DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY
Volume 24 No. 37
Thursday, May 15, 1969
Second Class Postage Paid At Black Mountain, N. C. 28711 Fstablished 1945
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}Jed Center Boosters Raise Funds
Fair To Open July 4 Thru 5
During the past few days,
v,ral Service Clubs and As
ociations, along with numer
Church Groups have signed
1 for many types of FAIR
IP
JOOTHS, and we have some still
railing for your club to "oc
,upv.” Frankly, there are few
lubs who haven’t agreed to
ielp in one way or another to
,eip get the Swannanoa Valley
Medical Center started
So far, here are the clubs and
organizations whoarenowplan
ling to have one, two or three
moths: A. A. R. P., Swannanoa
,'alley Art League, Mill Chapel
Ihristian Ed., Mill Chapel
fouth Club, Mill Chapel Senior
Ihoir, Swannanoa Woman’s
;iub, Black Mountain Woman’s
;iub, Valley Raven 4-H Club,
lumane Society, Pilot Club,
Hack Mountain Friends of the
ibrary, Garden Club, Kiwanis
:iub, Rotary Club, and several
ndividuals and businesses.
There will be exhibits and
sales by many craftsmen, with
numerous displays by individ
uals interested in hobbies.
We are now inviting bus
inessmen of Black Mountain and
Swannanoa to set up advertising
booths, and some have already
responded favorably. At least
one well known automobile
dealer wants his new models
inspected by several thousand
people on July 4 and 5.
It is understood that Fire
Departments and Rescue and
First Aid Squads, and perhaps
Motor Vehicle, State Police,
Sheriffs Dept., and local Police
Depts. will be on hand to show
their latest equipment and ser
vices.
There will be hot dogs, sloppy
joes, ice cream, cold drinks,
canned goods, baked goods, grab
bags, pig-in-a-poke, books,
music and records, antiques,
produce, costume jewelry, attic
and cellar treasures, white ele
phant sales, flea market, new
and used garden equipment,
Christmas lights, aprons and
much more.
The Swannanoa Valley Art
League will have one of the fi
nest Art Shows ever offered in
these parts by a single group.
They will also have a large booth
where you may buy framed and
unframed pictures.
Che of the features of the Fair
will be a huge Kentucky Fried
Chicken Booth. If your family
or club is going to have a 4th
of July picnic, why not buy
your Picnic Box, all made up,
any time after 10 a.m. July 4
or 5. Tlie individual Kentucky
Fried Chicken Box, containing
chicken, rolls, slaw, potatoes,
napkins and a fork will sell for
Montreat Elects Elders
Montreat, one of the newest
iowns of North Carolina, elec
ted three town commissioners
Puesday in the first city elec
:ion ever held in the munici
lality which was created by the
967 General Assembly.
Of the 91 registered voters,
14 voted to elect three mem
jers to the town commission
from a slate of five can
lidates.
drs. Kenneth J. Foreman, Jr.,
ed the ballot with 49 votes.
Mrs. Foreman is a native of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee and
s a graduate of the University
tf Tennessee and thePresby
erian School of Education. Mr.
Foreman is a native of Prince
on, New Jersey and a grad
late of Haverford College. He
lid graduate work at Union
rheological Seminary and Lou
isville Presbyterian Theol
ogical Seminary. Mr. Foreman
is the new director of the
Historical Foundation in Mon
treat. They have lived in Mon
treat for several years.
E. A. Andrews
Local Merchants Join The “NEWS''
In A Special Tribute To Mr. and Mrs.
Consumer
This week the merchants af The Valley pay
tribute to the consumers of this trade territory
with an assortment of the greatest values ever of
fered in any shopping district. Shop the merchants
displaying the “Values Galore” posters and read
the “Values Galore” page in this edition of the
NEWS” for all your family needs.
You Mr. and Mrs
Consumer, deserve
full credit for oui
advances as a com
mercial center. Your
shopping habits,and
sense of value, stand
as a challenge to our
merchants to bring
you the finest mer
chandise offered at prices you are willing to pay
The Valley has long been known as a friendly
community, with progressive merchants, and these
are the greatest assets any area can have.
The “NEWS” serves as a messenger, to bring buy
er and seller together, and we are proud to join the
following marchants in a Special Tribute to you,
Mr and Mrs. Consumer.
BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
DAVIDSON OIL COMPANY
WILLIAMS BROTHERS OIL CO.
