FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 6-12 "MAKE EVERY HOME A SAFE HOME" VOL. 19 >11 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1963, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY Weather High Low Sept. 24..-62.41 Sept. 25. 66-38 Sept. 26_ 74_53 Sept. 27_ 76-47 Sept 28. 74-52 Sept. 29.-72-51 Sept. 30.-71- 51 Pro*.. .90 1.50 No. 5 — Single Copy 10c i ures were Seps Until b.snt Time Sept. 26 the local Ki ts club listened to an eve fcjns address by Dr. Russell Kvilliams, nationwide pub Ipeaker for N.A.SA. Track ; Facility. Dr. Williams J,SSecl the history of our let development. He said many early so-called lures” were not really |res. but stepping stones. experience gained from - was used in each suc king step until the present lerful Polaris Mark III and ■winder were developed. Lher and communication Sites are now being per Williams mentioned the |test scientific develop |ts of the present century |1) the automobile, (2) the Wane, (3) space age, and [the likelihood of an ob lation station on the moon which all activities on [Hi could be seen. fcr Williams stated that |r visiting many high iols’ astounding scientific fcbits he has no fear of a t of future scientists to re le those now active. He has no fear of Russian jremacy in the near future, [put this country back on |ar with them at present would have to scrap nearly of our electrical output, (roads, air lines, trucks automobiles, highways, ftculture, factories, and ■sing. the speaker comes from Myers, Fla. He teaches lonomy at Edison college Fort Myers and also con its a Bible class there, fjuests present were Alex ler McSpaaden, Boca Raton; [ Cyrus Sharp, Orlando, and R. E. Fry, Montreat, last week’s notice, the jie of M. E. Head was in pertently omitted as mem Iof the new board of di Oct. 3 the club will at 6 p.m. for a cook-out hhe summer home of Wm. sMcMurray at Lake Tahoma. Innouncement If Engagement |nd Wedding Hr. and Mrs. Deward Glenn bounce the engagement and proaching marriage o f Sir daughter, Brenda Meryle, 1 Jerry Lee McMahan, son i Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mc han of 104 Central evenue. annanoa, on Saturday, Oct. | at 11 o’clock in the morn at the First Baptist breh. Black Mountain. So formal invitations are ig sent out. All relatives friends of both families extended a cordial invi fion to attend by Mr. and Glenn. ^VEES TO TRY ANOTHER WIN JMach Ralph Singleton’s pn High School Jayvees |1 attempt to keep their |tory string alive Thursday Ternoon when they take on peh David Hamby’s fighting Ivon from David Millard at tiford field. i former star at Owen High °ol, Coach Hamby served fe last year as an assistant. Jfhe Owen JVs defeated Indersonville last week, fcv came out of the game fine condition and every In is expected to be in top pPe for the D-M encounter. Following the game this F'k. the Owen JVs will play {Erwin next week and then home to close the sea 1 against Canton on Oct. 17. SVIVAL begins mountain view 11 "vival services will begin Mountain View Baptist lllreh Sunday morning, Oct. and will continue each lening at 7:3o p m during e vveek. Rev. Thomas fl|ng. pastor at Victory Bap church, will be the Faker. I le church choir, under di IGioii of Mrs. Faye Massey, I;1 furnish music each night. Fa-or rooms will be open I*"1 to each service for those r,J v'iU join in prayer for 1 services and special cot .!' Prayer services will be fkl Tuesday, Oct. 1 and pirsday, Oct. 3. I oe public is cordially in |l,d to attend each service. Playground elementar«S play9r0und at *he Black Mountain makino »n C °° ' Sh0wmg the re«ntly completed work " Jhe to" USeable- The COnerete “«r* shown had wa 9r0U;d WaS C°Vered With 9 layer of dirt which had washed .n due to the growth of weeds around and these There ,he eour* “"»» "o one knew it w.s inere. With these improvements there may now be basket and volleyball simultaneously with space still available for one more court of some sort and another small playing cour . n the field sand has been deposited to counteract the red clay. Plans are being made to plant the bank to some sort of covering which will be green all winter. This was part of the improvement suggested by the Southern association examining team last