Off To A Good Start
The Brevard Chamber of Com
merce has elected new directors for
the New Year and is off to a good
start.
Sometimes we forget that the
work of the Chamber of Commerce
goes on 12 months each year.
We tend to think that this im
portant civic body just works with
tourists during the summer months.
This is far from being true.
Many of the committees are ex
tremely busy at the present time.
Seeking new industry is a con
tinuous project, just like the work
for better roads, better schools, bet
ter housing1, etc.
At the present time elaborate
plans are being made for the big
annual banquet, which will be held
later this winter.
Twelve months each year the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce strives
to make Brevard and Transylvania
county a better place in which to
Hve, work and play.
Individual, business and industrial
memberships are available.
If you did not join oi work with
the Chamber of Commerce last
year, make a belated New Year's
resolution to do so in 1972!
A Brief Look At 1971
While we are writing about the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce, we
should pause and salute Dr. Milton
Massey on the fine job he has done
during the past year as president.
To briefly summarize the work,
we are going to reprint portions of
his letter to the membership at the
first of the year.
He was indeed dedicated to the
job of presidency, and many seeds
were planted during the year that
will bear fruit in time to come.
In part, Dr. Massey said:
“Thank you very much for giving
me the privilege of serving as Presi
dent of your Chamber of Commerce
during 1971. I am deeply endebted
to the Officers and Directors who
have labored unselfishly on behalf
of -our membership for continued
progress to help make Brevard and
Transylvania County a better place
to live, work, shop and play.
“Space will not allow me to
elaborate on the many activities of
eaeh 'Committee, but I do want to
highlight some of the areas in which
the Chamber has worked this year.
“Many new ideas from the “Brain
Storming Session” served as catylists
to get the committees working at a
fast pace early in th||?y»aP. The In
dustrial Development Committee
adopted a whole new concept to pro
mote economic growth within our
county. A very talented Industrial
Development “Team” was organized
and has worked very closely with
the State Department of Commerce
and Development throughout the
year.
“In April a roadside clean-up and
beautification project involved a
great number of people in the Bre
vard area. As summer months ar
rived, flower boxes were planted by
the Garden Clubs, sidewalk sales
were promoted by the Merchant
Committee and many people enjoy
ed the Kemper Open Satellite Golf
Tournament at Etowah. Throughout
the year our Highways Committee
has worked diligently to get more
primary road construction started
within our county. In December the
group had a meeting with the High
way Commissioner in Raleigh.
“The list of activities could go on
from Flood Control Plans, Airport
improvements, Advertising, Public
Relations. Recreation, Christmas
parade, etc. until seven pages were
filled, but time will not permit. I
sincerely thank each of you who has
worked with the Chamber during
1971 to make it an active year.”
A New form Of Censorship
When the national magazine Look
ceased publication, a major reason
given by the publisher was drastic
postal rate increases. The new postal
rates, it was said, would have in
creased Look’s postal bill from $4
million to $10 million in five years.
The demise of Look magazine is a
symptom of a rising threat to free
dom of the press. In the case of
larger publications, the danger is
dramatic and apparent. The pro
posed 142 per cent increase in sec
ond class postal rates under which
newspapers, magazines and periodi
cals are mailed to the public is “po
tentially ruinous” in the opinion of
Life magazine. '
; Even more devastating in the long
run may be the impact of postal rate
increases on the thousands of small
er daily and weekly newspapers
that make up the bulwark of the
U. S. free press, so far as independ
ent thought is concerned. These
thousands of papers have given sub
stance to a basic concept of Western
civilization—the concept of a loyal
opposition which protects the rights
of the minority, gives meaning to
legislative processes of self-govern
ment and is a champion of the op
pressed. No vehicle of communica
tion can ever take the place of the
press as a defender of freedom. It
has survived attempted censorship
in many forms and is now threaten
ed by the economics of postal rate
increases.
' The Transylvania Times
IOC Broad St Brevard, N. a 287U
The Transylvania Pioneer, established 1887; The French Broad Voice
1888; The Brevard Hustler, established 1881; The Sylvan Valley News (Inter Brevard
News), established 1896; The Times, established 1931; Consolidated 1932.
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SKNATOt^
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President Nixon’s new eco
nomic policy which imposed
wage • price controls In mid
August and the devaluation of
the dollar hi late December
constituted the most far-reach
ing change ih our domestic af
fairs in UtlL
Congress, called upon late In
the session to enact new tax
legislation and to extend the
Economic Stabilization Act of
1970, cleared measures to im
plement this policy a few days
before adjournment New legis
lation dealing with the dollar
devaluation is expected to be
offered later this month.
Although the Administra
tion won both a new tax law
and the requested one • year
extension of the President’s au
thority to control wages and
prices, it also got bills on these
subjects with unwanted pro
visions. Among these were the
tax checkoff to finance Presi
dential campaign expenditures
beginning in 1976 and a Fed
eral pay raise effective Janu
ary h 1972, instead of July 1,
1972.
