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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1965, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Vol. 20
10 PAGES TODAY
No. 19 — Single Copy 10c
Senior Women
To Hear Talk
By Corpening
Women of the Senior Wo
man’s Club will have the
pleasure of hearing Saul Cor
pening of the National Fores
try Service speak to them for
the January meeting which
will be held in the Asheville
Federal Savings and Loan
community room at 2:30 on
Wednesday, January 13. The
program will be of interest
since Mr. Corpening will show
slides pertaining to the Na
tional Forests and speak about
both conservation and preser
vation.
Hostesses for the month are:
[chairman, Mrs. W. A. Davis,
Mesdames Jern, Allison, Hob
son. Johnson, Finch, Nichols,
Thompson, Guy White, Young,
Tade Boggs and Miss Van
luzer.
Calendar For
reek Of
Ian. 7-13
[Rehearsals Will Begin this
pnday afternoon in the Cen
Bl Methodist Church in
^heville on “The Messiah”.
Brvey Woodruff of Charlotte
III be here to direct. All
lose who are planning to
articipate are asked to be
here at this time.
The Executive Board of the
enior Woman’s Club will hold
Be regular monthly meeting
the home of Mrs. Willard
|eeks at Ridgecrest on Mon
morning, January 11 at
January Meeting of the Sen
Woman’s Club will be held
^t Wednesday in the Ashe
Federal Savings and Loan
imunity room at 2:30.
Church-Wide covered dish
piper will be held in the
|llowship Hall of the Metho
pt church on Wednesday,
|nuary 13, at 6:30. All mem
fers and friends of the church
jre invited to take part and
[special program of interest
all will follow the supper.
[[Candlelight Service at St.
nes’ Episcopal church this
nday evening at 7.
id Lt. McCall
istructed In
lupply Duties
(Second Lt. Thomas E. Mc
lll, Jr., 24. whose parents
\re at 114 Disoway street,
|ack Mountain, completed a
partermaster officer orienta
an course at the Army
jartermaster school, Fort
Be, Va., Dec. 18.
[During the five-week course
McCall received instruc
on in the duties and re
ansibilities of a quarter
master officer and was train
in supplying, maintaining
ad inspecting various Army
juipment.
Lt. McCall, a 1958 gradu
(e of Charles D. Owen High
fhool, received his master’s
pgree in 1964 from the Uni
rsity of North Carolina in
Heigh. He is a member of
li Psi and Farmhouse fra
pnities.
lis wife, Karen, lives in
ace George, Va.
J. C. Weaver
raduate Of
ir University
f. First Lieutenant John C.
(Teaver, Jr., son of Mrs. John
Weaver of Old Fort, grad
uated from the U. S. Air
prce’s Squadron Officer
ghool at the Air University,
laxwell AFB, Ala., Friday,
pec. 18.
Lt. Weaver was selected
|r the special professional of
ficer training in recognition
his demonstrated potential
|S a leader in the aerospace
j>ree.
The lieutenant, whose wife,
Ebara, is the daughter of
anel and Mrs. Jack A.
lison of 2965 Pharr court,
rnta, is a graduate of the
S. Air Force Academy,
t. Weavef is being re
gned to Larson AFB, Wash.
IIGHWAY FATALITIES
■IGHEST IN HISTORY
From a traffic standpoint,
year ended on a dreary
ite—1565 road fatalities com
ired to 1386 the previous
tar. Last year’s kill was the
ghest in the state’s motor
g history. The figures will
calate. upward as ’delayed
»th reports are received, but
r immediate editorial re
tirements the 1565 figure
reliable.
Mrs. Phillip Lee Clapp
Mist Patti* Bird Talbot, daughter of Mrs. George Bird
Talbot of Raphine, Va., and the late Rev. Talbot, was mar
ried to Philip Lee Clapp on Saturday, Jan. 2. Mr. Clapp is
the son of Dr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Clapp of Swannanoa.
The ceremony was per
formed at 4 p.m. in the New
Providence Presbyterian
church. Raphine, by the Rev.
John K. Boyd before a back
ground of chrysanthemums,
greens, and five-pronged silver
candelabra.
