THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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★ Vol. 84—No. 13 SSutr SSSmTSTC BREVARD, N. C.f Tfc DAY, APRIL 1, 1971 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
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RECEIVES AWARD — James
C. Gaither, retiring president of the
North Carolina Travel Council, was
jirfesented a scaled model artillery
piece by incoming president William
Broadway of Asheville. Mr. Gaith
er, a Brevard Restauranteer and
Realtor, served as president of the
North Carolina Travel Council last
year. Governor Bob Scott looks on
at the left.
Answer Need
New Blue Devil Club, Inc.
Formed, Officers Are Named
The Transylvania Board of
Education has approved the
forming of a non-profit or
ganisation by local citizens
who are interested in the pro
motion of youth activities in
the Brevard Schools. The
name of the organization will
be known as THE BLUE
DEVIL CLUB, INC.
The purpose of this club, its
Board of Directors, its officers
and all its membership is to en
courage and develop good citi
zenship and sportsmanship by
the support of contribution to
the programs of the schools and
. throughout the school district in
order to further develop good
sportsmanship as well as the
physical bodies of the partici
pants. Also, to improve the ath
letic facilities of the Brevard
area, to help promote and de
velop interest of the public at
large in the sports activities of
youth and to assist such pro
grams by the promotion of good
will banquets and to generally
direct its efforts toward the
goal of having a wholsome and
complete, well rounded pro
gram, for the young people of
the Brevard School District.
This is not to limit the
Board of Directors from con
tributing to other • activities
or worthwhile causes that
they deem worthy so long as
they are directly connected
with the Brevard Schools.
The constitution and by-laws
of The Blue Devil Club, Inc.
state that it is contrary to the
purpose of the corporation and
its activities to endeavor to exert
any influence as to the manner
of conduct of the school system
or the school athletic program.
The officers and a board of
directors were elected at a
meeting on March 15. The of
ficer*. duly elected, are as fol
low*:
President: Don Blackwell
1st Vice President:, Bob
Merrill
2nd Vice President: Grover
Friabee
Secretary: Mrs. Mary Hath
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Disappointed With Verdict
Citizens Here, Across Nation
Give Support To Lt. Calley
Citizens in Brevard and
Transylvania county Joined
others across the United
States in protesting the mur
der conviction of Army Lt.
William L. Calley, Jr., for his
part in the 1968 My Lai
massacre.
Many citizens were called by
The Times and practically every
one called expressed extreme
disappointment over the verdict
of guilty.
The Associated Press re.
ports the same reaction across
the country. (
Commander Don Culin of the
local Monroe Wilson Post of the
American Legion sent the fol
lowing telegram to North Caro
lina Representatives and Sena
tors:
“Members of Monroe Wil
son Post No. 88 of Brevard
are stunned by the verdict
given to Lt. William, Calley.
Although we cannot condone
premeditated murder either
in civilian <or military life,
neither can we believe that
Lt. Galley is guilty of the
charged of premeditated mur
der. If he were guilty, his su
perior officers are also
guilty of (1) responsibility
for the My Lai incident or
(f) improper training of mili
tary personnel or<3) not re
moving Lt. Calley from his
command prior to this inci
dent.”
The following two letters
were sent by local citizens1 to
the President of the United
States:
The President,
United States of America
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I believe a terrible wrong
was brought about when Lieu
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Program Highlight*
Dr. Bailey To Be Heard On
Protestant Hour On WPNF
Beginning this next Sunday,
WPNF radio will present a new
series and new speaker on
“The Protestant Hour” Sundays
at 6:30 p. m.
The United Methodist series
starts Sunday and will run
through June 27th.
Featured speaker during this
series will be Dr. A. Purnell
Bailey, who is.Executive Sec
retary of the Commission on
Chaplains and Related Minis
tries, of the United Methodist
Church in Washington, D. C.