spring. Religious Survey Reveals Interesting Fads On Area The recent Religious Survey t in Buncombe county revealed i some glaring facts about the c people of our area, states Rev. 1 A. T. Usher, pastor of the s First Baptist church, who led s the work in the eastern part I of the county. Full informa tion for the entire county will be released soon, says Mr. s Usher, but to give something ^ of the results in the Black r Mountain and Swannanoa J comunities will help us to " understand these areas. It is interesting to note c that 186 people had a part in 1 the survey in Black Mountain 1 and Ridgecrest while 483 had [ a part in Swannanoa and c Azalea. c A point of general interest is that the families of this area have a slow mobility i rate. The families have lived 1 in the county for an average < of 22 years and in the present ' house for nine years. 1 Of the 4,471 surveyed in .< Black Mountain township, 1 2,553 were members of local i churches. 348 were church < members outside the county. ‘ 913 nine years and above were < not members of any church, 1 one out of five children under i nine years of age enrolled in Sunday school were 436, those < not enrolled in Sunday school i 221. t There were 1,446 families < surveyed with 23 families re- t fusing to give information. t Swannanoa and Azalea c Mr. Usher says that the Rev. i Milton Hollifield, pastor of i the Swannanoa Free Will Bap- < ist church, led in the efforts n Swannanoa township and lid an excellent job in en isting participants in the urvey. The results here vary cmewhat different from the Hack Mountain results. There were 1.588 families urveyed with 13 refusing to ;ive information. The total lumber reached in the survey vas 5,405. Of that number 1,146 were members of local hurches, 263 were members sutside the county. Above line years of age there were .,227 not members of any ihurch. Under nine years of ige 461 were enrolled in Sun lay school and 308 were not mrolled in Sunday school. Booklets . including all this nformation have been de ivered to the various churches hat participated in the sur vey. All of the survey cards ire at the First Baptist :hurch, Black Mountain, for he Black Mountain area, and it the Free Will Baptist ihurch in Swannanoa for that irea, for any of the pastors >r church leaders who would ike to study the information nore fully. “To everyone who had iven a small part in this mam noth undertaking, a heartfelt hanks is expressed,” conclud ;d Mr. Usher. “And we trust hat this revealing informa ion about the religious con litions in our communities nay stimulate us all to be nore diligent in our Christian efforts.” Gun Club Elects Sherman Shell flew Presides!! A call meeting to elect officers for 19f?3-l 904 was heir! Tuesday night, Sept. 24 in the Firemans Hall. Elected officals were: Sher man Shell, President, Harry Gray, Vice-president; Win ston Riddle, Secretary; Clyde Mills, Treasurer; Range Of ficer, M. J. Birchfield and Leslie Rice. Upon assuming his new duties President Shell ap pointed Clyde Nanny as super intendent of building anl Bill Gudger in charge of adver tisement. A planned program of trap and target shoot at the new gun range was postponed because of rain Saturday 28. The opening of the new gun range will be announced at a later date. The local club has recent ly acquired the Johnny Rice property on Broad River as their new range. Extensive work has been done by the members in developing the site including grading a road into the property and a park ing area. Future plans call for a recreation area with picnic and tent facilities. Members are reminded of meeting nights the first Thursday of each month. Interested gun fans are cord iially invited Bo attend as guests to the meetings. MORROW AND REED RETURN TO NORFOLK FOLLOWING CRUISE Richard Morrow, senior chief interior communications electrician, USN, son of Wade Morrow of Black Mountain, Freddie R. Reed, radioman third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. Miller of Swan nanoa returned to Norfolk, Va., early in September aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Enterprise after spend ing seven months in the Med iterranean. The Enterprise tied up in Norfolk on Sept. 4, having 'been on deployment since February. While