TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census.
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 73 — No. 33
THE' TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A Slate And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
SECOND CLASS M*it PRlVtLPCYS
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962 * 24 PAGES TODAY * PRICE 10*:
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MUCH PROGRESS is being made at the Satel
lite Tracking Station site in upper Transylvania
county, and in the picture above workmen are busy
laying the foundation for the huge antenna. Some
4 drilling:' are made down to bed rock. These holes
are from 50 to 60 feet, and then the large steel
girders are cemented two feet into the stone. They
are also, enclosed in cereent from the -..earth’s. suiv
face t Vowin' The drilling- achine at the right is
one of the three largest 'in America; More photos
taken at the Satellite Tracking Station during the
past ’week an o::; p..;;- f< * and five,; first section.
. (Tiroes Staff Photo)
i
County Coiirt
Meets Monday j
The Transylvania General >
County Court will meet, for a ;
non jury criminal term com- i
mincing Monday. August 20th,
judge Robert T. Gash an
nounces.
The court will open at 9:30
t and cases not reached
during the recent term tvill be
' H?eard. ’ '
All defendants must be pres
ent except those who have
formerly requested a jury
^Itrail. 1
All civil cases, scheduled
for August 13th. were either
fh settled or continued.
Lions To Hear
Program From
Music Center
Talent from the Brevard Mus
ic center will be featured on the
program at the meeting Thurs-i
day night of Brevard Lions.
As usual, the Lions will meet
♦ht the Colonial Inn, promptly at
7:00 o’clock.
Bill Adams will speak briefly
, or. Music camp program, and
•Hugh Egerton, bass baritone,
will sing. He will be accompan
ied by Miss Ann Epperson.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 16 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:45 p. m. Lions club meets
at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p. m. 29th
degree team meets at Masonic
Temple at 8.00 p. m.
Friday, August 17 — Festival
concert at Brevard Music Cen
ter at 8:15 p. m.
. Saturday, August 18 — Story
Time at Library at 9:30 a. m.
Festival concerts at Brevard
Music Center at 3:30 and 8:15
p. m.
Sunday, August 19 — Attend
the church of your choice. Fes
tival concert at Brevard Music
Center at 3:30 p. m
Monday, August 20 — County
court opens at 9:30 a. m. Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m. Watershed meeting in
court house at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, August 21 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m. East
ern Star meets at Temple at
8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, August 22 — Gen
eral meeting of principals and
teachers at Brevard Senior High
school at 9:00 a. m. Jaycees meet
at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m
A meting/of file watershed
committee will be held Mon
day -evening, August 20th, at
8:00 o’clock, in the court house,
according to Lewis llamlin, !
chairman of the committee. I
The meeting is open to the
public, and landowners whose
land’ will be involved in the
dams arc especially urged to
) t .in.
The purpose of the1 meeting
is to discuss the progress that
has been made and to make
decisions that uiil he included
in the final plans for the wa
tershed.
A number of governmental
agencies are expected to at
tend the meeting. These in
clude the U. S. Forest Service.
C.S. and N.C. Wildlife Serv
ice, Stream Sanitation, N. C.
Forest Service. N. C. Water .
Rescairces Board, TVA, N. C. !
Soil Conservation Committee, |
and F.H.A.
Representatives from the
towns of Brevard and Rosman,
Transylvania county, industrial
and civic organizations are al
so expected to attend.
Rescue Squad
Thanks Public
As a result of the auction held
last weekend, the Brevard Res
cue Squad has raised enough
money to purchase the resusci
tator that they needed so badly.
Profits from the sale will also
enable the group to purchase
other equipment needed for res
cue and life saving purposes.
The Brevard Rescue Squad
Wishes to thank everyone who
contributed items for the auc
tion, including many Brevard
merchants who gave numerous
brand new items. The members
also thank the public for turn
ing out and supporting the auc
tion so well.
Schools Operiing
Principal And i eaeiiers
Listed. Meet \LecInesciav
Principals and teacnefs ’>r
B x c v a i: cl ami - :ym.
•.•hoik are, ar'icrnct,iy *.
