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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, I960 Census, 16,102.
Brevard Community 8,500.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls
Mecca for Summer Camp*.
Entrance to Pisgab Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 71 — No. 52
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29,1960 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY *
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TWO NEW CHURCHES in Tran
sylvania county have completed units
in their building programs and held
the first services in them. The Luther
an Church of the Good Shepherd
chapel is pictured in the top photo
graph, and a special Christmas ser
vice was held last Saturday evening.
Rev. Alfred D. Rhyne is the pastor.
In the bottom photo is shown the new
Temiple Baptist church where the
first services were held last Sunday
morning, with pastor, Rev. George
Julian, in charge.
(Times Staff Photos)
Tax Listing In Transylvania Will
Begin Tuesday, Books In Townships
Tax listing begins in Tran
sylvania county next Tuesday,
January 3rd, Lewis Osborne, the
tax supervisor, announces.
A list of the various polling
places in the county are carried
on page four, second section,
of this week’s Times.
Taxes can be listed in the var
ious townships through January
10th, and after that time the
books will be here in the court
house.
Mfc.'Osborne urges all persons
to lijpt before February 4th, as
a paflialty is imposed after that
The classifications on which
tax liability must be filed are:
1. Real estate and tangible
personal property owned on Jan
uary 1, 1961.
2. Poll tax on all males be
tween 21 and 50 on January 1.
3. Dogs more than six months
old on January 1st.
4. Farm reports.
The Transylvania tax listers
for 1961 are as follows:
Brevard — Miss Avarie Glaze
ner
Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pittillo
—Turn to Page Seven
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, December 29th—
Public installation of Masonic
officers at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, December 30th — An
nual teenage Dance at Olin
Mathieson at 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, December 31st —
Brev^jl Vs. Rosman in Bre
vard afgh school gym.. Dance
and breakfast at Elks Lodge.
Dance at American Legion
Building at 9:00 p. m.
Sunday, January 1st—New
Year’s Day. Attend the church
of your choice.
Monday, January 2nd — Hol
! iday in town and county. Town
[ and county offices closed..
| School reopens.
Tuesday, January 3rd — Li
: cense tags go on sale at 9:00
j a. m. Ace of Clubs meets at
j 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, January 4th—
Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:30 p. m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p. m.
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Opens On 30th
Jurors Are Called For
January-February Court
Jurors for the January-Febru
ary term of Superior Court in
Transylvania county have been
drawn and are announced today
by Marvin McCall, clerk of Su
perior Court.
The first week of court, which
will open on Monday, January
30th, will be for the trial of
civil cases, while the second
week is a criminal term.
Judge W. K. McLean, of Ashe
ville, will hear the civil docket,
and Judge Francis O. Clarkson,
of Charlotte, will preside over
the criminal docket.
Called to serve the first week
are the following:
Dewey M. Burns, Theodore
Gambol, Nathan Passmore, Mrs.
D. Guy Dean, Jr„ Carl Bruce
Baynard, Elizabeth White, Mrs.
T. H. Hart, H. G. Rogers, Jr.,
W. T. Simpson, Myrtle Cash,
Charles H. Ziegler, Robert
Owen, Mrs. A. Ream, S. R. Har
rington, Virgil A. Ramsey, Mrs.
Robert Ryan, Martha Sellers,
Glover Sentelle, Mrs. .Austin G.
Baker, D. C. Stanley, Clifford
W. Frady, Mrs. Neal Hamilton,
Mrs. George Hamlin Bishop,
Dean Brownell, Clyde R. Sit
ton, Hall L. Owen, Henry C.
Bell, B. C. Grogan, Orville Long,
and Horace DeBord.
Jurors for the second week
include the following:
Charles Newton, Robert Byrd,
Jack C, Fenwick, John Merrill,
Curtis Banther, Ross Wilson,
Estes Hall, Mrs. Mark T. Os
borne, Paul McKinney, John
Wiley Boggs, John H. Gold
berger, N. A. Miller, Mrs. W. M.
Melton, Wolfgang Selle, Clif
ford Raxter, Melvin Mills, Mrs.
G. Carl Bryson, C. C. Gibbs,
William T. Bryson, Lee C.
Lynch, R. V. Owen, Charles Kel
ley, Robert Wade Scruggs, Cleo
Mackey, Mrs. Pat Poor, R. G.
Eason, Jr., G. B. Burrell, Mrs.
Leroy I^ackley, Ansel Merrill,
Mrs. Paul Stroup, Edward H.
—Turn to Page Twelve
New Post Office Will Be
Built At Pisgah Forest
Postmaster General Arthur E |
Summerfield announces today j
that a new post office has been j
authorized for Plsgah Forest, j
which coincides with the option-1
ing by Post Office Department I
Regional officials of a site meet ,
ing departmental requirements :
as to cost, area and location.
