$3.9 Million Loan
Sought At Connestee
—Continued From Page One
Our Board of Commissioners
have called in state officials
on several occasions to in
vestigate various elements of
the construction.
“This issue, though, should
be separate from past actions
on anyone’s part, and we
should try to judge this as to
what is in the best interest of
the present and potential
residents of Transylvania
County.
At present there are 26 full
time residents at Connestee,
Mr. Ives said. “I don’t want
these to make the decision for
all of the property owners. I
want all of the property
owners contacted in regard to
this loan.’’
If 51 per cent of the property
owners do approve accepting
the loan and buy the utilities
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
TRANSYLVANIA
EXECUTRIX
Having qualified as the
Executrix of the estate of John
W. Misenheimer, deceased,
late of the county of Tran
sylvania, North Carolina, this
is to give notice that all per
sons having claims against the
estate of the deceased to
present them to the un
dersigned executrix at 107
Minor Street, Brevard, N.C.
on or before the 18th day of
May, 1975 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted
to the said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This the 18th day of
November, 1974.
Lois O. Misenheimer
Executrix
Estate of John W.
Misenheimer deceased.,
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then they 11 have their own
corporation set up to operate
them, the commissioner
"’'airman indicated.
Saying that a number of
persons had told him the
development corporation
should be made to keep and
operate the utilities, the
commissioner said:
“Let’s face reality. In this
country no one can be made to
operate a business at a loss.
The N. C. Public Utilities
Commission has the legal
requirement to allow rates
that would permit profitable
operation of the utility. This
would mean funds to cover
principal on investment;
interest on investment,
property taxes, operating
expenses, and a reasonable
profit.
Mr. Ives told The Times that
the corporation is paying
more than 10 per cent on its
investment principal. The five
per cent would be a big
reduction.
As the matter now stands,
he said, the loan is a long way
off.
“My action brought the
matter out into the open. Now
the property owners will be
informed, and if 51 per cent of
them want a property owners’
corporation formed to obtain
this loan and buy the utilities,
it will be done. If they don’t
want it, there’ll be no loan.’’
St. Phillip's
To Present
Cantata
St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church choir will present
Benjamin Dunford’s “The
Unspeakable Gift,” a
Christmas cantata, Sunday,
Dec. 8, at 11 a.m. Excerpts
will be presented at the 9:30
family service.
The choir will be ac
after you see
your doctor.
bring your
prescription to
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WNC Wins
Top Award
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counsel and assistance for
participating communities.
“Business firms and civic
organizations contribute cash
prizes for competitions. Local
government agencies provide
support services such as
special litter pickups and free
litter bags. Law enforcement
agencies, service and civic
organizations and the media
cooperate. A!*o each year,
several thousand people,
young and old, take part in
cleanup, planting and
recycling efforts.”
Twelve years ago a WNC
Community Beautification
Contest was started as a part
of the overall community
improvement program.
Purpose was to stimulate
greater interest in making the
communities more attractive,
along with being better places
to live as a result of the new
community centers,
playgrounds and fire houses
being built through com
munity effort.
A special recycling and
environmental improvement
award of $500 was introduced
this year as part of the long
established community
beautification competition.
This is being provided by the
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
of Asheville to the community
which collects the most paper
and glass for recycling and
disposed of the most cans.
According to McGough,
“The community develop
ment clubs in Western North
Carolina have been doing an
outstanding job for many
years. They not only strive for
better areas in which to live
but also better looking areas.
This further national
recognition should again focus
attention on the great value of
this entire program to the
western counties.”
companied by a brass and
percussion ensemble from
Brevard High School. Carle
Wilson is director and Mrs.
Janie Millner is organist.
SPRING FLOWERS
Most of the shrubs that
bloom in the spring and
lose their leaves in winter
will grow well if planted
during the winter. Among
these are the honeysuc
kles, early-flowered Jas
minum, the Spiraeas, For
s y t h i a, Philadelphus,
Flowering Quince, Deut
zias and Scotch Broom.
NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR TWICE
WEEKLY DELIVERY
Rates in county: $12 Year; $8 Six Months
Outside county: $15 a year; $9 Six Months
These Rates Are Effective Today
All New Subscriptions and Renewals
Received Through Wednesday, Nov. 13, will
Be honored for the complete term.
Street Sale Price Will Remain
at 15 cents a copy.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
Transylvania’s Prize - Winning Newspaper
BREVARD, N. C.
Duke Power Asks
New Rate Boost
From Page One
Aa an indication of the cost
spiral, Horn cited the in
creased costs of commonly
used utility items. “A 40 foot
pole which cost $48 dollars last
year will cost $94 in 1975, bare
alumnium wire has risen from
27 cents a pound to 55 cents a
pound in the die same period
of time, and a medium-sized
power transformer will cost
$125,000 compared to $96,000.”
