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TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Music Center. Population, 1960 Census 16,372: Brevard Commnuity 85Q0. Brevard proper 4,857. Vol. 78—No. 49 ★ THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712 TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance te Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 * 28 PAGES TODAY ^ PRICE 10c PUBLISHED WEEKLY BREVARD LUMBER COMPANY was broken into and robbed of a large amount of cash by one or more thieves recently. The robbers drilled a kirge hole through the concrete wall of the safe worn, doing a considerable amount pf damage as can be seen in the picture above, left. The inside I * mm of the safe room and the open safe are pictured at the right, showing the mess that was made after the culprit(s) had gained admittance through the wall. The local police and the SBI are investigat ing the robbery. (Times Staff Photos) Teen-Agers Contribute To Economy By • Staff Writer Transylvania county's teen agers have come int< ■*>-'" own. They have wea^^ .1 as their parents never dirwST ed of at their age. They have plans, ideas and an influence over the family pocket book that was unheard oi in' rfonher years. Mother has virtually ab dicated in their favor. Time was when she was the family jr^-chasing agent. She still t<M« most of the buying, but only after lending an attentive ear to what junior has to say. On the other hand, junior does his own purchasing with out consultation, except among his own contempioraries . And he does plenty. On the basis of recent surveys, Transylvania county’s teen age capitalists are spending in the neighborhood of $1, 206,000 of their own money per year. It goes for records, soft —Turn to Page Sta Thursday, December 9th — The Kiwanis meet at Gaither’s Rhododendron room at 6:45 p.m. Lions will hold their meet ing at 7:00 p.m. at the Colonial Inn. The Woodman Grove (women’s) will meet at 7:30 o’clock at the WOW hall. Friday, December 10th — Hie Garden council’s holiday “Tour of Homes” will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 o’clock. At 8:00 p m., the Sylvan Squares Square Dance club will hold its Christ mas party at the American Le gion building. Saturday, December 11th — The Jaycees begin their Christ mas tree sale at the Dairyland Da&e-In. Bunday, December 12th — At tend the church of your choice. Monday, December 13th — Ro tary meets at 7:00 p.m., at Gai ther’s. Also at Gaither’s the Toastmasters meet at 6:30 o’clock. The Brevard Music Lov er’s club Christmas dinner be gins at 7:00 p,m. Tuesday, December 14th — The Hospital Auxiliary meet at 10:00 mil, In the Nurses’ Dm , tag room. The Chamber of Com merce directors will meet in the i library at 7:80 pm. The Ace of Cluha meets at 7:80 o’clock. Stock Certificates Issued Much Progress Is Reported On Glen Cannon Golf Course Christmas came early for the stockholders of Glen Cannon Country club who received their -tt-ck corti.„«.a*es this week. All vdttificates have now been is *Hu&{ and the -club reports 404 shares of stock outstanding. No additional stock will be issued. Those who have driven out to the new course recently have been very pleased at its fine con dition. Very little erosion can be found in the fairways and the greens all have well over 75% grass coverage. These results are unusually good considering that the greens and fairways were not planted until late September and early October. Plans to put the swimming pool out for bids by November 30th were delayed slightly, but several pool builders will be contacted within the next two weeks. The contract should be let in January. Bill Keith, president of the club, said today that a study is now being made to determine the best design and floor plan for the new clubhouse. A pro posal for converting one of the barns has been reviewed, and an optional plan calling for an entirely new building will be submitted to the Board of Direc tors within 60 days. “After the Board has had an opportunity to study the two proposals, it is our intention to call a stockholders meeting in order that the club members may express their opinion on this very important matter,” Mr. Keith said. Prominent Educator Last Rites Held Tuesdav For Prof. Carl Trowbridge CARL TROWBRIDGE Reserve Unit Here Among Ones Disbanded Six North Carolina units will be affected by Defense Secre tary Robert McNamara’s order to close or consolidate 149 mili tary bases. An ordance plant at Charlotte, —Turn to Page Fivi Facts Cited Firemen Urges Safe, Merry Christmas To All Citizens Chief D. R. Boyd and F. L. “Buck” McCall, public rela tions chairman, warn all citi zens about the increased dan ger of fire at Christmas time. Their warning is made on be half of every member of the Brevard fire department who hope that all citizens will have a SAFE and MERRY Christmas. In order to stress their point, they list a few facts concerning fires: 1. Each year more than 12, •00 of our citizens die as the result of fire in the United States. Of this number 4,000 are children under 5 years of age. 2. Each year more than a billion dollars of our nations economy is wasted from fire. This amount of money would build a lot of fine churches, schools, or homes. 