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TRANSYLVANIA
Industrial, Tourist, Edua
tional, Agricultural and Muic
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community 8,54(1
Brevard proper 4,857.
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Vol. 76—No. 35
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Schools
Now
Open
Schools in Brevard and Tran
sylvania opened as scheduled
Wednesday morning, and an
increase in enrollment was
noted at many of them.
“The opening was quiet and
without incident," said Supt.
Wayne Bradbum.
Classes were recessed by
neon, and the first full day of
school is slated on Thursday.
Lunchrooms will be in oper
ation on that day.
According to Mr. Bradbum,
all teacher vacancies have
been filled.
Since some families are on
vacation, the increase in en
rollment is expected to be
greater than it was on open
ing day.
Opening day figures and a
comparison with last year fol
low:
Brevard senior high - enrolled
714, slight increase
Brevard junior high - enrolled
654, more expected, enrolled
last year 625
Brevard elementary - enrolled,
820, enrolled last year 850,'
expects to equal last year
Straus elementary - enrolled
352, slight Increase
Penrose elementary - enrolled
268, no change
Pisgah Forest • enrolled 280,
no change
Rosenwald - enrolled 201, en
rolled last year 221, expects
to equal last year
fpRosman high - enrolled 285,
slight encrease
Bosnian elementary - enrolled
530, enrolled last year 517
T. C. Henderson - enrolled
188, slight increase
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Albert Watson
Opens Office
In Brevard
Albert Watson, who moved
to Brevard only 3 weeks, ago
has set up his insurance office
on East Main street.
*
Mr. Watson, his wife, George
Anna, and their 18-month old
son, Rusty, came to Brevard from
Macon, Georgia, where they had
lived since 1956.
The Watsons did not pick Bre
vard by accident. They had made
out a list of what they wanted
in a home and then started their
search. They spent a year and
a half looking all over Georgia,
South Carolina and finally pick
ed Brevard.
“I knew what I was looking
—Turn to Page Three
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thurseday, August 27 — BPW
dub meets at Camp Straus at
7:00 p m. Masons meet at Tem
ple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, August 28 — Football^
game, Brevard Senior High vs.
T. C. Roberson, 7:30 p.m. Ace
of Cluhs meets at 8:00 pan. Bre
vard Music Center Concert at
8:15 pan.
Saturday, August 29—Brevard
Music Center concert at 3:30 and
8:15 p.m.
Sunday, August 30 — Attend
the church of your choice. Bre
vard Music Center concert at 3:30
p.m.
Monday, August 31 — Rotary
chib meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, September 1 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 8:00 pm.
Wednesday, September 2 —
Toastmasters club meets at Gai
tbar’A at 6:30 pan. WOW meets
at Woodman Ball at 8:00 p.m.
AARON ROSAND, international
ly known violinist who was guest art
ist in two concerts here last weekend,
took time out from rehearsals to show
his famous violin, the Guarnerius del
Gesu of 1741, to some of the students.
Pictured from left to right are Tom
Lloyd, of Morgantown, West Virgin
ia; Judy Prokes, of Wichita, Kansas;
Richard Young, of Port Washington,
New York; and Mr. Rosand.
(Times Staff Photo)
Valued Instrument
History Of Aaron Rosand’s
Violin Dates Back To 1741
By - Dorothy Wallace
The first time he played on
the famous violin he now
owns, Aaron Rosand said, “I
lost my heart to it.”
The violin, a Guarnerius del
Gesu made in 1741,-is one of the
most highly prized in the world
today.
Mr. Rosand thrilled audi
ences last weekend at the Bre
vard Music Center when he
performed the Wieniawski Vio
lin Concerto No. 2 on Saturday
evening and the Concerto for
Violin by Khachaturian on
Simday afternoon.
The story about how he came
to own the famed violin is a fas
cinating and almost unbelieva
ble one.
About 10 years ago, Mr. Ros
and said, he and a friend spent
frequent evenings together
playing their violins. When
Mr. Rosand commented on the
quality of his friend’s instru
ment, the friend replied, “If
you think my violin is good,
you should hear my friend
Joe’s.”
Joe, an elderly man with an
incurable disease, kept the vio
lin in a vault at Wurlitzer’s. Mr.
Rosand went with his friend to
Wurlitzer’s where he played the
instrument. It was then that he
“lost his heart to to it”.
During the next two or three
years, he went as often as he
could to play the violin. He
wanted to buy it, he said, if it
was ever offered for sale.
Then one day he went in, hop
ing to talk the manager into let
ting him borrow the violin for a
concert. The manager answered
that the instrument was being
sold the following Monday to a
foundation.
As Mr. Rosand left, dazed
and brokenhearted, he met an
other musician friend. When
Gavin To Speak
Transylvania Republicans
Open Drive With Dinner
Transylvania Republicans, with
Robert L. Gavin, Republican can
didate lor Governor as speaker,
will open the 1964 election cam
paign in Transylvania county
with a fund raising dinner at the
he confided the reason he was
so upset, the friend answered,
“I’ll tell my landlady. She’ll
know what to do.”
