DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
VOLUME 23
BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28711
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1969
6 PAGES TODAY
NO. 23
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Peekin' Through The
| KEYHOLE
• . With lib!
By E lizabeth Dinwiddie Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Staf
ford of Grovemont have re
turned home from a two week’s
vacation to Hawaii. Enroute
they visited Las Vegas and
5an Francisco. Their trip was
made by plane.
Miss Janice Wheelou, laugh
er of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
[yheelon made the Dean’s list
,t stetson University, DeLand,
qa. for the first semester.
Desmond Hussey of the Statn
liglnvay Patrol wa s guest
ipeaker at the Asheville Cos
ine Club last Thursday Night
it the S and W Cafeteria. Mr.
tussey spoke on the hazards
if driving under the influence
if alcohol and showed mem
iers' a new breath-tasting de
rice being used by the High
vay patrol. He demonstrated
he test to the group.
Lt. Col. Russell Rowland,
ilrs. Rowland and their child
■en, Karin, Rosalind and Rus
ell, Jr., of Augusta, Ga., and
lr. and Mrs. Thomas Fortune
f Kingston, Tenn., spent the
jeekend with Mrs. B. W. Row
and. Other visitors besides
Jrs. Rowland’s children were
,er brothe r and sister- in
aw, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Peek,
r., of Stroudsburg, Pa
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Perkins,
14 Rhodendron Avenue, had as
lests last week their son-in
w, Jay Thomas Pobliner and
nail son, Neal of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Allison,
0 Church Street report see
g an Albino grosbeak at their
rtl feeder in the back yard
st Saturday afternoon.
Toby R. Owenby, has been
•omoled to Staff Sergeant in
ie Air Fore .. He Is a jet
;.. raft
ir Force Base,'Ga.,"”'S,/Sgt,
Nenhy was graduated from
larles D. Owen High School,
id attended Valdosta State Col •
ge, Valdosta, Ga. He is the
in f M ' and Mrs. BenOwen
1 of Black Mountain. His wife,
itsy, is the daughter of Mr.
id Mrs. J. B. Gilliam, also
Black Mountain.
Miss Patty Glover has re
rned to the University ofSouth
arolina, Columbia, after
lending a semester break with
ir parjnts, Mr. and Mrs.
imes Glover.
Mrs. Freddie Robinson under
vent surgery a t Memor
ial Mission Hospi'-F Ti.'iay.
She is in room 202.
At the monthly business
meeting of the Asheville Lodge
of perfection o f the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite,
Tuesday night in the Masonic
Temple in Asheville, the Rev.
Frank R. Abernathy and Clyde
Watkins of Black Mouniain were
among the five members who
were eligible for the "Ten
Club”. These men sponsored
ten candidates for membership
during 1968. They were pre
sented lapel pin awards.
Miss Lilia Medlin, bride
elect of Edgar W. Cander was
honored with a bridal shower
at the home of Mrs. A. C.
Weddle, Asheville, last Friday
night. Mrs. Paul Nichols was
co-hostess. Approximately 35
guests attended.
Dr. stanlay Nale of Black
Mountain, head of the Clinic
Complex at Western Carol I n
University, addressed the Bun
combe County Alumni of WCU
last Wednesday evening in the
Cardinal Room of the S'an4*W
Cafeteria, Asheville.
Charles W. Hamby, USN In
ternal Security, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hamby of Black
Mountain, left Wednesday from
San Diego, California on a tour
of duty at Danang, Vietnam.
Doug Stafford of Oak Ridge
Military School, Oak Ridge, N.
C., spent last weekend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Stafford, Grovemont.
Stephen A. Moore of Ridge
crest was promoted to Army
Sergeant Dec. 13, while assig
ned to the Tenth Artillery in
Germany, as a survey party
thlfef. Stephen is the son of
Mrs. Elizabeth C, Moore of
Ridgecrest.
Ashby McCoy continues to
improve at his home, 110Dough
erty Street, after undergoing
surgery at Memorial Mission
Hospital several weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hard
wick returned last Saturday
from a visit with their son
and family, Mr. and Mrs.Mi
chael Hardwick, Karan, Kim
and Jess of Aiken, S. C., and
Edisto Island, where they en
joyed several days of warm
sunshine weather.
lack Mountain Lumber Co.
