TRANSYLVANIA— 1
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 10,372
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
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TRANSYLVANIA— [
The Land of Waterfalls. 1
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 72 —No. 15 ★
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AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Facts On
How To
Register
(Special To The Times)
This Saturday you citizens of
^Brevard will have another op
'• portunity to register in a mod
ern and efficient registration
system. This system is compara
tively new and is used in a few
progressive cities like Shelby
and Raleigh. This registration
system is, consequently, likely to
be completely new and unfamil
iar to you. However, by the time
you have registered and voted in
the coming election you should
be much more familiar with it
and better able to appreciate its
many merits.
Back in June of 1957 the
board of aldermen of Brevard
made the motion to have a new
registration in Brevard. This
action has culminated in the
present reregistration using this
new system. With this new sys
tem the name of each person
registered will be kept in com
plete alphabetical order instead
tff the only partial alphabetical
erder as exists in the old regis
tration books and continues to
exist in the county registration
books. This arrangement will
eliminate the hours of waiting
some of you had to go through
order to vote in the past city
elections. Dividing the town in
to two precincts will also make
it much easier for you to vote.
As you register in tnis new
system you will be required to
sign your name to three regis
tration cards. On one of these
cards you will have to fill in
additional information such as
your address, place Of birth, age,
term of residence and similar
data. This information will later
be typed onto the other two
cards which you signed. One of
these two cards will then be
kept alphabetically in a master
file in a fire-proof safe at the
city hall. The other card will be
kept in a special looseleaf note
book (which can only be opened
with a special key which will
be kept by the clerk to the board
of elections.)
At the time you register in
this new system (which every
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Region IX To
HoidTraining
Union Here
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The First Baptist church will
host to the Region IX Train
ing Union convention this Fri
day, April 14th. There will be
two sessions — the afternoon
session beginning at 3:00 o’clock,
and the evening session at 7:00
p. m.
Region IX includes the Bap
tist churches of Henderson,
Buncombe, Haywood, Madison,
Mitchell, Yancey and Transyl
vania counties.
James P. Morgan, secretary of
the State Training Union de
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CALENDAR OF
DOMING EVENTS
Thursday, April 13 — “Per
sonality” seminars begin .at
Methodist church at 9:00 a. m.
Jaycettes meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p. m. Masons meet at
Temple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, April 14 — Concert by
Brevard Civic Chorus and Wind
Ensemble in college auditorium,
at 8:00 p. m.
Saturday, April 15 — Puppet
show at Library at 9:30 a. m
Registration continues in the
two Brevard precincts. Deadline
for filing in general election.
12:00 noon. V L
Sunday, April 16 — Attend
church of your choice. Of
gan recital by Johnny Bradburjn
at Lutheran church at 7:45 p. ty.
Monday, April 17 — Rotarw
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:0ft
p. m. Better Schools Committee
meets at Brevard Senior high
at 7:00 p. m. Humane Society
meets with Mrs. Ralph Palmer
at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, April 18 — Bible
school clinic at First Baptist
church at 4:00 p. m. First Ai<|
course begins at Junior high
school at 7:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p. m. |
Wednesday, April 19 — Toast;
masters meet at Gaither's at
6:S0 p. m. WOW meets to Wood!
™»n Hall at 8:00 p. m.
A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVE
MENT was awarded the Brevard
branch line crew of Duke Power com
pany on Monday afternoon on the
record of two years with no disabling
injuries. Keith A. Arledge, Hender
sonville district manager, is shown in
front of-the group presenting J. M.
Gaines, Brevard branch manager,
right, with the certificate. Members
of the line crew, left to right, are:
John Rider, Fred Tinsley, Hayes
Bumgarner, Rothie Laws, Hugh Pe
gram, C. D. Clark and Newton Ship
man. D. R. Boyd, line foreman, was
on vacation when the picture was
made. (Times Staff Photo)
Robinson Brothers Are Low
Bidders On New Phone Building
Robinson Brothers Contrac
tors, Inc., of Asheville, was the
low bidder on the modern build
ing of the Citizens Telephone
company to house offices and
new switchboard equipment.
The bid was $84,400.00, with
alternates accepted totaling $87,
160.00.
The second low bidder was L.
E. Bagwell, Jr., of Brevard, and
bids were also received from Z.
B. Robinson Construction com
pany, of Asheville, and C. E.
Cochran, of Brevard.
According to Charles W. Pick
elsimer, vice president and gen
eral manager, work will be start
ed immediately on the construc
tion of the new building, and
the target date for completion
of the division to house the
switchboard is July 31st of this
year.
The Stromberg-Carlson com
pany is now fabricating a new
switchboard for installation in
the new building, and Mr. Pickel
simer anticipates that the cut
over date from the present
equipment to the more modern
telephones will be in December.
The new switchboard will cost
$165,000.
Mr. Pickelsimer states that
while the new building is being
constructed, extensive work will
be done oh the company’s lines
throughout the county.
Bids will be accepted in June
for an underground conduit from
the present building to the new
location on East Main street, ad
jacent. to the Masonic Temple.
