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. 2
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
NEW YEAR’S EVE VISITOR — Just a few min
utes after the New Year began, two ears wrecked
in the curve at Line Runner Inn, crashing into the
fish pond and the building. Both cars were demol
ished and several thousand dollars in damages were
clone to the building. Both drivers, James Whit
mire and Jimmy Boyce Galloway, were injured, and
Whitmire is still a patient in the local hospital. His
condition has improved. (Times Staff Photo)
"Oklahoma"
Auditions
Planned. I
Auditions for (“OklaHbma”,
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s pop
ular musical show, are set for
Sunday, January 20th, ait 2:30
p.m. in the Community Center
on Johnson street. Mel Ever
ingham, president of the Bre
vard Little Theatre, which is
producing the show with the co
operation of the Brevard Civic
Chorus and civic orchestra,
states that the auditions are open
to all persons in the immediate
area, including Hendersonville,
Asheville and Greenville, as well
as Brevard.
Each person auditioning is
asked to bring his own music,
which should be a selection from
a musical comedy. Mrs. Louise
Miller of the Brevard College
music department will toe ac
companist and those planning to
try out for a singing role are ask
ed to notify Mrs. Miller, giving
their name and the title of their
selection. Mrs. Miller may be
contacted by phone in the eve
nings (except Wednesday) at
883-3168. During class hours,
messages may be left with the
secretary in the college music
department, 883-4340.
Charles Jolliff, director of the
Brevard Civic Chorus, invites
these interested in singing in the
“Oklahoma” chorus to attend the
—Turn to Page Six
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 10 — Bre
vard Jaycettes meet at Colonial
Inn at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet
at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, January 11 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Bre
vard vs. Enka. Brevard College
student recital in college audi
torium at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 13 — Attend
church of your choice. Brevard
college student recital at Bre
vard Methodist church at 4:00
p.m.
Monday, January 14 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Transylvania Shrine club
meets at Berry’s at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 15 — Special
meeting of Chamber of Com
merce at 7:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Star
meets at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Brevard College vs. Wingate at
8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 16 —
Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:30 p.m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Sessions Reversed
Jurors For Superior Court
Called, Two-Week Term Set
Jurors for the next term of
Superior court in Transylvania
county have been drawn and are
announced today.
The first week, which opens
on Monday, January 28th, will be
devoted during this court to the
trial of civil cases.
Criminal court is slated the
next week.
Judge Harry C. Martin, of
Asheville, will preside over the
court.
The jurors for the civil term
are carried with the docket on
page seven, first section, and
called to serve for the criminal
term are the following:
Eugene M. Clampitt
James F. Nichols
Spencer Hammill
Boyce Whitmire
Harry P. Owen
Judson McCrary, Jr.
Fulton R. Holliday
Carroll R. Marshall
Ralph Paxton
Friscoe Sentelle
Herman E. Eaker
Earl G. Norton
J. H. Tinsley
Charlie Watson
Herbert Finck
John R. Sledge
Coleman Scott
Tom Hargis, Jr.
John Mann
W. W. Duckworth
Oscar Lothery
James L. Morris
Claude A. Jones
Hugh H. Pegram
I. S. Sanders
P. Hillie Fisher
Clinton Hall
Clyde G. Jones
Thomas W. McCrary
Richmond Troy McCall
Ernest Paxton
Everette McCall
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Deadline January 16
Jayeees Now Nominating
Young Man Of The \ ear
The deadline for nominations i
for Transylvania county’s “Out
standing Young Man of the
Year” is next Wednesday, Janu
ary 16, according to DSA chair
man Bill Norris.
Nominations must be in writ
ing, stating the nominee’s name
and the reasons that make the
nominee worthy of the award.
Any young man between the
ages of 21 and 36 is eligible.
Nominations should be sent to
Bill Norris, Brevard, N. C.
A secret panel of non-Jaycee
judges, all over the Jaycee age
limit of 36, will meet later next
week to select the top three
nominees. All three will be hon
ored at the annual DSA banquet
on Wednesday, January 23, and
the winner will be named at that
time.
Biology teacher Don McLeod
of the Brevard high school facul
ty won the coveted award last
year.
In nominating an individual
for the DSA, a person should
consider both civic and religious
contributions to the community
made by the nominee, as well as
the peTsonal and business suc
cess attained. All are contri
buting factors in the final selec
tion, Mr. Norris declared.
Awards will also be made at
the DSA banquet to the county’s
“Outstanding Young Farmer”
and to the ‘Teen-ager of the
Year”. These selections will al
McCall Announces
Jury Cases And Others Will
Be Heard In Court On Monday
Jury trials -will foe heard in
the General County court on
Monday, January 14th, Clerk
Marvin McCall, announces.
