iiiiHimu THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper . XT 1 OA M 1A fICOHD CLASS POSTASS ★ Vol. 84-Mo. 14 'AID AT 9REVARD. N. C. IIP CODS 2S712 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★ Mayor RAYMOND F. BENNETT Mail! Alderman W. M. MELTON '( > T Alderman DAVID SAMS Mayor. Aldermen Seeking Re-Election Mayor Raymond P. Ben nett and Aldermen W. David Sams, W. M. Melton and Charles L. Russell have filed as candidates to succeed themselves In the coming Municipal election on May 4. The Mayor’s term is for two years and the Aldermen’s term Is for four years. Alderman Sams is now com pleting six years of service. Alderman Melton is complet ing two years of recent service and he previously served ten years between 1943 and 1953. Alderman Russell is completing an unexpired term and previ ously served four years and a few months between 1047 and 1951. Mayor Bennett is complet ing six years and four months of service. For, the past IB months, he has also been serving as City Manager with out pay. This has allowed $18,000.00 of Hilary and ex pense money to be spent oil street paving and similar City improvements. These candidates say tha 3^ their reasons for wanting t serve another term were that they had several more City im provements that they want to make, while keeping the City’s finances on a sound basis with out further tax increases. They said that the general public had given them wonder Ini support in the past and that this had made their work pleasant and satisfying. A con tinuation of this should make further progress easy. The election will be held on Tuesday, May 4th, and the poll —Turn To Page Six THE NEW HOSPITAL SITE is checked by William S. Miller, Fi nance Committee chairman - Ad visory Board; John W. Bailey, Hos pital Administrator; and Garza Baldwin, Jr., a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital and Group Vice President of Olin Cor poration. Grading: at the site is expected to be completed in time for construction to start in early summer. Following the visit to the location for the future Transylvania Community Hospital, Mr. Baldwin presented a $50,000 check to Mr. Miller on Olin’s pledge of $200,000. It was reported that the pledges by employees, which amounted to $250,* 000, are being received on schedule. Commissioners Informed Board Of Education Adopts Resolution, Cites Conditions The Transylvania County Board of Education has issued a statement regarding the school facilities improvement, and on Mon day the members of the Board presented this statement and a Resolu tion to the Board of County Commissioners. The Resolution requests the Board to provide addition school facilities in Transylvania county. Action by the Board- was deferred, pending further study and investigation. The Statement and the Resolution are as follows: STATEMENT The Transylvania County Board of Education reaffirms its support of the recommendations of recent studies relating to the improvement of our schools. Long range goals call for the prevision of comprehen sively relevant programs and ade quate facilities for grades K-12. As pointed out in the studies, the quick est way to provide the facilities for this program that is so urgently needed for the youth of our county is with the construction of the fol lowing facilities: (1) A county - wide high school to house all students in grades 9-12 —Tm to Page Two RESOLUTION BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by th© Transylvania County Board of Education: Section 1. That the Transylvania County Board of Education has de termined and found as a fact that adequate school facilities are not now available in the County of Tran sylvania to comply with the require ments of Section 3 of Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina for the maintenance of schools six months in every year, and that it is necessary, in order to maintain such six months school term as required by said Section 3 of Article IX of —Tnm to Page Two ^2 Weaf/ter ■7 fid rani ( l.^——1—H Extended outlook for North Carolina through Saturday from the Weather Service: Partly cloudy and cool Thurs day and Friday. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Satur day, with day time highs av eraging in the upper 50s and low 60s. Overnight lows will average in the upper 20s and mid-30* in the mountain area of the state. Brevard ^ temperatures during TKe'past week averaged out a! 62 and 33. with a high reading of 70 on Sunday and a low of 24 on Wednesday. Rainfall amounted to more than an inch. Weather data for the past week was as follows: High Low Free. Wednesday_ 66 24 0.00 Thursday - 65 34 0.00 Friday —.... 53 49 0.31 Saturday ..... 66 25 0.00 Sunday_—. 70 26 0.00 Monday —... 63 29 0.00 Tuesday_48 43 0.76 School Out For Two Days For Easter Easter will be quietly ob served in Brevard and Transyl vania county. Churches will have special services, and stories about many of them are carried this week throughout this issue of The Times. School students in the town and county will get a two-day holiday. They will have a vacation on Friday, which is Good Friday, -Ikn t« Pace Two McCALLS HONORED — Bre vard firemen honored two of their members on their retirement after 30 years of service with a big ban .quet. They are F. L. “Buck” Mc Call and Roy H. McCall. Fritz Mer rell, who was master of ceremonies, is pictured at the left, and next in line is “Buck” McCall, with his colorful fire truck and handsome plaque, and next to him is Roy Mc Call. Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, who made the presentation of the plaques, is at the right. (Times Staff Photo) Discrepancies Found Grand Jury Inspects Schools And County Public Buildings By - Cal Carpenter The Grand Jury Report for the March 29, 1971 Superior Court, following inspections on March 29 and 30, 1971, contains a long list of dis crepancies in the various pub lic buildings throughout the county — especially the Bos nian school buildings — but ends by commending the Bos nian principals for the excel lent job they are doing under the circumstances. Addressed to The Honorable Fred H. Hasty, Judge Presid ing, the report begins by thank ing the Presiding Judge, Solici tor, Sheriff and his Deputies, the Clerk of Superior Court, and all officers and officials for their assistance to the jury in the performance of its duty. It follows with more than 10 pages of discrepancies in the public buildings and schools in the county. The report is signed by Clar ence E. Goodson, Foreman of the Grand Jury. Court House Beginning with the Court House, the report cites 49 discrepancies inside the building, in the various coun ty offices and the courtroom, and outside the building. The findings are mostly minor, yet many of them have been noted before in earlier Grand Jury reports. Some are of a larger nature, from masonry repair needed to roofing and guttering repair. A large amount of general cleanup, painting and cleaning was recommended for parts of the Court House with a strong —Turn to Page Two Programs Begin July 2nd, End On August 15th The 35th anniversary sea son of the world-famed Bre vard Music Festival has been announced by festival offic ials in Brevard. Once again a broad cross • section of styles and types of music are plan ned for 1971. The seven - week festival season, comprising 21 differ ent performances of symphony j concerts, operas arid shows and Pops concerts, will run each Friday through Sunday from July 2nd through August 15th. The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, conducted by Mu sic Center Director Henry Janiec, will again be the mainstay of most Festival performances. A combination of faculty members and ad vanced students, the orches tra numbers over 90 players. Heading the line-up of guest artists for 1971 are Met singers Marilyn Horne and Jerome Hines. Miss Horne has recent ly been hailed as one of the most exciting singers in the world and has teamed with soprano Joan Sutherland in performances in most of the international opera houses. She has been featured recently in LIFE magazine, the New York Times, and prime time tele vision shows. Jerome Hines, a longtime member of the Met, is still recognized as one of the premiere basses of the world. A special highlight of the Brevard season will be a joint appearance with orchestra by Greek pianist Gina Bach auer and her famous pupil. Princess Irene of Greece. Presently in exile with the royal family of Greece, the Princess is a skiUed musician and has appeared in Europe , and America as a concert ar tist. AFo appearing with orche3 —Turn to Page Six mm Pryam Hi^Jighti "College Report" Being Heard Report” is the title of a pew five - miute pro gram being heard weekly over WPNF. It is an' explanation of the Community College* of. North Carolina, and produced by the Dep’t of Community Colleges and Home hour Is as follows: Thursday, Brevard) Vo-ag Dept,' '' John Bradley; Friday, Station Program; Monday, County Ex tension Chairman Jerry Pur ser; Tuesday, Station Program; Wednesday, Home Agent Mias From Town Board " "• ■ . 11 Johnson Resigns, Russell Is Successor Alderman Robert L. Johnson resigned Monday night from the Town Board of Alder men because of ill health. ' His resignation was accepted with deep regrets by the Mayor and the Aldermen, and they expressed sincere and deep appreciation to Mr. Johnson for his cooperation and construc tive assistance during a period of nearly four Thjs has been a period of great progress for Brevard, which would not have beer, possible without the close teamwork of the Board to which Mr. Johnson made a substantial contribu tion. m CHARLES RUSSELL New AMerauut On Retirement Brevard Firemen Honor Roy McCall And "Buck" McCall Brevard firemen hqnored two of their members, Roy H. McCall and F. L. “Buck” Mc Call on their retirement af ter 30 years of service with a big banquet in Berry's Lambeau Room. It was a ladies night affair, and Fritz Merrell was the mas ter of ceremonies. John I. Anderson was the principal speaker, and after a brief biographical sketch of each, he stated: “On your retirement, as a Brevard Fireman, the de partment and the entire com munity owe you a deep debt of gratitude for the thous ands of hours that both of you have served as public servants. “I know I speak for every man in this room when I say that each life has been en riched by knowing and work ing with Roy McCall and “Buck” McCall." Roy McCall came to Bre vard in 1927 from Iva, S. C„ and graduated from Brevard high school in 1931. He has been a fireman since 1941 and has served the depart ment in many capacities. A native of Transylvania —Turn to Rage Six