It was a ridiculous remark, Mr.
Rosand thought. But his friend
proved to be right.
The landlady, after hearing the
touching story, called a friend of
hers who “would know what to
do."
A meeting was then arranged
for Mr. Rosand and the woman
for the following Friday. It
was hopeless, he felt, since
the violin was being sold on
Monday. But he kept the ap
pointment. They talked for a
while, and then the woman
asked if he would look at a vio
lin she had. She planned to
give it to a school, she said,
and wanted his opinion of it.
Then she took a violin from
the closet—his beloved Guarneri
us. The woman had the power of
attorney for the sale of the in
strument, and when the prospec
tive buyer, the foundation, did
not raise the money, she decided
the violin should belong to Aaron
Rosand.
Now he felt that it was meant
that the violin should be his.
But another serious problem
remained. Now he had to raise
the money. He was refused a
—Turn to Page Seven
Now In Operation
License Is Granted By State
To Kiddieland At Negro Center
The state Board of public
Welfare has issued a license
to Kiddleland for day care for
Negro children here.
Kiddieland is being operated
as a community service and is
sponsored by the Mary C. Jen
kins Community center.
Miss Juanita Hutchinson, who
has had the kindergarten group
for three years, is director of the
day care center. She attended a
day care workshop in Hender
sonville this summer in prepara
tion for this program.
The day care center, accom
modating seven or more chil
dren, offers an organized pro
gram, giving provision for
physical care and constructive
growth experiences to chil
dren who must be cared for
away from their families dur
ing the day.
Since day care is one of the
programs which safeguard the
community’s stake in the wei
—Turn to Page five
Masonic Temple on East Main
street in Brevard on Saturday,
September 5th, at 7:00 p.m„ ac
cording to an announcement
made today by Ralph L. Waldrop
chairman of the Republican Exe
cutive committee.
Mrs. Mae Mann, vice-chairman
of the Republican Executive com
mittee, is chairman of the ar
rangement committee. She is as
sisted by Mrs. William Leonard,
Mrs. Hank Bailey, Eugene King,
Sr., and Jack Wyatt.
Tickets for the dinner are on
sale by this committee, the pre
cinct chairman, members of the
executive committee and the lo
cal Republican candidates.
Clyde Roberts, of Marshall, Re
publican candidate for Congress
from the 11th district, Kent Cow
ard, of Sylva, chairman of the
11th district, Mrs. Robert Griffin,
of Asheville, vice-chairman of the
11th district and Scott Harvey,
of Arden, Republican candidate
for the State Senate, will be pres
ent at the dinner, Mr. Waldrop
stated.
j The Weather ]
A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
The past week saw tempera
tures ranging from a low of 55
degrees on Thursday morning
to a high of 87 degrees on Mon
day afternoon.
Average daily temperatures
were 83 and 59 degrees.
Rainfall for the week totaled
slightly under one and a quarter
inches, with most of this coming
Saturday night and early Sunday
morning
Daily readings for the period
are as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 79 58 0.12
Thursday 80 55 0.00
Friday 83 61 0.00
Saturday 82 62 0.00
Sunday 86 63 1.05
Monday 87 57 0.02
Tuesday 84 58 0.00
Board Of Elections Plans New
Registration In Transylvania
Clyde Clark
Honored By
US Bureau
Clyde C. Clark, of Caesars
Head, has been awarded a 30
year service pin by the U. S.
Department of Commerce
Weather Bureau. Presentation of
the award was made by Winston
L. Hurst, Weather Bureau field
aide for South Carolina, at Mr.
Clark's home last Friday.
Mr. Clark has been Caesars
Head’s cooperative weather ob
server since 1934. He has ren
dered the Weather Bureau a
valuable service with quality ob
servations, and a valuable record
of climatological knowledge is
now available.
Mr. Clark is one of nearly 13,
000 cooperative weather observ
ers across the nation. His reports
are used, with those of other ob
servers in S. C., in a monthly
climatological publication.
His equipment, furnished by
the Weather Bureau, is located
in his yard and consists of a
rain gage and a shelter which
houses a maximum and a min
imum thermometer.
Mr. Clark, by virtue of his long
length of service, will be writ
ten up in a forthcoming Weath
er Bureau nation-wide publica
tion, "The Cooperative Weather
Observer.”
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Look Inside..
Sports • pages 6 and 7, first
section
Editor’s Corner - page 5,
first section
News for the women - pages
6, second and third sections
Classifieds - pages 2 and 3,
first section
Farm news - page 4, third
section
Brevard Music center news
- third front
IT’S NOT JACK and the
beanstalk. This is Craig Hun
ter and a 17-foot tall sunflower
that is growing in front of his
grandparents’ motel, the Bre
vard Motor lodge. The flow
er, which grew with no help
from the Hunters, is 3 Inches
thick at the beae.
