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VOI. Ol LNO. <tV PAID »T BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE ZS7II
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDj DECEMBER 9, 1971
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MARQUEE FALLS — The mar
quee in front of Harper’s and Gaith
er’s caved in during the early morn
ing hours last Saturday because of
the heavy snow covering it. There
were no injuries since no one was
walking along the street at time of
the morning.1 Snowfall here at the
local weather station was officially
set at 17 inches.
(Photo by Tom Osteen)
Wheelers Will Lease
Plans Being Made To Open
Hospital At Balsam Grove
The Baud of Trustees of
the empty Albert Schweitier
Memorial Hospital at Balsam
Grove is about ready to sign
a long-term lease on the in
stitution. according to Chair
Man Donald McCalL
Mr McCall said the board
will lease the building to Dr.
J. T. Wheeler, a 77-year-old re
tired neuropath from Hunts
ville, for use as a medical clinic
and nursing home. DC. Wheel
er is a native of Asheville.
Va. who Is completing a one
year residency at a hospital
in Wheeling, plans to operate
the clinic with the Older Dr.
Wheeler acting as adviser.
Mr. McCall said excavation
was started on the institution
in 1955 “with $5.28 in the treas
ury” because the community,
nine miles from Rosman in
Transylvania County, badly
needed a hospital . .the
nearest is 20 winding miles
away in Brevard.
He said, “Sixteen years
later we have a 49-bed build
ing with furniture for 41
patients including 29 new
mattresses, some X-ray and
operating equipment, office
equipment and other Rems
all free and dear of debt”
The building is 260-by-80 leet
and is located in the heart of
the community about 200 yards
off N. C. 215. x
Mr. McCall said various
news stories through the
years have brought in contri
butions “from Jnst about ev
erywhere but Russia and we
wouldn’t expect that” He
said coins and currency from
foreign countries have been
exchanged and used right
along with “American mon
ey.”
On Local Scene
Christmas Mailing Is Heavy,
Patton Cites Delivery Deadlines
Christmas mailing at the Bre
vard Post Office is heavier than
usual, Postmaster Charlie Pat
ton reports.
He urges all citizens to mail
Jfcete.CttdvMter* pack
ages early to insure delivery
before the 25th. '
Deadlines are as follows:
Dec. 10th — Mail all packages
and out-of-town cards
Dec. 15th — Mail all local
cards.
He says that Christmas means
more when people receive their
mail on time.
Postmaster Patton says that
local and out-of-town Christmas
mail should be separated.
“This will speed up delivery,”
he comments.
ward Post Office will be
open later than usual on Satur
day for the convenience of the
public.
Usually, the Post Office
closes at 12:00 noon on Satur
day, but it will be open as long
as there is a rush this week.
Mr. Patton and his staff says
thanks to all for doing their
Christmas mailing early!
Re»ulU By Townships
ASC Community Elections
Held. Results Are Announced
Results of the election of
ASC community committeemen
for 1972 in all communities
were1 announced today by Glenn
A. Whitmire, Chairman of the
Transylvania County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conser
vation (ASC) Committee.
Farmers elected to the com
mittees include:
' Boyd
Randall Lankford, Chairman
Arnold Williams, Vice Chah>
Arnold Williams, Regular
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"Children's Theater" Will Again
rlk-:
The Friday WPNF-Radle FBI
resume broadcasting a pom»lar
children’s series fl* programs
which were formerly heard on
the station. * ? ±4 -- ; '
“Children's Theater” wffl he
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and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard vo-ag dept,
John Bradley; Station Program;
Monday. Assistant Comity
Agent Dennis Waters; Tues
day, Station Program; Wednes
day, Home Agent, Miss Jeaiil
Childers.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Henry
Kjpg, paster 0* the Bosnian
Methodist church. Neat week
Bev. Russell Willis, paste* «l
the First Baptist church, will be
heard.
The Sunday morning cfauret
service is being hroadcah
through the remote facilities oi
WPNF from tSe Luthaijn*
Church of the Good Shepherd
Dr. Lewis Thornberg ia pastor
Member
Max G. Wilson, First Alter
nate
Andrew Boggs, Second Alter
nate
Brevard
Randal Lyday, Chairman
G. Carl Bryson, Vice Chair
man
C. G. Jones, (Speedy) Regu
lar Member
Edgar M. Meece, First Alter
—Turn to Page Five
Weather made unusual news
during the past week with the
greatest one-day snowfall In
several years occurring on Fri
day. 17 inches of snow was
measured at the Brevard
weather station.
