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Hometown Newspaper If You Live In ★ Black Mountain ★ Montreat __ DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY-THE llRSPAY. APRIL 13, 1972 VOLUME 27 NUMBER 27 GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY ★ Ridgecrest ★ Swannanoa SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 28711 10 cents per copy 8 PAGES THIS WEEK ransfers For Men Here Northwestern Promotes Several Local Peoole veral local employees of hwesem Bank were in ed m recent promotions and sfers announced by Edwin -an Jr., president of the ( and Paul Richardson, utiv'e vice president. The . has branches in Black ntain and Old Fort, ck Dobson has been sfered from vice president e Black Mountain branch to utive vice president in ge of the Spruce Pine ich rry Burnette has been sfered from Black Moun lo the Marion branch as itant cashier and manager the Installment Loan irtment. e Clapp has been promoted i cashier of the Old Fort ,ch to assistant vice ident in charge of the Black intain branch, replacing son. irry Camp is transfering i Marion to Old Fort as a agement trainee, addition, Carl R. Bartlett been employed as manager the Installment Loan artment of the Black intain branch. He was lerly branch manager of solidated Credit Cor tion in Asheville for eight s. tobson became affiliated the Northwestern Bank in !k Mountain in April 1968 as ailment loan manager, ras named assistant cashier ugust 1968 and promoted to president and branch ager in November 1969. »served as president of the I Kiwanis Club for the term 1972. He is a member of the anic Lodge and the First ist Church. A native of ganton, he graduated from 0 High School and attended ffer College, Misenheimer, Berea College, Berea, Ky. )bson is married to the ner Cathryn Mease of ion. They have two Iren, Jacque Lynn and Jon stopher. Dobson assumed duties in Spruce Pine on II His family will move to ice Pine in June. unette became affiliated The Northwestern Bank in Mountain as an in ment loan officer in 1969 was named assistant lier in 1971. Prior to his iation with the Bank, he was 1 Chrysler Financial Cor bon of Richmond, Va. lunette graduated from ion High School and at JACK DOBSON tended Gardner-Webb College. He served in the United States Army. He is a member of the Jaycees, a master mason of the AF-AM Lodge 663, and is a member of the West Court Street Baptist Church in Marion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Burnette of Route 4, Marion. Clapp became affiliated with The Northwestern Bank in Black Mountain in July 1966. He was named assistant cashier in November 1967 and was tran sferred to Old Fort as cashier in November 1969. A native of Swannanoa, Clapp s‘ auuaieu irom Lnaries LI. Owen High School and received an A. B. degree from the UNC at Chapel Hill. Clapp graduated from The Carolinas School of Banking in 1971. He is treasurer of the Bla i Mountain-Swannanoa Jayce s and is a deacon, chairman of the Finance Committee, and church treasurer of the Swannanoa Presbyterian Church. Clapp is the son of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Clapp of Swannanoa. He is married to the former Pattie Bird Talbot of Raphine, Va. The Clapps have two children, Alison Belle and Philip Talbot. Bartlett was chosen Young Man of the Year in Black Mountain-Swannanoa in 1972. He is past president of Asheville Lenders Exchange, past public relations chairman of the North Carolina Consumer Finance Association-District 8, and past president of Black Mountain-Swannanoa Jaycees. In 1971 he was appointed to a three-year term by the county commissioners to the Board of Directors of the Asheville Buncombe Human Relations Council. Also in 1971 he was appointed by the Black Mountain City Council to the Black Mountain Receation Commission. LEE CLAPP Bartlett is a member of the Eagles Fraternal Order, Black Mountain AF-AM Lodge 663, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Asheville Orient of North Carolina, and the Oasis Temple of Charlotte. Bartlett and his wife have two children, Toneia and Jennifer. Camp graduated from Old Fort High School and served in the United State Air Force. He became affiliated with The Northwestern Bank in Marion in February 1971. Camp is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. IJoyd Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Camp have one son, Lance. They attend the Moffit Hill Church of God. LARRYCAMP National Library Week Autographed Copies Displayed By Library National Library Week will be observed by the Black Mountain Library April 16-22 with an exhibit of part of its collection of autographed books. Miss Susan Hooker, during her years as librarian, 1923-1957, made this a special project,and as a result the library has a number of books personally autographed by the authors and many with a special message to the Black Mountain Library it self. You will see the signatures of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilsin, Helen Keller, Mary Pickford and many others. Plan to stop by the Library during National Library Week and 'see this interesting collection. JERRY BURNETTE CARL BARTLETT New Field Dedicated Saturday Parade, Ball Game To Dedicate New Facility By UVA MIRACLE A parade and ballgame Saturday will mark the completion of the first step by the Committee for Better Sports in Black Mountain. The first goal by the group to provide better recreation for the youth of the township was renovation of the field at the Primary School.This has become a reality, with lights, seats, a concession stand, dug outs, rest rooms, and a new backstop installed. The field has been graded and Saturday will see its dedication. