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It DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY — THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY High Low Prec. Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 1G Dec. 17 Dec. 18 . Dec. 19 Dec. 20 50 47 54 40 .01 50 40 .07 51 40 48 30 44 30 38 16 BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1965, 28711 14 PAGES TODAY No. 17 — Single Copy 10c larden Club Ibsarves Yule i $os!9—Feast p;3C’c Mountain Garden i,' ffslherrd 85 strong to " f of Christmas at the lf ‘Vsta Hotel on Friday fnlthP 17th) at fi:30 in the 5 inc Guests of the club n"on'-members who filled E, the musical choruses. ' • personal guests of mern ,r; also participa'cd. 0n„ double quartette of inlnn was led by Laurence ,jnner of Montreat-Anderson Ijlecre who also rendered the iritone solo of one of the nibers. A mixed quartette, Sn doubled, provided sweet Irmonies on another set of lections on the Christmas eme. James McLarty, pastor of e First Methodist Church, n(iered several familiar car s with historical notes in a iv that made them memor le for a truly appreciative dience. 0ne who “feels” Christmas ;;ld revel in it then. With the tide of feeling eilcd by group participa in in familiar carols and the any reminders to each other have a merry Christmas d a happy New Year the ub closed its activities till xt February. Dr. Van Dyke raid agree that they know uv to “keep Cchistmas.” rHE GTEAT LIGHT" 0 BE PRESENTED AT akey gap church •The Great Light,” a Christ as pageant will be presented •he Lakey Gap Presbyterian lurch Thursday evening at This is a beautiful pageant, 1 youth and adults, with mu lighting effects, and bril mt costumes. 1 ill' UIIJ’ dUCI j dLL' rtS iui ,v?- Mary. Terese Melton; ••••'It. David Solomon; Wise pn, Tommv Loean, Gene er^nt5:. Sfcve Austin: Shep (k M'tehell Bp'ddingfield, ’■man Atkins, Eugene Med If. Don Solesbv; Reader and lo'st, Dave Pelletier; Stage ::e!s. Guinn and Gale Mc ?::i : Angel Annunciator, logan; Angel Host, Kar Gregorv, Shelia Goodman, ench Clements, Debbie Mc fsr,Beth Lominac; Scriptu ' Commission by- minister, W. Solomon. Part;cipants to carry the ght: Beth Lominac, Jane e-rris. Gene Clements, John iddingfield, Gertrude Clem 's. Debbie McMeans, Harry ements, Geraldine Simmons, is lamb; Stage director, opertie.s, lighting effects curtains, Gene Davis, ■ ted by Earl Swayngim and any Clements; Pianist Kath : i Davis; Pageant Directors, urley Morris. Choir: Gertude Clements atherine Davis and Iris Mrs. James Larry Sullins "... Lo„ Iren. Ledbetter and Jame, Larry Sullin. v^e ,n ma‘‘r'»Ke >n an evening ceremony conducted Sat urday at 7:30 P. M. in Black Mountain Fir.t Baptist Church by the pastor, the Reverend A. T. Usher. i ne Driae is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wil son Ledbetter of North Fork Road. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Herbert Sulims, Jr. of 209 View Street. The vows were exchanged before a background of all white flowers, fern trees, and arched candelabras. The wed Selected m, Airman Jimmy M. Hardin, formerly of 149 Edwards Ave., Swsnnanoa, has been selected for training at Ama rillo AFB, Tex., as an Air Force supply specialist. The airman, a 1964 graduate of Charles D. Owen High School, recently completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. Lamb, Betty Jean Melton, Judy Morris, Katie Swayn gim, Iris Lamb, Vivian Atkins, Shirley Morris, Sue Solomon, Waverly Austin, Ruby Logan, and Myrtle Stepp; Costume di rector, Lucille McMeans. _ ling music was presented by Mrs. E. V. Gouge, organist, and Richard Hipps, Soloist. Mr. Hipps sang “0 Perfect Love”, “Whither Thou Goest”, and “The Wedding Prayer”. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a floor length gown of re-embroid ered Alencon applique and detachable chapel length train. Her veil of illusion fell from a double tiara of sequins and pearls. The bride carried a white Bible topped with a bouquet of white roses and lilies-of-the valley. Miss Helen Johnson was the maid-of-honor and wore a floor length gown with empire bodice of red velveteen and skirt of red taffeta and attach ed bustle. She carried a white muff with red poinsettias and holly. She wore a head piece of red net attached to a vvhire velvet poinsettia. Bridesmaids were Miss Gloria Sullins, sister of the groom, Miss Patricia Champ ion, and Miss Blanche Stamey. They wore floor length gowns with empire bodices of red velveteen and skirts of red taffeta. Their headpieces and bouquets were identical to the tnaid-of-honor’s. Misses Cindy and Darlene Sullins, sisters of