'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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TRANSYLVANIA—
The I.and of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest .and
I tome of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. J4 — No. 3
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BREVARD, N. C.t THURSDAY, JANUARY, 17, 1963 PRICE 10c
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Tlie Closed Prison Camp At Calvert-An Industrial Site?
A bandoned Prison Camp Mars
The Progress Of Transylvania
By The Editor
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Want to buy a Prison
camp cheap?
Transylvania county has one,
hut the State of North Carolina
hasn’t decided what to do with it.
Last fall if was abandoned, and
its inmates were sent to other
ramps in We .tern North Caro
lina.
Since that time, the camp has
deteriorated even more rapidly
than before. But such i*the ease ■
with empty buildings and
grounds.
That’s why the state says it
will sell the prison camp “at
a bargain".
Factual information as to the
rumber of acres in the site, the
size and age of the buildings at
tlie Calvert Prison camp near
Bosnian are not easily accessible.
We do know, however, that the
state has practically depreciated
it “off the books”.
This news paper asked
George W. Randall, director
of the North Carolina Prison
camp, if the camp could be
purchased for an industrial
site.
Absolutely, was his reply,
jut, as in the case of selling
any county and state property,
it must be appraised and then
Hold to the high bidder.
Mr. Randall told The Times
that a closed prison camp in
Eastern North Carolina w'as re
cently sold to a local Devel
opment company.
It’s a success story for Tran
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 17 — Lea
gue of Women Voters meets at
Gaither’s at 10:30 a m. Kiwanis
club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet at
Temple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 18 — Aee of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 19 — Tran
sylvania Republicans meet at
GOP headquarters at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 20 — Attend
the church of your choice. . Au
ditions for “Oklahoma” at Com
munity Center at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, January 21 — Coun
ty court convenes at 9:30 a.m.
Bloodmobile at Mitchell-Bissell
company 2:30-5:30 p.m. Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, January 22 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m. Elks
meet at 8:00 p.m. Brevard vs.
West Henderson in Senior High
school gym.
Wednesday, January 23 —
Jaycees J3SA banquet at Gaith
er's at 7:00 p.m.
Work Started
Old Methodist Church Ts
Being Converted To Center
Work is underway to convert
Iho former Methodist church
building ori North Gaston street
into the Transylvania Commu
nity Center.
Current projects include addi
tional support of flooring in the
renter section, restoration of ex
ternal wooden trim, replacing a
defective chimney, removal of
seats and sloped flooring in the
center section, repair of heat
ing units and general painting.
Future plans include installa
tion of a small stage in the audi
torium, replacing pews with the
atre-type scats, removal of the
bell tower, and installation of
restroom facilities in the upper
level.
The pipe organ will be retain
ed in its present location, and
Douglas Wauehope has volun
teered to maintain the organ for
use by the center.
The 15-member board of Trus
tees will hold the first annual
meeting Monday, January 21st,
at the Center, and officers will
be elected.
By-laws have been completed
and an application for charter
has been verbally approved, ac
cording to Cecil Hill, legal rep
resentative.
The congregation of the
Church of the Nazarene, who
has used the building for the
past several years, will continue
to use the facilities until their
new location on King street is
ready for occupancy.
Two groups are already using
the Center. The Art League is
occupying two rooms as a work
shop. The Brevard Little Thea
tre is holding rehearsals for
their next production, and the
Transylvania Youth Association
is preparing to transfer all its
! activities to the center,
I Representatives of the various
organizations ane enthusiastic
about the potential of the Tran
sylvania Community Center as a
local point for civic activities.
Dancers Are
Needed For
“Oklahoma"
Dancers are needed for “Okla
homa”, according to Mrs. Kay
lene Schoenberg and Mrs. Billie
Sader, directors of choreography
for the popular Broadway mus
ical which will be presented here
April 18, 19 and 20 in the Bre
vard Senior High school audi
torium.
The cast includes 9 dancing
ladies and 8 dancing men other
than the singers in the chorus.
Dances for the group include
folk dancing, waltzing and sim
ple ballroom type dancing. Spe
ciality numbers include ballet,
a tap dance for four men, a
“fall-down” dance, a routine for
three dance hall girls and sev
eral comedy numbers, including
a cowboy act.
Anyone interested in a danc
ing part in “Oklahoma” is asked
to contact Mrs. Schoenberg at
883-2205. Try-outs will be an
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Officers Named
Bradburn Is New President
Of Chamber Of Commerce
Wayne Bradburn, superintend
dent of the Transylvania school
system, was elected president of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce at a special call meeting
Tuesday night in the library.
