THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B C. Newspaper
■ ' ' i. ■ __
Vol. 73 —i No. 2 ★ TSSELSPSt';Arevp*rdV,lngcs BREVARD, N. C.f THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1962 PRICE 10 : ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, I960 Census, 16,372
Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Town
Board
fleets
The Brevard board of alder
nen took action on several mat
‘,ers of town government at then
January meeting in the newlj
renovated city hall.
An ordinanco was adopted
that will require property own
ers to keep vacant lots in a sight
ly condition
It will be published in the
press in its entirety at a later
date.
The aldermen decided to de
fer action on a recommendation
of the planning board to circu
late a petition oh the establish
ment of a Public Housing au
thority here.
Ttys town manager has been
advtfed that a representative of
the Public Housing authority, of
Atlanta, Georgia, would be here
in the immediate future to con
ifer with the planning board and
the aldermen regarding the mat
^ter. %
Sirice the town of Brevard has
written policy concerning ex
lsion of water and sewer lines
* —Turn to Page Sever
Tax Collections
At An All-Time
Record High
, The 1961 tax collections for
Transylvania county, the town
of Brevard and the town . of
Bosnian are at an all time
high, according to Tax Col
lector L. R. Hipp.
Mr. Hipp gave his report
at the meeting of the board of
aldermen Monday night. The
following figures were report
ed for the first three month’s
; collections: $161539.00 from
the county and the towns of
Brevard „,id Bosnian; $38,
006||7 from Brevard.
It was also reported that
town and county back tax col
lectfons amounted to $4,961.97,
anci^that receipts on hand
amounted to $11,481.40.
Pre-payments from June 1,
1961 to Ort. 1. 1961 amount
ed to $241,582.45, from the
tunty, $14,097.56, from Bre
rard, and $301.70, from Ros
tan.
January is the last month
_i which to pay town and
County tax at face value. A
\one per cent penalty will have
fo be paid, starting February
New Church Is
qpipleted At
ijgle River
The Little River Baptist
church will hold its first ser
ices in its new building on Sun
ay, January 14th, with a full
ay of activities.
The morning worship service
_rill begin at 10:50, and special
guests for the service will in
clude former pastors of the
iiurch, contractors and work
nen on the building, non-resi
lent members, and friends of the
hurch, according to Rev. Jarvis
Irock, the pastor.
Special music will be present
ed by the various choirs, and the
flowers will be furnished by the
—Turn to Page Si*
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 11 — Jay
cettS meet at Colonial Inn at
7:00 p. m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, January 12 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, January 14 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, January 15 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m. Transylvania Humane So
ciety meets with Mrs. Don Hill at
5:00 p. m.
Tuesday, January 16 — New
ly elected directors of Chamber
)f Commerce meet at Library at
7:30 p. m. to elect officers. Ace
of Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m.
Eastern Star meets at Temple
it 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, January 17 —
Poastmasters meet at Gaither's
it 6:30 p. m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p. m.
DUNN’S ROCK MASONIC lodge
officers for 1962 were installed at a
recent public installation ceremony
held in temple on East Main street.
Front row, left to right, are: W. A.
Hart, past master, treasurer; J. C.
Cassell, Jr., senior warden; Arthur
JI. .Jenkins, Worshipful Master; Har
vey L. Souther, junior warden, Hen
ry R. Henderson, past master, secre
tary. Back row, left to right: W. 0.
Morris, official coach, senior deacon;
Fred M. McCall, Jr., certified lectur
er, junior deacon; Thomas E. Payne,
Jr., senior steward; Gene Palmer,
junior steward; W. Holland Corn,
chaplain; and Bobby Dean Bishop,
tyler.
Transylvania’s Farmers May
Sign Up For ACP Practices
Transylvania county farmers
are now eligible to participate in
the 1962 Agricultural Conserva
tion program, states 5I.:.rvin ’.V
Whitmire, chairman of the Tran
sylvania county ASCS commit
tee.
Fanners may sign up now in
the initial sign-up period, run
ning througn January 16, 1932,
to take part in this national ef
fort to conserve vital soil and
water resources. Regulations pro
vide that should a farmor be un
able to sign up during this per
iod he may do so at a later date.
To sign up a farmer needs to
only contact. the local ASCS
county office. In signing a re
quest under the 1962 ACP to
carry out approved soil and wat
er conservation practices, the
farmer does not obligate himself
in any way, but does make him
self eligible for cost-sharing in
perfuming conservation prac
tices.
The conservation practices
which ACP cost-sharing is avail
able on are as follows: (1) Es
tablishment of permanent pas
ture or hay, (2) establishment
of vegetative cover in crop rota
tion, (3) liming materials, (4)
permanent pasture or hay im
provement, (5) cross slope strip
cropping, (6) planting forest
trees, (7) improvement of stand
—Turn to Page Six
Fans Reprimanded
Misconduct Ai Basketball
Games Rapped At Meeting
The county board of educa
tion, at its meeting Monday
evening, took official notice
of violence at recent high
school basketball games, and
expressed the hope that con
duct of fans should improve
sharply and promptly.
