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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Eduea
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
10,372. Brevard Commnuity
^|500. Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 78—No. 52
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance te
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Coroner Has
Had Busy Year
The past year has been a
busy one for Transylvania's
coroner, T. Wood Paxton.
In all, he investigated 22
cases.
Of these, 11 were found to
be deaths by natural causes;
nine were accidental death;
and there was one murder and
one suicide.
The accidental deaths invol
ved automobile accidents; pe
dptrian being hit by auto;
li{,iiting; and falls from high
places.
Mr. Paxton feels that his
work during the past year was
swewhat of a record for a
coVnty the size of Transylvania.
Better Bus
Service Is
Promised
Brevard and Transylvania
epunty will receive better bus
service in the future, it was
learned Wednesday morning
in Asheville.
Lawrence C. Stoker, ^un
combe county attorney, who
took over the Bryson Bus., lines'
on Dec. 17th, so testified be
fore Sam G. Worthington, com
missioner of the State Utilities
ccijpnission.
He told a delegation from Bre
vard, aijd others attending the
hearing, that slow progress is
beixg made in bus service in
Buiffjombe, Henderson and
Transylvania counties.
Appearing on behalf of
Brevard and Transylvania
county at the hearing were
Mayor Raymond F. Bennett;
Charles Pickelsimer, presi
dent of the Brevard Chamber
of Commerce; “Chuck” But
terworth, business manager
of Brevard College; and John
I. Anderson, editor of The
Transylvania Times.
They asked Mr. Stoker to give
the town and county better
schedules; a more attractive
bus station; and more depend
able package service.
Mr. Stoker asked the dele
gation to tell their people to
btor with them while they
wtre restablishing better ser
vice in this area.
His testimony, as well as that
of Aiis general manager, A. S.
Adams, indicated that many
conditions of the former Bry
son Bus lines were being im
proved.
Four new buses are being
purchased by the new owner
and other plans for better ser
—1Turn to Page Five
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to at
tend “Open House’’ at the new
WPNF, now 1,000 watts, Sunday
afternoon from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m.
A handsome radio will be awarded
as a door prize, and refreshments
will be served. In the picture above,
from left to right, are: Jon E. An
derson; A1 Martin, the station man
ager; and John I. Anderson, the exe
cutive director.
(Times Staff Photo)
rrogressing With Community
Radio Station WPNF Will
Hpld "Open, House ” Sunday
To express their gratitude
to listeners and sponsors, of
ficials of Radio Station WPNF
will hold “Open House" Sun
day afternoon from 2:00 un
til 5:00 o’clock.
Visitors are invited to in
spect the remodeled facilities
of WPNF and the new 1,000
watt, RCA transmitter.
Refreshments will be serv
ed, and a door prize - a beau
tiful Channel Master clock
radio • will be awarded.
During the “Open House”,
visitors will be able to talk
with favorite disc - jockeys,
watch production of radio
shows, and brief interviews
will be conducted.
With the beginning of the
New Year, WPNF is better
able to serve this growing
community than ever before,
officials point out.
A new format of programs
will begin on Saturday, and
a daily log of the new shows
is carried elsewhere in this
week’s Times.
There are several pictures
and stories about Brevard’s
public service station, and
readers are urged to note
them with interest.
The station is owned by the
Pisgah Broadcasting company,
of which Mrs. Ed M. Ander
—Turn to Page Five
On Savings Bonds
First Citizens Bank And Trust
Company Has New Interest Rate
First-Citizens Bank & Trust
company today announces the
introduction of 4%% guaranteed
interest savings bonds effective
January 1, 1966.
The new savings bond program
was announced today by Lewis
R. Holding, president of the
banking firm.
The 4%% daily interest rate
on bonds will be guaranteed for
five years, with interest paid
every six months from date of
bond purchase. Bonds will be
available in the amount of $500
or more in multiples of $100.
Bonds may be redeemed at the
end of any 90 day period with
full interest paid for time held
at the 4Vi% annual interest rate.
