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List Your TAXES during January At City Hall Weather High Low Pre«. Dec. 26.53.18 Dec. 27.52.34 .06 Dec. 28.37. 31 .27 Dec. 29.34.15 Dec. 30.36.16 Dec. 31.38.25 Jan. 1.39.30 snow DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY VOL. 17 THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 19 — Single Copy 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood WASTED SNOW The snow which hit here on New Year's Eve and paralyz ed traffic and all moving things pleased no one except the school kids. When asked if he wanted snow for Christmas, one boy replied: “No. Any snow that falls between now and New Year’s Eve will be wasted. I want a big snow on Jan. 2.” As we know he got it, but he and his fellow students were the only ones pleased with the white fluffy stuff which came down sometime after midnight on the last day of the year. After long and careful de liberation I have come to the conclusion that the best place to see snow is on television. —R— PREDICTION The first inkling we had that snow was even threatened came when John Benedict looked out the window at the Benedict home at approxi mately 10:30 New Year’s Eve and announced that it was snowing hard. But when we left later the white flakes had stopped falling and we hoped we had seen our last of it lor the winter. But whether in fun or in a serious vein Mr. Benedict had predicted several inches by morning. He hit the nail on the head and I hope he makes no more predictions until sum mer. —R— STORIES, TRUE . . ? During a very pleasant eve ning we heard from the host and from other guests many stories, some true, no doubt, and some just stories. One of the moat amazing waa true. Did you know that during World War 1 B. G. Byron and John Boer ger of Black Forest Lodge opposed each other at Ypres, one of the decisive battles of the war. Mr. Byron, retired,, and formerly a personnel director with the Old Fort Finishing Plant (Clearwater), was with the British Army. Mr. Boer ger was a sergeant in the Ger man artillery. —R— WILLS At least one Black Moun tain wife believes in being practical. This fall when her husband set the date for one of his an nual bear hunting expeditions, the Mrs. suggested firmly that before leaving he have his will drawn by an attorney and properly signed. He did. —R— TRIP NOTES During a short visit with my niece and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard, in Brooks ville, Miss., we drove over to Starksville to tour the campus at Mississippi State University now neauea oy oean uoivara, formerly of Black Mountain and N. C. State college. MSU is a growing and ex panding school and I predict that it will become one of the nation’s best under the guid ance of Dean Colvard. The Howards have season tickets for the MSU basket ball schedule and advised us to keep on the lookout for this team. They consider it one of the best. Parents of members of the consolidated high school foot ball team at Macon, Miss., (five miles south of Brooks ville) are proud of the team’s record but w'orried that the gridders have only four class es per day, ending in time for football practice to start at 1:00 p.m. I was proud to learn that my niece’s son was a sopho more end on the Macon team which went undefeated during the regular season and played in a bowl game. Alabama has many miles of interstate highway under con struction, financed by a $20, 000,000 bond issue which brought them $180,000,000 in Federal money. Citizens of the state are worried about the Alabama debt which now reaches a cool $450 million and seems to be heading high While driving around looking over the country wide we stopped to see deer hunting Mississippi style. For miles along a road far from the main thoroughfare hunters were parked in their automobiles facing the woods and land covered with thick undergrowth. —Turn to Page 8 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Vincent Ross —Photo By Gragg Miss Lea Ashley Tiller and Francis Vincent Ross were united in marriage on December 22 in St. James Episcopal Church, exchanging their vows before the Rev. John McWhorter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Tiller and is a senior Sociology ma jor at W. C. U. N. C., Greens boro. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Ross of 138 Beverly road,, Asheville. He is a senior at Western Carolina college, and a veteran of two years Naval service. The bride wore a dress of white chantilly lace with matching veil and carried an arm bouquet of red roses. Mr. Ross was his son’s best nan, and ushers were William Donway Walker, Peter Schoon ierwoerd, and Thomas Press ey. Miss Alice Stevens of Swan lanoa, the bride’s roommate, ,vas her only attendant. She vore royal blue taffeta and ;arried an arm bouquet of yellow roses. Clair Hardenstine, of Mon neat college, furnished organ nusic for the service. The couple will return from i honeymoon in Florida in ;ime to continue their studies )n January 3. Mrs. Harold Dean Padgett Miss Vina Eller and Harold Dean Padgett were married Saturday evening, Dec. 16, in a candle light ceremony in the Hill Top Free Will Baptist church in Traveler’s Rest, S. C., by the Rev. R. C. Stockton of Old Fort. Music was by Mrs. Max groom and Ray Stockton. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Eller of Old Fort. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Tally Padgett of Old Fort. The bride given in marriage by her father wore a ballerina length dress of lace over sat in and shoulder length veil of bridal illusion. She carried a white Bible topped with white mums with satin stream ers. Miss Betty Jo Eller, sister of the bride was the honor at tendent. She wore Christmas red dress of satin brocade and carried nosegay of white chrysanthamums. Miss Carrie Padgett and Miss Wanda Padgett sisters of the bridegroom was brides maids. They wore satin dress es of Christmas green and car ried nosegays of red and white chrysanthamums. Ushers were Darvie Padgett, brother of the -viax inamcn served as Dest man. A reception was held in the home of the bride’s parents following the ceremony. Mrs. Eva Mac-Rae, Mrs. Don Greene and Mrs. George McPeters assisted. The bride chose a beige suit with brown accessories and lifted the mums from her bridal bou quet for going away costume. The brides mother was attired in melon wool with black ac cessories and wore a corsage dyed to match her dress. The couple will reside on Spring street in Old Fort. TO HOLD STATED COMMUNICATION Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 AF & AM will hold a Stated Communication Friday January 5, at 8:00 p.m. All Master Masons cordially in vited. J. O. Peeler, Master. GUN CLUB WILL MEET JAN. 4 The Black Mountain Gun club will hold the regular meeting at the City Hall on Thursday night, January 4, at 7:30. All members are urged to attend. Heavy Snow Is Fun For Kids; Others Unhappy The New Year came in with as beautiful snow as we have had for some time. School children were delighted with the prospects of another day or so of vacation while many parents would have been equal ly delighted to have had a nor mal resumption of the school schedule. Contrary to the delight ex pressed by the youngsters, lo cal service companies were hard put to keep electric ser vice, telephone service and their dispositions on an even keel. Many homes outside of town were inconvenienced by a power failure which lasted from midafternoon until a round 9:30 in the evening. This meant no cooking, no lights, no water for those with electric pumps, no heat, and worst of all perhaps for the men—no football games. Police reported a quiet day with traffic slow and not too much of it and even less as night came on. Telephone service was out in some sections and very slow in others with the dial response sometimes- taking several min utes to connect. Both phone and power lines were hanging heavy with the soft wet snow. Power within the city lim its flickered off and on many times during the day but nev er failed entirely. New Tax Rate For Social Securily Jan. 1 By D. C. Nichols Field Representative On January 1, 1962, a new social security tax rate went into effect for nine out of ten working people. For employed people the 1962 rate is 3 Vs percent for employee and employer, a to tal increase of one-fourth of one percent. For self-employ ed people the new rate is 4.7 percent, an increase of three sixteenths of one percent. The maximum taxable earnings re main $4,800 during the tax year in earnings, net income frnm <jplf-pmnlnvmpnt combination of both. In dollars and cents the in crease means that an employ ed person earning $4,800 or more during the year 1962 will pay $150 in social securi ty tax instead of the $144 he paid on earnings of that a mount in 1961. With 52 week ly checks totaling $4,800, a bout 12 cents more will be withheld from each check. For employers the tax will also be about 12 cents more a week. A self-employed person net ting as much as $4,800 will pay a social security tax of $225.60 instead of $216.00 for the year. Spread over 12 months, this is about 79 cents more a month. In line with its policy of setting a schedule of social se curity tax rates sufficient to meet the cost of present and future old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the Congress provided for this tax increase to finance more important changes made by the 1961 Amendments. These changes— 1. Enable men to apply for reduced old-age benefits at age 62. 