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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 20 — Single Copy 10c
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
1JNUSUAL CARD
The Taits of Montreal sent
an unusual card this year as
• Christmas greeting. It con
sisted of a song entitled “C
Worship the Lord” which was
■Written by Edith W. Tait witt
Wrangement by the Aller
Guys.
t? It was much appreciated.
We’re glad we have such
talented people in our
midst.
THIEF
When we returned froir
lunch hour shortly before
Christmas and found five
fruit cakes missing from the
front counter, you should have
hoard the things, all uncom
plimentary, which we had tr
My about the thief who would
•teal from the blind. (Pro
coeds from the sale of the
cokes are used by the Lions
club in projects to aid the
blind of the county and state.)
Just as I had written the
cokes off as lost and was pre
paring to float a loan for the
$16.00 to pay for same, Chap
lain James H. Skelton of the
Western NC San walked in
and asked in a sheepish voice:
.-if “Did you miss any fruit
cakes around here?”
“Did we miss any fruit
cakes? I’ll say we did. Some
thief stole five right off the
counter here in broad daylight
and I hope that he has false
teeth and that the nuts will
Sit under his plates, “Lib
eith exploded.
At this the chaplain grinned
light out loud as he admitted:
Well, I took the cake*. I
cane in and no one was
eMund so I just picked up
floe to sell for you.
All help is gratefully ap
preciated but what we didn’t
tell the chaplain was that
since the day before, when he
picked up the cakes until the
following day when he came
in and told us about it, we
searched every nook and cor
ner of the News office, moved
every book and desk and pack
age of paper. Bid the place
needed to be cleaned anyway.
A DOLLAR 1 GAVE
“The trouble with some folk
who ‘give until it hurts’ is that
they are sensitive to pain!”—
C. N. Peace.
How much should you
pledge? That is for each one
to decide, but your gift must
cost you something.
Pour thousand for my new
car,
Five thousand for a piece of
sod.
Ten thousand I paid to begin a
house,
A dollar I gave to God. . .
And when the world goes
crazy mad,
Por the answer I will search:
With things so bad in this old
world
'‘What’s holding back my
church?”
will please some people and
astonish the rest.”—Mark
Twain.
WELL!
Given responsibility,
gpiE PEOPLE GROW;
DTHERS SWELL.
A most interesting program,
uypcerning the Jubilee Ad
vance goal of establishing 30,
>00 new missions and church
sa by 1964, was presented to
Dm women of the W.MS of
3int Baptist Church, Tuesday
svening, Jan. 2, in the Mem
>rial Room. Those present
were reminded to keep in
nind that establishing church
!S, too, should be encouraged
;o feel responsibility for act
ve participation of missions
ind churches.
Singing of the hvmn.
—Author Unknown
“Do the right thing; you
PTISTS HEAR
OGRAM ABOUT
IW MISSIONS
‘Bting Them In”, and narra
ion of devotional thoughts
ended to remind that man
nust make his own choice a
>out the way of life he chooses
o take.
Those participating1 on pro
rram were: Mrs. Worth Cook,
dra. A. T. Usher, Mrs. Hagan
Vood, Mrs. Edith Chapin and
Ira. Charles Waldrop.
Closing prayer for victory
n the 30,000 Movement was
,n inspirational resting point
if the program, preceded by
he monthly business meeting.
‘UBAUGH HIGH SCORER
The David Millard 9th
graders downed the Owen
NBhmen in a torrid basket
iall contest here last Friday
ftemoon, 50 to 30. Wayne
*ubaugh was high scorer for
►wen with 11 points.
►avid Mil. 9—22—36—50
►wen 2—13—17—30
j i , apeaieer
Julian B. Stepp, District
Manager of the Carolina
* Power and Light Western
Division, will be guest
! speaker at the Junior
; Chamber of Commerce
| Distinguished Service A
; ward dinner to be held at
the Monte Vista hotel on
Saturday, January 13.
Mr. Stepp is a former resi
f dent of Black Mountain. He
was born here and attended
he Elementary school before
his family moved to Hickory.
