TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C.
Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 73 — No. 49
■ECONO CLAM MAIL PRIVILEOES
AUTHORIZED AT ■REVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1962 PRICE 1(k
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LEADERS in the
prize-winning rural development communities are
pictured above at the Awards Luncheon last Satur
day in Asheville. Left to right, they are Elmo
Crowe, past president of Eastatoe Community,
which placed first in the non-farm division; Norris
Powell, Eastatoe youth president; Randall Kitchen,
president of the Balsam Grove club which placed
third in the farm division; Grady Hooper, who re
ceived a plaque for his winning horticulture project;
and Jack Leaver, of the Gerber plant, who pre
sented the award to Grady Hooper.
(Charles L. Russell Photo)
Newly Elected Officials Take
Office, County Court Busy
Transylvania’s newly elect
ed public officials took office
Monday morning.
The oath of office was given
by Judge Robert T. Gash, of
the Transylvania General
County court.
Sworn into office were the
following:
F. M. McCall, (D), Clerk of
! Superior Court
Carter R. McCall, (R), Sher
iff
, Joseph P. Sitton, 1st Deputy
Sheriff
Floyd Owen, 2nd Deputy
Sheriff
Loonie Sisk, Deputy Sheriff
and Jailer
Donald Lee Moore, (D),
Coroner
John L. Landreth, (D), Con
stable.
The swearing in ceremonies
began a busy day of court, in
which several verdicts were
handed down; two divorces
granted; and several cases
were called and failed.
New bonds were ordered
posted in a number of other
cases.
Judge Gash emphasized this
week that there have been a
number of cases where per
sons were cited into court, but
failed to appear.
In the future, persons fail
ing to appear after citation
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“Chicken Every Sunday”
Little Theatre Will Hold
Try-Outs Monday Night
Tryouts for “Chicken Every
Sunday”, Brevard Little Thea
tre’s second play of the season,
will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m,
in the courtroom of the county
courthouse.
This popular Broadway com
edy by Julius and Philip G. Ep
stein calls for a cast of 21, in
cluding roles for 12 males and
nine females, featuring a wide
variety of character parts and
age range.
The story centers around Em
ily Blachman, who has convert
ed a mansion into a boarding
house in order that the family
might have some measure of se
curity ts compensate for her
husband’s involvement in unsuc
cessful business ventures. He
is president of a trolley line, a
bank and a laundry, is perennial
ly broke tout always in the pro
cess of borrowing money for a
new investment.
Among the boarders who pro
vide the “seasoning” in “Chicken
Every Sunday” are an old-maid
school teacher, a mysterious can
opener salesman, a widow who
Busy Session
Town Board Takes Action On
Several Matters At Meeting
The Brevard Board of Al
dermen took action on several
matters at their December
meeting Monday night, and de
ferred action on other items
until the next meeting.
Mayor B. W. Thomason pre
sided, and the entire borad,
Don Blankinship, Buddy Mel
ton, Mark Osborne, A. A.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, December 6 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s at
6:45 p.m. Lions meet at Colon
ial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Masons
meet at Temple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 7 — Rescue
Squad demonstration at Bre
vard Grammar school at 7:00 p.m.
Student recital at Brevard col
lege auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 9 — Attend
the church of your choice. Bre
vard Methodist church choirs
present Christmas music pro
gram at 8:00 p.m.
Monday, December 10 — Ro
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Trantham and Dr. John Trues
dai), was in attendance. Oth
ers attending in an official
capacity were Town Manager
Bill Edens, Attorney Cecil Hill
and Clerk Opal C. Armentrout.
After several postpone
ments, a taxicab ordinance was
adopted.
The board also adopted a
resolution calling for a hear
ing on the annexation of about
20 acres of land off the new
high school road.
A petition was accepted for
the installation of water and
sewer service in a new sub
division off Fisher road. The
work will foe done toy contract.
The contractor on the proj
ect is W. H. Burgin & Son and
nine houses will be built.
Three are already under con
struction.
The board rezoned some
property next to the railroad
track and adjacent to that of
the Grace Baptist church from
residential to business.
A petition was received
from residents on Picklesimer
street asking that the name be
changed to Mills street. Ac
tion was deferred until the
next meeting.
dresses extravagantly, walks on
her toes for health and beauty
and spends two hours daily in
the only; bathroom in the house
— an aged mining prospector, a
man who visits the school teach
er evenings by way of the back
stairs, a giantess who yodels, a
widow of a wholesale grocer who
makes her son write poetry and
a scion of an old New England
family who talks Bostonese and
bows from the waist.
The action of this comedy
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WOW Installs
New Officers
New officers of the Balsam
Camp, No. 116, Woodmen of the
World, will be installed at the
meeting on Wednesday night,
December 19th, here in the
WOW hall.
Meeting time is 8:00 o’clock.
