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VOLUME 25
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1969
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 28711
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
Public Hearing Was Wednesday Night
New Zoning Ordinance
Will Become Law Soon
By Jim ArtutK
New construction of
Isidential, business and
idustrial development in and
lar Black Mountain will be
ibject to zoning ordinances
d subdivision regulations for
: first time if plans of the
y Board of Aldermen go
ough this week.
\ public hearing Wednesday,
pt. 17 is close to the last step
completing the new building
les and making them law.
e Black Mountain News goes
press late Wednesday and
1 carry the complete story in
: September 25 issue.
Vith few exceptions the new
vs will apply only to planned
nstruction and not to
isting buildings and land
isions. The most notable
leption is a two-year period
grace in which existing signs,
tstly business advertising
as, must be made to
tform with the new codes,
ns will be regulated as to
ation, position on buildings,
ght, square footage,
mination and movement,
permanence.
Monday night the Board of
Aldermen and the new
Planning Board sat with other
interested citizens in the city
hall and listened to James
Donnelly explain the proposed
regulations. Donnelly
represents the Division of
Community Planning office in
Asheville, which operates
under North Carolina’s new
Department of Local Affairs.
He prepared the proposed
ordinances which are patterned
after standards now law in
many of the state’s cities.
W. W. White, chairman of the
planning board, led discussion
of the ordinances. Copies were
distributed among those
present.
If the ordinance becomes
law, Black Mountain will be
divided into zones which are
restricted to special types of
construction. For example,
industry and business will not
be allowed to build in
residential areas. Building lots
must be of a certain size,
depending on location, and
must have certain minimum
footage across the front.
mnie Melin displays his latest scouting medal, the Eagle
onze Palm. Troop 44 Scoutmaster Carl Rogers, right, proudly
>ks on. The award was presented during the Court of Honor.
lourt of Honor
For Troop 44
)ne of Boy Scouting’s most
portant moments, the
stigious Court of Honor,
k place Tuesday night at
Black Mountain Church of
d on North Fork Road,
loring members of Troop
>ne local Scout, Ronnie
*n, received the Eagle
nze Palm. He is the son of
and Mrs. Manuel Melin of
;k Mountain.
o n o r s included
ancement in rank and
fd of merit badges,
enderfoot recognition went
Terry Dalton and Ricky
wood, Second Class' to
fy Epley and Tommy
ew.
•ar Class awards were
led by Danny Alexander,
ght Leslie and Gary
gan.
erit Badges received were:
y Morgan, Fircmanship and
I Aid; Marvin White, First
* Fircmanship and Reading;
II ny Dalton, Public
aking; Dwiglit Leslie,
mianship and Animal
r Jim Helgreen, president
he Black Mountain P.T.A.,
announced that the first
Jing of the current school
r will be held Thursday,
•ember 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Industry; Steve Melin, First
Aid and Firemanship; Danny
Alexander, Firemanship and
Personal Fitness;
Also: Wayne Jones, Cycle
and Firemanship; Billy Walker,
Archery; Bruce Morris, First
Aid and Firemanship; Ronnie
Melin, Insect Life, Public
Speaking, Chemistry and
Archery; Jimmy Tolley,
Firemanship and Public Health.
Troop 44 Scoutmaster Carl
Rogers closed the Court of
Honor with a discussion of
scouting ideals.
Troop leaders recognized for
their work with the local boys
included Scoutmaster Rogers,
Assistant Scoutmaster Mike
Allison and John Reese, and:
Danny Dalton and Ronnie
Melin, junior assistant
scoutmasters; Jimmy Tolly,
senior patrol leader; Marvin
White, assistant patrol leader;
and Danny Hopson, instructor.
Troop 44 in Black Mountain
has approximately 20
members, reports Scoutmaster
Rogers, and could take more
without difficulty. The troop
meets every Tuesday evening at
7:00 p.m. in the Black
Mountain Church ol Ciod.
Meetings last I wo hours. Boys
interested in joining are invited
to come out at the next
meeting.
To repeat an important
point, existing property will
not be affected; only new
construction and planning
must conform to the new law
if it is passed.
Black Mountain and its
one-mile jurisdiction outside of
town are to be divided into
seven zoning districts
designated as follows; two
residential districts with
different construction
requirements, a central
business district, a general
business district, a light
industrial district, a heavy
industrial district, and a
floodway district.
