FROM THE EDITOR'S CORNER
■DrroR j ohh ‘Anderson
Bill Norris got a real
chuckle when be opened his
mail Tuesday.
Included was a letter from
the Federal Aviation Ad
ministration la Atlanta invit
ing him to attend the formal
dedication of urn new radar
installation at the municipal
airport in Asheville.
This was a reasonable in
vitation, since Bill Is Presi
dent of the Brevard Chamber
of Commerce, and the govern
ment officials wanted Urn to
attend in that capacity.
But the chuckle came when
Bill noticed the date of the
dedication. It was to be on
September 22nd, some five
and a half weeks ago!
The letter was AIB MAIL
ED from Atlanta on Septem
ber 14th, and was received by
BiU on October 30th.
We know that our Federal
government currently has
more problems than it ap
parently can cope with, but
when one department of that
government air mails a letter
through another department
of that government and it
takes that letter 46 days to
travel 185 miles to its re
cipient, then man, we’re in a
heap of trouble!
Bill was real philosophical
about the whole thing. HFm
Brevard
Personals
(J .. Miinuimnitiminipl
pfc. Preston O’Dell and wife,
Lora, formerly of Brevard,
attended Brevard High’s An
nual Homecoming game.
They stayed at the borne
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
O’Dell, 149 Oakdale Road, Bre
vard. Pfc. O’Dell has complet
ed U. S. Army Training at Fort
JacksOt and Airborne training
at Ft. Benning, Ga. He is cur
rently Stationed in. the, 119th
.Aviation Co. at Fort Rragg.
Mr. and Mrs, Rick Chappell,
of Greensboro, announce the
birth of a son, Scott Gallamore,
born Oct. 16th, 1973. The ma
ternal grandparents are Dr.
and Mrs. C. C. Scarborough of
Auburn, Alabama, and the pa
ternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Fulton Chappell, Pick
ens, formerly of Brevard. The
paternal great-Grandmother is
Mrs. Fannie Chappell of Green
ville.
Mrs. Nellie Bishop Bruton
has returned to her home in
Rush Springs, Oklahoma, after
visiting relatives and friends
in this area. She wishes to ex
press her appreciation for all
the courtesies extended her dur
ing her vipit. She would espec
ially like to say thank you to
each one who attended the
dinner in honor of her birth
day. She carried many happy
memories back to Oklahoma.
Recent visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. John I. Anderson were
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGehee
of Savannah, Georgia._
Just glad it wasn’t a letter
telling me 1 would inherit a
million dollars if I would be
in Atlanta by September
22nd", he quipped.
North Carolina laws aiv
strange.
Case in point.
Super markets, package
stores, etc., can sell table wines,
wines with 12 per cent alcohol.
However,'it’s against the
for table wines to be sold
ABC stores, but they can
fortified wines, wines with
per cent alcohol.
Biff!
With the newsprint short
age and the necessity el rat
ting stories, columns and
features shorter, the News
Bureau at the University has
sent out some examples of
drastic condensation — some
40 years old.
These were written then
by a ruffled and frustrated
reporter, who told his editor,
“here’s brevity for ydi”:
STORY ONE — A woman
was making a Are In a stove
one morning, and found it
hard to get the fire going.
She meant to add kerosene to
make a blaze, but unfortu
nately poured gasoline into
the Are. The result was demo
lition of the house, explosions
and the like. A story about
this took half a column in the
paper.
Here is the way the word
economy-minded editor ex
plained how to rewrite the
above:
Kitehen stove
Gasoline
Struck a match
And ain’t been seen.
STORY TWO — An inebri
ated citizen was walking down
the street in San Francisco
when a trolly was coming up
one of those steep bills.
Though intoxicated he was
well off the track. But, un
fortunately, he staggered and
fell in the path of the vehicle
on rails, with disastrous con
sequences.
The news story, abbrevi
ated, was:
Drunk man
Trolley car
Foot slip
And there you are.
STORY THREE — A man
and his wife were having
marital troubles. He loved his
wife dearly, but found one
night she was having an af
fair with another nun. In
fact, half a dozen other men.
He came home and shot the
wife. The courts found him
guilty and he’s serving 20
years in the state prison sys
tem.
The story came out in the
newspaper:
Papa loved mama
Mama loved the men
Mama’s in the graveyard
Papa’s in the pea.
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upon the question. "Li* One
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Theater usher; "Is there a
Mr. and Mrs. Perldns in the
house? Yeiir babysitter wants
te know where yon keep the
fire extinguisher.”
