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COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE Pres. Church Nov. 21 Weather Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Low Proe. 20 .03 22 37 44 3.50 37 .20 40 34 High 54 58 55 50 51 65 57 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY y VUL. IO rYrxTJonnnnoonr THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 11 — Single Copy, 10c Town Topics ; Edith K. Benedict ° ' r>j_ gjLBJLOJLSJLQJLOJJJL5JI ® nVIAN VISITS ! Vivian Pierson from Green fic 1 d. Ind., with three other ffomen friends, visited the ray Arlans several days last yerk. Vivian, as I had told rou. is a fellow-columnist with I "Visiting With Vivian" col nun in her hometown paper (rhich is also the same town Uvr which the Arlans came, jyjth Vivian the day she visit id ns was a Mrs. Kreiger from Indianapolis, and Mrs. Arlan Lfio now lives on Holly ave. |n the home formerly owned ly the Don Wrights. | To meet Vivian was quite I thrill. We have a great Meal in common as we found (rum conversation, and immed iately we had to have a pic lure of her so that you might |ce how attractive she is. She Ind her friends had an amus ing story to tell of how much Maneuvering it took to con vince four husbands simultane ously that their wives should Make this trip. The lour women were con vinced that the people of this section are extremely hospit able and even before they left they were making plans when they might return for a longer Visit. My Girl Scouts who have pen pals were jealous, feeling that it wasn’t nuite fair that they should have written to their pals for a longer time than T had been corresponding with Vivian and that she should have visited so soon after we began cor responding. The fact that she was actually visiting the Arlans and that my seeing her was pure luck seemed to have rery little to do with it. HOME TOWN SHOPPING Every year we hear the nerehants say “shop at home” ind there are more and more tersons who agree that this rear it will be easier than isual to do so. Except for books and Girl Scout equipment our family las found there is very little o go out of town to buy. rhere is as good selection of abries for those who sew as ■an be found anywhere. Some imes we wish for a wider 'ariety of colors in ribbon and >ther smaller items such as ir,usual trim for our sewing, nit. this is not too much of handicap. The only place me can buy books here is rom the Grey Eagle and even Hive will admit that her sup ply is limited because they re only a part of the many toms in her shop. It seems o me that at one time some ne tried a book shop here; aaybe we are not large nough to support something f this type. One week very soon we will ave an arm-chair trip arough the shopping district ■hi give you a iuu icjiui i f all items possible to con fer before you launch into rdering by catalogue or mak ig a trip into the larger Jwns nearby. We are con inced that you will be better ft to shop at home. With : ie lifting of the charges on arking meters for the next tw weeks parking will be no i roblem and even if you have > park in the farthest lot ( Ju walk no farther than you , Quid in a larger town. Give j Jr home town merchants at i 'ast a chance. ISS TAYLOR JOINS ONOR SOCIETY Miss Toni Taylor, a member ' the junior class at Furman • diversity, has been invited ' to membership in the Kappa ; plta Epsilon Sorority which a National Honor Education- i Sorority. t Toni is the daughter of Mr. t 'd Mrs. Roy A. Taylor of < lack Mountain. jikuud NAMED TO COLLEGE "WHO'S WHO" AS ALL-ROUND STUDENT t,,Mi1ss„, Carolyn Stroud of Hiack Mountain is amonn the 29 Western Carolina college students named to “Who’s Who Among Students in Amer ican Colleges and Universiti ties for 1962-63. Students are chosen for this honor on the basis of scholar ship. leadership, outstanding qualities of character and per sonality, and effective parti cipation in various phases of campus life. Miss Stroud is secretary of Alpha Phi Sigma, honorary scholastic society whose mem bership is limited to those who maintain an average of 0.25 out of a possible 4.0 quality point rating. She is also a member of the Student National Education associa tion and the Wesley founda tion, a Methodist organization for college students. A senior majoring in bus iness education, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs William P. Stroud of Star Route, Black Mountain. Lyda-Harper Wedding To Bp Friday. Nov. 16 Miss Marion Elizabeth