°bbed Of Over $600 Cash
black Mountain Lumber
rPiny 'va« rob'rj.i )f over
IQ. — in over
““tween closing time Fri
111 opening time Saturday
t 1UV Entrance was gained
01 ung down from the roof
resembling Adders to make
tn Way into the building,
ts the first time this
appened td the company.
Im ^auSherty, owner of
the business stated he had been
expecting it for the past 20
years.
Black Mountain Lumber
Company ' rAs were used to rip
jpen the back of the safe from
which the money was taken.
The Buncombe County Sher
iff’s Department is investiga
:ing the robbery. There have
eeen no arrests made at this
time.
Area Men
In Service
William E. Willis, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L.
Willis, Swannanoa, N. CM was
promoted to Army specialist
four Dec. 30 near Pleiku, Viet
nam, while serving as a wire
man with Headquarters Com
pany, 1st Battalion of the 4th
Infantry Division; 35th Infan
try.
Machinist Mate Third Class
Clarence E. Greene, USN, son of
Mr. Dwight E, Greene of Black
Mountain, N. C., and husband of
the former Miss Vickie A. Ar
rowood of 110 Route 1, Ashe
ville, N. C,, arrived at :?an
Juan, Puerto Rico aboard the
submarine tender USS Howard
W. Gilmore.
The ship is in Puerto Rico
as a unit of the combined forces
n a v a ’ ‘raining exercise
"Springboard,” which is held
yearly rear the island.
With the excepKon of a three
day cruise to St. Thomas in
the Virgin Islands, the sub
marine tender will remain at
San Juan untill the end of
February.
Seaman William K. Fowler,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
I. Fowler of Black Mountain,
N. C., is serving aboard the
combat stores ship USS Mars
in the South China Sea.
Since its deployment from its
Yokosuka, Japan homepirf. in
October last year, Mars has
replenished supplies for ships
of the U. S. Seventh Fleet off
the coast of Vietnam.
Although Mars uses its heli
copters to transfer supplies, it
also utilizes them whenever an
emergency arises, such as
medical emergency missions.
During a recent emergency
Mars answered a call from the
destroyer USS Huntington to
transfer an injured crewman for
medical treatment aboard a
local aircraft carrier.
Creech Named
Rehabilitation
Business Manager
Roy Ralph Creech, Jr. of
Shelby has been named business
manager of the new 100-bed
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
at Black Mountain.
Ben Aiken, general business
manager of the Department of
Mental Health, who made the
announcement, said that Creech
brings a total of eight years
experience to the job. He as
sumed his duties January 1.
The center, which is not yet
ready for occupancy, is expect
ed to begin accepting patients
in the near future. When it
opens it will serve the Western
region of the State as defined
by the department, Aiken said.
Creech, a memberoftheAm
erican College of Hospital Ad
ministrators, holds a M. A. de
gree in hospital administration
from Washington University, St.
Louis, Mo. He was formerly
the administrator of Cleveland
Memorial Hospital in Shelby
and prior to that, was the
assistant administrator there.
He also served as administra
tive assistant at Memorial Mis
sion Hospital in Asheville.
A native North Carolinian,
Creech attended public school
at Snow Hill and was graduated
from East Carolina University
where he studied social science
and English. He is married
and has four children.
Valuable Book
Given Library
Miss Frances Jordan of
Raleigh, North Carolina, Ex
tension Specialist in Family
Life Education has presented
a beautiful and valuable book
to the Library honoring Dr
and Mrs. William Morgan of
Black Mountain. Miss Jordan
is a friend o f long standing
of the Morgans.
The new book is “in Wild
ness is the Preservation of the
World,” by Eliot Porter with
selections from Thoreau, se
lected by Porter to accompany
his exquisite nature photo
graphs in color.
This book is on the shelves
readv for use by the commu
nity. it was presented to the
library by Dr. Mildred Mor
gan at the monthly meeting of
friends of the Library on Febr
uary 3.
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center Plans
To Accept Patients In Early March
By: Jacksie Franklin
Construction of the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center just west
of Black Mountain, on Old U. S.
70 has been completed. Only
the job of grading and land
scaping remains to be finished.
The $800,000 building complex,
begun in Octobe r of 1967, has
been accepted by the State from
the architect and contractors.
The Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center in Black Mountain is
one of three new centers in
North Carolina that will begin
operating this Spring. One of
these new centers will be
located in Greenville, and one
in Butner, which for the past
15 years has had the only
center inNorthCarolina. Even
tually it is hoped that four
centers will be operating
across the State at convenient
located for all residents of
North Carolina. The center
in Black Mountain will serve
thirty western counties of North
Carolina.
