THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 75—No. 6
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to ,
Pisgah National Forest a 09
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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Capacity Number To Attend Annual Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Friday
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than 300 at noon on Wednes
day, the annual Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce banquet on
Friday night promises to be
one of the biggest in the his
tory of the organization.
The auspicious affair will be
held in the cafeteria at Brevard
Senior high school, and the event
is dedicated to the industrial
progress ic Brevard and Tran
sylvania county.
It will begin promptly at 7:00
o'clock.
.
WILLIAM H. KEITH
Welcomes and introduces
RALPH H. RAMSEY, JR.
. . . Introduces speaker
REV. ALFRED D. RHYNE
. . . Invocation
REV. HAROLD KILLIAN
. . . Benediction
ning to attend are urged to
come out to the high school,
as soon after G:00 o’clock as
possible.
Industries in the town and
county are erecting exhibits in
the lobby of the high school, and
William H. Keith, the new presi
dent, says they will be of ex
treme interest to all Transylvan
ians. •
Local industries to have exhib
its at the high school include
the following:
Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation
The Du Pont company
Mitchell-Bissell company
Weiss Machine Shop
Gloucester Lumber company
Brevard Manufacturing com
pany
American Thread company,
and
Canter Woodworks.
The principal speaker on the
H. McConnell, president of I
Reynolds Metals company.
He will be introduced by 1
Ralph H. ltamsey, Jr., Brevard 1
attorney, and President Keith |
will give (he welcome and in- 1
troduce special guests.
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, pres
ident of Brevard College, will
-erve as master of ceremonies,
and the invocation will be given
by Pev. Alfred Rhyne, pastor of
Ihe Lutheran Church of the Good 1
shepherd.
Rev. W. Harold Killian, pastor
Df the First Baptist church, will
lender the benediction.
Special music on the ban
quet program will be furnished
by the Brevard high school
band, under the direction of
John D. Eversman.
With the county becoming
more and more industrialized, it
is fitting that a salute be made
it this time to industrial prog
ess here, the president states.
He will make a brief report
Joseph h. McConnell - principal speaker
on tne growth oi industry in
Transylvania.
'He promises a Rood meal for
all persons attending.
The menu will consist of
roast prime ribs of beef, au
jus; baked Idaho potato and
Blue Lake Breen beans;
orange ■ cranberry congealed
salad; rolls and butter; apple
pie and coffee.
The past year was one of the
best in the history of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce.
Under the leadership of
Wayne Headhunt, the civic
body aided in securing two
new industries, Brevard Man
ufacturing company and the
American Thread company.
Transylvania's largest indus
tries, Olin and I)u I’ont, con
tinued multi-million dollar ex
pansions.
The various chairmen of ar
rangements are as follows:
Mrs. John Ford - ticket sales
Mrs. John Sledge - menu
.Miss Jeanette Austin and Mrs.
Zehbie McCrary, decorations.
In addition to serving as pres
ident of Reynolds Metals com
pany. Mr. McConnell serves as
chief administrative officer.
lie was elected to these posts
in early 'fi3.
Mr. McConnell formerly serv
ed the company as executive
vice president and general coun
sel. lie is a member of the
board of directors,
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have
a home at Canip Carolina and
are the owners of Camp Carolina
end Camp Hockbrook here in
Transylvania.
A graduate of Davidson Col
lege and the University of Vir
ginia Law School. Mr. McCon
nell joined Reynolds in 1955.
A former president of Col
gate-Palmolive company, he had
served earlier in several execu
tive positions with the Radio
Corporation of America, includ
ing executive vice president, and
president of .National rsruaucasi
ing company.
He is a director of Reynolds
Ti Aluminium Ltd., Canadian
British Aluminium, Ltd. and
Basic, Inc., of Cleveland.
He was horn in Chester, South
Carolina May 13. 1906.
Due to the large number of
reservations, no tickets will be
available at the door.
In addition to President Keith,
other officers of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce for the
new year are:
Donald Lee Moore - vice presi
dent
Walter Cantrell - recording
secretary
Charles W. Pickelsimer • treas
urer
Mrs, John Ford - executive sec
retary
Directors for 1964 are:
Anderson. John I.
Blankinship, D. It.
Bradbttrn. C. Wayne
Bridges. Frank
Brown, Don c.
—Turn to Page Six
Town Board Has
A Busy Session
The Town Board of Aider
men held a brief but busy Feb
ruary meeting at the City Hall
this week.
