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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize
Winning Home Town Newspaper
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BREVARD. N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY », 1875
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
WHO DO YOU TRUST? Wendy Alderman is surrounded
by faces; which one masks a killer? Clockwise from left:
Carle Wilson; Renate Chapman; Judy Dexter; Chauncy
Shaw; Jim Alderman; Rosalie Hale. “The Spiral Staircase”
is being presented Friday and Saturday at the high school.
Curtain at 8:15 p.m. (Photo by Austin’s)
Alcohol:
Questions,
Answers
This is the first article of a
13-part series provided by the
Brevard Jaycees in con
junction with their drinking
education program called
“Operation Threshold” which
is designed to create
awareness and understanding
about sensible drinking,
alcohol abuse and alcoholism
in American society, courtesy
of National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism.
Parti
WHAT IS ALCOHOL?
Alcobol is the major
chemical ingredient in wines,
beers, and distilled beverages.
It is a natural substance
formed by the reaction of
fermenting sugar with yeast
spores. Although there are
many alcohols, the kind in
alcoholic beverages is known
scientifically as “ethyl
alcohol,” a colorless, in
flammable liquid which has
an intoxicating effect.
By itrict definition alcohol
it classified as a food, because
it contains calories. However,
it has no nutritional value.
Alcohol is also classified as a
drug, because it dramatically
affects the central nervous
system.
Different alcoholic
beverages are produced by
u«lng differing sources of
sugar for the fermentation
process. Bear, for instance, is
made from malted (ger
minated) barley, wine from
grapes or berries, whiskey
from malted grains, and rum
from molasses.
Hard liquors result from the
further concentration,
through a process called
distillation, of the alcohol
produced by fermentation.
Thus, whiskey, scotch, gin,
vagka, and other liquors are
referred to as “distilled
beverages.”
Most American beers
Kfiutn 4 per cent alcohol.
Dinner wines, like Beaujolais
or CbahUs, are 10 to 13 per
cant aVMy*1 Dessert wines
such as sherries are fortified
with more alcohol to bring the
level up to between 17 and 30
‘The Spiral Staircase Opens
Two-Night Run On Saturday
BY
BABS L. JOHNSON
The thing every actor
dreads is to find him or herself
on stage, open his or her
mouth, and have no words
come out.
Imagine, then, the problems
faced by Wendy Alderman
when she undertook the role of
Helen in “The Spiral Stair
case”.
Helen, you see, is a mute,
and much of the suspense of
the play hinges on her. Such a
role might have unnerved a
lesser woman than Wendy.
Or consider poor Chauncy
Shaw. In the role of Professor
Warren, Chauncy finds
himself making his debut as
an actor. But Chauncy, who is
the associate rector of St.
Phillips Episcopal church,
says all ministers are actors
anyway, and this is just
moonlighting.
Hank Hohner is a veteran of
one Brevard Little Theater
show, “Never Too Late’’, and
is returning as Constable
Williams.
Judy Dexter (Mrs. Warren)
finally has a part that does not
require her to be a maid or
housekeeper, and she is
making the most of it. Judy
appeared in last summer’s
Art Festival meller-drama
“Egad! What A Cad".
Jim Alderman is again
playing the romantic lead; he
was the hero in “Egad!” last
summer. This time, as Dr.
Parry, he again is seeking the
hand of the fairest damsel in
sight. Jim is really a clean-cut
lecher at heart.
Rosalie Hale will be
remembered as the home
wrecking secretary in last
season’s “Plaza Suite”. Here,
she plays Mrs. Oates, the
Carolina Freight
Declares Dividend
ramiina Freight Carriers
Corporation, headquartered
at Cberryville, declared a 10
cents per share quarterly
dividend on common stock at
director’s meeting on Jan. 2.
The dividend is payable
Feb. 7, to stockholders of
recordon January 24. It is the
company's 46th consecutive
dividend.
Carolina recently opened
per cent.
Distilled beverages range
from 40 per cent (20 proof) to
50 per cent (100 proof) alcohol.
Any two drinks which
contain the same amount of
alcohol will have a similar
effect on the drinker. Thus a 12
ounce can of beer, an average
4 ounce glass of wine, or the
mini highhalj Qf with
an ounce of 100 proof liquor,
all contain approximately
ounce of alcohol, and if drunk
slowly, will have an equal
terminal facilities in
Gainesville, Fla. and
Rochester, N. Y. bringing the
total number of company
terminals to 61. Carolina
serves the Southeast, the East
and the Midwest including 30
states and the District of
Columbia.
Junior Women
Continuing
Fund Drive
Brevard Junior Woman’s
Club is continuing its drive to
raise $1,000for the purchase of
a mammograph for the
Transylvania Community
Hnapltal.
The club has contributed
$500 for the purchase of the x
ray device used to detect
breast cancer in its earliest
stages.
Individuals and groups
wishing td make contributions
should contact Mrs. Thomas
C. Bingham, P. O. Box 1141,
Brevard. N. C., M711.
rather gossipy housekeeper.
Quite a switch; one wonders
which characterization
Rosalie enjoyed doing more.
Renate Chapman is a long
time member of BLT’s bevy of
backstage beauties. She came
out front to do “Witness for
The Prosecution” and “Blood,
sweat, and Stanley Poole”,
and now we’ve got her again
as Nurse Barker.
“The Spiral Staircase” was
first seen as a movie, which
starred Dorothy McGuire,
Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith,
and George Brent. The stage
version was adapted from the
screenplay, reversing the
usual procedure.
