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HEART SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25 Weather High Low Feb. 13 52 31 Feb. 14 56 31 Feb. 15 63 32 Feb. 16 52 32 Feb. 17 60 25 Feb. 18 50 37 Feb. 19 66 38 Prec. .09 .07 .14 ,»? >bi-. • j DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GHCW/WG SWANNANOA VALLEY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 26 — Single Copy, 10c REFLECTIONS Gordon Greenwood ate lyda n interested observer as ifowen JVs beat the NB fn. for the county champ ion last week, was Tate father of Buck Lyda, g of the Owen Battle Pn|‘t' may be news to some * the REAL young gen sration but the Lyda family ,J5 a long history of ath etic accomplishments in ,jgh school and college. With a team built mainly ,„und Tate Lyda and his ■others, the old Weaver ollese football team went tidefeated for more than one ,aSon and won state and mthern championships. Tate Lyda was a hard man , move "in the line. I still ive scars to prove it. OUGH GAME gut my association with ie Lydas goes back to high hoof days and resulted in hat must have been the ui-hcst high school basket jlf game ever played in orlh Carolina, barring none. That was the day of the listricts in Buncombe ;ounty basketball and eaverville came to Barn rdsviIle for an important |aine. Referee for the contest »as a little short guy who ouldn't keep up with the tall, let alone the fouls. As a result the game got ougher by the minute. And it was no tea party then it started. A- the JVs battled for the unty title last week, Tate id 1 recalled that game and id a great time figuring out aat happened. ii worse than football, fact it was football, soc ;.i:d wrestling all played ithout the benefit of uni rms or protective equip Sadly enough I wasn't ouncl at the finish. I left le game in the fourth uarter with a bruised hip lat cramped my style for any days to come, iut watching the Owen-NB ms play we decided that h excellent equipment, fine ms, the best of lighting terns, trained coaches, and od officials (I reserve the ht to change my stand on last) basketball isn’t what used to be. And it’s a good ng it isn’t. As :k tter players a whole the players now better than they were when it was a case ol !-eat-dog and the best man We had some grea! yers in those days, but my opinion, the boys are ter now. h’- y are better shots, have ter coaching, and know re about the fine points of game. low does the game differ? meone has asked. The answer is that in sc n-v ways one seeing a game bed by the rules before 1 were changed to elimi [e the center jump, etc. not recognize the game all. That was the day of the •Hter jump, the two-hand test shot (almost exclus e yh and slow games and ’w scores due to the fact lat the team in possession ,u a stay back under its goal for as long as it e • In fact some teams keen known to get the ''and pass it around in ackcourt for an entire ar er. An(j a). tjmes one *¥ekr,!V0uld s't down on * “ah and sit there un cerned about the yells ThM6rS °f cr°wd. v 1 ",as lhe day of the th» eak’ the 3ackknife shot ,v. expats, and the drive ,p ’ which were hard to B.dliaS Tate L>da and 1 de ,,f ;ve like the new _/jf Play better. )ok Who’s Here! ‘Il' ,a”d Mrs. Albert R. .. ‘ arolina Heights, b have a son, "Pital ’■ at St. Joseph’s nVp..;' ;Mr- and Mrs. Wil e., . "n' “-1 Richmond , in , anoa> a son, Feb. br and Mr?h’ST hospita1’ andler r,. 5 James B. Ve ' ’dam.rn Tmple’ Tex” rn Jan ?n°htw’ Klmberly, the f“ ' Mrs. Chandler . Miss Sl' ««“»' d irs- Jame ib. sPital. a daughter ln St. .to Local B&PW Participates In Internat'l Tea The Asheville Business and Professional Women were hostesses Sunday afternoon in the Battery Park hotel from 3-5 for the annual Interna tional Tea. Members of other clubs in the district were guests and college students, residents, or visitors from other countries were special guests. The annual tea is held each year in celebration of Brotherhood Week and the many hundreds of people from this section who participate in the program give evidence of the appeal and popularity of the undertaking by the Asheville B&PW club. Miss Lillian Russell and Miss Betty Maxwell, members of the Black Mountain club took as their guests and re presentatives of Japan, Anna Chow and Tomiko Arimurta, who are students at Montreat. The girls were dressed in native costume and sang songs from their country. To further carry out the international theme the re freshments were representa tive of the various countries, the cookies and tea or coffee served were typical of one or several foreign countries. Jas amine tea, for example, was served with the blossom of the flower for which the tea is named, floating in the bever just as we would serve lemon to give added flavor and fragrance. Each year a silver offering is taken for some worthy pro ject dealing with international affairs. This year the offer ing went toward the building of a home for Chinese nurses in China. The local club gave $15 