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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning Vol. 80 — No. 40 yy BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOt C. Newspaper ^7 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★ Town Board Of Aldermen Planning To Build Much Needed Fire Station, Other Quarters Nil “BLASTING OFF” the 1968 Transylvania County United Fund campaign are the key UF workers pictured above, gathered around the big rocket that will be used to in dicate the progress of the campaign here. The local UF campaign offic ially got underway with a big kick off breakfast for UF directors, work ers and benefiting agencies Tuesday morning. This year’s goal is $42,964, and officials are hopeful that this figure will be reached. The United Fund officials pictured above, left to right, include: Don Lineberger, president of the local UF; Jerry Wil lis, chairman of the commercial di division; Dr. Milton Massey, general campaign chairman; John Clark, chairman of the services and organ izations division; and Don Blankin ship, chairman of the industrial and advanced gifts division. Gil Coan, chairman of the 'professional and public employees division, was ab sent when the photo was made. (Times Staff Photo) Goal I» $42,964 rTnited Fund Campaign Opens, Cited 1988 Transylvania United Fond Cam paign began Tuesday morning with a kickoff breakfast at Gaither’s Restaurant for all campaign workers. .United Fund President Don Lineburger and campaign chair man, Dr. Milton Massey, out lined plans and strategy for the upcoming drive which has an announced goal of $42,964. The theme of tills year’s campaign, tineberger noted, is “109% Fair Share Giving”. A “Fair Share” is equal to one hour’s pay for twelve months for hourly employees or 1% of the gross income of salaried personnel. The United Fund Drive, which will last for three weeks, will raise funds to operate 13 local agencies and institutions. $39, 340 of the announced goal will be spent in the County, with $2,183.43 being allocated to state agencies and $721.20 be ing reserved for national agen cies. The majority of the na tional funds will be utilized by the U.S.O. which serves ser vicemen in Vietnam and other overseas areas as well as in the Uited States. A breakdown of . local agen cies and the service rendered by each is listed below; Boy Scouts of America — Scouting provides opportuni ties for boys 8 - 18 to develop An Editorial The United Fund Needs You! The United Fund campaign has been officially launched in Brevard and Transylvania county, and now it is up to all of us to pledge the $42,964 goal promptly and generously. The target sum locally is up a narrow six per cent over last year, an increase that is caused by the request of the various agencies to meet the needs of an increased population. The slight increase is also caused by heavier Red Cross national expenses in connection with the Vietnam war. Service to our fighting men in South east Asia surely is at the top of the list in legitimate reasons for asking a modest boost on giving. All other United Fund agencies are at or very close to their budgets of last year. United Appeal donations, based on fair share giving of an hour’s Day a month or one per cent of income, constitute the most equitable method pos sible for meeting the community’s obligations to the unfortunate, to those afflicted or threatened with illness, and to youth. The United Appeal makes good, in one drive instead of many, on the community’s obligation for voluntary public service. Every agency budget is rigorously scrutinized by United Fund panels, and donors can be certain that what is asked for is the rock bottom amount on which a given agency can deliver its needed services. , So be ready with a fair share pledge when the United Appeal campaign workers come: around. themselves In cttiensbip, char acter and physical fitness. Hie scouting program of Transyl vania County operates under the •—Tara to Page Poor Program Highlight* WPNF Now Broadcasting 1967 World Series Games Thet UB7 World Series it car mUy being presented over TNF in cooperation with the }■ '* y /' A new and completely mod ern fire house is the goal of the Town Board of Aldermen and last Monday evening the Board took a major step to ward this goal. At its regular monthly meet ing, the Board unanimously passed a resolution calling for a special election on November 18, 1967, to obtain voter appro val for the necessary bond is sue. Approval of a bond issue of up to $290,000 without a tax increase will be requested. The new fire house would be the major part of a new Municipal building. For the past three years, the need for the new fire house has been stressed by the State Fire In surance Rating Bureau. The Brevard Fire Department holds the best rating of any volunteer department in North Carolina and several actions were necessary for re tention of this rating. A new 1000 gallon per minute fire pumper costing $28,750 is soon to be received. Other im provements in training and ad