THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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+ Vol. 83—No. 28 l”fDAT smvmo0"*" BREVARD, N. C.f THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1970 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
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JULY FOURTH PICNIC — De
spite extremely warm weather,, a
large crowd was on hand for Olin’s
29th annual picnic for employees
and their families at Camp Hanry
H. Straus on July 4th. In addition
to various games and contests, Cafe
teria personnel gave out 10,500
cups of ice cream, 550 gallons of
lemonade and 5,000 bags of pop
corn. Winners in the 51 contests
will be announced when all judges
have turned in their lists.
Yearly Summary Made
Brevard’s Police Department
Holds Line On Crime Rate
By Cal Carpenter
Brevard’s Police Depart
ment, with exemplary coop
eration from the public and
full support of the city ad
ministration, is holding the
line on the crime rate.
Compared with the Depart
ment’s own records, Fiscal
Year 1970 just passed, shows
an increase in some categories
and a decrease in others; just
enough to balance it out to an
average almost the same as last
tfeaT‘
This is outstanding in view
of the steadily rising nation,,
al crime rate which la ap
proximately 8 percent higher
than Brevard’s.
Says Police Chief J. C.
Rowe, “The rate is held down
by the excellent noopesptieq
given us by the people of Bre
vard. As in several past years,
practically all of our major
crimes were solved by the co
operation of the people them
selves. We’re very proud and
grateful for this.
“Another reason for our
excellent crime prevention
and criminal apprehension
statistics,” continues Chief
Rowe, “is that we have ade
quate equipment, enough po
lice manpower and funds.
For this we have to thank *a
progressive Mayor, Board of
Aldermen, and the entire
progressive and cooperative
city administration.
“I’m glad to say, also,” the
Chief goes on, “that we have
the same cooperation and ade
quate facilities for the new
fiscal year. We intend to con
tinue to hold the line in Fis
cal Year 1971.”
Some Figures
The following figures will
convey something of the size
of job there is in policing Bre
vard.
During Fiscal -Tear 1978,
the police department re
sponded to 2,631 calls. They
patrolled 99,746 miles in S
police ears. y
Regular patrols required
17,528 manhours, special as
signments required 2,475,
training consumed 1,072,
Court appearances 1,214; and
the Dispatchers worked 8,
760 hours.
This is a total of 29,835 man
hours from a total police force
of 8 full-time officers and 2
part-time; 3 full-time dispatch
ers and 1 part-time.
Extra activities included:
820 escorts, $26 checks of 65
homes, 121 Breathalyser tests
for the CHy Police and N,
C. State Highway Patrol, and
188 persons fingerprinted for
private industry.
In connection with the un
occupied homes check, Chief
Howe asks that the depart
ment policy be made public:
/ "We ike to be notified
when houses in the city Emits
of Brevard will he unoccu
pied for any length of time.
Checking them is a part of
our service. We are glad to
do it.”
Some Results
All the hours of round-the
clock police activity produced
the following results:
There were 274 arrests
other than traffic citations.
There were 448 moving traf
fic citations, and 8,123 ci
tations for parking violations.
The police investigated lau
traffic accidents involving $57,
223 in damages. These result
ed in 40 injuries and 1 fatal
ity.
“Of interest to note,” says
Chief Rrfwe, “is that the 722
arrests, which include the
technical arrests of the mov
ing traffic citations, repre
sent only 369 first offend
ers. The remaining 353 were
repeaters.
"Oar greatest increase was
in speeding arrests, the most
common cause of traffic ar
rests and the major cause of
serious accidents,” says Chief
Bowe.
“No specific nMsmrcan+he
assigned to the more than
double jump from 65 last
year to 138 this year, except
perhaps, the overall increase
in traffic volume which has
been evident every year for
the last several years.
“But our arrests for Driv
ing Under the Influence of
alcohol, another of the ma
jor causes of serious acci
dents, showed little increase,”
concludes Chief Rowe. “We
are grateful for that.”
In Amount of $4,000,000
Commissioners Adopt Order To
Authorize School Bond Issue
The Board of County Com
missioners adopted an Order
authorizing a $4,000,006
School Bond Issue at their
regular July meeting Mon
day night in the court house.
The Commissioners acted
on a Resolution Opt was pre
sented to them by the County
Board of Education request
ing such a' Bond issue.
The order will take effect
when approved by the voters
of the county at an election
Invitation Issued ,
Attendance Is Doubled At The
Cradle Offorestry Tins Year
as provided by the act
According to the Order,
the valuation of the county
is now set at $88,000,000.
