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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
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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;
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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.
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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
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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
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Criminal And
Civil Cases
Will Be Heard
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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.
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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