TRANSYT.V ANT A—
An Industrial. Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 11160 .Census,
16,372. Brevard t'omnium v ll.oOil,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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The 1 nd of W.irerfnlls. Mecca
for Summer faipps, Entrance to
Pisgali National Forest and
Home of Brevard Co liege and
Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 71 — No. 12 ★
BREVARD, N.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1963 PRICE 10'* * 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLl
$53,000 Pledged
Goal Of $60,000 In College
Campaign Believed In Sight
With $53,000.00 pledged or
Pint to date, the goal ill StiO,
000. 00 in tin- Iln-vard College
lh-vehipnielit li I ml campaign is
in -1; • 111. according to Mill
Keith, chairman nf tin- special
ooMimittoo of tin- Brevard
Chamber of Coniinem- In di
rect iIn- campaign, anil (til
Co.-ill, solicitation cliainnan.
“However, this is dependent
upon many promises amt pre.s
pects yet to In* contacted,’’ lie
declared.
Air Keith makes a strong
plea lor persons who are plan
Tone: to pledge to do so as
ipuckly as tliev can. (’. A. But
teiworth, at lirevard College,
1. the funds treasurer.
'I’lease mail in your pledge
raids today,’’ Mr. Keith con
tinued.
He also urges members of
the special eoniniiltee who are
contacting prospective donors
to complete tlu-ir work in the
immediate future.
One of the,lined conlrihu
h tic,ns received was a pledge nf
SIS,000.00 tliis week by the
G11il Mathieson (’In-miial cor
poration
t It Will he paid in three in
r.tahmentwhich are depen
dent upon the financial suc
cess lit the overall college cam
An honor roll of donors ns
of noon March liMh, broken
down info cliff omit categor
ies i: as follows:
Business and Professional
A & P Food Store
Baxter & McFonnel Oil Co.
Beikr. Depart nun I Shoe
Blit more Dairy Farms
Brevard Federal Savings &
Loan Ass’n.
Brevard Insurance Agency
Brevard Jeweler.
Brevard Lumber Co.
Brevai d Motor Lodge
Citiiciis Telephone Co.
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CALENDAR OF
^ COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 21 - Kiwan
is dub moots at (blither's at ti:45
p.m. Lions club moots at Colon
ial Inn at 7:00 p.rn.
Friday, March 22 — Aco of
(tubs meets at 8:00 pan.
Sunday. March 24 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, March 25 — Rotary
club moots at Gaither’s at 7:00
pan. baptists begin Training!
School at first baptist church \
at 7:15 pan. Brevard elementary |
P-TA moots at 8:00 p.m. lire j
yard Music Lovers club moots j
with Mrs. James Sanders at 8:00
pan. Eastern Star Public Install
ation of officers at Temple at
8:00 p.m. Tercentenary meeting
at Brevard college at 8:00 pan.
Ipf Tuesday. March 28 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:80 p.m. Elks
meet at 8:00 p.m.
% Wednesday, March 27 — Jay
Gees meet at Gaither's at 7:00
p.m.
JIMMY GAITHER JR., who won first place for
lirevard in (ho speech contest of the Area 14 Toast
niashrs Clubs last Salurdav night at the Mount
Valley Inn at Maggie Valiev, is pictured above with
the heautful trophy that he won. Four Toastmas
ters clubs, Canton. Pigeon Valley, Wavnesville and
lirevard participated in the contest, and .Jimmy’s
speech, “The Power Of Words”, was judged the
best of the four speeches presented. He is now eli
gible to participate in the district Toast masters
speech contest, which will be held in Asheville in
liie near future. (’I'imes Staff Photo)
Baplis* Doings
Training School To Open
Moiulay Nighl, 1 Sessions
y r? .
The Transylvania Baptist.As
Sdcialional Central Irainiiigi
school will. lin’d oil Monday,
Tuesday, Thnc.sdav and Friday
etchings, March 25111, 2l!lh, 2P>(h,
and 2!l froth 7:15 lo !):lf> al the
First Ilajdisl iluiicU in Btewud.
A slioit inspirational sorrier
each evening will ho given as tlio
groups join in assembly between ;
the 2 periods at classes.
