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THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
VOL. 16
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 48 — Single Copy, 10c
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
omatoes?
Yre tomatoes really grow
lg 0n the potato plants a
:te home of Charles Logan
08 Vance avenue, as we re
orted last week?
We wondered about t hu
nc| had many interesting dis
ussions without getting anj
carer a solution.
Then on Friday morning
we had a scientific explan
ation from Dr. Elmer C.
Pritchard, professor of bi
ology at Stetson University,
Deland, Fla. Since he took
his Ph.D. in botany at the
University of North Caro
lina, Dr. Pritchard should
be familiar with all the pe
cularities, if any, of the
plants of this area.
The “things” we thought
ere tomatoes are not to
tatoes at all, the professor
jvs, but fruit of the potato
lants. But let him tell it
i his own words:
“Plants which have flowers
[ways produce some kind of
•nit. Potatoes are no ex
option. The potato plant,
owever, seems to be erratic
i producing fruit. Since the
otato and the tomato are in
ie same family, Solanaceae,
icir fruits when young look
cry much alike. That part
I the Irish potato which is
sed for food and which is
lanted is not the seed or
•uit but the underground
;em.
"This same situation has
eon observed in the potato
rowing region of Florida
uite frequently,” he con
'uded
OUNG POTATO FRUIT
So. what we thought were
imatoes—was, in fact, young
otato fruits, which the aver
ge person, including many
f us, has never seen. This
tuation happens frequently
1 some locality of the
ounlry but had never struck
ere before to my knowledge.
"The potato," Professor
Pritchard continued, "is
actually the stem and the
;yes are the buds. As a
result when we plant po
tatoes we plant a piece of
the stem with a bud and
that is what makes the plant
jrow."
0 TALL TALE
If you don’t believe this
ory told by the professor,
ist ask him.
He said that a few years
50 he saw a potato plant
■owing out of a bag of po
to chips. The eye in the
Jtato had survived the cut
ftg. treating, and cooking of
te potatoes as they were
ade into chips and had pick
I the first opportunity to
u’st into bud and to grow
ght out of the bag.
We thank the professor
°r taking time to come in
ind to give us this scientific
!><planation and to all
'♦hers who commented.
At this point Charlie Logan
ust have the most highly
iblicized potato patch in
Jneombe county.
I wonder what time that
>tato fruit will be ripe?
EW PRESIDENT
A man who started his
ll,nalistie career in 1932 by
Wishing a newspaper on a
l'/v’ operated by foot, Sat
nay was installed as pres
ent of the North Carolina
®ss association.
was privileged to have tl
in"r °f being selected, alor
th G°rdon Tomlinson of tf
tne Countty Record at
jcksville, to escort the new
'■sident to the platform
lert‘ he received the gavel
ln\ Ashiev B. Futrell, re
"]■' President and publisher
h] Washington Daily News.
Iue. a veteran of eight
°Rsecutive sessions in the
Carolina House of
^Preservatives and a candi
at* for speaker in 1963,
a e a good acceptance
9eech.
' er starting his first
111 ® a shed ’way back
j,l! ‘Ingoing was rough in
“j; 1 “ff has gone steadily
.I11’ bidder. He moved in
■Ujen|een in 1934 and took
Hie Sand Hill Citizen.
:' 1 oen he has expanded
"ow *s publisher of a
weekly in his county
|">ie and president of a
. ln an adjoining county
There
ls no more humble,
Gligent, considerate, and
^'•Handing man in the
neral
fton
Assembly than H.
Rlue of Aberdeen.
serve well.
ARL°TTE WAS HOT
10 teir>perature in Char
—Turn to Page 5
Steve J. Oliveira, Sea
man Apprentice, son oi
Mr. and Mrs. John Oliveira
of 126 Blue Ridge road
Black Mountain, is now
stationed at the U. S. Nav
al Receiving Station foi
further transfer to U. S
Naval Air Station, Guan
tanamo Bay, Cuba.
Oliveira’s station, command
ed by Capt. V. A. Blandin.
USN, is an intermediate Navy
activity which temporarily re
ceives, shelters, and provides
for personnel reporting in for
transfer to ships or shore sta
tions in all parts of the world,
or for separation at the end
of their enlistment.
Oliveira is one of an aver
age of 6,000 Navy men who
pass through the Receiving
Station each month.
