TRANSYLVANIA—
An industrial. Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Tenter. Population, 1 OOP Census,
1(5,1172. Brevard Communi.y 8,5(10,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74 — No. 6
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
In? I and of Waterfalls, Mecca
for vommer Tamps, uttranee to
p, full National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963
PRICE 10:
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PUBLISHED WEEKL'f
FIRST PLACE WINNERS in the recent bowling
tournament at Brevard Lanes were Jean Peterson,
left, and Rhea Marshall, right, who coppecl first
place honors in the doubles event. Pictured with
them is Marge Henson, 'president of the Asheville
City association, Women’s international Bowling
Congress, sponsors of the tournament. Some 57
teams from all over Western North Carolina par
tic paled in the hig event. Both girls howl with
the Olin Jets. They received individual trophies
and the first place cash prize of $-">5.
(Times Staff Photo)
Drive Set
Work On Renovating Church
Into Center Is Progressing
Renovation work is Iw-ing
done at the Transylvania Com
munity Center on Gaston amt
Rrobart streets.
The main auditorium lias
keen partitioned making two
meeting rooms, one ol' which
will have stage facilities for
use by the I.iitle Theatre.
Genera) renovation is being
done in other parts of the
building.
A fund-raising drive will be
gin February 14th, and a goal
of $20,000 has been set for the
two-week period. This amount
will complete the purchase of
the building and the renova
tions.
Four local organizations
I liave already spoken for space.
They include the Transylvania
Youth Association, the Art
League, Brevard Little Thea
tre, and the Church of the
Nazarene.
Campfire Planned
Bov Scouts Will Observe,
Week, Demonstrate Camp
Local Boy Scouts and Explor-1
cr Scouts will celebrate Boy |
Scout Week by pulling up aj
demonstration camp on the Jtin-|
ior High school football field on
Saturday, February 9th, and liv
ing in the camp until noon Sun
day.
Scouts of the Kiwanis sponsor
ed Explorer Post 701 and Boy
Scout Troop 701 and the Presby
terian church sponsored Troop
703 will erect a camp. They
demonstrate Scout skills and
Scout crafts and will also com
pete in individual scouting
events.
In 1964?
* Town Board Votes Monday Night
• To Add Fluoride To City Water
The town of Brevard will
have fluoride added in its wa
ter system, the Board of Aider
men voted at their February
meeting this week.
This will be done when fi
nances are available, they de
cided.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 7th —
Kiwanis club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets
at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Ma
sons meet at Temple at 7:30
p.m.
Friday, February 8th — Bre
vard College Vs. Wingate in col
lege gym. Aee of Clubs meets
at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 9th — Boy
Scout camporee begins on jun
ior high athletic field at 12:00
noon.
Sunday, February 10th — At
tend the church of your choice.
Monday, February 11th — Ro
tary' club meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m. Brevard Elementary
P-TA meets at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 12th
Hospital Auxiliary meets at
10:00 a.m. Aee of Clubs meets
at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13th —
Jayoees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
pjn.
It is speculated that fluori
dation of the water system
will come next year.
The aldermen also decided
to call a special meeting on
February 18th to study ways
and means of having water
meters installed throughout
the town of Brevard.
A public hearing was also
set for the next regular meet
ing on the resolution concern
ing the levying of assessments
on street improvements on
McMinn avenue and Shipman
street and also sanitary im
provements on Fisher road.
Tax Collector Lawrence
Hipp reported to the board
that $68,328.84 in taxes had
been collected for the town.
The charge was $90,032.20, and
the percentage of collections
is 75m
He also discussed with board
members the possibility of tax
ing incoming and outgoing
trailers and have them report
to the tax office.
Mayor B. W. Thomason pre
sided, and the aldermen at
tending included Don Blank
inship, ‘•Buddy" Melton, Mark
Osborne, Dr. John Trucsdail
and Tony Traivtham. Also at
tending in an official capacity
were Mrs. Opal Armentrout,
the clerk; Bill Edens, town
manager, and Cecil J. Hill,
town attorney.
A campfire is planned for Sat-1
nrday evening. Parents, pro-i
speclivc Scouts and the general
public are all invited to visit
and observe these Scouts in
camp.
Boy Scout Week this year is
the week from February 7th to
the 14th and is the annual cele
bration of the establishment of
the scouting movement in the
United States.
Scouting came to America in
1910 and to Transylvania Coun
ty in 1920, when the Brevard
troop became the first troop in
the 7 county area which now
makes up the Daniel Boone Coun
cil of the Boy Scouts of America.
