Thursday, March 27, 1969 Second Class Postage Paid At Black Mountain, N. C. 28711 Established 1945 8 Pages Today 10 Cents Per Copy www.vXviwwx;:-:*:^^ V Peekin’ Through g The KEYHOLE | .With Lib i-i By E llzabeth Dinwtddie Keith Mr, and Mrs. Travis Ben tt of Atlanta spent last week id with her parents, Mr. and rs, R. T. Greene. Miss !nnett Is the former Miss ,nie Greene. Mrs. Fred Perley left Thurs nd Ala. From Headland, Mrs rley will go to Winter Park, .. • uwvwMMwbvwvW^v.v.' ;«;%v'.•••• • • • •" IV (today) for a visit with Mr. id Mrs. Grover Ray In Head a,, where her daughter, Mrs. £ian Casstevens of New York ity will Join her for a visit idi Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ul ry, They will also have a w days stay with Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawrence in Key West. Mr. and Mrs. George Sarti, ■ members of the Inter zonal Club, returned Monday om a 10-day trip. After lending several days in New ork City, the group then went Mexico City, from where ghtseeing trips were made, efore returning home Mr. and rs. Sarti left Club Members id visited Acapulco. The en re travel was made by plane. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Wil are expected home within e next few days, after spend g the winter at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. elton and family of Savannah, , spent the week-end with sister, Mrs. Walter R. Davis id Mr. Davis and other mem >rs of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. ehunt have moved from Route Black Mountain, to Conover, C., to make their home. Mrs. Carl Rose, who has been aking her home at 424 Vance enue, has moved to Waynes lle to live. Miss Susie Tatham, bride set of Robert Pace was en rtained last Tuesday evening th a kitchen shower at the me of Mrs. W. S. Procter, '■ Elkdale Drive, Asheville. >-hostesses were Mrs. P. N. ill, Mrs. Claireta Heydrick d Mrs. Ethel Rogers. Susie the daughter of Mr. and rs. Conway Tatham, North rk Road. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown d sons, Jeff and Eddie of enna, Ga., spent last week d visiting their mothers, Mrs. urence Brown and Mrs. Cline kins. The Browns are form residents of Black Moun n. Mrs. John R. Hay of Win Dn-Salem and Miss Sarah Mo ey of Charlotte, spent last ek-end at Mrs. Hay’s home Laurel Circle. Both ladies summer residents of Black •untain. dr, and Mrs. H. G. Fitch have urned to their home at "istmount Assembly after nding three months in St. tersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grove d chUdren, Karen and Mike, last week-end in Max sidows, Va., with members their families. Wc. Howard B. Bartlett has n ^signed to the Army De near Long Binh, Vietnam, ward is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Bartlett, 200 Swannanoa Ave., Black Moun tain. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Creas man recently made a trip to Indianapolis, Ind., where they visited their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Frady and family and Mrs. Creasman’s sister, Mrs. Lottie Staley and family. While then? ;:■?/ \ ;nded their grand daughter’s wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nanney spent the week-end in Columbia, S. C , with Mrs. Nanney’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flory. Mr. Nanney returned home and Mrs. Nanney remained for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. Curry Betts are expected home after spend ing the winter at DaytonaBeach, Fla. Mrs. W.H. McMurray, Jr., is '■he newly elected president of The Christian Women’s Club of Asheville. The club is an international organization but has no membership and no dues. There are more than 800 clubs with more than 100,000 women meeting for lunch onceamonth All interested women are wel come and their only project is to support village and rural missions in America. Miss Ruth M. White, a bi ology teacher at Charles D Owen High School, was nomina ted for the North Carolina Out standing Biology Teacher for 1969. Pvt. Lloyd F. Bashaw has completed a Wheeled Vechicle Mechanic Course at Aberdeen Proving G jund, Maryland. He is the nineteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Bashaw of Route 1, Black Moun tain. Mr. .and Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt spent last week-end in Salis bury with their son-in-law and daugii> ., Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Braday. On Saturday, Mrs. Nesbitt and Mrs. Braddy at tended the North Carolina Fed erated Women’s ClubFineArts luncheon in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cates and daughter, Cherri and Judy Harmon of Durham have re turned from a 10 - day vaca tion in Miami, Fla. They were guests li the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Holman, who have a suminc home in Black Moun tain. • Cherri and Judy are both students at Western Caro lina University, Cullowhee. Lt., and Mrs. David Bashaw and Kim spent the weekend with David’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bashaw, Tabernacle Road. Lt. Bashaw has just completed a year of duty with the Air Force as Controller at a radar station in Uisang Bong, Korea. They will be visiting relatives in this area and Sumter, S. C., for about two weeks before leaving for California for a flight to Okinawa. David will be stationed at a radar station Ln Yoza Daka, Okinawa for two and one half years. His family will go with him. attractions Committee eports To Town Board fractions Committee the Black Mountaln-Swan * Chamber of Commerce trecenuy in the Board Room “lack Mountain Savings " Loan Association to dis , ne®ds for Municipal Rec l°n for the Swannanoa Val