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Westminster Youth Choir Tuesday June 5 8 P.M. — BLACK MTN. PRES. CHURCH Weather High Low Pree. May 22 84 56 May 23 84 59 May 24 86 58 Mav 25 87 55 May 26 87 63 May 27 85 61 May 28 DEVOTED .100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY 82 88 .1)4 VOL. 17 THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY NO. 40 — Single Copy, 10c Edith K. Benedict 3 l. - jjjuUJUULOJUUULS. ' M years of pta 5 0 o u u Town Topics , Meyer figures that foUr of their daugh v: : , finished high school have spent 30 years l'.T \ member. Charlene, 77 .laughter, is finishing second year in college; ' , will be old enough !“.":;ho0l in four more years, ' in between are Melanie 1 ..pee”. 30 consecutive ,m.. „f pTA should qualify 7ne and Cliff for some sort special award. Alene de !m.s another special award 7 her work with the ele ; ta,.v school chorus which lioes as a contribution to community, giving of her lent time and self, so that I,' boys and girls who are j',.rested may have a chorus. :h; has done a splendid job, bSTARD’S LAST STAND 'i i loneral Custer had re : the use of some of I ih's ice cream as am [ n the Indians would ^ ■ have succumbed and listorv been milarity be i of 1 he popu i land and that • .us battle is of ional. A new >\v in the making to > one and all that ’ • Stand” is r . . h in business. Mrs. Stanley Male m Jeff are owners of I . .v addition to places to »■ f i summer enjoyment. ]• have been in business [ ral weeks now, and :.c from Grandpa to .ngest is enjoying the jairy products so attractive v a rved by one of the three b . -ciiool girls who are em v. v.->, or by Mrs. Nale her telf. I As evidence that the young pi's are sold on the idea of p cream in some form little IViekie Lee Buchannan is lap p:nK up this cone, but not fast Enough, it seems to have drib pled on her. I These children from Mrs. Gregory's Sunshine school en joy an afternoon as six of rem combine forces to sink Fe drink. Although the drink pas giant size these six-sip Peis made ‘way with it before f could count 1-2-3. [ ■ m 1 it M<!St unusual visitor to the K(jan‘ *s Sandy Hudson’s His conversion to the iv'n Ueom man'a came about , ^andy looked around 1 !,al and found the pony n';, ^ him helP in fin g 'Ls. cone. Since then r*'ings the pony for at least once a TV t pre:fers vanilla. ^ i f1 graveled parking has easy access from olcl and new highway 70, 'cat P'f"1,*0r *s very clean and a Pantry well stock ist : 11 s>*i‘ups of several va itf 1 cones> cups, straws :erl|h,!n Joan told us she in Jro*nK into the bus >f t’i NU' was afraid the three )es* f11 'lV0Ui<t he their own lavy 1 llstomers, but she need ha* ’■ ’ !<'‘ars now, it appears itanH T P°Pularty of the \'(,t ",ds heen established, i s; ,r.n ^ this, but Joan has '1 Pounds since the hat w rVI>ened which shows ><jund • "V fcnoUK'h exercise the if th, me^ away in spite ,^’kood eats around. vith ‘.LaVfc been pleased !uan \ J’IJUng customers,” 'dld- “There has been —Turn to Page 8 ra*. Oivpu’s iiest » » »■ ■ : : - ana —— »gs§ —Photo by DuPuy • u:, winn-”s at the recent Activities banquet at Owen High school were (L-R) Bobby Leonard, , ..’ W;!’' ai, •',rs: £ S. Leonard of Black Mountain, route 1. and Adelaide Clark, daughter of Mr. and 11 i hdip < ark o! Grovemont, Pictured with them is Fred II. Martin, principal. With primary election re sults still incomplete because some of the precints are lo cated in remote areas, the final count may be as late as Tuesday May 29. but at pre sent it looks as though Sheriff Laurence E. Brown has easily won over his nearest rival for the Democratic nomination in Buncombe County. Sheriff Brown carried 37 of the county’s 48 precincts with a total unofficial vote of 8,890 to Beauchamp’s 5,917. Brown compiled his biggest lead lead over Beauchamp in the county precincts. Incumbent Rober t S-. Swain won easily over Landon Rob erts in the race for the De mocratic nomination for sol licitor of the 