>|(iyhouse
lurnrnerSeason
0pens Tuesday
Vagabond Players have
1 revive their most
1 , and successful play,
i HoW They Run,” by
for opening their
mon on Tuesday even.
: . tne Flat Rock Play
... ..agon will find many
1 i faces in the casts of
"eleven plays to he pre
The Vagabonds will
'welcome several newcorn
.„ the Flat Rock stage.
‘ , jta Grannis has return
, -taire the Vagabond pro
for her twelfth con
season. A New
,lr;.er she had her early
?inin(C directing for the
Repertory Players and
ff.Broadway companies. For
*,!V years an actress in New
TV and in stock on the
;prn seaboard, she came
■'! t0 direct the Macon,
Tampa, Fla., and Nash
i|0 Tenn., community thea
. for the past ten years.
T;;,. east includes veteran
j, p, _-ers who has returned
r |,is seventh season,
tiordon Elliott, returning
r his fifth season, has had
kiiar appearances, both as
[actor and a vocalist, on
,t, ,j- radio and television
beratns.
y try Frances Watson, of
L-h, is a popular ninth
,..,n Vagabond. She has
uni three seasons on the
j- h Circuit, toured with
» Vagabond Touring Thea
, :l!- i national companies of
[: Roberts,” “Lo and Be
|d," and “Jenny Kissed
> She holds three awards
r "Best Actress” from the
ji.isjh Little Theatre.
Xe MacMillan, a veteran of
te(, seasons, came to the
n • after two years with
. Silo Circle Theatre in
) Mountain. He has done
t : :.e theatre work in Con
[tieut and Florida.
Helen Bragdon returns for
r fourth season with the
gabonds.
A an Sader hails from Bre
td and is a graduate of
ke University.
A a comer, Caryn Murp
u-lees cafeteria
Free Oinntr for
R. C. Bowness
BRING THIS AD
Before July 2, 1964
h.V» has had experience Off
Broad wav and in
»>»u in summer
stock in New Jersey and Cal
lforma.
Steve Dawson received his
training at the Royal Aca
demy of Dramatic Arts in
Dondan and the Neighborhood
1 layhouse in New York
Sam Garner of Wilmington
N. C rounds out the cast.’
fie a so serves as director of
the Vagabond Children’s
Theatre.
Other Vagabond veterans
returning for subseguent pro
ductions include Ann Driscoll
Dorothy Masterson, Patricia
Moore. Pat Orr, James Mur
phy. W C “Mutt" Burton and
Edward H. Wilkinson.
"See How They Run” will
Play nightly through Satur
day at 8:JO with matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday at
F’>at Rock Playhouse
is located three miles south of
Hendersonville on highway
No. 25.
Singleton Is
Well Pleased
With Clinic
The Warriors downed the
Takers, 49 to 38, and the
k nicks took a close one from
the ( eltics, 54 to 45, as play
continued in the senior divi
sion of the Owen High School
Basketball clinic at the gym
Monday evening.
f or the Warriors Ronnie
McNary and Joe Brooks paced
the winners with 21 and 20
points respectively. For the
losing Lakers Lewis had 15
points and Plummer and Co
man 8 each.
Jake Hardin with 25 points
was high scorer for the Knicks
while Ricky Reed had 14.
Jim Hardin with 16 and
Franklin with 13 led the Cel
Lies.
Clinic Director Ralph Single
ton has been well pleased with
the response and with the
treat number of boys who
have reported for the clinic
"ssions.
Junior Division
In the junior division Les
Ler Ballard poured in 21
points to lead the Cobras to
i close 29 to 27 victory over
he Pythons. Byrd scored 12
for the losers.
In other action the Rat
Llers handed the Copperheads
a 42 to 21 defeat as T. Suttles
hit 20 points and J. Hill 10.
For the Copperheads Lindsey
had 16.
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To The Mountain Tops
Sometimes it is disappoint
ing to plan and think about
seeing some particular sight
for years, then when the real
ity does come about it isn’t
as pictured. i
For about two years we *
have talked about Brown !
Mountain and its mysterious j
lights, reading all we could 1
about the phenomenon and (
trying to weed out the fact 1
from the fiction. ^
When scientists, about a '
year ago, studied the lights ^
they found them to be from 1
gases, seeping thru fissures 1
in the rocky cliffs on Brown '
Mountain, igniting when they 1
came in contact with the oxy- 5
gen of the air. They even 1
lowered one of their men over
the cliff, and contact with the t
gas was almost too much for £
him. It has never been de- (
termined what sort of gases .
they are, although it is evi
dent they come from inside the |
mountain.
