TRANSYLVANIA—
An industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Communi.y 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74 — No. 22
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963
PRICE 1C
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKL1
OFFICIALS OF THE NEW Tran
sylvania Community Center issue a
cordial invitation to all ‘persons in
the town and county to attend the
“open house” of the renovated build
ing on Gaston street on Saturday.
Highlighting the event will be pan
cake meals at breakfast, lunch and
dinner, and all proceeds will go to
further renovation work. At the left
is Rev. Ren Ormand, who is serving
as the funds raising chairman for the
center, and Dr. Julius Sader, presi
dent, is next in line. Mrs. Emmett K.
McLarty is the secretary, and at the
right is Tom McCrary, who is vice
chairman and head of arrangements
for the “open house” and the pan
cake meals. (Times Staff Photo)
With Pancake Meals
J
Community Center To Hold
“Open House ” This Saturday
The new Transylvania Com
munity center, located on Gas
, ten street, will be formally
* epened to the public on Sat
urday.
The ‘‘Open House” will be
highlighted by three pancake
meals during the following
hours:
Breakfast — I SO to 9‘30
I.i»nch'— 11:30 to 1:30
Dinner — 5:00 to 7:00
Tickets. which are contribu
tions to the center for con
tinued renovation work, are
S1.0O each, and they areTieing
si ltl under the direction of
Lloyd Burhaus.
Tom McCrary, the general
chairman of the event, cordial
ly invites the public to at
tc"«i and net a good meal
while seeing the new center.
Mrs. Sneldine McIntosh, Jr.,
is in chareo of hostesses’ com
mittee. while Me! Fverinaham
is the procurement chairman.
^ jVT-mv local merchants ace
roet“>' ”t:i><' fogd. etc., to the
event, and oil indications point
to an overwhelming success.
Xt>e chairman is being as
givtcii kv Carroll R-hnsati. of.
fic>-|s of the Transylvania
Commimitv center and many
other individuals.
‘•feme o”f. Fnioy a good
meal, morning noon or ineht
and see what a wc”<|cif..l
cemmunitv center Tran«vl
v?nia rnuatv new has,” Mr.
McCrary urges.
CAIENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 30 — Memor
ial Day Service at Gillesnie Ev
4 evgreen cemetery 11:00 a.m.
Post office, banks and county
offices closed.
Saturday, June 1 — Transyl
vania Community Center open
house, pancake breakfast, lunch
and dinner served. “Trial By
Jury” and “Hanpy Journey to
Camden and Trenton” in college
auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday. June 2 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
College baccalaureate sermon at
Brevard Methodist church at
11:00 a.m. Graduation in college
gym at 3:00 p.m. Brevard Sen
ior high baccalaureate service in
J. B. Jones auditorium at 8:00
p.m. Rosman High baccalaureate
service in Silversteen gym at
v* 8:00 p.m.
Monday, June 3 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p m
Rosman High school graduation
in Silversteen gym at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 4 — Special
school election, polls open 6:30
a.m., close 6:30 p.m. Brevard
Senior high graduation in J. B.
Jones auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Star meets at Temple
at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5 — Toast
masters club meets at Gaither’s
at 6:30 p.m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Concerning ABC Bill
Position Of Town Board
Explained To Chairman
(Editor’s note: To fully ex
plain the Town’s position re
garding the bill calling for an
election on the establishment
of an ABC store in Brevard,
The Times is carring the let
ter that was sent by tbe Board
of Aldermen to the Chairman
the Propositions and Grieve
ances Committee in Raleigh
this week.)
May 25, 1903
Mr. Lester Martin, Jr.
Chairman
Proposition and Grievances
Committee
N. C. House of Representatives
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Mr. Martin:
\s the Aldermen and Legisla
tive Body of the Town of Bre
vard, we would like ot submit
the following evidence in con
Goodwill Buys
Buitk Agency
Goodwill Motor Company,
Tnc. has purchased the local
Buick dealership from Hayes
Motors, Inc., it is announced by
V. H. Fricks, president of Good
will, and Freeman Hayes, pres
dent of Hayes.
The Buick facilities will be
moved to the South Broad Street
location now occupied by Good
will.
Mr. Hayes has been the Buick
dealer here since 1955. In 1958
he obtained the Rambler fran
cise, which he will continue to
operate in its present location.
