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-TRANSYLVANIA Land of Waterfalls, Summer Camps, Verdant Forests, Brevard College, Brevard Music Crater. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper -TRANSYLVANIA Has Industry, Education, Tourism, Unsurpassed Recreation, Excellent Shops And Stores, And 20,000 Of The Finest People In The World. Vo^,68 — No. 25 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARO. N. C. ZIPCOOE 2S7U BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1975 15c COPY PUB1 ° 0 SEMI-WEEKLY 30 PAGES TODAY County Jail To Be Close .. July 1 $9 Million Road Flared A large crowd of Tran sylvania County residents gathered in the Court House Wednesday night, listened patiently while a $9 million road project was described, and then verbally assailed the proposal. Occasion was the public hearing on the Department of transportation’s plan to relocate Highway 64 from the end of the four-lane section west of Brevard to a point just north of Rosman. > Hearing officer for DOT was Bill Garrett. Charles Galloway, who will fie displaced, told him: “I’d like to go on record opposing this new route. It could follow the old right of way. And when I sell they’re going to have to say, “You’ve got to sell’ ”. Continuing, Mr. Galloway said, boys were sent over to Korea and other places to keep foreigners “from coming over here and taking our land, and now you’re doing the same thing in a way.’’ The six-mile-plus project will dislocate 45 families, Mr. Garrett said — 30 homeon wers, and 15 tenants. He had earlier described relocation payments, how right of way negotiators work, and other matters in. connection with the project. Larry Fisher asked the official; “How much effect does public opinion have on the way you operate?" He questioned building the road if the public is against it. Mr. Garrett replied: “We cannot build roads by referendum. We have to weigh all factors. This includes service to the local traveling public, and to those who are going through as well.” Robert B. Taylor said there’s a small graveyard on his place — within the right of way outline, and he wanted to know what would be done about that. He was assured that the graves would be moved, and relatives would be located and informed. Mr. Garrett said the road — pli—ned to be a four-lane road with a 60-foot median at some future date, will be con structed as a two-lane road in the beginning, with the north portion of the road finished first. Rights of way negotiations could begin before the end of June of this year, he told the more than 150 persons gathered in the court house. And construction of the high way is scheduled to begin sometime next year. He projected the costs as —See $9 Million, Page 3A BILL GARRETT Times To Feature Historic Pictures me limes today is Degin ning a new feature, in cooperation with the Tran sylvania Bicentennial Com mittee, and will run pictures of old and historic places from all areas of the county. The pictures will appear each Thursday on the front of Section B. Transylvanians will find today’s picture of the Old McMinn House which stood on Main Street fascinating. Don’t fail to note that the boarding home’s male guests were all downstairs, and the women and children were on the second floor porch. me Bicentennial com mittee is looking for other pictures of interesting places in Old Transylvania. If any person has one or more, Chairman Bill White would appreciate a call at 884-4128. “We’ll make a copy of the picture and return it to the owner almost immediately,” Mr. White said. “And we’ll be extremely careful to prevent any possible damage to pic tures which are loaned to us.” The Times staff feels that Transylvania citizens will enjoy this new feature. Jurors Have Monday Off; Special Venire Cancelled - Transylvania jurors who were ordered to report for duty on Monday, March 31, should report on Tuesday, April 1, according to Mrs. Marian McMahon, Clerk of Court. Superior Court Judge John R. Friday and District Solicitor M. Leonard Lowe have decided that Easter Monday will be celebrated as a holiday, she said. All persons listed should report for jury duty on Tuesday, April 1, she said. At the same time, she said a special venire of jurors drawn the April 1 term of court, can just forget it. They were called WPNFNoon News Area Expanded WPNF-Radio has recently expanded its noontime news poverage to include ad ditional state and regional news as well as world and local news ! Public affairs programs follow the noontime news, fypanoting the news coverage from the previous five minutes to fifteen minutes. 