TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Musie Center. Popula
tion, 19G0 Census, 16,372.
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
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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.
Vol. 27 — No. 10
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
PRICE 7c
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Official
Speaks
Some 250 persons heard Philip
C. Brownell, vice president and
general manager of the paper
and film divisions of the Olin
Mi* tieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, tell of the fine
relationship that exists between
tl>e company and this community
at the annual banquet of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce last
Thursday night in the Masonic
temple.
“I doubt that any business or
ganization could have a sense of
nore solid support from the com
munity in which it is located
than we at Olin have,” he said.
“I doubt very much if there are
many places where there is so
little line of separation between
the citizens of the community
and the employes of a business
enterprise.”
In discussing the relationship
between the company and its em
ployes, he mentioned the recent
plection in which e.nplo’ es voted
against union representation.
“Wat feel that this election show
ed nnce again that most of us
who belong to the Olin organiza
tion at Pisgah Forest put a high
value on personal independence,
mutual confidence and friend
liness,” he stated.
I^e company, Mr. Brownell ex
plained, has achieved greater
strength as an organization by
reason of the fact that leader
ship, responsibility and expert
ness are dispersed among a great
many people.
A climate where individuals
can develop as individuals and
win the satisfactions that come
from individual accomplishment
,!s one of the greatest aims at
| custa, he continued.
Another aim of the company is
to provide steady employment.
To do this, “Ecusta will always
give the highest priority to ful
filling the needs of its customers
in the cigarette industry . . .
without whose continued patron
age the Ecusta operation cannot
survive,” he declared.
But in addition to supplying
cigarette papers, the company
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PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the an
nual Brevard Chamber of Commerce
banquet last Thursday night in the
Masonic tem'ple are shown in the two
pictures above. In the top photo,
Philip C. Brownell, the principal
speaker, is in the center looking over
publicity material that the civic group
mails out each year. At the left is Ray
mond F. Bennett, who was master of
ceremonies on the program, and at
the right is Robert W. “Buddy” Mel
ton, the new president of the Brevard
Chambei of Commerce. In the lower
photo, left vO x'ight, are Dr. Emmett
K. McLarty, who gave the invocation;
Rev. B. W. Thomason, who pronounc
ed the benediction; and Charles F.
Himes, the outgoing president.
(Times Staff Photos)
CountyBoard Brevard Aldermen Call For
[Holds Meet in” Election, New Registration
Transylvania County Commis
Lior ers held a busy session at
|ieir regular March meeting this
£ in the Court House,
[hbirman Bob Boyd presided,
the other commissioners at
lg were Dwight Moffitt and
few Lyda.
resent in their official capaci
_were Owen Lee, Registrar,
, ho serves as clerk of the board;
■k Hudson, county attorney;
C. Lewis Osborne, tax su
tat the request of Mayor Austin
fogsed and Chief of Police
.harles Owen, the Commission
ers decided to station a deputy
sheriff at Rosman each weekend.
► They also made plans to meet
with the school board for dis
cussion of budget for coming
yei#
Various delegations appeared
before the Board, and the Com
niiAoners discussed other mat
ersit length.
(CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 9 — Class
oom Teachers meet at Pisgah
'orest school at 3:30 p. m. Jay
ettes meet at Colonial Inn at
:00 p. m. Masons meet at Ma
onic temple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, March 10 — Pancake
amboree at Brevard Methodist
‘ ch. Ace of Clubs meets at
,, p. m.
iunday, March 12 — Attend
:hurch of your choice. Or
,4-ecital by Stephen Farrow
Brevard Methodist church at
fonday, March 13 — VFW
per meeting at 6:30 p. m.
fry club meets at Gaither’s
at 7:00 P- m. Transylvania Shrine
club meets at Berry’s Restaurant
at 7:00 p. m. Suzari Marionettes
at Junior high school at 7:30 p.
m. Transylvania District Scout
committee meets at Brevard col
lege at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, March 14 — Ace of
Pieets at 7:30 p. m.
esday, March 15 — Toast
meet at Gaither’s at
n. WOW meets in Wood
ill at 8:00 p. m.
The Brevard Board of Alder
men adopted two important re
solutions at the regular March
meeting this week.
In one they called for an elec
tion for the purpose of electing
a mayor and five members of
the Board of Aldermen on May
2nd of this year.
In the other they called for
a new registration of the eligi
ble voters for municipal elec
tions held by the Town of Bre
vard.
In the future Brevard voters
will have two precincts in which
to ballot. No. One will be located
at the City Hall, and No. Two
will be at the Court House.
For the May 2nd election, the
officials will be:
Precinct No. One, Mrs. Free
man Hayes, registrar; Jack
Gravely and Ernest Smith, judg
es.
Precinct No. Two, Mrs. Dor
othy Kizer, registrar; George T.
Perkins, Sr., and William Leo
nard, judges.
Deadline for filing for the
May 2 .J election is April 15th
at 12:UU noon.
