THE TRANSYLVANIA
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★ Vol. 84 No. 30 PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARI C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1971 ★ 30 PAGES TODAY #.
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“TELLING IT AS IT IS” —
Governor Bob Scott is pictured above
making the principal address last
Saturday at the big Whitewater
Falls picnic. Some 500 persons at
tended in spite of threatening
weather. A bountiful luncheon was
spread after the speech-making.
(Times Staff Photo)
Has Praise For Progress
NC’s Top Executive Visits
Sapphire Valley, Connestee
Governor Robert W. Scott
was saluted last Saturday by
officials of the Certain-Teed
Products Corporation for ex
pediting the building prod
ducts Corporation for expe
diting the building products
firm’s vast expansion pro
gram in North Carolina.
Malcolm Meyer, president
pnd chairman of. the board ol
fj <he company, headquartered ii
Valley Forge, Pa., stated thai
the Governor’s enlightened ant
progressive administration trig
geied multi-million dollar in
vestments in the State.
At Sapphire, Reaitee In
corporated, a subsidiary of
Certain-teed, has bundled
major Improvements of the
5,SM-acre Sapphire Valley
Resort New tennis courts, a
second swimming pool and
remodeling of the hotel itself
in character with its 1896
heritage are underway along
with many other new facili
ties.
A colony of mountain con
dominiums is being built over
looking Lake Fairfield just a
golf shot from the Inn’s terrace.
Area architects and contractors
are deluged with work, accord
ing to Realtec President Gilbert
P. Edwards, due to sales exceed,
ing $1 million in just two weeks
since furnished Countryplace
.Condominium models were
opened to the public.
The condominium resi
dences range in price from
829and afford owners
with the many amenities and
services of the Sapphire Val
ley Inn, located on U.S. High
way 64 Just three miles east
of Cashiers.
Governor Scott was enter
tained at the Inn, then toured
the resort and congratulated
Certain-teed officials for retain
ing the famed vacation retreat’s
—Turn to Page Five
History Recalled
Boundary Dispute
Caused Bloodshed
By - Cal Carpenter
Feature Editor
It doesn’t seem possible that the states of
Georgia and North Carolina actually engaged
in a brief but bloody civil war, where lives
were lost and prisoners taken, over a simple
border dispute some 160 years ago. Blit It tl
a fact.
The battles were fought within a few miles
of Brevard: One of the two principal conflicts
were fought about a mile southeast of Brevard
near what is now called Wilson’s Bridge on U.S.
Highway 276; the other took place on a hilltop
just south of the present community of Selica.
It was called the “Walton War.”
“CALL OUT THE GUARD”
Repetitious of this little-known chapter in
history, three representatives in the last N. C.
General Assembly proposed a tongue-in-cheek
resolution calling for mobilization of the High
way Patrol and the N. C. National Guard with
Governor Bob Scott as Commander-in-Chief “to
protect the state’s borders” against Georgia.
They were just joking, of course.
And recognizing the joking nature of the
resolution, the N. C. Senate killed the measure.
But Governor Scott, in a talk at Whitewater
Falls last Saturday, said:
“The border dispute with Georgia is no
laughing matter!”
He is right. At least it wasn’t back in
1810.
GEORGIA CLAIMS
The occasion for these differing attitudes
by state officials is the revival of the same dis
—Turn to Page Five
Governor Says State'Has Matching Funds
To Finish Scenic Whitewater Falls Road :
Brevard’s temperatures aver
aged out at 79 and 62 during
the past week, with the highest
reading being 82 on Tuesday.
Plentiful rainfall took place
during the weekend.
North Carolina extended out
look for Thursday through
Saturday—scattered showers or
thundershowers over the west
ern portion of the state Thurs
day and Friday and over the
entire state Saturday. Lows
near 60 in the mountains, with
highs near 80 in the mountains.
Weather data at Brevard for
the past week as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday __ 81 56 0.00
Thursday_ 78
Friday _ 81
Saturday_ 80 58 0.27
Sunday .. 76 65 0.94
Monday_ 78 65 0.06
Tuesday __ 82 65 0.04
63 0.05
59 0.00
Correction
The Times wishes to correct
an error that appeared in the
July 15th issue concerning a
similarity in names.
In that issue, it was errone
ously reported that Jerry L.
Hunnicutt was standing trial in
superior court here, having
been charged with assault on a
female child of less than 12
years of age.
This should have stated that
Gerald Honeycutt, not Jerry L.
Hunnicutt, was standing trial on
such a charge.
The Times wishes to apolo
gize for any embarrassment that
this error might have caused
Jerry L. Hunnicutt or his fam
ily.
