THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79—No. 16
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PAID AT BREVARD. N. C.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1966
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* THE MODERN SYLVAN PLANT
of the American Thread company at
Calvert will be dedicated on Satur
day, and a Housewarming- from
10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in
the afternoon will highlight the
events of the day. The public is cor
dially invited to attend. In the inset
at the top is E. B. Shaw, president
of the company.
For Road Building
Transylvania Car Owners Are
Paying $173,000.00Per Year
By - Staff Writer
How deeply is the nation’s
41,000 - mile roa»’. building
program dipping ’Into ihe
pocketbooks of car owners in
Transylvania County?
How much are they forking up
per year through the govern
ment’s special taxes on gasoline
and related items?
AThe status of the interstate
Astern and the part the individ
ual car owner is playing in it
are particularly pertinent right
iAt because the Administration
is^eeking an increase in high
way-use taxes.
It is asking for $1.6 billion
more, over a period of eight
years, to meet the growing cost
of the program. Most of the in
crease would be borne by trucks
and buses.
At the present time, the
government is collecting some
$173,04)0 a year from automo
bile owners in Transylvania
County for the Highway Trust
Fund, which takes care of 90
percent of the road costs. The
other 10 percent comes from
^e states.
For the average local driver,
covering 10,000 miles annually
and getting 14 miles to the gal
le^fc the cost is close to $30 a
year. This is based on figures
from the Bureau of Public
Roads. It is exclusive of auto
taxes collected by the state.
He has been paying at that
rate since October, 1959, when
the tax on gasoline was
raised from 3 cents a gallon
to 4 cents.
The indications are that this
tax and associated ones will be
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In Jones Auditorium
Brevard Seniors Will Present
"Strange Boarders” On Friday
“Strange Boarders,” a three
act mystery sparked by comedy
and romance, will be presented
by the senior class of Brevard
senior high school Friday, April
22nd, at 8:00 p.m. in the J. B.
Jones Memorial auditorium.
Directed by Miss Rheumma
Carter, English teacher at Bre
Charles Weiss
Heads Jaycees
Charles R. Weiss was elected
president of the Brevard Junior
Chamber of Commerce on April
13th at the regular dinner meet
ing at Berry’s.
Other officers elected were:
Frank Smith, first vice presi
dent
Tom Tartt, second vice pres
ident
Paul Adkins, secretary
Don Pavlack, treasurer
Board members elected were:
Tom Bridges, John Huggins,
Steve Morrison, Tom Penn, G. F.
Rice and David Varner.
An active Jaycee for five
years, Mr. Weiss is a past sec
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National Library Week Is
Now In Full Swing In County
The public is reminded that
111 are cordially invited to
visit the library this week to
enjoy the many activities be
ing held there in connection
with National Library Week.
Mayof Raymond F. Bennett has
issued a proclamation concern
ing library week elsewhere in
the Times.
This invitation is extended by
Mrs. Lehman Kapp, head li
brarian; Mrs. Alan Wallace,
president of the Friends of
Transylvania County Library;
and Mrs. George Dysart, local
Library week chairman.
Included in these activities
is the color, documentary film
by Mr. and Mrs. Wallo Bednarz,
Thursday evening at 8:00 p. m.
At this time, Mrs. Wallace
will give a short progress re
port on the year’s accomplish
ments.
Featured Saturday will be the
children’s puppet show at 9:30
a. m., presented by Adelaide
Van Wey and Mrs. Cecil Hill.
In promotion of the current
annual membership drive, Mrs.
Wallace announced that a total
of 400 memberships were se
cured for the 1965-66 season.
The cost of a membership is
50 cents for students, $1.00 for
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vard high, and assisted by stu
dent director, Brenda Peevy,
the play centers around Cordelia
Tuttle, a lively boarding house
proprietor. All action takes
place in the Tuttle living room
with Cordelia completely una
ware of the motives of some of
her guests.
Several of the boarders have
been involved in a large bank
theft, and have agreed with the
other conspirators to meet at the
out-of-the-way inn to even things
up. When the money rgets mis
placed in the midst of confusion,
bedlam results.
