Bargains Galore To Be Offered By Brevard Merchants Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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TRANSYT,VANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
renter. Population, 11160 Census,
10,372. Brevard Oommuni y 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgali National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 74 — No. 8
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963 PRICE 10-: ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE FIRST INSTALLATION on the Brevard
College Endowment Fund that has been inaugurat
ed by tin* Brevard Jaycees was recently presented
to Dr. Emmett K. MeLarty. Jayc.ee President Tom
McCrary is shown presenting the cheek for
$1,000.00 to Dr. Mel.arty, while Jaycees Chester
Kilpatrick, left, and John K. Smart, right, members
ol the Jaycees Endowment Fund committee, look on
approvingly. The endowment fund will be increas
I ed by §200.00 each year by the Jaycees, and the in
terest from the fund will be used to aid some wor
i thy Transylvania county student attending Brevard
College. Currently, a campaign to raise §60,000
for the local educational institution is being conduct- i
ed by the Brevard College Development committee
of the Brevard Chamber Chamber of Commerce.
(Times Staff Photo) j
What’s
InA
Name
How much is the name ami
•address of a Transylvania
county resident worth? On a
Mailing list — plenty.
Just how much, depends on
his posit ion. economically and
otherwise. If he is wealthy and
is thereby a good prospect lor
a cabin cruiser or for member
ship in an exclusive club, his
name is worth quite a bit.
However, if his name is a
readily - obtainable one. as is
the case with school teachers,
doctors, lawyers and the like, or
if his buying power is low, it
brings less.
There are about 250 firms
that compile such lists and
lease them or sell them to
companies that wish to ap
proach prospects by mail or
—Turn to Page Seven
Facts Presented
Aldermen Continue Discussion
Of Water Meters In Brevard
The Town Board of Alder
men took action on several
matters at a special call meet
ing Monday night.
A notice of adoption of an
annexation ordinance was fil
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 21 — 3
day George Washington sale
begins. League of Women Vot
ers meet at Gaither’s at 10:00 a.
nv. Kiwanis club meets at Gaith
er’s at 6:45 p. m. Lions club
meets at Colonial Inn at 7:30 p.
m. Masons meet at Temple at
7:30 p. m.
Friday, February 22 — Bre
vard Vs. Waynesville at Bre
vard Senior high gym. FFA Fa
ther - Son banquet at Senior high
school at 7:30 p. m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, February 24 — At
tend tile church of your choice.
Monday, February 25—Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m.
Tuesday, February 26 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m. Bre
vard Junior High P-TA meets at
7:30 p. m. Straus P-TA meets at
7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, February 27 —
jaycees meet at Gaither’s at
7:00 j>. m.
Piano Received
Dates For Judging In Rural
Contest Set, Officers Named
The tentative dales for the
judging in the Transylvania Ku
ra 1 Development program have
lx*en set for October 2nd, 3rd
and 4th, and the awards program
will he held at the Olin Mathie
son Chemical corporation on the
evening of October 8th.
According to Jim Davis, coun
ty agent, the new officers and
directors arc as follows:
President — Ralph Lee, Ce
dar Mountain community
Vice - president — Merrimon
Shuford, Little River communi
ty
Secretary - Treasurer — Mrs.
Hester Hanson, Sapphire-White
water community
The directors are to be com
posed of the president or his
representative and two other
members of his choice from each
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ed, and it is found elsewhere
in the first section of this
week’s Times.
The territory to be annexed
lies along the Country Club
road.
A lengthy discussion was
held concerning the financing
of placing water meters in the
Town of Brevard. The follow
ing facts were presented by
Town Manager Bill Edens:
(1) There are 352 metered
services outside the city limits.
(2) An additional 45 meters
would be installed outside the
city this year.
(3) There are 128 meters in
cluding commercial establish
ments in the Town of Brevard.
(4) Brevard has 1789 water
services inside and outside of
the town.
(5) The estimated cost of
metering the entire system
in Brevard would be over $60,
000.
The Aldermen will discuss
the matter at later meetings,
and the Clerk, the Attorney
and the Town Manager were
instructed to proceed to de
tails concerning financing the
project.
The Board also amended
the water ordinance regarding
bona fide boarding and room
ing houses, and authorized
them to be placed on the met
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Activities Planned
! Committee Chairmen For
!
Friends Of Library Named
Jack Driscoll, president ol
Friends of Transylvania Count}
; Library, announced committee
chairmen and planned activities
i for the coming year.
