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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Borne Town Newsp* r
★ Vol. 85—No 6 «cond cws* 'OST‘e* + BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1972 * PUBLISHED WEEKLY ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfall!, Meeea
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Architect’s Drawing Of New Xylon Systems Plant On Rosman Highway
Much Action Taken
Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Hear Reports At Meet Tuesday
Directors or the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce held
their February meeting Tues
day night in the library with
President Ray N. Simmons
presiding.
Dr. W. A. Davis vyas elected
secretary to replace 'Larry Tur
ner, who resigned because of
business commitments.
The new directors were wel
comed by President Simmons.
Many committee reports were
•^heard.
Charles Dimes, chairman,
reported that Raymond F.
Bennett is the new co-chair
man of the Membership com
mittee with him, and he en
couraged every director to
pay his dues by March. He
also revealed that there are
some 136 prospective mem
bers for the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Finance committee, com
posed of Charles L. Russell,
Ben Burgess and Ben Patterson
are currently working on the
budget.
It was authorized that the
Advertising committee spend
$3,500 for new folders during
the year.
There was a discussion of the
luncheon meeting on Wednes
day of the Industrial commit
tee when it would be announc
ed that a new plant would be
built on the Rosman highway.
An enthusiastic report was
given by “Guis” Siniard,
chairman of the Recreational
committee.
The annual banquet of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce
will be held on February 25th,
at the Brevard high school.
A Complete story with all
the 'detail*: Is carried this
week on the front page of the
third section in this; week’s
Times.
In Since 1963
Israel Seeking Re-Election To
Office Of Register Of Deeds
Fred H. Israel, the incum
bent Register of Deeds, is
seeking re-election in the May
Democratic Primary.
Mr. Israel has been serving
as Register of Deeds apd Vet
erans Service office for Tran
sylvania county since June,
1963.
A native Transylvanian, he
was born at Rosman.
During World War II, he
served for four and one half
years in the United States Air
Force in the Pacific Theatre of
Operations.
Mr. Israel is a member of
the First Baptist church of
Brevard; the Monroe Wilson
Post of the American Legion;
the Lewis Earl Jackson Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars; and
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce
During his tenure of office,
he has attended several special
schools for Registrars of Deeds
at the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill.
Are You Moving?
Melton Company Now Member Of
Inter-City Relocation Service
Election to membership in
Inter-City Relocation Service,
Inc., has just been announced
by Robert W. Melton, President
of Robert W. Melton Company.
Inter-City is a nationwide and
overseas relocation service com
posed of leading Realtors serv
ing over 2,500 communities by
assisting transferring corporate
personnel and individuals in
Well-Known Optometrist
Dr. McGuire Is A Candidate
For Office Of Education Board
Dr. Frank B. McGuire, Jr.,
prominent Brevard Optometrist,
announces today his candidacy
for the Transylvania Board of
Education, subject to the May 6
Democratic Primary.
i
In making the announcement,
Dr. McGuire issued the follow
ing statement: .( ■
“As a candidate , for .a seat on
the TTaUsylvania County Board
of^ Education I am keenly aware
of the challenge surrounding
this important community serv
ice. As we move into the 1970’s,
the challenge has never been
greater, and the responsibility
to provide greater opportunities
for learning has never been
more serious. It is felt by many
people that we in the Transyl
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selling and buying homes.
This well-known firm, located
in the Professional Building,
300 North Broad Street, is ac
tive in local, state, and national
real estate activities, and in the
National Association of Real
Estate Boards and the National
Institute of Real Estate Brok
ers.
Mr. Melton stated, “Inter
City membership will enable us
to offer assistance to families
moving to other sections of the
United States, as well as to help
families moving into Brevard.
Our firm is pleased to have
been selected to join other
members of Inter-City in pro
viding RED CARPET SERV
ICE, which aids families that
have been transferred or are
moving to another locality.”
Inter-City Relocation Service,
with headquarters at 435 North
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illi
nois, was organized in 1060 to
provide individual and corpo
rate relocation service in com
munities throughout the nation.
