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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning, Home Town Newspaper ItCOMO CLASS POSTAtt _ Vol. 82— No. 13 9MJSSSP2n* c- BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1969 ★ 30 PAGES TODAY ★ A SPRING CATCH — With the arrival of spring, it’s time to go fishing. And Mrs. Bill Jam erson did just that and brought back a beautiful string of Speckled and Brown trout. The beauty in the middle was 21 inches long, and they were caught in Cascade lake. (Times Staff Photo) On Tuesday Night Elks Elect New Officers Charter Members Honored Brevard Elks elected new of ficers, honored some 30 char ter members and installed five new members at their regular meeting Tuesday night at the local Elks Lodge. Elected to serve this coming year as Exalted Ruler was Her bert J. Schain, who has served the local lodge in numerous capacities during the years that he has been a member. Serving with him will be the following elected officers: Esteemed Leading Knight, James Howell Esteemed Loyal Knight, Fred Osteen Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Keith Hepler Secretary, Ray Winchester Treasurer, W. W. Duckworth Three Year Trustee, James , Hawkins; and Tyler, Joe A. Bowden. Three other appointive offi ces will be filled in the immed iate future by the new Exalted Ruler. All new officers will be in stalled at the next regular meet ing of the local lodge on Tues day night, April 8th. Some 30 charter members ■were on hand for ceremonies honoring them for their fine tenure of service to BjP.O.E. Lodge No. 1708 since it was chartered here in January of 1040. In honor of the occasion, a huge birthday cake, symboliz ing the 20th anniversary of the —Turn to Page Six Over W P N F It's Easy Music During The Day, Rock-N-Roll At Night Popular musk of the day is heard all during the broadcast day over WPMF. -Easy listen ing Music” is heard over the station during much of the day, and “rock" music is heard each night on "Recvord Party” from 7:10 p.m. until 10:00 p.nt “Record Party” continues to be one of the more popular shows for the younger set on WPNF. Frankie Capps holds forth with the musk, with an endless chain of records whkh are favorites of the teen set, as well as some older listeners. “Values For Living” with Dr tom Haggai, sponsored by (Min Mathieson Chemical Corpora tion of Pisgah Forest, is heard over WPNF weekdays at 3:30 p.m. This popular feature con tinues to he an important part of the station’s daily schedule, and Dr. Haggai maintains a busy speaking schedule across the country. Other Programs The schedule tor the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, Carolina news; Fri day, U. S. forest service, Dan Hile; Monday, county extension chairman; Tuesday, station pro gram; Wednesday home agent. Speaking this week on Morn ing Devotions is Rev. Edward J. Sheehan, pastor of the Sacred —Torn to Page Six Died At 89 — mPp -!-• ' • • Rites For Wales L Mull Held Wednesday, Pioneer Merchant Wales Lankford Mull, age », of 128 South Caldwell street, died in the local hospital Mon day night after a lone illness. , He was a lifelong resident of Transylvania county and a for mer county commissioner. Through the years he had en ETtaaetf-rUB thrasher for fanners of the stores in several southern states for some SO years. He is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at the Brevard Davidson • River Pres byterian church of which he was a member. Rev. Mm D. Smith and Rev. Daniel McCall officiated and burial followed in the Dunn’s Rock cemetery. Nephews served as pallbear ers. Moore Funeral Home Was in charge of arrangements. proclamation WHEREAS: Brevard is proud of its Chamber of Commerce for its efforts in making our city a balanced community and a better place in which to live and work: and WHEREAS, the Brevard Chamber of Com merce has taken an active part in all phas es of our community’s development, and its more than 220 members have been in the forefront of every worthwhile civic project undertaken in Brevard and, WHEREAS, our Chamber of Commerce has championed the free enterprise system, en couraged private initiative and provided the organizational framework necessary to make the business community an effective partner in our civic, cultural, economic and educatonal activities. And, further, those of us in government have benefited by the counsel of the Chamber when mat ters of common interest have been under consideration: NOW, THEREFORE, in appreciation of the con tributions made by the Chamber of Com merce to the progress of our City, I, Ray mond F. Bennett, Mayor of Brevard, do hereby proclaim the week of March 23-29, 1969, as CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE WEEK in Brevard. And, in issuing this proclama tion, call upon all our citizens, organiza tions and institutions to recognize this spec ial week and to join in its observance. ■ --4. It's Final Students Will Get Only One Day Off For Easter School