THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 74—No. 37 ★ ?!fD0NAT BREvSARD0SrIAC BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963 PRICE 10c * 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
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SYCAMORE FLATS in the Pisgah National For
est will be the scene of a big fish fry for hundreds
of Shriners from throughout North Carolina Satur
day afternoon. This event will follow parades in
Hendersonville and here in Brevard. The attractive
picture above was carried on the cover of Desert
Dust, monthly magazine of the Oasis Temple, Char
lotte. (Times Staff Photo)
College
Begins
New Term
Brevard College has started
another year and students are
checking in from many parts
of the nation. To the outsider,
it might appear to be the “us
ual crop" of students. But this
year there is a difference.
There are no “re-treads” —
students who failed to make the
grade at another college and
3|>ped to transfer to this, a small
school. Brevard College has be
come very selective.
There are 250 freshmen en
rolled this year. They were
picked from over 500 appli
cants as those having the high
est scholastic records. 50 per
cent of the freshman class are
from out-of-state.
According to Alan Wallace, of
public relations at the college:
“There is an assumption in
some quarters that any student
who graduates from high school
will be admitted to a junior col
lege if there is room.
“Brevard College does not
fit into this category. It is not
tt refuge for the intellectually
Inept.”
igEvery effort is made at Bre
vard College to determine
whether or not a prospective stu
dent is capable of doing college
work, because the program at
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, September 12 —
Masons meet at Temple at 8:00
pm.
Friday, September 13 — Bre
vard vs. Waynesville on local
field at 8:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 14 —
Shrine Parade begins at 12:30
pjn Democratic Eexecutive com
flittee meets at court house at
2:00 p.m. Elks dinner dance be
gins at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 15 — At
tend the church of your choice.
Monday, September 16 — Ro
tary club meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 17— East
ern Star meets at Temple at 8:00
p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00
p.m.
Wednesday, September 18 —
Toastmasters meet at Gaither’s
at 6:3Q p.m. WOW meats at
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Western Carolina Firemen To
Hold Fire Training School Here
Some 200 firemen from the 47
member departments in the
Western North Carolina Fire
man's Association are expected
to participate in the fourth an
nual Firemen’s Training school
here next week.
The school will begin Monday,
September 16th and continue
through Thursday, with the clos
ing ceremonies set for 10:00
o’clock Thursday night.
Fred Dalton, chief of the Sky
land Fire department, will direct
the school. All instructors and
students will assemble Monday
evening at 7:00 o’clock at the
Transylvania County Court
house, for the opening exercises
and classroom and fire ground
assignments.
All fire ground exercises will
be held at the Brevard Training
Grounds located adjacent to the
Brevard Golf Course on the Illa
hee road. The Brevard Fire de
partment under the leadership
of Chief Dan Merrill will be
hosts for the school.
Classes will be taught on the
following subjects: |
Protective Clothing, Breathing'
Apparatus and Fog Method of
Control
Ladders and Hose Practice
Flammable Liquids and Spe
cial Fire Problems
Pump Operations
Officer Training
Fire Rescue
Developing Training Pro
grams
Instructors from the Insurance
Commissioner’s office in Raleigh
are Sherman Pickard, Elwood
Inscoe, Dawson Nethercutt, Da
vid Lee, Jerry Grimes and Earl
Denney.
Other instructors will be J. H.
Bailey, of the American La
France Company; Bart Cope,
chief of the Sylva Fire depart
ment; Allen Duckett, George
House and Ed Prince, of the
Asheville Fire department; Mark
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Long Listed Carried
Many Students In Colleges
From Brevard, County
Many Brevard and Transyl
vania county students are now
enrolled in colleges and univer
sities in the south and through
out the nation.
The Times is happy to report
that a large number from this
group is receiving Brevards
prize - winning weekly newspa
per.
Editor John Anderson says
the paper will be a “letter from
home” for them each week.
The staff of The Times has
made a survey to determine
just how many town and county
students are enrolled in col
lege, and a long list is carried
this week.
“Naturally, we couldnt get the
names of all, but we will carry
those in future issues if they
will report to us where they are
in school,” the editor said.
Real Estate
Transactions
At High Mark
Real estate transactions in
Transylvania during the month
of August were at the high
figure of $625,500.00, Fred
Israel, the register of deeds,
reports today.
There were some 134 trans
actions, and they are carried
in this week’s limes on page
2, second section.
Bu«y Week
Sheriff's Department Makes
Arrests In Two Shootings
A Transylvania county man
is in jail here charged with
shooting and wounding his
brother with a .22 rifle last
Wednesday afternoon.
Jim Keaton, 25, is charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill,
and his brother, Samuel R.
(Bud) Keaton, is in the U.S.
Veterans’ Hospital at Oteen.
The hospital reports his con*
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A man charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill was placed under
$500.00 bond Monday and
bound over to Superior Court.
