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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 State And National Prize - Winning A.B C. Newspaper
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1962 * 24 PAGES TODAY * PRICE 10;
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Eatrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard Music Festival.
Vol 73 — No. 21
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
PUBLISHED WEEKO
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the coun
tywide meeting of the Transylvania
Committee for Better Schools on
Monday night at Brevard senior high
school are pictured above. At the
, left is Supt. Wayne Bradbum, who
introduced the speakers -— the next
two gentlemen in line: Richard B. En
gard, head of the Department of In
dustrial Cooperative training, Ral
eigh, and Tom Simpson, director of
the Asheville - Buncombe Industrial
school. At the right is Rev. Court
ney Ross, chairman of the commit
tee. who presided over the meeting.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Music Center Is
*Expecting “Best Season ”
After a highly successful
season in 1961 which was cli
maxed with a concert on the
lawn of the White House be
fore President Kennedy, the
Brevard Music Center is now
looking forward to its best
year this summer.
Many outstanding artists
have been signed to appear on
the summer concert programs.
The season officially opens
on Sunday, June 24th, and will
continue through Sunday, Au
gust 26th.
More concerts than ever be
fore are being scheduled this
summer, and a complete list
ing is given on the front page
of the third section.
Probably the most outstand
ing weekend of the summer
will be the concerts for Gov
ernor Terry Sanford begin
A ning July 20th.
The following weekend will
be known as Federation Week
end, when members from mus
*0 ic clubs across the nation will
meet here.
Dr. James Christian Pfohl,
founder-director, said here
yesterday that the outlook for
the Brevard Music Center this
summer is the brightest since
the founding 25 years ago. He
also said that the return of
many fine faculty and brilli
ant soloists from previous
years with the addition of
many outstanding new artists
insures a program of the high
est calibre throughout the
summer.
Art Group Plans
^Organizational
Meeting Monday
An organizational meeting for
the purpose of starting an art
association will be held on Mon
day night, May 28th, at 7:30
o’clock, at C. R. Riddle’s shop
in the Times Arcade.
All artists and interested per
sons are invited to attend this
important meeting by Mrs. E. V.
Dillingham, who is serving as
chairman of the group.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 24 — BPW
meets at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.
m. Masons meet at Temple at
8:00 p. m.
Friday, May 25 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m.
Saturday, May 26 — primary
election, 6:30 — 6:30. Poppy
Day.
Sunday, May 27 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, May 28—Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m.
Music Lovers club meets at
home of Mrs. G. T- Spicer at
8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, May 29 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30 — Me
morial Day. Services in Gilles
pie cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Post
office, banks and county offices
closed.
JAMES CHRISTIAN PFOHL
Founder - Director
Brevard Music Center
AGUSTIN ANIEVAS
Piano
August 17
JOSEPH FUCHS
Violin
August 10
ARLENE SAUNDERS
Soprano
August 24 (Weekend)
Times To Publish
Graduation Issue
Next Thursday
It’s graduation time again in
Brevard and Transylvania
county, and next week The
Transylvania Times will pub
lish its annual “Salute to the
Grads” issue.
Pictures and write-ups about
the seniors at Brevard and
Hosman and at Brevard college
will be carried.
Merchants, industries and
ethers will also salute the
graduates through the adver
; tising columns of this news
I paper.
1 Since the baccalaureate ser
I mon at Bosnian will be preach
ed this Sunday night, a story
concerning this event is car
ried on the Rosman page in
this week’s issue.
The Times staff takes this
j opportunity to salute all 1962
graduates in the town and
county and urges them to look
forward to next week's news
paper.
Democrats And Republicans Will Vote In
The Primary Elections This Saturday
Registrars And
judges For 18
Precincts Listed
A revised list of registrars and
judges for the Primary elections
on Saturday is announced today
by Ralph Lyday, chairman of
the .-Transylvania County Board
of Elections.
The first named is the regis
trar, tie second is the Demo
cratic judge, and the third is the
Republican judge.
Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pitillo,
Elmer McLean, Mrs. Wae Mann.
Brevird No. One — Mrs. Annie
M. Dcuglas, Nathan McMinn,
Gerald Owen.
Brevard No. Two — Noah C.