Lyda and Marvin William Harper will be married Friday, Nov ember 16, at 7 p.m. in the Swannanoa Baptist church. All friends have been invit ed to attend the ceremony and the reception which will follow in the church social hall. No formal invitations are being sent. Junior Order To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Black Mountain Council No. 145, Junior Order United .merican Mechanics, will celebrate their thirtieth an niversary on November 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lodge Mall. Ronald E. Finch, first Councilor of the order, will make the principal address. All members of the order and their families are urged to attend this meeting. Re feshnients will be served fol lowing the meeting. LOCAL GIRL PLAYS PETER PAN ROLE Miss Dianne Miller of Black Mountain will have the lead ing role in the musical pro duction of Peter Pan whirih the Tanglewood Childrens Theater will present Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at William Randolph school aud itorium in Asheville. Cast as Peter Pan, Miss Miller will actually seem to fly so cleverly are the stage settings made. Tickets are on sale locally at Beddingfield-Konrad. Married x ? 7 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A Smith announce the marriage cf their daughter, Teresa Lynr Smith to London Scott Hen sley, son of Mrs. Geneva Hen sley of Swannanoa, on Friday Oct. 26. Mrs. Hensley is ; granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Ed Bartlette of Blue Ridge. Dr. Weatherford To Be Honored By Community On Friday, Nov. 30. Dr. W D. Weatherford will be hon ored by friends of Blacl Mountain and the wider com munity in connection with hi: eighty-seventh birthday, whicl will come on the day follow ing. The event is being plan ned by a committee fron Black Mountain whose chair man is Rev. John L. Me Whorter. Wilma Dykeman (author o THE TALL WOMAN anc other books) and her husband James Stokeley, are expectec to be present among a num ber of out-of-town guests. She and several others will speal briefly concerning phases o Dr. Weatherford’s significan career. Reservations for the event involving dinner at the Monts v iiuici, cilc uuug iianuic. bv Walter A. Davis. Blacl Mountain friends of Dr Weatherford wishing to par ticipate, are requested to sc cure reservation cards (SI.75 before noon of Nov. 28, at the Northwestern Bank, Earley’s Dry Cleaners, Key City Phar maev, or the Western Autc Associate store. Dinner will be served promptly at seven o’clock in the evening, but guests arc requested to come to the hotel as soon as convenient after 6:30 for a social period. ARTHUR CUTSHALL COMPLETES 22 WEEK ELECTRONIC COURSE Marine Private First Class Arthur Cutshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Cutshall of Black Mountain, graduated Oct. 26 from Aviation Electri cian’s Mate school at the Naval Air Technical Training unit, Jacksonville, Fla. The 22-week course covers basic electricity and electron ics, a refresher course in mathematics, and circuitry of instruments and systems used in naval aviation. HAMILTON AND CREW PRESENT RECORDER TO BLIND BOY Richard D. Hamilton, signal man third class, USN, son of Mrs. Belle P. Hamilton of 424 W. State street, Black Moun tain, is serving overseas aboard the destroyer USS Moale. The crewmembers of the ship recently presented a 19 year-old boy in a foreign country with a tape recorder to help him in his studies of the English language. The youth is blind, but studies several subjects regularly. Open House Is Planned For November PTA The November meeting of the Black Mountain PTA will be held on Thursday evening at 7:30 in the elementary build ing. This month’s meeting will be open house in only the elementary building, but parents of children in the pri mary building are expected to attend also, since this will be an opportunity to meet teach ers their children might have in the future. Both fall meetings have been very well attended and . open house is always one of the most popular meetings of . the year since parents and i teachers are given an oppor I tunity to spend more time . with each other. Rooms will have students’ work on dis play and following the visits refreshments are to be served . in the school cafeteria. Mrs. Ruth Robson, hospitality chair ■ man, has made plans to en i tertain the many who are There will be no general meetings; parents go directly to the rooms and teachers they wish to visit. This will be the last PTA meeting until