TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
i TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
.4 State 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. 20
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962 * 24 PAGES TODAY * PRICE 10'T
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MAJOR GENERAL ETHAN A.
^CHAPMAN, commander of the XII
^United States Army corps, is pictured
at the left presenting portraits of
Joseph Alfred Miller, Jr., and John
Duckett Miller, to their brother, Ma
jor Henry Miller, of Charlotte, from
the armed forces. The presentation
was one of the activities at the Me
morialization ceremony last Saturday
afternoon at the Miller Memorial
Army Reserve Center. (Times Staff
Photo)
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Impressive Memorialization
Ceremony Held At Armory
An impressive Memorialization
ceremony was held last Satur
day afternoon at the Miller Me
morial Army Reserve Center
here, and portraits of Joseph Al
fred Miller, Jr., and John Duck
ett Miller were presented for
permanent installation in the
building.
A memorial plaque was also
presented.
Highlighting the ceremony was
an address by Major General
Ethan A. Chapman, of Atlanta,
Georgia, who is commander of
the XII United States Army
Corps.
General Chapman stressed the
theme of Armed Forces week:
Viewer for Peace”.
■This slogan, which reflects
our national policy, emphasizes
the basic concept that our free
<^yay of life depends upon the
power which comes from Amer
ican teamwork. The Miller Me
morial Army Reserve center is
an example of this teamwork,”
General Chapman declared.
He continued:
“The Army, and the other
members of our defense team,
charged, as they are, with more
serious responsibilities today
than at any other period in our
history, except periods of all-out
war, are primarily dependent for
our strength and vigor on the
support of an alert, well-inform
ed and determined public.
f Public Cooperation
“It is reassuring to know that
the people of Brevard are a part
of that alert, well-informed and
^lermined public.”
General Chapman said that it
was natural for Americans to de
sire peace, but he stressed the
fact that the American public
will always reject the idea of
peace through capitulation to
tyranny.
“There has been considerable
discussion in recent years of the
idea that increased power and
new and modern weapons some
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. May 17 — Lions
sale of brooms at 5:30 p.m., fol
Jvwed by meeting at Colonial
ran. Kiwanis club meets at
Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Masons
meet at Temple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 18 — United
Fund Directors meet at Gaith
er’s at 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 19 — Challenge
day. Elks spring dance at Le
gion Building at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20 — Attend the
church of your choice. World
War I veterans meet at court
house at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, May 21 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Better Schools committee meet
ing in Brevard high auditorium
at 7:30 p.m. Transylvania Bap
tist Associational Brotherhood
HA meeting at Mt. Moriah-Cher
ryfield Baptist church at 7:30
p.m.
Tuesday, May 22 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23 — Jaycees
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Public Invited
Better Schools Committee
To Hold County-Wide Meet
There will be an important
county-wide meeting of the
Transylvania County Citizens
Committee for Better Schools on
Monday night. May 21st. aH7:-30
o’clock, in Brevard Senior High
school auditorhifrt.
According to Rev. Courtney
Ross, the chairman, the meeting
is open to the public, and the
theme of the program will be
"Vocational Training for Stu
dents of Transylvania County.”
During the meeting, a progress
report of the Better Schools
committee will be made.
Mr. Ross particularly urges
all members of the committee to
attend.
Bradburn Will
Be Featured In
Organ Recital
Johnny Bradburn, a Brevard
college freshman, will be fea
tured in an organ recital on
Sunday afternoon. May 20th, at
4:00 o’clock, at the Brevard
Methodist church.
Also appearing in recital will
be several other organ students
of Nelson F. Adams and voice
students of Harvey Miller.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this recital sponsored
by Brevard College Music de
partment and Brevard Methodist
church.
The principal speaker will be
Tom Simpson, director of the
Buncombe County Industrial
school.
The possibility of sending
Transylvania s|u<bn‘ a . s,eil
as interested ' adults to the
school next year will be discuss
ed
Mr. Simpson will illustrate his
talk with a film.
