THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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★ Vol. 87—No. 28 SETS S«?*.b"U*c! BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1974 * 34 PAGES TODAY *
ZIP CODE 2*711
NEW SIDEWALK — Photo
shows section of new sidewalk that
is going in on North Broad Street be
tween the Mims Furniture CJompany
building and the Professional Build
ing. Land has been filled for new
construction in the lot to the left of
the new sidewalk.
(Times Staff Photo)
Commissioners Told
Tax Collection Reported
At An All-Time High Mark
| Tax Collector Vernon Full
bright reported to the Board
of Commissioners at their
meeting Monday night. His re
port stated that tax collections
were the best in the history
of Transylvania County. Per
centage of taxes collected
was 88.00, This puts Tran
sylvania County among the
top counties in North Carolina
M collection of property tax
es.
The Commissioners question
ed the Chairman of the Jail
■Study Commission, Bob Robin
iigpn, at graft length. Mr. Rob
inson informed the Commis
' sioners that his Commission
• will meet again with the regi
onal jail injector and let the
Commissioners know at theii
July 23rd meeting the specific
failings of the present jail. All
the Commissioners continued
to express the desire to solve
fthe problem as inexpensively as
possible. If it is found that the
present jail could be modified
to meet current State require
ments, this would be preferable
,td the expenditure of a large
? a»tiii for a new jail. The Com
missioners also asked Mr. Rob
inson to compare the cost fac
tors in adding an additional
floor to the present jail instead
of building an entirely new fa
l
County Attorney Bill White
said he would go to Raleigh ii
it becomes necessary, to pro
ceed with the details of a braid
referendum to construct a jail.
After the long discussion on
jail, the Commisrioners
went Into another lengthy con
concerning the san
County Manag
er Mike Epley reported that
being made to upgrade the
Pisgah Forest landfill. A con
tract with Arthur McCrary to
continue the work at the pres
ent landfill was approved.
Epley said that many con
tractors were interested in
bidding on the landfill at the
Calvert site which hopefully
will be ready for use In about
60 days.
The Commissioners passed
two more ordinances to core
plete their package of reguls
tions for the operation of th
landfill. The first ordinance prc
hibits scavenging among th
garbage and the other prohibit
trespass.
At tills point in the meet
ing, all of the audience bad
left and the Commissioners
began a more Informal dls
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Board Reports
Opening Of New Schools In
County Could Be Delayed
The Transylvania county
Board of Education is to meet
on July 17th in the Board offi
ces on West Main Street at 8:00
p. m.
The Board will consider the
1974-75 school calendar at this
meeting. A delay in setting
school dates for the ensuing
school term was deemed advis
able by the Board in view of
uncertain completion dates of
the three new schools under
construction. | '';
Should a later August con
struction completion schedule
on two of the three schools ap
pear probable to the Board, a
post Labor Day opening sche
dule for pupils is one of the
lively calendar alternatives.
There will be definite advan
tages to pupils if the school
year can be scheduled so that
the move into the new schools
can be made prior to the open
ing date. With no snow days,
the post Labor Day opening can
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result in a June 5th ciosmi
date with two holidays a
Thanksgiving, six during th
Christmas ? New Year Season
and two at' Easter.
Contractors are making ev
ery possible effort to have th
Rosman Elementary and Bre
vard Middle Schools ready fo
occupancy by late August. 1
is highly improbable that Bre
vard Elementary School can b
completed before the openini
date for schools.
BT
Lou temperatures in Brevard
during the past week averaged
considerably higher than the
week before, with the average
low reading of 62 degrees,
rather than 51 for the week be
fore. There was considerable
rainfall also during the period,
with a total of 1.95 inches.
Highest temperature reading
during the past week was 87
degrees on Wednesday and
Monday, while the low was 58
Wednesday morning.
Long range forecast: Partly
cloudy with scattered thunder
showers Thursday becoming
more numerous Friday follow
ed by clearing Saturday. Hot
days and warm nights Thurs
day and Friday, turning cooler
on Saturday. Highs Thursday
and Friday in the upper 80s in
the mountains, Saturday in the
low 80s. Lows in the 60s
throughout the period.
Brevard weather data for the
week as follows:
Date High Low Prec.
