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VOL. 19
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964, BLACK MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA
10 PAGES TODAY
No. 19 — Single Copy 10c
Slate To Vote On
Ammendments
Next Tuesday
North Carolina voters will
cast their ballots next Tues
day. Jan. 14. on two constitu
tional amendments with far
reaching affect.
The first, a proposed amend
ment to Article X, section 6.
of the constitution would, in
sinmle terms, permit a mar
ried woman to convey her
separate property without the
consent of the husband.
Under the present law a
man may convey his separate
property but a woman must
have her husband’s consent in
order to sell or dispose of
property even though it be
longs to her outright.
This amendment has the
support of many organizations
in the state and many feel
it is only right to give the
women the same property
rights as men. The women’s
organizations of the state are
supporting this measure.
little federal
The second constitutional
amendment to be voted on
would cut the size of the
North Carolina House of Re
presentatives from 120 to 100
and limit the number that
each county could have to
one.
At the same tune the senate
would be increased from 50
I to 70 to be elected on a basis
! of population which could
vary within the districts as
| much as 25 per cent.
Against the little federal
j plan, as the second amend
I ment has been called, are the
large counties of the Piedmont,
east and west, various cham
jbers of commerce, town coun
cils, and county commissioners
Supporting the amendment
fare the Farm Bureau, the
I small counties, east and west,
] and the legislators from these
[counties.
Chief argument against the
[amendment is that it would
[give the small counties the
[same representation in the
[house as that of the larger
[counties with many times as
[ much population.
Small county advocates have
maintained that it would be
fair to put the house on geo
graphy with one represent
ative to each county and the
senate on population with the
; senators divided between the
districts, some having only
one and others having more.
The large counties have
countered this with the argu
ment that it would not be fair
! to reduce the representation
for the more populous count
ies and place them on a par
i with counties with large ter
ritories but sparce population.
In addition they point out
that the population for the
I senate could vary as much
as 25 per cent which could
I lead to unequal representation
in the larger counties.
Indications are that the
| people will go to the polls
! in record number next Tues
| day in some counties to reg
ister their approval or dis
! approval of the two measures.
Vacancies In
Ag. Class At
Owen High
Registration for advanced
class in greenhouse operation
and management will be held
beginning February 3, 1964,
at 7 :00 p.m. in the Owen High
School Agriculture Depart
ment, it was announced today.
Classes will be taught by
William H. Lindberg, owner
of Wayside Nurseries.
There are still vacancies
which may be filled by any
interested adults, men or wo
men, officials pointed out.
There will be no charges of
any kind for this course which
is being given by the North
Carolina State Department
of F’ublic Instruction.
david r. brown, usn
! RETURNS TO U.S. AFTER
far east cruise
David R. Brown, damage
Icontrolman third class, USN,
I son of Mrs. Dona Brown of
|Rt, 2, Old Fort, has returned
[to the United States from a
six-months cruise to the Far
(East aboard the attack air
craft carrier USS Hancock
[operating out of Alameda,
[Calif.
During the past six months,
[Hancock has visited ports in
the Philippines, Japan, and
[Hong Kong as well as Hawaii.
[She has taken part in major
[fleet exercises off the coast of
[ South Korea, and was deployed
[to the South China Sea off
the coast of South Viet Nam
during the revolt that over
threw President Ngo Dinh
™iem.
Clearing Broadway Thursday
Last Of Snow On Sutton Street
In upper picture the loader with tractor base, in the
capable hand* of "Butch" Delbert, it removing enow from
Broadway as the town trucks haulod it away. In the back
ground are other men who were working driving trucks
and of course the usual enloekers.
This Pontiac station wagon was parked in front of the
NEWS from mid afternoon Tuesday until the police depart
ment had it hauled away. There were no license plates to
identify it and nothing inside except a discarded soft drink
cup from a drive-in near Marion. Soon after the car was
removed the town crow cleaned this end of Sutton street.
For further details see story on "Mystery Car" on this page.
Donald Livingston To Speak
To Swannanoa Valley AARP
The Swannanoa Valley chapter of AARP will meet on
Friday, Jan. 10, in the conference room of the Asheville Fed
eral and Savings Loan in Black Mountain. Following coffee
to be served at 10 a.m., there will be a discussion of local and
state taxes led by Donald M. Livingston, local tax consultant.
