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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 TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, I Mecca for Summer Gamps, I Entrance to Pisgah Na- * tional Forest and Home of | Brevard Music Festival. AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1962 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 10*' Vol. 73 — No. 4 ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY Now Constructing Veneer Plant At Pisgah Forest 1961 PRESS AWARD > Korth (Earoiitia press A s a a r t a 1 i a n Best Advertising Weekly Division mom place TRANSYLVANIA TIMES RRi.VARh .futtunry IV,* 1<M2 1961 PRESS AWARD Sfnrtli Carolina ^ri'os Association News Coverage Weekly Division mm> place TIIANSYLVANIA TIMES BREVMtf). \n. January Hi, 1962 Sr. The Times Wins Two Awards, News Coverage, Advertising The Transylvania Times was awarded two prizes for outstand ing journalism during 1961 by ti:e North Carolina Press associa tion. The awards were presented to Editor John Anderson by Ter ry Sanford, Governor of North Carolina, at the annual awards night last Thursday at Chapel in the weekly newspaper di vision, 12 prizes were awarded in all, and they were won by eight newspapers. There are ap proximately 150 weeklies in North Carolina. The Times won second place in advertising arid third place in local news coverage. The judges were impressed with the layouts and the display of advertising carried in The Times. Regarding specific advertise ments, they said in part: “The Transylvania Times used a striking 12” by 15” picture, blown - up halftone, aerial view of the community to welcome ^Bitors to Brevard on behalf of the board of alderman. ^Another very effective ad was a page which appealed to Olin Mathieson workers to vote ill regard to the proposal to unionize ... and a pagla ad by the County Commissioners wel coming visitors and others and listing assets of the community was likewise effective.” The news coverage of The Times was also lauded by the judges, who said: “The Times is well depart mentalized, concise and logical.” The courageous stand The Times took in the election at Olin Mathieson Chemical cor poration when attempt was made to organize the plant was also praised by the judges. The judges reported: “The Times also took pictures during the balloting, and re —Turn to Page Six CALENDAR OF DOMING EVENTS Thursday, January 25 — BPW meets at Berry's at 7:00 p.m. Ma sons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 26 — Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 28 — Attend the Church of your choice. Monday, January 29 — Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 , January 30 — Moth of Dimes. WNC sec institute of Interest Increases Transylvania \ oters To Ballot In Several Races Interest in the Demncra, pri mary electic.ii and the general election this fall in Transylvania is beginning to increase, a sur vey made this week reveals. There are several local races tliis year, and the deadline for Straus P-TA Group Meets An executive board meeting of the Straus school PT-A was held recently at the home of Dr. David C. Kirk, Jr. During the meeting, the board gave the Straus school faculty authority to use PT-A funds for the purchase of second grade text books and additional ref erence books for the school li brary. The important “drop - out” problem was discussed at length, and it was decided to include a panel discussion of the problem on the program for the next general meeting. A committee, headed by pres ident Paul Baker, reported that a drainage system will be in stalled at the north end of the school playground as soon as —Turn to Page Sb filing is April 13th. The primary election is set for Ji3y 2C'.h, and the general elec ben will be held in November. T. J. Wilson. ehairm"n of the bor"d of elections, will open his office in the court house at an early date. Offices for which Transylvania voters will ballot are as follows: Sheriff House of Representatives “State” State Senate House of Representatives “Congressional” Coroner Macon County Escapee Nabbed Tuesday Morning At Rosman An escaped convict was picked up Tuesday morning