While I did not favor the
Economic Stabilization Act of
1970 when Congress initially
passed it, because I felt that
the Administration and the
Congress ought to have exercis
ed fiscal responsibility without
resorting to wage and price con
trols, I did support the Presi
dent’s request to extend this
Act after it became evident
that we were either going to
have economic controls or face
economic disaster I think it
would have been preferable
had the Administration and a
majority of the Congress faced
up to the need for fiscal re
sponsibility many months ago.
Because of my deep concern
about the precarious state of
the Federal budget with its es
timated deficit of $32 billion
for the current fiscal ye&r and
also because 1 do not think the
Federal Government has any
business financing political
campaigns, 1 voted against the
Revenue Act of 1971 which I
considered objectionable on
both grounds.
1 did favor the Federal lec
tions campaign bill. This meas
ure won Senate and House ap
proval in differing versions. At
the end of the session House
Senate conferees reached agree
ment on this bill and the con
ference report won Senate ap
proval on December 14th. Fur
ther House action has been
posted on that bill until Con
gress reconvenes.
Anti busing amendments to
the omnibus education bill be
came a focal point in the Con
gressional battle over Federal
pressures to achieve racial bal
ance in the public schools. The
House late in the session adopt
ed amendments which would
block the use of Federal funds
for busing to achieve racial
balance and would prohibit
Federal agencies from requiring
local school units from spend
ing monies for this purpose.
However, the Senate leadership
deferred action on this bill un
til the next session at which
time I expect to continue my
efforts to secure the enactment
of an anti-busing amendment
The battle over day care cen
ters became a major concern in
the consideration of S. 2007, a
bill to extend the anti-poverty
program for another two years.
I voted against this bill when
the Senate initially considered
it on September 9th and voted
to uphold the President’s veto
of this bill when the question
was presented to the Senate
on December 10th.
The end finally came to the
lengthy battle over the fund
ing of the super - sonic trans
port plane. Congress rejected
further efforts to expend Fed
eral monies to finance this
project I voted against the
continuing authorization for the
SST because 1 think that the
financing of this project should
be borne by private enterprise
and it should not be the obliga
tion of the taxpayers to pro
vide transportation for a limit
ed number of passengers by
means of an aircraft which
raises serious environmental
questions.
Next week, I shall continue
the-review of legislation pend
ing before the 92nd Congress.
THE EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
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The achievements out of the handicapped, many of them out
standing, should always give us a lift. At the same time they
should make us reflective about how well we are using our own
talents and endowments.
The Associated Press reports the case of Fred Gilbert, Direc
tor of Recreational Thearapy at Sharpe Hospital in San Diego,
Calif. When he was eight years old a circus bear tore off both of
his arms during a visit to Mexico in 1952. In spite of his handi
caps he learned to drive an automobile, put himself through col
lege, married and today has an eight-month old son.
Gilbert finds success in his work. “I noticed that handicapped
kids were healed physically and medically, but were still badly in
jured socially.” He said he regularly gathered a group of patients
at the Sharpe Rehabiitation Center meeting at a pizza parlor in
stead of their hospital recreation room.
This summer he organised a day camp for the handicapped,
arranging the normal games for the youngsters. This Christmas
he has put together a “normal family Christmas” center at the hos
pital The fireplace is a fake. The tree was cut The familar liv
ing room is temporary. But Gilbert explained, “1 want them to
know that a personality does not change because of an accident"
“I remember file first time I wanted to ask a girl out I
thought about my artificial aims, but I asked her. The important
thing, I think, is to go ahead anyway.”
There are two Charlotte doctors who have large practices in
spite of the fact that they both suffer physical handicaps. Their
motto is “Make the most of what you have left”
For 38 years I have been writing this column and have culti
vated the habit of always looking at both sides of any proposition.
Looking at the other side, the outstanding achievements of handi
capped people, there is a challenge for the majority of us who
have ad of our faculties and yet use them so little. We take for
granted the fact that we have a full complement of physical facul
ties never once considering that one day we might lose one or all
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PAGE TWO
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
January 13, 1972
LETTERS’"■EDITORj
(Editor*! Note: Letter* Mat
be brief, signed, typed or writ
ten legibly on one ride of pa
per. We reserve the right to re
ject, edit, or condense. Letters
should be received by The Times
by Monday mornings.)
January 6, 1972
Mr. John Anderson, Editor
The Transylvania Times
Broad St. ., I ' '
Brevard, N. C. 28712 I 1. i 'f'
Dear Mr. Anderson,
We are very much concerned about the
situation of the overcrowded school bus we
have in the Cedar Mountain community. I
don’t believe I would be exaggerating by
saying there are 90 or more children riding
this bus. The seats are sometimes filled
double to capacity and also standing from
back to front. This one bus picks up all the
children in the community plus several more
on the Neely Road. Several weeks ago an
article in the Transylvania Times from the
N. C. State Board of Statistics stated the
number of miles the N. C. school buses
travel each year, etc. and the average num
ber of students riding a bus was 67. This
is far beyond what I call average. We cer
tainly do need another bus out this way.
