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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Commnuity
8,500. Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 78—No. 20
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prise - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAW AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 2S7I2
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance tfl
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 196S
★ 24 PAGES TODAY *
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PUBLISHED WEEKL1
From Floods
County To Get
■*$56,750 For
Bridges, Roads
Of the $64,384.00 allocated
m Washington on Tuesday by
the Bureau of Public Roads
to repairs bridges and ap
proaches damaged by the
floods last October in Western
North Carolina counties.
Transylvania will receive $56,
750.00.
According to Congressman
Roy A. Taylor, this money will
go for four projects in the
county.
They are as follows:
Rt. 1107 - $30,750.00
Rt. 1149 - $7,000.00
Rt. 1533 - $14,000.00
Rt. 1109 - $5,000.00.
All of the WNC projects are
for repair of bridges and bridge
approaches, except Rt. 1109 in
Transylvania, which is for repair
of roadway.
While the allotment has been
approved, actual disbursement
of funds depends upon congres
sional appropriations to replen
ish the bureau’s emergency re
lief fund, which is almost de
pleted.
A continuing emergency
fund of $30,000,000 annually
is provided to the bureau by
Congress to help repair high
way facilities damaged by
natural disasters.
Little Theatre
Awards Banquet
* Saturday Night
The Brevard Little Theatre
annual awards banquet will be
held Saturday, May 22nd, at the
American Legion Building.
The banquet will start at 7:00
p.m. after a social period be
ginning at 6:30 p.m.
A dance featuring Sam Tal
ley’s orchestra will follow the
banquet.
Seasonal awards will be given
in memory of Beulah Zachary,
founder of the theatre here, by
her sister, Mrs. Harold Vogler,
of Winston-Salem.
d Officers for the new year will
Klso be elected.
Reservations for the banque
wand dance may be made througl
Thursday with Jane Johnson.
Look Inside..
Feature on Bicycle Riding,
front, section three
News For the Women, page
6, section two, pages 6 and 7,
section three
Classifieds, pages 2 and 3,
section one
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 20 — Kiwanis
club meets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p.m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn
at 7:00 p.m. 1
Friday, May 21—Ace of Clubs '
meets at 8:00 p.m. j
Saturday, May 22 — BLT i
Upwards Banquet at American s
Region Building at 7:00 pm.
Sunday, May 23 — Attend the ]
church of your choice. World i
War I Veterans meet at court ]
house at 2:30 pm. ]
Monday, May 24—Rotary club 1
meets Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Music Club meets with Miss Gail ,
Scott at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 25 — AARP {
hobby exhibit at Transylvania
Community Center 10:00 am. to
2:00 p.m. Ace of Chibs meets £
at 8:00 pm.
Wednesday, May 28— Jaycees 1
meet at Berry’s at 7:00 pm.
ALL SMILES over the 1965 Pert
elote is Miss Monica Driscoll, editor,
as she shows a copy to Quentin Can
trell to whom the Brevard College
annual was dedicated. The annual,
for which Mrs. Brona Roy is faculty
advisor, is one of the best published
in recent years. (Times Staff Photo)
Best Published
Pertelote Is Dedicated To
Cantrell, Popular On Campus
By - Dorothy Wallace
The 1965 Pertelote, Brevard
College annual, has been dedi
cated to Quentin Eugene Can
trell, director of maintenance.
The dedication reads:
“Whether driving a bus load
of students to a special func
tion, calling a square dance,
supervising the maintenance
of the campus, mending a leak
ing faucet, or repairing a fur
nace in the middle of winter,
the person to whom the 1965
Pertelote is dedicated is a con
tinuing example of the finest
characteristics for which men
are remembered. The strength,
the patience, and laughter of
the hills abide in him, and
persons from all walks are
enriched by his good humor
and warm friendliness.
“Soft - spoken, hardworking,
a loyal friend — these words
are descriptive of Quentin
Eugene Cantrell to whom the
1965 Pertelote is affectionate
ly dedicated.”
The first copy of the annual
was presented to Mr. Cantrell
last week during chapel serv
ices by the editor, Miss Monica
Driscoll, also of Brevard. Fol
lowing the presentation, the
audience gave him a standing
avation.