Five Kiwanians
Make Inter-Club
Visitation
The Black Mountain-Swan
nanoa Kiwanis club held its
regular meeting Thursday,
•Juiy ^v. me program was
given by vice-president Don
Quarles. He showed a movie
on the scope and type of work
done by Ex-Cell-0 Corp.
There were six visitors from
other clubs present.
Five of the members under
the leadership of Hugh White,
inter-club chairman, made two
inter-club visits Thursday. At
1 p.m. they were guests of the
Hendersonville club and from
there journeyed to the Bre
vard club to be guests at 7
p.m. Accompanying Hugh
White were the Rev. Harry
Shadle, Col. Ray Heath, Joe
Bullock and R. C. Wright.
Unwelcome
Guest Is
44Welcomed”
G. H. (Red) Golightly,
shoved aside his southern hos
pitality early Monday morning
on State street and made quick
work of eliminating a most
unwelcome visitor who enter
ed the town under false pre
tense, took over a wide stretch
of sidewalk in the middle of
the block and started into a
place of business where he
certainly was not invited.
O, yes! the visitor in ques
tion was a 30 inch copperhead.
Mr. Golightly was walking
along State street minding
his own business when he saw
something, Mr. Copperhead it
turned out to be, come gliding
out from under a station wag
on which had parked a few
seconds earlier at the curb,
and head gracefully for the
door of a place of business.
But Mr. Golightly didn’t hes
itate long. He rushed over,
grabbed a hoe out of a display
rack and while the spectators
looked on put an end to the
travels of the creature in short
order.
How did it get there?
Speculation is that some
time Sunday night the copper
head had crawled up under
the hood of the station wagon
and settled down for a nap
near the engine, attracted, no
doubt, by the heat which was
still present.
When the tourists, human,
that is, drove into Black .Moun
tain Monday morning and the
motor heated up the snake
started looking for a shady
place to spend the day. W ith
this in mind he, and 1 assume
that it was a him snake, took
advantage of the first oppor
tunity to drop off the car and
run for cover.
But he—or she—made one
mistake. IT didn’t take time
to make sure that the coast
sidewalk—was clear. He cer
tainly didn’t dream of running
into Mr. Golightly. But now
that he has he won’t be dream
ing' any more for a spell.
EASTER STAR
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
Black Mountain Chapter 200
OES will hold its regular
meeting Tuesday, Aug. 1. a
8 p.m. All members are urged
to attend, t
error last week
in DATE GIVEN
FOR WEDDING
All friends and relatives are
invited to attend the wedding
of Melvin Eugene Davis and
Katherine Harris, Saturday,
August 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Lakey Gap Presbyterian
church.
Through error last week
August 1 was given as the
date for the wedding; it should
have been August 12.
Rotary Bar-b-q
Feeds Many But
Much Food Left
The local Rotary club, bear
ing in mind how closely they
were pushed to supply chicken
barbecue to all customers last
year, must have over bought
and over prepared this year,
for when the Saturday night’s
crowd had all been fed with
Frank Wade’s good tasty bar
becued chicken, served with
potato salad, slaw, green beans
and watermelon, there was
still plenty left.
Shortly after the doors op
ened for the first customers
at five the line was constantly
on the move until around sev
en when clouds threatened to
drown out the outdoor cooks
and discourage the customers.
At this time it isn’t known
how well the Rotarians fared
financially although many peo
ple were fed during the time
allowed. It is known, how
ever, that there were 100
chickens, all cooked and ready
for consuming and much po
tato salad, slaw, and beans
sriu to De served, to say notn
ing of the watermelons still
uncut.
A few of the chickens were
sold to Rotarians who could
make use of them over the
week-end, the remainder of
the food was delivered to the
Mountain Orphanage.
—Turn to Page 4
Auxiliary
Installs Netv
Officers
Mrs. Joe Bullock was hos
tess to Waycaster-McFee Am
erican Legion Auxiliary Mon
day night, July 17, at her home
on Ninth street. Mrs. A. R.
Rudisill, a past president of
the Auxiliary installed the fol
lowing slate of officers: pres
ident, Mrs. Bullock; vice pres
ident, Mrs. C. E. Keith; sec
retary, Mrs. E. W. Jackson;
treasurer, Mrs. Clara Snyder;
chaplain, Mrs. P. W. Stike
leather; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs.
