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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
'6.372. Brevard Commnuity
8,500. Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 79—No. 2 ★
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Meet*
for Summer Camps, Entrance t*
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURS., JAN. 13, 1966
it 24 PAGES TODAY if PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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A $700 CHECK was recently presented to
the Transylvania County Library by the Transyl
vania Medical Society and the Brevard Jaycees.
The check represents funds raised from the coun
ty-wide polio immunization drive held here, and
ithe two co-sponsoring organizations felt that the
money could best serve the largest number of Tran
sylvanians by being used to purchase more books
for the library. Dr. George Dysart, above left, re
presenting the Transylvania Medical Society, and
Jack Hudson, right, president of the Brevard Jay
cees, are shown presenting the check to Admiral
Ligon B. Ard, chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the library, while Mrs. Elizabeth Kapp, libarian,
looks on. (Times Staff Photo)
* County Has
Population
Gain Of 10%
North Carolina’s economic
advance has been reflected in
its population growth in the
1960-65 period.
A study released at the begin
ning of the New Year by a North
Carolina State University pro
fessor estimates the State’s popu
lation at over 4.9 million as of
July 1, 1965.
The study, by Dr. C. Horace
riiilton, Reynolds Distinguish
Professor of Sociology at N. C.
State, shows 76 counties increas
ed their poulation between 1960
and 1965. His estimates record
24 counties which lost popula
te*.
Transylvania’s population in
1960 was 16,372, and accord
ing to Dr. Hamilton’s predic
tion, it was 18,161 in 1965. The
gain percentagewise was 10.93.
The relationship of economic
growth to population growth was
underscored by a year-end busi
ness report which ranked North
Carolina second in the nation in
business incorporations in 1965.
The State ranked first in the
South Atlantic region in indus
trial growth over the past 10
years.
Dr. Hamilton said the State
gained population primarily
because people decided to stay
m North Carolina. His study
shows a loss by migration of
only slightly more than 11,800
persons during the five years,
compared to 300,000 in the dec
Hve of the 1950s.
The veteran population statis
tician predicts that the State will
reach the 5,000,000 mark on Sep
tember 22, 1966. He estimates
the total number of Tar Heels
at 4,912,000 as of July 1, 1965, a
gain of 356,000 over the 1960 U.S.
Census figure of 4,556,155.
Thursday, Jan. 13th - Wood
men Grove at 7:30 p.m. Masons
Sunday, Jan. 16th - Attend the
church of your choice. National
Jaycee Week begins.
Monday, Jan. 17th - Rotary
faeets at Gaither’s at 7:00 pm
Transylvania Community center
to hold annual meet at 8:00 pm
Tuesday, Jan. 18t'n - Ace of
Clubs at 8:00 p.m. New directors
of Chamber of Commerce meet
at Library at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Jan. 10th •
25th Anniversary Here
Mayor Proclaims Jaycee
Week, Activites Cited
Mayor Raymond F. Bennett
has proclaimed January 16th
22nd, as Jaycee Week in Bre
vard and has asked local or
ganizations to cooperate in the
observance.
He said the purpose of the
week is to focus attention on
young ^en and thej woiji they
are doing and to emphasize that
the Brevard Jaycees have done
an outstanding job in the fields
of community development,
sports and youth, health and
safety and many others.
During Jaycee Week obser
vance here, the U. S. Jaycees
will be recognizing America’s
10 Outstanding Young Men of
1965 in St. Paul, Minnesota,
with national Jaycees Presi
dent Jim Skidmore making
the presentation’s. A highlight
of the week’s events in Bre
vard will be the presentation
of a Distinguished Service
Award to Transylvania’s out
standing young man who has
made an outstanding contribu
tion to the community. Also
an outstanding Young Educa
tor and Outstanding Teenager
award will be presented at
the DSA Banquet which will
be January 26th at Berry’s
restaurant.
The week celebrates the
founding of the Jaycees in 1915,
when Henry Giessenbier saw
a need for a young man’s civic
group and organized the first
chapter, according to local Jay
cee President John R. Hud
son.
The movement spread so fast
that in 1920, the U S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce was
formed with 24 cities represent
ed.