Music On the programs each
Was First Pfasideirt : ,,ft
Anderson Elected To, Head
Rotary Club During 1971-72
John I. - Anderson, Editor •
General Manager of The Tran
sylvania Time*, was elected
president of the Brevard Rotary
club at the regular weekly meet
ing Monday In Gaither's Rhodo
dendron poom.
Dr. Robert A. Da via, presi
dent of Brevard College, is
the new secretary, and Tom
Mcttary, owner - manager of
McCrary Chevrolet - Olds, was
elected treasurer.
Sunday will be provided by
choral groups from around the
world. They will include men
and women in uniform station
ed at various places in the world
and choirs from Duke Universi
ty and Emory University in At
lanta.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and
Home Hour this week is as fol
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Many Cases Are Beintf Disposed Of In
Criminal Term Of Superior Court Here
WeafAer
By FEED BE1TEB
A snowfall of approximately
six inches at Brevard surprised
most area residents last Thurs
day, and served to remind most
that winter was not really over,
although the calendar said it
was then Spring.
Area temperatures last week
averaged 51 and 29, with a high
of 64 on Sunday afternoon and
a low reading of 22 on Saturday
morning.
The long - range forecast for
the area calls for seasonal tem
peratures and fair weather to
hold through this week.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 47 23 0.00
Thursday - 31 25 0.48
and 6” snow
Friday. 47 25 0.66
Saturday _ 56 22 0.00
Sunday- 64 35 0.00
Monday _ 58 47 0.38
Tuesday -*- 51 29 0.00
Local Cagers
To Be Guests
At Lions Meet
The Brevard Lions will enter
tain member* of the Brevard
high school basketball team, the
coaches, cheerleaders and others
at their regular semi-monthly
meeting Thursday night in the
Brevard College cafeteria. Meet
ing time is 7:00 o’clock.
The boy’s team won the Ivy
conference this year, and was
runner up in the Western Dis
trict tournament.
Coaches Marjorie Snead and
Charles Owenby will introduce
team members, and Mrs. Ruth
Andrews will present the cheer
leaders.
Lion President Bill Huters
will present the Lions Club
award to the most outstanding
player on each team.
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Look Inside...
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
page six, third section
Sports, page two, first section,
and page four, second section
Classifieds, pages two and
three, fourth section
Pictorial feature on Rex Hum
phrey — craftsman-artist furni
ture maker, page three, third
section
Editor’s Corner, page three,
first section.
LOCAL ELKS recently honored
two Transylvania young people who
have shown exceptional scholastic
ability in the local schools. Elks
Exalted Ruler Robert Lentz, pictured
above, right, presented $25 Savings
certificates to Evelyn Beddingfield of
Rosman High, left, and Garris D.
Parker, Jr., center, of Brevard High,
as part of the Elks National Founda
tion Scholarship program. The
scholastic achievements of these
two outstanding Transylvania stu
dents will now be entered in national
competition, where they could earn
scholarships valued from $600 to
$1,200 each. (Times Staff Photo)
Many Events Postponed
Year's Heaviest Snowfall
Recorded Thursday, Friday
Bonds Presented
Brevard Elks Honor Brevard,
Rosman High School Students
Brevard Elks Lodge, No. 1768,
here in Brevard presented two
Transylvania youths $25.00 Sav
ings certificates as a part of
their National Foundation
Scholarship program. Miss Eve
lyp Beddingfield of Sapphire
and Garris Dudley Parker, Jr.,
of 205 Woodland Terrace in
Brevard, were honored at the
regular meeting of the Elks on
March 23rd.
Miss Beddingfield, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Joseph
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At High School
Jaycees Stage "Battle Of
The Bands" Friday Night
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock,
six bands will compete for
prizes in the “Battle of the
Bands”. This year’s contest will
be held at the Brevard Senior
High Gym. Tickets will be
available at the door for $1.50
for singles and $2.50 for
couples.