He further reports that the
company plans to spend $30,000
this year on additions to the
Rosman switchboard and another
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An Open Letter
Mayor Answers Previous
Letters On Town Affairs
To the residents of Brevard:
In the past couple of weeks
there have been two articles in
serted in the newspaper, in
that of Mr. Henry, he stated
that I was opposed to the city
manager form of government.
This is grossly untrue. I was one
of the few who got out and
worked for, supported and vot
ed for this form of government.
In the other article by Mr.
Bill Leonard, the statement ap
peared that Mr. Henry’s salary
for the fiscal year of 1959 was
$6250. In that year Mr. Henry
was not employed for the full
fiscal year, but his starting sal
ary was $7500.00 a year, plus
icxpenses. Since then he has
been given a raise so that his
present base salary is $8000,
plus expenses and overtime
which has been paid him. This
would mean that his salary
would come closer to costing
the citizens of Brevard $2. per
capita rather than $1. per cap
ita as Mr. Leonard stated.
I understand that Mr. Henry
in his talks over the radio and to
the various civic organizations
has intimated that when he
came to Brevard the town was
in serious economic plight and
that he, single handedly, has
been able to rescue the town
from that situation. It is true
that there is more money in the
toil’s treasury since Mr. Henry
arrived. However, during Mr,
Henry’s administration the
town has paid less than it was
in previous years on its bond in
‘debtedness. Also $8000. which
had been set aside for the pur
pose of securing an additional
water supply was not used foi
this purpose, and the lease from
the United States Government
for that purpose has since been
lost. Also the town has sold the
timber on the town’s watershed
for over $10,000, which money
was placed in the general fund
Then there is the matter oi
$5000. transferred from the
Powell Bill fund to the general
fund, which has not been re
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Better Schools
Committee To
Meet Monday
, The general meeting of the
Citizens Committee for Better
Schools in Transylvania will be
held Monday night at the Bre
vard senior high school.
There will be a coffee hour
from 6:00 until 7:00 o’clock, at
which time the committee mem
bers will get acquainted and
meet the members of the exe
cutive committee, the board of
education and the county com
missioners.
The dinner meeting will fol
low at 7:00 o’clock in the cafeter
ia, and highlighting the program
will be an address by Raymond
Stone, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Citizens Com
mittee for Better Schools.
After the general meeting, the
four working committees of the
Transylvania group will have
separate meetings and elect of
ficers. They will also make plans
for the area of study for which
they are responsible.
These four committees are:
Personnel, Building Needs,
Teaching Aids and Curricu
lum.
They will work under the di
rection of the executive com
mittee, which is composed of
the following: Rev. Courtney B.
Ross, chairman; J. M. Gaines,
vice chairman: R. 0. Baker, sec
retary; John I. Anderson, John
H. Truesdail, A. J. Loeb and
Cecil J. Hill.
In addition to members of the
four working committees, other
interested citizens and presi
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April Term Of
Court Adjourns
As The Times went to press
at noon, the April term of Su
perior court in Transylvania
was expected to be adjourned
sometime Wednesday after
noon by Judge Francis O.
Clarkson.
The court’s time this week
was devoted primarily to civil
cases. Several were comprom
ised; others settled; and a
few carried over to the next
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Centennial Theme Is Emphasized
During National Library Week
In celebration of National Li
brary Week, the Friends of the
Library have planned a num
ber of window displays and other
activities to point up the im
portance of reading and the li
brary.
National Library Week begins
Sunday, April 16th, and con
tinues through Saturday, April
22nd.
The window displays have
been planned along the centen
nial theme, and are as follows:
The Fortnightly club has chos
en “Old Furniture” and it will
be displayed in Patterson’s win
dow.
The Mathatasian club has pre
pared an exhibit on “Old
Books”, and it will be on dis
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JACK H. POTTS, Transylvania’s representative
in the North Carolina General Assembly, is pictured
above looking at a copy of the Bible that was given
each member of the legislature when they took the
oath. Ecusta paper was used in the printing of these
Bibles, and Mr. Potts took the occasion on Tuesday
to tell the House of the history and growth of the
Ecusta Paper Operations. (See story below)
Ecusta Paper Praised
Transylvania Publicized
In Legislature Tuesday
Little Theatre
Is Readying
Next Play
Final rehearsals for the Bre
vard Little Theatre’s third and
final production of the season
are now being held.
Thornton W i 1 d e r’s “Our
! Town” will be presented by the
! local group on April 21st and
I 22nd in the Brevard College
auditorium.
The large cast of 40 persons is
busy this week putting the fin
ishing touches on the play, which
has been in rehearsal for the
past six weeks.
Charles Himes, prominent Bre
\ard man, has the lead in the
classic.
Others featured in promin
ent roles include; Mel Evering
hum, Lee Dunlop, Leonard Po
tcet, Emma Lou Truesdail, Willie
Dockens, Dick Seiler, Margaret
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TOWN OF BREVARD. N. C. REGISTRATION
THE REGISTRATION CARD that Brevard voters are being
asked to fill in is shown above. The first blank that must be filled
out is the line with “last name” first. Since Democrats and Re
publicans are voting in this election, nothing is placed in the
“affiliation” blank. On the next line, the boxes to be filled out
include: “residence”, “post office”, "age”, “color”, and “sex”.
