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BRINGS SENATORIAL CAM
PAIGN HERE — Henry Hall Wilson,
center, Democratic candidate to suc
ceed Sam J. Ervin, Jr., in the United
State Senate, brought his campaign
to Brevard and Transylvania last
Monday afternoon. At the left in his
Transylvania campaign manager, L.
W.“Chick” Martin, and at the right
is Richard “Dick” Queen, who is di
recting his campaign throughout
Western North Carolina. During the
60s, Mr. Wilson was Administrative
Assistant to Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson. He is especially known in
Transylvania for his work with the
Brevard Music Center and is a for
mer director. He met with friends
and other supporters in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room Monday, and
then he was heard in an interview
over WPNF, (Times Staff Photo)
For Further Expansion
Prefix Of 1,000 Telephones
To Be Changed This Weekend
Here’s a message denoting
progress at the Citizens Tele
phone company:
Citizens Telephone Company
announces a new telephone num
ber prefix will be added to the
Brevard office effective April
7th.
The new prefix will be 884-,
and will necessitate the cancel;
lation of all 883-4xxx numbers
on that date. Telephone sub
scribers whose numbers will be
changed as a result of this ad
dition were notified by mail ap
proximately -eae year ago and
will be furnished a new stick
on number plate with their April
1st bills.
The new telephone directory
which would have been dis
tributed on January 1st of this
year has bear delayed until
April 7th to incorporate these
changes.
Hie actual cutover will begin
at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April
6th. Any subscribers who can
not reach an 883-4xxx number
after that time should dial the
new 884-xxx number.
According to Charles W.
Pickelsimer, the General Man
ager, the change in the prefix
will make it possible for Citi
zens Telephone company to add
an additional 1,000 numbers.
“We hope the change will not
inconvenience too many of our
subscribers, but it is necessary
for further expansion,” Mr.
Pickelsimer continued.
Brevard’s Citizens Telephone
company is recognized as one
of the most progressive inde
pendent telephone companies in
North Carolina.
It is one of oily t’O that has
all private line service, and Mr.
Pickelsimer, the General Man
ager, is currently serving as
president of the North Carolina
Independent Telephone Associ
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Deadlines Cited
Board Of Elections Office
Will Be Open Extra Hours
The Transylvania Board of
Flections office here in the
Court House will be open Thurs
day, Friday and Monday until
6:00 p.m. The office will also
be open on Saturday from 9:00
a.m. until 1:00. p.m. 1
Board members hope that
these extra hours will make it
more convenient for the voters
to make precinct changes and
new registration.
Incidentally, the precinct
changes and registration dead
line will be next Monday, April
8th, 1974.
This is not a new registration,
but it will be necessary for all
persons who have moved from
one precinct to another to
change their registration.
The Board of Elections also
reports:
“Any person who is qualified
and who wants to vote in the
primary by Absentee Ballot
must make application to his
county board of elections no
later than 6:00 p.m. on Wednes
day, May 1st, 1974. Early appli
cation will insure against tech
nical error.
“The primary election, unless
changed by the 1974 General As
sembly, shall be on Tuesday,
May 7th, 1974. The second pri
mary, if one is needed, will be
on June 4th, 1974.”
Attention Parents
Schools To Start "Beginner's
Day" 11th, Schedule Announced
Boys and girls, who will be
six years old on or before Oc
tober 16th of this school year,
will enter school for the first
time next fall.
On “Beginner’s Day” at each
school the child will actually be
enrolled and given a standard
readiness test. The completion
of the enrollment and testing
will enable the schools to make
better and more complete pre
parations for the next year’s
first grade program.
The law requires that every
child shall have been immuniz
resident
olina Citizens Body
Garza'Baldwin, Jr., president
of the Fine Paper and Film
Group of'(Bin Corporation, was
recently installed as president
of the North Carolina Citizens
Association.
First vice president of the j
association until inducted as 1
president at the 33rd annual 1
meeting in Raleigh, he has
served as a director for a niun- j
ed against the following diseas
es before enrolling in school in
North Carolina: Diptheria, Te
tanus, Whooping Cough, Polio
and Measles (both Rubeola and
Rubella).
School enrollment and physi
cal examination blanks are now
available from school principals
or the Transylvania County Ed
ucation Center. Both the enroll
ment blank and the physical ex
amination blank should be re
turned to the child’s school on
“Beginner’s Day”. Also, a copy
of the child’s birth certificate
should be brought to the school
on this date. A certificate of
birth for all first grade pupils
must be Hied with other school
records.
