FROM THE EDITOR'S CORNER
By
JOHN ANDERSON
to learn
this week that Transylvania
county has the highest per
capita income of industrial
workers in North Carolina.
These figures were releas
ed by the North Carolina
Employment Security com.
mission, dated June 30, 1970.
That’s right up to date.
Our neighbor, Haywood
county, held the No. 1 spot
for years, but we have
forged ahead.
We have also forged ahead
population wise, too!
We had a gain of 11.62%
during the past 10 years,
while Haywood drorped
something like 102 persons.
For your information, here
are the Transylvania figures:
1960 - 16,372
1970 - 18,274
Gain -1,902
The Poor Letter ‘E’ is the
title of this little piece which
someone dropped on our desk:
Some has decided that the
letter E is the most unfortunate
letter in the alphabet. It is al
ways out of cash, forever in
Njebt, never out of danger, and
always in hell.
No little credit is due, how
ever, in that it is never in war
and always in peace. And we
are deeply indebted to the little
letter since it is the beginning
of existence, the commence
ment of ease, and the end of
trouble.
Without it there would be no
meat, no life, and no heaven,
it is the center of honesty, and
although it starts off in error,
it ends by making love perfect.
We’ve had so much trag
edy and sadness in the news
lately, maybe^hla. local item
will help bring a smile back
to your (ace.
A young Transylvania teen
ager, charged with a minor
traffic violation, appeared be
fore Magistrate Ernest Gil
strap to pay his fine.
“Are you Mr. Gilstrap?”
the youngster asked.
“Yes,” the magistrate re
plied.
“Then I'm here to pay my
fine of $15,” stated the lad,
who then presented the
money, stopped back, saluted
smartly and departed.
The bewildered Gilstrap
then looked down helplessly
at the “fine money” he had
been paid off with and
sighed.
The fine had been paid, al
right, but what the magistrate
was holding was 1,500 pen
nies!
Important Words
• The 6 most important
words: I admit I made a mis
take.
• The 5 most important
words: You did a good job.
• The 4 most important
words: What is your opinion?
• The 3 most important
words: If you please.
• The 2 most important
words: Thank you.
• The 1 most important
word: We.
• The least important word:
Borrowed . . .
The trouble with most
boards of education is that
they are not used in the
right place.
Closing Out Hardware
2 Only
Wheelbarrows.$7.95
Garden Carts.$6.95
Closing Out Hand Tools at Cost
Planes, Levels, Chisels, Etc.
Millers Falls Electric Tools
V* in. Drills : ..... ..$9.95
2 Only
% in. Drills.. $12.95
2 Only
Hedge Trimmers ..$14.95
2 Pair
Sanders ..$14.95
Sand Paper.. . 5c sheet
Nails .. 15c lb.
Sakret;e Mortar, Sand & '
Concrete Mi* . . Large bag $1.75
Sakrete Black Top Repair .... $1.85
White S«nd for Send
Boxes, etc., 80 lbs.$1.50
Decorative Pebbles, 50 lb. bag $1.49
7
Garden Needs
3/4 cu. ft. Bale Peat Moss.$1.19
50 lb. AIL
25 lb. All
50 lb. Agr
Vigoro
can’t afford to have children
is usually a father.
A slogan for a dentist:
“Put your money where your
mouth is.’’
Then there was the impro
verishcd Spanish nobleman
who was so poor he didn’t
have a potio to pace in.
Businessman: “My wife
doesn’t care how good look
ing my secretary is as long
as he’s efficient.”
Joke of the week ....
A fellow came into a bar
and ordered a martini. Before
drinking it, he removed the
olive and carefully put it in a
small glass jar. Then he or
dered another martini and did
the same thing. After an hour
when he was full of martinis
and the jar full of olives, he
staggered out.
“Well,” said a customer, “I
never saw anything as peculiar
as that!”
“What’s so peculiar about
it?” said the bartender. “His
wife sent him out for a jar of
olives.”
And we also like . . .
The first • grade students
had found a stray cat, and
the distraught teacher finally
agreed to allow them to keep
it for awhile. After a few
minutes, one small boy asked
the teacher if it was a boy
cat or a girl cat.
Not wishing to get into
that particular subject, the
teacher said she couldn’t
telL
“I know how we can find
out,” piped another young
ster.
“All right then,” sighed
the teacher, resigning her
self to the inevitable. “How
can we find out?”
