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JERRY WAKES! ADD YOUR SUPPORT TO "The Jerry Lucas Fund" Weather Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7. Oct. 8 Oct. 9 High Low Prec. .69. 47 1.40 .67. 40 .03 65. .32 68.35 .70. .34 74 .38 75 .39 8 PAGES TODAY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA NO. 7 — Single Copy, 10c >< ISN'T SO! vou believe in sticking ictly to the truth, then read further because this “ain’t Now that ■essarily so. been warned, proceed. The phone rang and I an ml thinking it was noth more exciting than an in htinn to a steak dinner or customer who wanted to tW whether or not we could die a full page ad for week. (Incidentally, we tx rn> But back to the phone, h e conversation might iye gone something like but didn't. this the editor of the ick Mountain News?” Yes, it is.” Well. I want you to tell what a local citizen has do around here to get his e in the paper?” There are many ways you get your name in the lo paper. What do you have mind?” I asked as my mind d back over the past few trying to think of some jg we had missed. 'What have I done? Well, s some question to ask I'll tell you what I’ve In fact I’ll give you entire history and it’ll be >rt. eflections Gordon Greenwood a I RUES MARCUS IWy name is Charles Marcus laugh and my father and [her are Mr. and Mrs. C. Tubaugh of North West let, Black Mountain. I was on Sept. 22 at St. ph’s hospital in Asheville unless I’m blind you bav even mentioned me yet. t’s I he matter? I'd have you know that just as important as any er citizen and that the ond I opened my eyes I d the government as ch as you or any other son in the country. Ac ding to my calculation a t is approximately 100 00 Ar>H then some of nurses around the hos couldn't understand at I was crying about. you want any other in ation, just let me know 1 still can’t understand it happens that I’m two :s late getting in my letown paper.” ere wasn't a click but the went dead anyway and s left holding a dead line, amount of urging could my caller back again, i search of the file show that young Charles Mar was right. For some un iwn reason we never did his birth properly re ’ded in his hometown er and for which we logize. haven’t had time to check the amount wc owe yet I’ll take his word that close to S1800.00. ce misery loves company, just say “Welcome A d Pardner. The national will outlast us both.” iegard signs fidently there are some 'le around town in the unity who don’t believe Igns. in fact' they believe signs were not only post be ignored but also to torn down. itness the fact that the Dumping" signs posted Cragmont Road have tom down and that same people continue bse this area as a dump ground for trash. s is against the law ^ned is fore armed, should be warning Ih ^LOWEEN 7eral weeks before Hallo citizens here are voic ■ eoncern regarding the |8 bands of boys and girls ['evade all sections of the Tjunity on the night that I1, e witches should be out. 'hey have brought out Points that hadn’t been pit of before. For in hese roving bands of or treaters have caus —-Turn to Page 8 KK to SCHOOL", ?“ANO chorus, owen p.t.a. haok To School Night” fc i and students at Owe J‘-' nooi Monday, Octobe 1Pm. Entertaii h' school auditoriui " °wcn High Band an brief general mee parents, teachers, an :!l auditorium aft* p, ' »ts will aecompan "n a regular clas: I j *e‘ After the la: I "i. refreshments an in the school cafi Jimmy Poteaf Interim Director Of Youth Center Operation Youth, Inc., R. C. Rowness, chairman, announces the appointment of Jimmy Roteat as interim director of the Black Mountain Youth Center. Jimmy began work last Friday, cleaning up the place, storing equipment and gathering in the baseball uni forms for proper storage for use next season. Fach coach is asked to collect the uni forms of all of his players and notify Poteat at the Center so that he may pick them up and store them in a safe place. Players who refuse to turn in a uniform assigned to them will not be assigned to any team next summer, Bowness said. He asks the coopera tion of parents in getting these in as soon as possible. The Youth Center will be open in the afternoons for use during'out of school hours and definite plans will be an nounced in the Black Moun tain News of special events. Jimmy requests all persons using the Center to help him keep it neat and orderly at all times. Quarles Gives Report On Convention The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Kiwanis club luncheon meeting was held Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Monte Vista ho tel with President Carl Bow ness presiding;. There were eighteen members and one vis itor in attendance. The chairman read a letter of appreciation from H. W. Henning;, secretary-treasurer, of the Carolina District Ki wanis International, for this ,<;lub’s financial participation in the grift of a new BuTck au tomobile given him by the Dis trict as an expression of grat itude