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
Vol. 75—No. 9
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest ana
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ 22 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WITH THE HOPE OF SAVING A LIFE The
Times is carrying the above picture. Too many
motorists are passing this bus just before 8:00
* o’clock in the mornings and just after 3:00 in the
' afternoon as it signals to make a turn around to the
left. The site is near the Davidson River bridge on
the four lane highway at the intersection leading to
^ Olin. The State Highway patrol will keep close sur
veilance on this and other dangerous intersections
where buses must make a complete turn. They re
mind motorists to stop when they are following a
bus, especially if the driver flashes his stop signs
and turn signals. Some 2,754 students are trans
ported daily in Transylvania by buses, which travel
approximately 1,400 miles.
(Times Staff Photo)
"Stop Polio"
Make-Up Clinic
Se* Two Times
A r ake-up clinic for those
unable to attend last Sunday’s
second Sabin Oral Polio clinic
in Transylvania will be held
this Friday and Sunday.
The inake-up clinic will be
held in one location only, at
the Transylvania County
Health center, on Friday from
9:00 am., to 4:30 o'clock and
again Sunday from 2:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m.
County health officer, Dr.
John Folger, stated that offi
cials were most pleased with
the turn out for both polio and
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 27 —BPW
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Masons meet at Temple at
8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 28 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 pm. BLT
production of “The Unexpected
Guest” at American Legion
♦building at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 29 — BLT
| production of “The Unexpected
~ Guest” at American Legion build
ing at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 1 — Attend the
church of your choice. Singing i
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Cites Background
Judge Moore Makes Strong Bid
For Local Support Tuesday
Judge Dan K. Moore made a
strong plea for support of Dem
ocratic voters in the May pri
mary in his race for Governor
of North Carolina.
^JJe spoke at gp informal gath
ering Tuesday afternoon in Gai
ther’s Rhododendron room. The
event was well attended in spite
of the heavy snowfall.
Judge Moore explained that
he had had experience in all
branches of government, leg
islative, executive and judi
cial.
“Compare my record with
those of my opponents,” Judge
Moore declared.
He gave his background,
pointing out that he had been
educated in the North Carolina
school system; had served on
all levels of politics; was a
judge for 10 years; and for
some five or six years, he has
been in administrative work.
“If I am elected governor, the
people of Western North Carolina
vill have a friend in office who
is sympathetic with their needs
Mid their problems.
“Western North Carolina has
not had a native as governor
of this state in 88 years. In fact,
only two WNC natives have
held that high post,” he de
clared.
Judge Moore continued by say
ng that, if elected, he promises
he people of this section every
lime of revenue to which tuev
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Wr^lrjrtjy In Wide Area
Bryant Electric Company
Awarded Large Contracts
JACK BRYANT
By - staff writer
The recent awarding of large
contracts to the Bryant Elec
tric company Is proof enough
that Brevard has firms and
contractors who can and do .
compete with the largest in
the South.
The largest received by Bryant jjj
Electric is the electrical contract |
for the new lS-story, 4.5 million |
dollar Northwestern bank in |
Asheville.
This modem skyscraper is be- |
ing erected on Pack Square.
The new building, the tallest 1
west of Charlotte in North Caro
lina, will rise 215 feet above
downtown Asheville. s
According to Jack Bryant, 1
owner and manager of Bryant ii
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TONY IRA PETIT today an
nounces his candidacy for the
office of tax collector of Tran
sylvania comity, subject to May
30th Democratic primary. Mr.
Petit, who has been an em
ployee of Bower’s store here in
Brevard for the past several
years, states that “If nominated
and elected, I will do my best
to serve all of the people of
Transylvania County in a fair
and impartial manner, to the
best of my ability". He is a
native of Transylvania county
and attended the county
schools.
Rosman Civic
Body Names
Board, Officers
B. E. Keislcr was re-elected
president ol' the Rosman Cham
ber of Commerce at the annual
meeting Tuesday night.
Other officers who were also
re-elected were:
Austin Ilogsed - vice president
Elmo Crowe - treasurer
Mrs. Edith Osborne - secretary.
In the balloting for new direc
tors prior to the election of offi
cers, the following three men
led the voting:
Austin Ilogsed - 123
Hairy Morgan - 103
B. E. Keisler - 100
Others elected to the board
were: Robert Powell, Dr. Joe E.
Osborne, John R. “Jack” Mitch
ell, Dock Lusk, Ed Czarnecki, W.
S Sagar, Dewev Burton, A. P.
Bell, Jr., Carter McCall and L. C.
Hall.
The Rosman Chamber of Com
merce now has a membership of
281, the largest in its history.
Transylvania County Residents
To Have Tax Saving Of $527,000
Legislation
To Be Adopted
Immediately
By • Staff Writer
Tliere will be more spend
ing money in Transylvania
County soon and, consequently,
mere business activity as a re
suit of the tax cut approved
by Congress.
The hill provides for tax re
ductions of different sizes, vary
ing according to income level.