19th Solicitor ial District, Buncombe and Madison counties. Robert Brown of Asheville leads Dan S. Judd by more 2,000 vote margin in the Re publican primary race for the nomination for Congress in the 11th district. Mrs. Maria Schilthuis cap tured one of the Republican nominations for the State House of Representatives. The next two, Robert Curtis Ratcliff and J. V. Roberts have so slight a margin between them as of Monday, the final count may determine the second nominee. Robert B. Willson won over Herman H. Stevens for Pro secutor of Buncombe County General Court, Democratic. Last Rites For Roger B. Pitkin Wednesday Services for Roger Beau champ Pitkin of Swannanoa who died in a Philadelphia hospital Sunday will be held in the Church of the Holy Comforter in Drexel Hills, a suburb of Philadelphia, on Wednesday at 11:30. Mr. Pit kin had been ill only a short time. Friends have been asked not to send flowers, instead to give a memorial gift to the Institute for Cancer Research, Lankenau Hospital, Philadel phia 51, Pa. Mr. Pitkin was a civilian employee for the U. S. Navy. Ma jorettes Cheerleaders Chosen At Oiven The following girls at Owen High school were selected as majorettes for 1962-1963: Flo Barnhill, June Boone, Pat Boyd, Brenda Brooks, Nancy Harris, Ann Maddox, Faye Patton, Brenda Penley, Sara Marcia Perley, Collette Summitt, DeRonda Tubaugh, Brenda Williams, Sandy W u son, and Linda Wiseman. The following girls were selected as cheerleaders for 1962-1963: Martha Ann Basnight, Barbara Boone, Donna Genetti, Barbara Me Graw, Sally Alexander, Bar bara Howie, Sharon Mag nant, Sharon Davis, Emma Jean Link, and Freda Rus sell. cobby was the winnei made to the athlete who the standards set for his i'itt. In addition to heir Bobby rates very high sch Adelaide’s record is si tire 12 years of schooling 'best in the nation, certificate of merit award a TIMMERMAN Preston Timmerman of Black Mountain was select ed as Buncombe county’s outstanding 4-H boy of the year in 1961 due to his 4-H leadership activities. He is also active in athlet ics and various other school activities. He was the state sheep-shearing champion in 1961. A senior at Owen High school, Preston will enter N. C. State this fall. M. L. Williams Installed As Lion President Installation of officers for :he year 1962-63 was the major aortion of the program at the Lions club meeting of last ,veek. The following officers were installed by Bill Hick ;y: M. L. Williams, president; Harold McNary, first vice aresident; Joe Wallin, secre ary; Robert Wiley, asst.-sec.; <ay St.utts, treasurer; Bill dickey, asst.-treas.; Phillip daines, lion tamer; Gray Stephens, asst, lion tamer; Sanford Sarti, tailtwister; John lice, asst, tailtwister. The following committee leads were appointed: Charles 3. Spencer, bulletin editor; lames Skelton, scrap book ;hairman; Don Wright, attend mce; H. W. Sanders, constitu ion and by-laws; T. W. Nes litt, program chairman; Hank tankin. projects and finance; Woody Rhodes, boys and girls; dlyde Stubbs, sight conserva ion; Phillip Gaines, safety ind community bettermient; Sandy Sarti, publicity and Bill lickey, membership. Mr. Williams, reporting on he state convention, brought o the attention of the club fiat Joe Wallin, club secre ary, had received the 100% ;ecretary’s pin for recognition if his work with the Black Mountain club. RIDGECREST MAN IS HONORED Lawrence Gill, employee at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, N. C., received a eng-th of service recognition iward here recently. At the seventy-first an liversary program of the Baptist Sunday School Board, vhieh operates Ridgecrest Assembly, Gill was honoied ipon 25 years of service. | MINUTE DAILY DEVOTION HEAR REV. ROBERT GRAY NO. 9-8404 Honors, Awards: Come to Sons of j Grier Davises j James McDowell Davis grad- . uated from Davidson Coilege ‘ on Sunday, May 27. with hon ors in English; he has been a ^ C. R. Harding Fellow and a r Dana Fellow. Mr. Davis