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TRANSYLVANIA— ] 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. 14 ★ SECOND CLASS MAL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BR-VARD. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c PUBLISHED WEEKLY // TWO POLLING PRECINCTS have been set up in the town of Brevard, and they are vividly shown in the map above, which was prepared by Bill Leon ard, local surveyor. No. 1 is located at the city hall, where voters on the west side of Broad street will ballot.. No. 2 is at the court house for voters on the east side of Broad. A complete re-registration of eligible voters in Brevard will begin on Saturday and will continue for the two following Saturdays, April 15th and 22nd. Farm Receipts Are Up Cash farm receipts In Tran* cylvania daring 1960 were ^,988,246, it was announced ay. This figure represents a tgdn of 1.2 percent over 1959. Another startling figure that was revealed in a recent farm survey was that the num ber of farms dropped from 968 in 1954 to 533 in 1960. However, this seemed to be a general situation in Western North Carolina and across the state. The survey was made by the Asheville Agriculture Develop ment council, of which John D. Smith and John I. Ande-son, th of Brevard, are members. 4 * CALENDAR OP I JOMING JiVgNTS f Thursday, April 6 — Kiwanis 1 club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 I p. m. Lions meet at Colonial | Inn at 7:00 p. m. Friday, April 7 — Fish sup per at Masonic Temple, 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets : at 8.00 p. m. Saturday. April 8 — Reeistra , tion for Town election, 9:00 a. m. to sunset. | Sunday, April 9 — Attend the church of your choice. Distric1 Ifefting of BPW at Gaither’s be ginning at 11:00 a. m. Monday, April 10 — Civil term of Superior Court begins at 9:30 a. m. Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m. Trau aylvania Shrine club meets at Berry’s Reetaurant at 7:00 p. m. Brevard Elementary P-TA meet at 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, April 11 — Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m. Board of Equalization and Review meets in Commissioner's room I at 8:00 p. m." Wednesday, April 12 — Jay - cees meet at Gaither's at 6:30 pm. Board Asked To Call Election On Financing Watershed Program i More than 150 Transylvanians voted unanimously Monday night to ask the county commissioners to call for an election to deter mine whether or not they should levy a special tax to finance the maintenance of 17 dams on head waters in the county to prevent flooding of the bottom lands during heavy rains. The vote followed a lengthy discussion of water-shed and flood control programs in Tran sylvania. It was explained that the county commissioners had agreed to act as the legal organi zation in conducting the election, and formation of such a group was the first step in building the dams to prevent the flooding. Lewis Hamlin, the chairman of the flood control program, gave a background on the situation and said that this was the “people’s program”. “Before it becomes a reality, it must be voted in by the people, and then, and only then, will the federal government spend some three million dollars in the construction of the 17 dams. Mr. Hamlin also explained that 10 years ago that TV A had pro —Tori To Page Five I Montgomery Announces Pisgah Mills Village Is Sold, Renovation Planned The entire mill village of Pis gah Mills has been sold to the famous firm of John W. Gal breath and company, of Colum bus, Ohio, Felix Montgomery, the general manager here, an nounced this week at the regular meeting of Brevard Rotary club. Mr. Montgomery pointed out that the Galbreath firm is noted for its restoration of mill vill ages into sightly residential areas. Often this work includes not only complete renovation and restoration of the homes, but also removal of them to new locations. Other houses and real estate outside the mill village have been sold to an affiliate, E. W. Montgomery company, of Green ville, S. C. Gerald Galbreath, a nephew of the president of the company, is expected to return to Brevard in the immediate future and an Many Expected At District BPW Meet, Spencer Speaks Some 200 delegates represent-1 ing 10 clubs are expected to at- j tend the meeting of District ij Business and Professional Wo men in Brevard on Sunday, April Sth. The meeting will be held at Gaither’s. A coffee hour and registration will begin at 11:00 o’clock, and the buffet luncheon will be serv ed at 12:30 o’clock. Speaker for the occasion will br Mrs. Stella Hayes Spencer, of Lenoir, president of the North Carolina Federation, Business and Professional Women. Mrs. Kathleen Gibson, of Bry son City, director of District 1, will preside over the business session. Special entertainment will be —Tnrn to Page Ten MBS. STELLA 1 nounce their plans of remodeling and restoration. Mr. Montgomery said that with regard to the Pisgah Mills Manu facturing operation, it is being liquidated and no additional operations are in present plans. However, he stated that they will remain in the thread busi ness quite some time. With a large stock of finished goods — Turn to Page Ten Complete Re-Regi stration Of Voters In Town Of Brevard Begins Saturday Seeking Road Bid The State Highway depart ment issued a call for bids on Tuesday on the