TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
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.
Vol. 74—No. 26
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963, BREVARD, N. C.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE PLAQUE was present
ed to Fritz Merrell, above left, by the local Balsam
Camp 116, Woodmen Of The World, at their last
meeting. The plaque was presented by past coun
cil commander, Alfred Galloway, second from left,
in appreciation of the outstanding services rendered
by Mr. Merrell to his community over the years.
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Others taking part in the presentation were: J. I.
Ayers, local W.O.W. secretary and a state officer
of the North Carolina Woodmen Of The World,
second from right, and C. L. Clark, past council com
mander of the local WOW camp, right.
(Times Staff Photo)
Festival
Pageant
Slated
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Brevard Jayeees have almos
completed plans for the annua
Sylvan Valley Folk Festival anc
“Miss Brevard” pageant, whicl
will be held next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights, Jul}
4th, 5th and 6th.
This year’s festival and pag
eant will be held in the spacious
Brevard College gymnasium
with a seating capacity of 1,200
The move to the gymnasium wil
eliminate the possibility of in
clement weather interfering
with the performance. It wil
also afford more seats with bet
ter working conditions for per
formers and contestants.
A large group of entertainers
including square dance teams
singers, string bands, etc., wil
be on hand to perform c1 tiring
^he three night event.
▼ Several visiting beauty queens
headed by “Miss North Caro
lina”, Janice Barron, of Morgan
■on, will also be in attendance
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Nicholson
Rites Held
Wednesday
Funeral services for Roscoe
L. Nicholson, age 88, were held
Wednesday afternoon at the Bre
vard Methodist church.
The Rev. Charles Reichard of
ficiated and burial was in the
Gillespie - Evergreen cemetery
■Graveside rites were conducted
by the Dunn’s Rock Masonic
_Lodge.
* Mr. Nicholson died at his
home on Park Avenue Monday
night after a lengthy illness.
A native of Transylvania
county, he was a former post
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 27 — BPW
meets at Camp Straus at 7:00
p. m. Masons meet at Temple at
8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 28—Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m. Brevard Music
(Center concert at 8:15 p.m.
V Saturday, June 29 — Brevard
Music Center concert at 8: IS
p.m.
Sunday, June 30—Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Music Center concert at 3:30 p.m,
Monday, July 1—Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2—Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Star
meets at Temple at 8:00 p.m
Brevard Music Center concert at
8:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3—ToastmaS'
ters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p.m. WOW meets in Woodman
Hall st 8:00 pjn. Brevard Music
Center concert at 8:15 p.m.
Welcome To County Extended
All Campers, Summer Visitors
With all the 18 organized
summer camps in Transylvania
reporting capacity enrollment,
officials of the town and coun
ty and heads of civic organiza
tions join hands in issuing a
most cordial welcome to the
campers, summer visitors and
others here for a vacation this
season.
It is with a glad hand of
friendship that they roll out
the welcoming mat to this
beautiful land of lakes and
waterfalls, which is also recog
'nized as a “mecca for summer
'camps.”
During the next few weeks,
The Times will carry stories on
all of the camps.
Best Year
From all indications, this
summer will be a peak year in
tourist business, and already
thousands of cars are seen in
the great Pisgah National For
est, as people from the low
lands come up to the moun
tains in an effort to escape the
heat and to see this famed won
derland of nature.
Drug stores, eating establish
ments, hotels, motels, inns,
etc., in the county, report a
sharp increase in the tourist
business.
Bob Boyd, chairman of the
Transylvania county board of
commissioners, B. W. Thoma
son, mayor of Brevard and
Wayne Bradburn, president of
the chamber of commerce, join
hands in welcoming all visi
tors, and they will be glad to
give information or other as
sistance through the office of
the commerce group, which is
located in the library.
