TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community 8,500,
Brevard proper 4,857.
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TRANSYLVANIA—t
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j Pisgah National Forest and
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Vol. 76—No. 36
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
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Hospital Has
Services Of
' The Transylvania Community
hospital now has the services of
two outstanding radiologists,
John Bailey, the administrator,
announces.
They are Dr. Karl F. Kaufman
and Dr. Russell E. Herring, Jr.,
both of Hendersonville.
Mr. Bailey says the two spe
cialists will be on duty each Tues
day at the local hospital for con
sultation and diagnostic work.
This added service is in coop
eration with the medical staff,
the Transylvania Medical Society,
the Board of Trustees and the
administration of the hospital.
The new service began on
Tuesday of this week.
Dr. Kaufman is a diplomat of
the American Board of Radiolo
gy, a member of the American
College of Radiology, a member
of the Radiological Society of
North America and a member of
, the North Carolina Radiological
’ society as well as other groups
and societies.
^He
le came to Hendersonville in
1948 from St. Vincent’s Charity
Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio. He
was firist at the old Patton hos
j|tal as radiologist and has been
4 the Pardee Memorial hospital
since.
During World War II, he serv
ed in the Air Force.
He graduated at Ohio State
College of Medicine in i935, and
served his internship at St.
Luke’s hospital in Cleveland.
1
Dr. Herring joined Dr. Kauf
man in radiology in August of
this year. He came to Hender
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[l Outdoor Art
n
Exhibit Set
On 4th, 5th
i An outaoor art exhibit will be
Ifcheld Friday and Saturday, Sep
^pember 4th and 5th, on the lawn
Ln front of the Transylvania
r^lounty Library.
Artists in the area are in
vited to participate, and all me
dia will be accepted. Entries
should be framed or matted and
show the artist’s name and
price, or notation stating not
for sale. There will also be a
table for folios.
Entries should be taken to the
Library by 10:00 a. m. Friday
morning. There is no entry fee.
A local Boy Scout troop will
assist with arrangements.
A painting will be given away
uring the exhibit.
Those desiring addition infor
mation may contact Mrs. E. V.
Dillinghami H83-5520, or Mrs.
Ray Burgin, 383-3668.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, September 3 — Ki
wanis club meets at Camp Straus
at 6:00 p;m. Lions meet at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 4—Outdoor
art exhibit in front of library.
Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Brevard Music Center concert
at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, September 5—Out
door art exhibit. GOP fund
raising dinner at Masonic Tem
ple at 7:00 pm. Brevard Music
Center concert at 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, September 6—Attend
the church of your choice. Sing
ing at court bouse at 2:00 p.m.
Brevard Music Center concert at
3:30 pm.
Monday, September 7—Labor
Day.
Tuesday, September 8—Hospi
tal auxiliary meets at 10:00 am.
Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 pm.
Eastern Star meets at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 9 —
Jffcpcees meet at Beny’b at W)0
pm.
HERE ARE TRANSYLVANIA’S
eight girl school bus drivers. And
from all reports, they’re tops. Their
safety record is outstanding, and
school officials say they have all the
necessary knowledge and skill to han
dle the large, yellow vehicles. Tran
sylvania’s first girl school bus driver
was Doris Chapman, at Rosman, and
pictured above, from left to right,
are: Noranda Sitton. Judy Jones,
Judy Wilson, Nancy Cordell, Sandra
Singletary, Renolga Whitmire, San
dra Whitmire and Candetta JaiTett.
Four of the group are drivers at Ros
man, while the other four drive Bre
vard buses, (Times Staff Photo)
On The Scene Reporting
Activities In Space Creates
Excitement, Tracking Station
By • Dorothy Wallace
A sense of excitement cou
pled with a great deal of activ
ity surrounds what Transyl
vanians now refer to as the
tracking station.
The host of engineers spend
their time tracking satellites
across the heavens, receiving in
formation from them and relay
ing it to Goddard Space Flight
center at Greenbelt, Maryland.
These days they actually fol
low a satellite as many as five
or six times a day, depending
on how fast the satellite orbits
the earth.
It is a fascination experience
to see and hear what actually
happens during one of these
“trackings”.
Tuesday morning they track
ed an 850 pound Nimbus, a
weather satellite, orbiting
some 525 miles above the
earth.
Prior to the actual contact,
there were numerous equipment
checks. A dozen or so men with
head phones plugged into panels
with colorful lights flashing off
and on maintained constant con
tact with Goddard. In the mean
time, the antenna had been put
into the predicted position to
pick up the satellite. The engi
neers knew what to expect—they
had already tracked this same
satellite a couple of hours ear
lier.
