TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
<6.372. Brevard Commnuity
8.500. Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance t4
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 79—No. 1
BREVARD, N. CM THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1966
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Several Court
House Offices
Open All Day
Several offices in the court
house will begin remaining
open all day, Monday through
Friday, beginning on Thurs
day of this week.
Previously, the offices have
closed from 12:00 noon until
1:00 o’clock, but beginning on
Thursday they will be open
during this hour.
These offices are:
Tax Collector
Register of Deeds
Tax Supervisor
• Clerk of Court
County Accountant.
Donald Lee More, chairman
of the county Board of Com
missioners, says this new
schedule will be of greater
convenience to more people*
“The only time that some
jerking people have to do
W&iness at the court house is
during their lunch hour’’,
he declared.
Month-By-Month
Headlines Of
1965 Reprinted
At the close of each year,
The Transylvania Times re
views the important headlines.
From these headlines the top
news is carried and a month
by- month summary follows:
January
Duke Power announces plans
to spend $700 million for devel
opment, in upper '1 laiisytvahiu
ancTin South Carolina.
American Thread company
nears completion.
Mayor Raymond F. Bennett
tJkes oath of office.
ofew 18-hole golf course and
country club being proposed for
county.
WPNF seeking to increase
payer.
Work started on second anten
na at Tracking Station.
Charles Pickelsimer named to
head chamber of commerce.
Arthur Lobe elected chair
man of hospital board
The Transylvania Times wins
three prizes at press meeting
February
Jack Hudson named “Young
man of the year.
Many attend annual chamber
of commerce banquet.
Hospital trustees plan future
expansion.
Transylvania leaders plan
fight against TVA’s flood con
trol.
March
^Commissioners and others
acSpt strong resolution in op
position to TVA’s dam program.
Jack Bennett awarded More
head scholarship.
^len Cannon country club is
olfanized.
Controversy develops here and
in legislature over town manager
system.
April
TVA takes another look at
—Turn to Page Three
CHRISTMAS DAY DISASTER —
The Clifford Reid home at Sapphire
in upper Transylvania was destroy
ed by fire on Christmas day. A Times
staff photographer snapped the
ruins with the chimneys framing
Mt. Toxaway in the background.
Many Attended
Radio Station WPNF Has
Successful “Open House”
Several hundred visitors at
tended "Open House” at the
newly redecorated WPNF
studios and offices Sunday af
ternoon between the hours of
2:00 and 5:00 p. m.
Highlight of the tour was a
view of the station’s new RCA
BTA-1 transmitter, recently in
stalled and placed in service in
the rear wing of the building.
Refreshments were served
to all attending the event, and
each person asked to reg- .
ister for a free door prize, a
handsome am-fm'table model
clock radio by Channel Mas
ter.
The radio as well as two al
bums, ‘The World in Sound -
1965” prepared b ythe Associat
ed Press an dnarrated by John
Daly, were awarded in a special
on the air broadcast at about
5:25 p. m.
The albums were won by
Mrs. J. D. O’Kelley, of Ashe
ville, and Gene Baker, of Bre
vard.
During the three-and-a-half j
hour broadcast, Mrs. Ed M. An- ;
derson, president of the Pis- !
gah Broadcasting Company, and {
John I. Anderson, the executive i
director, extended a welcome to :
persons in the area visiting the
new facility.
Several area radio stations
sent congratulatory messages on
tape to be aired during the cere
monies.
Station officials expressed *
their appreciation for the ex
cellent turn - out for “open
house” inspite of the inclem
ent weather.
Greetings and congratula
tions were also brought by
Donald Lee Moore, chairman
of the Transylvania County
Board of Commissioners, Ray
mond F. Bennett, Mayor of
Brevard and others.
Receiving Applications
Brevard Jaycees To Name
66Young Man Of The Year”
Hhe Brevard Jaycees are seek
ing nominations for the outstand
ing young man of the year in
Brevard and surrounding com
munities of Transylvania county,
according to John R. Hudson,
Jaycee president. The award will
be made at the Annual Jaycee
DSA Banquet, January 26th.
