TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 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. 74 — No. 1
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A HAPPY YOUNG MAN is Lewis
Britt, left, of Brevard, as he receives
the keys to the 1963 Chevrolet pick
up truck that he won from the Bre
vard Jaycees on Christmas eve. Jay
oee president Tom McCrary is shown
presenting the keys to Britt, who was
awarded the truck for having the
winning ticket in the Jaycees College
Scholarship fund raising drive. Pres
dent McCrary stated that the cam
paign went very well and he wishes
to express the gratitude of the entire
civic group to the hundreds of peo
ple who donated to the fund.
(Times Staff Photo)
Directories Out
Citizens Telephone Company
Has Progressive Year In ’63 •
The Citizens Telephone
v company has just ended one
>\ of its most progressive years,
Charles W. Pickelsimer, the
general manager, announces
today.
During 1962, their was an
overall growth of 10 per cent
in the number of telephones
in Brevard and Transylvania
county.
Also, both the Brevard and
R osman switchboaids were
cutover to the most modern
facilities on the market today
during the past year.
The most phenomenal gain
shown by the company was in
the number of private tele
phones.
The gain was 64 per cent,
I with the number increasing
from 468 to 795.
l The new telephone dl
l' rectories, which have just
come off the press, show a gain
of 378 stations.
Earlier in the year, the
switchboards of the company
were moved from their old
location on Probart street to
the new and modern building
on East Main street, and the
offices were moved there dur
ing the fall.
The building is recognized
as one of the finest in Bre
vard.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 3 — Kiwan
is club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions club meets at Colon
ial Inn at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, January 4 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 6 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, January 7 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, January 8 — Hos
pital Auxiliary meets at hospital
at 10:00 a.m. Chamber of Com
merce directors meet at Library
at 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets
at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 9 — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Commerce Body
To Choose New
Board Tuesday
Directors for 1963 of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce will
be chosen at the regular meet
ing next Tuesday night in the
library when the ballots will be
tabulated.
Mrs. John Ford, the executive
secretary, reminds all members
to return their ballots by meet
ing time.
She urges that careful consid
eration be given in the selection
of directors since this year prom
ises to be an extremely impor
tant one in the history of the
commerce group.
President Freeman Hayes re
quests that all members of the
present board attend the meet
ing and assist with the tabula
tion.
Officers of 1963 will be elected
at a special call meeting on the
following Tuesday night from
the newly elected board of di
rectors.
All telephone subscribers in
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty are reminded to discard their
old directories and begin using
the new and attractive ones
which have been mailed out.
Charles W. Pickelsimer, the
general manager, says that all
subscribers should have receiv
ed their new directories by this
time.
The colorful books contain
listings for 'both Brevard and
Rosman and a classified section.
General information and in
structions for using the dial
telephones here are carried on a
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One Wreck
Mars New
Year s Here
The New Year’s observance
was quiet in Brevard and Tran
sylvania County, the sheriff’s
department and the local po
! lice report.
However, there was one seri
! ous accident in which two per
sons were injured, a couple of
cars demolished and much
damage was done to Line Run
ner Inn, where the wreck oc
curred.
According to Patrolman
Gene Beshears, who investi
gated, the drivers of the cars
were James Whitmire, 19, and
Jimmy Boyce Galloway, also
19, both of Rosman.
Mr. Beshears says the two
cars were traveling side by
side at a high rate of speed
and the drivers lost control of
them in the curve at Line Run
ner Inn, above Rosman.
They crashed and then slam
med into the cement fish pond
in front of the inn and into
the building. Damages were
estimated at several thousand.
Galloway suffered cuts and
— Turn to Page Eight
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1 The Weather
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December’s weather ran the
gamut as temperatures ranged
from a low of minus 9 degrees
on the 13th to a high of 67 re
corded on the 18th. Precipita
tion totaled 3.47 inches with a
portion of this coming in the
form of snow and sleet on Christ
mas day.
Official figures for the period
since the pre-Christmas columr
are as follows:
High Low Free
Sunday, 23rd —50 19 0
Monday, 24th_40 16 0
Tuesday, 25th --34 27 1.3C
Wednesday, 26th 38 29 .21
Thursday, 27th _46 33 Trace
Friday, 28th_57 36 0
Saturday, 29th _-39 35 .8.'
Sunday, 30th_45 30 0
Monday, 31st_40 15 0
Tuesday, 1st_46 11 Trace
Record High
Resources Of Federal Savings
And Loan Now At $9,500,00.00
The Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan association ihas just
concluded its “biggest and
best” year, President Jerry
Jerome announces.
Resources have reached a
record high of $9,500,000.00,
and $320,000.00 in dividends
were paid to members during
1962.
Chairman Quoted
Christmas Lighting Contest
Winners Announced By Club
Winners in the annual Christ
mas Garden Club Lighting con
test in Brevard are announced
by the chairman, Mrs. Robert N.
Hill, the III.
She said that she thought that
the citizens of the community
made special efforts to decorate
for Christmas, and that many,
many homes were beautifully
and most attractively decorated.
“We wish we could have made
awards to all,” she declared.
Winners in the various classi
fications were *s follows:
Overall appearance:
First prise — Misses Virginia
and Juanita Ward
Second — Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Bridges
Third — Mr. and Mrs. Mel Ev
eringham.
Honorable mention went to Mr.
and Mrs. William Dechant and
Miss Grace Piercy.
