TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Meric Festival
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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1970 Census
10,317. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 5,243.
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BREVARD, N. C.f THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974
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SCHOOLS ARE OPEN here in
Transylvania, as both the school bus
and “Welcome” banner pictured
above indicate. A record number of
4,650 students is presently enrolled
in Transylvania’s nine public
schools, while one of the largest en
rollments in recent years also took
place at Brevard College. With all
of this activity, a fair warning would
be to drive with extreme caution
now that the youngsters are congre
gated and the busses are rolling
again. (Times Staff Photo)
Officials Pleased
College And County Schools
Open With Increased Enrollments
Brevard College began the
1974-75' academic year on Sun
day with the arrival of fresh
man. students to begin orienta
tion. The class is one of the
largest in recent years and rep
rints an increase in enroll
ment for second consecutive
year.
A large group of sophomores
returned on Tuesday with
registration scheduled for all
students on Wednesday at 8:00
a.m.
Brevard President, Dr. Rob
ert A. Davis, commenting on
the new academic year stated,
“We are very happy wdth the
substantial increase in enroll
ment in both the freshman and
sophomore classes. In addition
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Plans To
Close Dump
Are Progressing
Plans to close the Davidson
River Dump are progressing
favorably, according to officials
of the County.
Fill and cover dirt are being
hauled and spread so that this
site will be left in suitble con
dition once the County is pre
pared to move to the new land
fill site.
County officials have com
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A record 4,650 students are
now enrolled in Transylvania
County’s nine public schools.
This represents an increase of
131 students or 3% more than
the 4,519 enrolled at the end of
the first month of school last
year.
School Superintendent Harry
C. Corbin said that last
week’s opening was one of the
best ever even though three
schools: Rosman Elementary,
Brevard Middle, and Brevard
Elementary did not know un
til recently that they would
not occupy new buildings. Mr.
Cobin congratulated the staff
for the many hours of work
and planning that lead to the
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Voters To Decide
County Commissioners Vote
To Build New Jail Here
Transylvania’s Board of
Commissioners voted at their
meeting on Tuesday evening
to build an entirely new Jail
facility. Jail Coiumisson
Chairman Bob Robinson de
livered to the Commissioners
a very complete report deal
ing with every possible op
tion, but it was the conclusion
of the Jail Commission and
the Commissioners concurred
that a new jail would be the
best solution to the problem.
Program Highlights
Car Races, Blue Devil Football
To Be Heard This Week On WPNF
The coming weekend will be
loaded with sporting events on
WPNF, with both NASCAR auto
racing and high school football
being featured.
Brevard’s Blue Devil football
ers open their home season Fri
day night with their game
day night with their
against T. C. Roberson. WPNF
will originate its broadcast di
rect from the school field at
7:30 p.m., with Bill Norris pro
viding a thrilling description of
the game. Another sponsor of.
the high school football games
will be Pat’s Shoe Mart of Bre
vard. Pat’s will Join with the
other local sponsors to bring
our listeners all of the action
of Brevard High’s football
games .. ?
of the Southern 500 race from
Darlington International Race
way at Darlington, S. C. will
take place Monday, Labor Day.
Local listeners are invited to
stay tuned to their local sta
tion for complete and compre
hensive coverage of this race
with most of the biggest names
in stock car racing on hand for
this anniversary race.
Sponsors of the Transylvania
County area who make the
broadcast of the race over
WPNF possible include: Bre
Goodwill
Amoco Ser
vice,; Citizens Telephone Corn
's Restaurant,
will be announced
Following this discussion,
Chairman Bill Ives announced
that he and his fellow Commis
sioners John Folger and Clin
ton Owen would make them
selves available to discuss at
public meetings the need for a
new jail and what it would
mean to Transylvania County.
The proposed new jail
would be built with the pro
ceeds from a half million dol
lar bond issue to be offered
to voters at the November
election. The jail would be
built on Probart Street di
agonally across from the
present jail.
Dennie Martin, Planning Di
rector of Land Of Sky Regional
Council, appeared before the
Commissioners to present a
proposal to establish a county
wide system of transportation
in Transylvania County. Both
the Federal and State Govern
ments have shown a keen inter
est recently in developing alter
natives to the passenger car.
Transylvania County, with
a larger proportion of elderly
residents than exists nation
wide, exemplifies this prob
lem since many of these peo
ple are no longer able to
properly handle an automo
bile. The Commissioners de
layed action until September
3rd. Neither Commissioner
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TROUT FESTIVAL SPEAKER Rufus Edmisten,
pictured above, spoke briefly to the assembled
group of fish eaters and political observers here at
Brevard Music Center last Saturday. The Demo
cratic candidate for Attorney General of North
Carolina was one of several political figures to
appear here for the second annual Trout Festival,
sponsored by the Young Democrats of Transyl
vania county. (Times Staff Photo)
Plans Announced To Build Access Road
Linking Transylvania To Interstate 26
Connector
Would Be
15 Miles Long
Planning is going to start
immediately for an access
road in Transylvania County
to Interstate 26, according to
an announcement made by
Secretary of Transportation
Troy Doby and State Senator
Charles Taylor of Brevard
who also serves as Secondary
Roads Councilman for the
Hth Highway District.
Preliminary thinking is that
the road would parallel U. S'.
280 from its intersection at U.S.
