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Eula Greenwood GUIDE TO N. C.—Some in teresting little facts about Tar Heels in this autumn of 1962 are: There are 4,556,155 of us (a few more since these are .1960 census figures). One out of four of us is non white. Our average age is 25 years and five months. By “average” here, we mean “median”. In other words, we have about the same number of people over 25 as under 25. SEX AND AGE These data are from a study made for “Printer’s Ink”', the marketing maga zine, and just released. The survey shows that 38.9 per cent of our residents of North Carolina are under 18 vears of age! In the 18-to-64 bracket is found 54.2 per cent of our people. In other words, again. 6.9 per cent of our citizens are 65 and over. In Florida, by contrast, more HOT DO-NUTS MADE FRESH DAILY Buy ‘Em By The Dozen Do-Nut Shop 125 Cherry Street than 11 per cent of the peo ple are in that ape group. We have a few more wo men than men, 50.7 to 49.3 per cent for the males. ANNUAL INCOME There are 1,204.715 house holds in North Carolina. Average income per house hold in North Carolina is nearly $4.00p per year. Only 6.9 per cent of our house holds pull in over 810,000 annually. In Raleigh, this figure jumps to more than 11 per cent of the households. In the big cities of the State—Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greenboro - High Point, Raleigh, and Winston Salem—a little better than 10 per cent of the households have total incomes running over $10,000 per year. EDUCATION Looking at our North Car olina residents 25 years of age and over, we find that 32.2 — not quite one-third of our population—have com pleded high school. However, Mr. Average Tar Heel has only about a ninth grade education, according to the “Guide To Marketing For ' 1963”. STATEHOUSE—The new leg- . islative building here is be ing refered to around Raleigh -1 as “the new Statehouse” to differentiate it from “the old : capitol”. The Lord only knows ex- 1 actly the real architecture of ] the new building. As it nears * completion on the outside, ( Prescriptions Carefully compounded with fresh, pure drugs of reliable manufacturers, as ordered by your DOCTOR. PRESCRIPTIONS are our main bus- 1 iness, and your trust has made our PRESCRIP- c TION department known for fast, reliable and 5 reasonable prescription compounding. £ — UZZELL'S REXALL — 1 Black Mountain Drug Co. Call NO 9-4121 for FREE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY one is impressed, riding by, as follows: —Its size. It spreads away out and looks very,very im posing in contrast to the old modest little homes on three sides of it. —The glass. Hundreds and hundreds of square feet of glass all around it—which will call for thousands of square feet of tapestry on the walls of the interior. A nightmarish outing for a rowdy boy with a slingshot. Or, since it is a legislative hall, is the glass bullet-proof? In this day a way from windows, etc., be cause of air-conditioning—we note huge buildings with all windows blocked in, or out— the amount of glass in the Legislative Building is sur prising. —The peculiar, tent-look ing porticoes or sort-of-super structures—some four or five of them—which overlace the building and give it something of an oriental look. Taj Ma balish, we would say. —Effect on the area. The new building will brighten up old Halifax Street for three blocks north of the Capitol and eventually—as other State buildings are ?rected—right on northward o Peace Street. This has oeen the sorriest-looking sect on in that part of Raleigh, rhe building is bringing leauty to an area of down ;own much in need of it. And, .vhile the State has already ac quired most of the property adjacent to the Legislative Building, a lot of it is still irivately owned and has gone iky-high in price. Desirable ocations for lobbying groups vanting to cozy up to the egislators. —The glaringly white mar >le. More white than light rrav. The whitest building in his section of the State. You nay not like the new building it first glance. But its over-all ippearance becomes more deasing each time you see it. STANDING AROUND—Linda ,Vall in the current issue of leader’s Digest tells of what lappened to her father in a iVinston-Salem department tore. He is rather distinguished ooking. While he was wait ng for his wife to complete ler shopping, an elderly lady ame up and asked hurriedly chere she could find a certain lousehold item. Mr. Wall ex dained that he was not the loorwalker and didn’t know. Annoyed, the lady said urtl.v: “Then why are you tanding around looking so ntelligent?” IOTOR VEHICLE GOALS? -They aren’t saying much bout it yet, but a lot of de lartment of motor vehicles cross the nation are shooting or most, if not all, of these ■oals. Will the N. C. Dept, of lotor Vehicles do likewise? 