THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 77—No. 52_★ pa»*tSdTV»e 2!712 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1964 PRICE 10c + 28 PAGES TODAY + PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Commnuity
8,500. Brevard proper 4,857.
4> BREVARD KIWANIANS held their annual in
itiation of officers last Thursday night at the Ma
sonic Temple, with many visiting dignitaries in at
tendance. Over 150 people, including Kiwanians
from several neighboring towns, were on hand to
witness the installation of local officers, and to see
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. installed as Lieutenant-Gov
ernor of Division I, Carolinas Disti-ict of Kiwanis
International. Pictured above, left to right, are:
Don Blankinship, incoming president of the local
club; Donald J. Quarles, of Black Mountain, out
going Lieutenant-Governor; Herbert W. Hennig,
Darlington, S. 0., secretary-treasurer of the Caro
lina* District, who delivered the principal address;
T. Oregon Lawton, of Greenville, S. C. incoming
Governor of the Carolina* District; Lieutenant
Governor Ramsey, and Duncan C. Hunter, outgoing
president of the Brevard club.
(Times Staff Photo)
County Board
Will Meet
January 4th
Transylvania’s newly elect
ed Board of County Commis
sioners will begin the New
''^jjr with a meeting on Mon
d^w night, Jan. 4th.
According to Donald Lee
Moore, the chairman, the
board will meet each first
Monday night in the Commis
sioner’s room here in the
court house at 7:30 o’clock.
- He requests that persons
who have matters to discuss
with the board to first contact
the clerk, Fred Israel, who is
the Register of Deeds.
This will enable the board
to have an agenda for each
mi. ling, and persons should
state the nature of their busi
ness to Mr. Israel.
(hi behalf of other board
flpfmbers, Dr. C. L. Newland
and Hale Siniard, Jr., the
chairman wishes for all a
••Merry Christmas” and a
‘‘Happy New Year”.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, December 23 —
Jayeees meet at Berry’s at 7:00
p.m.
Thursday, December 24 —
Masons meet at Temple at 8:00
p.m.
I^iday, December 25—Christ
mas Day.
Sunday, December 27 — At- 1
tend the church of your choice. 1
Monday, December 28 — Ro- *
tary club meets at Gaither’s at '
7-00 p.m. RLT try-outs at court .
house at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday, December 29 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. e
Brevard Citizens Have Colorful
Decorations This Christmastime
By - Ron Paris
Christmas always brings
that extra measure of beauty
to a town. Everyone puts out
that little extra effort to beau
tify his home with decorations
of tinsel and light.
But beauty of any kind is
worthless unless it can be seen.
It is especially so with Christ
mas decorations, and the deco
rations in Brevard are worth
being seen.
If you plan to be among
the people who want to take
a sight-seeing tour of the lo
cal decorations this Christ
mas, you will want to see all
the interesting decorations.
Therefore, after making our
own tour, The Times has pre
pared the following list of
some of the more interesting
and unusual decorations in
Brevard.
Many are unusual themes,
nany are spectacular and many
ire beautiful in their simplici
y. All are worth seeing.
1. The VV. P. Hensons, 115
Allison road, have an unusual
display with a well-lighted
cut-out of Santa descending in
a space capsule.
2. Driving down Neely road
you can see several interest
ing displays—an arch of light <
near Broadview Circle, a sim- i
pie red arrangement on one i
house, and next door a silver '
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Warning Issued
Patrolmen Find Holidays
Busiest Pime Of The \ ear
The last few days before
Christinas are surely no holi
day for state law enforcement
officers, it was emphasized
here today by the local High
way Patrol.
"People are in a holiday
mood,’’ they said. "We can't
ieny them this, nor indeed do
we want to, but some drivers
make the mistake of expecting
is to be lenient when it comes
o mixing drinking with driving.
"This we cannot tolerate!
"Drinking and driving is a
lethal combination that too
often spells disaster for inno
cent persons, especially over
a holiday period. Troopers on
year round patrol have seen
too much evidence of alco
holic hilarity leading to trag
edy, and the worst cases all
too often have occurred on
holiday nights or in the early
morning hours following an
evening of gaiety.”
