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THE TRANS LVANIA TIMES
_A State And National Pr Winning Home Town Newspaper
★ Vol. 85-No. 18 BREVARD
ZIP CODE 28712
SS C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972
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★ 42 PAGES TODAY *
EAGLE SCOUT Robert Graham
Melton attained the highest rank in
Boy Scouting at the Court of Honor
of Troop 701 at the First United
Methodist church Monday night. The
Eagle award was presented by Judge
Robert T. Gash, Scout Executive of
the Daniel Boone Council and former
Scoutmaster of troop 701. Robert’s
younger brother Charles was alao
honored at the Court of Honor as he
started his Scouting career by re
ceiving his Tenderfoot badge. In the
picture above, Robert’s mother pins
on his Eagle badge. In the photo,
left to right, are: Scoutmaster Gene
Parker, Judge Gash, Eagle Scout
Melton, and his parents, Susan and
Robert W. Melton.
(Times Staff Photo)
Busy Weekend
Brevard College Graduation
Exercises To Be Held Sunday
M.
■ Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, to
day announces plans for the
College's commencement ac
tivities which will be held on
May 6th and 7th.
“I am pleased to announce
that Rear Admiral William M.
A. Greene, U. S. Navy and a
Brevard College alumnus, will
be the1 principal speaker for
the graduating exercises in
Borhamer Gymnasium on Sun
day afternoon, May 7th,” stated
Dr. Davis.
Admiral Greene Is a native
of western North CardHnn
attended
adnating there In 16
He entered Midshipman
School at Northwestern Uni
ypfrltv aid was commissioned
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A dmiral Greene Has served as
Aide to Commander Amphibi
ous Group Fopr-ihd has had
two tows of duty At the.* It. .8.
Naval Acadetny. At/AniupdliS
he instructed th Ordnanpe pnd
Gunnery the fjrrt tour and was
Aide to the Superintendent
during his second assignment
there. Additional duties inolud
pd EdHor and Secret arv-Treas
iirer of the tJ. S. Naval Insti
tute. Hi* mo*t recent shore duty
was in the Ships Material Readi
ness Division, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations. He
received many medals for serv
ice during World War, II includ
ing the Bronie Star. He is a
graduate of the Navy General
Line School, the Command and
Staff C6ur«e at the Naval War
College and the Industrial Col
lee- of the Armed Forees. He
holds a Master's Degree in In
ternational Affairs from George
Washington University. He is
married to the former Virginia
Ann Cook of Greenville, North
CsreUna and they have two
children, Carofyn and William.
Jr.
Commencement
will begin with a
Luncheon on
6 at Mvers Dining
Cnan, Jr., an al
class al ’«
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to
Mis* Gash Memorialized
DAR Chapter Will Place
Markers On Grave Saturday
The members of Waightstill
Avery Chapter National So
ciety Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution extend an invi
tation to all relatives and
friends of Miss Annie Jean
Gash to a ceremony at the Dav
idson River Presbyterian Church
Cemetery Friday afternoon,
May 12th, at 2:00 o’clock in the
afternoon.
,The Chapter will dedicate
afid place an official marker at
her grave as she was the Or
ganising Regent of the Chap
ter in 1921.
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Miss Gash passed away March,
1970, after an extended illness.
She was a native of Transyl
vania County and a graduate of
Agnes Scott College and Co
lumbia University. She taught
at Tulscum College and after
returning to Brevard was Or
ganizing Regent of the Waight
still Avery Chapter of the
daughters of the American Rev
olution.
She was instrumental in the
organization of a library by the
Daughters of the United Con
federacy and served as librarian
of the U.D.C. which was the
forerunner of the Transylvania
County Library.
in Two Counties
$182,023 Grant Made For
New Head Start Program
Congressman Roy Taylor
announced today that a grant,
in the amount of $182,023.00
has bee|) awarded to Western
Carolina Community Action,
Inc. from the Dept, of Health,
Education and Welfare, for
operation of Head Start. Pro
grams in Transylvania and
Henderson Counties for the
program year beginning June
1, 1972.
This grant will provide a part
lay prpgram serving 84 chil
en in five centers, a full day
Ingram serving 33 children in
wo centers, and a six weeks
tnhiner program serving 180
nrolees.
The sin weeks summer pro
pram, reported John Leather
wood, Junior Executive Direc
tor of WCCA, will again be
Magited to Transylvania
County Board of Education.
