TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 16,372
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 73 — No. 1 ' *
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B C. Newspaper
second class hail privileges BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1962 PRICF 10'” ★ 16 PAGES TODAY 4
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. ■ ' w . r*
TRANSYLVANIA— I
The Land oi Waterfalls, I
Mecca ft»r Summer Camps, I
Entrance to Pisgadi Na- !
tional Forest and Home of I
Brevard- Music Festival. I
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA’S FIRST 1962
baby, Laura Juanita Sanders, is pic
tured above with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Austin Sanders, of
Rossman, and the attending nurse,
MiV I,ois Wortman. LPN. Dr. James
Sanders was the attending physician,
and Little Miss Sanders arrived at
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2:28 p. m. on New Year’s day. Many
local merchants are awarding- prizes
to the feaby and to her parents
through the Baby Derby contest of
The Transylvania Times and WPNF.
Laura Juanita is the third daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders.
(Times Staff Photo)
Federal Savings, Loan Fays
$140,000 Dividends, Rate Up
Semi-annual dividends, total
ing $140,000.00, have been paid
by the Bre- ard Federal Sav
ings and Loan association for
the period ending December
; 31, 1961, making a total for
the year of over a quarter mil
lion dollars in dividends, it
is announced today by Jerry
l Jerome, president.
Tho resources of the assoc
I iation are in excess of $1>
600,000, which is a growth of
around $1,000,000 over 1960.
I Mr. Jerome states that iap
preciation of the wonderful
suKwrt that the Brevard Fed
eral Savings and Loan asso
ciation has received by the
many citizens of Transylvania
coi&ty and other sections of
the country, the directors vot
ed unanimously to increase
the dividend rate from 4% to
4%%, retroactive to July 1st.
1961.
“The directors felt that the
association’s reserves were
adequate to allow them to pay
this dividend, and they are
very pleased to be able to do
so;” Mr. Jerome stated.
“We will always strive to
maintain a strong association,
with adequate reserves, and
will continue to be a member
of the Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance corporation,
which insures the saver’s sav
ing* account up to $10,000.00,”
he continued.
Mf. Jerome further explain
ed that because of the bright
outlook that this section has
the demands for loans have
been heavy. These demands
can only be met by securing
new accounts, which is the
only way that money can be
secured to make loans.
The annual meeting of mem
bers of the association will be
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 4 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:45 P- m. Lions meet at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 p. m.
Friday, January 5 — Brevard
Vs. Hendersonville, high school
gym, three games beginning at
5:30 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets
at 8:00 p. m.
S»piday, January 7 — Attend
the church of your choice. Sing
ing at Court House at 2:00 p. m.
Monday, January 8 — Ameri
can Legion meets at 6:30 p. m.
Rotary banquet honoring Blue
Devil Football team at Gaither’s
at 7:00 p. m Shrine club meets
at Berry’s at 7:00 p. m. Board
nf Education meets in Superin
tendent’s office at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, January 9 — Cham
ber of Commorce meets in li
brary at 7:30 to count ballots
lor new directors. Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p. m. Civic Chorus
meets at Brevard Methodist
church at 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday. January 10—Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 p.
m United Fund directors meet
at Gaither’s at 7:30 p. m.
Appreciation Expressed
$1,485 Raised In Seal
Campaign By December 20
Proceeds from the Christmas i
Seal campaign for Transylvania
county through December 20th
amounted to $1,485.50, it is an
nounced by Miss Jeanette Aus-j
tin, chairman of the Trarsyl-:
vania county TE committee.
Mrs. Josie Haynes, executive
director of the Western North
Carolina Tuberculosis associa
tion, whose headquarters is lo
cated in Black Mountain, ex-j
pressed pleasure over the results i
of the campaign thus far. She]
stated that over half of the 151
counties within the association |
already have exceeded the total
of their last year’s campaign.
