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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vol. 72 — No. 3 ★ A^HomzED^A? breLv/rdV'nLEGcES BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricultural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1960 Census, J6,372. Brevard Community 8,500. Brevard proper 4,857. To Complete Restoration Of Lake Toxaway In 60 Days Olin Mathieson Is Given State Honor I ^ Contributions to the general ■cultural advancement of the com munity by the Film and Ecusta Paper operations have won for Clin Mathieson a Corporate Citi zenship award, given by the North Carolina Literary and His torical association, Inc. The award was announced re cently at the association’s annual meeting in Raleigh, by J. A. Kellenberger, of Greensboro. Olin Mathieson was one of three corporations with busi ness enterprises in North Caro lina, which received such an award. First prize was given to Bur lington Industries, and the other corporation named along with Olin Mathieson was Hanes Hos iery company. Since the program was estab lished in 1957, awards have been presented to the Jefferson Stan dard Foundation, High Point En terprise and R. J. Reynolds To bacco company. Nominations of business en terprises for these awards is made by civic organizations in various communities throughout the state, and selection of the corporations to be honored is made by a committee of five members representing national and regional business and cultur al organizations. Selection is based on activities and community services on such matters as: Attention to the at tractiveness of the physical ap pearance of plant and grounds: architecture, arrangement and upkeep of buildings; cleanli ness of the grounds; landscap ing; and other similar consider ations that are of benefit to the general public as well as to employees and customers. Also taken into consideration ffre the company’s contributions to civic and cultural activities of the community, gifts to educa tional and other causes, and the promotion and encouragement of various movements for commun ity betterment and good citizen ship. Warren Foster To Speak At Football Banquet Plans have been completed for the big banquet of the Brevard Rotary club for the champion ship Brevard high schbol foot ball team on Monday night, Jan uary 23rd, in Gaither’s Rhodo dendron room. 4 It will get underway promptly rat 7:00 o’clock, and the invited guests will include the squad members, the managers, the coaches and cheerleaders and school officials. Warren Foster, of Atlanta, Ga., one of the most sought after speakers for banquet programs, will speak at the meeting, and he will be introduced by Lloyd Biggerstaff, of Hendersonville. Mr. Foster is connected with the public relations department of the Coca-Cola Bottling com pany, and the Rotarians are ex tremely delighted to have him to speak before their distinguish ed guests. _ CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, January 19 — Ki wanis club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets at Colonial Inn at 7:00-p. m. BPW club meets at Brevard Methodist Church at 7:00 p. m. Masons ffneet at Temple at 7:30 p. m. Humane Society meets with Mrs. Ralph Palmer at 8:00 p. m. Friday, January 20 — Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m. Sunday, January 22 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, January 23 — Rotary banquet honoring Brevard Foot ball team at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. in. Junior High School P-TA meets at school at 8:00 p. m. Music Lovers club meets with Mrs. Nelson Adaips at 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, January 24 — Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, January 25 — Jay cees annual DSA banquet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m. Melton To Head Commerce Body Robert W. “Buddy” Melton, popular Brevard insurance and real estate executive, was elect ed president of the Brevard chamber of commerce at a spec ial call meeting Tuesday night in the library. He succeeds Charles F. Himes. Other officers elected at the meeting are as follows: Freeman Hayes — vice-presi dent. James M. Wulpi — recording secretary. Vernon P. Fullbright — treas urer. Mrs. John Ford — executive secretary. President Melton is expected (o have several announcements concerning committee chairmen and other plans for the new year in the immediate future. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday night, February 14th, at the library, and Mr. Mel ton urges all members of the new board to make every ef fort to attend. The entire membership is al so invited. Brevard GOP Elects New Officers Brevard Republicans elected their officers at an organiza tional meeting recently. They are: Lloyd Burhans, chairman; Steve Thomas, vice chairman; and Mrs. Earl B. Johnson, secretary. These with five permanent committee chairmen comprise the steering committee which are as follows: Ed Morley, mem bership and finance; Bruce Brown, education and training; Gus Tucker, registration and voting; Mrs. John Truesdail, publicity and promotion; and James Wulpi, liaison and leg islation. Mr. Burhans states that the purpose of this new organiza —Turn to Page Eight Three From County At Inauguration Brevard will be represented at the inauguration by at least three persons this week. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Jones left Wednesday night for the nation’s capitol, and Alvin J. Patterson went up earlier this week, combining a business and pleasure trip. Mr. Jones served for two terms as chairman of the YDC here, .and also as chairman of the 12th Congressional YDC for one term. He was on the board of elections for two terms. Mr. Patterson has also been active in the affairs of the De mocratic party in Transylvania, and he is owner and manager of Pat’s Outlet. Jaycees To Hold DSA Banquet January 25th, Brady To Speak Final plans for the Brevard Jaycees’ annual DSA banquet are announced by banquet chairman, Fill Norris, today. The banquet, which is the highlight of the Jaycee year, will be held on Wednesday even ing, January 25th, in Gaither’s Rhododendron room at 7:00 p.m. This year’s affair will be open to the public by reservation. Plates will be $2.00 each, and all reservations should be made! to chairman Norris no later than noon Tuesday, January 24th. The main address of the even ing will be made by J. P. Brady, of Franklin. Mr. Brady, editor; of the Franklin Press and ai speaker of note throughout west ern North Carolina, has^ong J. P. BRADY A SECTION of 48-inch corrugated metal pipe I is placed in its concrete cradle as construction 'ad vances on a dam for new Lake Toxaway in our North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. This pipe beneath the dam’s 350-foot-thick base may be used to lower the lake’s level for maintenance or in emergency. Normally the waters of the Toxaway River will flow’ over a 60-foot spillway. 1960 Fire Losses Were $41010 In Town, Emergencies Answered The Brevard Vi tunteer Fire department answered a total of 39 alarms during the year I960?, according to a report today by Chief Dan Merrill. Of this number, 14 were in side the city limits, 22 were outside the city limits, and three were false alarms. On the 14 calls made within the city, the estimated loss on buildings was $16,965, and on contents was $24,045.00. The estimated value of these build ings was $75,700.00, and of their contents, $446,450.00. The maiq loss was the A & P Store fire where the combined loss was $40,000.00. Loss on the other 13 fires totaled $1,010.00, which is just over one per cent of property involved. Only one call was answered by the department during the months of August, September and October, and that one was —Turn To Page Five Births Outnumbered Deaths By Two And One-Half To One Last Year Births outnumbered deaths during 1960, by two and one half to one, a check at the Reg ister of Deeds office reveals. Births totaled 345, while there were 142 deaths. Registrar Owen Lee ex plains that 319 births occurred in this county, while 26 Tran sylvanians were born outside of Transylvania. Deaths in the county totaled 105, while 37 Transylvanians died outside the county. Compared to 1959, births were 24 less in I960, and there were five more deaths last year than during the prev ious year. During 1960, more babies were born in May. The figure for that month was 42, and the other largest months were: August — 33; July and Decem ber — 30. More people died during December, 1960, than any other month. There were 13 deaths that month, and the other largest months were February and April with 12 and 11 respectively. QmMiiiiiiiiiiiiiilMiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMmmimiiiiiQ I The Weather I : : h-.s Threats of snow gave way to rain clouds during the week end, as 1.74 inches of precipitation soaked Brevard. This was the first sizable amount of precipi tation here since the first of the year. Temperatures con tinued to vary, from a low of 15 degrees to a high of 65. Daily readings are as follow: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 'High Low Pre. 60 15 0 65 55 48 51 46 