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★ Voi. m—No. 10 ..•ssafevsra^ ★ Brevard, n. c., THURSDAY, march 11, 1971 * 24 paces today *
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Und of Waterfalb. Mecca
for Summer Campe, Entrance ro
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College mat
Brevard Music Festival.
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REPRODUCTION OF
All Matter Herein Is Prohibit
ed Without The Expressed Con
sent Of The Owner.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MAYOR RAYMOND BENNETT is pictured
above signing the Proclamation proclaiming Girl
Scout Week in Transylvnia County March 7th-13th.
Pictured with him from left to right are: Nancy
Miller, Pisgah Scout Council Board of Directors;
Mrs. Luke Harrison, Girl Scout Neighborhood Sec
retary; Mrs. John Huggins, Transylvania County
Girl Scout Neighborhood chairman; Mrs. Fred R.
Cook, Transylvania County Girl Scout Neighbor
hood Public Relations Co-ordinator and Brevard
Senior Scout Organizer; and Jerry H. Jerome, Jr.,
Pisgah Girl Scout Council Board of Directors.
Those absent when photo was taken were: Miss
Gwen Mooney and Nath Thompson, Pisgah Girl
Scout Council Board of Directors.
' (Times Staff Photo)
With Forestry Officials
Efforts Are Made To Settle
Balsam Grove Land Dispute
* A desperate effort was
nude here at. a meeting last
Saturday to settle the laud
rib put* between Vernon die
fall ihd the U. S. Forest
Service at Balsam Grove.
U. S. Forest officials agreed
to permit Mr, McCall to move
back on the land, temporarily,
from which he was disposed
oyer two week3 ago.
The meeting was attended
bp’ ’ forest service officials,
their attorney, the U. 8. Dis
trict Attorney, and his assist
ant. a state representative,
and members of the Balsam
Grove community, where Mc
Call lives, a resident com
munity VISTA wotkrr. and
the community’s attorney.
However, the controversy be
tween the forest service and
McCall’s father, Cannon Mc
Call, who will be 90 years old
in April, will probably have to
be settled in court. Both the
elder McCall and the forest
service claim the one and one
half acre tract of land in the
Pisgah National Forest area.
And the disposition of the
conflict between the com.
mnnity and Dan W. Hlle, dis
trict ranger who supervised
the burying of Vernon’s trail
er two weeks ago, was still to
be settled.
The dispute involving Vernon
McCall centers around the
burial of his trailer, an adjoin
ing sMd, what he claims were
most of his per"onal belong
ings, a pigpen and a fence that
was on the land in question, by
forest service pcrronnel. The
forest service says, however,
that everything movable was
taken from the trailer before
it was buried.
Kanger Kile was charged
with malicious damage to
property in connection with
the incident and is free on
$500 bond. His trial, original
ly scheduled for a hearing
la't Thursday in Transylvania
District Court, was moved
through a federal court, order
to U. S. District Court in
Asheville. A trial date has
been set for the May term.
The meeting Saturday was
held in the office of State Rep
resentative Charles Taylor, who
acted as mediator for both
sides. IT. S. District Attorney
Keith Snyder of Asheville, pres
ent as Hile’s attorney, said the
meeting was a good example of
“government in action.”
Ted Schlapfer, of Atlanta,
regional forester, said that
Vernon McCall may move a
trailer he Is now renting onto
the land and live there until
the question of who owns the
land can be settled legally.
Mr. McCall has been living in
the trailer on the right-of-way
of a graveled state road that
runs along the property in ques.
lion. His rented trailer has been
situated within 50 feet of where
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... Late Bulletin ...
Residents of the Balsam
Grove mountain community
lucked back in the shadow of
Pi-gah National Forest Monday
night voted to turn down a
U.S. Forest Service offer to al
low 41-yearold Vernon McCall
to return to his former home
site on disputed land in the for
est.
Meeting at the Bal-am Grove
Community Center, the resi
dents aPo voted to hire a sec
ond attorney to handle the case.
They hired Atty. W. Harley
Stepp of Hendersonville.
Earlier they consulted with
Atty. Charles Waters of Hen
dersonville. Waters became in
volved in the case through the
American Civil Liberties Union.
Action by the community
Log Reviewed
Friday Morning Library Program
Is Popular With Pre-Schoolers
am is presented in
wjth the children’s
i of the Transyl
f Library.