“We can vote,” the young
ster announced.
Administrator of Veterans At
fairs, Donald E. Johnson, an
nounced recently that construc
tion projects at 17 VA hospitals
will cost an estimated $16 mil
lion in the next 19 months.
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With The Sick
At The
Transylvania
Community Hospital
t ’....
The following persons were
reported hy the staff of the
Transylvania Community Hos
pital to be confined at noon on
Wednesday:
Mrs. Ida Caldwell, Penrose
Mrs. Mary Baxter, Lake Tox
away
Edgar Reid, Sapphire
Clifford Allen, Horse Shoe
Mrs. Elma Bottoms, Seehring,
Florida
Glenn Davis, Pisgah Forest
Jennings Fisher, Lake Toxa
way
Mrs. Adis Jones, Brevard
James Leinster, Pisgah Forest
Mrs. Edna King, Pisgah For
est
Miss Lynn Myers, Venle,
Florida
Mrs. Peggy O’Dell, Brevard
Dewey Powell, Rosman
Miss Linda Rhodes, Brevard
Visitors are requested to ob
serve the following hours:
mornings 10:30 • 11:30; after
noons 2:30.4:00; evenings 7:00
8:30
Brevard
Personals
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Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gravely
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Sheets and family of Greenville
spent the weekend in Atlanta
and attended the four-game
series of the Atlanta Braves
and the Cincinnati Reds.
Dr. Joanna Byers and daugh
ter Chris have moved their
residence to Brevard. They will
be residing on Gallimore road.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Biyson of
Pisgah Forest have had as
their guests last week, Mrs.
Ethel Snipes, the mother of
Mrs. Bryson, Mrs. Minnie Gil
lespie, Mrs. Alice Halbrook,
Mrs. Bill Davis and J. C. Smart
all of Gastonia. They also visit
ed Mrs. Mattie Gravely in Bre
vard, sister of Mrs. Snipes.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Glass
-sm^family visited Mr. and Mrs.
Fred A. Brown at Oakwood
Trailer Park for a week. Mrs.
Glass is the sister of Mrs. Brown.
Kim and Judy McCrary,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Juddy McCrary, 206 Maple
street, spent a few days with
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John B. Smith of Waynes
viUe.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parris, of
route 2, were recent visitors to
Silver Springs, Fla.
With 240 Other Students
Brevard's Paul Duvall "Has A
Ball'' While Stranded In Germany
By • Staff Writer
Being stranded in Cologne,
Germany, for nearly a week
while on an educationl tour
was an exciting experience
for Brevard’s Paul Duvall,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J.
Duvall, of East French Broad
street.
But Paul wasn’t by himself.
In fact, there were 240 other
American students in his group
on the tour, and in all, some
3,000 had their tours cut short
because of a bankrupt company.
Fortunately, Paul saw more
of the European countries
than most of the other tour
ing students. His group was
the first of the 3,000 to leave
Kennedy airport in New York
City, and they visited in
Italy, Switzerland, France
and Belgium.
It was in Cologne that they
received the news that the
company was broke, and the
students were then on their
own.
The group had left America
on June 12th, and they were
scheduled to return to the
states on July 20th. It was on
July 6th that they received
word that the tours were be
ing terminated because of
the lack of funds.
Each student had already
paid $1,000, plus last minute
$53 fee for increased costs
since the tour was first planned
last fall.
However, the company said
they had made arrangements
to fly the students back to
America later in the week,
but in the meantime, they
mast pay for their own food
and lodging and other inci
dental expenses.
Paul fared better than the
other students. He was saving
his money to spend in London,
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the last leg of the tour.
“We all pitched in and
helped the students who had
spent all their money,” the
Brevard high school junior
said with a grin.
“We had a ball.”
“I met some of the finest
kids in the world, and we be
lieve we changed the attitude
of many Europeans to all Amer.
icans.”
Young Duvall explained that
they had looked upon Ameri
cans as a bunch of Hippies.
“We showed them differ
ently, and in only one coun
try did we have doors
slammed in our face. That
was in France.”
Paul loved Germany, “and
that was the best place I know
of to have been stranded. The
food was excellent, and the peo
ple went out of their way to
make us feel at home.”
Prior to the termination of
the tour, the students went to
classes each morning, and then
they had free time and time
for sightseeing in the afternoon
and evening.
All the students were to
have received a year’s credit
in Social Studies for making
the tour, but since it was
cancelled before being com
pleted, no credits will be is
sued.