Joke of the week
The teacher was reproving
one of her young pupils who
had fallen into the habit of
swearing.
“If you feel you must say
something, why don’t you just
say, *(Mi brother,’ or something
like that?” she suggested. “Your
father doesn’t swear, does he?”
“No, ma’am, he replied.
“Well, suppose he were
working in the garden and sud
denly stepped backwards on a
rake and it flew up and hit
him from behind, What would
he say?” the teacher queried.
“He’d say,” answered the young
ster, “you’re home early dear!”
And we also like ....
A prosperous Texas ranch
er was enjoying a New Tear’s
vacation In Hawaii when the
phone operator asked if he
would accept a long-distance
call collect from a neighbor
not noted for his overwhelm
ing generosity.
“Certainly not,” said the
vacationer, “but if he wants
to pay for the call himself
pnt him on.
The friend thereupon car
oled a cherry “heHo” and
proceeded, to gossip for a full
40 minutes. Finally, the vaca
tioner felt he had to-say, “1
hope yon realise this call is
costing yon a small fortune.”
“Think nothing of it,” re
sponded the Mend, “I’m call
ing from poor house.”
I With The Sick \
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| Community Hospital j
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Transylvania Community hos
pital to bo
Wednesday:
Mrs. Dianne Angeledes, Bre
vard
Ray Beck, Brevard
Mrs. Frances Dobbins, Bre
vard
Mrs. Betty Lou Fisher and
baby girl, Lake Toxaway
Mrs. Etna Gillespie, Brevard
Mrs. Louise Hunter, Cashiers
Mrs. Lillie Brown, Brevard
Mrs. Ethel Chapman, Bosnian
Mrs. Nancy Fisher, Lake Tox
away
Thomas Hoxit, Brevard
Mrs. Dora Monteith, Brevard
Mrs. Martha Owen, Brevard
Mrs. Hettie Powell, Brevsrd
Leonard Simpeon, Cedar
Mountain
George Summey, Sr., Brevfrd.
Visitors ant requested tp oh
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noons 2J0 • 4:08; muajpgi
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Transylvania
Bookmobile Schedule
Thursday, November 1-- Blantyre
Tuesday, November € «— Hendersonville Hwy.
Wednesday, November 7-Boylston Hwy.
Thursday, November 8-little River
Tuesday, November 13-Plsgah Forest
Wednesday, November 14-Calvert - Rosznan
Sapphire-Whitewater Wins
Prizes In Community Contest
By ■ Wallace Brewer
SAPPHIRE - WHITEWATER
—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Condon,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dann,
Lawerence Denslow and son,
Norman, Mr. and Mrs. James
Owen, Mrs. William Matson,
George Blair, and Mn. T. Don
Batson attended the Awards
Dinner at Olin last Thursday
evening. Sapphire - Whitewater
placed second on the overall
judging and received an honor
able mention on the Achieve
ment Book. Our commuity ex
tends congratulations to Lake
Toxaway, See Off and to Little
River for placing first in each
of their Divisions.
Mrs. Beverly Dann, Assistant
Librarian of the Sapphire
Whitewater Community De
velopment Club, will keep the
library open on Thursday eve
nings during, the winter months
from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Parents
of young children, from 4:30
until 5:00 p.m. A storytime will
be held for the children up to
10 years of age, so, please send
or bring your children and as
sistance shall be given them in
helping them to select books
Don and Mary Jo Batson and
Mrs. Rotha Matson were treated
to dinner in Highlands last Fn
day by Mrs. Homer Hebb after
Don had chauffeured the ladies
during the afternoon on a
color tour around Glenville
Lake. Hearts and souls were
filled with the Glory and Praise
of God and with Thanksgiving
for the most unbelievable
beauty that abounds in our
mountains at this time of year
and for the incredible weather
we have enjoyed for some 20
days.
Congratulations to Carol and
Erik D. Hansen on the occasion
of their Anniversary last week
and for their being selected out
standing citizens of the Com
munity and also to the latter on
his birthday.
Mrs. William Matson spent
the weekend in Atlanta visiting
with her daughter, Pamela,
and with her son, John. Satur
day evening she was treated to
the Ice Capades.
Miss Susan Condon of Elli
jay, Ga., visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Condon.
Last Sunday Mary Jo and Don
Batson were the guests of the
John D. Smiths to attend
church with them in Brevard
and have dinner with them
afterwards.
George Blair has been to Ten
nessee to visit his sister and
hi# family, and Thelma and Joe
Welch went down to Mississippi
to visit Thelma’s sisters, and
Lawereiyee Denslow and son,
Norman spent a camping trip
on the Appalachian Trail.