Any citizen or taxpayer of
the county may protest
against the issuance of such
bonds at ft meeting of the
Board of County Commission
era on July 20th of this year
at 10:00 ajn.
The Order in its entirety is
carried on page eight in the
third section of this week’s
Times.
J'"I1..I...
Williams
Rides Are
III Brevard
Superior Court Calendar In rowded, July
Session Unusually Active, Many Judgements
Temperatures the past week
-eflected the arrival of summer
n Brevard with an average
ligh reading for the week of
19, while the average low tem
perature was 59. No rainfall
vas registered.
Extended outlook from the
Weather Bureau: Outlook
through Friday — chance of
afternoon thundershowers each
lay. Warm days with mild
nights. Daytime highs will
average in the low to middle
30s while morning low readings
will average in the middle 50s.
During the first six months
of 1970, Brevard’s total rain
fall amounted to 22.45
inches, which is about 10
inches less than the normal
amount of rainfall for the
period.’
Weather data for the past
week at Brevard as follows:
60 0.00
0.00
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 93 60 0.00
Thursday - 93
Friday_ 93 65
Saturday_ 94 65
Sunday_ 83 57
Monday- 83 53* 0.00
Tuesday ------ 83 53 0.00
0.00
0.00
Dry Spell
Is Hurting
Area Crops
Crops and gardens in Bre
vard and Transylvania county
are hurting because of the
lack of rain, agricultural ex
perts says.
If it doesn’t rain soon, they
will be extremely damaged.
The weatherman predicts a
30 per cent chance of rain
Wednesday night.
Corn, hurley tobacco, glads,
trellis tomatoes, gardens and
pastures have been affected
the most.
Lawns everywhere are
turning brown because of the
lack of rain.
Fortunately, the town’s
water supply is not suffering
yet because of the dry spell.
The only rain that Brevard
has had this month was a
faint trace on July 2nd and
3rd.
PRE-HOLIDAY ACCIDENT—
Although there were no automobile
accidents in Brevard and Transyl
vania county during the Fourth of
July weekend, the wreck above hap
pened last Friday afternoon just
prior to the holidays. Four persons
were injured when the car crashed
into a tree on the East Fork road
just off the Greenville highway.
They were treated at the local hos
pital and have been released. Ac
cording- to Troopers Gene Beshears
and Zeb Hawes, who investigated,
Mrs. Patrick Parker was the driver
of the car. She is reported to have
lost control of the car in a cloud of
dust caused by another car.
(Times Staff Photo)
First Weekend Successful
Opera And Pops Concert To
Be Offered At Music Center
Target Date July 19th
Pisgah Forest And Cedar Mountain
Phone Exchanges Near Completion
The new telephone exchange
of the Citizens Telephone com
pany at Pisgah Forest and at
Cedar Mountain go into opera
tion on July 19th.
The announcement comes to
day from Charles W. Pickel
simer, the General Manager of
the company.
Mr. Pickelsimer also an
nounces that all subscribers in
the Brevard - Pisgah Forest
and Cedar Mountain areas are
expected to be on private lines
by the first of October of this
year.
Construction is progressing,
he says, in the Rosman and
Lake Toxaway areas in convert
ing all subscribers to private
line service. This should be
Program Highlights
Special Freedom Message To
Be Heard Friday On WPNF
In observance of the Fourth
of July, Rev. Russell Willis,
pastor of the First Baptist
church of Brevard, delivered a
special patriotic message Sun
day morning at the 11:00
o’clock Worship hour.
Members of Veteran organi
zations and others were recog
nized prior to the sermon.
It was recorded for broad
cast over WPNF and will be
heard this Friday morning at
11:30 on “A Citizen Speaks”
program.
Sutda/s Concert
Selections to be featured on
Sunday’s “Music From Bre
vard" program over WPNF at
3:09 p.m. include Rimsky-Kor
sakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol”
and the "Candide Overture” by
Bernstein. .rA .
The program of music is
played by the Brevard Music
Center orchestra, with Henry
Janiec conducting.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and
Home Hour is as follows:
Thursday, Station Program;
Friday, U. S. Forest Service;
Monday, Jerry Purser, County
Extension Agent; Tuesday,
N. C. Forest Service; Wednes
day, Jean Childers, Home Eco
nomics Extension Agent.
This week’s speaker on Morn
ing Devotions each weekday
morning at 9:45 over WPNF Is
Rev. Don Hicks, pastor of the
Faith Assembly of God in Bre
vard.
Sunday morning worship
services are being broadcast
this month through remote fa
cilities of WPNF from the
Faith Assembly.
completed by the end of the
year.
