Community Calendar
Pinky’s Drive-in
to hold 50's
style dance
An Elvis look-alike, the
Perkiest Ponytail and jitter
bug contests will highlight the
1950’s style dance to be held at
the Carver Optional School
this Saturday, March 26, from
8 p.m. until midnight.
Tickets are available from a
Carver parent or at the door
for only $2.50 per person.
Refreshments will be served,
but no alcoholic beverages will
be allowed.
Music will be provided by
Heartwood for the Silver
lining Sock Hop.
Proceeds will be used for
projects to enrich the curricu
lum.
For further information, call
298-9394 from 6-9 p.m.
‘Music Man' tickets
to go on sale
Thespian Troupe 2294 will
sponsor, Music Man by
Meridith Wilson, Monday and
Tuesday, May 2 and 3, in the
Owen High School auditorium.
(The performance will begin at
7:30 p.m.)
Tickets for the show only are
$3.00 for adults and $2.00 for
students.
On Monday, May 2, a
dinner will preceed the show.
The dinner will begin at 6 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner and
show are $5.00 for adults and
$3.50 for students. Tickets for
the dinner will go on sale
Monday, April 4.
All tickets may be
purchased atO.H.S., from any
drama student or from Mrs.
Peggy Boring.
Chinese cooking
class set
A Chinese cooking class will
be held on Thursdays for six
weeks beginning on April 14
and ending on May 19. Each
session will run from 6:30 -
9:30 p.m. and will be held in
the Swannanoa Club House.
The teachers will be Peter
Chu and Sandra Brooks. The
cost is $35 per person an
includes instruction, food and
an evening meal each class.
For further information or to
register, call 669-7856 after 5
p.m. The class enrollment will
be limited to 20.
Walk America
to benefit
March of Dimes
In what has been called the
largest walking event in
history, people all across the
country will take part in the
March of Dimes W alk
America. In Asheville, the
annual 20-ldlometer walk
against birth defects will take
place on Saturday, March 26.
An estimated 3,000 walkers
from the Asheville area will
participate. In addition, teams
of employees from restau
rants, banks, health care facili
ties, schools, government, pri
vate businesses and industries
will take part in the TeamW all'
component.
Businesses with branches
located in the Swannanoa Val
ley that are taking part in
clude: Northwestern Bank,
NCNB, Asheville Federal S &
L, Holiday Inn-East, Hardees
and the U.S. Postal Service.
Republicans met
at Christmount
The Blade Mountain Pre
cinct No. 4 Republicans met on
Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
at Christmount Assembly. The
purpose of this meeting was to
formulate ideas for Precinct
organization. Future plans in
clude picnics, topic discus
sions, letter campaigns and
organization for the ’84 cam
paigns.
The next meeting will be
held on Monday, April 18, at
Christmount Assembly. For
further information, call
669-2034.
Earth sheltered
housing seminar
set
The Asheville Regional
Chapter of the National As
sociation of Women in Con
struction is sponsoring a
seminar on Earth Sheltered
Housing on Saturday, March
26 at A-B Tech in Asheville.
The featured speaker will be
Lon B. Simmons whose
Missouri based firm has built
earth sheltered homes in 23
states.
A tour of one of Mr.
Simmons’ homes, with trans
portation included, is part of
the program. Other areas
covered by the seminar will
include financing, plans,
permits, site selectiorv, and a
broad spectrum of construc
tion matters.
Proceeds from the seminar
will be used in part for
educational scholarships for
women interested in different
phases of construction.
For further information or
reservations, call 704-254
6350.
‘Going Baroque'
to play at WWC
A concert of the music of
Johann Sebastian Bach will be
given on Sunday, March 27, at
3:30 p.m. at Warren Wilson
College Chapel. Performing
will be members of the Ashe
ville ensemble Going Baroque,
joined by members of a new
group, the Carolina Concerto
Flayers and other guest
artists.
General admission is $4;
students and senior citizens,
$3. This concert is sponsored
in part by a Grassroots Grant
from the Community Arts
Council. Other sponsors are
Warren Wilson College and
Warren Wilson Presbyterian
Church.
Wemer John, graduate of
Warren Wilson College and a
Swannanoa resident, will host
the concert.
Poor Man's
Supper scheduled
The Buckeye Cove Com
munity Club will have a Poor
Man’s Supper Friday, March
25, from 5-8 p.m. at the
Community Center on Buck
eye Cove Road.
The cost is $3 for adults and
$1.50 for children under 12.
Proceeds will be used for the
building fund.
Everyone is invited. Call
298-7809 for further informa
tion.
Cam p
Easter-in-the-Pines
to operate
Camp Easter-in-the-Pines is
a program facility of the N.C.
