TRANSYLVANTA
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center, Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Communi y 3.500,
Brevard proper 4..057,
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIME
A Slate Xml /Motional Vrize- Winning A.lt.l'. Mewspapcr
\ TRANSYLVANIA—
Tlic Land of Waterfalls. Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
I’isgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 74 — No. 11
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963
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Fire
Danger
Rises
All burning permits have j
been cancelled in Brevard and
Transylvania e o « n t y and
tlnciiglujiit Western North
Carolina.
This action has been taken
by state and federal fhresters,
and fire burning permits will !
remain cancelled until after a i
general rain.
The woods and forests are
powder dry, and the foresters
urge everybody to be extreme*
l.v careful when in or near tin1
woodlands.
According to Clark Grissom,
there have been several for
. est fires in Transylvania dor
* mg the past week.
Last Thursday some 80
acres were burned over on
East Fork, and a small fire was
put out on Nancy Mountain
(top of Blue Ridge) Satur
day night.
This fire covered about a
quarter of an acre.
Another lire that was set
burned over about an acre on
Sunday night on Quebec moun
tain.
Fortunately, fire fighting
crews of the Pisgah National
forest were in the Sunburst
area Tuesday afternoon when
a fire was reported to have
been set in that area.
They were able to quickly
put out the blaze, which they
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, April -1 — Kiwanis
Club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p. an. Lions club meets at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 p. rn.
Friday, April f> — Are of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m. Sen
ior play at. Brevard Senior High
school at 0:u0 p. in. Students
play at Brevard college audi
torium at 8:00 p. m. •
Saturday, April fi — Student
plays at Brevard college audi
torium at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, April 7 — Attend
Ihe church of your choice. Civic
Chorus coucert. at First Bap
tist church at 8:00 p. m.
Monday, April 8 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m.
Tuesday, April 0 — Hospital
auxiliary meets at l(b00 a. m.
Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 p.
m. Directors of Chamber of
Commerce meet in Library at
7:30 p. m. Elks meet at 8:00
Wednesday, April 10 — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
i>. at.
First Anniversary
Mitchell-Bhsell Company To
Have “OpenHouse”On Friday
Till1 puli] if i, cordially invitee
to •Open House" Friday even in f
from 7:110 until 10.00 o'clock at
tile .Mitchell Bisscll company u
celebration of the first anmvei
sary of the plant iti Transylvania
county.
The invitation comet todav
<rom John It. .Taek ‘ Mitchell
the president.
Tours of the plant will he eon
ducted; refreshments will In
served; and ihmr prizes will hr
awarded.
These fine prizes will include
a United States Savings bond
and a Channel Master portable
radio, valued at $40.9.r».
Prior lo tiie ' Open House . a
supper for bonds holders of tin
company will be held in the Ron
man lutichtoi.ru. ‘this v.ili beyir.
at 6:30 o'clock.
During- the anniversary cole
Illation at tlie plant, members
of the ffosman Resettle squad will
conduit the traffic, and (he au
xiliary of the proil11 will serve
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Replies to Leonard
County Attorney Reveals
\Hion Regarding Court
flic follow id'* slatrmciit
I concerning the recent Ceiiel.il
| County Coni l controversy Was
issued by John It. Hudson, Jr.,
j coll Illy attorney:
I “I first learned about this
situation the weekend of
March IK, and I personally
contacted Represent alive
Leonard Monday morning, the
inili, as In- was leaving for
Raleigh I had him come to the
court house lor a conference
With Judge Robert Cash, So
licitor Bruce Morton, Clerk
Marvin McCall and myself. We
explained to him that we wish
ed him lo iiitrodiiee and pass,
as (iniekly as possible, a bill
eliminating any doubt as In
the validity of the court, and
ratifying all of its acts. Speed
was wi.it because delay would
seriously affect live presti-’e
and slaiidhii; til' (lie court, and
would unduly alarm those per
sons who had obtained di
vorces in the court and had
since remarried.
It was explained to him that
this court had saved the Coun
ty a considerable sum since
its inception thrme,h elimina
tion of terms of .Superior
court, which have always been
cestly to the county. On the
other hand the County Court
actually makes money, and in
addition, it saves the citizens
who ate unfortunate enoui;li
In come before it, between
Sla to $:i0 in costs of court.
He was informed that it up
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Large Track Of Property In Town
Sold For Residential Development
64 Units Of
Apartments
Are Proposed
A huge, wooded tract of
land containing I!) acres lo
cated in the heart of Brevard
was sold this week for residen
tial de\clo|>mcnt.
This iiroperty lies behind
Silverinonl, the Silvei'sleen es
tate, on Lasi Main street, and
is stirronnded by Itice and
Maple streets and (Move cir
It was purchased hy Baxter
Taylor, prianinenl Asheville
executive, from the Silver
steen heirs. They are Mrs. Al
lred II. Weiss, .Mrs. Thor A.
Bjcrg, and Mrs. Bnhcrt N. lliil,
III.
They feel that the sale of
(lie properly will answer the
critical housing; shortage in
Brevard. They Will retain Sil
vcrinmtl with its surrounding
gardens and grounds.
Mr. Taylor proposes to
build tit units of apartments
on five acres of the property,
1 anil the remaining It acres
will he sold for restricted
home sites.