Goodwill Motor Co., Inc., with
its combined facilities, will now
merchandise and service Pon
tiac, Buick, GMC and Kaiser
Jeep.
neetion with the public hearing
of a proposed bill to call lor
an election in connection with
an ABC store for the Town of
Brevard.
A petition bearing the names of
453 citizens of the Town of Bre
vard was ptmeuted to the Board
of Aldermen on Monday, May
13, 1963, requesting an election
to determine whether or not an
ABC store should be established
in the Town of Brevard. The to
tal number of persons signing
the petition constituted about
?5% of the registered voters of
the Town of Brevard. Based on
this netition it was apparent to
the Board of Aldermen that the
citizens of the Town of Brevard
had made known their desires
for an election and the Board
nf Aldermen felt that it was its
duty to give the town the oppor
tunity to vote.
The Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Brevard does not take
a position as to whether or not
it favors an ABC store: it simply
takes the position that the peti
tions bearing an overwhelming
number of names of the citizens
ought to be considered and when
a body of the citizens of the
town is involved the people
ought to have the right to de
fecniine their wishes by ballot.
We are attaching hereto a eer
—Turn to Page Four
Memorial
Service
Slated
The American I.egion and
the American Legion auxiliary
will observe Memorial Day in
Transylvania county on Thifrs
ctay, May 30th, at 11:00 a. *1.,
in the Gillespie • E/ergrejsn
cemetery, according to Mrs. J.
I!. Pettit, chairman for tikis
occasion.
Rev. R. L. Phillips of the
Enon Baptist church will de
liver the invocation. Mrs. Illy
Rogers, president of the aux
iliary, will introduce David B.
Sams, the feature speaker.
Other patriotic organiza
tions participating arc the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, the Vetenns of
Foreign Wars, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliary,
the United States Army Re
serve and the Gold Star
Mothers.
All legionaires and auxili
ary members are urged to at
tend this service in memory
of the war dead, and the pub
lic is cordially invited.
During the remainder of
the day, the auxiliary will
place a flag on each veteran’s
grave in the County.
It is hoped that many per
sons will display their flags
—Turn to Page Three
/■imimnm—i-nmmut.*iiiimntiimiiimimnn»^
{ The Weather |
Transylvania, as well as most
of North Carolina, received a
good soaking since Saturday with
rainfall that caught the weath
erman completely by surprise.
In Brevard, rainfall for the
week totaled 2.56 inches with
all but I'our-one-hundredths of
this occurring since Friday night
St 6:00 p.ni.
I(igh temperature for the
week was 78 records on Wednes
day of last week and Tuesday
of this week.
Low mark came on Friday
morning when the mercury chill
ed to 36 degrees.
Average highs and lows were
68 and 48 respectively.
Daily statistics are as follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday _ 78 45 0.00
Thursday ------ 66 47 0.04
Friday _ 66 36 0.00
Saturday - 62 47 0.65
Sunday_ 63 51 0.37
Monday__ 62 54 1.10
Tuesday __ 78 58 0.40
For the next five days daily
highs will average from 74 to 77
with early morning lows averag
ing 52 to 55. The forecast calls
for heavy precipitation in the
form of scattered showers
through Saturday. Temperatures
will drop somewhat during the
weekend.
At Duke Power Co.
Gaines Is Retiring, Clark Is
Named Successor, Brevard Office
J. M. Gaines, veteran Duke
Power company, manager here
at Brevard, will retire June 1st
after 35 years service, most of
J. M. GAINES, the prominent manager of Duke
Power company here, ia retiring as of June 1st,
after 35 years of service to his company and to
the community. At the l ight is his successor, John
D. Clark, of Hickory. (See accompanying story).
which was spent as the com
pany’s top representative in the
Transylvania county area.
He will be succeeded by John
D. Clark of Duke’s Hickory dis
trict office.
Mr. Gaines, who has headed
Duke’s operations in Brevard
since 1929, except for two years
as manager at Hendersonville,
is a native of Texarkana, Ark.
A graduate of Georgia Insti
tute of Technology, before join
ing Duke Power in 1928, he was
"’'th Westinehouse Electric &
Mfg. Co. in Sharon, Pa. and Flor
ida Power Corp, in St. Peters
burg. He served overseas in
World War I and participated
in five major engagements.