Horn said the company has
implemented a severe
austerity program designed to
reduce operating costs
without hampering adequate
customer service.
“Within the past year we
have all but eliminated ad
vertising, we have closed our
Lake Hickory Training
Center, and we have reduced
the employee work force
through layoffs and attrition.”
“In addition”, he said, “we
have reduced our construction
program for 1974-75 by $150
million and have projected a
$1.3 billion reduction between
1976 and 1979. But, we are
seeing those reductions offset
by skyrocketing prices.”
The Duke rate application
pointed out that “any further
significant curtailment of
construction could impair the
quality and reliability of...
service in the immediate
future.”
Tax Worries
Plague N. C.
Commissions
—Continued From Page One
monies to be channeled in this
area.
Nearly every county will be
facing a financial crunch in
the next year as inflation has
greatly increased costs of
local government.
The counties will be asking
the Legislature for more help,
particularly in those areas
that services are mandated by
the state. For instance, the
State requires a county to
maintain a jail and the
prisoners are persons who
have broken State, not local,
laws but the cost of over
$40,000 is borne three-fourths
by the County; Mr. Ives said.
As of July, 1974, counties
were required to operate a
sanitary landfill and garbage
control system; but, again,
this is casting Transylvania
County over $100,000 this year.
Social Services is another
area in which local govern
ment is required to put up a
substantial match and yet is
given almost no flexibility in
determining expenditures.
These regulations are set by
the Federal and State
bureaucracies.
More and more local
salaries are set by state
regulation but paid out of local
money.
Most of the county com
missioners are expected to
ask the Sate to provide the
money for those programs
that it requires.
Chairman Ives said he feels
that most other county leaders
are weary of being asked to
fund more and more
programs with less and less
local input as to need or
direction.
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A great place for a mobile home Just east of town, 2% acres priced at
$3,000.
N ew listing, south of town and borders the state line. Thirteen
seclusion with unlimited opportunities, $24,200.
D ecision will come easy for you, if you have been
homesite with a view. Almost four acres, excellent terms
to sell at $5,010.
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In spite of the rate increase*
since 1970, Horn said the
firm’s rates compare
favorably with those of other
companies throughout the
country. “A recent bill survey
shows that our rates are in the
lower third of the 30
southeastern utilities”, he
said.
TTie company said in early
December it will amend a
pending rate increase ap
plication in South Carolina to
request the same rates it is
now asking in North Carolina.
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
TRANSYLVANIA
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
BY
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a
certain Deed of Trust
executed by Clarence Edwin
Bowen and wife, Beverly M.
Bowen, to Charles B.
Trammel, Jr., dated the 21st
day of February, 1973, and
recorded in Book 93, at page
38, in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Transylvania
County, North Carolina; and
under and by virtue of the
authority vested in the un
dersigned as substitute
trustee by an instrument of
writing dated the 12th day of
November, 1974, recorded in
Book 209, at page 798, in the
office of the Register of Deeds
of Transylvania County, North
Carolina, default having been
made iq the payment of the
indebtedness thereby secured
and the said deed of trust
being by the terms thereof
subject to foreclosure, and the
holder of the indebtedness
thereby secured having
demanded a foreclosure
thereof for the purpose of
satisfying said indebtedness,
the undersigned Substitute
trustee will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest
bidder for cash at the cour
thouse door in Transylvania
County, Brevard, North
Carolina, at twelve o’clock
noon on the 16th day of
December, 1974, the land
conveyed in said deed of trust,
the same lying and being in
Dunns Rock Township,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina and more par
ticularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in
the center of Sklyland Drive,
which point is witnessed by an
iron pin on the northwest
margin of said road, standing
North 41 degrees West 20.52
feet from the beginning
corner ; and runs thence North
41 degrees West, passing the
aforesaid iron pin at 20.52 feet,
78.92 feet to an iron pin;
thence North 56 degrees West
122 feet to an iron pin, thence
South 41 degrees 30 feet West
209.46 feet to an iron pin at a
spring which is the head of the
Blythe Spring Branch,
William N. Norman’s corner;
thence with his line, South 33
degrees 36 feet East 161.8 feet
to a point in the center line of
said Sky land Drive; thence
with the center of said drive,
three calls as follows: North
73 degrees 30 feet East 125.52
feet, North 44 degrees 45 feet
East 66 feet and North 27
degrees East 86.32 feet to the
point of BEGINNING. Con
taining 1.94 acres, more or
less.
This sale shall be made
subject to any outstanding
Transylvania County property
taxes.
It being understood and
agreed that no trailers shall be
parked upon said property.