While prime emphasis is placed
on helping arrange corporate
employee transfers, thousands
of individual transferees are as
sisted each year through the
Inter-City service network.
Services include appraisal
and sale of the employee’s pres
ent house, as well as assistance
in the selection and purchase
of a home in the area to which
the employee is being trans
ferred. ■•V
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WeafAer
By FRED REITER
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Brevard and Transylvania
County residents experienced
probably their coldest tempera
tures for any week so far thic
winter during the past week,
with averages of 42 and 22 for
the period. .
The week’s high and low read
ings came on the same day—
Saturday, the 5th, when the
mercury reached 47 and 9. Sun
day afternoon’s snowfall melted
upon reaching the ground.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina Thusday through Sat
urday: Cold Thursday with a
chance of snow in the moun
tain^ rain elsewhere. Low tem
peratures in the teens, while
highs should be in the 30s. Cool
Friday and Saturday with a
chance of rain in west portions
Friday. Highs Friday and Sat
urday will be in the 40s, with
lows in the 20s.
Weather data for the past
week was as follows:
High Low Prec.
Feb. 2_ 42 29 0.16
Feb. 3_ 43 31 0.48
Feb. 4_— 40 12 Tr.
Feb. 5 —_ 47 9 0.00
Feb. 6_ 37 24 0.15
Feb. 7_ 45 33 Tr.
Feb. 8 .. 43 13 0.00
Tax Course To
Be Offered At
Brevard High
The Adult Education pro
gram of Transylvania County
Schools and Blue Ridge Tech
nical Institute will offer a
course in the preparation of
federal and state income tax
returns starting Tuesday, Feb
ruary 15th. Classes will start
at 7:00 p. m. and will be di
vided into two, three - hour
sessions. The second session
will be held Thursday, February
17th.
There will be no fee charge
for the course, and there will
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Xylon Systems To Build New
Plant On The Rosman Highway
Are Makers Of
Modern A-Frame
Vacation Homes
Xylon Systems, of Pompano
Beach. Florida, and builders
of modern A-Frame vacation
homes, will immediately be
gin construction of a new
plant in Transylvania on the
Rosman highway about two
miles from Brevard.
The announcement was
made Wednesday at a lunch
eon meeting of the Industrial
Committee of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce at
Berry’s.
The developers of the Xylon
systems who attended the
meeting are: Richard Dodge
AIA, Pompano Beach; Carol
Sanford, pioneer in the wood
truss business in Pompano;
and Homer Portman, of Hills
boro Beach, Florida.
John I. Anderson, chair
man of tjhe Industrial com
mittee, presided over the
meeting, and the visitors,
who said they already feel
like they are residents of
Transylvania, were present
ed by Jerry Hart Jerome.
The site for the new plant
was purchased from Ed Mor
gan, and Mr. Dodge said they
expect to have the new fa
cility in operation hv May.
Initially, they will employ ap
proximately 10 persons.
Also attending the meeting
Were the AMermen of the
City of Brevard, the Transyl
vania County Board of Com
missioners. Charles Campbell,
Mavor of Brevard, and Mrs.
Edith Osborne, Mayor of Bos
nian.
Xvlon Systems is currently
putting the finishing touches
on one of the Vacation homes
at Connestee. This home is
priced to sell at $17,000.
Xylon Systems will make
Sanford Span Joists in their
plant here. They anticipate a
large demand for vacation
homes in this area, and thev
believe the new plant will
answer a great need.
The systems method of
construction utilizes dimen
sional structural grade lum
ber and high strength steel
connectors to form an inte
gral structural unit. The ex
terior walls are a plywood
skin covered by rustic wood
shake shingles.
The A-frame home which
wiU have 1,410 square feet of
living area, consists of eight
steel columns from which the
entire building is suspended.
The span joists and accom
panying girder joist work to
gether to form a solid struc
ture at a cost less than con
ventional construction.
The interior wUl be carpet
ed, with electric heat, wood
burning fireplace, a two story
high living room, a complete
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In Commissioners Race
Admiral Ard Resigns From
Election Board, Announces
Admiral Ligon B. Ard resign
ed this week as Chairman of the
Board of Elections and an
nounced his candidacy for the
Transylvania County Board of
Commissioners in the May 6
Democratic Primary.
