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sday. March 7, 1974, Volume 29 Number 22
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CHRISTY AND CINDY DUNLAP
vannanoa Ragtime
acuity Follies
ery year down the road
s the somewhat foolishly
led faculty of Swannanoa
il rallies together to put
hat they call a “Faculty
" It is a one and one half
musical excursion
igh all sorts of ridiculous
vior unbecoming to
-e adults, but it has one
al purpose — to raise
iy. In the past two years
they have been em
ssing themselves in a
c display of this fashion,
auditorium has been
ieo to the ratters, and
[year promises to follow
It seems everybody loves
I.
ey are back again this
with an all new show — a
tribute to the 1910’s, 20’s, 30’s
and 40’s called “The Swan
nanoa Ragtime Faculty
Follies”. It is to be presented
Friday and Saturday, March 8
and 9 at 7:30 in the Swannanoa
School Auditorium. Tickets
are (1 and may either be
purchased in advance from
students or at the door. Among
almost forty fun loving
principals, teachers,
custodians, librarians and
cafeteria personnel will be a
special guest star appearance
by the now retired principal
Big Bad Kaipn Smith, a fool’s
fool.
The public is cordially in
vited to come, ready to laugh
themselves to tears and join in
the fun.
nrents To Consider
MCA Day Camp
i Monday evening, March
at 7:30 p. m. a public
ling will be held at the
k Mountain Library to
ider the organizing of a
'A day camp next sum
in this area. Hebry Burts
Asheville and other
ibers of his staff will show
ires of a YMCA day camp
leration and will answer
lions about program,
nization and costs,
nts of children six to
ve years of age are
icularly urged to attend,
amount of interest and
ort for this project will
nuine to a large extent
Iher to go ahead with the
osal to establish a branch
-A in the Swannanoa
e> Dr. Larry Wilson of
treat vil] also give the
highlights of a survey of at
titudes and facilities recently
completed.
Typically, a YMCA day
camp is organized in two-week
units, five days each week,
with a program from 9 a. m. to
3:30 p. m. Each camper brings
his lunch. There is a series of
recreational activities led by
experienced counselors.
Swimming is always included.
Each unit of the camp ends
with a Parents’ Night.
Children can enroll for more
than one two-week period. The
location for such a camp is
still to be decided, but several
possible sites are under
consideration.
Remember, this is a public
meeting and all parents and
other interested persons are
invited.
ristian Science To Present
cture ’MoreThan A SuperStar"
Jivine healing is the effect
le Christ in Action”. The
ivating force called the
cal Student
Attend
evard College
ary Elizabeth Butler has
1 accepted for admission
fevard College, Brevard,
1 Carolina, in the fall of
Miss Butler will
auate from Owen High
this year and is the
fter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
utler of Black Mountain,
t*1 Carolina.
r'vard College is owned
aperated by the Western
1 ( arolina Conference of
United Methodist Church.
Emitted to Christian
tePts, Brevard College is
‘cated to a way of life that
_ within the student a
ater desire to become a
,t; < esponsible and creative
,naer of society.
Christ which lay behind Jesus’
mighty works is still here
governing each of us. This is
why Jesus himself said,
‘Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do
also.”
The above is part of the text
from a Christian Science
Lecture entitled “MORE
THAN A SUPERSTAR” to be
given by George Louis
Aghamalian, C. S. B., of New
Yofk City, a member of the
Board of Lectureship of the
First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Boston, Mass., on
Sunday afternoon, March 17th
at 3 o'clock.
This lecture is to be held in
First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 64 N. French Broad
Ave., Asheville and the public
is most cordially invited.
By UVA MIRACLE
This is a story I feel must be
told. A story of love, devotion,
joy, tragedy, courage and
friendship. It is a story told
especially for two little girls
who are too young to
remember any of the events
but perhaps this will make the
telling a little easier, for their
Mommie, in the future and
perhaps let them understand.
So Christy and Cindy Dunlap
this story is for you.
Even though this is a true
story, every little girl loves a
story that begins “Once Upon
A Time" so let’s do it this way.
