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iii.imn.icrr Come To Town This Week And Take Advantage Oj ° Sidewalk Sale” Values TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and •tome of Brevard College mmi Brevard Music Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA jJIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town A np*>r REPRODUCTION OP All Matter Herein Is ProUMt ed Without The Eiyi eased Con tent Of The Owner. ★ Vol. 86—No. 27 SICONO CLASS FOSTAOA 'A S AT SRKVARO. N. C. IIS CODS SSVIf * ** I BREVARD, N. C.f THURSDAY, JULY S, 1973 k 32 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY THEY WALKED AWAY — An Ohio father and son escaped serious injury last Friday morn ing when they crash landed their light air plane in a field near the Brevard Airport after running out of fuel. They suffered only minor injuries and were treated at Newland clinic. De tails of the accident are carried in a story on the front page of the second section of this week’s Times. (Times Staff Photo) dfUfeut Early Fourth Of July Will Be A ^.Mig Holiday In Transylvania in order that readers of ff’ Transylvania Times might get their newspaper before the Fourth of July obser vance, this week’s newspa per is being published on Tuesday. Like most of the stores and offices in the town and county, The Times will be closed on Wednesday. How ever, persons with timely news can call Radio WPNF at 8833511. Highlighting the Fourth In the county will he the an nual OHn picnic at Camp Straus, which will get under way at 18:00 o’clock Wednes day morning. This event is usually at tended by thousands of per sons. The day is expected to be a big holiday throughout the county and the Pisgah Na tional Forest will be filled to overflowing as thousands come here from the lowlands to escape the heat 1 The Brevard Post Office will be closed all day Wed nesday, July 4th. There will be no window service and no city or rural delivery service except that Special Delivery service' and lock box service will be provided. The North Carolina High way Patrol urges all motor ists to drive with extreme caution. This holiday . claims more injuries and deaths oh the streets and highways than any other holiday period. Dense Announces Du Pout’s Thrift Plan Is Improved, Benefits Cited Substantial improvements in the Du Pont Company’s Thrift Plan, a savings incentive pro gram for employees, have been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, according to J. C. Dense, Brevard Plant Manager. The proposed changes will become effective for all eligible employees after obtaining a favorable ruling from the In ternal Revenue Service and any necessary clearances with other regulatory authorities, but not earlier than September 1, 1973. The Thrift Plan was adopted in September, 1955. The amended Thrift Plan will enable all eligible Brevard Plant employees to save up to six percent of their monthly pay with a Company contribu —Turn to Page Five Six New, Qnes Acquired Sheriff’s Department Now Using County-Owned Cars July 1st was the starting date of county • owned cars in the Sheriff's Department. The Board of Commissioners used funds in the previous sheriffs budget and interest earned by investment of sur plus general fund monies during the past six months to acquire the six new cars for the Sheriffs Department Until this month, each dep uty owned his own car and was Program Highlights Radio Station WPNF Now Celebrating 23w - Radio Station WPNF is cele brating, its 23rd birthday this week, v tural and economical paid $200 per month for its up keep, gasoline cost, insurance and replacement. The Commis sioners feel that the county will be better served with the De partment in county - owned cars. A picture will be in next week’s paper showing the all white cars. These are all 1972 highway patrol cars that have been repainted the uniform color for Transylvania County. The Sheriffs Department consists of the following per sonnel; Sheriff Milford Hub hard, Chief Deputy Charles Petit, Investigator Hubert Brawn, Deputy and Process Server Jerry English, Secre tary and Office Deputy Bar bara Stewart, and the follow ing patrolling deputies: James 6. McCall, Arthur Anders, James Stroup; in addition, the Sheriffs Department now has two new deputies, Laugh ter and Keith Fisher. Sheriff Hubbard wishes to announce that the two new deputies will enable the coun ty to be divided info two rones. These ames will be from the Cathey’s Creek bridge to foe upper end of the county AjlMO* \ 5 [s0 i *22*. WeatAer ;? By FRED REITER Temperature averages were 82 and 59 at Brevard during this past week. Highest reading of the period came on Monday afternoon with a high that day of 86 degrees. Lowest reading was 56 on Saturday morning. Total rainfall during the month of June at Brevard was 4.63 inches. Extended outlook for Tues day through Thursday: partly cloudy and warm with a chance of afternoon or evening thun dershowers each day. High tem peratures in the mid-80s, with lows in the low 60s in the North Carolina mountains. Weather data for Brevard was as follows: Date High Low Prec. June 27_ 78 57 0.00 June 28_ 79 60 0.60 June 29_ 82 57 0.00 June 30_ 82 56 0.00 July 1_ 84 61 0.00 July 2_ 86 60 0.07 WNC Botanical Club Meets On Monday, July 9th The Western North Carolina Botanical Club will have its next trip on Monday, July 9th. All persons interested in participating, meet in Du Pont parking lot at 9:30 a. m. “Bring your own snack lunch,” officials state. Many Cases On Docket Jurors Are Announced The Criminal term of Su perior court in Transylvania county will open next Mon day morning at 9:30 o’clock here in the Court House. Judge