TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1060 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74 — No. 36
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A Stain And National Prize - Winning A.li.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The I,and of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Caraps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Y Forest and
Home of B|:evai<l\College and
Brevard Music Fost\al.
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963
PRICE 10c
k 20 PAGES TODAY k PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Prisoner Saws
Way Out Of
Jail Tuesday
\
A prisoner escaped from
he Transylvania County jail
. early Tuesday morning.
The escapee, Cleon Mason,
cut through the bars on the
window of his cell with hack
saw blades at about 3:00 a.m.,
Sheriff Carter McCall stated.
Mason was in jail on charg
es of assault on an officer and
resisting arrest. Sheriff Mc
Call and Deputy Floyd Owen
had gone to arrest him on
charges of failure to pay court
costs when Mason confronted
them with i 16-gauge shotgun.
t
Sheriff McCall said that Ma
son told him the gun “is load
ed with buckshot” and the
hammer was cocked. Mason
wa-> finally subdued by the
Mi 'riff, deputy. State Patrol
nijw Gene Beshears and 2
ro*erve policemen.
* Investigation as to Mason's
present whereabouts is pro
ceeding, Sheriff McCall said.
Rescue Squad
Again Swings
Into Action
The Brevard Rescue squad
itinade another dramatic res
cue over the Labor Day week
Feml.
I About 1:00 o’clock Monday
\ifternoon, a call was receiv
d, saying that a man had
.alien over Rayburn Tails at
Caesar’s head.
lie was Perry Boswell, of
Stuart, Florida, and his age
was reported to be around 50.
Using their 4-wheel drive ve
hicle and other rescue equip
ment, the squad reached Mr.
Ipswell in record time and
^^uickly had him on his way
»by ambulance from Moore
^(Kilpatrick funeral home to a
Greenville hospital.
He suffered a fractured
fcl>ip, but last reports said he
**was recovering nicely.
Captain Jimme Rowe, who
heads the local rescue squad,
reminds the public that the
organization is on duty around
the clock on weekends to
handle emergencies.
Look Inside..
Classifieds, page 2, Section 3
fe Ceramics as a hobby by Ron
Paris, front page, Section 2
, Pictorial editorial page 2, Sec
lion 2
f Sports page, page 4, Section 2
Feature on Miss North Caro
lina, page 6, Section 2
Society, page 6, Section 3
Upper county news, front
page, Section 3
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 5 — Kiwan
ians meet at 6:30 p. m., at Bre
vard Methodist church to leave
for cook - out. Lions meet at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 o’clock. Ros
jnjm vs. West Henderson at
county stadium, 8:00 p. m.
Friday, Sept. 6—Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p. m. Big singing
at senior high school, beginning
A 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 8 — Attend the
church of your choice. Little
theatre picnic at Camp Straus
1:00 p. m.
londay, Sept. 9 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
m. Shrine club meets at Ma
sonic temple at 7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Sept. 10 — Hospital
uxiliary meets at 10:00 a. m.
Hrectors of Chamber of Com
lerce meet at library at 7:30
>. m. Elks meet at lodge at 8:00.
Wednesday, Sept 11 — Jay
cees meet at Country club at
7:00 p. m.
A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION,
for the purchase of new instruments,
has been received by Brevard sen
or high school from the C. F. John
son foundation, of Palm Beach. Flor
ida. Band Director John 1). Evers
man, is pictured m the center pre
senting the check to Principal N. A.
Miller, right. The announcement was
made yesterday by Supt. Wayne
Bradburn. left.
(Times Staff Photo)
For New Instruments
Brevard Band Receives Gift
From Johnson Foundation
Superintendent of Transyl
vania county schools, Wayne
Bradburirr announces today
that the Charles F. Johnson
Foundation, of Palin Beach,
Florida, has made a line gift
to the Brevard High school
band for the purchase of two
new and expensive instru
ments.
k“ These instruments are: A
much needed sousaphone, or
BB flat bass; and a bassoon, an
instrument the band has never
owned but has needed for some
time. Both instruments are on
order and are expected to arrive
here soon.
School officials were most
appreciative and enthusiastic
about this unexpected and
most generous gift by Mr.
Johnson.
Mr. Johnson, president of the
Charles F. Johnson Foundation,
is well-known in Brevard and
Western North Carolina for his
genuine interest in young peo
ple — music — and education.
Here in Brevard he is known for
his generous support of the Bre
vard Music Center. He was a
member of the Brevard Music
Foundation Board of Trustees
for several years and later serv
ed as board chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are
residents of Palm Beach, but
maintain a summer home in
Biltmore Forest where they
spend their summers.
In making this gift, Mr. John
sn stated:
“I have known John Evers
man, director of the Brevard
High school band, for many
years. I am delighted and inter
ested in the wonderful work in
music education being done at
Brevard High school with this
fine band and am glad to be able
to help in this fine work by
making this gift.”
More Anticipated
Knrollmenl In Schools Up,
Survey Shows 209 Increase
The enrollment figure for the
Trans} lvnniu county schools now
stands at 4.261. according to
.Superintendent Wayne Brad
burn.