for his faithful and de voted service. The local Kiwanis club au thorized a gift of fifty dollars toward the support of a base ball team known as the “Knights of Daniel.” This is —Turn to Page 4 Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ray of Swannanoa announce the engagement of their daughter, Firby Ray, to Bruce Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Derwerd Price, also of Swannanoa. Wedding plans are in complete. Oct. 8-14 Is Fire Prevention Week Willard K. Weeks chairman of the Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Red Cross Cahpter calls attention to “Fire Prevention Week” Oct. 8-14, and urges all safety measures be observ ed to prevent loss of life. If accidents do occur, this community is very well pre pared with people trained n the art of rendering first aid to victims of disaster. Sever al volunteer firemen, po ice men, and others of Black Mountain are certified Red Cross first aid instructors, ana are conducting classes contin uously. Jack Evans, Red Cross Safety Services representatm for North Carolina was in the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Chapter last Friday, and com plimented the extensive safe ty activities provided by the Chapter. Phil Stevens am other instructors consults with him on the most rapid and direct methods to use »> first aid. Jimmie L. Potter _ Last rites for Jimmie L. Potter, 66, prominent Black Mountain business man and civic leader, were held Monday morning at 11 o’clock at the home on Briarbrook road. The Rev. A. T. Usher, past or of the First Baptist church of which Mr. Potter was a member, officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial park with Black Mountain Lodge 663 AF and AM con ducting graveside services. Mr. Potter died early Satur day morning, Oct. 7, in a lo cal hospital. He had been in declining health for quite some time. He was a native of Georgia but had resided in Black Mountain for 37 years. He owned and operated Pot ter Feed and Fertilizer Co. Mr. Potter was a member of the Black Mountain J.O.U. A M., the Order of the Eastern Star, and Black Mountain Lions club. A World War I veteran, he was a past com mander of Waycaster-McFee Legion Post 129 and was a 32nd degree Mason. He served as mayor for four years and on the town council for ten. He was a member of 1he Northwestern Band board of directors and a member of the board of the Building and Loan association. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Simmons Potter; and a sister, Mrs. Albert Green of Plains. Ga. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. FALL FESTIVAL COMING UP SATURDAY, OCT. 21 Save your pennies to have fun at the PTA Fall Festival and Old-Fashioned Bar-B-Q, October 21, at the Primary school playground. The King-Queen and the Prince-Princess contests will begin October 6 and end Oc tober 20. There will be Old-Fashioned Rar-B-Q made by A1 Garland. Tickets for this will be $1.25 for adults and 75c for chil dren. Be sure and get your tickets ahead of time. Serving will start early. There will be a variety of activities sponsored by Civic organizations with Frank Wat kins as co-ordinator. Enjoy cake walks, apple bobbing, darts, baseball throws, ping pong, ring the cane, turkey and cake chances, country store, amateur program, and many new types of fun. REALTOR URGES IMMEDIATE RETURN OF BORROWED PLAT R. S. Eckles, realtor, Black Mountain, today sent out an S.O.S. for the return of a plat borrowed last week by a gentleman here. Although he made it em phatic that he had constant need of the plat in his bus iness, Mr. Eickles unfortun ately did not make a note of the man’s name and address. He is using this means to urge return of the plat at once. C OF C WILL HOLD REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, OCT. 17 The Black Mountain Cham ber of Commerce will meet at noon Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Monte Vista hotel. Roy Taylor will be guest speaker Weldon Earley, president, will preside. ____ ;E INTERESTED IN TEUR HOUR CALL FRANK WATKINS >se interested in taking m the Amateur Hour of T A. fall festival that ■)e held Saturday night, !1, are asked to call Mr*>. Watkins at NO 9-701K. GOVERNOR SANFORD TO SPEAK HERE AT CEREMONIES TO DEDICATE JUVENILE CENTER TOWN AND C OF C TO ENTERTAIN 25 From Valley At W. C. College For Fall Term The Valley has a good num ber of students at Western Carolina college this fall, not only in the freshman class, but on into graduate work. As a matter of interest the names of all students from Swan nanoa and Black Mountain are being published followed by the number which indicates the year for the student. Students from Swannanoa are: Gerald N. Bastarache, 4; Bruce Nelson Edwards, 1; Bill Horne, Jr., 2; David Lucka doo, 4; Judy Annette Lueka doo, 4; David Lynn McCuen, 2; three who are in the grad uate school are: Joyce Ann Stuart, Barbara Jean Vanover, and Roland A. Young. Black Mountain students en rolled