North Buncombe Museum musings
By Bill Barbee In the fall of 1954, five local
high schools–Weaverville, Bar- nardsville, Flat Creek, Red Oak and French Broad–consolidated to form North Buncombe High School. Swannanoa and Black Mountain high schools also con- solidated to form Owen High School, so the number of high schools in Buncombe County was reduced to 12. In the spring of 1955, there
were 12 boys’ and 12 girls’ team vying for the 30th annual Bun- combe County Basketball Tour- nament Championships. Under the leadership of J.M.
Nesbitt, the girls’ team defeat- ed Biltmore and Leicester and faced Owen in the finals. The game was nip and tuck with sev- eral lead changes but the Black- Hawks prevailed 45-43. Jean Corn scored 23 points, and Car- olyn Bartlett tallied 14 points to account for most of the scoring. Corn was selected to the offen- sive all-tournament team, and teammate Jo Corn was named to the defensive all-tournament team. Gil Lance coached the boys’
team that defeated Woodfin and Oakley to face Leicester in the finals. This too was a hard- fought game with many lead changes. The outcome was de- cided in the last seconds of the game on field goals by Jim Way- caster and Johnny Parris as well as two free throws by Bill Bar-
David and Marcia Atkinson of
Alexander are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Renee, to Austin James Penley, son of Dennis and Phoebe Penley of Weaverville. Elizabeth is also the grand-
Above and below are pictures of the winning teams from the 30th annual Buncombe County Basketball Tournament.
bee. The BlackHawks won 66- 61. Waycaster, Eddie Hensley, Bill Hurst and Gene Capps all scored in double figures. Hen- sley and Capps were selected to the all-tournament team. This was the first time in the
30-year history of the tourna- ment that the girls’ and boys’ team from the same school were county champions in the same year. Most of the players on both teams autographed a game ball
to be saved for posterity. The ball was housed in the trophy case at the high school for many years. It was recently found in the home of Nesbitt after he died by his son, Bob, who graciously donated it to the Dry Ridge His- torical Museum for safe keeping. The museum is located in the basement of the library in Weav- erville. The museum is open from 10
am to 2 pm on Saturday or by ap- pointment by calling 658-3934.
daughter of Wanda Tompson of Alexander, and the late Rex Tompson, and the late David and Norma Ruth Atkinson of Bladenboro. She is also the great grand-
daughter of Cora Rice Shook. Austin is the grandson of the Rev. Lee Roy and Ruby Denton
of Weaverville, and the late James and Janice Elizabeth Penley. Austin and Elizabeth are both
2006 graduates of North Bun- combe High School. Elizabeth is a senior at Western Carolina Uni- versity and will graduate in De- cember with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Austin is employed at MB
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