SWANNANOA INS. AGENCY
JONES FOOD STORE
NORTHWESTERN BANK
BUCHANANS DEPT. STORE
DELUXE DRY CLEANERS
HUGGINS JEWELERS
BLACK MOUNTAIN SAVINGS & LOAN
KEY CITY LAUNDRY
KNIGHTS PHARMACY
TRAVEL-EZE RESTURANT
BLACK MOUNTAIN DRUG CO.
BLACK MOUNTAIN INS. AGENCY
BLACK MOUNTAIN LUMBER CO.
EARLEY'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS
THE SWEATER SHOP
GARLAND TIRE CO. INC.
TYSON FURNITURE CO.
COLLINS DEPT. STORE
Mr. E. E. Crisp was sec
ond with 48 votes. Mr. Crisp
is a native of Lenior, North
Carolina and has resided in
Montreat for six years. Hav
ing been engaged in Public Ac
counting for several years, he
now serves several local bus
inesses in that capacity. He
is also the Assistant Secre
tary of the Blue Ridge Broad
casting Corporation.
‘Mr. E. A. Andrews was third.
Mr. Andrews is a native of Chat
tanooga, Tennessee and has
been a resident of Montreat for
five years. He has held many
positions working with the
Mrs. Kenneth J. Foreman
churdh and working with young
people. Serving now as a
scoutmaster, Mr. Andrews is
dedicated to progress and the
younger set.
Dr. C. Grier Davis, acting
mayor, polled 36 votes, and
Dr. Guy H. White received 34
votes.
The original town council de
clared and confirmed the elec
tion results and the new council
members were sworn in at the
Buncombe County Court House
in Asheville, N. C. By law
the three commissioners were
to select a mayor from among
themselves. After a time of
prayer, serious discussion on
the responsibilities ahead, and
by agreement, the names of the
three commissioners were
written on slips of paper, placed
into a box and the town clerk,
Mr. Kay N. Stutts, Assistant
Treasurer of the Mountin Re
treat Association, drew the
name of Mr. E. A. Andrews
from the box. The first of
ficially elected council de
clared Mr. Andy Andrews Ma
yor.
Montreat, with 5000 acres
of mountain land, streams, and
forests, conference facilities,
and a junior college is owned
by the Presbyterian Church in
the United States. It is opera
ted by a Board of Trustees
and run by appointed admin
istration staff approved by the
General Assembly of the
Church. The new relationships
between Mountain Retreat As
sociation and the Town Coun
cil and the college are vital
and much interwoven.
The interests and concerns
of one almost always become
the interests and concerns of
the other. Laision committees
are to be appointed to keep the
best interests of all at the
highest level of cooperation and
coordination possible. Newest
matters of business are the
town water and sewer bond,
$1.50. A sale of chicken dinner
tickets is now being made by
business groups, church clubs,
service clubs, and many indi
viduals. You merely check on
the stub if you want it on July
4 or 5., and it will be ready
for you to pick up on that
date at the Fair. Please pur
chase your tickets as early as
possible to avoid disappoint
ment. We can guarantee all
orders received on or before
June 25th for pick up at the
Fair on either day you check
on the stub.
If you have a Musical Group
who would like to display its
talents, please contact Mr. Ed
Alexander, at the Black Moun
tain First Baptist Church.
For those who wish to con
tribute attic and cellar “trea
sures” or any kind of tools,
hardware, costume jewelry, or
any other saleable items, please
gather them up during the
next few weeks, and we will
tell you in the near future where
to deliver them, orwhotophone
or write to have them picked
up by one of the committee.
E. E. Crisp
road and street repair and
maintenance, and matters of
public safety.
Official Maps
Available
The new official 1969 North
Carolina highway maps have
started arriving at the State
Highway Commission here and
distribution will be made as
speedily as possible, H. Boyce
Midgette, state locating eng
ineer, said today.
Midgette said that the maps
are being sent to other state
agencies which help get them
to mototists and that they will
also be available to persons
desiring them at the Highway
Building on Wilmington Street,
The Department of Conser
vation and Development, which
promotes tourism and operates
the state’s Welcome Centers,
annually gets 100,000 copies
of the maps. Other agencies,
such as the State Highway Pa
trol and the State Ports Au
thority, get smaller quotas.
The new maps contain all
of the latest road information,
as well as a list of interest
in the state. The back is cov
ered with multicolored scenes
of North Carolina, including
scenic spots and resorts.