Postmaster General Summer
field said:
“This new and modern postal
facility will be constructed len
der the Post Office Depart-1
ment’s Commercial Leasing pro
gram, which utilizes the resourc
es and investment funds of pri
vate enterprise to obtain need
ed postal buildings.”
The new post office at Pisgah
—Tom to Page Seven
A. E. SUMMERfTELD
Holiday
Reported
As Quiet
The 1960 Christmas holidays
were quietly observed in Bre
vard and Transylvania county
and were marred only by one
accidental drowning and one
traffic accident.
Local officers reported that
it was one of the “quietest”
holidays ever in the town and
county.
Monday afternoon the body
of Span F. Tinsley was dis
covered in the French Broad
river near the Greenville high
way. He was believed to have
accidently fallen into the icy
waters Sunday afternoon while
hunting.
According to Patrolman
Charles Capell, one accident
was reported on Transylvania
highways. It occured when a
’55 Mercury slid out of con
trol on the ice near the White
Pines camp on US 276 just be
fore midnight Sunday.
Driven by William Rogers,
the car is reported to have
skidded on the sheet of ice for
some 150 feet and then plung
ed down an embankment. Mr.
Rogers suffered slight injur
ies and a passenger was unin
jured. The car was a total
loss.
Since Christmas fell on Sun
day, the following day was al
so observed as a holiday, with
stores, town and county offices
being closed.
New Masonic
Officers To
Be Installed
Everything is in readiness for
the public installation of the
newly elected and appointed of
ficers for Dunn’s Rock Masonic
lodge, which will take place in
the temple on East Main street
beginning at 8:00 o’clock, Thurs
day, December 29th it has been
announced by Herschel Town
ley, the retiring master.
The new elected officers to be
installed are:
H. C. Gardner, Worshipful
master;
Arthur H. Jenkns, Senior
warden;
J. C. Cassell, Jr., Junior war
den;
W. A. Hart, past master,
treasurer;
Henry R. Henderson, past
master, secretary.
The following officers were
appointed by the incoming mas
ter:
Harvey Souther, senior dea
con;
W. O. Morris, junior deacon;
Charles Peevy, senior steward;
Thomas Earl Payne, Jr., jun
ior steward;
F. M. McCall, Jr., tyler; and
Gene Palmer, chaplain.
Theodore L. McCrary, past
master, will serve as installing
—Turn to Page Twelve
Transylvanians To Ring In New
Year, Monday W ill Be A Holiday
That the New Year will prove an impor
tant milestone in America's forward march
toward a better life for all its people and to
ward a lasting peace with justice throughout
the world is our confident expectation.
That the New Year will richly reward all
our friends ;n achievement, health and hap
piness is our sircerest wish.
The Entire Staff and Management
The Transylvania Times
Sale Of 1961
License Tags
BeginsTuesday
New 1961 auto and truck li
cense plates will go on sale here
Tuesday morning at the office
of the Carolina Motor club at
the L & H Appliance company,
Mrs. Rosa Norwood, the man
ager, announces today.
The hours of the sale will be
from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday, and
—Turn to Page Twelve
Report Says Close Check To Be
Made On Tax Returns Of Citizens
How closely will the Fed
eral income tax reports of
Transylvania county residents
be scanned this year? More
closely than before, according
to information trickling out of
the Treasury Department.
Not just theirs — every
one’s. To be given special
scrutiny will be the reports in
which taxpayers itemize their
personal deductions.
If these deductions, cover
ing contributions, interest
charges, taxes and medical
costs, go beyond certain
points, beware. They will be
caught by the gimlet eye of
the examiner and the entire
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Temperatures took a dive
downward this week, as the mer
cury dipped to two degrees above
zero on Tuesday night, followed
by several nights of sub-freez
ing weather. A few light snow
flurries were recorded this week.
Daily readings are as follows:
High Low Pre.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
40 24
26 2
35 6
40 15
52 16
56 20
54 25
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j report be set aside for
' thorough review. The taxpay
er may be called in to justify
the amounts.
Where are those certain
points? A study made by the
Research Institute of Ameri
ca, a private business advisory
organization, shows what they
are for various income levels.
They were determined
through data on the subject
—Turn to Page Six
Seeks Members,
Junior Police
An appeal is issued today by
Police Chief W. S. “Bill” Thurs
ton for new members of the
Junior Police club.
Any boy between the ages of
seven and 16 years of age who
wishes to join the club may.
do so simply by coming to any
meeting. Meetings are held at
1:00 o’clock each Saturday af
ternoon at the Army Reserve
center on East French Broad
street.
The club is currently spon
soring a scrap paper drive, in
order to raise funds to help pay
for a movie projector.
Citizens are asked to call the
police station requesting pick
—Tarn to Page Sevan
Largest Yet
Ballots Of Commerce Body
For New Directors In Mail
First Baby Born
In County Gets
Valuable Prizes
A number of valuable gifts are
awaiting the first white baby
born in Transylvania county in
1961 and reported to the Tran
sylvania Times.