The tracking station acquir
ed the satellite, the time code
from the satellite was checked
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Program Highlights
WPNF Has Full Schedule
Of Football For Season
In addition to carrying se
lected games from the Brevard
Blue Devils and Bosnian Tigers
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| The Weather |
Tropical storm Cleo, hav
ing taken her hurricane wrath
out on the Sunshine state,
dumped almost four-and-a-half
inches of rain on Brevard ov
er the weekend, although she
remained along the coast.
Total rainfall for the past
week was a healthy 5.45 inches,
with well over half this amount
coming during the 24-hour per
iod ending at 6 p. m. on Sun
day.
Daily temperatures ranged
from a low of 56 to a high of
86 degrees during the week,
with averages of 60 and 79
degrees.
Readings for the past
days are as follows:
High Low
Wednesday 86 56
Thursday 79 59
Friday 78 61
Saturday 73 60
Sunday 74 62
Monday 84 64
Tuesday 82 56
seven
Prec.
0.00
0.77
0.23
1.25
3.11
0.09
0.00
football schedules. WPNF will
be broadcasting both Western
Carolina and University of North
Carolina football games this sea
son, according to an announce
ment from station officials.
Local games will be handled
by WPNF's sports staff consist
ing of A1 Martin as play-by-play
man, John Gosnell and A1 Rhyne
as spotters, and Bill Norris ol
The Times staff as statistician.
University of North Caroline
games will be described by Bill
Currie, sportscaster for WSOC
TV in Charlotte and play-by-play
man of the Carolina Sports Net
work.
Zeb Lee, popular broadcaster
from WSKY in Asheville, will
do the Western Carolina games
on a special four station net
work in this part of the state.
Mr. Martin. manager ol
WPNF, expressed pleasure at
being able to carry such an ex
panded sports schedule this sea
son and stated that listener com
ments would be greatly appre
ciated.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home Hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Caro
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Labor Day Activities Here To
Climax Excellent Tourist Season
Second Annual
Du Pont Picnic
Slated Saturday
-—:—
The second annual Du Pont I
Employees Recreation Associa- |
tion (DERA) picnic will be held j
this Saturday, Sept. 5th, at the !
old Guion estate in Sky Valley. I
There will be games, contests, !
swimming, fishing, boating, etc., I
and silver dollars will be award- j
cd as prizes.
Refreshments—hot dogs, ham- j
burgers, ice cream, cold drinks j
—will be served free all day.
Some 1.200 to 1.400 persons j
are expected to attend.
In case of rain, the event will |
be postponed until the follow- I
ing Saturday.
According to A1 Morrison,
plant manager, announcement
will be made if the picnic is to
be held early Saturday morning
over WPNF, Brevard, and “
VVHKP, Hendersonville, should
the weather be threatening.
The Hendersonville doggers
will perform during the day,
and other entertainment is
scheduled. A string band will
be on hand to furnish music.
Curriculum At
High School
Vastly Expanded
The first Distributive Edu
cation program in Transylvania
county has been established at
Brevard senior high school,
N. A. Miller, principal, an
nounced today.
The Distributive Education
curriculum is a part of the great
iy expanded vocational program
which is now in operation at the
senior high school. The coordi
nator lor the new course is Mary
K. Scott, of Jore Lane, Woodland
Terrace.
The Distributive Education
program offers both prepara
tory and cooperative vocation
al training and has as the aim
the preparation of young men
and women for careers in
some area of the distribution
process. Preparatory students
will concentrate on classroom
instruction with some limited
work experience provided. The
student in the cooperative Dis
tributive Education program
will divide his time between (
school and on-the-job-training. .
Various business organizations
in the community which are 1
engaged in distribution of
goods are participating in (his i
new educational project. <
Students are being accepted ‘
from the junior and senior class- ,
es on the basis of interest, apti
tudes and career objectives.
High school credit will be given i
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Next Week
Huggin Participates In
College Opening Sessions
Stores, Offices
Close Monday,
Schools Operate
Brevard College will of
ficially begin its new school
year with the Faculty-Staff
Student Work conference
to be held September 9th
through September 12th.
Various phases of the col
lege program will be discuss
ed by administrative officials
of the institution, and new
plans will be projected for
future growth and ♦improve
ment of the college.
Inspirational speaker for
the conference will be Dr.
James C. ' uggin, minister
of Wesley Memorial Metho
dist Church in High Point.
