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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968
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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, Brevard
chapter, recently held their annual father-son ban
quet at Brevard high school, Transylvania’s cham
pion porn growers were honored during the eve
ning, and one of them is pictured above displaying
the beautiful trophy that he received. Roy Lambert,
second from left, was declared Transylvania’s
champion com grower with a yield of 140.66 bush
els per acre. Charles Bryson, junior champion with
a yield of 134.57 per acre, was absent when the pic
true was made. Pictured above with Mr. Lambert
are: Donald Lineberger, left, of First Union Nat
ional Bank of North Carolina, who presented the
trophies for his firm, sponsors of the corn growing
contest; Champion Lambert; Brevard High School
Principal Harry Corbin; and Jerry Merrill, local
FFA president and master of ceremonies for the
evening.
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Ballots Canvassed
Voting Was Light In Primaries
Last Saturday, Run-Offs Seen
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Local Results lit Election
The canvas* of vote* in the Deirtettvlte'
mm Republican Primary election of last Sat
urday was completed about noon Tuesday.
The following is a liit of the contents, the
candidates and their total number of votes
in Transylvania county:
N. C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
(48th District); Democrats:
Robert C. Crawford _____681
William M. Fetzer_1082
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
(29th District); Democrats:
Wade B. Matheny_ 430
Forrest I. Robertson_ 60S
Robert T. Gash___1477
W. Harley Stepp, Jr._I 436
John R. Hudson, Jr._1439
W. R. Sheppard ___ 518
UNITED STATES SENATOR; Democrats:
Fred G. Brummitt___ 71
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. ___1618
John T. Gathings, Sr._ 102
Charles A. Pratt____ 117
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA;
Democrats:
i. Melvin Broughton, Jr._ 594
Reginald A. Hawkins ;_ 110
Robert W. (Bob) Scott___,_1234
LT. GOVERNOR; Democrats:
Irs. James M, Harper, Jr.__ 246
rank M. Matlock _:_ 152
I. Pat Taylor, Jr. __I 1437
STATE TREASURER; Democrats:
High __ 523
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Like the rest of North
Cfrollna, Transylvania had a
light vote cast in the Demo
cratic and Republican Prima
ries last Saturday.
Actually, 'less than 2;0fl»
Democrats voted, and there
were about 6M Republicans
casting ballets in the county.
Also, Transylvania voters
favored Lt Gov. “Bob” Scott,
as they did across the State
of North Carolina. A second
primary may be called by the
second high man, Mel Brough
ton.
While Brevard’s William
Fetzer defeated his Demo
cratic opponent here in the
race for House of Represen
tatives, Crawford was the
winner in the district.
Also, of local interest was
the race for District Judge in
the 29th Distrct.
Wade B. Matheny and For
rest Robertson of Forest City,
led the ticket and were elect
ed. There appears to be at this
time a runoff for the third
judge.
Robert T. Gash, of Brevard,
was third highest, but he did
not have a majority, which
was 6,280 votes. He was short
by 427 votes.
Hendersonville attorney W.
Harley Stepp, Jr., one of the
candidates who may be In the
position to call the runoff for
the third seat, checked the
vote totals with clerks of court
in the counties involved and
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Methodists
Change Time
Of Services
Due to the Commencement
sermon at Brevard College on
Sunday morning, worship serv
ices at the Brevard Methodist
church will be held earlier than
usual.
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The schedule is as follows:
* ' SUnday School—9:30
Morning Worship—10:30
Rev. Brunson Wallace, the
pastor, says the latter service
will be concluded in time for
members of the congregation to
attend the college commence
ment service at 11:30 if they
desire to do so.
Jaycees To
Sponsor Annual
Teenage Roadeo
Transylvania county teenagers
will have an opportunity to
demonstrate their all - round
driving knowledge and ability
in an Auto Roadeo to determine
the county’s safest and most
skillful young drivers.
The contest will be conducted
Saturday, May 18, at Brevard
high school by the Brevard Jay
cees as another project design
ed for the betterment of the
community.
The competition has been ex
panded this year to include sep
arate contests for boys and
girls, and entry forms are avail
able at both Brevard and Ros
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College To Graduate Largest
Class In Exercises Sunday
Sermon At 11:30,
Diplomas To Be
Awarded At 3:00
The largest graduation class
in the history of Brevard
College will participate in
commencement exercises this
weekend here on the local
campus.
There are 192 candidates
for graduation, and several
events are planned for Satur
day and Sunday, President
Emmett K. McLarty an
nounces.
Dr. Harold W. Hutson, Pro
vost at the American Universi
ty in Washington, D. C„ will de
liver the commencement ser
mon at Brevard College, May
12.
Having served as an educa
tor in North Carolina and as a
member of the WNC Annual
Conference of the Methodist
Church, Dr. Hutson has served
in his position as provost at the
American University since
1964.
A native of South Carolina,
he received the BA degree from
Wofford College, the BD de
gree from Duke University, and
Ph.D. degree from the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Participating in the 11:30
service will be the Reverend
Brunson Wallace, pastor of
Brevard Methodist church;
the Reverend E. Wannamaker
Hardin, Jr., Business Manager
of the college; the Reverend
W. Louis Miles, chairman of
By FRED REITER
Temperatures in the Brevard
area should average near nor
mal through Saturday.
