TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
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Vol. 73 — No. 14 ★
THE TRAN SYLVAN IA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.BC C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard Music Festival.
authorized at brevard. n. c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1962
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Heart Of Brevard Is Notv Lighted With A New “White Way”, Note Striking Photos
THE BRIGHTNESS of the new “White Way’’ in j
the business district of Brevard can be vividly seen j
in the photographs above. Last week when the work
was half completed, the pictures were made. At
left is the new “White Way” looking east down
Main street from the square. The other picture
shows West Main street as lighted up by the old
street lights. Actually, one of the new' mercury
! vapor lamps gives off almost three times as much
light as an old incandescent one. (Photos by Austin),
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the an- >
nual Lincoln Day dinner here last
Saturday night are pictured above.
Front row, left to right, are Steve
Thomas* candidate for Board eif Edu- j
rsation; Ralph Waldrop, chairman of
the Republican executive committee;
and Kent Coward, of Sylva, the prin
cipal speaker. Back row, left to right,
Carter McCall, candidate for sheriff;
Bill Leonard, candidate for House of
Representatives; Frank McGibboney*
master of ceremonies on the pro-\
gram; and Walter Straus, candidate
for Board of Education.
(Times Staff Photo)
Murder
Case
Settled
A murder and a $5,000.00
robbery case were both settled
in the current April term of
Superior Court in Transylvania
county. Verdicts were handed
i**wn by Judge Harry C. Mar
tih, of Asheville.
Paul Williams, Negro, pled
guilty to first degree murder
of Harold Mooney and was giv
life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary at Raleigh.
Leola Mooney, who also pled
guilty to first degree murder
of Mooney, was given a similar
sentence.
Annie Mae Williams, in con
nection with the same case,
was found guilty and was sen
tenced to two years in the state
prison.
In the $5,000.00 safe robbery
at the Crest store in Brevard
recently, the following senten
ces were handed down by Jud
ge Martin.
B. F. Patterson was sentenc
ed to 36 months in the county
jail.
James Kenneth Gravely had
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vCALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, April 5 — Kiwanis
club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 6 — Suzari Mar
ionettes at Junior High school at
9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Brevard
High School band and glee club
concert at Senior High auditor
ium at 8:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 7 — Puppet
show at Transylvania County Li
brary at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, April 8 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Aoril 9 — Presbyter
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Board Opens Office
More Talk About Politics
In The Air Around Town
A marked increase in interest
in politics in Transylvania coun
ty is noted, and the deadline for
filing for local races is next Fri
day, April 13th, at 12:00 noon.
According to Ralph Lyday,
chairman of the Board of Elec
tions, his office is now open in
the court house daily.
At noon Wednesday, several
persons had filed, and they were
as follows:
House of Representatives -
Jess A. Galloway
Sheriff - Clyde Hubbard, Earl
W. Lee, Wood Paxton, and Ed
Singletary
Clerk of Court - F. M. McCall
Board of Education - Walter K. j
Straus
Constable of Hogback Town
ship - Wallace Brewer
Constable of Brevard Town
ship - Edward E. Killian
Among the other persons an
nouncing in the press recently
!hat they would be candidates in
the primary May 26th are the
following:
House of Representatives -
Raymond F. Bennett and Jack
Potts
Sheriff - Marvin Whitmire
Clerk of Court - Frantz Whit
mire
Board of Education - Ed Mathe
son, Gene Morris and Stephen
Thomas.
Ken Grogan Is In Charge Ot
Du Pont's Employee Relations
William K. (Ken) Grogan,
who has been with the Du Pont
company since 1940, will be in
charge of the employee relations
department at the Brevard plant,
according to L. S. Grogan, plant
manager.
Ken Grogan comes to the Bre
vard plant from Antioch, Cali
fornia, where for the past seven
years he has been the employee
relations superintendent of a
multi - million - dollar Du Pont
plant for the manufacture of
tetraethylead and “freon.”
He was born in Emory, Vir
ginia, and started to work for
Du Pont at Belle Works, Char
leston, West Virginia, following
his graduation from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in 1940.
Except for a 52 months’ period
in the Armed Forces during
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KEN GROGAN
Many
Attend
Dinner
The Republican Lincoln Day
dinner, held last. Saturday night
at the Masonic temple, was re
ported the most successful in
this county in recent years.
Kent Coward, attorney of the
Sylva firm, Monteith, Coward
and Coward, was the speaker,
pinch - hitting for Hugh Mon
teith. Mr. Monteith was prevent-1
cd from speaking because of
provisions of the Hatch Act, wi
lder which he was not released
i until April 1st. He had been
I serving as assistant district at
torney.
Mr. Coward first pointed out
shortcomings of the Democratic
administration both nationally
and in this state. There has been
much dissatisfaction and criti
cism, he said, even among Dem
ocrats of Western North Caro
lina and throughout the state.
He added that the trend of the
national party has been toward
socialism and the welfare state,
and that the party has gone off
and left the Democrats of the
South.
He told the Republicans pres
ent they will do their Democratic
friends a favor by inviting them
to register Republican this
spring and actively join the par
ty which, nationally and locally,
more nearly represents their
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Miss Ottman
To Speak To
Kiwanians
Miss Rosemary Ottman, a na
tive of Great Brittain who is cur
rently teaching at the Penrose
Elementary school, will speak to
the Brevard Kiwanis club at
their meeting Thursday night.
Her subject will be “The Brit
ish School System.”
The meeting will begin at 6:45
o’clock at Gaither’s Rhododend
ron room.
All members are urged to at
tend.
j The Weather
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The local weatherman reports
that April brought with her cool
er temperatures according to the
local mercury level.
