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MORE THAN 2,000 PERSONS
attended the annual Du Pont picnic
last Saturday near Sky Valley. An
air of carnival can be noted in the
picture above that was made from
the bandstand. Games, contests and
entertainment were enjoyed, and
the picnickers were treated to hot
dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks and
ice cream all during the day.
(Times Staff Photo)
To Be A Holiday
Labor Day Activities Here To
Climax Fine Tourist Season
Labor Day activities in
Brevard and Transylvania
next Monday will climax a
highly successful ’70 vacation
season here.
Most of the stores, town anc
county offices will be closed or
Monday for the holiday.
Schools will also close.
The Brevard high school band
will travel to Hendersonville
that afternoon to participate ir
the big Apple Festival.
The first Monday meeting
of the Town Board of Aider
men has been postponed un
til next Tuesday night.
The monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commis
sioners has also been... post
■*/ poned from Monday night
until Tuesday evening here
in the court house.
The First Union Nationa
bank, the First Citizens Ban!
and Trust company and Brevarc
Federal Savings and Loan asso
ciation will observe Monday as
a holiday.
The Monday luncheon
meeting of the Brevard
Rotary club has also been
cancelled.
George Wilson, license exam
iner, announces that his office
will have a holiday on Monday
Many picnickers and camp
ers are expected in the
Pisgah National Forest, and
Ranger Dan Hile predicted
that recreation facilities will
be filled to capacity.
The highway patrolmen in
Transylvania urge all motorists
to drive with extreme caution
over the holidays, which is one
of the most dangerous periods
on the streets and highways.
According to Postmaster
C. Y. Patton, the Brevard
Post Office will be closed La
bor Day.
There will be no window
service and no regular de
livery on city or rural routes.
Special Delivery service will
be provided ulthln city de
livery limits.
News From
, US Forest Service,
On Western Fires
Forest fires in Washington and Idaho are
I the big news in the Forest Service today. Some
1325 men from the Southern Region were sent to
1 the western fires: 166 Corpsmen and 32 leaders
plus 812 National Forest crews, plus 312 State
crews from 7 Southern States.
The Pisgah Ranger District sent 23 men in
cluding Ranger Dan Hile. Eleven men went to the
Gold Ridge Fire and 11 men to the Entiat Fire,
both in the Wenatchee National Forest in Wash
ington. Ranger Hile, with the 42 Corpsmen and
leaders, was assigned to the Bates Creek Fire in
the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho.
The fire situation report from Boise, Idaho
I as of last Saturday states that the Entiat Fire was
26,000 acres in size and was expected to join the
j Shady Pass Fire before control would be possible.
The Gold Ridge Fire burned 10,400 acres and 1236
men were holding it under control.
The weather outlook for the Northwestern
state is continued hot and dry with 60% chance of
dry lightning (no rain).
As of August 28, 52,775 acres in 15 differ
ent fires were burning uncontrolled.
By Highway Patrol
Transylvania In New District
With Haywood, Jackson Counties
Transylvania county has been
placed with Haywood and Jack
son counties in a realignment
of the State Highway patrol
units effective this week.
Transylvania is a part of Dis
trict five, Troop G, according
to Sgt. O. C. Brock, who is in
charge of the District Head
quarters, located near Clyde.
The new three-county district
has 13 troopers, commanded by
Brock and his assistant, Sgt. W.
D. Arledge, recently transferred
here from Murphy.
Program Highlights
Darlington "500" f■ :es Will
Be Broadcast Monday On WPNF
Next Monday, Labor Day,
WPNF will broadcast one of the
year’s outstanding auto races
from the Darlington Interna
tional Raceway at: Darlington,
South Carolina.
The “Southern 500”, which
takes the air over WPNF at
11:30 a.m., will be broadcast
over a network of radio sta
tions by an experienced crew
of broadcasters. They’ll describe
each thrilling event of the en
tire race over WPNF, and local
fans are urged to keep
big race from
Many of ' the nation’# best
known driving perionalities
will be on the track in their
cars for the start of this big
race. V
of the race over
include: Sledge Radio
& TV; Burgin’s Store and Bre
vard Barber Shop.
Other Programs
Farm and Home Hour sched
ule for the week is as follows;
Thursday, Station Programs;
Friday, ASCS; Monday, County
Extension Chairman Jerry Purs
er; Tuesday, Station Programs:
Wednesday, Jean Childers,
Home Economics Extension
Agent.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions at 9:45 a.m. over
WPNF is Rev. Thomas McPhail,
assistant pastor of Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church.