Dr. James L. Spencer, for
merly on the staff of Brough
ton Hospital in Morganton, has
been named as Medical Di
rector for the Black Mountain
center. He will head a pro
fessional staff of social work
ers, nurses, rehabilitation
therapists, and psychologists.
The staff will work with the
alcoholics who have been re
ferred to the center by family
physicians, ministers, the
court, etc. A patient must
enter the center voluntarilyand
must have been sober for the
preceding 72 hours. Initially,
the stay for the patient will
be 30 days.
Friends Of
Library Have
Capacity Crowd
The presentation of “The
American Negro in History’’
drew a capacity attendance at
the monthly meeting of the
Friends of the Library on Mon
da y evening, February 3. The
program was introduced by the
Rev. Webster Lytle, a member
if h J iard of Directors. Mrs.
David Hempleman of the faculty
of Warren Wilson College pre
sented three of her students,
each of whom dealt with an
aspect of the history of the
Negro in America: John Fel
muth, Charlotte Ingram andBen
Ridgeway - brought out some
little known facts from early
American history and pointed
ti Hi e o.itributions of a long
list of Negroes in more re
cent years in the fields of
the arts, sports, medicine
and political affairs. Miss
Ann Mackey, soloist for the
Warren Wilson Choi ', sang se
veral spirituals at various
points in the program. The
n '-'img discussion dealt chiefly
with current issues and leaders
in the civil rights movement.
This meeting was another
demonstration of growing com
munication and good relation
ships among persons of diverse
racial backgrounds in the Black
Mountain area.
Horse Show
Committee Meets
The first meeting of the Black
Mountain Horse Show Commit -
tee was held Monday, Feb. 3,
at the Monte Vista Hotel. The
meeting and discussion was
centered around dates and
plans for this years horse show.
The main interest was how
and what to do in order to
give the people a better horse
show and make it something of
interest to the entire communi
ty
The committee elected board
directors and chairmen. They
will lx; announced at a later
date.
During this time, according
to Mr, Billy J. Link, head of
the Social Service Department
at the center, “the patient will
be helped to help himself.”
Through counselling, group
therapy, and educational pro
grams, the patient will be help
ed to better understand the na
ture of his illness and will be
helped to deal with it. The
center plans to adopt a flexi
ble program to meet the indi
vidual needs of each patient.
Recreational, industrial, and
occupational therapy, plus
family counselling, will be de
veloped and utilized according
to specific needs.
The building complex, itself,
was designed and constructed to
meet the demands of the
center’s program. Five build
ings are conveniently located
near each other, and are
connected by a covered
walk. A patient will enter
the front building contain
ing the administrative offices,
the admission offices, and the
infirmary. Behind the main
building are located two build
ings containing the five
modernly furnished dormitory
units. Patients will eat in a
separate building, in a semi
circular dining room that is
served by a well-equiped
kitchen. Counselling and re
creational activities will take
place in the therapy building,
which contains offices and a
large all-purpose room. The
complex has adequate facilities
for 108 patients.
According to Mr. Roy Creech
Jr., business manager of the
new center, they hope to have
the center completely staffed
and equipped, ready to begin
accepting patients, early in
March. Mr. Creech now has
an office at the Alcoholic Re
habilitation Center in Black
Mountain, and he is presently
recruiting supervisory per
sonnel and from the re will com
plete the staff. Those inter
ested in employment should call
669-6481. The center, esti
mates Mr. Creech, will prob
ably have a staff of 90 and
an annual budget of $600,000.
Retired Persons Actively
Supper* Area Programs
The Swannanoa Valley Chap
ter #225 of the American Asso
ciation of Retired Persons is
actively supporting programs to
involve this area’s older per
sons in the affairs of :ha com
munity. President Robert R.
Hubner of 107 Fairway Drive,
Black Mountain notes that the
Chapter is actively cooperating
with Chapters in Asheville,
Hendersonville and Brevard for
the establishment of a Retire
ment Living Home in this area
to meet the demand for this
type of fad’ v.
Members are engaged in
Community Projects, Red
Cross Bloodmo'oila, as well
volunteers at Oteen Veterans’
Hospital.
