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Vol. 84 No. 27 paid atmevard. n. c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 19 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY *
“THE UNCITY” that Realtec
Incorporated plans to construct at
Connestee Falls here in Transyl
vania was the chief topic of conver
sation at Realtec’s “get acquainted”
dinner-reception at the American
Legion building here last week.
Several Realtec officials are shown
tibove going over the proposed proj
ect with Donald Lee Moore, chair
man of the Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners. Looking
over the diagram of the area are,
left to right; Roger W. Sheridan,
Realtec's vice president of opera-_
tions, Commissioner Moore, Realtec
vice president Robert Boone, and
Stanley Whitcomb, executive vice
president of Realtec.
(Times Staff Photo)
At Legion Building
Connestee Falls Reception,
Dinner Attended Bv Many
By - Cal Carpenter
An estimated 150 Brevard
and Transylvania County
citizens attended a dinner-re
ception sponsored by the Con
nest.ee Development Corpora
tion June 29th and were
briefed on plans for what
Realtec, Inc., t.he Ft. Lauder
dale, Fla. - based Urban De
velopment branch of Certain
teed Products Corporation
.and parent firm of Connestee,
‘,<fVs tbe “Uncity.”
* Ga thering in the Brevard
American Legion Hall, the un
usual turn-out of citizens from
ti;e professions, business^ in
dustry and many private indi
*11 > .—
viduals heard Gilbert P. Ed
wards, President of Realtee,
reiterate the obligation the cor
poration feels toward the his
toric Connestee Falls area and
Transylvania County.
“The natural splendor and
unspoiled beauty of Connes
tee Falls is our inheritance.
We pledge to preserve and
protect that, trust with all the
resources at our command,’’
he said.
“We are, of course, in busi
ness to make money, like all
businesses,” said Mr. Edwards,
“but we are convinced that we
will profit more if you profit
too; if we create a resort-home
area that the citizens of Tran
sylvania will be proud to have
as a neighbor — not just
another second home develop
ment.”
The “Uncity”
Realtec’s determination is
to develope a year-around res
idential • resort area with
complete city utilities and
conveniences plus the beauty
and recreational facilities
of a resort. It is to avoid any
crowding and emphasize de
sirable privacy, yet provide
restricted entrance, security
—Turn to Page Eight
in This Issue 4 i
City, County Have Record
Budgets For The New Year
- Budget summaries for
Transylvania County and for
(She City of Brevard are car
ried in this week’s issue of
The Transylvania Times.
While they are record bud
get estimates, the tax rate
fpr both the City and the
County will remain the same.
The summary for Transyl
vania County is carried on
the front page of the third
section, and a complete copy
of the same is on display in
the Register of Deeds office
In the court house.
" The total budget require
ments amount to $1,945,944,
as compared with $1,923,703
last year.
, X Property valuation in the
epunty is set at $91,500,00 as
compared with $88,000,000
last year.
Donald Lee Moore, chair
jH$n of the Board of Commls
rioners, points out that the
largest expenditure Is for
schools.
The tax rate will remain at
$1.05.
For Brevard
Brevard’s record budget
for 1971 • 72 totals $544,061,
and this compares with $494,
804.00 for the past year.
The tax rate will remain
the same at $1.38.
The complete budget sum
mary for the ensuing year is
carried in the front section
of this week’s Times.
Curfew Put On Park
Aldermen Take Action At
July Meeting On Tuesday
The last of the old refunding
bonds for the City of Brevard,
amounting to $731;000.00 were
retired cu June 30th of this
year, Mrs. Opal Armentrout,
Clerk-Treasurer, reported to
the Board of Aldermen meeting
Tuesday night.
The original issue was $479,
follows Reeve*
Dr. Merle Young Is Now The
Pastor At St. Timothy United
Dr. Merle N. Young, the new
minister at St. Timothy United
Methodist Church, is a veteran
of 26 years as a Navy Chaplain.
He retired in 1966 while Dis
trict Chaplain, 11th Naval Dis
trict, San Diego, California.
Dr. Young is a native of
Iowa and was educated at John
Fletcher College, Drew Theo
logical Seminary, Princeton
Theological Seminary and has
just returned after completion
of two years garduate study at
the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. He was awarded the
Doctor of Divinity degree in
1960 by MacMurray College, a
United Methodist institution at
Jacksonville, III
While on active duty with
-taa to Page Ptve
3
000, dated July 1, 1936, and
they were scheduled to be re
tired in 1976.
The City Fathers voted at
the meeting to put a curfew on
the City’s Franklin park. The
closing time is 10:00 p.m., and
violators will be prosecuted.
