Educational, Agricultural'
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 16,372.
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard eroper 4,857.
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COUNTY HD COUNCIL OFFIC
ERS are shown above following their
installation at a recent meeting at
the Miller Memorial armory. These
officers, who will guide the activities
of the home demonstration clubs in
the county, will serve two-year terms.
Seated, left to right, are Mrs. Clar
ence F. Allison, Homemakers club,
| president, . and Mrs. Robert Miller,
Pisgah Forest club, secretary. Stand
ing from left to right are Mrs. Coy
Fisher, Lamb’s Creek club, treasurer;
Mrs. Robert Mitchem, Brevard club,
vice president; and Mrs. Morris Haw
kins, Little River club, historian.
(Photo by Austin)
I
Commerce Directors Plan Many
Activities During New Year
The newly elected directors of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce discussed many plans for
the (Aar’s work at their regular
monffily meeting Tuesday night
at the Library.
President Buddy Melton pre
side, and he announced that
changes would be made in the
by-laws so as to increase the
number of committees and the
scope of the organization’s,
work.
The directors heard Grover
McPherson, local soil conserva
tion specialist, tell of flood con
trol plans on the French Broad
River. He also asked the direc
tors for assistance to hold an
election so that the commission
ers could authorize the payment
of maintenance of the control
program.
He further explained that
some 17 dams would be built on
the head waters and the con
struction of these would be fi
nardMl by the federal govern
ment
pisident Melton referred the
matter to the flood control com
mittee and the agriculture com
mittee for study and recommen
dation at the next meeting.
The directors have been ask
ed to aid in the securing of
rights-of-ways for the scenic
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 16 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets at
Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Ma
sons meet in Temple at 7:30
p.m.
-Friday, February 17 — World
Day of Prayer Service at Lu
theran Church of the Good Shep
herd at 3:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 18 — Elkc
to honor past exalted rulers
with dinner dance. Brevard Col
lege Vs. Wingate in college gym
at T-M p.m.
Sunday, February 19 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, February 20 — Rot
ary club meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m. Humane Society meetr
ai the home of Mrs. Ralph Pal
mer at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 21 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m.
Straus P-TA meets at 7:30 p.m.
Brevard Civic Chorus rehearsal
ait First Baptist church at 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday, February 22 —
George Washington’s birthday.
Post office and bank holiday.
Jaycees meet at Gaither’s at
6:30 pjn.
Plea Is Made
Little Theatre
Play For Febi
Elizabeth MeFadden’s “Double
Door" will bd presented by the
Brevard Little Theatre on Fri
day and Saturday, February
24th and 25th, in the auditorium
of Brevard college.
Curtain time is 8:00 o’clock.
The thriller, under the direc
tion of Robroy Farquhar, is the
second production of the cur
rent BLT season.
In announcing the forthcom
Freezer Locker
Plant Leased
To Service Co.
The Farmers Federation
Freezer Locker plant here in
Brevard has been leased by the
Service Freezer Locker company,
Harry Stewart, of Waynesville,
announces today.
Claude Mull, also of Waynes
ville, will be the local manag
er, and he is this week moving
his family to Brevard.
Mr. Stewart says the name of
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Readying
nary 24, 25
(ing production, officials of the
Brevard Little Theatre also not
ed that the organization was ex
periencing financial difficulties.
They urge persons who have not
done so to purchase their sea
son tickets when they attend
‘•Double Door.” The punch that
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Much Interest Is Being Shown In Election
jOn Friday And Saturday At Olin Mathieson
Annual Heart
Fund Drive
| Is Underway
The annual Heart Fund drive
! ij currently underway in Tran
sylvania county, with Walter
I Straus serving as chairman of
the drive.
Heart Sunday will be observ
ed on February 26th, and Jerry
H. Jerome, will be in charge
of the activities on that date.
He will also contact the various
businesses in town for contri
butions.
Plastic heart coin collectors
have been placed in all the busi
ness establishments, and Mr.
Straus urges Transylvanians to
drop their loose change into
these hearts and support this
worthy cause.
Saluda Lions
To Give Local
Program
Saluda Lions will be in charge
of the program at the semi
monthly meeting of the Brevard
Lions club on Thursday night
in the Colonial Inn.
Meeting time is at 7:00 o’clock,
and President W. M. Melton urg
es all members to attend.
