TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census,
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—0
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
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PLsgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
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Vol. 75—No. 19
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PAID AT BREVARD, N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964
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★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AN ARCHITECTS DRAWING of the new plant
of the American Thread company at Calvert is shown
above. Construcion is well underway, and some 250
local persons are expected to be employed when
the plan is completed. David E. Howe, director of
operations, delivered an informative address on the
company last Friday at the annual Rosman Cham
ber of Commerce banquet, and details of his talk,
along with another picture, are carried elsewhere
in t his week’s edition of The Times.
Many Tried
In General
County Court
Many verdicts were handed
down in General County Court
this week by Judge Robert T.
Gash.
The court was recessed on
Tuesday and Wednesday since
local attorneys ‘ and the jury
were called to try a case in
Hendersonville.
Cases heagdLyere follows:
JSi" 'Junioy MeCftli, Harold
Richard Sltton, Arthur Alex
ander McCrary, Lloyd Comp
ton, Vernon McCall, Jack Blan
ton Ashworth, Julius Cort Gal
loway, and Henry G. Braswell,
charged with reckless driving,
had to pay $25.00 and costs
each.
Albert William Rogers,
charged with improper drivers
license, had to pay costs.
Robert Lewis Barnes, Daniel
Jeffery Zumstein, and Call
LUiott were each charged with
driving too fast for road con
ditions and each had to pay
costs.
James D. Shelton, charged
with malicious destruction of
personal property, was given
a prison sentence of 5 to 9
months.
James Johnstone, charged
with inadequate support, was
ordered to make certain pay
ments.
James Gordon McCollum,
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 7 — Kiwanis
Club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 8 — Recital at
Brevard College at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 9 — Registra
tion for Primary continues at
9:00 a.m. Recital at Brevard Col
lege at 1:30 p.m. Democratic
county convention at court house
at 2:00 p.m. Elks dinner-dance
at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 10 — Mother’s
Day. Attend the church of your
choice. Brevard College recital
at Brevard Methodist church at
4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 11 — Brevard
Elementary P-TA meets in cafe
teria at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 12 — Hospital
auxiliary meets at 10:00 a.m. Ace
of Clubs meets at 7:30 pm.
Chamber of Commerce directors
meet at Library at 7:30 p.m. Elks
meet at 8:00 p.m. Brevard Civic
Chorus meets at Brevard Meth
odist church at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 13 — Jay
cees meet at Berry's at TOO p.m.
Event Successful
American Thread Official Is
Heard At Rosman Banquet
David E. Howe, director of
operations, American Thread
company, sketched in several
of the details on his company’s
new Sylvan Plant now being
built in nearby Calvert, at the
annual Kosman Chamber of
Commerce banquet last Friday
night in the school cafeteria.
He said the new facility would
he “a modern, efficient plan',
with the latest equipment for'
producing yarns under clean,
conditions.”
Among the points of interest:
“It will probably be the first
all-electric textile mill in the
country. There will be no
smoke, no dirt, because there
will be no smokestack."
It will also provide:
Precision controlled temper
ature and humidity,
Special ductwork to draw
dust and lint from the air,
Fully automatic floor clean
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Beginning At 2:00
Democrats To Hold County
Convention This Saturday
Transylvania Democrats will
hold their county convention
here on Saturday in the court
house, beginning promptly at
2:00 o’clock.
According to Bill Lyday,
chairman, the convention is
being held for the purpose of
electing new officers for a two
year term.
Delegates to the State Con
vention on May 20th, will also
be appointed.
Each precinct sends a chair
man and a vice chairman to
the convention, and each will
have a vote, Mr. Lyday says.
AH Democratic candidates
in the county are expected to
attend the convention, and
they will be recognized.
In addition to Mr. Lydiy,
other current officers ar°:
Mrs. Julia Fisher - 1st vice
chairman
C. Few Lyda - 2nd vice chair
man
Mrs. Nancy Gillespie - 3rd
vice chairman
Mrs. Margaret Knoth - sec
retary
J. Bruce Morton - treasurer
DR. JOHN B. BENNETT
MRS. MARY G. LOBDELL
F. N. EGERTON
Three Facu Ity Resignations A re
Announced At Brevard College
Dr. John B. Bennett has re
signed from his post as Dean
of Brevard College to accept
an appointment as Professor of
Philosophy at Western Caro
lina College beginning with the
September, 1964, term.