'Each day at noon listeners will get a complete rundown on state and regional news, krith details on many of the Mate news stories as well from^he Associated Press. .4# for the retrial of the Lawrence McCall murder case, and this trial will not be held in the coming term of Superior Court. Here are the ones ordered to report on Tuesday: Grand jury to serve through June 30, 1975 — Janice Wes tall, Cleo Sentelle, Robert L. Rackley, Glenn C. Frady, Don M. Jenkins, Ruth E. Whitson, Ann B. Petit, Sharon H. Elliott, and Sue H. Ives. Grand jury to serve through December 1975 — Volney Tinsley, Jr., John Buchanan, Frank Murr, Robert Miller, Annette Enloe, Roy Ashe, Paul Shelton, Patsy Buckner, and Lucille Cooper. Regulars — Ball, Johnnie Alvin Brown, Frances Hightower Brown, Gladys Jackson Bryson, Leona Reid Burgess, James Charles Excused Burrell, Allia Edwards Cabe, James Jerry Chandler, Janice Lynn Combs, Eugene Davis, Rosa Lee Walker Duckworth, Robert Henry English, Ethel Smith Eubanks, Jack Ervin Flynn, Francis Carl Gaddy, Eula Ralston Galloway, Elmer Harrison Galloway, Ida Owen Galloway, Rex M. Gilliam, Isaac Dennie Griffin, Gayle Cox Hall, Haskell Gertha Handley, Anna Rigdon Harris, Robert Emitt Harwood, Jerry Woodrow Holcomb, Kathy Jennings Holden, Linda McCoy Huffman, Nathalie D. Johnson, George Farle King, Carolyn Vallandingham McCall, L. C. McCall, Vernon Odell McCrary, Hassie Walter McCurdy, Michael E. McGaha, Jimmy Earl EASTER I ask you, is this Easter now, That we celebrate? I think that we should show them how, And bring it up-to-date. For Easter is a sacred time, A special time that’s given, To show the world and tell them why, Christ our Lord is risen. I think that we should tell the world, That bunnies don't lay eggs, It would help to tell the boys and girls, Do it now, I beg. I ask you, is this Easter now, That we celebrate? To do it wrong can’t be allowed. So do it right before too late. Genevive Calore Mrs. Rollins 7th grade T.C. Henderson • ... 4 .tL 1 McGinnis, Jack S. McLean, William Elmer Mackey, Jessie Mae Mason, Marie McCall Masters, Margaret De Vore Mooney, Katherine Louise Mote, Marjorie M. Norville, Minnie G. Osborne, Mark Taylor Owen, Donald Owen, Ethel Barnette Petrikin, Alberta Burgess Phillips, Katherine Womble Powell, Gertrude B. Queen, David Ray Ragsdale, Joseph Ledford Raines, Tom B. Simms, John Shelton, Jr. Stephens, Roberta Garren Waldrop, Ronnie Kay Watkins, Myrtle Louise White, David Sydney Clark, Henry Paul Dondon, Harold F., Sr. The following are members of the special venire whose presence will not be necessary, said Mrs. Mc Mahon: Aiken, Charles William Akins, Sarah Campbell Avery, James Morrison Ballard, Patricia Louise Bar dwell, Ashby Warren Barnes, Ernest Winfred Baswell, Edward A. Bayne, James Deoulia Benfield, Fannie Curtis Blodgett, Carl Le Roy Boggs, Nancy Qarren Bowden, Joseph Arthur Breedlove, Betty McGraw Bryson, Edith Henderson Brown, Ailen Mahaffey Bryson, Nancy Mae Brown, Erike Eberl Brown, John Robert Burdette, William Edgar Bryan, Homer Jerome Burgess, Tommy Ray Byrd, James Gordon Carlson, Althea Wise Carr, Hoyt Dewitt Carter, Nina Cathey Cash, Edith Ramsey Chapman, Jenny Lee Chappell, Clark Walter Clark, George Michael —See Courts, Page 3A Renovate, Hearing Request A Transylvania County group of citizens asked the Board of Commissioners to renovate the old jail and to pay the estimated $450,000 costs with the smallest tax rate possible on Tuesday night after a state jail official or dered the facility closed July 1. The request from the more than 200 persons in the court house for a Board of Com missioners meeting came in the form of a “straw vote” on a number of possibilities mentioned by persons who contributed ideas at the session. A majority of those present lavored renovation as opposed to hauling prisoners or con structing a new jail. Then Chairman Bill Ives found that no one in the group was interested in another bond referendum in spite of the ultimatum handed to the county by Woodburn Williams, head of the Jail and Detention Division of the N. C. Dept, of Human Resources. But when he asked if taxes should be raised the least amount possible and on a temporary basis to cover the renovation costs almost every hand in the filled court room went up. Former-Commissioner Hale Siniard Jr. had spoken in favor of the tax-increase method for getting the job done. Chairman Ives began the meeting: “Tonight it is upon us that something must be done...” and proceeded to read a formal letter from Mr. Williams which outlined in detail the shortcomings and hazards of the Transylvania County jail. Among the criticisms: No separation of women and juveniles; no security area of visitors, insufficient lighting, no fire escapes, no water in cell blocks, unsanitary con ditions, insufficient number of water closets, and many more. “I’m recommending to the Secretary of the Dept, of Human Resources that the jail be closed as of July 1, 1975,” he said. The jail official, who was present to answer questions, said that something could be worked out whereby the jail could be used as a short term holding facility for from one to four hours while prisoners are