A graduate of the electrical
school of Engineering at State
college, Mr. Stepp went with
Westinghouse after gradua
tion and later with Carolina
Power and Light Co. in 1927.
Active in civic work, Mr.
Stepp is past president of the
Asheville Chamber of Com
merce with which he now ser
—Turn to Page 8
Carl Hyatt
Addresses
Kiwanis Club
The Black Mountain-Swan
nanoa Kiwanis club luncheon
meeting was held Thursday,
Jan. 4 in the Monte Vista
hotel with President Don
Quarles presiding. There were
;20 members and four visitors
present.
The chairman read a letter
from the Asheville Kiwanis
club inviting the members of
this club to its annual ban
quet meeting to be held Fri
day, Jan. 5, at 7:00 p.m. in ]
Asheville.
The local club members .
were reminded of the annual
meeting of the club Tuesday, 1
Jan. 9, with dinner at 7:00
p.m. This will be Ladies’
Night. The officers for 1962
will be installed.
Harry Hyder, vice-president :
of the club, and chairman of
the program committee, intro
duced the speaker who was
Carl Hyatt, member of the
Ashpvillo olnh and a commit
teeman of Kiwanis Interna- |
tional. Mr. Hyatt had as his
subject “What 1962 Holds for
the Club”. His main emphasis j
was on “Kiwanis Education,
Fellowship, and Inter-Club Re
lations”. He pointed out that
new members should be in
doctrinated; induction into
the membership should be
simple and inspirational; as
signed to the reception com- |
rrittee to get acquainted;
train members of the club on
the program for the year; de
v#op activities to promote
g»d fellowship; observe spe
cJl occasions; promote fellow
sj|p through inter-club meet- .
ip.;s.
Harry Shadle introduced the
visitors who were Hugh Freeze,
Charlotte, Wiley Booth, Ashe- (
ville, Bill McMurray, Black t
Mountain, and Carl Hyatt, 1
Asheville. i
The president announced a j
luncheon meeting for the j
be ird members on Thursday,
Jan. 11 at 12:00 noon, at the
Monte Vista hotel. ^
John Rayburn >
Assigned To ■
Technical Sch. \
LACKLAND AFB, Tex. —
Airman Basic John A. Ray- J
burn, son of Mrs. Essie A. a
Rayburn of 312 Richmond ave., I
Swannanoa, is being assigned t
to the United States Air Force
technical training course for h
finance and statistical spe- I
cialists at Sheppard AFB, Tex. b
Airman Rayburn, who has I
completed his basic military
training at Lackland AFB, f
Tex., was selected for the ad- ii
vauced course on the basis of c
his interests and aptitudes.
The airman is a 1961 grad- ii
uate of Charles D. Owen High E
sch'jol. I
Methodists To
Conduct Study
On Missions
The chairman of the Com
mission on Missions for the
Black Mountain Methodist
church, Vernon C. Wilson, an
nounced today that the annual
school of missions will begin
Sunday evening Jan. 14 from
7 to 8 p.m. and continue foui
Sundays, closing on Feb. 4,
The subject for discussion and
study during the sessions will
be “Latin American Lands in
Focus.” There are ten chap
ters in the text, each dealing
with Methodist work in a dif
ferent country.
In addition to acquainting
the members of the church
with the mission work of the
church in Latin America, the
purpose of the course is tc
lead Methodist people to a
deeper commitment to the out
reach of the church every
where.
Each session will be con
ducted in an informal man
ner with the hope that there
will be wide participation on
the part of all attending. It
is planned that each session
will be separated into three
groups, the adult, the senior
or youth group, and the junior
or children’s group, with dis
cussion leaders responsible
for Pflfh (rrmin of oinli
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NOTICE
Residents of the Swann
anoa Valley are remind
ed that the Town meeting
set for tonight, Thursday,
has been postponeddue to
the heavy snow storm which
hit the Eastern Seaboard
late Tuesday from Maine
to the Carolinas.
Mrs. Mary Aleshire, who
was chairman for the event
for the Black Mountain
Womans Club was inform
ed early Wednesday morn
ing that Dr. Gopal Joardar,
the scheduled speaker was
snowbound a few miles out
o Baltimore and was un
able to move either north
! or south.
