AWARDED PLAQUE — 'The
Brevard high school band was
awarded a handsome plaque; for
winning a “Superior” rating in the
State contest at Marion last Satur
day. Proudly displaying it are Direc
tor John D. Eversman, left, and
Principal William Stanley, right.
(Times Staff Photo)
Slate Contest
Brevard’s Fine Band Wins
“Superior Rating”, Marion
The fine Brevard high
school concert band was
awarded a “Superior" rating
in the annual State Band
contest last Saturday at
Marion.
Brevard competed in Group
six, the highest rating in the
competition, and the local
youthful musicians were one of
/only three bands in Western
' North Carolina obtaining the
“Superior” rating.
Band Director John D.
Eversman said he was truly
proud of the members of the
band, and that they perform
ed like true veterans.
“I feel that we have one of
the best bands in the history of
Brevard high school, and they
deserved the superior rating
they were given,” he declared.
The judges were also quite
complimentary about the per
formance of the Brevard
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An Olin Manager
Ken Nissen Tells Why He Wants
To Be Member Of Education Board
Ken Nissen, has announced
that he will be a candidate for
the Transylvania County Board
of Education, subject to the
Republican Primary in May.
Mr. Nissen is Manager of
Specialty Products Sales for
Olin’8 Ecusta Paper Division
at Pisgah Forest. 4 graduate
of Wheaton College, Wheaton.
Illinois, he has lived in Bre
vard since 1962. He is active in
Scouting as Cubmaster of Pack
7.11 Of the First United Metho
dist Church. He also serves as
a Team Manager of the Little
League Baseball program in
Transylvania County, is a mem
ber of the BPOE #1768 and is
an active member of the First
Baptist Church where he teach
MarianM. McMahon public
ly announces that she is a. can
didate for re-election for Cleric
of Superior Court . for Tran
sylvania County. ;;*, r , , ,
Mrs. McMahon Hied for the
office bn March 2, after receiv
Sf&S&'WK
tion gave Mrs. McMahon a two
year term, filling a vacancy
caused by the death of the late
It H. Caldwell. She is now sed*
inf a four . year term In the
November elecflon.
The translation to the new
District Court system has been
made smoothly and efficiently
McMahon’s adminis
ts hi
Lists Are Given
Jurors Called For March-April
Term Of Court, Begins Monday
Jurors are announced for
the March - April term of Su
perior court by Mrs. Marian
McMahon, the Clerk of Court.
The criminal term of the
court opens on Tuesday, March
31st.
The Civil docket will be
heard the following week.
Members of the various
Juries are. as follows:
Grand Jury
To serve through Jane 30,
1970
Linville H. Owen-Replacing
Roy Mathis
John T. Smith
Vernon C. Tilson
Clifford W. Frady, Forema
Eugene L. Lanning
C. B. Carter
Freida Hunnicutt
Royce Baker
James David Smith
To Serve through Dec. 3!
1970
Taj F. Hanna
Mrs. Lewis P. Hamlin
L. C. Anders
John C. Hensley
Mrs. Sid Barnette, Jr.
Eston Phillips
J. P. Beddingfield
Jack L. Whitmire
Raymond Hipp
First Week
E. L. Batson
Bud Bishop
Gus Joe Bostic
Tom Carson
—Turn to Page Three
Lentz To Head
Brevard Elks
Robert Lentz has been eleci
ed to serve as Exalted Ruler o
Brevard Elks Lodge No. 178
during the 1970-71 year.
Mr. Lentz was elected at th
regular Elks meeting at the It
cal lodge Tuesday night. H
succeeds Herbert J. Schain a
Exalted Ruler.
Others elected to serve ir
eluded; Joseph Bowden, leadin
knight; Max McCracken, loy*
knight; Henry Edward Garret
lecturing knight; Ray M. Wit
Chester, secretary; W. W. Duel
worth, treasurer; Vance Jacl
son, three-year trustee; an
Fred Davidson, tyler.
The newly elected officer
will be installed at a specif
ceremony in the near future.
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pages six and seven, third set
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There was an abundance of
rainfall during the past week in
the Brevard area, with a total
of 3.09 inches rainfall. Tem
peratures averaged 55 and 37,
with a high of 66 on Wednes
day, and a low of 25 Tuesday
morning.
