HEART FUND
DRIVE
THIS MONTH!
Weather
High Low Prec.
Jan. 30 57 30
Jan. 31 44 20
Feb 1 60 26
Feb. 2 59 28
Feb. 3 65 27
Feb. 4 72 39
Feb. 5 64 36
DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
VOL. 17
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 24 — Single Copy, 10c
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
iST STAND
i; C. Bowness, Black Moui
contractor, is buildin
• u.tard's Last Stand” o
S Highway 70 just west c
ue Ridge road,
if you don’t believe it, loo
the sign that marks th
No wonder women live
onger than men. Look how
ong they're girls.
—R—
APRESSIVE EVENT
At Brevard last Friday ever
„ the parents of the girl:
,d boys’ teams and the chcei
aiiers’ parents were honore
iring a very impressiv
Temony between games. _
As the parents and their
on or daughter stepped
orward t o acknowledge
heir introduction, it was
,ot hard to see that they—
he parents—were enjoying
he attention being paid
hem.
This was a very impressiv
Temony and one that coul
, copied by other schools t
10(1 advantage.
—R—
"The severest sort of in
jigestion is that which
:otnes from eating o
words. But
s the best mi.» "■ ...—
md the only kind that will
:ure what's wrong with us.
—R—
LD FRIEND
It was nice to renew a frieni
lip via telephone of Ion
anding with Thomas C
,ann while in Washingto
,’o weeks ago.
Mow an executive and writ
with the Whaley-Eato
mice in Washington. Tor
-".in his newspaper caree
the same time I did as
iwsboy on the Ashevill
imes.
As 1 told him the com
iny may not have any re
:ord of our employment
vith the Times, but in my
ipinion we were two of the
nost faithful little merch
ints they ever had. We
lad to be good salesmen in
>rder to keep one jump
ihead of the hot dog man.
At the time in question w
ere students at the Grac
hool and went into tow:
ter school hours and on Sal
•day and Sunday to sel
ipers. In those days fiv
ipers cost 15 cents and w
ild them for a quarter. Thu
ich time we sold five paper
e could eat a hot dog am
•ink a coke at the plac
hich was new then on Broac
ay. This was the first plac
: trus part ot the counir
> put Mexican Chili on ho
)gs and it sure did add t
ie taste.
You wonder how I knew i
as the first. Well, back ii
lose days we tried all th
it dog stands and found fror
tperience that this was true
OES NORTH
But Tom and his famil;
ft Grace, going first to Ind
ta and then to Washingto:
here he has been connecter
ith the Whaley-Eaton Sei
lCe for more than a quarte
; a century.
During his spare time he
idits a letter written espe
:ially for the women. His
s9ency also publishes the
American Letter, the Foreign
Letter, and Atoms For
Peace.
"*t-h all this activity, I’i
>y he was pretty busy. Al
l®st as busy as he was bad
hen we were trying to sel
neugh papers to pay our wa;
’ the show and to pay th>
ot dog man.
^RESTING
The Private Weekly L«
r ^omen is very interes
i °n*-v for the ladies
{or the men.
01 instance did you t
* v,'hen King Saud of S
Jabia visited the Ur
C Is t0 receive treati
• eyes and was vi:
‘ ;„Tesi^ent Kennedy at I
ht“ brought along
u , *ven though he wa:
^.ted not to do so.
hi, 6 Was asked not to br
all W'ves ,0 this country
thLB.Ut when he did br
Told ° Boston< he i
them * COul^ not t
Wa^h- ,0 Palm Beach
wT9ton ^ere tl
^olentmasrraSSMthe G
Preside;tas well as
buEgjI)IhI), Nj°T COMPLY, i
It ca, dl(t so for Ike v
fars a„t0 the U. S. sev
lr,JUght wivef ,least- lf
0rlier vi*Ve* dunn§
Pnceal • i he managec
in;,;'r ho>r identity. At
dorters were si
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or. Stafford Is
Guest Speaker
For Kiwanians
? The Black Mountain-Swan
o nanoa Kiwanis club luncheon
f meeting was held Thursday
Feb. 1, in the Monte Vista
k hotel with President Don
e Quarles presiding. There were
16 members and two visitors
present.
