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1/ Your Hometown Newspaper If You Live In ' ★ Black Mountain ★ Montreat ★ Ridgecrest ★ Swannanoa Thursday, December 30, 1976, Vol. 33, Number 13 15 CENTS BUSY BLACK MOUNTAIN RAILROAD DEPOT in the "Teens" Pre World War I. Look at the taxis - horse drawn buggies, meeting summer visitors. Can you identify anyone? The photo is from a collection from the old Gragg Studio. The ladies hats are lucious concoctions, and remember they called their en sembles coat suits in those days. The lady in the right foreground must have lifted too heavy a bag. School Tax Referendum Set For May The Buncombe County Board of fcommissioners moved the projected date of a referendum on a sup plemental school tax to May and appointed a new man power director at its meeting today. Acting on an amended request made Thursday night, Dec. 16, by the Buncombe County Board of Education, the commissioners set the date of the school tax referendum for May 3, passing the amended t resolution on first reading. The board reserved the right to change the date when the resolution comes up for second reading in January. There was some question whether a Saturday might not be a better date for the special election (May 3 is a Tuesday) and the matter will be ex plored. In discussion of the resolution, Jay Miller, a representative of county teachers, said there had been some question whether the teachers seek a salary sup plement for a special tax, and Miller told the board, “I’m here before you to assure you that we do not.” There was also a question about how the existing Enka district school tax would be affected, and County Attorney Forrest F. Ball Swd it could be assumed that the tax would remain if the referendum fails, but would not should it pass, leaving a uniform supplemental tax rate countywide. The tax referendum would allow for a tax of up to 20 cents per $100 property valuation for the county schools. The vote on the referendum was unanimous, as were the other votes at today’s meeting, in contrast to the conflicts over personnel that marked the first official meeting of the expanded board last week. Tne board appointed Lonnie Gilliam at a salary of $14,700 to the position of manpower director, which has been vacant since August. A local businessman who has been involved with Model Cities, Neighborhood Youth Corps and other programs, Gilliam was one of the candidates recommended by the Man power Commission. In other business, Chairman R. Curtis Ratcliff, whc returned Thursday fron. a state manpower meeting in Greensboro, told the board that $955,000 in federal funding under Title VI of the Com prehensive Employment and Training Act will be available to the county for the period through Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Title VI funding had run oul here in August, but Congress subsequently authorized more funding. Meanwhile, a number of Title VI employes here had been transferred tc the CETA Title II ; program for which funding was in ■reased. Title VI is a stopgap emergency employment program, while Title II em ployes are supposed to be retained on the local budget if that is possible. The commissioners adopted the year’s first budget amendment, reflecting changes the board has made since budget adoption in June. The amendment raises the overall budget total from $47.2 million to $48.9 million, and includes such items as provision for bringing the county planning department in-house and the newly ap proved revenue sharing funds. The board reappointed all the members of the Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Advisory Council except one, D. Michael Ward, who had asked not to be reappointed. William D. Hall was named to replace Ward as represen tative of the North Buncombe area. The appointment of a member to the Metropolitan Sewerage District was postponed to a later meeting. The term of county appointee Charles M. Dent Jr. expires Jan. 19. Among a number of other business items, the board set public hearing at 10 a.m. Jan. 4 and 7 p.m. Jan. 6 on allocation of Community Development funds for the next fiscal year. The Jan. 4 meeting will also see a public hearing on several roads the state is seeking to close. Pilot Club, Make Christmas Merry At JEC The Pilot Club of Black Mountain wishes to express its heartfelt gratitude to the persons who shared theii Christmas by contributing tc the Pilot’s Christmas Tree project sponsored for the children at the Juvenile Evaluation Center. We alse wish to express our ap preciation for the cooperatior of the News staff. A Christmas party was given on December 12 for the boys and girls in the 13-15 age agroup in the Recreation Building at the Center. Sand wiches, cookies and punch were served. Several games were played and Christmas carols were sung. Each boy and girl received a Christmas gift. Additional contributions will be used to purchase needed items for the children and will be presented at a later date. The Pilot Club expresses their appreciation tot the citizens of the Valley who made this event possible. The children at the Juvenile Evaluation Center will have a happy Christmas because you have shown your love and concern for them. For when you share the bounty of Christmas with others, you get the richest gift of all in return. Christmas would not be Christmas but for the in terchange of good wishes. May there be peace, love, hope, happiness, good health, good fortune and prosperity for everyone in the New Year! The following contributions have been made since the list published in the News on Dec. 16: Town Hardware Co., Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Byron, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stepp, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Timmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest DeWick, Mrs. Louise Costner, Ruth Aleshire, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hamby, Mr. Elton Eley, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weber and Elizabeth Zernow. KRISTEN KEENER Kristen Keener Off To Paris Miss Kristen Keener, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Keener, 135 College View Drive, Swannanoa, leaves from Dulles International Airport on Jan. 5, 1977, for Paris , France. Miss Keener, a Sophmore at Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia, is participating in the Hollins Abroad-Paris program established at Hollins in 1950. Hollins women participating in this program live with French families in Paris who have been selected by Madame Helene Feydy, directress of the HA-P program. Miss Keener, one of 24 Hollins women departing for Paris, will live with the Miollis i family and work as part-time governess for their three children. Study during the month of January will consist of intensive oral and written French, as well as learning how to get around the city of Paris. Beginning in