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VOL. 17
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
NO. 28 — Single Copy, 10c
8 PAGES TODAY
REFLECTIONS
Gordon Greenwood
unexpected
phji Stevens, who knows
, noetrv almost as well
fjdoes good plumbing,
found the pollowing poem in
?hP Angelas, bulletin of the
' Man's Parish in Asheville
L' liked it so well that he
wanted to share it with you.
It makes good reading.
ftT dreamed Death came the
other night, and Heaven’s
rate swung wide,,
vvith kindly grace an angel
stood and ushered me inside.
Jmd there to my astonishment
stood folks I’d known on
Some I had judged and labeled
as unfit’ and ‘little worth.’
Indignant words rose to my
lips but never were set free;
For every face showed stun
ned surprise — no one
expected me.”
take time
Take time to think—
It is the source of power.
Take time to play—
It is the secret of perpetual
youth.
Take time to read—
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray—
It is the greatest power on
earth.
Take time to love and
be loved—
It is a God-given privelege.
Take time to be friendly—
It is the road to happiness.
Take time to laugh
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to give—
It is too short a day to be
selfish.
Take time to work—
It is the price of success.
—Author unknown
PROUD OF C OF C
Who in Black Mountain isn’t
proud of the Black Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
of the part played by the
organization in bringing the
Marble Furniture company to
he community?
The initial building pro
gram, we believe, is just the
>eginning of what will prove
to be a great asset to the
Swannanoa Valley.
A BILLION $S
President Kennedy rolled
the billions around in his
message to Congress a few
days ago as casually as we
used to roll tires with a stick
over the red hills of North
Carolina, But a billion —
how much is it? It’s this
much: If you had a billion
dollar business, you could lose
$1,000 per day until the year
3.062 — or 2,000 years from
now — before you would be
completely broke.
JOIN THE CLUB
Never say “no”; accept all
nvitations to meetings, ban
quets, committees. Why have
drive if you don’t use it.
Go to the office evenings,
Saturdays, Sundays, and holi
days. Your job comes first;
personal consideration is
secondary.
Take the briefcase home
evenings and week ends. You
:an then review all the
troubles and worries at your
leisure.
If you hold night meeting
ue on the job early the ne:
morning. Tomorrow is anot
er meeting.
Pont eat restful, relaxir
Meais. Always plan a co
erence for the meal hour i
fusli out and grab a “quickie
Believe it a poor policy
ake all the vacation allow*
f’f Keep in touch with tl
office daily,
W your work calls for travc
work all day and drii
uight to keep the ne:
®rning’s appointment.
''Sard fishing, huntin
wLVfhnf- . gardening as
fe °* lime and money.
er' fVe all after your lea
s have gone to bed, g
se reP°rts and registratic
"ext'd°aryable °rder f0r U
itv fVer delegate responsib
load" ° ders—carry the entii
10ac* yourself.
, 'hen— drop dead ! ! !
tendem L' fA' Harris> Superi
Part Recreation ar
’ Hopkins, Minn.
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Owen „r,°'!uc'st made by tl
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fur art, f bct1001 Comm
be rea,i,!10nal elassroom
; reart,. ‘-■ibbruom
of ci. • ln Hme for the
both' ffS this c°ming fa
reasonable and
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c°nie fan indications are
Overflowi the scho°l wi
no pia. "'ith students
are Z6 for ‘hem to go.
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"I’M
SO
YEARS
OLD...
The Girl Scouts are,
I mean"...This Brownie It
very busy hiking, baking,
singing, helping others, and
just plain growing up.
Soon she will he an
Intermediate Scout and
then a Senior. There’s lots
more ahead for her to
discover and give through
Girl Scouting.
HONOR THE PAST
SERVE THE FUTURE
Girl Scouts will celebrate the fiftieth birthday anniversary of their
organization Mar. 11-17, which is designated as national Girl Scout Week.
Senior Club To
Present Styles
In Spring Show
The spring style show, spon
sored by the Senior Woman’s
club in their March program,
is scheduled to take place at
the Monte Vista hotel next
Wednesday, March 14, at 3:30.
Club members are asked to
note the change in meeting
time to accomodate the child
ren who will be taking part.
Members may invite guests
and those from other clubs
who are modeling in the show,
may also invite guests, but
this will not be an open meet
ing.