are: Charles Hunter Aiken, 1; Donna Gail Bass, 1; Lee Roy Carson, 1; Barbara Ann Burke, 2; Randall H. Champion, 1; Joann Cornwell, 3; Donna Rebecca Dotson, 4; Robert C. Ensley, 4; Elizabeth Anne Fortune, 1; Esse V. Gouge, Jr., 4; Ralph Charles Hammond, 4; Gerald Dean Ledbetter, 3; James Edward LeVine, 4; Don Lee McDougle, 3; Chester Thomas Sobol, Jr., 2; and Carolvn Louise Stroud, 3. United Appeal Totals $1,850 For This Area The United Appeal drive in the Black Mountain-Swannan oa section is progressing very well according to a report sent in to the NEWS this morning by Chaplain James Skelton, who heads the drive in this area. A total of $1,850 has al ready been sent in and an es timated $1,500 is expected to be pledged. Donations this year are ahead of those for this time last year and it is hoped that all who expect to give will do so within this week as Mr. Skelton would like to complete his work by the middle of the month. The chairman asked that all citizens be reminded that 34 agencies in the county will benefit from your giving to the Black Mountain-Swannan oa Red Cross chapter, and the Cheer Fund for the Tea and Topic club are two local agen cies which benefit directly while the area also benefits indirectly from many other of the 34 which share the funds. As Fund Grows Hopes Climb For Jerry Lucas For the first time in many many weeks the Lucas family is filled with hope for the eventual recovery of their son, Jerry, from the effects of sleeping sickness with which he has been suffering since July. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas return ed last night from a trip to visit briefly with the boy who is in Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. While visiting in his room they were over joyed to see him open his eyes, and keep them open for two hours. During this time the movements of his arms were normal and controlled, which has not oecured before, and his eyes showed recogni tion and intelligence whereas they had heretofore been ex pressionless. He also spoke, asking for his younger sister, Sharon, and made the simple statement to his parents "you here.” He showed understand ing of the conversation from his parents. The Lucases are concerned with his loss of weight, he now weighs less than 40 pounds. Dr. Harriett Guild, the spec ialist on the case, stated that she feels encouraged with his response to treatment and the progress made so far. —Turn to Page 5 The Juvenile Evaluation Center, located on the site of the old Moore General Hospital, will be dedicat ed in ceremonies to take place on Oct. 14, when Governor Terry Sanford will be the principal speaker. The Juvenile Center, re cently opened, is the first of its kind in the nation and in terest in the program is wide spread as will be evidenced by the assortment of high city, state, and national of ficials who will be present for the occasion. Among these dignitaries will be ten com missioners representing var ious departments of correct ion and training from other states. Blaine M. Madison is the Commissioner of Cor rection in North Carolina. Following the dedication ceremonies which will begin at 10 a.m., the board and visiting guests will be enter tained by the officials of the Town of Black Mountain and the local Chamber of Com merce at the Monte Vista Hotel at 12:30. V. C. Wilson Heads County TB Association At tire annual meeting of the Buncombe County Tuber culosis and Health association, held last Tuesday night at St. Paul’s Methodist church, Ashe ville, V. C. Wilson of Black Mountain was elected presi dent Mr. Wilson had served as first vice-pre 'dent for the past two years, He is ad ministrative assistant to the chief of staff of the V.A. hos pital. Other officers elected were: first vice - president, Hugh lamb:: second vice-president, George Howell; secretary, Mrs. Harold Clark; ass’t. sec retary, Miss Sanchez Mott; treasurer, John Hafner: ass’t. treasurer, Loyd Leonard, Mem bers at large to the executive committee: Mark Sumner, Walter McGuire, and Dr. Jesse P. Chapman, Jr. Another Black Mountain resident, Miss Sanchez Mott, was elected as a new member of the board of directors and also as a member of the ex ecutive committee, serving as assistant secretary. Other new board members elected were Miss Dorothv Gaston, Candler, Mrs. Jesse Ray, William Mott. Edward Shoff, and Joe Wald ing, Asheville. Dr. James D. Murnhv. d; rector of the V.A. hospital, was the speaker at the dinner meeting. His subject was “Twenty-five Years’ Exper ience in the Care of Tuber culosis Patients”. A special recognition ser vice was held honoring three board members who had serv ed the Tuberculosis associa tion and its committees for over 25 years. These were: Dr. Margery Lord, Montreat; Mrs. Grady Morgan and Walt er Abernethy, Asheville. BLACK MOUNTAIN POSTMASTER IS CONFIRMED Bob Williams was confirm ed by the United States Sen ate as postmaster for Black Mountain in recent action. Mr. Williams has