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VOLUMN 24 NUMBER 52
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1969
Second Class Postage Paid at Black Mountain, N. C. 28711
10 PAGES TODAY
Year Celebration Sunday
be of the oldest and best
[ended of all community gath
Ings In the mountains is the
je Tree Picnic held each year
the Bee Tree Christian
iirch. This year will make
I ninetieth celebration. It
(held each year on the first
pirday in September.
I the fall of 1879 members of
i families who established
I Church decided to take a
r off from their work on the
Ims and cutting timber in
mountains to get together
I a picnic. The first picnic
held about a quarter of a
from the present Bee Tree
ich, in a pine grove. Those
le enjoyed the day so much
decided to make it an ann
j affair. So for the past 90
frs the People of Bee Tree
nrmmity and the Swannanoa
Hey have gathered and held
i reunion. This occasion is
ked to with much anticipation
m year to year. The picnic
i never been rained “out”
I has only been rained "in”
P once or twice in its his
It is not a Sunday School or
Church picnic, nor a reunion
of a family, but a reunion or
home coming for residents of
the entire community as well
as those from the cities nearby
and other states.
The programs have not varied
very much from year to year.
Around ten o’clock in the morn
ing the people start gathering
in the church yard. They shake
hands, talk about things in the
past and ‘‘Do you remember”,
brings on long reminiscening
about the past as well as dis
cussion of new happenings and
developments.
TTie program gets underway at
eleven o’clock with the singing
of an old hymn. Then a prea
cher is called upon to offer a
prayer. Usually his prayer is
one of thanks to God for the
blessings that are ours; for
fellowship, freedom, the beauty
of the hills and the goodness
of the people, their liberties
and their privileges.
Many prominent people have
been speakers from year to
year. These have included Gov
ernor Locke Craig, Governor
J. Melville Broughton, James
G. K. McClure, D. Hiden Ram
sey, Judge Zeb V. Nettle, Jud
ge Sam Cathey, and Governor
Luther Hodges. Last years
speaker was Mrs. Charles D.
Owen, Jr., member of the Bun
combe County School Board.
She was introduced by the pres
ent County Superintendent of
Schools, Fred H. Martin.
The program continues with
group singing, special numbers
by quartets and solos. Usually
a er of string bands are
oh hand. This is especially
enjoyed by the old timers and
young people. The music is
by no means confined to re
ligious music.
The highlight of the day, to
most people, is the bountiful
picnic dinner spread on rustic
tables in the pine grove. Each
cook puts her best gastrono
mical foot forward. The tables
literally groan with platters of
Warren Wilson Begins 76th Year
barren Wilson College bega
76th academic year with
invocation in the colleg
apel. President Arthur M
nnerman presided and Dea
firy W. Jensen and Waite
derson, president of the stu
nt senate, also took part ii
i opening ceremonies.
More than 400 students wil
enrolled in Warren Wilsoi
s fall. Seventeen new mem
rs have been added to the fac
> and staff of the institutioi
ich graduated its first senioi
ss last firing,
i its expansion toafour-yean
tege Warren Wilson has car
id out an extensive building
^gram.This included thecon
uction of two new dormitor
| - one for 100 men and om
100 women; building of i
idem lecture hall; remodel
the science laboratories and
Purchase of additional sci
lfic equipment; and con
ation of several new fac
y houses.
° complete the major con
ation the trustees of War
Wilson have authorized a
ipaign for funds toconstruct
nodern physical education
ding on the campus. This
replace the present wooden
inasium which was built a
• 1910 and is too small to
Ve the increased enroll
l( of the college. Grading
(he new physical education
ding has been completed.
*ew full-time members of
faculty and staff at Warren
son this fall are: Dr. Cyrus
Anderson, Education, Ken
1 B. Bauer, English, Betty
ise Burris, Art, Chung-Yun
nKi History, Dr. Irving L.
r'hill, English, Samuel S.
'Y. Mathematics, Dr. Fran
B. Hulme, English, Dr.
don Neuringer, Hostory,
“yler Bobinson, Music, Dr.
'•dward Scott, Philosophy,
°tyn E. Sellers, French, Dr.
'a'd E. 'Iliomas, Sociology,
Barbara Jean Vanover, Ed
lion.
i Mi M-)ry K. Scarbrough will
i fill a nt ^ ost as assistant to the
3 Deans and Admissions Officer.
• Mrs. Irving L. Churchill will
1 join the library staff and Mrs.
' R. Mae Schultz will be director
■ of Sage dormitory.
i
I Warren Wilson was organizec
in 1894 as boys' boarding school,
It became a coeducational Ju
nior college in 1942. In 1962
the decision was made to ex
pand the institution to senior -
college rank, and the first sen
ior class was graduate last
Ms./.
The college operates its own
farm along the Swainanoa Riv
er. Tiis supplies beef aid pork
for the dining hall. All stu
dents work on the farm or in
maintaining buildings, grounds
and various campus facilities.
