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Page4 -October 7,1976, Black Mountain, N.C. (News) 28711 Rhythm Willie Shad master Of Lost Art "Trottin' Lady", 'Buzzard Upe", "Turkey Trot” and Lost John" all combined into one rhythmic sound...that's how "Rhythm Willie" Shad woos his customers. Although Rhythm Willie” is now in his 70’s, he refuses to give up a DON’T VOTE llon't voir for either Presidential candidate without first knowing where he stands on the vital issues which affect your income, vour taxes, your freedom, your en vironment, your future well being. Now. for the first time you can see. side hy side, the exact positions taken by both major candidates on over 4* specific issues by sending for your copy of Common Cause's "llow They Stand." Available only by writing directly to the nonpartisan citisens' group Common Cause, Profiles Project, 2830 M Street. N.W.. Washington. D.C. 20O:tt>. Include fl for postage and handling. <Note: All Common Cause members will receive this report automatically.) lost art...the art of shining shoes. Monday through Saturday from 7 a. m until 5:30 p.m. Willie works at the City Barber Shop on Main Street, giving his customers a professional shoeshine plus the added pleasure of hearing the toe tapping sounds he makes with his silk rag. Willie recalls the days when he carried his shoeshine box to Marion on Sundays. “I was 12 years old and would shine a pair of shoes for five cents." He remembered. Inflation hasn't affected Willie much during the past 60 years. His price has risen to 35 cents, but of course, he is a professional. Willie worked Sundays on Main Street for about two years during his school years. He then decided to go into the shoeshine business full-time, and his first employer was I. W. Sanders who owned and operated a barber shop where the Rexall Drug Store is presently located. Willie recalls working for Sanders for about two years and then giving up his shoeshine job to become a short order cook at a restaurant on Greasy Comer. Wanda Plemmons is back with THE MUSIC CENTER WNC Shopping Center She invites all her old friends and customers to come in SALE OF RECORDS AND TAPES The restaurant went out of business, and Willie left Marion to live in Spruce Pine. He returned to Marion three years later and was employed by Broyhill Furniture Com pany. For the next 25 years he worked at Broyhill, but with the shoeshine business still in his blood, he worked weekends and holidays at the City Barber Shop. Willie moved from Mc Dowell County once again and lived in Waynesville for about eight years. He returned to Marion a month ago and set his shoeshine business up again at the City Barber Shop. Employes at the shop com mented on how the customers react to Willie’s rhythmic sound: "They dance to his music.” One satisfied customer is D. A. Silvers, who has been a customer at City Barber Shop for about 60 years. “He does a good job, and I feel like I'm getting my money’s worth,” he said. As all professionals, Willie has a secret. Shhhhh...he wets his hands so he can hold the silk rag“just right.” EDITOR’S COMMENT: The above story and picture are by courtesy of Ann Vess and the McDowell County News. Willie has many friends and admirers in Black Mountain where he worked for some time at Frank’s Barber Shop, now called The Round Towner, prior to going to Waynesville. Those of us who ever wat ched Willie work - and listened to the different rhythms that made you want to tap your toe or dance a step or two he Bookkeeping Service Richard L Rosell, Accountant Specializing In Accounting And Tax Assistance For The Small Businessman U.S. 70 West At Blue Ridge Road Telephone: Office 669-9186 Residence 669-2860 Payroll • Taxes • Auditing - Inventory Control No Charge For Quotations MASTER OF LOST ART — “Rhythm Willie” Shad, a master of the (almost) lost art of shoe shining, gives one of his many customers a first class shine. Mr. Shad has been shining shoes for as long as many people can remember. (Ann Vess photo) produced with nothing but a rag, his hand and your shoe, will ever forget. We are also happy to know Willie is still continuing his art, and with him it is an art, of shining a shoe like no one else can. P. S. Willie, we’d be mighty glad if you would decide to move back up the mountain to Black Mountain. Potpourri Presents “Second Saturday” ‘‘Second Saturday”, the monthly school year series of Potpourri Presents will begin this Saturday, October 9,1976. It will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Education Room of the Black Mountain Library. Registration, attendance stars, and name tags will be taken care of from 1:30-2:00 p.m. in the lobby outside the Education Room. This series, like all others sponsored by The Friends of the Black Mountain library, is free to all youngsters aged 5-10 (please note age change) who Fall Festival of Faith IN MONTREAT Sponsored by Montreat Anderson College In Cooperation with Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Oct. 7 & 8 Anderson Auditorium at 7:30 P.M. WITH Luis Palau Today at the age of 41. the Rev. Luis Palau is the most recent addition to the Graham team and will be serving for the most part as an £vangelist-at-large in foreign countries. Palau's