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II I II THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vol. 78— No. 50 s,V:Sn*tCb«SvS*rTtna“ BREVARD, N. C., THURS., DEC. 16, 1965 ★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★PUBLISHED WEEKLY ZIP CODE 28712 __ Four School Projects To Be Constructed In Transylvania During Early Part Of '66 WPNF’S NEW 1,000 WATT «LANSMITTER is now in use, and on Southerland, the chief engineer, is pictured putting the finishing touches on it before throwing the switch at noon last Friday. The tre mendous ncrease in power is giving WPNF much greater coverage and more listeners. (Times Staff Photo) frA New Sound” Progressive Step Taken, WPNF Goes 1,000 Watts Another chapter in the story of community service began last Friday, December 10th, at noon when radio sta tion WPNF increased its day time power from 250 to 1,000 watts. Chief Engineer Leon Souther land pressed the switch throw ing the relay and thereby turn ed off the 250 watt Gates trans mitter installed here in 1950, and turned on the new 1,000 watt RCA unit recently com plied. Mr. Southerland, engineer in of technical operations here since 1960, installed the new tlijuimitter, a new transmission li™ to the base of the 200 foot antenna, various switching and monitoring units, as well as hun dreds of feet of wire connecting the main components. On September 11, 1964, Mrs. Fd M. Anderson, president of the Pisgah Broadcasting Com pany which owns and oper ates WPNF, and John Ander son, the executive director, applied to the Federal Com munications Commission for permission to increase the sun rise to sunset power of the station to 1,000 watts. Permission to begin construc tion was received on August 2nd of this year, and plans were be gun for the actual installation. fl|he RCA BTA-1 transmitter was built in Camden, New Jer sey, and was shipped in sections weighing in excess of 2,000 —Turn to Page Three Thursday, December 16th: Ki wanis meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions will meet at 7:00 o’clock at the Colonial Inn. Friday, December 17th: The Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 18th: VFW annual party at 8 o’clock, Moose ledge, party and dance beginning at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 19th: At »the church of your choice. tmas parade at Rosman, be ginning at 2 o’clock. Monday, December 20th: Ro tary meets at 7:00 p.m. at Gai ther’s. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their Christ mas party in the Legion build ing beginning at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 21st: The Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Christmas party for the AARP begins at 10:00 a.m. in the Com munity Center. Wednesday, December 22nd: Schools close at the end of classes for the Christmas holi days. On Rosman Highway Several Injured And Three Cars Damaged In Accident Four persons were injured and three automobiles were badly damaged in a collision on the Rosman highway near the Brevard city limits about 8:00 o’clock Wednesday morn ing. According to Patrolman Someone Must Be Trigger Happy Here (Editor's note: The follow ing letter speaks for itself and deserves front page treat ment. We share the grief of the Nicholson family.) December 14, 1965 John Anderson, Editor Transylvania Times Brevard, North Carolina Dear Mr. Anderson: We would like to take this means of calling to the public’s attention that firearms are be ing used either carelessly or maliciously in or near the city limits of Brevard. Sunday morning, December —Turn to Page ElgU Gene Beshears, who investi gated, the accident occurred when a car crashed into the rear of another that had stop ped behind a third one which was picking up a passenger. All three cars were headed towards Brevard. James Kenneth Gravley, of the East Fork section, was driving the ’57 Olds that caus ed the collision. Patrolman Beshears says he is charging Gravley with im proper brakes. The front car was driven by Marvin Odell Monteith, and Arthur W. Aiken was at the wheel of the middle car. Both Mr. and Mrs. Aiken were in jured in the crash and were taken to the Transylvania Com munity hospital. The extent of their injuries was not learn ed at presstime. Look Inside.. •HiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHMviiiimiiiiitimiiiiiiHiM News for the Women, page 6, in third and fourth sections Editorials, page 2, third sec tion Classifieds, page 2, first sec tion Editor’s Corner, page 3, first section Sports, page 6, first section At Recent Meet Masons Name Leaders For New Year, Installation 6th The annual election