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NEW 'PHONE DIRECTORIES TO BE DELIVERED HERE THIS WEEK Weather March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 April 1 April 2 Low Prec. 35 .05 29 33 54 52 1.10 40 .10 29 .02 High 63 68 69 63 59 59 46 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1962, BLAC KMOUNTAIN, NORT HCAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 32 — Single Copy 10c *S,R I°dL good athletes ,)'ntmake good students? a Black Mountain native A , Appalachian State ^h/,, college has proved SfS is not always the lSnavid Hamby, a former football player at Black fountain High, Owen High, Gardner-Webb college, akes the Dean's list reg .|ar|y at the Boone mstitu ion of higher learning. David is on the winter arter list which has just ,en released. It isn’t easy win this honor. To be joible it is necessary for a udent to carry at least 15 )Urs and achieve a quality jint rating of not less than 00 on all work attempted ith no grade below “C”. 4 GOOD IDEA pfW governmental agencies Ijave such close contact with :he public and hear as many expressions for and against issues as the post office de partment. In reply to one request that j special postage stamp be issued with the writer’s pic ture on it. the following re plv was sent: "We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp un less said person is deceased. "Our suggestion, there fore, is that you drop dead." NEWS FROM HOME Mrs. Roy Taylor, in Raleigh with her husband for the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner last Saturday, asked about the ‘‘folks back home”. In fact she seemed to know as much about the happenings here as I did. I was curious and thought at first she must have some terrific correspond ents here to keep her inform ed but then she explained: "We look forward to re ceiving the Black Mountain News each week. And when it comes I read it from front to back before I do anything else". | Mr. and Mrs. Taylor sent jest wishes to the home folks. HUGE CROWD There was a tremendous jrowd present in Raleigh for he festivities last week end. Down from Washington were nost of the members of Congress along with their itaffs. From early Saturday un til late that night the lobby of the Sir Walter was crowded with Democrats from every county of the state. If talking could set tle the state's problems, then we should be in good condition now. There was plenty of talk. At a meeting of members 11 the House of Representa l,:ves that I attended, a great leal was heard regarding the ■ompulsory insurance law. Members from every part 11 the state told the same ,!°ry: No one seems to be ■aii.-fied with the operation 11 the law in its present form ®'] most predict that some tastic changes may be made the 1963 session of the rtneral Assembly. -‘t least one member has ‘ J‘H drafted which would atc the insurance on the •dual instead of the car. In "'her words each dri , -11 *f. carry his own insura ’Je rate he paid wo r:' on his own record Jherc were many ot 1^L‘stlons during the l (I," hieh continued u o past midnight. Rom black mountaii Si, «:n,ln the lobby of the ’ln'yl!;'r and at the re< lr"'hakln§ hands with iand other dignita 4 «*"*■ iann K' Bro"'n. and 1 th Cy 2111 titv. " way around * R te'ed" Rdns are PeoPle w nt their1? brains t0 ma han thev t3X FetUr ticome Cld t0 make 1 °°k Who’s Here! ar<j 0f''l Mrs- James T. : tats of Wannanoa are ■ n St ,n soa b°m March JosePhs hospital. in Harrisonr‘ f3"'1 Mrs' Fn Unoa a ° of rcjnte 1, Sv Spit's l°n' March 26 in Mr s hospital Vher11'! fMri JosePh Se ‘ daashter uSWannan°a, ■'-AiMr M ill Sell Seals Marguerite Cambron i: one of the several childrei from Black Mountain \vh( has received benefits fron the Easter Seal Func drives through the Fret Clinic at the Ashevillt Orthopedic hospital. Marg uerite has had physica therapy for cerebral palsy and is one of a group o girls who will conduct th< street Lily Sale on Satur day, April 14. Awards Given At Meeting of Cub Scout Pack Several members receivec awards at the regular meeting of Cub Scout Pack 28 at the Swannanoa Clubhouse o r March 28. After the opening cerergonj by Billy Faucette and Buddj Robinson, it