He succeeds Freeman Hayes,
who presided over the meeting.
Before relinquishing his of
fice, Mr. Hayes thanked the di
rectors for the fine cooperation
that he had received during the
past year.
Other officers elected at the
meeting were as follows:
Don Jenkins — vice president
Donald Lee Moore—secretary
Mrs. John A. Ford—executive
secretary
Bill Keith — treasurer
The nominating committee
also named Bill Edens, who was
an alternate, to the board .of,
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WAYNE BKADBUBN
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WALTER CANTRELL is the
new president of the Brevard
Kiwanis club. He calls alien
j tion this week to the history
i ot' the club that was given at
i the last regular meeting by
| William Bell Clark, noted his
torian. It is carried in the
! second section of this week’s
I Times.
Local Citizens Will Launch
Financial Drive For College
County Court
In Session,
Also Monday
Several cases have been tried
this week in the General Coun
ty court.
Another term is set for next
Monday morning.
Judge Robert Gash placed sev
eral youths on probation this
week on various charges.
Other verdicts follow.
Carl S. Murry was ordered to
make payments on a non-sup
port charge.
Hale Siniard. charged with
possession, had to pay $150.00
and costs.
Sam O. McCall, on a charge of
possession, had to pay S25.00 of
the costs.
The case of James Marshall
Kilpatrick vs. Prudential Insur
ance Company, involving an
automobile accident, was heard
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rotarians
Get National
Recognition
The Brevard Rolarv club is
one of the ton 10 in the United
States in attendance, according
to an announcement made at
Monday night’s meeting in Gai
ther’s Rhododendron room.
Dr. George Crawford, chiro
practic physician, was guest
speaker and his subject was
•‘Hypnotism”. He was introduc
ed by Charles Piekelsimer, pres
ident of the club.
Program Outlined
Farmers Are Now Signing Up
For Participation In ACP
Transylvania county farmers
are now eligible to participate
in the 1963 Agricultural Conser
vation program, states Glenn A.
Whitmire, chairman of the Tran
sylvania county ASCS commit
tee.
To sign up a farmer needs to
only contact the local ASCS
county office. In signing a re
quest under the 1963 ACP to
carry out approved soil and wat
er conservation practices, the
farmer does not obligate himself
in any way, but does make him
self eligible for cost-sharing in
performing conservation prac
tices.
The conservation practices
which ACP cost - sharing is
available on are as follows:
(1) Establishment of perman
ent pasture or hay
(2) Establishment of addition
al acreage of vegetative cover in
crop rotation
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The Weather
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Temperatures warmed up
somewhat last week, but the
weekend brought a return of
winter weather with the low
reading of the period coming on
Tuesday morning when the mer
cury dipped to 8 degrees.
High for the week was reach
ed Saturday afternoon when it
warmed to a balmy 63 degrees.
Official readings for the week
are as follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday_58 14 0
Thursday - 49 31 .01
Friday -- 57 39 .15
Saturday.63 46 1.00
Sunday.. 61 40 .15
Monday . 35 10 o
Tuesday_ 36 8 .01
(3) Applying liming materials
on farmland
(4) Field stripcropping
(5) Planting forest trees
(6) Improving permanent pas
ture or hay
(7) Improving a stand of for
est trees
(8) Open ditch drainage
(9) Tile drainage
(10) Seeding summer annual
legumes, and (11) Seeding win
ter cover crops.
Under the 1962 Agricultural
Conservation program, approxi
mately 875 Transylvania coun
ty farmers participated in the
program. Many farmers in Tran
sylvania county have a conserva
tion need and are urged to sign
up on the 1963 Agricultural Con
st rvation Program.
Demo Chairman
Appoints
Committee
State Democratic Party Chair
man Bert Bennett has announced
the names of Congressional com
mittee chairmen and secretaries
in each district.
According to the party plan of
organization, the Congressional
committee for each congression
al district in the state is com
posed of two members from each
county in the district, elected at
the preliminary meeting of del
egates from the districts held
on the morning of the State
Convention.
Appointed from the 11th dis
trict were: Chairman:] Leonard
Lloyd, Robbinsville; and secre
tary; Mrs. Elam Galloway, Bre
vard.
LITTLE LISA DIANE MATTHEWS, Transyl
vania’s first baby of 10(53, passed her first check
up with flying- colors Monday afternoon. The lit
tle beauty is shown above with her proud parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Matthews, of Pisgah For
est, following their trip to the doctor. When she
arrived January 1st, she weighed 10 pounds, 13
ounces, now tips the scales at 11 U pounds.
