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The Cincinnati YMCA 70 Member Youth Symphonic Band
outh Band Concert At Blue Ridge August 15
Herbert Tiemeyer star
on iucting a Youth Band 33
s ago in the Cincinnati and
tlton County YMCA
ugh the 33 years he has
■ted bands at the Williams
eh, Suburban Branch in
ee Hill, Western Hills
ch. He has conducted a
at the College Conserva
of Music and for the past
ears at the Central Park
t’MC.V.
r. Tiemeyer has been an
iinuVi, ihemot'r oi me
pet section of the world
•s Cincinnati Symphony
for many years.
The members of the Central
Parkway Youth Symphonic Band
come from the school bands
within a radius of 30 miles
from the Central Parkway
YMCA. There is no age range
in the band bu t the youngest
member is 12 years of age and
the oldest member is 24 years
of age. The members of the
band give up their Saturday
mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00
a.m. for the chance of additional
band pjaving under the direction
of W. Tierneyer.
The music selected has a
difficult challenge that they
might not otherwise get toplay.
Many of the band members have
gone on to compete in State con
tests, representing their
schools, as soloists, members
of small groups or as a band.
There are many awards that
the individual members have
won.
Many of the band have gone
on from high school to schools
such as: Julliard, Eastman,
Curtis, University of Cincinna
ti Conservatory, Cleveland In
stitute of Music, as well as
c ’’eges such as: Cincinnati,
M ami of Ohio, Indiana U, 0
hio State, Kentucky Universi
ty, Moorhead, Rice, and North
western.
At the present time former
members of our band are play
ing in the Cleveland Sympho
ny Orchestra, the Dallas Sym
phony, the San Antonio Sym
phony, Radio City Music Hall,
Tel-A-Viv Symphony in Israel.
Some are band masters in high
school bands and head of the
brass sections at Ohio State
University.
The band has a membership
of 45 boys and 40 girls. This
band is a symphonic band not
a marching band.
hi the four summers of 1960
thru 1963, the band competed
Et;
Local Woman Dies In Car-Train Accident
Martha A. MacMillan,
Pf Black Mountain was
August 7, when the car
*'as driving was struck
Southern Railway train
Blue Ridge Road cross
pout a mile west of Black
lain.
fcto Highway Patrolman
Desmond Hussey said Southern
Railway engineer A. W. Holbert
told him the car did not slow
down for the crossing.
Holbert, the officer said, told
him he was about 200 feet from
the crossing when he saw the
car approaching the intersec
tion at a moderate rate of speed.
He (old officers that by the
time he realized the auto was
not going to stop, he was al
most at the crossing.
Hussey, said the westbound
train pulling 75 freight cars,
traveled down the tracks for
almost a quarter of a mile
before coming to a complete
halt after the accident.
The MacMillan car was
knocked 145 feet down the track
by the impact, Hussey said.
The officer said Mrs. Mac
Millan was alone in the car at
the time of the accident.
matrons Uj Montreat Presents Concert
■ '1lss Curry
Mr. Khanzadian
A concert will be presented
by the Patrons of Montreat in
Anderson Auditorium, Montreat
August 16 at 8:00. You are in
vited to attend. The featured
singers will be Carinne Curry,
Mezzo - Soprano and Vahan
Khanzadian, Tenor.
Miss Curry has sung major
orchestral works with such fa
mous orchestras as the St.
Louis and Denver Symphonies
and the Kol Isreal Philharmon
ic. She has premiered many
contemporary works, and at
the famed Tanglewood Festival
was soloist for the Fromm
Foundation working with such
prominent American composers
ers as Aaron Copland and Marc
Blitzstein. Miss Curry lias
starred in Leonard Bernstein’s
“Trouble in Tahiti," a CBS
Television special about New
York; and for NET a recital
of the songs of Charles Ives.
