TRANSYLVANIA— 1
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 18,372
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 27 — No. 12 ★
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B. C. Newspaper
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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
SEVERAL DEMOLISHED CARS, which were involved in recent au
tomobile accidents in Transylvania county, are pictured above. While
damages were high, only minor injuries were sustained in various
wrecks. At the left is the Pontiac of Anthony Glenn Burgess, which
was involved in a collision on old US highway 64 last Saturday morn
ing. Next in line is the battered vehicle of Robert Lee Fleming that
crashed into a sign and tree on South Broad street last Friday night.
The third car is the police cruiser of the Brevard Reserve force which
was forced to crash into a pole near Winn-Dixie Su'per market last
Saturday morning. At the right is the demolished Cadillac of William
Clarence Marshall, who lost control of the car on a curve, ran down
an embankment and overturned. (Times Staff Photos)
Forest Fire At
Pienrose Burns
Some 100 Acres
A forest fire burned some 100
acCiss of woodlands off the Hen
dersonville highway near the
Penrose school last Friday af
ternoon.
State fire warden, Clark Gris
som, was called to the scene
around the middle of the after
noon, as was the Brevard fire
department.
State and town fire-fighters
battled the blaze until about
8:00 o’clock that evening before
they could bring it under con
trol.
The fire was whipped by high
winds from time to time, and
several homes were endangered.
Ih|il:0O o’clock that night
jf ■ ^. v». ,--Oj.j, up.
Mr^lrissom was able to place
his tire-fighters at strategic
points after surveying the area
from a helicopter.
Fortunately, Dick Temple,
president of Inland Airlines,
Myrtle Beach, S. C., war in ,the
area with his helicopter, and he
offered his services to the coun
ty fire warden, and also to the
Times staff photographer.
During most of the time, the
blaze burned only the brush and
the undergrowth in the area,
doing little damage to the large
Made At Olin
Mathieson
A series of organizational
changes in production depart
ment of film operations were
announced this week by E. L.
Lynn, division vice president.
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest.
These changes will be pro
gressive over a period of sev
eto months, Mr. Lynn said.
Effective March 20th, Paul
W. Schlunz was transferred to
Jfligah Forest from Olin Works.
He will be placed on special
assignment in training for the
position of technical superin
tendent. It is expected that Mr
Schlunz wil! replace Carroll M.
—Turn to Page Eight
XJhanges Are
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. March 23 — Metho
dist Family night at 6:30 p. m.
EPW meets at Colonial Inn at
7:00 p. m. Beekeepers meet at
Gaither’s at 7:30 p. m. Masons
meet at Temple at 8:00 p. m.
^Friday, March 24 — Brevard
’.ior High school P-TA supper.
VifflO - 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 — Cattle
referendum (see Farm page).
Masons meet at Temple at 8:00
p.m.
Sunday, March 26 — Attend
the church of your choice. Elks
“Open House” for new members,
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Union Palm Sun
day worship service at First Bap
tist church, 8:00 p.m.
Monday, March 27 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, March 28 — Elks
meet at 8:00 p.m.
A RAGING FOREST FIRE that
burned some 100 acres near Penrose
last Friday afternoon can be noted
in the picture above. State crews and
members of the Brevard fire depart
ment brought the blaze under control
by 8:00 o’clock that evening in spite
of high winds and the rugged moun
tain terrain. (Photo by John Ander
son from helicopter flown by Dick
Temple, president of Inland Airlines,
Myrtle Beach, S. C.)
Union Palm Sunday Worship
Service Set, Public Invited
I
A special Palm Sunday wor
ship service will be held on
Sunday, March 26th, at the
First Baptist church beginning
at 8:00 o’clock.
The service will feature
H a n d e l’s “Dettingen Te
Deum”, sung by the Brevard
Civic Chorus and the Bre
vard College Choir.
The 50 - voice group will
be directed by Professor Nel
son F. Adams, and Charles
Jolliff will be organist.
Presented through the co
operation of the Transylvania
Ministerial association, this
union service marks the begin
ning of the Holy Week ob
servance in the county.
Soloists for the concert,
which will be sung in English,
—Turn to Page Four
Letter to the Editor
Citizen Wants To Know
Platform Of Candidates
122 Miner Street
Brevard, N. C.
