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THE THAI A State And Natioi if Vol. 86—No. 21 SECOND CLASS ROSTACK PAID AT BREVARD. N. C ZIP CODE 2S7IS 5YLYANIA TIMES Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper > ARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 36 PAGES TODAY if AT BREVARD HIGH — Head ing Graduation Exercises at Brevard Senior High School are the three persons above. At the left is Sharon DeLong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. DeLong, who is the second highest honor student. In the center is George Abercrombie, highest honor student who is also president of the Student Body. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Abercrom bie, of Brevard. At the right is Principal Bill Stanley. Graduation exercises will be held Friday night at the Brevard Music Center. (Times Staff Photo) Meeting On Tuesday Commissioners To Require Statements From Developers The Board of County Com missioners held a special meeting on Tuesday, May 22, in the County Courthouse. Tiiey covered several items of interest to the public. On the advice of County At torne W. It. White, the Com missioners voted to invest the $80,000 trust left by Dorothy Bjerk in U. S. Government Bonds, which will yield in ex cess of 7% for 30 years. This will bring approximately 5,600 per year to the County for the maintenance of Silvermont. The Board of Commission ers also passed an ordinance ^Weommended by Mr. White that will require all develop ers and similar groups who intend to develop more than two acres of land to submit their plans to the Commis sioners before they proceed with their work. A copy of this ordinance is published in this paper. The ordinance applies to in dividuals, corporations and other' private developers who undertake such projects a« shopping centers, industrial ahd commercial facilities, re sort developments, sub-divisions and other housing projects. The statements must include: —The environmental im pact of the proposed project. —Any significant adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented. —Mitigation measures pro posed to minimize the impact. —Alternatives to the pro posed action. —Relationship between the short term uses of the en vironment involved in the proposed action. —The maintenance and en hancement of long term pro —Turn To Page Eight In Amount Of $106,296 Breakdown Of Revenue Sharing Check For City Is Announced The breakdown in expendi ture of the recent Revenue Sharing check of $106,296.00 for Brevard is announced to day by City Manager Bill Slough. The breakdown is as follows: $20,000 — Office payroll and billing machine in the City Clerk’s office $18,600 — Street sweeper. This will not only keep the streets clean, but it will help to prevent sewer lines from get ting clogged up. $15,000 — A garage - type building, located in the parking lot behind the Municipal build ing $10,506 — Water line im provements. Project will in clude an eight-inch line from Park View drive to the City limits. A loop system will be created to improve pressure. One or two fire hydrants will be installed. $13,700 — Resurfacing proj ects, including Chestnut, Hill crest, Park View Drive and parts of US 276 and Gallimore road $28,500 — General water and sewer systems improvement projects. Program Highlights Michael Cook Is WPNF’s Afternoon Air Personality The current afternoon air personality heard over local radio WPNF-1240 is Michael Cook, Brevard resident who is the station’s engineer and who will be attending Clemson Uni versity this fall. Mike has been with the sta tion several months now, and plays good music all afternoon. He also invites requests from his listeners, and promises to exert his utmost efforts to please listeners by playing their favorite music. Other Programs The Farm and Home Hour schedule for the week is as fol Succeeds Newcomb Robert Cole Is New General Manager, Brevard Music Center Robert G. Cole, a native oi Athens, Ala,, has been appoint ed General Manager of the Bre vard Music Center, Brevard. The announcement is made by J. D. Sykes, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Music Cen lows: Thursday, Station Pro gram; Friday, N. C. Forest Service. Monday, Jerry Purser, County Extension Agent; Tues day, Station Program; Wednes day, Jean Childers, County Home Demonstration Agent. Dr. Robert G. Tuttle, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, is the speaker