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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Win * fHome Town Newspaper SECOND CLASS POSTAGE r'l if Vol. 83—No. 49 **,Dxiyc”7m."- c* BREVARD, N. C., THL DECEMBER 3, 1970 ★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★ SHRINE BOWL BOUND Gary Nelson, Blue Devil all-star tackle, is pictured above getting a big send-off from the Shrine Bowl Queen herself, Cherie Tinsley, also from Brevard, as he prepared to leave to participate in the big game in Charlotte. Young Nelson will use his 230 pounds to great advantage for the North Caro lina Shrine Bowl team as the Tar Heels go against a similar select squad of South Carolina gridders in the annual Shrine Bowl game in Charlotte this Saturday. He is the son of Mrs. Wanda Nelson of Bre vard. Little Cherie will reign over all of the Shrine Bowl festivities as this year’s Queen, and even though she’s supposed to be completely im partial, we’il hazard a guess that she’ll secretly be pulling for Gary and his team to trim the Sandlappers this Saturday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volney Tinsley of Brevard. (Times Staff Photo) Facts Clarified TV A Officials Met With Jpounty Commissioners Monday Officials of the Tennessee V*Hey Authority met Moaday morning here in the court house with the Board of Count} Commissioners. Donald Lee Moore, the chair man, presided, and opened the meeting with a brief history of the studies that have been made in Transylvania regarding flood control. TV A officials attending the meeting Include the follow ing: John B. Marius, W. Glenn O’Neal, Director of Water Control Planning, John 8. Barron. Director of Tribu tary Area Development, and Reed A. Elliot, Director of Water Control Planning. Chairman Moore said that during the weeks prior to the recent General Election there had been much misinformation spread in the county regarding TVA’s flood control program, and particularly, the tittle Riv er Dam. Be asked the TV A officials if they had an alternate plan Oat was hut as good and as economical as the propos ed Little River Dam. "% Mr. Elliott explained that then were alternate plans, but they were not as leasable as the Little River Dam. He told the Commissioners that TV A had met with Repre sentative Charles Taylor and told him of the alternate plans. He said that Mr. Taylor had not fully explained what TVA had told him. t "The alternate plans do not call for recreational benefits, nor uroidd they be. a source —Turn io Pago Three Band To Play Santa Arrives In Town Thursday, Opens Christmas Shopping Season The Christmas Season here in Brevard and Transylvania coun ty officially gets underway this afternoon (Thursday) and the jolly old man with the long white whiskers and the red suit will be on hand himself to pre side over the festivities. Santa Clause is scheduled to arrive here about 4:30 p.m. on a big, red fire truck that will let him off in front of the Transyl vania county court house, and from there he will go to his Glen Cannon Members To Meet Monday There will be a membership meeting next Monday night at the Glen Cannon Country club. According to President Gil Coan, the meeting will be held at the club house, beginning promptly at 7:00 o’clock. He urges all members to at tend. There will be a review of the club .operation’s during,the past year, and the projected program for 1871 will be highlighted. V • mSm Program Highlights WMF Listeners Are Urged To Enter Yule Contest Now Underway is Ilrfl awarding will be held on 23rd. Listen to WPNF to who the sponsors are to filh ft! newly constructed House lo cated in front of the library where he will greet all of his little friends. The fine Brevard High School band, directed by John D. Eversman, will be on hand to help welcome Santa to town, and they will play a selection of Christmas music to help cele brate his arrival. Everyone is invited to bring the entire family, greet Santa, and join in the singing of Christmas Carols on the court house lawn here this afternoon. Thursday also marks the offi cial opening of the Christmas shopping season here, and Bre vard merchants are well pre pared for this event. Most of the stores will be staying open during the evening hours starting tonight and con tinuing through December 23rd. All are well stocked with Christ mas gift items of all kinds, and —Turn to Page Seven i IP ft § WezfAer By FKKD REITER "0 The month of Novembers just ended,' concluded with some near-record warm temperatures for the last two days of the month. November also contain ed two mornings which were record-setting for cold tempera tures in the urea. Rainfall total ed 344 inches during Novem ber.. . During the past eight days, the high reading for the period was 75 on Sunday afternoon, and the low was 6 degrees last Wednesday morning. Averages for the period were 01 and ST, with no rain during these days. Weather data was as follows: Tuesday ... High Lew Free. . 