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I CONSULT Calendar For The Week For Community Activities DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low Proc. Dec. 4 57 46 .46 Dec. 5 55 34 .30 Dec. 6 27 21 .50 Dec. 7 42 19 Dec. 8 41 28 Dec. 9 37 21 .02 Dec. 10 28 19 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1962, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 14 PAGES TODAY NO. 15 — Single Copy 10c Town Topics Edith K. Benedict 1 a g 0 jUL2JLSULOJULBJUUULa ’ Ido RE Christmas ideas These ideas, some of them. re sketchy, because like vervone else we have been fcgught in the last minute lush and T didn’t have the usal time to browse around Tbut here goes. Kiddle’s Florist shop has a kjco assortment ..of Christmas Eegonias, azaleas, poinsettias Jboth red and pink shading |o cream) cemetery wreaths, fresh green wreaths, and all forts of table arrangements. Rhoda has even tried the Ffried marbles” mentioned in *ne issue of the Sunday Pa lade magazine recently. These nake delightful ornaments for miniature tree. Many per sons like to place poinsettias In their churches during Christmas in memory of loved bnes. The windows ot the Outlet jjhop are filled with lovely ted dresses and lingerie which Hooks like good gift giving. There is still a good assort nent of the skirts, mentioned [some time ago. A skirt with natching sweater would be most welcome gift for the ['clothes conscious girl. Sarah Lee’s window has luscious looking winter white [party dresses for that dress fup occasion. For native-made handicraft gifts the shopper Icou'd never go wrong at the fGiftcraft shop of Mildred [Villaincourt. Especially nice ■are the hand carved wooden figures of mountain folk so 'cherished by those who want [a lasting memento of the [region. Knight’s Pharmacy is spe Icializing in appliances made I by Universal with a special [■discount given by the factory [for the season. There are | frying pans, irons, hair dryers, [and coffee pots. Amity bill i'folds for both men and wom ‘ en. for the latter in soft * pastel shades; Yardley toilet ries in attractive sets; Old Spice outfits for men: Timex j. watches; Montag’s stationery; [Tweedie cosmetics for the [young miss just beginning to use them, and Hollingsworth and Pangburn candies. They ■ also have a few of the Nancy i Drew mystery and Bobbsey Twin books. For toys by the hundreds and gift wrappings at pleas ing prices, H & W Variety store is a good idea. They also have boxed gifts, espe cially for the home and for that person to whom you would like to give an assorted gift of sewing items, there are many from which to choose. The Grey Eagle now has Williamsburg pewter and a very interesting line of un usual candies which make fine “little gifts” for stocking stuffing. Olive also has more books than anyone else in town, look there before you feel you must go out of town. She also has beautiful candles of all sizes and shapes, linens, and dainty cards with ador able round faced children pic tured thereon. Surely there cannot be a person on your list whose desires you could not only meet, but better, in one of our three gift shops. There are still about three places here in town to visit, but next week, weather and time permitting, I would like to visit Swannanoa and see what merchants there have in mind for the Christmas season. bright idea After wondering if the va cant stores on State street had suddenly found occupants. Bill Holcombe at the local Caro lina Power and Light Co. , tells us that the store owners , have given permission for ^ displays to be placed in the ( stores so that they will not look so desolate. Tyson Furn iture has placed some of their most attractive furniture in i the store formerly occupied 1 by Spann’s Feed and Seed 1 and Grocery store. Pence’s Variety store has expanded I into the building occupied until recently by Viverette. ; This building has been leased by Mr. Pence and here they ^ are able to spread out and show more of the attractive merchandise lately brought to your attention. 