VOLUME 23
DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
THURSDAY,
January 23, 1969
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NO. 21 10 Cents Per Copy
BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28771
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With
By E lizabeth Dlnwiddie Keith
Dr. E, H. Behre and her sis
,r Mrs. Kenneth Macgown of
os’ Angeles, Cal., spent the
jUdays on the Virgin Islands,
eturning home they were met
i Miami, Fla. by Mrs. Mac
,wn’s daughter, Mrs. Robert
axon, also of Los Angeles,
hey returned to Black Moun
in with Dr. Behre, for a few
ays visit, before leaving for
ome. Mrs. Macgown’s late
usband was head of the De
artment of Theater Arts at the
niversity of California, Los
ngeles. While he was affil
ted with the University, one
f the new buildings on the
impus was named for him,
[acgown Hall.
During the holidays, Mr. and
rs. Clarence Joyner spent
iree weeks with their son and
.mily, Mr. and Mrs. George
ayner, Ann, George, Susie,
ancy, Michael, William and
ahn of San Juan, Puerto Rico,
r. and Mrs. Joyner made the
ip by plane.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Wood and
nail daughter, Natalia, of
•eenville, N. C, visited his
other, Mrs. Sue Wood during
e holidays. Lew is a mem
r of the faculty at EastCaro
la University, Greenville.
Pvt. William Pollard ni, 21,
n of W. B. Pollard, 107 First
reet, completed an eight
■ek Administration course at
irt Leonard Wood, Mo. on
ic. 10.
Mrs. Anne Hodson left last
ednesday for an indefinite stay
th her son and family Chief
aster Sgt. Bobby McCool,
rs. McCool and their children,
innie and RobertofRiverside,
ilifornia.
Mr. and Mrs. j.r. Reed of
ik Knoll, have returned home
ter a Carribean Cruise that
ok them to Puerto Rico, Vir
n Islands, Dutch West Indies
id Venezuela, S. A. They
ove to Miami, Fla., and
arded the Cruiser there.
James R. Beddingfield, 24,
1967 graduate of Western
irolina University, Cullo
>ee, was commissioned an
my second Lieutenant after
aduating from the Infantry
ficer Candidate School at Ft.
mning, Ga., on Dec. 10. Jim
s’ is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
hn w. Beddingfield, Black
Duntain.
Mrs. John Kluttz served on
e committee that interviewed
»ht Buncombe County High
tool nominees for the Kath
ine Smith Reynolds scholar
'Ps. The interview was held
at the First Presbyterian
Church, Asheville. Phyllis
Stuck of Charles D. Owen
was among the eight girls.
Sp. 4, Bruce M. Davis of Ft.
Bragg, N. c. spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Oliver
Davis and sister, Joy. Bruce
served 20 months in Vietnam
before returning to the states.
Friends in Black Mountain of
Dr. and Mrs. A. Gomez will be
interested to know that he has
completed the Medical service
officer base course at Brooks
Army Medical Center, Fort
Sam Houston, Tex. Mrs. Gomez
resides in Asheville.
Gordon H. Greenwood, re
cently elected Chairman of the
Board of County Commis
sioners, was the main speaker
at a meeting of the Asheville
Civitan Club, Tuesday, Jan. 21,
at the Battery Park Hotel,
Asheville. Mr. Greenwood,
former owner and editor of the
Black Mountain News, was a
member of the State Legisla
ture for 10 years.
Mr. Oliver Gragg and Mr. Ed
Johnson will be the laymen who
will speak at the morning and
evening services at the First
Baptist Church, Swannanoa,
N. C. Sunday, in observance of
Baptist Men’s Day.
They will be assited by Mr.
Jasper Ensley, Mr. David
Huntley, Mr. Charles Cooper
and Mr. Quinton Martin, and a
men’s choir.
Royal Ambassadors and Mr.
C. L. McMahon will serve as
ushers.