ministration are complete. The new fire house is the last major action needed for the Brevard Fire department to meet the re quirements of the Rating Bu reau. Designed by Henry McDon ald and Associates of Brevard, the new Municipal building is to be located on West Main and England streets on Town owned property. In addition to the fire house, space will be included for other Town departments. These new facilities will allow more ef fective and efficient service by all departments to the citizens of Brevard. More responsive and improved operation and main tenance of the T >wn’s public utilities and services will also be possible. The new Municipal building is estimated to cost about $264,000. Kowever, in res ponse to advice from officials of the Local Government Com mission, approval of up to $290,000 of bonds is to be re quested to allow for unfor seen contingencies. Town of ficials state that only the amount of bonds needed will be sold. The amount needed will not be definitely known until after construction bids are opened, probably in Feb ruary 1968. The Board of Aldermen and other Town officials state posi tively that no tax increase is necessary and no tax increase will be called for to pay for this building. The necessary taxes to pay the cost of the bond issue are already being collected. Costs of services for which these tax es have been required will be met in the future from part of the profits from the ABC store. The Town administration has promised that improvements would be made, facilities expan ded and better service provided inside the Town. These promis es are being kept and without tax increases or increases in utility charges. The approval of the voters of Brevard on November 18th for the new Municipal build ing will be a voie of confi dence for the administration and for their continued ef forts to build a better Bre vard. Temperatures in the Brevard area are expected to average above normal during the next five days, according to the Wea ther Bureau’s extended fore cast. Daytime highs are ex pected to average in the low to middle 70’s. Lows at night should average around 50 de grees. Days should Be warm and nights mild through the week. No rain of any consequence is indicated through Saturday. The past week temperatures have averaged 71 and 41, with the high point of 80 reached on Tuesday and a low of 30 de grees on Saturday morning. Rainfall last week amounted to 0.70 inches on Thursday. Brevard registered only 2.38 inches of rain for the month of September, with 1.10 of that falling on Sept. 0th. High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 70 53 0.00 Thursday_ 70 60 0.70 Friday_ 57 32 0.00 Saturday_ 67 30 0.00 Sunday _ 74 34 0.00 Monday_ 78 38 0.00 Tuesday _ 80 39 0.00 Legion Makes Drive For New Members The annual membership drive for Monroe Wilson Post, No. 88, of the American Legion, of Bre vard, is now underway. Com mander L. J. Lanning urges all Legion members to renew their memberships and to solicit new members. For prospective new mem bers, he says: “you are eligible for membership in the Ameri —Turn to Page Thres Beginning Sunday College To Hold “Festival Of Contemporary Music’* “A Festival of Contemporary Music” will be celebrated by Brevard College beginning Sun day, October 8th, and ending Sunday, October 15th. The announcement was made today by Nelson F. Adams, chairman of the Division of Fine Arts at the College. Programs on Sunday, October 8th. and Sunday, October 15th, wili be held in the Brevard Methodist church. All other pro grams will be held in the audi torium of the Dunham Fine Arts Center. Featured attraction of the festival will be the appearance of Vladimir Ussachevsky, a pi oneer in the field of electronic music who will give a lecture and demonstration plus a recital on Friday, October 13th. Ussachevsky was the first American composer to experi ment with the medium which was later called tape music, and which was recognized as a na tive American development, paralleling the musique concrete and the electronic music of Eu rope. He has appeared with nine major American symphony orchestras as well as on tele vision in Europe and the United States. His appearance will be for two of the nine programs pre sented by the College’s Depart ment of Music and the Brevard Methodist Church Chancel Choir during the week. All events are open to the public at no charge, Adams stated. The schedule: PROGRAM NUMBER 1—Sun day, October 8, 11:00 a. m. - Brevard Methodist Church. Con temporary anthems and organ music provided by the Brevard College Choir, Nelson F. Adams, organist. PROGRAM NUMBER 2—Sun day, October 8, 3:30 p. m. - Bre revard Methodist Church. A special program of modern sac red music featuring the Brevard College Choir, Glee Club, Brass Ensemble and the Brevard Methodist Church Chancel Choir PROGRAM NUMBER 3—Wed nesday, October 11, 4:00 p. m. - —Turn to Page Fiva News From US Forest Service, Autumn Arriving! “Old Father Autumn” has finally made it to the Pisgah Ranger district, bringing with him a