TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16.372. Brevard Commnuity
8.560. Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 79—No. 9 ★
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
DAin AT RRPVARD
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
RRFVARD N. C... THURSDAY.
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance M
Pisgah National Forest a*w
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
WCJCC TOURNAMENT CHAMPS, the Bre
vard College Tornadoes, are pictured here fresh
from their 92-81 overtime victory over Gardner
Webb that gave them the tournament title at For
est City last Saturday night. The Tornadoes, shown
here with their big championship trophy, front row,
kneeling, left to right, are: Ronnie Sherrill, Dave
Morrow, Co-Captains Pete Peters and Bob Pickens,
and Dennis Houston. Back row, left to right: Coach
“Chick” Martin, Jim Hammond, Larry Arrick, Bob
by Williams, Junior Steelman, Gary Simpson, Tom
my Williams, and Joe Bob Nesbitt. The Tornadoes
will take on Ferrum (Va.) Junior College this Fri
day night at 7 :00 p.m. in Lenoir in the first game
of the NJCAA Region 10 tournament.
(Times Staff Photo)
In The Court House
Special Bond Election Meet
Is Called For Next Tuesday
Mayor Raymond F. Bennett
and the Town Board of Alder
men have called a meeting of
all interested citizens on Tues
day right, March 8th, here in
the jpfurt house.
The meeting will begin at
8:00 a’clock, and the Special
Bondpfclection for enlarging
and improving the sanitary
sewer system of Brevard will
be discussed.
The election is set for Sat
urday, March 12th, from 6:30
a.in., until 6:30 p.m.
Registration of new voters
has been held on the past
three Saturdays at the Town
hall and at the American Le
gion building, Brevard’s two
polling places, and Saturday
will be challenge day.
Town officials, civic and
fraternal groups and other
interfiled persons see the
election as a “must” for the
Town of Brevard.
“Wj* must vote FOR in this
electiim, or our progress will
be set back 20 years,” they
state.
In brief, the project will
accomplish three major pur
poses:
(1) Rehabilitate much of
the old sewerage collection
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On Rosman Highway
The Lack Of Rights-Of-Way
Holding Up Bridge Project
A new bridge across the
railway track on US Highway
64 between Brevard and Bos
nian near Lake Sega is being
held up because the North
Carolina Highway department
has been unable to secure
rights-of-way, it was learned
today.
The Highway commissioners
had hoped to let the contract
for the project by this time,
however only 20 per cent of
the rights-of-way has been se
cured to date.
Before the commission lets
a contract, it usually has at
least 80 per cent of the rights
of-way, the press was told.
Built in 1922, the bridge is
one of the most dangerous
ones in Transylvania. It has
been the scene of numerous
wrecks, and over the years
much effort has been exerted
to get it replaced.
Civic groups, officials of the
town and county and Rosman
and others have also repeat
edly appealed to the State
Highway department to im
Program Highlights
I WPNF To Broadcast Big ACC
Basketball Tournament Games
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All color and excitement
of the 13th annual Atlantic
Coast Conference basketball
tournament from Raleigh will
be described over WPNF by Bill
Currie .beginning at 1:20 p. m.
this afternoon.
Today’s game sare scheduled
as follows:
1:30 Clemson vs. South Caro
lina
3:30 N. C. State vs. Virginia
7:00 Duke vs. Wake Forest
9:00 North Carolina vs. Mary
land
A 10-minute warm-up will
precede each game.
Friday night games between
Thursday winners will begin at
7:00 and 9:00 p. m.
The ACC Tourney finals will
be broadcast at 8:30 p. m. on
Saturday night between the Fri
day night winners.
WPNF will follow the ACC
winner into the NCAA Region
al tourney in Raleigh on March
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prove and relocate Highway 64
from Brevard to Bosnian.
Resolutions have been
adopted pointing out that the
rirrcwness and other condi
tions of the road constitute a
serious hazard to travel and
endanger the lives of thous
ands of motorists, truckers and
school children.
Similar resolutions have
been adopted concerning the
condition of US Highway 276
from Brevard to the South Car.
olina line.
W. Curtis Russ, Highway
commissioner for this area,
told The Times Tuesday that
the Whitewater road project
had definitely gone through
and that the contract would
probably be let in the spring.
A story concerning severe
damages to roads by wintry
weather is carried elsewhere
in this week’s newspaper.
Gun Shop Is
Opening Here
This Saturday
Brevard and Transylvania
county now has a shop specifi
cally for servicing the needs of
the county’s shooting sports en
thusiasts.
The M & M Gun Shop, owned
by Duane McMillen and John
McIntyre, both of whom are
members of the National Rifle
Association and are officers in
the Transylvania Rifle and Pis
tol club, will open Saturday,
March 5th.