55 16 0 17 0 37 1.54 42 .20 36 0 22 0 Order Issued Boards And Health Group Seeking Garbage Dump Site Public officials here are busy investigating the possibility of having a new garbage dump for the town of Brevard and citizens of Transylvania county. The board of aldermen and county commissioners have met with the members of the Tran sylvania Board of Health and have discussed the matter at length. A number of sites are being investigated by the investigating committee, consisting of Tom Henry, Mark Osborne, Dr. James Sanders and Walter Hart, the senior sanitarian of the health department. At a recent emergency meet ing of the board of health, a resolution was presented and unanimously adopted, condemn ing the present dump off the fiosman road in the Rocky Hill section of the county. Evidence presented brought out the facts, that the dump is a nuisance and a health haz ard to the many people living in that area. It was also stated that within a short while the dump will be filled to capacity. The resolution adopted con demns the dump and orders it discontinued on or before March 28, 1961. Bob Boyd, the new chairman of the Transylvania Board of County Commissioners, was elected chairman of the Board of Health at the meeting. He succeeds Freeman Hayes. Gene Morris, whose term on the board was expiring, was re elected. Other members of the board, in addition to Mr. Boyd, Dr. San ders and Mr. Morris, are: B. H. Freeman, Dr. Walter Clayton, Mickler Lusk, Wayne Brad burn, and Dr. John Folger, public health officer, is the .secretary. Costa Ricans To Visit In Brevard Two coaches and teachers from Costa Rica will visit in the Asheville district of the Methodist church for a week later this month to study the coaching and physical educa tion program in this area. According to Rev. Courtnfey Ross, pastor of the Brevard Methodist church, they will be in Brevard on Thursday and Fri day, January 26th and 27th. On the first day, they will visit Brevard College and Coach “Chick” Martin will explain to them the set-up at the local in stitution. On the following day they will visit the Brevard Senior High school, accompanied by Supt. Wayne Bradburn. They will study the facilities, equipment, and all phases of the athletic —Ton to Page Peer Bennett Again Chairman Of The Hospital Board Raymond F. Bennett, produc tion manager of the, film di ■ * \ .-I' vision of the Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation, was re elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Transylvania Community hospital at the an nual meeting Tuesday night. Other officers who were re elected are as follows: A. J. Loeb, vice chairman; Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., secretary; and W. W. Brittain, treasurer. During the business session, the medical staff was reappoint ed as follows: Dr. E. Gaine Cannon, Dr. George B. Dysart, Dr. John R. Folger, Dr. Mac Roy Gasque, Dr. Charles L. Newland, Dr. Joe E. Osborne, Dr. Carl Plumb, Dr. Julius Sader, Dr. James Sanders, Dr. Robert L. Strieker, and Dr. Marius H. Wells. Serving on the dental staff are Dr. Carol Grahl and Dr. Walter Clayton. Chairman Bennett reported at a recent meeting of the Cham —Turn To Page Four Log Reviewed Many Religious Programs Are Being Heard Daily Over WPNF A large portion of WPNF’s public service broadcast time is devoted to religious program ming, Bobby Hoyle, station man ager announces. The Sunday morning church services of many of Brevard’s churches, are broadcast regular ly for the benefit of the people who cannot attend. During Janu ary, these broadcasts are being originated from the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The station manager also urg es the listening audience to hear Morning Devotions, conducted daily at 9:00 o’clock a.m., by min isters from throughout the county. Mr. Hoyle also announces that the Sunday evening services of the Brevard Faith Assembly are now heard weekly under the direction of the Rev. Rudolph Nichols. Broadcast time is 8:30 o'clock. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home Hour for the com —Tun to Page Bight Giant Machinery Is Busy, Bed Half Clear To Make Canvass In Behalf Of Pioneer Fund House-to-house solicitation to raise the balance of the Pioneer fund for the Transylvania cen tennial will be carried out in the county by teams of volunteer workers under the chairmanship >f Ray M. Winchester, it was an nounced by Mrs. Mary Jane Mc Crary, the chairman of the His torical Commission. Mr. Winchester is dividing the territory into several districts and will have a captain and as sistants in each district. The workers will meet Thurs day evening, January 26th, Mr. Winchester said. “The time has come to take a vigorous action in this fund pro gram,” Mr. Winchester said, “and it cannot be postponed further. The volunteers will make calls on a house to house basis in the county and it is hoped that every one will co-operate and that we will have generous sup port and contributions for the Centennial when the people are called upon by the team mem bers.” Membership in the Pioneers is $5 for adults and $1 for stu dents. Membership entitles the hold ers to a general admission to one of the performances of the pag eant and a series of other spec ial events that are srhednlev duri.ig the c’jnli 'V'ai eslebr - tion, Mr. Winchester vittaaimil Brookshires Say Thanks To All! Coach and Mrs. Cliff Brook shire would like to express their deep gratitude to the citizens of Brevard and Tran sylvania for the beautiful station wagon that was pre sented to them on behalf of the community. “It was the most wonder ful Christmas present that we have ever received, and we will treasure it always.” They were also most ap preciative of the fnrnitnre, which was presented to them by the furniture stores of Bre vard. “Since we have been in Bre vard, everybody has been so very kind to us.” the Brook shires commented. They said that they’d like to thank each person person ally who had a part in the gifts, but since there were so many in all parts of the town and county that it would be impossible to do so. “But we do want yon to know that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts,” Coach and Mrs. Brookshire declared. The Times is happy to run this sincere note of apprecia tion from these two fine per sons. Lake IVjxaway, millionaires’ vacation mccca in the Blue Ridge Monntains before it van ished nearly a half-century ago, will reappear within 60 days, its owners have announc ed. Construction is moving rap idly on a new dam being built with modern engineering tech niques for Lake Toxaway Estates, Inc. It will replace the original dam whose break in 1916 erased the resort from vacation maps. A half-million dollars worth of heavy equipment of A.P. White and Associates, Char lotte 4s slicing off the top of a mountain and moving spec ially-selected clay material to form the dam’s base 350 feet thick. Giant drag pans loaded with tons of earth ramble down the mountainside to spread their loads, then roar again to the top while crawler tractors with sheepsfoot rollers pack the clay solid. Old residents ol the area who remember the mule-pan method of moving dirt and rubble to the original dam And the contrast striking. The new dam will rise 60 feet above the bed of the Toxa way River, impounding waters 50 feet deep at the dam. Wher the lake is filled to its 14-mile shoreline, water will flow over a solid granite spillway 60 feet wide. In addition, a 48-inch “drawdown” pipe will run be neath the base of the dam,, a feature lacking in the origf nal. The pipe can be used tt lower the lake’s level for main tenance purposes, or jin cas« J e? emergency. M 1 1 J The lake bed, tfckkty grown * ip during (he last Ijnlf-cea ' tury, is now more than half .ifered again of pulpwdud and « saw timber, A local fire war den is supervising the burning —Turn to Page Eight Local Musicians To Play In "All-State" Bamf The annual Western District " High School Band1 clink schedul ed for Friday and Saturday at Western Carolina college at Cullowhee will include 14 mem- • bers from the outstanding Br* vard High School band. Seven of the 14 Brevard muste ians will play first chair in this “all-state” band. They are : follows: Lib Holder, bass clarine Frances Bryant, tympani; Jt E. Anderson, first bass bor Karen Galloway, first tenor saxa phone; Susan Farley, first clar inet; Gail Baker, flute: amt Tommy English, French horn Other Brevard players ate will play are Gayle Lance, second clarinet; Lynne Strieker, rlar net; Janie Watson, clarinet: —Turn to Page Eight Brevard Banking- j Group Re-Elected. 1 By Stockholders. Stockholders of the First' Union National Bank met ia Charlotte on Tuesday and th local directors were re-eteetr as follows: W. M. Melton, chairman R. F. Bennett Ralph J, Duckworth Leslie S. Grogan Cecil J. Hill A meeting of the directors fol lowed the stockholders meeting* and it was continued until i nesday. Local officers wi ed to be re-elected by the * rectors are as follows: Ralph J. Duckworth, ident Melvin Gillespie, cashier Rowell D. Bosse, cashier Mrs. Catherine M.: assistant cashier. James C. Hicklin, cashier and niaMf partment.