Motors Mims Furniture Com
pany and American Thread
Company. _
WPNF will also be reporting
the various vote totals across
North Carolina from the Asso
ciated Pfeas. ■; -f. ; '■% r.,. 'V;
The first returns are expect
ed totally about 8:00 prn. Sat
urday night. - a y ,-^B
Other Programs
This week’s lineup on the
Pane and Home Hour on
WPNF will ea follows:
Friday, Sta
te Page Five
Mrs. Hilda Olson will again
serve as Director.
The two full day centers will
continue operation in the facili
ties provided by Berkley Mills
in Henderson County. Two part
day centers , will be operated in
Henderson County. The center
at Etowah Grange Hall serves
children from both Transyl
vania and Hendersoh County.
The nine month part day
programs have been operat
ing in Brevard this past
school year In facilities pro
vided by Calvary Baptist
Church, and St. Philip’s Epis
copal church. The part day.
centers will close the latter
part of May for the slimmer.
\ 1 Mrs. Reba Robinson is Direc
tor of the full year Head Start
Program.
Record Number Of Transylvanians Will
Vote In Primary Elections On Saturday
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Weaf/ter
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By FRED REITER
Absence of rainfall in the
Brevard area during the past
week reflected in higher than
normal temperature readings
for the period. Average high
for the period was 72 while the
average low reading was 38.
Extremes for the week in
cluded Tuesday’s 75 for a high
and 26 last Thursday for the
week’s.low reading.
Extended outlook for Thurs
day through Saturday—widely
scattered showers, mainly in the
afternoons. High temperatures
in the 70s, with overnight lows
mostly in the 50s.
Weather data for the p.\«t
week was as follows:
Date High Low Pree.
April 26_. 66 27 0.00
April 27_ 73 20 0.00
April 28_ 74 32 0.00
April 29_.. 69 47 0.00
April 30_ 72 40 0.00
May 1 _ 73 43 0.00
May 2_ 75 50 0.00
Date Is Set
For Election
At Du Pont
At a conference held by
the National Labor Relations
Board at the Transylvania
Court House on May 3rd,
agreement was reached
among the NLRB, the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Work
ers and the Du Pont Com
pany t.o hold a representation
election on Wednesday, June
7th, and Thursday, June 8th.
On those dates employees
will vote on whether they
wich to be represented by
OCAW.
College Trustees
Meet This Week
The Trustees of Brevard Col
lege will hold their annual
Spring meeting this week on
the College campus.
Chairman Allen H. Sims will
preside over the various ses
sions.
Dr. Robert A. Davis will pre
sent the President’s Report on
the progress of the college dur
ing the year.
There will be a dinner for the
Trustees and their wives Thurs
day evening at 6:30 o’clock in
the Myers dining hall, to be fol
lowed by music and entertain
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HONORED AT COFFEE—Mrs.
Pat Taylor, wife of the Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina who is
a candidate for the Democratic nomi-'
nation for Governor, was honored at
a well-attended coffee last Wednes
day at Berry’s. She is pictured above
with Raymond F. Bennett, left, for
mer Brevard Mayor, and Attorneys
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., and Jack
Potts. (Times Staff Photo)
51/* Inches Of Rainfall
Brevard, Rosman Are Hit By
Flash Flooding Wednesday
Dean Wutschel Speaks
Annual JA Banquet To Be
Held Here Next Wednesday
A “Futures Unlimited”
theme will highlight the ban
quet next week which con
cludes the 1971-72 Junior
Achievement program in
Transylvania County.
Mrs. Merlin Wutschel, Dean
of Women at the University of
North Carolina—Asheville, will
address the approximately 90
teenage participants and their
parents, their adult advisors
and sponsoring organizations.
The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10, at the Bre
vard College Cafeteria.
John I. Anderson, Editor and
General Manager of The Tran
sylvania Times, will be the
Master of Ceremonies on the
program.
Dean Wutschel has ad
dressed numerous youth and
adult, groups, conveying a per
sonal conviction that ties in
with the theme of the JA
banquet, that the future is
unlimited for those who seek
their potential.'
A widow with six children,
she returned to college work
in 1967 after the death of her
husband, an executive with the
Square D Company. The
Wutschels moved to Asheville
in 1961 from their native Mil
waukee when the Square D
plant was opened in Asheville.
