TRANSYLVANIA—
An industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74s—No. 25
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963, BREVARD, N. C.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CONGRESSMEN TOURING the Blue Ridge
Parkway and various recreational facilities of
Western North Carolina last weekend were much
impressed with what they saw. And they told a
huge, local delegation at the Pink Beds so Satur
day morning. In the center is Rep. Wayne Aspi
nail, chairman oi the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs, discussing the progress that is be
mg made in Pisgah National Forest. In the group,
from left to right, are: Bob Sloan, of Franklin,
who assisted in making arrangements for the tour
of the visiting congressmen; Ranger Ted Seely;
Chairman Aspinall; Congressman Roy Taylor, who
brought the group from Washington to' Western
North Carolina; and Wayne Bradburn, president
of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
(T i m os St a ff Ph o to)
Brevard's
¥ ZIP Code
* Is 28712
“Our five - digit ZIP Code is
28712,” Brevard's postmaster
C. Y. Patton, announces.
“If everyone in Brevard will
use this ZIP Code on all theii
correspondence it will greatly
speed mail deliveries and re
duee the chance of mis - senl
mail,” Postmaster Patton >id
ZIP Code, the Post Office 'L/J
partment's revolutionary hew
system of improved mail dis
patch and delivery, goes into ef
feet nationally on July 1st.
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He stressed the importance oi
all citizens of Brevard learning
this city’s ZIP Code and using
it in their return address on all
correspondence. In answering
mail, he said, ZIP Codes taker
from return addresses on in
coming mail should be used.
^ “The ZIP Code is literally
the last word in mail address
ing,” the postmaster said. “II
^should follow the city and state
in addresses.”
He cited this example of the
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Youths Fined
For Misconduct
In The Pisgah
Eight youths from Brevard
and Pisgah Forest were ar
rested Sunday on charges of
disturbing the peace and be
# ing intoxicated in the Pisgah
National Forest Saturday night.
y- The arrests were made by
' the Brevard police and fores
try officials.
The group was tried before
US Commissioner John A.
Ford. Each was fined $20, and
I all were suspended from the
camping and recreational
s areas cf the forest for six
months.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. June 20 — Kiwanis
4^ Club meets at Gaither’s at 6:4E
p.m. Lions club meets at Haw
kins Lake at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 21—Aee of Clubf
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 23—Attend th<
church of your choice. Mason:
observe St. John’s Day beginning
at 8:30 a.m. at Temple. Brevarc
Music Center concert at 3:3(
p.m.
Monday, June 24—Rotary clul
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25 — Ace oi
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m. Elk:
meet at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26—Jayceei
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Pless To Preside
Jurors Drawn For July Term,
County Court Verdicts Listed
Jurors for the next term oi
Superior Court in Transylvania
county are announced today bj
Clerk of Court Marvin McCall.
The one-week term opens or
Monday, July 8th, and it will bf
for the trial of criminal cases
Mr. McCall also announces th<
dates for other Superior Court:
in Transylvania during the com
ing year. They are as follows
October 21, two-weeks term
February *!. 1964, one-week term
MareffW, two-weeks term.
The jury list for the July 811
term follows:
Charles E. Wilmot, Jr.
Clarence A. Burnette
L. Leon Scruggs
Carl Allen McKinney
Carl Glenn Lambert, Jr.
Oscar E. Lothery
Mrs. Edward Morley
Glover Jackson
Mrs. Richard Moore
Lula Loftis
Echol Galloway
Joseph E. Whitmire
Ed Junior McCall
Tom Stroup
Mrs. Clyde Shuford
Mrs. Walter L. Nicholson
James P. Cunningham
Mose Gash
Lewis E. Pickelsimer
Ed H. Mackey
Arthur L. Waldroup
James E. Austin
Arthur Jenkins
Roy Galloway
Mrs. Robert H. Duckworth
Harry McBride
C. V. Green
Ralph Galloway
Mrs. T. F. Hargis
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Enjoyed Parkway Trip
Congressman Taylor Says
Weekend l our Beneficial
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
reported earlier this week
from tb« fo? was
quite phased T»ith the week
end visit of The members of
the House Committee on In
terior and Insular Affairs.
“I thought it was a very
successful trip, and we espe
cially enjoyed the trip on the
Blue Ridge Parkway," Rep.
Taylor continued.
He had invited fellow mem
bers to inspect the Parkway and
other recreational facilities in
Western North Carolina.
The weekend opened with a
banquet last Friday night at
the Battery Park hotel in
Asheville. Representing Bre
vard at the function was Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Bradburn
and Mr. and Mrs. John I. An
derson.
On Saturday, a large local del
egation met the visiting group
of congressmen at the Pink Beds,
and officials of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce served
them refreshments.
