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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper if Vol. 87—No. 19 pA[D at S°p,Cy*c.i<!pTcoM i»7.» ★ 38 PAGES TODAY if BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974 if 15c COPY PUBLISHED 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 Olin Will Hold Four-Day “Open House ” Next Week The ^good neighbor is Olin; the prcasion is the 35th Anni versary of the onening of the Eeusta Paper Corporation plant (now, a part of the Olin Mathie son Corporation) in 1939. Planned as an outstanding example of good industry community relations, the Open House will consist of an initial Welcome, Product Dis plays, bus tours around the plant area, and stops for foot tours of the Film Division, the Research Laboratories, and the Paper Division. The tours will be conducted continuously on May 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, from 10:00 a.m. he tft * test slop (hir ing the walking tours. OIJn employees, their fam j ilies, guests and the public in j general ire invited. Because of the walks through the various parts of the operat ing Diants, the minimum age for children on the tours is six years. Younger children may, however, be left in a day care The four-day period of the 15th through the 18th of this month will be an occasion in Transylvania, one that might rightly be reserved by county residents to attend the Open House of a neighbor—-a gWd neighbor that provides an an nual payroll of $25 million. facility which will be available. “We would like to recom mend,” says Public Relations Manager Nelson Warner, “that visitors planning to take the foot tours through the plants, wear comfortable walking shoes. And for fur ther comfort we suggest pant suits for the ladies.” Visitors on all four days are asked to approach the plant southward on Vanderbilt Road, from the turnoff on L’.S. 64. Overhead banners will be in place to direct them to visitor parking and the Welcome Cen ter, which will be a large tent at the north end of the plant. From there’ guides will conduct the tours. Those interested only in a general outdoor ride around the plants will be allowed to remain on the bus and return to the Welcome center. Visi —Turn to Page Sts Reports Made Annual Red Cross Chapter Meeting Held, Busy Year Echels Galloway was honored posthumously by the Transyl vania County Chapter of the American Red Cross at its re cent annual meeting. i 6»«o 'Galloway, Medal honoring her father for his First Aid and Life Saving services by the Chapter Chair man, Fritz J. Merrell. J. C. Rowe and Ron Bvrd, officials of the Rescue Squad, were present for the awards cere mony. Galloway omber of Souad. Brevard an em $290;G00 Allocated Work Is Approved On Several Road Projects In Transylvania allocation for the year was $296,000. Work approved for Transyl vania will include: SR 1144, Paul McCov Road, 0.90 mile, from US 64 to DE— stabilize, costing $4,500. sfo isos, Breedlove Road. 0.70 mile, from NC Ml to DE - stabilize, costing $3,500. SR 1332, J. L. Whitmire Road, 0.80 mile, from US 64 to DE $4,000. , SR 1330, Glen Curry Road, 0.80 mile, from US « to DE —Tam to Page 8H TT : ”v.:- •.? ; ployee of the Transylvania County Ambulance Services at the time of his death. He was very active in civic affairs and a dedicated citizen {hose tsftq were foinihed by his life, Mr. Merrell said.* f . He spent long hours teaching First Aid to many Transyl vanians so that by his efforts lives can be saved and suffer ing reduced because he cared enough to serve, he continued. Prior to the ceremony honor ing Mr. Galloway, the annual business meeting of the Chapter was held. Many impressive re ports were given and service awards were presented. Mrs. Marie Brewer renorted that Red Cross Volunteer Work ers contributed 689 hours of service last year. Mr. Bvrd re ported on the First Aid Courses and Water Safetv program: certificates for First Aid In structors — 12; Standard First Aid certificates — 152: Advanc ed First Aid certificates — 17; and Multi-Media certificates — 130. Mr. Bvrd renorted the Tran svlvania Chapter services 15 different summer camps for swimming, water safety sup plies and eouinment. A total of 1,745 certificates were issued last year; 140 beginners, 305 ad beginners, 507 Inter 8, 800 swimmers, 97 ad I.ife Savings, 123 Senior Life Saving, and five Water Safety | . j' - Brevard temperatures aver aged 71 .