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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Priie - Winning A. B. C. Newspaper Vol. 80 — No. 13 US? at b£vSa»dOS™c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★ ZIP CODE 28712 9 9 BREVARD F^EMEN had to battle a roaring fire when they answ ered an alarm at the Henning Inn last Thursday morning about 8:00 o’clock. The picture above was made at the height of the blaze - „-jjJsfc-after they arrived The Inn,'lo-' * cateth at the cornel* 'Of 'England and Jordan streets here in Brevard, is a landmark, being built nearly 100 years ago. The fire was confined to the attic area, and one fireman was injured during the fire-fighting. See another picture of the fire on the front page of the fourth .section. (Times “Staff Photo) -n Questions Asked Will Town Get ABC Vote? Taylor Doesn’t Like Bill By The Editor “Will Brevard citizens get an opportunity to vote on an ABC election?” That is the question. From a story in the Ashe ville Citizen on Wednesday morning quoting Transylvan ia’s representative, Charles Taylor, it would seem that they are once again going to be denied this Democratic right. Anyway, he says that he will not introduce the bill of the Brevard Board of Aldermen ^at they have sent to him. jj He was quoted in the Ashe ville story as saying that he had made certain recommen dations to the local town board changing the original bill. Brevard’s Town board has not received any such recom mendations. The first they knew of his proposals was in the Ashe ville Citizen story on Wednes day of this week. In the story Mr. Taylor said he planned to present to the Town and County Board a plan similiar to Henderson county. In it, he said, the town would receive 25 per cent of the net revenue derived from an ABC store. From the in formation The Times learned from Henderson county, 50 percent goes to the town and 12 per cent for city schools. This adds up to 62 per cent. The county gets 25 per cent and 12 per .cent for schools. There seems to be some dif ference in what Mr. Taylor has learned and what we have learn ed from Henderson county. Mr. Taylor’s plan, to us, ap pears to be like those of coun ties which have voted for con trol, and not like those of mu nicipalities in “dry” counties. The local representative Background Cited Gillespie Is Retiring At First Union National Bank Melvin L. Gillespie, cashier with First Union National Bank in Brevard, is retiring after 20 years in banking. Mr. Gillespie first entered banking as a teller on May 19, 1947, with the Transylvania Trust company, which later merged with First Union Na tional Bank of Asheville, and in 1959 merged with First Union National Bank of North Caro lina. He was promoted to assistant cashier in 1949, and to Cashier in 1951. He has been in charge of Operations for the Brevard office for the past several years. Mr. Gillespie was born and raised in Transylvania county —Turn to Page Six said he first learned of con tents of letters to him from the chairman of the County Board of Commissioners and the Mayor of Brevard in The Transylvania Times before he had received them. Mr. Taylor must not open his mail. The Times received a dup licate copy of a letter on a Tuesday morning from the Mayor. It was reprinted Wed nesday night in The Times, a newspaper which Mr. Tay lor should have received in Raleigh on Friday. The Times contacted the chairman of the Board of Com missioners on Wednesday. We learned that Chairman Donald Lee Moore has not writ ten any letters to Representa Weather Bureau forecasters predicted about normal spring time temperatures and weather conditions for the next few days in Western North Caro lina. Daytime highs should average in the 60’s, with morning low temperatures in the 30’s and 40’s. During the past week, ex tremes ranged from a high of 80 to a low of 23. The week’s average temperatures were 71 and 36. , >• The week’s temperatures and precipation follows: High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 65 34 0.00 Thursday ___ 68 23 0.00 Friday_ 72 30 0.00 Saturday _ 80 33 0.00 Sunday _______ 78 42 0.00 Monday_ 78 44 0.00 Tuesday__ 61 51 0.19 Cue And Cushion Opens This Week In North Brevard The Brevard Cue and Cushion center is opening this week end in North Brevard. Located on the four-lane high way next to Lowe’s, Cue and Cushion is a “family recreation al center”. There are 8 family hillard tables with game areas. Refresh ments can be secured from vending machines. % The center will be open frob 10:00 a. m., til 12:00 p. m.. daily, and the rates are $1.80 per hour. “Footsie” Case is the mana ger, and the owners and opera tors emphasize that there will be no gambling, no drinking and no profanity in the center. “We will have a wholesome atmosphere for the entire fami ly,” they declared. tive Taylor. Last week Mr. Taylor was in a squabble with Mrs. Mary Fay Brumby, senator from this district, and this week he is having his differences with Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, the Board of Aldermen, Don ald Lee Moore, chairman, and the Board of County Commis sioners, and The Transylvania Times. And previously, Mr. Taylor has been second guessing all those persons in Transylvania and Western North Carolina ' who have been seeking a flood control program for the Up- ' per French Broad basin for the past 20 years. A stormy session of the leg islature seems to be in the offering. