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 A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival Vol. 75—No. 22 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. IIP CODE 28712 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1964 PRICE 10c ★ 32 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY DU PONT WILL HOLD “OPEN HOUSE” ★ ★★★★ ★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★ ★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★★★ Record Number Graduating At Brevard, Rosman Exercises Set During Coming Week At Schools It's graduation time in / Transylvanian county, and f * record number of graduates will receive diplomas at com mencement exercises during ^ the^coming week. Baccalaureate sermons will be preached at both Brevard and Bosnian Sunday evening, and graduation exercises art scheduled at Rosman next Monday night and at Brevard next Tuesday evening. Commence ment exerciser were held at Brevard College last Sunday afternoon. I)r. Emmett K. McLarty, president of Brevard College, will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Brevard senior high school Sunday night. Rev. Ben Ormand, Presby terian minister, will deliver the invocation and the benedic tion. Music will be provided by the Brevard High School Chorus. They will sing two numbers; “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” and “The King’s Highway.” The processional and the recessional will be played by Miss Judy Ryan. l|>At eight o’clock on June 9, 1964, the seniors will receive their diplomas. The class of ’64 has chosen as their theme, AJ'KnowIedge comes, but Wisdom —Turn to Page Five Cassels Will Open Another Brevard Store Cassels United Stores will open a new store, its 29th var iety store, in the L. E. Bagwell Shopping Center in Brevard ac cording to Paul Swayngham, rice president. The store will occupy 6,000 tquare feet of space and will be Modern in every respect, accord ing to Mr. Swayngham. The present Cassels store, lo .cated on South Broad street ad Tfeeent to the A&P Store, will remain in operation. Cassels, a division of MeCrory Corporation, operates variety stores in North and South Car olina and Georgia. The company will open five new stores this year, with three already sched uled next year. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, June 4 — Kiwaais club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets at Col onial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 5 — Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6 — Du Pont open house 10:00 am. to 7:00 p.m. Masons meet at Temple at 7:30 pm. Sunday, June 7 — Attend the church of your choice. Singing Convention at Court House at 2;00 p.m. Brevard Senior High baccalaureate service in audi torium at 8:00 pm. Rosman High baccalaureate service in audi torium at 8:00 pm. Monday, June 8 —Rotary dub meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 pm. Transylvania Shrine club meets at Berry’s at 7:00 pm. Rosman high graduation at 8:00 pm. Tuesday, June 9 — Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 pm. Brevard Senior High graduation at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Juae 10— Jatyona meet at Berry’s at 7:00 pm. Du Pont's New Photo Products Plant Has Picturesque Mountain Setting Morrison Announces Multi-Million Expansion Is Completed, Making X-Ray Film Start-up of a multi-million dollar plant near here to make new medical and industrial x-ray films based on “Cronar” polyester film was announced today by the Du Pont company. The plant is the first commer cial unit specifically designed to make medical x-ray films based on polyester. It will double the company’s capacity for ‘’Cronar”, a tough, optically clear, film now widely used for graphic arts, engineering reproduction, drafting, photorecording and mo tion picture films. The highly automated plant, under construction since Feb ruary 1962, provides jobs for approximately 500 persons and required about 900 construc tion workers at peak of activ ity. Three new medical films, nam ed “Cronex” x-ray films, is be ing produced at Brevard. They contain faster and improved emulsions developed after more than five years of research and development at the company’s Parlin, N. J., photographic prod ucts laboratory. Products range from a high speed film, providing reduced radiation exposure and good im age definition, to moderate speed films with high contrast and wide flexibility in exposure and pro cessing. Field experience has shown that the durability and moisture resistance of the poly ester base offers better perform —Turn to Page Three Budget Offered Board Of Aldermen In Busy Session This Week The Board of Aldermen Mon day night adopted a motion for improved sewerage systems and tabled the 1964-’65 budget estimate for public inspection. The motion as passed auth orizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into contract with the Harwood Beebe company for en gineering services in connection with improving the sewerage sys tem and sewage treatment plant. This action was taken in com pliance with the conditions of the permit issued by the State Stream Sanitation Commission, which allows the town to con tinue using its present facilities until November 1966. The budget estimate, as sub mitted by the Town Manager Bill Edens, and amended by the Board was set out for public in spection prior to its adoption. The budget calls for expand ed police service, improved garbage collection system and contains an appropriation for the first curb and gutter proj ect in Brevard. The Board also held a hear ing in which a motion was adopt ed denying the issuance of a per mit to operate the Brevard Billi ard Parlor to Walter Galloway —Turn to Page Two Tax Collections Continue Good The collection of 1963 taxes ill Brevard and Transylvania county continues good, Law rence Hipp, the tax collector, reported at board meetings this vreek. Of the charge of S98.378.90 ir Brevard, a total of S98.378.9C had been collected as of May 30. 