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By schools, ihcy see -as fol
lows;
Brevard Elementary
F. B. Cud& .principal
Mrs. Mary L. Moore
.Miss Carolyn -Kimzey
Mrs. i.oreno Osborr::
Mrs. Jennie .McConnell
Mrs. Dorothy R. Smith
Mr? Fannie Harris
Miss Mildred Day
- Mrs. Maxine Whitmire
Mrs. Beatsie Bagwell
Miss Fleeto Freeman
Mrs. Daisy Edmondson
Mrs. Eva Gillespie
Mrs. Betty P. McPherson
Mrs. Bernice Hollitieid
Mrs. Thelma Patterson
Mrs. Edna Schranz
Mrs. Margaret Kilstrom
Mrs. Wilma Chandler
Mrs. Jo Medford
Mrs. Eugenia BlackwelF
Mrs. Catherine Bauer
Mrs. Mildred Townsend
Miss Josephine Clayton
Mrs. Flora Pickelsimer
Mrs. Margaret Davis
Samuel Owen
Mrs. Daisy Holden
Brevard Junior High
Joseph McGuire, Jr . principal
Miss Agness Clayton
Mrs. Carolyn Cook
Mrs. Thelma Ferguson
Harley Burleson
Mrs. Frankie Wagoner
James Brown
Mrs. Fannie Hayes
Mrs. Mary Wallin
William Ferguson
Spencer Reid
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There v, ;:: be a general meet-!
- {■! | ihcipais and teach
i i .v Wednesday, August
.—.hit-- r. ;.it ■ 'arid Senior high j
. iA ber.ir.n-n.c -at 9:00 o’clock. |
S t:r Wayne Jvradhurn announc-.
I
Plans u.r the i062-’6o term
■...!! be announced at that time, I
. iid it will be followed by a1
wcrkshop for new teachers that
ef'crnoon a; 2:00 o’clock at the j
Straus school.
Students Will .report for reg-:
..-.rat.on on Friday, August 24th,
end the first full day of school
is set for Monday, August 27th. '
Principals in all the schools of j
the town and county are now
on dull’
On Friday. August 17th, they
will’ meet in the Brevard senior
high school library at 10:00 a.m.
The theme of ihe meeting will
be "Improving the Instructional J
Program’’.
On Thursday of this week they ■
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Successful Opening Of Brevard
Music Festival Uoted, Continues
First Concerts
Well Received.
Round-Up Made
IJy BID, ADAMS
There's alway; music in the
a--: at the lice’aid Music Cen
ter, but during the opening of
i' - annual B'evard Music Fes
Cval last vy '■-Uenfl the nioun- ;
tains v • re filled with the :
sounds of s- ii-. rf the world’s
true nun.real a.fists,
'l>h Friday v: ailing', a targe
responsive crowd heard Jo
seph Fuchs, renowned conren
violinist v.hc: tie played the
Walton Piston Violin Concerto
.1 the Brevard Festival Or
chestra, eondvted -by Dr. '
.tames Christian I’fohl.
The Saturday afternoon am
dieiice heard the weH-HSndwn
piano husband-and-wife team,
Mildred and Gerald Snyder,
when they played Poulenc's ■
Two Piano Converts. Tir.il
R h, dean of the faculty at
the Center, alsi i -uhi.-lcd it'/'
Festival Grtlie-ira in Beethov
en's Cnrk-hui Overture and
'Citwell’s Sydjplio'ny.; No.; fb
Lino F.irloii, James Cc-asar.
nd i .’ill i Kiu-h, all facility
ill! mbers at the Center, team
ed up for (hi Saturday eve- ;
liing eenf c- t' and played V, J
valdi’siTripdt Violin Concerto. I
Then Joseph Lawton, one of |
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t
To Grid Games
Go On Sale
Reserved seat tickets to Bre
vard's football games this fall
are now on sale, according to
Principal Robert T. Kinizey at
Brevard senior high school.
Bleachers are being construct
ed on both sides of the field, and
the side nearest to the town of
Brevard will he the home side.
Admission to the games by
buying season tickets will be
S7.50, and the individual cost of
reserved seats will be $1.75 per
game.
Reservations can be made by
calling Mrs. F. B. Cudd in the
principal’s office.
On one side of the home I
bleachers the rows run from A j
through F with even numbers, i
while the other side will be Gi
through L with odd numbers
Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Take Action At Tuesday Meeting
Directors of the chamber of !
commerce had a busy session |
at their regular monthly meet- !
ing Tuesday night in the li- j
brary.
The problem of unsightly, i
overflowing garbage disposals j
on the Greenville highway in j
the Connestee Falls area came !
under discussion, and it was
reported that efforts are being
made to improve present gar
bage facilities there.