This is an increase of 209 stu
dents over the total at this time
last year, and the schools are ex
pected to pick up more students
within the next week to 10 days.
Mr. Bradburn predicts a total en
rollment of 250 more students
than last year.
Enrollment is up in all schools
in the county except for Straus,
which is down 3 to 353 students,
and Rosenwald, which is down
11 to 207.
The largest enrollment in any
of Transylvania’s schstds is
again at Brevard elementary,
which has 840 students.
T. C. Henderson school in up
per Transylvania has the small
est enrollment with 180.
Other schools in the system
and their enrollment figures are:
Brevard junior high—G62
Brevard senior high—GGO
Penrose—280
Pisgah Forest—281
Rosman high—284
Rosman elementary—517 .
Program Highlights
WPNF's Treasure Hunt Now
Has A Jackpot Of $175.00
Interest is mounting in
WPNF’s final jackpot of the
$175 in the current summer
Treasure hunt program.
According to A1 Martin, sta
tion manager, final clues were
given yesterday over the air and
all the merchants began display
ing placards with one of the six
words necessary to form the bon
us sentence included in the final
contest.
Entry blanks are still availa
ble from the various merchants
sponsoring the contest.
At Senior High School
Klaudt Indian Family Will
Lead Big Singing Tomorrow
The Klaudt Indian family,
dressed in full color costumes,
will be featured in a big singing
Friday night of this week at the
Brevard senior high school.
Advance tickets, at reduced
rates, are on sale by Chief W. S.
Thurston, of the Brevard police
department.
Chief Thurston urges every
one to attend this “Once-in-a
Lifetime” program that is inter
esting every moment, thought
provoking, dynamic, and soul in
spiring. It is not just entertain
ment alone, but songs with a
variety that are professionally
sung with a rendition that is
humbled by a real “Call of God”
and a Ministry in Song that has
a genuine depth loved and ap
preciated by all.
The singing will begin at 8:00
o’clock and will continue until
11:30 o’clock.
The Klaudt Indian Family,
Arickara Indians from Ft. Bert
hold Indian Reservation of
North Dakota, have just cele
brated their 33rd year in full
time music evangelism thru the
entire United States, Canada,
Cuba, apd Mexico. They travel
125 thousand miles each year to
meet engagements for 365 days
a year and 10-12 programs a
week in churches, schools, audl
—Turn to Page Two
The complete details are given
daily on "Tune Time" and the
Jackpot winner will be announc
ed at 2:30 p.m. on Monday after
noon, September 9th.
Other Programs
The schedule of the Farm and
Home Hour for the coming week
—Turn to Page Two'
New Auditorium Is Proposed For
Music Center, $60,000 Is Needed
Total Cost Set
At $180,000,
Drive Launched
The greatest need at the
Brevard Music center today is
a new autitorium, and awrd
ing to Dr. James Christian
Pfohl, the founder and direc
tor, a spacious one can be con
structed for as little as S00,
000 raised during September.
And Dr. Pfohl is using a
three dollars - for - one propo
sition to raise that amount.
This is the deal:
The new auditorium—seats,
parking, landscaping and all
—will cost S180.000. One
matching - fund offer of $75,
000 has been made by an out
of-state foundation, with a
deadline of October 1st.
Another offer of $20,000 on
somewhat similar terms has
been made by an anonymous
group of businessmen.
A total of $25,000 has come in
from several hundred individu
als and music clubs in response
to appeals at the mountain mus
ic center and to mail solicita
tion.
This leaves $00,000 to be
raised by Oct. 1st in order to
qualify for the two large do
nations, which total $95,000.
Plohl discussed the challenge
drive at the Brevard .Music Cen
ter offices at 131-t East Fourth
Street in Charlotte where lie
spends nine months of the year
—Turn to Page Three
Labor Day
Quiet Here
The Labor Day weekend ill
Brevard and Transylvania was
quietly observed with most
stores, town and county of
fices being closed.
The schools were afeo clos
ed.
No serious accidents were
reported in the town and
county, although there was a
record number of visitors in
the Pisgah National forest.
Many Transylvanians at
tended the Apple Festival par
ade in Hendersonville Monday
afternoon, and the fine Bre
vard high school band, dressed
in blue Bermuda shorts and
white shirts and blouses, made
quite a hit with the thousands
of persons attending.
Public Invited
Natural Gas Will Be
Turned On This Friday
Ceremonies that will offi
cially open the valves bring
ing natural gas to Brevard and
Transylvania County will be
held this Friday morning,
September 6th.
Ash Carper, local manager
of Public Service company of
N. C., Inc., the company bring
ing natural gas to this area,
stated that officials of the
town of Brevard would be on
hand to turn the valve allow
ing natural gas to start flow
ing exactly at 11:30 a.m. on
Friday.
Mr. Carper extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to at
tend the “valve turning” cer
emonies, which will be held at
the regulating station on U.S.
64, directly across from Camp
Straus.
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The Weather
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Temperatures ranged from
Friday’s high of 83 degrees to
the previous Wednesday’s 43-de
gree mark during the past week.