was announcec that the pine wood derbj would be held on April 2t at the clubhouse in Grovemont The following awards were presented by W. W. Corne Cubmaster: Bobcat, Billy Pow las and Tommy Powlas. Wolf Steve Buev and Ray Dunton Bear, Richard Jones anc Joseph Sulkowski. Lion, Jer ry Vess, Donald Stikeleather and Mike Vess. Webeloi Ricky Baxter, Johnny Cannon Jerry Coman, Bobby Corne Scott Crawford. Franz Moor rees, David Putnam, and San Robinson. Arrow points wen won by Jay Bridges and Wil liam Vetter. Den 3 leaders appointee were Billy Wilson, denner, anc Joseph Sulkowski, assistan denner. The following were present ed den chief cards, Rudy Moor rees, Vincent Lewis, and Ken ny Putnam. Pickerings Buy Don's Outpost To Open In Mai In the past month Mr. am Mrs. George Pickering hav purchased the restaurant wes of Black Mountain from Pan line Brantley of Redan, G£ The restaurant was former! known as Sargs's and currenl ly known as Don’s Outposl r ph Tiller associated wit! Assembly Inn at Montreat fo the past eight years, wil serve as managing chef. Ur tier his capable supervisio the Pickerings hope to mec the needs of the Valley b serving good food in a plea: ant atmosphere. The Pickerings own and < perate Camp Rockmont fo Bovs; they purchased th Black Mountain college proy erty eight years ago and hav developed one of the outstant ing private camn for boys i the nation. Mr. Pickerin plans to devote his time t the camp, but will be able t work closer with the restai rant in the winter month: Mrs. Pickering will serve a managing hostess. The name for the newl managed restaurant has nc yet been determined, but 1 order to be listed in the ne^ directory "The Embers Wi1 chosen for the time beim Actual name and opening dat will be announced later. The present operation wi terminate as of April 9 whe renovation of the kite t with new' and efficient eh1*1' ment, with emphasis on tr pantry and bakery departmei will be undertaken. Plans ai to change the entrance to a sure a warm welcome guests. „ . —Turn to Page 4 Riles Held For Teacher, Long Time Resident Last rites for Miss Bronte .Temper, 61, a faculty member of the Black Mountain Pri mary school for many years, were held Friday afternoon in the Black Mountain Methodist church with the Rev.| John McWhorter officiating. Bur ial was in Mountain View Memorial park. Miss Jumper was a native of Springfield, S. C., and a daughter of the late James Wade and Henrietta Oswald Jumper. She was graduated from Lander college in Green wood, S. C. ,and was a mem i her and former Sunday school i teacher of the Black Mountain i Methodist church. Miss Jump ( er had lived here since 1925. | She operated the Terrace , Tourist home during the sum mer. Pallbearers were W. B. ' Pollard, Stanley Garland, W. I L. Wheelon, William H. , Hickey, James W. Owen, and : Leonard Keever. Surviving . are a brother, L. C. Jumper . of Black Mountain; and sev eral nieces and nephews. Can You Help With Data On Family Line! Mrs. Ardath Stedman, North Texas State university, Den ; ton, Texas, is searching for data in an effort to compile a history of the family and all allied lines of Abel Harris and wife Elizabeth (Davis) Mashburn, who owned a plan tation in the Swannanoa Val ley in Buncombe county at the beginning of the Civil War. Members of this fam ily married into the following families: Ashworth, Brevard, Davidson, Mashburn, and Pen land. Anyone, whether relat ed or not, who has any infor mation concerning the ancest ors or descendants of this family, is urged to contact the above-named family historian. Mrs. Stedman has written a letter, one of those to the folks “back home”, which is in line for publication at a i later date. Anyone witn any . information which would be of value to her in compiling [ her history should write to her at the above address. REV. R. C. STOCKTON BROADCASTS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS The Rev. R. C. Stockton, pastor of the Old Fort Free Will Baptist Church, is broad casting over Radio Station WBMT, Black Mountain, Sun day mornings from 7:30 to 13 o’clock. f Frances Lynam Plans To Wed John Huffman t Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ly - nam of Morganton announce . the engagement of their , daughter Frances Eleanor, to r John Caldwell Huffman, son 1 of Mrs. Grover Henderson ' Huffman of Statesville and Black Mountain, and the late t Mr. Huffman. The wedding is planned for ' May 12 at St. Timothy’s Epis copal church in Winston Salem. Miss Lynam is a graduate r of Morganton High school and ? the Woman’s College of the " University of North Carolina ? and received the master of ' library science degree from 1 the University of California, i? she is a member of Phi Beta 3 Kappa, the American Chem 3 ical society, Beta Phi Mu, the - national honorary library science fraternity, and the s Special Libraries association. She is currently employed in y the research department of t the R. .1- Reynolds Tobacco a Co. in Winston-Salem, v Mr. Huffman attended the ublic schools of Black Moun iin and is a graduate of tatesville High school, the CA Institute of New York ity. and North Carolina State allege. Hhe is a member of ta Kappa Nu, the national onorary electrical engineer ig fraternity, and the Insti jte of Radio Engineers. He erved for two years in the hiited State Army, spending 6 months in Korea. He is mployed by the Western rjectric Co. in Winston-Salem. Were You There ? A • V .—.»•'.*—~™' THE FIFTH GRADE OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL 1921 1922, MRS. MABEL SUTTON WHITE, TEACHER. Front Row (1-r) Margy Kerlee, ThelmaMcCart, Jessie Mae Stephens, Dale Ha yatt, Lucia Phillips, Eleanor Miller, Elizabeth Parker. Second row, Mrs. White, Allie Cook, Mary Elizabeth Craven, Max Yoodcock, Joe Gudger, Emmitt Walk er, Reva Swann, Lela Nanney. Third row: Frances Coggins, William Burnette, Nelson Wells, Elizabeth Miller, Jack Beckwith, Buster Suttle, Harry Atkins. Fourth row: Faye York, Allie Mae Hutchins, Ralph Brown, William Goodson, Ethel Tuttle, Elma Barnhill. Fifth row: Margaret Whittemore, Mary Elizabeth H owerton, Maud Tuttle, Bonnie Towe, Vessie Creasman, Martha Reading, Sixth row: Paul Fox, Henry Burnette, Regie Burleson, Charles Burnette, Harry Wheelon, Homer Atkins, and Neal Whitake) Club Purchases Property For Playground The newly organized Black Mountain Community Center, sponsored by the Knights of Daniel, is one step nearer to becoming a reality. Two pieces of property were being considered for the re creation project. One needed a great deal of excavating be fore it could be leveled for a ball diamond. The other could be prepared with less work and less cost. The purchase of three acres of land on the Cragmont road immediatelj back of the Mills Chapei church was completed last week. A payment of $500 was made toward the total price ol $2,000, the remainder to be paid off every six months a1 the rate of $187.50 until the total is paid, which will take about four years. Representatives from the club stated that work will be gin on the playground inline 1 iately, and they expect use of it by the time schools are out, Many persons and organiza tions have been interested in seeing tne program oi recrea tion for Negro children be come a success. Donations arc still being received and should be sent to the treasurer, Arc hie Pertiller. Other officers are: Presi dent, William Hamilton; vice president, J. D. Wilkins; sec retary, Roy Dougherty. Trus tees are T. D. Dougherty Frankie Owen and James Bur ris. E. Hayes Scoll, Summer Yisitoi Dies in Florida News has just been receiv ed here of the death of E Hayes Scott, who with Mrs Scott was a summer visitoi in Black Mountain for the pas six years. During this firm they have been guests at the Monte Vista, Betts apartment: and the Des Jardin home. Mr. Scott, a pioneer resi dent and former mayor of Del ray Beach, died last week fol lowing a long illness. He ha< just returned from Duke hos pital where he underwen treatment. He would haw been 87 in June. Funeral services were helc DEDICATION SERVICES ARE ANNOUNCED Tabernacle Methodists start another year with their Lord’s Acre and Lord’s Hour. The dedication services are to be held on Sunday, April 8, and all members are urged to be at this service. Mr. and Mrs. William Stan ley are co-chairmen of the pro ject; Mrs. Glenn