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★ Vol. 84—No. 15
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1971 * SECTION TWO if
NEWLY INSTALLED OFFICERS of the
Sapphire - Whitewater 4-H Club are as shown
above. From left to right, they are: Terry Wilson,
vice president; Gail McNeely, secretary; Wanda
Hartnup, president; Kathy Henry, reporter; Lar
ry White, treasurer; and Janet Hartnup, chaplain.
The community 4.-H leader is Mrs. Betty Hartnup.
The club is selling various types of stationery to
help their club build up its treasury.
News From
US Forest Service,
Cradle Opens Early
The Cradle of Forestry will open Saturday,
April 17, and remain open through October 31.
The Visitor Center will be open daily from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The “Campus Tour” of the
nation’s first forestry school will be open from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Cradle is opening early this year in honor
of North Carolina Heritage Week which is April
18-24. Mrs. Pat Bishop, Senior High School teach
er, prompted Forest Service officials to have the
Cradle open to be available to school groups for
one of their activities during this week. For the
benefit of school groups, the Cradle hours will be
changed only for the weekdays in April. These
hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
We encourage school groups to visit the Cradle
of Forestry and believe it to be a worthwhile visit
fi\o learn something of the birth of scientific forest
management in America and to learn of the found
ing of America’s first forestry school.
The visitor center program consists of an ex
hibit room telling the story of the importance of
our forests from colonial times to the present. This
is followed by a 20-minute movie about the events
leading to establishing scientific forest manage
ment and the Biltmore Forest School. We then in
vite you to walk the campus tour where you will
see the seven buildings of the campus of the Bilt
mcre Forest School.
All the facilities are self-guiding. An illus
trated brochure explains the buddings along the
“Campus Tour”. There will be no charge for
school groups.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Questions And
Answers
By
NORRIS G. GRUBBS
Field Representative
Q. Does the social security
office have Informational pam
phlets that I might be able to
read and understand?
A. Yes, we have many good
publications which are free.
Perhaps the most popular
one is pamphlet number 35,
“Your Social Security.”
Q. I lost my social security
card last week. Where can I get
a new one?
A. First of all, let me say
that your social security num
ber is the same forever. To
get a new cord, contact the
social security office for an
application blank. It’ll take a
few days to get your new
card. If you've saved the stub
of your old card, you can be
issued a new card at once
simply by presenting the stub
to the social security office.
Q. flow old do I have to be
to get a social security card?
A. There is no minimum
age requirement
Q. When I signed up for so
cial security checks, I had to
give a lot of information that
I consider confidential. Is there
a chance my friends will find
out about these things?
A. Social security records
are confidential.
Q. Are all people in the so
cial security office trained to
interview people as they come
to the office?
A. The employees are train
ed for different types of
work. Just tell the reception
ist why you came and you will
then be referred to the person
who can best help you. Some
employees do not interview.
Q. I am a school teacher and
my earnings are over $7000.
However, I do not work in the
summer months. May I re
ceive benefits for the months I
do not work?
A. You certainly may if you
do not earn more than $140
a month during those summer
months.
Q. I am a school teacher and
received checks for the months
I did not work last summer. I
reported to the social securi
ty office when I stopped work
last school year and again when
1 went back to work in the fall.
Is it necessary for me to file
the annual report I recently re
ceived in the mail?
A. Yes. It is very import
ant that you complete this re
port so that social security
can be sure you received all
the benefits you were entitled
to last year. Be sure to file
it by April 15th.
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Batson Rites
Held Saturday
Edward L. Batson, age 82,
died in a Hendersonville hos
pital last Thursday afternoon
following a lingering illness.
He was a lifelong resident of
Transylvania County. He had
worked as a carpenter until re
tiring several years ago. He
was a member of the Cherry
field Baptist church, and a
deacon.
Mr. Batson is survived bv his
wife, Etta Garren Batsun; four
sons, U. G., Homer, Hubert and
Carrol Batson, all of Brevard,
and Woodard Batson of Up
slanti, Michigan; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Nora Humphries of
Kings Mtn., Mrs. Edna Adkins
of Willow Run, Michigan, and
Mrs. Almeta Ellenburg of Bre
vard; one sister, Mrs. Annie
Sammons of St. Carlos, Cali
fornia; a brother Homer Bat
son of Fortuna, California; 16
grandchildren; 13 great-grand
children; and one great-great
grandchild.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday afternoon in
the Cherryfield Baptist church.
Officiating ministers were the
Reverend James Parham and
Mother's March More Successful
Than Ever In Transylvania County
The 1971 Mother’s March
was one of the most success
ful in recent, years according
to reports from Mrs. Gary
McVay and Mrs. Donald
Monk, Co-chairmen.
The Mother’s March reach
ed 1600 Transylvania County
Homes netted $2,224.99 for
the March of Dimes.
This was an increase of al
most $200.00 over last year
and was the result of the co
operation of the entire
county.
“Our particular thanks go
the Reverend James Moody.
Interment followed in Pisgah
Gardens.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
The body remained at the
funeral home where the family
received friends Friday eve
ning. Mr. Batson’s body was
placed in the church to lie in
state one-half hour prior to the
service.
Frank Moody Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
to the churches, who helped
to publicize our March
through bulletin inserts, to
the more than 250 mothers
who marched, and to all per.
sons who gave so generously
to this worthy cause” stated
Mrs. McVay.
“We would like to pay par
titular tribute to Rowell D.
Bosse, who has served the
March of Dimes as Treasurer
for many years,” said Mrs.
McVay.
The proceeds of the March
of Dimes will be used for re
search, education and treat
ment of birth defects.
Mallonee To
Be Here 15th
Tom L. Mallonee, 11th Con
gressional District Assistant to
Congressman Roy A. Taylor, is
now making scheduled visits to
the county seats and other sec
tions of the counties.
He wilt be at the court house
here in Brevard on Thursday,
April 15th, from 9:30 until
10:30 in the morning.
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters to be dis
cussed, is invited to meet with
Mr. Mallonee at the above
specified times.
Henderson
Completes
Naval School
Navy Petty Officer Third
Class George C. Henderson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hen
derson, of Route 2, Lake Toxa
way, was graduated front Basic
Machinist Mate School at the
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, 111.
When you think of prescrin.
tions, think of VARNER'S. adv.
Lionel Lewis is #
a health physicist.
He works for you.
His job is to make certain that our new
nuclear-electric generating stations are safe
—for our personnel, for the public, and for
our environment.
And he’s highly qualified to do the job.
Only one out of six health physicists has risen
to "certified" status. Lionel Lewis, who has
been working with nuclear power for 17
years, has achieved that distinction.
As a member of Duke Power's staff,
Lionel works closely with our engineers in the
design, construction, and operation of our nu
clear plants. He is involved with monitoring
the radiation levels of the plant and compo
nents (suchasthe-nuclear fuel assembly in the
photo above). He also makes other extensive
studies including the natural radiation that al
ready exists in the air, water, vegetation, earth
and even wild animals near our plant sites.
The goal of our scientists: the most effi
cient operation with uncompromising total
safety. As a result of their efforts, the radi
ation from our nuclear plants will be much
less than from an ordinary TV set. And this is
only a smal.l fraction of the amount deter
mined to be safe by the International Com
mission on Radiological Protection.
Duke Power's team of environmental
scientists are maki ng sure we stay good neigh
bors—to you and to Mother Nature.