The Rosman Termites cele
brated the end of the season at
“Tomfleld” Campground at a
party given by the coaches,
Larry Bullock and Gregg
Sheear Mrs. Patricia Barclay
w#s hostess and she was assist
ed by Mis# Martha Jean Willis
anfd M>ss Patricia Barclay. Lake
Tqxaway boys honored at the
party were John Barclay, Daren
Owen, Kelly, Joe and Mike
Banther, Monty Burrell along
with the other 24 teammates.
The hail was decorated with
Halloween decorations, there
were games and prizes. There
was also a spook house with a
real witch. Hotdogs, punch and
donuts were served. Dr. and
Mrs. Ray Stratton of Sarasota,
Fla., paid a surprise visit dur
ing the festivities.
The Earle Osterhoudts enter
tained the Melvin Danes with a
picnic and color tour along the
Blue Ridge Parkway last Wed
nesday. The color was reported
to be very beautiful.
The youth of the Sapphire
Whitewater Community held a
Halloween dance at the Sap
phire - Whitewater Community
Development building Friday
evening, October 25th. Approxi
mately 15 young people attend
ed. Ken and Laura Wilson fur
nished refreshments and Bev
and Melvin Dann chaperoned th
erly and Melvin Dann chape
roned the dance wearing their
“Black Belt” Karate outfits as
costumes.
Don and Mary Jo Batson
were dinner guests of Bev and
Mel Dann. Bev served one of
her famous Mexican dinners.
We all kept saying that we
should have some kind of
restaurant in the Sapphire
Whitewater area and how about
one catering to Mexican foods?
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Stratton
were dinner guests of Mrs.
Homer Hebb one evening.
There have been some one day
trips, too. Mrs. Walter Whitted
and Mrs. Rotha Matson visited
in Highlands, Mrs. Homer Hebb
and Mrs. T. Don Batson went to
Norton community, Joe and
Thelma Welch, Mrs. Homer
Hebb and Mr. and Mrs. T. Don
Batson visited in Waynesville
one day via the Parkway.
Last Saturday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Dann and Mr.
and Mrs. T. Don Batson were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Weiskoffs.
The following members of
the Lake Toxaway Volunteer
Fire Department answered re
cent fire alarms with the first
one being on East Shore Drive
at the home of James Morrisson
with a sofa being on fire and
filling the building with smoke,
Walter McNeely, L C. Case,
Herbert Fisher, Harold Mc
Neely and Dave Johnson. A
second fire was a truck belong
ing to the Gloucester General
Store of Rosman on 81. The
members that responded were
Ford Owen, Fire Chief, Herbert
Fisher, L. C. Case, J. A. Wilde
and Dave Johnson. To all others
who assisted in any manner the
Fire Department extends appre
ciation.
Due to the State Wide School
Bond Referendum being held
on Tuesday, Nov. 6th, the Sap
phire - Whitewater Community
Development Club will have
their covered dish supper and
business meeting on Tuesday,
Nov. 13th. With the dinner be
ginning at 6:30 p.m. and the
Business meeting following at
7:30 p.m., we hope that all reg
istered voters will exercise their
convictions on Nov. 6th at the
Community Center.
Planning Board
To Meet Monday
The Transylvania County
Planning Board will meet at
7:30 p.m. on Monday, Novem
ber Sth, at the Court House ac
cording to W. A. Huters, Chair
man.
Items on the agenda include
further work on the flood plain
toning ordinance and the mo
bile home park ordinance. A
new item of business will con
sent zoning and the Board will
be asked to work with a com
mittee from the Greenville
Highway area to study this.
A report will be given on the
status of the land use study cur
rently being done for all
Region B, Buncombe, Hender
son, Madison and Transylvania
Counties.
A new member, Arthur De
hon, Jr., will be welcomed to
the Board. Hie other members
are Bill Cathey, Morris JHawk
Jaine#j
Hap
Tootey.
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See Offy Lake Toxatvay, Little
River Win In Rural Contesm
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William M. Ives, Chairman of
the Transylvania Board of
Commissioners, and Morris
McGough, Executive Vice
President, W.N.C. Develop
ment Association.
The speaker for the evening
was William M. McMurray, who
Assistant Director for the U.
Climatic Center at Asheville.
The meal and program ar
rangements were made by
Charles L. Russell, Olin Cor
poration.
