TRANSYLVANIA—
An industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Communi.y 8,5011,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The i.and of Waterfall?, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 74 — No. 13 ★
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963 PRICE 10". ★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKL1
NO SERIOUS INJURIES resulted
from the accident pictured above,
v but damages amounting to thousands
of dollars occurred when the 19G1
Falcon driven by Harold Holden, of
route 2, Brevard, plowed into a pow
er pole just outside the city limits of
Brevard on the Rosman highway last
Friday morning. Holden and his pas
senger, Buster Barton, also of route
2, were admitted to the Transylvania
Community hospital with cuts and
bruises. The Holden car side-swiped
a truck driven by John W. McCon
nell, who was turning into hitf place
of business. The accident resulted in
power interruption to a part of lire*
varcl and all of the upper end of Ihe
county, including Rosinan and Lake
Toxaway. The power was off for
approximately one and a half hours,
and only the fine work of Duke Pow -
er employees prevented longer power j
failure. The Transylvania Communi
ty hospital was in one area withoul
power, and it operated on auxiliary
power until repairs were made. Pa
trolman W. D. Sawyer investigated.
(Times Staff Photo)
Leonard Vs. Yates
Squabble Developing In The
Assembly Over County Court
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Rep. William Leonard told a
House Judiciary committee the
senators «'bo P’V'hcd the bill
througn—son. It. E. Brantley of
Polk and Sen. Oral T,. Yates of
Haywood — previously had
agreed not to rush the action.
The Republican representa
tive from Transylvania county
insisted Tuesday that a house
committee should hold a pub
lic hearing before acting on a
bill rushed through the Senate
Monday night validating the
county’s General Court.
He also said thcv had agreed
to discuss any local action be
ing planned with him, but that
he first learned their inten
tions on the Transylvania bill
when it was passed in the Sen
j ate and sent to the House
** Monday night.
(ft
The Judiciary Committee took
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 28 — Chem
ical Engineers meet at Berry’s
at 6:45 p.m. BPW meets at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Masons
meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 29 — Jaycette
Fashion Show at Brevard College
auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 31 — Attend
the church of your choice. Art
' exhibit, tea, in Faculty Lounge
* at Brevard college, 3:00 p.m.
Organ recital by Dr. Richard
Peek at Brevard Methodist
church at 4:00 p.m.
Monday, April 1 — American
Legion and Auxiliary birthday
dinner at Legion building at 6:30
,p.m. Rotary club meets at Gaith
er’s at 7:00 p.m. Democratic
Women meet at Gaither’s at
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 2 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 3 — Toast
masters club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:30 p.m. WOW meets at
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Brevard Lumber
Company Holds
Open House
An “open house", honoring
the formal opening of the new
office and display building of
Brevard Lumber company at 348
King street, wlii dc neld this
Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The new facilities are com
pletely .modern in every detail.
Many pictures of the new
building, a history of Brevard
lumber Company, and many
congratulatory ads are carried
in this issue of The Times.
Valuable door prizes will be
given away at the “open house”
Friday. Some of these are: an
alumnium combination storm
Bulletin
As The Times went to press
at noon Wednesday, word was
received from Raleigh that
the House passed the bill
which would validate the Tran
sylvania General County court.
The bill is now expected to
be ratified later this week.
Before giving favorable pas
sage to the measure, the Ju
dicial committee made a thor
ough study and recommended
its immediate passage.
However, there was the sug
gestion that the court should
be set up again by the county
commissioners.
and screen door; a set of 4 white
pine louvered doors; a corner
china cabinet; two prizes of 5
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At Methodist Church
Dr. Richard Peek To Give
Organ Recital Here Sunday
Dr. Richard M. Peck will pro- i
sent an organ recital Sunday,
March 3Lst, at 4:00 o’clock, at
the Brevard Methodist church.
This marks the third recital
in this year’s Beulah McMinn
Zachary organ series.
A reception honoring Dr. Peek
and members of the Zachary
family will be held following
the recital.
Dr. Peek and his wife, Betty,
are organists and directors of
music at the Covenant Presby
terian church in Charlotte,
where they have developed an
outstanding tfnusieal program for
the church.
