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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIME A State And National Prize- Winninsr Home Town Newspaper . V7„I - fICOND CLAM A0JTA8I ★ VOl. -NO. 11 «AID AT 3ACVARD. N. C. air coot i*7i* BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY RCH 18, 1971 ★ 26 PAGES TODAY -jlr DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM — Brevard's Dr. Carol Graft! is shown with a display case containing facsi miles of the drugs most commonly subjected to drug abuse. Dr. Grahl devotes much of his time traveling from place to place fn Transylvania and neighboring counties lecturing civic, church and private groups on the seriousness of the present day drug abuse problem and how con cerned citizens can do something about it. (Times Staff Photo) Dr. Carol Grahl Local Dentist Is Dedicated To Fighting Drug Abuse Here By - Cal Carpenter Brevard dentist, Dr. Carol Grahl, is an example of a man who recognises a public problem and is doing some thing about it. $»l>e The problem is the ever widening and dangerous habit of drug abuse. What he is do ing about it is devoting prac tically every minute of his spare time going from place to place in the Transylvania, Hen derson and Buncombe tri-coun ty area, and lecturing private and civic groups on the scope and seriousness of today’s drug abuse problem and what must done about it. * Su.*s and his time he has given as many as 17 lectures before civic groups in one month with a total of, he doesn’t have any idea how many, in the last two years. Why does he do lit “Because.” says Dr. Grahl, “I guess maybe I just care about what happens to my fel low man. I have a compassion for human beings, and I’ve seen what can happen to peo ple who abuse drugs.” Beginning Dr. Grahl’s crusade, as it might rightly be called, be gan with his being asked to talk to the local Kiwanis Club, of which he is a di rector, on the subject of drug abuse some two years ago. “I became interested in the subject,” says the young doc tor, “ and the more I studied what is happening in prepara tion for the lecture, the more I realized the extent of drug abuse and the seriousness of the problem. I gave other talks, and soon my lecture schedule branched out to P-TA meetings, church organizations and civie groups. I was soon covering Transylvania and the two neighboring counties.” “The whole purpose of my —Turn to Page Three In The Legislature Cut In State Aid For Welfare Locally From $10,500 To $2,100 Since Transylvania has one of the highest per capita in comes ip the state, the county is being penalised and is suf fering the maximum cut in state aid for welfare adminis tration costs. ■rije cut will be from $10, 500 *o $2,100. According to Donald Lee chairman of the Board Commissioners, it Accordinj Mode, chai of Cpunty will be necessary to make this amount up from General ex penses or to cut administra tive services. Rep. Charles Taylor of Bre vard has called attention to changes under the new per centage distribution of equal izing money to the counties, and proposed that the state take up the slaclf TSsfeid of shifting the burden from some units to others. Campaign In April County Unit Of Cancer Society Plans Important Meeting Tuesday Next Tuesday, March 23rd, there will be a meeting of the Transylvania County Unit of the American Cancer Society. This meeting will be held at 7:30 at the Brevard - Davidson River Presbyterian Church in the Fellowship Hall. Plans are for the meeting to be about cancer and the work being supported by the Ameri can Cancer Society, and about the forthcoming April Drive. Paul Ostborg, an area direc tor of the state chapter of the ACS, will be at the meeting to give a short talk and answer questions about the ACS. Mr. Ostborg has worked in con nection with the ACS for sev eral years and presently serves 25 counties as a state director. In addition, two films will be shown; the first, “Investment in Life'’, a new ACS film on re search and shows the vital work that is being supported by the 5 Thursday at lOett \ WPNF -, Radio will present another in the continuing series of NASA Special Reports. This one will he titled “The ^ Moon: A Scientific Viewpoint" The program features com ments by two prominent NASA lunaf* scientists: Dr. Richard Allenhy. Assistant Director of Lunar Science, NASA Head quarters; and Dr. Paul W. maining Apollo landing mis sions. . ’ Otter Programs ’ 'The schedule and Homi Thursday, Friday, J mire; M Agent, m Winters; news; Wed , Home Agent Miss Jean Childers. Speaking this week on Morn ing Devotions is Rev. James ACS in its day-by-day search for moans to control, and ulti mately, conquer cancer. The second film, “Other City”, dramatizes the saving of 75,000 lives annually from needless death by getting people to pay prompt attention to the 7 warn ing signals. It also shows how