TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census,
16,372. Brev ard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 74—No. 43
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963
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Public Ts Invited To Formal Dedication Of New Tracking Station
The public will get a look
at the new Satellite Tracking
and Data Acquisition Facility
of the National Aeronautics
Space Administration above
Kosman at formal dedication
ceremonies and open house on
Saturday, Oct. 26th.
The multi-million dollar sta
tion will be open to the public
at 12:15 -p.m., with the formal
dedication ceremony slated to
begin at 1:45 o’clock.
This new tracking station,
the second of its kind in the
world, is located in upper
Transylvania comity in beau
tiful I'isgah National forest.
Because of limited parking
space, visitors are requested to
form car pools.
There will he shuttle buses
from the parking area to the
tracking station.
Open house will continue
Saturday afternoon until 5:00
pan.
In case of heavv rains during
the morning, the formal cere
ti
inony will ho cancelled. Should
it rain during (In* program. Iho
ooromonios will ho moved into
Iho 'administration buildiM".
Special music' for Iho pro
gram will bo furnished by Iho
Brevard high school hand,
with John l>. Kvorsman direct
in tC
The program is as follows:
National Anthem
Master of Ceremonies, The
Honorable Hoy A. Taj lor.
Member of Congress
Invocation by The Reverend
Dr. Knrmelt Md.nrly
Introduction of H nests
Welcome by The I [onorable
Austin I loosed, Mayor of Bos
nian
Remark-■ by The Honorable
Sam Krvin, Jr., United Stal
es Senate
Remarks by The Honorable
B. Kverett Jordan. United
States Senate
Remarks by Dr. Harry .1.
Col'll Director of Goddard
Spate Might Center. Demon
.sindion of spare eommunien
tions.
Address by Dr. George L.
Simpson, Jr., Assistant. Ad
niinislrator for Tee lino logy
t tiliziition and Policy Plan
ning of the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration
Address by The Honorable
Terry Sanford, Governor of
North Carolina
Ponediciion by The Rover
fnrt ti. W. Thomason Mayor
of Brevard
All joilfll
Tours of Silo for (lie Public
Music by Brevard Hit'll
School Band
The new tracking site will
he used to acquire Scientific
ilittu from NASA scientific
satellites some of which may
he orbiting the earth some (>0,
000 miles up.
The station is linked with
NASA’s Goddard Sparc Flight
< enter at Greenhelt, Maryland.
If atmospheric conditions
permit, the public may witness
and possibly participate in a
voice “roll call'* with other
NASA trackin'', stations located
in Alaska, Australia, South
Africa and l.omlon, Iliigland.
I'osinan is Ideal l.ocation
The location, about 17 miles
.southwest of lirorard and about
7 mile., from l!u inan is almost
cninplofoh In • horn i ■ r!i<> fro
fluency noise. This is essential
■■because die Iran-miiUcrs in s»
iellites arc very low power (five
walls ur less) and some satel
lite,, more Ilian OO.OOfl tidies
SWa.v. will be rliffi<-ilIf lo "hear.”
It is onl; about 41)0 air miles
from (loddard. This ri'asonabl,,
pioxiiiid. is ini|joitaiit tor rea
sons oi coMimiinii-aiion and liai
son
l!(isiiian also lias (lie follow
ill!' atlvantages’:
It is one of the very few 'll
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THE PISGAH FOREST, N. C., OPERATIONS of
Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation are being:
dedicated as the Hanes Works on Wednesday, Oc
tober 30th, honoring: John Wesley Hanes, pictured
in the inset. Those operations manufacture a wide
variety of types of cellophane, cigarette paper,
lightweight printing papers, and specialty items for
the tobacco industry.
CALENDAR OF
* COMING EVENTS
4. Thursday, October 24 —
^Awards banquet, Ecusta cafeter
ia, 7:00 p.m. BPW meets at Gai
ther's at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet
at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, October 25 — Brevard
vs. Hendersonville at 7:30 p.m.
Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 27 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, October 28 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Open House at Brevard
Senior High school at 7:30 p.m.
Music Club meets with Mrs. Har
old Killian at 8:00 p.m.
* Tuesday, October 29 — Con
servation dinner meeting at Bre
vard Senior High school, 7:00
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Look Inside
pictures and stories of satel
lite tracking station, first sec
tion, page six, and third section,
page three.
Sports, third section, pages
one and four.
Pictures and stories of Tran
sylvania’s winners at State Fair,
third section, page five.
News of and for the women,
third section, page six
Editorial page, second section,
page two.
Senator Yates Speaks
Awards Banquet In Rural
Contest Slated Thursday
<*
The annual Awards banquet
for 1963 in the Transylvania
Community Development con
test will be held at Olin Math
ieson Chemical corporation on
Thursday night of this week.
Community club members
and others will be guests of
Olin. The banquet will begin
at 7:00 o’clock.