will ( enter Union Theological Sem- , inary, Richmond, Va., in the fall. . Calvin Grier Davis. .Jr., who ! has been studying for 3 years r —Turn to Page 4 t APPEAL TO THE v COMMUNITY FOR s IMMEDIATE HELP 1 r The home of Mr. and Mrs. j Edgar Whitesides in the Crag- c mont section was burned to the ground last week, leaving ^ the couple without any clothes ^ or furniture for immediate use. £ An appeal is going out to ] the community to search j. closets and store rooms for £ items to donate to the pair j immediately. They may be contacted by telephoning the t home of Bill Stepp in High j. Top Colony at NO 9-7993. £ Only clothing for a man and j. woman is needed as all child- ^ ren are grown. Everything is j necessary, so whatever mem- ^ bers of the community may ■ have will be greatly appre ciated. j Small items may be brought j to the News office, or Fire de partment, but for large items ? or perishables the above num- ! ber should be contacted. Blue Ridge Assembly Begins 50th Year With Conferences Scheduled From June 5 to Auq. 25 Blue Ridge Assembly, Y.M. C.A. conference center near Black Mountain, opens its 51st summer session June 5 with a five-day convention of col lege and university Y.M.C.A.s and Y.W.C.A.s of the South ern Region of those two org anizations. The oldest relig ious assembly in the area. Blue Ridge has been the host of religious and educational groups since 1912. Twenty-six conferences are scheduled for the 12 week sea son which closes the week ot August 19-25 when several professional meetings will be held by the Y.M.C.A.s of the South, owners of the assembly The regional Institute of the Family Service association, the Southern Industrial Relations conference, Community Ser vice executives, and the Juv enile Court Judges are among the score of organizations who will return for 1962 meetings. The Industrial Relations group, largest scheduled conference, will be holding their 43rd session; the Community Ser vice executives first came tc Blue Ridge in 1927. The Southeastern World Af fairs institute, which attracts interested persons from all over the country, will convene July 27-29. Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y officers and leaders from the 10 states of the South will hold three separate congresses in late July and early August. A summer school of two weeks duration for profession al training of Y.M.C.A. secre taries sponsored by the Y councils in cooperation with Springfield college in Massa chusetts begins on July 22. Other large conferences coming to Blue Ridge during the summer include the Home League of Salvation Army Women, the Southern Unitar ian institute, and the Seventh Ecumenical convention of the southern leaders in the Na tional Council of Churches. The collegiate staff this year which services the guests of Blue Ridge includes young people enrolled at 51 different colleges in the area and liv ing in 13 states and four foreign countries. A feature of the program for these youths beside the opportunity of summer work is the three college courses which are taught by professors of the University of North Carolina. Since 1957 the extension di vision of the university has co operated with the assembly to offer courses for college credit which the 88 young staff mem bers can transfer to the col lege which they are presently attending. Charles R. Young, retired executive of the Plantation Pipe Line and formerlv chair man of the board of directors of Blue Ridge assembly, will serve as acting president dur ing the summer. He replaces Dr. James W. Gladden who is returning to the University of Kentucky on June 1 after serving as the administrator during a year’s leave of ab sence from that institution. John R. Poteat of Tryon, is the present chairman of the board of the assembly. A committee headed by Gilbert A. Kingsbury of Fort Mitchell. Ky., has been named to secure a permanent executive. The committee will make its re port to the mid-summer meet ing of the