TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
10,372. Brevard Oomniuni.y 11,500,
Brevard proper 4,357.
Vol. 74 — No, 24
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A Stale And National Prize - Winning A.It.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
Tin- hand of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
l’isgah National Forest amt
Home of Brevard College amt
Brevard Music Festival.
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Several
Nabbed
In Raids
Several Transylvanians
were nabbed by state and fed
eral officers in “moonshine”
raids last Tuesday and Thurs
day nights.
Actually, some 19 persons in
all were arrested in Transyl
vania, Haywood and Bun
combe counties and eastern
Tennessee.
According to federal Alco
hol and Tobacco Tax division
investigators, more arrests are
expected.
Taken into custody in this
county were Kenneth Anders,
25, of Brevard, in Tuesday
night’s raid, and Jesse Willard
Morgan, 23, Otis Morgan, 25,
both of Bosnian; Ralph Can
trell, 23, Pisgah Forest, and
Kd Singletary, 59, Bosnian, in
Thursday night's raid.
The Morgan brothers were
charged with operating a still
in the Auger Hole section of
Fastatoe Township as well as
possession and sale of white
liquor. Cantrell was charged
with reoevlng and concealing
non-taxpaid whisky and Single
. tary was charged with posses
V sion. A half gallon of white
liquor was found in Single
tary’s home.
All four waived preliminary
hearings before U. S. Commis
sioner John Ford. Jesse Mor
gan and Singletary posted
$300 bonds. Cantrell was una
ble to post $1,000 bond on his
charge and was brought to
Buncombe County Jail.
Federal officers said Otis
Morgan balked when agents
tried to tivke him in tow.
When the dust cleared, he
faced the additional charge of
impeding and obstructing a
federal officer which carries
a $4,000 bond on top of the
$300 already set on the liquor
charges, lie too w as brought
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Unusual Photo
* Exhibit Open
A To The Public
An unusual group of beautiful
photographs of the Sapphire
country is now on display at the
Transylvania public library.
These are the work of R. Hen
ry Scadin, now deceased, who
worked in that area in the late
1800’s and the first few years
of this century.
Mr. Scadin had a sensitive
feeling for the beauty of the
Blue Ridge scenery and captur
ed it in these lovely photographs
taken with cameras which have
long since become outmoded,
^mainly because they were heavy
^and cumbersome.
^ The sharp detail and compo
” sition of forest flora, sparkling
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 13 — Masons
meet at the temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 14 — Flag Day.
Special Flag Day service at Elk’s
lodge at 7:30 p.m. Garden cen
ter opens at 10:00 a.m. Ace of
Clubs meet at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 15—Travelogue
program for children at library
fit at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, June 1G — Father’s
Day. Attend the church of your
choice.
Monday, June 17—Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 18 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m. East
ern Star meeting at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19 — Toast
masters meet at Gaither’s at
6:30 p.m. WOW meeting at
Woodmen Hall at 8:00 p.m. First
concert of ’63 season at Brevard
Music center at 8:13 p.m.
I
TRANSYLVANIA DELEGATES
to the 1-11 Regional Resource confer
ence at Fontana Village are shown
above. The annual event is .sponsor
ed by the Unit Tost Demonstration
farm families, the TVA and the Agri
cultural Extension service, according
to Jean Childers, home economics
extension agent. From left to right
are: Don Pardue, associate agricul
tural extension agent in charge of the
Test I)enionstration program in four
(•(•unties; Martha Sue Mackey, mem
ber (if the Little River Community
I li club; and James Cantrell from
the Dunn's Rock l-H club.
(Extension Stall' Photo)
Open For Inspection
Budget Of $261, 910.10 For
Town Of Brevard h Approved
The Town Board of Aldermen
has approved a budget estimate
of $201,910.10 for 1963-'li4, and
as prescribed by law, the budg
et is open for inspection at the
City Hall.
This compares with $258,910.0(1
for the current year.
The tax rale remains the same >
at $1.45, and this is divided into
$1.35 for the general fund and
10 cents for debt service.
Currently, it is $1.31 and 14
cents.
The budget is broken down
as follows:
General fund_$178,165.10
Utility fund 74,150 00
Emergency --- -- 9,595.00
Total _$261,910.10
The revenue estimate is $163,
290.00 and utility $98,620.00, to
taling $261,910.10.
The aldermen are expected to
adopt the budget at their regu
lar July meeting.
At their last meeting, the
aldermen were given a lengthy
report by Town Manager Bill
Edens on the work that mem
bers of the various forces of the
town had done during the past
—Turn to Page Four
Given Approval
Firsl-Oilizens Bank Is
Planning Local Opera!ion
Final approval has boon re
ceived by First - Citizens Bank
& Trust Company for the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion for the establishment of a
full - service banking facility in
Brevard. The announcement was
made by Lewis !!. Holding, pres
ident of the statewide financial
firm.
Approval from the Stale Bank
ing Commission was obtained by
the banking institution for the
Brevard office in April.