Lions Begin
Broom Sale
Thursday
Brevard Lions will begin
their annual sale of brooms on
Thursday.
President George Spicer
urges all Lums to be at the
Colonial Inn at 5:30 o’clock, at
which time they will begin a
house-to-house canvass in Bre
vard and Transylvania county.
They will continue selling
brooms until 8:15 o’clock that
evening, when they will return
to the Colonial Inn for dinner.
According to President Spicer,
the sale of brooms provides
year - round employment for
several hundred blind persons
as well as funds for the local
blind activities of the Brevard
I.ir>r.s club.
A plea is made to the people
of the town and county to re
spond to this sale as generously
as they have in the past
Demos
Elect
Lyday
Bill Lyday, of Pisgali Forest,
was named chairman of the Dem
ocratic executive committee last
i'aturday afternoon at the annual
county convention here in the
court house.
He succeeds Charles L. Rus
ell.
Mr. Lyda.v is chief meterman
with Olin’s Ecusta paper division 1
in Olin Mafhieson Chemical cor-.'
i>oration at Pisgah Forest.
Other officers elected at the
convention \yere as follows:
Mrs. Julia Fisher, first vice
•.■hair man
C. Few Lyda. second vice
chairman |
Mrs. Nancy Gillespie, thirdj.
vice chairman
Mrs. Margaret Knoth, secre-1
fary
J. Bruce Morton, treasurer. j
The convention was attended
by some 150 to 200 Democrats,
with Chairman Russell presid
ing. Mr. Russell did not seek
re-election, and the race for the
chairmanship was between Bill
Lyday and T. E. Reid.
Seeking Bids
On Satellite
Tracking Station
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. Goddard
Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
Maryland, this week advertises
for bids for the construction of
the Data Acquisition facility
more familiarly known as the
“satellite tracking station” in
the Pisgah National Fores4
above Rosman.
The bids are scheduled to be
opened at 3:00 p. m. June 12th
of this year at the Greenbelt of
fice.
The work shall consist of
clearing and grading, construe
tion of an Operations Building.
Power Generator building,
pump house, utilities, communi
cations, small reservoir, roads
and parking areas, top soil and
seeding, an Antenna founda
tion, and all other necessary
items to make an operable ir
stallation.
Interest In May 26th Primary Said
Increasing^ Heavy Vote Expected
MEMBERS OF THE Watershed
Improvement commission for Tran
sylvania county are 'pictured above
being sworn into office on Monday
by Clerk of Superior Court Marvin
McCall. From left to right, they are:
William J. Wallis, Lewis Hamlin and
^ . W. Brittain. These three men
will direct the French Broad Water
shed program in this county. (Times
Staff Photo)
Wanted -1000
Persons To Aid
In Clean-Up
Wfjter F. Hart, director of
sanitation for Transylvania
county, wants 1,000 women
and men to carry on an impor
tant job in Transylvania coun
ty
That job is to help secure
for the county better sanita
tion.
Complaints are registered
with his office daily concern
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Board Of Education Asked To
Assign Negro Students At
Brevard Junior, Senior High
Attempt is being made to
integrate Brevard Junior and j
Senior high schools.
A delegation of Negro citi
zens appeared before the
Transylvania County Board of
Education and asked that Ne
gro students who have been at
tending the Ninth Avenue
High school in Hendersonville
be assigned to the Brevard Ju
nior and Senior high schools.
In the petition they say:
"In the light of the Supreme
Courts decision of 1954, being
tax paying citizens we believe j
it to be in the best interest of I
our children to attend high I
school in the town and county !
JOSEPH N. POOLE, left, rural
mail carrier in Transylvania for over
33 years, retired on May 11th, and
he is pictured above receiving a let
ter of recognition from Postmaster
General J. Edward Day. Charles Y.
Patton, Jr., Brevard postmaster,
made the presentation to Mr. Poole
and congratulated him on the fine
service he has rendered the post of
fice department and the community.