District boundaries may be
seen on maps at the city hall in
the office of the Town Clerk.
Off-street parking will come
under the new ordinances,
which cover parking offered by
churches, hospitals, schools,
retailers, motels, funeral
homes, office buildings,
industry and others.
New residences will be
regulated with regard to single
family dwellings, mobile
homes, in-the-home businesses,
tourist homes, rooming houses,
multiple-family dwellings and
other categories.
Land for subdivision
development also comes under
the SQjjosed '^regulations.
SK„ . alley’s, rights-of-way,
lot lines, building setbacklines,
all are covered. Grading,
pavement base, cuts, lot size,
shape and orientation, width,
depth, side and rear yard
setbacks will be regulated also.
Donnelly pointed out that
because of lieSctreme
topography” in Black
Mountain, the city’s ordinances
include an article entitled
Hillside Subdivision
Regulations, not always found
in city zoning ordinances.
More detailed itemization of
the new ordinances will appear
in later issues of the Black
Mountain News. Copies of the
regulations may be seen at the
office of the Town Clerk.
Ladies’ Night,
New Officers At
Kiwanis Tonight
Thursday night, September
18, is ladies night at Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis
and the new officers for 1970
will be installed. Kiwanis
officials of the district will be
present for the buffet style
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the
Monte Vista Hotel. That’s
tonight now ... so don’t
forget.
Everyone enjoyed the annual fall picnic held by every family member to do. More photos
Kearfott, as the above photograph shows, inside, pages 11 and 12.
' Young and old alike, there was something for
Kearfott Families Enjoy
Annual Fall Picnic
The Kearfott Employees
Activities Association
sponsored the Annual Fall
Picnic on Sunday, September
14, for employees of the
Kearfott Division Plant and
members of their families and
specially invited guests.
Head Cook, J. T. Huntsinger
and his assistants: Jim Isley,
Jim Raines and Chip Moore,
prepared a bounteous and
delicious picnic lunch. The
barbecue was especially fine.
Mr. Toby Cole and Mr. Chip
Moore and their committees
presented a well rounded
program, with entertainment
to please everyone’s taste.
A number of young Rock
and Roll bands were on hand
to please the youngsters. The
Esteems, The Stitches in Time
and The Shadows were all
made up of young people still
in their teens, this was
especially appealing to their
friends in the audience.
An older Rock and Roll
group was the one called, Bill
Fuller Happening. Some
youngsters could not resist the
urge to try out the music’s
beat, and the spectators were
treated to a demonstration of
the latest steps.
For the “Old Timers” and
those who enjoy Blue Grass
Music, there was Club Parham
and his band.
Between numbers by the
various bands, two lovely
young sisters, Misses Debbie
and Dianne Swann presented
folk songs, some very old and
some of the new.
The Skyland Western Square
Dance Team gave a
demonstration of square
dancing which was enjoyed by
all present.
From 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. a
series of games and contests
Jim Aycock, recently appointed editor and publisher of the
Black Mountain News, reviews his work assignments for the first
day on the job. Aycock began his duties Monday, coming to
Black Mountain from the Greensboro Daily News.
were carried out for the
children. The Biltmore Train
was there to give free rides to
the little ones. A water melon
fight was held in the swimming
pool, and a balloon blowing
contest was held for those 12
and under.
Bingo was played from 2:00
to 5:00 p.m. by those wishing
to participate.
Chamber Hears Talk On
Recreation Development
The Black Mojf ntain-Swanna
noa Chamber ‘fjf Commerce
met on Tuesday*at me Monte
Vista Hotel, President George
Pickering presiding. Featured
speaker was Burton Peake,
newly appointed chairman of
the Buncombe County
Recreation Board.
The main topic of Peake’s
talk was the recent
development and work of the
Recreation Board and
possibilities for county-city
cooperation in expanding local
recreation facilities.
He stressed the fact that the
board of county commissioners
had long been aware of the
depressed condition of
recreational and leisure time
offerings in the area. The
purpose of the county
commissioners in creating the
Recreation Board was to get
everyone involved in recreation
development, Peake said.
Buncombe County owns
very little land available for
recreational use, he continued,
Hospital Asks
County For
Financial Aid
Buncombe County
Commissioners listened to a
plea for county tax dollars to
supplement Memorial Mission
Hospital on Monday morning.
The request came at the
regularly scheduled county
commissioners meeting at the
courthouse in Asheville.