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Tyson
of Clovis, N. Mexico, and Mrs.
Tyson’s mother, Mrs. E. G,
Stebbins of Boston,Mass., were
here during the holidays visit
ing David’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A, F. Tyson, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Paul M. Lim
bert, Blue Ridge Road, has been
named interim pastor of First
Congregational Church, Ashe
ville, and will serve from Feb.
1, until a successor to the Rev.
Wilson Busick is called. Dr.
Llmbert retired in 1967 as exe
cutive secretary of Blue Ridge
Assembly.
Dr. Limbert is a native of
Pennsylvania. His life has been
deeply rooted in the tradition
of the Reformed Church. Now
United Church of Christ, of
which he is an Ordained minis
ter.
I Area Men In
Service
r
Richard Hart
Ray Hart
Fc Richard Samuel Hart
completed his Army train
an(i is now serving with
mechanized unit of the 5th
sion near Quang Tri, South
- nam; PFC Hart, age 20,
1967 graduate of Charles
iin 6n High Sel*ool and began
th Th * Fort Bragg> N- c*.
ivn he 2nd Marlne Division.
ie Ray Hart, age 18, Is
*9 8 graduate of Charles D.
,Di School and a former
“I'M °f the News. He
land c tralnlng at Parris
ipv c*i on July 21, 1969.
rs are the sons of Mr. and
s'*annanoa.V‘ *** °f R°Ute
wSSTr First ciasi
• aLw P°teat> 21> “O'* 0
irnh „Mrs- Piatn Poteat, 201
st-. Black Mountain, N
mountain, h
imr assigned to the Is
y Division Dec. 10 nea
Di An, Vietnam, as an infantry
man.
Airman David F. Ray, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ray
of Swannanoa N. C., has been
graduated from a U. S. Air
Force technical school at Chan
ute AFB, ni.
He was trained as a jet
engine mechanic and has been
assigned to a unit of the Tac
tical Ai r Command at Shaw
AFBj S. C.
The airman is a graduate of
Charles D, Owen High school
and attended Free Will Baptist
College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Pfc. Johnny K. Poteat was
assigned to the First Infantry
Division Dec. 10, near Dl An,
Vietnam as an Infantryman.
Johnny Is the 21 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Plant Poteat
of Black Mountain.
Calendar
Of Events
The parent - teacher fel
lowship of the North Asheville
Bible Academy will meet at
1:30 P.M. on Friday, Jan. 31.
Rev. Arthur Houk, Headmaster
said, “The public is invited
and the address is 28 For
sythe St. in Asheville.”
Young Ho Lee, of South Korea
will speak at the North Ashe
ville Baptist Church, 28 For
sythe St., Sunday, January 26.
“He will speak at both the
10:00 a. m. and 11:00 ser
vices,” Pastor Arthur Houk
announced. Mr. Lee will re
turn to South Korea as a
gospel preacher upon com
pletion of his training at Bob
Jones University.
“Journey into Kentucky”
will be the topic of the illus
trated Bible teaching and mis
sionary message to be
presented at the auditorium of
Asheville Federal Savings and
Loan Association, State at
Dougherty, Black Mountain, N.
C., on Monday, January 27, at
7:30 p.m. The Rev. Arthur
Houk extends a welcome invi
tation to everyone to come and
hear this outstanding Bible
teaching message illustrated
with beautifully colored pic
tures of Kentucky.
The Men’s Club of St. James
Episcopal Church will hold
their monthly dinner meeting
Tuesday, January 28, at 6:30
p.m. in the parish hall. After
the annual election of officers
we will hear a talk by Mr.
O, L. Sherrill, assistant princi
pal of South French Broad High
School. He will speak on some
of the present problems facing
our schools. Members are
urged to be present-“be inform
ed”.
Dies In Fire
A fire in the High Top sec
tion off Blue Ridge Rd. killed
one man and destroyed the
house he was In Sunday night.
