TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Edur-a
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, IfWiO Census,
1»J,372. Brevard Communi.y 3,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74 — No. 18 if
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
fAfDC0ATD bCrevardP0Sn!AcE BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 PRICE 10*" * 24 PAGES TODAY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The I,atnl of Waterfalls, Mecca,
for Summer Camps. Entrance to i
I'isgah .National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ PUBLISHED WEEKL
Transylvania's Larger Industries Photographed For North Carolina Movies
REPRESENTATIVES from Governor Terry Sanford’s newly cre
ated film hoard were in Transylvania making movies last Thursday.
At the left they ran he soon at the Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
'poration at Pisgah Forest. Charles L. Russell, the community rela
tions director for Olin is at’the left, and the cameraman is Roger
Sandell. Ben Mast directs the photographing. At the right they are
pictured high atop one of the new buildings under construction at
the Brevard Du Pont plant. A1 Morrison, the plant manager, is be
tween the two movie producers, (Times Staff Photo),,
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Delinquent
. Tax List
To Be Carried
Delinquent laves will be ad
vertised in next week's issue
of The Transylvania Times,
and tax sale certificates will
be sold oil the first Monday in
June, according to I,. K, Ilipp,
tax collectbi'.
Mr. Ilipp reports that col
lections on 1902 taxes are run
ning ahead of collections at
this same period last year.
lie also reports that there
are nearly 100 less names to
he advertised for delinquent
taxes for the same period.
» Trustees Of
^ College To
Meet Friday
The Brevard College Board
of Trustees will attend a general
meeting on Friday, May 3, at
11:00 A. M. in the faculty
lounge; separate committee
meetings are scheduled for
10:00 A. M. that morning.
The executive committee will
meet on Thursday, May 2, at
7:30 P. M.
In connection with the meet
ing, the Brevard College Cam
■£• pus Ladies will entertain the
wives of the trustees in Anna
bel Jones Hall today.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 2 — Kiwanis
_»lub meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p. m. Lions meet at Colonial I-n
af 7:*V> o. m. Masons meet -•:*
Temple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, May 3 — Aee of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m.
Saturday, May 4 — May Day
at Brevard college at 3:00 p. m.
Public invited. Spring Dance at
V Legion building at 9:00 p. m.
Sunday, May 5 — Attend the
church of your choice. Singing
at court house at 2:30 p. in.
Monday, May 6 — General
County Court at 9:30 a. m. Ro
tary' club -meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, May 7 — Ace of
Cluhs meets at 7:30 p. m. East
ern Star meets at Temple at
8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, May 8 — Jaycees
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. to.
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
was commemorated in Transylvania
County and across the nation last
week, and those pictured above took
a large part in the activities of the
week. Left to right, Mrs. Alan Wal
lace, exhibits chairman; Alan Wal
lace, speaker at the meeting of
Friends of the Library last Wednes
day evening; Jack Driscoll, president
of Friends of the Library; Admiral
Ligon B. Ard, treasurer; and Mrs.
James Nichols, vice president. Sec
ond row, left to right. Mrs. J. D. Cur
wen, librarian; Mrs. Lehman Kapp,
librarian; Mrs. Robert Bolt, secre
tary; Mrs. George Dysart, tea chair
man; and Mrs. G. E. Smithson, chair
man of National Library Week in
Transylvania county.
(Times Staff Photo)
An Experiment
Local Library Will Stay
Open Each Monday Night
Beginning on May 6th, the
Transylvania County Library
will be open each Monday night
on an experimental basis.
According to Mrs. Lehman
Rapp, the librarian, this action
is being taken in order to bet
ter serve the business men and
women of the community who
find it difficult to use the li
brary between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
"This is an experiment, and
f the evening hours are used,
he practice of keeping the li
brary open one night a week
vill be continued,” she stresses.
Library hours are as follows:
Monday 10 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday — Closed
Thursday 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m . -5:00 p.m.
Sunday — Closed
Keith Announces
Larry Turner To Head United
Fund Drive For Transylvania
Larry Turner, assistant man
ager cl' Houston Furniture com
pany, has been named General
Fund Raising chairman of the
United Fund, President Bill
Keith announces.
Mr. Turner, who is active in
civic and community affairs, will
name the chairman of the vari
ous committees at an early date.
He succeeds Chester Kilpa
trick, who did an outstanding
job of carrying Transylvania’s
UF goal “over the top” last fall,
Mr. Keith reports.
“We are indeed fortunate to
have another fine young man to
head our drive,” the UF presi
dent continued. )
Mr. Turner is a 3i!nd degree
Mason, a Shriner, an Elk, a vol
unteer fireman, a Jaycea and a
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LARRY TURNER
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Last week the long range
weather forecast stated that "lit
tle or no rainfall is indicated
through Monday.”
As of 6:00 p.m. Monday, the
local observer had recorded a
total rainfall of 2.16 inches, to
be followed by another 2.17
inches before 8:00 a.m. Tuesday.
The rain began and continued
almost constantly from 3:00 a.m.
Sunday morning.
High reading for the month
of April was 89 degrees on the
22nd, with the low recorded, a
23 degrees on the 16th.
Rainfall for the month totaled
5.04 inches occurring on the
6th, 7th, 28th, 29th. and 30th.
Statistics for the past week
are as follows:
High Low Prcc
Wednesday_ 66 37 0
Thursday_ 64 41 0
Friday—._ 68 33 0
Saturday _71 33 0
Sunday- 64 33 .83
Monday _■_ 57 51 1.33
Tuesday_ 67 50 2.17
First Citizens
Bank Approved
For Brevard
The First Citizens Bank and
Trust company has been ap
proved by the State Banking
commission to establish bank
ing facilities in Brevard.