students in Brevard and Transyl vania county will have only one day for Eas ter. And that vacation day will be Good Fri day—April 4th. School authorities had planned more but, the winter’s snow took care of that by keeping students out of class more than anybody had anticipated they would. Dr. R. E. Robinson, superintendent, an nounces the last day of school for students as being on June 4th. Teachers will finish up their work oq June 5th and 6th. The date of graduation at Brevard and Rosman high schools will be announced a little later. Look Inside. News for the Women, page six second sec tion and page six third section Sports, pages six and seven, fourth sec tion Editor’s Corner, page five, first section Editorials, page two, second section Almar Farm Column, page three, second section Library Week Feature, page four, third section School Menus, page seven, second section American Red Cross Pictorial Feature, page six first section Feature on Junior Achievement Program, page three first section. Chamber Of Commenj Campaign Opens Friday With Bi * Breakfast Mayor Bennett Issues Timely Proclamation Mayor Raymond F. Bennett in an official proclamation, gave recognition to this week of March 23-29, 1969, when he designated it “Chamber of Commerce Week” and urged all citiiens of Brevard to learn more about their Chamber of Commerce—its purposes, ac complishments and goals for the future. In an official ceremony, May or Bennett signed the official proclamation specifying the week • long observance. In noting this event the mayor reminded everyone of the slogan of Chamber Week, “IT TAKES TWO — YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YOU,” and recommend ed that every citizen apprise himself of the vital role the Brevard Chamber of Com merce plays in community life. This will -be the sixth annual observance of Chamber of Com merce Week, coordinated throughout the U. S. by the nat ional management soceity of Chamber executives, the Ameri can Chamber of Commerce Ex —Turn to Page Four Temperatures during the pe riod through Saturday will aver age near normal in this area. Daytime highs should average from 58 to 63 while night time low temperatures will average in the mid to upper 30’s. Weather should be mild through Thursday, according to the Weather Bureau’s long-range forecast, and turning cooler by the end of the week. Precipitation will total three quarters of an inch or more occurring mainly near the end of this week. The past week’s temperatures averaged 64 high and 33 low in Brevard, with extremes of 75 and 20. Rainfall on Monday came to a total of 1.56 inches. The week’s daily temps and precipitation follows: High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 67 34 0.55 Thursday_ 75 28 0.00 Friday - 68 38 0.00 Saturday. 63 26 0.00 Sunday . 81 30 0.00 Monday _ 61 39 1.56 Tueesday „ 51 43 0.07 JOHN B. LOVE E. B. SHAW At American Thread John Love Named President, Shaw Chairman Of The Board John B. Love has been elected President and Chief Executive Officer of The American Thread Company succeeding E. B. Shaw, who now becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors. The appointments become effec tive April 1st. Mr. Love joined American Thread at its Willimantic, Con necticut plants in ’47 after grad uation from Harvard Business School. At Willimantic, he pro gressed steadily through the manufacturing organization fi nally to the post of General Manager. In 1063, he was promoted to Director of General Executive Services at the firm’s New York headquarters. Since then he has held the posts of Assistant to the President, Manufactur inig Vice President and, most recently, Executive Vice Presi dent. Mr. Shaw Joined American Thread in 1920 as an appren tice in Fail River, Massachu setts. Subsequently, he held manufacturing management posts at the Dalton, Georgia and the Willimantic, Con necticut plants. In 1953 he was elected Manufacturing Vice President and he has served as American Thread’s President for the past nine years. Also, at American Thread’s annual stockholders’ meeting, W. H. Burton, Manufacturing Vice President and G. T. Shantz, Industrial Sales Vice President, were elected to the firm’s Board of Directors. Official Announcement Park Service Will Operate Campgrounds This Summer Campgrounds in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and on the Blue Ridge Parkway will be operated this summer by the National Park Service. Director George B. Hertzog, Jr. ended the long • simmer ing controversy over leasing the campgrounds over to pri vate concessionaires Tor at least one year with an an nouncement that NPS person nel would continue to run the camping areas pending an analysis of private operations in selected areas. Campers still face a short Survey Reveals Cancer Cures Are Up In Transylvania vania cMity among the ma lar caaaes at death, the chance of surviving a battle with the disease Is hatter now thou it ever was. Today, one out ot three vic tims is being