr. and W. B
Beddingfield.
Retiring president is Clydt
Stubbs.
Incoming president Mar
Woodcock in making his ac
ceptance speech called foi
continued support from tht
members who in turn gave t
rising vote of promise to t eii
president during his term o:
office.
, Shope-Burnette
Reunion Set
For July 23
The annual Shope-Burnette
reunion will be held Sunday,
July 23, at the Bee Tree Chris
tian church. A memorial ser
vice will be held at 11 o’clock,
followed by a picnic dinner at
12:30.
In the afternoon there will
be singing’ by several well
known groups, the Riverside
Men’s chorus, Asheville, First
Baptist church quartette of
Asheville, and the Dotson trio
of West Asheville and others.
All friends and relatives are
cordially invited to come and
bring a picnic dinner. E. J.
Shope is president.
Robert Nichols
Now Stationed
At Okinawa
Army Specialist Four Rob
ert D. Nichols, whose wife,
Joan, lives at 128 Stone dr.,
Swannanoa, recently arrived
on Okinawa and is now a mem
ber of the 809th Engineer
Battalion.
Specialist Nichols, a heavy
equipment operator in the bat
talion’s Company B, entered
the Army in March 1950 and
was last stationed at Fort
Story, Va.
The 29-year-old soldier, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Nichols, Route 5, Morganton,
attended Black Mountain High
school.
B„ Dillingham
Completes Air
Defense School
Army Pvt. Bobby R. Dil
lingham, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard N. Dillingham,
Swannanoa, N. C., completed
eight weeks of advanced indi
vidual training at the Air De
fense School, Fort Bliss, Tex.,
July 1.
jJUiiiigimin i
ing in the duties of a Hawk
crewman.
The Air Defense school, the
largest military school in the
nation, trains personnel to
man and maintain the guided
missile systems employed in
the air defense of the U. S.,
by our armies overseas and by
our allies of the NATO and
SEATO nations.
He entered the Army last
January and completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Dillingham attended Steph
en-Lee High school.
Kiwanians and
Wives Enjoy
Annual Fish Fry
The Black Mountain-Swan
nanoa Kiwanis club annual
Fish Fry was held Thursday,
July 13, at 6:30 p.m., at the
\V. H. McMurray, Sr., cottage
on the shore of beautiful Lake
Tahoma.
The wives of the club mem
bers were guests.
During the evening boat
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—Photo by Ed DuPuy
J. P. Parker, first president and only surviving
member of the first board of directors of the Black
Mountain Building and Loan Association, was present
when the board welcomed two new members last week.
Shown with Mr. Parker are, left to right, A. P. Per
ley, J. L. Potter, H. A. Kerlee, Dr. Frank Howard Rich
ardson, new member, Mr. Parker, A. F. Tyson, Jr., new
member, R. E. Finch, and Wade Morrow, secretary
treasurer and manager. Not present when the picture
was made was J. A. Dougherty who was on jury duty
in Federal Court and could not get released.
BLACK MTN. BUILDING
& LOAN DEPOSITS NOW
INSURED TO $10,000
“The Black Mountain Build
ing and Loan Association has
been granted membership in
the Federal Home Loan Bank
of Greensboro and its deposits
are now insured by the Feder
al Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation, up to a maximum
of $10,000 on each account,”
it was announced this morning
by H. A. Kerlee, president.
The effective date was July
1, 1961.
This means that every ac
count of the Building and Loan
Youth Week At
First Baptist
Trains Leaders
Thirty-seven young people
will participate in Youth Week
at the First Baptist church,
states Pastor Usher.
The emphasis will begin
with the Training Union hour
on the coming Sunday when
the positions of leadership will
be filled by the young people.
This will be true of the Sun
day School on Sunday, July
30, and the various activities
during the week. The worship
services will also be led by
the youth.
There will be periods of fel
lowship, a panel discussion,
and a picnic planned especial
ly for Intermediates and
Young People. “This empha
sis which was begun by the
churches some years ago,” be
lieves Pastor Usher, “helps
tremendously in giving a sense
of responsibility to those who
will be the leaders of our
churches tomorrow.” Beth
Boroughs, summer worker, is
leading in the planning of the
week’s activities.
association members and
shareholders is protected up
to the sum of $10,000 by the
Federal Saving's and Loan In
surance Corporation.
