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BEST IN THE NATION — Miss
Susan Torella, shown rehearsing at
the right, won first place in the Na
tional Music Teacher’s Association
Auditions in competition with stu
ents from all over the United States
‘ ; r'
r last Sunday at Los Angeles. At the
left is Professor Harvey Miller, her
teacher in the pre-college program
at iBrevard College. Her parents,
Mrj and Mrs. Albert S. Torella, are
in the'center.
At Los Angeles
Susan Torella Is Top Singer
In National Auditions^ Calif.
A Brevard girl has won the
National Teacher’s Auditions
in Los Angeles, California.
She is Susan Torella, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert S. Torella, of Brevard.
Miss Torella won the contest
last Sunday in Los Angeles in
competition with students from
all over the United States.
In addition to the high
honor and the prises she re
ceived, Miss Torella was pre
sented in'concert with the offi
cial symphony orchestra of
the Convention of the National
Teachers Association- on Mon
day night.
-I A 11th grade student at Bre
vterd high school, Miss Torella
hjas been a music student in the
pre-college program for the past
two years at Brevard College.
She is currently studying
with Professor Harvey Miller.
Miss Torella’s musical ac
tivities keep her very busy.
She is soloist with the Bre
vard high school cM>rus, and for
the last two years, ‘she has
been a member of the All-State
chorus. i
She recently starred as
“Kim” in “Bye Bye Birdie”,
which was presented by the
Brevard High School Music
department, under the direc
tion of Dr. Robert Palmer.
The pretty and talented singer
has won many awards.
The Brevard'Music Lover’s
club, which is a member of
the National Federated Music
clubs has awarded two annual
scholarships to her and also
sponsored a full scholarship
to the Brevard Music Center
last summer.
While at the Center, she
soloed with the orchestra in a
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On July 27th
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At Brevard Music Center
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Comedienne Phyllis Diller
will appear at Brevard Mu
sic Center on Saturday, July
27th.
Miss Diller, an accomplish
ed concert pianist, will per
, form with the BMC Orchestra
and will present a comedy
monologue. Her performance
is scheduled for Whittington
Pfohl Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.
Considered America’s most
versatile comedienne, Miss
Diller is famous for her stand
up monologues and comedy
style. She has hosted two net
work television programs and
Is a regular performer on
; many of the top television
variety and family shows.
A facet of her many talents
virtually unknown to the gen
eral public Is her artistry as
a concert pianist. She regular
ly performs with leading sym
phony orchestras and has
been hailed for her outstand
At Pisgah Forest
Big Easter Seal l’rogram Of
Entertainn^kLyt Ttiareday
variety of si
frjfe ragtime
they Write on the dulcimer, gun
taf, autoharp, banjo, and oc
casionally the jaw harp. “I Am'
A .Maker of Songs” is a full
tag interpretations of great
classical works,
Other headline performers
to appear during the Music
Center’s 38th Festival season
include ballet dancer Jacques
D’Amboise, pianist Eugene
List, conductor Robert Shaw£
violinist Endre Balogh, and
vocalists Anna Moffo and
John Alexander. Operatic pro
ductions include Brigadoon,
Falstaff and La Boheme.
Choral works scheduled are
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,
Bach’s St. John’s Passion, and
Verdi’s Requiem.
Brevard’s 1974 concert sea
son opens July Sth and extends
through August 18th.
Tickets for Phyllis Diller
concert and 41 additional per
formances may be obtained
by writing Brevard Music
Center, P. O. Box 592, Bre
vard, N. C. 28712.
F*fension Service
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By TOED REITER
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Local temperature readings
averaged out at 60 and 32 dur
ing the past week in Brevard,
with the week’s highest tem
perature reading being 66 this
past Tuesday. The low reading
was 21 on Monday morning.
Rainfall was rather light dur
ing the period.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina for Thursday through
Saturday: scattered showers
Thursday and again on Satur
day. Mild Thursday but turn
ing colder by Saturday. High
temperatures in the 60s and low
70s Thursday cooling into the
50s Saturday Lows in the 40s
and low 50s Thursday cooling
into the 30s and low 40s Friday
night.