February. TWO LOCAL SOLDIERS TOOK PART IN "FALLEX" Two soldiers from Black Mountain recently participated in FALLEX, a large-scale NATO exercise in Germany. FALLEX is an annual ex ercise designed to test the over-all combat readiness and effectiveness of NATO forces in Europe. Pfc. William F. Hunter, whose wife, Jessie, lives at 109 Fortune street, is assigned as a tank driver in Troop C of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regi ment’s 1st Reconnaissance squadron in Baumholder. The 23-year-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunter, Black Mountain, entered the Army in September 1961 and com pleted basic training at Fort Jackson. He was graduated from Stephen’s Lee High school, Asheville, in 1958. Pfc. Marvin W. Nelon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Nelon, Black Mountain, is as signed as a mechanic in the 29th Transportation Battal ion’s 5th Transportation com pany in Boblingen. The 23 year-okl soldier entered the Army in November 1961 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. He at tended Owen High school. CHAMBER’S MERCHANTS PLAN ANNUAL PARADE FUR SEASON Scotch People Happy? Healthy Says Speaker Rev. Kenneth MacKenzie, native of Scotland, was speaker for the Rotarians at ;heir weekly meeting on donday. Rev. MacKenzie had been iway from his native home 'or 27 years. On his arrival o visit 'he found the people >eaeeful and “the odors and cent of grass all breathed of ieace.” He commented on he “bonnie” babies with heir pink, rosy cheeks and heir happy parents. _ He mticed the friendly rivalry >f business competitors in he shops; more than one ot he same businesses, side by Me each thriving and pro noting a friendly and healt v feeling. He suggested that his is a Christian grace rhich could be adopted in I] countries. Qne would never know, v. MacKenzie stated, that ■ Scottish people had been ough a war, they seem less turbed than the remainder —Turn to Page 10 Liiuauuaa paiauc Luainnaii Weldon Earley announced to day the plans for the annual parade to be held on Friday Nov. 30, assembly time from 2-3 on Richardson blvd. The parade will be sponsored by the Merchants division of the Black Mountain Chamber ol Commerce. Parade route will be announced later. This year all entries must be completely furnished by the merchant or group making the entry; heretofore the Chamber ol Commerce has provided children and girls for the floats. Units thus far entered are the Owen High school band, Santa Claus, Biltmore Dairy Farms Winkie TraiD, Western Sanatorium, and Presbyterian Home. Those who wish to partici pate in the parade must call Weldon Earley at NO 9-7313 or 9-8243 giving information to whoever answers the phone. The chairman urges that en tries be made early so plans may be completed. Since this is a Christmas parade all mak ing entries are asked to carry out the Christmas motif. Equestrienne groups, march ing groups such as have taken part in the past, and persons with convertibles are urged to enter. Calendar For Week Of Nov. 15-21 Annual Thanksgiving Ser vice, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Black Mountain Presbyterian church. Senior High Youth will serve as choir with re hearsal from 6:20-7:30 in the Presbyterian church on Nov. 21. ilie offering will go to the Presbyterian Home and individuals are invited to ; bring foodstuffs for the home for deposit in a box in the i narthex. , Court of Honor for Boy ; Scout Troop No. 25 at the I Black Mountain Youth Center i on Monday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. : Parents and friends of the ] boys are invited to attend. j Golf for Turkeys, sponsored by Beacon Athletic associa- ' tion. No charge for playing 1 with a turkey as prize for j low score for the day in each < of the following age brack- ; ets: thru 12 years; 13-21, and i 22 up. Play as many rounds < as you wish and turn in low score for the day. Time from ( 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Golfers bring j own clubs and balls. A turkey ; will be given also for the first Sivannanoa Volunteer Fire Dept. Aux. Officers Telesfar Topic For Kiwanians Cliff L. Cagle of Public Relations for the Bell Tele phon Co. of Asheville, ad dressed the luncheon meeting of the Black Mountain-Swan nanoa Kiwanis club Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Monte Vista hotel. Mr. Cagle gave a most helpful and enlightening talk on the “Telestar Satellite Communication System” which is now in operation in