Making the trip with Sep. Tay
lor were Rep. Wayne Aspinall,
of Colo., chairman of the com
mittee; Rep. Hjalmar C. Mygaard
of North Dakota; Ren. Ralph J.
Rivers of Alaska; Rep. John Kyi
of Iowa; Rep. Robert B. Duncan
of Oregon; Rep. Ilomer Ahele of
Ohio: and Rep. John Marsh, Jr.,
of Virginia.
The extension, proposed by
Rep. Taylor several months ago,
would cost about $50 million,
and would extend the scenic mo
tor road to the Atlanta area.
The WNC congressman obtain
ed a $25,000 appropriation for
a study of the proposed exten
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Brevard Music Center Opening
'63 Season Sunday Afternoon
Public Service
Company To
Open Office
The Public Service Company
of North Carolina, Inc. is begin
ning construction of the distri
bution system in the Town of
Brevard for supplying natural
gas for residential, commercial
and industrial purposes.
Officials of the company ask
the residents of the community
to please pardon the inconveni
ences which may be caused by
this construction. They say that
every attempt is being made to
ittstad these facilities as rapidly
as possible causing the least in
terruption to pedestrian and mo
tor traffic.
Ash Carper, Jr. has been ap
pointed the local manager, and
the company will open an office
at 340 South Broad street, adja
cent to the A & P Store, on or
about July 1st.
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| The Weather 1
By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
With an average daily high of
78 degrees and an early morn
ing low that balanced out at just
over 55 degrees, Brevard came
to the end of several dry weeks
with over one inch of precipita
tion from last Friday through
Tuesday of this week.
High reading of the week
came on Friday when the mer
cury climbed to 85 degrees.
The low point, temperature
wise, during the week occurred
on Thursday morning of last
week when the mercury drop
ped to 49 degrees.
Readings for the past week
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Banner Tourist Season Expected,
Summer Camps Open At Capacity
The 19G3 tourist season in
Brevard and Transylvania
county is expected to be a
banner one, a survey this
week reveals.
Already the famed Pisgah
National forest is crowded on
weekends with visitors from
many adjoining states.
Motel operators and owners
of the restaurants and drive
ins in the community report
quite an influx in business.
Practically all of the 18 or
ganized summer camps report
a capacity number of campers
for the season.
The Transylvania Music
camp will have its largest en
rollment, and concerts are
planned through out the sum
mer season. This is the 27th
season, and elaborate plans
are being completed for the
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I RED II. ISRAEL
OWEN G. LEE
At The Court House
Fred Israel Succeeds Owen
Lee As Register Of Deeds
Hudson Is few
President Of
Brevard Lions
Jack Hudson, Transylvania
county’s attorney, is the new
president of the Brevard Lions
club, and along with the other
officers, he will be installed at
a special ladies’ night meeting
on Thursday.
This event will be held at the
picnic grounds at the Hawkins
farm at Blantyre, beginning at
7:00 o’clock.
Cecil J. Hill will be in charge
of the installation ceremony.
During the business session,
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Winners Of Olin Mathieson Scholarships Are Announced
LINDA SPROUSE
SANDRA LANDRETH
CLINTON OWEN
PATRICIA BRADBURN
NIEN PING TING
Winners of scholarships, awarded annually
by the Film and Ecusta Paper Operations of
Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation, have
been announced by the scholarship committees.
Linda Sprouse and Sandra Landreth have
been awarded three-year nurses training schol
arships. Clinton Owen and Patricia Bradburn
are recipients of two-year scholarships to Bre
vard College, and a two-year scholarship to
the University of North Carolina has been
awarded to Nien Ping Ting.
Miss Sprouse,. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Sprouse, of Brevard, will attend Ruther
lord Hospital scnooi ot i\ursing. ivnas u<mu
reth will take her training at the Latta School
of Nursing of Memorial Mission Hospital. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Land
reth, of Penrose. Both girls are graduates of
Brevard high school.
Owen, who graduated from Rosrnan high
school, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Owen,
of Lake Toxaway. Miss Bradbum, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bradbum, of Pisgah For
est, is a graduate of Brevard high school.
Miss Ting is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lik
xiuug iiug ui oiuu, oflidwdft, one was me ic
cipient of the Olin scholarship awarded each
year to an outstanding graduate of Brevard
College.
Recipients were chosen by the Nurses
Scholarship and Brevard College Scholarship
Committee. Serving on the nurses selection
committee were Mrs. Jessis Lollis, Dr. R. L.
i
Strieker, Rev. Frederick Valentine, and E. F.
Tilson. The Brevard College Scholarship com- i
mittee served with Transylvania county school >
officials on the college scholarship committee.