Registration will begin Satur
day, April 8th, and will continue
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Background Given
Herbert F. Finck Retires, Is
Active Community Affairs
HERBERT F. FINCK
Herbert F. Finck, who served
as power and water superinten
dent at the Olin Mathieson Chem
ical Corporation at Pisgah Forest
from 1940 through 1960, has re
tired.
Actually, Mr. Finck went to
work with the company on April
2, 1934.
A native of New Jersey, he
came to Pisgah Forest in 1938
as resident engineer during the
construction of the Ecusta paper
plant. The Finck family was the
first to move to Pisgah Forest
after the site was chosen for the
mill.
' During the years he has been
responsible for the substantial
growth of the power and water
plants.
He has also been extremely
active in community affairs and
during 1956 and ’57 he served
two terms as Exalted Ruler of
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Bradburn, Pearce Named To Education Posts
-, _ i
c. WAYNE BRADBUBN
| C. Wayne Bradbum, superin
S tendent of the Transylvania
| County school system, has been
elected Western district presi
dent of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association.
Donald D. Jones, principal of1
Lee H. Edwards high school in
Asheville was elected vice presi
dent and Charles A. Pearce Jr.
of Transylvania county was elect
: ed secretary.
Results of the recent election
were announced by the NCEA
board of directors following the
I canvass of the ballots.
Dr. Lloyd Y. Thayer, assistant
superintendent of High Point
city schools, was elected state
NCEA president and Dan S. Da
vis, Unio^i County school super
intendent} was elected vice presi
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CHABLES A. PEARCE, Jit
A :
WNC Regional
Planning Board
Makes Plans
Accomplishments at the quart
erly meeting of the Western!
North Carolina Regional Plan-1
ning commission on Tuesday at!
Brevard college were twofold, !
(1) Action was approved to
extend the Blue Ridge Parkway
from Tennessee Bald, the most
southern point, in a southwestern
direction toward Atlanta, Georg-1
ia, and
(2) A better insight was gain-j
ed into howto progress in water
resources planning in Western
North Carolina.
Percy Ferebee, of Andrews,
the chairman, presided over the
meeting which was attended by
some 100 representatives from
the 14 counties served by the
planning commission.
A background on the extension
of the Parkway was given the
group by John R. Hampton,
planning director, and he also
gave a brief progress report on
the various programs of the com
mission in this region.
Highlighting the afternoon
program was a panel discussion
on water resources.
Comprising the panel were
Gen. Henry C. Wolfe, head of
the Division of Navigable Waters
of the Department of Water Re
sources of North Carolina; R. M.
Dailey, state conservationist; and
Richard Kilbourne, coordinator
of small watershed tributaries
program of the T. V. A.
The thrae ipen pointed out
that Western North Carolina
must proceed in its water re
source plai ming on an integral
comprehensive approach for full
; resources ievelopment.
Each panelist underscored the
significance of local support and
understanding.
Other facts brought out in the
three talks centered on flood
control, costs of dams for flood
prevention, various prerequisites
for the project, and it was point
ed out that 12 such projects have
already been authorized in North
Carolina .1
Considerable discussion fol
lowed which centered on the
Commission’s request to Gover
nor Terfy Sanford on February
21st, to/sign an executive order
which would designate the body
as an instrumentality of the state
to work directly with the housing
and hones financing agency of
the federal government.
Duri:ig the meeting, the ac
tions of the executive committee
were approved by the commis
sion, and authority to act was
given.
Pancake Event!
Planned Friday
An Aunt Jemima Pancake
Jamboree will be held on Fri
day, March 10th, at the Brevard
Methodist church.
Sponsored by the W.S.C.S.,
pancakes will be served in the
Fellowship Hall from 11:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m.
Proceeds from the event will
go toward improving the rear
parking area of the church.
Tickets may be purchased
from any circle member or at the
door.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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The Weather
3
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The weather took a turn for
the better this week. Cloudy
skies gave way ti> clear weather,
and temperatures were unsea
sonably high. Onlv twice did the
mercury dip below the freezing
mark. Total precipitation was
only .35 of an inch. Daily read
ings are as follows:
High Low Pre.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
69, 35
59'' 28
71
75
72
74
25
42
51
57
0
0
0
0
0
0
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REV. DAVID SMITH, of Edinburgh, Scotland,
will conduct a series of Evangelistic services at the
Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church be
ginning Sunday and continuing through next Fri
day evening. Mr. Smith was the summer pastor of
the church in 1958 wrhen he and Rev. Ben F. Or
mand exchanged pastorates. Born in the Highlands
of Scotland, Mr. Smith was educated at St. Andrews
University and served as a pilot in the Royal Air
Force. Mr. Smith was chairman of the “All Scotland
Crusade” -which made arrangements for the Billy
Graham Crusade. Large congregations heard Mr.
Smith when he was in Brevard in 1958, and the
public is cordially invited to attend this series of
services.
Schedule Given
Pre-School Clinics To
Begin In County Tuesday
Dr. Prugh To
Open Dental
Practice Here
Dr. John Prugh has purchased
the dental practice of Dr. Carol
If. Johnson, and will begin his
I practice here on Monday, March
13th.