•'id 48 during the past week, with nearly one and a half inches of rainfall also dur ing the period. Highest temperature reading came on Friday afternoon with a reading of 83 degrees, while the lowest reading was 34 on Tuesday morning. North Carolina extended out look for Thursday through Sat urday: chance of rain Thurs day, ending Friday and becom ing fair Saturday. Unseasonab ly cool temperatures. Lows at night uoper 40s to low 50s. Highs in the 60s in the moun tains. Date High Low Prec. May 1 _ 76 53 0.00 Mav 2 _ 66 57 0.12 May 3 _— 83 56 0.10 Mav 4 _ 70 50 0.07 Mav 5 _ 65 46 1.14 May 6 __ 69 40 0.03 May 7___ 71 34 0.00 Demo Women in :*Prb«^fi^nia county are spon soring a big Demncraftc Rally at the Union Hall on Morris Road in Pisgah Forest next Tuesdev night, May 14th, at 7:30 o’clock. The leaders of the Demo women sav that “we should all ioin toeothpr in the common goal wh’ch is seeing that our emocratic candidates are elect ed in the fall”. Thev urge that all Democrats forget the Primarv and band to —Turn to Page Eight Sheriff Hubbard Big Winner In Demo Primary, Morris, Cabe Win Student Leaders Are Elected At Brevard High Student Bodv Off;cer elec tions for the lfc7'l-75 school year were held on Wednesday, May 1st, at Brevard High School. Eddie Fanning was elected President. He is currently Vice President of the Junior Class, President of Stodaneo Junior Achievement Company and a letterman in track and cross country. He is also a Life Scout in Troon 701 and has attended Philmont Scout Ranch. Mark Hooner was elected Vice-President. He is a Sopho more. Mark is an Honor Roll student, a member of the Key Club and participates in foot ball, basketball and tennis. Jonlsvn Johnstone and Jim my Perkins were elected Secre tary and Treasurer, respective ly. Both are Freshmen, mem bers of Student Council, and both attended the Western Dis trict Association of Student Counci’s Convention in Ruther fordton, N. C. in April. Brevard High School’s elec tion was the first of any kind in Transylvania County to utilize the countv’s newly-purchased voting machines. Over two thirds of the BHS Student Body participating in the election, and almost everyone had fav orable comments about the new procedure. Most were amazed at how simple it was to cast their ballot. The voting machines were furnished bv the Transylvania Countv Board of Elections. “I would like to thank Mrs. Jane —Turn to Page Sir r" WIN IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY—The four men above were winners in Transylvania in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday. Ton left is Eu gene Morris, incumbent, and at the right, top, is Dr. Jerry Cabe, who will be the Democratic nomi nees in the General Election this fall for the Board of Education. At the left bottom is Sheriff Mil ford Hubbard, who was the hghest vote-getter, lo cally, in the Democratic Primary. At the right, bottom, is Cecil J. Hill, who was the high man in 10 counties for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate. May Meeting Busy Brevard Aldermen Take More Action Regarding Airstrip The lm'ch discussed air port in Brevard at the City lmits on the Greenville high way came up for more dis cussion at the May meeting of the Board of Aldermen Monday night in the Munici pal building. Attorney Cecil J. Hill spoke on behalf of a large groun at tending, and a transcript of his remarks are on file at the City Hall. After the discussion, the Aldermen voted that possible violation of the Citv’s Zoning Ordinance by John F. Ritter, owner of the airport, be re ferred to the City’s attorney I ner Reviewed Trading Post Is Popular Program Over WPNF Radio The Trading Post is heard each weekday on WPNF-Radio at J2:30 D.m. This is one of the station’s most popular pro grams and has been heard for many years. The public Ls invited to take advantage of this free air time and advertise things for sale, trade, wanted, etc. Send items to the station by mail for The Trading Post. The popular program is spon sored by Duvall Drugs and Norris Hardware. WPNF presents the Pet De partment twee each dav, at 11:15 a m. and 3:15 p.m. Own ers of rv»ts who become lost, and peonle who find other pets are urged to notify the station and these items will be broad cast on the Pet Department. Other Program* The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday. Brevard Vo-ag Dent., John Bradley; Friday, Station Program; Monday, Home Agent, Miss Jean Child ers; Tuesday, Station Pro gram; Wednesday, Assistant -Torn to