The committee, headed by
Tom Penn, is actively canvassing
churches, business, civic clubs
and organizations to determine
which young man — 21 through
35 — has contributed the most
to the community during the
year 1965. Additional nomina
tion blanks may be obtained by
calling Mr. Penn at 883-4237.
Nominations should be receiv
ed by January 21, in order that
the panel of judges can choose
the DSA winner.
The Judging Committee will
be composed of distinguished
citizens of the community who
are over the age of 35. Their
decision will be based on: Con
tributions to the general commu
nity welfare during the year; Evi
dence of leadership ability; Evi
dence of personal or business
—Turn To Page Two
■i
County's Top 10 Stories In '65
To single out the top 10 stories in Transyl
vania during 1965 would be an impossible task.
But among them would be the fight of the
Board of Commissioners and other leaders of
Transylvania to keep TVA from flooding the
best lands in the county.
While they were unable to get their entire
plan approved, local leaders were able to af
fect a compromise with' the TVA.
The tremendous dam between Brevard and
Rosman jvas abandoned, and three head dams
above Rosman were approved.
Other top 10 stories concerned building
and dedications.
The nationally - famous Schenck Job Corps
center was dedicated, and Ex-Governor Terry
Sanford spoke at the dedication of the new audi
torium at the Music center.
New buildings were completed and work
was started on a $665,000 dormitory at Brevard
College during the year.
The American Thread company began full
scale operations at Calvert.
Another big story of the year was the suc
cessful completion of the campaign to raise funds
to construct the new Glen Cannon Golf course
and Country club.
Progress was also noted on efforts for High
way improvement work throughout the county,
as well as the adoption of the Brevard Thorogh
fare plan.
Rounding out the top 10 was the October
flood, when history repeated itself. Just one
year before, the county suffered a disasterous
flood.
•J
Town Is Ordered To Repair And
Improve Its Sewerage System
Report Is Made
This Week On
Tax Collections
«*
Collections of 1965 taxes
were reported goed this week
by Lawrence Hipp, tax collec
tor to town and county boards.
The charge of Transylvania
taxes to the collector was
S626,196.15.
Pre payments totaled $265,
057.05, and collections as of
Jan. 1st, 1966 were $181,
529.86 leaving a balance of
8179,609.24.
Collections each month
were as follows:
October - S68,832.07
November - 874,337.46
December ■ $38,360.33
For the town of Brevard
the charge was $154,778.93.
Pre-payments totaled $17,
174.53, and collections as of
Jan. 1st, 1966 were $62,159.59.
Monthly collections were
as follows: October $23,984.39;
November - $23,917.52; and
December - $14,252.68.
Discounts amounted to
$220.70, leaving a balance as
of the first of the year of
$75,229.11.
Weaffier
By • A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Less than two - thirds of an
inch of precipitation fell on
Brevard during the past week,
as temperatures ranged from a
low of 15 degrees last Wednes
day morning to a high of 67
degrees Friday afternoon.
Daily highs and lows aver
aged 63 and 34 degrees, respect
ively.
Individual daily readings
were as follows:
Wednesday 57 15 .00
High Low Free.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
65 23 .00
67 36 .02
64 50 .00
57 46 .42
55 45 .18
48 24 .00
“IT’S FROSTY, MAN, FROSTY” along US
Highway 64 in upper Transylvania county.
(Times Staff PhuUy)
Seeking Approval
Commission To Discuss Local
Highway Projects This Friday
Look Inside..
News for women - page 6,
first and second sections
Sports - page 3, first section
Editor’s Corner, page 5, first
section
Classified, page 2, first sec
tion
Editorials, page 2, third sec
tion
Story on Du Font’s safety pro
gram. front page, section 2
Masonic installation front
page, section 2
Promotions at American
“Everybody Loves Opal”, back
page, third section.
At Brevard PO
Fullbright Retires After 37 Years
Following 37 years with the
Brevard Post Office, Vernon
“Red” Fuilbright is retiring.
“It’s time,” Red says convinc
ingly.
“Red” Fuilbright looks like he
should be a football coach. Fact
is, it has been remarked that
‘Red looks” just like Duffy
Dougherty, the coach of Big Ten
power, Michigan State.
No two ways about it, the
man is as colorful as his name.