The Sunday morning worship
services are being broadcast
month from the First
Church in
y. Orion Hutehin
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District changes were made
throughout the state, to in
crease efficiency, according to
SHP Commander E. C. Guy.
Troopers assigned to Tran
sylvania are Gene Beshears and
Zeb Hawes.
Assigned to Haywood, besides
Brock and Arledge, are troop
ers V. C. Coggins, F. M. Davis,
R. D. Dellinger, E. S. Haynes,
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Another warm week was ex
perienced by Brevard residents
in the past week, with average
temperatures of 86 and 61 in
the area. There was a nominal
amount of rain.
A high temperature of 88 de
grees was registered on three
days during the week, with the
low of 58 on Wednesday morn
ing.
Loeallv. a total of 6.34 inches
of rainfall was measured at
Brevard for the month of
August. At least twenty morn
ings were foggy during the
month.
Weather Bureau’s extended
forecast for the period through
Friday: Generally fair, with
highs around 80 in the moun
tains, low temperatures mostly
in the upper 50s.
Weather data for the past
wreek was as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_81
Thursday _ 85
Friday . 86
Saturday- 88
Sunday_ 88
Monday ----, 88
Tuesday ——-85
58
61
59
60
64
62
60
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0.00
0.08
0.05
0.00
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Chaperones Are
Needed For The
"Back To School
Dance" Saturday
Needed: Several ehaperoaes
for the “Back To School” dance
Saturday night at the American
Legion Building.
B. J. Smith, Director of the
Transylvania Teen Center,
urges parents to volunteer to
help with this function and
other affairs of the Teen Cen
ter.
Mr. Smith emphasizes the
fact that the Teen Center could
be a “great place” for young
people with help of more adults.
He also invites parents to
visit the Teen Center on the
nights it is open and see first
hand what is available for the
young people of the community.
Parents are also urged to
read his letter that is carried
elsewhere in this issue of The
Times.
A $2,500 CHECK, representing
the second installment of RCA Serv
ice Company’s donation to the “Fund
For Your Life’’ campaign to con
struct a new hospital here in Tran
sylvania county, was recently pre
sented to campaign officials. Pic
tured above at the presentation are,
left to right, Donald Lee Moore,
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trus
tees of Transylvania Community Hos
pital, James S. Judson, center, sta
tion manager of the Rosman NASA
Tracking Station, who presented the
check, and Charles W. Pickelsimer,
right, secretary of the Board of Trus
tees of Transylvania Community
Hospital. (Times Staff Photo)
Ballots In The Mail
Farmers Now Voting In The
ASCS Election Until 15th
. Survey Reveals
Veterans In County Total 2,350,
370 Have Served In Vietnam
There are 2,350 veterans
in Transylvania county and
531,000 in North Carolina.
These figures are based on
America’s 27.3 million form
er servicemen as of the be
ginning of 1970, according to
W. R. Phillips, Director of
the Winston - Salem VA re
gional office.
According to tne latest avail
able figures, some 370 Transyl
vania county and 71,000 North
Carolina veterans were in serv
ice during the Vietnam era—
that is after August 4, 1964.
World War II veterans
make up the largest group of
veterans with 1,170 from
Transylvania county and
1283,000 from North Carolina.
Some 320 Transylvania coun
ty and 62,000 state veterans saw
military service only between
the Korean Conflict and the
Vietnam Era (February 1, 1955
August 4, 1964), Phillips said.
Of 26,000 World War I
veterans in North Carolina,
150 are from Transylvania
county.
Phillips pointed out thal
there are some duplications in
these figures since some vet
erans served in more than one
conflict.
An estimated 66 of America’s
5,000 Spanish - American wui
veterans live in North Caro
lina.
Veterans with questions
on benefits are urged to con
tact their North Carolina VA
Regional Office at Winston
Salem or to see their local
service officer.
Those who served since
February 1, 1955, may be
eligible for GI Bill training.
Those who served since June
27, 1950, may be eligible for
home loans.
By Arthur Whiteside
School Bond Issue Is Endorsed On TV
Transylvania is one of our
favorite mountain counties.
Perhaps because it has such a
diversity of good qualities.
Magnificent scenery. An in
dustrial base that has brought
in people with skills normally
found in an urban environ
ment — chemists, physicists
and electronic experts who
work at Du Pont, Olin and
the NA8A satellite tracking
station. Where you find
brains you generally find
money.
