THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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BREVARD. N. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 27. 1966 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
Vol. 79—No. 4
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
won lour press awards for outstand
ing journalism during 1965 at the an
nual North Carolina Press Institute
last weekend at Chapel Hill and
Duke. John I. Anderson, editor, is
pictured above accepting awards for
second place in General Excellence
and in Local News Coverage from
Governor Dan K. Moore.
(Times Staff Photo)
Judge Farthing Presides
'Superior Court To Open
Jlere Next Monday Morning
The January-Fehruary term
of Superior court will open In
Transylvania on Monday, Jan.
31st.
The court opens with the trial
of criminal cases, and the civil
docket will follow.
Motions and divorces, how
ever, will be heard on the
first day of court, Marvin Mc
Call, clerk of the Superior
court, announces.
Honorable James C. Farthing,
of Lenoir, will preside over Ciu.
two-week te*m of court.
Mr. McCall reminds all de
fendants, witnesses, lawyers
and officers involved in the
cases to be in the court room
pmptly at 9:30 o’clock Mon
morning.
Jurors called to serve during
the court are as follows:
arles B. Clark
finnie Richard Menscer
Russell Bowen
Walter Shipman
Joe McCoy
Clyde T. Sorrells
Carl S. Whitaker
Mays Waldrop
L. L. McCall
Walter 0. Siniard
W. T. Whitmire
Albert M. Israel
William F. Martin
Leonard W. Griffin
Herbert C. Chandler
William T. Nelson
Tommy L. Mitchell
Alfred Perkins
Joseph C. McCall
Talmadge Kilpatrick
Donald Stonebeck
J. P. Morrow
tP. Bell
llliam J. Clampett
illiam Carol Batson
Trevor D. Vaughn
Sam C. Owen
William L. Green
Earl Jones
Julius W. Tinsley
Harlow McCall
Mrs. H. L. Anders
Harry P. Owen
Clifford W. Frady
Mrs. Roy H. McCall
William S. Nelson
—Turn to Page Four
At Rosman
Miss Joetta Owen Is Winner
In "Miss Oriole" Contest
JOETTA OWEN
Tax Listing
Time Extended
Several announcements are
made today of public interest
by Donald Lee Moore, chair
man of the Transylvania Coun
ty Board of Commissioners.
Because of the conditions of
roads and highways and also
due to bad weather, the dead
line for listing of taxes has
been extended through Thurs
day, February 10th.
However, Chairman Moore
urges all persons to come in
as early as possible and list.
"Do not wait and get caught
in the long lines during the
last few days,” he advises.
Mr. Moore also points out
that Transylvania’s tax rate of
—Turn to Page Four
At Annual Meeting
Mel Everingham Elected To
Head The Community Center
R. Everingham is the new
president of the Transylvania
Community center.
He succeeds Thomas McCrary,
who reviewed the activities of
the center during the past year
at the annual meeting.
In addition to President Ever
ingham, other newly elected offi
cers are:
Lloyd Burhans. vice president
Rev. Ernest W Barnes, secre
tary and
Thomas E. Ramsay, treasurer
The following five persons
were elected to the board for
three-year terms: Miss Jean
Childers, Mrs. Spalding McIn
tosh, Jr., the Rev. Mr. Barnes,
Cliff Brookshire and Jack C.
Dense.
Directors remaining on the
board include: Mrs. Emmett K.
McLarty, Jr., Jack Mitchell, Dr.
Julius Sader, Thomas McCrary,
Robert T. Gash, the Rev. C. Ed
ward Roy and Taj Hanna.
The highlight of the years’
activities was the summer recre
ational program supervised by
—Turn to Page Seven
Miss Joetta Owen won the
Rosman "Miss Oriole" contest
last Friday night in the annual
contest.
First runner-up was Miss Haz
?1 Reid, and in -second plaee was
Miss Brenda Nicholson.
Principal A1 Warren crowned
Miss Owen. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Syvalia Ow
?n, of Rosman.
Ten Rosman beauties were en
tered in the contest, and J. D.