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. The starting point is at the Asheville Federal Savings and Loan building. It will procede east on State Street to Ridgeway Avenue, then north to the ball field. The Owen High School Band will march in the parade and perform at the field afterward. Also in the parade will be representatives of the police and fire departments, Gordon H. Greenwood, chairman of the Buncombe County Commissioners, Fred H. Martin, superintendent of Buncombe County Schools, and Leonard Keever, principal of the Black Mountain Primary School. Recognition will begiven to persons responsible for renovating the ball field after the performance of the band. Dedication of the new field will begin at 1 p.m. with brief talks by the guest speakers. At 1:30 there will be a ball game between the Black Mountain Police and Fire Departments. Be there to give your favorites some support; they may need it physically as well as morally to get around the bases. It is planned to make this game a yearly affair. A trophy will be awarded the winner. If either group wins the trophy three years in a row it becomes theirs permanently. The game will be broadcast over radio station WBMS. U/oIrlnn virill nnrtrA nn »£ Bowles Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, will appear at Charles D. Owen High School on Friday, April 14. Music will be provided by Ar thur Smith and the Cracker Jacks. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p. m. Rotary Presents Awards To Outstanding Firemen For four years the Kotary Club of Black Mountain has been making a Fireman of the Year award. A plaque now hangs in City Hall on which the ui tli" men receiving these awards is inscribed. At the Rotary meeting on April 4 this plaque was presented to Frank Williams, one of the former award Shows Here April 28 Lost Generation Film “Lost Generation,” the lates release from World Wid< Pictures, will be shown 01 Friday, April 28, at Owen Higl School. Filmed in Eastmancoloi “Lost Generation’’utilize: documentary style to in vestigate attitudes on dissent violence, the mood of America and the answers that can b< found by this generation as thej face the decisions of life. According to the Blacl lack Mountain Included A<£P Converts Area Stores To Discount mory A. Simpson, vice president of the isrlotte Division of A&P Food Stores, last ■ snnonced that A&P Stores located in a' ^ fountain and the Asheville area will converted to A&P W.E.O. Stores, effective lesday, April 11. ‘flopson said A&P Stores in Asheville, Mountain,Brevard, Canton, Marshall, •ndersonville and Waynesville would close ,nday, April 10 to reduce prices store-wide. _ucery, household, non-foods, frozen Produce and meat prices will be cred to enable housewives to save more on fo°d and houseware budgets, he said. W.E.O. concept originated in one of the Pany s other divisions and proved to be r a success that this concept in pricing and ^ '^sPlay of products was being extended caghout the company in selective areas, ™ Simpson. usih *??ar'0^e Division’s first experiment Jr ■ E- 0. concept was conduced in Pem m 13 stores located in the Winston L, "arket area. According to Simpson, £ts have been fantastic. : uppers traveled from far reaching areas L,'m tl'e lowest all over prices available Ifc' k i Sa'^' ComPany oris claim “We have ivlvi for you anc* we can’t find a store . lere with lower over-all prices.” CT displays built from thr floor up L * . customers visiting the Black L, ain A&P W.E.O.Store this past tlJ ■’ Store hours have been extended PUe a °Ut 15 stores located in the Ash urea-1° most stores, opening hours are at 8:30 in the morning and end at 10 p. m. “'The goal of A&P is to enable the consumer to buy more good food for her food dollar. This we have accomplished in changing our stores in the Asheville trading area to operate thunder the W.E.O. concept,” Simpson said. As you shop A&P W.E.O. stores look for the green and black price tags on shelving throughout the store. Look for the green and black food ads appearing on a regular basis in your local newspaper,” continued Simpson. A&P’s Police of guaranteeing the customers every purchase has not been changed. Simpson comments that if for any reason the customer is dis-satisfied with any purchaser full refund of purchase price or replacement of product will be made on her next visit to the store. There is absolutely no compromise in quality in order to bring lower over-all prices, he pointed out. Simpso’s career with A&P dates back to 1930 when, as a young man, he came from Alabama to Asheville to be emplyed as a clerk. This career has been one of progressive food merchandising. He was promoted to manager supervisor, superintendent and Assistant to the vice president in the Charlotte Division. Later he was promoted to Vice President of the Alabama Unit. He served in that capacity for several years. A year ago Simpson ac cepted promotion to vice president in charge of the larger Carolina Division with headquarters in Charlotte. The Black Mountain A&P Food Store is located at 106 Montreat Road. Hie manager is Nallie Jones. t Mountain P. T. A. sponsors, : opinions of both young and old, i urban and rural, rich and poor, 1 are brought to the screen. Location shots were