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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1970
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TRACKING FROGS IN SPACE — This is a
nighttime photo of the large 85-foot tracking an
tenna at the Rosman STADAN station. The inset,
lower right, is a picture of Ted Gohrs inside the
station, operating the antenna. The present opera
tion is tracking NASA’s OFO spacecraft, an ex
periment orbiting two live bullfrogs in a study of
how man’s inner ear helps him keep his balance.
Rosman is one of the prime stations receiving data
from the satellite as it passes over this area. The
antenna, which is 85 feet across the dish and weighs
some 300 tons, can track satellites far out in sipace.
The Rosman station is linked with the Goddard
Space Fright Center at Greenbelt, Maryland, which
has the responsibility for scientific exploration of
space in the cis-lunar region.
? Thanksgiving Union Service
Planned- Schools Will Close
The annual Community
Thanksgiving Worship Serv
ice Will be held this year at
the Brevard-Davidson Biver
Presbyterian church on Main
street.
Reverend F. H. Goldsmith,
Pastor of Bethel “A” Baptist
church, will deliver the Thanks
giving sermon and the Rever
end Thomas B. McPhail, Assist
ant Minister of the Presbyterian
church, will assist in the lead
ership of the worship.
There is no more fitting
way for American Christians
to observe Thanksgiving than
to Join in the honorable tradi
tion of their forebears for
corporate worship and public
thanksgiving to their Creator.
The service will begin at
11:00 o’clock Reverend Gold
smith’s sermon topic is "For
giveness Before Thanksgiving.”
The Transylvania Minis
terial association is sponsor
teg the service, and the pub
lic. and the public is most
cordially invited to attend.
Other ministers participating
in the service will be Rev. Don
ald C. Hicks, Rev. Nolan Ford
and Rev. Edsel L. Keith.
Police Chief
Warns Against
Holiday Thieves
Holiday time is open season
for petty thievery, warns Bre
vard Police Chief, J. C. Rowe.
“People are busy shopping.
They go to and from their cars,
leaving packages and pur
chases in tempting sight in
their unlocked vehicles. Worse
still, they oftimes leave the car
keys in the ignition lock.
“This is a made to order op
portunity for professional
thieves and a strong temptation
for amateurs. ^
“Ladies are particularly bad
about leaving their pocketbooks
in cars,” says Chief Rowe. I
once walked four blocks on
Main Street and counted 9
handbags left in plain sight in
cars.
“We strongly urge everyone
to follow a few simple precau
tions to avoid having their holi
day season ruined by thieves:
“One, never leave handbags
in sight in a vehicle—locked or
unlocked. A handbag, with its
promise of cash, is good reason
for a break-in.
“Two, put all packages, or
any other attractive items such
as cameras, radio* and such, in
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ristmas Contest Is
lanned Over W P NF
set forth in this column soon.
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Other Programs
Father Edward Sherida
Pastor of Sacred Heart Ronu
The Transylvania Times is
out early this week in order
that the staff may )oin thou
sands of other Transylvania
families in f- quiet Tranksgiv
Ing at home.
Readers, too, will have their
copy of the paper, both those
who have it delivered and those
who receive it by mail, in time
to catch up on the Thanksgiving
Week news before the big day.
Schools Closed
County schools will he re
cessed Wednesday afternoon
until Monday, Nov. 30th. Bre
vard College students will en
joy the same recess from
their studies.
Banks and most Brevard
businesses will be closed also in
observance of this national day
of thanksgiving for the count
less good things so many of
Americans jneoy.
The Post Office will be
closed for window service and
both local and rural delivery*
but special d< Jtry and per
ishable mail which comes in
will be delivered.
Police, Fire and Emergency
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By FEED REITER
~ Strong, gusty winds Mpnday
along with a epld wave through
the area made temperatures
seem much colder than they
really were.
Readings for the past Six
days averaged 54 and 31 de
grees at Brevard, with' a high
reading of 64 on Saturday and
a low of 21 on Sunday morning.
Extended forecast fbr North
Carolina for Wednesday through
Friday: Clear Wednesday,
chance of showers Thursday
through Friday. Very cold tem
peratures Wednesday and
Thursday with warmer tempera
tures on Friday. Daytime highs
Wednesday and Thursday
around 40 degrees. Friday highs
should be in the mid-SOs. Low
Wednesday and Thursday will
average near £0 degrees, while
Friday’s low will be near the
freezing mark of 32 degrees.
Readings for the past six
days as follows:
Wednesday_ 42 26 0.05
Thursday —— 56 34 0.05
High Low Free.
Friday _
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
63 46 0.69
64 27 0.00
60 21 0.00
38 34 0.00
Rosman Tracking Station Now
Receiving Data From Space Frogs
Experiment Is
Studying Human
Ear And Balance
Two live bullfrogs have
been orbiting the Earth ev
ery 1 and Vi hours since
launch on November 9th in
an experiment aimed at pro
viding new information on
how man’s inner ear helps
him keep his balance.
The NASA Tracking Station
at Rosman has been one of the
prime stations receiving data
from the satellite as it passes
over this area. Bob Allison,
Operations Manager, has indi
cated that no problems have
been encountered in the sup
port of O F O satellite passes
at the station.
After several hours in orbit,
the frogs were reported in
good condition and the space
craft was transmitting scien
tific data on the functioning
of their othollth sensor cells.