He submitted his resignation
to Robert H. Hunter, Chairman
of the Democratic Executive
Committee on Tuesday;
Wednesday morning he gave
The Times a prepared state
ment in which he announces for
the Board of County Commis
sioners.
In the statement he said:
"Believing my past experi
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BAD NEWS FOR SPEEDERS—
Brevard Police Chief J. C. Rowe is
shown with the new traffic radar
put into operation in Brevard last
week. The light, compact unit can
be operated either inside or outside
the police car; or even without a
■police vehicle in sight by use of a
separate automobile battery. Its
reading is accurate to one-tenth of a
mile-per-hour and has been accept
ed in North Carolina courts.
(Times Staff Photo)
Started Last Week
New Police Radar To Catch
Speeders In Use In Brevard
Of Melton Company
Ralph Palmer Is New President
Of Brevard Board Of Realtors
At a recent meeting, Brevard
Board of Realtors officers for
1972 were elected. Ralph Palm
er of Robert W. Melton Com
pany was elected President,
Steve Dense of the same firm
was elected Secretary-Treasur
er, and Gil Coan, Jr., of Bre
vard Insurance Agency was
Elected Vice President.
The Board expressed thanks
and appreciation to the outgoing
officers. Bill Leonard who serv
ed as President in 1971. Lou
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Program Highlights
WPNF To Give "On The Spot"
Coverage To Go!f Tournaments
Special coverage of several
upcoming golf tournaments will
be heard over WPNF in the
next few weeks. These will be
presented in cooperation with
Goodwill Motors of Brevard,
and further details will be re
vealed in the next few weeks.
Featurescope continues over
WPNF-Radio 1240 each week
day afternoon at 4:55 p.m. It’s
a sidelight in the days news
with topics of current interest
from time to time.
Betsy Palmer’s popular radio
show “Adventures In Food”
aPo continues on Brevard’s lo
cal station. Betsy i» heard week
day mornings with unusual
stories about foods and cooking
habits of our own country as
well as foreign lands.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard Vo-ag dept..,
John Bradley; Friday, U. S.
Fore't Service; Monday, Coun
tv Extension Chairman Jerry
Purser; Tuesday, N. C. Forest
Service, Clark Grissom; Wed
nesday, Home Agent, Miss Jean
Childers.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. M. A.
Howell, pastor of Faith Assem
bly of God. Next week Rev. J.
E. Hayes, pastor of the Brevard
church of God. will be heard.
The Sunday morning church
rervice is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from the Bre'-ard-David
son River church. Rev. Harry
W. Philips is pastor.
There's bad news for ha
bursal speeders in Brevard.
Last week a new traffic ra
dar, made by Decatur Radar,
Inc., of Decatur, Illinois, was
pet. into service. It does
awsrv completely with the
brlk cf inflexibility that has
hampered the effective use of
police radar in the past.
The new unit is tiny, port
able — weighs less than 15
pounds. It can be used inside
the police car or outside*, any
where a 12-volt automobile
battery can be provided.
The dzvice consists of a
small beam projector resemb
ling a spotlight, and a com
puter unit, which reads di
rectly in mil”s per-hour of
the vehicle the beam is
focused on.
The computer incorporates a
thread hold setting so that a
posted speed limit can be set.
Any vehicle exceeding this
l'init, goirg or coming, will
can e a light to come on and
a buzzer to round. The speed
of the vehicle registers on a
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Prominent Dentist
Dr. Carol Grahl Announces
For The Board Of Education
Dr. Carol L. Grahl, Jr., an
nounces that he will be a can
didate in the May 6 Democratic
Primary for the Board of Edu
cation.
Dr. Grahl, wlio has practiced
dentristry here in Brevard for
the past 16 years, has been most
active in civic and church af
fairs.
He is an Elder in the Bre
vard - Davidson River Presby
terian church and sings in the
choir.
During recent years, he has
addressed many, many church
and civic groups on drug abuse.
He, too, has been an ardent
booster of athletics in Transyl
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