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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 pKkVAKD, N. C.( THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1861 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 10 “ TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music- Festival. Vol. 72 — No. 45 SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. PUBLISHED WEEKLY PRINCIPAL FIGURES on the program at the annual awards night banquet in the 1961 Rural De velopment contest in Transylvania county last Thursday 'light are pictured above. The event was held in the cafeteria of the Olin Mathieson Chem ical corporation at Pisgah Forest with some 100 persons attending. Representative Roy A. Taylor N$as the principal speaker. Left to right the men ] : Jack Hudson, county attorney, who presented ! prize.-* on behalf of the commissioners; County Agent Jim Davis, master of ceremonies; Elmo Crowe, president of the Eastatoe Community club, winner in non-farm division; Jack Leon, who rep resented the Asheville Agricultural Development council; Alvin McCrary, of the Little River corn unity club, winner in the farm division; and Rep resentative Taylor. Court Itf Busy < Session Transylvania’s new General County court held a busy session on Monday. And it was a lucrative session, too. According to Marvin McCall, clerk of the county court and also Superior court here, re ceipts totaled $1,920.47. The court will convene again next Monday^ November 13th, Mr. McCall states. Results in Monday’s court were as follows: William Junior Turner, on a drunk and disorderly charge, had to pay $10.00 and costs plus $3.00 for rep:’ ~£ officer’s uni form. Raymond Palmer had to p$S $1^00 and costs on a drunk driving charge and costs on a reckless driving charge. — Turn to Page Twelve --- Citizens Urged To Donate Their Blood Tuesday An urgent plea is made today for citizens of Brevard and Tran sylvania county to give a pint of blood when the American Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to town next Tuesday, November 14th. The facilities of the Blood mobile will be set up the Fellow sh^hall of the Brevard Metho didfchurch. Hours are from 11:00 a. m, until 12:30 p. m., and from 2:6$to 5:30 p. m. Dr. M. H. Wells, the blood pro gram chairman, says there is a dire need for blood in this area, and he urges all persons who possibly can to plan to give blood next Tuesday. Refreshments will be served by Red Cross volunteer workers to all persons contributing. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, November 9 — Bre vard Jaycettes meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00 D..m. Masons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m, Friday, November Id =» Ace of Cl'iros meet* at 8:00 $.m. Saturday, NO'vfember 11 — Veterans’ D&r. Puppet show at ^Library aV, 9:30 a.m. Democrat DinnerJrlally at Masonic Temple at—7 00 p.m. Legion party and dljce at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 12 — At tend the church of your choice. Organ recital at Brevard Metho dist church at 4-30 p.m. Monday, November 13 — County Court opens at 9:30 a.m. VFW supper and meeting at 6:30 p.m. Rotary club mepts at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m. Brevard Elementary P-TA meets at 8:00 p.m. Tuesdav , November 14 — Bloodmob'le at Fellowship H»ll of Methodist church 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 P.m., 2:00 p.m - 5:°0 n.m. Ace of Clubs m®ots at 7:30 n.m. Wednesday, November 15 — 'Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s at 8-30 p.m. WOW meets in Woodman Hall at 8:00 pia. Transylvania Goes “Over The Top” In ’62 United Fund Drive The Transylvania United Fund reached its goal of $28, 500 this week. In making the announce ment, John Bailey, the gener al chairman of the campaign, said that Transylvania can now take its place with other lead ing counties of the state who have recognized their welfare responsibilities. John A. Ford, the UF presi dent, said that he was proud of his fellow Transylvanians who have responded so gener ously in this worth while pro gram. “I wish that it was possible for me to thank ea'-h person, each agency and every organi zation contributing, but it is L - -sciHe for me to do so. t&u I war * to excress my deep gr^itudf to all through the press and over the radio.” Outstanding gifts received this week came from the fol lowing: W. S. Sagar, Raymond F. Bennett, Houston furniture company, Baxter and McCon nell Oil company, Grapette