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By E lizabeth Dtnwiddie Keith
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moss
a‘,e returned to their home on
t,e old Toll Road after spend
ng three months in Miami,
'la.
Steven D. Pope, U. S, Navy,
ileridan, Miss., spent last
,eekend with his parents, Mr.
nd Mrs. Kenneth Pope, Old
oil Road, Black Mountain.
Miss Carolyn Hudson, bride
lect of Michael Curtis was
onored last Saturday after
oon> when Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt
nd her daughter, Mrs. C. E.
raddy of Salisbury entertain
d with a lovely tea at the Nes
itt home, Montreat Road.
The hostesses presented
iss Hudson with a white pom
,m corsage and a serving tray,
pproximately thirty guests
ere included in the courtesy.
Miss Cheri Cates of West
rn Carolina University, Cull
uhee, spent the weekend with
;r parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Cates, 1118 Montreat Road.
Gary Allen Shell, son of Mr.
id Mrs. Sherman Shell of
lack Mountain, was named to
e Dean's list at Texas A&M
Diversity, College Station,
;xas, for the first semester,
iry is a freshman and is
ajoring in geology.
Billy juniiwi lias leiumuu
his home in Columbia, S.C.
lei spending two weeks with
s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
yde Jumper, who drove to
ilumbia to bring him back for
visit. Enroute home they
upped in Greenville to attend
mgling Brothers Circus,
lly’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
. A. Jumper and sister, Anna
anita name up and spent the
lekend here. Saturday, Billy
lebrated his fifth birthday
.. lift a pal ty at ills
andparent’s home.
Mrs.Guy Pressley will leave
turday, March 1, to join her
sband, Spec. 4 Guy E. Pres
sy, serving with the Army in
unster, Germany. Mrs. Pres
!y is the former Miss Jean
shaw, daughter of Mr. and
rs. Kenneth Bashaw, Taber
cle Road.
Mrs. s. S. Cooley returned
st Thursday after attending
? wedding of her daughter,
ss Margaret Ann (Peggy),
'Oley and Dr. Cliing-fen Hsiao
Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the
11*1 of Tainan Theological
llefep, Tainan, Taiwan. Mrs.
oley's cousin, Mrs. Eugene
n igan of Narberth, Pa., also
ended the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wans
1, stopped enroute from a
•nth’s vacation in Florida to
dr home in Hartsdale, N. Y.,
spend several days this week
hi Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Field,
ue Ridge Road. Mrs. Wans
1 is Mr. Field’s sister.
MC Jerry E. Atkins, has
311 recognized lor helping his
it earn the Air Force Out
ing Unit Award. He is a
PPlv inventory specialist in
roum Gets
UrpleHeart
LrmV Snaninu.i a _ . . _
'.r'‘y,Sfjec'alist 4 Bobby Joe
’ 1hust)and of Donna Wil
. son of Mr. and Mrs.
lte • ®rown. of Old Fort,
•n. has been awarded the
I® ’l6art and Army Corn
ed"011 Medal for wounds
while engaged In hos
lrdfCtlHn m Vietnam.
a Wn was flown to a hos
re f n Japan end remained
tie tllree weeks before
jhlpped back to Fort
C " December- He is a
ool at416 °f°ld Fort High
nd was sent to Viet
Tr " c°ntpletion of Spec
Decemtng at FortKnox, Ky.
ertlber of 1967.
the 437 Military Airlift Wing
at Charleston AFB, S. C. A/lC
Atkins is a graduate of Charles
D. Owen High School, and at
tended Asheville - Buncombe
Technical Institute. He is the
son of Mrs. Inez Atkins, 307
Vance Avenue, Black Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt
had as their guests last week
end Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Braddy
of Salisbury. Miss Kathleen
Nesbitt of Raleigh, and Reid
Mathews of Hertford.
Carroll Russell, E03, who
returned to the states Feb. 15,
after a tour of duty in Viet
nam is now spending a 10-day
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Russell, before
going to Gulfport SeabeesBase,
Gulfport, Miss, where he will
be in school for six months.