Once upon a time there was
a young couple named Gail
and Robert Dunlap, who loved
each other very much. They
both worked hard at jobs they
enjoyed and made a lovely
home for themselves. But
after several years of
marriage they still had one
dream unfulfilled, no little
child had been bom to them to
I fill their arms and they so
’ wanted one. Doctors had told
them they would probably
never have a child. Then
wonder of wonders a miracle
happened and they learned
they were going to have a
baby of their own - not one but
two - twins and these were you
Christy and Cindy.
When you were bom on
January 29, 1972 your Mom
mie was proud but your Daddy
— you would have thought no
one else had ever had any
little girls. In fact no two little
girls were ever more loved
and welcomed. He made
himself and your Mommie
insurance poor to provide for
your futures.
Then early in January of
this year your Daddy left for
work as a switchman for
Southern Railroad. No one
knows exactly what happened,
whether a wrong signal was
given or misinterpreted or
whatever but your Daddy was
crushed between two railroad
cars and hurt very badly.
He was rushed to Memorial
Mission Hospital but even
enroute there his thoughts
were of your Mother and your
welfare.
Now little girls this is where
the goodness of others enters
the picture. On Sunday
morning January 12 when the
people of the Ridgecrest
Baptist Church, which your
Grandmother Martha
Coomers attends, heard of the
accident and your daddy’s
need for blood, for trans
fusions, they responded
immediately. The men with
whom your Daddy worked
stood by to do everything
they could. Friends of your
Granddaddy and Grand
mother Dunlap also did all
they could. In fact you and
your entire family were en
veloped in love and help in
every way. The doctors and
nurses did all they could but
this was not enough and three
weeks later, we feel God gave
him those three weeks to
make sure everything was all
right between him and God,
your daddy died.
You’re too little now to say
Thank You so I'll say it for you
and the rest of your family to
all these wonderful people.
Cindy your daddy got to see
you walk and Christy one of
the last things he smiled about
was when your Grandmother
Dunlap told him you had
started to walk.
This is the story but not
through ending — only the
beginning for we’re sure you’ll
grow up to be the little ladies
your daddy knew you’d be.
Great
Decisions
Cuba and Panama will be
the topic when discussion
groups of the Great Decisions
program meet this week,
Thurs. March 7. leaders will
be Mrs. Florence Bulmer and
Kenn Hoover, both of whom
have visited these areas. The
meetings will be held in the
Library at 7:30.
Masons
Masons will meet Friday Master Masons are invited to
March 8th to confer the attend
Second Degree at 7:30. All
EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM, right, paused during a meeting with two
recipients of the camping movement’s highest awards. Frank M. “Scotty”
Washburn, executive director of the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black
Mountain, left, received the American Camping Association’s Distinguished
Service Award at its 197* national convention in Atlanta. Ernest F. Schmidt,
executive director of tne American Camping Association from Martinsville,
Ind., received tiie Christian Camping International Association’s In
ternational Camper of the Year Award.
House - Senate Seat
Hudgins' File For Primary
One Republican - One Democrat
Velma and Ernest (Mr. and
Mrs.) Hudgins of Black
Mountain have filed as can
didates in the up-coming
primary election.
Velma has filed as a
Republican candidate in the
state senate race. Hudgins has
filed as a Democratic can
didate for the state House
seat.
“A House Divided?” No, the
Hudgins assure. "I feel it is
time the people had a
representative in Raleigh who
would represent all the voters,
all the time, not just a few and
not just at election time,”
Hudgins stated.
Mrs. Hudgins said, “I feel
the people in the area need a
choice and without a strong
two party system the people
are never properly
represented.”
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hudgins
have been registered voters in
North Carolina for over 20
years. He is president of
VELMA & ERNEST HUDGINS
Confidential and Professional
Services Inc., a general
service corp. and she serves
as secretary-treasurer of the
business. Hudgins is a retired
employe of the U. S. Civil
Service.
