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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
* Vol. 87—No. 18 „ID mu ★ 38 PAGES TODAY * BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1974 ★ 15c COPY PUBUSHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1970 Census
19,317. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 5,243.
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
CONGRATULATIONS to all Ecusta Paper Di
vision employees were extended this week upon
completion of more than a million man-hours of
work without a lost time accident. Left to right at
the Ecusta safety board are Larry H. Staples, Vice
vmmmm
President and General Manager; Frank J. McGib
boney, Director of Production; and Jerrv D. Mann,
Safety Supervisor. The plant reached the million
mark April 29th, first time in over a year for such
an extended period.
In College Shopping Center
First State Savings, Loan
Has Formal Opening Saturday
The new First State Sav
ings and Loan Association
here in the Brevard College
Shopping Center will have its
Formal Opening on Saturday
of this week. Hie hours will
be from 10:t0 a.m. to 7:00
p.m.
There will be a ribbon cut
ting at 10:00 a.m., featuring of
ficials of the town and county,
President James C. Gaither an
nounces.
Refreshments will be served
throughout the day, and favors
will be given to persons attend
ing.
Nine Savings Accounts will
be awarded to the persons
guessing nearest to the num
ber of pennies in the “Money
House”, which is now on dis
play.
Mr. Gaither invites the pub
lic to come in any day this
week and make a guess on the
“Money House”.
%t prin will be a $100
Savings Account. Other prizes
are: One $50 Savings Ac
count; two $25 Savings Ac
counts; and live $10 Savings
Accounts.
On behalf of the Board of Di
rectors, Mr. Gaither expresses
sincere appreciation to the
public for the fine response
Transylvanians have given
First State since it opened on
April 15th.
“Whether you want to take
out a savings account or to
get a loan, First State Sav
ings and Loan Association is
a good neighbor to know,’’
Mr. Gaither commented.
In addition to Mr. Gaither,
other officers of the new State
Savings and Loan Association
here are as follows:
\
Steve Cochran, well-known
local contractor, is the Vice
President.
Jbhn I. Anderson, Editor
and i General Manager of The
Traitsylvania Times and Ex
ecntive Director of Radio Sta
tion W P N F, is the Secre
tary.
William L. “Bill” Scar
borough, retired Du Pont Ex
ecutive, is the treasurer.
Other members of the
Board of Directors are as fol
lows: Charles L. “Chuck”
Bradley, W. Dan Hawkins, R.
Darrell Hooper, Harvey R.
McConnell, Henry C. Mc
Donald, Thomas K. McCrary
and Paul Owenby, Jr.
“Bill” Case is the manag
ing Officer of First State, and
secretaries are Mrs. Jean
McCrary and Mrs. Joetta
Whitmire.
Nitie Teams
Lions Will Begin Annual
Broom Sale On Thursday
Brevard Lions will begin
their lannual broom sale at 4:00
Thursday afternoon at Rice
Furniture company.
Following the canvass of the
town, the Lions will meet for
McLaurin To Speak
Junior Achievement Awards
Will Be Presented Tuesday
Awfqd winners from six
'tinihfc Achievement companies
’ill yfe announced at the An
ual Futures Unlimited Ban
met to be held at 6:30 p.m.,
May ith, at the Brevard Col
lege Cafeteria.
The featured speaker will be
\. Harrison McLaurin, South
ern Bell Public Relations Man
ager in Greenville. Mr. Me
Laurin’s “Communications of
the Future” will include demon
strations of techniques not in
common use today.
The Company of the Year
Award will go to the high school
Achievers Judged to have man
aged the most successful com
pany operating on the free en
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dinner at Brevard College.
