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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vol. 79—No. 13 ™S\{VA- BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966 ★ 30 PAGES TODAY ★ THIS 85 - FOOT PARABOLIC “DISH” at the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration’s Rosman tracking station is NASA’s key data acquisition facility during the Orbiting Astronomical Observa tory (OAO) mission. It was to be launched at Cape Kennedy Wednes day. Objective of the OAO is to return to the Earth via telemetry information to advance the science of astromony a giant stride. Survey Reveals Transylvania Taxpayers To Fork Up $2,479,000 By 15th Residents of Transylvania county are getting a sharp reminder, as they ready themselves for the April 15th deadline, of the huge Se that the Government is ing out of their earnings. Last year they turned in ap pnacimately $2,342,000 in per so^pl income taxes to the Fed eral coffers. And this year because of the improved employment sit uation and the higher average earnings per family, they will be paying even more than that, according to the Admin istration’s expectations. Just how much of an in crease is being counted on, in general, is indicated in the cur rent budget. Nationally, it calls for $51.4 billion in individual income taxes, or $2.6 billion more than in the previous year. rransylvania county’s share rthe tax load was determin ed by an unofficial break down of the returns received fnun the State of North Car as a whole. The state wide total was $669,000,000, according to the Treasury De partment, including what was collected via withholding. It shows that local residents contributed an estimated 0.35 percent of this state total, or $2,342,000. Their contribution this —Turn to Page Six Thursday, March 31 — Super ior court convenes at the court house at 9:30 o’clock. The Ma sons meet at the Masonic tem plet 7:30 p.m. *turday, April 2nd — At 2:00 p.m. the Republicans will hold a convention in the court house. At 7:00 p.m. they will hold a Lincoln Day dinner at Brevard Senior high school. Sunday, April 3rd — Attend Ihe church of your choice. Bre vard Civic orchestra and Bre vard Civic Chorus to present concert of Easter music at 3:00 p.m., at the Brevard Methodist church. Mondy, April 4th — The Ro tary meets at Gaithers at 7:00 o’clock. Tuesday, April 5th—The Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. In Demo Primary Winchester Seeks Re-Election To County Board Of Education D. S. Winchester this week announced that he would run for re-election to the Board of Edu cation, subject to the Democra tic primary on May 28th. A native Transylvanian, Mr. Winchester has served as a mem ber of the Board of Education for the past five years an.! states that his platform for re election will be his record of service during that time. Mr. Winchester, an employee of Olin for the past 27 years, is active in civic and church af fairs in his community. He is a member of the Bos nian Lions club and served that organization as charter presi dent when it was organized sev eral years ago. He was also ac tive in the Rosman Boosters club and helped to get it organ ized. He is currently treasurer and a deacon at Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist church. Mr. Winchester is married to the former Julia Jordan, and D. S. WINCHESTER they have three children, om presently teaching in the Tran sylvania County school system one enrolled at the University —Turn to Page Foui Osteen To Speak Republicans To Hold Convention And Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday Transylvania Republicans will hold two big events here on Saturday, April 2nd. A county convention is set for 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the court house. That evening, a Lincoln Day Dinner is slated in the cafe teria of Brevard senior high school, beginning at 7:00 o’clock. Young Republicans are selling tickets to the dinner, and ac cording to Ralph L. Waldrop, the chairman of the Transyl vania Republican executive com mittee, a large turn-out is ex pected. Mrs. C. C. Johnsoh, vice chair man, is in charge of arrange ments. The guest speaker at the din —Turn to Page Six WILLIAM L. OSTEEN Rosman Tracking Station Will Make Astronomical History Following OAO Supt. Bradburn Is Named On Education Body C. Wayne Bradburn, superin tendent of Transylvania county schools, has been chosen by The Learning Institute of North Car olina to become a member of the representative development committee planning the partici palvon of North Carolina public schools in the emerging Mid Scuth Regional Education Labo ratory. which would include the tri-state area of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina. Ti.tle IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1865 provides for the establish ment of several regional educa tion laboratories across the na tion. These laboratories will be fi nanced under grants made to a consortium of universities, col leges, local and state school sys tems and other state and local, public and private agencies and institutions for projects of re search, surveys, programs and demonstrations in the field of . education. They will also provide vari —Turn to Page Five "Beginner's Day" Schedule Is Announced The schedule for “Beginner’s Day” in Transylvania county is announced today by Wayne Bradburn, superintendent of schools. Plans are now being made for the boys and girls who are going tc school for the first time this fall. “tVe need to know approxi mately how many children we may expect in order to provide adequately for them,” Mr. Brad burn states. “Beginner’s Day” schedule is as follows: Straus School - April 19th Brevard Elementary - April 26th Rosman Elementary - May 3rd T. C. Henderson - May 10th Pisgah Forest - May 17th Penrose school’s date has been changed to May 24th. On “Beginner’s Day” the child will actually be enrolled and given a standard readiness test. The completion of the en rollment and testing will enable schools to make better and more —Turn to Page Three I1 By • A1 Martin Official Weatherman Temperatures in Brevard av eraged slightly below normal during the past week with an early morning low of 27 and an afternoon high of 59 degrees. Actual high and low readings for the week were a 74 on Wed nesday afternoon of last week end a chilly 17 degrees on Tues day morning of this week. Temperatures during the next five days are expected to aver age two to six degrees below long time averages of 62 and 38. Precipitation totaling up to a quarter of an inch is expected for late Sunday and Monday. Day-to-day readings for the past week were: Wednesday_ 74 40 .00 High Low Prec. Friday . Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday 63 40 .15 51 24 .00 69 22 .00 47 21 .04 52 25 .00 59 17 .00 RECIPIENT OF A CERTIFI CATE acknowledging her outstand ing service as clerk of the local Se lective Service board is Mrs. Mae G. Chappell, of Brevard. Presenting the award is Chief Engineman Elbert H. Whitesides, of the Asheville Navy Recruiting Branch station. The Cer tificate recognizes Mrs. Chapptell’s “outstanding proficiency together with a great capacitiy for understanding which has resulted in the young men and their families of this county being able to stay well informed as to their draft status.” A native of Brevard and a gradu ate of Brevard college, Mrs. Chap pell has been clerk of Local Board No. 89 for six years. She and her husband, Fulton, reside on Johnson street, and they have two sons, Don and Ricky. Mrs. Chappell is a mem ber of the Brevard Methodist church and the Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service. Her duties as clerk in clude all clerical work concerning registration, classification reporting, examining and indue!•••g registrants who are registered at the local board in Transylvania county. (Times Staff Photo) For ’66 Season Officials Of Brevard Music Center Make Elaborate Plans Officials of the Brevard Music Center announce plans for the 30th season of the famed educational and performance center here. After a record-breaking sea son in 1965, Center officials an nounce that the educational pro gram will last from July 6th through August 21st, with a new Division of Special Studies join ing the Transylvania Music Camp and the Advanced Divi sion. New programs for the sea son include the organization of a Department of Dance, a Conductor-Training program, an accredited program for Public School Teachers, a noted lecturer series, and ex panded programs in the Vis ual Arts and Chamber Music. Brevard’s resident Opera workshop, which saw the larg est composite audiences in its Collections Of Sales And Use Taxes Up Collections of sales and use taxes in Transylvania were ap proximately 14 per cent high er in 1965 than they were in 1964, a report from Raleigh reveals today. Actually, the period of col lection was from February 1st through January of the follow ing year. They were as follows: 1965 - $489,580 1964 • $429,665. The gain was $59,915. Across the state, the net gain was 10.05 per cent. premiere season in 1965, will once again produce six shows, combining well-known profes sional singers with its own res ident students and staff. Direc tor of the Opera Workshop is John Richards McCrae. The performing groups, in ad dition to the Opera Workshop, will include orchestras, bands, choruses and chamber music. Artistic Director Henry Jan iec stated that applications have exceeded all previous years, with an increase of some 650% over last season. Although the limited top en rollment of 300 is not yet com plete, ail indications point to a capacity attendance in 1966. The Music Center is currently —Turn to Page Six Serving Henderson-Transylvania Rev. Clay Barnes To Retire From Association On May 1 REV. CLAY BARNES The Rev. Clay R. Barnes, as soeiational missionary for more than eleven years in the Caro lina and Transylvania Baptist Associations, which includes Baptist churches located in Hen derson, Transylvania, and part of Polk counties, has announced his plans to retire, effective May 1. Rev. Barnes was born in Alexander county and is well known among Baptists in the state of North Carolina. He has held pastorates in Mars Hill, Asheville, Charlotte, Hickory, and Spencer. He came to his present posi tion from Oakdale Baptist church in Spencer. Since being here he has work ed jointly with the two associ —Turn to Page Six Superior Court Now Underway The March-April term of Superior court in Transylvania is now in session here in the court house, and trial of the civil docket began on Wednes day. Judge James F. Latham, of Burlington, is presiding over the court this week, and Judge James C. Farthing, of Lenoir, will be the presiding judge next week. Trial of the criminal docket, which was light, was expected to be completed on Wednes day, but the civil docket is much heavier. Court will probably contin ue all next week. Local Facility Has Command Over Telescopes Jiosmnn has made astronomi cal history. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration station at Bosnian. in the Pisgah National Forest, is NASA's key Data Ac quisition Facility to command and to receive information from an instrument in space said to provide the greatest advance in astronomy since the invention of the telescope. This is NASA's Orbiting As tronomical Observatory (OAO) scheduled to be launched from Cape Kennedy about the same time that The Transylvania Times went to press Wednesday afternoon. Original launching was slated for this past Monday, however it was postponed until Wednes day. OAO is an advanced type of telescope traveling through space. It is designed to give astronomers their first sustain ed study of the stars from be yond the obscuring, distorting effects of. the earth’s atmo sphere. The Rosman station, on order from the OAO Control at God dard Space Flight Center, Grecnbelt, lid., has responsibil ity to command OAO to point its telescopes at certain stars selected by the researchers. Rosman wi£l then command the Observatory to transmit back information about the —Turn to Page Six Election Board Now In Office Transylvania’s newly elected Board of Elections has taken office. The oath of office was given by R. Marvin McCall, clerk of Superior court, last Saturday here in the court house. Harry Patton is the new chair man. and the other Democratic member of the board is James C. Gaither, Sr. William Leonard is the Repub lican member of the local board. The Noon Hour Is A Busy Time On Radio WPNF The noon hour is a busy oi al WPNF Monday through P\ day, as the station prepares and broadcasts a number of interest ing programs designed for homemakers and rural residents,;: Following the world, regional and local news at 12 noon," WPNF presents an Associated' Press feature, “Featurescope,” described by the local station as a “sidelight in‘the day’s news.” At 12:10 p.m. national, state and local agricultural leaders are heard on the popular “Farm and Home Hour.” New York radio personality, Loraine Orr, is heard at 12:25 on the “Good Living” feature, fol lowed at 12:27 by the WPNF Weather Word. Western Auto’s public serv ice broadcast, “The Trading Post,” is aired at 12:30 p.: with the finest gospel music __ the southland on “Quartet Car avan” at 12:35 p.m. 12:55 p.m. is broadcast for “Gems from the Bible,” the Rev. Jim Davis. The total of eight pr within one sixty-minute ; certainly makes WPNI”s hour the busiest on the —Turn to Page
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