There will be time for a question and answer period.
The meeting will be open
to the public because of the
interest and concern retirees
have about the payment of
taxes. A special appeal is
being made at the beginning
of this new year for members
of AARP living in the com
munity to affiliate with the
local chapter. A person might
well ask “why join the local
chapter when one may obtain
the major benefits of the or
ganization through member
ship only in the national or
ganization?”
The major purpose of the
local chapter is SERVICE to
its members, not in NUMBER
of members. However it is
obvious that the greater the
membership in the local chap
ters the greater will be the
benefits available to the older
citizens in our valley. There
are now more than 250 local
chapters in the nation. Mem
bership in AARP now totals
approximately 800,000 and
new members are being add
ed at a rapid rate.
Chapter meetings give mem
bers opportunity to make new
friends, to review and keep
on the alert for national and
state legislation affecting re
tirement living, and to par
ticipate in voluntary activi
ties and community-wide pro
jects. Working together with
mutual goals members of lo
cal chapters will turn retire
ment years into new careers
_rich rewarding years of use
ful service and activity.
The work of the local chap
ter is in the beginning stages.
The help of all retired per
sons in the valley is earnestly
solicited in order that the
group will render the great
est possible assistance to our
older persons in their retire
ment years, and to worth
while community projects.
Local annual dues have been
kept to a minimum in order
not to be prohibitive to per
sons on lower fixed incomes.
The dues are $1 per year for
a married couple and 75 cents
for a single person per year.
The fiscal year of the group
corresponds to the calendar
year. Meetings are held
monthly, usually on the sec
ond Friday forenoon from
10-11:30. Topics for discus
sion and programs generally
are related to the needs, in
terests and concerns of mem
bers of the group.
Mystery Car Is
Locally Owned
The mystery of the aban
doned car on Sutton Street
has finally been solved!
When the snow began fal
ling with such reckless aban
don on Tuesday of New Year’s
Eve, a 1956-57 Pontiac sta
tion wagon, two tone, was
left parked in front of the
NEWS office without license
plates.
Thursday when the snow
plow and loader came along
it appeared that the owner
was not particularly anxious
to reclaim his vehicle, and
neither was NEWS personnel
anxious to remain buried for
the remainder of the winter.
With this in mind Lib called
the town hall to request that
the car be towed away so
that the snow might be ef
fectively cleared.
Snowfall Of 8 Inches Snarls
Traffic To Start The New Year
BOBBY J. ALLEN
RETURNS FROM
THREE MONTHS CRUISE
Bobby J. Allen. fireman.
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert C. Allen of R*. 1.
Swannnnoa, has returned to
his homeport of Quonset
Point, R. I., after completing
a three-month Mediterranean
and Middle Eastern cruise
aboard the aircraft carrier
USS Essex, which took him
halfway around the world.
He visited Barcelona, Spain
the British Protectorate of
Aden; Malta; Karachi. Pakis
tan; and Naples, Italy, and
traveled more than 26,000
miles, while Essex participat
ed in several joint exercises
with various foreign naval
forces.
MAJ. HOMER WALKER
COMPLETES COURSE
FOR OFFICERS
Maj. Homer L. Walker, 36,
son of Ira L. Walker, Marion,
completed an 18-week associ.
ate course at the U. S. Army
Command and General Staff
College, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., Dec. 20.
The course is designed to
prepare selected officers for
duty as commanders and gen
eral staff officers at division,
corps and field Army levels.
In addition to U. S. Army
personnel, officers from allied
nations attended the course.
Major Walker was grad
uated from Marion High
School in 1944 and received
a B. S. degree in 1956 from
the University of Georgia in
Athens.
His mother, Mrs. Queenie
E. Walker, lives in Black
Mountain.
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Town officials in turn call
ed Woodcock Motor Ca., ask
ing that the wrecker remove
the car, which they towed
farther up the street. Only
identification was the afore
mentioned paper soft drink :
cup from a drive-in near
Marion. This caused the TV
viewers who go in for Perry
Mason, and all such detective
stories, to come up with some 1
dillies-among them was the 1
theory that the car was stolen
from a second-hand lot in 1
Marion and abandoned in ,
front of the NEWS when the 1
snow came and about the
time the New York train went
thru, thus the “borrowers” of 1
the car boarded the train and 1
escaped being caught.