The shop is centrally located
in Brevard at 8 South Broad
street, above Jones’ News Stand
The M & M Gun Shop will
handle, primarily, general gun
smithing and sales of reloading
components.
In the near future, the shot
will handle firearms sales al
so.
At present, the gunsmithinj
operation will be somewhat cur
tailed. However, the owners an
ticipate being in full scale op
eration by mid or late April.
Coffee and doughnuts will b<
served during “open house’
Saturday.
Many Expected
"Public Interest
fo Attend The
Meeting" Friday
Man Seriously
Injured In
Wreck Monday
A man was seriously injur
ed and a ’57 DeSoto was de
mdished in a one-car accident
at Wilson bridge on the Green
ville highway about 8:00
o’clock Monday night.
The owner and driver of the
car was John David Page, who
was rushed to the local hos
pital.
According to Patrolman Bill
Sawyer, who investigated, the
car struck the abutment of the
bridge.
Hospital authorities report
ed Mr. Page’s condition as be
ing fair and improving when
The Times went to press.
WeafAer
By • A1 Martin
Official Weatherman
Two inches of rainfall were
recorded at the Brevard weath
er station during the past
week, with most of this amount
coming this past Monday.
Early morning low tempera
tures dipped below freezing on
every morning but one, and
they averaged a chilly 28 de
grees for the period.
Afternoon highs averaged 51
degrees for the week, while
actual high and low readings for
the week were 66 and 21 de
grees, respectively.
Dayto-day readings were as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday _ 49 24 0.00
Thursday_ 41 26 0.61
Friday_ 51 29 0.00
Saturday _ 52 21 0.00
Sunday_ 50 25 0.10
Monday __ 49 30 1.30
Tuesday_ 66 40 0.00
Look Inside..
Editorial page, page 2, section
two
Society, page 6, section three
Editor’s corner, page 5, section
one
Sports, page 7, section one
Classifieds, page 2, section
cne
Much school news, second and
third sections
Horseless carriage pictorial
feature, page 3, section one
Survey Reveals
Payrolls In Transylvania
Up 46% In Past 5 Years
By - Staff Writer
A new, county-by-county
tabulation of the nation’s busi
ness population shows that
Transylvania county supports
a greater number of business
firms than do many localities
of its size.
Locally, according to a Fed
eral report, there are some
261 separate business estab
lishments — small, medium
and large — in operation.
The vigor of the business com
munity has been growing in
he past five years or so, despite
mergers, automation, strong
:ompetition and consolidations.
This is evidenced by the gain
achieved in employment, in size
af payrolls and in overall busi
ness activity.
The facts and figures come
primarily from reports released
by the Census Bureau, which
utilized data supplied by the
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare.
They were based on tax re
ports filed by employers in 1965
under the social security pro
gram, listing taxable payrolls for
the previous year.
In Transylvania county,
they show, payrolls reached
the highest point ever, $22,
072,000.
This was 46.2 percent more
than in 1959, when a similar
survey placed the total at
$15,100,000.
The increase was greater than
that chalked up in most parts
of the United States, the aver
age being 30.6 percent in the
period. In the State of North _
Carolina, the gain was 41.3 per- ‘
cent. .
The figures take into account ,
all persons receiving wages and
salaries from private, non-farm
employment covered by social i
security. 1
The number of people so
employed locally comes to
4,479.
This is exclusive of domes
tic workers, members of the
armed forces, civilian em
ployees of Federal, state and
local governments, farm work
ers and certain others.
Although Transylvania county
has a sizeable number of busi
nesses that employ 20 people or
more, smaller-size concerns are
firmly rooted and constitute the
bulk of the business community.
The breakdown released by
the Census Bureau shows that
there are 164 local establish
ments that have from 1 to 3
employees each, 34 with from 4
to 7 and 42 with 8 to 19. The
rest are larger.
Those with fewer than 20
entplbytefe# ctfSpUse 92 per
cent of the total number.
The five-year growth locally
coincides with the nation’s big
boom, which has just cele
brated its fifth birthday.
In Adult Program
l1 "
Courses In Advanced Welding,
Small Gas Engines Open Monday
Two courses will begin in the
Adult Education program next
Monday night, March 7th, Ran
dall J. Lyday announces today.
These courses are as follows:
Advanced arc welding
Small gasoline engines.
Both courses will have 10 ses
sions, and they will be held
each Monday night from 7:00
until 10:00 o’clock.
Blaine Emory will teach the
arc welding course and Jack
Smathers is the instructor for
small gasoline engine course.