Brevard weather data was as
follows for the week:
Date
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 19
High Low Free
63 36 0.00
23
24
60
61
60
0.00
0.00
48 28
64 21
47 0.25
0.00
66
0.00
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March Of Dimes
Contributions
Total $2791
The 1974 March of Dimes
Campaign collected a total of
$2,791.65 in Transylvania Coun
ty for the fight against birth
defects. Mrs. Ray Jackson,
Chairman of the '19T4 Cam
paign, made the announcement
this week.
\
According to Mrs. Jackson,
the Mothers’ March Against
Birth Defects on Sunday, Jan
uary 20th. collected $2,2f74.74.
Over 165 persons participat
ed ip the door-to-door March
directed by members of the
Brevard Junior Woman’s Club.
Mrs. William Jamerson and
Mrs. Larry Lowe acted as co
chairmeh of the project.
Ed Bennett.
'Bpnsfei^s,
California
Edward C. Bennett, Jr., of
Glen Cannon Drive, has been
transferred by the Du Pont
Company from the Brevard
Photo Products Plant to
Monrovia, California. He is
assigned to serve as West
Coast Manager of the Photo
Products Department Equip
ment Division. As a member
of the Plant Staff at Brevard,
he was Plant Engineer.
See complete story on page
16, next section.
From Olin News
Paper, Film Division To Celebrate
35th Anniversary With Open House
NEW LIBRARY CONSTRUC
TION — Work is progressing on
schedule on converting the old Post
Office into a new Library building.
In the photo above, construction of a
new wing on the left side can be
noted. Renovation will cost approxi
mately $100,000, and C. E. Cochran
is the General Contractor. More in
formation and other pictures are
carried on page eight in the next
section. (Times Staff Photo)
Good News
New Schedule For Schools
Announced\ Holidays Set
Program Highlights
New Featurette Being
Heard Daily On WPNF
A new featurette program is
now being heard during morn
ings on WPNF. The • program
title is “It’s Our World”, and
the^how is conducted by .Hugh
Downs, well known radio! and
IT|V personality, j o \j ' S
The program is mainly con
cerned with 1 ecological mat
ters, and some of the interest
ing subjects to be discussed in
clude: Oil spills in the world’s
waterways; solar energy and
power; Mt. Trashmore in Vir
ginia — garbage disposal.
"The Wonderful World of
Food” with Betsy Palmer will
take a vacation of at least 13
weeks. This program may be
resumed in the late summer.
WPNF’s Program Director,
Fred Reiter, has recently tak
en over the morning air shift
at .the station and will ,be the
“morning man” each weekday
beginning this week. |
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’ Othfer Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home Hour is as follows:
Thursday, Station Program;
Friday, A.S.C.S.; Monday, Jean
Childers, Home Economics Ex
tension Agent; Tuesday, Sta
tion Program; Wednesday, Jer
ry Purser, County Extension
Chairman.
Speaker this week on
WPNF’S Morning Devotions
Program at 9:45 a. m. is the
Rev. M. L. Ross, pastor of
Rocky Hill Baptist Church at
Cedar Mountain.
What Is Land Use Planning?
Many residential and com
mercial land developments,
seeps'have little, if any/
foundation in logic or ration-:
VHtJr. f^sequently, many
cal governments have resort^
ed ^OL/sewer moratoriat antfr
speculative taxes, and''other
‘measures! to stop Irrational'
land development. Some have"
instituted comprehensive land
use planning programs as a'
means o> directing future land
. |1 a«ta]amwt ani
Although a review of these
comprehensive planning efforts
uiakes for dull, reading and af
ter wading throu^i facts and
«■ »
an important unanswered ques
tion: Why did land use plan
ning become necessary? In
.other words, why, in a free en
terprise society, doesn’t the
marketplace guide* lapyt da
velopment in a more logical
^and rational manner? The answ
er, ir. one answer, Is that all
-theinformation needed to make
a rational deciskki^ avail
«gMe_in the marketplace. And
use planning b the next
, b*$t alferttativeT ft ' 1
Land use pi aiming and con
trol is generally understood
to mean a system of rales and
regulations prescribing uses
t which a particular piece,
aone, of land can be put.