Leslie Grogan, reporting for
the industrial committee, stat
Jerome And Coan Added To Bank Board!
Jerry Jerome and Gilbert F.
Coan are the new members of
the Board of Directors of the
First Union National Bank, Bre
vard.
The announcement comes to
day from Carl G. McGraw, pres
ident of First Union Nation
al Bank, and W. M. Melton,
chairman of the advisory board
of the Brevard office.
“Both men are outstanding in
the business and civic life of
the community, and we welcome
them to our board,” Mr. Melton
declared.
Mr. Jerome, who was born in
Boston, Mas®., came to Brevard
in 1920.
He is president and manager
of the Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan association. Prior to
his present position, he served
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JERKY JEROME
GIL C'OAN
ed that two industries are def
initely interested in locating in
Transylvania county, and that
efforts are being made to help
each decide to come here.
Town manager Bill Edens
reported that the Board of Al
dermen has authorized the pur
chase of a traffic signal light
at the intersection of North
Broad and French Broad
streets, and that the light has
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| The Weather j
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By • A1 Martin
Brevard’s
Official Weatherman
Although other portions of the
Tar Heel State received a good
deal of precipitation over the
weekend, Brevard failed to re
cord even a trace of rainfall
from Thursday through Sunday
at 6:00 p.m.
Afternoon readings averaged
reaching 83 degrees throughout
the past week, with morning
lows dipping to an average of
just below 57 degrees.
Official readings for the week
are listed below:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 86 60 .75
Thursday_ 84 59 .03
Friday _82 51 0
Saturday _ 82 51 0
Sunday_ 80 59 0
Monday _ 82 59 .03
Tuesday _ 83 56 .05
SOLOISTS FEATURED in
this weekend's festival con
certs at the Brevard Music
Center incinde Augustin' Ani
c ves, pianist, abo'e, left; Cell- ;
1st Lorne-iilunroe, above, right:
and Entsl Raab, left. .Mr, Abi
evas,. winner of tlse fihrdtri
Milropoulos International Mus
ie competition, will appear on
Friday evening and Sunday
afternoon. Mr. Munroe, prin
cipal cellist with the Uhiladel
phia Symphony orchestra, re
turns to Brevard for concerts
on Saturday and Sunday after
noons. Mr. Raab, popular
t i ncertmastcr of the Brevard
festival. Orchestra, Will be
iv-ard: on Saturday evening.
tirsfc P:*.ee Community
WNC Civic Leaders To
Visit At Eastatoe Today...
REV. W. T. THOMPSON
Presbyterians
Wii! Hear
Thompson
A special service of praise and
thanksgiving, in recognition of
thcsir freedom from debt, will be
held at the Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian Church on
Sunday, August 19th, at 11
o’clock.
The Reverend Mr. W. Talia
ferro Thompson, D. D., profes
sor emeritus of Christian Educa
tion at Union Theological semi
nary, Richmond, Virginia, will
preach on the subject, “The Pur
pose of the Church.”
Dr. Thompson is a graduate of
Davidson College and Union
Theological Seminary; and be
fore becoming a professor at Un
ion Theological Seminary he had
pastorates at the First Presby
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Rural and civic leaders from
throughout Western North Car
olina will tour the Eastatoe com
munity in upper Transylvania
county on Thursday afternoon,
August 16th. This community
was the first place winner
among non-farm areas in the
1961 Western North Carolina Ru
ral Community Development
program.
The program at Eastatoe will
start at the Rosman high school
auditorium at 4:00 p.m. This
Will be followed by a visit to the
nearby Mitchell-Bissell plant,
tear of the community and a
supper at the Eastatoe Commu
nity center. A special feature
will be the presentation of cita
tions to the presidents of the
117 organized community clubs
in Western North Carolina.
The Eastatoe community is
composed of 191 families, all but
15 of whom are non-farmers.
They made an impressive record
of improvements last year,
which was only their second
year to be organized in the Com
munity Development program.
Particularly outstanding was
their youth program. A total of
143 young people participated in
various community projects and
recreational program. These
ranged from helping to build the
community center to cleaning off
roadsides to skating parties and
hay rides. Other projects in
cluded such things as a roadside
market, community fair, publish
ing a newspaper, picnic tables,
and a community garbage dump.
The visitor to Eastatoe will
also see evidence of a widespread
home improvement program
which was undertaken in the
community last year. This in
cluded such things as the re
modeling of 29 homes, 21 new
homes built, 38 houses painted,
running water installed in 21
homes and 18 bathrooms added.
