TRANSYLVANIA— 1
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
• tion, 1960 Census, 16,372.
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music. Festival.
Vol. 27 — No. 6
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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THREE OF THE 3S0 Transylvan- 1
ia boys who belong to Scouting units
are pictured above. From left to right
are Ricky Daniels, Don Moore,
an*?Wayne Glazener, and they repre
sent the three age groups of Scouting
— Cubs, Boys Scouts, and Explorers.
On this, the 51st anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America, the theme,
“Strengthen America . . . Character
Counts!” typifies the spirit and pur
pose of the Scouting objectives.
(Photo by Jon E. Anderson)
Many Activities To Highlight
Local Observance, Scout Week
Highlighting the local obser
vance of Boy Scout week will be
a big court of honor on Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the
First Baptist church.
The day has also been desig
nated as “Boy Scout Sunday” in
Brevard and Transylvania
county, and many churches will
have special services around the
scouting theme.
According to Thomas R. Mit
rhel’.'fr., district chairman, the
services will mark the 51st an
niversary of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Tht theme of the observance
this year is “Strengthen America
— Character Counts”.
Awards will be made at the
honor court Sunday afternoon,
and Mr. Mitchell cordially in
vites all persons interested in
the scouting movement to at
tend.
Tommy Mitchell and Don
Moore will describe their trip of
last summer to the National Boy
Scout ranch, Camp Philmont,
New Mexico. Their talk will be
illustrated with color slides.
Civic Chorus
Rehearsals
Prof. Nelson F. Adams, direc
tor of the Brevard Civic Chorus,
announces the following sched
ule of rehearsals for the Palm
Sunday performance of Handel’s
“Dettingen Te Deum”; Tuesday,
February 21, 7:30 p.m.; Monday,
March 6, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday,
March 19, 3:00 p.m.; Tuesday,
March 21, 7:30 p.m. and Satur
day, March 25, 7:00 p.m.
These rehearsals will take
place at the First Baptist church
where the concert performance
of this outstanding Handelian
work will take place on March
26th at 8:00 p.m.
Professor Adams reminds
those who wish to sing in this
Concert that they may do so by
joining the Brevard Civic Chorus
and attending all . of the re
hearsals listed above. Further
Information may be obtained
by contacting Mr. Adams or any
member of the chorus.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
1 Thursday, February 9 — Su
perior Court continues at 9:30 a.
5T County Classroom teachers
iheet at Pisgah Forest elemen
school at 3:30 p. m. Bre
College Vs. Furman Fresh
in college gym at 7:30 p.
ML Masons meet in Temple at
i'QO p. m.
Friday, February 10 — All
night gospel sing at Brevard
Senior high school auditorium
at 8:00 p. m. Western style
•mure dance graduation at
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It,
Hearing Held
Labor Board Sets Election
At Olin Mathieson, 17 & 18
Following an informal hearing
between representatives of the
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest and
' organizers of the United Paper
makers and Paperworkers, AFL
CIO, in Asheville, before the
National Labor Relations board,
it was announced that an elec
tion would be held at Pisgah
Forest on Friday and Saturday,
February 17th and 18th.
It is understood that only the
hourly workers at the Pisgah
Forest plant of Olin Mathieson
will participate in the election,
and polling places in the plant
and time of voting will be an
nounced later.
In part, Olin Mathieson has is
sued the following statement to
employees: .
‘‘This election has been
made possible by the action
of your Company in agreeing
to an early election at which
all eligible employees may
make their free choice by se
cret ballot.
“An event of such far
reaching significance should
not be decided by the votes
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Sale Of License 1
Behind, Deadline
A NEW QUARRY producing stone for North Car
olina Highway department purposes is now in oper
ation near Lake Toxaway. Above a power shovel
scoops up a load of stone which will be crushed
and used for road surfacing. From the same quarry,
located on Lake Toxaway Estates, will come stone
for construction of a new network of roads around
the 14-mile shoreline of Lake Toxaway, now being
restored after 45 years. The original lake, out of
existence since 1916, was site of a famous resort
hotel.
Brownell
Will
Speak
Philip C. Brownell, vice-pres
ident and manager of the Ecu
sta Paper and Film operations
of the Olin Mathieson Chemical
corporation, has been secured
as the speaker for the annual
banquet of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce, Robert W.
‘ Buddy” Melton, the president,
announces today.
The big event will be held on
Thursday evening, March 2nd,
in the Masonic temple.
Raymond F. Bennett, produc
tion manager of the film division
of Olin Mathieson, will be the
master of ceremonies on the
program, and the new president
of the commerce body will be
presented by Charles F. Himes,
the past prexy.
The invocation will be by
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, presi
dent of Brevard college, and
the benediction will be rendered
by Rev. B. W. Thomason, for
mer state senator.
