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| ★ Vol. 87—No. 16
SECOND CLASS ROSTAOB
MID AT EREVARD. N. C.
ZIP* CODE 2871S
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1974 * 32 PAGES TODAY ★
EAGLE SCOUT MIKE BOHAN,
pictured above, center, with his p'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boh .,
recently received his Eagle budge,
symbolic of the highest rank in
Scouting, in a special Court of Honor
at Brevard First United Methodist
Church. Mike is a 17-year old junior
at Brevard High, where he is an out
standing student and active in a
nurhber of activities. He is President
of the Junior class and a member of
the Student Council and the BHS
tennis team. He is Senior Patrol
Leader of Troop 701 and is a mem
ber of the Order of the Arrow and
has attended Philmont Scout Ranch
in New Mexico. His Scoutmaster is
Gene Parker, and hie Eagle badge
was presented by Bill Arden, former
Scoutmaster of Troop 701 and now
a Scout leader on the District level.
(Times Staff Photo)
35th Anniversary
Olin Asking For Employee
Volunteers For Open House
Five periods have been sched
uled in mid-Mav for the Open
House commemorating the 35th
anniversary of the Olin indus
trial complex at Pisgah Forest.
The plants nlan to staff the
Open House with volunteers
from all wage and salary
groups.
Notice of the need for volun
teers was addressed this week
to all Olin employees at Pisgah
Forest. After being posted on
plant bulletin boards, the notice
was duplicated in an Enroloyee
Bulletin bv which emolovees
make known their willingness
to help. All interested em
ployees have been asked to fill
in the Employee Bulletins and
to address them to Nelson
Warner, task force chairman.
Mildred Reese of Film Divi
sion and Gib Campbell of
Fcusta Paper Division are other
members of the task force.
The Open House , is scheduled
Wednesday through Saturday
Mav 15th through May 18th,
with tours commencing daily
between the ho'"*s of 10:00 a.m.
and 2 00 p.m. There will be an
evening oropram Thursday May
loth, with tours starting from
5:00 until 8:00 p.m.
Details of the Open House
plans will be announced regu
larly over the coming weeks.
Following is a portion of the
notice asking for Olin volun
teers:
“Planning for the Open House
is moving ahead on schedule.
Our first attention was to those
items that required long periods
of preparation and long de
livery. The task force now is
moving into the final stages of
preparation. Once these details
are worked out, we will be look
ing forward to the fun part of
the program, the actual cele
bration of the 35th anniversary
of production here at Pisgah
Forest.
“Many persons have already
expressed an interest in helping
with the Open House, and we
are delighted to have such en
thusiasm. We hope that it will
be a unanimous feeling and that
all of us will want to share in
helping make the Open House
successful. This is essential to
our purpose of extending a
friendly and warm reception to
all our families and friends
throughout the communities.
“We will need help in many
kinds of activities. We, there
—Turn to Page Sevei
Jackson Announces
Rosman Band To Present Spring
Concert On Friday, April 26th
The new Rosman band will
present its Spring concert on
Friday, April 2fith, in the high
school auditorium.
It will be in conjunction with
the Rosman PTA’s Craft Fair
and Spaghetti supper, which will
be'held on the same day.
The concert will be given at
7:30 p.m., under the direction
of John R. Jackson! band di
rector.
The following numbers will be
played:
“Royal March”, by John Kin
yon
“Air and Alleluia”, by W. A.
Mozart
“Where is Love”, by Lionel!
Bart
“House of the Rising Sun”,
arranged by Dale Lauder
“Londonderry Air”, arranged
by J. Kinyon
“Marines Hymn”, arranged
by J. Kinyon.
Here On Campus
—»
Brevard College To Hold
Methodist Youth Day Sat.
Brevard College has set Sat
urday, April 20, 1974 as United
Methodist Youth Day to be ob
served on it’s campus. All
members of the United Metho
dist Youth Fellowship in the
four districts, Charlotte, Gas
tonia, Statesville and Thomas
Seeking Entries
Local Jaycees Are Planning
“Battle Of Bands” Contest
I i
Music groups from the Bre
vard area are being invited
to register for the “Battle Of
The Bands” contest, to be spon
sored by the Brevard Jaycees
on Mav 3rd. at the local paper
worker’s Union Hall at Pisgah
Forest.
Warren Johnson, Contest Di
rector, said groups who wish
to enter the contest can get fur
ther information and entry
forms by calling him at 883
jority of the group is 19 or
‘younger. There is no minimum
age limit.