March 16, 1961
lir. John I. Anderson
Transylvania Times
Brevard, N. C.
Bear Mr. Anderson:
A few days ago I heard a ru
mor about the recently announc
ed candidates for the office of
the Board of Alderman and May
- r. The rumor was to the effect
that these men were anticipating
getting elected to these offices
Bryant Is Elected To The
Presidency Of Rotary Club
Jack Bryant, well-known elec
trical contractor of Brevard, has
been elected president of the
Brevard Rotary club.
He will succeed Jim Davis,
and along with the other newly
elected officers, he will take of
fice on July 1st, to serve during
the 1961 - ’62 term.
The rest of the new slate is
as follows:
Charles Pickelsimer-vice pres
ident
Dr. Jim Sanders, secretary
John Gray - treasurer
Donald Lee Moore, Gil Coan
and the outgoing president-di
rectors
The new president, who owns
and operates Bryant Electric
company, is a native of Bre
vard, and currently, he is serv
ing on the town board.
with the hopes of being able
to remove our present city man
ager, Tom Henry, from office and
to abolish the city manager form
of government. The rumor was
also to the effect that they were
not going to state their views
until after the closing date for
filing for candidates, so that it
would be too late to get candi
dates with other views to run,
should any want to. These men,
as stated in the Transylvania
Times a few weeks ago are: B. H.
Freeman, Erwin Galloway, H. H.
Patton, B. W. Thomason, Hershel
Townley, and Anthony Tran
tham.
This rumor may or may not
be true, as with all rumors. It
is regretful that it has come out
as a rumor, tho. For, it is clear
ly the duty of all candidates to
let the people know what their
policies are on the election is
sues. If the above named men
had presented their views open
ly and publicly at the time of
their announced candidacy, there
would be no cause for such a
rumor to get started. And, cer
tainly, such a rumor as this
should be cleared up quickly, be
fore it does any harm. What
ever these candidates’ opinions
are, .they should let t}ie public
know as soon as they can, so
that the public can have the
time to study the situation more
fully and be better prepared to
make its decision on election
day. I trust that these men will
do that immediately, as any can
didate with the public interest
—Tara To Page Poor
Cars Demolished Many Injured In
Series Of Wrecks In Transylvania
Schooi Officials
To Attend 77th
Annua! Session
Several of Transylvania’s prin
cipals and teachers will attend
various sessions of the 77th an
nual North Carolina Education
association convention in Ashe
ville this weekend.
According to Supt. Wayne
Bradburn, president of the west
ern district, practically all of
the principals will attend the
dinner Friday night at Lee Ed
wards high school.
He also announces that Tran
sylvania’s schools will not close
for the convention.
D. G. Dail, principal of the
Straus elementary school, .is
president of the Transylvania
unit of the NGEA.
Morgan, McLean
Face Several
Traffic Charges
Two Transylvanians are in the
county jail facing several
charges after speeding through
the business section of Brevard
Monday afternoon.
According to Patrolman Bill
Sawyer, the men are Lloyd Mor
gan, RED, Brevard, and Emory
McLean, of Rosman.
Morgan was identified by the
patrolman as the driver of the
car, and the two men face the
following charges:
Driving under the influence
of whiskey; reckless driving,
resisting arrest; and malicious
damage of state property.
The two men were arrested in
the Chicken Kitchen parking
lot by Patrolman Sawyer af
ter he caw them speeding cross
the square in the business sec
tion of Brevard. Several eye
witnesses observed the reckless
manner in which they drove
through Brevard in an old model
car.
Morgan already faces a pre
vious charge of reckless driving,
and is scheduled to be tried in
the April term of court.
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The Weather
Winter, which came in like
a lamb, went out like a lion,
taking its last fling on Saturday
in the form of freezing rain. Dur
ing the week, 2.02 inches of pre
cipitation were recorded. Tem
peratures remained fairly con
sistant. Daily readings were as
follow:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low pre.
68 26 0
65 42 .02
63 23 0
46 30 .92
74 31 .28
64 35 0
57 39 .80
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TRANSYLVANIA’S OLDEST CITIZEN is Mrs.
