^ TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 73 — No. 36 ★
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.BcC. Newspaper
«««■»«*« 'mrmamm * 24 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, N. £., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1962 PRICE 10c
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
' Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JAMES E. DAVIS, Transylvania
county agent, was presented the dis
tixicuished service award by the Na
tioal Association of County Agri
cultural Agents at its meeting in New
Mexico last Thursday. At the right
| is C. H. Waha, of Mercer, Pennsyl
vania, chairman of the awards com
mittee, who made the presentation.
(See related story on front page, sec
tion two.)
17 Baptist Churches To Hold
School Of Mission Next Week
The Schools of Missions for,
the churches of the Transyl-1
vania Baptist Association will be
held next week, September 9th
14th.
Fourteen foreign, home, and
state missionaries will be guests
of the various churches for the
week and will speak each night j
on their work.
A mission study for each age
group will also be conducted
each evening prior to the mis
sionary address in the various
churches.
Pastors and other representa-;
lives from the participating ]
marches will meet with the mis
sionaries on Saturday, Septem- _
ber 8th, at the First Baptist |
church at 4:00 p.m. Following
this kick-off meeting, a supper j
willf.be held at Gaither’s res
taurant at 5:00 p. m.
Although the Schools of Mis-1
si oi* will be conducted in the (
various churches, three central;
meetings will be held at the j
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Labor Survey
Being Made
A labor survey is being made
iy the Rosman and Brevard
Chambers of Commerce.
At the present time, they are
living to determine how many
i-sons in Transylvania have had
Wience as a loom fixer on
i looms, label looms, ribbon
fas, and narrow fabric looms.
|ne information desired is as
|)ws: Name, address and ex
.lijhce.
■Persons can write either to the
iosman Chamber of Commerce,
BoxttM, Rosman, or the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, Library
Building, Brevard.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, September 6 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s at
6:45 p.m. Lions club meets at
Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 7 — Bre
vard vs. Swain on Brevard Sen
or high football field at 8:00
n. Ace of Clubs meets at
,0 p.m.
Saturday, September 8 —
lidget and Mite football games
n Brevard Senior High school
yo&ll field at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 9 — At
snd the church of your choice.
Monday, September 10 — Gen
eral County Court opens at 9:30
> m Presbyterian Men meet at
church at 6:30 p.m. Rotary
ab meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
jn.. Transylvania Shrine club
beets at Berry’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 11 — Ace
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m. Di
,'tors of Chamber of Commerce
et at Library at 7:30 p.m. Civ
Chorus meets at Brevard Meth
iist church at 8:00 p.m. Bre
ard Elks meet at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 12 —
(rcees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
Three-Day Session
Jury Trials Will Be Heard
In County Court Next Week
The trial of jury cases in Tran
sylvania’s General County court
will begin Monday morning at
°:30 o’clock. According to Judge
Robert T. Gash, the court is ex
pected to last three days.
On Tuesday of this week,
Judge Gash heard non-jury cases,
s»r»d severe! verdicts were hand
ed down - A'.ong them were
the following:
Tommy Gene Bowen, Leroy
Osteen. Richard Dale Street, and
Donald Burgess were bound over
to Superior court on charges of
larceny of an automobile.
William Bruce Norton had to
pay costs on a charge of reckless
driving.
William James Gordon, charg
ed with driving under the influ
ence of alcohol, had to pay
$100.00 and costs.
John Herman Owen, charged
with driving without license, had
to pay §25.00 and costs. On a
similar charge, Homer E. Gravely
also had to pay §25.00 and costs.
Joe Brown and Vance Ward,
Jr. were each charged with en
gaging in an affray and each
had to pay §25.00 and costs.
Ernest Ed O’Shields had to
Civic Chorus
Holds First
Rehearsal
The first rehearsal of the
Brevard Civic Chorus for the
1962-63 season will be held on
Tuesday, September 11th, at
8:00 o’clock, in the Brevard
Methodist church choir room.
Under the direction of Char
ier Jolliff, the group will be
gin work on a program of Christ
mas music — the Bach cantata,
“For Unto Us a Child is Bom”,
and “The Magnificat” by Pachel
bel.
Anyone interested in becom
ing a member of the chorus is
cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
! pay costs on a reckless driving
charge.
Joe Wayne Hall, charged witl
speeding and driving under thi
influence, had to pay $125.00 am
costs.