The dead man was identified
as Robert Morehead Sr., 89,
who had lived with his son,
Clarence Morehead, in the one
story frame house. The son
escaped the blaze.
Harry Oats, assistant chief
of the Black Mountain Volunteer
Fire Department, said the
house was engulfed by flames
when he arrived around 7:30
p.m.
He said the cause of the fire
was under investigation.
A light drizzle kept the
flames from spreading to
neighboring houses.
The Black Mountain Fire De
partment had the fire under con
trol by 9 p.m.
Officers Elected
The Swannanoa- Black Moun
tain camp 1101 of the Woodmen
Rangers was awarded the out
standing boys club of the year
of 1968, by the Parents Maga
zine.
The Woodmen Rangers
sponsor many community and
civic programs that are very
beneficial to the Swannanoa
Valley. Such as American
Flags to the Schools, American
and Christian Flags to the
churches, Bibles to the school
children with highest grades in
citizenship. Promoting equip
ment and medical supplies to
The Swannanoa Elementary
School, doing various projects
to help raise funds that each
child in the Orphanages inN. C.
will receive a nice gift at
Christmas.
The Woodmen Rangers are a
National Organization with over
300 such boys groups in the 50
states.
Nine rangers received a Gol(
pin for perfect attendance it
1968. They are, Kevin
Edwards; Butch Lyman; Donald
Davis; Harvey Davis; Larry
Morrow; Vernon Wilson;
Robert Brown and Rickey
Patton.
The boys leaders are, Mr.
William D. Williams; Mr.
William Morrow; and Mr.
Marshall Edwards.
Valentines For Vietnam
Ladies Auxiliary Project
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
9157 of Black Mountain and
Swannanoa are sponsoring a
project "VALENTINES FOR
VIETNAM”.
This Project is to help our
boys at the hospital at DaNang.
The Auxiliary sent a package
of model kits and items to the
hospital in Sept. A reply from
the chaplain was received; the
auxiliary was thanked for the
package, the chaplain explained
that these boys confined to the
hospital got the essentials, but
they need the non-essentials
which are so valuable to their
morale, and to help pass the
time while in the hospital.
Our mayor has signed a pro
clamation for this project and
asking that it be a Community
wide good deed; also we have
invited Swannanoa - Montreat
Broad River and the Bee Tree
sections to join with us in
this effort.
Please will you open your
hearts and lets make this one
of the most heartfelt projects
our communities have ever
undertaken. Our prayers also
are needed that this will be the
last package that will have to
be sent to help our boys. May
they all be back home real
soon.
Boxes and jars will be found
in the various business
establishments; with a list of
items needed. The money
donated will be used to buy
needed items and to help defray
postage. Said items will be
packed by the auxiliary and
Post 9157 and mailed to the
Chaplains Office.
A Copy of the Proclamation
can be found on the window of
MACKS for anyone to read. We
hope to have same in newspaper
next week. This will run thru
Jan. 30.
For information call
669-8505 any time, 669-7157
after 5, 669-8673 after 3:30,
686-3412 after 3:30, 686-3021
after Tuesday any time.
A GREAT BIG THANKS. We
know this can go over with a
bang.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: The Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 9157 Black
Mountain, North Carolina; has
planned, discussed and voted on
and passed, a project to be
called "Valentines for
Vietnam.” Namely the Hospital
at Da Nang. This hospital has
seven hundred beds, with
admissions of two thousand a
m o n t h. Our Servicemen
(Marines, Army, Navy, Air
Force, Koreans etc.) are
brought in straight from the
field of battle where they fell,
for treatment, surgery, and so
forth.
WHEREAS: These Boys are in
the hospital from a few days to
weeks at a time. They get the
essentials, but they need the non
essentials to help their morale
and something to do as physical
therapy. It takes weeks for
these boys to get any pay, as
the paymaster has to get their
records transferred.