Carroll is scheduled for an
other tour of duty in Vietnam
following his six month’s
schooling.
The Management of Excel
sior Finishing plant, a mens
wear Division of Deering Mil
liken, has announced the pro
motion of Woodrow W. Leo
pard, Jr., from assistant over
seer of Dying to process Engi
neer. Mr. Leopard, a graduate
of the University of Georgia,
was formerly employedby Bea
con Manufacturing Company,
Swannanoa. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Leopard
Sr., of Westminister, S. C.
Mrs. Leopard is the former
Sandra Marie Wilson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J.
Wilson of Black Mountain. Mr.
and Mrs. Leopard reside at
405 Skyview Drive, Clemson,
S. C.
“Dear Friends”
To Play At
Brandywine
On February 27,28 and March
1st, and again on March 7,8,
and 9, Reginald Rose’s drama
“Dear Friends” will play at
the Brandywine Theatre on the
grounds of the Manor Retire
ment Home, 269 Charlotte St.
“Dear Friends” was first pre
sented by the CBS Television
Network, CBS Playhouse, on
December 6, 1967. The story
revolves around three seem
ingly happily married couples
trying desperately to reunite
“Dear Friends” a fourth couple
bordering on the brink of di
vorce. In flashbacks, the audi
ence sees how each of the
couples arrived at its present
condition. The stage production
is the first in this part of the
country.
Barbara Friedman and Lou
Ronder, who worked together
in Brandywine’s production of
“Laura” a few years ago, will
be the hostess and host for
the peculiar party. Lou Ron
der is also directing the pro
duction.
Gene Connor and Sue Connor
will play man and wife, a sit
uation that rarely occurs in
local theatre.
Jim Hughes who lias appear
ed in several Brandywine pro
ductions and also several re
cent ACT presentations will
play opposite Sami Felmet, who
is making her local debut. Gus
Heydt, who has been in two re
cent ACT plays, will play op
posite Marlene Smith who is
also a Brandywine and ACT
regular performer. Curtain
time for all performances is
8:30 p.m. Admission is $1.50
and tickets will be available at
the door.
Women's Club
Hears Dr. Lipsey
Dr. James H. Lipsey, an or
thopaedic surgeon from Ashe
ville, was the guest speaker at
the Black Mountain Jr. Women’s
Club meeting February 11.
Dr. Lipsey completed his or
thopaedics training at Campbell
Foundation in Memphis in 1963,
and then spent 13 months in the
service of Project Hope in a
landed based program in Sai
gon, Viet Nam. Since enter
ing private practice in Ashe
ville, Dr. Lipsey has spent 2
months on another tour of duty
In Viet Nam, sponsored by the
AMA.
Dr. Lipsey supplemented his
talk to the club with interest
ing slides.
Miss Sherry Strickland Miss Ruth Robinson
Owen Girls Entered
In Scholarship Contest
Miss Ruth Robinson and Miss
Sherry Strickland, seniors from
Charles D, Owen High School,
have been entered in the Sallie
Southall Cotten Scholarship
Contest by the Black Mountain
Women's Clubs. The contest,
sponsored by the North Caro
lina Federation of Women’s
Clubs, offers a 4 year scholar
ship of $750 a year to any
state college or university, to
the girl judged the outstand
ing girl graduate in North Car
olina. Each girl must be spon
sored by a Women’s Club.
Ruth Robinson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Rob
inson of Swannanoa, is being
entered by the Black Moun
tain Jr. Women’s Club. Ruth
has maintained a high scho
lastic average at Owen besides
participating in school activi
ties and working after school.
She belongs to the Future Home
makers of America, and the
Beta Club, an honor society
that promotes leadership. Ruth
has also been a member of
the girls basketball team, the
Health Careers Club, and the
Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes.
The Women's Club of Black
Mountain is sponsoring Sherry
Strickland, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Strickland of Swan
nanoa. For the past several
years, Sherry has been a vol
unteer at the V.A. Hospital.