Transylvania has long been
noted as an agricultural, indus
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Progress Noted
Savings And Loan Will
Pay $161,000 In Dividends
Semi-annual dividends, total
ing over $161,000.00, will be paid
this week by the Brevard Fed
eral Savings and Loan associa
tion for the period ending June
80,1963, Jerry Jerome, the presi
dent, announces today.
The dividends will be availa
ble to members on Thursday,
June 27th, 1963.
Last year the association paid
over $320,000.00, and resources
today are over 10 million dol
lars.
The interest rate being paid is
four and one quarter per cent
per annum, and all accounts are
insured up to $10,000.
Mr. Jerome urges persons who
do not have a savings, account
Rescue Squad
Standing By
On Weekends
The Brevard Rescue squad is
now operating on a special sum
mertime schedule, standing by
for emergencies on weekends.
Two squad members will be on
duty at the equipment head
quarters on Saturdays and Sun
days from 10:00 a. m. to 11:00 p.
m. throughout the summer.
They will also be on duty on
July 4th.
Emergency calls are received
by the radio dispatchers at City
Hall, and the number is 883-5455,
according to Captain Jimmie C.
Rowe.
Seeking Gas Consumers
Public Service Company Is
Making Survey In Brevard
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A survey of the business area
of Brevard is being made by of
ficials of the Public Service
Company of N. C., to determine
which firms are desirous of us
ing natural gas.
Ash Carper, Jr., the local man
ager, says the survey will take
two or three days.
He also states that he is look
ing forward to living and doing
business in Brevard.
The company will open an of
fice at 346 South Broad, adjac
ent to the A & P store on or
about July 1st.
At the present time the com
pany is installing a distribution
system to supply natural gas
for residential, commercial and
industrial purposes.
C. B. Zeigler, chairman of the
board, and B. E. Zeigler, the
president, report that Publie
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ash carper
at the Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan association to open one
and to share in the December
dividend.
Officers and Directors
Officers of the association, in
addition to President Jerome,
are A. F. Mitchell, vice president
and attorney; Jerry Hart Jerome,
executive vice president and
treasurer; J. I. Ayers, assistant
treasurer and secretary; J. H.
Tinsley, assistant secretary.
The directors are: Jerry
Jerome, A. F. Mitchell, Jerry
Hart Jerome, J. H. Tinsley, J. I.
Ayers, H. B. Shiflet, J. F. Aycock
and Edwin Morgan.
W. L. Mull is director emeri
tus.
Real Property Revaluation Will
Begin In Transylvania Thursday
Cooperation Of
Public Urged By
Commissioners
Revaluation of all real pro
perty in Transylvania county
begins Thursday.
The work will be done by
the Southern Anpraisal com
pany, cf Greensboro, with
Paul Hall, field supervisor, in
charge.
Working with him will be
Jimmy Davis, field appraiser.
The new system of apprais
ing was instituted in 1959 by
the state legislature, and each
year certain counties are sche
duled for reappraisal.
- This work is to be completed
in this county by January 1,
1965, and Mr. Hall feels that
it will take that much time.
Additional personnel will
assist in the work at a later
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Merchants Plan
"Sidewalk" Sale
Next Weekend
Brevard merchants will con
duct a huge -‘Sidewalk Sale”
next Friday and Saturday, July
5th, and 6th.
F stops ive plans have been
made $y the merchants to of
fer many wonderful bargains
during the sale, which prom
ises to be tlitvbiggest and best
ever promoted in Brevard.
In announcing plans for the
sale, Dewey Nix, chairman of
the merchants division of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated
that the local merchants were
going “all out” to offer Tran
sylvania county shoppers many
real bargains during the two
day event.
Full details of the sale will
be carried in next week’s
Times.
At Sherwood Forest
Nationally Prominent Naturalists
To Conduct Programs This Summer
Five Audubon Nature Thea
ter programs of outstanding
wildlife films will be offered
for the first time in Western
North Carolina this summer at
the Audubon Colony, Sherwood
Forest, at Cedar Mountain.
