TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 73 — No. 23
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AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN A MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE a new flag
pole and an American flag were presented to the
Brevard Senior high school. Ex-commander Charles
W-. Russell, of the Monroe Wilson post, is pictured
above giving the flag to Principal Robert T. Kim
zey, and the pole was donated to the school by Mrs.
James M. Wulpi. in memory of veterans of all wars.
She is standing just to the right of the pole with !
Commander Ligon And. The presentation cere
mony followed the Memorial day service at the 1
Gillespie-Evergreen ceremony, in which the color j
guard of the pest and legionofficials participated, j
(Times Staff Photo)
McCall Tapped,
Golden Chain
At State
Floyd McCall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph E. McCall, of Pen
rose, was recently tapped into
the Golden Chain, senior honor
ary society at N. C. State college.
He is a rising senior in indus
trial engineering and is presi
dent of the student body.
The Golden Chain taps 12 out
standing seniors each year and is
considered the highest honor at
tainable at State college.
Earlier this year, he was tap
ped into the Blue Key national
Jionor fraternity, junior class
»nvar(l. In addition he has serv
ed as president of his sophomore
and junior classes and vice pres
ident of his freshman class.
p He is a member of the Sigma
X'hi social fraternity and Phi
Eta Sigma scholastic honorary
fraternity.
Other activities include mem
ber of board of publications, col
lege union board of directors,
friends of the college board of
directors, consolidated Univer
sity student oouncil.
He is a member of the WRAL
radio announcing staff, a student
assistant in the economics de
partment, and is a summer em
ployee of Frails and Shepherd,
Inc., of Raleigh, where he will
be involved in management and
sales consulting.
CALENDAR OF
k COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 7 — Kiwanis
club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 8 —Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 10 — Attend thp
church of your choice.
Monday, June 11 — Doctors
Ministers breakfast meeting at
Gaither'S at 7:00 p.m. Presby
terian Men meet at church at
6:30 p.m. Rotary club' meets at
Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 12 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m. Cham
ber of Commerce meets at Li
brary at 7:30 pan.
Wednesday, June 13 — Blood
mobile at Junior High Hut 12:30
to 6:00 p.m. Jaycees meet ail
Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m
Board Of Education Turns
Down Re-Assignment Request
The petition, requesting re
I assignment of Transylvania’s
i Negro high school students, was
j denied by the Board of Educa
j Jon at the June meeting Tues
day night.
The denial came after much
deliberating, study and investi
gation, the board said.
The petition of request for re
assignment was presented to the
board at its May meeting, and
the delegation of six Negroes re
quested that Negro students who
have been attending the Ninth
Avenue High School in Render-'
sonville be aligned to.Jgrevard
junior and senior high schools.
During the meeting Tuesday
night, the board gave approval
of several maintenance projects
during the summer months.
The auditorium and playroom
at the junior high school will be
renovated, and the building will
be repaired. The dressing floors
will be refloored with tile.
A fence will be erected in
front of Rosman elementary
school, and new Venetian blinds
will be installed in Rosman high
school.
A press box will be erected on
the senior high school athletic
field.
Another project will be pur
chasing of a boiler for Brevard
e’ementary school.
Supt. Wayne Bradburn pre
sented the school budget for the
new year, which is now in the
hands of the county accountant.
It is as follows
Current expense — $189,276.00
Capital outlay — $78,000.00
Debt service $79,668.50.
He also explained to the board
that the school system is operat
ing during this current year with
in its budget.
As of June 1st, there was a
balance of $15,488.18, on hand in
the current expense fund. For
the year, $179,130.02 has been
spent, and for the year $194.
618.20 was allocated.
In the capital outlay fund, $60.
518.00 was allocated, and as of
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Appointments Sunday
Transylvania Methodists
Are Attending Conference
Transylvania is being well
represented at the annual West
ern North Carolina conference
ot Methodists at Lake Junaluska
this week.
The conference opened Wed
nesday afternoon, and it will be
climaxed with the reading of
appointments on Sunday.
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon is
presiding over the five-day
event
One of the highlight meetings
of the conference will be the
innual Brevard college lunch
eon on Friday. It will be held
n the Waynesville Elementary
school cafeteria beginning at
1:00 o’clock. Speakers will in
elude President Emmett K. Mc
Carty and Glenn Hardesty.
