THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
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★ Vo!. 84—No. 29 SpaidNatCbrIvar°dSTnGc. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1971 ° ★ 30 PAGES TODAY ★
ZIP CODE 28712
THIS IS WHITEWATER FALLS
as viewed from where the site of
the big picnic which will be held on
Saturday, July 24th. The falls above
are 411 feet high, and the falls three
miles below are also over 400 feet.
(See Pictorial Feature, Page 3, Third Section)
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Five C«e«,0i8mj»»ed
Three Young Drug Offenders
Sentenced In Superior Court
Three Transylvania Coon*
ty yonthfUl drug offenders
received sentences in Super
ior Court last week from
Judge George M. Fountain of
Tarboro, presiding Judge.
Five other cases were dis
missed for lack of sufficient
evidence and two more cases,
all arising from Transylvania’s
“trailer raid” in April, are
yet to be heard.
JAMES R. FOWLER, charg
ed with possession of both
narcotic and stimulant drugs,
pleaded guilty and was sentenc
ed to not less than 18 months
and not more than two years
in a youthful offenders camp.
DENNIS E. GALLOWAY,
held under the same charges^
also pleaded guilty and was
given the same sentence.
MIKE L. EDWARDS, held
under the same charges, plead
ed not guilty. He was found
guilty by the jury and sen
tenced to not less than three
years and not more than four
years in a youthful offenders
camp. ._*••••
Cases of possession of both
—Turn to Page Three
Above Expectations
Excellent Progress Report
Made By Sapphire Developers
Realtec, developers of Sap
phire Valley Country Place
Condominium Apartments, re
ported that since the furnish
ed models opened on July 10,
sales have been greater than
anticipated.
“We’ve had a constant stream
of interested people view our
models and see our projected
plans for this “carefree second
home in the mountains con
cept" stated G. P. Edwards,
President of Realtec.
Mr. Edwards, his wife and
six children are presently living
at Sapphire Valley, arriving
from their . Fort Lauderdale
home in early July.
Condominium owners will
have full use of the facilities
of Sapphire VaUey Inn, Ed
wards says. “Daily maid ser
vice and meals delivered
Former Alderman
Final Rites For Robert' L
Johnson Held Tuesday Morn
Last rites for Robert L. John
son, age 52, of 120 Minor
et, who died late Saturday
were held Tuesday
at 11:S0 at the First
i Methodist church of
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pastor, Rev. Orion Hutch
inson, and Rev. Nelson
officiated, and burial
Memm-ir*
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from the Inn are available
to those who wish it. In addi
tion, security, lawn care, ex
terior building maintenance
and closing and opening of
residences will be handled by
the regular hotel crews,” he
said.
Mr. Edwards said that be
cause it is a condominium,
)wners can rent them when
they are not in use.
“Guests who come back to
Sapphire Valley Inn season
after season because they en
joy the spectacular scenery
and the serene contentment
of this valley, have also indi
cated they want their own
apartment residences here,”
—Turn to Page Three
Governor Bob Scott To Visit In C inty, Will
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Speak At Annual Whitewater Fans Picnic
At Music Center
Pops Concert
And Jerome
Hines Sings
A Concert version of
Jerome Kern’s immortal
“Showboat” highlights the
second Pops concert of the
season this weekend (July
23-25) at the Brevard Music
Center. Included on the pro
gramming for this “Jerome
Weekend” are an appearance
by Metropolitan Opera star
Jerome Hines and a 75th
birthday salute to American
composer Harold Hanson.
Jerome Hines is somewhat of
a rarity among opera singers as
he is the first American bass in
almost a half-century to enjoy
international acclaim. Having
appeared in the opera houses
of both Europe and South
America, Hines’ plaudits have
come also for his various ap
pearances in recitals and on
television shows like the Bell
Telephone Hour.
