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DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
VOLUME 23
BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28711
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9. 1969
10 PAGES TODAY
NO. 13 10 Cents Per Copy
(alendar
Qj Events
Swannanoa Women’s
‘ will sponsor a Rummage
,e Thursday and Friday of
jg'week at 31 Biltmore Ave.
isheville.
T[ie proceeds from the sale
U i,e used for the Swannanoa
tjlic Library.
rhe Biack Mountain Day Care
„ter for Handicapped and Re
ded Children has openings
, 2 children now. The Day
_e center is open from 9:00
to 11:30a.m. Monday,Wed
,dav ami Friday, at the First
List Church. Application
uld be made to Mrs. Boh
jjes by phone 669-7418.
^deration will he on a basis
needs and what the center
i offer your child.
'he Swannanoa Valley Art
lfUe will meet on January
a* 7:30 PM in the Education
,m of the Blac k Mountain
ilic Library. At this meet
Mr. Thurston Henry of
teville, a student ofthephil
Iphia Academy of Fine Arts,
[ talk on picture framing for
ch he is very well known
illy, Mr. Henry will damon
ite the use of the right fra me
a particular picture, and
suggest practical ways for
ters to finish their own
les as well as do over old
ies. All members of the
munity interested in this
lising program are invited
tend.
rea Men
In Service
ivate First Class Robert
les Taylor, son of Mr.
Mrs. Robert Taylor of
k Mountain, N. C. has corn
el Signal-man training at
Gordon, Georgia.
F.C. Taylor received his
: training at Fort Bragg,
T. where he received an
rt Rifle Medal upon corn
on of his training. P.F.C.
or was assigned to Fort
h'.J., for Lineman train
and was then assigned to
iouth Eastern Signal School,
t Gordon, Ga. for advanced
ning. He was then assig
for Viet Nam.
.F.C. Taylor is aigeTgrad
! of Lee Edwards High
Dol.
schnical Sergeant Aoie E,
lson Jr., son of Mr. and
Acie e, Johnson of
le-’ N. C., has completed
special U. s. Air Force re
ttr course at Lackland
I, Tex.
I geant Johnson will be an
;lal Air Force recruiter
ayettevilie, n. C. He was
® for the special assign
as a volunteer with an
anding military record.
16 Serseant was trained in
,r6is °f study, including
II Force job classification
tn, testing procedures and
,UiUt, relations to broaden
qualifications for pres
! the f^ts of Air Force
• opportunities to young
4ad women.
ant Johnson, a graduate
serTa (N- V*} HiehSchool,
erved in Vietnam.
,LWite- Marilyn, is the
CMP. 0t Mr' and Mrs
N c'ins Jr- °f Black Mount
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, p’ Marett, USN,
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Black Mountain Savings
Grand Opening Is Success
Marcus F. Begley, executive vice president of
the Black Mountain Savings and Loan Association
(center) is accepting a certificate from Mayor Will
iam C. Dawahare of Hazard, Ky. Mr. Begley was
chosen Favorite Son of Hazard. Looking on is Dr.
T. W. Wilson, assistant to Dr. Billy Graham.
Dr. Billy Graham was the
principal speaker for the for
mal opening of the new Black
Mountain Savings and Loan As
sociation Building, which was
visited bv an estimated 1,800
persons during opening day
ceremonies Friday.
Dr. Graham spoke to the
people concerning his recent
trip to Vietnam. Dr. Graham
stated that from what he ob
served and the progress that
had been made by the United
States and South Vietnamese
that the war is just about over.
Graham said the country has
the potential of being one of
the most beautiful tourist spots
in the world, and this he said
is why the Communists want
control of Vietnam.
Dr. T. W. Wilson, assistant
to Dr. Graham, and MayorWil
liam C. Dawahare, of Hazard,
Ky., also spoke during the cere
monies. Mayor Dawahare is
also President of the Mayor’s
Association for the state of Ky.
Recent growth and progress
of the association was outlined
ty James A. Dougherty, pres
ident.