“This should be a most inter
esting meeting, and we want to
make our neighbors feel right
at home,” the local president
said.
Post Office And
Banks Will Close
Next Wednesday
Several institutions will be
uosed in Brevard and Tran
sylvania on next Wednesday,
which is George Washington’s
birthday.
According to Acting Post
master Vernon Fullbright,
the local post office will ob
serve the holiday, and the win
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Superior Court Ends A Busy
Session, Verdicts Are Cited
The February term of Su
perior court in Transylvania ]
was adjourned last Thursday I
by Judge Francis Clarkson, af
ter a busy session.
According to Clerk of Su
perior Court Marvin McCall,
the Grand Jury postponed the
inspections of the county
buildings until the April term j
of court.
The postponement was due
to bad weather.
Virgil E. Gillespie is serving
as foreman of the Grand Jury
for these two terms of court.
The jury did, however, pass
upon all bills and present- j
ments during the March term. '
Verdicts handed down by
Judge Clarkson since The
Times went to press last week
are as follows:
Ruebin Clayton was found
guilty by a jury of resisting
arrest and was given a 60
days sentence.
Edward Mackey pled guilty
to assault on a female and
was given 40 days.
William S. Stewart was
found guilty of drunk driving
and no operator’s license. He
was given a suspended sen
tence on payment of $125 and
costs.
William Whiteside was
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IT’S CENTENNIAL TIME IN
TRANSYLVANIA, and the ladies pic
tured above are ready with their
authentic 1861 styled dresses and
bonnets. These were modeled at the
recent meeting of the county council
of home demonstration clubs. Mrs.
Christine Kitchen, left, is modeling a
dress and bonnet made from a com
mercial pattern by Carolina Cloth
Shop. In the center, Mrs. Leroy Rack
ley is wearing an original model dress
and bonnet which has been carefully
preserved through the years. The doll
she is holding is also dressed in cen
tennial style. Mrs. Rackley made the
doll’s body and dressed it, and the
doll’s ceramic head was made by Mrs.
Lillian King and Mrs. Mary Jane Mc
Crary. At the right, Mrs. James Cabe
is modeling another style which was
also made by the Carolina Cloth
Shop. (Austin Studio Photo)
100th Anniversary Resolution
Adopted In House At Raleigh
Holder Finalist
For A National
Merit Scholarship
R. T. Kimzey, principal of
Brevard senior high school, an
nounces today that Miss Eliza
beth J. Holder, senior, has been
named finalist in the I960 - 1961
National Merit Scholarship pro
gram competition and has been
awarded certificate of merit.
Miss Holder attained finalist
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Batson Opens
New Sinclair
Station Friday
Baxter and McConnell, Sin
clair Oil distributors in Tran
sylvania and Henderson coun
ties, announce the opening of a
new station, the latest and most
modern design of the Sinclair
company, on Friday morning.
Carrol Batson, well-known
Transylvania service station op
erator, is the new Sinclair deal
er, and his new station is locat
ed at the corner of East Main
and North Johnson 'street.
“We are indeed fortunate in
having Mr. Batson connected
with the Sinclair organization,
and we cordially invite all his
customers and friends to visit
him in his new location,” Mr.
Baxter and Mr. Connell said
yesterday.
They further explained that
tliis is the fourth modern sta
tion that Sinclair has opened in
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty within the past three and
one-half years.
Mr. Baxter and Mr. McCon
nell also have a bulk oil and gas
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING proposed for Brevard
College has been drawn by Henry C. McDonald, architect for the
Brevard College Development 'program. The trustee committee on
buildings and grounds will meet soon to consider the plans for the
newest structure at the college. With their final approval, the
project will be advertised for bids, and work is scheduled to be
gin shortly thereafter. A new science building is presently under
construction and is scheduled to be finished by early summer and
completely equipped for the opening of the 1961-’62 term in the
fall. The athletic fields are also under construction and will be
completed as soon as weather permits. These installations are
part of the $1,600,000 short-range building program presently
being undertaken by the college, President Emmett K. McLarty
announces.
A resolution commemorating
the 100th anniversary of Tran
sylvania county was presented
in the House of Representatives
in Raleigh on Wednesday by
Transylvania’s Representative
Jack Potts and Representative
Crawford, of Buncombe county.
