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DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COd^ UNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Successful Head Start Program In Operation Ve were privileged this week visit the Black Mountain imary School and see the al Head Start Program in nation. This program, un ' Hie auspices of the Office Economic Opportunity has d classes in Black Mountain, is opportunity is for chil !n who will enter school next for the first time. It rves a very important need our school system. The classes began on June h and will continue for six eks until July 3ist. The tool day is from 8:30 A.M. pi 1:30 P.M. pand Wins pth Place When the Black Mountain Wannanoa Jaycees entered the ational Jaycees Annual “Bat e of the Bands” competition, 'ey had no idea Just how far was going to lead. Way back on April 25th le Black Mountain - Swannanoa jycees held the local contest, ive bands entered and "The °°ldng Glass” from Asheville is named the winner. uie Dana went on to the rea competition held in Dur F71- N. C. from May-9-10. iere were thirty-two bands n cred here. Once more the 'r^Jking Glass,” emerged the .rst-place winners. This en , tf|em to compete in the ationaj Competition. The 1069 Battle of the Bands ^Petition was held July 10, ; 12 in Raleigh, N. C. at r Dalton Arena. Twenty-six ■a,;S (|ad entries in this e 1Bands from as far away ^aska were competing. ( Booking Glass” advanced i finals and won fourth ,1|‘- winners were: 1st, Ten '2nd, Illinois, 3rd, Al 'virt, 4tfi, “ihe Looking " ■ North Carolina, 9th, "G'on. ^ aiid Mrs. Jack Cole at finals in Raleigh as i"es<Hitaiives of the local Jay As we entered the building, we found the walls of the en trance hall beautifully decora ted with the art work of the children. The teachers for the Head Start classes are Mrs. Nora Neuenschwander and Mrs. Car ol Summey regular first-grade teachers at the school. Miss Vernell Hudgins, a rising sen ior at Bennett College, Greens boro, N. C., where she is maj oring in elementary education, and Miss Patsy Lanning of Cragmont Road, who has had previous experience as an aide in kindergarten and Head Start work are student assistants. Mrs. Neuenschwander and Mrs. Summey explained the program and the things they are doing to carry it out. The goal is to give each child a readiness period in preparation for entering first grade. This is a real teaching and learning process and the teachers use the foil owing steps to help in reaching their goal. In the scholastic learning pro cess the teachers have em ployed these methods. Each child is taught to listen to di rections and how to work quietly. Everyone is taught the recog nition of numbers and how to write them from 1-10. The dif ference in shapes (square, tri angle, circle and rectangle) and how to distinguish them. They are taught to recognize the var ious colors by sight and name. The ABC’s as a child expresses the desire to know a certain letter. How to write their own name and recognize them. The children are taught lots of memory work, poems, rhy mes, songs, and finger plays. Most important of all is the process of learning to get along with others. Art work plays a very impor tant role in the learning pro cess. This includes finger painting, powder paint, straw blowing, (little dabs of paint are placed on the paper and the child blows through a plastic straw to distribute them and make a design),pressed crayon, sponge painting, and block prints. String painting espec ially fascinating - heavy string or cord is dipped into the paint and placed between two folds of paper. The student then rubs the cord across the paper and makes a lovely design. Girl Scouts Go Prospecting Buncombe County Girl Scouts have gone prospecting. Agroup of Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts from the Biltmore Oakley-Kenilworth and Black Mountain - Swannanoa sections of Asheville and Buncombe County reports that none of the group can retire on the find ings, but that a gem hunt held July 9th was fun anyway. The girls traveled from Ashe ville to Franklin July 8th, stop ping on the Blue Ridge Park way for lunch. July 9th, the young prospectors and rock hounds visited the Franklin Ruby Mines, hoping to make a strike (or ruby find) that would equal others in past years that have become almost legendary in Western North Carolina. TTiough the ruby hunt made none of the girls independently wealthy, they reported that the effort was exciting, as was a full slate of activities that in cluded swimming, camping, and cooking out. Campers were: Kathy Mose man, Patricia Maynard, Kathy Moore, Janice Pressley, Pam Brown, Kim Swann, Pam Nor ton, Rina Robertson, Ann Cu thertson, Lynn Bennett, Jan Ledford, Debbie Huskins, Kar en Fox, Sherrill Willet, Virgin ia Brittian, Sharon Raines. A dults were: Mrs. W. M. Styles, Mrs. Paul Moore, Miss Andrina Botterweg, Mrs. Bud Norton, and Mrs. Mary Taylor. They are woiking with real pottery clay. Each aM(L<t^s designed and made a^Matoy container. These are pati^d and shellached. The children will take these and all their art work home. Woodworking is also available. The children have a work table with hammers, nails, saws and clamps to hold their wood. The painting, pottery making, and woodwork help to develop co-ordination, but most im portant a feeling of achieve ment. The feeling that they have contributed something worth while to the world and are mak ing a place for themselves. The children have one free play period each day with their toys. Although they do not realize it, this, too, is