Buck Holden had to pay $15.01
crd costs on a public drunken
charge.
Charged with driving unde
the influence and without opera
tor’s license, Leonard Bartoi
had to pay $125.00 and costs.
Melvin Clayton, charged witl
driving too fast for conditions
was assigned to work around th<
court house for 15 days.
Mack Herbert Reese had ti
pay costs on a reckless driving
charge.
Eddie Swangim was chargee
with driving after expiration o
license and under the influence
of alcohol and had to pay $125.01
and costs.
Edward Lee Flood, chargee
with driving under the influence
had to pay $115.00 and costs.
Blankinship
Is New Town
Board Member
Don Blankinship, employee re
! lotions supervisor of the Brevard
; DuPont plant, is the new alder
i nan of the town of Brevard, suc
ceeding Leslie S. Grogan, resign
: i ed.
Mr. Blankinship took the oath
! of office at the meeting Tuesday
j night in the city hall. It was
administered by justice of the
peace, Don Wilson.
Previously, the board accepted
: Mr. Grogan’s resignation with re
j | grcts. Appreciation was express
i i cd for the fine work that he has
: done for the community.
Mr. Grogan is moving to a new
; position with DuPont at Balti
; more, Maryland.
The next meeting of the board
i was postponed from the first
i Monday night in October until
Monday night, October 8th. This
, action was taken after one mem
ber of the board said he would
have to be absent on the first
j Monday night.
The board adopted an ordi
nance on demolition of condemn
ed buildings in the town of Bre
cird. It will be published imme
1 diately.
A resolution, calling tor the
closing of Floyd alley between
Whitmire and French Broad
streets, was also adopted.
Jack Alexander, as spokesman
for citizens on Grove circle, re
quested the board to close the
north end of that street. This
closing would be for a distance of
230 feet. A hearing will be held
at the next meeting.
A committee was appointed by
the mayor to look into the ordi
nance concerning the keeping of
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jj Labor Day
, Quiet Here
i The Labor Day weekend in
Brevard and Transylvania was
' 1 quietly observed with most
1 stores, town and county offices
| being closed.
1, The schools operated as usual.
’ | No serious accidents were re
'jpurted in the town and county,
j although there was a record
I j number of visitors in the Pisgah
' j National forest.
Many Transylvanians attended
;he Apple Festival parade in
' i Hendersonville Monday after
II noon, and the fine Brevard high
i, school band, dressed in blue Ber
| muda shorts and white shirts and
i blouses, made quite a hit with
1 the thousands of persons attend
! mg.
Oak Grove Methodist Church
To Have Double Celebration
The traditional Homecom
ing day for Oak Grove Metho
dist chureh will be combined
with a ground - breaking ser
vice for the newly planned
St. Timothy chureh on Sun
day, September 9th.
This will be a day when
members, former members,
friends and relatives, and
those who have loved ones
buried in the church eeme
tary will gather to mark Oak
Grove’s 115th anniversary and
the historic ground - breaking
for St. Timothy.
Not everyone knows that
Oak Grove is the mother
church of all Methodism in
Transylvania county.
At a gathering last year
celebrating the county’s 100th
birthday, it was revealed in a
reading of the church’s his
tory that Oak Grove was of
Brevard Seventh-Day Adventist
Church Will Formally Organize
The Brevard Seventh-day Ad
ventist church will be formally
organized on Saturday, Septem
ber 8th, at 3:00 p. m.
Leading out in the special
services will be the pastor, Elder
Hugh V. Leggett, assisted by
the associate pastor, Richard
Williams.
Principal speaker at the or
ganizational meeting will be
Elder H. V. Reed, of Charlotte,
president of the two-state Caro
lina conference.
Other out-of-town guests will
include R. W. Dunn, W. O. Coe,
L. H. Pitton and possibly othei
church leaders, from the denomi
nation’s headquarters office in
Charlotte.
The local congregation is
meeting in temporary quarters
in the building formerly used by
the Brevard V. F. W. post, ad
jacent to the Brevard Lanes, on
Highway 64 East.
Pastor Leggett said that reg
ular services are conducted each
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.,
and on Wednesday and Friday
evenings at 7:30 p. m.
The public is invited.
fieially established as a
church 115 years ago and for
some 30 years prior to that
had been used as a camp meet
ing ground.