1. Raise to 18 the age limit 'or new drivers, except pos ibly youths of 16 who pass i THE GRAY EAGLE HANDCRAFT SHOP Hand Made Pewter — Linens — Block Printed Scarfs — Books Jewelry — Cards — Wood Carvings — Fine Candies — Note Paper Bridge Supplies — Steiff Toys — Teas 103 Cherry St., Black Mountain, N. C. OPEN ALL YEAR Phone NO 9-8734 ISN'T YOUR NEXT STEP AN AUTO LOAN ? With new models on the way, you probably have new car fever. And to drive that new car sooner, try a Northwestern Auto Loan. Drop by the Northwestern Installment Loan Office and get all the details on Northwestern Auto Financing. 1. Saves time 2. Saves money 3. Terms to suit you 4. Gives you valuable bank credit experience Serving Western North Carolina with 39 Convenient Offices BLACK MOUNTAIN OLD FORT _Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation— a Certified high school driver education course. N. C. is 1G. 2. Set more realistic speed limits—now often too low— but toughen enforcement and penalties. Our speed limits are, generally, 55 and 60. 3. Require State inspection of all cars—something we must come to sooner or later in N. C., it is thought—twice a year to make sure vital parts are in working order. 4. Pass uniform motor laws in all states so that rules of the road signs, and signals are the same all over. 5. Stiffen requirements to get a driver’s license—includ ing a Medical Examination. Too much dizziness, blood pressure, and too many heart attacks under the wheel. 6. Lower the level of alcohol a driver must con sume before he is legally pre sumed to be drunk—with severe penalties for those who drive while drunk. WARS VS AUTOS—Killed in all U. S. wars: 1,125.000. Killed on highways of U. S. through ‘61: 1.375,000. W ars wounded: 1.275,000. Auto wrecks: 48 million. By D. C. Nichols Field Representative People called mathematic ians, who can figure out all sorts of things, probably en joy estimating how much their social security benefits will be. Some other people, who are very rich, don’t care too much. If you are a mathe matician—or very rich—or are very, very young—this may not be of great interest to you. But most people aren’t mathematicians, or awfully rich, or extremely young. And these people would like to have a close estimate at least of the old-age benefits they wil get. So they ask this question quite frequently. If they ask thier neighbor on the left, he might say, “Not very much.” If they ask their neighbor of the right, he may say, “Since you paid the max imum, you get the maximum.” rhis, to him, makes sense— but it isn't very specific. Your family, wanting to go to a drive-in movie, may argue that the amount of your social security is not important as the movie. They may accuse you of getting old—regardless of your age. Still the question remains, “blow much will my social security be?” And here is the answer: If you earned $4200 or more in 1955-1958 and $4800 or more each year thereafter, and are 65 this year, you will get about $123 monthly. Men or women who are 65 this year and continue to work and earn more than 5'4800 in 1963 and 1964 may ^et $127 monthly (more if members of their family are eligible, of course—in fact the total benefits may be as much as $254). Now that was easy wasn’t it? Some people, of course, don’t make as much as $4200 or $4800 in a year. How much will their benefits be? To find the answer you should ask, phone, or write the Asheville Social Security Office for Booklet 825. ACCIDENT FACTS—1961 Another in a series of art icles in which the North Car olina Department of Motor Vehicles explores some of the significant facts behind last year’s traffic accident toll. Most fatal auto accidents in North Carolina last year involved drivers in the 25-34 year age bracket the State Department of Motor Vehic les reports. In all there were 1438 drivers involved in death-dealing mishaps as de termined in a special study conducted by the vehicles agency. Other facts brought out showed two under age drivers involved in fatal crack ups and six oldsters (75 and over) also associated with death mishaps. During the year there were 1254 killed on the highways and 34,438 injured. -—Marines recorded anoth er first when they landed from theUSS Nashville Nov. 4, 1903, to protect American citizens directly after the new republic of Panama was formed. 