The chairmen are: Book Com
ments and Reviews—Mrs. Sum
ner Williams; Exhibits—Mrs. A1
an Wallace; Finance Admira
Ligon B. A r d; Historian —
Mrs. C. A. Richardson; Member
ship — Mrs. Charles Glazner
National Library Week — Mrs
Gene Smithson; Publicity — Mrs
Bill Norris; Puppet shows—
Mrs. Robert N. Hill, III; Story
Time — Mrs. Glenn Hardesty
and Mrs. Vernon Wray.
Activities for the year will in
clude events of interest ot chil
dren and adults alike. National
Library week will be observed
during April of this year and
special exhibits are being plan
ned during that week to focus
attention on the County Library.
An important event for the
children will be the summer
story hour. This will run for 10
weeks during the summer
months on Saturday mornings
and will feature children’s stor
ies, puppet shows, etc.
From time to time during the
! year exhibits will be on display
in the country library. These ex
hibits will be collections of un
usual items and works of local
artists and craftsmen. These dis
j plays will be publicized in The
| Transylvania Times and will re
[ main in the library for several
weeks in order that interested
| pesons may view them,
i Friends of the Library is a!
; loosely-knit national organization i
! which promotes appreciation and
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! Jurors Drawn For Next Term
j •
Of General County Court, 4th
The next term of the Gen
eral County court in Transyl
vania is set for Monday. March
4th, and it will be for the trial
of jury cases.
i Jurors who will serve dur
ing the court are as follows:
Mrs. R. E. Matthews, Ed C.
! Mitchum, Jackson A. Gillespie,
j Perry Lee Sitton, Mrs. Charles
\V. Cook, William D. Scruggs,
i William E. Bentley, Edward
: Conley, Donald Lee McCall,
Breakdown Given
Transylvania Farmers Granted
$37,434 In '62 Through ACP
Transylvania county farmers
received a total of $37,434.00
gross assistance through the Ag
ricultural Conservation program
in 1902.
This figure and others are con
tained in the annual statistical
ASCS report made public this
week by the Transylvania coun
ty ASCS office in Brevard.
In addition to the gross assis
tance given county farmers, the
report pointed out that 831
farmers participated in the pro
gram; 47,27(5 acres of farmland
came under the program; 12,570
acres of this farmland was crop
land; and 7,347 was non-cropland
pasture.
One of the big items included
in the ACP allocation for the
year was $3,401.00 for the seed
ing of 175 acres of permanent
pasture or hay. A total of 122
county farmers carried out this
practice.
The liming of farmland was
another conservation practice on
which a large part of the alloca
tion was used. 241 farmers limed
a total of 1,065 acres of farmland
at a cost of $9,459.00.
A total of $15,390.00 was used
on improving vegetative cover
for soil and watershed protec
tion. A total of 544 farmers im
proved 1,761 acres of pasture
and hay with this practice dur
ing 1962.
There were 10 conservation
practices included in the County
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Big George Washington Birthday
Sale Celebration To Begin Today
Sales Event Is
First In Series
Of Promotions
Brevard merchants are stag
ing a town • wide sales promo
tion on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week.
The big three day event is
a "George Washington's Birth
day" Sale, and the participat
ing merchants have gone all
out to offer tremendous bar
gains throughout their stores
this weekend.
In announcing the sale, Mer
chant’s Division Chairman
Dewey Nix stated,
"It's George Washington's
birthday, but the Transylvani
ans shopping in our stores
this weekend will be getting
the gifts.
"Wre’ve really chopped down
prices for this event, and I
urge everyone to shop our
Brevard stores for the many
values that can be found
there."
Shoppers are requested to
read the many "George Wash
ington" advertisements in
this week’s issue of the Tran
sylvania Times, including the
two-page spread on the sale
found in the second section of
this paper.
Snow Closed
Schools On
Brevard and Transylvania
county had the first real snow
fall of the year late Monday
night and early Tuesday morn
ing.
The depth of the snow rang
ed from four inches at lower
elevations to seven and eight
—Turn to Page Seven
Thomas J. Langford, Troy
H. Zachary, W. E. Neill, Cal
vin L. Frady, Clarence Orr.
Gertha H. Landreth, Jack 1,.