W. B. Wright, of Asheville,
the state WOW manager, and
W. R. Hill, of Hendersonville,
field representative, will be in
charge of the installation.
New officers are as follows:
George Newman — advisor
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Leaf Pick-Up
Program Ending
Brevard citizens are urged t<
rake their leaves into the stree
in order that they may be picket
up by the leaf wagon by Frida;
week.
According to Town Manage]
Bill Edens, the leaf program wil
end at that time.
Already over 60 loads o
leaves have been picked up b;
the town forces, and every effor
will be made to have the street:
clean during the next week.
Citizens are asked to rake tht
leaves in piles in the gutters 01
the street, and where there art
no gutters, the leaves are to b(
piled on the shoulders.
For quick pick-up, citizens car
call 3-4123, and persons desiring
a load of leaves can call the same
number.
Eastatoe Is First Community In
WNC To Win First Place Twice
Rescue Squad
To Give A
Demonstration
The Brevard unit of the Tran
sylvania Rescue squad will cli
max a training session on Fri
di y night with a live demonstra
tion that will be open to the
public.
It will be held at the Brevard
grammar school building, the
middle building, beginning
promptly at 7:00 o’clock.
Captain Jimmie Rowe cordial
]y invites all interested persons
to attend.
Currently, the local Rescue
squad is hiking the second course
of a four phase training pro
gram.
James B. Finison, rescue in
struct or of the fire and rescue
service division of the Nortl
Carolina Insurance departmen
at Raleigh, is directing the
course.
Cows Killed
In Highway
Accident
In a freak accident early Mon
day morning, two cows wen
. killed instantly and a car tha
struck them was declaretf-a to
tal loss.
Tile accident occurred on US
Highway 64 some two miles iron
.’•Pisgah Forest.
The driver of the car, Ollie
Galloway, told Patrolman Gent
Beshears, who investigated, thai
she did not see the four, blact
and white cows in her lane ol
traffic.
It was just before daylight, and
the other two cows involved in
the accident were injured. The
cows belonged to James Wilson
of Pisgah Forest, and were val
tied at around $800.
The car was a ’54 Mercury.
Five Youths Admit To Robbery
Of Crest Store, Other Places
Five Brevard youths, be
tween the ages of 11 and 16,
were picked up by the local
police on Tuesday and admit
ted to the robbery of Crest
store on Sunday night.
Other robberies, including
three Brevard schools, shop
lifting and rifling of cars at
the high school last Friday
night during the play, were
also admitted to before legal
witnesses.
Since the boys are juveniles,
their names are being with
held.
One of the group has been
picked up twice before.
He was placed on probation !
for the first offense, and the !
Program Highlights
Santa Claus Broadcasts Are
Slated Daily On Radio, WPNF
Al Martin, station manager,
announces today that WPNF is
carrying two special broadcasts
daily starring the Grand Old Man
of the Christmas season, Santa
Claus, himself.
“We are most happy to have
made arrangements with the
North Pole Network in order that
we might broadcast Santa’s daily
visits at Varner’s Drug store be
ginning next Monday afternoon
at 4:30 p.m.” Martin said.
“We also are now carrying a
broadcast from Santa's workshop
every afternoon at 5:30 p.m.,”
he continued. “This program is
presented with the best wishes
of Bower’s and Western Auto of
Brevard,” be concluded.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the local station
will broadcast the main address
from last Monday night’s meet
ing of the Transylvania Citizen’s
committee on Better Schools.
The speaker for the occasion
was Conrad Hooper, and a re
cording of the proceedings will
be broadcast today, Thursday
afternoon, at 5:00 p.m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
dayv Rosman vo-ag dept., B. E.
Keisler; Friday, ASC office,
Glenn Whitmire; Monday, county
extension chairman; Tuesday, ex
tension forestry service, Leonard
Hampton; Wednesday, home
agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Amer
ican legion auxiliary; Monday,
Brevard Chamber of Commerce;
Wednesday, Girl Scouts.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Fred Val
entine, pastor of St. Philip’s
Episcopal church. Next week
Ray Childers, minister of music
at First Baptist church, will be
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second case has not come to
trial.
Chief W. S. “Bill” Thurston
said, the five boys will be tried
before the juvenile judge, the
Clerk of Superior Court, in the
immediate future.
Entry into the Crest store
was made by prying open the
skylight on the roof, and the
boys admitted robbing the
store both Sunday afternoon
and Sunday night.
Some $50 in merchandise
was stolen, and much of it has
been recovered.
To Spread Christmas Cheer
Toy Repair Shop Again
Set Up By Local Police
Again this year, the Brevard Police depart
ment is repairing toys for Christmas, Chief W. S.
“Bill” Thurston announces.