Now we learn the truth. ]
Bill Frady, trying out a car ,
from his own used car lot in ,
town, had run out of gas, |
and because the snow was j
about to maroon him, had left (
it safely parked and return
ed to his mounting wrecker .
business up on the hill. ,
The most ironic bit of the s
entire episode is the McMur- ]
ray Chevrolet Company, with (
a perfectly good wrecker of i
their own, now owes Wood- <
cock Motor Company a tow i
bill!
As city workers dug into the snow which had piled up
on Tuesday—machines were brought into the town to give
aid in doing the job quicker. From Grove Stone and con
tractor Cliff Myer came two of the large pieces of equip
ment and Finley Stepp's loader, operated by "Butch",
cleared the west side of Broadway as the town sanitation
trucks stood by to collect from the loader. Tons of the
once beautiful fluffy white snow, which had become slightly
soiled and a little soggy by this time, were being moved
from the downtown sections so that parking spaces once
more were available by late afternoon on State street and
Broadway and the prospect brighter for merchants in other
streets.
Man With Vests
Graf Colson, who will pra
•ant hi* arninf of "Piano
Plat Personality”, straight
o’clock, at Moatfwt-Ander
•on Collogo, Gaither Chapel in
Montreal, January 16, 1964,
sponsored by the Distinguish*
ed Visitors Program, is becom
ing well known as “the young
man with the Tests.”
The wide variety of styles
and colors in his vest ward
robe makes it difficult to pack
for a concert tour, because
he likes to have pn hand a
generous supply to choose the
perfect one for each appear
ance. When questioned about
the total number of vests,
Greg replied vaguely: "Oh
several dozen. You see, it all
began when mv mother saw
GONE WITH THE WIND
and was so impressed by Rhett
Butler that she put a vest on
me as soon as I could wear
long pants. Since then, I
have inherited several collec
tor’s items from assorted at
tics which I have had copied
in different fabrics and col
ors.”
Greg s enthusiasm for vests
is shared by his attractive
Betty, a former opera singer
from New Orleans, whom he
met while they were earning
their Master’s degrees in
music. Betty is musical con
sultant to a large record and
hi-fi center, and Greg says
she can’t complain about the
size of his vest collection,
because she has collected
thousands of records—which
they both enjoy fully.
The Colsons’ lovely home
atop a hill overlooking Nash
ville has been featured in
several magazine and news
paper articles. The unique
decor of the house is built
around their large collection
of paintings and sculpture,
and their pair of Siamese cats.
—Turn to Page 10
Ewart Walker was operat
ing the town’s sidewalk shovel
er on Sutton and Cherry
streets so that walking space
was again open to pedestrians.
The snow, which began fall
ing around 2 p.m. on Tuesday,
fell rapidly and within a short
time streets were white. By
the time schools were dis
missed going was pretty
tough and many vehicles
found West State street so
treacherous that later drivers
were directed around by Blue
Ridge road. This was satis
factory until the slight rise
south of the railroad tracks
on Black Mountain avenue
was reached and this kept a
crew busy pushing cars across
the tracks.
The highway trucks and
plows have cleared the main
roads. Residents who hap
pen to have side roads lead
ing into main highways have
had to clear away the piled
snow themselves. Town work
ers are clearing the streets
in the residential sections as
rapidly as possible and where
ever it is needed they are
opening up the drives. They
began their work on New
Year’s Day and have contin
ued for a second day. They
will continue until traffic can
move safely and freely.
Although traffic moved at
a snail’s pace on Thursday, it
did move.* If a driver could
make it out of his own drive
way and onto one of the main
thorofares he could expect to
do very well. The one-way
passage made movement slow
until up in the day when
wider lanes were cleared by
the machines in operation
Thursday and the melting
caused by higher temperatures.
No serious accidents were
reported in. the Black Moun
tain town limits although
there were several minor col
lisions caused by inability to
direct cars in the desired di
rection because of slick street
conditions.
