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* Vol. 84—No. 34 M,0 *UTcoo« ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1971 ★ ★ iGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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NEW YEAR BEGINS — As the new year at
Brevard College, new faculty members are greeted
by President Robert A. Davis, left, and Dean Ben
Frank Wade, right. Shown above, left to right, are:
President Davis, Dr. Howard Walter Boyd, Assist
ant Professor of Biology; Wade Hampton Long, As
sistant Professor of Physics; Miss Neva Ann Corbin,
Instructor in German and English; William B. Wat
terson, Instructor in English, Miss Irene Ann
Brychcin, Instructor in Music; Mrs. Jo Ann Pace
Bryson, Assistant Librarian; Dr. James Douglas
Tyson, Visiting Professor of Special Education;
and Dr. Wade, Dean of the College and Registrar,
also Professor of Religion. Not present when the
picture was made were: Edward Bennett, Instruc
tor in Engineering Drawing, and Eric Wiechert,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
(Times Staff Photo)
President Pleased
Brevard College Begins New
4Year With Some 600 Students
Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, says
that registration was com
pleted on Wednesday and he
is well pleased with the num
ber and quality of the stu
dents. “I am also pleased with
our fine faculty and staff,”
Dr. Davis continued.
Some 50 sophomores return
ed to the campus last week to
work with the faculty and staff
in welcoming the new students
to Brevard College. Nearly 350
freshmen arrived on campus on
Sunday for the beginning of the
orientation program, and regis
tered on Wednesday. Returning
students arrived on Tuesday,
and also registered Wednesday.
The first formal convocation
'' will be held on Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 in the Boshamer
Gymnasium. The highlight of
the program will be an ad
dress by President Robert A.
Davis.
The new students this year
will be from 20 or more states
and several from foreign coun
tries.
Several events are being
planned this weekend as the
new year begins, and among
them Is a reception by Presi
dent and Mrs. Davis honoring
the new faculty and staff at
their home on the college
campus.
The Times Joins with mer
chants and the officials of the
town and county in welcom
ing the students to Brevard
College which it recognises as
* One of the finest two-year lib
eral colleges in the nation.
Program Highlighto . .
Stevenson To Be Heard On
"A Citizen Speaks" Friday
“A Citizen Speaks", a public
attain program of Radio
WPNS\ to heard each Friday
morning at 11:80 o’clock, and
« of the community are
£vited to discuss current and
popular issues on the program.
Rev. A. L. Stevenson, a re
tired Methodist minister who
new resides during the summer
in Byevard. will be the speaker
on Friday morning of this week.
He will be beard in a series
of talks over WPNF with the
theme “Spanning Two
morning willrbe ‘Early Mem
ories".
A native of Virginia. Mr.
Stevenson is a retired minister
of the Virginia Methodist con
ference.
Besides serving pastorates in
North Carolina, Florida, Mary
land and Virginia, he spent »
mini
world traveler
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Will Answer Questions
Economic Actions Information
Center Is County ASCS Office
All residents of Transylvania
County may obtain answers to
questions on operation and in
terpretation of the Presidential
order of Aug. 15 on prices,
rents, wages and salaries from
the Transylvania County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASCS) Of
fice, according to Glenn A.
Whitmire,- Chairman of the
County ASC Committee.
County ASCS Offices through
out the United States have been
chosen as information centers
to answer questions from all
citizens on President Nixon’s
Executive Order which is de
signed to stem inflation and
strengthen the national econ
omy.
The Transylvania County
ASCS Office is receiving offi
cial answers to questions con
cerning the President’s action,
and any person in Transylvania
County who wants or needs pre
cise information should get in
touch with the County Office,
Whitmire said.
The Transylvania County
ASCS Office is located at 102 E.
Main St. Bryant Building, Bre
vard, N. C. The mailing address
is Box 708, the telephone num
ber is 883-3317. In charge of the
office is A. Smokie Greene,
County Executive Director. The
>ffice has a staff of 3 person?,
Mary Conley, Freda Case, and
Smokie Greene.
“Ours and all ASCS offers
throughout the nation, will
function as information cen
ters in location outside of high
1. urbanized areas,” Whitmire,
said.
County ASCS offices are not
to handle complaints or appeals,
he said.
They will serve only to pro
vide official information. Per
sons with complaints will regis
ter them with the most con
venient district or sub-district
office Of the Internal Revenue
Service.
