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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vcl. 7S— No. 11 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. 7IP CODE 2871'' BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1966 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ FEDERAL OFFICIALS here in the Pisgah National Forest confer red at length last week concerning the observance of National Wildlife week from March 20th to the 26th. Mayor Bennett has issued a procla mation on the local observance and it is carried on the front page of the third section, along with other infor mation on the event. In the photo graph above, from left to right, are: Gordon E. Beckett, fishery biologist, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild life; Warren B. Eubanks, assistant manager, Pisgah Forest National Fish Hatchery; Steve Morrison, game protector, N. C. Wildlife Resources commission; and James H. Wells, Pisgah district ranger, U.S. Forest Service. (Times Staff Photo) tfluss Tells Times County Expected To Receive %luch Road Improvement Work Plans for improving impor tant highways in Transylvan ia have been completed and work is beginning, W. Curtis Russ, of Waynesville, the North Carolina State Highway commissioner for this area, told The Times Tuesday night. Due to the vast expansion program that will be started at the Du Pont plant near Cedar Mountain in May, the first project will be vast im provement of US Highway 276 from Brevard to the South Carolina line. This work will also be com pleted before the start of the 1966 tourist travel season. With so little time remain ing before the construction work begins at Du Pont, Mr. f|uss says the project will be one of up-grading the high way and not a re-location pro gram. The highway commissioner told The Times that he want ed to do everything possible for Transylvania, especially since adjoining counties are getting interstate highways and this county is not. He wants to relocate the bridge across the railway track on US Highway 64 near Lake Sega this year. “However, this cannot be done until the Highway system has at least 80 per cent of the rights-of-way,” Mr. Russ stated. * Also included in this proj ect would be the relocation of US 64 from the city limits of Rrevard to a point beyond bridge. Relocation of the remainder of the highway to Rosman would be separate phases that would come in the near future. Work is expected to begin —Turn to Page Threi Thursday, March 17th — Ki wanis meets at 6:45 p.m. at Gai ther’s. At 7 o’clock, the Lion will meet at the Colonial Inn. Friday, March 18th—The Fori nightly club’s Spring fashioi show will be held in the higl Col auditorium, 8:00 p.m. turday, March 19th—NASI employees will celebrate SI P'trick’s with a dance, 8:3( American Legion hall. Sunday, March 20th — Attem the church of your choice. Monday, March 21st — Rotar; will meet at 7:00 p.m. in Gai ther’s. At 7:30 p.m., the stock holders of the Glen Cannoi country club will meet in tb senior high school. Tuesday, March 22nd — Tb Ace of Clubs will meet at 8:0< p.m. The AARP meets at 10:01 a.m. in the community center. At Senior High Glen Cannon Country Club Stockholders Meet Monday There will be a special meet ing of the stockholders of the Glen Cannon Country club next Monday night, March 21st. It will be held in the Brevard senior high school, beginning promptly at 7:30 o'clock. President Bill Keith urges all stockholders to attend. Reports will be made by the directors and other important Wreck Damages Are Reported Two wrecks, in which were considerable damages and sev eral persons injured, were re ported by Patrolman W. D. Saw yer during the past week. Last Friday night a car went out of control on Carolina av enue and was demolished when it slammed into a tree. The driver. Mack Curtis Street, of Pickens, S. C., suf fered cuts and bruises and was taken to the local hospital. On Monday night an accident was reported near the entrance of Pisgah National Forest. According to Patrolman Saw yer, a pick-up, driven by Jesse Lloyd Cash, of Pisgah Forest, pulled out of US Highway 276 into the path of a car on US 64, driven by Mrs. Ollie Blankenship Sizemore, also of Pisgah Forest. ! Damages to each vehicles were - estimated to be at least $500. Charges in both accidents are pending further investigations, the patrolman stated. business will be transacted. There will be displays in the lobby of the school. They will concern the proposed swimming pool, club house, pictures made recently of the golf course, etc. In addition to President Keith, other officers of the Glen Can non Country club are: Spud Carpenter - vice presi dent Jack Dense - secretary, and Jack Madden - treasurer. Other directors include John Anderson, Marshall Gillespie, Vance Jackson, Henry McDonald, Charles Himes. At the meeting next Monday night three directors will be al so elected. Mission Study At Brevard Methodist The Brevard Methodist church will continue its mission study on Sunday evening, March 20th, at 5:00 p. m. The topic planned is “Mis sion: The Christian’s