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Land of Waterfalls,
Summer Camps, Verdant
Forests, Brevard College,
Brevard Music Center.
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$120,000
Pledged
To Unit
Commission Chairman Bill
Ives and Social Services
Director Don Morrison spent
all day Thursday in Raleigh
trooping from state to federal
offices trying to nail down
additional funding for the
Human Resources Building,
which will be let on bids
Thursday of this week.
They were able to secure
pledges which will bring in
approximately $120,000.
Additional funds are expected
from some of the smaller
agencies. Only the State
Health Department was able
to give the county an outright
grant of $20,000.
The other agencies will give
their aid in the form of rent
like payments; but, this will
be just as helpful over the long
run in reducing the cost ot the
Transylvania County tax
payer, Mr. Ives said.
Both men were pleasantly
surpised with the warm
reception they received in all
of the offices. Secretary of
Human Resources David
Flaherty is very enthusiastic
about this proposal as
Transylvania County will be
the first to consolidate all of
these agencies involved in
human services under one
roof.
Interest in this concept has
been growing rapidly and
many other counties are
hoping to follow Tran
sylvania’s example, Mr. Ives
said.
T.’tifj North Carolina
Association of County Com
missioners, at their recent
Legislative Goals Conference,'
asked the Legislature to
permit all counties to move in
this direction.
The reason for this request
is that other counties do not
have quite the cooperative
spirit among the agencies that
exists in Transylvania and the
commissioners would like to
have the power to force
cooperation if needed, Mr.
Ives said.
Hundreds
See Parade
In Rosman
Hundreds of persons stood
in sunny, but at times chilly
weather Sunday afternoon to
view the colorful Rosman
Christmas parade sponsored
by the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Rosman Rescue Squad.
The high school bands from
Rosman and Brevard, trucks,
floats, Rescue Squad vehicles,
and fire trucks joined the
procession which was led by
Sheriff Milford Hubbard.
Santa Claus distributed
candy from his perch atop a
shiny red firetruck to the
children along the way.
The parade formed at Zion
Baptist Church and marched
up Main Street to Rice’s Store
on Highway 64, proceeding to
the Butler Auto Co., turning
down Chestnut St. and
returning to the church.
Rosman’s stores and streets
were adorned with colorful
Yule decorations for the an
nual event.
Babson
Soil Scientist John M. King,
left, who did much of the survey
work, and soil Conservationist
Merrimon Shuford, look over copy
of new soil survey released for
Transylvania County.
Transylvania Soil
Survey Completed
A soil survey of Tran
sylvania County, seven years
in the making, and so com
plete it deliniates the soil
types and conditions of every
acre of the county’s land, was
revealed for the public
Thursday night at Brevard
College.
The occasion was a dinner
meeting sponsored by the Soil
Conservation Service and the
District Soil and Water
Conservation Committee for
civic, business, and industrial
leaders, educators and others.
Randal Lyday, presiding,
said that the survey would
prove invaluable to the county
in providing information for
locating industry, home
development sites, ponds,
recreation facilities, and
indicated that in the future a
lot of mistakes could be
eliminated by utilizing land
according to the role for which
it was best suited.
The massive task of
classifying of the soils was
done by Soil Scientist John M.
King and John W. Turpin of
the Soil Conservation Service,
and Daniel D. Bacon of the
U.S. Forest Service.
Mr. King was the only
member of that group present
for the Thursday night
session.
FIVE YEARS
Five man years were spent
in compiling the data on the
soils, the scientist said, with
another two years in mapping.
He cited some amusing
incidents he said weren’t very
amusing at the time they
occured during the soil testing
period. He stepped on a rat
tlesnake in the Sapphire
Community and escaped
getting bitten, he slipped and
fell into Little River on
another occasion and once
blundered into an operating
still in the Balsam Grove
Community.
Dr. Charles Sopher,
agronomy extension specialist
from N.C. State University,
explained that the soil survey
should be given a place in the
forefront of all planning; it
belongs in the social scheme.