Miller, Mrs. G. T. Walker, George
Buchaian.
Brevird No. Three — Mrs.
Blanche Sims, William Henson,
Henry L. Pierson.
Brevard No. Four — Mrs. Ole
ta P. short, Mrs. Alma Spicer,
Thomas K. McCrary.
Cathey’s Creek — Mrs. Allie
Waldrop, Ralph Paxton, Ed
Barton
Cedar Mountain — Mrs. W. D.
Lee. William Logan, Mrs.
Paul Janes.
Hum’s Rock — Mrs. Betty
Comptin, Everette Norris, Earle
Farkei.
Eastatoe — Lawrence Whit
mire, Calvin Smith, Calvin Rax
ter.
East Fork — Roy Whitmire,
Burley Head, Charlie Nicholson.
" Gloucester No. One — Allen
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Ford Elected
Officer Of
Parkway Group
John A. Ford, prominent
Brevard businessman and civic
leader, was elected treasurer erf
the Blue Ridge Parkway asso
ciation at the annual meeting
Tuesday afternoon at Blowing
Rock.
Hugh Morton, owner of
Grandfather Mountain, was
named president of the group.
Mr. Ford has been active in
the affaire of the association
for many years.
Citizens Of Town And County
Urged Buy Poppies, Poppy Day
Preparations for the annual
observance of Poppy Day here
and throughout the nation are
nearing completion, Mrs. Con
ley McKinnish, Poppy Chair
man of the local unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
announced today.
Poppies will be worn this
Saturday, May 26th. to honor
the memory of the nation’s
war dead.
Millions of the little red
crepe paper flowers have been
made by disabled war veterans
working in hospitals and con
valescent work rooms in many
parts of the country.
The flowers will be distri
buted by volunteers from the
American Legion Auxiliary
and cooperating organizations,
who will receive contributions
for the Auxiliary’s work for
needy veterans and veterans’
^children.
“We hope everyone in Bre
vard will wear a memorial pop
EMIT. RAAB
Violin
Concertmaster
py over their heart on Poppy
Day, and will contribute gen
erously to help support the
Auxiliary’s vast rehabilitation
and child welfare activities,”
said Mrs. McKinnish.
Poppies to be worn here
have been made at Veterans
Hospital at Oteen. They are
replicas of the little wild pop
py of France and Belgium
which bloomed “between the
crosses, row on row,” of the
World War I battle cemeteries
in those countries, Mrs. Mc
Kinnish explained. The work
of making them is considered
valuable as occupational ther
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j The Weather
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By - A1 Martin
Brevard’s
Official Weatherman
The past week has provided
“rubber stamp” weather in our
county in that afternoon highs
and early morning lows have all
hit within a five-degree range
and some precipitation has been
recorded each afternoon with the
exception of last Friday.
Low readings ranged from the
51 of last Thursday morning to
the 56 of Friday while highs be
gan at 84 on Sunday and climbed
to the 89 of Saturday.
Precipitation for the week to
taled 58 one-hundredths of an
inch.
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday_
Saturday __
Sunday_
Monday —
Tuesday —
High Low Free
- 87 53 .03
. 87 51 .32
. 88 56 0
. 89 55 .02
. 84 55 .06
- 86 54 .07
. 85 54 .08
RANGER TED SEELY, left, was
selected as a typical forest ranger in
the United States, and a description
of his work here in the Pisgah Nation
al Forest is carried in a new book,
“After A 100 Years.” Actually, the
book is a report of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and the
portion about Ranger Seely is carried !
on page two, third section, in this
week’s Times. At the right in the pic
ture above is Mrs. Anita Macfie,
clerk of the Pisgah Ranger district.
This photograph and other local ones
were carried in the book accompany
ing the article.
Tractor-Trailer
Damaged By Fire
On Wednesday
Considerable damage was
done to an Overnite tractor
trailer rig that caught fire
I around noon Wednesday.
Brevard volunteer firemen
1 answered the alarm and reach
I ed the scene of the blare on
! the Greenville highway in
' time te^Save the tractor from
j being completely destroyed by
the blaze.
I
Driver Henry Jones, of
Asheville, was enroute to the
Du Pont plant with his cargo
when he spotted a trail of
smoke in his rear view mirror.
