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W arhorses vs W. Henderson DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY 10c Copy It Pays To Advertise Vo 1 iimn 24 Number 51 Thursday, August 28, 1969 Second Class Postage Paid at Black Mountain, N. C. 28711 12 Pages Today Report Of Valley Schools hool began last week and I |0W this is not a surprising aouncement to the teachers ndents and mothers in our immunity, by now. We are [ interested in the reports our Valley Schools. X’s take a trip down to Owen: iere are 951 students rolled. How would you like e responsibility for that many »nagers? Two new classrooms have Bn added. One will be used ■ teaching bookkeeping and orthand. This room is fur ihed with regular bookkeep g desks and new desks for ; teachers. The other new room will be ed or social studies. It, too, furnished with ultra modern rniture. New blinds, and shelves have en installed in many of the issrooms. A new P. A. System nas Deen stalled which aids greatly in mmunication. Thirteen new teachers have en added to the staff. The ;WS will have pictures and lef biographies of them soon. The Coaches and the football tm are working hard. Ir. Lytle says, “Everyone is ist pleased with the way our u year is getting underway.” he Black Mountain Grammar 100I, with its new principal, . Hipps at the helm, has an ■ollment of 572 in the 5th ough 8th grade. ;sts in heading were given to fifth and sixth grade students iday, August 25th. These s will determine the reading 1 of the students a,nd they be grouped, for reading sses, according to their ab es. There are 135 fifth iers and 145 sixth graders. : teachers for these groups - - Fifth Grade - Mrs. it; Mrs. Stewart; Miss Al i, Miss Edwards and Mrs. lertson who teaches a corn ed fifth and sixth grade up. The Sixth Grade teachers are: Mrs. Atkins, Mrs. Carland, Miss Reeves and Mrs. Stutts.. Mr. Hipps commended his teachers for the excellent way their year had gotten under way, with a minimum of problems. The parents will be pleased to know the teachers are on the Job from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. each day and even later if the need arises. There are eighteen regular teachers, a librarian and a teacher with a new title “A Re source Teacher.” The duties of this teacher will be to aid stu dents who are found deficient in some scholastic areas and help them to keep up with reg ular classroom participation. There is an average classroom load of 32 students per teacher. The Block System will be used for the seventh and eighth grades. This will enable the teacher to utilize her greatest skill in the teaching of the sub ject for which he or she is best qualified. Several of the teach ers spent last summer per fecting these teaching skills. The Classes are broken down in this manner: Seventh Grade: Language Arts - Mrs. Carson Social Studies - Mrs. Combs Mathematics - Mrs. Burgess Science - Mr. Alexander Reading - Mrs. Cunningham Eighth Grade: Mathematics - Mrs. Brown Science - Mr. Pollard Social Studies - Mrs. Bailey Language Arts - Miss Lindsey Resource Teacher - Mr. James Each homeroom teacher in the eighth grade will teach her own reading group. .ne Librarian for the entire school is Mrs. Rice. This will be much more like the program of a regular Junior High School and will aid the children in their transition to a regular high school curriculum. There are 146 students in both the seventh and eighth grades. Mr. Robert Melton is again Custodian. "Mr. Keever’s School" as it is so often referred to by little first and second graders has an enrollment of 581 in regular classes and 15 in the Special Educatio n Group. There are twenty regular classroom tea chers and one for the Special Group. There will be one kindergar ten class taught at the school. Any family, who has a child five years old, and eligible to enter school next year, may ob tain an application blank from the school office. The kinder garten teacher and her aide will visit the home of the child and determine its el igibility to attend the class. Children of kindergarten age, living in rural areas, will be transported to and from school by bus this year. If you have a child you believe eligible please contact the Primary School. There are three new faces in the teachers department this year: Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Hawkins. The First Grade Teacheife^ are: Mrs. Neuenschwander; Mrs. Whitaker, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Summey and Miss Carnegie. There is a to tal enrollment of 162 First Gra ders. The Second Grade Teachers are: Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. Hen don, Mrs. Emery, Mrs. Leo nard and Mrs. White. There are 131 Second Graders. The Third Grade Teachers are: Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Haw kins, Mrs. Morris, Miss Eld ers and Miss Edwards. The Third Grades number 154. The “Seniors”, Fourth Grades have as their teachers: Mrs. Early, V H.att, Mrs. Skid more and Mrs. Thompson. There are 134 "Seniors.” Mr. Benny Nelon will be back as Custodian and Bus Driver. Mrs. Knight will again be the school secretary. Miss Ruth Gilbert is the school Librarian. Rowlands Appointed Missionaries Dr. and