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TRANSYIA aWfl - An Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Music Center. Population, 1960 Census, 18,372. Brevard Community 8,500. Brevard proper 4,857. Vol. 73 — No. 18 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.BcC. Newspaper SECOND CLAM MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1962 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PRICE 10: TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Meow for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. PUBLISHED WEEKLY LOOKING DOWN MAIN STREET FROM 3,500 FEET — The aerial photo of Brevard was made over the past weekend, and it vividly shows the town with a mountainous backdrop. Large churches can be -een in the center and on the right and left of the picture, and the Brevard college campus is also on the right side. Things certainly look differently from the air, don’t they? (Photo by Editor John Anderson in plane flown by Spen cer Hammill) Many To Attend Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Friday Some 200 persons are ex pected to attend the annual B«fvard Chamber of Com n.erce banquet at the Masonic Temple on Friday, May 4th, at 7:00 o’clock. Speaker Tor the occasion a will be Dr. W. D. W*ather ford, administrative director of the Feed Foundation’s Southern Appalachian Studies, a. A native of Texas, Dr. Weatherford b a noted South ern educator, having taught at a number of colleges and uni versities. He has also written a number of books on litera ture, religion and race. Much of his writings recently have concerned the heritage of the mountain people. Charles F. Himes, chairman of the banquet arrangements, states that the group is for. tunate in securing a speaker of Dr. Weatherford’s experi ence and talent, and he urges a all members of the body to * make plans to attend. 9 Civic Chorus To Present "Pinafore" The Brevard Civic Chorus un der the direction of Nelson F. Adams will present a concert version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pinafore” in the Brevard Col lege Campus Center auditorium, May 11th at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Robert Melton will be ac companist and Mike Masters will —TUrn To Page Flv» CALENDAR OF ^ COMING EVENTS Thursday, May 3 — Kiwanis club meets at Gaither’s at 8:45 p.m. Lions club to have Ladies’ night meeting at Cedar Moun tain Community center at 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 4 — Chamber of Commerce banquet at Masonic Temple at 7:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 5 — Registra tion Day 8:00 a.m. to sunset. Sunday, May 6 — Attend the church of your choice. Singing at court house at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 7 — Rotary dub meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 — Ace of Chibs meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 — Jaycees meet at Gaither’s »t 6:30 p.m. P-TA seminar at Brevard Senior Hltfi school at 7:80 pm. DR. W. D. WEATHERFORD Little Theatre Will Hold Bake Sale The Brevard Little Theatre will hold a bake sale at Austir Studio on May 10th, beginning at 12:00 noon. Mrs. C. C. Johnson, chairman of money - raising projects tn benefit the building fund, states that a tempting variety of cakes, pies, cookies and other baked goods will be available. BL1 members are now being con tacted and asked to furnish bak ed goods for the sale. Anyone else who wishes to donate bak ed foods or money to this pro ject is asked to contact either Mrs. Johnson at 883-3308 or Miss Jeanette Austin at 883-2125. Mrs. Johnson also states that —Turn to Page Eight P-T4 Seminar Set Next * Wednesday Parent - Teacher associations of Transylvania county will hold a seminar on Wednesday, May 9th, in the auditorium of Bre vard high school. The high school P-TA will be host for the event, and all the other associations in the coun ty are expected to send repre sentatives to the conference, which will 'be held in the eve ning, from 7:30 to 9:00 o’clock. An announcement from Dun can C. Hunter, president of the High school P-TA, says the sem inar will be open to all members, and that 1962 - 63 officers and past officers are especially urged to attend. Also invited are mem bers of executive committees, chairmen, and others who hold or have held key posts. On the program is a period of instruction to be conducted by Frances Setzer, new field sec retary of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teach ers. The subjects of discussion will cover programs, policies, duties of officers, and other rele vant topics. Don R. Blankinship is chair man of the program committee. Mrs. Robert Gibson, Jr., of Asheville, will preside at the seminar. She is director of Dis trict 1 of the state P-TA con gress. A social hour will be held af ter the business is concluded. The P-T association requests The Times to make the following announcement, directed to P-TA presidents: “Please notify Mrs. John Rhyne, social chairman, at 883 —Turn to Page Four Blue Ridge Parkway Is Open To Travel, Projects Outlined The link of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Wagon Road Gap to Pisgah Motor Inn near Mt. Pisgah is temporarily open to travel. Contractors have completed the grading and laying the crushed stone base