TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 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, 32
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County
* Court
Adjourns
The July-August term of
General County court in Tran
sylvania was adjourned Tues
day afternoon, after some 60
cases had been disposed of.
Verdicts handed down are
as follows:
Edward Jordan Gillespie,
reckless driving, $25.00 and
costs.
Doris Whitner, Elaine Cagle
and Mrs. Chester Cagle were
found guilty by a jury of as
sault and they had to pay
costs.
Monroe Hubbard, forcible
trespass, costs.
Homer Cox, Sr., found guil
ty by a jury of driving under
the influence, was fined $100
and costs. The case was ap
pealed.
Robert Maurice Logan, driv
ing too fast for conditions,
costs.
». James N. Madden, improper
whnuffler, costs.
Charles Richard Garren,
possession, costs.
| A judgment was brought
against Kenneth Barton on a
non-support charge. He ap
pealed to Superior court.
James Thomas Darnelt and
Martha Cox Brown, driving
the influence, $100 and
costs.
Robert L. Huggins, too fast
for road conditions, costs.
Arthur Tilinan Owen, Cecil
Varnell Palmer, Charles Sam
uel, Carl Daniel Roess, Jr., and
Raymond Myers Badger,
speeding, costs.
Charles II. Chastain, Jr.,
speeding, $12 and costs.
Walter Guy Powell, improp
er registration, costs.
The court order the proba
tion of Eddie Sitton revoked.
The case of Claire W. Math
eson vs. Larry Landreth and
D. C. Landreth was settled,
jj^ction grew out of injuries
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*feuth Original
Corporation To
Hold Picnic
The annual Ruth Original Cor
poration picnic will be held Fri
day, August 9th, with approxi
mately 500 scheduled to attend,
Employees and their families of
both the Hendersonville and
Brevard plants are invited.
tRuth Original manufactures
eir own exclusively designed
children’s dresses and sports
jfcar.
The company now employs ov
er 200 people.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 8 — Masons
meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, August 9 — Brevard
Festival concert at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, August 10 — Story
Hour at Library at 9:30 a.m.
Brevard Festival concerts at
S30 and 8:15 p.m. Eks Club
Inner-Dance at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 11 — Attend
the church of your choice. Hen
ry Rood Workshop opens at Bre
vard college. Brevard Festival
concert at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, August 12 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Music Center concert at
8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, August 13 — Cham
ber of Commerce Directors meet
at Library at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 14 — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 7:00
pm.
THE BREVARD CHAMPIONS in
the District 1 play-off here in the Lit
tle Tar Heel league last Saturday
afternoon are shown above. The lads
defeated North Wilkesboro by the
score of 3-2, and now they go on to
the State Tournament at Sanford on
August 12th. The managers on the
back row are Herbert Hall and
George Limbo, and the bat boy,
George Limbo, Jr., is in front of tbe
group. On the first row, left to right,
are: Elliott Spohn, Marty Griffin,
Phillip Roper and Rickie Lanning.
Second row: William Hooper, Mitch
ell Reed, Wayne Pressley, Mickey
Smith, Charles Parker and Kenneth
Drake. Third row: Robert Hall,
Ronnie Norton, Kenneth Maynard,
Danny Thompson and Steve Moore.
Complete details on the game can
be founds on the Spoi-ts Pages.
(Times Staff Photo)
REV. JARVIS BROCK
Pre-School
Registration
Is Slated
Pre-scliool registration at the
Brevard Senior High school for
students who have moved into
District I will be held during the
next two weeks, according to
N. A. Miller, principal.
New students should register
at the school between 8:30 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. beginning Monday,
August 12th, through August
At 82nd Annual Session
Rev. Jarvis Brock Named
Moderator Of Association
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Rev. Jarvis Brock, pastor of
the Little River Baptist church,
was elected moderator of the
Transylvania Baptist association
at the 82nd annual session t)iis
week.
Other officers are as follows:
Rev. Kadez Wilde, vice modera
tor; Ray Childers, clerk; Mrs.
Mary Brooks, treasurer; Rev.
Paul Mims, Sunday School sup
erintendent; J. L. Heath, Train
ing Union director; Jesse Gilles
pie, Brotherhood president; Tom
Bryson, RA director; Mrs. Jim
Peterson, WMU president; Mrs.
Fred Tinsley, VBS superinten
dent; Terry Steil, music direc
tor; Rev. John Cox, parliamen
tarian; and D. H. Orr, historian.