Easter Seal Society. It is
located in the Sandhills and is
fully accessible and offers
handicapped campers activi
ties not usually available to
them.
No one is denied the op
portunity to attend because of
color, race, religion, sex, place
of birth or ability to pay.
Camp sessions are arranged
by age groups and last each
Sunday through Friday begin
ning in early June and ending
in early August.
For further information and
applications call toll free
1-800-662-7119 or write
Badger Iandolt, Program Di
rector, Camp Easter, Route 3,
Box 217-D, Carthage, N.C.,
28327.
AA groups meet
at St. Janies
Three Alcoholics Anony
mous groups meet at St.
James’ Episcopal Church on
Vance Ave. in Black Moun
tain. Two groups of men and
women meet at 8 p.m., one
every Monday evening and the
other on Thursdays. A
women’s group meets each
W ednesday at noon. All meet
ings are in the parish hall.
Swannanoa ^
Methodists to
observe
Holy Week
The two congregations of
Tabernacle and Swannanoa
United Methodist churches
will be observing Holy Week
(March 27-31) with special
evangelistic services at 7:30
p.m. each evening. Services
will alternate each night
beginning at Swannanoa
United Methodist Church on
Sunday, March 27.
The Reverend Clyde L.
White, pastor of Salem United
Methodist Church, Morgan
ton, will be the guest
evangelist.
Special Easter
music to be sung
An Easter musical, THE
DAY HE WORE MY CROWN,
by David Clydesdale will be
sung by the Adult Choir of
Swannanoa First Baptist
Church at 501 Park St. on
Sunday, March 27, for the 11
a.m. worship service.
The choir is under the
direction of Dan E. Snyder.
The organist is Ann Blanken
ship, the pianist is Pam
Brown, and the narrator is
Jim Thomas.
The public is cordially in
vited.
MYF to have
car wash
There will be a car wash at
the parking lot of the Blade
Mountain Methodist Church
on Saturday, March 26 from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m.
There will be a minimum
charge of $3 for the exterior of
a car. The event is sponsored
by the Methodist Youth Fel
lowship as a fund raiser.
Portion of Blue
Ridge Parkway to
be closed
Blue Ridge Parkway Super
intendent Gary Everhardt has
announced that the section of
Parkway from Wagon Road
Gap at Mile Post 411.8 to
Beech Gap at Mile Post 423.4
will be closed for traffic from
March 21 to April 8. This
three-week closure is neces
sary, Mr. Everhardt said, so
maintenance crews can dear
the roadway and roadsides of
downed timber which resulted
from winter storm damage.
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Simon Bourgin, noted cor
respondent, Science and
Technology Advisor for the
State Department and other
government agencies, and
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, will
present a lecture entitled
“Controlling Nuclear
Weapons: The Debate in U.S.
and Europe,” on Tuesday,
Man* 29 at 8 p.m. in the
Bannerman Lecture Hall at
Warren Wilson College.
Before joining the State
‘Alleluia* to be
sung in Old Fort
A reunion choir consisting of
present and many former choir
members of the First Baptist
Church of Old Fort will per
form “Alleluia” by Gaither at
the 11 a. m. service on Sunday,
March 27.
The public is invited.
Appalachian Music
classes to
be at WWC
The Community Arts Pro
gram at Warren Wilson Col
lege in Swannanoa, will offer
classes for the general public
this spring in intermediate
guitar, fiddle, and bluegrass
banjo taught by Wayne
Erbsen, Director of the Ap
palachian Music Program at
Warren Wilson. Teaching
intermediate dulcimer will be
Don Pedi. Also being offered
is a new class on the bass
fiddle, taught by Bob
Willoughby. These classes run
for eight weeks and are de
signed for those with only
slight experience with these
instruments.
Classes are held in the
Kittredge Community Arts
Building on the campus and
last one hour.
For more information and
registration, call the Music
Department at W arren W ilson
College at 298-3325, ext. 228
or 225.
CPR course
to be held
A Cardiopulmonary Re
suscitation Course (CPR) will
begin at Red Cross Chapter
Headquarters, 100 Edgewood
Road, Asheville on Tuesday,
March 22. The course will
meet on Tuesdays and Thurs
days through Man* 31 for a
total of 10 hours. The class will
begin at 10 K)0 a.m. and end at
12:30 p.m. each session.
Certificates valid for one
year will be issued upon
successful completion of the
training. There is no charge
for instruction. The total cost
for books and materials will be
$5.00.
For further information and
to register, please call the
American Red Cross Safety
Services office, 258-3888.