2. Increased by about 10 percent monthly benefits due widows over 62 and benefits to dependent widowers and dependent parents. 3. Raised the minimum old age benefit payable to a 65 year-old or older retired work er or to a sole survivor of a deceased worker, from $33 to $40 a month—with corre sponding increases for de pendents and other survivors of workers due less than $40 a in unreduced benefits under the old law. 4. Reduced the amount of work needed to qualify for benefits, thus allowing many workers, dependents, and sur vivors who were not eligible under previous work require ments provisions to get bene fits. UNDERGROUND MICROFItH STORAGE— Asheville Federal Black Mountain Branch Plans $40,000 Expansion Program To Include Ground Level Addition To Present Office And Underground Microfilm Storage Center Which Will Have Fully Equipped Fallout Shelter Staffers Hold Reunion Af Blue Ridge Staff members from the summers of 1959-60 and 61 gathered at Blue Ridge on De cember 29 and 30 for the an nual reunion. Twenty-six young women and 21 young men were pres ent for the reunion which brought members from as far away as New Orleans and Ba ton Rouge, La. Local members of the staff present were Dianne Nesbitt, Marie Benge, Toni and Allan Taylor and Nancy and David DuPuy. David was general chairman in charge of the re union. There was no set formal program, the young people en joyed much conversation and a hike to Brown’s pasture. Al though the temperature was cold, the snow did not fall un til all were home again. Plans for next summer’s session were described and several former staffers will be return ing for the 1962 conferences. Touring Slate Is Year Round Delighf To All Variety Vacationland is in deed blessed in that it is a source of delight to travelers year around. Autumn and winter seasons do little to dampen our ardor for the many scenic and historical spots, al ways attractive regardless of the calendar. Besides, it periods just don’t provide suf ficient time to get acquainted with our State’s unsurpassed attractions — so we supple ment vacation travels with week-end jaunts as frequently as possible. For example, this past week end we loaded the family into the car, headed down the high way and enjoyed a new adven ture. We drove to the hub and trading center of our southeastern shore, Wilming ton, where, as you may know, historic landmarks dating back to the Revolutionary War, a bound. But this particular journey was made specifically historical and educational at to visit Wilmington’s newest traction, the battleship USS North Carolina. We found the old warrior conveniently located on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, just opposite downtown Wilmington and adjacent to US routes 17, 74 and 76. Park ing posed no problem as more than ample space is available. A casual glance at the ship leads one to believe that she is a city-block long. But upon setting foot on deck you quick ly realize that she is about two city blocks long. Actual ly, her overall dimensions are 729 feet in length with an ex treme beam of 108 feet. She displaces (or, as the less nau tical say, “weighs”) about 35,000 tons which, translated, is 70 million pounds. She’s the largest and most modern war vessel ever made accessi ble for such a purpose, dwarf ing the USS Texas, that state’s historical attraction. We learned that she was commissioned in June of 1940 and that Miss Isabel Hoey, daughter of then-Governor —Turn to Page 8 Asnevme reaerai nas lei a coniraci wuii me n Southworth Construction Company to build an under ground microfilm storage center at Black Mountain There is over 1,100 square feet in the underground storage area. This area has been architecturally planned under Civil Defense Mobilization requirements not only as a microfilm storage center but as a fallout shelter. Kiwanians Hear Annual Reports To End Year The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Kiwanis club luncheon meeting was held Thursday, Dec. 28 in the Monte Vista hotel with President Carl Bow ness presiding. There were 17 members and two visitors present. Since this was the last meeting of the year 1961, an nual reports were in order. James Bartholomew,, who has been the efficient secretary-’ treasurer for the past two years, gave a complete and comprehensive financial re port. The total receipts for the year were $690.15. Gifts in the total amount of $424.53 were given worthy activities in our community. A Student Aid Fund was started during Liie year wiwi <x pieseiu, uai