THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 73 — No. 52 * BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1962 PRICE 1Ck ★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857. .
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Yule Is
Time For
Customs
As the world grows smaller,
Christmas observances in dif
ferent countries grow more
similar. Santa Claus in red suit
and white beard drives his rein
deer - drawn sleigh to North,
)b Central and South America and
to many other countries as well.
In fact, when the first ex
i plorer lands on Mars, he
™ shouldn’t be too surprised to
discover that Santa, and even
Rudolph, got there first.
Sharing of Christmas cus
toms. however, only serves to
point up the fact that this is
a holiday for everyone, and a
holiday which draws ideas from
all lands and times, uniting
them in both religious and secu
lar observances of the season.
In Mexico
Celebrating the posada is a
Mexican custom focused on the
Nativity.
"Posada,” means “lodging”
nr "inn,” and for the nine
“posada” (lavs from December
10 to 25, churches, hotels, social
groups and families throughout
Mexico act out the story of the
Nativity.
A procession of pilgrims
comes to the place where the
celebration is scheduled. They;
can j clay figures of Mary and
Joseph, and they seek shelter
from the “innkeepers” within.
At first the innkeepers re
? fuse, then they admit the pil
grims to feast and rejoice. Fig
ures representing Mary and
| Joseph are placed in a replica
of the manager. On Christmas
Fve, the figure representing
Jesus is added.
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In Holland
Gifting season in Holland
traditionally begins on Decem
ber 5th and is called “Stroo
ivand” or “strewing night.” Chil
dren place their shoes by the
fireplace, filled with carrots and
hay for St. Nicholas’ horse — in
the expectation that on the mor
row the shoes will contain can
dy, fruits and toys.
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In Scotland
Christmas feast favorites in
Scotland include shortbread, a
k rich cake or cookie, and haggis,
a kind of pudding. New Year’s
Eve, or Hogmanay, is the prin
^ cipal day for gifts and greetings,
when children go singing from
house to house, in hopes of a
treat. New Year’s visits are paid
—and it’s customary for the
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Monday, December 24 — Last
shopping day before Christmas.
Rotary club will not meet.
Tuesday, December 25 —
Christmas Day. Holiday in town
and county.
Wednesday, December 26 —
y Holiday in town and county.
Jaycees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Thursday, December 27 — Ma
sons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, December 28 — Call
meeting of Chamber of Com
merce at Library at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 30 — At
tend the church of your choice.
Monday, December 31 — Ro
tary club will not meet. Elks
dance at Elks lodge at 9:00 p.m.
American Legion dance at Le
gion building at 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 1 — New
Year’s Day. Holiday in town
and county.
Wednesday, January 2 —
Schools re-open. Toastmasters
meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 p.m.
WOW meets in Woodman Hall
at 8:00 p.m.
DU PONT OFFICIALS from Wil
mington, Delaware, visited the Bre
vard plant last week, and they were
well pleased with construction of the
new photo products division. They
are shown admiring the Christmas
tree in the reception room of the of
fice. At the left is A1 Morrison, plant
manager here at Brevard; George
Loving, general manager, photo
(products department; and Tom Carl
son, director of production, photo
products department. According to
Mr. Loving, the Brevard plant will
be the best equipped and most mod
ern photographic film manufacturing
plant in the United States when com
pleted. Accompanying Mr. Loving
during his visit in Brevard last Wed
nesday and Thursday were Tom
Clark and Kurth Johnson, director
of production, respectively, and
Chuck Hunter, facilities coordinator,
all of photo products, Wilmington,
Delaware, offices.
(Times Staff Photo)
t^Chfiniher ()f Com aunxeCa Us
Special Meeting Friday Night
The directors of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce have call
ed a special call meeting of the
entire membership on Friday
night, Dec. 28th. at 8:00 o’clock
in the library.
According to W. H. Keith,
chairman of the finance com
mittee, the purpose of the meet
ing is for consideration of a
new system of dues and voting
privileges.