Program Notes
Highlights Of Banquet For
Leslie Grogan To Be Aired
WPNF will broadcast portions j
of last night’s banquet honoring
Leslie S. Grogan, plant manager
of DuPont’s silicon plant near
Brevard.
Station manager A1 Martin an
nounced that the broadcast
would be scheduled immediately
following the state news broad
cast at 5.00 p.m.
At the same time, the local
station released a schedule of
North Carolina football games to
be broadcast this fall. The
dates and opponents are as fol
lows:
Sept. 22 North Carolina State
Sept. 29 Ohio State, Oct. 6 Mich
igan State, Oct. 13 Maryland
Oct. 20 South Carolina, Oct. 2'
Wake Forest, Nov. 3 Clerason
Nov. 10 Virginia, Nov. 17 Notri
Oame, Nov. 24 Duke.
In addition, the Thanksgivinj
[Day game between N. C. Stat
and Wake Forest will also b
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Raab, Sally Wyly
Share Solo Spots
During Weekend
Pianist Augustin Anlevas and.
cellist Lome Munroe will, each
perform in two concerts thb
weekend
Winner of the first Dimitri
.'Jilropoulos International Music
Competition in New York in
i ci; 1. Anieyas: will play Chopin’s
iano Concerto No. 1. E Minor
■ • iilay evening,, at 8:15. The
i n piece Festival Orchestra, con
ducted by James Christian
Pfohl, will play Vaughn Wil
hams’ Fantasia on a Theme by
Thomas Tallis, and Richard,
Strauss’. Ein Heldenleben.
Saturday afternoon at 3:3t
Munroe, principal cellist of the
'Philadelphia Symphony Orches
tra, will play Dimitri Kabalev
sky's Cello Concerto. Dr. John
Coda of Florida State University
will conduct the Festival Orches
tra lit Bach’s Brandenburg Con
eerto No. 3 and his own Sinfor
ia (1960).
Two artists will perform with
the Sinfonietta Saturday eve
ning, beginning at 8:15. Sally
'.V.viy of Gastonia, N. C., one of
Jour 1932 Brevard Music Center
Young Artists Award Winners.
" ill sing Puccini’s Un Bel d.
Vedreino, from ‘‘Madame But
terfly”. and Verdi’s Ah! Fors’ e
Ini from “La Traviata,” Emin
Raab, concertmastcr for the Fes
tival Orchestra and professor at
-he University of Alabama, wifi
play '■Vaughan Williams’ The
Lark Ascending,
Dr. Pfohl will conduct the 26
piece Sinfonietta in M. Thomas
Cousins’ Overture, 1962, Sclru
oert’s Symphony No. 5 and Ib
ert’s ^Divertissement- It will
mark the world premiere of the
Cousins’ overture.
Anieyas and Munroe return
Sunday afternoon, at 3:30. An
icvas will play Prokofieff’s Pi
ano Concerto No. 2 and Munroe
Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto No
L The Festival Orchestra, with
Dr. Pfohl on the podium, will
play Bach-Stokowski’s Komna
Susser Tod, Luis Benejam’s Lor
quena and Ravel’s La Valse.
| Hayes Heads
Auto Dealers
In the interest of better serv
ing the community, Brevard au
tomobile dealers are holding
monthly dinner meetings, and
according to the president^
Freeman Hayes, the group is
making real progress.
“We have stimulating discus
sions, and all of us derive muck
benefit from each meeting,” Mr.
Hayes declared.
Sales, services and public re
lations are among the topics of
discussion at the various ses
sions.
First Graders
Offered Free
Vision Tests
Children in Brevard who are
to enter school for the first
time this fall are being offered
free vision readiness tests under
a state - wide program conduct
ed by the North Carolina Opto
metric Society, Inc.
Dr. Marshall E. Ginsburg,
chairman of the committee on
visual problems of children and
youth for the society said that
all members of the state society
will cooperate In the state-wide
program by contributing all of
fice hours to the program Mon
day, August 20th, which has been
designated as “preschool vision
screening day” for North Caro
lina.
Appointments for the vision
readiness tests may be made at
the offices of Dr. F. B. McGuire
and Dr. E. O. Roland.
Dr. Ginsburg emphasized that
the readiness tests provide only
a “screening” to determine if
! the child is visually ready for
■ school tasks, and will be suf
* ficiently thorough to locate Vis
ion problems.
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