A graduate of Michigan State
University aind the Union Theo
logical Seminary School of Sac
red Music, Dr. Peek is in con
stant demand as conductor, or
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aasjiswsrs zeaexie&iKm
DR. RICHARD PERK
College Drive
Reaches 95%
Of Its Goal
It was announced late today
that the Brevard College De
velopment Fund campaign has
new reached $57,000, this be
ins 95r,< of the $00,000 cam
paign goal.
A formal announcement of
the final results of the drive I
has been promised for next j
week’s Transylvania Times.
In the meantime, all those
who are still planning to make
a pledge to this capital funds
drive are urged to mail their
pledge card to the college be
fore next Wednesday.
Schools Will
Have Long
Spring Vacation
Here’s good news for Tran
sylvania school students.
They will get a long vaca- !
lion for ICastci and for the i
spring.
Schools will recess at 3:00
o’clock on Thursday, April
11th, and Hood Friday will be
a holiday.
The following week will also
be a holiday, and classes will
begin again on Monday, April
22nd, Supt. Wayne Bradbiirn
announces.
Chief Merrill
Now Preparing
State Manual
Brevard’s fire chief. Pan Mer
rill, is in Raleigh this week as
sisting other outstanding fire
chiefs in North Carolina in pre
paring a manual for use by vol
unteer fire departments across
the slate.
The group is working with
the Eire Insurance Rating Bu
reau, and the manual now being
used by the volunteer depart
incuts is designed for larger,
paid organizations.
Bill Edens, Brevard’s town
manager, says the community
should be proud of the local de
partment and the excellent work
that Chief Merrill is doing.
‘ Preparing this manual is reali
public service," he declared. '
McGaha Heads
VFW Post
Gene McGaha is the new com- i
mander of the Lewis Earl Jack- j
son post of Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
He was elected at the regular
March meeting, and the installa
tion of new officers is tentative
ly set for April 22nd.
Commander McGaha succeeds
Richard Tinsley.
Other officers elected for the
new years are as follows:
M. N. Ashworth — Sr. vice
commander
•Cecil Wilson — Jr. vice com
mander
Vance Jackson — Quartermas
ter
R. M. Loft is — Chaplain
R. S. Tinsley — 3 year trustee
sDr. Carol Grahl — Surgeon
Dr. Julius Sadcr — Surgeon
Gene Ramsey — Judge advo
cate
Robert T. Gash — Judge advo
cate
Look Inside..
Editorials — page 2, section 3
Society — pages (1, 7, section 4
Sports — pages 4, 5, section 4
Leonard Reports — front, sec
tion 3
Forest feature — page 6, sec
tion 3
Many Streets In Brevard, Highways
To Be Resurfaced During April
A GRIM REMINDER that the fire
season is here is pictured above. The
home of James Collins, off Lake Sega
Road, was destroyed by fire Monday
afternoon from a blaze of undeter
mined origin. The fire was one of
several that have occurred recently,
keeping the Brevard volunteer fire
department busy. Damage was also
done to the house next to the Collins
residence, but the firemen quickly
extinguished that blaze before turn
ing their full attention to the Col
lins house, which was burning out of
control when they reached the scene.
Firemen did manage to salvage a can
containing some $50 in coins that Mr.
Collins had been saving, but that was
the only thing saved from the de
structive blaze. (Times Staff Photo)
Plea Is Made
Fire Season Arrives, Many
Alarms Answered In County
The fire season lias arrived,
and county and federal forest
rangers urge all citizens to be
extremely careful when in or
near the woodlands.
During the past week the
Brevaru fire department was
called out on three occasions,
and the Bosnian firemen spent
most of Monday battling a
woodland blaze across from
the Mitchell-Bissell company.
More than 20 acres were burn
ed over.
Jack Mitchell, president of
the Mitchell-Bissell company,
was high in his praise of the
fine work of the department,
and with their new truck, the
firemen were able to prevent
the blaze from spreading to a
residence and to a trailer.
Wednesday was a class five
fire day in the forest, and this
classification is considered ex
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The Weather 1
The weather in Transylvania
was anything but spring-like dur
ing the first few days of spring,
but since then, warm sunshine
and its accompanying March
winds have made the season
seem more like itself.
High reading for the week
came on Sunday afternoon when
the mercury reached 72, and
low reading came on Saturday
morning when the temperature
dipped to 20 degrees.