a time of learning. The youngsters are learning to share, take turns, to take care of the toys, to leave alone things that be long to others; to put things away properly, when finished. In short, to live together. A snack is served at mid morning. This consists of Juice, a cookie or cracker and fruit. At 11:30 A.M. a hot lunch is served. This is followed by a rest on a mat. (Each child has its own mat). The lunchf as is the whole program, is free. The children are given a complete physical and dental examination. Any defects found are, if possible, corrected at no cost to the child. This year they will also be given a physciological screen ing todetermine their readiness for school. Many volunteers from the community have given of their time to the project. They have assisted in telling of stories, have helped with field trips, and in any capacity needed. The teachers wish to express their gratitude to them. There are thirty-three chil dren enrolled in this group. (Continued On Page 2 ) Black Mountain Horse Show Scheduled EDITOR’S NOTE: The Com mittees for the Black Mountain Charity Horse Show have done everything they possibly can to make the Horse Show a success, bur onte other ingredient is needed 1 “Y O U Without you as a spectator it will all be in vain. Please come and support their worthwhile endea vors. The Show is always one of the best. Everything is in readiness at Monte Vista Farm for the thirteenth presentation of the Black Mountain Charity Horse Show, which begins Thurs day, July 24th at 9:00 A.M., and continues through the Sat urday evening performance at 7:30 P.M., July 26th. Competition is expected to be very keen in this all Hunter and Jumper Show, and entries have been received from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. Net Profits Increase Edwin Duncan, President of The Northwestern Bank has an nounced that the results of the first six months of the year 1969 are satisfactory. Net profits of The Northwestern Bank in creased from $1.25 per share to $1.40 per share of 12%. Total net profits were $1,759,331, an increase of $178,556 over the corresponding period of 1968. Mr. Duncan stated, “We believe the major expenses of our cred it card operation have been ab rbed during thi »accounting oeriod. These expenses am mounted to more than 10? per share.” Throughout the year there has been extreme competition from many sources for de posits, especially savings de posits. Nevertheless, deposits for the past twelve months in creased $62,467,000 or 18%. During the same period, loans increased $47,359,000 or about 18%. The one bank holding company which was approved in March will begin operations on August 1, 1969. This show is rated as Class "B”, fully accredited and recognized by the American Horse Shows Association, and is one of three such shows In the mountain area during this season. Some of the South’s finest show horses and their capable and experienced riders will be on hand to participate in the fif ty-six classes. Cash prizes, trophies and ribbons will be presented to lucky contestants in the various phases of Hunter and Jumper compeition. The point system will be employed, which entitles participants to accumulate points toward competition in Regional and National events. An interesting attraction of this three day event will be two medal classes in the Equitation Division, which entitles winners to enter National competiton. One of the classes in this year’s show will be designated as benefiting the United States Equestrian Team. All entry fees from this class will be given to the Team to help defray their expenses to the Olympics. A special trophy will be do nated by Mrs. Ernst Mahler, a long-time enthusiast and ben efactor who resides in Tryon, N. C. All entry fees from this class will be donated to the United States Equestrian Team. Drexel Buys Morgan Mfg. Drexel Enterprises Inc., will take over the operation of Mor gan Manufacturing Co. of Black Mountain on October 4, 1969, the companies announced Mon day. Morgan, which has been a producer of dimension furni ture parts since 1925, will con tinue the same type of produc tion with the Drexel organiza tion, now a wholly-owned sub Medical Center Boosters Last January, on a freezing cold morning, twelve men sat down around a table in the First Baptist Church, in Black Mountain and drank hot coffee while they discussed a major problem confronting us in the Swannanoa Valley. Without re alizing the fact, another group in Swannanoa had already had a previous meeting about the same problem. Within a short time, both of these groups com bined their efforts - - with one goal in mind - - A SWANNANOA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, to be placed somewhere be tween Black Mountain Center and Swannanoa Center. (Continued On Page 2 ) Beacon Appoints Stitg en MARVIN B. STITGEN SWANNANOA, N. C. - - Marvin M. Stitgen has been appointed corporate systems and methods manager of Beacon Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of National Distillers and Chemical Corporation, it was announced *'«««, today by Richard W. Fruechtenicht, Beacon vice presi dent for administration and finance. In his new post Mr. Stitgen, formerly controller of Fullview Industries, of Chicago, is responsible for the development and installation of systems and methods necessary to the accomplishment of the short term and long range objectives of the company. He also has overall responsibility for the operation of the data processing and order processing activities. Prior to his association with Fullview