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. 17 \ THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA—» The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance la PLsgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music FestivaL SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964 PRICE 10c ★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS of the Brevard Elks lodge were installed at the last regular meet ing. On the front row, from left to right, are: How ard Schmidt, trustee; Andrew Brown, esteemed leading knight; C. C. Johnson, exalted ruler; C. W. DeMuth, esteemed loyal knight; and Bob Hale, es quire. On the back row, left to right, are Ray Win Chester, secretary; Don Stoneback, trustee; Fran cis C. Flynn, chaplain; Paul Kellar, tyler; James Hawkins, inner guard; and Lehman Kapp, treasur er. Absent when the picture was made was J. Wil liam Arden, esteemed lecturing knight. (Times Staff Photo) Verdicts Are Handed Down, County Court Many verdicts were handed down in General County Court by Judge Robert T. Gash Monday. The next session of the court will convene on Tuesday, May 5th. Verdicts handed down includ ed the following: Marjorie Parrish Lockwood, charged with speeding, had to pay costs. Paul Benfield, charged with carrying concealed weapon, re sisting arrest and search, was given a suspended sentence on payment of costs. Thomas Straub Cooper and Fred Cooper, each charged with driving under the influence, had to pay $100 and costs. Joan Cole Daigrepont paid costs on an improper drivers li cense charge. Ernest Lee Brown paid costs on possession charges. Harvey Emanuel Mulenex, charged with improper registra tion, had to pay costs. Earl Barton was given a sus pended sentence on a non-sup port charge. James Blaine Brooks, charged with reckless driving, had to pay $25.00 and costs. Glenn Hogsed, charged with larceny, had to pay costs. D. Malford Jeter, charged with public drunkenness, had to pay costs. Earl Lewis, charged with im proper license, had to pay costs. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, April 23 — BPW ■meets at home of M’-s. Mamet Collins at 7:00 p.ro. Masons meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 24 — Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 25 — Demo cratic precinct meetings at 2:00 p-m. Sunday, April 26 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, April 27 — Rotary club meets at Gaither's at 7:00 p_m. Senior High P-TA meets in cafeteria at 7:30 pm. Music club meets at home of Mrs. Duncan Hunter at 8:00 pm. Tuesday, April 28 — 19th Dis trict Legion Auxiliary meeting at Gaither’s at 9:30 a.m. Ace of Clufbs meets at 7:30 p.m. Junior High P-TA meets in auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Civic Chorus meets at Brevard Methodist church at 8:00 pm. Elks meet at Lodge at 8:00 pm. Figures Released Rise In Cancer Mortality Is Said In Transylvania A new report on the inci dence of cancer in the United States shows just how Transyl vania county compares with other areas of the county in number of cases per year. The figures, compiled by the U.S. Public Health Sendee, shed light on the entire cancer pic ture locally — on lung cancer as well as on the other forms of the disease. The report makes its appear ance just in time for use this month, which has been desig ated by President Johnson as "Cancer Control Month.” Among residents of Transyl vania county, according to the official findings, there were 21 deaths from cancer of all types in the year ending January 1, 1063. The figures apply to resi dents only. Deaths locally of non-residents are not included. Of this number, however, lung cancer was responsible for only 3, or 14.3 percent of the total. Nationally, lung cancer amounts to 16.0 percent of the overall cancer mortality and, in the State of North Carolina, to 14.1 percent. In practically every part of the country, the report shows, long cancer nas been on tne rise In recent years. This is confirmed by the Amer ican Cancer Society, which has released a massive statistical study linking the increasing mor tality to heavy cigarette smoking. As to Transylvania county’s toll from all types of cancer, it has risen 10.5 percent in a per iod of three years. This compares with a 7.1 per cent rise in the United States and a rise of 16.7 percent in North Carolina. In the fight against cancer, —Turn to Page Foui Four Nabbed In Connection With Robbery Four men were arrested Tues day night in connection with the robbery recently at the Glouces ter Lumber company store at Eosman, Sheriff Carter McCall announces. Members of his department also nabbed much of the stolen property. Being held in the local jail '--"o- n Shelton, of Etowah; Lyle Holland and Paul Curtis of route 1, Brevard. Out on a $500 bond is Tim Mor gan. The sheriff said that Paul Jen kins, of Clyde, was also being held on a charge of receiving stolen property. Following Pattern Funeral Homes Ambulance Servi Funeral homes in Brevard are discontinuing ambulance service in the town s>nd r'oimtv, effective at midnight, June 30th, 1964. Owners of the Moore funeral home and the Frank Moody funeral home say that for many years ambulance serv ices have been performed by For Toastmasters "Jay" Byrne Will Represent WNC In State-Wide Contest John “Jay” Byrne, who is con nected with the RCA service divi sion at the tracking station, will represent Western North Caro lina in the state-wide Toastmas ters speaking contest in Charlotte on May 2nd. Mr. Byrne, the area winner in the contest held here last Febru ary, took first place in the sub division contest in Asheville last Saturday night. Mr. Byrne has been active in Toastmaster club work for many years He has won 18 speech contests, and during the year, 1901-’62, he was named “Toastmaster of the year” ait Alamance. Later he won an area contest in New Jersey, which included —Am to Page Fan JOHN “JAY” BYRNE Discontinue ce June 30 their concerns at a considera ble financial loss. Rising costs have reached the point that ambulance oper ation is jeopardizing the finan cial stability of their business es, they continue. By devoting full efforts and resources to the exclusive oper ation of their funeral homes, they say that they will be in a —Turn To Page Four ! The Weather j Spring’s first dry week left the ground around Brevard dry and dusty, with temperatures hover ing about 10 degrees above long time averages. Only on one moirning did the temperature drop below freez ing; that on last Thursday morn ing when it fell to 31 degrees. High mark for the week was reached Sunday afternoon when the thermometer climbed to 84. Average highs and lows were 77 and 43 degrees respectively. Readings for the week were as follows: High Low Wednesday- 68 40 Thursday_ 72 31 Friday_ 76 42 Saturday_ 78 51 Sunday__ 84 42 Monday..81 4# Tuesday-81 48 28 Transylvanians File Prior To Deadline, Registration Begins 2nd Demos To Hold Precinct Meets This Saturday Transylvania Democrats will hold precinct meetings this coming Saturday afternoon in all the voting places in the county. The meetings will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock, William A. -Bill” Lyday. the chairman, announces. The county convention will be held on Saturday, May Oth, here in the court house. It will also begin at 2:00 p.m. Chairman Lyday reports that Transylvania was well represent ed at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Raleigh last Saturday night. The event was most successful, he stated. All over North Carolina on April 25th in more than 2,000 precincts Democrats will begin the machinery designed to elect a President, Governor, Con gressmen, State and County officials in November. At each precinct meeting five persons, —Turn To Page Four I I Many Will Turn 18 In Transylvania By - Staff Writer In Transylvania county, a great wave of youngsters will be turning 18 soon. Beginning this summer and continuing through June, 1965, there will be a record number of 18th birthdays celebrated lo cally. That fact is significant and important. It has a bearing on the labor market, since many of these boys and girls will be finishing high school and be looking for jobs. It is of concern, also, to col lege registrars, because the num ber of 18-year-olds, locally and in most other parts of the coun try, who will want to go to col lege will be greater than in any previous year. The situation is brought to light by the Census Bureau. It states that 3,728,000 boys and girls in the United States will reach 18 in the 12-month period. That is nearly a million —Turn to Page Eight All Recreation Areas In Pisgah Now Opening Ranger Ted Seely announc ed the opening today of all rec reation areas on the Davidson River complex, including Syca more Flats, Davidson River, White Pines, Pink Beds and Coontree. Well troubles at Coontree have necessitated temporarily shutting off the water at this recreation area. Engineers are working on a solution and according to Ran ger Seely, this problem should be remedied in the near future. A new water system and a new sewage system have been installed at North Mills Recrea tion area to handle peak crowds expected this season. These will both be in operation by May 1st In the meantime, Ranger Seely requests that via* ttors bear with him while these improvements are in progress. REV. BEN F. ORMAND, right, is pictured pre senting