Mr. Khanzadian has also ap
peared in featured perform
ances on Honegger’s KING DA
VID, and Ezra Laderman's
GALILEO which was pre
miered on CBS Television, hi
addition, he performed as so
loist with the Chautauqua Op
era Company, the Buffalo Phil
harmonic, and the Collegiate
Chorale in New York’s Lie
beslieder Waltzes.
in the Chicagoland Music Fes
tival. The band competed in
Class A concert division which
was an adult division even
though we are a youth band.
In 1960, 61, 62, we won an ex
cellent rating and in 1963 we won
the superior rating.
In the past five years this
YMCA Band has performed at
the World’s Fair in l$ew York
City, the Canadian National Ex
hibition in Toronto^the Illi
nois State Fair, tlcpo '67 in'
Montreal, Washington, D.C. and
Philadelphia. They also per
form eight local concerts in
Cincinnati each year.
Contrary
To Rumor
Contrary to rumor, the Black
Mountain News Print Shop is
not out of business or contem
plating closing.
The printing operation has
been leased to three men with
commercial printing back
ground and experience. We are
doing business as BLACK
MOUNTAIN PRINTING
COMPANY at the same location,
206 Sutton Avenue. We look
forward to serving the Valley
with their printing needs as the
Black Mountain NewsPrintshop
has done for so many years.
Call Mrs. Elizabeth Keith
or Mr. Garlon Sykes (669-4101)
for quick, efficient, and
economical printing service.
Your continued association
as customers will be greatly
appreciated.
School Begins
August 18
School bells will ring out
over the Valley very soon now.
Monday, August 18, will be a
teacher work day in prepara
tion for the arrival of students.
Official registration day will be
Tuesday, August 19, beginning
at 8:30 A.M. School buses will
run and follow their regular
pick-up schedules. The chil
dren will also be assigned to
their regular classes.
August 20th will be another
work day for the teachers and
the first official FULL day of
school will be August 21.
The prices of school lunches
will be increased this year to
30 cents for grade school chil
dren and 35 cents for those in
high school.
Registration Day for Swan
nanoa Elementary School will
be held Friday, August 15, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Children entering school this
term for the first time, who
have not registered, transfer
students and all new students
are urged to register Friday.
Jaycee
Barbecue
Fellows, the Jaycees are giv
ing you an opportunity to get in
the good graces of the “Little
Women” plus having an even
ing of family fun. Friday, Aug
ust 22, will mark the end of the
Jaycee Softball Tournament and
as part of this event the Jaycees
are sponsoring a barbecue
dinner with all the trimmings,,
so take the family out to din
ner.
Tile men will start serving
dinner at 5:30 , at the Black
Mountain Primary School Field,
and will continue serving
throughout the game which will
begin at 6:30. The meal will
be servedpicnic style, outdoors
The cost is very nominal, $1.50
per extra large plate, you will
also get to enjoy some exciting
softball.
This promises to be a very
interesting evening and, as us
ual the Jaycees will use all
proceeds derived to further
community development proj
ects in the Black Mountain -
Swannanoa area.
The leading four teams vieing
for the championship are Wards
of Hendersonville, Northrop of
Carolina, Morgan Manufactur
ing and Broad River.
Come out and support these
young men who give so much
service to the community.
Left to right: Richard Mallonee, Dan Miller, Mark Haskins, Dave McGaffic, Terry
Carroll.
The Envoys To Present Program
The Envoys, representing An
derson (Ind.) College, will
appear a t the First Church of
God in Black Mountain on Sat
urday, August 16 it has been
announced by Phil Edwards,
pastor. The program beginning
at 7:30 p.m. will consist of sa
cred songs, hymns, spirituals,
and folk music.
Members of the group are
Mark Haskins, Battle Creek,
Mich,; Dan Miller, Newton
Falls, Ohio; Dave McGaffic,
Anderson, Ind.; Terry Carroll,
Pendleton, Ind.; Richard Mal
lonee, Fairborn, Ohio. These
students are a part of some 145
students involved in Student
Summer Service (Tri-S) proj
ects around the world.
