TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
1 Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74—No. 30
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A. State And National Prize - Winning A.It.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.
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1963 , BREVARD, N. C.
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GIRL SCOUTS of Troop 67 posed for the pho
tographer just before they left last Wednesday at
midnight for a four-day camping and sightseeing
trip to Washington, D. C. They are dressed in Ber
muda shorts, their traveling uniform, and they
show their excitement about the trip. Seated on
the front row, left to right, are Lucille Owen, Peggy
_ Williams, Cindy Ramsay, Susan Huggins, and Vicki
Rowe; second row, Janice Ricker, Marsha Owens,
and Patty Willis; third row, Sally Hamilton, Amy
Cox, Mary Ann Brown, Susie Nicholson, and Nita
Roberts; standing, Camellia Tinsley and Evelyn
Conley, troop aides, Sarah Goodson, Beverly Mer
rill, Mary Baldwin, Carolyn Ramsey, Sharon Tins
ley, Becky Williams, Shirley Williams, Diane Mon
teith, Penny Anderson, and Maxine Ashworth.
Standing behind are Miss Susan Farley and Mrs.
Jeanette Rahn, assistant leaders, and Miss Martha
Hampton, leader. (Times Staff Photo)
Retired People
Are Organized
The first meeting held for the
establishment <A a Transylvania
chapter, American Association of
Retired Persons, was held Tues
day morning in the Transylvania
Community Center.
J. M. Gaines was named chair
man of a nominating committee
with G. H. Lyday, Miss Gail
Scott, Miss Martha Boswell, J. R.
Hamlin, Lambert Bagwell and
Irving R. Kendall, as members.
George R. Chester, of Hen
dersonville, WNC organizer,
spoke on vital points regarding
the national organization’s serv
ices.
C. W. Bradbum, president of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce, welcomed the group,
calling them persons of experi
ence and “know how” who will
contribute specific values to the
community.
Mr. Gaines, chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Area
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Look Inside..
^ Sports, page six, first section.
Girl Scout feature, front, sec
ond section.
^ Society, page six, second sec
tion.
Editorials, page six, third sec
tion.
Classifieds, pages two and
three, first section.
Follow The Notes, page four,
second section.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 25 — BPW
club meets at Camp Straus at
7:00 p.m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 8:00 p.m.
^ Friday, July 26 — Ace of
^Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Bre
vard Music Center concert at
8:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 27 — Story
hour at Transylvania County
Library at 9:30 a.m. Brevard
Music Center concert at 8:15
pm. Dance at Country Club at
9:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 28 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Music Center concert at 3:30
p.m.
Monday, July 29 — County
Court convenes at 9:30 a.m. Ro
tary club meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Space Men Arriving
Great Need Seen For Housing
Facilities In Town And County
Po you have a house for
rent in Brevard or Transyl
vania county?
Local realtors, the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce and
the personnel coming here to
man the satellite tracking
want to know.
Joe Kaeser, manager of the
RCA division which will oper
ate the tracking station, told
the Chamber of Commerce on
Tuesday that some 65 to 70
persons will be employed at
the space installation by Sept.
1st.
The bulk of this group will
be here by August loth, and
they will be needing a place
to live, Mr. Kaeser stated.
Some 15 local persons will
be employed.
In the group coming to the
town and county will be ap
proximately 10 single men, 25
with a wife and one or two
children and 15 with wives
and larger families.
Mr. Kaeser also announced
that Bob Lentz would be the
project coordinator, and he is
expected to assume his duties
here in the next two weeks.
Chamber of Commerce offi
cials are making a plea for
persons having seasonal prop
erty to make it available to
these people on a temporary
basis.
Mr. Kaeser said that persons
employed at the tracking sta
tion would be community
minded, and he stated that
they were looking forward to
moving to this fine section of
North Carolina. They will
come here from all parts of
the country.
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Jurors Called
Jury Cases Will Be Hear cl
Next Week In County Court
Jurors for the next term of
General County Court are an
nounced tod.iv by Marvin Mc
Call, the clerk.
The court will convene Mon
day morning, July 29th, here in
the court house, with Judge Rob
ert T. Gash presiding.
Attorney Bruce Morton will
prosecute.
The jurors and their address
es are as follows:
Mrs. Herbert Finck, Green
ville Hwy.
Robert Hill, III, Park Avenue.
T. P. Galloway, route 2, Bre
vard.
Mrs. Howard K. Kissamore,
Boylston Hwy.
J. B. Hall, Lake Toxaway.
Mrs. Alonzo L. Warren, Elm
Bend road, Brevard
Ralph Owen, Balsam Grove.
Maurice L. Almany, Rosman.
Charles D. Peevy, 278 Maple
Street.
James L. Hawkins, Maple
Street.
Sherrill Hubbard, East Fork.
Mrs. John Y. Eller, Barclay
road.
Mrs. Albert Lyday, Boylston
road.
Established In 1913
Plummer's Is Celebrating
Golden Anniversary With Sale
Plummer’s, one of the oldest
firms in Brevard and Transyl
vania county, is now celebrating
their Golden Anniversary.