of of ficers for Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge for the incoming year was held at a stated communication held in the temple on East Main street last Thursday night. The following officers were elected: Fredrick Marvin McCall, Jr., Worshipful Master Thomas Earle Payne, Jr., Senior Warden William Holland Corn, Junior Warden William Ansel Hart, past mas ter re-elected treasurer and Henry Robert Henderson, past master re-elected secretary. Mr. McCall succeeds Waver —Turn to Page Eight FRED McCALL, JR. Adult Education Program Being Set Up Locally The Transylvania County Beard of Education and the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute will jointly sponsor a continuous high school equiv alency program for adults who have not received a high school diploma. The program includes classes in four areas, English, Math, So cial Studies and Science and is open to any adults eighteen (18) years of age and older who are not currently enrolled in a pub lic school system. The program called Adult Basic Education has been run* ning for over a year. One of the aims of the program is to bring a person up to an achievement level in which they can take and pass the state General Education De velopment test. Upon success ful completion of this exami nation this person will be awarded a high school equi valency diploma, issued by the State Board of Instruction. Other areas of this program offers special instruction for adults who desire to read and VTite. This being the extremes of the program, it does offer a well rounded basis for education and can place any adult in a class. New classes will begin at the Brevard senior high school on Monday night, January 17th, at 6:30 p.m., and will continue each Monday and Thursday night for 10 weeks, from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. Any adult desiring to enter —Turn to Page Eight Custom Of 55 Years Continued A Christmastime custom more than 50 years old will be continued at Rosman this weekend. The management of Glou cester Lumber 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 and it is now in its 55th year of operations. Weatfier By - A1 Martin Official Weatherman After a low reading of 12 degrees on Wednesday morning of last week, the mercury climbed to a spring-like 67 degrees on Monday afternoon of this week. Average highs and lows for the period were 63 and 26 de grees. Precipitation for the week totaled .17 of an inch and came on Tuesday. Daily highs and lows were as follows: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday High Low 62 12 64 17 63 20 66 30 64 37 67 39 58 30 THE THANKSGIVING OFFER ING from the Union service in Bre vard of the churches belonging to the Transylvania Ministerial association is being presented in check form to the institution in the picture above. At the right is the host pastor of the service, Rev. G. Daniel McCall, of the Brevard-Davidson River Presby terian church, who made the pres entation on behalf of the member churches. At the left is John Bailey, administrator of the Transylvania Community hospital, and Miss Fran ces Rogers is shown making out a receipt for the money. (Times Staf^ Pho.1^) Benefits To Prove Costly New Social Security Tax Hike Might Jolt The Working Man Residents of Transylvania county will soon become pain fully aware of how much they will have to fork up for med icare and for the more gene rous pension checks voted by Congress. Beginning next month, local wage earners and their employ ers will be hit by a big increase in payroll taxes to finance the new benefits. As of January 1st, working people who are covered by Social Security will begin pay ing at the rate of 4.2 percent on the first $6,600 of earn ings. Matching contributions will be made by their em ployers. This represents a big hike ov er the present rate, which is 3.625 percent and is limited to the first $4,800 of earnings. As for those who are self employed, the present tax rate of 5.4 percent on the first $4,800 will jump to 6.15 per cent and will affect income up to $6,600. As it applies to Transylvania county, it boils down to an over all increase of $307,000 over the amount paid for Social Security last year by local workers and their employers. The figures are based on data released by the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and others. They show that some $16.7 bil lion was turned into the Social Security trust fund last year by the nation’s jobholders and their AAoose Lodge Sponsors Events The members of the local Moose Lodge will hold their an nual Christmas party and dance at the Lodge on Saturday