The groups summer schedule
will include concerts in Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, North Caro
lina, and South Carolina.
Anderson College is sponsored
by the Church of God. En
rollment during the 1968-69 ex
ceeded 1600, with students rep
resenting 42 states and several
countries. In addition to the lib
eral arts program,pre-profes
sional training is offered in
many areas.
Truck Accident Blocks Busy Hwy. 70
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Three men were admitted to
Memorial Mission Hospital
Sunday evening for treatment
nf injuries suffered when a
small truck collided with a
tractor trailer on U. S. High
way 70, about 100 yards west
of old U. S. 70 near Black
Mountain at 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
August 10.
The Buncombe County Sher
iff’s Department identified the
injured men as Marvin Wright,
driver of the small truck, and
his passenger Louis Craig, both
of Black Mountain. The driver
o f the tractor trailer was
Richard Will Stallings of Char
lotte, N. C. None of the men
were critically injured.
The report, as given to in
vestigating officer, State High
way Patrolman Sam Lackey and
Desmond Hussey, by Mr. Stal
lings stated he was driving
west in the right lane and Mr.
Wright was driving west in the
left lane. Mr. Wright made a
right turn from the left lane
into the path of the tractor
trailer. The trailer truck’s
left front struck the right front
of the smaller truck - at this
time the tractor trailer went
out of control, swerved and
overturned.
Traffic in five lanes was tied
up when the trailer crossed the
highway. It was approximately
three o’clock Monday morning
before the wreck was cleared
away.
Firemen from the Black
Mountain Fire Department,
were sent to the scene to wash
some kind of chemical, belived
to be embalming fluid, off the
road. It had spilled from the
Musical Proqram
At Owen High
A musical program fea
turing the Mighty Star Lights
of Kings Mountain, N. C., The
Gospel Melodyaires of Willford,
S. C., Ttie Gates of Heaven of
Gastonia, N. C., Mrs. Ruth
Hardin and the Wings of Songs
of Knoxville, Tenn., and The
Gospel IOS of Grover, N. C.,
will be held at the Charles D.
Owen High School Sunday, Aug
ust 17th at 2:30 P.M. Tick
ets are available at the Wards
Drug Store, the B & J Drug
Store, and ‘Daughterty’s’ Drive
Inn in Swannanoa, N. C.
truck. The chemical was as
sumed to be harmless, officials
said.
Diesel oil also covered the
highway when the tractor’s two
55-gallon tanks ruptured, As
sistant Chief George Kirkpa
trick said, “No fires were re
ported.”
Power service in Black Moun
tain was disrupted for a time
when one of the trucks knocked
down a power pole, the fireman
said.
Patrolman Lackey stated the
investigation is not complete
at this time due to the injur
ies sustained by those involved.
Patrolmen Lackey and Hussey
commended the Black Mountain
Police, Fire Department, and
Rescue Squad and the Buncombe
County Sheriff’s Department for
their great assistance in aiding
with traffic direction, con
trolling spectators, and elim
inating hazards caused by the
wreck.
Smith Enters Real Estate
Fred A. Smith, Jr.
Fred A. Smith, Jr., of Black
Mountain, has entered into the
Real Estate Brokerage Busi
ness.
Mr. Smith and his wife,
Alberta, with their children,
Freddie and Jeannie, seven
years old and Lida, three
months old, reside at 103 Allen
Mountain Drive. They moved
to our area from Atlanta, Ga.,
in 1967.
In Atlanta, Mr. Smith was
employed with Sun Valley In
dustries, Inc., as a design eng
ineer. He attended the Uni
versity of Fla. and Ga. Tech.
He has been associated with
Fred A. Smith Building Con
tractor, Inc., for the past nine
years in building residential
homes in Western Carolina.
He plans to continue his as
sociation with this firm.