Following a suggestion we J
packed up last Saturday to
go within sight of the moun
tain. The camp site was at ^
Wiseman's View, one of the |
beautiful overlooks prepared :
by the Department of Inter- '
ior and the Park Service, over- *
looking Linville Gorge and so 1
near to Hawkbill (mountain)
and Table Rock (also a moun- c
tain) that it seemed as though *
one could reach a hand across 1
the gorge and touch them. !
The view of the river which 1
flows through the gorge makes 1
it appear to be quite rocky, ‘
and in truth it is. Fishermen *
claim it is fine, unexplored >
territory for trout fishing, £
and one can see why even <
the most enthusiastic of fish- *
ermen would find the going <
so rough that it would dampen
his enthusiasm. This is wild >
country and because of the 1
large number of rocks it is *
snake heaven; a neighbor of f
ours killed a copperhead with- s
in sight of the camp and had t
previously killed a rattler and :
two other copperheads while !
fishing with his son in the riv- >
er. But it is beautiful coun- 1
try too, the grasses grow 1
around the rocky surface of
the mountain top as they do 1
at our high altitudes and the 1
breezes blow constantly, first *
one direction, then reversing *
and blowing back in the op- *
posite direction. ‘
Now to retrace to the first
statement—we were not dis- <
appointed in the lights—they
were even more fantastic than |
we had imagined. I had sup
posed that they moved as the
gases burst into flame, but '
instead, they were stationary, I
gradually fading until they
were no more. Their color
varied, too, some were yellow j
and there was one with a (
green tinge while occasionally i
one would glow redder than ^
the others. It was most in- ,
teresting. There must have ^
been from 50-75 persons who (
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drove in, sat anu waiuicu
a time, and left, with others ,
coming. It was well after ^
midnight before the last ones ,
left and we had the moun- ,
tain top to ourselves. Some
of us slipped back during the
night and since the weather
was clear, the lights were
there all night. At daybreak
John and I watched the sun
come over Hawkbill and the
night’s display gradually fad
ed with the darkness.
The stillness was about us
in those early hours. 1 he
first sound to start the early
morning symphony was a lone
cricket, playing his “fiddle
legs”; he was joined a few
minutes later by a whip-poor
will which sang a few warm
up notes before his full toned
melody filled the air. His call
touched off the other birds.
From ’way across the gorge
we heard a thrush, then others
joined in until it was diffi
cult to distinguish one from
the other. All this time the
red sky was changing to gold
and ol’ Hawkbill had emerg
ed from a black silhouette in
to her daylight dress of green
trees and gray rocks and
another day was born on the
windswept mountain top.
Down With the Old
The old rambling two-story
house which has stood many
years at the corner of Vance
and Black Mountain Ave.
(Highway 9) will soon be
gone Notice was given to
the owner that the building
would be razed if repairs were
not made in a given length of
time Evidently the time has
lapsed, for the windows are
already gone and it appears
that the framework will be
1 r'e When Jack Leatherwood
I went to tell the family living
| upstairs that they must find
omewhere else to live, chick
ns were already roosting in
he first floor rooms. This is
list another example of non
esidents who own property in
ur town and appear to be
:egligent about its upkeep,
’erhaps they reason that as
eng- as there is any income
rom its rental it must be in
sable condition. How long
low before these two old
hosts across the tracks from
he NEWS will meet with the
ame fate?
:un Acres
The Farm Bureau Federa
ion came up this month with
bit of interesting info., call
d Federal Fun Acres: here
.re a few paragraphs:
“We’re really in for one
ig, whooping time, if we all
.ist live long enough.”
“N o w, you’ve probably
eard the old saying that goes
imething like this: ‘Since
wo-thirds of the Earth’s sur
ace is in water, any idiot
nows the Lord means for us
o fish two-thirds of the
ime.’ ”
“Well, as far as we’re con
erned, that ought to hold true
or the land, too. What
(lakes us so happy is that
■ocle Sam has set aside 234
aillions of purchased acres
ist for us to make merry in!
tnd with the national popula
ion now at about 191 million
oiks, this means that every
ingle citizen now has a Fed
ral Fun Acre to himself, with
Imost 50 million acres left
ver just for spare.”
