TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Commnuity
8.500. Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance t*
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 78—No. 43
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1965 * 24 PAGES TODAY *
PRICE 10c
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Overall Photo Of Schenck Job Corps Center From An Eye-In-The-Sky
American Thread
Continues Its
Expansion Plans
The American Thread com
pany, as part of a program of
planned expansion, is in the pro
cess of securing options on
land in the Marble, area for
possible use as a future plant
site, Company President E. B.
Shaw disclosed this week.
The American Thread com
ity, manufacturers of cotton
anti synethetic threads and
yarns, now operates six plants
located in five states from Maine
to Georgia. The Company has
recently started operation of its
se^pnd North Carolina Plant.
Located near Brevard, it is
reported to be one of the south’s
10 most modern spinning mills.
Thursday, Nov. 4 — Kiwan
ians meet at 6:45 p.m. Lions
meet at 7:00. Rosman vs. Cane
River at 7:30.
Friday, Nov. 5 — Blue Devils
vs. Canton at 7:30.
Saturday, Nov. 6 — Dedication
of Schenck Job Corps center at
2:00 p.m. Formal opening of
Dunham Music center at college
at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 7 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Nov. 8 — Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 9 — Transyl
vania Hospital auxiliary meets
at 10:00 a.m. in nurses dining
room. Ace of clubs, at 7:30 p.m.
Chamber of Commerce directors
meet at 7:30 at library.
Wednesday, Nov. 10— Jaycees
meet at Berry’s at 7:00 p.m.
Congressman To Speak
Schenck Job Corps Center
To Be Dedicated Saturday
The new Schenck Job Corps
center in beautiful Pisgah Na
tional forest will be formally
dedicated on Saturday, Nov.
at 2:00 o’clock.
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
will be the principal speaker,
and the public is cordially in
invited to attend.
According to Phil Clark,
the director, “Open House”
will follow the dedication
ceremony, and he is anxious
to show the fine Job Corps
center to the public.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Brevard high
school band, under the direction
of John D. Eversman.
The dedication is being spon
sored by the Brevard Kiwanis
club, and President Don
Blankinship will preside over
the program.
Richard H. Miller, assistant
regional forester, will also
speak on the program, as will
E. Hunter Smith, of the Office
of Economic Opportunity.
Others on the program include
Rev. Ed Roy, of Brevard Col
lege, and Donald Lee Moore,
chairman of the Transylvania
County Board of Commisisoners.
Tours during “Open House”
will be conducted by the
corpsmen of the center, and
Mr. Clark is anxious for the
public to meet these young
men.
The Schenck center is located
along the Davidson River, just
inside the Pisgah National for
est. The property is adjacent to
English chapel, and iu easily
reached from US Highway 276.
Corpsmen receive basic
Appeal Taken
Judge Rules In Favor Of Town
In Auction Of Country Club
* Superior Court Judge Hugh
B. Campbell supported the
Town of Brevard Monday by
ruling that the auction of the
Brevard Country club proper
ty on August 21st to L. E. Bag
well, who was the high bid
der, was not legal because the
required 30-days notice was
not given.
The Brevard Board of Aider
men had rejected Mr. Bagwell’s
bid at a called meeting on
August 31st in accordance with
their rights as reserved in their
advertisement of the auction.
While the minutes of the
meeting do not record any rea
son for the rejection, it was
understood from town officials
that there were more than one.
Judge Campbell said he had
no choice but to find that the
30-day notice specified by law
had never been achieved; despite
two separate moves by the town
to set up the auction.
“The property has never
been properly advertised,” he
said Monday. “Until it has, the
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ROY A. TAYLOR
training in education, work
and social skills. The Center
has a capacity of 200 Corps
men who come from 33 differ
ent states, the highest per
centage coming from south
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Mack Allison
Opens New
Hardware Center
A pioneer business firm of
Transylvania County will hold
“open house” this weekend in
completely remodeled facilities.
Mack Allison Hardware Cen
ter, known for over 50 years
here as Farmers Supply Co., has
been completely remodeled in
side and out, and will be form
erly open to the public on Fri
day and Saturday of this week,
according to Mack Allison, own
er and manager.