This system has been approv
ed by the Board of Directors,
and if adopted, it will increase
operating funds of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Mr. Keith points out that the
civic organization is operating
now on a small budget, which
limits the important work of
the body.
“If we are to continue to grow
and to expand, we must raise
our budget,” Mr. Keith states.
During 1962, the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce has had
One More Shopping Day
Business Around Town Is
Good, Two-Day Holiday Set
Brevard Merchants are exper
iencing one of their best Christ
mases and record sales are ex
pected on Monday.
Most of the Brevard stores
will be closed Tuesday and Wed
nesday, and town and county of
fices are closed Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday.
Bill Edens, town manager, says
one of its busiest years.
It brought in new industry;
increased the tourist trade;
helped to improve schools;
fought for better roads; and
other activities too numerous to
mention.
An open letter, which lists
many of its activities, is carried
elsewhere in this issue.
that there will be no garbage col
lection on Christmas day, and
where collections are made on
Tuesdays, they will be made on
Wednesday of this week. Mon
day’s regular garbage collection
schedule will be followed.
The staff at the Brevard post
office will give complete mail
service on Monday, and Tuesday
will be a holiday with no deliv
ery of mail, and the general de
livery window will remain closed
all day.
Brevard schools closed last
Tuesday for the holidays, and
students will return to classes on
Wednesday, January 2nd.
BUD TALLEY, a junior at Clem
son college, is shown above, center,
receiving $25.00 award for his win
ning design of entrance road signs to
be erected on the approaches to Oc
onee county. The competition was
sponsored by the County Planning
and Development Board, and M.
Charlie Jamieson, manager of the
board, is shown at the left. Third
year students in the class of design in
Clemson’s school of architecture en
tered the competition, and Professor
Joseph L. Young, right, was the proj
ect advisor. Young Talley is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Holland Talley.
Economy Level Of Transylvania
County Is Now At A Record High
The Times
Is Out
Earlier
This week’s Transylvania
Times is being published on
Sunday, December 23rd, in
stead of on its regular publi
cation date on the 27th.
Throughout the issue are
Christmas features and greet
ings from business, industries,
and others.
The Times staff urges all
readers to examine this week's
paper more carefully because
it is one of their favorite edi
tions.
The Times office will be
closed on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday; however the
staff will continue to cover
news sources in Brevard and
Transylvania county each day
and local news reports will be
given daily over WPNF.
Persons having special an
nouncements to be made can
call 3-3511.
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Babson Forecast
Will Be Carried
The Transylvania Times will
publish “BABSON’S BUSINESS
ROGER W. BABSON
AND FINANCIAL FORECAST
FOR 1963 next week.
A careful checking of the Bab
son Predictions made in the
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
FORECAST FOR 1962 upholds
the remarkable average of the
past years by being 83% correct!
Below is the score for the last
10 years. It holds the best and
highest record for Annual Fore
casts on U. S. Fqture Business.
Forecast For % Accurate
1962 83
1961 82
1960 80
1959 84
1958 86
1957 88
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| The Weather I
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More cool weather reminding
Transylvanians that winter real
ly was here preceded the Christ
mas holiday in our county.
Most residents in the area
awoke several mornings during
the past week with frosty win
dows and landscapes but certain
ly none was more beautiful than
the frost that greeted us on Sun
day morning when the mercury
dipped to 19 degrees.
Readings for the week are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 60 24 0
Thursday_ 62 30 0
Friday _ 33 29 .09
Saturday_ 53 28 .24
Sunday_** 19 0
** : Sunday’s high was not avail
able at press time.
merry Christmas is with us once
jain. We wish you and your i
family a generous share of
all its many blessings. '
THE ENTIRE STAFE OF '
The Transylvania Times
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At New High
Savings And Loan Will
Pay $168,000 In Dividends
Semi-annual dividends totaling
approximately $168,000.00 will
be available to all members of
the Brevard Federal Savings and
Loan association as of the open
ing of business on December 31,
1962.