Another important announce
ment is that after the 19th of
July it will be necessary for all
subscribers in the system in
Brevard, Pisgah Forest and
Cedar Mountain to dial the en
tire seven digit number to com
plete any local calls.
Mr.. Pickelsimer says the
company is doing everything
possible to provide the best pos
sible service for all subscribers.
Several Are
Injured In
Accidents
Two automobile accidents
were reported in Transyl
vania county Tuesday night
with several persons suffer
ing injuries.
They were investigated by
Patrolman Zez Hawes.
The first was at Little
River where J. B. Brown lost
control of the car he was
driving and overturned in a
curve.
Three persons were injured
in the wreck and were taken
to the Transylvania Com
munity hospitaL
Patrolman Hawes arrested
the driver on a charge of
driving under the influence.
Later in the evening two
cars collided on the crest of
a hill about four miles from
Brevard on the Bosnian high
way.
David Fisher, driver of one
of the cars, lost an arm In
the collision. His condition
was said to be satisfactory at
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After its initial opening
weekend over the Fourth of
July, the Brevard Music Fes
tival will shift into high
gear this Friday, Saturday
and Sunday with three con
certs featuring lighter musi
cal moods the whole family
can enjoy.
The first of the Festival sea
son’s Pops Concerts is slated
for 8:15 p.m„ Saturday, with
“Comedy in Music” as its
theme. This will be an unusual
evening in which the Center’s
orchestral groups will show
case the unserious side of seri
ous music. Henry Jar.iec, BMC
director and conductor, has pro
grammed several tongue-in
cheek selections that should
elicit real chuckles from the
audience. Included are Gillis’
“Symphony 5 tfe,” the familiar
“Typewriter” by Leroy Ander
son, the “Circus Overture” by
Toch and a “Musical Joke” by
Mozart. Highlight of the eve
ning will be Saint-Saens’ “Car
nival of Animals,” done to a
turn by BMC Orchestra soloists
and the young duo-piano team
of Yarbrough and Cowan.
For concert-goers who
might occasionally think
“classical” musicians take
their work too seriously,
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Judge Grist Is
Presiding Over
Two-Weeks Term
A crowded calendar and an
unusually active session have
characterized the Transyl
vania county two-week term
of Superior Court. Judge Wil
liam T. Grist is the presiding
judge.
Working with speed and con
centration, the court has heard
12 cases and the 13th was in
progress Wednesday mid-morn
ing when this report went to
press. Eight cases had received
judgments and 4 were continu
ed to the October term of Su
perior Court.
Judgments
Geraldine Lance Ensley of
Jackson county, charged with
6 cases of forgery, 2 counts
each: Three cases nol-pro
cessed, the other 3 consoli
dated for judgment. Plead
guilty. Received sentence of
not less than 5 years; not
more than 6. Sentence sus
pended and placed on proba
tion for 5 years.
Homer Gravely, Brevard,
charged with public drunken
ness, second offense; case ap
pealed from District Court.:
Sentenced to 4 to 6 months.
Sentence suspended on pay
ment of $58.00 costs and under
the condition that he not be
convicted of public drunken
ness for 2 years.
Joe Lewis Norman, Bre
vard; driving under the in
fluence of alcohol; case ap
pealed from District Court:
Sentenced to 6 months; sen
tence suspended for 2 years
and placed on probation for
2 years.
Otis Morgan, Ray Jones, and
Tim Morgan, all of Rosman,
charged in connected cases
with assault and battery; ap
pealed from District Court:
Guilty plea to simple assault
accepted for one count for
each, the other counts nol
processed. All three sentenced
to pay costs. Jones sentenced
to 1 weekend in jail; i.e., Fri
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Look Inside...
Branley Owen sets world’s
record hiking Appalachian
trail. See front page of the sec
ond section
Pictorial feature of Transyl
vania’s Child Care program at
First United Methodist church.
Front page of section three
News of and for the women,
page six second section, and
page six. third section
Editorials, page two, section
section
Classifieds, pages two, three
and four, fourth section
Editor’s Corner, page five,
first section
Science for you, page five,
second section
Succeeds Robertson
Gash Named Chief Judge
Of 29th Judicial District
Robert T. Gash has been f
named Chief Judge of the 29th |
Judicial District, effective July
1, 1970. Chief Justice William |
H. Bobbitt of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court named
Judge Gash chief following the |
resignation of former Chief
Judge Forrest I. Robertson.
Judge Gash assumed his duties
as chief immediately, serving in
Henderson, McDowell, Polk, I
Rutherford and Transylvania
counties.
Judge Gash, an attorney and
former State Senator and coun
ty Judge, was elected in 1968
to one of the district’s three
judgeships, as the district court
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