TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1060 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. 28 *
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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963, BREVARD, N. C. PRICE 10c ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLf
PROMINENT FIGURES at Sapphire Valley Inn
and golf course last weekend are pictured above.
At the left is Carl Sanders, governor of Georgia,
and next in line is Prince Alexis Obelinsky, of Palm
Beach and Sapphire Valley. Next in line is Gene
Howerdd, Sr., owner of Sapphire Valley, and at the
right is Ferris Bryant, governor of Florida.
(Times Staff Photo)
m Capacity Crowd
Attended First
« Audubon Film
The first of a series of five
Audubon Nature Theater wild
life film programs was shown
Monday afternoon for a capacity
audience in Robin Hood’s Barn
at Sherwood Forest near Cedar
Mountain.
Campers and counselors from
camps in the surrounding area,
people of all ages from Brevard
and as far as Asheville. C-reen
v;lle and Hendersonville, s. • t.
outstanding all - color film pre
sented by Dr. Alfred G. Etter,
photographer and naturalist
from East Lansing, Michigan.
His film showed the interrela
tionships of all living things
against a background of the
changing seasons of the year.
Wednesday night Dr. Etter
presented his all-color film on
pesticides and the balance of
nature filmed on the Michigan
jdltate Universitv campus. The 8
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* County-Wide
Collection
System Set
Transylvania will have a coun
ty-wide garbage collection sys
tem, according to a joint an
nouncement from Bob Boyd,
chairman of the Board of Com
missioners and Walter Hart, sen
ior sanitarian.
*t!
There will be five designated
areas, with land-fill dumps. They
are: Toxaway, Silversteen, Ros
an, Balsam Grove and Pisgah
Orest.
Mr. Hart says that Transylvan
a is the first county in the state
o work out such an extensive,
county-wide garbage collection
system.
Complete details, which are
now being worked out, will be
announced next week.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 11 — Jaycettes
meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m.
Lions meet at .Colonial Inn at
7:00 p.m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, July 12—Ace of Clubs
imeets at 8:00 p.m. Brevard Mus
ic Center concert at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 13—Story Time
at Library at 9:30 a.m. Brevard
Music Center concert at 8:15
p.m.
Sunday, July 14—Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Music Center concert at 3:30 p.m.
. Monday, July 15—Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 16 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Star meets at Temple at 8:00
p.m.
Wednesday, July 17 — Toast
masters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p.m. WOW meets at Woodman.
Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Weekend Visitors
f
Florida, Georgia Governors
Enjoy Transylvania And WNC
Two Southern governors, Fer
ris Bryant, of Florida, and Carl
Sanders, of Georgia, enjoyed
visiting in Transylvania and oth
er sections of Western North
Carolina over the Fourth of July
weekend.
Tha* ‘-.yed at beautiful Sap
phire ' alley Inn, and Geiae How
erdd, Sr., the owner, had also
invited Governor Terry Sanford.
However, the North Carolina
governor’s office extended his
regrets and said that Mr. San
ford had a working-weekend
scheduled.
Governor Bryant addressed the
Methodist lawyers at Lake Juna
luska Friday night, while Gov.
Sanders spent much time golf
ing and fishing.
On Sunday, Gov. Sanders
brought one of his daughters to
Brevard, where she enrolled at
keystone camp.
There was nothing official
about the get-together of the two
governors at Sapphire. They are
long-time friends of Mr. How
erdd, and some 100 persons join
ed them at a buffet - dance at the
Inn last Thursday night.
Gov. Sanders laughed when he
heard that Gov. Sanford still had
his redistricting problems to
face.
“Just tell him to get a big map
and a big crayon and start mark
ing it up. He’ll have a lot of
marks to make. It’s a rough
problem.”
Boards To Talk
School Budget Cut, More
Funds Said To Be Needed
The Transplvania county
commissioners have approved
a school budget of $335,317.00
for the 1963-’64 school term.
This is $8,477.50 less than
the 1963-’63 budget.
The commissioners informed
the Board of Education that
such a cut was necessary due
to the added cost for the prop
erty re-valuation program now
going on iu the county.
The Board of Education has
requested a special meeting of
the Commissioners to discuss
this problem.
Several major renovation
and improvement programs
are being carried on in the
public schools this summer,
Supt. Wayne Bradburn re
ports.
