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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. 11 *
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
lor Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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PAID AT BREVARD, N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964
PRICE 10c * 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BREVARD STUDENTS in the Commercial de
partment here at the senior high school are being
taught to operate many office machines and busi
ness practices. One phase is pictured above, and it
concerns operation of a telephone switchboard and
telephone etiquette. Charles W. Pickelsimer, gen
era! manager of the local Citizens Telephone com
pany who donated the equipment to the school,
is shown at the right listening to Miss Eva Hardy,
teacher, describe the various courses that are offer
ed. The students in the photograph are Linda Wal
drop. left, and Ann Brown at the switchboard.
Many Phases Covered
Commercial Department At Senior
High School “Modern, Diversified”
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Folk Music
Festival
Saturday
Many variations on a central
theme—folk music—will be fea
tured this coming Saturday,
March 14th, when the Brevard
Music Lovers club sponsors a
Festival of Folk Music for the
benefit of its scholarship fund.
The oldest instrument which
will be played, the lute, is an
instrument first used by trou
badours and minstrels during
the Middle Ages in Europe. It
will be played by Bob Gore, of
Asheville. Recently, Mr. Gore
completed has Masters Degree
in Library Science at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
1(1 will play dance music of the
16th century Spanish Court on
the lute
Other music of an ancient
4 lineage will be performed by
the Brevard College Madrigal
Singers under the direction of
Nelson Adams, head of the
music department Their selec
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 12 — Masons
meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 13 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 pm.
Saturday, March 14 — Elks
Dinner-Dance at Lodge at 7:00
p.m. Folk Festival at Brevard
College at 8:00 p.m.
.. Sunday, March 15 — Attend
' the church of your choice. Moz
art’s Requiem at Brevard Meth
odist church at 7:30 pm.
Monday, March 16 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, March 17 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 pm. Bre
vard Planning Board meets at
Court House at 7:30 pm. Eastern
$tar meets at Temple at 8:00
pm. 5 Western Style Square
Dance at Brevard Senior High
•chool at 8:00 pm.
Wednesday. March 18 — Dis
trict 17 School Boards association
meets at Brevard Senior High
school at 4:30 p.m. Toastmas
ters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
pm. WOW meets in Woodman
Hall at 8:00 p.m.
By - Staff Writer
Brevard senior high school
now has a most diversified
and modem commercial de
partment, Principal N. A. Mil
ler-told The Times this week.
THe department is taught by
Miss Eva Hardy, who came to
the senior high school this past
January, succeeding Mrs. Faye
Thompson.
Miss Hardy is from Sumner,
Mississippi, and was recently
graduated from Delta State Col
lege, Cleveland, Mississippi.
To give the Office Practice
classes at Brevard senior high
school a gist of how a business
office is actually carried on,
Miss Hardy devised a plan in
which each of the students
completes a designated skill in
two classroom periods and
then rotates to another job or
skill, until each student has
completed 21 jobs. It is the
responsibility of each student
to see that his job is complet
ed within the allotted time.
If a student is absent from
class for any reason, this hour
must be made up outside class.
This plan is so organized that
each student knows what his du
ties are from now until May
22nd. When a rotation of jobs
is made, the person who has just
completed a particular skill
explains to the person about to
encounter the job what is to be
done, etc.
Since one of the main ob
jectives of the course is to
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Performing Services
Transylvania Girl Scouts
Join National Observance
Nearly 400 Girl Scouts of Tran
sylvania county attended St.
Philip’s Episcopal, Sacred
Heart Catholic, and Bethel A
Baptist churches, in uniform
Sunday, March 8th, to begin the
celebration of the 52nd birth
day of Girl Scouting by demon
Farm Hiring
Day Set For
Next Tuesday
A farm employment day will
be held at the Court House
Tuesday, March 17th, from 10:00
a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
A farm placement representa
tive from the Employment Se
curity Office will conduct the
meeting, which will be open to
any person who uses farm labor
or any farm worker who wishes
to secure farm employment.
Part of the program concern
ing farm labor allows for im
portation of farm workers from
other states and areas, or for
sending local workers to other
areas, depending on the need.
stratir.g their duty to God, the
first part of the Girl Scout
promise.
The theme for Girl Scout
Week this year is “Girl Scout
ing—A Promise In Action” and
special features of the celebra
tion this week will be services
to troop sponsors and to the
community.
The big community service
project of the Pisgah Girl
Scout Council, comprising 16
Western North Carolina coun
cils, is the Drop Out Puppet
Shows to be given during March
and April by troops in their own
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Chamber Of Commerce Adopts
Record Budget Of $8,000.00
Many Matters
Acted Upon At
Tuesday Meet
The directors of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce
adopted a budget of S8,000 at
their regular monthly meet
ing in the library Tuesday
night.
The budget is the largest ever
adopted by the local chamber.
If represents an increase of S50C
o\ er last year's budget.
The directors also accepted
three proposals bv the finance
c-cnimittee that will be added to
the by-laws of the organisation
These proposals are:
(1) To nrorate the annual dues
of new members who have mov
ed into the county during the
year and who will not receive a
full year's benefits from the
chamber
(2) To move the cut off date
for the payment of dues and the
listing on the ballot back to Oc
tober 31, 1964.
(3) Keep moving this cut oft
date back one month each year
until the date has reached Au
gust 31.
