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I 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 State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance te Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Wol. 73 — No. 19 SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1962 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY it PRICE 10c PUBLISHED WEEKLY ( 4 4Open House ’ ’ Friday To Highlight Local Observance Of National Hospital Week I STAFF MEMBERS of the Transylvania Community Hospital are shown in the above photos with some of its new equipment. A new collinator and light beam cone for the x-ray machine is being demonstrated in the photo at the left by David Varner and A. E. Norville, laboratory and x-ray technicians. In the center picture, Mrs. Mary Mease, LPN, and Mrs. Jimmie Loftis, RN, director of nurses, are shown with the Portolift. This machine is used to lift ■patients from bed to stretcher, x-ray, operating, or in any instance to facilitate the moving of the patient. Mrs. Inez Grooms, RN, op erating room supervisor, is shown in the right photo with a Bennett rebreathing unit. This unit is used to breathe for the patient after an anesthetic or in other conditions when the patient experiences difficulty in breathing. (Times Staff Photos) n n jmmmmimrt m a*. OFFICIALS OF THE Transyl vania Community Hospital are shown above examining part of the new surgical instruments purchased dur ing the past year. The surgical work table, which holds the instruments, is also new. Arthur Loeb, left, chair rs*. .JFW ** man of the board of trustees, and Leslie S. Grogan, right, vice chair man of the board of trustees, are dis cussing the equipment with John W. Bailey, hospital administrator. (Times Staff Photo) Silver *Tea Set Friday The annual Silver Tea spon sored by the Hospital Auxiliary will be held on Friday, May 11th, from 2:00 to 4:00 o’clock in the Nurse’s Dining room at the Transylvania Community Hospital. This event is held each year during National Hospital week, and proceeds will be used for the purchase, of urgently need ed equipment. Tours of the hospital will be given by members of the hos pital staff. Mrs. John H. Truesdail, presi dent of the auxiliary, invites the public to attend the tea and to tour the hospital to see the lat ?fct equipment and to become amiliar with the operation of the local institution. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, May 10 — Southern Memorial Day. Bank and coun ty offices closed. Jaycettes meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Roundtable at Pres byterian church at 7:30 p.m. Masons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 11 — Hospital Auxiliary Silver Tea, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Brevard Civic Chorus presents “Pinafore” in college auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 12 — Last day — Turn to Page Eight i Rules Cited Saturday Is Last Day To Register For Primary Saturday, May 12th, is the last day to register for the Primary election on May 26th, according to Ralph W. Lyday, chairman of the Board of Elections. Saturday, May 19th, will be challenge day. Mr. Lyday states that this is not a new registration, and per sons who should register include the following: (1) Voters becoming 21 years of age since the last elec tion (2) Persons who have moved into the county since the last election (3) Persons who have moved from one precinct to another. To be eligible to register, a person must have resided in the state for one year and in the'pre einct for 30 days, Mr. Lyday states. The books will be open for registration at 9:00 o’clock at ihe voting places on Saturday, and they will remain open until sunset. The precinct officials for Transylvania are also announced today by Mr. Lyday. The first named is the regis trar, the second is the Demo cratic judge, and the third is the Republican judge. Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pitillo, Elmer McLean, Mrs. Wae Mann. Brevard No. One — Mrs. Annie M. Douglas, Wilson Gregory, Gerald Owen. Brevard No. Two — Noah C. Miller, Mrs. G. T. Walker, George — Turn to Page Eight Democrats Will Hold County Convention Saturday, 2.00 p.m. The bi - annual Democratic County Convention will be held on Saturday, May 12th, at 2:00 o’clock at the court house in Brevard, according to Charles L. Russell, county chairman. At this meeting, new officers will be named for a two-year term. Meetings were held in the IS precincts last Saturday when ex ecutive committees were elected and delegates were named to Saturday’s meeting. The Democratic State conven tion will convene in Raleigh on Thursday, May 17th, when sev eral thousand delegates are ex pected in the Memorial audi torium. Congressman Harold D. Cool ey, representative of the fourth district since 1934 and Dean of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation will deliver the key note address, itswas announced from State Democratic Head quarters in Raleigh on Monday by state chairman Bert Bennett. Bennett stated that the all im portant state executive commit tee, congressional, judicial, so licitorial and senatorial commit tees will be selected by the del egates from the various counties — Ton to Page Eight Natural Gas For Brevard ? Natural gas for industrial and residential consumers in Brevard is now in prospect. By action of the Board of Aldermen at its meeting Monday night, city manager Bill Edens and city attorney Cecil J. Hill were authorized to begin nego tiation with the Public Service Company of Norfh Carolina for a franchise to permit that com pany to establish its service in Brevard. The company is lo cated in Gastonia. B. E. Zeigler, president of the company, appeared at the meet ing and informed