the groom were flower girls. They wore short dresses of red v'elveteen trimmed in white lace. Miss Barbara Blizard pre sided at the guest register. _ Mr. Sullins served as his ■on’s best man. Ushers were ,'erry Ledbetter, brother of the bride, Van Sullins, brother of the groom, Paul Sparks, and Wayne Morrow. ■ The mother of the bride wore a royal blue velvet sheath —Turn to Page 4 SUPPORT THE CHURCH” 0 BEGIH JAHUARY 6 IN SPECIAL HEWS PAGE ”ls newspaper is proud to Wjunce that beginning: with 1 January 6th issue it will luiish the famous nationally l0"n "Support the Church” Mure, This series is acknow ''"ed as the finest in the • of religious promotion, has been the recipient e'ght national awards. It nuw appearing in over 1000 ’•spapers throughout the tiled States and Canada, in miv for as long as ten years tenuously, or more, t-is program has been en ,rsed by outstanding church tiers. The theme of the ad ding is kept on a non : niniination basis so that —iLU'-s—a poignant and in 1 "ling message for all i Tie of all faiths. ihe Support the Church” t-Jte will be run each week will conist of a brief par oe-like message beautifully ^stratecjj with photo and w°rk designed to stimulate '■ '1.-st in church activities ■ increase church attend ' e- "’e think you will agree - this in turn will make community a better place ' hich to live and strengthen : n'<>ral fibre of our citizens. al merchants and citizens a,e sponsoring this very ile program are listed : Huggins Jewelers, n's Dent. ?»o»c, Bur 1 ' tie, Sealtest Dairy ■ Key City Pharmacy, Black Mountain Lumber Com nanv, Bilo Super Market, Garland Tire Co., Grove Stone and Sand, Beacon Mfg. Co., Davidson City Service, Brad lev Insurance, Twentieth Cen tury Heating, R. W. Cook, Electricity, Collins Depait ment Store, Black Mountain Floral Center, Mi Lady Beauty Isle White Insurance, Key City Laundry, Williams Bros. Oil Co., Wards WNC Drug, Food Town, Asheville Weld ing Co. Black Mountain Esso, Davidson Coal and Fuel, Mor gan Manfactunng Co., kx Cell-0 Corp., Black Mountain CM Shop, Southern Cm struction Co., a'1 Mmmrain Realty Company mniain ~_*_., The first four mats in the ies will be “Probably Com - Down”, What’s a Garnish, i World in Trouble ^ and Different Drummer. “The story of how these . originated is locked up, dly enough, in a little gien nch and a wondering man , ■ording to an article e jduced from the August 1 edition of Guideposts. Fail Keister had been its L o f hif life. Times ,s most of his t SX omise to Pa> ister took i ■ , •• n ■ n ' small circulation did not oriiig ui iiiuvn ->^— Keisters bought up six neigh boring papers and consolid ated them into the Northern Virginia Daily and they fin ally began to prosper. This again brought rest lessness. Keister and his wife then bought a farm just outside of Strasburg, Va. with a bluff which overlooked the Shenan doah Valey. When problems depressed him and he wanted peace and quiet he would come to this secluded spot which changed his life entirely. Here he could gain prospective and here he conceived the idea of a church page, a combin ation of advertising, news and a “rediscover your-church theme. In August 1944, the first all of this type was run. By the beginning of 1945 there were twelve papers with him. Now there are twenty people working full time to keep up with the demand made by the 700 accounts. As Keisler points out: “Everyone can have his bench, a retreat in which to lick his wounds and dissolve his prob lems” And he also ad Is tna. the bench is quite often a church pew. The Black Mountain NEW. fee’s that the addition of thi, atfacti-e feature will be apurecicated by the readers Guest Soloist Gives Program For Marians Rev. A. T. Usher presided at the Monday meeting of the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Rotary Club this week. He introduced Kenneth Neu enschwander, director of mu sic at the First Baptist Church of Black Mountain, who sang two selections accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Walter Neu enschwander. His choices were “Love Came Down at Christ mas” and “Kevin’s Carol.” Following the program Ro tarians joined in singing sev eral Christmas Carols. N. B. Hulberf Buys 2 Local Businesses After 14 years in business the McMurray Appliance and Sporting Goods store at the intersection of Montreat Road and State St. in Black Moun tain has been sold to N . B. Hulbert ot Swannanoa. Mr. Hulbert is the owner of the WNC Coin Laundry at the WNC Shopping Center and has recently purchased the Eckles Coin Laundry on West State St. near the Village boundary. The new owner of the Mc Murray