ministry started in the late fifties and his current multi-national team of 12 began developing in IMS and now includes 2 daily radio programs heard in 20 countries; a regular syndicated newspaper column; and a number of major crusades each year using extensive television. Luis Palau is called the "Billy Graham of South America". In the past 12 years his team has preached to 1.SM.0M people in person and some 75,000 plus decisions for Christ have been made in these crusades. . FESTIVAL MUSICIANS CUFF BARROWS Music director for the Billy Graham Team Crusade since the beginning. Cliff Barrows states. "The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing." MYRTLE HALL A talented, committed young lady with a beautiful soprano voice. Myrtle joined the Billy Graham Team in I9C6. She has thrilled vast audiences across America from New York City to Los Angeles, as well as in London, England. DENNIS AGAJANIAN A Christian Folk Singer, Dennis sang with the Billy Graham Team at the San Diego Crusade. This gifted singer has a natural talent and is a popular artist with all audiences. 'v-H’jV Montreat, N.C. Everyone Welcome are living and visiting in the Swannanoa Valley. This 1976-77 (Oct.-May) entertaining and educational series of programs has as its theme “American Folklore”. Various geographical and diverse ethnics groups will have their folklore and culture explored in fascinating detail. The program for October will focus on the folklore of several American Indian tribes; among these will be the Cherokee who figured significantly in our regional heritage. Stories and games of these peoples will be used. A special ■three part art and craft project will be begun this Saturday, so plan to come and begin this exciting activity. The program will conclude with a traditional Indian food and beverage. Each program in this series will feature a food connected with the group being studied, so some culinary adventure is also in store for the participants of this new and interesting series of Story Hours. Library materials are always available for personal and check-out during each program, so remember to bring a library card. If you need one, secure it ahead of time from Mrs. McGraw or Mrs. Nanney. at the checkout desk: Any card • Asheville - Buncombe Coun*y system is valid. Do come and bring a friend! See you Saturday. OUR HEROTHE ZERO Without our hero the zero many of the numbers we write would be unclearly jumbled to gether—because the zero func tions as a place holder._ ample. Without the zero, the values of the .1 and the 2 would need to be expressed as 1 hundreds and 2 ones, orCCCII. In our modern world of higher mathematics and com puter science the zero performs a heroic function. Even in digital watches the zero is a hero, making sure you know it’s, say, 12:08, not 12:8. Take the dependable solid state digitals from Sears, for ex ample With no moving parts they need fewer repairs, and they need no winding. They are also smartly styled for a timely fashion look. And the useful zero keeps the time flashing by in an orderly manner. Think how different time telling would be if, instead of 12:08 we had to say XII:VIII. And thank mathematical minds for devising our hero the zero. 1 Come Ai You Arc. We're not fussy We realize that you don't have all day to spend on banking And many times you don't have the time to hire a sitter or put on your best dress. So for your convenience, we offer drive-in banking. |ust drive up . . or walk up ... to our window, and we ll process your deposit or withdrawal as quick as a wink! No more standing on lines when you're pressed for time. You don't even have to step one foot inside the bank! So next time you want to save time, come as you are. to our drive-in window! New All Day Banking Hours Drive-In Window Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Black Mountain, N.C Billy Graham Evangelestic Team Fall Festival Of Faith Thursday & Friday I .atin American F.vangelist l.uis Palau teams up with other members of the Billy Graham evangelistic team Thursday and Friday of this week to celebrate a Fall Festival of Faith on the Montreat - Anderson College campus. Christian challenge, coupled with traditional and contemporary Christian music, have been planned for the evenings. Sponsored for the public by the college the festival meetings have been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium which has a seating capacity of 3,000. Known as the ‘Billy Graham of South America,” Palau will be making his first appearance in the eastern United States. The festival will serve as Graham’s in troduction of him to this area. Joining Palau will be Music Director Cliff Barrows, Myrtle Hall and brothers Dennis and Danny Agajanian, two musicians producing a rugged western sound sweetly flavored with bluegrass. The Thursday and Friday meetings will not have been i he first opportunity for the public to have met Palau and the Agajanians as they have participated in different meetings and activities within the Asheville area since Sunday. In fact, the Agajanians' schedule has allowed very little rest due to their many engagements at the college and in the community. Audiences have heard them at Owen and Asheville High schools, the county