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Serving - * Black Mountain * Swannanoa it Montreat * Ridgecrest IS cents per copy ^4 Aappy j Roger Rogers. Gary Bartett and Steve King battb Arson SMsjpoc^cit! fit ftro e State Forest Service are vestigationg a suspected i* of arson that caused a Mdsftre on south NC 9 member 16. ' One person reportedly told bek Mountain firemen that t earlier arson suspect was en at the scene of the fire cfore firemen arrived Black buntain Patrolman Gary wets said that the man has K yet been questioned. Two trucks and 13 firemen sponded to that fire. Black Mountain firemen ude 12 other runs last week. On November 19, two trucks id 10 men put out a brush fire 403 Hiawassee Ave. Also M day, minor damage tcamtcu wnen a nre started in a stove as a result of a stopped up chimney at Ml Mountain St. One truck and 11 men responded to that fire. On November 16, one track and 16 men washed down after a wreck at US 70 west near the Mr. Zip store. On November 17, one truck and IS men put out burning burlap sacks on the back of a truck on US 70 west. No damage was reported. On November 16, minor damage resuited when dust caught on fire in the boiler room at Biack Mountain Woodworking. One truck and i6 men responded. One truck and 12 men put out a brush fire on US 70 west November 19. On November 20, one truck and H men put out a qtr fire on State Street. 9(inor damage was reported. .&so that day, two truck* and M mm responded & a Ore caused by an electric heater at the Don Aiien Residence on Chapman Home Road. Minor damage was reported Aiso on November 20, two trucks and 20 men responded toa report of smoke filling the E.J. Irvin residence on Texas Road in Montreat. Minor damage resuited from the incident, caused by a ciosed fireplace damper. Again that day, two trucks and 19 men responded to a car fire on Oid Toil Road. The car, Veer Me JKoara ^ Town for locals" by Dm Ward M "ott-Thl, to the ftrot tn of three on the now dermen on tho Btnch Mountain Town Board. MwH! "ot dea! with particniar hauM, bat general phHoaophy Md badtgroand of theae men. Jim Norton, owner and operator of Norton' a Qwik Shop at Montreat and North Fork Roada, brings a background heavy in economics if rather tight in government to the Biack Mountain Town Board. The Navy veteran, who has worked aa finance officer for banks and finance companies, as weil as manager of the Biack Mountain branch of Bank of AsheviUe for three years, has been in business for mmseu tor nve years. He has also served for three years on the Board of Adjustments. Norton said that what he saw as "too much outside influence'' motivated him to run for alderman. "I wanted to see the town turned bach over to the iocai people."he said. "The iocai peopie's interest and not some stuff we've seen going on.' "There's a iot of good peopie in this town that over the past recent years has been put down, that have been accused of things they didn't do, that couid be put to good use for the town, "he said. There's too much worry about what went on in the past and not enough about the future. ' Norton said that the relationship between the town and townspeople "definitely needs improvement." "it shouid be more per sonalised,"he said. "it should be for the people, not for any group." The father of one seemed satisfied that the new board will work together well. '! think there will be more cooperation on the board now." he said. owned by Jimmie Price, wasa compiete ioss. Th<- c-unty ambuiance oer^nt*? * ada routine mna TAe Ladies Amiiiary pwoMted the Bremen with curtains at a dinner they held for the department prior to its November 7 meeting. The curtains were purchased with the aid of locai businesses. Black Mountain gets $15,000 jflood rebate Black Mountain wii! be reimbursed approximately $15,000 from federal disaster funds, according to town Manager Jon Creighton. Creighton said he was told the funds will come "within three weeksto compensate the town for emergency repairs made on town sewers, water lines and streets. Creighton also said that a private contractor has been called in to use special machinery to repair a break in a Id-inch water main under Fiat Creek near the 1-40 bridge. It was found by town employees that the line had buckled downward during heavy Hooding three weeks ago, requiring that it be unearthed and new sieeves be installed at the joints. Repairs on that line were expected to be completed this week, enabling the town to use its own water, rather than Asheviile's. 71oM7M gloa%s FTMeeftMgr sefj^rTVbv. 2# by DM Ward Concerned Black Mountain citizens are asked to attend a workshop on Monday, November 2k, 7 p.m. at the Library to determine future "eods and goals of the town. The meeting, one of a aeries of Smaii Town Meetings held nationaiiy, is sponsored under the federaiiy-funded Balanced Growth Program. It is designed to hear and organize citizen input into town needs, and record it into a wortcabie TVetrs 24 The Biack Mountain Newt be day Thur sday Ziur u.e naudiqgivlng H<dMay. On Friday, we wiH be open irom 9 am. untiinoon to take news items and ads. Stories and ads may be slid under the door at 204 Sutton Ave. or maiied to P.O. Boa a. Two injured in auto mishaps Two pedestrians were in jured in automobile miahapa hat week, Black Mountain Police reported. Willie Rob Wilaon, of South Carolina, who worka for the contractor installing Southeren Bell conduit, was struck by a 1977 Cadillac driven by Steve Arrowwood of Fayetteville on west State Street November 17. Wilaon is listed in fair condition at Memorial Mission Hospital. Ricky Fox, 15, of Black Mountain suffered two broken tegs when he was pinned between a parked car and another involved in an at tempt to pull start it. Police are investigating the incident, which took place on Pine Tr^e Drive November 17. Fox was listed in good condition.. Black Mo .tain Det. Bill Stafford has apprehended two Black Mountain youths suspected of the November 17 burglary of a summer home at 716 Ninth St. A number of household items, including a television and silverware were recovered from the youths, police reported. An investigation is underway. PoUce responded to eight