She, too, is a member of the
Beta Club, and also the Annual
Staff, the French Club, and is
secretary of the Health Careers
Club. Sherry’s scholastic aver
age at Owen has been outstand
ing also.
On march 1, the two Owen
girls will compete in the Dis
trict #2 Contest at the Brevard
Methodist Church. A winner
from each of the 15 districts
in North Carolina will enter
the finals at the University
of North Carolina at Greens
boro, on March 22.
The girls will talk with the
judges and their scholastic re
cords reviewed. The judging
will be based upon Character,
Scholarship, Intellectual prom
ise and potential, Ability and
Leadership, and Desire and A
bility to go to college.
B&PW Club To Sponsor
Essay Writing Contest
The Business and Profess
ional Women’s Club of Black
Mountain during the month of
February, will sponsor a con
test at the Juvenile Evaluation.
Center for students who wish
to write essays of Patriotism.
The month of February is Pa
triotism Month for all Business
and Professional Women’s
Clubs, nationally and inter
nationally.
There is no age limit for the
contest, any student at the cen
ter may enter. The essay
A rea Men
In Service
Sergeant Robert M. Conner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Swinfield
W. Conner of 110 Edwards Ave.,
Swannanoa, N. C,, has been re
cognized for helping his unit
earn the U, S. Air Force Out
standing Unit Award.
Sergeant Conner, an aircraft
equipment repairman in the
437th Military Airlift Wing at
Charleston AFB, S, C., will
wear the Distinctive Service
ribbon as a permanent decora
tion.
The 437th was cited for ex
ceptionally meritorious ser
vice during its combat and re
supply airlift operations around
the world from July 1967 to
July 1968.
This marks the third time
in four years the wing has been
honored as an outstanding air
lift unit.
The sergeant is a graduate
of Charles D. Owen High Scho
ol. His wife, Becky , is the
daughter of Frank Hudson of
202 Mountain St., Black Moun
tain.
Master Sergeant Benjamin F.
Melton, son of Mrs. William F.
Melton, 301 Sutton Ave., Black
Mountain, N. C., is on duty at
Da Nang AB, Vietnam.
Sergeant Melton, an aircraft
maintenance technician, is in
a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.
Before his arrival in Southeast
Asia, he was assigned to the
9th Strategic Reconnissance
Wing at Beale AFB, Calif.
The sergeant is a veteran of
the Korean War.
A 1950 graduate of Black
Mountain High School, he at
tended Warren Wilson Junior
College in Swannanoa, N. C.
His wife, Estelle, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
B. Davis, 623 Forrest Drive,
Pascagoula, Miss.
Army Private William G.
Ray, 20, whose mother, Mrs.
Viola M. Ray, lives at 225
21st St., Hickory, N. C., com
pleted a field communications
crewman course January 17 at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
During the eight-week course
he was trained to string wire
from the field to the communi
cations center. Instruction was
also given in basic electricity,
switch board installation and
operation and pole climbing.
His wife, Pauline, lives in
Black Mountain.
Marine Lance Corporal Jack
G. Bradley, son ofMr. and Mrs.
Claude A. Bradley of Paddset
town Road , Black Mountain,
is serving with Marine Fighter
Attack Squadron 333 at the Mar
ine Corps Air Station, Beau
fort, S. C.
His squadron is a unit of
Marine Aircraft Group 31 of
the Second Marine Aircraft
Wing.
Master Sergeant Henry M.
Slade, son of Mrs. Blanche
Slade, Rt. 1, Swannanoa, N,C.
has been awarded the Strategic
Air Command Certificate of
Distinguished Educational A
chievement atVandenbergAFB,
Calif.
Sergeant Slade was selected
for the award for his accomp
lishments in the U. S. Air
Force off-duty education pro
gram.
The sergeant is a manpower
management superintendent. He
served during the Korean War.