Transylvania county has not
equalled its 1900-61 total of
$2,011.65; but optimism has been
expressed by the local chairman
that this will be done in the
Board Of
Education
Will Meet
A meeting of the Board of
Education will be held on Mon
day, January 8th, at 7:30 o’clock
in the superintendent’s office,
according to C. Wayne Brad
burn, superintendent.
The meeting is open to the
public, and interested citizens
are invited to attend.
near future.
Many returns have been sent
in since the 20th of December,
and Miss Austin wishes to rc
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j The Weather j
Brevard recorded seven inches
of snow to see the New Year in
according lo local weather ob
servers. Oddly enough, early
morning low temperatures were
lower prior to the snowfall.
1961 ended on a low note as
far as the thermometer was
concerned in Transylvania coun
ty. The mercury dipped to nine
degrees on Friday and Saturday,
December 29th and 30th. On
Sunday, the last day of 1961,
the early morning low reading
was only 18 degrees, setting the
stage for 1962’s entrance, ac
companied by the seven inches
of snow mentioned earlier.
Readings for the past week
include:
Low Prec
Hi
Wednesday 46
Thursday 42
Friday 35
Saturday 42
Sunday 36
Monday 39
Tuesday 38
*This is melted
equivalent to rainfall, but snow
measured on ground rather than
in gauge came to seven inches.
24
25
9
9
18
31
13
snow,
.20
.50
0
0
.05
*.67
0
or
New
Year *s
Quiet
The New Year’s observance
in Brevard and Transylvania
was described as being “one
i;T (he quietest in the history
of (lie town amt county.
This was due, in part, to
the rain, snow and sleet on
V nday and the heavy snowfall
an Monday,
N't» accidents were reported
over the weekend, however,
Mrs: Reggie Orr, of Pisgah
Forest, was injured in a one
car accident about 12:30 Tues
day afternon.
ft occurred on US Highway
C4 hear Pisgah Gardens.
The car is reported to have
skidded on the ice, left the
highway, crossed a ditch and
rammed into a bank. Mrs. Orr
was taken to the local hospi
tal and later transferred to
Asheville. The Henderson
county patrol investigated, as
sisted by Deputy Charlie
Owen. •
The Brevard fire depart
ment was . ailed out on Sun
day to answer an alarm at a
vacant house on Tinsley road.
Only minor damages were
reported.
Lusk Elected
Vice President
Of Unique, Inc.
C. R. Lusk, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Lusk, formerly of
Kerman and who now reside at
Sapphire Manor in Brevard, has
recently been appointed execu
tive vice president and a mem
ber of the Board of Directors at
Unique Products, Inc., a Santa
Ann. California manufacturing
firm, , .
The announcement was made
public by Albert Kay, chairman
of the Board of Directors.
Lusk's primary duties will be
to direct all marketing and tech
nical developments at Unique,
The five-year-old corporation is
presently involved in electronic
plastic and ferrite manufactur
ing. The corporation forecast a
gross sales volume of one and
one-half million dollars in the
forthcoming fiscal year.
The young 27-year-old Lusk,
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Commerce Body
To Choose New
Board Tuesday
Directors for 1962 of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce will
be chosen at the regular meet
ing next Tuesday niglht in the li
brary when the ballots will be
tabulated.
Mrs. John Ford, the executive
secretary, reminds all members
to return their ballots by meet
ing time. She urges that care
ful consideration be given in the
selection of directors since this
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MISS SHIRLEY HAMMILL, who
is the reigning “Miss Brevard,” is pic
tured at the right buying the first
license tag from Mrs. Rosa Norwood
at the Carolina Motor Club office
here on Tuesday. The office is open
daily from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
Monday through Friday, and from
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon on Satur
days. The bright new black on
orange 1962 tags must be in use by
February 16th. (Times Staff Photo)
Heavy Snowfall Blankets County,
Seven To 10 Inches Are Recorded
BREVARD’S STREET CREWS had
the herculean task of moving large
snow banks from the business section
on Tuesday after a seven-inch snow
fall blanketed the area on Monday.
Streets were practically cleared by
noon and traffic was again able to
move at a normal pace.