A frog’s otolith functions
much like that in man’s in
ner ear.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration’s Orbit
ing , Frog Otolith (O F O)
satellite was launched at 1 a.
m. EST on the 9th from
NASA’s Wallops Station, Wal
lops Island, Va. Riding piggy
back on the Scout launch ve
hicle was another spacecraft
with radiation and meteoroid
experiments. The two satellites
separated about nine minutes
after Ukunch.
The frogs have beep moni
tored ddring the past week
alterhktely IP weightless con
ditions and periods of par
tial gravity created by spin
ning them in the centrifuge
that houses them. Fifty revo
lutions per minute provides
a one-half “G” acceleration
condition. One “G" is the
force of normal gravity on
Ehrth.
Electrodes implanted in the
vestibular (inner ear) nerves
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Christmas mailing list of
servicemen overseas, page five,
section four
Classifieds, page two and
three, fourth section
News of and for the women,
page six. section two, and pages
six and seven, third section
Editorials, page two, second
section
Sports, page -, first sec
tion, page three, second section,
and page three, third section
Mental Health column, page
four, third section.
BREVARD’S BETSY ROSS, Mrs.
Mabel Alderman, is pictured above
right, presenting the beautiful Bre
vard College flag that she made to
Dean Grady H. Whicker, left, of the
college’s administrative staff. Mrs.
Alderman hand-cut, pieced and
sewed the flag herself, working into
the wee hours of last Thursday
morning to have it ready for the
color presentation at the big Tip-Off
Basketball Tournament at the Col
lege Thursday night. Her efforts
were not in vain, as her hard work
was rewarded with a resounding
Brevard victory over Hudson Valley,
New York in the opening round of
the tournament. (Times Staff Photo)
She’s Mabel Alderman
itCollege *s Modern Betsy Ross
Makes Flag For Big Ceremony
Whitmire Announces
Burley Tobacco Growers
Issued Marketing Cards
The plastic marketing cards
now being issued to burley to
bacco growers will be used to
identify the crop from each
farm, and constitute a vital
record for each grower, Glenn
Whitmire, Chairman of the
Trhnsylvania County Agrieul
tural Stabilization and Conser
vation Committee, said today.
He explained that marketing
cards must be presented at the
warehouse when tobacco is
weighed in. Thev will remain
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Injuries Of Brevard College
Students In Wreck Said Minor
President Robert A. Davis
reported today that the in
juries suffered in an auto
mobile accident returning
from a game last week to
Ray F. Hiler and Dennis A.
Brown, members of the Bre
Latest Survey Reveals
More Local Families In Upper Brackets
How well are Transylvania
County residents making ont
financially? What proportion
of local families are now to
be found in the upper income
brackets?
According to a nationwide
survey, rising wages and sal
aries lave carried most families
in the area to higher positions
on tyg income ladder.
income in a locality repre
sents earnings that are well
distributed among the bulk of
the population or whether it
stands for a small proportion
of families with very large
incomes compensating for a
much larger number with
low incomes. T;
In Transylvania County, it
finds, the level of earnings and
the distribution are relatively
good. Some 63.5 per cent of
the households in the local area
had disposable cash incomes,
after taxes, of $6,000 or more
in the past year.
The proportion of families
with net incomes over $8,000
account only cash income,
farm families do not appear
to their best advantage, as no
allowances were made for the
lower living costs on the
farm.
The Transylvania County
breakdown gives the position of
each group of local families on
the income ladder. It lists 22.4
per cent of them on the $9,000
to $8,000 rung, 15.0 per cent at
the $8,000 to $10,000 level and
26.1 per cent above $10,000. The
remainder are below $5,000.
Nationally, according to
Commerce Department fig
ures, the median Income of
families rose M per coat dur
ing the past year. However,
since romUraw prices rose
5.4 per cent, the real gain |n
family purchasing power was
about 3.9 per cent.
vard College Soccer team,
were minor.
Hiler and Brown were riding
in a car which wrecked near
Jasper, Florida, as the team re
turned from winning the Region
10 soccer championship title.
Soccer Coach Larry Burch
was at the scene of the acci
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By • Cal Carpenter
There was a Colors Pre
sentation ceremony at the
Tip • Off Basketball Tourna
ment in Brevard College’s
Boshamer Gymnasium last
Thursday evening. It was
very impressive — a new
ceremony for the college If
not necessarily a new idea
for such occasions.
In the ceremony, a Brevard
College Flag joined the North
Carolina State and the Nation
al emblems ip patriotic pre
sentation to school, state and
country before the beginning
of the tournament. There was
nothing particularly unusual
about this. The noteworthy
th'ng is the story behind that
neat, professionally - manufac
tured looking B .C. flag and
the “do it” philosophy of the
lady who made it.
Flag Story
The story begins with Bre
vard Coach “Chick” Martin
asking Jimmie Alderman,
Manager of the College Book
store and Reserve Air Force
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Background Noted
Dr. Matheny Now Practicing
Optometry With Dr. McGuire
Dr. Glenn S. Matheny has be
gun the practice of optometry
here in Brevard. He will be as
sociated with Dr. Frank B. Mc
Guire, Jr., in Dr. McGuire’s new
office located at 290 North
Broad street.
Dr. Matheny is a native of
Highland Park, Michigan, and
received his early education in
the schools of Byron, Michigan.
He received the Bachelor of
Science degree from Miehigan
State University in 1984 major
ing in chemistry and biology.
At Michigan State he was a
member of Farm House Social
Fraternity.
He received the Bachelor of
Science and Doctor of Optome
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