Henson, faculty sponsor of the
‘Oriole”, the high school year
book, was in charge of the pro
gram last Friday night.
Judges in the contest were
from out of town.
Look Inside..
Editorials, page two, second
section
News for the women, pages 6
in the second and third sections
Sports - page 6, first sec
tion
Classifieds, page 2, first sec
tion
Transylvania Again Hit By Ice And Snow
Storm, Driving Conditions Are Hazardous
Mayor Bennett
Comments On
Election Outcome
When Brevard’s mayor, Ray
mond F. Bennett, was asked by
The Times if he had any com
ments on the outcome of the re
cent union election at the Olin
Mi.thieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, he said:
“Yes, since I am no longer
connected with any industry and
since the election is over, I wel
come the opportunity to speak
freely. I would like to congratu
late the intelligent employees of
Olin for showing their usual
good judgment by again refusing
to buy pie in the sky.
“All of us who are deeply
interested in the continuing
prosperity and healthy growth
of our community, owe those
1.152 Olin men and women a
great debt of gratitude. It is
reasonable to assume that they
have withstood considerable
pressure and harassment from
(he pie peddlers, both imported
professionals and misguided or
irresponsible fellow employees.
“However, they have been go
ing through the same ordeal each
few years when the lure of the
multi-thousand dollar dues in
come brings the peddlers back
—Turn to Page Six
By • A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Another three-inches of snow
was measured at the Brevard
weather station during the past
weekend, and at this writing an
additional two - to - three - inches
seemed on the way.
The week saw the mercury
climb no higher than 40 degrees,
as it dipped to a low of 4 on
Thursday morning of last week.
Daily highs and lows averaged
37 and 14 degrees.
Day-to-day readings for the
week were as follows:
High Low
Wednesday.36 12
Thursday .40 4
Friday.. 40 5
Saturday. 38 25
Sunday. 38 26
Monday.35 5
Tuesday. 32 21
■ . V
THE TALLY OF BALLOTS in
last weekend’s election at Olin is
shown here. Both union and company
observers can be seen looking on as
NLRB officials, standing, tabulate
the results of the election. The hour
lv employees at Olin rejected the bid
of the United Papermakers and Pa
pervvorkers (AFL-CIO) to represent
them as bargaining agent with the
company by a vote of llb2 to 77b.
Count - 1152 to 775
Olin Mathieson Employees
Vote Against Unionization
Board Members Named
Don Blankinship Is New
President Of United Fund
.
DON BLANKINSHIP
Don R. Blankinship, employ
ee relations supervisor of the
Brevard Du Pont plant, is the
new president of the Transyl
vania United Fund.
He succeeds John D. Clark,
and the election was held at the
annual meeting during the past
week in the conference room of
the First-Citizens Bank and
Trust company.
Other officers are as follows:
J. Stanley Meares, first vice
president
Alvin E. Martin, second vice
president
William W. Overholt, secre
tary
Charles F. Moore, treasurer
Tom L. Bingham, assistant
—Turn to Page Seven
Transylvania Times Wins Four Awards
The Transylvania Times won
four press awards for out
standing journalism during
1965 at the annual Institute of
the North Carolina Press asso
ciation last weekend at Chapel
Hill and Duke university.
Of the 16 awards made to
the weekly newspapers of the
entire state, The Times won
the following:
Second place - General Ex
cellence
Second place - Local News
Coverage
Second place - Classified ad
vertising, and
Third place - Best Editorial
page.
The awards were presented
to the publisher, Mrs. Ed M.
Anderson; the editor, John L
Anderson, and Bill Norris, ad
vertising manager, by Gover
nor Dan K. Moore.
Prior to the presentation,
Governor Moore lauded the
press of North Carolina on a
“job well done”.
Some 150 newspapers were
eligible to enter the annual
contests.
During the past 24 years,
The Times has won 31 state
and national press awards.