accidents, issued four traffic citations and assisted the Biack Mountain Fire Department twice. They Rnswercd 57 Stack Mountain, at any Mm. We wish you a very enjoyaMe h°K<*ay and bon apetit. program in one evening. One person familiar with the process caiied it "mental ping-pong,'in which persons may incorporate other per^ sons'ideas into their own, or use them ^inspiration for others. PM Wegandt, a volunteer for the program who is ex perienced in organizing the think sessions, will chair the workshop. Mayor Margaret Slagle MM MM represen tatives of schools, civic organisations and town government have been in vited, as well as concerned individuals. Worhtm icy conduit thWn^h which teiephone circuit# wiii be puiied next year. ('Dan Ward) L/S 70 narrowed/or condnd ^oWa/ by Dan Ward Digging requiring US 70 west of Black Mountain to be narrowed to two lanes will continue until the end of December, according & a spokesperson for Southern Bell Telephone, Buncombe County division. In order to provide ad ditional circuits for calls between Black Mountain and Swannanoa and in turn Asheville, contractors for the Disaster form help exists The took in the eideriy woman's eyes was familiar to Joe Winkle. Others with less experience would have seen sorrow in those eyes, but Winkle saw bewilderment. In her hand she clutched a number of government forms the flood workers told her would help. But. they ex plained, she must first fill them out. Winkle, federal disaster worker for 15 years and now director of recovery efforts in western North Carolina, could recognise the frustration that number of papers represented to the old woman. Swannanoa Fire The Swannanoa Fire Department made five runs last week. On November 14. two trucks and M men were called to put out a fire caused by an im properly installed wood stove flue at the Brown residence at 111 Red Road. Damage was estimated at 4200. On November 15, minor damage was reported from a car fire on Old US 70. One truck and 10 men reported to that fire. On November 10. one truck and eight men put out a soot fire in the chimney at a house owned by Charles Hopkins at Jimk Branch Road and US 70. A grass fire, across from the Eacello plant caused by a cigarette, was put out by Swannanoa and Biack Mountain firemen November 1!. Two trucks and eight men responded to the fire from Swannanoa. One truck and 10 men stood byagasspHlata wreckonUS , 70 east of Lytle Cove Road on November 00. He'd seen devastation nought by Hurricanes Agnes, CamiUe, Ceiia and Beulah; the crushed homes left in the wake of roaring west Texas tornadoes; floods that had stripped fertile farmland to bedmck. That's where he'd seen that look. And where he had so often seen the forms. "!'!1 be the first to admit that some of the amt^nce applications can be confusing and difficult,'' Winkle said. "But the law requires them so all we can do is try to make completing them a little easier.' That's why Winkle directed his staff to open four Follow Up Assistance Centers Monday in cooperation with state personnel who also are involved in the recovery ef fort. The centers, which opened at 1 p.m. Monday in Burn sville, Asheville, Morganton and Boone, are staffed by people who care, Winkle said. I've asked them to be sen sitive. understanding and helpful, "he said. "They may not have all the answers, but they'll be willing to take the time and energy to get them.' By the final closing of the seven assistance centers Saturday following eight days of operation. 4.M9 families Cow If ow JO phone company must bury addition*! conduit, or pipe, to houae caNes that will be in stalled nod year. Conduit has so far been buried from the telephone switching office on Church Dr. Clapp Street down US 70 as far wrest as the Pizza Hut. By the end of December, conduit wiii be buried to Swannanoa, the spokesperson said. Next year, workmen wiii simply install the cable through manholes they are putting in now. Other cabies are aiso being relocated on south NC 9 and in Ridgecrest due to con struction, the spokesperson said. by Dam Ward With his gruff exterior and obvious concern for hia patients, Dr. Hubert Lee Clapp practices medicine in a different manner than some of his atoof, citified coun terparts. Perhaps Dr. ClappA country doctor ways are a big reason why he has been named the Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year. "I just work and take care of my patients, f dont know if there* anything special about that,'he said. "Except that I have what I consider good relations with the people.' Dr. ClappA "good relations' arent built on sugary, kind words and modern office trappings. They are built on over 30 years of practice in Swannanoa, having delivered thousands of babies in the valley, and continuing to make house calls daily when most doctors areieary of leaving the office except for an emergency, a tradition he shares with his brother-in-law, Dr. Eugene Knoefel of Black Mountain. A resident of Swannanoa since age 12-that was (M years ago-Dr. Clapp could think of no better place to open a business after medical school in Chapel Hill and at the University of Georgia than "homet-Swannanoa. Five years as an army medicai officer in New Zealand, Fiji and India during World War II did not convince him that there was a better place to practice. "It was home I like the mountains. There was nothing that could interest me tn gorng somewhere else,'he said. "I was urged to go into surgery in medical school,'he said. "1 ashed why. I said I was happy to be doing this sort of work. As a surgeon, people would become just a number. "As a family physician, you know your patients. You know how they eat. how they sleep and what they wear-you know how they live. You get to know the whole person-not just part of the person.' As one of the founders of the Swannanoa VaUey Medical Center, Dr. Ciapp saw a need for more family practicioners inthevaiiey. For that reason, he turned down an offer to move from his present reconverted house office to one at the clinic. "If I went up there,he said, "it would take space of another doctor that we could use. "Hi stay right here,' he concluded.
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