Rainfall totaled less tlian six
tenths of an inch for the seven
day period.
High Low Pree.
Wednesday_ 62 40 .50
Thursday_ 50 32 0
Friday _ 50 27 0
Saturday _ 65 20 0
Sunday_ 72 25 0
Monday _ 68 30 0
Tuesday_ 64 49 .09
At Chapel Hill
Society Editor Elected To
Post, Press Women’s Group
MISS DOROTHY WALLACE 1
Miss Dorothy Wallace, sodety
editor of The Transylvania
Times, was elected treasurer of
the North Carolina Presswomen
at their 10th annual spring
Institute at Chapel Hill last
weekend.
Other officers elected were
Dlonnie Pittman, Gastonia Ga
zette, president; Eleanor Dare
Kennedy, Greensboro Daily
News, vice president; and Doro
thy Ridings, Charlotte Observer,
secretary.
Workshops were conducted
Saturday afternoon by Gene Rob
erts, The News and Observer,
Raleigh, feature writing; Gar
land Atkins, the Gastonia Ga
zette, news writing; and Ed
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WPNF Program Highlights
Youth Choir Festival At Wake
Forest Will Be Heard Locally
WPNF will broadcast live the
North Carolina Baptist Youth
Choir Festival from the Chapel
at Wake Forest College in Win
ston-Salem, this Saturday after
noon from 3:30 until 4:30 p.m.
In making announcement of
the broadcast, station manager
A1 Martin expressed apprecia
tion to other radio stations
throughout the state who are
listeners across North Carolina.
‘ We are grateful to the origi
nating station in Winston-Salem
and to our feed station, WMIT,
Black Mountain - Mount Mitch
ell,’’ Martin stated.
Last year, the choir was com
posed of over 2000 voiees from
across the state of North Caro
lina.
The Youth Choir of the First
Baptist Church of Brevard will
participate in the event again
this year.
Program director Fred Reiter
stated that present plans call
for recording the program as it
is being broadcast for possible
re-broadcast.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Farm home admini
stration, John Collins: Friday,
Carolina news; Monday, county
extension agent; Tuesday, Ex
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Asheville Paving
Gets Contract |
Of $154,200
Many streets and highways
in and around Brevard are
going to be resurfaced during
the next 30 days, it was learn
ed this morning.
The work will begin on Mon
day at the Davidson Kiver
bridge, and the four-lane high
way will be resurfaced into
Brevard.
The Asheville Paving com
pany has the contract to do
the work, and the bid was
S154.200.00.
Freddie Davidson, of Bre
vard, will be the resident en
gineer on the projects.
Webb Pilillo, maintenance
superintendent of highways in
this district, informed Bill
Edens, town manager, that
crews from the State Highway
department would be working
with the paving company in
repairing existing streets prior
to the paving.
He also stated that the four
lancr would receive a 4-inch
layer of asphalt.
The street crews of the town
will also cooperate with the
resurfacing of the city streets.
In addition to the four-lane
project, another important
phase of the project will
the resurfacing of Broad street
from Fisher road across town '
to the Country club road.
Olhej streets to be resur
faced are as follows:
Main street from Oaklawn
Avenue to Franklin street
Probart street from Oaklawn
street to West city limit
King street from Caldwell
street to Whitmire street
Whitmire street from King
street to S. R. 1352
Country Club drive from
Broad street to end
Park avenue from S. R. 1515
to end.
Schoenburg Is
Elected Exaited
Ruler Of Ell
Julian Schoenburg is
ly elected exalted ruler
vard Elks.
He succeeds Don StoneDaca
and the installation of new of
cers will be held on Tuesdaj
night, April 9th.
Serving with Mr. Schoenbur
are the following:
Cleaves Johnson — esteeme
leading knight
Andy Brown— esteemed loy
knight
Lawrence Bauer — esteen
lecturing knight
Lehman Kapp — treasurer
Kay Winchester — secretar
A1 Ream, Herbert Selva in
Don Stoneback — trustees.
Appointed officers are:
Jack Potts — presiding
tice
Bill Arden — chaplain
Walter Newman— inner i
Fred Stacks — tyler
Charles DeMuth — esqu
The next visit
Red Cross Bloodmobile is
uled on Thursday,
It will set up in
hall of the Bre\
church, and