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★ Vol. 84—No. 44
THE TRANSYLVANIA TFWES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspap
SECOND CLASS ROSTASE
BREVARD. N. C. UR CODE ESTtt
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1971
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
GROUND ■ BREAKING CEREMONY—First
Union National bank has broken ground in North
Brevard for a branch office, and officials at the
ground-breaking ceremony are pictured above.
From left to right, they are: Sam Brewton, of the
architectual firm of McDonald and Brewton; Har
old Saltz, Lessor; C. E. Cochran, the contractor;
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Claude C. Armfield, Western Region Executive
Officer of First Union; W. M. Melton, Chairman
of the bank’s local Board of Directors; Ray N.
Simmons, Brevard City Executive; and Ben Mas
sey, Consumer Loan Department, Regional Offi
cer of the bank.
(Times Staff Photo)
In North Brevard
First Union National Bank
To Build A Branch Office
First Union National Bank
broke ground recently for its
first, branch office in Bre
vard, according to Ray N.
Simmons, city executive for
the Brevard First Union of
With expected completion
in 90 days, the full - service
branch, to be located at 1011
Asheville Highway, will offer
three inside teller windows,
a regular drive - up window
and a night deposit vault.
Facilities will be built in
for an additional drive - in
window utilizing the pneuma
tic tube system, a first in
Brevard banking. The pneu
matic tube window operates
about 10 feet from the nor
mal drive - up facility and
allows the customer to trans
act business with the teller
via the tube. This system al
lows the teller to servf more
than one customer at a time
and eases traffic flow through
the drive • up window.
Cochran Construction Com
pany is the contractor for the
new branch with McDonald &
Brewton Associates serving as
the architect.
Joseph McCall, a Western
Carolina University gradu
ate, will manage the new
branch.
Mr. McCall, with the bank
since November, 1970, also at
tended Brevard College where
he lettered in baseball. He and
—Turn to Page Five
At Annual Meeting
Baptist Man And Woman Of The
Year Announced By Association
The Transylvania Baptist
Association, during the time of
its annual meeting which was
held on October 25th and 26th,
named the Baptist Woman and
the Baptist Man of the year for
1971. Each Southern Baptist
Church in the association had
the privilege of nominating
someone for this honor. A spec
ial screening committee select
ed from this group of nomi
nees the woman and the man
that was felt to best depict by
their lives the Southern Bap
tist of the Transylvania Asso
ciation.
The Baptist Woman of the
Year for 1971 is Mrs. Stephan
A. Talmadge. Mrs. Talmadge is
known to many as the secre
tary - reciptionist for Dr.
James M. Keeley. She is a
graduate of Brevard High
School. She is the mother of
two children.
Mrs. Talmadge is a member
of the Turkey Creek Baptist
c hurch. She has served her
church in many capacities. She
is a Sunday School teacher, a
Training Union leader, a mem
ber of the. choir, and the church
librarian. She has served as a
leader in the Woman’s Mis
—Turn to Page Seven
Aldermen Approve
Christmas Parade To Be Held
Here On Wednesday, December 1
Several matters were dis
cussed and action was taken
on others at the November
meeting of the Brevard
Board of Aldermen in the
Municipal building Monday
night.
The City Fathers approved a
Program HigMighU
Excellent Drama Heard' Each
Saturday Morning On WPNF
A popular weekly presenta
tion of WPNF - Radio is the
Salvation Army program titled
“Heartbeat Theatre”, heard ov
er 1240 - radio each Saturday
morning at 11:09 a. m.
The program this Saturday is
another dramatic presentation,
this time starring Byron Kane
in a brief play called “O'Shau
ghnessy’s Revenge.” In the
story, an old man complains
about tenants in the apartment
building in which he has been
living for the past forty years.
tiifisy Palmer’s popular radio
feature called “The Wonderful
World of Food” continues these
days on WPNF, heard during
the morning '
On Thursday, Betsy will talk
about Sunday brunch. She says
it has become an American
tradition, and it’s also a lovely
way to entertain friends.
On Friday’s program, Betsy
has an Indian recipe for corn
stew.
Football this weekend on
WPNF will include the broad
cast of the Brevard - Enka
game Friday night, and the
North Carolina - Clemson game
Saturday afternoon.
