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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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.II C.
Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca j
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Bievard Music Festival, i
Vol. 73 — No. 27
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AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. 'C.
BREVARD, N. CM THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
j Eight Beauties To Vie For “Miss Brevard” Title Tuesday And Wednesday
ALICE VICTORIA CALDWELL
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert If. Caldwell, Brevard. Talent i
—dramatic reading.
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CAROLYN RUTH GALLOWAY
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Galloway, Brevard. Talent—pan
tomime.
PAMELA JEAN GALLOWAY
Daugther of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Galloway, Cedar Mountain.
Talent—baton twirling.
RUTH ELLEN HUNTER
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dun
can C. Hunter. Brevard. Talent
—dramatic reading.
AUNDRIA McGUIRE
I Daughter of Mr. ,'iid Mrs. J.
. W. McGuire. Sr., Pisgah Forest.
! Talent—vocal.
RITA RAE MERRELL
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz
Morrell. Brevard Talent—dra
matic reading.
MARGARET LEONE
SCHLOSSER
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
A. Schlosser, Brevard. Talent—
dancing.
JANICE A. WHITMIRE
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
M. Whitmire, Brevard. Talent
lane ing.
THE FABULOUS MOLTZ HOME
on beautiful Lake Toxaway has been
purchased by the Lake Toxaway
Company for a Country Club on the
♦new golf course. R. D. Heinitsh the
president, can be seen opening the
door to the library for Mrs. Wesley
.Walker, of Greenville, S. C., and oth
ers in the picture are Gene Pruitt, of
Columbia, S. C., and John Anderson,
of Brevard. Mr. Heinitsh says that
work is progressing on the golf
course, and the club will be operated
as a private one. Invitations for
charter members will be sent out in
the near future. (Times Staff Photo)
Olin Mathieson Picnic Will
Highlight The Fourth Of July
Highlighting the Fourth of
July observance in Transylvania
will be the 21st annual picnic at
beautiful Camp Harry H. Straus
on Wednesday.
Each year the event is attend
by more than 5,000 persons,
and the largest attendance ever
is expected this year.
The day in Brevard and Tran
sylvania will be a holiday, with
tgores, the bank and the post of
fice being closed.
Town and county offices will
also close on Wednesday for the
Fourth of July observance.
There will be no delivery of
city or rural mail on Wednesday,
and the General Delivery win
dow will be open from 11:30 to
12-00 noon, according to Char
lie Patton, postmaster.
Inns, rooming houses, motels
and guest homes are expecting
a rushing busniess this weekend,
as thousands of persons from
lower elevations come to these
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CALENDAR OF
i COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, July 4 — Stores,
town and county office® doled
for July 4th observance. Toast
masters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
pm. Sylvan Valley Folk Festi
val and Miss Brevard Pageant at
7-30 pm. WOW meets at Wood
man Hall at 8:00 pm. Brevard
Music Centeneoncert at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 5 — Sidewalk
sale. Kiwanis dub meets at
Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. lions dub
meets at Colonial Inn at 7:00
p.m.
Friday, July 6 —Sidewalk sale
Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 pm.
Brevard Music Center concert at
8:15 pm.
Saturday, July 7 — Sidewalk
sale. Story Hour at Library at
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Much Talent
Many Varied Concerts On
Program At Music Camp
Piano lovers have a special
treat in store this week - end
at the Brevard Music center.
Two of the three concerts fea
ture pianists as soloists.
Ruth Slenczynska, who be
gan performing publicly at the
age of five, will play Chopin’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 Saturday
evening. The brilliant pianist,
who revealed her unhappiness
as a child prodigy in her book,
“Forbidden Childhood,” returns
to the Center after receiving
wide acclaim here last summer.
On Friday evening, Dorothy
Lewis Griffith of Charlotte, win
ner of one of this year’s four
Music Center Young Artists
Awards, will play Rachmanin
off’s Concerto No. 2. Mrs. Grif
fith is a native of High Point,
X. C. Walter Carringer, artist
in residence, will sing Mozart’s
“Misero! O Sogno, O Son Desto?”
For a musical change on Sun
day afternoon, Lino Bartoli of
Baylor University in Texas will
play William Walton’s Violin
Concerto, and a mixed chorus
and orchestra will join to pre
sent John Hester Jones’ Spoon
River.