as their part, and clubs throughout the country will also contribute toward the same work. Foreign students from War ren Wilson college also took part in the program. NATIONAL D.A.R.s DESIGNATE FEBRUARY AS HISTORY MONTH The National Society Daugh ters of the American Revolu tion designate the month of February as American History month. The Edward Bun combe and Ruth Davidson chapters, D.A.R., support this goal of preserving our priv ileged heritage. We do not want to lose sight of the great sacrifices that have been made by pa triots through the years to preserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We have a heritage that we, as American citizens, are proud of, and in these crucial times we strive to maintain the blessings that are ours today and look to the future with hope, courage, and deter mination as did our fore fathers. Expert To Speak Dr. W. D. Weatherford, administrative director of Ford Foundation’s South ern Appalachian Studies, will be principal speaker for Western North Caro lina Regional Planning Commission’s regular quarterly meeting in Ashe ville on Feb. 28. The luncheon meeting will be held in the Battery Park hotel at 12:30 pm. Dr. Weatherford will dis cuss the findings of the stud ies which have taken several years to complete at a cost of S250.000. Nineteer^aspects of Appalachian life have been evaluated in the 190-odd —Turn to Page 4 Best Sellers In Public Library For All To Read Among the new books add ed to the shelves of the Black Mountain Public Library this week were several from the best seller lists: PT-109 by Robert Donovan : Cates , 'esident Kennedy’s war experiences in the Pa cific. BRIDGE ON THE DRINA by Ivo Andric, the author who won the 1961 Nobel prize for literature. KIRKLAND REVELS is Vic toria Hunt's suspenseful novel of mystery and melodrama. PROLOGUE TO LOVE by Taylor Caldwell. Reader’s Di gest has currently condensed this adult story of the power of love and faith in over coming evil. CITIZEN IIEARST by W. A. Sandberg is the biography of William Randolph Hearst. Another timely biography is that of Dag Hemmarskold by Joseph Lash. THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN by Gwen Terasaki is said to be the true report of an in ternational marriage of a Japanese diplomat and an American girl from the hills of Tennessee. JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY by Mary Van Renssalaer Thayer. SPEEDING ON OLD 70 WILL DE CURBED BY RADAR AND PATROLS _ . . . .1. _ t.tj«-yVi .nnlatirm nf thr> law mav moar ruuuia iiuiu tut - way department will be on duty every day for an indef inite period of time to meet the demand of parents, other drivers, and many who are concerned with the problem of speeding before and after school hours. Sgt. Jack D. Cabe will be in charge of the operation which will be enforced through means of radar and patrol cars. The entire length of old highway 70 from the in tersection just beyond Spencer Pines to the intersection be low Swannanoa will be under observation. Complaints have come to the school officials as well as the highway department about the number of students who speed down the narrow old highway causing danger, not only to the occupants of their cars, but to the ones they meet and pass as well, talk ing to NEWS personnel Wednesday, patrolmen made it quite clear that anyone caught exceeding the speed limit will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. At a time when the issuing of drivers’ licenses to the teen agers is in question, it appears that they are already on pro bation, in that one severe loss of the cherished license. As so often happens in the case of the speed violator with his car full of passeng ers, an innocent person who may be consciously abiding by the highway law becomes seriously involved, sometimes with loss of life, in an acci dent in which he is not at fault. In all fairness to our young sters who have now been warned, the manner in which they respond will show the measure of their responsibil ity as adults. There are no doubt many parents who are not aware of the speed mania which seems to grip their son or daughter when the final bell rings and the rush to get out on the highway begins. The danger in the Black Mountain-Swannanoa area is intensified because not only does the school day end, but workers from the industrial plants are on their way home. Thus our main highways a d the back roads, too, are crowded with traffic moving in every direction. If our teenagers are old enough to drive and earn licenses, let them prove that they deserve them. READERS AWAY FROM HOME RESPONDING TO NEWS REQUEST Letters are beginning to come in response to the one sent from the NEWS to read ers away from home. When we accumulate enough of them to make up a section in an issue, we shall print them for you. In the meantime, keep them coming, for they are most interesting and helpful, especially when you make suggestions as to what you would like to see in your