THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C.,
RSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971
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CLOSING HUGE LOAN TRANS
ACTION — Completing negotiations
for a four million dollar loan, one of
the largest loan transactions ever
made in Brevard, are the men pic
tured above. The loan was made by
First Union National Bank of North
Carolina to Sapphire Valley Devel
opment Corporation, a subsidiary of
ReaJtec Incorporated, a Fort Lau
derdale based land development
firm. Seated at the left is Ray N. Sim
mons, Vice President of the bank’s
branch, and at the right is Stanley
P. Whitcomb, Jr., President of the
Sapphire Valley Development Cor
poration. Standing-, left to right, are:
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., attorney for
the transaction; Eugene B. Graham,
III, Senior Vice President of Real
Estate Development of First Union
National Bank in Charlotte; Tom C.
Willson, Sapphire Valley Develop
ment Corporation Executive Vice
President; and Joseph A. Brooke, Jr.,
Sapphire Valley Development Cor
poration and Realtec Treasurer.
(Times Staff Photo)
This Thursday
New Brevard Plaza Shopping
Center Has Grand Opening
The new Brevard Plaza
Shopping Center opens Thurs
day morning.
J^The stores haying Grand
•Openings on Thrusday are
Bi-Lo Super Market, White
Cross Drugs and Family Dol
lar store.
Other stores in the Shopping
Center, including Sears and
Sky City, will open at a later
date.
The Brevard Plan Shop
ping Center is located on the
Four-lane highway between
Brevard and Pisgah Forest
near the new Transylvania
Community hospital complex.
It has been under construc
tion for the past year, follow
ing a ground - breaking cere
mony on October I 1970.
The builders are Garrett
and Garrett, of Fountain Inn,
S. C., and Euel Taylor, of
Waynesville.
The managers of the three
stores opening Thursday are:
Kyle McCulley—Bi-Lo Su
per Market
Peter V. Surrette—Family
Dollar Store
Basil Sanson*—'White Cross
Drags, 5 |g §g * ig
White Cross Drags
Mr. Sansom, who comes to
Brevard from Beckley, West
Virginia, cordially, invites the
public to the Grand Openihg of
White Cross Thursday morning
at 9:00 o’clock. f i- •'
He says there are stpae
185 White Cross Drag stores,
located In the East and South
east; from New York to Flor
ida. ; - ■ • ...... ,
The Brevard store -ha*, over
6,000 square feet of floor space
with a complete line of. drugs
and novelties. There is a large
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College Benefactor
Last Rites Held For Edwin
L. Jones, Sr., Tribute Made
(Editor’s note: In tribute
to the late Edwin L. Jones,
Jr., Dr. Robert A. Davis has
issued the following state
ment. Mr. Jones was a great
benefactor to Brevard ftfHege
and the community.)
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“The entire Brevard College
community was saddened on Fri
day to learn of the death of one
of the stalwart leaders and tow
ering figures in the life of Bre
vard College.
"Mr. Edwin Jones Sr. had
served on the Board of Trus
tees of Brevard College since
the early 1940’s and was Chair
man of the Board of Trustees
from 1944 to 1959 one of the
most formative periods in the
life of the college. During these
years, under Mr. Jones’ leader
ship, a sound foundation was
laid upon which a strong insti
tution was built.
“Mr. Jones was not only a
builder of buildings, he was
a builder of worthwhile institu
tions including the church and
the college, and a builder of
sound character in human life.
The imprint of his leadership
and his vision is firmly placed
in the history and in the life
of Brevard College. His wise
counsel and dedication to Bre
vard College will be greatly
missed.
“The deepest sympathy of the
Brevard community goes out
to his widow, Mrs. Edwin Jones,
Sr., his daughter, Mrs. W.
Franklin Brown, who serves on
the Board of Trustees, and to
Mr. Edwin Jones, Jr.”
as to the size of
", price range,
etc., are asked.
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Funeral services for one of
the world’s great builders and
Methodist laymen were last
Saturday at Providence Metho
dist Church in Charlotte.
Edwin L. Jones, board chair
man of J. A. Jones Construc
tion Co., died last Friday morn
ing as he had lived for 80 years
—on the go. He was striken
while waiting to board a plane
for a Chicago session of the
World Methodist Council. He
was pronounced dead at Pres
byterian Hospital shortly before
11 a.m.
Mr. Jones was one of 15 chil
dren of James Addison Jones,
who left an impoverished Ran
dolph county farm to become
a brick mason and finally to
begin a one - man contracting
business here in 1894. And it
was Edwin, at age 9, a water
boy on downtown building pro
jects, who later became the
primary force in developing
the company’s organization and
growth into world-spanning pro
portions.
ity college (now Duke Univer
sity) with honors in 1912.