(Times Staff Photo)
A CERTIFICATE of appi’eciation was presented
to Dr. James Christian Pfohl, founder and director
of the Brevard Music Center, at the concert last
Friday night by the Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
The certificate was presented to Dr. Pfohl “whose
distinct contribution it has be*en to attract and gath
er a renowned and dedicated faculty, to discover
and train musically talented youth, and to assist in
the cultural and economic development of Brjfvard
and Transylvania County.” Making the presenta
tion, above, was William H. Keith, president of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce. v
(Times Staff Photo)
Auditorium Unfinished, So
Appearance Of Atlanta Civic
Ballet Postponed, Next Season
The Brevard Music Center an
nounces a major change In its
concert schedule for the week
end of August 28-29. The Atlan
ta Civic Ballet, which was to
have the first performances of
ballet presented at the “Summer
Music Capital of the South", will
rot appear this year.
Plans for the inauguration of
ballet at the Brevard Music Cen
ter were made with confidence
that the Center's new 1465-seat
auditorium would be completed
bv early August. The special
hardwood floor required for suc
cessful ballet performances
could not have been overlaid in
time to make presentations of
dance possible in the old audi
torium structure, and rains and
problems with terrain at the
building site made delays in the
r.ew construction unavoidable.
The Atlanta Civic Ballet is one
of the outstanding companies of
its type in the South, and the
Brevard Music Center is proud
to announce that its contract
dates have been transferred to
an appropriate time next sum
mer.
Substituting for the ballet in
concert Saturday afternoon, Au
gust 29, is the Brevard Festival
Orchestra with James Christian
Pfohl conducting. The orchestra
will play Brahms’ Variations on
a Theme by Haydn, the Pagaent
of P. T. Barnum by Douglas
Moore, Mendelssohn’s Symphony
Mo. 5 ("Reformation”), and Les
Prelude by Liszt. Concert time
is 3:30 p.m.
Definite plans for the fall
opening of the new auditorium
will be announced later. A gala
weekend of concerts is planned,
with the Brahms Requiem and
appropriate ceremonies dedicat
ing the structure in honor of Dr.
Pfohl's parents. Bishop and Mrs.
J Kenneth Pfohl of Winston-Sa
lem. The handsome redwood and
natural stone auditorium will be
the finest summer open-air con
cert hall anywhere in the coun
try.
Artists who appear at the Bre
vard Music Center during the
remainder of its 28th season are
—Turn to Page Seven
WPNF Program Highlights
Awarding Of Fine Prizes
Climaxes Treasure Hunt
The final weekly winner in
the 1964 Summer Treasure Hunt
was announced this week, and a
beautiful Channel Master cord
less table model radio was
awarded to Miss Sharon Fletch
er, of route 2, Brevard.
In addition, station manager,
A1 Martin, awarded a $100.00
cash prize to Mrs. Spehcer Mae
fie of Brevard, winner of the
summer Jackpot.
‘Each entry was included in
the drawing, regardless of the
number of correct answers on
it,” Mr. Martin said.
“To each of the many people
who entered our second annual
contest and to the fine merchants
who sponsored the program, we
at WPNF would like to express
our sincere thanks for making it
such a success,” he concluded.
A complete list of weekly win
ners and sponsors is carried in
—Torn to Page Seven
Books To Open
October 3rd,
Students Advised
The Transylvania Board of
Flections is planning to call
for a new registration before
the General Election in Novem
ber. The official notice for
this new registration will be
published at least 20 days be
fore the books are opened for
the new registration, J. O.
Wells, chairman of the board,
announces.
The registration books will be
open at 9 a m., on Saturday, Oc
tober 3rd.
The law provides that any
<me who is qualified to regis
ter and vote and will not be in
the county during the period
that the registration books are
open may register with the
Board of Elections at any time.
This announgement is being
made at this time so that stu
dents. teachers and others, who
will be out of the county during
the registration period, may reg
ister before they return to school
or leave for some other purpose.
In order to accommodate
those people who are working
and do not get off work until
5 o’clock, the Election Board
office will be open until G p.m.,
from August 27th until Sep
tember 15th. The office, how
ever. will not be open on Sat
urday afternoons.
All persons who will toe quali
fied to '.pte in the General Elec
tion and will not be in the county
—Turn to Page Five
College Will
Begin New
Term Sept. 13
Brevard College will open for
its fall semester on Sunday, Sep
tember 13th. when freshman
students will arrive.
Their orientation period will
last through Tuesday and they
will register on Wednesday
morning. Sophomore students
will register on Wednesday af
ternoon. and classes will begin
Thursday. September 17th.
A workshop for faculty mem
bers will be held prior to the
arrival of students, beginning
Wednesday, September 9th. Stu
dent leaders will also participate
in the workshop.
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School? Let
Times Go Too
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are going off to school and
college — and their parents,
too.
Let The Transylvania Times
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your home town paper which
is, as you know, chock full of
information and news about
all the doings in the Brevard
area.
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at school. Not at alL But it
will save you the time and
trouble of having to write
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if we do say it ourselves, The
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