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 Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 74 — No. 34
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BREVARD, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BREVARD JAYCEES recently presented checks
to several organizations and individuals as part of
their community service program. Jaycee Presi
dent Robert Hunter is pictured above, center, pre
senting checks to F. L. “Buck” McCall, left, of the
Brevard Volunteer Fire Department to aid in the
construction of their new tank truck, and to Tom
McCrary, second from left, for the Transylvania
Community Center. At the right, Glenn Hardesty,
of Brevard College, accepts the Jaycees’ check for
their endowment fund, while Carolyn Green, of
Rosman, next to President Hunter, receives a check
that will complete her scholarship to Brevard Col
lege this fall. President Hunter stated that the sup
port of the community in backing Jaycee projects
and the hard work of the Brevard Jaycees in spon
soring thesp projects together made the contribu
tions possible. (Times Staff Photo)
On Town s
Future
Expansion
A report on consumer prob
lems and a possible moderni
zation plan for Brevard 'ws*.
given to town merchants ami
Brevard P<<mning Board mmSfi
bers by Jay Chatterjee, staff
member of the Western North
Carolina Regional Planning
Commission (WNCRPC), at
the board’s regular meeting
Tuesday night in City Hall.
The WNCRPC has been con
ducting surveys in the count}
for several weeks, analyzing eco
nomie and business trends and
working on projections of these
iVtends for the future. Mr. Chat
terjee is in charge of central
business planning for the Com
mission.
After an extensive study of
the land-use program of Bre
vard, Mr. Chatterjee concluded
that the main problem facing
Brevard businessmen and con
sumers is that of parking,
which he described as “very
poor”.
According to his findings the
parking area in town (not in
cluding on-the-street, or meter
ed parking) is allocated thusly:
space for 422 cars exists, 210
spaces are reserved for employee
parking, 134 are un-metered or
free parking, and 78 are purely
Cserved for customer parking.
Mr. Chatterjee explained
that there should be more cus
tomer parking area in the cen
tral part of town, or the space
now available, which in some
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 22— BPW
club meets at Camp Straus at
7:00 p.m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, August 23 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Bre
vard Music Festival concert at
8:15 p.m.
| Saturday, August 24 — Bre
vard Music Festival concerts at
3:30 and 8:15 p.m. Square dance
at Legion Building at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 25 — Attend
the church of your choice. Bre
vard Music Festival concert at
3:30 p.m.
Monday, August 26 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Transylvania County Dem
ocratic Women meet at Gaither’s
at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 27 — Elks
meet at Lodge at 8:00 p.m. Ace
of Clubs meet at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 28 —
Schools open. Jaycees meet at
Country Club at 7:00 p.m.
Complete Round-Up
Four Concerts Will Climax
’63 Festival This Weekend
The Brevard Music Festival of
1963 will end its 27th season this
weekend, August 23rd, 24th,
25th. Guest artists for this fi
nal weekend will be soprano
Helen Boatwright, baritone Mor
ley Meredith, cellist Roger
DrinkalR mezzo-soprano Bever
ly Wolff, tenor Jan Peerce.
Friday night’s concert will
feature Miss Boatwright singing
Bach’s “Cantata No. 51,” and
Meredith singing an aria from
Beethoven’s “Fidelio”, “Sere
nade” from “Faust” by Gounod,
and “Credo” from “Othello” by
Verdi. The Brevard Festival Or
j chestra will complete the pro
gram with Rachmaninoff’s “Sym
phony No. 2, E Minor, Opus
27.”
Helen Boatwright is married
to Howard Boatwright, member
of the music faculty at Yale
University. Born in Wisconsin,
Miss Boatwright attended Ober
lin College. Soprano Helen
Boatwright sings Bach arias and
contemporary music equally
well.
Morley Meredith is a native of
Winnipeg, Canada. While ob
taining his degree from the Uni
versity of Manitoba, he won
special acclaim for his outstand
ing performances in the glee
club’s musical productions. Al
though Meredith once enter
tained the idea of following a
professional career in hockey
and baseball, he is now with the
Metropolitan Opera in New
York.
Saturday afternoon, cellist
Roger Drinkall returns to the
Brevard stage with mezzo-so
prano Beverly Wolff. Drinkall,
a member of the Queens College
music faculty, will play the
Background
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Leaders Confer
Tracking Station Will
Be Dedicated In October
The $13.4 milli'it satellite
tracking station above ‘Kcsman
“is symbolic of a new era in
North Carolina,” James E.
Webb, head of the National
Aeronautics and Space Agen
cy, says.
Mr. Webb, a native of Ox
ford, N. C., joned Gov. Terry
Sanford of North Carolina,
Sen. B. Everett Jordan, D-N.C.,
and Rep. Roy A. Taylor, D
N.C. last weekend in comment
ing on a second big dish track
ing station to be begun at Ros
man early in October.
Ground will be broken to
start that installation at the
same time the first one is dedi
cated, and Mr. Webb said he’ll
be there for the event.
