TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 73 — No. 40
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BREVARD, N.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1962
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A 13,488-POUND PRESTRESS
ED CONCRETE slab is being han
dled in the photo above with the
greatest of ease by workmen of the
Greenville Concrete company. These
slabs, which are 50 feet and four
inches long, provide the base for the
roof of the new warehouse of the
Brevard Lumber company on King
street. They make it possible for the
elimination of columns in the build
ing, which will contain more than
7,000 square feet. The front portion
will be used for display and sales,
with offices and storage space in the
back. C. E. Cochran is the contrac
tor on the project.
(Times Staff Photo)
Transylvania Demos To Hold
( Free Barbecue And Rally
Transylvania Democrats will
stage a big barbecue and rally
here this Thursday.
Bert Bennett, chairman of
the North Carolina Executive
committee, will be the princi
pal speaker at the meeting.
The ’62 campaign kick-off
event will be held at the Bre
vard senior high school, W. A.
Lyday, Transylvania chairman,
announces.
At 7:00 o’clock that evening
a free barbecue supper will
be served in the school cafe
teria.
Immediately afterwards, Mr.
Bennett will address the ga
thering.
All Transylvania Democrats
are cordially invited and urg
ed to attend the barbecue and
meeting.
a In addition to Mr. Bennett,
" other state officials who will
attend will be the following:
f Mrs. Doris Cromartie, vice
™ chairman; William Staton, na
tional committeeman; Lamar
Gudger, secretary; and Tom
Davis, executive secretary.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, October 4 — Kiwan
is club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions club meets at Colon
ial Inn at 7:30 p.m. Democrat
rally and barbecue at Brevard
Senior High cafeteria at 7:00
p.m.
Saturday, October 6— Brevard
Midgets, Mites vs. Canton on Bre
vard Senior High school field
% at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 7 — Attend
the church of your choice. Sing
ing at court house at 2:00 p.m.
Monday, October 8 — General
County court opens at 9:30 a.m.
Rotary club meets at Gaither’s
at 7:00 p.m. Transylvania Shrine
club meets at John Ford’s cabin
at 7:00 p.m. Town Board meets
at 7:30 p.m. Brevrad Elementary
P-TA meets in school cafeteria
at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 9 — District
Masonic meeting in Temple at
5:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets
at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 10 — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Taylor Announces
County To Receive $8,905
From Forest Timber Sales
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
announced today that 10 West
ern North Carolina counties will
share a total of $79,164.33 in Na
tional Forest service receipts on
, October 4 for use in local school
and road programs.
He listed as follows the re
ceipts for each county: Chero
kee, $10,730.08; Clay, $7,903.03;
Graham, $14,439.49; Jackson,
$3,699.66; Macon, $19,481.60;
Swam, $2,127.57; Transylvania,
$8,905.14; Buncombe, $3,191.20;
Haywood, $6,844.26; and Hender
son, $1,842.30.
These funds represent 25 per
cent of the receipts from timber
sales, leases and other public
land uses and are allocated an
nually to counties where nation
al forest lands are located. Coun
ties share amounts proportion
ate to the number of acres of
national forest lands within their
boundaries.
This year, 26 North Carolina
counties will "eceive a total of
$143,162.64 of funds earned on
the Pisgah and Nantahala Forests
in Western North Carolina and
Croatan and Uwharrie National
Forests in eastern North Caro
lina.
Rep. Taylor said an additional
10 percent of forest receipts will
be used this coming year in con
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Tax Collections
For 1961 At
High Percentage
The collection of 1961 taxes
for Transylvania county reach
ed the high percentage figure
of 95.51, L. R. Hipp, the tax
collector reported to the coun
ty commissioners this week.
Last year the collections
were 95.08 per cent.
At the same time, Mr. Hipp
reported this week that he
had collected $17,216.00 in
back tares.
The net levy, plus discov
eries, less errors and less town
and county owned property,
was $508,800.62.
Total collections were $491,
785.36.
Mr. Hipp also reported on
tax collection for the town of
Brevard and the town of Ros
man this week.
Collections for Brevard were
92.98 per cent.
