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DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY 10c Copy It Pays To Advertise RSPAY. DECEMBER 4, 1969^ VOLUMES - NUMBErTT SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 28711 8 PAGES TODAY lots Hear iapl?in leak On itriotism i Black Mountain Pilot met at the Coach House urant for a dinner lie Thursday evening uber 25 at 7 p.m. grain sponsors for the ne was Esther Pusev. jtic Emblems, chairman, ntroduced the speaker for bccasion. Chaplain Lave ! the Western North ina Sanatorium, iplain Laye's topic was iotism”. Everyone was appreciative of this am. i. Lave was a guest of the for the evening. : Black Mountain Pilot wishes to thank all the ibutors thus far in their tmas Tree Lights Project, are: Douglas Joves, Maj. Balkan. Mrs. Edna ie. Anonymous. Martins ' Store. Mr. and Mrs. >e Sarti, Sr.. Mr. and Mrs. . Byron. Mrs. Ruby Free. :cs King. lo. Mary A. Mackey. Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Willard . Jennie Pryor. Biltmore lworking Co.. Burton n. Mrs. J. M. Woodcock, nd Mrs. L. E. Wainscott. lo. Elizabeth Cole. Mrs. y Wood. Mr. and Mrs. t Hardin and Kearfott lion. Photo by Charles Wellen Jr. Job Corps Volunteers Clear Brush Away From Cemetery Corpsmen from the Schenck Civilian Conservation Center at Pisgah Forest, N. C. worked Saturdays, November 22 and 29. clearing and cleaning the cemetery at Tabernacle Methodist Church, Black Mountain. They cleared out brush and weeds from the Old Cemetery and tor the first time in years it is now possible to locate the graves in that area. They also cut the timber and piled brush in the new addition, as the first step in opening a new area for burial sites. t Letter to the Editor BLACK MOUNTAIN IS weLomes letters to the >r for publication. Letters Id not exceed 300 words, ers not signed by the :r cannot be published, r name is required. lemen: it being able to read, I pick information at night on i from N.Y., Chicago, etc. ather there is going to be a r problem in this vicinity on. Since there seems to water table under much of <• Mountain, why don't the nselmen consider -LING WELLS? ) It eliminates lakes which a large percentage of oration. ) It does not confiscate it property (expensive). It can be drilled in a al location where piping are diminished, cidentally it's in Detroit, I ve. where the cops if they a key in a car, take it to police station where it can laid for. or if the owner s the car too long it is ;d away and he has to pay accrued costs of retrieving Pretty drastic, but just her viewpoint. Dorothy Whitaker ' Sirs: ntolk in Georgia have rned three clippings from Black Mountain News, that it. ley are the articles by red Pearl Ferris, two about parents and one about her (er. wondered why I did not Ik you for printing them, jthink they are delightful heart wanning. In this area fe there is so much rock hng, you have given us e little gems. Respectfully, Mrs. Abigail Morton Route 9 Black Mountain r Sir: noted in the Black inunn News an article ting a Mr. Donnelly (The nner), a confirmed iterested person, ot Black u n t a i n. “Only one icsted person in 17 months ended meetings on "hng.” Also he said, "you e gotten ALL concerned LY, when you feel a THREAT to yourselves.” You know, maybe he has something we had not realized. Are we being threatened, or is this the last and final chance to maintain what our forefathers fought and died for, not to mention members of this generation. What have we left? There is no freedom, if you are not all-owned to vote for your government, or to control your land. Is there anything else to take? (Now you will appreciate all these things being taken away once you get used to it.) First, Mr. Stone said, and 1 quote almost word for word, "The Blueridge section wants Zoning and City Limits, and the other section doesn’t, (the first divider) Second, Mr. Stone says, “1 won’t zone the outside mile at this time”, (that was split No. 2) Third, Mr. Begley says at the last Council meeting, “We will take out the Flood zone temporarily. (Split three) Fourth, “If you want (speaking to the people) we will allow anyone to rebuild a home in a commercial zone.” (that was No. 4) What next? If the people do not maintain a solid front, 1 do know there is no hope for any. The Council and Mr. Donnelly say we are not interested. Your presence will prove them wrong. Do not let someone else fight your battle, they may not be as good as you. Everyone must stand on his or her feet. •'UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL” Why can’t we VOTE? Is there something to fear in this last CONSTITUTIONAL right? The IRATE citizen, Margaret C. Slagle Sir: As the spokesman for the