awaiting release or tran sportation to another county. “But there’ll be no over night stays,” he stressed. District Judge Robert T. Gash then asked about holding prisoners who are awaiting trial in court — those brought back to Brevard from other counties. Mr. Williams said that something could be worked out for keeping them in one area of the jail on a day to day basis with meals brought in — catered by a restaurant. “But they can’t stay overnight." Asked about Sheriff Milford Hubbard’s proposal of last week that the jail be turned into a 72-hour holding facility until a new jail is built, Mr. Williams said: “Either a jail meets minimum standards or it does not. There is no inbet ween.” J. L. Williams of Williams and Associates Architects of Matthews, who was brought in to design a new jail for gee Present, Page 4A ... - * CHAIRMAN BILL IVES reads letter announcing jail closure. Left to right are County Administrator Mike Epley, County Attorney Bill White, Com missioner Clinton Owen, Mr. Ives, Secretary Judy Matthews (back to camera) and Commissioner John Folger. Woodburn Williams explaining reasons for closure of Transylvania County’s jail. Mass Transit Bill In Tarheel Senate RALEIGH — A bill in troduced in the North Carolina Senate on March 18, when ratified, will affect the mobility of almost every citizen in the state. The bill, introduced by Senator James B. Garrison of Stanly County and supported by 17 other Senators representing both rural and urban areas, has been sent to committee. It will authorize the Department of Tran sportation and Highway Safety (DOT), to administer all matters relating to mass transportation. The legislation will give the DOT the authority to set into motion a proposed mass transit program as well as Holiday Monday Brevard and Transylvania County offices will be closed Monday in observance of the Easter holiday, spokesmen for both governmental agencies have announced. Superior Court will also take Monday as a holiday. The U. S. Post Office, however, does not observe this holiday and will operate as usual with windows open for business and mail delivery on schedule. develop a system of priority programs for the future. Programs currently proposed include specialized transportation for the elderly and handicapped, a rural transportation demonstration program and mass tran sportation planning assistance. The bill will enable the DOT to cooperate with federal agencies in promoting and managing specific tran sportation programs aimed at enhancing the mobility of rural and urban populations; to administer programs, plan for and assist in the con struction of mass tran sportation sysems; to advise local governments and private non-profit agencies involved in rural and urban mass transportation systems, and charges the DOT with recommending biennially to the General Assembly a priority program for the entire state. The legislation will also allow the DOT to enter into formal project agreements with federal agencies, and to receive and expend federal and state funds earmarked for mass transportation. WATER BOARD The Transylvania County Water Resources Board will meet on Wednesday, April 2, 1975, at 7:30p.m. in the County Administration Building. By Fred Reiter High temperatures once again were higher during the past week than the week before, but the low readings each day also averaged lower. The past week’s averages were 67 and 39. Rainfall totaled 1.78 inches. The week’s highest reading was 75 degrees on Friday while the lowest temperature was 27 degrees on Wednesday morning. Extended outlook for North Carolina for Friday through Easter Sunday: — chance of rain each day. Highs mostly 60s and low 70s. Lows mostly 40s and low 50s. Date High March 20 March 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 Low Pree. 71 33 0.00 75 36 0.00 68 38 0.16 74 38 0.00 62 57 1.62 60 43 0.00 58 27 0.00 First-Citizens Dividend $1.25 First Citizens Bank and Trust Company’s Board of Directors meeting in Raleigh Monday declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $1.25 per share, R. P. Holding, Jr., chairman, announced. The dividend will be paid July 2, 1975 to shareholders of record June 18, 1975. Nothing Stumpy About This Tale George Wilson, popular driver’s license examiner and teller of tales, had this to say about Monday’s terrific windstorm: Two years ago, he said, winds blew down a large tree on his farm in the Little River section. “There must have been 15 feet of dirt pulled up with that stump,” he said. Well, George cut the felled tree for firewood, leaving “about two fireplace lengths of stump attacked to the roots and dirt.” Then on Monday after returning home, he said he went to the pasture to check his cows, and found the stump upright, with the dirt and roots blown back into the hole. That’s what he said, honest. ■j *
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