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OPERATION YOUTH DONATIONS ARE NEEDED NOW! DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Weather High Low June 16_89-.67 June 17__80_66 June 18.83_60 June 19_88.64 June 20..91_60 June 21_93_60 June 22 .92_62 Pro*. .17 .22 .37 THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1V04, di.mv.iv muuniMin, nuiun vHRwumH IX rMVICS I vUM I no. "to — sm^it vopy ivc IMPROVEMENTS BEGUN TO MEET GOALS SET BY TEAM for school accreditation Rpinir acte f the Southern Associa- | el ' e-g furnished the in- t w" ' . pnrnpstlv to- 1 accepted as a mem- s ? dv' Efforts have been con- ] entrated on elimination of , needs designated hy the ( •siting committee. To pre- j ^rS sue JOHNSTON attends PHYSICAL ; HERAPISTS' school J[rs. Sue Johnston, Phy- 1 ical Therapist, N. C. State 1 |oar(l of Health, 318 Stone- * rail Ave., Swannanoa, is at- ■ ending the first Community j (ealth Program Planning ;hort Course ever conducted ' cr physical therapists at the | University of North Caro ls School of Public Health. The five-day short course 1 1 limited to those physical i herapists who have complet d a short course in princip [s of public health. i Mrs. Johnston is one of i 2 physical therapists from 17 , tares and the District of i lolumbia selected for the ourse here. This is the only ourse of its kind being of ered in the United States. .idle League tound'Up Time On opening day, David Tur yfill pitched a no-hitter for le Braves over the Pirates. !is teammates pushed across 1 runs on 16 hits for a 21-0 ictory. With splendid pitching and ood hitting, the Braves are ndefeated after two weeks. ' The Cubs behind the pitch i? and hitting of Jack Pad ett and Tom Simpson are iving all teams a rough time nd are presently tied for tcond place. Small, but aggressive, are le Cards, with a lot of pre ise hitting placing them 2-1 ir the season. The Osteen cousins are try ig to hold up the Giants in ielding, hitting, and relief itching. R" mding out fifth and sixth laces in the league are the 'odgers and Pirates, each dnless in four games. The Dodgers, with home run ittd- Walter Gee leading the lague, are making all teams lav their best. Tr... vacationing Prates are n their way back and the fhole line-up is improving rith each game. lu,f season holds promise f being the best in the his lr-v of our Little League. atnes start at 4:30, so come n out and watch our com un>ty baseball grow. c°reboard aves irds lbs iants °dgers bates W 3 3 3 2 0 0 L 0 1 1 1 4 4 Pet 1000 .750 .750 .667 .000 .000 °p Ten Batters anyer T GHAB Pet. la<bcet (C) a'land (G) Osteen (G) “%fill (B) % (B) levenson <G) orris (B) oodnian (C) . Uaringem (G) ln,Pson (C) ii 'hing: Turbyfill, Braves; f ,Pi"n' Cubs; Cochran, Cards , L'b; five tied with 1-0. uomeruns: Walter Gee (4) 'itcers; Mike McMahan (2) S' oohn Morris (2) Brav 7 .714 3 .667 8 .625 10 .500 6 .500 6 .500 11 .454 14 .444 7 .429 15 .400 ;°lendar or Week Of 'one 25-July 1 °Perati, ion Youth Board of ,rect i°Ith Cente ight. Th, °r* will meet at the Tuesday r on at 7:30. ^'acit Mountain Library . e dosed over July 4. Circle 5 of the Black Moun Methodist Church will t ,u uLest|ay night at 7:30 en e home of Mrs. Kelly ont as comprehensively as iossib!e our accomplishments hus far in the various areas, o meet the suggestions of the Southern Association an out ine is being submitted. Playground Improvement: a. Playfield graded for Irainage. b. Sand spread to irevent mud. c. Outdoor insketball courts improved vith goals, posts, and back ioards replaced and boundary ines, etc. painted for regula tion size basketball court.. I. Additional volleyball court nstalled. e. Guard posts daced along highway for pro ection in play area. f. Banks ind roadsides cleared of irush. g. Guard posts placed dong lower edge of bank of dayground area (to be abled) h. Two backstops in tailed for soft ball field i VH rocks removed from play 'round area j. Markers for rnses provided k. Gravel plac 'd on driveways and in park ng area. I. Gymnastic Improvement: a. Volleyball court lines lainted in gymnasium b. Two icw tumbling mats purchased. II. Supplementary Books: A. Increase from approxi nately 2 per child to 3.6 per hild 1. 506 fifth grade 2. >79 sixth grade 3. 336 seven h grade 4. 