NEWS and pass along infor mation about people who used to live here. Mayor Calls For Special Meet On Oper. Youth Mayor Richard B. Stone of Black Mountain has called a special re-organizational meet ing for Operation. Youth, Inc. at City Hall Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. A number of the original board of directors have moved away, Mayor Stone explained, and it is important that the board members be represent ative of the community and interested in our young people. Their attendance at monthly meetings and their policy ad vice is necessary for the fu ture of the program. Interest in our children and their welfare is common to all of us and is fundamental to the progress of our country. Notices of the meeting are being mailed today by Mayor Stone to schools, clubs, in dustry, and individuals who have previously expressed an interest. All interested per sons are welcome at the meet ing, Mayor Stone explained. Board members should be those who will come to month ly meetings and give advice on policy. Several working committees are needed also: one to give advice to our director on activities, public relations and publicity; another committee to manage the budget and advise with our bookkeeper, auditor, and treasurer; and a third com mittee to plan activities for girls. CUB PACK 42 TO HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET AT BAPTIST CHURCH It has been announced that the Cub Scouts, Pack No. 42, will hold their annual banquet Friday night, Feb. 23, at 6:45 at the First Baptist church. Boy Scouts Tell Kiwanians Of Troop Activity The luncheon meeting of the Black Mountain - Swan nanoa Kiwanis club was held Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Monte Vista hotel with Pres ident Don Quarles presiding. Sixteen club members and three visitors were present. Jerry Jurwitz introduced visitor Walter Qualman, Ashe ville, new president of the Kearfott Precision Co. The chairman reminded the members of the club of the luncheon meeting with Lt. Gov. Dr. Trevor Williams of the first division Kiwanis, on March 1 in the Mone Vista. President Quarles introduc ed Carl Rogers and Tommy Goforth, who are members of Scout Troop No. 25 in Black Mountain. These Scouts ad dressed the club on the activ ities of their troop. Carl Rogers is assistant Scout Master of the troop and has the responsibility of training boys for Scout work. He in formed the club that there are 30 boys who are members of Troop 25. Carl earnestly solicited suggestions from the club members for the im provement of the troop. Tommy Goforth talked on the values of the troop to him through patrol and Scout troop meetings. He indicat ed that the troop has some 90 merit badges which are given for satisfactory comple tion of work in various fields of endeavor. The ambition of the real Scout is to be come an Eagle Scout which is the highest honor attanable in Scouting. Mrs. Mary Blood is a pat ient at Memorial Mission hos pital. OWEN HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY DEFEATS NORTH BUNCOMBE IN FINALS TO WIN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP IEC Trains Men And Women For j Industrial Jobs ! T For many years Ihere has been ? request on the part J of in Justry for industrial < schools to train young men ] and women to take their place ] in the new plants coming in- - to this section. For boys and girls unable to attend college, * this seems to be an answer. I The state, realizing this ^ need, has been in the process of building schools for indust rial training. There are at < present 20 schools of this 1 nature scattered through the f length of our state. Asheville s has one which so far the < only public industrial school ; west of Gaston and Catawba counties. , Any North Carolina citizen ! 16 years of age or older is ' eligible to enroll in a course if tests show he has the abil- ; ity to enter into or make i advancement in the area in 1 which he desires to enroll. 1 A prospective student should i visit the training center and 1 make application. A counsel- < —Turn to Page 8 i MM —Photo by DuPuy KING OF ALL THEY SURVEY! Showing mark ed improvement as the season progressed, the Owen ligh School JV basketball team slashed its way hrough a strong field to walk off with the champion ;hip in the county tournament played at the Owen ;ym last week. In the picture, kneeling (L.