TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 75— No.J7_ *
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Meceo
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest a no
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A CAPACITY CROWD of some 300 persons
attended the annual banquet of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce last Friday night in the cafeteria
at Brevard senior high school. Principal partici
pants on the program are pictured above. From
left to right, are: Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., who intro
educed the speaker; Joseph H. McConnell, the speak
er; William H. Keith, who gave the welcoming ad
dress and introduced special guests; and Dr. Em
mett K. McLartv, the master of ceremonies. The
complete text of Mr. McConnell’s inspiring address
is carried on the back page of the third section of
this week’s Transylvania’s Times.
(Times Staff Photo)
^General County
Court Opens
Monday Morning
Many criminal cases are on
the docket for the next term of
the General County Court,
which opens at the court house
here on Monday morning, Feb.
17th.
Judge Robert L. Gash re
minds all defendants, witness
es, attorneys, officers and oth
ers involved in the various
cases to he in the court ~oom
at 9:30 o’clock.
Judge Gash says the docket
is unusually heavy because the
last term of County Court was
cancelled due to the Superior
court term.
Several civil cases will also
be heard during next week’s
term.
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Boy Scout Troop
“*701 Will Hold
Court Of Honor
The public is cordially invited
lo attend the Court of Honor of
Boy Scout troop, No. 701, on Fri
day night of this week, beginning
at 7:00 o’clock.
Scoutmaster Robert L. Daniels
says that many boys will be ad
vanced, and several merit badges
.will be awarded.
V
Robert T. Gash, the district
chairman, will be in charge of
fllknaking the presentations.
The troop is sponsored by the
Brevard Kiwanis club, and the
court of honor will be held in
the Fellowship hall of the Bre
vard Methodist church.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 13 — Masons
meet at 8:00.
Friday, Feb. 14 — World Day
of Prayer. Services at Lutheran
Church at 3:30 p.m. Court of
Honor at Methodist Church at
7:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets
at 8:00 pm.
^ Saturday, Feb. 15 — Schools
operate. Last day to buy license
tags. Valentine dance at Country
club, 9:00 pan.
Sunday, Feb. 16 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Feb. 17 — General
County Court opens at 9:30 am.
Rotarians meet at Gaither’s at
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 18 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Star meets at 8:00 pm.
Wednesday, Feb. 19 — Toast
masters meet at 6:30 pm. at Gai
ther’s. WOW meets at 8:00 pm.
Schedule Announced
Schools In Town And County
Will Operate This Saturday
Schools in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county will operate
this Saturday, Feb. 15th, Supt.
Wayne Bradbura announces.
They were closed on Monday
of this week because of the snow
and ice.
Supt. Bradbum also announces
the make-up schedule for other
days that have been missed be
' tuse of weather and road condi
t.ons. ’
As now planned, the days lost
will bo made up as follows:
Four days at the end of
school, with the last day of
school now scheduled for June
5th.
School will be in session on
Friday, March 27th, previously
scheduled as a holiday.
Should additional days be lost,
they will be mad£ttjvapiu Satur
days and during i$p s4ring holi
days, which is the week of
March 30th-April 3rd.
Last Of Month
Little Theatre Presents
“The Unexpected Guest”
The Brevard Little Theatre
will present “The Unexpected
Guest”, an Agatha Christie mys
tery thriller, February 28th and
29th at 8:00 p.m., in the Ameri
can Legion hall.
Robroy Farquhar, managing
director of the North Carolina
State Theatre at Fiat Rook, will
direct this second production of
the 14th season. He has served
as BLT director continuously
since the time of its inception
in 1950.
Maren Ostborg has been ap
pointed assistant director and
Jim Hicklin will serve as techni
cal director.
Casting chairman, Taj Hanna,
announces the cast, as follows:
Laura Warwick—Peggy Toole
Michael Starkwedder—Ernest
Gilstrap
Miss Bennett — Marjorie Ost
borg
Jan Warwick—Spencer Macfie
Mrs. Warwick—Dottie DeMuth
Henry Angell—Aaron Pittillo
Sergeant Cadwallader — Dub
Beasley
Inspector Thomas—Bill Bangs
Julian Farrar—Dick Seiler
“The Unexpected Guest” was
first presented at the Duchess
Theatre in England in August
of 1958. Tlie setting of the play
is in South Wales near the Bris
tol Channel. An aura of mystery
and suspense permeates the en
tire action of the play, from the
moment the curtain opens to the
melancholy sound of a foghorn
until the final curtain reveals
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Theme: “Let Us Pray”
World Day Of Prayer Will
Be Observed Here Friday
World Day of Prayer will be
observed here on Friday.
A special prayer service is
held annually by local churches,
and the service this year will be
held at The Lutheran Church of
the Good Shepherd, beginning at
3:30 p. m.
Sponsoring churches for this
event are: Brevard Methodist,
Brevard Davidson-River Presby
terian, St. Philip’s Episcopal,
First Baptist, Bethel Baptist,
Bethel A Baptist and The Luth
eran church.