Every Baptist of the county is
urged lo attend, with classes be j
ing provided for each age group.
The name of the text given
here is followed by the name
of the person who is to teach
the course:
The Baptist March in History
— Rev. Paul Mims
The Ministry of Visitation —
Rev. Earl Payne
Teaching to Win and Develop j
— Rev. Frank Jordan
Using the Sunday School in j
Evangelism — Rev. Clay Barnes
Sunday School Ministry to1
Adults — Rev. Dan Wallen
For Teenagers, Young People i
Is This Mv Bile? — Mr. Rich !
aid McKinney
This Sunday
Ann Yeager To Be Seen
On TV Sports Spectacular
i
Ann Yeager, the daughter I
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fordyce, |
of Valll-Vuc farms in lower
Transylvania county, will be
seen on the popular television
program, “Sports Spectacu
lar”, this coming Sunday after
noon.
A sophomore at Fla. State
University, Miss Yeager, is a
member of the “Flying High
Circus”, the only oue of its
kind in the United States.
The university acrobatics will
be seen on the television sports
program for an hour and a
half.
Miss Yeager will be featur
ed In four acts: “The Cloud
Swing”, “The Giant Whirl”,
“Swinging Ladders”, and “The
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ANN YEAGER
Nursery Children — Provision
Christian 'Marriage >— Kev.
Jarvis Brock
for their care - Mrs. 0. E. Loth
cry
(hind Times at Church — Be
ginners - Mrs. Carroll Marshall
To Church We (!o —- Primar
ies - Mrs. Cheatham Nelson
Fighters for Freedom — Jun
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April
Jurors
Drawn
Jurors for (ho April term of
| Superior court in Transylvania
| have been drawn and are an
nounced today by Clerk Marvin
| McCall.
I " .■
The term conv enes on Monday,
April 1st, with Judge George B.
Patton, of Franklin, presiding.
The Ciyil calendar will lie
heard beginning Tuesday, April
2nd.
The jury list for the first
week is as follows:
Mrs. Ben Kenerly
Wilbur McGee
II. L. Pierson
Jack Alexander
Mrs. Thomas Ramsey
Bert Cassell
Mrs. Gordon Sprott
Orval L, McKclvin
Mrs. Fred Israel
Ira Edwin Whitmire
Mrs. Vernon Fricks
Hayes Bumgarner
James A. Parker
Verlin Woods
Joe W. Grooms
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Validity Of General County
Court Now Being Questioned
Winners In
Science Fair
Are Announced
Winners in the Transylvania j
I County Schools Science Fair j
held last weekend have been
: announced.
Elementary winners were as
I follows:
Physical division: Mike Cook,
fifth grade, Brevard elementary,
first place: Leonard Montcith
| and I Jon Gibson, sixth grade,
Brevard elementary. second
place: and Bobby and Gail Tay-'
| lor, sixth grade, Straus elemen
; tary, third place.
Biological division: Barbara
Wauehope, fifth grade. Brevard
elementary, first place: Keith
Dills, fifth grade, Straus school,
second place; Keith Farmer,
sixth grade, Brevard elementary,
third place.
Chemical division: Gary Dills,
sixth grade, Brevard elementary,
! first place: Susan Rich, fifth
grade, Brevard elementary, sec
ond place:
In the junior high section.
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New Brevard Plant
Seeks Applications
Tin* Brevard Manufacturing j
company, Transylvania’s new
est industry, is seeking appli
(aliens for employment.
The company is a division
el' Itutli of Carolina, of lien- j
(lersonville, where local cm
ployees will l>e trained.
According to lal Wolf, plant
manager there, the Brevard
Manufacturing company will
require sewing machine opera
tors, pressers and inspectors.
Application forms are now
available at the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce office, locat
ed in the library building, adja
cent to court house.
They can be picked up in
the mornings from 9:30 o'clock
until 12:00 noon.
Public Invited
Dr. Lefler To Speak At
Tercentenary Meet Here
Dr. Hugh Defier, prominent
historian and educator of the
University of North Carolina,
will be the principal speaker
at a meeting highlighting the
local observance of Tercentenary
month in Transylvania.