July 3 87 58 0.15
July 4 _ 77 62 0.36
July 5 __■__ 80 64 0 46
July 6 —_ 79 62 0.50
July 7 _ 85 62 0.11
July 8 —_ 87 61 0.21
July 9 _ 84 63 0.16
Fire Destroys
■ Home In Dunn's
* Rock Community
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Cofer in the Dunn’s
Rock Community was com
pletely destroyed by fire Mon
day night, leaving the family
with no clothing or other pos
sessions.
The family consists of Mr.
and Mrs. Cofer and three chil
dren, two daughters aged 14
and 16, and a son, aged 12.
Anyone who wishes to donate
clothing or other items to this
l family may do so at either the
t Dandy Lion Shop, 44 East Main
> street, or Kent’s Superette on
Greenville highway.
Sizes of clothing needed are
woman’s 14, man’s 34, girl’s
[ Junior 5 to 7 and Junior 11 or
: 12 regular and boy’s size 11
slim.
r
t For more information, please
- call the Dandy Lion Shop, 883
s 2626 or Kent’s Superette, 885
; 2543. (If no answer at this
number, call 885-2505.)
Superior Court Working Through
Heavy Docket Of Criminal Cases
GASOLINE TRUCK ACCIDENT
—Photo shows gasoline truck acci
dent that occurred on the Fourth of
July morning about 8:15 on N.
Broad Street across the way from
McCrary Chevrolet - Olds. The
Youngblood petroleum carrier truck
swerved to avoid an auto, the driver
lost control and hit the utility pole.
The truck turned over on its side
and spilled several hundred gallons
of gasoline. The Brevard Fire De
partment washed down the highway
and adjacent areas and diluted
Kings Creek for a mile or more to
prevent fire. This picture was tak
en as the truck was being uprighted.
At July Meeting
Mcllwain Given Good Citizen
Award By Board Of Aldermen
James Mcllwain was pre
sented a "Good Citizens
Award" at the regular ses
sion of the Brevard Board of
Aldermen at the July meet
ing. The award was for hav
ing served faithfully on the
City Planning and Zoning
Board for 11 years.
The Board met at 7:30 p.m.
in the Council Room of the Mu
nicipal Building. Mayor Charles
H. Campbell presided. Aider
men present were Cornelius
Hunt, W. M. Melton, Dwight
Moffitt and Charles Russell.
Also present were City Man
ager Bill Slough, City Clerk
Opal C. Hahn, and City Attor
ney John R. Hudson.
The meeting was held
jointly with the full Board of
Commissioners of Transyl
vania County and representa
At Music Center
Varied Concerts On Tap For Weekend
The weekend of July 12th
14th at Brevard Music Center
combines the magnificence of
Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”
with the frivolity of Donizet
ti’s “Daughter of the ^ogiment”
and the unique virtuosity of
duo-pianists Yarbrough and
Cowan.
Robert Shaw, conductor of the
Atlanta Symphony, will guest
conduct the BMC Orchestra and
the Transylvania Chorus in the
soaring passages of Beethoven’s
last, sund possibly most compel
ling symphonic work.
Although each movement of
the four is distinct and great in
itself, the symphony is best
known for its triumphant cli
max when the orchestra is Join
ed by the chorus for the “Ode
to Joy." This music of the ftmr
MT^aW^Adore 1&ee” and
adapted for use
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3:30 p. m. on Sunday the 14th.
“Daughter of the Regiment”
by Donizetti is a comic opera
about a young wopiap who was
adopted as a babjy by a regi
ment of Napoleon's army. The
tale of young lovie set in mili
tary and elegant drawing room
environments gives the com
poser a framework for military
rhythms, pastoral mood music ,
and passionate love exchanges.
Singing the title role of Marie
is Gianna Rolandi, an advanced
Music Center student from the
Curtis Institute. Tpnio, the peas
ant who becomes a soldier so
he can ask for Marie’s hand in
marriage, is sung by Richard
Simmons, a BMC cabin counse
lor from Spartanburg.
Sulpice, a sergeant of the
guards, and Marie’s principal
guardian, is played by Perry
Daniels, a faculty member at
Converse College and BMC.