Special singing will be fur
nished by the Brevard college
Madrigal singers, under the di
rection of Prof. Nelson F. Ad
ams.
The banquet committee is com
posed of the following:
Chairman — R. F. Bennett
Dinner arrangements — Mrs.
John Ford
Publicity and printing — John
I. Anderson
Entertainment — Dr. E. K. Mc
Larty
Public address — John Reese
Sledge
Music and broadcasting —
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I The Weather j
Winter remained much in evi
dence this week, dumping up to
three inches of snow in Brevard
last. Thursday night, and a coat
ing of freezing rain and sleet
again on Tuesday. Total precipi
tation was 1.20 inches. Daily
readings are as follows:
High Low
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
55
52
34
42
48
41
40
20
21
20
11
10
16
16
Pre.
0
0
.45
0
0
0
.75
'ags Lagging
Is Feb. 15th
The sale of automobile li
cense tags is slightly behind
the number of sales this time
last year, Mrs. Rosa Norwood,
of the local AAA office, an
nounces today.
To date this year, a total of
of 2,590 tags has been sold, as
compared with 2,701 last year.
Mrs. Norwood reminds driv
ers that February 15th is the
deadline for purchasing new
tags, and states that buyers
must have their renewal cards
and must have signed the de
claration of insurance.
She also states that her of
fice hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday,
and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on
Saturday.
All-Night Sing
Slated Friday
A big, all night gospel sing
will be held in the Brevard Sen
ior high school auditorium on
Friday evening, February 10th.
The sing will begin at 8:00
o’clock, and will continue until
more leave than remain.
Sponsored by the Brevard Po
lice Reserves, the sing will feat
ure the Palmetto State Quartet
and the Carolina Ladies Quar
tet, both of Greenville, S. C., and
the Kingsmen Quartet, of Ashe
ville. Other local talent will also
be heard.
Advance tickets, which may be
purchased from all police of
ficers, are $1.00 for adults and 50
cents for children under 12.
At the door tickets will be
$1.25 for adults and 75 cents for
children under 12.
Hie public is cordially invited
to attend this big gospel sing.
THE BREVARD CIVIC ORCHES
TRA is this week beginning rehear
sals for its annual spring concert
which will be held in April. Under
the direction of M. T. Cousins, profes
sor of music at Brevard College, the
orchestra has undergone sweeping
changes in instrumentation and will
perform this .season as a wind ensem
ble in an effort to better utilize the
musical talents available in Brevard.
Wolfgang Selle, president of the
group, reports that interest in the
orchestra, which includes residents of
Hendersonville as well as local towns
people, high school and college stu
dents, is at a high level. New mem
bers interested in participating should
contact Mr. Selle or Dr. R. J. Lom
bardo. In the photo above, Dr. Lom
bardo, left, who plays first trumpet
in the orchestra, is discussing a score
with Mr. Cousins.
(Austin Studio Photo)
Weatherman Turns His Icy
Blast On Town And County
J. BRUCE MORTON
Morton To Head
Local Chapter
Of Red Cross
J. Bruce Morton was elected
chairman of the Transylvania
County chapter, American Red
Cross at its annual meeting at
Gaither’s.
He succeeds John R. Hudson.
Other officers include John K.
Smart, Jr., vice chairman; and
E. A. Knoth, treasurer.
Annual reports were heard
from the treasurer, E. A. Knoth;
the executive secretary, Mrs.
Mary O. Armfield; the produc
tion committee, Mrs. Coral Carr;
nurse’s aide chairman, Mrs. An
nette Turner; records chairman,
Mrs. Rebecca Kolman; and hos
pital gifts chairman, Mrs. Mar
garet Knoth.
Home Service certificates were
presented to Mrs. Marie Brewer
and Mrs. Margaret Hampton
for the completion of the Home
Service Training class in Ashe
ville and 10 hours of actual home
service duties in the local chap
ter.
Lake Toxaway
Promoters Tell
Of Their Plans
Representatives of Lake Toxa
way Estates told members of the
Brevard Kiwanis club of their
extensive plans for the restor
ation of Lake Toxaway at the
last regular meeting of the club
in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
Darnall W. Boyd and Reginald
D. Heinitsh were in charge of
the program, and they showed
colored slides that depicted the
work that has been been done.
Giant machinery is now busy
rebuilding the dam that was
washed out in the 1916 flood.
The lake bed is also being clear
ed, and the two men predicted
that the new dam should be com
pleted by early spring.
They also told of future deve
lopment plans to make the site
the vacation mecca that it was
a half century ago.
Jim Farley presented the
speakers, and President Jim Wil
lis presided over the meeting.
Like the rest of the nation,
Transylvania has had its share
of wintry weather during the
past week.
It began with a three-inch
snow last Thursday, closing
schools on Friday.
Then on Tuesday, school of
ficials were again forced to
close the schools at 2:00 p.m.,
because of the ice storm.