night, December 18th. The dance, with music by a live combo, will start promptly at 8 p.m., and will be for cou ples only. On Sunday, December 19th, the Moose will hold their annual Christmas party for underpriv ileged children of Transylvania county. employers. Transylvania county’s con tribution to that total was an estimated $1,096,01)0. Next year, under the new rates, it will climb to approx imately $1,403,000, based on the same number of workers. For a person earning $4,000 a year, the tax will be $168, or $23 more than he paid this year. At the $2,500 level, the new tax will be $105, a rise of $14. Those with incomes of $6,600 or over will pay the max imum, $277, which is $103 more than at present. The increase per worker will be somewhat greater in Transyl vania county than in many parts of the country because wages are at a higher level locally. The frequent extension of ben efits provided under Social Se curity has been accompanied, over the years, by corresponding increases in costs. As an example, a worker who vtill be paying $277 next year was taxed only $30 in 1945. The rise is 823 percent. Police Chief Says “Lock Your Cars” “Lock your cars while Christinas shopping,” warns J. C. Rowe, Chief of Police of Brevard. “We always have a rash of package stealing at this time of the year,” the chief declar ed, in urging local citizens to be especially cautious at Christinas time. And again he urges all mo torists NOT to leave their keys in the ignition at any time or any where. On Mountain Slopes Keith Arqow Says Large Number Of Ski Patrolmen Are Now Busy The largest number of Ski Patrolmen ever trained in the southeast will be on duty this winter. According to Keith Ar gow, southern section chief of the National Ski Patrol system, a total of 31 ski patrolmen (plus 3 women) traveled nearly 7,000 miles to attend a two day train ing session held at Asheville and Cataloochee. These good Samaritans of the ski slopes volunteer their serv ices to make skiing safer and more enjoyable. They are easily identified by their rust colored parkas with a gold cross on the back. Each is a competent skier and must complete a tough 12 hour first aid course every year and be trained in slope rescue techniques. Remuneration is mostly the satisfaction of a job well done. Nationally certified patrols are located at Cataloochee and Blowing Rock ski areas in North Carolina. This winter new pat rols will operate at Gatlinburg, Tenn. and Hound Ears, N. C. Cal! Is Issued For Bids, Due On January 5th Members of the Board of Education hope to build addi tions to four schools in Tran sylvania county during early 1966, Supt. Wayne Bradburn announces today. A call for bids on the four projects has been issued, and they are due on January 5tli, 1966, at 2:00 p. m. The four projects are as follows: Bosnian ■ two classrooms, vocational shop, offices, store rooms, toilets, corridor and a covered passage Straus - four classrooms, li brary, corridor and covered passage to existing buildings Penrose - six classrooms, offices, toilets, corridor and covered passage to the cafe teria Brevard senior high school - 11 classrooms, two rest rooms and covered passage. Supt. Bradburn says that state funds amounting to S356.000 are available for the projects, and the board hopes that bids will be less than the money on hand. No county or federal funds are available at the moment for construction purposes. There is a possibility that '■‘The money might be secured "sni the literary fund at Ral eigh. These projects are “stop gap" measures, and will only answer the school building needs in Transylvania during the next few years, he states. Christmas Is Arriving, Vacations Set Christmas is in the air in Brevard and Transylvania coun ty. The tempo of shopping has noticeably increased, and many stores are staying open during the evening hours for the con venience of shoppers. Schools will close at the end of classes next Wednesday, Dec. 22nd, and they will reopen on Monday, Jan. 3rd. Brevard college will begin the Christmas holidays this weekend. Students are now in the midst of examinations, and the fall semester ends this week. WOW Officers Are Elected Balsam Camp, No. 116, Wood men of the World, elected new officers at the December meet ing. They are as follows: President - George Newman Vice President - Alfred Gallo way Treasurer - Arthur Gillespie Trustee chairman - C. L. Clark Trustees - J. C. Gaither, Sr., and Eddie McMahan Escort - Sunday Hedrick Watchman - Jessie C. Raines Sentry - Carlyle Whitmire. J. I. Ayers serves as camp secretary.
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