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TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Mu"C Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA 1 A State And National Prize- Winning Home Town Newt ★ Voi. 87—No. 33 4 'ssfnTs* m ★36 pages today ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1974 TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Music Center. Population, 1970 Census 19.317. Brevard Community 8,500. Brevard proper 5,243. PUBLISHED WEEKLY , ACTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT — No, the Police cars didn’t collide. They’re shown in front of the Tran sylvania Times while the officers compare notes on the many activities of their patrol duties. Shown left to right are, Patrolman Dillard Revis, Brevard Chief of Police, J. C. Rowe, and Patrolman Bill Lowery. The patrol cars are two of the new ve hicles recently acquired by the Po lice Department. (Times Staff Photo) For November Election. Transylvania Board Of Elections Announces Timetable Of Dates The Transylvania County Board of Elections has an nounced the following time table of dates for the Novem •wr General J^ction^ ^^ SEPTEMBER 6th — Earliest date on which Civilian Absentee voters can apply for an absen tee ballot. OCTOBER 7th — Registration deadline for voting in Novem ber 5th general election. Regis tration books close on this date in all counties. All counties must keep offices open on this date and closing time Ts the same as the hour of closing for other county offices. OCTOBER 30th — At 6:00 p.m., is the deadline for Ci vilian Absentee voters to apply for absentee ballots. NOVEMBER 4th — Deadline by which- Civilian Absentee Bal lots must be returned in order to be counted — by 6:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 5th — ELEC TION DAY! Corbin Announces Transylvania Schools To Open, Over 4400 Students Expected Transylvania County’s nine schools will open their doors for the 1974-75 school year next Wednesday morning, August 21st, at 8:30 a.m. School Superintendent Harry C. Corbin said that over 4400 students are expected to at tend classes in kindergarten thru the 12th grade. The stu dents will be served by over 230 professional staff mem bers (teachers, principals, and supervisors) and about 150 supporting personnel (sec retaries. aides, janitors, transportation maintenance and food service workers). Mr Corbin stated this is ex pected to be one of the best years in the history of Transyl vania County Education. In the facilities area alone three new school buildings are scheduled to be opened and two new con struction projects, a new Ros man Middle-High School and vocational building at Brevard High will be begun. New pro fessional staff members appear to be the best qualified in Interview Phyllis Diller At Music Center, Charms SRO Crowd She was very small, not more than 5 foot 3. And quiet, her raucous voice was muted to a pleasant pitch. For a moment it really didn’t seem like Phyllis Diller had walked into the room. But when she settled into a corner of the sofa and started fielding questions the well known laugh and zany com ments flowed. Miss Diller was at Brevard Music Center as a concert pi anist as well as a comedienne. Why the piano? “it’s getting back to what I started out to do.” Speaking of her concert performnces she said, “That’s why I’m en joying it so much, it’s like a dream come true — a child hood dream.” Although she never consider •areer, “I didn’t t planned me,” comedy —Turn To Pago Six ■ years, adding to an already out standing faculty. The school calender pro vides a ten day Christmas break and short vacations at Thanksgiving and Easter. A two day pupil holiday is planned at the end of each quarter. It will also be pos sible to close school for two days when the school build ings under construction are completed to provide a smooth move. The close of school is set for May 30, 1975. Mr. Corbin cau tioned that if schools are closed due to severe weather condi tions this winter the calendar may have to be changed. (See stories elsewhere in this issue on Temporary Grade Assignments and New School Openings Delayed.) Music Center Sets Matinee This Saturday The Brevard Music Center wind ensemble, concert band and Transylvania Youth Or chestra will perform a mati nee concert 1:30 p.m. Satur day, August 17th in Straus Auditorium on the music cen ter grounds. The performers all are stu lents at the center; the concert s being given in honor of their •rents. t *v"' The Transylvania Youth Orchestra, conducted by Mario Mancinelli, will play —Tun To Page Six | Brevard Police Department Arrests Up 50 Per Cent, Other Activities On Increase Traffic Offenses Show Big Jump Activities of the Brevard Police Department have in creased in arrests, man hours worked, car mileages and several other areas during the last fiscal year, according to the last fiscal year sum mary prepared by Police Chief J. C. Rowe. «*, The preceeding fiscal year showed an increase over the year preceeding it, thus con tinuing a steadily increasing trend in Police Department ac tivities. me new summary, cover ing the period from July 1, 1973, through June 30, 1974, shows a 50 per cent increase in arrests over the same period a year ago — a much greater increase than the 15 per cent increase of FY 72-73 over FY 71-72. Total arrests for 1973-74 were 1,082 com pared with 721 for 1972-73. Continuing the significant in crease of Fiscal Year 1972-73 over the preceeding year, this year’s Car Mileage showed a figure of about 15 per cent more—121,216 miles compared to 104,708; and a total man hours worked figure of about 11 per cent more—42,462 over 38,093. Automobile accidents in Brevard increased from 237 to 268 and injuries in auto ac cidents from 29 to 38. Fatali ties in auto accidents drop ped from one in 1972-73 to mne this last fiscal year, but property damage in auto ac cidents went up some $2,000 —from $79,059 to $81,328. The following figures break down the Police Department activities in general areas. The first figure listed, in