TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 19G0 Census, 16,102.
Brevard Community 8,500.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 71 — No. 39
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1960 * 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A & P’S NEW SUPER MARKET is
now open here in Brevard at 330
South Broad street. This modern
structure represents an investment of
over $200,000, and the building has
approximately 14,000 square feet.
Principal participants in the ribbon
%'cutting ceremony on Tuesday morn
ing can be seen in the bottom photo,
and, from left to right, they are: E.
A. Simpson, general superintendent;
Harry Sellers, store manager; Mayor
Bert Freeipan; and, J. T: Campbell,
district supervisor.
(Times Staff Photos)
A&P Opens Early American Style
Super Market Invitation Is Issued
V
One of the most modem food
establishments in this area was
opened in Brevard when the
A&P Tea company moved inito
its new super market alt 330 S.
Broad street, on Tuesday of this
week. Company officials am
nomce that this is the latest ad
dition to the nattkm’s oldest and
largest food chain1. It involves
investments in excess of $200,
000.
J. A. Zeigler, vice president
yn charge of the firm’s oper
-Htions in 'the Carolinas, has ex
ceeded an invitation1 to all resi
dents of Brevard and the sur
rounding area to visit the store
during the Grand Opening Week
and indicated ample parking
Ispace is available at the new
store. The dtore itself colmlprises
approximately 14,000 square feet
of floor space and approximately
72,000 square feet of parking
area for about 125 cars.
The clean lines of the fascade
of red brick and white frame
trim are coordinated with a
graceful roof which is dominated
by an elegant cupola with a
weathervane — all reminiscent
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CALENDAR OF
V COMING EVENTS
\ Friday, September 30 — Bre
vard V«. North Buncombe at
7:30 p.m. Ace of dubs meets at
8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 1 — Burn
ing permits required. ,
Sunday, October 2 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, October 3 — Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 pJm.
Adult education classes begin at
Brevard Senior high at 7:00 pm
Civic chorus meets at Methodist
church at 7:30 pm
Tuesday, October 4 — Kick
off breakfast far workers in Unit
ed Fund drive at Gaither’s at
7:00 am Ace of dubs meets at
8:00 pm Eastern Star meets at
8:00 pun.
Wednesday, October 5 —
Toatsmta sters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:30 pm Friends of Library
meet at 7:30 pm WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 pm
Publisher Reports
First Deputy Premier
Of Russia Interviewed
(Editor’s note: This is the
fifth of a series of articles
written by the publisher of
this paper while touring a
number of capitals in Europe
on a study mission conducted
by the National Editorial As
sociation:)
MOSCOW (Special) — One of
the highlights of the trip to Mos
cow wias the tentative promise
of an interview with the Soviet’s
top leader, Nikita Khrushchev,
which turned out to be with the
First Deputy Premier of USSR,
Anastas Mikoyan and Prime
Minister Polyanski of the Rus
sian Soviet Republic.
Conference Room
The (group was ushered into a
beautiful conference room in one
of the newer government build
ings of the Kremlin. It was spac
ious and light and equipped with
sliding glass top desks. After
waiting for a few minutes, the
Soviet officials showed up, al
most on time.
Mr. Mikoyan, a small man,
with a broad face and a well
trimmed mustache, greeted the
group with smiles and expressed
the hope they had enjoyed a
pleasant trip and were enjoying
their stay in the Soviet. Edgar
Bayol, executive vice-president
and manager of the National
Editorial Association, was the
spokesman for the group and ex
plained that the association had
been asked to submit the ques
tions in writing and in advance.
No Monopoly!
Mikoyain replied1, “I hope you
have no monopoly to speak
alone. We are opposed to (mon
opolies everywhere and to this
one tool”
This, coming from a govern
ment which has the monopoly on
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Plea Is Made
At Historical
Meeting Monday
Appealing to the Transylvania
Historical association to enlist
everyone possible to gather data
[ about Transylvania county’s
' settlement, Mrs. Mary Jane Mc
Crary, Association curator, urged
facts be recorded about old fam
ilies identified with beginning
this county and Brevard for the
historical commission' to evalu
ate for recorded history.