cured. And that to cancer specialists. And that ratio could be raised to one out At. tm, they say, if everyone saw a physician when the first symptoms appeared. the country, are brought M out in the latest annual report of the U. S. Public Health Serv ice. They show, among residents of Transylvania county, i to tal of It deaths in the year from the various types of can cer. Not included are cases In the local am involving non-residents. It was equivalent to a rate of 108 cancer deaths per 100, 000 population, as against 154 per 100,400 in the United States as a whole and 114 in the state of North Carolina. Long cancer, and ito relation ship to cigarette smoking, has been receiving more attention than the other forms of lib has; the death rata b tan tlmea B5 m what it was 30 years ago. The official figures show that lung cancer caused 18 percent of all eancer deaths in the United States and 17 percent in the state of North Carolina. In Transylvania county, the report shows, it was respon sible for 16 percent of them. Slowly but surely, progress is being made in coping with cer tain forms of cancer, according to the National Cancer Insti tute. New drugs and new combina tions of treatment have boosted the survival rate in cases in volving cancer of the colon, rectum, cervix and breast. As to lung cancer, however, there has been little prepress, The five-year survival rate is enca season. The Dna^et cuts forced by Congress last year are still in effect. John Davis, assistant sup erintendent of (he Blue Ridge Paikway, told the press: “We hope to have every thing going by May 15th. That was our oiiginal plan when we were expecting concess ionaries to take over. If we can, we may get a couple campgrounds opened by May 1st. but the 15th is the more realistic date.” The only parkway camp ground in the immediate area is at Mount Pisgah. tOO Workers Canvass For New Members This is Chamber of Com merce week in Brevard, throughout North Carolina and across these United States. To highlight the local obser vance, the Brevard Chamber of Commerce will conduct a big Membership drive on Friday. It will begin with a break fast for directors and other workers in Gaither’s Rhodod endron room, beginning promtply at 7:30 o’clock| This entire week will, in the words of Brevard’s C of C pres ident. Ben Patterson, “afford us the unique opportunity to direct public attention to the role the Chamber of Commerce plays in the development of our community.” The theme of this year’s observance Is: uIt takes two, your Chamber of Commerce and you.” To stress this slo gan, the Brevard C of C has had badges made which carry the first part of the theme, -‘It Takes Two” in bold black letters on a gold backgroud. These will be passed out to membership solicitors at the kickoff breakfast. Efforts will be directed this year to enlarging the Brevard C of C membership with partic ular emphasis on individual —Turn to Page Pour Man Killed In Wreck Tuesday At Cherryfield A two-car accident on the pivcd rural road. No. 1331. at Cherryfield. Tuesday after noon at 4:05 claimed the life of one man and injured sev eral other persons. Killed was Karl Otto Tha misch. 823 Lakeside drive. Hendersonville, who was op erating a 1958 Chevrolet. Others in the car who suff ered injuries and who were taken to the local hospital In cluded the following: Fredda Thamisrh, age 74, Hendersonville; Sarah C. Berg, age 65, of O'-ean Grove, New Jersev. and Lars T. Berg, age 68, also of Ocean Grove. The other car involved in' the accident was driven by Jatqualine King Brown, a«e —Turn to Page Six Headed Brevard Institute Oliver H. Orr Dies, Prominent Leader In The Town And County Oliver Hamilton Orr, age 86, prominent civic, church and ed ucational leader in Brevard and Transylvania county for many, many years, died here at his home in Forest Hills on Monday after a lengthy illness. A native of Transylvania, Mr. Orr was educated in the schools here, at Mars Hill college, the University of North Carolina at Chape! Hill and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He taught in schools of Transylvania county, Cleveland county and in South Carolina. He was principal of the high school at Weddington, N. C., and later superintendent of the Brevard Institute. He was later a bank cashier and was in the insurance and real estate business when he re tired in 1906. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Jennie Lee Taylor of the home: one daughter, Mrs. Rachael Schopkowski of Cambrdge. Mass.: two sons, Mary Taylor Orr of Tampa, Fla., and Oliver H. Orr, Jr., of Washington, D. C., and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist church of which he was a member. Rev. Brunson Wallace officiated and burial was in Gillespie Evergreen cemetery. The family asked that in lieu at flowers memorials be made to the building fund of the First United Methodist church. Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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