February, Miss Keener will resume a regular course of study. Her courses then will include Im pressionist painting, French architecture, Sociology, and an advanced language course, all in the French language. During the summer of 1977, Miss Keener will join other Hollins women for the organized Summer Tour. This tour will take her to Italy, Greece, Russia, and terminate in Vienna. In the fall Miss Keener will again study in Paris. The HA-P year of study end s in mid-December, 1977, at whicl ime Miss Keener will return home to Swannanoa. She will resume her studies on the Hollins College campus in January 1978. Elderly Want ‘Age ’ Placed In Bias Law Statewide associations for the elderly want ‘age’ in cluded in North Carolina’s law barring race and sex discrimination in hiring by government agencies. This was one of the major legislative goals in 1977 urged at a coalition representing 200,000 of the state’s elderly residents. None of the goals will be binding on the 11 participating agencies and organizations, and some groups are expected to press unilaterally for their particular concerns. Other major steps urged include: Establish a legislative studycommission to review the needs of older citizens and recommend appropriate legislation. Exempt from state taxees some portion of the income earned by retired persons who fall under the federal Beyond A New Year’s Door Again, the hand of time is poised for move. Suddenly, count-down of clock is done and, in balance true, the door of years swings wide to let all movement through. Beyond this door the future waits to greet and to embrace. So soon tfie seed of trials grow f whose ytfeld for good or ill is measured by performance* | on the field of time. * O Master, giver of our days, hand-hold us as we cross this threshold new. May thy Spirit touch be known by all whose need for counseling in truth remains. Arouse to exercise love’s yearnings di ep within that love may find in service deed that which is ordained by love. May good resolve find permanence in strong discipline of will * that peace of mind and soul may be. Beyond a New Year’s door great promise waits its claim. Hope thrills, as each of us is called by name! Louise Barker Barnhill (Photos Bv Beverly Tienetti) NEW RESIDENTSOF TOMAHAWK LAKE A new family is in residence on Tomahawk Lake. A few weeks ago about 25 snow white ducks appeared mysteriously at the Lake. They are providing much pleasure to all the “people familiews" living in the area with their graceful antics. They (the clucks) want to remind everyone That in cold weather they need extra food, so drop by and share with them. government’s “Poverty” level. Revise the Homestead Exemption act to give more of the state’s elderly a break on property taxes. Supplement federal Medicaid payments with some state funds. Establish “day care” centers for the elderly who require constant attention. Allow persons not under the poverty level to receive social services at cost if they are willing to pay. Allow public schools to contract with local aging programs for the use of cafeterias and food services. Pass stronger regulations governing nursing homes. Provide printed instructions on probate procedures for persons seeking to settle estates. In addition, the coalition will seek $750,000 for programs to aid the elderly as a sup plement to existing federal programs, and $150,000 to subsidize families keeping elders who otherwise would be in institutions. Serious Crime Rate Shows Drop Attorney General Rufus Edmisten announced today that serious crime reported in North Carolina cities with a population of 100,000 or more (Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Win ston-Salem) rose less than two percent during the first nine months of 1976 over the same period in 1975, while violent crime dropped by 15.44 per 1 cent over the same period. The statistics released today are contained in the Uniform Crime Report trend release that is published by the Police Information Network, a division of the North Carolina Department of Justice. They are based on information furnished by criminal justice agencies in the five major cities in North Carolina. Attorney General Edmisten noted, “I feel that all North Carolinians are beginning to notice the overall ef fectiveness of criminal justice agencies within North Carolina as the volume of violent crimes reported to PIN continues to drop. I believe that our policy in the SBI of concentrating law en forcement manpower on in vestigating serious crimes rather than misdemeanors could be a contributing factor to the present trend.” The violent crimes of murder, forcible rape, rob bery and aggravated assault as a group decreased 15.44 . nercent. Murder decreased *s.28 ‘■percl'at. roppeiy Jl.oS percen. and aggravated assault by 14.37 percent. Rape was the only violent crime category to reflect an increase by 16.35 percent. Property crimes were up only 3.53 percent. Burglary decreased 11.36 percent and motor vehicle theft decreased 8.90 percent. Larceny increased 12.90 percent, but due to the volume"' larceny has the greatest impact on the crime trend. Attorney General Edmisten observed! “The people of North Carolina pay dearly for these crimes. Property losses to merchants are reflected in price changes or insurance rates which are passed on to the consumers.” The cost of property crime in these five cities alone was more than thirteen million dollars (an average cost of more than sixteen dollars to every man, woman, and child in each of these cities). Of this thirteen million dollars stolen, approximately five million or 37.58 percent was recovered resulting in a net less to the peaple of North y Carolina of some 8.2 million dollars. From The Office Of The Town Manager We, ai Town Hall would like to remind you that Friday the 31st of December the Town Hall will be closed to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This means that we will be unable to accept any taxes paid after Thursday the 30th except for those mailed to us with the postmark on or before 12 o’clock midnight of the 31st of Decem ber. Any taxes received after this date will be charged interest of 2 percent in the month of January and percent in addition each month 'hereafter until taxes are paid. Due to the fact that someone decided that the blue spruces on the golf course would make nice Christinas trees this year, and cut them down and took them home, we are asking that any residents that might have live Christmas trees and would like to donate them to the golf course, please call Town Hall and we will be happy to pick them up and replant them on the golf course. We would like to remind those persons who cut the trees that their actions were against the law and certainly not something to be proud of. In the meantime,Happy.New Year, from all of ns at Town Hall. -s- Jon Creighton
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