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Weather Santa Claus IS Coming To Town - _See Story Below Vol. 21 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28711, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 10 PAGES TODAY Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 High Low Prec. 59 31 62 30 55 38 60 32 60 48 55 40 51 30 .18 10 No. 15 — Single Copy 10 aycees Urge ante To Come 0 Our Town Local Jayc'ees are busy >se days providing more than ,jr share toward making the ristmas Season a happy one . those who might be less ■tunate. They are requesting any lident here who might have rs that could be repaired to aSe deposit them at the e department so that they jld be picked up since thesfe ung men are blending their drts with those of the rannanoa fire department in s project. The toys will be en to needy children at ristmas. Contrary to the statement ide last week SANTA WILL 1 COMING TO BLACK )UNTAIN. Certain young (n belonging to the JCs dec ed that not to urge Santa to me to this town and see the ildr'en was a bad thing and bitter disappointment. Be ining on Saturday, Decem r 18 Santa will be here. The ie and place are to be an unced next week because very busy schedule will ve to be cousulted before «time can be determined. JCs are sponsoring a sale Kleenex tissues sometime fore Christmas to supple nt their funds. This will pbably be door-to-door sale t complete plans have not i been made. A. last week’s meeting of oiganization the young n voted to sponsor the pur ise of uniforms for one m of Operation Youth next nmer. The annual home lighting itest. sponsored by the JCs, 11 again be conducted this ar during the week of Dec tber 20-24. Anyone living a remote area should call a mber and ask that their rting be judg'ed. Judges will ir the whole Valley to see homes before coming to a sision which will be ann lced at their awards dinner d in January. ivitation Miss Lois Irene Ledbetter d James Larry Sullins will married at the First Bap t Church, Black Mountain, ;urday evening, Dec. 18, at 10 o’clock. All friends of ;h families are cordially ited to attend. ilendar >r Week Of member 9-15 lethodist Men’s Club of |ck Mountain will meet nday night, Dec. 3, at 6:30. nbers are asked to call Mrs. Uglas Jones 669-3381 to ke reservations. A Christ dinner will be served by cle 1. Bring repairable KrS TO THE FIRE DEP TMENT FOR JAYCEES. lARTIN’S FLOWER SHOP Swannanoa will have open pse on Sunday afternoon 2-5. The public is in jnnual masonic ban ST Friday night at 7 at Monte Vista hotel. fEN BAND AND CHORUS Tve Christmas Concert on fcember 16 at 7:30. pERVICE OF “LESSONS CAROLS”, Sunday, Dec ker 12 at 7:45 in the War Wilson Presbyterian prch the college choir un the direction of Robert kner will present the pro The public in invited. fmphony Will srald Season iturday Nile Asheville Symphony Orc |ra will herald in the Holi ! season with a special Fam Christmas Concert on Sat py evening, December 11 Pavid Millard Junior High Auditorium, 8:15 P. M. |° open Saturday even Is concert the orchestra I Perform the Introduction, f-h and Shepherd’s Dance ^ the delightful short stmas opera, “Amahl and i^iight Visitors” by Gian Menotti. The second offering of the Pink will be the world Mere of “Cantata De Noel” kur'ed Pouinard for orehes ai>d • chorus. Meiatbers of waNf10 Four New Junior Club Members For 1965 ' R°nald Sol,,b*« Mrs. Horae* Chasteen Mrs. Evaratt* McClwra ... ..IVUMMMi Mrs. Ernest Laursen Kiwanians Install New 1966 Officers The Annual Ladies’ Night and Installation of officers and members of the Board of Di rectors of the Black Mountain Swannanoa Kiwanis Club for 1966 were held at a dinner meeting at the Monte Vista Hotel on the evening of De cember 2. Retiring President Hugh White called for a salute to our flag, the singing of “Am erica” and “God Save the Queen.” The latter courtesy dates back to when Kiwanis International had clubs only in the United States and Can ada. Mr. White gave the in vocation and after dinner call ed for the introduction of guests and visiting Kiwanians. He listed the club’s achieve ments of 1965 and then in troduced J. T. Rice, Lt. Gov ernor Division One, Carolinas District. Mr. Rice’s remarks and charges to the new offi cers and directors were pre sented in a friendly but sin re manner. Wm. H. McMurray, Jr. up i assuming the responsibili »s of the presidency listed de'ail the Kiwanis theme r 1966 — “A Call to Lead ship.” He spoke from his ■art about the past of this illey and of its possible good itirre if proper leadership developed. It is his hope at Kiwanis will do its part assuming some leadership id in helping to encourage adership in others. “Let ; develop ourselves and place ss emphasis on our Uncle. President McMurray will be sisted by Joseph C. Bullock, ce president, Theo R- Jur itz, secretary-treasurer and e ’ other directors, M. E. 3ad, Ray Heath, Don Quarles, —Turn to Page 4 Blankenshlp Boone Plans Announced Miss Sandra Joyce Blanken ship, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Horace G Blankenship of Black Mountain, has completed plans for her wedding