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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize • Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vo!. 79—No. 21 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712 BREVARD, N. C.( MAY 26, 1966 ★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★ THIS IS HOLE NO. 11 at the Glen Cannon Golf course, and it is expect ® become a Transylvania County landmark in years to come. The new golf course opens Saturday, and local golfers are anxious to play the course nd to admire the scenic beauty from i every hole. In the background can be seen the 75-foot splendor of Glen Cannon falls, and the front is guard ed by a crystal-clear stream. While the hole is beautiful, it is equally as difficult. (Times Staff Photo) With A "Bang" Glen Cannon Country Club To Open Saturday, Play Scheduled BANG !! With a double-bar relled blast fired by Glen Cannon Country Club Presi dent, L. J. Madden, Jr., play will commence on all 18 tees in a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 28th. An other shotgun start is sched uled at 2:00 p.m. The course appears to be in excellent condition and the Opening Day committee, consist ing of Dr. Walter Clayton and Charles Brewer, both directors of the club, is working hard to flfcovide the kind of weather needed for a fine holiday week end of golf. tThe committee has selected . H. “Bill” Keith for the honor of tecing-off on No. 1 tee. Mr. Keith was instrumen tal in organizing the club and served as its first president until his recent move to Gas tonia. Dr. Clayton, who has spent many hours working and planning as Chairman of the Golf Course Construction Com mittee, will also play in the foursome starting on No. 1. Of course, the weather may play an important part this week end. The Board of Directors has designated Doyce Hunter, *ens superintendent, as the who, at all times, will decide on whether the golf course is playable and whether or not power golf carts may be used, decision is the “law”. The club recognizes that many things need to be com pleted before the course will be in championship condition as it is certainly destined to be. Work will continue at full pace as new tees are added, —Turn to Page Four Rhyne Quoted Local Elks Honored, Several Attend Meet At Fayetteville The Brevard Elks lodge re ceived honors at the North Carolina Convention last week end in Fayetteville. Particular praise was given the club for its scholastic and benevolent programs. The Brevard lodge placed sec ond among all the lodges across Auxiliary To: Hold "Poppy Day" Saturday Mayor Raymond F. Bennett has proclaimed Saturday as “Poppy Day” in Brevard. This patriotic event is spon sored by the American Legion auxiliary, and members will be selling the colorful flowers in the business area of the town. Proceeds will be used to aid disabled and needy veterans, as well as the widows and orphans of deceased veterans. In his proclamation Mayor Bennett urges Transylvanians “to set the day apart for remem bering in our minds and in our —Turn to Page Seven For Outstanding Service Brevard Jaycees Win Highest Awards At State Convention Brevard Jaycees received several high honors at the re tmtAt State Convention in Ra Wgh. The local Junior Chamber of Commerce actually won three first place awards and two second place awards for outstanding service. The Brevard club is classi fied in Section II among the cities of the state. First place awards were as follows: Youth and Sports Ways and Means, and Americanism and Govern mental affairs. Second place awards were: Religion and Christmas Ac tivities, and Inter-club Relations. During the convention, John Smart, past president, was in stalled as a National Director, Western Region, North Caro lina Jaycees. In addition to Mr. Smart, other Brevard Jaycees attend ing the convention were: Charles Weiss, John Hudson, Robert Hunter, Oscar Grant, Don Pavlack and John Lam bert. the state in its per capita giv ing to the National Elks foun dation. North Carolina lodges gave $17,000 to the foundation, and Tar Heel students at the same time received more than $14, 000 in Elk scholarships. One was given locally. Brevard Elks contribute $3.42 per member to the foundation, while the top club in the state gives $3.52. The national average is $1.54. Robert Y. Rhyne, the local exalted ruler, received a hand some trophy for the award given to Brevard, and he presented it to the club Tuesday night. He said that local delegates were inspired at the conven tion to set up an Americanism committee here, and he named John Anderson to head this —Turn to Page Four Heavy Voting Expected Saturday In