on that stretch. The asphalt binder will be laid later, after several weeks of traffic packs the base firmly. All the Parkway west of the French Bread river on the Ashe ville bypass, is new completed with the exception of tunnels and overpasses. Most of those projects are under construction. Grading and base laying were completed last fall on the French Broad River to Chestnut cove project, a distance of 5.14 miles, and the Racking Horse Gap to Balsam Gap link. 8.2 miles. Two projects are to be finish ed this spring. Sam Weems, the Parkway superintendent in Roanoke, said. These projects are listed as Flat Laurel Gap to Wagon Road Gap, 3.52 milts, and Beech Gejj^to Racking Horse New Booklet On County Goes On Sale The new booklet on local gov ernment, published by the Bre-' vard League of Women Voters was distributed early this week to League members and dealers. It will be on sale to the public' and may be had from members, at the office of The Times, the office of the Chamber of Com merce, and Gaither’s restaurant. The price is 50 cents. Mrs. George Spicer is chair man of the sales campaign. “Around Transylvania” is the title of the booklet, the original edition of which was published in January, 1959. Citizenship Facts The booklet is a compilation of essential facts on local govern ment and civic affairs. Especially useful are the pages on election facts, taxes, voters' —Turn to Page Eight Several Forest Fires Raging In Transylvania, Threat Continues Blazes Believed Under Control, Warning Issued Lightning flashes were blamed for several fires in the forests of Transylvania coun ty this week. None of the fires caused serious damage on Monday. Ted Seely, chief ranger of Fisgah National Forest’s local district, said Tuesday there were four relatively small fires BULLETIN Another fire in Pisgah Na tional Forest, visible from Brevard, was reported just be fore noon Wednesday. The fire on the fringe of the Brevard city water shed Tues day afternoon burned an area of about 125 acres, Ranger Ted Seely estimated. Most of this was on the town’s old watershed, and about 35 acres were within the national for est boundary, Mr. Seely said. To help fight the fire on the town water shed the res cue squad and local volun teers were called, on an alert sounded several times over WPNF at the request of Bill Thurston, chief of police. in the national forest. Three crews were quickly organized by the rangers and rushed to the burning areas. The ranger office alerted the Forest Service’s fire planes stationed at the Knoxville air port, and two TBM bombers were circling over the fire here within 30 minutes on Tuesday. The planes made two “drops”. Each drop was com posed of a mixture of 300 gal lons of water and fire exting uishing chemicals. The fires In the Pisgah Na tional Forest were in tile vi cinity of Looking Glass moun tain and behind the fish hatch ery. Until inspections are made on the ground, rangers said, estimates of the number of acres burned in the Monday fires cannot be calculated, but the area is small. The fires were quickly spot ted, Mr. Seely said, and the prompt response of the ground crews and the two fire planes held the damage to the mini mum. The Pisgah district of the — Turn to Page Five Chairman Sites Importance Of Musical Opportunities Here National Music Week will be observed here May 6th-13th, by the Brevard Music Lovers club, it is announced by Miss Nancy Chastain, chairman of the event. National Music Week is ob served annually as * time when The Weather ♦■■■■■- ———«— By • A1 Martin Brevard’s Official Weatherman Tuesday of this week turned out to be our warmest day this year as the mercury hit 87 de igrees by mid-afternoon. Our early morning low of 52 degrees was only one degree lower than on Sunday morning, and missed by just two degrees being our warmest minimum morning reading for 1062. On Sunday morning the tem perature fell to 53 degrees while on January 26th, our early morn ing low was a mild 54 degrees. During the past seven days, afternoon highs averaged 79 de grees while low readings aver aged 48 degrees. Readings for the week includ ed: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low Prc. 75 40 0 76 52 Trace 75 45 0 76 48 .04 78 53 .02 86 47 0 87 SI 0 citizens are urged to take no tice of the various music op portunities and to take part in activities. “We here in Brevard and Transylvania are fortunate in that music reigns supreme throughout the year, rather than just during one week,” Miss Chastain pointed out. The Transylvania Music camp, which draws young peo ple from all over the United States, helps make Brevard known as “The Summer Music Capital of the South”. About 12 local musicians, some of whom are Brevard col lege students, are members of the Asheville Symphony. Brevard has an active Civic Chorus, which presents con certs throughout the year. Their next production, Pinafore”, is scheduled for Fri day, May 11th. The music department at Brevard College contributes much to the progress of music. In_addition to the glee dub. chorus and student recitals, members of the faculty per form for the public, and their influence is felt in various ac tivities. Music also receives special emphasis in the schools and churches of the county. Citizens are urged to join with others