The cast includes the follow
ing members of the senior class:
Cordelia Tuttle (boarding
house proprietor) - Nancy Mc
Call
Professor Harriman (an ex
ploding inventor) - Larry Swann
Smiley (a sad-faced thug) -
Joe Hudgins
Captain Winkle (long-time
boarder) - Phil Frady
John Todd (patient admirer of
Cordelia) - Gary Himes
Boston Benny (a suave crook)
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American Thread Company Invites Public
To Dedication And Housewarming Saturday
Registration
Will Begin
On April 30
The registration books for
the Democratic Primary on
May 28th will open on Sat
urday, April 30th.
Hours of registration will
be from 9:00 a. m„ until sun
set.
Registration will be continu
ed on the following two Sat
urdays, May 7th and May
14th.
May 21st will be challenge
day.
This is not a new registra
tion, and those citizens whose
names are now on the books
should not register unless they
have moved from one precinct
to another.
The law requires that the
registrars of the 18 precincts
of Transylvania county be at
the polling places to register
eligible voters from 9:00 a.
m„ until sunset on April
20th, May 7th and May 14th.
According to Harry Patton,
chairman of the Board of Elec
tions, the office is now open
daily here in the court house.
Mrs. Margaret Bridges is
the secretary.
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WeafAer
By Fred Reiter
Official Weatherman
Temperatures in the Brevard
area are averaging slightly be
low normal for this time of
year and have been so nearly
every week this year. During
this past week, the local high
temperature averaged 65 de
grees and the low was a chilly
38. Daily highs and lows were
as follows:
High I.ow Prec.
Wednesday_ 74 35 .37
Thursday_ 57 40 .00
Friday _ 60 39 .20
Saturday __ 67 35 .00
Sunday_:_ 69 29 .00
Monday__ 73 35 .00
Tuesday_ 58 54 .00
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News for the women, pages
6, second and third sections
Sports, page 6, section four
Pictorial feature on Ameri
can Thread, front page, third
section
Editorials, page 2, second sec
tion
Classifieds, pages 2 and 3,
fourth section
Radio log, page 5, third sec
tion
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the an
nual Brevard Chamber of Commerce
banquet last Friday night in the
Brevard senior high school cafe
teria are shown above. From left to
right, they are: J. Stan Meares, who
made introductions; William H.
Keith, who presented the speaker;
Dr. Frank McGuire, the master of
ceremonies; and W. Stanley Finch,
the principal speaker.
(Times Staff Photo)
Many Filed
Two Heated Races Expected
In Democratic Primary, 28th
At Lake Lure
John Smart Named Western
Region Director Of Jaycees
JOHN K. SMART, JR.
John K. Smart, Jr., Brevard
Jaycees, was elected Western
Region National Director of
North Carolina Jaycees. The re
gional meet was held April 16th
17th at Lake Lure.
In addition to the election,
Oscar Grant was chosen as one
of two outstanding speak-up
jaycee entrants. He will com
pete at the North Carolina State
convention at Raleigh in May
for outstanding speaker of North
Carolina Jaycees.
The event at Lake Lure was
the largest regional meet ever
recorded in the state with 628
Jaycees and Jayeettes attending.
Mr. Smart has been an active
Jaycee for almost seven years.
The past year he served as 22nd
District State vice president. He
was local president ’64-’65, past
first vice president, secretary,
director and has served as chair
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At First Union
Keith Transferring, Lineherger Here
William H. Keith has been
named to head the Gastonia of
fice of First Union National
Bank, as announced today by
the president of the bank, Carl
G. McCraw, Jr.
Mr. Keith will succeed Theo
dore B. Sumner, Jr., who has
headed the bank’s three Gas
tonia offices since June, 1964.
Sumner has recently been nam
ed executive officer of the
Greensboro Office. The change
will take place within a few
weeks.
A native of Greenwood, South
Carolina, Mr. Keith is a 1949
graduate of Davidson College
and a 1958 graduate the School
of Banking of the South at LSU.
He entered banking in 1950
with the Bank of Greenwood,
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WILLIAM H. KEITH
DONALD R. LINE BERGER
Donald R. Lineberger has
been named to head the Bre
vard operations of First Union
National bank, according to an
announcement today by Presi
dent Carl G. McCraw, Jr.