in the Mediterranean, she was the nucleus of the Sixth Fleet’s fast carrier striking force. Aircraft fly ing from the carrier’s deck provided air cover and poten tial long-range stroke capa bility, extending the range and effectiveness of the Sixth Fleet as a deterrent to war. Enterprise crew members visited ports in Italy, France, Spain Greece and Lebanon. Friends Of The Library To PresentTwo Speakers The third morning community meetinj sponsored by the Friends of the Library wiM b« held this month on the second Wednesday in October; that is, Oct. 9, at 10:30 am As heretofore, the meeting will be held in the Community room of the Black Moun tain Branch, Asheville Federal Savings and Loan Association. All interested persons are • nwUc ri The program will be devot ed to two Western Carolina authors and the people among w'hom they lived. Robert E. Woodside and Dr. W. D. Weatherford will be the speakers. Robert E. Woodside Mr. Woodside will discuss Dr. Mary Sloop’s work in founding the Crossnore school, of her life; and of her book, “Miracle of the Hills”—how i* came to be written and how it was prepared tor Pub lication. He will also tell of the Crossnore school todaj, as well as the people of the frossnore area. Holding an A B degree from Davidson and an M S. degree from Ap nalachian State Teachers col lege, Mr. Woodside began his career in the educational field as an elementary teacher at Troutman, and Crossnore, fol lowed by teaching social stud ies at Crossnore High school. In 1959 he was appointed as sistant to Dr. Mary Sloop, managing director of Cross nore school. In 1961 he be came principal of Crossnore High school and at the same time the executive director of Crossnore school. He is in a position to bring an inform ative and interesting story about what is, indeed, a mir acle in the hills. Dr. W. D. Weatherford Dr. Weatherford will speak of Fred Burnett’s book, “This Was My Valey”, as well as relatives of his and other people of the North Fork val ley. Some 50 years ago Dr. and Mrs. Weatherford spent a summer in the area, rhrough a Sunday school class which he organized for the boys, through weekly church services which he conducted, through story telling to the children who gathered at one of the homes, and through in vitations that took him and Mrs. Weatherford into the homes of the people, he came to know and greatly to admire those who lived in the valley; that is the area from which Asheville gets her water — North Fork of the Swannanoa river. Because of these and his continued contacts with the people of the area throughout the years, Dr. Weatherford i s eminently qualified to interpret the lives of the people just north of Black Mountain. Again, the program com mittee invites those who can do so to bring a sandwich; the committee will provide coffee. Sanka. ‘-JLMIIBIMJii— MRS. H. B. KERLEE WILL OBSERVE HER 97TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. H. B. Kerlee will ob serve her ninety-seventh birth day anniversary Sunday after noon, Oct. 6, with open house from 3 to 5 p.m. All rela tives and friends are cordially invited to attend. Mr. And Mrs. S. D. Alexander, Jr. ....JHMHKli'JH'HHH ISMi Miss Julia Lee McArthur became the bride of Samuel Davidson Alexander, Jr., on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:00 a.m. in Grace Covenant Presbyterian church, Asheville. The Rev. Paul Warren, pastor of the church, performed the double ring ceremony. rne bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B Mc Arthur of 34 Lawrence place. Asheville. The bridegroom is the son of i-Mh Xtui Mrs. Alexander, Sr. of Swannanoa. