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Goraap/ta. aad R/ar/ey f/ar^.
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Ao.sts. Spot^^arc [/-r] A7;'Ae/;r. ZAofttp W//tams, .7f aatc Ya. aacf staa&a^
arc TLpoa W/Aaois, 7onpy Af:Ae/:r and Ya ZAtjAon^.
Black Mountain
lias distinguished visitors
loon and Dotde Williams are
close friends of Rose and Toney
Mihelic. Leon served in the famed
"Flying Tigers" in China during
World War II and Rose was
attached to their headquarters.
They have seen each other over the
years, especially at the annua!
reunions of the 14th Air Force.
Rose asked the Williamses if
some friends of hers could visit in
Black Mountain for a few days with
them. The answer, of course, was
"yes". The visitors were Yu Zhi
zhong, the First Secretary to the
Ambassador of the People's Repub
lic of China, and his wife. Jennie,
who is the finance officer of the
Washington Embassy.
The Yus are scheduled for reas
signment in China as they are
completing a five year tour in this
country. They have traveled to other
sections of the U S. notably San
Francisco, Los Angeles, New York,
Boston, Chicago. Detroit, and Iowa.
But they had not been in western
North Carolina. The couple enjoyed
the brilliant colors of the fall foliage
and a two day tour of Biltmore
House and Gardens personally con
ducted by William A.V. Cecil,
president of the Biltmore Company.
They found Black Mountain to be
charming and the people who live
here "extremely friendly". They
also enjoyed a day's excursion to
Chimney Rock before their return to
the Embassy last Thursday.
Black Mountain-Mt. Mitchell Ski Challenge
Committee assignments are made
Committee members and assign
ments for the second annua! Black
Mountain-Mt. MitcheU Ski Chal
!enge have been announced. The
event will be he!d Friday and
Saturday. Feb. 3-4. 1984. Hie
assignments are:
Transportation-First Aid-Rescue.
Boh Watts and Gary Bartiett:
Course Control and Preparation,
Matt Hodges and Wii! Leverette;
Weekend Activities. Andy
Andrews; Miscellaneous. WendeH
Begley: Media. Jim Aycock: Lodge
Crew- Decorations- Re freshments
Saies-Posters. Vickie Begley: Fire
wood. Chip Knight; Busses-Ski
Magazine Publicity. Mike Sobol and
George Venturella: Property Owner
and Participant Waivers. Mike
Begley: Official Press Release. Gail
Begley; Cocktail Hour. Susan
Garland
The next planning session will be
Thursday. Oct. 27.
For United Way
Bussman raises *35,000
The 1983-84 United Way cam
paign of AsheviHe - Buncombe ex
ceeded its goal of 1.6 million dollars
by reporting a total of piedges of
$1,740,000 at the final report
luncheon held at noon on Friday.
Oct. 28 in the .Asheville Civic
Center.
Campaign Chairman Walter St.
George Gladding congratulated
everyone who worked in the cam
paign and who made a contribution
for his or her part in the recording
breaking campaign.
We have raised the largest
amount ever." Mr. Gladding com
mented. "the largest new dollars
ever; the largest percentage in
crease ever:and we finished on sche
dule. Our Community has shown
how it feels about services provided
by the United Way Agencies. We
reached for the sky and we got a
piece of it."
Black Mountain
Annual Christinas Parade
n ill be December 3
The Black Mountain-Swannanoa
Chamber of Commerce *has an
nounced that the Annua! B!ack
Mountain Christmas Parade wi!l be
he!d this year on Saturday, Dec. 3.
The theme is "Winter Fantasy".
The parade will begin at 10 a.m.
from the B!ack Mountain Public
library.
The pre-parade line-up will form
as for the Sourwood Parade did by
having units enter the south end of
Church Street, turn left onto Con
nally and left again onto North
Dougherty St. The parade will
follow the Sourwood Route through
town finishing behind the Old
Ingle's building on Montreat road.
"This is definitely a hometown
parade with everyone involved",
said Chamber President Susan Gar
land. "We are inviting businesses,
industries, clubs, churches and
organizations to participate."
And now is the time to get started
with plans for floats, trucks or
walking groups. There is no charge
to enter the parade. It is being done
just for the fun of it and to spread
Christmas cheer and g^od will in
the community.
To enter, either call the Chamber
office at 669-2300 during regular
business hours or go by at 201 East
State Street in Black Mountain to
sign up.
SVFD Board
to meet
The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Directors of Swanna
noa Volunteer Fire Department will
be held on Thursday. Nov. 10. at
7:30 p.m. in the fire station.
Afeef f/te CaM<%t<%ates
Carl
Bartlett
for
Alderman
Car/ Bart/ett Aas announced At's candtdacy /or re-e/ecdon to tAe B/acA
Afoanta/n Board o/ /t/derman. Be Aas seroed one term and t's present/y
serotng as V?ce-Afayor.
77te nejct /eu' years ted/ be an ttnporUtnf dme t'n B/acA Afounta/n's
Atstoty Zoca/ gooemment ted/ Ac maAtng dectstons tAat ted/ a//ect tAe
sAape and texture o/ tA/s cont/nant/y, and tAe qua/t'ty o/ /t/e Aere /or tAe
rest o/ tAts century. tVe must j'ot'n tettA otAer /oca/ go oem meets and tAe .
county tn„ so/otng our so/td teaste proA/ems. 77te p/anntng and
tmp/ementadon o/pAose Band B7o/a compreAenst'oe teater system sAou/d
Ae condnued. 77te tmp/ementadon o/ tAe TV4 7bten/t/t program, and
properdeoe/opmento/tAe AaAe TbmaAateAgrantsAou/da/so Ae condnued.