Rosman high school is be
ing completely renovated: two
new classrooms are being con
structed at Brevard junior
high school; Pisgah Forest
and Brevard elementary are
being painted inside and out
side and the floors are being
refinished at Brevard senior
high, Straus elementary and
Bosnian elementary.
A number of projects have
had to be eliminated due to
lack of funds. Mr. Bradburn
states.
These projects hald to do
mostly with improvement of
grounds at Penrose, senior
high athletic field, T. C. Hen
derson elementary school and
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"Governor's Weekend” Is Slated
Here At The Brevard Music Center
Several Stars
Will Perforin
With Symphony
The strains of beautiful music
emanating from the hills around
the Brevard Music Center this
weekend will be honoring the
Governor of North Carolina.
Governor Terry Sanford will
move briefly from the State Cap
ital to the “Summer Music Cap
ital of the South.” Performing in
his honor will be Juilliard Award
Winners, a Metropolitan Opera
star, and a world famous pianist.
On Friday night, July 12th, Ste
phen Manes, pianist, and Marilyn
Zschau, messo - soprano will in
augurate the festivities of the
Governor's Weekend. These ar
tists won in competition against
other Julliard students to be
named the Juilliard Award Win
ners of 1963. Young Manes will
play the Rachmaninoff Piano
Concerto No. 2. Miss Zschau will
sing “Voi che sapete” and “Non
so piu” from Mozart’s “Marriage
of Figaro.” In addition to these,
arias she will sing “My Heart at
the Sweet Voice” from Saint
Saens’ “Samson and Delila,” and
“Stride la Vampa,” from Verdi’s
“11 Trovatore.”
“Cripple Creek” by the late
North Carolinian Lamar String
field, and “Romeo and Juliet” by
Tschaikowsky will complete the
program presented by the Bre
vard Music Center Symphony,
under the direction of James
Christian Pfohl.
On Saturday afternoon the
Transylvania Youth Orchestra
and Concert Band will present a
special concert for the Governor.
After this concert interested
persons will have the opportuni
ty to hear a panel discussion on
"The School of Performing
Arts.”
Saturday night the Brevard
Music Center Philharmonia con
ducted by Dr. Pfohl will feature
soprano Arlene Saunders. Miss
Saunders, Metropolitan Opera so
prano, will sing “Jewel Song”
—Turn to Page Six
Festival Successful
Ruth Ellen Hunter Is Named
"Miss Brevard" In Pageant
Ruth Ellen Hunter, 20-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan C. Hunter of Brevard,
was crowned “Miss Brevard of
1964” last Saturday night to
highlight the three-day Syl
van Valley Folk Festival at
the Brevard College gymnasi
um.
RUTH ELLEN HUNTER is shown
above being crowned "Miss Brevard
of 1964” by Robert T. Kimzev. prom
nent Transylvania educator. The cer
emony climaxed a highly successful
Sylvan Valley Folk festival and Beau
ty Pageant last Saturday night in the
Brevard College gym.
(Photo by Mel $v»ringb*tn)
Miss Hunter won the title over
8 other lovely young ladies from
Transylvania county. She had al
so been a preliminary winner in
the evening gown competition.
First runner - up to the new
“Miss Brevard,’’ was Karen
Felecia Galloway, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Gallo
way, of Brevard. She was also
a preliminary winner in the
talent division of the com
petition.
Donna Lee Irby, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Irby of
Brevard, was second runner-up.
She also won the swim suit com
petition.
The coveted “Miss Congen
iality” award, voted on by the
contestants themseves, was
won by Aundria McGuire,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
McGuire of Pisgah Forest.
Square dance teams, string
bands, individual performers,
three lovely visiting queens and
the nine contestants all combin
ed to make the Festival the most
successful ever held by the spon
soring Brevard Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Good crowds were on hand for
Thursday and Friday night’s per
formances, and a full house wit
nessed the Saturday night cli
max to the three day festival.
Robert T. Kimzey, promi
nent Transylvania educator,
placed the crown on the new
“Miss Brevard”. He had also
been honored earlier in the
evening by the Brevard Jay
cees and the Brevard Lions
club, for outstanding service
in the Held of education while
—Turn to Page Six
GOVERNOR TERRY SANFORD
will he honored at the Brevard Music
center this weekend. He is pictured
above with Dr. James Christian Pfohl
on the lakefront when he was here
last summer.
More Than 50
Local Retired Persons
Planning County Chapter
The Weather |
By-Al Martin
Official Weatherman
High reading for the past week
was 85 degrees with a low of 51
degrees recorded on 2 mornings.