The snowfall, believed to
be the deepest in many years,
was recorded as eight inches
at the city hall although this
varied according to location.
Drifts of as high as four feet
were reported wherever wind
conditions were suitable.
HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. A. Eugene
Knoefel, III, of Sacramento,
California, flew home for the
holidays. They divided their
time between her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Brown,
Morristown, Tenn., and his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A.
Eugene Knoefel, Jr., Black
Mountain.
ROBERT MOORE, JR.
EARNS PROMOTION
WITH 6th MARINES
Marine Lance Corporal Rob
ert H. Moore, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert II. Moore of
Swannanoa, was promoted re
cently while ser/ing with Co.
“I”, Third Battalion, Sixth
Marines, Second Marine Divis
ion, Fleet Marine Force, Camp
Le.ieune.
His unit constantly conducts
amphibious warfare training
exeicises to maintain combat
readiness.
Taylor Gives
Forecast For
1964 WNC Work
The following is a brief
end-of-the-year report of sev
eral projects under way in
Western North Carolina, ac
cording to the office of Con
gressman Roy Taylor:
Oteen Hospital: Funds for
construction of a new $8,374,
000 veterans hospital at Oteen
were appropriated by Congress
in late December; architect
ural plans are currently being
drafted. The VA has set
May 12, 1964, as the date to
advertise for construction bids.
24-Hour Waathor Service:
‘Round-the-clock weather ser
vice for Western North Car
olinians was assured by Con
gressional passage of a special
appropriation of $49,000 to es
tablish 24-hour forecasting ser
vice at the Asheville Weather
Bureau station. The new ser
vice will allow earlier and
more accurate school weather
forecasts, better information
for farmers, improved floor
and fire danger warnings, and
better aviation information.
Parkway Extension to At
lanta: All signs remain en
couraging. Committee action
on my bill authorizing con
struction is expected soon.
Cataloochee Road: Prelim
inary design of a new eight
mile road into Cataloochee in
Haywood county will be com
pleted by the Bureau of Public
Roads in mid-February. Eng
ineers hope to start actually
staking out the route by early
spring and advertise for bids
by July 1, 1964. The bill
which I was privileged to in
troduce authorizing this road
was approved by Congress
last summer and became law
on Sept. 9, 1963.
Robbinsville - Tellico Plains
Road: Preliminary surveys
and mapping have been vir
tually completed so that work
on this important new high
way can start early this spring.
Construction will proceed both
east and west from the North
Carolina-Tennessee state line,
where about eight miles of the
route have already been
tentatively projected.
Bryson City Federal Build
ing: Final touches are being
put on the new Bryson City
Federal Building—one of the
most impressive structures in
Western North Carolina.
Red Cross First Aid Course Is Special Project For Primary Teachers
—Photo by DuPuy
All teachers in the Black Mountain Primary school, with LeonardKeever, supervisor, chose Red Cross standard first aid training as a
special selected project for that school. Teachers are (L. to R.) Miss Cauble, Mrs. Hendon, Mrs. Gilkerson, Miss Allison, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. Mann,
Mrs. Bennett, Miss Edwards, Mrs. Hocutt, Mrs. Whitaker, Mrs. A. White, Mrs. D. White, Mrs. Northcott, Mr. Keever, Miss Briggs, Mrs. Brown, Mrs.
Hummer, Mrs. Earley. Not present when the picture was made: Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Knight. Taking part in the demonstration
of transportation of injured in the foreground are (L. to R.) Bill Perry, Charles Arnette, Ernest Reed, James Goodman, and Bob Wheelon, assistant
instructor, victim Johnnie Stevens and instructor, Phil Stevens. The class was sponsored by the Black Mountain-Swannanoa chapter.
Ewart Walker with the
town'* small snow plow, clears
the sidewalk along Sutton in
front of Woodcock Motor Co.
Another view of the snow
shovel and tractor as It clears
the accumulation from Broad
way.
LODGE TO MEET
Black Mountain Lodge 663,
AF & AM, will bold an emerg
ent communication to confer
the first degree on a class of
candidates Friday night, Jan.
10, at 7:30 o’clock.
