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HO't f nd Sons’ Book Bindery Sprin( port Michi£>' n 49284 REGISTRATION DATES SATURDAY, MARCH 23 SATURDAY, MARCH 30 SATURDAY, APRIL 6 HOURS 9 A. M. — 6:30 P. M. EVERYONE MUST REREGISTER High Low Prec March 12 . 63 46 3.33 March 13 . 86 24 March 14 . 49 20 March 15 . 52 27 March 16 . 55 42 .61 March 17 . 68 40 March 18 . 72 39 VOLUME 23 BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28711, THURSDAY MARCH 21, 1968 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 30 — 10 CENTS P«r Copy Kiwanians ladies Take 0«sr Meet Thursday’s Kiwanis lunch eon saw the ladies take over. Wives of Kiwanis members had a lot to say in the Black Mountain Kiwanis C 1 u b. President Ray Heath’s wife presided. Other Kiwanis of L fair on nvpr for t.ho 5: were taken over for the Lv bv the fair sex. The feting, at the Monte Vista «otel in Black Mountain, in cluded recommendations on u0\V a Kiwanis meeting should really be Some Ki wanis members had the sur prise of hearing inside in formation about themselves related in open meeting. All in fun. of course. The general consensus after the meeting was- Everyday should he ladies day. One special guest was Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Yates —who said it was the finest Kiwanis meeting he’d visited in a year. I Owen Choraleers Attended Mars Hill Clinic The Owen Choraleers — represented Owen at the Mars Hill Choral Clinic, Feb. 9 and 10. Front Row: L. to R.) — Margaret Hensley, Barbara Allison, Vicki McIntosh; 2nd Row: Danny Webb, Ruth Labonte, Kathy Blank*. Sally Evans, Mary Lane; 3rd Row: Steve Gardner, Milton Hol’i fi Id, Phillip Olivera, Creed Mundy. The Bell System is the na tion’s largest civilian em ployer using over 800,000 employees. General Motors ranks second and the U. S. Post Office third in total em ployees. I Brownie Troop Observes Week Swannanoa Brownie Troop No. 50, before they left on their visit to the Aaheville Orthopedic Hospital last Monday. Front row, left to right—Terri Moyers, Sharon David Lorna Fain, Laura Abernathy, Tina Allen, Elaine Harrison, Jill Pruett, Barbara Burnettle. Second row — Janice Bartlett, Cythia F'ender. Susan Cannon, Beverly Coston, Shelia Tallent, Karon Buckner, Kelly Lambert, Debra McCrain. Third row—Teresa Smith, Kim Bartlett, Kathy Buckner, Linda Greer, Darla Robinson, and Brenda Greer. Leaders are Mrs. Roy Robinson and Mrs. Samuel N. Fain. 8th Festival Features 8 Square Dance Teams I On Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p. m., at the Charles D. r*|'n Hi(h School, the eighth annual Swannanoa Valley 0 Festival will occupy the spotlight for those who find enioyment in the old folk music and folk dances. lit, tif ?,y °* Asheville will tL-, e blaster of Ceremonies tL s :v®ar- He is well known in ea ncal circles for his per ■vmances in ACT, his work , the Tanglewood Chil n s Civic Arts Council, the Ue Kidge Mountain Dane and the New Tensions '-ombo. A. C. Reynolds Clog ieam’ coached by Barron M. i ‘0?e, will be featured in exhibition. <?te Reynolds and his ainl will again be on hand " iurnish the music for the u« >t square dance teams who be competing for troph ic ,un(t also to render some entertainment along u solo and group perform /?, who will entertin with ^ ' and traditional singing, J"ung and instrumental mu -ach year, in addition to e iest Dancers, the Best Cono ani1 ^°®t Graceful u,‘e are also awarded trophies, which are for the winners to keep; they are not on a revolving; bas'=. The trophies to be awarded are on display at the Huggins Jew elry Store in Swannanoa. Judges for the Festivals have b°en Qualified persons from Western North Caro lina. They grade the square dance teams on a point sys tem based on 100 per cent as perfect and in the follow ing categories: (1) team co ordination, 55 points; (2) grace and execution of fig ures, 20 points; (3) choice of figures and presentation to the audience, 20 points; and (4) costumes, 5 points. Adult tickets at $1 and stu dent tickets at 50 cents may be purchased from any mem ber of the Swannanoa Wo man’s Club. Mrs. Kenneth Davidson and Mrs. Tom Sawyer are co-chairmen of the Festival. Mrs. C. R- Stevens is presi dent of the Woman’s Club. Be cdPATE WILL KdSPEaker THURSDAY PTA. tt-ii] 6 Mountain PTA meet Thursday night, March mary James didate Board guest 21 at 7:30 in the pn school auditorium. McCiure Clark, can for Buncombe of Education, will be speaker. SENIOR CLUB SPONSORS DRIVER IMPROVEMENT COURSE A driver improvement course will be given by the Highway Patrol and spon sored by the Black Mountain Womans Club. It will be on four consecutive Monday mornings, starting on April 1, and continue on April 8th, 15th and 22nd, from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. All course