This action was taken at the
last regular meeting of the
commission in Raleigh.
Officials of First Citizens
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Citizens Telephone Company
Receives Loan Of $1,393 000
County Court
Opens Monday
The next Criminal term of
General County court in Tran
sylvania will be held on Mon
day, May 6th.
According to F. Marvin Mc
Call, the clerk, the court will
begin at 9:30 a.m.
All defendants and witness
es in eases pending must ap
pear at that time or capias for
their arrest will be issued, he
states.
Judge Robert T. Gash will
preside over the court, and J.
Bruce Morton is the prosecu
tor.
Mrs. Adams To
Resume First
Grade School
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A private first grade will be
taught by Mrs. Nelson Adams
during the school year 1963-64
This school has been in op
eration for the past several
years but was discontinued dur
ing the present year while the
Adams family is in New York
where Mr. Adams is in graduate
school.
The class is operated in the
Adams homo and is offered pri
marily for boys and girls who
cannot attend the public schools
because their 6th birthday
comes after October 15th. Mrs
Adams states that they should
have attended kindergarten for
one or more years and be suf
ficiently mature for the acade
mic atmosphere of a first grade
program.
Persons interested in enrol
ling their children are asked to
contact Mrs. Adams at 527 Riv
erside Drive, New York 27, New
York.
During the past year Mrs.
Adams lias been teaching in the
Riverside Church Nursery. Kin
dergarten weekday program and
has been a graduate student in
Teacher’s college of Columbia
University.
The Adams will return to
Brevard in late summer.
Work Reviewed
Robert T. Kimzey Plans
Retirement On July**
liy The Editor
After S8 years of devoted
service, Robert T. Kiinzcy,
principal of district No. 1 in
Transylvania and also princi
pal of Brevard Senior High
school, is retiring.
The retirement becomes effec
tive July 1st, 19(>3.
While he is retiring from the
educational field, Mr. Kimze.v is
looking forward to a busy life on
his cattle farm along the French
Broad Fiver across from the
Greenville highway.
His hobbies, gardening, golf
ing, hunting, fishing and read
ing and community activities
are also expected to occupy
much of his time as they have
in the past.
Since becoming principal of
Brevard high school in 1935,
Mr. Kimzey said he planned
to retire at the age of f>0.
On March IRth of this year, he
reached this age.
With good health and a sur
plus of energy, Mr. Kimzey de
cided that he would make his
dream come true and devote his
time to varied fields.
“School work is still a pleas
ure and an inspiration to me,"
he said as he signed his letter
of resignation.
Thousands of Transylvania
boys and girls have hcen edit
ROIJEKT T. KIM/EY
rated under the leadership of
Ih'hci t ’1'. Kinizev, and lie likes .
to look at the honor roll of
honor students hanging in his
office and reminisce.
lie has seen a steady growth:
in the educational sydem in |
Transylvania, and he lias been
a great part of it.
“Our schools will compare
favorably with any in I lie state,
even those that arc subsidiz
ed," he declared.
And he has a good word for
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Program Highlights
Will Air Recommendations
Of Brevard's Planning Board
Station manager A1 Martin an
nounces that the local station will
broadcast again this week the
program bv Gil Coan before the
Brevard Rclary Club.
Because of last minute pro
gram changes, the program had
to be shifted to Friday of last
week, and a number of persons
missed it.
It will be broadcast again this
Thursday night beginning at
7:05 p.m.
The talk by the chairman of
the Brevard Planning Board con
cerns the work of the board and
plans for Brevard's future.
Program director Fred Reiter
announces that the station will
carry the first program in a
series of four entitled “Project
153," a part of the 1903 Sesqiti
Ccntennial Celebration, Synod of
North Carolina, Presbyterian
Church, U. S. The first program
will be heard on Monday eve
ning, May 6th, at 7:30 p.m.
It is called “Freedom Sings a
Mountain Song,” and tells part
of the story of King’s Mountain
heroes.
The remaining programs in
the scries will be broadcast on
the following three Monday
nights.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
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REA Grant To
Be Used Over
5-Yedr Period
Brevard's Citizens Tela
phone company has received 1
RICA loan of 81,393,000.01
Congressman ltoy A Tayln
announced late Tuesday.
According to Charles Picl
elsimer. General Manager, th
loan will provide service fo
2,473 subscribers and for til
construction of 314 miles o
new lines.
The central office buildin!
at Rusinan will be expands
and service to existing sul
scribers will be improved. ,
This new1 expansion prt
gram will he carried out ot
cr a period of five years. .
In commenting on the ej
pansion program, Mr. Picke
simer pointed out the rapi
growth of the company.
In February, 19(52, when th
company converted to a ne'
system and moved into ne'
quarters, there were 700 vi
cant lines, enough to provid
adequate service within Bit
yard for the next five year!
it was estimated.
Today. Mr. lMekelsima!
stall'd, there arc less
100 vacant lines, and 1300
lines have been ordered.
The newly approved loaj
brings total expenditures fa
expansion since 1957 to sons
3'a million.
-
Within the five - year
iod. all telephones will be
and two - party lines,
some five - party lines in
county. All four - party
will be eliminated, Mr.
rlsinier said.
Spring Dance
Saturday At
Legion Buildi
There will be a Spring
Saturday night at the
legion building, and
is cordially invited to
Music will be fu
C. “Dump"
His Rhythm Makers,
ing will begin at 9:00
Admission will be
couple.