RSnAY OCTOBER 30. 1969 VOLUME 25 - NI imrfTT DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY 10c Copy It Pays To Advertise SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 28711 10 PAGES TODAY wen High Honor Rolls uring Last Six Weeks (lowing are the honor rolls Iwen High School for the week period ending jer 15, according to jpal Charles Lytle. “A" HONOR ROLL h GRADE — Sarah ;e Andrews, Kathy Lynn n. Ernest Vincent Crist, rta Hensley, Wilma Jean ill. h GRADE — None, li GRADE — Iris Odette n, Brenda Burchfield, a Cordell, Richard Earley, : Ogle. Vickey Gail Pate, rt Larry Thompson, Mary 1 Vashburn. GRADE — Jane Elaine ' “B” HONOR ROLL li GRADE - William tel Begley, Marilyn Kay n, Richard Oliver Brown, y Beth Bumgarner, rta Jean Burris, Susan Campfield, Deborah Kay dler, Jimmy Garfield dler, Patricia Joy Chapin, i Virginia Gill, Helen l. Kathy Elaine Ivey, : Martha Jones, Nancy Lackey, Amelia June ford, Patricia Louise e. Susan Franqueline mzie, Ronald Roy Melin, >ena Helen Millar, Pamela ne Moyers. 0 Ralph Carl Mumpower, Irene Nelon, Linda ine Owenby, Kathryn Senn, Joseph Thomas ison, Rlionda Diane eton, Debra Lynn hers, Betty Lou Smith, r Lee Smith, Carol Ann PnM( McMillan Stubb". 1 Sue Tetrev, Joyce Kay Mareo Woods 1) LiRADE — Michael art Ballara, Sharon ia Brookshire, Robert Clements, Constance e Connor, Danny Ray n. Ann Louise Davidson, Faye Hyder, Mary 'n Leonard, Patricia la Lewis, Philip Alan n. Terry Lynne McElrath, Carr Melton, Lisa Gale n. Donna Jean Reed, i Diane Shook, Debra Shut'ord, Ronnie Willis s. Emily Kirkpatrick Janet Eugenia Ward, h GRADE — Ernest t Andrews, Robert Alston ;eL Nona Frances a nan, Michael Ross !r- Janet Louise Carson, Anne Clark, Rebecca Craig, David Lee Dehart, Richard Hudson, Morris lies Tax jpported ■ Black Mountain-Swanna thamber of Commerce *ts regular monthly f,g at the Monte Vista , Tuesday, October 21. e President, George ;r'ng, presided and laced the speaker, .Miss e Tyler, Dean of Women 1 )ntreat-Anderson College. s Tyler spoke about i reat’s aims in teaching > n to be voted on in the < future. Comments were I in favor of and against t lx- A motion was made i •assed that the Chamber ln official stand in favor 1 tax. \ oinmittee was appointed I as Inspectors of Election 1 ie coming election of the 1 °l Directors. \ ^as announced that Dr. C Graham is to be the t for the annual dinner t adies night to be held f aber 2. Further plans for 1 ir°gram will be worked t f the program'committee V lecial meeting. V Jerry Johnson, Susan Francis Jolly, Catherine Elizabeth Kluttz. Also Cathy Darlene Lloyd Nancy Ellen Lytle, Susan LaTraille Marler, Deborah Jean McIntosh, Barbara Jean Moore, Yolanda Yvette Scott, Bertha Gail Snelson, Linda Diana Stone, Marvin Malone White 9th GRADE - Kenneth Brooks Allen, Aaron Franklin Belt, Patricia Ann Bane, Jane Mice Beebe, Anna Christine Browning, Mary Ann Bryant, Garolyn Pricilla Burgess! Gwendolyn Burgin, Melissa Gail Burnette, Sandra Lee -hapin, Regina Charlene Davis, Marilyn Fox, Debbie Lynn Gragg, Karen Lee Grove, Diane Lee Hensley, Nina Angela Hollifield, Deborah Annette Hopson, Melanie Louise Hyatt, Deborah Lee Jones, Paul Douglas Jones, Peggy Jean Logan, Susan Marie Maleskie. Also Edna Frances Konrad, Truett Paul McAnear, Marcia Leah Melton, Linda Arlene Mumpower, Elizabeth Karen Osteen, Teresa Ann Peele, Rosalie Phillips, Michael Jacques Russell, Teresa Diane Silver, Erwin Truett Smith, Suzanne Mary Staggs, Theresa Dale Stepp, Samuel Barnett Theilman, Debra Wagoner. City Council Agenda This Wed According to Mayor Richard Stone the following things are listed for discussion at the Black Mountain City Council meeting Wednesday evening November 5 at 7:30 in the City Hall: Further consideration of proposed zoning ordinances; Consideration of the proposed recreation center. GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McMurray, Sr. of Swannanoa was observed at a family gathering Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain. The couple met in Black Mountain and married on Oct. 15, 1919. Mr. McMurray came here for a Blue Ridge Conference in 1912 and liked it so much he stayed. His wife, the former Alberta Brown of Asheville, was teaching school in Black Mountain. They lived in Black Mountain about 10 years and then moved to Swannanoa. Mr. McMurray is the founder of McMurray Chevrolet Co. in Black Mountain. The couple has four children, all of which were present with their families at the 50th anniversary gathering. They are: Bill McMurray of Black Mountain, present Chevrolet dealer; John McMurray, a lawyer from Morganton; Dr. C. M. McMurray of Shelby; and Betty McMurray Rand, wife of Rev. Joe Rand of Princeton, N. J. There are 15 grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. McMurray were honored in their home by their Sunday School Bible Class from the Swannanoa Presbyterian Church before