cancer cells grow, spread, and kill, and why delay makes the difference between life and death.... This meeting is being conduct ed for the local area directors and all other volunteers who will help in the April CYusade; however, anyone who is inter ested in learning more about cancer and the ACS will be wel ' come and is urged to attend. Several local organizations and other individuals have gen erously agreed to help in the April drive and most areas in the county will be covered door to door. However, volunteers are still needed to cover the Ros man, Pisgah Forest and Pen rose areas. * <’ $f r | Anyone wishing further infor mation or who would like to volunteer for the April drive ' may call the ACS at 885-2910. X / ±. i> 6:4# o'. - ... ., —r*— .. ——— I Low Rent Housing Project Hits Snag, Citizens Are Urged To Write President WeafAer By FRED REITER 3 iiQ Several periods of rather high and gusty winds were re ported in the Brevard area during the past week, although the winds were not of a de structive force. The weather was unusually warm for the period also, as spring - like temperature read ings prevailed most of the week. Highest reading of the week was 73 degrees on Sun day. while the week’s low was 19 on Thursday. Averages were 62 and 33. Long range forecast for North Carolina: Thursday through Saturday — chance of showers or thundershowers Saturday with a warming trend through Saturday. Highs Thursday in the 50s, warming to the 60s by Saturday. Lows at night in the 20s, becoming 40s by Sat urday. High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 38 24 0.30 Thursday _ 61 Friday _ 64 Saturday 1_._. 65 Sunday _ 73 Monday 68 Tuesday ...... 62 1” snow 19 0.00 30 0.00 34 0.30 42 0.04 55 0.82 28 0.00 Mrs. Taylor Is Honored By Jaycees Mrs. Vera W. Taylor has been named Transylvania County’s “Outstanding Young Educator of 1970” by the Bre vard Jaycees. Harry C. C'orbin, superinten dent of Transylvania County Schools, made the award pre sentation at a recent meeting of the Jaycees. Mrs. Taylor, a home eco nomics teacher at Rosrnan High School, was chosen by a com mittee of distinguished citizens. A graduate of Mars Hill High School, Western Carolina Uni versity and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mrs. Taylor holds* Bachelor of Science and Master of Educa tion degrees in home econom ics. She has done additional ppafgyaduate work and holds a prinicpal’s certificate. An active member of local, state and educational profes sional organizations, Mrs. Tay lor is currently serving as president of the Transylvania County Association of Educa tors. In addition to her teaching duties, Mrs. Taylor has been advisor for Rosman's student council, Future Homemakers of America, school dances, plays and homecoming activi ties. ; The OYE award is given an nually to an educator between the ages of 21 and 36 who has contributed the most to his profession and the community, CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MAYOR — Brevard’s Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, left, congratu lates city employee Charles W. Hol den on his recently received Grade II Certificate as a Wastewater Treat ment Plant Operator. Awarded by The North Carolina Department of Water and Air Resources after com pletion of 45 weeks of schooling, the certificate qualifies Mr. Holden for advanced sewage plant opera tion. (Times Staff Photo) Charles W. Holden Brevard Municipal Employee Receives State Certificate The One Gent Sales Tax Transylvania, Brevard And Rosrnan To Benefit From Plan If every county in North Carolina enacted a one-cent sales tax under a local law formally adopted by the Gen eral Assembly Monday night, it would yield more than S73.9 million in revenue to the 100 counties and nearly 450 municipalities. A total of $2,665,000 would be produced in Buncombe County for the county govern ment and its municipalities, according to estimates pre pared by the Tax Research Division of the Uepai Intent of Revenue. The new law, ratified Mon day by the president of the Senate and (he speaker of the House, offers a ehoice of county-city sharing plans—on the basis of population or on the basis of relative property tax effort. Transylvania would receive S199.M0 under the property levy plan, with Brevard and Bosnian a part of the tax. Work Highlighted Easter Seal Campaign Will Continue Through April 11 The Blue Ridge Easter Seal Society will be conducting its 1971 Easter Seal Appeal in March and continuing through Easter Sunday, April 11th, ac cording to Mrs. Carl Sandburg, 1971 Appeal Chairman. The primary emphasis of the Appeal, now in its 38th year in North Carolina, is a mail so College Shopping Center Annual Junior Achievement Trade Fair Is Set Saturday Hie third annuel Junior Achievement Trade Fair will be held Saturday, March SO, at the CoBefe Shopping Cen ter between the