Marcus Begley, executive
vice president of the associa
tion and a former resident of
Hazard, was presented a Key
to the City of Hazard and a
certificate being chosen Fav
orite Son of Hazard, the pre
sentation was made by Mayor
Dawahare at a luncheon in the
Coach House Restaurant. Also
attending the ceremonies were
Mr. and Mrs. David Begley and
children David, Brian and
Chris, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
May and daughter Donna. All
residents of Hazard.
The Black Mountain Savings
and Loan Association mo/ed
into the new $100,000 building
from the old location it had
occupied more than 40 years.
The features of the new buil
ding include a walk-in vault,
drive-up window and safety de
posit boxes for the customers.
American Legion Post
Has Successful Drive
Information received here
from Department Headquarters
of the American Legion in Ral
eigh indicates that Black Moun
tain Post #129 has conducted
a highly successful member
ship drive.
Mr . Floyd W. Stikeleather,
Commander of the Post, has re
ceived a letter from Depart
ment Adjutant J. Carroll Wilson
reporting that Post #129 has
exceeded its Legion Member
ship Incentive Goal for 1969.
The Legion Adjutant expressed
congratulations and thanks to
the Post leaders and member
ship workers for their effort.
A statement of high praise
for the local Post was issued
by C. Marcelle Williams of
Faith, North Carolina, Depart
ment Commander of the Amer
ican Legion.
Commander Williams said,
“The membership o f every
Legionnaire makes it possible
for the American Legion to
maintain service for the sick
and disabled in hospitals.
Memberships make possible all
Participants in ceremonies mak
ing the formal opening of the new
Black Mountain Savings and Loan As
sociation building in Black Mountain
Thursday included (L-R) Mayor Will
iam C. Dawahare of Hazard, Ky.,
James A. Dougherty, president of the
savings and loan association; Dr. T.
W. Wilson of Montreat, assistant to
Dr. Billy Graham, inernationally
known evangelist; Dr. Graham and
Marcus F. Begley, executive vice
president of the association.
Brandywine Theatre To
Present “Mary Mary”
On January lot h and llth and
January 17th and 18th the
Brandywine Players will pre
sent Jean Kerr’s comedy
“Mary Mary’’ at the Brandy
wine Theater, in the Manor,
267 Charlotte, in Asheville.
“Mary Mary" was first pre
sented by Roger L. Stevens at
the Helen Hayes Theatre, in
New York City, on Mar :h 8th
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The acH-vi :al;e ; j'lca i.iBib
Kellawav’s living room which
is also an office away from the
office, in a New York Apart
the Legion programs, such as
care for needy children, Base
ball, Boy’s State, Boy Scout
Troops, Oratorical Contests,
Community Service, and all the
others. I am proud to con
gratulate Post #129 upon this
notable achievement.”
Post Commander Stikeleath
er explained that “69~The Gol
den Year”-the theme of this
year’s drive- was to remind
all America of the 50 year’s
service The American Legion
has rendered our country and
accept the challenge of ‘‘For
ging the Future” -f America
by her war vetrans whose ser
vice makes them eligible to
become Legionnaires.
“We are accepting dues pay
ments now from Legionnaires
and eligible veterans whose
membership is essential if the
local organization is to con
tinue its service programs”,
Commander Stikeleather sta
ted. Also, he reported that
the Post is planning to expand
its local programs and acti
vities, depending on the final
results of the 1959 member
ship drive.
meat building. The place is well
kept, and obviously belongs to
a man of taste and intelligence,
but it is neither chic nor over
ly expensive. The part of|
Bob Kellaway is veryablyplay
ed by Ken Freedman, a veteran
of community and professional
theater. Carolyn Clark,another
veteran of theater, both
community and professional,
will be seen as Mary McKel
laway. In real life Carolyn
Clark is Ken Freedman’s wife,
Carolyn Freedman. Rounding
out this fine cast is Bill Stone,
who is directing this production
and playing Dirk Winston, a
Hollywood actor. In addition
to Bill Stone, Linda Ruby will
be seen as Tiffany Richards,
a nd Bill Stroup as Oscar Nel
son. Curtain Time for all
performances is 8:30 p.m. and
admission is $1.50 per person.
