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TRANSYL'V Aa Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Center. Population, 1900 Brevard € rd AT SICOMD CLASb aMtVARD. M. C. 28712 — No. 21 TRANSYLVANIA TIMES 1 o State And National Prize-Winning Home Tou Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ★ 28 PAGES TODAY * DEVELOP CAMPAIGN STRATEGY — New ly appointed chairmen for the “Fund For Your Life” Campaign of the Transylvania Community hospital are shown at their first strategy planning meeting discussing thedr plan of action. Seated, left to right, are: Don Blankenship, Chairman - Clubs and Organizations; Rev. Russell Willis, Chairman - Church Cooperation; Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, Chairman - Government Division; and Ray Simmons, Vice President First Union National Bank, Campaign Auditor. Standing: Charles Piek elsimer, Chairman - Major Gifts Division: Mrs. E. P. Camenzind, Chairman - Special Gifts Division; and Dr. Frank B. McGuire, Vice Chairman - Sup porting Committees. (Times Staff Photo) Question Asked Want To Name The New Hospital For County? You can, for approximately half, a million dollars. The Board of Trustees of the Transylvania Community Hos pital has prepared a list of Project, Memorial aid Trlb bSwKname the it« fcaanffil fithef i opportunities to honor a family .business or organisation name, or to remember a departed loved one are available and range in vatae from $1,M» to $1M, M9 mid include everything needed to make a first dam life - saving modern hospital. Operation rooms, delivery rooms, labor rooms, twit mint rooms, sterilisers, X rays departments, offices, waiting rooms, kitchens, pri vate and semi-private rooms, e medical library, nurses sta tions and laboratories. The large amounts are designat ed for entire wings in the hospital while the smaller amounts are designated for individual patient rooms. ' When asked about the suc cess of this typo of program, the Board saM that it had been very successful in other hospitals aeroas the country and was successful when it was conducted In the present bospItalHg They added that they ex pect employ groups will prob ably elect to have their en tire contribution go to nib* Ing a particular unit In their honor and that they expect -Bn TP Page 1km For New Year United Fund Is Requesting 'Utidgets From Alt Agencies G. Earle Johnson, Jr., Chair man of United Fund's Budget and Admissions Committee, has requested ail participating agencies to submit budgets for the yew 1070 to his Commit tee before June 5, 1069. Mr. Johnson explained that agen cies budgets must be in hand by thfe date, in order to allow sufficient time for their review prior to the beginning of hear —Turn Te Page Three For Crippled Children Shriners To Hold A Big Fish Supper This Friday is sponsoring a big fish supper on Friday, May 29rd, here in the Masonic temple from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. Proceeds will go to the Shrin er’s Crippled Children's hospital in Greenville, S. C. Tickets are mi sale by mem bers of the Transylvania Shrine club and at Houston’s, Lyda McCrary Motors and at Brevard Barber shop. .Local Shriners point out that the hospital at Greenville is do Program Highlight* -m WPNF Gives For Public Service Announcements From time to time WPffF brings its listeners previews of new books and magazine ar >•>» due to be pub in the new future. by nw. R. A. White. Otter The schedule for the Farm and Home hour ia aa follows: Thursday, station program; Fri day, ABC Office, Glenn Whit mire Monday, comity extension chairman, Jim Davis: Tuesday, station program; Wednesday, borne agent, Jean Childers. Speaking this week on Morn ing Devotions is Rev. Bill Pen ley, pastor of the Piegah For Bit Baptist church. Next meek Rev. Russet) Willis, pastor of the First Baptist church, mill he heard. . | ; Ode Sunday moraine church Horn the First United a iremenaous jod treating crippled children. A local girl, Cherie Kay Tins ley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volney Tinsley, is one of the hundreds of children receiving treatment at this fine hospital. The Shriners hope that many Transylvanians will come out Friday night and enjoy a good meal while contributing to a very worthy cause. By FRED REITER Springtime temperatures held forth in Brevard this past week, and the weather wanned con siderably, with averages of 72 and 58 degrees each day. The weekend precipitation did not amount to as much of ficially as might be presumed, -with only a total off .97 inch for the