During the last four days of
March, the daily high ranged
from 61 to 69 degrees, while the
first three days of April readings
varied only from 51 to 54 de
grees.
Lowest reading for the week
came on Monday morning when
the temperature dipped to 25 de
grees.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Pcpt.
67 26
68 29
69 47 .03
61 52 1.90
51 36
53 25 .08
54 27
Funds Are Not Included In Budget
For New Registration^ Board Told
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE |
for the local observance of National .
Library week is shown above mak
ing plans for the event which will J
be observed here from April 8th to
14th. From left to right, they are:
Mrs. Lehman Kapp, librarian; Mrs.
John Anderson, chairman of Nation
al Library Week for Friends of the
Library; Mrs. Cecil Hill, president
of Friends of the Library; and Mrs.
Oliver Orr, chairman of Transylvan
ia county library board.
(Times Staff Photo)
Lowe To Speak
To Local Lions
Leonard Lowe, of Forest City,
and district solicitor, will be the
guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the Brevard Lions
club this week.
The meeting will be held Thur
sday night at 7:00 o’clock in the
Colonial Inn.
Nominations for new officers
will also be made at the meeting.
All Lions are urged to attend.
Richard Tinsley
Re-Elected To
Head VFW Post
Richard S. Tinsley has been
re - elected commander of the
Lewis Earl Jackson post of Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
Other officers to serve during
the coming year are as follows: j
Arthur Gillespie and Arthur C.
Wilson - junior vice commanders
Charles L. Corn - quartermas
ter
Vance Jackson - adjutant
Dr. Carol Grahl and Dr. Julius
Sader - surgeons
Jack Potts and Gene Ramsey -
iudge advocates
Ed Conley - three - year trustee
Edwin Galloway - two - year
trustee.
Glover Jackson - one-year
trustee
According to Commander Tins
ley, the installation of the new
officers will be on Friday, April
20th. The time and place will be
announced later.
Mr. Jackson will be the instal
ling officer.
50th Anniversary
Puppet Show Is First Event,
Library Week Observance
!
Shriners Will
Meet Monday
The April meeting of the
Transylvania Shrine club will
meet at Berry’s next Monday
night at 7:00 o’clock, it is an
nounced by Berry R. Gaither,
president.
T. E. Reid, vice president and
program chairman, announces
that Dr. J. E. Osborne, of Ros
man, will show movies of his re
cent hunting trip to Canada. The
president urges the members to
make every effort to attend the
meeting and see the outstand
ing films.
An original puppet show by
Adelaide Van Wey will usher
in National Library week which
begins officially in Transyl
vania county .and throughout the
nation on April 8th and con
tinues through the 14th.
The puppet show will be pre
sented on Saturday, April 7th,
at 9:30 a. m. at the local library.
Its theme will tie in with that
of National Library Week, “Read
and Watch Your World Grow.”
Since this year marks the 50th
anniversary of the founding of
the local library, a number of
special events have been plan
ned for the week of April 8th
in conjunction with the national
celebration.
Mrs. John I. Anderson, local
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Program Highlight®
Exhibition Baseball Results
Being Heard Daily On WPNF
With the coining of the base-1
ball season, WPNP is presenting!
complete reports on all exhibi
tion games each evening on the
“World of Sports” at 6:20 p.m.
Program Director Bill Hancock
is reporter on the program com
piling all scores and stories of
the day’s activities.
Once the season begins, the
local station plans more frequent
coverage of scores, highlights
and schedules daily.
Other sports events currently
n the planning stages include
he annual running of the “Re
lel 300” and “Southern 500"
rom Darlington International
Raceway in Darlington, South
Carolina.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Rosman
Home-ec dept., Mrs. Ruth Mar
shall; Friday, N. C. Forestry,
Clark Grissom; Monday, county
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Commissioners
Act On Advice
From Raleigh
The Transylvania conuBiesioflt
ers told members of' the Board!
of Elections thaMhey were not
in a position to- finance a new
registration pf voters in the
county at tbis time* -
A joint meeting of the tw*
boards was held at the regular
April meeting of the commis
sioners this week in the court
house.
Quoting from a tetter from
G. A. Jones, Jr., assistant attorney
general, Raleigh, County Attor
ney Jack Hudson said:
“The Board of Elections can
make expenditures only upon
and in accordance with the ap
proved budgets submitted tv
the Board of County Commissi
oners in the same manner as all
other departments and agencies.”
He said that if the commis
sioners approved an appropria
tion now of some $700 for a new
registration that the commissi
oners would be libeling them
selves to a suit by any citizen ha
recover this amount of moody
for the taxpayers.
The commissioners agreed that*
a new registration should be
held, and they said they would:
try to set up funds in the next
budget for that purpose.
The commissioners authorized:
Ralph Lyday, chairman of the
Board of Elections, to attend a
meeting of members of Boards
of Elections In Chapel Hill.
Coroner Donald Lee Moore
and Dr. James Sanders discussed
the County Medical Examiner
plan of North Carolina with the
commissioners. This plan is used
in conjunction with the office
of the coroner, and the pur
pose of it is to have a medical
examiner available along with
the coroner in eases of deaths
that he is called in on.
It was decided to give the plan
a year’s trial at no cost to the
county, but a record of expendi
tures would be kept At that time
the commissioners would decide
whether or not to continue same.
Considerable discussion was
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Schools Will
Have Long
Spring Vacation
Here’s good news for —
vania school students.
Although they have had to
to school on several Saturd
recently to make up for the d
lost because of the snows, t
will get an «»:•»«
cation.
Wednesday,'
day and the
April
all he 1
.