ARD, H. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1968
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THE NEWEST MEMBER of the
Brevard Chamber of Ccispwp- is
Gene Wilson, center, owner of Wil
son Radiator shop. At the left is Don
Lineberger, president of the civic or
ganization presenting him with some
of the publicity material the Cham
ber distributes each year. At the
right is Jerry Willis, chairman of
the Finance and Membership com
mittee, accepting Mr. Wilson’s
check. (Times Staff Photo)
Chamber Of Commerce Drive
For New Members Underway
The
■ al Membership
of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce, which was
"kicked-off” on April 19th, Is
la full swing, according to
deny Willis, chairman of the
JEJaaaee aad Membership
Since that date, many inter
ested individuals and businesses
in the community have been
contoct«l,>and they have been
<JMd the Chamber of Commerce
jBory and purposes of this 1 im
portant civic organization.
Don Lineberger,
President states:
Chamber
“We feel that a
Chamber is aeedssary to
siat in healthy growth of oar
area which certainly benefits
all of ns who live, work, mer
and play here. New
are needed for two
treasons: Firstly, in most
‘ ■ creates
concern and involvement by
the member bringing
i Into out
“Secondly, although we only
have one salaried part time
employee aad moat of the
Chamber work is dene by vol
laris,
rival.”
tends, aad
for sur
As of Decemebr SI, 1907 the
Chandler membership included
a total of 180 members.
Since January 1, I960, the
Chamber is pleased to wtdcome
the following new members:
Aisw’k Ahsnfaal Estate,
Tins field
Brawn, Garland C.,
i ft Hopson of Brevard,
UwfiAii
Wlp
' County ■
IS
Hffl, Robert Noble,
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Taylor I> Heard
Cradle Of American Forestry
Bill Is Now Before Congress
The House Committee on Ag-.
riculture Tuesday held a hear
ing on a bill introduced by U5.
Rep. Roy A. Taylor to officially
establish the Cradle ol Forestry
in the Rink Beds section of Pls
gah National Forest in Western
-North Carolina. '
Congressman Taylor testified
in favor Of-the bill along with
John R. McGuire, deputy of the
U. $. Forest Service. Also pres
ent, but not testifying, was Pe
ter J. Hanlon Of Asheville, U.S.
Forest Service supervisor from
North Carolina National Forest.
There were no opposition wit
nesses.
llie 11th District congressmen
explained that his bill would
serve two principal purposes:
JBwt, it would delineate boiw
ilsty ton—' te -set the -Cradle
apart from Pisgah National For
est, although it would still be
under Forest Service manage
ment.
Secondly, it would provide a
means by which interested in
dividuals and private organiza
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Janiec Announce*
Martin Rice Is Associate
Director At Music Center
Henry Janiec, Director of the
Brevard Music Center, has an
nounced the appointment of
Martin R. Rice of Williams Bay,
Wisconsin, as an Associate Di
rector of the Music Center.
Mr. Bice will begin his new
duties in July, working on the
development and promotion of
the Music Center on a national
Mr. Bice has had eleven
years of teaching and adminis
trative experience at the col
lege level, combining conduct
ing and administrative duties as
the Director of the Creative
Arts program at George Will
iams College in Wisconsin,
where be was Administratiave
Assistant to the Wee president
Mr, Bice attended the Uni
versity of Wichita, the Univer
sity of Michigan and the Uni
versity of Erlangen in Germ
any, receiving his Bachelors and
Misters degrees in Musk. He is
the founder of several choral
societies in Park Ridge, Illinois,
and Baltimore.
Mr. Rice Joins tne Brevard
Is Winner In
For Foremen
aim.
Music Center for its 32nd con
secutive season, which will be
gin this year on July 3rd and
extend through August 18th.
During these weeks more than
40 different performances will
be presented.
Mr. Rice is a member of the
American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers, Phi
Mu Alpha, and the American
Association of Choral Directors.
He is married and has one
daughter.
i
Transylvanians Will Vote In Democratic
And Republican Primaries This Saturday
Glenn Echols, Documentation
and Training Coordinator, Roe
man Tracking Station, is the
new president of the Brevard
Lions ctab.
Other officers are as follows:
Jerry H. Jerome, 1st Vice-Pres
ident; Ed Bryson, 2nd Vice
President; Bill Huters, 3rd Vice
President; G. H. Johnson, Sec
retary; C. E. Chapman, Treas
urer, Ed Rice, Lion Tamer; Har
rison Tarwney, Tail Twister;
Steve Cochran, A. B. Barger,
Clarence Burnette and Bob Jeff
ers, Directors; Chester Kilpat
rick, Bulletin Editor.
The new slate of officers will
be installed at the first meeting
in July.
At the Thursday night meet
ing of the club, Quentin Rath
bone will show movies made in
Alaska. As usual, the Lions will
meet at the Colonial Inn at 7:00
p.m.
According to the Weather Bu
reau’s long - range forecast for
Western North Carotins, tem
peratures will average below
normal through Saturday.
Daytime highs are expected
to average OS to 70, while the
lows at night will average in the
lower 40’s. Little change in tem
perature, except cooler by Fri
day.
Precipitation will total one
quarter inch, with occasional
rain or showers about Friday.
Temperatures during the past
week averaged out at 67 and 38
at the Brevard weather station.