Red socks, red vest, red tie—
Mr. Fuilbright enjoys wearing
his namesake color profusely.
“Retiring makes you think of
ill you’ve done,” he said, sitting
n his living room with the in
tent expression of a worried
leprechaun who has lost his
biarney-stone.
“Red” first worked at the post
office when it was found where
Doctor Roland’s office is now on
Jordan St. He worked as a sub
—Turn to Page Three
‘Red” Fullbright With Certificate Of Retirement
Many improvement projects
in Brevard and Transylvania
county will be discussed by
the entire North Carolina
Highway commission at Ral
eigh on Friday of this week.
According to Curtis Russ,
of Waynesville, and the High
way commissioner for this
area, projects will concern the
Brevard Thoroughfare plan
and the Whitewater road in
upper Transylvania.
Mr. Russ is expected to
propose the formal approval
of the Brevard Thoroughfare
plan. With this approval, a
master plan and a blue print
of the project can be adopted
and work can be started.
Mr. Russ is also expected to
ask the commission to author
ize a conference between the
engineers and designers of
the Whitewater road.
This conference would lead
to formal approval of the pro
ject, which Mr. Russ hopes
to get at the February or
March meeting.
Federal Funds
Available If
Bonds Approved
The Town of Brevard has
been instructed to proceed
with repairs and improve
ment'; to its sewerage system
and sewerage treatment plant
to be completed by late 1968.
Acting within the authority
granted by the legislature, the
State Sanitation committee has
informed Town officials that
certain work will be necessary
in order to reduce the pollution
of the French Broad River to
an acceptable level.
In July of 1964, E. C. Hub
bard, director of the Division
of Stream Sanitation and Hy
drology, emphasized that the
treatment plant was hydraul
ically overloaded and did not
provide adequate treatment
of the Town’s wastes.
This overload is largely due
to the badly deterioated con
dition of many sections of the
sewerage system, thereby al
lowing large quantities of ground !
water infiltration which event
ually reaches the treatment
plant.
In June of 1964, the en
gineering firm of Harwood
Beebe company of Spartan
burg, South Carolina was em
ployed by the Town officials
to investigate and to pre^ryje»
a EfljWrl of the conditio.’^ of ,
the sewerage system • Ut #
treatment plant and to submit
proposals together with esti
mates on the cost for correc
tive work.
This report, after being re
viewed by both Town and State
officials was approved in De
cember. 1965, and will be the
basis for further engineering
investigations and preparation
—Turn to Page Two
'66 First Baby
Awarded Prizes
Transylvania’s first baby of
1966, a 6 pound, 111 •> oz. baby-■
girl, was born at 6:33 a. m. on
Sunday, January’ 2nd. at the
Transylvania Community hospi
tal here in Brevard.
The new arrival, Stephanie
Denese Flynn, and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Van W. Flynn of
105 Ashworth Avenue, Brevard,
will be the recipients of num
erous useful prizes awarded by
Brevard’s merchants as a means
of congratulating Transylvania’s j
first baby of the new year.
The list of prizes includes;
$5.00 worth of dry cleaning by
Cardinal Cleaners; a portrait of
the baby by Austin Studio; a
two weeks supply of milk by
Sealtest Dairy Products; a pair ]
—Turn to Page Seven
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Holden Announces
First-Citizens Will Offer |
5% Interest Savings Bonds
Effective immediately, the
statewide First - Citizens Bank
& Trust company will offer 5%
interest Savings Bonds with
interest rate guaranteed for one
year, and 4.80% interest Sav
ings Bonds with interest guaran
teed for three years .according
to Lewis R. Holding, president
of the bank.
The new 5% interest bond is
the highest savings bond in
terest now offered by any fi
nancial firm in North Carolina,
it is believed.
The 5% interest savings bonds
may be purchased at any time,
Mr. Holding said, and earn full
5% interest from date of pur
chase when held for one year.
Bonds may be purchased in
amount from $1,000.
The new 4.80% interest
ings bonds feature a three-year'
guarantee of the high interestp
rate. These savings bonds
be redeemed on 90
ten notice. Interest will be
to bond holders by check
sixth month
chase.