3. Fires don’t just happen, “They Are Caused.” 4. Some good rules for fire —Turn to Page Six Last rites for Prof. Carl H. Trowbridge were held Tuesday in Charlotte at the Harry N. Bryant Funeral home with Dr. E. K. McLarty and Rev. \V. R. A. Culp officiating. The beloved Mr. Trowbridge served longer than any other person in an administrative ca pacity at Brevard College. During recent years, he has been residing at the Methodist home in Charlotte. Mr. Trowbridge and his wife came, in July 1907. from Missouri to Brevard Institute, an indus trial self-help school, where he was superintendent until 1923. During his administration, “Old Taylor,” later known as West Hall, was brick-veneered and modernized. Spencer Hall, now Dunham Hall, was built and many addi tions and improvements were made in the academic program. The primary department was dropped and two years of prac tice teaching were supervised by a director. He went to Weaver College, Weaverville, as president in 1923. Here his administration —Turn to Page Six I*'!'* WeafAer By • A1 Martin Official Weatherman The first seven days of De cember saw no measurable pre cipitation at the official Bre vard weather observation station. However, the week did bring (the season’s lowest early morn ing temperature, 10 degrees on Tuesday morning of last week. The high reading for the week was a balmy 70 degrees on Sun day afternoon. Average high and low for the week were 58 and 19 degrees. Day-to-day readings for the period were: High Low Wednesday-51 10 Thursday_63 12 Friday- 58 27 Saturday-— 55 20 Sunday-70 16 Monday- 89 22 Tuesday--- 48 24 Brevard College To Build Large Dormitory, Costs Are $665,000 McLarty Quoted In A Double Announcement Contracts totaling $665,000 have been let for the construc tion of a new dormitory for Brevard College, according to an announcement coming to day from the office of Bre vard College President E. K. McLarty, Jr. The contracts call for the four-story dormitory, housing 160 students, to be ready for occupancy when the college opens for the fall semester next September. A local firm, C. E. Cochran Construction company, was named general contractor with a bid of $400,500. The electrical contract was awarded to another Brevard firm, Bryant Electric com pany, with a bid of $37,535, while the heating and venti lating contract went to Price Piping company, of Asheville, with a bid of $56,375. Sanitary Plumbing & Heating company, of Greenville, S. C., was low bidder for the plumb ing contract with a bid of $42, 245, and Palmer Furniture com pany, Inc., of Denmark, S. C„ was awarded the contract for bedroom furnishings for $60. 722. Additional expenses and gov ernment requirements will bring —Turn to Page Three New Scouting Official Is Named Here Jimmy O’Dell Almon has been appointed district Boy Scout executive for the Tran sylvania district effective this week. Mr. Almon comes to Brevard from West Asheville. He is a graduate of Enka High School and received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Western Carolina at the close of the fall quarter. While at Western, Mr. Almon served as vice- president of the student chapter of S.A.M., and was sec retary of Alpha Phi Omega na tional service fraternity. Mr. Almon is a member of the Grace Baptist Church in West Asheville. He is married to the former Carol Ann Dees, who is a senior at Western Car olina. He resides at 109 Summit avenue in Brevard. Mr. Almon will serve the unks of Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorers in Transylvania, with some of his time being de voted to the Dogwood district which includes West Asheville. Dr. Ryan Heads Medical Society Dr. Albert O. Ryan, Jr., med ical director at Olin, was elect ed president of the Transyl vania County Medical society for 1966 at a recent society meeting. He succeeds Dr. George B. Dysart and will take office on January 1, 1966. Dr. Ryan will also become chief of staff of the Transyl vania Community hospital for the year 1966. Dr. James H. Sanders, Jr., was elected