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Mlilt fill MltlMtlMIM THE TRANSYLVANIA TIME A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper Copy 15c •k Vol. 87—No. 11 UltM»nntt»titi»MMi SECOND CLASS POSTAGE •AID AT BAgVA'ID. N. C. IfB COOC M71 r BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1974 A 32 PAGES TODAY IMMMtllMMIIIIIIMIMIMMMMIll|||||||||||, ||l||lll|ll| ttllMHI , , M It 11 • M III 11 ■M TEMPERATURE AND WIND SPEED OUTSIDE — Mike Cook, part-time announcer and engineer ing student'at Clemson University, is shown at the redd out dials of the remote' - reading thermometer and anemometer he built ar.d installed in his spare .time while on the job. ( The new equipment, accurately cali brated, will provide more accurate weather information for on-the-air ' reports -by WPNF. - (Times Staff Photo) 4 Installed Ely Mike Cook New Instruments At WPNF Give Wind Speed, Temperature Michael W. “Mike" Cook, a part-time an nouncer - engineer at Brevard's Radio Station WPNF, has made good use of the time ajra dio announcer • engineer has between an nouncements. He has made and installed a remote reading thermometer and anen »ijiet er for tfcje station. ; | Mike, is a fourth-year engineering j tujdent at Ciemson University, Ciemson, S. C., >ut he works in Brevard on weekends. Being a? en gineering student and having learned about sueh equipment, he put his know-how 11 Wrk arid made and installed the new wpatherjinstru mentatiori in Ms spare-tirrt£-at-work. ■M . • ! Now WPNF will be able to give me re ac curate temperature and w*nd reports gnd getting the information wlJl be a whole lot easier. Instead of the enAworer hsrmr to go outside to the weather ws^ewst Reiter, to get the information, he now only needh Ibok at two hieters. . t m CALIBRATED INSTRUMENTS 7-' ' " ■ *i 'i ■ For .those interested in| the technif the instrajnenta, Mike has provided the, in? brief writ^-up: “The electronic themcmetm- con* e thermistor whose ele-*ric»I chance with temperature. Th**«s chan* wrv small and must he nWmllPH »**d?5..r -.„ heated against a standard thermometer.’£ thermistor permits remote temnerature .ip^ad in®» of outside temperature from insidfe the radio station. I • •• ' •' ,$• . s ' • •» r ' *f ," . ' “The electronic thermomptor at WPNt’ has been calibrated by the official1 Weather Bureau thermometer so that tho announcer is nlble to srive the official temperature at anytime bv reading the calibrated meter inside the sta tion. “Wind speed is also indicated hy emnlify in* small voltasres from a motor which is h»r**ed hy windcups located on a mast on top of the radio station. Wind speed is important because it is nsed in determining- the Chill Factor. The Chill Fac —Turn to PMf Three ' ! -:-j Is 862-4736 TranuvWania , Cduntv resi dents now a«ainfferMl$ plton* number to call 'with mad complaints agd inouiries.. The Laa- t. —■ ■! a-.J. hfc■ - Mnf A SVSlrm |»8 WWi 8**i UP «v, Senator Cbarlf* Tavkwof Trnn svh/pnta who aim serves fcs 14th Division Secondary Roads Cour cilman. ' “Now residents number to telephone, is located® the Ros man maintenance <Th« number* is 862-4738.^'Residenti css p«U1, Monday UmJughiPH day between 8:00 a.n&.i and 4:9 Annexation Of Areas In North Brevard Tabled The Brevard Board of Al dermen held a called meeting Monday night to consider the annexation to Pisgah Heights, Brevard Plaza and the Tran sylvania Community hospital. T i Mark Osborne. Mayor Pro TeW, presided over the meet ing and asked for discussion regarding the annexation. No one spoke in opposition to it. ?: Jaihes Furr appeared be fore the Board and asked that a Voting precinct be consider ed'foir the are^ If it is an nexed. ■ 1 A,' petition with 48 names wait presented asking the Boaid to permit citizens in the area to vote' on annex atitfe. Action was tabled until the regular April meeting. The 1873 - 74 Revenue Shar ing Budget was accepted by the, Board as presented by the:City Manager Bill Slough. ’ It totaled $100,485.68. In other action by the Board, the City Manager was authorized to purchase a new fire truck in the amount of $45,286.00, including tax. It will be paid for out of the i Practically summertime tem peratures prevailed throughout the Brevard area during the pact week, with a high reading of 83 decrees last Friday, and a low of only 38 on Saturday morning. No rain was