A 1950 graduate of Stephens
Lee High School, Asheville, N,
C,, he earned his A. A.
degree at Allan Hancock Jun
ior College, Santa Maria,
Calif., and also studied at Chap
man College, Orange, Calif.
His wife is the former Helga
Mueller from Germany.
Kiwanis News
The Black Mountain- Swan
nanoa Kiwanis Club heard Dr.
Samuel Gleason describe some
of the scenes of his recent
Holy Land tour. Dr. Gleason,
of Danville, Viriginla, was in
troduced by Rev. C. W. Solo
mon, guest of the club for last
Thursday’s noon luncheon. Oth
er guests attending were Sam
Leonard of the Asheville Ki
wanis and Rev. James Smith,
First Christian Church of Ashe
ville.
Baptist Children’s Home
To Become Reality
A home for dependent, ne
glected and homeless children
in Western North Carolina will
soon be a reality because of
the manner in whicn tne resi
dents of Buncombe County are
supporting the efforts of the
Baptist Children’s Homes of
North Carolina to raise money
to establish this much needed
facility.
More than $321,000 has been
pledged or received for this
home with Buncombe County
contributing $18,266.83. Seven
teen Western counties are in
volved in this program with
additional contributions coming
from persons in other locations
throughout North Carolina.
The proposed home, named
The Broyhill Home, in honor
of the J. E. Broyhill family
of Lenoir, will be located on
a 96 acre tract between Waynes
ville and Clyde. It will pro
vide group care for about 50
boys and girls from West
ern part of the state and will
serve as the hub from which
will radiate all the various child
care services and ministries
of the Children’s Home.
“Preparation of the campus
site will begin this Spring and
will involve considerable grad
ing, building of a road, making
provisions for necessary utili
ties and water control”, ac
cording to Dr. W. R. Wagoner,
president of the Children’s
Home. “When this has been
completed, plans call for the
construction of two cottages.
must be between 500 and 1,000
words and be the orglnal thought
of the student.
There will be a five man com
mittee to jud^ufthe essays and
to decide the three winners. The
judges will be J. Louis Parrish,
James L. McLemore, Gene V.
Cantrell, Joe Peoples and R.
L. Clark. The awards will
be presented in an assembly
program March 18. There will
be a $10 first prize and two
$5 second prizes awarded.
Mr. Parrish, director of the
Juvenile Evaluation Center
stated that he was very pleased
with the project and that it
was a worthwhile contribution
to motivate the students to do
some positive thinking.
Mrs. Susie McDonald, Pres
ident of the Club is in charge
of the contest. She stated that
the students were interested
and she felt that the response
would be good.
Limberts Make
Florida Visit
Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Lim
bert of 201 Blue Ridge Road,
Black Mountain, have just re-;
turned from a week’s trip tqf
St. Petersburg, Florida, when*
Dr. Limbert gave the main ad*
dress at the annual meeting
of the Willis Chapter of ref
tired YMCA Secretaries. This
is the largest chapter in tl*
country, including both perman
ent and winter residents frdm
all of northern Florida. Abiut
100 persons'attendedthis lunfh
eon meeting. The Limbajrts
took this opportunity to visit
with former Black Mountain
residents now living at Maase
Manor in Dunedin: Dr. land
Mrs. Gilbert Willey and j.Mr.
and Mrs. Lester McKee. Tfiese
two couples are comfortably
settled in their new quarters.
Mrs. McKee is recoveringrrom
a serious operation sh« had
at Christmas time in Arjfeona.
They continue to receivfe the
Black Mountain News and are
interested in keeping in touch
with their many friends in this
community.
It is hoped that contracts to
build the cottages can be a
warded by mid-summer.”
Total campus development
will Include four family style
cottages, a campus center which
will provide administration,
recreation, and educational fa
cilities, and a superintendent’s
home. These six buildings will
surround a seven to ten acre
lake.
Fund raising program, named
the Founders andBuildersPro
gram, is still underway in all
Western counties with more
than 700 volunteers involved in
the various activities of the
campaign.