The defendant, Charles
“Budd” Searcy, was arrested
by Sheriff Carter McCall Sun
day afternoon for assault on
Eugene and George Orr, both
of Bosnian.
Sheriff McCall said that
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The list compiled to date is as
follows:
UNC — Susan Kenerly, Ran
dall Lankford, Ron Paris, Jon
E. Anderson, Larry Blanton,
John Dickson, Patricia Hall,
Robert Morley, Don Wauchope,
Ann Yeager, Robert Ayres, Jer
ry Cabe.
UNC Med School — J. A. Mac
| fie, Jr.
UNC Law School — Tom Cabe
and Jim Kimzey.
N. C. State — Ray Green, Don
ald Ashworth, Ladson Hart, Wal
ter Hart, Jr., Edwin Jones, Ed
Matheson, Jr., Walter P. Straus,
Donald Moore, Tommy Stroup,
Johnny Stroup, Chip Andrews,
Obie Willingham, Joe Wright,
Jr., Charles Colwell, Charles
Bradburn.
Brevard College — Michael
Clark, William Combs, Robert
Elridge, Ann Hamilton, Marjorie
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Thousands Expected Here Saturday!
For Shrine Parade And Fish Fry
Event To Begin
12:30 O CIock
Public Invited
Thousands of people are ex
pected in Brevard Saturday to
view the Shrine parade by the
uniform units of Oasis Tem
ple,, Charlotte. The event will
begin at 12:30 p.m.
These parade units are
made up of men from Char
lotte, Asheville and Greens
boro, principally, and will fea
ture bands, trick vehicles,
clowns and a large group of
uniformed Nobles of the Mys
tic Shrine.
This is the first time the
Shriners have brought such a
parade to Brevard.
They will also stage a par
ade in Hendersonville prior to
the Brevard parade.
Plans for the event have
been underway for several
months, and it promises to be
a colorful affair.
According to Ralph O. Hood,
of Charlotte, potentate of Oa
sis Temple, the purpose of the
parade - visitations is to bring
the Oasis Temple program to
the members. "In these visits
to the home towns of the mem
bers, we share our fun with
our members as well as with
the public," he stated.
Following the parade, more
than 1,000 Shriners will par
ticipate iu a big fish fry at
Sycamore Flats in Pisgah Na
tional Forest.
T. E. Reid is president of
the Transylvania Shrine club,
and Henry R. Henderson is
ambassador for Transylvania
county.
Bowling Lanes
Reopen This
Weekend
The opening of the Brevard
Lanes is coming.
Completion of the lanes is be
ing held up by lack of parts for
the equipment. Six “sweepers”,
the device that brings the ball
up from the ball return lanes
and into the magic circle racks,
have been ordered from Chicago
and have not yet arrived.
According to Dan Hawkins,
AMF is a 3-part organization,
lanes, pin-spotting equipment
and bowling area furniture and
equipment, and since the lanes
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Survey Made
Curriculum In Schools
Found Vastly Expanded
Transylvania county pupils
are this year offered a wide
and inclusive curriculum with
special attention being given
to advanced courses and spec
ial education.
Three full time teachers, Mrs.
Daisy Holden, Brevard elemen
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Afternoon highs balanced out
in line with long term averages
during the past week as the mer
cury varied from 73 to 82 during
the afternoon hours. Average
high for the week was 79, the
same as long term statistics show
for this time of year.
Early morning temperatures
were somewhat below long term
averages as they balanced out at
55, compared with the normal
59.
Low mark for the week came
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tary; Mrs. Juancll Cathey, Ros
man elementary'; and Mrs. Lucy
Bryson, Brevard junior high,
now offer classes in special ed
ucation for those students who
need individual attention or can
not quite meet the demands of
a regular class. This program ex
tends from the second grade
through junior high school.
Also a special program for
children who are mentally or
physically retarded will be of
fered this year. It will be
taught in what the administra
tion term’s cooperative teach
ing program.” This means
that a number of school per
sonnel will be used when
available to instruct these pu
pils.
Classes for acedemically tal
ented students are now being
offered In the elementary, jun
ior high and senior high schools.
These classes include one 6th
grade section taught by Mrs.
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A MORTGAGE-BURNING CER
EMONY was held last Tuesday by
members of the Sapphire-Whitewa
ter Community club, in celebration
of the indebtedness being paid on
their club building. Participating in
the ceremony, shown above left to
right, were Ernest Denslow, holder
of the mortgage; Lewis Hamlin of
Brevard, a trustee; Edgar Reid,
George McGettigan, and Walter Mc
Neelv, president of the club. A vic
tory dinner was held by the club on
Sunday. (Extension Staff Photo)
Town Board
Has Busy
Session
The Town Board of Aldermen
had a busy night at its regular
meeting Monday. ^
The board suspended Hale
Siniard’s license to operate a
taxi stand pending the outcome
of his trial in General County
Court on charges of illegal pos
session of tax-paid liquor.