10 YEARS AGO TODAY September 18, 1952 OFFICIAL REPORTS SHOW THAT BLACK MOUNTAIN HAS THE MOST STUDENTS BUT SWANNANOA IS A HEAD IN TAXABLE PRO PERTY—More than half the township of Black Mountain is owned by the City of Ashe ville or U. S. Forest service and is not taxable for school purposes, according to the in formation furnished with the above map which shows the Black Mountain, Swannanoa and Fairview school districts. The location shown of the new Black Mountain-Swan nanoa high school, now is in the planning stage. The site is in Black Mountain township one-fourth mile from the Swannanoa township line. MORE THAN 1000 ELE MENTARY SCHOOL STU DENTS IN NEWS CIRCU LATION DRIVE—A series of campaigns designed to in crease the readership of the Black Mountain NEWS in the Swannanoa Valley to 100 percent are in progress. LIONS CLUB ENDS DRIVE WITH 1500 NAMES—Final tabulation showed that the Lions sold more than 1500 listings on the calendars which will be printed later this year, committee chairman, an Jones Earl Corwin, finance announced at the meeting last week. 15 YEARS AGO September 18, 1947 RICE’S QUALITY STORE TO MOVE—Rice's Quality Store, which has occupied the building next to Knight’s Pharmacy, will move within the next few days to its new location in the G.wland build ing, John H. Rice, owner and manager announced today. With one of the largest floor spaces in tow-n, the new locat ion will provide adequate room for an increase in stock and ample display. H. W. SANDERS SPECIAL GUEST OF STATESVILLE LIONS CLUB—Senator Clyde R. Hoey was principal speak er at the Lions club regional conference held Tuesday at the country club in States-1 ville. Special guests were Her bert W. Sanders, District Gov ernor of 31-A and W. W. White, secretary. Mr. Sanders vas presented with a gift in honor of his visit to the club. THE TALL WOMAN, by Wilma D.vkeman, is a novel of aur mountain country a hun dred years ago. The idea that ! r tall woman casts a long ihadow, focuses the tale on Lydia McQueen, whose over flowing determination to get i school at Thickety Creek, reached far into the lives of all its people. The background of the story is the Civil War that :-ame soon after her marriage. Her husband joined the Union troops, and her father and brother, the Southern. All the pent-up bitterness, hatred, and suffering eventually reached her and her family, along this rather loose line of plot, and strung many dra matic incidents. The charac ters involved are vivid and individual, even to the child ren. They speak consistantly such a quaint dialect that one finds himself listening for it at every turn. In, and around thru it all, are the high mountains, the deep valleys, and the woodsy i smell of earth, and ferns and herbs, and the sound of cool springs of sweet water. Miss Edith Chatterton NAVY NEEDS TYPISTS Miss Phyllis M. Blanken ship, Navy Employment Rep resentative, located at the Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Room 29, Otis and Post Streets in Ashe ville announces that she is ac cepting applications for a lim ited time only for Typists and Stenographers for Navy positions in Washington, D. C. She is prepared to test dictation at the rate of 80 words per minute. Salaries be gin at $3760 yearly. Experi ence is not necessary. The Navy Housing Office makes advance temporary housing arrangements and as sists employees in securing permanent housing during their first week on the job. For those who wish to con tinue their education while working, the many colleges and universities located in and near Washington offer evening courses leading to a college degree. Employees re ceive automatic yearly in creases, liberal paid vacation and sick leave and low-cost hospitalization and life in esurance. Additional information may be secured by calling Miss Blankenship at AL 3-1931 or by writing. Interviews