Dr. Julius Sader a check for $1,000 from the Olin Charitable Trust, which clears the Tran sylvania Community Center of all indebtedness. Rev. Mr. O^Hiand has been campaign director for the Center since the drive for funds tdr purchase the building started over a year ago. Dr. Sader has been president of the Center since the organi zation was formed in 1962. This was Olin’s second contribution during the campaign. Thanks, Olin Trust Community Center Now Free Of Indebtedness! Belk s Annual Founder s Day Sale Underway Highlighting Belk’s 76th year, the annual Founder’s Day sale is now underway at the local store and all others across the country. Jim Smith, manager of the Brevard store, also takes this opportunity to announce that the local store will immediately start a complete re-modeling program that will take from 60 to 90 days to complete. “When the re-modeling is com pleted, we will have a store that everyone in Brevard and Tran sylvania County will be proud of,” Mr. Smith stated. He then emphasized that Belk’s would remain open while the construction work is going on. “We hope that any slight in convenience experienced by our many friends and customers —Turn to Page Eight Transylvania Com munity Center is free of all indebted ness as the results of a second contribution from the Olin Charitable Trust, it was an nounced today by Rev. Ben F. Ormand, campaign director. ‘The S1.000 check completed the fund drive which started over a year ago. Now that the build ing has been pain for the offi cers and directors can concen trate on the major repairs that are underway or must be made soon so that all of the facilities of the Center can be used by a larger number of groups and or ganizations,” Mr. Ormand said. Activities of the Transylvania Youth Association and other or ganizations are concentrated at the Center. Groups now meeting at the community center are: Garden club Transylvania Chapter of Re tired Persons Teen-Age club Kaylene’s Dance class Carolina Cloggers. Dr. Julius Sader has been pres —Turn to Page Foul WPNF Program Highlights Editorial Round-Up Being Carried On Radio Station Station manager A1 Martin an nounced today that WPNF is now carrying a special Editorial Round-up each Sunday afternoon immediately following the 1:00 p.m. news. The program features 10 min utes of editorial comment from leading newspapers across the country on important subjects of national interest. This week’s program wiH in dude a feature, “Civil Wrongs Don’t Bring Civil Right,” with ;omments by President Johnson and four national Negro leaders it the meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, D. C. The new program weeks to pre sent both sides of current con troversial issues as presented by leading editorialists from aH the to Page Seven Board Chairman Releases List All Candidates A total of 28 candidates filed for election in the May 30th primary or the November Gen eral Election prior to the filing deadline last Friday at noon. According to J. O. Wells, chair nan of the Board of Elections, ■egistration for the primary be gins on Saturday, May 2nd, and t will continue on May 9th and I6ih. The following Saturday will re challenge day. The complete list of candi dates filing in Transylvania is as follows: House of Representatives Jess A. Galloway (D) B. W. Thomason (D) Ligon B. Ard (D) William Leonard (Ri rax Collector Tony Ira Petit (D) James W. Hampton (D) Lawrence R. Hipps (D) William L. Bishop (R) Register of Deeds Fred Israel (D) Edwin S. English (R) County Commissioner R. M. Boyd (D) Owen G. Lee (D) Charles L. Newland (D) Donald Lee Moore (D) Kranz Whitmire (D) Hale Siniard Jr. (R) —Turn to Page Sevi Rolrert T. Powell (R) Social Security Benefits Total $90,009 Month! Social Security benefits dur ing the past year amounted to| $90,009.00 a month in Transyl-1 vania, Norris G. Grubbs, thel field representative for this| area announces. These benefits were paid to I 1,754 Transylvanians each | month. ‘'This is a tremendous boost I to the economy, since the ben-1 efits totalled more than a mil-| lion dollars during the year,” he stated. Benefits during the prev year amounted to $83,693.0 per month, with the nu of recipients being 1,630. A representative of the cial Security administration here in the Brevard house each second and fo Monday. Plea Is Made For Donations, Kennedy Libra Walter Cantrell,' Transylvania in the drive to raise North portion of funds for the Fitzgerald Kennedy library, nounces members of his tee. He urges that donations made immediately, and contributing $10 or more ceive tickets to a Hill on May Graham will speaker. Each adult for a person

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