In Hie apartment suh-divi
sion there will he S Iwo-slory
In iek buildings containing X
apartments eaeli.
There will lie entrances in
to the properly oil' of Kast
Main street amt Maple street.
Tilt- Kast. Main entrance will
parallel Wilson drive.
Mr. Taylor said that righl
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Voting Places
I For Referendum
j Tuesday Listed
The voting places for the Cal
| Mr for Slaughter referendum
i and the. llonny Penny Kgg rofer
lei'dutii on Tuesday. Auril !)!h.
aw- announced today hy Jim Ma
vis. Transylvania’s extension
chairman.
The county committee in
1 charge of the voting is as fol
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THE WOODED AREA surrounding the arrow
in the aerial photograph above has been sold by
the Silversteen heirs to Baxter Taylor, prominent
Asheville executive, for a high-class residential de
velopment The arrow itself points to Silvermont,
the Silversteen homplace which along with the sur
rounding grounds, were retained by the heirs.
(Aerial photo by John Anderson in plane flown by
Spencer Hammill)
THE THREE MEN above were
happy to announce this week the sale
of some 19 acres of/property in the
heart of Brevard that will be devel
oped as a high-class residential area.
At the left is Gil Conn, realtor, and
in the center is Baxter Taylor, presi
dent of Asheville Construction com
pany and other firms in Asheville,
who bought the property from the
Silvcrsteen heirs. Attorney Cecil ,).
Hill is at the right.
(Times Staff Photo)
Need Is Stressed
School Board Tb Request Hie '■
Commissioners Call Election
On State Level
Leonard’s Bill Restricts
Llection Board Politicking
Transylvania Republican Rep.
William Leonard Tuesday sub
mitted legislation to prohibit
members of tho State Board of
: Elections from taking active
roles in political campaigns.
His bill, co-signed by a num
ber of other Republicans, would
place on the state board's mem
bers the same restriction now
imposed on members of county
boards.
They could not hold elective
| oilic-c, be a candidate lor any
i office or serve as a campaign
| manager for any candidate.
Rep. Leonard said the meas
ure was not precipitated by any
specific incident and that he
knew of no instance where any
members cf the state board had
engaged in any of the activities
his bill would prohibit.
"But, 1 think they should, be
on the same footing as the enun
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At First Baptist
Civic Chorus Will Present
Palm Sunday Concert, 8 P.M.
A Palm Sunday concert will
I be presented by the Brevard
Civic Chorus on Sunday, April
7th. at 8:00 o'clock in the First
Baptist church.
The concert will be parts two
and three oi Handel’s Messiah,
the passion and resurrection
sections.
Charles Jollifl' is the director
of the chorus, and Ray Childers
is the organist.
Soloists will include Betty Ann
Killian, Gloria Sanders, Ruth
Hunter and Lloyd Burhans.
The group elected officers at
their last meeting for the new
year, and they are as follows:
Charles Martin, president:
Dick Seiler, vice president: Miss
Jeannie Brown, secretary; Mrs.
Betty Brown, treasurer; and Mrs.
Susan Melton, publicity chair
man.
Answers Sheriff’s Letter
Board Chairman Explains The
Policy Concerning Uniforms
Mr. John I. Anderson
Editor Transylvania Times
Brevard, N. C.
Dear Mr. Anderson;
Much has been said about
the County Commissioners not
buying uniforms for the
Sheriff’s department. Some
people have tried to attach
political over tones to this pol
icy of the County.
To set the record straight
let’s set out the reason for
this policy. For the fiscal year
1961-62 the salary for the Sher
iff was $441.82 per month plus
an automobile furnished by the
county. The salary for a Dep
uty was $250.00 plus $125.00
per month expenses plus uni
forms furnished by the county.
The total cost of uniforms for
the sheriff’s department for
the fiscal year 1961-62 td the
county was $814.28.
When we were making up
the operating budget for the
Sheriff’s department for the
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The Transylvania County
Board of Education at their
regular meeting April 2nd ac
cepted a proposal for a school
tax supplement from the Citi
zens Committee, and will peti
tion the Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners tor
a special election as soon as
possible on this school tax pro
posal.
These recommendations have]
been carried to all P-TA groups I
in the county, and they have also]
hicn explained to various civic)
organizations in the town and]
county.
For continued progress in the)
school system, the proposals aiel
absolutely necessary, Supt.
Wayne Bradburn states.
The proposed school tax would!
be for $0.25 per S100. of valua-T
i tion and would be used for the|
j following purposes:
i (1) Ten additional teachers.
(a) Two teachers to relieve
principals of full-time
teaching duties in situa-j
tions where a school hasf
a minimum enrollmcn
of 170 pupils.
(b) Provide an addition
teacher for Rosman!
mentary school in ord
to give the school a Fu
time principal.
. (c) Reduce English cla
size to a maximum
120 pupils per class
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Firm Employe
To Make Stud
OfWaterSup
The Town Board of Aid
announced at its regular
ly meeting Monday night. I
the firm of Harwood-Beebe
ter engineers of Sparta
South Carolina, had been I
ed to make a far reaching'sl
cf the sources -of water
for the town of Brevard.
The study will begin
ately and the report
available within |he n
oral months. V
A public )