Given in marriage by her
brother, Wade Talbot of Arl
ington, Va., the bride wore a
floor length gown of white
velvet made by the bride’s
aunt and fashioned after her
mother’s bridal gown. The
dress featured a cowl neck
line, fingertip sleeves, and a
flowing chapel train. Her
veil of illusion fell from a
pearl-decked crown of velvet.
She carried a crescent bou
quet of feathered carnations
and stephanotis, centered with
a white orchid.
Miss Alice Berry Talbot,
sister of the bride, was maid
of honor. She wore a street
length dress of azalea pink
velvet with a cowl neckline
and capped sleeves. Her
headpiece was a crown of em
broidered ribbon with pink
illusion falling from it. She
carried a nosegay of pink and
white pom pom chrysanthe
mums tied with pink stream
ers.
Study Leader
The First Baptist church
will observe January Bible
Study Week, beginning Sun
day evening and continuing
through Wednesday of next
week, Jan. 10-13.
The Young People and
Adults will study the book of
Deuteronomy led by the Rev.
Norman Ferrell, pastor of
Arden Baptist church, Arden.
The Intermediates will be led
by Walter E. Bradley in con
sidering “Exp* ring the Old
Testament”. The Juniors will
be taught by Mrs. Loren L.
Moore in the study “Before
Jesus Came”. The Primaries
will have as leaders Mrs. L.
T. Keever and Miss Ann Har
ris in thinking about “The
Story of Samuel”. The Be
ginners will have as leaders
Mrs. W. F. Senn and Mrs. H.
L. Lackey, using the theme
“Good Times at Church”. The
Nursery will be under the di
rection of Mrs. Franklin War
ren and Mrs. Henry Tetrev
with the theme “Daytime and
Nighttinie".’
The period of study will be
gin at 6:30 on Sunday even
ing and at 7:00 on the other
evenings.
Bridesmaids were Miss
Helene Nichols of Richmond,
Va., and Mrs. Kent Honeycutt
of Cleveland, Ohio. Their
dresses and accessories were
identical to those of the
honor attendant.
Little Miss Virginia Leigh
Talbot of Arlangton, Va., and
niece of the bride, carried a
white velvet pillow on which
the rings were tied. Her
dress was of azalea pink vel
vet with a matching head
piece.
Dr. Hubert L. Clapp, father
of the groom was best man.
Bruce Clapp, brother of the
g"Oom of Swannanoa; George
Talbot, brother of the bride,
of Raphine; William Alex
ander of Greensboro, and
Eugene Isenhour of States
ville served as ushers.
Mrs. Howe Spitler, the
bride’s aunt, of Greenville,
Va.. offered a program of
organ selections and Miss Ann
Wade, the bride’s cousin of
Rosedale, Va., offered vocal
selections preceding the
ceremony. She sang “Be
cause” and “O Perfect Love”.
A reception was held in the
Raphine Community Center
with Mrs. Wade Talbot, Mrs.
John McRary, Mrs. Robert
Goodman, and Miss Maxine
Potter assisting. At the guest
book was Miss Cathy Craig of
Williamson, W. Va.
For her daughter’s wedding,
Mrs. Talbot wore a French blue
jacketed sheath dress with
matching hat and a corsage of
white glamilias. The mother
of the bridegroom wore a
turquoise ensemble with
matching hat and a corsage
of white camilias.
Mrs. Clapp attended King
college, Bristol, Tenn., and
National Business college,
Roanoke. Va.
Mr. Clapp will continue his
studies at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
where the couple will reside.
A 3c Luther
Graduates At
Amarillo AFB
Airman Third Class Edward
L. Luther, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Luther of
Swannanoa, has graduated
from the course for U. S. Air
Force jet aircraft mechanics
at Amarillo AFB. Tex.
Airman Luther, a graduate
of Owen High school, is being
reassigned to Reese AFB, Tex.,
for duty.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Doyle
Thomas of Swannanoa have a
son, born Dec. 23 in St Jo
seph’s Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Philip
MeElrath of Black Mountain,
a daughter, Dec. 26 in Mem
orial Mission Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitson
of Route 1, Black Mountain,
announce the birth of a son,
Dec. 30 in St. Joseph’s Hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hollifield,
of Swannanoa, have a son,
born Jan. 1 in Memorial Mis
sion Hospital.
