THE TRANSYLVAJMA TIMES
_^ State And National Prize-Winning H i Town Newspaper
Vol. 84—-No. 48
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY,
iMBER 2, 1971 * 32 PAGES TODAY *
AT FIREMEN’S BANQUET —
W. L. “Luke” Harrison, center, was
honored on 25 years of service to the
Brevard Fire Department and to the
community at a banquet last week at
Berry’s. At the left is Mayor Charlie
Campbell, who presented him with a
handsome plaque, and at the right is
Fire Chief Joe Pickelsimer, who paid
high tribute to the dedicated service
of Mr. Harrison. See story on page
one, third section in this week’s
Times. (Times Staff Photo)
Indebtedness Reduced
Financial Condition Of The
County Reported Excellent
Transylvania county is in
sound financial condition, and
probably owes less money
than any other county in
North Carolina.
This statement was made
this week by Donald Lee
Moore, chairman of the Tran
sylvania county Board of
Commissioners.
Come January 1, 1972, Mr.
Moore says the indebtedness
of the county will only be
$940,004, and this is broken
down as follows:
Old debt service—$715,000.
School Indebtedness—$225,
By the first of July, 1972,
the indebtedness will be re
duced to $815,000, Mr. Moore
declares.
Emphasizing the sound con*
dition of the county at the
present time, Mr. Moore
points to the indebtedness in
July, 1964.
At that time, $1,138,000
was owed on the old refund
ing debt of 1937.
Other indebtedness includ
ed the school debt of $590,
000, plus miscellaneous debts
of $8,400, for a total of $1,736
000.
The chairman of the Board
says the sound condition of
the county is also enhanced
by the fact that mere and
more homes and businesses
are coming on the tax books
at a steady rate.
Look Inside...
Cub Scouts pictured with Na
tional Christmas tree, front
page, third section
WNC Awards luncheon with
three Transylvania communities
in the running, also front page
of the third section
News of and for the women,
page six, second section, and
pages 10 and 11, also in the
section section
Sports, page six, first section.
At Brevard, Roman
Measles Vaccination Clinics
Scheduled Sunday Afternoon
Combination Meades • Ru
bella vaccination* will be
given tjbie Sunday afternoon.
December 5, between 1:00
and 5:00 pjn. at tbe Brevard
High School cafeteria and the
WK&'zit
Parents are reminded that
the new state law requires
iteasks vaccination by age two
Cold that all children enrolling
in grades one through six next
foil must have certification of
vaccination, 7.
County, it -
ii estimated Out 1,330 chil
dren ages one through It
have not been vaccinated
against measles, while an
ever larger
Free Service Available
Better Business Bureau
Expands Into Transylvania
The Better Business
Bureau of the Greater Ashe
ville Area has been extend
ed to include Transylvania
county.
The Beureau is now offer
ing free telephone service in
Transylvania through the co
operation of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce and several
local businesses.
In September, through the
cooperation of the Chambers
of Commerce and Business
Firms in Hendersonville and
Haywood County, residents
and business Arms in those
areas were provided free toil
service to the Area Better
Business Bureau in Asheville.
Any resident or business
firm in those two counties have
been able to reach their Bureau
by just asking the operator
for WX 4600. Use of this ser
vice has increased rapidly in
the past two months.
Beginning December this
week, through the coopera
tion of the Brevard Chamber
of Commerce and other Bre
vard business firms, resi
dents of Transylvania Coun
ty will be supplied with the
mm toil free service to
their Bureau. The same tele
phone number WX 4600 will
be used from this county.
Beginning on December 6th,
again as a result of support of
the Bureau by the Chamber of
Commerce and business con
cerns in Tryon and Columbus,
toll free service will be avail
able to the Bureau from Polk
County. In this case however,
the toll free telephone number
will be WX 7200..
It is expected that other
countries in WNC will have
this toll free service available
as soon as arrangements be
tween Better Business
Bureau and local Chambers
—Turn to Page Six
Donations Asked
Pick-Up Day Will Be Held On
Saturday For Christmas House
Pick-up day for the toy and
donation drive of the Tran
sylvania Christmas House
will be December 4th, accord
ing to Dr. Glenn Mathenjr,
Chairman for this year’s
Christmas House.
The pick-up will be made
by Transylvania Boy Scouts
who will canvass the communi
ties looking for a white rag on
doors of the houses. The white
cloth, traditional symbol of a
peaceful mission, has been
chosen to be the sign thait a
householder wants to make a
donation.
Householders are asked to
display the white rag on their
door or leave toys and other
Items on the curb for the Boy
Scouts to pick up.
Donations Asked
Donations of many kinds of
useful items are asked for the
Christmas House. Toys, dott
ing, household utensils, bed
ding and non-perishable food;
all are welcome. And all will be
used to make a happier Christ
mas for 175 Transylvania fam
ilies, some of whom might have
little to be happy about with
out this kind of public help.