The local Chapter conducts
monthly meetings at the Public
Room of the Black Mountain
branch of the Asheville Fed
eral Savings & Loan Associa
tion, 300 West State St, on the
2nd Friday each month. In
addition i i reports on insurance
and legislative programs in
cluded with other business, a
feature on various subjects of
interest to the members is
presented.
The February meeting will
be held at 10 A.M,Friday, Feb
14th, when Mr & Mrs. Buell
H, Francisco of Asheville will
show and narrate color slides
of their recent trip to theOrient.
All interested persons are cor
dially invited.
Information concerning Na
tional and Local Chapter mem
bership may be obtained by
talaphoning 6G9-5001.
President Hubner goes on to
say that the Swann.’.a Valley
Chapter #225 is also working
through its national leadership
to achieve lives of indepen
dence purpose and dignity for
older person- -."'e ywhere.
“The members of the Ameri
can Association ofRettredPe •
sons believe in dynamic mat
ur'd y as a sound approach to
the later years. Retired per
sons want to continue to con
tribute to society . . . to stay
in the mainstream of life. And
they’re finding dozens of ways
to accomplish these aims.”
Municipal
Recreation
Planned
The ‘hought of relaxing and
doing the things one enjoys most
is frequent for young and old
alike. This is one reason
Municipal Recreation is some -
thin- 'hat every town deserves
an! a. ds. This is why we
have an attractions Committee
at work with this goal in mind
today. This committee is com
posed of local men who are
inter .' it.vl in you and your fam
ilies and what, you have to do
with your spare time.
There are many thoughts that
come to mind when you think
about recreation for an entire
town. The main thought possibly
is where would the money c i ne
from. The Federal Government
will give a grant of 50% match
ing funds to any corporated
township for ’j :r : ulion. This
means you could put your tax
money to work in the area of
most importance, the
community. Matching funds
are from land appraisal d>
nj.t 1 for recreation, money
given bv individuals, and clubs.
The value for his will be match
ed dollar for dollar by the
Federal Government.
There will be a meeting held
later this month to decide ex
actly what the town needs in
the way of a fully rounded out
recreational program. The
meeting will be attended by
members of the State Recre
ation Committee and an or
ganized planner. This is some
thing that will be able to grow
with the community and give
every age group a way to spend
leisure time and enjoy them
selves.
Register For Phone Check
For the benefit of those who may have missed
reading a previous article about the Safety-Check
telephone service being planned by the Home Life
Committee of the Black Mountain Women's Club,
attention is again called to the Senior citizen and
shut-ins in our community who may wish a daily
telephone call from this committee to check on
their safety and well being.
This service is designed for those living alone,
and if you wish to be included with the small num
ber. who have already responded, call or contact
Mrs. Fred Higginbotham, phone 669-7159.
“Woman Power99 - - American Style
By Wray Crockett
I sit up in bed. It is 2:3C
a.m. My, that dream! It
seems I can still hear their
screams! The youth of a
nation, millions of them, being
swept downstream by a flood
of filth and violence!
"What does this mean?" 1
ask myself. "My children are
so young, and all sound asleep.’’
Then comes the question, "Bui
what of the mother who does
not know where her son or
daughter is tonight? Do you
not care for these?” It was
then I cried, "Oh, Lord, whal
can I do?"
As I toss in sleeplessness,
the following Incidents come tc
mind:
Young man leaps to his deatl
from our city’s tallest building.
My nine year-old son senl
to corner grocery and stoppec
by teenager who asks for his
money.
Sixth-grade girls, two ol
them, intercepted by teacher,
circulating lewd scrapbooks ir
classroom.
Young secretary stabbed ir
church office. In our city!
While downtown movie shows:
“ ‘QUEEN OF BLOOD’ — Blood
Bath! New High in Blood-chill
ing Horror!” Same newspaper
but in another town: “Man
sought in abduction of two child
ren. Eight year-old left ir
pool of blood!” I shudder!
I ask myself, at the rate
crime is avalanching, what kind
of world will we have in which
to rear our children, within
say, five or ten years from now'!
I agree in a sense with those
who say morality cannot be
legislated—that immorality is
condition of the heart. But while
legislation may not make a bad
man good, it can certainly make
him think twice before he pawns
his badness off on somebody
else, especially a minor.
Take for instance, pornogra
phv and the Supreme Court’s
recent decision concerning it.
This thing is out of control!