Hal Cartwright and T. H. Wor
sham were authorized by the
board to install a standard size
(6”) water main between Neely
Road and Oak street. This main
would serve the sub-division they
are developing on Neely Road.
The board also prohibits tap-ins
on this water line by anyone else
unless they settle costs with Mr.
Cartwright and Mr. Worsham.
“This is the same thing that
we are doing with the water
line to Pisgah Heights”, said Bill
Edens, town manager. “This is
one way we can get the much
needed improvements in North
Brevard without a large outlay
of Town capital”.
The board appropriated funds
to run a sewer line out Railroad
Avenue to the Brevard Manufac
turing Company and to assist in
the installation of a line to the
Imperial Motel. The estimated
cost of the line to Brevard Man
ufacturing is S2500.00.
Action was taken to advertise
for sale 2 tracts of land owned
by the Town.
The proceeds from one tract,
the Brackens Creek Watershed,
will be reserved for water sup
ply purposes. The other tract,
Singing Branch, located between
Batson road and the New School
road, is no longer used or need
ed for access to the sewage
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Slightly Higher
$35,304 Budget Adopted
For 1964 By United Fund
Public Reaction,
Planning Report
Causes Concern
The Brevard Chamber of Com
merce showed great concern ov
er the merchant’s reaction, or
rather, their lack of reaction to
the planning board’s prelimi
nary report on the proposed
modernization of the town.
Five copies of the board's dia
gram have been placed in store
windows uptown for public in
spection, especially for the mer
chants, and it was hoped that
the public would express their
opinions to the board.
The public and the merchants
are urged to view these dia
grams and attend the meeting
of the planning board Tuesday,
September 17th, at 8:00.
Gary Cooper, assistant direc
tor of the WNCRPC, will be on
hand to answer any questions
and give an explanation of the
board’s proposed plans.
In other business conducted
by the chamber at its meeting
Tuesday night:
(1) Discussion was held on
the prospect of having printed
a new folder to advertise Bre
vard and Transylvania county.
The proposed folder, if approv
ed, would be done in color and
several new pictures would be
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Program Highlights
WPNF's Jackpot Of $175.00
Is Won By Lee Galloway
The winner of WPNF’s “Sum
mer Treasure Hunt” jackpot of
$175.00 awarded Monday after
noon of this week on the “Tune
Time” program was Lee Gallo
way of 112 Wilson Drive in Bre
vard.
His answer to the questions
who, when, what and where were
as follows:
“Marne . . . Sunday . . . Old
Piano . . . and Under Paris
Skies.”
These answers were derived
from the following song titles:
“Put The Blame on Mame,”
“A Sunday Kind of Love,” “The
Ole Piano Roll Blues," and “Un
der Paris Skies."
In addition, the winner cor
rectly assembled a six-word sen
tence from words supplied by
the contest sponsors.
This sentence was, “This Mon
ey, We Hope You Enjoy!”
Station manager A1 Martin al
so announced this week that the
local station was preparing a ser
ies of concerts by the various
orchestral groups at the 1962
Brevard Music Center.
The programs will be present
ed on week-nights at 7:05 p.m.
one night each week, and again
on Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m.
It is hoped that a date for
beginning the series of broad
casts can be determined in time
for an announcement in next
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A budget of *35,304.00 has
been adopted for this fall's
«9ftpaign of the I'nited Fund
in Bf< va.It and Transylvania
county.
According to William Keith,
president, this amount is
$4,640.00 more than it was last
year, and several new agencies
have been added.
Mr. Keith says the sum of
$35,304.00, in the opinion of
the board of directors, repre
sents a minimum amount
needed to support this com
munity’s essential health, wel
fare and recreational services
that are included in the cam
paign.
‘'Our admissions and budget
committee, chaired by Rev.
Ben Ormand and made up of
12 cf the county’s top leaders,
has spent hours meeting with
agency representatives and
reviewing all the needs of all
the agencies,” Mr. Keith said.
“Their careful review and fi
nal judgment provides assurance
to the contributors that their
dollars are wisely allocated.”
The following are the agencies
and the amounts approved for
their support as approved by the
board at the recent meeting:
Associated Charities (Heart,
Cancer, Crippled Children)
—$1,000
Boy Scouts—$4,250
Carolinas United*—$2,374
Girl Scouts—$2,830
Humane Society—$800
Mary C. Jenkins Community
Center—$2,500
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Meeting Of
Democrats
Set Saturday
The Transylvania County Dem
ocratic executive committee will
hold an important meeting this
Saturday in the court house.
Chairman William A. Lyday
states that the meeting, which
will begin at 2:00 p.m., is to dis
cuss the proposed Senate re-dis
tricting plan and its effects on
this county.
The meeting is open,
chairman Lyday
those interested to
express their opinions on the i
portant proposal.