A committee from the Fire de
partment reauested the board tr
acquire a new site for the de
partment.
As pointed out, this request
was in line with a recommenda
tion of the Planning board.
Action was postponed.
The ittdermen granted per
n'.-.ssioa to Mr. and Mrs-.-Roy
Jones to move two houses
from the corner of Caldwell
and French Broad to a site be
tween East French Broad and
Appletree street.
A petition was received from
residents on Appletree street and
East French Broad regarding
zoning regulations and the traf
fic hazard there.
Action was deferred until the
matter had been brought up be
fore the Zoning board.
A sub-division proposal was
presented by Attorney John
Smart to the board, TTiis site
is off Silversteen drive, and ap
proval was referred to the
Planning board.
A resolution was adopted by
the city fathers authorizing the
mayor and the clerk to lease park
ing lots in the business area. De
tails are to be worked out with
the merchants committee of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
The aldermen discussed a
memo from the town manager
on a capital improvements pro
gram. They asked that a time
table, with estimated costs, be
set up.
The sale of a lot of the town
on East French Broad to Charles
W. Pickelsimer was approved,
and Fred McCrary asked for aid
in clearing a section of Kings
Creek.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 6 — Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s at
6:45 pjn. Lions club meets at
Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 7 — Diabetic
screening clinic at health center
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Cham
ber of Commerce banquet at Bre
vard Senior High school at 7:00
p.m. Exhibits on display at 6:00
pan. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00
p.m.
Saturday, February 8 — Dem- ,
ocratic executive committee
meets at court house at 2:00 p.m.
Republican county convention at i
court house at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 9 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, February 10— Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
—Turn to Page Five
THE CONSTUCTION FOR THE FOUNDA
TION for the Film Sales Office building at Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation is well underway,
as the above photo shows. The first steel erection
for the Research and Development building can be
seen in the background. James D. Willis is project
manager for this expansion, and the steel is being
erected by Dave Steel company, of Asheville. The
concrete work is being done by Fiske Carter. The
buildings are expected to be completed and occu
pied bv Research and Sales personnel this year.
Demo Executive
Committee To
Meet Saturday
William A. Lyday, chairman o£
the Transylvania Democratic ex
ecutive committee, has called a
meeting of his organization for
Saturday afternoon, Feb. 8th, at
2:00 o’clock in the court house
in Brevard.
Nominees for the county Board
of Elections will be selected at
the meeting.
Mr. Lyday says he was asked
by Lunsford Crew, state party
chairman, to call the meeting.
Under the law, each county is
represented by three members
of the County Elections Board,
—Turn to Page Six
Practices Cited
’64 Conservation Program Now
Open To Transylvania Farmers
Transylvania _ county fanners
are now eligible to participate
in the 1964 Agricultural Con
servation program, states
Glenn A. Whitemire, chairman
of the Transylvania county
ASCS committee.
To sign up a farmer needs to
nnly contact the local ASCS coun
ly office. In signing a request
under the 1964 ACP to carry out
approved soil and water conser
vation practices, the farmer does
not obligate himself in any way,
Native Transylvanian
Jess A. Galloway Announces
For House Of Representatives
Jess A. Galloway, native Tran
sylvanian, announces his candi
lacy for the House of Represen
atives frcm Transylvania coun
,y, subject to the will of the
voters in ' the Democratic pri
nary in May.
Mr. Galloway retired over
i year ago, after 25 years of serv
ce to the State of North Caro
ina.
Prior to that time he served
or three terms as register of
leeds in Transylvania.
Mr. Galloway is the second can
lidate to “toss his hat into the
■ing” for the House from Tran
ylvania.
Earlier, B. W. Thomason, may
>r of Brevard, announced.
In his announcement, Mr. Gal
—Turn to Pam Si«
JESS A. GALLOWAY
but does make himself eligible
for cost-sharing in performing
conservation practices.
The conservation practices
which ACP cost-sharing is
available on are as follows:
(1) Establishment of perma
nent pasture or hay
! The Weather |
Q HIM mini.hiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimmm*mmM«IHWM0
During the past week, temper
atures ranged from a low of 9
degrees to an afternoon high of
60, with minimum and maximum
averages for the week 20 and
54 degrees respectively.
Rainfall totaled just over a
quarter of an inch for the seven
day period.
The long-range forecast calls
for heavy precipitation today
(Thursday) and again about Mon
day. Temperatures are expected
to average near normal with lit
tle day-to-day changes.
