TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and i
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival. I
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1970 Census
19,317. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 5,243.
★ Vol. 87—No. 1
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 26712
k 32 PAGES TODAY * BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1974
★ 15c COPY PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
—With winds gusting up to an estimated 80 miles
an hour, some three fourths of the walls of the new
Brevard Elementary School now under construc
tion on the Greenville highway were blown down
last Thursday afternoon. It’s not unusual for this
type of freak accident to occur when the steel
cross beams are not in place. Due to the heavy
rains that afternoon, workmen had been called off
the job and there were no injuries. It is reported
that the loss is covered by insurance.
(Times Staff Photo)
Holidays Over
Schools Open, New Schedule
Will Begin Monday Morning
Transylvania schools open
ed Wednesday morning on
regular schedule following
the Christmas and New Year
Holidays.
However, the school sys
tem will have a new schedule
beginning neat Monday morijr.
tag, January 7th. '
This is due~to ffiefact that
the nation goes on Daylight
Savings time early Sunday
morning.
The new schedule calls for
schools opening at 9:00 a m..
and closing at 3:30 in the af
ternoon.
This schedule was adopted
after a student - parent sur
rey was made in which 2,115
persons favored school open
ing at 9:00 a. m. or later,
while 1,247 preferred the
present schedule.
Members of the Transyl
vania County Board of Educa
tion, in the process of adopt
ing the 9:00 - 3:30 schedule,
expressed concern for the
large number of pupils who
ire presently leaving home
n or before 7:30 a.m. As of
faintary 7th, these same pu
pils will be leaving home on
»r before 8:00 a.m. Daylight
Saving Time.
School Principals will make
provisions to furnish super
vision at school for those chil
dren whose parents find it
necessary to take their chil
dren to school at approxi
mately 8:00 a. m.
School bus drivers are to
make a thirty-minute time ad
justment on bus routes on
January 7, 1974.
Future In Doubt
Gasoliu^in Short Supply
Over Holidays, Travel Light
The holidays were quiet in
Brevard and Transylvania coun- i
ty, due in a large measure to ’
the gasoline shortage.
Most of the service stations 1
were closed both on Christmas
and New Year’s day. In fact, ]
many were closed during the i
days in between. <
The outlook for the future re- '
mains a question mark. The
only thing for certain is that
the price per gallon of gasoline
is going up.
The Police department radio
room reports only routine ar
rests over New Year’s.
According to the dispatcher
Ballots In Mail
Chamber Of Commerce
Now Electing Directors
The membership of the
Brevard Chamber of Com
merce is urged to vote lor
new directors prior to the
meeting on January 8th in
the library.
According to Bill Norris,
the President, a 40-man board
win be elected at that time
when the ballots wUl be
tabulated.
sons who are vitally Interest
ed In the community prog
ress.
The membership of the
Brevard Chamber of Com
merce totals a record number
of 220, representing practic
ally all business and Indus
tries. , , ,V:
far exceeds
high of 210,
In 10».
Actually, on the ballot are
247 names, and In his letter
to the membership which In
eluded the ballot, President
Norris outHued many of the
of the
local dvie '
the ..
which win
Wednesday morning, the most
writing thing that happened
vas a car fire in front of Jones
*iews Stand and Hardware early
hat morning.
New Year’s Eve parties were
leld at the Elks club and at
Jlen Cannon, and a dance for
he young people was held that
svening at the old Country club.
Roger Babson
Forecast Is
Carried Today
The Transylvania Times is
rablishing Roger Babson’s Busi
less and Financial Forecast for
L974 this week. You will find
t in the second section.
We call your attention to this
!eature because . 1974 will be a
rear of many changes.
This Babson Forecast con
:ains predictions covering such
mportant subjects as:
Letdown for 1974
Inflation will be on a broad
Iront
Less pressure on the labor
front
Industrial production
Farm production
Employment and personal in'
some
Budding and construction
Politics, domestic and inter
lation
The stock market.
•oel
By FRED REITEB
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Brevard temperatures aver
aged 55 and 32 during the past
10-day period. High reading
was 61 on Wednesday and
Thursday just after Christmas
day. Lowest reading was 17 on
December 23rd.
Extensive flooding took place
in the county as a result of ov
er eight inches of rainfall dur
ing the period. Four-and-one
half inches fell on Christmas
day and the 26th.
In this column next week a
review of the rainfall totals for
the year 1973 will be made.
Brevard weather data for the
period was as follows:
Date High Low Prec.
Dec. 23_ 59 17 0.00
Dec. 24_ 57 26 0.00
Dec. 25_ 42 35 0.53
Dec. 26 61 41 4.12
Dec. 27_ 61 34 0.10
Dec. 28_ 56 21 0.00
Dec. 29_ 49 22 0.15
Dec. 30 _*_ 58 36 0.47
Dec. 31_ 53 40 3.00
Jan. 1_ 51 44 0.00
During Year Of 1973
New Construction, Centro! Of
Pollution, Politics Top News
Varied Stories
Are Selected,
Headlines Are
Summarized
By - Staff Writer
A great amount of new
building, both completed and
underway; heavy spending on
pollution control, and a na
tionally - noticed political
Trout Festival highlighted
the news stories in Brevard
last year.
And, as usual, old man
Weathrr got into the head
lines, with two stories of
damaging floods that had to
be included in any selection
of top local news stories.
