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* BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1968 PRICE lOe PUBLISH ^ WEEKLY * 24 PAGES TODAY ★ TRANSYLVANIA TIM1 \ A State And National Prize - Winning, Home Town Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, for Summer Qnape, Entrance to Piigah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival. fax Course Is Offered Under •* Jrc, Adult Program Tke Asheville ■ Buncombe Technical Institute and the Transylvania County Beard of Education announce a course in the preparation a« federal and state income tax returns starting Monday, Feb ruary 12th, at 6:M p. m. at Brevard sealer high school. This six-hour course will be divided into two three - hour sessions. The second session will be held on Thursday, Feb ruary 15th. This tax.course is design ed to help the average taxpay er to understand the proper method of reporting his earn ings, to take Ms allowable de ductions, mid to calculate his tax liabilities. There wiH be no fee charged. Enrollment will be held the first evening and any person 18 yean otf age or over may at tend. ' John W. Sisty, Chief En gineer at the Veterans Admin istration hospital in Asheville, who is also a public account ant, will he the instructor. Little Theatre Announces Cast For New Play Hie Brevard Little Theatre will present “Witness for the Prosecution” on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, February 15th, l*h and 17th. first produced in London, in October, 1853. It was a British mystery in which an apparent ly innocent man becomes victim of Circumstance. The supposed ly devoted wife turns against the Ipaband. Needlessly to say, the end of this drama becomes even more exciting. The cast is as follows: Greta - Pat Smart Carter - Hall Parrish Mr. Mayhew • Lou Baines Leonard - Bob Barnes Sir Wifrrfc) - Berry Wiliams Joyce Collins Judge- Paul Patrick Mr. Myers - Jim Keely Or. Wyatt - Walter MeKelvey Janet - Lynn Patrick Mr. Clegg - George Patterson Inspector Hearne • Don Davies Detective * Policeman * Tex Mullis Usher - Bill Leonard Jury Member • Watt Rogers and Joyce Rogers Jury Foreman • Gene Stewart The other Woman - Jane MH ler Directed By - Jackie Taylor Th« technical grew will con sist of the following: Make-up - Jeanette Austin & Margaret Wells Costume*! - Eva Burgin Set Deitfgn • Taj Bans and B1R Fetter Sue Huggin and Sa - Dixon • -i' Lenin Mueller BREVARD FIREMEN careful ly set, and then kept under strict surveilance this blaze that destroy ed the old Fred Johnson residence Tri North Brevard last Saturday af ternoon. The house had to come down, and the local fire department offered to bum it as part of their in tensive training in fire fighting. Sev eral firemen from the Waynesville fire department were also on hand, and all fire fighters involved receiv ed valuable experience under actual conditions as the fire raged and the house burned to the ground. (Times Staff Photo) In Superior Court Edd Wilson Given 18-22 Years A Transylvania jury handed down a verdict of guilty of second degree murder last Thursday afternoon in the caae of Edd Wilson, 77-year old fanner and retired State Highway worker of the Cathey’s creek section. He was found guilty hi the shooting death last August of a neighbor, Harry Blake, 44 years of age. Judge J. W. Jackson, who presided over the criminal term of court last week, sen tenced Wilson to 18 to 22 years in prison for the sec ond degree murder. Testimony brought out dur ing the two - day trial said that the shooting occurred on August 17th last year follow ing an argument between the two men. It happened when Blake stopped Us tractor on a rural road near the homes of the two men. Wilson was scheduled to be ■transported to Raleigh Wednes day afternoon where he will begin serving Ids sentence in Central Moon there. Superior Court in Traacyl vania continued this week with the hearing of civil cases. Judge Chester R. Morris of Ootajock is providing over this civil teem of court. * “We Want To Know” The Times Solicits Your Opinion On The School Term Four • Quarter Flan The Governor’s Study Com mission on the Public School System is currently studying the (feasibility of keeping schools open year-round. One plan under consideration would divide a school year of eleven months into four equal quarters. All school would be District Official Of Masons Visits Here Thursday The North Carolina school term runs for 180 days per year. With the exception of sum mer terms in some systems, buildings stand idle one-fourth of each year. Are we being inef ficient and wasteful? Are chil dren being short - changed in getting an education? Business does