l/ Ism r THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Horner-^*'wn Newspaper it Vol. 84—No. 25 SEpaidDatLbI!vardTAnEc. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, jUNl ZIP CODE 28712 t 971 it 26 PAGES TODAY ★ 1 GOING AWAY GIFT — Rev erend G. Daniel McCall, left, who has "traditionally” been the Master of Ceremonies for the first three Junior Achievement Futures Un limited Banquets, is presented a desk weather station by JA Board President, Jim Judson, in appreci ation for participation in theae an nual events. Although Reverend McCall is leaving the area, he has tentatively accepted an invitation to MC next year’s JA banquet. Mr. Mc Call transferred Tuesday to the Stra mount Presbyterian church in Greensboro. ' (Times Staff Photo) Progressive Step Schools To Give Credit For Work In Junior Achievement The Transylvania County Board of Education has granted permission fo- the high schools in the county to allow students to earn elec tive credit ‘through participa tion in the Junior Achieve ment program. Jim Hudson, President of th< JA Board of Directors, said this was indeed good news for manj ,*J>mns men and women. “The JA program has been highly successful here, and this will give it an added boost,” he stated. The announcement cami from Superintendent Harry C Corbin, who said the actioi was taken at a recent schoo board meeting. He told Mr. Hudson that his interest in strengthening the Transylvania County Schools through an effective Junior Achievement Pro gram was appreciated. Mr. Corbin said the follow ing conditions must be met: 1. Each student must: (a) be enrolled in a Transylvania County School in grades 10 - 12. (b) satisfactorily par ticipate in a minimum of 70 hours of approved Junior Achievement activities. 2. A minimum of two (2) members of the Transylvania County School System and/or School Board must be mem bers of the Board of Direc tors of Junior Achievement of Transylvania County, Inc. 3. Grades, denoting satis factory or unsatisfactory per formance, along with attend ance records will be present ed to the Transylvania Coun ty School System for each participating student. These grades will be assigned by the JA Advisors and review, ed by the JA Program Man ager prior to submission. 4. The amount of credit which is granted for satisfac tory completion of these ac tivities is one-half ainlt. At Glen Cannon Rotary Club To Install New Officers Next Monday Plans for the installation meeting of new officers of the Brevard Rotary club were announced this- week at the regular meeting in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. President Otis Wheelhouse 1 presided over the meeting, and David Varner, who is in charge of arrangements, said the meet ing would be held next Monday night, June 28th, at Glen Can non Country club. Meeting time is 7:30 o’clock. John I. Anderson, Editor - General Manager of The Tran sylvania Times, is the new president, and Rev. Wheelhouse will become the vice-president. Dr. Robert A. Davis, presi dent of Brevard College^ is the new secretary, and Tom Mc Crary, owner of McCrary Chev rolet - Olds, will serve as treas urer. Other directors are: John Clark, Harry Hadler and Dr. William Martin. Dr. Jess Chapman, of Ashe ville, and past District Gover nor of Rotary, will be in charge of the installation ceremony, and he will deliver a brief in spirational address. Program Highlights WPNF Gives Listeners Daily Coverage Of Sport Activities Sports-minded radio listeners of the area can keep well in formed about their favorite sport and athletes by tuning to 1240 radio, WPNF, their own local station. Major league baseball scores are reported early each week day morning on WPNF. Fred Reiter brings listeners a brief wrapup of iriorirtng sports head lines, and previous days scores, weekday mornings at 9:30. Sports Review, a complete review of the day’s sports news is reported each evening at 6:20 p.m. by Leon Southerland, also with scores and sports sched ules, etc. Special sporting events are broadcast “live” over WPNF College Announces Four WNC Students Are Awarded McClure Awards ^ .... Brevard College announced that the following Western North Carolim students have been awarded the James G. McClure Educational and De velopment Fund Scholarship Awards fat the amount of each, fliey are: ; daughter of Ruby Frazier Boone of Pisgah Forest; Debttfah Jean of Mrs. Frances Pace, daughter _ Garren Pace of Hendersonville; Fred Edward Suddreth, son of and Mrs.,1 Lenoir; an. ■ ■ daughter of Mr. and William' James G. K. McClure Educa tional and Development fund la to aid financially inf and academically ing residents of Western North Carolina to enter col* lege and to pursue their He mal educations beyond high school. Rural residents are given preference in the se lections, provided their aca demic and other qualifica tions are satisfactory. Evi dence of Christian character and the desire to b« of serv ice to one’s fellow men, are also considered of task im portance In the the recipients. from time to time, including several auto races. During football and basket ball seasons, Brevard High School and Brevard College games are broadcast by the lo cal station each week. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, Carolina News; Fri day, U. S. Forest Service, Dan Hile; Monday, County Exten sion Chairman, Jerry Purser; Tuesday, Station Program; —•Turn to Page Four faWeafAer By RED REITER «'Q Summerlike temperatures and almost daily thunderstorms greeted the official arrival of the summer season early this week, with average tempera tures of 81 and 60 during the period. Rainfall war spotty and scattered, with some locations receiving much more rain than others located nearby. High temperature for the week was 87 on Monday, while the low was 56 on Tuesday morning. There was a particu larly intense lightning storm Monday afternoon and night. Through Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. there had been a total rainfall of 3.1 inches for the month. Extended forecast for North Carolina, Thursday through Saturday—chance of showers and thundershowers each day. High temperatures are expect ed to average mostly in the upper 70s and low 80s in the mountains and on the Outer Banks. Lows at night mostly in the upper 50s in the mountains. Weather data for the past week was as follows: High Low Free. Wednesday — 84 58 0.00 Thursday - 75 63 T Friday .. 75 62 0.17 Saturday-81 61 0.10 Sunday__ 84 60 0.00 Monday_ 87 57 0.53 Tuesday _ 80 56 0.15 Summer Street Dances Begin Next Tuesday The summer street dances in Brevard will begin next Tues day night, June 29th. Sponsored by the Transyl vania Youth Association, they will be held on the Winn-Dixie parking lot on North Broad street. The hours will be from 9:00 until 11:00 o’clock. laMMaaaaiMMIMMIIIItMIMiniMMMINIIMIHIMUIIIIIIIIIII Look Inside... News of and for the women, page six, second section, and pages six and seven, third sec tion Classifieds, pages two, three and four, fourth section Sports, page four, third sec tion First Adventure Center pic torial feature, front page, third section Rosman news, front page of the fourth section Almar Farm column, front page of the second section 1971 Schedule of concerts at the Brevard Music center, page eight, section two Editorials and letters, page .two, second section Editor’s Corner, page five, first section. Jurors Called For i^uly Term Of Superior Court In County NEW STATE HIGHWAY TROOPER — Transylvania’s new highway patrolman, Thad Elmore, is shown at the left with Trooper Zeb Hawes. Trooper Elmore comes from Gaston County where he has served since 1968. He replaces Trooper Gene Beshears who has transferred to Jackson County. (Times Staff Photo) Kiwanians Told Realtec To Spend Millions Developing Connestee Area On Nationwide Scale Postal Service Day Will Be Observed On July 1st The inauguration of the new United Postal Service on July 1st, will be celebrated in Washington, D. C„ and in every post office across the country. Postmaster Charlie Patton has announced that all members of the Brevard com munity are invited to visit their local post office on July 1st and enjoy the hospitality of the men and women who comprise the new U. S. Postal Service. Dedication ceremonies in Washington will be hosted by Postmaster General Blount. Honored guests at the dedica tion will include members of Congress, former Postmasters General, the Board of Gover nors of the new Postal Service and their wives, as well as As sistant Postmasters General, headquarters personnel and other dignitaries. Visitors to the post office will be given a souvenir en velope imprinted with the old >ind new insignia of the Postal Service. This envelope will also be made available in limited numbers as a first day cancellation—for just the cost of an 8c stamp — by stamping and cancelling half of the souvenir envelopes in advance. This will be the First Day Covers have been available In all U. S. Post Offices. A photographic display of modern Postal Service jobs and —Turn to Page Two 68% Own Residences Home Ownership Up In Transylvania By • Staff Writer Many Transylvania Conn families who were living _ rented quarters ’a few years back have found IT pos sible since then • to satisfy their dream of owning their own l As a result, the proportion of local homes that are now owned by their .occupants is high and stands comparison 'with the ownership rate in many parts of the country. ' U» the 0.1 percent of By way of comp home