to rommv Fred Boone, son of Mr and Mrs. Fred J. Boone of “SSrf b0.h tom- »re cordially invited to atterri the wedding ceremony. Frlda>’ December 10, 7 00 PM" fCerlee Baptist Church. A cake cutting m honor or Sample »i«t. MM lav December 9, 8.00 r.M., in the home of the bride elects Bl.nke.sbip U . gj* jate of Charles D Owen High School and is employed at Ex ">11-0 Corporation Mr Boone is a graduate of Bowman High School in Bakers /ille and Piedmont Technical in Charlotte. He is employed ^Tbi^wuPle will make their borne in Ridgecrest. JR. CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS ATANNUAL DECEMBER BANQUET Junior Club members held their annual installation ban quet on Saturday night of last week at the Monte Vista Hotel with the invocation given by James Hughes and a welcome from the president, Mrs. Danny Young. Friends Hear Plans For Improvement The fifty persons who at tended the monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library on December first were very much interested to hear of the preplanning and the de velopment of the idea of the Asheville-Buncombe County Li brary System as presented by Mrs. F. C. Nyland, elected rep resentative of the \>oard of this system. She told how the county people had been instru mental in helping to bring t about this organization and 1 the resultant strengths that ■ such cooperation insures. Then Kenneth Brown, the r new Director of the Asheville r Buncombe County Library Sys 1 tern, outlined some of the points that he felt were es sential to its success mention 1 ing the desire for the best > books available; in - service - training for personnel so that * users of the Libraries would f receive maximum benefits; 3 study and reorganization of a f Bookmobile program;; the idea ■ of a' master plan for the de ■ velopment and placement of - new libraries and studying ex E isting systems toward making * them even more functional. There is much ground work ' to be done and steps will be ‘ taken slowly with care to in s sure the best results and good 5 services to all concerned. Mr. ’ Brown assumed his new posi ‘ tion just November first and ' is busy studying into all situ ations, getting acquainted in ‘ various parts of the county ' and thinking thru applicable * ideas. J This meeting attracted not only regular members but oth 5 er interested citizens in the ! area who are anxious to learn 1 how a fine library system can * grow for this region. I The next meeting of the j Friends of the Library will be 3 in the evening of Tues t day, Jan. 11 at which time the „ film “Mark Twain’s America” r> will be shown. Area Students Invited To M-A For Weekend Montreat-Anderson College has extended more than 1,000 invitations to high school sen iors for the observance of Student Weekend December 10-12. Students from an area ex tending from Florida to New Jersey have been invited. They will be provided accommodat ions in Assembly Inn and the college residence halls. Each visitor will be assign ed a regular student as host or hostess. An opening highlight of the Student Weekend will be a piano recital by William Bue low of the music faculty in Jaither Chapel. The visiting high school sen ors will hear a chapel address ,y Dr. C. Grier Davis, college resident, and greetings from he Rev. George McMaster, in of students, rhere will be question and iwer sessions with faculty mb'ers and a guided tour the campus, followed by a untain hike. £ —Turn to Page 10 /«•. ••• ! Donald Quarles served as master of ceremonies and spe cial music was provided by the Montreat Choir under the direction of Lawrence Skin ner. Mrs. M. L. Williams install ed the following new officers: Mrs. Stephen Roberts, presi dent; Mrs. Donald Quarles, first, vice president, Mrs Charles Brown, second vice president; Mrs. Ronald Soles bee, secretary; Mrs. James Hughes, treasurer; Mrs. Rog er Parish; Mrs. Danny Young, parliamentarian; Mrs. Robert Grove, chaplain. Mrs. C. Cliff Meyer and Mrs. M. J. Wyrick are spon sors of the club. Among the new members received into the club recent ly are those pictured above: ! Mrs. Ronald Solesbee, Fair way Drive; Mrs. Horace Chas 1 teen, 525 Rhododendron; Mrs. ' Everette McClure, Sunset : Drive and Mrs. Ernest Laur sen, Warren Wilson College. "Who's Who" Names M. Erfel To Membership Information has been receiv ed this past week of the list ing of Mrs. Margaret Parker Ertel in the 1965 edition of “Who’s Who in American Wo men.” Many persons in the Black Mountain area will remember her as Margaret Parker, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Parker of Black Mountain. Mrs. Parker is deceased but Mr. Parker makes his home on First Street in Black Moun tain. Although Mrs. Ertel no long er lives in the Swannanoa Val ley, her background for the recognition which she has re ceived began here. She taught English and coached girls’ basketball in Black Mountain in 1932, then transferred to Fairview High School for the same work where she remain ed from 1932 until the end of 1934. Ten years later she returned to Fairview where she remain ed for another year, then to Leicester in 