THE TRANSYLVAlfjA TIMES
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★ Vol. 83—No. 7 "“"’S'?" BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRU_1 12, 1970 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
CARY C. BOSHAMER,
the leading benefactor of
Brevard College, was
honored at a luncheon at
the college last Saturday
afternoon, followed by
the dedication of the new
addition to Boshamer
Gymnasium. One of the
speakers at the luncheon,
Leighton “Chick” Martin,
head of the Athletic de
partment and head bas
ketball coach, is pictured
paying tribute to Mr.
Boshamer in the top
photo. Others, from left
to right, are: President
Robert A. Davis, Mrs.
Boshamer and Mr. Bos
hamer, who is shaking
hands with Coach Martin.
In the photo at the left,
President Davis is pic
tured making the dedica
tory address in the new
Women’s gymnasium.
T
Many Attended
Cary Boshamer Is Honored
At Luncheon And Dedication
Students, faculty represen
tatives, administrative officers
and trustees gathered on the
Brevard College campus Sat
urday, February 7th to pay
honor to Cary C. Boshamer,
one of the college’s most
generous benefactors
Mr. Boshamer, a Gastonia in
dustrialist and member of the
board of trustees at the local
college since 1954, was honor
ed at a testimonial luncheon
held in the Albert G. Myers
Dining Hall Saturday afternoon.
Tributes were delivered by
Ken Eaton, president of the
Student Government Associa
tion, Chick Martin, athletic
director and head basketball
coach, Gil Coan, an alumnus
of the college and member
of the board of trustees, A
len H. Sims, chairman of the
board of trustees, and John
I. Anderson, editor of The
Transylvania Times, and a
member of tbe trustee ath
letic committee.
Approximately 180 people at
tended the luncheon, which
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In National Forests
Congressman Taylor Makes Plea
To Keep Recreational Areas Open
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has appealed to the U. S.
Forest Service to reconsider
its decision to close all de
veloped recreation areas in
the national forests of North
Carolina until June 8 .as an
economy move.
“I believe in economy, but it
is poor economy for the govern
ment to invest millions of dol
lars in recreation facilities and
then not permit the people to
use them,” declared Rep.
Taylor in a letter to Forest
Service Chief Edward P. Cliff
in Washington.
The Forest Service an
nouncement contended the
agency was being forced to
close 501 picnic units and'707
camping units throughout
North Carolina because of re
ductions tail July and again
Program Highlights
WPNlPnas Bulletin Board
Now Each AfttBioon Af 1;1f
Each afternoon at 1:19 p.m.
the station- broadcasts the
'‘Bulletin Board.”
Ctnb news items, various
schedules of meetings, post
ponements and other related
Hems are broadcast at this
time. : : '
A new public service pro
gram is now being heard week
days over WPNF,
All persons, and organisa
tions in the area are invited to
communicate with WPNF con
cerning this public-service pro
gram, and the station will
gladly broadcast news items,
without charge, on the pro
time is available to
in iiuiuary m uiiiuicii*
ance budget. Only camping
or picnicking in undeveloped
areas will be allowed during
the months of restriction.
Congressman Taylor said his
study of visitation records sug
gests that up to 100,000 Spring
visitors who would normally
camp and picnic in the areas af
fected will now be denied ad
mission.
"It is short-sighted economy
for the government to spend
$200 million each year for
new recreation land and then
be unwilling to operate and
maintain and let the people
nse existing ones,” Taylor
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Brevard Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Adopt Largest Budget, Totals $12,200
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By FRED KEITER
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Brevard’s weather for the
past week was about normal
for early February. Tempera
tures were slightly below nor
mal, however, due to one day
of near - zero temperatures.
Temperature averages for
the week were 48 and 24, with
a high of 59 on Sunday and a
low of one last Wednesday
morning.
Five-day forecast for the area
is as follows:
Temperatures through Sat
urday will average much below
normal for most of the state.
Highest daytime temperatures
will average mostly in the up
per 30s. Nighttime lows will
average mostly in the low 20s.
Turning colder on Thursday
and continuing cold into Sat
urday. Precipitation should to
tal less than a quarter of an
inch.
Weather data for the past
week as follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday-40 1 0.00
Thursday _ 46 20 0.00
Friday _ 49 27 0.00
Saturdayi30 29 0.60
Sunday_ 50 29 0.00
Monday.— 47 35 0.37
Tuesday _ 45 27 0.00
Moving Begins
Into The New
Municipal
Building
Various departments of the
City hall are being moved
into the new Municipal build
ing, Mayor Raymond F. Ben
nett announces today.
The first departments to |
be moved are the Police De
partment, the Fire Depart- ]
ment and the Radio room. ,
Mayor Bennett says that ’
other departments will be :
moved in the next two weeks. '
When the building is com
pleted and an “Open House”
is scheduled, The Times is
publishing a special issue,
complete with stories and pic
tures.
RECEIVE AWARDS — James
Patton Deavor and Gregory Curtis
Winston received the God and
Country Awards at the morning
worship service of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian Church
on Sunday, February 8th. Jimmy is
a member of Troop 701, sponsored
by the Brevard Kiwanis club and
Greg is a member of Troo® 703,
sponsored by the Men of the Presby
terian Church. During the past two
years, the boys have participated in
the God and Country Study and
Sjrvice Program under the leader
ship of their Pastor, Daniel McCall.
Scoutmaster Richard Gustafson also
presented the Star rank to Greg as
a part of the Boy Scout Sunday ob
servance of the congregation. Visit
ing the service were members of
Troop 701 with their Scoutmaster
Bill Arden. Greg is the son of Mr.
and Mrs; Glenn G. Winston, and
Jimmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lucian P. Deavor.