A public hearing will be held
on August 2nd, in regards to
re-zoning of property of Don
M. Jenkins on West French
Broad street, bounded by Whit
mire street, Railroad avenue
and King street. The request is
to have the property changed
from I-l to C-2.
Thomas Pinkerton was given
permission at the meeting to
operate two pool tables in the
Family Game Room.
A taxi driver’s license was
also granted to Ben J. Miller.
Other items at the meeting
concerned a Fire ordinance
amendment, an amendment to
the Code of Ordinance relating
to the streets and budget re
vision.
Mayor Charlie Campbell pre
sided, and aldermen attending
included W. W. Duckwortht Gil
Johnson, W. M. Melton, Dwight
Moffitt and Charles L. Russell.
I
Heavy Criminal Docket To Be iiisard In
Superior Court Beginning Next Monday
Pops Concert
Highlights
The Weekend,
Music Center
“A Broadway Gala” is the
over-all theme for the first
Pops Concert of the summer
on July 10 at the Brevard
Music Center. The Center’s
Pops Concerts have long
been a favorite part of the
musical summer with Tran
sylvania audiences and this
first offering promises to re
inforce that popularity. Brok
en down into four sections,
the Saturday night extrava
ganza spotlights music from
long-run Broadway hits,
sumptuous Hollywood movies,
popular recordings and a spe
cial patriotic medley of Amer
icana.
Other programs on the sec
ond Festival weekend feature
the young Metropolitan Opera
star Loretta Di Franco who will
sing the lead in Donizetti’s
“Lucia di Lammermoor” on
Friday night and James Oliver
Buswell, IV, the brilliant 22
vear-old violinist who will be
the soloist Sunday afternoon
with the Transylvania Sym
phony Orchestra.
Buswell is a violinist whose
career has been phenomenal
for one so young. He has ap
peared with nearly every ma
jor orchestra and music festi
val in North America, and
has been acclaimed by every
important newspaper and
magazine in the country.
What is even more remark
—Turn to Page Six
With over three inches of
rainfall during the past week,
Brevard area residents had a
very wet week, for the most
part.
Temperature averages were
31 and 61 for each day, with a
wide variation, from a high of
85 on Thursday to 53 on Mon
day morning.
The extended forecast calls
for a chance of afternoon and
evening thundershowers each
day through Friday, with aver
age seasonal temperatures.
Highs should be in the low to
mid-80s, while lows should aver
age in the low 60s.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low
Wednesday_ 82 65
Thursday 85 65
Friday _ 79 64
Saturday_81 59
Sunday __ 82 58
Monday ___ 78 53
Tuesday _ 73 64
Prec.
0.96
0.00
1.71
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.95
REMEMBERS BREVARD COL
LEGE — Ottis Green, Sr., right, one
of WNC’s oldest and leading citi
zens, tells John I. Anderson, left,
Editor and General Manager of The
Transylvania Times, that he is re
membering Brevard College in his
will. Both Mr. Green and Mr. Ander
son are members of the Board of
Trustees of the local College. On the
29th of this month, Mr. Green will ob
serve his 97th birthday.
(Times Staff Photo)
On Eve Of Birthday
Ottis Green Remembering
Brevard College In Will
By The Editor
Ottis Green, Sr., one of
Western North Carolina’s
oldest and leading citizens, is
remembering Brevard Col
lege in his will.
It’s almost a birthday pres
ent from Mr. Green to the
local religious and educa
tional institution. On July
29th of this year, Mr. Green
will celebrate his 97th birth
day.
In his will, Mr. Green is
leaving Brevard College $15,
000 for the education of de
serving students with leader
ship and ability.
He is asking that this fund
be administered by a committee
of the president, Dr. Robert A.
Davis, the chairman of the
Board, Allen H. Sims, and John
I. Anderson, one of the Brevard
trustees.
Mr. Green retired from busi
ness life in 1956, but he is still
active around his home and in
Asheville. He operated Ottis
Green Hardware company on
Pack Square in Asheville from
1905 to 1956.
“Not too long ago, I had an
operation at Duke. Before
being rolled into the operat
ing room, I told the Lord that
if he would let me live and
prosper, 1 would use every
Succeeds Willis
Ben Burgess Is New Resident
Manager At First-Citizens
Ben E. Burgess, Assistant
Vice President, has been pro
moted to Resident Manager of
the Brevard Office of First
Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany, effective July 1, 1971.
Mr. Burgess succeeds Vice
President Jerry T. Willis who
lias been named to head the
lew Washington, N. C., Office
Rankings Announced
Joe Pickelsimer Is New Fire
Chief, Merrill Commissioner
There’s news from the Bre
vard Volunteer Fire Depart
ment this week that doesn’t
concern fires.. The news is
about men themselves, new
ranking and William Rides.
