THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National rize-Winning Home Town Newspaper V . = ★ Vol 86—No. 1 SECOND CLASS POSTAGI PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 2S7t2 BREvp D, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973 ★ 22 PAGES TODAY A A MERRY CHRISTMAS certain ly came to young Rusty Sentelle, age 4, through the kindness of the Pisgah Forest Lions Club. Rusty, pictured above, center, is almost totally blind, but he still enjoys listening to the stories and music on TV, even though he can’t see what’s happening. The Pisgah Forest Lions gave Rusty a RCA audio-center, which he is holding, that enables him to pick up am/fm radio stations and TV channels with little or no trouble. The youngster was tickled pink with the generous Christmas gift of the Lions, and he uses it con stantly. Rusty lives with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sentelle, of Pisgah Forest. Two members of the Pisgah Forest Lions sight con servation committee are shown above with Rusty as he demonstrates his present. They are Charles Hud gins, left, and Homer Cox, right. (Times Staff Photo) Activities Reported County Commission Meets Tuesday Much Business Is Transacted The regular meeting of County Commissioners was held on January 2, 1973, at 7:30 p.m., in the County Courthouse. Present were the three Commissioners, County f ' Attorney, and numerous guests. The Commissioners first heard from the Tax Supervisor arid Tax Collector with their monthly reports. The Commissioners then heard from Mr. Sellers, repre senting Cole - Layer-Trumble Company, regarding the ap praisal of the large industrial plants in the County. Chairman Ives stated that he had talked with Mrs. Helen Mc Kelvey regarding the Home Health Services, and that there is no urgent financial need; but would consider this in the fu ture. Chairman Ives brought to the attention of the Commis sioners that he had heard from the architects regarding the construction of the new County Jail and a new con tract had been mailed to the Commissioners. The property being considered for the con struction of the Jafl is located on Probart Street. Commissioner Folger then moved that the County pledge its proportionate financial sup port to Mountain Ramparts Health Planning, Inc., a com prehensive health planning agency for the area that in cludes Region B and Transyl vania County, and serves to as sist the counties in its area in local and regional health plan ning. It also serves to review certain programs and projects that involve State or Federal funds. Mr. Gordon Kendall was appointed as the fourth member of the Board of Directors of Mountain Ramparts represent ing Transylvania County. The Commissioners voted at their meeting to set all County employees travel ex penses at 10c per mile effec tive immediately. In the past, there has been a variance be tween departments and this would set a uniform policy for the entire County. The Commissioners voted to extend the courtesy to newly elected Judge Hart of $50.00 per month for his office ex penses, as is being done f6r other judges. The State law im plies that the County should furnish offices fdr the judges, but because of inadequate space in the Courthouse, this cannot be done. The $50.00 per month will be taken front the facilities fees. Commissioner Folger pre sented to the Commisioners the revised by-laws of the Mental Health Advisory Board, changing it’s name to the Transylvania Community Counseling Service. These new by-laws will make the Community Counseling Ser vice an acting board and not just an advisory board. The County Commissioners will remain the mental health au thority in the County. The Commissioners voted unani mously to approve these re vised by-laws. The Commissioners heard from the attorneys representing —Turn to Page Four foWeafAer By FRED REITER Spring-like temperature read ings were the rule during the past week in Western North Carolina, as well as over much of the southeast. Brevard aver ages for the period were 57 and 35 for high and low, both well above the long-time averages for this time of year. The week’s highest reading was a balmy 64 on Thursday, Dec. 28th, while the low was 21 degrees on Thursday morning. Extended outlook for Thurs day through Saturday, from the National Weather Service: chance of rain in west Thursday and over the state Friday and Saturday. Warming trend Thursday and Friday and turn ing cooler in the West on Satur day. Daytime highs Thursday and Friday in the 50s and cool ing to the 40s by Saturday. Lows will average in the 30s Thursday morning through Sat urdy morning. Brevard weather data for the week as follows: Date High Low Free. Dec. 27_ 51 24 0.00 Dec. 28_ 64 21 0.00 Dec. 29_ 58 29 0.00 Dec. 30_ 53 39 0.00 Dec. 31_ 50 45 0.27 Jan. 1_ 62 43 0.15 Jan. 2_ 52 41 0.00 Kiwanis To Hear Travel Program The Brevard Kiwanis Club will hear a travel program by Harry Hadeler at their meet ing Thursday, January 4th, 6:45 p.m., at the Colonial Inn. Mr. Hadeler is a traveler and