Among the 17 western coun
ties, Transylvania ranks next to
the top in per capita income,
And the county has long had a
reputation for embracing the
arts, education and culture. Bre
vard is the home of a Junior
college and a world famous
music center—which attracts
thousands to its concerts each
summer. Yet its people can be
as homespun as a spring house
cooler, an old rocker or a well
used guitar. Transylvania has
always seemed to us aa a cross
section of all that’s good about
America.
Yet some people down that
way tell os we may be la for
a rude awakening on Septem
ber 1Mb. On that date there’s
to be a vote on a $4 million
bond issue for a new consoli
dated high school. There are
some, we’re told, who don’t
cotton to the idea of “fancy”
schools. Four walls, a few
simple desks and a dedicated
teacher should be enough to
instill character, industry
and a respect for the verities.
To these people, a broad
based curriculum is frivol
ous. But they forget how the
world has changed In their
time.
For good or for bad we have
the internal combustion engine,
not the horse. We have the
telephone, radio and television
for instantaneous communica
tion across vast distances.
We’ve put men in space—to the
moon and back. We can gene
rate enormous amounts of
energy from a few pounds of
uranium. We have exchanged
sulphur and molasses, sassafras
tea and midwives for vaccines,
antibiotics and skilled surgeons
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On September 1st, ASC com
munity committee election bal
lots were mailed to all known
eligible farm voters, according
to Glenn A. Whitmire, chair
man of the Transylvania Coun
ty ASC Committee.
\
Farm voters have been in
structed to vote for up to three
of the candidates listed, or
they may write in their choices
on lines provided at the bottom
of the ballot. To be counted, all
ballots must be properly signed
and mailed or returned to the
County ASCS Office by Septem
ber 11th. Votes will be tabu
lated September 15th, at 9:00
a m. in the local County ASCS
Office.
In each of the ASC communi
ties in the county, three com
munity committeemen and two
alternates will be elected. The
candidate receiving the largest
number of votes becomes chair
man; the second largest vote
getter, vice-chairman; third
high, regular member: fourth
and fifth highest become first
and second alternates who may
serve on the committee if regu
lar members are temporarily
absent or if a permanent va
cancy occurs.
ASC community committees
are elected for one-year terms,
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500 Workers
Busy. Want To
Inform Public
Volunteer visitors organ
ized by the Better Schools
Committee will make it their
goal to have at least one
face-to-face visit with every
registered voter in support of
the school building bond issue
in the coming special elec
tion. Sept. 12.
With some 500 visitors al
ready enrolled, the recruiting
will continue to increase the
number to 1,000. This will re
duce the visits by each visitor
to approimately 5 in covering
the county's entire list of reg
istered voters.
Special efforts will also be
made by the visitors to reg
ister eligible voters who, for
any reason, are not registered
for this special election.
Answer Questions
The purposes of the visitors
will be educational and not pro
motional nor political, accord
ing to the Better Schools Com
mittee. They will try to answer
the voters’ questions with the
facts that will allow them to
make up their minds how they
want to vote on the basis of
facts rather than hearsay in
formation.
These visitors will also
make it their responsibility
to personally help the peo
ple they visit get to the polls
on Saturday, Sept. 12. They
well help with transportation,
baby sitters; any way they
ran to make it easier for the
voter to be at the poll and
express his choice on the
school builing bond issue.
Publicity Committee
A Publicity Committee of
the Better Schools Committee
has been and will continue to
be active in support of the bond
issue.
This group is making an
all out effort to see that the
public is felly informed on
the issue. I.ike the visitors,
their effort also is to educate
and not necessarily to pro
mote the issue, according to
the Better Schools Commit
mittee.
This committee has a mail
ing program which is endeavor
ing to give the public the in
formation it believes is neces
sary to decide the bond issue.
To this end, it has prepared a
Question and Answer folder
which attempts to set the rec
ord straight on the questions
most asked by he voers. It has
also prepared material on the
location of the proposed cen
trally located new comprehen
sive high school and the rea
sons for this location. This ma
terial has been mailed to all
registered voters.
The publicity committee
has also planned and is op
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At Dinner Meeting
White Elected President Of
Transylvania Bar Association
Attorney William B. White
was elected President of the
Transylvania County Bar Asso
ciation at a dinner meeting
held at Berry’s Restaurant re
cently.
Also elected with him to
serve a one-year term were
Gayle E. Ramsey as Vice-presi
dent and John K. Smart, Jr. as
Secreatry-Treasurer.
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Attending the function were
members of the Clerk of Su
perior Court Staff, Chief Judge
Robert T. Gash, newly-appoint
ed Judge Carnes and members
of the Transylvania County Bar
Association.