375 eighth grade. V. Library Books: —Turn to Page 6 W. W. White's Father Dies Mr. and Mrs. W. W. White ind son Billy left Tuesday or Hickory to attend funer il services for Mr. White’s ather, W. W. White, Sr., vho died of a heart attack donday afternoon, June 22. The funeral was at the lickory Funeral Home at ’ :00 P.M., Wednesday. The Sweater Shop and Vhite Insurance Agency were dosed Wednesday. Birthdays Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Melton celebrated their birth lays Sunday when all their :hildren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered tome for a family reunion. Charlie, who was 80 last \pril 16, is well known in he Swannanoa Valley either iy his rock masonry or by the tig fish he brings home. He s still very active, working >r fishing, everyday from laylight to dark. “Grandma” Melton has al ways been known for the jeautiful flowers she grows. -t has been said of her that me can put a dead stick into —Turn to Page 6 :ORMER RESIDENT OF 1WANNANOA NAMED 0 CLUB HONOR Mrs. R. I- Ca son- f°™’er ■s'dent of Swannanoa eight tars a o. now living in reen1 boro, was named Wo ian of th- Year, at a ban met iven last week bv the Bes emer Woman's Club. M-s. arson is incoming president f the club. Five former Women of the ’ear made the selection which •as given for outstanding ■ork during the past yeai. Jrs Carson received an en -aved silver letter opener nd an orchid. M’-s Carson has held meni e^ship in the club for five ears and served as chan lan of ways and means for hree. She and her husband nd son, Robert Jr., 929 Woodside Drive. The 'arsons also have a daughtei. Irs. Cletus Surratt. Hospitalized Richard A. Cline, techni cian >econd class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cline of Black Mountain, serving with the U S S Bainbridge out of Charleston, has been flown by jet from Spain for a knee operation at the U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N. Y. The Bainbridge, the first jet powered ship, is on a world cruise expected to re turn to home port in January. Cline is married to the former Ethylene Powers of Belton, S. C. They have one daughter, Sherry. He will complete four years in the Navy this fall when he will return to civilian life. EAT TONI'S FOOD TO BENEFIT CHURCH The last Saturday of June, i.he 27th, sale of hoagies, pizza pies and meat ball hoagies from Toni’s Hoagies Shop at 1243 Montreat Road Black Mountain, between the hours of 4-8 p.m. will be foi the benefit of St. Margaret Mary’s Church. You may call in your ordei by dialing NO 9-8463 and pick it up when it is ready, or you may eat at the tables al Toni’s. Either way, “enjoj he good food and members of the church will appreciate your patronage,’’ committee members stated. SHOPPING CENTER HERE IS OBSERVING FIRST ANNIVERSARY “The greatest values e' being offered by the mercha: lina Shopping Center to the Valley in observance of theii The anni\ ersary sale wil be held this week-end, Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday. Western North Caroline Shopping Center opened foi business several months age with the opening of the Giez en‘anner’s Giant Eagle Supei Market owned and operated by Harry Giez-ntanne-, form er manager of a chain store in Black Mountain. homecoming AT LAKEY GAP SUNDAY Sunday, June 28, has beer cot for the annual homecom ing at Lakey Gap Presbyter ian Church. At the 11 o’clock service there will be a mes sage in keeping with the oc casion; basket dinner will be ... ,-ved at 1. Immediately fol lowing dinner there will be £ song and hymn festival undei the direction of Dave Pelle tier. Solos, duets, trios, anc quartets will be featured. \!1 former members am friends are invited and wel corned to come and bring i basket and enjoy this occa ion. _ Rolarians And Wives Observe Special Night Rotarians were treated t< a film on the World’s Fair a their regular weekly raeetini Monday, June 22. Geo>-gi Tisdale, Public Relations Man ager of Southern Bell, show fcd the slides as he told o the buildings and urged mem —Turn to Page 6 Garden Club To Hear Landscape Architect Doan Ogden, landscape ar chitect of Asheville, will con duct an informal question and answer discussion on Beautifying Your Home Grounds at the meeting of the Black Mountain Garden Club to be held at the Friend ship Presbyterian Church on Montreat Road, at 7:30 P.M. on June 26, the first meeting of the new fiscal year. Mr. Ogden is a graduate from Michigan State College