The Primary Elections In County Precincts Survey Reveals 8°/o In Transylvania Are Eligible For “Medicare” Just what proportion of the over-65 population of Tran sylvania county will be en rolled in medicare when July 1st (M-Day) arrives is still Next Monday Is Memorial Day Memorial Day, May 30th, will be observed in Brevard on Monday as a semi-holiday. The post office will be clos ed and there will be no city or rural delivery. The window will also be closed, however there will be special delivery service. The banks and savings and loan association will be closed. All county offices in the court house will be closed ex cept the Board of Education office. Town hall will also be closed for the day. Weaffier By Fred Reiter Official Weatherman Brevard enjoyed mild temper atures during the past week, with a high of 83 degrees on Sunday afternoon, and a low of 40 last Wednesday morning. Average high and low for the area was 77 and 53. Rainfall amounted to just over 1.7 inches lor the week, with a total of 1.72 inches, wi-th 1.3 inches of this amount falling last Thursday night and Friday. The U.S. Weather Bureau’s five-day forecast calls for tem peratures to average two to six degrees above normal for the next week. Normal for this time of year in Brevard is 78 end 53. The bureau also pre dicts afternoon and evening thundershowers for most of the period. The week’s temperatures and precipitation follow: High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 73 40 0.04 Thursday_80 58 0.03 Friday_81 56 1.30 Saturday _ 81 51 0.18 Sunday__ 83 56 0.01 Monday_ 79 59 0.00 Tuesday_ 61 54 0.16 an open question. For those who have not yet signed up. there i-s still time to get in under the wire. The dead line is May 31st. Although the final figures will not be. known until that date, a dose approximation is now possible, thanks to re cent government data on the number of older people in each section of the country and on the rate of enrollment. The new data, from the De partment of Commerce, shows that there has been a consider able rise in the nation’s over 65 population since 1960. when the last census was taken. The total is now over 19 million. In Transylvania county, some 8.1 percent of the local population are currently in that age bracket. This com pares with 7.3 percent in 1960. Elsewhere in the United States, the average is 9.3 per cent. It is 7.1 percent in the State of North Carolina. All of these men and women will automatically be entitled to the hospitalization part of medi care. This includes hospital serv ices, nursing-home care and var ious other benefits. There is no charge for this phase of the pro gram. What they will not get, un less they apply for it is gov ernment-sponsored insurance that will take care of most of their doctor bills. This sup plementary protection is avail able at a cost of S3 a month. In Transylvania county, the —Turn to Page EigW SAMPLE BALLOT OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT FOR STATE SENATOR AND COUNTY OFFICERS 1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a cross (X) mark in the square at the left of his name. 2. If von tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it to the registrar and get another. FOR STATE SENATOR ' Thirty-third Senatorial District (Vote for One) □ MRS. MARY FAYE BRUMBY □ CHARLES R. CRAWFORD T FOR MEMBER OF STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Forty-eighth District (Vote for One) □ JESS A. GALLOWAY □ LACY H. THORNBURG FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT (Vote for One) □ F. M. McCALL □ LANDELL R. WHITMIRE FOR SHERIFF (Vote for One) □ PAUL L. FISHER □ W. MARVIN GADDY □ CHARLES OWEN □ T. WOOD PAXTON □ GILL THOMAS FOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ' (Vote for Two) □ J. C. CASSELL, JR □ ROY L. HEAD □ HARRY F. MORGAN □ D. S. WINCHESTER ' ; , Primary Election, May 28, 1966 Chairman of Transylvania County Board of Elections INSTRUCTIONS At Music Center Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Opens ’66 Brevard Graduation Graduation is “just around the corner” for the seniors at Bre vard senior high school. And for the first time in the history of the school, the exer cises will be held somewhere else besides at the school. This is due to crowded condi tions, and the large number of graduates in the class. The exercises will be held in the beautiful Whittington-Pfohl auditorium at the Brevard Music center. Since the auditorium will hold at least 1.500 persons, it is not necessary to restrict attendance to parents and friends of the BLT AWARD WINNERS are pictured here at the annual Brevard Little Theatre awards banquet last