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DEVOTED 100% TO OUR COMMUNITY—THE GROWING SWANNANOA VALLEY Hometown Newspaper If You Live In V Black Mountain ★ Montreat ★ Ridgecr^t ★ Swannanoa ,1,-sdav. February 6. 1975. Volume :$», Number 18 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. 2871 1 15 CENTS [)LICE CAR TOTALED IN ACCIDENT — Black Mountain Police Officer unnie Solesbee received only minor injuries in a one car accident early onday morning which totaled the Chevrolet police car. Solesbee, enroute to iswer an emergency call at 6:40 a.m. was headed West through town when he t a patch of ice at the corner of Church and State Street, causing him to lose introl of the car which struck a power pole. Investigating officers stated it as miraculous that Solesbee did not receive very serious injuries as the itire front end of the car was caved in. His head broke the windshield and the eering column on the inside was bent almost double. Solesbee required eight itches for facial lacerations and received massive bruises. He was treated id released at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was reported in a satisfactory indition, at home, Tuesday morning. Black Mountain Police Officer James isenian. assisted by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Dept, investigated the :cident. Bill Hamby Named Supt. Of Fiscal ffairs For Buncombe County Schools illiam Carter (Bill) nby of Swannanoa has r, named Superintendent of cal Affairs for the Bun lbe County Board of [cation. He will join the )ol system on Feb. 17. amby 23, a native of Black untam. has been associated i an accounting firm in eville. He is a 1967 duate of Charles D. Owen h School and an honor duate of Mars Hill College re he won the Wall Street ird given by his depart IfrJi W. C. HAMBY ment for “spirit of cooperation, seriousness of purpose, scholarship and character.” He received a B.S. degree in accounting. Hamby is married to the former Miss Nancy Harris of Black Mountain who is a teacher in the Black Mountain Primary School. He is a deacon in the First Baptist Church and very active in the work of the church. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hamby, Jr. of Black Mountain. Outrage Over Power Bills Overwhelms UNC Panel A member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission says the agency has received thousands of letters from consumers complaining about high electric power bills resulting from the fuel escalator clause. “Nothing the commission has ever done has generated so much outpouring of criticism and dismay,” Hugh Wells said in a telephone in terview Sunday. The commission has or dered a temporary roll back on the fuel clause by 25 per cent. The roll back will remain in effect for a maximum of 60 days. The commission will decide whether to eliminate the clause, modify it or leave it as it is now. Carolina Power & Light Co. and Duke Power Co. were given authority more than a year ago to use the automatic fuel escalator clause to in crease rates resulting from the cost of fuel to generate electricity. Shearon Harris, president of CP&L, and Carl Horn Jr., president of Duke Power, have indicated service will be reduced if they are not allowed to pass on to customers the full amount of fuel costs. Harris said Sunday, “We have to figure what to cut in other operating expense which means that some phase of our service will have to be reduced.” He said CP&L has “no active plans to pursue an appeal” to the courts on the commission decision. He added, “Tomorrow we may have. I just don’t know.” Horn said, “We won’t leave our customers out in the cold and dark, but the sacrifice will have to be borne equitably between our stockholders and consumers.” Harris has said the roll back will cost CP&L $3 million every month the 25 per cent reduction continues. Horn said it would cost Duke Power $4 million a month. Harris said his company “has no optional plans or backup game plan to deal with such a situation” created by the commission decision. Wells said he had received hundreds of letters from persons complaining about the increased power bills. Some of the bills, he said, are running as high as $300 a month. Wells added that when the commission gave Duke and CP&L authority to use the fuel clause, he believed it should be “an interim device because I felt then and feel now that our statute does not make it clear that the commission has the authority to use such a clause in a permanent rate making approach.” According to the com mission staff, the average CP&L customer uses 950 kilowatt hours per month and his bill runs $32.12. Of that, $9.98 is due to the fuel clause. For Duke customers, the same electricity costs $27.10, with the fuel clause ac counting for $4.6" of the total. The 25 percent roll back means a reduction of about $2.49 per