two thousand workers in this year's Asheville-Buncombe County United Appeal and the many area residents who may use the services of the 37 agencies this year, we would like to thank your newspaper and your readers who helped put this year’s community services campaign over the top of its $684,314 goal. You cared enough to give enough to help us help each other. George Setzer, Chairman Publicity Committee Asheville Buncombe United Appeal Campaign These young men have donated these Saturdays, which are their free time, and have given approximately 180 man hours to this project. We of the Black Mountain area are deeply indebted to the following young men and their Job Corp director, Robert Leonard. The boys participating were: B. Thompson, Burlington; D. Thomas, Wilmington; C. Brice, Washington, D. C.; J. R. Jenkins and T. Jenkins, Arelandcr, N. C.; W. Mathis, Tifton, Ga.; D. Melton, Baltimore; P. King, Shallote, N. C.; J. Jacobs, Magnolia, N. C.; C. Maultshy, Lumberton; S. McCoy, Fayetteville; W. Bradshy, Williamsburg, Va.; A. Simon, St. Pauls, N. C.; M. Collins, Candor, N. C.; and M. Fredrick, Hickory. These young men have expressed the willingness and desire to return next Saturday, December 6 and complete the job. AARP New Officers Will Be Installed Next Week The Swannanoa Valley Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will install officers for 1970 at the annual Christmas luncheon on Friday, Dec. 12th, 1969 at 12:30 p.m. at the Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain. The newly elected officers are: Robert H. Hubner, President; Dr. Bob S. Hodges, Vice President; Miss M. Lawry Turpin, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Robert R. Hubner, Corresponding Secretary; G. Albert Clough, Treasurer; Ray J. Ryan, Assistant Treasurer; and Miss Lelia Zernow, Historian. Mr. Harold J. Carrick of Hendersonville, State Director of the American Assn, of Retired Persons, will make a brief talk concerning the opportunities and benefits Varsity Lost, Girls And Jayvees Win The Owen Warhorses lost to Cullowhee in their first game of the season Tuesday night, 7048. However the War Lassies defeated the Cullowhee girls 58-15 and Owen’s jayvee team won too, beating the jayvees from Cullowhee by a score of 43-37. TREES ARE BARE now in the valley as iall and near-winter prevails. The Blue Ridge Assembly last week looked like this, almost deserted, ground covered with leaves, and naked trees standing starkly against the white building and grey sky. Christmas Music By Friendship, Bee Tree Choirs For several weeks the choirs of Bee Tree Christian Church and Friendship Presbyterian Church have been preparing, “An Evening of Christmas Music” to be presented several times during the month of December. Tire schedule for these presentations is below: Wednesday evening - December 3 - First Christian Church, Black Mountain. Sunday evening December 7 - Bee Tree Christian Church, Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa. Thu rsday evening December 11 Brentwood Nursing Home, Asheville Sunday evening December 14 Friendship Presbyterian Church, Montreat Road, Black Mountain. All performances will begin at 8 o’clock p.m. Kiwanis In lieu of their regular meeting the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis Club held an old fashioned round table discussion during Thanksgiving week, no speeches, no planned program, just neighborly fellowship. The meeting took place Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 12 noon in the Monte Vista Hotel. The Kiwanis regularly meet on Thursdays. Littering May Cost Offenders By UVA MIRACLE Black Mountain Police Chief Jake Robertson has reported that the “Prankster” habit of littering yards has gotten completely out of hand. He said, "The complaints are not only from the people whose yards are originally festooned with toilet tissue and other debris but from neighbors who are being deluged, also, as the wind carries it onto their property.” Chief Robertson explained, "The best way to stop this is for the parents, whose yards are littered to find out from their children who the culprits are and report it to the other parents. Usually a son or daughter in the family knows the guilty persons and why it has been done" “We have been lenient in the past but since the youngsters are so llagrantly Haunting the littering law, which by the way carries a line of S50. we are going to be forced to clamp down on the culprits.” So parents, if you do not want your daughter or son in serious difficulty you must see this is stopped. Northrup Shows Earnings Gain Northrop Corporation continued its upward trend of sales and earnings in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, according