(Times Staff Photo)
Shriners To
Install Mew
Officers
The monthly meeting of the
Transylvania Shrine club will
be held at Berry’s restaurant,
Monday night. January 8th, at
7:00 o’clock it is announced by
David Sams, president.
Mr. Sams states that the new
ly elected officers will be install
ed by R. F. Bennett, past pres
ident. They are Berry R. Gaith
er, president; Theodore E. Reid,
vice-president: ,F. Brown Carr,
secretary; John A. Ford, treas
urer; and David Sams, member
of the board of trustees.
Ladies’ night will be observed
and following the business ses
sion and installation, a party
will be held.
United Fund
Directors
To Meet
Directors of the Transylvania
United Fund will hold the an
nual business session on Wed
nesday night, January 10th, at
7:30 o’clock.
This meeting was originally
scheduled in December, but was
postponed until this more con
venient date.
It will be held in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room, and Presi
dent John A. Ford urges all di
rectors to attend.
Brevard Man
Asphyxiated
In Georgia
Charles A. Pierson, 48, of the
Forest Hills section of Brevard,
sleeping in his car in the Ball
Ground section of Canton, Ga.,
died early last Saturday when
tho car caught fire, and he ap
parently was asphyxiated.
Officers quoted Henry John
son as saying that Pierson drove
into his yard and said he wanted
to sleep in his car. Johnson said
he gave Pierson a cigarette and
a blanket and returned to his
house.
Officers theorized that Pier
son fell asleep and the lighted
cigarette started the fire.
Cherokee County (Ga.) Coro
ner Howard Baker said there
was no indication of foul play.
Brevard sourcos said Pierson
had been in the Canton, Ga.,
area since last Thursday visiting
friends. He was a heavy equip
ment operator.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Beulah Parton Pierson; two sons,
Paul and Augustus and tw«
daughters, Irene and Judith, at
of the home; the mother, Mrs
Transylvania s Top 10 Stories In 61
(1) Transylvania Symphony Orchestra play
ing on the White House lawn in the first youth con
cert of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy.
(2) Announcement of plans to construct a
super structure at the Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation to house paper machine number 11.
(3) New industry for upper Transylvania—
work started on Mitchell-Bissell company above
Rosman.
(4) Plans announced for construction of sat
ellite tracking station in Pisgah National Forest.
(5) Flooding of French Broad River twice.
(6) New construction at Brevard College.
(7) Another march of Blue Devil football
team in state finals.
(8) Restoration of Lake Toxaway.
(9) Various centennial celebrations.
(10) Nine fatal highway accidents on Tran
sylvania’s highways during the year.
Real Estate Transactions
Some 82 real estate transac
tions were recorded during No
vember, 1961, in the office of
the Register of Deeds, accord
ing to Owen G. Lee. They are as
follows:
William H. Schmidt et ux
Mable, to John Scheibling et ux,
Bernice G., Eastatoe.
Evergreen Development Co.
to Harvey J. McAmis et ux, Min
nie Stoker, Brevard.
Pisgah Gardens, Inc., to L. F.
Nerlinger, Boyd.
Ralph H. Ramseiy, Jr., to Lake
Toxaway Company, Hogback.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., to Lake
Toxaway Company, nogoacB..
J. W. McGuire et ux Lessie to
Guy C. Taylor et ux Jeannie C.,
Boyd.
T. J. McCall et ux Francis to
Thomas L. Townsend, Boyd.
Joseph M. Edwards et ux Ger
truge M. to Vincenit L. Beyer,
Hogback.
Pisgalh Gardens, Inc., to Her
man Parker et ux Nettie, Boyd.
Mary W. Gwynn to Dr. John
Minor Gwynn et ux Janie Sta
cey, Dunn’s Rock.
Beulah Hanson to Austin
Wickwirc et ux Nina G., Eas
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Program Highlights
News And Weather Reports
Heard Constantly On WPNF
WPNF is now presenting 23
varied news, weather and mar
ket summaries daily according
to station manager A1 Martin.