Bottling company and Sealtest Foods. The United Fund office on South Broad street will remain onen during the morning hours for the convenience of solicitors who are still getting in their returns. Legion To Hold Annual Party Saturday Night Members of the Monroe Wil son post of the American legion and the legion auxiliary will hold their annual membership party on Saturday night. The gala event will get under way at 7:30 o’clock in the leg ion Memorial building, and Com mander Charles L. Russell says all legionnaires and auxiliary members who have paid their 1962 dues by that time will be admitted free. Cash prizes totaling some $400 will be awarded. following the awards pro eram, a dance will be held with music being furnished by “Dump” Rutherford and his Rhythm Makers. Much Action Taken Planning Survey Of Brevard Proposed, Allocate $15,000 A resolution calling for a com prehensive city plan to be made by the Western North Carolina Regional Planning commission was adopted at the meeting of the Brevard Board of Aldermen on Monday night. A federal grant of $10,000.00, together with $5,000.00 to be provided by the town of Brevard will pay for the cost of the plan. This resolution was made at the request of the uniform plan ning beard and will include topographic obaiv* maps, stKu-y surveys of present land use, pro jections of population growth, and a land development plan to be attained by 1980. Included in the plan will be a street thoroughfare plan and suggested zoning ordinances to assist the town in attaining the goals set out in the comprehen sive plan. In other action the Board ap pointed the following to a re creation commission for the town: John I. Anderson, tem porary chairman, Mrs. James A. Aycock Don M. Jenkins Mrs. J. A. Macfie, and E. F. Tilson. The commission, which is ex pected to begin functioning im mediately, will determine policy and assist the Board in the opera tion of the playground and pool at Franklin Park and the Bre vard Golf course. They will also work with the planning board in designating areas to be ac quired and improved for new recreational facilities in all areas of the town. Plans for the proposed renova tion of the Town Hall office were presented by Town Manager Bill Edens. It will include an Improv ed collection and reception area, a new office for the mayor, and additional space for general of fice activities and meeting space for the Board of Aldermen. Specifications for the work, which will cost some $1700.00, were drawn by Henry C. Mc Donald. local architect. No action was taken on re quest for a stop light at French Broad and North Broad streets. The town manager explained that the highway commission, through a previous studv, deter mined that the traffic flow was At November Meet Several Matters Are Acted Upon, County Commissioners Transylvania County Commis sioners approved the State High way project to relocate portions of the Island Ford road and the bridge over the French Broad river. During periods of high water, these stretches of road are flood ed and are impassable. The bridge is a narrow one. The action of the commission ers was taken at the November meeting here in the court house. At that time they appointed B. E. Keisler, agricultural teach er at Rosman, to the Transyl vania Library board. They also agreed to join with the town of Brevard in building a retaining wall behind the jail. A new method of foreclosing real property for taxes was adopted. In the past it has taken seven years to get such proceed ings underway, and this time has been reduced to two years in compliance with state statutes. Several tax complaints were heard by the board. insufficient to warrant a light. The manager was instructed to request a new traffic flow count, since recent street im provements have resulted in an increased use of French Broad street, The manager was instructed to take steps to eliminate the con :en existing at the intersec Vv of Morgan street and South Broad caused by the signs de signating.left; turn lanes there. Tire Board of Aldermen ac cepted the proposal of the Ar nold Insurance Agency for pro viding all the town’s insurance coverage for the ensuing year. The bid of Goodwill Motor company for a 1962 Catalina Pontiac Police special was ac cepted. Two Issues Pass Locally, 14 Precincts Report With 11 out of 18 precincts reporting, Transylvanians vot ed against eight of the 10 pro posed bond issues in Tuesday’s statewide election. Across North Carolina, all of the measures