will be held in the Educational build ing of the Baptist Church, and will be necessary to at tend all sessions, complete 8 hours, in order to receive credit for the course. There is no charge. TICKETS ON SALE FOR PTA GAMES Tickets for the Black Mountain - Swannanoa PTA basketball games to be play ed on Saturday night, March 23, beginning at 7 p. m., in the Owen gym, are on sale at Knight’s Pharmacy in Black Mountain and at the Black Mountain Hardware in the Shopping Center. Price: Adults $1; children 12 and under, 50 cents. Benefit PTA. Pre-School Clinic Our pre-school clinic will be at B'aek Mountain Pri mary School at 9 a. m., on Tuesday, March 26. in the auditorium. Anyone whose child is, or will be. six years old by October 16. 196S, is urged to come and register. Not only will you learn of your child’s needs, but you can meet the teachers, the nurse, and the principal, Leonard Keever. Please bring: 1. Your child’s birth cer tificate. 2. Special information about your child (allegries, speech problems, handicaps.) 3. Completed immunization record. , Required immunizations tor entering school are: 1. Smallpox vaccination or booster. 2. Oral polio series and booster. 3 Diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus series with a booster at age six years. Recommended additional immunization are measles vaccination. The mumps vaccination is optional. The good old days? Not if ou were in a hurry to talk > someone. Fifty years ago, iere were only about 10 mu on telephones of all types i the nation. Today, there re more than 83 million Bell ygtem phone® in service# Selected For All-State Band Clinic Front How: (L. to R.) — Morgan. Ray Cockrell, Vickie Hole- Ten Owen Band members man, Kathy Burgln, Robbi selected by competitive audi Stubbs and Marcia Burgin. tioin for the All-State Band Back Row — Hayden Clark, Clinic held at Western Caro Nathan Corbitt, Malona Rob- lina University Jan. 26 and ertson, Doug Davis, and Gary 27, 1968. Owen Band And Chorus Plan Spring Concert The Charles D. Owen High School Band and Chorus will present their annual spring concert Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p. m., in the High School Auditorium. The chorus will present a concert consisting entirely of sacred music, appropriate to the Lenten Season. The band will present a con cert of standard literature, including “Folk Song Suite,” by R. Vaughn Williams “Donna Juanita Overture,” by Von Suppe, and “Carnival of Roses,” by Olivadoti. This will be the first con cert appearance for both groups this year, since fiu and bad weather forced can cellation of the Christmas Concert. The band and chorus are under the direction of Rich ard Hipps. A Show And Tell Is Interesting Experience Thi» U the class, at least those who w»-«- w**"* pn Thursday of last week for the “Show and Tell”: kneeling on left, Woodard Thompson, from left to right—Michael Clev enger, Karl Logan, Karl Green, David Monroe, Nancy Wat son, Dr. Behre, Keith Whittington, Dorinda Owens, Frank Thielman and Sandra Mattice. Dorinda Owen* show* and tell* about her birds to: Mr*. Lana Jones, her fourth grade teacher, Stanley Jones, Tracy Clevenger and Ann Garrison, visitors from Mrs. Hardie’s class, and parent Mrs. Calvin Thielman. Photos by Dupuy By Edith K. Benedict Today we have witnessed something unusual and most interesting in the educational field. We saw a ‘‘Show and Tell.” an example of the first awakening of awareness of the wonders around them for a few, a continuance of in vestigation for others. This demonstration was given by individuals from the fourth grade of the local pri mary school, under the direc tion and supervision of Dr. Elinor Behre. who is in the nrocers of establishing what she hopes will be a Youth Mu seum. There is one other in the state — at Beaufort on the coast. Because of the nature of the flora and fauna in that section of our state, this is a marine museum- The findings here would be somewhat dif ferent, but we live in a sec tion of the South with ureV celled possibilities for this sort of study. However, the beginnings now in process are onlv a foundation. For nxai'ir'e — the bn'-s and girls have h«en enrn’n aged to collect rha* in wH'-h *hev a''e most interested. This, oddly enough, has no* always been from the field of science — take for instance Michael Clevenger and David Monroe —• they had already shown an interest in the col lecting of stamps, so wis° Dr. Re'hre let them continue feeling that the collecting of anything of interest to them was important. And Kar1 Gr°en whose interest, was col lecting rocks, this is out of the instructor’s field, but she likes to learn and find new interests, too. so this collec tion was continued. Te retrack a hit, for a background, now. Dr. Behre saw-; a similar