and tests are held daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays by appointment. Classifieds Sell-PH. NO-9-4101 Tariff Ruling Deals Blow To Textile Group By Sen. B. Everett Jordan WASHINGTON—The Tar iff Commission has dealt a very serious blow to the ef forts being made to prevent the father destruction of the textile industry in the United States. The Commission announce ment that it would not elim inate the export subsidy on cotton sold to foreign textile mills means that the textile industry in the United States must continue to pay 8.5 per pound more for American cotton than foreign com petitors. The American textile mills are at a serious disadvantage in trying to compete with foreign mills when they are forced to pay 8.5 cents a pound more for cotton than their foreign competitors. It is impossible for me to see anything fair about such an arrangement, but the Tar iff Commission has refused to correct it. Immediately after the Commission announced its decision, President Kennedy issued a statement in which he said he plans to ask Con press to pass lepislation to correct the problem. Under the present program, a foreign manufacturer gets cotton at about 8.5 cents a pound below what domestic mills are required to pay. In effect, the U. S. government picks up the tab between world market prices and do mestic prices on overseas shipments. , Under the porposal the ‘ Tariff Commission rejected, foreign mills shipping cotton textiles into the United States would have been re quired to pay a fee repre senting the 8.5 cents per 1 pound differential. To me, this was a simple and 1 fair proposition that would ■ have corrected a distinct dis- ( advantage that domestic mills It is impossible to tell at this time what President Ken- * nedy has in mind about cor :-ective legislation. There is io doubt that a “correction” s long overdue. However, in working out a solution we must avoid forc ng farmers who produce cot on to carry the burden the ;extile mills are now carry ng. I think it is wrong to ex pect our mills to carry the un fair burden, and it is just as vrong to shift this burden to she cotton farmers. If it is she policy of this government so continue to give preferent al price treatment to foreign nills over domestic ‘ hen some equitable program \ nust be found to protect our v extile mills and the farmers vho produce the cotton they e ise. _ ^ Veterans News I ii Here are authoritative an wefs by the Veterans Ad- fl ninistration to questions from ormer servicemen and their e amilies: f q—if the beneficiary of a - II insurance policy dies be orc the payment of the face alue of the insurance is com ileted, who receives the bal- . ince of the payment on the laim? A—The balance may be laid to the contingent bene iciary, to the estate of the ieneficiary, or in some cases o the estate of the insured. Q—What is being done for . , XT ,, ' ewan* let Nam’ and otr,, ar flareups? A—There are severa> 5 of legislation pen^^ ongress to provide , u'. ••• [ benefits for these' < ^ n' icn. ‘‘!'vice. Q—^ hat is the jo and the averag, " :'e .eome of WWI veteran^ A—the average „„* 8.1 and the average 13 icome according to mr,?Ual ■nt Veterans Ad gures available of ^ministration ls $3,034 WBMT - 13so your dial for g°0N0d listening I D G- T. SHIPMAN WELL DRILLING * BORING CONTRACTOR Marion, N. C. . Dial 91S1 —Call Collect_ Mrs. Coggins' Dining Room 12 Miles West of Black Mountain on Hwy. 70 Open 7 Days a Weeh FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. Specializing In ALL GOOD THINGS TO EAT Business -- Professional -- Services DIRECTORY TEMPER - SAVE TROUBLE SAVE TlMfc - i • RADIO AND T.V, EXPERT REPAIRS On TV — RADIO — HIFI TRANSISTOR—SMALL APPLIANCES GOFF RADIO & TV —100 BROADWAY— Ph. 66-9-4301 For Guaranteed USED Television Sets ☆ CALL a Harrison FURNITURE CO. SWANNANOA, N. C. EXPERT TELEVISION SERVICE — Call 68-6-3560 REED'S RADIO & T.V. 100 S RIDGEWAY—DIAL NO 9-7609 GUARANTEED SERVICE ON ALL MAKES AND MODELS Factory Authorized Service CRISP RADIO & TV SHOP e Expert Repairing • —Cragmont Road— Phone NO 9-8401 MASSEY'S T.V. & APPLIANCE CO. TRAINED TECHNICIANS Antenna Installations Home Service Calls —DIAL 686-3148— Rt. 70—Swannanoa, N. C. • RESTAURANTS ANN'S CAFE Cherry St.