Down through the years,
the church has continued to be
a place of worship and spirit
ual guidance to the congrega
tion and the community. Al
though Oak Grove has never
been a large church, she has
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Legion Begins
Annual Drive
For Members
With the arrival of its mem
bership cards for 1963, the en
rollment drive of the Monroe
Wilson Post No. 88 of The Amer
ican Legion is gaining momen
tum, Post Commander Ligon B.
Ard announces today.
The local Post is joining the
nearly 17,000 American Le
gion Posts throughout the nation
and in several overseas countries
and territories in the world’s
largest annual membership en
rollment campaign undertaken
j by a veterans’ organization.
“In order to devote as much
j time and effort as possible to
our community service pro
| grams, we are planning to have
the bulk of our annual member
ship drive completed by mid
October,” Commander Aid stat
ed and he continued:
“We are accepting dues pay
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Early Enrollment In The County
Schools At 4,078, More Expected
BREVARD’S CO-CAPTAINS,
“Butch” Skerrett, tackle, and Jim
| Fortune, halfback, will lead the Blue
I Devils in the opening game of the
, 1962 season on Friday night with
I Swain, of Bryson City. The contest
will be played at the new stadium at
Brevard senior high school, and kick
off is slated for 8:00 o’clock. See
Sports page for full details.
(Times Staff Photo)
Interest In “Bank Battle”
Mounts, Hearing On Sept. 14th
By - The Editor
"The battle of the banks’’ in
Brevard is shaping up.
It doesn’t seem to be a ques
tion of “Will Brevard have a
! second bank”, but “which bank
will be the second bank”.
Both Northwestern bank and
i First Citizens Bank and Trust
; company have made applica
! tion to establish banking facil
i ities here.
j Brevard’s First Union Na
i tional bank seems to be sitting
i on the sidelines watching the
I ngnt.
Ben E. Roberts, commission
! er of banks in North Carolina,
| has called a hearing here in
Brevard on Sept. 14th, to con
sider the applications of North
western bank and First Citi
zens Bank and Trust company.
He will hear any and all in
terested persons.
Northwestern is basing its
fight on “serving Western
North Carolina.”
There are 39 Northwestern
banking facilities in this west
ern area.
J. B. Wahman, executive
vice president, made the fol
lowing statement in Brevard
recently:
“We feel that Brevard and
Transylvania will support two
banks — a national bank and
a state bank. The Northwest
ern bank will materially help
the industrial growth and in
turn the small businessman
and the individual.
We solicit the support of the
public in our application be
fore the Commissioner of
Banks of North Carolina.”
Lewis R. Holding, president
of First Citizens, has comment
ed that the Brevard and Tran
sylvania county area is an out
standing example of the con
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Republicans
Appoint Mrs.
Ream, Buchanan
Ralph Waldrop, chairman of
ihe County Republican execu
tive committee, announces in a
letter to the County Board of
Elections the appointment of
Mrs. A. M. Ream and George E.
Buchanan, Republican candi
dates for the County Board of
Education.
They fill the vacancies caused
by Walter K. Straus’s death and
Stephen Thomas’s moving away
from Transylvania county.
Mrs. Ream and Mr. Buchanan
will oppose E. B. Matheson and
Eugene M. Morris. Democratic
incumbents, in the General
Election November 6, 1962.
WNC’s Biggest
Fire Training School Now
Being Held In Transylvania
i The Weather
In checking back over the com
pete weather records for Bre
vard for the past five years, the
local weather observer noted
that August of this year was
much drier than usual.
In 1959, 6.49 inches of rain
fell during August with 2.44
inches falling on the 4th.
In 1960, 8.37 inches fell with
1.83 inches on August 12th.
In 1961, a total August rain
fall of 20.85 inches was recorded
with 4.71 inches falling on the
24th of the month.
This year, August brought
only 5.43 inches of rainfall with
1.63 inches falling on August 3rd.
For the past three years, the
high temperature in August was
only 89, but this year, the mer
cury hit 90 on four occasions.
The early morning lows have
been 55, 57, and 50 degrees in
the past three Augusts, but this
year, the temperature dipped no
l.'wer than 51.
Readings for the past week
are as follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday_ 86 55 0
Thursday_ 86 54
Friday_86
Saturday_87
Sunday_87
Monday _87
Tuesday_89
53
51
51
59
62
02
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Some 80 forest fire fighting
experts from 25 Western North
Carolina counties will partici
pate in a three-day, regional
training school here in Transyl
vania county, beginning today.