Taking rural housing
developments as one potential
use of the land, he said the
survey report would provide
information about whether
septic tanks would work in
particular areas without
further testing, and without
the sometimes sad trial and
—See Soil Survey, Page 2
Commissioners Ask
Added State Help
The Legislative Goals
Conference of the North
Carolina Association of
County Commissioners was a
very well-attended meeting in
Raleigh on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week.
Commission Chairman Bill
Ives attended the meeting and
also chaired the section on
taxation and finance which
took up nearly half of the
commissioners’ time.
The commissioners meet
each year just prior to the
convening of the Legislature
to go over proppsed legislation
and give county com
missioners viewpoint as to the
direction North Carolina
should move.
This year the com
missioners were basically
asking for more state help in
operating the agencies
mandated by the Legislature.
—See Commission. Page 3
SHERIFF Milford Hubbard’s
auto leads Rosman’s Christinas
parade down Chesnut St. from
school on Highway 64. Hundreds of
persons turned out for the Hosman
event on a chilly Sunday afternoon.
See Off ri f|is Top
Community’ Award
Adjudged
Finest
In W.N.C.
See Off Community, im
maculate and sparkling in
Transylvania County,
Saturday won top honors in
the “A” Division of the
Western N. C. Community
Development Contest
defeating the winners of 11
other counties.
Led by Mrs. W. R. Lance,
the community compiled a
long list of achievements
during the year including
beautification, roadside
cleanups, removal of junked
cars, a strong youth program
and others in winning the top
place.
Mrs. Lula Johnson was in
charge of the community’s
beautification and Mrs. Jane
Cox compiled the winning
record of achievements.
See Off received a $400
award sponsored by Sears
Roebuck and Company.
Transylvania County’s
winners in Division “B” (75
150 families), Dunn’s Rock;
and Division “C” (more than
150 families), Little River,
both won honorable mentions
and awards of $50 each from
the district contest.
Green Valley of Avery
County and Nantahala of
Macon County were the first
place winners, respectively, in
those divisions.
Speaker for the 25th annual
awards luncheon of the
Western N. C. Development
Assn., Inc. was U. S. Under
Secretary of Agriculture J.
Phil Campbell, who predicted
a rosy future for the entire
Appalachian region as
Americans continue to “gain
in time and money beyond the
necessities of life.
“For several years,” Mr.
Campbell said, “a large
portion of our American
society has had more time and
more money than necessary to
provide the necessities of life
and some normal luxuries.
Those fortunate families have
shown by their actions that
they intend to spend some of
—See See Off, Page 2
Move Into
Schools
Delayed
With the opening of
Brevard’s new elementary
and middle schools delayed
again, The Transylvania
Board of Education Thursday
asked its attorney, Ralph H.
Ramsey Jr. to press the
contractor, Juno Construction
Company, for completion of
the two units.
It was announced in
November that the new
schools would be in use before
Christmas.
“No,” says Superintendent
of Education Harry Corbin,”
the target is now to move
January 2 and 3. The middle
school may be ready, but
prospects for the opening of
the elementary school early in
January are dim.”
The superintendent said he
wants the contractor to add
shifts of painters and carpet
layers to get the job done at an
early date.
Those are the two crafts
which are dragging their
heels, he said.
SEE OFF LEADERS—(I to
r) Mrs. W.R. Lance, president;
Mrs. Lula Johnson, beautification
chairman; and Mrs. Jane Cox,
achievement book chairman, in
front of See Off Community
House.
$1,766,373 School
Bids Get Approval
The Transylvania Board of
Education Thursday night
decided to proceed with
$1,766,773 worth of con
struction on Rosman’s new
high school and a vocational
building at Brevard High
School, Superintendent of
Education Harry Corbin
announced Friday.
The Bryant Construction
Company was low bidder on
the general contracts at both
schools; Electrical Con
structors Company of
America, Inc., was low for
electrical work, also at both
schools; and Osborne
Plumbing and Heating won
awards for mechanical and
plumbing at the projects.