The bands that have entered
are “Free America”, “The At
lantic - Richfield Company”,
“Atomic Energy , Corp.”,
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Duke Power *» Line Foreman
Boyd Retiring", Tinsley Is Successor
D. R. BOYD
. 1 .
D. R. Boyd, Line Foremen et Duke Power
in Brevard, is retiring after nearly 48 years of
service.
He will be succeeded by Fred Tinsley who
has been promoted to Line Foreman, effective
immediately according to John Clark, Branch
Manager.
Mr. Tinsley served for four years in the
U. S. Navy before joining Duke Power in 1955
at Brevard. He is married to the former Betty
Moody of Lake Toxaway and they have two chil
dren. Mr. Tinsley is chairman of Deacons at
Cherryfield Baptist Church.
Mr. Boyd is married to the former Ila
Taylor of Inman, S. C., and they have one mar
this
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FRED TINSLEY
Brevard and Transylvania
were blanketed with the
heaviest snowfall of the year
last Thursday and Friday with
from six to 10 inches cover
ing the town and county.
Schools were recessed at
10:15 last Thursday morning
and they remained closed on
Friday.
Bright sunshine and clear
skies quickly melted the snow
away on Saturday and Sun.
day, and schools reopened on
Monday.
Driving conditions were ex
tremely hazardous last Thurs
day and Friday, however, no
major accidents were reported.
Automobiles without mud
tires or chains found it. al
most impossible to navigate
the streets and highways by
4:00 o’clock last Thursday
alternoon.
Postponed
The big auction sale of the
Brevard Rescue squad was one
of the many events last weekend
that was postponed because of
weather conditions.
The sale will be held this
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Civil Docket
Will Be Heard f
Next Week By /
Judge Hasty v
The criminal term of the
March-April session of Su
perior Court was moving
through a heavy docket here
in Transylvania, and several
verdicts had been handed
down as the Times went to
press at noon Wednesday.
Presiding Judge Fred H.
Hasty, of Charlotte, had to
empanel 12 additional jurors
to serve during the busy term,
as the 24 who had been origi
nally summoned turned out to
be an insufficient number.
Included in the verdicts al
ready handed down were
these:
R. A. Ballanc", charged
with three cases of embezzle
ment from Carolina Tire
Company, was sentenced to
serve from three to five
years in the State depart
ment of corrections after
pleading nolo contender. He
was placed on probation for
five years, ordered to repay
the S2.397 embezzled and
court costs.
Billy Cornwell, cnr.-gen
with escape from the State
department of corrections,
pled guilty and was sentenced
to serve 60 days here in Tran
sylvania county jail.
Phil Pressley, charged wit li
writing worthless checks, pled
nole contendre, and was
sentenced to serve 12 months,
suspended for three years,
and was ordered to repay
$750 to make worthless
checks good, and had to pay
court costs.
John M. Gillespie, charged
with felonious assault, pled
guilty and was sentenced to
serve from 5 to 7 years, sus
pended for 5 years, and was
ordered to pay $500 fine,
court costs, and $6,000 toward
the hospital and medical hills
of Melvin Harrill.
Several other cases are still
to be tried during this term,
which will be adjourned later
this week.
Judge Hasty has stated that
he will start hearing pre
trial proceedings for next
week’s civil term immediately
following the adjournment, of
this week’s criminal term.
Judge Hasty will also pre
side over the civil term here,
beginning next Monday morn
ing.
'•N
E ffective April 1st
Felty Is New Manager Of
Belks Succeeding Smith
James Martin Felty, origi
nally from Paragould, Arkansas,
and a Brevard resident since
1963, will succeed J. E. Smith
as Manager of the Brevard
Belk’s Department Store on
April 1st.
Mr. Smith began the Belk’s
store here in 1937.
Mr. Felty became associated
with Belk’s in October, 1962. in
Paragould after graduation from
Stanford High School and
Southern Baptist Junior College.
He moved to Brevard in 1963
and was later named Assistant
Manager.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Fealty of Paragould, Mr. Feal
ty is married to the former Jo
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