TRANSYLVANIA—
An industrial. Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
1 Center. Population. 1961' Census,
1 10.372. Brevard Communi y 8,500,
1 Brevard proper 4,857.
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BREVARD JAYCEES honored outstanding young men of Transyl
v;ini:i county at their annual Distinguished Service Awards banquet
la : Wednesday night. At the left Jim Fortune is shown receiving the
ldaone designating him “Teen-ager Of The Year’’ from local Jaycee
iv. kh'ri Ton J1 rC The cento; Tt n r> shows Klino Crowe, of
Item;!!’, linnet1 the cmjotr's “OiitStnn'ln<i Yoonjir Man Of The Year".
'• ! .'!(••■ o.i : the its A pl.t fine from ( sod Swarl zherp;, of High Point,
iinr edin r nasi r>; i ni '{lie N'oOh Carolina .JavOees who also do
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Hvered the main address of the evening. At die right Heyward Ram
sey receives the “Outstanding Young Farmer" plaque from Randal J.
l.yday, agriculture, teacher at: Rrevard 'high school.
< Tiines Spiff Photos)
A $10,000 CHECK from Olin was presented to |
the Transylvania Connly Board of' Education this ;
lvioiii h for I lie advanced science program. Board I
members, from 1 >t‘l to right, are t). S. Winchester, i
F. K. Iviimsa y, r..uth» a i IVi•ivyiT':’ ! '■ v ?>Tor‘-\‘t n
i\\u\ Chairman :!V? ?ppos-m. &. ... Garrett
(rii.v!)t ). 1 a(Ili.'vli i;i 1 y ohtions menace’. presented
the cheek to uu\ boa nL
Rumors Flying
Northwestern, First Citizens
Withdraw Bank Applications
Both the Northwestern
bank at North Wilkesboro and
the First Citizens bank at
Smiikfield have withdrawn
their applications to establish
banking facilities in Brevard.
This action was learned
Monday afternoon in a tele
phone call from Banking Com
missioner Ben Roberts to The
Transylvania Times.
He said that no reason was
given by officials of the two
banks for their action.
Local observers feel that
there has been such a hot battle
between the two organizations
and that citizens here are so
divided that this is not the prop,
cr time for either bank to be
granted permission.
Others say that polities has
entered the issue, and this has
caused the banking commission
to postpone action on two oc
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. January 31 — WNC
Chemical engineers meet at Ber
ry's at 0:45 p in.
Friday, February 1 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p in.
Saturday, February 2— March
of Dimes Dance at Legion build
ing at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 3 — Attend
the church of your choice. Sing
ing at court house at 2:00 p.m.
Monday. February 4 — Tran
sylvania Neighborhood Meeting
at Girl Scout Little House at
10:00 a. m. Rotary club meets at
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Boost to Economy
Local Veterans Receiving Over
$30,000 In Insurance Dividends
Former service men and
women in Transylvania coun
ty are reaping a 830,100 finan
cial harvest at this time,
thanks to an outof-the-ordi
nary payment of dividends on
their GI insurance.
The windfall represents
their share of a 8327,000,000
dividend declared by the Gov
ernment for holders of such
insurance. Part of it they
would have received anyway,
in the normal course of events,
upon the anniversary dates of
their policies.
This year, however, in line
with plans announced at the
White House, the entire regu
lav dividend of $237,000,000,
together with an extra divi
dend of 890.000,00, is being
turned over to the veterans
now. The majority of the
checks are going cut this
mentli. The rest will be sent
in February.'
Approximately 471 of the
2,046 veterans who live in
Transylvania county will
share in the current payment.
They are among some 5,
250,000 veterans in the Unit
ed States, out of a total of
nearly 22,500,000, who arc
eligible because they hold
Federally - sponsored life in
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Program Highlights
Emphasis Being Placed On ! he
News, Weather Over WP.NF
Program Director Fred Reiter
announced today that three new
sponsors have been secured for
W’PNF’s hourly news and weath
er summaries.
The three are Gaither’s res
taurant. Boyd’s Tire shop, and
Bryson’s “60” service.
In addition, a complete listing
of sponsors of news and weather
casts is carried, along with a
schedule of broadcast times, on
! page 4 of the second section in
! this week’s Transylvania Times:
IU'iter also slated that re
sponse to program changes an
nounced last week lias been gra
tifying.