Why doesn’t somebody do some
thing? A forest fire out ol
control looks pretty hopeless,
too, but we don’t sit back and
let it take over! We fight it!
With all available men and
equipment, we fight until it is
extinguished! Are not our
children more important?
Next day I call a friend.
‘‘Forget it, ” she advised in
essence. “You can’t fight City
Hall, you know.” I wonder.
I call another friend. “I’d
sure like to do something, but
I don’t know where to begin,”
she confessed.
I write a well-known teen
director and author in New
York City. “Why not try it
from where you stand?” was
his advice. Reminded me of
the question put to Moses in
the desert of Sinai: “What is
that in your hand?” Not that
I’m a Moses or anything, but
I have a pen in my hand, and
I have another dream-this one
in my heart. It is the dream
of an American mother! Or is
it a vision?
Do you hear what I hear?
It is the plaintive heart-cry of
the mothers of America. No,
not just the mothers,-grand
mothers and every warm
hearted woman in our country.
Louder and louder it rises,
until it sounds like the roar
of a hundred Niagaras! Coming
from every teeming city, town
obscure village and mountain
trail. The women of America
have had enough!
We have had enough of what
we believe to be misinterpre
■Special Services
For Baptist
In an effort to promote better
understanding and a spirit ol
Christian brotherhood among
the people of the community.
First Baptist Church on Mo.i
treat Road and Mills Chape;
Church, Cragmont Road, wil
have a joint worship service
on Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m
at the First Baptist Church
The pastor of the Mills Civ.
pel Baptist Church, Reverdm
Webster Lytle, wiM is preach
ing and his choir will havi
charge of the special music
On the following Sunday eve
ning, February 16, the Firs
Baptist Church will reciprocal
by joining the Mills Chape
congregation for their evnntn
worship service at 7:00 p.rr
Rev. Edgar E. Ferrell, Firs
Baptist pastor, will be preach
ing and his choir will hav
special music.
tations of our Constitutions by
our Supreme Court Judges, who
are appointed for a Iifetime
not elected to office as other
important officials; and to
the tune of approximately $40,
000 yearly, each, in America
tax dollars!
We have had enough apathy
on the part leaders to such
goings-on.
We have had enough of being
told to work on these things
at the community level, when
dealers in smut and violence
have the Highest Tribunal in
the land on their team!
Suppose, for instance, a
mother does confront a trash
peddler and pleads with him to
remove pornography from his
stands? Since he was unscru
pulous enough to display the
stuff to begin with, he needs
only to state, “Lady, there’s
no law against it.”
But tne dream. Let us not
stop here. Do you see what
I see? An American mother
steps out of a throng unnum
bered and stands before nine
men on the Bench:
“Sirs,” she begins, “withall
due respect to your office, the
mothers of America would like
the floor, in behalf of our
children. The silence is appal
ing. We feel that the Supreme
Court of the United States has
done more in recent months
to shatter the American Dream
than any other one group. We
feel that you have betrayed us
and our children!
“Bible-reading and prayer
have long been silenced in our
classrooms, where future lead
ers are in the making. No
matter that the Bible was
America’s first textbook, on
which the foundation of our
country was built and its great
leaders formed.
“One woman and nine men
(or was it eight?) bear this
responsibility, as heavy as it
is!
“By the same token, in the
matter of individual rights, why
is the teaching of evolution not
ruled unconstitutional? Many
parents accept the Genesis ac
count of the Creation, but that
does not assure them the right
that their child will not be taught
evolution as a fact - not the
theory that it is, unproved and
unproveable.
“Let me ask you-if you ha,d
known in advance that the three
astronauts in the recent lunar
travels had included in their
flight plans their well-timed and
moving Christmas prayer and
daring declaration of the
Creation with, ‘In the beginning
God . . .!’ would you have ruled
this too as unconstitutional?”
The dream goes on, as ano
ther mother steps forward.
“My son is a policeman. He
is called out on a kidnapping
charge. A little girl is miss
ing and a suspect is picked up.
My son is required under your
interpretation of the Constitu
tion to inform the suspect that
he does not have to talk. He
doesn’t talk. The parents are
frantic to know if their child
is still alive. You say the
suspect must be protected.
What about the child? What
about the parents? Who has
more rights-the criminal sus
pect, or the Innocent child and
law-abiding parents?”
