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TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Music Center. Population, 1960 Census, 16,372. Brevard Community 8,500. Brevard proper 4,857. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Stale And National Prize - Winning A.B?C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard. Music Festival. Vol. 73— No. IS * XSESScum- £Tm»iu«s BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1962 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY * PRICE 10-: PUBLISHED WEEKLY DR. EMMETT K. McLARTY, pres ident of Brevard College, is shown at the right presenting a set of World Book encylopedias to Rev. Courtney Ross, pastor of the Brevard Methodist ehuAch. President McLarty said the college was happy to cooperate with the educational department of the church in the establishment of a new library. Brevard College is sponsor ed by the Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church. (Times Staff Photo) Road-E-0 Winners Named The Brevard Jaycees staged a lighly successful Teen-Age Road E-0 last Saturday, and a comely Brevard high school girl proved ier driving superiority over 14 >ther participants to walk of ivith top honors. Lynne Bryson, daughter of Mr ind Mrs. C. E. Bryson, of 294 Maple street in Brevard, combm id a tremendous 98 score on the written examination with an ex cellent score in the actual stall drivin* (competition to earn the right be called the finest and safest teen-age driver in Tran sylvania County. Chafes Dunlop, Jr., of 212 Park Ww drive, placed second, and Carroll Wilson, of route 1, Brevard, came in third. Driving skill alone was not enough to determine the win Zv The tough written exanuna [ion that each contestant had to Zs in order to qualify for the actual driving competition count ed half in tabulating the final Highway patrolmen, Bill Saw r and Gene Beshears, com ■nded the Jaycees on the fine inner in which they staged iad-E-0. he:J commented j that the ichE-0 was carried out with highest regard for the safe >f all participants, and that se \ competing conducted mselVes well during the ac t skill driving competition, ■he top three winners were 10red at the regular Jaycee >ting Wednesday. Plaques :e presented to each by Tom >ary, chairman of the Road CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS ■imary 12:00 noon. Ace of Clubs *eets at 8:00 p. m. Saturday, April 14 — County schools in session. Sunday, April 15 — Attend the church of your choice. World War I veterans meet at court house at 2:30 p. m. Palm Sunday concert by Brevard Civic Chorus at Methodist church at 8:00 p. m. Monday, April 18 — Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 P' Tuesday, April 17 — Clink for Baptist Vacation Bible school at First Baptist church 4:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. i Wednesday, April 18 — Toast Imisters meet at Gaither’s at Ij-30 p. m. WOW meets in Wood kian ijall at 8:00 p. m. .ouse 10 t.w y- ^ ettes meet at Colomal Inn at :00 p. m. Masons meet at Tem nder lauueio. . ,ack cats. Deadline for filing in __ A nn nf PlllKc Outstanding Record Du Pont Silicon Plant Is Given Two Safety Awards Two safety awards were pre sented to the Brevard Du Pont plant recently, it was learned from L. S. Grogan, manager. A Certificate of Achievement awarded by the Manufacturing Chemists’ association recognizes the Du Pont company’s Brevard plant for having operated the en tire year of 1961 without a dis Civic Chorus Presents Palm Sunday Concert The Brevard Civic Chorus, un der the direction of Nelson F. Adams, will present portions from parts II and III of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Brevard Metho dist church on Sunday, April 15, at 8.00 p. m. Soloists for this Palm Sunday concert will be Mrs. Alfred Rhyne and Nancy Milner, so pranos; Martha Gibbs, alto; Lloyd Burhans, tenor, and Harvey Mil ler, bass. Mrs. Harvey Miller will be organist for the occasion. Mr. Adams and Mrs. Duncan Hunter, president of the choral group extend a cordial invita tion to the public to attend this program of religious music in observance of the Easter sea son. abling or time-losing injury. Word has also been received, Mr. Grogan advises, that the Brevard plant was a winner in the Chemical Section of the Na tional Safety Council’s 1961 Safe ty contest. Howard Pyle, president of the National Safety council, in a let ter of congratulations, explained that the Brevard Plant of E. 1 du Pont de Nemours & company qualified for the award because of its injury - free period of four years, six months and 2, 141,512 exposure hours. In announcing these two safe ty achievements, Mr. Grogan had high praise for all Brevard plant employees. He emphasized the fact that no employee has had a disabling or time - losing injury since the organization was formed in June, 1957. “The injury - free record es tablished is highly commend — Turn to Page Twelve Registrars And Judges For The Primary Announced, Friday Deadline For Filing ; r ____.