project in Sa vannah, Ga., and another in one of the larger cities ’in Texas. Here the youth from grades 1-12 were participat ing with matters in which they had shown interest, only on a very large scale—there was a separate building and a curator besides instruction and direction from many adults who were interested. Dr. Behre hones, with inter est from PTA, which of course means teachers and parents, the museum for our community might become a reality. This could be a great thing for us. Has it ever oc cured to the reader how many unusual, interesting and beau tiful plants we are fortunate enough to have in our moun tains? How many adults, even, know what sort of life exists in our lakes and streams — beyond the fish taken from them annually? There are numerous “rock hounds” among us, both full time dwellers and those of the summer variety — yet aside from the rock museum in Asheville and that near Spruce Pine on the Parkway, maintained by the State, where do we have a collec tion open to the public ? This is something of educa tional value to all ages, es pecially to the inquisitive minds of children. Yet the object is not to es tablish a show place for visi tors in particular. Dr. Behre hopes that by starting with the younger boys and girls she will promote an interest in that which is important and unique in this environment and by so doing to develop an interest in science, no matter which branch. Last year she worked with children of a little older age in the elementary school, which she believes was a bit more desirable, not because they were more interested, but because they were capa ble of more advanced proced ures which she wishes to stress as the youngsters bring in their specimens. However, this year there was no room available and she was happy to move to the primary build ing where not only was there room, but the fourth grader REV. NANE STARNES EVANGELIST FOR SWANNANOA CHURCH Rev. Nane Starnes, pastor of the West Asheville Baptist Church, will be the evangelist in revival services beginning at the First Baptist Church, Swannanoa, on Sunday night, March 24 and continuing through Sunday morning, March 31. Don Angell, minis ter of music at the church, will be in charge of the music. Services begin each night at 7:30 p. m., including Satur day. Special music features each service. A nursery is also available for the meet ings. E. V. Crist, superintendent of Sunday School, is in charge of departmental and class meetings each night at 7 p. m. for the purpose of planning visitation and promoting at tendance. The public is in vited. Penn Hunter Dies After Brief Illness L. Penn Hunter, 61, of Ma rion, who owned and operat ed Hunter’s Flower Shop in Black Mountain for many years died Monday, March 11, in a Buncombe County hos pital, after a short illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the First Baptist Church, Marion. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Hunter was postmaster at Marion. He served in the House in the 1959 General Assembly. He had been active in the Marion Merchants Associa tion and the McDowell County Chamber of Com merce. Before being appointed as postmaster in 1961, Mr. Hun ter operated a flower shop in Marion. He was a member and past president of the Ma rion Rotary Club, a Shriner and a member of First Bap tist Church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lucy Turner Hunter; three sons, three brothers and a sister. Observe 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shinn, Eighth Street, Black Moun> tain, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, Sunday, March 17, with Open House at their home. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Church of God served as hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Shinn were married March 12, 1918 in Raeford. They have been re siding in Black Mountain for the past 12 years. Living children of the Shinns are: Mrs. D. H. Mitchem of Kan napolis; Fred Shinn of Hamp ton, Va.; Mrs. Frank Riner of Lancaster, S. C.; Mrs. Frebert Couchot of Piqua, Ohio; Mrs. D. L. Robinson of Greenville, Ohio; Charles G. Shinn of Philadelphia; 15 grandchil dren and six great grandchil dren. PLAY READING GROUP MEETS TUESDAY MEETS TUESDAY The play reading group of the Black Mountain Woman’s Club will meet on Tuesday, March 26 at 10 a. m., at the home of Mrs. Eugene Under wood, Turkey Ridge Road, Blue Ridge. In case of bad weather, the place of meet ing will be at the home of Mrs. B. Gordon Byron, Crest Place. SAVE APRIL 28, 1968 In Recital The St. Andrews School of Music at St. Andrews Presby terian College in Laurinburg, presented Madeline Leon ard, soprano, in a senior voice recital on Friday March 15th at 8 p. m. Madeline, who has studied for four years with Miss Ra doona