jail, the Juvenile Evaluation Center and the Presbyterian Home for Children. The pace and the exposure are nothing new to the brothers who have become very popular with youth gatherings and prison audiences. Already regular performers with Young Life and Campus Crusade for Christ, recent television ex posure on the San Diego and Seattle Graham crusades has brought national attention to the musicians. On the other hand, Palau, who bases his operations in Portland, Oregon, is better known for his work in Latin America and Europe. Fluent in English, Spanish and French, he most recently appeared with Graham following the Guatemala earthquake and has spoken with the famed evangelist in Germany, Belgium and Argentina. Born, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Palau was educated at St. Alban's College in his home city and the Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon. His conversion to Christianity came at the age of 12 subsequent to his parents’ conversion by British missionaries. Palau is the head of his own organization, Overseas Crusades Inc., which includes a multi-national team of 12. Begun in 1965, the organization produces two daily radio programs heard in 20 countries, a regular syn dicated newspaper column and a number of large crusades each year, which make major use of television. ] FALL FESTIVAL OF FA^fl! JoiningM »fternopu planning for the Fall Festival of Faitfi air'e <J -R) Evangelist Luis Palau; the Rev. Dr. Calvin Thielman, chairman of ~ie festival steering committee and pastor of the Montreat Presbyterian Church; John Lenning, representative of the Billy Graham team; Miss Betsy Oliver, dormitory head at Montreat-Anderson College; and Danny Agajanian, a musician appearing at the festival. Owen High Lights Congratulations are in order for Owen’s Warhorse Mar ching Band. Competing against 21 in-state and out-of state bands in the annual Land of the Sky Marching Band Festival on September 25, the Warhorse Band came home with four trophies for their efforts. They won a second place trophy for performance in playing, a trophy for best drum majorette, one for best majorette corp, and the last one for military inspection. The long, frustrating hours of practice put in by Mrs. Sturgill, Mr. Boone, and the band members are paying off at last, and O.H.S. is proud of them and grateful to them. The band went to Bristol on Oct. 2 to participate in the Southwestern Band Festival and made a good showing there. Consisting mainly of fresh men, the 0. H. S. Future Homemakers of America have started the year with an air of expectancy. The club elected officers at their organizational meeting, Thursday, September 16. They are as follows: President Tammy Young; Vice President - Jenny May; Secretary - Elizabeth Stroup; Treasurer - Amanda Pound; Historian - Tenna Tipton; Assistant Historian • Pam Metcalf; and Reporters - Betty Rice and Jill Fisher. The District VIII FHA rally will be held Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Auditorium with Black Mountain’s own Dr. J.K. Wilson as a guest speaker. , Ms. White’s biology classes have been working hard the first six weeks. Thus far they have studied cell structure Some cicadas live under ground for 17 years, tl.jn emerge for a few weeks of sunshine before dying. PAULINE W. ALLEN Rt. 2, Box 230 Asheville, N.C. winner of the CB RADIO & ANTENNA at PSA Clinic Pharmacy 425 U.S. 70, Stvannanoa, N.C. and have learned to use microscopes correctly and have also been staining cells and examining them under their microscopes. The ad vanced biology class has bee^ using the same type'eiWl programmed study books that are used in college and each student has completed at least two books. Tuesday, Nov. 9, is the date all O.H.S. seniors and their parents should mark on their calendars. “Financial Aids Night" will be held at 7:30 that evening in the OHS auditorium. Five financial aids directors from area schools will speak 10 to IS minutes each, on the most used and best known financial aid programs and forms that students and parents need to be aware of. The main reasons^ behind Financial Aids Night ^ are: (1) to point out the changes that programs make in their guidelines from year to year; (2) to show how programs are designed to assist students in getting financial aid for 2 year and 4 year colleges as well as technical institutes; and (3) to give students and parents a chance to ask questions about financial aid and have them answered by qualified people. If you are not planning 10 attend “Back to School Night” Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7:00, you should change your plans!! 1 The general curriculum anda^ over-all program at OHS will be explained and the new staff members will be introduced. The English, Science, and Music Departments are going to perform for your en tertainment and the Math and Art Departments have been working dilligently on displays. After your minds and souls have been nourished, your bodies will be too, by the delicious goodies the Home Economics Department will provide. You may even have the pleasure ra« meeting OHS’s entire facult: J But the decision is yours. Will we see you there? * -it.
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