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Temperatures for the past
week averaged 44 and 27 high
and low. with a total of over
Transylvania Blanketed With 17 Inches Of
Snow, Rescue Squads Were Extremely Busy
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Brevard, Rosman
Groups Work
Around Clock
By • Cal Carpenter
The 16 to 20-inch snowfall
that blanketed Transylvania
County last weekend might
have been pretty to look at
through the window, but it
was a time of hard work and
little rest for the county
Kescue Squads.
Both the Brevard and the
Rosman squads started receiv
ing calls about 6:30 Friday
morning and they kept coming
until Sunday evening. Accord
ing to First Lieutenant J. C.
Rowe of the Brevard squad,
there were so many calls so
fast, “We just lost count of the
number.”
The largest number of
calls to the Brevard squad
were for emergency transpor
tation of medical personnel—
doctors and nurses to and
from the hospital. Other calls
included transportation of
food to needy families, de
livery of prescription medi
cines to homes, and the trans
portation of one suspected
heart-attack victim to the hos
pital.
Both rescue squads also as
sisted the Slate Highway Patrol
in traffic direction at automo
bile accidents and one funeral.
Where regular commercial
transportation was not avail
able, the squads delivered
stranded motorists to their
homes.
"The calls were continu
ous” says Lt. Rowe. There
were 113 calls at the PoUce
Communications Center from
6:30 ajn. Friday morning un
til 2:30 p.m. that day—Just an
eight-hour period.
“But we had no major traf
fic accidents in Brevard,” con
tinued Lt. Rowe who is also
Chief Rowe of the Brevard Po
lice, “and we’re very grateful
for that.”
The Bosnian Rescue Squad
was on standby from 5:00
a.m. Friday until 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, according to W. O.
Galloway, Quartermaster of
the unit.
“We ate at the squad house,”
he said, “with meals prepared
and served by the Rosman Res
cue Squad Women’s Auxiliary.”
The Rosman squad also had
so many calls they lost count.
Among them was a call to
take an accident victim to the
doctor, transportation of food
to a needy family in the Bal
sam Grove area, and several
trips to Round Mountain—a
remote area the other side of
The WQds Christian Camp —
to take food and transport
—Turn to Page Four
PRIZE - WINNING FLOAT —
Pictured above is the float of the
Future Farmers of America Chapter
at Brevard high school which won
first place, or the Mayor’s Award,
in the big Christmas parade here last
Wednesday. The parade was spon
sored by the Merchants Committee
of the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce, and the annual Christmas
parade at Bosnian will be held Sun
day afternoon. Full details are car
ried in a story on the front page of
the fourth section.
(Times Staff Photo)
At Brevard, Rosman
Measles Vaccination Clinics
Scheduled Sunday Afternoon
“Un-City" I« Building
Home Building At Connestee
Said Year Ahead Of Schedule
Home construction at the
Connestee Palls recreational
residential community is a
year ahead of schedule, ac
cording to Daniel J. Salis
bury, Director of Construc
tion and Chairman of the
Environmental Control Com
mittee for the “Un-city”.
“We had not expected build
ing to be so far along at this
early date,” says Mr. Salisbury.
“We had estimated it would be
the Spring of next year before
people began building; but we
already have 13 residences un
der construction.”
Several well known archi
Baker Chairman
Jaycees Seeking Nominations
For Local "Mian Of The Year
The Brevard Jaycees today
formed a committee to seek
nominations for Transylvania
County’s outstanding young
m«n of the year, according to
Stanley Tucker, President of
the Brevard Jaycees.
The Distinguished Service
Award, presented annually
only limitations are that he be
a.. re^iteat of Transylvania
County, be at least 21 years of
age and not have reached the
age of 36 before January 1,
1972. - '• : - -V : - -
“We are most anxious that
the DSA winner be representa
tive of the entire county and
urge all persons desiring to
nominate an individual to feel
free to do so,” says Mr. Tucker.
Forms to be used in connec
tion with the nomination are
available at First Union Na
tional Bank, First Citizens
Bank and Trust Company,
Chamber of Commerce or may
be obtained from any member
of the DSA committee.