Pozmor, a well-known voice teacher and performer throughout the South, will re ceive her bachelor of music degree in voice this coming May. She hopes to begin work on her masters degree next year at the Boston Conserv atory, studying under David Vlair McClosky. During her four years at St. Andrews, Madeline has appeared as soprano soloist of the touring choir and was both president and vice presi dent of the Music Educators National Conference. She was a member of the Madrigal Singers and has also appeared in two operas given by the Drama and Music De partment. Last summer she was selected as the voice teacher of the annual St. An drews Music Camp. Included in the program for her senior recital are works by Bach, Handel, Schu bert, Brahms, Wolf, Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson, and two arias, from the French opera, '“Manor,” by Massenet. Madeline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Leon ard of Tabernacle Road m Black Mountain, N. C., and is a 1964 graduate of Charles D. Owen High School. OUESTIONS? THESE ARE YOUR PRECINCT CHAIRMEN Registrars and their pre cincts are: Precinct 1 — Mrs. Barbara Harris, Primary Building, Tel. 669-8594; Pre cinct 2—Mrs. Mary Maddox, City Hall, Tel. 669-7043, and Precinct 3 — Mrs. Dorothy Sobol, Club House, Tel. 669 7329. For needed information call your precinct chairman. were quite taken with the idea. In fact, too much so, according to Dr. Behre there were 46 who reported for that first session much to her dismay—not that she wasn’t willing to tackle the job, but 46 is a handful for any un dertaking. In time, because of one thing and another, those with less interest were weed ed out and now with about 25, she has competent work ing teams, divided into inter est groups. And what are the groups doing? Well. Woodard Thomp son has kept a weather chart, measuring the temperature daily and recording it; as mentioned before, ’VGchael Clevenger and David Monroe are interested in stamps and have a varied collection, in cluding many colorful for eign shapes both canceled and new; Karl Logan was be ginning a shell collection al though he has never been to fh a shore himself and cer tainly this collection is for eign to the mountains in which he lives — but he has identified many from trips to the library and friends have contributed items; Karl Green with his rocks, has chosen something with unlimited possibilities in this environ ment; Nancy Watson and Sandra Mattice were some what limited in their collect ing of animals since no live specimens could be brought Library Room Available For Programs The Educational Room at the West end of the new Pub lic Library, is now available for use by groups for single meetings or programs of a civic, cultural, or educational nature, it was announced this week by A. F. Tyson, Jr., President of the Library Board of Trustees. Mr. Tyson explained that the govern ment appropriations for the building restricted it to Li brary or Educational meet ings. Therefore it cannot be used for purely social pur poses, nor can it be used for political meetings or religious meetings of a denominational nature. A large projection screen is built on to the wall so that slides and films can be shown, but organizations must pro vide their own projector. The Library has a projector for Audio-Visual educational pur poses but the use of this equipment requires special permission and the provision of a trained operator. No smoking is permitted and no admission fees may be charg ed except in the case of paid registration fees at confer ences or institutes. In fairness to the numerous groups in the Community, the Library cannot accept reser vations for this room for a series of meetings, which would designate the Library as the regular meeting place of such groups. This is not to say, however, that a group or Club is restricted to only one meeting a year. A Club might have, for example, three or four or more programs of an educational or cultural nature planned for the year. There is no reason why they should not apply for the room for each of these single meetings, provided, of course, that they did not conflict with any more directly Library related ac tivities. A small building service fee of $5 is charged for each meeting. Tea And Topic Enjoy Showing Of Styles The regular business meet ing of the Tea and Topic Club was held at the Monte Vista Hotel Tuesday night, March 12. Mrs. W. W. White was hostess. Mrs. Phillips, the vice president, presided over the business meeting in the ab sence of Mrs. Woodcock. The club discussed the Blue Ridge Chapter of Crippled Chil dren and Adults, and voted to give $12 to aid them in their work. After the business meeting the program was presented in the form of a Fashion Show, given by the