Transylvania Times
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★ Vol. 84—No. 31 Thursday, August 5, 1971 it SECTION FOUR it
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On Neely Road
Sewage Treatment Plant One Of The Best In Nation
YOU CAN’T TELL THE DIF
FERENCE — Hubert Holden, Bre
vard sewage treatment plant Op
erator, holds two flasks of water.
One is from the city water system
and the other is from the discharge
of the treatment plant. You can’t
tell the difference in clarity; and, as
far as the bacterial count is concern
ed, the discharged water is pure
enough to drink according to Mr.
Holden. (Times Staff Photo)
Many Church Items In The
News From Cedar Mountain
By • Mrs. Nancy Logan
Mrs. Ruby Skerrett,
CEDAR MOUNTAIN — A
very successful Bible School
was held at Rocky Hill Church
last week. There were 77 en
rolled with an average attend
ance of 72. Commencement
exercises were held last Friday
pight and a very good program
was presented by every class.
Mrs. Alvin Jones, the school
leader, wants to thank every
one who worked so hard to
make it so successful.
> The Bible School enjoyed a
cook out on Thursday at the
Community Center. They *11
said those hotdogs and all the
trimmings sure were good. The
older youth bad their cookout
on Thursday night at the Bill
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Rev. Otis Wheelhouse will be
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF BREVARD
NORTH CAROLINA
Pursuant to Section 143-129
of the General Statutes of North
Carolina, sealed proposals in
dorsed “Police Cars for the Citv
of Brevard, North Carolina”
will be received by the City
Clerk in her Office at the
Municipal Building till 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 11, 1971, at
which time they will be publicly
opened and read. Instructions
for submitting bids and com
plete specifications for the
equipment desired may be ob
tained at the office of the City
Clerk during regular office
hours. The City of Brevard re
serves the right to reject any
and all proposals.
Opal C. Armentrout,
City Clerk
8-5-ltc
When you think of prescrip
tious. think of VARNER’S, adv.
the guest speaker at Rocky Hill
Church on Sunday morning.
Rev. Ross will be away con
ducting a revival in Alabama.
Please observe the progress
being made on the project at
the state line. Our Girl Scouts
and Brownies are real proud of
this and we ask everyone to
please help us keep it clean and
attractive.
The July monthly community
meeting was very interesting.
All business was taken care of
and then our president, Alvin
Jones, showed several movies
on safety and also a slide pro
gram on the Keowee-Toxaway
Project. All of these were very
good.
The Adult Class of Blue
Ridge Church met at the center
on Friday night and enjoyed
supper together.
Our congratulations go to
Miss Rita Skerrett who attend
ed the State 4-H Electrical Con
gress in Wilmington, represent
ing Transylvania County. Rita
says she had a real nice time.
Also a late congratulation
goes to Miss Debbie Kisamore
who was a second place winner
in Dairy Foods at the District
4-H competition in Henderson
ville. Somehow this was omitted
from our news and our apolo
gies go to Debbie. We are real
proud of her.
Ruth Jones entertained 20
guests on Saturday night with
a cookout at her home. Barbe
cued chicken topped the menu
and everyone had a great time.
Miss Catherine Bowen, Mr.
and Mrs. Reese Bowen and Mrs.
Bowen’s mother, all of Atlanta
spent the weekend at Miss
Bowens home here.
John Bowen of Atlanta was
Masons To Meet
Thursday Night
An emergent communication
of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge
will be held in the Temple on
East Main street Thursday,
August 5th, at 7:30 p. m.
This announcement comes
from Clifford W. Frady, the
Worshipful Master.
The purpose of the meeting
will be conferring the Fellow
Craft degree by Jerry Hart
Jerome, Junior Warden.
The Master urges the mem
bers to attend and a cordial in
vitation is extended to all visit
ing Masons.
the weekend guest of his sister,
Mrs. Olivia Sebastian.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lane of
Decatur, Georgia, had as their
guests this weekend, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Eargle and son
Clint of Tucker, Georgia. Mrs.
Lene and Mrs. Eargle and
Clint are also spending the rest
of the week here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Howard
of Decatur, Georgia, spent the
weekend at their home here.
Miss Rosemary Lee of Green
ville was honored with a birth
day party at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Lee, on Sunday.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Jones included Miss
Flo Osborne of Charlotte and
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Huitt of
Columbia, S. C.
A vacation is a good time to
play but don’t play around with
your heart says the North Car
olina Heart Association. Don’t
overdo. The best prescription
for your heart is moderation.
DOUBLE
S&J4
SREEN STAMPS
WITH EVERY
SHELL SERVICE
SHELL GAS FILL-UP
at the corner of Ecusta
Asheville Highway at Pu*ah Foreat
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DIAL 883-2851
Newest And Best Methods
Used, Said To Be A Model
By - Cal Carpenter
Probably not many people in Brevard
know that their Waste Water Treatment (sew
age) plant is a modern, three-stage plant that
is actually one of the best in the nation.
But this is so. Evidence proves it — out
side, unsolicited evidence. For the Water and
Waste Water Technical School of Neosho, Mis
souri, the only school of its kind in the coun
try; considers Brevard’s plant one of the most
modern and best.