The unanamous acclaim
which Mr. Hines has received
in the Free World is height
—Turn to Page Five
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We#ffier
By FEED BETTES
The past weekend saw one of
the summer’s warmest days in
the Brevard area, when the
mercury hit 89 degrees. Lowest
temperature for the week was
on Thursday morning with a
reading of 57 degrees. Monday’s
rain was the first of any sig
nificance in some time at the
weather station. Humidity has
been on the high side most
days.
Average temperatures for the
week were 84 and 61, with total
rainfall of 1.08 inchesi, most of
that coming Monday.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina Thursday through Sat
urday—Fair and mild Thurs
day, lows mostly in the 60s with
highs in the low to mid 80s.
Lows Friday and Saturday in
the low 60s, with highs in the
low 80s. Scattered Thunder
showers over the west portion
of the state Friday and over all
the state Saturday.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday ... 87 62 0.00
Thursday_ 84 57 0.00
Friday . 85 61 0.00
Saturday_ 89 62 0.00
Sunday _ 87 61 0.00
Monday__ 76
Tuesday
63
- 80 61
100
0.08
GROUND BREAKING CERE
MONY — Prior to the beginning of
construction of the new Newland
Clinic on a site at the intersection of
the High School road with the
Greenville highway, a brief ground
breaking ceremony was held. From
left to right, are: Donald Gardner,
project manager for Bryant Con
struction company, the builder; Dr.
Marias H. Wells, with the first
shovel of dirt; Dr. John B. Scroggin,
looking over the plans with David
Varner, Administrator of the
Clinic; and Jack Bryant, president
of. Bryant Construction company.
Other doctors associated with New
land Clinic are Dr. Charles L. New
land, Dr. John R. Folger and Dr.
James W. Tyson.
(Times Staff Photo)
The Newland Clinic
Construction Begins On New
Medical Facility In Brevard
By W. M. Partington
Barge Canal Fight Will Be
Explained At Meeting Here
The successful citizens’ fight
o halt construction of the
Eross-Florida Barge Canal will
)e the subject of a program
jffered to the public on Thurs
lay, July 29th, at 7:30 p.m. at
;he First United Methodist
;hurch, Brevard, across from
3revard College.
The featured speaker will be
William M. Partington, Jr.,
'ormer chairman and president
>f Florida Defenders of the
Environment, the group formed
ipecifically to oppose the fed
:rally financed barge canal on
jnvironmental, economic, and
egal grounds. F.D.E. organized
n July 1969, accummulated
possible the most comprehen
sive information that any citi
zens’ group had ever gathered
on a controversial public works
project, and made it available
to governmental agencies, writ
ers, Congressmen, and conser
vation groups. On January 39.
1971, President Nixon called
for a halt to construction of the
30% complete canal.
‘‘Even our friends considered
this an impossible uphill fight,”
said Mr. Partington. “Nobody
had ever managed to stop a
Corps of Engineers project that
was this far along, and which
had the unified support of
—Turn to Page Three
Purvey Reveals
More “Singles” On Own In Transylvania
Living alone has become a
modern-day development in
Transylvania County.
Many unattached men and
women in the local area, who
would have had no alternative
in former years but to reside
with- relatives or friends, have
now found it possible to sup
port themselves and have their
own living quarters.
Included in this unattach
ed group are young people
and older people who one un
married as well as divorced
and widowed
have
As a result of the living alone
trend among this group, the
number of dwelling units in
Transylvania County that are
occupied by only one person
has risen considerably in the
past ten years.
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aunt of
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the Depart
the pro
portion of housing units in
the local area that are occu
pied by singles is now 12.5
per cent. This compares with
the 1950 average of 8.5 per
cent.
Elsewhere in the United
States, the one-person house
holds amount to 17.6 per cent.
In the South Atlantic States
they represent 15.9 per cent
and, in the State of North
Carolina, 13.3 per cent.
