THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
it Vol. 84—No. 37 “fo°*T b^vard0*™'. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16A* t ★ 28 PAGES TODAY it
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FALL IS FAST ARRIVING in
Transylvania county, especially on
the higher slopes and along the Blue
Ridge Parkway. An appropriate de
scription of this area at this tmie is
„ “nature in all its glory”. Officials of
the Pisgah National Forest cordially
invite the public to drive up in the
forest during the next few weekends
and see this “wonderland of nature’’.
Autumn officially arrives next
Thursday. (See Editorial page)
At Next Meeting
Glenn To Address Directors
On Economic Development
Chamber of Commerce
President Milton Massey has
informed the Directors of the
local civic body that First
Union National Bank’s James
N. Glenn would be on hand
to address the directors at
their next regular meeting in
October.
Mr. Glenn, former deputy di
rector of the North Carolina
Department of Conservation
anpd, Development, is now asso
ciated with First Union Na
tional Bank of North Carolina
as an executive in the field of
economic development.
President Massey stated
that Mr. Glenn's remarks to
the Chamber would be inter
esting and inspiring, and he
urged all Directors and inter
ested C of C members to
plan now to attend the Oc
tober meeting.
In other business at Tuesday
night’s regular director’s meet
ing, several important commit
tee reports were heard.
Ralph H. Ramsey, chair
man of the highway commit
tee, reported that he had re
cently had word from High
way Commissioner E. J.
Whitmire of Sylvia that he
hoped to have some encourag-'
ing information pertaining to
highway construction here in
Transylvania in the near fu
ture.
Charles Himes, chairman of
the beautification committee,
commended tbe local garden
clubs for their efforts in beauti
fying the downtown section of
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Waldrop Announces
Transylvania Republicans To
Hold Precint Meetings Monday
Transylvania Republicans will
hold Precinct meetings in their
respective precincts next Mon
day night, Sept. 20th, beginning
at 8:00 o’clock.
According to Ralph L. Wal
drop, Chairman of the Transyl
vania County Executive Com
mitteei, the purpose of these
meetings is for the organization
of the precincts and to name
delegates to the County Con
vention.
The Transylvania County Re
publican Convention will be
held in the Courthouse in Bre
vard on Saturday, September
25th, at 2:00 p.m. The purpose
of the Convention is to elect
the officers of the Executive
Committee, and to elect dele
gates to the District and State
Republican Conventions.
The attention of all Republi
cans is called to the fact, that
under the State Plan of Organi
zation for the Republican Party,
that only those delegates nam
ed at the Precinct Meetings
are entitled to vote in the
County Convention.
All registered Republicans
are urged by Mr. Waldrop to
attend these meetings.
Sellers In Charge
Teen Center Open Saturday
Nights Only In September
The Transylvania Youth As
sociation announces that the
Teen Center is open only on
Saturday nights from 9 until
11:30 p. m. during September.
It will resume the regular
schedule in October on Tues
days and Fridays, when a local
football game doesn’t interfere.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sellers are
the new directors, and they
urge local teenagers to partici
Program Highlights
"Betsy Is Back" Each Weekday
On WPNF, Football Again Set
Many of WPNF’s steady
listeners will be happy to know
that Betsy is back again, and
with the same typie of show she
formerly had,
That Betsy, of course, is
Betsy Palmer who returns with
homemaker’s program
weekday morning on
f. It's called “The Won
Wofld of Food" and will
be heard for at least 13 weeks,
with Betsy each day offering
exciting suggestions for dishes
without
as can be learned this Is the
first time the teams have met
on the gridiron.
Broadcast time will be 1:30
p.m.
Other Programs
The weekly schedule for the
Farm and Home hour on WPNF
is as fallows: Thursday, Station
Program; Friday. U. S. Forest
Service, Ranger Dan Hile; Mon
day, County Extension Agent
Jerry Purser; Tuesday, Caro
lina News; Wednesday; Home
Economics Extension Agent,
Jean Childers. >
. Rev. Russell Willis, pastor of
Baptist church
pate in the activities at the
Center. A family night is be
ing planned for October when
parents will be invited to open
house.
The Transylvania Youth As
socational which operates the
Teen Center, was organized and
incorporated in 1955 by a group
of interested citizens. The
founders were E. B. Garrett,
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Public Is Invited To Ground E making
Ceremonies For New Hospital & i Sunday
Brevard temperatures averaged
81 and 55 for the part week,
and the averages were lowered
considerably by a cool spell the
last two days of the period.