Waynesville To
Test Owen
Friday Evening
Back from their holiday
rest, the Owen High School
basketball teams face two
tough foes this week.
On Tuesday night they meet
Reynolds while on Friday
evening they take on the
high stepping Waynesville
Mountaineers in a Blue Ridge
Conference game.
Prior to the Christmas holi
days the Warhorses managed
only one victory, that over
powerful R-S Central in a
game played here.
However, Coach Ralph Sing
leton has noted signs of im
provement and believes that
the Warhorses are ready to
roll and to get in the win
column more frequently in
the weeks ahead as the boys
head down the home stretch.
GUARDS IMPROVED
Brad Franklin, Jim Coman,
«nd Buddy Greenwood havp
improved in their ball handl
ing and have started hitting
more shots from the floor
which takes some of the pres
sure off the forecourt men
and draws the defense out to
meet the threat.
REBOUNDING BETTER
In addition the rebounding
of John Harris, Joe Brooks,
and John Miracle has shown
improvement. Charles Smith
has recovered from a broken
foot and is expected to move
back into the lineup soon.
Coach Singleton has used
the first few games to be
come acquainted with the
personnel and to determine
what each one can do under
fire. He has been pleased
with the progress and be
lieves that better days lie
ahead.
GIRLS
Coach Bill Rucker’s Owen
High girls are rolling along
still undefeated. They will
not meet Enka until late in
the month and then will play
them twice with only Brevard
and Erwin between. The War
lassies have been installed as
favorites in the Blue Ridge
—Turn to Page 4
Miss Jo Carole Suttles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Suttles of Sherwood Forest, Swannanoa, and James Ray
mond Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman of Ashe
ville, were united in marriage in a candlelight service Sat
urday, Dec. 26, at seven o'clock in the Friendship Presby
terian church.
Tre Rev. Joseph Armfield,
pastor, officiated. Mre. David
Burnette, organist, atid Mrs.
Robert Hauth, soloist, pre
sented a program of wedding
music. The vows were spoken
before a background of
greenery, white poinsettias
and candelabra holdiog light
ed tapers.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a floor
length gown of peau de soi,
fashioned with a fitted bodice
trimmed in Chantilly lace, and
a Sadrina neckline. Her bell
shaped skirt had a detachable
chapel length train. She wore
a crown of sequins and pearls
with a veil of French illusion
and carried a bouquet of
featured carnations centered
with a white orchid.
Mrs. Rex Padgett, twin
sister of the bride, was matron
of honor. She wore a floor
length organza gown and car
Mrs. Fred Alan Sheap
The Fairlington Methodist church, Alexandria, Va., was
the setting Dec. 19 for the marriage of Miss Joyce Anne
Johnson of Arlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Evan
Johnson of Black Mountain, and formerly of Hampton, Va.,
to Lt. Fred Alan Sheap, son of Mrs. Robert Alan Sheap of
Dayton, Ohio, and the late Mr. Sheap.
The bride is a niece of Mrs,
E. Gordon Weyburn of Hamp
ton.
The Rev. Paul D. Martin
officiated at the double ring
ceremony.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a gown
of peau de soie and re-em
broidered Alencon lace. The
high rising bodice featured a
front applique of lace frost
ed with seed pearls, was de
signed with a portrait neck
line and long sleeves with
callalily points at the wrists.
The slim skirt was styled with
lace panel embroidered in
seed pearls and accented with
side folds and train. Her silk
illusion butterfly veil was
held by a pillbox of lace and
pearls. She carried a bou
quet of carnations centered
with a white orchid.
Mrs. Lacy R. Jones of Alex
andria, was matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss
Linda Carver and Miss Bonnie
Tipton of Arlington, Mrs.
Frank C Somloi of Charlottes
ville, and Miss Beverly Yates
of Baltimore, Md.
They wore floor length
dresses featuring scooped
necklines, bodices of olive
green velvet and sheath skirts
of ivory crepe. Their head
pieces were olive green velvet
crowns and veils of illusion.