The event will be held at Bre
vard College next Monday night
in the auditorium of the Campus
Center building, beginning at
8:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Ralph Ramsey, who is
chairman of the local observ
ance of North Carolina’s 300th
anniversary, cordially invites the
pubic to attend the meeting.
Dr. Lefler’s biography in
"Who’s Who in the South and
Southwest” is unite lengthy, and
Mrs. Ramsey says the community
is indeed fortunate in having
him for a speaker at the meet- j
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Mitchell-Bissell Company To
Hold “Open House ” On Birthday
In observance of its first an
nivarsary in Transylvania, the
Mitchell-Bissell company, lo
caled above Bosnian, will bold
an “o n e n li o n s e” on
Friday nijjht, April 5th, from
7:01) until 10:00 o'clock.
This announcement comes
today from the president,
.Jack Mitchell, who extends a
cordial invitation to aH to at
tend the “open house”.
“We are indeed happy to
open cur doors and invite our
friends in to see our opera
tions,” Mr. Mitchell declared.
I
The Mitchell-Bissell com- j
pany, which has a history dat- I
ins back to 1882, moved to its
present southern site from
Trenton, New Jersey, last year.
The local company, makers
of chrome - t hreaded wire
guides for the textile industry,
began operations last March
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Persons interested in sewing
may apply for a two-weeks’
training course on the prem
ises of the Until Originals cor
poration at Hendersonville.
The school is under the su
pervision of the North Caro- |
lina Department of education. |
Satisfactory completion of
this course or similar training j
or experience is a prerequisite |
for employment as a sewing I
machine operator at the Bre
vard plant, Mr. Wolf states.
Temporary production facil- i
ities are located at the Hen- I
dersonville plant.
Upon completion of the pro
posed plant here at Brevard,
all personnel and equipment
will he transferred immedi
ately.
Management of the Brevard
Manufacturing company will
select applicants for training
at the sewing school.
Harry Friedman will be the
local plant manager.
Look Inside..
The Transylvania Times '
points out the following arti
cles in this week’s Issue for :
your reading enjoyment.
Page 2, section one — Class
ified advertising includes bar
gains for everyone.
Page 3, section one — The
John Zimmermans are on a
trailer trip to Mexico.
Page 1, section two — Pub
lic bills of interest to Tran
sylvanians introduced last
week in the N. C. Legislature
are listed.
Page 4, section two — Bill
Norris speaks against spring
practice for midgets in his
"Sportalk".
Page 5, section two — This
week’s “Sport Thrills" is by
Dick Carter.
Page 6, section two — Books
in Brief, a new weekly fea
ture, begins today.
Lion Governor
To Speak Here
Thursday Night
Lion Governor Willard F.
Hensley will be the guest speak
er at the meeting of the Bre
vard Lions club Thursday.
The meeting will be held at
Colonial Inn and will begin at
7:00 o’clock.
Mr. Hensley’s talk will be on
the subject of Lionism, and all
Lions are urged to attend the
meeting.
EVEN THE TOWERING MEMBERS of the Bre
vard College basketball team looked small as they
stood on the deck of t he USS North Carolina Battle
ship Memorial during their recent visit to Wilming
ton for the Junior college basketball jday-ol'f. The
squad seemed to enjoy the visit to what was once
one of the greatest ships ever built bv the United
States. (Photo by Hugh Morton)
Goes I o Emory
Wells Receives Internship
Appointment, Bowman Gray
JAMES OPIE WELLS, JK.
James Opic Wells Jr., of Bre
vard, is one of 54 senior students |
at the Bowman Gray Schools of i
Medicine who have received in
ternship appointments for 19(13
(14
The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Welts- Sr., Grandview, Brevard,
lie will serve his internship at
Emory University Hospital, At
lanta, Ga.
He is scheduled to receive tile
Doctor of Medicine decree from
the Bowman Gray School of Med- j
ieine in June. His internship
'.♦ill become effective July 1.