The members of the nine
teams are as follows:
1. Jerrv English, Captain —
Lions Earl Hall and James
Hunter
2. Jack Gravelv, Captain —
Lions Harry Corbin and Allen
Brittain
3. Sid Bordonaro, Captain —
Lions Joe H. Orr and Fred
Wendt
4. Bill Hunter, Captain—Lions
Paul Owenby and Herman Tur
ner
5. Thurman Dockery, Cantain
—Lions Steve Cochran and Har
rison Tawney
6. Richard Haney, Captain
Lions Ed Roy and Edwin Rice
7. Jack Hudson, Captain —
Lions Quentin Cantrell and
Glen Echols
8. C. W. Arnold, Captain —
Lions Hall Smith and W. M.
Melton
8. Ikev Ayers, Captain —
Lions Ralph Parrish, Eugene
King and Red Barger
Temperature averages were
somewhat above average dur
ing the oast week in the Bre
vard area, showing a dailv
average mark of 79 and 37 for
the week, with no rainfall dur
ing the period.
Extended outlook Thursday
through Saturday: Mostly fair
and warm through the period.
Highs generally in the unper
70s to low 80s. Lows near 50 in
the mountains.
Date High Low Prec.
April 24_ 70 39 0.00
April 25_ 73 27 0.00
April 26_ 76 31 0.00
April 27 1_ 81 35 0.00
April 28_ 82 41 0.00
April 29_ 86 44 0.00
April 30_ 84 43 0.00
Fire Hydrants
To Be Tested
And Cleaned
Brevard volunteer firemen
will begin cleaning out fire
hvdrants in the City of Brevard
next Monday night.
According to Bill Slough,
City Manager, and Fire Chief
Joe Piekeisimer. the pressure
on each hydrant will also be
tested.
The work to clean all 200
hvdrants in the Citv will re
quire some nine weeks.
Testing and cleaning of the
hvdrants is a requirement of
the National Board of Fire
Underwriters.
Sample Ballots
Are Carried In
Times This Week
A fair vote is expected in
Transylvania during the off
year Primary Elections next
1 i.e! day.
Democrats will vote on
Pree ballots, a local ballot
including State Senator,
House ef Renrcseotat'ves,
Board cf Education and Sher
iff; for .ludhral officers; and
for United States Senate.
RcnnMieans v/ill vote on
two ballots. United States
Senate and for Judsc'al of
ficers.
Sample ballots can be
found in the second section of
this week’s Times.
For the first time in his
tory, Transylvanians will use
voting machines. They will be
in all precincts, and counting
out will take only a very
short time after the polls are
closed.
Polls open at 6:30 next
Tuesday morning, and they
will close at 7:30.
Some observers say that
the voting machines will cut
down on the number of per
sons voting, however, offi
cials feel that they will in
crease voting because of the
novelty.
Instructional meetings have
been held throughout the
county, and they will be con
tinued until election time.
Total registration in Tran
sylvania is 11,334.
The breakdown is as fol
lows:
Democrats — 6,735
Republicans — 3,708
American — 56
Independent or no party —
835.
Approximately 670 voters
are included in the 18 to 20
year old age bracket.
Candidates have been busy
campaigning during the past
few weeks, and interest
seems to be primarily in the
Board of Education race.
Two persons will be nomi
nated from the following
Democratic candidates: Eu
gene Morris, the incumbent;
Jerry Cabe, Edward E. Kil
lian, Sr., Bill P. Norris and
Marius Wells.
Other candidates on the lo
cal Democratic ticket are:
For Sheriff: Milford Hub
bard, the incumbent, and Wil
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Public Invited
Jaycees To Hold “Battle
Of The Bands” On Friday
Guitar strings and drum
sticks will he the weaDons Fri
day night, May 3rd, at 7:30 in
the Union Hall at Pisgah For
est as four bands compete in
the Brevard “Battle of the
Bands” contest, sponsored by
the Brevard Jaycees.
The winners get:
First Place — $100 and trip
to State Finals
Second Place — $50
Third Place — $25.
Competing bands are Bitter
sweet, Toy, No Name and Lo
cust.
Hosting the contest concert
and dance will be Dave Cid of
WLOS, Asheville.
Judging on a point svstcm is
based on individual rather than
comparative talent.
