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A State And National Prize - Winning, Home m Newspaper
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At Winter Institute
Times Wins 4 Press Awards
For Outstanding Journalism
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DAVID WHICHARD, president of the North
Carolina Press Association, is pictured above pre
senting Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, publisher of The
Transylvania Times, with one of the four awards
that the Brevard newspaper won at the annual
Winter Institute. The awards were for outstanding
journalism during 1969.
JOHN I. ANDERSON, editor and general
manager of The Times, is pictured with three of
the four awards that The Times won at the NC
Press meeting last week. During the past 27 years,
The Times has won 39 state and national awards.
CAL CARPENTER, author of the column
‘ “From Almar Farm” in the Times each week, ia
' \T pictured with his first pjace award. Recently, a
collection of his best columns were published la a
The Transylvania Times
won four press awards for
outstanding Journalism dar
ing 1969 at the annual Press
Institute at Chapel Hill and
Duke University last week
end.
The Times won first place
in Column Writing, second
place in General Excellence,
second place in Best Adver
tising and third place in Ex
cellence in Typography.
The awards were accepted
from David Whickard, the
President of the Press associ
ation, hy Mrs. Ed M. Ander
son, the publisher, and John
I. Anderson, editor nnd gen
eral manager.
Another Anderson news
paper, the Forest City
Courier, won first place in
Excellence in Typography.
During the past 27 years.
The Times has won a total
of 39 prises, in both state
and national contests. This is
more than any other weekly
newspaper in North Carolina.
The first place column
writing award by The Times
was won by Cal Carpenter,
feature Editor, who writes
“From Almar Farm” each
week.
About the column, the
Judges said:
“Cal Carpenter’s ‘Almar
Farm in Transylavnia’ is an
excellent column! Mr. Car
penter's words flow gently
and easily from a gifted pen,
transmitting his feelings and
thoughts in elegant sim
plicity. I was there, along
with his other readers, when
he wrote that beautiful story
about “Grandmother Ewing.”
Fascinating prose.”
The Judges had this to say
about The Times winning the
General Excellence award:
“The TRANSYLVANIA
—Turn to Page Three
Murder Case Expected To Berried In
Busy Term Of Superior Court Next Week
WeafAer
By Jt'IUOJ REITER
Brevard temperatures aver
aged 46 and 18 during the past
week, with a small amount of
rain and snow also during the
week. The week’s highest tem
perature was 65 degrees on
Monday while the low for the
period was zero last Thursday
morning.
Here is the long-range fore
cast for the area: Tuesday
through Saturday temperatures
will average above normal.
Highest daytime temperatures
will average in the middle to
high 50s, while the lows at
night will average in the low
30s. Rising temperatures to
wards the last of the week.
Precipitation will total around
a half inch in the western sec
tions, occurring as rain and
showers about Friday and Sat
urday.
The week’s weather date was
as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday — 26 8 0.00
Thursday _ 31
Friday _37
Saturday _ 43
Sunday _54
Monday _ 65
0
16
0.00
0.14
12 0.00
29 0.00
33 0.30
Tuesday . 64 25 0.00
Annual Report . ,„.•
Transylvania Farmers Received
$37,205 Gross Assistance, ACP
Transylvania County farm
er* received a total of $37,
203.00 gross assistance
through the Agricultural
Conservation Program in
1969.
This figure and others are
contained in the annual sta
tistical ASCS report made pub
lic this week by the Transyl
vania County ASCS Office in
Brevard.
In addition to the gross as
sistance given countv farm
ers, the report pointed out
that 768 farmers participat
ed in the program.
One of the items included in
the ACP allocation for the year
was $749.00 for the seeding of
38 acres of permanent pasture
or hay. A total of 28 county
farmers carried out this prac
tice.
The liming of farmland was
another conservation prac
tice on which a large part of
the allocation was used. 211
farmers limed a total of 845
acres of farmland at a cost of
$7,564.00.
