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A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Ne\ aper
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Vol. 82 — No. 48
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PAID AT BRIVAltD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1969
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TRANSYLVANIA—
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In PUgah National Fore»t
Arthur Loeh Memorial Trail
To Be Dedicated On Sunday
The bu who blued a trail,
both literally and figuratively,
will he honored on Sunday,
November 9th, at 3:00 p.n»; at
which tlme^gome te^mfleg^of
tehTwin^TdJlueated M the
Arthur t. Loeb Memorial
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Ceremonies will be held at
the entrance to the trail ap
proximately 200 yards north of!
U.S. highway 64 on the Brevard
side of the Davidson River
bridge. U. S. Forest Service
personnel will be stationed near
the site to give direction and to
assist with parking.
Portions of this trail were
known In the past as the Neill
Gap section, Cedar Rock trail,
Silver Mine, Shuck Ridge and
Farlow Gap, among others.
It remained in scattered sec
tions until about 15 years ago
when Mr. Loeb and Keith
Argow of the Forest Service
opened a complete trail which
provided beautiful scenery
and excellent hiking to com
plement the thousands of
miles of trails in Western
North Carolina which they
loved to travel. However,
over the years the trail to be
dedicated became their favor
ite.
Since the trail had no appro
priate name, Peter J. Hanlon,
Supervisor of National Forest
in Nqrth Carolina, suggested
that it be named in honor of
Mr. Loeb due to his intense
interest in conservation, indus
try and hiking. Mr. Hanlon pre
sented his idea to members of
the Carolina Mountain Club,
many of whom live in thi*= area
—Turn to Page Eight
Honor Dead By Helping Living
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
To Hold Buddy Poppy Sale
Cecil Williams, Chairman of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States, Brevard
Chapter, has announced the an
nual Buddy Poppy sale will take
place Nov. 7 and 8 this year.
The poppies will be sold on
the streets Friday afternoon and
Serves Five Counties
State Highway Commissioner
Leads Varied, Active Life
By Staff Writer
E. J. Whitmire, State High
way commissioner for five
counties including Transylvania,
is a man of varied experiences
and talents.
A native of Transylvania
county, he lives in Franklin
and is in the road and stone
construction business. He is al
so a farmer and a livestock
breeder.
He has been in highway con
struction for 20 years, and has
an excellent background to
serve as a Highway Commis
sioner.
A master teacher of North
Carolina, Mr. Whitmire taught
—Tuns To Page Eight
Saturday in conjunction with
national observance of Veterans’
Day, November 11.
“Honor the Dead by Helping
the Living” is the slogan of this
annual Veterans of Foreign
Wars Buddy Poppy sale. Pro
ceeds are used entirely for the
welfare of disabled and needy
veterans and the survivors of
deceased veterans.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars Buddy Poppy sale has
been conducted nationwide
since 1922. The proceeds are
used exclusively for the aid. re
lief and comfort of disabled and
needy veterans and the widows
and orphans of deceased vet
erans.
Nearly 100,000 men, women
and children donate a day of
their time and effort.each year
to conducting the VFW Buddy
Poppy sale.
The VFW Rudd'' Poppv is as
sembled bv disabled and needv
veterans in hospitals throughout
the United States.
Assistance in establishing dis
ability claims or gaining other
veterans benefits is available
without charge to any veteran
through a nationwide system of
veterans service offices main
tained by the VFW. A portion
of the cost is contributed to the
—Turn To Page Eight
By FRED REITER
Temperatures through Satur
day will average below normal.
Highs will average mostly in
the mid 50s, while the lows will
average from 28 to 33. Cool
each day with little day-to-day
change Rain should total a
quarter inch or perhaps less oc
curring as possible light show
ers toward the weekend.
Rainfall for the month of
October totalled 4.09 inches at
Brevard, with more than half
the month’s total falling on the
2nd of the month.
Temperatures the past week
averaged 59 and 38, with the
week’s high 71 on Sunday and
the low of 23 on ■ Thursday.
Rainfall totalled over four
inches during the past week.
Weather data for the week
was as follows:
Wednesday_ 55 25 0.00
High Low Prec.
Thursday
60 23 0.00
54 42 0.02
57 51 3.30
71 55 0.47
64 48 0.00
55 25 0.00
Friday _.
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday
Demo Chairman
Has Statement
Theodore E. Reid, Chairman
of the Transylvania County
Democratic party, issues the fol
lowing statement:
“As Chairman of the Transyl
vania Democratic Party, I feel
that the people of Transyl
vania county are entitled to an
explanation relating to certain
unfounded accusations at me
and irdirectlv at the Executive
committee of the party.
“These accusations were made
by those who would disrupt our
party and were malicious and
completely unfounded.
“After inquiry, the State
Democratic party has directed
an apology to me. I have accept
ed this apology.”
Signed: Theodore E. Reid.