in Landscape Architecture and worked in Michigan, Ten nessee and North Carolina be fore settling in Asheville ten years or more ago. He has participated in Ithe project of making the Asheville-Bilt more gardens and photographs from his own garden in Kenil worth appear in “Trees and Shrubs for the Southeast” by Brooks E. Wigginton, pub lished by the University of Georgia Press. Dr. Willey Will Head Special CC Committee Forty members have not paid their dues for the year 1964 it was announced at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Black Mountain Chamber of Com merce Tuesday morning. President J. Herbert Co man asked that efforts to collect the delinquent dues be made. In other action the board voted to ask Dr. Gilbert Wil ley to serve as chairman of a group which will have as its task the improving or beau tifying of certain areas of the community. Dr. Willey will work closely with the civic improvements committee of the chamber of commerce. All civic clubs of the com munity will be requested to cooperate in this important project which, in reality, will be a series of projects. The July meeting will be held at the Travel-Eze Motel Restaurant. rer known" are the attraction its at the Western North Caro good people of the Swannanoa first anniversary. Later other businesses oc cupied the store rooms as fast as they were completed un til at present the center con sists of 14 establishments, including drug store, women’s ready-to-wear, hardware, bar ber shop, beauty shop and others. The statement issued by the center merchants today said in part: “We the merchants of the WNC Shopping Center wish to xtend to you our whole hearted thanks and apprecia tion for the wonderful patron age you have shown us dur ing the past year. —Turn to Page 10 VISITING YOUTH CHOIR TO SING AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY t The Youth Choir from the First Baptist Church of Dawson, Georgia, under the direction of Mr. Ronald McClure, Music and Educa tional Director will sing at the First Baptist Church on Sunday, the 28th of June at 8 o’clock. The Choir will be accompanied by Mr Ralph McGill, Organist of the First Baptist Church of Dawson, Georgia SWANNANOA BAPTIST CHURCH BIBLE SCHOOL There was an enrollment of 134 in the Vacation Bible School of the Swan nanoa Firat Baptist Church. Preparation Day was Friday, June 12, with a parade. Bible School each morning June 15-19, from 9:00 to 12:00. On the last day there was a picnic for the Bible School. --- Thp wnrkprs in t.hp Rihtp --- ~ JOYCE TAYLOR STUDIES ENGLISH AT GOVERNOR'S SCH. Joyce Carole Taylor, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Taylor of Black Mountain, has completed her first week of Governor’s School, an eight week summer session being held at Salem College. Joyce, who is a rising senior at Charles D. Owen High School, will study in the area of English this summer. She was selected as one of 400 gifted and talented students from 3,000 applicants from 95 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Each student was selected for his demonstrated ability in one of! the major fields, which include art, English, French, mathematics, natural science, social science, choral music, drama and in strumental music. MISS CREASMAN NAMED TO DEAN'S LIST AT W-W Miss Jean Creasman, daugh ter of Mrs. Maria Creasman, 123 Eastwood AvJSpue, Swan nan oa, was named to the Deans’ List at Warren Wilson College for superior academ ic achievement. Miss Creasman is a grad uate of Charles D. Owen High School, Class of 1962. Babe Ruth Standings With the season just be ginning, the following is the standings of teams in the Babe Ruth League: Team Standings Team Won Lost Athletics ___ 3 1 Yankees _ 2 1 Tigers __ 1 2 Senators —.- 1 2 Top Batters T. Haney 50C J. McCool . ._. .421 T. Logan ._ .40C G. Clements _ .385 J. Stakias _ 385 J. Hill _ 332 M. Sobol _ .332 J. Stevens . 332 J. Tyson _ .332 B. Goodman .300 1 home run Pitching Record Pitcher Team Won Lost T. Logan (Y) _ 1 1 J. Stevens (Y) _ 1 0 J. Hill (A) 1 1 K. Kendall (A) - 1 0 K. White (A) . 