The opening session was held
Monday night here at the First
Baptist church, with Dr. Harold
Tribble, president of Wake For
est College, as the principal
speaker.
The theme of the meeting was
“Sharing Christ”.
Music was furnished by the
Glady Branch Church choir, and
afterwards, E. C. Wilkie was
heard.
Tuesday morning’s session
was held at the Calvary Baptist
church, and the theme was
On East Main
Dr. Wilburn Davis Opens
Dental Office In Brevard
Dr. Wilburn A. Davis an
nounces the opening of a denta’
office for the general practice
of dentistry at 204 East Main
street.
A native of Haywood county
Dr. Davis received his A.B. and
D.D.S. degrees from the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He har
just completed two years servic
with the U.S. Naval Dental
Corps.
Dr. Davis is a member of Uk
American Dental Associatior
North Carolina Dental Society
American Society of Dentistry
for Children, and Xi Psi Phi
professional fraternity.
He and his wife, Nancy, and
their two children, Cindy and
Mike, reside at 406 Probart
street.
DR. WILBURN DAVIB
“Sharing Christ With the Bap
tist church, and the theme was
“Sharing Christ with the Whole
Wide World”.
Reports were heard during the
meeting, and prior to the Asso
ciations! sermon, officers were
elected.
The sermon was delivered by
Rev. Frank Jordan, and Mrs.
Harold Killian sang a special
number.
A luncheon was served in the
fellowship hall, followed by the
afternoon session. The theme
was “Sharing Christ Through
Our Churches”, and addresses
were delivered by W. R. Wagon
er, Marse Grant, W. K. McGee
and William Poole.
The concluding session Tues
day night was held at the Mt.
Moriah - Cherryfield Baptist
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Works Of Some
30 Composers
To Be Featured
American Music only is sche
duled for this weekend at the
Brevard Music Center. As the
culmination of American Music
Week, the Brevard Festival Or
chestra, the Brevard Festival
Sinfonietta, and the Brevard
Music Center Philharmonia will
perform works by American
composers, the older, well - es
tablished ones as well as the
younger, up-coming ones
During the week works of
about 30 composers will be read
at the Center as a part of Amer
ican Music Week. About 15 of
these composers will be on hand
to hear their compositions read
by the Brevard Music Center
Philharmonia, the orchestra of
the Advanced Division which
has been performing together
all summer.
On Friday Night
A varied program of Ameri
can Music will be played on
Friday evening, August 9, at
8:15, by the Brevard Festival
Orchestra under the direction
of James Christian Pfohl. Open
ing the program will be the
late John K. Paine’s “Symphony
No. 1.” Vincent Persichetti will
be on hand to conduct liis “Sym
phony No. 4, Opus 51.” The
world premier of Vittorio Gian
nini’s “Psalm 130” will be dur
ing this evening’s performance.
Gary Karr, for whom the com
position was written, will be the
guest artist. Karr was recently
cited by MUSICAL AMERICA
as one of the 9 most outstanding
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Mitchell-Bissell
Announces Pay
Raise Of 5 Cents
Jobn R. Mitchell, president
of Mitchell-Bissell company, of
Bosnian, announces today a 5
cent per hour increase for all
empoyees. This increase will
become effective as of August
5th.
Also announced were the
plans for instituting a profit
sharing pension plan. Com
plete details of the plan will
be spelled out at a later date
upon approval of all provi
sions by the Internal Revenue
Service.
Important Vote
ASC Election Will Be
Held During September
County and community com
nitteemen who will administer
iSCS programs in 1964 will be
ilected by their fellow farmers
n September, according to
Glenn A. Whitmire, chairman of
the Transylvania county ASCS
committee. These committeemen
will take office October 1st.
Henry Rood
Workshop Is
Set Next Week
The Henry Rood Art Work
shop will be held in the College
Barn Studio at Brevard College
August 11th - 17th.
Landscape classes will be
held out of doors from 9:00 a.
m. to 12:00 noon each day. Por
trait classes will be held in the
studio afternoons from 1:30 to
4:30.
This is the sixth year that
the workshop has been held in
Brevard. For further informa
tion call Mrs. Becky Macfie at
888-2137.
Mr. Whitmire states that cur
rent county committeemen are
responsible for seeing that all
phases of the election are prop
erly performed in accordance
with regulations issued by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Present community committee
men will select a slate of six
or more eligible nominees to be
voted upon in this year’s elec
tion. The list of nominees will
include the names of all persons
who may be nominated by prop
er petition to the county ASCS
office.