WHEREAS: After discussing
this with our mayor and several
of the townspeople, we agreed
this s h o u 1 d become a
Community project. We wish
to invite the following
communities to join with us in
I this effort. (Swannanoa, Broad
River, Montreat and the Bee
Tree section) let’s put our
"Heart” in this worthwhile
cause and make this one of the
biggest things our communities
have ever participated in. Let
these boys who are fighting for
us know that we are doing our
part in aiding them, at a time
they need encouragement the
most. They are protecting our
Mrs. Conley Exhibits Paintings
Mrs. Dixon Conley has some
of her china painting on
display in the Swannanoa Pub
lic Library located in the club
house in Grovemont. Mrs.
Conley has been talcing lessons
in a class taught by Mrs. Mc
Gennls in West Asheville for
two and one half years. She
gives a lot of he r pieces to
friends. This has proven to
be a most rewarding hobby
for Mrs. Conley.
Mrs. Conley, who with her
husband live in Craggy View,
also collects antiqi es of which
she has her home tastefully
decorated. Mr. Conley Is as
sociated with Beacon. She is
the former Angellne Fortune
and a former school teacher
having lived in the Swannanoa
Valley all of her life.
The Library hours are:
Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday afternoons from 2 to
5 p.m. and Saturday Mornings
9 to 12 a.m.
families and our country with
their lives, can’t we here at
home do just a little to show
our appreciation.
WHEREAS: Boxes and jars will
be placed in the various
business establishments, lists
of articles will be on the boxes.
Give what you are able to, just
a penny will help. The VFW
Auxiliary and Post will pack and
mill said articles.
I, Richard Stone, Mayor of
the Town of Black Mountain, N.
C, do hereby urge all the
citizens of our area to
recognize the merits of this
worthwhile project “Valentines
for Vietnam”, by contributing
as generously as possible;
and giving your heart to
the support of this project.
The following days to be set
aside for this cause are Jan.
15 thru Jan. 30, as evidence of
our gratitude to our boys for
doing a job well done, and
risking their lives that we here
at home may live in peace in
this great country of ours.
Signed,
Richard B. Stone,
Mayor'
Suttle Elected President
Of NC Dairy Association
F. Howard Suttle, Wilmington
president of the North Caro
businessman, was elected
president of the North Caroli
na Dairy Products Association
Friday morning.
Suttle, who entered the dairy
business 20 years ago in Ashe
ville and has followed that bus
iness all the way to South
eastern North Carolina, will
lead an Association that rep
resents a $400 million a year
industry.
His election came during the
Association’s 35th annual con
vention, attended by 350 dele
gates and guests.
Suttle, president and general
manager of Whitebrook Farms,
Inc., will succeed S. B. Win
gate of Charlotte.
A native of Asheville, Suttle
flew 39 combat missions as an
Air Force officer in the Pacific
during World War n.
Follow njv iis discharge, he
joined Sealtest Foods, Inc. in
Asheville and transferred to
Wilmington in 1960 as assis
tant zone manager.
In May 1964, a new corpora
tion, Whitebrook Farms, Inc.,
was formed to process the milk
formerly handeled by Sealtest.
Long active in the N. C. Dairy
Products Association, Suttle
has served as vice president,
as a director and as chairman
of several o f the association’s
committees.
Suttle is a director of the
Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce. He also serves on
the board of directors of the
F. Howard Suttle
following organizations: The
N. C. Dairy Foundation*, which
administers NCDPA funds pro
viding for scholarship aid to
students enrolled in Food
Science at N. C. State Uni
versity and supplements other
educational and research en
deavors; also, the Wilmington
United Fund, the Rotary Club,
Babies Hospital, and Manage
ment Development, Inc.
An active member of St.
John’s Episcopal Church, he is
a Vestryman and serves as
a Junior Warden.
He is married to the former
Patricia Ann Taylor of Gas
tonia and they are the parents
of a son, Keith, and a daughter,
Paula.