D. G. Guess.
Mrs. Arnold Jones was ap
pointed rehabilitation chair
man, and Mrs. Clarence Joy
ner, child welfare chairman.
A bake sale was announced
for Saturday, July 29, with
Mrs. Paul Sherwood and Mrs.
Bullock in charge. After, the
meeting refreshments were
enjoyed during the social hour.
WHY NOT?
Why not enjoy the week
end? Go to the Black Moun
tain Feed and Seed store for
your baked goods. Cakes,
cookies, breads, etc., will go
on sale at 9 a.m. “Members
of Waycaster-McFee Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary are of
fering many delicious home
baked items”, those in charge
stated.
Toivn Board Is
To Consider
Traffic Lights
l. T. Greene, town manager,
ted today (Tuesday) that
. town board is working on
budget for the coming
ii' but as yet it is not com
ted.
\.t the last board meeting
ptain Dutcher, who man
's the traffic problem for
city of Asheville, met with
members to discuss the
al traffic conditions and to
ke recommendations.
)ne suggestion made by the
ffic expert was that Broad
r be made a one-way street
ng down, and that Cherry
jet be made one-way com
up. The installation of
ffic lights at Cherry and
jrch streets is being con
ered for next year at an
iroximate cost of $2,000.
ne decision is expected at
dnesday’s board meeting.
The town has just complet
ed enlarging the off the street
parking lot on Sutton street
so that the capacity is nearly
doubled. New gravel has been
added and soon, signs like
those on the already existing
free parking lots, will be in
stalled.
KIND WORDS FROM WESTERN
READER ASKS FOR LOCAL CARDS
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
Enclosed you will find $5.00
to pay for B. M. News. I en
joy the articles by your staff
writers. Through your Rale
igh correspondent I am able
to keep up with Democratic
news in North Carolina —
much to the surprise of many
of the Democrats in the state
of Washington.
It may interest Eula Green
wood to know that a few
weeks ago one of my piano
pupils was asked in her high
school class to write of some
unusual, authentic occurance.
Through Mrs. Greenwood I
was able to help the girl by
giving her the story of the
phone and the unusual deaths.
The girl received a good
mark.
I had a most thrilling ex
perience on May 20 (I think
it was) when Sec. Luther
Hodges was in Seattle open
ing our yearly Trade Fair, and
incidentally paving the way
for the opening of the 1962,
Century 21, World’s Fair.
Under separate cover I am
sending you some views of
our World’s Fair.
Approaching Sec. Hodges
that night, I wanted to intro
duce myself, give him a little
of my background (so he’d
know I wasn’t a fake) and in
as few words as possible. I
asked him if the name Frone
berger meant anything to him
and he replied brightly, “It
Rev. McCready
Tells Rotary
Of Friendship
The weekly meeting of the
Black Mountain - Swannanoa
Rotary club was held Monday,
July 24, at 12:15 p.m. in the
Monte Vista hotel.
Wilbur Ward assumed his
duties as new president of the
club and welcomed 12 visiting
Rotarians.
The Rev. John W. McCready
of Ocala, Fla., who makes his
summer home here in Black
Mountain on the Old Toll road
was the guest speaker.
Mr. McCready spoke on the
subject of “Friendship In Its
Deepest Sense.” Friends are
to be enjoyed not employed”
he said, “or in other words we
should value friends for what
they are rather than for what
they have or what they can do
for us.”
Mr. McCready continued
with the thought that only
what one puts into friendship
can he hope to get out'of it.
Friends are not as Satellites
to a planet, but they are all
equal and just as the sun and
moon have each their own
glory so do friends to friend.
The club wishes to thank
all our friends who supported
the barbecue in aid of the
Scholarship and Hospital Fund
which was held last Saturday
evening.
does. Gastonia. And Ed Gill,
too!” It seems that Edwin
Gill had wired him to be on
the outlook for me. Sec.
Hodges had received the wire
just a few minutes before.
The comments I heard while
awaiting transportation to get
home were most compliment
ary to Sec. Hodges and his
views.