the transmission of messages to the nations of the world. This very complex telestar was put in orbit around the earth July 10, 1962. The satellite is 550 miles from the earth at the closest point, and 3600 miles at the most distant place. The telestar is of intricate con struction, weighs 170 pounds, and was constructed by 400 technicians. The speaker stat ed that 600 messages can be transmitted at one time through the use of this costly but practical sphere orbiting the earth. It is hoped that in the near future, several of these communication aids will be put in orbit around the earth. Visitors at tins meeting were H. B. Craven, Lakeland, Fla., and C. L. Cagle, Ashe ville. The chairman announced that because Thanksgiving falls cn Thursday, the regular meeting of the club will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Completes Work Marine Private Clarence O. Clough, Jr., son of Mrs. H. M. Pressley cf 207 Lakey street, Black Mountain, completed four weeks of individual com bat training Oct. 18 with the Marine infantry Training reg iment at Camp Lejeune. The training provides newly unlisted Marines with a back ground of experience in the held under combat conditions, live-firing exercises are con lucted, in addition to field rips and classroom lectures. Under carefully selected in itructors, the young Marines earn to take their places in imall fighting units, such as he four man fire team and he 14 man squad. lole-in-one. Everyone in the iwannanoa Valley is eligible. Swannanoa Chapter No. 132 >ES will have a benefit Turk y supper and Country Store iaturday night, Nov. 17, from :30-7:30 in the Masonic emple. Adult tickets will be 1.25 and children .75 cents, 'or reservations call 686-3800 fter 3:30 p.m. Bee Tree Christian Church till have a Turkey Supper aturday night. Nov. 17, be inning at 6 o’clock at the hurch. Adults will be $1 nd children .50 cents. Every ne is invited to come and njoy a delicious supper. Women of Kerlee Baptist hurch are having a benefit upper Saturday night, Nov. 7, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at =r-Tur.n tp Page 10 Recently installed officers of the Swannanoa Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary are: (standing L. to R.) Mrs. Felicia Squires, treasurer; Mrs. W. M. Fox, chaplain; Mrs. Charles King, vice-president. Seated: (L. to R.) Mrs. James McMahan, secretary, and Mrs. Norman Thompson, president. The Auxiliary members have started a drive for Christmas toys for needy children which they plan to repair, repaint, and make ready for the sea son. Any persons in the community who have toys they wish to donate should leave them at the fire de partment. X v’awuaww—— CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS ARE READY William Hickey, cashier of the Northwestern Bank, an nounced today that checks are ready for customers who have Christmas Saving Club ac counts. Checks may be pick ed up on Thursday, Nov. 15 at both the Black Mountain and Old Fort banks. anwRaaBB (ragmont Goes Info Finals of RCD Program juages tor tne communities entered in the finals of the Western North Carolina Rural Community Development pro gram were in the Cragmont section on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 8-9:45 to meet wth the committee from that area. The judges were taken over the community to view the improvements which won for Cragmont in the preliminar ies, to hear reports hy the community leaders, and in spect the scrap book and score sheets. The communities in this final judging are competing for $3800 in area awards and the honor of being named Western North Carolina’s “most progressive area”. Win ners will be announced at the annual Community Awards luncheon in the Asheville City auditorium on Dec. 1. Approximately $7000 in a wards have already been pre sented by local sponsors in county contests. Non-farm judges who in spected the Cragmont com munity are: Mrs. J. W. Mc Kennon of Fletcher; Edwin A. Clement, assistant vice-presi dent of Southern Bell of Charlotte; and Herbert A. Johnson, field director, Pet Milk Co., Greenville, S. C. WBMT — 1350 ON YOUR DIAL FOR GOOO LISTENING Lions Told of Hopes For A-B Expansion Dr. William Highsmith, Pres ident of Asheville-Biltmore College, addressed the Lions at their regular club meeting, November 8, at the Monte Vista Hotel. Dr. Highsmith emphasized the population ex plosion in our country and challenged us to meet this op portunity in the field of edu cation. By 1980 it is estimat ed that