Several weeks after school started we
complained to the school officials with
promises that they would look into this mat
ter. Half of the school year has gone by and
nothing has been done and we have heard
no words of encouragement about anything.
Everyday we hear lectures on safety
habits and safety rules from work, school,
home and even on a daily T.V. program they
teach a child not to be a car stander.
The overcrowded school bus is no way
safe at all. There are many accidents and
problems on the bus. Some have even gotten
their teeth knocked out. Smaller children
are mistreated. Pushing, shoving, and step
ping on one another upsets a child very
much while we refer to the motto, “Let’s
keep our children happy while going to
school.” Too many children riding the bus
causes many to have to leave early from
home and some do not get home until
around 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon. One
can see it is too long for a child to be away
from home. We admire the bus driver for
being strict but he cannot see who is doing
all the malice in the back for the ones
standing up. We have also followed the bus
to school and he does drive at a safe speed
for an ordinary bus but with this many
children there is no safe speed.
Last year each child riding this bus
received a set of rules. If they did not abide
by the rules the parents would be notified.
One of the rules stated that each child was
to be seated on that bus. When the bus
driver yells, “Everybody sit down” and no
place to sit, where do they expect the child
to sit? Maybe we should let some adult
figure it out since it is too upsetting for a
child. I truly feel that I am punishing my
child for making her ride this bus.
The overcrowded bus is just as unsafe
as the hazardous schools we have. I will
never be in favor of building a new school
unless we can first get out children to
school in safety. Another bus for the com
munity would eliminate the accidents and
problems.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jane Evett
Route #1
Brevard, N. C. 28712
Pick Of The Press
Ministers Go To Jail
Biblical Recorder
On Christinas Eve Hi Charlotte, Metho
dist Bishop Earl G. Hunt, Jr. went to jail
—for the second time — and he took three
pastors and a group of students with him.
He went to give encouragement to men and
women in the Mecklenburg County jail in
need of a spiritual boost. With him were
Harold C. Austin of St. Luke’s United Meth
odist Church who arranged the visit: Bry
ant Clancy, a Lutheran; Ezra Moore, a
United Presbyterian; and an interracial
group of college-age carolers.
The group carried small packages of
candy and fruit prepared by members of
St. Luke’s whose pastor, Mr. Austin, makes
the jail part of his everyday ministry. He
heads the jail ministry for the Charlotte
Area Clergy Association but it is obvious
that much remains to be done. It is esti
mated that between 400 and 500 ministers
in the Charlotte area have not found their
way to jail. Bishop Hunt hopes that his
informal visits Christmas Eve will awaken
pastors to the need of carrying their wit
ness and work to prisoners.
Austin feels- that ministering to prison
ers keeps him close to the “hard Malities
of life.” Plain-spoken and straight-forward,
he says “I’ve spent all my ministry trying
to lead churches — and trying not to get
too far ahead of them — into service to the
lowest and least. To me, I’ve been a fail
ure all these years. When I came to Char
lotte (about a year ago), I just turned over
a new leaf. I decided I wasn’t going to
wait on the congregation.”
The Recorder regrets that Baptists were
not represented among those going to jail
at Christmas. We are sure there are evi
dences of Baptist interest in prisoners of
the Charlotte area — but there should be
more, not only in Charlotte, but in every
section of the state.
We challenge Baptist churches to in
vestigate the possibilities of ministering to
prisoners in their own communities. Such
a ministry is not designed to result in glow
ing statistical successes but when it comes
to down-to-earth Christianity, thene are few
people anywhere as urgently in need of help
and understanding.
Guest Column
1
No More Need
By PETE HULTH
(Smithfield Herald)
The V. S. Public Health Service an
nounced recently that routine smallpox im
munization no longer will be required in
this nation.
The Public Health Service said that the
practice of routine smallpox vaccination no
longer is necessary because the risk of con
tracting (he disease is negligible.
The smallpox vaccination, however, will
continue to be required of travelers to and
from countries where smallpox still is en
demic, and it will be required, of health
services personnel who have contact with
infected patients.
In its announcement, the Public Health
Service noted that the public health officials
in many states are still requiring routine
smallpox vaccination, and it urged State
article entitled “A New Foothold For ‘Con
quered’ Diseases?” in the January issue of
American Legion Magazine.
Mr. Ardman cautions against the lower
ing of requirements for such "conquered”
diseases as diphtheria, polio, measles,
whooping cough, tetanus, and rubella (Ger
man measles). His article points out that
the incidence of such diseases decreases
when there is mass immunization programs
and then begins to rise as the big drives are
no longer conducted.
Mr. Ardman stated that there has not
been a smallpox case originating in Hie
United States since 1948—evidence of a good
immunisation program in which there was
almost total national participation.
But the Public Health Service believes
the routine smallpox vaccination “unneces
sarily exposes a large segment of the United
States public to the risk of complications
resulting from vaccination—a risk greater