The winner will be honored
—TM to Page Eight
tects and builders are among
those now constructing homes
in the 3900-acre Connestee
Falls community four miles
south of Brevard. Among
them are Henry C. McDonald
of Brevard; the C. E. Coch
ran Construction Co. of Bre
vard; Logan Construction,
Inc., of Asheville; Randell
Bryson of Pisgah Forest;
Real Log Home Builders of
—Turn to Page Five
Tax Listers
Are Named
The Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners, meet
ing December 6th in the court
house here, approved the tax
listers for 1972.
Listers named are:
Boyd township, Mrs. Celia S.
Hutchins
Cathey’s Oeek Township,
Mrs. Frances Whitmire
Dunn’s Rock Township, Mrs.
Betty Compton
Eastatoe^ Mrs. Lawrence
Whitmire
Gloucester Township, Mrs.
Nola Mae McCall
Hogback Township, Mrs. Ruth
Fisher
Little River Township, Mrs.
Gladys Shuford
Brevard Inside Township and
Brevard Outside Township,
Lawrence Hipp, Mrs. Ethel
Owen, Mrs. Ola Hooper and
Mrs. Mary Stiles.
This announcement comes
from L. R. Hipp, the Tax Su
pervisor for Transylvania coun
ty.
Combination Measles - Ru
bella vaccinations will be
given this Sunday afternoon,
December 12th; between 2:00
and 5:00 p.m. at the Brevard
High School cafeteria and the
Rosman Elementary School
lunch room.
The clinics were first set last
Sunday, but were postponed be
cause of the heavy snowfall.
•i Parents are reminded that
the new state law requires
Measles vaccination by age two
and that all children enrolling
in grades one through six next
fall must have certification of
vaccination.
In Transylvania County, it
is estimated that 1,330 chil
dren ages one through 12
have not been vaccinated
against measles, while an
even larger number have not
been immunized against ru
—Turn to Page Two
Fair Weather
Ends Threat Of
Floods Tuesday
Sunny skies Tuesday morn
ing ended the threat of a
serious flood along the
French Broad River in Tran
sylvania county on Tuesday,
however high water closed
several country roads and
flooded the bottomlands.
The heavy rains on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday on top of
the 17”-inch snowfall of last
Friday caused the flooding, and
schools were closed both Mon
day and Tuesday.
They reopened on Wednes
day.
They were also closed last
Friday because of the heaviest
snowfall that Transylvania
has experienced in many
years. Some observers say
that it was the heaviest since
1942.
According to Harry C. Corbin,
Superintendent of Schools, the
three days that have been miss
ed will be made up on the fol
lowing days:
Saturday, December 11th
Thursday, December 30th
Friday, December 31st.
This Saturday, the buses will
leave the school at 12:30 p.m.,
and lunches will not be served
on this day.
River Out Of Banks
The French Broad River
crested at. Rosman at 9.58 feet
Tuesday morning and began
to subside as fair weather and
sunshine returned to Western
North Carolina.
Although the river reached
flood stage of 8 feet as heavy
rains fell on the remains of
last weekend’s heavy snow,
bringing the evacuation of about
15 families in low lying areas
south of Rosman, the Transyl
vania sheriff’s department said
Tuesday night there had been
no serious damage reported.
Among the roads that, were
closed Tuesday because of
high water were Barclay
road, Hannah Ford road, Is
land Ford road and Wilson
road.
There was high water in
places on US Highway 276 dur
ing the day, but it was passable
most of the time.
Traffic Snarled
Traffic was at a near stand
still on Friday and Saturday,
because it was impossible to
move without snow tires or
chains or both.
Over the weekend many
minor vehicular accidents were
reported to the Police depart
ment, the Sheriff’s department
—Turn to Page Two
He’s Rev. Harry W. Phillips
Presbyterians Call New Senior
Minister, McPhail Is Assistant
The Brevard - Davidson River
Presbyterian Church has re
cently called a new Senior Min
ister, the Reverend Harry W.
Philips. Mr. Philips preached
his first sermon on Sunday,
December 5th, which was “My
Letter of Introduction.”
Mr. Philips moved to Bre
vard from a Pastorate in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee, the River
mont Presbyterian Church,
where he served for over IS
years. The Riviermont Church
was a newly organized Church
when he went there as a recent
graduate of Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary in June, 1958.
The membership grew under
his leadership from SO charter
members to its present member