A total of $16,890.00 was
used on improving permanent
vegetative cover for soil and
watershed protection. A total
of 512 farmers improved 1,965
acres of pasture and hay with
this practice during 1969
A new practice included in
the program for 1969 was as
sistance on home gardens for
low income farmers. A total
of 79 farmers planted 20
acres in gardens at a cost of
$2,400.00.
There were 13 conservation
practices included in the Coun
ty ACP for 1969. Some of these
in addition to the above named,
included planting forest trees,
drainage of pasture and low
lands, and the establishment of
winter cover crops.
Several other programs in
addition to the Agricultural
Conservation Program were
in effect. Bnriey Tobacco and
wheat were two under the
Acreage Allotment and Mar
keting Quota Program. This
past year 76 allotments were
established for the growing
—Turn To Page Three
DSA WINNER Dr. Milton V.
Massey, pictured above left, receives
congratulations and the plaque pro
claiming him Transylvania’s “Out
standing Young Man Of The Year”
from Irvin Aldridge, right, past
'president of the North Carolina Jay
cees. Dr. Massey was named re
cipient of the award at the Brevard
Jaycees’ 23rd annual DSA banquet
held last Friday night at Berry’s
Restaurant. Mr. Aldridge, from Ra
leigh, presented the DSA and also
delivered the main address of the
evening. (Times Staff Photo)
At Annual Banquet
Dr. Massey Is Named “Man
Of The Year ” By Jaycees
In Five Conferences
Workshop For Baptist Men
To Be Held Monday Night
A workshop will be held at
the First Baptist church in
Brevard on Monday evening,
February 9th, at 7:00 p. m. for
all the Baptist Men in the
Transylvania area. This work
shop will be a study of the
Men’s Mission Organization
called the “Brotherhood.”
Five separate conferences
will be held simultaneously.
The Reverend Fred B. Luns
ford, who is Superintendent
of Missions of the Truett As
sociation will lead the work
shop conference with the Pas
tors and Brotherhood Direc
tors of the local churches.
Luther Osment, Associate in
the Brotherhood Department
of the Baptist State Conven
tion of North Carolina, will
lead the conference for the
Brotherhood Presidents and
Vice Presidents.
The Reverend James H. Bal
lard, a former missionary to
Brazil, and now serving as
Pastor of the Main Street Bap
tist church in Hendersonville,
will lead the conference work
shop for the Mission Study and
Mission Action Leaders of the
local Brotherhoods.
The conference for the Roy
—Turn to Page Three
Survey Reveals
$281,000 Rise, Local Pension Checks
What will the new social
security legislation, liberalis
ing pension rates, do for resi
dents of Transylvania coun
ty?
How much more will they be
receiving from Washington per
year? What will the average
payment be, compared with
what it was last year?
It is estimated that the
change in retirement benefits,
approved last month by Con
gress, will add approximately
$281,000 a year to the amount
that local residents have been
collecting.
The estimate is based upon
the latest statistics for the coun
ty, released by the Social Se
curity Administration. They
show the number of retired and
disabled mwlefi, as well as de
- - on the —
All of them will be aided
by the legislation. Those who
have been getting no more
than $660 a year, the mini
mum, will now get $759. The
ones who were receiving
$1420 a year will go to
$1,518. Those who have been
at the $2,100 level will now
collect $2,415.
What is the most that is paid?
Under the new schedule, a
worker who has just retired at
age 65 and has had maximum
taxable earnings will now re
ceive $2,278 a year if single. If
married and his wife is 65 or
older, their total will be $3,416.
It is expected that there
will he further revision In
the social security laws some
time this year. In temporarily
dropping the Senate's call for
a major increase in
payments there was a
that this and other issues, left
hanging, would be taken up
in 1970.
As of the beginning of last
year, pension payments in Tran,
sylvania county averaged $853
per year per recipient, the So
cial Security Administration re
ports.
Under the new setup, they
will collect approximately
$981 on average.