Home Life Committee
Plans Phone Cheek
A daily telephone service de
signed to check on the health
and well-being of our senior
citizens and shut-ins who live
alone, is being planned by the
Home Life Committee of the
Black Mountain Women’s Club,
and it is hoped that sufficient
interest will be shown so that
this service may start about
Feb. 1st.
This service is already at
work in more than three hun
dred communities across the
country under various names.
The Home Life Committee will
welcome suggestions for an ap
propriate name for the service
in Black Mountain area.
This service provides assur
ance for those who by choice
or circumstances are living
alone, and would welcome a
friendly call at a specified time
each day to check on their wel
fare. A sudden fall, incapaci
tating illness or unexpected in
trusion, could leave such per
sons incapable of calling for
help. A daily telephone call
from outside would provide the
assurance they need.
Certain requirements, such
as name, phone number,
address, time to be called, your,
physician’s name and name of
nearest relative or neighbor to
contact if no answer to phone
call, must be given to the Home
Life Committee. It is also
recommended that a duplicate
key to your home or apart
ment be furnished a close friend
or neighbor, so tha t in case
of serious illness or accident,
you could be reached. Also,
if you plan to be away from
home for a period of time,
the Committee should be noti
fied to save unnecessary call
ing or checking.
No charge for this service
is anticipated and it is hopec
that you will contact the com
mittee if you are interested,
so that further plans may be
made. Mrs. Fred Higginbotham
is chairman of this committee,
and may be reached at 669
7159.
Mars Hill Music
Ensemble To Play
At M-A College
Montreat - Anderson College
will present the Mars Hill
Chamber Music Ensemble in
concert Sunday, February 2.
The concert is the fourth in the
“Sunday At the Inn” series and
will be held at 3:30 p.m. in
the Convocation-Recital Hall of
the Assembly Inn.
The Ensemble features six
members of the Music Depart
ment of Mars Hill College.
Miss Joan Groom is Instructor
in theory and will play flute.
She received a B.M. in piano
at Oberlin Conservatory and a
M.M. in composition from the
Eastman School of Music.
The Faculty Ensemble will
play Telemann’s Triosonata in
A minor, Sonata No. 9 - “The
Golden” by Purcell, Patorale,
Aria and Scherzo on a Row,
for oboe and piano by Donna
Robertson and Sonata No. 1,
op. 75 by Saint-Saens.
The “Sunday at the Inn”
concert is open to the public
free of charge, with the hope
that many residents of the area
will spend the afternoon with
the student body and faculty at
Montreat - Anderson College.
UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN
The President's budget for fiscal year 1970 includes funds for .
TVA to begin on-site construction of a multipurpose water con-.'
trol system in the Upper French Broad River basin. As this.:
map shows, the system will include 14 dams on tributaries of
the French Broad, plus 74 miles of channel improvements and a:"
levee at Asheville.
Requests $3.3 Million For
TVA Water Control System
The President’s budget for
the 1970 fiscal year beginning
in July, submitted to Congress,
requests $3.3 million for TVA
to begin on-site construction oi
a multipurpose water control
system in the Upper French
Broad basin in western North
Carolina.
The proposed system would
consist of 14 relatively small
dams on the tributaries of the
French Broad River in
Buncombe, Henderson,
T r a n sylvania, and
Madison Counties, 74 miles of
channel improvements, and a
levee along the Asheville
waterfront.
The total project is expected
to cost about $100 million and
could be completed in about
eight years with a normal
schedule of financing and
construction.
As in other TVA tributary
area water resource projects,
the Upper French Broad
project is designed to help
solve many existing economic
development problems in the
area and to open up new
opportunities for economic
construction.
