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
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Vol. 72 — No. 44
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecea for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Rome of
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Building
'Permits
Soar
Building permits for new
buildings in the amount of
$248,292.00 were issued in Bre
vard during the month of Oc
tober, according to Commie
Sewell, building inspector.
This includes the new gym
nasium at Brevard college, a
new building at Coleman Tire
company, an addition to the
Brevard Motor court, and a
house on Maple street.
little Theatre
Needing Props
*The Brevard Little Theatre has
issued an appeal for help with
locating props for the first play
of the season.
They need the following items:
eight - branch brass candelabra;
one ship’s blanket; five wooden
deck chairs with foot rests; and
six stack cushions, for sitting on
floor.
Dottie Randal], prop chairman
for the production of “Majority
of One” Brevard Little Theatre’s
first production of the 1961-62
season, may be reached by tele
phoning Turner 3-2051. She
would appreciate hearing from
anyone who would be willing to
lend any of the above items for
the production.
“A Majority of One”, which
featured Gertrude Berg and
Cedric Hardwicke on Broadway,
will be produced by the Brevard
Little Theatre November 17 and
18 at the Brevard College audi
torium.
Besides the long and difficult
*;t of props to be found, this is
e biggest show, in number of
scenes, ever attempted by the
Little Theatre. There will be
^ur sets to be devised, and any
Jie who is willing to work on the
set should consult Mike Masters
at Turner 3-4711 or Mel Evering
ham, Turner 2-4861 for informa
tion.
Insert sets portraying a ship
board scene and two interiors
in Japanese decor, besides the
main set which is an apartment
in Brooklyn, will tax the abilities
of all the backstage crew.
Tickets for the production,
both season tickets and single
admission, will be on sale the
nights of the production at the
door.
Taylor To Speak
At Meeting Of
Demo Women, 11
The Transylvania County De
mocrat Women’s club is sponsor
ing a dinner on Saturday, No
vember 11th, at 7:00 o’clock, in
the Masonic Temple.
Rep. Roy Taylor will give the
principal address, and several
prominent democrats from out
of-town will be special guests.
Tickets may be obtained from
members of the Democrat Wo
men’s club, Mrs. Sue H. Wilson,
president, announces.
All democrats are invited to
attend. _.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 2 — Civil
Court continues. Kiwanis Club
«ieets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m.
lommunity Development
Awards dinner at Olin at 7:00
p.m. Lions club meets at Colon
ial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet
at Temple at 7:30 p.m. Rosman
Vs. Polk Central at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 3 — Bre
vard Vs. Saluda at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 5 — Attend
the churcb of your choice.
Monday, November 6 — Rot
ary club meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 7 — Stat°
Bonds election polls open 6:30
a.m. to 6:30 p.m. District Meet
ing of Masons at Temple. East
ern Star meets at Temple at
8:00 p.m. Ace of Clute meets at
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 8 —
Jaycees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p.m.
BREVARD’S WORLD TRAVE
LER, Joan Austin, is currently enjoy
ing a brief visit at home on Probart
street. She is pictured above feed
ing the Austin “watch dog,” Mohee.
Recently, she returned from a tour
of duty with government at Rabat,
Morocco, Africa. Previously, she serv
ed with the American Embassy in
Brussels, Belgium, and prior to those
four years, she was at Grenoble,
France, where she studied on a Ful
bright scholarship. In the near fu
ture she expects to receive orders for
another overseas assignment.
(Times Staff Photo)
Outside Construction Of New
Telephone Building Started
Work was begun this week on
the outside construction con
nected with establishing Bre
vard’s new telephone system.
C. W. Pickelsimer, Jr., vice
president of Citizens Telephone
coftipany, signed the contract for
the project Tuesday with C. M.
Allen and Company, Inc., of
Charlotte The cost of the work
will be approximately $280,000.
Mr. Pickelsimer said.
The changeover from the
present exchange to the new ex
change on East Main street is
expected to be made the first
part of January.
Mr. Pickelsimer said service
on the new exchange will re
quire new telephone numbers
when the change-over becomes
effective. To give subscribers ad
vance notice of what their new
numbers will he, the company
will send out post cards an
nouncing the new numbers.
