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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation And Du Pont Plants Announce Expansion Of Their Facilities TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricu ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394 Vol. 70 — No. 5 ★ Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959 * 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY ECUSTA’S TENTH PAPER MACH INE and auxiliary equipment are housed in a new building with 72,459 square feet of floor space. The machine, build ing and auxiliary equipment cost in ex cess of $6,500,000. This building is adja cent to the structure which houses eight of the division’s other paper machines. The three-story building is 380 feet long and 126 feet wide. Du Pont To Build New Addition To Silicon Plant At Buck Forest Site Approximately 25 New Jobs To Be Created. Construc tion Begins In February The I)u Pont company will ex pand its hyper-pure silicon plant here to provide increased finishing, testing and service facilities, Plant Manager Leslie S. Grogan announ ced today. Some 25 new jobs will be created eventually as a result of the expan sion although no immediate impact is anticipated. Construction will begin some time in February, with completion ot the project in four to six months. Representatives of the c ompany’s engineering department, W. T. Sternberger and C. E. Moore, arrived here this week to supervise construction. Hiring of some 30 construction workers needed will begin in the near future. Mr. Grogan said the expansion | will include an area 28 feet by 50 feet, south of the present finishing area to provide expanded finishing facilities. Also a new wing will be added west of the finishing area to house areas for physical testing, a new shielded enclosure, stock stor age and shipping, and supervisory offices. This wing will also double the size of the hyperclean locker room for employees. He said a broad rearrangement of finishing area operations and services will permit the plant to better fill the needs of customers of Du Pont silicon. Commercial production at the nation’s first full-scale Silicon plant started less than a year ago, with a formal opening in July and an open house held last September. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday. Jan. 29 — “Mothers March” for March of Dimes, 7 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p. m. Fortnightly clubs meets with Mrs. Frank McGuire, 3:30 p. m. Exhibi tion basketball, college gym, 7:30 p. rn. Flood control meeting, Gaith er's. 2:30 p. m. Friday, Jan. 30 — Rosman Homecoming at Silversteen gym. Saturday, Jan. 31 — Last day to list taxes without penalty. March of Dimes dance at Legion building, 9 p. m. Sunday, Feb. 1 — Attend the church of your choice. Baptist church census, 1 to 3 p. m. Monday, Feb. 2 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Democratic women meet at Gaither’s, 8 p. m. Criminal court convenes, 10 a. m. Tuesday, Feb. 3 — Eastern Star meets at temple, 8 p. m. Ace of Hubs meets, 7:45 p. m. \ Meeting Thursday Flood Control And Location Of Dam Sites To Be Discussed The public is cordially invited to attend a meeting of the soil super visors of the Transylvania Conser vation district on Thursday after noon, 2:30 o’clock, at Gaither’s. At this meeting, there will be a discussion of the locations of sites for the proposed dams as a part of the flood protection and watershed program in Transylvania county. E. H. Mackey, chairman of the soil supervisors, particularly urg es persons interested in the flood prevention work in the county to attend the meeting. Moody-Choate In New Home, South Caldwell Street The Moody-Choate funeral home has been moved from its old loca tion on East Main street to its new quarters on South Caldwell street. The new home, formerly the Austin property, has been com pletely renovated and remodeled. Officials of Moody-Choate say the new quarters are ideal for a funer al home. A formal opening and • open house are planned at an early date when the weather has improved. Mr. Mackey has received word from Ihe planning group of the Soil Conservation service, Raleigh, that information is ready concern ing the various sites that have been selected. Several alternate sites were also selected and so it is not known at this time where the final sites will be located. Olin Mathieson Begins Operating No. 10 Paper Machine At Ecusta CRIMINAL TERM OF COURT OPENS MONDAY MORN Cases Are Listed. Civil Dock et Is Being Heard This Week Action on the criminal slate of Superior court in Transylvania county will get underway at 10:00 o’clock on Monday morning, Feb- i ruary 2nd, here in the Brevard j court house. Judge J. B. Craven, of Moores ville, is presiding over the civil1 court this week, and next week, i Judge George V. Patton, of Frank lin, will hear the criminal cases, j The new solicitor, M. Leonard | Lowe, of Forest City, advises the j citizens of Transylvania that he | will be here in the clerk’s office on Friday afternoon of this week from 1:00 until 3:00 o’clock to discuss with law enforcement officers, de fendants, attendants and all other —Turn to Page Five ASC PRACTICES ARE ANNOUNCED ’59 Agricultural Conserva tion Program Now Open, Whitmire Says Farmers of Transylvania county who sign up to cooperate in the 1959 Agricultural Conservation program may select from a list of practices the ones needed on their individual farms to check and con trol soil erosion, build up stock piles of soil fertility and make bet ter use of water. The list includes: (1) Seeding permanent pasture or hay crops. (2) Seeding permanent pasture or hay in a crop rotation. (3) Applying ground