They carried white spider
mums with a tint of green
arranged in semi-cascading
bouquets.
Lt. Robert D. Sheap was
best man for his brother.
Groomsmen were John A.
Johnson of Black Mountain,
brother of the bride, Lt. John
F. Rudy of Washington, D. C„
Norman F. Hammer and Don
ald F. Wagner of Arlington
For her daughter’s wed
ding Mrs. Johnson chose a
pale rose lace sheath and a
white orchid corsage. Mrs.
Sheap, mother of the. bride
groom. wore a green sheath
and white orchid corsage.
A reception was held in the
church social hall.
For traveling the bride wore
a wool suit in shades of rose
and pink and a white orchid.
After a southern trip, Mr.
and Mrs. Sheap will make
their home in Alexandria.
Mrs. James Raymond Freeman
ried a colonial bouquet of
white carnations.
Johnny Freeman, brother of
the bridegroom, was best man.
Ushers were Charles Livin
good and Rex Padgett.
The bride’s mother wore a
two piece dress of golen aqua
brocade satin with an orchid
corsage. The groom’s mother
wore a two piece beige lace
dress with an orchid corsage.
Following the ceremony a
reception was held in fellow
ship hall at the church. Those
assisting were Mrs. Evadna
Finley, Mrs. Michael Cefaratti
and Mrs. Woodrow Cambron.
Mrs. Freeman is a senior
at Charles D. Owen High
school. Mr. Freeman is a
graduate of Erwin High
school. He and his father
own and operate the Starr
Body Shop, Asheville.
For a wedding trip the
bride wore a green wool
dress with matching accessor
ies and the orchid detached
from her bridal bouquet.
Candlelight
Service At
St. James'
The Episcopal Young
Churchmen of St. James’,
Vance Avenue, will present a
special candlelight service at
the Church at 7:00 P.M. Sun
day. The Epiphany Feast of
Lights Service is an annual
presentation by the young
people of St. James’. Begin
ning with sung Vespers or
Evensong, the Service includes
the reading of the prophecy
of light from the 60th chap
ter of Isaiah as well as the
story of the coming of the
Three Wisemen, guided to
Bethlehem by the light of the
Star.
The symbolism of the light
of Christ shining, into the
whole world is carried out by
the gradual lighting of many
candles in the darkened
church. The first candle
lighted is the Christ-candle,
then the Twelve Apostles, and
finally the candle carried by
each person in the church is
lighted.
The public is cordially in
vited to this service. After
it, the young people present
will adjourn for refreshments
and recreation.
Miss Dana Kelly
Is Teaching In
Houston, Texas
Miss Dana Kelly spent the
holidays here with her fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kelly.
She left last week end to re
turn to Houston. Texas, to
resume her position as teach
er of the fifth grade in the
Addicks Elementary school.
A graduate of Owen High
school with the class of 1960,
Miss Kelly completed her
work at Warren Wilson col
lege in 1962 and received her
degree from the College of
the Ozarks in 1964.
She joined the faculty of
the Katy School District at
Houston this past fall. She
drove to Black Mountain to
spend the holidays with her
parents and other members
of her family.
Juniors Have
Installation
And Banquet
The Black Mountain Junior
Woman’s club held an annual
banquet and installation of
officers at the Monte Vista
hotel when Barney Baxter
was master of ceremonies for
the evening and the invoca
tion was given by Bob Grove.
Mrs. S. S Cooley, sponsor
from the Senior Woman’s
club, was a guest and pre
sented a gift to Mrs. Joe
Reynolds, outgoing president.
Mrs. Reynolds expressed ap
preciation to all members and
thanked Mrs. Steve Roberts
and Mrs. Danny Young for
the banquet arrangements.
New officers installed by
Mrs. J. A. Humphrey, district
iunior director, were: Mrs.
Danny Young, president; Mrs.
Steve Roberts, 1st vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Charles Brown, 2nd
vice-president; Mrs. Don
Quarles, secretary; Mrs. David
Hamby, treasurer; Mrs. Joe
Reynolds, chaplain; and Mrs.
