Picnic Planned
Methodists Will Observe
Labor Day This Sunday
Members of the Brevard
Methodist church will observe
Labor Day by coming to wor
ship services on Sunday morn
ing, September 3rd, in the
clothing they wear at work in
their daily occupations.
According to the pastor, the
Rev. Brunson Wallace, this cus
tom has been followed for the
past several years and has been
helpful in promoting fellowship
in the congregation.
Following the morning wor
ship service, the congregation
will meet at Camp Straus at
12:30 for a picnic at the lodge
near the bath house.
Members are requested to
bring picnic lunch dishes suf
ficient for their own families,
to be set out in'buffet service.
Drinks will be furnished.
There will be no swimming
in the lake, but children may
bring balls and bats or other
game equipment. Cars should
be parked in the parking lot at
the camp.
The picnic is being sponsored
by the Commission on Christian
Social Concerns of the church,
Robert E. Lentz, chairman.
Mrs. Ed Anderson Named To
NC Park, Parkway Commission
(Continued from Fife One)
parks, forests and other natural
resources, particularly those
related to recreation.
She has served on the Board
of Trustees of the University of
North Carolina for the past 15
years.
She is a past State President
of the N. C. Federation of
Women’s Clubs and has served
in official positions on the Gen
eral Federation of Women’s
Clubs and has held a number of
other public service positions.
Balsam Grove Youth Club
Meets, Other News Items
By PAVLA HIGGINBOTHAM
BALSAM GROVE—The Youth
Club held their regular meet
ing at the Community center
Friday, August 25th. Plans were
made to have club pictures tak
en Sunday, September 3rd, at
7:30 p.m. at the Community cen.
ter.
The Youth club will meet at
Woods Memorial Baptist church
Saturday, September 2nd at 5:30
p.m. to help clean the church
for the Homecoming §gj>fgipber
3rd.
The Youth club welcomes
Bernice Owen who is home
from Western Carolina college
until November. Miss Owen is
a past president of the Youth
club.
Danny Kitchens will leave for
Western Carolina College in
September.
Art classes, taught by Mrs.
Ruth Hill of Brevard, have been
postponed until September 5th.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Brown, and Mr.
Donald McCall attended decora
tion services at Falls Creek
church in Tuckaseigee Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ruby Connors, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald McCall,
is at home after being in Miss
ion hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James McRoy
from Sebring, Florida, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jeeter Kitchens
and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Broome.
Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Emmitt Moore of Lake
Toxaway had a dinner for their
family and friends. Mr. and
Mrs. Jeetar Kitchens were
among the guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Griffin
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. G„ Griffin of Canton on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bertaine,
summer residents, returned to
their home in Crystal River,
Florida.
Mrs. Sherman Crisp from
Oliver Springs, Tennessee, visit
ed relatives here during the
week.
Mr. Tom Ash’s children from
Pickens, S. C., visited him Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Woods of
Brevard visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Brown on Sunday.
Mrs. Azilee Owen, formerly
of Balsam Grove, passed away
August 27th in Hampton, Vir
ginia, where she had been a
resident for several years. She
was a member of Shoal Creek
Baptist church. Burial will be
in the McCall cemetery.
Total Bill In
County SakEp
To Be $713,000
By - Staff Writer
For residents of Tt-anayl
vuii County, who are send
ing more of their young men
and young women to college
these days, the coot of educa
tion is looming. It has be
come a major financial ex
penditure in many families.
In some cases, in fact, where
there are two or more children
to send to college, it actually
involves a bigger capital invest
ment than was made for the
family home.
The bill that local parents
will be shouldering this year,
for college tuition alone, will
amount to approximately
$713,600, It is estimated.
Facts and figures on college
enrollments and costs have be
come available as the result of
surveys and studies made by
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, the Insti
tute of Life Insurance and
others.
Nationally, they shew, the
number of college students
has been rising sharply, going
from 2,935,000 to 6,460,006 in
the last six years.
In Transylvania County, the
number has gone from approxi
mately 230 in 1660 to an esti
mated total of 460 at the pres
ent time.
For the ones who are going
to publicly supported colleges,
the average cost per year for
tuition and other fees is a little
more than $1,000 and, for those
at private institutions, an aver
age of $2,100, according to gov
ernment findings.
Thus, assuming that the 460
local students are equally di
vided among the publicly and
privately operated colleges,
the overall outlay for one
year comes to $713,000.
And this does not include
other costs—for clothes, roons
and board, books, luggage
transportation and the like.
Including all these ex
penses, it might cost a family
up to $3,200 a year to keep
a youngster in a private col
lege and up to $1,800 in a
public college, according to
the Family Economist, an in
surance publication.
