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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TROPHIES FROM AFRICA — You are look
ing at only a few of the trophies that Alton Brad
dock, left, and his son, Tom, right, brought back
from their recent African Safari. In fact, Mr.
Braddock has three rooms full of them at his home
in the Little River section. And the baby Lion in
front of him is for real. He’s five months old and
will grow to be as large as his father, the mounted
Lion in the middle of the picture. African natives
said that this “king of the beasts” killed more than
2,400 persons before he was shot by Mr. Brad
dock’s 16-year old grandson on their last Safari.
By the way, if you’re interested in going on an
African Safari, call Mr. Braddock. He savs he’ll
be leaving soon on another one.
(Times Staff Photo)
Survey Reveals
Sharp Rise Noted In Use Of
Electricity Here, Nation
By . Staff Writer
In what shape will Tran
sylvania County be this sum
mer with respect to its elec
tric power needs? Will the
local area be faced with the
power shortages that are in
prospect in many sections of
the country?
As a result, according to
John A. Carver, Jr., of the Fed
eral Power rrtmmjiiiliiii “a
The situation is so critical,
nationally, that President Nixon
called his cabinet into special
session recently to devise steps
that might be taken to ease
the expected summer crisis and
to discuss ways and means to
provide for the steadily rising
demand for electricity.
The demand doubles in the
United States every 10 years or
so, the Federal Power Commis
sion’s figures show.
In the area embracing
Transylvania County, resi
dential consumption alone
rose about 82 per cent in just
5 years.
Despite the efforts made by
most utility companies in the
country to add new generating
units to cope with this rapidly
expanding demaqifi^they have
been unable to keep abreast.
It takes a long time and a big
investment to build new power
facilities.
At Hawkins Lake
Lions Club Will Install New
Officers At Meeting Thursday
Brevard Lions will install
new officers at a ladies night
Thursday evening out at Hawk
ins farm.
Meeting time is 6:30. and the
Lions and their wives are
promised delicious steaks.
Special guests will be Deputy
District Governor William Mc
Gee and his wife of Hender
sonville.
Lion District Governor Bill
Staudenmain will install the
new officers who are as fol
lows:
President - Ed Rice
First Vice President - Larry
Prince
Second Vice President - Ther
man Dockery
Third Vice President - Law
rence Hipps
Secretary . Richard Haney
Treasurer - Allen Brittain
Lion Tamer - Gene King
Bulletin Editor - Bill Stanley
Tail Twister - Frank Boyd
Directors: George Hinkle and
Hall Smith, one-year terms;
and Ed Ray and Bill Wright,
two-year terms.
Vernon McCall
Victim Of Trailer-Home Burial
Killed When Struck By Vehicle
Vernon McCall. 41-.vear
old Transylvania native who
received nationwide publici
ty several months ago when
hts trailer - home was buried
by U. S. Forest Rangers in
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Patrolman Thad Elmore Comes
To Transylvania From Gaston
Burke county. Patrolman El
more was educated in the pub
lic schools in Granite Falls,
graduating in 1961.
He served for four years in
Army Security, wkh 18 months
in California and two years in
t.M.
that he was delighted to
be in this beautiful section of
North Carolina and that he will
>n Elmore told The
the Balsam Grove communi
ty. was struck and killed by
an automobile near Balsam
Grove about 9:15 p. m. Sat
urday night.
Investigating officer State
Highway Patrolman Z. V.
Hawes reported that McCall
and three companions were ly
ing in the middle of N. C. 215
trying to stop oncoming traffic
at dusk Saturday evening when
an auto driven by Charles Bat
son. 19, of Balsam Grove ap
proached the quartet.
The other three, Larry Mur
phy, 31, of Bosnian, Steve
Buchanan, 22. and Ms broth
fc>th ^Rt11 2,^Brevard, Si
scrambled to safety, but Me
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Wejffor
By FRED REITER
Brevard temperatures aver
aged 81 and 59 during the past
week, with some rainfall regis
tered every day in the week.
Tuesday’s reading of 87 was
the high for the week while the
low was 58 on several morn
ings.
North Carolina’s extended
outlook for Thursday through
Saturday calls for partly cloudy
weather with a chance of show
ers and thundershowers in the
western portion of the state on
Friday and Saturday. Mild
nights and warm days. Highs
should average in the low to
mid 80s while the lows should
hit the low 60s each morning.
Wednesday
Thursday . „
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mondav
Tuesday _
High Low Prec.
79 58 0.22
71 59 0.38
81 59 0.25
83 58 0.28
84 58 0.09
85 61 T
88 60 0.63
Schools Receive
$300 From The
Blue-White Game
Transylvania County schools
were presented a check for $300
in Asheville Tuesday as their
portion of the proceeds derived
from the annual Blue-White all
star basketball game held at
T. C. Roberson gym in Bun
combe county several months
ago.
The check was presented to
Transylvania County School
—Tun to Page Sta
Transylvania's’Summer Camps
Opening, Capacity Enrollments
Increase Noted
In Tempo Of
Tourist Trade
By • Staff Writer
Transylvania county is the
home, according to official
figures of the 1970 Census,
of 19,317 people. It is the
summer home of several
hundreds more and a -‘must"
stop on the agenda of thou
sands of tourists.