Average highs and lows were
80 and 54 with rainfall totaling
just under three-tenths of an
inch.
Statistics for the week are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 79 43
Thursday_ 78 61
Friday __ 83 61
Saturday _81 51
Sunday_ 78 52
Monday _ 79 57
Tuesday_ 82 53
0.04
0.00
0.24
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
The five day forecast: Tem
peratures will average normal
or slightly below and rainfall
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SEVERAL NEW TEACHERS in
the Transylvania county schools are
pictured at the annual NCEA picnic
at Camp Straus last week. Pictured
above, front row, left to right, are:
John C. Mathews, Brevard senior
high school; Mrs. Hilda Olson, coun
ty supervisor; and Miss Jackualane
McNabb, Brevard senior high school.
Second row, Miss Lois Wilson, Straus
elementary school; Miss Theodosia
Sproles, Brevard senior high school;
and Clare Olson, principal at Pisgah
Forest elementary school. Other
new teachers and their schools are:
Brevard elementary school; Miss Ri
ta Allison, Miss Jackie Cabe, Mrs.
Doris C. Lovell, J. D. Mehaffey, and
Miss Shirley Pressley ; Pisgah Forest
elementiiry school; Mrs. Virginia
Miller; Brevard senior high school;
Robert S. Anderson, Mrs. Dian Prow
ton. and Miss Mary K. Scott; Bre
vard junior high school; Alton P.
Fullbright, Miss. Joyce P. Owens,
Mrs. Lynn Penn, and N. Stephen
Warden; Straus elementary; Mrs.
Nancy Fullbright and Miss Ilona
King; Kosman high school; Wayne
Mckinney and Mrs. Ver;i Taylor';
and Rosman elementary ; Mrs, Peggy
B. Angel and Miss Cora Lee Woody.
(Times Staff Photo)
Workshop Underway
Local College Is Opening,
A Good Year Is Expected
Reprinted: Charlotte Observer
This Is About A Football Game.
One That Brevard Won 7 Forget
By - Kays Gary
This is the story of a football game, but it is
more than that, so mamas may want to read about
it, too.
This is because it is about young men like their
sons and it demonstrates what they are made of
when the chips are down.
Specifically, it is about the Brevard High School
football team coached by Wake Forest alumnus Cliff
Brookshire and about co-captains Wayne Hunter
and Lloyd Fisher and quarterback Danny Shook and
all the rest.
BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY it is about a young
halfback name Paul Scruggs, and you could say that
Paul was the team’s big question mark and therefore
potentially controversial.
This is because Brevard takes its football seri
ously. Co-captain and tackle Lloyd Fisher, for in
stance, is a candidate for All-State. And here was
Paul Scruggs picked to play halfback, and he just
did not look like anybody who would fit into the
Brevard backfield. Besides, this was his very first
year on the team.
People, after all, are inclined to judge by ap
pearances and fail to take into account the thing
that matters most—how a fellow performs on and
off the field. They can only see how he looks. If
he is spindly legged or cross-eyed or looks too
different they can assume he doesn’t belong.
But Coach Brookshire and his team knew better.
On Saturday night Brevard opened its season
against T. C. Roberson High of Buncombe County,
and Paul Scruggs did not start at halfback. It was
a tough ball game, tied 6-6 in the second quarter,
when Coach Brookshire tapped Paul to go in.
There was a hush over the crowd, except for a
scattering of hoots you can always expect from a
few, and if Paul heard he didn’t show it.
BREVARD CAME out of its huddle and quar
terback Shook took the snap and pitched out to Paul,
of all people, and co-ca'ptain Fisher blasted a hole
at tackle, and Paul scooted through it and 60 yards
to the tie-breaking touchdown.
That sort of broke the game open, and when
it ended, with Brevard ahead, 39-13, the T. C. Rob
erson High players came in and shook hands all
—Turn to Page Two
Brevard College has begun a
new term, and the campus is
once again a busy place.
Activities began Wednesday
with the opening of the student
faculty workshop, and a social
hour was held at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Emmett K. ifeLarty, pres
ident, was on hand to welcome
new and old faculty and staff
members and student leaders.
Dr. Mark Depp was the inspi
rational speaker at a dinner in
the cafeteria.
Full day’s activities are plan
ned for Thursday and continu
ing through Saturday.
Dr. Joe Ezell, assistant execu
tive secretary of the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools, will attend the work
shop on Thursday to assist the
faculty committees involved with
the Southern Association’s self
study program.
Freshmen will arrive at the
campus Sunday and there will
be a special service held for
them that night at the Brevard
Methodist church. President Me
Larty will preside.
The freshmen will begin ori
entation Monday and the sopho
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Annual Little
Theatre Picnic
This Sunday
Plans have been completed
for the annual Brevard Little
Theatre picnic to be held Sun
day, September 8th, at Camp
Straus, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The picnic is one of the two
annual membership gatherings
of Brevard Little Theatre. The
other is the dinner meeting and
election of officers at the end
of the season.
During the picnic meeting,
Mrs. Jane Johnson, BLT presi- •
dent, will outline some plans
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