The following week on Tues
day evening the Transylvania
Concert Band will play a con
cert and on Wednesday evening
both the Hilltopper Symphony
orchestra and Concert band as
the five - per - week concert
schedule continues.
Evening concerts are at 8:15;
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Prizes Offered
Brevard Merchants To Stage
Gigantic "Sidewalk Sale
A town - wido “sidewalk
sale,” the biggest and best eV
er staged in Brevard, will be
held here on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday
Each participating merchant
is giving a handsome prbe,
and the grand prize will be *
$100 Savings Bond.
The prizes will be awarded
next Monday, and citizens are
urged to register at each store,
where full details may be ob
tained.
By special permission from
the tom board of aldermen,
the merchants will have tables
out o» the sidewalk in front of
their stores, end special “bar
gains” will be offered.
lire merchants committee of
the Brevard chamber of com
merce-.has-been planning fee
this unique event for some
time, and the businessmen
have made special purchases
for the “sidewalk sale.”
Extraordinary values are be
ing offered by the participat
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TheTimes
Out On
Tuesday
Due to the Fourth of July
observance on Wednesday,
! The Transylvania Times is be
ing published on Tuesday this
week.
I Readers of The Times are
urged to examine this weeks’
paper very carefully, since
there are many stories per
i t'lining to the Fourth and the
j big Sylvan Valley Folk Fes
tival and Beauty Pageant.
Merchants are also featur
I ing specials for the big “Side
walk Sale,-’ which will be held
on Thursday, Friday and Sat
i urdav.
"Story Time"
Is Popular
'Story of a Patriot”, a movie
! !n color, was presented by
Friends of the Library during
tiie “Story Time” senes at the
local library last Saturday at 9:30
a.m. Some 50 children and
adults attended this movie which
is shown several times daily in
Williamsburg, Virginia, at the
reception center in the restored
area. It tells the story of John
Fry and his family and how he
vas tom between his loyalty to
Britian and his love for his new
home in America during the pe
riod when the colonies were hav
ing their struggle for independ
ence. The events which preced
ed and led up to the Revolution
ary War and to the drawing up
of the Declaration of Independ
ence were shown.
Charles Carter was projection
ist for “Story of a Patriot”
which was chosen by the “Story
Time” committee in conjunction
with this week’s celebration of
Independence Day on July 4th.
Rev. Mr. Frederick Valentine,
rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church, will be the story hour
guest this Saturday. Mrs. Leh
man Kapp, librarian, Mrs. Cecil
Hill, Friends of the library pres
ident, and Mrs. Bob T. Gash and
Mrs. William F. Orr, “Story
Time” co-chairmen, invite all in
terested children and adults to
attend the weekly series of Sat
urday morning programs during
the summer months.
New Class In
Driver Training
Begins Monday
A new class in driver educa
tion will begin on Monday, July
9th, at the Brevard Junior High
school. The hours are from 1:00
to 6:00 pm.
This class will include class
room and behind-the-wheel in
struction, according to Marshall
Teague, who is the instructor for
the course.
Those who signed up for the
August 2nd class are asked to
check with Mr. Teague if they
can take the classes beginning
July 9th instead.
Sylvan Valley Folk Festival And
Beauty Pageant To Attract Crowds
THE SITE for the satellite track
ing station in upper Transylvania
county is now being cleared, and the
two men above are standing where
the huge antenna will be erected. In
the picture are Joe Rusnak, the resi
dent inspector, and Paul Shatley, of
the Dillard Construction company. At
the present time men and machinery
are busy clearing, grading and build
ing a road into the site. (Times Staff
Photo)
j The Weather I
By - A1 Martin
Brevard’s
Official Weatherman
Rainfall for the past week to
taled one and one-third inches
with extreme temperatures 85
and 48 degrees. The high of 85
came on Monday afternoon, with
the low of 48 being recorded on
Saturday morning.