The report notes that it
wag common, years ago, for
parents, when widowed, to
move in with their married
children so that they would
their twilight years
Today, however, the three
household is a
rarity. More and more of these
are living alone
Many of thorn are
grandparents
and liking it.
holding down jobs, full time or
part time. They are aided by
social security benefits and
other income.
As for the young people,
because of the greater free
dom they have acquired in
the last decade there is an
increasing tendency on their
part to live in their own
apartments or houses away
from the parental home.
The net result, because of
these separations, has been a
reduction in the number of peo
ple per household. It has drop
ped from a median of 3.0 per
sons per unit to 2.7 in the
course of the last ten years.
The figures show that the
number of one-person house
holds in Transylvania County
is new 726, a big increase
over 1666, when the total was
m.
Construction began this
week on a complete new out
patient. medical facility for
Brevard and Transylvania
county. It is the new New
land Clinic building being
constructed on a five - acre
tract at the intersection of
Hi?h School Road and the
Greenville Highway adjacent
to the Brevard Air strip.
The building, which is design
ed to house eight doctors with
a maximum capacity of 10. is
expected to be finished by the
first of the year.
Designed by Brevard ar
chitect Robert Daniels to in
corporate the latest in medi
cal facility construction and
being built by the Bryant
Construction Co., the new
building will house a labora
tory, X-ray section, physical
therapy and emergency and
minor surgery sections.
Erevard physicians associat
ed with the Newland Clinic, and
who will be moving to the new
building are Drs. Charles L.
—Turn to Page Five
Public Invited
To Big Event
This Saturday
Governor Robert W. Scott
will visit in Transylvania on
Saturday, July 24th, and at
12:00 noon, he will be the
principal speaker at the an
nual Whitewater Falls picnic.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend this big e\$xlt,
Which will be attended by many
dignitaries from North and
South Carolina.
The Governor of South
Carolina is expected to attend
as will Congressman W. X
Prvan Pern from Washing'
ton, D. C. —
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
«aid he hoped that, it would
he possible for him to be
present for the occasion.
Joel Stevenson, Brevard na
tive and an Asheville attorney,
will be the Master of Cere
monies, and Governor Scott will
be introduced bv John I. Ander
son, Editor and General Man
ager of The Transylvania
Times.
The annual picnic is sponsor
ed by the Sanphire-Whitewater
Community club and the Salem
(S. C.) Community club.
The picnic is held annually
to promote fellowship be
tween the two states and to
boo't the development of the
Scenic falls, which cascade
over ECO feet, and are recog
nized as the highest in East
ern America. Actually, Ciiey
are higher than Niagara falls.
There are two falls; the up
per one where the picnic is
held, and the other three miles
below in South Carolina.
The State of South Carolina
has paved the 14-mile stretch
of road to the falls, but North
Carolina still needs to com
plete about a five-mile
stretch. However, the road is
passable by automobile.
Governor Scott was guest
speaker at the picnic in 1966
when he was Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and he promised “to re
turn when he became Gover
nor.”
At the picnic Saturday, en
tertainment will begin at
11:00 o'clock.
There will be string bauds,
square dancing, folk singing,
etc.
Persons attending are re
quested to bring basket
lunches.
Excellent pres:-,, radio and tv
coverage is expected to be giv
en to the event, and the Sylvan
Squares will be on hand from
11:00 to 12:00 noon.
Davis Announces
Toby Ives Is New Dean Of
Admissions At The College
Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, has
announced the appointment of
Toby Daniel Ives as Admmis
sions Director of Brevard Col
lege. Mr. Ives assumed his du
ties as of July 15th. He suc
ceeds the former Admissions
Director, William Ludwigsen.
Mr. Ivey was educated in
Ridgewood. New Jersey, in the
school system there and grad
uated in 1960. Following his
graduation from hi eh school be
attended the Culinary Insti
tute of America in New Haven,
Connecticut and trained there
during 1960 - 61 to become a
chef.
He took his apprenticeship
at the Greenbriar Hotel in
—Tun to Pago Two