WPNF officials wish to call
the attention of parents of
small children in the area to a
special childrens program heard
<*er WPNF-Radio each Friday
morning at 10:30 a. m.
program intended pri
or the preschool young
“Our Children’s Heri
.^atures stories as told
by Marjory Ball, and with
special music on the program
by Rosa Rio.
on Morning Devotions at 9:45
a: m. over WPNF is Rev. Shan
non Rhodes, pastor of Temple
Baptist Church at Pisgah For
Sunday morning worship ser
vices are being broadcast dur
ing March from the First Bap
tist Church, of Brevard, with
Rev. Russell Willis as pastor.
The weekly schedule for the
Farm & Home Hour is as fol
lower Thursday, Station Pro
gram, Friday, Station Program;
est.
hairman; Tuesday,
ram; Wednesday,
s, Home Econom
Purser, County
came after a compromise naci
been offered after a meeting
last Saturday between commun
ity leaders and the U. S. Forest
Service at the home of State
Rep. Charles Taylor.
The Forest Service said Mc
Call could move back to the
site, they would give him com
pensation for his possessions on
an actual value ba'is until the
dispute over one and one half
acres of land is resolved.
Tickets On Sale
At Door For
Big Fish Supper
A big fish supper with all
the trimmings will be held in
the Masonic temple on East
Main street on Fridav, March
12th from 9:00 to 8:00 o’clock
The price per plate will be
$1.90 for adults, and children
under the age of 12 can eat
for 75 cents.
CPfford W. Frady, the Wor
shipful Master, announces the
tickets are now being sold to
the Masons and their friends.
Profit from the supper will be
equally divided between the
Oxford Orphanage and the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home.
The Master states that the
popular request take out boxes
will be available at 4:30 p. m.
Mr. Frady urges the persons
who are planning to attend the
big fish supper to please buy
their tickets early in order that
the committee will know how
many they will have to ore.
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By i*HED REITER
Extended weather forecast
for North Carolina for Wed
nesday through Friday, from
ihe National Weather Service:
becoming mild with showers
spreading over the slate during
the latter part of the week.
Lows in the upper 20s to mid
30s and later in the period in
the mid 30s to middle 40s. The
high temperatures should be in
the upper 50s to the middle
60s.
Temperatures at Brevard
during the past week averag
ed 48 and 25. There was plen
tiful rainfall, with a total of
1.93 inches. The week’s high
temperature was 54 on Friday
and low of 14 also on Friday.
Weather data for the past
week at Brevard was as follows:
Wednesday 48 44 1.11
Monday __ 43 25 T
Tuesday __ 54 15 0.00
High Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
42 20 0.61
54 14 0.00
50 25 0.00
44 30 0.21
Sunday .
Look Inside...
Sports, page four, second
section, and page four, first sec
tion
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
pages six and seven, third sec
tion
Girl Scout proclamation,
front page of section three
Science for you, page four,
third section
Almar Farm Column, page
three, third section
Editor’s Corner, page five,
first section
Classifieds, pages two and
three, first section.
New Coater And Rebuilding Of No.
10 Paper Machine Slated At Olin
Unique Coated
Lightweight
Paper, Glen-Cote
Is Developed
Ecusta Paper Division soon
will make a new thrust into
printing paper markets with
Glen • ( ote, a unique coated
lightweight printing paper
that was developed at Pisgah
Forest especially for four
color printing.
Funds for commercial coat
ing facilities and for rebuild of
No. 10 paper machine were ap
proved as one project by Olin’s
Board of Directors. The two
projects were developed to
gether because of the need to
increase base paper production
capabilities to assure an ade
quate supply of base paper for
Glen-Cote.
When operational in ear
ly 1972, the new coater will
be equivalent to the giant
step that was taken when
Ecusta departed ' from the
scale of the nine cigarette
paper machines and erected
No. 10. Compared to the pres,
ent machine on which Glen
Cote was developed and pro
duced in test market quanti
ties, the new coater will com
bine large capacity with su
perior instrumentation and
controls. The new building,
to be erected adjacent to the
glassine calendar building,
will house not only the coat
er but modern equipment
for coating make-up and roll
handling.
Division Vice President W.
F. Taylor, Jr., expressing con
fidence in the future of Glen
Cote, said that the multi-mil
lion-dollar program will solidi
fy Ecusta’0 broad penetration
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Snow Forces
Closing Of
Schools At
10:45 A. M.
Ole Man Winter seems to be
trying to take one last fling
before the arrival of spring.
Snow began falling early
Wednesday morning, and by
mid-morning the ground was
covered with the mercury
hanging right at the freezing
point.
Schools were recessed at
10:45, but it is understood
that the day will not. be
counted as a lost day since
the teachers will remain on
duty all day.
The weatherman predicts
that temperatures will rise
and the snow will turn to
rain.