Game time Friday night will
be 7:30 p m., and Saturday af
ternoon at 1:30 p. m. ' , :
Other Programs .y
Farm and Home Hour pro
gram schedule for the week
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Christmas parade for Wednes
day, December 1st, in the busi
ness section of Brevard.
The Board will award a
plaque or trophy as first
prize for the winning float in
the parade. It will be re
warded each year and will re
main in a suitable place in
the Municipal bunding.
Luke Morgan, City Manager,
reported that several items
were under discussion with the
State Highway Department. One
being the traffic flow at the In
tersections of Caldwell and
Main Streets Another being the
possible relief of congested
traffic at the intersection of
Elm Bend Road and Highway
276.
Mr. Morgan also reported
that the matter of closing
Gaston Street between the
two Elementary Schools was
disc*toed with the Traffic Di
vision of the State Highway
Department. Permission was
given to dose said street for
a short time hs the morning
and afternoon during critical
periods of opening and dos
ing of schools, however, it
was the opinion of the Dio
trlet Engineer that the street
" not and should not be
over the entire school
the manager also reported
that Warren Brothers had com
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WejfAer
By FRED REITER
A.
Brevard temperatures were
several degrees above normal
for the past week, averaging 73
and 54 for the period.
The week’s high point came
on Thursday and Friday with
readings of 78 degrees, while
the coolest reading was only
46 last Wednesday morning.
Rainfall totalled 2.32 inches.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina for Thursday through
Saturday: fair with a slight
cooling trend. Highs in the 50s
in the mountains and 60s else
where. Lows will be in the 40
mountains and 50s elsewhere
Thursday dropping to the 30s
inland by Saturday.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low Free.
Oct. 27_ 74 46 0.00
Oct. 28 .. 78 52 0.00
Oct. 29_ 78 47 0.00
Oct. 30_ 72 53 0.00
Oct. 31 _ 66 60 1.32
Nov. 1_ 67 59 0.54
Nov. 2 . 76 61 0.46
Lions To Meet
At The College
Brevard Lions will meet in
the Brevard College cafeteria
Thursday night at 7:00 o’clock.
President Ed Rice urges all
Lions to attend, and he prom
ises a good program on City
Government.
He also reminds the public
that if they need firewood, call
a. member of the Lions club.
Sapphire-Whitfwater, Cedar Mt„
And Little River Win Top Awards
Annual Banquet
Held Thursday
At Olin Plant
The Annual Transylvania
County Community Develop
ment Awards Program was
held Thursday October 28th,
at 7:30 p. m., in the cafeteria
of Olin Corporation.
Ray Israel, chairman of the
Transylvania County Council,
presided at the dinner meet
ing. The Rev. M. L. Ross from
Cedar Mountain gave the In
vocation, and Cindy Rock from
Sapphire - Whitewater present
ed the Rev. Thomas P. Owen,
speaker for the event. The Rev.
Owen is pastor of the North
Toxaway Baptist Church in the
Lake Toxaway community.
The speaker stated that the
community development or
ganization is an important
“arm” for the community as
related to the home, the church
and the school.
Awards were presented by
Morris McGough, Executive
Vice President of the Asheville
Agricultural Development Coun
cil, and Karle Lehman, presi
dent of the Asheville Agricul
tural Development Council.
The following communities
received awards:
DIVISION A, Sapphire-White
water, first place
DIVISION B, Cedar Moun
tain, first place; Lake Toxaway,
second place; Quebec, third
place
DIVISION C, Little River,
first place; Cathey’s Creek, sec
ond place
YOUTH, Cedar Mountain,
first place; Lake Toxaway, sec
ond place; Cathey’s Creek, third
—Turn to Page Five
Sears Moves To
Brevard Plaza
Shopping Center
Brevard’s new Sears Store
opens this Wednesday night in
the all new Brevard Plaza on
the four lane Asheville Highway
here.
Sears has now completely
moved from the facilities that
they had occupied here for the
past few years, offering their
many customers a much larg
er shopping area and a larger,
more complete selection of
merchandise to choose from.
Sears officials, including
new store manager Jim Foster,
extend a cordial invitation to
the public to come by and visit
—Turn to Page Five
More Money Received
Powell Bill Allocations For
Brevard And Rosman Announced
Powell Bill allocations for
street improvements in towns
and cities in North Carolina
are announced today.
Local allocations are as
follows:
Brevard — $24,433.25
E osman — $1,945.67.
