THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
if Vol. 87—No. 4
SICOND CLASS POSTAQK
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1974 * 32 PAGES TODAY ★
PROCLAMATIONS have been
signed by local governmental offi
cials declaring this week as “Jaycee
Week” in Brevard and Transylvania
county. A copy appears elsewhere
in this issue of The Transylvania
Times. Signing the Proclamation are
Bill Ives, left, Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, and
Charles H. Campbell, right, Mayor
of Brevard. Looking on is Darrell
Hooper, local Jaycee President.
Mixed Session
Jurors For February Term
Of Superior Court Listed
Jurors for the February term
of Superior Court in Transyl
vania are announced today by
Mrs. Marian McMahon, Clerk of
Superior Court.
The Court will open on Mon
day, February 4th. It will bo a
one-week, mixed term, with
criminal cases having priority.
The Judge and the docket will
be announced next week by the
Clerk.
Jurors are as follows:
Abercrombie, De Witt
Aiken, Mary Owen
Aiken, Paulette Whitmire
Allison, Adreienne
Allison, Leroy Heath
Armstrong, Wilma Breedlove
Avery, Nina Smith
Bacon, Margaret Mize
Bailey, John Wesley
Barton, Jean Blythe
Beatty, Anne Listner
Bryson, Gary Stephen
Bogle, Sandra Chapman
Brown, D. C.
Buchanan, Samuel Morgan
Burch, Donna Nichols
Carr, Theresa Hill
Conner, Fred Q.
Com, Tobitha Thomas
Cox Maryludlle Harris
Davis, Betty Jean
Dills. John Floyd, Jr.
Franks, Robert C.
Galloway, Louise Whitmire
Galloway. Melven Davis
Garren, Ellis Frank
Gillespie, Sandra A.
Greene, Arthur Frank
Grogan, Ruth Styles
Henson, William Pinkney
Hogsed, Leon
Holliday, henry William
Hollifield, James Hugh
Hoxit, Jaihes Wilkie
Hubbard, LoiietJta Hooper
Hunter, George Richard
Jones, Katherine
Kitchen, Ruth Kuykendall ^;
I.ester, Harold Edward
Long, William Bowen, Jr.
Lowe, Ruth Waldrop
McClure. Judith A.
McCall. Fleming Jahu
McCaU, Sonora McCall
Madison, James Arthur
Mitchell, Harold Eugene
Mueller, Herbert Irving
Nicholson, Alberta Bracken
Oliver, Linda R.
Phillips, Dorothy O’Neal
Robinson, William Julius
Scott, Johnny King
Smith, Alice Wood
Smith, Boyd Adam
Spicer, Stephen Alvin
Steves, Helen Joanne
Terry, Jo Carter
Thorpe,' John C.
Tinsley,\£larence Eugene
Watkins,uxrnise Hutchinson
West, Bobby Ray
West, Delza Ashley j
Whitesides, Elbert Harold, Jr.
Woody, Helen Cearly
Vaughn, Lud Burley, Sr.
Members of the Grand Judy
who will serve through June
30th of this year are as follows:
Mary B. Duvall
Kenneth Galloway
William D. Henson
Robert J. B. Holden
Charles K. Houck
Wilma J. Kitchen
Kenneth D. Shipman
Sallie C. Reese
Carl W. Sanders
Law k Quoted
.. ..I.
You(ig Men Becoming 18 In
’74 Must * Register, Draft
All young men who reach age
18 during 1974 should plan
this year on! making their first
contact with Selective Service,
William H. McCachren, State
Director of j Selective' Service
for North Carolina, announced
today.
“Even though we are not
currently drafting for military
service,”, McCachren said, “reg
istration with Selective Service
is still compulsory for all young
men at age 18, so each young
man should make certain that
he complies with the law by
registering.”
McCachren stated that a
young man has 60 days in which
to register - 30 days before his
18th birthday and 30 days af
ter. “This should provide ade
quate time for an 18-year-old or
a wear-18-year-0ld to register.”
McCachren added, “and his
timely regtstrartdon will prevent
any problems that might other
wise result from a late registra
tion. I .
Mr. McCachren further ex
plained processing of each
new regisfraht this way: “Fol
lowing registration, an 18-year
For Personal Reasons 1;
Jack Mitchell R^sign^
Secondary Road- Position
John R. Mitchell ha«s resigned
ac the 14th Slate Highway Di
vision representative of the
Secondary Roads Council.
personal”’ reasons.
“It had nothing to do with
anything pertaining to the high
way job whatever,” he said.