1 LOOK AT THIS For the first time in years, some say for the first time ‘ ever, we have a paper of 1-1 Pages this week. Read all j ads, our town is trying to get ^ the idea across to you that j you should give them the ( first chance to please you. ( mm) losses In 21 Points As Owen Wins The Owen Warhorses. after seomg a big first quarter lead shrink to three points at the intermission, came back strong Friday evening to delight a homo audience as they down ed Canton’s Black Bears 45 to 32. This was a Blue Ridge Conference game. Ronnie McNary, who played one of his best games, hit tor 21 points and swept the boards for 10 rebounds Mc Nary and Richard Pittman ac counted for more than enough points between them to have won the game. Pitt man had 13 and in addition paced both teams with 14 re bounds. With McNary and Pittman finding the range, and with Sam Harper, Bobby Ballard. Tommy Hughes, Jim Hardin’ and Spike Maddox sure to im prove in their shooting, the Warhorses should be tough before the season has pro gressed too far. Owen 15 22 34—45 Canton 7 19 19 32 CANTON (32)—Ray 7, Gregg 7. Boone 8, Hall 6, Sprinkle 2, Rickard 2, Bumgarner, Rick man. OWEN (45) — McNary 21, Pittman 13, Harper 1, Hard ing 2, Hughes 8, Ballard, Mad dock, Pace. Owen GirlsKeep Victory Train Rolling Along The Owen thrpn' up a strong defense that held Canton to a single point in <he first quarter and four in the second here Friday even ing as they continued their winning ways in downing the visiting Haywood county six, 41 to 22. Owen remained un defeated. While Wanda By as, Ellen Leonard, and Terry Rozzell were slamming the door in the face of the visitors, Judy Boring, who delights in drib bling into the corner and then swishing the net from a diffi cult angle, was busy tossing through 17 points. Linda Hvams with 10 was second. Sandra Haney, who has not yet reached her peak for the year, played well, as did sev eral of the reserves who saw action in the closing quarter. Owen 11 19 29—41 Canton 1 5 16—22 CANTON (22) — Thompson 6, Vance 7. Surrett 3, Cole man 3, Harris 2, Chambers, Wells 1, Queen, Dale. OWEN (41) — Boring 17, Haney 5, Hyams 10. Maddox 2, Patton, Bradley, Johnson 2, Leonard 4, Rozzell, Byas, F. Patton, Mills 1, F. Johnson, English. Warhorses Lose Low Scoring Game, 21-17 Reynolds defeated the Owen boys, 21 to 17. in a low scor ing contest played last week at Reynolds. , , , Coach Ralph Singleton s charges led 10-8 at halftime but Reynolds kept pecking away and were out in front 19-15 at the close of the third quarter. The final period was a fine exhibition of defensive basketball. During this eight minutes each team was held a two points. Jim Hardin, junior plavmak r for Owen, was high scorer nth six points. .evnolds iwen 2-10-15-17 Boys Game Owen (17)—McNary 2. Pitt an 2, Harper 3, Hardin 6, ughes 4, Maddox, Watkins, illard. „ . o Reynolds (21)-Carter 8, irstein 4, Nesbitt 1, Wilson 6, veed 2, Williams, Huntley, ckson. OWEN -IVs HAND CANTON DEFEAT Coach Buck Lyda’s Owen High JVs, down 17 to 14 at lalftime, bounced back to land Canton a 36 to 31 defeat ,t the Owen gym last Friday evening. Outstanding for Owen were me Brooks. Arnold Gragg, rim Lewis, Jimmy Coman, and Robert Myers. 4 14 24—36 Son ^ 17 21—31 MR. HEAD GIVES TIMELY TIP If you enjoy spending time in a hospital with broken bones, stop here. But if you wish to avoid that experience, read the following on how to walk on a slippery surface. When walking on ice or any slippery surface, walk with your weight on the forepart or balls of ynur feet and with practically no weight on your heels. It works. Try it and save yourself pain, time, and money. Local Agency For Service At a reception and dinner last Thursday evening in the Sirloin room of Buck’s Air onrt restaurant, the Black Mountain Insurance agency and their representatives were the recipients of a highly cov eted Certificate of Merit, awarded them by the Hart ford Accident & Indemnity co, and the Hartford Fire Insur ance co. for outstanding ser vice with the company for over a period of 35 years. The certificate of merit was suitably inscribed on a hand some bronze plaque to com memorate the occasion. in making the presentation for the companies Elmer Al ford, special representative, stated, “We greatly appreciate the splendid service rendered by the Black Mountain Insur ance agency, both to the com panies and to their fine cli entele”. Mr. Alford further stated that “the company recognized the splendid cli entele the Black Mountain In surance agency represented and was proud to have them —Turn to Page 14 