Station .Manager A1 Martin ex-j
pressed appreciation to sponsors t
and the genera! public for their:
understanding anil cooperation
tor the past week during those
periods in which the station was
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Representatives of the \\ \('
Tog- -y ! Planning commission .
! e in Brevard Thnr.--f.iy to
,:i an intensive suh’cy of
Tips .survey js (he fir.-1 step.
1 v pna nhhno-rs In-tlie develop-i
meiit i. i evard’s comprehen
sive- planning study which will j
lead uit i■ -rate!v to. a plan for the
in ' ■ ioj'mert of the town o'er
the next ISry.ear- oeriud.
The study is being'done for;
the town under a federal grant
iwp thirds of tiic cost with;
li;.' town paying the balance.
A further result of this study •
will be a thoroughfare plan of,
major streets and highways in.
the vicinity which will ultimate-j
iy be adopted jointly by the
board of alderman and the I
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I The Weather \ j
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Although other communities
were powdered with light snow I
and some glazed with a coat of i
ice (luring the past week. Bre
wed came through unscatched.
Jet over a third of an inch
of precipitation was recorded
during the nast week with high
reading being a 46 on Saturday
and law mark coming Thursday
morning when the mercury dip
ped to 6 below zero.
Official statistics .are as fol
lows:
High l.ow Prcc.
Wednesday _ 40 34 .11
Thursday -_23 -6 0
Tri-day _ 43 3 0
Saturday _ 40 19 0
Sunday_ 42 23 .10
Viordav _ 37 4 .13
Tuesday _ 39 8 Trace
ssues
^ Bredhurn I
Statement On
Hendersonville
Wayne Brad burn, superiii
tendent of schools in Transyl
vnniu. said that school offi
cials here arc unset over re
cent action taken by the Hen
dersonville Board of Educa
tion, and that they are going
to appeal to higher authorities
because of the implications.
The Times ipiotes Mr. Brad
hum:
“The Transylvania county
school system and the people
of Transylvania county were
informed this morning by
headlines in the Asheville Cit
izen that Hendersonville high
and Brevard high school had
severed athletic relations.
“5 would like to state that
. Brevard High school has not
agreed to sever relations with
.'tenders- nvilie high school
cirri at (his time has no inten
tions of doing so. It is within
the jurisdiction of Henderson
\ ’He City Board of Education
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| Reports to People
| Leonard Discusses General
| Assembly, Opens Feb. 6th j
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11 y - William Leonard
Transylvania’s Representative
The 1963 General As
j semhly of North Carolina
j will convent next Wednes
day at Raleigh, The oath of
! office will be administered
! at 11 a. ni. lor members of
j the Senate and at 12 noon
j for members of the House
| of, Representatives.
Following this. each
branch will elect its of
ficers and will remain in
session long enough to
complete a few introduc
tory matters and to hear
messages appropriate to
the occasion.
The 1963 General As
! semhly is made up of 170
! members. 50 in the Senate
| and 120 in the House. This
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ki:i\ m:onard
Value Of The
•Contributions
Is Stressed
F. U. Carrott, industrial re
lations manager of the Olin
Mathieson Chemical corpora
tion at I’isgah Forest, pre
sented a check for 810,000 to
t h c Transylvania County
Hoard of education at their
January meeting for support
of Hie advanced science pro
gram for local high school
students.
This is the third successing
grant for this purpose made
in Olin since the program was
inaugurated in 1960.
The OHn contribution is
made <n provide students of
Bosnian and Brevard high
schools, who have special in
ti rest and aptitude in science;
with a one - year course in
advanced chemistry. This
special course enables the
students to he better prepar
ed for science programs iii
college.
This year there are 35 stud-:
—Turn to I’agc Four
ALMOST AN AERIAL VIEW of the gigantic
satellite tracking station now under construction in
upper Transylvania is the picture above. Note the
Data Acquisition Antenna that is being erected in
a natural bowl setting protected by the summits
of the Blue Eidge mountains. This view looks di
rectly north with the Operations building in
foreground. The Times is pleased to carry a
ress report and more pictures in the third
of this week’s newspaper.
(Photo by Austin