There was a total of .70 inch
rain during the period.
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the week follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 67 55 0.39
Thursday_ 72 33 0.00
Friday __ 70 28 0.00
Saturday _ 71 30 0.00
Sunday_ 64 43 0.00
Monday _ 56 38 0.31
Tuesday_ 73 36 0.00
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF
“Be Kind to Animals”, a special
week to be observed from May 5th
through the 11th, is told in the pic
ture above. Logan Siniard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Siniard, Park
View Drive, Brevard, found three
baby bunnies in a nest under a tree
in bis backyard. Penny Anderson,
who lives next door, helps Logan
fe^d warm milk to the bunnies each
day. Easter has come and gone, but
does anybody need a bunny rabbit?
(Times Staff Photo)
Average Is High
j69 PenJJent Of Families In
Transylvania Are Homeowners
Program Highlight*
Returns Of Election Will Be
Heard All Evening Over WPNF
WFNF will be providing com
plete election returns from the
Democratic and Republican pri
maries this Saturday, May 4th.
Returns from the statewide
races will be broadcast over the
local station beginning immed
iately after the polls close
cross the state at 6:30 p.m.
Local Transylvania county re
turns will have priority in the
broadcast and will be broadcast
through WPNF’s remote control
facilities from The Transylva
nia Times building.
Efforts will be made to cover
all races in the primaries, ant
particular attention will be pait
lo races which are on the loca
ballot.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm ant
Home Hour on WPNF for tbi
following week is as follows
Thursday, station program, Fri
day, Soil Conservation service
Monday, County Extensioi
Agent Jim Davis; Tuesday, Foi
est Service; Wednesday, Jeai
Childers, Home Economic
agent.
Harold Campbell,.Postal Service officer; and Char
lie Patton, Brevard Postmaster. The new post of
fice was dedicated Saturday, April 27th. Congress
man Taylor was toe principal speaker. A complete
story concerning toe dedication can be t nd else
where in this week’s edition of The Times.
By ■ Staff Writer
Home ownership is the
order of the day in Transyl
vania county. In contrast to
the situation in many com
munities across the country,
in the local area a large pro
portion of families now own
the houses in which they live.
The ownership rate has been
going up in recent years as a
growing number of families,
who had been living in rented
quarters but wanted homes of
their own. accumulated the
I where withal to satisfy that
, desire.
The net result, according
to the latest findings, is that
approximately 69.3 percent
of all dwelling units in the
' area are now owned by their
( occupants.
This compares with 63.4 per
cent in the rest of the United
Slates and 61.6 percent in the
State of North Carolina.
The extent of the gain that
has been made in the last
few years may be gleaned
from a look at the 1960 Cen
sus of Housing. At that time,
only 67.6 percent of the lo
cal dwellings were found to
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Little Interest
Being Shown,
Voting Is Urged
The Democratic and Repub
lican primaries will be held
Saturday, May 4th. All eligible
Transylvania voters are urg
ed to make a special effort to
vote.
For this is one of the two
days Americans can and must
avail themselves of the great
est privilege and accept the
greatest responsibility of liv
ing in a Democracy. It is the
day they exercise the God
given and Constitutionally
guaranteed right of selecting
the candidates who will be on
the ballot in the general elec
tion.
Contrary to the farcical
elections of the totalitarian
regimes which now oppress
the majority of the world’s
people — regimes where par
ty busses band - pick the nom
inees for a one-party ballot—
Ameircans of different politi
cal persuasions can select the
candidates who will represent
their parties in the primary
and offer the voters a choice
of parties in the elections.
SAMPLE BALLOTS
Printed in this issue of
THE TIMES are the four sam
ple ballots. The point shotdd
be made here In explanation
that, this being a primary
election, only those candi
dates for office of each party
who have opposition in their
party, are represented on a
ballot. If a party candidate
has no opposition in his par
ty, he is automatically assur
ed of a place on the ballot in
November.
POLLS OPEN 6:30 A M.
The polls, by state law, will
be open from 6:30 a.m. Sat
urday morning until 6:30 p.m.
Saturday evening.
Voters will vote in their
precincts, at the same place
where they registered, unless
the registration and polling
place has been moved since
their registration. If there is
any doubt in a voter’s mind
as to his place to vote, it may
be resolved by telephoning
the County Board of Elec
tions office in the Transylva
nia County Court House.
QUIET PRIMARY
This promises to be a quiet
election, probably because
there are only 2 races with
lively local interest. These are
for the office of State Repre
sentative, 48th District; Will
iam M. Fetzer of Brevard and
Robert C. Crawford of Bryson
City, both Democrats; and for
two of the 3 District Court
Judgeships, 29th District:
Robert T. Gash and John R.
Hudson, Jr., both of Brevard
and both Democrats.
On May 12th
Dean Harris Will Deliver The
College Commencement Address
President Emmett K. McLar
ty, Jr., announced today that
Dr. James Braxton Harris, out
going Dean and Registrar at
Brevard College, will deliver
the Commencement Address at
the college's annual graduation
ceremonies May 12th.
Dr. Harris will leave the col
lege June 1 after four years as
its top educational administra
tor to accept a position with
the North Carolina State De
partment of Public Instruction
as supervisor of pro • service
teacher education.
The 38 year-old ReidsvfiVe na
tive received the A3, degree