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES is a focal point in the story in Du Pont’s “Better Living” as illustrated in the above picture. Edward Hem phill is shown here picking up print ed forms from The Times office. The Times, which prints 50 differ ent forms and other items for the plant, has added employees to handle the growth of the printing business. In “Better Living” Economic Impact Of DuPont Here Featured In Article By - Staff Writer Du Pont’s economic impact m Brevard and Transylvania :ounty will be shown in a >ictorial layout in Du Pont’s SETTER LIVING, a magazine lublished monthly with a cir culation of 180,000. The fea ure on the Brevard plant vill appear in the May is iue. With a number of familiar faces, the story and pictures show how each facet of eco nomic life has an impact on a community. Businesses do benefit and Brevard does grow as Du Pont employees spend their paychecks each week. The Photo Products plant here puts some $4 million a year into the economy of this area, according to Jack Dense, man ager. This statement of fact Would You Believe? Transylvania’s Cigarette Bill-$424,000 By • Staff Writer What has been the effect among Transylvania county residents of the warning “Caution: cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health?” According to the latest fig ures, that statement, which is printed on every pack of cig arettes sold in the United States, had little or no effect in the local area last year. And it won’t have, according to a University of Michigan professor, Ross J. Wilhelm, who claims that the government’s approach to the problem is all wrong. “It is time the government recognized the fact that it is going to be far easier to dis cover and remove the harmful ingredients from cigarettes than it is to persuade the American people to stop smoking,” he declares. “People are going to smoke and, if the death rates is to be minimized, it is time to change the cigarette and to forget about changing the smoker.” His remarks coincide with the release of figures by the Fed eral Trade Commission, the To bacco Tax Council and others on cigarette consumption in the past fiscal year. A breakdown of these fig ures shows that approximate ly 1,892,000 packs were smok ed by Transylvania county residents in the 12-month period. Related to the local popula tion over age 18, this was at the rate of 172 packs per per son. It was more than in some sections of the country and less than in others. The av erage rate of consumption, nationally, among the over 18 segment of the population, was 215 packs last year. Throughout the South Atlantic States, it was 228 packs. The Federal Trade Commis sion reports that cigarette sales in the United States amounted to 526 billion in the year, or 2.9 percent more than in 1965. The cost of smoking rose, al so, as many communities boost ed their cigarette taxes. All told, residents of Tran sylvania county spent an es timated $424,000 for cigaret tes, an average of $39 per smoker. Prof. Wilhelm says that the government should realize, after long experence, that “the bulk of the people smok ing today are going to con tinue to smoke regardless of future health scares.” was illustrated by a news item clipping from the TRAN SYLVANIA TIMES, the local newspaper. Precisely what does Du Pont mean to Brevard economically? The article points out how em ployment has drastically in creased, how deposits at one bank have grown 75 per cent in the past five years and how retail sales have grown nearly one third. Du Pont’s effect on the community however reaches far beyond the checkbook as —Turn To Page Three Many Reports Are Heard At Directors' Meet Directors of the Brevar Chamber of Commerce adop ed a budget of $8,564 an heard several important con mittee reports at a very bus session at their regular montl ly meeting in the library Tues day night. Treasurer C. Few Lyda pii sented the budget, which w adopted after brief discussic The “early - bird" member ship campaign was next dfc cussed, and all indication are that the drive is goin; well. To date, 116 firms and i dividuals have sent in this yeai dues, amounting to $4,665. Th is a large step towards the a ticipated dues revenue repo] ed in the budget of $7,500. A complete list of all mem hers who have paid their due through tl?e March 31st dead line will be carried in nex week’s issue of the Times All prospective members wh< have not sent in their due: are urged to do so by Marc] 31st so that their name car appear on the list. Brochures Printed The advertising committee r ported that the new accomm dations list has been print* and the brochures are beir distributed. 30,000 other folde: to be placed on the Blue Rid) Parkway are also in the prod? of being printed so Will bo-ready when' way opens. Dr. Wilburn Davis report ed for his beautificatior committee that significam strides by numerous organ! zations throughout the towi and county were being taker —Turn to Page Foi Labor Board May Call An Election The National Labor Rel tions Board, Eleventh Region, office. Winston - Salem, has ii formed Du Pont Plant Managt Jack C. Dense that the Inte national Chemical Work® Union (AFL - CIO) has filed petition asking that a represe: tation election be held at I Pont’s Brevard Photo Produc plant. Mr. Dense said the N.L.RJ probably will set a date for i election in the near future. I that time employees will vo on whether or not they wit to be represented by an AF] CIO union. Outstanding In Science Lea To Attend Governor’s School For Gifted Student Jeffrey Clark Lea, son of Dr. and Mrs. David C. Lea, of Brevard, has been selected to attend the Governor’s School of North Carolina, a summer pro gram for gifted high school students. The Governor’s School is to be held this year from June 11th to July 29th on the cam pus of Salem College, Winston Salem. Chosen on his superior abili ty in natural science, Jeffrey will be one of 400 boys and girls invited to attend the sum mer session. Beginning in summer of 1963, the Governor’s School was financed by a grant from —Ton to Page Three Budget Of $8,564 Is Adopted, Brevard Chamber Of Commerce
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