the population of the United States will be approxi mately 250,000,000. Along with this in our scientific and atomic age there is a tremend ous awareness of the need for education beyond the high school level. In 1950 there were 44.000 college students in the State of North Carolina; in 1961 this number had in creased to 75,200. It is esti mated that today there are approximately 80,000 in our State, and this number will jump to to 120,000 by 1970. We hope to meet this chal lenge in North Carolina by establishing fifteen community colleges. This will put a two year college course within driving distance of every high school student in the State. Of iTlPSP fiffppn PnlT^cfne if io hoped that at least three of them will soon become four year colleges. These three are located in Wilmington, Char lotte and Asheville. Our own Asheville-Biltmore College hopes to be able to accept a junior class in 1964 and a senior class in 1965, thus pro viding the best curriculum possible for the needs of the community. Lion J. W. Cox of the Hen dersonville Lions Club was a visitor at this meeting. Lion —Turn to Page 10 Tryouts For Oper. Youth Dance Teams Tryouts for Operation Youth square dance teams will be held for the next two Thurs day nights at. the Black Moun tain Youth center just off Cragmont road. Competition will be for places on three teams: ele mentary grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 from 6-7 p.m.; juniors, grades 8 and 9 from 7-8 p.m., and seniors, grades 10, 11 and 12 from 8-9 p.m. Due to a misunderstanding it was stated last week that anyone in the valley may compete for a place on these teams. The senior team only is open for this competition; the elementary and junior teams will come from the Black Mountain area. Final Picture of Old Pritchell safe I i This picture was taken just days before the final sec tion of Pritchell Hal! was leveled to make room for the s new structure which will be in the process of being built < for the next two years. When last seen, the columns which t have been an identifying mark of the building, were on a 1: huge truck going through town to their new location re- < ported to be a church near Nashville. | PASSION PLAY SHOWING AT SWAN. FREE WILL Evangelist Walter Zvoda of Asheville will show a sound color film of the Zion Passion play at the Swannanoa Free Will Baptist church Wednes day, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The film will depict the trials of Jesus before Herod and Pilate and the story of the cruci fixion. He will also show his films of Jerusalem which he took while studying in this city. He will show the Mt. of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Go gotha, and the tomb of Christ. Rev. Milton Hollifield, past or, extends an invitation to the public. AIRMAN HUDGINS REASSIGNED AFTER DUTY IN ENGLAND Airman First Class Ken neth D. Hudgins of Old Fort, has arrived here for assign ment to an Air Training Com mand unit following a tour of duty in England. Airman Hudgins, son of Everson L. Hudgins of Rt. 2, Old Fort, is assigned to Headquarters, 3525th Main tenance and Support Group, here as a jet engine mechan ic. A graduate of Old Fort High School, the airman is married to the former Marj orie Y. Pedge of England. AIRMAN WATKINS COMPLETES COURSE FOR JET MECHANICS Airman Third Class James E. Watkins of Swannanoa, is being reassigned to Colum bus AFB, Miss., following his graduation from the United States Air Force technical training course for jet engine mechanics here. A ivivion W7 o FI' i vi c« ofncliorl the maintenance and repair of jet and turbo-propeller aircraft engines. The airman, a graduate oi Charles D. Owen High School is the son of Mr. and Mrs Cecil E. Watkins, 138 Dell wood Ave., Swannanoa. Good Neighbor Plan Approved For Scholarship Information has been receh ed from Vice-President Iva Stafford of the approval of plan suggested by the Steerin committee of the Good NeigI bors of Montreat - Anderso college, to provide a scholai ship at Owen High school o S500 for the principal winne of the competition for th award, and $200 for th runner-up alternate. At the same time the pres ident approved a scholarshi of $200 for Old Fort Hig: school, provided the Goo< Neighbor’s program is sue cessful in raising as much a $200 in the Old Fort area. The selection committee fo the scholarship is to be corr posed of the chairman of th current year Steering commil tee for the Good Neighbor’ program, the principal o Owen High school, the