The allocations to the munic
ipalities are from gasoline tax
funds.
This year’s payment in the
State is a record, exceeding last
year’s allocation, the highest
up to then, of $11.9 million. This
year’s is 12.5 million.
This payment is for the fis
cal year 1970 - 71, and will
double next year since an act
of the legislature raised the
Powell Bill source from one
half cent per gallon of the gas
tax to a full cent.
Payments are currently made
on a basis of 50 per cent based
on a municipality’s population,
and 50 per cent on its street
mileage that is not a part of
the State Highway system, but
next year it will be weighted
75 per cent on population and
25 per cent on mileage.
This year’s largest check, as
usual, went to Charlotte, the
state’s largest city, which is
getting $1,155,408.
AWARD WINNERS — The
winners of the three divisions in the
1971 Rural Development contest in
Transylvania county are pictured
above. They were announced at a
banquet meeting last Thursday
night in the Olin cafeteria. Presi
dents of the clubs accepting the
awards, from left to right, are: Gary
Murdock, Little River, winner of Di
vision C; Alvin Jones, Cedar Moun
tain, winner of Division B; and Erik
D. Hansen, Sapphire - Whitewater,
winner of Division A.
Resolution Adopted
Commissioners Ask State
Highway To Improve US 276
Plea Is Made
Transylvania’s United Fund
Now At One Half Of The Goal
The Corporate gift of the
Sylvan Plant of American
Thread and the pledges of the
employees there brought the
Transylvania United Fund
campaign to $27,889.50, or to
the halfway point.
There are several industries
in Transylvania winding up
their drives this week and
next, and President Earle John
son urges all solicitors to com
pletc their campaigns immedi
ately.
lie would like for final re
turns to be made by Novem
ber 12th in order that the
final report to the people
could be made by November
17th.
“If you have not been con
tacted and given an opportuni
—Turn to Page Six
Requirements Listed
18 To 20-Year Olds Are
Urged To Register Now
A plea is made today for
18 to 20-year olds in Tran
sylvania county to register in
order that they will be able
to vote during 1972.
It is estimated that there
are approximately 300 per
sons in this age bracket in
the county, and to date, only
24 have registered.
They may register on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday
in the Board of Elections of
fice, located upstairs here in
the court house.
The hours are from 8:30 to
5:00 on these three days each
week.
The first time that this
group will be able to vote
will be in the May, 1972, Pri
mary.
But they should register
right away.
Registration for the May
Primary ends on April 14th,
1972.
Election Board officials ex
plain that it is a very simple
matter to register:
“It only requires a few
minutes.
“Requirements are that
yon must bring a birth cer
tificate or driver’s license; be
a citizen of the United States;
a resident of North Carolina
for one year; and you must
present yourself in person.”
The Board of Commission
erg for Transylvania County
has adopted a resolution ask
ing the State Highway De
partment to improve US
Highway 276 from the Bre
vard City Limits to the
South Carolina line.
This action was taken Mon
day at the November meeting
of the Board.
Specificially, the Commis
sioners have asked for a
study of the Highway to de
termine the most dangerous
spots thereon and guard rails
be erected.
The Resolution in its en
tirety is carried below:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, U. S. Highway
No. 276 from Brevard south to
the South Carolina line is an
old, narrow and crooked road
with numerous steep grades
which are hazardous in wet and
—Turn to Page Five
Attention Public
Recommendations From Principals
Made To Transylvania P-TA Council
The Transylvania P-TA Coun
cil met Thursday, October 28th,
at 12:30 over lunch at Penrose
School in the cafeteria.
A panel of principals made
the following report, Mrs. Vera
Taylor reporting:
“What Do You Expect From
Your P-TA? The Principals
View”
1. “To provide paraprofes
sionals to work in the
schools and provide re
leased time for teacher
planning.
2. ‘To understand the school
programs and be able to
interpret them to the gen
eral public.
3. ‘To provide the opportun
ity for parents and teach
ers to discuss common
problems.
4. “To aid in special projects
such as preschool clinics,
chaperoning field trips,
and planning and conduct
ing student activities on
special occasions.
5. “To make recommenda
tions to the school con
cerning changes and im
provements in school pro
grams.
6. “In any fund raising activi
ties where the money is to
be spent for the school,
the priorities set by the
school staff and adminis
tration should be the first
consideration. Any mon
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