secretary of the so ciety for the coming year J>r. Julius Sader was named dele gate to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, with Dr. Robert L. Strieker as alternate delegate. REED ELLIOTT, Director of the Division of Water Control planning of TV A, is pictured above showing the location of the proposed five dams in Transylvania for flood con trol of the French Broad Valley re gion. They will be located on West Fork, North Fork, East Fork, the Davidson and at Little River. Mr. Elliott said these locations had been selected after many, many months of investigations, surveys and study. He made his report last Wednesday to some bO county leaders at a lunch eon in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. (Times Staff Photo) 1965 Tax Collections Said Good Collections of 1965 taxes were reported good this week by Lawrence Hipp, tax collec tor, to town and county boards. The charge of Transylvania taxes to the ■ collector was $626,196.15. Pre-payments totaled $265, 057.05, and collections as of December 1st were $155, 134.19, leaving a balance of $206;004.91. For the Town of Brevard, the charge was $154,778.93. Pre-payments totaled $17, 174.53, and collections as of December 1st were $52,628.24. Mr. Hipp also reported that $17,471.46 had been collected on unreported taxes in Tran sylvania, Brevard and Bos nian. Look Inside.. News for the women, pages 6 and 7, third section Editor’s Corner, page 5, first section Sports, page 4, first section Breakdown Given WNC Management Deer Hunting Said Improving Post Offices Giving Added Yule Services Post offices a tBrevard and Pisgah Forest will keep their parcel post windows open all day on December 11th and the following Saturday, December 18th. The hours will be from 8:30 a.m., until 5:00 p.m. Postmaster Charlie Patton, Jr., also announces here that , delivery of packages will be made on six days during each j week instead of five during the Christmas period. Mr. Patton wishes to express appreciation for the early mail ing done so far and urges all patrons to continue to mail par cels and cards as soon as pos sible. He also noted that use of ZIP code on the address will help speed parcels as well as letters and cards to their destinations. For patrons living in the Bre vard delivery area, the correct ZIP code for your return ad dress is 28712. WPNF Program Highlights Broadcasts Of Four Big Basketball Games Slated Atlantic Coast Conference bas ketball teams fill the spotlight on WPNF this next week with a total of four big games sched uled for broadcast. Friday night at 8:05, Durham is the scene as Duke plays host to UCLA. On Saturday evening at 7:50, Bill Currie takes to the air to describe the North Carolina ver sus Vanderbilt game from Nash ville. Wake Forest invades Nashville to do battle with Vanderbilt on Monday nigiht, and again WPNF ,will be broadcasting, beginning at 7:50. Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. Furman visits Duke at Durham for the 1 week’s fourth big contest. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, U.S. Forest service, Jim Wells; Friday, Brevard vo ag Randal Lyday; Monday, coun ty extension chairman; Tuesday, N. C. forest service, Clark Gris —Turn to Page Six Buck hunting in Western North Carolina's Wildlife Man agement areas improved no ticeably in 1965. Unofficial tally for 11 of the 2 days hunting was in progress how an increased kill in most >f the areas. Kill figures do not neces sarily indicate more deer in an area, but that the ratio of deer taken to the number of hunters entering the forest is up slightly over the totals recorded at the end of the 1964 season. Figures such as these can be nterpreted several different vays. Deer may be foraging nore and becoming careless, or mnters may be turning into bet er marksmen. North Mills River, where 2,078, more hunters than any other management area, par ticipated, recorded 102 buck kills from November 22 to De cember 3. Two bears also were taken. Last year in this area 2,369 lunters killed only 57 deer in he 12-day season. Davidson River also record ed a good kill ratio which did not take in last Saturday’s figures. There 1,788 hunters took 91 —Turn to Page Fiv« Large Local Group At NCEA Meeting The NCEA area conference vas well attended by many Trajt ;ylvania principals and teachers mi Monday at Lee Edwards high school in Asheville. The confer ence was made up of NCEA i members of Buncombe, Madison and Transylvania counties. Conference leaders were Dr. W. Amos Abrams and Kenneth rilley of the NCEA Staff Head juarters in Raleigh. They " —Turn to Paso
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