this week on WPNF’s Morning De votions at 0:45 ajn. Sunday morning worship ser vices are being broadcast from the Brevard - Davidson River Presbyterian Church in Bre vard. Broadcast time is 11:00 o’clock each Sunday morning. Graduation Ceremonies Are Slated For High Schools In Transylvania County Exercises At Rosman Set Thursday Night Graduation exercises for the Class of 1973 will be held in Silversteen Gymnasium at eight p. m. Thursday evening, May 24th. Troyce Chappell, class president, will be master of ceremonies. The class will be escorted by Melinda Butler, chief marshal, and Richard West, first mar shal. Other marshals will serve as ushers. Mrs. Melba Hill will serve as pianist. The invocation will be given by Paulette Fisher, co-valedic torian. Rev. Douglas Lee will deliver the Devotionals Ad dress. The presentation of awards and diplomas will be done by Harry Corbin and A. L. Warren, and accep tance of seniors done by E. B. Matheson. Kathy Waldrop, Salutatorian, will have the Graduates’ Creed followed by the Alma Mater sung by the Senior Class. The benediction will be given by Dolores Har rington, co-valedictorian. The graduation date was changed from May 29 to May 24, which made 54 people very happy. The change is due to the fact that the State Board of —Turn to Page Eight Weaffier i ! i ■S The past week proved to be a dry and rather cool week, at least as far as minimum tem perature readings were con cerned. Average early morning minimum reading was 10 de grees cooler than the previous week. High and low averages for the seven-day period were 72 and 35 at Brevard. Highest reading came on Tuesday after noon with 78 degrees while the low was 28 last Friday morn ing. Extended forecast for the area calls for rainfall Wednes day and Thursday, with clear ing by Friday and Saturday. Temperatures should be sea sonal, highs in the 70s with lows in the 50s. Brevard weather data was as follows: Date High Low Prec. May 16 - 68 31 0.00 May 17 - 67 36 0.00 May 18_ 67 28 0.00 May 19 - 72 37 0.00 May 20_ 75 35 0.28 May 21 - 76 38 0.00 May 22_ 78 42 0.00 AT ROSMAN HIGH, the three honor graduates pictured above with Principal A. L. Warren will lead graduation exercises this Thursday night. They are, left to right; Co Valedictorians Paulette Fisher and Delores Harrington, Principal War ren, and Salutatorian Kathy Wal drop. (Times Staff Photo) A Semi-Holiday Transylvanians Will Observe Long Memorial Day Weekend Second List More Local Students Honored, Graduate At Many Universities Transylvania students were in the spotlight at Commencement exercises during the past week at various colleges and univer sities. At NC State University Margaret A. Mackey received the “Agricultural Council Out standing Awards” honor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mackey, of Route 1, Penrose. At Mars Hill Brevard’s two students were honored at Mars Hill College, prior to the Graduation Exer cises. Samuel Haynie Feaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Feaster, Jr., of Morgan Heights, Brevard, received a $300 Presi dent’s Scholarship. A senior at Brevard Senior high, he is interested in dramatic arts. And Curtis Henry Gardin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gardin, Sr., of 211 James street, won a music scholarship in performance, lie will study bass. At Appalachian David Gene Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Myers, of Bre vard, received a BSBA in Ac counting at Appalachian State University’s 74th Spring Com mencement last Sunday. At UNC - Asheville Three Brevard students have heen graduated from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Asheville. They include: Virginia Ann Fortune, daugh ter of Mrs. W. M. Fortune, of 1207 Hendersonville road, Bre vard, a graduate of Brevard High School, who majored in Psychology. Thomas Frederick Dechant, —Turn to Page Eijghi On Local Scene Government Checks At 23% Of Income To what degree do the Fed eral, state and local govern ments add to the financial well being of the population? As in most parts of the coun try, a sizable portion of the in come they receive is traceable to public funds. fits to those getting social se curity, unemployment compen sation, pensions, public assis tance and interest on bonds. According to the latest fig ures, approximately fll,754, •M a year is reaching the lo cal area from such sources. The study was made by the Tax Foundation, a