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TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricultural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1960 Census, 16,102. Brevard Community 8;500. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfall*. Mecca for Summer Camp*. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 71 — No. 47 SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1960 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c PUBLISHED WEEKLY Parade Is Set Dec. 1st With the cooperation of the wlpitherman, Brevard is plan ning one of its most spectacular Christmas parades on Thursday, Dec. 1st. The gigantic event will launch the 1960 Christmas shopping sea son here, and thousands of per sons are expected to attend and to see Santa Claus as he comes to town on a special, beautiful float, which is being especially designed for him. Plans are being .made for the parade to begin at 4:45 p.m., on Dec. 1st, from in front of the Presbyterian church. All entries will be assigned places, and they are being asked to be in their positions by 4:30 o’dpck. Workmen are now busy in stalling Christmas lights in the business district of Brevard, and tMp will be turned on as the p^ade marches up the street. The American legion color guard and the Brevard high school band will lead the parade. It is also hoped that bands from Canton and Hendersonville will participate. Already some 25 to 30 floats have been entered, and other participants will include beauty queens, covered wagons, etc. According to officials of the merchants committee of the Bre vard chamber of commerce, arrangements are being made to have Santa visit in Brevard for a two-hour period each Thursday, Friday and Saturday from next week end until Christ mas. Five Blue Devils On BtflC Team The Brevard Blue Devils, Blue Ridge Conference foot ball champions, placed five players on the All-Conference team selected by the coaches at a meeting Monday at the Sports Mart. Unbeaten in 11 games, the Blue Devils dominated the team by placing End J. L. McGaha, guard Jim Wingate, center Charles Bradhurn, Halfback Branley Owen and fullback Denny Landreth on mythical eleven. Waynesville, which suffer ed its only loss of the season wjjfcrevard, placed three play erh: tackle Vaughan Sisk, end Fsnk Reese, and halfback Mmas Kirkpatrick. Rounding out tne team are tackle Don Hall, Henderson ville, quarterback Gene Rax ter, Canton, and guard Skip Holland, Canton. The Brevard team was re cognized as 1960 champions during the meeting and the Sports Mart presented Brook shire a huge trophy, to be dis played in the school trophy case, in recognition of the con ference and District 8 champ ionships. During the business session, the conference made prelim inary plans for the basketball season and tournaments for the loop and district. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, November 24 — Thanksgiving Daly. Stores, town and county offices and schools cl<x*£. Football team leaves Bre vard Senior high ait 9:00 a.m. Masons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 25 — Jun ior Classic Basketball Tourna ment at Brevard Senior high. Saturday, November 26 — Trade Festival drawing at 10:00 am. in front of Plummer’s. Jun ior Classic Tournament contin ues. Sunday, November 27 — At tend the church of your choice. First Baptist church to hold “Missionary Day”. Monday, November 28 — Ro tary club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 pm. , Tuesday, November 29 — Ace of Chibs meets alt 8:00 pm. A PROMOTIONAL GROUP, to be known as the Brevard Music Center Committee, has been appointed by Dr. James Christian Phohl, direc tor, who is standing at the left in the above photo, and Paul C. Thomas, chairman of the board of trustees of the Brevard Music foun dation, who is seated at the left. Serving as chairman of the committee is Dr. R. J. Lombardo, seated at the right, and standing at the right is T. J. Hanna, co-chairman of the com mittee.. (Times Staff Photo) Many Football Fans To Travel To Winston To See AAA Classic Friday Brevard and Transylvania football fans are expected to at tend the big AAA semi-final play-off between the Blue Devils and Winston-Salem Gray on Fri day night in large numbers. The classic will be played in Winston's Bowman Gray stadium with kick-off at 8:00 o’clock. Principal Robert T. Kimzey urges fans who plan to attend and others who will not be able to do so to see the team off from Brevard senior high school at 9:00 o’clock Thursday morning. Tho Brevard high band will make the trip to Winston-Salem, and the band bus will leave from the school around 1:30 Friday afternoon. Reservations for bus rides are being taken tat Grogan’s news stand at $4.70 each. The bus will be either a Greyhound or a Queen City, and if 38 passengers are signed up, the bus will leara at 1:00 o’clock Frday af ternoon. The Transylvania Teen Club is making arrangelrr.ienits to take a bus load of teen members to the Brevard - Winston-Salem Gray football game. The trip is being sponsored by —Turn to Page Ten Event On Monday Health Department Sets Diabetic Screening Clinic A Diabetic Screening Clinic will be held at the local Health Center on 