School Menus
To Be Carried
As a public service, The Tran
sylvania Times is beginning a
series of articles on menus, etc.,
in the school cafeterias of the
town and county.
This week the menu at Bre
vard senior high school cafe
teria is carried. It is as follows:
.Monday, Feb. 11
Pork barbecue on buns, cole
slaw, mashed potatoes, peach pie,
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CANDLER W. ELLIS has
been promoted to converter
sales manager for the film op
erations of the Packaging Di
vision of Olin Mathieson
Chemical Corporation. He was
formerly manager, marketing
services, film.
Tracking Station
Page Is Rerun By
Popular Request
By popular request, The
Transylvania Times is re-run
ning the page layout on the
construction of the new satel
lite tracking station in upper
Transylvania county.
It can he found on page
three, third section.
Demands for last week’s
newspaper were terrific, and
mid-morning last Thursday, all
issues of The Times had been
sold.
Circulation of Brevard’s
prize-winning newspaper is at
an all-time high, and special
effort is being made to see
that all newcomers to Brevard
and Transylvania county get
The Times each week.
Program Highlights
WPNF Affiliated With NAB,
High Standards Are Practiced
Station Manager At Martin an
nounces today that the local sta
tion has now become an official
subscriber to the Radio Code ol
Good Practices of the National
Assoeia tion of Broadcasters
(NAB).
The national organization
headed by former Florida Gov
ernor Leroy Collins as president,
works with broadcasters across
the country in updating broad
cast procedures and practices
and is instrumental in informing
stations of important data con
cerning Federal Communications
Commission requirements.
Any station numbering itself
among NAB Code subscribers
promises to abide by suggested
programming procedures on con
tent of programs and limits it
self to a maximum number of
commercial announcements in a
given period.
“Although, WPNF has main
tained a high regard for the NAB
Code in the past and has always
striven to follow the Code sug
gestions, we feel it is in the best
interests of the station to join
with other broadcasters in a
joint venture to raise even high
er the standards of our growing
industry,” the station manager
concluded.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Rosman home Ec.
dept., Mrs. Dorothy Vaniman;
Friday, U. S. Forest Service, Ted
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Brevard College s Development
Campaign Is Launched Locally
Donations And
Pledges Are
Being Solicited
A .*(>0,000 Brevard College
Development program, to last
over a period of three years,
has been started in Brevard
and Transylvania county.
\V. II. Keith is the campaign
director, and the committee
assisting him, which was ap
pointed by the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce, consists of
John I. Anderson, Don Blank
inship, Gil Coan, Arthur .1.
I. oeb, l*uul Owenby. Jr., Ralph
II. Ramsey, Jr., and C. A. But
terwnrth, Jr„ treasurer.
Mr. Keith says that letters
containing brochures and
pledge cards have been mail
ed to many, many persons,
ami others are being contacted
personally and through the
various civic clubs.
He stresses the importance
of cash contribution accoin
! ponying the pledges over the
three - year period, because
only the paid portion will he
applied to a matching contri
bution to Brevard College.
A vast amount of the pub
licity that is being distributed
about (he local educational in
stitution is carried in a public
I service message of the Olin
I Mathieson Chemical corpora
| tiou on the hack page of this
j ncws|wjper.
Mr. Keith states:
"After you have had an op
portunity to read this material,
; we think you will agree that
| Brevard College is contribut
! ing substantially to the life of
our community in areas of ed
ucation, culture, recreation,
and general economic growth.
"Here are some facts which
are not brought out in our
brochures:
"Every industrial prospect
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The Weather \
The first month of the New
Year offered Ihe following tem
perature and precipitation sta
tistics:
The maximum reading came
on the 12th when the tempera
ture hit 03 degrees, while the
low was reached on the morn
ing of the 24th when tile mer
cury dipped to (i below zero.
Precipitation for the month
totaled 3.5fl inches with 1 inch
falling in the 24-hour period
ending at G:00 p.m. on the
12th.
During the past week, the
high reading was 57 on Tues
day, with the average high
reading 4!) degrees. I.ow tem
perature was 15 recorded on
Monday morning. Average
early morning low reading was
27 degrees during the week.
Precipitation totaled .85 of
an inch for the period.
Official readings are as fid
lows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_5B 30 .12
Thursday _ 53 33 0
Friday _ 30 30 .11
Saturday _ 46 2!) .02
Sunday __ 50 30 .00
Monday _40 15 0
Tuesday_... 57 21 0
LATE BULLETIN
Anderson Junior College
defeated Wingate Tuesday
night at the same time Bre
vard was defeating Lees-Mc
Rae to wrap up the regular
season Western Carolinas
Junior College Conference
championship for the Torna
does.