From the looks of the boat on Mr.
Poole’s car, it would seem that he
is ready to take a well deserved va
cation. (Times Staff Photo)
where they reside.
"This committee is compos- !
ed of local citizens who feel j
strongly that this matter
should if possible be settled by
local people without any bit- |
terness, with as little fanfare
as possible and without any
outside interference if possi- j
ble. Now it is our hope tint j
at all times that good will be \
manifested.”
The petition was signed by
seven Negro citizens.
The local Board of Educa
tion deferred any action until
a thorough study could be
made of the situation.
At the present time, some 50
junior and senior high school |
Negro students are transport- j
ed by bus from Brevard to
Hendersonville Ninth Avenue I
school.
The Negro elementary stu
dents in Brevard attend the
local Rosenwald school.
\ The Weather
As the mercury hung around
the mid 80’s during the after
noons of the past week, many
local residents were heard mum
bling to themselves and to these
about them, “Sure is beginning
to feel like summertime today.”
Warmest reading of the week
occurred on Tuesday of this
week when the mercury hit 86
degrees, only 4 degrees above
the average high for the seven
day period. Low reading of the
week came on Sunday morning
when the temperature dipped to
43, just 8 degrees below the
average low for the past seven
days.
High
85
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
72
83
78
85
85
86
Low
52
56
55
48
60
63
56
Free
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.15
0
.15
0
.20
0
Officers Named
Rosman Civic Body At
Top Membership With 211
TTT Political
Advertising
Policy Cited
In line with the policy ol The
Transylvania Times, and in fair
ness to all political candidates,
this newspaper will reject all
controversial advertising copy
for the issue of May 24th
Controversial copy is defined
as that which makes an attack
or charges against an opponent
or opponents, or. in other
words, copy which might call
for an answer by an opponent.
This newspaper is happy to
carry non-controversial copy in
this issue which will appear on
May 24th and just prior to the
Primary on May 26th.
Non - controversial copy is
defined as that which merely
cites the platform, qualifica
tions, or direct solicitation of
votes by a candidate.
This newspaper reserves the
right to refuse, reject, edit and
change any political advertising
upon first notifying the candi
date of such changes.
The Times does not support
any candidate and is eager to
see that each is given a fair
and unbiased opportunity to
air his platform.
Political advertising copy for
‘he May 24th issue must be turn
ed in by 5:00 o’clock Tuesday I
afternoon.
The Rosman Chamber of
Commerce has just completed
a highly successful membership
drive, with a total membership
j of 211, the largest number of
! members ever joining the or
ganization.
Austin Hogsed led the ballot
ing for directors, and others in
the top five were: Mrs. Joe E.
Osborne, Dr. Joe E. Osborne, E.
E. Keisler and Harry Morgan.
Other directors elected by
the membership are as follows:
Dewey Burton. William S. Sa
gar, John R. Mitchell, A. P.
Bell, Jr., Gordon Hardin, Dock
Lusk, Robert Powell, Ed Czar
necki, L. C. Hall and Norris
Berkshire,
Mr. Hogsed was re-elected
president by the new board of
directors, and other officers for
1962 are as follows: Dock Lusk,
vice president; Mrs. Joe E. Os
borne, secretary and B. E. Keis
ler, treasurer.
The annual Chamber of Com
merce banquet will be held
Thursday night. May 24th, at
7:00 p. m„ in the school cafe
teria.
Leslie Grogan, of E. I. Du
Pont de nemours and company
will be the principal speaker
Tickets are now on sale for
$1.50 by the directors.
Admission to the banquet will
be by tickets only.
Meetings of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held the first
Tuesday night in each month
at the club center at 8:00 p. m.
William S. Sagar, Jr., is the!
retiring president.
Program Highlights
Broadcast Of HMS Pinafore7'
Will Be Heard Over WPNFI
■
WPNF will broadcast a re- ]
cording of the Brevard Civic
Chorus representation of Gil
bert and Sullivan’s “H. M. S.