record ed during the period. Average temperature readings for the week were 77 and 46. Extended outlook for North Carolina for Thursday through Saturday — Fair Thursday, becoming cloudy Friday and Saturday. A chance of rain Ret»rdav. mainlv in the east portion. Cool Thursday, with bighs in the upper 50s to low 60s and overnight lows in the 30s. Warmer Friday and Sat urday, with high in the 60s, lows mostly in the 40s. Brevard weather data for the past week was as follows; Date High Low Free. March 6_ 75 54 0.00 March 7_- 81 51 0.00 March 8__ 83 43 0.00 March 9 „_ 80 38 0.00 March 10 — 78 42 0.00 March 11 - 69 50 0.00 March 12 - 75 43 0.00 Rotarians To Elect Officers Brevard Rotarians will elect new officers and directors at their meeting next Monday in the Brevard College Cafeteria. President Jerrv Purser urges all Rotarians to make every ef fort to attend the meeting, which begins promptly at 12:30. New officers and directors of Rotary are elected three months prior to installation in order that thev may familiarize themselves with their duties during the coming year. 1074 - 75 Revenue Sharing Budget. Duties of the City Clerk Treasurer and the City Man ager were spelled out during the meeting. SWORN INTO OFFICE — The new Transylvania County Board of Elections, which is now composed of two Republicans and one Demo crat, was sworn into office Monday morning here in the Court House. Administering the oath of office is Mrs. Marian M. McMahon, left, Clerk of Superior Court. In the cen ter is Glenn Burrell, the Democratic member of the Board, and Bill Leonard, Republican, is at the right. Mrs. Jane Johnson, the other GOP member of the Board, also took the oath of office on Monday. (Times Staff Photo) GOP Controlled New Transylvania Board Of Elections Sworn Into Office Directors of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce adopted a record-setting budget of *14, 000 at the Chamber’s regular meeting Tuesday night at the library. The budget was submitted by Ray Simmons, chairman of the Chamber’s Finance Committee and was adopted by the direc tors with a minimum of discus sion. * * Many Courses Offered Adult Education Program Will Begin On March 25th Adult Education, sponsored by Transylvania County Schools and Blue Ridge Technical Insti tute, will start the spring quar ter on March 25th. Classes are open to any person 18 years of age or older. Adults, who have less than a high school education, may en roll in Adult Basic Education with classes offered at all levels, or the Adult High School Program in which they may take classes in preparation for the GED test for the North Carolina High School Equival ency Certificate. No registra tion fee is charged for either of these classes, and all books are furnished. General education classes to be offered this auarter with meeting places and dates are listed below: Arts and Crafts — Meets one time per week for 11 weeks. Starts Thursday, March 28th, 6:30 * 9:30 p.m. Brevard Mid —Turn to Page Eight Reports Heard Chamber Directors Adopt $14000 Budget by the steering committee for the Festival or the Arts. This year’s Festival, slated to be held here the last week in July, promises a number of addition al events and improvements over last vear’s inaugural Festival, so funds were request ed and granted to take care of this additional effort. Committee, reports from both ' the membership committee, headed bv George Turner, and i Treasurer Vernon Fullbright indicated that both the mem bership figure and the amount of dues collected to date are ahead of corresponding figures for this time last year. The 1973 Banauet Chairman GQ Coan reported that the Chamber’s annual banquet, held last month, was highly success ful and that everyone in at ; to enjoy it on his re Commissioners to help secure additional gasoline for Transyl vania. He brought back a number of complaint forms from the Fed eral Entergy Office, and he urged everyone in attendance to fill out these forms, concern ing fuel shortages, and give them back to Mrs. Thelma Glazener at the Chamber of fice, or turn them in to the County Commissioners office as soon as possible. All complaint forms from this county will then be sent to the Federal Energy Office in hopes that FEO officials will take more notice of Transylvania’s plight during the present gaso line shortage. These