'Monday, November 28th, from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning, and 1:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon, according to John R. Folger, Jr. health director for Transylvania county. This is not to be a treatment clinic for known diabetics, but a clinic to uncover unsuspected diabetes. The testing will consist of blood tests to determine blood sugar levels, and those found to to be elevated will be referred to their family physicians for fol low up diagnosis 'and care. Dr. Folger stated that it is .es timated that there are over two million diabetics in the United States, and about 200 in this county, with pdrhaps 100 so far undetected. Since diabetes is a hereditary | condition, relatives of known ONE OF THE FIRST BEARS killed in the Pis gah National forest during the 1960 organized hunts is shown above. Charles Cunningham, of Monroe, who killed the 190-pound grisly bear, is pictured at the right, aiui with him at the left is Glenn Cunningham, of Monroe. These two broth ers have hunted here in the Pisgah several times and are former residents of this county. The for mer has a summer home at Cathey’s Creek. (Times Staff Photo) diabetics should h!avie< periodic examination, he pointed out. Adults over 40 years old, over weight persons, and mothers who have had a child weighing more than 10 pounds at birth, are especially prone to develop this condition, Dr. Folgsr said, and should have periodic check-ups. Persons interested in this clinic are asked to attend be tween the designated hours. It will not be nbeessary to miss or curtail breakfast or lunch, as the case may be, Dr. Folger concluded. Thanksgiving Here Will Be Quietly Observed, Host Hunters Expected Music Center Committee Is Appointed A Brevard Music Center com mittee, composed of several local civic leaders, has been appoint ed, James Christian Pfohl, di rector of the Brevard Music foundation and the Transylvania Music center, announces. Dr. R. J. Lombardo is the chairman of the committee, and other members are M. Thomas Cousins, Mrs. John Ford, T. F. Hanna, Tom M. Henry, Mrs. Duncan Hunter, John Reeves and John I. Anderson. According to Dr. Pfohl, the purpose of the committee is two-fold: (1) To enlist the support and cooperation of the residents and businesses of Brevard in pro moting the musical education of : the youth through the Brevard Music center; and, (2) To assist in Music center activities in Transylvania county to the mutual benefit of both. Dr. Phohl told the board of trustees of the foundation at the annual fall meeting that this committee will be of great value to the Brevard Music center and the Transylvania Music camp. Plans of the committee in —Turn to Page Four WESTERN UNION Mr. J. M. Gaines, Manager, Duke Power Co. Transylvania’s United Fund Campaign Director Brevard, N. C. Congratulations to you and the citizens of Brevard on your successful United Funds achievement. All United cam- | paigns in North Carolina share your satisfaction with | a job well done. Irwin Belk State Chairman United Community Campaigns Three Postmasterships To Become Available In County There are three postmaster ships in Transylvania among the 34 in Western North Car olina which will becOrrtet avail able for the Democratic faith ful with th© changeover in national administrations next year. These are the post offices with acting postmasters, who were appointed by the present R e p u b 1 ican administration, but refused confirmation by the D e m o c r a tic-controlled Congress. As a result, they became po litical casualties in the Novem ber 8th General Election. No other district in North Carolina has as many avail able postmaster jobs as Con gressman Roy A. Taylor’s 12th Congressional district. Following is the Post Office list of temporary postmasters and places in Transylvania county: Brevard — Vernon P. Fullhright; Rosmian — Robert Powell; and, Sapphire — W. W. McNeely, Jr. a... j The Weather L... ■e 4 Until Wednesday another week of dear, odd weatihlar was re corded in Brevard. Daily highs ranged in the low to mid 60’s, while night-time lows averaged just below the freezing marie. No precipitation was recorded until early Wednesday morning. Daily readings are as follow: High Low Wednesday 64 Fhursday 64 Friday 59 Saturday 63 Sunday 63 Monday 66 Tuesday 68 Town Changing Billing System The Town of Brevard is chang ing from the conventional bill ing and posting method of water accounting to the IBM card system, according to announce ment today by Town Manager Tom Henry. This change has been recom mended to all municipalities for some time by the N. C. Local Government commission, which controls all fiscal affairs of mu nicipalities, examines and ap proves the audit reports, and re commends and controls book keeping and accounting proced ures for all local government units. This new system will provide for greater efficiency and economy, the commission point ed out. The cooperation of the people of Brevard is asked in helping to simplify the changeover. Citizens should wait to make December payments until they have re ceived a bill. However, if they have not received a Nil by De cember 10th, they are asked to call the City Hall, at Turner 2 