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Ho- t 1 nd oons' Look Bindery 5printport Hichij'n 49284 DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Volume 24 Number 48 Thursday, August 7, 1969 Second Class Postacie Paid At Black Mountain, N. C. 28711 10 Pages Today Ten Cents Per Copy \outh Speak Out As Adults Listen A group of young people spoke out as adults listened at the meeting of the Good Neighbor Council Thursday evening, Ju lj 31, at the Black Mountain City Hall. A panel consisting of Ruth LaBonte, and Patricia Fugate 1969 graduates of Owen High School; Cheryl Harper, a grad uate of Warren Wilson College who is working for her mas ter's degree from Appalachian State University and Virginia Whittington, a senior at Living stone College, Salisbury, N.C., were the speakers for the eve ning. Reverend Thomas Droppers acted as Moderator. Church Bazaar Friday The pulic is again reminded [hat the Black Mountain United Methodist Church will hold its bazaar Friday and Saturday in the Fellowship Hall of the Church. There will be hand made i tems, home baked foods, canned 'oods, fresh vegetables, and nany other items to choose 'rom. "Come early and do your Christmas Shopping with us” hose in charge said. ien Elected . P. of Beacon swannanoa, n. c. - - eorge H. Hughes, Vice Pres ent and General Manager, lanufacturing for Beacon Man fac turing Company, announces if- election of Henry J. Vien, lant Manager of the Swannanoa lant, as a Vice President of it Beacon Swannanoa Plant. ocal outh njured IA 17 - year - old Swannanoa fcutri was listed in poor condi pn this morning at Memorial Bssion Hospital, where he was Ken Saturday night after being jjured in a traffic accident at I’annanoa. I He is ' arry Spillars 0f 433 I'J Highway 70, who was a Issenger in a car driven by pry D. Banner, 22, of Savan Ga., Highway Patrol Sgt. H. Johnson reported. Johnson said Banner’s car pnt out of control during a rain crm on a curve in front of the |venile Evaluation Center at 30 p.m. Saturday. He said the |r struke a utility pole, [banner, who was uninjured, fes charged yesterday after on with failure to decrease Iced under existing conditions. released under $100 bond. Ihnson said. rvices hJld For loseph LeVine Services were held at 2 p.m. IHriesday in the chapel of Iprison Funeral for Joseph vine of Miami Beach, Fla., black Mountain, who died Expectedly Monday at his T*f-. ‘ n Black Mountain, hristian Science First Read I Clifford Meyers officiated. Pvate burial was held in iunfain View Memorial Park, reviving are his wife, Mrs. fr °tte Curry LeVine; two I;',hters, Misses Charlotte and Marion LeVine of the I o a son, James E. of Black r‘iain; two sisters, Mrs. Ida J of Miami Beach and Mrs. Ilyn barman of Cleveland J lts, Ohio; two brothers, r V and Albert of Miami; [three grandchildren. An introductory statement giv ing the brief history of the Good Neighbor Council was given by 0. L. Sherrill. The first topic discussed was "How well has integration worked at Owen High? What is the relationship between black and white students?” It was pointed out that the ra tio of Negro students is very small. In 1965 there were ap proximately 15 students; in 1969 ther e were between 45 and 50 Negro students. There were slightly different points of view on how well inte gration has been accepted but it was generally agreed that atti tudes of both black and white have changed for the better. Several personal experiences were related to illustrate the different points of view. These young people emphas ized that their school admin istrations had promised fair ness and each felt this had been carried out. A problem that concerned the Negro students was par ticipation in school activities as individuals. They expressed a reluctance to participate in class elections because Negro students were in the minority, and felt it would be difficult if not impossible to be elected. This brought up the question, "Is this due to apathy on the part of individuals?” The feeling expressed there is a tendency to hold back be cause of the fear of not being elected. The question was asked if more progress in race rela tions had been made in the first two or latter two years of in tegration. There was minor disagreement but all agreed progress had been made. It was pointed out that last year there was more fellow ship based on acceptai.ce of each individual as a fellow hu man being. The panel agreed that each had developed ihis type of friendship. Governor Issuer Proc lamat ion RALEIGH - - Governor Rob ert W. Scott today issued a proclamation designating the week of August 10-16, 1969 as WILLING WATER WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA. The pro clamation reads as follows: “WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina is deeply aware that our residents are depen dent for their health, comfort, and standard of living upon an abundant supply of safe, high quality water and the state’s future economic and social growth is directly related to the availability of dependable supplies of good water; and WHEREAS, the American Water Work Association, which is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of design, opera tion, and management of wat er utilities