forms are available at both the Chamber’s office and the Commissioners' office. Several other brief committee reports were heard during the busy session, which was pre sided over bv Chamber Presi dent Charles Russell. Republicans gained control of the Transylvania County Elec tions Board and all Elections Board in the State on Monday. In the past, the Board had been composed of two Demo crats and one Republican. The change from Democratic to GOP control results from the election of a Republican, Jim Bolshouser. as Governor of North Carolina. The Countv Board appoint ments were made by the State Board, now composed of three Republicans and two Demo crats. according to the GOP and Democratic nominations made by the respective County Executive Committees of the two parties. The Republican members of the Transylvania Elections Board are Bill Leonard and Mrs. Jane Johnson. Glenn Bur rell, former chairman of the Board, is the Democratic mem ber of the Board. The new Board was sworn —Turn to Page Three Half Million Said The Cost, Other Action A Jail Study Commission was appointed by the Board of Commissioners at their mc-eting Monday night. The members are Tom McCrary, Marian McMahon, and Bob Robinson. These three per sons will be charged with the responsibility of determining Transvlvania County’s needs for a iail and whether it would be feasible to build a iail in conjunction witb Hen derson Countv and possibly Polk County also. The present jail does not meet modem dav standards and though the jailor tries very hard to keen it clean and sani tarv, it is difficult due to the ancient construction. A jail for Transylvania County alone will cost one half million dollars or more and the Commissioners feel that every alternative should be explored before they make this final commitment. A bid for the Burroughs Cor- ^ poration for two new pieces of eauipment for the Tax Super visor’s office was accepted by the Commissioners. This com pletes the eauipment needed to computerize all property tax records. Representatives of the Cathey’s Creek Community Club were present and asked that the Commissioners grant them funds to improve the building, since it is used ad v a polling place and does not, at the present time, even have bathroom facilities. The Com missioners voted to allow up to $1,500 worth of materials to be used to improve the structure. Attorney Cecil J. Hill asked the Commissioners to establish a commission to study the feasibility of building a mu nicipal airnort either in part nership with the City of Bre vard or alone. The Commis sioners voted to have Countv Manager Mike Eolev and At torney Bill White talk with City officials about establishing a ioint. commission to study the problem. The Commissioners decid ed to advertise for bids for a third ambulance for the county. This will enable the Commissioners to place an ambulance in the Rosman area to serve the upper end \ of Transylvania County. Com- ' missioner Clinton Owen is negotiating an agreement —Turn To Page Eight Grissom Says Wildfires Still A Problem In Transylvania And State \ “The snring fire season has started in Transylvania Coun ty.” according to County For est Ranger Clark Grissom, “The spring fire season nor mally starts in late February or earlv March when the wea ther becomes warmer and the March Winds begin blowing. This is also when the vegeta tion in the forests is driest and most likelv to bum. The spring fire season usually ends in early June, when trees and other plants are green and growing again,” Mr. Grissom said. Last vear there were 3,495 wildfires in North Carolina, ov er 1.000 more fires than occur red in 1978. “Some 35 of those wildfires occurred right here in Transylvania County.” accord ing to Ranger Grissom. Al though the number of acres burned during the 1973 Springy Fire Season was less than dur- ' ing previous vears, last fall was very dry and many wildfires occurred during the October and November Months. "Over one-third of the wild fires in North Carolina last year were caused by careless debris burning.” Mr. Grissom said. “This includes everything from people burning brush {dies and fields to household trash and garbage." The second larg est cause of wildfires was in cendiarism. or fires deliberate ly started in order to someone else’s
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