Fred H. Israel is the new reg
ster of deeds for Transylvania
:ounty, succeeding Owen G.
Lee, resigned.
Mr. Israel took the oath of of
ice before clerk of Superior
•ourt. Marvin McCall, and he
las already assumed his new
hities.
Mr. Lee has accepted a posi
;ion with the Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation at Pisgah
Forest. ~ *'*'.*, ,
j i
He will be the assistant to tne
sales - service supervisor of the
film division of Olin.
lie will leave on Monday,
Tune 24th for New York City,
where he will take special
training in the Olin offices
there.
He was first appointed regis
ter of deeds on Nov. 1st, 1959,
and he was elected to the of
fice in the general election in
November, 1960.
A native Transylvanian, Mr.
Israel has been in the automo
tive and service station business
in Brevard for the past 15 years.
A graduate of Rosman high
school, he served for 4M> years
in the Air Force during World
War II. He was in the Pacific
theatre for more than a year.
A member of the First Bap
tist church, he is also a legion
naire and a member of the VFW. I
He and his wife reside in For
est Hills.
In addition to serving as reg
ister of deeds, he will be Tran
sylvania’s service officer.
In a statement to the press
this week, he said he would
serve the people of Brevard and
Transylvania to the best of his
ability.
Noted Artists
To Appear
With Symphony
The Brevard Music Cen
ter, the “Summer .Music Cap
ital of the South"’, opens its
27th season Sunday afternoon
with a concert featuring pi
anist Stewart Gordon amt
trumpet soloist Emerson
James Christian PfohJ, di
rector of tiie Brevard Music
Feature stories, with pic
tures, on I)r. Pfohl, Stewart
Gordon and Emerson Head
can be found on the inside
pages of this week’s issue of
The Transylvania Times.
Center will conduct the Bre
vard Music Center Symphony
Orchestra.
Pianist Gordon, who as a
boy studied under the Ger
man master Gieseking, will
play the Grieg CONCERTO
FOR PIANO IN A MINOR.
Emerson Head, trumpet
soloist, will play Giannini’s
CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET.
Dr. Pfohl will conduct the
Brevard Music Center Symp- ,
hony Orchestra in a perfor- j
mance of Handel’s WATER I
MUSIC SUITE, and the OV
ERTURE TO RIF.NZI, by
Wagner.
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1 The concert will begin at j
Sf:30 in the rustic auditorium ■
at the Brevard Music Center,
located high in the Blue Ridge j
Mountains of North Carolina J
near Brevard. J
Next week’s concerts will I
feature Metropolitan Opera
basso Giorgio Tozzi; violinist
Joan Field; harpist Edward
Vito; and pianist Bonnie
Bromberg. Derry Deane, vio
lin, and Roger Drinkall, cellist,
will present a recital on June
25.
Parkway Tunnel
Contract Let
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
announces today that the con
tract for tunnel work in Tran
sylvania and Haywood counties
cn the Blue Ridge Parkway has
been awarded to Troitino and
Brown, Inc., of Asheville.
The contract is for $275,*
391.00.
It includes the concrete lin
ing in the tunnels, lining the
remainder of the Devil’s Court
House tunnel, constructing
stone masonry portals on both
Frying Pan Gap tunnel and Pin
nacle Ridge tunnel.
Other work includes tunnel
extension and retaining walls.
To Offer Cash Prizes
New Summertime Program
Will Be Heard Over WPNF
Station Manager A1 Martin an
nounces today that plans are be
ing concluded on a special sum
mer feature that will award cash
prizes to local listeners.
The feature will be in the
form of a treasure hunt, which
vill take place on paper, with
;ontestants to pick up the entry
nlanks at business firms co
jperating with the station in
sponsoring the event.
Clues to the answer will be
;iven each afternoon on the
‘Tune Time” program, hosted by
■’red Reiter.
More details will be given on
he program and in next week’s
■dition of The Times.
Program Director Fred Reiter
innounces that the station' is
iow carrying a Sunday night
oramentary by John Anderson,
it 7:30 p.m.
The new program, “Perspec
Other Programs
tive," views important world is
sues as well as local events.
This commentary brings to a
total of 19, the number of edi
torials and commentaries broad
cast weekly by WPNF.
“Comment” is heard Monday
through Saturday at 7:30 a.m.,
4:30 p.m., and 6:17 p.m.
The schedule for the
and Home hour is as
Thursday, extension
service, Leonard Hampton;
day, soil conservation
Grover McPherson;
county extension cb
Tuesday, N. C. forest:
Clark Grissom;
home agent, Jean
Appearing on
are the fo
and Plate Club;
ican Legion;