Mr. Cantrell has served the
college for the past 10 years.
A favorite with the students,
he rarely misses a ball game,
he takes students mountain
climbing, he drives the bus to
special activities. He, along
with Mrs. Irma Monteith, is
—Turn to Page Three
Last Weekend
Brevard Jaycees Lauded
At The State Convention
The Brevard Jaycees were
acclaimed one of the outstand
ing clubs in North Carolina at
the N. C. Jaycee state conven
tion in Asheville last weekend.
The local club, competing ir
the population class of town;
with populations between 5,00(
and 15,000, won first plact
awards in two categories, sec
ond place in one and third place
in two others.
In addition, local attorney
John K. Smart, president of
the Brevard club last year,
was awarded the Charles
Hutchins Memorial Award as
the outstanding local presi
dent for all clubs of towns in
the 5,000 to 15,000 population
category.
The local Jaycees won top
honors in “Americanism, Gov
ernment and Public Affairs”,
mostly for their work in a “get
cut the vote” campaign that they
conducted, as well as their work
in the general election last fall
when they called in local returns
to the state and national wire
services as they came in.
“Ways and Means” was an
other category in which the
local club took top honors.
The annual folk festival,
pumpkin and light bulb sales
In School Cafeteria
Arthur Whitesides To Speak
At Rosman Banquet On Friday
■fvruiur wnuesiaes, 01 wlih- s
rv, Asheville, will be the prin- |
’ipal speaker at the annual i
Danquet of the Rosman Cham- f
jer of Commerce Friday night |
it 7:30 p. m., in the Rosman f
school cafeteria.
The program will be as fob |
ows: Invocation, Rev. Zeno
iVright; Welcome, Elmo Crowe,
introduction of speaker, John
1. Mitchell; and Benediction, I
lev. Dale R. Martin.
B. E. Keisler will serve as
naster of ceremonies.
Door prizes will also be
warded.
A large crowd is expected to
kttend.
The food will be prepared
ty the ladies of the school cafe
—Turn to Page Eight
ARTHUR WHITESIDES
and the awarding of an ex
pensive travel trailer were in
strumental in winning first
place in this category.
The second place award was
in “Health and Safety”, with
the Teen-age Road-E-O, Labor
i Day safety program and the
safety check lane leading to this
honor.
A third place in “Youth and
Sports" went to the local club
for their sponsoring of the
WNC Relays and the National
Junior College Southeastern
Regional baseball tourney, and
their publication won a third
place award in the “Publica
tions” category.
Jaycee Oscar Grant was in
charge of preparing the cium
erous scrapbooks that the local
club entered in each category,
and he was most pleased with
the outstanding showing that
the Brevard Jaycees made at
the convention.
The convention in Asheville
was climaxed last Saturday
night with another unusual
honor when Brevard Jaycee
Robert Hunter was succeeded
by Brevard Jaycee John K.
Smart as vice president of this
region of the N. C. Junior ,
Chamber of Commerce.
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The Weather
Qir<
By - AI Martin
Official Weatherman
Located at
Radio Station WPNF
It has been a dry week in n
Brevard with little more than
fifteen-hundredths of an inch of e
precipitation recorded during
the past seven days.
Temperatures ranged from a
low of 41 to a high of 82 for
the period.
Daily highs and lows averaged
50 and 79 degrees, respectively, fj
Readings for the past week
were as follows: ci
Wednesday_ 77 54 .03 «
n
High Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday ..
Saturday
Sunday
Monday .
Tuesday .
77 56 .00 d
77 58 .12
77 46 Trace
80 41 .00 ,
d<
81 43 .00
82 53 .00
Music Center Receives Opera
Grant '65 Program Expanded
Federal Project
"Head Start"
Launched Here
Project ‘ Head Start”, a pro
gram designed to give chil
dren a 'head start” in their
school experiences, will get
underway in Transylvania
county this summer.
News that $21,588 has been
alloted for the local program
was received Wednesday
morning by Superintendent
Wayne Bradburn in a tele
gram from Sargent Shriver,
Director of the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity.
Funds for the program were
approved under the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964.
