TRANSYLVANIA—*
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census.
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 73 — No. 39
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
_4Jrevard proper 4,857.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1962 PRICE 10c ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
College
President
Says Thanks
Mr. John Anderson, Editor
The Transylvania Times
Brevard, N. C.
Dear Mr. Anderson:
On behalf of Brevard Col
lege and the whole campus
community, please let me
thank you and your entire
staff at The Transylvania
Times for the splendid College
Edition of The Times publish
ed last week.
One small boy’s definition
of a friend:
“Somebody who knows all
about you — and still likes
you”.
Certainly you and your staff
qualify under most any defi
nition as a friend of the Col
lege, and we on the campus
feel most fortunate to have
your support.
| Thank you especially for in
troducing our excellent facul
ty and staff to the people of
u Brevard and the surrounding
" area. Those of us who have
lived in Brevard for several
years know something about
the friend liness of the
citizens, and it is always pleas
ing to hear new-comers, such
as the recent additions to our
faculty and staff, express ap
preciation for the way the com
munity has welcomed them.
For this special edition of
The Times, and for the many
ways by which you help the
College, please accept this
word of thanks.
Sincerely yours,
Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.
Election Board
Office Is Open
The county Board of Elections
office located in the court house
is now open for military absen
tee applications and other in
formation, according to Ralph W.
Lyday, chairman.
Office hours are from 9:00
a m. to 5:00 p.ni.
October 13th will be the first
registration day, and other dates
pertaining to the general elec
tion will be published next week.
Dealers Favor
Credit Bureau
The Brevard Automobile Deal
ers Association in a recent meet
ing went on record as favoring
the formation of a credit bureau
to be operated in the town of
Brevard.
It is their feeling that a credit
bureau is needed in Brevard, and
they have asked the support of
the Chamber of Commerce in in
teresting a private concern in
starting such a bureau.
Board Of
Education
To Meet
The Board of Education will
meet Tuesday night, October
2nd, at 8:00 o’clock, in the office
of 1he superintendent in the
court house.
Routine business matters will
be discussed.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, September 27 —
BPW club meets at Camp Straus
at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet at
Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, September 28 — Bre
vard Vs. Canton on Brevard Sen
ior High School field at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 30 — At
tend the church of your choice.
Monday, October 1 — County
court opens at 9:30 a.m. Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. American Legion supper
at 6:30, meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 2 — Eastern
Star meets at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3 —
Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:30 p.m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
IN A JOVIAL MOOD at the
‘‘kick-off” breakfast of the ’63
United Fund campaign in Brevard
and Transylvania county are the men
above. They are among the direc
tors in the drive, and already they
report good response to the local
United Appeal. Seated, from left
to right, are : John Bailey, the pres
I i'd-ent; Fob Reardon, Carolinas Unit
ed representative; and Chester Kil
patrick, campaign chairman. Stand
ing are: James M. Wulpi, the local ;
executive director; Neville S. Fulei
han, chairman of the DuPont group;
and W. A. “Bill” Keith, who heads i
up town solicitation.
(Times Staff Photo)
Now Holding Successful WNC
Fire Training School Locally
Approximately 200 firemen;
from Western North Carolina j
are participating in the third an- j
nual W.N.C. Firemen’s Associa
tion Fire school here in Brevard.;
The school opened Monday'
night in the county court house.
F. L. “Buck” McCall welcomed
| the firemen in behalf of the Bre
! vard Fire department and the
jw.N.C. Firemen’s association.
The men were introduced to
! the instructors and assigned to
classes by Sherman Pickard,
! school coordinator and instruc
tor from the office of State In
surance Commissioner in Ra
leigh.
H. B. Self, president of the
North Carolina Firemen’s asso
ciation, of Rocky Mount, was
present for the opening of the
school. George Bartlet, first
vice president, of Spruce Pine,
is expected to be here for a part
of the activities.
Ten classes are being held
simultaneously with two classes
being conducted at the fire sta
tion, three at the Brevard Sen
ior High school, and five at the
Brevard Training grounds.
Instructors from the Raleigh
office serving with Mr. Pickard
are Elwood Inscoe and David
Lee.
Chief Fred Dalton, director of
the school, of the Skyland de
partment, and Chief Dan Merrill,
of the Brevard department, stat
ed they were well pleased with
the number in attendance. They
praised highly the fine work the
instructors are doing and the
keen interest shown by the fire
men.