raconteur who will exhibit slides showing his travels ir the wilds of New Guinea. Mr Hadeler’s program has beer given at the Rotary Club and al other gatherings. The Kiwanis program com mittee for January consists of Vasant Chapnerkar, Bob Mat thews and J. O. Wells. Gain. For All WNC TV A Predicts Transylvania’s Population To Double By2020 The total population of the IS Western North Carolina counties In the TV A region will nearly doable in the next half century, experts predict ed in a report released re cently. The projection, made by TVA’s economic research staff, shows the region’s pop ulation increasing from the 1970 census of 400,735 to 756, 100 in the year 2020. Henderson, Haywood, Tran sylvania and Watauga counties are expected to more than double in population during the period while some of the small er counties such as Clay, Gra ham and Swain are projected to have only small increases. Various TV A programs in volve 201 counties, including all of Tennessee and parts of six adjoining states. Total population of this region in the 1970 census was 6,731,260. The projections are a total of more than 7.5 million in 1980, than 8.7 million by 1990, and about 13 million 50 years from now. The .study, combining projec tions by the Social Science Ad visory Committees of seven states, is meant to provide a better tool for planners by pulling together the best avail able projections of the popula tion growth that must be taken into account in all types of planning—including such areas as urban growth, water re sources, pollution control, hous ing needs and land use. The county-by-county popu lation projections are not pre sented as goals to be sought after, TV A said in the study distributed from Knoxville. Instead, they represent the best judgment of experts in each state on future popula tion growth if it follows the trend that can be projected now. For example, the projections will help planners identify areas where future population growth is most likely to create environmental problems or overload available resources such as water supplies. The population projections —Turn to Page Four Planning, Development Commission Brevard’s Mayor Campbell Elected Head Of Region B Mayor Charles Campbell of Brevard was elected recently as the 1913 chairman of the fonr-connty Region B Plan ning and Development Com mission at the agency’s an nual mooting la the Sky land Village ML Elected first vice chairman was R. Curtis Ratcliff, new chairman of the Buncombe County Board of Commission ers, who was attending his first meeting of the regi tar Local, National Elections Rated Top Story Of 1972 By ■ Cal Carpenter Feature Editor (Editor’s note: With the ending of 1972, the Times staff again attempts to select the top 10 news stories of the past year. We are aware we cannot do this to every one’s satisfaction because peo ple differ widely in what they consider important stories. Nevertheless, we try again this year as we have in the past. The effort has been to find the common denomina tor wherever possible; that is, to select on the bases of the broadest interest and effect on the county as a whole rath er than individual likes or dislikes in the news. We pass no judgment on these stories by their position in our selec tion; we only say that in our opinion and for the reasons briefly given in this story, they were picked as the top stories of last year. We note with pride that ' this year’s selections are again over half on a county progress theme — new school facilities, new industry, ex pressed optimism for the future, progress in area and public safety, and community recognition. This is not al ways the case in our selec tions and it points up the fact that last year was another growing one for Brevard and Transylvania County. Look ing back over earlier years’ selections, we are struck by the tremendous growth and progress reflected in the stories which have been hon estly chosen on the bases of . wide public interest and ef fected in the stories which have been honestly chosen on the bases of wide public in terest and effect, as we noted before, without any precon ceived idea of the strong pro gress theme that has emerged. We would again like to note that the top ten stories are not necessarily single stories. —Turn To Page Three pi »r» ip f Melissa Christina Barton County’s First ’73 Baby Born Wednesday Morning *—————•— Program Highlights Episcopal Church Series Will Be j Heard Over WPNF, Sundays I i The United Presbyterian U. S. Series of The Protestant Hour was concluded with the Decem ber 31st broadcast and is to be followed by the Episcopal series, beginning January 7th and extending through April 1st. The Protestant Hour is broadcast over WPNF-Radio each Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. The featured speaker during the thirteen programs of the Episcopal series is The Rev. John S. Jenkins, Rector of Trinity Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. Music is shared by the Choir of Trinity Church, Princeton, New Jersey and the Berkshire Boys Choir. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm Look Inside... Sports, Page 4, Section One. Classifieds, Pages 2. 4. and 5, Section Two. - Important Headlines in ’72, Page 2, Section Three. Women’s Page, Page S, Sec tion Three. ALMAR Farm column, Page 4, Section Three. County Extension Hints, Page 5, Section Three. News of and for Women, Page 11, Section Three. and Home hour Is as follows: Thursday, Carolina .News;. Fri day, U. S. Forest Service, Dan Hile; Monday, County Agent; Tuesday, N. C. Forest Service, Clark Grisom; Wednesday, Home Agent, Miss Jean Child ers. The Sunday morning church service will be broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, the Reverend Dr. Lewis Thorn burg, pastor. Brevard Lions To Hear Mike Huntei The Brevard Lions Club will hear a program by Mike Hunt er, Executive Director of the Sheltered Workshop in Brevard, at their meeting Thursday eve ning, 7:00 p.m., at the Brevard College Cafeteria. Storytime At Library STORY TIME at the library for pre school children every Tuesday morning at 10:30. Mrs. Shuford Snyder is in charge of the program and each Tuesday the children go to far away places on their magic carpets. Don’t miss a Tuesday for adventure is in store for you. Transylvania’s first baby of 1973 and apparent winner of a list of prizes offered by county merchants, was born Wednesday morning, January 3rd, at tne Community Hos pital. Melissa Christina Barton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Barton of Rt. 2, Brevard, ar rived at 6:27 a.m., weighing in at 6 lbs., 10 ozs. The attending physician was Dr. John B. Scroggin who has, incidentally, delivered Transylvania’s New Year baby the last five years. Mother and daughter are reported doing fine at the hospital. Melissa is the Bar ton’s first baby. The Bartons and Melissa are apparent winners of a list of prizes offered in the 1973 New Year’s First Baby contest. These include: $5.00 Dry cleaning or laun dry from Miller’s Cleaners. One pair of “Step Master” baby shoes from Trantham’s. A year’s subscription from —Turn to Page Three Three Basie Changes Are Explained E.v • Cal Carpenter Feature Editor Property taxing procedures in Transylvania County have been changed, effective with the 1973 listing which began Tuesday. Before going to their usual tax listing places, resi dents and property owners will save time by familiarizing themselves with these changes. To help with this is the purpose of this article. It is recommended that it be read carefully and then, if ques tions still remain, taxpayers r may call the Tax Supervisor’s Office, Transylvania Court House, for added expla nation. Three Changes There have been three im portant changes to the “ad valorem” (according to the value) tax. Two were in real property assessment and list ing. Specifically: 1) There has been a re-assessment of real property value county - wide; 2) real property is now as sessed at 100 per cent of its fair value instead of the for mer 60 per ecnt; and 3) an option has been included for Household Furnishings valua tion which allows the taxpayer to list a flat 10 per cent of the house and lot value for this figure rather than item izing the furnishings. Before going into the changes in tax listings and assessment, it should be no ted first that the amount of actual tax a property owner must pay as determined by two things; These are, the total assessed value of his property and the rate (per hundred dollars assessed valuation) that is set by the County Commissioners. The following discussion is'ow charges in assessment and value listing. This constitutes only one part of the tax determining process. It is clearly evident ihat at least two and possibly all three of the above charges will result in higher value totals on the tax books; but this, in itself, does not insure a tax increase. Whether taxes actual ly will be increased depends on the tax rate to be set by the County Commissioners the 1st of July. This, in turn, depends on the interest rate at which the new school bonds are sold, for example, and many other items in the fiscal year 1973-74 County Budget. Bill Ives, Chairman of the Transylvania County Board of Commissioners, has estimated that the new tax rate will be no major tax increase for 1973. According to state law, re: Re-Assessment —Turn to Page Thri Pfeiffer College President Dr. Douglass R. Sasser To Speak At Brevard College Dr. Douglass Reid Sasser, President of Pfeiffer College will be the featured speaker at Brevard Colleges’ 5th Convo cation on Wednesday evening, January 10th at 7:30 p. m. in Dunham Auditorium. Dr. Sasser has a long record of service in Methodist higher education including the Presi dency of Young Harris College in Georgia. He holds degrees from Young Harris, Kentucky Wesleyan and Columbia Uni versity. In addition he has done graduate work at Emory Uni versity and is known national ly as an outstanding platform speaker. Following services as a naval officer during the Korean War, —Torn to Page Three