DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY—THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Hometown Newspaper If You Live In ★ Black Mountain ★ Montreat ★ Ridgecrest ★ Swannanoa ■sday, October 3. 1974, Volume 29. Number 52 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. 28711 15 CENTS 'ecreation Complex Plans On Display At City Hall sets of plans for a gtional Complex have presented to the Town [for their consideration. Recreation Committee esented one set, and Joe ns City Projects nator the second, ease in classification Recreation Committees J hereafter be referred plan No. 1 and Williams, Vo. 2. You are asked to |in mind that all price are rough ap rons. Not included | be deductions for free discounts and .ons. n i calls for renovation of Resent golf house to be t to act as a center for a lete recreational com . i include locker rooms, I courts and a swimming i top of present building ! remodeled with gable (facing all four sides and Poors out to the top of the r rooms for a 21 ft. x 40 ft. sir patio. The top floor to be used for dances, club assemblies, catered parties, town council meetings, etc. Main floor to be used for Pro Shop, beverage room, small assembly room, hot sandwich snack bar, entry to top floor and basement, possible golf b®8 storage. Locker room facilities to serve golfers, tennis players and swimmers will be included in the $75,000 approximate cost. Tennis Courts costs are broken down as follows. Tennis courts $9^500 Fence M16 Water hookup 125 Grading 750 Total $27,791 An “L” shaped pool 75’ long and 35’ wide is included in the plans. It will have a 35’ square diving area and will cost approximately $45,000. In cluded in this cost is an eight foot wide concrete apron as required by . state regulations. A one meter and three meter diving board are also included in the price. Plan 2, as presented by Mr. Williams, proposes the remodeling of the present site at Tomahawk Lake. He also suggested phases of con struction as follows: Phase 1. Fill existing playground and kiddie pool for parking and install culverts. Fill upper end of lake for parking and recreation ex pansion. Lower spillway. Remodel lower level of clubhouse. Projected cost $30,000 Phase 2. Remodel existing pool (32x82) to either a straight 50 x 100 or L-shaped 50x100 with 32x16 L offset-install 20x16 kiddie wading pool and bath house Projected cost $3,ention Week. Curding to a report issued year by the National mission on Fire ention and Control, it is difference and ignorance e public that keeps some burning at an alarming ^ commission suggests their families make a • I'.ii.st of ways to eliminate “azards from the home, luct a “rehearsal” of steps e taken in the event of fire ‘fi-stall fire extinguishers, lpe ladders and early fire detectors that sound an alarm when ac tivated by excessive heat or smoke. “Statistics show that 80 per cent of home fires that injure or kill occur between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. when people are asleep,” notes Rick Goings, of the Fire Equipment Manufacturers Assn, and president of Dynamics, headquartered here, distributor of home fire detectors. “The majority of victims die from inhaling poisonous fumes before the flames ever reach them.” There are many cases on record notes the National Commision on Fire Prevent and Control, where lives would have been saved if the victims were awakened to the presence of fire in its early stages. To keeep your home safe from fire, Goings suggested these guidelines: . . . Never leave small children unattended at home. Make sure matches, lighters, flames and spark sources are out of their reach. . . . Never smoke in bed. Throughly extinguish all cigarette butts, cigar and pipe ashes before disposing of them in a garabage container. ... Have all furnaces, water heaters, stoves, ovens and smokepipes inspected an nually. Learn how to take proper care of these systems throughout the year. . . Never leave com bustible materials near a flame source. For example, paint cans should never be stored near a basement fur nance. . . . Keep all flammable materials in tightly closed safety cans, out of the reach of children and pets. . . . Inspect all exposed wiring, extention cords and appliances often. Never run wires under a rug or around a hook. Replace frayed or damaged wiring immediately. . . . Install early-warning fire detectors and fire escapes or escape ladders as needed. Discuss with the family members the correct procedures to follow if fire strikes. Knoweledge of what to do can help avoid panic that claims lives unnecessarily. Goings suggested discussing these points at a . family meeting: ... Never open a door if it feels hot or if smoke is seeping in around the edges. A closed door will help keep the fire and poisonous smoke contained. . . . Never run through a smoke-filled area to escape. Crawl low on the floor, and if possible, hold a damp cloth over your mouth and nose. ... If trapped in a room, open slightly a window fur thestet from the door and put your face to the opening breathe. ... Draw a fire escape floor plan for the entire house and locate the best window in each room to serve as an emergency exit. You Are Invite a To Open House Sunday, October 6 2-4 p.m. Black Mountain Fire Department Free Ride On Fire Truck Children Must Be Accompanied By Parents Or Responsible Adult. FIRE CHIEF MAC KIRKPATRICK AND FIREMAN GARY BARTLETT \ r*-. ASST. CHIEF STERLING POE AND CAPTAIN RONNIE BARTLETT 1J-J4 ' m- *" /* October 7 Last Day To Register For Nov. 5, General Election I Registration Requirements: 1. You must be 18 years of age on election day, November 5, 1974. 