“If your child was born in
Transylvania County, the Tran
sylvania County Register of
Deeds will furnish you a copy
for the school records without
charge. The Register of Deeds
in any county in North Carolina
will render the same service
(G.S. 115-162). If your child was
bom in a state other than North
Carolina and you do not have a
second codv pf the birth cer
tificate to leave with the school,
the school will make the copy
for the school records,” school
jfficials state.
Criminal Cases Are Being Tried In
Superior Court Here All This Week
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Temperatures averaged slight
ly above normal during the past
week in the Brevard area, with
readings of 71 and 45 for the
period. More than two inches of
rain fell during the week. Very
high winds were experienced in
two periods of stormv weather.
These occurred on Saturday and
Monday nights, and trees and
roofs in the city and surround
ing area suffered damage.
The weeks highest tempera
ture was 81 on Monday after
noon, while the coolest reading
was 38 last Wednesday.
Extended forecast for Thurs
day through Saturday: Chance
of showers Thursday with low
temperatures in the 50s and
highs in the 70s. Partly cloudy
and- turning cooler Friday and
Saturday. Lows falling into the
30s in the mountains Saturday.
Highs mostly in the 60s.
Brevard weather data for the
week as follows:
Date High Low Free. ,
March 27 - 60 38 0.10
March 28_ 77 42 0.0#
March 29 —68 39 1.23
March 30_ 65 40 0.24
March 31 __ 71 48 0.08
April 1 —_ 81 52 0.00
April 2_ 72 53 0.55
Commissioners
To Meet Monday,
The regular monthly meeting
of the Transylvania County
Commissioners will be held
April 8th, 7:30 p.m. in the Tran
sylvania County Court House.
The Commissioners will con
sider bids on new recreation
equipment for Silvermont, Rec
reation Colter. Some 87,000
worth of equipment for the rec
reation department will be re
quested by Craig Freas, Direc
tor of Silvermont.
Bids on a third Transylvania
County ambulance will also be
opened at the meeting.
The Commissioners hope to
have the report of activities
from the Sheriffs Department
which was requested some time
ago.
Anyone having further busi
ness to come before Commis
sioners, please call the Commis
sion office at 883-2441 to have
the item placed on the agenda.
FINE PROGRESS is being made
in the three areas of low rent public
housing in Brevard. In the picture
above are several of the units that
will house 38 families. These are
being constructed off Probart Ex
tension, near the Cashiers Valley
Road. Completion date of all the
units is expected in early August,
and according to Charles Dunlop,
the Executive Director, the local au
thority has at least 50 applications
for consideration of occupancy at the
present time. Cecil J. Fill is Chair
man of the Brevard Housing Au
thority. (Times Staff Photo)
At Former Hospital
New Residential Care Center
Expected To Open Next Week
With H per rat of the re
quired renovation toe to the
building and 75 per cent et the
various state inspections pass
ed, the Brevard Residential
Care Center is expected to
open sometime dinring the
week of April S - 14th.
This announcement was made
last week by James R. Queen,
Jr., Manager of the new fa
cility.
The 58 - bed Intermediate
Care Facility was originally
scheduled to open last Oc
tober but it was delayed by.
among other things, the fact
that the new Federal Regula
tions for Intermediate Care
Facilities were not published
until January, according to
Mr. Queen. Since then, the
delay has been in getting
materials and equipment.
"We've been delayed by the
same things that are delaying
builders all over the country,”
Of Watergate Fame
Rufus Edmisten Will Speak
Here This Friday Evening
Rufus Edmisten, deputy chief
counsel of the Senate Select
(Watergate) Committee on
Presidential Activities, will be
at Berry's Restaurant for a
get-acquainted Dutch Supper
Friday, April 5th, at 7:00 p. m.
A native of Boone, Mr. Ed
misten received his BA in Po
litical Science at UNC-Chapel
Hill in 1963 and the Doctor of
Jurisprudence from eGorge
Washington University in 1967.
He has served as chief coun
Program Highlight*
Rebel-500 From Darlington
To Be Heard Sunday On WPNF
Auto racing returns to the
schedule of WPNF-Radio 1MC
this weekend, with the Sunday
running of the Rebel-500 race at
Darlington International Speed
wav »t Darlington, S. C. It will
be WPNF’s first race broadcast
of the new 74 racing season.
Most of the best-known driv
ers of the NASC*5 circuit will
take part in this big race, with
a veteran broadcast crew on
hand to bring to WPNF listen
ers every thrilling event which
lakes place.
and Brevard Paint and Deco
rating Center.
