THE TRANSYL], 4NIA TIMES
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A State And National Prize-Winii Home Town Newspaper
★ Vol. 84—No. 41 IK^Tc. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1971 * 32 PAGES TODAY ★
ZIP CODE 28712
If You Don’t Do It, It Won’t Get Donr^—Give To UF
KICKOFF UNITED FUND
DRIVE — The two men above offi
cially kicked off the 1972 United
Fund campaign in Brevard and
Transylvania county at a breakfast
meeting at Berry’s. At the left is the
new president, Earle Johnson, who
presided over the meeting. At the
right is Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, who was
the inspirational speaker at the
meeting. The campaign is in full
swing and all citizens are urged to
turn in their gifts and pledges as
soon as possible.
(Times Staff Photo)
Glenn Is Speaker
Chamber Directors Hear Talk
On Economic Development Here
Directors of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce were
issued a challenge to push for
ward with their search for in
iHfcrial expansion by James N.
GhQin, vice president in charge
of First Union National Bank's
Business Development Group.
Mr. Ulenn, former deputy di
rector of the North Carolina
Department of Conservation
and Development, addressed
the Chamber directors at their
regular monthly meeting Tues
day night in the library.
He praised the local Cham
ber’s Industrial Team idea, and
stated that the “team” concept
had proved invaluable in many
other localities that were doing
an outstanding job in improv
ing economic development.
Mr. Glenn’s remarks were
well received by the directors
in attendance. He was intro
duced to the group by Ray N.
Simmons, vice president of
First Union National’s Brevard
office.
In other business, Charles
Himes stated that there was a
good possibility that the fine
glee club of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
might perform here in the near
future. The Chamber went on
record in favor of feeding
breakfast to the glee club
should it come here.
It was reported by the eco
nomic development committee
that bids for printing the bro
chure “A Digest Of Informa
tion About Transylvania Comi
ty". had been received by two
printing firms. The directors
authorized the committee to ac
cept Daniels Graphics bid of
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“Evening Of Nostalgia”
BLT To Hold Membership
Meeting This Saturday Night
The annual Fall Member
ship Meeting for the 22nd sea
son of the Brevard Little Thea
tre will be held this coming
Saturday evening at the theatre,
located behind The Transyl
vania Times Building.
The meeting, which starts at
8:00 p. m., will feature an “Eve
ning of Nostalgia” covering
the 22 years of BLT’s perfor
mances. Bill Norris will serve
as Master of Ceremonies.
Slides of past performers and
plays will be shown.
The business segment of the
meeting will include plans for
the 1971-72 season.
The general membership of
the Brevard Little Theatre as
well as friends and supporters
are cordially invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Magic No. Is ,125
Cassell And Reid Are Named'
To Transylvania Draft Board
Two new members of the
local Draft Board, No. 88, are
announced today by Hugh Brad
burn, the chairman.
They are J. C. Cassell, of the
Cherryfield section, and J. T.
Reid of Penrose.
Mr. Bradburn says that a sec
retary of the Board is now be
ing employed to replace Mrs.
Helen Peeler, who was pro
moted to area supervisor. Her
district is from Shelby to Mur
phy.
Transylvania men classified
1-A in this year’s draft will not
Pf« Glazener Speaker
Area Conservation Rally
To Be Held Friday Night
An area Conservation Rally,
sponsored by 11 Western North
Carolina Soil and Water Con
servation Districts, will be held
here Friday night.
The meeting will take place
in the Brevard Senior High
School Cafteria at 7:00 p. m.
Tickets for the dinner and ral
ly are now on sale at $2.50 per
peraon.
Featured speaker for the
occasion will be Dr. Edward
Walker Glaxener, a Brevard
native and presently Professor
of Poultry Science and Gene
tics, and Director of Academic
Affairs at the School of Agri
culture, North Carolina State
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be called if their lottery num
bers are over 125.
So far this year, less than 20
Transylvanians have been draft
ed, Mr. Bradburn states.
He urges all young men who
reach the age of 18 to write to
the local Board immediately.
Mr. Bradburn does not expect
the Board to draft any local
men within the next few weeks.
On National Scene
The U. S. Department of De
fense has announced a draft
call of 10,000 for the remainder
of this year.
Draft Director Dr. Curtis W.
Tarr said that Selective Service
local boards would deliver 6,500
of these men in the period No
vember 1-18 and the remaining
3.50Q in the first nine days of
December.
Director Tarr reported that
he has directed local boards to
give at least a 30-day notice to
all registrants facing the induct
tion process in the coming
months. Current draft regula
tions require a notice of 10
days.
