FROM THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Bt
EDITOR JOHN ANDERSON
It's always good to meet
with fellow workers in the
“Fourth Estate” as we did
last weekend at the annual
meeting of the North Caro
lina Press Association in
Asheville.
The three-day meeting was
entertaining, enlightening
and enjoyable.
Even in the Press Associ
ation’s business session, the
“right of the people to know”
was very mnch on the minds
of the Tar Heel press people.
Concern for that right was
expressed in reports on ac
tions of the 1971 General As
sembly that affected news
papers.
The new law requiring
meetings of most public
boards and commissions in
North Carolina to be open to
the public was hailed not
simply as a victory for the
press, but as a triumph for
the people of North Carolina,
who cannot vote and act re
sponsibly as citizens if they
are not informed about the
thoughts and actions of pub
lic officials.
In the past only the board
of county commissioners of
six counties and the govern
ing boards of all cities and
towns were compelled by
statute to keep their meet
ings open to the public. The
new law extends the "open
meeting policy” to many
other boards and commis
i sions.
There are some exceptions
to the policy. For example,
a board can consider infor
mation regarding employment
of personnel, or dismissal, be
hind closed doors. Some gov
ernmental agencies were
^iven exemption from the
“statute—the State Board of
Paroles and court juries
(grand and petit), for ex
ample. Some of the exemp.
tions were not what many
newspapermen and some leg
islators preferred. But. in
general, the "open meeting
law” is a good law which
promises to strengthen demo
cratic government in North
Carolina.
The legislative report and
the speeches at the press con
vention were reminders that
press and people mast he
partners in the democratic
enterprise, not antagonists.
And the partners mast en
courage both responsible re
porting and responsible read
ing if America approaches
the Jeffersonian ideal of how
a democracy should function.
“The Sound of Singing
Youth” was a thrilling show at
the convention last Thursday
night.
This is a group of young peo
ple from the First Baptist
church in Hendersonville.
The program is done in light
and sound with some 12 instru
ments. The director is Aubrey
Edwards, and there are some
90 students from East and West
Henderson high schools in this
tremendous group.
The theme of their singing is
religion-patriotism.
We thank John Bailey for
the following item from the
News and Courier at Charles
ton, S. C.
Written by Ashley Cooper,
it is entitled, “Doing the
Charleston”, and we quote:
WE RODE the Big Eye—
which is to say 1-26—again
last weekend to pick up the
children (groan) who were at
summer camp.
I never had been to Pisgah
National Forest before. You
enter at Brevard. There is
a narrow paved road up the
mountains, with huge trees
forming a cathedral - like
roof over the asphalt aisle.
Looking Glass Falls are
splendid. Then we opened
the car window—because air
MINI HEALTH
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XJESTEB I» COLEUAN, 1U>„>
Hopeful News in Medicine
1 DR. ROBERT X RUBEN
has concluded that America la
lagging In the efficiency of
tearing aids and in adequate
distribution of such aids to tha
deaf.
| Ruben Is professor of' Ear.
Nose and Throat at the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine.
■ _ His conciu
MHHMi alona are
based upon a
trip through
Denmark and
Sweden and •
definitive re*
port at the
problems
at the dea&
Costs of es*
Dr. Coleman
ceueat nearing,
aids in Den
mark and
Sweden wore less than one
third of the cost «f the aver*
age iinwrlwnywiul^
aid, Ruben found.
I 'What is even more impor
tant than the actual cost to
fire patient is the fact that
there la a need for sustained
Interest lor hearing-aid sales
men in the problems of the
deaf who purchase a hearing
aid.
Si the same area, an inter
esting new hearing-aid device
is being studied at Stanford
; University.
. 4- group of scientists work
ifng there believe that elec
tronic devices in'the
Tna^nH may art^n replace the
conventional hearing
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' The white blood cells that
Circulate- through the feodg
constitute the for our
Arflana^ rMriiMihni^ «|»lii«t
c
Kti -
Stance* production of white
Wood cells becomes deficient
and our defenses against bao*
tula lag.