Church of God
to sponsor
Flea Market
The Black Mountain Church
of God will be having a Flea
Market on Saturday, March 26
from9 a.m until... The sale of
assorted items will be held at
the church which is located on
Northfork Road. The sale will
be held in the Fellowship Hall
if it is a rainy day.
All proceeds horn the sale
will go to the general funds of
the church. __
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Department, Bourgin served
as Deputy Director of Public
Affairs with the Nuclear Regu
latory Commission.
Bourgin has been chief of
Newsweek’s Los Angeles
bureau. He has worked as a
foreign correspondent for
Time and life', covering east
ern Europe and reported for
NBC and C B S at different
times during the same period.
The lecture is open to the
public. Admission is free.
Maundy Thursday '
service to be
in Svvannanoa
A special Maundy Thursday
Communion Service will be
held at the Swannanoa Valley
Presbyterian Church in the
Grovemont section of Swan
nanoa on Thursday, March 31
at 7 p.m.
The pastor, the Rtev. Daniel
D. Sulc, invites the people of
the surrounding communities
to attend.
A-B Tech j
to hold GED
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graduation ]
i
A-B Tech is planning a i
graduation ceremony April 15 <
for individuals who received
their GED during 1982, either
at A-B Tech or at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitatipn Center. Any
1982 GED recipient who has
not received an invitation
should contact either Katie
Davis or Jean Robbins at A-B
Tech, 254-1921.
Social Security
speakers are
available
Social Security has speakers
available for group meetings,
Ruth Geiger
Musical duo to
perform classical
program
Ruth Geiger, pianist, and
Frank Ell, clarinetist, will per
form in concert on Friday,
March 25 at 8 p.m. in the
Kittredge Community Arts
Center on the W arren W ilson
campus. The concert is free
and open to the public.
The musical duo are being
sponsored by the Fourteenth
Annual Swannanoa Chamber
Festival. Among the selections
to be performed are the Sonata
in C major by Mozart and
Rhapsody for Clarinet and
Piano by Debussy.
This March concert is a
preview for the Festival’s sum
mer series which will run from
July 7-August 7. For more
information on the Festival,
contact Warren Wilson Col
lege at 704-298-3325, ex
tension 228.
letirement seminars to provide
nformation and assistance on
Social Security Retirement,
Survivors, Disability and
Medicare benefits. $
To secure a speaker call the
Asheville Social Security Of
fice at 253-4845. Ask for Ralph
Campbell, Richard Capps or
Tom Johnson.
Volunteers
needed at
A-B Tech
Volunteer tutors are needed
i the afternoons to assist
dults who are preparing to
ake the high school Equiva
ency exam. Tutors would
irork with lead instructors,
irimarily in English and math,
lease contact Fran Roberts
669-3428) or Jean Robbins
254-1921) if you are inter
red.
Problems of
grieving parents
addressed at WWC
taurie Ivler, Director of the
Social Work Program at War
ren W ilson College will speak
on “The Death of a Child:
Effects on the Living” as part
of the continuing staff lecture
series Monday, March 28 at 8
p.m. in Bannerman Hall on the
WWC campus.
Ivler first became interested.
in this topic while working
with terminally ill children and
their families on the pediatric
ward at Duke University Medi
cal Center where she worked
from 1974-1977. Since then,
she has become involved with
an Asheville group, Compas
sionate Friends, which offers
support to grieving parents
and is staffed entirely by
volunteer parents who have
lost children.
Ivler’s talk will focus on the
social systems that affect
parents who have lost children
including the response of fami
ly and siblings, the health care
community, schools, and the
religious community to the
death of a child. She will also
discuss the Kubler-Ross
stages of grief, and some of
the ways family and friends
can help grieving parents ,
through acceptance and sup- i
port.
There will be no admission
charge and the lecture is open
to the public.
Nemenyi
relatives
sought
Personal: Peter Nemenyi at
tended Blade Mountain Col
lege in 1947-8. He is now%
critically ill in Nicaragua and'
the American Embassy there
is trying to ascertain the
whereabouts of his family.
If anyone in the community
has such knowledge, they are
urged to contact Brian Joiner
at 1124 Edgehill Drive, Madi
.son, Wisconsin, 53705, im
mediately or The Blade Moun
tain News who can contact Mr.
Joiner by telephone.
Health Fair ’83 set
Buncombe County workers are shown at a recent TV13 Health Fair training session
as they prepared for the event which will be held April 14-23. Pictured [left to right] are:
Becky Prickett, Sherri Moses, Site Coordinator, Dr. Sharon Hamil and Valerie Harrell.
They are volunteers for the Swannanoa Valley Medical Center site on Sunday. April 17,
11-6 p.m.
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