For a person who is lucky enough
to he in the highest bracket, the
reduction this year wilt be very
large. Instead of the 91 percent
he had to pay last year on his
taxable income, he will now have
to turn back 77 percent.
l'or those with modest in
comes, the reduction in the tax
rate is less dramatic. Howev
er, families in the lower brack
ets will profit considerably
from the new "minimum stand
ard deduction" of S400 for hus
band and wife. Many families
will be lopped off the tax rolls
because of it.
In Transylvania county,
where average earnings have
been on the rise and have
reached 87,050 per household
before taxi's, the savings will
he greater than in many other
communities.
Fur a married couple locally
with two dependents and with an
income equal to the prevailing
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| The Weather I
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Another 6 inches of snow fell
cn Brevard this week bringing
our total snowfall for the fall and
winter to 17 inches, which must
be something of a record for the
immediate area, although ade
quate records are not available
to determine the extent thereof.
Temperatures ranged from a
low of 9 degrees on Sunday morn
ing to a high of 54 on Monday
afternoon.
Average highs and low's were
44 and 21 respectively.
Headings for the week were:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 43 28 .00
Thursday 39 29 .00
Friday- 42 23 Trace
Saturday_ 33 21 .00
Sunday_51 9 .00
Monday_54 14 .00
Tuesday _ 49 23 *.64
’ Equivalent amount of rainfall
measuring 6 inches cf snowfall.
m
A TENSE MOMENT from Bre
vard Little Theatre’s forthcoming
play, “The Unexpected Guest”, is en
acted in the photo above. Standing,
from left to right, are Spencer Mac
fie, Aaron Pittillo and Marjorie Ost
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borg. Seated is Dotfio DcMuth. The
Agatha Christie mystery will be pre
sented February 28th and 29th and is
as filled with suspense as the photo
suggests.
By The Little Theatre
“The Unexpected Guest'’
To Be Given This W eekend
Schools To
Reopen On
Thursday
Because of the heavy snow
fall Tuesday morning, schools
were closed on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
According to Supt. Wayne
Bradhurn, plans are being
made for them to reopen on
Thursday.
Since Transylvania students
have gone to school for the
past two Saturday, they will
not have to go this Saturday,
he states.
A SAFETY ACHIEVEMENT certificate was pre
sented recently to employees of the Brevard Duke
Power company in recognition of five years of serv
ice without a disabling injury. In the above picture,
Keith A. Arledge, Duke Power district manager, is
shown, left, presenting the certificate to local man
ager John Clark, with line crewmen Hayes Bum
garner, Newton Shipman, Rothie Laws, Orville
Mathis, and foreman, D. R. “Cap” Boyd.
(Photo by Austin)
The Brevard Little Theatre
will present “The Unexpected
Guest", a suspense-lilled Agatha
Christie mystery. February 28
and 29 at 8:00 pan., in the Amer
ican Legion building.
Robroy Farquhar, managing
director cvt the North Carolina
Theatre at Flat Roek, will direct
the two-act nlay, which is BLT's
43rd production. Maren Ostborg
is assistant director and Jim
Hicklin is serving as technical
director.
Appearing for the first time
with BLT are the following:
Russell Armentrout, manager of
Lowe's, who plays the role of
Richard Warwick; Mrs. Paul Ost
borg, organist and choir direc
tor at St. Philip's Episcopal
Church, who enacts the part of
a governess named Miss Bennett:
Spencer Macfie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer Macfie, who por
trays an emotionally disturbed
young lad, Jan Warwick; and Dub
Beasley, a du Pont employee
who came to Brevard from New
Orleans recently, is Sergeant
Cadwallader.
The romantic leads are played
by Peggy Toole, as Laura War
wick, and Dick Seiler, as Julian
Farrar. Mrs, Toole will be re
membered for her role in "Death
Takes A Holiday" several sea
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Radio Station
Asks Public
For Cooperatioa
YVPXF is rendering a public
service to the community
throughout the year with an
nouncements of public inter
est regarding schools, church
es, civic meetings, and other
such organization affairs.
“During this past year, it has
become increasingly difficult for
our staff to continue this work
because of the failure of the pub
lic to cooperate in one particular
area,'' station manager, Al Mar
tin. stated today.
“On those days, such as this
past Tuesday, when the first
snow flakes begin to fall, our
phones start to ring incessant
ly with the public wanting to
know whether or not there
will be any school. This prac
tice makes it impossible for
school officials to notify the
station when the decision has
been made.
“Because of this," Martin eon
tinued,” it will be necessary foi
us to institute the policy of not
giving this information over the
phone, even when we have it. tc
“Our personnel cannot attend
to the program on the air, keep
up with tiie paper work re
quired by the Federal Commu
nications Commission, prepare
upcoming news summaries,
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66Jay” Byrne Wins Brevard
Toastmasters Club Contest
Jchn "Jay Byrne wen lirst
place in the local Toastmasters
club contest, and he represented
Brevard in the area contest here
this week.
Ed Kerrick was second place
in the local contest and Jimmy
Gai'.her, Jr., was third.
Mr. Bvrne has been active in
Toastmaster club work for many
years.
He has won 18 speech contests,
and during the year, 1961-'62, he
was named "Toastmaster of the
year” at Alamance.
Later he won an area contest
in New Jersey, which included
the Camden area.
Mr. Byrne is an active mem
ber of the Lutheran Church of
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