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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper Vol. 79— No. 22 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712 BREVARD, N. C., JUNE 2, 1966 ★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★ OFFICIALS of the National Aero nautics and Space Administration, were here last week checking plans on major road projects in Pisgah National Forest to the tracking sta tion. The station is a key point in thfj. space program. A conference wav.held with Highway Commission er W. Curtis Russ on the long-range needs, and Division Engineer A. J. Hughes, left. Center is Andrew W. Huntress, of NASA, Washington, and on the right is Derry D. Noison, assistant station director. The sign in the background is a carry-over from the November program. During Coining Week Graduation Exercises At Brevard And Rosman Set Brevard senior high school graduation exercises will be held Friday night of this week in the beautiful auditorium at the Bre vard Music center. The event will begin prompt ly at 8:00 o’clock with the Bre vard high school band playing the processional. Gene Ramsay will serve as master of ceremonies, and ex ercises will formally begin with the playing of the National An them by the band, under the di rection of John D. Eversman. Jacqueline Andrews will give the'^vocation, followed by an address by Barbara Anne Lank lord. The title of the address is “(Ranging concepts in Art.” Marshall Feaster, III, will speak on the subject “Present and Future Trends in Religion.” The final address of class members will be by Tim Valen tine. His subject will be: “Where Are We Headed in Science and Technology?” Principal Joseph McGuire will present the diplomas to the 199 members of the gradua tion class, and then the gradu ates’ creed will be given by Sharon DeMuth. f Th? presentation of the class will be by Supt. Wayne Brad burn, and it will be accepted by E. &. Matheson, chairman of the flKard of Education. The recessional by the band will conclude the exercises. Many Signing Road Petitions Over 300 residents in Ce dar Mountain and Dunn’s Rock communities have signed petitions to be presented to the North Carolina Highway Commission and Governor Dan K. Moore asking for ex tensive repairs and relocation of US Highway 276 from Bre vard to the South Carolina line. Arthur M. Dehon is the chair man of the Property Owners committee, which is conducting the campaign. “■* Mr. Dehon points out that residents in the two commun ities voted 11 to one in favor of the Road Bond program last fall, and he says that the $200,000 (the announcefd amount allocated for the work) is not enough to half way do the job. Mr. Dehon is asking the whole hearted endorsement of citizens in the county in the drive to improve US Highway 276. The resolution is as follows: WHEREAS, U. S. Highway No. 276 is the main north and south highway traversing Transylvania County, and carries a heavy volume of all year traffic, being the main thoroughfare for travel to the plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours at Cedar Mountain, and in addition is the prin cipal access road to Pisgah National Forest, the Blue —Turn to Page Seven Commencement exercises at Rosman will begin with the bac calaureate sermon scheduled for this Sunday, June 5th, at 8:00 p.m., in the high school auditor ium. The speaker will be Ray Chil ders, who is Minister of Music and Education at the First Bap tist church in Brevard. He will be introduced by Lois E. Fisher. The invocation will be given by John Hoxit and the benedic tion will be given by Carl Chap man. Student speakers will be in charge of the commencement ex ercises to be held next Monday night, June 6th, at 8:00 o’clock in the Silversteen Gymnasium. They are as follows: John Hoxit, Master of Cere monies Trentha Fisher, Pledge to Flag Bill McNeely, Invocation Wayne Owen, Salutatory speech Dwyn McCall, Valedictory speech Madry Butler, Graduates’ Creed Principal AI Warren will award the diplomas, and Supt. C. W. Bradburn will present the awards. Special music will be given by the. Glee Club, under the di rection of Mrs. J. M. Winget. The benediction will be given by Gary Fisher. There are 48 candidates for graduation. Brief biographical sketches of each will be found elsewhere in this paper. Marshals are Dawson Hogsed, chief, Judy Humphrey, Glinda Chapman, Larry Hogsed, Ber lice Owen, Dot Lowe and Joetta Owen. leacher List Is Announced, Number Is Up The Transylvania school system has been allocated 10 additional teachers for the next school year, Supt. Wayne Bradburn announces. He also releases the list of teachers for the various schools and says that the 1966-67 term could be one of the most im portant in the history of Tran sylvania. Six of the new teachers will be assigned to the elementary schools, one to the high schools and three to various vocational departments. The advancements that have been made in curriculum will be continued, and there will be a full time teacher in the field of art. The music departments, both instrumental and vocal/ will be upgraded, and other programs of study will be expanded. The list of teachers, by schools, follows: BREVARD SENIOR HIGH J. W. McGuire, Principal James E. Johnson Mrs. Lucille E. Sledge Mrs. Alma L. Galloway —Turn to Page Five WeafAer By Fred Reiter Official Weatherman Brevard received a measura ble amount of rain each day this past week except one. Total rainfall for the week ending Tuesday was 1.67 inches, with the heaviest rainfall last Thurs day when .64 inch fell. High temperature for the week occurred Sunday afternoon when the mercury climbed to 85, and the coolest mornings were the past Monday and Tues day when the low was 52 de grees. The weather bureau’s five day forecast calls for tempera tures to average several degrees below normal through Saturday. Rainfall should average one tenth of an inch or less, occur ring as scattered showers. Temperatures the past week averaged 76 and 56 in the Bre vard area. The week’s temperatures and precipitation follows: High Low Prec. Wednesday - - - 76 57 .16 Thursday-- 71 61 .64 Friday.71 61 .60 Saturday - - - - 81 59 .21 Sunday . 