Not enough maps to meet the
initial demand have been re
ceived, Midgette said, but de
liveries from the printer are
expected daily.
Persons wishing a copy of
the map can get one by wri
ting the State Highway Commis
sion, but Midgette' asked that
they use postcards for faster
handling.
The first copy of the new map
was presented to Governor Bob
Scott by Highway Commission
Chairman Lauch Faircloth.
NOTICE
The Black Mountain Presby
terian Church welcomes vaca
tioners and travelers to their
early church service at 9:00
a.m. Sundays beginning Mav 18.
The service will last one half
hour. Worshippers are invi
ted to attend in casual clothes
for this service. A special
feature of the early service
will be a youth choir under the
direction of Mr. Carl Ballard,
Jr.
The Black Mountain Church is
located on Montreat Road. Vi
sitors are also welcome to the
regular 11:00 a.m. service.
There will be a very impor
tant Swannanoa Valley Medical
Center Fair meeting at the
Monte Vista Hotel on Sunday
afternoon, May 18, at 3:30.
Please bring along $.50 for your
refreshments. At that time,
the few clubs who are not par
ticipating to date, may come in
and register for a booth or to
help in our membership or sale
of chicken dinner boxes.
DON’T FORGET. WE
NOW NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
SO YOU WILL HAVE A MED
ICAL CENTER IN THE SWAN
NANOA VALLEY WHEN AND IF
YOU NEED THE SERVICES OF
FERED.
For information pertaining to
membership cards, chicken
dinner tickets or fair booths,
please write to the Swannanoa
Valley Medical Center
Boosters, Monte Vista Hotel,
Black Mountain, N. C. 28711
Little
League
Expands
This year Operation Youth
will be expanding its Little
League teams from four to five.
Enough boys responded to try
outs last week to allow forma
tion of a fifth team. .
The new team, as yet a name
has not been chosen by the boys
will be coached by Jim Johnson
and Don Collins. The boys on
this team are Mike Bartlett,
age 9; Mark Reese, 9; Alvin
Johnson, 10; Mark Edwards, 10;
Johnny Collins, 10; Curtis Har
per, 10; Joe Reeves, 10; Jacky
Fox, 11; Scott Washburn, 11;
Johnny Blankenship, 11; David
Livinston, 12; Ray Reed, 12.
We all wish a good season
for thi s new team and their
coaches.
Marshall Hollifield is back
with his Cardinals and is much
enthused with his boys. They
have adopted as their motto for
the season “A winner never
quits and a quitter never wins.”
The assistant coach is Bud Nor
ton.
This team’s roster is
comprised of Brad Norton, 10;
Rusty Norton, 11; Ray Weaver,
12; David Me Murray, 11; Archie
Pertiller, 12; Wayne Carpenter,
12; Jack Pressley, 11; Carl Lo
gan, 11; Mike Connor, 9; Mike
Reeves, 11; Kelly Greene, 10;
Matt Black, 10; Mike Black,
9; Kenny Hipps, 10.
Bob Wheeion is again with his
able assistant Hubert Fore,
coaching the Giants. They
plan to really be ‘‘Giants.’'
this season.
Their roster has several boys
back from last year and the
boys making up their team ar<
Arthur Pertiller, 11; Richard
Doran, 11; Kenny Bartlett, 10;
Kenny Fore, 11; J. Weaver, 10;
Napoleon Spencer, 12; Dennis
Curtis, 12; David Massey, 11;
Keith Slagle, 10.
The Dodgers are ready to
give someone real competi
tion. They are ably coached
by George Cochran assisted
by his son Bobby.
These young athletes are
Kevin Gray, 12; Gary Padgett,
12; Keith Nix, 12; David Ford,
9; Bradly Ashton, 11; Frank
Thielman, 10; John Klutz, 11;
John Payne, 11; Jimmy Parker,
10; Keon Hall, 11; Tim Wright,
9; Billy Hopkins, 10; Raymond
Hammond, 10; Robin Inabinette,
11.
Although your reporter was
unable to talk to Coach Julio
Rivera personally we were as
sured the Cubs are “roaring.”
to go. Mr. Rivera will be
assisted by James Clark.
The Cubs are Roger Davis,
11; Terry Riveria, 11; Jeffrey
Riveria, 10; Allen Marler, 11;
Doug Clark, 11; Bruce Ham
mond, 12; Randy Cantrell, 12;
James Love, 9; Tony Harper,
10; Yancey Jones, 9; John Fitz,
10; Randy Edwards, 11; Harold
Parker, 10; Eddie Hargrove, 11;
Tony Hooper, 10.
