THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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Vol. 77—No. 53
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 1964
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★ 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Regulations Cited
Tax Listing Begins On
Monday, Office Is Moved
Mailboxes Are
Blown Up In
^Transylvania
Brevard has been hit by a
rash of mailbox bombings in
^ the past week.
Sheriff Carter McCall has
collected about 15 boxes that
have been totally destroyed by
someone who has been put
ting firecrackers or cherry
bombs in them.
There are many more boxes
that have sustained partial
damage from firecrackers —a
total of around 50 in the coun
ty.
Sheriff McCall is personally
putting up a $50 reward for
information leading to the con
viction of the person or per
sons responsible for the van
dalism, and at least $25 more
has been offered by persons
whose boxes have been blown
up.
The vandalism started Wed
nesday before Christmas and
lasted a week. Most of the
damage has been done along
See-Off and Barclay road,
m with some scattered damage
** at Selica.
^ Destruction of mailboxes is
a federal offense and when
caught the vandals will be
turned over to federal authori
ties for prosecution.
Tax listing begins in Brevard
and Transylvania county next
Monday, Jan. 4th.
James Breedlove, the tax su
pervisor. announces that the of
fice is now located in a more
convenient location — in the
front of the jail building on the
downstairs level.
Tax listing ends on Feb. 2nd,
and during the period, all real
and personal property must be
listed.
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 j
books will be in the tax office
for the remaining listing period.
Please don’t complain if you
have to wait in line. The office
will be open through the noon
hour and will remain open until
5:30 p.m. for the public's con- 1
venience.
Only land and building de
scriptions will appear on the tax
abstract during the listing per
iod. During the month of Feb
ruary each land and or building ,
owner will be notified by letter ,
of his property evaluation and
a schedule arranged for appear
ing before the Review Board. ’
The assessed value of property 5
hasn’t been determined by the :
Board of County Commissioners
so it will be impossible to give 1
this value until after February
1, 1965.
Economic Progress Reported In
Transylvania County During '64
Fine Gifts Are
Offered First
Baby, Parents
The annual first baby con
test sponsored by The Tran
sylvania Times and Radio
Station VVPNF in conjunction
with Brevard merchants of
fers many fine prizes to both
the first born babe and par
ents.
Rules governing the contest
nelude the following:
Both father and mother
must be residents of Transyl
vania county.
The actual hour, day and rnin
ite of birth must be confirmed
>y the attending physician.
Baby’s birth certificate must
>e submitted at the time of en
ry. It will be returned.
The decision of the judges
vill be final and will be an
iounced at an early date.
Entries must be submitted to
rhe Times and postmarked not
ater than 12 midnight. Janu
try 3, 1965.
All prizes must be called for
vithin 30 days or offer is void.
Prizes offered include the fol
—Turn to Page Four
I
i County's Top 10 Stories In '64
]
The year 1964 was a newsy year in Tran
! sylvania county, and The Times staff had dif
j ficulty in picking the No. 1 story.
After a toss of the coin, it went to the Ros
! man bank robbery and the capture of the two
! robbers within 90 minutes after the branch
j office of the First Union National bank was |
| held up. j
! In second place was the two big floods j
I this fall within five days. Damages were esti- !
! mated at over a million dollars. !
Other stories in the top 10 include: (3) |
j Beginning of the construction of the “Cradle |
» of American Forestry” in the Pisgah (4) The j
I smashing victory of the Democrats in the No- j
j vember General Election (5) The new Amer- !
j ican Thread company plant announcement at j
j Calvert (6) Building of research, sales and I
j development facilities at Olin Mathieson (7) j
. Completion of Du Pont’s Photo Products plant j
! (8) Derailment of freight cars and two en- j
i gines at Blantyre (9) Eastatoe and Little Riv- j
j er win top prizes in the W.N.C. Rural Devel
j opment contest (10) Converse College taking I
j over the Brevard Music Center. Honorable j
j mention goes to the story about midget-size I
j Danny Landreth growing up, thanks to human |
j growth hormones. |
A summary of important month-by-month 1
| headlines can be found in the third section of !
I this week’s Times.
Non-Jury Cases First
General County Court To
Open Next Monday Morning
Brevard Tags
Go On Sale
On Saturday
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Town license tags will go on
sale Saturday morning. Janu
ary 2nd at the Brevard city
hall.
They are the same colors as
the state tag and sell for
$1.00.
All cars and trucks owned
by residents within the town
limits must display town tags
before February 15, 1965.
The January term of General
County court will open Monday
morning.
The first day will be devoted
to the trial of non-jury criminal
and traffic cases.
Jury cases will be heard on
Tuesday.
