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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper MW AT b^evard0SnTAcE BREVARD, N. C., THURS., FEB. 17, 1966 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★ 7IP CODE 2871' Vol. 79—No. 7 FLOODING WATERS AND HIGH WINDS did considerable dam age in all sections of Transylvania county last Sunday. In the left 'KXyV&ZtSSKSSSSl photo a tree can be noted uprooted and blocking West Main street. the white Ford. The flooding waters at Rosman are vivid in the pic The power lines were knocked down, and they can be seen across .tore at the right, and the railroad track sinks way out of sight. I WILD WHITER i FOOTBALL SS 88888H can find no argument. (Times Staff Photo) “WILD, WILD WINTER” reads the marque of the Co-Ed theatre here in Brevard. With this statement we Figfy Against Measles Here Now Underway *9 - “The opening shots in Transyl vania county’s concerted war against measles have been fired, an<V plans are being made for a 4|feke-up clinic this Friday, February 18th, at the Health De partment,” Dr. John R. Folger, county health officer, reports. Transylvania is the first coun ty in North Carolina to com plete this program in the ele mentary grades, Dr. Folger learned from Raleigh Tuesday. This past week, throughout the county schools, from grades one through six. measles shots were given by the Health de partment nurses to all children who had permission slips from their parents. Due to weather and road con ditions, some children were un able to be in school during the shot days; therefore, all elemen ts^ age children who have not half measles or the vaccine are invited to the make-up clinic to be held at the Health center, lo cated next to the radio station, , —Turn to Page Three Program Highlights ^Basketball Tournaments ‘And Doubleheaders Set On WPNF A number of basketball tour naments and special doublehead ers are scheduled on WPNF in the coming few weeks. This weekend the station will carry the North-South double header featuring North Caro lina. State, South Carolina and Clemson. First game both Fri day and Saturday nights w:.l start at 7:30 p.m. Next week the Western Caro lina Junior College Conference tournament will be staged in For est City, and WPNF will broad cast each of the Brevard College games. The schedule will be an nounced the first of next week. Early in March, the Atlantic Coast Conference tourney in Ra leigh will be carried over the local station, as will the NCAA Regional tournament in Raleigh and the NCAA Finals in Col lege Park, Maryland. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home Hours is as follows: Thurs day - U.S. Forest Service; Friday - ASCS Office, Glenn Whitmire; Monday - County Agricultural In Demo Primary Wood Paxton Announces For Sheriff Of Transylvania County T. WOOD PAXTON X. uwu x UAIVII I.UV1UJ ji nounced his candidacy for ! Sheriff of Transylvania county, subject to the Democratic Pri mary on May 28th, 1966. Mr. Paxton is presently coroner of Transylvania county and will s not be a candidate for that of 1 fice since he is running for | sheriff. A native of Transylvania coun ty, he has served as Democratic | precinct chairman, deputy sher ; iff, as well as coroner. Mr. Paxton is 52 years old and has been a lifelong working Democrat. A veteran of World War II, he served for 3 years in the European Theatre. He attended the public schools in Brevard and is a graduate of Porter —Turn to Page Five Extension Agent: Tuesday - Sta tion Program; and Wednesday - Home Economics Extension Agent - Jean Childers. Speaking this week on Morn ing Devotions is the Rev. John Moretz, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Next week Rev. G. H. Shope. Jr., pastor of the Enon Baptist church, will ':e heard. The Sunday morning church service is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from the Wesleyan Meth odist church. Rev. John Moretz i-s the pastor. Flash Flood And High Winds Do Much Damage From Upper To Lower County Give To Eye-Bank "That The Blind May See" Theme Of Project Of Lions “That tho blintl may see. . is the theme of the annual Eye-Wills Drive being con ducted by the Brevard Lions Club. Jack Ebbeson, district Eve Bank chairman, will present a Here Are A Few Vital Statistics Births outnumbered deaths in Transylvania county better than 3 to 1 during 1965, a sur vey in the Register of Deeds office reveals. According to Registrar Fred Israel, there were 389 births in the county and 103 deaths. It was about the same ra —Turn to Page Two program on the subject to the club at its regular meeting on Thursday, February 17th, at the Colonial Inn. Simply speaking, the Eye-Bank program is designed to enable persons to will their eyes, so that upon death they may be used to enable a living person to see. Following the first successful corneal transplant in North Car olina in 1945. the N. C. Eye Bank was formed in Winston Salem in 1951. In 1961, in connection with the North Carolina Association for the Blind, the Lions club elected to support the Bank on a full-time basis. Lions now con duct annual campaigns to ob tain eye wills. Not many persons have great wealth to leave behind when they die, but each has the opportunity to leave a priceless legacy—a gift that —Turn to Page Tlwe* Rainfall Heavy Over Weekend, More In Offing Flood