The chairman reminded the
members of the club about the
board meeting to be held
Tuesday, Feb. 6 at noon in
the Monte Vista. All members
were urged to attend. Jerry
Jurwitz introduced the visit
!_ ors who were Albert M. Clark
Asheville, and Dr. Ivan B
p Stafford. Montreat.
W. H. McMurray, Jr. intro
duced the speaker. Dr. Staf
ford, vice-president of Mon
treat-Anderson college, who
gave a most helpful, eompre
hensive, and challenging ad
dress on the general theme
“The Relationship Between the
College and the People of the
Community”. He emphasized
j the individual and corporate
' relation that should exist be
tween the college and citizens
of the community. There
should be close cooperation in
order to secure the desired
>ult which the development
. the highest type of char
ter the P - rr
young people who attend
college.
Dr. Stafford referred to
the hopes, aspirations, and
goals for the future at the
- college which he represents.
Texas Is Great
; Bui Still Likes
; Home News
January 31, 1962
Mr. Gordon Greenwood
The Black Mountain News
Black Mountain, N. C.
Dear Gordon:
It was certainly very nice
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BRAZILIAN WOULD
LIKE TO CORRESPOND
; WITH SOMEONE HERE
i (Editor’s note: This letter
- is thought provoking in that
1 we are led to wonder how the
3 writer happened to get his
3 hands on a Black Mountain
s paper. Not often do we pub
5 lish letters of this type, but
1 we thought someone in the
3 Valley might be interested in
- writing to the young man.)
3 January 26, 1962
To The Black Mountain News
t Black Mountain, N. C.
> U. S. A.
Dear Sirs:
t I was long trying to write
l to a North Carolina paper,
3 but it was very difficult to
l find an address to make my
. request. Fortunately, a coup
le of days ago T got your ad
f dress among the greatest ones
and hope to be attendet if
j possible.
j I am a Brazilian student:
_ Charles, 20 years old and
r would like to see published
my desire to correspond with
a 15 to 25 aged girl over there,
to change post-cards and any
subject about our countries.
Hoping you will be able to
publish this very simple ad.
thanking the attention and be
ing at your disposition, I am
j sincerely yours,
Charles Clark
c Caixa Postal 133
, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil
Paul T. Henson
. To Open Office
• For Real Estate
Paul T. Henson, formerly of
i Fountain Inn, S. C. and Syra
i cuse, N. Y., has moved to
1 Black Mountain and will oper
t ate as a licensed real estate
1 broker.
i Mr. Henson was a Major in
> Ordnance Intelligence during
- World War II and served in
the China - Burma - India
theatre.
While maintaining their
second home in South Caro
lina, Mr. and Mrs. Henson
were active in business, civic,
and religious affairs in Syra
cuse, N. Y., for more than 30
years. Their experience in
real estate comes from oper
ating a real estate holding
i company of business, resident
i ial, and farm property for
l more than 20 years.
■ They are members of the
Baptist church and Mr. Hen
> son is a member of the Amer
! ican Legion, Tigris Shrine,
• National Sojourners, a n d
other fraternal organizations.
SUMMARY OF
traffic deaths
for JANUARY
The Motor Vehicles depart
ment’s summary of state traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 22, 1962:
Killed to date 38
Killed to date
last year 55
Baptists Study
Migrants Thru
Missionaries
“Niether Are Your Ways
Ways. . topic for the Gen
eral W. M. U. program of the
month, is very fitting for the
informative talk given b>
members on Monday night at
First Baptist Church.
A beautiful arrangement oi
fruits and vegetables ereatec
an interesting center at the
front of the room. Each
speaker held a cardboard traf
fic sign while she talked, ther
posted it on tackboard in the
background.
Local information about mi
grants was given and possi
bilities for witnessing to them
A better understanding of the
problems of migrants was es
tablished and guidance was
given to the women in minis
tering to them.
Local townspeople are quite
familiar with Rev. and Mrs,
Bertis Fair, missionaries to the
migrants, who work the east
ern shore of the United States,
and are in this section of the
country very often. They re
just one of the many Baptist
missionary families who con
tinue to faithfully serve mi
grants throughout the United
States.
Those participating on pro
gram were: Mrs. Ben Ivey nd
Mrs. Frank Brockwell. Mrs.
