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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
tional, Agricultural and
Center. Population, 1970 <
19,317. Brevard Community
8,900. Brevard proper 9,243.
if VoL 87—No. 23
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1974
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
OLDEST METHODIST MEN — The seven
oldest men in the First United Methodist church
were honored last Wednesday at noon with a
luncheon in the Fellowship hall, given by the ladies
of the church with Mrs. Bob Boyd and Mrs. Tom
Ramsay, co-chairman of arrangements. The seven
men represent 585 years of service to religion. On
the front row, from left to right, are: Herbert
Carlye Enloe,. Rev. A. L. Stevenson and Pasl P.
Smathers. Back row: Ernest W. Griffin, George
Perkins, Sr., and Frank Nicholas Egerton. Absent
when the picture was made was Dana H. Harris.
(Times Staff Photo)
Contracts Approved
School Board Holds A Busy
Session As The Year Ends
The Transylvania County
Board of Education met in reg
ular session on Monday, June
3, 1974, at 8:00 p. m. Mr. Eu
gene Morris, Chairman, wel
comed the visitors to the meet
ing and thanked them for their
interest in the betterment of
Transylvnia Schools.
The minutes of the meetings
held in May were approved as
written.
The Board heard with inter
est Job description reports from
Mrs. Hilda Olson, Director of
Instruction and Mrs. Joanne
Gordon, Director of Media.
The Board approved con
tracts for the following teach
ers, for the 1974-75 school year:
James R. Jones, Brevard High
School; Jodie Lee, Straus Ele
mentary; Sara Winston, Bre
vard Elementary; Randy Cor
riher, Brevard High School;
and Karon Kincaid, Brevard
High School.
The Board accepted resigna
tions from the following tech
ers, to be effective at the end
of this school year: Jane Wil
liams, Rosman High School;
John K. Bradley, Brevard High
School; Peggy Unger, Brevard
Elementary School; and Paula
Tate, Brevard Middle School.
The Superintendent read re
quests from five parents re
garding transfers for their chil
dren to out-of-district schools.
These requests were approved
by the Board, with the stipu
lation that transportation to
and from the assigned school
would be furnished by the par
ents and that the teacher-stud
ent ratio would remain in bal
ance.
The Board approved the re
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Lengthy Session
Commissioners Take Second
Look At Budget, Is Now Open
The Board of County Com
missioners met Monday eve
ning in the Coart House to
have their final work session
on the budget before it is left
open to public inspection.
Only minor changes were
made and the tax rate re
mains as announced last
week at 60c.
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The Commissioners deplored
the fact that their most im
portant meetings involving bud
get discussion attract almost no
one. Monday night’s meeting
had an audience of two, but
when Tax Collector Vernon
Fullbtfght made his report and
left, only one remained. Any
one interested in perusing the
budget, may examine a copy in
the Register of Deeds office or
the office of the County Ac
countant.
The changes made at the
meeting all concerned sal
aries. At the last minute, the
Commissioner’s office re
ceived the long-awaited from
the State Personnel Depart
Friday Morning
Ground Breaking Ceremony
Set For Juvenile Shelter
On June 7th at 10:90 a.m.
than will be a ground-breaking
,e. tov«.il«
shelter called COPE on the cor
juveniles and will serve as a
temporary residence for young
people who have been abandon
ed, neglected, or abused by
juvenile shelter will serve
as a coordination center for lo
cal agencies that have services
available for problem juveniles
and their families. This will en
courage extensive cooperation
among various agencies for the
betterment of the juveniles
whom these agencies are
charged with serving.
round-break
d
ment, dassifing every coun
ty position, assigning it a
classification and salary
range, and the recommended
salaries for the coming fis
cal year. With few excep
tions, these recommendations
were followed. Commissioner
Clinton Owen commented on
the fact that the salaries were
already very dose to the
State recommendations.
Upon the recommendation of
County Manager Mike Epley,
the Commissioners voted a $5
inspection fee for the Mobile
Home Tie-Down requirements.
A Child Development Coon
die was established. This
Council will assume the
functions performed previ
ously by the independent 4-C
Board, beginning July 1st,
when the 4-C Program be
comes a county function.
A discussion of Western Caro
lina Community Action develop
ed around the recently an
nounced law suit filed by that
agency against the Governor
and the State of North Carolina.
Commissioner John Folger in
troduced a' motion directing
Commission Chairman Bill Ives
to write the Executive Director,
John Leatherwood, a letter ask
ing upon what authority he filed
the law suit, as the information
given to the Commissioners
points out that the Community
Action Board, which sets the
policy for the agency, has not
had a legal meeting in over
three months. They apparently
have been unable to attract
sufficient members to have a
Temperatures warmed just
slightly last week over the
week before in the Brevard
area. Highest mark for the
week was 83 degrees on Friday,
while the lowest reading was 51
degrees Monday morning.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina for the period Thurs
day through Saturday: partly
cloudy and warm each day.