She spoke to the members at
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Transylvanians To Vote In
'Nickels" Election On Friday
All Transylvanians who pair
chase feed and fertilizer are eli
gible to vote in the “Nickels for
Know-How” election on Friday
of ithds week.
AH monies realized from the
“Nickels for Know-How” pro
gram go for expanded research.
M. H. Shuford, chairman of
the permanent committee in
Transylvania, urges aU qualified
voters to participate in the elect
ion. Joining with him in this
plea are Charles Osborne, co
chairman; and, Mrs. Sallie Wal
lace, secretary.
Polls will be conveniently lo
cated throughout the country,
and the election committee is
now busy working out details for
the event. Members of this
group are .Vernon Gosnell, H. C.
BnSoe and Owen Lee.
McCall Loses
Chase To
Local Police
A speeding car, which was
being chased by Brevard of
ficers about 2:00 o’clock Wed
nesday morning, overturned
on a curve on North Caldwell
street and was badly damaged.
An occupant, Roberta McCall,
suffered hand and facial in
juries.
The driver, Garnett McCall,
18, was bruised about the legs.
He was charged with driving
under the influence and speed
ing.
Officers investigating the
accident were L. B. Vaughan,
Jr., Charlie Wright, and re
serve officer, Joe Terry.
The car, a ’54 Ford, was re
ported to have been owned by
Floyd Holden, of Rosman.
Adult Education
Courses Again
Offered Here
Adult education classes will
begin at Brevard senior high
school next Monday evening at
7:00 o’clock, it is announced to
day.
Courses offered will include
ty ping one and two, shorthand
one and two, bookkeeping and
welding.
All courses, except welding,
will he offered on Monday and
Tuesday nights for one and one
half hours each night. If enough
demand is expressed, courses
will be tauight toward finishing
required work for a high school
diploma equivalent.
Welding will be offered on
Monday and Tuesday nights
from 7:00 o’clock until 10:00
p.m.
Courses will be for 30 hours
and will be finished before
Christmas. The cost is $21.00
for each course. Welding is
$5.00 per night
In all courses, except welding,
the tuition tmlust be paid in ad
vance.
Additional information can be
secured from the office of Supt.
Wayne Bradbum, telephone
TUmer 2-4611.
Pickelsimer
Reunion
This Sunday
The annual Picbetlsimer re
union will 'be held on Sunday,
October 2nd, at the Little River
Community center.
The all-day meeting will begin
at 10:00 o’clock, and those at
tending are hsfced to bring well
fillied baskets.
United Fund Sets $28,351 Budget,
Campaign Gets Underway Tuesday
WORK ON THE NEW LUTHERAN
CHURCH was started Monday morn
ing, as big trees, boxwoods and a lot
of dirt were moved by the big bull
dozer in the center of the photo
graph. At the extreme left is C. E.
Cochran, the contractor, and in front
of him is Rev. Alfred Rhyne, pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the Good
Shepherd. The operator of' the bull
dozer is Kay Miller. The Fisher home
in the center will be renovated and
will serve as an educational depart
ment of the church.
(Times Staff°Photo)
Construction Started This Week On
First Unit Of New Lutheran Church
*
Construction wais started on
the first unit of a new Lutheran
church of the Good Shepherd
at the city limits of North. Bre
vard this week.
Formal ground-breaking cere
monies were held at 5:00 o’clock
Sunday afternoon, and work
men, under the direction of C.
E. Cochran, contractor, began
excavating work on Monday.
Ministers officiating at the
ceremony were Rev. Alfred D.
Rhyne, pastor of the local con
gregation; Rev. George W.
Lingle, pastor of Holy Trinity
Lutheran church in Gastonia,
representing the United Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod of North
Carolina; and Rev. G. H. L.
Lingle, of Salisbury.
Others breaking ground were
the church council and repre
sentatives from The United Lu
theran Church Women, the
Brotherhood, the Sunday School,
the Luther League, the Chil
dren of the Church, and1 the
choir.