Located at 16 West Main
Street in Brevard, the firm has
served the public of this area
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Transylvanians Favor Governor's
Road Bond Issue By Vote Of 10 To 1
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Grand Jury
Inspects
Institutions
Members of the Grand Jury
of the October-Novcmber term
of Superior court inspected the
schools of the town and coun
ty, the court house and the
jail.
Various recommendations
were made at the institutions.
The jurors commended the
principals cf the schools and
said they are dedicated to give
the best of their efforts to the
job they are doing.
They also commended the
management of the lunchroom
at Brevard senior high school.
“An excellent and substan
tial lunch is served there,”
the report states.
A committee also found
both the school and cafeteria
at Straus school in very good
shape and all those concerned
were complimented.
Merrimon H. Shuford serv
ed as foreman of the Grand
Jury.
By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
No measurable precipitation
was recorded in Brevard during
the past week although a trace
of rainfall was noted on Satur
day.
High reading for the week
was 74 degrees on Sunday after
noon, while the low mark for the
period came on Tuesday morn
ing when the mercury dipped to
18, also the lowest reading this
fall.
Average highs and lows for
the week were 69 and 23 degrees,
respectively.
Day-by-day readings were as
follows:
High Low
Wednesday_ 70 24
Thursday _ 67 25
Friday _____ 68 23
Saturday_69 19
Sunday_ 74 24
Monday_ 68 31
Tuesday _65 18
Unofficial Results
Tuesday’s Special Election
In Transylvania County
ROADS COURT
PRECINCTS Fcr Against For Against
Boyd 130
Brevard 1 ___ _ “.62
Brevard 2_ 1 5 1
Brevard 2 .. 210
Brevard 4 _ 2">2
Cathey’s Creek - 200
Cedar Mtn._ __ 21
Dunn’.-1 Reek__129
East Fork_ 27
Rasta toe-._ 74
Gloucester _ 2G
Lake Toxatvay _ 49
Little River_ GO
Pisgah Forest__ 97
R osman_106
W h i t e \v a t e r-S a p p h i re 24
Quebec _ 27
Balsam Grove_ 26
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18
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15
22
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7
8
14
20
8
6
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211
106
228
129
175
221
205
24
117
24
65
15
26
51
77
62
30
28
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1710
27
58
32
62
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51
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507
John Russell O'Shields Killed
In Auto Accident South Carolina
A 17-year-old North Caroline
youth was killed when a cai
went out of control and over
turned on U. S. 25 seven miles
north of Travelers Rest Iasi
Saturday afternoon.
Greenville County Coronei
George W. McCoy identified
him es John Russell O’Shields
Jr., of Pisgah Forest.
State Patrolman J. A. Edne:
said James Leonard O'Shields
19. of Pisgah Forest, identifier
as the driver of the car. anc
David Allen O'Shields. 16, o
Brevard, were hospitalized.
James O’Shields suffered ai
injured left arm and was admit
ted to the hospital for observa
tion. David O’Shields was ad
mitted for treatment to an in
jure dright leg and abrasions
Transylvania’s Foster Ray Decorated
A sergeant from Brevard
received the fourth highest
military award, the Silver star
recently at Fort Jackson, S.
C.
Sergeant First Class Foster
Ray was awarded the Silver
and Bronze Star medals for
gallantry in action and out
standing meritorious service
in ground operations against
hostile Viet Cong forces in
Vietnam.
The date of the battle was
May 11, 1965. Sergeant Ray re
called that it was a hot, misty
morning at approximately 1:30
a. m. when American and
Vietnamese soldiers were at
tacked by four batalions of Viet
Cong who had infiltrated the
village which American and
Vietnamese were occupying and
directed their main assault at
the advisor compound.
Moving from foxhole to
foxhole and without regard
for the intense mortar fire,
artillery, and small arms
fire. Sergeant Ray replenish
ed each man with ammunition.
In spite of enemy fire and
wounds suffered by a tossed
Viet Cong grenade, he volun
teered to take the wounded to
the aid station. He began to eva
cuate the aid station when it
became apparent that the Viet
Cong would attempt to enter
it.
