TRANSYLVANTA
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. 10
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANI
The Land of Walorf.
lor Summer Camps, Entrap
Pisgah National Forest
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1964
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Rosman Tigers
Winners In
Tournament
The Rosman and Mars Hill
boys Monday night notched
victories in the opening round
of the District 8 Class A East
ern Division high school bas
ketball playoffs in the Erwin
gym before an estimated
turnout of 450 fans.
Rosman eliminated East Yan
cey, 50-45, in a loosl.v - played
ecr.Cest, and Mars Hill, in con
trol of both backboards, belted
I’olk Central, 64-41.
A The victories moved Ros
^ man and Mars Hill into semi
final games scheduled Thurs
day in the Erwin gym. Ros
«man faces Pleasant Gardens,
•McDowell County champion,
in the 7 p. m. opener, and
Bowman High of Bakersville
takes on Mars Hill in the
nightcap.
The championship game is
set March 10th. Eastern and
Western champions will meet
in the district finals March 13th
in the Erwin gym.
Rosman, who’s victory wa:
No. 15 of the season as agains
4 losses, couldn’t find the rang<
in the initial period, missing or
innumerable scoring opportuni
ties, and East Yancey jumper
to a 12-9 lead.
With Rondal Chapman,
Charles Chapman and Her
bert Powell hitting the sec
ond period was a different
story for Rosman. The Tigers
tied it at 14-14 with six min
utes left in the half, and then
went ahead for the first time,
16-14, a moment later.
Rosman, which turned in i
||16 point effort, led at intermis
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|*2nd "Stop-Polio"
Make-Up Clinics
Said Successful
With 823 persons reporting
to the second ‘‘Stop Polio”
make • up clinics in Transyl
vania last weekend, a total of
12,917. Transylvanians have
received the first two Sabin
Oral Vaccine shots, Dr. John
Folger, county health officer,
reports.
V Tetanus shots were offered
tat the second clinic, and they
were taken by 1,100 residents
of Brevard and Transylvania
county.
The county health officer
expressed himself as being
pleased with response to the
clinics.
The “Stop - Polio” cam
paign in Transylvania is spon
sored by the County Medical
Society and the Brevard Jay
cees.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 5 — Kiwanis
' club meets ait Gaither’s at 6:45
p. m. Lions club meets at Co
4onial Inn at 7:00 p. m. Masons
heet at Temple at 7:30 p. nr.
Friday, March 6 — Ac® of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p. m. Jay
cette Fashion Show at Brevard
Senior High school at 8:00 pan.
Sunday, March 8 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, March 9 — Rotary
dub meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p. m. Variety show for women
at Brevard lanes at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, March 10 — Hospital
auxiliary meets at 10:00 a. m.
Ace of Cluhs meets at 7:30 p. m.
Chamber of Commerce directors
meet at Library at 7:30 p. m.
Elks meet at Lodge at 8:00 p. m.
Civic Chorus meets at Brevard
Methodist church at 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, March fl g Jay
c«®a meet at Berry’s at T:» pail.
TWO PROUD MAMAS and their
sons were singled out for attention
last Saturday at the Transylvania
Community hospital. The babies
were born February 29th and won’t
have a birthday for four years. Dur
ing the short month of February, 39
babies were born at the local hos
pital. In the above photo, left, is
Mrs. Michael Hooper and her first
child, Corvin William, and at the
righ is Mrs. Albert O. Ryan, holding
her fifth child, first son, Thomas
Patrick.
(Times Staff Photo)
Mrs. DeMuth In Charge
Brevard Girl Scouts Are
Conducting Cookie Sale
The annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale is being conducted in Tran
sylvania county during the next
two weeks by nearly 400 girls
from 20 troops.
Mrs. C. W. DeMuth is chair
man of the sale.
Last year a profit of $17,000
on cookie sales in the 16-coun
ty council made possible the
construction of a cook’s cabin,
an office and repairing of the
dock at the Girl Scout camp
in Brevard; the improvement of
day camp sites; purchase of
three Scoutmobiles and six
shelter tents, which made the
Trailaround and Camp Corps
staff possible.
This year’s profits are desig
nated for projects such as:
Covered wagon unit to ac
commodate 32 more girls a
the Girl Scout camp;
Further completion of daj
camps in 6 locations and troo;
camping sites and equipment;
Building the new Servicecen
ter on King street, serving all
16 counties, in order to extend
the opportunities for all girls
Each troop keeps five cents
on each box of cookies in its
treasury for troop use.
Attention Students:
School Day Schedule
For Rest Of Year Given
The schedule of make - up
days in the Transylvania
County school system has been
announced by Wayne Rrad
burn, superintendent.
