TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music \
Center. Population, 19fi0 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A,B,C. Newspaper
Vol. 74 — No. 4
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The l An A of Waterfalls. Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Times Is Awarded
Prize For Photos
1962
PRESS AWARD
Norllj Carolina
IJrrafi Assort alia «
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Photography
Weekly Division
THIRD RUfj;
TIMES
iitmmry 17.
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Ik:
The Retail Dollar
IIow Do We Spend It
Here In County?
How is tlie retail dollar be
ing spent in Transylvania
county?
How much of it is going for
food, for cars, for clothing and
for household equipment? To
what extent have the econom
ic ups and downs changed
local buying habits?
The average local consum
er, it appears, reacted only
temporarily in his spending
to llie stock market break and
to the other jittery occuren
ces of the past year.
For the most part, he exud
ed confidence. He found that
his personal income was not
affected and that he had no
reason to cut down on his
normal mode of living.
The details on how much
was spent in local retail stores
and for what, in the 196? fis
cal year, are revealed in the
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 24 — BPW
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Masons meet at Temple at
0:00 p.m.
Friday, January 25 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 27 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, January 28—Superior
court opens at 9:30 a m. Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
F.m.
Tuesday, January 29 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p ar
current market study releas
ed by the Standard Rate and
Data service. Similar break
downs are given for communi
ties throughout the rest of the
United States.
In Transylvania county, it
is shown, retail volume was at
a high mark, with most types
of stores benefiting. A large
part was accounted for by food
stores and by those selling cars
and other automotive equip
ment.
These two garnered some
52 percent of all retail busi
ness.
Their combined sales in the
year amounted to $0,920,000.
Of this total, the stores that
sold food for home consump
tion accounted for $3,108,000.
Another $2,493,000 went for
automotive purchases, which
includes cars, motorcycles,
boats and accessories.
An additional $1,319,000
was spent hi gas service sta
tions.
The report also shows how
much money went for other
kinds of goods.
General merchandise pur
chases, in department stores
and variety shops, amounted
to $1,989,000.
Sales of apparel, in stores
specializing In articles for
personal wear, came to $614,
000.
Home furnishings sales
totaled $777,000 and drug
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EDITOR JOHN ANDERSON
is pictured above receiving an
award from William Friday,
president of the University of
North Carolina, for outstand
ing press photography during
1962. The presentation was
made last Thursday night at
the annual l’ress Institute of
the North Carolina Press as
sociation at Chapel Hill and
Duke university.
(Photo by Jon E. Anderson)
The Transylvania Times
was awarded a certificate for
outstanding journalism during
1962 by the North Carolina
I'rcss association.
Of the 12 awards made to
weekly n e w s papers, The
Times copped third in news
photography.
Actually, the judges’ criti
que said:
■•Brevard’s T r a n sylvania
Times earned a virtual tic for
second place with the Nash
ville Graphic".
The award was presented to
Editor John Anderson last
Thursday night at Chapel Ilill
by William Friday, president
of the University of North
Carolina.
Two other Anderson news
papers, The Skyland Post at
West Jefferson, and the Spin
dale Sun, also won awards.
They were accepted by Mrs.
Ed M. Anderson, publisher,
and Glenn James, editor at
Spindale.
This latest award to The
Times brings the total to 22
state and national prizes that
Brevard’s prize-winning news
paper has won in the past 21
years.
The judges commented that
the entries in the news-photog
raphy contest represented a
suitable variety of pictures
with good balance between
—Turn to Page Six
Proclamation Issued
Jaycees Have Big
Week, A wards Made
Mayor II. W. Thomason lias
proclaimed Ibis work as "Junior
Chamber of Commerce Week”
in Brevard and has asked local
organizations to cooperate in the
observance.
BLT Begins
Rehearsals
Mel Everingham, Brevard Lit
tle Theatre president, reports
that rehearsal is well un
derway lor the play "You Can’t
Take it With You.”
This delightful comedy was
written by Moss Hart and George
S. Kaufman and was first pro
duced at the Booth Theatre, New
York City on December 14, 1936.
President Everingham also
named committee chairmen com
posing the production staff for
the forthcoming play.
They are: technical director
Mike Vaniman; propeties - Jim
Hicklin; costume - Ruth Hunter,
make up-Ernest Gilstrap; house
Jim Nichols; transportation -
Dick Seiler; play selection and
casting - Pat Fuleihan and Mag
gie Masters; program - Jeannette
— Turn to Page Eigb
The mayor said that the pur
pose of the week is to focus at
tention on young men and the
work they are doing.
lie emphasized that the Bre
vard Jayeees have done an out
standing job in the fields of civ
ic improvement and aid to the
youth of this community.
