TRANSYLV A NIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
\-i tion, 1960 Census, 16,372
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 72 — No. 46 ★
TIMES
A State
And National Prize - Winning A.B C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1961 <r
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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
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
■ Architect’s Drawing And Site Of The Mitchell-Bissell Company Above Rosman
New Industry For Upper County
CONSTRUCTION PLANS for the
new plant of the Mitchell-Bissell com
pany are being discussed by the
group above. In the center is John R.
“Jack” Mitchell, the president, and
at the right is the production super
intendent, Ed Czarnecki. At the left
is W. S. “Bill” Sagar, of Rosman and
Middle Fork, who is the local public
relations director for the company.
(Times Staff Photo)
President Of Northern Firm
Coming Here Said 44Go-Getter ”
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Governor
Praises
Company
North Carolina's Governor |
V; ~ mfe-ril today had v:
oi jrasise for the Miieheli
ccnipanyywhich is :
imiaiisg a modern plain three ;
unit :s above Bosnian.
"The Mitrbcil-BisscU com
party, which was organized in
1832, lias been outstanding in
its contributions to the textile
! industry, which means s >
| much to the economy of North <
!' Carolina,” Governor Sanford i
declared.
"The State of North Carolina
is very happy to welcome this
fine company to membership in
our growing list of worthwhile
manufacturing establishments.”
Governor Sanford joined
President John R. “Jack” Mit
chell in praising the Brevard
and Rosman Chambers of Com
merce, The Transylvania In
dustrial Development corpora
tion, Leslie Grogan, Don Jenk
ins, Gil Coan, Austin Hogsed,
Cecil J. Hill and Bill Keith,
Transylvania county citizens
who also worked on the pro
ject, and M. L. Shepherd, a
development representative of
the Conservation and Develop
ment Department, for “the
fine work” they did in locat
ing the plant in this western
county.
The governor’s office also
thanked John Anderson, editor
of The Transylvania Times, for
his cooperation in the project.
John R. “Jack” Mitchell,
president of Mitchell ■ Bissell
company, Transylvania’s new
est industry, is described as
“hard - working,” a “go-get
ter” and a dedicated industrial
ist in the textile field.
He is a grandson of one of the
original partners in the Mitchell
Bissell company, which was
formed in 1882.
While he was born and has
spent most of his life up north,
\ he finished high school here in
North Carolina.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 16 —
BPW club members leave from
Macfie’s at 6:00 p.m. to meet
with Hendersonville club. Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s at
6:45 p.m. Lions hold Ladies
Night at Brevard college at 7:00
p.m.
Friday, November 17 — United
Methdodist Men meet at Brevard
college at 6:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m. Brevard Little
—1Turn To Pago Pour
He likes to say that it was
just a small school at Farmer,
N. C., and he received his diplo
ma in 1943.
Afterwards he served for three
years in the United States navy.
In addition to being a busy
person running the Mitchell
Bissell company, he takes time
out to help with United Fund
drives. He is also a scoutmas
ter and an officer and direc
tor of the Children’s Home
Society of New Jersey.
Mr. Mitchell is an industrialist
who came up “through the
ranks.”
Here’s a look at the records
with the Mitchell-Bissell com
pany:
Summer, 1943, productions
records clerk
1946-’47 production worker
1P47’49, office and sales
1949-’57, assistant treasurer
1957-’59, vice president
1959, named president
Mr. Mitchell is a Rotarian and
a Shriner, and other organiza
tions of which he is a member
*re as follows: Ceramic As«ocia
fion of New Jersey, Am»rican
Ceramic association, Trenton
Chamber of Commerce and New
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Lutherans Ot Western
Conference Meeting Here
The Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd will be host to
the Western Conference of the
United Evangelical Lutheran
Synod of North Carolina for its
annual fall convention on Fri
day, November 17th.
The session will begin with
the service of Holy Communion
at 10:00 o’clock, followed by a
business session and lunch.
The afternoon program will be
devoted to foreign missions and
another business session. The
closing service is set for 3:30
p.m.
Rev. Albert H. Keck, pastor of
St. Andrews Lutheran church,
of Hickory, is president of the'
conference, and will preside
over the sessions. Other officers
include Rev. John L. Yo't, Jr.,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
church, Hickory, vice president;
Rev. E. W. Ridenhour, pastor
of St. Paul’s Lutheran church,
Newton, secretary; and Henry
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Community
Thanksgiving
Service Set
A Community Thanksgiving
service is being planned at the
First Baptist church for Wed
nesday evening, Nov. 22nd, be
ginning at 8:00 o’clock.
Rev. Ben Ormand will deliver
the message, and special music
will be under the direction of
Ray Childers.