__ Many Persons Paying Fees, Office Is Open Already a long list of candi dates has filed for local races m the Primary on May 26th, and according to Ralph Lyday, the chairman of the Board of Elec tions, the deadline for filing is at noon Friday, April 13th. At noon Wednesday, the fol lowing persons had filed: House of Representatives Jess A Galloway ID); William Leonard (R), Sheriff — Clyde Hubbard (D), Earl W. Lee (D), Wood Paxton iD). Ed Singletary (D), Marvin Whitmire (D), and Carter R. McCall (R). „ Clerk of Court — F. M Mc Call (D) and Frantz Whitmire ' DBoard of Education — Walter K. Straus (R) and Stephen Thom as (R). Constable, Brevard Township —Edward E. Killian (D) and Don Y. Wilson, Jr. (D). Constable, Hogback Township —Wallace Brewer (B), Thomas Farms Offering $50 Reward A reward of $50 is being of fered for information leading the arrest and conviction of person or persons who stole bidieries and other vehicle accessories from the Thomas farms in lower Transylvania last week. According to Alexander P. Thomas, the owner, consid erable damage was also done to trucks belonging to the farms. Tires were slashed; wiring was pulled out, etc. Persons having any infor mation regading these inci dents are requested to call the sheriff’s department here in Brevard or the Thomas farms. CD Medical Self-Help Training Classes To Begin Next On 18th A medical self - help train ing program, designed to teach families to meet their health needs in time of national dis aster, will be taught in Tran sylvania county, F. L. McCall, civil defense director, an CUB SCOUTS of Den Two, Pack 711, who last weekend toured Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham, ar£ shown above in front of Duke Chapel, one of the places they visited. Pictured, left to right, are Dick ie Strieker, Eddie Gash, Johnny Bolt, Robin Daniels, Ricky Daniels, Alfred Perkins, Billy Boggs, and Steve Spicer. nounces. Classes will be held each Wednesday night, beginning April 18th, from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock, and continue through June 5th. F. Woodrow Lucas, aeromed ical specialist, will be the in structor for the classes, which will be held in the Olin Math ieson Medical center. Enrollment will be limited to 25, and interested persons are asked to contact the local civil defense office in the court house, phone 3-2712, or Mr. Lucas at 3-5311. This is the first of a plan ned series of courses in the trial run of the national pro gram, instituted by the De fense Department and U. S. Public Health service and sponsored by local civil de fense agencies. It is aimed at training at least one adult member of each family to care for his family in situations where medical treatment will be unavailable for injuries or illness from a matter of days to two weeks or more. Designed to supplement the standard First Aid course, it will use new methods with the presumption that profes sional medical help will be long delayed in event of dis aster or national emergency. Medical subjects to be taught include radioactive fallout and shelter; hygiene; sanitation and vermin control; water and food; shock; bleed ing and bandaging; artificial respiration; fractures and splintering; transportation of the injured; burns, nursing care of the sick and injured, infant and child care, and emergency childbirth. Governor Terry Sanford has asked the cooperation of doc —'Turn to Page Seven THIS LAKESIDE HOME is one of a number under construction on the shores of Lake Toxaway, in upper j Transylvania. The lake, restored last year after an interval of nearly a half-century, is also the site of a | new motor inn and golf course, both under construction. t The Weather Well over two and one - half inches of precipitation fell on Transylvania during the past week with over half that amount falling between 6:00 p. m. on Friday and 6:00 p. m. on Sat urday. Early morning readings rang ed from 23 degrees to 50 degrees, with afternoon readings as high as 72 degrees. Official readings for the week include: High Low Prec. 58 23 0 55 31 .03 52 42 .97 68 50 1.45 72 50 .23 70 45 0 66 44 0 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Dog Poisoning Is Reported In County Many cases of dog poisoning are being reported in Tran sylvania. According to officials of the Transylvania Humane so ciety, this is a dangerous sit uation, both to animals and to smaller children. One recent case that was investigated revealed that poison was being put in frank furters that were left along public roads and near homes. “These could have been easily eaten by dogs or chil dren,” Mrs. Donald Hill, the president, declared. Transylvania county authori —'Turn To Page Seven Library Group To Honor Miss Annie Jean Gash Miss Annie Jean Gash, who was president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1912 when that group establish ed what is now the Transylvania County Library, will be special guest of honor at a tea Thurs day, April 12th, from 3:00 to 4:00 p. m., at the local library. At that time the Friends of the Libary will present a card catalogue file to the library in honor of Miss Gash for her self less service throughout the years. Members of the now inac tive U. D. C. along with Miss Elaine von Oesen, Extension Ser vices Librarian for the State Library, will also be guests for the “open house” event. Mrs. [Bill Boggs is chairman of ar [ rangements for the occasion and other members of the Garden — Turn to Page Twelve Well-Known Here Dr. Schur To Head Olin’s New Research Center, Conn. DR. MILTON O. SCHUR Public Is Invited To Lecture A lecture, “Behind the Iron Curtain”, will be given by Dr. Viu Lind this Thursday evening, April 12th, at 8:00 o’clock in the Brevard College auditorium. Sponsored by the Waightstill Avery chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the lecture is one of a series being given by Dr. Lind in Western North Carolina. She makes no charge to the sponsoring group, her desire be ing to inform the American peo ple about Russia and communism. She has two brothers who are — Turn to Page Twelve The Packaging