(Times Staff Photo)
In Superior Court
Potter Is Found Guilty Of
Voluntary Manslaughter Here
Situation Explored
County Commissioner Says
Pollution A Problem For All
(Editor’s note: With all the
alk of pollution, Hale Siniard,
r., a member of the County
5oard of Commissioners, dis
usses the stand they are taking
n regards to the problem: Tran
ylvanians are urged to read
his interesting article.)
As a County Commissioner
of Transylvania county, I feel
I should explain to you the
citizens of the county the
county commissioners action
on pollution. I know some
of you have been and are
concerned why we did not
adopt an ordinance by the
regional air pollution com
mission created to study pol
lution in this area.
This commission was set up
by a federal grant to study air
pollution in Buncombe, Hay
wood, Henderson, and Transyl
vania with the health depart
ment participating. Before the
study was completed, the air
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Survey Reveals
63°/o Of Public Funds For Schools Locally
What does it take, in the
way of money, to meet Tran
sylvania County’s educational:
needs? How much is spent til
localities?
What proportion of the local
budget goes for school con
struction and maintenance, for
teachers salaries and for other
school costs? -
, Just as in
munities across the eountry
the largest as well as the
smallest—local officials are
faded with the problem of
providing, with the amount
of money available, sufficient
the ever
A Federal study of expendi
tures for education at the local
level, covering all parts of the
country, shows that such costs
usually amount to nearly as
much as all other costs com
bined.
In
the figures indicate, approxi
mately #3 per cent of all pub
lic (pending is for education.
In some communities the pro
portion is somewhat lower
than that and, in others,
quite a bit more.
Nationally, the average is 48
per cent. It is 57 per cent in the
State of North Carolina.
The analysis of local gov
ernmental expenditures, made
every five years, 'is based
upon data compiled by the
Department of Commerce for %
its current “Census of Gov
ernments.” The previous one
was in IMS.
The report shows that total
spending in Tran#lvania Coun
ty for public purposes amount
ed to 8120 per local resident in
the year. Of this, $76 was for
education.
In ether counties screw
the country, the per capita
cost of education averaged
$146. Throughout North
Carolina, it came to $118 at
the local level.
According to a survey of
1,200 school districts, made by
School Management Magazine,
the average school is spending
13 per cent more per pupil this
year than last.
The current outlay is $582
per elementary pupil, com
pared with $516 in 1969, and
$157 per secondary pupil, as
against $671 previously.
The increase has had little
effect, however, on the quality
and quantity of education that
children receive, it finds. The
extra money represents higher
operating costs.
“Until inflation cools down,
school districts that Increase
spending will, in effect,
simply be spinning their
wheels,” It eoacledes.
After dellbera'*"* for more
than 5 hours, the jury in the
trial of William S. Potter re
turned a verdict of guilty of
voluntary manslaughter.
Potter was V iag tried here
for first degree murder in
the shooting death of Tommy
Gaddy, 17, of Brevard, last
September.
The jury heard the case
most of last week, and re
turned the verdict last Fri
day morning in the criminal
term of Superior court.
Judge Frank W. Snepp, Jr.,
ordered Potter to the Depart
ment of Correction in Ra
leigh for a 30 to 60-day
period of psychiatric observa
tion before pronouncing sen
tence
Other verdicts handed
down in court were as fol
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Busy Session
Held Tuesday
At The Library
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A budget of $12,200, by far
the largest ever proposed by
the local civic body, was
adopted by the directors of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce at their regular
monthly meeting in the li
brary Tuesday night.
The budget was unani
mously adopted by the direc
tors after much discussion,
most of which was centered
around the Merchants Divi
sion’s proposal to accept their
request for monies to pro
mote next year’s Christmas
program here in Brevard.
The sizeable increase in
this year’s budget, up in ex
cess of $3,000 over last year’s,
ran be largely attributed to
the fact that the new figure
includes a $3,000 allowance
for the merchants to promote
the Christmas program here.
In the past, the merchants
have solicited from among
their own for funds to sup
port the Christmas program,
and these monies have never
been carried in the Cham
ber’s budget.
As the budget was adopted
Tuesday night, this means
that the funds needed to sup
port the local Christmas pro
gram will come from within
the Chamber’s budget, and
not strictly from merchant
solicitation alone.
A proposal to eliminate the
Merchants Division of the
Chamber of Commerce, as
such, and set the group up in
committee form as a commit
tee of the chamber is current
ly being studied, and will, in
all probability be voted on at
the March meeting of the
Chamber.
The budget was presented
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Look Inside...
Junior Achievement pictorial
feature, front page, second sec
tion
News of and for the Women,
page six. second section and
page six and seven, third sec
tion
Classifieds, pages two and
three, fourth section
Sports, page four, second sec
tion. and page four, first sec
tion
Science For You, page four,
third section
From Almar Column, page
three, second section
Mental Health Column, page
five, second section
Editorals, page two, second
section and page seven, second
section.
Prominent Attorney
Brevard's John Smart Will Run
For Legislature, 48th District
Uicvaiu lawyer jonn Oman,
Jr., 34, has announced for the
48th Legislative District
seat in the North Carolina
General Assembly. The dis
trict is composed of Transyl
vania, Swain and Jackson
counties.
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His candidacy is subject to
nomination, now unopposed, by
the Democratic Primary elec
tion which will be the 2nd of
May.
“I feel very strongly,” says
Mr. Smart, “that lawyers, by
virtue of their training and
position as officers of the
courts, owe their communi
ties perhaps a little more in
tho way of dvle duties. They
should be willing to stand for
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