FROM THE EDITOR'S CORNER
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EDITOR JOHN ANDERSON
Patrolman Thad Elmore
hasn’t scan a Bine Devil foot
ball game all season.
He says he keeps hearing
and reading abont what a
good team we have, but it
seems that somebody has a
wreck just about kick-off
time every Friday night
And last Friday night was
the worst one of all.
First, he had to Investigate
the accident near Balsam
Grove in which a pedestrian
was killed about 7:00 o’clock,
Then about 2:00 in the
morning there was a wreck
near Pisgah Forest. Another
about 4:00 rounded out the
night
It was daybreak Saturday
morning before he got to bed.
We hope he has better luck
this Friday night.
We must commend the Police
department on the efficient
manner in which they handle
the traffic at the ball games.
Last Friday night it appeared
that all 7,000 fans rode in one
car each.
But somehow, somewhere, the
officers found a spot to park
them all, and it didn’t take long
to clear the parking lots after
the game.
We always take a little radio
’.o the game, but when we saw
a couple of the officers in
front of the school directing
traffic, we gave it to them.
It’s rough being out there
listening to all the yelling and
not knowing what’s going on.
Next year, maybe we can have
a pocket radio for each so Bill
Norris can talk to them!
We have had a run on card
board here in The Times of
fice during the last couple of
weeks.
The students In the lower
grades are making fire pre
vention posters.
The winners will be decid
ed Saturday at 2HW p. m.
when they will be announced
at the new fire station.
Incidentally, “Open House”
will be held from 2:00 until
4:04, so come on down.
You can see this fine opera
tion and have refreshments
at the same time.
Don’t forget: “Open House”
at the Fire Station Saturday
afternoon from 2:00 until
4:00.
It’s good seeing Leslie Cole
man out again.
He had to undergo back sur
gery, and he says the only good
thing about it was that he lost
38 pounds.
But that’s a tough way to
lose weight
Borrowed . . .
The avaricious man is like
barren spndy ground of the
desert which sucks in all the
rain and dew with greediness,
but yields no fruitful herbs or
plants for the benefit of oth
ers.
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The fairest flowers that
bloom do not grow in the pro
tection and shelter of the
hothouse, but are the hardy
and brilliant uc rentals
which fed the sting of win
ter, the bitins of autumn
frosts and the pelting of the
spring rains.
What lies behind as and
what lies before os are tiny
matters compared to what
lies within os.
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Life needs an authority to
keep it on course. And the
best authority for life is God.
Where life settles for a les
ser authority it is open to
lesser accomplishments and
more anxiety.
The trouble with being a
leader these days is yon don’t
know for sure whether the
people are following or
chasing you.
Joke of the week . . .
Two men were discussing
taxes and the Government’s use
of money. Just then a school
bus passed.
“See what I mean?” exclaim
ed one. “When I was a boy we
walked three miles to school
and three miles home each day.
Now we spend $5,000 for a bus
to pick up the children so they
don’t have to walk, .then we
spend $50,000 for a gymnasium
so they can get exercise.”
And we also like . . .
During a vocabulary lesson
on prefixes, the teacher ex
plained, “One prefix we of
ten use is trans.’ It means
‘Across’ and we use it in
words like ‘trans-Atlantic’
At English Chapel
Rev. James McLarty To Lead
Homecoming Services Sunday
The Annual English Chapel
Homecoming will be held Sun
day, October 10th, beginning at
10:30 a. m.
Picnic lunch will be served
at 12:30 p. m.
Guest speaker will be Rev
erend James B. McLarty, of
Black Mountain. Reverend Mc
Larty is brother of the late Rev.
Emmett McLarty, former pres
ident of Brevard College.
Reverend James McLarty was
a Chaplain in the U. S. Navy
during World War II, Chaplain
in the U. S. Navy Reserve from
1944 to 1965.
Now retired, he has held
pastorates at Black Mountain
and in Asheville.
He is secretary of the Board
of Trustees of Brevard College,
and is regarded as one of West
ern North Carolina finest Metho
dist ministers.
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SLIMFIT
BEAUTY
SALON
“OPEN
HOUSE”
Friday, October 8
4:00 to 7:00 P. M.