-R.) Ronnie .owe and Ted Smith, managers. First row, same irder: Joe Davis, Billy White, Arnold Gragg, Robert .lyers, Ricky Reed, Billy Pace. Second row: Coach luck Lyda, Ronnie Watkins, Bobby Ballard, Sam Harp t, Ronnie McNary, Monty Baker, Johnny Logan. Not >resent when picture was made: Chris Plummer and luddy Greenwood. AZALEA GARDENS TO IE FEATURE OF 5ARDEN CLUB SESSION The Black Mountain Garden lub will meet Friday, Feb. 3 at the Monte Vista hotel or their regular 7:30 evening ession. This first meeting if 1962 will be a planning nd get-acquainted meeting. Slides of x\zalea Gardens tear Charleston,. S. C., will >e shown as jhese displays vi 11 soon be at their best, 'he pictures were taken by n official of the Kodak com iany and will be shown by ,eslie Garton. H. McGuire Vood will direct the program nd Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Jaugherty will be in charge if arrangements and refresh aents. Keynote Speaker Dr. James W. Gladden, president of Blue Ridge Assembly, Inc., will be the keynote speaker for the 1962 winter college conference to be held at Intheoaks from Feb. 23 through Feb. 25. This conference is sponsored by the division of college work of the Dio cese of Western North Carolina, the theme to be “The Facts of Life and the Philosophy of Life”. Dr. Gladden is no foreigner to eollege campus or college student. Since 1949 he serv ed as professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky, and from 1946-1949 as pro fessor and head of the de partment of sociology at Mt. Union college, Alliance, Ohio. He served as an ordained Methodist clergyman in Penn sylvania from 1936 to 1946. His special interest is the American family and its re lation to contemporary society. He has led many conferences, such as this, throughout the Southeast and has been wide ly received by faculty and students”. This statement is from the folder sent to the various colleges in this section. Students of the Episcopal Canterbury associations from all colleges in Western North Carolina have been invited to attend. This conference is being sponsored by the Division of College Work of the diocese, of which the Rev. Kenneth Donald is chairman. Sunday morning the topic is “The Christian Additive”, followed by dinner, after which the conference ad journs. FOREIGN STUDENTS TO CONDUCT SERVICE ON WORLD MISSIONS Sunday evening, Feb. 25, at 7:30 in the sanctuary of Black Mountain Presbyterian church, a service will be held continuing the church's World Mission emphasis. Prior to the service a supper will be served at 5:30 to which all foreign students in the Val ley are invited. The national dish of Cuba will be served and students will be introduc ed in their native costumes. During the 7:30 service those from different lands will carry out the order of wor ship in their own particular language. The public is cordially in vited to the evening service. “Chairman” Announcement of the appointment of H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen newspap er editor and publisher, as State Chairman of the 1962 Easter Seal Appeal, was made today by Dr. John W. Baluss, Jr., pres ident of the North Caro lina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., the Easter Seal organiza tion. “This organization is doing a great work, rendering a humanitarian service,” Blue said in accepting the appoint ment, “and I am glad to be associated with it in its noble endeavor.” A leading candi date for speaker of the 1963 House of Representatives, Mr. Blue will spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Greenwood in Black Mountain. Elected State Representative in 1946, Blue has served con tinuously since and was chairman of the House Fin ance committee in 1959. In addition to being editor and publisher of the “Sandhill Citizen”, Blue also writes a weekly column, “Tarheel People and Issues”, which is carried by 15 of the state’s weekly newspapers. He has been a Sunday school super intendent since he was 20, and has been an elder in the Bresoyterian (Jhurch tor many years. Blue is a charter mem ber of the Aberdeen Lion’s —Turn to Page 4 FIRST PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC TO BE HELD AT YOUTH CENTER Leonard Keever, principal of the Black Mountain Pri mary school, stated Monday that the clinic for pre-school children will be held at the Youth Center each first and third Thursday beginning March 1. Parents of pre-school child ren are urged to get their children innoculated before warmer weather begins since the child is less irritated by the shots in cooler weather. The clinic will be open from 1:00 o’clock until all those present have been served. The second clinic will be on March 15. 'Books' Subject Of Program For Woman's Club The Black Mountain Senior Woman’s club, meeting in the parish house of the Episcopal church, heard Father John Weidinger of St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic church in Grovemont give a well plan ned talk on books in general. Father Weidinger showed that evil is presented in many ways by writers, that it is necessary in order to present a true pictur.e, but that readers should be educated so that the evil presented is accepted in the overall picture to brine out the purpose of the writer Books, he stated, show th< mores and customs of ; fountry well and pointed on i hat Russian books can fore cast the behavior of the Rus sian peoples as we haxe ex perienced it in political situa tions. Father Weidinger if widely and well read. He be lieves that so called “bes1 sellers” are not necessarilj the best literature, if the> are they will live for year.