The Hudgins feel if they can
recant a successful marriage
of 27 years, it should prove
Republicans and Democrats
can work successfully
together for the good of the
people of the State.
Two Killed In Car - Train
Collision At Lytle Cove Road
Two members of a Hickory
family of four were killed
Monday night near Swan
nanoa when a westbound
Southern Railway freight
train apparently struck the
side of their car.
The State Highway Patrol
said the other two family
members were admitted to
Memorial Mission Hospital,
one in critical condition.
Prounounced dead on
arrival at Memorial Mission
was Mrs. Rebecca Carswell
Flynn, 25, and her three
month-old son Johnny Thomas
Flynn.
Trooper J. R. Grayson said
they were passengers in the
car when it attempted to cross
the Southern grade crossing
on Lytle Cove Road about one
mile east of Swannanoa.
The driver of the vehicle,
George C. Flynn, 31, was
listed in satisfactory condition
at Memorial Mission. Jerry
I^e Flynn, 15 months old, was
described as being in critical
condition.
According to Grayson,
Flynn was driving south on
Lytle Cove Road when the
train struck the station wagon
in the driver’s door. The
crumpled vehicle was pushed
almost 500 feet before the
train was stopped, Grayson
said.
Members of the Buncombe
County Rescue Squad, Black
Mountain Volunteer Fire
Department and other persons
at the scene worked more than
an hour before the wreckage
was removed from the lead
engine of the freight.
There was no apparent
damage done to the train.
The Lytle Cove crossing has
no warning lights but yellow
railroad crossing signs were
posted at the track. The
crossing is near a section of U.
S. 70 which runs parallel to the
tracks from Swannanoa to
Black Mountain making all
railraod traffic visible from
the highway.
Grayson said no charges
have been filed pending a
further investigation of the
accident.
Wilson Is Named To
Omaha Council
Clarence J. Wilson of Black
Mountain, has been named a
member of the Chairman’s
Council of Mutual of Omaha
and United of Omaha for 1973.
Membership in the Chair
man’s Council is limited to a
select few of the more than
9,000 Companies’ represen
tatives who qualified for the
meetings in Geneva, Swit
zerland commemorating the
fifth anniversary of the
founding of the Chairmen's
Council, the most exclusive
Companies’ honor club for
sales representatives.
Wilson is associated with the
Kenneth A. Chase Division
Office, general agency for
Mutual of Omaha and United
of Omaha in Asheville.
SS Story Hour
Port Of Call Guatemala
The S. S. Story Hour will be
in port in Guatemala (the
Education Room of the Black
Mountain Library) from 2-4
p.m. on this coming Saturday,
March 9th. The tour of this
country will be lead by a
special guest, Mrs. Ruth
Juergensen.
Mrs. Juergensen is a native
of Guatemala. She now
resides with her husband,
Hans, at Pisgah View Ranch
west of Asheville. She teaches
the first grade at St. Eugene’s
School in north Asheville. She
has two sons: the older one is a
geo-physicist working for a
Canadian - American mining
company in Panama which is
producing copper, silver and
gold. The younger son has just
completed his pre-med studies
at Chapel Hill and is working
in lung research before en
tering medical school. Both
Spanish and German are
M-A Students
Get Spring
Vacation
Montreat - Anderson
College’s 378 students left
campus after class Friday for
Spring Break. They will get an
extra day of holidays, due to
the gasoline shortage. They
will resume classes on
Tuesday, March 12, so they
can avoid Sunday travel,
according to Dean John N.
Akers.
While students are at home,
their parents will receive mid
semester grades, according to
Registrar Lenore Saunders.
“Students will know whether
they are headed for the Dean’s
List, for Academic Probation,
or somewhere in between” she
said. “Although mid-semester
grades are not recorded of
ficially on the student’s credit
record, they do give him a
progress report, and are
helpful in telling him where he
should concentrate efforts for
the remainder of the term,”
she said.
Hile Joins
Asheville
Engineer Firm
John R. Hile, P. E. has
joined the Asheville firm of
Register and Cummings
Engineers, Inc. as project
engineer for mechanical
systems, it was recently
announced by Robert E.