ance of $265.60. At the end of this year, there is a balance of $510.09 in the treasury. President Bowness reported on the various activities for the year, and expressed his appreciation for the fine work and splendid cooperation of all committees and members of the club. The club voted an expres sion of appreciation to the Black Mountain News for the very generous space given in the weekly paper for the ac tivities of the club, and to the local Radio Station WBMT for the time granted for publicity purposes. The annual meeting of the club will be held Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1962 in the Monte Vista ho tel. This will be Ladies’ Night with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. The officers for 1962 will be installed. It is hoped that all members of the club will attend this outstand ing meeting of the year. Harry Hyder introduced the visitors who were Hugh Freeze, Charlotte, and J. S. Goodman, Wilson, N. C. The floor level will be 11 feet below ground level. At ground level there will be a reinforced concrete slab cov ering the entire area. In the storage center there will be an emergency room which will be stocked with emergency food, canned water, folding cots and first aid equipment. There will be an additional 150 gal lons of fresh water stored in tanks for emergency use. The entire area will be maintained at a constant temperature by the use of an electric heat pump. Constant circulation of air will be provided by forc ed ventilation. The air intake will be filtered even against atomic fallout particles. There is a standby gasoline operat ed electric generator which will automatically start any time there is an electrical ser vice failure. The generator is of sufficient capacity to sup ply electricity for lights and circulation of air. On ground level immediate ly above the microfilm stor age center Asheville Federal urill V* niTn n nnn C + OVV O rl 1 f 1 to its present Black Mountain office. This area will also be under constant temperature control by the use of a separ ate heat pump. The cost of the project ex clusive of equipment will run in excess of $40,000. This project, designed by the Six Associates, is the first under ground microfilm storage cen ter in the South planned for atomic fallout protection. In November of 1960 the Federal Home Loan Bank of Greensboro, which supervises savings and loan associations in the seven Southeastern states and the District of Co lumbia, contracted with Ashe ville Federal Savings and Loan Association to store microfilm in the security vault in the Association’s Black Mountain office. This service is provid ed free to the savings and loan associations under the Greens boro Bank’s supervision. Dur ing the first month only a few associations took advantage of this service. At the present time the Black Mountain of fice is serving 125 associa —Turn to Page 5 LEE R. BRADLEY COMPLETE RECRUIT TRAINING Lee R. Bradley, grandson of Mrs. Nora Rutherford of 127 Craigmont road, Black Mountain, completed recruit training Dec. 8, at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. The nine weeks of training included instruction in mili tary etiquette, drill, physical fitness, swimming and surviv al,, first aid, shipboard safety precautions and security duty. JACK LUNSFORD IS SERVING ABOARD DESTROYER Jack E. Lunsford, radarman seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lunsford of Rt. 1, Black Mountain, is serving aboard the radar picket de stroyer USS Bordelon, operat ing with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Since leaving the U. S. in August, the Bordelon’s crew has visited Athens, Naples and the French Riviera. In Thes salonika, Greece, where they attended the annual wine fes tival, the crew donated blood to the city’s poor. Rotary Gift Wilbur Ward, president of the Black Mountain Swannanoa Rotary club presents a check of $140. to director of the Juvenile Evaluation Center, Vance Robertson at one of the regular meetings prior tc Christmas. The donation was made to the youth center to be used Harp and Organ Recital Well Received The unusual combination of harp and organ music was presented by Misses Alice Lee Bourne of Lyons, New York, and Peggy Cooley of Black Mountain in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian church on Friday evening, Dec. 29. Using “Intermezzo” by Bizet as their opening number, these artists used delightful arrangements for these instru ments from the well-known composers, Beethoven, Bach, Schubert-Wilhelm for the first group. Miss Cooley evidenced her mastery in an organ solo “In dulci jubilo” by Langlais. Miss Bourne’s solo, “Im promptu” was her most am