President Bill Keith, who pre
sided, reported that he had at
tended a joint meeting of the
Brevard Recreation commission
and the Recreation committee of
the Chamber of Commerce or
the previous night at the Bre
vard Country club.
At that meeting, John An
derson, chairman of the com
mission, commended E. E. Fra
ser, manager of the club, on
the progress that is being
made on the golf course.
He described it as being in the
best condition that he had ever
seen it in during winter months.
With spring weather, it should
continue to improve.
Local golfers were encouraged
to join the club so the work could
be continued.
Immediate plans also call for
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Next Tuesday
Planning Board Will Discuss
Zone, Controls At Meeting
The Brevard Planning Board
will meet on Tuesday, March
17th, at 7:30 p. m., to consider
a full agenda of planning and
zoning matters, according to
an announcement made by
Charles F. Himes, chairman of
MANY TRANSYLVANIANS were
included in the delegation of some
5,000 persons supporting Judge Dan
K. Moore, as he paid his filing fee
in the Governor’s race at Raleigh last
Friday afternoon. Transylvania’s
Ernest Paxton, who was said to be
the oldest person attending the rally,
is shown in the center, flanked by
Judge Moore on the left, and Miss
Maria Beale Fletcher, Miss America
of 1962, at the right.
the board.
The meeting, which will be
held in the courtroom of the
county courthouse, will include
discussions on a proposed land
use plan to be presented by the
town’s staff planner, who has
been working on this project
for several months.
Other items of business
will include further considera
tion of the possibilities of ex
tra - territorial zoning which
would impose controls on the
use of land outside the city
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WPNF Will
Broadcast
Tournament
WPNF is making plans to car
ry the Brevard College game
next Tuesday night from the Na
tional Junior College Tourna
ment in Hutchinson, Kansas, be
ginning at 10:30 pm. local time.
Because of the distance, it
would be impassible for local
fans to travel with the Torna
does, to see the contest, so sta
tion officials began working on
plaits to broadcast the event live
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THE CENTRAL REGION SAFE
TY AWARD of the American Paper
and Pulp association went to the
Ecusta Paper Operations of Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation at
Pisjrah Forest. It was received by
A. J. Loeb, vice president, right, and
making the presentation is the asso
ciation's president, Maxwell D. Bar
deen. left.
Record Outstanding
Ecusta Wins Regional Safety
AwardPulp And Paper Group
I The Weather 1
Transylvania county received
another large dose, of precipita
tion during the nast week, on
top of wet and soggy soil, still
struggling to absorb the mois
ture of the past few weeks.
A total rainfall of over two
and-a-half inches was recorded
here during the past 7 days, ac
cording to the local weather ob
server.
Temperatures ranged from a
high of 70 last Wednesday to a
low of 22 last Friday morning,
with average highs and lows 66
and 39 degrees respectively.
Daily readings for the past
week were:
Wednesday _ 70 42 0.06
High Low Prec.
Thursday
67 45 1.40
Friday _
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday .
Tuesday
60 22 0.01
67 31 Trace
69 38 0.08
67 54 0.00
63 44 0.98
Fred Israel
Announces
Fred II. Israel, the incumbent
register of deeds, is seeking re
election, subject to the voters in
the May Democratic primary.
Mr. Israel was appointed to
the post last June, succeeding
Owen G. Lee, who resigned.
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“Nation’s Best”
Les Gotcher To Call Western
Style Square Dance Tuesday
Les G etcher, the most famous
western style square dance call- |
er in the country, will appear in
Erevard Tuesday, March 17th, at
the Brevard Senior High school
gym, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
The dance, sponsored by the
Sylvan Squares, is expected to
attract many square dancers
from surrounding areas.
The admission price for dan
cers will be S3.00 per couple and
will include a year’s subscrip
tion to Square ’N Round maga
zine. Spectators are invited free
of chaise.
In addition to calling at west
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LES GOTCHER
The Ecusta Paper Opera
tions of Olin Mathieson Chemi
cal corporation, Pisgah Forest,
has won the American Paper
and Pulp association’s Central
regional safety award.
It is presented to the company
achieving the lowest five-year
cumulative injury frequency
rate in the industry. j
A. J. I.oeb, division vice
president, accepted the plaque
from Maxwell D. Bardeen,
president ef the APPA, at a
ceremony during the recent
Paper week in The Waldorf
Astoria, New York.
The division’s record was in
the achievement of 15,694,554
man-hours worked with only 31
lost time disabling injuries, pro
viding, a five-year cumulative in-;
jury frequency rate of 1.98.
APPA is a federated asso
ciation made up of 12 divisions
which serve the needs of the
manufacturers of the partic
lar grades. Its headquarters j
are in New York.
Dates Set For
Applications,
Surplus Food
Transylvania county is par
ticipating in the surplus food
program. Application for the
food is made at the Welfare
department between 9:00 and
4:00 o’clock on the dates set
up according to townships.
Gloucester and Ho
township applications
taken on March 9th and 10
Eastatoe and Cathey’s
applications will be
again on March 12th.
Little Kiver, Dunn’s
and Bcyd applications
taken . u March 13th.
Bre rd inside and
will 1 Ween on March
and 1 x
It i ; ecessary to
come <' any mi
household
time, bring