“At the rate things are go
ng, it won’t be too many
ears before Uncle Sam owns
he whole works, from coast
o coast. And, since he has
et aside about one-third of
lis present holdings for sport
md amusement, it stands to
eason that he will keep this
atio constant, and eventually
eserve one-third of the en
ire nation just for frolic!”
“Just think what this
(leans! When it comes to
rater, we fish two-thirds of
he time. And when it comes
o land, we play one-third of
he time. And that ads up to
11 of our time!”
“If we only live long
nough, we’ll all die laughing.”
Record Number
At Lakey Gap
Bible School
Mrs. Shirley Morris and
Irs. Judy Morris were co
irectors of one of the finest
!ibl<> Schools ever held in the
j a k e y Gap Presbyterian
Ihurch. The school opened
vith 02 present and increas
d daily, leaching an atten
dance of 78. The cooperation
,nd harmony among the
eachers and workers as well
,s the young people and child
en, was of the finest.
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ASHEVILLE BLACK MOUNTAIN
Church Street West State Street
OBITUARIES
G. Brandon
Last rites for George W.
Brandon, 70, of Padgettown
road, Black Mountain, were
held Wednesday afternoon,
June 17, at Kerlee Heights
Baptist Church . The Rev.
Thomas Gant and the Rev.
George Reynolds officiated.
Mr. Brandon died early Tues
day morning in an Asheville
hospital after a long illness.
He was a native of Greene
County, Tenn., and had lived
in Black Mountain for the
past 50 years. He was an em
ploye of Grove Stone and Sand
Co., wher- he retired in 1953
after 30 years service.
Active pallbearers were
Arvy Simmons, Horace Self,
Cline Jordan, Robert Greg
ory, .John P. Jones and Plant
Poteat. Honorary pallbearers
were Dr. James Littlejohn,
Dr. T. W. Folsom, J. W.
Clark, J. G. Northcott, L. M.
Morgan, R. P. Abernathy and
Poly Sparks, Sr.
Flowerbearers were wo
nen of the church.
Surviving are four daugh
ers, Mrs. C. A. Burnette of
Black Mountain, the Misses
Beulah and Betty Brandon,
,oth of the home, and Mrs.
Melson W. Monteith of Hyatts
ille, Md.; three sons, Orville
if Fort Worth, Tex., and Hugh
uid Laurence Brandon, both
if Black Mountain; a sister,
Mrs. H. A. Self of Del Rio,
renn.; a half-sister, Mrs. Let
la Ingle of Miami. Fla.; a
ialf-brother. Hurley Brandon
if Black Mountain; 12 grand
ihildren, and six great-grand
ihildren.
H. Johnson 1
Funeral services for How- I
ird D. Johnson, 50 ,of 613 I
Rhododendron Ave., Black I
Mountain, were held Thursday I
ifternoon. June 13, in the I
Chapel of Harrison Funeral I
tome. The Rev. Robert Gray, I
'astor of Black Mountain I
Presbyterian Church officiat- I
ad. Burial was in Mountain I
Fiew Memorial Park. 1
Mr. Johnson died Monday |
it, his home, after a long ill
ness.
He was a native of Lan
sing:, Mich., and had lived in
Black Mountain for the past
seven years. He was employ
;d at Beacon Manufacturing
3o.
Pallbearers were James Uz
?ell, Morris Hogan, Jr.. John
Vaillancourt, Roger Hester,
lack Hudson, Jesse Ross and
Bi" Pinyan.
Surviving ave the widow,
Mrs. Roberta P. Johnson: two
sisters, Mrs. E. Burch of Okla
homa City, Okla., and Mrs. J.
Tulloch of Buchanan, Mich.,
and a brother, Richard, of
Sonoma, Calif.
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Bessie Elliott Davis
mmm mmm
The scattered showers are
sure good for our gardens.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Walker, Jimmy and I
went to Asheville. Friday
morning we went back to
Black Mountain and down to
Marion. This round of con
tacting office girls and wo
men shows me that we have
some pretty nice and clever
Fo’ks in the Official and busi
ness Offices of our country.
.Sunday we had as visiting
"inister af Stone Mountain,
Rev. Everette Sprinkle of Mar
ion. The message had as
xt, “The Christian serving
:he Lord.” Nehemiah starr
ed rebuilding the walls round
T ’ruaalem. The Devil tried
every plan to stop the work.
Nehemiah always said, “No.”
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