Dr. S’. A. B. Rice, of tho
American University in Wash
ington, D.CX, has been using a
remarkable - substance, Leuco*
genenol, to stimulate the pro*
duction of white Wood cells la
experimental animals.
This new compound Is ex*
tracted from the mold of peni
cillin and seems to hold great
promise of serving human bo*
Jngs who axe jg
White bipod cells. .
• * * !
Bee stings and wasp stings
can produce very severe re*
actions in people highly sen*'
Bitive to their venom. ’
These reactions an
to he allergic.
Dr. Mary H. Loveless, of the
Cornell Medical School In Rear
York City, has been injecting
allergic patients with mum
from wasps.
At a recent medical meet*
Sag, Dr. Loveless reported ea*
couraging results with her
Special technique for confer
ring immunity of up to one
year in highly allergic pa*
tienta
She hopes her fluffing* wfll
be supported by other alien*
gists so the Rood and Drug
Administration wfll mwH«n
distribution everywhere.
Dr. T
pared
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conditioning isn’t needed in
the shade of the big trees.
The clear air was wine-like.
And suddenly, from up the
road, we heard a soprano
buzzing—a sort of chirping
and screaming of ecstatic
children’s voices. We won
dered where the strange,
high-pitched cacophony could
be coming from. Was this the
sort of sound that the Pied
Piper engendered?
THEN WE rounded a curve,
and saw 300 or so children
gathered at the top of a
gentle waterfalls known as
Sliding Rock. It was Saturday
and scores of private cars and
buses from nearby children’s
camps had brought the
young-fry to the Rock. Now
the noise was deafening.
THE CHILDREN were
wearing everything from
bathing suits to blue-jeans to
shorts to underwear.
One by one they would sit
at the top of the falls in the
nearly frigid water, push
themselves over the edge,
scream with a mixture of de
light and dread —and slide
bumpety-bump for 40 feet or
so down the rock to a little
whirlpool below.
There they would get a
ducking and come up grab
bing a specially rigged rope,
which enabled them to pull
themselves out—and gave
them a hand hold while they
climbed to the top of the falls
for another slide down.
AS IN THAT radio “com
mercial” for hotdogs there
were big kids, little kids, fat
kids, skinny kids. Also cau
tious kids who got their feet
wet but never actually took
the slide; and show-off kids
who slid down facing back
wards or mi their stomachs.
All screaming — a deafen
ing, funny but almost hellish
gang-shriek midst the shaded
stillness of the sylvan depths.
Billy Arthur writes in his in
comparable Chapel Hill Weekly
column of the woman who call
ed the book store and asked for
the “Power of Sexual Sur
render.” ... The clerk said they
didn’t have it but could get it
for her. “No,” said the woman,
I’ve got to have it tonight.”
Borrowed . . .
“Do not worry about what
people are thinking about
you — for they are not think
ing about you. They are won
dering what you are think
ing about them.”
— ☆ —
The best thinking is done
when the mouth is dosed.
To keep young, associate
with young people. To get old
in a hurry, try keeping up
with them. '
If yon look like your pass
port photo, yon aren’t well
enough to travel
Joke of the week . . .
The husband and wife were
sitting in their boat, their lines
in the water, when he suggest
ed a bet as to who would
catch the first fish. She accept
ed and it wasn’t long until she
got a bite. In attempting to
pull in what appeared to be a
big one, she got so excited that
she fell out of the boat
“Oh, well,” said the husband,
“if you’re going to dive for
them, the bet’s off!”
And we also like . . .
A slave was thrown into a
pit with a man-eating lion.
When the lion charged, the
slave deftly stepped aside
Funds For Local Housing
Authority Still Held Up
The Brevard Housing Au
thority held their regular
monthly meeting July 26th.
Status of the Low - Rent Pub
lic Housing Program was dis
cussed in detail. Charles S.
Dunlop, Executive Director
of the Authority, stated that
the suspension of funds was
still imposed on the local
project.