waters, caused by a combination of torrential rail"-- —-I**-" snow and thaw ing grounds, surged through Rosman, Brevard and lower Transylvania county on Sun day and Monday. With continued rains on Tuesday and Wednesday, there is a possibility of more flood ing waters on Thursday. The flooding waters have cause ! considerable road dam age. and the evacuation of many homes in and around Rosman. Many roads in the county were closed on Sunday, and employees at the Du Pont plant encountered much trou ble in getting to work Sunday. Several employees drove as long as three hours getting to and from their jobs. They went by the way of Henderson ville and South Carolina. The Rosman area was hard —Turn to Page Sis Republicans Hold County Convention The Republicans of Tran sylvania met for their bien nial convention at the court house last Saturday afternoon. Party officers were elected, committees were appointed and plans were made. Ralph Waldrop was re-elect ed county Republican chair man, even though he had ask ed to be replaced. Other offi cers elected are: Mrs. Cleaves Johnson, vice chairman: Lloyd Burhans, secretary: and Ar thur M. Smart, chairman of the finance committee. A large number of Young Republicans attending the meeting was evidence of grow ing interest among this seg ment. Newly elected Young Repub lican Chairman Roy White, a DuPcnt employee, was intro duced. He in turn presented the officers: Vada Keller, vice chairman; Jean Plummer, recording sec retary; Betty Bridges, corres ponding secretary; and Glenn Winston, treasurer. Mr. White pledged the help and support of their club to the county organization and tc the precinct committees. Lewis P. Hamlin, who has been active in Republican poli tics for more than 40 years, presided. He announced that the convention of the Eleventh Congressional district will be —Turn To Page Two TRANSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS held their biennial convention in the court house last Saturday, and those pictured above were elected to head the party for the next two years. The Republican officers include, left to right, Arthur M. Smart, chairman of the finance committee; Ralph Wal drop, re-elected county Republican chairman; and Lloyd Burhans, secre tary. Mrs. Cleaves Johnson, absent when the picture was made, was elected vice chairman. (Times Staff Photo) Proposals Listed Du Pont Planning Expansion Of Pension Retirement Plan A number of proposed changes in the Du Pont com pany’s Pension and Retirement plan, including new company paid survivor benefits and liberalized provisions for early voluntary retirement, were an nounced today by Jack Dense, manager of the local Du Pont' plant. Mr. Dense said the company BLT Presents "Everybody Loves Opal" John Patrick's light heart ed comedy, “Everybody Loves Opal", will be presented by the Brevard Little Theatre in two performances this week end. "’he play, described as “a prank in three acts” will be pre sented this Friday and Saturday nights in the Brevard senior high school auditorium, with curtain time set for 8:15 p.m. each eve ning. "Everybody Loves Opal" will be BLT’s second production of the current season, and is scheduled to play before large audiences for both perform ances. Rhuemma Carter is making —Turn to Page Tw« would sock a favorable vote from stockholders on an exten sive revision of the pension pro gram at the Du Pont annual meeting i.n Wilmington, April 11. Du Pont first adopted a form al plan in 1904 to provide com pany-jrffd retirement income for its employees, now numbering more than 100.000. It was one of the earliest pension plans in American industry. Highlights of the proposals an nounced today include: 1. New company-paid survi vor’s benefits for the spouse; miner children or parent, whichever the employee has specified. The proposed bene fit would equal 40 per cent of the pension an active employee eligible for retirement with pension could have received had he retired at the time of his death. Upon the death of an employee retired with pen sion. the benefit payable to his specified survivor would be 40 per cent of his actual pen sion. This survivor protection, both before and after retire ment. and without affecting the employee’s own pension, is unusual in American indus try. 2. Liberalized provisions for early voluntary retirement. Under these provisions, em ployees may retire at 60 on full pension if they have 25 years of company service, in stead of 30 years as the pres ent plan requires. In addition, —Turn to Page Five Events Planned Officials Of '66 Heart Fund In Town And County Are Named Frank Robinson is the cam paign chairman of the 1966 Heart Fund drive in Brevard and Transylvania, Bruce Morton, president of the local chapter, announces. Other Heart Fund officials are as follows: Spencer Walker, treasurer; Jack Hudson, public ity; Mrs. Bruce Gillespie. Busi ness days; Mrs. J. A. Macfie, Heart Fund Sunday; “Footsie” Case Bowling tournament; James Gaither, Coffee days; and Phil Clark, Balloon days. The bowling tournaments will be held from Feb. 21st through March 7th. Proceeds from the event will go into the Heart Fund. “Balloon” days, which will be staged by Corpsmen of the Schenck Job Corps, will be held in the business district of Bre vard on Feb. 19th and 26th.
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