Mr. Gaines is a Methodist, is
a director of and was twice pres
ident of the Brevard Chamber
of Commerce, past director of
the Brevard Kiwanis Club, a di
rector of Western North Caro
lina Associated Communities,
member of the American Leg
ion, member of the Engineers
Club of Western North Carolina,
member of the Southeastern
Section of the American Physi
cal Society, is of Senior Member
grade in the Institute of Elee
—Turn to Page Six
Graduation Exercises Set At
College, Brevard And Rosman
THE THREE MEN above will
award diplomas at graduation exer
cises in Brevard and Transylvania
county during the coming week. At
the left is Dr. Emmett K. McLarty,
president of Brevard College, who
will give out the sheepskins at exer
cises Sunday afternoon. In the eeu
ter is Principal E. F. Tilson. who will
award the graduates their diplomas
at Rosman on Monday night. At the
right is Principal Robert T. Kimzey,
who Will make.the presentations at
Brevard senior high school next Tues
day night,
Ballot Carried
Special School Election Is
Set Tuesday, Background Cited
The special election for school
improvements next Tuesday was
called after a thorough investi
gation and study of needs in the]
school system was made by the
Transylvania County Citizens’
Committee for Hotter Schools.
, David C. Lea is the chairman.
Regarding the election, the
following statement has been re
leased by the committee:
The Transylvania County
Citizens' Committee for Better
Schools would like to remind
all voters of Transylvania
County of the School Tax Sup
plement election on June 4,
1963. The purpose of the sup
plement is to provide the nec
essary funds for upgrading
and broadening the education
al opportunities in the schools
in Transylvania County. It will
be used to employ additional
teachers, librarians, and other
1 supporting personnel. If our
; schools are to’ keep pace with
today’s demands on education,
the school tax supplement is
a must.
There are certain tacts
—Turn to Page Seven
First Union
National Bank
Is Low Bidder
The First Union National
bank was the low bidder on
the Brevard water bonds,
totaling §13,000.00.
There were 7 bids, and they
were opened in Raleigh on
Tuesday by the Local Gov
ernment commission.
First Union’s low bid was
3.6216 per cent, and the bonds
mature from June, 1965 un
til June, 1976.
The announcement was
made by Bill Keith, Brevard’s
vice president, First Union
National bank.
Look Inside..
Variety of sports, pages 4 and
5, first section.
Reasons for voting for In
school election, back page,
fourth section.
Pictures on BPW installation,
pages 6 and 7. fourth section.
Much pictorial coverage given
to graduating classes throughout
the paper.
Times and WPNF win awards,
front page, fourth section.
Rep. Bill Leonard reports
page 3, fourth section.
[
Alexander
Named To
Post, UNC
Jack Alexander, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Lewis Alexander,!
of 62 Turnpike road, was recent
ly elected president of the Stu
dent Body in the School of Phar
macy at the University of North
Carolina for the 63-64 term, dur
ing which time he will be com
pleting his Senior year.
During his sophomore year,
Jack became a member of the
Pharmacy Senate and will'serve
as its ©resident also during the
19S3-'64 term.
During his junior year, he was
elected president of that class,
served as a member of the
Dean’s cabinet, member of the
Pharmacy senate and student
librarian.
He is also married and has
two children: Tim age 6 and Lisa
age 4. His wife, Nan, is a sec
retary at the University of North
Carolina School of Dentistry.
Transylvanians will vote in
a special school election next
Tuesday, June 4th.
The purpose of the election \
is to vote upon a proposal for
a special ad valorem tax to
he levied on all real and per
sonal property. ^
These taxes are to l>e used
to supplement the current ex
pense funds from state and
county allotments by employ
ins' additional teachers, spe
cial staff members, and sup
porting personnel as needed.
The hooks that were used in
the November 196!! congres
sional election are being used
in this special election.
Registration has been held
during the past three Satur
days, and this coming Satur
day is challenge day.
The polls will be open next
Tuesday from 6:30 a.m„ until
6:30 p.m.
A sample ballot is as follows:
FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
ELECTION
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote “FOR" school im
provement tax, make a
cross (X) mark in the square
to the left of the words "For
School Improvement Tax of
Not More than 25 cents per
S100.00 Valuation.”