Joe Pickelsimer, Brevard na
tive, is the new chief, succeed
ing Dan Merrill, who has serv
ed as chief more years than he
cares to recall.
Chief Pickelsimer was ap
pointed by the Brevard Aider
men, who also named Chief
Merrill as the new Fire Com
missioner of Brevard.
The following were elected to
various posts by the members
of the Department:
Ray Badger - Deputy Chief
Gordon Byrd • Senior Captain
Eddie Paxton • Junior Cap
tain
Don Kilpatrick - Thick Cap
tain
Ernest Smith - Senior Lieu
tenant
Joe Smith - Junior Lieu
—Turn to Page EtgU
of the banking system, sche
duled to open shortly.
An experienced commercial
and installment loan manager,
Mr. Burgess transferred to Bre
vard in February after serving
as head of the Saluda Office
and with installment loan units
in Canton, Hickory and Dunn.
He is a 10-year veteran with
First - Citizens.
A native of eastern North
Carolina, Morehead City, Mr.
Willis will assume direction of
the Washington Office in July
after havivng been in charge
of the Brevard unit since No
vember, 1967. Joining First
Citizens in 1964 after several
years’ experience in the credit
field, he served in numerous
installment loan and commer
cial positions in the Fayette
ville and Fort Bragg offices of
the bank.
Mr. Willis has been extreme
ly active in Brevard and Tran
sylvania County civic and church
endeavors.
Mr. Burgess is a native of
Newton and a graduate of Duke
University. He, too, has been
actively involved in civic af
fairs while in Saluda and since
arriving in Brevard eariler this
year.
thing that I have to benefit
other people.
“So, one of the things I am
doing is leaving this money
to Brevard College to help
some of our young people,”
the stately gentleman told
this Editor.
From the way he shows you
around his home and yards,
you would never guess his age.
But then to listen to him remi
nisce, you readily recognize the
fact that he is a pioneer citizen
of Western North Carolina.
As a church man, he has been
an active member of the Hay
wood Methodist church since
1898, and for about 20 years, he
was chairman of the Board of
Trustees.
As a businessman, his Hard
ware company was one of the
leading firms of its kind in
WNC for more than a half
century.
As a civic leader, he was
president of the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce and
president of the Asheville
Rotary club. He also helped to
organize Chambers of Com
—Turn to Page Eight
Several Face
Drug Charges,
Cases Listed
Superior Court opens in
Transylvania county next
Monday morning, July 12th,
and all defendants, attorneys,
witnesses and others connect
ed with criminal cases are
urged to be in the courtroom
at 9:30 o’clock.
It. is not known at this time
who the presiding judge will
be.
The trial of the Civil dock
et will begin on Thursday,
July 15th.
According to Mrs. Marian
McMahon, Clerk of Superior
court, there is a heavy
criminal docket to be tried.
Persons on the docket and
the charges they face are as
follows:
William Hemphill, non sup
port, two cases
William Robinson, bastardy
Larry B. Lawrence, fraud
Kenneth N. Young, fraud,
six cases
Albert H. Stiel, fraud
Craig Wilkes, inadequate
supt.
Roger Queen, assault
Frank E. Penson, fail, pro
vide
James S, Tate, D. U. I.
Richard Garren, rape
Richard Garren, attempted
crime against nature
Dennis McGee, assault
Gerald Honeycutt, assault
Donald L. Miller, driving
while license revoked
Walter G. Powell, driving
while license revoked, and
reckless driving
Sandra B. Suttles, forgery,
two cases
Dean M. Landreth, unlaw
ful possession of stimulant
and narcotic drugs, one case
each
Danny R. Volrath, unlawful
possession of stimulant and
narcotic drugs, one case each
James R. Fowler, unlaw
ful possession of stimulant
and narcotic drugs, one case
each
Kenneth A. Smith, unlaw
ful possession of stimulant
narcotic drugs, one case each
Charles Allen Smith, un
lawful possession of stimu
lant and narcotic drugs, one
case each
Dennis E. Galloway, un
—Turn to Page Five
Highly Qualified
“Luke” Morgan Is Named
City Manager Of Brevard
Brevard has a new city man
ager as of July 1st. He is Lu
cius B. Morgan, a former Olin
employee and Brevard resident
since 1962.
Mr. Morgan fills the position
left vacant by Robertson Buck,
who left several months ago.
An Olin employee since 1962,
Mr. Morgan worked for two
summer employment terms
at the U. S. Plywood-Champ
ion Papers plant in Canton
while completing his educa
tion.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Tennessee with a
B.S. degree in Industrial Man
agement. Earlier he attended
N. C. State University at Ral
—Tom to Pag" Six