These notices will reach sub
scribers in a week or 10 days,
Mr. Pickelsimer said. But he em
phasized that these new num
bers will not be effective until
service begins on the new
switchboard.
Strombere - Carlson, makers
of the new $165,000 Brevard
switchboard, are now installing
that equipment on the first floor
of the new telephone building.
Construction crews are at work
on the second floor, where the
principal tasks to be finished
are the installation of glass,
tile and other interior details.
Several improvements will be
made on the company’s Rosman
exchange next Spring by chang
ing over the existing switch
board there, installing additional
trunk lines between Brevard
and Rosman and between Ros
man and Hendersonville.
The project now under con
struction will include installing
cable from Rosman to Toxaway
and Balsam Grove. However
these facilities cannot be placed
in service until the new Rosman
switchboard is cut over in early
_Turn to Page Six
Qlin Lauded
County Reaching Goal In
’62 United Fund Campaign
Transylvania county is fast
reaching its goal of §28,500 in
the 1962 United Fund campaign.
The thermometer on the court
house lawn took a big jump this
week with the completion of the
drive at the Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation at Pisgah
Forest.
According to James M. Wulpi,
the executive director, it was a
tremendous success.
The campaign there was direct
ed by Linn Coffman and Charles
L. Russell.
There was a considerable in
crease over last year.
Another factor in the current
success of the 1962 drive was the
fine response in the schools by
the school personnel, Mr. Wulpi
declared.
John Bailey, Transylvania
campaign director, again urges
The Weather
The weatherman is calling for
partly cloudy skies today with a
•high temperature between 65
and 70 degrees. For tomorrow
(Friday) Transylvania can expect j
generally fair skies with a slight
increase in temperatures.
Total rainfall at the local sta
tion for the month of October
was 2.01 inches.
Readings for the past week
were:
High Low Pre.
75
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
62
67
65
73
82
75
36
38
20
22
37
39
50
those solicitors who have not
completed their rounds to do so
this week.
“It is very gratifying to note
the fine community response,”
said Mr. Bailey.
The following names should
be noted for their outstanding
contributions: Biltmore Bairy
farms, Rockbrook camp, Camp
Carolina, Royal Crown Bottling
Co., Eagles Nest camp, Houston
Furniture Co., Tranthams,
Belk’s, Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Smith, Gray's barber shop,
Brevard Federal Savings and
Loan, Jerome and Summery, Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Carrier, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Ford, John A. Ford,
Jr., Charles Himes, Kearn’s gro
cery, Charles W. Pickelsimer, Jr.,
B.P.O.E., Pisgah Industrial Loan,
Dr. Julius Sader, Dr. R. L.
Strieker, Transylvania hospital
Mrs. Lucy M. C. Moltz, Ward’s
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Transylvanians To Participate
In Parade For “Miss America”
Brevard and Transylvania
county will be well represent
ed at the gigantic “welcome
home” parade being staged in
Asheville Saturday for Maria
Beale Fletcher, Miss America
of 1962.
The Brevard high school
band, under the direction of
John D. Eversman, will head
a contingent from Brevard
consisting of Shirley Ham
mill, reigning “Miss Brevard”,
Mayor B. W. Thomason and
Brevard Jaycee president
Chester Kilpatrick, who have
all been invited to participate
in the parade.
In addition to these, three
regular Brevard policemen and
four members of the police
auxiliary will be on hand to
help direct traffic at the par
ade, which is expected to draw
some 100,000 persons to Ashe
ville. These men are being sent
in answer to a plea from the
Asheville police department
for trained personnel to direct
traffic.
Chief Bill Thurston stated
that the Asheville police de
partment was very cooperative
in sending instructors to Bre
vard to help train the local of
ficers, and that this would
give Brevard an opportunity
to help repay this kindness.
Explanation: Why No New Taxes Will Be Needed For State Bonds
The state bond issue will re
quire no new taxes!
To the skeptic this is hard to
lake but it is still a true state
ment.
The items in the bond issue
are spelled out in the law which
was passed by the General As
sembly in 1961, at the reoommen
dation of the Advisory Budget
Commission. The (Commission
and the General Assembly see
ing the need now for many items
suggested the bond issue. This
is borrowing money. The Gener
al Assembly cannot borrow
money for these capital improve
ments — only the voters of the
state can do that in a special
election.
