THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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★ Vol. 83-NO. 29 *AID AT 3AEVARD. N. C.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1970 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY -k
MARIJUANA GROWING IN TRANSYLVANIA was discovered
recently by Sheriff Carter McCall, at the left above, and a raid on
the site atop Jeter Mountain in the lower section of the county was
made last Friday morning. Sue and Stewart Fahraney were arrest
ed, and Richard Claud Curry was nabbed early Sunday morning.
Their bonds are set at $10,000 each. At the right with Sher
iff McCall is Dr. Carol Grahl, chairman of the Kiwams club
“Operations Drug Alert” committee- In the right photo Chief
Deputy Sheriff Ed Owens is displaying drugs, scales, guns, etc.,
that were found in the cabin. Dr. Grahl is holding marijuana that
was taken from two garden patches adjacent to the cabin.
(Times Staff Photos)
Jones Comes Here
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Brackett Appointed Manager Of
American Thread's Clover Plant
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tV. E. BRACKETT
C. S. JONES
For Third Weekend
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Music Center Offering Folk
Opera, Pianist, Met Stars
The musical attractions this
coming weekend at the Bre
vard Music Center should
rank among the finest in the
Center’s 34-year history. With
two great stars of the Metro
politan Opera, a distinguish
ed young European pianist
and a prise American folk
opera on the bill, Brevard
will add to its firm reputation
as the “Summer Music Capi
tal of the South”.
Kicking off the third Brevard
Festival weekend will be an un
usual opera offering, the Appa
lachian-based folk opera “Su
sannah” by Carlisle Floyd. This
work by the famed South Caro
lina composer is the Music Gen
ii:. tor’s contribution to the year’s
South Carolina Tricentennial
. Celebration.
^ At 8:15 p.m. Saturday, the
young Polish-born piano fir
tuoso Voytek Matushevski
will play Chopin’s Piano Con
certo No. 1 in concert with
the Transylvania Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Emil
Raab. And at 3:30 p.m. Sun
day tenor James McCracken,
often called the “American
Caruso" for his heroic voice
and imposing presence, will
sing in a concert recital with
his wife, memo-soprano San
dra Warfield. The virtuoso
BMC Orchestra, led by Dr.
Henry Janlec, will back the
two Met Opera stars; the or
chestral part of the program
will inctade the “Egmont
Overture" by Beethoven and
Stravinsky's “Firebird Suite".
Since Floyd's “Susannah”
won the N. Y. CHUcs* Circle
Award in 1086, the powerful
tale on Innocence, jealousy and
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On Brevard Radio
Space Program To Be Heard
Over WPNF, Log Is Reviewed
A special NASA feature pro
gram will be broadcast by
WPNF Thursday at 10:48 a.m.
be one of the station’s most
Frankie spina the latest to
mod music during his sessions
of Record Party which is host
ed Monday, ye^nesday and
W. E. Brackett has been
appointed Manager of Ameri
can Thread’s Clover, South
Carolina, Plant and C. S. Jones
has been named to succeed him
as Manager of American
Thread’s Sylvan Plant at Ros
man, M. L. Morgan, General
Manger of the Company’s Caro
lina and Georgia Plants has
announced.
Mr. Jones has been manager
of the Clover operation since
joining The American Thread
Company in July 1967.
In announcing the change,
Mr. Morgan said:
“W* look to Bill Brackett to
complete the -job that Charlie
Jones has don4 so much to get
started, and fve are fortunate
to have a man of Charlie’s
knowledge and experience to
assume Bill Bracket’s former
responsibilities at th$ Sylvan
Plant.”
A native of North Carolina,
Mr. Jones had been associated
with Dominion Textiles in Mon
treal, Canada, 16 years prior to
joining The American Thread
Company. During that period
he held the position of super
intendent and later general
manager of their largest plant;
he served as manager of opera
tion services, headed up the
quality control department, pro
duction planning, and indus
trial engineering functions; he
also had the responsibility of
starting up two of their new
plants.
Previously he had been with
the Dan River organization.
Mr. Jones is a textile grad
uate of N. C. State University
and a former battalion com
mander in the U. S. Army.
He has been prominent in
community and civic affairs in
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Weaf/ier
By FRED REITER
Weather Bureau’s extended
forecast for ihe Western North
Carolina area: Outlook Thurs
day through Saturday — con
tinued warm and humid with a
chance of afternoon and eve
ning thundershowers each day.
Afternoon highs in the high
80s, with overnight low tem
peratures in the low 60s. t
‘ Tuesday’s rainfall at the Bre
vard weather station amounted
t6 1.30 inches. The rain fell
dtiring a severe lightning storm.
Some hail also was reported,
along with some damaging
winds.
Temperatures during the past
week averaged 86 and 58 at
Brevard, with Tuesday’s rain
fall the first significant rain io
fall since June 20th.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 84 51 0.00
Thursday - 84 64 0.00
Friday ,__ 87 61 0.00
Saturday_ 83 52 0.00
Sunday __ 86 52 0.00
Monday- 88 63 0.00
Tuesday__- 89 61 1.30
Look Inside...
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
page six, third section
Olin receives president’s
award, front page of third sec
tion
Picture of 10th reunion of
Rosman’s 1960 class, front page
of second section.
Marijuana Found Growing In The
County, Three Persons Arrested
Squabble Cifftd
117 Are Arrested At Rooster
Fights On East Fork Sunday
Rooster fighting was a fav
orite pasttime in Transylvania
on Sundays but it was
brought to an abrupt halt last
Sunday morning by SBI
agents and the State Highway
patrol.