weekend. Highest reading during the period was 80 on Tuesday after noon while the low for the week was 44 on Wednesday morning. The long - range forecast for the area calls for temperatures to average slightly above normal through Saturday, with day time highs averaging in the upper 70s, while lows in the early mornings should he in the mid - 50s. Warm throughout the period. The summertime showers and thundershowers have set in already. The forecast calls for rainfall to total more than three - quarters of an inch through Saturday. Summary of the past week’s weather follows: Wednesday_ 75 44 0.00 Friday .. _ 86 45 0.06 High Low Free. Thursday 71 47 0.00 Saturday 67 58 0.15 Sunday Monday Tuesday _ 66 57 6.42 .. 76 59 0 06 . 80 58 0.29 "Fund i|r Your Life" Drive Officially Opens This Week Many To Assist In Raising Sum Of $600,000 Solicitations in the “Fund For Your Life” Campaign be gin this week with solicita tion being conducted in the official hospital family. Contacted in this group are the Board of Trustees, the Ad visory Board, the Medical Staff, the Auxiliary and the Hospital Employees. It is hoped that this group will pledge a considerable amount toward the $640,000 we need to qualify for the Federal and foundation mon ey that will allow Brevard to build a totally new $2,050, 000 hospital to replace the present antiquated hospital. It was learned from Chair man Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., Charles W. Pickelsimer, Mrs.. E. F. Camenzind, E. B. Mathe son and Mayor Raymond F. Bennett that they are busy re cruiting solicitors for their respective divisions and that they expect to have all their volunteers by the first of June. Training sessions for the volunteer solicitors are ex pected to get underway on May 28th and will be conduct ed to familiarize the volun teers with the needs of the community for a new hospi tal, the inadequacies of the present facilities. Included in the training ma terials will be a brochure which illustrates the need for a new hospital, how it will be fi nanced, project, memorial and tribute opportunities at the new hospital and a supporting state ment by Campaign Chairman Jack C. Dense. Also, a tax information folder which illustrates and —Turn To Page Three Lions Will Sell Brooms Thursday The annual Broom sale of the Brevard and Pisgah Forest Lions clubs will be conducted this Thursday, beginning at 5:30 o’clock. Officials of the two clubs urge all citizens in the two communities to ‘Ibuy a broom When a Lion knocks at your door”. The brooms are made by the blind to help the blind. All purchases will greatly aid the two clubs with their im portant sight conservation pro gram. STATE WINNERS at the recent North Carolina Vocational Indus trial Clubs of America Leadership Conference at Raleigh include two girls from Brevard high school. The two, pictured above with their Health Occupations instructor, Mrs. Arvil Balding, center, are Rayetta Keener, left, third place winner in the Safety contest, and Barbara Strickland, right, first place winner in the Job Interview contest. Miss Strickland will represent North Car olina VICA at the National Leader ership Conference next month at Memphis, Tenn. (Times Staff Photo) Miss Strickland First Health Occupation Students At Brevard Win State Honors Results Not Final Olin Employees Reject Union, Voting Very Close ciuiifiuj'ccft ui vFiin inauiie* son Chemical corporation re jected by one vote the petit ion by the United Papermak ers and Paperworkers (AFL CIO) . in an election held at Oiin’s Pisgah Forest plants on May 14 and 15. The company was advised yesteday that the Union had filed an objection to this election. The same procedu re was followed by the UPP in an election held in February, 1967. The National Labor Re lations Board overruled the objections and certified that election. During the recent election the votes of 23 employees were challenged. In an an nouncement by the company, employees were informed that the results could not be de In Local Surv Rise Noted In Living Standards In Area Although the cost of living hag zoomed in Transylvania County in recent years, as it has everywhere else, infla tion has not been the chief culprit ' * So says the Bureau of Labor Statistics after completing a na tionwide sampling survey et faintly budgets, and comparing them with the midgets of previ ous years. ft finds, in fact, that 60 per cent ef the iatsiMe in expenditures for goods and services has boon doe taa* upgrading of the average family's standard of living, over a period of U years, ' and only 