“Equality of treatment for all
registrants requires that all men
with random sequence number
of 125 or lower face the induc
tion process,” Director Tarr
said.
He announced that he has di
rected local and appeal boards
to defer all actions on classifica
tions, personal appearances,
and appeals until new regula
tions containing draft reform
provisions are effected. The
1971 amendments to the draft
law which were recently pasa
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Lists Announced
For Two Weeks
And Grand Jury
Jurors for the October
term of Superior Court in
Transylvania county are an
nounced today.
Court opens on Monday,
October 18th, and it will be a
two-weeks’ term.
The Jurors caled are for
the first week, the second
week and for the Grand Jury.
They follow:
Members ol the Grand Jury
are as follows:
(Serve through Dec. 31, 1971)
David Holliday
Wayne Taylor
Charles Waser
Harry Ballard
Ed Junior McCall
Blanche Shatley
Arthur Thomas
'Ivan Galloway
Bill Norris
(Serve through June 30, 1973)
Troy Whitlock
Henry McDonald
Lucy Deavor
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Monday morning saw the
first sub-freezing temperatures
Of the fall this past week when
the thermometer at Brevard
dipped to a chilly 29. That
brought the average low read
ing of the week to an even 41
degrees, while the high average
was 69, about usual for this
week of the season.
Extreme readings for the
week were 79 on Wednesday,
and Monday’s 29.
North Carolina extended out
look for Thursday through Sat
urday . .. Clear to partly cloudy
with a warming trend. Highs
Thursday mostly in the 60s,
warming into the'70s Saturday.
Lows Thursday in the 30s, be
coming 40s by Saturday.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 79 56 0.39
Thursday_. 69 41 0.00
Friday_. 68 32 0.00
Saturday_ 61 43 0.30
Sunday_ 64 49 0.04
Monday —:- 69 29 0.00
Tuesday _ 73 37 0.00
PRESENTING TROPHY TO
SCHOOL — James F. Harwell, Band
Director, left, and Mark McGuire,
Senior Captain, second from left, are
shown presenting Brevard High
School with the First Division trophy
won by the Marching Band at the
Southeastern Band Festival in
Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Accepting the
trophy on behalf of the school are
Buddy Whitmire, Student Council
President, second from right, and
Brevard High Principal, Bill Stan
ley, right. (Times Staff Photo)
Director Pleased
Brevard High Band Given
Superior Rating, Bristol
Continuance Granted
Trailer Burial Case Takes
New Twist lr> Federal Court
Transylvania County’s trail
er burial case took a surpris
ing turn in federal court last
Friday in Asheville, causing
Judge Woodrow W. Jones to
grant, a continuance on mo
tions in the civil and criminal
cases involved.
The parties concerned ap
peared before Judge Jones of
Rutherfordton during a day set
for pretrial hearings and mo
tions in the expectation of
quickly settling the situation
which has existed since Feb. 22
when a forest service crew
buried a trailer belonging to
Vernon McCall.
But 9U-year-old Cannon Mc
Call of Balsam Grove, who
claimed the land also claimed
by the Forest Service on
which the trailer was situated,
apparently signed over his
interest in the land, if any, to
Program Highlights
Lutheran Series Now Being
Heard On Protestant Hour
The Lutheran Series of the
Protestant Hour is now being
heard over WPNF each Sunday.
The Lutheran series will con
tinue through December 28th
and is heard locally each Sun
day at 6:30 p.m .
An estimated two million
listeners all over the nation will
be hearing this series and
should be stimulated, perhaps
even provoked, by the refresh
ing and contemporary presen
tations of the featured speaker,
Dr. Edmund A. Steimle, and the
music of the Wittenberg Uni
versity Choir.
Some of Dr. Steimle’s sermon
topics including the following:
Oct. 17. “What Good Is Prayer”;
Oct. 24, Decisions! Decisions!;
Oct. 31, “Joy In The Church?”;
Nov. 7, And How Does It All
End?”
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard Vo-ag dept.,
John Bradley; Friday, U. S.
Forest Service, Dan Hile; Mon
day, County Extension Chair
man, Jerry Purser; Tuesday,
N. C. Forest Service, Clark
Grissom; Wednesday, Home
Agent Miss Jean Childers.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Alfred
Bishop, pastor of the Mt. Mo
riah-Calvert Baptist church.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from the First Baptist
church. Rev. Russell Willis is
pastor.
Emmett E. Owens of Balsam
Grove about 10 days ago.