Estimated cost for building
the Broyhill Home is $634,000
according to W. Isaac Terrell,
director of development for the
Children’s Home, who is di
recting the program. “If gifts
continue to be received as they
have in the past few days from
residents of Buncombe County,
we hope that construction will
begin soon.”
Carter Preslar, Asheville
and Nane Starnes, West Ashe
ville are co-chairmen for the
Founders and Builders Pro
gram in Buncombe County.
Swannanoa Valley Folk
Festival Is Scheduled
Plans are under way for the
ninth annual Swannanoa Folk
Festival to be held at the
Charles D. Owen High School
in Swannanoa, at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, March 21.
The Festival, sponsored by
the Woman’s Club, has gained
in popularity each year since
it was first launched in 1961.
The Festival has a three-fold
purpose: to encourage the pre
servation of authentic folk
music and dances; to give stu
dent participants stage exper
ience and the opportunity to
perform before the “Home
town” audience prior to the
Mountain Youth Jamboree; and
to secure funds for the support
of the Swannanoa Public Li
brary. Teams of both clog and
smooth style square dancing
will compete for trophies, which
are awarded on a point basis
by qualified judges. Solo and
group perforate -s will enter
tain with folk and traditional
singing, dancing and instru
mental music.
Patrol Applications
Being Accepted
Highway Patrol Applications
W ill be accepted.
The North Carolina State
f ighway Patrol announced to
ay that applications are being
ccepted for its basic training
|school which will begin at the
University of North Carolina’s
Institute of Government in
April.
Major E. W. Jones, head of
the Patrol’s Training and In
spection Division, said there
are openings for 40 men in
the 14-week school.
The school, according to the
Patrol officer, is ‘‘an inten
sive college-level course of
study covering all aspects of
traffic control and law enforce
ment. Instructors are experts
in all pertinent fields from pur
suit driving to marksmanship.”
Applicants must be 21 to 30
years of age, 5 feet, 9 1/2
Inches tall, and weigh a mini
mym of 160 pounds. They must
be U, S. citizens and a resi
dent of North Carolina for one
year immediate prior to em
ployment, with a high school
diploma or the equivalent and
must be able to pass rigid
phusicaf and mental tests. Vi
sion requirements of 20-20 are
standare, but 20-40 is accepted
if corrected to 20-20 by glasses
or contact lenses.
According to Jones, only per
sons measuring up to these
minimum standards will be con
sidered.
Applicants should contact the
first sergeant at their nearest
Highway Patrol Station as soon
as possible.
Opportunity Corporation
Needs Residents9 Help
The Opportunity Corporation
as part of its Urban Renewal
Program is helping disadvan
taged families o t Buncombe
and Madison Counties to re
locate to better housing.
The Corporation has been
able to help some families find
better homes, but is in des
perate need of furniture, blan
kets, sheets, pillows, any
household items. If the Op
portunity Corporation is to help
these families find a better way
of life, they must be able to
help furnish these people with
necessary household supplies.
With the supplies, the corpora
tion can begin its programs on
home management, home health
and general homemaking skills.
If you have blankets, sheets,
furniture, etc. that you would
like t o donate, or if you would
like to volunteer to help these
families with everyday home
making, call Mrs. Gladys
Brown at the Old Stephens Lee
Building inAshevllle, 252-2495.
Anything you can donate will
be greatly appreciated.
Mrs. J. C. Coston, Jr., chair
man of the Festival, requests
that any talented student or
group of students, interested in
auditioning for the Festival con
tact either Mrs. D. Hussey at
686-3345 or Mrs. T. G. Sawyer
at 686-3608. An auditioning
date and time at the Swannanoa
Elementary School will be an
nounced later.
Adult tickets at $1 and stu
dent tickets at 50 cents may
be purchased from any club
member, or at the door.