Beneath this line the “place of birth” must be given, and under
“term of residence”, the voter must put “how long he has lived
in the precinct”, “how long he has lived in the county”, and
“how long he has lived in the state”. The date of registration is
the next requirement on the card, and unless the applicant is a
naturalized citizen, the adjacent box is left blank. The applicant
then signs the card that he has filled in and two blank ones.
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When members of the 1961
North Carolina Legislature took
the oath of office they were pre
sented with the Bible used in
administering the oath.
These Bibles were printed on
Ecusta paper.
At a meeting on Tuesday of
this week, Transylvania Repre
sentative Jack H. Potts made the
following statement to members
of the Legislature about Ecusta
“MR. SPEAKER:
“Each member of the House
will find on their desk a small
portfolio of fine paper made by
Ecusta Paper Operations in Tran
sylvania county.
“Considerable water has gone
“rippling” through this chamber
already, Mr. Speaker, and I hes
itate to bring this subject up.
However, for the edification of
my good friend from Bertie, I
must explain that “Ecusta” is a
Cherokee Indian word meaning
“rippling waters,” and I am
sure that this term was applied
to the waters of Davidson River
in Transylvania county long be
fore the eyes of any white man
ever beheld the wonders of
the silvery Chowan.”
“It was because of the purity
of the water that Harry Straus
located Ecusta Paper corpora
tion in Pisgah Forest at the
point where Davidson river
emerges from beautiful Pisgah
National Forest, and only then
after testing some 300 possible
sites and shipping water to
France for tests in the actual
manufacture of cigarette paper.
“In 1936 this man of vision
foresaw the conflict that was
about to engulf the world and
the end it would bring to the
supply of cigarette paper from
France. As though to vindicate
this foresight, by coincidence,
the first paper rolled off the
machines on the very same day
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Hearing Fails
To Halt Action,
Hours Changed
Although an attempt is being
made to disqualify re-registra
lion of the voters in the Town
of Brevard, Judge Francis O.
Clarkson declared after a hear
i»g Wednesday morning that
the matter would be left open
until next Monday afternoon at
3:00 P-m. when their hearing will
he continued in the McDowell
County Court house in Marion.
The re-registration of the vot
ers in Brevard, which was au
thorized recently by the Board
of Aldermen, will be continued
on this coming Saturday, April
15th. The hours On Saturday wilT
he from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The hearing on Wedesday
morning came as a result of an
application for a restraining
order by Jess A. Galloway Vs.
the Town of Brevard and the
Mayor! and the Aldermen, in
which he sought to restrain the
present re-registration on two
grounds, as follows:
(1) that the books used do
not meet the requirements of
the law, and
(2) that the hoars being kept
by the registrars'are improper.
Judge Clarkson stated that he
thought the system was an ex
cellent one and a progressive
step. He further held that those
who registered last Saturday
were properly registered as will
those who register on this conn
ing Saturday.
He said that it was proper for
the registrars to transfer their
names from pie signed cards to
an dfd style regjsvrtiilon hook.
Before the Board of Alder
men ordered the re-registration
using the new loose-leaf style
of registration book, permission
was requested from the North
Carolina State Board of Elec
tions:
In a letter of March 6th of
this year, R. C. Maxwell, execu
tive secretary, State Board of
Elections, advised Town Attor
ney Cecil J. Hill that it would
be legal to use the new loose
leaf registration system.
Following the hearing on Wed
nesday morning, this was con
firmed in a telephone conversa
tion between Mr. Hill and Mr.
Maxwell.
Following the petition of Mr.
Galloway, the Town Attorney re
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Saturday 1$
Deadline For
Election Filing
Saturday, April 15th, at .12
noon, is. the deadline for filing
in the General Election in Bre
vard, which is set for May 2nd.
On that day Brevard voters
will elect a mayor and a five
man board of aldermen.
To date only one person, Rev.
B. W. Thomason, has filed for
mayor.
In late February five men
filed for the board, and they
were: Erwin Galloway, B. H.
Freeman; H. H. Patton, Hershel
Townley and Tony Trantham.
In late March, the following
five men filed: Leslie S. Gro
gan, Robert W. ‘'Buddy” Melton.
Mark T. Osborne, Joe H. Tinsley
and John H. Truesdail.
Interest in politics in the
community is at a high pitch,
and there is much speculation as
to whether or not others will
file for the office of mayor or
for the board.
rjro,orram Highlights
Latest, Most Modern Equipment
Installed, Control Room, WPNF
Music at its best can now be
heard over radio station WPNF,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager
announces.
The station’s control roqm has
undergone a recent face-lifting,
with the addition of new equip
ment to bring its listeners
ter quality and better pci
tion, Mr. Hoyle stated.
Two new turntables of
latest - design are now in
eration. and equipment hart
arranged to mala
production p
Mr. Hoyle
WPNF
recant