Used items In good condi
tion are welcome; newly pur
chased items and money are
badly needed. Especially need
ed are toys or the money with
which to boy them, for the
approximately 800 children
lal Christmas House
1 be opened on Broad
front of the Morris
in the next few days,
to Dr. Matbeny.
By FRED REITER
November had less rain than
normal at Brevard’s weather
station, with a total of 3.56 rain
fall for the month and most of
that came during the last week.
Temperatures during the past
eight days averaged 47 high and
26 low for each day, with a
week’s high of 57 on Sunday,
while the low was 19 last Tues
day.
Extended outlook for Thurs
day through Saturday from the
National Weather Service: A
chance of rain or snow west
portion Thursday. Clearing Fri
day and sunny Saturday. Rather
cold Thursday and Friday with
some moderation in daytime
temperatures by Saturday.
Highs Thursday and Friday
mostly in the 30s, with over
night lows in the 20s.
High Low Prec.
Nov. 23_ 34 19 0.00
Nov. 24_ 35 26 1.38
Nov. 25 .._ 52 27 0.00
Nov. 26_. 45 20 0.00
Nov. 27 __ 52 29 0.21
Nov. 28_ 57 21 0.00
Nov. 29 . 52 37 0.66
Nov. 30_. 52 26 0.00
Little Theatre
Play Postponed
Until January
Jo Ann Dehon, director of
the Brevard Little Theatre’s
production of “The Voice Of
The Turtle”* announces that
the play has been postponed
until January following emer
gency surgery on a member of
the cast. Performances were
scheduled for December 9, 10
and 11.
Becky Pelletier, playing the
lead role of Sally Middleton,
underwent an appendectomy
Monday at the Transylvania
Community Hospital.
Mrs. Dehon stated that she
will begin rehearsals again im
mediately following the holi
days and is scheduling the pro
duction for January 13, 14 and
15. She added that the second
production of the BLT’s 1971-72
season is scheduled for March,
and the third will be in May.
j CHRISTMAS Wi g OTOTTIMM lW7l |
THERE'S MORE TO DO GIVE
MORE TO CHRISTMAS SEALS
Log Reviewed
Special Program On Drug Abuse
To Be Heard Sunday On WPNF
A special jpublic service pro
gram on the subject of drug
abuse has been scheduled on
WPNF-Radio this Sunday at
3:30 p.m. WPNF presents an
interview with Art Linkletter
by Dr. Oswald Hoffman in a
broadcast titled “On Your Door
step”.
“How can parents approach
their children with the drug
problem in such a way as not to
either under-react or over
react?”
That’s one of the questions
Mr. Linkletter answers in this
special broadcast on drug
abuse. Hear K over WPNF,
1340 Radio Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
Other Programs
The Farm and Home Hour
schedule for the week is as fol
lows: Thursday, Station Pro
gram; Friday, ASCS program;
Monday, Jerry Purser, County
Extension Agent; Tuesday, Sta
tion Program; Wednesday, Jean
Childers, Home Extension
Agent.
Sunday morning church ser
vices during December will be
broadcast from the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd,
North Broad street in Brevard.
The daily speaker on WPNF’s
Morning Devotions at 9:45 a.m.
this week is Rev. Jesse Bailey,
pastor of Little River Baptist
Church.
Parade Officially ^Opens Yule
Shopping Season Here In Brevard
POSTAL JlP
NEW POSTMASTER — Pisgah
Forest has a new Postmaster, and he
is Herbert C. Hicks, right, who re
ceived his commission last week at
an impressive ceremony at the Post
Office. Presenting the commission
to Postmaster Hicks was John J.
Wise, left, District Manager of the
U. S. Postal Service of North Caro
lina. (Times Staff Photo)
Postal Career Man
Herbert C. Hicks Is New
PostmasterPisgah Forest
Attendance Urged
Glen Cannon To Have Fall
Membership Meeting Monday
The Fall Membership meet
ing of Glen Cannon Country
club, Inc., will be held Monday
night, Dec. 6th, at 7:30 in the
clubhouse.
President Ray N. Simmons
urges all members to attend,
since the Board of Directors
will report on the club finan
cial condition, present the bud
get for 1972 and outline plans
and activities that have been
recommended by various com
mittees.
The Board of Directors will
also recommend to the mem
bership that dues he increased
approximately 10% in 1972 to
meet the continuing rise in
operating costs. In addition, the
Board will recommend that
initiation fees be increased
both for the additional income
—Turn to Page Six
First In State
Transylvania 4-C Program
Given Regional Approval
Climaxing 18 months of
organization and planning,
the Transylvania County Co
ordinated Child Care Pro
gram has received word that
it has the status of Full Rec
ognition from the Atlanta
Federal Regional Committee
for 4C. Transylvania County
is the only community in
North Carolina to achieve
this goal and is one of only
a few in the Southeast re
gion
The members of the Tran
sylvania 4C Program are rep
resentatives from six county
public agencies and from eight
community organizations, eight
lay citizens and 12 parents of
preschool children.