Southern Bell
Adds New Service
Southern Bell is adding
another service to those
currently handled by the female
operating staff at the O. Henry
Avenue center inAsheville. The
additional assignment will
serve the long distance infor
mation calling of the nation to
area "704” points. Speci
fically, this is customers cal
ling the universal information
number, 555-1212. Local oper
ators will not have information
for all cities in Western North
Carolina, but will switch cus
tomers to desired information
centers as part of their new
assignment.
This service has been offered
by the Charlotte center since
it’s conception. However, the
corporation has been unable to
recruit adequate manpower to
provide for an accelerated
growth in long distance calling
there, So, in mid-December it
was decided by traffic network
managers that these 7500-a
day calls could be routed to
Asheville to be further opera
tor-switched to their final des
tination from there.
So, engineers, planners, in
stallation and network mana
gers went into an emergency
effort to shift this calling from
Charlotte to Asheville. 30 cir
cuits were available on the
high-usuage Charlotte to Ashe
ville microwave system. Ade
quate switchboard space was
available for terminating these
trunks and for the additional
15 operators required to
process the new calling. Spe
cial positions were set up to
create a unique ten-women di
rectory assistance unit. This
unit will provide the “ 55-1212”
callers with information on
Charlotte numbers. Almost a
third of the 7500 daily calls
request Charlotte information.
To help the overload existing
there and to avoid the need for
circuits to return these re
quests to Charlotte, the unusual
unit of women will provide the
desired Charlotte numbers
from Asheville.
George M. Tisdale, Asheville
District Manager, says that the
new service is similar to anew
industry coming to town,
starting with around25 employ
ees and an annual payroll ap
proaching $100 thousand. The
prompt transfer of this service
from Charlotte points out the
flexibility of the national
switching network and is pro
bably indicative of things to
come, Tisdale said. Smaller
cities are able to hire and re
tain employees better than the
large metropolitan areas and
consequently, telephone plan
ners will move more and more
calling away from these areas
in order to maintain excellent
telephone service for the
network users.
Play Readings For
Friends Of Library
Dramatic readings of two
one-act plays will be presented
on Wednesday March the fifth
at the monthly program of the
Friends of the Library in the
handsome new Black Mountain
Public Library Education
Room. This is the fifth play
reading program presented by
members of the Black Moun
tain community, each play hav
ing been chosen not just for
entertainment but for literary
value as well, and to bring the
joy of the written word, well
spoken, to the interested local
public.
The first of the plays, Over
tones, by Alice Gerstenberg will
be read by arrangement with
David McKay Company, Inc. of
New York City, who not only
granted permission for use of
the play, but has courteously
expressed a warm interest in
this reading production.
“Overtones,” first appeared
in 1913 and may be considered
a forerunner of Eugene
O’Neill’s “Strange Interlude.”
This play employs a technique
which presents the characters’
public faces and also the hid
den selves (or the primitive,
violent ids). The audience ,
consequently, will see two
charming, sophisticated women
at tea and will hear also what
these women are actually feel
ing and thinking as the plot
develops.
“Overtones” is a difficult
play which presents a real chal
lenge to the four women invol
ved. The capable cast is as
follows:
Harriet-Betty Tyson
(Hostess at tea)
Hetty
Jean Abbott
(her primitive self)
Margaret—Martha McMillian
(guest at tea)
Maggie-Judy Capps
(her primitive self)
The second play will be the
Russian comic classic, “The
Boar“, by Anton Chekov, known
to all college and university
groups as a plum of a little
play dramatically expressing a
wide range of emotions. “The
Boor,” like last year’s play,
Christopher Fry’s “A Phoenix
Too Frequent,” is based on the
short story by Petronius, “The
Virtuous Widow ofEphesus”in
which a young and beautiful
widow has withdrawn into her
country estate to mourn her
husband’s death, proving that
she can be faithful. Then a
young man from a neighboring
estate appears to collect a sum
of money owed to him by her
late husband—and the plot
thickens!