1 0 S. Pope (T) _ 1 1 B. Harris (T) 0 1 —Turn to Page 10 School were: Mrs. Hazel Wil kie, principal; Flay Wilkie, assistant to principal; Mrs. Pauline Hunt, pianist; Mrs. Betty Ruiz, song leader; Faye Patton, secretary; Mrs. John ny Patton, in charge of re freshments. Nursery Dept.: Mrs. Nell Martin and Doris Biggs. Be ginner Dept.: Mrs. Barbara Goodman, Mrs. Janet Silvers, Mrs. Alma Cooper, Mrs. Mary Penley. Primary (6 yr. old): Mrs. Annie Louise Riddle, Mrs. Colan Wagner, Shirley Martin. Primary (7, 8 yr. old): Mrs. Betty Brown, Mrs. Dorothy McCuen, Mrs. Evelyn Ensley, Mrs. Dorothy Aber nathy. Junior Dept.: Mrs. Mildred Recftor, Mrs. J^an Ramsey, Mary Jo Roberts, Kaye Patton, Carolyn Moore. Intermediate Dept.: Mrs. Charles Smith and Barbara Vanover. Mrs. Noel Wilhide, handi work for Junior and Inter mediate Girls. Charles W. Smith, Handiwork for Junioi an Intermediate Boys. Jas per Ensley, assistant. Sunday Vows Unite Pair At Loral Church The wedding of Miss Judy Marie Evans and William Horne, Jr., took place Sun day, June 7 at 4 p.m. in the Black Mountain Methodist Church. The Rev. Paul Horne, uncle of the bridegroom perform. <'d the ceremony using the double ring ceremony assist ed by the Rev. James B. Mc Larty, pastor of the church. Musicians were Mrs. Roy L. Auton, organist, and Rich ard Hipps, soloist. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodrow Evans of Black Mountain. She is t member of the junior class at Western Carolina College. The bridegroom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Horne, Sr., of Swannanoa will grad —Turn to Page 6 REGISTRATION TO All those persons interes mer program offered by Ope Center immediately. Classes will be closed to Lessons are being offere and basketball. The Youth for horseshoes, badminton, p activities. CALL NOW! There are still some vacan cies on Babe Ruth teams. Any boys interested in play ing on a team contact the Youth Center immediately. Vacancies in all age brackets. Schedule Given For Recreation Program Bill Rucker, Operation Youth director, announced the following schedule for sum mer recreation classes at the Youth Center. Activities will be the same for each day in the week. There are no organized clas ses on Saturday. Times for the sports to be given are: 9-10, Tennis (courts next to pool at club house); 10-11 Softball; 11-12, basketball foi boys. Afternoon reereatior begins with volleyball froir 1-2; beginning basketball foi girls, 2-3; advanced basketball for girls, 3-4; and Little Lea gue and Babe Ruth League play from 4:30 with Twilight League at 6:30. The pool is presently being used for classes in the morn ing but is open to all from 1-5 in the afternoon. Tom Sobol Graduates At East Carolina Tom Sobol received his A.B. degree in Psychology and Social Studies from East Carolina College Sunday, June 14 in an impressive com mencement program. He was a member of the Student Government Assoc iation, Senior Class Senator, Vic?-Chairman of Honor Coun cil; Circle K. Club, Chairman of Membership Committee. Society for the Advancement of Management; Director of College Union Talent Show; —Turn to Page 10 CLOSE THIS WEEK :ed in participating in the sum* -ation Youth contact the Youth registration after this week, d in tennis, softball, volleyball, Center is open from 9-6 daily ing pong and other individual C OF C ANNOUNCES ANOTHER BALL FIELD FOR YOUTH CENTER Plans for a second Little League baseball diamond at the Black Mountain Youth Center were announced at the Chamber of Commerce meeting June 16. R. C. Bowness, chairman of the Civic Improvement Com mittee, explained that the recent survey of Town pro perty leased to Operation Youth Inc., showed enough room for a new diamond at the rear of the Youth Center building. The outlet stream from Lake Tomahawk would be moved only in the area need ed for the ball field. The balance of the property south of the baseball fields would be used for park purposes for the community. KiwaniansNote Flag Week With Special Film In observance of Flag Week, the local Kiwanis club at their June 18 luncheon meeting were entertained, and enlightened by a film pre pared for such an occasion. Along with a running nar rative the film depicted the development of the United States flag as it is today. In the early days of the Revolution following the Bos ton Tea Party and the Bunk er Hill action the revolting colonists used the British flag with the word “Liberty” on the field. Later on when the war had really developed —Turn to Page 6 David Haynes Promoted To Master Sgt. The Commanding General, XII United States Army Corps, has promoted David S. Hay nes to the rank of Master