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attired in a beige suit of silk shan tung, brown accessories, and a double orchid corsage. Miss Joanne McArthur was her sister’s maid of honor. Her suit was of frosty green wool, worn with matching ac cessories and an orchid cor sage. Bridesmaid was Miss Anne Mardis, who wore a gold wool suit with orchid corsage. Robert H. Martin was best man. Ushers were Bill Alex ander, cousin of the bride groom, and John Lawson. Following the ceremony a reception was held for the family and members of the wedding party at the home of the bride’s parents. After the reception the couple left for a wedding trip to Fontana Village. They are living at 75 Robindale avenue, Ashe ville. JOUAM MEETINGS First District of JOUAM meeting will be held at Council 145, Black Mountain, Oct. 8 at 7:30. All members are urged to attend. There will be a covered dish supper at JOUAM Coun cil 145 on Monday, Oct. 7 at 6:30. O. E. HUDGINS, USN SERVES ABOARD USS NITRO Osborne E. Hudgins, chief gunner’s mate, USN, son of Mrs. Bertha M. Hudgins of 206 Vance ave., Black Moun tain, is serving aboard the ammunition ship USS Nitro which recently returned from six months duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediter ranean. During her tour with the Sixth Fleet, Nitro won the Battle Efficiency “E” Award in Service Force competition. Her mission is rearming ships at sea, supplying them with ammunition needed to continue combat exercises without returning to port for needed materials. A Second Fleet unit nor mally operation out of Davis ville, R. I., Nitro is the newest of the East Coast ammuni tion ships and first of her type. She is scheduled to undergo repair and overhaul work in a naval shipyard in November. Ports of call during Nitro’s Mediterranean cruise includ ed 13 coastal cities in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and Lebanon. Mrs. Alexander is a grad uate of Palm Beach High cchool and attended Florida State university and Blanton’s Business co$age. She is em ployed at Modern Sportscars, Inc. M’\ Alexander is a graduate of Charles D. Owen High school and attended the Uni versity of North Carolina. He is a reporter for the Asheville Times. For her daughter’s wedding Mrs. McArthur chose an olive green wool suit with matching feather hat. Mrs. Alexander wore a suit of sea green with velvet hat in jewel tones. Both wore orchid corsages. Miss Heyl Will Address Club And Show Slides Travelogue on Internation al affairs will be of interest to members and friends of the Black Mountain Woman’s Club meeting Oct. 9, at 2:30 in Christmount. Mrs. W. J. Gammon, Chair man of International affairs, will introduce Miss Elizabeth| Hoyt head of the Social Scien ce Department at Montreat Anderson College. Her field is history. Miss Hoyt will speak and show slides of her six weeks trip through Soviet Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and West Germany. Hostesses for the afternoon are as follows. Chairman, Mrs. W. A. Davis, Miss Sally Marks, Mrs. Gilbert Willey, Miss Norma Beust, Mrs. W. H. McMurray Sr., Mrs. H. A. Kerlee, Mrs. L. C. Jumper, Mrs. Douglas Jones, Mrs. W. K. Weeks, Mrs. Howard Kes ter, and Mrs. Charles F. Mertle. Mrs. Gilbert Willey has plans nearly complete for the Woman’s Club district meeting to be held at the Methodist Church of Black Mountain, Oct. 30 with lunch eon at the Monte Vista Hotel. Service Awards To Be Presented To 13 Masons At the regular stated communication of Black Moun tain Lodge 3663 AF&AM Friday night, October 4, 1963 at 8 P.M., service awards will be presented to thirteen mem bers of the lodge. A fifty year award will be presented to Norman C. Shuford and twenty five year awards will be presented to the follow ing: Frank R. Abernathy, Ronald E. Finch, Frank Floyd', Wallace S. Gragg, Richard T. Greene, Joseph A. Holmes, Clarence E. Keith, Howard A. Kerlee, Isaac Martin Robert W. Queen, Roger Viverette, 1 and Robert E. Williams. ! The Most Worshipful Grand Master, W. Edward Burner , of North Carolina urges all ] members to be present to . honor these members for their , long years of Masonic ser- j vice. i Fire Prevention Week Od. 6-12 And Statistics From Department Fire Prevention Week is coming up next week, Oct. 6-12, with the usai number of drills and practice exercises under taken by the local Fire department and various schools at important times. rue worK oi tne volunteers of this communitv has been outstanding in scone. From the first of this year until the first of this month the Black Mountain Fire depart ment answered a total of 70 calls. Of these 14 were to homes or businesses, five were automobiles, one was a false alarm, and 50 were brush fires or woods fires. Broken down still further, 89% of these calls were out side the city limits consisting of 45 brush fires, 13 homes or businesses, two autos and one false