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. 13
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
I’isgah .Vational Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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■k 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Brevard Fire Department Now Equipped With New Modern Tanker-Truck
The Brevard fire depart
ment, which is recognized as
one of the finest volunteer de
partments in the state, now
has a new 2,000 gallon tanker
fire truck ready for use.
While this truck is ideal foi
fighting rural fires, k is alsc
*4 adapted for urban use as watei
is available immediately upor
the truck’s arrival at a blaze.
In the meantime, lines can be
laid from the other trucks.
The new and modern tank
er-truck can pump more than
200 gallons of water per min
ute from ponds or streams.
H is also equipped with a can
vas reservoir which can store
some 1,800 gallons of water.
The new Engine No. 4 was pur
chased with donations from hun
dreds of citizens in Brevard and
Transylvania county.
F. L. “Buck" McCall is chair
man of the finance committee,'
and he expresses sincere ap
preciation to all persons, clubs,
industries and others who have
given to the campaign.
Many summer residents were
contributors, he states.
Actually, a total of 87,892.60
has been paid on the truck,
leaving a balance due of some
8400.09.
Members of the local fire de
partment have given more than
600 man-hours in assemblyin
the tanker on the bed, paintin
the truck, etc.
The six - months’ drive for
the truck began last October,
and Mr. McCall feels that the
work has been done in record
time. Simultaneously, the de
partment has continued its
weekly training sessions, and
schools for firemen from
throughout Western North
Carolina have been held here
at the fire training center
(Cape Canaveral) on the
Camp Illahee road.
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OFFICIALS of the Brevard volunteer fire de
partment are shown inspecting' Engine No. 4, the
latest addition to facilities of the department. It is
a tanker-truck which has a capacity of more than
2^,000 gallons of water. From left to right are:
J>ob Kilpatrick, who is in charge of all drivers;
I-. L. "Hack ’ McCall, who heads the finance com
mittee of the department; “Cap" D. R. Boyd, fire
chief; and Donald Kilpatrick, driver. (Staff Photo)
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE for the Com
munity Good Friday services here| on March 27th
is pictured above. Services will b4 held in 20-min
ute intervals from 12:00 noon until 3:00 o’clock at
the Wesleyan Methodist church on Whitmire street.
They are sponsored bv the Transylvania Ministerial
association, of which Rev. W. Harold Killian is the
president. From left to right are: Rev. Alfred D.
Rhyne, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Cood
Shepherd; Rev. .John W. Moretz, pastor of the Wes
leyan Methodist church; Rev. Ben Ormand, pastor
of the Brevard - Davidson River Presbyterian
church; and Mr. Killian, pastor of the First Baptist
church. (Times Staff Photo)
Many Baptist
Churches To
Hold Revivals
W -
Many Baptist churches in
the Transylvania Association
will take a leading role in
l the nation-wide Baptist Jubi
lee Revival campaign that
starts Sunday, March 29th and
continues through Sunday,
April 12th, according to an
announcement by the Rev. G.
H. Dellinger.
Baptist churches from the
Transylvania Association partic
ipating in the revival inol"',«' the
following; King street, Boyles
ton, Enon, Little River, Bre ard
First, Calvary, Grace, Dunn’s
Rock, Lake Toxaway, Temple,
Mt. Moriah Cherryfield, Carr’s
Hill and Turkey Creek.
The theme for the evangel
Ac crusade is “Spiritual Con
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i CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 26 — BPW
club meets at Berry’s at 7:00 p.m.
Republican Women meet at Gai
ther’s at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet
at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 27 — Good Fri
day services at Wesleyan Meth
odist church 12:00 noon to 3:00
p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00
p.m.
Saturday, March 28 — GOP
convention at court house at 2:00
p.m.
Sunday, March 29 — Easter
Sunday. Community Sunrise
service on college campus at 6:00
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Meeting Is Held
TV A Now Making Preliminary
Field Studies, French Broad
Three survey parties from
the Tennessee Valley Auth
ority are engaged in three pre
liminary field studies of the
French Broad river, the ter
rain, stream flow, etc.