throughout the Un ited States and Canada, has se lected Willing Water as the symbol of public water service to inform the public of the vital role played by water utilities and has set aside the week of August 10 to focus attention on their importance; THEREFORE, T procMr August 10-16,1969 WILLING WATER WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA and commend this observ ance to our citizens.” Mr. & Mrs. Ledbetter Named Life Members KANSAS CITY, MO. - - Recton and Gladys Ledbetter, Star Route, Black Mountain, N. C., has recently become a Life Member of the American Polled Hereford Association, according to an announcement from the beef breed associa tion’s national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Some 5,000 cattlemen have joined the American Polled Hereford Association in the past year, more than reported by any other association. There are morethan 35,000 owners and breeders of Polled Herefords in the U. S. The naturally hornless Polled Here fords are the only major breed of livestock to originate in the United States, starting with 11 head in 1901. Local Residents Return From Tour Of Mexico Mr. and Mrs. Harold Co burn, Mrs. Mary Cable and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nichols have returned to Black Moun tain from a tour through Mexi co with the choir from Swan nanoa Presbyterian Church and their pastor, the Rev. Jimmy Lyons. While in Mexico City we visited the Palace of Fine Arts, the Pyramids at San Juan, the Shrine of Guadalupe, the bull fights, and the Ballet of Folklorico, which was very beautiful, iso the Mexican mar kets. In Acapulco most of the party enjoyed a swim in the Pacific. We visited a mission far into the mountains, and se veral inland, several miles from the ocean, where the choir sang gospel hymns in Spanish, and a message was given in their language. Sunday the 20th we attended the Prince of Peace' Presbyterian Church in Mexico. The service was in Spanish, and lasted about two hours. They sent greetings to the Black Mountain and Swannanoa Pres byterian Churches. The Rev. David Hamilton, Pre sbyterian missionary at Aca pulco met us in Mexico City. He and his wife, Marylan and their four lovely daughters en tertained us at their home in Acapulco where we sang, and played Mexican games, and heard from some native mis sionaries. We were amazed at the pet lizards on the walls. The Hamiltons returned with us to Mexico City. We of Black Mountain thank Jimmy Lyons and the choir from the Swannanoa Church for in cluding us on this tour. Group Attend&Musie Week A group of fifteen young peo ple and four sponsors attended the music week for youth at Caswell, Southport North Caro lina last week, from the First Baptist Church of Swannanoa. Joel Blackburn, summer youth worker for the church and his wife Kay, plus Wessie Rogers and Clara Smith were sponsors for the group. The mornings were taken up with classes in music and the afternoons were recreation periods. The eve nings were given to special services, concerts, and ser vices of worship, led by the camp pastor, Nathan C.Brooks. A large representation from our state plus additional ones from border states swelled the attendance considerably. A special appreciation ser vice was held last Sunday night in the church when many of the following youth who attend ed participated; Erwin Smith, Many of the background prob lems relative to race relations were discussed. These con sisted of environment, educa tion, and opportunity. The panel expressed the op inion that children are inclined to learn and reflect the feeling of their parents. If the parents are prejudiced the children are more likely to be the same. Then Rev. Droppers asked “What can the Good Neighbor Council do to help the people of our community enter into a person - to - person rela tionship?” This brought forth some thought-provoking sug gestions. These were: one important need is to bridge the gap between the thinking of the parents, of both races, and the young people relative to hu man relationships; we must see people as people, not as a color, each containing within himself good and bad, we must train ourselves to not think every one, who in not exactly like us, is peculiar; you must have a real and not pretended in terest in each other. Its easy to spot a phony. Do not come to the meetings here and go out and do nothing to improve the situation; more person - to - person contacts are needed in understanding each other. Some suggestions made to meet this need were: organizations by the churches of adult ball teams to play each other in the section where each group lives; visit different neighborhoods. You will find the living standards are net too different more social contacts through churches and clubs. Reverend Droppers ppinted out society and customs have set us apart. We must help each other to grow through greater under standings. Dr. Cooley Joins Medical Staff Dr. John H. Coo.'