the Board that a petition for the franchise will shortly be presented here. Mr. Zeigler said his company has completed arrangements for supplying gas to the DuPont plant in Buck Forest. The company supplies gas for heating and cooking. It serves Asheville, Rutherfordton, and other towns in western North Carolina. Its nearest pipe line is in Fletcher. To serve Bre vard and DuPont the line would be extended from Fletcher, by way of Penrose. Estimated cost of the installation of the pipe lines is one million dollars. The company would have an office here and there would be em ployment for several persons. Housing and Zoning The Board acted on proposals concerning housing, zoning, and city planning. A change in the zoning ordi nance was presented by Bill Leonard, chairman of the Plan ning board. The change would prohibit more than one house on a single lot, and would require that every house erected in the —Turn To Page Four ■ ■'--—- » “ The Weather —■-'1 By - A] Martin Brevard’s Official Weatherman Lack of precipitation contin ued to spell fire danger in Tran sylvania during the past week al though some few scattered show ers served to settle the dust in some areas. However, total rainfall at the weather station adjacent to the WPNF studios amounted to just over one-eighth of an inch for the week. Temperatures for the week hit an average high of 80 and an average low of 42 degrees with extremes of 87 and 37 degrees. Readings for the week include: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low Prec. 81 53 0 75 37 0 77 39 .06 77 41 0 83 37 0 82 44 0 87 46 .05 Dedication To Highlight Armed Forces Day Here This Saturday WSSWKW MILLER MEMORIAL ARMORY, above, will be the scene of Armed Forces Day ceremonies on Saturday afternoon, honoring two Brevard men who served in the nation’s de fense establishment. In the upper right corner is Maj. Gen. Ethan Al len Chapman, commanding general of the XII Army Corps, whose head quarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. He will be the chief speaker at the ex ercises. Seeking To Improve Highway 276 An all out effort to secure improvement of U. S. Highway 276 from Brevard to Cedar Mountain was advocated by the directors of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. The directors went on rec ord as urging everyone to ac tively support the project that would see improvements made on 276. This would make the road to the Brevard DuPont plant much safer to travel than the one than now exists. The directors invite every one to join them in writing to the State Highway Commission about the need for this im provement. A report from the area de velopment committee was heard, and a motion passed that will allow repairs to be made on certain signs in the vicinity of the entrance to Pis —Ton to Pago Five Plans Being Made For Folk Festival, Pageant The Sylvan Valley Folk Fes tival and the Miss Brevard page ant will be held on July 3rd and 4th on the Junior High school athletic field, sponsored jointly by the Brevard Jaycees and Jaycettes. Plans for the event are an nounced by festival chairmen Mel Everingham and Marty Os borne and pageant chairman, Mrs. John Smart. The festival will feature lo cal and Western North Carolina area talent and will include smooth and clog square dance teams, string bands, and folk singing. Bobby Hoyle, former manager of WPNF, who is now connected with WSPA radio and television in Spartanburg, S. C., has been invited to be the master of cere —Turn to Page Ftv» WPNF Broadcasting Special Public Service Programs Station manager A1 Martin an-! nounces that the local station will record Armed Forces Day ceremonies at the local reserve center on French Broad Street on Saturday and rebroadcast I them later in the day. The program is slated to take place beginning at 1:15 p.m. and the broadcast will be heard fol lowing the state news at 5 pm cn Saturday. Program director Bill Han cock will be in charge of the special events broadcast pre sented as a public service by WPNF radio news. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, High Army Brass On D-sgram‘ Exhibits Planned ...'Armed Forces Day will be ob served jn Brevard Saturday by a ceremony in Miler Memorial Armory, in which the patriotic services of Joseph Alfred Id ler, Jr., and his brother, John Puckett Miller, will be com memorated. Both men were killed in ac tion in world war II, and the' armory was named in their memory. In the program Saturday a painting of each man will be unveiled and a bronze plaqpe vvill be placed at the entrance -t* «. the building. The paintings were done by Mrs. Eva Burgin of Brevard: Major. Gen. Ethan A. Chap man, of Atlanta, commander of the XII United States Army Corps, will fly to Brevard in ; his army helicopter, to take part in the program. He will formal-' ly accept the paintings of the? Miller brothers, which will be presented by John I. Anderson, editor of The Times, The program will commence? at 1:15 p. m., with a prayer by Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, Jr,t president of Brevard College. Guests Expected The distinguished visitors guests will be introduced by Lt. Col. Randal J. Lyday, fol lowed by an address of wel come by Mayor B. W. Thoma son. Lt. Col. Lyday will mate a brief talk explaining the sig nificance of the occasion^ and a tribute will be paid to the Mil ler brothers by Mrs. Mary Jane —Turn to Page Four County Court Holds Busy TermMonday Transylvania’s General ty Court Monday. According clerk, it was a the county In addition to tn« ber of cases that wen of, several were continued the next term of Superior on June 4th, and others called and faded. Divorces were following cases son Sm Je Chapman Elixabe Robert E
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