Is Needed
jne American ned cross has been
making an urgent plea for blood all
this year, especially during the
Sorting and Summer months.
The fildodmdbile will be at Bos
nian on Thursday, and Transylvania*
Have an added incentive to give.
It will be "Mickey Pressley Day”.
The Pressley family needs to re
place 25 pints of blood that were
Used during the young man’s stay in
the Winston-Salem hospital prior to
his death.
Let’s be a good neighbor and do
nate a pint of blood on Thursday.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Bosnian Rescue Squad building from
11:00 a.m., until 5:00 p.m.
If you give, yott will not only be
doing a good neighborly deed, but
also, the blood you give might save
sotnebody else’s life!
What Would They Choose
According to press releases, the
farmers In the heartland of the
United States have had little to do
these days, “but watch as a virulent
disease moves silently through their
fields . . . The disease is the corn
leaf blight that struck heavily in the
Southeastern part of the United
States last year and spread into the
heart of corn producing regions.
In 1970, corn blight and drought
combined to wipe out 15 per cent of
the nation’s corn crop. A major re
duction in the 1971 crop, it is said,
will be felt quickly in higher prices
to consumers for meat, dairy prod
ucts and poultry. One authority
comments, “The biggest question
mark overhanging the near-term out
look for inflation does not concern
the steel-wage negotiations, but the
progress of the corn-leaf blight.”
It is interesting to conjecture
whether those who have so vehe
mently scorned continued scientific
progress—progress that is continu
ally finding solutions to such prob
lems as corn blight — would be as
strong in their convictions if they
were suddenly faced with the choice
of getting on the side of science or
starving. The day may come when
they will have just such a choice.
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Judging Communities Helps!
It will not be long until that time
of year when organized communi
ties in this county will be judged on
what they have accomplished.
We believe that judging can be a
big help to communities for it will
keep them on their toes and encour
age them to finish some projects they
have been too busy to complete
earlier.
Judging will also give the com
munity leaders an opportunity to
compare their efforts with others
and this comparison should be an in
centive to encourage them to try
harder in the coming year.
Some projects which communities
have cannot be completed in one
year, but then that too, is a part of
important long-range planning and
shows that communities are looking
ahead.
What is not accomplished in one
year can be continued over and lead
ers will have another opportunity of
enlarging on development and im
provement 'plans.
Communities that are disappoint
ed with the pickings of the judges
should re-double their efforts and
try harder next time.
Common Sense
For some two decades, diet cam
paigns have been carried on urging
people to eat less fat, exercise more
and otherwise take steps to guard
against future heart attacks. So far,
the campaigns have borne little fruit.
Consequently, proposals have been
made to regulate the diet of the
American population by law, al
though there are substantial differ
ences of opinion as to the relation
ship of diet: in such things as heart
disease.
The adviee of physicians, which
suggests that healthy people eat and
exercise moderately, has a ring of
common sense that can do more to
promote good eating habits than
laws, regulations or high-powered
campaigns. So far as changing the
eating customs of a nation by decree,
the futility of such a course should
be evident from the experience with
prohibition. As Nutrition Today
comments, “. . . when the govern
ment requires a person to do things
to protect the individual from his
own folly, it is usually abridging the
individual’s freedom of choice. It is
acting not in behalf of society, which
is its proper domain, but in the
sententious claim that the govern
ment alone is possessed of superior
judgment. This is why one cannot
accept the idea that cigarettes
should be banned, or that cattle
raising, dairy, and food industries
should be coerced by government
into curbing the amounts of satu
rated fats in our diet.”
And, speaking of free choice, there
are people who prefer less longevity
to the prospect of a long life in com
pany with a government that acts
like a nagging wife.
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S5NATOR
SAM ERVIN
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WASHINGTON — A new
school year begins with intense
concern in many communities
across the nation over the
busing of students to achieve so
called racial balance.
School officials continue to
grope to find answers and rev
enues to provide buses to trans
port students from their neigh
borhoods to distant schools in
the aftermath of federal court
orders and HEW guidelines. We
have arrived at this state of af
fairs because of a national ob
session with almost any matter
that has anything to do with
race, and it is now sapping
much of the energy that could
be better devoted to the more
solid purposes of education.
Much of the confusion arices
in the highest levels of govern
ment. Recently when the Presi
dent took note of the problem,
he began by strongly endorsing
the neighborhood school con
cept and opposing busing to
achieve racial balance. Rut what
began as a clear statement end
ed in more doubt as to exactly
what is expected of school
boards which wrestle with these
problems in the practical world.
For the President then announc
ed that the Department of
Juctice was apperling the U. S.