month for the average CP&L customer and $1.15 for the average Duke customer. Hundreds of consumers held a rally on the Capitol lawn Thursday to protest the soaring power bills. They carried petitions with thousands of signatures and hanged a facsimile of “Reddy Kilowatt.” There were other major developments that day. Twenty-eight consumer witnesses appeared before the commission complaining about the fuel charge. The commission issued an order which said the service of electric and natural gas customers cannot be cut off for at least two months for non-payment of bills. Mountain Sand Pit Halts Cargo The sand pit on U.S. 70 near the bottom of the Old Fort Mountain grade had another “customer” Monday - its third in less than a week’s time. Trooper R.J. Kiser of Marion said a tractor-trailer loaded with 38,000 pounds of boxed meat, from Iowa, was guided into the pit when brakes overheated coming down the mountain. Neither of the drivers aboard was in jured and only minor damage was reported to the vehicle, which went 63 feet into the pit and required two wreckers to pull it loose. Two vehicles made use of the sand pit last Thursday afternoon, about two hours apart, with the drivers also escaping injury. North Fork Co-op Sponsoring Square Dance The North Fork Co-op will reveal another of its many faces on Friday, February 14, when it presents a Valentines Day community square dance and supper. All members, friends, and interested people are invited to attend the af 4,822 Man Hours Avondale Mills Sets Two Year No Lost Time Safety Record Iondale Mills of Black ntain received an award, rsday, Jan. 30, from rican Mutual Insurance Co. for two years without a loss time accident in the mill. This represented 54,822 man hours for the company’s 133 employees. The award was presented by C. T. Denton, American Mutual representative. ii. IONDALE MILLS RECEIVES SAFETY AWARD — These officials were !Kent for the Award’s presentation: left to right - G. W. Morriss, Executive The Rev. Robert Bunch, who gave the invocation; C. T. Denton, gineer from American Mutual Insurance; John Durden, Plant Manager; **g, Pres. Knitting Dire.; Donald Comer, Jr., Pres, of Avondale Mills; John enelle, V.P. and Manny Goldstein, V.P. Several top management officials of Avondale Mills were present for the event. These included Donald Comer, Jr. President of Avondale Mills and Chairman of the Board; Craig Crochard, President of the Knitting Division; G. W. Morris, Executive Vice President and John Quenelle, Vice President Merchandise Sales Division Knitting all of the home office in Sgylacauga, Ala. and Manny Goldstein, Vice President in charge of Per sonnel, Birmingham, Ala. John Durden is the local plant manager. In recognition of the splendid record set by the Mill’s employees Avondale Mills was host to a barbecue dinner at 12 noon on Thursday for all the employees and their families. Employees from the second and third shifts were paid for two hours work if they participated in the festivities. The dinner was catered by Three Little Pigs of America. In a program previous to the dinner the award was presented and thanks were expressed to the employees by their management officials and the insurance company for their outstanding record. fair, which will be held at the Grovemont Community Center (Swannanoa Clubhouse). The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., and dan cing will commence an hour later. Vernon Johnson, who will do the calling, has promised that “All are guaranteed to have a good time.” A variety of dances are planned, including square dances, polkas, reels, and schottisches. Co-op members have indicated that over 70 will attend. There will be a slight admission charge to cover the cost of the facilities. Arrangements for food are being handled by Mrs. Roger Stuck of Swannanoa. She requests that members and guests contribute a dish of some sort (meat, vegetable, salad, desert, baked good) that would serve six. It is hoped that recipes will feature a tasty blend of the co-op’s offerings of produce, cheese, fish, dry goods, local eggs, and honey. By purchasing through the North Fork Co-op, members save 20-30 percent on the selection of food offered. The non-profit organization trys to supply the highest quality food, and offers many items not found elsewhere in the area. Quality local produce is used whenever possible. Members are able to cut costs by contributing their time and skills to eliminate levels of the buying chain. By pooling efforts and buying in bulk, the co-op is able to sell food at wholesale cost plus ten percent. Each member household is required to contribute at least three hours per month to help with the tasks of buying and distributing the food. There are no salaried members. Mrs. Dorothy McGraw and Mrs. Johnnie C. Nanney of the Black Mountain Public