Readings for the past week:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_51 9 .00 '
Thursday_57 18 .00
Friday_ 49 25 .16
Saturday_ 55 35 .11
Sunday_ 55 22 .00
Monday_52 18 .00
Tuesday_60 16 .00
January readings since 1960
are as follows: i
High Low Prec.
1960 . 75 9 6.09 ,
1961 _ 65 0 3.55 ,
1962 . 70 -2 8.74
1963 . 63 -6 359
1964 . 69 0 8.38
(2) Establishment of addi
tional acreage of vegetative
cover in crop rotation
(3) Applying liming materi
als on farmland
(4) Planting Forest trees
(5) Improving permanent
pasture or hay
(6) Improving a stand of
forest trees
(7) Open ditch drainage
(8) Tile drainage
(9) Seeding summer annual
legumes, and
(10) Seeding winter cover
crops.
Under the 1963 Agricultural
—Turn to Page Four
Light Dockets Heard
In Superior Court
Bobby Hunter
Announces For
Education Board
Robert H. ‘'Bobby” Hunter to
day announces his candidacy for
the Board of Education of Tran
sylvania county, subject to the
Democratic primary.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Hunter stated that having
five children enrolled in the vfV
cational system of this coil’t ■
has kept him in close contact
with the schools and has made
him quite aware of the needs
and strengths of the system.
He declared that, if elected,
he will pledge his untiring ef
forts to the improvement of the
school svstem. and in this regard
he pledged his whole-hearted
—Turn to Page Sit
Light dockets have been
heard during the February
term of Superior court here
this week.
Criminal cases were tried
Monday, and the court recess
ed for Tuesday.
On Wednesday, motions and
divorces on the civil slate were j
heard by Judge Harry Martin,
of Asheville.
Verdicts that were handed
down before The Times went to
press were as follows:
'Detty Irene Jones Blackwell
pled guilty to forgery and
was given a suspended sen
tence.
On charges of arson, Colum
bus Kitchen was sentenced to
three to five years.
Guy l.ce McCall was found
guilty of breaking, entering
and larceny. Judgment is to
be entered later during court.
For Year 1962
i
Transylvania Ranks 22nd In Per
Capita Income In North Carolina
Among the 100 counties in
North Carolina, Transylvania
ranks 22nd in per capita in
come.
The estimates for the per
capita income for residents in
all the counties were based on
the population and incomes for
the year 1962.
Transylvania’s per capita
personal income for that year
was $1,154.00.
The state average was
$1,732.00.
It is interesting to note that
adjoining counties, Henderson
and Haywood, were 23rd and
24th.
WPNF Program Log
Highlights Of Banquet To
Be Broadcast Next Monday
Radio Station WPNF will
aioadcast highlights of the an
nual Brevard Chamber of Com
neree banquet to be held this
Friday night in the Brevard sen
or high school cafeteria.
The event will be recorded
ind broadcast Monday afternoon,
mmediately following the state
lews report at 5:05 p.m.
This year’s banquet will honor
he industries of Transylvania
vhich contribute so much to the
immunity.
The main address of the eve
ning will be delivered by Joseph
H. McConnell, the president of
the Reynolds Metals Company.
Chamber of Commerce presi
dent, Bill Keith, will preside ov
er the banquet which will begin
at 7:Q0 p.m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, Rosman vo-ag dept, B. E.
Keisler; Friday, station program;
Monday, county extension chair
man; Tuesday, Brevard vo-ag
dept., Randal Lyday; Wednesday,
—Turn to Page Six
Buncombe county was in
ninth place with $1,928.00.
The estimated population for
Transylvania in 1962 was 16,
8*1.
These figures were released
by the North Carolina Depart
ment of Tax Research.
GOP Convention
Will Be Held
At Court House
The 1964 Transylvania County
Republican convention will be
held in the courthouse in Bre
vard on Saturday, Feb. 8th at
2:00 p.m., according to Ralph L.
Waldrop, chairman of the Re
publican Executive committee.
Mr. Waldrop stated that the
convention would nominate Re
publican candidates for the No
vember General Election, which
would include candidates for the
House of Representatives, Board
of County Commissioners, Tax
Collector, Register of Deeds and
one member for the Board of
Education.
Also. M e Reoubliean Executive .
Commit e will be re-org—
and a i h inn an, vice ch
secreta- and member of
State I "utive Committee
be elec < !.
Mr. V ! h ep urges all Re
lieans, ls well as prospective <
didates, to be present, and i
that the convention would
underway at 2:00 p.m.
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