The levy, plus discoveries,
less errors and less town and
county owned property, was
$88,952.95. Total collections
amounted to $83,046.86, and
collections of back taxes were
$3,359.99.
The percentage figure for
the collection of Rosman taxes
was 92.19, and the amount was
$2,751.59.
Back taxes collection
amounted to $114.59.
Wilson Moves
Office To A
New Location
The driver’s license examiner’s
office, formerly located on the
second floor of the Transylvania
county court house, has moved
to a new location.
The office is now located in
new facilities directly in front
of the jail, according to George
Wilson, local license examiner.
Mr. Wilson also announced
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Credit Reference
Bureau Formed
The organization of a credit
reference bureau in Brevard is
announced today.
Robert H. Hunter heads the
organization, which is called the
Brevard Credit Reference Asso
ciation.
At the present time approxi
mately 32 local merchants and
businesses have subscribed to
the service.
According to Mr. Hunter, the
function of the new association
will be to keep member mer
chants informed as to the credit
status of prospective customers.
General County Court Convenes
Monday, Verdicts Handed Down
Transylvania’s General
County Court will open next
Monday morning at 9:30
o’clock here in the court house,
Judge Robert T. Gash announc
es.
There are several cases on
the docket, and J. Bruce Mor
ton will prosecute for the
court.
During the last two sessions
of the county court, Judge
Gash has handed down a num
ber of verdicts. Also, many
cases were called and failed,
On The Political Front
Republicans Open Headquarters,
Plan Campaign Dinner, Oct. 20
Republican headquarters for
the 1962 campaign will be of
ficially opened Saturday, Oc
tober 6 th.
They are occupying a vacant
building across from Ayer’s
store on West Main street.
Volunteers of the Transyl
vania Republican Women will
take turns as hostesses while
headquarters is open on Thurs
day and Friday afternoons and
all day Saturdays.
For the Saturday opening,
coffee, soft drinks and other
light refreshments will be served
throughout the day.
Candidates and party leaders
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The Brevard Republicans
have completed preparations for
a campaign dinner at Cedar
Mountain Community center
Saturday evening, October 20th,
according to Frank McGibbo
ney, chairman.
Robert Caldwell and Jack
Wyatt are serving as co-chair
men for the event.
The meal will be prepared and
served by ladies of the Cedar
Mountain Community club.
The featured speaker for the
meeting will be Robert Brown,
of Asheville, eleventh district
Republican candidate for Con
gress. Oother candidates, state
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and the judge set new bonds.
James Hendricks pled guil
ty to no operator’s license and
had to pay $25.00 ar# cosst.
Spurgeon Esby McCall pled
guilty to no operator’s license
and had to pay $50.00.
Landell Ray Whitmire pled
guilty to speeding and had to
pay costs.
A divorce was granted in the
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r --~t
j The Weather
This past weekend saw the
mercury dip below the freezing
mark on two mornings with read
ings of 30 and 29 recorded on
Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Precipitation for the week to
taled 2.34 inches, with the ex
treme high reading on Monday
at 74, and Sunday morning’s low
of 29 being the coolest reading
of the week.
High for the seven day period
averaged around 67, with the
minimum early morning read
ing hitting around 40 on aver
age.
Readings for the week are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 63 57 .46
rhursday- 64 53 .28
Friday _ 64 34 0
Saturday - 70 30 0
Sunday_ 72 29 0
Monday_ 74 37 0
ruesday_ 64 52 1.60
Registrars And Judges For The
General Election Are Announced
THE NEW CITIZENS TELE
PHONE COMPANY is pictured
above. Moving of all offices from
Probart street will be completed this
weekend, and the new building will
be opened at 9:00 o’clock next Mon
day morning’. After that time the
offices and all dialing equipment for
the Brevard exchange will be housed
in this modern and spacious build
ing. (Times Staff Photo)
Citizens Telephone Company
Moves Into Modern Offices
The offices of the Citizens Tel
ephone company will be opened
in the new telephone building at
225 East Main street, adjacent
to the Masonic temple, on Mon
day morning, October 8th, at
9:00 o’clock.