They remained closed on
Wednesday, and the weather
man promises some relief on
Thursday.
According to Bobby Hoyle,
the official weatherman for
Transylvania, the mercury
dropped to its lowest mark on
Sunday night, when it dipped
to 10 above zero. Last Wed
nesday afternoon was the
warmest period of the week,
when the temperature soared
to 55.
The ice-glazed highways
caused a number of highway
accidents, but most of them
were of a minor nature, and
no serious injuries were re
ported.
WPNF Program Highlights
Weather Keeps Telephones
Ringing At Radio Station
If telephone calls can act as
a barometer of activity, WPNF
has had its share during the past
week, Bobby Hoyle, station man
ager reports.
The radio station’s phones
have practically “rung off the
wall,” with inquiries as to weath
er forecasts, school closings and
road conditions.
The station’s announcing staff
has answered 100 inquiries
during the week, and as a re
sult, WPNF has stepped up its
schedule of weather forecast
and reports over the air.
The local station is happy to
be of service, Mr. Hoyle stated,
and he urges local citiseus to
keep their dials tuned constant
ly to 1210 for regular reports,
during this season of unpredict
able weather.
OTHER SPEAKERS
The schedule for the Fartr
and Home hour is as follows
Thursday, station program; Fri
day, N. C. forestry, Clark Gris
som; Monday, county agent
Tuesday, Extension forestry
Leonard Hampton; Wednesday
home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Horn
are the following: Friday, Bre
vard Garden club; Monday, Bool
and Plate club; Wednesday
American legion.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing devotions is Rev. Jarvi
Brock, pastor of the Little Rive
Baptist church. Next week Rev
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Tribute Paid To
The Late Harvey
L Cavender
During the first three days this
v.cek in Criminal court In Tran
sylvania, a large number of. cas
es was disposed of, and some civ
il cases are expected to he beard
during the rest of the week.
Judge Francis O, Cfarkson, of
Charlotte, is presiding, and Leo
nard Lowe, of Forest City, is
prosecuting for the state.
On Tnesday afternoon, Judge
Clarkson ordered the court ad
journed in memory of and re
spect to Harvey L. Cavender,
A member of the Transylvania
bar, Mr. Cavender died Monday
morning in the local hospital. •.
Clerk of Superior Court Mar
vin McCall said yesterday that
many cases had been postponed
rntil the next term of court.
Several of these were those of
Attorney Jack Potts, who left
on Monday for the 1961 legisla
ture, where he will represent
Transylvania in the House.
In last week’s Times, Leigh
ton Martin was listed as being
charged with speeding. Mr. Mar
tin was the bondsman in this
rase, and not the defendant Ttye
Times regrets this error.
The following person; who
faced charges of speeding, and
their sentences ares*
James Lee LaffHte, $25 and
costs; William Louis Hall, SIS
and costs; Lewis Jerry Coni, $25
and costs; Joel Bond Stevenson,
$25 and costs and license re
voked; Alfred James Cheek, $10
and costs; Guy Lee McCaB, $15
and costs; and Joe C. Chapman,
$10 and costs.
The following were found
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Henderson Again
Appointed As
Ambassador
Henry R. Henderson has been
asked by Earl H. Tate, of Lenoir,
newly elected and installed po
tentate of Oasis Temple, Char
lotte, to serve again as Ambas
sador for the Brevard area,
which he has accepted.
In his request to Henderson,
Mr. Tate stated: ‘*1 have been
aware of the fine work you
have done the past year for
Oasis Temple as Ambassador,
and I want you to consider serv
ing with me in the same capacity
this year.”
A meeting and banquet will
be held in Oasis Temple on Fri
day, February 24th, beginning at
6:00 o’clock, with the Divan and
all of the newly appointed Am
bassadors, presidents and secre
taries of all the Shrine clubs
under the jurisdiction of Oasis
Temple. Attending from Bre
\ard will be Ambassador Hen
derson, David W. Sams, presi
dent of the local Shrine club,
and Bennett J. Jones, secretary.
Little Theatre
Now Holding
Rehearsals
Rehearsals for the Brevard
Little Theatre’s second produc
tion of the year are being held
in the Silversteen Community
center.
The play, Elizabeth McFadden’s
‘‘Double Door,” will be present
ed on February ?4th and 25th at
tiie Brevard College auditorium.
A cast of 12 persons under the
direction of Robroy Farqubar
is hard at work preparing the
play for production, which is
described as a thriller that. i«
guaranteed to keep the and'
er.ee spellbound until the final
curtain.
Mrs. Duncan Hunter has the
lead in the production and will
play the part of the ruthle<«
end cruel Victoria VanBret
Others in the cast include
Nancy Edwards, Mick Manner
Barbara Cox, Him Buckner, Far
ban
Ray
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