.ey joined the medical staff of the Public Health Service Hospital in Kan akanah, Alaska, in July of this year. Dr. Cooley is a graduate of the University oi Virginia Medical School and completed lis internship at Philadelphia General Hospital in 1969. He was born in Asheville, N. C. He is accompanied by his wife, Vickie, and their new twins, John Jr., and Margaret L. born last month. Dr. Cooley is the son of Mrs. S. S. Cooley of 221 New Bern Avenue, Black Mountain and the late Dr. S. S. Cooley. City Tags On Sale *r Mrs. Eloise Poindexter displays the new green and white Black Mountain license plates which are on sale by members of the Pilot Club. In downtown Black Mountain they may be purchased at the Sweater Shop from Billie Gregory ... at MiLady’s Beauty Isle from Luna, Louise or Elaine . . . at the Bank of Asheville from Eloise Poindexter. Your purchase of one of these attractive plates brings our Medical Center just that much nearer reality. Wheeler Sings Like Colt Of The Depression The ‘‘Song of a Woods Colt” - - a $3.95 volume of earth ily sensitive poetry by a West Virginia coaltown refugee - - is just that. It is a song, full of love and grief and respect for life, but it comes from where it says it comes: a woods colt, frisky, a little defiant and often a little sorry about it all. Thus it is not sensitive the way drawing-room poets are sensi tive. It is sensitive the way woodsmen, plowmen and miners are sensitive, particularly when they have been driven down trails of tears from spoiled virgin land, bound for asphalt jungles. Billy Edd Wheeler - - folk singer,songwriter,composer of (“Jackson” and other musical hits, and author of this new volume published by Broke House of Anderson, S. C. and distributed by Grosset& Dunlap - - isapowerful, wry-humored, irreverent and compellingly sincere spokesman for all the world’s wasted Appalachias. “Song of a Woods Colt” is a poetic summary of the long trek from Coaltown America to Mu sic City U. S. A. Billy Edd Wheeler - - folk singer, songwriter, dramatist, poet and head of the Nashville qjeration of United Artists Re cords - - has written songs re corded by Glen Campbell, John ny Cash, June Carter, Judy Col lins, Bobby Goldsboro, Nancy Sinatra, The Kingsmen Trio, Bobby Darin and Pat Boone. He went to Warren Wilson Col lege in Swannanoa, N. C., re ceived a B. A. in English from Berea College in Kentucky and studied playwriting at the Yale School of Drama as a graduate student. But he was born in the depths of the Depression in the coal town of Whitesville, W. Va. “Song of a Woods Colt” shows tiow well he knows it. Leland SchwantesTours Italy WINSTON - SALEM, N. C. Leland Schwantes of Montreat, will be one of nineteen advanced dance students from the North Carolina School of the Arts who will leave Sunday, Aug. 3, for a three-weeks summer session in Asolo, Italy. The session will include a tour of towns near Asolo which is in northern It aly, near Venice. The students are scheduled to give nine performances, three in Asolo (August 7, 8, and 9), others in Vittorio Ve neto (August 10), Portavenere (August 15), Livorne (August 16), Florence (August 17), Pu tnaJa (August 20) and Venice (August 22). Robert Lindgren, dean of the school of dance, left for Italy on July 13 to make final ar rangements for the tour. As sisting Lindgren in booking the tour and making preliminary arrangements was James Moon, teacher of art a t the School of the School of the Arts. Moon has a summer home at Asolo and is teaching art there in a summer program for Salem College students. Faculty members accompany ing the students are Duncan No ble, assistant director of the summer session and teacher of ballet and modern dance; Gyula Pandi, performer and teacher of European ethnic dances, and Gina Vidal, performer and teacher of ballet. Margie Perkins of Goldsboro and Michael Wiesman of Hunts ville, Ala., special students and instructors in the department of design and production, will be technical directors of the pro ductions in Italy. Costumes and scenery for the 10 ballets to be presented have already been sent to Asolo. The ballets include: POEME, EINE KLEINE NACH MUSIK, BACHIANAS BRASIL EIRAS, SCREENPLAY, SYM PHONY THIRTEEN, TEN AND TWO, PEASANT PAS DE DEUX FROM GISELLE, AND PAS DE DIX FROM RAYMONDA. All of the ballets have been per formed at the School of the Arts. Students have spent the past week at the School of the Arts rehearsing for the tour. The first summer tour of the school of dance was open to School of the Arts students 16 years-of-age and over. They were selected by Lindgren and other members of the dance fa culty. The school of dance hopes to establish a summer dance pro gram in Europe as a result of this first tour. The program is made possible by a grant from an annonymous benefactor plus tuition of $450 per student, which includes air travel, board and room while in Italy. Students will leave from Greensboro - High Point - Win ston Salem Airport at!0:30A.M. District Lions Meet Sunday At Flat Rock Plans for aid to the blind and visually handicapped, and prevention of blindness proj ects will be formulated at the sunmur quarterly meeting of the District 31-A Lions Club Cabinet at 1 P.M. Sunday, Aug ust 10th, 1969 at East Hender son High School near Flat Rock. The Flat Rock Lions Club will host the meeting. Presidents and Secretaries of 44 Lions representing over 1,500 memb ers in 12 Western North Car olina Counties are expected to participated. M. Richard Har shaw, Jr., of Haw Creek, Dis trict 