Similar surveys will be made
in Henderson, Buncombe, Hay
wood and Madison counties.
The teams are expected to
complete their surveys in Tran
sylvania in about two weeks.
According to Paul Morris,
chief of the Maps and Survey
branch of TV A, the teams are
collecting basic information on
the possibility of small deten
tion dams for flood control.
' However, this does not mean
that we have plans for building
these dams," Mr. Morris told The
Times Wednesday morning.
The steering committee of
the Western North Carolina
Planning commission met with
officials of TVA last Friday
in Asheville and heard reports
on the study and on the over
all survey that is now under
way.
The commission will continue
to study the reports from the
Hat In Ring
Siniard Enters The Race
For County Commissioner
Hale “Guis” Siniard, Jr. today
announces his candidacy for the
office of county commissioner
of Transylvania county subject
to the will of the voters in the
May 30th Democratic primary.
A native of Transylvania, ilr.
Siniard has for 17 years been a
partner with his brother, W. O.
“Bud” Siniard, in Siniard Broth
ers Grading and Paving Company
of Brevard.
He is a graduate of Brevard
high school and served during
World War II in the United
States Navy. He is a member of
St. Timothy Methodist church,
;he Transylvania County Board
>f Public Welfare and the Dis
:rict I School Committee.
Mr. Siniard is married to the
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HALE SIMARD, JR.
five-county area. Actually, the
reports will be included in a
study to be presented jointly
next month by the TVA and
State College, Raleigh.
The group last Friday was
told that the reports them
selves are not a plan or pro
gram, but include data in
depth on the area’s human re
sources, agriculture, industry,
water and timber.
Donald E. Mattem, chief of
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GOP Convention
Will Continue
This Saturday
The Transylvania County Re
publican convention will be re
convened on Saturday, March
28th, in the courthouse in Bre
vard at 2:00 p.m., according to
an announcement made today by
Ralph L. Waldrop, chairman of
the Republican executive com
mittee.
The Republicans at their bi
annual convention held on Feb
ruary 8th, voted to recess and
reconvene on March 28th, for
the purpose of nominating can
didates for the Board of County
Commissioners and the Board of
Education for the November 3rd,
1964, General Election, Mr. Wal
drop stated.
Mr. Waldrop reminds ail Re
publicans and all Republican pre
cinct delegates to the county
convention to be present on
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Many Services To Highlight the
Easter Observance In Transylvania
Public Invited
To Good Friday
Event, 12 To 3
V .-The annual Community
Good Friday service sponsored
by the Transylvania County
Ministerial Association, will be
held from 12:00 noon until 3:00
o’clock Friday at the Brevard
Wesleyan Methodist church.
The service is divided into 20
minute segments, with eight min
isters participating. Special mus
is will be presented by the
churches represented.
Organists for the service will
be Kay E. Childers and Charles
Jolliff.
The Rev. John W. Maretz,
pastor of the Wesleyan Meth
odist church, will begin the
service at 12:00 noon with a
meditation. Other ministers,
who will speak on one of the
seven last words, will be heard
at the following times:
The Rev. Samuel A. Raper,
Bethel A BaDtist church, 12:20
12:40; the Rev. Alfred D. Rhyne,
Lutheran Church of the Good
Shepherd, 12:40-1:05: the Rev.
W. Harold Killian. First Baptist
church, 1:05-1:25 p.m.; the Rev.
Ben F. Ormand. Brevard-David
son River Presbyterian church,
1:35-1:50 p.m.: the Rev. Paul
Mims, Temple Baotist church,
1:50-2:10 p.m.; the Rev. Fred
erick F. Valentine, Jr., St. Phil
ip’s Episcopal church, 2:10-2:35
p.m.; the Rev. Charles Reichard,
Brevard Methodist church, 2:35
3:00 p.m.
f The Weather
Temperatures ranged from a t
low of 21 degrees last Thursday ;
morning to a high of 61 degrees i
on both Monday and Tuesday
afternoons of the past week.