His offices will be in the same
location, at 15 East Jordan
street.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina, Dr. Prugh has
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The series of pre-school clinics
in Transylvania county will be
gin next Tuesday, March 14th.
The first one will be held at
Rosenwald, and they will contin
ue each Tuesday during the rest
of March and throughout the
month of April.
The schedule is as follows:
March 21 — Penrose; March 28
— Pisgah Forest; April 4 —
Straus; April 11 — Brevard ele
( nientary; April 18 — Henderson;
i and April 25 — Rosman element
i ary.
| They begin each Tuesday mom
! ing at 9:00 o’clock, and school of
l ficials release the following in
: formation regarding them:
“All children who will begin
I the first grade in the fall of
1961 are urged to attend the pre
school clinic. Information will
be passed on to their parents
concerning enrollment, etc., at
the pre-school clinics.
“All children are urged to have
a physical by their family physic
ian, but those who cannot will be
I taken to the health center by
bus for a physical examination
on the day of the pre-school
clinic.
“Before a child may enter
school in the fall of 1961, he or
she must have his or her polio
shots. This is a state law and
will be strictly enforced."
Parents are urged to attend
the pre-school clinics with their
children.
Program Highlights
Panel To Discuss Religious
Issues On Series Over WPNF
The first in a series of panel
discussion programs will be air
ed on Sunday afternoon at 1:00
o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, manager
of WPNF, announces.
A special project of the Tran
sylvania Ministerial Association,
the program will feature open
and informal discussion on a pre
selected subject and will be mod
erated by Rev. Mack Armstrong,
president of the county Minis
terial Association.
Topic for the first program will
be “Is Christianity in Retreat”.
Comments on this new program
from WNPF’s listeners will be
welcome, Mr. Hoyle stated.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, Brevard home-Ec dept.,
Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Friday, N. C.
Forestry, Clark Grissom; Mon
day, county agent; Tuesday, Ex
tension forestry, Leonard Hamp
ton; Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Fort
nightly club; Monday B & PW
club; Wednesday, Elk’s Club.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Dan Wal
len, pastor of Cherryfield Baptist
church. Next week Rev. Ben
Ormand, pastor of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church will be heard.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church. Rev.
Ben Ormand is pastor.
Plant Will Be
Located On East
Side, Paper Mill
Construction was started this
week on a new calcium carbo
nate plant for the Ecnsta Pap
er Operations of Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation, H was an
nounced today by Arthur J.
Loeb, division vice president.
Calcium carbonate is a chem
ical used in ttye manufacture of
some of Errata's lightweight
papers.
The plant will he located on
the east side of the paper mill,
adjacent to the boiler house. It
will have a calcium carbonate
prcduction capacity much larger
than facilities now in use.
W. F. Taylor, Jr., assistant to
the division vice president, has
been appointed project manager
for the new plant, which is ex
pected to be in operation by
early fall, Mr. Loeb said.
The present pilot plant op
erations were set up several
years ago when the Bcusta Re
search and Development depart
ment developed a new process
for the manufacture of calcium
carbonate. The new plant will
use basically the same process
as now In use in the pilot op
erations. It is anticipated that
personnel operating the pres
ent pilot plant will staff the
new plant when it is completed.
The general construction con
tract has been awarded to Fiske
Carter Construction Company of
Greejviijp, ^utl\ Carolina.
The contract for the fabrics
tion and erection of the struc
tural steel has been assigned to
Dave Steel company, of Ashe
ville, and Southern Engineering
Company, of Charlotte, will
build the tanks and silos.
Resident Engineer for the pro
ject is B. M. Nachman of the
H. K. Ferguson Company of
Cleveland, Ohio, designers of
the plant.
Scout Committee
To Meet Monday
The Transylvania district Boy
Scout Committee’s regular
monthly meeting will be held at
Dunham Hall on the campus
of Brevard College at 7:30 PJrf.r
Monday, March 13, according to
Thomas R. Mitchell, District
Chairman.
Andrew Gennett, president of
the Daniel Boone council, and
Joseph D. Edward, council scout
executive, will be special guests
at the meeting.
The district committee com
prises seven operating commit
tees, institutional representatives
from all institutions which spon
sor Scout units and members-at
large. All are urged to attend and
to bring unit committee mem
bers, Scout leaders and other
interested adults with them.
Among its items of business
to be discussedat this meeting is
the annual district camporee,
which will be conducted in co
operation with the Land-O-Sky
district (Henderson county) on
May 5, 6 & 7, in Pisgah National
Forest.
All Baptist
Ministers
Meet Monday
Baptist ministers from all over
Transylvania will meet at the
Temple Baptist church' on Mon
day evening, March 13, at 7:30*
o’clock for the first in a series,
of "Preachers Prayer Meetings”
Rev. H. W. Burleson, presi
dent of the . Transylvania Baptist
Minister* conference, urges all
Baptist ministers' to attend.
These meetinci ate called, and
planned in preparation for
“Baptist TiililBamjfcMwr nlliTfc
will start the «««.•( Bn.