In announcing Dean Bennett’s
resignation, President Emmett
K. McLarty said, “Because of his
total commitment to the goal of
excellence in all phases of the
college program, Dean Bennett
has had a pervasive influence in
the development of Brevard’s
present stature.
“Specifically responsible for
all educational affairs and ac
tivities of the college, he has
guided the Academic Standards
Committee in redesigning the
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Mrs. Mary Gladys Lobdell, whc
has served on the faculty of Bre
vard College since 1942 as teach
er of Biology, has elected to re
tire, effective June, 1964.
In announcing her retire
ment, President McLarty said:
“The sustained contribution
she has made will not be re
tired from a place of influence
in the college nor from being
multiplied through the work
of those who have had the
good fortune to study with
her.”
Mrs. Lobdell earned here B.S
degree in botany from Mississipp
State College for Women, hei
MB. degree in entomology an<
zoology frotn the University a
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President Emmett K. Me
Larty has announced that
Frank N. Egerton, who has
been teaching physiss and
mathematics at Brevard for the
past eight years, will resign at
the end of this semester.
Mr. Egerton was appointed tc
the faculty in 1956. His teaching
career Included positions at Trin
ity College, Princeton University
Rutgers University, University oi
Georgia, Louisburg College, and
Duke University.
President McLarty reported
that Dr. Ora L. RaiLsback, of
Clarendon Hills, Illinois, has
been appointed to the post held
by Mr. Egerton.
Dr. RaiiSback was head of the
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Construction Beg ins On The Beam
Administration Building, College
Campus Centei
Renovation Is
Also Planned
Ground has been broken aid
construction is being storied
on the new Iteani Administra
tion building at Brevard Col
lege.
According to Dr. Emmett K
■McCarty. president, the building
is being erected at a cost of
SI81.000.00. Funds were made
possible by a challenge grant o£
$100,000.00, from C. Grier Beam,
of Cherryville, who is a member
of the Board of Trustees of the
college.
Mi. Beam’s gift was match
<■(1 by the amount of S125,
000.00, subscribed from indus
tries, townspeople of Brevard,
the alumni, the trustees and
friends of the college every
where.
Besides covering the cost of
the new Administration building,
the funds will be used to build
new campus roads and to reno
vate the Campus Center building
for the music department.
The cafeteria will also be en
larged to double its capacity.
The new administration
building is being erected in
the quadrangle with the Sci
ence building, which was com
pleted some three years ago.
The next building on the site
will be a classroom structure of
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I The Weather j
Q 'IIKJII11II IMilll 11 Hill 1111IMI1111UMI mill, imilllp]
Another wet week is behind
us as Brevard recorded almost
one and a half inches of preci
tation during the past seven day
period. \
Temperatures varied from a !
low of 37 degrees last Thursday 1
morning to a high of 78 this past
Tuesday afternoon.
The average high and low
readings for the week were 70
and 44 degrees, respectively
Daily readings for the week
were as follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Tree.
74
73
72
56
64
74
78
45
37
39
48
48
48
41
.38
.00
.00 1
.51 t
.57 1
.00 !
.00 l
Tax Collections
1
1
Continue Good '
The collection of 1963 taxes
in Brevard, Bosnian and Tran
sylvania county continues good,
Lawrence Hipp, the tax collec
tor, reported at board meet
ings this week.
Of the charge of $98,378.90 in '
Brevard, a total of $83,454.08 ,
had been collected as of April
3, 1964, he stated.
The percentage was 84.83
per cent.
For Rosrnan, collections total
ed $2,493.23, of the charge of
$2,992.50. Percentage • wise, this
was 83.32%.
For Transylvania the 1963 <
charge was $548,856.96, and 1
collections for this year were 1
$490,389.56. i
The percentage was 89.35%.
Mr. Hipp reported to the ]
county commissioners that dur- j
big the past three-year period (
the charge has increased from ,
$444,874.79 to $548,856.96 for j
a gain of $103,982.17. o
Mr. Hipp also reports that
he has collections totalling ]
$18,360.35 on hand, which are :
unreported. These are back ;
and current tax collections.