A spokesman at 'the govern
nor's office said last Friday
there had not been time to
select a statable new appointee
to the Council town the 14th
Prion- which comprises 10
including
old registrant will be classified
1-H until the year in which he
reaches age 19. During the year
he reaches age 19 he will be giv
en a lottery - or draft - num
ber from one to 365 (or 366 in
a leap year) which is based on
his date of birth. At about the
same time, the Selective Ser
vice System will establish an
Administrative Processing Num
ber between one and 365, and
all registrants who have lottery
numbers above the Administra
tive Processing Number will
remain in 1-H, which means
that they will not be subject to
further Selective Service pro
cessing unless there is a major
mobilization.”
“All registrants, however,
who have lottery numbers at or
below the Administrative Pro
cessing Number will be reclassi
fied into a class available for
military service, unless they
submit information to their
local boards which would quali
fy them for a deferment or an
exemption.” McCachren added
that all registrants who remain
in a class available for servce
will be subject to induction
during the year fhev reach
age 20, provided inductions are
resumed.
“If a registrant in a class
available for service is not in
ducted during the year he
reaches age 20 - his year of
prime vulnerability - he. will be
disced In a lower category of
vulnerability for induction, and
reclassified into 1-H.”
Mr. McCachren stated that
18-year-old young men in Tran
sylvania County who have not
yet registered may do so with
the individuals or at the places,
indicated below:
Fred Israel
or
Frances Patterson |
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or
Candidates Slow Announcing, Deadline Is
Set For Noon February 25 In Local Races
«> KKED RKITEH
f.-'
Spring-like temperatures' held
forth again this past week in
the Brevard area, with high and
low averages of 67 and 38 for
the week. The high readings
were 10 degrees above those of
one week before.
Highest readings for the week
was 75 degrees on Wednesday,
January 16th. The week’s low
reading was a mild 33 last
Thursday morning.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina for Thursday through
Friday: variable cloudiness with
periods of rain throughout the
period. Continued mild. Highs
in the 50s and low 60s. I.ow
temperatures from the middle
30s to the middle 40s.
Brevard weather data for the
week was as follows:
Date High Low Prec.
Jan. 16._ 75 37 0.00
Jan. 17_ 73 33 0.00
Jan. 18_ 49 39 0.01
Jan. 19_ 72 41 0.00
Jan. 20_ 60 38 0.19
Jan. 21_ 67 43 1.50
Jan. 22_ 70 34 0.00
WOW Elects
New Officers
Balsam Camp, No. 116, Wood
men of the World, elected new
officers to serve during 1974.
They were inducted into of
fice at the last Log Rolling at
Cashiers by Alfred Galloway,
President Elect, State District
Association.
The new officers are as fol
lows:
President - Joe Terry
Vice President - Ralph Lyday
Secretary - J. I. Ayers (ap
pointed by home office)
Treasurer - Alfred Galloway
Escort - George Newman
Watchman - Don Riddle
Recording Treasurer - Max
Leinster
Sentry - Mike Mooneyham
Trustees - C. L. Clarke, chair
man, Arthur Gillespie and Al
vin Terry.
THE TIMES IS HONORED —
The Transylvania Times, Brevard’s
prize-winning newspaper, was one
of the few weekly newspapers in the
state that was recognized for jour
nalism excellence last weekend at
the annual Institute of the North
Carolina Press Institute at Chapel
Hill and at Duke University. Awards
were presented by Lt. Governor Jim
Hunt, left, and Sam Ragan, of South
ern Pines, President of the NCPA.
In the center is John I. Anderson,
Editor and General Manager of The
Times. (See picture of Cal Carpenter
with his award on the front of the
next section.)
For Conservation Work
Transylvania One Of Four
Counties Receiving Award
National Observance
Tribute Being Paid To Jaycees
In Messages Over WPNF Radio
This week WPNF-Radio 1240
has been saluting Brevard Jay
cees. The station has presented
a series of public service an
nouncements publicizing the
many activities of the Javcees,
and particularly, this week, sale
of Jaycee jelly. Profits of this
sale will go toward establish
ment of a state bum center at
Chapel Hill.
Income tax time is rapidly
approaching, and once again
Up To Stockholders
.
Du Pont Announces Increases
In Pension Benefits, Improved
Early Retirement Opportunities
Substantial increases in pen
sion benefits and improved
early retirement opportunities
highlight the major proposed
amendments to the Du Pont
Company’s Pension and Re
tirement Plan, according to
Brevard Plant Manager Jack
Dense. Mr. Dense said the pro
posed changes, approved by the
company’s Board of Directors,
will be voted on by Du Pont
stockholders at the company's
annual meeting in Wilmington,
Del., on April 8, 1974.
After stockholder approval
and the issuance of a favorable
determination letter by the In
ternal Revenue Service, the
proposed changes will become
effective as of April 8. 1971
for all employees on the Plant.