Currently, they are being mov
ed from the old location on Pro
bart street, but moving will be
completed by next Monday
morning, Charles Pickelsimer,
the general manager, explains.
Earlier this year the dial
switching equipment for the
Brevard exchange was moved,
and now the offices and these
facilities will be under the same
roof.
Actually, the new building
contains more than 5,000 square
feet, and according to the ar
chitect, Robert L. Daniels, it is
as modern as any of its kind in
the nation.
During recent months, the lo
cal telephone company has also
expanded its warehouse facili
ties on Railway avenue, and the
grounds have been attractively
landscaped.
Trucks, poles, wiring and oth
er necessary materials are stor
ed at the warehouse.
The new building on East
Main street is an all-concrete
structure, which is highly main
tenance free. Costs of construc
tion and grounds are in excess
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Judging In '62
Rural Contest
Judging in the Community De
velopment contest in Transylvan
ia county will be held next Wed
nesday, Thursday, and Friday,
October 10th, 11th, and 12th, ac
cording to an announcement by
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.; Sil
versteen, 11:00-12:30 p.m.; Sap
phire-Whitewater, 1:30-3:00 p.m.;
Pisgah Forest, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 11th:
Dunn’s Rock, 8:00-9:30 a.m.; Ce
dar Mountain,. 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Eastatoe, 1:00-2:30 p.m.; Little
River, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Friday, October 12th: Blan
tyre, 8:30-10:00 a.m.; and Cath
ey’s Creek, 10:30-12:00 noon.
The judges for the contest are
as follows:
Mrs. Peggie Davis, assistant
home economics agent, Hender
sonville.
M. E. Hollowell, district Agri
cultural Agent, Raleigh.
E. J. Tyson, Agricultural En
gineer for Duke Power company.
Solicitors Busy
Good Response Reported
In United Fund Campaign
Masons To Hold
District Meet
Here Tuesday
Approximately 200 Masons
will meet Tuesday, October 9th,
in the hall of Dunn’s Rock Ma
sonic Lodge No. 267, at a meeting
of the 55th and 56th Masonic dis
tricts, under the direction of
William A. Burgess and Glen
D. Brown, district deputy grand
masters.
Mr. Brown wil preside at the
afternoon session beginning at
5:00 o’clock and supper will be
served at 6:00 p. m.
Arthur H. Jenkins, master of
the host lodge, will preside
when the meeting convenes at
7:00 p. m. The following masters
of lodges in the two Districts
will head delegations from their
respective lodges to the meeting:
Kenneth P. Lowe, Waynes
ville No. 259; Charles R. Hemp
hill, Pigeon River No .386, Can
ton; Ira W. Ray, Kedron No.
387, Hendersonville, William R.
Wooten, Clyde No. 453; John T.
Burress, Sonoma No. 427, Can
ton, Route 2; Robert H. Bedding
field, Saluda No. 482; Homer A.
Shields, Jeff L. Nelson No. 605,
Tryon; and Admiral D. Mc
Murray, Horse Creek No. 719,
Columbus.
Masonic leaders other than
Grand Master Ricker, of Ashe
ville, who are expected to be
present are: Charles A. Harris,
of Raleigh, grand secretary, A.
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The 1963 United Fund cam
paign in Brevard and Transyl
vania county is progressing
nicely, according to Chester Kil
patrick, the general chairman.
The mercury in the thermo
meter on the court house lawn
is beginning to rise, and it made
a big jump earlier this week
when the employees and man
agement of the Mitchell-Bissell
company at Rosman gave 100
per cent.
The First Union National bank
was the first time to make a
100 per cent report, and other
businesses and industries are ex
pected to do so in the immedi
ate future.
“We’ll certainly reach our
goal of $30,644.00, if all will give
their fair share,” Mr. Kilpatrick
declared.
The United Fund office is now
open each morning from 9:00 to
12 noon, and all solicitors are
requested to report in as quickly
as possible.
Brevard was the first town in
North Carolina to launch a drive
this year, and it is hoped that
the community will be among the
first to go “over the top”.
Other outstanding contribu
tions received during the past
few days were from the follow
ing: W. H. Keith, Miss Jane
Darnall, Siniard Brothers, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Freeman, Sid Bar
nett, Mrs. B. F. Murphy, Dr. E.