were disapprov ed. This stunning vote came as a rebuke to the Sanford admin istration, which was calling for the issuance of $61,665,000.00 in bonds to provide for capital im provements for state institutions and agencies. The Transylvania vote will be canvassed Thursday morn ing at 11:00 o’clock here in the Brevard court house. The four boxes which did not report in on Tuesday night were Gloucester No. one and two, and Hogback No. one and three. A light vote was expected in these precincts. The results of the 10 issues with 14 out of 18 precincts re porting are as follows: No. one, capital area build ings, 550 for, 1003 against. No. two, state training schools, 780 for, 782 against. No. three, college bonds, 735 for, 828 against. No. four, community col leges, 703 for, 858 against. No. five, archives and his tory, 543 for, 1001 against. No. six, port bonds, 603 for, 942 against. No. seven, mental institu tions, 923 for, 653 against, No. eight, local hospitals, 773 for, 800 against. No. nine, natural resources, 642 for, SOI against. No. 10. agricultural research, 640 for, 899 against. I,real returns were reported to the Court House Tuesday night and an election party was held over WPNF. Winners In Newspaper Essay Contest Announced This Week Arlene Mull, a senior at Rosman high school, won first place in the essay contest of The Transylvania Times. The event highlighted the local ob Don Moore Heads Teen Age Center _ i Don Moore, Jr., has been elect ed president of the Teenage Cen ter of 1961-62, and other officers are as follows: Ronnie Constanza, vice presi dent; Betsy Ferrell, secretary; Bob Logan, treasurer; John Dickson, publicity chairman; Anne Garrett, corresponding sec retary; Chip Andrews, Lynne Bryson, Carole Dillingham, Wal ter Hart, Jr., Anne Hamers’chlag, and Brenda Babb, social com mittee. On Halloween night a record —Turn to Page Eight Veteran’s Day Will Be Quiet Veteran’s Day in Transylvania county will be quietly observed on Saturdav. The post office will have a holiday, and there will be no delivery of rural or city mail. According to Vernon Full bright the acting postmaster, window service will be offered from 11:30 until 12:00 noon. Owners and operators of busi ness firms are urged to fly the American flag in front of their establishments in tribute to the men who have defended this country in world conflicts. Both the First Union National bank and the Brevard Federal Savings and Loan association will be closed on Saturday. servance of National Newspap er Week and Editor John An derson expressed sincere ap-_ preciation to all seniors who entered. Miss Mull was award ed $15.00. He also thanked the English teachers at Brevard and Ros man high schools for their fine cooperation in the annual es say writing contest. Phylliss Galloway, senior at Brevard high school, was the second place winner, and she received a cash prize of $10.00. Another Brevard high school senior, Susie Brown, won third place and a prize of $5.00. Essays were written on the subject, “Your Newspaper — Heritage of Truth, Frontier of Freedom,” Miss Mull's prize-Winhing es say is carried 6n page three, second section, and the other two winners will be re-printed in subsequent issues. | The Weather j l--——i Local businessmen are hoping for lower temperatures to raise sales of fall and winter mer chandise in the near future. Un seasonably warm weather during the past week has sent many per sons back to their summer ward robe for relief. At this writing, the weather man is calling for those cooler temperatures with early morn ing lows ranging from the midi °fVs into the lower 30’s. Daily hiphs should b degree range. Readings for Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday I Monday I Tuesd ay in the 45 to 53 the n«st week: High Low Pre. 77 57 .10 76 49 0 73 55 0 75 59 .19 78 57 0 71 54 .05 69 50 0 MISS JEANETTE AUSTIN, chair man of the Transylvania county TB committee, is shown above presenting a check for $600 to Bob Boyd, chair man of the Board of County Commis sioners, to be used toward the salary of an assistant publie health nurse for Transylvania. At the right is Mrs. Jessie Lollis, public health nurse here. This donation was made possible through the sale of TB Christmas seals- (Times Staff Photo) Work' Reviewed Annual Sale Of Christmas Seals Begins November 13 REP. ROY TAYLOR Many Expected At Democratic Dinner-Rally A Transylvania Democrat din ner-rally will be held Saturday night at the Masonic temple, be ginning promptly