THE BREVARD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE has recently completed
installation of new signs located near
the city limits on the three major
highways leading into Brevard.
Shown above, left to right, are Cham
her President Bill Keith ; Dr. Emmett i
K. McLarty, who sketched the origi- ’
nal design ; and A1 Martin, who heads
the committee which ordered and in
stalled the signs. (Times Staff Photo)
!
Seeking Solution
Discontinuance Of Ambulance
Service Discussed At Meeting
_1 . ' , k- •!.. il '_ - :
The Transylvania Board of
County Commissioners dis
cussed at length the discon
tinuance of ambulance service
on June 30th by the funeral
homes at their May meeting
this week.
County Attorney Jack Hudson
eported that by law the com
nissioners were unable to per
orm this service at this time.
Counties which are in the
ambulance business, he said,
were either doing it without
authority or by a special act
of the legislature.
The commissioners are asking
he Board of Trustees at the
ocal hospital to give considera
ion to the matter.
They are also asking the two
uneral homes in Brevard to con
inue to give this service at least
or another year until they could
;et some legislative action. It
rould also be necessary to put
• in the following year’s budget.
If a solution is not found in
he immediate future, the com
nissioners are going to call a
mblic meeting in order to dis
uss the situation further.
In other action at this week’s
meeting, the commissioners
granted $3,500 for expansion
of the library as requested by
Mrs. Oliver Orr, Charles L.
Russell and Mrs. Lehman
Kapp, the librarian.
One Ordinance Adopted
Board Holds Long Session
Monday, Paving Is Planned
Registration
Continues
Saturday
Registration for the Primary
Election on May 30th will con
tinue on Saturday and also on
May 16th, J. O. Wells, chair
man of the Board of Elections,
announces.
Registration on the first day
was light, because of the bad
weather, Mr. Wells states.
This is not a new registra
tion, but all persons who have
moved from one precinct to an
other or into Transylvania from
another county must register.
Also persons becoming 21
years of age who are not reg
istered must do so, he states.
“In this connection, if a per
son becomes 21 between now
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WPNF Program Highlights
Coverage Of News On
Weekends Said Good
WPNF is now serving this
leneral area with complete news
overage during the weekend,
vhen other news media usually
lave something of a slack period,
iccording to station officials.
Program director Fred Reiter
mints out that the local station
s a full member of the Associat
ed Press, and thereby receives
■omplete reports on regional, na
ional and international develop
nents 24 hours daily.
Each weekend the station car
ies a total of 32 world, state,
ocal, or sports summaries, in
iddition to 16 “Weather Weird”
jroadcasts heard houriy through
cut the clay Monday through Sat
urday.
All of the local news carried
by the station is edited by the
staff of The Transylvania Times,
and persons having items of in
terest for use on either of the
twice - daily broadcasts, are
asked to make reports directly
to The Times staff.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thurs
day, Rosman home ec. dept., Mrs.
Vera Taylor; Friday, ASC office;
Monday, county freW-*81"* chair
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Brevard’s aldermen discuss-.
ed several matters at their
May meeting this week, and
took action on other items dur
ing the lengthy session.
An ordinance concerning job
classification and pay plan for
[own employees was adopted. ...
This was described as a
progressive move, and the or
dinance is posted at the City
llall.
couni
The aldermen had been aske
lo do something about ambuli
service in the town and
after June 30th.
The two funeral homes
vard are discontinuing the
bulancc business as of this
After much discussion,
aldermen concluded that
the town cannot
lance service.
Several streets
will be paved * " *
fund of $4,000
for this work.
Music Lovers ]
Club A wan
Scholarshii
Two scholarships of
each have been awarded b
Brevard Music Lovers Ch
study during the 1964-65
year.
Winners are Miss Judy
a piano student of Mrs. Arte
Miller, and Steve Owen, a
student of Charles Jolliff.
Miss Ryan, is the 16-y
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Ryan, of Brevard. Steve, 1
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen, of Rosman.
Auditions were held
evening in the Brevet!
auditorium. Mre. -
was chairman of the