34 10 0.00 .41 6 0.00 .50 as 0.00 .si as 0.00 .13 30 0.00 . 75 48 <M>0 . 78 38 0.00 New Post Office To SB'S | Built In Brevard On Site Opposite The Municipal Building Man Shot Five Times Saturday Is Recovering John Michael Gillespie, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been released on bond in connec tion with the shooting of Melvin Harrill, 26, of Colum bia, S. C„ here last Saturday afternoon. Chief J. C. Rowe said a warrant had been issued for Gillespie charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting bodily injury. Harrill was shot five times with a .22 weapon while he was visiting in the home of his father-in-law, Buddy Wil liams, on Duckworth Avenue about 2:50 p.m. last Saturday. He was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, where his condition was re ported improved Tuesday afternoon. An all-points bulletin for Gillespie was issued immedi ately following the shooting Saturday afternoon, and he surrendered to the local po lice Monday morning. His bond was set at $2,500. Officials To Take Oaths Next Monday Officials who were elected in Transylvania county in the Nov. 3rd General Election will be sworn into office next monday morning here in the court house at 9:00 o’clock. To take office at that time will be Mrs. Marian M. Mc Mahan, who was re-elected; Milford C. Hubbard, Sheriff; and i)r. Marius Wells, Coro ner. Representative Charles Tay lor and State Senator Carl D. Killian will take office when the Legislature convenes in January. Robert Merrill, the new member of the Board of Edu cation, will not take office until next April. Judge Robert T. Gash is ex pected to swear in the Clerk of Superior Court, and then she Is expected to swear in the others next Monday morn in*. WORK BEGINS ON NEW HOS PITAL — Work on the new Transyl vania Community Hospital site be gan Thanksgiving week when State Highway Commission heavy equip ment began grading the building site and using the fill on the entrance road. The road will lead to the site, some 1500 feet south on U. S. High ways 64 and 280, from an intersec tion about a mile east of Brevard. It will be 24 feet wide with 6-foot shoulders and will include a 90-foot bridge across Lamb’s Creek just be fore reaching the building site. Shown are John W. Bailey, left, Transylvania Community Hospital Administrator, and Arthur Gillespie, right, SHC Construction Foreman for Transylvania county. (Times Staff Photo) Progress Report Made Construction Begins On Road Into New Hospital Location Work began on the road to the new Transylvania Com munity Hospital site the day before Thanksgiving when State Highway Commission crews built a temporary crossing over Lamb’s Creek, the small stream just north of the hospital site. The day after Thanksgiving, heavy dirt moving equipment moved over the crossing as state crews began grading some 30,000 cubic yards of dirt from the building site and hauling it out for the new road fill. Road construction is be ginning at the new hospital site and continuing north to Prizes Offered V F W Post To* Hold Annual Membership Party Saturday Lewis Earl Jackson VFW Post will hold their annual membership party Saturday night, December 5th. The party will begin at 7:00 o’clock in the evening with bingo at 8:00 p.m. There will be a drawing for 1971 members with many awards being offered including a color television set. The go-getter awards will also be drawn for at this time. Some lucky member present In Legion Building Garden Clubs Are Presenting Christinas Show This Weekend Transylvania Garden Council will present a Joyous Noel at the American Legion Building, Friday, December 4th, from 2:00 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, December 5th, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:3d p.m. v';< . The council project will fea ture Christmas Trees—Ameri can Tww*t Koravian and Pio neer,' Christmas Trees, Christ mon and French Tree of Para dise. Trees around the world— Poland, Sweden, Old Russia, Germany, Austria, Brazil, and Japan. will be shown: Poor _ Arthur McCrary, Consultant Tables, Mrs. E. and Mrs. J. A. MacFie, Con sultants. Mrs. Marvin Garren is con sultant for arrangements featur. ing Christmas symbols and Ma donnas In cool and warm colors. The Shopping Corner con sultant is Mrs. Lee Norton. Qeneral co-chairman for the event are Mrs. John R. Folger, Jr., and Mrs. Thomas E. Ram sey. The committee chairmen are Mrs. J. W. Arden, Mrs. J. F. Ay cock, Mrs. James E. Davis, Mrs. 0. L. Rallsback and Mrs. Roy N. Simmons. The following groups are par ticipating in^th^ ^Christmas will receive a $50.00 door prize. The State Quartermaster for the VFW William C. Ccx will