Persons desiring to enter a
plea of guilty should see the so
licitor Monday morning in court
at 9:00 o’clock in order to have
their cases heard before the tri
al of contested cases.
All persons involved in the
various cases are urged to be
in the court room Monday morn- ’
ing. j
Judge Robert T. Gash will pre- I
—Turn to Page Four
This Friday
New Year’s To Be Holiday
In Brevard And Transylvania
1965 Licenses
Are Available
This Saturday
North Carolina license tags
or 1965 will go on sale in the
ocal license office Saturday
norning, January 2nd, at 9:00
)’clock.
Owners who have their vehi
:les properly registered by the
Jepartment of Motor Vehicles
lave until February 15th to ob
ain new plates. 1964 plates ex
—Turn to Page Tw*
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, December 31 —
rents dance at 9:00 p:m. Moose
party at 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 1 — New
Year’s Day.
Saturday, January 2 — N. C.
License tags go on sale.
Sunday, January 3 — Attend
the church of your choice. Sing
ing at court house at 2:00 p.m.
Monday, January 4 — Tax
—Turn to Page Poor
State Manager To Install New
Officers Of WOW Next Tuesday
Cliff Payne, state manager of
Woodmen of the World, will in
stall new officers of the local
WOW on Tuesday night, Janu
■try 5th.
The event will be a ladies’
light affair, beginning promptly
it 8:00 o’clock. It will be held
n the Woodmen hall, and re
freshments will be served fol
owing the meeting.
During the coming year, the
WOW here will meet each first
and third Tuesday nights, and
all Woodmen are especially
urged to attend the meeting on
the 5th.
Officers to be installed next
Tuesday night are as follows:
Ralph Lyday - Consul Com
mander
J. I. Ayers - Past Consul Com
mander
Charles Peevey - Advisor Lie*
—Turn to Pace Thm
New Year’s Day (Friday)
will be a holiday in Brevard
and Transylvania county.
Most of the stores in Bre
vard will be closed on Friday
as will the City Hall.
Offices in the county court
house will be closed both on
Friday and Saturday for the
New Year’s holiday.
The banks and the post of
fice will also have a holiday.
The Transylvania Times is
being published earlier in or
der that subscribers will have
their newspaper before New
Year’s day.
There are many New Year’s
greetings throughout the pa
per which will be of interest
to readers.
While The Times office will
be closed on Friday, the staff
will cover regular news
sources during the day, and
local news will be reported
over WPNF at 6:00 o’clock.
Persons with special items
should call 3-3511.
According to Postmaster C.
Y. Patton, Jr., there will be
no delivery of rural or city
mail on Friday. The window
at the post office will also be
closed all day.
The local Draft Board will
be closed from 10:00 ami.
Thursday until Monday at 8:00
a.m.
The Weather j
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By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
A rather unseasonably warm,
yet damp, Christmas was the
fate of Transylvanians this past
week, but no reports of Santa's
sleigh becoming mired in the
muck were made to the local
radio station or weather obser
ver.
A total of over three inches
of rain fell on Brevard, as tem
peratures soared into the sixties
during the holiday.
Christinas morning dawned to
a 48 degree reading, only 19
degrees less than the high mark
for the week which was 67. re
corded the day before.
Low temperature was record
ed on Monday morning of this
week when the mercury dipped
to 28 degrees, the only sub
freezing reading of the period.
Day-to-day readings were as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Tuesday _ 50 32 0.00
Wednesday _ 58 41 0.00
Thursday _ 67 46 0.16
Friday _-61 48 1.62
Saturday _ 63 54 1.29
Sunday _ 36 49 0.U
Monday _39 28 0.00
Gain In Income
Noted, Retail
Sales Are Up
By - Staff Writer
A new report, just released,
contains the first figures
showing how Transylvania
County made out, economical
ly, during the past fiscal year.
They reveal that it was a
year of sturdy growth locally.
Most families had more mon
ey to spend, after taking care
of their taxes, and they spent
it freely. It resulted in a high
level of business activity for
local retail merchants.
The extent of the progress is
brought out in the annual fis
cal-year survey made by the
Standard Kate and Data Serv
ice. It indicates how much was
earned and spent in the 12
months ending June 20. 1964. by
people in each section of the
United States.
Residents of Transylvania
County, it shows, had a net in
come in the year, after taxes,
of 827,942,000. It represented
a gain over the previous year's
net of 825,637,000,
What this higher income boil
ed down to, in terms of the local
family, was found by dividing
the total net income by the
number of households. It aver
aged $6,114 per household. The
year before it was $5,647.
The rise, which amounted
to 8.3 percent, compares fav
orably with the United States
rise of 5.0 percent and with
the South Atlantic States’ 7.5
percent.