“It is traditional for North
Carolina to be in the forefront
of important things,” he said
at a news conference. “We did
it with roads and we did it
with schools and now we’re
doing it with space.”
He also congratulated Gov
ernor Sanford on the state’s
plan to spend $3 million for
studies at universities to find
uses for the state’s industrial
and natural resources in the
space effort.
Gov. Sanford replied:
“North Carolina is extreme
ly anxious to get moving in the
space age by using its resourc
es to utilize new discoveries
of the space age to build a
Keith Announces
Dr. Truesdail Is Named
To Board Of First Union
It was announced today that j"
Dr. John H. Truesdail, division f
vice president and m-»»»««**•
Olin’s film operation, has recent
ly been elected to the boaru o
directors of Brevard’s First Un
ion National bank.
Dr. Truesdail, who moved to t
Brevard in 1955, has been active
in community and civic affairs |
He is presently serving on the f
town council, the Board of Direc
tors of the Chamber of Com |
merce and he is an elder in the |
Brevard-Davidson River Presby- 1
terian church.
“We are very pleased to have j
a man of Dr. Truesdail’s caliber |
serve with our present Board ( |
Directors in a continuing effort --
to bring better banking to our
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DR. JOHN TOIWBDAIL
sounder and more sophisticat
ed economy.”
North Carolina, Mr. Webb
said, can expect the Rosman
tracking station to bring new
tourist business to Pisgah Na
tional Forest, where the sta
tion is located.
Rep. Taylor said,
“This is a step forward in
development of the space pro
gram and a step forward for
the people of North Carolina,
who welcome it.”
Located in upper Transyl
vania county, the installation
will include two large-dish
antennas, each 12 stories high
and weighing 300 tons, plus
two concrete buildings, one
for operations and the other
for housing six 250-kilowatt
generators.
Schools to Open Next Wednesday
With An Increase In Enrollment
i
Survey Made,
Teachers Meet
Monday Morn
An increase in enrollment in
Transylvania county schools is
expected when they open Wed
nesday, August 28th.
Students will report Wed
nesday morning for registra
tion, class assignments and
bocks. The first full day of
school will be Thursday, Au
gust 29th.
Supt. Wayne Bradburn states
that any student entering the
local schools for the first time
from another school system
should report to the school
having his grade level nearest
his home prior to August 26th
for registration.
Mr. Bradburn has released
the following schedule of fees,
which will be paid at the time
of registration:
Brevard senior high, Ros
man hieh, and Brevard junior
high ninth graders: textbooks,
$5.00; activity fee, $.50; locker
fee, $1.00; insurance $1.50.
Students taking typing will
pay a fee of $1.00 every six
weeks. Special fees may be
charged in shop, home eco
nomics, and for workbooks
where required.
Persons taking physical edu
cation will be required to pur
chase a gym suit.
All elementary school stu
dents and 7th and 8th graders
in Brevard junior high: in
structional supplies, $2.50; in
surance, $1.50.
According to Mr. Bradburn,
all teaching vacancies have
been filled, and schools will
open with 23 new teachers.
However, it is anticipated that
one or two additional teachers
will be needed after the first
10 days of school, due to In
creased enrollment.
The school day will begin at
8:30 o’clock and will end at
3:00 o’clock. First graders will
remain at school for the en
tire day. In previous years
they have had a slightly short
er school day.
County school teachers will
open their two-day preparation
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On Sept. 5 & 6
To Hold Auditions For
Little Theatre's Show
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| The Weather |
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Rainfall amounted to 1.40
inches during the past week in
Brevard with 1.20 inches record
ed on Sunday afternoon in less
than a two-hour period.
High temperature for the week
came Sunday afternoon before
the rainfall when the mercury
hit 87 degree. Low mark for the
week was on Thursday of last
week when it dipped to 47.
Average highs and lows were
82 and 54, comparing with long
time averages of 83 and 62.
Statistics for the week were
as follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday- 76 54 0.01
Thursday_ 78 47 0.00
Friday _ 83 52 Trace
Saturday - 82 54 0.00
Sunday_ 87 55 1.20
Monday_ 83 59 0.14
Tuesday_ 83 60 0.05
Temperatures will average
near normal and rainfall around
three-quarters of an inch Thurs
day through Monday. Normal
high and low for this area 82
and 62. Warm through period
with only small day-to-day tem
perature changes indicated. Scat
tered or widely scattered after
noon and evening thundershow
ers are likely each day.
Auditions of talent for a Vari
ety Show, to be staged by the
Brevard Little Theatre, have
been announced for Thursday
and Friday, September 5 and 6,
by Mrs. Jane Johnson, president.
The try-outs will be held in
the Transylvania Community
Center beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Johnson stated, “I believe
our community is filled with tal
ent, and I urge everyone with
some demonstrated or latent
skill in the performing arts to
make the try-outs a memorable
occasion.”
The winners of the auditions
will perform before the public
on Friday and Saturday, Septem
ber 27th and 28th, in the Tran
sylvania Community Center.