31-A Governor will pre side. Regional programs will be outlined by four deputy district governors: John M. Manuel of Robbinsville, Region 1; L. A. Coman, Jr., of Canton, Region 2; Wade Huey of Marshall, Re gion 3; and William M. Stau denmaier of Flat Rock Region 4. Activities reports will be pre sented by eight zone chairman: Martin Dunn of Bryson City, Zone 1; Norman Reese of High lands, Zone 2; Frank E. Hen dricks of Waynesville, Zone 3; Ralph L. Smith of Erwin Dis trict, Zone 4; Clifford W. Sam Northwestern Financial Corporation The Northwestern Financial Corporation, a one bankholding company, became effective today, August 1, 1969. The Northwestern Bank and North western Security Life Insurance Company are the principal com panies within the holding com pany. Stockholders of the Bank will receive two shares of Northwestern Financial Cor poration for each share of Bank stock. Northwestern Security Life Insurance stockholders will receive one share of North western Financial Corporation stock for three shares of In surance stock. Directors Declare Dividends NEW YORK - - Directors of National Distillers and Chemical Corporation today de clared a quarterly dividend of 22 1/2 cents per share on the common stock payable Sept. 2, 1969 to shareholders of rec ord Aug. 11, 1969. Directors also declared the regular quarterly dividends of $1.06 1/4 per share on the $100 preferred stock and 561/4 cents a share on the $50 preferred stock, both payable Sept. 15, 1969 to shareholders of record August 15, 1969. mis of Beaverdam, Zone 5; Crawford W. Pearson of Bilt more, Zone 6; Lloyd C. Ducker of Valley Springs, Zone 7; and William E. McGee of Hen dersonville, Zone 8. District Governor M. Richard Harshaw, Jr. will present the goals on Attendance, Bulletin and Scrapbook, White Cane Do nations, Purchase of Products made by the home-bound blind, Donations to the Care Program, New Members, Eye Wills Secured, Subscriptions of the Lions Magazine placed be fore the public, old eyeglasses turned in. Emphasis will be placed on programs for young people, such as; International Youth Exchange, formation of Leo Clubs and other activities for boys and girls. The 31-A District Lions have just com pleted a $75,000 cottage for the Eliada Home outside of Asheville. Sunday, August 3. They will leave Kennedy airport at 7:45 P.M. Sunday for Milan, Italy, where they will take a bus to Asolo. They will return to Greensboro at 8:34 P.M. Sun day, August 24. In addition to the dance tour, the North Carolina School of the Arts is holding its third annual summer session for mu sic students throughout the United States as well as those at the School of the Arts. Tbe number is limited to 125, and students are chosen by auditions judged by the music faculty at the School of the Arts. Summer sessions, in dance, drama, voice and piano have also been held at the School of the Arts here, also two instru mental music workshops for ju nior high school students. The fall semester opens Sept. 7. TTie North Carolina School of the Arts was established by an act of the 1963 legislature to give professional training to ex ceptionally talented students in dance, drama and music. The school opened in the fall of1965. A full academic program is required as well as training in the arts. The academic program awards high school diplomas and bachelor of music and bachelor of fine arts degrees on the college level. TTie school is open to junior high, high school and college age students. All students are required to audition for accep tance. Helgreens Entertain Accountants The N. C. Society of Ac countants Western Chapter, met Thursday night, July 31, at Hap py Hill, the home of the Hel greens. Thirty-six people at tended the monthly meeting which was both a business and social event. Mr. Helgreen is President of the Western Chapter. Grambling Reports Richard M. Grambling, with the Land Support at Cape Ken nedy will give a talk on NASSA Space Program at the William Black Home, Montreat, Thurs day, August 7, at 8:30 P.M. New Site OfCP&L Building The Carolina Power and Light Company will be moving into new quarters very soon. Ground was broken this week for the new brick building on South Richardson Boulevard. The building will contain approximately 1700 square feet of space. Mr. Tommy Sobol is the builder and owner. Mr. Arnold Jones is the contractor. Mr. Holcombe of Carolina Power and Light says they hope to be in the new facility within ninety days. Jaycee Little League Invitational Tournament The Jaycee Little League Invitational Tournament will begin on Monday, August 11, at 6:30 P.M. at the Black Moun tain Primary School Field. This will be a single elimination tournament. The first night of the tourna ment will have Black Mountain #2 versus Leicester in the game beginning at 6:30. The second game will begin at 8:00 P.M., Old Fort and East Asheville are the contestants in this game. Tuesday evening Fairview and Black Mountain #1 will play at 6:30. The second game at 8:00 P.M. finds Swannanoa pitted a gainst Erwin. No games are scheduled for Wednesday evening but in the event of rain, on Monday or Tuesday, make up games will be played on this date.
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