board of directors at the Assembly on August 34. Members of the Board include J. G. Northcott of Black Mountain, Clarence Morgan of Asheville, Judge Dan K. Moore, Canton. Boyce A. Whitmire, Hendersonville, and Dr. W. Terry Osborne. Y.M.C.A. regional executive of Charlotte. of the first Art Ditt award came nearest exemplifying * players by the late Coach t tg an outstanding athlete elastically. ) nearly perfect for her en- 1 that her average is one of She has in her hands the < ed to her. , mflfigllSS 5aris, Plan f® slay Two Years This letter, just received rom the Ned Straehlas, gives n insight as to 'why they are inding their work so interest ng. It is also interesting to note hat with all the excitement f travel in Europe, they still /ant to keep in touch with he old home town and read bout their friends on this ide of the Atlantic. Mr. Straehla teaches in the ’aris American High School 'he family left Black Mourn ain in the late summer. )ear Mr. Greenwood, I am writing in regard tc subscription to the News iaper. We do so miss all the ews from home. Would you be so kind as o put us on your list and let is know what the charge /ould be for a years sub cription? Would like to have : sent air mail and as you robably know we only pay ostage to the New York ad ress. Hope this finds you and our family well and happy. Ve love Paris and have de ided one year just wasn’t mg enough to spend here so ave decided to stay another ne in order to do more travel ig. We just returned from ur Easter trip to Spain and he French Riveria. It is eautiful country and so ex iting to see all the places we ave always heard about, ^e went to Nice, Cannes, lonte Carlo, and Monoco. ie had breakfast one morn ig in front of Princess Grace nd Prince Ranier’s Palace. : is all quite a thrill for our ttle family. Ned is taking lides by the hundreds hop lg to capture some of the eautiful places. —Turn to Page 5 C. C, Stewart Resigns As Operation Youth Director Howard Barnwell Employed Howard Barnwell will be director for Operation Youth this summer, replacing C. C. Stewart, who re signed recently. a complete iisi ui siau members for the summer will be announced soon. Tentative plans call for the opening of the Babe Ruth league games on Monday, June 4. The Little League will probably start the season on Monday, June 11. A called meeting of all Little League managers is scheduled for Thursday night at 7:30 at the Youth Center. The swimming pool is being repaired at present and no date has been set for the opening. However, it is hop ed that it will be ready for operation by Saturday, June 9. A schedule for beginning swimming classes will be an nounced later. Any person interested in being an um pire in either league. Babe Ruth or Little League, is ask ed to contact Howard Barn well as soon as possible. LITTLE LEAGUE PRACTICE SCHEDULE Week of May 28-June 2: Mon.—28 3:30-5:30—Cubs 5:30-7:30—Cards Tiles.—29 3:30-5:30—Giants 5:30-7:30—Braves Wed.—30 3:30-5:30—Pirates 5:30-7:30—Phillies Thur.—1 3:30-5:30—Dodgers 5:30-7:30—Cubs Fri.—2 3:30-5:30—Braves 5:30-7:30—Pirates Week of June 4-8: Mon.—4 3:30-5:30—Cards 5:30-7:30—Giants Tues.—5 3:30-5:30—Phillies 5:30-7:30—Dodgers Wed.—6 3:30-5:30—Cubs 5:30-7:30—Braves Thur.—7 3:30-5:30—Pirates 5:30-7:30—Cards Fri.—8 3:30-5:30—Giants Season will begin on Mon day, June 11. LISTEN TO WORLD FAMOUS BREAKFAST CLUB 9-10 A.M. WBMT — 1350 WESTMINSTER CHOIR OF TOURING YOUTHS SINGS HERE TUESDAY The touring Westminster Youth choir of the Oak Cliff Presbyterian church of Dallas, Texas, will sing here Tuesday, June 5 at 8:00 p.m. in the Black Mountain Presbyterian church. The fifth annual tour of this group is taking them into nine Southern states. The director is William C. Everitt, minister of music and the ac companist for the group is Elian Smith. The program will be from classical to modern in scope, including such numbers as “Hallelujah” from Beethoven’s “Mt. of Olives”, “Grant Unto Me” by Brahms, Randal Thompson’s “The Last Words of David” and the spirituals, “Lord Bring Dat Sinner Home” and “O Clap Your Hands”. NOTICE ! ! FIRE FIGHTERS Anyone who fought the forest fire which occurred above Charmeldee Acres on Easter Sunday should contact the Forestry Department in Asheville to get their full pay. Telephone number is AL-3 9121. W BMT — 1350 ON YOUR DIAL FOR GOOD LISTENING I John L. Connel Struck Down By Unoccupied Car John L. Connet, 50, head of Warren Wilson College Music department, Swannanoa was fatally injured Wednesday morning May 23, when he was struck down by an unoccupied car that had rolled down from a parked position. Mr. Connet was walking along the driveway leading from the ad ministration building to Spi del Hall, the Music building, at the time of the accident. Mr. Connet had served in the faculty at Warren Wilson for 24 years except for a period during World War II when he was a field director in Europe with the American Red Cross. Active in civic affairs in Asheville, he was a committee chairman for the Memorial Mission Hospital Expansion Fund drive, a director of the Civic Music Association and an elder in the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. He also had played with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. His widow, the former Miss Lillie McGuire, was also once a college faculy member. The Connets resided on the campus. Surviving, in addition to the widow, are two sons, William, a freshman at the University of North Carolina; Pete, a student at Owen High School; a daughter, Joan, a junior at Duke University; and the mot her, Mrs. D. T. Connet of Grovemont, Swannanoa. Funeral services were held in the Elizabeth Williams Cha pel at Warren Wilson college at 4 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Patrick G. Ohler and the Rev. James E. Symons, ministers of the college chap el, officiated. Active pallbearers were members of the college facul ty, Roger D. Stuck, Dwight P. Vining, Victor Eliassen. Lar ry Adamson, Dr. Henry W. Jensen and Dr. Bannerman. Honorary pallbearers were Samuel H. DeVries, Bernhard Laursen, Lester McKee, Sam uel Millar, David Hempleman, Dr. William G. Klein and Er nst Laursen. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. Waycaster-McFee Auxiliary Claims Successful Poppy Day The members of Waycaster-McFee American Le gion Auxiliary would like to express their deepest ap preciation to the residents of Black Mountain, Swan nanoa, and surrounding area for their wonderful co operation in making Poppy Day so successful. Attendants At Dogwood Festival Miss Nancy DuPuy of Black Mountain and George Talbot of Swannanoa were junior class attendants at the 1962 Dogwood festival celebrated recently at King college, Bristol, Tenn. Announcement Mr. and Mrs. James Peek of Ridgecrest an nouncement the engage ment of their daughter, Janice, to Marvin G. Nes bitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Nesbitt of Black Iountain. Miss Peek is a member of the graduating class at Owen High school. Mr. Nesbitt is employed at the E. F. Craven Co. of Asheville. Wedding plans are incomplete at this time. ree Julia Ann Capps of Black Mountain was one of the 52 graduate candidates to re ceive a Master of Arts degree in graduate exercise at Appa lachian State Teachers Col lege on Saturday, May 20. Roy Bradford Franklin of Swannanoa was one of the 357 undergraduates also to receive a degree; his was Bachelor of Science. The Honorable Terry San ford was the principal speak er for the graduation exer cises. Candidates for the Bachelors Degree were pre sented by Dr. D. J. Whitener, dean of the college, while Dr. Cratis Williams, director of graduate studies, presented the candidates for the Mas ters Degree. S/4 KENNETH MARTIN ENDS TRAINING IN LOUISIANA Specialist Four Kenneth E. Martin, son of Mrs. Beatrice Martin, Route 1, Black Mountain, participated with other personnel from the 223 d Engineer Battalion in Exer cise Iron Dragoon, a two week