Do Your Christmas Shopping Early, Santa Arrived In Brevard Wednesday
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 73 — No. 48 ★ HA.LyMiv'LMis BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962 PRICE 1(k ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
REAL FORTUNE — That’s Big
Jim Fortune, Brevard’s outstanding
fullback, as he is pictured above be
ing tackled by Jack Underwood after
a long gain. Fortune scored all three
of the Blue Devils touchdowns last
Friday night to give Brevard a 19-13
victory over Bessemer at Greensboro
and the North Carolina Western
AAA championship. More pictures
and stories about the game are car
ried on the sport pages of this week’s
Times. (Engraving courtesy of The
Greensboro Daily News)
% Winners In General Election
To Take Office Next Monday
Transylvania’s newly elected
public officials will be sworn in
to office next Monday morning
by Jugde Robert T. Gash during
the session of the Transylvania
General County court.
The court will open at 9:30
o’clock, and the ceremonies are
expected to be the first order
of business.
According to Solicitor J. Bruce
Morton, the court will be a one
day criminal term.
All criminal oases on the doc
ket, except those previously
slated for jury trial, will be
| 4 called.
Among those being sworn in
next Monday are the following:
V F. M. McCall, (D), Clerk of
Superior Court
Ed Matheson, (D), and Gene
Morris, (D), Board of Education
Donald Lee Moore, (D), Cor
oner
Carter McCall, (R), Sheriff.
Verdicts handed down in the
General County Court on Mon
day were as follows:
Denny Eugene Middleton,
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 29 —
% BPW club meets at Berry’s at
7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 30 — Wild
life Film-Lecture at Brevard col
lege at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, December 1 — In
dian Benefit dinner at Methodist
church at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2 — Attend
the church of your choice. Elks
Memorial service at Lodge at
2:00 p.m.
Monday, December 3 — Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
General meeting of Citizens
Committee for Better Schools in
Brevard college auditorium at
7:30 p.m. Baptist Associational
Mobilization meeting at First
Baptist church at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 4 — East
ern Star meets at Temple at 8:00
p.m.
Wednesday, December 5 —
Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:80 p.m. WOW meets at
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
LiHititaHIttriilaiMi
Group Organizing
Old Methodist Church A
Community Center? Maybe
Plans are being formulated to
secure the former Methodist
church building on North Gas
ton street for a Brevard Com
munity center.
During recent weeks, many
groups, clubs and individuals
have been contacted, and Lloyd
Burhans has been named chair
man of the committee of citizens
who are interested in the com
munity center.
Organizations expressing inter
est in using the center are the
Youth association, the Brevard
Little theatre and other civic
groups.
This building will serve as a
focal point for civic activities,
aimed directly at benefiting the
townspeople of Brevard.
A Board of Trustees is being
formed to secure the property
and to serve as an administra
tive body. This board will be
composed of leaders represent
ing a broad scope of community
interests.
A funds-raising campaign to
help bear initial cost of obtain
ing the building and modifying
certain parts of the structure to
adapt it for use as a community
center will be- held.
The immediate need to aecom
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Hardister Is
New Biologist
For This Area
John Hardister has been nam
ed State Wildlife Biologist for
Western North Carolina.
He succeeds Rex Bird, of Hen
dersonville.
Hr. Hardister will serve 12
counties from his headquarters
at Lake Junaluska.
A native of Kannapolis, he is
a 1960 graduate of N. C. State
college and is now working to
ward his master’s degree.
His work includes the promo
tion of a program to benefit
wildlife and to allow sportsmen
to lake their fair share of the
game.
Mr. Hardister is available for
assistance in planning wildlife
food and cover plantings, and
materials in this connection are
available at no charge.
Mr. Hardister may be contact
ed through the local county ag
ricultural agent, soil conserva
tionist, or at P. 0. Box 411, Lake
Junaluska.
Decorate This
Christmas Is
Club s Plea
Brevard citizens are urged to
decorate their homes for Christ
mas.
The request comes from the
Brevard Garden club, which will
offer awards for the best deco
rations.
No cash prizes, however, will
be awarded.
Awards will be made in the
following categories:
(1) Doorway
(2) Outside tree
(3) Inside tree, as seen from
outside (or window)
(4) General outside appear
ance of home.
Judging will be done on De
cember 23rd, from 6:30 until
9:30 p.m., and will include a two
mile radius from the center of
town.
There are no restrictions.
“Beautiful decorations add to
the spirit of Christmas,” officials
of the club say in urging every
body to decorate.
Complete details will be an
nounced by the club in the im
mediate future.
