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-TRANSYLVANIA Land of Waterfalls, Summer Camps, Verdant Forests, Brevard College, Brevard Music Center. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize- Winning Home Tow wspaper Vol. 88 — No. 1 - SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD, N. C. ZIP CODE M7U BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1975 II COPY PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY —TRANSYLVANIA Has Industry, Education, Tourism, Unsurpassed Recreation, Excellent Shops And Stores, And 20,000 Of The Finest People In The V orld. 16 P/xGES TODAY HOSPITABLE HOSPITAL — These four Street, Md. youngsters were among 13 treated for bruises and cuts, fed and sent on their way home Tuesday by the Transylvania Community Hospital. They were returning home from a retreat at The Wilds when their bus overturned. Left to right are Pat Dell, Grace Kesterson, Millie Harrington, and Debbie Benkendorf. Forest School Recognized Congressman Roy A. Taylor’s office Tuesday an nounced that the Biltmore Forest School located within the Cradle of Forestry within the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County has been entered in the National Register of Historic places. The National Register is the Government’s official schedule of the nation’s culture property which it considers worth preserving. BiUmore Forestry School was UK! first forestry school in America opening in 1898. There were approximately 300 graduates of the school which officially closed in 1913. 14 Injured As School Activities Bus Flips A major tragedy was somehow averted Tuesday morning when a Maryland bound school activities bus filled with vacationing schoolgirls -overturned off Frozen Creek Rd. near Rosman in the rain and fog at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. Fourteen of the girls, students at Har.ford Christian School, Rt. 2, Street, Md., were treated at Transylvania Community Hospital. One was held at the hospital, the other 13 were released. State Highway Patrolman Thad Elmore, said the ac tivities bus, the property of Harford Christian School, was carrying 30 persons when it got too close to the shoulder of the road. The shoulder gave way under the weight and the bus overturned down an embankment. William D. Hayn of RFD 1, New Park, Pa. was driving the vehicle. The group was part of a holiday crowd of 400 girls and boys who had spent several days at The Wilds, a non denominational Christian camp in the Old Toxaway section of Transylvania County. The campers were from many sections of the nation. Olin Strike Top Story Of Year 1974 In County - Bad news liberally seasoned With good news, just as in most years, provided headlines in The Transylvania Times during 1974. Olin, the county’s biggest license Tag Sale pis Brisk Sale of N.C. license plates started off briskly Thursday njorning, Mrs. Jean Plem mons, local agent, told The i were long enough to sales office at 35 West Street, but not long to form outside the g in the cold of the g, she said. drs- Plemmons said, “That renew a plate you must re; a renewal card,” and ^cautions against the facing of it when it is ^ Department of Motor fteles has made mgemcnts with the Post ce in Brevard to turn over the local license bureau •wal cards which die post je has been unable to iver, she said. Anyone ing to receive a renewal I may find it in her office. |. Plemmons added: e it takes 10 days to two ; to get one from the fh office, I suggest that who have not received »rds check with me as industry, figured in two of the top 10 stories chosen by the Times staff for the last year. The top story was a part of the bad news when 1,843 hourly workers went on strike on the morning of September 30 at the giant Pisgah Forest plant. But in addition to top spot for the year with this story which ran for six weeks, Olin rated ninth spot for the year with its continuing work on solving pollution problems. It announced the expenditure of more than $10 million in its project of clearing the air and water. DuPont, also with good news, rated seventh place with its new construction, an expansion which will make jobs for 100 additional em ployes. Second place story of the year was the almost total sweep made by Democrats in the November general elec tion. Only one Republican county office holder in the voting stay in office as the sweep in the wake of Watergate scandals went statewide. Third place story, so ad judged by The Times staff, went to the trial of Lawrence —See Strike, Page 3A The bus was pulled back to the road, turned right side up, and was found to have suf fered minor damage. Administrator Jimmie Hocker of the hospital said the injured girls, after treatment, were fed and then boarded their bus for the return trip to Maryland. The girl staying at the hospital suffered a frac tured vertebra, according to Mrs. Jimmie Loftis, R.N. Her condition was given as “satisfactory.” News of the emergency reached the hospital and Dr. James Sanders was waiting when the injured arrived. “Had it been more serious,” Mr. Hocker said, “we’d have had many doctors here.” New Series Will Begin On Monday Beginning on Monday, The Times is starting a series of in depth features on your local government. What does each agency of local government do for you? How are your tax dollars being spent? How does your local agency compare with that of other counties. Who are the personalities involved in the agency? We think you’ll not only find the series revealing, but in teresting as well. Join us again Monday, won’t you? SALES BRISK — Mrs. Jane Plemmons, center, and her assistant, Miss Diane Hogsed, were doing steady business early Thursday morning as N. C. license plates went on sale. Customer is William Mair. (Times Staff Photo). ■ ' City-County Rift Widens In Hiring Campbell, Ives Clash In Move A serious rift developed this week between the Transylvania County Commissioners and the Brevard Board of Aldermen as the latter group announced it was hiring its own building in spector instead of continuing the joint use of the county’s inspector. Mayor Charles Campbell said that he has the highest respect for Transylvania County Building Inspector James Justice, “but the Board of Aldermen feel that he’s spread too thin. He has too much work to do in the county to also do the job here in the city.” Commissioner Chairman Bill Ives said, “That just isn’t true. I’m really mad and upset. This (joint inspection) was the first act of city-county cooperation. It gave the people one place to go to find an inspector. I feel that it was the right way to go. “If one man was over worked, why not put two building inspectors in the joint office and let the second man concentrate inside the city?” Acting City Manager Opal Hahn said that the city has United Fund Hits 106 Per Cent The Transylvania County United Fund drive has reached $71,215 in gifts and pledges, as of Jan. 1. This amounts to 106 per cent of the goal. Tom Penn, chairman, stated that there are still enough pledge cards out so that the total will probably reach 110 per cent of the goal. This is important, he ex plained, because the drive has to get 110 per cent pledged to collect 100 per cent. About 10 per cent of those who pledge do not pay for various reasons — moving away, a decrease in salary, change in other obligations. By Fred Reiter Average temperatures over the past two weeks, since the last weather column in the Transylvania Times, were somewhat higher than the long-term averages for a typical December in the Brevard area. High readings averaged 56, and lows registered only 37 degrees. A moderate rainfall totalled .89 inch during the two week period, with much of this coming on Christmas day. Extended forecast for the remainder of this week: North Carolina: partly cloudy to cloudy weather with moderate temperatures are predicted, with little precipitation forecast for the period. Highs should be in the 50s, with typical low readings in the 30s. Brevard weather data for the past two-week period was is follows: Date High Low Prec. Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. SO Dec. 31 Jan. 1 45 46 52 57 60 56 59 51 51 59 65 64 66 26 35 33 27 28 44 44 21 41 46 40 41 41 52 0.00 Tr. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.00 0.05 0.02 hired Glenis McCall, currently a sheriff’s deputy, as its building inspector and that he will report to work on January 20. Mayor Campbell said that the city has stricter building code ordinances than the county, and Brevard needs someone more available to enforce the building and zoning codes. The city’s planning and zoning boards requested this move on the part of the council, he went on. He said that only 30 days notice was needed to break the contract with the county, and that the Board of Aldermen actually made the decision to go on its own at a meeting two months ago. Mr. Ives charged, however, that Mayor Campbell had not read the contract. “Ninety days noticed is required to —See City-County, Page 3A Three DSA Finalists Selected Three outstanding young men have been selected by a panel of judges as finalists in the running for the Distinguished Service Award presented annually by the Brevard Jaycees. Charles L. Bradley, Peter P. D’Angona, and Walter L. Siniard were named the finalists to be recognized at the awards banquet this Friday night, Jan. 3, at the Brevard College Cafeteria. The winner of this year’s Distinguished Service Award will receive an engraved plaque and will be entered in the “Five Most Outstanding Young Men” competition for the State of North Carolina. Also this year’s winner will have his name inscribed along with those of the 26 previous winners, on a large plaque to be presented to the Transylvania County Library in honor and memory of the —See DSA, Page 3A MAYOR CAMPBELL CHAIRMAN IVES N. C. Business Shows Big Drop The level of business ac tivity in North Carolina declined sharply in November to its lowest point of 1974, according to the Wachovia Business Index. The preliminary index figure of 134.9 for November is 0.9 per cent below October and 1.0 per cent below the level of a year ago. Prior to November the index fluctuated between a high of 137.0 in January and a low of 135.5 in March during the gasoline shortage. Two primary factors con tributed to the drop in November — reduced spen ding as measured by bank debits and a decline in non agricultural employment. Seasonally adjusted check book spending in November fell 2.9 per cent amid con tinued sluggish spending by consumers. An evidence of lower consumer spending was in auto sales which were 21.5 per cent below October and 44.6 per cent below November 1973. Cutbacks in various manufacturing industries were reflected in both em ployment and unemployment statistics. Total non agricultural employment declined by 0.6 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis in November and was 20,900 below November 1973. In absolute terms, em ployment losses were greater in non-durable industries than in durable industries. Seasonally adjusted textile employment, for example, dropped by 7,700 in November to a level 22,000 below a year ago when 290,000 people were employed. Among durable goods in dustries, furniture and lumber registered the largest em ployment declines, 2.4 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively. The November —See Business, Page 3A Sunday School Panel On 4A Citizen Speaks’ Many area residents and listeners of WPNF-Radio will be interested in a special public-service program to be heard on the local station this Friday. On WPNF’s ‘A Citizen Speaks” program Friday at 11:30 a.m., there will be a panel discussion concerning the interdenominational “Back to Sunday School” campaign, which is being sponsored by the Tran sylvania Ministerial Association. Taking part in the program Friday will be the Rev. Marlin Mull, pastor of Brevard Wesleyan Church; John Smart, Sunday School director at First Baptist Church of Brevard; Mrs. Peggy Hina, director of Christian education at First United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Duke Ison, pastor of Rosman United Methodist Church, and who also is in charge of radio promotion for the campaign. —0— Sunday morning worship services for the month of January will be broadcast over WPNF-Radio from the Brevard Wesleyan Church on N. Broad Street. Friday night, Jan. 3, will be the first broadcast over WPNF of the U.N.C. Tarheels basketball games for this season. Broadcast times will be announced on the station, and basketball fans are reminded of these special sports and games on the local station. Commissioners To Attend Three-Day Biennial School Tuesday, Jan. 7, the In stitute of Government is holding the biennial school for county commissioners. All three of Transylvania’s Commissioners attended the sessions two years ago. This time, Commission Chairman Bill Ives, Com missioner John Folger, and County Planner Mike Epley will attend the three-day session at Chapel Hill. Experts on all fields of county government will be talking to the commissioners about the problems and possible solutions of different county departments. County government has become very complex in recent years and requires responsible commissioners to constantly update their knowledge. Transylvania’s com missioners are still striving to secure grants to permit a management audit in this county, so that it might help to lead the way to more efficient control of the many agencies and services now being delivered at the county level. It is hoped that there will be time to discuss the nunsgora—t audit at this school and the direction it might lead in the reorganization of various departments. Following the three-day school, the commissioners will stay over for a discussion of the proposed new fiscal control bill for Boards of Education. Chairman Ives says that he basically favors the proposed law. There are only a few minor changes that should be made to make it compatible with the present structure of county government and its tax revenues. b
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