limestone —Turn to Page Four Saturday Is Last Day To List Without Penalty Tax listing, without penalty, ends in Transylvania on Satur day, Lewis Osborne, the tax sup ervisor. reminds all Transylvan ians today. The tax listing office here in the court house will be open all day Saturday, he states. Owners of both real and per sonal property must list, and farm reports are also required. Mr. Osborne says he believes that a majority of the people in Transylvania have listed, how ever, he predicts a “last minute rush” of those who have not done SO. The Weather Heavy winds, along with hard j rains hit Brevard last Wednesday, j and the rains continued into the i night, for a total of 2.51 inches of precipitation. Temperatures were generally milder. Daily readings are as follows. High Low Pre. 64 37 1.23 64 27 1.23 41 17 T —Turn to Page Five Wednesday Thursday Friday EXPANSION OF THE DU PONT silicon plant in Buck Forest is announced today. The picture above shows the front of the modern plant with the American flag and the water tank in the background. Another photograph, an overall view of the Du Pont plant, is car ried on page three, first section, in this week’s Times. Jerry Jerome New President Of Brevard Savings And Loan JERRY JEROME REMINDER TO SCOUTS All Boy Scout Troops and Cub Packs are invited to contact the lo cal merchants for window display space for suitable Scout exhibits during Boy Scout Week. Morgan And Tinsley Are New Directors. Growth Of Association Cited Jerry Jerome was elected presi dent of the Brevard Federal Sav ings and Loan association at the annual directors meeting last Wed nesday to succeed the late Joseph S. Sil verst eon, who had served as president of the organization for 20 years. Other officers elected were: A. F. Mitchell, vice president and at torney; Jerry Hart Jerome, secre tary and assistant treasurer: and J. I. Ayers, treasurer and assistant secretary. At the annual meeting of the as sociation, which preceded the di rectors meeting, the following di rectors were elected: Ed Morgan, to serve a two-year term; J. H. Tinsley, to serve the unexpircd term of Mr. Silversteen; Re-elect eJ for three year terms were: Bry an Shiflet. J. I. Ayers and J. M. Al lison, Sr. Other directors now serv ing are: Jerry Jerome. A. F. Mit chell and W. L. Mull. The association reports substan tial gains in deposits, resources, loans and capital funds and a rec —Turn to Page Four THE NEW “CHEROKEE ARROW” produces a sheet of paper at speeds up to 1,500 feet per minute. In the foreground is the re winder which slits the wide 3heet into small rolls for shipment to cutomers or for further processing. All equipment is operated by push-button controls. WORLD’S LARGEST OF LIS KIND, IS CHEROKEE ARROW Test Runs Completed During; Past Three Months. 6Vz Million Invested MORE JOBS CREATED The largest paper machine in the United States designed for the pro duction of lightweight paper has just been put into operation by the Ecusta Paper division of Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation at Pisgah Forest. Experimental runs made on the machine during the past three months have resulted in regular production of lightweight papers and carbonizing tissues. The new machine will be known as the “Cherokee Arrow”. Ttoe name ties in with “Ecusta7’, an old Cherokee Indian word meaning “rippling waters”, and with the j new Ecusta trademark which uses the symbol of the Indian arrow. This investment of $6,600,000 by Olin Mathieson has provided new job opportunities for people in Western North Carolina. Witte the new addition and expanded op erations in other departments, the. company now has the largest num ber of employees since beginning operations here. The local plants have grown from 325 to 2,350 era* pioyees since 1939. OvPT 400 Added More than 400 persons have been employed in the past year and ditional employment is planned' during the next few months Olin Mathieson also has the highest an nual payroll in its history at PJ» gah Forest. Foreseeing an increased demand for thin, strong paper, plans were made in 1956 to expand production facilities. A survey of special mar —Turn to Page Eight baptosTotake RELIGIOUS CENSUS All Churches Are Cooperat ing In Program. Hours From 1:00-3:00 Sunday A religious census will be con ducted Sunday afternoon in the Brevard community by the various Baptist churches. The hours of the census taking ' will be from 1:00 until 3:00 o’clock. Participating in the census will | be the following churches: First Baptist, Grace, King Street. Glady Branch and Calvary. All the census takers will meet at the First Baptist church at 12:1-5' o’clock for lunch and assignment. The other Baptist churches in the county will also take a church census in their church communi ties. This is'a part of the Sonthurn j Baptist Convention's simultaneous I vligious census, which is tn prep aration for the Simultaneous Evajs gelistic crusade, which will be —Turn to Page Eight Charles Kelley T’Jew Manager Of Winn-Dixie Here Charles Kelley ha** been promo ! ted to manager of the Winn^ixie >‘ore in Brevard, according to C -J. Benficld, district manager, fk will succeed Kenneth Grasty, who has been transferred to Elizabeth ton, Tenn. Mr. Kelley has served as assis tant manager of the store since ft came under the operation of the Winn-Dixie chain in January, 1968. He will be in charge of ^11 departments. ‘T appreciate the loyalty and to operation of the people of Transyl vania county and their continued support that has made our opera tion a success,” Kelley said. "We hope that they will continue to trade with us in the future”, he concluded.
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