bit! us number.demanding ex pert handling and perfect un derstanding of the Italian harp. The closing group of duets presented familiar airs but with the rarely heard combina tion of these instruments re vealed excellent team work and a delightful musical treat. This was the second appear ance of these artists together in Black Mountain and they were urgently requested to continue to make this an an nual occasion. Miss Bourne is a highly ex perienced harpist having pre sented concerts over much of the United States and having studied with famous teachers. She now teaches in her own studio in Lyons, N. Y., be tween concert tours. Miss Cooley was much at home in the Presbyterian church where she has served as organist for several years while completing public school work. She has always shared her talents by playing for school and other church events. Now in her senior year at Wilson college, Chambersburg, Pa., which is also her mother’s Alma Mater, she is majoring in organ under Kenneth L. Landis. The appearance of these artists was sponsored by Gamma Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi the International Cultural Sorority and Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire, their spon sor. Members of this Black Mountain chapter sponsored the Art Festival in Black Mountain and Asheville in April of 1961 when officials of the N. C. State Art Mus eum were guests in this area. Their next project will be to assist the members of the Senior Woman’s club in pre senting Dr. Noni Gopal Dev Joardar of Koinonia Founda tion as speaker for the Town Meeting at the State Street Methodist church on Thurs day evening, Jan. 11 at 8:00 o’clock. Look Who’s Here! Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burchfiel of Greenville, Tenn., former residents of Black Mountain, announce the birth of a daugh ter Jan. 3. for gifts for the children who would not be going home for the holidays or who had no family to remember them at Christmas. Rather than try to buy suitable gifts for each of the children it was thought best to donate the money to the center and let those in charge do the selecting of gifts since they would know best what would be appropri ate and needed. Ten Percent Is Penalty For Not Listing Taxes This is the month for the listing of taxes—all taxes— including real estate, personal property, dogs and poll tax. Failure to list taxes during the month of January will re sult in a penalty of ten per cent of the taxes. Prior to this time there has been a fine of $1 for delinquent listers; ten percent of the total taxes due will mean a real penalty this year. Marcus Begley is tax lister for Black Mountain at the city hall. All persons are urged to list early since a last minute rush may mean failure to get listed a*v' after the end of *-his month taxes will have to oe listed in Asheville. Large Audience Expected At Town Meeting Final plans for the Town Meeting to be held here on the evening of Thursday, January 11 at the Methodist church have been completed, chair man Mrs. Mary Aleshire an nounced today. Dr. N. G. D. Joardar, teach er, lecturer and world travel er will be the featured speak er in the program to be spon sored by the Senior Woman’s club. An expert on world af fairs and a renowned speak er and scholar, Dr. Joardar will have much to offer to his auaience. in addition to nis views and experiences he will give the audience a chance to participate by asking question during the program. There will be a social hour when guests may have the privilege of meeting the speaker. Anyone in the com munity who is interested in becoming better informed on world affairs is invited to at tend. "CHOO-CHOO" WILL NOT BE SPEAKER AS ANNOUNCED Due to a conflict in his speaking engagements Charlie (Choo-Choo) Justice will not be speaking at the next meet ing of the Swannanoa Men’s club as was previously an nounced. Mr. Brady has an other program lined up for the occasion. The January meeting will be held on Monday the 8th. ANDY STAFFORD COMPLETES 8 WEEK LINEMAN'S COURSE Pvt. Andy A. Stafford, 21, whose wife, Bette and parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Stafford, live at 211 Altamahaw ave., Black Mountain, completed the eight-week lineman’s course at the Army Signal Training Cen ter, Fort Gordon, Ga., Dec. 15. During the course Stafford was trained to maintain open wire, lead-covered cables and field communication wires. He entered the Army last August and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. He is a 1959 graduate of Owen High school and was em ployed by Ind. Vending in Asheville, before entering the Army.
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