Headen Hits 30
As Tornadoes
Edge Cavaliers
MONTREAT - A sparkling
30-point performance by Greg
Headen paced the Brevard
Tornadoes to an 81-76 victory
over the Montreat-Anderson
Cavaliers here Tuesday night.
After a 43-all tie at halftime
the game was close all the way
until the final five minutes,
when the Cavaliers ran into foul
trouble, and the scoring of
Headen and Gary Cross sent
the Tornadoes in front.
M-A had five players—Bruce
Rosemond, Curtis Brooks, Bob
Hunnicutt, Richard Dillahunt
and Ben Young — in the double
figures in a well balanced
attack.
The victory upped Brevard’s
record to 6-3 and left M-A with
an 8-4 standing.
Hutchins
Withdraws
Appeal
Former State Rep. C. Edley
Hutchins of Black Mountain,
sentenced Oct. 8, 1968 , to a
term of two to five years in
prison after he pleaded guilty
to felonious breaking and en
tering. yesterday allowed his
attorney to withdraw an ap
peal of the sentence to the
State Court of Appeals.
But the attorney, Dan Simp
son of Morganton, then toldSu
perior Court Judge p.C. Frone -
berger that he was filing a mo
tion for a po st-conviction hear
ing in that court.
Judge Froneberger said st
andard procedure would be fol
lowed , allowing the solicitor
30 days to answer the motion.
If the motion is then granted,
the case is put on the court
calendar as soon as possible.
Froneberger sentenced Hut
chins and his co-defendant,
Frederick D. Averett of Black
Mountain, after both pleaded
guilty to breaking into the Ash
eville Industrial Supply on the
night of last Aug. 5. City
police caught both of them
t tie re,
A charge of stealing more
than $500 worth of construction
tools from the business was
dropped by the court after the
men agreed to the guilty pleas
on the first charge.
Hutchins was a Republican
candidate for reelection as a
representative from the Bun
combe - McDowell 43th House
District when he was arrested.
In the petition for a re-H.ear
ing of his case, Hutchins states
that the judge failed to ask him
at the trial whether he was un
der the influence of alcoholic
beverages or narcotic drugs
when he made his plea. He
says that he had taken three
pain pills prescribed for a
hernia condition on the day of
his trial, and that his judg
ment was affected. He said he
didn’t know until after the trial
that he had been sentenced to
an active prison term.
David Hamby Assumes Position
With Mountain Manpower Inc.
David Hamby recently as
sumed the position of director
of Mountain Manpower, Inc.,
Hamby Stated there are between
2,500 and 3,000 jobs in industry
open in Buncombe and Madison
County.
Industry alone has neen un
able to reach the untapped la
bor resources in the two coun
ties,
Both the jobless and those
working at jobs which do not
really reflect their abilities
have in the past lacked the
self-confidence, motiviation,or
self-discipline to seek employ
ment in industry, Hamby said.
Mountain Manpower Inc. is a
pilot program designed to help
the unemployed and underem
ployed.
The agency is a non-profit
voluntary organization formed
five months ago. Its headquar
ters is presently in North West
ern Bank Building.
With the cooperation of local
industries and businesses and
the Opportunity Corporation,
Mountain Manpower Inc. has
set its goal at placing 12 peo
ple a week into the labor mar
ket.
This means that approxima
tely 600 people may be able
to find regular employment this
year.
Hamby sa*1 that local em
ployment agencies and the Op
portunity Corporation will help
in the search for those people
who need “employment educa
tion.”
Once these people are con
tacted and agree to participate
in the program, they willbeen
rolled in a 10 week basic pro
gram. The basic program will
emphasize reading, writing,
arithmetic, proper motivation
and attitudes, job responsibility
and self-dicipline. Application
has been made for federal funds
for the program.