This is an invitation to join
with Christians around the World
an the World Day off Prayer.
Offerings received from these
services are channeled through
the National Council of Church
es and are used in Mission work
at home and over seas.
The theme this year is “Let
Us Pray.”
Local leaders of the movement
state:
‘This will be a day of prayer <
for Christians around the world.
Beginning in the islands of the
Pacific, a stream of prayer will 1
flow around the world until it
reaches the outermost islands of 1
Alaska. ,
“Wherever your place of pray- ]
er, you may become a part of !
this great swelling chorus, lift- j
ing the world in its need to the J
God of love and mercy.”
Real Estate
Transactions
At High Mark
Real estate transactions in
Transylvania county hit the
high mark of approximately
one half million dollars during
the month of January.
This information was learn
ed this week from Fred Isra
el, register of deeds, at the lo
cal court house.
Actually, there were some 79
transactions with stamps total
ing $478.50.
Among the transactions were
the tracts of land at Calvert,
which were purchased by the
American Thread company for
a new plant.
Also, a large tract of land
was sold in upper Transylvania
for a hunting preserve.
The list of transactions is
carried on the front page of
the third section in this week’s
Times.
$15,500 Being Spent Per Month
In Transylvania For Public Aid
Tom Ramsay
Seeking
Re-Election
Thomas E. Ramsay announces
today that he will seek re-elec
tion to the Board of Education
in Transylvania in the Democrat
ic primary on May 30th.
Last week Robert H. Hunter
announced that he would be a
candidate for the post.
Mr. Ramsay was first elected
to the Board of Education in the
General Election in 1958, and lie
took office on April 9th, 1959.
In his announcement, he
states:
“If I am nominated and elect
ed, I promise to continue serv
ing the people of our county to
the best of my ability, as I have
tried in the past:”
Mr. Ramsay is manufacturing
superintendent of Ecusta Paper
operations at the Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation at Pisgah
Forest.
He is active in (lie affairs of
the Brevard Kiwanis club, the
Brevard Methodist church, the
Elks lodge and the American le
gion. He is also a Mason, and he
has held several posts in the
Southeastern division of the
American Pulp and Paper Mill
Superintendents association.
During World War' II, he serv- ■
ed for four years in Chemical .
warfare as a battalion comman
der and was discharged with the
•rank of lieutenant colonel.
He is married to the former
Jane Yongue, and they have two
children.
A native of Pickens county,
S. C., ho received his bachelor
of chemical engineering degree
from Clemson College, and his
masters from State College, Ra
leigh. '
On Feb. 20th - 22nd
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Downtown Merchants Planning ;
Washington Birthday Sale ’
Downtown merchants in Bre
vard are planning a big George
Washington Birthday sale.
The dates will be from
Thursday, Feb. 20th, through
Saturday, the 22nd.
Plans for the event were
made at the last meeting of
the Merchants committee, and
| The Weather !
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Brevard temperatures ranged
from a low of 16 degrees to a
high of 54 degrees during the
past week, but both marks were
recorded on the same date, Wed
nesday, February 5th.
Since that time, the mercury
column has remained within
hose extremes.
Average high and low for the
seven day period were 49 and
!3 degrees respectively.
Precipitation totaled just un
ler two inches, with three
ourths of this amount coming on
fhursday of last week.
Readings for the past seven
lays are as follows:
High Low Prec.
Vednesday_ 54 16 0.00
[Thursday_ 49 35 1.51
Friday-51 29 Trace
Saturday- 45 18 0.00
Sunday_49
.londay_,-46
fuesday -.-47
15 0.05
19 0.11
26 0.29
it was decided that cash prizes
would be awarded.
Each participating store will ^
also offer a prize to persons a
registering during the sale. ^
Complete details regarding
the sale and the merchants j,
who will be participating will v
be carried in the February b
20th edition of The Times. M
Chairman Don Brown, Vice
Chairman Ben Patterson and -
Treasurer Dewey Nix reported
on progress toward aquisition
of two paved parking areas in
the downtown business district.
Mr. Nix stated that when fi
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Saturday Is
Deadline For
n
License Tags ;
The deadline for 1964 city sj
and state licenses is midnight a]
Saturday, Feb. 15th, and mo- j,
torists are reminded to display _
their tags by that time. vv
The state tags are on sale at
the office of Mrs. Rosa Nor
wood, 26 West Jordan street, S1
and her office hours are: p
9:00 -4:00 daily w
01
9:00-12:00 noon Saturday 01
Mrs. Norwood reminds mo- 01
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FIRST TO ANNOUNCE for
the Transylvania Board of
County Commissioners, subject
to the will of the Democratic
voters in the Primary on May
30lh, are the men pictured
here. At the top, left, is Dr.
C. L. Newland, and above is
Donald Lee Moore. At the left
is Owen C. Lee. The present
board has not announced
whether or not it will seek
re-election in the primary.