I am very desirous of get
ting some postcards of Mon
treat, Ridgecrest, Blue Ridge,
and especially of ROUND
KNOB. No one believes my
story of the spot where one
—Turn to Page 5
Kiwanis Annual
Pancake Feast
To Be Aug. 19
Kiwanis Annual Pancake
Jamboree Saturday, August
19, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., the
place, same as last year, THE
OWEN HIGH SCHOOL, just
west of Black Mountain, on
old Highway 70. All the pan
cakes you can eat, prepared
by a special Aunt Jemima
Chef, also the yum-yum saus
age patties and Golden Sta
ley’s Syrup, which made this
Pancake Feast of last year
such a requested “Repeat Per
formance.” The price for ad
ults $1, children of school age
fifty cents. Bring along your
infants too, under school age.
Don’t miss the Pancacke Jam
uuice ueiauae uj. uie yuung
ster and baby sitter problem.
Kiwanians are pledged to the
welfare of all youngsters; no
charge for the tots, accompan
ied by their parents. Kiwan
ians will serve, wait table,
clean up, but not baby-sit.
Tickets are available now
from all Kiwanians. Don’t
buy just two; treat your sum
mer guests. Tf'l them of the
work Kiwanians are doing
and help the cause of Youth
Welfare here and in Swan
nanoa.
And remember, every cent
spent'for this Pancake Din
ner goes to Kiwanis Student
Loan Fund and Youth Activi
ties.
Butner Wedding
Of Interest
Locally
Miss Evelyn Miles and James
A. Marshburn, Jr., were mar
ried in the Butner Baptist
church on Saturday, July 15,
at six o’clock.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miles
of Stovall and the groom is
the son of Dr. and Mrs. James
A. Marshburn of Butner. The
couple will live in Creedmore.
The Marshburns are former
residents of Black Mountain
and still maintain a home on
Church street where they visit
often.
MRS. T. SOBOL
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
IN KANKAKEE, ILL.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester 1
Sobol have returned fron
Kankakee, 111., where the;
attended last week funera
services for Mr. Sobol’s sistei
in-law, Mrs. Theodore Sobol.
Mrs. Sobol, a former resi
dent of Black Mountain, diei
unexpectedly early last weel
at her home in Kankakee
She is survived by the hus
band and five children.
VFW Home At
New Site, Men
Hard At Work
Under the direction of Com
mander Charlie Lindsey thi
new VFW home has been mov
ed from the old Moore Genera
hospital to the new site jus
across old highway 70 fron
the Grovestone lake with th<
fisherboy who sits patientl;
day after day without takin;
his line from the water.
Many hours of work havi
already gone into the settlins
of the new home on its’ found
ation, and many more hours o:
work will be necessary befori
the building can be occupied
It appears at present a:
though there will be woodet
surrounding's to take care o
outdoor activities for th<
group, an ample parking space
and a chance " some laud
scaping around the front o:
the home.
The building, purchasec
from the surplus buildings a'
oia ivioore general, was movec
to the VFW lot by the Croud
Moving company who alsc
brought in heavy equipment
and made access roads for thi
veterans who are working
there.
From the membership, mad(
up of a variety of service met
of different professions, mos'
of the work is being done it
the evenings, on Saturdays
and at hours wh'ch ^ ,ioi, con
flict with the normal worl
day.
Take a drive down old 7(
and see the progress beinf
made by the VFW . . . and i:
you enjoy being a “strav
boss,” stop and give the boy:
the benefit of your advice anc
experience, they may not us<
it, but at least they will ap
predate knowing you are in
terested.
REPUBLICANS TO
HOLD DISTRICT
MEETING JULY 28
Dan S. Judd, 12th Districi
Republican Committee chair
man, announced today thal
the July meeting of the ok
12th and new 11th Districi
Republicans will be held Fri
day, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. a!
the Panorama Court neai
Franklin, N. C., U. S. High
way 23 South. The Hon. Clyd<
Green of Boone, state financt
chairman, will discuss plan:
for financing the ’62 cam
paign.
"Sky High" Is
; For Those Who
Need a View
Black Mountain area now
I has another development in
. the making. “Sky High,” a
section to be devoted entirely
’ to the building of summer cot
tages, is a privately owned
. area being developed by Cliff
Meyer, local contractor. Al
ready many lots have been
sold because of the proximity
to Black Mountain (2 miles)
and because of the superb view
of the entire valley which may
be captured from several vant
age points.
Mr. Meyer, in opening up
this new section, has made use
' of the old toll road which runs
1 the length of the property and
' from this has built new roads
l making all parts of the area
; accessible.