Saturday night. The handsome plaques were presented both for outstanding performances on stage and for services rendered behind the scenes above and beyond the call of duty. The awards are presented each year by the family of the late Beu lah Zachary in her memory. This year’s winners include, front row, left to right: Mrs. Don Pidgeon, representing the Pidgeon family who received a special “family service” award; Mrs. Pat Fuleihan, named best character actress; Ed Freeman, best actor: Mrs. Maggie Masters, best actress; Mrs. Em malou Truesdail, best supporting actress; and Ann Erwin, who received an award for handling hand props. Back row, left to right: Bill Norris, named best supporting actor; Jim Hicklin, for handling stage props; John Daniel, an award as art chair man: Hal Everson, for constructing a new light panel; John Nes, best character actor; and Les Kohn, representing Schenck Job Corps Center, who received a plaque for the many services rendered by boys of the Job Corps during the past year. graduates. Principal Joe McGuire cordial ly invites the public to attend. The bacculaureate sermon will be heard this coming Sun day night, May 29th, at 8:00 o'clock. Graduation exercises are slat ed on the following Friday night, June 3rd, at 8:00 p.m. A total number of 199 is in the class of 1966 at Brevard sen ior high school. The bacculaureate service will begin with the invocation, by the Rev. Harold Killian of the First Baptist Church. Rev. G. Daniel McCall of the David son River Presbyterian Church will deliver the sermon. After the sermon the Brevard Senior High School chorus will sing a —Turn to Page Seven Close Contests Are Seen In Heated Races Since there are several heat ed races, voting in Transyl \ania is expected to be heavy in the Democratic and Repub lican primaries on Saturday of this week. According to Harry Patton, chairman of the Board of Elec tions. the polls will open at 6:30 am., and they will close at 6:30 p.ni. Mr. Patton announces that two precincts have been moved. Precinct No. 3, previously located on King street, has been moved to the Straus school in North Brevard. The Gloucester precinct has been moved from the Silversteen .■-chool building to the Silver steen Community center. Usually, only a Democratic primary is held in Transyl vania, but this year there is a contest between Winfield Scott Harvey, of Arden, and Joe S. Schenck, of Canton, for nomination on the Repub lican slate in the Congression al race. In the Democratic primary, Transylvania voters will choose between Charles R. Crawford and Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby for State Senator in the 33rd Sena torial district. In the State House of Repre sentative race, Jess A. Galloway opposes Lacy H. Thornburg. Incumbent F. Marvin Mc Call has as his opponent Lan dell R. Whitmire for Clerk of Court. Five men are seeking the Democratic nomination for Sher iff of Transylvania. They are: Paul L. Fisher, W. Marvin Gad dy, Charles Owen, T. Wood Pax ton and Gill Thomas. Incumbents Harry F. Mor —Turn to Page Four New Officers Of VFW Installed New officers of the Lewis Earl Jackson post of Veterans of For eign Wars have been installed. Their term of office will carry through until this time next year. Bill Talley is the new com mander, and L. R. Hipp is the senior vice commander and Ed gar Grooms serves as the junior vice commander. Other officers are: Vance Jackson - Quartermas ter Marshall Loftis - Chaplin Dr. Carol Grahl - Surgeon Gene Ramsey - Judge Advo cate Fred Israel - Service officer Bill Hayes - three-year trus tee. On The Local Scene WPNF Will Carry Complete Returns Saturday Evening WPNF will hold a big “Elec tion Party” Saturday night. Local returns from the Dem ocratic and Republican primar ies will be reported from the court house through the remote lines of the local radio station. Returns from the races in the district and across the state will be reported from the news room of WPNF, and the big “Election party” will begin at 7:00 p.m. As usual, the staff of the Tran sylvania Times will gather and report the local returns from the court house. According to John Anderson, executive director, among those taking part in the broadcasts will be Bill Norris, Charlene Ash worth, Fred Reiter, Bruce O’Kel ley, Ai Hope, Larry Freeman and Ron Byrd. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, Farm-Home admini stration, John Collins; Friday, station program; Monday, county extension chairman; Tuesday, U.S. forest service, Jim Wells; Wednesday, home agent, Miss Jean Childers. Speaking this morning on —Turn to Page Five 4
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