1964. he stated. The percentage was 89.13 per cent. For Transylvania the 1963 charge was 8548,856.96, and —Turn to Page Seven Results in Elections Moore High Man In Contest For Board Of Commissioners Approximately 4,400 Demo crats and Republicans voted in Primary elections in Tran sylvania county last Saturday. Donald Lee Moore was high man in the hotly contested race for Board of County Com missioners. He polled 2,818 votes. Two other newcomers, Hale Siniard, Jr., and Dr. Charles L. Newland, were nominated by the Democrats. Their vote was: Siniard - 2,198 Newland - 2,151. The only incumbent member of the board seeking re-nomi nation was R. M. "Bob” Boyd. He ran fourth and was unseat ed. Others in the race were Owen G. Lee and Frantz Whit mire. Jess A. Galloway was the high man in the contest for House of Representatives. With a vote of 1,654, he defeated B. W. Thomason, who poled 1,560, and Ligon B. Ard, who had 1,007. Since Mr. Galloway did not poll a majority vote, Mr. Thomason can call for a run off, however, he had no state —Turn to Page Two Wrecks Reported Three Injured, Cars Are Demolished In Head-Ons Teachers List Is Announced Teachers for Transylvania’s schools for the new term are an nounced today by Supt. Wayne Bradburn. The remaining vacancies are expected to be filled in the im mediate future, Mr, Bradburr slates. By schools, the teachers are as follows: Brevard Senior High School Dr. N. A. Miller, Jr., principal Mrs. Sarah B. Abercrombie Mrs. Ruth H. Andrews R. K. Armstrong Mrs. Dian S. Brewton Mrs. Willis Brittain Cliff Brookshire Mrs. Rose N. Burrell Miss Rhuemma Carter Mrs. Carolyn W. Cook Landorf Deal Mrs. Alma L. Galloway Miss Eva Hardy Mrs. Anna M. Holliday .Mrs. Margaret M. Kimzey Randal J. Lyday Miss Jacqualaine McNabb Miss Mary Scott —Turn to Page Seven Official Returns In Transylvania’s Primary Election — May 30th, 1964 S eS o JS ° M >> o P5 U iH cS y •a U H c«U U 5 ° c o G ^ a> o co :S w +»■£ O PS ^ w ?-4 > S3 £ d o> X ^ c a H Ss 3 2 bo 3 ■at*, &4 o flj -O f this area are cordially invited to inspect the recently remodeled and great ly expanded l)u Pont plant, according to Albert B. Morri son, plant manager. The o< i-a sion will be "Open House" to which the public is invited on Saturday, June 6th. from 10:00 a.m., to 7:00 p.m. The plant, located 15 miles south of Brevard, was first plac ed in operation in 1958 for the manufacture of hyperpure sili con. .Now. following more than two years of construction activ ity. it is engaged in the manu facture of medical X-ray film. Visitors to the plant during “Open House” will have an opportunity to inspect these facilities which comprise the most modern photographic film manufacturing plant in the world. - The transition from silicon to medical X-ray film manufacture was accomplished without dis rupting the jobs of the 235 em ployees then working at the plant. Remodeling began early in 1962 even while production of silicon continued. As segments of the remodeled plant were made ready for the processing of iJ|lm. groups of production and IBaintenance employees were W ithdrawn from the silicon func tion, retrained, and assigned to their new duties. In its effort to protect its employees’ jobs, Du Pont has retrained a number of employees two or three times as additional areas of the plant became ready for startup. Xow, with employment ap proaching the 500 level, all em ployees have experienced the economic benefits of upgraded skills resulting from retrain ing. DuPont has been a competitor in the photographic film busi ness since 1920. As World War I drew to a close, the company began to search for ways to make use of its surplus capacity to produce smokeless powder based on nitrated cellulose. It was a natural and logical step, there —Turn to Page Six Jaycees Plan Many Summer Civic Projects The Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce made plans at their May 27th meeting for the light bulb - Kleenex sale on June 10th. 11th, and 12th. Plans were also discussed for the Sylvan Valley Folk Festival and Jayeee Beauty Pageant on July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Paul Atkins and Bill Vining are in charge of the event, and persons interested in participating may contact them. —— Program Highlights "D-Day Plus'20" Will Be Heard Friday Over WPNF WPNF will broadcast a spe cial salute on Friday to the men and women of the United States who participated in the D-Day action in Europe 20 years ago. The broadcast was prepared by Columbia Records for Phileo and was made available to the local station by Houston Furni ture company. The actual voices of such nota ble figures as Dwight D. Eisen hower, Franklin Delano Roose velt, WiiisKxm Churchill, Bernard Law Montgomery, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler and others will be heard on the program. It is narrated by Quentin Reyn olds. The program, “D-Day Plus 20," will be presented Friday evening, ‘ June 5th, at 7:05 p.m. The schedule for the and Home hour is Thursday, US.