The patrol officers, pointed
nit, in the customary reminder,
hat lots of gift buyers are in
he last throes of shopping,
'hey warned both motorists and
ledestrians to guard against let
In North Brevard
C. R. Sharp Suffers Injuries
In Train-Car Collision Friday
C. R. Sharp, general contrac
or of Brevard, was painfully
njured last Friday afternoon
vhen the car he was driving
ollided with a freight train of
k>uthern Railway at the cross
ng on the four-lane highway
n North Brevard.
air. Sharp suffered fractures,
acerations and abrasions. His
mdition was reported Tuesday
by hospital authorities to be
satisfactory.
The accident was investigated
by Patrolman Gene Beshears.
Mr. Sharp was traveling to
ward Brevard, and the train
was going toward Henderson
ville, when Mr. Sharp’s car hit
the engine, according to Mr.
Beshears.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at $400.
ling bright and shiny store and
street decorations distract their
attention from traffic lights,
stop and warning signs, no-pass
ing zones or railroad crossing
signals and cross-walk mark
ings.
"Many shoppers journey to
neighboring communities in
search of gift items just a
little bit different,” they de
clared. "And it's on short
trips like that many of our
accidents occur—some of the
serious."
Also, on the way back bad
weather may come on unex
pected. Unless motorists have
the foresight to be prepared for
such an eventuality, they may
be plagued by poor traction
and reduced visibility, the twin
trouble makers of wintertime
driving.
"The driver who gets care
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By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Just under a quarter of an
inch of rain fell on Brevard
during the past week which saw
temperature readings take a
tumble all the way down to 7
degrees on Saturday morning.
High reading for the week
was Thursday’s 59 degree mark, 0
while daily highs averaged out v
at 44 degrees. -y
Early morning lows for the
period balanced out at 25 de
grees. t<
Day-to-day readings were as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday- 45 14 .00 i'
Thursday- 59 36 .00 a
Friday_ 37 27 .05 a
Saturday _ 36 7 .00
Sunday _ 46 31 .05
Monday 40 34 .11 n
Record Christmas Business Seen,
Many To Get Extended Vacation
The Times
Is Out
Earlier
This week's Transylvania
Times is being published on
Tuesday, December 22nd, in
stead of on its regular publi
cation date on the 24th.
Throughout the issue are
Christmas features and greet
ings from business, indus
tries, and others.
The Times staff urges all
readers to examine this
week's paper more careful
ly because it is one of their
favorite editions.
The Times office will be
closed on Thursday after
noon, Friday and Saturday,
however the staff will con
tinue to cover news sources
in Brevard and Transylvania
county each day and local
news reports will be given
daily over YV’PNF.
Persons having special an
nouncements to he made can
call 3-3511.
Babson Forecast
Will Be Carried
The Transylvania Times will
publish "BABSON’S BUSINESS
AND FINANCIAL FORECAST
FOR 1965 next week.
A careful checking of the
Babson Predictions made in the
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
FORECAST FOR 1964 upholds
_ the remarkable
average oi me
past years by be
ing 88% correct'
Below is the
score for the last
10 years. The
Babson Forecast
holds the best
and highest rec
ord for Annual
Forecasts on U.
S. Future Busi
ness.
forecast For
1964 ......
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' i Accurate
.... 88
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Be sure to read Babson’s forc
ast next week.
Prizes For
First Baby
Of 1965
Watch for next week’s issue
f The Transylvania Times,
diich will be the annual New
rear’s edition.
One of the popular features
> be carried will be a salute to
he first baby of 1965.
Each year many merchants
sin with The Times and WPNF
nd offer fine prizes to the baby
nd the parents.
The issue will be published
ext Tuesday, December 29th.
Hey! Read all
About it! The merriest
Christmas of them
rf
all is here. Best'
wishes to you!
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THE ENTIRE STAFF OF
The Transylvania l imes
Next Monday
Little Theatre Will Hold
Tryouts For Blithe Spirit
Custom Of
54 Years
Continued
A Christmastime custom
more than 50 years old will
be continued at Rosman on
Wednesday.