“If you want to help provide gifts for
some needy boys and girls this Christmas,
bring your old toys, clothes, money, fruit or
candy to the police department or to the
building directly across the street next to
Tankersley’s florist,” the chief states.
The toys are being repaired and repainted,
and the police reserve group will distribute them
on Christmas Eve to those children whose names
appear on the needy list supplied by the Transyl
vania Welfare department.
Last year the local police department distri
buted much Christmas cheer to 178 children. It
was a busy night for the policemen.
“Your donation to this program will be
greatly appreciated,” Chief Thurston de
clared.
School Progress Highlighted
In Talk By Conrad Hooper
CONRAD HOOPER
Report Made On
Tax Collections
Of the 1962 tax levy of
$610,342.42 for Transylvania
and the towns of Brevard and
Bosnian, a total of $359,986.89
has been collected to date, ac
cording to Lawrence Hipp, the
(ax collector.
Collections since July 1st of
this year have been as fol
lows:
1961 . $13,720.47
1960 ..... 1,718.04
1959 _ 371.52
’51 (back) _ 1,089.81
Mr. Hipp says his office is
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Some 100 persons heard Con
rad Hooper, assistant superinten
dent of the Raleigh schools, tel!
of the progress that has beer
made in the capitol city schoo
system in recent years at a gen
oral meeting of the Transylvani;
County Citizens Committee foi
Better Schools at Brevard Col
lefjWMonday nip^ff
l)r. David I.ea.jpiA'/oem of th<
local committee, presided ove:
the meeting, and the principa
speaker was introduced b;
Wayne Bradburn, superintenden
of Transylvania schools.
Mr. Hooper pointed out tha
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| The Weather !
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The second day of December
saw the mercury dip to its low
est point for the week, a 17
degree mark, which bettered by
only two degrees the low for the
month of November.
High for the past seven day
period -was a 66 recorded on both
Saturday and Sunday afternoons,
equalling the high for the month
of November.
Rainfall for the week totaled
seven-tenths of an inch.
Statistics for the period end
ing at 6:00 p.rn. on Tuesday:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 52 41 .07
Thursday_ 56 45 .1(1
Friday_ 62 42 0
Saturday ..._ 66 26 0
Sunday_66 17 0
Monday _ 57 20 0
Tuesday _ 57 45 .53
Month of Nov. .. 66 15 3.95
I
Other Awards
Go To County
At Luncheon
For the first time in the 12
year history of the community
development program in West
ern North Carolina, a commu
nity has won first place for
the second time.
Eastatoe placed first in the
non-farm division. It took
this same honor in last year’s
contest.
The awards were made last
Saturday at a luncheon meet
ing in Asheville’s City audi
torium, and about 50 Transyl
vanians were on hand for the
occasion.
The Eastatoe community
also placed second in the
youth program, and they took
the first place forestry award
for transplanting the most
seedlings.
Elmo Crowe was president
of the Eastatoe club during:
the past year, and Mr. and
Mrs. Norris Powell were co
chairmen of the youth pro
gram.
naisam \uuvt* luiumuimy
placed third in (he farm divi
vision. Randal Kitchen is
president.
A Transylvania youth, Grady
Hooper, was awarded a plaque '
for being regional winner in
vegetable production. lie is
; the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
| Hooper, Jr., of route two, Bre*
i vard.
T.arge Attendance
| Prior to the commipvj^y
| awards, a record attendance &
over 700 persons heard Blyt
W. I). Weatherford, of Black
Mountain and Berea, Ken
tucky, founder of Blue Ridge
Assembly, offer his listeners
i a four-fold formula for moun
tain progress.
j "The people of the Appa
I lachian Mountains are one of
(he ablest peoples in America
today," Hr. Weatherford, cele
brating his 87th birthday at
the luncheon, said. "We have
furnished out of these moun
tains 11 of the 35 presidents.”
His four points included
fuller use of native ability, ed
ucation, imagi nation and
“stickability,” the will to stay
at a task until it is accomplish
ed.
“There is no sense in our
staying here poverty-stricken
and crying because we have no
money," Dr. Weatherford said.
“I prophesy in the future that
Western North Carolina will
be as good as the best in Amer
ica.”
The man who promoted and
directed the Ford Foundation’s
Southern Appalachian Studies
bore down heaviest on educa
tion, what the lark of it has
done and what the furtherance
of learning can do.
“We in the Appalachian
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NEW COUNTY OFFICERS, sworn in Monday
morning by Judge Robert T. Gash, during a session
of the Transylvania General County court, are pic
tured above. From left to right, they are: Mar
vin McCall, (D), clerk of Superior Court; Donald
Lee Moore, (D), coroner; John Landreth, (D), cc
stable; Floyd Owen, second deputy sheriff; Looni
Sisk, jailer; Bud Sitton, first deputy sheriff;
ter McCall, (R), sheriff; and Judge Gash.
(Times Staff Ph