Jr. Woodmen Earn Rating's And Awards During the year nf 1962 there were eieht boys who won sterling silver rings for perfect attendance at the Swannanoa Junior Woodmen meetings. Terry E. Ramsey, with a perfect attendance for five years, was given the rat ing of maior in the uniform ed rank drill team. He has the merit badges for first aid, wildlife, archery, swimming, and the Woodmen acorn merit badge. He will also receive the gold ring. Vincent Green has a per fect attendance of four years and has been commissioned a lieutenant. He has the acorn, wildlife, and the knot-tying merit badges. Ray Ramsey, with a perfect attendance of three years, has made the rat ing of sergeant. He has the acorn, conservation, and knot tying merit badges. Terry McClure and Teddy Smith both have two years perfect attendance and both have the seargent rating with acorn and knot-tying badges. Jerry Atkins, Mike Atkins, and Bobbie Goodman have one year with perfect attend ance. These boys have taken a great interest in their camp and local activity, and com munity projects. OBSERVER LIKES OUR LIGHTS As has been reported in the NEWS during the past few weeks, the Christmas lights and decorations have attracted wide attention and have drawn generous praise. Latest to join those prais ing- Black Mountain’s efforts is the Charlotte Observer which covers the two Caro linas with more than 100,000 circulation. In the Saturday, Dec. 8, issue in listing towns with noteworthy Christmas decor ations the Observer said editorially: . . If anyone happens to be heading for Asheville, he should drive through Black Mountain at a very leisurely pace. The decorations on every lamppost are fetch ing.” The clipping from the Ob server was sent to the NEWS by Willard S. Farrow, Black Mountain native now admin istrator of The Methodist Home at Charlotte. Mr. Farrow Said: “We thought you would be interested in seeing the enclosed that appeared on the editorial page this morn ing. We who are proud to call Black Mountain our home town are tne first to catch these little tidbits. Mrs. Farrow and I continue to enjoy the Black Mountain News each week,” Post Office Gives Advice For Mailing Postmaster Williams, of the Black Mountain Post Of fice, put his “Mail Early for Christmas” Campaign into high gear today. The Postmaster said, “We ’re ready for an all time re cord Christmas mail. Every facility of the Post Office is being expanded to render maximum service. Special mailing schedules will be set up to insure prompt hand ling of the tremendous flood of both incoming and out going mail.” “However,” the Postmast er continued, “the vast vol ume of Christmas mail is only a part of our problem. When names and addresses are carelessly written and packages are poorly wrapped or have insufficient postage on them, such oversights re sult in delays and disappoint ments, most of which can be avoided if everyone will fol low these simple require ments— (1) Be sure your Christ mas cards and gift mailing lists are up-to-date. (2) Use the new 4? Christ mas stamps on your greeting cards. (3) Pack your Christmas gifts securely in sturdy con tainers. (4) Use complete addres ses—include street number, rural route or post office box number. Be sure street names are complete with avenue, parkway, road or drive. Avoid abbreviation of street and state names. Use zone numbers, and be sure to include your OWN zone num ber in your return address. (5) And most important of all-MAIL YOUR CARDS AND GIFTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STARLIN WHITAKER IS IN HOSPITAL Starlin Whitaker, formerly of Black Mountain, is in the Charles Cannon Memorial Hos pital at Banner Elk, N. C., where he underwent a serious operation a few days ago. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Whitaker was on the staff of the Black Mountain News for a short period in 1950. Cards and letters should be sent to him at the above ad dress. Turn Your Used Pcsfeee Stamps !"to Milk! Impossible? Not at all. The Girl Scouts of Troon 98 are assisting in collecting used postage stamps of anv kind. These stamps are soaked off by the girls and sent to Miss Edna Haaz, Pearl River, New York. Miss Haaz counts the stamps into various type packs and sells the stamps to dealers. Miss Haaz uses the money to buy dried milk for the children of Indonesia. Miss Haaz is an invalid, be ing paralized from the waist down. She became interested in stamp collecting as a hobby and then by corresponding with other stamp collectors all over the world, she found out about the need for milk among the children of Indo nesia. The milk is distributed in schools to children in the first two grades by one of the two dentists in the country. He is the one who told Miss Haaz that the lack of milk was the prime factor in the wide spread of tooth decay among these children. To date, Miss Haaz has been able to send four tons of powdered milk to these child ren. The late Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt helped Miss Haaz get the mechanics in motion for the shipments and wrote Miss Haaz a greatly prized letter that complimented her dii the project and pointed out the advantages to be gained by such individual projects to help those in need in fore ign countries rather than all the help coming from the government. Troop 98 asks that everyone in the community to help in this project by saving the en velopes from Christmas cards and other Christmas mail so that the stamps can be re claimed. Stamps and envel opes can be left at the NEWS office or after Christmas you can call Mrs. W. M. Styles, 6-86-3854, and the cards will be picked up. Officers and Directors Of Building and Loan New and Retiring Secretary Photos by DuPuy PICTURES AVAILABLE Persons desiring copies of the photos taken during the banquet and program honor ing Dr. W. D. Weatherford on his 87th birthday at the Monte Vista hotel on Nov. 30, will find them available at Rev. McWhorter’s office in the Methodist church for choice. The Book Shelf The Black Mountain library received last week the first book in George Bernard Shaw’s new phonetic alpha bet. The book is a gift from the Shaw estate and is the plav ANDROCLES AND THE LION printed in regular English on the right side and in the new phonetic alphabet on the fac ing page. Shaw’s will provided 523,000 for the development of the new phonetic alphabet creat ed by Kingsley Read, a retired British lettering designer. An additional $13,000 was set aside to furnish every library in England and the Americas with a copy of the play in the two alphabets. George Bernard Shaw soent much of his lifetime in “cru sading against the general un tidiness of English” and this new phonetic alphabet is his contribution toward making written English simpler and more precise. Mrs. McGraw, Black Moun tain librarian, says that the reviewers claim one can read in the new alphabet after only a few hours of concen trated study. The characters look like Egyptian hierogliph ics at first and remind one of the stone age. The book will be an interesting chal lenge to word study enthus iasts. CHRISTMAS CANTATA AT FIRST BAPTIST The Chapel and Adult choirs of the First Baptist church will present a Christmas can tat, “Love Transcending” by John W. Peterson, Sunday night at 7:30. The soloists will be Mrs. Ronald Luck,. Mrs. Frank Watkins, Edward Alexander, and Ronald Luck. Mrs. E. V. Gouge is organist and Miss Irene Ledbetter pianist. The narrator is Arlis Suttles. A group of Mars Hill col lege students will assist in the cantata. REYNOLDS DOWNS 0'v'EN Y^ARMN^S The Reynolds JVs defeat ed the Owen High Yearlings, 30 to 19, in a game played last week on the winner’s court. CRAGMONT WINS $100 FOR PLACING FOURTH IN WNC CONTEST Cragmont Community is to be congratulated in the win ning of fourth place in the Western North Carolina Ru ral Community Development contest. The award of S100 was made at the annual ban quet held at the Asheville City Auditorium on December 1. This brings the winnings of Cragmont Community to $175. They had previously won $75 for placing in the preliminar ies earlier in the season as a non-l’arming community. Building & Loan Open House Saturday, 10-3 After twelve years as sec retary-treasurer of the Black Mountain Building and Loan, Wade Morrow is retiring December 31, 1962. Mr. Morrow was with the Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville prior to coming to Black Mountain after thirty years in Florida. He moved to Black Mountain in June of 1947 where he worked for Northwestern Bank for two years and came with the Building and Loan in May 1950. Substantial growth of the local organization really started with the inauguration of the optional share accounts in July 1951. Assets have tripled, since 1950, under the management of Mr. Morrow. Marcus F. Begley will suc ceed Mr. Morrow. Mr. Beg ley has been active in the business life of the town be ginning with the establish ment of the Valley Realty Company with Finley Stepp in 1950-52 and later the Val ley Insurance Co. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, member of the City Council, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce and deacon in the Black Mountain Presbyterian church. He is originally from Hazard, Ky. The Black Mountain Build ing and Loan, organized in 1924 by local citizens, was one of the few banking systems in the area to survive the depression of the early —Turn to Page 14 Mrs, Calvin Carpenter The marriage of Miss Adelaide Trowbridge Clark and William Calvin Carpenter took place Sunday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. in Raleigh. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip T. Clark of Swannanoa and the bridegroom is I he son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood R. Carpenter of Hickory. For the ceremony the bride wore a tan walking suit with matching hat and a white orchid corsage. Miss Janice Higginbotham of Black Mountain, former roommate of the bride, was the only attendant. Mrs. Carpenter, a graduate of Charles D. Owen High school, is a freshman of N. C. State college and is an Honorary National M e r i t scholar. She will continue her education. Mr. Carpenter is a first year graduate school student at N. C. State in civil engineer ing. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholast ic fraternity, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Tau Beta Pi. They are living at 411 Mor rison avenue, Raleigh. Swan. P. 0. Gives Added Postal Service Postmaster James Parks announced today the Swan nanoa Post Office will be open for business, until 5 p. m., on Saturday, December 15, and Saturday, December 23 to accommodate Christ mas mailers. Service win dows will open at 8 A.M. be ginning December 17 in stead of the usual 8:30 A.M. Four cent stamps are re quired on all sealed Christ mas Cards and those contain ing a written message for Swannanoa and elsewhere. Unless the mailer is absolute ly sure of the correct address it is suggested all cards be mailed at the first class rate of postage as they will be transferred or forwarded to the correct address if it is known by the Post Office. A word of caution to all mailers. Wrap and tie your parcels securely. Do not use a thin tissue paper as out side wrapping or use a thin unsupported box in which to mail your gifts. Address your mail with care so it will be sure to reach its destina tion, and last but not least mail your packages and cards early so as to assure delivery by Christmas day. May we take this time to thank the people of the Swan nanoa Valley for their co operation in mailing early this Christmas Season and to wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday. MRS. DAVID ATKINS IS PRACTICE TEACHER IN FIFTH GRADE HERE Mrs. Shirley Swann Atkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Johnson living at Orlando, Fla. is now doing student teaching at Black Mountain Elementary School. Mrs. At kins is taking part during the winter quarter, Nov. 28 through March 1 in the stu dent teaching program oi Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, N. C. In this program students devote ap proximately twelve weeks tc student teaching in the field for which they have been pre paring. Mrs. Atkins is teach ing Fifth Grade under the supervision of Mrs. Jesse Rice. Mrs. Shirley Atkins graduat ed from Charles D. Owen in 1957. Warlassies Win From Reynolds Girls, 39-17 Scoring 21 points in the first half, the Owen High Warlassies kept up the pace to hand the Reynolds girls a 39 to 17 defeat in a Buncombe County conference game play ed at Reynolds last week. Coach Doris Hester’s Owen team opened fast and breezed to a 14-2 first quarter lead. Ahead 21-8 at halftime, Owen substituted freely during the final periods and many of the reserves showed up well. Sandra Haney had 14 points for Owen, followed by Linda Hyams with 12 and Judy Bor ing with 8. In the backcourt Byas, Leonard, and