The Times would also like to
report that Gerald Honeycutt
was completely cleared of any
guilt in the previously men
tioned charge.
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Look Inside...
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
page six, third section
Wild Goose Chase? See front
page of the second section
Editorials, page two, second
section
Sports, page four, third sec
tion, and page four, first sec
tion
Picture-story of five county
teenagers receiving Jaycee out
standing awards, front page of
section four
GOVERNOR BOB SCOTT, left,
was presented with a handsome
color photograph of beautiful White
water Falls at the annual picnic last
Saturday. John D. Smith, who was
in charge of arrangements, made the
presentation. (Times Staff Photo)
Round-Up Made
‘"The Music Man” To Begin
Big Weekend, Music Center
Short Summer
Students Will Return To
School On 25th Of August
Attention students: It’s later Christmas
tnan you min*.
The Transylvania School
System will begin operations
for the 1971-72 season on Aug
ust 23rd, which is the day for
orientation of new teachers.
The following day, August
24th, is the first teacher day,
and August 25th is Pupil As
signment day.
The actual beginning of the
180-day term is on August 26th,
and it will end on May 24th,
1972.
Holidays for the new term
are as follows:
September 6, 1971, Labor
Day
October 5, 1971, Professional
Meeting
November 25 - 26, 1971,
Thanksgiving
December 22 - 31, 1971.
January 17, 1972, Teachers
Work Day - Pupil Holiday
March 31 - April 3, 1972,
Easter
The school months are as fol
lows:
First Month. August 26-Sep
tember 23, 1971
Second Month, Sept. 24 - Oct.
22, 1971
Third Month, Oct. 25 - No
vember 19, 1971
Fourth Month, Nov. 22 - Dec.
21, 1971
Semester examinations are to
be scheduled immediately prior
to Christmas holidays.
Fifth Month, January 3 - Jan
uary 31, 1972
Sixth Month, February 1-Feb
—Turn to Page Five
Log Reviewed
"Sunday On The Go” Is A Top
Program For Listening, WPNF
“Sunday On The Go” presents
the very best in music for
listening enjoyment over WPNF
Radio each Sunday afternoon.
The program features as host
Syd Black, who plays the good
N music each week. He begins
\ early in the afternoon and
keeps it up until early evening
' Syd always invites listeners to
'v\ write in their favorites as re
quests.
“Sunday On The Go’* is heard
from 2:06 pm. to 6:27 P-m.,
with time out here and there
for news, westher and Rev. Bill
Wilson’s program at 6:30 pm.
Another outstanding Sunday
listening highlight is “Songs to
Remember” presented each
Sunday at 1:30 p.m. by the
Transylvania Times.
The Times program features
beautiful music hy virioui or
chestras and artists.
Other Programs
The Farm and Home hour
schedule for the week is ap fol
lows: Thursday, Station '-Pro
gram; Friday, Brevard FFA;
Monday, County Extension
Agent; Tuesday, Station Pro
gram; Wednesday, Jean Child
ers, Home Demonstration
Agent.
The Sunday morning worship
service during August is being
broadcast by remote facilities
of WPNF from the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church. ^
The speaker this week on
WPNF’S Morning Devotions
program is Rev. Orion Hutchin
son, Jr., Pastor of Brevard's
First United Methodist church.
The program is heard weekday*
at 8:46 m m
Due To Rate Increases
Mail Costs Locally To Hit $180,060
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To what extent are Indi
vidual* and business firms
in Brevard being affected by
the recent increase in postal
rates? How much will it odd
to their Costs in the present
fiscal year?
It is estimated, on the basis
of the latest figures on postal
receipts in the local area, re
leased by the government, that
they will have to pony up an
additional $31,250 a year. That
is approximately 21 percent
more than in the past fiscal
year.
The increase went into ef
fect on May 18th, despite
court proceedings brought
by newspaper and magasine
publishers and others whose
costs will be considerably
higher as a result
Under the rate rises an
nounced by the new Postal
Service, its revenues will go
OP by $1.85 billion in fits cur
rent fiscal year.
The rate increases are the
first to be put into effect
since congress voted to
change the money • losing
Post Office Department into
an independent corporation,
free of its control.
A major part of the $1.45
billion, it is expected, will have
to go for increased wages to
the 750,000 postal workers in
the service.
As far as the average Bre
vard resident is concerned,
the principal effect of the
rate changes is that now he
has to put S - cent stamps on
letters instead of 0 cents, 11
cents on air mall letters rath
er than 10 cents and 6 cents
on postcards, Instead of 5
cents.
If he mails just one letter a
i$y throughout the year his
lettal costa Will bo $7.80 more
than they were in 1970.