—Black Mtn, Home Cooking —We Fix Dinner to Go— PHONE 669-8842 • DRUG STORES WARD'S DRUG STORE • PRESCRIPTIONS • Complete Drug Service SWANNANOA, N. C. — 68-6-3875 — • AUTO SERVICE BURGESS ESSO SERVICENTER —ROAD SERVICE NO 9-8826—Black Mtn. For Expert Auto Repair Call WILSON'S CASH GARAGE 401 West State St. Black Mtn. — 669-7843 DALTON'S AMOCO ; Greasing, Washing & Tires I OUR WHITE GAS IS GUARANTEED I NOT TO HARM YOUR MOTORI Hwy. 70 — Black Mtn. NO 9-8882 • WATCH REPAIRING HUGGINS JEWELRY Expert Watch Repairing Where your $ Goes Further SWANNANOA. N. C. Phone 68-6-3241 • WRECKING SERVICE WRECKER SERVICE McMurray's Chevrolet Co. Black Mountain, N. C. Day Phone Nite Phone NO 9-3141 NO 9-5431 POP'S COFFEE SHOP Cherry St. -— Across From Bus Terminal Open Daily 5 A.M.—5 P.M. Sundays 5 A.M.—2 P.M. • Come Soon • • BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR SALE: • LUMBER • DRESSED ROOFERS and FRAMING • ALSO WANE EDGE SIDING—Sound Wormy Chestnut Buy Direct from Mill and SAVE! —We Deliver— GROVER LEDBETTER Broad River Section Black Mountain • BULLDOZER SERVICE BULLDOZER and SHOVEL WORK T. K. BROWN ELECTRICIANS R. W. COOK —Electrical Contractor— PHONE: NO 9-3082 Black Mountain, N. C. • PHOTOGRAPHERS GRAGG'S STUDIO 100 Church — Tel. 669-7747 PORTRAITS, GROUPS, WEDDINGS, OLD PHOTOGRAPHS COPIED AND MADE NEW. if BABY PICTURES "U-RENT-IT" Lock & Key Shop Rubber Stamps Made Seeds, Plants, Fertilizer Potted Flowers R. C. MOSS, Owner 127 Cherry St. - Ph. 669-7160 Black Mountain, N. C. DELUXE DRY CLEANERS Expert Dry Cleaning Call 686-3687 Swannanoa N. C. • HARDWARE Swannanoa Hardware • Hardware • Paint, • Plumbing Supplies • Garden Tools Ph. 686-3919—Swannanoa PLUMBING Donald A. Burgin Plumbing and Heating Furnace Service NO 9-8154 — Black Mtn. DON BURGIN — Owner PHILIP S. STEVENS PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTOR Blue Ridge Road NO 9-7380 — Black Mtn, DRUGS - SUNDRIES B. & J. DRUGS & SUNDRIES ■fr Trailways Bus Service •it Fast Film Service SWANNANOA, N. C. • TIRES Distributors of U. S. Royal Tires GARLAND & LONG TIRE CO. SWANNANOA, N. C. V2 Block West of Trtffic light Ph.: 68-6-3842 Recapping—All sizes Truck and Passenger— Batteries — Accessoriei Bo Spivey’s Gulf Service Tires-Lubrication- Washing Corner of Old 70 and 70 Swannanoa, N. C. • FLORIST GARLAND FLORIST Flowers for all occasionsl Day Ph. 686-3883 US 70 at Swannanoa Night NO 9-7897 Asheville Business Directory • BAKERIES WEDDING CAKES, BIRTHDAY CAKES, PARTY CAKES MADE TO ORDERI Towne House Bakery Pasties — Pies—Doughnuts Opan 24 hr«. daily 7 day« waaklyl 257 Biltmore Ave. — AL 4-4351 • BUSINESS MACHINES Carolina Typewriter Co. 8 E. WALNUT ST. - AL 2-1675 Asheville, N. C. Royal Typewriters, Rexograph Spirit Duplications, Rex Rotary Mimeograph machines, Victor Adding and Cal culating machines, McCaskey Cash Register stsyems. -SALES, SERVICE & SUPPLIES • BOTTLERS Bottling Co. Asheville, N. C. • CONCRETE READY-MIXED CONCRETE Accurata—Economical — Sptady ASHEVILLE CONCRETE MATERIALS, Inc. Siltmora, N. C. - Ph. AL S-6421 CHAIN SAWS McCullough Chain Saw Co. Asheville — Canton AL 2-1093 Greatest power at lightest weight 6.5 horse power; 9 pounds. • CLEANERS SPECIALTY CLEANERS, Inc. DIAL AL 2-2231 264 TUNNEL ROAD FINER GARMENTS OUR SPECIALITY PROSPERIZED L. C. BUCKELEW • DAIRIES FUNERAL DIRECTORS JESSE RAY FUNERAL HOME 24 Hour Service 185 Siltmora Ava. Dial 252-5521 • GLASS • HOME REPAIR BRITT & TILSON Glass Co., Inc. Mirrors, Auto Glass, Table Tops, Glazing, Store Fronts. —Old Black Mtn. Hwy.— AL 3-3741 HEATING R. L. COKER HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CO. Box 5069—AL 2-1608 twentieth century HEATING COMPANY, Inc. 870 Merriman Ave. AL 3-7385 Lennox healing end air conditioning aulhoriied dealer for WNC BOTH to GA?> SERVICE Carolina Natural Gas Company 3*9 SILTMORE AVE. — AL 3-6241 HOME IMPROVEMENT Roofing, Siding, Guttering, Unde'?'n ning, house leveling. We spentla in termite repair and treating. * estimates. RUDD'S CONTRACTING CO. 79 BILTMORE AVE - ORTHOPEDIC SUP. W. A. McELDUFF CO. 251 Biltmore Ave. - 253-9^0 if Orthopedic Suppl>es * ELASTIC HOSIERY-WHEELCHAIR AND WALKERS—CRUTCHES A CANES—ARTIFICIAL LIMBS REFRESHMENTS SUN Golden The Grapette Bott'tn,9 11 Johnson Dr.—AL - Asheville, N- L. transfer - STORA^ A** 19° Cox* 01.1 A1 1154 alien __— ctORACL Tile transfer * s' l#11, CO. - World s L•'»**' ,.i Pittance Movers
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