It is also the fun-center,
the outdoor Mecca for thou
sands more boys and girls—
and oldsters, too—who come
here to summer camp or
camp resorts.
Without accurate figures
for comparison, it. is still a
good guess that Transylvania
hosts as many and probably
more summer campers than
any county in the state.
Beginning In June
Beginning after the first of
June, youngsters come from
all over the country to the
Land of Waterfalls. They
ride, hike, swim, dance, play
and enjoy the ideal mountain
climate.
There are girl camps, beys
camps and boys and girls
camps. There are special
camps, spiritual retreats and
a music camp. There are re
sort camps for all ages and
trailer and camper facilities.
There are, indeed, camps
for everyone; facilities where
all may enjoy and appreciate
the outdoors and the change
of scenery so many people
are looking for during sum
mer vacation.
16 Camps
There are 16 organized
camps in Transylvania coun
ty. With expanded facilities,
all are expecting successful
—Turn to Page Four
Rescue Squads
Are Handling
Ambulance Calls
The Brevard and Rosman
Rescue squads are now fur
nishing emergency ambu
lance service in Transylvania
county.
Private ambulance service
in the county was discon
tinued on June 15th, and two
squads began the emergency
service on June 16th.
Persons needing emergency
ambulance service can call
the Brevard Police depart
ment at 883-2212.
Both squads are well
equipped and staffed with
efficient personnel to handle
this emergency service.
Program Highlight*
"Bulletin Board" Has Free Time
Daily For Club Announcements
WPNF features a Bulletin
Board each afternoon at 1:19
that is for the benefit of all
clubs and organizations. This is
time allotted for announce
ments of meetings, programs
and other local activities that
need to be brought to the at
tention of the general public
This time is donated to the
take advantage of it.
Other Programs
Several special events and
programs are scheduled each
week over WPNF • Radio's
“Farm and Home Hour", as
well as others which are heard
regularly.
The special programs Includ
ing "On the Market Side” from
the N. C. Department of Agri
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DUNN’S ROCK — One of the
colorful pictures in the brochure of
Realtec Inc., the Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, firm which purchased 3,900
acres of land >n the ('onnestee Falls
section recently, is the historic land
mark shown above. According- to old
deeds, the top of this great outcrop
ping of rock was the departure
point from which many early land
boundaries were drawn.
Offices Opening
Realtec Says “Thanks ” To
Public For Fine Response
Attention Parents
Teen Center Closes, Countywide
Recreational Program Proposed
The Teen Center here in
Brevard is dosing June 18th.
According to the Directors,
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Smith, the
reasons for closing are numer
ous.
The primary one, however,
is the lack of cooperation on
the part of parents.
Mr. Smith goes into details
in a letter on the editorial page
of this week’s Times, and all
readers are urged to examine
it carefully. It is carried on
page two of the second section.
Mr. Smith points out that
the Board of Directors will
continue to hold the street
dances during the summer
months. In years gone by,
these dances have been most
popular with local cititens
and visitors.
In part, Mr. Smith states:
“The Teen Center, as K is
now, is really only equipped
for the IS to 16 year group.
There is nothing to channel
Die energies of the older
group, and this is one area
where our efforts should be
focused.
“Brevard, Bosnian and
Transylvania County need
very much to institute a full
time youth program with fa
cilit.ies to handle our young
people. There are towns
smaller than Brevard that
have very good youth pro.
grains, and there is no rea
son why we can’t. There are
Federal grants, State advis
ory commissions and all sorts
of help available. All we need
is the concern and some de
termination and hard work
from parents and city and
—Turn to Page Two
Roger W. Sheridan, vice
president, Realt.ec Inc., the
firm which purchased 3,900
acres of land in the C'onnes
tee Falls section recently, to
day expresses sincere appreci
ation to the fine response of
local citizens t.o the an
nouncement.
He also invites the public to
inspect the property and to see
what is being done.
Offices will be open on the
site on June 19th.
In a statement to the citi
zens of Transylvania county,
Mr. Sheridan says:
“The warmth and cordi
ality shown to us by the good
people of Transylvania coun
ty has been a pleasure ex
—Turn to Page Six
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Appointments Of Methodist
Ministers Are Announced
Western North Carolina
Methodist ministers and lay
leaders concluded the annual
conference on Sunday at Lake
Junaluska.
Bishop Earl G. Hunt, Jr.,
read the list of appointments
on Sunday.
Rev. Orion N. Hutchinson,
Jr., returns to the First Metho
dist church here in Brevard
for his second year.
Rev. Joseph Reeves, who bmt
been here at the St. Timothy
i
United Methodist church for
several years, is being trans
ferred to Christ Church, Char
lotte.
Coming to Brevard to suc
ceed Rev. Reeves is Rev. Merle
Young from seminary.
Rev. Henry King, who serves
the Rosman Methodist Church,
the Selica Methodist church
and English Chapel, returns.
Moving day in the confer
ence is next Wednesday.