ownership rate rest of the United States is 88.0 peccant and, in the State of North Carolina, 61.0 percent Much of the progress ip this before ' sharp decline in building that occurred in the last few years. Home buying became pos sible for more families during the period because of bet ter incomes and because mortgage money was readily obtainable at reasonable rates. The figures on home owner ship, released by the Depart ment of Commerce, are based Upon data gathered during the ' recent Census of Housing. They show that out of a total of 6,511 year - round housing units in Transylvania County, some 4,421 are now owned by their occupants. The slump in residential construction in the past 10 years is indicated in the of ficial figures. They show an in crease of only 0.5 percent in jtejijn • family homes in the per iod, although the national pop ulation rose 13 percent. Most of the new construction that did take place was multi unit housing — to accomodate two or more families. Families that were unable to acquire houses in recent years, because of the short age or because of the high prices asked, turned to ren ovating and remodeling their homes. Nearly $15 billion was spent for such improve ments in the past year, the government reports. The value of homes in Tran sylvania County rose sharply in the last few years, the fig ures show. The median asking price for homes is now $13,900, compared with only $7,600 in I960. The overall worth of lo cal homes, on that basis, comes to $61435,666, consid erably more than in 1966. “Realtec Incorporated, has come into this community, considers itself a part of the community and expects to as sume and carry out its share of community responsibili ties,” Roger W. Sheridan, Vice President of Realtec In corporated, in charge of Op erations, and senior Vice President, of Connestee Falls Development Corporation, told the members of the Bre vard Kiwanis Club last Thurs day evening. “We have purchased 3900 acres of your beautiful moun tain land and we feel a deep obligation to plan our develop ment of it in such a way as to preserve and enhance its nat ural beauty and attractiveness,” he said. Plans are being prepared for the development for the entire 3900 acres, with the subdivision plans for Unit 1 already filed in the office of the Register of Deeds here. The Company expects to sell 3000 lots in the next five years. In the course of the development the Company plans to expend $7,500,000 on roads, water and sewer sys —Turn to Page Two Criminal And Civil Cases Will Be Heard _ < Jurors have been called for the July term of Superior,' Court in Transylvania county. According to Mrs. Marian McMahon, the Clerk of Su perior Court, the court will be a two-weeks mixed term, beginning on Monday, July 12th. Criminal cases will be heard first, and the trial of the Civil Docket will begin on Thursday, July 15th. Due to a conflict, she says, it is not known at this time who the presiding judge will be. There is a heavy docket of criminal rases, Mrs. McMa hon states. Jurors called for the first week are as follows: J. I. Ayers Carolyn Baker William E. Bentley James F. Case, Jr. W. Ray Choate Dovie Coan Betty H. Compton Robert Mathan Davis Mildred Day, (Miss) D. Guy Dean, Jr. —Turn to Page Four Drug Abuse Committee Will Meet The first regular meeting of the Transylvania Committee for the Prevention of Drug Abuse will be held Thursday night* June 24th, at 8:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian Church in Brevard. The meeting is planned as a business meeting with reports to be given by the heads of the subcommittees. One of the main purposes of this committee is to help the young people have a more wholesome community to grow up in. The committee hopes to co ordinate the activities related to the prevention of drug abuse in the community in order to make them more efficient and effective. Anyone who wants to help promote the goals of this com mittee is welcomed to attend the meeting. It is expected that there will be ample time for those attending to make com ments, criticisms, suggestions and ask questions. Succeeds Keith Rev. Thomas Is New Pastor At St. Philip's Episcopal ai. rriuip s episcopal unurcn has called the Rev. Phillip L. Thomas, Jr., of Lexington, Ken tucky, to be rector of the parish in Brevard. The new rector is expected to assume his duties July 1st. A native of Roxboro, Rev. Thomas has lived in Kentucky for the past six years where he graduated from the Episcopal Theological Seminary and serv ed as vicar to St. Philip’s Church in Harrodsburg. He has been a member of the faculty at the Kentucky Semi nary, as chaplain and librarian and has worked as police chap lain for the Lexington Police. At the present time he is