THE TRAN SYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning AM. C. Newspaper
Vol. 74—No. 27
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1963, BREVARD, N. C.
PRICE 10C ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Nine Beauties To Vie For “Miss Brevard” Title Friday And Saturday
Contestant No. 1
Aundria McGuire
Age 18, daughter of Mr.
ard Mrs. J. \V. McGuire,
Pisgah Forest. Talent
Vocal.
Contestant No. Z
Paulette Hooper
Age 18, (laughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hooper, Ros
»man. Talent—Comedy Rou
tine.
Contestant No. 3
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Age 20, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Duncan C. Hun
ter, Brevard. Talent—Ori
ginal Poetry Reading.
Cont! stant No. 4
Donna Lee Irby
Age 16. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon J. Irby. Bre
vard.—Talent Dancing.
Contestant No. 5
Carolyn Paillette Greene
Age 18, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Greene.
Rosman.— Talent Comedy
Routine.
Contestant No. 6
Barbara Jean 0’ShieUls
Age 18, daughter of .Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer O’Shields,
Rosman. Talent—Song and
Dance.
Contestant Xo. 7
Karen Felicia Galloway
Age 17, daughter of Mr.
and .Mrs. Hershel Galloway,
Brevard. Talent—Vocal.
Contestant No. 8
Gloria Lucille Moody
Age 17. daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. R. E. Moody. Lake
Toxaway. Talent — Sonst
and Dance.
Contestant No. 9
Frances Carolyn Bryant
Age 18. daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Earle O. Bryant,
Brevard. Talent—Vocal.
Business
Moving
Forward
^ Retail business in Transyl
vania county moved forward
in the past year as local resi
dents, armed with more cash,
spent at a record rate.
Only during the early months
of the year, when the fear of a
recession was in the air, did
they hold back in their buying.
Thereafter, they spent freely.
As a result, most retail
■ lines locally were able to re
port solid gains over the pre
vious year.
The figures are contained in
the annual survey made by the
Standard Rate and Data Ser
vice. Its comprehensive report
showing how people in each lo
cality spent their retail dollars,
covers every section of the
United States.
In Transylvania, food was a
£ajor item. The amount spent
this direction - - in grocery
stores, bakeries, butcher shops,
supermarkets and the like - -
t:ame to $3,284,000 in the year,
opping the prior year’s $2,751,
000.
This was solely for food pur
chased for home consumption.
It does not include the sum
spent for food and drink at lunch
counters, in restaurants and at
other dine and drink places.
Out of every dollar that was
spent in the local retail stores
last year, 23 cents went for take
home food.
The large-scale spending for
food, a sign of more luxurious
living, reflects the improve
ments in purchasing power
j, —Turn to Page Three
H CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 4—Holiday. Ki
wanis club meets at Brevard
Music Center at 6:30 p.m. Bre
vard Music Center concert at
8:00 p.m. Sylvan Valley Folk
Festival in Brevard College gym
at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 5 — Sidewalk sale
begins. Sylvan Valley Folk Fes
tival in college gym at 7:30 p.m.
Ace of Clubs meets at P-00 p.m.
Brevard Music Center concert at
8:15 p.m. i
I* Saturday, July 6 — Sidewalk
'sale continues. Sylvan Valley
jFolk Festival in college gym at
7:30 p.m. Brevard Music Center
concert at 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 7 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Music Center concert at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, July 8 — Superior
court opens at 9:30 a.m. Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Transylvania County Libra
ry remains open till 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9 —Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p.m. Chamber of
Commerce directors meet at 7:30
p.m. Elks meet at lodge at 8:00
P Wednesday, July ld-^fayceee
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 pjn.
GARY DENNIS, right, has been
named station manager of NASA’s
satellite tracking station in upper
Transylvania. With him is Charles
P. Boyle, public affairs officer, of
the Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland. Another huge
antenna, like the one in the back
ground, will be erected n the near
future on the site above Rosman.
(Times Staff Photo)
Manager Named
Satellite Tracking Station
Will Be A Pivotal Facility
Gary Dennis, a native of Rich
mond, Virginia, has been nam
ed station director of the Ros
man Data Acquisition Facility
in upper Transylvania county.