He said that he had just stop
ped the truck on the side of
the road when the cab burst
into flame.
Fire Chief Dan Merrill said
that the Are started some
where in the emergency brake
system.
Mr. Jones fortunately se
I cured some help and unhitch
ed the cargo laden trailer from
the cab before fire could reach
it.
Damage was estimated at
several thousand dollars.
Memorial
Observance
Wednesday
Memorial Day will be observed
in Brevard on Wednesday, May
30th.
The post office will be closed
and there will be no city or rural
delivery, according to C. Y. Pat
Ion, Jr., postmaster. However,
the general delivery window will
be open from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00
noon.
All county offices, the First
Union National Bank, and Bre
vard Federal Savings and Loan
association will also be closed
for the day.
A special memorial service
will be held at the Memorial
Park in the Gillespie-Evergreen
cemetery, beginning at 11:00
o’clock.
Admiral Ligon Ard will give
a brief address, and Rev. Ben
Ormand will give the invocation.
The American Legion Color
guard will participate.
Wreaths will be presented by
members of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the
Gold Star Mothers, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, VFW Auxiliary,
U. S. Army Reserves, World War
I veterans, American Legion,
and American Legion auxiliary.
The service is sponsored by
the American Legion auxiliary,
under the direction of Mrs. Jack
Gillespie, Memorial day chair
man.
She urges the public to attend
and to pay tribute to those who
paid the supreme sacrifice.
At Line Runner
Brevard Little Theatre To
Hold Awards Banquet, 26th
Good Reading
Inside.....
Schedule of concerts at Bre
vard Music center on frojuj^wnge
of third section. Noted artists
are pictured.
Work of Ranger Ted Seely de
scribed on page two, third sec
; tion.
Much about sports on page
four, third section.
Mitchell Bissell company now
operating. Plant pictured on
j front of second section.
Interesting editorials on “Seg
regation vs. Integration” and
‘Work of Probation Commission
in WNC” on page four, second
section.
College news in both back sec
tions.
Many stories from Bosnian on
page two, first section.
And don’t miss the messages
I from the candidates throughout
I the issue.
T!ie Brevard Little Theatre
annual awards banquet will be
held Saturday night, May 26th,
at Line Runner Inn, beginning
with the social hour at 6:30 p.m.,
and the dinner at 7:30 p.m.
At this time a number of
awards will be presented to those
who have done outstanding work
dur«Tg 'the BLT season. For
the first time, the recipients
‘.his year will be given handsome
wall plaques with copper theatre
masques designed and executed
by the Masters, it was announced
by Mel Everingham, BLT presi
dent
The BLT nominating commit
tee will present its slate of offi
cers and directors for the com
ing year. Nominations will be
accepted from the floor and elec
tion of officers will follow.
Selected slides and movies of
past and current BLT hit plays
will be shown during the eve
ning.
It is expected that a large
number of BLT members will be
present at the banquet, includ
ing a number of out-of-town the
atre-goers, according to Mrs.
Loyce Dysart, who is in charge
of arrangements.
Schools Close On May 31st
Brevard and Transylvania
schools will end the 1961-’62
I term at the end of the regular
class period on Thursday, May
31st.
The teachers will work both
on June 1st and the 4th, and stu
dents will report on Monday
morning, the 4th, to pick up their
report cards.
Buses will run as usual on that
day, but the students will not
have to remain at school more
than half an hour.
Graduation at Rosman is set
for Friday night, June 1st, at
8:00 o’clock, with the graduation
sermon this Sunday night, May
27th.
Brevard’s graduation will be
held on Monday night, June 4th,
at 8:00 o’clock, with the baoca- j
laureate sermon on Sunday
night, June 3rd.
Brevard College will have
graduation exercises on Sunday,
June 3rd, with the sermon at
the 11:00 o’clock hour, followed
by the exercises at 3:00 o.m.
Program Highlight*
Local And State Election Returns
To Be Heard Saturday, WPNF
An election party will be pre
sented over WPNF on Saturday
evening, and all persons are urg
ed to keep their dials at 1240 for
the latest local and state returns
in the Democratic and Republi
can Primary elections.