J. William Copeland, of Murfreesboro, will preside over the first week of court. The Civil docket will be heard the second week, be ginning on Monday, July 16th. According to Mrs. Marian M. McMahon, the Clerk of Superior Court, jurors have been drawn for both weeks. Those called to serve the first week are announced in this week’s Times. Judge George M. Foun tain, of Tarboro, will preside over the Civil session. The Criminal docket for next Monday is as follows: Frank E. Penson will be tried for non-compliance Charles B. Hinkley faces a D U I charge as do Vance R. Shook and Andrew D. Sur rette William V. Howell will answer to a charge of driv ing after license revoked Leroy McCall will be tried for breaking and entering. Dennis McGee faces a similar charge Steve Hooper is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Andrew Patterson faces a breaking and entering charge, as does William H. Mullinax Donald L. Miller will be tried on a charge of driving while license revoked Richard Garren faces a charge of attempted arson Donald L. Miller will answ er to a charge of failure to stop at an accident Larry C. Ball faces a DUI charge < Benny N. Moore will be tried on a kidnapping charge Eddie W. Groves faces a reckless driving charge Charles E. Owen will be tried for possession of mari juana with intent to distrib ute, and William Samuel An derson and Peter F. Martens face similar charges Homer C. Bowen will be tried on DUI charge. Cases to be tried on Tues day, July 10th, beginning at —Turn to Page Five Seven Festival Weekend* Brevard Music Center Opens Season Friday by music Invars everywhere, Sylvia Kabbtof will appear in concert at the Center Friday at 8:15 pjn. She will appear with the Music Center Or chestra under the direction of Henry Janiec. Saturday evening at 8:15, the first of three Pops Concerts for the season will be present ed, featuring the Orchestra and Opera Workshop singers from the Center. Orchestral fare will include works by Offenbach, Arnold, Loewe, and —Turn to Page Five AT COUNTY WATER RE SOURCES BOARD MEETING — Shown at a meeting of the Transyl vania County Water Resources Board meeting last week are: Front row, left to right, Newton Pickel simer and E. W. Johnson, Board members; Bill Ives, Chairman of the Transylvania Board of Commission ers; and Glenn Wall, TVA Local Flood Relations Staff of Knoxville, Tenn., who addressed the meeting. In the back row, left to right, are: Dr. John R. Folger, County Commis sioner; Carr R. Purser, Chairman of the Water Resources Board; and William A. Huters, Board member. (Times Staff Photo) Seeking Flood Control Local Leaders Meet With TVA Official On New Plans Agenda Listed Comm^ioners To Adopt New Budget Monday Night The County Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p. m. on Monday, July 9th, in the courtroom. The most import ant item to come before the Commissioners at this meet ing will be the formal adop tion of the 1973 - 74 budget As previously stated, copies of this budget are available in the Commission office and in the Register of Deed’s of fice. This budget, of necessity, provides raises for nearly ev ery employee in the county. The Commissioners felt, though, that they should try to set the example of fiscal control and have, therefore, not provided any raise at all in their com pensation. Each commissioner will receive exactly the same salary as set by the previous county commissioners in July 1972. Another item of interest will be the Erosion Control Ordinance proposed for the county. The Commissioners will again consider the adop tion of this ordinance. Along with this ordinance will be a resolution empowering the County Manager to act as head of the Department of In spections until such time as a person can be employed to fill this vital post. The members of the newly created Senior Citizens Council are expected to be appointed. It is hoped that this Council will come up with many sug gestions and proposals to aid the older citizens of this coun ty. Transylvania County has above average number of re tired persons, and the Commis sioners feel that the county is not doing as much as it could to help this group of people. The Commissioners have been working to improve the bond rating of Transylvania County, since in the near fu ture they will be selling the school bonds to finance the —Turn to Page Five On Friday, June 29th, County Commission Chair man Bill Ives, along with Chairman of the Planning Board, Bill Huters, Chair man of the Water Resources Board, Carr Purser, and Re sources Board members, El mer Johnson and Newton Pickelsimer, met with Glen Wall, local flood relations staff member of the Tennes see Valley Authority. Transylvania County and the Tennessee Valley Author ity plan to begin immediately to work together on a plan to identify the flooding prob lems of the French Broad River and to begin a study of measures to minimize or control flood damage. The Water Resources Board —Turn to Page Three Export Sales Manager Leonard Bauer Retires At Olin Corp. After 41 Years I m. Leonard Bauer, export sales manager for Olin Corpora tion’s Ecusta Paper Division for a quarter of a century, re tired June 30th after more than 41 years of service. He worked with cigarette paper and related products throughout his career. This began in 1932 on his 24th birthday when he went to work in New York City for an uncle, the late Harry H. Straus, who later was to establish the Ecus ta Paper Corporation at Pis gah Forest and to serve as its first president Mr. Bauer worked as ship ping clerk in Mr. Straus* Champagne Paper Corporation, -—Turn to Page Three
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