been act ing postmaster since the res ignation of Charles Greer several months ago. “Bible Speaks” New Column For Aiding Teachers A new column entitled •THE BIBLE SPEAKS” by Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman, will begin it’s appearance in our paper this week, to continue for an indefinite time. The articles are on the In ternational Uniform Sunday school lessons for teachers in the area. They are based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Educa tion, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. It is hoped that these arti cles will be helpful for our Sunday school teachers in the preparation of their lessons. W. W. Earley, president of the Chamber, has announced the following committee heads: invitations, Leonard Keever; publicity, Gordon Greenwood: charge of town arrangements, A, F. Tyson, Jr.; Mayor Rich ard Stone will introduce local citizens and Blaine M. Madi son will introduce visitors. Invited guests will be all principals of schools in the Valley and all heads of as semblies in the area. The Juvenile Center here is only one of the institutions maintained by the state for the correction and training of young boys and girls. Other schools are: Dobbs Farm. Jackson Training school, East ern Carolina Training school, Morrison Training school, Leonard Training school, and Samarcand Manor. Members of the state board are: chairman, C. A. Dillon, Raleigh; vice-chairman, T. C. Auman; Paul Bissette, Wil son; Elton Edwards, Greens boro; Mrs. C. L. Gilliatt, Shel by; H. S. Hayworth. Rocky Mount; Joseph W. Nordan, Raleigh; Steed Rollins, Dur ham; Dr. Charles Strosnider, Goldsboro; Dr. Ellen Winston, Ex-Officio, Raleigh. SWANNANOA SCHOOL PTA TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY The Swannanoa school P. T. A. will hold open house on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7:30. Parents will visit teachers in their rooms and the new cafe teria will be open for inspec tion. There will be a general assembly preceeding open house for discussion of busi ness. Camp Ro(kmon) Is Selected For R. C. Courses The National Red Cross has announced it is transferring its annual Leadership Training Center, formerly held each summer at Tuxedo, N. C., to Camp Rockmont, near Black Mountain. This is one of two training centers of this type held an nually in the Red Cross South eastern Area, which includes eight states. The 1962 training courses at Camp Rockmont will be held next August for a 7-dav period. Attending will be high school students of out standing scholarship and lead ership potential selected from communities in North Caro lina and several neighboring states, according to Clyde Howard, area director of the Office of Educational Rela tions. Also will be conducted in connection with the training courses for high school stu dents, a workshop for adult leaders of Red Cross programs in elementary and secondary schools, and in local chapters. Enrollment at the previous center at Tuxedo has ranged from 1.35 to 145 students from 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Over the U.S. approximately 15 Centers are held annually. Willard K. Weeks, chairman of the Black Mountain-Swan —Turn to Page 5 The Swannanoa Free j Will Baptist church will sponsor a revival meeting 1 from Oct. 16-25 with Louis j H. Moulton from Savan nah, Ga., conducting the ] services. j There will be special < singing at the nightly ser- ’ vices which begin at 7:00. j Milton Hollifield is past- < or of the church. GEORGE P. BURGIN SERVES WITH CREW IN NEWFOUNDLAND 1 Serving with the crash crew at the Naval Station, ■ Argentia, Newfoundland, is George P. Burgin, aviation boatswain’s mate first class, USN, son of Mrs. D. E. Brack- ' ett of Montreat road. The crash crew operates and maintains firefighting and res- , cue equipment and stands by , the station’s runways to rush to the scene of any crash or potential crash. , Each member of the crew is highly trained in fighting aircraft fires and rescuing persons trapped or injured in a crash. Owen Will Play Unbeaten Erwin Friday Night The Owen High School War horses and fans in the Swan nanoa Valley are looking for ward to the game on Friday night with tough,, powerful, and unbeaten Erwin in a Bun combe County Conference game which will be played at Erwin. Owen lost a heartbreaker to the Waynesville Mountaineers last Friday but have been con soled by the fact that this sup erb defensive battle could have gone either way. In fact it was not until the fourth quarter that the visit ors scored on a handoff from the seven yard line. The Mountaineers gained possession late in the third period on a mixup of signals in the Owen backfield on fourth down. From this point the visitors marched to the Owen seven, aided by completion of two passes, as the period end ed. On the first play of the fourth quarter Ferguson tore through the line for the six points. It was a fine defensive game all the way and fans were