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, chair
man of the Transylvania Histor
ical commission, said the reso
lution was most appropriate,
since the county was ratified on
this date, 100 years ago.
Many activities are planned
all during 1961, as the county
celebrates its centennial.
The resolution is as follows:
WHEREAS, Transylvania
county was formed of territor
ies originally lying with the
boundaries of Henderson and
Jackson counties; and
WHEREAS the word “Tran
sylvania” is derived from two
Latin words, trans meaning
“Across” and sylvia meaning
“woods”; and
WHEREAS, Transylvania
county comprises an area of
379 square miles and has a
population of 16,372; and
WHEREAS, the county
“across the woods” was creat
ed by the General Assembly
through the enactment of
Chapter 10 of Public Laws of
1860-61, ratified 100 years ago
today, on February 15, 1961:
NOW THEREFORE
Be it resolved by the House of
Representatives:
Section 1: That the House
hereby congratulates this great
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Third Attempt
Being Made To
Organize Plant
There is keen interest In Bre
vard and Transylvania county
in the election at the Otin Math
ieson Chemical corporation this
Friday and Saturday at the Pis
gah Forest plant.
The National Labor Relations
hoard has called the election to
determine whether or not the
hourly employees shall be rep
resented by the United Paper
makers and Paperworkers, AFL
CIO, in bargaining with the
management.
Hours of the election are as
follows:
Friday, Feb. 17 - 7:00 a. m.,
to 3:00 p. m., and 4:30 p. m., un
til 9:00 p. m.
Saturday, February 18th - 5:00
a. m., to 7:30 a. m., and 8:30
a. m., - until 11:00 a. m.
As soon as the results of the
election are known, they will be
announced over Radio Station
WPNF.
This is the third time that the
unions have attempted to or
ganize the Pisgah Forest plant.
In 1949 an election was held
and the hourly workers voted
almost five to one against union
representation.
Five years later, after another
period of activity, union organ
izers left the community when
they were unable to gain enough
I support from employees to peti
tion for an election.
In a letter recently explain
ing the company’s position in
regard to the union activities,
Philip C. Brownell, vice presi
dent and manager, Ecusta Paper
and Film Operations, cited the
harmonious relationship which
the employees and the company
have had for over 20 years, as
result of which "work has been
steady, and pay an<| benefits
have advanced every year.”
Mr. Brownell continued:
"Those of us who have the job
of managing this enterprise at
Pisgah Forest and of trying to
keepitagood and secure place
to work, are «trongly opposed
to a union. The experience of
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Owen Home
Destroyed
By Fire
The residence of Eldon
Owen at Quebec was complete
ly destroyed by fire Tuesday
night.
For the protection of neigh
boring homes and buildings,
the Brevard fire department
was called out, and the blaze
was confined to the Owen
home.
This was the third time the
department has answered
alarms during the past week.
Last Thursday night the lo
cal fire-fighters put out a
small fire in an apartment at
Dr. Gaine Cannon’s in North
Brevard.
Sunday afternoon the de
partment was called to extin
guish a blaze in a car on
Maple street. Damages were
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WPNF Program Highlights
Exciting 1961 Basketball
Season Ending This Week
A weekend of double-header
basketball play is in store over
WPNF, as the Atlantic Coast
basketball activity nears a close,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager
announces.
With only one more week of
regular season play remaining,
the weekend’s broadcast sched
ule begins on Friday night, with
North Carolina meeting South
Carolina in Charlotte, beginning
at 7:15 o’clock. Following, about
9:00 o’clock, North Carolina
State meets Clemson.
Saturday’s activity in Charlotte
also begins at 7:15 o’clock as Car
olina versus Clemson, followed
at 9:00 o’clock by the N. C.
| State-South Carolina game.
■ The local station also announc
[ es plans to air the ACC Tourna
j nient play, beginning on March »
2, followed by the NCAA district
I and regional tournaments.
OTHER PROGRAMS '
| The schedule for the Farnr
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard Home Ec.
idept., Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Fri
day, Rosman Home Ec. dept.,
Mrs. Sallie Wallace; Monday
county agent; Tuesday, Exten- ,
| sion forestry, Leonard Hampton;
! and Wednesday, hone agent
Appearing on the Civic Hoar
are the foflowinc fWday. Ro
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