The Transylvania 4C Pro
gram’s purpose is to en
courage and enable agencies
providing child care and pre
school services to work to
gether to stretch their re
sources, to eliminate waste
and duplication, and to im
prove and extend the quality
and scope of their services.
The goal is to reach the max
imum number of families pos
sible with the top priority
given to low-income families,
to improve staff competence,
and to provide parents with
a more effective voice in pol- *
icy and program direction.
The Transylvania 4C Pro- i
gram has had two major pro
jects. One is the founding and g
operation of First Adventure
Center, the county’s only state
and federally licensed day care
—Turn to Page Seven
Herbert E. Hicks, of Old
Fort, who was appointed Post
master of the Pisgah Forest
Post Office effective October
30th, received his commis
sion as Postmaster from John
J. Wise District Manager of
the U. S. Postal Service for
North Carolina on November
23rd. Presenting the commis
sion for Mr. Wise was H. V.
Brookshire Assistant Mana
ger of Asheville - 287 Section
al Center.
Mr. Hicks’ commission is in
keeping with the policy of the
United States Postal Service to
promote qualified career em
ployees into positions of great
er responsibility.
A veteran of 23 years of
postal service, Mr. Hicks be
gan his postal career in 1949
as a substitute mail clerk.
In 1951 he was made regular
clerk and assigned to the Dis
trict Transportation Office at
Lynchburg and Roanoke, Vir
ginia where he worked until
the District Offices were dis
continued in 1958.
He then became a Mobile
Unit Clerk and served in this
capacity until 1962 when he
ivas promoted to Foreman of
Mails at the Charlotte Post Of
fice and served in that capacity
jntil his appointment as Post
master at Pisgah Forest.
Mr. Hicks is married to the
former Mildred Bratcher of
Louisville, Ky„ and they have
—Turn to Page Seven
Many Stores
Staying Open
In Evenings
The big parade in Brevard
Wednesday afternoon signal
led the opening of the 1971
Christmas shopping season
here, and a large crowd was
on hand to greet Old Saint
Nick.
The multi-colored lights,
more extensive than ever be
fore, were turned on during the
parade, and they will be burn
ing brightly each night from
now until after Christmas.
A survey in Brevard re
veals that the tempo of shop
ping has noticeably stepped
up, and the stores are well
stocked with Christmas mer
chandise.
Officials of the Brevard Mer
chants Committee of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce
point out that it is good busi
ness to “shop at home”.
Most all stores will be open
during the evening hours un
til Christmas for the con
venience of their customers,
and they encourage their
patrons to take advantage of
the “late” shopping hours.
Many of the Brevard mer
chants are giving away valuable
prizes during the Christmas
season, and the members of the
“Transylvania Trading Center”
in downtown Brevard are com
bining their efforts to award a
beautiful console color televi
sion set. They encourage every
one to come by and register for
this set, valued at $850.
The Parade
The gala parade was a de
light to all.
It featured the Brevard
high school band and two
visiting bands, Enka and Hen
dersonville.
There were varied floats and
entries, plus the Asheville Aux
iliary Police Motorcade, Shrine
clowns, cheerleaders, major
ettes, etc.
Prizes were awarded to the
best, floats, and the winners
will be announced Thursday
over VVPNF.
Elks Will Hold
Annual Memorial
Service Sunday
Brevard Elks Lodge. No. 1768,
will conduct their Annual Me
morial Service on December 5.
The 2 ;00 o’clock p.m. service
will be at the Lodge Hall, and
music will be furnished by Mrs.
Henry C'. McDonald, Jr.
All Lodge members, relatives
of deceased members and the
public are invited to attend.
A State Winner
Frank Summey Is Honored At
4-H Congress In Chicago, III.
Frank Summey, of Brevard,
is being honored this week as
the National 4-H Congress
celebrates its golden anniver
sary in Chicago.
Frank, selected as the Pe
t-oleum Power Program cham
ion for the state of North
'arolina, is the guest at the
'ongress of - the American Oil
oundation, donor of the pro
ram in 48 states.
Young Summey and 39
other petroleum power state
winners attended an informal
get-acquainted buffet at the
Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry on Sunday eve
ning. He was formally pre
sented as the state champion
at an awards banquet on
Tuesday in the Crystal Ball
room of the famed Sheraton
Blackstone Hotel.
Highlighting ithe evening was
a meeting with American Oil’s
president, Blaine Yarrington,
who heads the board of direc
tors of the National 4-H Service
Committee.
The 4-H Petroleum Power
—Tun to Pago Six