District court order in Austin,
Texas, which renuired minimum
busing. The oddity of this was
that the Justice Department
seemed to be contending at that
time that the court order was
too lenient in its busing reciuire
ments and apparently did not
meet federal desegregation
guidelines. All of this left the
matter pretty much where it all
began, except for some head
lines and a slight modification
of HEW guidelines which are
yet to be defined.
The problem has not been
helped either by the latest rul
ing by the Chief Justice in the
Winston - Salem/Forsyth school
case. Acting as Administrator
cf the 4th Circuit Court of Ap
peals, the Chief Justice was
asked to delay the busing of
Forsyth school children as or
dered by the U. S. District Court
under its interpretation of the
Swann Case, an opinion handed
down in April by the Supreme
Court in the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg school plan.
The Chief Justice also seem
ed to take a dual position on
busing. Be said there was much
misunderstanding about his
opinion in the Swann Case
which required busing and
seemed to imply that he too had
doubts about the wisdom of
transporting children to and
fro over the community to at
tend the pubhc schools. But, the
crux of his opinion was that he
would not dcl^iv busing as a
means of achieving desegrega
tion in the Forsyth schools.
What all this means is that
the country is flooded with
words about busing. No one has
any real defense of it as a prac
tice. but still it is being ured to
implement federal school ef
forts to achieve racial balance.
I have fought this battle a
long time. It has never made
any senre to me to reouire
school boards to uproot children
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COUNSELOR
DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
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The use of beverage alcohol endangers the mind and un
balances the actions of the body. Some of the acts of an inebriated
man or woman may for the moment appear funny but in the end
they are tragic. I have been listening to and observing this for a
long time.
Alcoholics Anonymous knows more first hand information about
this problem than any other organization. They have done a mag
nificent job in reclaiming alcoholics. The answer to the alcohol
problem is stressed in two words—stop drinking. There are total
abstainers.
I was addressing one of their club meetings some time ago
and was handed the following satire. Althbflgh I hate printed it
before, I have been asked to reprint it.
“I had 12 bottles of whisky in my cellar and my wife told me
to empty the contents of every bottle doitai the sink or else, so I
proceeded with the unpleasant task.
“I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the
contents down the sink, all except one glgss which I drank.
“I extracted the cork from the second bottle and did likewise,
with the exception of one glass which I drank.
“I withdrew the cork from the third boittf* &>d jwured the
contents down the sink with the exception of one glass which I
poured a glass which I
tbb hertt one aftd drank
down the glass,
a glass, bottled a drink, and
the hotfse with One
with the
EDITORIAL PAGE
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
PAGE TWO Thursday, September 9, 1971
(Edltor’i Note: Letters most
be brief, signed, typed or writ
ten legibly on one sMe of pa
per. We reserve the right to re
ject, edit, or condense. Letters
should be received by The Times
by Monday Mornings.)
Mr. John Anderson, Editor
The Transylvania Times
Brevard, N. C.
My dear Mr. Anderson,
After attending some of the recent ses
sions of the TV A hearings in Asheville, it
becomes apparent to me that several of our
elected officials were interested Only in
making their statements in favor of the TVA
and then disappearing rather than remaining
to listen to the other side of the issue. Two
exceptions should be noted, namely State
Representative Charles Taylor and Mayor
Campbell of Brevard.
The large delegation of UFBDA mem
bers would have been very impressive to
Senator Jordan and Representative Roy
Taylor had they taken a few minutes from
their sessions at the Grove Park Inn to visit
the TVA hearings. As both are candidates
for the 1972 election, it seems strange that
they neglected a ready-made gathering from
the remote valleys of Mills River and Little
River, and the twelve others marked for
TVA reservOirs-valleys, which they have
found no opportunity for visiting this season.
Yours truly,
Herbert A. Ball
Sherwood Forest
Mr. John I. Anderson
The Transylvania Times
Brevard, North Carolina 28712
Dear Mr. Anderson:
I wish to thank all the people of this
county that took their time to attend the
TV A debate at the University of N. C. at
Asheville this past week.
I sincerely hope that all the leaders of
the five counties of Western N. C. will give
this debate a very careful study, and at such
time present their justly evaluated views to
our Congressman Ro;- A. Taylor, Senator
Sam J. Ervin, and Senator Everette B.
Jordan. It would rl o be respectful to in
clude Governor Scot:.
A piogram wil be presented over WLOS
TV—channel 13, TV rsday night, Sept. 9th,
beginning at 10:30 p m. This program con
tains views on Western North Carolina vs.
TV A.
In my opinion, to give our communities,
counties and state a better understanding of
benefits for the present generation and gen
erations to come, we must decide to get our
feet wet when necessary.