M. L. Williams, parliamen
tarian.
The Black Mountain Senior
Woman’s club chorale group
entertained with a program
of special Christmas music,
accompanied by Mrs. J. W.
Bergthold and led by Mrs.
Gilbert Willey.
The gavel was presented to
Mrs. Young and she invited
guests to join the members
and their husbands for an
evening of dancing.
MISS PHYLLIS OWNBEY
and Bobby Warren Varnay
will be married this summer.
Miss Ownbey is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W.
Ownbey of Black Mountain,
who announce her engage
ment. She is a senior at
Charles D. Owen High School.
Mr. Varney is the son of
Master Sgt. and Mrs. Wilburn
Varney of Fort Campbell, Ky.,
and is a graduate of Paris
American High School. He
is employed by Macke Indus
trial Vending Co.
ORGAN MAKERS
There were two organ
builders in the craft town of
Salem (now Old Salem at
Winston-Salem). At a time
when the organ—let alone the
organ builder—was far from
being of importance to music
in America—this was most un
usual.
Warlassies
Roll On Still
Undefeated
The Owen Warlassies kept
their slate clean by defeating
the T. C. Roberson girls, 35
26, for victory No. 6.
Sarah Horne scored 18
points to lead the Owen girls.
Terri and Carroll Rozzell aid
ed the Warlassie’s cause with
7 and 6 points respectively.
Roberson was led by Caro
lyn Bishop’s 10 points and
Barbara Moody’s 7.
BOYS LOSE
The Owen boys lost their
fifth game when T. C. Rober
son defeated them, 58 48.
Halfway through the second
quarter Owen had built up a
22-17 lead. Then Roberson
took a 34 to 24 lead to the
scored 15 straight points and
dressing room. Owen never
got closer than six points in
the second half.
Tim Burchett and Winston
Lloyd led the visiting Rams,
scoring 20 and 18 points re
spectively. Jim Coman and
John Harris paced Owen with
17 and 14 points respectively.
JVs WIN
The Owen JVs gained
their 5th victory in six games
by defeating Roberson, 50
44. Roger Silvers scored 25
points to lead the locals.
COOPER
One of the crafts to be
shown in the newly restored
Brothers House at Old Salem
in Winston-Salem will be that
of the cooper or barrel mak
er. The Brothers House was
opened for tours in Novem
ber.
Celebrate New Year's Day Birthdays
Photo By DuPuy
R. G. Summey, Eric Bumgarner and Mrs. Cora Dula not only all live in the same
neighborhood, but they all have birthdays on New Year's Day. For this reason Mrts.
Summey's daughter, Mrs. Norah Hummer, gave a birthday dinner for the three at her
home. Mr. Summey is 77; Eric is nine, and Mrs. Dula is 85 and has been a lifelong
resident of Black Mountain. Other guests were Eric's mother, Mrs. William E. Bum
garner and other children Bill and Pat, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rice, R. H. Rice and Bill
Hummer, Jr. Eric is also the son of Staff Sgt. Bumgarner.
Wow Presents Two Flags
FMd representative Jo* S. Porcher, presents to J. L.
Parrish, assistant supervisor, on* of the two flags given to
the Juvenile Evaluation Center. The flag for the chapel
was of silk; the on* to be used on the flag pole at the en
trance was a standard outdoor flag.
Tho presentation was mad* by William Stephenson and
Mr. Porcher.
Job Corps Is
Available For
Jobless Youth
Job Corps training is avail
able to you if you are 16
through 21 years of age, out
of school and can’t find a
job.
This is the information re
cently received in this com
munity. Additional informa
tion and application may be
picked up at the NEWS office
for those who are interested
and eligible.
This Job Corps is a major
program of the Office of
Economic Opportunity which
coordinates the nationwide
war on poverty. The Job
Corps is a voluntary program
to give basic education, skill
training and sound work ex
perience to unemployed youth.
There is also a Woman’s
Job Corps. Ask about it.
BLOODSHED
BOX SCORE:
The Motor Vehicles Depart
ment’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, Jan. 4:
Killed to date 10
Killed to date last year 11