THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 75—No. 14 * PAID AT BRSEECA°NDD nclacss 287I2 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1964 PRICE 10c * 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
1RANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Ksfiah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
AN ARCHITECT’S CONCEPTION of the new
tion of this ultra-modern structure has already been
center is shown above. The contract for construc
lakeside, open-air auditorium at the Brevard Music
awarded. Funds came from a countless number of
citizens and a Southern foundation. The balance
of the cost will be raised through a “A Seat For A
Song” campaign.
Total Income
Here Increases
By 6.3 Percent
Residents of Transylvania
county will benefit from the
recent reduction in tax rates
—but not on this Apra ijih.
^ Just at a time when the rec
ord-breaking tax elite is
up in their weekly paychecks,
they must sit down and calculate
^ their returns oh; the basis of last
year’s rates.
Their contribution to the
federal coffers, therefore, will
still be heavy. Washington is
counting on its being greater
than last year’s, when person
al tax returns from the local
area came to approximately
$2,131,000, including what was
collected via withholding.
The finding is based on the
report of the Internal Revenue
Service for the State of North
Carolina as a whole, together
with unofficial figures on earn
ings and income groupings lo
cally.
j They show tiiat Transylvan
V ia county residents contributed
0.33 percent of the total col
lected in the state, which was
$608,779,000.
Because income rose in most
sections cf the country during
the past year, the presumption
is that the current returns will
be proportionately higher.
In Transylvania county, on
the strength of incomplete
reports showing the change
in personal income in 1963, the
local contribution this year
should be about $2,301,000, an
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, April 2 — Kiwanis
. club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
► p.m. Lions club meets at Colon
ial Inn at 7:00 pjn. Masons meet
at Temple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3— Ace of Clubs
■meets at 8:00 p.m. Recital at
Brevard College auditorium at
8:00 pjn.
Sunday, April 5 — Stop Polio
Sunday. Clinics open 12:00 noon
to 6:00 p.m. Singing Convention
at Court House at 2:30 pm.
Monday, April 6— Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Transylvania County Democratic
Women meet at Gaither’s at 7:30
p.m.
esday, April 7 — Ace of
eets at 7:30 p.m. Eastern
leets at Temple at 8:00 pm.
April IMaytxes
at Berry’s at 7:00 pm.
At Calvert Site
American Thread Awards Five
Contracts For Building Plant
The general contract for
building the new plant of the
American Thread company at
Calvert has been awarded to
the G. E. Moore company, of
Greenwood, S. C.
\tork is ititrtr.etetJ ,io. heg'n im
. mediately,* with' grading slated
this week, company officials
state.
The other four phases cf Che
contract were awarded to the
following:
Fire protection - Carolina
Mechanical Contractors, Green
ville, S. C.
Air-conditioning - Bahnson
company, of Winston-Salem
Electrical work - Walker and
W'hitesides, Inc., Greenville,
S. C.
Switch gear work - West
inghouse Electrical corpora
tion.
Company officials also report
that Southern Kailway will begin
building sidings into the plant
site in the near future.
The contractors have in
formed the company that con
struction work could be com
pleted wilhin six months, with
weather permitting.
American Thread Company
President E. B. Shaw announced
earlier this year that his com
pany had purchased the Calvert
site, and he anticipated the new
mill being in full operation, by
■late 1965.
The modern building will
—Turn To Page Four
Health Officer Quoted
Third And Final ‘Stop Polio1
SuridayHs Slated, Plea Made
Transylvania county’s final
STOP POLIO Sunday Hill be
held this Sunday, April 5th,
'throughout the county.
Response has been good on the
first two clinics, with over 80%
of the citizens of Transylvania
receiving their oral Sabin Vac
cine.
This third dose, which is type
II polio strain, will complete Che
immunization series.
For those people who for
any reason missed either type
I or III these will be availa
ble later from the Health De
partment and from private
physicians offices.
Tetanus toxoid will again bo
offered for people wishing to
get a booster, or for completing
the basic series of two for these
who received their first shots six
weeks ago.
Over 1,200 tetanus shots
were given during the second
polio clinic.
To date Transylvania county
is the only county in the state
offering tetanus shots during the
polio clinics, and response has
been gratifying, Dr. John Fol
Has Perfect Attendance
Ray Burgin Named "Lion Of
The Year" By Brevard Club
Ray Burgin has been voted
the “Lion of the Year”, of the
Brevard Lions club.
