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★ Vol. 84—No. 19
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PAID AT BREVAAD. N. C. ZIP CODE 2*711
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES — Brevard’s
new Mayor and the three elected to the Board of
Aldermen on May 4th were sworn into office by
Mrs. Marian M. McMahan, Clerk of Superior
Court, at noon last Wednesday. Pictured above,
from left to right, are: Mayor Charles H. Camp
bell, W. M. Melton, incumbent alderman; Charles
L. Russell, incumbent alderman; and Gilbert H.
Johnson, the pewly elected alderman.
(Times Staff Photo)
On Monday Night
New Town Board Holds First
Meeting, Appointments Made
The Board of Aldermen of
the Town of Brevard met in
called session May 10th at
7:30 p.m. with Mayor Charles
H. Campbell presiding.
Aldermen present were
„ Dwight Moffltt, Charles L.
2 Bussell, Gilbert Johnson, W.
M. Melton and W. W. Duck
worth. Also present were the
City Clerk and Jack Potts, at
torney, who attended in. the
absence of John R. Hudson,
city attorney.
The meeting was opened by
Mayor Campbell who extended
a welcome to visiting citizens
and stated that the meeting was
called for the purpose of ap
pointing the following: City
Cierk-Treasurer, City Attorney,
City Manager and Mayor Pro
tein.
Upon motion of Alderman
Moffitt, seconded by Aider
man Duckworth and unani
mously passed, Mrs. Opal C.
Armentrout was appointed
Clerk-Treasurer for a period
of two years.
Upon motion of Alderman
Moffitt, seconded by Alderman
Russell and unanimously pass
ed, Alderman Duckworth was
appointed Mayor Pro-tem.
Upon motion of Alderman
Russell, seconded by Aider
man Melton and unanimously
passed, John R. Hudson was
appointed City Attorney for
a period of two years.
Upon motion of Alderman
Melton, seconded by Alderman
Duckworth and unanimously
passed, Opal C. Armentrout
was appointed to act as City
Manager until such time that
this position is filled with the
following stipulation: the limit
of expenditures of major items
will be approved by the Board
of Aldermen.
Upon motion of Alderman
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Two Released
Hearing Held For 11 Nabbed
In Drug Raid, 6 Bound Over,
Three Failed To Appear Here
By • Cal Carpenter
Of the 11 young men ar
rested on drug charges in the
Transylvania “Trailer Raid”
on April 17th, two have been
released, three failed to ap
pear in District Court last
week, and six have been
bound over to the July term
of Superior Court.
Ordered released by Judge
Everett C. Carnes, District Judge
Presiding, were Anthony Keith
Bishop, 16, and Mark Allen
Woodruff, 17. The release was
ordered when the District
Court-failed to find probtitfUT
cause on the felony charge of
unlawful possession of nar
cotics, and when the accompany
ing misdemeanor charge of un
lawful possession of stimulants
was nol processed.
The three defendants fail
ing to appear were Janies
Ray Fowler, 18; Dennis Eu
gene Galloway, 21; and Rob
ert Allen Palmer, 16. Palmer
Is in custody in Charlotte;
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Program Highlights
Commencement Address Will Be
Broadcast From Campus On WPNF
North Carolina’s Lt. Gover
nor, H. Pat Taylort, will make
the principal address to grad
uates of Brevard College Sun
day afternoon at College grad
uation exercises.
WPNF Radio will broadcast
Lt. Gov. Taylor’s address later
on Sunday afternoon, for the
convenience of its listeners
who are unable to attend the
ceremonies.
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard Vo-ag Dept.,
John Bradley; Friday, U. S.
Forest Service, Dan Hile; Mon
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In College Cafeteria
Many Will Attend "Future
Unlimited” Banquet Tuesday
Some 240 persons are expect
ed t* attend- a i “Futures, Vn
limited" banquet at Brevard
College Cafeteria next Tues
day, climax of the 1970-71 Jun
ior Achievement program in
Transylvania County.