treated to some of the hardest tackling they will see all year. Several times it looked as if the Warhorses were off to the races but each time the drives were halted short, of the goal line. Erwin Strong For the first time since consolidation of the Buncombe county schools, Erwin will en ter a game with Owen this late in the season undefeated. Be cause of their excellent play in their first six games the Erwin gridders have won high rating in the WNC standings and will be hard to beat at —Turn to Page 8 B. M. Lodge To Honor A. G. Callison Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 AF & AM, will hold an Emergent Communication Thursday evening, Oct. 12, at 8:00 o’clock to present a Life Membership Certificate to Brother Alfred Guy Callison. All Master Masons are cor dially invited. For 20 years Mr. Callison was the only member of the Black Mountain Lodge quali fied to give the several lec tures. In between the meet ings he spent much time coach ing the candidates. He proba bly spent more time on Ma sonic work than any other member of the Lodge. For these reasons he was voted a life membership which will be presented at the spec ial emergent communication on Oct. 12. Making the presentation will be Dinsmore Crawford who was master of the Lodge one year during this period. WHITE CANE NIGHT TO BE OBSERVED BY LOCAL LIONS Thursday, Oct. 12 will be White Cane night at the lo cal Lion's club meeting. Arnold Hyde, District Director of the White cane drive and Eros Pitts, who is Zone Di rector, will be guests and speakers for the meeting. Lion Philip Gaines heads the local White Cane drive. This is the board of strategy that directs the football program at Owen High school. From left to right, Fred H. Martin, principal; Howard Barnwell, head coach; Ralph Singleton, Buck Lyda, and Art Ditt, assistants. JVs Defeat Erwin; Play N. Buncombe Wayne Tubaugh hit Jimmy Ropers with two straight pas ses, good for 30 yards and a touchdown in the closing sec onds of the first half last Wednesday night and the Ow en JVs went on to hand the Irwin yearlings a 14-6 defeat in a Buncombe County Con ference game. There was less than one half minute to play when Rog ers, playing left end, fooled two defenders and took the pass on the 15. Owen took time out and set up the play for the touchdown. When the ball was snapped Rogers raced into the end zone and caught the ball with ease for six points. Jack Guthrie, hard hitting left half, ran the extra point as the half ended. Score Again Some fine defensive play by the Owen eleven set Irwin back for a net loss of 25 yards following the second half kick off. After Irwin kicked out to the 45, the Owen JVs start ed a second touchdown drive with Greenwood, aided by some timely blocking by No lan, going over from the three All the coaches had out standing careers in college, Barnwell and Singleton at Western Carolina college, Buck Lyda at Wake Forrest, and Art Ditt at the University of North Carolina. on the first play of the fourth quarter. Guthrie again added the extra point. Irwin scored in the fourth quarter on an end sweep. Play Here Thursday The Owen freshmen have shown improvement with each game and should be in good condition for the encounter with North Buncombe under the lights at Shuford Field on Thursday at 7:30. A large crowd is expected to be on hand to see the final game of the season for both teams. Irwin .0 0 (i 6— 6 Owen 0 7 0 7—14 Owen: Ends—Bullman, Ed wards, Rogers; tackles, Hamp ton, Bell; guards, Campbell, Gardner, Massey, Vaillan court, Miller, Myers, Copeland; backs, Tubaugh, Guthrie, No lan, Greenwood, Beddingfield, Moorrees. DISTRICT MEETING Mr. and Mrs. Bob Titus and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Burnette attended the 17th district meeting of the VFW and Aux iliary in Hayesville, Oct. 8. Following the meeting a chick en barbecue dinner v.as serv ed. Miss Ruby Hall Resigns As Town Librarian The resignation of Miss Ruby Hall, librarian, was re gretfully accepted by the members of the Library Board present at the regular meet ing October 9. The Board expressed their appreciation for the fine and faithful ser vice Miss Hall has put into this position and the innum erable instances of outstand ing help to individuals both young and old which she has given to residents of our com munity. Miss Hall reported that 1, 231 books and magazines were borrowed in September, an increase over the previous September. The Library Board author ized the construction and in stallation of additional shelv ing in the small children’s room of the library. Applications for the Librar ian’s position will be consid ered by the Board at their November meeting and a de cision reached then, it was stated, in order that the per son selected may have an op portunity to become acquaint ed with procedures before Miss Hall leaves January first. W B MT — 1350 ON YOUR DIAL FOR GOOD LISTENING 1
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