The public is invited to ob
serve the simulated fire fighting
activities at the training grounds.
'‘Loves These Mountains”
Justice Douglas Hikes
Inio Pisgah Wilderness
Associate Justice of the U. S.
Supreme Court William 0. Doug-,
jas. one of the ’world’s more’1
ncitcd hikers and a walking au
thority on the world's mountains,1
this week described the Pisgah j
sitU Balsam Highlands as “a bit |
a! Heaven."
On a four-day visit to the Pis
gah and Kantahah National For-1
ests, Justice Douglas coveredj
ome 40 miles by car and on;
foot from sunup to .sundown on ■
Monday.
I’e hiked some eight miles in
to the proposed Shining Rock'
wildlife area, a 13.400-acre tract
located at the headwaters of East
Fork of Pigeon River in Hay
wood County, and climbed up to
GOP Officials
Plan Strategy
Officers of the Transylvania
County Republican executive
committee met Tuesday evening
with the Republican candidates
for election this fall to map plans
for the coming campaign. The
officers are Ralph Waldrop,
chairman, Mrs. Paul Stroup,
vice-chairman, and Lloyd Bur
hans, secretary.
Mr. Waldrop announced that
meetings in the various precincts
are to be held during the next
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John Loftis Is Now Enrolled
At St. Andrews In Scotland
i
John Edgar Loftis, III, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Loftis,
Maple street, Brevard, is now
enrolled at St. Andrews Univer
sity, St. Andrews, Scotland.
A member of the 1962 gradu
ating class at Brevard high
school, young Loftis is looking
forward to an exciting year of
study at the noted university
in Scotland.
He decided to enroll at St.
Andrews after an uncle, Rev.
Bill Vassey, who is taking his
doctorate there, suggested that
he should do so.
Young Loftis is living with
Mr. and Mrs. Vassey at St An
drews, and the three sailed for
Scotland last weekend from New
York.
Mr. Vassey, formerly of Bre
vard and now of Miami, Florida,
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JOHN LOFTIS
Shining Rock itself, a 5,940-foot
outcropping of white quartz.
Mr. Douglas later visited the
site of the first forestry school
in America at the Pink Beds,
established in 1893 by Dr. Carl
Schenck. “As a b6y,” said Doug
las, “I dreamed of becoming a
forest ranger."
He was given a briefing by
James K. Vessey, southern re
gional forester, on the proposed
“Cradle of Forestry” develop
ment on a 7,200-acre tract in
the Pink Beds.
On Tuesday Mr. Douglas and
his hiking companions traveled
by car to the Craggy Mountains
scenic area north of Asheville
where they hiked to the falls of
Waterfall Creek and later to one
of the few virgin sugar maple
stands in Eastern America.
Good Response Is Reported As
63 United Fund Campaign Begins
No Decision
Reached In
Bank Matter
North Carolina Bank Com
missioner Ben R. Roberts told
The Times Wednesday morn
ing that no recommendations
or decisions had been made by
the banking commission con
cerning the controversial ap
plications of Northwestern
Bank and the First Citizens
Bank and Trust company to
establish banking facilities in
Brevard.
Mr. Roberts said his recom
mendations would be made,
as previously stated, before j
the full commission at their |
meeting on October 24th.
Last week a story in the
Charlotte Observer said that
the decision as to which bank
would be established in Bre
vard might be delayed for a
long time, pending an investi
gation of the banking laws by
a special study committee.
Mr. Roberts said he had not
issued any statements regard
ing postponements of the Bre
vard decision. He follows a
strict rule of not revealing his
recommendations in advance.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Rob
erts recommendations are not
made public even by the com
mission.
The Tar Heel Bank Commis
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County Court
Opens Monday
I '
The General County Court
in Transylvania will meet Mon
day, October 1st, with a heavy
docket, according to F. M. Mc
Call, clerk of court.
J. Bruce Morton, prosecut
ing for the state, will call the
entire docket, beginning at
9:30 a.m., so all defendants
must be present at that time,
as required by their bonds.
Judge Robert T. Gash stated
that the sheriff’s department
had done a thorough job in
enforcing court orders in con
nection with defendants who
had been given time in which
to pay fines, but who were
delinquent.