Doorway:
First prize — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dunlop
Second — Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond F. Bennett
Third — Mr. and Mrs. Don
Blankinship.
Honorable mention was given
to Mr. and Mrs. Mack Allison,
Jr. and Dr. and Mrs. John Fol
ger.
Window display or tree (in
side):
First prize — Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond F. Bennett
Second—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Himes
Third — Mrs. C. A. Richard
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy
on the Elks club road received
honorable mention.
Outside tree:
First prize — Mrs. Joseph Pic
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Dividends are paid at the
rate of four and one-quarter
per cent.
It was also announced by
Mr. Jerome that money de
posited in the savings associa
tion between the first and the
tenth of any month earns in
terest as of the first of the
month. The dividends are com
pounded semi-annually and
savings in the association are
free of intangible taxes, the
association paying same.
Officers of the association,
in addition to President Je
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
—Turn to Page Six
Dr. Crawford
To Speak At
Lions Meeting
Dr. George T. Crawford,
chiropractic physician, will
speak at the meeting of Bre
vard Lions club Thursday, Jan
uary 3rd.
The meeting will toe held at
Colonial Inn and will begin at
7:00 o’clock.
Dr. Crawford’s subject will
be hypnosis.
All Lions are urged to at
tend.
Du Pont Story Ranked Head Of
Top 10 In Transylvania In '62
with a resolve to do our part to ^
keep our community striding ahead..T'..
with the wish that you may make great strides to greatef^f
success and happiness... and with warm appreciation j
for the privilege of knowing and serving you.
The Entire Staff of
The Transylvania Times
Letter Received
People Of Brevard Praised
By Defense Minister Of India
By - Dorothy Wallace
Nearly 100 Transylvania cit
izens attended an Indian din
ner recently given to raise
money for the National In
dian Defense fund.
The sum of $244.00 was raised
and sent to Y. B. Chavan, In
dia’s Minister of Defense.
Last week, a letter from Mr.
Chavan was received by Dr. and
Mrs. Vasant D. Chapnerkar, In
dian natives who reside here,
sponsors of the dinner.
The letter said in part:
“I appreciate the efforts
made by you and your wife
in arranging ‘Dinner in In
dia’ and collecting funds for
our National Defense.
“The response that you got
for *Dinner in India’ and the
funds that were so readily of
fered by the community in
which you live speaks elo
—Turn to Page Six
Program Highlights
WPNF Re-Dedicates Itself
To Serving The Community
At the beginning of 1963, the
staff and management of Radio
Station WPNF, reaffirm their de
sire to present the best in enter
tainment along with up to the
minute news reports throughout
the coming months.
“We hope to improve our pro
gramming even more in the new
year,” Station Manager A1 Martin
stated.
“With the complex world sit
uation changing almost momen
tarily, we shall try to cover all
the developments as speedily as
possible, still giving adequate at
tention to local and state-wide
news events.”
Continuing, he said:
“It is our hope that through
our various music programs, we
will be able to offer some of
each type of music on the hori
zon today, making it possible to
please all of our many listeners
throughout our coverage area.”
Comments on programs are al
ways greatly appreciated and
will toe seriously considered
when signed toy the writer. No
mention will be made upon the
—Turn to Pago Eight
The Times Staff
Has Difficulty
Selecting Group
The announcement that the
Du Pont company would build
a multi-million dollar photo
products division at its local
plant site was adjudged by the
staff of The Transylvania
Times as the county’s No. 1
story during 19G2.
As the New Year began a
year ago, things looked dismal
at the silicon plant. Produc
tion was being curtailed and
employees were being laid off.
Then the announcement of
the new addition brought a
terrific impact to the commu
nity. It gave the citizens of
the entire community new
hope, new enthusiasm and an
entirely different outlook.
Other expansion stories also
ranked in the top 10 in Tran
sylvania.
Olin Mathieson made vast
progress on its super-structure
to house paper machine, No.
n.
Continued progress was
made on the erection of the
satellite tracking station in up
per Transylvania, and Brevard
College completed one of the
most modern physical educa
—Turn To Page Three
Brevard Tags
Are On Sale
At City Hall ^
Brevard city license tags are
now on sale at the city hall, ac
cording to announcement by
town manager, Bill Edens. The
tags went on sale Wednesday,
January 2nd.
The same color as the 1963
North Carolina tags, they cost
one dollar each and are requir
ed on all vehicles registered
within the town of Brevard.
They are designed to be mounted
over the state license tag, but
they may also be mounted on
the front of the vehicle.
The deadline for purchasing
the city tags is Friday, Febru
ary 15th, and all local person*
owning vehicles not displaying
the tags by that date will be
fined.
In announcing the sale of the
city tags, Mr. Edens reminded
the citizens of Brevard that the
purchase price of the tags is i
deductible item as far as in
come tax is concerned.
Kiwanians
To Install
Officers
Office^ and directors of tbi
Brevard Kiwanis club will be in
stalled at their meeting Thurs
day, January 3rd.
The meeting will be held ii
Gaither’s Rhododendron *■““
and will begin at 6:45 o’clock.
Carl B. Hyatt, Jr., past distric
governor, of Asheville, will in
stall the following officers:
Walter L. Cantrell, pr
Duncan C. Hunter, vice
dent; C. A. Butterworth,
tary; and Mario Perez,
Members of the board
rectors include Eric P.
Thomas R. Mitchell, Jr.,
R. Btenkinship, Charles S.
lop, Dana H. Harris, Dr.
Lea and Grover C.