TRANSYLVANIA— '
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 16,372.
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol 27 — No. 9
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE POWERFUL WINDS in Transylvania last Friday night did
considerable damage, and they stacked two light planes against the
hanger at the Sylvan Valley Aero club off the Greenville highway
opposite Sapphire Manor. Wedged as they were, the planes suffered
only minor damages and gave the Times Staff photographer “the shot
of the year”. The heavy rains last Friday night sent the French Broad
river out of its banks, flooding the bottom lands in lower Transyl
vania county, as can be noted in the photo above.
(Times Staff Photos)
HIGH WATERS in lower Transyl
vania caused many v^tSaddles to
stall last Saturday night and Sunday.
One of the unfortunate victims is pic
tured above near the bride-' across
the French Broad river on tA> ftluff
Farm road. (Times Staff Photo)
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Jurors Called For April Term
Of Superior Court In County
Jurors for the April term of
Superior Court are announced
today by Marvin McCall, clerk of
the Superior Court in Transyl
vania county.
The first term, which will be
for the trial of the criminal
docket, will open on Monday,
April 3rd, and the following
week will be devoted to hear
ing the civil slate.
Judge Francis O. Clarkson, of
^Charlotte, will preside, and Leo
.'Bard Lowe, of Forest City, will
4 prosecute for the state.
The jurors were drawn this
week by the jury commission,
composed of Mr. McCall, P. A.
Rahn, and Oliver H. Orr.
The grand jury that served
during the January term of court
will serve again during April.
Jurors called to serve the first
week are the following:
Ernest Pangle, Frank H. Case,
Sr., William A. Surrett, Mrs.
Blanton Asheworth, Robert
Doyle Enloe, Ellard O. Shook,
Mrs. Beulah Shufford, Mrs. Ed
Cantrell, Charles W. Galloway,
Robert H. Duckworth, Mrs. Rich
ard Rice, Donald F. Stoneback,
Hollen Orr, Robert Mitchem,
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 2nd — Cham
ber of Commerce banquet at
Masonic Temple at .7:00 p. m.
Lions club will meet at Colonial
(Qfain at 7:00 p. m.
Friday, March 3rd — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, March 5th — Attend
the church of your choice. Billy
Graham movie at First Baptist
church at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 6th — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m. Civic Chorus rehearsal at
Brevard Methodist church at
7:30 p. m. Town Board meets at
7:30 p. m. County Commissioners
meet at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, March 7th — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, March 8th — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p. m.
Breakdown Given
Transylvania Farmers
Receive Vast ACP Funds
Transylvania county farmers
received a total of $50,187.00
gross assistance through the
Agricultural Conservation pro
gram in 1960.
This figure and others are con
tained in the annual statistical
ASC report made public this
week by the Transylvania county
ASC office in Brevard.
In addition to the gross as-!
sistance given county farmers,
the report pointed out that 843
farmers participated in the pro
gram; 52, 409 acres of farmland
came under the program; 12,
655 acres of this farmland was
cropland; and 7,410 acres was
non-crop land pasture.
One of the big items includ
ed' in the ASC allocation for the
year was $7,487.00 for the seed
ing of 367 acres of permanent
pasture or hay. A total of 233
county farmers carried out this
practice.
The liming of farmland was
another conservation practice on
which a large part of the alloca
tion was used. Some 398 far
mers limed a total of 1,941 acres
of farmland at a cost of $15,814.
00.
A total of $15,129.00 was used
on improving permanent vegeta
tive cover for soil and watershed
protection. A total of 467 far
mers improved 1,688 acres of pas
ture and hay with this practice
during 1960.
There were nine conservation
practices included in the County
ACP Program for 1960. Some of
these in addition to the above
named, included planting of for
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Bill P. Norris Is The New
Advertising Manager, Times
Bill P. Norris, a native of]
Forest City who came to Brevard
in 1953, is the new advertising
manager of The Transylvania
Times.
He succeeds Jack Briggs, who
has moved to Venice, Florida, i
to accept a similar position on
the weekly newspaper there.
Mr. Norris was connected with
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest from
’53 to ’59, when he left the or
ganization to enter the insur
ance field.
Mr. Norris has been extremely
active in civic and religious af
fairs in the town and county,
and in 1958, he was named the
“outstanding young man of the
year” for Brevard and Tran
sylvania county, and received
the Jaycees Distinguished Ser
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BILL P. NORRIS
Your
Dollars
Go, Go
By SlAft HHUUt
More than one dollar out of
every ten that is being collected
this year in Transylvania county
by the federal government,
| through income taxes and excise
| taxes, is to meet the annual in
terest charges on the national
debt.
The local contribution for that
purpose is an estimated $805,
000. That takes care only of the
carrying charges on the debt. It
has no effect on the principal it
■ elf, which has risen to $290 bil
lion and is heading higher.
The breakdown is based on
government figures, which show
that the interest on the debt is
nearly $9 billion a year at the
present time, and on data re
leased by the Tax Foundation,
which reveals that the average
indebtedness for interest is now
S49.97 per capita. This is at the
annual rate of $184 per family
nationally.
Commenting on this situation,
the Taxpayers association states:
“If one of every ten dollars in
the family budget went to pay
interest costs — not to retire
principal — on the family debt,
the family breadwinner would
feel mightily burdened. Yet the
federal government and the tax
payer are in just such posi
tions. .”