A select panel will judge the
music groups competing for
the prizes and the opportuni
ty to continue to the State fi
nals.
Judging will be based on a
100-point system in four ma
jor categories — musical tal
ent, originality, showmanship
and audience appeal, all of
which are mandatory skills for
professional achievement.
RECEIVES PLAQUE — Paul
Goeser, outgoing Executive Director
of the Transylvania United Fund,
center, is shown receiving a plaque
in appreciation for his services in
1972-73, from Harry W. Philips,
right, U. F. President. Looking on,
left, is H. Fred Wendt, incoming Ex
ecutive Director for 1974.
(Times Staff Photo)
Open To Everyone
May Is Mental Health Month,
Many Services Offered Here
Next Tuesday Night
Election Party, Both Local
And State Returns, On WPNF
An Election Party will be
held next Tuesday night over
WPNF - Radio.
Returns will begin coming in
around 7:30 o’clock, and the
station will probabiv stav on
the air until complete returns
are in.
Local returns will be tabu
lated at The Transylvania
Times office and will be broad
cast bv remote control over
WPNF.
Statewide returns will be re
ceived on the station’s teletype
and will be put on the air im
mediately.
John I. Anderson, Executive
Director of WPNF, urges all
Transylvanians to tune in next
Tuesday night to the station’s
School Board
Meets May 6,
Holiday 7th
The Transylvania County
Poard of Education will meet
at 8:00 p.m. on May 6th in the
Board offices located on West
Main Street. The agenda will
feature a progress report on
mathematics instruction in the
schools. Routine business items
will also be reviewed by the
Board, and the public is in
vited to attend.
Supt. Harrv C. Corbin also
announces that Transylvania
schools will be closed next
Tuesday, since some of the
school buildings are used for
voting places.
While it will be a holiday for
students, it will be a work day
for the teachers, Mr. Corbin
states.
informative Election party.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and
Home Hour on WPNF is as fol
lows: Thursday. Station Pro
gram; Friday, ASCS; Monday,
Jean Childers, Home Eco
nomics Extension Agent for
Transylvania Countv; Tuesday,
Station Program; Wednesday,
Jerrv Purser. County Exten
sion Chairman.
The Rev. J. Paul Byron, Pas
tor o' Sacred Heart Catholic
Chu’Th of Brevard, is the
sneaker being heard this week
on WPNF’s “Morning Devo
tions" at 9:45 each morning.
During the month of May,
WPNF will be broadcasting the
Sunday morning worship serv
ices from Morningside Baptist
Church in Brevard. The pro
gram is hoard from 11:00 until
12:00 noon.
Ky - Staff Writer
May is Mental Health Month
and during this month there is
a statewide focus toward a
greater awareness of the fa
cilities and services available
through the Department of
Mental Health.
When someone talks about
mental health or a Mental
Health Center, most people
think of strait iackets and wild,
“crazy” people.
That is wrong.
No one uses strait jackets
any more, and bv far most of
ti e people who go to the Mental
Health Center are normal,
everyday people who have
some problems and want pro
fessional advice.
The local Mental Health Cen
ter does have services for seri
ous mental illnesses, but the
rraiority of people who use the
Center are coming for profes
sional, personal advice, just
like vou would go to a lawyer
for legal advice or to a doctor
for medical problems.
The local Mental Health Cen
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Dr. Nicholson Presides
Brevard College Trustees
Meet Thursday And Friday
The Trustees of Brevard Col
lege will meet on Thursday and
Friday of this week on the col
lege campus for their annual
spring meeting according to an
announcement bv Dr. Robert
A. Davis, President of the col
lege.
Chairman, Dr. R. Herman
Nicholson, of Charlotte, will
preside over the various ses
sions. President Davis will pre
sent a comprehensive report of
the year’s activities.
The Brevard College Campus
Ladies will be hostess at a cof
fee in the Sims Building for
wives of the Trustees and oth
er groups from 10:00 a. m. un
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