Clothes for each season and
all occasions will be shown,
from school clothes to formals
and all age models from grand
daughter to grandmother. All
garments worn will have been
made by members from one of
the clubs participating.
The run-off for the Senior
entry for the Vogue contest
will be held in the Seawright
Memorial room of the Metho
dist church on Monday, March
—Turn to Page 5
J. COOLEY AWARDED
FELLOWSHIP FOR
THEOLOGICAL STUDY
President Nathan M. Pusey
of Harvard University, chair
man of the fund for theologi
cal education, announced this
week the awarding of a Rock
efeller Brothers Theological
Fellowship to John Hay Cooley.
This fellowship was one of
sixty awarded in a highly com
petitive talent search in the
United States and Canada. It
is an all expense fellowhhip
permitting the recipient to
study at any accredited theolo
gical seminary on a “trial
year” basis during which the
Fellow seeks to determine his
fitness for the ordained Christ
ian ministry,
John Cooley is at present
a student at Davidson college,
he plans to enter the Union
Theological Seminary in New
York for the 1962-63 term.
CHARLES L. SPIVEY
TO ARMY GARRISON
AT FT. STEWART
Army Pvt. Charles L.
Spivey, 23, whose wife, Mary,
lives at 14809 Buck ave., Tay
lor, Mich., recently was as
signed to the U. S. Army
Garrison at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spivey, a supply clerk in
the garrison’s Headquarters
Detachment, entered the Army
in November 1961 and reced
ed basic training at Fort
Gordon, Ga.
He is a 1956 graduate of
Charles D. Owen High school.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Spivey, live in
Swannanoa.
Special events to mark the
celebration will be “Girl Scout
Sunday” on March 11 when
troops, in uniform, will at
tend church services as a unit.
On March 24 Scouts of the
Pisgah Council will have their
own parade, 2500 Scouts and
Brownies are expected to take
part in the short parade from
City Hall to the auditorium.
Five floats are planned for
the event, the anniversary
float, camping, youth serves
youth, international friend
ship and general which will
depict three aspects of
Scouting.
Following the parade troops
will be free for lunch to
gether and expected to con
vene at the auditorium at
2:30 for the festival talent
show, which will be proceed
ed by a welcome and flag
ceremony and song fest. The
final ceremony will be a re
dedication to the spiritual
values of Girl Scouting.
Troops in the Pisgah Coun
cil are making emergency
game kits in cooperation with
Red Cross and Civil Defense.
During 1962 Girl Scouts
across the nation will plant
golden blossoms in honor of
their 50th anniversary and to
beautify their communities.
The blossoms will include a
yellow Girl Scout rose and
Brownie Scout marigold, both
named for the Girl Scouts.
Total national membership
of the Girl Scouts is 3,419,000,
of whom 2,646,000 are girls
and 773,000 are men and
women.
Local leaders of troops are
Mrs. W. R. Copeland, Mrs.
Ray Heath, Mrs. Woodrow
Cambron, Mrs. H. R. Miller
(temporarily), Mrs. John Mart
in, Mrs. June Glenn, Jr., and
Mrs. William Styles. Neigh
borhood leader is Mrs. H. R.
Miller.
SYMPHONIC CHOIR OF
KING COLLEGE WILL
BE HERE SUNDAY
The Symphonic Choir of
King College, Bristol, Tenn.,
will be heard at the Black
Mountain Presbyterian church
Sunday evening, March 11. at
7 p.m.
The Symphonic choir is com
posed of 60 students from
nine states and three foreign
countries. The group sings
“a capella” under the direc
tion of Dr. Clifford C. Loomis,
who has directed the music
of King college students since
1934.
Each spring the Symphonic
choir presents a series of pro
grams of sacred music in
churches of the Presbyterian
Synod of Appalachia and also
farther afield. Their per
formance in Blar Mountain
will be the fourth in this
spring’s series.
Among the members of the
Symphonic choir are two stu
dents from Swannanoa, George
A. Talbot and Miss Pattie Bird
Talbot.
PRESBYT'N WOMEN
OF DISTRICT TWO
WILL MEET MARCH 15
Presbyterian women of dis
trict 2 will meet Thursday,
March 15 in the new lunch
room of the Swannanoa school
for luncheon followed by a
business session. Presbyter
ian church women of Swan
nanoa are hostesses.
The Rev. Calvin Thielman
of Montreat will be devotional
leader and many women of
the community will participate
in the program. Full details
will be given next week.