Brooks is treasurer. Rev. J. B. Keeler is pastor of the church. Kiwanians Hear Herron On Paper Making The Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Kiwanis club luncheon meeting was held Thursday. March 29, in the Monte Vista hotel. President Don Quarles an nounced that the church com mittee would meet Monday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Youth Center. The club directors will meet Tuesday noon, April 3. for a luncheon meeting at the Monte Vista hotel. R. C. Wright, chairman of the club committee on agri troduccd Lewis Herron, repre senting the Champion Paper Co. of Canton, who delivered a most interesting and inform ative illustrated address on the making of paper and its uses, and the use of wood in the production of paper. He stated that in 1961 every man, woman, and child in the United States used 438 lbs. of paper, Canadians 260 lbs, England 180 lbs, France 95 lbs., Italy 65 lbs,, Russia 15 lbs., China 1 lb., and India 1 lb. Paper is the most used commercial product in the i world today. Many products are made from paper. Since much paper is made from —Turn to Page 4 Sunday at 3:30 in the Memor ial Presbyterian church, West Palm Beach, with Rev. Ryan Wood, minister of the church ■ officiating. Burial was in the Delray Beach cemetery. Mr. Scott was a member oi ■ the Delray Beach Presbyter ; ian church, the Masonic Lodge the Shrine, the Order of Rail ■ road Telegraphers, and the - Kiwanis club. Surviving are his wife, Mrs I Lena Penny Scott; a son, Free - B. Scott of Delray Beach; one t daughter, Mrs. Francis Pau ; Dean of Roanoke, Va.; three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Brown-Knoefel Vows Spoken In Morristown Ml*, and Mrs. Charles Hun ter Brown, of Morristown, Tenn., announce the marriage of their daughter, Alta Jean, to Arthur Eugene Knoefel, 111, on March 19, 1902, in Morristown, Tenn. Mrs. Knoefel is a senior at the University of Tennessee majoring in speech and hear ing therapy. She is a student member of the Americar Speech and Hearing Associa tion. Mr. Knoefel, son of Dr. anc Mrs. A. Eugene Knoefel, Jr. of Black Mountain, is a senioi at the University of Tennessee majoring in civil engineering He is a member of Pi Kapps Alpha, social fraternity, anc the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil En gineers. The couple is residing at 31 15 Sisk Road, Knoxville, Tenn STOCKHOLDERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING At the annual stockholders meeting of the Black Mount ain Building and Loan or March 26, the following direc *.... . rr a Kerlee, A. P. Perley, J. A Dougherty, J. Max Woodcock R. E. Finch, A. F. Tyson, Jr. and Wade Morrow. From the directors the fol lowing officers were elected H. A. Kerlee, president; J. A Dougherty, vice president; am Wade Morrow, secretary am treasurer. Reports showed an increasi in assets and business in heal thy condition. METHODIST CIRCLE MEETS IN HOME OF MRS. ALESHIRE Circle 2 of the Woman’: Society of Christian Servici of the Methodist church en joyed a covered dish lunch eon at the home of Mrs. Mar Aleshire at the March meet ing. After the luncheon Mrs George Hudson gave an in spiring devotional taken fron The Upper Room. Mrs. Joh) McWhorter presented an in teresting and thought-provok ing chapter on the meaning o death and how to accept th death of a loved one, take: from “The Sources of Suffei ing”. —Turn to Page 5 Film On Rayon Industry To Be Senior Program The last regular meeting of the Senior Woman’s club will be held at the Baptist church on Wednesday, April 11, at 2:30 to view a special film produced for Enka and shown by their representative, J. Wilson Ayers. This film will give an insight into the rayon industry of the American En ka Corporation, which has shown sales of $31,342,000 for the first twelve weeks of 1962. The May meeting will be the annual birthday dinner. The club does not meet during the summer. Main item of business this month will be the election of officers for the coming year. Hostess chairman for April is Mrs. W. I. Willis. Hostesses are. Mesdames Dinsmore Craw ford, Sam Bittinger, B. S. Meeks, Tom Nesbitt, W. M. Styles, Jeter Riddle, W. B. Ky