Mr. Lineberger, a vice presi
dent of First Union in Asheville,
succeeds William H. Keith, who
headed the bank’s offices in
Brevard and Rosman until his
recent appointment as executive
officer in Gastonia. The official
change of both men will take
place within a few weeks.
A 1955 graduate of Appalachi
an State Teachers college, Mr.
Lineberger joined First Union
in Charlotte in December, 1957.
He served in the credit depart
ment in Charlotte until Decem
ber, 1960. At this time he was
promoted to assistant cashier.
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A heated battle may be
shaping up in the race for
Sheriff of Transylvania coun
ty in the Democratic Primary
on May 28th.
Five men filed for the of
fice prior to the deadline last
Friday at noon.
Carter McCall, the incum
bent Republican Sheriff, has
announced that he would be
a candidate to succeed him
self in the General Election
this fall.
Democrats filing for the
Primary race are:
Marvin Gaddy
Paul L. Fisher
Charles Owen
T. Wood Paxton
Gill Thomas.
Stiff opposition is also ex
pected in the race for the
Board of Education. Two men
will be elected to this post.
The incumbents, who are
seeking re-election are Harry
F. Morgan and D. S. Winches
ter. Two other men have also
filed in the race in the Demo
crat Primary.
They are J. C. Cassell, Jr.
and Roy L. Head.
F. M. McCall, Clerk of Su
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Plant Tours Are
Planned From 10
Until 4:00 P. M.
Dedication and Housewarm
ing will be held at the beauti
ful new Sylvan Plant of the
American Thread company at
Calvert on Saturday.
There will be plant tours
from 10:00 a.m., until 4:00
p.m., and brief ceremonies
will be held at 11:00 o’clock.
The principal speakers will
be E. B. Shaw, president of
the American Thread com
pany, and Dan E. Stewart,
director of Conservation and
Development at Raleigh.
Luther Hodges was original
ly scheduled to make the ded
icatory address, but an opera
tion has prevented his appear
ance here.
Mr. Hodges, after entering
the Memorial hospital in Chap
el Hill on Monday for a rou
tine check-up, was operated
en for a lesion. His condition
is listed as very good, and it
is a matter of several weeks’
recuperation before he will re
sume his active schedule.
Officials of the American
Thread company cordially in
vite all persons in Transyl
vania and adjoining counties
to attend the "Housewarming” ,
and dedication on Saturday. J
Food and refreshments will
be served throughout the day,
and souvenirs will be given
to persons attending.
Mr. Stewart said Wednesday
that he was looking forward
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Hayes Is Named
Dealer Here For
Chrysler Corp.
Chrysler Corporation has op
jointed Hayes Motors, Inc.,
of Brevard, the authorized Ply
mouth - Chrysler dealer for
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty.
Freeman Hayes, president of
Hayes Motors, stated that he
was most happy to be associat
ed with Chrysler Corporation.
“We are pleased to be ahje
to make the fine Chrysler and
Plymouth lines available right
here in Transylvania,” he stat
ed.
Mr. Hayes has been a well
known automobile dealer here
in Transylvania since 1932. He
has formerly served as a county
commissioner for 12 years, and
as sheriff for one term. He Is
past president of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary club.
Bill Hayes will be associated
with his father in the operation
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Program Highlights
WPNF Will Broadcast Address
Recorded At Commerce Banquet
Officials of radio station
WPNF announced this week
that the highlights of last Fri
day night’s annual banquet of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce will be broadcast by the
local station.
The program will be heard
Thursday evening at 7:05 p.m.
Featured speaker at the ban
quet was W. Stanley Finch, di
rector of public relations and
sales training for the Texize
Chemicals corporation, of Green
ville, S. C. Mr. Finch proved to
be an exceptional speaker, and
those who were not able to at
tend the banquet will be afford
ed an opportunity to hear his
remarks on WPNF Thursday
evening.
Mr. Finch was introduced by
W. H. Keith.
Program director Fred Reiter
announces that WPNF will
broadcast the dedication cere
monies at the American Thread
plant which will take place
urday, April 23rd.
This program will be
Sunday, April 24th at 3:05
Other Programs
The schedule for the
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