He joined his father’s firm
in that same year, and married
a Trinity college classmate, An
nabel Lambeth of Thomasville,
three years later.
“We statred out in a four
room house on Caldwell street
and we ended up in a four-room
cottage at Presbyterian Home,”
Jones said recently when he
and his wife gave up their
handsome Sharon Lane home
for quieter, more convenient
living- ; i , ; _ ; *
While his father was to build
Charlotte’s first “skyscraper” in
1909, the 12-story Independence
building, the son was to spend
the last 30-plus yean of his life
flying to inspect dams, high
ways, industrial plants, office
and military completes
throughout the Americas fend
it was in the Great
when construction
everywhere were
ing, that J. A, Jones
wpsionist by landing
tract to build a com
Bom here June 10, 1891, he
graduated from Charlotte s pub
lic schools and Baird’s Prep
school in 1908 and from Trin
Four Million DollaP Loan Is Made By
First Union To Sapphire Valley Corp.
WezfAer
Well over four inches of rain
fell in the Brevard area during
the past week. Some 2.63 in
ches fell Thursday night and
Friday. Temperature averages
for the week were 67 and 55.
Extended forecast for West
ern North Carolina for the pe
riod through Friday: Tempera
tures should average above nor
mal for the period. Chance of
showers Thursday and Friday,
mainly in the west portion on
Thursday. High temperatures
should be mostly in the 70s with
lows in the high 40s.
Tickets On Sale
At Door For
Big Fish Supper
Oct. 20
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
Oct. 23
Oct. 24
Oct. 25
Oct. 26
High Low Prec.
62 56 0.05
62 57 1.05
62 56 2.63
66 59 0.45
71 56 0.10
74 50 0.00
74 48 0.00
A big fish supper with all the
trimmings will be held in the
Masonic temple on East Main
street on Friday, October 20th
from 4:30 to 8:00 o’clock.
The price per plate will be
$1.50 for adults, and children
under the age of 12 can eat for
75 cents.
Clifford W. Frady, the Wor
shipful Master, announces the
tickets are now being sold to
the Masons and their friends.
The Master states that the
popular request take out boxes
will be available at 4:30 p.m.
“you can come by the temple,
and pick up a box and take to
the Glen Alpine football game.”
Mr. Frady urges the persons
who are planning to attend the
big fish supper to please buy
their tickets early in order that
the committee will know how
many they will have to prepare
to serve.
Tickets will also be sold at
the door.
A. E. York has been named
chairman of the food committee
and will be assisted by Floyd
Taylor and several of the mem
bers and also members of Pis
gah Chapter No. 198 Order of
the Eastern Star.
AY LIGHT
SAVINGS
TIME
l ENDS
OCTOBER 31
DEATH VEHICLE — The Volks
wagen Van is which two persons
were killed and five were injured
last Friday morning is pictured at
the scene of the accident. Thomas F.
Munro, the driver, was killed instant
ly, and a passenger, Markey Elmer
Fox, died later in the morning in the
hospital. The accident occurred on
U S Highway 276 some 10 miles south
of Brevard. (Photo by Tom Osteen)
On Rain-Soaked Highway
Two Killed, Five Injured
In One- Vehicle Accident
McAfoos Instructor
Investment Class Begins On
Monday, Three Sessions Set
The three session investment
class for retirement income will
start here Monday, November
1. Classes will run from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Novem
ber 1, 8, and 15 at the Brevard
Junior high school annex. These
are in connection with the Blue
Ridge Technical Institute. The
instructor will be Robert C.
McA'foos, a registered repre
sentative of the New York
Stock Exchange and a senior
account executive with Inter
state Securities Corporation in
Asheville. G. H. Farley makes
this announcement today.
The first session will deal
with the use of corporate bonds
and preferred stocks in provid
ing a higher rate of income.
Special attention will be placed
upon how these bonds and pre
ferred stocks trade and what
risks are involved by investors.
Municipal and government
bonds will also be discussed in
this session.
Subsequent sessions will deal
with Real Estate Investment
Trusts, high dividend utility
stocks and mutual funds as a
source of income. A guest in
structor is planned as part of
one of the sessions.
Please call Mr. Farley at the
Brevard High school for regis
tration.
In Rural Contest
Annual Awards Night Slated
Thursday In Olin Cafeteria
The Annual Awards program
lor the Community Develop
ment clubs in Transylvania
Program Highlights
Another Big Football Weekend
Is Slated On Brevard's WPNF
As the football season nears
the end of this season, there
will be several more exciting
games broadcast over WPNF.