Construction Of New St. Timothy
Methodist Church Now Underway
The first of three units of
St. Timothy Methodist church
is now under construction and
will be ready for occupancy
during the spring, 1963.
The church is being con
structed on a three and one
half acre lot on the- Asheville
Hwy. across from Camp Straus
and will be the new home of
Oak Grove Methodist church.
Action Supported
Brevard Elks Hear From The
President, Service Slated
Brevard Elks received greet
ings from John F. Kennedy, pres
ident of the United States this
week.
During the Cuban crisis, the
local lodge sent a telegram to
the president, expressing whole
hearted support of the strong
stand that he itook.
The telegram read:
“In keeping with the patri
otic character of our order, we
wish to pledge our earnest and
wholehearted support to your
recent decisive action toward
the preservation and defense
of the security of our hemi
sphere. Stand firm.”
The president replied:
“I am most grateful for your
expression of support and con
A Memorial Service for de
parted Elks will be held at the
Brevard Elk’s lodge hall Sun
day, December 2nd at 2:00 p. m.
All lodge members and their
wives as well as the public are
invited to attend.
The Rev. Ben F. Ormand, D.
D., will deliver the oration. A
brief social with light refresh
ments will be held following the
service.
fdience. Your message gives
heartening evidence of our na
tional unity and strength of
purpose during the current in
ternational crisis.
“With all best wishes.
John F. Kennedy”
The unit, an educational
wing, will include classrooms,
church office, fellowship hall
which will serve as the sanc
tuary, kitchen, boiler room,
rest rooms and storage rooms.
The construction is of brick
and steel, and the first unit
will cost approximately $40,
000.00.
David Norton is chairman of
the building committee, and
Frank Osborne is the construc
tion super intendent. The
church is its own contractor.
The total building program,
which will cover an eight to
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Mallonee To
Visit Here
Next Tuesday
Tom L. Mallonee, 12th Congres
sional district secretary to Con
gressman Roy A. Taylor, will vis
it in Transylvania next Tuesday,
Dec. 4th.
He will be at the court house
here in Brevard from 3:00 to4:00
p.m.
Any person who has plats or
official business pertaining to
congressional matters tl
wishes to discuss is invit
meet Mr. Mallonee at the
house at that time.
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Thousands See Big Yule Parade,
Business Tempo Said Picking Up
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4 H KEY AWARDS in Transyl
vania are being presented to the
above 4-H members by Miss Jean
Childers, Home Economics Extension
agent. The 4-H Key award is a new
aVards program for North Carolina
4-H club members who have provided
leadership in their clubs and coun
ties. The award is sponsored by Cit
ies Service Oil company. Each win
ner is presented a “Certificate of
Honor” and a gold key. Receiving
the awards are Donnv Surrette, of
the Pisgah Forest community, and
Sue Ellen Hunter, from the Busy Bee
_community 4-H club. (Extension
Staff Photo)
Du Pont Plant Converts To
Photo Products After 1962
The Du Pont company will
withdraw from the silicon busi
ness next March, A. B. Morrison,
manager of the company’s Bre
vard plant announces today.
Mr. Morrison said silicon oper
ations will be discontinued at the
end of December and employees
will be trained for positions in
the Photographic Products plant
now under construction.
Du Pont has produced silicon
for the electronics industry at
the Brevard plant since 1958. In
announcing plans for bringing
Photographic Products to Bre
vard last January, the company
said:
“The plant has felt the effects
of conditions in the silicon busi
ness which is depressed as a re
sult of overcapacity and techni
cal changes in the electronics in
dustry.”
Responsibility for management
of the plant was assumed by the
company’s Photo Products De
partment last August.
In a letter to silicon customers
today, Robert H. Pohl, director
of sales for the company’s Pig
ments Department, declared:
“The capacity for producing
semi-conductor grade silicon in
the United States is considerably
in excess of the demand, both
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I The Weather !
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Almost an inch of rainfall was
recorded at the local weather ob
servation station during the past
week, while temperatures re
mained on the nippy side.
Low reading for the we'ek
came on Friday morning when
the mercury dipped to 18 de
grees, but as has been the pro
cedure thus far this fall, the high
reading also came o-n the same
day when the mercury climbed
to 66 degrees.
Average minimum for the
week was 28 degrees with the
maximum averaging 57 degrees.
Readings for the week are as
follows:
High Low Prec
Wednesday_ 54 44 .71
Thursday_ 55 41 .11
Friday _66 18 0
Saturday - 65 26 0
Sunday_ 52 26 0
Monday _ 50 21 0
Tuesday __ 57 22 0
Sunday_ 52 26 0
Monday _ 50 21 0
Tuesday __ 57 22 0
League Takes Action
Another Request Made For
New Registration In County
Jaycees Pushing
Scholarship
Campaign Here
Brevard Jaycees are still ac
cepting donations to their college
scholarship fund. The ultimate
plan of the local organization is j
to raise money sufficient to es-:
tablish a college scholarship for
some worthy Transylvania coun-!
tv boy or girl who might not
otherwise be able !o attend col
lege.