W. S. Holcombe rendered a
“Soliloquy of Migrant Mot
her” and preceded this by the
closing prayer.
Mission Series
To Be Concluded
Sunday Night
The work which the Metho
dist church is doing today in
two South American countries,
Bolivia and Chili, was describ
ed in detail by Miss Louise
Simmons and Roy L. Russell
at the Missions Study meeting
Sunday evening in the Fellow
ship Room of the Black Moun
tain Methodist church.
The series will be concluded
this coming Sunday evening
with a study of Brazil and Ar
gentina which will be led by
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt.
Vernon Wilson is general
chairman.
Miss Simmons told of the ef
torts which have been made in
Chili and of the fine work ac
complished by the missionar
ies and the Methodist schools
among1 the Indians and other
groups.
She used slides to show
where and how the missionar
ies carry on their programs
and the results obtained.
Mr. Russell began by point
ing out that Bolivia is a coun
try of two extremes in terrain,
ranging from the high plateau
of the west where the capitol
La Pas, highest city in the
world at 12,700 feet is located,
to the jungles of eastern Bo
livia which has a tropical cli
mate.
The Methodist church has
made great progress in Bolivia
and the present president of
the country is a graduate of
one of the Methodist schools
located in the country.
First Fiber Glass
Chapel May Be
Viewed Here
The fiber glass chapel on
the grounds of In-The-Oaks is
causing considerable comment,
particularly among builders in
this area.
The Episcopal Diocese is ex
perimenting with the new
building material and through
a series of tests will determine
the practicality of using chap
els of this sort in areas where
the congregation is not yet
ready to build a new structure
and needs a meeting place in
the interim. The Diocese will
rent the chapel, disassembled,
free for the first year and the
monthly rent will increase in
the following years in the hope
that this will encourage their
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Troop 98 Completes
Course-Another Step Toward 5 Point Program
On Jan. 24 Girls Scouts of Troop 98 received certificates for having completed a First Aid
course from Rev. John McWhorter. Shown here, left to right, first row, Mrs. Clarence Ownbey, in
structor, Mrs. W. M. Styles, troop leader, Ann Stubbs, Helen Soos, Martha Ann Basnight, Ann Harris,
Anne Terrell, Rev. McWhorter. Second row, Dede Styles, Bobby Miller, Sandy White, Pat Smith, Janice
Wheelon, and Phyllis Ownbey. Those not present for the picture but also receiving certificates were
Mary Eastep, Melinda Fortune, Susie Stockton, and Linda Titus. —Photo by DuPuy
Taylor's Bill
To Stabilize
Poultry Market
A bill designed to help
stabilize the fluctating poult
ry market in Western North
Carolina has been introduced
by 12th District Congressman
Kov A. Taylor.
If adopted by Congress, the
bill would make poultry
eligible for marketing order
controls administered by the
Department of Agriculture.
“Depressed market condi
tions caused by over-produc
tion forced our poultry in
dustry to suffer a S3 million
loss last year,” declared Rep.
Taylor.
Poultry is WNC’s leading
agricultural commodity, al
though the industry has re
cently suffered from over
expansion.
“It has been apparent from
conversations I have had with
poultrymen from Asheville to
Murphy that government reg
ulations are needed to provide
adequate stabilization,” said
Taylor.
His bill, if passed, would
authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to draft a poultry
marketing order in coopera
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Last fall the American Red
Cross and Troop 98, Girl
Scouts of America, combined
Engaged
The engagement of
Anne Douglas Renshaw
and Harold Thomas Wat
son, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Watson, of Sum
ter, S. C., is announced by
the bride-elect’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N.
Renshaw, of Henderson
ville.
The wedding is to take
place in April.
efforts for their own and the
commuity’s benefit.
Under instruction of Mrs.
Clarence Ownbey, 15 girls
completed a first aid course.
Mrs. Ownbey had just recent
ly completed her instructor’s
course and the Scouts enjoyed
having her as their teacher.
Mrs. Ownbey is also the moth
er one of the troop members.
Mrs. Ownbey and the girls
met at Rangoon lodge, home
of their leader, Mrs. W. M.