“This was truly a joyous oc
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To Intensify Program Of Rabies
Control In Transylvania County
In order to carry out a more
efficient program of retries
control in Transylvania, sub
stantial revision of the pro
gram has been imade and has
become law through action of
the Tranlsiylvanaa Board of
Health, Walter Hart, director
of sanitary engineering, an
nounces today.
Specific changes are as fol
lows:
(1) All dogs that are run
ning at large and not wearing
a tag will be picked up. The
animal will 'be held five days.
Any time during this period
the owner will be able to re
possess 'his animal by the pay
ment of five dollars and the
one-dollar pickup charge, plus
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Warm and humid weather
dominated this week’s readings.
Daytime readings were mostly
in the 70’s and nightly lows av
eraged the mdd-50’s. Precipita
tion totaled slightly moire than
one half an inch. Daily Headings
are as follow:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Pre.
82 55 .03
61
60
54
56
48
52
74
76
74
71
75
65
0
0
.01
0
0
.50
50 cents a day board bill for
the dbg, and secure tag for
aindimaL Otherwise, ait the end
of five days the dog will be dis
posed of.
(2) All female dogs im heat
running at large will We picked
up and held five days, at the
end of which time the dog will
be disposed of, unless the own
er repossesses dog through
payment of above charges and
agrelas to keep dog confined.
“The above un&ght seem
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Civic Clubs To
Honor Firemen
On October 10
National Fire Prevention week
will be observed In Brevard and
Transylvania from October 9 to
the 15.
Highlighting ithe observance
will be the annual banquet hon
oring members of the Brevard
Fire department.
The event is sponsored annual
ly by the Kiwaniams, Lions and
Rjotariams.
This year the banquet will be
held on Monday night, October
19, in Gaither's Rhododendron
room. The Rotardens will be in
charge, end a prominent speak
er is being secured.
Departments Added
Winn-Dixie Is Holding
Remodeling Celebration
Republicans To
Hold Precinct
Meet Thursday
Transylvania Republicans in
Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 will meet
Thursday night of this week ait
the headquarters at 8:00 o’clock.:
Heinz Rollman, of Waynes
ville, the Republican candidate
for congress from, the 12th Con
gressional district, will speak at
the meeting.
All Republicans in these four
precincts are urged tbo attend the
meeting.
The headquarters are now
open daily on West Main street
and interested persons are in
vited to stop in.
Dinner Rally
Transylvania County Republi-i
cans are holding a fund-raising
dinner at the Cedar Mountain
Community center on Saturday
night, October 8th.
According to Ralph L. Wald
rop, the chairman of the Repub
lican executive comlmittee, the
dinner will begin' at 6:30 o’clock.
Tickets are now on sale by mem
bers of the committee, the pre
cinct chairmen1, the Republican
candidates and at the GOP head
quarters on West Miaim street.
They 'are $5.00 each.
This is one Of a series of Re
publican rallys being planned by
the executive committee prior
to the General Election on Nov.
8th.
Brevard’s Winm-Dixie begins
its remodeling celielbratioin this
week. The event will continue
for four weeks and1 will feature
cash awards off $250,000 each
week.
For the past several months,
Winn-Dixie has been expanding
their store building and has re
modeled the 'interior. The meat
department has been doubled
in size and is now completely
selfisenvifce. The produce depart
ment also has been doubled and
the frozen foods section has been
enlarged.
A new household department
has been added and drug and
candy departments have been
expanded.
The Brevard store has been
reorganized to conform to Winn
Dixie store layouts all over the
country. Store manager, Charlies
Kelley, points out that this will
enable you to shop any Winn
Dixie store with the same famil
iarity that you shop the local
store.
A new department, that will
be addled in the near future, will
be a complete gourmet depart
ment, according to Manager Kel
ley. This department will feature
a complete line off fancy foods
and delicacies from all over the
world, he explained.