1 This tract of land, 23 acres
in all, was formerly the Riddle
property. It adjoins the al
1 ready well occupied Charmel
dee Acres Mr. Meyer started
■ developing in 1957. His orig
; inal idea was to build summer
■ homes, but as more people
: came to the Valley looking for
i year-round homes he has re
. stricted this property to this
; type dwelling. There are now
! 14 homes in Charmeldee Acres,
■ and over 30 property owners
, who will in time build there.
Each of these developments
. maintain their own roads and
■ own their water supply.
One spur of new road which
leads from the old toll road
loops to the top of the rnoun
tain where there is a large
parking space commanding
the view mentioned before.
Strange as it may seem to
—Turn to Page 8
Wm. M. Elliott
With 7th Army
In Germany
Army Specialist Four Will
: iam M. Elliott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon M. Elliott, Vance
i avenue, Black Mountain, par
ticipated with other personnel
from the Seventh U. S. Army’s
8th Infantry Division in April
Shower, a command post ex
erise in Germany which end
ed in mid-June.
The exercise was designed
as a study of organization,
displacement of units, com
munications and logistics.
During April Shower con
trol staffs fed problems and
situations involving the act
ivities of a simulated aggres
sor force to the participating
commands. These units then
took the necessary action.
Elliott, a radio and carrier
operator in Company A of the
division’s 8th Signal Battalion
in Bad Kreuznach, entered the
Army in December 1959, com
pleted basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C., and arrived
overseas last October.
: The 25-year-old soldier is a
1956 graduate of Owen High
school and a 1958 graduate of
Gaston Technical college in
Gastonia.
Members of the Red Cross First Aid Instructors class are receiving congratulations from
Mayor Dick Stone on the completion of their course which now makes the pictured participants qual
ified instructors. The class, taught by J. D. Brown of the Enka Corporation, was held in the Fire
department in Black Mountain. This group is one of several to have completed various Red Cross
courses this year.
In the picture (L to R), are Mayor Stone, H. B. Robinson of the local police department,
Phil Stevens of the fire department, Bobby Wheelon, Mesdames Jessie Lee Glenn, Jean Owenbey!
Ruth Smith, Coleen Blankenship, all of Kearfott, and Mr. Brown, the instructor. —DuPuy Photo
Scholarship Is
Renewed For
Doug Owenby
Douglas Owenby, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Owenby of
Broad River, graduate of the
class of 1960 at Owen High
school, and rising sophomore
at N. C. State college, Raleigh,
has been awarded for the sec
ond year, one of the 55 schol
arships in the School of For
estry.
In announcing the awards,
Prof. R. G. Hitchings, acting
head of the college’s pulp and
paper technology program,
said 22 scholarships went to
new freshmen who will enroll
in the pulp and paper technol
ogy curriculum in September
and 33 scholarships for upper
classmen in the curriculum
were renewed.
The aggregate value of the
55 scholarships is $32,175.
The chairman of the Pulp
and Paper Foundation’s Schol
arship Committee, Dr. H. Y.
Charbonnier of the Union Bag
Camp Corporation, Savannah,
Ga., said that all states of the
Southeast except one are rep
resented by scholarship recip
ients—a fact which demon
strates the regional nature of
the pulp and paper program
at North Carolina State col
lege.
BUS MOP IS
Silo Selection
For Next Week
The old red dairy barn on
Old US 70 just west of Black
Mountain which houses Silo
Circle playhouse, the south’s
only professional arena thea
ter, presents thru Saturday
of this week at 8:30 nightly
George Axelrod’s hilarious
comedy “The Seven Year
Itch”.
* Starring Gordon Smith as
the would-be Casanova who is
decidedly hampered by a
strong conscience and Victoria
Greene as the voluptuous
neighbor who is the object of
his attention, the story of a
mild mannered man who
dreams of a wild evening with
the girl upstairs is certain to
provide a wonderful evening
of entertainment. Valedia Hill
as the wife and Michael Lom
bard as Dr. Brubaker complete
the hit comedy team which
gave such a brillant perform
ance in Private Lives earlier
in the season. Pretty girls,
chosen from local talent of
Asheville and Black Mountain,
complete the cast.
Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1,
Silo is presenting William
Inge’s warm and wonderful
comedy “Bus Stop”. This
second successful play by the
author of “Come Back Little
Sheba” was later made into
a movie with Marilyn Monroe
and Don Murray.