Styles, where they not only
learned how to assist accident
victims until professional help
arrived, but how to treat them
selves and how knowledge ol
first aid helps in the proven
tion of accidents. The group
saw some very instructive
films shown by Bobby Wheel
er, also a first aid instructor.
Mr. Wheeler explained to the
Scouts the work of the Black
Mountain Emergency squad.
Now Black Mountain has 14
more residents who have first
aid training and 15 families
have at least one member who
can take charge of family ac
cidents in an emergency. Girl
Scout Troop 98 has completed
one more of their achieve
ments toward their Senior
Five Point program and also
a requirement of preparation
for the trip to Canada that
they plan for this summer.
The girls of the troop wish
to publicly thank the Amer
ican Red Cross, Mrs. Hobson,
Mrs. Ownbey, and Mr. Wheeler
lor making this possible.
Speaker Tells
Of Experiences
In S. America
South America is a land oi
extreme contrasts in climate
terrain, social and financial
s'anding, and education, Fathei
John Weidinger of St. Marg
aret-Mary Catholic church ir
Grovemont told members oi
the Swannanoa Men’s club ai
the regular meeting Monday
night.
Father Weidinger. who ha?
spent much time in Centra!
and South America, pointed
out that Latin America is full
of contradictions.
“You have those who are
extremely rich and those who
are extremely poor. There
are those who are highly cult
ured and educated and those
who can neither read nor
write,” he explained.
“But we should bear in
mind,” he continued, “that
(here was a civilization among
the Indians on the west coast
of South America centuries
before the white man came
to the Western Hemisphere.”
The speaker pointed out
that the population of Latin
America is growing at a rapid
rate and is expected to reach
300,000,000 by 1980. And
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JSeiv Fiber Glass Materials Being Used For Churches _Photo by DUpuy
NORTHWESTERN BANK
MOVES UP 51 PLACES
IN NATIONAL RANK
The Northwestern Bank
jumped 51 places in national
ranking to lead gains in de
posits by the six commercial
banks in North Carolina that
were among the top 300 in
the nation last year. North
western advanced from No.
318 to No. 267 in the nation,
according to the ranking by
the American Banker, a daily
newspaper of banking. Total
deposits on Dec. 31, 1961, were
$114,322, 118.08 and total re
sources were $129,755,367.63.
Warhorses Beat
Reynolds In
Doubleheader
The Owen High school bask
etball teams head into the
home stretch next week when
they take on Biltmore on Tues
day in the final home game
of the year and then travel
to Hendersonville to wrap up
the regular season’s activity
with a doubleheader.
On Friday, Feb. 9, the War
horses, Warlassies, and JVs
will be at Enka for a triple
header starting with the JVs
at 5:30.
Under the guidance of Coach
Buck Lyda the JVs have won
four in a row (including the
game with Brevard last Fri
day) and are preparing for the
start of the Buncombe County
JV tourney on Monday night,
Feb. 12, at Owen.
The varsity teams should be
in top condition for the county
tournament which will be
played at the City Auditorium,
Feb. 19-24.
Last week the locals won
from Reynolds on Tuesday,
then swept a twin bill at Bre
vard on Friday.
Suzy Reed with 34 points
and Kay Greene with 18 help
ed the Warlassies win at Rey
nolds, 61 to 47. The locals
were out in front, 31-19 at
halftime and were never in
trouble.
Coach Ralph Singleton’s War
horses didn’t take their role
as underdog too seriously and
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Mrs. R. Reed
To Again Head
Heart Drive
Mrs. Ralph Reed has again
been chosen as head of the
Heart Fund drive in Black
Mountain with Mrs. A. F. Ty
son, Jr. in charge of advanced
gifts, William Styles work with
the plastic hearts, and Wood
row Beddingfield the business
collections.
Mrs. Reed, who successfully
led the drive in the commun
ity last year, stated this morn
ing: “I know people are tired
of being solicited for so many
funds of all sorts, but I am
so interested in this particular
one and think it so worth
while, I will make every effort
to see that the contributions
this year will equal those of
former years. We have a
good committee here and I
am sure the results will be
gratifying”.
The drive started on Feb.
1 and will reach it’s peak on
“Heart Sunday”, Feb. 25, and
will be concluded on Feb. 28.