Some of America’s best-known
naturalists will personally nar
rate their all - color films in the
rustic setting of Robin Hood’s
Bam at Sherwood Forest, which
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The Weather i
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The local weatherman present
ed Transylvanians with one
dreary, cloudy day and six car
bon copies during the past week.
Temperatures averaged just
over 75 degrees each afternoon,
and about 59 each morning.
High for the week was 79 with
a low of 56 for the period.
Rainfall totaled just under one
and a third inches.
Daily statistics are as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 76 59 0.00
Thursday_ 78 63 0.75
Friday.. 79 62 0.38
Saturday- 73 59 0.15
Sunday_ 70 59 0.02
Monday .. 77 59 0.00
Tuesday__ 76 56 0.01
Long range forecasts call for
daily highs to average 84 de
grees, with early morning lows
balancing out at 63 degrees dur
ing the next five days. Rainfall
will come in the form of scatter
ed showers totaling about half
an Inch Saturday night and Sun
day.
is the nation’s first Audubon col
only for nature - minded vaca
tioners and retirees.
Dates of tne film programs
were announced jointly this
week by Arthur Dehon, manag
er of Sherwood Forest, and Ken
neth Morrison, resident natural
ist at the Audubon Colony and
president of the Florida Audu
bon Society.
All programs will be matinees
starting at 3:00 p. m. as follows;
Monday, July 8, Dr. Alfred G.
Etter, East Lansing, Mich., with
“Awake to Nature”; Thursday,
July 18, Dade W. Thornton, of
Miami, Florida, with “Visiting
the National Parks”; Monday,
July 29, Kenneth D. Morrison,
Lake Wales, Florida, with “The
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Transylvania Has
Largest Per Cent
Sales Tax Paid
For the twelve-month period
for February 1962 through Jan
uary 1963, North Carolina Sales
Tax Collections in Transylvania
County was $434,173.
This was an increase of 60.09
per cent over collections from
February 1961 through January
1962. This was the largest in
crease among North Carolina’s
counties.
The amount of sales tax paid
was within $16,000 of the esti
mated county revenue from real
and personal property for the
fiscal year ending June 30.
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REAL PROPERTY REVALUA
TION in Transylvania county begins
Thursday morning in the Little River
community, and the men who will be
in charge of doing the work are 'pic
tured above. At the left is Paul Hall.
field supervisor of the Southern Ap
praisal company, of Greensboro. In
the center is James Breedlove, tax
supervisor in Transylvania, and at
the right is Jimmy Davis, field ap
praiser. (Times Staff Photo)
Five Million Annually
RCA To Operate Satellite
Tracking Station In County
The RCA Service Company,
of Cherry Hill, N. J., has been
selected by the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion to operate the NASA sat
ellite data acquisition facility
in upper Transylvania county.
The New Jersey firm will
also operate a similar installa
tion in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Cost of providing personnel,
instrumentation, and main
tenance for both stations is ex
pected to be approximately
five million dollars annually.
A NASA spokesman said
that except for government su
pervisory personnel, RCA will
have complete responsibility
for operation of the Rosman
facility, including selection of
employes.
Golf-Burger To
Open Thursday
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Golf - Burger, another Bre
vard enterprise, opens Thurs
day morning at 9:00 a. m.
Offering an 18-hole miniature
golf course, Kiddie train ride,'
and a quick - service drive - in
restaurant, Golf - Burger is lo
cated between Brevard Lanes
and the Smile Oil company, ad
jacent to the beautiful campus
of Brevard college.
Hours will be from 9:00 in the
morning until midnight, and a
grand opening is planned at an
early date.
WPNF Program Highlights
New Summertime Program
Will Offer Cash Prizes
Listeners of WPNF will be
eligible to share in cash prizes,
totaling $350.00 this summer,
A1 Martin, the station manager,
announces today.
The local station is beginning a
special series of features on the
afternoon “Tune Time” program
concerning the new “WPNF
Summer Treasure Hunt.”