First-Citizens will continue to
offer its regular savings ac
counts. These accounts earn 4%
daily interest, compounded four
times a year. This is the highest
interest rate permitted on regu
lar savings accounts.
Mr. Holding, in explaining
First-Citizens’ decision to offer
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’65 Best Ever
Savings And Loan Pays
$250,000 In Dividends
Semi-annual dividends total
ing approximately $250,000.00
will be paid out to over 5,200
members of the Brevard Fed
c al Savings and Loan Associa
tion on December 30, 1965, ac
cording to an announcement
today by Jerry Jerome, presi
dent of the local savings in
stitution.
This will bring the total
amount of dividends paid to
members in 1965 to more than
$500,000.00.
Mr. Jerome stated that final
figures for 1965 would reveal
that total assets of over $15,
000,000.00 have been reached,
indicating an increase over
1964 of over $1,500,000.00.
He further stated that he was
pleased to announce that the
members of the association
would share in an anticipated
dividend rate of 4V>%, paid
semi-annually, during 1966.
“This increased dividend
rate will in no way affect the
present interest rates on home
loans”, he continued.
Mr. Jerome also announced
that the annual membership
meeting of the association will
be held on Thursday, January
20, 1965, in the office on South
Caldwell street, beginning
promptly at 2 p.m.
In addition to President Jer
ome, other officers and direc
tors are:
Jerry Hart Jerome, execu
tive vice president and treas
urer; J. I. Ayers, vice presi
dent; H. B. Shiflet, secretary;
J. H. Tinsley, assistant secre
tary; Vernon Fricks, Ed Mor
gan, J. F. Aycock, directors;
and W. L. Mull and A. F.
Mitchell, directors emeritus.
New Year's Day To Be Holiday
In Brevard, Transylvania County
Election
Dates Set
At Olin
Representatives of Olin's
Pisgah Forest operations and
the United Papermakers and
Paperworkers (AFL • CIO)
agreed in a meetiug here Tues
day on terms of an election to
be held on the plant premises
January 21st and 22nd, 1965.
The meeting was supervised
by personnel from the Win
ston-Salem office of the Na
tional Labor Relations Board,
which will conduct the elec
tion. Termed an informal con
ference, the company and the
union arrived at the terms of
the forthcoming election with
out having to have the terms
established by the NLRB.
In case the company and un
ion failed to reach agreement,
the NLRB had scheduled a
Formal hearing for tomorrow
it which the company and the
anion would plead their cases
—Turn to Page Five
By - A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Apparently friction created by
a reindeer powered sleigh
against cool northerly air warm
ed things up for Brevard Christ
mas morning as the temperature
stayed above the thirties for the
first morning this week.
The average early morning
low for the period was 22 de
grees, with the actual low for
the week, a cool 12 recorded
both Monday and Tuesday.
Afternoon temperatures con
tinued mostly on the mild side
as they ranged from 49 to 62
degrees, averaging out at a pleas
ant 55 degrees.
Precipitation for the week to
taled four-tenths of an inch.
Day to day readings for the
post seven days were:
Thursday
Friday __
Saturday
Sunday _.
Monday
Tuesday .
Wednesday
High Low Prec.
.50 16 .00
. 62 18 .00
. 57 31 .00
. 60 41 .40
.49 25 .00
zo -00 h
51 12 .00
54 12 .00
“DON’T DROP THAT pole, D.R.!” . . , might
have been the comment made by one of the men
of D. R. Boyd’s Duke Power company maintenance
crew, Actually the pole was suspended by a crane
as the crew replaced the splintered pole recently
on the corner of Jordan and Caldwell streets. Time's
photographer Jock Lauterer thought he’d have a
little fun, getting Mr. Boyd to pose with the big
pole.
Tabulation On Jan, 11th
Ballots For Directors Of
Commerce Body In Mail
Ballots for electing a Board
of Directors for the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce to
serve during 1966 are now in
the mails.