Babe Ruth try outs were held
Tuesday afternoon, May 13, at
four o’clock at the Youth Cen
ter. We will give you a full
report on these teams and their
coaches next week.
jtii ~»owell presents satety awarus 10 urovestone Employees Charles For
tune, James Dalton, William Gentry, and Kenneth Pope.
Grovestone Safety Awards
The employees of Grove Stone
and Cumberland held a Barbe
cuesupper on Monday evening,
May 12th, In recognition of each
plant completing 100 working
days without a medical or lost
time accident.
Jeff Crowell, Safety and Pub
lic Relations Director, present
ed $25.00 Savings Bonds to three
Grove Stone employees —
Charles M. Fortune, James A.
Dalton and William Gentry. The
employees received these a
wards for working five years
without an accidnet. Kenneth
Pope, of Cumberland Gravel
& Sand Company, also received
a $25.00 Savings Bond. This
makes a total of 28 Savings
Bonds given by the company to
its employees since January
1960.
Twenty-one Grove Stone em
ployees received one-year
safety awards. These were:
James L. Brackett, william T.
Brown, William G. Fuller, Jef
frey V. Goodman, Robert V.
Ledford, Lewis Melton, J. G.
Northcott, David Rathburn,
Glenn Ray, Kenneth Simons, Lee
Roy Sparks, Alvin Stroud,
James H. Sullins, James L.
Sullins, Roland Sullins, Curtis
C. Vellano, Robert G. Ward,
Elbert F. Wilson, Paul J.
Sparks, Fred Stewart, William
H. Ray.
Four Cumberland employees
received one-year safety a
wards. They were; Gene Bell,
Lloyd Graves, Homer Huskins,
and Troy Young.
Levine toSneakat Montreal
Sumner N. Levine, scientist
and urbanist, will be on the
campus of Montreat-Anderson
College on May 15-16 as a
Danforth Visiting Lectioner.
Dr. Levine will give a pub
lic lecture on “Men, Machines,
and the Growing Metropolis"
Friday in Gaither Chapel at
8:00 p.m. He will also give
a convocation address on “Ba
sic Dilemmas of the Undevel
oped regions,” Thursday at
9:50 a.m. in Gaither Chapel,
liie public is invited to at
tend both of these lectures.
In two informal or class meet
ings he will discuss “Artificial
Hearts and Other Organs-New
Telephone
Serviee
Southern Bell “Information”
operators will become "direc
tory assistance” operators in
Buncombe, Haywood, and Hen
derson Counties on May 18th.
Thus ends the title “informa
tion” operator given to New
York switchboard ladies in 1906.
M. w. Carson, Buncombe
County manager, assures the
public that directory service is
still available through “25-411”
spin of the customer dial. The
renaming of the directory ser
vice is part of an effort to en
courage customer use of the
directory. “Seventy percent of
our requests are for numbers
which are in the current di
rectory,” Carson said. “We
have found that service is
quicker for customers to look
up their own numbers and make
one call instead of two. At the
same time, information is a few
same time, information is a
free service and Southern Bell
hopes to keep calls for numbers
in line with customer growth,
so that it can remain a free
service. In recent years, calls
to information have grown much
more rapidly that the number of
telephone s in service in the
county,” Carson said.
Southern Bell hopes that it’s
new technique for handling di
rectory requests will increase
customer satisfaction with the
telephone system. Ereminder
phrases such as “I find that
listed in your directory, it is
-- - -” and "That number
is not in your book; if’d you’d
care to make a note of it, it is
.will be used to
encourage all customers to keep
a personal set of numbers on the
frequently called number sheet
of their directory. As further
aid to callers, Southern Bell
will make small personal direc
tories available for those who
ask for them, Carson concluded.
New Horizons in Medical Eng
ineering” and ‘‘New Devel
opments in Urban Planning.”
The visiting lecturers pro
gram under which Dr. Levine
comes here was initiated in IQS'!
by the Arts Program of the As
sociation of'American Colleges,
and is supported by a grant
Mr. Levine
from the Danforth Foundation.
Its purpose is to assist colleges
in their efforts to strengthen
liberal education. Each year
several men and women of out
standing intellectual stature
from this country and abroad
are made available to colleges
and universities. They remain
on campus from two days to a
week.