Senator Oral Yates, of Way
nesville, will be the principal
speaker, and Ralph Lee, pres
ident of the Community De
velopment council, will be the
master of ceremonies.
Special guests will be in
troduced by Grover McPher
son, president of the County
Agricultural Workers council.
Keitha Fay McCall, a mem
ber of the Balsam Grove Com
munity club, will introduce
Senator Yates.
Awards will be presented
by Jack Hudson, county at
torney, and Morris L. Mc
Gough, of Asheville, repre
senting the Asheville Agricul
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In Washington Friday
Henry Henderson Receives
Highest Degree In Masonry
HENRY R. HENDERSON
Henry R. Henderson, Masonic
'eader in Transylvania county,
vill receive the highest degree
n masonry, the 33rd degree, in
special ceremonies in Washing
on, D. C., on Friday, October
5th.
He is the first Transylvanian
to receive this honor, which is
twarded on the basis of distin
uished service to masonry.
He was elected at the Biennial
■ession of the Supreme Council,
ccording to Thomas J. Harkins,
last sovereign grand command
er and sovereign grand inspec
tor general in North Carolina.
Mr. Henderson will attend a
luncheon, a formal dinner, and
the special ceremonies during
which he will be awarded the
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Olin To Be Dedicated As Hanes !
Works At Ceremonies Wednesday
Town Has
Water
Shortage
I)ue to the long dry spell,
Brevard lias a water shortage.
It was necessary on Tues
day night for town officials to
call oil the firemen to puinp
water from King’s creek to the
reservoir.
Engine No. I is now being
used for pumping from the
lower part of the creek to the
raw water line, a distance of
260 feet.
Bill Edens, town manager,
says that A. 1‘. Thomas, YVNC
largest grower of glads, has
offered a line irrigation puuip,
which will be put into service
immediately.
All residents are urged to
conserve water every way pos
sible. They are asked not to
water lawns, wash cars, etc.
The situation is serious, and
only a heavy, steady rain will
bring relief.
{ The Weather !
2 mm minimum mm miiitiiiiMiiimiiiiimiiiip)
Little precipitation fell on
Brevard during the past week,
and that which was recorded was
apparently only dew accumu
lated overnight.
The forecaster promises some
slight relief from the dry weath
er of the past three weeks, with
j an average of a half-inch of pre
I cipitation during the next five
i days.
Temperatures through next
Monday will be a few degrees
above average highs and lows of
65 and 42.
Last week’s high and low w'ero
82 and 24, with daily averages of
76 and just under 32.
Readings for the week were:
High Low
Wednesday --— 74 28
Thursday - 76 24
Friday —. 74 28
Saturday.. 74 32
Sunday _ 82 36
Monday_ 78 38
Tuesday _ 74 35
Readings for August and Sep
tember were as follows:
High Low Prec.
August _ 92 43 3.72
September_ 84 31 4.74
| PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS at the third annual
Rally of the Soil and Water Conservation districts i
in Western North Carolina here next Tuesday night '
are pictured above. Home 250 persons are expochy.i
to attend the dinner meeting in Brevard Senior high
school cafeteria. At the left is Bryce it. Vomits,
administrative officer, state committee, Raleigh,
and at the right is F. II. Claridge, North Carolina
State Forester.
'Sc A-. : a / vs v ■;:
Soil & Water Conservation
Rally Will Be Held Here
i
The Third Annual Western
North Carolina Soil and Wat
! er Conservation Bally will be
held Tuesday, October 29lh,
at 7:00 o’clock, in the Brevard
Senior High school cafeteria.
A. W. Nesbitt, chairman,
Western Area SWCS Supei vi
sors, will preside over the dinner
meeting.
The theme of the rally will
be ‘’Forestry", and the prin
cipal speaker will be F. II.
Claridge, North Carolina State
Forester.
The purpose of the rally, ac
cording to John D. Smith, chair
man of the Transylvania coun
ty district, is to unite the peo
pie who have a common inter- '
ost in conservation of natura' •
resources, and to further the j
program ol' work in the soil'
conservation districts.
Mr. Claridge will be intro
duced by Andrew Gennett, a
member of the state Conserva
tion and Development Board.
Others who will appear on the
program include Dr. Emmett
K. Mcl.arty, president of Bre
vard College: C. W. Bradburn,
president of the Brevard
chamber of Commerce; Hon.
Roy A. Taylor, 11th Congres
sional District; John I. An
derson, editor of The Tran
sylvania Times; Joe Kuyken
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Big Football Games Will
Be Heard Saturday, WPNF
Two big football games are on
tap for broadcast this Saturday
afternoon and evening over
WPNF, according to station offi
cials.
At 1:45 p.m. Bill Currie will
report on the University of
North Carolina at the University
of South Carolina contest as the
Gamecocks play host to the vis
iting Tarheels.