This exciting play has the fol
lowing fine cast:
Helena Ivanova Popov
Libby Olofson
(a young widow, mistress of a
country estate)
Grigori Stepanovitch Smirnov
Sefton Abbott
( proprietor of a country
estate)
Luka
Culver Allan Smith
(servant of Mrs. Popov)
“The Boor”, will be read
by arrangement with Samuel
French, Inc. of New York City.
Director for both plays has
been Mary Beth Underwood.
These monthly programs are
open to the public and free of
charge. A social hour will
precede the play readings at
10:00 o’clock.
Valley Medical Center
Progress Being Made
On February 10, forty local
citizens met at the Monte Vista
Hotel to consider a proposal
to develop a medical center in
the Swannanoa Valley. The
Kiwanis Club served as the
convener, with the understand
ing that the project will be com
munity-wide in its plans, re
sources and leadership.
The meeting was attended
by representatives from ser
vice clubs and organizations
interested in, and willing to
support a medical center. It
is proposed that a list of inter
ested persons be compiled from
which a steering committee and
a subsequent Board of Direct
ors will be selected.
The proposed medical center
would be located strategically
to serve the whole valley. It
would contain three or four
offices for medical doctors,
also offices for a dentist and
oculist. Plans include an X
ray, Emergency Aid, Oxygen
supply, laboratory, comfort
able waiting rooms, three or
four beds so as to stabilize
accident or otner emergency
cases in preparation for remov
al to a hospital.
It is understood that neither
a clinic or a hospital are en
visioned. This will be a facil
ity for providing service which
is neither practical or pos
sible with present facilities, but
we do need that local service.
There are many problems to
be solved-legal, financial, loca
tion, construction and general
management. However, inas
much as this is a community
project we will have good
sources to draw upon. Arrange
ments are under way to acti
vate the Steering Committee.
Advice, assistance and con
structive criticism are invited.
Send communications toKiwan
is Club, Box 224, Black Moun
tain.
Soon plans will be announced
for the “Swannanoa Valley Med
ical Center Boosters” an or
ganization of youth who will
promote and support the center.
The Black Mountain Baptist
Church has generously offered
their educational building and
grounds for a two-day Fair,
July 4-5. This "fair” will
be the occasion for raising ini
tial funds for the Medical Cen
ter construction. A committee
headed by Ernest DeWick, will
plan, promote an<J manage the
Fair.
The Swannanoa Community
Council, meeting Feb. 11, e
lected a committee tooffer joint
and community support to the
Black Mountain group, consid
ering plans for the proposed
Swannanoa Valley Medical
Center.
Quail Hunting
At Pinehurst
Quail hunting - At Pinehurst
will be featured in ABC-TV’s
“The American Sportsman”
television series on Sunday,
March 9, according to the State
Travel and Promotion Division.
It will be televised before
what i s expected to be the
series’ largest audience. The
award-winning hunting and fish- -
ing program is normally seen
from 4-5 p.m., but on March
9 will be televised at 6 p.m,
at the conclusion of the Citrus
Open Golf Tournament.
Appearing in the Pinehurst
segment, which will run approx
imately 16 minutes are
singer-actor Bing Crosby and
San Francisco Giant pitcher
Gaylord Perry of Williamston.
Frank Swain of Pinehurst is
the guide for the hunt.
Much of the hunt Is conduct
ed from horseback through the
pine forests and “blackjack”
country of the North Carolina
Sandhills.
Arrangements fcr the filming,
completed last December, were
made through the State Travel
and Promotion Division.
North Carolina stations which
will carry the program at its
scheduled time are WRAL-TV,
Raleigh; WWAY-TV, Wilming
ton; WNBE-TV, New Bern;
WGHP-TV, High Point; WCCB
TV, Charlotte; and WLOS-TV,
Asheville.
HIGH LOW PREC
Feb. 19 47 28
Feb. 20 50 29
Feb. 21 51 19
Feb. 22 33 27 2"
snow
Feb. 23 47 27
Feb. 24 47 26