Statistics for the month of
June 1962 compared with June
1961 are as follows:
June ’62 June ’61
High 89 87
Low 48 48
Prec. 11.01 inches 9.49 inches
Max. Daily 2.55 on 21st
Prec. 2.79 on 4th
Readings for the past week in
clude:
Wednesday- 72 61 .08
Thursday - 68 58 1.20
Friday _ 79 55 .05
Saturday -81 48 0
Sunday_ 84 52 0
Monday _ 85 57 0
Tuesday-— 62 —
— No reports available at press
time.
Rescue Squads
Will Be On
24-Hour Duty
The Brevard and Bosnian res
cue squads will be on 24-hour
duty during the July 4th holiday,
according to F. M. McCall, di
rector of Transylvania County
Civil Defense unit.
Emergency calls should be
made to the police or sheriffs of
fices.
Site Visited
Satellite Tracking Station
Work Schedule Announced
In a remote mountainous sec
tion in upper Transylvania coun
ty, work is proceeding rapidly in
clearing a site for the satellite
tracking station.
Announcement is made today
that the power building will be
completed by December 1st of
this year and the operations
building will be completed by
the 15th of the same month.
Actually, the name of the
tracking station is the Rosman
Data Acquisition Facility, and
the construction is under the
direction of Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryl
and. A. W. Huntress is the res
ident engineer, and Joe Rusnak
it the resident inspector.
According to Mr. Huntress,
construction of the entire site
will be completed by February
15th, 1963, with the exception of
the paving. When completed,
the public will be invited to open
house, and this is expected to be
held next spring.
The beginning of the installa
tion of the antenna will be on
October 1st of this year, and oth
er electronic facilities will be in
stalled in December.
When the station becomes op
erational, it will be open to vis
itors.
Mr. Huntress explains that the
site in upper Transylvania coun
ty met stringent technical re
quirements. It is free of all noise
sources of interference, and it is
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Program Highlight*
WPNF Observes 12th Birthday,
Rededicated To Public Service
Radio Station WPNC is cele
brating its 12th anniversary this
weekend, according to Station
Manager AI. Martin.
During the past 12 years;
WPNF has maintained a policy
of public service to the commu
nity and its citizens.
“We sincerely appreciate the
cooperation of our advertisers
and listeners in the past, and we
solicit their future support as we
at WPNF red educate ourselves to
community service,” Mr. Martin
said in a joint statement with
John Anderson, the executive di
rector.
WPNF began its operation on
July 6th, 1960, and has striven to
present the very best program
ming including musk, news and
sports. . , .
Owned and operated by the
Pisgah Broadcasting Company,
of which Mrs. Ed M. Anderson
is the president, the studios and
offices of WPNF are located in
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Square Dancers,
lands, Singers
On Program
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Festival amt Miss Brevard Pag
eant opens Tuesday night at
7:30 o’ciock on the Junior High
school athletic- field.
Sponsored by the Brevard
Jsycees and Jaycettes, the Fes
tival and Pageant are expected
to attract large crowds.
Highlighting the event will
^ be', the crowning of Miss Bre
vard, who will WTchosen from
a field of eight contestants.
These lovely ladies will com
pete in bathing suit and eve
ning gown competition, and
they will also be judged on tal
ent.
Highlighting the festival
will be square dance exhibi
tions, folk singing, string
bands and other musicians.
Master of ceremonies for the
festival will be Bobby Hoyle
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July Term Of
Superior Court
Opens Monday
The July term of Superior
court opens in Transylvania on
Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock.
According to Marvin McCall,
the clerk, there are only 21 eases
on the criminal docket, which,
will be tried first.
Trial of the civil calendar be
gins next Wednesday.
Judge J. Frank Husk ins, of
Burnsville, will preside over the
couirt, and Leonard Lowe, of
Forest City, will prosecute for
the state.
Mr. McCall reminds members
of the Grand Jury of the' last
term that they do not have to
serve this term, since the fiscal
year ended on June 30th.
A new Grand Jury will be
chosen
Entries Are
Needed For
Carnival
The deadline for entries in the
Country Carnival Variety Revue
hae been extended dne to the fact
that, to date, only two entries
have been received by the Bre
vard Little Theatre.
BLT president, Mel Evering
haan, urges those who wish to
perform in a song and dance rou
tine, instruments or vocal mus
ical numbers, imitations, come
dy routines or similar typos of
light entertainment to submit a.
short letter giving name and ad
dress, age, telephone number,
the name of the act along with
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