The play will be presented
Friday and Saturday, January
10 anti 11 at Brevard High
School auditorium. Curtain
time is 8:15.
The Spiral Staircase” is
directed by Carle Wilson who
seems to be BLT’s perpetual
motion machine. Sue Risa
Huggins is the stage manager,
while Shirley Drimmel is
handling hand props. Stage
props are done by Jo Ann
Alderman, with most of the
stage furniture loaned by
Silvermont. The spare,
modernistic set was designed
and built by Jimmy Dexter,
with help from Sue Huggins,
Chris Pidgeon, and Mike
Saunders.
The Spiral Staircase” is the
second production of Brevard
Little Theater’s 25th an
niversary year.
B. H. S. Students
Rank High In Test
BY
CAL CARPENTER
AND CARTER HARDIN
Brevard High School may
be a small school in a small
town, but it is far from small
in academic achievement. At
least that’s the clear in
dication of the recently
received results of the
National Educational
Development Tests (NEDT),
taken by a group of students
last October.
For out of the group of 52
students who volunteered to
take the battery of tests,
eleven or approximately 20
per cent, scored between 90
and 99 in the national per
centile. That is, these 11
students scored higher than 90
to 99 per cent of all the
students taking the same tests
in high schools all over the
United States.
ACHIEVEMENT
In recognition of this
unusual achievement, cer
tificates of excellence for
superior performance in the
NEDT were presented to the
11 students in a brief
ceremony at the high school
on Dec. 20. Presenting the
certificates was C. C. Hardin,
Brevard High guidance
counselor. Students receiving
them were:
Ninth Graders: Clyda D.
Gaither, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Gaither;
Harold S. Lawing, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Lawing; and
Michael P. Williams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Williams.
Tenth Graders: Joyce A.
Becker, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wolfgang Dedner;
Margaret E. Gosnell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Gosnell; Robin G. Henson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert E. Henson; Daryl P .
Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack J. Johnson;
John Monteith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Monteith;
Susan E. Prugh, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Prugh;
Martin K. Reidinger, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J.
Reidinger; and Cynthia A.
Smart, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John K. Smart.
NOT REQUIRED
The NEDT^is not required
by the school. It is made
available and those ninth and
tenth grade students wishing
to take it, sign up at the
beginning of each school year.
The different tests of the
series are administered in
October by counselors of the
school Guidance Department
and the results are graded by
machines.
Participating students in
high schools all over the
county take the tests at the
same time. The performance
results are then categorized in
percentiles, 1 through 100.
Twenty-three ninth graders
and 1910th graders at Brevard
High participated this school
year, and out of these the
unusual figure of 11 students
scored 90 to 99.
Such outstanding results are
a scholastic distinction at
Brevard High of which the
school staff, the eleven
students, and their parents
may well be proud.
USE OF LEARNING
The National Educational
Development Tests are
similar in part to the battery
of tests first used at the
University of Iowa in a
program assessing the
educational development of
high school students. The first
NEDT were given in 1959.
Their fundamental prupose
is to provide a situation in
which the student can
demonstrate how well he can
use what he has learned. The
questions are designed to
probe the student’s capability
for understanding the kind of
material he might encounter
later in his education.
They do not place a
premium on straight recall of
factual information. They are
thus a check on the use of
learning, a strong indicator of
the progress that might be
expected of a student in later
life.
FIVE AREAS
The NEDT is given in five
areas: English usage,
mathematics usage, social
studies reading, natural
science reading, and word
usage. These provide an
evaluation of the student’s
educational development.
A second area of the
NEDT is an aptitude test that,
like many other scholastic
aptitude tests, is based on ar
identification of intellectual
capacity.
The total NEDT is of great
value, for it aids in identifying
levels of scholastic ability —
the slower student as well as
the gifted one. This can be
very valuable information to
the teaching staff, guidance
counselors, students and
parents.
Board Eyeing U. S.
Development Grants
The Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners, at
their meeting on Monday
night, will discuss the
procedures to apply for
Community Development
grants.
The purpose of these grants
is the development of viable
urban communities by
providing decent housing and
a suitable living environment
and expanding economic
opportunities pricipally for
persons of low and moderate
income.
This objective is to be
achieved through the
elimination of slums and
blight and detrimental living
conditions, conservation and
expansion of housing and
housing opportunities, in
creased public services,
improved use of land; in
creased neighborhood
diversity, and preservation of
property with special values;
to further develop a national
growth policy by consolidating
certain programs into a
system which provides
assistance annually with
maximum certainty and
minimum delay, encourages
Community Development
activities consistant with area
wide planning, furthers
achievement of the national
housing goal and provides for
coordinated and mutually
supportive housing and
Community Development
activities.
In developing this program,
the commissioners will be
holding one or more public
hearings. One of these
meetings will be a joint
session with the Eosman
Board of Aldermen to discuss
development in the upper end
of the county.
To obtain this funding ap
—See Board, Page 5B
HIGH 8CHOOL SCHOLARS — These Brevard High
School ninth and tenth graders scored unusually high on this
year’s National Educational Development Tests. They are,
left to right, First Row: ninth graders Harold S. La wing,
MichaelP. Williams, Clyda D. Gaither; tenth graders Joyce
A. Becker and Margaret E. Gosnell. Second Row: Daryl P.
Johnson, John Monteith, Susan E. Prugh, Martin K.
Reidinger, and Cynthia A. Smart. Another member of the
group, Robin G. Henson, was not present when this photo
was made.