The purpose of the school, ac
i car ding to Clark Grissom, county
ilire warden in Transylvania, is
to train men to better cope with
multiple fires frequent in dry
weather in the mountains.
Heading the school is Fred
Claridge, state forester from the
Raleigh office, and other offi
cials are also assisting.
Demonstrations with the latest
equipment available for fighting
fires in the mountains are plan
ned. These include: water
pumpers, low blowers, dozers,
water bombers, etc.
Official headquarters for the
school are at Camp Straus, and
some 1,000 acres of the DuPont
company and Lewis P. Hamlin
are being used.
The men will sleep in the area,
and meals will be served from
mobile kitchens.
This fire school will be the big
gest of its kind in Western North
Carolina.
“We will all be able to do a
better job in the. future in fight
ing forest fires here because of
the school,” Mr. Grissom de
l dared.
WPNF Program Highlights
Football Broadcasts Scheduled,
Other Sport Programs Logged
Station Manager A1 Martin an
nounces today that WPNF will
broadcast the Brevard - Swain
high school football game this
Friday night beginning at 8:00
p.m.
The broadcast will begin at
7:45 p.m. when Owenby Brothers’
American Service will present
“Blue Devil Warmup” with
coach Cliff Brookshire.
At 7:55 p.m., the broadcast
will begin from the field with
last minute lineups and other
pre-game information just prior
to kick-off at 8:00 p.m
The game itself is sponsored
this week by Miller’s laundry,
Houston Furniture company,
Boyd’s Tire Shop and Lyda-Mc
Crary Motors.
In making the announcement
of the broadcast, Mr. Martin
stated:
“We hope local football fans
will support the Blue Devils by
attending the game this week,
but for those who will be unable
to attend, our sponsors are pleas
ed to offer this service through
out the coming season.”
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
i Home hour is as follows: Thurs
| day, Brevard Home ec dept., Mrs
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Transylvania
Following
State Trend
The enrollment figure for the
Transylvania county schools now
stands at 4,078, according to
Supt. Wayne Bradburn,
This is slightly under the fig
ure for last year. However, the
schools are expected to gain a
number of students within the
next few weeks, Mr. Bradburn
stated.
He says that Transylvania
seems to be following the trend
that is noticed across the state.
Enrollment in the high schools
is up, while elementary school
enrollment is down.
The largest enrollment in any
of Transylvania’s schools is at
Brevard elementary, where there
are 811 students.
T. C. Henderson elementary
school in upper Transylvania
has the smallest number with
180.
Other schools in the system
and their enrollment figures are
as follows:
Brevard Junior high — 607
Penrose — 279
Pisgah Forest — 264
Rosenwald — 218
Straus — 353
Brevard Senior High — 582
Rosman High — 275
Rosman Elementary — 509
Town Water
Office Closed
Until Monday
The collection window of the
Town water department has
eon closed until Monday.. Sep
tember 10th. No collections will
be accepted until that time, and
customers who pay by mail are
urged not to send in their pay
[ments until a corrected bill has
[ been received.
The town clerk has discovered
a large number of mistakes in
customers bills that were made
by the contracting billing serv
ice that prepares utility and
service bills each month. Cor
rected bills have been ordered,
and they will be mailed out to
every customer as soon as they
are received.
Meanwhile, the town clerk
asks that customers bear with the
town until the mistakes can be
corrected.
Little Theatre
Campaign In
Full Swing
The annual membership drive
of the Brevard Little Theatre is
now in full swing, reports Mm.
Jane Johnson, chairman.
During the first two weeks in
September, patrons, sponsors mid
those holding general member
ship tickets will be contacted
and a concerted effort will be
made to seek new members, Mrs.
Johnson added.
This will be done through the
Welcome Wagon and by personal
contact. Complimentary tickets
are being issued to all who have
recently come to Brevard to live.
“This is to introduce them to
the activities and goals of toe
Brevard Little Theatre as well
as to provide cultural entertain
ment and an opportunity to par
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Commissioners
Plan Property
Re-Valuation
A routine session of the Tran- '
sylvania county Board of Com
missioners was held Tuesday
evening in the commission office.
Action was taken to begin the
re-evaluation of real estate in the
county, and advertising for bids
will be done immediately.
Chairman R. U. Boyd presided
over the meeting which was at
tended by all the commisdonsn.