Sweater Shop. The show was planned and or ganized by Miss Nancy Greg ory. Mrs. W. W. White was the commentator. After the Fashion Show the members of the club and the models in the show, en joyed delicious refreshments, served from a lovely table in the lobby of the hotel. EASTERN STAR TO INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Back Mountain Chapter No. 200 Order of the Eastern Star will hold an installation for 1968-69 officers, Tues day, March 26, at 8 p. m. to the school (the groun meets only twice a week and care of animals prohibited a live collection) — however, they did the next best. Nancv had a couple of skins, wild and domestic rabbit, I be lieve, Sandra had worked with Nancy on this and there were pictures, bones, a pre served pig embyro (donation from their teacher); Keith Whittington and Dorinda Owens were working with nlants and birds—birds are of interest to all ages here and Dorinda knew those to be found around her home, the plants were those of Mr. and Mrs. Nelon (the school prop erty manager), and were of the house-plant type, but al ready there was a large s°ed pod on the cactus being watched with interest bv the boys and girls; and Frank Thielman. whose subject for study now is insects, had col lected a praying mantis co coon, a preserved specimen of larva of the same and vari ous pictures to illustrate his interests. The nice point about the interest groups is that all th0 kids seem vitally interested in all the groups—so much so, that conversation was pos sible with any of them about any of the subjects, whether the child was working on that particular one or not. This brings up another in teresting angle — with the —Cont. On Page 10 Announcement Mr. and Mra. Ollis Vets of Old Fort with to announce the wedding of their daugh ter, Joyce Ann to George Ray Grindstaff, aon of Mr. and Mra. George Grindataff, alao of Old Fort. The vows and rings were exchanged March 9th at 4 p. m., in the home of the bride’s parents. The Rev. Cecil Brown officiated at the cere mony. The bride was attired in a white linen suit and her cor sage was of red roses. Mrs. Russell Perry, Sr., of' Black Mountain, was her sis ter’s matron of honor. Glen1 Grindstaff of Pleasant Gar dens, acted as his brother’s best man. Guests included the imme diate families and close friends. The cake cutting and re ception followed immediately after the wedding. Mrs. Grindstaff attended school in Old Fort; Mr. Grind staff was a 1967 graduate of Old Fort High. The couple will make their present home in Pleasant Gardens. Juniors Enjoy Sweater Shop Fashion Show * “Soft breeaes whiepered to' me today, Spring is having a fashion show Out in the country, over the way. Put on your bonnet . . . come, let’s go.’’ Spring fashions from Thhe Sweater Shop, Black Moun tain, created a desire among those present at the Monte Vista Hotel, Tuesday, March 12, to go shopping and splurge the ’ole paycheck on a new wardrobe. Black Moun tain Junior Woman’s Club, and their guests for the eve ning, Tea and Topic Club, received a first-hand peep of" completely new ensembles in sportswear, evening apparel and lingerie styled to meet the needs of the modern ’gal. Fashions were commentat ed by Mrs. W. W. White, while background music set the mood for viewers. Miss Nancy Gregory, co-ordinator of the show, assisted models whose complimentary Spring hairstyles were fashioned by Mi-Lady’s Beauty Isle. Those modeling styles were: Mrs. W. W. White, Mrs. Norman Freeman, Mrs. J. H. Ledbetter, Mrs. James Maddox, Miss Betty Austin, Miss Patricia Warren, Miss Susan Blankenship, and Miss Gloria Sullins. Mrs. Ernst Laursen called the meeting to order. Mrs. Charles Ray, Fine —Cont. On Page 10 I Art League Begins Classes This Thursday The Swannanoa Valley Art League met in the Education Room of the beautiful, new Black Mountain Public Li brary on Monday, March 11, The nresident, Mrs. Eugene C. Gilbert, presided. The guests were Miss Hilde garde Nelson, Mrs. J. B, Nichols and George Inglis. In the absence of the Edu cation Committee chairman, Mrs. Robert Davidson, Mrs. W. N. Venable announced! that there were a few vacan cies for league members in the up-coming classes in water color and oil painting. These classes will be held ev ery Thursday, beginning March 21 and continuing for eight weeks. Mr. Douglas Grant, well known local art ist and instructor, will be the teacher. Mr. Grant attended San Francisco Institute of Art, Grand Central School of Art, in New York and re ceived a scholarship to the Art Student League in New York City. He has since taught at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, at the Art Career School and Cooper Union, in New York City. He is a past —Cont. On Page 10
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