Any farm tenant, operator, or
owner may vote in the commu
nity elections if he is now par
ticipating or is eligible to par
ticipate in any of the programs
administered by the county ASCS
committee.
Mr. Whitmire urges all farm
ers to vote in the committee
elections. He says that these com
mitteemen perform very vital
work in the administration of
all ASCS farm programs.
Their vital role makes it es
pecially important for all farm
ers to participate in the selec
tion of the best qualified persons
as committeemen.
KEN MORRISON, resident natu
ralist at the Audubon Colony at Sher
wood Forest for the past 5 weeks, is
shown above welcoming H. Brad
Hawkins, who succeeds Mr. Morri
son. Mr. Hawkins, director of the
Junior Museum in Greensboro, will
be in charge of the nature program
for the next three weeks. He will
show a fullcolor slide program Mon
day afternoon entitled, “A Walk in
the Woods”. (Austin Studio Photo)
In Sherwood Forest
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Brad Hawkins To Conduct
Program, Audubon Colony
The Audubon Colony at Sher
wood Forest on Cedar Mountain
will present an outstanding full
color slide program next Mon
day, August 12, at 3:00 p.m. en
titled, “A Walk in the Woods,”
with both photography and nar
ration by H. Brad Hawkins, di
rector of the Junior Museum at
Greensboro.
Mr. Hawkins’ presentation is
one of the Audubon Nature The
ater Series at Sherwood Forest
which is bringing some of the
nation’s top naturalists and pho
tographers to Western North
Carolina for the first time this
summer. His excellent pictures
will illustrate the rich and var
ied plant and animal life which
can be seen in North Carolina,
from the rhododendron of the
mountains to the Venus-fly-trap
of the coast. Through the magic
of the close-up camera, you will
get an “insect-eye” view of na
tures boundless beauty.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and
their family are spending most
of this month at the Audubon
Colony where he is serving as
resident naturalist in charge of
field trips and special activities.
Mr. Hawkins, a former National
Park Service Naturalist, is a
member of the Association of
Interpretive Naturalists, the
Southeastern Museum Confer
ence, and the Carolina Bird
Club. He also serves on the edu
cation committee of the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation.
His direction at the Greensboro
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Dr. Grahl Will
Reopen Office
The dental offices of Dr. Carol
L. Grahl, located at 109 Johnson
Street here in Brevard, will be
reopened this Thursday, August
8th.
Dr. Grahl has completed his
post-graduate studies at the
University of North Carolina,
and he and his wife have re
turned to Brevard.
Dr. Grahl has been doing ex
tensive post graduate work at
Chapel Hill for the past six
months, during which time his
offices here in Brevard have
been closed.
Program Highlights
Tom Galloway Wins Again In
WPNF Treasure Hunt Contest
Tom Galloway is a repeat win
ner in WPNF's Treasure Hunt
contest.
Mr. Galloway will receive a
check of $25.00, A1 Martin, sta
tion manager, announces.
Mr. Galloway correctly an
swered the questions asked with
the following answers. “Little
Girl. . . Night. . . Bonanza . . .
Carolina.”
The final week’s jackpot re
mains $175.00, and the station
manager stated that a special
two-week contest was being con
I sidered to determine winner of
the final jackpot.
As an added clue to this
week’s contest, Mr. Martin said
a total of 7 words is needed to
solve this week’s series of songs
and clues and arrive at the cor
rect answer.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour Is as follows:
Thursday, U.S. Forestry Service,
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By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
The afternoon high for the
past week averaged just over 87
degrees, with the early morning
low dipping to an average of
slightly under 60 degrees.
High reading for the week
came on Saturday afternoon
when the mercury climbed to 82.
Low mark was reached on Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday morn
ings when the temperature fell
to 57 degrees.
Rainfall for the week was lesj
than 1'our-hundredths of an inch.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday-84
Thursday_87
Friday —-84
Saturday -92
Sunday_90
Monday-- 86
Tuesday-89
62 Trace
62 0.01
57 Nona
57 Nona
57 Nona
63 Nona
69 0.02
Temperatures for the next 5
days are expected to average 1
to 4 degrees above normal read
ings of 83 and 63. Rainfall will
average one to three-quarter
inches in widely scattered after
noon and evening thundershow
ers becoming more numerous
over the weekend.
Tax Collections
At Record High
Tax collections in Transyl
vania have reached an all-time
high, Lawrence Hipp. tax col
lector, reported to
of Brevard and
the commissioners
S&J51 r
was $529,844.95
For
collection
charg
93.30