filmed in • Alaska, the Southern states, on ; the farms and in the small towns of mid-America, and in the dying Haight-Asbury hippie district of San Francisco. i The feature-length film in cludes special appearances by Billy Graham, Art Linkletter, and Jack Webb. “Lost Generation,” will be shown once at 7:30 p. m., with an admission charge of Adults $1; Children-Students 50 cents. The public is cordially invited. Swannanoa Man Gets Degree In Forestry William Allen Powlas, son of James M. Powlas, Swannanoa, was among the 13 forestry students to receive a degree in Applied Science in Forest Management Technology at Haywood Technical Institute’s recent graduation exercises at Clyde. He has accepted employment with the United States Forest Service in Pineville, La. Junior Order Names Locals District VIPs The First District Junior Order United American Mechanics met with Biltmore Council No. 324 on Monay, April 10 for their spring district meeting. District officers were elected for the year with the following from Black Mountain selected: District Councilor, Clyde Watkins; District Vice Councilor, Harold Hyatt; District Secretary, John Pellom; Chaplain, Glenn Morgan; Inside Sentianal, Howard Gorham; and Ernest Reed, outside Sentiel. recipients, by Woodrow Patton, chairman of the Community Service Committee. At the same time Chaplain Baine Lave again presented jto Ri b','. .!'■ :.t on ,, trophy designating him as the current Fireman of the Year. This award was made originally at the annual Fireman’s Banquet in January, but at that time the trophy was not available. At the same meeting two young men were introduced as this Club’s candidates for Rotary scholarships. Both are from Warren Wilson College: Ray Johnston, a senior majoring in Spanish; and John Barth, an instructor in Economics. Both hope to do graduate study at the University of Madrid. Received into the Club as the newest Roatrian was R. Paul Kerscher, Director of Development at Montreat Anderson College. A recent speaker to Black Mountain Rotarians was Malcolm Churchill, Foregin Service Officer of the State Department and a son of Prof. Irving Churchill, of Warren Wilson College. He has just completed a four year assignment on the In donesia “desk” in Washington, having previously served from 1964 to 1968 at the American Embassy in Djakarta. He explained what a “desk officer” does in Washington. There are about 12 desks in the East Asia Bureau of the State Department and each has several specialists. These men serve as a liaison between the overseas em bassies and Washington. One of Malcolm Churchill’s assignments was how to dispose of a large rubber stock pile in Indonesia without har ming seriously the economy of that country or lowering the price of rubber in the world market. Indonesia is a tropical country with 120 million inhabitants, a chain of islands as wide as the United States. Mr. Churchill was there at the time of th deposing of Sukarno with its bloody aftermath. He described the chain of events that led to this revolution , in cluding a fantastic inflation that rouse to 1500 percent. Under the new leadership of Suharto, Indonesia has made an almost miraculous turn-around economically and politically. ( Servicemen / THOMAS N. DUNTON Navy Petty Officer Third Class Thomas N. Dunton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert C. Dunton of Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, was promoted to his present rank and completed the Electronics Technician segment of nuclear power training at Great Lakes. He will be assigned to a short training period aboard ship and then to Basic Nuclear Power School at Bainbridge, Md. PAUL McMAHAN Navy Airman Paul M. Mc Mahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat M. McMahan of Route 1, Black Mountain, has reported for duty aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS En terprise in port at Alameda, Calif. Boys 1 3 To 18 Who Want To Play Baseball The Black Mountain Com mittee for Better Sports asks that all boys 13 to 18 years of age who are interested in playing baseball this year meet at the Black Mountain Athletic Field at the Primary School on Thursday, April 13, at 4:30 p. m. to plan organization of teams. Dim lytlcj Marine Pfc. Birt T. Lytle, son of Mrs. Alberta Lytle of Old Fort, has reported for duty with First Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Okinawa. RONNIE BROWN Navy Seaman Ronnie D. Brown, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Charles L. Brown of Old Fort, is in the Caribbean aboard the amphibious attack cargo ship USS Charleston, supporting U. S. Marines involved in am phibious assault training exercises. He and his shipments will visit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands prior to returning to homeport at Norfolk, Va. Board Of Aldermen Meeting Town OKs Consolidated Water District Move History of a sort was made Wednesday night when Black Moutain Mayor Richard Stone cast the first tie-breaking vote of his 16 years in office. He voted with the ayes to pass a resolution approving the creation of the Asheville Buncombe County (ABC) Consolidated Water District. With Alderman William Hickey absent, the tie was created when ^ im Sobol and Fank Watkins voted for the issue and Jim Buckner and Margaret Slagle voted against it. Appearing before the board to explain the water problems and solutions of the county were Gordon Greenwood and William Styles. Greenwood is chairman of the