THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper i mi* 1 OA et SECOND CLASS POSTAGE X VOl. o4-WO. 51 paid at BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 20712 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1971 ★ 40 PAGES TODAY ★ From The Staff And Management Of The Transylvania Times I Regulation* Cited Tax Listing Begins On January 4th, Books In Townships First Tax listing in Transylvania county for 1972 will begin on Tuesday, January 4th, accord ing to an announcement coming today from the Tran sylvania County Board of Commissioners. The Township books will be in each township through Jan uary 15, except for Brevard, which will be at the Tax Super visor’s office. Each person owning real property, land and/or build ings and each person owning or in possession of personal propery on January 1st, 1972, and all mole between the ages of 21 and 50 are re quired to list during the month of January. The tax listing books are lo cated in each township for a period of 10 days to provide a more convenient service for the people living there, so please list while the books are in the township if possible as this pre vents hardships later on where long lines in the Tax Super visor’s office means a longer waiting period. , All listing books will bd In the Tax Supervisor’s office far the remainder of the month. electrical appliances, business os and numerous «p.Tum to Pare Sit In The Time* Connestee Community Tabloid Published, Reports On Progress Readers of The Transylvania Times will be interested in the tabloid insert in this week’s pa per. This new tabloid, which will be published from time to time, is entitled “The Connestee Community News”. Because of postal regulations, this tabloid is included only in those Times that are sold on the news stand and those delivered by carrier boys. This circulation totals 3,000. However, the Connestee De velopment Corporation is mail ing out copies to those persons who have purchased lots and to others. The paper reviews the prog ress that is being made in the Connestee Falls residential com munity. It also carries Season’s Greet ings to their many new friends in Transylvania county. Instructions Given '72 License Tag Application Cards Are Now In The Mails The application cards neces sary for obtaining 1972 li cense plates were placed In the mail on December 29 and 21. Department of Motor Ve hicles expect this huge mail ing, estimated at more than 3,500,090 cards, to be deliver ed by January 1. The 1972 Blue and White Says Happy Holidays With Raise ci The Boards of Director! of Roth Originals Corporation in Hendersonville and Brevard vard announced a general wage increase today. ‘ The increase 0# five per cent (B%) will apply to all hourly paid and production incentive , employees. The new rates will * be effective Monday, January 8, 1ML ' ' JoF3 V v “The companies haye enjoyed a vary successful year”, said J. Harry Sample, president.-., "Tb* increased sales and pro plates go on sale throughout the State on January 4. The 1971 plates expire December 31 and their use beyond that date is permissable only if they are duly registered by the Depart ment to the vehicle on which display is made. Owners who have their vehicles properly registered by the Department have thru February 15 to obtain new plates. Surrounding area residents may obtain plates at 26 W. Jor dan Street, Brevard. Office hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday thtu Friday. The office will be closed Satur days. ■-•••?• : The feenae plate agent, Mm Jeanne Banter, points eat that “to renew a plate you moat have a renewal card” and cautions against the mis m *ir*\ Weat/ier By FRED REITER >-a Temperatures were a bit above the normal for the season again during the past week, hitting averages of 58 and 39. The week’s high was 69 this past Tuesday afternoon while the low was 18 degrees on Sun* day the 19th. North Carolina’s extended outlook for Thursday through Saturday calls for partly cloudy weather throughout the period. Scattered showers over the state Saturday, possibly beginning in the mountains by late Friday. Cool Thursday with rising tem peratures Friday through Sat urday. Lows Thursday morning in the mid to upper 20s, Satur day morning in the low to mid 40s. Highs mostly around 50 Thursday and mid to upper 50s by Saturday. Date High Low Prec. Dec. 15_ 65 50 0.46 Dec. 16 .. 