Two new members have
been added to the board, A.
F. Tyson, Jr., and Dr. Frank
Howard Richardson. Other
board members include R. E.
Finch, A. P. Perley, J. L. Pot
ter, and Mr. Kerlee
The Association was formed
in December of 1923, and
commenced business January
8, 1924. The first President
of the Association was J. P.
Parker, now residing- at 107
First street in Black Moun
tain, and who is the only sur
viving member of the Associa
tion’s first Board of Directors.
The Association began busi
ness with a capital of $18,
500.00, and held its first meet
ing of the Board of Directors
on January 8, 1924, with Mr.
Parker as president, and John
P. Fitzgerald, who was a vet
eran of World War I, and lat
er resided near Boston, Mass.,
as secretary-treasurer.
The Association has served
this community, with its local
Board of Directors, since it
began business in January of
1924 up until the present time.
It has been the means of en
abling hundreds of local peo
ple to purchase homes, and es
tablish savings accounts for
emergencies, and all through
the depression of the early
30’s, when all banks in this
vicinity were closed, the As
sociation continued to operate
without a loss to a single one
of its members or sharehold
ers. The Association has nev
er failed to pay its semi-an
nual dividends, and in 1952 it
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The two fishermen pictured above are George
Gosnell and Woodrow Patton of Swannanoa who are
proud owners of these 21 beautiful pike caught from
the waters of Lake James.
This is only one of three similar strings caught from
approximately the same location. They may not give away
the secret, but they will tell you that the pike are plentiful
there if you know the spot to throw the bait.
Udall to Visit
For Ceremonies
On Parkway
Ceremonies August 18 in
Western North Carolina com
memorating the 25th anniver
sary of the Blue Ridge Park
way will be attended by Sec
retary of the Interior Stewart
Udall.
Accompanying him will be
Secretary of Commerce Luth
er Hodges, National Park Ser
vice Director Conrad L. Wirth
and 12th District Congressman
Roy A. Taylor.
The commemoration event,
to be held at Waterrock Knob
on the Parkway between Bal
sam and Soco Gaps, is being
arranged by William Medford
of Waynesville, chairman of
the North Carolina National
Park, Parkway, and Forests
Development Commission.
Taylor, a member of the
House Interior Committee and
author of a bill to study ex
tension of the Parkway, has
been anxious to have Udall
take a firsthand look at the
Parkway, the Great Smokies,
the proposed Bryson City-Fon
tana road and their needs.
The district representative
said he is working with Med
ford to arrange for Udall and
Hodges to make an aerial in
spection by helicopter of the
routes of the proposed Bry
son City-Fontana road, Park
way extension and other pro
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Local VFW To
Have New Home
In Near Future
Post 9157 of the VFW,
Charles Lindsey commander,
has purchased a building- from
the old Moore General hospit
al site which will become the
new home for the local unit
when placed on the acquired
location nearby.
Members and the Auxiliary
spent two days recently in
their concession stand at Mac
Rae Meadows where they
earned enoug-h money to buy
the building. The major pro
ject now underway is the mov
ing of the building by the
Crouch Moving Company. This
relocating of the building nec
essitates an additional sum
which far exceeds the cost of
the building and will make it
necessary for the Post to re
quest a loan for this purpose.
Interested friends who wish
to assist the hard working vet
erans and the auxiliary in the
project to have a new home,
ire asked to send their con
;ributions to Quartermaster
Bill Gudger.
The VFW has been meeting
'n an inadequate building on
:he old highway for several
pears and the growth of the
irganization with its varied
ictivities, makes a new home
in exciting adventure for all
concerned.
AUXILIARY WILL
HAVE BAKE SALE
5ATURDAY, JULY 29
Waycaster - McFee Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will
have a bake sale Saturday,
July 29. Place and time will
be announced in next week’s
issue of the News.
Methodist Youth
Activities Week
is July 23-28
WHEN?