promise of beauty and splendor. While driving up U.S. 276, you will notice how much color has already began to show. The bright redness of dog wood, maple and sourwood; the gold and orange colors of yel low poplar, basswood, hickory, birch, beech and an occasional sugar maple are brought out with more beauty and clarity as you drive to higher elevations. Already, an occasional artist may be seen painting the beau ty of autumn surrounding Look ing Glass Rock or the Cradle of Forestry from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Looking even closer, you can see the look of concern on Ranger Wells' face. Fire! Well it’s here to stay until Change In Law Proposed Loss Of Vote Faces Local Movers How often do Transylvania county residents move from one location to another? How many of them will be ineligible to vote in the next local and Presidential elections because of inability to meet the minimum period -(Of - residence requirements? The mobility rate, locally In moat other parts of the country, has Increased considerably in recent years. A current Census Bureau re port shews that s?~ nflHm people in the United States were living at different ad than the And the about 8 Wiylhfo tO mmm the tendency to pick up and move to locations in - other states is not as great as it is among residents of most oth er communities. Approximately 83 per cent of the people now living in the lo cal area were bom in North Carolina and have lived in the state all their lives, the latest Government tabulation shows. v ' ' \\ Compared with the amount of moving about that has been tak ing place in other parts of the United States, where only 66 percent of the population are still living in the state of their birth, thi? represents real sta bility. In the; South Atlantic states, 67 percent are so-listed. study shows. Approximately 7.9 percent of the local population above age 5 moved into the county from other parts of the state during that period and 27.8 percent moved to new addresses within the county. Consideration is now being given in Congress and in some state legislatures to eas ing the voting eligibility rales affecting people who have liv ed in new localities for a rel atively short time. Now before Congress is a bill entitled "Residency Voting Act of 1067.” It would reduce the qualifying period in Federal elections to a mere two months. It would set September 1st as the uniform qualifying date. In nearly every state, the for voting range from six months to two years. next May, so let’s be extra care ful with our matches, campfire and trash burning. You have done a good job for the last couple of years, but we can’t let our guard down now. Let’s all give an extra effort to keep our Pisgah National Forest green. Burning permits are in effect since October 1st and may be obtained from County Ranger Clark Grissom. The Annual Fire Training School for Schenck Job Corps will be held this week. Director, Pat Thomas, says that the Corpsmen will receive lectures and training with fire organization, safe use of fire tools, tower operations, crew organization, pumper demonstra tion, fire line construction, prin ciples of fire behavior and the ten standard fire fighting or ders. This will be a valuable train ing for the Corpsmen. (SM) Lake Toxaway Soldier Killed In Vietnam War WASHINGTON — The Pen tagon announced Monday that three North Carolina service men have been killed in ac tion in the Vietnam war. They were identified as: Army 1st Lt. Clyde V. Moore, husband of Mrs. Johnnie L. Moore, Lake Toxaway. Army Sgt. Willie Farmer, Jr., son of Mrs. Blanch Dan iels, Whittier. Marine Sgt. William H. Up church, Jr., husband of Mrs. Sandra D. Upchurch, Durham. New Bridge At Lake Sega Open "In A Few Days" Traffic will be routed across the new Lake Sega bridge between Brevard and Bosnian in “a few days.” This annoncement came on Wednesday morning from W. Curtis Russ, the Highway com missioner for this district. Mr. Russ said the contrac tors are running behind schedule, but they told the engineers that the new stretch of highway and the new bridge would be open in “a few days.” “We want to open up this road just as badly as the pub lic,” Mr. Russ declared. He also told The Times that he was going to Raleigh on Thursday primarily in the in terest of highway construc tion in Transylvania county. “How successful I will be remains to be seen,” he con cluded. Hipp Reports '66 Tax Collections Said Good For County, Brevard And Rosman Collections of 1966 taxes in Transylvania, Brevard and Rosman were reported to have been good, according to L. R. Hipp, the tax collector. Mr. Hipp made reports this week to the va rious boards, and collection of county taxes was 96.73 per cent. The per cent of collections for Brevard was 95.71 and for Rosman it was 89 per cent. Complete reports are as follows: TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 1966 TAX REPORT 1966 Taxes Levied Plus Discoveries $679,731.38 16,993.66 Less Errors $687,725.04
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