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. 46
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD, N. C,
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963
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★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Transylvania Students Are Now Receiving Varied Vocational Training
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ATTENTION IS FOCUSED this week on tho Vocational program
in the Transylvania school system as the 43rd rbservance of Ameri
can Education Aveek is being celebrated. The pictured at the left
might be captioned: “Introduction to Vocational Training”, as stu
dents are being tested. Charles Bryson is takinj the Crawford Small
Parts Dexterity test as Mrs. Juanita Lavender, guidance counselor,
instructs, and at the right in the picture James M. Brown is giving
the Stromberg Dexterity test to Larry Clayton. In the center 'photo
Dick Queen is getting on-the-job training at Winn-Dixie under the
ICT program. The Home Economics class of Mrs. Ro.se Burrell at
Tlrevard senior high school is pictured at the right, as FIT A mem
bers are learning copper tooling in Homemaking classes. Many other
activities are being carried on in the department in the area of cloth
ing. child care, housing and food preservation.
(Times Staff Photos)
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Legion Holds
Annual Party
This Saturday
Members of the Monroe Wil
son post of the American legion
and the legion auxiliary will
hold their annual membership
party on Saturday night.
The gala event will get under
way at 7:30 o’clock in the leg
ion Memorial building, and Com
mander David Sams says all leg
ionaires and auxiliary members
* hi) have paid their 198-i
by that time will be admitted
free.
Cash prizes totaling some $400
will be awarded.
Charles B. Disher will serve
as master of ceremonies, and
prizes will also be awarded in
the auxiliary’s membership cam
paign.
# Following the party and
awards program, a dance will
be held with music being fur
nished by “Dump” Rutherford
j^and his Rhythm Makers.
Building Permits
For October
Total $97,850
Building permits in the
town of Brevard hit the
high figure of $97,850.00, ac
cording to Bill Edens, town
• manager.
1 Permits issued were as fol
lows:
(I Houses • 4
Duplex apartments - 2
New Commercial Building
• 1
Addition to commercial
building - 1
To date this year, building
permits issued total $421,650.
The half million figure is
expected to be reached this
month, Mr. Edens stated.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 14—Ma
sons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.
m.
Friday, November 15 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m.
. Saturday, November 16—Le
gion party at Legion building
at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday, Novemmber 17—At
tend the church of your choice.
Monday, November 18 — Ro
tary club meets at Gaither's
at 7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, November 19—Nick
els - For-Know How election.
Eastern Star meets at Temple
at 8:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets
at 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, November 20 —
Bloodmobile at Brevard Col
lege 1:00 to 6:00 p. m. Toast
masters club meets at Gaither’s
at 6;30 p. m. WOW meets in
Woodman Hall at 8:00 p. m.
B. E. KEISLER, vocational agri
culture teacher at Rosman, is shown
above explaining the principles of
small motor repairing to a class of
vocational students. The department
consists of supervised practice work
on the home-farm, theory and facts
in the classroom and farm mechan
ics or shopwork in the school shop.
Facilities for farm shopwork have
been greatly improved during the
summer of i963. The shop has been
removed from the immediate high
school building and is presently hous
ed, on a temporary basis, in a rent
ed building across the street from the
high school. Five new power wood
working machines have been added
in addition to equipment for metallic
arc welding for high school students
and adult education and out of school
youth. A course in arc welding is
planned for adults beginning about
December 1st. (Farley Photo)
Coi’ntv Record Good
Local Students Find More
Education Means More Money
At Testimonial Dinner
College Board Chairman
Is Honored On Birthday
Alien n. anna, ui u«wma,
chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Brevard College,
was honored last Tuesday as
some 350 friends paid tribute
to his many years of service
to his community.
The day was also his 64th
birthday, and the event, spon
sored by the Gastonia Chamber
of Commerce, doubled as a
birthday celebration.
Mr. Sims is president of the
Citizens National Bank in Gas
tonia and is on the executive
committee of Wix Accessories
Corporation, one of Gaston
county’s largest industries.
His work in civic affairs
has been outstanding, and last
year he' received the Citizen
ship awards of both the Civi
tan Club and the Junior Wo
man’s Club.
Mr. Sims has been a trustee
ALLEN H. SIMS
at Brevard College for the past
20 years, and for the past 2%
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By STAFF WRITER
From a purely dollars-and
cents standpoint, does it pay
young men in Transylvania
County to stay in school long
er?
How much more does the av
erage person with a college
background make, during his
working career, than one who
has not gone beyond high
school? What advantage does a
high school graduate have over
an elementary school graduate?
These questions have come
to the fore in connection with
American Education Week,
November 10th to 16th.
The measure of what the typi
cal local man is worth these
days, in terms of earning capac
ity, is based on special studies
made by the Commerce Clearing
House, the Department of La
bor, the Department of Com
merce and others.
