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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1971
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY OFFICIALS met last week with
state educational authorities for the purpose of
hearing an evaluation report on the condition of
and recommendations pertaining to the Transyl
vania county schools. Pictured above are several
of those who were in attendance at the important
meeting. They are, left to right: County Commis
sioners Hale “Guis” Siniard, Jr., and Dr. Charles
L. Newland; E. B. Matheson, chairman of the
Transylvania County Board of Education; and Dr.
J. L. Pierce of Raleigh, Director of the Division of
School Planning, State Department of Public In
struction. (Times Staff Photo)
Some 2,500 Acres In Transaction
Old Toxaway Property Sold
To SC Firm For Development
A
X large land deal, involv
ing some 2,500 acres of moun
tain property in upper Tran
sylvania, was recorded here
in the Register of Deeds of
fice on Monday of this week.
A South Carolina firm, Old
Toxaway, Duv—Columbia,
S. C., purchased two tracts of
land from the Middiefork
Corporation, located above
Rosman.
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Ode tract included 2,390
acred and the other 170.
.
The property will be de
veloped for residences and a
lake is Included in the plans.
Work is already underway.
James B. Perry, of Colum
bia, S. C., is president of the
company, and other officers
are W. G. Jordan, vice presi
dent; and Dr. Harold Miller,
secretory and treasurer.
Attorneys handling the
transaction were Going and
Going, of Columbia, S. C.,
and Ramsey, Hill, Smart and
Ramsey, of Brevard.
The purchase price was re
ported to have been around
$300,000.
Known as the Old Toxaway
property, the land extends to
the crest of the Blue Ridge
on the north. It also joins
the Hemlock Hills property
and Frozen lake property.
W. G. Sagar is president of
the Middle Fork Corporation.
The property can be enter
ad by the Old Toxaway road
or the Frozen Lake road.
The rite of the large lake
is expected to be on Little
creek, which is a tributary
of Toxaway creek.
Month-Long Event
Plans For Cancer Crusade
Being Made, Officers Named
“We want to wipe out cancer
in your lifetime.”
That is the theme of the
American Cancer Society’s
April Crusade. During the
month of April, the American
Cancer Society conducts its
annual educational and fund,
raising Crusade.
The officers for this year’s
Crusade are: Mrs. Anita Clark,
president; Rev. Thomas V. Mc
Phail, first vice president; Mrs.
Ann Barnes, second vice presi
dent; Robert L. Barnes, treasur
er; and Quentin S. Clark, Jr.,
publicity chairman.
In addition, several of the lo
cal organizations will be assist
ing in this year’s Crusade.
These will be announced at a
later date. However, this year’s
Crusade will be conducted
door-to-door and more volun
teers are still needed.
“We believe that people-to
people contact — folks alerting
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Transfers From Saluda
Ben E. Burgess Is New Vice
President At First-Citizens
Ben E. Burgess, cashier and
manager of First-Citizens Bank
& Trust Company’s Saluda Of
fice has been promoted to as
sistant vice president and trans
ferred to the bank’s Brevard
Office, where he has been
named assistant manager.
The promotion was effective
February 15th.
In his new assignment, Mr.
Burgess will assist J. T. Willis,
vice president and manager of
Bailey Announce*
Transylvania Community Hospital
Receives Check From Duke Fund
Hospitals and child care in
stitutions in North Carolina and
South Carolina are receiving
II, 949,633 in appropriation
from The Duke Endowment
this week.
Announcement of the distri
bution was made Wednesday by
James B. Felts, Jr wecuUve
director of the Hoapitel and
Child care Sections of The Eo
dowment. .,4: ■
1319,393 to reimburse assisted
inatHutions participating in in
formation services provided by
Hospital Administrative Serv
ices (HAS) of CbicagoandPro
fesaional Activity Study (PAS)
of AUD Arbor, Mlch- Compara
tive financial and st^i^*'**1 ,B
formation is «■*“““*
tributed by the*
current monthly _
the Brevard Office in admin
istrative and management func
tions of the bank, with em
phasis in business develop
ment and commercial opera
tions and lending.
Prior to transferring to Sa
luda as resident manager, Mr.
Burgess had held positions in
First-Citizens’ offices in Dunn,
Hickory and Canton. He has
been associated with the bank
for 10 years.
