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★ Vol. 84—No. 31 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1871
★ SECTION
THREAT*
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These Days
Of - Behind The New*
From Washington
John Chamberlain
Hartford. Cobb.:—“If* the
great** thing tine* the Bes
lan Tea Party. It win be the
shot heard round the world.”
This to the way sprightly
Vivian Kellems, the 71-year
eld “ene woman anti-tax
aimv” (as the to loeafly de
scribed). characterised the
fear - ridden dedrion of the
predominantly Democratic
Connecticut General Assemb
ly to call a special meeting
on August 5th to consider re
pealing the income tax. They
had fastened the tax on an un
suspecting public at four
o’clock of a dark morning
without (for the most part)
knowing what was in the bill
they were voting on. (Only
nine or ten copies of Hie bill
happened to be available,
and they were circulated on
the assembly floor at the last
mniute.)
The revolt against the in
come tax in this state has to
be seen from close-up to be be
lieved. Unlike most flashes of
public anger, it’s been perva
sive, enduring and implacable.
The new law, which would soak
families in the middle income
range at a rate of five per cent
on the excess above $6,000 (and
this on top of the Federal tax,
of course), has had the public
literally screeching Republi
can Gov. Thomas Meskill didn’t
want the bill, but he let it be
come law without signing it be
cause be felt the state needed
some continuity of income. For
his failure to veto it, he has
found his doorstep inundated
with carton loads of mail, some
of it vituperative, but most of
it soberly analytical of the
plight of middle income famil
ies trying to scrape up money
for a new car or college tui
tion for sons and daughters.
Veteran legislators have had
their phones ringing far into
'Vhe night, with torrents of abuse
burning their ears. (Some of
them bad to arrange for spec
ial answering services.)
The newspapers fcttMMty
to awhat displeasure with
the tax to tap a flow of let
ters that have ranged from
the terribly, terribly hurt va
riety to scorchers referring
to the legislators as illiterates
and likening Gov. Meskill to
When you think of prescrip
tions. think of VARNER’S, adv.
rontlnus Pilate minus the
Voman toga and a bowl of
water for hi* hands. At a
“Connecticut Night” in the
Yankee Stadium, Me skill was
booed by some of his home
folks who had gone down to
New York to see the game.
It’s been a carnival of satiri
cal derogation, and the legis
lators, deciding that this time
the revolt was for real, final
ly agreed to review their own
handiwork.
They will probably substitute
a new law letting the sales tax
rise from five to six per cent
and providing for a dividends
and capital gains tax instead of
the hated income tax feature.
Not since the British rose af
ter Waterloo to get rid of Wil
liam Pitt the Younger’s income
tax has such a thing happened.
It was the attitude of rank
and-file labor as much as any
thing else that helped change
the legislators’ minds. Union
leaders lamely supported the
bill as “better than increasing
the sales tax,” but their angry
followers go up factory-floor
petitions demanding pay
raises to compensate for the
income tax gouge. Little peo
ple said they would prefer a
sales tax Increase’ because
the rich can “find loopholes
in an income tax.” It was a
revolt of the wealthy, that is
bringing the frightened leg
islators back from their va
cations to become what is
surely the first group of
lawmakers in history to re
peal a tax tKfore a nickel of
it has been follected. Mean
while the state is faced with
a tax gap while the interest
on last year’s deficits con
tinues.
Vivian Kellems, who once re
fused to collect a Federal income
tax for Washington from her
employees when she was in the
cable grip manufacturing busi
ness (she says she wasn’t being
paid to da the Treasury’s work)
thinks the Connectip^.^i^ is
the,harbinger of thingB to cOfiie
everywhere. She is currently, bat
tling the Federal government
for a refund of money taken
from her as a spinster lady who
has been discriminated against
because she can’t get the special
tax deal which the Treasury . al
lows married couples. Ex-Sena
tors Eugene McCarthy and
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Rev. Orion N. Hutchinson, Jr.
Is Awarded Gold Key At Meet
Rev. Orion N. Hutchinson,
Jr., parlor of Brevard’s First
roiled Methodist church, has
been awarded the traditional
Gold Key of the National As
sociation for Mental HeslOi
at a recent meeting in Arling
ton, Virginia.
Only seven other persons in
the United States received
this recognition at the meet
ing.
Mr. Hutchinson has been
serving as Regional Vice
President of the National As
sociation for Mental Health
for the last two years of bis
service on the Board of Direc
tors. His term of service ex
pires in December.
District Governor Of Rotary
Visits Brevard Club Monday
David LaFar of Gastonia, gov
ernor of the Rotary district of
this area, addressed the Rotary
Club of Brevard during his of
ficial visit on Monday. The
local club is one of 44 Rotary
clubs in this district.
Speaking of the global growth
of Rotary, an international
men’s service organization, the
district governor said:
“Rotary is the pioneer of the
service clubs and today num
bers more than 14,700 clubs
with a combined membership of
more than 700,000 business or
professional men. Spread
throughout 149 countries in all
parts of the world, Rotary
clubs conduct activities to im
prove their communities, aid
youth, elevate business Stand
ards, and further international
friendships aqd understand
ing.”
The district governor also
conferred with John I. Ailder
son, local Rotary club president,
and tfie other officers and di
George Murphy, the world’s
most unlikely pair, are heading
a lobby to support Miss Kel
lems’ contention, and she fcill
be accorded a hearing this
^ek before Congressman yjl
Rules Committee.
She says she is going to win
her fight, for she has the equal
protection-of-the-laws provision
in the U.S. Constitution On her
Side.