les, Misses Mamie Meeks and Edith Van Duzer. The executive board will meet on Monday with Mrs. Max Woodcock. Mrs. John Benedict is co-hostess. The garden division of the Woman’s cj^ub will have their spring* flower show in the Fel lowship room of the Baptist church on this same day, be ginning at 11 and continuing until 2. Any other flower gar deners who have something to exhibit are asked to place showings in the exhibits, all to be judged. Library Week Celebrates 40 Years' Service Marvor Richard B. Stone an nounees that the Town oi Black Mountain will join the nation this week in celebra tion of National Library Week April 8 to 14. This year is the Black Mountain library’s 40th year of service to the people of our town, stated Mayor Stone. The library began in 1922 with 50 books on its shelves. Today its more than 10.00C volumes and connections with N. C. State libraries mean that any book may be borrowed for any special study project More than 18,000 volumes circulated last year and the library is open certain even ings, morning and afternoor hours to serve customers whe can only come at those hours Manv new books have come into the library this week stated Mrs. Gary McGraw librarian, to heln celebrate National Library Week, anc all regular customers of the library are urged to bring ir a neighbor or other friend; who are not regular libran users as their part to hel[ commemorate this week. About 500 new books are added to the library each yeai in addition to commemorative books. A large collection oi the newer books on garden ing will be of interest thi< spring. Mothers of smal children will find a large selection of the books jusi right to read aloud. The books most popular with boy; and girls of all ages fill twe special rooms. Magazines, ref erence books and a valuable collection of mountain min erals is on display. The slogan for National Librarj Week is “The Communitj that Reads, Leads”. ATTENTION ! ! ! BASEBALL PLAYERS REGISTER SATURDAY Registration for Little League and Babe Ruth League baseball will be held at the Youth Center on Saturday, April 7 and again on April 14. Ages for Little League play ers ranges from 8 through 12; for Babe Ruth League, age range is from 13 through 15. Boys who plan to register in the Babe Ruth League must bring documentary proof of their birth. BLACK MOUNTAIN BRIDGE WINNERS Eight tables were in play Thursday night, March 29, when the Black Mountain Duplicate Bridge club met at the Monte Vista hotel. Win ners were: Mrs. Fred Perley and Mrs. Marian Casstevens; second, N. C. Shuford and Lawrence Brady; third, Charles Ross and Don Livingston; fourth, William Costner and L. S. Covin. East-west: Mrs. A1 Jennings and Mrs. R. T. Greene; second, Mr. and Mrs. Don Christian; third, Mrs. W. C. Field and Mrs. Albert Jern; fourth, Max Woodcock and Woodrow Beddingfield. SQUARE DANCERS !! REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES CONTINUES Registration will continue for one more Monday night for Western square dancing classes being sponsored by Operation Youth with assist ance from the already organ ized Black Mountain Squares and their caller. These classes are being tried on an experimental basis as a part of the recreation pro gram being conducted from April 2 until school is out when the full time will begin. Time for the class is from 7-8:30 each Monday, at the Black Mountain clubhouse. Frank Oivensby Is Member Of Marne Division Army Specialist Four Frank H. Owensby, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Owensby, Swannanoa, is a member of the 3rd Infantry Division’s, 123rd Signal Battalion which recently participated in an an nual Army training test in Germany. The 3rd, known as the “Marne Division,” was engag ed in both World Wars and the Korean War. It is one of five U. S. combat divisions in NATO’s “Pyramid of Power” in Europe and the most decor ated division in the U. S. Army. A radio operator in the battalion in Wurzburg, Special ist Owensby entered the Army in January, 1960, and was stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., before arriving overseas in June, 1960. Owensby attended Owen High school and was employed