Chance of mostly afternoon
showers each day, mainly In
the western part ef the state.
High temperatures should aver
age in the 80s. Lows will be in
the 50s.
Brevard weather data for the
past week was as follows:
Date High Low Prec.
May 29_ 81 55 0.00
May 30 —_ 81 59 0.00
May 31_ 83 54 0.00
June 1 _— 79 54 0.00
June 2_,- 81 60 0.84
June 3 _ 81 51 0.00
June 4 _ 77 52 . 0.00
Budget Of $846,249 Approved For
Brevard, Tax Rate Remains Same
Methodists
Attending
Conference
Methodist leaders in Transyl
vania are this week attending
the annual meeting of the West
ern North Carolina Methodist
conference at Lake Junaluska.
Bishop Earl J. Hunt, Jr., is
presiding over the conference.
Local Methodist ministers at
tending included Dr. Robert
Tuttle, Pastor of the First
United Methodist church, and
Rev. Kenneth Roth, Pastor of
St. Timothy Methodist church.
Rev. Duke Ison, Pastor of the
Rosman charge, is in Costa
Rica with a delegation of young
Methodists.
Dr. Robert A. Davis, Presi
dent of Brevard College, heads
the delegation from the local
college;
Also, lay leaders from the
various Methodist churches in
Transylvania, are in attendance
at the conference.
More than 1,600 delegates and
visitors are expected to attend
from the 1,200 congregations in
44 Piedmont and Western North
Carolina counties. The confer
ence has 279,000 members.
Daycare Aid
Is Available
Daycare for children who
have finished first through
sixth grades and whose par
ents work is once again avail
able to families who need it.
Transylvania 4-C, with the
help of Western Carolina Com
munity Action, the Department
of Recreation for the County,
the County Commissioners and
the Department of Social Ser
vices will operate a Daycare'
Recreation program for 50
children from June 10th - Aug
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For Four Thursdays
Jaycees To Spoiisor Defensive
Driving Education Course, 6th
The Brevard Jaycees, in con
junction with the Department
of Motor Vehicles, are spon
soring a Defensive Driving Edu
cation Course to be held at Bre
vard Senior High School.
The course will be held on
successive Thursdays from 7:00
to 9:00 p.m., beginning Thurs
day, June 6th, and ending
Thursday, June 27th.
Jhere will be no charge for
the course.
Those who complete the
course will receive a card
which may someday entitle
them to reduce automobile in
surance rates.
For Retirement Living
AARP Continues Study
Of Residential Center
Members of the American As
sociation of Retired Persons
on May 28th at Dunham Hall
of Brevard College voted over
whelmingly to instruct its Com
mittee on Retirement Living to
continue its study. The ultimate
objective is to establish in
Transylvania County a self
supporting residential, facility
designed for life - care retire
ment'living.
The committee report was
the culmination of over TOO
man - hours of study and visits
to other retirement centers
such as those in Black Moun
tain, Hendersonville and Char
lotte. 1 i9
The committee chairman is
Joseph Paxton; the committee
members include Mr. and Mrs.
George Blaha, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Goeser, Mrs. Helen Mc
Kelvey, Robert McMichael,
Mrs. Berta Marquet, Alfred
Muller, Ora Railsbach, Mrs.
Rose Robbins, Mrs. Claudia
Sanders, and Douglas Tyson.
Dr. Robert A. Davis, presi
dent of Brevard College, wel
comed the group; and Dr. Rus
sell Willis, miniker of the First
Baptist Church, offered the in
vocation. A detailed report of
the committee’s findings was
given by Dr. Tyson, Mrs. Mar
quet, and Mr. Goeser. Mr. Pax
ton and Mrs. Blaha ted the
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Near Pisgah Forest
Freak Explosion Injures
Three On Paving Project
A freak explosion involving road paving
equipment injured three workers Monday eve
ning as they were completing paving of US 64
from Hendersonville to Pisgah Forest.
The accident occurred around 8:15 p.m.
Monday evening close to the Riverside Shop
ping Center where the Warren Brothers Paving
Company of Asheville had just completed pav
ing 16.4 miles of Highway 64.
The workers were apparently in the process
of cleaning up the paving machine when the
fumes from the solvent they were using mixed
with some hot asphalt, apparently causing the
explosion.
The Brevard Volunteer Fire Department
sent two trucks to the scene, hut fortunately,
there was very little fire after the actual ex
plosion.
The Brevard Rescue Squad was called when
the foreman of the work crew noticed that one
of the men working on the machine at the time
of the explosion was missing. It was later veri
fied that the iniured worker had already been
carried to the Transylvania Community Hos
pital in an automobile.
The injured, all treated for bums mostly of
hands and arms and later released from Tran
sylvania Community Hospital, were: Thomas B.
Lee, 24. of Clyde; Charles H. Roberts, 19, of
Asheville, and James M. Noland, 19, also of
Asheville.