Mr. Dennis and his wife and
their three children have pur
chased a home on the Country
club road, and he commutes
daily to the satellite tracking
station.
He attended the College of Wil
liam and Mary and the Univer
sity of Richmond, from which
he graduated in 1950 with a BS
in physics.
Later, while working for the
Naval Research center, he did
graduate study in both physics
and electrical engineering at the
University of Maryland.
Mr. Dennis served in the Ma
rine corps in 1945-’46.
Upon graduation from college,
he began work with the Ballis
tic Research laboratory, Aber
deen Proving Grounds, Mary
land, in electronic instrumenta
tion for measurement of racket
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j The Weather |
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Almost three inches of pre
cipitation were recorded in Bre
vard during the past week. A
total of 2.91 inches fell at the
observation point at the local
radio station.
Daily high and lows varied
from 83 to 60 degrees during the
same period, with daily highs
averaging 79 and early morning
lows balancing out at just over
61 degrees.
Statistics for May and June
are as follows:
High Low Prec.
May_ 88 25 3.82
June _ 92 44 5.37
Readings for the past week
were as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday-73 60 0.07
Thursday -- 75 63 2.15
Friday__ 80 62 0.09
Saturday - 80 62 0.23
Sunday _ 82 62 0.18
Monday _83 60 0.00
Tuesday - 80 61 0.19
The five-day forecast calls for
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One of the fabulous facili
ties of this space age is being
established here in the beau
tiful Pisgah National Forest.
This will be the pivotal station
of the large dish satellite track
ing network of the National Ae
ronautics and Space Administra
tion. Its function is to provide
•eyes and ears into space.
The installation will be known
officially as the Rosman, N. C.,
Data Acquisition and Communi
cations Antenna Facility.
Facilities will include two
large antennas, each standing 12
stories high and weighing 300
tons. And there will be a two
story operations building of con
crete with 18,000 square feet ol
useable floor space, and a gen
erator building housing six 250
kilowatt generators which will
use about 1,500 gallons of fuel
a day.
The first of these large dish
satellite tracking antennas was
built in Fairbanks, Alaska, and
is operated by the RCA Serv
ice Go., of Cherry Hill, N. J.,
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Sylvan Valley Fo Ik Festival And
Beauty Pageant To Attract Crowds
A Big
Holiday
Thursday
Highlighting the Fourth of
July observance in Transyl
vania will be the 22nd annual
picnic at beautiful Camp
Straus on Thursday.
Each year the event is at
tended by more than 5,000 per
sons, and the largest atten
dance ever is expected this
year.
The day in Brevard and
Transylvania will be a holi
day, with stores, the bank and
the post office being closed.
Town and county offices will
also close on Thursday for the
Fourth of July observance.
There will be no delivery of
city or rural mail on Thursday,
and the General Delivery win
dow will not be open.
Inns, rooming houses, mo
tels and guest homes are ex
pecting a rushing business
this weekend, as thousands of
persons from lower elevations
come to these mountains for
the Fourth of July observance
and to escape the summer
heat.
Transylvania’s highway pa
trolmen, Bill Sawyer, Charlie
Cappell, and Gene Beshears,
make an urgent plea for mo
torists to drive with extreme
caution over the Fourth of
July weekend, which is one of
the most dangerous periods of
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Tax Collections
At Record High
Tax collections in Transyl
vania have reached an all-time
high, Lawrence Hipp, tax col
lector, reported to the towns
of Brevard and Rosman and
the commissioners of the coun
ty this week.
Total collections for the
county totalled $499,437.30, or
94.29 per cent. The charge
was $529,667.48.
For the town of Brevard col
lection of the 1962 tax charge
was $85,194.36, or 91.66 per
cent. The charge was $92,
943.07.
Collections for the town of
Rosman were $2,691.52, or
86.06 per cent, with the charge
being $3,127.34.
Auditors have just com
pleted the audit of the tax
books, the tax collector re
ported to the boards.