He also states that other
cases will also be tried during
the day.
Verdicts handed down in
court this part Monday were
as follows:
Charles Buddy Owen, charg
ed with speeding, had to pay
costs.
Roy Holland had to pay costs
on a reckless driving charge.
Harold Patterson, also
charged with reckless driving,
had to pay costs.
William Gravely, charged
with public drunkenness, was
assigned to the county jail for
12 days to work around the
jail and court house.
Joe C. Chapman paid $15.00
and costs on a speeding charge.
■Douglas Richard Queep paid
costs on a speeding charge.
so be made by a secret panel
of judges.
The principle speaker at the
banquet will be immediate past
state president Fred Swartzburg,
of High Point. Mr. Swartzburg
led the North Carolina Jaycees
to the number one spot in the
nation last year, and he was
—Turn to Page Six
Building Permits In Brevard
During 1962 Reached $591,000
Sewell Releases
Figures, Many
New Residences
Building permits issued in
the town of Brevard during
1962 exceeded $591,000.00 ac
cording to Commie N. Sewell,
the building inspector.
A breakdown of the permits
reveals the following:
New residences—$397,350.00
Commercial—$151,700.00
Repairing or additions—$42,
060.00
A total of 29 new homes was
built in the city limits during
the year, and the commercial
building permits issued total
led 15.
Some 27 permits were issued
for repairs or additions.
The largest of the commer
cial buildings were Brevard
Lumber company, Brevard Mo
tor lodge and Duke Power
company.
Mr. Sewell reminds all cit
izens in Brevard who are plan
ning to build or to remodel
that they must "first secure a
building permit at the City
Hall between the hours of
9:00 and 10:00 a.m., daily.
Sheriff McCall
Seeking Help
Of The Public
Transylvania’s new sheriff,
Carter McCall, today calls on
the public to help stop house
breaking in the town and
county.
During the New Year, one
of the sheriff’s goals will be
to put an end to much of this
type of larceny.
“If anybody has any infor
mation that could be of help
to us, we’d appreciate it if he
would stop by our office in the
court house,” Sheriff McCall
stated.
Such information will be
held in strict confidence.
To Name Officers
Chamber Of Commerce
Directors Are Elected
Ballots for directors of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce
were tabulated at the January
meeting Tuesday night at the li
brary, and a 25-man board of di
rectors was elected.
The newly elected group will
name officers at a special call
meeting next Tuesday night in
j The Weather
When the weatherman totaled
up figures for 1962, he came up
with some interesting statistics
for Brevard.
Precipitation totaled 66.02
inches for the year, with 11.01
inches falling in June. This
gives us an average rainfall of
5.5 inches for each month in the
year.
High temperature reading for
the year came on the afternoon
of July 15th when the mercury
climbed to 93 degrees, and the
low mark was recorded less than
a month ago on the morning of
December 13th when the col
umn of quicksilver dipped to
minus 9 degrees.
Readings for the past week are
as follows:
No precipitation was recorded
during the past week.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday .
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low
. 49 12
51 13
. 53 12
_ 44 24
. 49 19
. 48 26
. 42 32
the library at 7:30 o’clock.
President Freeman Hayes, in
congratulating the new board
members, urges them all to at
tend the special call meeting and
take part in the election of offi
cers of this new year, which
promises to be a most important
one in the history of Brevard
and Transylvania county.
Gil Coan, John A. Ford and
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty led the
balloting Tuesday night with 58,
48 and 48 votes respectively.
Others in the top 10 were:
Bill Keith
Cecil J. Hill
Don Jenkins
Wayne Bradbum
John Anderson
Walter Cantrell
“Buddy” Melton
The remainder of the new
—Turn to Page Three
ALL SMILES over being at home
safe and sound after spending a hec
tic night lost in the Pisgah National
Forest are David Kirk and his two
daughters, Winnie and Linda.
(Times Staff Photo)
Appreciation Letters Written
Kirks Spent Night Lost In
Forest, Rescue Was Dramatic
Monday, January 7, 1963
Mr. John Anderson, Editor
The Transylvania Times.
Brevard, N. C.
Dear John:
This is a thank you letter to
the people of our community.
How proud and grateful we are
to be a part of it! Especially
we thank the members of the
Brevard Rescue Squad, the For
est Service, the Police depart
ment, the personnel on air search
and radio station alert, and the
many individuals who gave so
generously of their time,
strength and equipment to help
our family through a most diffi
cult trial.