Brevard’s victory over Lees
McRae had assured the Torna
does of at least a tie for the
Ijtle, but Anderson’s victory
kjnocked Wingate, the only
cither team with an outside
chance of catching Brevard,
completely out of contention.
i
Junior Division
Beecher Curl A
Regional, State
ison Is The
(krrn Champ
I
Hipp Reports
Tax Colled ions In County
Good During Past \ear
Tax collections (luring 19(12
for Transylvania county were
good. According to Lawrence
Hipp, total collections were
:593,214.(17.
Mr. Hipp was asked by (lie
Ilureau of Census at Washing
ton, I). C. for a breakdown. It
was as follows:
Transylvania county—- $51(1,
393.50
Town of lirevard — $80,011.53
liosman - $2,812.04
Mr. Hipp also reported to the
Transylvania County Commis
sioners this week that tax col lec
tions as oT l-'ehruary 1, 19(13 to
talled .“1429,959.95, for 83.11 per
cent.
Tin- charge to Mr. Hipp was
$517,358.04.
Mr. Hipp also has in the bank
75 Real Estate
Transactions
Are Recorded
Their were 75 real c-dalo
transactions recorded during
.lamiary in Hie register of deeds
office, Owen Lee. the registrar,
announces.
These sales represented $15!},
SfMi.Dll. the stamps indicate.
The complete list can he found
on page seven, second section, of
this week’s newspaper.
$14,4711. !K) representing mire
ported collections.
Fisher Will Is Upheld In Civil
Court, Other Verdicts Reached
Climaxing (tie February
Imn of Ihe civil calendar in
superior court last week was
the uphold is;; of the will of
Roy A. Fisher, deceased.
Judge Harry Marlin presid
ed over I he session last week.
Verdicts handed down this
week in the criminal term of
court, by Judge George I!. Pat
ton were as follows:
Red Conley, Fred Morgan
and James Henry each pled
guilty to a charge of larceny,
and each was .sentenced to !!
months in the county jail to
work under the supervision of
the Slate Prison department.
Kli/.ic I.CO McCall was found
guilty by a jury of driving un
der the influence and was giv
en a suspended sentence and
fined $100.00 plus court costs.
Jesse Young was found guil
ty of a worthless check charge
and was sentenced to four
months in jail.
Set Feb. 15 & 16
Little Theatre Now Holding
Final Rehearsals For Comedy
Rehearsals arc moving into
the final stages for “Yon Can’t
Take It With You”, the second
production of the current Bre
vard Little Theatre season.
The play, listed as one of the
top 20 all time favorites, will be
presented Thursday and Friday,
February 15th and 16th, at the
American Legion building here
in Brevard.
One of the finest easts assem
bled for a BLT production in
recent years will take part in
"You Can’t Take It With You”.
Made up almost entirely of BLT
veterans, the large cast also in
cludes several newcomers to the
local stage.
Appearing in the Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman long time
Transylvania County Future
Farmer of America Beecher
Carl Allison has won the re*
Sinai and slate junior corn
championship.
Beecher Carl is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Allison,
route '2, Brevard.
This announcement has
been made by A. 1). Stuart, ex-'
tension agronomy specialist,
N. C. State College, Raleigh.
This is the second time that
a Transylvania junior has won
the regional contest. Beecher
Carl's yield was 165.17 per
acre and the variety used was
DeKalb 81)5.
Voting Allison will receive
a 850 Savings Bond for being
regional winner, donated by
the National 1‘lant Food In
stitute, and he will also receive
a corn trophy from the First
Ihiion National Bank of Bre
vard, sponsor of the local corn
contest.
.Iti-st recently Hugh N. Lam
ing-! won the regional and state
title in the adult division of'
the growing contest,' and Jim
Davis, county extension chair
man has ibis' to say:
"Transylvania is indeed for
tunate in having both the jun
ior and the adult champion of
(he stale.
‘ They are to he congratulat
slanding recognition to oi
county.”
cd upon bringing such out
Local Troo
Sponsoring
Exposition
Three local Scout troops
promoting the Scout. Exp
at Stephens Lee high sc
gym this coming Saturday,
Oth, from 2:00 until 9:00
The exposition is
by the Daniel Boone coun
the public is cordially invil
attend.
Admission is 50 cents per p
son.
laical troops sponsoring
event and their officials
Troop 785 — Paul
scoutmaster. Brevard
Troop 786 — Kemp
scoutmaster, Glade
Cub Pack No.
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