I os' Reviewed
Special NASA Program
Will Be Heard On Tuesday
WPNF will present a special
program in the series made
possible through the coopera
tion of NASA.
This special program is en
titled “Project Viking To Mars”
and will be heard over WRNF
Radio 1240 next Tuesday at
10:45 a.m.
The main subject matter of
the program is the search for
life elsewhere, and the program
features Dr. Harold P. Klein,
Chief of the Viking Biology Ex
periment Team.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and
Home Hour is as follows:
Thursday, Station Program;
Friday, Soil Conservation Ser
vice; Monday, Jean Childers,
Home Economics Agent; Tues
day, Station Program; Wednes
day, Jerry Purser, County Ex
tension Chairman.
The speaker this week on
WPNF’s Morning Devotions at
):45 a.m. is the Rev. Wayne
Blackwood, Pastor of the
Pisgah Forest Baptist Church.
Sunday morning worship ser
vices are being broadcast this
month from the Brevard Wes
leyan Church on North Broad
Street. _
Recommendation Made
Mrs. Nesbitt Endorsed To
Replace Herschel Harkins
In an important meeting held
here last Friday at Berry’s
Restaurant, the Democratic
43rd House District Committee,
representing Transylvania and
Buncombe counties, unanimous
ly endorsed Mrs. Mary Nesbitt
of Buncombe to fill the House
seat vacated last week by Her
schel Harkins of Asheville.
Rep. Harkins, dean of the
four-seat Transylvania - Bun
combe House delegation, did
not run in the May primary,
but resigned earlier Friday to
accept appointment as Chief
Deputy Insurance Commission
er of North Carolina. His term
would have lasted until Novem
ber.
Mrs. Nesbitt, who finished
fourth in the May Democratic
primary balloting, will now be
an incumbent in the general
election next November. Her
recommendation to be appoint
ed to Harkins’ seat had been
expected.
Lawrence Hipp of Brevard,
secretary of the District Com
mittee, stated that he would
send the Committee's recom
mendation to Governor James
Holshouser for his action at
once. Mrs. Nesbitt’s official ap
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Much Action
Is Taken At
Monday Meet
The City of Brevard has
approved a budget of 840,249
for the fiscal year of 1874-75,
and it is open for public in
spection at the Municipal
building for 20 days prior to
adoption.
The tax rate of 82 cents re
mains the same.
No one appeared in opposi
tion to the rezoning of the
Curlee property, so it was
changed from R-2 to R-4.
A public hearing will be held
on July 1st, to consider rezon
ing of the Roper property off
Silversteen Drive.
At the same hearing, the
Aldermen will consider the
Flood Plain Ordnance should
it arrive from the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development.
At Monday night’s meeting,
the Aldermen also issued an
order prohibiting parking on
either side of Elm Bend road.
They also decided that at
the July 1st meeting they will
consider charging property
owners requesting a change
in rezoning or annexation the
cost of advertising.
Another rezoning matter will
be taken up at that time The
City Fathers will decide
whether or not to rezone prop
erty between the Bryant House
and Brevard Lumber company
from R-3 to 1-1.
Upon motion of Alderman
Dwight Moffitt, seconded by
Alderman Charles L. Russell
and unanimously passed, ac
counts payable in excess of
$500.00 were approved.
Upon motion of Alderman
W. M. Melton, seconded by
Alderman Moffitt and unani
mously passed, the Board en
dorsed the functions and pro
grams of the Emergency
Medical Services Council and
instructed the Mayor to in
form the Council of this ac
tion.
The City garage site was dis
cussed and action was tabled
for a later date.
Don Blackwell appeared
before the Board regarding
the Pizza Hut, which is under
construction on North Broad
Street, the Board referred Mr.
Blackwell to the City Build
ing Inspector for further ad
vice and action.
Upon motion of Alderman
Mark Osborne, seconded by
Alderman Moffitt and duly
passed, probational taxi drivers
permits were approved for
Jesse D. Young and Mack H.
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White Announces
Republicans To Hold Open
Meeting Next Monday Night
William R. White, Chairman
of the Republican Executive
Committee, has announced an
open meeting Monday, June
10th, at 7:30 p. m. at The First
Citizens Bank.
The meeting is open to the
public and all interested people
are urged to attend. Mr. White
states that this will be an ex
cellent opportunity to meet the
local candidates as well as the
State and U. S. candidates, get
to know them and ask them
questions.
The local candidates will be
there: Betty McGuire and Ger
aid Deavor, running for the
School Board; Jules Brown, Re
publican candidate for Sheriff;
and Marian McMahon, the in
cumbent clerk of Court.
“We will also be honored in
having our U. S. Congress can
didate, Dr. Albert F. Gillman,
our State Senator, Charles Tay
lor and our State House of
Representative candidate, Mrs.
Marilyn (Lynn) Hewett there,”
says Mr. White.
The young Republicans ere
sponsoring this event. Refresh
ments will be served.