These include the Brevard
High school games broadcast
each Friday night as well as
University of North Carolina
games on Saturday.
This weekend’s schedule is as
follows: Friday night at 7:30
p.m. the Brevard Blue Devils go
against Glen Alpine, and Bill
Norris will be on hand again to
%ecribe the action for all those
who cannot attend the game.
Saturday afternoon at Chapel
Hill the North Carolina Tar
Heels play William and Mary.
This game wilj be broadcast
over WPNF as a part of the sea
son coverage by the Tar Heel
Sports Network.
Game time is 1:30 Saturday
afternoon.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
—Tara Ta Page Threa
county will be held this Thurs
day night at 7:30 in the Olin
cafeteria.
This is an annual event to
honor those communities excel
ling in various community pro
jects and activities.
Ray Israel, President of
the Transylvania Agricultural
Council, will preside over the
meeting.
The principal speaker will
be Rev. Thomas P. Owen, pas
tor of the North Toxaway Bap
tist church.
The invocation will be ren
dered by Rev. M. L. Ross, pas
tor of the Rocky Hill Baptist
church.
The principal speaker will be
presented by Miss Cindi Rock,
of the Sapphire - Whitewater
community.
The awards will be made by
Morris L. McGough, Executive
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Two persons were killed and
five were injured in a one-car
accident on U. S. Highway
276 about 10 miles south of
Brevard at 7:15 last Friday
morning.
Killer instantly was Thomas
Fleweller Munro, Sr., 51, who
was the driver. Mr. Munro was
pinned between the Volkswagen
van and a tree.
A passenger, Markey Elmer
Fox, 32, who resided in the
Brown apartments in Brevard,
died later last Friday morn
ing in the Transylvania Com
munity hospital.
All seven persons involved in
the accident were DuPont em
ployees and were on their way
to work.
Patrolman Thad Elmore inves
tigated the accident.
Mr. Fox was pinned in the
van as was another passenger,
Larry Stiles, age 24.
The Brevard Rescue Squad
was called to the scene to pry
the two men out of the
wreckage.
Mr. Stiles is reported to be
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Progressive
Developments
Are Outlined
Sapphire Valley Develop
ment Corporation, a subsid
iary of Realtec Incorporated,
the Ft. Lauderdale based land
development firm, has just
closed a four million dollar
land development and con
struction loan with the First
Union National bank of North
Carolina.
Sapphire Valley Inn, beauti
fully located in the hills of
Western North Carolina, and
5,500 surrounding acres, includ
ing a fine golf course, stables,
lake, ski slopes and residential
property were purchased by
Realtec earlier this year.
According to Stanley P.
Whitcomb, Jr., president of
Sapphire Valley Development
Corporation and executive
vice president of Realtec, the
funds will be used for the
building of additional Coun
tryplace Condominium resi
dences and refurnishing the
elegant Inn as well as improv
ing the golf course and ski
facilities and adding new ten
nis courts.
Details of the loan were
negotiated with Eugene B.
Graham, III, senior vice pres
ident of the Real Estate De
partment of First Union Nat
ional Bank in Charlotte, Don
ald R. Lineberger, vice pres
ident of First Union National
Bank in Asheville and Ray N.
Simmons, vice president of
the bank’s Brevard branch, by
Joseph A. Brooke, Jr. Sapp
hire Valley Development Cor
poration and Realtec treas
urer.
The closing was held on Oc
tober 15 in the offices of Ralph
H. Ramsey, Jr., attorney for
the transaction. Also present at
the closing was Tom C. Willson,
Sapphire Valley Development
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BLT Will Hold
Tryouts Thursday
The Brevard Little Theatre
will hold tryouts for “The Voice
Of The Turtle,” the first play
of the season.
Tryouts will be Thursday, Oc
tober 28th, at 8 p. m. in the Lit
tle Theatre building located di
rectly behind The Transylvania
Times.
The play’s cast includes one
man and two women. Those
interested in any form of
theatre work are invited to at
tend. Anyone having questions
may call Jo Ann Dehon at
883-8616.
At Rosman 25 Years
Mrs. Gillespie Chosen As
County "Principal Of Year"
Mrs. Geneva Paxton Gillespie
has been chosen by the prin
ciples of Transylvania County
as “Principal of the Year,” and
will represent the County in the
district and state contest. She
has served as principal of Ros
man Elementary School for 25
years.
Mrs. Gillespie is a graduate
of Rosman High School, holds a
BS degree from Western Caro
lina University, an MA degree
from Peabody College and has
done additional study at the
University of North Carolina.
She ia an active member of
NCAE. TCAE and Divisions of
Principals, National, State and
County; a Charter Member of
CTA and AAUW _ a life mem
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