They show that in Transyl
vania County, taking into ac
count the amount of educa
tion he is now acquiring and
assuming no change in eco
nomic conditions, he can ex
pect to earn a total of $187,000
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Transylvania's School System Is
Expanded, This Is Education Week
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Mrs. McCrary
Heads Board
Of Realtors
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Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary has
been elected president of the
Brevard Board of Realtors.
Other officers, who were
elected at the regular Novem
ber meeting, are as follows:
Gil Coan - vice president
W. S. Sagar - secretary and
treasurer.
In addition to the officers, oth
er active members of the Board
of Realtors are F. Brown Carr,
Mrs. Lucy Clarke Deavor, Frank
C. King, Mrs. Annie K. Massey,
Robert W. Melton, Oliver H. Orr,
J. H. Tinsley and Mrs. Sue If.
Wilson.
William H. Keith and W. M.
Melton are affiliate members.
WOW Elects
New Officers
New officers of the Balsam
Camp, No. 116, Woodmen of the
World, have been elected.
Ralph Lyday is the new con
sul commander, succeeding
Gerald Hensley, who now takes
the post as past consul comman
der.
J. I. Ayers, who serves the
camp as financial secretary, was
elected advisor lieutenant, Mr.
Ayers is also state auditor for
the WOW.
Other officers arc as follows:
C. L. Clark, recording secre
tary; Arthur Gillespie, banker;
Alfred Galloway, escort; Dr.
Wilson Lyday, physician; Jackie
Hensley, watchman; Larry Nel
son, sentry; and Grayson Hens
ley, Sunday Hedrick, and George
Newman, auditors.
The officers will be installed
in joint services with the Hen
dersonville Woodmen of the
World Monday, November 18th,
at 8:00 o’clock, at the Hender
sonville WOW hall.
Look Inside..
Sports, third front.
Little Theatre story and pic
ture, second front.
News Of and For Women, page
6, third section, page 6, second
section.
Editorials, page 2, second sec
tion.
More pictures on education in
Transylvania, page 6, first sec
tion.
Transylvania Farm news,
page 3, third section.
MRS. JOHN THOMPSON, teacher in the de
partment of business education here at Brevard,
is pictured supervising students using office ma
chines. Note the caption: “You will strike a high
note and make a big hit if you know how to oper
ate office machines. (Times Staff Photo)
Program Highlights
WPNF Making Plans For
Broadcasting Cage Games
As the fall football season
draws to a close, Station Man
ager A1 Martin announces that
the local radio facility is mak
| ing plans for the most exten
I sive basketball coverage in the
station* history this year.
“Our plans will be announc
ed within a few days,” he said,
“and we hope to have the top
games in the Atlantic Coast
Conference featuring all teams,
not just one or two.”
Two big football games are
on tap this Saturday as Miami
University visits the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. That contest will be aired
beginning at 1:15 p. m.
Saturday evening at 7:50 p.
m. the game between Western
Carolina and Newberry will be
broadcast.
Complete details on the com
ing basketball broadcast sche
dule will be carried in next
week’s edition of the Transyl
vania Times.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Brevard vo-ag dept..
Randal Lyday; Friday, ASC of
fice; Monday, county extension
chairman; Tuesday, Rosman vo
ag dept., B. E. Keisler; Wednes
day, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Bre
vard Garden Club; Monday,
Book and Plate club; Wednes
day, American Legion.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Ben Or
mand, pastor of Brevard-David
son River Presbyteran church.
The Sunday Morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from the Brevard Meth
odist church. Rev. Charles Rel
chard is the pastor.
Survey Made
Of Various
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Departments
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Good schools are the birth
right of American children,
and this is a good time to re
flect on their importance as
the 43rd American Education
week is being observed.
Since the end of World War
[I, vast progress has been made
n the educational system of
IYansylvania county, and lead
ers in the field of education
let? are focusing the attention
if the public on the additions
and the improvements.
American Education week is
an occasion for intensifying
public interest in the schools,
interpreting needs and stimu
lating community action in
making improvements. No
other cause is more deserving
of special consideration by the
American people than Ameri
can Education Week.
Concerning the local situation
today, Mrs. Hilda Olsen, the
county supervisor, has this to
say:
“Transylvania county
schools extend to students a
wide and varied curriculum.
Civilization demands more
specialized training in all
fields and fewer jack-of-aU
trades people.
“To meet these demands
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The Weather
Both the high and low tem
peratures for the past week oc
curred on Sunday according to
figures recorded at the local
weather station.
High for the week was
with the early morning
dipping to 21 degrees.
Averages highs and lows
were 62 and 31.
Readings for the week are as
follows:
High Low 1
Wednesday-61 50
Thursday _59 47
Friday _61 31
Saturday_61 22
Sunday_70 21
Monday _- J55 27
Tuesday-58 22
The long range forecast
for temperatures about or i
tie above averages
lows of 57 and 36. little j
day change is indicated,
if any precipitation is
except for some snow
In the mountains at times.