Mrs. W. Russell Rowland Dr. and Mrs. W. Russell •and, students at New Or s (La.) Baptist Theological inary, were appointed mis eries to Tanzania on August wring a special meeting of Southern Baptist Foreign slon Board at Glorieta (N. •) Baptist Assembly. He Join the staff of the Baptist ’•ial in Mbeya, Tanzania. iT. Rowland, a lieutenant nel in the U. S. Army, has tned as chief of thedepart • of medicine, U. S. Army Jltal,Specialized Treatment wr, Fort Gordon, Ga., ef ve September 1. He was assistant clinical profes of medicine In the Medl - oil eg e of Georgia, Augusta, re moving to New Orleans summer. They had lived or) Gordon about one year. h lifework purpose is tobe •pie of Jesus Christ ami to stei (o tiie total man, the physical, emotional, and spirit ual needs of mankind,” Dr. Rowland told the Foreign Mis sion Board. "I want to share with others the way to new life and hope I have found through faith in Christ.” Born in Asheville, N. C., Dr. Rowland grew up in nearby Black Mountain. Mrs. Row land, the former Betty Aus born, was born in Russellville, Ala., and reared in Sylacauga. She told the Board that she and her husband publicly acknow ledged their decision to seek a foreign mission vocation in August 1956 during a foreign mission conference at Ridge crest (N. C.) Baptist Assembly. They were newlyweds at the time, having first met at Ridge crest two summers before. Dr. Rowland received the bach elor of science degree from Wake Forest College (now Un iversity), Winston - Salem, N.C. ana me aoctor oi meaicine ae gree from the School of Medi cine, University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill. He interned and served his residency in the University of Alabama hospital in Birmingham. After entering the U. S. Army in 1961, Dr. Rowland worked in Army medical centers in Bad Aibling, Germany, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Polk, La. While he was stationed at Fort Polk, they lived in De Ridder, La. Mrs. Rowland received the bachelor of arts degree from Howard College (now Samford University), Birmingham, Ala. She taught elementary grades in the public schools of Dur ham, N. C., and Birmingham before Dr. Rowland entered the Army and they went to Germany. Accompanying them to Tan zania will be their three child ren, Karin Klizabeth, 7 1/2, Rosalind Elise, nearly four, and Wade Russell, Jr., two. Mr. Smith, the Principal of Swannanoa School has the larg est enrollment in the Valley, [072. They are planning and work ing toward an ungraded program for the entire school. The enrollment and teachers are broken down in the following order: Firs t Grade - 145 Students Miss Garrison Mrs. Pinkston Mrs. Soos Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Wallen Second Grade - 132 Students Mrs. Cody Mrs. Russell Mrs. Frink Mrs. Plyler k Miss Dillingham "* ' Third Grade - 123 Students Mrs. Mann Mrs. Hansen Mrs. Hamby Mrs. Honeycutt Fourth Grade - 151 Students Mrs. Bridges Mrs. Owenby Mrs. Brooks Mrs. Boyd Mrs. Stubbs Fifth Grade - 126 Students Mrs. Freeman Mrs. O'Barr Mrs. Haynes Mrs. Faucette Sixth Grade - 127 Students Mr. Hughes Mrs. Porter Mrs. Hipp Miss Lyda Seventh Grade - 132 Students Mrs. Carr Mrs. Brandon Mr. Garris Mr. Roberts Eighth Grade - 124 Students Mrs. Caldwell Mrs. Beddingfield Mrs. Champion Mr. Capps There is one Special Education Group with eleven students taught by Miss Southhard. Mrs. Barden is the ‘‘Resource Teacher” and will give students aid in the areas in which they need scholastic assistance. Mrs. Sams teaches the Kin dergarten Group. A more complete resume of the plans and achievements at the school, in their new program will be given in a forth coming article. Opening Game The Owen High Warhorses will open their 1969 season Fri day evening, August 29, at 8:30 p.m. at West Henderson High School. This is the first game for each team. The Owen team is not as heavy as it has been in past seasons but does have some good sized boys such as A1 Petty at 190, Mark Fender at 212, David Hen sley at 175 and Mike Kitchen at 180. Jed Osteen will be starting quarterback, although small in size his passing arm can send the football like a bullet. His back up men will be Barry Ni chols and Barry Luckadoo. Coach Rucker is well pleased with the way the team is shaping up. He says, “They have shown tremendous improvement in the three weeks they have been practicing. The boys have really workedhard. Their men tal attitude is very good. They are really hustling and each boy Is trying for a place on the team. Most Important they are playing and working as a TEAM.” “We have a lot of young boys. There are only seven seniors in the fifty-three boys we have out. We have greater depth than we have had for years and have twenty-two boys we feel can play.” “The team has had no serious injuries and at this time the whole team is ready to go.” Let’s all get behind this team and give them our support. Re member Win - Lose ■ or Tie - they’re our boys. “GO WARHORSES” Clifford R. Scott Scott Appointed Asst. Mgr. Clifford R. Scott has been appointed Assistant Manager of radio station WFGW in Black Mountain, according to WFGW’s new General Manager, Dick Jensen. A native North Caro linian, Scott came