Whether or not the mee
ting willl be rescheduled
at a later date was not lear
ned as the News went to
press.
toy Russell 111 with Flu
Roy Russell mechanical
mperintendent of the Black
Hountain News was sick at
lis home several days this
veek with the flu.
December Bride
Miss Judy Lynn Marett
ind Pfc. Charles Gaston
JcPeters, Jr., were unit
id in marriage in a simple
andlelight ceremony in
he First Christian church,
Slack Mountain, Dec. 21
961. The Rev. Bruce
vfay performed the doub
e-ring ceremony.
'The bride is the daughter
f Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vaden
larett of Black Mountain,
'he bridegroom is the son of
Ir. and Mrs. Charles G. Me
‘eters of Swannanoa.
Given in marriage by her
ather, the bride wore an egg
hell brocade sheath dress
'ith an overskirt of matching
rocade and black accessories,
he wore a corsage of white
arnations.
Her only attendant, Betty
o Basnight, was attired in
winter white wool dress.
:er flowers were white carna
ons.
Mr. McPeters Sr. served as
is son’s best man. Thomas
ee Marett, brother of the
ride, was vocalist and Mrs.
[elen Nix was organist.
A reception was held in the
dlowship hall of the church
nmediately following the
eremony.
Pfc. McPeters is now stat
>ned at Fort Benning, Ga.
oth are graduates of Charles
'. Owen High school.
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DIAL-A-DEVOTION
PHONE SERVICE
A new service which wa:
originally designed for th<
comfort of shut-ins, but whicl
seeni:> to have other far reach
ing results is Rev. Rober
Gray’s Dial-A-Devotion service
at NOrth 9-8404. Mr. Gray’:
voice comes over the wire foi
a one minute bit of scriptun
or a prayer for the day. Th(
phone is located in the churcl
and the message is taped t(
play when the phone rings.
Many persons are using th<
service, some from their hos
pital beds, some who arc
lonely and want to hear ;
pleasant familiar voice, anc
the many more who wish t(
have a thought for the day
The service was begun las
Wednesday and will continue
indefinitely.
Two Volumes By
Local Writer
In Totvn Library
Word has been receivec
from Mrs. Clyde R. Protsmar
of Fort Myers, Fla. and part
time Black Mountain resident
that two books of verse writ
ten by Mr. Protsman have
been placed in the local li
brary. Titles of the book:
are “Through Western Skies’
and “Unless Your Soul Is
Fire”.
The Protsmans are in Flor
ida for Mr. Protsman’s health
following a very long anc
serious illness.
JULIAN MARETT, USN,
RETURNS TO U. S.
FROM FAR EAST
Julian M. Marett, seamar
apprentice, USN, son of Mr
and Mrs. Thomas V. Maretl
of Black Mountain, returnee
to San Diego, Calif., aboard
the dock landing ship USS
Alamo after a six-month de
ployment with the Seventh
Fleet in the Far East.
In the Western Pacific, the
Alamo was a part of the fleet’s
amphibious ready group
which carries Marine Corps
Datue uniis ana is reaay ioj
action on almost no notice.
Miss M. Drinkei
Dies Following
Brief Illness
Final rites were held Sat
urday afternoon, Jan. 6, in
Saint James’ Episcopal church
for Miss Minnie Drinker, 91,
who died Thursday in an Ashe
ville nursing home following
a short illness. The Rev.
Kenneth Donald, rector, offi
ciated. Burial was in Pine
Grove cemetery, Swannanoa.
Pallbearers were Perry
Hardwick, William C. Thomp
son, B. R. Hunter, T. B. Wad
dill, George Gudger, and Dr.
David Snelling.
Miss Drinker was a native
of New York City. She had
been a resident of Black
Mountain for the past 22
years. Surviving is a sister,
Miss Florence Drinker of
Black Mountain.
Harrison Funeral Home was
in charge.