boars of 9 Service Company, will be com petitively displaying and sell ing their wares. Items available will in clude birdfeeders, telephone caddies, coat racks, bridge tallies, letter files, dust pans and foot wipers. The members of the midget companies have been working —Turn to Page Two licitation to residents through out North Carolina seeking support of rehabilitation ser vices for the handicapped. Joining Mrs. Sandburg in the local Appeal is J. T. Willis, Board member and Treasurer for Brevard, who is collecting contributions for Transylvania County. Also helping in the 1971 Ap peal is the Junior High U. M. Y. F. of the First United Meth odist under the direction of Miss Theresa Cantrell. With the rising coat of health care ser vices, Easter Seals will need greater public support to con tinue meeting both current needs and additional requests for assistance to the handicap ped. Througbtout North Carolina* the Easter Seal Society pro vides services to the handicap ped not available from other sources. In Transylvania Coun ty, these services include the loan of wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, etc.; the purchase of braces, orthopedic shoes and —Turn to Page Three Brevard city employee, Charles W. Holden, has re ceived a Grade II Certificate from the Board of Certifica tion for Wastewater Treat ment Plant Operators of the North Carolina Department of Water and Air Resources. Mr. Holden is an operator in the sewage treatment plant of the Town of Brevard. The certificate was award ed at the completion of a 4 week school at the Asheville Buncombe Technical institute and a one-week school at the Wastewater Treatment School at the University of North Car olina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Holden is a native of Brevard and has been em ployed two and a half years in the Brevard Wastewater Treatment, Plant on Neely Boad. Eefore coming to work for the town, Mr. Holden served 15 years in the U. S. Navy. He is married to the former Juan ita Spangler of Long Beach, California, and they have one son, Kenneth, 9 years old. He is the son of Mr. and —Turn to Page Three Much Progress Has Been Made To Present Time Interested citizens in Bre vard and Transylvania coun ty are being urged to write President. Richard Nixon and request him to release the money that Congress has ap propriated for low rent hous ing. The Brevard Housing Au-, thority in meeting Monday night discussed the present suspension of funding of pro pccts of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The following motion was made and unanimously adopt ed: “That the Secretary of the Authority be authorized to release to the news media the fact that public bousing funds, heretofore, appropriat ed by Congress were frozen by President Nixon; that it would be impossible to con tinue the development of public housing in Transyl vania County until these funds have been released by President Nixon: that friends of the public housing pro ject of this county be urged to contact the President to seek release of those funds for public housing which have hcen approved and approp riated by Congress.” Local commissioners of the Brevard Housing Authoritv made much progress toward se curing 100 units of low rent housing, but thev are now at a standstill until the President re leases the funds. Land has been optioned and plans and specifications have been completed on the local project. Charles Dunlop, the Execu tive Director, met with HTH) officials recenilv in Atlanta, but thev said that their hands were tied until the funds were released. Mayor Raymond F. Bennett has contact'd Congressman Boy A. Taylor, Senator R. Fvorett Jordan and other of ficials in \V " bid "ton. who In turn have called or wired the President. In his wire to President Nixon, Congressman Taylor said: “I am deeply concerned over information indicating that all HDD funds for low income housing have been placed in budgetary reserve as a potential addition to the proposed revenue - sharing pool. Such action is not only contrary to the intent of Con gress which provided the ap propriation®. but would ap —Turn to Page Two Outstanding Student "Rick" Bohan Awarded Morehead Scholarship At The University George Patrick Bohan, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bohan, Jr. of 3 Woodside Dr,, Brevard, has received a More head Award to study at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The announcement is made by Hugh G. Chatham of Elkin, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John Motley Morehead Foundation. Bohan is a student at Bre vard High School in Brevard. He is president of the Student Council, associate editor of the yearbook, and a National Mer it Semi - Finalist. He is one of 102 boys to re ceive the awirds this year. —Tarn to Page Three
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