High mark for the week was
86 degrees last Thursday and
Friday, while the weeks low
was 46 Tuesday morning.
Weather Service extended
outlook for Thursday through
Saturday — partly cloudy with
little day-to-day change in tem
perature. Daylight highs should
average around 80 in the
mountains and the low to mid
dle 80s elsewhere in the state.
Overnight lows will average in
the mid to upper 50s in the
mountains.
Weather data for the past
week in Brevard:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 84 59 0.00
Thursday_ 86 56 0.00
Friday - 86 58 0.00
Saturday _ 82 60 0.55
Sunday_ 77 60 0.30
Monday_ 70 47 0.00
Tuesday _ 82 46 0.00
District Bar
Meeting Held
Last Saturday
The 29th Judicial District
Bar meeting was held at beauti
ful Glen Canrton Country club
last Saturday morning and
afternoon with good attendance
from Henderson, Polk, Mc
Dowell, Rutherford and Tran
sylvania counties.
Justice J. Will Pless, of
Marion, was the principal
speaker, and Brevard Attorney
Jack Hudson, who is president
of the District Bar Association,
presided over the meeting.
Bill White, who heads the
Transylvania Bar Association,
welcomed the group.
Remarks were also made by
Judge J. W. Jackson, Resident
Superior Court Judge of the
29th Judicial District ,and
Judge Robert T. Gash, chief
judge of the area district
courts.
During the afternoon, the at
torneys held a golf tournament.
MAKING PLANS FOR MEET
ING — The women above made
plans on Tuesday for the big District
One meeting of Garden Clubs in
North Carolina on October 12th. It
will be held in -the First United
Methodist church here. Seated from
left to right, are: Mrs. David Varner,
Co-Chairman, and Mrs. Henry Arch
Nichols, of Asheville, the District
Director. Standing from left to right,
are: Mrs. Ray Simmons, Publicity
Chairman; Mrs. Bill Owens, Co
Chairman; and Mi's. Gene Stewart,
who will be in charge of Reservations
and Registration. *
(Times Staff Photo)
Many Bicycle
Thefts, Chief
Of Police Says
Brevard’s Police Chief J.
C. Rowe has stated that an
alarming number of bicycle
thefts have occurred in the
Brevard area in recent weeks.
“Any bicycle that is left
unguarded for even a short
while seems to be a prime
target of these youthful of
fenders, particularly those
that are left lying in front
yards overnight,” Chief Rowe
stated.
He reminds all bicycle own
ers to be ex'.remely careful
where they leave their bi
cycles. and to be certain to
put them in garages, or in
some protected shelter over
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Local Area Cited
Many To Work With "Action
Group" During The New Year
The auual meeting of the
Board of Directors of Western
Carolina Community Action,
Inc. was held Monday night in
the Faculty Lounge of Brevard
College.
Those appointed by the gov
erning officials of Transylvania
and Henderson Counties in
clude: Harry Corbin and Mrs.
Edith Jenkins representing the
Transylvania County Commis
sioners. William Prim and
Leonard Boyles representing
the Henderson County Com
missioners, Charles Russell rep
resenting the City of Brevard,
and Sam Mills and H. M. Pul
lin, Jr. representing the City
of Hendersonville.
Mr. Corbin is Superintendent
of Transylvania County Schools;
Survey Reveals
$307,000 To Outfit Local Baby Crop
Babies continue to be big
business in Transylvania
County.
Prom the standpoint of local
retail and service establishments
that cater to these new arrivals,
| each one that checks in is eco
nomically important, in that it
lets into motion a flurry of
spending on the part of par
ents, relatives and friends.
The newcomers are pro
vided with infants wear, baby
food, nursery equipment,
cribs, carriages, play pens,
toiletries, toys, diaper ser
vice and the many other ap
purtenances demanded by
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According to a report re
leased by the U. S. Census
Bureau, there has been no
shortage of new babies in the
local area for a number of
years, despite the steady drop
in the birth rate in toe United
m
States since 1957, when it was
at its peak.
The government figures
show that a total of 4,383
babies were born to Transyl
vania County parents in the
ten years ending in 1970. This
is in addition to those born
locally to non • residents.
It represents an average an
nual birth rate of 22.8 per 1,
000 people, obtained by dividing
the number born in the ten
years by the average local pop
ulation during the period.
Throughout the United
States as a whole, the average
annual birth rate in the de
cade was 19.9 per 1,999 pop
ulation. It was 20.4 in the
South Atlantic States and
29.7 in the State of North
Carolina.