J. W. Daniels, president of
Daniels Graphics in Asheville,
will he principal speaker at .the
May 18th program which gets
under way at 6:30 p.m. His
audience will include approxi
mately 60 high school students
who have taken part in the
Junior Achievement program,
their parents, their corftpate
advisors and local dignitaries.
IllibJ. Johnson, program
man, said that a
the banquet will
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day, Asst. County Agent, Den
nis Winters; Tuesday, N. C.
Forest Service, Clark Grissom;
Wednesday, Home Agent, Miss
Jean Childers.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Ernest
W. Barnes. Next week Father
Ed Sheridan, pastor of Sacred
Heart Catholic church, will be
heard.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church.
Rev. Dftn McCall is pastor.
News From The
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
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REDISTRICTING
APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE
Rep. Liston B. Ramsey of
Marshall defended the legis
lative alignment of Bun
combe and Transylvania
counties Tuesday as his com
mittee approved a bill to re
district the State House of
Representatives.
Ramsey, chairman of the
State Legislative Districts
Committee, relinquished his
gavel to oppose an earlier at
tempt by a Republican mem
ber to split a proposed dis
trict and dump a Democratic
incumbent.
The Buncombe • Transyl
vania County House district,
has been challenged by Rep.
Charles Taylor of Brevard on
the grounds that the two
counties have no common
boundary.
Taylor, - House minority
leader, is not a member of
the committee, and was not.
present at the meeting Tues
day, but Rep. Colon Blake of
Montgomery County question
ed Ramsey about the Bun
combe - Transylvania align
ment.
Ramsey said Taylor had
sent him a letter and a map
which shows that the two
counties are not continuous,
but told Blake the session
laws on file in the Legislative
Building indicate a common
boundary for the two coun
ties.
The session laws of 1861
show the Transylvania line
at the top of Mount Pisgah,
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Lt. Governor-Taylor Will Address
Brevard College Graduates Sunday
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By FEED REITEH
Temperatures during the past
week averaged 76 and 45 at
Prevard, with the high point
for the week an 80-degree
reading on Saturday while the
lew was 35 on Wednesday
morning.
Seasonal temperatures are
expected for the next few
days with highs each day in the
70s, according to the Weather
Service. Lows should be in the
high 40s or low 50s.
Weather data for the week
was as follows:
Wednesday_ 76 35 0.00
if
High Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday
71 45 T
78 52 T
80 54 0.37
75 41 0.00
74 38 0.00 i
76 52 0.07
THE HONORABLE H. PATRICK TAYLOR
On Ambulance Service
Commissioners Cite Need
For Public Hearing, 24th
Against McCalls
Forest Service Files Suit
In “Trailer Burial Case”
The U. S. Forest Service has
brought a civil law suit against
Vernon McCall and his father,
Cannon, of Balsam Grove to de
termine who owns the land in
Transylvania County where a
forest service crew buried Ver
non McCall’s trailer in Febru
ary.
U. S. District Attorney for
the Western District, Keith Sny
der of Asheville, said Mondav
night that this is “a simple,
straightforward lawsuit to bring
the matter before the court to
determine who owns the land.
“This will give both parties
a chance to take their side to
court and let the matter be
decided by the court,’’ he said.
In the suit, served on the Mi
Calls late Monday afternoon,
the government sets forth its
premises for its claim that the
land belongs to the Forest
Service.
Mr. Snyder said he would ex
pect Harley Stepp of Hender
sonville, the attorney retained
by the Balsam Grove Com
munity Club to represent the
McCalls, to file a counter civil
suit setting forth the McCalls’
claims to ownership.
Mr. Stepp said he would “un
equivocally” file such a suit as
soon as he had a chance to
read their papers.
He said, “This is the case
they should have filed a year
ago before taking action.”
The community filed criminal
charges in March against Rang
er Dan Hile, who headed the
crew that “restored the prop
erty to its original state” by
burying the trailer and sowing
grass on the site.
Ranger Hile’s trial is set in
District Court in Asheville Fri
day at 9:30 a. m.