Whether the Connecticut
spunk which is so well
epitomized by Miss Kellems
will spread to other states Is
a question. Back in the 30s
Gov. Wilbur Cross, a famous
scholar in politics, formulat
ed the Connecticut tax theory,
which called for luring peo
ple into the state by refusing
to tax their income and then
catching them at death with
high inheritance taxes. So
Connecticut has always been
a special case. But is it as
special as all that? The tax
revolt here could ignite some
very dry tinder in other
states, and — who knows? —
it might even begin to burn
the hides of a few legislators
in Washington.
One lives in hope.
rectors on club administration
and plans for future activities.
During his visit, the Rotary
official was given information
on some of the local Rotary
club’s activities.
These include the Rotary
Botannical Gardens, the Youth
Leadership camp, the College
Scholarship program, etc.
President Anderson said that
the club was being of greater
service to the community, and
one of the aims during the new
year would be to increase the
membership.
“We hope for each member to
bring in one new member,” he
stated.
President Anderson intro
duced the District Governor at
the meeting, and there were
many visiting Rotarians present
at Monday’s session in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room.
Homecoming
At Boylston
This Sunday
The Boyleston Baptist church
will have Homecoming this Sun
day, August 8th.
The Worship Service will be
as usual, and everyone is asked
to bring a picnic lunch, which
will be served in the Fellow
ship Hall.
There will be special singing
during the afternoon.
One man is lying quietly in
bed; another is exercising.
Which man’s heart is working
harder? If you say the active
man, you may be wrong. A
good deal depends on the tem
perature and environment. Hot
and humid weather can make
your heart work harder even if
you are lying down. This is one
reason why people with heart
disease should be particularly
cautious in summertime, ac
cording to the North Carolina
Heart Association.
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INFORMATION
Rites Held For
W. C. West 58
William Chester West, age
58, of Neal road died Monday
morning in a Brevard hospital
after a lingering illness.
He was a life-long resident of
Transylvania, member of the
Loyal Order of Moose, Brevard
Lodge. He was employed in the
Maintenance department at Olin
Corporation, Pisgah Forest, for
30 years until his retirement.
Surviving are: the wife, Mrs.
Inez Poindexter West, of the
home; two sisters, Mrs. Ott
Taylor of Cullowhee, and Mrs.
Vera W. Cansler of Bellvue,
Wash.; and one brother, Vic
Hollingsworth of Robbinsville.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the English Chapel United
Methodist church, of which he
was a member.
The Revs. Henry King and
Ed Roy officiated, and burial
was in Pisgah Gardens.
Pallbearers were: Marshall
Jones, Tommy Buckner, Fred
Fendley, Marvin Monteith, Leon
Bracken and Parker Pace.
Moore Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
A specific cause of coronary
heart disease has not yet been
found but the North Carolina
Heart Association says there
are many known or suspected
contributory factors including
overweight, high blood pres
sure, a diet high in total cal
ories, a high total of fat in
take, excess saturated fats, high
cholesterol intake, estrogen
decline, cigarette smoking, se
dentary work, lack of exercise,
and stress.
First Union
Declares
Dividend
A regular quarterly divi
dend of 30c per share on the
common stock of First Union
National Bancrop, Inc. was
declared by the Board of Di
rectors of the corporation at
its regular monthly meeting
in Charlotte.
According to an announce
ment from Ray N. Simmons,
city executive in charge of
the Brevard office of First.
Union National Bank, the
dividend will be payable Sep
tember 13th on stock of rec
ord as of August 13, 1971.
Pit ffomoriamj
In loving memory of Mallory
Allen Blocker, who passed
away July 30th, 1970.
Your memory is cherished.
Sweet, sweet “Mama, of ours”,
it’s been a year since you’re
gone, though we grieve greatly,
I know you’ve found a better
home.
Loved and sadly missed, but
never forgotten.
The Blocker Family
TRY THE TIMES
WANT ADS
Regional Meeting Of Masotis;
To Be Held Here August 10th
r*«h
A regional meeting of the
lodges in the 60th Masonic Dis
trict will be held in the Dunn’s
Rock Masonic temple on Tues
day, August 10th, beginning at
8:00 o’clock and closing ap
proximately at 9:30 p m.
This announcement comes
from Thomas G. Case, Hender
sonville, District Deputy Grand
Master of the 60th Masonic Dis
trict.
Also attending the regional
meeting will be Troy G. Rob
bins, Superintendent of the
Masonic and Eastern Star
Home, Greensboro and A. D.
Leon Gray, superintendent of
the Oxford Orphanage, Oxford.
Clifford W. Frady, Worship
ful Master of the local Masonic
lodge, urges all officers and
committee members of both the
Oxford Orphanage and The Ma
sonic Home to make every ef
fort to attend this important
regional meeting. Mr. Frady
also urges the members snd |*
visiting Masons in the couktjj -
to attend. ■ it.
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Rick Farver
Graduates
Navy Ensign Rick C. Farvef,
son of Mrs. O. C. Farver of
Route 2, Lake Toxaway, wak
graduated from the Aviation
Environmental Indoctrination
School at the Naval Air Statiofil
Pensacola, Fla.
He studied intensively ill
basic aerodynamics, electronics*
engineering and land and sea.
survival.
He is a 1967 graduate 'of Mi- i
ami Springs Senior High School; *'
Miami Springs, Fla., and a 1971 I
graduate of Berry College, Mt »
Berry, Ga. 4
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Children: $1.00 at Matinees
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