to Thomas V. Jones, president, in Beverly Hills, Calif. In the three months ended Oct. 31, the aircraft, communications, and electronics firm earned $4,547,000 after taxes, an increase of 15.3 per cent over the $3,942,000 earned in the same period last year. This was equivalent to 92 cents in primary earnings per share, an increase of 13.6 per cent, over 81 cents a share a year earlier. On a fully diluted basis the corresponding per share earnings were 75 cents and 66 cents. Northrop operates a plant in the Swannanoa Valley, N. C. Bundles Sgt. and Mrs. Gerald S. Warlick announce the birth of a daughter, Alisha Michelle, at Womack Army Hospital, Ft. Bragg, N. C. on November 11. Sgt. Warlick, who is completing his three-year tour of duty at Ft. Bragg, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Warlick of Swannanoa and the grandson of Mr. Sewell Jarrett of Asheville and Mrs. Pearl Jarrett of Swannanoa. Mrs. Warlick is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. timer Nix of Easley, S.C. from membership in the ARRP. At the conclusion of his talk he will officially install the officers for the ensuing year. Following the installation, a program of Christmas music will be given by the Black Mountain Woman’s Club Chorus (some of whom are members of the local AARP chapter) under the direction of Mrs. John D. Olofson. All members will be contacted for luncheon reservations, which must be made not later than Wednesday, December 10, 1969. Christmas Market In Asheville The Merry Christmas Market will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 1969 at the Biltmore Country Market, 1000 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. The annual competition among the women will be in four categories. The classes for judging are: 1. Traditional 22” Size Christmas Wreath. 2. Centerpiece for Table, Mantle, Etc. 3. Door Decoration Other Than Standard Wreath, and 4. Special Items Table. Special foods will be featured and all items will be for sale that day, and orders taken for delivery during December. Mrs. Robertson Wall is chairman of the Merry Christmas Market which is sponsored by the French Broad River Garden Club. 4-HCIub Will Collect Paper The Raven’s 4-H Club is collecting old papers and magazines. Anyone who has any to donate please call Kay Willet at 669-8402 after four o’clock. The magazines and papers will be picked up every other Saturday beginning December 13. Santa’s Hours In Black Mtn. The Black Mountain Jaycettes are bringing Santa Claus to town. Please bring the children to Mack’s dime store to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. His hours will be: Thursday, December 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. until noon and 2 until 4. Friday, Dec. 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. until noon and 2 until 4. Friday, Dec. 19, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, from 10 a.m. until noon and 2 until 4. Wednesday, Dec. 24, from 10 a.m. until noon and 2 until 4. Seroicemen CLINTON McCALLISTER Seaman Clinton D. McCallister, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton B. McCallister of 205 Oceoneechee Ave., Black Mountain, is serving with the U.S. Naval Support Activity in Vietnam. It is the Navy’s largest overseas shore command with nearly 10,000 officers and enlisted men. It supplies food, fuel, munitions and other supplies to operating forces in South Vietnam’s five ' orthcrnmost provinces. Graham Will Help To Raise Hospital Funds Or. Billy Graham has promised to help raise money to build a hospital in the Black Mountain area if local people will get behind the project. Speaking Tuesday night at the Montreal Assembly Inn before the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce and to a live radio audience. Dr. Graham said he had long had a vision of a hospital in Black Mountain. “When you are ready to begin work on a well equipped hospital, I will help you raise Photo by Charles Wellen Jr. Rev. Price New Rector At St. James Episcopal Oil Monday, Dec. 1, the Rev. R. Hampton Price assumed full time duties of rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church on Vance Avenue in Black Mountain. Rev. Price is coming from the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Lincolnton, N. C., where he has served for nearly four years. Before serving the parish, he served churches in North Augusta, S. C., Sanford, N. C., and Albemarle, N. C. where he began his parish ministry. Prior to serving these parishes, Mr. Price received his A. B. degree from Guilford College in Greensboro and his B. D. from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. His wife, Frances, is a