In a statement, issued from
the employees off the local store,
they state: “We, at the Brevard
Winn-Dixie store, are proud of
the fact that the people, off Tran
sylvania county have made this
expansion possible with your
support and business. We want
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Program Highlights
WPNF Broadcasting Last
Baseball Games Of Season
Activity on the baseball dia
monds will be concluded ibis
week, as the season comes to
a close, but radio station WPNF
will broadcast the rehuadning
games, Boby Hoyle, station man
ager announces, and he invites
all spoctts Ians to tune in.
Mr. Hoyle also expresses his
appreciation to the many listen
ers who have sent in comments
on this season’s broadcasts, and
to the many fine sponsors who
made the daily airing possible.
The Yamfceets and Pirates are
scheduled to open the World
Series an October 5, and! WPNF
hopes to complete arrangements
to carry the entire Series, Mr.
Hoyle concluded.
Other Programs
The schedule (for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, station program; Fri
day, ASC office. Marvin Whit
mire; Monday, county
Tuesday, Brevard Vo-Afr, Randal
—Torn to Page Sevan
Breakfast For
Workers Will
Kick-Off Drive
A budget of $28,351 for 1961
for thisi Transylvania United
Fund has been, adopted by the
board of directors, and the cam
paign will get underway on Tues
day, October 4th, following a
kick-off breakfast.
According to Campaign Direc
tor J. M. Gaines, the breakfast
will be held for the captains and
canvassers at Gaiiittar’s begin
ning promptly at 7:00 a.m.
The 1961 budget, which is
slightly lower than the one for
this year, was adopted at a meet
ing of the board of directors on
Monday night 'at Gaither’s. It
was presented by Don Jenkins,
chairman of the budget com
mittee, and Gil 'Coiam, the UF
president, presided over the
meeting.
Mr. Coan expressed confidence
that once again the people of
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty would give their full support
of the campaign.
As in previous years,, the rna
jorilty of funds raised will stay
in Transylvania for humanitar
ian causes. Actually, some 22'
agencies are included in the bud
get
Director Gaines hopes that all
person's will be needy to make
tliedr pledges when the canvas
sers make their first visit, ,
we nope to nave a quick mov
®g drive and not drag it out;
wer a period' of several weeks,”'
he declared.
A breakdown of the budget is
as foltowfe:
Associated Charities (Heart,
Cancer, Crippled Chaldron) $900
Blind Fund—$350
Boy Scouts—$4,083
OaroJinas United—$2,266
Colored Oommuiruirty Oemter—
? 1,500
Girl Scouts—$1,852
Humane Society—$400
Red Cross—$5,000
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Burning Permits
Required After
First Of Month j
Burning permits will be re
quired for all outside burning
beginning October 1st, Clark
Grisson county forest ranger
for the state of North Caro
lina, announces today. ;
lire permits will he requir
ed through June 1st, 1961, he
states.
They may be secured at the
following places:
Sheriff’s office, Brevard; C.
M. Douglas’ office, Brevard;
McNeeley’s store, Lake Toxa
way; McCall store, Quebec;
Tinsley Brown, Gloucester;
Virgil McCall, McCall Bras..
Auto, and Dewey Burton’s:
Store, in Bosnian; Tom Mc
Kinney store, Selica; Ransler
King, East Fork; Powell store,
Dunn’s Rock; Robinson’s Gro
cery, Cedar Mountain; Ray
Johnson’s Texaco Service, Pis
gah Forest; Talley’s grocery, „ >|
Penrose; and Merrill’s Gro
cery, Little River.
Whitmire Named
To Head Young
Democrats Club
Jenpy Whitmire was «M«d
President at Kibe Traifeyl vania
Young Democrats ciut> alt the
annual meeting Tuesday night
in the court bouse.
He succeeds Jack (Hudson, win*,
expressed sincere appreciation,
the cooperation he has rs
eeSved during hie tenure at of
fice.
Other officers named to serve
with Mr. WhStanfatt are Sin. Vfav
Sd GiBaspie, vice rtiatmm* mA,
Mrs. Owen G. Leey secretary.
Officers end im»*^ ^
club axe now busy xnak&fe nlaM;
for a big hartMdue ml »n»