“Changing attitudes is the
biggest problem,” Hamby said
“we’re going to try to make
them realize how important go
ing to work every day is as
well as motivation and self-dis
cipline.”
Hamby said that those seek
ing additional “employment
education” may be able to at
tend night classes under the
direction of Asheville - Bun
combe Technical Institute.
He explained that the basic
program would include no
specific job training.
Upon completion of the pro
gram, many participants will
IN ew Children s Home
Named After Broyhill
Trustees of the Baptist Chil
dren’s Home of North Caro
lina,Inc., here today officially
named the children’s home now
in the process of being esta
blished in the western part of
the state as the Eroyhill Home
in honor of the J.E. Broyhill
family of Lenoir, N, C.
The Home, to be constructed
on a 96 acre site between Way
nesville and Clyde, just south
of Interstate 40 and U.S.19-23,
will be the sixth campus oper
ated by the Baptist Children’s
Homes. Thz Homes, establ
ished in 1885 , has family li
ving facilities in Thomasville,
Kinston, Pom! icke, Chi, el Hill
and Wallburg.
Cost of the campus which will
provide group care for about
50 children and will include four
family style cottages where
brothers and sisters live tog
ether, a campus center for rec
reational, administrative, and
educational facilities, and a su
perintendent’s home, is expec
ted to be approximately $634,
174. More than $300,000 has
been pledged toward this home
and additional monies are now
being raised in Western North
Carolina for this facility
through the Founders and
Builders program of the Chil
dren’s Homes.
“We are deeply grateful for
the significant investment
which the Broyhills are making
in the future of the Baptist
Children’s Homes of North
Carolina,” said Dr. W.R. Wag
oner, president of the Childr
en’s Homes. “It is entirely
fitting that the western Home
carry the Broyhill name. We
are pleased with the strength
which this name will add to
the total agency and its min
istry.”
The Broyhill family, out
standing furniture industry
leaders, has been long time
friends of the Baptist Child
ren’s Homes. Paul Broyhill,
president of the Broyhill
Furniture Industries, was re
cently elected to return to the
Homes’ Board of Trustees.
The Broyhill Furniture
Industries, was founded by J.E.
Broyhill, now chairman of the
board and his older brother,
the late T.H. Broyhill.
The brothers were born on a
modest homestead in rural
Wilkes County and were raised
by parents who emphasized re
Uigious teachings', respect for
hard work and an awarehess of
responsibility to self and
-others.
At 21, J. E. Broyhill left
the farm and logging trails to
finish high school and served
in the armed forces in World
War I. In 1919 he joined his
brother who had bought the
stock of an almost bankrupt fur
niture plant in Lenoir.
Starting as a clerk and book
keeper, J. E. soon was in charge
of sales, and in 1926 started
in business for himself by
making upholstered furniture in
a building which originally had
been a blacksmith’s shop. The
two brothers continued to sell
the output of their two plants
together.
During the depression years,
T. H. Broyhill had to retire
due to ill health and his bro
ther took over the reins of the
entire operation.
Under his direction the com
pany began to acquire new fa
cilities and today the indus
tries employes 5,000 persons
and operates nine furniture
plants and five materials supply
plants, all located within 50
miles of the Lenoir home of
fice.
The industries, now headed
by J. E. Broyhill’s son, Paul
H. Broyhill, is one of the top
four furniture industries in the
nation and is the only one which
’us crc " 1 c-Udy by the internal
expansion and without mergers.
Permanent showrooms are
maintained by the firm in Len
oir, Chicago, New York, Dallas,
Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Atlanta, and Seattle.
The Broyhill family recently
made a gift of $150,000 toward
the founding of the new home.
In giving the gift j. E. Broy
hill said, “We are very
pleased to be able to join with
the hundreds of community
leaders of the Founders and
Builders Program in assuring
a good home for numerous de
pendent, neglected and home
less children in our area of
the state.”
The Broyhill family recently
made a gift of $150,000 toward
the founding of the new home.