to WFGW in 1967 from a radio station in California. Scott lives with his wife and four children on Old Ridgecrest Highway in Black Mountain. Scott is a Sunday School teacher and Vice-Presi dent of the Black Mountain Ki wanis Club. Jensen also announced that Dave Pelletier will serve as Program Director for WMIT, the FM station operated by Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corpora tion and R. J. Kennedy will be Director of News and Sports for WFGW/WMIT. Both men are presently employed by the stations. While no personnel changes are planned under the new man agement, Jensen said there would be some program changes effective September 1. The re vised program schedule is out lined elsewhere in today’s pa per. A picnic for staff and fam ilies of Blue Ridge Broadcast ing Corporation was held Sun day afternoon, August 24 at Bee Tree Lake. Valley Artists Work On Display Richard Vankleek, Director of the Asheville Art Museum, Critic and Columnist, Juried the second annual Swannanoa Valley Art League show which opened to the public Sunday. He previewed the 42 paintings by 24 local artists and chose the ten best paintings which he had been asked to select. He said he simply had to add an eleventh, commenting “this is a quality show and a most in teresting one.” There are also seven Honorable Mentions. The hanging of the paintings is a work o f art itself and credit goes to Olive Granger, chair man of the Exhibition Commit tee. The Blue Ribbon paintings are listed in their numerical number in the show, and the awards went to: No. 1 - ALONG ABOUT SUN DOWN, a Primitive in temera by Beulah Jones of Haw Creek. No. 2 - UNTITLED, an Ex pressionist painting in oils by Clara Lundie Crawford, Black Mountain. No. 7 - IMPRESSION - - CATHEDRAL, an Impressionist painting in acrylics by Olive Granger, Black Mountain. Nos. 11 and 12, each an ABSTRACT in oils by Edith Cook of Christmount, Black Mountain. No. 17 - - BREAK OF LIGHT, a watercolor by Ruth B. Patton, Morganton. No. 21 - - ABSTRACT in acry lics by Mary H. Gilbert, Black Mountain. Owen Probable Starting Line-up OFFENSIVE TEAM Left to right - - LE, Bill Hoffman; LT, Mike Coston; LG, Gary Massey; C, Larry Harris; RG, Stan Reese; RT, Mark Fender; RE, AI Petty, QB, Jed Osteen; LHB, Donnie Haynes; FB, Tommy Hensley; RHB, Mike Rice. DEFENSIVE TEAM Left to right - - LE, A1 Petty; LT, Mark Fender; LG, David Hensley; RG, Mike Kit chen, RT, Mike Coston; RE, Gary Massey; LB, Stan Reese; Left Corner Back, Donnie Haynes; Right Corner Back, Bill Hoffman; Left Safety, Bruce Putnam; Right Safety. Steve Ensley. No. 23 - OPEN DOOR, an oil by Kathryn Maiellich, Asheville. No. 25 - FIREWORKS, a representational in mixed media by Clara Mulloy of Black Mountain. No. 28 - CLEARING, an Im pressionist painting in oils by Will Nell Davidson of Swan naoa. That eleventh painting award went to Bonnie Ray of Black Mountain for an Abstract painting titled BOXES. Honorable mentions went to Annie Louise Riddle for EVE NING SAILS, Shirley Barker for MAGNOLIA, Mary H. Gilbert for GENESIS 1:13, Olive Gran ger for DULCIMER MOTIF, Clara Lundie Crawford for a nother UNTITLED, and to Ruth B. Patton for SPRING. The show may be seen during library hours through Septem ber 6th. However, the Black Mountain Library will be closed Labor Day. This is a show worth seeing. Beacon League Slugger Dale Fender The leading hitter for the Beacon Little League Teams was Dale Fender. Dale had a season average of .571. He was also home run champ with six home runs. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fender of the Juvenile Evaluation Center. Beacon Babe Ruth Slugger Bobby Ferguson Bobby Ferguson was the leading hitter for the Babe Ruth League of Beacon. Bobby had a season average of .444. Bobby lives at the Presbyterian Home for Children. Mrs. Lathrop To Introduce Books Mrs. Virginia Lathrop will introduce some of this year’s new books to the Friends of the Black Mountain Library on Wednesday, September 3, at 10:30 at the Library. Mrs. Lathrop has performed this service for the Friends ever since the formation of the Fri ends of the Black Mountain Library. It will be an excel lent opportunity for those who enjoy keeping up with the la test fiction and non-fiction to select books for their fall and winter reading. Many of these books are already available at the Library. Mrs. Lathrop is an outstand ing Journalist. She has been a reporter^ reviewer of books, and feature writer for the Ashe - ville Citizen, the Raleigh News & Observer, the New York Ev ening Post, the London Daily Express, and the Paris Edition of the New York Herald. She is well known In educational cir cles. She established and di rected the News Bureau of the University of North Carollna Greensborq. She Is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. Mrs. Lathrop resides with her husband in Asheville where she has served as President of the Asheville Friends of the Library. It Is a privilege to welcome back Mrs. Lathrop. The Fri ends of the Library invite and urge all interested persons In the community to come to this meeting and come early for a social hour which will precede the meeting.
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