A raid resulted in the arrest
For Hourly Employees
Election Is Slated At Olin
Next Wednesday And Thursday
Officials of Olin Corporation
at Pisgah Forest and Union
Representatives have agreed on
terms for a NLRB election to
be held at the Pisgah Forest
plant of Olin Corporation on
July 22nd and 23rd. All hourly
employees, except guards and
watchmen, will be offered the
opportunity to vote for or
against representation by the
United Papermakers and Paper
Workers (AFL-CIO).
Olin officials announced that
the time and hours of the elec
tion were so arranged that all
four shifts could vote without
difficulty. In addition, eligible
employees who are on vacation
on the election dates will De
given the opportunity to vote
by mail ballot.
The polls will be open from
5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from
4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Wed
nesday, July 22nd. On Thurs
day, July 23rd, the hours for
voting will be from 5:00 a.m. to
8:00 a.m. Voting will take place
in Olin’s Medical Center.
This will be the sixth time
that unions have attempted to
organize Olin employees since
the company began operations
at Pisgah Forest in 1939. In all
previous attempts the unions
have ben rejected by the em
ployees.
In Tramylvania County
Food, Cars, /fanAr Tin Spending
.
;How are Transylvanii
County families apportion
ing the larger Incomes they
are now receiving? How
Minch are they
local retail store:
According to,* new consumer
market study covering the past
year, local outlays for goods
and services continued at , a
high level, despite inflation and
despite a general feeling of un
certainty with respect to the
notional economy.
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County, it
of the con
sumer dollar went to stores
selling food and automotive
equipment. Between them, they
accounted for 50 per cent of all
retail business done in the local
area.
By comparison, only 40 per
cent was so-spent in other parts
of the United States and 43 per
cent in the State of North
Carolina.
Food purchases alone, in
supermarkets, bakeries, deli
catessens and the like,
amounted to $6,393,099, as
against the previous year’s
$6,173,900.
These expenditures covered
only food that was bought for
home consumptions. Not in
cluded is money spent in restau
rants, lunch rooms and other
dining and drinking places.
gnat how muck the take
home food cost, on a per
family basis, was determined
by dividing the total amount
spent by the number of fam
ilies. It averaged out to $1,
263 per family.
As for retail outlets for cars,
motorcycles, boats and other
automotive equipment, their
total for the year came to $3,
497,000.
The survey shows that other
retail lines also turned in good
figures for the period.
Those selling general mer
chandise, in variety and de
partment stores, chalked up a
total of $1,463,606.
Shops selling shoes, hats,
gloves and other articles of ap
parel had receipts of $844,000. .
The volume in stores hand
ling furniture and other home
furnishings was $1,441,«M.
of 117 persons who were con
voyed to the court house from
the site of the raid and tried
immediately before a battery of
magistrates.
Fines of $10 and costs of
$15 were levied against each
of the defendants, according
to a magistrate in Brevard.
Monday afternoon Chief
Deputy Sheriff Ed Owen of
Transylvania County said the
Sheriff’s Department there was
deliberately bypassed in the
staging of the raid. When asked
him why, he said “I guess they
were afraid we’d tell it.”
Deputy Owen also criticized
the district solicitor, Leonard
Lowe of Caroleen, charging
he has failed to cooperate in
a continuing drug case that
the Transylvania County
Sheriffs Department has
been investigating. Three de
fendants are in jail now
under $10,000 bond each in
that case.
“I have asked the State
Bureau of Investigation and
Mr. Lowe for help but they
won’t cooperate,” the chief
deputy said.
He also said that the solici
tor would not let the Sher
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Officers Feel
$50,000 Drug
Ring Solved
By - The F.ditor
A two-week stakeout by
law enforcement officers of
Transylvania aud Henderson
counties, the Brevard police
and the Highway patrol re
sulted in the breakup of a
major marijuana growing and
production operation on Jeter
Mountain in lower Transyl
vania county.
Two men and a woman are
being held in the county jail in
connection with the raids. Their
bonds have been set at $10,000
each.
Arrested at the site last
Friday morning about 11:30
o’clock were Sue and Stewart
Faharney. of Sarasota, Flor
ida, and Richard ('laud
Curry, alais James Edwards,
of Nokomis, Fla., was arrest
ed Sunday morning about
5:30.
The Faharneys were arrest
ed as they returned from a re
cent rock festival in Atlanta,
Ga.
Hundreds of marijuana
plants were found growing in
two gardens adjacent to the
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Judge Grist Presided
July Term Of Superior Court
Ends, County Court Is Friday
The Transylvania county
two - week term of Superior
Court, with Judge William T.
Grist presiding, is continu
ing active.
Judgments have been ren
dered in the following cases,
In addition to those report
ed in last week’s issue of
this newspaper: ,
The case of Kenneth N.
Young, out-of-state defendant
on a charge of selling un
registered stock in an in
surance company, was decid
ed Friday morning. The Jury
returned a guilty verdict on
both counts of offering and
selling the un-registered
stock.
The cases were consolidat
ed for judgment and Young
was given a sentence of not
less than two years and not
more than four years in state
prison and a fine of $1,000.
Notice of appeal to the N.
C. Court of Appeals in Ral
eigh was given in open court
An Appearance Bond was
fixed in the amount of $5,
000 and a Cost Bond was fix
ed in the amount of $500.
A civil action for removing
cloud on title, Myra Gardner
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