BOYS INVITED TO
CLASS GIVEN BY
B. M. GUN CLUB
A gun handling and safety
demonstration will be conduct
ed at the Youth Center Mon
day, Jan. 15 at 7:30 The
class is sponsored by Boy
Scout troop 25, Wm. Styles,
scoutmaster. Also a discus
sion of local and state laws
pertaining to fire arms. The
class will be conducted by
members of the Black Moun
tain Gun club.
All boys who own guns,
and boys without guns who
are interested, are urged to at
tend and parents too. if they
wish.
Operation
Youth Drive
Under Way
Operation Youth, Inc. of
Black Mountain reports con
tributions coming in every
day in its annual Christmas
campaign for funds. Pledge
cards may be signed up for
payments to be made anv
time of the year, stated TT
McGuire Wood, finance chair
man, but the Christmas cam
paign gives donors the oppor
tunity to date their checks in
whichever year best suits their
tax reports. Mr. Wood re
minded that for those who did
not receive their pledge cards
these may be had at the Town
Hall or from any director.
Checks should be made out
to Operation Youth. Inc. and
mailed to P. 0. Box 395. Gifts
are tax deductable.
Directors of Operation Youth
are busy selecting an activit
ies director for 1962. Every
effort is being made to secure
a man with a Master’s Degree
so that the undergraduate col
lege men and women employ
ed as helpers in the sum
mer program may receive
college credit for these work
practice months. Hubert Hend
erson, assistant director of the
N. C. State Recreation com
mission, was in Black Moun
tain last week confering with
board members and he pre
sented several interesting
possible candidates for the
position.
The Youth Center building
and equipment is being used
now by the Boy Scouts and
other groups of boys and girls
with responsible adult super
vision until the new director
assumes his duties. Minor re
pairs, cleaning, and inventory
of equipment is now going on
at the Youth Center.
Directors of Operation Youth
have asked the County YMCA
to explore the possibility of
organizing Gra-Y clubs for
boys and girls in the primary
and elementary schools in
Black Mountain. These clubs
are a regular featu: f of YMCA
work and provide healthful
recreation and exercise at the
school grounds immediately
after the daily school sessions.
Costs for employment of local
club leaders and travel time
for the Y’s training staff
would have to be supplied by
Operation Youth.
Volunteer directors, staff,
advisors, and workers for
Operation Youth are as fol
lows: Board of Directors, R.
C. Bowness, chairman, E. H.
Knight, Dr. Richard O. Thomp
son, Rev. John L. McWhorter,
Harold Patton, M. E. Head,
Mayor Richard Stone, J. A.
Dougherty, R. W. Cook, Rev.
Kenneth Donald, A. F. Tyson,
and H. McGuire Wood. Staff:
Miss Sanchez Mott, secretary,
R. T. Green, treasurer, H. Mc
Guire Wood, finance commit
tee. Activities Advisory com
mittee: James Buckner, Herb
ert Coman, Mrs. S. S. Cooley,
James Owen, Mrs. A. F. Ty
son, Leonard Keever, Mrs.
William Brown.
Baseball coaches last season
were: Harry Hyder, Jess Jolly,
E. E. Miracle, Lester Ballard,
Everette Stephenson, James
Buckner, J. L. Cooper, James
Atkins, Charles Tubaugh,
Charles Aiken, Walter Cook,
and William Rogers. Arts
and Crafts: Mrs. Dorothy
Whitaker and Mrs. Marian
Godfrey.
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO MEET WITH
MRS. RUDISILL
Waycaste r-McFee American
Legion Auxiliary will meet
Monday night, Jan. 15, at 7:30
at the home of Mrs. A. R.
Rudisill. All members are
urged to be present.
SNOW CLOSES SCHOOLS
WNC schools were closed
Wednesday because of snow.
Rotvlands Go Salt Water Fishing
When Mi and Mrs. Wade Rowland and their
daughter Tom spent the Christmas holidays in Mel
bourne, Fla., the above catch was made from the
yard of the motel in which they were staying.
Most of the fish they gave away, but managed
to bring a few home. The catch was mostly blue
fish although Mr. Rowland did catch two sand sharks.
woman scnooi bus uriver dKiuea un mountain unving
. • . sst mi. w vum luff,
Lois Elliott Drives 50 Mile Round Trip Route
—Photo by Cpl. Jess A. Sullins, S.H.P.