Mr. Burgess, a native of
Newton has been active in
community and civic affairs in
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Morning temperatures re
mained cold this past week,
while afternoon readings be
gan to inch higher from the
recent mid-winter readings in
the Brevard area. Averages
for the pgst week were put at
48 and 18. Wednesday’s low
reading of 4 degrees was the
coldest while the high came on
Tuesday with a pleasant 39 de
gree reading.^
Extended outlook for North
Carolina: Wednesday through
Friday — beginning fair and
mild becoming showery and
quite warm latter part of the
period. Highs in the 50s, 60s
and 70s. Lows in the 30s and
low 40s each morning.
Wednesday — 40 4 0.00
Saturday __ 41 22 0.99
Tuesday _ 59 20 0.00
High Low Free.
Thursday
Friday
49 15 0.00
51 19 0.00
Sunday
Monday
42 12 0.00
55 18 0.00
Look Inside...
Pictorial feature on Youth
group from Connecticut visit
ing at local Catholic Church to
do good for others. Page eight,
section three
Young English couple stop
over at the Carriers on 50,000
mile world tour, page four,
third section
Classifieds, pages two and
three, first section
News of and for the women,
page six, section two, and pages
six and seven, third section
Sports, page four, second sec
tion, and page seven, first sec
tion
Editor’s Corner, page five,
first section
The Independent Colleges
look to the state for survival,
page five, second section._
For Town flection
Friday Is The Last Day To Register
your registration, please call
the registrar in your pre
cinct,” the election officials
state.
Mrs. M. Marian Schlunz, who
resides at 216 Probart street, is
the registrar for Precinct No. 1.
Mrs. Reba K. Russell, 34
Franklin avenue, is the regis
trar for Precinct No. 2.
Ihe hooks are open each
» through Friday, from
aju. until 5*0 p.m. at
horae of the Registrars.
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in the Town of Brevard.
It was called by the Mayor
and the Town Board after a
petition, signed by more
than 25% of the registered
voters In the town of Bre
vard, had been presented to
them for action.
If the election is approved,
beer will be sold only in inde
pendent stores that must be ap
proved by the state ABC Board.
Wine will be sold only in the
local ABC store.
Itis stated that “0»
beeTor wine’cenbe sold only
ties away fjnem the premises
where It is soM.
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State Planning hpficials Prepare
Survey Of Transylvania Schools
Commissioner Announces
Several Roads In The County
Are Now Ready For Paving
E. J. Whitmire* North . Caro
lina Highway Commissioner
for this district, was in Brevard
Tuesday to meet with the Coun
ty Commissioners and the Road
Committee • of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce.
At that time he announced
the completion of various road
work projects in the county
during the past year.
The following roads have
been graded, drained and cov
ered with a stone base.
They will be in line for pav
ing during 1971.
They are as follows: Cole
Mountain road 2.0 miles, Kim
Miller road 2.3 miles, Raxter
road 1.8 miles, Pettit loop 1.4
miles, Trett road .3 mile, Os
borne road .1 mile, Old 280 .2
mile and Walnut Hollow road
1.4 miles.
In keeping with Governor
Scott’s interest in helping those
who are developing recreational
facilities that will attract tour
ists and furnished employment
for local people, he has allo
cated $25,000 of his surplus
funds to pave the Little River
Camp Ground road, Mr. Whit
mire stated.
The Commissioner told of his
keen interest in Transylvania,
and he said he was doing every
thing possible to see that this
county gets its share of road
improvement work.
The lengthy breakfast session
was held at Berry’s.
Sunday Afternoon
Joint Funeral Services Held
For Honeycutt And Whitesides
Joint funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the First Baptist church for Special
ist 5th Class Ronnie Jack Honeycutt, age 22, and
Michael Harold Whitesides, age 15. They were
cousins.
Specialist Honeycutt, a vet
eran of the Vietnam conflict in
which he received several
medals, died unexpectedly last
Thursday morning in Walter
Reed hospital in Washington,
D. C.
He resided in Fort Mead,
Maryland, and lived here on
the Lake Sega road until he
entered the army. He was re
cently named “Citizen of the
Week” in Brevard.
Young Honeycutt was a grad
uate of Brevard high school,
where he played football for
two years.
He was a member of the Bre
vard Faith Assembly of God.
Survivors are as follows: the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Honeycutt, of Brevard; three
brothers, Gerald, of Brevard,
and Stanley and Keith, of the
home; a sister, Vickie, also of
the home; the paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Ethel Honeycutt,
of Brevard; and the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Vaughn, of Brevard.
Officiating ministers at the
the service on Sunday were
Rev. Donald Hicks and Rev.
Henry Wright. Burial followed
in Pisgah Gardens.