Sincerely,
Emmett E. Owen
Brevard, N. C.
Guest Column
Daily Devotionals
(Editor’s note: The following i3 the fourth of a fi :e - part
series which will appear as Guest Columns. These are taken from the
September - October, 1971, issue of “These Days”, a magazine publish
ed for the Presbyterian and United Church of Christ. They were writ
ten by the Rev. G. Daniel McCall, formerly the pastor of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian Church.)
Tuesday, September 21
Read Philippians 4:4-13
Joy In The Lord
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will
say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4
How could Paul speak so freely about
joy? He was in prison when he wrote. Hu
manly speaking, his future was dim. How
can we account for the persistent note of joy
ousness in his letter to you Christians in
Philippi? The clue to the answer lies in the
phrase “in the Lord.”
Vfe normally associate joy with such
things as personal achievement, good for
tune, godd health, and favorable circum
stances. In the absence of there we might
feel that there is little for which to be joyful.
Paul found a joy that did not depend
on his physical circumstances. He found
this joy “in the Lord,” that i:\ in right rela
tionship with God. Through faith Paul was
aware of the presence of the Spirit at work
within him. This was his “guarantee” (2
Cor. 5:5) erf the consummation of Bis salva
tion in a blessed destiny with God. This is
why the apbstle could rejoice heartily, re
gardless of his circumstances.
PRAYER: Grant, O father, that when un
favorable circumstances and hard situations
threaten to deprive us of all joy we may em
brace with renewed confidence the hope
given through Christ. May the fcod of hope
fill us with all joy sthd peace in believing, so
that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may
abound in hope. Amen.
Wednesday, September 22
Read Philippians 4:4-7
Joy In Prayer
In everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let jour request be made
known to God.
Philippians 4:6
A minister stood in his pulpit about to
begin the morning service of worship when
he was handed this note: “Harold Peat, hav
ing gone to sea, his wife requests the congre
gation to pray for his safety.” The pastor
ha'tily placed ths note aside and proceeded
with the order of service. At announcement
time he read the rote like this: “Harold
Peat, having gone to see his wife, requests
the congregation to pray fer his safety.”
Words can get us into trouble at times
unless we use them carefully. Words can
cause trouble in our praying, too, If we fo
cus too much upon them. How many of us
have felt that “my prayers just don’t get
above the ceiling” when we seem unable to
find the right prayer-type words? Yet, true
Christian prayer is mainly a turning to God
with our attention, our affections, and our
trust whether we use the right words or not.
PPAYER: Dear Lord, help us to have no
anxiety about anything, but let our requests
be made known to thee. We acknowledge
thy Lcrdvhip over all of life. We entrust
ourselves to thee and submit all things to
thee. We lay our cares and our burdens
upon thee, confident that the ul imate issues
of life and death remain in thy strong hands.
In so doing we are freed from anxiousness
and enjoy thy peace which passes all under
standing. Lord teach us to pray! Amen.
Pick Of
A Good Tax
(From lie Sfaithfield Herald)
Here’s a risiiig tajt that’s welcome.
Well, It inay hot be eiattly a tax. It’s a pen
alty — the line imposed on peopde who litter
North Carolina’s highways. On September
1st, the litteHh'g fine advances from $90 to
$200.
Rdistog the fine tyM't mean much un
less the law receives more enforcement than
it has in past years. The evidence that the
—lands—enforcement has been grossly inade
quate lies along many highway stretches
throughout the state.
Ah increase in enforcement at least
commensurate to the increase in the fine
for littering is desirable. Perhaps a four
fold step-up in arrests, coupled with assess
ment of $200 instead of $50 fines against of
fenders, might begin to get the message
across to the careless defacers of highway
cleanliness and beauty thai they are doing
something wrong and their wrongdoing can
be quite costly to their pocketbdoks or bank
accounts.
The littercrs not only spoil the land
scape. They alro are adding an extra bur
den to the shoulders of North Carolina tax
payers, since the State is spending approxi
mately $3.5 million annually to clean up the
mess made by the litterbugs.
Highway maintenance crews, we are
told, do most of the clean-up work twice a
year in the spring and fall. The litter crop
is a bumper crop across the state every year.
In one highway division alone last spring,
maintenance m<;n picked up 698 loads of
trasn.
.nJHhe . tax ~ or Penalty—on littering
b.e enough (and collected
the hLh> t0 pay t0T cleaning np the paper,
the beverage cans, and the rest of the gar
rpf,n^P.0Slt€d be?ld€ our roads- unlike most
Z8S* ‘TP081110118- this tax is based up
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