The course on advanced arc
welding is for students who
have completed the basic arc
In Democratic Primary
Two More Candidates In Sheriff’s Race
Two more candidates have entered the race
for Sheriff of Transylvania county, subject to the
Democratic Primary on May 28th.
Wood Paxton, the county coroner, announced
recently that he would be a candidate for Sheriff.
The two men announcing this week are Paul L.
Fisher, of Brevard, and Charles Owen, of Lake
Toxaway.
Mr. Fisher, a native oi iran
sylvania, is 46 years old, and
he has had considerable ex
perience as a law enforcement
officer. He was educated in the
public schools of Transylvania.
He served for four years as
deputy sheriff and jailer with
the late Sheriff Bert Freeman.
For five years, he was Chief of
Police of the Town of Brevard.
A veteran of World War II,
he served for three years in the
European Theatre of Operations.
Mr. Fiiher is a Master Mason,
a member of the American Le
gion and the Loyal Order of
Moose.
He is married to the former
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Mr. uwen, wno servea as jail
er and deputy sheriff for two
years under the last Democratic
Sheriff, is a lifelong resident of
Transylvania county.
He began his career as a car
penter and construction work,
and at the present time he oper
ates the North Toxaway Grocery
store. He is also employed as
watchman for the Lake Toxaway
Home Owners association.
Mr. Owen is a member of the
Ohk prove Baptist church and
he is the former Sunday school
superintendent of the Lake Tox
away Baptist church. He is mar
3ed to the former Miss Bertha
olden and they have four chil
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welding course and who desire
to become more proficient in
welding.
In the small gasoline engine
course, lawn mower, garden
tractor and chain saw engines
will be studied, repaired and
rebuilt.
Persons taking the course will
learn to time an engine, set
valves, spark plugs and points,
adjust carberators, etc.
The fee for the advanced weld
ing course is $15.00, and the fee
for the small gasoline engine
course is $10.00.
Courses previously offered un
der the Adult Education program
have included the following:
Basic Arc Welding
Ornamentals Horticulture
Drafting and Blueprint Read
ing.
Trustees Of
Music Center
Inviting All
A large crowd is expected to
ttend the “Public Interest meet
ng" of the Brevard Music cen
er at the Brevard senior high
chool on Friday night of this
reek.
It will begin promptly at 7:30
>'clock, and the trustees of the
•enter cordially invite all of the
itizens of Brevard and Transyl
ania county to attend.
A reception will also be held,
incl the program will be brief,
nteresting and informative.
John D. Eversman will be the
naster of ceremonies, and short
alks will be made by the fol
owing:
Paul Thomas, president of the
Brevard Music Center
Wayne Bradburn, superinten
ient of schools
Donald Lee Moore, chairman
of the Transylvania Board of
County Commissioners
Henry Janiec, the artistic di
rector of the center.
Raymond F. Bennett, mayor of
Brevard, will welcome the many
guests who are expected.
Mr. Eversman has been speak
ing at various civic meetings re
cently, u -giilfe* <*. nnbei-- io et
fend this special meMi%_
Last year was one of the\^est
years in the history of the BriT
vard Music Center, and even
more elaborate plans are being
made for the ’66 season.
The thirteen young ladies
who will serve as ushers at
the public interest meeting
Friday evening in the Brevard
high school auditorium are
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Slide Blocks
Highway 64
At Rosman
US Highway 64 was block
ed above Rosman much of
Monday night and Tuesday by
a land slide.
Highway crews began work
around midnight Monday
clearing the slide which con
sisted of both dirt and rock.
Two leaders were used all
day Tuesday, and the highway
was opened for traffic Wed
nesday.
While the clearing work was
underway, traffic was detour
ed via Turnpike road.
The slide was due to the
recent snow, rains, freezes
and thawing.
Supper Also Set
WNC Patrolmen To Confer
Masonic Degrees Thursday
The Western North Carolina
State Highway Patrol Masonic
degree team, consisting of 26
members, will attend an emer
gent communication of Dunn’s
Rock Masonic lodge on East Main
street, Thursday, March 3rd, and
confer both sections of the Mas
ter Masons degree. Fred M. Mc
Call, Jr., the Worshipful Master,
reports that the meeting will be
gin promptly at 7:30 o’clock.
Gene Beshears, local highway
patrolman, and Jack D. Cabe, of
Ard»n, former patrolman of this
county, are both members of the
local lodge and will take part In
conferring of the degree.
Local Masons will be host to
the 26 patrolmen at a steak din
ner, which will be served at fer
ry’s promptly at 6:00 o’clbck.
Any Mason who would like to
attend is requested to make res
ervations by calling Berry’s not
later than 12 noon on Thursday.
Mr. McCall urges the members
to attend the emergent
cation and witness this
ing degree team
extends