Industries, Mr. Stitgen was for five years with Allied Radio Corporation and with Montgomery Ward for a like period. He held major accounting and financial positions and gained broad jj experience in methods and systems assignments. Before 1 that he spent three years in the public accounting field. Mr. Stitgen holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Stitgen and their five year old son, Bradley, live in Ashe ville, N. C. H sidiary of U. S. Plywood - Champion Papers Inc. David Morgan, Jr., president of Morgan Manufacturing, will become a senior office of Drex el, and in this capacity will represent the overall opera tion and acitivites of Drexel in the Black Mountain - Asheville area. Acquisition of the Morgan plant by Drexel will be of “great benefit to the community and to the employees of Morgan Manu facturing Co.,” Morgan said. He added that Morgan has some 350 employees and that "no marked changes” in the Black Mountainplant operations are expected in the immediate, future. Drexel has been in North Carolina since 1903 when it was capitalized with $75,000 to take over a small business producing boards for corn cribs. After World War II, the company be gan acquiring other plants. A $6 million expansion pro gram was announced by Drexel last April. In July the firm purchased the Asheville Indus tries plant near Black Moun tain from th? Chicago Musical Instrument Co. The papers for this purchase are now in the process of being signed and the transaction is expected to be completed this week. HENRY B . PITTMAN Drexel Appoints Henry Pittman Drexel Enterprises has an nounced the appointment of Hen ry B. Pittman of Black Moun tain as Assistant to the Vice President for Manufacturing of Drexel Enterprises. Mr. Pittman will have his office in the Asheville In dustries F.ant, which Drexel recently acquired. The Drexel Enterprises have also recently purchased Morgan Mfg. Co. * Morgan Manufacturing will continue to manufacture furni-! ture parts which will be used by Asheville Industries. They also plan to use these parts in other Drexel plants. Mr. Pittman will assist in the development of new manu facturing facilities. His main objective at present is to get the Asheville Industries Plant and Morgan Manufacturing Co. set up and running on a Drexel type organization. Also he will aid in the phasing out of Pianos and organs at Asheville Industries. The company will hen be manufacturing furniture n the Drexel line. His experience in the fur niture industry began at Drexel nineteen years ago when he worked at Plant Number I for two years on a research pro ject on machining accuracy for the Southern Furniture Manu facturer’s Association. He was with Morgan Manufacturing for fourteen years and became Sales Manager of their firm. He then spent one and a half years in California where he served as a furniture manufac turing consultant and a sales representative for dimension stock. He comes to Drexel from the Marble Imperial Fur niture Company in Swannanoa, N. C., where he served as Plant Manager for one and a half years. Mr. Pittman has a B. S. in Industrial Engineering with a Furniture option from North Carolina State University. He, his wife, Marjorie and their two children live at 114 Connally Street, Black Moun tain, N. C. (PHOTO by RICHARD GODFREY) Shown above are the young people who helped to make the S. I. R. C. 50th Anniversary a success. Left to right - Bonnie Washburn, Charles Smith, Kay Hensley, John Shoulder, Jim Grazier, and Fay Hensley. Back Row - Adele Baldridge, Betty Jane Pritchett, Nancy Wierengo, Linda Ayers, Mary Low Poole, Barbara Baron, Nancye Duncan, Beverly Beaird, Mary Aiken, and Susie Wierengo. Fiftieth Annual Conference Held The Southern Industrial Re lation Conference’s chief pur pose is to help managers learn to d» a better job, and it’s 50th annual conference was held last week at Blue Ridge Assembly from July 16 to 19. The S. I. R. C. has been coming to Blue Ridge Assembly since 1919. It is one of the lar gest conferences held at Blue Ridge each year. This year the delegates of the conference were celebrating their 50th an niversary with the help of the Blue Ridge Staff. Girls wore flappers, and boys wore vests and straw hats. The conference wasn’t ail festivities, however. The first session was opened by T. M. Forbes. Sr.j with his tribute to Reuben B. Robertson, former President, who is credited with having kept the association alive during the depression years. The conference was ended by a keynote speech by Mr. Carl Sanders, former Governor of Georgia. Friday was a day for com petition in golf. There were golfers at Black Mountain and Beaver Lake. The Black Moun tain winners were: l.ow uross: Arthur Newsome, with a 69; Low Net: (3 way tie) Hal, Me Horrls, Mike Roberts, and James Howard, each with a 70. TTie Beaver Lake winners were Low Gross: Terry Guyn with a 79; Low Net: Carter Simer son, with a 71. The S. L R. c. contributed a total of $2,742.00 to the Ju nior (Collegiate) Staff Ap preciation Fund. Medical Center Incorporated This is a project for everyone in the Swannanoa Valley area and everyone interested will be entitled to become a member of this non-profit corporation by the payment of annual dues of one dollar or more as de sired. An undertaking of this kind cannot be accomplished in a short time but with all the people working together and ex pressing their interest by be ing willing to accept responsi bility of committee Jobs and help, it can be a worthwhile venture. (Continued On Page 2 )
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