Members of Warren Wil
son’s board of trustees from
Western North Carolina are:
Mrs. Charles D. Owen, Bilt
more, Richard G. Jennings,
Cashiers, John W. Spicer,
Asheville, and Mrs. T. Henry
Wilson, Morganton.
fried chicken, ham, all kinds of
salads, meat, pies, preserves,
homemade bread and fruit. The
best cooks in the country are
represented here.
After dinner many of the crowd
return to the church for a
continuation of the program,
while others remain outside to
talk over old times.
The years wars, then as now,
saw many of the young people
leave the Valley for service and
work, but most try to get back
on the first Saturday in Sept
ember.
Many of those who were pres
ent in earlier years are no
longer with us, but they are
represented by children, grand
children and even into the
“great” grandchildren.
The people look forward to
coming here from year to year
to enjoy the fellowship and it
reminds us that we can become
so absorbed in our own little
world and achivements in this
fast moving modern world, that
we must not forget the simple
pleasure of fellowship with our
fellowman and our need for
God.
The closing lines from apoem
by Ernest C. Durham of Raleigh,
former chaplain, spoken in the
N. C. Senate, are as approp
riate today as when they were
spoken by Governor Hodges in
his address in 1957:
Thank God for people and esp
ecially every child, To whom
we’ve kindly spoken and who
looked on us and smiled. Thank
God for what men say to others
through their kindly eyes. Thank
God for men whose radiant faces
point us to the skies; Thank
God for fellowship with others
as we work and play, and while
expressing kindred thoughts as
we look up and pray. Yes,
thank the Lord for fellow com
rades, as we move along. While
helping one another to recieve
new hope and song.
May the picnic continue for
another ninety years of bringing
friends together.
Another part of its history and
also a help in continuing the
tradition of the mountains is a
square dance on Saturday night
at the Swannanoa Club House.
This is enjoyed by young and
old.
Dividend
Announced
The directors of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany have announced a quart
erly dividend of 60 cents per
share of the company’s stock.
The dividend will be payable
Wednesday, Octooer 1, to share
owners of record on Thursday,
August 28.
There are about 3J million
share owners of AT&T stock.
; Local Chapter Donates Funds For T.V.
The Rhododendron Chapter of the American War Mothers, Black Mountain, North
Carolina, donated ftinds for a television set to the VA Hospital, Oteen, North Carolina.
The check was presented to Dr. Linus A. Zink, Hospital Director, by Mrs. John Weaver,
President (left), Mrs. Cora Whiteside, VAVs, and Mrs. Henrietta Edwards, secretary.
New Pastor At
United Methodist Church
The Reverend Joseph M. G.
arner recently assumed the
duties aspastor of BlackMount
ain United Methodist Church.
He is married to the former,
Miss Carolyn Pope, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pope, of
Rose Hill, N. C.
They have three children,
Joseph Mark, who is a junior
at Owen High Schcm',, Anna Pope,
who is a fourth gra>‘!e student at
Black Mountain, and Sarah Lee,
who entered the first grade this
year.
Mrs. Warner is a first grade
teacher at Black Mountain
Elementary School this year.
News
BY JAMES C. Bi1
Mr. Warner received his A.B.
Degree from High Point College
in 1949 and his B.D. Degree
from Duke University Divinity
School in 1952. He has served
the following Churches: Saint
Luke, Commonwealth, Duncan
Memorial, and Bethlehem in the
Charlotte District and Oakley
and Burnsville in the Asheville
District.
Mr. Warner is a member of
the Asheville District Board of
Area in Ecumenical Affairs.
The Warners have made their
home in the Black Mountain
United Methodist Church pars
onage on Church Street. Mr.
Warner’s father, Mr. D. O.
Warner, is living with them.
-Bits
RTHOLOMEW
The White House must be haun
ted. Men for years have spent
$ millions to occupy it, then
seem to prefer to live elsewh
ere. Franklin Roosevelt had
"Warm Springs" White House,
Lyndon Johnson "Texas White
House" Harry Truman, the
“Little White House" at Key
West, Dwight Eisenhower his
"Palm Springs White House;
and now Richard Nixon has San
Clemente, Calif; as “The West
ern White House”. Jackie
Kennedy could not have done a
good Job fixing up the White
House, we wonder if she has
started to re-arrange, or give
a new lO'to some of those
ancient Greek structures at
Athens, - The Parthenon, Nike
Apteros, etc; perhaps her new
husband Onassis, draws the line
there.
t,T'ESILi.''JT NIXON’S propo
sal iu congress to add new bil
lions to relief rolls, with more
acc nt on "Work some to get
So ie”, seems extremely popu
lar with the public, running
aboui 20 to 1. The welfare
reform delighted the •middle
class wage earner, who is pay
ing the bills, of course the lazy
will be disgruntled.
REPUBLICAN LEADER
EVERETT DIRKSON when
prodded by one of the opposit
ion, that Congress had accomp
lished very little in its first
eight months replied “Well, we
have’nt done the Country any
harm."
WATCH FOR Justice Dept,
probe into Costra Nostra ties
with Chicago’s Mayor Daley’s
Democratic organizations. It
is rumored it will go before
a federal grand Jury later this
year.