Turner, P. E., vice-president
of the firm.
Hile, a registered
professional engineer,
received his Bachelor of
Science in Mechanical
Engineering from Johns
Hopkins University. He is a
member of the American
Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Con
ditioning Engineers and a past
president of the Baltimore
Section of the Instrument
Society of America.
Hile, a native of Farrell,
Penn., resides in Black
Mountain with his wife and
four children.
Power Bill
Increases
The March electricity bill
for the average residential
customer of Carolina Power &
Light Co. will go up $1.03, a
spokesman for the utility said
Friday.
The increase is due to in
creased fuel costs, which
CP&L and other utilities in the
state are now allowed to pass
on to consumers.
The March hike for CP&L is
81 cents more than the
February fuel adjustment
increase.
An average residential bill
for a CP&L customer would be
$20.74 in March, the company
spokesman said.
native tongues for Mrs.
Juergensen; she also is fluent
in English and French. She
visited Guatemala as recently
as last summer. She has also
visited Colombia, Brazil,
Venezuela, Panama, San
Salvador, Honduras and
Mexico. She will bring slides,
records, pictures, silverwork
and lacework and other native
articles with her for use
during her presentation. She is
most willing to answer
questions from the youngsters
about her native country at
the conclusion of her talk.
Miss Aery is once again
enjoying good health and will
help us with another delightful
Spanish lesson at the very
beginning of our program. A
brief color film, Natives of
Guatemala, will follow. This
film shows how the
geographical environment of
the country influences the
living habits of the
Guatemalans in various
sections of their country. If
time permits, work will
continue on the mural of life in
South and Central America
that was begun last month.
The story “The Legend of
Tajahuakis” will be read to
the entire group. Books on
Guatemala and other Central
American countries will be
displayed, briefly reviewed
and available for check-out.
Each family represented will
receive a copy of the
Organization of American
State’s publication entitled
Guatemala to take home and
keep.
The name tags will have
part of the refreshments at
tached to them; this is to be
enjoyed at the conclusion of
the program along with a
confection made with bananas
— a principal export of
Guatemala.
Registration for new
comers and attendance stars
for those who have already
attended the series will be
handled in the lobby outside
the Education Room from
1:30-2 p.m. All youngsters
ages 5-12 who live in or are
visitors to the Swannanoa
Valley are welcome to attend
this entertaining and
educational program. It and
all other Story Hour programs
are free and under the
auspices of the Friends of the
Library.
Don’t forget your library
card so that you may check
out books and-or other library
materials at the conclusion of
the program. If you do not
already have a card, please
obtain one ahead of time from
Mrs. Nanney or Mrs. McGraw
at the check-out desk during
regular library hours. A
parent or guardian’s
signautre is required on the
application form of
youngsters under thirteen.
I//. I
ANOTHER BLACK MOUNTAIN LANDMARK was
destroyed last week, the old Aycock Homestead at
308 Vance Ave. The house was burned and used as
training in fire fighting by the Black Mountain and
Swannanoa Fire Depts. Twenty six men from the
Departments participated. The old house had been
condemned as unsafe and unfit for human
habitation. The picture on the left shows the house
before and the one on the right as it is consumed by
flames. Pictures by Marion Godfrey. The Victory
Baptist Church plans to build on this site.
Local Service
Stations Announce
Schedules
In order to give better service to their cu^at. jrs
and alleviate long lines and waiting for gasoline
most of the service stations in Black Mountain have
adopted the following schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - morn
ing hours will start pumping gas at 8 a.m.; af
ternoon hours start at 4:30 p.m. until day’s allotment
is depleted. Stations will be closed all day Wed
nesday and Sunday. They will be open a half day on
Saturday - 8 a.m. til 12 noon.
Services will be offered during the rest of the day
such as oil checks and changes, lubrication jobs,
mechanical repairs etc.
Station operators ask their customers to please
conform to this schedule to aid them in preforming
better services and to conserve time, energy and
tempers for everyone.