not operate in this fashion. Neither do schools in most places outside the Unit ed States. In fifty-one foreign countries, the average elemen tary school has 210 days; the average secondary school has 204 days. closed during July. About 75 per cent of the student body would be in school during any given quarter. The remaining 25 per cent would be on vacation. Or, a child could elect to attend —Turn to Page Three Building Permits At $68,300.00 During January Building permits in the Town of Brevard for the month of January totalled $68,300.00, S. L. Capell, the building inspec tor reports. He reminds all citizens of the Town that 'they must secure building permits at Town Hall before they build or repair or remodel their homes or busi nesses. Construction was started on three new homes in the city —Turn to Page Sevei $15 Million Allotted For Improvement Of 64 To Rosman Recreation Commission Is Formed The Transylvania County Board of Commissioners ap proved the formation of a Tran sylvania Recreation commission at their regular February meet ing this week. The need of such a commis sion has been discussed by many civic and other groups in the county. They unanimously re commended the creation of the commission to represent the respective governing bodies within the county. Recreation will be provided on a county - wide basis. It was pointed out at the meeting that according to a re cent AP news article on quali ty of living conditions, the four most important assets a com munity must have are recrea tion, cultural facilities, fine stores and clean air. These are the resources that attract and hold people whether for industry or retirement. Transylvania has made rapid progress in recent years, and —Turn to Page Sevet r Wejffier By FRED REITER Cold mornings and bright, crisp days have been the pleas ant weather story in the Bre vard area during the past week. Each morning dince the past Saturday lows have been in the teens, making the weekly low average temperature 27 degrees, low point for the week was Monday with a 16-degree read ing. The week’s high point came last Wednesday with a high of 61. Average temperatures were 56 and 27 for the week. A min imum of precipitation was reg istered, only .34 inch of rain. The Weather Bureau’s five day forecast for the Carolinas is as follows: Temperatures in North Carolina through Satur day will average near normal. Daytime highs are expected to register in the 60s. Lows at night will average in the up per 20’s. Precipitation will total gen erally less than a quarter inch, occurring as scattered rain or showers about Wednesday or Thursday, and again as scattered showers Friday. Temperatures and precipita tion for the past week follows: High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 61 37 0.00 Thursday _ 43 38 0.02 Friday- 55 40 0|32 Saturday - 54 19 0.00 Sunday - 57 18 0.00 Monday_ 57 18 0.00 Tuesday _ 57 18 0.00 Program Highlights WPNF Is Presenting The Best In Music Day And Night The beet in music is beard each day on WPINF. Some of flie best of this music ds beard on ‘Matinee” during the after noons, starting ait 2:06 p. tn. Mu sic continues during the after noons until 5:96 p. m., with time out for “Weatherword” at 27 hear ‘Tdatinee.” ■' BravMnd OdUace basketball continues over WPMF, with broadcasts scheduled for the 8th and 10th this week. Ttraro day night’s game will be «galnat Anderson College. Other Programs ' The echedide of the Item and Home Hour tar the Amount Is In Addition To $500,000 Already Set Aside The North Carolina State Highway Com mission, meeting at Raleigh last Friday, allo cated $1.5 million for improvement of High way 64 from the Lake Sega bridge to Rosman. Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ of Waynesville, in a telephone report to the TRAN SYLVANIA TIMES, reported the allocation. This is in addition to the $500,000 already ap propriated for four-laning Highway 64 from Brevard, to the Lake Sega bridge. “This is a Federal Aid project,’’ Mr. Russ said. “Just when the work will get un der way is dependent on the availability of the Federal government’s share of the money.' The North Carolina Highway Commission rec ords show, however, that $1.5 million has been allocated for the project and work will begin as soon as federal funds are released. “In anticipation of the federal funds, $35,000 of funds on hand have been appropriat ed to begin engineering work on the project,” Mr. Russ reported. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESOLUTION Mr. Russ asked the TIMES to express his and Governor Moore’s appreciation for the action of the Transylvania business and civic leaders in the Chamber of Commerce meeting on January 29th. At this meeting, resolutions were taken ex pressing appreciation to Governor Moore and Mr. Russ for their interest and efforts on behalf of the Transylvania road system and offering assistance in the procurement of rights-of-way for the new projects. "The Governor end I are very pleased by the expressions of confidence In these resolu tion*- We believe the action of the Highway Commission last Friday speaks for itself as to the favorable way things have moved. We are hopeful these new nroiects can be pushed on through without delay.” OTHER ROAD PROJECTS Mr. Russ mentioned that several second ary road improvement projects in Transylvania county were also annroved at the Highway Com mission meeting. These were, however, approv ed under project numbers rather than road names and a breakdown will be required before announcement. The TIMES expects to be able to publish the names of secondary roads to be improved in next week’s issue. At Senior High Advanced Dressmaking Course Offered Under Adult Program The Vocational Home Eco nomics Department of Brevard Senior High School is offering a course in Advanced Dressmak ing or tailoring depending up on the interest in these courses. The first meeting will be Feb ruary 14th, at 3:15 p. m. in room No. 21. “At this meeting we will plan our work as to afternoon or evening meetings, or both, to meet the interests and needs of the members, say Mrs. Sarah L. McGinnis and Mrs. Rose N. Burrell, Vocational Home Ee. _ —Turn to Page Sevei School Calendar For Remainder Of Year Is Set The Transylvania Board of Education approved the school calendar for the remainder of the 1967-68 school year; End of fifth school month • February 12th End of sixth school month • March 11th End of seventh school month - April 8th End of eighth school month • May 7th End of school term - June 4th Extended term for teachers • June 5th and 6th Friday, April 12th - Easter Holiday According to Dr. R. E. Robin son, the superintendent, one more school day could be miss ed without having school on Saturday. This would move the end of each school month up one day would have to be made up on Saturdays. Any make-up days on Saturdays would be an nounced and not placed on a regular schedule, he concluded. Osborne Found Guilty, Robbery And Assault Zebulon Franklin Osborne, Jr., 33, of Brevard, was sentenc ed Tuesday in County Civil Court, Greenville, S. C., to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of armed robbery and larceny and assault and battery of a high and aggravat ed nature. He was on trial for robbing the M & J Finance Co. on Pen dleton Street February 17, 1967. The holdup man took approxi mately $1,100 and shot the manager, Charles G. Castor in the chest. However, the bullet didn’t penetrate but bounced off Castor’s chest. The holdup man was wearing surgical gloves during the rob bery and Solicitor C. V. Pyle introduced as evidence a pair of surgical gloves which offi cers found discarded in a char coal grill behind the defend ant’s mobile home in Brevard. Osborne was on trial for arm ed robbery and larceny and as sault and battery with intent to kill. However, the charge was reduced from assault and battery with intent to kill to assault and battery of a high an aggravated nature. Parkway Visitors Show Decrease From Last Year The total number of visitors on the Blue Ridge Parkway to date for this calendar year shows a 56.6 per cent decrease compared with the total num ber of visitors at this time last year, according to figures com piled by the National Park Ser vice. Figured on the basis of SB persons to the car, 77,187 per sons have visited the Parkway so far this year — 178,167 per sons had done so at this time last year. Said the park service, “Visi tation declined due to frepnmt ■tow storms resulting in hasar dous driving toOdttions. The Parkway was completely dosed to travel on SI dam and a ma talv %#•»“ tire month. Congressman To Speak Large Crowd Is Expected At Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday I'lans for the Lincoln Day Dinner in Brevard are progress sing rapidly and indications are that between 200 and 300 people will be in attendance at this GOP fund raising event. The Lincoln Day Dinner is a nearly annual event in Transyl vania when Republicans and many others can look forward to hearing vital political issues discussed by prominent speak Tbc dinner will be held at the Brevard Senior High School at 7:00 p. m. this Saturday, and the celebrated speaker for the evening is Congrraaman Albert Watson from South Carolina. The local ^lapuhlKOTW are
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