Accordingly., any system at
regulatory rules from aonfeg
laws to the grand design' of
f- new town are nothing'more
use plana. The
b that, in the ab
laad would be used in a
to pub
«tl
or in a
sistent with preferences of a
majority of the local popula
tion. In this sense, land use
planning is a reaction to and
an attempt to improve, under
Sirable use of land,resources.
, The I undesirable use of laud
generally results from a mar
ket pricing that permits an in
complete accounting of land
use costs. Specifically it re
sults from a market pricing
mechanism that, permits pri
vate costs of land use activities
to remain below social costs of
that same activity. Land plan
ning attempts to account for
ignored public costs of land de
velopment and, thereby, avoids
'undesirable effects.
Theoretically, the market
system is baaed on a self-regu
lating mechanism that does not
require land use planning. The
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The 1974 session of the North
Carolina General Assembly en
acted legislation whiqh provides
for employment of teachers for
10 months each year. Within
the 1973-74 10-month period the
following conditions must be
met: i
—Schedule an instruction
term of 180 days for pupils
—Schedule nine holidays
—Include provision for teach
ers to have 16',2 work days
in addition to the 180 days
for pup'l instruction. One of
these. 16*2 days must be
used as pupil assignment
day.
The 1973-74 school calendar,
as approved by the Transyl
vania County Board of Educa
tion nrioV to the opening of the
school term, established June 5,
1974, as the end of the 180-day
term for pupils.
The calendar, which has been
frequently published in The
Transylvania Times, also pro
vides that Easter Holidays
—Turn to Page Three
Publif To Be
Invited To
Event In May
Croup President Garza Bald
win announcs that in obser
vance of the 35th anniversary
of the startup of operations at
Pisgah Forest, there will be an
open house in May, with both
plants participating. Details of
plans will be given in later is
sues.
The text of the announcement
follows:
‘This year marks the 35th
anniversary of the completion
of the Ecusta Paper Corpora
tion plant and the first produc
tion off the original four cig
arette paper machines. Even
as these events occured, discus
sions were already in progress
as to achieving future increases
in capacity with the addition of
more machines. Such forward
thinking resulted in the indus
trial complex at Pisgah Forest
that 35 years later is a major
component of Olin Corporation.
“It is a fitting occasion to
pause in reflection of what this
installation has meant to us
individually, to our families,
and to our community. It also
is a fitting occasion for cele
bration. It thus is my pleasure
to announce that we will cele
brate the 35th anniversary with
an open house this coming May.
It will be an opportunity for us
to extend a welcome hand to
our families and friends and to
the community at large.
“This undertaking will re
quire careful planning and pre
cise scheduling in order to
complete all preparations
necessary to a successful and
enjoyable celebration. To ac
complish this goal I herewith
appoint an open house task
force of three persons: Nelson
Warner, chairman; Mildred
Reese, representing Film Di
vision: and James Lovin, rep
resenting Ecusta Paper Di
vision. Obviously, they will
need the support of many per
sons throughout both plants
and the bidivisional depart
ments, and accordingly will re
quest assistance as needed. I
am confident that they will re
ceive full cooperation of all
departments and employees,
and officers and members of
Union Local 1971, in helping to
make the celebration of the
35th _ anniversary a happy and
memorable occasion.”
Installation In June
Dr. Massey Is The New
President Of Rotary Club
Dr. Milton Massey, promi
nent Brevard dentist and local
civic and church leader, is the
new president of the Brevard
Rotary club.
He succeeds Jerry Purser,
and he and the other newly
elected officers and directors
will be installed at the annual
installation meeting in June.
Other officers elected at Mon
day’s meeting in the Brevard
College cafeteria are as fol
lows:
Ben Burgess - First Vice Pres
ident
Jerry Purser - Second Vice
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