Mrs. Wutjschel for three
years was Assistant Dean of
Women at Marquette Univer
sity in Milwaukee, where she
previously had earned her
undergraduate and master’s
degrees. She took other grad
uate work at the University
of Wisconsin and the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
She is first vice president of
the Business and Professional
Women’s Club in Asheville and
belongs to numerous local and
national organizations related
to her profession. She also is
active in church, educational
and community development
programs.
Successes of the four JA
companies will be reported at
the banquet, and awards will
be given for outstanding per
formance. The banquet sig
nals the close of the fourth
annual program which has
given the participants a prac
who will also award diplomas. Pictured third in
line is Dr. Arthur Mitchell Faulkner, who will de
liver the Baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning.
At the right is Gil Coan, Jr., the principal speaker
for the Alumni luncheon on Saturday.
With five and one half
inches of rain falling at Bal
sam Grove in two and one half
hours Tuesday night, there
was flash flooding in Transyl
vania Wednesday morning.
The Bosnian Rescue squad
evacuated 40 families in the
Bosnian area as the French
Broad river rose over 10 feet
In two hours. Several areas
were flooded.
Many side roads in the
Balsam Grove area were
washed out, and the following
roads were closed because of
the high water:
Hannah Ford road
Whitmire road
Lions Mountain road.
At noon Wednesday, the
French Broad was back in its
banks, however the threat of
flooding continues as more
showers are expected in up
per Transylvania.
Bottomlands in the county
are also flooded.
Rainfall Tuesday night at
Brevard measured 1.48
inches, while it. was 1.7 at
Rosman.
tical course in capitalism.
Each of the four companies
was organized last fall as a
miniature corporation, selling
stocks to help finance the pro
gram. As with any public
owned company in the free en
terprise system, the success or
failure of the ventures will be
judged by the financial status
of the companies. Reports to
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Polls To Open
At 6:30, Will
Close At 7:30
A record number of voters
in Transylvania county is ex
pected to ballot in the Pri
mary Elections on Saturday.
Keen interest is being
shown in several races, as
Transylvania# will join
others across North Carolina
in nominations in local, state
and national offices.
There are 10,964 registered
voters in Transylvania, and
political observers feel that
at least 70 per cent of them
will t"rn out at the polls on
fiatrrday.
In the 1070 primary elec
tion. only 42 per cent of (he
voters participated in the
election.
There were 9,102 registered
at that time and only 2,871
voted.
The Presidential and tlie
Governor’s rare will make
quite a difference this year.
The polls will open at 6:30
Saturday morning.
They will remain open until
7:30 that evening, since there
has been a change in the law.
In previous elections, they
closed at 6:30 p.m.
Young people will also con
tribute to the fact that voting
will he heavier this year than
in years past.
Approximately one third of
the increase in the number
of voters can he attributed to
the voters in the 18-20 vear
eld category.
Aemrding to State Flec
tions Hoard Executive Serre
tarv Alex J’-rock there will be
more a*, stake in the May 6
vote than just the Democratic
Primary and Republican Pri
mary. An additional statewide
American Primary will fare
the people along with the
first Presidential Primary in
the state’s history.
AddiOonallv. vo<»rs will be
mill’d on to decide whether
or not there should bo a bond
•■''’ne to support a SI "0-mil
lion clean wafer protect
\vbiob mirpnrtedlv will help
establish anti • pollution and
ecological activities statewide.
Another issue t.o be decided
wilt be whether or not $2
million in bonds will be sold
to support a State Zoo, pro
posed to be located near
Ashehoro.
Transylvania Democrats will
have a Primary in the follow
ing races: President. Gover
nor. State Senate, District
.Tndee and Foard of County
Commissioners.
Transylvania Republicans
will have a Primary Election
for President; Governor,
State Senate and District
Judge.
The local Democratic bal
lot lists the following:
FOR STATE SENATE:
Cecil J. Hill, Zeb D. Alley
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Public Invited
“Open House” Will Be Held
Sunday At Animal Shelter
“Open House” will be held at
the Transylvania Animal Shel
ter on Ross road on Sunday,
May 7th.
The hours of the “Open
House” will be from 2:00 until
4:00 in the afternoon.
The event is sponsored by the
Transylvania Humane Society,
Mrs. Alfred M. Elwell, presi
dent.
Refreshments will be served
at the “Open House”, and the
pullic is cordially invited to at
tend.
Next week is “Be Kind To
Animals” week, and the first
day has been set aside for the
“Open House” at the local shel
ter.
Ross road is off US Highway
64 between Brevard and Ros
man.