< to come and there is no rush to “keep up with the Joneses’ by pushing to read each list as it is published. In business session the club selected Mrs. William Me Murray and Mrs. B. G. Byror to serve on Ihe nominating committee with Mrs. Willard Weeks, chairman, to select s slate of officers by March when election will be held. The club also voted to do nate $100 to Operation Youth Inc. this month. New members accepted and welcomed into the club were Mrs. John McWhorter, Mrs Stanley Nale, and Mrs. F. N Wilson. The annual spring Fine Arts luncheon was called tc the attention of all members The luncheon this year is tc be held at the Battery Part hotel on Thursday, March IE and reservations must be made through Mrs. Glenr Bryan of the local club bj March 13. There will be one finalist from the local Vogue sewing contest to compete or the district level with winner.1 from others clubs. This con test is one of the features ol the Fine Arts luncheon. The program for March will be the Fashion Show in which all women in the community who sew are invited to take part. Mrs. Tom Nesbitt is in charge. LIONS TO SEE FILM ON CONQUEST OF SPACE The regular meeting' of the Black Mountain Lions club will be held tonight (Thursday) at the Monte Vista at 6:30. In keeping with the flight into space this week Lions will view a film produced by the Gulf Oil company entitled “The Conquest of Space.” Leon Williams brings this pro gram to the club. —Broken field running is good on the gridiron, but not in traffic. CARD Ol To our many friends u attempt to go into the food wish to express our thanks i port. Due to circumstance: not be able to serve you ; we still have hopes, in the do the same kind of businc Wildly Cheering Crowd Greets New Champs Coach Buck Lyda’s Owen High School Junior Varsity built up a 10 point first per iod lead and then held on to down a spirited and hard fight ing North Buncombe five in the finals of the county tourn ament here last Thursday, 39-34. To reach the finals NB dis posed of Erwin, and Owen shattered Enka, 45-31, in the semi-final round Wednesday. The Owen JVs left little doubt that they meant bus iness when they stepped out and rushed to a 14-4 lead during the first quarter and maintained the pace for a 22 12 bulge at halftime. During the second period the locals led at one point, 20-8, on some great clutch shooting by Ron nie McNary, Ricky Reed, and Chris Plummer. SECOND HALF North Buncombe did better after the rest period and came up to within four points of the home team, 32-28, but the combination of Reed, Plum mer, and McNary outside and Bobby Pollard and Sam Harp er underneath proved too •much of a handicap to over come. With the count at 32-28 Ballard brought the Owen crowd to its feet cheering wildly with a one-hand spin ner from out in front. After NB hit with a free throw, it was Ballard again with a drive-in following a pass from Reed, to move the clock, which didn’t move at times, to 36-29. Wiiii the time fast ticking away, Plummer made good on a free throw and Reed with two charity tosses. TEAM EFFORT The win was strictly a team effort. Harper, McNary, and Ballard did some fine rebound ing while Reed and Plummer played excellent games in the backeourt. The ball-hawking of Reed was especially out standing. The teams played the entire game without a substitute. FINE SUPPORT A large crowd of support ers for both teams was pres ent to cheer the smallest ef fort of any player. It was one of the most enthusiastic and wildest cheering crowds to attend a game at the Owen gym all year. As more than one spectator remarked: “You’d think the county championship was at stake”. It was and Owen won. Owen 14—22—28—39 NB 4—12—22—34 Championship Game: Owen (39) —Ballard 10, Mc Nary 9, Harper 3, Plummer 11, Reed 6. NB (34) — Ponder 7, White 1, Israel 13, Williams 8, Stevens 3. TOURNEY NOTES: Sam Harper, whose brother Marvin has been a standout athlete at Owen High for sev eral years, is carrying on in the same path his brother has —Turn to Page 4 STUDENTS SEE FLIGHT Students today (Tuesday) are enjoying an educational treat at the primary school in Black Mountain. Reed’s Radio and TV Service install ed a 30 inch picture TV set in the auditorium so that the students could assemble to watch the flight of astro naught John H. Glenn, Jr., as he became the first American to orbit the earth. Visual aids, such as tele vision, are becoming an im portant part of our educational training in the schools. Many educators believe that seeing a picture of some current event imprints the fact on the mind more clearly and precisely than reading of the occurance. : THANKS ho were so interested in our Dusiness in Black Mountain we or their good wishes ind sup ; beyond our cont . i we will s we had planned. However near future, of being able to ss in a more diversified area. Sincerely, Lee and Julia Tiller
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