During Jaycee week here, the
U. S. Jayeees will be recogniz
ing America’s 10 Outstanding
Youiig Men of 1962 in Little
Kock, Arkansas, with national
Jaycee President Doug Blanken
ship making the presentations.
Transylvania county’s “Out
standing Young Man of the
Year”, “Outstanding Young
Farmer”, and “Teen-ager of the
Year”, were recognized by the
local Jayeees at their annual Dis
tinguished Service Award ban
quet Wednesday night. Past
State President Fred Swartsburg,
c.i' High Point, delivered the
main address.
Jaycee week celebrates the
founding of the Junior Chamber
in 1915. when Henry Giessenbier
saw a need for a young man’s
civic group and organized the
first chapter in St. Louis, Mis
souri, according to local Jaycee
president Tom McCrary.
The movement spread so fast
that in 1920, the United Slates
—Turn to Page Six
Bulletin
Bank
Decision
Postponed
, As The Times went to press
! at 1:00 p.m.. Wednesday af
ternoon. it was learned from
an official source in Raleigh
that the Banking Commission
had postponed a decision as
to which hank, the Northwest
ern or the First Citizens,
should establish banking fa
cilities in Brevard.
The motion to postpone the
; decision did not stipulate
i whether or not action in the
| matter would he taken later
in the day or postponed in
definitely.
Several local citizens ap
peared before the banking
commissioners at the hearing
Wednesday morning.
Sader To Head
Community
Center Group
Dr. Julius Sader was elected
chairman of the Board of Trus
tees of the new Transylvania
Community Center at the board
I meeting Monday night.
Other officers elected to serve
with him are Tom McCrary, vice
chairman; Mrs. Emmett McLar
ty, secretary; and Rev. Ben Or
maud, treasurer.
Among business items trans
acted was the approval of a
budget and planning for a fi
nancial drive in the immediate
future.
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! The Weather I
With the weatherman fore
casting snow for this area, tem
perature readings for the past
week have been on the cool
side.
Precipitation totaled almost
two inches for the period, while
early morning lows averaged 21
degrees and afternoon highs av
eraged 47 degrees.
Low for the week was 6 above
zero on Wednesday morning of
last week, while the high mark
for the week came on Sunday
afternoon when the mercury hit
60 degrees.
Readings for the week are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 46 6 0
Thursday - 43 9 0
Friday_ 52 29 .43
Saturday- 48 40 .48
Sunday_- 60 41 .70
Monday_34 15 0
| Tuesday__ 48 9 .20
Lambert Is Again NCs
Corn Growing Champion
HUGH N. LAMBERT, the state corn growing
champion for the fourth straight. year, is shown
above with a few ol the manv trophies he has,won.
Another is being added to his collection for his rec
ord high yield of 188.09 bushels per acre during
19(52. A salute to Mi-. Lambert and more pictures
can be found on page 8 of the second section in
this week’s Times. (Extension Staff Photo)
Seeking Industry
Commissione
$2,500 For D
Tax Supervisor
Says Be Sure
To List Now
James Breedlove, tax super
visor in Transylvania, reminds
all citizens that they must list
their property before the first
of February or they will be sub
ject to a penalty.
"The sooner you list the bet
ter,” Mr. Breedlove declares.
Property that must be listed
falls into four major categories:
1. All real estate and tangible
personal property owned on Jan
uary 1st, 1963.
2. A pool, or capitation, tax
required of all male-persons be
tween the ages of 21 and 50 as
of the first of the New Year.
3. Every dog. male or female,
more than six months old own
ed or kept on the first.
4. Farm reports.
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John D. Eversman To Be Featured Violin Soloist j
John D. Evcrsman, noted vi
olinist, will be soloist wilh the
Asheville Symphony Orches
tra on Tuesday, January 29lh.
The concert will begin at
8:15 o’clock at David Millard
auditorium.
M. Thomas Cousins, acting
head of the Brevard College
Music department, is conductor
of the Symphony, and Mr. Ev
crsman is coneertmasler.
Local persons who are mem
bers of the Asheville Sympho
ny arc Pat Austin, French
horn; Joan Moser, bassoon;
Harvey Miller, violin; and the
following Brevard college stu
dents: Ann Albright, French
horn; David Alford, flute; Bill
Burgin, tympanist: Mike Har
ris, percussionist; Butch Mose
ley and Joe Campey, trumpet.
Mr. Eversman will be fea
tured in Mendelssohn’s Vio
lin Concerto in E Minor.