The management of Glou
cester Cumber company will
again distribute Christmas
bonuses to its employees and
present Christmas candy and
fruit to all children of the
community.
This custom was started
back in 1910 by the late Jo-_
seph S. Silversteen, the found
er, and it has been continued
ever since.
The company is recognized
as the county’s pioneer indus
try.
Brevard Little Theatre try
outs for "Blithe Spirit" will be
held Monday. December 28th. in
the courtroom of the Transyl
vania County Court House at
7:30 p.m.
This second BLT production
of the season will be given Feb
ruary 26th and 27th at the Le
gion Building.
The public is invited to at
tend these tryouts. Roles will
be cast for five female and two
male parts.
Maggie Masters will direct
this Noel Coward farce which
is listed as a smash comedy hit
of the London and Broadway
stages.
The plot unveils an attempt
by Charles Condimine to learn
the language of the occult an
eccentric, breezy female medi
um. During a seance, Charles’
first wife, dead for seven years,
appears to mischievously tor
ment him and his second wife,
Ruth.
Since only Charles can see the
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WPNF Program Highlights
Special Religious Programs
To Be Heard During Holidays
A number of musical Christ
mas greetings will highlight
WPNF’s holiday observance on
Christmas eve and Christmas
day, according to station offi
cials.
Fred Reiter, station program
director, announces today that
in addition to the traditional
music of the season, some of
the beautiful, yet seldom heard,
selections will be included this
Christmas.
The children’s choirs of five
of Brevard’s churches will be
heard throughout the holidays
on the following schedule:
Episcopal at 9:15 a.m. on
Christmas Eve, Methodist at
12:45 p_m. Christmas Eve, and
Presbyterian at 3:15 p.m.1 also
on Christmas Eve.
On Christmas Day, the Bap
tist youth will be heard at 3:30
p.m., with the Lutheran children
singing at 4:45 p.m.
Station Manager A1 Martin
expressed his appreciation to
the choir directors and other
church officials who worked to
make these special local broad
casts possible.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, farm-home admini
stration, John Collins; Friday,
Christmas day; Monday, county
extension chairman; Tuesday,
station program; Wednesday,
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Schools Reopen
Monday Morn,
Survey Is Made
Brevard merchants are ex
periencing one of their best
Christmases and record sales
are expected on Wednesday
and Thursday.
For many of the employees
in stores and in industries,
it will be a long holiday week
end, however some stores
will be open on Saturday.
Brevard's City Hall will be
closed on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday for the Christ
mas observance.
There will be no residential
garbage collection on Thurs
day and Friday and no busi
ness district collection on
Christmas day.
Offices in the court house
will close at noon on Thurs
day, and they will reopen
next Monday morning.
According to Mrs. Rosa
Norwood, the license tag of
fice will close at noon on Wed
nesday of this week, and it
will reopen on Wednesday,
Dec. 30th.
Banks in Brevard will be
r losed on Friday and Satur
day of this week.
The Brevard post office will
be closed on Christmas day
and there will be no delivery
of city or rural mail.
Postmaster C. Y. Patton,
Jr., also announces that on
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Office Of Tax
Supervisor In
Jail Building
The Tax Supervisor’s office
has been moved into the Driv
ers Licenses Examiner's office
in the jail building. This pro
vides a more convenient place
lor listing, eleminating climb
ing the stairs for older people
and provides an adequate
amount of space.
Tax listing begins on Janu
ary 4, 1965 and ends February
2, 1965. All real and personal
property must be listed during
this time or a non-list penalty
will be added.
The township books will be
in each township through Jan
uary 13. 1965, and people living
in these townships are urged to
list while the books are avail
able. as one does not have to
stand in a waiting line.
After January 13, 1965 all
hooks will be in the tax office
for the remaining listing period.
Please don't complain if you
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Look Inside..
News For the Women, page
six, second and fourth sections.
Editorials with Christmas
nessages, page two, third sec
ion.
Danny Landreth pictorial fea
ture, front page, fourth sec
ion.
Sports, pages four and five,
fourth section.
Classifieds, page two, first
section.
Many Christmas features
hroughout the issue.