store has been award ed the Frigidaire franchise for all home appliances and for the built-ins. The store Will display many of the new innovations in the well ad vertised Frigidaire line. Service and outside sales will be handled by Mac Bart lett who has regularly attend ed General Motors Service schools and has long experi ence in refrigeration and household appliance repairs. Ray Moore of Black Moun tain will be associated with —Turn to Page 4 Here are the men choien to administer the new motor vehi cle safety inspection program. Left to right are Inspection Ad minsitrator Roger Parker, Assistant Director of the License and Safety Inspection Division Gonzalie Rivers and Division Director C. D. Lindsay. Among the lirst officia acts of new Comissioner of Motor Vehicles A. Pilston God win, Jr, was the official record ing with the Secretary of State the regulations for the motor vehicle inspection pro gram. The action puts the cap on months of arduous develop ment of the program. The 1965 Assembly speci Tax Listings Will Be Token During January The county and city taxes for 1966 may be listed at the City Hail during the month of January beginning January 3 and extending through Jan uary 31. Forrest Austin, tax lister stated yesterday that hours for listing will, hj Mondays and Tuesdays 9-12 and 1-5 Wednesdays 9-12; Thursdays and Fridays 9-12 and 1-5 and Saturday 9-12. I fied that the inspection reg ulations must have the approv al of the Governor before they become effective. Gov ernor Moore approved the re gulations after several sess ions in which he led discus sions hammering out several policy decisions. The program will be admin istered by the License and Theft Division whose name has been changed to the lic ense and Safety Inspection Division. Division Director is C. D. Lindsay and the Inspection Administrator is Roger Park er who has been transferred from Charlotte. The License and Safety Inspection Division includes 32 inspectors who already supervise many acti vities of more than 4,000 auto dealers under the dealers licensing act. Twenty five ad ditional inspectors will be transferred from the Highwaj Patrol and will be replaced by new men. Also 36 Weigh! Station personnel in the Lic —Turn to Page *♦ Old Christmas , Experiences Recalled Christmas comes but once a year. Usually it is a pleas ant experience for most of us and it becomes difficult to separate one Christmas from another. With the business part of the Kiwanis Club of Black ; Mountain-Swannanoa over, the 1965 president, Hugh White, broke in with the statement that not all Christmasses were happy ones. He recounts a personal war experience of working to get off a troop ship and establish camp be fore Christmas only to eat Christmas dinner out of a can —it was a small can at that. These comments brought forth Christmas experiences of others present. One stated that he had missed being home only once on Christmas, and that was due to a preva —Turn to Page 4 to turn from the routine of everyday business and in real -sincerity convey our appreciation to our many valued friends. Your favors and good will have made “everyday business” a very special pleasure for us. To all, our wishes for a happy, hearty holiday rich in good old-fashioned joys. GORDON H. GREENWOOD ELIZABETH KEITH TYSON BABEP JIMMY HART MRS. GEORGE SLIGHT MRS. M. M. ELLIOTT GARNET GREENWOOD EDITH BENEDICT CARROLL MARLER STEVE HANEY MISS BERTHA GREENE MRS. HAYES CONNOR ANDREW MILOVITZ W. C. FIELD BRUCE HAMMOND MRS. E. F. HARDIN MRS. THELMA BUCKNER MRS. W. N. BROWN MRS. LIB HARPER J.LSS MARY BENEDICT -I . ^ >3U'Ob ^ LAURENCE BROWN DIES, ENDING A COLORFUL CAREER Laurence E. Brown, 70, for 34 years a colorful and prom nent figure in political circles in Buncombe County where le served as sheriff, from 1925-1963, died at 11 p.m. Monday light in a local hospital where he had been ever since December 10. His death came following n illness which began in the pring of 1963. At this time his family took iim to Houston, Texas, for xamination and treatment for umors which were later re tried as non-malignant. Within recent months he /as again taken to the Texas linic and later, on December 0, returned to this state and he VA Hospital at Oteen. During his 34 years in pub ice service his only defeats ame on political upsets when he nation went into a Re lublican landslide in 1928 and n 1962 after which he retired iTUDENT NIGHT XT CHRISTMAS XT FIRST BAPTIST College students at home on 'acation will conduct the Stu lent Night at Christmas Pro 'ram of the First Baptist Church this Sunday night at 1:30 p.m. The theme, “Con ormed to Christ on the Cam jus” will be related to a num >er of campus experiences as ileven students speak. Subjects range from “Th< Student Conformed to Chrisi n Academic Excellence; tc Student Mission Summer Pro jects.” Other subjects includi athletics, social organizations developing friendships witl International students. Pastor and Mrs. Usher wil entertain the young peopl in their new home followin the program. Returning students and th young people of the churc will join in their annu; annual Christmas social th Thursday night. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE POST OFFICE Black Mountain can brag < many things, but right now tl Post Office takes first plac There is not another post c fice in this country that h, as fine a set of men servii the public. Always they a courteous and helpful ar do it with a smile. We, tl people of Black Mountain a preciate you! to his home in Broad River. As sheriff, Mr. Brown was popular at home and nation ally. He was a member of the N. C. Sheriff’s Associa tion to which he rose to be come vice-president and later president in 1957. Tn 1958 he became president of the National Sheriff’s Association. A native of Black Moun tain, Mr. Brown was the son of the late T. K. and Mary Davis Brown. He attended the ‘ local schools and was a grad ’ uate of Presbyterian College 1 where he was an outstanding athlete. He served with the 1 armed forces during World ; War L. = Under Sheriff Brown’s lea dershin the Buncombe County ? Sheriff’s Department became , one of the most efficient in 1 the state. He instigated the ls purchase of radio transmission and receiving equipment, also the identification bureau and fingerprinting department to more quickly locate criminals, >f and an indexed file of known ;e criminals dating back to 1916, e. and a roadblock plan which f- allowed closing of all roads is from the city in a few min g iites. ■e Many youngsters will re d member him for his work on le a pet project called Junior p- Deputies. Over the years -—Turn to Page 5 HONOR STUDENTS FOR SECOND PERIOD FROM OWEN OVEN The honor roll for the sec ond report period at Owen High School is as follows: NINTH GRADE ‘A” Stephen Gladwin, Joseph Bryan Hyder, Ruth Lois La Bonte, Malona Robertson, and Ruth Robinson. “B” Honor Roll Patty Bailey, Judith Bene dict, Ralph Brooks, Marguer ite Cambron, Gary Clark, Shelley Connor, Marshall Ed wards, Sharon Ann Howie, Michael Lemieux, Betty Logan, Lon McMahan, Mike Moody, Jeff Morris, Keith Osteen, Kay Fenley, Howard Pope, Ray Ramsey, Linda Reese, Kathy Rhodes, Br'enda Gail Roberts, Maryella Robinson, Edward Rumfelt, Clara Smith, Sherry Strickland, Phyllis Stuck, Virginia Taylor, Betty Wooten and Teresa Wright. SECOND six-weeks TENTH GRADE “A” Honor Roll NONE “B” Honor Roll -Ronnie Aldridge Jerry Bid dix, Judy Bradley, Donald Brooks, Lynda Brooks, Sandra Buckner, Robert Buchanan, Susan Bumgarner, Marcia Bur gin, Larry Candler, Ronald Cappella, Hayden Clark, Bill Clements, Sheila Cody, Gary Cole, Carolyn Cooper, Vickie Crotts, Allen Eberhardt, Deb bie Faggiani, Linda Faulkner, Larry Fitz, Micheal Gladwin, Bobby Goodman, Mary Ann Gordon, Vincent Greene, Wil iam Hamby, Ralph Hanson, Bruce Harris, Carolyn Holbert. Lee Hudson, Tommy Jon R tty I.ove, MaMaddox. Teresa Me-ltor, Wee lev Me! ■on, Terry McCall, Debbie Me Means, Elizabeth Ann Moser, Rosemary Nanney, Linda Nor ton, Vickis Osteen, Revonda Pressley, Carolyn Pruett, Katharyn Prudy, Janice Riddle, Linda Roberson, Linda Rob erts, Carol Rozz'ell, Gary Shell, Ronnie Sneed, James Stephen son, Alan Stepp, Joe Tyson, John Usher, Ronald Zeman. SECOND six weeks ELEVENTH GRADE “A” Honor Roll Frank Cable, and Thomas Loiran. “B” Honor Roll Mary Jo Beddingfield, Mary Benedict, Martha Bryan, Nan cy Burnett, Johnny Carson, Linda Campfield, Tommy Crabtree, Richard Davis, Doris Davis, Monecca English, Betty Jean Evans, Dianne Gant, Jean Gilliam, Judy Green field, Nancy Harris, Max Hutchins, David Ivey, Arnold Jones, Edward McGinnis, Robert McKinney, Frank Nan ney, Hazel Nesbitt, Frieda Owenby, Gary Roper, Charles Smith, Mike Sobol, Jim Stak ias, Teresa Tatliam, Rickie Tetrev, Phyllfs Willett, and Ronnie Worley. TWELFTH GRADE! “A” Honor Roll Frances Ledford and Virginia Wallin. “B” Linda Bartlett, Linda Brit tain, James Conran, Susie Dillingham, David Faucette, Dorothy Fussell, Phillip Gar land, Emily Glenn, Brenda Holland, Karen Hollifield, Sandra Lewis, Beth Lominac, Danny Marlowe, Bruce Mc Mahan, F.abara Fadgett, Terry Ramsey, Marie Robin son, Ronnie Sparks, Bill Wag ner, and Faye Wright.
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