The minutes of the meeting
read:
“The Board expressed some
concern for the conduct of fans
at the county basketball games.
It is the feeling of the Board
that if basketball is to ipake a
contribution to the physical and
social growth of our boys and
girls, the games should be car
ried on in an orderly manner.
The public and students in at
tendance should conduct them
selves on the highest level of
—Turn to Page Six
Commissioners Recommend Mrs.
Dillingham To Succeed Husband
Transylvania county com
missioners are recommending
to the Governor of North Caro
lina that the wife of the late
sheriff, E. V. “Scott” Dilling
ham, be appointed to succeed
him in office.
Mr. Dillingham died early
last Saturday morning after
a lengthy illness.
If Governor Terry Sanford
appoints Mrs. Dillingham to
serve the unexpired term of
her husband, she would be in
office most of 1962. A new
sheriff is to be elected in the
November election.
Bob Boyd, chairman of the
board of county commission
ers, said the recommendation
of Mrs. Dillingham was made
to the Governor on Tuesday of
this week.
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
of the Transylvania Saline club, who
were installed at Monday night’s
meeting, are shown aboveFrom left
to right, they are: Berry R. Gaither,
president; T. E. Reid, vice president;
F. Brown Carr, secretary; and John
A. Ford, treasurer. (Austin Photo)
Second Severe Snow Storm Hits The
Town & County, Schools Are Closed
Argument
Ends In
Killing
A family argument in the
East Fork section of Transyl
vania Sunday night resulted
in the fatal shooting of a son
and the holding of the father
in the local jail in connection
with the shooting.
Vernon Whitmire, age 46,
was killed instantly by a shot
gun blast around 9:30 o’clock.
Coroner and acting sheriff,
Donald Let; Moore, reports
that witnesses said that Whit
mire was shot by his father,
Eugene Whitmire.
Another brother and the
mother were at home at the
time of the shooting.
A coroner’s inquest was
held, but the verdict has not
been rendered, pending furth
er investigation.
Deputy Charlie Owen and
Patrolmen Bill Sawyer and
Gene Beshears assisted Mr.
Moore.
A native of Transylvania,
the deceased had worked in
—Turn to Page Sis
LITTLE WONDER DR. EMMETT K. McLAR
TY, JR., president of Brevard College, is wearing
that pleased expression. He just received a check
for $50,000.00 from the Mary Reynolds Babcock
Foundation, Inc. of Winston-Salem. This check
represents onc-lialf of a grant by the Babcock Foun
dation when the college had raised $200,000.00.
In New Post
k
William H. “Bill” Keith
Takes Over Helm At Bank
WILLIAM H. KEITH
Carl G. McGraw, pffesilent of
First Union National Bank of
North Carolina, announces that
William H. Keith, vice president,
has assumed the duties of execu
tive officer in Brevard’s First
Union National Bank. Mr. Keith
joinqd First Union in 1959 at the
Wilson office.
Mr. Keith was born in Green
wood, South Carolina, and was
graduated from Davidson Col
lege and The School of Banking
of the South at Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge.
Mr. Keith has been active in
community affairs and in the
Presbyterian church. He and his
wife, the former Mary Katherine
Nye, have three children, Kath
erine Nye, William H., Jr., and
Anne Harvey.
Ralph J. Duckworth, a banker
in Brevard since 1931, will serve
as executive consultant.
Five Injured In Wreck
On 280 Last Thursday
Five persons were seriously
injured in a two-car collision on
the Asheville highway about
five miles from Brevard last
Thursday afternoon.
According to officers who in
vestigated, it was miraculous
that any of the occupants of the
two cars escaped with their lives.
Admitted to Transylvania
Community hospital were John
ny Edward Wright of Hazelwood,
listed as driver of one of the
cars; Eugene Bernard Smith,
The Weather j
—— - ..4
Old Man Winter has definite
ly arrived according to local
weather observers, in the event
there might have been some
shadow of a doubt in the minds
of Transylvanians.
The snow which was reported
last week was followed by early
morning low temperatures that
dipped below the freezing mark
each day.
More snow measuring from
three to four inches has been re
corded on Wednesday morning
of this week.
Readings for the past week
include:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High
55
50
45
55
Low
10
18
42
32
31
27
27
18
Free
0
0
0
2.64
0
0
0
Jr., 20, of 60 Princeton St, Ashe
ville, Richard Charles Murdock,
22, of Horse Shoe and Thomas
Hoglen of Clyde, all passengers
in the Wright car; and Ernest
Lance, 38, of Rt 2, Brevard.
Arrested on charges of driv
ing intoxicated, reckless driving
and hit and run was Curtis Bar
ton, 26, of Rt. 1, Brevard, iden
tified by Patrolman Dan Frady
as driver of the car in which
Lance was riding. Barton is
—Torn to Page Seven
The other $50,009.00 will be
paid to the college before
March 15, 1962.
Dr. McLarty told the Times:
"The local friends of Bre
vard College were the ones to
furnish the final push that
made the effort to raise $200,
000,00 for the neyf..