The schools will be in ses
sion Friday, March 27th, orig
inally scheduled as a holiday;
Saturday, April 11th; and
June 2, 3, 4, and 5.
In addition to those make
up days, schools in District
II (Rosman High and Elemen
tary and T. C. Henderson)
will be in session on Satur
day, April 25th. These schools
missed an additional day due
to snow.
Mr. Bradburn also announc
ed that Easter vacation has
been scheduled for the week
of March 30th, with school re
convening on April 6th at
8:30 a. m.
Mi+cbelJ Announces
Charlie Himes Will Head
'64 United Fund Campaign
Charles F. Himes, active civic
leader and church worker in
Erevard, has been named gen
eral chairman of the United
Fund campaign in Transylvania
during 1964, President Jack
(Mitchell announces today.
Currently, Mr. Himes is serv
ing as chairman of the Brevard
Planning and Zoning board, and
he is also chairman of the Board
of Deacons of the First Baptist
church.
He has served as president of
both the Chamber of Commerce
and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
For some 14 years, he was an
active volunteer fireman on the
Brevard squad.
“Mr. Himes is the type of
leader who will make our 1964
campaign a success,” President
(Mitchell declared.
Transylvania's United Fund
is serving the largest number
CHARLIE HIMES
of organizations and people in
its blrtoty, and this year’s drive
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Frantz Whitmire
Announces For
Commissioner
Frantz Whitmire announces
his candidacy today for the of
fice of county commissioner in
the Democratic primary on May
30th.
A native of Transylvania
county, Mr. Whitmire is married
to the former Miss Johnnie
Ruth Brogdon, and they have
one child.
He is a graduate of Rosman
high school and is employed in
the paper storeroom at Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest.
For the past three years, Mr.
Whitmire has attended Western
Carolina college at nights and
on Saturdays and plans to grad
uate in 1965 wit ha degree in
Business and Political Science.
The candidate is active in
political affairs of the county
and is currently serving as pres
ident of the Transylvania Young
Democrats club.
He is 29 years of age and
served five years in the US Air
Force as a nuclear weapons
specialist.
In announcing for the office
of commissioner, Mr. Whitmire
states:
“If nominated and elected
to this office, I will give my
time and effort to the people of
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Tag Office
Closes On
Saturday
Beginning Saturday, Mardh
7th, the Automobile Tag Office
will be closed on Saturdays.
It will be open for business
Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.
m. to 4:00 p. m., according to
Mrs. Rosa Norwood, manager.
Transylvania County Qualifies 4
Under Surplus Food Program ^ ,
Stock Car Race
Track Being
Built In County
Grading started Tuesday on
a new half-mile clay stock car
race track in Transylvania
county.
The new track is being
built by Brevard International
Speedway, Inc., a corporation
recently formed by a group
of local men.
The grading should be com
pleted within the next 12 days,
and the installation of mod
ern rest rooms, concession
stands and bleacher type
stands to accommodate 5,000
spectators will start at once.
Race will be held on the
track once a week when the
modern facilities arc com
pleted. The actual racing day
is not known at this time, but
track officials hope to have
the first race here around
May 1st.
The new track is located
approximately two miles from
Brevard off U. S. 270.
Promoters say the track will
be sanctioned by NASCAR.
Look Inside.,
Classifieds - page 2, First
section
Editor’s Corner - page 5, first
section
Sports - page 4, third section
Women’s pages - second and
third sections, page 6
“Know Brevard College” -
front, second section
Upper county news - page 7,
third section
Farm page - second section,
page 3
| The Weather
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After Sunday morning’s low of
21 degrees, daily temperatures
remained in their same rut un
til Tuesday afternoon when the
mercury climbed all the way
up to 72 degrees at about 2:00
p. m.
Within an hour, the tempera
ture had dropped back to about
60, the point near which it re
mained the rest of the after
noon.
Daily highs and lows averaged
52 and 30 for the week, with pre
cipitation totaling 1.78 inches.
Snowfall for the week totaled
two-and-a-half inches.
Daily readings were as fol
lows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Prec.
53 27 .00
25 .00
31 .38*
21 Trace
32 .00
35 .73
41 .67
47
40
52
50
49
72
’"Rainfall equivalent of 2.5
inches of snow.
Real Estate
Transactions
At $325,000
Real estate sales in Brevard
and Transylvania during Feb
ruary totaled $325,000.00 ac
cording to Fred Israel, the reg
ister of deeds.
There were a total of 73
recorded in his office here in
the court house.
During the previous month,
they hit the record mark of
half million dollars.
The complete list of the
transactions for February can
tie found on page 4, section
two in this week’s Times.