alarm. Inside the city limits the other 11% are ac counted for by tallying one business fire and five brush fires. Total damages estimated outside the city limits were SI5,245.00 (not including the Evaluation Center) and the United Appeal To Begin Drive The Black Mountain - Swan nanoa area United Appeal drive will get underway Oct. 2 with William C. Teyton and Peter Mallet, campaign co chairmen and Don J. Quarles serving as the local chairman. The local campaign will be conducted in much the same manner as the past two years. The goal of $9 500 has b^en set for this area and Mr. Quarles urges everyone to participate. The Black Moun tain-Swannanoa Red Cross of fice is being used as the local headquarters for the drive. Mrs. Bessie Hobson executive secretary of the chapter, will assist in directing the \oca. campaign. loiai iur niMue me tuy minis was $270.00. The above statistics were re- : leased to the NEWS by assist ant chief Jack Leatherwood and represent the summation i of records from the depart ment’s log book since the I first of January. < The recent fire at the Juv- 1 enile Evaluation Center caus- , ed complete destruction of the recreation hall which was also quarters for several faculty members. No injuries occurred and the remarkable point is that the spread of the fire was cut off so effect ively that none of the other connecting buildings were damaged. Fire departments from Black Mountain, Asheville, Swannanoa, Oteen, and the Juvenile Center volunteer de partment were responsible — also firemen from the nearby WNC Sanatorium and the not so-near Mt. Pisgah Academy near Enka. Since the center is within the protective district of the Black Mountain Volunteer de partment. the assistance given by the above mentioned sta tions and men is greatly ap preciated. TURKEY SHOOT SET AT SWANNANOA SCH. A turkey shoot will be held on the following three Satur days, Oct. 5, 12, 19 at the Swannanoa school sponsored by the Swannanoa PTA in the interest of the library. Shot guns only may be used at the shoot which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost will be SI.00 for a chance to win a turkey and 50 cents for a fruit cake. William H. Coulter, on the faculty of the Black Moun tain elementarw school as a seventh grade teacher, is one of the most popular teachers in the school partly because of his interest and extra work with the boys of the seventh and eight grades. Mr. Coulter, a native of Conover, was a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College last spring, and a physical educa tion major which accounts for his enthusiasm for athle tics. He served his time in the Army after his first two years of college, spending his time in work with the Medical Corps at the Penta gon. During this time he met, and married, bringing his wife back to the college with him. They now live, —Turn to Page 10 Calendar For Week Of Sept. 26-Oct. 2 Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 AF and AM Friday night at 8 p.m. at which time certi ficates of awards will be pre sented to 13 members of the lodge. The Master of the lodge urges all members to be present. Turkey Shoot at Swannanoa school on Saturdays Oct. 5, 12, 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. shotguns only. For benefit if PTA. Shoot—$1.00 turkey, 50r fruitcake. Ministers and Choir pirect »rs are invired tS the work* shop on Oct. 3 to be held it the First Baptist church in Hack Mountain, This is a ■ecital to show the results of iractices held for the past leveral weeks of the combined ihoir members in the valley. Broad River Community will | neet at the center for a , >asket supper this Saturday \ it 7:30 p.m. All neighbors ind friends are invited to join n the fun which has been mjoyed by so many during he summer. ; Barracks 3118, WW I Veter ins, will hold their monthly neeting on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 1 !:30 p.m. in Town hall. Revival at Mountain View leginning Sunday morning, ; let. 6, continuing each even ng at 7:30 next week. Tea and Topic Club will ; lold its annual fall rummage : lale Friday and Saturday 1 rom 9:30-5 in the Tyson 1 juilding on Cherry st. There ' vill be clothing for the whole : amily as well as many other < iseful items. “Better buys 1 han