Long - range forecast for the
area: A chance of showers
Thursday and again Saturday.
Warm Thursday, turning cool
er Friday and continued cool
Saturday. Daytime highs should
average in the 50s in this sec
tion of the state, while lows
should be in the low to middle
30s.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 66 36 0.99
Thursday - 50 37 0.35
Friday _ 63 50 0.73
Saturday - 46 40 0.41
Sunday _ 52 39 0.53
Monday _ 53 31 0.00
Tuesday_ 55 25 0.08
School Out
For Two Days
For Easter
Easter will be quietly ob
served in Brevard and Transyl
vania county.
11 Churches will have special
services, and stories about many
of them are .parried this week
throughout this issue of The
. „ Times. - ~ 1
School students in the town
’ and county will get a two-day
holiday.
They will have a vacation on
Friday, which is Good Friday,
and then again on Monday.
Brevard College students be
gan the Easter observance on
Wednesday, and the holidays
run through April 1st.
20 File For Offices Prior To
Deadline, Primaries Set May 2
McCall Brothers
Found Dead At
Site Of Still
The bodies of two brothers
were discovered early Mon
day morning at an illegal
whisky still in the Balsam
Grove section, the Transyl
vania County Sheriffs De
part-ment reported.
Chief Deputy Ed Owen iden
tified the two men as Doyle Mc
Call, in his 40’s, and Artelleus
McCall, 44, both of the Balsam
Grove Community.
Deputy Owen said the body
of one of the brothers was
found at the still site and the
other 100 yards away on a
path.
A gallon of white whisky was
found with each of the bodies,
he said. The still was located
on Bruce Ridge about 10 miles
northeast of Rosman.
There was no evidence of
foul play, Owen said. Dr.
Marius Wells, medical exami
ner, has ordered autopsies on
the bodies and a chemical
analysis of the whisky.
Deputy Owen said the men’s
father, Cannon McCall, told him
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April 6th - April 17th
City Crews To Give
Free Cleanup Service
City spring cleanup time will soon be here
again.
Following the successful spring cleanup cam
paigns of the last two years, the Town of Brevard
Street and Sanitation Department will repeat the
campaign again this year from April 6th through
the 17th.
Brevard residents will again be offered the
opportunity to get rid of unsightly debris, trash
and brush without hauling charge.
According to Mrs. Opal C. Armentrout, Town
Clerk, residents of Brevard are encouraged to call
Town Hall for FREE pickup of trash and other
debris, including tree shrubs cuttings, during the
cleanup period. Abandoned car bodies will also
be picked up without charge.
Except for old car bodies, all material to be
picked up must be placed as near the pickup points
as possible to help with the expected heavy work
load. All material should also be boxed or put to
gether in amounts of a size or nature that can be
loaded by hand.
“The Town administration,” says Mrs. Armen
trout, “is issuing an invitation to all residents to
participate in making Brevard a more beautfiul
community.”
Results Certified , .
Controversaryr Over Election
At Olin Is Now Said Settled
Democrats,
Republicans
Make Races
A total of 20 persons filed
for offices in Transylvania
county prior to the filing
deadline at noon last Friday,
Ligon B. Ard, chairman of
the Board of Elections, an
nounces.
There will be both Demo
cratic and Republican primaries
in the Primary election on May
2nd.
The first day for register
ing for the election will be
on April 4th, and April 18th
is the last day of registration.
April 25th will be Challenge
day.
Should there be a second
primary, it will be held on.
May 30th.
The General Election is set
for November 3rd.
Incumbent Robert Hunter
will be opposed by Robert
Merrill in the Democratic
primary for Board of Educa
tion.
Three Republicans are enter
ed in the Republican primary
for the Education Board.
They are: William H.
Huters, Margaret Surrette
and Ken Nissen.
Hubert Bryson is seeking
election to the Board of Educa
tion in the General Election on
the American Party ticket
There will also be Democratic
and Republican primaries for
—Turn to Page Five
After some 10 months of
legal proceedings, the con
troversy concerning the last
union election held at Olin
Corporation’s plants at Pis
Three-County District
Charles Taylor Seeks Re-Election
To The House Of Representatives
State Representative Charles
H. Taylor announces officially
today his candidacy for the
State House of Representatives.