each case, is the FY 1972-73 total and the second is the number for the last fiscal year, 1973-74. Arrests: Traffic, 372-668; Other than Traffic, 349-414. Of the traffic arrests: First Offenses, 271-364; Repeaters, 450-718. It is seen from these figures that most of the large increase in arrests was in traffic and the larger part of —Turn To Page Seven FOOTBALL SEASON is just around the corner, and Brevard High Head Coach Carroll Wright seems to symbolize the way most all coaches feel at this early stage as he gazes anxiously toward a group of his Blue Devils during a recent practice session. Coach Wright’s Blue Devils will find out quickly just how good they might be this season when they open their 1974 campaign here against tough T.C. Roberson on Friday night, August 30th. (Times Staff Photo) Season Tickets On Sale Blue Devils Are In Grid Camp Preparing For Season Opener Football season, 1974 version, is almost here, and Brevard High head coach Carroll Wright and his staff are working hard to get the Blue Devils ready for their home opener against T.C. Roberson on Friday, Au gust 30th at Brevard High stadium. The Blue Devils are current ly in camp this week at Bre vard High, and Coach Wright noted that the squad is making rapid progress as the opener approaches. “Even though the rain has held us up in some depart ments, we’re still pretty much ,/v TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS PUPIL CALENDAR 1974-75 August 21, 1974 August 22, 1974 (a) May 30, 1975 Pupil Assignment Day Beginning of 180-Day Term | End of 180-Day Term WORK DAYS - HOLIDAYS September 2, 1974 October 4, 1974 (b) Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, 1974 Nov. 28, 29, 1974 Dec. 23, 1974 - Jan. 1, 1975 (C) Jan. 20, 21, 1975 (c) March 26, 27, 1975 March 28, 31, 1975 June 2, 3, 4, 1975 Labor Day Professional Meeting Pupil Holiday Teacher Work Days 1st Quarter Break Thanksgiving Christmas Teacher Work Davs 1st Semester Break Teacher Work Davs 3rd Quarter Break Easter Teacher Work Days End of Term (a) The 180-day term will extend beyond June 2, 1975, if schools are closed for inclement weather. (b) Tentative plans include moving into the new Brevard Elementary and Brevard Middle Schools at the end of the 1st Quarter. Two days for moving into the new Bosnian Ele mentary School will likely be scheduled earlier in the school term. (c) These dates may be rescheduled if school days are lost due to weather conditions. ■ * » tlllltllltltlllllltlllM on schedule, and I feel that this week in camp will reaHy help us,” Coach Wright stated. He also announced that the squad was looking forward to the scrimmage game with Goose Creek High of Charles ton, S. C., which will be held next Thursday night, August 22nd, at Brevard High stadium. The scrimmage with Goose Creek had originally been scheduled for Friday night, and he felt that he, his staff, and many local football fans might want to attend these openers, so the scrimmage was moved back to Thursday. The scrimmage will be closed to all but members of the Blue Devil Club and parents of play ers, but Club memberships will be available at the scrimmage for those who have not yet joined. Reserved season tickets for Brevard’s five home games with Roberson, West Hender son, Pisgah, Erwin and Enka are currently on sale at the Brevard High School office for $12.50 per book. All persons who have had re served seats in past years and wish to keep those same seats will have until Friday, August 23rd to come by the office and pick up their tickets. After that date, those tickets not claimed will go on sale to the general public. Look Inside... Society, pages 14 and 15, sec tion two Editorial, page 2, section three Sports, page 17, section two Dzierzynski Feature, page one, section two Editor’s Corner, page seven, section one Almar Farm, page 8, section three More than three inches of rainfall was recorded at Bre vard during the past week. It rained at least once each day except for Tuesday. Average temperatures for the week were 78 and 65, about average for this time of year. Highest temperature reading was 84 degrees on Friday and again on Tuesday. Lowest read ing was 61 on Wednesday morning. Extended forecast for North Carolina for Thursday through Saturday — Partly sunny with scattered showers each day, mostly afternoons and evenings. Highs in the 80s. overnight lows in the 60s. Brevard weather data for the week was as follows: Date High Low Prec. Aug. 7 . 74 61 0.02 Aug. 8 - 76 64 1.11 Aug. 9 . 84 65 0.06 Aug. 10 75 67 1.06 Aug. 11 _ 76 65 0i88 Aug. 12_ 79 66 6.15 Aug. 13 84 65 0.00 Later This Month Chamber Of Commerce To Re-Locate Office To Old City Hall Building The office of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce will be re-located later this month, ac cording to an announcement made by Chamber President Charlie Russell at the regular meeting of the Chamber Tues day night. The Chamber office has been located in the Transylvania County Library building for many years, but that entire fa cility will soon be moving into new quarters in the old post of fice building on South Broad Street. The new location of the Cham ber office will be in the old City Hall building where the Town offices used to be located be fore construction of the new -Turn To Page Six Program Highlights WPNF Will Broadcast Series Of Blue Devil Tarheel Gaines Plans are moving forward rapidly for the 1974 series of broadcasts of Brevard Blue Devil and U. of North Caro lina Tarheel football broad casts. Details will be announced next week in this newspaper. “The Wonderful World of Food" with Betsy Palmer will return to WPNF within the next few weeks on a regu lar morning schedule. Exact time will be announced. Morning Devotions, heard on WPNF Radio weekday morn ings at 9:45 a.m. is featuring this week the Rev. Broaddus Moody, Pastor of CherryfieM Baptist Church. Sunday morning worship services are being broadcast through remote facilities of WPNF from the First United Methodist Church.
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