Over $900.00 In cash prizes
for the various contests was
donated by the following busi
nesses: Winn Dixie, Brevard
Insurance Agency, Western
Auto Assoc. Store, First Union
National Bank, Coleman Tire
Company, Haywood Electric
Membership Corporation, Citi
zens Telephone Company,
WPNF, The Transylvania
Times, First Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, Pisgah
Candy Company, Sky City Inc.
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club, Biltmore Dairy
Farms, Duke Power Company,
American Thread Company,
Gaither’s Restaurant Inc., Bre
vard Lumber Company, Lyda
McCrary Motors Inc.
Brevard Federal Savings &
Loan Assoe^ Bryant Conatruo
tion and Electric Corp., E. L
DuPont Do Nemours * Com
pany, B & B Feed and Seed
Company, Varners Drug Store,
Brevard Chamber of Com
merce, Brevard Rotary Club,
Olin Corporation, Austins Art
Shop, Mitchell - Bissell Com
pany, Tansylvania County
Farm Bureau, Rice Furniture
Company, Belk Department
Store, Morris Pharmacy,
Trantox Inc., Star 8apphire
Company, Owen Wilson, Inc.,
McCrary Chevrolet Olds
Inc., Connestee Falls De
velopment Corp., MiUers
Laundry and Cleaners, Melton
Company Realtors, Moore
Funeral Home.
Of Lions Clubs
United Fund Money Will
Go To White Cane Program
A sum of $450 of United
Fund monies will be directed
to the Brevard Lions Club
White Cane program, and a
sum of $404 will go to the
Pisgah Forest Lions Club
White Cane program. These
sums are arrived at by a per
membership amount in each
club.
The monies are used to pro
vide eye operations, special
glasses for visually handicap
ped, glasses for needy school
children and other related vis
ual assistance.
On a recent visit to the
county, the Lions Club Eye
Screening Van provided free
visual screening for hundreds
of school and preschool chil
dren throughout the county.
While the screening may not
be as thorough as a child
would receive from an opto
metrist or ophthalomogist, it
is thorough enough to alert
adults to the visual problems
of children which are then
followed up with the optome
trist and/or ophthalmologist.
Important Service
United Fund Helps Support
Transylvania Humane Society
While most of the United
Fund contributions underwrite
human services, a very vital
service is provided by the $1190
which helps make up the op
erating budget of the Humane
Society.
Pet owners in the county
are grateful that there is a
place vvliere sick, injured and
lost animals can be cared
for. Persons who have an an
tipathy toward pets should ap
preciate such a service, for
without it the county would
be inundated with animals on
the loose who would pose a
health and financial problem
to all persons in the county.
Surely this is a service that
deserves our concern and sup
port.
Halloween came early to the
Quebec area of Transylvania
County. The local 4-H Club
leaders Mrs. Vernon Bishop,
Mrs. J. C. Webb and Mrs. Per
ry Fisher, gave a party for
the local 4-H’ers on October
18th. Before the party a bicy
cle rodeo was held and various
contests such as balancing,
pedaling and breaking, circle
riding, obstacle course, and
slow and fast races were held.
Winners were chosen and the
top two winners were given
prizes.
The top boy contestant was
Bruce Hutchinson, and the
top girl winner was Pam Ship
man.
Second place finishers were
Dawn Hayes and Jim Coker.
Jim also won the Obstacle Race.
The overall champion was
Pam Shipman. Pam received a
bike riding light for her prize,
and Bruce received a camping
set.
After the Rodeo, an old fash
ioned apple bobbing was held
and only the brave boys and
girls were getting the sought
after apple prizes. Refresh
ments of Black Magic Brownies
and Gobblins Brew were served
to the parents and to the boys
and girls.
During National 4-H Week,
the clubs, officers, Melody
Owen, vice President, and Kar
en Waldrop, President, gave a
part of the TC Henderson PTA
program on 4-H.
In August, two members also
attended a 4-H Junior Leaders
Workshop on crafts to teach the
club. Sonja Fisher and Karen
Waldrop took candle making
and Creative Stitchery to help
the club members learn more
about it.
At their next meeting, No
vember 15th, the third Thurs
day night, the club will meet
at 7:00 p.m. and take a test to
obtain their Bicycle Riding
License from the N. C. Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles. Every
one between the ages of 8-19 is
welcome.
CARD OF THANKS
We are deeply grateful to our
kind friends and relatives for
their expressions of sympathy
and concern at the death of my
mother, Helen Duckworth Rus
sell. We also appreciate the ser
vices of the Reverend Art Fore
and Donald Lee Moore.
Dorothy Ann Charles
and Family
When you think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
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