“Neither will interpretations
or guesses be made by ASCS
county office people. They will
answer only those questions for
which they have been supplied
answers. If they don’t know the
answer to a specific question,
they will say so. H a member
of the public wants the county
—Turn To Page Three
Business Activity
Transylvania Is Said A Sturdy Market
The final figures for the
past year show that, for
Transylvania County, it was
neither the best of times nor
the worst, in terms of busi
ness activity.
Although the year was not
conductive to record - breaking,
. what with the recession, infla
' tion and unemployment to con
tend with, the local market was
stronger than most.
Personal incomes and con
sumer buying in the area, com
pared with corresponding fig
ures from other communities,
were good.
The findings are contained
. in a new, copyrighted study re
leased by Sales Management,
the marketing publication, en
tiled “Survey of Buying Pow
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Far the Transylvania Coun
ty population as a whole, it
high level In the year. The
total amount available to lo
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cal residents for discretion
ary spending, after payment
of tjbeir taxes, came to $52,
574,000, as against the pre
vious year’s $47,689,000.
What this represented, for the
individual family, was determin
ed by dividing the total income
by the number of households.
The average was $8,911, an in
crease over the prior $8,831.
What did local residents do
with their bigger incomes? To
a considerable extent, infla
tion took care of that matter.
That was the involuntary
part. Voluntarily consumers in
the area, as those elsewhere,
were more restrained than usual
in their spending. They put the
surplus into savings.
However, they were in the
market place in sufficient
strength to make it a good year
for retail merchants.
*1 a result, lecal ■torse ac
counted for gross sales of
$21,992,000, as against the
previous year’s $20,758,000,
The gain, 5.9 percent, was
greater than elsewhere in the
United States, 3.7 percent.
In the South Atlantic States,
it was 5.1 percent.
The survey rates each com
munity on the amount of money
actually spent in its retail
stores as compared with the
estimated amount, based upon
several factors, that might have
been spent. It is called the “in
dex of buying power.”
The index rating for Tran
sylvania County is .0077, in
dicating that it is capable of
producing that percentage of
the nation’s retail business.
Because It accounted for
less than that last year.
.0061 percent, the determina
tion is that some of the local
business potential has not yet
hen realised.
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By FRED REITER
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Area temperatures during the
part week averaged 85 and 61,
and there was only a smattering
of rain.
Highest temperature, of the
week was 86, while the lowest
reading was 57 on Tuesday
morning.
Extended forecast for Thurs
day through Saturday: A chance
of showers over the state Thurs
day through Saturday. High
daytime temperatures will aver
age in the upper 70s, while
nighttime lows will average in
the upper 50s in the mountains.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 85 62 0.00
Thursday_ 86 62 0.00
Friday_ 86 62 0.00
Saturday_ 86 60 0.00
Sunday_ 83 60 0.03
Monday_ 85 66 0.08
Tuesday ..._ 83 57 0.00
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Classifieds, pages two, three
and four, fourth section.
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
page six, third section
Sportsi, page four, third sec
tion, and page two and three,
first section.
Cooks Slain In Double Murder
In North Brevard This Week
Suspect Turns
Himself In At
Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roscoe
Cook were found shot to
death about noon on Tuesday
at their home at 122 Allison
road in North Brevard, and
Tuesday evening, the Tran
sylvania Sheriffs Department
reported t.hat Mr. Cook's
brother had been arrested in
Nashville, Tennessee, in con
nection with the shooting.
The husband, who was an in
dustrial engineer at Olin Corpo
ration at Pisgah Forest, was 29
years of age, and his wife, San
dra Lee Cook, who taught
school, was 25.
Officers believe the shooting
took place between 7:00 and
9:00 o’clock Monday evening
since the supper dishes were
still on the table.
Charged with the double mur
der is Billy James Cook, 27, of
Brevard, who was arrested by
the Metropolitan police about
7:00 o’clock Tuesday evening in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Chief Deputy Charles Pett't
and Lt. Hubert Brown and
SBI agent Lloyd J. Crisco
went to Nashville to get Cook.
Discovered Bodies
When Mrs. Cook did not re
port for school on Tuesday, the
first teacher day of the new
year, Principal Bill Stanley and
Mrs. Eugene Baker, chairman
of the English department in
which Mrs. Cook taught, went to
the home to see if Mrs. Cook
was well.
Upon discovering the
bodies, they immediately call
ed the Sheriff’s department.