77te Board sAou/d condnue tts po/tcy o/ Aetng /tscady respons/A/e, teAde at
tAe same dme Aetng ted/tng to pay tAe prt'ce /or adequate seretce and
u'd/tng to t'noest puA/tc money /n tAe communtty's /uture.
W^e must condnue to p/ace an empAasts on economy tn gooemment, Aut
not tettA sucA a narrou' percepdon tAat tAe present needs and /uture o/our
toum go unAeeded. unp/anned. and Aecome unmanageaA/e.
Be sure to read page 4
Much of the success of the
campaign was due to companies like
Bussman. Erma Rhodes was a
loaned executive for the campaign.
Herb Edwards was noted for his
work by Piant Manager John Garav
giia. But the firm was the single
largest new source of contributions
to the campaign with 76 percent of
their employees giving a fair share.
The total raised was more than
$35,000.
Chet Prentice of Highland Farms
said that the corporation was glad to
have been asked to participate in
the fund drive for the first time this
year. He attributed the success
there-85 percent employee partici
pation-to several things, notably the
hard work of Bob Glasgow. Glasgow
said the campaign there was low
key, but employees responded
generously with 55 percent giving a
fair share.
Another Valley success story was
the JEC that had a more than 600
percent increase over last year's
pledges. Director Don Pagett was
mentioned for his support.
Beacon Manufacturing employ
ees gave generously and their gifts
were matched dollar for dollar by
the parent company, Cannon Mills,
according to Herb Coman of Bea
con. $48,000 was raised this year
$5,000 more than last year and with
fewer employees.
Doug Stafford, Chairman of the
Communications Committee, was
cited for his efforts by Gladding who
said, "He's a super guy who did a
super job for us".
Mental Health Association
to form iti Buncombe County
by Margaret Thomson
Does Buncombe County need a
menta! health association?
A group of concerned county
residents beheves there is a
conspicuous need for the services
such an association would provide to
the public and has begun serious
discussions leading to its formation.
Under the temporary chairman
ship of Larry Thompson, area
director of Blue Ridge Community
Mental Health Center in Asheville,
the committee is composed of
professionals and lay persons
representing a broad spectrum of
health agencies, religious, social
and civic organizations throughout
Buncombe County.
Thompson has called an
important informational and organi
zational public meeting for Thurs
day, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. at the
MAHEC Building on Biltmore Ave
nue across from St. Joseph's Hospi
tal.
The mental health administrator
believes that broad public support is
essential to the future success of the
proposed Menta! Health Associa
don (NHA) in Buncombe County
and urges everyone interested in
promodng mentai heaith through
out the community to attend.
As already outlined by the
organizing committee, the objec
dves of the proposed MHA will be
to provide educadonal programs to
make the genera! public more aware
of local resources, specialized pro
grams and referral sources avail
able for treatment of mental prob
lems.
It will further serve as a means
whereby private pracddoners,
private and public mental health
agencies, along with interested
cidzens, can join forces to advocate
necessary improvements in the
community's efforts to serve the
mentally ill and handicapped.
The proposed Mental Health
Associadon in Buncombe County
will be a chapter within the Mental
Health Associadon in North Caro
lina. Inc., in Raleigh. All of its
services and programs will be
provided by community-based
volunteers under the direcdon of an
elected board of directors.
Michael
Begiey
for
Alderman
A/icAaei Begiey /iied /or re-e/ection os an A/derman. /A iawyer uitA tAe
/irm o/* BrocA, Beg/ey, and Drye since 7977, Begiey iisted c/ear, iogicai
tAinAing and /i'nanciai rcspons:6dt(y a^ A is condiAadons to tAe nMAc-ap o/
tAe current board.
Begiey cited cont/nan:'ty entAasMsn: and Aarmony as reasons /or Ais
interest in seeAfng a /bartA term. Begiey commented tAat, "WAen yoa
Aaoe tAe ieoei o/ comwan^ty pride and oo/anteer pardcipation wAicA we
now Aaoe in B/acA MoanUnn, it's e^cidng to be a part o/aii tAe good tAings
tAat are Aappentng. And we are j'ust now beginning to see tAe resa/ts o/
Aard worA tAroagAoat tAe town by tAose people wAo Aope B/acA ATountatn
wiii condnae to be a betterpiace to doe and worA and are wiiiing to worA to
maAe it better. As an Aiderman, /Aope /can Aeip to sapportand encourage
tAese e//brts by maAtng sure tAe 7bwn does its part "
Begiey noted tAat a spirit o/ cooperadon between townspeopie and tAe
board, between tAe empioyees and tAe administration, between community
organizations and town government, and pardcuiariy between tAe*
CAawbero/ContTnerce and tAe Tbwn Councd Aas signi/icantiy contributed
to Aow mucA Aas been accompiisAed in tAe past two years.
"TAe oniy tAing more sads/ying tAan iooAtng bacA on Aow mucA our
community Aas done, is to iooA /orward to tAe promise o/ more to come.
Mow, more tAan eoer, your representadoes need to be posidve tAinAers",
said Begiey.