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. I Vol. 74 — No. 11 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT . UIIEVAKD. N, C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 PRICE 10-: A 32 pages today * PUBLISHED Wl'.FKi.t THE MlTf HEI I mSSF;j.I COMPANY, lurat. ,1 • •lit* flnd u.nc-lialt 11111»■ ' :ith1.1■ liasman — 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 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 —Turn to Page Seven 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 —Turn to Page Elgh 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 —Turn to Page Five 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 •—Turn to Page Sb 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 —Turn to Page «evo 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 )