Highlighting the evening’s
broadcasting will be direct re
ports from the court house at
various intervals. State returns
will be broadcast from the local
station as they come in over the
leased wires of the Associated
Press in the WPNF news room.
Sports Program
The new Brevard Bowling
lanes on North Broad street, is
the sponsor of the favorite pro
gram, “the World of Sports”,
which is heard daily, Monday
through Saturday, at 6:20 p.m.
In addition to the world and
state reports on sports activities,
the new program will offer local
sports developments including
important information concern
ing the new Brevard Bowling
lanes.
School Program
The principal talks at the
meeting of the Transylvania
County Committee for Better
Schools this past Monday night
were recorded for broadcast over
WPNF at a more convenient
time.
This broadcast will be beard
Thursday afternoon at 5:06, and
all citbmns interested la the
Polls Will Be
Open From 6:30
Until 6:30 P.M.
J ransylvama voters, both
Democratic and Republican,
will vote in Primary elections
here on Saturday.
Since interest in tbe elec
tion is at a high pitch, the vot
ing is expected to be heavy.
Two races seem to be attract
ing much of the interest.
They are: House of Repre
sentatives a»d for the sheriff’s
office.
According to Ralph Lyday,
chairman of the Board of
Elections, the polls will open
at 6:30 Saturday morning and
will close at 6:30 that evening.
Supplies are now being dis
tributed to the 18 precincts,
and registrars and judges have
been previously announced.
In the House of Represen
tatives race, Jack Potts, the in
cumbent, is being opposed by
Ray F. Bennett and Jess Gallo
way. All three candidates have
taken campaigning into all
parts of the county.
Five men are running for
sheriff.
They are: Clyde Hubbard;
deputy sheriff of Transylvan
ia; Earl W. Lee, Brevard po
liceman; Wood Paxton. Bre
vard automobile man; Ed Sin
gletary, former deputy sher
iff; and Marvin W. Whitmire,
farmer and former chairman,
of the ASC.
A complete run-down on the
list of candidates and the vari
ous local offices, both. Dem
ocrat and Republican, is as
follows:
DEMOCRAT — State House,
Jack Potts, Raymond Bennett,
Jess A. Galloway; Sheriff,
Clyde Hubbard, Earl W. Lee,
Wood Paxton, Ed Singletary,
Marvin Whitmire; Clerk off
Superior Court, F. M. McCall,
Frantz Whitmire; Boardi of
Education, Ed Matheson, Eu
gene Morris; Coroner, Donald
Lee Moore; Constable, Lewis
Surrette, of Boyd, Edward KiL
lian, Don Lance, Hilliard Press
ley, Don Wilson Jr. of Bre
vard, Anderson Rcvis of Cath
ey’s Creek, Wallace Brewery.
John B. McCall of Hogback;
Justice of the Peace, Lorene
W. Ross of Cathey’s Creek,
Carl Breedlove of Hogback.
REPUBLICAN — State
House, William Leonard; Sher
iff, Carter R. McCall; Board afir
Education, Walter Straus,
Stephen Thomas; Constable*
Loonie Sisk of Cathey’s Creek,
Ralph Jarrett of Eastatoe;
Justice of the Peace, Fred Dod
son of Eastatoe.
Republicans will vote Dr
three races: U. S. Senate, U. S.
House of Representatives and.
for State Senate
Candidates are:
U. S. Senate — Charles H".
Babcock, Jr., and Claude L.
Green, Jr.
U. S. House of Representa
tives — Robert Brown and
Dan S. Judd.
State Senate — Harold Al
berts Breeding and Crion
Dedmondt.
Transylvanians
At Safety
Conference
Transylvania will be represent
ed at the 32nd annual Statewide
Industrial Safety conference this
week in Asheville by representa
tives from Olin Mathieeon Chem
ical corporation and the DuPont
plant.
The conference will continue
through Friday at the Batter*
Park hotel.
The theme of the conference
is “Keys for Better Safety,” and.
experts in the field from va
ous parts of the country are
the program.
One of the highlight features
of the conference will be the
annual banquet Thursday night
which will feature "A1 and Mary
Eva Boyles,” one of tbe moat en
tertaining magic acta in
business. m
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