According to the owner, Rob
ert Plummer, the event is being
observed with an anniversary
sale with values for the entire
family.
Established in 1913, the firm
was a department store until
1857, when the firm began con
centrating on clothing and shoes
for the family. Piece goods, no
tions, etc., were discontinued.
“The people of Transylvania
have been good to us, and we
are immeasurably grateful for
their patronage,” Mr. Plummer
declared.
He pledged to continue to
serve this growing community to
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Mrs. Russell Goldsmith, Pis
gah Forest.
Mrs. Inez Green, 622 Country
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Federation Of Music Clubs
From 6 States Coming Here
ASC Urges
Farmers
To Report
Farmers who have completed
conservation projects approved
earlier this year under the 1963
Agricultural Conservation pro
gram are reminded today to
file their report of performance
for cost-share assistance.
Glenn A. Whitmire, chairman
of the Transylvania ASCS com
mittee, points out that the ear
lier such reports on completed
practices are filed, the sooner
the AGP payment can be made.
With spring conservation pro
jects completed and the cost
shares received, it will be easier
to concentrate on other work
that needs to be done.
Mr. Whitmire said that if a
farmer has received approval
for a practice which he later
finds he is unable to carry out,
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Rescue Squad
Will Hold
Auction Sale
Need an automatic washer, air
conditioner or a set of golf
clubs?
The Brevard Rescue Squad
will offer these and hundreds
of other items at their auction
this Friday and Saturday.
The auction, to be held at the
old Cassel's 5 and 10 store at
Bread and Jordan streets, will
run from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Fri
day, and from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m.,
Saturday, July 26th and 27th.
Seating will be provided on
a first come, first served basis.
Included in the items to be
sold is a 1950, 2-door Ford, fire
engine red with white porta
walls, donated to the rescue
squad by Lvda-McCrary Ford
Co. It has an excellent body
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At Seattle, Wash.
Times Given National
Award By Press Group
The Transylvania Times,
Brevard’s prize-winning news
paper, was awarded honora
ble mention, fourth place, in
the General Excellence con
test of the National Editorial
association
The award was announced
last Thursday night at the an
nual convention in Seattle,
Washington.
In commenting on The
Times, the judges said that the
Brevard newspaper gave ex
cellent coverage of the news
of the town and county.
They were pleased with the
The Weather
I.......M.....S
Brevard received slightly
nore than one and one-half
nches of rain during the past
veek, and daily high tempera
;ures ranged from 80 to 88 de
crees. Saturday’s 88 was the top
nark for the week.
Morning low temperatures
■anged from 54 on Monday to 66
ast Saturday.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 83 64
rhursday-- 84 60
Friday _ 84 60
Saturday _ 88 66
Sunday _ 83 63
Monday _ 83 54
fuesday_ 80 58
0.16
0.00
0.00
0.43
0.06
0.31
0.62
Rainfall during the next week
ihould average near normal for
he season, with summer scat
ered showers nearly every day.
femperatures also should aver
ige near normal, with highs and
ows about 84 and 60 to 64.
many departments of the pa
per, and especially of the pho
tographic coverage.
The latest award won by
The Times brings to a total of
22, both state and nation, that
the Brevard weekly has won
in the past 21 years.
Only two other newspapers
in North Carolina were award
ed prizes at the meeting. They
are semi-weeklies, located at
Chapel Hill and Morehead
City.
Editor John Anderson said
the award was a challenge to
win first prize this year, and
he thanked all subscribers, ad
vertisers, correspondents and
all others for their fine coop
eration and support.
Mitdiell-Bissell
Company Holds
Annual Picnic
The annual Mitchell - Bissell
company picnic will be held this
Saturday, July 27th.
Ail employees and their im
mediate families are invited, and
the event will be held on the
plant picnic grounds.
Mitchell - Bissell company, lo
cated above Rosman on US High
way 64, recently. celebrated its
first anniversary in Transylvania
county.
Some 75 persons are employed
there.
DR. JOHN II. TRUESD.MJ.
RALPH S. HELLER
1. JW. KAWK1N
J. r. KEATING
Industrial News
Promotions Announced At
Olin, Sales Office Moved
Sales offices for the Film
Operations of Olin Mathieson
Chemical Corporation are be
ing moved from New York
City to Asheville, it is an
nounced by George W. Mc
Cleary, director of marketing.
These offices will be located
in the Parkway building, 174
Woodfin street. The move will
affect from 30 to 40 persons
who will reside either in Ashe
ville, Brevard or Henderson
ville.
“The move to Asheville is
expected to be completed by
September 3, 1963," Mr. Me
Cleary said.
“The District Sales Offices
will remain in the present lo
cations in Chicago, New York
City, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
and San Francisco, with sales
men continuing to serve cus
tomers all across the country.”
The Film operations, with
plants at Pisgah Forest and
Covington, Indiana, is a part
of Olin’s vast Packaging di
vision. Olin manufacturers a
wide variety of types of cello
phane, most of which are used
by the food, and tobacco in
dustries.