Early in the year, a new
Post Office was opened in
Brevard. In June, the Tran
sylvania Community Hospital
opened for patients in a new,
$3 million building and the
old hospital was later sold
for a rest home.
Construction started in the
spring on three new, badly
needed school buildings for
the County School System,
and in August work began on
the Brevard Housing Author
ity’s new low-cost housing
project.
Late in the year the larg
est union hall in the south
east opened at Pisgah Forest,
and an announcemet was
made in November that a
multi-million dollar Re
search building will be con
structed at the Brevard Du
Pont plant.
In April Olin Corpora
tion announced it will spend
$11 millions on water and air
pollution control.
Brevard was officially
placed on the national poli
tical map when, in August,
the Annual Trout Festival
had as the featured speaker,
Senator Sam J. Ervin, Chair
man of the Senate Select
Committee on Watergate.
Film of Sen. Ervin at the Fes
tival, sponsored by Transyl
vania young Democrats, was
shown widely on television
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No Immediate Prospects
: Stork Delivering County’s
1 First Baby Is Late Arriving
Transylvania's first baby ot
197$. seems to be a little late in
arriving.
' Two babies were born New
Year’s Eve at the Transylvania
Community hospital, but that
was before midnight.
1 At the moment, hospital au
thorities say, there are no im
mediate prospects.
r . • -
Fine prizes await Transyl
vania’s first baby in a contest
sponsored by The Times and
WPNF in conjunction with sev
eral local merchants.
The prizes and the donors are
as follows:
A pair of Stepmaster baby
■ shoes from Trantham’s Depart
met Store.
A $5.00 gift certificate for
laundry or dry cleaning from
Cardinal Cleaners.
A free pass, good for a year
to' the Co-Ed and Brevard Drive
In theatres. ■■
A federally safety approved
toddler’s car seat from Hous
ton’s Furniture Company.
A specially prepared dinner
of their choice for the new
parents from the Colonial Inn.
A diaper bag and a dozen
diapers from Harper’s 5c &
10c Store.
$25.00 credit toward any
Items in their baby department
from Rice Furniture Company.
A case of Gerber’s strained
baby food from the Community
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AIRPORT OR A LAKE?—With
more than eight inches of rain dur
ing the holidays, most of the bottom
lands in Transylvania county were
flooded, and several roads were
closed from time to time because of
high water. Pictured above is the
Brevard airstrip on the Greenville
highway, which was under water for
two days after Christmas.
(Times Staff Photo)
For Electrical Hook-Ups
Department Of Inspections
Requires Permits In Future
According to the Transylvania
County Department of Inspec
tions, no one will receive elec
trical hookups from Duke or
REA until a permit has been
obtained from the Department
of Inspections. Permits are
issued for construction, electri
cal and plumbing work done in
the city and county.
Those people desiring electri
city on construction projects
but do not have a valid con
struction permit will be requir
ed to provide proof that the
Over 3 Miiiion Invested
Transylvania Now Making
$804 Per Day In Interest
Transylvania County has in
creased its invested funds con
siderably in the last few days.
The deadline for paying prop
erty taxes without penalty was
5:00 p.m. on December 31st, and
several large taxpayers waited
until the last moment to pay
their taxes.
Immediately upon receipt,
$450,000 in taxes were invested
in certificates of deposit.
The bid for these certificates
was won by the new North
western Bank, which offered an
interest rate of 9.75% for sixty
days.
County Commission Chairman
Bill Ives feels that additional
funds will be invested in the
next few days as the small tax
reports are consolidated and
funds can be accumulated in
blocks of at least $100,000.
Ther$ is a tremendous differ*
ence in the interest paid for
amounts of less than $100,000.
Therefore, the County arranges
ts financing in large blocks.
As of Wednesday morning,
fransylvania County had invest
sd in excess of $3,000,000 at an
interest rate of $804.46 per day.
Program Highlights
“The Year 1973 In Review”
Will Be Heard Over WPNF
“The Year 1973 In Review”
will be broadcast over WPNF
Radio 1240 next Sunday after
noon beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The program had been
scheduled for the past Sunday,
but failed to arrive in time for
broadcast. It is an interesting
and dramatic review of the his
torical and newsworthy events
of the year 1973.
The program is narrated by
Morgan Beatty, a former NBC
Radio and television newesman.
This yearly production is pro
duced by the Associated Press
and has proved to be a most
interesting and informative pro
gram in the past.
Airtime will be Sunday at
4:00 p.m. The program is pres
ently locally through courtesy
of Olin Corporation.
Other Programs
Sunday morning worship ser
vices during the month of Janu
ary will be broadcast over
WPNF Radio from the First
Baptist Church in Brevard.
The speaker this week on
Morning Devotions at 9:45 a.m.
is the Rev. T. W. Searcy, Pastor
of Morningside Baptist Church.
project was started before Sep
tember 4, 1973, before the In
spection Department will notify
the appropriate electrical com
pany to supply electricity. Elec
trical permits are required on
all mobile homes and for any
*ype of electrical work done in
the city or county.
Every person carrying on the
business of building contractor,
plumbing contractor, heating
air conditioning contractor or
electrical contractor within
Transylvania County shall regis
ter at the office of the Depart
ment of Inspections, giving
name and place of business.
These persons are also requir
ed to post a contractors bond in
the amount of $1,000 to be ap
proved by the Transylvania
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