The system will provide flood
relief to some 13,000 acres of
valuable agricultural
bottomlands, to nine urban
areas, and to a number of
potentially important industrial
sites. In addition, it will
furnish a dependable source oi
water for future municipal and
industrial use, improve the
quality of water in the streams,
create a base for new water
oriented recreation business,
enhance the environment for
fish and wildlife, and provide
attractive shorelines for a
variety of public and private
developments.
TV A is working with the
Upper French Broad Economic
Development Commission, the
North Carolina Department of
Water and Air Resources, at 1
the cities and counties of the
area to plan for the full
realization of the benefits which
the project will provide.
Agreements have been reached
with these groups for Joint
participation to assure that
these benefits are realized.
TVA said initial construction
activities will begin on the Mills
River Dam and Reservoir in
Henderson County. In the
current fiscal year TVA has
$250,000 to begin design wort
on the system. Part of these
funds will be used this spring
for surveying and mapping in
the Mills River area. Land
acquisition and preliminary on
site construction will start when
appropriations are received.
Major construction is not
expected to begin before about
April 1970.
The Mills River Dam will
be located downstream from the
junction of the north and south
forks of Mills River, about two
miles east of North Carolina
Highways 280 and 191. It will
be an earthfill structure 2,400
feet long and 110 feet high. It
will impound a reservoir of
660 acres at normal pool
elevation, with a shoreline of
14 miles.
It will provide flood
protection for prime
agricultural bottomland and
significantly increase
protection for potential indus
trial lands downstream. Some
11,500 acre-feet (over 3-1/2)
billion gallons) of water will
be stored in the reservoir for
use by industries and towns in
the area. Other benefits from
the Mills River project will be
i m proved water quality,
recreation, and fish and wild
life enhancment.
Other reservoir projects in
the system will be located on
Boylston Creek, Mud Creek,
Devils Fork, Clear Creek and
Hooper Creek in Henderson
County; South Hominy Creek,
Cane Creek, and Swaqnanoa
River in Buncombe County; Ivy
River in Madison Couqjy and
Little River, and the east,
north, west forks of the French
Broad River in Transylvariia
County. The West Fork pro
ject is planned as a “dry” de
tention dam which will impound
water only in times of flood.
During construction of the
system TVA plans to provide
special manpower training and
development services for
unemployed and underskllled
residents of the region. The
program will be directed in part
toward the hard-core disadvan
taged and in part toward under
employed members of the labor
force. It will be closely coor
dinated with ongoing training
programs in the area, and will
include special emphasis upon
ultimate placement of trainees
in the regular labor force,
either within or outside the
Upper French Broad area.
Junior Women's Club
Has Regular Meeting
The Black Mountain Junior
Women’s Club held their reg
ular monthly meeting at the
Coach House January 14, 1969.
Mrs. Ernst Laursen,president,
presided over the business
meeting, during which the bud
get committee report for the
coming year was presented and
voted on.
The club organization for the
coming year was completed
with the assignments of com
mittee duties for all members.
Mrs. Jack Lunsford reported
on the success of the club’s
annual New Year's Eve Dance,
with 85 couples enjoying the
music provided by the Rytham
Aires. At the conclusion of
Mrs. Lunsford’s report the club
voted to continue this success
ful New Year’s Eve project.
A political action program
was endorsed by the club. All
members were requested to
Individually write the members
of the Legislative Delegation
seeking their support for the
Youth Councils of North Caro
lina, Inc., a governing organi
zation of teen-agers devoted to
promoting responsible citizen
ship and leadership among
youths.
Th club decided that the
Public Affairs committee under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Bob
Groves should provide refresh
ments and entertainment fc r"
patients at the Veteran \N
ministration Hospital on Jan
uary 29th.
The Fine Arts committee <
chairman, Mrs. Horace Chas
teen reported on the 1M9, Art*
and Crafts Festival, which will
be held In Asheville on March
19th. Anyone Interested In sub
mitting an entry pleaie contact |
Mrs. Horace C has teen, tele- '
phone 869-8706. 1