In addition to the regularly
scheduled news broadcasts, the
staff keeps up to the minute
with bulletins as they break and
local weather conditions are spot
ted frequently throughout the
day.
“We at WPNF feel that our
policy of varied programming
and informative news broadcasts
constitute the modem approach
to radio in a community such
as ours,” Martin stated.
“In 1961, as in years past, our
local station has given many
hours of air time to community
service. We hope that 1962 will
afford us more opportunities to
do the same kind of service to
Transylvania county,” he con
cluded.
Program Director Bill Han
I cock announces that three ba»
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kotball games will be broad
cast by the local station during
the next week.
On Saturday, January 6th, two
games can be hoard. The first
at 1:45 p. m. pits Clemson against
Wake Forest at Winston Salem.
Tlhe second game, set for 8:00
p. m. at Durham, finds Duke
entertaining N. C. State.
On Wednesday, January 10th,
North Carolina visits Wake For
est. Game time is set for 8:00
p. m. with the broadcast begin
ning at 7:45 p. m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard Home ec
dept., airs. Glenn Burrell; Fri
day, U. S. Forest Service, Tec
Seely; Monday, oounty agent
Tuesday, soil conservation ser
vice, Grover McPherson; Wed
nesday, county agent.
Appaaringcm the Civic Hon
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Schools Given
Extra Holidays
/V heavy. snow storm usher
cd in 1562 across Transyl
vania and the rest of Western
North Carolina.
in Brevard and Transyl
vania county, the depth of the
snow ranged from seven to 10
incites. Traffic.'on Monday was
brought practically to a stand
still, although highway crews
worked desperately to keep
streets and highways open.
'Ey'' noon Tuesday town
crews had cleared the Brevard
business district, hut freezing
temperatures that afternoon
made the roads again hazard
©us.
Schools were slated to re
open on Tuesday, but students
were given continued holi
days both on Tuesday and
Wednesday. As The Times
went to press Wednesday, the
opening date was still indefi
nite.
Brevard’s Blue Devils were
slated tc play East Henderson
on Tuesday night, hut the
game has heen indefinitely
postponed.
The snow began falling
shortly after the arrival of
the New Year and continued
to fall most of Monday. Skies
cleared Tuesday morning, bat
traffic moved at a slow pace.
Primary highways, were
kept open, but several of the
county roads were impassable.
This is the heaviest snowfall
of the county since -March.,
1960.
Fortunately, on Monday the
traffic sitcation was aided by
the fact that most businesses
and offices were taking a hol
iday and many workers were
able to remain at borne.
Tax Listers Are
Busy, Books In
The Townships
Tax listing began in Transyl
vania on Tuesday morning, and
the books will remain in the var
ious townships through next
Wednesday, January 10th.
Tax Supervisor James R.
Breedlove, urges Transylvanians
to list early and avoid the long
waiting line® during the last
minute rush.
After January, there will be
a penalty impose*! on aH per
sons listing their taxes.
Property that must be listed
falls into four major categories:
1. All real estate and tangible
personal property owned on
January lot, 1962.
2. A poll, or capitation, tax
required of all molepersons be
tween the ages of 21 and 90 as
of the first of the New Year.
3. Every dog, male or female,
more than six months old owned
or kept on the first.
4. Fhrm reports.
Civic Chorus
Will Begin
Rehearsals
Nelson F. Adams, director of
the Brevard Civic Chorus, an
nounced today that rehearsals
for the spring concerts will be
gin Tuesday, January 98h.
The concerts planned far the
•■Tiring season include the Easter
portion of “The Messiah” which
will be presented on Palm Sun
day at the Methodist Church and
a secular concert which will be
in the form of a musieal shew.
Membership in the etvie chor
us is open for these two con
certs. Rehearsals are held every
second and fourth Tuesday at
8:00 p. m. in the choir room at
the Methodist Church. Anyone
interested may secure further
information by contacting Mr.
Adame at
Mrs. Duncan
at her !
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