So says Pat Kilpatrick, native of Brevard
and retired Lieutenant Commander, U. S.
Navy, who is presently meeting his OJT (On
the Job Training) requirement for the exclu
sive technical school at the Brevard plant.
36-WEEK COURSE
The Water and Waste Water Treatment
school gives a 36-week course in operating both
water and sewage treatment systems. One month
of this is a required OJT in an operating plant
approved by the school.
“Brevard’s sewage plant is considered an
outstanding example which is well beyond the
capabilities of the vast majority of waste
water treatment plants in the country,” says
Mr. Kilpatrick.
Brevard is also Kilpatrick’s home town.
He is now staying with his brother-in-law, Law
rence Hipp, Transylvania County Tax Supervis
or. His wife is also a native: she was Ruth Fish
er of Franklin Street, Brevard.
After completing his month of OJT at the
Brevard, plant, Kilpatrick will return to the
Missouri school. Upon graduation, he will be
qualified for a position as operator in a water
or waste water treatment plant or a related
position.
EXTENDED AERATION
Brevard’s Extended Aeration facility was
first put in operation in 1969 at the cost of ap
proximately $300,000. It is considered a Class
II plant, designed to handle 1.5 million gallons
of waste water a day. It is now treating about
1.2 million gallons daily.
The plant, a three-phase facility, re
moves 82 percent of the BOD (biological oxy
gen demand j; this means that it removes 82
percent of the real waste which, in turn, makes
up less than one percent of the waste water.
After treatment, the water is released into
Kings Creek and thence to the French Broad
River.
The French Broad, in this area, is a Fed
erally specified and stocked trout stream. The
fish aren’t harmed in the least by the release.
FIT TO DRINK
According to the father and son team of
Brevardians who operate the plant, Hubert
and Charles Holden, the water which comes
out of the treatment process is fit to drink
*• as the bacteria content is concerned,
you can hold up two flasks of water — one
from the regular water tap and one from the
output of the sewap* treatment plant — and
you can’t tell any difference between them.
According to Hubert and Charles Morgan,
both of whom are state - certified Water and
Waste Water Plant Operators, the raw sewage
comes into the Brevard plant through a pump
house which first chops up the solid matter and
removes sand. It then goes into a lagoon where
it is aerated. Then it goes to a Clarifier where
the shidge settles and is then pumped back to
the lagoon. This cycle is continued until oxygen
ated bacteria reduce the solid waste to basic
organic compounds.
The water from the final clarifying is then
chlorinated and released into Kings Creek.
INVITATION
Hubert and Charles Holden Issue the in
vitation, enthusiastically seconded by Brevard
City Manager, Luke Morgan, for Brevard res
idents to visit the Waste Water Treatment
Plant on Neely Road.
be happy to see anyone who is
show them the plant,” says
THE LAGOON — The settling
and aeriation basin is known as a
“lagoon” in sewage treatment
plants. This one is a part of Bre
vard’s three-phase plant where
waste wrater (sewage) is treated and
processed before it is released into
Kings Creek and thence into the
French Broad River. Meeting or ex
ceeding all state and federal re
quirements, the effluent does not
pollute the river in any way.
(Times Staff Photo)
Pisgah Forest Lions Club
To Have Bulb, Broom Sale
The Pisgah Forest Lions Club
will hold their annual Broom
and light bulb sale on Thurs
day nights, Aug. 5th and 12th.
Proceeds from this b^oom
sale are used to aid the blind
in the state and the community.
The Pisgah Forest Lions will
cover the area from Straus
School to the Henderson Coun
ty line.
Save sight—buy a light bulb
or broom from the Pisgah For
est Lions Club,” say the officers.
Plans Made For Senior
Citizens Week, 23rd-27th
Senior Citizens Week, spon
sored by the American Associ
ation of Retired Persons and
the National Retired Teachers
Association, will open Monday,
August 23 through Aug. 27th in
the Stuart Auditorium at Lake
Junaluska Assembly, Lake
Junaluska.
Keynote speaker for the first
session will be Fred Faassen,
National President to the
AARP.
Tuesday, Dr. Earnest Gid
dings, Legislative representa
tive, NRTA, will address the
group on Legislation Concern
ing the Aging and on Wednes
day among the speakers will be
an address by N. C. Attorney
General on Community Issues,
Crime, Public Safety and Law
Enforcement. Thursday’s ses
sion will include discussions by
noted authorities on health and
health services.
Special entertainment is
planned for each evening in
cluding Indian dancers, the
Smokty Smytt
BELIEVE IT, OR NOT- 1
MAN » THE GRBMEST^
^THREAT TO OUR ,
FORESTS l
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with ynmmtai, **
Canton doggers and a bus tour
to Maggie Valley and Chero
kee’s “Unto These Hills”.
Further details may be ob
tained by writing to Lake Juna
luska Assembly, Lake Juna
luska, N. C. or to the Ameri
can Association of Retired Per
sona, J. M. Farris, Vice Pres.
Area IV, 1531 Wellington Rd.,
Birmingham, Ala. 35209.
When in need of job printing,
call The Transylvania Times.
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