in Hosman by Officer Charlie Wright. The escapee, Adger Stamey, made his get-away from the Macon county prison camp on Monday. Local officers were advised thiat night that he might be in DRAMA DANCE COMPANY will be presented at Brevard .college on Friday evening, February 2nd, at 8:15 o’clock, in the second Lyceum series. The company will perform a program in two parts: the first is entitled “The Ballet Plays,” while the second will be “Borneo and Juliet.” It will be open to tfie public. Rehearsals For Play Of Little Theatre Progress Rehearsals.for Watch on the which will be presented v.e Brevard Little Theatre i-'.t.brt: nry 16th and 17th in the l'"r. v.d College auditorium, are progressing in a highly satisfac 'r-ry manner, according to Rob roy Farquhar, director. Committee chairmen and other staff rnambers for the forthcom ing production are as follows: technical director, Mike Masters, who also served as chairman of the play selecting and casting lomnuttee: production manager, I awrenee Bauicr; staging, Gus Masters; house managers, Mrs. Mel Everingbam and Jim Cow ard; properties, Miss Ann Erwin; costumes, Mrs. Bill Norris; make up, Mrs. Lawrence Bauer; pro gram, Mrs. James F. Nichols; prompter, Miss Rosemary Ott rnan; publicity, Mrs. Mel Ever mgham and Miss Jeanette Aus tin; social, Mrs. George Dysart; membership, Mrs. Cleaves John son; and transportation, Leonard I’oteet. In keeping with one of BLT’s —Turn to Page Six this area, and a search was in stigated. Stamey wais brought to the local jail where he remained until officers from Macon came for him Tuesday after noon. Another light covering of snow, which snarled traffic and made driving conditions quite hazardous early last Friday amounted to about one-third of the past week’s precipitation. The snowfall, which averaged in the vicinity of one inch at the reporting station, accounted for only twenty-four-one-hundreths of an inch of equivalent rainfall. After a weekend of nice wea ther in which afternoon readings reached1 into the 50s and early morning lows dipped no more than five below freezing, Monday dawned as a droopy and dreary day. Rainfall was light during the day although haif-an-imch of precipitation was recorded at 6.00 p.m. Monday evening. Official readings for the past week include: High Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 45 40 38 51 57 57 60 Low 15 21 21 30 27 35 46 Free 0 0 .24 0 0 .11 .43 Carr Lumber Co. History Is Written j i i i By I VIM E IIIT.rH The Transylvania Times n*.< torian (Editors ''.n't',: Since the Alex ander Wood Products Company. Inc. of Athens. Georgia, has pur chased a nai l of the Carr Lumber •:: mpatty at Pisgah Forest, :we\| !<• .-I that a historical background f this pioneer lumbering -on-', corn, which has meant much to •!:c . economy of Transylvania, hotild accompany the story.) rarr Lumber company of Pbgah Forest, at the peak of its operations, was the princi pal industry in Transylvania county. It held the timber cut ting rights on thousands of 1 •feres in this and other west ern North Carolina counties, employed upward of 500 per sons, owned and operated more than 100 miles of log ging railroad, and did a thriv ing business in lumber man ufacture. At Pisgah Forest it owned a ;j large saw mill. It had a planin'’ j mill in a separate budding. I! ! owned a large general and re , tail store, and had a com mi- ary , icr its employes. It also had r club, a dining room and a dor ' •:fitory fir IF employees. In the •\vo-ds," that is. at the, scene of logging work, the com- i pany had, two main camps where ' its loggers and lumber men In j (:d. These camp-; were move,'. : out as.the tree cutting shift if. from season to season and j j i ar t,e year. Camps were locat ed many y:-nrs ago at the Pink i Feds r.