2. To vote “AGAINST” the
school improvement tax,
make a cross (X) mark in the
square to the left of the words
“Against School Improvement
Tax of Net More than 25 cents
per S100.00 Valuation.”
3. If you tear or deface or
wrongfully mark this ballot,
return it and get another one.
FOR SCHOOL IMPROVE
MENT TAX OF NOT MORE
THAN 25 CENTS FOR $100.00
—Turn to Page Four
Pros And Cons Heard At
Hearing On ABC Election
RALEIGH—The Mayor of Bre
vard told a legislative committee
today that if an election is hold
in Brevard on the question of
legalizing liquor, "the distillers
will pay thousands of dollars in
support of their cause.”
Mayor B. \V. Thomason, a re
tired minister, said distillers
“will use every hook and crook
to win the election."
He made the statement at a
hearing before the House Propo
sitions and Grievances Commit
tee on a bill by Rep. William
Leonard of Transylvania to per
mit a referendum in Brevard on
the question of establishing ABC
stores in the town.
Dr. E. K. McLarty, president
of Brevard College, urged the
committee not to approve the
bill.
Establish m e n t of ABC
stores, he said, would be “put
ting a road block in the paths"
of young people. He added, “it
will hurt Brevard College. If
we permit an ABC store you
will hurt recruitment at the
college . . . For God’s sake,
have mercy on your young
—Turn to Page Sevei
Rundown Of
These Events
Made By Times
It’s graduation time in Bre
vard and Transylvania county.
Fxercises are slated at Bre
vard College Sunday after
noon, at Bosnian Monday eve
ning and at Brevard senior ,
high school next Tuesday
night.
Baccalaureate sermons will
be preached on Sunday.
Schools will close on Friday.
However students will return
to the various institutions for
their report cards next Tues
day morning.
The Brevard College gradu
ation day sermon will be giv
en Sunday morning at 11:00
o’clock at the Brevard Method
ist church by l)r. Frank Jor
dan.
Dr. Emmett K. McLartv,
president of Brevard College,
will award diplomas at exer
cises that afternoon, beginning
at 3:00 o’clock. Complete de
tails are carried in stories on
page 3, section 2.
At Rosman High School
The baccalaureate sermon for
the Rosman high school seniot
class will he delivered Sunday,
Julie 2 in the high school audi
torium at 8:00 u.m. hy the Rev.
Page Lee of the Bible Depart
ment of Mars Hill College and
pastor of Mt. Moriah Calvert
Baptist church.
n Special music will be rendered U
by Gloria Moody Gustina Bar- i
ton and Carolyn Greene and the
combined Glee clubs under the <
direction of Mrs. ,T. M. Winget.
Gail Powell will give Ihe in-:
vocation and Ronald Dodson will
give the benediction.
The commencement exercises
will be held Monday night, June,
3 at 8:00 n.m. in the Silversteen
gymnasium. Student speakers
will present n program on “Mn
—Turn to Page Three
Big Convention
To Be Held
Here In June
Brevard College will be the
scene of the annual convention
of the North Carolina Pupil
Transportation Association to
be held here June 11th to 14th.
Some 400 school transporta
tion personnel, many with their
wives and children, are expect- \
ed to be on hand. Theme of the
meeting is ‘'Education, Key To
Progress.”
According to Hugh Allen, as
sociation president, “truly, the
keys that start the motors of
the 9,000 buses which Iransport
more than 565,000 pupils to
school each clay are keys to ed
ucation.
“The average cost per pupil
; for transportation is less than
10 cents per day. North Cam '■
lina’s bus drivers, 90 per cent ,
—Turn to Page Four
Wayne Glazener
Wins Road-E-01
Wayne Glazener, a 16 - yeui
| old junior at Brevard senior,
' high school, won the Safe Driv- •
; ing Road-E-0 sponsored by the
1 Brevard Jaycees here last week
end.
Wayne’s victory in the hotl
contested local Road-E-0 ea
him the right to compete in
state-wide Road-E-0 to be
in Burlington on June Bth
91 h.
He will be accompanied
Burlington by Don Volts,
was chairman of the local
E-O.
Young Glazener is the
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. G1
Rt. 1, Pisgah Forest