throughout the world in carrying out the theme of the week, "Let the World Rejoice with Music." BREVARD MUSIC CENTER WEEK will be observed here May 5th through 12th as a drive for spon sorships for the Brevard Music Cen ter is conducted. In the above photo, Mayor B. W. Thomason is shown signing a proclamation, and looking < n. left to right, are Eric Klein and Wolfgang Selle, co-chairmen of the drive, and Taj Hanna, chairman of the Brevard Music Center commit tee. (Times Staff Photo) Delinquent Tax List To Be Carried Delinquent taxes will be ad vertised in next week’s issue of The Transylvania Times, and tax sale certificates will be sold on the first Monday in June, ac cording to L. R. Hipp, tax col lector. Mr. Hipp reports that collec tions on 1961 taxes are running ahead of collections at this same period last year. He also reports that there are nearly 100 less names to be advertised for de linquent taxes for the same per iod. Scouts Will Attend Camporee Thomas R. Mitchell, district chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, said yesterday that Transylvania county will probab ly be represented by four or five troops at the camporee which is scheduled to be held at Camp Daniel Boone in Hay wood county this weekend. The camp is to open, as now planned, Friday afternoon and will close Sunday. However, there is a possibility that a continuance of fire haz ards in the forests in Haywood and adjoining counties may cause closing of the forests and a consequent postponement of the camporee. Clark Grissom, state forest ranger, is camping chairman of the local scout district, and will —Turn to Page Pie* Proclamation Issued “Brevard Music Center Week” To Be Observed Demo Precinct Meetings Set This Saturday Charles L. Russell, chair man of the Democratic execu tive committee, urges all Dem ocrats to attend the precinct meetings on Saturday after noon at 2:00 o’clock in the various precincts in the coun ty. At the meetings on Satur day, the Democrats residing in each precinct will elect a five • member committee, at least two of whom will be men, and at least two will be wo men. The precinct committees, after their election, will select from its membership a chair man and vice - chairman, one of whom shall be a woman and the other a man, and a secre tary - treasurer. Both the pre cinct chairman and vicechair man are automatically mem bers of the county executive committee. In addition to election of the five - member precinct committee, delegates to the county conventions on May 12th will also be elected, and plans for the fall campaign will be discussed. At the county convention on May 12th, the county execu tive committees will elect their officers, delegates to the state convention and begin making plans for the fal campaign will in the fall. The state convention will be —Turn to Page Five Program Highlight* "Hospital Register" Being Heard At New Time On WPNF One of WPNF’s oldest and most popular information pro grams concerning tbe communi ty, the “Hospital Register,” has been rescheduled at 5:55 p.m., Monday through Saturday after noons, under the sponsorship of Varner’s Walgreen agency drug store. In making the announcement of the program time change, A1 Martin, station manager, stated: "We are pleased to m«ke the ‘Hospital Register' available to our listeners at- this new and more convenient time, and we are equally pleased with Var ner’s Drug as its sponsor. “This change is convenient for many of our listeners who will want to know about admis sions to and discharges from our local hospital, and it enables them to catch up on local, world, weather and sports naan Mayor B. W. Thomason has uuclaimed the week of May 5th hrough 12th as “Brevard Music 'enter-Week’V The week will open here os Saturday with a breakfast far he volunteer solicitors at Gaith er’s restaurant. Mayor Thomason and John K. ?oteat, vice chairman of the Bre /ard Music Foundation, Incar aorated, will address the soEdt :ors at this meeting. Mayor Thomason’s procla mation specified as follows: “WHEREAS music is one of the finer aspects of life, and WHEREAS the Brevard Music Center is the summer music • center of the South and as ; such brings much prestige and good music to our area, THEREFORE BE IT RE SOLVED, that I proclaim the week of May 5 to the 12 as Brevard Music Center Week and request the support of r*. by all our citizens.” The sponsorship drive will entif | 3n May 12th after which the ipecial rate of $30 for Transyl . ania residents will not be avail able. Sponsorships which pro vide two season tickets will onfr >e available at the regular |SBt irice after this date. Anyone desiring a sponsor ship who is not contacted bgr Way 10 should eall any of the solicitors listed below. Solicitors include the follow- ,j ng—Miss Pat Austin, Dr. John \ 8. Bennett, Mrs. E. 0. Bryant, Lloyd Burhans, Mrs. Frank Carr, —Turn To Page Foux * White Oak Park Being Developed Residential sites kt “White Oak Park”, Transylvania’s new est sub-development, are being offered, according to Gil Coam president of the Transylvania Un vestment corporation. “White Oak Park” is located off Osborne road, and Mr. Coan says that H is a wooded ana, and the streets will bo paved and will have curbs and fatten.
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