In Demo Primary
Newland, Moore And Lee
\nnounce For County Board
New Board Of
Civic Group
Has First Meet
The new board of directors of
le Brevard Chamber of Com
ierce held its first official meet
lg of the year in the Library
uesday night.
President Bill Keith announc
d committee appointments for
le year. A complete list of
lese appointments is carried
Isewhere in this issue of The
lines.
Several committee reports
ere made during the course of
le meeting.
A1 Martin reported that the
gns that will be erected with
lose of the town’s civic clubs
re almost completed and should
e in place shortly.
President Keith reported on
ist week’s annual banquet. It
as generally agreed that the
anquet, from all standpoints,
as the most successful ever held
—Turn to Page Four
A slate of throe moil, con
sisting of l>r. (’. L. Newlaml,
Donald Lee Moore and Owen
G. Lee, announces for the
County Board of Commission
ers, subject to the Democratic
primary on May 30th.
The present members of the
board have not announced
whether or not they will seek
re-election.
Dr. Newland, well-known Bre
vard physician, is a newcomer
to politics in Transylvania.
Mr. Moore, co-owner cf Moore
Kilpatrick funeral home, is serv
ing as county coroner, a post he
has held for several terms.
He is also a prominent com
poser of religious music.
Mr. Lee, who is employed at
Olin, is a former Register of
Deeds in Transylvania.
In their announcement, the
three men state:
“If we are nominated and
elected, we promise the peo
ple of Transylvania county an
honest, impartial and progres
sive administration."
Program Highlights
WPNF Rendering Valuable
Public Service To Transylvania
A1 Martin, manager of WPNF,
illed attention today to the
any special community public
■nice programs aired by the
cal radio station.
“Many of our programs are de
gned to present local news and
inouncements of local events
order to keep the listening
iblic informed of happenings
ithin our community,” Mr. Mar
i said.
“In addition to our local news
nonaries at 7:30 aan. and 6:00
m. each weekday, we give local
aather information every hour
i-the-hour in conjunction with
it world and state news broad
sts.
“On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings at 10:15 a.m.
WPNF presents the ‘Helping
Hand’, listing household help
wanted and jobs available, and
each weekday afternoon at 12:30
p.m. the ‘Trading Post’ highlights
announcements of lost and found,
wanted, for sale or trade items,”
he continued.
The station also carries the
“Farm and Home Hour” Monday
through Friday at 12:18 p.m. with
local, state and national farm
figures discussing important in
formation of interest to farmers
and homemakers.
It is hoped that the local radio
facility can provide even wider
coverage of Transylvania com
munity interests as the opporfu
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Survey Is Made
Of The Subsidy
Program Locally
How mlull is being spent
each month in Transylvania
county for public assistance?
How docs the local aid pro
gram compare with that in
ether parts of the country?
Answers lo these questions are
now possible, thanks to break
down figures that have just be
come available. for the first time,
in a Government report. It was
issued by the Bureau of Family
Services.
It shows the proportion of peo
ple being helped and the size of
that help in every section of the
United States.
Data is given on the three
major subsidy programs that
are being operated by the
states with local funds, aug
mented by Federal aid. They
are old-age grants, aid to fam
ilies with dependent children
and aid to the permanently
and totally disabled.
The report _ emphasizes Ihe
state and local nature of each of
them, as well as the wide range
in number of people helped and
the size of payments as between
the various states and within
each state.
In Transylvania county, it is
shown, old-age assistance is go
ing to 2-02 men and women,
out of a total population of
1,190 in the over-65 age brack- -
el.
On the average, they are get
ting checks in the amount of $37
a month; This compares with $73
per month throughout tile Unit
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Candidates Are
Named At
GOP Convention
Officers of the Republican Ex
ecutive committee in Transylvan
ia were re-elected or named at
the county convention, which was
well attended here in the Bre
vard court house.
They are as follows:
Ralph Waldrop - chairman
Mrs. Wae Mann - vice chair
man
Lloyd Burhans - secretary ,
H. G. Bailey - finance officer
The convention was presided
over by Lewis P. Hamlin.
During the session, a resolu
tion was adopted, commending
Mr. Hamlin on more than 40
years of faithful service to the
Republican party.
The following candidates for
the General Election in Novem
ber were named:
Bill Leonard - House of Rep
resentatives
Edwin S. English - Register of
Deeds
Bill Bishop - Tax Collector f
Candidates for the other of
fices will be announced whettj
the convention reconvenes oa
March 28th.
Wells To Head f
Election Board
J. O. Wells has been nomin
ed as chairman of Transylva
Board of Elections by the
cratic Executive committee.
Other Democratic nom 1
are:
Haro’
Two'
be ofii
board >
ing a 1
The ;
"»vers and Bill Joh
! lie three nominees!
lly appointed to
h the third member'
ublican. .
l"ii tments will bet
by the state Board of Ele.
The new members of the t
ty Board of Elections will
for a term of two years.