The Marquise de Berkenfield,
who takes Marie away from her
sung by Sam Welch, BMC stage
manager from Cincinnati.
The opera is produced and
directed by John Richards Mc
Crae.
Curtain time for “Daughter
of the Regiment” is 8:15 p. m.
on Friday the 12th.
At 8:15 p. m. on Saturday,
July 13th, Joan Yarbrough and
Robert Cowan will perform Nor
ton’s “Patricia for Two Pi
anos” on their own Steinways.
These pianos, which have been
carefully matched for tone col
or and pitch, travel with the
duo in a specially constructed
trailer. Having their own es
pecially tuned pianos is an es
sential element in producing
the rich clear sounds they are
noted for. They explained that
it is very rare to find two pi
anos in any concert hall that
are well enough matched to ob
tain the degree of perfection
they demand, so they always
bring their own.
The husband and wife team
are noted for their brilliant in
troductions of contemporary
works for twin pianos and have
tives from Region B, the De
partment of Natural and Eco
nomic Resources, and Water
and Air Resources.
After the opening of the reg
ular Board meeting with a
prayer by the Reverend F. H
Goldsmith and a welcome tc
visiting citizens by the Mayor
many items of business, in ad
dition to Mr. Mcllwain’s award,
were transacted.
—Boundaries were set for
the 201 Facility Study, a pre
liminary planning study of
waste water treatment facili
ties in the Brevard area;
the County Commissioners
agreed that the city would be
the recipient of the 201 Grant.
Mr. Roy Davis, with the of
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Several Cases
Called Many
Are Continued
Many of the 35 cases on the
Transylvania County Crminal
Court Calendar for July MT4,
have been called but few
tried and judgment rendered.
A targe number of cases
have been left open or con
tinued for various reasons: a
few in which the defendants
were called and failed to ap
pear — for whom capiases
have been issued; several due
to the illness of Attorney
Potts, the defense attorney;
and quite a few for various
other legal reasons.
The Presiding Judge is
Frank W. Snepp.
Cases tried and judgment
rendered were:
—Strowder R. G. Owens,
charged with Assault With a
Deadly Weapon Inflicting
Serious Bodily Injury: pled
guilty to the AWDW charge
and received a two-year sus
pended sentence for two
years, was placed on proba
tion, and was required to
make restitution in the
amount of $500 plus court
costs.
—Edith Riddle, charged
with felonious breaking and
entering with intent to com
mit larceny: pled guilty,
counts were consolidated for
judgment; received a sus
pended sentence of three
years and probation.
—David C. Brown, charged
with felonious breaking and
entering with intent to com
mit larceny: case was dis
missed at the close of state's
evidence.
—Jake McCall, charged
with Possession for Sale: case
remanded to District Court.
—Tommy G. Clayton,
charged with Driving Under
the Influence and With Li
cense Suspended or Revoked:
pled guilty; given six-month
sentence which was suspend
ed for one vear, probation,
and fined $400 and court
costs.
On trial as this paper went
to press was Joseph Deas.
He was charged with 1st de
gree burglary, but the charge
had been reduced to 2nd de
gree.
One petition of a prisoner
requesting credit for time
served under a new state de
cision, was approved and
signed by Judge Snepp while
another requesting credit and
work release is still open.
At TuesdayV Meeting
Technical Institute Report Heard
By Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Directors of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce heard a
lengthy report concerning the
feasibility study of a technical
institute for Transylvania coun
ty at their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday night in the li
brary.
The report, presented by Tom
Bingham, chairman of a com
mittee appointed by the Board
of Education to check into the
advisability of such a institute
for the county, did not propose
or reject the idea of a technical
institute here.. It merely point
ed out the pros and cons, facts
and figures that the Feasibility
Study Committee had come up
with.
After the report was present
ed, a discussion was held con
cerning the Chamber’s role in
the matter. No formal motions
were made, hence no action
was taken either in support of
or in opposition to a technical
institute here at this time.
In other business, the Cham
ber’s Festival of the Arts com
mittee reported that plans for
the upcoming Festival were
shaping up nicely.
Bill-Nerris, vice-chairman of
the Festival steering commit
tee, reported that a real im
portant meeting concerning all
organisations participating in
the Festival will be held this
Thursday evening at 7:30 pm.
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