In giving the gift J. E. Broyhill
said, “We are very pleased to
be able to join with the hun
dreds of community leaders of
the Founders and Builders Pro
gram in assuring a good home
for numerous dependent, ne
glected and homeless children
in our area of the state.”
The Broyhill Home of the
Baptist Children’s Home will
serve as the hub from which
all the varied services of the
Homes will radiate throughout
the western part of the state.
These include Foster Home
services, casework services to
help in family rehabilitation,
mother’s aid, family services
with and without financial
assistance, and other programs
designed to help stregthen
wholesome Christian Family
living.
Former Student
To Give Concert
Michael Dyer, a former stu
dent at Montreat-Anderson
College who now attends Beth
any College in West Virginia
will perform in concert at MAC
on Thursday, January 9. The
concert will be held in Moore
Center at 9:00 p.m.
Dyer has played to enthus
iastic audiences in colleges and
universities all over the United
States, including Ohio State
University. Also well known on
the coffee house circuit, Dyer
has performed at the “Sacred
Mushroom” in Columbus, Ohio
and the “Extreme Left” in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and
was recently the winner of the
West Virginia Folk Festival in
Oglebay Park.
be encouraged to take addition
al training in specific areas.
Those who seek immediate
employment will be assigned a
“job-coach” who will help the
newly employed worker with
any problems that might arise
in his work.
The “job-coach” will work
closely with the worker for a
year and remain available to
give help after this period.
Mountain Manpower Inc. will
also work with local health
agencies to help with any health
problems the participants may
have, according to Hamby.
“The program is in the plan
ning and development stages
now, but we hope to be in full
swing this year,” Hamby said.
A graduate o f Appalachian
State University, he received
a masters degree form West- ,
ern Carolina University in 1966.
He is a former athletic direc
tor and football coach at Ashe
ville’s David Millard Junior
High School.
Newsprint,
Postal Rates
Increase
Newsprint cost and postal
rates went upward January 1,
ushering in the new year for
newspapers throughout the
country. In addition to the ris
ing costs facing newspapers
during 1969, commercial print
ing paper showed a substantial
increase in costs during 1968.
Newsprint will increase from
$143 a ton to $147 a ton,amount
ing to almost three per cent.
At the present schedule. The
Black Mountain News will pur
chase several hundred tons of
newsprint during the calendar
year 1969. Job printing paper
i'i expected io follow suit <H»
5 to 8 per cent increase.
The 1968 first phase increas
ed newspaper mailing approx
imately 15 per cent and the new
rate effective this week will
amount to an additional 12 to 15
per cent increase.
Postal rates for newspapers
and magazines and othor
material mailed at the sec
ond-class rate increased Jan
uary 1.
The increased results from
the postage rate law enacted in
December, 1967, which raised
most second-class rates in
three annual steps. The Jan
uary 1, 1969 hike is the second
phase o f the increase. The
first took effect January 7,1968,
and the third step will go into
effect January 1, 1970.
The second-class rate in
crease affects general inter
est, nonprofit and classroom
publications.
Rates also will go up Janu
ary 1 for controlled circula
tion publications. These ,ro
primarily trade, technical and
industrial journals which gen
erally do not charge a sub
scription fee and are not eli
SEE NEWSPAPERS
(Continued on page 2)
$31,000 Installation Project
Telephone cable for a $31,000 In
stallation project in Swannanoa is ar
riving by truck daily at Southern
Bell's Cherry Sreet work center in
Asheville. Cable splicer foreman, J.
M. Sorrells, helps construction clerk,
Miss Barbara Young, check in throe
hugh reels. This cable is part of 13,125
feet of cable ranging in size from 1500
circuits enclosed down to 25 copper
transmission pathes. The project will
serve the community growth along
major truck routes as wall as branch
ing off to many neighborhoods to pro
vide new service. There are currently
about 1800 telephones in service In
the Swannanoa exchange area. Con
struction crews hope to complete the
installation of the new cables early in
February, depending on the winter
weather.