going to the Monte Vista with the family. Photo by Charles Wellen Jr. Far From Sea, He Sells Ocean Going Yachts By JIM AYCOCK Over on Cherokee Drive in Black Mountain, living in a home he calls “Robbins’ Nest” is a man with an unusual occupation. Joseph Robbins sells yachts, and he lives hundreds of miles from the sea! Of course his clients are not local people. Most of them have several homes and ample time and money for pleasure cruises on boats costing several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Robbins has always done things other people would find unusual. Years ago he became the first man to mount a refrigeration unit on a truck, making it possible for millions of children to buy ice cream in their own backyard. “Harry Olds gave me a chassis to work with,” Mr. Robbins recalled. “I had started in the refrigeration business in Cambridge, Mass, in 1915 and had an idea that needed developing. Nobody had ever had a mobile refrigeration unit but we tried it. “We put 700 gallons of ice cream on our truck, drove it From Massachusetts to Florida, then to New Orleans, then sack up to Cleveland, Ohio, where we put it in a dairy case it an ice cream manufacturers convention. A talk on this opened the convention. This was in the 1920’s, remember, rhere was no such thing as moving ice cream around,” Mr. Robbins continued. Thus began a worldwide jusiness selling ice cream rucks, a business Mr. Robbins emained in until 1944. The :ompany was Robbins and Jurke, Inc. with factories as far iway as Australia. Now Mr. Robbins sells boats, >ig boats, yachts 45 feet long ind up, custom made* by irebe. He also builds marine ilumbing used in boats by ither manufacturers. “The Kennedy family boat, he Honey Fitz, has my quipment in it,” he said. “In act 1 guess about 90 per cent ,f the yachts in the U.S. have narine toilets that I built.” The list of clients sold by Mr. tobbins reads like a Who’s Who of American business, ncluded are: General Sarnoff, ICA; Jim Ryder, Ryder rucking; Davis Weir, a Washington, D. C. broker; Jeorge Thompson, owner of tie world’s largest independent jlephone company; W. E. hillips, president of Royal lank of Canada; several Texas ilmen including Patrick /elder, Joe Cullinun, and from Wichita, Kansas, Max Houston; Charlie Revson of the Revlon Co.; Florence Schick Gifford, widow of the founder of Schick Razor Co.; and an ex-owner of the old Boston Braves, since moved to Milwaukee and Atlanta. Several of these clients have purchased more than one boat. Mr. Robbins is a member of three yacht clubs himself, the Boston Yacht Club, the Key Largo Anglers, and Coral Harbors in Nassau. The yachts are made in Chicago to specifications drawn up by Mr. Robbins. Usual delivery time runs from 9-12 months but backlogging is increasing this to as much as two years depending on the boat, Mr. Robbins said. The buyer makes progressive payments, a certain amount with the order, another payment when the keel is laid, and more at each of several other construction stages. After four years in Black Mountain, Mr. Robbins is leaving on November 1, possibly for good. He realizes that he is at a disadvantage living here and plans to move to Florida. “This is the time to sell boats,” he said. “Everybody who is anybody in the boat business is heading for Florida now.” Everybody who is anybody ... .? Apparently that includes Joseph Robbins of Robbins’ Nest, Black Mountain. ne of his favorite hobbies — he finding and collecting of lative rocks and gems. He will llustrate his talk with slides. Hudgins is a native of this irea. He received his bachelors legree from North Carolina State University and his law legree from Wake Forest. Since his retirement from the iractice of law, Hudgins has ievoted much of his time to he pursuit of his hobbies - vild flowers and local history is well as “rocks”. He is nte rested in encouraging nthers to undertake worthwhile hobbies. He is a member of the southern Appalachian Mineral Society and has served as its president. The public is invited to these monthly meetings which take place in the Education room of the library. No Sales Tax To Go To Teachers If the one cent sales tax is passed, none of the monies collected would go to increase teachers’ salaries, despite the story in the Black Mountain News last week that said otherwise. In a story about a speech on the sales tax made to the local PTA, it was reported that the speaker said “some” of the monies collected would go to teachers. It should have read “none” of the money. The Black Mountain News apologizes for this error, both to the PTA and to the speaker who was misquoted, James McClure Clarke, chairman of the Buncombe County School Board. The Swannanoa P T.A. auction last Friday night, Oct. 24 was a success, and we want to thank the Black Mountain, Swannanoa and Asheville Merchants that donated gifts for the auction.