Tops In Industry
The proposed amendments
will further improve pensions
which already rank among the
best in industry. Benefits will
be increased by dunging the
formula used to compute pen
sions for employees retiring in
the future. Under the proposed
Plan, an employee’s pension
would be calculated by one of
two alternative formulas and
an improved minimum formula
with his pension being the
greatest amount
Pensions would be computed
either by multiplying the num
ber of years of service by 1 2
per cent of the average month
ly pay for the five years in
which the employee received
the highest pay or the num
ber of years of service by 1.5
per cent of the employee’s av
erage monthly pay in his best
five years, less one half of his
primary Social Security bene
fits (based on Du Pont earn
ings only). Pensions calculated
from these two formulas may
not be more than an amount
which when added to the em
ployee’s full Primary Social
Security Benefit will equal 100
per cent of the employee’s av
erage monthly pay.
The proposed Plan also
strengthens the minimum for
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Varner’s Drug Store will spon
sor a series of “Tax Tips” pro
grams over WPNF. Further in
formation next week will spot
light this feature.
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Listeners are reminded that
Brevard Music clubs will be
presenting a series of programs
over WPNF in the near'future.
These will be Saturday after
noon “live” programs, and more
details will be announced.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and
Home hour remains unchanged:
Thursday, Station Program; Fri
day, forest Service; Monday,
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Girl Scouts To
Hold Cookie
Rally Saturday
Transylvania County Girl
Scouts will hold their annual
Cookie Rally on Saturday, Jan
uary 26th, from 10 to 11 a. m.
at the American Legion Build
ing on Jordan Street.
Immediately following the
rally, the girls will begirrtalr
ing orders for the cookies and
continue through February Oth.
The family size box for $1.00
will be sold again this year.
The cookies come in five de
licious flavors; Assorted Sand
wich, Mint, Butter Flavored,
Peanut Butter Sandwich and
Chocolate Chip’N Nut.
Girl Scouts sell cookies to
earn money to finance their
own troop activities; to learn
to handle money; to help main
tain the Girl Scout Camps; to
provide camping equipment
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The Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners last
Saturday night received a
Special Commendation Award
from the North Carolina
chapter, Soil Conservation So
ciety of America, for conser
vation work in 1973.
The citation accompanying
the bronze plaque praised
Transylvania County “for ef
forts to establish soil and
water conservation measures
and to protect the natural
beauty of Transylvania Coun
ty.”
Special mention was made
of erosion control and en
vironmental quality ordin
ances enacted by the commis
sioners. The measures were
applauded as “landmark regu
lations” in these two fields.
The award was one of four
presented at the SCSA annual
meeting, held at Balentine’s
Buffet in Raleigh. New of
ficers were also installed.
Approximately 100 people
from all parts of North Caro
lina attended.
Chairman Says
No One Has
Filed To Date
With the deadline for filing
set for February 25th, no one
has announced his intention
of running for any of the
local offices up for election,
according to Glenn Burrell,
Chairman of the Transylvania
Beard of Elections.
Local races will include the
following: Sheriff, Clerk of
Court and two members to
the Board of Education.
The last minute of file is at
noon on February 25th, and
Mr. Burrell expects several
candidates to announce prior
to that time.
Transylvanians will also
vote in several state and na
tional races. Candidates for
these offices must file with
the State Board of Elections.
They include II S Senate,
Member of Congress, Justice
of Supreme Court, Judge of
Court of Appeals, Judge of
Superior Court, Judge of Dis
trict Court and District Solici
tor.
Local voters will also ballot
in the State House of Repre
sentative race and also the
State Senate.
The registration deadline
for persons not already regis
tered will be Monday, April
8th.
According to Mr. Burrell,
the Primary Election, unless
changed by the 1974 General
Assembly, will be Tuesday,
May 7th.
A second primary, if one is
needed, will be on June 4th.
It is also announced that
the deadline by which any
candidate could change his
party affiliation in order to
run as a candidate in his new
party’s primary WAS Novem
ber 26th, 1973.
Commissioners
Meet Tuesday
The second meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
for the month of January will
be held on the 29th at 7:30 p.m./
in the courtroom of the Court
House.
The Commissioners will trans
act usual county business and
will hear from representatives
of the U. S. Geological Survey
regarding investigation of pos
sible aquifers in the County.
Anyone having business to
come before the Board of Com
missioners, please call the Com
mission office at 883-2441.
Elected Monday Night
Ben Patterson New President
Of Glen Cannon Country Club
Ben Patterson, owner of Pat
terson’s of Brevard and a promi
nent local civic leader, was
elected President cf Glen Can
non Country Club, Inc., Monday
n'-'ht.
He succeeds Dan Hile, who
was lauded at the annual meet
ing of the shareholders for his
outstanding services during
1973.
The other newly elected of
ficers are:
George Perkins, Jr. - Vice
President
Harold “Sandy” Kahler -
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