Calling.” Highlighting the study Sun day evening will be a discussion led by the Rev. Edwin Williams Gn “Babylon by Choice.” Classed for all age groups have been arranged. The sup per will be in the Fellowship hall and everyone is asked to bring a dessert. Shakespearean Excerpts Will Be Presented In High Schools 1 Shakespearean Excerpts, by Theatre-in-Education, Inc., will 1 be presented in the two Tran • sylvania county high schools on * Thursday, March 17th. The first performance will be I in Rosman high school, begin ning at 9:30 a.m., and the second f one at Brevard senior high school, at 1:30 p.m. Through funds provided the 1 State Board of Education, Thea ! tre-kn-Education, Inc., a profes sional New York Dramatic com , pany, is again, for the fourth j successive year, presenting 60 I performances of Shakespearean Excerpts in public secondary schools of North Carolina. Similar tours of this company conducted in 1963, 1964 and 1965 were well performed and well received. In 1963 the group per formed at Brevard high school. Performances are given in schools selected on the basis of interest by the school, popula tion density and geographic loca tion, adequacy of facilities of the school and travel time be tween schools. There is no cost to participat ing schools. As stated by Miss Lyn Ely, executive producer, of Theatre —Turn to Page Six Brevard Voters Give Approval In Bond Election By Vote Saturday Of 9 To 1 Corn Growing Champions Are Honored County corn champions were recently honored at a meeting of the 4-H County Council. Roy Lambert won in the Senior division with a yield of 161.27 bushels per acre. A yield of 188.9 bushels per acre was obtained on the Lambert farm a few years ago. This yield has not been ex ceeded since the beginning of the 100 Bushel Corn contest in 1946. Charles Bryson won in the Junior division with a yield cf 164.24 bushels per acre. In addition, Charles’ 4-H Corn project record was selected as the State winning record in Field crops. Trophies for both divisions were sponsored by the First Union National Bank of Bre vard. Factory Outlet Dollar Store Opens Thursday A new store will open its doors to the public of Brevard and Transylvania county Thurs day morning at 9 a. m. Announcement of the grand opening of the new Factory Outlet Dollar Store here in Bre vard comes from W. W. Jordan of Charlotte, vice president and general manager of the chain, which is made up of similar stores in eight other North Car olina cities. In making the announcement, Mr. Jordan stated that he was most happy to be opening a store here, and that he was look ing forward to a long and suc cessful operation in Brevard. The local manager of the Fac tory Outlet Dollar Store will be John Benson, and his staff will be composed of eight sales ladies. The store will be self-service, and will feature clothing, shoes, notions and housewear for all members of the family. It will be open daily from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., except Fridays, when it will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Other stores in the Factory Outlet Dollar Store chain are located in Mt. Airy, Mooresville, Dallas, Charlotte, Asheboro, Mt. Gilead, Statesville and Gastonia. The store here is located at 50 East Main Street. By - AI Martin Official Weatherman Only slightly more than one third inch of precipitation was recorded at the Brevard weather station during the past week, all of this coming Tuesday of this week. Daily highs and lows averaged 66 and 29 degrees, with actual high and low readings for the week reaching 71 and 14 de grees, respectively. Individual daily reports were as follows: Thursday Friday __ Saturday Sunday Monday . Tuesday . Wednesday High Low . 56 14 . 62 19 . 67 20 . 71 24 . 71 31 . 70 43 . 65 49 COUNTY CORN CHAMPIONS, with their handsome trophies, award ed by First Union National bank, are pictured above, with Martha Sue Mackey, president of the Tran sylvania 4-H County council. This group honored the champions re cently, and Miss Mackey presided at the meeting. The champions are: Roy Lambert, left, of the senior divi sion, and Charles Bryson, right, jun ior division. (Times Staff Photo) Survey Reveals Transylvania Residents’ Tax Deductions Average $1,570 How do income lax deduc tions claimed by Transylvania county residents compare with the amounts listed as deduc tions by people in other areas? How do local contributions to charity and such other deducti ble items as interest, medical expenses and local taxes com pare? Local taxpayers who are busy preparing their Federal income tax reports can now tell whether they are higher or lower than average in these respects. They can do so by referring to data compiled by the Commerce Clearing House, national auth ority on tax and business law, based on figures released by the Internal Revenue Service. It shows just how much is generally claimed in tax deduc tions for charitable contribu tions, medical costs and other outlays by the average taxpayer in each income bracket. According to these guide lines, most taxpayers in the United States with income