Dr. Levine is Professor of
Engineering at the State Uni
versity of New York at Stony
Brook. He is past chairman
of the department of Materials
Sciences, which he instituted.
He is also former Visiting
Professor and Director of Ur
ban Research at the City Uni
versity of New York-Graduate
Center.
He is a graduate of Brown
University, and received a Ph.
D. degree from the University
of Wisconsin. He later attendee
courses in Nuclear Radiatior
Technology at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Formerly, Dr. Levine served
as Section Head at RCA Re
search and Advanced Devices
in New York. He was Senior
Staff Scientist and Materials
Laboratory Director at Ameri
can Metals and Foundry in
Greenwich, Conn., Director of
Research Laboratories at the
U. S. Veterans Hospital in East
Orange, N. J., Senior Medi
Orange, N. J., Senior Research
Fellow at Columbia University
College of Medicine, and Re
search Instructor at the College
of Medicine of the University
of Chicago.
He is the contributor of many
monographs and scientific
papers toprofessional journals,
and is author or editor of five
books.
NOTICE
The Black Mountain News
will not accept any material
for publication which reaches
its offices after 5:00 p.m. on
the Monday preceeding publi
cation.
Owen
Awards
Night
The Charles D. Owen High
School held their Sports Award
Banquet Tuesday night, May 13,
at the Ridgecrest Baptist As
sembly.
The guest speaker was Coach
Cal Stall, Head Football coach
at Wake Forest University.
The speech was given after
our press time and it will be
published next week.
The Awards presentation be
gan at 7:30.
The athletes were presented
their awards by the coach in
each individual sport and Mr.
Charles Lytle, Principal of O
wen presented the school
awards.
Football - Varsity
Most Outstanding - Donnie
Haynes
Most Valuable - Ken Kendall
Best Blocker - Marc Fender
“Bopper” - Steve Miller
Sportsmanship - Ron Reese
Most Improved - Steve Gladwin
Football - JV
Most Valuable - Gene Parker
Best Lineman - Gary Weaver
Best Back - Gene Parker
Basketball - Varsity Boys
Most Outstanding -Butch
McElheny
Most Valuable - Jerry Coman,
Butch McElheny
Most Improved - Mechab Wat
kins
Best Rebounder - Jerry Coman
Best Free Thrower - Butch
McElheny
Basketball - JV Boys
Most Valuable - Jed Osteen
Most Improved-GregDaughtery
’ Bei'i F ree Thrower -Gary
Haynes
Best Rebounder - Mark Reese
Basketball - Varisty Girls
Most Outstanding -Peggy
Rozzell
Most Valuable - Sue Hunnicutt
Most Improved - Susan Blank
enship
Sportsmanship - Clara Smith
Basketball - JV Girls
Most Valuable - Susan Jolley
Most Improved - Carolyn Brown
Sportsmanship - Rebecca Sin
gleton
i
Baseball
Most Outstanding - Wessie
Rogers
Batting - Donnie Haynes
Sportsmanship - Doug Davis
Wrestling
Most Outstanding-Marc Fender
Most Valuable-Steve Miller
Golf
Most Outstanding - Joey Hyder
Most Improved-Rick Earley
Track
Most Outstanding - Billy
Hoffman
Most Valuable - Tommy Hen
sley
WBMS Back of the Year
Jerry Coman
WBMS Lineman of the Year -
Ken Kendall
Local Jaycees Sponsor State Winner
by Pati Raulerson
The chairman of the Battle
of the Bands Contest for the
Swannanoa Valley District, Mr.
Jack Cole, announced that the
W. N. C. District Winner, the
"Looking Glass” has won the
‘State “Battle of the Bands Con
test.
The contest was held this
past week-end, May 10, in Dur
ham, North Carolina. There
were 32 contestants, who were
allowed to perform for a total
of 15 minutes. The “Looking
Glass” performed a medley of
popular hits, plus one original
song, “Find Another Day” writ
ten by the band’s bass guitarist,
Mike Baker.
The band wonnumerouspriz
es, a Gibson amplifier, a set
(4) of microphones, a set of
Ludwig Drums, a Lark Organ,
the use of a Dodge Van for
transportation, and potential
bookings sponsored by Decca
Records up to $30,000.
The band will go to Raleigh,
North Carolina lor the National
‘‘batue oi me banos on juiv
10 and 11. The State Chairman
of the contest, Mr. F. Carlyle
Teague, feels optimistic about
the band winning the National
Contest.