Choir members from the var
ious churches are invited to
take part in the special singing.
The community service is be
ing sponsored by the Transyl
vania County Ministerial as
sociation, of which Rev. Fred
Valentine is the president.
The free-will offering wi'l go
to the Transylvania Community
hospital.
PREVIEWING the news re
lease about the decision of the Mit
chelUBissell company, of Trenton,
New Jersey, to construct a modern
plant; above Rosman are Leslie Gro
gan left, and Mayor Austin Hogsed.
Mr. Grogan, chairman of the indus
| trial committee of the Brevard Cham
! ber of Commerce, spent much time
and effort in locating the plant in
; Transylvania. Both of the men ex
press sincere appreciation to all per
sons who aided in the project.
(Times Staff Photo)
Transylvanians Elated Over
News, Future Is Now Brighter
A quarter of a century ago,
and earlier, Rosman and the
upper part of this comity,
thrived on a robust logging
and lumbering industry which
provided the payroll occupa
tions essential to prosperity.
Rosman had a busy tannery
and an extract plant, in addi
tion to the big sawmill of the
Gloucester Lumber Company.
Then, with changes in the
chemical industry, the tanning
and the extract plants faded
in importance, and the loeging
operations declined somewhat,
though lumbering has continu
ed on an active scale.
In recent years the upper
county has acquired a labor sur
plus and many of those who
have employment have had to
commute to Brevard and to
Pickens and Easley in South
Carolina.
New industry has been sought
diligently by Rosman’s eommun
ity leaders, whose faith may
sometimes have faltered, belt
never dissolved when di's^n
"ointments were encountered in
the search for new economic
assets.
This week optimism prevail
ed in Rosman, with the im
provement in the emn'ovment
outlook that came with the
announcement that the Mit
chell-Bissell company has lo
cated a new plant in the Bos
nian community.
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Comments On Outlook
Mayor Austin Hogsed — This
is the first step forward in 50
years. It’s the breaking of the;
ice and gives a handsome recog-!
nition to our wonderful climate j
and marvelous pure water. Both,
of these assets were importantj
in swinging the decision in our!
favor. Due to a combination of
conditions R os man has been
held hack while other communi
ties have been growing, but now
I am confident we are coming
into a period of growth and ex
pansion, not only here in town,
but in the upper end of the
county. Our retail merchants
will benefit, of course, but our
people are more concerned with
what employment means to our
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^rogram Highlights
WPNF Plans "Listening"
Post For Sunday Afternoons
WPNF is planning a new type
of Sunday afternoon feature pro
gram. according to Program Di
rector Bill Hancock and Station
Manager A1 Martin. The pro
gram currently in the planning
stages is to be known as “Listen
ing Past.”
“Listening Post” will high
light local activities and include
many special features in its for
mat Some of the ideas currently
being considered include listen
ers opinions on important ques
tions concerning community life
as well as world-wide issues.
“Our program ideas will in
clude two important features:
music and comedy,” Mr. Han
cock stated. “ ‘Listening Post’ is
an outgrowth of our successful
“Summerama” heard during the
past summer season. We feel
that this new feature program is
more mature in its approach to
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Large Plant
Now Being
Constructed
Construction has bren start
ed a now plant .?■<r the
Kikhell*Bis§e!l. company, of
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mayor of Rosptant, and Terry
San fowl, governor of North
Carolina, announce In a joint
statement today.
This modern plant will con
tain production facilities to
manufacture chromium plated
wire thread guides for the tex
tile industry.
John R. “Jack” Mitchell, the
president, says that initial ex
penditures will be h» excess
of $100,000,00.
The plant is located on a
16.73 acre site in a pictures
que mountain setting.
C. E. Cochran, Brevard con
tractor, is erecting the build
ing, which is expected to be
completed in early ’62.
President Mitchell hopes to
employ some 40 persons In the
beginning, with more to be
added later.
The plant will contain 16,000
square feet and the building
is of modern design.
Many Products
hi addition to manulactmng
several different types of wire
products for the textile in
dustry, Mr, Mitchell plans to
add a moulded plastics depart
ment at the local plant some
time In the future.
Mayor Hogsed said that the
entire community (s highly
appreciative for the tine co
operation given by the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, the
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| The Weather l
Tinder dry forest lands have
received just over two Inches of
much needed rainfall during the
past three days, according to
tihe local weather observers. The
scattered showers of the past
fews days are expected to con
tinue through today with un
seasonably mild temperat’i-es
holding their own also
The weatherman is calling for
a high reading today of 72 de
grees after an overnight low of
near 50.
Readings for five past weeh in
clude:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesdpy
High bow "t.
08 30
06 22
06 25
06 32
72 43
90 47
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