The bonds for the port devel
opment at Morehead City and
Wilmington are ‘self liquidating’.
The ports are now making a
orofit. With these added ware
house sheds, piers, the ports can
accommodate more shipping,
which they cannot handle now
because they do not have the
room. In normal operation with
the additions they will make ad
ditional profits. Ninety per cent
of the $13,000,000 earmarked for
the ports will he paid back out
of these profits.
A considerable amount of the
S31,000,000 for all of the state
,wned colleges is for dormitories
'o relieve the crowded condition*
at these schools and to allow
more students to attend. The
rent paid by students for these
rooms will go hack for the build
ings.
“Now for the amount left” the
skeptic asks “how will that be
repaid?”
The 1961 General Assembly
wrote the method into the law,
creating the bond issue. One per
cent of the total General Fund
[will automatically go into the
I debt service fund. The amount
. as.-' - i.i. •.
ollected each year will pay off
the entire bonds in twenty years
with no change in the tax struc
ture.
As State treasurer Edwin Gil!
puts it “The State of North Car
olina is in excellent financia1
condition. The bonds of our
State are rated AAA—the high
est rate obtainable for securities
of this kind.
“The anticipated debt service
requirements of the proposed
bond issue, constituting only ap
uroximately 1 per cent of our an
nual General Fund Appropria
tion was provided by the Gener
al Assembly of 1961. The fut
re requirements, in my opinion,
:sn be easily met out of funds
derived from our present tax
structure.
“Because North Carolina’s
,ong record of fiscal integrity, I
anticipate that we will be able
to market successfully and to
good advantage the $61,665,000
of bonds, is voted on favorably
by our people.”
One thing that the skeptic does
not realize .... that if the bond
issue is not successful ... his
taxes have a better than average
chance of increasing the next
— Tarn to Page Tea
1 wif
Transylvania Voters Will Ballot
In Special Bond Election Tuesday
On Using
Seat
Belts
By DOROTHY WALLACE
“A Seat Belt May Save Y’our
Life.”
That statement is based on
fact — bilked up by intensive
research and compiled statis
tics. The statistics include
those who have died or were
seriously injured in traffic ac
c i d e n t s in Transylvania
county.
The usefulness of the ordinary
“lap-type” safety belts, similar
to those in aircraft, has been
confirmed by a 19-year research
project of Cornell University and
the University of California.
The study has shown that
the risk of serious injury or
death is five times as great
for the person who is thrown
from a vehicle on impact as
it is for the person who stays
inside a car involved in an ac
cident.
The National Safety council,
in cooperation with the Ameri
can Medical Association and the
U. S. Department of HeiaWh,
Education and Welfare, has sum
marized some of the seat-belt
data thusly:
“Seat Belts can help protect
you — and members of your
family — from death or
critical injury. An immense
amount of scientific research,
including actual vehicle crashes
under controlled conditions,
proves that the automobile seat
belt is the most effective single
item of protective equipment
presently available to reduce the
toll of traffic injuries and
deaths.”
Patrolman Bill Sawyer
agrees with the statisticians —
and. he is in a position to know
something of the results of the
use, or lack of use, of safety
belts.
“My observation and exper
ience with seat belts,” Patrol
man Sawyer said, “are that
they are a definite protection
to people who are Involved in
traffic accidents.”
“The Highway Patrol thinks
seat belts are so important,”
Patrolman Sawyer noted, “that
the patrolmen are required to
wear them at all times when
operating the patrol cars.”
North Carolina’s former gov
—Turn to Page Six
PATROLMAN BILL SAWYER is shown adjust
ing: the seat belt in his patrol car. He and other
patrol personnel believe in the seat belt which
wards off serious injury and even death in acci
dents, and they urge Transylvanians to have them
installed and use them whenever they drive.
(Times Staff Photo)
Many To Attend
Representative Taylor Will
Speak At Awards Night
ROY A. TAYLOR
Bloodmobile
Here Nov. 14
The Red Cross Bloodmobile i
will make its next visit to Bre
vard on Tuesday, November
14th, and the facilities will be
set up in the Fellowship Hall of
the Brevard Methodist church.