Be sure to tune U40 Radio
WPNF on Sunday for this broad
cast. The broadcast starts at
U:» p.m.
Other Pregrams
This week’s speaker on
WPNF’s Morning Devotions at
•:4S a m. is the Rev. Jake Mul
lins, Pastor of North Toxaway
Baptbt church.
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Orooa SMjniw on Nona orow
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sel and staff director of Sena
tor Sam J. Ervin's Senate Sub
committee on Separation of
Powers since 1969. However,
his national exposure has real
ly come about since serving the
past year on the Watergate
probe. Previously, he was coun
sel to the Subcommittee on Con
stitutional Rights, where he
specialized in the rights of the
American Indian and the sepa
ration of church and state.
Under his direction, the Sep
aration of Powers staff has
conducted pioneering investiga
tions into means of curbing
abuses of power by the execu
tive branch of the federal gov
ernment. The sub-committee
has been in the forefront of
inquiries regarding the im
poundment by the executive
branch of hinds appropriated
by Congress and has initiated
the first studies into the now
prominent issue of executive
privilege.
His familiaritv with the doc
trine of executive privilege
gave him special expertise in
his capacity of deputy chief
counsel to the Watergate Com
mittee where, in addition to
serving as Senator Ervin’s chief
aide, he assisted in supervision
of Hie large staff of attorneys
and supporting personnel who
carried out the committee’s in
vestigative tasks.
In addition to administrative
activities, Mr. Edmisten was
charged with toe public inter
rogation of former Secretary of
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said Mr. Queen.
The Care Center is the old
Transylvania Community Hos
pital on Country Club Road,
which was purchased from the
hospital trustees in September
of last year.
“Basically, what was reauired
for conversion to a Residential
Care Center, was to install fire
doors, fire detection equipment,
communication systems and the
conversion of certain areas in
to natient rooms and lounges,”
said Mr. Queen.
Total cost of the conver
sion, Including re-furnishing
the building, is approximately
$100,000.
Ti'e Center, when operating
at full capacity, will employ
about 25 to 30 people in the
areas of food service, nursing,
patient services and administra
tion.
The concept of Intermedi
ate Care is to provide for the
individual whose medical con
dition reouires the supervision
of skilled nurses but who is
not considered to require full
time nursing or hosnital care.
Residents are admitted to an
Intermediate Care Center un
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Civil Docket
Opens Monday,
Judge Martin
Will Preside
Several cases on the Crimi
nan docket are being tried in
Superior Court this week, and
the court is expected to con
tinue through Friday.
Judge John R. Friday, of
Shelby, is presiding, and next
week the Civil docket will be f
heard. Judge Harry C. Mar
tin. of Asheville, will preside
over the court next week.
As The Times went to press
on Wednesday, Roger D. Cray
and Aubrey L. McCrary were
being tried for racing. A jury
was hearing the case.
The testimony had been
completed, and the lawyers
were pleading the case before
the jurors.
Also on Wednesday morn
in**. David C. Brown had been
tried for breaking and enter
ing, but the case was declared
a mistrial.
In other court action, Mar
vin A. Brown was found guilty
of first degree burglary and
was sentenced to two years as
a youthful offender.
Ted D. McCall was found
guilty on two counts of break
ing and entering and larceny,
and those sentences are pend
ing.
Sherry Hemphill was found
guilty of assault and battery
and was sentenced to five
davs in Transylvania County
jail.
Anna B. Rosemond was
found guilty of assault with a
weapon and was sentenced to
seven days in Transylvania
County jail.
Lions Nominate
New Officers
Brevard Lions have nominated
a slate of officers for the new
year.
They will be elected at the
next meeting, when the club will
hear a program on the Junior
Achievement program in Tran
sylvania. Glenn Echols will be »
in charge.
Nominations for officers are
as follows:
President — Bill Huters
1st Vice President — Joe Orr
2nd Vice President — Chester
Kilna trick
3rd Vice President — Allen
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Phillips Announces
Tom Penn Named Campaig
Chairman Of United Fund
William Thomas Penn, Man
ager, Industrial Engineering at
the Ecusta Paper Division of
Olin Corporation, has accepted
the vital task of serving as
Campaign Chairman for the
1974 United Fund Campaign.
In making the announcement
of Mr. Penn’s acceptance of
this position, United Fund Board
President Harry Phillips ex
pressed real appreciation that
a man of Mr. Penn’s ability and
talent is to chair the campaign.
A resident of Brevard since
1963, when he joined the indus
trial engineering staff of Olin,
Mr. Penn brings a genuine ap
preciation for Transylvania
County and a concern for its
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