Chairman of the Hospital
Board James Woollcott
presented a report on finances
at Memorial Mission Hospital.
Included was a list of the
medically indigent patients for
the month of August.
Other talks on the situation
came from George Tisdale,
board member, and Ralph
Jennings, hospital
administrator.
According to Gordon
Greenwood, chairman of the
county board of
commissioners, the county
budget has already been
established for this fiscal year
and no new appropriations are
possible until next July. This
makes it impossible for the
county to begin supporting the
hospital at this time even if the
commissioners felt the need
was present.
The board of commissioners
also heard a resolution
appointing members of the
Erwin Community Zoning
Board.
and must depend upon
municipalities for space.
An area of cooperation
between the Recreation Board
and the towns will be in
applying for federal funds for
assistance. This will avoid
duplication of efforts, Peake
pointed out.
The Board of Recreation
plans a three-part attack on the
problem, Peake said. It consists
of: (1) getting federal
assistance supplemented by
private funds (2) bring existing
community and neighborhood
recreational facilities into more
active use, and (3) use of
school facilities during
non-school hours.
Peake said the federal money
has been appropriated and that
someone will get it, so
Buncombe County should
attempt to get its share.
“It is our money which we
have paid in taxes. If we don’t
ask for it, it will go somewhere
else, to people who have asked
for it,” he pointed out, “so
why don’t we get some of it
too?”
Local agencies must match
federal funds to get the money,
he continued, but this can be
done with land instead of cash,
land which can be used for
recreation.
Private enterprise should be
encouraged to develop
recreational facilities, too,
Peake said, especially when
there are not enough local and
federal funds to do the job.
Get more than one project
going, he continued, because
the most successful programs
are those getting funds for
several projects. He urged local
recreation boards to plan their
projects and bring them before
the county Recreation Board.
Peake deplored the lock-up
of school recreational facilities
every weekend, saying
gymnasiums and playgrounds
are among a community’s most
valuable recreational areas.
In closing, Peake pointed out
that the Recreation Board has
no funds in the county budget
and its members serve without
pay.
Chamber President Pickering
entertained a motion that the
members go on record in
support of the proposed local
option sales tax. The motion
was seconded but tabled for
discussion at the October
meeting.
Two new members were
welcomed, James E. Aycock,
new editor of the Black
Mountain News, and Jim
Howe, office manager of
American Parboard.
Owen High Teachers Include
New Faces And Old Friends
Owen High School has
several new people on its
faculty this year, and some
who have been at Owen before
and returned, reports Principal
Charles A. Lytle.
Miss Joyce Grindstaff, the
new librarian, is a native of
Statesville. She has a B. S.
degree in Library Science from
Appalachian State University
and is beginning work on her
Masters Degree. Before coming
to Owen she was the junior
high school librarian in
Statesville for three years.
Mrs. Courtenay Stierwalt will
be teaching ninth and twelfth
grade English at Owen. She
attended Stephens College in
Columbia, Missouri, and
graduated from Denison
University in Granville, Ohio
with a B. A. Degree in English.
She taught for two years in
Pittsford, N. Y., a suburb of
Rochester.
Miss Melody Howell, a native
of Yancey, received her B. S.
Degree in English at Warren
Wilson College. She will teach
tenth and eleventh grade
English at Owen, where she did
her student teaching last year
under the supervision of Mrs.
Melba Stafford.
Rejoining the faculty at
Owen is Mrs. Joyce Parris, a
former English teacher and
varsity girls basketball coach,
she will teach tenth and
eleventh grade English.
Miss Elaine Allen is also
returning to Owen after
teaching part of last year there.
A native of Weaverville with a
B. S. Degree in English from
Mars Hill College, she will
teach tenth and twelfth grade
English.
Mrs. Betty Davis, native of
Indianapolis, Ind., is another
new face in the English Dept,
at Owen High School this year.
She will teach ninth and tenth
graders. Mrs. Davis is a
graduate of Mars Hill College
and Wake Forest University.
She also attended East Carolina
University and is currently
working on her M. A. Degree at
East Carolina. In addition to a
major in English she has minors
in Spanish and Music. She was
formerly a teacher and
librarian at Murfreesboro High
School.
Mrs. Elouise Settle, a former
teacher at Owen for five years,
becomes the Guidance
Director, in whose office she
was an assistant three years
ago. She is a graduate of
Western College, Oxford, Ohio
and received her Masters
Degree in Guidance and
Couseling from Western
Carolina University.