According to First - Citizens
officials the bank’s Brevard of
fice is to be located on property
obtained from Mrs. Lila Wenz
lick.
It is expected that demolition
of the structure presently on the
property will begin in the im
mediate future with the banking
building to be under construe
Outstanding Airman
M/Sgt. Wayne Fullbright To
Compete For National Honor
M/Sgt. Wayne H. Fullbright,
chief of the Reproduction Divi
sion, Deputy for Engineering
Support of the Foreign Technol
ogy Division at Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio, has been selected as
the division’s “Outstanding Air
man of the Year.”
He will compete with nomi
nees from the other divisions
and centers of the Air Force
Systems Command for the Com
mand title.
In a letter of congratulations
to Sergeant Fullbright, the Com
mander of the Foreign Technol
ogy Division said:
"Your performance and the
method in which you have dis
charged your duties are of the
highest caliber, and have given
to all airmen assigned to this
organization an example well
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m/sgt. fullbbight
lion immediately upon clearance
of the property.
.Mr. Holding staled liiat as
soon as definite plans for the
new banking structure are com
plete and available they will be
made public. He emphasized
that the building would contain
the most modern banking facil
ities and conveniences available
and would present an appear
ance of which not only the bank
but the citizens of Brevard
would be most proud.
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I The Weather j
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By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Locally, temperatures varied
from last Wednesday morning's
low of 52 degrees to a warm 92
degree mark registered this past
Monday afternoon.
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Average aiternoon nign was
84 with average early morning
low. 5(i degrees.
Precipitation totaled only
four-one-hundredths of an inch
for the week.
Day by day statistics are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 78 52 0.00
Thursday 73 55 0.00
Friday _ 82 53 0.03
Saturday _ 88 55 0.00
Sunday_ 00 57 000
Monday _ 02 50 0.00
Tuesday -.- 87 50 0.01
Temperatures for the next
five days are expected to aver
age as follows: Afternoon highs
— 70 to 70: early morning lows
—55 to 58. Showers are expected
around Saturday totaling about
half-an-inch.
Governor Sanford Bringing High
Officials To Transylvania Saturday
Telephone
Survey
Underway
The Citizens Telephone com
pany is conducting u telephone
service survey in Transylvania
county, according to an an
nouncement by Charles W. Pick
elsimer, general manager of the >
local telephone company.
The house-to-house survey, i
which will reach every business i
establishment and residence in j
the county, will help determine j
the w ants, needs and require- ]
ments for telephone service of j
ali Transylvanians.
The Rural Electrification ad
ministration recently approved j
a loan that will allow Citizens !
Telephone Company to improve j
their services.
Mr. Pickelsimcr stated that]
the survey would be the ideal j
way to determine just what im-l
provements are necessary and j
what services the local subscrib-!
ers desire. After the survey is j
completed, the money from the]
loan will then he used to make i
these improvements.
Everyone is urged to give
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Phone Company
Wins Decision
A federal district court in
North Carolina lias issued an
injunction preventing a dis
tributor of telephone directory
covers containing advertising
from continuing to send them
to customers of the Citizens
Telephone Co., lJrevard, N. C.
the complainant. The injunc
tion was issued against Tel
Service Co. which headquart
in Morida.
The court. In issuing a per
manent injunction restraining
the defendant from attempted
violation of telephone com
pany tariffs, used some quota
ble language, saying in part:
“Since the provision (print
ed on each directory) is a part
of each contract by the tele
phone company and its sub
scribers, if the defendant fur
nishes covers without the con
sent of the telephone company
and invites and induces sub
I scribers to use them in viola
: tion of their contracts with the
—Turn to Page Six
Tomorrow -
Old Glory’s
Birthday
“Every flag in Brevard
should be flying tomorrow
(June 14),” urges Mrs. Ver
non Wray, president of the lo
cal unit of the American Le
gion Auxiliary.
Tomorrow will be Old
Glory’s birthday and the flag
of the United States will be
186 years old. The day will be
celebrated as “Flag Day”
throughout the nation.
“During the first part of
the Revoluntary War the
struggling colonies used a
number of different flags but
were without an official na
tional flag,” explained Mrs.
Wray.
“On June 14, 1776, the Con
gress adopted a measure pro
viding (hat the flag should be
thirteen alternate red and
white stripes, and thirteen
stars on a field of blue. A
sample flag was made by Bet
sy Ross at the request of Gen
ciieral Washington it is said.
The new flag became popular
Immediately and did much to
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DR. GEORGE T. CRAWFORD, chiropractic
physician here, has been awarded another plaque
to add to his collection in his office. At the recent
meeting of the North Carolina Chiropractic asso
ciation in Winston-Salem, he received the coveted
Journalistic Award plaque for the,.best, scientific
article. (Times St>iff Photo)
Concert June 19th
Much Hustle And Bustle At
Transylvania Music Camp
By ■ Bill Adams
Appearing in the special1
‘pro - season" concert at the
Brevard Music Center next I
Wednesday flight. June 19th. j
will be soloists Elizabeth Korte.
piano, and Gary Karr, contra
bass.