Also hit by the higher
rates are local businesses
that use other classes of mail
service. For second class,
which applies chiefly to mag
azaines and newspapers, the
present rise amount to 20 per
cent.
The bulk rate in third class
and the rate for books and rec
ords, which come under fourth
class, have also been advanced.
In Brevard, the cost of stamps
l and other postal services has
been $148,810 a year, accord
ing to the latest annual figures.
In the present fiscal year,
under the new rates, this will
rise to an estimated $188,
060.
On a national basis, the in.
crease is expected to bring
the Postal Service’s dnnnal
revenue to $S4 billion.
An elaborate production of
the Broadway hit “The Music
Man”, a concert by the Tran
sylvania Symphony Orches
tra with Violinist James
Ceasar as featjured soloist,
and a return appearance by
internationally acclaimed pi
anist Gina Bachaucr make up
the fourth exciting weekend
(July 30-August 1) at the
Brevard Music Center.
Miss Bachaucr achieved 'in
ternational fame in 1950 when
she made her historic but un
heralded debut in New York’s
Town Hall. The audience was
small but critics w'ere present,
and the next day all were
unanimous in praise of the pi
anist. Superlatives exclaiming
over “the miracles of her virtu
osity” and her “amazing tech
nique” are typical of the criti
cal acclaim Miss Bachauer re
ceived. Allen Hughes of the
New York Times put it this
way: “When Miss Bachauer sits
down at the piano you know
somehow that truth and beauty
will win out.”
The road to success and in
ternational fame was hardly
an easy one for the pianist.
Early debuts in Athens and
Paris hinted at a glorious ca
reer, but her career plans fell
apart with the advent of
World War II. Miss Bachauer
spent the war years stranded
—Turn to Page Five
State's No. 1
Citizen Spends
Saturday Here
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Governor Bob Scott, spent
most of last Saturday in
Transylvania county, and the
highlight of his visit was his
address to more than 500 peo
ple at the 22nd annual White-'
water Falls picnic.
Afterwards, he was guests of
officials of Realtec Incorpo
rated at beautiful Sapphire Val
ley and at their new develop
ment at Connestee Falls.
Gov. Scott briefly discuss
ed the background of the
border dispute with Georgia
over land near here at High
lands and said some of the
legislators took it is a Joke.
“However. I don’t take it
lightly when somebody says we
don’t own what we’ve always
claimed,” he said.
He told residents of the
falls area not to take their
beautiful country for grant
ed, but to work to preserve
the natural resources of
water and air and land.
The picnic, sponsored by the
Sapphire - Whitewater and the
Salem (S.C.) Community Clubs,
featured square dancing and
folk singing. Other guest speak
ers were U. S. Rep. W. J. B.
Dorn of South Carolina and
South Carolina State Senator
“Speed” Schumacher, as well as
Dale Thorsen, supervisor of na
tional forests in North Carolina.
Gov. Scott received a forest
service photograph of the
famed falls, the highest in
eastern America, in a frame
made by the Job Corps camp
near Brevard.
The presentation was made
by John D. Smith, who was in
charge of arrangements, and
John I. Anderson introduced
Governor Scott.
It was a gala affair. The
S'Ivan Squares were a de
light to those attending, as
well as the Sapphire-White*
water 4-H folk singers and
other entertainers. More de
tails on the picnic are car
ried in a story found else
where in this week’s Times.
Governor Scott, who was the
speaker here at the Whitewater
Falls picnic in 1966 when he
was Lieutenant Governor, said
the state had matching funds to
complete the road on the I'torth
Carolina side into the Falls.
Following the entertain
ment and the speech making,
a bountiful luncheon waa
spread.
Secretary Quoted
Advice Is Offered By Local
Draft Board To Young Men
Selective Service Executive
Secretary, Mrs. Helen L. Peel
er, who manages Local Board
89, Brevard, Transylvania coun
ty, says the current congres
sional impasse over extending
the induction authority has
created great uncertainty
among area draft-age men.
Mrs. Peeler continued:
“Selective Service Director
Curtis Tarr has recently stress
ed the importance of explaining
to our draft-age men the high
probability that draft calls will
resume in the near future and
that the current impasse in the
Congress is not likely to affect
any registrant’s chance of being
drafted.
“Our locil board his been
specifically instructed to con
tinue to register and clattjfy
men and to order for preinauc
tion physical examinations
those young men who may -be
needed to fill draft calls in the
coming months.”
Men with lottery numbers
through 125 were eligible "lor
induction in June in order to
fill draft calls. Since then, the
Defense Department has asked
Selective Service to draft 16,
000 men in July-August. This
request is being held by Selec
tive Service headquarters pend
ing final congressional action
on the draft bill, which is ex
pected within several weeing
“Those young men with rela
tively low tottery^n