Mr. Johnson said “we are
looking for the best young mu
sical talent in the area to com
pete in the Brevard contest.”
Winners of the local contest
are eligible to compete at the
State level, and for the Nation
al Finals to be held this year.
of dollars in cash,
recording contracts
2 among the
Win
ning the National. Locally, 1st
receive $100
$80 cash, and
ville along with their advisors
and ministers are invited to be
guests of the college that day.
The program will begin with
a reception in the faculty lounge
in Beam Administration Build
ing at 10:00 a. m. This will be
followed by a tour of the camp
us at 11:00 a. m. The _tour is
to allow visitors to become bet
ter acquainted with the Bre
vard College campus and its
facilities.
The College prides itself on
its very excellent buildings,
its academic program and the
care and guidance it provides
for youth in the first two years
of their college career.
Lunch will be served at 12
noon in the A. G. Myers Din
ing Hall and the visitors will be
guests of the college for this.
At 1:00 p. m. there will be a
general meeting of the high
school juniors and seniors at
tending, followed by a recrea
tion period beginning at 1:30 in
the college Gymnasium and
Student Union Building. The
days activities will conclude at
3:00 p. m.
18 Churches Of The Transylvania Baptist
Association Will Have Mission Speakers
Temperature averages at Bre
vard last week were 67 and 42,
with a high reading of 73 de
grees last Saturday afternoon,
and a low point of 27 degrees
the past Wednesday morning.
Rainfall totalled nearly two
inches during the week.
The North Carolina extended
outlook for Thursday through
Saturday: fair Thursday with
highs in the upper 60s to the
low 70s. Low readings in the
40s. PartK- cloudy with a
chance of showers and warmer
Friday and Sturday. High tem
peratures in the mid 70s. Lows
in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
Date High Low Prec.
April 10_ 65 27 0 00
AnrU 11 _ 67 29 0.00
April 12 60 46 Tr.
April 13 - 73 55 1.71
April 14 70 59 0.15
April 15 68 45 0.00
April IS 68 36 0.00
Demos To Hold
Candidates
Night Saturday
Transylvania Countv Demo
crats will hold a “Meet the Can
didates” night on Saturday,
April 20th, at 8:00 p.m. at the
Brevard High School Cafeteria.
All local and state candidates
for office have been asked to
come and each will be allowed
to give a five-minute presenta
tion.
The event is sponsored by the
Transylvania County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
Bob Hunter, Chairman.
Everyone is invited to attend.,
Commissioners
Will Meet
Next Tuesday
The Monthly meeting of the
Transylvania County Board of
Commissioners will be held
April 23rd, 7:30 p.m. in the
Transylvania County Court
House.
One item for discussion will
be a County-wide mobile home
tie-down ordinance which has
been badly needed in Transyl
vania County.
Other items will be discussed.
The oublic is urged to attend
the meeting of the County Com
missioners.
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VOTING MACHINES will be
used for the first time in Transyl
vania county in the upcoming May
primary, and the machines are cur
rently on display so that voters can
become familiar with their opera
tion. This week, instructional meet
ings on the machines’ operation are
being held each evening through
Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. and
again on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at
the Court House here. In the pic
ture above, “Buck” Morris, left, in
structor for Shoup Voting Machines,
shows “voter” Ralph Parrish, cen
ter, and Larry Prince, right, the
simple procedure of voting by the
machine method. The machine was
on display at Community Cash store
when this picture was taken last
Thursday.
(Times Staff Photo)
Clubs Are Assisting
Earth Day Monday Marks The
Opening Of Roadside Clean-Up
“Sports Break” Is Heard
Twice Daily Over WPNF
, “Sports Break” is presented
twice each day on WPNF-Radio,
sponsored on each broadcast by
Goodwill Motors of Brevard.
Late night scores and other
sports stories are heard week
nights at 9:45 p.m. A morning
sports review with complete
scores of the games from the
night before is heard eacli
morning at 7:15 a.m.
Sports fans of the area are
served daily with these sports
shows, and complete scores are
given on each broadcast. Re
member those times, 7:15 a.m.
—Turn to Page Seven
Set April 27th
Public Is Urged To Purchase
Tickets To All-Sports Banquet
Officials of the sponsoring
Blue Devil Club, Inc. indicate
that there is still time to get
tickets for the third annual Bre
vard High All-Sports banquet
that will be held on Saturday
night, April 27th.