Mary Tinsley Hamlin, who will celebrate her 102nd
birthday on March 28th. She was born in 1859 in a
section of Henderson county which is now Transyl
vania, the daughter of the late Samuel and Elsie
Nicholson Tinsley. In 1880 she was married to Au
gustus Hamlin, and she was left a widow 15 years
later with six small children. She supported her fam
ily by doing sewing, and she still spends a great deal
of her time making braided rugs. Only two of her
children are still living, Mrs. John Ashworth, of
Maple street, and Mrs. Marcus Miller who lives in
West Virginia. Mrs. Hamlin is being honored as
the “Member of the Month” bv the First Baptist
church. (Times Staff Photo)
Division Chairmen For
Civil Defense Unit Named
Elks Invite
New Members
To Open House
The officers of the Brevard
I ’.Iks lodge, No. 1768, will hold
“open house” Sunday afternoon
from 4:00 to 6:00 o’clock, when
new members of the lodge will
be honored.
Exalted Ruler Ray Winchester,
I cordially invites the new m^m
| tiers to attend with their wives
! and get acquainted wit’- the of
ficers and other members of the
lodge.
Light refreshments will be
served.
The formal organization of the
Transylvania chapter of Civil
Defense is proceeding rapidly,
F. L. “Buck” McCall, the direc
tor, announces today.
Division chairmen are an
nounced today by the local di
rector, and an organizational
meeting of the group is planned
in the immediate future..
Assisting Mr. McCall in carry
ing out Civil Defense and their
titles are the following:,
Boyce Gillespie, Deputy Di
rector and Surplus Property of
ficer
John I. Anderson, Public Re
lations officer
Jimmy Edens, Chief, Attack
Warning service
Charles Dooley and Clyde Hol
den, Chief, Communications ser
—Turn to Page Four
Reports From Legislature,
Congress Planned On WPNF
Two new "public interest pro
grams have been added to Radio
Station WPNF’s log, Bill Han
cock, the program director an
nounces.
A report to Transylvanians
from State Representative Jack
Potts will be heard over the
station each Monday afternoon
at 5:46 o’clock, and a special
report from the office of con
gressman Roy Taylor is being
scheduled on Wednesdays at
the same hour.
The Monday programs will be
produced for WPNF in Raleigh
by Floyd McCall, a former staff
announcer at the local station,
who is now a student at N. C.
—Turn to Page Fin
Said Miraculous
That There Were
No Fatalities
. Several' Vehicles were de
molished and • many persons
suffered minor injuries in a
rash of accidents in Brevard
and Trjan|ylyama county Iasi
weekend.
Officers feel that it was a
miracle that there' were no
fatalities.
. The first accident' occurred
about 10:15 last Friday night
when (he car of Robert Lee
Fleming, of 1 lendepsonvilie,
crashed' into, a fiighway sign
in front of the Sunset motel
on South Broad street:
It was reported by the city
police'that Fleming lost con
trol of the .car on the curve
after a tire blew.
The vehicle, after knocking
the sign down ricocheted
across the street and into a
tree in a vacant lot.
The driver suffered many
cuts and bruises.
About 11:30 that same night
a 1956 Chevrolet, owned and
driven by Joe Crane, of route
1, Brevard, ran off US 276
about five miles from Bre
vard, knocked down several
guard rails, and plunged some
200 feet down an embankment.
Miss Molly Patterson, a
passenger in the car, and also
—Turn to Page Five
Nine BHS Band
Members Get
Top State Honor
Nine Brevard High school
students have been selected as
members of an All-North Car
olina State band which will play
before the Music Educators Na
tional Conference, Southeastern
Division, when it meets in Ashe
ville on April 20th for a four
day meeting.
According to John D. Evers
man, director of the Brevard
High school band, no other high
school had as many students se
lected for the All-state group.
The personnel of the 100-mem
her bard is made up of high
school band members from all
over the state.
Acceptance is based upon in
dividual auditions before a board
of judges. Brevard students audi
tioned in Asheville on February
12th.
Students from Brevard and
thmr instruments are as follows:
Lib Holder, bass clarinet; Tom
my English, French horn; Ann
Brittain, oboe; Gayle Lance, clar
inet; Susan Farley, clarinet; Jon
E. Anderson, bass; Karen Gal
loway, tenor saxaphone; Gad
Baker, flute; and Frances Bry
ant, percussion.
Hike Hunter spas named a)>
ternate trumpet playef.