The hours for the visit will be
from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Dr. M.' H. Wells, blood pro
gram chairman, urges the public
to make plans now to donate a
pint of blood.
Blood may also be donated at
the Asheville Regional Blood
Center, located in the Municipal
building, 25 South Spruce street,
—Turn To Page Seven
Representative Roy A. Taylor
will be the principal speaker at
the annual Transylvania Awards
night in the 1961 Rural Develop
ment program.
The banquet meeting will be
held in the cafeteria of the Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest. The meal will
be served at 7:00 o’clock, follow
ed by the program at 8:00 p.m.
More than 100 persons are ex
pected to attend this important
occasion. There will be represen
tatives from every community,
agricultural, industrial, govern
mental and civic leaders in at
tendance, as well as a number of
persons from the Asheville Agri
cultural council.
John Spicer, president of this
group, will present the principal
awards, while Bob Boyd, chair
man of the Transylvania county
commissioners, will give out the
inducement prizes.
The speaker of the evening
will be introduced by John W.
Smith, of Brevard, and chair
man of the steering committee
of the Asheville Agricultural
council.
County Agent Jim Davis will
preside over the program, and
the invocation will be by Rev.
Dan Wallen.
"For" Vote Is
Said A Vote For
A Better State
Transylvania voters will join
with others across North Car
olina next Tuesday In voting
in the statewide special bond
election.
Governor Terry Sanford has
called this an election “for
progress” in North Carolina,
and he urges all qualified vot
ers to go to the polls and cast
their ballots.
Many groups and individuals
have been working for the suc
cessful passage of the election
in Brevard and Transylvania
county, and there has been no
trgamzed opposition.
The polls will open at 6:30
a.m., and will remain open until
fi:30 p.m.
The election was called by
the 1961 General Assembly
and. it authorizes the issuance
of $61,665,000 of bonds of the
state to provide for capital im
provements for state institu
tions and agencies.
The registration books were
opened in the county on October
14th, and dosed on the 28th. It
was not a new registration but
the books were open for new vot
ers and persons who had moved
from one precinct to another.
In a feature story elsewhere
on this page The Times ex
plains how this election will
not raise taxes. Editorially,
this newspaper has endorsed
the election and urges all
qualified voters in the town
county to vote.
A sample ballot is carried obl
page two, first section.
Civil Court Is
Having A Busy
Session All Week
The current term of Superior
court in Transylvania which is
this week being devoted to the
trial of civil eases is a busy sesr
sion.
Trial was started Monday af
ternoon on the case of Mrs. Vfeh i
non E. Kizer vs. William Bow
man, and Judge Hugh B. Camp
bell, of Charlotte., was slated to,
charge the jury late Wednesday,
afternoon.
The case involves an automo
bile accident that occurred in
Florida in 1957. Mrs. Kizer was
injured in the accident and has
spent more than a year in the
hospital.
She is suing for some $35,000
in damages.
Monday morning a judgment
was granted against Hose andi
Galloway in the cases Suburban
Rulane Gas company vs. Rose
and Galloway.
The trial of civil eases is ex
pected to take all week.
Program Highlights
WPNF Will Carry Election
Returns Next Tuesday Night
VVPNF will broadcast results
of next Tuesday’s state-wide
bond referendum, according to
station manager A1 Martin.
returns
to the
county
“The Ecusta paper and Olin
cellophane divisions of Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest are making the
radio time available as a public
service,” Mr. Martin stated.
“In addition to local
which will be reporte
station directly from the
precincts, through the state-wide
facilities of the Associated Press,
we will have tabulations from
across North Carolina early in
the evening.
“We are meet appreciative to
local election officials for
ing results av
to t«in fa*
ing the broadcast Tuesday even
ing,” Mr. Martin concluded.
Program Director Bill Hancock
announces that the local station
will carry the final home game
of the high school football sea
son Friday night when the
Saluda, South Carolina, Tigers
play the Brevard Blue Devils on
the local field
In addition, the station will
broadcast the University of Ten
nessee — University of North
Carolina game Saturday after
noon from Chapel HilL Air-time
for this game will be l:tB
ft