GARDNERS INVITED
TO EXHIBIT FLOWERS
IN SPRING SHOWING
A spring flower exhibit,
sponsored by the Garden di
vision of the Black Mountain
Woman’s club, will be held
April 11, at the Fellowship
hall of the First Baptist
church.
All gardners are invited to
exhibit flowers of their own
growing in the contest for
awards.
Arrangements, large or min
iature, will also be judged
and used as decorations for
the club program which will
follow the exhibition at 2:30
p.m.
Mrs. W. I. Willis is chair
man of arrangements and de
tails of the exhibition.
Lt. Governor of
Division Speaks
To Kiwanis Club
The Black Mountain-Swan
Kiwanis club luncheon meet
ing was held Thursday, March
1, in the Monte Vista hotel
with President Don Quarles
presiding. There were 20
members and three visitors
present.
The chairman introduced
the speaker, Dr. Trevor Will
iams, lt. governor of division
1, Kiwanis. Dr. Williams de
livered a stimulating, force
ful, and challenging address
on the “Citizenship Quotient
Program” of Kiwanis Interna
tional. The speaker said,
“Through our CQ program,
we can attempt to measure
the rather ill-defined term
‘Americanism’, and through
measurement, understanding,
and growth in, we can make
this a well-defined area of
activity so that we can convey
to the whole world a real
istic image”.
"Our organization promotes
a staunch faith, a realistic pro
gram of services,* and a new
and vital program of evalua
tion which leads to a fruitful
and happy world in which man
may work for better things
resulting in the common
good.”
The visitors were W. H. Mc
Murray, Black Mountain, and
S. J. Westmoreland, Marion.
New Directors
Choose Wood As
Youth Chm.
Mayor Richard B. Stone’s
called meeting for Operation
Youth, Inc. at town hall,
Black Mountain, last week
was well attended and en
thusiastic. Sixteen directors
were elected and policy de
cisions reached based on the
organization’s more than two
years of experience.
A. F. Tyson was elected
treasurer of Operation Youth.
It was decided that the soft
drink and candy concession at
the pool and Youth Center
will be let out to some local
club or responsible individual
who wants to make a little
money this summer from that
type of work.
Mowing the grass on the
playing fields and ball dia
mond at the Youth Center
will also be contracted out to
someone who will have to
furnish his own mowing
equipment.
The new board of directors
conists of six who were elect
ed for one year terms: C. H.
Tubaugh, representing the
baseball coaches; C. D. Baxter
of Ex-Cell-Oo Corp., represent
ing the Rotary club; Mrs. S.
S. Cooley, Tea and Topic club;
James W. Owen, the schools;
R. T. Greene, Town of Black
Mountain; H. McGuire Wood,
Garden club.
Elected for two years terms:
Mrs. John E. Benedict, Wom
an’s club; R. C. Bowness,
Chamber of Commerce; A. F.
Tyson, Lions club; Charles K.
P. Bradley of Tomahawk road,
swimming instructors; and R.
Worth Cook of First street.
Elected for three year
terms: James E. Buckner,
teen-dance and baseball; M.
E. Head, Kiwanis club; Miss
Sanchez Mott, secretary of the
organization from its begin
ning; Rev. Kenneth Donald,
clergy; Mrs. Gordon Green
wood, Black Mountain News.
Regular monthly meetings
on the 4th Tuesday of each
month in the town hall at
7:30 p.m. are scheduled for
policy making and financial
authorizations as well as re
ceiving reports from the di
rector of activities.
C. C. Stewart, activities di
rector for Operation Youth,
spent Thursday, Friday, and
—Turn to Page 5
Aivard Received For Million Man Hours of Safety
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Kenneth Winslow, Safety Engineer of Aetna Insurance Co., pre
sented to C. H. Riley, Plant Manager, and Joseph Elmo, Assistant Plant
Manager, the Aetna Insurance Co. Safety Award for Kearfott Divisions’
Achievement for one million man hours without a disabling injury.
World Wide Day
Of Prayer To Be
Observed Here
All peoples are asked to
join in prayer for peace to
prevail in all lands. Black
Mountain folk will gather at
the State Street Methodist
church Friday, March 9, for
the observance at 12 noon.
Schools, hospitals, mills, and
factories will also participate.