Zachary, Mrs. Tom Couch,
Carolyn Ashworth Eugene
Shelton, Jack H. McCall, Roy
E. Carter, George W. Poor,
William Douglas Brown, Jam
es A, Newsome,
Verdicts handed down in
the General County court on
Monday were as follows:
Ralph Fisher Perry, charged
with possession, has to pay
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Banks, PO And
Some Offices
Close Friday
Friday, George Washington's
birthday, will be a semi-holiday
in Brevard and Transylvania
county.
Schools and stores will remain
open; however, several offices
will close.
The day is a legal holiday, so
the banks and the post office
will be closed.
There will be no delivery of
rural or city mail, and the gen
eral delivery window at the post
office will be open from 11:30 a.
m., until 12:00 noon.
Offices in the court house will
be closed, but the town hall will
be open.
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BREVARD MERCHANTS a r e
celebratin'!: George? Washington's
birthday this weekend with a gigan
tic three-day promotion. Officials'
of the Merchants Division of the
' Chamber of Commerce are pictured
above looking over the promotional
material being used in the big town
wide event. Chairman Dewey Nix,
left. TreifcHinii'W. lirovvn, cen
ter. iiml See ret.-ire Hill Norris, right
seem pleased with plans for the ceJe
hration. and they urge Transylvan
ians to shop the participating stores
for hundreds of outstanding values.
(Times Staff Photo)
Banquet Planned
Community Center Campaign
Is Now In Full Swing Here
To Make Awards
FFA Chapter Will Hold
Annual Bainjucl On Friday
The annual Father-and Son
. banquet of the Brevard Chapter
of Future Farmers of America
will be held Friday night of this
week in the cafeteria of Brevard
: senior high school, beginning at
7:30 o’clock,
Randal .7 .Lyday, the advisor,
says an excellent program is
planned in keping with the na
tional observance of Future
Farmers of America.
Dr. A. I). Stuart, iff the ex
tension division, State College,
Raleigh, will attend the banquet
and award the state corn grow
ing championship trophies to
| two Transylvanians.
They are:
Hugh N. Lambert, adult divis
i ion
Beecher Carl Allison, junior
! division.
Chapter awards will bo mado
by linger Wilson.
Lewis Fradv will give a toast
to the Home Kconomics girls,
and the response will be by Sn
sail Ashe.
A talk on the National FFA
week will be given by lionnie
Huggins, and .Mr. I.yday will rec
ogni/.e special guests.
Others participating on the
program will be Merle lJaldwin.
David Cantrell. Frank Smith and
the officer* will be in charge of
the closing ceremony.
This group recently won first
place in the federation ritual and
parliamentary procedure contest
at Hendersonville, and Frank
Smith placed second in public
speaking.
Mr. I.yday and the group will
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rrogram Highlight*
WPNF Rendering Valuable
Public Service To County
Radio’s importance to the town
and county was emphasized this
week as the local radio station
made numerous announcements
concerning school closing in
Transylvania, Henderson, and
Buncombe counties.
“Shortly after six o’clock on
Tuesday morning, Superintend
j ent Wayne Bradburn called our
morning man, Leon Southerland,
j informing him of the school sit
uation,” station manager A1 Mar
I tin said.
“Immediately Leon began
making the announcement for
the benefit of local residents, in
forming them that schools in
the area would be closed because
of the weather.
“From Asheville, we received
word that business schools were
also closed, and that information
was added to our announce
ments.”
During the afternoon, a num
ber of persons called the statior
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The campaign for funds for
the now Transylvania Com
■nullity Center is now in full
swing and Campaign Director
Rev. Ren Ormand urges all
solicitors to complete their
canvassing this week and next.
Persons who have not been
contacted may make contri
butions to Ralph i. Duckworth,
the Community Center treas
urer, at the First Union Na
tional Rank.
Transylvania’s larger in
! dust l ies including Olin, Du
Pont, and Mitchell - Bissell
Company, have made a chal
lenge gift of ^3,200.00 to the
Center.
The Center, the former
Methodist church, on Gaston
street, is currently being reno
vated, and quarters for the
Art League and church ser
vices have already been set up..
Look Iiisid
l»r. Julius Sader, president
of the Center, said the officers
and directors were most pleas
ed this week with a beautiful
—Turn to Page Fivi
You’ll find much good
itig inside of The Transylv
Times this week.
There are many excellent j
tures too . . Here’s a guide
portion of the paper:
Page 7, section three -
resentative Bill Leonard re
on activities in the Legislati
Page 6, same section
name youth leaders at
and Rosman
Page 4, section three
Morrison writes about his
est sport thrill. On
page complete coverage i
to Tornadoes being
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