The Brevard Jaycees were
formed in 1941 and are celebrat
ing their 25th Anniversary in
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President Quoted
Capacity Enrollment Expected
At College For Spring Term
Olin's Reports
On Radio WPNF
Said Popular
One of WPNF’s most informa
tive new programs for the new
year is the Olin Stock Market
Report, broadcast Monday
through Friday afternoons at
6:15 p.m.
The program features an As
sociated Press report on the
day’s stock market activity, plus
the most active issues, listed
stocks of local interest and over
the-counter trading reported
from McCarley and Company in
Asheville.
The local information is com
piled by Dick Page of McCarley’s
Asheville office. Plans are now
underway to have Mr. Page make
the report by telephone line “on
the air” over the local station.
The program, five minutes in
length, is sponsored as a public
service by Olin of Pisgah Forest,
which also presents Dr. Tom
Haggai with "Values for Living”
each afternoon, Monday through
Saturday, at 5:30 p.m.
At Last Meeting
Gaither Named President Of
Brevard Board Of Realtors
James C. Gaither has been
elected president of the Brevard
Board of Realtors.
He succeeds Mrs. Mary Jane
McCrary, who was elected as the
new secretary and treasurer.
Robert M. Macdonald is the
vice president for 1966.
The local realtors board has a
membership of 12, and it meets
at noon on the first Tuesday of
every month.
Enrollment for the Spring se
mester at Brevard College is ex
pected to be the best in the his
tory of the school, President Em
mett K. McLarty announces to
day.
The new semester opens on
Monday, January 17th, with stu
dents returning to the campus
on Sunday.
Enrollment for the fall semes
ter, which was concluded prior
to the Christmas holidays, was.
518.
President McLarty says that ;
construction on the new two- 1
unit dormitory for men and worn- 1
en is proceeding nicely. '
He also announces that the |
college is expected to advertise
for bids for the new library la- *
ter this month.
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This is also a part of the t
$2,000,000 expansion program on i
the Brevard College campus. The
new dormitory is the first of the
four projects to be started during
the next two years.
An architect's drawing of the .
new dormitory is carried this
week on the front page of the
third section.
By ■ AI Martin
Official Weatherman
Just over one-and-three-quar
ters of an inch of rainfall was
recorded at the local weather <■
station during the past week. t
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Temperatures during the same (
period ranged from a low of 11
to a high mark of 67 degrees.
Daily highs and lows averaged !j
53 and 26 degrees, respectively. {
Individual daily reports were
as follows:
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Wednesday
Thursday -
Friday
Saturday —
Sunday _
Monday —
Tuesday
High Low Prec.
. 46 33 1.60 t
. 59 42 0.16 i
. 63 21 0.00 s
. 35 25 0.00 i
. 49 11 0.00 <
. 54 28 0.00 \
. 6" 19 0.00 j
House And Senate Take Swift
Action For Reapportionment
Amendment By
Thomason Is
Voted Down
The North Carolina House
of Rrepresentatives has enact
ed into law, without debate,
the Senate Reapportionment
plan.
This swift action was taken
Wednesday morning, after the
senate had approved the plan
an Tuesday.
The plan reduces the State’s
Senatorial districts from 36
to 33 and gives additional rep
resentation to North Caro
lina's more populous areas.
The House Reapportionment
alan was given approval yester
day by a vote of 107-10.
Several amendments and
Mher attempts to change the
aill were defeated.
One of the rejections made
by the House was an amend
ment of Transylvania’s Repre
sentative B. W. Thomason.
The proposal would have
added Transylvania to the
Buncombe - McDowell district
without increasing the number
of seats to which the district
would be entitled.
Thomason said people in
his county feel much closer
to Buncombe than to Jackson
and Swain, the counties with
which it would be grouped un
der the reapportionment bill.
Buncombe Rep. I. C. Craw
ford, however, said he feared
that adding Transylvania to
the district with Buncombe
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Program For
"Dropouts"
Will Open
Beginning January 17th, 1966,
t Brevard senior high school,
>ersons who have not finished
ligh school will have an oppor
uni-ty to work toward a high
chool diploma. Anyone can en
er this program regardless of
he level at which he or she
Iropped out of school.