4# per cent hat been doe to inflation. Gapftmty, year by year, lo ing their way have been improv of life—eating foods, leisure pursuits. The net result, according the BLS, was that 4 per cent per year was Invested in bet ter living daring the period despite the fact that prices were rising at an average of 2.7 per cent a year. The change is quite evident in Transylvania comity. It shows up, for example, in the array of household appliances and equipment in their homes and in their outlays for goods and services generally. On the basis of a special report on purchases and ownership of durables, made by the Department of Com merce, no leas than M.9 per cent of the families In Tran sylvania county now own two or mere cars, as compared with 11.2 per seat in 1940. The average elsewhere in the United States is 28.7 per cent and, in the South Atlantic States, 27.9 per cent. Similarly, more homes are equipped with clothes dryers than was the case in 1960. Ownership in the local area has increased by about 13.7 per cent, it is estimated. As for television sets, over 91.0 per cent of the households in the area tave them, as against 75.4 per cent in I960. While there has been little change in the proportion of families with washing ma chines, the ones now in use are automatic models for the most part, not the wringer type that was more common then. The report also points to marked increases in air condi tioners, dishwashers and radio and phonographic equipment. Rising incomes, have brought these conveniences and many others within reach of a growing number of local fam ilies. i lernuneu until mese cnaneng ed votes had been ruled upon by the NLRB. The Board will investigate and decide upon the eligibility of the chal lenged voters. If any of them are determined to be eligible, their vote will be added to those already counted. In the election 910 em ployees voted against the union and 909 for representa tion, with the 23 challenged votes and 8 voided. Olin had 1,905 employees who were eligible to vote during last week’s election. When the final results of the election is determined Vv the NLRB, the results will promptly be publicized. Look Inside.*. News for the Women, Page 6. second section, and pages 4 and 5, fourth section School menus, page 3, fourth section Editor’s Corner, page 5, first section Two Health Occupations VICA Club members of Bre vard Senior High School were state winners at the North Carolina VICA Leadership Conference held at the Shera ton - Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on May 9th and 10th. Barbara Strickland, a senior, won first place in the Job In terview contest, and will rep resent North Carolina VICA at the National Leadership Con ference in Memphis, Tennessee in June. The purpose of this contest is to acquaint the stud ents with employment pro cedures which they will face in applying for positions in mod ern industry. Third place winner in the Safety Contest was Rayetta Keener, a junior at Brevard High. Her topic was on child safety, and she had to pre pare a bulletin board and. give a five • minute oral pre sentation relative to that top ic. She then demonstrated mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on an infant or small child. The purpose of the safety contest is to foster the teach ing and practice of good safety habits in the home, on the job, and during recreation, as well as in any other areas of safety which encompass the welfare of the community jn general. This year’s judge stated —Turn To Page Three Outstanding Students Three From Brevard High Will Attend Boys' State x m vv uvmviii mv uiv vard high school have been sel ected to attend Boy’s State at Wake Forest University next month, according to local of ficials of Monroe Wilson Post No. 8B, American Legion, here in Brevard. The three are Ricky Daniels, John Holliday and Charles Le Claire, who have all been out standing students at Brevard. While attending the annual Boys' State at Wake Forest, the three will join other outstand ing rising seniors from all over m vaiuuiirt iaj ucai itriures on citizenship and discussions by outstanding public officials, faculty members and Legionair es that will help them become better citizens. Candidates for attendance to (Boys’ State are carefully sele cted, and only those with out standing qualities of leadershipt character, scholarship and ser vice are chosen to participate. Boys’ State will be held at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on June ISth through 21st
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