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
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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
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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
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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.
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j The Weather
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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, .