Page Eight in the matter, James N. Gold ing, for his opinion. In the event that he finds pos sible violation, he is instructed by the Board to take all neces sary steps, including legal ac tion. to bring the nropertv in conformity with the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Bre vard. The order further states: that all A'dermen, the Mavor, the Citv Clerk, the City Man ager and all emnlovees of the City of Brevard be instructed to cooperate fullv with Mr. Golding in his investigation and all interested citizens af fected bv the Citv of Bre vard’s Zoning Ordinance be invited to submit in writing to the Citv Clerk, anv evi dence of poss*h'e violation of t*»e Zoning Ordinance: that Mr. and Mrs. Bitter be noti fied of the action taken by this Board immediately and renuested to cease and desist from further construction at this time; that Mr. Bitter be legallv restrained if he does not voinntarilv desist: that Mr. Golding be instructed to restrain anv farther construc tion until this matter has been determined by the courts, if in his oninion a pos sible violation of the City of Brevard’s Zoning Ordinance exists. Charles Dunlop appeared be fore the Board and reauested that the Residential Sections in the following Housing Authority areas be designated as follows: (A) Whitmire and Palmer Street area as Beech Crest Manor (B) Hillview and Probart Streets area as Balsam Crest Manor (C) Morgan and Oakdale Area as Cedar Crest Manor Upon motion of Alderman W. M. Melton, seconded by Aider man Cornelius Hunt and unani moi'slv passed, Mr. Dunlop’s request was approved and said areas were dedicated as names —Turn To Paee Sit Cecil Hill Is High Man In Senate Race With a light voter turn-out as expected, Transylvania Democrats gave a big vote ot confidence to incumbent Sher iff Milford C. Hubbard in Tuesday’s primary election here. Sheriff Hubbard, who will new face Republican John J. Brown in next November’s General Election, v/as the high man in all local contests Tuesday as he polled 2,179 votes to derent Democratic challenger William Edward Kitei,on, who received 98 votes unofficially from 18 Transylvania precincts. Local Democrats also gave Eugene M. Morris, present chairman of the Transylvania Conntv Board of Education, a chance to retain bis seat on Board next November, even though he was not high men in the five man race for the two available seats. That honor went to local dentist Dr. Jerry Cabe, who polled 1.444 votes to 1.179 for Mr. Morris, giving them the number one and two spots on the ticket. I)r. Cabe and Mr. Morris will now face Renublicans Betty A. McGuire and Gerald Deaver in the November Election. Other results in the Board of Education race were: Dr. Marius H. Wells. 910 votes; Bill P. Norris, 571: and Ed ward E. Killian, Sr., 247. In other races of local interest, local attorney Cecil J. Hill was apparently suc cessful in his bid to receive the Democratic nomination for State Senator of the 27th District, both locally and across the 10-county district. In Transylvania, Mr. Hill was second high vote getter behind Sheriff Hubbard as he polled 1,916 votes, more than twice as many as his next opronent, Joe Palmer, who had 7?fi. Frank Coffey was third here with 685 votes, fol lowed by William Swanner with 256. As the Times went to press Wednesday, nine of the 10 counties in the 27th District bad reported, with only small Clay County still to be heard from. Those totals showed Mr. Hill with an almost in surmountable lead with 13, 566 votes to Palmer’s 10,941. Coffee was third with 7.410 —Turn to Page Eight Installation In June David Sams New Commander Of American Legion Post David Sams is the new Com mander of the Monroe Wilson Post of the American Legion. He succeeds Don Culin, and the newly elected officers will be installed at the June meet ing of the post. Elected with Commander Sams are the following: Robert Scruggs - 1st Vice Commander Guy Dean, Jr. - 2nd Vice Commander Frank Sutherland - 3rd Vice Commander Ray Jones - Adjutant Lamar Hamilton - Finance Officer Arthur Gillespie, Harry Lee Hogsed Lester Chapman, Charles Morris - Sergeant Of Arms John D. Smith * Child Welfare Officer Buddy Hutchins - Athletic Of ficer i Craig Snipes - Graves Regis tration Fred Israel - Service Officer John Anderson and D. C. Wil son - Publicity Officers Ray Bennett - Historian Marshall Teague - Boy’s State Officer Cecil Wilson - Chaplain
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