A person who cannot read
r write will have an opportuni
y to learn to read and write,
upt. Wayne Bradburn says.
If interested, call the Board
f Education office - 883-4420,
ir come to the first class Jan
lary 17th, 6:30 p. m. to 9:30 p.
n. Classes will meet on Monday
nd Thursday nights.
There will be no charge for
hese classes.
Annual Meeting
Of Community
Center Slated
The annual meeting of the
’ransylvania Community cen
er will be held Monday, Jan
ary 17th, at 8:00 p. m. in the
'ommunity center building.
T. E. McCrary will present
is annual report, as president
f the group, and the treasurer,
'. E. Ramsay, will present a
inancial statement.
Officers and new members of
he board will be elected at
his meeting .
The annual meeting is open
» any citizens interested in
ttending and acquainting them
elves with the business and
irocedures of the Community
enter. Citizens attendance as
?ell as that of the official board
aembars is encouraged.
TRANSYLVANIA’S FIRST BABY
of 1966, Stephanie Denese Flynn,
seems not the least bit concerned as
her picture was taken at the Tran
sylvania Community hospital last
week. Stephanie, who was born at
6:23 a.m., on January 2nd, and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van W. Flynn
of Brevard, received many gifts from
Brevard’s merchants. Mrs. Flynn is
pictured here holding little Stephan- t
ie, while nursery attendant Mrs. Jean.
Sundlie, RN, looks on.
(Times Staff Photo)
Election On 18th
Chamber Of Commerce
Names New 44-Matt Board
State’s Percentage Bettered
More County High School
Graduates Seeking Education
North Carolina public
schools graduated their larg
est class in the Spring of 1965,
and 51.81 percent of these
young men and women are
continuing their education be
yond high school as compared
to 49.02 percent of the 1964
graduates.
In Transylvania county, the
number of high school gradu
ates seeking higher education
last year was 145 out of the 273
in the graduating classes at Bre
vard and Rosman.
The percentage is 53.1 as
compared to the State’s 51.8.
The annual Follow-Up Survey
of North Carolina High School
Graduates, just released by the
Statistical Division of the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion, reveals that of the 67.401
students receiving high school
diplomas in 1965 a total of 20,
776 enrolled in four-year col
leges; 4,893 enrolled in junior
colleges; and 9,356 enrolled in
business, nursing, and trade
schools.
The survey reveals a signif
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Goes To Raleigh
Argow On Leave From US
Forest Service, To Teach
Keith Argow, assistant rang
er oil the Pisgah District, has
joined the faculty of the N. C.
State School of Forestry in
Raleigh. He will teach courses
in farm forestry and forest
recreation.
During an 18 month leave
from the Forest Service, begin
ning February 1st, Mr. Argow
will also complete work on a
PhD degree in forestry.
A native of Oregon, he at
tended public schools in Port
land and then went on to Col
orado College where he receiv
ed a BA degree in Economics.
Following a tour of Army
duty as an infantry lieutenant,
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A 44-man Board of Directors
las been elected by the mem
jership of the Brevard Chambejf
)f Commerce.
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Ballots were tabulated Tues»
lay night at a meeting of the
iireetors in the Library.
New officers will be chosen
:rom the new board at a call
neeting next Tuesday night, Jan.
18th, in the Library.
Charles Pickelsimer, the pres
cient, urges all members of the
lew board to attend.
Stan Meares, with 72 votes, led
:he balloting.
Others in the top group are:
Bill Keith 71
Charles Pickelsimer 63
Dr. E. K. McLarty 62
Gil Coan 62
John A. Ford 60
J. C. Gaither 58
, C. Wayne Bradburn 57
Charles F. Himes 57
Don Blankinship 56
W. H. Ingram 56
Robert W. Melton 56
John I. Anderson 55
Cecil J. Hill 55
Others elected to the board in* I
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Thoroughfare
Plan Approve
The entire North Carolina
Highway commission <
road improvement projects
Brevard and Transyl'
county at their meeting
Friday in Raleigh.
The commissions gave ft
al approval to the
thoroughfare plan, which
worked out by the Boar
Aldermen and the State
way commission last falL