PREVIEWING THE FASHIONS which will be
shown in the annual Jaycette Fashion shown are
the models posing for the above photo. The show
will be held Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock at the
Brevard Senior High school. Modeling sports
clothes are Miss Donna Irby, left, wearing a brown
and black swim suit, and Mrs. Helen Wiles, right,
wearing matching pink and white checked shorts
and shirt. Standing, left, is Mrs. Betty Gillespie
wearing a black and white double - breasted tweed
suit, black gloves and hat. Mrs. Betty Lou Bauer,
center, models a navy suit accented with white but
tons and blouse. Mrs. Barbara Carper, right, is
wearing a white silk coat over a pink dress.
“For Moore For Governor
Many Transylvanians Will
Travel To Raleigh Friday
A large delegation from Tran
sylvania county is expected to
be included in the group of more
than 500 Western North Caro
linians forming a caravan to
Raleigh on Friday on behalf of
the candidacy of Judge Dan
K. Moore for Governor.
Judge Moore will formally
file for the high post at 4:00 p.
m., with the State Elections
Board in Raleigh.
Local persons desiring to go
who have not made arrange
ment may call Ralnh H. Ramsey,
Jr., 883-4113 or Jack H. Potts,
8834167.
Victor E. Bell, Jr., of Raleigh,
Moore’s Wake County cam
paign chainnan and head of the
Wake for Moore Committee, will
be host to the “'Dan K. Moore
Filing Day Rally."
Approximately 100 people,
representing each of the state’s
counties, have sent $2.50 each
toward Moore’s $250 filing fee.
Miss Maria Beale Fletcher of
Asheville, who was named Miss
America of 1962, will pay the
fee on behalf of the 100 citizens
who have contributed the mon
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Program Highlights
Big Basketball Tourney To
Be Carried This Week, WPNF
WPNF will broadcast the 1964
Atlantic Coast Conference
Tournament this weekend, with
Bill Currie and Ray Reeves do
ing the play-by-play.
The first games will be play
ed Thursday (today) with third
ranked Clem son meeting Mary
land at 2:00 p. m.
At 4:00 p. m., second seeded
Wake Forest takes on Virginia.
Thursday evening at 7:30 p.
m. Duke opens against North
Carolina State, and «t 0:30 p. m.,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina meet in the final game of
the first round.
Thursday winners will play
each other Friday night, with
the winners of Friday’s games
to play Saturday night for the
tournament championship.
Times for each of the broad
casts will be given daily on
WPNF.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Rome hour is as follows:
Thursday, Rosman Vo-ag dept,
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20 Per Cent Of
Families Are
Said Eligible
The Trail sylvariia County
Board of. County r mniisskmers
Iras entered into ah agreement
with liio North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture J'or the
county to participate in the sur
plus food program.
According to It. M. “Bob'’
Boyd, chairman of the Tran
sylvania County Board of
Comniissi oners, approximate
ly 20 per cent of the families
in Transylvania will be eligi
ble to receive surplus food.
The Federal government pro
vides the food under the pro
gram. It is distributed to the
counties by the state and the
counties distribute the food to
tile people.
Tlie County Welfare Depart
ment rerlilies eligible persons
who will receive food.
Certification is made for all
public assistance recipients who
apply for the food.
For non-public assistance or
needy families who make appli
cation, certification is made by
an income scale approved by
the Department of Agriculture
and the State Board of Public
Welfare and is used statewide.
The surplus'food program
is being pu.-hed in North
Carolina by Governor Terry
Sanford, and some 51 coun
ties are eligible to participate
in it.
Distribution of food will be
made from the warehouse of the
old Pisgah Mill on Whitmire
street and will begin March
17th from 9:00 to 3.00 o’clock.
Each person certified will be
given a certain date to pick up
tlie food. It will be necessary
lor persons picking up food to
bring boxes or bags to carry the
food.
Appl cations for public as
sis tan recipients are baing
taken this week. Appointment
dates have been mailed to each
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Tax Collections
Continue Good
Tax collections in Transyb
vania continued good during
..February, Lawrence Hipp, TaiJ
obllcetor, reported to variou^
boards tliis week.
He told the commissioner^
that $463,864.91, of the tax)
levy had been collected td
date, and this figure repre-j
sents 84.51 per cent.
The amount of uncollected
taxes is $84,992.05.
Of the charge of $98,378.90 ]
for the town of Brevard, a
total of $76,888.49 has been j
collected, he reported to the %
Board of Aldermen.
The percentage is 78.16.
Collections at Rosman are
$2,199.36, with $793.14 re
maining to be collected. The
percentage of collections is
73.50.
To Hear
y DeBor<
The
meet 7
7:00 o’t
"'cvard Lions club
'isday, March 5th,
k at the Colonial
The • "ram will he given
Miss I' by DeBord.
At tfc ’ !:st meeting
members were inducted,
ire Brace Morton,
Greene, and Glenn