The local program will be
under the direction of Mrs. C.
K. Olson, county supervisor of
instruction.
12 kindergartens will be set
up at the county elementary
schools to accommodate 240
children. Classes will be held
each morning from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon, for an eight
weeks period beginning June
21st.
Selection of the children
for the- program will be select
ed on the basis of tests and in
terest of their parents in the
program and will be limited to
five and six year olds who
have not had kindergarten ex
perience. First choice will be
given those who will begin
school in the fall, Mrs. Olson
stated.
Teachers in the county
school system will teach the
classes. In addition,, Mrs.
Mary Whitmire will serve as
guidance counselor, and Ralph
Hooper will serve as art teach
er.
Kindergartens will be set up
as follows:
Brevard elementary, 3;
Straus, I; Pisgah Forest, 1;
Penrose, 2; Rosenwald, 2; Bos
nian, 2; and T. C. Henderson,
I.
During the project, four
workshops for parents will be
held. These will concern nu
—Turn to Page Three
New Officers
Of Legion
Are Elected
Legionnaires of the Monroe
Vi Ison post, No. 88, of the
tmerican Legion have elected
fficers for the new year .
They will be installed on
Ionday night, June 7th, and
le installing officer will be
harles B. Disher, trustee and
Jrmer commander.
Officers are:
Bill Baughn - commander
John Bailey - first vice com
lander
Arthur Gillespie - second vice
wnmander
Ben Shiflet - third vice com
lander
Clyde Duvall • adjutant
Jim Willis - finance officer
Sgt.-at-arms - Martin Turby
11 and Arthur Gillespie
Ernest Gilstrap - athletic offi
!r
Ligon B. Ard - child welfare
ficer •
Fred Israel • service officer
Publicity officers - John An- ,
:rson and Charles L. Russell ,
L. B. Ard - historian *
Vance Jackson - Boy’s State ]
ficer
A. E. Norville - chaplain. ]
EMMETT K. McLARTY
D. DILLON HOLT
At The College
McLarty And Holt Will Be
Commencement Speakers
Progress Report
On Glen Cannon
Made This Week
Anyone with enough curios
ity to have visited the Glen
Cannon Country Club proper
ty during ^ pist few weeks
is fully aware that much
progress has been made on
the golf course.
Curiosity is running well
ahead of schedule—so is t he con
struction of the course.
According to W. B. Lewis,
who is building the course, it
is entirely possible that by
Saturday of this week, 12 of
the 18 greens will be graded
and shaped. They will then
be ready for the drain tile,
stone, sand and topsoil. All
of this precedes the actual
planting of the greens.
In the meantime, work is pro
gressing on tees, fairways, and
lakes. Two of the lakes are
virtually complete.
Walter S. Clayton, chairman
of the construction commit
tee, announced the hiring of a
golf course superintendent
this week.
The new superintendent,
Gene Houston from Highlands,
will report for work on July
1. Further information about
this will appear in the next
progress report.
The swimming pool commit
tee is currently having prelim
inary plans drawn for the pool.
After a design has been approv
ed, it will then be submitted to
prospective builders for bids. It
is hoped that construction will
begin cn the pool during the
late summer.
Membership in the club now
stands within two or three of
400.
Commencement exercises
will be held in the Boshamer
Gymnasium on Sunday, May
30, at 3:00 p.m. President
Emmett K. McLarty will be
the speaker. The graduation
day sermon will be delivered
by Dr. D. Dillon Holt at 11:00
a.m., in the Brevard Methodist
Church.
Dr. Holt is president of Scar
ritt College, Nashville, Tennes
see. He received his education
at Duke University and the Uni
versity of North Dakota Before
becoming president of Soarri*'
in 1960, Dr. Holt served as Meth
odist minister in Virginia and
North Carolina for 20 years.
He is a leader in ecumeni
cal movements of the church
and community, holding of
fices in city and state organi
zations of the Council of
Churches. Besides being a
regular contributor to religi
ous journals, Dr. Holt is a fre
quent speaker at youth assem
blies, student conferences,
commencements and institutes
on family life.
According to Mrs. Brona N.