eour selor to students of Owei High school, the Dean of Mon treat-Anderson college, and j fifth member to be selected. The awarding of the schol arships is contingent upon the raising of the necessary funds through the Good Neighbor’s orosram. Legion Plans Annual Dinner For Children Post 129, American Legion, will sponsor a turkey and ham shoot at Phillips 66 Oil sta tion just east of town, Satur day, Nov. 17, beginning at noon. The proceeds will help to provide the children’s Christmas party at the Black Mountain clubhouse on the last Saturday before Christ mas. At the last meeting Com mander Paul Sherwood called attention to the 50c increase in membership dues beginning Jan. 1, 1963 and urged mem bers and prospective members to get their dues ($5 per an num) in before that date. Merchants Ask Free Parking To Home Shoppers The town board of Black Mountain, in a special meet ing last Friday, voted to re move or cap the parking meters in Black Mountain un til Jan. 1, 1963, at which time consideration would be given to the need for activation of the meters. A good majority of the re tail and service establish ments and professional offices, representing the Merchants di vision of Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce, sigm ed a petition to the Town Board requesting the action, and in signing pledged them selves and their employees to refrain from “on-street” park ing, and wherever possible to avoid use of the public park ing lots for their private cars and those of their employees. The Merchants division in their meeting last Thursday night, discussed the parking problems of the town thor oughly. A. F. Tyson. Jr., in charge of Christmas lighting, reported that the wiring for the decorations to be placed on light poles throughout town was almost completed, and that the decorations would be in place and lighted on Nov. 30, the day of the Christmas parade. Plans were discussed to light two com “ munity Christmas trees, one 1 on State in front of the Meth 1 odist church and one on » Broadway. W. W. Earley, in ' charge of the Christmas 1 parade, reported very good in ' terest this year and stated that 1 he believed the parade would f be even better than the one 3 held last year which attracted 3 large crowds to the downtown section of Black Mountain. The Merchants division of 3 the Chamber has expressed the t hope that the public will co 1 operate in parking when the - meters are removed by using 3 public parking lots whenever their shopping in Black Moun r tain would extend for longer - than an hour. The town 3 maintains two free parking - lots on Broadway, one on Sut 3 ton avenue, one on State next f to the Pix theater, and the - parking lot of the Methodist i church is also available for - parking. 1 Plans for a spring town-wide promotion by the merchants were scheduled for the Jan uary meeting. Edna Konrad, chairman, presided during the meeting. Ruth Brandon is eoni’ot oriT DRIVE UNDER WAY FOR PRESBYTERIAN HOME It’s Thanksgiving time at the Presbyterian Home for Children. This is the only time in the year that the Home makes a drive for funds and support for the operation of the Home. The Presbyterian Home for Children was founded in 1904 in Henderson county and moved into the Swannanoa Valley in 1922. The Home is under the sponsorship of the 34 Presbyter an churches of the Asheville Presbytery. These 34 churches contribute about two-thirds of the income needed to operate he Home; the rest of the income comes from individuals, livic clubs, industry, and other sources. Although the Home s Presbyterian, a high percentage of the children taken into he Home are of Baptist background or other denominations, rhe children attend the Black Mountain Presbyterian church ind are very active in all phases of work there. At the present time the Home is caring for 59 children rith four in college (supported by designated endowments), he children attend the public schools of Black Mountain and )wen High school and take an active part in all of the activ Tes of the schools. Each year on Thanksgiving Eve a joint church service ponsored by all of the Black Mountain churches is held in he Black Mountain Presbyterian church. A collection is aken at this service and donated to the Home. Boxes have een placed in the churches and places of business for those vho would like to donate food stuff to the Home. Downtown msinesses are to be canvassed by a team on Thursday.
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