This announcement comes to
day from Jerry Jerome, the pres
ident, who says that resources
of the association are fast reach
ing eight million.
Officers of the association,
in addition to President Je- i
rome, are: A. F. Mitchell, vice
president and attorney; Jer
ry Hart Jerome, executive vice
president and treasurer; J. I.
Ayers, assistant treasurer and
secretary; J. H. Tinsley, as
sistant secretary.
The directors are: Jerry Je
rome, A. F. Mitchell, Jerry
Hart Jerome, J. H. Tinsley, J.
I. Ayers, H. B. Shiflet, J. F.
Aycock, and Edwin Morgan.
W. L. Mull is director emer
itus.
Advent Prayer
By - Dr. Emmett K. McLarty
President
Brevard College
Almighty God, who didst come with saving
power in the Person of Jesus Christ to a world that
walked in darkness and in the shadow of death; we
praise and bless Thee for all Thy servants who have
helped prepare the way for His appearing, and for
the example of those who received Him and who
gave to Him the homage of their hearts and lives.
For prophets who in the face of tyranny declared
Thy truth and Thy righteousness: for psalmists who
in days of gloom still believed in Thy great goodness
and sang praises unto Thy name, and for innum
erable simple folk who waited in patience and un
failing hope for the manifestaton of Thy glory, we
raise to Thee our grateful praise. Grant, we be
seech Thee, that in our day and time we may show
forth Thv salvation, that our children and our chil
dren’s children may be furnished an environment in
which to grow that will cause them to both seek out
and find Thee.
Help us to put away all untruthfulness and all
selfishness and greed during this Holy Season, that
the influence of what might be in our lives may
win us all the davs of our lives. Deliver us from all
malice and prejudice and cowardice. Let Thy Holy
Spirit cleanse us from our sins, and teach us to love
one another even as Thou dost love us.
O Father of all mercies and compassions, we
prav for the sick and suffering. Bless those who
perform the ministries of healing, who try to think
Thy thoughts after Thee in order to bring health
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Report Is Made
On Income And
Retail Sales
A new survey of consumer
markets in the United States,
compiled on a fiscal year basis,
shows Transylvania County’s
economy to be in good shape.
Its vitality is evidenced by
strong buying power and by
the large volume of business
done by local retail stores.
The mid-year report, pro
duced by the Standard Rate
and Data Service, gives the
first detailed figures on in
come and spending for the 12
months ending June 30, 1962.
It covers every part of the
country.
The best gains, nationally,
were recorded by some of the
retail lines that had not been
doing too well previously.
Among them were autos,
household appliances and oth
er costly equipment.
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On the other hand, while t
Zthe service husinesses advanc
ed, it was at a slower pace than
in prior years.
The survey shows that re
tail stores in Transylvania
County, despite the tightening
up that followed the Presi
dent's controversy with the
steel industry aiid despite the
subsequent stock market drop,
were able to account for sales
in the amount of $13,332,000.
This was a gain over the pre
vious year’s $11,949,000.
In some sections of the
country, especially those hit
by heavy unemployment, re
tail business dropped consid
erably.
Where advances were made
during the year, the underly
ing force behind them was the
rise in income. Most families,
it is found, had more money to
spend than before.
In addition, they were in
better financial shape other
wise, with smaller installment
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Rescue Squad
Wishes All A
Merry Christmas
All members of the rescue
squad Brevard Unit are thankful
to the people of Transylvania
County for the support that has
been given to them during the
past year.
“Our families join with us in
wishing each and everyone a
very Merry Christmas and a Hap
py New Year!” says Captain Jim
mie Rowe.
New Year’s
Eve Dance
Brevard Elks will hold theft
annual New Year’s Eve da
on December 31st, and all Ell
are cordially invited to attend.
They will be permitted
bring their out-of-town guests.
Music will be furnished by 1
C. Rutherford and his
Makers, and dancing will
at 9:00 o’clock.
There will be hats,
noisemakers, etc., and
prizes will be awarded,
per will be buffet style,
country ham breakfast is
ned after midnight.