There will be 9 weekly prizes
of $25.00 each, and a tenth and
final jackpot of $125.00. to which
will be added the individual
weekly prizes whenever there is
no regular winner.
Announcements concerning
the “Treasure Hunt” will be
broadcast throughout each week
day, with daily clues given on
the “Tune Time” program, host
ed by Fred Reiter.
Entry bianks will be available
free from any of the participat
ing merchants, and a new entry
blank will be required each
week.
Each week, listeners will be
asked to determine through the
clues to be broadcast. WHO
found WHAT, WHERE and
WHEN.
Complete details of the con
test will be given daily on the
“Tune Time” program, and the
contest is open to anyone othei
than staff members of WPNB
and their immediate families
A list of the sponsors is car
ried in an advertisement else
where in this week’s edition oi
the Times.
Special Religious Program
Sunday evening worship ser
vices of the Temple Baptist
church of Pisgah Forest will be
broadcast over the local radio
station beginning Sunday, June
30th, according to a joint an
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Drive To Be Made To Have All
Dogs Innoculated For Rabies
The annual report of the Tran
sylvania Health department
shows that there are some 700
animals in the county which have
not been innoculated for rabies.
Convenient clinics were held
all spring over the entire county,
and officials are puzzled that
there are still so many dogs that
have not been vaccinated.
A house-to-house canvass b to
be made, and dog owners will b<
compelled to have their dogs in
noculated as prescribed by law.
The law specifically states tha
“a fine of $10 to $50 or a possibh
jail sentence” can be imposed fo:
failure to comply.
Further information can be oh
tabled by calling the dog warden
Harvey fmith, gfliones 8-3713 a
3-5181.
Stars At
Music
Center
The hills continue to resound
wrtfc music 1his weekend v^pfl
'the Brevard Music Center pre
sents Giorgio Tozzi, Metropolitan
basso, Joan Field, a well-known
violinist, Bonnie Bromberg*.
Young Artists Award Winner,'
and Donald Johanos, Dallas con
ductor. Concerts on Friday and
Saturday evenings are at 8:15
p.m.; Sunday afternoon concerts
| are at 3:30 p.m.
On Friday evening Joan Field,
just returning from Europe, will
play "Violin Concerto No. 8, A
Minor, Opus 47 (Gesangscene’)”
by Spohr. Giorgio Tozzi will per
form three arias from Verdi
operas, "I Vespri Sieiliani.”
“Ernani,” and "Don Carlo.”
James Christian Pfohl will con
duct the Brevard Music Center
Symphony. The symphony will
complete the program by playing
“Russian Easter Overture, Opus
36 by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Young Artists Award Winner
Bonnie Bromberg will be fea
tured as soloist Saturday eve
ning. Miss Bromberg, 20-year-old
student at Florida State Univer
sity, will perform the “Konzert- '
stuck, F Minor, Opus 79” by
Weber. Donald Johanos, conduc
tor of the Dallas Symphony Or
chestra, will direct the Brevard
1 Music Center Philharmonia. In
addition to Miss Bromberg’s se
lection the Philharmonia for Or
chestra,” and Dvorak’s “Sympho
ny No. 4, G Major, Opus 88.”
Returning to the stage Sunday
afternoon, Giorgio Tozzi will join
with the Transylvania Chorus to
perform Boito’s “Prologue in ]
Heaven, from ‘Mefistofele’ ” and
four scenes from the opera “Boris ;
Godounov” by Moussorgsky.
The Transylvania Symphony
Orchestra, directed by Dr. Pfohl,
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Boy Scouts Fr<
Florida Campii
Pisgah
man 100 Boy Scouts i
Florida are now camping
Fisgah National forest, Rat
Ted Seely reports.
Others are expected all dr
the summer.1
At the present time
three troops, one from St.,
tine and two from Jack
at the camping area ac
the Davidson River
depot
“The Pisgah is
visitors than ever
ranger