—Turn to Page Four
MRS. ED M. ANDERSON, pub
lisher of The Transylvania Times, is
shown above accepting a certificate
from Governor Dan K. Moore last
Thursday night at Chapel Hill which
was for third place in the Editorial
Page division of the 1965 state press
contest. Mrs. Anderson also won a
third place award for her Skyland
Post at West Jefferson for writing
the third best feature story in the
weekly division of the contest last
year. (Times Staff Photo by Jon E.
Anderson)
Hourly employees of the
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at the Pisgah Forest
plant voted against union rep
resentation by the United Pa
permakers and Paperworkers
(AFL-CIO) last Friday and
Saturday.
Of the 2,069 eligible voters,
1,988 voted in the two-day elec
tion. and the vote was 1,152 to
"75 against representation.
Six ballots were voided and
55 challenged.
This was the third election
in the company's history at
Pisgah Forest. Olin employees
voted 1401 to 378 against the
UPP in 1961, and 894 to 181
against two AFL unions in
1949.
The election was supervised
by officials of the National La
bor Relations board, which
called the election late last
year.
Just as soon as the ballots
were tabulated, the results
announced over WPNF last
Saturday afternoon.
Naturally, officials at Olin
were elated over the outcome
of the election as were the peo
ple of Brevard and Transylvan
ia county.
They were happy that a sub
stantial majority of the hourly
employees do not want repre
sentation by the unions, and
they feel that this majority
made the right decision.
Highway Crews
Continue To
Work Night Day
Transylvanians are again
digging out of heavy snowfall,
which came on top of sleet and
ice, ranging from five to 10
inches deep.
The first snowfall on Sat
urday, Jan. 15th, was nearly
10 inches in depth, and last
Saturday another layer of ice,
sleet and snow, measuring up
to five inches, was recorded.
Wednesday's snowfall, which
was continuing as The Times
went to press at noon, was ex
pected to exceed six to eight
inches.
All roads are hazardous.
With the temperature re
maining below freezing all
week, the highways are cover
ed with ice, and the snow con
tinues to come down.
All schools in the town and
county have been closed this
week.
However, they were open
last week, while those in ad
joining coimties were closed.
T. M. Austell, state highway
division engineer, says that
highway crews are making ev
ery effort to keep all roads
open.
Since the first snow on the
15th, highway crewmen have
been working about 16 hours
a day clearing as many routes
as possible.
He estimates that the first
two snowfalls in Transylvania
alone resulted in an extra ex
penditure of around $12,000.
Four motor graders are be
ing used, along with seven
snow plows and three salt
spreaders.
Gravel is being put on icy
spots throughout the county,
—Turn to Page Four
DSA Banquet
Is Postponed
The Brevard Jayeees annual
Distinguished Service Award
banquet, originally scheduled to
be held Wednesday night, Janu
ary 26th, was postponed due to
the bad weather.
The banquet, which will hon
or Transylvania’s Outstanding
Young Man of the Year, Out
standing Young Educator and
Outstanding Teen-ager, has been
rescheduled and will be held
next Wednesday night, February
2nd. at 7:00 p.m. at Berry’s res
taurant.
Bill Suttle, a Marion attorney
who is a former national vice
president of the US Jayeees as
well as a former candidate for
the national Javcee presidency,
will be the principal speaker.
Program Highlights
Many Features Heard Daily
Over Radio Station WPNF
A1 Martin, manager of WPNF,
reminds listeners that many new
features are being broadcast
daily from the radio station’s
Associated Press newswire.
Among these, regular listeners
to the popular “Coffee Time”
show each weekday morning at
10:05 will hear news of interest
to the ladies from the AP’s “Lis
ten Ladies” feature.
During the noon hour, on
those days when local farm and
home leaders are not scheduled,
Bruce O’Kelley presents special
features from the national and
state AP news wire.
Monday through Friday at
12:05 p.m. WPNF presents “Fea
turescope”, the daily sidelight in
the news.
On Saturday at 12:55 p.m. lis
teners may hear “On the Road,’*
a weekly program with news
about automobiles and the auto
motive industry.
Sunday mornings at 7:10
WPNF offers “Religion in
News,” highlighting some «
interesting developments ii
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