ROSMAN OFFICIALS TAKE OFFICE—Bos
nian's Mayor and the newly elected Board of
Aldermen took the oath of office Saturday morn
ing before Clerk of Superior Court, Mrs. Marian
life \ ri;v• ■ ' ‘
M. McMahon. From left to right, are: Mrs. Edith
C. Osborne, the Mayor, and Charles Moore, Verlon
Wood and A. P. Bell, Jr., aldermen.
(Times Staff Photo)
a (Mimic nearing will De
held on Monday evening. May
24th, at 7:30 o’clock in the
Superior court room here in
the court house to consider
the necessity of Transylvania
County providing ambulance
service.
The meeting is being called
by the County Commissioners.
Recently, they received a
letter from Frank A. Moody
of the Frank Moody Funeral
Home which provides ambu
lance service in Transylvania.
Mr. Moody stated that after
midnight, June 15, 1971, his
firm could not provide ambu
lance service in Transylvania
unless it was subsidized by the
county.
His letter follows:
Gentlemen:
Recent years have seen the
cost of living increase rapid
ly. Ambulance Service, a
kindness funeral directors
once considered vital to their
business operation, has now
become a severe financial li
ability to all those involved
in this necessary public serv
ice. As you are probably
aware, Bucnombe County has
a county operated Ambu
lance Service. In 1970 their
cost of operation was $140,
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Exercises To
Be Held At
2.00 In Gym
Dr. Robert A. Davis an
nounces that Lieutenant Gov
ernor Pat. Taylor will make
the commencement address
on May 16th at the Boshami-r
Gymnasium. Dr. Davis stated:
“We are happy that Lt. Gov
ernor Taylor will be present
for this occasion.”
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., in
augurated Lieutenant Governor
of North Carolina on January
3, 1969, is a man with a family
record of dedicated public ser
vice—the son of the late Hoyt
Patrick Taylor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor during the period of
1949-53.
Mr. Taylor was born in
Wadesboro on April 1, 1924.
He attended McCallie School
in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
before entering The Univer- '
sity of North Carolina at \
Chapel Hill where he re- \
ceived a B.S. Degree in Com
merce and a LL.B Degree.
He served in the United
States Marine Corps in 194548
and again in the Korean War
as a First Lieutenant.
He has practiced law in
Wadesboro since 1948.
From 1955 through 1966 he
served as a member of the
North Carolina General As
sembly and was Speaker of the
House of Representatives from
1965 to 1967.
The Lieutenant. Governor
is an active civic leader hav
ing served as Chairman of
the State Board of Mental
Health in 1966 and 1967, on
the Board of Governors,
North Carolina Bar Associ
ation, on the Judicial Council,
Municipal Study Commission,
Commission on Educational
Television, Board of Trustees
of the North Carolina Sym
phony Society, Commission on
the Reorganization of State
Government, Co-Chairman of
the Legislative Research Com
mission and member of the
Courts Commission. In 1961
the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation presented him the
Judge John J. Parker Award
for outstanding performance
in the field of jurisprudence.
He is a Methodist, a Rotarian,
and a Thirty Second Degree
Mason. He married Elizabeth
Lockhart in 1951 and they have
three children.
The schedule for the com
mencement program is an
Alumni Luncheon on Satur
day, May 15th, at Myers Din
ing Hall, with the speaker be
ing The Reverend Russell L.
Young, Jr., of the class of
1944.
At 8:00 p.m. there will be a
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Rosman Student
Frank Summey Is A State
Winner In A 4-H Project
Frank C. Summey has been
selected as a state 4-H winner
in the Petroleum Power Proj
ect pn, the basis of long-term
project records.
Frank is one of the 29 win
ners from North Carolina to re
ceive an all-expense paid trip
io the National 4-H Congress to
be held in Chicago in late No
vember, according to Dennis
Winters, Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent.
Franks project record, along
with the other 29 winners, will
be placed in national competi
tion with other boys and girls
from all over the United States
to try for $600.00 educatoinal
scholarships. Frank has been
very persistent in his try for
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