Library provide an in formation center and accept the order forms each week. Orders must be submitted by noon on Saturday for delivery the following Wednesday. Distribution is handled at the basement of the community building at the Swannanoa Valley Medical Center, bet ween 4-6:30 p.m. There are currently over 150 member households par ticipating in the co-op. Membership is still open to all area residents. Applications, information, and order sheets are available at the library, or can be obtained by writing to Box 535, Black Mountain. NOTICE Town Board Meeting Monday Night February 10 7:30 P.M. City Hall YOU ARE INVITED!!! Show nil interest in your town und how it’s run FREDDIE ROBINSON, left accepts the “Fireman Of The Year” Award from Woody Patton, representative of the Black Mountain Rotary Club which presents the Award Annually at the Fireman’s Award and Ladies Night Banquet. Robert Goodson Appointed Soil Conservation Supervisor State Soil and Water Con servation Committee Director notified Owen High School Teacher Robert H. Goodson last week that he had been duly appointed to a term on the Buncombe Soil and Water District Board of Supervisors. This was done on the recommendation of the elected members of the Board at its January meeting. Goodson was sworn into office in informal ceremonies by Deputy Clerk of Court Piercy Carter along Asheville Realtor Charles E. Silver another appointee. In that capacity, they join Blanche Young, Margaret Lockwood, and Ged Roberson, Jr. to comprise the five member local Soil & Water Conservation efforts for the next four years. The three elected members of the Board won their seats from a field of five other candidates in a non-partison election held in conjunction with the General Election in November. That election was the first time Board was selected in a General Election. Here to fore this had been decided in a special election which drew little public interest. This time a great deal of interest was displayed not only because of the inclusion on the ballot but becuase of the importance the Board has assumed as in creasing emph'si placed on ecology and environmental concerns. It is believed the new Board will have a definite impact in shaping the future course of development within Bun combe County. Goodson was appointed for a two year term. The 41 year old teacher - ecologist is the coordinator of the Demon stration School Project at Charles D. Owen High School. His field is outdoor recreation and applied ecology. A graduate of Berea College, with a degree in Agriculture, he has taught in McDowell and Buncombe Co. Schools for the past 19 years. Married to the former Joan Drake, Goodson has two sons. He serves as Chairman of the Owen High District Advisory Council, and is past chairm,an of the Glenwood Fire Department Board of Directors. He lives on North Fork Road near Black Mountain, where he serves as Chairman of the Ad ministrative. Board of Tabernacle Methodist Church. Active in civic affairs, Goodson is a former Lieutenant Governor of the WNC Ruritan Club. Buncombe County is for tunate to secure the services of two such competent members to round out the Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Each brings important training and talent to the job, and should make a valuable contribution to orderly development of the county, with reasonable care for the environmental con cerns. Beacon Pledge BEACON PLEDGE — The first $5,000 installment of Beacon Manufacturing Co.’s $15,000 pledge toward a new Fine Arts Center at Warren Wilson College was presented by Joseph E. Graham, Beacon’s vice president of finance and administration, to Reuben A. Holden, Warren Wilson’s president. Par ticipating in the presentation ceremony were, (left to right): Herbert Coman, director of employe relations for Beacon; Graham, John Bierwirth, chairman of the board of National Distillers and Chemical Corp. (Beacon’s parent company), Holden and Charles S. Jones, vice president of management at Beacon. The presentation was made during a recent visit of top officials of National Distillers including Bierwirth and D. C. Bell, president and chief executive officer, who were here for a management meeting. Beacon has recently made equipment changes which will enable the firm to enlarge its production range and Bell expressed satisfaction with operation of the com pany and confidence in its future. Bierworth is a former trustee and treasurer of the James G. K. McClure Educational and Development Fund and for many years has shown interest in the WNC area. Beacon’s gift, Holden said, will help launch a campaign among local industries and individuals to raise $300,000 to match a $1 million gift from the Thomas J. Watson family for the construction of a new Community Fine Arts Center.
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