Lion Burgin, who “operates a
grocery store in North Brevard,
has been a member of the Bre
vard Lions club since 1946.
He has had perfect attend
ance since that time.
Active in committee work, Mr.
Burgin is chairman of the at
tendance committee.
He has also been most active
on the sight conservation com
mittee.
He has held several offices in
the Lions club, including tail
twister, director and vice presi
dent.
In addition to bis year-round
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RAY BURGIN
ger, county health officer, says.
All individuals attending the
final polio clinic are reminded
to complete the red bordered
immunization record, and
bring these cards to the clinic.
These will be turned in at the
clinic and the information turn
ed over to industrial medical de
partments and private physicians
offices for purpose of perma
nent record keeping.
New Lakeside Auditorium To Be
Built At Brevard Music Center
Name To Honor
Bishop And Mrs.
Kenneth Pfohl
The Brevard Music Center
Board of Trustees has an
nounced the signing of the con
tract for the long-awaited con
struction of a new auditori
um which will be in use
on the lakeside of the pictures
que campsite by the 1064
"pcst-camp season." The new
building is the result of an ex
tended fund-raising campaign
triggered by a S“5,000 chal
lenge grant to the Brevard
Music Center from an anony
mous southern foundation. The
same campaign will ultimately
provide other needed additions
to the famous summer camp
for young musicians, located
at the end of Probart street.
James Christian Pfohl, presi
dent of the Brevard Music Cen
ter, extends heartfelt thanks to
all those who, through their
gifts, have made the new build
ing possible. Stage facilities in
the new structure will enable
the Brevard Music Center to of
fer programs of opera and bal
let to this summer’s crowds of
concert-goers— an exciting addi
tion to the usual schedule of
musical events awaiting those
who "follow the notes” to Bre
vard.
The new building, designed
by Henry J. Gaines, of Ashe
ville, will have a sloping floor
which will provide a clear
view of the performing group
for each visitor present. The
new opera-air concert hall is
to be built of redwood and na
tural stone on the lake side of
the picturesque campsite.
While the new auditorium pre
serves the rustic charm and
affinity with the natural sur
roundings of the old one, it of
fers better shelter from the
weather and greater listening
comfort. The builder is L.
Merchant of Merchant Con
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;?cpeduJe Carried
Rabies Clinics For Dogs Get
Underway In County April 4th
Clinics for vaccinating dogs
against rabies will start in
Transylvania on April 4th.
They will be held at various
locations throughout the coun
ty until May 12th.
The complete schedule is
carried on page 7, second sec
tion in this week’s newspaper.
The price for (he 3-year vac
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j The Weather I
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Just under two inches of pre
cipitation fell on Brevard during
the past week, with most of this
amount being recorded during
the 24-hour period ending at
6:00 p.m. last Thursday.
Temperatures ranged from a
low of 14 degrees to a high of 64.
Daily highs and lows based or.
■the highest and lowest tempera
tures during each 24-hour period
were 57 and 30 degrees, respec
tively.
Readings for the week were
as follows:
High Low Free
Wednesday_ 58 49 0.2f
Thursday_ 62 52 1.6?
Friday .. 57 23 0.00
Saturday_ 64 26 0.00
Sunday _ 53 32 0.00
Monday _... 47 17 0.0C
Tuesday_-- 55 14 0.00
Monday’s high reading of 41
degrees was actually the 6:00
p.m. temperature Sunday night
representing the 'highest reading
of the period. Monday af ternoon
the mercury reached only 37 de
grees.
cine is S2.00, and all dog own
ers are urged to have their
animals vaccinated.
The first clinic will be held
on April 4th at Merrill’s store,
Little River, from 2:00 until
4:00 p.m.
The schedule for April 7th
is as follows:
Blantyre Supply, Blantyre,
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Owenby’s store, Enon, 3:00
4:00 p.m.
For April 9th the schedule
is:
Pisgah Forest School - 4:00
5:30.
Boyd In Charge
Of Program At
Lions Meeting
The Brevard Lions Club will
meet Thursday, April 2nd, at
7:00 o’clock at the Colonial Inn.
Speaker for the meeting will
be Bob Boyd, chairman of the
Transylvania County Board of
Commissioners. He will speak
and show slides on his recent
trip to Russia.
All members are urged to at
tend.