4911. December bills should be re ceived about December 7th, and during the months following, the bills should be received on the first. The metered and commercial bills will go out after the 15th, as in the past. As soon as possi ble, these will be processed and mailed at the same time as resi dential and flat rate accounts. THIS EIGHT POINT, 170-pound buck was bag ged by Richard Shepherd, of Pisgah Forest, during the opening days of the organized hunts in the Davidson River section of the Pisgah National for est. Many deer and an unusually large number of bear have been killed this year in spite of warm weather. (Times Staff Photo) CHRIS TRAKAS, an Olin Mathieson employee, is pictured above with the fine deer he killed last Saturday morning near the Pink Beds in the Pisgah National forest. The organized hunts will continue through Nov. 26th in the forest and Dec. 3rd in the county. Antlerless hunts are slated on Dec. 12th and 13th. On the first day hunting begins at 2:00 p. m., and at noon on the 13th. (Times Staff Photo) WPNF Program Highlights Special Holiday Music To Be Featured, The Log Is Reviewed “Holiday imiusdc was nl’iver bet ter, and you’ll hoar it all over radio station WPNF”, Bill Ham cock, program director states today. Immediately at the conclusion of the Thanksgiving holiday, WPNF will enter ilts “Holiday of Christmas Musk”, a season fea turing 'both new and long-time favorite Christmas recordings. “Our library of Christmas music is the (largest ever,” Mr. Hancock announced, “and we’ll air it in its entirety during the coming holiday season". Many special Christmas pro grams are also being planned for the occasion. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is os follows: Thursday, station program; Fri day, A.S.C., Marvin Wlhdtknire; Monday, coUnity aigtot; Tuesday, station program; and, Wednes day, home agentt. Appearing on, the Civic Hour are the following: Friday, Bre vard civic orchestra; Monday', DAR; Wednesday, Wednesday club. Speaking on Morning Devo tions is Rev. Alfred Rhyne, pas tor of the Lutheran church of | the Good Shepherd. Next week Rev. Frederick Valentine, pas tor of St. Philip’s Episcopal church, will be heard. The Sunday morning church service is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPN’F from the St. Philip’s Episcopal church. Rev. Freder ick Valentine to pastor. Thursday Will Be Holiday^ Service Held Transylvanians will observe the 1961 Thanksgiving to the tra ditional manner on Thursday. There will be large family gath erings, and the day, throughout the town and county, will be a holiday. Stores, town and county of fices, the bank and the post of fice will be closed. According to acting postmas ter, Vernon Fullbright, (here will fcci no city or rural delivery of mail, and the general delivery window at the local post office will be open only from 11:30 a m., until 12:00 noon. All town and county schools will have a holiday on Thursday and Friday, and Brevard college students went home for the holi days when classes were recessed on Wednesday. They, too, will leiport back on Monriiay. Hundreds of hunters from all parts of Eastern America are ex pected here for the deer and bear hunts, Which continue in the PisgBh National forest and in the county. Ranger Ted Seely says hie ex pects the “luck” of the hunters to improve in the closing days of the 1960 organized hunts. The local holiday observance began in Brevard on Wednesday night with a Union service at the Brevard Methodist church. The Riot. Alfred D. Rhyne, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, delivered the, message, and other partipi ;. 'H.ng 'ministers were Rev. Co. rtaey B. Ross, pastor of the ^ Brevard Methodist church, Rev. FrLidemk Valentine, pastor of St. Philip’s Episcopal church, and Rev. James Ballard, pastor of the Pisgah. Forest Baptist church. Special nvusic was fumished ed by the Brevard Civic Chorus, under the direlcition of Professor Nelson F. Adam®. To Award Prizes On Saturday In Trade Festival The fourth drawing in the Brevard Trade festival will be held Saturday morning, Novem ber 26th, at 10:00 o’clock on West Main street in front of Plumlir.iar’s. Sonne 42 Brevard merchants are participating in this trade promotion, and it is emphasized that persons do not have to be present to wiln. Prizes totaling $375 will be awarded this Saturday. It is broken down as follows: First prize — $1*0, plus a $50 bonus if present. Second — $75, plus a $25 bon us if present. Third — $50, plus a $25 bon us 'if present. Fourth and fifth prizes — $25 each. A list of winners will 'be post ed in the window of the partici pating merchants. WOW Officers Are Elected Ellis P. Galloway has been elected Consul OocMmander of the Balsam damp No. 116, Woodmen of the World. Other officers who will serve with him include Cite following: Arthur GfBelsp&e, part Consul Commander J. C. Hensley, Advisory lieu tenant Andrew Nicholson, Watchman Lawton A. Thanhs, Banker George Newman, Cheat Sunday Hedrick, Sentry Dr. Willson Lyday, Pbyekhut J. 1. Aym, Oaragt Secretary Grayson BentAey, Recording Secretary Conrad L. Chrt, Sunday Hed rick, end Grayson Hensley, mdl. ton, .
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