Continued on Page 11
Scouts Sell Household Kits
In Fund Raising Campaign
Boy Scout Troop No. 44 of
Black Mountain is conducting a
sales campaign through
October 1.
During this period the Scouts
will be calling on the residents
of Black Mountain with a
“Tom Wat” kits. This kit
includes a variety of
merchandise which every
household can use.
Michael Allison, Assistant
Scoutmaster, is in charge of the
project, stated, “Customers
choose their items from an
appealing selection of samples,
quality items that sell for
$1.00 to $1.50 each. Except
for a beautiful photo album
which sells for $3.95. There is
certain to be one or more items
that each person really wants
or can use. Some make
excellent gifts.”
Mr. Allison continued, “The
first time a boy visits a home,
he will just be taking orders,
not selling items in his kit. In
several weeks, the same Scout
will return with the items
ordered and will collect the
money at that time. This way
customers see they are getting
exactly what they ordered
when they pay for it.
The profits from this project
will be used to buy needed
equipment for the troop, such
as tents, cooking kits, etc.
So with Christmas just
around the corner, buy some
of your gifts now and at the
same time help Boy Scout
Troop No. 44 of Black
Mountain.
Everett Clark, owner of the new Robinson’s
Clothing Store in Black Mountain, displays
some of his brand name men's wear. Clark also
owns Robinson’s Clothing Store in Marion. Mrs.
Rena McGee of Marion will be in the Black
Mountain Store full time. During this
weekend’s Grand Opening the store will give
away a suit, sport coat and sweater, and
monogram any sweater sold free. You must
register at the store, no purchase needed, for
the drawing Saturday at S p.m.
Robinson's Clothing Store is located at the
comer of Cherry and State Streets, where the
Black Mountain Restaurant was. Brands carried
include Arrow shirts, Dobbs hats, Puritan,
Arrow and DeLoache sweaters, Jarman and
Nunn-Bush shoes, Plymouth all weather coats
and Puritan outerwear, Botany 500 and Griffon
suits, Bennett of New Haven suits.
Also: Merit and Warren Sewell suits and sport
coats, Stanley Blacker men’s wear, Swank
jewelry, and slacks by Hubbard, Lee and Coosa
Casual. Alterations are free.
Taylor Asks
For Lights
At Crossing
Rep. Roy A. Taylor has
requested that Southern
Railway study the need for a
flashing light stop signal at the
point where the Blue Ridge
Road crosses the railway tracks
about a mile west of Black
Mountain.
The request was made in a
letter to Southern Railway
President W. Graham Claytor,
Jr., in Washington, D. C.
There have been many
serious and fatal accidents at
this crossing, Rep. Taylor told
the Southern Railway
President. The Black Mountain
Congressman pointed out that
the road carries heavy
automobile traffic, especially
in the summer. He also said the
crossing’s closeness to U. S.
Highway 70 makes it possible
for only one or two cars to
stop between the highway and
the crossing.
Local Lodge Hosts
District Meeting
The Black Mountain Council
No. 145 of the J.O.U.A.M. was
the host lodge for all the
councils in District One at the
bi-annual District meeting and
banquet held on Monday,
September 8, in the local lodge
hall.
Many of the state officers
were present for the meeting.
Among those were: State
Councilor, Tom Corley of
Morganton. Mr. Corley gave a
brief resume of the work being
done in the Children’s Home
that is supported by the
Councils. He specifically
stressed the importance of the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
.offerings in the raising of funds
to support this institution.
State Vice Councilor C. C.
Turner of Scotland Neck
reminded the members that
October 12th was the annual
visitation day at the home and
urged the members to visit
with their families in the home
on this day.
State Councilor, Harold
Creasman of High Point gave
advance notice of the Beauty
Contest to be held at the State
Convention in September of
1970 and urged the local lodge
to send a contestant. They
were not represented this year.
Other officials present were:
State Secretary Forrest Sherrin
of Scotland Neck,
Representative to National
Council; L. T. Keever of Black
Mountain; State Chaplain Glen
Morgan, Black Mountain; State
Conductor Earnest Simmons of
Morganton; State Warden E. C.
Eisenhower of Morganton and
State treasurer Gerald Winfrey
of High Point and Harold
Hyatt, District Secretary of
Swannanoa.
District 1 encompasses
twenty-two counties in North
Carolina.