The play opens when a bus
out of Kansas City is caught
in the middle of a howling
snowstorm and pulls up at a
roadside diner. All roads are
blocked and the five weary
travelers are going to remain
until morning. Cherie, the
Osark-born heroine, scurrys
through the doorway in a
spangled nightclub gown and
seedy fur-trimmed jacket. She’s
been pursued and practically
kidnapped by a 21-yearold
cowboy with a ranch of his
own and the romantic notions
of an unusually headstrong
bull. He charges into the
diner behind her, ready to
sling her over his shoulder
and carry her, live and kick
ing, all the way to Montana.
These two cantankerous
characters proceed to swap
insults, blows and nervous con
fessions throughout the show.
—Turn to Page 8
TINKA
RETURNS
Miss Tinka Crawford ar
rived Tuesday to spend a two
weeks’ vacation at “Homing”
with her parents, Clara and
Jim Crawford. Tinka has been
acting in an eight weeks’ sea
son with the Southern Theatre
Festival in the Dunaway Gar
dens, Newnan, Ga. She play
ed the leading feminine role
in the “Pink Party Dress,” a
musical by Margaret Bland of
Atlanta.
Tinka also starred in Paul
Green’s southern play “No
Count Boy.” Tinka has re
cently directed a four weeks’
run of Benet’s famous “John
Brown’s Body.”
Miss Crawford will be re
membered as the originator
and first producer of Silo Cir
cle playhouse.
More Eligible
Under Social
Security Law
By D. C. Nichols
Field Representative
The new amendments to the
social security law, signed by
President Kennedy on June 30,
give men early benefit rights
similar to those women have
had since 1956.
The change applies to men
between 62 and 65 years of
age, and is designed especial
ly to help those who are un
able to find or hold employ
ment because of their age or
poor health. A man now 62 to
65 years of age can start re
ceiving benefits with the
month of August 1961. But if
he retires before he reaches
—Turn to Page 4
Rev. George L. Hocutt,
for the past seven and one
half years pastor of the
First Baptist church of
Norwood, accepted the
pastorate of the Ridgecrest
Baptist church effective as
of August 1.
Mr. Hocutt has served as
pastor of the Norwood church
twice — 1941-43 and 1954-to
the present, coming from the
New South River association.
Under his leadership the Nor
wood church made much pro- , ;
gress and grew in numbers,
with 207 addition to the
church during his present
pastorate. One hundred and
64 of these were by baptism.
Contributions increased 80
per cent, in addition to $60,
898.00 which was placed in
a building fund for a beau
tiful new church, plans for
which were complete when he
resigned.
During his pastorate in Nor
wood, Mr. Hocutt was active
in associational affairs and
civic work, serving as pres
ident of the Stanley associa
tion, member of the General
board of the Baptist State con
vention, and teacher of Old
Testament in the seminary
course for two semesters. He
was much in demand as a
speaker for programs of many
organizations.
The Norwood congregation
expressed pleasure that Mr.
Hocutt has the opportunity to
serve the Ridgecrest church,
adjacent to the Baptist assemb
ly grounds, on the crest of the
Blue Ridge. Mr. Hocutt was
informed that the Ridgecrest,
church gives one-third of its
contributions to missions.
Mrs. Hocutt has been active
in church affairs also, being
teacher of the women’s class
in Sunday school, leader for
the Girls’ auxiliary, superin
tendent of the Junior depart
ment, member of the Nor
wood Book club and the Wom
an’s club. A graduate of East
Carolina college and Assembly
Training school, Richmond,
she has taught 12 years in
North Carolina public schools.
Their daughter, Miss Marg
aret Hocutt, is scheduled to
receive her R.N. degree from
Baptist Hospital School of
Nursing, Winston-Salem, in
August.
LIONS CLUB WILL
MEET THIS WEEK
AT DON'S
The Lions club will hold
their regular weekly meeting
at Don’s Outpost at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, July 27.
Full atten dance of members
is urged.
MASONS WILL MEET
FOR PRACTICE HERE
FRIDAY EVENING
Black Mountain Masonic
Lodge 663 AF & AM will
meet at 7:30 Friday evening
to practice for the visit of
high state Lodge officials who
will be here on Friday, Aug. 4.
Ben Marett, WM, has re
quested that all,members and
officers attend and take part
in this activity.