Nationally, the count shows,
some 39,033,000 births were
recorded in the ten years, 1,
032,000 of them in North Caro
lina.
As to just how much a
family is likely to spend on a
new • born baby, outside of
medical and hospital expendi
tures, depends upon its fi
nancial ability and upon the
section of the country in
which it is located.
As an average, according to
the latest figures from the
Health Insurance Institute, the
outlay is nearly $700, of which
$517 is for the baby’s equipment
and supplies and the remainder
for its mother’s maternity
clothes.
Family gifts and usable baby
clothes worn by a previous
child bring this cost lower.
Assuming that the general
average applies in the local
area, Transylvania County’s
annual crop of babies repre
sents an expenditure of some
$307,000, exclusive of medi
cal costs.
Mrs. Jenkins is Director of
Transylvania County Depart
ment of Social Services; Mr.
Prim is a member of the Hen
derson County Board of Com
missioners; and Mr. Boyles is
Vetrans’ Service Officer. Mr.
Russell is a member of the
Board of Aldermen for the
City of Brevard; Mr. Mills
serves with the Hendersonville
Redevelopment Commission;
and Mr. Pullin wdth the Hen
dersonville Water Department.
Those elected by target com
munities include: Homer Mc
Call. Quebec; Mrs. Pearl Whit
mire. Rosman; Mrs. Maggie
Scruggs, Rosemvald: Jimmie
Smith, Glade Creek; Dennis
Ledbetter, Edneyville: Mrs.
Tanya Byrd, East Side; Earl
Pryor, Gerton - Bat Cave; and
William Collinsi, Brickton.
The above members of the
public and target area sectors
elected the followma private
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Brief Program
Will Begin At
2:00 O'clock
The ground - breaking for
♦he new hospital on Sunday,
September 19th, will highlight
nine years of planning and
work by the trustees and ad
ministration of the Transyl
vania Community Hospital
and generous support by Tran
sylvania citizens, industries
and businesses.
The brief ceremony will be
gin at 2:00 p. m. in the pres
ence of the hospital Board of
Trustees, the medical staff, hos
pital administration and per
sonnel. In addition there will
be a hoped for large attendance
of the public and the many spec
ial friends of the hospital, all
of whom have been cordially in
vited and who have been recog
nized as making this occasion
possible by their cooperation
and generosity.
Jack C. Dense, Chairmn of
the Board of Trustees, has
specially invited the pledges
to the “Fund For Your Life”,
the drive which raised more
than a million dollars for the
new hospital, to he present at
the ground - breaking.
Planning for the new hospital
first began in 1962 and went on
for several years with the ob
jective of enlarging and mod
ernizing the old hospital build
ings on Country Club Road.
This had to be abandoned when
the North Carolina Medical
Care Commission disapproved
the plan and recommended to
tally new construction on a
new site. This was in 19G6.
Preliminary planning be
gan again with hospital de
sign consultants, and a search
for a suitable site was begun.
This was found and pur
chased in 196R — a 35 - acre
tract on the northeast, side
of U. S. Highway 64. approxi
mately one mile from the
center of Brevard.
The next major ta^k was
raising the funds. Federal,
state, and some private funds
were expected to be available,
but these were matching funds;
i.e., they would only match the
amount: raided locsllv. With the
new hospital costing over $2
millions, it was necessary to
raise over $1 million at home.
The “Fund For Your Life”
was begun, and in 1969 sur
prised everybody by raising
more than the required mil
lion dollars in donations and
pledges in a period of less
than a year. This response was
considered unprecedented in
a community of this size.
With the reasonable expecta
tion of the monev, concrete plan
ning continued. The next major
step was the building of the ac
cess road across Lamb’s Creek
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At Calvary Church
Dr. Sherman To Address Baptist
Sunday School Association, 22nd
The Baptist Sunday Schools
of the Transylvania Baptist As
sociation will demonstrate their
combined strength at a mass
meeting on Wednesday night.
September 22nd, at 7:30 p. m.
in the newlv renovated Calvary
Baptist Church.
Dr. Cecil Shei»ian, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Ashe
ville, will be the featured
speaker. Special music will be
presented by the combined
choirs of the Calvary, Little
River and Cherryfield Baptist
Churches. Fred Kilstrom will
be the music director.
Dr. Sherman has served the
First Baptist Church since 1964
and has performed an outstand
ing service. He is very active
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