Curtain time is 8:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Julius Sader will direct
the show and Ernie Gilstrap will
be master of ceremonies.
“This area is sure to have ex
perts in buck and wing, bird
calling, banjo plunking, other
musical instruments, regular and
novel, and many other interest
ing talents,” Mrs. Sader com
mented.
Persons from surrounding
communities have also been in
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Spencer Hammill And His New Cessna Sky hawk
Himes Attends
Overseas Red
Cross Meeting
Lt. Charles F. Himes is one
of the two official Red Cross
delegates selected to represent
the Armed Forces at the In
ternational Meeting of Red
Cross First Aiders in Macolin,
Switzerland, August 20-23.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les F. Himes, of Brevard, he is
attached to the 5th General Hos
pital in Stuttgart, Germany.
According to the Office of
Public Information, servicemen
and their dependants who have
taken American Red Cross stan
dard and advanced courses from
Lt. Himes have been complimen
tary of his ability, skill and. en
thusiasm as an instructor.
Lt. Himes’ father, Charles F.
Himes, Sr., has long been ac
tive in local Red Cross activi
ties. He received his five-gal
lon pin at the last visit pf the
Red Cross Bloodmobile, a rec
ord almost unparalleled in
Western North Carolina.
Sponsors Local Airstrip
Commercial Flying License
Awarded Spencer Hammill
First Annual
Du Pont Picnic*
Set Saturday
The first annual DuPont Em
ployee Recreation Association
(D.E.R.A.) picnic will be held
this Saturday, August 24th, at
the old Guion estate in Sky Val
ley.
In addition to the games and
contests, sponsored by the
D.E.R.A. for the youngsters,
there will be an 8-piece string
band, softball games, badmin
ton and pony rides. Refresh
ments— hot dogs, hamburgers,
ice cream and cold drinks—will
be served free all day.
If it rains on the 24th, the pic
nic will be postponed until the
31st. Around 800 people are ex
pected to attend.
Who Gets The
Senators?
In the new redistricting
plan of Governor Terry San
ford, Transylvania has been
grouped with Buncombe and
Haywood counties, and the dis
trict will have 2 senators.
It is expected that Bun
combe will get one with Tran
sylvania and Haywood having
the other on a rotation basis.
There is already speculation
that Haywood will have a sen
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Program Highlights
Lee Galloway Is Winner |n
WPNF Treasure Hunt Contest
Last week’s winner in the
Summer Treasure Hunt sponsor
ed by WPNF was Lee Galloway
of Wilson drive in Brevard. He
is the recipient of $25.00, award
ed for the correct answer to con
test number seven.
The answer to last week’s con
test was, “Somebody Else . . .
Now . . . Lonesome Pine . . .
New Orleans.”
Contest number 8 is now un
derway, with a $25.00 cash prize
to be awarded to the winner.
Next week, a special two-week
contest for the summer Jackpot
of at least $175.00 will begin.
In addition to clues given
throughout the day beginning
next Monday, the winner will
have to get free bonus clues
from at least six of the sponsor
ing merchants in order to cor
rectly solve the puzzle.
Entry blanks for the final con
test will be made available to
the local merchants by Monday,
August 26th.
Other Programs
The schedule of the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week j
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Spencer Hammill is Bre
vard’s most recent commer
cial pilot.
He was awarded his cominer- '
cial pilot’s license on August'
2nd following a period of exten
sive training and tests consist
ing of 10 hours of flying sole
ly on instruments, 10 hours of
additional dual instruction and
the Commercial Flight Test.
Mr. Hammill started flying in
1951 at the age of 38 at Con
cord. He was taught by a licens
ed instructor and obtained his
pilot’s license following his
training. In the 12-year period
since then he has owned a suc
cession of planes.
His first plane, an Aeronca
Chief, was purchased in August
of 1951 and he kept it for 2
years during which time he log
ged approximately 200 hours
of flying time.
He bought a Piper Super
Cruiser in 1955 and kept it 2
years.
In November of 1959 he pur
chased a new Cessna 172, which
he kept for 3 years and logged
over 400 hours in it.
He presently flies a new Ces
sna 172 Skyhawk which he
bought in January of 1963.
The sleek, single - engine Sky
hawk puts out 145 horsepower
and cruises at a speed of 130
miles per hour.
Besides his position as own
er - manager of Brevard Au
to Parts, Mr. Hammill is the
manager of, and the guiding
influence behind, the Brevard 1
airport. The airport opened in I
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Audubon Colony
Slates Final
Film Monday
Charles E.
rector of the Kalamazoo jxpra
center, will present his all-<
film “The Living Wilderness” i
3:00 p. m., next Monday,
ust 26th, in Robin Hood’s
at Sherwood Forest, the
bon colony on Cedar Mo
near Brevard.
Mr. Mohr is one of tt»
tion’s top naturalist
phers, and he is
terested in hats and ea
ploration.
He is adept ati
pi* of all