Tuesday Morning
Junior Achievement Campaign
Launched At Kickoff Breakfast
J. Mallory Pate, chairman,
announces that the annual
Junior Achievement Fund Rais
officially got under way Tues
day, with a kick-off breakfast
sponsored by the local banks.
Advanced gifts and pledges
were presented in the amount
of $2,910.00.
Local business, professional
and industrial leaders are par
ticipating In this fund drive
to provide for the operation,
development and expansion of
Junior Achievement in Tran
sylvania County.
Junior Achievement, a “k*arn
by doing” program of econom
ic education, is now in its third
year of successful operation.
Again this year, there are
four J A companies made up
of youthful participants. At
least three adult businessmen
per company have volunteered
hours of counsel and advice on
a weekly basis.
Junior Achievement com
panies enable teen - agers to
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WINDUP CF COATED GLEN
COTE is observed by J. C. Crawford,
right, and B. J. Smith, operators of
the paper coater during develop
ment of the Glen-Cote product. They
are technicians in the Ecnsta Paper
Division Research and Development
Department of Olin Corporation at
Pisgah Forest.
At “Brainstorming” Session
Many Ideas For Community
Improvement Made Tuesday
Minor Traffic Changes
Police Chief Cautions
Drivers On Intersections
Brevard Police Chief J. C.
R«we has cautioned local
drivers on two local traffic
points that could be the
causes of traffic accidents.
One is the intersection at
Cr Id well and E. Broad street
across from Brevard College’s
new Sims Student Center. The
other is the intersection oi
Caldwell and U. P. 64 WeO on
the other side of Brevard.
‘ The far entering E. Broad
from Caldwell, even with the
gte-n traffic signal, must
now yield to one entering
Broad from the new road be
side the Student Center as
in any 4 wav inter eetion,”
rays Chief Rowe. “This is
now a 4 wov intersection in
— Corn to Paae Rive
“The Glass Menagerie”
Little Theatre Rehearsing
Final Play Of The Season
Rehear^?!-, are in progress
at The Brevard L'ttlc Theatre
tor the third and final produc
tion of the 1970-71 Season.
This play will be the Ten
nessee Williams classic, “The
Glass Menagerie.” which enjoy,
pd great success as a Broadway
production, a movie, and in
countless performances by Ren
prlory Companies and I.it'le
I'heaire groups all over the
nor Id.
This is a play which requires
i very strong cast and expert
iirection and for this Brevard
presentation, the BLT has
both.
Jeanette Austin, as the
mother, has been delighting
BLT audiences for years, (Both
>n and off the stage.)
Hugo Martin and Joann De
lon, as the son and daughter,
:ontinue the excellent acting
which they have previously
iemonstrated in “Mary, Marv”
md “The Wheeler - Dealers.'’
And Dr. Jim Keeley, as the
;entlcman caller, provides
mother one of his sterling per
ormanees. Jim won last year’s
Jest Actor award for his hil
irious characterization In “The
Wheeler - Dealers.”
The play is being directed
by Mrs. Maggie Masters who
has directed both of the nrs
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The first annual “brain
storming” session of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night in the Brevard
College cafeteria was de
clared highly successful, and
a similar event will be staged
again in the near future.
Over 100 persons attended.
Dr. KM;on Massey, the presi
dent, presided over the brief
bu-inesR session that preceded
small group sessions.
From the*? came many
rnggertions for community
improvements.
I5r. Masses- raid that each
world he sR’dicd and put
into prnner channe Is lor fur
ther action.
Many committee reports were
heard.
Charls T, Russell t?ld of
v-nrk of the advertising com
ic M'.eo. and a financial report
was given bv Rav N. Simmons,
treasurer. Carry Turner, record,
log «ccre I an', read minutes of
the Inst meeting.
Ralph H. Pam.rey, Jr., chair
man of the Highway committee,
said that his grorn had met
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Assume New Duties
"Mike" O'Neal Is Production
Superintendent At Du Pont
P. M. MiKe (J J\eai nas as
sumed the duties of Produc
tion Superintendent and staff
member of the Du Pont Photo
Products Plant at Brevard ef
fective March 1st.
He comes to Brevard from
the Partin, New Jersey Plant
of the Photo Products Depart
ment where he was Manufac
turing Superintendent.
Mr. O’Neil joined the Com
pany in 1954 as Engineer-In
Training at the Parlin Plant.
He was promoted to area su
pervisory posts of increasing
responsibility and became
Staff Assistant to the Produc
tion Superintendent in 1965.
In 1967, he became Production
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