New appointments have been
made in the Film Operations of
Olin Mathieson Chemical Cor
poration, it was announced to
day by Philip C. Brownell, cor
porate vice president and man
ager of Olin’s Packaging divi
sion.
Dr. John H. Truesdail has
been named division vice presi
dent and manager of the film
operations, succeeding E. L.
Lynn deceased.
Ralph S. Heller, Olin Works
plant manager, Covington, Indi
ana, is appointed production
manager, replacing Mr. Trues
dail; C. M. Bahnsen, Pisgah For
est plant manager, has been
transferred to Covington, Indi
ana, as Olin Works plant mana
ger; and J. F. Keating has been
promoted to Pisgah Forest plant
manager.
Mr. Truesdail, a Quenemo,
Kansas native, is a graduate of
the University of Redlands with
an A.B. degree; the University
of Oregon with an M.A. degree,
and the University of Michigan
with a Ph.D. degree in organic
chemistry. After graduation, he
was employed as a research
chemist with E. I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company at Buf
I falo, New York. Later he con
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Program Highlights
New Voices Are Heard On
WPNF, Log Is Reviewed
Executive Director John An
derson announces the addition
of two new members to WPNF’s
staff today.
Rick Mundy, has assumed the
duties as announcer for WPNF’s
evening program. Mundy, whose
home is in Enka, will be host
for the nightly “Record Rally”
program, featuring song re
quests from local listeners.
He comes to Brevard with past
experience in Educational FM
Radio on the west coast.
The other newcomer to
WPNF’s microphones is Doug
Smith from Swannanoa.
His experience includes work
in stations in Charlotte, Black
Mountain and Asheville, as well
as completion of a special radio
school in the former city.
Announcement was also made
this week of the weekly winner
in the third Treasurer Hunt
contest. Tom Galloway was the
winner of the weekly prize of
$25.00. Jackpot continues at
$175.00 with this week’s winner
to receive $25.00.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Farm - Home Ar
ministration, John Collins; Fri
day, ASC Office; Monday, Coun
ty Extension Chairman; Tues
day, N. C. Forestry Service,
Clark Grissom; Wednesday,
Home Agent, Jean Childers.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Tran
sylvania Garden Club; Monday,
VFW; Wednesday, Jaycees.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions Is Ray Childers,
minister of music and educa
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Young Artists
Wilf Be Heard
On Programs
The Virginia Federation of
Music Clubs will play host this
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
July 26th, 27th, and 28th, to
the annual “Federation of Music
Clubs Weekend/’ Music clubs
from 6 states will be represent
ed when the ladies gather to en
joy the weekend music at the
Brevard Music Center.
Two of the guest artists are
winners of the competitions
sponsored by the Federation of
Music Clubs. Alan Rogers, young
lyric tenor of Chicago, will ap
pear as the result of having won
the young artist division in the
national finals this spring. Joan
Weiner, 14-year-old pianist from
Falls Church, Virginia, will
-hare the concert with Rogers.
Other guest artists for the
weekend are Robert Sylvester,
Jeanette Pecorello, Eugsn Tal
ley - Schmidt and Edward Vita
First Concert
Performing on Friday night
July 26th, with the Brevard Mus
ic Center Symphony under the
direction of Herman Neuman,
Music Director of WYNC, Rogers
will sing four arias. His selec
tions are “II lamento” from Ci
lea's “L’Arlesiana”; “II mio te
soro” from Mozart’s “Do Giov
anni”; “Che gelida manina” from
Puccini’s “La Boheme”; and “La
Danza” by Rossini.
Miss Weiner, 1962 winner of,
the Stillman Kelly Scholarship"
Award which is given by the Na
tional Federation of Musict-Clubs,
will hr returning to the’*evarA
Music Center for her second^,
year. Sharing the stage with Al
an Rogers on Friday night, Miss
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Audubon Colony
Has Interesting
Film Monday
The story of America’s en
dangered wildlife will be told
in an all-color film, “The Long
Flight Back” which will be pre
sented at 3:00 p. m. Monday,
July 29th, at Robin Hood’s Bam
in Sherwood Forest at Cedar
Mountain.
Kenneth Morrison, of Lake
Wales, Florida, will personally
narrate the film which is the;
third in a series of five Audu
bon Nature Theater films which
are being presented this season
under the sponsorship of The
Audubon Colony at Sherwood
Forest on Cedar Mountain.
“The Long Flight Back” fea
tures a detailed sequence on
the Whooping Crane, one of the
rarest birds in the world.
Also pictured are the remain
ing flocks of colorful roseate
spoonbills in Florida and Texas,.
the largest herd of buffalo left]
on the continent and the con-|
ceneration of wild flamingos on ‘
the island of Great Inagua in the
Bahamas. This unusual motion |
picture was taken by about ijj|
dozen of America’s leading wild
life photographers.
Admission to Monday after
noon’s program is by contribug
tion to the Audubon Colony of'
$1.00 for adults and 35c fof,
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Water Cut-Off
Set Thursday,
Pisgah Heights
The water will be
oft in Pisgah Heights
Thursday night at 10:00
to allow water
workman to make two
on the main line
Brevard Manufacturing
pany plant.
to replace