In connection with the fund
raising drive, the Jaycees are j
awarding a brand new 1963 j
Chevrolet pick-up truck to some j
donor. The award will be made
on Christmas eve at 5:00 p.m.
in front of the county court
house.
Donations are being accepted
by all Jaycees, and they urge
everyone who has not done so
to contribute to this worthy
cause.
The Brevard League of
Women Voters has reiterated
its request to the Transylvania
County Board of Commission
ers and the Board of Elections
for the adoption cf a loose leaf
system of registration of vot
ers in Transylvania county.
When the league members
first made the request of the
board several months ago,
they were told that there were
no funds allocated in the budg
et at that time for a new reg
istration.
They are requesting the
commissioners now to set up -
funds in the new budget for
this needed and necessary
project.
In a letter to Bob Boyd,
chairman of the Board of Com
missioners and to Ralph Ly
day, chairman of the Board of
Elections, the league further
stated:
“The league should also like
to recommend the consolida
tion of precincts in this coun
ty.
“We have visited many of
the precincts and believe that
it would be expedient and less
costly to have fewer polling
places, which could still be
conveniently located for a
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Program Highlights
WPNF Will Carry Shrine
Bowl Game This Saturday
WPNF will carry the big
Shrine Bowl game from Char
lotte this coming Saturday after
noon.
According to A1 Martin, sta
tion manager, air-time will be
1:45 o’clock.
The game to be played in Me
morial Stadium in Charlotte, an
nually pits the best high school
seniors from' the two Carolinas
against one another.
This year’s game will be of
special interest because the co
captains of the 1962 Brevard Blue
Devil football squad are playing
for the Tar Heels. They are
fullback Jim Fortune and tackle
Butch Skerrett.
Play-by-play for the game will
be done by Bill Snyder, of Char
lotte. The costs of the broadcast
are borne by the Humble Oil
and Refining company, marketer
of Esso products, but all radio
stations carrying the game, do
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Multi-colored
Lights Are On,
Trade At Home
An estimated erowd of 8,000
persons attended the gigantic
parade in Brevard Wednesday,
and it was said to have been
one of Brevard's finest pa
rades, although the weather
man did not cooperate.
The size of the crowd was
much smaller than expected,
since the skies were cloudy
all day and there were inter
mittent showers.
The event signalled the
opening of the 1962 Christmas
shopping season in Brevard,
and climaxing the parade was
Ole Santa himself, riding high
atop a beautiful float.
The parade featured the
hands of Brevard and Hender
sonville. 12 profession floats, '
more than a dozen other en
tries and beauty queens.
The color guards of the.
Monroe Wilson post of thd
American legion led the pa3
rade up Main street, down
Caldwell, back to Broad and
then to the college.
A survey in Brevard reveals
that the tempo of shopping has
noticeably stepped up, and the
stores are well-stocked with
Christmas merchandise.
The multi - colored lights,
more extensive than ever be
fore, were turned on during
the parade, and parents ard
particularly urged~to bring the
children to town during the
evening hours to see the beau
tiful lights.
Once again the officials of
the merchants committee em
, phasize that it is good busi
ness to "shop at home” this
Christmas.
Public Invited
To Attend
School Meeting
Qonrad Hooper, assistant su
perintendent of the Raleigl
schools, will be the principal
speaker at a general meeting oi
the Transylvania County Citizens
Committee for Better Schools or
Monday night, December 3rd, in
the Brevard College Campus cen
ter building.
The public is cordially invite*
to attend, and the meeting wil]
begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock, r
The meeting is sponsored
jointly by the school committee
and the Transylvania Courjtj
Board of Education.
Various committees of ihi
school group have made studiei
of the school program in Tran
sylvania, and officials of the
group feel that Monday night’;
meeting will be an importah
one.
The December meeting of the
Board of Education will foe hek
in conjunction with -this generic
meeting Monday night at tlM
college.
Thanksgivii
Was Quiet
Thanksgiving was quietly <
served in Brevard and
sylvania county last Thu
The holiday was
with family gatherings.
According to law
ment officers, the day
extremely quiet, and
were no major ac
ported.
Stores, town and
fices were closed,
schools had a holiday
Thursday and Friday.
The local holiday <
began in Brevard ]
day night with a 1
at the ]
Pres