-nd in the North Mills | river region new traversed by j the new link in the Blue Ridge j Parkway. Carr Lumber company discon tinued lumber manufacture about throe years ago. but the corporation is still in existence. Henry Carr is president of the company. F. Brown Carr is the executive vice president, and Frank Carr, owner of the Carr Builders Supply store, is secretary and treasurer of Carr Lumber company. West Virginia Men The Carr Lumber company was organized by West Virgini —Turn To Page Four 5199 Housing Units In County The 1960 census of Housing counted 5,199 housing units in Transylvania county. Of these 2,979 were in sound condition with all plumbing 4,384 were occupied 2,965 were occupied by own- 1 ers $7,600 was the median value of owner - occupied places 1,419 were occupied by renters ' $53 was the median gross rent of rented places 3,663 had hot and cold run ning water 3,856 had flush toilet, 3,666 , bathtub or shower 1.598 had basement 127 were trailer homes 113 households had air condi —Turn To Page Sfa Schools Will Operate On Saturday One of the school days that was missed in Brevard and Tran sylvania because of the recent heavy snowfalls will be made up on this Saturday, Suipt. Wayne Bradburn states. Saturday will be a regular school day, with the hours being from 8:30 in the mornings until 3:00 in the afternoon. There will be no school on Sat urday, February 3rd, and the fut ure Saturday schedule will be made up by thiei Board of Educa tion at its February meeting on uesday, the 9th. MRD. F. V. “SCOTT” DILLINGKAM is pictured ’above being sworn into the office of sheriff of T.r.an sylyanu to writ y bv Ma: vin 'McCall, clerk of Super ior-c >•!, Mrs. Dillingham succeeds her late hus band. who died recently after an illness of some t-r ■ 1 .. v :i ■ ;.j pointed by the county board of c br er.-, and her term will expire late this vc.'.r. (TimesStaff Photo) Care.-; Listed Givi! Term Of Superior Court Will Open Monday Dr. Biddy To Be Buried Thursday Funeral services for Dr. 0. D. Biddy. age 66, will be held at !:00 o’clock Thursday afternoon n the First Baptist church. Rev. Harold Killian and Rev. larley M. Edmonson will offici ite, and burial will follow in r’isgaih Gardens cemetery. The body will lie in state at he church 30 minutes prior to he service. Dr. Biddy died Tuctsday after tocn in Andrews Memorial hos vital after a short illness. Pallbearers for the service vili be J. A. Macfie, Fred Israel, W. Arnold, Roy Messer, Wil iam Lee Anderson, and Wade Bagwell. Members of his Sunday school iass will serve as honorary pall rearers. A native of Polk county, Dr. Biddy had lived in Brevard for he past 14 years. He was a vet eran of World War I and was i graduate of the University of viorth Carolina School of Phar racy. He was a member of the irst Baptist church. Dr. Biddy was active in formi ng the first Field Trial club in iVestem North Carolina and was •onsidered one of the best in ormed man on bird dogs in this ection of the south. Survivors include the widow, —Turn to Page Sb The January-Fetruary t eI'ffPtfl i Superior court in Transylvania [ will open on Monday, January 2S*;h, with the trial of the civil ■ docket. | Judge Harry L. Riddle, of Mor j ;;anton, will preside over the two-weeks’ term. The second week will be devoted to the trial of the criminal docket, i Cases slated to be heard on I January 29th are as follows: | John Perry et ux vs. Lem Brooks and wife, Clara Brooks, i Pauline Jones White vs. Paul White. Margaret Tice Harden vs. Dent R. Harden. Juanell P. Pickelsimer vis. Cha rles W. Pickelsimer, Jr., et al. Randall Gash and wife Anna Gash vs. Doyle Wm. Stamey and wife, Holen. Dent R .Harden, vs. Margaret Tyce Harden. AA District | Meet Set I Here Sunday The regular Western Carolina district area meeting of Alcohol ics Anonymous will be held on Sunday, January’ 28, at the fel lowship hall of the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian Church. j The meeting will begin prom j ptly at 3:00 p.m., and the public ! is cordially invited to attend. IVPNF Program Notes Jaycee Banquet Highlights Will Be Heard Thursday, 5.05 A1 Martin, station manager, mnounces that WPMF will broadcast highlights of this .’ear’s Junior Chamber of Com merce D.S.A. banquet scheduled his week at Gaither’s. The ban juet is one of the outstanding vents held annually by the local laycee organization. “WPNF is most appreciative at he opportunity to present ex cerpts from this event for its listeners,” Mr. Martin stated. “It is our intention of including the most interesting and informative portions of the program high lighting the address by Stover Dpmnagan, editor of the Forest City Cowrie?,’^ The program will be recorded and edited for broadcast immed iately following the 5:00 p.m., State news Thursday. Program Director Bill Ham cock announces the basketball schedule for the coining week from WPNF’s Atlantic Coast Conference schedule. Saturday, Wake Forest vs Duke at 1:45 pm; Tuesday, South Carolina vs Duke, 8:00 pm; Wake Forest vs West Virginia on Wed nesday, 7:45 pm. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home Hour is as follows; Thurs day, Rosman home-ec dept, Mrs. Ruth Marshall; Friday, ASC of fice, Marvin W. Whitmire; Man day, county agent; Tuesday, Bre vard vo-ag dept, Randal Lyday; Wednesday home agent. Appearing on the Civic Hoot Some 40 Persons To Be Employed Outlook Is Good Construct!oil is now underway ia veneer manufacturing plans by the Alexander Wood Products Company, Inc., of Athens, Geor gia, on a site which was formerly ■ part of the Carr Lumber cotn r any at Pisgah Forest This announcement romes to • y from Charles L. Gayer, vice president and treasurer, and the nt is expected to be in opera tied, Weather permitting, the lat er part of February. The Alexander Wood Products :mpany operates plants at Ath '■ns, Pelham, Georgia, and at eorgetown, S. C. it is the nation’s largest manti turer of poplar crossbanding . roducts for the furniture indus • y. and employs some 150 per ns. The local plant is expected ic> re seme 40 employees, and in addition it will buy some 8,000 i*> 10.000 feet of logs per day -om local Loggers. A1 the present time, A. P. Peter - acting as the construction sup erintendent, and eight other 3o d persons have been employed. Cecil Bashan, plant engineer at Athens, is now here at Pisgafc Forest, supervising the installs' n of all machinery. Much Money Mr. Guyer says he expect* the : Ritual payroll to run between ■1:''),000 to $140,000, and some ; $200,900 is expected to be spent for ie<; oak and poplar logs. The tract of land purchased by ifte Alexanf3er Wood Products • • <pa»ty at Pisgab Forest-con tains 9.4 acres of land and was bought frojn Lowe’s Companies, !»cv It was used, as a. planing !V;i»l and, prior to .being sold to T vve's, it was the flooring .mill andrdi^ fcih> of the Carr Lumber.:/ K>moa»y. f .i. The site has frontage on South- • »; n Railway mainline and also on the main siding. It borders oil Davidson River ami Ecusta read. . ■ • When the mill begins opera- ■ tion, Seott Grubb, who is super intendent at Athens, will be the plant manager. In addition to the building which was already oh the site, two others are being added. They are 35’ x 159’ and 7V x 59’. Mr. Guyer said that an exten sive search bad been made for such a plant site, and he was well pleased with the Pisgah Forest site for several reasons. (1) Accessible to red oak and; poplar lumber (2) Labor supply which ap pears to be plentiful and experienced (3) Restoration of timber in. the nearby Pisgab Nation al forest (4) A market which is not too competitive Good Market He explained that the veneer products which will be manu factured locally will be sold to furniture plants located hr North. Carolina. Also these veneering: products will be sold to mams facturers of furniture and cabi nets in the mid-west. The oak veneer flooring pro ducts will go to manufacturer* in the south. Logs will be bought in blocks,. 78’s and 64’s in poplar, and Si’s and 42’s in red oak. Mr. Gayer said that three vats will be built immediately to>< heat (cook) the logs. In giving a thumbnail descrip tion of the operation at the ve neer manufacturing plant after construction is completed, Mr. —Turn to Page Six Goan Buys Melton’s Interest Gil Goan and Robert ‘“Buddy” Melton announced today that Mr. Coan purchased the interert of Mr. Melton in Brevard insur ance agency on January 1, ItSZ. Mr. Coon will continue the op eration of Brevard Insurance - Agency in the nWewimil' Budding. v • Mr. Metton wiH open a real' estate of ice o». February 5,1962. M 6 South QaldweU street. Poor the port throe yews, h* has specMiaed in the appronhB of real estate and will rnnthiea this qpeciaBwtlott.