Many staff and faculty mem
bers bf the college are attending
!he conference.
Brevard Methodist church is
being represented by the pastor,
Rev. Courtney Ross, and Luke
Hrrrison, delegate.
Other Methodist ministers in
Transylvania attending include
Rev. Royce Smith and Rev.
.lames Thomas
Harry Sellers, Jr., of Brevard,
will be receiving an appoint
ment on Sunday. He graduated
from Duke Divinity school with
a Bachelor of Divinity degree
on Monday.
Members Of St. Philip's To
Break Ground For Parish House
Sunday, June 10th, will be an
important day in the history of
the St. Philip’s Episcopal church
here in Brevard.
“Pentecost, or Whitsunday, is
an important event in the life
and history' of the Christian
church, and what a significant
time for our parish to mark a
special occasion and event in its
life,” says Rev. Frederick F.
Valentine, Jr., rector of St. Phil
ip’s.
On this coming Sunday St.
Philip’s will celebrate Whit
sunday with a special service at
the 11:00 o’clock hour. At this
time church school children,
youth and all members of the
congregation will join in the
celebration, and the choir will
sing.
Following the service in the
church, the entire congregation
will gather for formal ground
breaking services for the new
Parish house.
A picnic dinner will be spread
afterwards.
All members and friends are
invited and are asked to bring
something for this picnic-style
dinner. Coffee and ice tea will
be provided.
Baptist Church
Is Robbed
The First Baptist church was
broken into sometime Sunday
night, and approximately $45
was stolen.
According to the local police,
several finger prints were taken,
and the investigation is being
continued.
Second Primary Set For June 23rd
In The House And Sheriff Race
Four Candidates
To Wage Strong
Campaigns
A Second Primary, set for
June 23rd, has been called in
Transylvania in the Democrat
ic contests for State Legisla
ture and the office of the sher
iff.
Marvin Whitmire, who ran
second to Clyde Hubbard, in
the May 26th primary, for
sheriff, and Kep. Jack Potts,
second to Raymond Bennett in
the legislative contest, filed
their formal requests for a
second primary with the Tran
sylvania County board of elec
tions oniy a few minutes be
fore the Monday noon dead
line. Mr. Whitmire filed his
request about 11:45 a.m., and
Potts a few minutes later.
Both actions had been antici
pated.
There is much local inter
est in the two races, and all
four candidates are expected
to wage vigorous campaigns.
In the May 26th primary,
Mr. Hubbard polled 1,480
votes, and Mr. Whitmire had
1,368. There were three other
candidates in the running.
In the House race, Mr. Ben
nett had 1,572, while Mr. Potts
received 1,203. A third candi
date, Jess A. Galloway polled
1,111.
Lions Club To
Install Officers
Brevard Lions will install in
coming officers and directors at
their meeting Thursday night in
the Colonial Inn beginning at
7:00 o’clock.
Zone chairman John Cox, of
Hendersonville, will be in charge
of the installation.
j The Weather
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By • A1 Martin
Brevard’s
Official Weatherman
During the past week, Bre
vard received a total of 6.35
inches of precipitation, a total ex
ceeding the rainfall from April
7th through last Tuesday, May
29th. During that period a total
of 6.28 inches fell at the report
ing station at Radio Station
WPNF.
Temperatures for the past
week averaged a daily high of
79 degrees and an early morn
ing low of just over 60 degrees.
Lowest reading of the week
came on Friday morning when
the mercury dipped to 58 de
grees. The highest recorded
temperature came on Saturday
afternoon when we reached 82.
Official readings for the week
include:
Wednesday_ 79 60
Thursday_ 80 60
Friday _ 79 58
Saturdav _ 82 60
Sunday_ 80 60
Monday _ 74 63
Tuesday_ 80 63
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To Wage Battle In Second Primary I
THE FOUR MEN above are the candidates in
the two races in the Second Primary in Transyl
vania county on Saturday, June 23rd. At the left
is Ray F. Bennett, who was high man in the May
26th race for House of Representatives. His op
ponent in the Second Primary will be Jack H. Potts,
the incumbent, who ran second high. Clyde Hub
bard was high man for sheriff, and running second
was Marvin Whitmire,
AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING
performances were presented by the
Brevard Little Theatre to stars of the
play casts during the past season.