July 23-28. Time, Sunday
7-9:30. Monday through Fri
day 7:30-9:30.
WHERE?
Swannanoa Methodist Ch.
WHAT?
The theme, “In Quest of the
Best”.
WHO?
Young people and their
friends from Black Mountain,
Tabernacle, Swannanoa, and
Azalea Methodist churches.
Study and discussion topics
and leaders are as follows:
Junior High, “The Life of
Jesus”, leader, Dr. Ira Martin;
Senior High, “Christianity and
Science”, leader, Dr. Howard
Kester; Older Youth, “Meth
odism”, leader, Mrs. M. V.
Thumn.
C of C Hears
Address By
Dr. Gladden
Dr. James W. Gladden, new
president of Blue Ridge as
sembly, had as his subject for
a talk at the Tuesday meeting
of the Black Mountain Cham
ber of Commerce, “Trends in
the South in the Sixties”.
Pointing out that the birth
rate in the United States and
the South had been much high
er than expected or predict
ed, Dr. Gladden said that this
had greatly affected this area.
“We now have 4,000,000
births in the United States
each year which means that
since 1950 we have 40,000,000
new citizens. This has caus
ed a problem in housing,
schools, and many other areas.
At present there is no indica
tion that the trend is dimin
ishing”, the speaker asserted.
Other trends he listed in
cluded families, a rising edu
cational level for both white
and Negro, increased home
ownership, a lower age for
marriage, many new occupa
tions because of new type in
dustries, and an increase in
the number of towns in the
south in the 10,000 to 20,000
group.
Reporting for the roads
committee Dr. Frank Howard
Richardson, chairman, said
highway authorities advised
against trying to increase U.S.
No. 70 from three lanes to
four because of the great
danger involved in a four-lane
road without a median to di
vide the lanes. In each case
where this has been tried the
accident rate has been ap
preciaoiy increased, nr. rucn
ardson quoted the highway
officials.
Highway No. 70 from Black
Mountain to Asheville was re
laned two years ago during
the session of the General
Assembly. State highway of
ficials have pointed out that
it is difficult to change this
road to four lanes because
part of it is located on the
property of Southern Railway
and can not be bought.
In the absence of President
W. W. Earley, Vice President
Gene Ford presided. A large
crowd attended.
Conference On
Music Ends with
Extravaganza
The Presbyterian Church
Music Conference will con
clude here at Montreat, “sum
mer university of religion,”
Wednesday night with a
Church Music Festival Con
cert, featuring the three con
ference choirs.
Three hundred voices will
blend together in singing some
of the world’s finest sacred
music.
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SILO'S "J. B." IS
FINE SHOW, SO
PLAN TO ATTEND
Silo Circle box office re
ports that reservations for
ihis week’s production of
“J. B.” are being made
rapidly.
The Asheville - Black
Mountain area is showing
great interest in the stage
adaption of the Book of
Job and advises that reser
vations for the night per
formances and the Saturday
matinee be made without
delay.
66. J. BT Is Modern
Version Of
Book of Job
This week Silo Circle play
house is presenting the Pulit
zer prize winning play, “J. B.”
by Archibald MacLeish. “J. B.”,
a recent Broadway success, is
the modern stage adaptation
of The Book of Job. The play
will continue nightly thru
Saturday at 8:30 p.m.. with a
special matinee on Saturday
at 2:30. General admission
for the matinee will be $2.00.
Silo is offering a discount of
20 percent to groups of 10
or more on it’s $2.75 and
$2.25 seats for the perform
ance of “J. B.”
This week during the per
formances of “J. B.’’ the art
exhibit in Silo’s lobby is by
Bette Lee Coburn of Green
ville, S. C. Mrs. Coburn, a
native of Chicago, studied art
at Grinnell college in Iowa,
the Evanston Art center, and
attended the Art institute in
Chicago where she studied
under Harry Mintz. She has
for four years been first place
winner in the Greenville Art
show. In mid-January of this
year she was given a show by
the Asheville Art museum, and
has exhibited in Henderson
ville, the South Carolina Guild
shows, and at the Hunter show
nt rhattannnfJa Hpr mpHiiim
is oil and her paintings would
be classed as expressionistic.