at 7:00 o’clock. A large Qrpwd is expected to attend this political get-together, Which is sponsored by the Demo cratic Women’s club of Tran sylvania county. Mrs. Sue Wilson urges all De mocrats to get their tickets from a member of the club as soon as possible. Admission is $2.50 per person. Representative Roy A. Taylor will be the principal speaker, and special music will be fur nished by Mrs. Melvin Gillespie. The traditional annual Christ- I mas Seal Campaign will open November 13th, with the mail ing of Christmas Seals to Tran sylvania residents. These seals will be mailed from the office of the Western NC Tuberculosis association at Black Mountain. “Transylvania is one of 15 which banded together into a Western Area TB association with the idea that together we would be able to accomplish what we could not do as separate volunteer counties,” local offic ials point out. The advisory committee here is made up of Miss Jeanette Aus tin, chairman, who is also vice president of the area association; Miss Marie Strasser, secretary treasurer; Mrs. Freeman Hayes, publicity and Misses Lucy Booth, Marion Clark and Ada Wilkie. Transylvania county’s local program includes X-raying food handlers, teachers, contacts of TB patients, ex-patients and anyone with positive tuberculin tests; provided vitamins for con tacts of TB patients; furnishing clothing for patients while in the sanatorium; assisting with the tuberculin testing programs in the county schools and at Bre vard College, donating to the TB research project presently being conducted at Chapel Hill, l assisting a young local boy dur ing his stay at the Jewish Na tional Home for Asthmatic Chil dren in Denver, Colorado; and donating SfiOO toward the salary of Mrs. Ro Ann P. Balding, Transylvania county's new as sistant public health nurse. Funds for the program in each county will be decided on by a committee made up of repre sentative members of the west —Turn To Page Seven Rrogram Highlights WPNF Will Carry Play-Off Game This Friday Evening Station Manager AI Martin an nounces today that WPNF will broadcast the play-off game be tween the Brevard Blue Devils and the Wayneeville Mountain eers being played this Friday night in Asheville’s Memorial stadium. “We are pleased to announce that Zeb Lee, popular sports caster from Asheville, will do I the play-by-play on a three sta tion network,” Mr. Martin stated. “In addition to WPNF, the game will be broadcast on WHCC in Waynesville, with whom we exchanged broadcasts during the regular season, and on Asheville’s WSKY, the ori ginating station. “WPNF is fortunate in making arrangements for this broadcast by Lee, well-known throughout this area for his efforts in the broadcasting industry. We ap preciate the fine spirit of co operation that exists between our stations,” Mr. Martin con cluded. Program Director Bill Han cock announces that the local —Tun to Pago Sown Brevard and Transylvania schools are joining tbh week in observance of American Education week. Wayne Bradbnrn, superin tendent, invites parents to visit the schools this week and observe the education process in action. He stresses the important role that education plays in a free society. Supt. Bradbnrn continues: “If education lags, the na tion will lag in every area es sential to its well being and fu ture education. In this space age, we cannnot affoad any thing less than quality educa tion. The task of providing this has been assigned to the schools, but the cooperation of every citizen is essential if we are to produce the best pos sible results.” An interesting feature, with pictures, on improvements be ing made in Transylvania county in the educational facilities to carried this week on the front page of the sec ond section. Mims Is New Pastor At Pisgah Forest Rev. Paul Mims is the new pas tor of Temple Baptist Church, Pisgah Forest. Mr. Mims accept ed the cell to his new pastorate on October 1st A native of Quitman, Ga., Rev. Mr. Mims attended Carson-New man College in Jefferson City, Tenn., and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He has served ns pastor of Madison Hiway Baptist church, Valdoeta, Ga., and as associate pestor of Ivy Memorial Baptist church, Newport News, Virginia. In addition, he has served as youth director of Central Bap tist church, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Mr. Mima is married to the former Mias Janice Oaks, of for bin, Ky, and they are residing in the new Temple Baptist p»r I sonage in Pisgah YWresf.