Which means that the total
investment for a family with
three children at college for
four years would range up tc
$38,400 if they choose private
colleges and up to $21,600 at
public colleges.
The number of Transyl
vania county families whose
incomes are sufficient to ab
sorb this kind of economic
shock is on the increase, the
figures indicate.
LIST PRICE
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Announced
—
Transylvania United Fund
Budget Is Set At $42,000
A budget of over $42,000 he. been approved
by the Board of Directors for the 1968 Transyl
vania County United Fund.
“This budget represents the largest undertak
ing in the history of our United Fund drives/’ com
mented Donald R. Lineberger, president of the coun
ty United Fund.
“With the excellent response of the people
of Transylvania county in the past, I am sure that
we can raise this amount which is needed to prop
erly support the agencies covered by the United
Fund.”
Mr Lineberger went on to indicate that the
sudget for 1968 was a 6.6% increase over last year’s
budget of $40,296.40.
Amounts allotted to participating agencies are
as follows:
Boy Scouts of America---- $5,500.00
Girl Scouts of America-_____ $5,500.00
Humane Society---$ 900.00
Lions Club_$ 350.00
Mary C. Jenkins Community Center-$2,850.00
American Red Cross-$6,000.00
Brevard Rescue Squad-$2,000.00
Rosman Rescue Squad-$2,000.00
Sdlvation Army---:-$3,000.00
Sheltered Workshop-$1,000.00
Transylvania Community Center-$3,500.00
Transylvania Community Hospital-$1,500.00
Transylvania Youth Association-$3,750.00
Administrative Expenses-- $1,490.00
Carolines United ---$2,903.00
Contingencies Reserve-i-$ 721.00
TOTAL $42,964.00
(Editor's Note: This Is the
third in a series of four articles
on our local United Fund or
ganisation naming the "Action
Committee Chairmen” and their
committee members.)
A new "Action Committee”
set up to help with the IMS
Transylvania County United
Fuad drive is the Agency Re
lations Committee. The com
mittee is headed by Dr. J.
Braxton Harris, Dean and
Registrar at Brevard College.
Hie purpose of this commit
tee, according to Dr. Harris, is
to improve relationships be
tween the local United Fund
organization and the agencies
in the communtiy that benefit
from its work. Its aim is to co
ordinate publicity and feed back
information from the several
agencies receiving aid to the
Board of Directors of the Trans
ylvania County United Fund.
In addition, the Agency
Relations Committee is charg
ed with the responsibility of
making the community aware
of the services rendered it by
the cooperating agenedes of
the United Fund.
In addition to Dean Harirs,
other members of the commit
tee are Sam Brewton, Ray Bur
gin, Jim Felty, Dr. Frank Mc
Guire and Jim Wells.
Dr. Harris is well known in
J. BRAXTON HARRIS
the community, having cone
to Brevard College in 1964.
He received the A. B. degree
from Lenoir Rhyne College,
the M. A. degree from
palacHea State University,
and the Ed D. degree from
Indiana Slate University.
He has taught in the public
schools in Hickory and Stokes
county, and served from 1958
1964 as an assistant professor
and Assistant Registrar at Ap
palachain.
He is a member of the Of
ficial Board of the Brevard
Methodist church, a member
of tbe Brevard Liens dub and
Is a former chairman and
member of the Western Caro
lines Community Action, Inc.
The boastful father was
really proud of his son’s suc
cess in the business world.
“My son has zoomed up the
ladder,” he proclaimed. “Five
years ago he was wearing my
old suits—now I'm wearing
his.”
Democratic Executive Committee
To Meet This Saturday Afternoon
There will he a meeting of
the Transylvania County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee on
Saturday, September 2nd, at the
court house at 2:30 o’clock,
Chairman Theodore E. Reid aty
nounces.
He requests that all members
of the committee attend the
meeting.
SATURDAY IS DDD IN
TRANSYLVANIA
Charles W. Pickelsimer, Jr., Vice - President and
General Manager of Citizens Telephone Company, re
minds all subscribers that Saturday, September 2nd,
at midnight, Direct Distance Dialing will become a
reality for the citizens of Transylvania County.
Mr. Pickelsimer reminds everyone that this new
service saves time and trouble for all station-to-station
type calls. He also emphasized that person-to-person,
credit card, collect, pay-station, or other calls requiring
special handling, will still require assistance from the
operator.
This is but another step forward by the Citizens
Telephone Company in bringing the people of this
county the best telephone service available anywhere.
Detailed instructions for making DDD calls will
be included with all September bills. >