“This really hurt some of
the kids. They were depend
ing on the credits to either
graduate from high school or
to get into college.”
Paul said his group of eight
was supervised by Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Bumgarner, of Raleigh.
“They’re school teachers and
are two wonderful persons.”
He said that World Acad
emy Tours might have let
the students down, but the
adult supervisors certainly
did not.
“They even helped to fi
nance the kids who ran out of
money. They were real sports!”
“Would I like to go back
to Europe?”
“You bet!”
Paul feels that he could take
the thousand dollars that was
paid for the tour and live for
the entire summer in Europe.
He emphasized that he’d go
back as a student and not as a
tourist.
He had the greatest praise
for the behavior of the stu
dents on the tour.
“I was proud to be one of
them.”
Along with many fond mem
ories, Paul brough back over
200 colored pictures that he
took in the five countries they
visited.
He also brought back many
foreign coins.
“Speaking of money, for
eigners love the American
dollar,” he said with a broad
grin.
He really didn’t get home
sick, but at St. Sergue, Switzer
land, he said he felt right at
home.
“The countryside there looks
just like Western North Caro
lina!”
With a shy smile, he said he
didn’t mind the fact that girls
outnumbered the boys three to
one on the tour.
We wouldn’t b$ surprised
if Paul DwaHH^uft go
back to Europe next summer.
And after talking with him
about his travels, we wouldn’t
be surprised if he doesn’t talk
several others into going with
him. He loves people and he
loves to travel.
For Three Nights
Big Auction Sate This Week
The annual Auction sale of
the Brevard Rescue squad will
he held this weekend.
The three-day sale starts
Thursday evening at 7:00
o’clock.
It will continue on Friday
and Saturday evenings at the
same time.
There are hundreds and
hundreds of household items,
furniture, electrical appliances,
etc’, that wjy be sold, to the
highest bidder. *
The sale will he. held in the
new portion Of the. Rescue
Sqilad building op Fisher road.
Fisher road is located bp
tween the Lutheran church and
New President
the Wesleyan Methodist church
on Broad street.
“If you are going north on
Broad, turn left just beyond
the bowling alley. Fisher rpad
runs right beside the Lutheran
church,” squad members point
out
Refreshments, will be served
during the evenfpg by the
Rescuettes, the members of the
auxiliary of the Rescue squad.
Laugh GOrner *
The only way two can live as
cheaply as one is a dog and a
flea.
The most fattening thing in
a banana split is the spoon . '
were discussing
they both had
College
The parents of a' youth away
at college,had jrnst reopiyed a
letter from their' "offspring.
The boy’s mother opened the
letter tad started to' t«ad "it
aloud, Mrhen tl^, father iptMV
rupted. ,
“Neirer mind reading the
whole lattes1,'*: he said. "Just
read mp the % f^^tM
Two
The public is cordially invit
ed to come out each evening
and join in the fun.
Ticie Ayers will be the au
ctioneer.
All proceeds go to buy need
ed equipment for the squad in
its important civic work.
Newspapers are the fifth
largest employer in the nation,
with 365,700 employed, last year,
and 0.7 per cent gain over
and a 12.$ per cent gain
'for the decade.
"LINE BOOK REVIEWS"
FROM THE
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY
FOR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
And Not To Yield, by Janies
Ramsey UUman. A story of a
mountain climber caught be
tween his longing for a woman
he cannot have and his dream
of conquering a Himalayan
peak.
Love Story, by Erich Segal.
This first novel by Mr. Segal is
a poignant love story which will
touch the hearts of all its read
ers.
Merchants And Masterpieces,
by Calvin Tomkins. This story
of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art is told most enjoyably and
includes both anecdotes and
history of the museum.
The Secret Woman, by Vic
toria Holt. Another engrossing
novel of romance, adventure
and suspense set in Victorian
England and the South Seas.
Up The Organization, by Rob
ert Townsend. The author, who
took the then-unknown “Avis
Rent A Car" corporation and
made it into the nation’s best
known #2, writes a practical
and constructive book about or
ganizational mire that stifles
people arid strangles profits.
February and March in the
Winter and October and No
vember in the Fall are the four
most dangerous months of the
year for forest fires, reports
the Southern Forest Institute
Remember, even little fires can
kill little trees. Lend nature
a helping. Only you can pre
vent forest fires.
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