DORIS AND JUDITH LANG
Many Stars Appear This
Weekend At Music Center
A host of American stars lead
the list of artists this patriotic
weekend at the Brevard Music
Center. Cellist Roger Drinkall,
pianists Doris and Judith Lang, I
soprano Marajean Marvin, and
narrator Clyde McLean comprise I
the guest list for July 5, 6, and 7. |
Appearing Friday night with,
the Brevard Music Center Sym
phony, under the direction of
James Christian Pfohl, will be
Roger Drinkall and Doris Lang.
Mr. Drinkall, a cello graduate
from the Curtis Institute of Mus
ic, is on the faculty of Queens
College in Charlotte. He will
play “Schelmo” by Bloch. Miss!
Lang, 16-year-old pianist from.
New York, will play “Piano Con-'
certo in G Minor, No. 1” by Men-1
delssohn. The Symphony will
complete the program with “Leo
nore Overture No. 3” by Beetho-1
ven and “1812 Overture” by
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The Brevard Music Center
is proud to present for the
coming weekend’s concerts the
sister piano-duo team, Doris and
Judith Lang. Former separate
performers on Lawrence Welk’s
TV show live from Hollywood,
each Lang sister is an out
standing performer in her own
right, and as a duo the girls are
superb.
On Friday, July 5th, Doris
Lang will play Mendelssohn’s
•‘Piano Concerto No. 1 in G
Minor.” On the following Satur
day evening at the Music Cen
ter sister Judith will perform
Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 1
in E-Flat.”
On Sunday afternoon, July
7th, both sisters will play the
exciting duo-piano concerto by
Saint - Saens, “The Carnival of
the Animals.”
Judith Lang is 17 years did
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WPNF Will Observe 13th
Birthday, Is Rededicated
Radio Station WPNF is cele
brating its 13th anniversary this
weekend, according to Station
Manager A1 Martin.
During the past 13 years,
WPNF has maintained a policy
of public service to the com
munity and its citizens.
“We sincerely appreciate the
cooperation of our advertisers
and listeners in the past, and we
solicit their future support as
we at WPNF rededicate our
selves to community service,”
Mr. Martin said in a joint state
ment with John Anderson, the
executive director.
WPNF began its operation on
July 6th, 1950, and has striven
to present the very best pro
gramming including music, news
and sports.
Owned and operated by the
Pisgah Broadcasting company,
of which Mrs. Ed M. Anderson
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i
Bands, Singers,
Square Dancers
On Program
Large crowds are expected .
to attend the annual Sylvan"
Valley Folk Festival and the
Miss Brevard Pageant ol' 1963,
which opens Thursday nigh! at
7:39 o’clock in the Brevard
College gymnasium.
Sponsored by the Brevard
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the Festival is attracting sing
ers, dancers and beauty queens
from a wide area.
Robert Hunter, president of
the Jaycees, cordially invites
the public to attend the per
formances each evening.
Nine Brevard “beauties” are
vying for the title of Miss Bre
vard 1964, and the contestants
are Aundria McGuire, Paul
ette Hooper, Ruth Ellen Hunt
er, Donna Lee Irby, Carolyn
Paulette Greene, Barbara Jean
O’Shields, Karen Felicia GaUo
way, Gloria Lucille Moody,
and Frances Carolyn Bryant.
They will be introduced and
perform their routine on
Thursday night but actual com
petition will be held on Fri
day and Saturday nights.
They will be judged in both
evening gowns and swim suits.
Pageant judges are William
M. Peyton, of Asheville; Mrs.
Virginia Biggerstaff, of Forest
City; John E. Jones, of Ashe
ville; Mrs. Clyde Fisher, of
Hazelwood; and George Pon
der, of Canton.
President Hunter will wel
come the crowds attending all
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Local Bank
To Stay Open
Longer Hours
.Na
In order to better serve theii
customers in the town and court
ty, Brevard’s First Union 1
al bank will observe longer
beginning on Monday, July
This special anno
comes today from Willi
Keith, the vice president.
The following banking
will be observed:
Monday
Tuesday —
Wednesday—9:00 a.m.-12
Thursday—9:00 a.m.-5:00
Friday—9:00 a.m.-5:00
Saturday—9:00 am.
“For your banking
ence, all departments
open during thesr
Keith states.
A special me
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