These gifts are being offered
by a number of Brevard mer
chants who are participating in
I the annual Baby Derby. All priz
I es must be called for within 30
days after the closing date of
the derby, Jan. 4.
Complete details on the Times
derby can be found on page
seven, second section of this
week’s Times.
Among the prizes being given
are a Johnson’s baby kit, from
Varner’s Drug store; two theatre
passes, good for a month, from
the Co-Ed theatre; a two-weeks
supply of Sealtest milk from
Sealtest Dairies; a portrait of
the baby, when he or she is six
—Turn to Page Six
Ballots for directors of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce
have gone in the mails, and
Charles F. Himes, the president,
requests that they be returned
by January 10th.
They will be tabulated that
evening at a meeting in the li
brary, and the 25 persons re
ceiving the highest number of
votes will serve as directors dur
ing the New Year.
New officers will be elected
from the board at a special
call meeting on Tuesday night,
January 17th.
Containing 212 names, with
the firms, professions or indus
tries represented, the ballot is
the largest in the history of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
Last year’s list contained 206
names.
The president emphasizes
that only paid up members are
listed on the ballot.
Also inclosed with the ballot
! was a list of the membership,
and President Himes urges all
members to note with interest
the names of the persons who
support and promote the com
—Turn to Page Twelve
Program Highlights
WPNF Will Carry Dixie
Classic Beginning Thursday
Following the holiday recess,
the nation’s basketball games
resume this weekend, and radio
station WPNF will air them, be
ginning with the famed Dixie
Classic tournament from Ral
eigh.
The Classic games begin on
Thursday, with two afternoon
games and two night games
daily, through Saturday.
Ray Reeve and Bill Currie will
handle play-by-play on the To
bacco Sports Network, and all
WPNF sports fans are urged to
hear them.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour for the coming
week is as follows: Thursday,
Carolina news; Friday, A.S.C.,
Marvin Whitmire; Monday,
county agent; Tuesday, Brevard
Vo-Ag dept., Randal J. Lyday;
and, Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following; Friday, Bre.
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Several Dances
Slated Schools
Open January .
Alter a good Christmas
business and a successful I960*
Brevard merchants are caut
iously confident and hovctst
far another good year in 1SCX.
Generally, business was some
better during the past year with
the merchants, and according to
the collections of sales and use
taxes, business as a whole was
“up” in Brevard and Transylvan
ia county.
Officials of the Brevs
Chamber of Commence ha
already launched a campaf
to get more of the tonrist d»
lar in the community, which is
recognized as a vacationer's
paradise.
With the New Year beginning
on Sunday, the following day,
Monday, will also be observed as
a holiday.
Schools, however, will re
open on Monday, January 2nd.
A number of New Year’s cele
brations have been planned in
Brevard for Saturday night. A
dance will be staged at the Amer
ican Legion building, with danc
ing beginning at 9:00 o’clock..
Music for the .occasion wil’
furnished by “The Contic
a Is”, of Greenville, S. C., ana
the public is cordially invited
to attend.
Brevard Elks will celebrate
the arrival of a New Year with
a dance Saturday night with
music to be furnished br
Bowling and-his orchestra.'
breakfast wilf be served .
lowing the dance.
Teenagers lh tl*e comma
will enjoy a dance in the caf
eteria Ot Olin Mathieson Chemi
j cal corporation on Friday even
■ tng, with dancing beginning at
j.30 o’clock. The annual dance
js sponsored by Olin Mathieson
for the students whose parents
are employed at the Pisgah For
est plant.
To Clean Up.
Next Week
Town crews will make a spec
ial effort to clean np Brevard
during the first Week in Jan
uary, according to Town Man
ager Tom Henry,
Since Monday is a legal hoB-.
day, it is suggested that people
use this day off to. clean
around their premises and
undergrowth on vacant lots.
Town maintenance crews
have a holiday on Monday,
several crews will pick up garb
age on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Brush and trash will be picked
up Tuesday through Friday, and
citizens are asked to place trash
along the side of the street.
Leaves Will also be picked op
through Friday, January 6th,
and this will be the last time
this winter that the Vacuum
Leaf Loader will be used.
After this week leaves must
be place in suitable containers
Citizens
-Turn to Page Sts
Commissioners,
Town Board To
Meet Tuesday
The first meeting of tfie r
year of the County Commissi,...
ers will be held on Tuesday, Jan
uary 3rd, at 8:00 o’clock, accord
ing to R. M. Boyd, chairman.
Originally set for Monday, the
meeting was changed to Tuesday
because of the holiday ohse*-»~
ance.
Meetings of the CommissK..
ers have been set for the first*
Monday at 8:00 o’clock. Theee
were changed from the original
time in order to give a greater
number of people a chance to
meet with Commissioners, nr,
Boyd stated.
The meeting of the Ti
Board of Aldermen, usually t
on Monday evening, wfP
be held on Tuesday, Jai.t
3rd, because of the holiday ob
servance.