Saturday, October 9
10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
SHIRLEY PETTIT
Owner-Opwater
Miss Austin Presides Over
Meeting Of State TB Group
Miss Jeanette Austin, presi
dent of the N. C. Tuberculosis
and Respiratory Disease Asso
ciation, has returned from Ra
leigh where she presided over
the executive commitee meet
ing and the midyear board
meeting of the Association.
Among the various commit
tee reports given, the report by
the committee for the guidance
of the tuberculosis program was
notable in that it urged the cre
ation of a Tuberculosis Commis
sion as the initial step in sum
moning the state to a renewed
and vigorous effort to eradicate
tuberculosis, in a view of the
fact that the incidence of TB
has not been lowered in North
Carolina during the past ten
years The board unanimously
adopted this recommendation.
Its implementation will begin
with the appointment of mem
bers from all segments of the
concerned health agencies and
will have its first meeting by
the end of the year.
Three
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First United Methodist Church
and on the Bishops Committee
on Church Architecture.
He and his wife, Elaine Walk
er McDonald, have seven chil
dren.
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| Brevard
j Personals j
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Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Allison
have returned to their home in
Umatilla, Florida, after spend
ing the summer here at their
summer home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Feaster,
Jr., spent tie weekend v.'ith
their son, Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Feaster, HI, in Chapel HilL
Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Tal
ley of Shelby, N. C. announce
the birth of a second son, Kirk
Evan, born September 25th.
Mrs. Talley is the former Violi
ta Perez, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mario Perez of Brevard
College. Norman is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Talley of
Penrose.
meaning ‘across the Atlan
tic.” She looked around the
room and then asked, “Now,
can any of yon think of other
words that use the same pre
fix?”
A little boy raised his and,
“Yes, Tommy,” smiled the
teacher.
“How about ‘transparent’?”
volunteered the child, ‘mean
ing <a cross parent.’ ”
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| With The Sick
At The
Transylvania
| Community Hospital
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The following persons were
reported by the staff of the
Transylvania Community Hos
pital to be confined at noon on
Wednesday:
Mrs. Eva Anderson, Brevard
Mrs. Willa Morgan, Pisgah
Forest
Moses Norman, Brevard
Mrs. Nora Pettit, Brevard
Virgil Ramey, Lake Toxaway
Mrs. Evelyn Roberts and baby
girl, Brevard
Robert Rogers, Brevard
Mrs. Ollie Sanderford, Bre
vard
Mrs. June Saul* Brevard
Mrs. Ida Fisher, Pisgah For
est
Cyrus Fisher, Lake Toxaway
Mrs. Alice Dixon, Brevard
Miss Alice Hutchinson, Bre
vard
Mrs. Nellie Pace, Brevard
Mrs. Irene Rice, Brevard.
Visitors are requested to ob
serve the following hours:
mornings 10:30 - 11:30; after
noons 2: 30 - 4:00; evenings
7:00 - 8:3a
When yon think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
MISS JEANETTE AUSTIN
Baldwin Speaks
Tuesday Before
Luncheon Meet
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ies arc to be completed this
week, and the present course is
encouraging. Without the re
ductions in manufacturing
costs, the future of both divi
sions would have ben in doubt,
he said.
Of the predicted side ef
fects of the cost improve
ment program, Mr. Baldwin
said that the most unfortu
nate of all was that the pro
gram “tended in the eyes of
others to dehumanize our re
gard for that most important
of all resources: our work
force.
“Human resources always
were, are now, and always
will be, held in highest re
gard at Olin,’’ he emphasized.
“Our objective was to make
every reasonable effort to keep
the impact as moderate as the
exigencies of the situation
would allow. I am confident
that such was the case,” he said.
The factors of normal turn
over were used as counter
actants. Thus, attrition cut in
half the number of employees
who otherwise would have
had to go on lawoff.
He told the group that total
payroll at Pisgah Forest was
2,334 persons as of August 31,
down 16.6 per cent from a year
before, a reduction of 467 per
sons. The number on layoff at
peak reduction was less than
half that number.
The situation is beginning
the reverse itself, he said.
Film Division’s layoff peak
was 34 hourly employees in
April, and virtually all of
those who wanted to return
to work have done so, one
exception being a person who
is medically disabled for
available work. Film this
week is hiring, beginning
with a laid-off Ecusta em
ployees who has seniority.
Ecusta’s hourly layoff peak
was 206 persons in September
at the windup of the cost re
duction program. It is expected
that Ecusta will recall some em
ployees from layoff next week.