A full investigation was
started by the department, the
Brevard Police department and
the State Bureau of Invesiga
tion. The crime lab of that de
partment was brought to the
scene.
The house was sealed off
Tuesday night from all persons
except law enforcement officers.
The bodies were found in
the front room, Mr. Cook’s
body on the floor and Mrs.
Cook’s on the sofa. There
were no signs of a struggle
and no gun could be found
anywhere.
The lights in the home were
burning and the tv set was still
on.
Lt. Brown said the victims
had been shot at least one
time each through the head.
It. had not been determined
—Turn to Page Six
SCENE OF DOUBLE MURDER
—In the house above at 122 Allison
road in North Brevard Mr. and Mrs.
Frei R. Cook were found slain about
noon on Tuesday of this week. Mr.
Cook’s brother was arrested Tues
day evening in Nashville, Tennessee,
and is being charged with murder in
connection with the slaying.
(Times Staff Photo)
Smooth Operation
Schools Opened On Schedule,
First Full Day Set Thursday
This Thursday
Council Of Community Services
Will Hold Evaluation Meeting
On Thursday evening, Aug
ust 26th. at 7:30 p. m. in the
Faculty Lounge of Brevard
College, the Transylvania Coun
cil of Community Services will
hold an evaluation session. The
Council was suggested four
years ago by the County Com
missioners who appointed a
committee to study the need
and make recommendations.
Out of this study came a pri
vate organization which actual
ly promotes no program of its
own, has no paid staff and only
a nominal budget.
This meeting will review crit
ically the past four years and
make special recommendations
for the priorities of 1972.
One of the most appreciated
developments of this counc'l has
been the publishing of a hand
book of all types of social ser
vices in the county and the
faithful up - dating of the man
ual each year for the February
Quarterly Meeting.
All council meetings are open
to the interested public. Its
leadership is drawn from the
paid staffs of government agen
cies, churches, school^, employ
ment, recreation and health
programs.
The Council serves as a chan
nel of understanding, interpre
—Turn to Page Three
To Hold Public
Hearing On The
Rezoning Of
Local Airport
The Brevard Planning Board
will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday night, August 31st, at
7:30 o'clock in the County Court
House.
The purpose of the hearing is
to decide whether or not to re
zone the area around the pres
ent Airport just off the Green
ville highway.
The request for the rezoning
was made by John F. Ritter,
—Turn to Page Six
Schools In Brevard and
Transylvania opened Wednes
day which was “Pupil Assign
ment Day"’.
Thursday will be the first
full day of classes, and regis
tiation is being continued.
From all reports, things ran
smoothly the first day, and.
according to officials, stu
dents seemed glad to get back
to school.
P.u'os r?n preft.v much on
schedule Wednesday, and all
lunchrooms will be open on
Thursday.
A story on lunchrooms else
where in The Times tells
about the prices of lunches, 1
fr'-e lunches, etc. The price
will remain the same as last
year at 35 cents.
Registration the first day
v”>c 4/07, but at least another
100 student® are expected to
register during the coming
week.
Enrollment figures for Wed
nesday. by schools, were as
fe.llows:
Brevard Elementary 761
Brevard Junior High 535
Brevard Senior High 1,053
T. C. Henderson 207
Penrose Elementary 329
Pisgah Forest
Elementary 252
Rosman Elementary 534
Ro; man High School 286
Straus Elementary 441
Holidays for the new term
—Turn In Page Six .
Sellers To Manage
Teen Center To Reopen On
Saturday Night For Season
The Transylvania Youth As
sociation announces that the
Teen Center will reopen on Sat
urday night, August 28, at 8:00.
under the new directors Ted
and Norma Sellers. The center
has been closed since June for
lack of personnel. It will now be
open on a regular basis on Tues
day nights from 8:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. and on Friday and
Saturday nights from 8:00 p.m.
to 11:00 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Sellers have
lived in Brevard for three years.
Mr. Sellers is with the RCA
Tracking Station. They have
three sons ages 5, 14, and 15
and the family resides on Alli
son road.
The sellers plan to work on
memberships and a back to
school dance in the first few
weeks. Also under considera-,
tion is a new game room to pro
mote interest in cards, chess,
checkers and indoor horseshoes.
Mr. and Mrs. Sellers will als*
require the teenagers to sign in
and sign out recording their
time of arrival and departure.