Mrs. Korte, the former Eliza
beth Brown of Hendersonville
attended: the Juiiliard School of
Music in New York. After mak
i ing her concert debut in New
York City, she spent some time
studying and playing contempo
rary music in Florence and
Rome, Italy.
She has appeared as piano
soloist with the Oklahoma City
Symphony in a special radio
broadcast, and also with the
Albcquerque and Phoenix Sym
phonies.
While at Juilliard, she not on
ly decided on music as a career,
but she also decided to marry
Karl Korte, the composer. The
Korte's have two children, and
the whole family will spend the
summer at the Music Center
where Korte is a composer-in
residence.
Mrs. Korte will olay the Bee
thoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in
the concert Wednesday night.
Contra - bassist Gary Karr,
will play “Kol Nidrci,” a work
—Turn to Page Six
A new “symphony” is being
performed at the Brevard
Music Center this week, quite
a few days before the musi
cians themselves arrive.
It might be titled “Variations
on a Busy Theme” and the cri
tie’s description would read
something like “beneath the
constant stacatto of typewriter'
and the driving rhythm of ham
mers, the buzzing tones of pow
er saws brings the entire work
to a rising climax.”
The performers are carpen
ters, plumbers, typists, elec
tricians, artists, and garden
ers, working at a rapid tempo
to reach the finale before the
Music Center opens its 1963
“Summer Festival of Music.”
“Even though we, arc work
ing with an intense pare, we will
he ready to meet the challenge;
of the biggest season in our his
tory,” commented the director
of the Center, James Christian
Pfohl.
“Each year, as we broader
the scope of our program, wc
find ourselves with a little more
to do in preparing for the sum
mer. New buildings must be
completed, old buildings re
paired, the grounds must be
carefully manicured, and hous
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At 1240 On AM Dial
New Programs, New Voices
Now Heard Daily On WPNF
Station Manager A1 Martin an
nounced today that the local sta
tion is now featuring a special
new program during the lunch
eon hour, “Gems from the Bi
ble.”
The new program is sponsor
ed by and conducted by the Rev.
Jim Davis, of the Church of
Christ of Hendersonville.
It is heard daily at 12:55 p.m ,
and will include a brief message
and thought for the day.
Mr. Martin also announced
several staff schedule changes
resulting in new announcers on
new programs throughout the
day.
Program Director Fred Reiter
is now the new host on the mid
morning “Coffee Time Show,”
featuring popular recordings
and bits of information of par
ticular interest to housewives.
Morning-man Leon Souther
land will continue to host the
early morning programs and will
—Turn to Page Five
Local Persons
Will Attend
Pink Bed Meet
Governor Terry Sanford
will bring many dignitaries to
Transylvania county this
weekend as slate and nation
al figures inspect the famed
I’isgah National I'orest and
the nine Ridge Parkway in
this area.
The trip to Transylvania on
Saturday will he a part of the
Governor's Conference on Out
door Recreation and Conser
vation in Western North Car
olina.
The group will begin (lie
event with a banquet in Ashe-.
\ ill** Friday night.
They are scheduled to ar
rive at the Fink Beds at
10:0(1 a. m., on Saturday morn
ing, and there will he an in
spection of the Cradle of
American Forestry, where
the Forest Service is plan
ning to erect a Forestry Na
tional Museum.
It was at this site that
forestry education was horn
under two pioneers, Gifford
Pinehot and Dr. C. A. Sell
enck.
Directors and members of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce will be on hand to
serve refreshments to the
Governor and other dignitar
ies.
The next phase of the (out
will be along the Parkway,
and the group will travel ov- 4
er the newest opened section I
of the Parkway — a 20-mile I
stretch from Beech (lap to a
Balsam Gap, running through :!
Tanarsee Bald, from where the I
proposed extension of the 1
Bine Ridge Parkway is plan- j
lied to run into Georgia.
In the afternoon the group
will visit the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and
there will be a banquet meet
—Tarn to Page Four
To Begin Work
On County's
Newest Industry
Construction will begin with
in the next several W’eeks on
Transylvania county’s newest in
dustry, Ruth Of Carolina.
Cecil J. Hill, reporting for the
industrial committee of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce,
revealed construction plans to
the directors of the chamber at
their regular monthly meeting,
in (he library Tuesday night. :
He also informed the dire
tors that bonds in $500 denon
inations are now available for
those wishing to purchase then
The money from the sale
the bonds will go into the in
mediate construction of the nev
plant. Interest on the bonds
five and one-half per cent, pay
able annually over a 10 year
period.
Anyone interested in purcha
ing the bonds is requested
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Few Vacancies j
In Current i
Summer School
i
Summer school for Tra
vania county junior and se:
high school students opened
Monday with nearly 100
dents enrolling.
This figure is higher tl
was last year.
Supt. Wayne Bradbi
nounces there are still
vacancies in the shorthi
typing classes.
Persons desiring to ei
contact his office in
house.