Efforts to bring about the
release of the suspension and
to go into contract with HUD
to supply funds for the pur
chase of land and construc
tion have -not been success
ful. !
; Requirements of HUD such
M architectural and land
scaping plans, specifications
and cost estimates have been
submitted to the Regional
Office for approvaL
HUD officials state that
the general allocation of
funds for projects in the
same stage as Brevard have
all been suspended from
spending.
Cecil J. Hill, Chairman of
the Authority, told of corres
pondence with Congressmen
in an attempt to break the
dead - lock. All available
means are being used to ob
tain contract with HUD for
necessary funding.
Allison Reunion
Slated Sunday
The Allison Reunion will be
held Sunday, August 1st, at
,Camp Straus.
All friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend and
bring a picnic basket
The dinner will be at 1:00
p.m.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation to the many
friends and neighbors for their
acts of kindness and sympathy
during the recent illness and
death of our loved one.
Family of Jessie T. Garren
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Anderson Elected Director ]
Of Non-Daily Association
John I. Anderson, Editor and
General Manager of The Tran
sylvania Times, was elected a
director of the North Carolina
Non-Daily Newspaper associ
ation last Friday.
The election was a part of
the 98th annual meeting of the
North Carolina Press Associ
ation that was held at the Grove
Park Inn in Asheville.
Clifton Metcalf, managing
editor of the Waynesville
Mountaineer, was elected presi
dent of the group, and James
Gray, editor and publisher of
the Sylva Herald was named
vice president.
Mr. Anderson has served as
president of both the state
Non-Daily Association and the
North Carolina Press Associ
ation, which includes both daily
and non-daily newspapers.
Mrs. Anderson also attended
the convention as did Mrs. Ed
M. Anderson, publisher of The
Times and four other non-daily
newspapers in Western North
Carolina.
Singing At
Dunn's Creek
There will be a special sing
ing held at Dunn’s Creek Bap
tist church Friday night, July
30th, at 7:30 p.m.
The Angel Family from
Franklin will be there along
:
The following persons were
reporter by the staff of the -
Transylvania Community Ho*-' |
pital to be confined at noon on. -
Wednesday: ' -Z
. ....
Hillard Eubanks, Brevard ■ '
Mrs. Bessie Fisher, BrevaM ' •
Mrs. Margaret Harkleroad, ‘
Brevard
Mrs. Hattie Pharr, Brevard *
Ike Aiken, Brevard
Master Jeffery Caddell, Mont* *
gomery, Ala. I *
Miss Clndth Bion, Manning; *
S. C. I ;
Master Timothy Hampton; -
Brevard
Alan Hampton, Brevard
James Owen, Pisgah Forest - *
Miss Frances Reese, Pisgah I
Forest - •
Miss Mary Reynolds, Pisgah I
Forest. "1
Visitors are requested to ob- ‘
serve the following hours:
mornings 10:30 - 11:30; after* -
noons 2:30 - 4:00; evenings 7:00*
8:30. I
with other singers.
All singers and listeners are
invited to attend.
When you think of prescript '
tions, think of VARNER 8. adv.
....
With The Sick
AtTha
Transylvania
Community Hospital
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Cool It—But Not
Too Much
Keep your home
no more than
15° cooler
than the
outside
temperature.
The recommended thermostat
setting is 76° to 78°. Each de
gree lower will add about 8%
to your cost of electricity for
operation.
Keep Filters Clean ^
Dirty filters can make your air
conditionerwork harder. Clean
or replace filters once a month.
Cooling Is For Indoors
When air conditioning is on,
keep your home closed up
tightly. Keep windows closed,
and try to reduce opening ex
terior doors that let cool air
escape.
Keep Sunihlne Out ' _
Draw blinds, shades and
drapes on the sunny side of
your home, to cut down on the
sun's hot rays.
Turn Off Heat-Maker*
f Turn off heat-pro
ducing irons, lights,
TV sets and other
appliances when not
realty needed.
These suggestion# will help
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