Pinafore,” on Monday evening,
May 21st, at 7:30 p. m. The re
cording was made during the
performance by the Civic Chor
us in the Brevard College Aud
itorium last Friday.
The chorus was under the di
rection of Professor Nelson F.
Adams of Brevard College. Mrs.
Susan Melton was accompanist
and Mike Masters served as nar
rator for the presentation.
A! Martin, station manager
of WPNF, expressed great
pleasure at the opportunity of
broadcasting the tape record
ing for the benefit of those per
sons who might have missed
the “live” performance.
“We at WPNF are most grate
ful to the Brevard Civic Chorus,
Mrs. Ruth Hunter, its president,
and especially to Professor
Adams for the fine spirit of co
operation they have shown in
making their performances avail
able through the medium of tape
recordings,” Mr. Martin conclud
ed.
Program Director Bill Han
cock announces that the “Sun
day School Lesson of the Air,’'
usually heard on Monday eve
nings at 7:30 p. m. will be heard
15 minutes earlier this week
only to make time available for
the special “Pinafore” broad
cast.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Rosman vo-ag dept.,
B. E. Keisler; Friday, ASC of
fice, Marvin W. Whitmire; Mon
day, county agent; Tuesday, Bre
vard vo-ag dept., Randal Lyday:
Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday,
-T«nit*r “
Saturday Will
Be Challenge
Day At Polls
Interest in the Primary elec
tion here on May 26th is in
creasing, and political observ
ers are predicting a heavy
cote.
Interest locally is centered
in two races, for sheriff and
for house of representatives.
According to Ralph Lyday,
chairman of the Transylvania
County Board of Elections,,
registration was somewhat
slow in all the precincts dur
ing the last three Saturdays.
This Saturday, May 19th. is
challenge day, and the regis
trars will be at the various
polling places from 9:60 in the
morning until 3:00 in the after
noon.
The candidates for the vari
ous offices are contacting vot
ers throughout the county and
appear to be busily engaged in
"politicking’-.
In the house of representa
tives race, the incumbent;.
Jack Potts, is being opposed
by Ray F. Bennett and Jess A.
Galloway.
Five men are vying for
sheriff. They are Clyde Hub
bard, Earl W. Lee, Wood Pax
ton, Ed Singletary, and Mar
vin W. Whitmire.
The Times will carry a com
plete roundup of the various
I democratic and Republican
races in the May 26th primary
! in the next issue.
This week many of the can
didates are carrying special
messages to the voters and
they should be of interest to
our readers.
Medical Bill
Opposed By
Local Society
The Transylvania' Medical So
ciety has gone on record as op
posing the King Anderson bill in
Congress that is being pushed
by Secretary Ribicoff and Pres
ident Kennedy.
With other medical groups,
they are asking that if others
would like to voice their objec
tions to write to their congress
men in Washington.
In a specially prepared state
ment to the press, officials o£
the local Medical Society cite the
following reasons as to why they
and other doctors are in oppo
sition to the bill:
I—It only helps people over
05 who are under Social
Security. SEVERAL MIL
LION older citizens are
NOT COVERED by Social
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Legion Post
Elects New
Officers
New officers of Monroe Wilsoffi
Post 88, American Legion, wHE
be installed at their regular
meeting on June 4th.
Eigon B. Ard is the new casss
mander of the post, and othnr
officers include the following;
Don Parker, first vice com
mander; Bill Baughn, second,
vice commander; Weldon Misen
heimer, third vice commander;
Jim Wulpi, adjutant; Eben Mor
row, trustee; W. B. Head, Sr_
service officer; Marjorine Bev
acqua and Owen Lee, assists®)
service officers; Walter Cantnml
boys state officer; Arthur GUI
espie and Martin Turbyfili, ser
geant-at-arms; D. C. Wilson, pub
licity officer; Jim Willis, finanei
officer; John Bailey, child wri
fare officer; Marshall Loftw
athletic officer; Jesse