Gaine Cannon, Beulah McMinn
Zachary Properties, Mr. and Mrs.
R F. Bennett, Gaither’s, B. E.
Greer, Miss Marie Strasser,
Winn-Dixie, Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Ford, John A. Ford, Jr.,
Charles Himes, Coleman Tire
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Program Highlights
WPNF To Broadcast World
Series, Begins Thursday
According to an announce
ment made today, WPNF will
carry the World Series for 1962.
Station Manager A1 Martin, in
making the announcement, said:
“We are most pleased at the
opportunity of broadcasting the
1962 World Series, and it is with
deepest gratitude that we ex
press our appreciation to these
Brevard business firms who are
cooperating in making the broad
cast possible.”
These businessmen are sharing
the cost of the broadcast to be
originated at the ball parks by
the National Broadcasting com
pany and related to WPNF by
the leased'lines of both Southern
Bell Telephone company and
Brevard’s Citizens Telephone
company.
“Without their cooperation,
the cost of the World Series
broadcasts would be prohibitive
to any station such as WPNF,"
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Saturday First
Day To Apply
By Absentees
Registration for the November
6th election will be held at all
polling places in Transylvania
county on Saturday, October
13th, according to Ralph W. Ly
day, chairman of the county
board of elections.
The polls will be open from
9 00 a.m. to sunset on that day
and also on October 20th and
27th.
Challenge day will be Novem
ber 3rd at the polling places
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mr. Lyday also announces that
October 6th will be the first day
that applications for civilian ab
sentee ballots may be made.
These should be made in the of
fice of the Board of Elections
in the court house.
A list of registrars and judges
for each of the precincts is an
nounced today. The first named
is the registrar. The second
named is the Democrat judge
and the third named is the Re
publican judge.
Boyd: Mrs. Virginia Pittillo,
Elmer McLean, Mrs. Wae Mann.
Brevard No. One: Mrs. Annie
M. Douglas, Nathan McMinn,
Gerald Owen.
Brevard No. Two: Mrs. G. T.
Walker, Freeman Galloway,
Stanford Hardin.
Brevard No. Three: Mrs.
Blanche Sims, William Henson,
Henry S. Pierson.
Brevard No. Four: Mrs. Oleta
Short, Mrs. Alma Spicer, Thom
as K. McCrary.
Cathey’s Creek: Mrs. Allie
Waldrop, Ralph Paxton, Walter
Hamlin.
Cedar Mountain: Mrs. D. W.
Lee, Williafca/ Lose** Mrs. Paid
Jones.
Dunn’s Rock: Mrs. Betty
Compton, Everette Norris, Earle
Parker.
Eastatoe: Lawrence Whitmire,
Calvin Smith, Calvin Raster.
East Fork: Roy Whitmire,
Harold Whitmire, Charlie Nichol
son.
Gloucester No. One: Allen Mc
Call, Donavee McCall, Mrs. Leott
Moore.
Gloucester No. Two: Mrs. Ja
son McCall, Cornelius McCall,
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Town Board To
Consider Many
Matters Monday
The Brevard town board will
hold an important meeting next
Monday night, October 8th.
Two hearings on closing of
streets will be held.
They are: North end of Grove
street off Maple, and Floyd al
iry (Salem street) between Whit*
mire and French Broad.
The hearing on the compre*
hensive taxicab ordinance will
also be continued at the meeting.
The aldermen are also expect
ed to consider a franchise for
operation of a gas utility system
in Brevard.
The meeting will be held at
the city hall, beginning at 7:30
o’clock.
Singing At
Court House
This Sunday i
me rransylvama Singing Con
vention, which is being held on
the First Sunday of each month
at the court house, will be held
this Sunday afternoon beginning H
at 2:00 p. m.
Police Chief BUI Thurston,
president of the convention,
says:
“This monthly singing
over a year ago and
crowds were on hand during
the winter and spring mont
Now that vacation season is
er, a capacity crowd is expect
again Sunday and everyone
urged to come early in order
obtain a seat.
“Several fine sing...
are expected to be on