276 and U.S. 64 at Pisgah For
est and proceed along the route
of U.S. 280 to its junction with
N. C. State 191. At that point,
it would leave the existing high
way and go directly across open
land to Interstate 26.
The total length of the pro
posed connector would be ap
proximately 15 miles.
Transylvania County is one
of the few counties in the
State which has no easy ac
cess route. This lack of easy
access also limits the public
transportation available to
the citizens of the county, ac
cording to Senator Taylor.
He said the Transylvania
County Board of Commissioners
have assured him that they will
work with the county’s planning
authority in preparing for the
connector construction.
“It’s important for both
Henderson and Transylvania
counties to have plans for the
highway immediately so that
they can help decrease the
enormous cost of this connec
tor by restricting substantial
growth inside the right-of
way areas that will be need
ed,” the senator said.
“It’s a novel approach to
some extent in preparing for a
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PAST PRESIDENTS of the Little River Com
munity Club that \yere in attendance during the
community tour at Little River last Thursday are
pictured above. This outstanding group has pro
vided the leadership that has placed Little River
at the top in receiving community development
awards in Western North Carolina. They are front
row, left to right: Mrs. Joe Plemmons, Mrs. Morris
Hawkins, Ray Israel, Ralph McCall. 2nd row, Don
ald Merrill (current president), Ed Mackey, Mor
ris Hawkins, Gary Murdock and Merrimon Shu
ford, Otis Merrill, who was not present when the
picture was taken, also served as president.
temperatures aver
aged 84 and 61 for high and low
each day during the past week.
The week’s highest reading was
88 both Monday and Tuesday.
The low temperature was 57 on
Friday morning. Little rainfall
occurred during the week.
Extended outlook for North
Carolina Thursday through Sat
urday: scattered showers and
thundershowers Thursday and
mainly East portion Friday and
Saturday. Highs in the 80s.
Lows ranging from around 60
in the mountains to near 70 on
the coast.
Brevard Weather data as fol
lows:
Date High Low Prec.
Aug. 21 _ 81 62 0.00
Aug. 22_ 83 58 0.22
Aug. 23_ 81 57 0.26
Aug. 24_ 80 62 0.00
Aug. 25_ 84 64 0.00
Aug. 26 —_ 88 62 0.00
Aug. 27_ 88 64 0.04
Last Thursday
WNC Rural And Civic Leaders
Tour Little River Community
Little River Community in
Transylvania County was the
scene«of a tour last Thursday
afternoon by approximately 150
rural and civic leaders from
the Western North Carolina
counties. The occasion was the
annual WNC Community De
velopment Program tour.
Little River organized a com
munity development club in
1951 and entered competition in
the rural improvement contest
the next year. In their 23 years
of continuous participation, they
have been an area winner five
times — the record for any
community.
The Little River Community
is located 6 miles from Bre
vard. A total of 265 families live
in the area, compared to 151
when they started back in 1951.
The major project of the
community in the past two
years has been to build a com
munity center, which is now
nearing completion. They set up
a sawmill on club property and
sawed their own lumber., The
new center replaces an old
frame school they have used
for many years.
Among other projects the club
has carried out include: fire
protection, increased Income,
improved homes, churches and
schools in the community, ex
panded recreation program, as
sisted other communities with
their projects, just to name a
few.
Little Theatre Extends Cover
Design Contest Through Sept. 4
Tia Landon, president of Bre
vrd Little Theatre, announced
today that the contest for the
selection of B. L. T.’s 25th anni
versary cover design has been
extended until Wednesday, Sep
tember 4th, in order to allow
greater participation, especially
among art and design students
who are returning to school.
Each entry submitted must
measure 6 x 9t4 inches and
must be on white paper, using
black ink or black marking
pen. The design must include
the words, “Brevard Little
Theatre, 25th Season,” or “Bre
vard Little Theatre, Silver Anni
versary Season.” Contestants
should keep in mind that the
actual program cover will be
done on silver with black letter
ing.
Entries should be submitted
to Austin Art Shop by 5:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, September 4th.
Name, address and telephone
number should be given on the
back of each entry.
The winner of the contest will
be announced at the Kick-Off
Covered Dish Supper, Friday,
September 6th at Union Hall on
Morris Road, where all of the
entries will be on display.
In addition to the program at
the community center, the
Little River visitors were taken
on a tour of the commnunity to
see some of the homes, the
farms and local business enter
prises. A supper involving the
visitors and the residents was
held at the Little River Baptist
Church to close out the event.
Purpose of the annual tour
was to give area leaders an op
portunity to see the results of
the Western North Carolina
Community Development Pro
gram.
This program, now in its 26th
year, is one of the nation’s pio
neer rural development pro
grams. It covers the 18 western
counties and is sponsored by
the WNC Development Associ
ation in cooperation with the
Agricultural Extension Service
and local sponsors in each
county. Nine communities are
participating from Transyl
vania County this year.
Donald Merrill is current
president of the Little River
Community Club.
I Dear Friends of tfhis Community:
We wish to express to one and all our heart
I felt thanks to you for the many kindnesses that
I were shown to us during the illness and death
1 of our beloved husband and father, John I.
} Anderson. In cleaning out his desk we came
\ across a poem that to us typifies his code of
f life and if you will bear with us, we would like
I to share it with you.
TRUE SPIRIT
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light; and
Where there is sadness, joy.
Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be
Consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love;
For it is in the giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are borne to
eternal life.
—St. Francis
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