Mr. Taylor made his announce
ment public by touring his dis
- trict with stops in Little River,
E Brevard, Rosman, Cashiers,
1 Glenville, Tuckasegee, Cullo
whee, Sylva, Cherokee, Bryson
City and Alarka.
■ Mr. Taylor, who is seeking
5 his third term in the General
5 Assembly, is Minority Leader
of the General Assembly. He
is one of the two House mem
' bers for Western North Caro
! lina selected to sit on the pow
1 erful Appropriations Sub-com
'■ —Tarn to Page Two
CHARLES TAYLOR
In November Election
, Reese Enters Sheriff's Race
1
; On The American Party Ticket
A. B. Reese, of Brevard, has
entered the race for Sheriff of
Transylvania county on the
American Party ticket, subject
to the November General Elec
I tion.
Owner of Reese Furniture
» company, of Brevard, Mr.
v Reese was bom in Georgia, and
has lived in Transylvania since
f 1953.
| He graduated from high
school in Georgia and attended
I the University of Georgia.
He has had eight years of
B experience in law enforcement
6 here and in Georgia.
f He is married to the former
e Mary Lou Galloway, native
i, Transylvanian, and they have
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A. B. REESE
gah Forest has been settled,
and the results of the elec
tion certified by the National
Labor Relations Board.
On May 14 and 15, 1969, the
National Labor Relations Board
conducted a consent election
at Olin’s Pisgah Forest plants
to determine whether the Unit
ed Papermakers and Paper
workers Union, AFL - CIO,
would become the exclusive
representative of Production,
Maintenance, and supporting
activity employees at that lo
cation. The results of the elec
tion showed that of 1,965 eligi
ble voters, 1850 cast ballots—
909 for the union, and 910
against the union. Twenty
three votes were challenged
and eight were void.
Shortly after the election,
on May 20, the union filed
with the office of the Acting
Regional Director of Region
11, NLRB, a petition object
ing to the conduct of the
company during the election
period. In accordance with
the Board’s Rules and Regu
lations, a thorough investiga
tion of the union’s challenges
and objections were conduct
ed by a Board agent, and
both the union and the com
pany were given full oppor
tunity to present evidence
bearing on the issues involv
ed. The challenges were re
solved in such a way that the
results of the election were
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Special Holiday
Programs Slated
On Radio WPNF
A special program of Easter
anthems will be heard over
WPNF Sunday morning.
The program will include
; “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”,
and “Christians, To The Pas
chael Victim”.
This special Easter pro
gram will be heard at 10:06 &
m. on Easter morning. The
program is supplied to WPNF
by the Executive Council ol
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Background Given
Tom Bryson Is A Candidate
In General Election For Clerk
Tom Bryson, operator of
Tom’s Texaco in North Bre
vard, announces his candidacy
for the office of Transylvania
County Clerk of Courts, subject
to the Democratic Primary.
Mr. Bryson was born in
Jackson County and attended
the Public Schools there. He
graduated from Glenville High
School in 1947. He has been a
resident of Transylvania Coun
ty for 17 years.
He is a member of the Cal
vary Baptist Church, where he
is presently serving as a Dea
con and Department Superin
tendent in the Sunday School.
He has been an active member
of Dunn’s Rock Masonic Lodge,
the Pisgah Forest Lions Club
and other community organiza
tions. He served in the United
States Army in 1951 - 1952.
TOM BRYSON
On Republican Ticket
Mrs. Margaret Surrette Files
For Board Of Education Office
Mrs. Margaret Surrette has
filed for the Board of Educa
tion on the Republican ticket,
subject to the May 2nd primary.
She is a local business wo
man and cosmetoligist, having
operated a business for the last
seven years in Brevard. Also
she is vitality interested in the
youth here in Transylvania, be
lieving they should receive the
very best in education locally
to help them in later life in
work or further education so
they can stand up in any col
lege and rate with the very
best anywhere.
“Because I think our youth
are among the best, 1 certainly
believe in higher education and
the basis lies in our local
schools and believes our chil
dren should be provided the
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MARGARET SURRETTE