A 19(10 graduate of Wake For- j
cst College, Wells is a member
of the Student American Modi
cal Association, Phi Hho Sicma
Medical Fraternity and is busi
ness manager of "The Gray Mat
ter,” student yearbook of the I
Bowman Gray School of Medi- i
cine.
Schools Having
Exhibit On
Library Books
An exhibit of available library
books in the Transylvania Coun
ty schools will be shown at three
schools next week, March 25lh
to 29th.
Books for the elementary
grades one through six will be
shown at the Brevard Elemen
tary Library.
Books for junior high stu
dents, grades 7 to 9, will be
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Bloodmobile
Gets 207
Pints At Olin
Snmc 207 pints of blood
were lienated when the Amer
ican lied Cross lilooitnohilc
visited Olin Mathieson Chemi
cal corporation last Tuesday
and Wednesday.
This number included 26
first time donors.
The next visit of the lJlood
mobilc in Krevard will be on
April 4th.
Program Highlights
Special Lenten Series Being
Heard Daily On Radio, WPNF
WPNF program director Fred
Reiter states that reaction to the
special lenten series, “It Happen
ed Forever,” has been quite fav
orable throughout the commu
nity.
The series of dramatic vig
nettes, each 5 minutes in length,
has been prepared by the De
partment of Radio and Televis
ion of the American Lutheran
Church.
The broadcasts are featured
twice daily at 8:30 a.m. as a part
of “Late Riser’s Reveille”, and
again at 6:30 p.m. just prior to
the “1240 Club.”
In commenting on the pro
grams, Mr. Reiter pointed out
that the series is presented in
such a manner as to depict the
events leading to the death of
Christ, without bringing in any
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Leonard Wants
To Know The
Wishes Of Public
Action lias been started to
abolish the Transylvania Gen
eral County Court.
The law firm of liamsev. Hill
and Smart, representing llon
ald l ee Whitmire, lias tiled a
motion that would dismiss a
warrant against him on the
following grounds:
1. That the warrant in this
case he (plashed tor that this
Court is not legally consti
tuted and has no jurisdiction
to lieai and determine this
matter in that 1 his court was
purportedly established under
the provisions of Section 7-2l>(5,
General Statutes of North Car
olina. Article tit). Chanter 7.
when in fact.the provisions of
said section and chapter do
not apply to Transylvania
county, having been repealed
by Chapter 1 of the Public '
Laws of 11)31. and the attempt
ed establishment of this court
is null and void.
2. That this defendant not
he coinin'fled to answer the
charge against him in this ac
tion.
General Count)' Court Judge
Unbelt T. Gash is to rule »n
the motion. Should he rule'
that the court is valid, the
ease will he appealed to Su
perior Court, the attorneys for
the defendant state.
Representative Bill Leonard
told the Dress this week that"
he had been asked to intro
duce a hill to validate the
court.
He has issued the following
statement:
•’After d iscussing the prob
lem of the validity of our Gen
eral County Court system with
many Transylvania people, I
believe that before we act to
abolish it or to validate it, we
should air this matter out,
study it more thoroughly, and
find out more clearly what the
desires and needs of our peo
ple are concerning it. The Bar
Association and civic clubs
could provide much help by
presenting their views to the'
public. It may he that contin
uance of the General County
Court is not justifiable in view
of the desires of our people as
well as in view of the court
reform program about to be
gin. If it is justifiable, then
the delay caused by this pub
lic study will surely be of no
harm. As soon as we decide
what legislative action should
he taken for the best interest
of our people, I will be glad
to introduce the necessary
legislation.”
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i The Weather f
a.-••a
Rainfall during the past week
totalled only slightly more than
one-and-a-quarter inches, with
daily high and low temperatures
averaging 71 and 36 degrees, re
sportively.
Official readings are as ft
The high reading for the week
was recorded on Monday aft
noon when the mercury rea<
ed to 82 degrees under brigl
sunny skies. Low mark for t
week came on Friday morni
of last week when the mercu
dipped to 27 degrees, the onl
morning when the temperat
fell below freezing during
seven-day period.
Wednesday_74
Thursday_71 35 0
Friday _ 59 27
Saturday -56
Sunday-78
Monday _82
Tuesds<y _77
DR. HUGH LEFLER