equal to the average prevail ing in Transylvania County list deductions totaling $1,570, equivalent to 20.1 percent of their gross income. The Internal Revenue Service reports that the proportion is —Turn to Page Four Look Inside.. Classifieds, page 2 and 3, first section News for the Women, page 6, second and third sections Editorials, page 2, second section Sports, page 6, first section Editor’s Corner, page 5, first section College Sports, page 5, second section Brevard Cornet Band mem bers, 1910, are identified, front page, section three Church directory, page 3, sec tion two Schedule Announced Board Of Equalization And Review Will Meet In April The Board of Equalization and Review will meet several times in April to hear complaints regarding property valuation in Transylvania county, James A. Breedlove, the tax supervisor, announces. The first meeting will be on April 11th here in the court house. The time will be from 9:00 a. m., until 5:00 p. m. Other meetings are slated on April 12th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd. Persons having complaints regarding valuations must ap pear before the Board at one of the schedule meetings. After the Board has finished its work of making valuation changes, the tax supervisor has no authorization to make any further changes except to cor rect a name or clerical error and add on any discovered prop erty. “If your property doesn’t ap pear in line with adjoining, property owners, please appear before this board. Don't wait un til you receive your tax state ment in October and complain to the collector or supervisor. You will have waited too long and no further changes can be made. Appointments to meet with the Board can be made with the tax supervisor’s office at any time,” Mr. Breedlove states. Program Highlights WPNF Will Broadcast NCAA Tournament Games WPNF will be on hand as the top two basketball teams in the nation clash this Friday night in College Park, Maryland, in the semi-final round of the NCAA Tournament. Duke and Kentucky will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the first game, to be followed by the second contest between Utah and Tex as Western at 9:30 p. m. The winners will meet at 9:30 p. m. on Saturday night for the national title. Both Duke and Kentucky squads were hit early this week by flu and colds so the con test should be a toss-up and an exciting event to say the least. Bill Currie will handle the play-by-play for the Tarheel Sports Network, originators of the Atlantic Coast Conference broadcasts this season on WPNF. WPNF will also carry the Sat urday night consolation contest between Friday night’s losers. This game will be played at 7:30 p.m. Broadcast of each game will begin at ten minutes prior tc tip-off. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm —Turn to Page Seven Town Officials Appreciative Of Confidence Vote By an overwhelming vote of seme 9 to 1, Brevard voters approved the Special Bond Flection for Improvement of the Sanitary Sewer system last Saturday. The actual vote was as Fol ic ws: ‘'Yes" - 492 ‘•No" ■ 56. Two votes were declared ! void, thus 550 voters partici pated in the election. Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, and the aldermen. W. D. Duck worth, David E. Norton, Charles E. Johnson, Dwight F. Moffitt and David Sams ex press sincere appreciation for the large favorable vote. "This was a vote of confi- ' dence and one for continued progress in Brevard," they de clared. nun uit; niucmx ui uum in them, the town officials will now begin a S315.000 pro gram ot sewer system im provement. They will also have an addi tional S89.000 in federal funds to work with in the project. Briefly, the program will consist of enlarging the sani tary sewer system of Brevard, including the reconstruction and replacement of sewer mains and lines, and the en largement and improvement of the sewage treatment plant. An official statement of re sults in the special election is carried elsewhere in this week’s Times. Flood Damages In Rural Areas Over $50,000 Damages in rural areas of Transylvania by flash flooding and high winds on February 13th and 14th have been esti mated at more than $50,000, Jim Davis, the county exten sion chairman, announces. These damages include: Washing of top soil from the fields, which cannot be replaced Repairs to fences around fields and in other areas Replacement of small bridges and repairing of pri vate roads. Mr. Davis says that no esti mate has been made of damage: to cover crops and winter pas lures. “These were also consideraibl; damaged,’’ he declared. Loeb Re-Elected By Paper Group Arthur J. Loeb, Vice Pres! dent and General Manager 0 the Ecusta Paper division, (Mil Mathieson Chemical corporation was re-elected chairman of th Thin Paper group of the Wril ing Paper divison, American F| per Institute, at their 105th ai nual meeting. Mr. Loeb also was elected t the Division’s Executive mittee, representing the Paper group. This group sists of manufacturers of bonizing, condenser, Bible other fine thin papers.
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