68 61 0.42 Dec. 17_ 53 45 0.08 Dec. 18_ 45 26 0.00 Dec. 19_51 18 0.05 Dec. 20_ 57 38 0.62 Dec. 21_ 69 36 0.02 Look Inside... Editorials, page two, third section Classifieds, pages two, three and four, fourth section Sports, page six, first section, and page six, second section Special recipes for the holi days, page 12, second section News of and for the women, pages 10 and 11, second section Almar Farm column and Mental Health column, page five, third section The Woman’s page, page six, third section Transylvnia’s United Fund for 1972 is less than a thou sand dollars short of its goal of $55,266. Several areas are yet to be heard from, and it Is hoped that the goal will be reached when all reports are in According to Charles Du Laney, the Executive Direc tor, an Honor Roll of firms and industries will be pub lished in The Transylvania Times after the first of the year. He joins with other offi cials of the local United Fund in wishing for all a “Merry Christmas” and a “Happy New Year”. NURSES RETIRE—Three mem bers of the Nursing Staff at tt Transylvania Community Hospital retired recently. Left to right they are: Miss Lydia Stone, Graduate Nurse; Mrs. Katie Garren, Nurses’ Aide; and Mrs. Zue L. Durant, Reg istered Nurse. The three ladies were honored at a retirement party at the home of Mrs. Grace Waldrop last Thursday evening. (Times Staff Photo) Nursing Personnel Three Ladies Honored On Retirement At The Hospital Appreciation Expressed Christmas House Distributes Baskets To Needy Families The Transylvania Christ mas House distributed bas kets that will mean a happier holiday season for more than 175 needy families on Friday and Saturday of last week. Coordinated by the Jaycees and supported by many Tran sylvania civic, church and pri vate groups, the Christmas House received a very generous response to the appeal to “Make your own Christmas more meaningful by helping others.” “Many Transylvania needy families do not have a suffic iency of warm clot bin e, food for special holiday dinners, and presents to eo under the tree for the children,” said the concerned citizens groups. To remedy this, the generous baskets of food and clothing Program Highlights WPNF To Broadcast Many Special Holiday Programs Musical Christinas greetings from Brevard . area merchants will be broadcast over WPNF both Thursday and Christmas Day; - . • > Many merchants will take the opportunity to greet their friends and customers via radio, and send out the joyous sounds of favorite Christmas music throughout the two days. Special Christmas greetings from the Salvation Army will be heard over WPNF-Radio this Sunday at 3:05 p.m. The pro gram will feature award-win ning actress Helen Hayes, along with the voices of John Stewart and Judith Beckman. Mr. Stewart will siA the beautiful anthem “If 'With All Your Heart Ye Truly Seek Me”; Miss Beckman will sing “I Won der As I Wander”. The Azusa Pacific College —Ton to Page Five ucceed. “These people,” concludes —Hun to Page El vs Three members of the Transylvania Community Hospital Nursing Staff were guests of honor at, their re tirement party last Thursday evening. Retiring were Mrs. Zue L. Durant. R. N.; Miss Lydia Stone, G. N.: and Mrs. Katie Garren, Nurses’ Aid. Mrs. Durant trained at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birming ham, Alabama. She worked in Birmingham until she came to Brevard in June, 1962. She has been a surgical nurse at the Community Hospital until re tirement for medical disabili ty, which became effective Sept. 29th of this year. Miss Stone trained at the, then, Roper Hospital in Char leston* S. C. This later became the hospital at the Medical Col lege of South Carolina. She —Turn to Page Eight Stores, Offices Close, Business Reported Good Transylvanians are prepar ing for a big Christmas, and local merchants expect a rush of last minute shoppers on Thursday and Friday. Stores are still well stocked with holiday merchandise. They will be closed on Christmas day, and several firms will also close next Monday. There are special Christ mas messages and features throughout this issue, and The Times staff wishes for all readers a Very Merry Christ mas. The greetings in this issue also come from industries, businesses and others, and they will make for pleasant reading during the Christmas observance Holidays Offices in the Brevard Mu nicipal building will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week for the Christmas holidays. However, offices in the court house will have differ ent holidays County offices will be clos ed on Friday and on Monday for the Yule observance. George Wilson, the License Examiner, announces that, his office will be closed next Monday. Banks in Brevard will al so observe Monday, Dec. 27th, —Turn to Page Seven 2 Shopping Days 'Til Christmas u* I CHRISTMAS 1071 g GREETMQS1071 THERE’S MORE TO DO...GIVE MORE TO CHRISTMAS SEAIS October Collections Sales Tax Revenue Is Still Running Ahead Of Expectations A check for $24,103.14 will soon be sent to Transylvania and her municipalities for sales tax collections during October, according to the State Revenue department. This is the fourth month since the sales tax of one per cent in the county began on July 1st. Tax received for the various months is as follows: July —. $21,148.00 August_$21,911.39 September_$21,054.95 October_$24,103.14 Total $88,817.48 The figures are tor net col lections, according to I. L. Clay ton, Commissioner of Revenue, who reported them. According to the collections so far, the yearly total will ex ceed expectations and estimates of several months ago. According to Donald Lee Moore, Chairman of the Coun ty Board of Commissioners, the county will receive the money on a quarterly basis, and it will be divided at that time. Distribution will be on the basis of tax valuation in Tran sylvania, in Brevard and at Bosnian.