1945. Other places in which she has taught are: Burlington, Henderson Coun ty, McDowell County, and Goldsboro. Professionally she was train ed at Salem College where gh<> earned her A. B. degree; Appalachian State Teachers College, Western Carolina Col lege and the University of North Carolina from which she received her M. A. de gree. She graduated from Black Mountain High School in 1924. She was a charter member of the local Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club. Mrs. Ertel’s teaching career has been varied and lengthly. She has served as librarian; English teacher; coach; coun selor and housemother at UNC, Chapel Hill; to her pres ent position as Supervisor of Libraries, Camp LeJune De pendents’ Schools, Marine "Corps base, Camp LeJune, N. C. since 1961. Mrs. Ertel has been active in club work and this shows the varied subjects in which she is interested when one notes that she belonged to lit erary groups, historical so cieties, little theater compan ies, toastmastress club and story league. Although the information about this busy woman would cover several columns, it ap pears that the sketch given her is sufficient evidence of how and why she earned a place among “Who's Who'. ■■6 ' Owen Cagers Split Two With Edneyville Owen High School split with the strong Edneyville teams in the opening of the basketball schedule at the Owen gym Friday evening. Taking up where they left off last spring, the Owen girls drew away in the final half to down the visitors, 39 to 31. Three girls shared the scor ing honors for Owen. They were Horne, 9, Captain Hen derson. 8, and Carol Rozzell, 10. Undefeated during the past season, the Warlassies led at halftime, 21-17. BOYS LOSE In the nightcap, the boys let a 31-24 halftime lead slip away and dropped their first game of the yeat, 60 to 56. Captain Brad Franklin, sen ior, was high point maker for the Warborses with 25 points. Owen Concert For Christmas December 16 The Owen High School band and chorus will present their annual Christmas Con cert Thursday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Au- i ditorium. Both groups will be ] under the direction of Richard ' Hipps. ; The chorus will sing many : of the favorite Christmas chor- : uses including “Carol of the Drum” and “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”, plus some spe- ! cial arrangements from the > Norman Louboff Choir’s Christmas Album. The band will liven things up with “Continental Christ mas”, “Frosty the Snow Man” and “March of the Toys”, from “Babes in Toyland”. Both groups are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the program which promises to be one of the best ever. Admission will be $1.00 for adults and 50c for students. 13 Shopping Days Left Seasonal Trade About Average But Cold Weather Would Help Although the brisk buying of the pre-holiday has not reach ed its height, merchants are very well pleased with sales thus far. "A good snow would put people in the buying mood", said one clerk, "and it might serve to keep shoppers at home to buy" added another. Another store owner remark ed that the day or two fol lowing Thanksgiving was al ways busy, especially the years wh'en parades preceded the lighting of the Christmas lights. The stores appear to be pretty well stocked for the siege, there are, as always, items on order that merchants hope will arrive in time for holiday sales. One man has HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB GIFT BOX The Home Demonstration Club of Black Mountain has placed a Christmas gift box at Beddingfield-Konrad, for patients at Broughton Hos pital, Morganton. Any gift for man, woman, or child would be appreciated. PILOTS PUN TREE FOR PROJECT FUNDS Since Black Mountain does not have a community Christ mas tree, with the cooperation of our city officials, the Pilot Club is endeavoring to light a large tree on the front lawn of the Asheville Federal Savings and Loan Bldg, facing U. S. 70. Contributions from generous people will make this possible. We are appealing to you to share Christmas with these less fortunate children by helping to light this tree of dailv cheer. The Pilot Club of Black Mountain, a civic club for women (similar to Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions for men) with the motto, “Service Un limited” strives to help the needy and underprivileged children at the Juvenile Eval uation Center as one of its • major projects. Although only a year old, the Club has furnished records, record players, skates, cloth ing, toys, games, books, Eas ter eggs, hair dryers, and electric cord organ. Last year the Pilot Club gave a Christmas party to a limited group of children at the Center, and found the res ponse so great and the need so acute for more Christmas cheer for the children, that the Pilots decided to' make this an annual affair and on a scale large enough to in clude all the 200 children con fined there. Last Christmas some of them did not receive even a card from their fami lies. Do you wonder how this works? It’s very simple! Every dollar that you contribute will light one light on this Christ- : mas tree so bright! One dollar lights one light, five dollars- , five lights, and so on. You may ; wish to give a memorial gift. : Each contribution adds addit ional lights to the tree. Each , contributor will be published , in the BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS.----: Let’s make our community i tree the most beautiful lighted tree anywhere this Christ- i mas by contributing to a 1 good and heartwarming cause, j Make its glow reach far and wide! Enjoy your Christmas more this year by knowing you helped needy chinldren feel that there are those who care. Mrs. Jewell Reese, presi dent, Mrs. Wiley Norwood, project chairman. Leafherwood Is Rotary Speaker The local Rotary club held the regular weekly meeting on Monday at the Monte Vista hot'el with two guests present. Lawrence Brandon, president, presided and Jack Leather wood, Fire Chief, was speaker. Chief L'eatherwood told of the responsibilities of the de partment, dating back to the time in 1911 when the town was gutted by fire and the vol unteer department came into being a short time after. Of the membership in the department about 2/3 are active and regular meetings are held once each month. 31 members have put in 2500 hours of work, training, and practice which includes the district training sessions which are sponsored for all depart ments in the area. The 16 departments in Bun combe county give aid to each other in times of distress. Black Mountain is the largest in the district with the lowest insurance rates. Although there are fires outside the town limits, pro tection is furnished by the de partment and residents are —Turn to Page 10 Clip and n*ii.witk-yoiu (ntributioiu today to: Mrs. Jewell Reete "Tree Light.” Black-Mountain, N. C. Encloaed i. $ ---,- {or - ,i«hu Nam#: y '** -.wt, i '• had an order of ladies’ boots in since the first week in No vember, still they have not arrived. Almost every downtown store is well along with the interior decorating of their shops and stores. Some have had to allow the merchandise to provide the festive air be cause of lack of space for any ■ thing further. 1 It is a good year to “shop at home”. There will be a | few items for which one must go to a larger place, especial ly for a wide variety in some of the unusual gifts, but many people have found after an exhausting day out of town that the very thing for which they had been searching was at home all the time. There are new clerks, added to the force of several stores, to care for the extra buyers. For gift suggestions read the ads and Town Topics, which furnishes a detailed ac count of gift suggestions in stores up and down the Val I ley. The Book Shelf The Library will be closed both Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th and New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1st. NEW FICTION Town in Bloom—Dodie Smith The reunion of four middle aged women is the occasion for happy reminiscences of their youth in the 1920’s, when they were young act resses struggling for a start on the London stage. Rama*e—Dudley Pope Set during the Napoleonic wars, this is the story of a young British naval lieuten ant whose ship is shot out from under him and who must continue on a secret mission to Italy. Breakfat With the Nikolides Rumer Godden Long out of print and now reissued, a story about a lone Englishman who runs a Government Farm in Ben gal, and of the strange things that happen when his hated wife and small daughters come to visit him. Crime Club Selection: To Borrow Trouble — Miriam Borgenicht NEW NON-FICTION Procession—John Gunther Gathered in this unique and zestful book are the best —Turn to Page 4 Flower Shop Open House To Be Sunday All friends and customers in the Swannanoa Valley have been invited to open house Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 at Martin’s Flower Shop in Swannanoa. The shop is located at 304 Whiston Avenue across from Beacon Manfacturing Com pany. There will be door prizes and refreshments for those attending. Local Expert Will Speak To AARP Chapter A speaker in great demand nationally as well as locally is Dr. Mildred Morgan of High Top Colony, who is a mem ber of the local chapter of AARP. She is a well-known Family Consultant and always brings a worth-while message to groups of varying stages of maturity. Dr. Morgan has been prevailed upon to speak before the local chapter of AARP at a luncheon meeting at the Monte Vista Hotel at 12:15 p. m. on Friday, De cember 10, 1965. She was chosen to discuss the intrigu ing subject, “Now Is the Time”. One primary purpose of the AARP movement in America is to help people of more ma ture years to live purposeful ly, creatively and happily. Through associations and ac tivities in the local chapter it is possible for members to help each other in realizing these purposes which are so important to each individual. ‘ Dr. Morgan’s message will challenge each person present ‘ to do his best to make his 1 retirement years productive and satisfying in every way. George R. Chester of Hen dersonville, Director of AARP for the state of North Caro