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Thursday, November 21,1981, Volume 29, Number 48
Mem ber of the NCPA
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Scouts try out
sailor’s life
by Tim Bradshaw
Seven Boy Scouts from Troop 50 of Black Mountain visited the USS
YORK TOWN in Charleston, S.C. recently. The USS YORK TOWN,
nicknamed “The Fighting Lady” is a famous World War II aircraft carrier
which also saw combat during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
Since being decommissioned after 1970, she has become a museum herself at
Patriots Point Maritime Museum in Charleston.
Hie first YORK TOWN CV-5 was sunk during the battle of Midway by the
Japanese. The YORK TOWN CV-10 the Scouts toured was commissioned in
1943. It was given the same name as the first because the Japanese dreaded
the original YORK TOWN so mud) that the US Navy thought that it would
play a large role psychologically in defeating the Imperial Fleet of Japan.
The Scouts were treated to a special tour of the famous carrier as they
camped out in the berthing area for two nights. Not only did they sleep in real
Navy bunks but also got to taste some real Navy food in the Chief Petty
Officer’s Mess HalL
Dick Condon, director of the museum, guided the Scouts on a flashlight
tour of the historic chambers of the vessel which are not open to the general
public. On this part of the tour, they visited the “ice cream parlor,”
engineering department and the printing shop.
On the first morning the troop got a sneak preview of the destroyer USS
LAFFEY and submarine USS CLAMAGORE, *wo of the newest additions to
the museum which are now being prepared for the public. In the future there
will be at least three more ships added to the museum induding the USS
SAVANNAH.
Later in the morning the scouts were given liberty to go ashore and visited
historic Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor. There the boys
were educated on the defense of Charleston Harbor all the way back to the
Revolutionary War and told how the old forts are used today.
In the afternoon, the Scouts returned to the YORK TOWN to explore the
ship’s flight deck. Below the deck, a tour of the hanger deck revealed aircraft
as well as anti-aircraft guns in mothballs. Later in the evening, the ‘ ‘Fighting
Lady” came alive to the Scouts as they saw Navy documentary films
featuring the ship.
According to the Scouts, the trip to the ship is unforgettable. They will be
able to tell their own “war stories” about actually being there in the ready
room where pilots were briefed before a battle.
Scouts attending the tour were Howie Hall, Eric Hyatt, Bobby Addams,
Robert Burke, Jeff Jones, Ron Baker and Tommy Bruin. Leaders were
committee chairman Jack Jones, assistant scoutmaster Tim Bradshaw, and
David. Jordan. The Scouts express gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hyatt
who helped with transportation.
In the early spring the troop plans to spend the night in the Lost Sea
' Caverns in Tennessee. Boys between 11 and 18 are invited to Join the troop.
Call Tim Bradshaw at 669-9225 after 6 JO p.m. on Fridays or Rex Could at
669-6385 after 6 JO p.m. Monday through Friday. Troop 50 meets each
Monday night at the United Methodist Church at 7 p.m.
Scouts Howie Hall, Eric Hyatt, Bobby Addams, Robert Burke, Jeff
Jones, Ron Baker and Tommy Bruin were accompanied by Jack Jones, Urn
Bradshaw and David Jordan on a tour of the USS YORKTOWN in
Charieston.
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according to News publisher James
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has just not supported this expensive
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This is the 50th year for the Thanksgiving display In the Warren Wilson
College Presbyterian Church. The tradition was started by Bernhard
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Rescue tool
Restrictions sour county offer
by Cynthia Reimer
“Very unfair” is what Blade Moun
tain Mayor Tom Sobol called an offer by
Buncombe County Commissioners to
provide up to $2,500 toward the
purchase of a power rescue tool for the
East Buncombe Fire District. A Nov. 17
letter from Chairman Curtis Ratcliff to
Mayor Sobol laid out restrictions on the
offered grant.
“Buncombe County is willing to
allocate this balance of $2,245 should
you dedde to purchase the Hurst tool,”
the letter states. A second restriction is
that bids be processed through the
Buncombe County Purchasing Office.
“We appreciate the donation,” Sobol
said, but added that he did not believe
fire department volunteers would ac
cept the restrictions.
The volunteers raised $2,150 toward
the purchase of a Lucas tool, which they
believe to be superior to the Hurst tool
The remainder of the purchase price,
$3,200, is to be given by the McDon
ald’s Corporation.
Steve King, member of the Black
Mountain Fire Department and sales
Weather
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review
Nov. 16-high 58, low 36 degrees; .08
inches precipitation.
Nov. 17-high 52, low 43 degrees; .05
indies pretipitation.
Nov. 18-high 61, low 41 degrees.
Nov. 19-high 74, low 25 degrees.
Nov. 20-high 60 degrees at 5 a.m.,
J low 34; .07 inches predpitation.
J Nov. 21-high 33, low 25 degrees; .01
1 inches snow flurries.
Nov. 22-high 44, low 23 degrees;
trace precipitation.
representative for Slagle Fire Equip
ment, said, "I can justify the difference
in prices,” which is about $550. The
Lucas tool has several features the
Hurst tool does not have, King said.
County Emergency Services Director
Jeny VeHaun advised the Board of
Commissioners several weeks ago that
he believed the Hunt tool to be superior
and recommended it also for uniformity
in county fire departments.
King met with VeHaun on Monday.
The result of that meeting, King said,
was that VeHaun agreed to talk to the
Board of Commissioners about remov
ing restrictions on the grant money.
The difference in cost would not be
bome by the county, but rather by the
fire department volunteers. The county
is putting up only 25 percent of the
money, Mayor Sobol pointed out, and
wanting to dictate the terms.
Whether or not the county removes
the restrictions, the offer wil) be on the
December agenda for Black Mountain
Town Council to decide to accept or
refuse.
Phone customers may save money
Effective last week, the North Caro
lina Utilities Commission allows South
ern Bell to sell directly to customers the
wire, hardware and accessories used in
wiring homes and businesses for tele
phone service.
This action by the Commission will
make it possible for customers who wish
to do the job themselves to save money
on installing wire and outlets for
telephone service.
R.W. Fleming, Southern Bell district
manager in Asheville said that this
significant change in the Company’s
service procedures comes as a logical
follow-up to action taken in May to allow
customers to own and maintain their
telephone wiring and jacks. “Although
many customers did have the know-how
to install the wiring and jacks them
selves, obtaining the necessary mate
rials and hardware was sometimes
difficult or inconvenient,” he said.
Offering these Customer Conve
nience Products (CCP) for sale directly
to individual customers will permit
them to wire homes or business and
provide telephone locations that better
suit their needs. And, at the same time,
they will save themselves the money
that would have been spent to have
Southern Bell or other contractors to do
the job.
Fleming emphasized that Southern
Bell is not the only source for these
materials and hardware. Such items are
available from other vendors around the
state. “These CCP items are being
made available through PhoneCenter
and Bell Customer Service Centers
strictly as convenience to our custo
mers,” he said.
The eontrovenda! McDonald’s sign was raised Monday at the new
restaurant on Highway I.