division of Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation has established a new research facility at the Olin Research center, New Haven, Conn., which will utilize the research experi ence and skills of its own opera tions and of the corporation’s other divisions to create new packaging materials. In making the announcement, Robert H. Evans, corporate vice president and general manager of the division, said the labora tory’s activities will complement but will be outside the normal scope of research conducted by the division’s film, forest pro ducts and paper operations. The new laboratory will be un der the direction of Dr. Milton O. Schur, the division’s vice presi dent for research and develop ment. initial projects will concen trate on composite structures and coatings. In composite structures, pack aging materials are combined to achieve packaging characteris ries not possessed by any of them singly. Coatings are used to create specific characteristics in pack aging materials required by par ticular groups of products' At the outset, close attention will be paid to the development of new materials of paper, film, foil, plastics and adhesives, Mr. Evans said. The new laboratory will draw upon the experience, production techniques and research skills available from the company’s Chemicals, Metals and Organics Divisions, as well as from its cellophane and paper operations. Holds Many Patents Dr. Schur holds more than 200 patents and has contributed many articles to technical jour — Turn to Page Twelve Log Reviewed Religious Programs Over WPNF Are Said Varied Many varied religious pro grams are included in WPNF’s program schedule according to program director Bill Hancock. In addition, many special broad casts are featured periodically in cooperation with local churches. On Sundays, the local sta tion broadcasts the morning ser vice from local churches at the 11:00 a. m., worship hour. Monday through Saturday mornings at 9:45 a. m. “Morning Devotions” is heard. This series of devotionals is conducted by members of the Transylvania Ministerial Association. Each evening, Monday through Friday, the station broadcasts other religious programs includ ing “The Sunday School Lesson of the Air,” “The Protestant Hour,” “The Ave Maria Hour,” “The Baptist Hour,” and “The Christian Brotherhood Hour.” Station Manager A1 Martin an nounces that plans are current ly being made to carry special religious broadcasts in obser vance of the Easter season. An nouncements of such programs will be made during the coming week. Other Programs Hie schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: —Ton to Page Serna Lyday Releases List, Meeting Is Attended As the tempo of politics in creases in Brevard and Transyl vania county, a list of registrars and judges for the 18 precincts is announced today by Ralph Lyday. chairman of the Board of Elections. County Board of Elections maintains an office in the courthouse, and Mrs. Margaret Bridges is office secretary. In connection with this year’s elections, Chairman Lyday at tended a conference on primary laws and procedure, sponsored a! the Institute of Government ■it Chapel Hill last Thursday and Friday. me Jirsi usieo name is the registrar, the second is the Democratic judge, and the third is the Republican judge. Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pitillo, Elmer McLean, Mrs. Wae Manr. Brevard No. One — Mrs. Mark T. Osborne, Wilson Gregory, Gerald Owen. Brevard No. Two — Noah C. Miller, Mrs. G. T Walker, George Buchanan. Brevard No. Three — Mrs. Blanche Sims, William Henson, Henry L. Pierson. Brevard No. Four — Ernest Gilstrap, Mrs. Alma Spicer, Thomas A. McCrary. Cathey’s Creek — Mrs. Allie Waldrop, Ralph Paxton, Ed Barton. Cedar Mountain — Mrs. W. D. Lee, Mrs. William Logan. Em merson Jones. Dunn’s Rock — Mrs. Betty Compton. Everette Norris, Earle Parker. Eastatoe — Mrs. Lawrence —Turn to Page Six Action Taken By Commerce Directors, Directors of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce held P busy session at their regular monthly meeting in the library Tuesday evening. Committee reports were heard and the body approved several motions that were presented. A motion was passed authoriz ing the expenditure of $25.00 to' help build a float commemorat ing the completion of U. S. High way 64 from Manteo to Murphy. The float will pass through ev ery town along the route, and stops will be made in those towns participating in its con struction. Banquet chairman Charles Himes reported that all plans have been completed for the an nual chamber of commerce ban quet that will be held In the Masonic Temple on Friday, May 4th. Dr. W. D. Weatherford, of Black Mountain, director of Ap palachian research for the Ford foundation, will be the principal speaker for the banquet which will begin promptly at 7:00 p. m. A motion to support the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce in —Turn to Page 9h 44 Woodmen To Be Honored Next Wednesday Some 44 members of Balsam Camp 116, Woodmen of the World, will be honored at a spec ial meeting on Wednesday, April 18th, at 8:00 o'clock, in Woodman hall. W. B. Wright, state manager, will be the guest speaker. Benjamin H. Owens will re ceive a 50-year pin, and the fol lowing persons will receive 25 year pins: George C. Bryson, James Ayers, Ed S. Owenby, Frederick McCoy, Claude E. Glazener, Melvin Gil lespie, Leroy Waldrop, Charles Gillespie, Ralph Lyday, Otis Siniard, Joseph M. C. Whitmire, Jr., Joseph 8.
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