ever”, the comittee in :harge said. VFW Annual Turkey and < Ham Shoot begins this Satur lay, Oct. 5, and will last all 1 lay. “Come and shoot your 1 fhanksgiving meat”, says the < /ETS. Coaching Sfsf! Lions Guests And Speakers One of the largest crowds of the year was present for the regular meeting of the Lions Club at the Monte Vis ta last Thursday evening when the coaching staff from Owen High School gave the program. Principal Fred H. Martin gave a few opening remarks and then introduced Bill Stanley, head football coach, who reviewed the season and outlined future plans. Mr. Martin pointed out that all other county schools have a feeder program in the elementary schools which have been in operation for some years. For this reason, he said, we must do the same thing at Swannanoa and Black Mountain if we hope to con tinue to compete with other schools of the Blue Ridge conference or the Buncombe County group. The principal said that one bus to be used for school activities had already been ordered and that two more were needed. The club saw a film of the Owen-Hendersonville Blue Ridge Conference battle which was narrated by Ronald Wright, end coach. W. W. SOCCER TEAM DOWNS BELMONT ABBEY Warren Wilson soccer team won a resounding 9-0 victory over their Saturday opponent Belmont Abbey in a downpour which still did not dampen the enthusiasm of students and visitors. The victors scored in each quarter 3, 3, 1, 2 for a total of 9. Coach Millar predicts that this year’s team looks like the best in the history of the col lege. Their next game will be against Maryville college on Alumni field at Warren Wilson this Saturday at 2:30. Blackhawks Beat Warhorses By Don Shuman The North Buncombe Black hawks remained undefeated as they downed the winless Owen Warhorses 20-6 at STorth Buncombe Friday. The win upped the Blackhawks record to 4-0-1, the only ilemish being a 12-12 tie to Reynolds. The loss was the fifth of the year for the lYarhorses. The Warhorses, having won :he toss of the coin for the first time this year, elected to receive. Owen took a short kickoff on their 47. Eight plays later the War lorses were stopped on the Blackhawk nine yard line. Morth Buncombe then took sver, and in 12 plays had narehed to the Owen 2. Sco ,'ille Roberts, climaxing a 91 yard march drove through center from two yards out ’or the first Blackhawk score, rhe kick for the extra point ,vas wide as North Buncombe larted into a 6-0 lead. In the second the Black lawks stopped the locals on .he North Buncombe 42. Owen’s drive which had ex —Turn to Page 5 Gala Festival Sidewalk Sale Specials, an anniversary celebration, and the celebration of an opening will be among the events to mark the Sidewalk Festival which will take place in Black Mountain this week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. All stores will move their offerings for the day out to fhe sidewalk with clerks, iden tified by their name tags, to serve the public in their pur chases. The Black Mountain Drug company is celebrating their 50th anniversary and the Builders’ Hardware and Faint store is having the formal opening in the site of the cld Black Mountain Hard ware. Manv merchants are giving away items, some are having drawings for valuable articles, and all in all it will be a festive occasion. Groups from churches and other organiza tions are expected to bring articles of food and canned goods for sale as well as a variety of other materials. The following is a complete revised listing of the merch ants who will participate: Key City Drug, Pence Novelty store, Beddingfield - Konrad, Tyson Furniture, Key City Laundry and Quality Cleaners, Moss U-Rent-It, Hole-in One Do-Nut, Griffith Clothing, Claude’s Restaurant, Riddle’s Florist, The Sweater shop. Builders Hardware and Paint store, H W Five and Ten, McMurray Sporting Goods, Knight’s Pharmacy, Macks Five & Ten, Earley’s Cleaners, Western Auto store, Uzzell’s Drug Co., Gift Craft, Black Mountain Insurance Agency, Valley Realty, Climax Barber shop, Eckles Realty, Gray Eagle, Ace Barber shop, and ; Collins. i For definite information about sales and free gifts con ? suit the ads to be found in - this issue. Teacher-Coach M/iWHI

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