SAVE THURSDAY FOR PTA
(Black Mountain PTA will
meet next week, Jan. 16, at
7:30 p.m. for Open House in
the Elementary building only.
There will be no business
meeting; go directly to the
room of your child.
Enka jets Take
Two, Leave One
For Owen Teams
Enka won a doubleheader
from the Owen High school
basketball teams here Friday
evening before a capacity
crowd that braved the cold,
snowy weather to attend.
For the Warhorses it was
the first defeat but the high
scoring Leon Young with his
33 points brought to an end
the Owen winning streak and
left the home team now with
a 6-1 record.
The Owen team was in the
running until the last quarter
when the basket seemed sud
denly out of focus and the
Enka Jets pulled away into a
safe margin lead.
McNary (13), Pace (14), and
Hardin (10) were the evenly
matched scorers for the home
town boys and Jim Hardin
and Sam Harper played their
usual good defensive games.
The half-time score of 31-26
■with a lead of five points tar
the Jets, was widened in tNt
last half to give the Jets a
final winning score of 59-48;
Enka girls also swept away
with their game 34-30 with
Sarah Horne top scorer for
the evening with 17 points.
The Warhorse Jayvees did
win the only game for Owen
with their 59-49 final.
GIRLS' GAME
ENKA (34) — Howell 14,
Holcombe 7, Price 10, Bart
lett 1, Edmonds 2, Zibelin.
OWEN (30) — Rozelle 8,
Horne 17, Maddox 3, Hender
son, English 2, F. Patton, K.
Patton.
Halftime; 19-17, Enka
—Turn to Page 5
COMAN IS PRESIDENT B. M.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
J. Herbert Coman, personnel
manager of Beacon Manufact
uring Company, was elected
president of the Black Moun
tain Chamber of Commerce
at a special meeting of the
directors in the conference
room of the Black Mountain
Savings and Loan Association
last Friday morning.
C Of C Office
Mails 2393
Brochures
A total of 2393 brochures
were mailed last year to
people in most of the 50
states, George E. Moray, ex
ecutive secretary, reported to
the Black Mountain Chamber
of Commerce board of direct
ors at a special meeting held
in the conference room of the
Black Mountain Savings and
Loan association last Friday
morning.
The report was made as the
directors met to elect officers
and to make plans for the
coming year. A program of
advertising in out of state
papers was discussed but no
action taken.
According to Mr. Moray’s
report the Chamber of Com
merce was a very popular and
busy place during the past
year.
Tn addition to the bro
chures mailed the chamber
office: received 393 inquiries
233 other letters: answered
467 letters regarding the com
munity; mailed 469 Chamber
of Commerce folders, and ha'*
324 visitors sign the register.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HOLDS ANNUAL MEET
Next week there will be
pictures and an article about
the officers of the Black
Mountain volunteer fire de
partment and the annual din
ner held on Monday night.
Pictures of the entire group
as well as the officers for
1964 are available at the
NEWS for $1 each.
Mr. Coman
Other directors elected in
clude Ben Ivey, Gene Ford,
A. F. Tyson, Jr., Carl Bowness,
H. McGuire Wood, Weldon
Earley, Harold McNary, Gord
on Greenwood, Harry Hyder,
W. W. White, Jim Uzzell, Mar
cus Begley, Max Woodcock,
and F. E. Stepp.
Officers to serve with Mr.
Coman are: first vice presi
dent, Mr. Bowness; second
vice president, Mr. McNary;
treasurer, Frank Abernathy,
and George E. Moray, execu
tive secretary.
ANNUAL BANQUET
TTie annual banquet and
ladies’ night will be held at
the Monte Vista on the even
ing of Tuesday, Jan. 21, at
7:00 o’clock. Tickets for the
’vent will go on sale this,
week. All those plannine to
attend are urged to buy their
tickets early.
iwo committees were nam
ed. one to see that the Christ
mas lights are taken down and
stored properly, and the other
to investigate the status of the
We.'tern Union which has
been operated by the Cham
ber of Commerce for several
years.
romposing the Christmas
li—hts group will be Uzzell,
White, and Earley.
Tnvestiga ing the Western
Union and making a recom
mendation to the group at the
February meeting will be Ty
son, chairman, and White and
Begley.
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