Saturday evening at 7:50 p.m.
Zeb Lee will do play-by-play as
the Western Carolina Cata
mounts meet the Lenoir Rhyne
Mountain Bears.
Sponsors for the college foot
ball games over WPNF this sea
son are Sledge Radio & TV Serv
ice, Morris Pharmacy, Brevard
Lanes, The Chef House Restau
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Pisgah Forest
Plant Honors
Famed Advisor
The Pisgah Forest, N.
operations of Olin Mathiesou
Chemical Corporation will be
dedicated as "The Hanes
Works" in a ceremony at the
site of this industrial complex
on October 311th.
The dedication will'he in rec
ognition of the sen ices of John
Wesley Hanes to the company
and to the .community.
An intimate advisor and as
sociate of the late Harry II.
Straus, who founded the Frus
ta l’aper Corporation at this
location, Mr. Hanes was instru
mental in melding Feusta
the Olin industrial structure
and in bringing the Olin Cel
lophane venture to North Car
olina. Ilis efforts and influ
ence have been major factors
in promoting the growth and
success of the paper and film
enterprises, and their conse
quent economic influence on
the community and on the
state.
The Pisgah Forest organiza
tion consists of the Ecusta Paper
Operations and Film Operations
of (din's Packaging Division.
Ecusta, the oldest of these op
erations, was established in 1939.
The Film Operations built its
first cellophane plant and estab
lished its headquarters here in
1950.
Frusta's original and rather
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Imperial Motor
Lodge Opens
Brevard’s new motor court,
the Imperial Motor Lodge, is now
open.
The owners, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Ingram and son, Buddy, made
the announcement today that
the new facility, which has been
under construction for some sev
en months, is now open to the
public.
The Imperial Motor Lodge,
completley modern in every de
tail, has 24 separate units that
can accommodate 100 persons.
Among the many outstanding
features of the new motor lodge
is a heated swimming pool.
Each unit also has a television
set.
The Ingrams state that a
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Du Pont Construction Forces At Brevard Plant Win Safety Award
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The Brevard Construction
division here at the local Du
Pont plant has received the
Chief Engineer’s award at an
Award Safety Rally with the
entire personnel attending.
The award was made by safety
officials from the Wilmington,
Delaware, headquarters, who
were high in their praise of the
construction forces of Du Pont
here at the Brevard plant.
They pointed out that on Feb
ruary 5, 1962, the first man was
placed on the Du Pont roll to
start the Photo Products expan
sion here.
Since then, an average force
of 371 Du Ponters have work
ed a total of 1,208,000 hours
without a lost time injury,
and in so doing they are re
ceiving outstanding recogni
tion from the Du Pont chief
engineer. '>
In making the presentation to
A. D. Day, field project manager
here, C. E. Daniels, assistant
chief engineer at Wilmington,
said:
“You have qualified for the
award by virtue of the Du
Pent roll forces working 600
safe days for a total of 1,208,
000 safe hours. We are happy
to welcome the fixed-fee con
tractor forces to the meeting
and to have them celebrate
with us, since we are as inter
ested in their performance as
we are in the Du Pont roll.
We regret exceedingly the ac
cident of last August and hope
that both Du Pont and con
tractor forces will now go
through the rest of the job
injury-free.
“It is interesting to note at
this point that the o\ er-all con
struction safety performance at
this site is better than the award
figures indicate, since there
were two previous construction
periods which were injury-free
but of insufficient duration to
qualify for an award. If we could
add these periods to yours, the
total would become 1,519 safe
days and 1,513,800 safe hours.
Vou might have won this award
earlier, but I am happy to say
you could not have done a bet
ter job.
“Safety ceremonies such as
this are always pleasant be
cause it is a happy occasion
when we can celebrate ab
sence of personal Injury. We,
of management, are particu
larly pleased when we can be
part of such ceremonies, since
it is one way that we can offer
concrete evidence of our sup
port of, and strong belief in,
our safety activity. Manage
ment's part, all too often, is in
planning and reviewing safety
programs; and it is only occa
sionally that we have the op
portunity to personally partic
ipate.”
In accepting the award, Mr.
Day stated:
“This award is accepted on be
half of the people who made it
possible. We do so with a feel
ing of humility in that we rec
ognize that with greater effort
on each of our parts, we might
have reached this point without
unpleasant memories.
“I would like to take this
opportunity to thank each of
the members of our team for
their individual efforts and
ask that we all join in a re
dedication of ourselves to that
kind of aelf-disclpllne Which
allows each of us to return
home safely every day".
Iu salutatory remarks prior to
the presentation of the award,
B. B. Lewis, assistant manager.
Construction division at Wil
mington, said:
“I want to exteud to you my
eougratu lations
achievement of the chfof en
gineer's safety award. It is
especially noteworthy that
since the start of *
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