Industrial Cooperative Training
Program Set Up In High Schools
In order to meet the grow
ing needs of the county, an
Industrial Cooperative Train
ing program is being set up
in both Brevard senior high
school and Rosman high school
this year.
G. H. Farley, who for a num
ber of years worked very
closely with the people of the
county in Agricultural Exten
sion service and TVA spon
sored project with part-time
f1 ” ' "
| The Weather
Only a trace of rain fell in
Brevard during the past week,
up until Tuesday night of tftU
week.
Daily highs averaged around
69 degrees with early morning
lows averaging just over 42 de
grees. High for the week was
reached on both Wednesday and
Saturday when the mercury
climbed to 74.
Low reading came on both Sat
urday and Sunday mornings
when the temperature dipped to
36.
Readings for the week includ
ed:
High Low Free.
Wednesday_ 74 44 Trace
Thursday _68
Friday_61
Saturday_74
Sunday_,_73
Monday_67
Tuesday _68
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farmers, has been employed
as coordinator.
This program is a coopera
tive effort by the school, busi
ness and industry to provide
on-the-job training for youth
in occupational areas of their
choice. It is a program pri
marily for the terminal high
school student not planning on
college.
The program is directed to
ward providing supervised oc
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New Line Of
Autos To Be
On Display
Brevard citizens, like others
across the country, will be
swarming to the showrooms of
automobile dealers during the
next few days to see the new,
1963 models. 1
This week die new Fords will
be displayed at Lyda-McCrary
Motors.
The new Chevrolets are also
going on display this week at Mc
Crary Auto service. Next week
Mr. McCrary will show the new
Oldsmobiles.
Hayes Motors will have the
new Buicks and the new Ram
blers next week.
Goodwill Motor company wil
unveil the new line of Pontiac!
on October 3rd.
F. KEN WESTWOOD, of Brevard, was elected
president of the North Carolina Highway and Pris
on Employees association at the annual convention
last weekend in Winston-Salem, and he is shown i
above at the right checking the convention pro
gram agenda with the outgoing president, L. H.
Gunter, left, of Raleigh. (Engraving courtesy of
the Winston-Salem Journal)
At Winston-Salem
Westwood Named President
Highway Employes Group
Cast Is Chosen
For Next Play,
Little Theatre
The results of try-outs Mon
day night for “Charley’s Aunt”
have been announced by Maggie
Masters, chairman of the BLT
casting committee.
The Brevard Little Theatre
will open its 13th season with
the presentation of “Charley’s
Aunt”, a three-act comedy by
Brandon Thomas, at the Ameri
can Legion Hall, November 16
and 17. The play, a long-time
favorite of theatre audiences,
was first produced in New York
in 1894.
Leonard Poteet, who will be
remembered for his role as Jap
anese houseboy last year in
“Majority of One” will play Lord
Fancourt Babberley, a college
student who also plays the part
of “Charley’s Aunt”. Oscar
Smith, a Brevard College stu
dent who played the part of the
butler in BLT’s “Watch on the
Rhine”, will be Jack Chesney, a
college student who laughs his
way through life and through
his “drive” sets the pace of the
play. His friend, Charlie Wyke
ham, will be played by Dick Seil
er, who played in “Majority of
One”. Shirley Hammill, who
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F. Ken Westwood, of Brevard,
was named president of the N.
C. Highway and Prison Eiffr
pioyes Association last week ai
the annual convention in Win
ston-Salem.
Some 405 delegates attended
the meeting at the Robert E.
Lee hotel.
Mr. Westwood is associate
construction engineer for the
State Highway Commission,
handling the western part of
North Carolina. His territory
reaches roughly from Morgan
ton to Murphy.
“Our plans for the highway
and prison employes go hand in
hand with better service for the
people of North Carolina,” he
said as he assumed office. “That
has always been our aim.”
James A. Sanders, of Burgaw,
highway landscape engineer,
Was named first vice president,
and C. B. Wicker, of McCain,
head of the state prison sana
torium, was chosen second vice
president.
Otis Banks, of Raleigh, execu
tive - secretary of the associa
tion for many years, was re
elected to this position.
The group heard addresses
from George Randal, director of
the state prison system, and
C. W. Lee, chief engineer of the
state highway system, at its fi
nal business session.