Precipitation totaled just un
der 1 inch during the seven day
period ending at 6:00 p.m. Tues
day evening.
Other readings for the week
were:
High Low Free
Wednesday- 85 60 0.00
Thursday- 80 52 0.00
Friday_ 84 56 0.00
Saturday_ 86 51 0.22
Sunday_— 78 51 0.40
Monday _ 84 51 0.13
Tuesday _ 75 57 0.45
The long range forecast calls
for temperatures 3 to 7 degrees
below normals for this time of
year. Average readings on rec
ord show a high of 84 and a low
of 63. Showers or rain about
Saturday will average about one
half inch.
The more than 50 members
of the American Association of
Retired Persons who reside in
Transylvania county are form
ing the nucleus for a local chap
ter.
An oganizational meeting will
be held July 23rd at 10:00
o’clock at the Transylvania
Community Center.
George R. Chester, area organ
izer, and president of the Hen
dersonville chapter, will be the
guest speaker.
The local movement is being
supported by the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce and Brevard
Kiwanis club, through J. M.
Gaines and James M. Wulpi. A
movement is underway through
out Western North Carolina for
each county to have its own
chapter, as a drawing card to,
make this area a retirement area
for the nation.
Mr. Chester will answer ques
tions concerning helps offered
by AARP, which include legis
lative representation, non-prof
it services to stretch retirement
incomes, gift memberships,
types of volunteer services, rec
ognition of ability as ageless,
and the promotion of creative
—Turn to Page Four
Program Schedule
WPNF's "Treasure Chest" Is
Now $175, Clues Heard Daily
WPNF’s “Treasure Chest”
swelled to $175.00 last week,
when no one correctly solved the
weekly contest in the “Summer
Treasure Hunt” series.
A new contest is underway for
this week and new entry blanks
can be secured from any of the
merchants participating, in the
program. Clues are given daily
on the “Tune Time” program at
2:05 p.m.
WPNF is now in its second
week of a series of broadcasts
in which the entire text of the
Bible will be read from Genesis
through the Revelation.
Station Manager A1 Martin said
today that the special series of
programs is being prepared by
Rev. Paul Mims, pastor of Tem
ple Baptist Church, of Pisgah
Forest.
The programs are about five
minutes in length and are pre
sented twice dally, at 8:30 a.m.
and again at 5:30 p.m.
This is to enable those persons
who might have to work in the
morning to participate in the
program at a more convenient
time, and vice versa.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, U. S. Forestry Service, Ted
Seely; Friday, A.S.C.S. Office;
Monday, County Extension Chair
man; Tuesday, Rosman Vo-Ag
Department, B. E. Keisler; Wed
nesday, Home Agent, Jean Chil
ders.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Bre
vard Little Theatre; Wednesday,
BPW club.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Dan Wal
len, pastor of the Cherryfield
Baptist church; next week, Rev.
Fred Valentine* pastor of St.
Philip’s Episcopal church, will
be heard.
The Sunday Morning church
services are, being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from the Faith Assembly.
Rev. Rudolph Nichols is pastor.
Fourth
Was
Quiet
Fourth of July was quietly
observed in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county.
The day was a holiday, with
stores, town and county of
fices being closed.
Highlighting activities in
the community were the
Fourth of July picnic at Camp
Straus and the Syvan Valley
Folk Festival.
More than 5,000 persons at
tended the annual picnic, and
the gala event was reported
to have been highly success
ful.
While a record number of
persons were killed on the na
tion’s highways over the Four
th of July weekend, there were
no serious accidents in Tran
sylvania county, the State
Highway Patrol reports.
Commerce Body
Gives Aid At
Industrial Site
Directors of the Chamber of]
Commerce voted to contribute ]
up to $500 to move a trouble-1
some water main at their regu-|
lar monthly meeting Tuesd
night in the library.
It was recently discovered 1
the main now runs directly
der the construction site of
new Brevard Manufact
Company plant here in Brev
The Town of Brevard,
Transylvania County con
sioners and the Brevard
ber of Commerce will now i
jointly in the expense of mov
the water main, which
done before construction on;
new plant can continue.
The directors also voted
quest the county con
to look into the possifa
zoning certain designated
of the county.
It was pointed out that:
boring Henderson county i
ently zoning some
that county.
The joining of the two
ties in
would I
their