Mrs. Coburn is married and
the mother of two children.
She maintains her studio at
her home at 101 Lake Fair
field drive in Greenville.
Next week, Tuesday thru
Saturday at 8:30, Silo is pro
ducing George Axelrod’s “The
Seven Year Itch”, the Broad
way success that brought Tom
Ewell to fame and was later
made into a movie.
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New Office Is
Opened Here for
WNCIB Assoc.
The Western North Caro
lina Tuberculosis Association
has opened an office in the
Valley Realty building- in
Black Mountain to serve the
15 counties recently assigned
to this new district.
Although Buncombe county
has an association of its own
which is efficient, the counties
surrounding- Buncombe will
be served through this new
office located here because
of the proximity to the area
to be served. Counties under
their jurisdiction are Avery,
Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Hay
wood, Henderson, Jackson,
Macon, Madison, Mitchell
Poke, Rutherford, Swain,
Transylvania, and Yancey.
People of Black Mountain will
not be served by the local of
fice since they come under
that in Buncombe county.
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Rotarians Will
Serve Benefit
Chicken Bar-b-q
The Black Mountain-Swan
nanoa Rotary club will spon
sor a chicken barbecue dinner
at the Black Mountain club
house on Saturday, July 22,
from 5:30-8 p.m.
This supper is for the bene
fit of the scholarship-hospital
equipment fund which are
joint projects of the club. The
scholarship fund will make
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard P.
Harris of Route 1, Black
Mountain, announce the
engagement of their
daughter, Katherine, to
Melvin Eugene Davis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. U. V.
Davis of Star Route, Black
Mountain.
Mr. Davis is employed at
Beacon Manufacturing Co.
The wedding is planned for
August 1. Both are grad
uates of Charles D. Owen
High school.
Porfer-Noblitt
Merge lo Form
Super Market
When the new Bilo Super
Market opens its doors for
business this week end (Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday), a
total of nearly 50 years in
the grocery business will be
combined by the owners, Por
ter and Noblett who are well
known to thrifty Swannanoa
buyers.
The new market will be on
the site of Porter’s Super Mar
ket, which was opened in No
vember of 1947 at 120 Alex
ander Place. Mr. Noblitt’s
Grocery store, opened in 1937,
has been located in the Ma
sonic building' for the past few
years.
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Frieda and Kay Ricketts, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. R. V. Ricketts and Miss Juliette Ricketts enter
tained approximately 500 people with a song and
dance program Sunday, July 9, at Ghost Mountain
jJdi iv.
W.O.W. AND FAMILIES
TO HAVE PICNIC SUP.
MEETING SATURDAY
Swannanoa Council 970
Woodmen of the World am
the Women’s Court No. 1146
will have a family night cov
ered dish supper meeting a
the Grove Stone lake this Sat
urday night at 5:30.
Awards will be presented t<
“Mr. Woodman of the Year’
and “Mrs. Woodman of th
Year,’’ plus other awards du
at this time.
All members of both group
are invited to attend.
WITH THE SICK~
Mrs. J. F. Osteen, Sr., is
patient at St. Joseph’s hospits
where she is receiving treat
ments on her back.
Isaac Martin is a patient s
the VA hospital, Oteen.
Mrs. Katherine Ricketts Col
vin, grandmother of Frieda
and Kay, and mother of
Juliette, accompanied them at
the piano. Romeo Ricketts,
, another son of Mrs. Colvin,
[ is a member of the family
, group entertainers. The Rick
. etts will appear at the annual
; Folk Festival at the City aud
. itorium, Asheville, in August.
> CHANGES MADE
IN COVERAGE OF
; SOCIAL SECURITY
PARENTS! Are you work
3 ing for a son or daughter?
Under the changed social se
curity law your earnings are
covered for social security
i purposes, beginning this year,
1 if you are working in your
- son’s or daughter’s trade or
business. But your work for
t them in the home is still not
covered by social security.
Weather
High Low
July 11 75 54
July 12 69 53
July 13 78 57
July 14 82 58
July 15 82 59
July 16 84 57
July 17 81 57
Prec.
.60
.05
.49