A stooped andsorrowfullittle
mother then steps out of the
sea of faces and stands before
the Judges. “Sirs, I lost my
son in Vietnam. Our Presi
dent says we must give our sons
to fight communism abroad. You
say we must not only allow the
Communist Party to operate in
our country but permit them to
work in defense plants making
the very materials with which
our boys must fight. Why?
Why spend approximately $400,
000 a day to kill one communist
in Vietnam, while requiring us
to offer sanctuary to anothei
communist under our own roof1!
“I understand under your
more recent ruling, commun
nists have been employed to
teach in American schools.
_ That really Is getting in on the
ground floor. Tell me, Sirs,
did my son die in vain?”
The dream does not end
there. Our new president finds
I the procession continued in the
flow of letters, telegrams, peti
, tions, etc., form every cornel
in America.
“Mr. President, while com
’ mittees study other committees
to determine the cause of crime
' the High Court of our lam
extends license to violence am
5 pornography under the banner o
| democracy. We believe in de
mocracy too, but we would nc
allow wild animals to be turne
loose in the midst of our child
ren. Yet, here it is, stalkin
everywhere, an even great
er menace-the prodigy ofevery
evil imagination, written, spo
ken and filmed, to prey on young
minds. And at a time when
they seek to establish sexual
and other behavior guidelines
for a lifetime.”
"Mr. President, we are
wondering if, instead cfappoint
ing Supreme Court Judges for
a lifetime of service, you would
consider having them elected
to office, or at least appointed
for a reasonable term?”
“Mr. President, we also re
spectfully request that recent
decisions reached by the Judges
Bible-reading and prayer in
the schools, communists in de
fense plants and schools, li
censed pornography, law en
forcement obstructions, etc.
be reviewed by these newly i
elected iuderes.”
“Mr. President, it is not
enough to have a ‘Beai^fy Am
erica’ program. We appeal to 1
you for a clean-up job that will
beautify our lives and the lives
of our children! We need
‘teeth’ in our laws to check
this poison of perversion, this
disease of depravity!” i
The President reads another
letter, a telegram, then a letter
with petitions enclosed. Finally
he speaks, “It is enough. See
that this gets top priority. And
label it ‘Woman Power’!”
A shout is heard in the land!
And in due time an endless
calvacade proceeds from the
heart and soul of America to
converge on the “pigsties”
across our beloved country.
And the battle call is: “Release
your desensitizing grip on the
bodies, minds, and souls of
the dearest on earth to us,
our children!”
Only a dream, you say? But
wait! You can help turn this
dream into a real-life drama.
The stage is already set. Await
ing only the leading characters.
Before the curtain rises a call
goes out for leaders; or
ganizers, supporters with
financial backing if necessary.
Needed at once: Fountainheads
to release the powerful under
current of love and concern
for our youth. A purifying
stream that will flush this night
mare of sewerage from the
sidewalks o f America, where
faltering young feet must travel.
If oneGod-denyingwomancan
shake a nation to its founda
tion, cannot a myriad of God
fearing women turn the world
upside down for rights? (And
that is not to 'leave the men
out. Good men everywhere
are ready and wining to accept
such a challenge!)
If wholeness and respect
ability is to be restored to
American life; indeed if we
are to survive as a nation, then
we must soon realize this
dream of "rightness”, this
vision of hope! “So help us,
God!”
Kerlee Baptist
Starts Contest
A Sunday School * Contest
started last Sunday at Kerlee
Baptist Church and wm run
through June. Each new mem
ber will count fifty points and
each one present will be graded
by the Six-Point Record Sys
tem, with a possible grade of
100 points.
The pastor, E. F. Baker, will
be Commander - in - chief;
the Superintendent, Robert
Harris, is Field Marshall; Mrs.
Dolly Bartlett is General of
the BLUES; and Robert Pad
gett is General of the REDS;
the class leaders will be cap
tains of the reds and blue sec
tions of each class. Miss Janet
Bartlett *ls' the contest Secre
tary; and Miss June Silvers is
General Secretary of the Sun
day School.
The time of meeting of the
Sunday School has been changed
to 9:45 A.M. Instead of 10:00.
In order to get credit for being
on time, which is 10 points, It
is necessary to be inside of the
auditorium when the 9:45 bell
taps. The first bell will ring
at 9:00; the second at 9:40;
and the third, which is the one
that counts, at 9:45. The spirit
of rivalry has already started:
last Sunday, the BLUES made
1 910 points and the REDS made
900—how will It be next Swi
ff day?