Daytime highs are expected
to average around 68 to 75 de
grees, while the lows at night
should be in the mid-40’s. Cool
er weather should follow by the
end of the week.
Precipitation will total a half
inch or more, occurring as scat
tered showers and thunder
shcwers during the middle of I
the week. ]
Temperatures during the past !
week averaged 74 and 39, '
while a total of .74 inch rain .
fell. \
Temperatures and precipita- *
tion for the week follows:
Wednesday ... 78 37 0.00
Thursday_ 80 43 0.38
Monday_Cfl 31 000
High Low Free.
Friday -
Saturday
Sunday .
80 44 Trace
71 47 0.38
70 40 0.00
Tuesday
69 30 0.00
JEFFREY LEA, center, winner of
the Olin Mathieson Charitable Trust
merit scholarship, is congratulated
by W. F. Taylor, Jr., Director of
Marketing for Fine Papers for Olin’s
Ecusta Paper Division. At left is
Harry Corbin, principal of Brevard
high school, and at right are Jeff
rey’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. David C.
Lea. Dr. Lea is director of Research
and Development for the Ecusta Pa
per Division.
Outstanding Background
Jeff Lea Wins Olin Scholarship
in National Merit Competition
Program Outlined
Brevard Receives Grant For
Growth, Development Planning
XJ. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor
has announced the approval
of a grant of $7,146 from the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development to help
Brevard plan for future
growth and development.
The grant will cover two
hirds of the cost of completing
banning work for certification
if a Brevard Workable Program
or Economic Improvement. The
emaining $3,574 has been ap
iropriated from local funds, ae
ording to Mr. Robertson Buck,
lity Manager.
Several Years’ Work
The grant is the result of
several years of work and
careful compliance with fed
eral procedures which began
with the Brevard Planning
Board initiating a series of
modern city planning studies.
A rtne Kecord
Graduation Marshals
Three area students have
been named Marshals for the
1988 graduation exercises at
Brevard College.
Miss Donys Kaye Holtzclaw,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Holtzclaw, of Penrose, has
been named Chief Marshal.
Miss Holtzclaw is also—editor
elect of the College annual for
1968-69.
Miss Sylvia Annette Mon
teith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold L. Monteith, of Pisgah
Forest, and Gary Neal Trotter,
son of Mrs. Jessie H. Justice, of
Ashworth avenue, have also
been named 1996 Marshals.
Miss Monteith is President of
Phi Theata Kappa, a national
honorary society, • ,
Six students are chosen from
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DONYS KAYE HOLTZ CLAW
There included zoning stud
ies, subdivision regulations,
a lend use plan, an economic
study of the area, and several
other related studies.
A second step was taken in
1SS7 when the town aoplied for
certification of a Workable Pro
gram for Econom'c Develop
ment. A very comprehensive
plan was required for certifica
tion, a part of which was stud
ies on Neighborhood Conditions,
a Long-Term Community Fac
ilities Plan, and a Long-Term
Capital Investment Program.
These three studies were
placed under contract to be
accomplished by the Western
North Carolina Regional Plan
ning Commission. The cost
was $10,720—two thirds of
which was lo be furnished by
the federal government and
the other one-third by the
town of Brevard. The money
recently granted is the fed
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Jeffrey C. Lea, son of Dr.
and Mrs. David C. Lea, of
Brevard, has been awarded an
Glin Mathieson Charitable
Trust merit scholarship ac
cording to the National Mer
it Scholarshp Corporation.
Jeffrey is a senior at Brevard
high school and is valedictorian
of his class. While at Brevard
high, he attended the North
Catolina Governor’s school, was
chief junior marshal, was nam
ed a member of the all - state
high school bar.d, a recipient
of Olio’s tor'll and scroll award
during his junior year, a nom
inee lor the Morehead scholar
ship and a member of the nat
ional honor society. He will at
tend the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall.
Out of the 796,650 students
in 17,756 schools throughout
the United States who took
the National Merit Scholar
ship qualifying test in 1967,
ocer 2 800 have been named
w'nners of four • year merit
scholarships to colleges of
their choice. Ten of these
winners were children of Olin
employees.
Over 1.9C0 of the 1937 scho
larship awards will be provided
by sponsoring corporations.
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Program Highlights
Rebel 400 From Darlington / -
To Be Heard Saturday, WPNF
Again this year, WNPF will
join with a large network oi
stations to broadcast to local
racing fans the thrilling Rebel
400 stock car race from Darling
ton International Raceway, at
Darlington, S. C.
A veteran broadcasting crew
will be on hand again to present
this thrilling broadcast, and it
is always a pleasure for the lo
cal station to make it possible
for Transylvania county racing
fans to keep up with their fa
vorite drivers in this big race.
Land sponsors who make the
broadcast possible over WPNF
include: Citizens Telephone
company. I'isgah Industrial
Loan company and Sledge Ra
dio and Television.
The Rebel 400 broadcast on
WPNF begins at 2:00 p.m. Sat
urday.
As announced previously, a
special series of “Protestant
Hour” programs will soon be
heard over WPNF. These pro
grams will be heard during the
period of May 12 to June 16th.
The speakers to be heard
during the special series are as
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