A PORTRAIT OF T. C. HENDER
SON is being hung in the main office
of the school that bears his name in
upper Transylvania by Principal A.
L. Warren in the photograph above.
It was presented to the schni 1 at the
recent P-TA meeting.
(Times Staff ’hoto)
Portrait Presented
T. C. Henderson Called
“Pioneer School Man”
(Editor’s note: A tribute to
the late T. C. Henderson was
made at the last meeting or
the P-TA at the T. C. Hender
son school and a portrait was
presented for the main office.
A history, written by his broth
er, C. W. Henderson, was read,
and The Times is happy to
reprint it this week. It is en
titled: "T. Henderson—Pio
neer School Man”).
We are living in a different
world today from what we were
75 to 100 years ago. Our father,
G. W. Henderson, moved from
.Macon county to this settlement
in the year 1872 when T. C. was
one year old.
!Ie settled on the Old Sani
Cantrcl homestead, one of the
oldest settled places in all this
mountain country. Our home
was a big log cabin on top of
the hill about ‘i mile north of
the present Oak Grove Baptist
church.
The old house was floored
with puncheons hewed from
large poplar logs.
There were 11 children in
father's family. Mother carded,
spun and wave cloth on the old
fashioned loom to make all oar
clothes during our childhood
days. Father tanned his own
leather anti made shoes for the
entire family.
Worked Long Hours
While we were all children,
father found it necessary to work
away from home a great deal—
not 3 hours a day and 40 hours
a week, hut (i days a week from
sun tin to sun down. Not 50 cents
an hour, hut 50 cents a day for
at least 12 hours! flood Old Days!
How would you like to repeat
them? But when we hoys got big
enough to hoe our own row, liv
ing conditions began to change
for the better.
We managed someway to buy
three little heifer calves and in
a few years we were getting
plenty of milk to take the place
of spicewood tea. If we could
grow corn enough for our bread
we could not get along much
better.
At this time there wasn't any
church or religious services of
any kind in this settlement.
The only school building was
a little log cabin by the side of
the old County Road. The build
ing was made of small, round
logs and a stone chimney at
one end. The cracks were not
lined and the seats were made of
small logs sDlit open with the
flat sides turned un and round
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Program Highlights
WPNF Now Reporting On All
Exhibition Baseball Games
Hadio Station WPNF is now
giving complete coverage to the
1964 exhibition baseball games
being played by the major lea
gues, Al Martin, station manager,
announces today.
Afternoon games are covered
each evening at 6:20 p.m., on the
“Sports Review” as a part of
“Five Star Final.”
Each morning at 7:00 a.m., and
8:00 a.m., scores from the pre
vious day’s games are broadcast.
These reports will be expand
ed when the regular season ac
tivity begins, station officials
stated.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, soil conservation serv
ice. Grover McPherson: Friday,
station program; Monday, county
extension chairman; Tuesday,
N. C. forestry, Clark Grissom;
Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Jay
cees; Monday, Kiwanis club;
Wednesday, hospital auxiliary.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Frank Jor
dan, pastor of the Calvary Bap
—Tarn to Page Four
Churches Filled
Easter Sunday
The bright sun brought wor
shippers by the hundreds to
churches throughout Brevard
and Transylvania on Caster
Sunday as Christians celebrat
ed the Resurrection of Christ.
However, those persons at
tending the many Sunrise serv
ices faced chilling winds.
Most of the day was chilly,
and warm wraps covered
much ol' the Raster finery. At
daybreak the mercury was at
the freezing point of 32. Dur
ing the afternoon, it climbed
to 53.
Transylvania school students
are enjoying a vacation this
week, and schools will reopen
(in Monday.
Classes will be resumed at
Brevard College on Thursday
of this week.
Town and county offices
were closed on Easter Monday.
On Chilly
New Candidates
Are Named At
GOP Convention
A second session of the Tran
sylvania County Republican con
vention nominated three candi
dates for' the County Board of
Commissioners last Saturday
afternoon.
They are Ralph McCall, of Lit
tle River: Robert Powell, of T
man; and Robert Nicholson,
Brevard.
Peter F. Leone, of Breva
was nominated as the GOP’s
didate for the Transylvan
County Board of Education.
At the
vention
liam L
seek r
House (
first session of the <
February, Rep.
rd was nomina
cction to the
Representatives.
Edwi S. English is a
lican c. cbdae for Trans
Register of Deeds and '
Bishop is seeking the 1
lector post.