At the church Miss Elizabeth
Hoyt will lead in presentation
of a litany of prayer. Mrs.
James Skelton will sing. This
service is locally sponsored
by the Council of United
Church Women of which Mrs.
Douglas Jones is chairman.
This annual observance is
world-wide. The offering this
year will be used for assist
ance to American Indians who
have moved from their reser
vations to great cities in
—Turn to Page 5
The award read as follows:
“Safety Award presented to
Kearfott Division of General
Precision, Inc., Black Moun
tain, North Carolina, for out
standing achievement in acci
dent prevention of one mil
lion man hours without a
disabling injury”.
—Photo by DuPuy
MASONS TO CONFER
FIRST DEGREE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
All Master Masons are in
vited to attending a meeting
of Black Mountain Lodge No.
663 A.F. & A.M., Friday night
at 7:30, to confer the first
degree. J. O. Peeler is
master.
HUMANE SOCIETY
TO MEET AT HOME OF
H. McGUIRE WOOD
The Black Mountain Hu
mane society will have its reg
ular quarterly meeting at the
home of H. McGuire Wood
Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
All members are urged to
attend.
6. Crawford, 76,
Dies Here After
Brief Illness
Last rites for Gordon Mc
Comb Crawford, 76, were held
Wednesday afternoon, Mar. 7,
in the chapel of Harrison
Funeral home. The Rev.
Robert Gray, pastor of the
Black Mountain Presbyterian
church, and the Rev. Kenneth
Donald, pastor of St. James’
Episcopal church, officiated.
Burial was in Mountain View
Memorial park.
Mr. Crawford died Monday
morning in the home of a
sister, Mrs. John McGraw, Sr.,
with whom he had made his
home for two years.
Mr. Crawford was a railway
mail clerk for 40 years prior
to retirement. He was a 32nd
degree Mason and a member
of Black Mountain Masonic
Lodge. He was an honorary
—Turn to Page 5
SCHOOL COMMITTEE PROPOSES
TWO ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS
AT OWEN BEFORE ’62-’63 TERM
An urgent request that “at
least two additional regular
sized classrooms be construct
ed as an extension to the
south end of the classroom
wing” of the present Charles
D. Owen High school in time
for the opening of school next
fall was made and sent to the
Buncombe County Board of
Education at the regular meet
ing of the school committee
last week.
The formal request, which
was addressed to T. C. Rober
son, superintendent of county
schools, was signed by all
members of the board after
they had heard Principal Fred
H. Martin describe the situa
tion at present and what was
anticipated for the coming
fall.
Pointing out that at the
conclusion of the fourth school
month the total membership
in the Swannanoa eighth
grade was 129 and a total of
157 at Black Mountain, the
committee noted that this
would make a total eighth
grade membership of 286.
Continuing the committee
explained: “The fourth month
membership at Owen High
School was 811. We will
graduate 156 this coming
spring. Should the entire
membership from Black Moun
tain and Swannanoa come to
Owen and we should have no
summer drop-outs, we may
expect an initial enrollment
next fall of 941.”
Questioning the principal,
the committee determined that
as of now all classrooms are
in use the second period, one
is not in use for the first,
third, and fourth periods, and
that two rooms are open for
the fifth. This, the commit
tee believes, would not be
adequate to handle the enroll
ment expected this fall.
In addition to the request
that the classrooms be ready
for occupancy by the opening
of the fall term, the commit
tee also requested that two
additional teachers be assign
ed to the school to help take
care of the 130 increase anti
cipated in school population.
But the request for addi
tional teachers and classrooms
was only part of action taken
by the board in a session last
ing for more than two hours.
A plea was made for 216
lockers to be placed on the
east side of the science wing.
The committee voiced the
opinion that these lockers
should be furnished by the
county and that the students
should not be charged for
their use. At the same time
the group went on record op
posing the charging of fees
for use of equipment requir
ed as a part of regular class
work.
DRESSING ROOMS
From lockers and class
rooms, the committee trained
its sights on the lack of dress
ing rooms at Owen High
school, called by some the
“poorest” in the county con
solidated high school system.
“It is necessary for the
Owen teams to dress in class
rooms when they are parti
cipating in inter-scholastic
athletics. Owen High school
is the only high school with
out lobby access to its gym
nasium.
“We request that a lobby
and additional dressing rooms
be constructed at the east end
of the Owen gynasium,” the
committee agreed in unani
mous action.