county commissioners and Styles is county attorney. Greenwood said there had been a misunderstanding about the ABC ConsolidatedWater District. Black Mountain was not being asked to join it, only to approve its creation. Ibis would prevent legal problems later, Greenwood claimed. He said Montreat was also being asked to approve “Your water system would remain the same. In the future you could elect to come into the new district. After all, you are already members of the Swannanoa district, the largest in the county,” said Greenwood. “This is no threat to your in dependence.” “The county’s biggest hold-up on progress is a lack of water and sewage facilities. Every three or four weeks we miss out on a new industry because of this,” Greenwood claimed. Greenwood said Asheville authorities intend to turn water Ambulance And Fire Reports The Black Mountain Am bulance Service answered nine calls last week, five emergencies, two routines and two where services were not needed. April 3, 10:21 a.m., Black Mountain to St. Joseph, emergency; 12:47 p.m., U. S. 70 West to St. Joseph, emergency; 3:04, Black Mountain to Memorial Mission, auto ac cident, emergency. April 4, 11:53 a.m., Black Mountain to Mission, routine. April 5, 12:14 p.m., Black Mountain to Mission, emergency. April 7, 9:35 p. m. Montreat, Transfers Of Real Estate H. L. Heidt to Lewis H. Robinson, land in Grovemont. C. B. Harrell to C. L. Bames, land in Broad River Township. Planned Properties to J. D. Davis, land in Black Mountain. Carver and Ricker to E. J. Hadley, land on Cragmont Road. J. W. Moore to B. J. Slagle, land in Black Mountain. Edith M. N. Burgin to R. D. Cappella, land on Montreat Road. auto accident, not needed. April 8, 12:45 a.m., Old Fort Mountain, auto accident, not needed; 2:12a.m. Swannanoa to Memorial Mission, emergency. April 9, 6:11 a.m., Black Mountain to Memorial Mission, routine. The Fire Department an swered four alarms. April 5, 4:15 p.m., brush fire, Camp Branch Road. April 6, 1:20 p.m., brush fire, Mountain view Avenue. April 7, 8:30 a. m., auto, Montreat Assembly. April 7, 9:49 p. m., U.S. 70 West, broken gas line, truck was called to stand by; car pulled the meter from the wall. Police Report For Last Week Black Mountain Police conducted 11 investigations, issued two citations for im proper muffler, arrested one for parole violation and escorted two funerals last week. There were two automobile accidents. One involving a motorcycle and a car on Vance Avenue resuited in $75 damages. Another two car accident on a private parking lot caused $175 damages. LEFT PHOTO. FRANK WILLIAMS receives Rotary plaque from Woody Patton. The plaque lists all recipients of the Fireman Of The Year Award presented annually since 1968 when Williams became its first winner. Others have been Charles Arnett in 1969 and Marion Godfrey in 1970. RIGHT PHOTO. Robert Wheelon, Fireman Of The Year for 1971, accepts his award from Patton. Awards were announced earlier but delivered to the winners only last week when they arrived from the supplier. For more details see Rotary story in this issue. lines in the valley over to the county if the consolidated water district fails to come about. This would cost the county $200,000 a year, he said. “I beleive the consolidated water district is the county’s best hope for orderly growth and progress,” Greenwood concluded. Styles told the board of aldermen the reasons it would be best for Black Mountain to give its approval. The split vote indicated that the board may feel the consolidated district needs the town more than the town needs the district, as Alderman Slagle expressed it. In other business, at the request of Recreation Director David Ivey, the aldermen declared the month of May to be designated, “Support Recreation Month.” Ivey and Dick Hudson, chairman of the town’s Recreation .r, Commission, presented several names to the aldermen as prospective members of the commission. Action was tabled until later. Upon the recommendation of the Recreation Commission, the board increased rates for non resident members of the golf club, daily green fees and use of the swimming pool. i lie new rates are $uu a year, $5 a day and 50 cents for swimming. Twilight green fees were set at half the daily fee. Funding of recreation ex penses in May and June, prior to new budget time on July 1, was discussed. Pool expenses begin late in May. In other action, the board approved purchase of a larger backhoe. It voted to retain the present tax rate. It expressed congratulations to local police for stopping a serious crime attempt recently. The board certified for in surance purposes a list of volunteer firemen. Passed into law on its third reading was a request for an nexation of property across North Fork Road from the golf course. Developers plan a motel-lodge there. The privilege license or dinance passed its second reading. Next year’s budget passed its first reading, with amendments recommended by R. T. Greene. The board approved proposals from the State Highway Commission on use of Powell Bill Funds for streets. A letter from Culver Smith was read asking for roadwork on Allen Mountain Drive. A mini-park at the Carver School was approved after Mrs. Elizabeth Harper said that local studies indicated ap proximately 265 children would use it. The board approved a request from the Planning Board to rezone an R-20 area to C-2 (residential to commercial) near the railroad across High way 70 from the Coach House.