Rozzell played strong floor games. Reynolds 2 8 14—17 Owen 14 21 34—39 OWEN (39)—Boring 8, Hy ams 12, Haney 14, Maddox, K. Patton, Bradley, B. Jnhnson, Rozzell 2, Leonard 3, Byas, F. Patton, Mills, F. Johnson. REYNOLDS (17) — Barnette 2, Pressley 4, Fleischer 3, S. Harper 6, Butler, Carter, N. Harper, Blankenship, Nesbitt, Herron, A. Stroupe, V. Strope 2, Harrington, Owens, Lyda, Brandt. CREDIT DUE Pictures in last week’s paper were not credited to those who made them. The front page picture of the 1932 Black Mountain-Swan nanoa football squads was made by local photographer W. Bingham Gragg. Two pictures loaned to us by the Asheville Citizen - Times made by their staff photo graphers were the one of the three leaders in the Metho dist District conference and the one of Mrs. Glenn’s troop in Savannah* NOTICE Two issues of the Black Mountain News, the Dec. 20 and Dec 27 will be pub lished next week in order that members of the staff may have Christmas week at home with their fami lies. The Dec. 20 issue carry ing Christmas Greetings from appreciative mer chants, business firms, and industrial plants of the Swannanoa Valley will go on sale and be de livered late Tuesday, Dec. 18 or early Wednesday, Dec. 19. The big New Year’s edi tion will go on the press immediately following the Christmas issue and be printed but will not be delivered to the post of fice until the day after Christmas, Dec. 26. The News will close as soon as the two editions are off the press and re mained closed until Mon day, Dec. 31. Those having news or advertising for any of the issues mentioned are re quested to note the step ped up schedule. The News has published early Christmas and New Year's editions for the past nine years. Calendar For Week Of Dec. 13-19 Wayeaster-McFee American Legion Auxiliary will have a bake sale at Giezantanner’s Super market. Friday, Dee. 21. “There will be many good home baked items on sale”, the committee said. Swannanoa Fire Department Auxiliary will hold a bake sale Friday, Dec. 14 at the Fire department, starting at 10 a.m. Everyone is invited to drop by and buy. There will be a special meeting of the Swannanoa Fire Department Auxiliary on Saturday. Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. to plan the Firemen’s Christ mas party and get CCA Buy ers Guide. Waycaster-McFee American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday night, Dec. 17 at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. C. E. Keith. Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce will hold its noon day meeting Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Monte Vista hotel. Gene Ford, president, will preside. Christmas Cantata at First Baptist church Sunday night at 7:30. Black Mountain Garden club will meet on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 n m. at the Monte Vista hotel for a Christmas dinner and pro gram. Each person should bring a gift, not to exceed 50<* in cost, and reservations should be made with Mrs. W. A. Davis, NO 9-7543 before Friday, Dec. 14. Guests are welcome. Jaycees' Annual Christmas Lighting Contest will this year embrace the entire township. Only residential entries are eligible for prizes this year. Judging will be from 7-9 on Dec. 23. Those who have entries to be judged MUST either call Stephen Roberts or Jack Ramsey or enter by mail to Box 113, Black Moun tain. OWEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND GROUP WILL ENTERTAIN LIONS Richard Hipps, director of the Owen High School Band, will bring members of the group to the December meet ing of the Lions club at the Monte Vista, Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:30. Lions Club President Leon Williams urges all members to attend. Final reports on. the White Cane drive will be received by Max Woodcock, chairman. Businessmen Aid Education In Crisis Time Local businessmen of the Swannanoa Valley have joined with business leaders across the LTnited States in an in creasing awareness of the in debtedness of American bus iness for the support of Amer ican colleges. The WALL STREET JOURN AL recently asserted that, in every instance of national crisis, American business lead ers have taken positions of ieadership. Today higher ed —Turn to Page 14
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