A dinner for faculty and
staff wives and husbands will
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DR. JAMES C. HUGGIN
*b
Saturday Night
Gavin To Address Local
Republican Dinner-Meet
Robert L. Gavin, Republican
candidate for Governor, will be
•he prineipab^peaker at a fund
;aising dinner Saturday night in
the Masonic temple
The event will launch the 1964
election campaign for local Re
publicans.
There will be a recreation at
6:00 o’clock, followed by the din
ner at 7:00.
According to Ralph L. Wal
drop, chairman of the Republican
Executive committee, a large
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ROBERT L. GAVIN
Grady Monday
Joins Hamlin,
Potts Firm
J. Grady Monday, a native of
'lover, 3. C., has joined the law
inn of Hamlin and Ramsay here
n Brevard.
Mr. Monday has just recently
inished a Practical Skills course
iven by the North Carolina Bar
ssociation in Raleigh, and he
ame to Brevard directly from
he state capitol.
He is a 1955 graduate of Clo
er high school, and a 1959 grad
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A Faithful Servant
“Miss Daisy ” Retires From Life At The Library
By - Dorothy Wallace
A familiar face is missing
from the Transylvania County
Library, a face that has been
a part of the library for about
28 years.
That face belongs to Miss
Daisy Norton, herself a story
book character, who has help
ed thousands of Transylvanians
who have visited the library.
Miss Daisy has not been at
the library since early June.
While she was on vacation, she
fell and was hospitalized. A
couple of weeks later she re
turned borne, foil again, and
is now recuperating in the
local hospital from a broken
hip.
For years, the library has been
Miss Daisy's life, and this sum
mer everyone has missed her.
“She is the most faithful,
dependable person I’ve ever
known," Mrs. Lehman Kapp.
librarian, says. She has work
ed with Miss Daisy since 1944,
and says she was never late
for work and never missed a
day.
Her familiar figure could be
seen walking from her home at
627 Probart street to work ev
ery morning, bundled up against
the early morning chill. For hers
is a frail body, weighing less
than 70 pounds, but her spirit
and sense of duty are strong.
This neat, prim title woman
loved perfume, and each day
after lunch took time out to
dab the fragrance at her ears,
elbows, and wrists.
When Mrs. Kapp came to Bre
vard in 1944, Miss Daisy and
Miss Annie .rean Gash were run
ning the library. Miss Daisy
helped prepare the books for
shelves and circulation and did
all the mending. Since she was
the circulation librarian, every
one who used the library came
in contact with her.
In December, 1956 the lib
rary was moved into the new
KnlMtng the
county court house, and tbe
pace of work increased, per
haps a little too much to suit
Miss Daisy.
One hectic afternoon she re
marked, “I do wish we could
take time out for afternoon tea.”
Miss Daisy is a timid, soft
spoken person and was very
kind to those using the library
facilities. But on occasion she
was known to be quite out
spoken.
Several years ago, it seems a
woman who was a regular custo
mer was from California and
constantly sang its praises. She
talked about how beautiful Cal
ifornia is and how much better
the weather is, and then oara
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Labor Day activities in Bre
vard and Transylvania will
climax a highly successful '64
vacation season here.
Most of the stores, town and
county offices will be closed
on Monday for the holiday.
Schools, however, which
have closed on Labor Day in
the past, will remain open next
Monday.
The Brevard high school
band will travel to Henderson
ville that afternoon to par
ticipate in the big Apple Fes
tival.
According to Postmaster C.
V. Patton. Jr., there will be no
delivery of either city or rural
mail, and the general delivery
window will remain closed.
Tha first Monday meetings
of the Town Board of Alder
men and the County Commis*-.. ,
sioners have been postponed
until next Tuesday night.
The First Union National
hank and Brevard Federal Sav
ings and Loan association will
observe Monday as a holiday.
The Monday night meeting
of the Brevard Kotarv club
has also been cancelled.
George Wilson, license ex
aminer, announces that his
office will have a holiday on
Monday.
Many picnickers and camp
ers are expected in the Pisgah
National Forest, and Ranger
Ted Seely predicts that recre
tion facilities will be filled to
capacity.
The highway patrolmen in
Transylvania urge all motor
ists to drive with extreme cau
tion over the holidays, which
is one of the most dangerous
periods on the streets and
highways.
MISS DAISY NORTON, shown above at her desk
in the old Transylvania County Library, has chang
ed little since the photo was made in 1955. She has
given a lifetime of service through her work with
the library. (Times Staff Photo)