“The future looks favor
able/’ he said.
“We at Pisgah Forest are
prepared to expend every ef
fort to return a satisfactory
margin of profit to our opera
tions.”
“We plan to continue to be
an important economic factor
in this community. We have
every intention of continuing
our growth,” he emphasized.
“Concurrently, we are opti
mistic that we will succeed in
overcoming the side effects of
the cost improvement program.
“If an employee now feels
that he is seen by manage
ment as a ‘mechanical man,’
an instrument made up of a
given skill and guided by spe
cific instructions, we hope
that through our-attitudes and
through an .effective com
munications program we can
re-establish credibility. We
want to give our employees a
broader perspective in indi
vidual Job performance and a
greater insight into Company
operations.
“Re-establishing the human
relationship is an essential goal.
With it, we are a team. As a
team, we can achieve the prod
uct quality and efficient pro
ductivity required for renewed
profitability and growth.”
Mr. Baldwin concluded with
to the Chamber
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f ten legibly on one stde of pa
per. We reserve the right to re
ject, edit, or condense. Utters
I should be received by The Times
by Monday mornings.)
September 22, 1971
The Editor
The Transylvania Times
Brevard, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Anderson:
In a letter published recently in
The Transylvania Times, Mr. Arthur
M. Dehon, an ardent opponent of the
TVA flood control proposal for the
Upper French Broad River, stated
that my absence from the recent
TVA Hearings on the project could
not be excused. Perhaps I should
point out that my schedule permitted
me to be in Western North Carolina
during the last two weeks of the
August Congressional Recess. The
first of these two weeks was spent
in the Asheville District Office meet
ing with the many people who had
requested appointments. The second
was scheduled for visitations in the
different counties of Western North
Carolina.
Mr. Dehon failed to say in his
letter that on Thursday, August 26,
five days before the start of the TVA
Hearings, I met with him. Dr. Jere
Brittain, and other leaders of the
Upper French Broad Defense Asso
ciation. For approximately an hour
and a half. I and two members of
my staff, listened and asked ques
tions as those present presented
charts, color slides, graphs, maps,
and overlays in support of their ob
jections to the flood control plans.
This meeting had been arranged at
the request of Mr. Dehon. The
presentation showred much prepara
tion, and I judge that the same ma
terial was presented at the TVA
Hearings.
I am pleased that Mr. Dehon
noted that I told him prior to the
TV A Hearings that I would not be
able to attend because of prior com
mitments to meet with individuals
and groups in the various counties
of the sixteen-county 11th Congres
sional District. In fact, during the
week of the Hearings, I visited in
one-half of the counties that I now
represent in Congress, going as far
west as Cherokee and Clay Counties
and as far east as Avery County,
which is being added to the 11th
Congressional District.
These TV A Hearings were not
scheduled in order to give those of
us in Congress an opportunity to
testify. I have had many such op
portunities and my position is well
known—1 campaigned on it. The
Hearings were not scheduled to give
Congressmen an opportunity to
listen to the witnesses. I and the
members of my staff will have as
opportunity to study and analyze the
testimony.
Mr. Dehon infers that I have re
fused to listen to “friends and neigh
bors” who oppose the flood control
project. Notning could be more in
correct. With Dr. Jere Brittain as
my guide, I spent one-half day visit
ing people and homes in the Mills
River area which would be affected
by the proposed dam there. In fact,
during the last three years I have
spent more time listening to argu
ments for and against the French
Broad flood control program than to
the presentation of any other sub
ject matter, with the possible excep
tion of the war in Vietnam.
Sincerely,
Roy A. Taylor
Member of Congress
Volunteer Ladies Were Busy
Mailing Our Christmas Seals
Legion Post And Auxiliary To
Hold Supper And Bingo Party
Monroe Wilson Post No. 88.
The American Legion, will hold
its monthly covered dish dinner
and bingo party on October 9th
at 7:15 p.m.
Members of the Legion and
Auxiliary with their out-of-town
guests are invited to attend and
to bring a covered dish of their
choice.
Upholstery Class Held At
Little River, Judging Set
By • Mrs. George Hudgins
LITTLE RIVER — The Blue
Ridge Technical Institute of
Hendersonville has just com
pleted a 39-hour course in up
holstery at Little River com
munity center with an enroll
ment of 28 and an average at
tendance of 22. The group turn
ed out some very beautiful
chairs, sofas, a love seat and
an antique sofa bed. They had
a covered dish supper on the
last night for the instructor,
Andrew Wood.