lina, will be present to install the newly elected officers for the 1966 calendar year. Fol lowing some special music there will be brief reports from the Treasurer and Mem bership Committee Chairman. All retired persons living or visiting in the Swannanoa Valley are cordially invited to attend. Luncheon tickets are $1.50 each. Advance registra tions are requested and those not called by the telephone committee may make them by calling 669-4461 not later than 1 P. M. Thursday, De cember 9. Tickets may then be obtained in the hotel lobby beginning at 11:45 in order that all may be seated in the dining room by 12:15. It is expected that the meet will adjourn about 2:30. USC Coach Is Club Speaker At Swannanoa Football coach Marion Bass of the University of South Carolina was guest speaker at the Swannanoa Men’s Club on Monday evening of this week. Guests for the occasion were coach Bill Stanley and his staff from Owen high school, football players and cheer leaders. Senior members of the foot ball squad were recognized. Next regular meeting of the club will be on January 3 at 6:30. Education To (ontinus For U. Bill Wade Bill Wade, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wade of 111 Tay lor Street, Black Mountain, has just completed work on his master of arts degree at East Carolina College by suc cessfully defending his thesis entitled THE MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CENTER AND AN GLO — AMERICAN CO-OP ERATION for its historical soundness and value. While completing work on his thesis at East Carolina, Mr. Wade served first as a graduate assistant and later as a full time freshman his tory instructor. His present plans are to continue his edu cation and he will enter the University of Tennessee in January to start work on his Ph. D. Bill is a 1957 graduate of Owen High School and a 1961 graduate Of Davidson College. Following his graduation he was accepted-into the Officer Candidate School, USN, New port, R. I. where he graduat ed with the rank of ensign. He served 3 1-2 years with USS Matthews and amphibi ous forces at camp LeJune. He earned promotion to lieu tenant, junior grade, during this time. In 1964 he volun tarily left the navy to enter school. Lt. Wade is now with the USS Connally DD5, out of Norfolk, on active duty for two weeks. Following this tour tour he will return to Black Mountain to prepare to enter school for the spring term. Airman Ronnie Owenby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Owenby of Star Route, Black Mountain, has been selected for training at Sheppard AFB, Tex., as an Air Force aircraft maintenance specialist. The airman, a 1964 graduate of Charles D| Owen High School, recently completed ba sic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. ACT Announces Second Play Dec. 16-19 Asheville Community Thea tre, member of Civic Arts Council, announces the sec ond play of the season, “Shot in the Dark” will not be per formed at the time previous ly announced. It will be presented one week later, Thursday, Decem ber 16, at 8:15 p.m.; Friday, December 17, at 8:15 P.M.; Saturday, December 18, at 8:15 P.M. and Sunday Mati nee at 2:30 P.M. Benefit per formance for P.T.A. of Wil liam Randolph School. The play will be presented at the William Randolph School Auditorium box office will run as usual starting Mon day, December 13th. at Act. Workshop, 120 College Street. Wm. Buelow To Give Recital December 10 William Buelow, pianist and a member of the music fac ulty of Montreat-Anderson College here, will present a faculty recital in Gaither Chapel December 10 at 8 p. m. Mr. Buelow began his music career at the age of six with Walter Hinkle in Akron, Ohio. Two years later he received training at the Akron Conser vatory of Music under Clarenz Lightfritz of Akron. Moving to Columbus, Ohio he contin ued his piano training with Miss Jessie Peters, a former student of Arthur Schnabel. Later he attended Ohio State University on scholar ship, studying piano with Pro fessor Haddad. During coll ege, Mr. Buelow became in terested in composition and studied with Dr. Marshall Barnes. Mr. Buelow’s endea vors in composition have yielded a set of variations for piano, six dances for string quartet, and a piano concerto. Mr. Buelow was graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degree in Pia no Fedogogy. He is a mem ber of Phi Mu Alpha and Pi Kappi Lambda honorary fra ternities of musicians and educators in the field of music. Owen Takes Roberson For Two Easy Ones By Bruce Hammond Brad Franklin scored 32 points Tuesday night to lead “the Owen Warhorses to an easy 86-50 win over Roberson. Chipping in with 12 and 10 points apiece were Jim Coman and John Harris. Roger Sil vers, the 6 foot 3 center topp ed both teams in rebounds with 11. In the girl’s game Carol Rozzell and Sarah Horne hit for 19 and 18 respectively to lead the girls to a second win of the season by 53-28 over, the Roberson lassies. Owen boys have finally found the winning touch after getting a late start due to the football playoffs. To Sheppard
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