Also on the program are
Otto Nicolai’s Overture to the
Merry Wives of Windsor,
Smetana’s Dance of the Come
dians from the Bartered Bride,
Humperdinck’s Evening Pray
—Turn to Pago Eight
rs Allocate J
evelopmCnt "
Transylvania’s county commis
sioners have allocated S2.500 for
industrial development in the
county during the ensuing year.
This action was taken at the
last meeting, and the money will
go to the local industrial rievel
opment commission.
| The commissioners are cur
| rcntly working with the diree
: tors of the Brevard Chamber of
I Commerce on a new industry for
, Transylvania, and Chairman Boh
■ Boyd said they Were happy to
make this latest allocation avail- ]
able.
The commissioners have also
approved a project of the State
Highway department which calls
for widening and blacktopping
the road into the new satellite
tracking station in upper Tran
sylvania.
They also discussed a number
of other matters at the meeting,
which was attended by the chair
man and Henry Holliday and
Dwight Moffitt, commissioners:
Owen Lee. the clerk: and Jack
Hudson, the attorney for the
county.
Transylvanian
Wins Title 4
Straight Times
A Transylvania man is Slate
Champion for the fourth
straight year.
Hugh N. Lambert has been
pained State Corn Champion,
according to Jim Davis Coun
ty extension chairman.
This announcement has
been made by A. 1). Stuart ex
tension agronomy specialist,
N. C. Stale College, Raleigh,
January 22nd.
This is the first time since
the contest started in 1!!47 that
a person has won the award
more than two times in suc
cession.
Too. Mr. Lambert's yield is
!1() bushels above Ihc top yield
that has been produced in the
state. Ilis official yield for
this year is 188.0!) bushels per
acre, lie grew the yield with
the variety Funk's (1-83.
Mr. Lambert this year will
receive a corn plaque from
the North Carolina Seedinan’s
association, and a S50.00 Sav
inas Bond. He will also re
ceive a corn trophy from the
First Union National Hank, of v
Hrevard, which sponsors the
local contest.
Mr. Lambert had approxi
mately five acres of corn ill
the field where the high yield
was made. For the entire
tract, he averaged some lit)
hpM^cl^per acre.
iflflambort lives at route 1,
Hrevard, and has been Tran
sylvania County’s corn cham
pion for the past five years.
The Cast For
"Oklahoma"
Is Selected
Tho leading roles for “Okla-1
homa". which will be presented)
April 18th. 19th and 20th in the
P.revard senior high school audi
torium. have been cast as fol
lovs:
Leurcy and Curley, the roman
tic leads, will be played by Bet-i
!;• Ann Schranz and Bob Betts,’
of Hendersonville: Jud, the un
welcome suitor and handyman
on Laurey's farm, will be play
ed by Robert Lancaster of Hen
dersonville. Shirley Hammill
will take the role of Ado Annie,
the lively “I Can't Say No” girl:
and Bill Beasley plays the cow
boy who loves Ado Annie but
doesn’t know how to handle her.
Pat Murphy will play the part
of the earthy, practical Aunt Rl
ler.
Taj Ilanna is cast as Ali Ila
—Turn To Pago Sts
WPNF Program Highlights
Fred Reiter Named Program
Director At Radio Station
A1 Reiter, popular announcer
at WPNF, is the station’s new
program director.
“We are quite pleased to Snake
this announcement,” A1 Martin,
ilation manager, stated. “Since
coming to work with us in Sep
tember of last year, Fred has
shown an unusual interest in
both the community and his du
ties with WPNF, and because of
this, it gives us great pleasure
to announce his promotion.”
At the same time, the new
program director announced
that the station would cover the
annual D.S.A. Banquet of the
Brevard Junior Chamber of
Commerce, recording the pro
ceedings on Wednesday evening
and broadcasting them on Thurs
day afternoon at 5:00 p.m.
It is also announced that sev
eral important program changes
will be made effective Monday,
January 28th.
Various religious programs in
. eluding the Baptist Hour, Ave
Maria Hour, Protestant Ho
and the Christian Brotherho
hour will be heard on the san
day as before, but at a neWjJ
time, 1:30 p.m.
The Sunday School of the Air 5
will be moved from Monday eve
nings at 7:30 p.m., and will
broadcast twice each week,
Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. and
day mornings at 7:40 a.m.
The popular Showers of Blc
ings program will be broadca
on Thursday morning at 11:4
iu addition to the regular
day morning time of 9:30
Effective the same date,
day, January 28th, “Music
the Record” will begin an
earlier at 3:05 p.m.
“This will permit the
to present continuous
music from 2:05 (Tune
until sign-off at 10:00 p.i
evening,” Reiter said.
“Our policy of ,;
hour on the hou