’ building successful. Some 40
or more citizens of Brevard
gave almost $2,800.00 in this
drive, and the remaining $2,
200.00 was raised elsewhere.
As much as the college needed
this money,” commented Dr.
McLarty, “generosity of local
citizens rallying to the sup
port of the college means even
more to those of us working
with the college.”
Many notes accompanied
contributions expressing ap
preciation for Brevard Col
lege, said Dr. McLarty, and "I
know that I am speaking for
the trustees, administration,
faculty and student body when
I say Thank you to the people
of Brevard,” he concluded.
Retail Sales
Up, October
Retail sales in Transylvania
during the month of October,
1961, were up $46,113.00, over
the same month the previous
year.
Sales were as follows:
October, 1961 • $1474,133.
October, 1960 • $1,128,620.00.
Last September’s sales in
this county amounted to $1,
280,739.00.
These were total taxable
and non-taxable sales as re
ported to the N. C. Department
of Revenue.
Program Highlights
WPNF Is Offering Varied
Schedule Of Music Daily
WPNF Station Ai Martin said
today that the local radio sta
tion was presenting one of the
most varied music schedules in
this area.
“We have music for adults of
any age, as well as our teen aud
ience,” he stated. “Our music
includes currently popular se
lections, country and western
favorites, gospel and spiritual
songs, rock and roll in moder
ate doecs and classical and sctmi
classical works.
“Our newest program change
is the return of the old format
from 8:05 until 9:00 p. m. Mon
day through Firiday evenings.
Now under the title, “Music in
tho Air,’ this program will fea
ture easy-to-listen-to music in
eluding both new arrangements
and old standards. We invite
our listeners’ response to this
program return,” Martin con
cluded.
Program Director Bill Han
cock announces today that four
college basketball games will be
broadcast from the Tobacco
Sports Network during the next
week. They include ttie Wake
Forest - St. Francis contest Fri
day night at 7:45 p. m., the game
between Wake Forest and St.
Joseph on Saturday night at 9.-00
p. m., and the Monday evening
tilt featuring South Carolina and
North Carolina at 7:45 p. m. Hie
week’s activity is rounded out
on Wednesday
Telephone Lisles
Are Overloaded,
Travel is Halted
Brevard and Transylvania
county were blanketed with
the second heavy snowfall of
1C62 Tuesday night as some
four to six inches fell
A fine, packing snow with
a layer of ice underneath
made traffie conditions es
tremely hazardous and schools
were closed on Wednesday.
With the threat of more
snow Wednesday night and
Thursday and with the weath
erman predicting a low of
around zero, the Board of Ed
ucation decided Wednesday
afternoon that the schools
would also be closed on Thurs
day.
Just 10 days ago, the town
and county were blanketed
with an eight-inch snowfall
which was still in evidence
when the new white mantle
fell.
Since the weather man pre
dicts extremely low tempera
tures Wednesday night and
Thursday, driving conditions
are expected to be even more
hazardous.
Brevard’s street forces and
highway maintenance crew*
were on the Job soon after
tlie snow started falling. Ear
ly Wednesday morning the
State Highway Patrol advised
motorists not to travel with
out chains
One accident was reported
early Wednesday morning as
a car overturned on US 276
near Carr’s Hill fiaptipk „
■’iSewere other incidents'0'
of fender bendings as can
skidded on the slippery streets
and highways.
Service stations reported a
record chain business and
wrecker service is expected to
continue much in demand.
Officials of the Citizens
Telephone company reported
Wednesday morning that doe
to the snow Ike switchboards
— Torn to Page Twelve
New Directors
Of CommeRe
Body Elected.
Ballots for directors of the
BreJvard Chamber of Commerce
for 1962 were tabulated at the
January meeting Tuesday night,
and a 26-man board was elected.
The newly elected group win
name officers at a call meeting
next Tuesday night in the lib
rary at 7:30 o’clock
President ‘Buddy” Melton, in
congratulating the new board
members, urges all of them to at
tend the special meeting next
Tuesday night and take part in
the important ejection.
He has appointed the follow
ing on the nominating cmb
mittee: J. H, Gaines, Gil Coan
and Charles Himes.
Gil Goan, Leslie Grogan and
John I. Anderson led the ballot
ing with 57, S3 and 48 votes
respectively.
Others in the top 19 were: Ce
cil J. Hill, Robert “Buddy" Mel
ton, John A. Ford, Don M. Jenk
ins, Raymond F. Bennett, Bfli
Keith and Wayne Bradbura.
The remainder of the feoaeC
—Turn to Bgi etc
Farley Heads
Kiwanis Club
G. H. Farlegr was installed
president of the Brevard Ki
wanis chib at its meeting last
Thursday in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room.
Other officers odmwill sows ■
with Mr. Farley are as follower
D. L. ScanneH, vice president; '
Melvin Gillespie, treasarer; and
C. A. Butterwodh, Jr., secretary.
Named to serve as directors
were W. G. Boggs, Walter Can
trell, L. J. David, Erie V. Klein*
I. B. Mitchell, Jr, J. " “