training maneuver in Louisiana which ended May 15. During Exercise Iron Dra goon, the largest field man euver held in the U. S. this year, nearly 20,000 troops moved across 1,300 square miles of Southwestern Louis iana maneuver ground. With’ blank ammunition for rifles and tanks, artillery simula tors and gas grenades, “friendly” forces engaged an “Aggressor” force under sim ulated combat conditions. This exercise is part of the Army’s continuing operation al readiness training. Specialist Martin is a tract or operator in the battalion’s —Turn to Page 5 Given Deg Paul T, Henson Now Associated With 5. £. Hotel Paul T. Henson, who has operated as a real estate brok er in Black Mountain for the past several months, has acquired a stock interest in the Hotel Greenville, Green ville, S. C., where he and Mrs. Henson will reside. Mr. Henson will be manag ing director of the hotel, and will operate his real estate brokerage office from there. Wiley Norwood of Norwood Real Estate has taken over all of the Black Mountain real estate listings of Mr. Henson and will handle them. RICHARD HAMILTON PARTICIPATES IN PROJECT MERCURY Richard D. Hamilton, sig nalman third class, USN, son of Mrs. Belle P. Hamilton of Black Mountain, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Moale, a unit which participat ed in the recovery operations of the “Project Mercury” orbital space flight on May 24. The “Aurora 7” space craft which carried Navy Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Scott Carpenter on the three-orbit flight was re trieved at sea by the destroyer USS John R. Pierce. The astro naut, first sighted afloat after the earth-orbiting flight by a Navy patrol aircraft, was picked from the Atlantic by a Navy helicopter which took him to the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. He later was flown to Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Participating in the recov ery operation were 32 U. S. Navy ships and units which were on station in the At lantic range area. Calendar For Week O f May 31-June 6 SUMMER HOURS for the Black Mountain library be ginning Friday, June 1, will be: Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 2 to 6 p.m. LEGIONNAIRES TAKE NO TICE: the Waycaster-McFee Post will meet on the first Tuesday at City Hall in the future—time 7:30 p.m. Please be there next Tuesday, June 5. vt-w regular weeKiy meer ing Wednesday night at 7. LITTLE LEAGUE MANA GERS will meet Thursday night at 7:30 at Youth Center. BLACK MOUNTAIN LODGE NO 663 AF & AM will meet in stated communication Fri day night, June 1. All Master Masons are cordially invited. J. O. Peeler, Master. JUNIOR ORDER MEMBERS will have a “cook-out” at the camp in the Broad River sec tion on Monday, June 4 at 6:30. All members are invit ed to attend. AZALEA METHODIST CH. Vacation Bible School will start Thursday, June 7. All sessions will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 daily through June 5. Everyone in the area is cord ially invited to attend. FRIENDSHIP PRESBYTER IAN CHURCH Vacation Bible School will begin on. Monday, June 4 at 9 a.m. “Adventure with Christ” will be the theme used throughout the school session. There will be classes for four-year-old children and up. All children are cordially invited to attend. WESTMINISTER YOUTH CHOIR of the Oak Cliff Pres byterian church of Dallas, will sing here at the Black Moun tain Presbyterian church on Tuesday, June 5, 8 p.m. The community is cordially invited to hear this fine choir. Phillip Miller Loses Life In Florence Lake Charles Phillip Miller, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bul lock of Black Mountain, was drowned while swimming Tuesday night, May 22, in Wachovia Hills County Club lake near Florence, S. C. He was a graduate of Black Moun tain High school and had been employed for several years in Marion, S. C. The body had not been recovered when the News went to press.
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