The national business boom,
now almost four years old, was
bolstered during fiscal 1964 by
a number of favorable factors.
A dent, small though it was,
was made in the unemploy
ment situation. industrial
spending for new plants and
equipment went up, factory
output rose, Government
spending remained high, taxes
were cut and personal income
broke all records.
At the same time, only a min
or increase in the cost of con
sumer goods took place.
The atmosphere was condu
cive to spending and that is
—Turn to Page Two
’64 Best Year
Savings Vnd Loan Pavs
r?
$225,000.00 in Dividends
Semi-annual dividends total
ing approximately S225,000.00
were paid out to over 5,000
members of the Brevard Fed
eral Savings and Loan Asso
ciation on December 31, 1004,
according to an announcement
today by Jerry Jerome, the
president of the local savings
institution.
This will bring the total
amount of dividends paid tn
members in 1904 to more than
S436.000.00.
Brevard Federal Savings and
Loan enjoyed one of its best
years in 1904. increasing total
assets more than 15c< .
Mr. Jerome stated that final
figures for 1964 would reveal
that total assets of over S13,
(100,000.00 have been reached,
indicating an increase over
1963 of over Sl.500.000.00.
Mr. Jerome also announcer
that the annual ntembershif
meeting of the association wi!
he held on Wednesday, Janua
iy 20th. in the office on dri
well Street, beginning prompt
!y at 2 p.m.
Officers of the association,
in addition to President Jer
ome, are: .1. I. Ayers, vice
president; Jerry Hart Jerome,
executive vice president and
treasurer; II. IS. Shiflet, secre
tary; and J. H. Tinsley, assist
—Turn to Page Three
Jaycees Have
Successful
Tree Sale
John Smart. president of the
Brevard Jaycees. says the sale
of Christ mas trees in Brevard
was. a success and in a letter of
appreciation, he says:
.Dear Mr Anderson:
Oh behalf of the Brevard Jay
eees. 1 would like to thank all
of the people who purchased
trees from the Jaycees during
our annual Christmas tree sale.
The profits derived from the
sale were used to finance our
annual Childrens Christmas Par
ty. in which more than thirty
children participated. Almost
two hundred gifts were purchas
ed, by the children for members
of then yarnily. and the eotiirir
button made by each person who'
purchased a tree from us helped
to make this possible.
Without the assistance and
support of the community, we
Jaycees would be unable to per
form our many civic endeavors.
Very truly yours.
John K. Smart. Jr.
President
Tabulation On Jan. 12th
Ballots For Directors Of
Commerce Body In Mail
Look Inside..
.Month bv month headlines of
important stories during 1964 in
third section.
Pictures of top stories
throughout the issue.
News for the women, page
six. second and third section.
Sports, page six, first section.
Editorials, page two, second
section.
First Baby contest message,
page three, second section.
Roger Babson's Business Re
view and Forecast, second sec
tion.
Classifieds, page two, first
section.
Editor's Corner, page five,
first section.
Program Highlights
"A Year In Review" Will
Be Heard Over Radio WPNF
As a special year-end feature, i
WPNF radio will carry' an As- i
sociated Press roundup of events ]
in the past year.
“1964 - A Year In Review.” |
narrated by A1 Martin and Fred i
Reiter, will be broadcast on 1
Thursday evening at 7:05 p.m. '
and again on Friday afternoon
at 3:05 p.m.
i
The program will feature the :
important news-making stories
of the past 12 months along with
nany on-the-scene recordings
nade white the evenls took
dace.
Much of the script was pre
>ared by Associated Press
lewsmen, with special inserts
>y local staff members of
VPNF.
The broadcast will be expand
'd from 30 to 55 minutes this
fear, and will be carried twice
n order that more listeners
—Turn to Page Three
Ballots for electing a Board
of Directors for the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce to
serve during 1365 are now in
the mails.
The 42 persons receiving the
highest number of votes will
serve, and officers will be chos
en from this group.
Ballots must be returned by
Tuesday, January 12th, when
they will be tabulated.
According to William Keith,
the president, only names of
paid up members are included
on the ballot.
Persons voting are asked to
return their ballots in an en
velope marked "ballot”.
Roger Babson's
Forecast Is
Carried Today
The Transylvania Times is
publishing Roger VV. Babson’s
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
FORECAST FOR 1965 today.
You will find it in the sec
ond section.
We are calling this feature
to your attention because 1965
will be a year of many
changes.
Mr. Babson’s 1965 Forecast
contains predictions covering
such important topics as:
General Business
Tax Cut
Labor
Inflation
Real Estate
Cost of Living, etc.