non-parti san, non-profit organisation. It was based upon data compiled by the U. S. Office of Business Economics. Taking the average figures for the State of North Caro ly from one area of the coun try to another. Nationally, 24.3 percent of income is from gov ernment sources and, through out the South Atlantic States, 28.4 percent. Some communities get an exceptionally large propor tion of their income in that manner, it is noted, due to a large number of their peo ple on public payrolls or due to a high concentration of retired people in their areas. In Washington, D. C., for example, the ratio of govern ment payments to personal in come is the highest in the country, 51.8 percent, because of the many Federal employees there. In Connecticut the ratio is lowest, 18.3 percent. As for state and local con tributions to income, they are highest in New Mexico and Alaska and lowest la Ohio. The Memorial Day ob servance will be observed in Transylvania this weekend and on Monday, which will be a semi-holiday. Offices in the Municipal building and in the Court House will be closed on Sat urday, Sunday and Monday, as will other offices in Bre vard. The Brevard Post Office will be closed next Monday for Memorial Day. There will be no delivery on city or rural routes, how ever mail will be put up in the boxes at the Post Office. Special delivery mail will be delivered within the city. Banks in Brevard will re* matn open next Monday. Brevard Rotarians will not meet on Monday because of the holiday, but make-up cards will be available for visiting Rotarians. The American Legion Aux iliary of Unit 88 will conduct a Memorial service at Gil lespie - Evergreen cemetery on Sunday morning, May 27th, at 9:00 o’clock. They will be assisted by the Legionnaires from Post 88. There will be honor guards, flag bearers, a rifle —Turn to Page Eight Brevard Will Graduate 220 Friday Night Graduation Exercises for the class of 1973 will be held Fri day, May 25 at the Brevard Mu sic Center. To begin the ceremonies, at 7:30 p. m. the BHS band and chorus will present a concert. Dr. Jerry Cabe will be the main speaker for the evening. Presenting the diplomas and awards to the candidates will be Mike Heath, senior class presi dent; William H. Stanley, principal of BHS; Edward Emory, assistant principal; and Harry C. Corbin, Superin tendent of Transylvania Coun ty Schools. From the senior class, the four top-ranking students will take part in the program. Mas ter of Ceremonies will be the senior achieving the highest grades. Leading the class and guests in the Salute to the American flag, the Invocation, and the Graduate Creed will be the other three students. Junior Marshals for this year are Lizette Reiter, chief; Mike Spanbauer, Dennis Clark, Betsy Boggs, Debbie Hicks, Jimmy Deavor, Fred Reidinger, Sandy Adams, Tommy Coker, and An gela Barnett. Poppy Day Set Here Saturday Saturday, May 26th, has been declared as Poppy Day for the entire United States and it is a day of opportunity for many people. The disabled in the VA hos pitals make the Poppies for sale to the American Legion Auxil aries This project enables them to earn some money, as well as f providing therapy in the use til their hands. It is also a day of opportuni ty for members of the Legion Auxiliaries as all profits from this sale are used in their re habilitation program for vet erans and families. Furthermore, it is a day of opportunity for the people of Brevard and Transylvania coun ty who contribute to this wor thy cause, by wearing a poppy so that others may be helped. Headquarters will be in front of Morris Drug Store, so all Unit 88 members may pick up Poppies by 9:00 a. m. and get busy on this wonderful “day of opportunity.” James C. Gaither Brevard Man Represents State At National Meet James C. Gaither, owner and operator of Brevard’s Gaither’s Restaurant, Inc., has been elect ed chairman of the National Restaurant Association Action Committee for North Carolina. This week he is representing the state at the National con tention in Chicago, 111. Mr. Gaither, a former Repre sentative in the North Carolina Seneral Assembly from 1997 through 1961, is also well mown in Brevard as the presi dent of James C. Gaither As sociates, Realtors, and head of the James C. Gaither Insurance Agency. “Jimmy” Gaither is a past president of the North Carolina —Turn to Page Three
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