Sergeant, E8, United States Army, according to an an nouncement by Major Wil liam W. Edwards, Command ing Officer, Macon Subsec tor Command. Assigned to the Macon Sub sector Command M/Sgt. Hay nes is Assistant Unit Advisor for the 2d Battation, 322d Infantry, 81st Infantry Divi sion, United States Army Re serve in Macon. He will con tinue to serve in this position. M/Sgt. Haynes entered the Army in January, 1940, from his native Black Mountain. After thirty-one months serv ice with the 37th Infantry Regiment in the Aleutian Is lands, he returned to the United States as a Sergeant, and was assigned as a Plat oon Sergeant in the Infantry Training Center at Camp Ro binson, Arkansas. 1 During 1950 to 1953, he served over three yea's in Europe with 1he 4th Armored Calvalry on the Austrian-German border. He served one year with the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam during 1962 and 1963. Mrs. Haynes is the former Miss Buena Tisdale of Mal vern, Arkansas. M/Sgt. Hay. nes and his wife reside at 2002 Nisbet Road in Macon and have two daughters. M/Sgt. Haynes’ mother is Mrs. Edith Burgin of Black Mountain. W. W. White reporting for the merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce out lined standards for advertis ing helpful to our area mer chants. The Publicity Committee an nounced that the re-printed picture booklet has been pro mised by the publishers, The Black Mountain News, by the next Chamber meeting July 21. H. McGuire Wood, chair man of the publicity com mittee stated that the booklet is being enlarged to 24 pages to cover more fully the new 18 hole golf course, the annual horse shows and un usual local industries with national sales. The Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at the Monte Vista Hotel was well attended. President Herbert Coman welcomed several new members. CONSTRUCTION BEGUN ON GROVESTONE CHURCH Construction has begun on the Grovestone Baptist Church with hopes of having the structure completed by Sep tember. Cost of the build ing will be approximately $50,000 with the church floating bonds to meet the obligation. Outer construction is to be of yellow brick with exposed beams in the sanctuary ceil ing which will seat 208 and the education building seat ing 152. The church plan was drawn by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Con vention. It is one of the newest plans of this organi zation. Thrift Shop Moves To New Quarters The Friends of the Library Thrift Shop has just moved into new quarters—108 State Street, next to the Sweater Shop. An increasing number of people are finding bargains in purchases at the shop, bar gains of various sorts An increasing number of articles of various sorts are being con tributed for sale. Among artic les greatly in demand are child, ren’s toys. Electric applian ces are also high on the list. Such appliances and mechani cal toys have been sold quick ly. One is reminded that such articles needing to be re pained and which can be re paired, when given to the Shop, are being put in order by Dr. D. F. Folger without charge. Mrs. Bergthold, in general charge of the Shop, has ex pressed deep appreciation on behalf of the Friends of the Library, for the contributions of articles that can be sold, at the same time appealing for other donations of articles. She also wishes to thank the women and men who are con tributing generously of their time in aiding with the Shop. These include, among others, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Byron, Mrs. Albert Jern, Miss Lelia Zernow, Miss Mary Ann Mac Kay, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc Whorter, Mrs. Paul Matthews, Mrs. Effie Guthrie, and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Wood. Books Of Year Topic For July Friend's Neef At 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, Mrs. Virginia Lath rop, who is so pleasantly re membered from an address during the past summer on hooks, will again appear in the Friends of the Library series. She will speak on Books of the Year; that is, books published since she was here before. The meeting will be held in the Community Room of the Asheville Feder al Savings & Loan Associa tion. Black Mountain Branch. Virginia Lathrop has been a reporter, reviewer of books, and feature writer for the —Turn to Page 6
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