"Penny For Progress" Vote
Is Defeated In Transylvania
Town Precincts
Give Favorable
Vote On Tuesday
A one cent sales tax, en
titled “Penny for Progress”,
for the benefit of town and
conrtv governments was de
feated by Transylvania county
voters in Tuesday’s statewide
election.
This county was one of 75 de
feating the measure in the
state, and it was passed in only
seven Western North Carolina
counties.
The unofficial vote here in
Transylvania was as follows:
For—1,438
Against—1,925.
The four Brevard precincts
passed the “Penny For Prog
ress” vote, but it was defeated
in the county boxes.
It did pass, however, in two
outside boxes. Balsam Grove
28-22, and East Fork 18-15.
The vote will be canvassed on
Thursday by the Board of Elec
tions and declared official at
that time.
The vote in the Brevard pre
cincts was as follows:
Brevard No. 1
For 322
Against 206
Brevard No. 2
For 141
Against 129
Brevard No. 3
For 190
Against 140
Brevard No. 4
For 250
Against 112
The vote in all precincts is
carried in a table elsewhere in
this issue of The Times.
Only 3,363 voters in Tran
sylvania county participated
in the election. Registered
voters here total 8,895.
Masons Hold
A Fish Fry
This Friday
Everything is in readiness for
the big fish supper, with all the
trimmings, which is being spon
sored by members of Dunn’s
Rock lodge. It will be held in
the Masonic Temple on East
Main street on Friday of this
week from 5:00 to 8:00 o’clock.
According to Charles B.
Peevy, the worshipful master,
the fish supper will be open to
the friends of Masons, and the
officers and members are now
selling tickets. They may be
purchased at Hart - Smith bar
ber shop and tickets will also be
sold at the door.
The price is $1.50 per plate
for adults, and children under
the age of 12 can eat for 75
cents.
Take-out boxes can be secured
—Turn to Page Four
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SAVINGS WILL GO INTO
BANK NOW—Mr. and Mrs. George
Hendrix of the Lake Toxaway area,
left, are shown receiving a check
for $1700 from Mrs. Marian McMa
hon, Clerk of Superior Court, Tran
sylvania County. The money, sav
ed over many years by the elderly
couple, was stolen from where it had
been kept hidden under their mat
tress. It was returned by B. C. Stan
sell on the order of Superior Court
Judge, P. C. Froneberger of Gas
tonia. With the money back in
hand, the Hendrixes say this time
it’s going into the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan Association rather
than back under the mattress.
(Times Staff Photo)
Verdicts Handed Down
Superior Court Ends, Couple
Recovers $1,700, Stolen Money
$40,839 Received
United Fund Reaches 82.5%
Of Goal, Urgent Plea Made
According to Campaign Di
rector Mike Kirby, the Tran
sylvania County United Fund
has now reached $40,839.20 or
82.5% of its $49,554.26 goal
for 1970. These were the
latest results at the close of
Tuesday’s report meeting.
Mr. Kirby indicated that the
present total represents a sub
stantial number of the largest
gifts that were anticipated dur
ing the current drive.
“Therefore,” he added, “it
now becomes the challenge of
each Transylvania County
resident to respond on an in
dividual basis in as generous
a manner as possible to meet
our community needs. This is
particularly true for our
citizens who have not yet
pledged, and for those who
may not have been contacted
by a United Fund Representa
tive. Gifts may be mailed to
the Transylvania County
United Fund, P. O. Box 53,
Brevard.”
Dr. Milton Massey, County
United Fund President, also is
sued a plea for the n?r nnal in
volvement of all Transyl
vanians.
“Everyone in this county
has a current or potential
need for one or more United
Fund Agencies and when you
give, you are really making
a contribution to yourself,”
Dr. Massey concluded.
The October Term of Su
perior Court in Transylvania
county continued active lad
week.
Presiding Judge P. C. Frone
berger of Gastonia, handed
down several decisions and re
manded several cases to the
District Court for compliance
with earlier sentences.
Money Returned
In perhaps the most news
worthy case, the sum of $1700,
stolen earlier, was returned by
court order to Mr. and Mrs.
George Hendrix of the Lake
Toxaway area.
The happy elderly couple,
who had saved the $1700 from
their Social Security and egg
sales over a period of many
years, are shown receiving a
check for their returned mon
ey in a photograph accomp
anying this article.
Found guilty of aiding and
abetting larceny and breaking
and entering in the case, was B.
—Turn to Page Eight
BREVARD JAYCEES contribut
ed generously to the Transylvania
Community Hospital “Fund For
Your Life” campaign, and offficials
of the local young men’s civic organi
zation are pictured above presenting
their donation to “Fund For Your
Life” chairman Jack C. Dense. Mr.
Dense, left, is shown accepting the
$500 check from Jaycee Don Brown,
center, who was chairman of the
Jaycee committee that raised funds
for the local hospital drive, while
Jaycee President James Felty looks
on. The Jaycees thank everyone who
participates in their many civic im
provement projects that help make
such contributions as this possible.
(Times Staff Photo)