F. B. L Director, J. Edgar
Hoover reported last week
crime has increased 122 per
cent since 1960, saying crime
continues to outstrip population
11 to 1. Total citizen involve
ment for law and order is
necessary. Call the police,
report to the sherrif or dist.
attorney if you know a crime is
being perpetrated.
TIME MAGAZINE reports out
ion on the Ted Kennedy affair,
823 were critical of his conduct.
ASHEVILLE CITIZEN states
there is to be an autopsy in
Asheville, on the bodies of the
young couple who met death,
being washed over the Rainbow
Falls in swim suits. Must be
a law for the very rich, and
another for the not-so-rich,
an autopsy was not necessary
for the drowned girl compan
ion of Ted.
TAXES & DEATH are two
certainties in life, and if the
first keeps increasing in its
demands on taxpayers, the
second certainty is soon to
come as the only relief poss
ih'a.
Lockadoo
Reunion
The annual reunion of the
Luckadoo family was held
Sunday, August 24, in the
Swannanoa Clubhouse, with
Mrs. Rebecca McCraw as
hostess. Approximately 100
attended a covered dish meal.
The Luckadoo family origin
ated in Ireland and its initial
North American Settlement was
Golden Valley township in
Rutherford County, N. C.
Poem
Getting Old?
Getting , no GOTTEN old I’m
told since a fall, now on a
cane I’m sold. My teeth fall
ing out, likewise my hair, the
fhnny thing is Ireally don’t care.
My eyesight’s departing, I
can’t read fine print my temper
is caustic, sharp as a flint.
My ears miss the point of eachi
yarn—I feel like screaming out
“DARN” “Be brave and cour
ageous and all that BLAH, “A
Sweet little Lady—NOT ME,
NO SAH1”
Valley Art Classes To Begin
Several painting classes will
be sponsored by the Swannanoa
Valley Art League beginning
this month. These classes will
be open to the public and a
summary of the classes show
opportunities for aspiring
artists of all ages, the beginn
ers as well as the more exper
ienced.
Mrs. Allie Vining of Swanna
noa will again be instructing
beginners on Friday mornings
and Tuesday evenings starting
September 21st. Mr. Thomas
Gil marten of The Southern
Highland Craft Guild will again
be teaching Basic Principles of
Painting on Thursday evenings
beginning September 25th; and
Coffee Funds Donated
By Bell Employees
Southern Bell plant employees
from the 24 0. Henry Avenue
telephone center havepresented
a $500 check for Irene Wortham
Day Care Center to director
Mike Burke. These funds were
available from the employees’
coffee fund profits. A member
of the telephone group visiting
Irene Wortham summed up the
feelings of the other employees,
‘‘from personal experience we
know of the need and the good
work being carried out by the
center and the selection was
an easy one for us.”
Other worthwhile community
projects provided from this fund
during the past few months have
been the purchase of two pairs
of eyeglasses for needy persons
and a contribution to another
employee with a severely ill
child.
Bill Hoffman of Black Mouh-)
tain is the foreman of the group
of Southern Bell employees who
have donated their coffee fund
profits for two years to local
charities.
Mr. Yest Van Der Meer, fac
ulty member of The Asheville
School t or Boys, will continue
his class in Basic Elements of
Drawing and Painting starting
September 27th, and a class
for the more experienced paint
er, a course in Creative Paint
ing beginning September 22nd,
on Monday mornings.
For more detailed information
as to times, places and costs,
telephone Mrs. Charles Green
of Black Mountain at 669-6325.
Mrs. Green is the new Educa
ion Chairman for the Art Lea
gue , succeeding Mrs. Robert
J. Davidson of Swannanoa. We
salute Mrs. Davidson for the
outstanding Job she has done for
the past two years in securing
such excellent instructors. We
welcome the new chairman,
Mrs. Green.
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Owen High Cheerleaders -1969 Season
Shown above are the cheerleaders elected at Charles D. Owen High School for the
1969 football season. The squad is composed of 4 Seniors, 3 Juniors and 4 Sophomores.
L to R (first row) Peggy Rozzell, Connie Connors, co-captains and Terry Buckner.
(Second row) Doris Curtis, Beth Rice, Rhonda Singleton, Rebecca Singleton, Jane Gilbert,
Lena Hussey, Dale Bardon and Sarah Andrews, Captain.
The girls have practiced long and hard all summer preparing for this years football
season. Now that the season has begun, they are urging each and everyone of you to
come and help support our Owen Warhorses.
Justus Couple Celebrates 69th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Justus of Black Mountain who were married September 4, 1900,
will celebrate their 69th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, September 7.
Their children and grandchildren will be hosts at open house in their home in Black
Mountain on that dat.
Friends and relatives will be welcome to call between the hours of 2 and 5 P.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Justus have one daughter, Mrs. Gleen Brooks; one son, Mr. Roscoe
Justus, both of Black Mountain. They also have seven grandchildren and sixteen great
grandchildren.