(Times Staff Photo)
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News And Weather More
Popular On Radio WPNF
Loeb Renamed
To Head The
Hospital Board
Art J. Loeb, divisional vice
president, Ecusta Paper Opera
tions, was re-elected chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the
| Transylvania Community Hos
pital at the annual meeting Tues
day night.
Other officers elected at the
meeting are as follows:
Don Blankinship, vice chair
man
W. W. Brittain, treasurer
Eugene Morris, secretary
The medical staff was re-elect
ed as follows:
Active — Dr. John R. Folger,
Jr., Dr. Charles L. Newland, Dr.
J. E. Osborne, Dr. J. C. Paul, Dr.
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A new phrase is being used to
close the hourly news summaries
during the dav on WPNF, “The
news and weather come togeth
er every hour, on the hour, from
WPNF Family Radio.”
Station manager A1 Martin
calls attention to the fact that
throughout the day the local sta
tion presents world, state and lo
cal news each hour, coupled with
a complete weather forecast and
local temperatures.
Sponsors for the news include
Brevard Lumber company. First
Union National bank, Brevard
Federal Savings and Loan asso
ciation, Austin’s Studio, Batson’s
Sinclair Service, The Transylvan
ia Times, Patterson’s, Martin
Jones Company, and Coleman
Tire company.
Weather summaries are broad
cast following the “World and
State Report” at 8:00 each morn
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Aims Of Transylvania County
School System For 1963
All schools accredited by the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction.
A continuation and expansion of self im
provement of principals and teachers through
in-service training courses.
Continued renovations and remodeling of
school buildings in the county.
Keep the public informed as to progress and
needs of entire school system and encourage the
public to more active participation in the opera
tion of the schools. Extensive improvement of
libraries and library sendees.
Improve the over all instructional program
through the reduction of class size.
Continued emphasis on guidance in an effort
to reach more individual students.
Special emphasis on combating potential
drop outs.
Continued upgrading of the entire curricu
lum, grades 1-12, with special emphasis being
placed on English and vocational subjects.
Preliminary self-evaluation by each school
leading to eventual accreditation of entire sys
tem by the Southern Association of Secondary
Schools And Colleges.
Committee Is
Appointed,
Purpose Cited
i
The Brevard Chamber of
Commerce through its Educa
tion committee is stimulating
a local financial drive for the
next development phase at
Brevard College.
An outstanding committee
of local citizens is busily en
gaged plotting the course to be
pursued, and the college is co
operating in every way possi
ble to make the drive a suc
cess. VV. H. Keith is the gen
eral chairman, and other mem
bers of his committee are Gil
Cnan. who is in charge of local
solicitation, Don Blankinship,
who heads the speaker's bur
eau supplying speakers for
clubs, churches, etc., and John
I. Anderson, in charge of pub
licity. Also serving on the
general committee are Arthur
l.oeh, Paul Owenby, Jr. and
Italph Ramsey, Jr.
The purpose of the drive is
to secure funds to help with
the next phase of the devel
opment program at the col
lege. This phase covers a per
iod of 3 years, and those who
make pledges will make them
to he paid over a period of 3
years.
The first 18 months will sup
port the building of a new
administration building and!
the remodeling of the present
student ceiiter to become the
music building. The present
cafeteria will be expanded to
servo- 50 percent more stu
dents.
The cost of these 2 projects
will be $200,000.00. The new
administration building will
cost $140,000.00, and the ren
ovation of the student renter |
will cost $60,000.00.
The second 18 month phase I
of development will provide,
the college with a new library,-J
and the renovation of the old I
library to become the student j
center. The total amount of f
money involved in this sec
ond phase is 8315,000.00. Bus!-1
nesses, industries, foundations ]
and individuals are being con
tacted to assist with the drive. |
In Brevard College, Brevar
presently has one of the finest?
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Captain Of
Rescue Squa<
Says Thanks
The Brevard Rescue squad |
failed to recognize the excel
lent work of the Sheriff’s
partment and the Bosnian Res-1
rue squad in last week’s!
Times.
These two groups were
tremendous assistance in the
safe and sound rescue of
Kirks in the Pisgah Natio
forest recently.
Captain Jimmie Rowe hasl
asked The Times to e:
his sincere appreciation
each member of the SI
department and the Ri
Rescue squad.
The Times also calls M
tion to a special editorial
this week’s newspaper
salutes the fine efforts
these two organizations.
Republicai
Will Meet
Saturday
The Transylvania county
publican executive
will have a meeting
night, Jan. 19th, 1963,
p.m. at Republican he
on East Main street.
Ralph L. Waldrop
invites all fcepublicans 1
this meeting.