2. You must have been a resident of North Carolina for thirty days prior to election day, November 5, 1974. 3. All registration is conducted in the Board of Elections office, Room 301, Buncombe County Court House. You must personally go to the Board of Elections Office to register; however, if this is an IMPOSSIBILITY contact the registrar of your precinct: -or call the Board of Elections, 255-5492. Where and When to Register: You may register at the Board of Elections office through October 7. Time Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, October 7 8:30 a.m. to_8 g.m Legal Voting Requirements: 1. Your polling place is determined by your precinct boundary (set by the Board of Elections). 2. If you have continued to reside within the same precinct and voted at the same polling place, you do not have to re-register. 3. If you have moved from one precinct to another, your polling place changes. A period of thirty days is legally allowed the voter to re-register after a move. You may not vote at your old polling place after thirty days. Voting Procedure at the Polls: 1. You will be presented a confirmation of address form. 2. This form is optional. 3. If you are not known at the polls, you will be asked for “reasonable” identification. Absentee Voting: IF YOU EXPECT TO BE ABSENT FROM BUNCOMBE COUNTY ON THE DAY OF ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 1974 - and would like to vote by absentee ballot, you must: 1. Request an application for absentee ballot in person, by an immediate relative, or through the mail. The law limits the acceptance of these requests to 45 days prior to the election making September 5th the first day and October 30th (6 p.m.) the last day to apply. 2. If you are making your request by mail, give your reason for needing an absentee ballot, your full name, your precinct and the address to which the application is to be mailed. Address your request to: Buncombe County Board of Elections, Box 7627, Asheville, N. C., 28807. 3. Before ballots can be issued, your application must be completed and returned to the Board of Elections. If the Board approves your application, you will be sent ballots which must be delivered back to the Board of Elections by you personally or through the mail by 6 p.m. on November 4,1974. Mr. J. Lawrence Smith, Chairman Buncombe County Board of Elections Box 7627 SAMPLE LETTER Asheville, N. C. 28807 Dear Sir: I am a registered voter in Precinct-. (Due to illness) or (Due to absence from the County) I will be unable to go to the polling place to vote in person on November 5,1974. Will you please send me an application for absentee ballots? Very truly yours, -(NAME) (ADDRESS) M-A C Freshman Southern Regional "Boy Of Year" Ronald B. Wilkins, of Charlotte, who was southern regional “Boy of the Year” in the competition of the Boys Clubs of America, has enrolled at Montreat - An derson College as a freshman. He was the recipient of a $500 Owen Students Receive NEADI The Guidance Department of The Charles D. Owen High School is pleased to announce the awarding of 13 National Certificates for outstanding performance on “The National Educational Development Tests” for 1973 74. This test is administered nationally to hundreds of thousands of ninth- and tenth - grade students. This cer tificate recognizes scholastic excellence and hopes to promote greater interest in scholastic endeavors. The national certificate is awarded for performance at the 90th percentile or better as measured by national norms The Charles D. Owen students receiving this award are: Karen L. Bartlett, Robby E Brown, Leslie C. Davis Dennis K. Edwards, Lisa R Hudgins, Linda G. MacLaren Joann T. Matone, Anita K McCracken, Carol L. Morris Donna L. Pate, Becky J Petree, Brenda G. Robinson and Frank Thielman. scholarship as a result of the victory. In the national competition, which was held in Washington in April, Wilkins was runner up. The competition was the culmination of a series of local, state and regional contests, which attracted more than a million entries from all fifty states. Young Wilkins began his series of competitions when he entered a statewide speech contest at Wake Forest when he was in the eighth grade. Later he entered American Legion oratory contest, speaking on the subject of the late Rev. Martin Luther King. He has written short plays, and has acted in several, as a part of his participation in the Wake Forest Speech Festival. During his senior year he competed in the Wake Forest speech contest in five separate categories. He took first honors in three, second honors in two, and helped bring home the top score for Parkland High School. He was listed in Who’s Who Among American High Schools, in his junior and senior years. Wilkins has made his commitment to become a preacher, probably Baptist. “Ever since I became a Christian, many years ago, I have known that the Lord wanted me to preach,” he says. “What I need to do now is learn all the Bible 1 can, and be the best preacher I can be. It will mean Montreat - An derson, with its fine Bible department, plus a good senior college, ana then a seminary. I guess I’ll have to leam Greek and even Hebrew before I’m through. But I am open to the Lord’s will, and I believe He wants me here at Montreat - Anderson. I felt it was right for me last year, when Miss Bartlett came to my high school. Then when I visited the campus, and saw how warm and helpful everybody was, I made ap plication. Scholarships and grants just rolled in, making it possible.” Last summer, he held a publicity job with the Winston - Salem Youth Employment Program in its Rent-a-Kid project. He is working toward associate degree in nati science. ,