by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, I'nc., Asheville, before entering the Army. Mrs. Page, One Time Resident, Dies Monday Word has been received here that Mrs. Blanche Morris Page, a resident of Black Mountain for many years, died Monday in a Cleveland, Tenn., hospital. Funeral ser vices were held in Cleveland and graveside rites in Black Mountain, Wednesday, April 4. Rev. H. T. Allred Ridgecrest Baptist Church began its annual revival Sunday, April 1, 1962. The Rev. Hoyle T. Allred, pastor Flint-Groves Baptist Church, Gastonia, N. C., is the evangelist. Rev. Mr. Allred, about six years ago, became pastor of the West Albejnarle Baptist Church, Albemarle, N. C., and led the church in a most pro gressive program. He served as moderator of the Stanly As sociation for two years. At present he is a member of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. He became pastor of the Flint-Groves church late last year. There will be services each evening during the week at 7:30 with good music led by the organ and the chior. Each evening one organiza tion of the church will seek full attendance of its member ship and others to fill the church and be recognized. They are as follows: Monday brotherhood and deacons; Tuesday-Woman’s Missionary Union; Wednesday-Training Union; Thursday-Sunday school; Friday-family night. Sunday, April, 8, full atten dance will be sought for the Sunday School and morning worship. Everyone is invited to these services. Zoltan G. Soos Earns Graduate Scholarship Zoltan G. Soos, Harvard student and son of Mrs. Geza Soos and the late Dr. Soos of Montreat, has been awarded one of the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow ship for the fiscal year 19(52 63, according to a release from the Foundation last week. ,a from 5,961 applicants from all parts of the United States and its territories. The pur pose of the award is to further the Foundation’s policy of en couraging outstanding college graduates to obtain advanced training in the sciences on a full-time basis. Mr. Soos has chosen to con tinue his studies at his alma mater in the advanced field of chemistry. Graduate fellowships pro vide basic stipends of $1,800 for the first year level of grad uate study, $2,000 for inter mediate years, and $2,200 for the terminal year. Applicants were required to take examinations by the Ed ucation Testing Service, Princeton, for scientific apti tude and achievement. Test scores, academic record, and recommendations regarding each applicant’s abilities were then considered by panels of outstanding scientists. OPERATION YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM TO BEGIN IN SCHOOL APRIL 2. AT CEHTER APRIL 7 ; The board of Operation ' Youth, Inc., met in the library ■ of City Hall on Tuesday, ■ March 27, for the monthly ' meeting. The board is opening bids for leasing the concession . stand at the pool this summer ■ to any club who will be inter 1 estea i McGuire Wood, temporary - chairman selected at the Feb - urary meeting, presided over f the meeting until the election ; of Jimmy Buckner, who be l came chairman for the year. Coe Stewart, Operation Youth director, reported the program planned for the in terim until the closing- of school. A recreation program under his supervision is to be carried out at the elementary school four days a week from 3:30-5 under the direction of Mr. Gouge, Miss Joan Hanlon, and Mrs. Joan Brown, begin ning April 1. Mr. Stewart plans to open the Youth Center on Satur days, beginning April 7, with the help of one man and two young women from Montreat Anderson college. Another attractive addition to the youth program was the offer, made by the adult square dancers of Black Mountain, to assist youngsters from grades 8-12 and adults in learning Western square dancing. These will be held on Mondays from 7-8:30, direct ed by the professional caller who has been working with, the adults for the past months. This offer was accepted by the board on an experimental basis, to be continued if inter est is warranted. Also under discussion was a clinic for baseball coaches and a class in instruction for mothers to aid in swimming instruction.