Plaques designed by Mel Evering
ham and Maggie and Gus Masters,
Comprised of the traditional theatre
masques and the letters “BLT” in
copper and the inscription engraved
on brass, were awarded for the first i
time this year. The main awards were
won by the above group, and they
are, seated, left to right, Thelma
Hart, best actress; and Ernest Gil
strap, best actor. Standing are Mike
Masters, best supporting actor; Dot
tie Randall, best actress debut; and
Frank McGibboney, best actor debut.
(Austin Photo)
CHESTER C. KILPATRICK
has been named General Fund
chairman of the United Fund
campaign which will be con
ducted in the fall, according
to John W. Bailey, president.
Division chairmen and other
personnel will be announced
soon by the new chairman. Mr.
Kilpatrick has been active in
various capacities in the Unit
ed Fund and in other civic
affairs. He is the immediate
past president of the Brevard
Jaycees.
Open For Inspection
Budget Of $258:000 For
Town Of Brevard Approved
Aquatic School
Now In Session
The first session of the Amer
ican Red Cross Aquatic school
for the 1962 season is now under
way at beautiful Camp Carolina.
The 10-day school opened on
Tuesday, with Bill McDonald in
charge.
Harry Kenning, who has been
directing the school here for
many years, is serving as pro
gram director this session.
Jack Evans and Lloyd Cross
are the associate directors.
A new course has been added
his year, dealing with teaching
handicapped children to swim.
Two local girls, Patsy McClure
and Jackie Gillespie, are volun
teer office workers for the
school.
More than 150 persons are at
icnding the event.
The second session ot the Aqu
itic school is scheduled in Au
gust, immediately following the
summer camping session of
tamp Carolina
Log Reviewed
"Starlight Serenade" Said One
Of WPNF's Top Programs
One of WPNF’s most popular
night-time programs, “Starlight
Serenade,” a long-time favorite
of teens and adults alike, has a
new host for the summer
months.
Station manager A1 Martin an
nounces that Jon E. Anderson
will take over as host on the re
quest program, and will play
many of the nation’s top records
each evening, Monday through
Friday, beginning at 9:05 p.m.
During the past year the re
quests received on “Starlight
Serenade” have greatly increas
ed in number and with the vaca
tion season here, these requests
can he expected to increase fur
ther.
“As with all our staff an
nouncers, Jon E. will welcome
all requests and well all con
tinue to do our best to play the
records requested as near as paw
sible to the time our listeners
want to hear them,” Martin
stated.
“Because of contract changes
with the record distributors,” he
concluded, “many of our rec
ords come from one of our fine
sponsors, Austin’s studio. We
are grateful for their kind co
operation in assisting us in get
ting the records we need for
such programs as ‘Starlight Ser
enade.”
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Honje hour is as follows: Thurs
day, Station program; Friday,
N. C. Forestry, Clark Grissom;
Monday, county agent; Tuesday,
Extension forestry, Leonard
Hampton; Wednesday, home
agent.
Appearing this week on the
Civic How are the following:
Wednesday, Brevard civic or
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The town of Brevard approv
ed a budget estimate of $258*
910.00 for 1962 - ’63 at the reg
ular June meeting this week at
the city hall.
This comparies with $25?*
000.00 for the current year..
The tax rate remains the.
same at $1.45, and this is di
vided into $1.31 for the general
fund and 14 cents for debt ser
vice.
Town manager Bill Edens ex
plains that appropriations to
the police department and to
the general government fund:
of the town are up. The first is
up some $3,800.00 and the lat
ter approximately $4,000.00.
Appropriations for recreation
are down from $6,900.00 to $2 -
800.00.
The street department allo
cation was cut some $2,000.00
Faced with rising costs on all
sides, the aldermen decided tc.
levy a sewer charge of $1.00
monthly against all water cus
tomers in the town of Brevard
The board is also faced with the
problem of maintaining the
cleanliness of the French Broad
river, and they feel the $1.80;
charge is necessary.
The proposed budget is now
open for public inspection and
it will be adopted at a call meet
ing on June 21st.
In other action the board
adopted a subdivision regula
tion ordinance which was pre
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BLOOD
SAVES
LIVES
American Red Cross.
BLOODMOBILE
will be at the
Hut Adjacent To
Brevard Jr. High