dijf?8*. The meeting was , ,by Andy Andrews, chalr tee Abactions Com • Ralph Andrews, a mem - ™ the Govenor's Recrea committee, from Raleigh Gardner Gidley, aprofel " Planner from Winston irfcVarious clubs and organl , represented were: Tom ^ representing Con _smsn R°y Taylor. Black taln-swannanoa Art GuUd, leg!? J“d Warren Wilson J n! ?e C°aching Staff of ick u Sch°ol» the AARP, 1tste*IlTtfn * Swannanoa ■ertan u Association, Pres hv LH,°me for Children, and lQcal residents. etLm,aln Purpose for the arel to flnd °“t what needs most in the way of recreation. Some of the things named by the group were: a year-round swimming pool, lighted baseball field, small golf course, a place for young and old to get together for enjoyable conversation, and the most Important of all, year round planned recreation with an executive director and prop erly trained staff. The Attractions Committee report was presented to the Black Mountain Town Council for approval and they in turn will appoint a Black Mountain Swannanoa Recreation Ad visory Board to study and plan the recreation for this area. Mayor Stone said, "This thing is going to work, it is the best planned piece of work that has ever been presented to tne council." The Black Mountain - Swan nanoa Recreation Advisory Board when formed will take action in the way of accep ting land and contributions for the recreation project. For further information contact Andy Andrews, at 669-8169. Lee Edwards Team Wins The Lee H. Edwards High School square dance team shuf fled their way to a second straight first place trophy Fri day night at the 9th annual Swannanoa Valley Folk Festi val. People were reported stand ing in the aisles of Owen High School auditorium during the three hours of folk singing, clogging and square dancing. Sponsor of the event is the Swannanoa Woman’s Club which donated the proceeds to the Swannanoa Public Library. Runners up to Lee Edwards in the senior square dance divi sion was the team from Clyde A. Erwin High School. In the junior division the Ken nil worth Hillbillies took first place with David Millard Junior High School and Hall Fletcher Junior High finishing second and third. Allen Briggs and Coleen Windham of Lee Edwards were named “most graceful couple ’’ in the senior division; and Gordy James and Kathy Law rence of David Millard, "most graceful couple” in the junior division. The other festival winner was John Williams of Newland Junior High School, who was judged “best caller.” Winners’ trophies were pre sented by Mrs. Clarence Stevens, president of the woman’s club. Judges for the events were C. C. Briggs of Arden, Mrs. William Brown of Black Moun tain and Carl Cordell of Ashe ville. This year’s chairman of the annual festival was Mrs. J. C. Coston. The music for the dance competition was provided by Pete Reynolds and his Tourists. PTA Basketball Game Saturday The ar.;:aal Black Mountain Swannanoa PTA basketball game will be held this Satur day, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. The “fun” game of parents and teachers will be held in the gymnasium of Charles D. Owen High School. Mr. Jackie Hughes is the coach of the Swannanoa men’s team, and James Johnson is the coach of the Black Moun tain men. The women’s team of Black Mountain, coached by Ruth Norton, includes the fol lowing members: Wanda Bart lett Norton, Karen Forrence Glenn, Dana Gilliam Singleton, Jo Ann Fisher Davis, Alma Ballew Johnson, Anna Marie Malloy Levine, Betty Lytle Summey, Zelda McGee, Mary Ann Clevenger and Emily Glenn. Samuel J. Caldwell and Phyl lis Caldwell are coaching the Swannanoa women and their team includes the following: Edith Buckner Bartlett, Bar bara Arrowood Settle, Joyce Parris, Gaye Worley Duncan, Aileen Watson Buchanan, Pansy Watson Greer, Melba Riddle Burnette, Caroline Harwood, Mozelle Smith, Dot Creasman Jones, and Eunice Watson Bed dingfield. All four teams have been practicing hard for the past month and hope to provide some exciting games. Extra special cheerleaders will coa:. their teams from the sidelines. Tickets are available from students in the area. Adult tickets are $1.00 and children’s $.50. Proceeds from the game will be used as needed by school officials. FHA Week Being Observed The Future Homemakers of America Club at Charles D. Owen is observing FHA Week, March 23-29. In honor of the observance, Sharon Banks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lennle Banks was selected Outstanding FHA Member. Sharon will represent the Chapter at Bon Marche, March 29. The theme guiding the club's activities this year is “Citi zenship, FHA’s Challenge to Cherish.” Various projects are being carried out through out this year in accordance with the year’s theme. These include: “Happiness is having dollars and sense” — a bake sale project; “Color North Carolina Beautiful” — parti cipation in Owen’s Beautifica tion program by planting rose bushes and bulbs; projects for Family, Community, and World Improvement; and “Morals and Manners.” Also during the year, the club has had several speakers at their meetings. Winners at the Juvenile Evaluation Center of the essay con test: on "Patriotism" sponsored by The Business and Professional Women's Club of Black Mountain, are shown with Mrs. McDonald, the club's president. The BP&W Club awarded a $10 First Prize and two Second Prizes of $5. Because of the overwhelming num ber of essays entered, the Center also awarded one Second Prize of $5 and three 3rd. Prizes of $2.50 each. Winners: (back row L-R) Amy Sloop, 2nd., Roderick McSwain, 3rd., Eugene Hubbard, 2nd., Mrs. Susie McDonald. (front row) Gladys Stokely, 3rd., Dwight Haynie, 