Mr. Corbin said that letters
of intent to sign contracts
were being given the low
bidders, and that contracts
would be signed when the
approval of the State Board of
Education is final
As School Board chairman
Eugene Morris announced last
week, the contractors were
being asked to make certain
modifications in their bids to
bring them into line with
available funds.
Certain modifications in
construction were agreed to,
so the planned changes have
to get approval of the state,
which had already approved
the original plans.
Funds from a statewide
bond issue are being used
largely in the construction,
hence N.C. approval is
necessary.
The breakdown of the ac
cepted bids:
General, Brevard High
School, Bryant Construction
Co, $391,400; general, Rosman
High, Bryant, $714,300.
Electrical. Brevard.
Electrical Constructors of
America, Inc., $108,410;
electrical, Rosman, same
contractor, $119,800.
Mechanical, Brevard,
Osborne Plumbing and
Heating Co, $100,508;
mechanical, Rosman,
Osborne, $142,452.
Plumbing, Brevard,
Osborne, $41,315; plumbing,
Rosman, Osborne, $74,572.
Paving, Brevard, Bryant
Construction, $14,935; paving,
Rosman, Bryant, $8,631.
Terrazzo floors, Brevard,
Bryant, $16,000; terrazzo
floors, Rosman, Bryant,
$20,000.
Welding booths in present
shop building at Brevard High
School, Bryant, $4,450;
Electrical Constructors,
$5,000; and Osborne Plumbing
and Heating, $4,600.
Mr. Corbin said that com
pletion of these projects would
leave some $300,000 in the
school board’s treasury.
“If we can get $300,000 for
the abandoned downtown
school property we can
proceed with other projects as
Penrose, Straus, and other
locations."
John I. Anderson
Award To G. Sprott
Gordon Sprott is the
recipient of the Brevard
Rotary Club's first John I.
Anderson Award.
Gil Coan made the
presentation Friday night at
the ladies night meeting of the
club.
The award was established
by the club following the death
in August of Mr. Anderson, a
charter member of the club
and its first president. Mr.
Anderson exemplified the club
motto, “Service Above Self,”
in everything he did, Mr. Coan
said.
Mr. Sprott was selected for
the award, which will be made
annually, as the Rotarian who
best exemplifies the spirit of
the motto, Mr. Coan said.
He was cited for his work in
the establishment of a
leadership camp for boys,
held on the campus of Brevard
College during the summer.
During the week, the boys
are exposed to adult leaders in
various professions to help
them see what it takes to be a
leader and how they can
develop leadership qualities.
He also worked with the
Experiment in International
Living, when eight Japanese
girls and their teacher visited
Brevard and lived with local
families for three weeks.
Mr. Sprott was also cited for
his work with the Boy Scouts,
his church and for the great
number of new Rotary club
members he obtained.
November Busy One
For Brevard Police
The Brevard Police
Department has reported a
busy November, responding to
492 calls during the month and
making a grand total of 83
arrests for the period.
There were 35 accidents
investigated during the
month, Chief Jimmy Rowe
reports, with eight persons
having injuries, and property
damage amounted to $10,405.
There were no fatalities. Only
59 parking tickets were issued
for the month, he said.
Arrests other than traffic,
as reported by Chief Rowe:
One disorderly conduct,
disturbing peace; one assault
on female, one assault and
battery; two assault; one
worthless check; four capias;
one non-support; iwo
trespassing; one carrying
concealed weapon.
Also 15 public drunkenesi,
five destruction of rejil
property; three breaking,
entering, and larceny; two
possession of marijuan£~
three larceny; five auto the&
one attempted rape, threfc
kidnapping, three armed
robbery; two forgery.
Traffic arrests and citations
for November: %
Two driving under in
fluence; eight warning; one
exceeding safe speed; one
driving left of center; three £o
operator’s license; five st^p
sign or signal; two following
too close; one improper
equipment; one wreckless
driving; and three speeding.
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