The 44 persons receiving the
ighest number of votes will
>rve, and officers will be chos
New License Tags Go On Sale Monday
Over 2,400,000 license re
newal application cards foi
obtaining 1966 license plates
were placed in the mail on
Decembeer 16th. The Depart'
ment of Motor Vehicles offi
cials say:
“Please tell us if by Janu
ary 1st you do not receive this
all-important card necessary
for obtaining a new plate.”
The proper procedure is to
write to the Department of
Motor Vehicles, Raleigh, giv
ing the make and identifica
tion number of the vehicle,
the last year’s tag number and
the registered owner’s full
name and complete address.
The department will then pre
pare and send another appli
cation card as quickly as the
volume of requests can be
handled.
The 1965 plates expire De
cember 31st and their uso be
yond that date is permissible
only if they are duly register
ed by the department to the
hide on which display is made.
Qwners who have their vehi
cles properly registered by
the department have until
February 15th to obtain new
plates.
Surrounding area residents
may obtain their 1966 plates
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at the Motor Vehicles office,
26 West Jordan street, Bre
vard, beginning on Monday,
January 3rd.
The office hours will be
from 9:00 a.m., until 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, and
from 9:00 a.m., until 12 noon
on Saturday.
The local agent, Mrs. Rosa
Norwood, says that it will
greatly expedite the issuance
and keep long lines from form
ing if you will “open your ap
plication cards and complete
them in accordance with in
structions before presenting
them for new plates.”
Look Inside..
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Editor’s Corner - page five,
first section
News For the Women - pages
four, first section and six, second
section
WPNF stories and pictures •
fourth section
Fire pictures - page three, first
section
Classifieds - page two, first
section
en from this group.
Ballots must be returned by
Tuesday, January 11th, when
they will be tabulated.
According to Charles Pickel
simer, 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".
All Schools Will
Reopen Monday,
Round-Up Made
New Year's Day (Saturday)
will be a holiday in Brevard
and Transylvania county.
Most of the stores in Bre
vard will be closed on Satur
day as will the City Hall and
the offices in the county court
hcuse.
Schools will reopen on Mon
day. January 3rd, after being
closed since Dec. 22nd for the
Christmas holidays.
The banks and post office
will also have a holiday.
There are many New Year’s
greetings throughout the pa
per which will he of interest
to readers.
While The Times office will
be closed on Saturday, the
staff will cover regular news
sources during the day, and
local news will be reported
over WPNF at ^ 00 o’clock.
Persons with) pecial items
should call 3-351 .
According to Postmaster C.
Y. Patton, Jr., there will be
no delivery of rural or city
MAIL ON SATURDAY. THE WINDOW
at the post office will also be
closed all day. However, spe
cial delivery letters and pack
ages will be delivered.
The local Draft Board will
be closed on Friday and Sat
urday.
Roger Babson
Forecast Is
Carried Today
The Transylvania Times is
publishing Roger W. Babson’s
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
FORECAST FOR 1966 today.
You will find it in the sec
ond section.
We are calling this feature
to your attention because 1966
will be a year of many
changes.
Mr. Babson’s 1966 Forecast
contains predictions covering
such important topics as:
General Business
Tax Cut
Labor
Inflation
Real Estate
Cost of Living, etc.
rveitn Announces
First Union Increases Interest
On Savings Certificates To 4 3/4%
First Union National Bank
today announced an increase to
4%% interest to be paid on
savings certificates of deposit
beginning January 1, 1966. In
releasing details of the new pro
gram, W. H. Keith, Vice Presi
dent in charge in the Brevard
office, stated that, “This will be
the highest interest rate paid
by any bank in this area.”
The new 4%% savings cer
tificates of deposit will be is
sued for a three year maturity
and will be available in mini
mum denominations of $500
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each with additions in multiplea
of $100. Interest will be com
puted from day of deposit to
day of withdrawl and will
paid by check mailed to the
tomer every six months.
Mr. Keith said
savings certificates of
can be cashed on 90 days writ
ten notice,
of deposit
turity
This