To be aware of the willingness
on the part of so many fine men
in our community to leave home,
parties, and work, to share their
knowledge and abilities, to go in
to the forest to search all night
long in the cold is an experi
ence we shall never forget. To
know that friends all over town
were praying for the safe return
of those of us who were lost and
for strength for those of us at
home, and to have the loving
companionship of friends who
sat at our home throughout the
night are gifts granted to few.
A community such as ours made
up of unselfish individuals such
as these is rich indeed.
We can never fully express
our appreciation for the magnifi
cent work of the Brevard Rescue
Squad and those working with
them. Certainly all of us ir
Transylvania County can resl
more easily knowing that such
fast, capable emergency assist
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Program Highlights
WPNF Carrying Many Public
Service Programs Each Day
Station manager A1 Martin
calls attention today to four pub
lic service programs presented
each weekday over the local
station.
Monday through Saturday
mornings at 8:55 a.m. Morris
Pharmacy presents “Stork
Time,*’ listing the newest arrivals
at the Transylvania Community
hospital, the names of the par
ents, and the time and day the
new arrival made his or her ap
pearance.
Each weekday afternoon at
5:55 p.m. Varner’s Walgreen
Agency sponsors the “Hospital
Register” with a list of those con
fined, admissions to and dis
charges from the local hospital.
At 12:30 p.m. daily, Western
Auto is host as the local station
broadcasts the “Trading Post.”
— Turn to Page Three
A peaceful hike in the Pis
gah National Forest last Satur
day turned out to be the har
rowing experience of a life
time for David Kirk and his
two daughters, Winnie, age 8,
and Linda, age 6.
Their safe and dramatic res
cue was made in the early
hours of Sunday morning.
The hike began about 11:00
o’clock Saturday morning, and
the trio had planned to cross
the lower part of the forest
and come out at Camp Straus.
However, during the cloudy
day they made a wrong turn
somewhere along the line, and
as nightfall approached, they
found themselves going deep
er and deeper into the forest.
They found a clearing and
began to collect wood for a
fire before night fell.
Unfortunately, this was a
laborious task since they had
no hatchet and only a pen
knife.
Mr. Kirk said that he had
brought along a pack of matoh
es as an afterthought, and each
had a sandwich and a bar of
candy.
“We were most concerned
about Mrs. Kirk at home, and
naturally, the kids were fright
ened at times.”
About 9:00 o’clock it began
to snow and it was at this time
a lean-to was built.
“This was easy to do because
we had brought along a rope,
and before dark we had found
some large branches.”
“How did we pass the time?”
“Mostly by singing, telling
stories and praying.”
The Rescue
When the Kirks did not re
turn home Saturday afternoon,
the Brevard Rescue squad was
alerted, and help was also call
ed in from the Forest Service,
the police department. High
way patrol and many indivi
duals.
Searching parties began im
mediately combing the forest.
About 2:30 Sunday morning
as the skies cleared, Patrolman
Gene Beshears roused How
ard Wilkie out of bed and ask
ed him to begin flying over
—Turn to Page Sli
Mr. John Anderson, Editor
The Transylvania Times
Brevard, N. C.
Dear Mr. Anderson:
The Brevard Rescue squad
would like to thank everybody
assisting in the rescue of the
Kirks in the Pisgah National
Forest last Saturday night.
It would be difficult to sin
gle out all, but our sped:
thanks go to the U. S. Foi
Service, the N. C. Forest servii
the Highway Patrol, the Bre1
Police department, the Bn
Fire department, “Buck” M<
director of the Transylvania
il Defense, Citizens band opera
tors, Joel Stevenson, Clarence
Curlee, Buddy Cantrell and L. T
Ashe, Howard Wilkie, Lt. Jim
Beavers, Arthur J. Loeb, Lehmaf
Kapp, Homer Morris, Paul Bowi
cn, Wood Paxton, Spencer Ar
rowood, Wallace Crawford, Bill
Keith, Frank McGibboney, Har
very Souther, Rickey Best, am
"he hundreds of persons who O
fered their help.
Also, we thank the rescu
squads of Hendersonville am
Asheville for lending us a hand
The Brevard unit of the Tran
svlvania Rescue squad is alwayi
glad to be of service to anyon
;n need of help.
Yours in service, •
Jimmie Rowe, *
Captain
The 1962 tax collectioi
Transylvania are at an a
high, Lawrence Hipp, th
collector, reported to the
ty Board of Commission
their January meeting this
Collections for the first
months were $367,029.1
70 94 per cent.
The charge to Mr. Hip
$517,358.04.
He urges all citizens 1
their taxes during JantuM
save the penalty, which go
Taxes can be paid this
at face value, and the 4