The Community Club feels
this was a worthwhile project
and would like to thank every
one that helped to make it a
success.
The Litle River Community
Club met Monday night at the
center to plan for the judging
on Thursday. The president
Gary Murdock urges everyone
to be present by 1:30 p. m.
The judging to be at 2 o’clock.
We are very proud that one
from our community was select
ed as the teacher of the year
last week at the county wide
teachers meeting in Brevard.
membership for their under
standing of the problems and
their solutions, asking for
“your support as we go ahead
on a more sound footing.’’
Mr. Baldwin’s address to the
Chamber of Commerce was the
result of a request by Chamber
officials that he appear before
the membership to give first
hand information in answer to
rumors and misinformation re
garding the employment situ
ation at Olin. In accepting the
invitation to speak, he invited
the membership to be Olin’s
guests at the luncheon.
He was introduced by C.
W. Pickelsimer, Jr. Dr. Mil
ton V. Massey, President of
the Chamber of Commerce,
presided.
She is none other than Mrs.
Margaret Kilstrom and we be
lieve she is worthy of this hon
or. CONGRATULATIONS!
Danny McMahon, Tom Kil
strom, James Stiles and Linda
Cordcl of Little River and Kathy
Beddingfield of Talley Road
are members of Brevard Senior
High Blue Devils Marching
Band .that attended the South
eastern Band Festival last Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday at
Bristol, Tennessee. They re
ceived a superior rating.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kilstrom
and Mr. and Mrs. Buel Cordell
attended the performances on
Saturday and enjoyed it very
much.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson
from Balm, Florida, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hulley English from
Tampa are spending a few days
at the Johnson’s summer home
here.
Visiting with the Merrimon
Shufords and Mrs. Emma Blythe
Sunday was Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Edmondson from Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Our sick list seems to be in
creasing. Larry Barton remains
in the hospital at Henderson
ville for further surgery; Mrs.
Lessie Merrill underwent sur
gery in Chapel Hill; Walter
Hughey father of Mrs. Weaver
Cordell is very ill in Hender
sonville hospital, and at home
we still have Claude McMahon,
Edd Mackey, Mrs. Virginia
Watson, Mrs. Ida Caldwell and
Mrs. Anthony Sarlo.
Mrs. Reba Kilstrom sends
her heartfelt thanks to the
many wonderful friends who
made her housewarming such
an extra - ordinary occasion
and for the many useful gifts.
May God’s richest blessings be
on each of you.
When you think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER'S, adv.
A record number of Christ
mas Seal envelopes were af
fixed with labels Thursday,
September 30, when a group of
31 women gathered in the Fel
lowship Hall of the First United
Methodist Church for the an
nual event.
A total of 30,000 envelopes
was processed by 2:00 p.m. with
112 “woman-hours” being con
tributed. Those who worked
through the lunch hour brought
sandwiches and the Transyl
vania County TB-RD committee
furnished beverage and dessert.
Coming from the area office
in Black Mountain to supervise
and bring supplies were Mr.
Burnitt Beale, Jr., newly ap
pointed executive director; Mrs.
Colleen Miller, campaign direc
tor: and Mrs. Mary Marett, sec
retary. Miss Marie Strasser was
in charge of local arrange
ments.
Mr. Beale noted that this
years’ performance by the
women of Transylvania had ex
deeded last years’ record by
several hundred envelopes. He
remarked that the enthusiasm
shown by these volunteers typi
fies the spirit of the Christmas
Seal which is the generating
force that makes possible the
means to combat tuberculosis,
control other respiratory dis
ease, eliminate cigarette smok
ing and to conserve clean air.
Aside from these objectives,
the feeling of the Transylvania
group concerning the workshop
might best be expressed in the
comment by one volunteer who
said, “It is the perfect type of
volunteer work—a fun thing
with a congenial group that
leaves one with the good feel
ing of having done something
useful.”
United Fund
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other counties to follow.
It was explained to the group
that they are not just collecting
money, but instead they arc
making it possible for the com
munity to have the various
services it needs.
Many agencies supported by
the United Fund were repre
sented at the meeting, and ma
terials were distributed to all
of the workers attending.
The United Fund office is lo
cated in the Bryant building,
and everybody is urged to give
his “fair share”.