proposed Balsam Grove scenic highway. This bid along with 23 others will be opened on Tuesday, April 25th, and the Highway commission will review the low bids on the 27th for let ting. The Balsam Grove road runs for a distance of 4.54 miles, and the bid will include the costs of grading, base work, paving and structures. Actually, the road is called the Tennessee Bald road, and runs fdjrn the bridge over North Fork of the French Broad River north of Balsam Grove, southeast through Bal sam Grove to a paved road. When this scenic highway is completed, it will give Tran sylvania county an all-weather road from Rosman to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Big Fish Supper Set Friday Night Plans have been completed for the big fish supper, with all the trimmings, at the Masonic Tem ple on Friday, April 7th, it is announced by R. F. Bennett, chairman of the ticket sales com mittee. Serving will be from 5:00 to 8:00 o’clock. Mr. Bennett also states that tickets will b* on sale at the door, and anyone who has not been contacted may purchase them there. Tickets are priced at $1.25 per plate and children, under 12, may eat for 75 cents per plate. It is also reported that any one who will not have time to eat at the temple may come by and the plates will be prepared for taking out. The supper is being sponsored by the members of The Tran sylvania Shrine club, Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge and the ladies of Pisgah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Lions To Meet Thursday Brevard Lions will hold their semi-monthly meeting Thursday night at 7:00 o’clock at the Co lonial Inn. Lion Bill Wilson will be in charge of the program, and Pres ident W. M. Melton urges all members to attend. Better Schools Committee Is Organized In Transylvania Through the combined ef forts of the county commis sioners and the Transylvania Board of Education, a county Citizens Committee for Better Schools has been organized. Rev. Courtney B. Ross was asked to serve as chairman of the executive committee. Serv Camenzind Child Drowns Peter Camenzind, 17-<nonths old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Camenzind, was accidentally drowned in a creek near bis home on the Lamb’s Creek road Wednesday morning. The child apparently wander ed off from his home and fell into the creek. He was found by his mother, who rushed him to the Olin Mathieson medical center. At tempts to revive the child were continued for over an hour to no avail. Funeral arrangements were incomplete when The Times went to press, and they will be announced by Shepherd's Funer al home in Hendersonville. ing with him are the follow ing: Robert Baker, secretary; J. M. Gaines, Cecil J. Hill, Art Loeb, John Truesdail, and John I. Anderson. There will be four working groups that will serve under the direction of the executive committee. These are broken down as follows: personnel, building needs, curriculum, and teach ing aids. Several persons have been asked to serve on each of these four groups. The first meeting of the Transylvania Citizens Com mittee for Better Schools will be held in the Brevard Senior high school cafeteria on Mon day night, April 17th, at 7:00 o’clock. A coffee hour will be held in the lobby of the high school from 6:00 to 7:00 for informal fellowship of the entire group. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Raymond Stone, of Raleigh, who is exe cutive secretary of the North Carolina Better Schools com mittee. After his address the four working committees will hold separate meetings and elect their own officers. According to Mr. Boss, the —’Tan H Page Ten THE “SWORD OF HOPE”, symbolic of the Edu cation and Fund campaign of the American Can cer society, was signed and presented by Governor Terry Sanford last week to State Cancer Crusade Chairman, Dr. J. O. Williams, and Moose Associa tion State President Harvey L. Sprinkle. The “Sword of Hope” is now being carried from Manteo to Murphy by h special Moose caravan, and mayors in each town and city that is visited will sign it. The caravan is slated to stop here in Brevard on Friday, April 21st, at 1:45 p.m. Schedule Given Many Dogs Are Being Vaccinated At Clinics Town Endorses Highway 64 Development The Brevard board of alder men passed a resolution endors ing the US Highway 64 Develop ment association Tuesday night and voted to donate $100 to the group. The request was made by Charles F. Himes, a member of the board of directors of the association. The aldermen also decided to hold a public hearing on April 14th at 7:00 o’clock for the pur pose of hearing an appeal of Robert F. Colwell. Previously, Mr. Colwell had asked the'board of adjustments for variance or exception to the zoning ordinances for a building off South Caldwell. This request was denied: Commissioners Hold Meeting Several persons appeared be fore the county board of com missioners at their regular monthly meeting this week and many matters were also discuss ed. Raymond F. Bennett, chair man of the hospital board, and W. W. Brittain, treasurer, ap peared in behalf of the Transyl vania Community hospital, and their requests were taken under consideration. After hearing Gil Coan tell of plans of the US Highway 64 Development association, the board agreed to endorse that program and to donate $100 to help finance it. A request of Don Jenkins for funds for the Transylvania In —Turn To Page Ten Program Highlights Address Of Town Manager To Be Heard On WPNF Thursday A talk on municipal affairs by Town Manager Tom Henry will be heard on WPNF on Thurs day afternoon, beginning at 5:05 o’clock, Bill Hancock, pro gram director, announces. This address was made Tues day evening at the meeting of the Methodist Men’s club, and it was recorded for broadcast at this more convenient hour. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, soil conservation sar Response to the rabies pro gram in Transylvania has been good. Dr. Verne Hill, veterinar ian, announces today. He urges all dog owners to have their animals vaccinated at one of the clinics most conven ient to their residence. Dr. Hill has been aided by members of the Transylvania Humane society at each clinic, and up until this time, a total of 337 dogs has received the rabies vaccine. The scheduled locations where animals may be brought for in noculation for the balance of the program are as follows: Rosman — McCall’s Garage — April 6 — 2:00-4:00 p.m. Calvert — Harden’s Store — April 8 — 2:00-3:00 p.m. Selica — Brooks Old Store — April 8 — 3:00-4:00 p.m. Gloucester — Silversteen School — April 11 — 2:003:00 p.m. Balsam Grove — Old School Bldg. — April 11 — 3:00-1:00 p.m. Rocky Hill — Hill Top Gro cery — April 13 — 2:00-3:00 p.m. Ducktown — Bagwell’s Store — April 13 — 3:00-4:00 p.m. Rosenwald — The Corner — April 15 — 2:00-4:00 p.m. Brevard — Sapphire Manor Garage — April 18 — 2:00-3:00 p.m. Brevard — American Legion Bldg. — April 18 — 3:004:00 p.m. Brevard — Harold’s Super Market — April 20 — 2:003:00 p.m. Brevard — Old Cotton Mill — April 20 — 3:004:30 p.m. Since January 1, 1959, three year chick embryo vaccine has been used in this county to pro tect dogs against rabies. Dogs vaccinated during 1959 (green tag), 1960 (yellow tag), or 1961 (blue tag) are not required to have any further vaccination during the calender year 1961. All other dogs must be vaccinat ed, including those done in 1958 and issued a red tag. vice, Grover McPherson; Fri day, U. S. Forestry, Ted Seely; Monday, county agent; Tuesday, Carolina news; Wednesday, home agent. Appearing on the Civic Hour are the following: Friday, Bre vard Garden club; Monday, Book and Plate club; Wednes day, American Legion. Speaking on Morning Devo tions this week is Rev. John Cox, pastor of the Grace Bap tist church. Next week Rev. W. & Precincts Are At City Hall, Court House A complete re-registration for the voters in the Town of Bre vard will begin on Saturday, April 8th. This re-registration was or dered recently by the Town Board of Aldermen, when two polling places, one at the City Hall and the other at the Court house, were established. This re-registration is expect ed to expedite voting and count ing out on election days in the Town of Brevard. Registration will continue on the following Saturdays, April 15th and 22nd, and April 29th will be challenge day. The City Hall is precinct num ber one and Mrs. Freeman Hayes is the registrar. Persons living on the west side of Broad street wiU vote at this precinct. Precinct number two is lo cated at the Court House, and Mrs. Dorothy Kizer is the regis trar. This box is for persons liv ing on the east side of Broad street. The books will be open on the three following Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until sunset. Persons who are unable to register On Saturdays at the precincts are permitted to go to the regis trars’ homes where they can be registered. The qualifications for registra tion are as follows: All citizens of the United States who (1) are 21 years of age on or before May 2, 1961; (2) who have been residents of North Carolina for one year and the Town si Brevard at least 20 days; (&>' who can read and write any section ot the State Constitntion and (4) who is not an idiot or lunatic. Steps in registration incl«de taking the oath given by the registrar and filling in a registra tion card concerning age, resi dence, address, etc. Several Cases Being Tried In Criminal Court. Many cases in the criminal’ term of Superior court were dis posed of during the first three days of this week. Judge Francis 0. Clarkson, of Charlotte, is presiding over this April term, and he is expected to pass other verdicts before ad journment The civil docket is scheduled next week. Verdicts handed down by noon on Wednesday are as follows: Ike following persons pled guilty to drank driving and had to pay $100 and costa: James !>. Orr, William Edward Kil patrick, Robert Lee Hemphill. Janies Hall, and Eugene L Lanning, Lloyd Orr pled guilty to drank driving and had to pay $180 and costs. Pleading guilty to a charge of speeding and having to pay $'0 and costs were the following: Carl Powell, AnHe Eugene Hoxit, James W. Grant, and1 Frank Eugene WlIBs. On a similar charge, Cleam^n Carrol Owen and John B. Gil bert each had to pay $15 and costs; Carl Randall Nicholson had to pay $25 and costs; and Wiliam Thomas Hutchinson had —Turn to Page Ten Ramsay To Speak At Kiwanis Meet Tom Ramsay, manufacturing: superintendent of the Ecuria Paper operations division of the Olin Mathieson Chemical corpor ation, will be the principal speak er at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Brevard Kiwanis club on Thursday night
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