(
Daily highs averaged out at ■
56 degrees with the arrival of
spring, and early morning lows
tipped the thermometer at an
average of 31 degrees during
the week.
Precipitation for the period
ending at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday of
this week was nine-tenths of one
inch.
Individual daily readings were
as follows: n
High Low Free. c|
Wednesday_ 60 37 Trace c
Thursday_ 58 21 .00 „
Friday .. 43 36 .64 ,
Saturday. 49 35 .26 -
Sunday .... 59 31 .00 c
Monday_61 25 .00
Tuesday.61 30 .00
| On Campaign Trail
I Clifton Blue Addresses
| Breakfast Meeting Here
I H. Clifton Blue., speaker of
f the 1933 House of Kepresen
| tatives and now a candidate
1 for the Democratic nomina
§ tion for lieutenant governor, ;
| brought his campaign to Bro- i
l vard Wednesday morning.
I fie spoke at a breakfast :f:
1 meeting in Gai.her’s Ithodo
| dendron room. Some 40 per- \
= sons attended.
§ After his visit here, he
I swung west to visit Swain and
§ surrounding counties and then
= to Cherokee.
I The 53-year-old resident of
= Aberdeen made a pica for
r more participation in govern
I ment.
1 "Today more than ever be
= fore every man. woman and
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I
CLIFTON BLUE
mi mini inmii in mini minimum, m,mm,
Cases Listed
Civil Calendar Will Be
Heard In Court Monday
The Civil Calendar of the
March-April term cf Superior
court in Transylvania will be
heard on Monday, March 30th,
Marvin McCall, clerk of court,
announces.
The regular jury is to report
n Monday at 9:30 a.m., however,
he Grand Jury does not have to
ppear in court until Tuesday
riorning.
Civil cases to be heard on Mon
jy and the order in which they
are on -;he docket are as follows:
1 ■ Lousie Stevens Hooper
vs. Kermit Walter Reese
2 - Lloyd McCall vs. State
Highway commission
3 • Arnold L. Monteith vs.
Dover C. Hudson
4 - Robert Wade Scruggs vs.
Willis Ray Gevedon
3 ■ Juanell P. Haley vs.
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Program Highlights
WPNF Will Be On The Air
At 6.00 This Sunday Morning
Station manager A1 Martin an
ounced today that the local ra
io station in cooperation with
itizens Telephone Company
ill present a live broadcast of
ie annual Easter Sunrise Serv
e from the campus of Brevard
ollege.
The sendees are held each
year in the Pickelsimer Memorial
Gardens on Che college campus.
Again this year, the plans for
the event are under the direc
tion of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Broadcast time for the service
will he e:00 a.m. as it takes
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Schools Close
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All Next Week,
Offices Monday
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Churches throughout Bre
vard and Transylvania county "
arj; panning special Faster
services on Sunday, and sev
eral Sunrise services are slat
ed.
The Jaycees will again spon
sor the Community-wide Sun
rise service on the campus of
Brevard College. It will begin
at (>:()() o’clock.
Public schools in Transyl
vania will have spring holidays
all next week. Classes will be
recessed at 3:0!) o'clock Friday
afternoon, Supt. Wayne Brad
burn states.
Brevard College began hol
idays at noon on Wednesday,
and classes w^ill he resumed
on Thursday, April 2nd.
Town and county offices will
be closed on Monday for the
Easter observance. However,
the clerk of court's office will
he open, since the civil calen
dar of the March - April term
of Superior court will be heard
on that day.
The First Union National
hank and Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association
will close Monday. Pisgah In
dustrial Loans will remain
open.
Parcel Post
Rate Boost
Set April 1
The Parcel
approved recently by
terstate Commerce
don and averaging about 13.1
per cent, is expected to yield
about S75.4 million an
Catalog rates will
ed approximately 13 per
md will produce added
lie of :•!:«,m 82.4 million
I’olunu
Feet
nation:
April 1 has been set as the
effective date for the new
cel Post rate increase.