What It amounts to, as far as
Transylvania county is concern
ed, is that $805,000 that would
Showing Of
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Postponed
Plans to show films of three
Brevard football games this
Friday night have been tem
porarily postponed. This was
done when Booster club offic
ials realized that there is the
possibility of a conflict be
tween the showing of the films
and a Brevard high basket
ball game. This would come
about if Brevard should de
feat Owen high in the Dis
trict 8 tournament at Enka
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Heavy rains, strong winds,
mild temperatures, light snow
flurries, and sunshine were the
ingredients fof this week’s
weather. A total of 4.72 inches
of precipitation caused consider
able flooding along the French
Broad river, and the high winds
brought light damage to the area.
Daily readings are as follows:
High Low Pre.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
54
71
67
62
61
68
70
43
51
31
30
28
26
36
.40
1.37
.05
2.75
0
0
.15
Blowing Rains, Powerful Winds Do
Much Damage In Town And County
PRINCIPAL FIGURES al; the an
nual Chamber of Commerce banquet
Thursday night are pictured above.
At the left is Philip C. Brownell, Vice
president and Manager of Ecusta Pa
per and Film Operations of Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation, who
will be the principal speaker. In the
center is Raymond F. Bennett, the
master of ceremonies on the program,
and at the right is Robert W. Melton,
the new president of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce.
Many Expected At Chamber Of
Commerce Banquet Thursday
i
25th Anniversary
Music Camp To Award
Many Scholarships
In celebration of the 25th an
niversary of Transylvania Music
Camp, James Christian Pfohl,
director, has announced a num
ber of special camp scholarships
to be awarded and several Young
Artist awards to be made. The
1961 season will be held June
22 through August 6.
The scholarships, sponsored
by the Brevard Music Center’s
Faith in American Youth Club
Scholarship fund, are available
to young musicians, ages 12 to
18, for a summer’s study at Tran
sylvania Music camp in orches
tral and band instruments. The
scholarships will be awarded
Ayers To Talk
At Lions Meet
Buzz Ayers, safety director of
the film division of the Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, will be the
principal speaker at the regular
meeting of the Brevard Lions
club on Thursday evening.
As usual, the meeting will be
held at the Colonial Inn, begin
ning at 7:00 o’clock.
The theme of the program will
be: “Let’s Pretend”.
President W. M. Melton urges
all Lions to attend. 1
through tape auditions.
The special Young Artist
awards are open to residents of
the Southeast between the ages
of 19 and 30. The areas of com
petition are voice, piano, cello,
viola, and violin. Winners will be
guests of Transylvania for a
week, will appear in solo per
formance with the orchestra, and
will win a cash award. Auditions
for the Young Artist awards will
be held on April 15 in Tusca
loosa, Alabama; Tallahassee,
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Everything is in readiness for
the annual banquet of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce,
which will be held this Thurs
day evening at 7:00 o’clock in
the Masonic temple.
More than 200 persons are ex
pected to attend, and the princi
pal address will be delivered by
Philip C. Brownell, Vice-presi
dent and Manager of Ecusta Pa
per and Film Operations of Olir
Mathieson Chemical Corporation.
Raymond F. Bennett, produc
tion manager of the film divis
ion 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, president oi
Brevard College, and the bene
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^rc ^ani Highlights
WPNF To Broadcast Banquet
Program Friday Afternoon
Radio Station WPNF will re
cord the Brevard chamber of
commerce banquet program for
broadcast on Friday afternoon,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
announces.
The featured speaker will be
Philip C. Brownell, vice-presi
dent and manager of Ecusta Pa
per and Film Operations of Olin
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
at Pisgah Forest
Air time on Friday will be 5:05
1 o’clock p.m.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, SCS office, Grover McPher
son; Friday, U. S. Forestry, Ted
Seely; Monday, county agent;
Tuesday, Brevard Hi Vo-ag dept.,
Randal Lyday; Wednesday, home
agent.
Appearing on the Civic Horn
are the following: Friday, Rob
man Chamber of Commerce;
Monday, Mathatasian club; Fri
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All Bottomlands
Flooded, Traffic
Was Hampered
Heavy rains and high winds
lashed Brevard and Transyl
vania county last Friday night
and Saturday, causing wide
spread minor damages and
severe damages in various sec
tions of the town and county.
No deaths or serious injuries
were reported.
Hundreds of basements were
flooded, trees uprooted, and a
vast number of TV antennae
was blown over.
More than three inches of
rain were recorded and the
heaviest rainfall was in the
Bosnian area.
The French Broad River was
out of its banks most of Sat
urday and Sunday, and bottom
lands were flooded.
Traffic was snarled Saturday
afternoon and night in lower
Transylvania county, and a
portion of a bridge above
John’s Rock on the Pisgah Na
tional Forest service road to
the hatchery was washed out.
J. Ml. Gaines, manager of
Duke Power company here,
said that some damage was
done to electrical lines in the
county by trees that were
blown over.
Officials of the Citizens Tele
phone company reported that
some 23 lines were knocked
out by the storm, affecting
more than 59 phones.
Two poles were blown over
on the Elm Bend road, one
on Tinsley road, one on Ever
ett road, and three were brok
en down in North Brevard.
Falling trees also knocked
out lines at Gallamore hill and
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Owenby Bros.
Reopen Their
Amoco Station
Fred and Henry Owenby have
reopened their Amoco service
station on the corner of Jordan
and South Broad.
The station was fenced to re
locate last winter, when fire rav
aged the A4P building adjacent
to the service station.
AH facilities of the station are
new and the building t»« beei
completely renovated to make
it one of the most modern and
complete service stations In the
area, the brothers state.
The Owenbys plan to carry a
complete line of automotive
cessories and to con tint
policy of providing all i_
customers with the best i
possible.
The station will be
7 ami. to 1*90 pm