Roy, Recorder, 75 students are
candidates for the Associate in
Arts degree this year, and 18
members of the second year
class are eligible for Junior Col
lege diplomas.
Commencement activities
will begin on Saturday, May
29, at 1:00 p.m. with an Alum
ni luncheon and business
meeting in the college cafe
teria. The speaker for the oc
casion will be Ralph Roland
Clayton, ’47, an attorney from
Deland, Florida. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton (nee Clara
Brinkley) are graduates of
Brevard.
Mr. Clayton received his A.B.
and L.L.B. degrees from Stetson
University. The Claytons’ daugh
ter, Carol, will be a freshman
at Brevard next September.
Members of the graduating class
will be guests of the Alumni
Association and officially wel
comed into the Association.
At 8:00 p.m. on Saturday,
—Turn to Page Eight
On Radio WPNF
Series Of Programs Sponsored
By Girl Scout Council Slated
For the next four weeks,
IVPNF will broadcast a record
ed feature by the Pisgah Girl
Jcout Council on the “Coffee
rime” program between 10:00
ind 11:00 o’clock each Thursday
norning.
The first program feature
rill be done by Mrs. Paul Buff,
executive director of the coun
il, and E. L. Rawson, of the
Southern Bell Telephone com
•any.
The second program to be
•roadcast next week was done
by Richard Wynne, executive
news editor of the Asheville Cit
izen Times and John I. Ander
son, Jr., editor of The Transyl
vania Times.
The last two programs will
feature Jack Belt of WLOS-TV
with Mrs. Peg Fry from WHCC
Radio and George Searle of Mil
ler Printing company and pub
lic relations consultant, John E.
Jones.
The general theme of the pro
gram is “Ask the Experts About
—Turn to Page Eight
Camp Concerts
Open June 27,
Festival Aug. 8
Henry Jamec, Artistic Uirec
tor of the Brevard Music Cen
ter, announced today that th<
Center had received an open
grant from the Martha Bairc
Rockefeller Fund for Music if
New York.
The sizeable grant provide
specifically for the appearanci
at the Brevard Music Center oi
the Festival Opera Theater un
der the direction of Metropoli
tan Opera Music Consultant
George Schick.
The opera, “Cosi Fan Tutt#
will be performed twice, in th<
afternoon and evening of August
14, as a part of the Brevard
Music Festival, and will feature
professional artists in the lead
ing and supporting roles. Ar
additional performance by the
company is scheduled at Con'
verse College on August 16.
The Festival Opera Theater
will bring a double cast for the
opera to North Carolina and each
performance will feature en
tirely different singers. Scenery
and costumes will also be pro
vided through the Rockefeller
grant. All singers in the com
pany are members of the Metro
politan Opera Studio.
The Martha Baird Rockefeller
Fund for Music has made a great
contribution to the performing
arts through the years in its
generous support of individual
musicians studying in the United
States and abroad, and to per
forming organizations such as
the Brevard Music Center.
Camp concerts will begin this
summer on June 27th, and the
festival programs open on Au
gust 8th.
The appearance of the New
York group at the Brevard Mus
ic Center is a significant part
of an entirely new aspect of the
Center program. For the first
time in the Center’s history, a
resident company will produce
and perform operas during the
entire season. Performances of
Madame Butterfly (Puccini),
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell),
Down iin the Valley (Weill),
Lucia di Lammermoar (Doni
zetti), Cinderella (Rossini) and
Annie Get Your Gun (Berlin)
will be produced on Saturday
evenings during the 1965 season.
All of the operas will feature
nationally and internationally
renowned singers and will be
under the direction of John Rich
ards McCrae.
Greens Damaged
By Pranksters
At Golf Course
Vandals did considerable
damage to golf greens of the
Brevard Country Club Tues
day night, according to club
manager, E. E. Fraser.
The damage was done when
someone maliciously rode a
motor scooter or some similar
type vehicle around in circles
on both No. 4 and No. 5
greens, ripping up the new,
expensive turf.
Mr. Fraser reported the
cident to Police Chief J
Rowe early Wednesday
ing, and an immediate i
gation was started to find
prosecute
sponsible
The
done
unnecesary
be