Lois Elliott, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Elliott of the
Broad River section, drives her school bus over one of the longest and curviest
routes in the mountains.
Her daily round trip covers
50 miles, almost twice the
average for school buses. On
one part of this trip the bus
stays in third gear contin
ously for four miles. And the
most important fact, says O.
M. Alexander, N. C. Depart
ment of Motor Vehicle repre
sentative, who trained her, is
that she is doing an excellent
job.
Lois has two brothers who
drove the school bus during
her elementary school years,
and watching them gave her
the aspiration to become a bus
driver and to be a good one.
At Owen High school where
i. Gladden, Jr.
Earns Harvard
Scholarship
James W. Gladden Jr. of
Blue Ridge Assembly, Black
Mountain, has been awarded a
Harvard Law School scholar
ship for the 1961-62 school
year. He is a first year stu
dent at the Law School.
Recipients of first year
scholarships are selected on
the basis of their academic
promise and financial need.
In order to recieve a scholar
ship the candidate must have
an outstanding college record
vn nof onViimro o ViJn'li enAVQ
on the Law Aptitude Examin
ation.
Gladden graduated with
honors from DePauw Univer
sity, Greencastle, Indiana (A.
B.) in 1961. While there, he
was elected to Phi Eta Sigma
(Freshman-General) national
honorary fraternity and Blue
Key, the Junior men’s leader
ship honorary at DePauw. He
also served as president on
Student Court and for the In
ternational Relations Club. In
addition, he played football for
DePauw throughout his four
years as an undergraduate.
JUNIOR ORDER TO
HOLD FIRST DEGREE
The J. O. U. A. M. will hold
a first degree communication
on Monday, Jan. 15 at 7:30.
All members are urged to at
tend.
lois is a popular senior am
a member of the Glee club
Fred Martin, principal, say
Lois is very dependable, keep
her bus clean and has ver;
good order on the bus. “M;
experience with bus driver
has shown that mature girl
are more dependable driver
than boys”, Mr. Martin said.
Harold Brown, county schoo
bus mechanic who takes can
of the buses in the Swan
nanoa valley says, “Lois i,
just as good as any drive:
we’ve got and is no troubli
whatsoever. She is also gooc
at reporting road conditions.’
Lois says she is proud t(
be a school bus driver, bu
recognizes her responsibilit;
to the 54 students who rid<
over the mountain with hei
each school day, and also t(
the parents of these children
She likes her job and sayi
other girls should be en
couraged to drive school buses
Mrs, Rose Boyce
Dies At Home In
Boston, Mass.
Funeral services for Mrs
Rose Boyce, 63, of Boston
Mass., sister of H. D. Craw
ford of Black Mountain, wert
held Saturday morning, Jan
o, in me cnapei or narnsor
Funeral home. The Rev. Rob
ert Gray, pastor of First Pres
byterian church, Black Moun
tain, officiated. Burial was
in Tabernacle church ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Don Wright
A. F. Tyson, Leon Williams
R. T. Greene, W. L. Wheelon.
and Ross Taylor.
Mrs. Boyce died unexpect
edly at her home in Boston
on Wednesday. She was the
widow of Walter P. Boyce and
the daughter of the late J. H.
and Rose Lathrobe Crawford
of Black Mountain.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cumm
ings of Blairsville,Pa..annou
nce the birth of a daughter
Jan. 8. Mrs. Cummings is
the former Miss Doris Sny
pes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Snypes of Ridge
crest. Mr. Snypes is the post
master at Ridgecrest.
i Auxiliary To
: Fire Dept. Is
: Organized
l On Friday Jan. 5th, the
: Ladies auxiliary of the Black
Mountain, Volunteer Fire De
’ partment, was officially or
ganized.
! A business meeting was
[ held and a slate of officers
were elected and installed.
' The Chairmen for the Stand
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Hardin, McFee
Pace Owen 5
At Leicester
1 Susie Reed hit 29 points
and Kay Greene 13 last Fri
day evening at Leicester as
the Owen girls dropped a
close decision to the home
team, 52-50.