There is also conveyed a
road right-of-way . over the
aforesaid Skyland Drive to the
Williamson Creek Road (S. R.
1541).
This the 13th day of
November, 1974.
The highest bidder shall
immediately make a cash
deposit of ten per cent (10 per
cent) of the amount of the bid
up to and including $1000.00,
plus five per cent (5 per cent)
of any excess over $1000.00.
CHERYL L. HINKLE, a
senior at Brevard High School
has been notified that she will
be featured in the 1974 edition
of Who’s Who Among
American High School
Students. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George D.
Hinkle of Brevard, and has
been active in the National
Honor Society, F.B.L.A.,
Spanish Club and has been
awarded a National Merit
commendation. She is plan
ning to attend N.C. State
University where she will
study marine biology.
ABC Raids
—Continued From Page One
needed a hand.
“It was just a general offer
of aid. He mentioned no
specific case at all,” Mr.
Hubbard said.
Mayor Charles Campbell
allowed the raiding officers
space in the City Hall for
storage of the confiscated
alcoholic beverages, and the
small gaming devices.
The haul, including the slot
machines which were taken to
Asheville, Agent Simmons
said, totaled: 16 gallons of tax
paid whisky, 55 cases of beer,
10 slot machines, and 68 tip
boards.
HOUSE PLANTS
Growers of house
plants, here’s something
to keep in mind this win
ter: Plants can easily be
light-starved during the
short-day period of the
year. Help the plants
make the best use of light
they get by keeping the
leaves clean.
First Union Announces
Boost In Insurance
n»,y in . simmona, cuy
executive of First Union
National Bank has announced
that the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation has in
creased the insurance
coverage on all depositors’
accounts at member banks,
including First Union.
Effective immediately,
accounts for each depositor
will automatically be insured
up to $40,000 instead of the
previous $20,000 limit.
Simmons also explained
that those depositors with
more than $40,000 in the bank
may receive additional
coverage in several ways. For
instance, in a family of four
with husband, wife and two
children:
Longer-1 erm
Auto Loans
Announced
First Union National Bank
has begun a new program
aimed at helping North
Carolina consumers deal with
the increased price of
automobiles, according to Ray
N. Simmons, city executive
for the bank in Brevard.
Effective immediately, the
bank will extend the terms for
new car loans from the
traditional 36 months to 42 or
*48 months;
Simmons said, “We have
instituted these new financing
options to help the consumer
deal with today’s economic
environment. This program
allows consumers to keep
monthly payments to a
realistic amount while ad
justing to the increases in the
price of cars this year.
Some price increases are
making monthly payments
prohibitive for many people if
they must make repayment
over the normal 36 month
period.”
First Union will still offer
the traditional 36-month
financing for new
automobiles, he said.
When you think of
prescriptions, think of
VARNER’S, adv
Husband s lixuvrauai account
- $40,000
Wife’s individual account—
$40,000
Their joint account— $40,000
First child’s individual ac
count - $40,000
Second Child’s individual
account— $40,000
Joint children’s account— -
$40,000
Husband and first child joint
account — $40,000
Wife and second child joint'
account — $40,000
The coverage possible — •
$320,000. '
Plans incorporating trust
accounts or involving grand-'
parents and their grand-'
children may provide still i
additional coverage.
Simmons remarked, “We at1
First Union are pleased to!'
offer our customers this in->
creased insurance coverage
for their deposits. If any i
person would like more
specific information about
FDIC insurance, please'
contact any First Union office •
or other FDIC-member^
bank.” 3
The Federal Deposit In- >
surance Corporation is an
independent U. S. government
agency created in 1933, which
receives premiums paid by.
member banks. ,
ARNOLD
Insurance
Agency
39 W. Jordan St.
Brevard, N. C.
DID YOU KNOW?
Of all the teenagers in the world, the Americans (23 million of them)
are the most powerful. Reason: they have a fantastic purchasing
power of $15 billion per year on their own and a direct influence in
spending an additional $35 billion of family funds.
1—Teenage boys—only 12 per cent of the male population,
buy more than 40 per cent of all male sportswear.
2—Teenage girls—11 per cent of the female population, buy
20 per cent of all women’s apparel.
3—Teenage girls account for 30 per cent of all cosmetic
purchases, 25 per cent of all greeting cards, 50 per cent of all
record albums.
4—About 13 million teenagers play at least one musical in
strument, 16 million own at least one camera, 19 million read one
to five books (not textbooks) a month.
5—Teenagers own l million TV sets, 100 million record
players, 20 million radios, and one of every ten automobiles.
Who spends the rest — the adults — of course.
If you want to reach the Teenagers in Transylvania
ening during WPNF’s Record Party. That’s from
’clock each night over