This year’s big affair, which
At The College
Applications Are Still Being
Accented For Summer Session
Brevard College is still ac
cepting applications for the
summer and fall semesters of
1974. The first session of sum
mer school will begin June 3rd
and end June 28th. The second
term will begin July 1st and
end July 26th. All students who
are interested in attending Bre
vard College this summer
should contact the Admissions
Office immediately.
Students who are attending
other colleges are welcome to
pursue college work at Brevard
College during the summer as
transient students, as this cred
it will transfer back to the
institution which they are at
tending after the summer work
is completed. In addition, there
are special programs for high
school juniors during the sum
mer at Brevard College.
Also, there is an Introduction
to Forestry course that will
allow three weeks of the sum
mer session spent in the field
with the U.S. Forest Service
—Turn to Page Seven
annually honors an aimeies ai
Brevard High, will be held at
the United Papermakers and
Paperworkers l ocal 1971 Union
Hall at Pisgah Forest beginning
promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The featured speaker will be
Lou Holtz, head football coach
at North Carolina State Univer
sity, and Emest Gilstrap will
serve as master of ceremonies.
As has been the case for the
first two All-Sports banquets
here, a large crowd is expected
to attend. Between 800 and 900
persons attended the first two
events with football great
George Blanda speaking at the
first, and the “world’s srongest
roan” Paul Anderson, giving an
outstanding presentation last
year.
\
Tickets this year are only
$3.00 each, and those planning
to attend are urged to reserve
their tickets now, so that plans
for the number attending can
be made.
They can be purchased at
Community Cash Store, or from
the office at Brevard High
School.
With the coming of Earth Day
on April 22nd, many organiza
tions in Transylvania County
will again begin cleaning up the
roadside litter that has accumu
lated during the year. Fore
most among such groups are
the various community clubs,
which have annually taken upon
themselves this task of beauti
fying the county.
This year the members of the
Transylvania Environmental
Association plan to join the
community clubs in this effort
to clean up the county. In ad
dition to providing workers, the
TEA will attempt to coordinate
this year’s clean-up so that
even more area can be covered.
To do this the TEA will first
map out those areas that the
community ciubs are going to
clean up. Then efforts will be
made to find additional groups
to pick up litter in areas that
have not yet been included in
the clean-up. “In this wav we
hope to avoid duplication of ef
—Turn to Page Seven
Prominent Men
Will Be Heard
This Sunday
Eighteen of the churches of ’
the Transylvania Baptist As
sociation will be hosts for a
mission speaker Sunday
morning as part of a special
emphasis on Mission Advance.
These churches, as part of the
cooperative effort of Southern
Baptists, support more than
5.000 home and foreign mission
aries. Their efforts make pos
sible the preaching and healing
ministry of the gospel around
the world.
A banquet will be held at
6:to p.ir. Saturday at Berry’s
Restaurant with the Pastor
See Pictures
In Next Section
Page 22
and Deacon Chairman and
their wives of each cooperat
ing church invited to attend.
The guest speakers Sunday
morning will be:
The Reverend Nathan C.
Brooks. Jr., director, Division of
Church Programs, North Caro
lina Baptist State Convention.
He is a native of Bridgeton. He
attended Mars Hill College,
Wake Forest College and South*
era Baptist Seminary, receiving
the AB. and Th.M degrees.
Wake Forest University con
ferred upon him the Doctor of
Divinity degree in 1957. He is
married and has five children.
Doctor Brooks will be at the
Zion Baptist Church.
The Reverend Sam H. O’Neal,
Director of the Insurance and
Annuity Department, Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina. Reverend O’Neal is a
graduate of Gardner-Webb Col
lege, Limestone College and
Southeastern Baptist Seminary.
Hp was the Director of the
Church Training Department
for North Carolina prior to ac
cepting Iris present position. He
is married and has one son.
Reverend O’Neal will be at the
Glady Branch Church.
The Reverend Luther Osment
—Turn to Page Seven
License Tag
Office Moves
The N. C. Department of Mo
tor Vehicle license plates of
fice has a new location at 105
Mull Arcade.
The former location was 33
West Jordan street.
Installation May 11th
John I. Anderson Elected A n
Director UNC Alumni Assn.
Brevard’s John I. Anderson
has been elected a director for
three years of the General
Alumni Association of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Anderson will be installed
along with the officers and other
directors during graduation on
May Uth. The Association now
numbers 17,000 members, and
Lindsey C. Warren, Goldsboro
Attorney, is the new President.
The other two directors elect
ed with Mr. Anderson are: Miss
Martha Guy, Vice President and
Cashier of the Avery County
Bank in Newland, and Paul A.
—Turn to Page Seven