And while they were at it
the committee took a good
healthy kick at the method
now used by the state in allot
ing teachers, a problem that
plagues all of North Carolina,
not just Buncombe county.
Under present law teachers
are alloted for the coming
year on the basis of average
daily attendance for the past
session.
It is not hard to see how
much confusion this can and
does cause in the state edu
cational system. Even though
a school may have enough stu
dents for two or three extra
teachers, the principal must
wait until the end of the first
month before any relief is
made available.
ACTION OF CHAMBER OF COM.
INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING
NEW INBUSTRY TO VALLEY
will 'provide finishing and
shipping facilities. The South
ern Railway will construct a
Construction of a new plant
for the B. L. Marble Furniture
Corporation of Bedford, Ohio,
on the east end of the Fox
property on U. S. Highway 70,
MBS Interested
In Promotion of
Science Study
Dr. Ellinor H. Behre, em
eritus professor of Biology
from Louisiana State Univer
sity, manages to keep busy,
even though retired.
During February she was
sent to Sacred Heart Academy
in Belmont, near Charlotte to
speak to the high school stu
dents on one of her pet sub
jects “Winter Fauna of Small
Freshwater Lakes.” The fol
lowing week she went to
Franklin where she spoke to
the student body and later
held conferences with interest
ed students. Her subject here
was “Biology as a Hobby.”
In April she will go to Dobson,
a small school near Elkin for
a third lecture.
The American Institute of
Biological Sciences, support
ed jointly by the National
Science Foundation and the
Atomic Energy Commission is
making scientists who are ex
pert in their fields, available
to any high school upon re
quest. This program was be
gun in 1959, is now in its
third year, and gives promise
of being the means by which
not only are students better
informed of the many interest
ing and new scientific develop
ments, but adults as well. The
foundation suggests that full
advantage be used of the
visiting scientist in the com
munity by scheduling meetings
of groups before which he or
she may appear, thus giving
more persons the privilege of
hearing the visiting biologist.
The objective of the pro
gram is to enable high school
students to meet and become
acquainted with leading bio
logists in various fields of the
life sciences. The biologists
on the panel are prepared to
present to the students, fact
ual and up to date informa
tion on career opportunities
in an attempt to stimulate an
interest among the better stu
dents in biology as a career.
Coordination of requests
from two or more neighboring
institutions is encouraged and
makes possible more desirable
and efficient assignments. All
—Turn to Page 5
across from Morgan Manufact
uring Company, has been an
nounced by the Black Moun
tain Chamber of Commerce.
General contractors are
Romeo Guest and Company of
Greensboro.
Announcement that the first
unit of the plant would be
constructed on the local site
was announced by the Black
Mountain Chamber of Com
merce which had given val
uable assistance to the plant
management in selection of a
site. At a special meeting
of the board of directors re
cently the option on the prop
erty was renewed when it was
revealed that the Marble
corporation had definitely de
cided on the local site for
the plant which will contain
30,000 square feet of floor
space and which is expected
to employ, when in full oper
ation, from 100 to 200 work
ers. First unit of the plant
siding into the plant site
The Morgan Manufacturing
company has been supplying
dimension stock to the Marble
firm for some years and it
was on their suggestion that
a location was sought in
North Carolina. Several plant
sites from Hickory westward
along the railway have been
under consideration. It was
entirely due to the quick
action of the Black Mountain
Chamber of Commerce, its
board of directors and indust
rial development committee in
supplying the option money
for the Fox property in a
matter of hours that clinched
the sale when another prop
erty became unavailable.
Morgan Manufacturing Co.
people estimate that for every
one hundred workers at a
furniture plant like the B. L.
Marble corporation, which buys
furniture parts from Morgan,
100 workers are needed at
Morgan’s to make the parts
and another 100 men are need
ed to get and haul logs from
the woods to the miii.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Miller
—Photo by Gragg
The marriage of Lylia Jean Walker of North
Miami Beach, Fla., and Theodore H. Miller of Miami
and Black Mountain, was solemnized in the First Pres
byterian church of Black Mountain on Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. The Rev. Robert Gray
officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Jaffe of North Miami; the groom is the son
of Capt. and Mrs. L. H. Miller of Miami and Black
Mountain.
The couple will reside at 565 N. W. 120th St.,
Miami, following a short honeymoon.