2nd., Linda Morgan, 3rd., Debbie Thomas, 3rd., (not shown is 1st. Prize winner, Sharon Watkins whose winning essay appears in this edition of the NEWS). Essay Winners Selected At Juvenile Evaluation Center PATRIOTISM by Sharon Watson Patriotism is a word that nobody ever stops to think about. To most people patriotism is just one of our many words in this great big world of words What does patriotism mean to you? To me patriotism is the biggest word there ever was, even though it has only ten letters. It represents our coun try, our freedom, our laws, our congress, and most of all, our many people. You don’t have to go out and kill someone in another country to be patriotic. All you have to do is have honor and respect for your country and its people. We have more in our own country than any country in the world, but some people just don’t ap preciate It. When I hear the Star Spangled Banner my heart swells up with pride, and it makes me so happy to know what a great country we have, and I thank God that we have all that. Think of all the free dom we have, we can go where we please, do as we please, when we please without having a gun stuck in our backs like some people in other countries do. We have boys and men in Viet-Nam fighting for our freedom and many of them have died doing it, and I am very grateful. I just pray to God that it will be over soon. There’s not many people who’ll die for their own country. I’d rather die than to see all the boys over there dying, but it makes me happy to know they died for their country. If I was in another country, I’d never be as happy as I am here, I would be so happy to return to the United States of America. I wish more for eigners could come to the Uni ted States to see how very fortunate we are. what I am trying to say is; everyone should be patriotic and love one another and their own country. No one ever stops to think about how lucky we are for what we have. Would you fight and die for your country? Think about it for a moment! What will your answer be? FHA Week Designated March 23—29 (L-R) Hope Miller, Vickie Spivey, Brenda Revis auu .w. land prepare a bulletin board display in the Owen High School Cafeteria in observance of FHA Week. As part of the FHA Club's participation in Owen High School's Beautification Program, (L-R) Sherry Ray, Marsha Thomason, Kay Willet and Sharon Banks, FHA Club members, are planting rose bushes and bulbs. Town Board Votes, Extend City Limits The regular meeting of the Town Board was held March 19 with several Items of in terest being presented and passed by the board. The board voted unanimous ly to extend the present city lmits back to the original char ter that would take in one mile in each direction from the train depot which is considered to be the central location. This would give the town a larger voter population and the resi dents taken in by the exten sion would have city rights, such as; water sewage, fire protection, police protection, garbage service and paved streets. The board also voted unan imously to repeal the Prohib ition Act passed in 1937 pro hibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages inside the corporate town limits. The repealing of this act would make the town eligible for taxes collect ed from the sale of alcoholic beverages in the State of North Carolina. It has been a prov en fact that the town has lost a minimum of $2,500 a year since 1937 by having this act on the books. It was favorably voted to in crease the town board from three to five members to give better representation of citi zens of the town. This would not be effective in the com ing election. It would be in effect for the 1971 election. The three above mentioned items will go before the North Carolina Legislature for their approval and if passed, will go into effect as soon as pos sible. These are the things that the board feels are needed to make the Town of TMaik Mountain more prog-r&uivb ar.d are in the best interest of its citizens. There will be an election held May 6, to elect a Mayor and three Aldermen for Town of Black Mountain. In order to be a candidate for office you must circulate a petition and have it signed by five regis tered voters and pay the filing fee of $5. No voter may sign more than one petition for a candidate. The registration period will be from Friday, April 18 through Friday, April 25, ex cluding Sunday, April 20. The registration books will be open each day from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. at 200 Border St., except Sat. April 19 when the books will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at City Hall. The polling place for the e lection will be at City Hall. The polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on e lection day. Eight Kearfott Employees Complete Training Course On March 21, 1969 eight em ployees of the Kearfott Prod ucts Division, Singer-General Precision, Inc., received their diplomas for successfully com pleting the Supervisory De velopment Trailing Program. George Nalesnik, Kearfott Plant Manager was present to con gratulate the graduates. Pre senting the diplomas during a 1 nc h House in £ a*. C. was Don Lant., -wo^uordinator,Super visory Development Training. Mr. Lane is on the staff of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute. The SDT Program is a three year training course consisting of 160 hours of classroom in struction given on company time as well as employee time. Classes were conducted pri marily by in-plant personnel who are accredited to instruct by the State. The program included courses such as work simplification, cost accounting, safety and hu