native of South Carolina and received her A.B. from Coker College in Hartsville, S. C. She did post-graduate work at Chapel Hill in Library Science. She is presently employed as a librarian in the elementary school system of Lincoln County. The Prices have two sons. Robert is a junior at Guilford College and is majoring in Economics. Ray will complete his high school work in June of 1970 and is interested in a math major in college. Mrs. Price, Robert and Ray will join Mr. Price here on December 20. The family will reside in St. James’ Rectory at 213 Church Street in Black Mountain. Montreat-Anderson To Offer Musical Program The Ciompi Quartet of Duke University will be on the Mo n treat-Anderson Campus Tuesday, Dec. 9 for two concerts and lectures in the Music Department. The public is invited to the 8 p.m. concert in Gaither Hall. The Evening Star of Washington, D. C. has acclaimed the Ciompi Quartet, when it stated. “To each work they brought musical insight, tonal beauty and just the right amount of abandon . . . The Quartet is capable of making a major contribution to the musical life of this country ..." The quartet was organized in 1965 and appointed Duke quartet-in-residence in 1966. The tour talented members are Giorgio Ciontpi, violinist; Arlene Di Cecco, violinist; Julia Mueller, violist; and Luca DiCecco, cellist. The Charlotte Observer said of the Quartet recently: “The audience including students, local instrumentalist and financial upper-crusters, could hardly have been exposed to a more stirring example of small ensemble playing with its labulous interplay of thought and feeling ...” Monlreat-Andcrson College sincerely invites all its friends to enjoy this outstanding quartet on December 9 at 8 p.m. the money,” he said. In addition to medical facilities, the world famous evangelist pointed out four other things he thinks makes a community strong. They are a strong home life with emphasis on the proper values, suitable educational institutions which include spiritual training, churches that enjoy and deserve the support of the townspeople and a community spirit of togetherness and interdependence. Taking as his theme the factors that make a community, Dr. Graham praised the Swannanoa Valley as a highly suitable place to live. He contrasted the peacefulness here with conditions in many places around the world that he has visited. He always experiences a lifting of his burdens and a spiritual rebirth when he enters the valley he said. Predictably Dr. Graham placed the answers to today’s turmoil and problems on spiritual values. Youth is rebelling against materialism without soul, he said. “I differ with many of my friends in that 1 feel that Bible reading and prayer must be put back into the schools. We cannot educate the body and neglect the spirit. Man is a trinity of mind, body and spirit and all must be cared for,” Dr. Graham continued. _ ReMi ninv again in his talk to the ‘'Swannanoa Valley, lie aam he knew of no other area so blessed with good churches. This is a religious mecca, he claimed. He concluded his talk with a plug in true Chamber of Commerce tradition. We are here, he said, because of God’s love, a love shown by giving his son for our sins. How can we refuse to give a little of ourselves to be better citizens of this wonderful community. Dr. Graham was introduced by Gordon Greenwood, chairman of the county commissioners and a director of the COC. Greenwood also presided as master of ceremonies of the gala event, the 10th annual Dinner meeting and Ladies night. New officers and directors were installed. The full list of them appeared in last week’s Black Mountain News. Outgoing President George Pickering presented a bronze scroll on a walnut plaque to Donald Livingston, executive secretary, in appreciation for his service since 1965. Pickering reviewed the chamber’s accomplishments in the past year. Then the new president, E. A. “Andy” Andrews Jr., gave a brief talk on future plans. Before Dr. Graham’s talk, he received an honor too, a handcrafted dulcimer made by Edsel Martin of Swannanoa, saying, “To Billy Graham, a prophet with honor in his own country.” Music was presented by the Warren Wilson College Choir, directed by Schuyler Robinson. Rotary Club Dr. Ozmer Henry presided at the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Travel Eze Restaurant. Dr. Paul Limbert and Rev. Webster Lytle continued the question and answer session on the working and accomplishments of the Racial Council meetings. Rev. Lytle gave a resume of the requests of the Negro students in the area. Dr. Limbert announced a meeting of the Good Neighbor Council would be held at City Hull Monday evening, December 1.