Program Highlights
Three Football Broadcasts
Slated This Week On WPNF
A1 Martin, station manager,!
announced today that WPNF
would carry three hig football |
games this weekend.
This evening (Thursday) at [
7:55 p.m. the local station will
broadcast the Rosman-Mars Hill
High school game from Mars
Hill.
On Friday night at 7:25, the
station will carry the big game
of the season for the Brevard
Blue Devils as the Canton Black
Bears invade Brevard to do bat
tle on the local gridiron.
On Saturday afternoon, the Un
iversity of North Carolina Tar
heels journey to Ohio State Uni
versity for their game. Bill Cur
rie and Bill Hackney will do the
broadcast beginning at 1:15 p.m.
The station manager also stat
ed that negotiations are being
:onducted with the National
Broadcasting Company for per
mission to broadcast the World
series beginning next Wednes
iay. An announcement will be
made as soon as negotiations are
included.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, Rosman Home ec dept., Mrs.
Dorothy Vanderman; Friday,
Carolina news; Monday, county
agent; Tuesday, Soil Conserva
tion, Grover McPherson; Wed
nesday, home agent
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Ki
wanis club; Monday, Hospital an
xiliary; Wednesday, Brevart
Garden club.
Speaking this week on Mom
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State's First
Drive Of Year
Underway Here
The 1963 United Fund cam
>aign is now in full swing in Bre
ard and Transylvania county.
Campaign chairman, Chester
<ilpatrick, urges all citizens of
he community to respond gener
>usly and give their “fair share*
' hen they are contacted by the
olicitors.
Actually, the drive opened
Holiday morning at 7:00 o’clock
Vith a kick-off breakfast at Gai
her’s for the campaign workers.
Over 40 area chairmen and
solicitors attended the “feed”
vhich was presided over by the
■ampaign director. President
lolin Bailey welcomed the group.
md supplies were given out by
he executive secretary, Jim Wut
ai.
The group heard Bob Reardon.
af Carolines United, tell of the
importance of the success of the
drive, and he said that Brevard
was the first town in North Car
olina to begin the ’63 United
Fund campaign.
The second was Hickory, which
opened at 8:30 that same morn
ing.
The United Fund office is now
open here each morning from.
9:00 until 12:00 noon in the
building on the corner of Broad
and Jordan that was formerly
occupied by Cassell’s.
The goal this year is $30,
664.00, which is approximately
the amount that was raised in the
town and county last year.
Mr. Kilpatrick announced at
the breakfast that the First Un
ion National Bank for the sec
ond year in a row was the first
organization to contribute 1005
per cent for the firm and the
employees. He expressed his
‘ffpprecMrtlon. to W. A. “Bi11”
Keffri1Sfld his staff.
Judging In '62
Rural Contest
Begins Oct. 10
Judging in the Community De
velopment contest in Transylvan
ia county will be held on Wed
nesday, Thursday, and Friday,
October 10th, 11th, and 12th, ac
cording to an announcement by
i James E. Davis, county agent.
Ten communities have entered
; the contest, and they will be
; judged according to the follow
ing schedule:
Wednesday, October 10th: Bal
sam Grove, 9:00-10:30 a.m.; Sfl
versteen, 11:00-12:30 p.m.; Sap
phire-Whitewater, 1:303:00 p.m.;
Pisgah Forest, 4:00-5:30 pjn,
Thursday, October lithe
Dunn’s Rock, 8:000:30 a.m.; Ce
dar Mountain, 10:00-11:30 ajK.
Eastatoe, 1:00-2:30 p.m.; Little
River, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Friday, October 121b:
tyre, 8:30-10:00 ajn.; and CMb
ey’s Creek, 10:30-12:00 noon.
Burning Permits
Required After
First Of Month
Burning permits will be re
quired for all outside Writing
beginning October 1st, dark
Grissom, county forest ranger
for the state of North Caro
lina, announces today.
The permits will be requir
ed through June 1, ISO, in
states.
They may be secured at the
following places:
Sheriff’s office, Brevard;
Tax collector’s office, Brevard:
McNeely’s store, Lake iw
way; McCall store, Quebec:
Tinsley Brown, Gl—
Virgil McCall, Bren.
Auto, and Dewey BurtmaW