JV Tournament
Opens Monday
Night At Owen
Fans here will have an op
portunity to see all the future
varsity players in action dur
ing the Buncombe County JV
tournament which will be held
at Owen High school gym Feb.
12, 14, 15.
The juniors will not play
on Tuesday, Feb. 13, because
of the varsity games sched
uled for that night.
The Monday, Feb. 12, ses
sion will start at 5:30 while
the games on Feb. 14, 15 will
begin at 6:30.
Prices for the event will be
25 cents for students and 50
cents for adults.
The Owen High School JVs,
coached by Buck Lyda, has
been on a winning streak fol
lowing a slow start and should
be at full power and must
be listed as one of the favor
ites to grab the crown.
Other strong representatives
will come from Reynolds, Bilt
more, and Enka.
Tarr Tells Club
Drug Prices Are
Reasonable
Developements in America’s
pharmaceutical industry have
gone hand-in-hand with de
creasing death rates from ill
ness, Olgie F. Tarr, a local re
presentative of Smith Kline
and French Laboratories, a
Philadelphia pharmaceutical
firm, told Rotary club mem
bers at their weekly meeting
in the Monte Vista Hotel Mon
day.
“Nearly 5,000,000 people
are alive in the United States
today who would not be alive
if our death rate had continu
ed at its 1930 level, Mr. Tarr
said.
Cost of drugs has risen only
a fraction of the increase of
other items while human life
span has increased and medi
cines have improved, he said.
Citing Department of Com
merce studies, Tarr said
“Americans spent less than
one-half per cent of their dis
posable income on drugs in
1959.
The latest survey by “Am
erican Druggist” magazine re
ports the average prescription
cost today at $3.14, he said.
In the past, he said, “each
year’ out of every 100,000
people in the United States,
pneumonia and influenza kil
led 102, today fewer than 32;
tuberculosis killed 71, now 7;
whooping cough and measles
killed eight, now fewer than
one; and the death rate at
childbirth is now one-thirteen
th of what it was.”
During the past 20 years
medicine has progressed more
than it had during the proceed
ing 20 centuries, the speaker
said.
“Miracles of modern medi
cine” such as the sulfa drugs,
penicillin, terramycin and the
tranquilizing drugs have play
ed a part in that progress.
Only after the develope
ment of tranquilizing drugs
was the population of the na
tion’s mental hosptti2» reduc
ed, Mr. Tarr said. The first
downturn in the number of
hospitalized mental patients
ATTENDANCE IN
VALLEY SCHOOLS
ABOUT NORMAL
School attendance in the
Valley seems to be about
normal according to reports
from the principals’ offices to
day (Monday). The flu, which
had threatened the city schools
for several weeks, has not
reached alarming proportions
in the school here. Attend
ance is better than last week
when from 2-5 were absent in
some classrooms.
JUNIOR ORDER MEETS
The Junior Order will hold
their monthly dinner meeting
this Monday,, Feb. 12, at 6:30
at the lodge hall.
CO-WORKERS SUPPER
The Co-Workers Sunday
School Class of the Methodist
Church will hold its regular
supper meeting Friday night,
Feb. 9 at 6 o’clock at the
church. All members and their
families are invited to come
and bring a covered dish.
CURTISS JUSTUS
WITH 7TH FLEET
IN WESTERN PACIFIC
Curtiss R. Justus, fireman
apprentice, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtiss R. Justus of
104 First street, Black Moun
tain, is serving aboard the
amphibious assault ship USS
Princeton, operating as a unit
of our Seventh Fleet in the
Western Pacific.
Dr. Robt. Holmes
Swan. PTA
Speaker Thurs.
The Swannanoa PTA board
meeting was held at the
Vance Robertson home at the
Juvenile Center on Thursday
evening, Feb. 1.
A total of $250 was realized
from the pancake supper given
n December. $147.50 has been
spent for drapes for the new
school cafeteria and will be
installed soon. The supper
was held for this purpose.
The February PTA meeting
will be held at the Swannanoa
m Thursday, Feb. 8, with
Juest speaker Dr. Robert
Holmes, who will talk on
‘Dental Health”. Parents and
school children are urged to
attend this meeting of the
PTA to hear the startling facts
an dental health conditions as
pertaining to the local schools.