It was 23-all at halftime 1
and the two Buncombe county -
conference powers battled .
down to the final whistle.
In the nightcap Coach Ralph
Singleton’s five had better i
luck as they raced to a 54 .
to 38 victory.
Jake Hardin, star Owen
forecourt man, was the chief ^
trouble maker for Leicester ,
as he rambled through the <
home team defense for 22 (
points. McFee, speedy back- (
court ace, tossed in 15.
GIRLS' GAME
OWEN (50) F — Reed 29, i
Greene 13, Haynes 8, Boring, 1
Howie, Myers; G—Haney, Har
ris, Byas, Leonard, Nanney,
Haney, Stevens, Cordell, Mor- 1
ris. 1
LEICESTER (52) F—Black s
18, Roberts, Wells 31, Gor- i
man 3; G—Robinson, Robert- •
son, Black.
BOYS' GAME !
OWEN (54) — Harper 13,
Carwell 3, Swofford 1, Jake 1
Hardin 22, McFee 15, Jim
Hardin, Maddox, Hughes, So- I
bol. «
LEICESTER (38) — Rogers ,
11, Hoglen, Smith, Worley 8,
Shook 2, Plemmons, King 8,
Wells, Terry, Randall, Rober
son 8, T. Rogers 1.
Halftime: 28-21, Owen. i
GENEFORD
HEADS CC
FOR YEAR
Gene Ford, manager of Ex
Cell-0 Corporation, was elect
ed president of the Black
Mountain Chamber of Com
merce at an organizational
meeting held Monday morning
at the office of the Carolina
Power and Light company.
Plans were made for the
annual dinner and installation
banquet to be held at the
Monte Vista hotel at 7:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Tickets for the banquet are
on sale at Beddingfield-Kon
rad, Black Mountain Drug
store, Black Mountain Hard
wave, Toll.- Food store,
Knight’s Pha.&jcy, the Black
Mountain News, and at the
Chamber of Commerce office
any time prior to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday, Jan. 15.
The program will include
invocation by Dr. James W.
Gladden of Blue Ridge assemb
ly; welcome by retiring pres
ident, W. W. Earley; intro
iuction of officers and mem
bers of the board of directors,
and an address by the incom
ing president, Mr. Ford.
LADIES INVITED
Ladies are especially invit
ed as are all associate mem
bers.
A total of 58 ballots were
returned in the recent election
conducted by mail. Other of
ficers chosen are: James A.
LJzzell, first vice-president;
Garl Bowness, second vice
president; George E. Moray,
jxecutive secretary; and Mar
rus Begley, treasurer.
Other directors: J. Herbert
>man, Gordon Greenwood,
Harold McNary, W. S. Hol
■ombe, W. W. Earley, Ben Ivy,
iVilliam Hickev. F. E. Stepp,
Harry Hyder, J. Max Wood
cock, and H. M. Wood.
Phil Stevens Is
Elected To Head
Local Firemen
The Black Mountain Vol
rnteer Fire Department had
heir annual dinner Monday,
ran. 8, at Don’s restaurant,
rhe dinner was followed by
he regular business meeting
ind election of officers was
leld with John Rice presiding.
Dinner guests were Gordon
Ireenwood, Rev. John Hay,
md “Little” Joe Brown of
,VBMT.
The following were elected
o office: Phil Stevens, presi
lent; Ernest Reed, vice-presi
lent; Jarvis Dickens, secre
ary; Frank Williams, treasur
t ; A1 White and Bob Harris,
loard of directors.
The members gave a rising
■ote of thanks to John Rice,
Voodrow Morgan and W. A.
Allison, outgoing president,
ice-president and secretary,
espectively, for their out
tanding service to the depart
nent.
MASONS TO CONFER
rHIRD DEGREE ON
ZLASS FRIDAY
Black Mountain Lodge No.
>63 AF & AM will meet in
■mergent communication to
:onfer the third degree Fri
lay evening, Jan. 12 at 7:30.
All Master Masons are cord
ally invited. J. 0. Peeler is
naster.