be present to present the post with a perpetual charter. This charter is presented in recognition of the 25 life mem bers of Post 4309, and Com mander Bill Talley is urging each of them to be present. The evening will conclude with a dance with music by a local group. The Membership committee urges all members to renew their membership for 1971 and plan to attend the party. Look Inside... Editorials, page two, fourth section News of and for the women, page six, fourth section, and pages six and seven, third sec tion Sports, page four, third sec tion, page two first section Classifieds, pages two and three,' second section Pros and Cons of Flood Con trol in Transylvania, page six, second section 4-H news, front page of the third section WNC Awards luncheon story, front page of the second sec tion Editor’s Corner, page five, first section Science for you, page three, fourth section. Us intersection with U. S. Highways 64 and 280, approx imately a mile east of Bre vard. The 1500 ft., hard-sur faced road will be 24 ft. wide with 6 ft. shoulders. A permanent, 90 ft. bridge will span Lamb’s creek immedi ately north of the hospital site and approximately a oral ter of a mile from the intersection with the 4-lane highway. According to Webb Pittillo of Penrose, Maintenance Super visor for Transylvania County, in charge of construction and Arthur Gillespie of Brevard, Construction Foreman for Tran sylvania County, the road is ex pected to be finished in 5 to 6 weeks, weather permitting. The work is under the gen eral supervision of T. M. Austell, District Engineer: and John Laughter, Assistant District Engineer, is engineer on the site. Project Report Coincident with the begin ning of roadwork, a report to the TIMES by J. W. Bailey, Transylvania Community Hos pital Administrator, show's the entire project to be moving steadily ahead and well on schedule. According to Mr. Bailey’s report, working drawings and —Turn to Page Three Patron Parking And More Lock Boxes Promised The Post Office Depart is seeking competitive bids to build and lease the new main post office at Brevard, Post master General Winton M. Blount announces. Competitive bidding encour ages the most attractive and economical offer to the Gov ernment, Mr. Blount noted. This will help the Department to improve postal service while keeping expenditures low, he added. • Under a lease construction program, the site located at the southwest corner of West Main Street and England Street, will be assigned to the successful bidder who will control the property, con struct the building to De partment specifications and lease it to the Department for a basic period of 20 years and option of 30 years. The land and building will re main on local tax rolls. The building will contain 7,900 square feet. The Department’s capital in vestment will be limited sub stantially to postal equipment. “We are very pleased and happy that a new Post Of fice for Brevard will now be come a reality,” says Char lie Patton, Brevard Postmas ter. “We will have much more room in the new building which will enable us to give the public better service as well as provide better working conditions for Post Office em ployees. The new space will alleviate the present shortage of Post Office lock boxes which we’ve had for some time. “We are particularly pleas ed, also, that the new of fice will provide parking spaces for postal patrons, something else we’ve need ed for a long time,” con cludes Mr. Patton. Bidding documents may be obtained from Gerald D. Mar tin, Real Estate Officer, P. O. Box 2C966, Greensboro, N. C'. 27420. The Real Estate Officer will supply bidding forms, building specifications, lease provisions and other informa tion. Bids must be submitted to the Real Estate Officer by December 21, 1970. 1 d Chopping Days _£ Zf ’til Christmas o UIKIMMAS l*7W O S Q Z CHRISTMAS $EAIS FIGHT EMPHYSEMA TUBERCULOSIS AND AIR POLLUTION Goal Is 350 Baptist Association To Hold "M" Night Here Next Monday The Transylvania Baptist As sociation will hold “M” Night at the Brevard First Baptist church on Monday night, December 7, beginning at 7:15 o’clock. This is an annual meeting that is promoted and attended by mem bers of the Training Unions, al though churches that do not have Training Unions are wel come to attend. A feature, "To make a Differ, ence, . . . TRAIN” will be pre sented by Kathy Barton and Jimmy Phillips under direction of Mr. and Mrs. Loy Waldrop; all from Pisgah Forest church. Reverend Jesse Bailey, pastor of Little River church, will speak on the theme, “Train to make a difference.” The Attendance Goal for this important meeting is 350. The Attendance Banner will be giv en to the church having the largest percentage of their Training Union Enrollment present.
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