85 53 .05 Monday Tuesday 80 52 .01 - 66 52 .00 nominated Here In Last Saturday s Primaries B. EVERETT JORDAN . . . For US Senate LACY H. THORNBURG . . . For Representative **1 HARRY F. MORGAN . . . For Board of Education ROY A. TAYLOR . . . For Congress F. MARVIN MeCALL . . For Clerk of Court ROY L. HEAD . . . For Board of Education MARY FAYK BRUMBY . . . For State Senate GILL THOMAS ... For Sheriff YV. SCOTT HARVEY . . . For Congress Million Dollar Project Low Bidders On The Scenic Whitewater Falls Road Named Low bidders on the new road into Whitewater Falls from the North Carolina side are announced today by W. Official Returns In Transylvania’s Primary Election ■■ May 28th, 1966 House of Representatives Galloway_ 14 Thornburg____ 22 110 150 182 289 246 217 236 192 96 168 194 174 9 10 119! 1021 411 16] 34 30| 123| 56 82] 741 11| 6j 331 361 117| 29 98| 15| 1,721 421 18] 1,670 Clerk of Court *• McCall ’ Whitmire . 7 29 215 47 339 132 348| 289 124j 130 195 65 238 122 13 6 1461 56! 92 73 39| 71 391 53! 159] 56 84| 8| 2,327 9| 16| 25] 15| 88| 24 59| 25| 1,045 Sheriff Fisher_ Thomas Owen_ Paxton_ Gaddy m 2 5 2 26 1 22 75 15 123 35 31 226 18 146 49 121 95 26 199 38 90 121 19 157 52 17 102 8 99 37 37 175 25 102 30 23 127 3 35| 19! 25| 4 521 15 22| 2 74| 26 5| 71 41 91 01 19 14 32 0 5 5 33 4 14 13 74 92 4 64 25 15 25 23 22 1 10! 2| 502 68! 91 1,250 22| 10| 241 331 11| 1,146 14( 0| 331 Board of Education Head ___ Cassell _ Morgan ,-——— Winchester —. 5 29 26 9 209 72 89 95 287 191 214 215 218 217 227 166 268 149 155 202 158 101 100 140 89 226 252 95 106 87 89 104 19 130 154 25 6 47 44 5 2 9 17 12 15 47 43 15 48 16 31 31 144 111 102 67 19 59 65 6 27 94 107 35 17| 1.645 17 j 1,609 16! 1,739 4| 1,245 Curtis Russ, the commissioner for this area. A. B. Burton Company, Inc., cf Lynchburg, Va., was the low bidder for the grading work. The bid was $83(3.782.00. The low bid for the construc tion part of the project was $213,635.00. and it was made by Hays Block company, of Frank lin. The Burton company has had several contracts on Interstate 40, down Pidgeon River road. The total cost of the White water project is $1,050,417.00, and the contracts will be for mally voted on and awarded by the entire commission at the June meeting in Asheville, j The description of the proj- ] ect is as follows: 3.410 miles of grading, coarse aggregate base course, bitumi nous surface treatment and structures on SR-1177 and SR 1149 from a point about 600 feet inside South Carolina State Line, northeasterly to a point about 230 feet north of SR-1150. This new highway will open up one of the most scenic routes in this part of the coun try, and the Whitewater falls themselves are the highest in < Eastern America. , New Program Of Easy Listening j Music Now Carried On WPNF i Area residents are invited to hear a program of easy-listening music each evening at o:30 p.m., Monday through Friday over WPNF. The program will feature beautiful melodies, largely unin lerrupted by announcements. Show tunes, as well as other favorite songs will be heard each evening. WPNF has recently received i a certificate of appreciation ] from Care, Inc., the internation- < al relief organization, for dona- ! tion of public service time to that organization over the p/st years. * The certificate was presented c to the station by Care’s execu tive director in recognition of —Turn to Page Six Gill Thomas Was High Man, Wood Paxton Is Second A much lighter vote than was expected was cast in the Democratic and Republican Primaries last Saturday in Transylvania county. In the most heated contest of the election. Gill Thomas won out over his four Demo cratic opponents in the Sher iff’s race. He polled 1,250 votes, while his nearest opponent, T. Wood Paxton, received 1,146. Mr. Paxton has not yet de cided whether or not to call a second primary. Other results in the Sher iff's race were: Paul L. Fisher - 502 VV. Marvin Gaddy • 331 Charles Owen - 241. - Another close race in the Democratic primary was noted in the nomination of two men for the Board of Education. Incumbent Harry Morgan was high man with 1,739 votes, and Roy L. Head ran second with 1,645. Unsuccessful candidates and their vote were as follows: J. C. Cassell, Jr. - 1,609 D. S. Winchester - 1,245. F. Marvin McCall, the in cumbent, was an overwheim —Turn to Page Four Glen Cannon Opening Now Set Saturday Weather permitting, the beautiful new 18 hole golf course at Glenn Cannon coun try club will officially open this Saturday. The sprawling 6,248 yard lay jut was originally scheduled to >pen last Saturday, but persis ent rains postponed the long waited start until this Saturday. The same “shotgun” start method that was scheduled last Saturday will get things underway. Glen Cannon pres ident Jack Madden will signify the official start by firing a shotgun promptly at 9:00 a.m., and foursomes stationed at all eighteen holes will tee off sim ultaneously. The opening day committee ias selected W. H. “Bill” Keith or the honor of teeing off on io. 1 tee, along with golf course —Turn to Page Six Brevard College i Is Offering Summer School There will be an enrollment >f over 50 students in, the first erm of Brevard College’s Sum tier School Session, June 2nd to uly 8th, according to an an ouncement by Dean Braxton larris. All except two of the students n the first term are rising sec md year students of the college. “The summer session seeks to neet four objectives,” said Dean farris, “within the framework if the purpose of the college as fated in the catalogue.” 1. To provide the opportunity or regularly enrolled students t the college to broaden their tudies dr accelerate their pro rams. 2. To enable fully —Turn to Page
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