As for the total payments
throughout the local area,
based upon the number who
were on the pension rolls at last
count, they will amount to some
$2,153,000 this year, a consider
able rise over the prior total
of $1,872,000.
Although the increase was
effective as of January 1st,
the checks covering the in
crements will net arrive un
til April.
Dr. Milton V. Massey, local
dentist, was named “Young
Man of the Year” at the Jay
eees’ annual DEA banquet last
Friday night.
Dr. Massey had been named
earlier as one of three finalists
for the aw'H. r'*'ier finalists
were J. MrM F te, Assistant
Vice-President of First Union
National Bank, and Charles H.
Taylor, a member of the Gen
eral Assembly of North Caro
lina.
The Distinguished' Service
Award was presented to Dr.
Massey bv Irvin Aldridge, Di
rector of Local Affairs for the
state of North Carolina.
In winning the award. Dr.
Ma^sev was cited for numerous
contributions to his community.
He has been active in the
United Fund, serving as cam
paign chairman in 1968 and as
president in 1969.
An active member of the
Brevard - Davidson River Pres
byterian church, Dr. Massey
has served as chairman of the
Board of Deacons and a mem
ber of the choir.
He is a member of the Bre
—Turn to Page Four
Glen Cannon's
New Officers
Are Elected
The Board of Directors of
Glen Cannon Country Club met
last Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 21st, to elect new officers
for 1970.
Those elected were: Gil Coan,
President: Jack Mitchell, Vice
President; Bob Masengill, Sec
retary; and Ray Simmons,
Treasurer.
President Coan will appoint
chairman for the various club
committees during the next
few weeks.
200 Jurors Are
Called, Lists
Are Carried
A busy week is expected
at the Transylvania Court
House with the convening of
the February 2 term of
Criminal Court. Many cases,
from first degree murder to
the usual run of lesser rases
that have been continued or
appealed from District or
other Courts, crowd the
docket and a Venire Facis
of 164 additional jurors for
the session has been ordered.
Presiding Judge, Frank W.
Snepp, Jr., Resident Judge,
Twenty-sixth Judicial District,
will hear as many of the cases
as his busy schedule will allow,
but it is unlikelv that the
docket will be cleared, accord
ing to Court House sources.
Potter Case
Of much interest to peo
ple in Brevard and Transyl
vania County, the case of
Willie S. Potter, indicted for
first dgeree murder in the
rifle slaying of Brevard teen
ager, Tommy Gaddv, will be
heard this term. Potter is
presently free on a $20,000
bond.
The Potter case is expected
to take priority and Court
House sources believe it will
consume the majority of the
term. Judgment will be passed,
however, in lesser cases of non
support, assault, drunken driv
ing. larceny, and forgery,
which can be worked in as time
allows.
Sequestration Expected
In a letter to Mrs. Marion
McMahon, Clerk of Superior
Court, Transylvania County,
Judge Snepp ordered the ad
ditional jurors and advised
—Turn to Page Three
Price Of School
Lunches To Be
Increased, 2nd
Notices were sent home by
the students on Monday, Janu
ary 26th, announcing an in
crease in the price of school
lunches.
The County Board of Educa
tion found this increase neces
sary due to rises in cost of
food, supplies and labor. There
has al'O been a revision and
reduction of Federal reimburse,
ment rates to the School Lunch
Program.
Student lunches will be pric
ed at thirty - five (35) cents
and the adult lunches at forty
five (45) cents. These increas
ed prices are to become effec
tice on Monday, February 2nd.
Tax Listing
Is Extended
To Feb. 5th
Tax listing has been extend
ed through February 6th in
Transylvania county, according
to Lawrence Hipp, the tax su
pervisor.
“This means that citizens of
Brevard and Transylvania
have five extra days in which
to list their property,” Mr.
Hipp declared.
The deadline prior to the
announcement was January
31st.
Mr. Hipp reminds all citizens
that the books are now here
in the court house.