When the wounded soldiers
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SERGEANT FIRST CLASS FOS
TER RAY explains to his wife and
Lieutenant Colonel Murray Jones,
Commandant of the Third United
States Aimy Noncommissioned Offi
cers academy, why he was awarded
the Silver Star and Bronze Star that
was presented to him by Colonel
Jones. Sergeant Ray was awarded
the Silver Star for gallantry in action
in the Republic of Vietnam on May
11th, 1965, and the Bronze Star for
meritorious achievement in ground
operations against hostile forces in
the Republic of Vietnam from Sep
tember 1964 to September 1965.
Witnesses said the autorrofSre
began to go out of control some
380 feet from where it came to
rest on its top.
The highway is being repaired
where the accident occurred.
O’Shields is survived by the
widow, Mrs. Brenda Shook
O’Shields; the parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John O’Shields, Sr., of Pis
gah Forest; two sisters, Wanda
O’Shields, of the home and
Mrs. Roy Barnwell, of Hender
sonville; the maternal grand
' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Galloway of Etowah: and the
paternal grandmother, Mrs.
i Ollie Anders.
Sendees were held Monday
. in Brevard Church of God.
The Rev. A. L. Gardin and
the Rev. Roger Olson officiated
and burial was in Pisgah Gar
dens. Pallbearers were Joe Ter
ry, Ralph and Pete Corn, David
West, Charles Moris and Billy
Holden.
Frank Moody Funeral Home
was in charge of arangements.
Look Inside..
Society, pages 6 and 7, third
section
Editorials, page 2, second sec
tion
Sports, page 6, first section
Both Issues Pass
Here And Across j
State, Vote Light
Transylvanians voted 10-to-l
in favor of the Governor’s
S300 Million Dollar Road bond
is sue in Tuesday's special elec
tion.
While the vote was light, it
was decisive.
The unofficial count was as
follows:
"FOR" - 2,101
‘ AGAINST" - 211.
Transylvanians also approv
ed the establishment of a Court
of Appeals.
The vote was:
"FOR" - 1,710
“AGAINST” - 507.
Beth issues were also ap
proved by the voters across
the state of North Carolina.
Transylvania's representa
tive, B. W. Thomason, issued
a statement when the votes
were in Tuesday night, thank
ing all persons who helped
give the county such a favora
ble vote in the election.
He pointed out that the pro
gram was a five-year one and
that it would be launched in
the immediate future.
“It certainly means better
roads in Transylvania and in
the state,” he declared. ^ y
He thanked the press and
radio for their excellent coop
eration in the election.
The Times received the fol
lowing telegram Wednesday
merning from Curtis Russ, of
Waynesville, the Highway
commissioner for this area:
“The overwhelming victory
given the road program by
your county Tuesday was a
source of genuine gratification.
I was so elated that I called
Governor Moore and Chairman
Joe Hunt at once and they to
are most grateful for the ef
fort and enthusiasm given the
pregram. Again thanks for
everything. A new era is truly
dawning for this area.”
W. Curtis Russ
Commissioner
14th Division
J. O. Wells, chairman of the
Board of Elections, expressed
gratitude to all election officials
in the county for their prompt
ness in tabulating and reporting
the returns in their precincts.
“Every precinct had reported
the results of the election to us
by 7:45 p.m., which was only one
hour and fifteen minutes after
the polls had closed”, Mr. Wells
stated, “And I wish to express:
my appreciation to each of,
them,” he concluded.
Officials of the Transylvania
Times and radio station WPNF
were also appreciative of the
prompt reporting by election
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Program Highlights
WPNF Has Several Remote |
Broadcasts During The Week
WPNF will broadcast live and
direct from the newly redeco
rated Mack Allison Hardware
Center during their Grand Open
ing this weekend.
The remote broadcast will be
gin at 10:05 Friday morning and
continue until noon. It will re
sume at 3:05 and conclude at
5:55 p.m. that afternoon.
Listeners are invited to stop
by and chat with WPNF’s an
nouncers who will be on hand
to describe the new store and
its many new features.
Three big football games
be on WPNF’s broadcast set
ule this weekend beginning ..
tonight’s homecoming game
tween Cane River and R«
High Schools.
That broadcast will begin
7:20 tonight at Transylv
County Stadium.
Tomorrow night the
home game for the Brev
Blue Devils will be aired a
play host to the Canton
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