His action came as a stunning
surprise to everyone—his rela
tives and friends in the com
munity who have retained an at
torney on his behalf; the at
torney, Harley Stepp of Hen
dersonville who told the Judge
he had found out about his
client’s action 30 minutes be
fore appearing in Court; U. S.
District Attorney Keith Snyder;
and Forest Service personnel.
The existence of the latest
quitclaim deed in the case
came to light when a mem
ber of the Balsam Grove com
munity told St.epp in Court
Friday that she heard about it
from Owens late Thursday
night.
Stepp then, according to a re
liable source, asked McCall
about the recent deed. Reports
are that McCall said he had
indeed signed a quitclaim and
was promised more money than
he would have gotten in the
settlement from the Forest
Service, but had only received
$50 to date.
The quitclaim was filed in
Transylvania County on Sept.
28 and has no money men
tloned or tax stamp on it.
Also, no attorney has signed
the deed. But it was notarized
by a secretary for E. G. Ram
sev. Brevard attorney who is
blind.
Fred Israel, register of deeds,
was on vacation when the deed
was filed; Ramsey was out of
town taking care of some family
business according to an associ
ate; and, Owens and his wife,
Rachel, whose name is also on
the deed, were out of town Fri
day also.
Vernon McCall. Cannon’s
40-year-old son who was liv
ing in the trailer but awav
from home when it was bull
dozed under, was killed June
12th on a county road when
he and some others were
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By - Cal Carpenter
Brevard High School’s out
standing Marching Band cross
ed the mountains into Bris
tol, Tennessee, the first of
this month and returned, as
it has the last, three years,
with top ratings.
Participating in the South
eastern Band Festival, the lo
cal event which has grown to
include the entire southeast,
the Brevard band took a First
Division (Superior Rating) in
Class B competition. Seven in
dividual students were also
honored with Division Two rat
ings in the separate Drum Ma
jor and Drum Majorette com
petition.
Approximately 7,000 band
members from all over the
southeast participated in the
Festival. Activities include a
parade through downtown
Bristol and marching com
petition which continued all
afternoon and evening in the
Bristol Municipal Stadium.
The Brevard High Division
Major and Majorettes who were
honored were: Lynn Baynard,
Lisa Bingham, Vieki Ezzelle,
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Clerk Releases
Docket For The
First Session
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Some 23 persons face var
ious charges in the Criminal
term of Superior court which
opens here in Transylvania
county next. Monday morning,
October 18th, at 9:30 o’clock.
The Honorable Sam J. Er
win, III, of Morganton, will
preside, and the second week
of court will be devoted to
the trial of Civil cases.
Ail defendants, attorneys,
witnesses and other connect
ed with the criminal cases
are reminded to be in the
court room next Monday
morning hy Mrs. Marian M.
McMahon, Clerk of Superior
court.
Cases Listed
William Hemphill faces
two charges of non-compli
ance.
William J. Robinson is al
so charged with non-com
pliance.
Donald Lee Sharp will be
tried for improper registra
tion during the criminal
term.
The following are charged
with driving under the in
fluence: Donald L. Miller,
George L. Alexander, Bruce
E. Gillespie, William V. How
ell, Elisha H. Gravley and
Earl D. McCall.
Ernest T. Corn will face
a murder charge.
Facing larceny from the
person charge are James Bar
ton and Billy Barton.
The following face charges
of reckless driving: James B.
O’Shields, George L. Alex
ander and William G. Powell.
James B. O’Shields faces
a charge of temporary taking
a vehicle.
Richard Garren will be
tried for rape and for crime
against nature.
George L. Alexander will
be tried on two counts of
manslaughter.
Dennis McGee faces three
charges of forgery.
Kenneth A. Smith will be
tried for possession of mari
juana (two offenses).
Dorothy L. Rackley will be
tried for simple assault and
depositing trash on lands of
another.
Philip Lail will face a
charge of contributing to the
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Edits “Upper Room”
Dr. Wilson Weldon Will Speak
At Brevard College Convocation
Dr. Wilson O. W'eldon, editor,
author and minister, will be the
guest speaker at the Convoca
tion at Brevard College. It will
be . held at Boshamer Gym
nasium at 7:30 p.m., Recording
to Chaplain C. Edward Roy.
Dr. Weldon is a member of
the Western North Carolina
Conference and served as pas
tor of many churches in the
Conference before going to
Nashville, Tennessee, in 1967 as
editor of The Upper Room, a
worldwide devotional magazine.
He was minister of Methodist
churches in China Grove, High
Point, Thomasvillo, Gastonia,
Charlotte and Greensboro be
fore assuming his new work as
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