Frank Moody funeral home
was in charge of arrangements.
Young Whitesides, who was
a 10th grade student at Bre
vard, died suddenly last Friday
morning in the Transylvania
Community hospital.
Death was attributed to an
acute infectious illness, which
was said to be of a low order
of contagiouness.
Whitesides was a member of
the varsity A football team, the
wrestling team and the track
team.
He attended the Brevard
Faith Assembly of God and was
a member of the Teenagers
Sunday School class.
Survivors include the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. White
sides, Jr.; two brothers, Terry
and Jerry, both of the home;
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Whitesides, Sr., of
Clarksville, Texas; and the ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel
Honeycutt of Brevard.
Rev. Donald Hicks officiated
at the service Sunday and
burial followed in Pisgah Gar
dens.
Pallbearers were: Gary Nel
son, Mike Hall, Eagle Moss, La
mar Clark, Robby Merrill, Brad
Palmer, Stan Hudson and Mike
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Brevard Elementary, Junior
High And Rosman Buildings
Covered In Lengthy Report
The Transylvania Board of Education
and the County Commissioners in a joint meet
ing, heard the results of a survey of four coun
ty schools by North Carolina State School
Planning officials last Wednesday night. The
evaluation by Department of Public Instruc
tion educators, engineers and architects, con
cluded that several school buildings are in
such condition that no major renovations
should be made. Rather, they recommended
that the buildings be torn down and replaced
on the sites or buildings be constructed on new
sites.
In response to a request by the Transyl
vania County Board of Education, three mem
bers of the state School Planning Division staff
conducted an evaluation of the facilities at Bre
vard Elementary, Brevard Junior High, and Ros
man schools during the latter part of Decem
ber last year. The resulting evaluation and
recommendations were presented at the joint
meeting by Dr. J. L. Pierce, Director of the Di
vision of School Planning, North Carolina De
partment of Public Instruction.
“The evaluation was requested in the
clear knowledge of numerous deficiencies in
Transylvania school facilities,” says Harry C.
Corbin, Superintendent of Transylvania Coun
ty Schools. “The School Board’s desire was
to have a survey and clear recommendations
from our own state school planning authorities
as to exactly what are the minimum rectuired
improvements in our county school facilities.”
Because of the importance to the entire
county of this school facility survey, the text of
the evaluation and the recommendations will be
published as a two-part series beginning this
week.
Says School Superintendent Harry Cor
bin, “We want people to realize the true con
dition of our schorls and would like to gen
erate as much public interest as possible in a
search for ways to improve the situation.”
The verbatum evaluation of the first two
schools — Brevard Junior High and Brevard
Elementary — with the recommendations, fol
lows here. The Rosman school evaluation and
recommendations will be published next week.
BREVARD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Brevard Junior High School is located
on a site adjacent to Brevard Elementary
School and consists of five buildings contain
ing 25 teaching stations, library, gymnasium,
and cafeteria. The site is fairly comoact and
internal traffic pattern between the buildings
is accomplished with minor problems.
The 1923 three-story main classroom build
ing with gymnasium, library, and 16 teaching
stations is a substandard educational facility.
The gymnasium is a converted auditorium and
the shower-locker facilities are extremely poor
and hazardous. This facility is of ordinary
construction with most internal walls load bear
ing. Much of the exterior mortar is soft and
has deteriorated. The heating system is of cast
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Program Highlights
Jaycees Will Hold Radio
Day On Sunday Over WPNF
Jaycee Radio Day will be
held on Sunday, February 21,
from 1:00 to 5:30. Radio Day
is sponsored annually by the
Brevard Jaycees through the
cooperation of WPNF Radio
Station.
The project is designed to
promote better business rela
tions within the community by
advertising local business
through the Jaycees and WPNF.
The Jaycees are striving to
do their share toward building
Brevard and Transylvania
County. Each year they sponsor
projects for youth welfare,
community health and safety,
community development and
government affairs. All mem
bers of the organisation are
between the ages of 21 and
36. For additional information
about the Jaycees, call Gene
Baker, president, at 883-4198.
Listen to WPNF Sunday af
ternoon and help the Jaycees
promote better business rela
tions in the community.
Tax Tips
A new and special feature is
now being heard daily over
WPNF-Radio. “Tax Tips” is pre
sented five time each weekday
at various times of the day. It
is heard through sponsorship of
Varner’s Drug store.
“Tax Tips" offers special tax
information with authoritative
answers to questions about in
come taxes. It’s especially for
those who are concerned about
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