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TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Educa tional, Agricultural and Music Center. Population, I960 Census V6.372. Brevard Commnuity 8.500. Brevard proper 4,857. Vol. it No. 26 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance tf Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712 BREVARD, N. C., JUNE 30, 1966 PRICE 10c 36 PAGES PUBLISHED WEEKLY AN ARTIST’S DRAWING of the new Tran sylvania Times plant, which was made by Waldron Ropers, draftsman-designer for the Brevard Du Pont plant is shown above. More pictures and stor ies are carried in the third section of this week’s Times. “Best Season Ahead” Music Center Will Begin 30th Anniversary Season On July 6 On July 6th, the Brevard Music Center begins its 30th anniversary season, the most brilliant and most versatile in its history. Included in the celebration are world - famous artists in concert and opera, the inter nationally acclaimed Brevard Music Center Orchestra com prised of professional musi cians, three well - known op eras, two hit musical and a Musical play, several pops concerts, and a newly institut ed lecture series. Brevard Music Center willToffer concerts by such famed artists as Mary Costa, Jan Peerce, Jose Iturbi, Mischa Elman, Brenda Lewis, Jean Marie Darre, Sergiu Luca, Lee Luvisi, James Mathis, Thomas Brockman and Ernestine Smith. Opera lovers in the area will be afforded production of three, fully-staged operas, “La Traviata”, and “Don Pasquale”. The ever-popular “My Fair Lady” and the smash hit “The Fantasticks” will also be pre sented as well as the noted play with music, “John Brownls Body”. Professional sigters, including Metropolitan Ofpra Company stars, will perform leading roles, with supporting parts being taken byvoung professionals or ad Opening the Festival season on July 8th, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra will present a total of eight concerts with out standing soloists this season. Pops concerts will feature the music of Johann Strauss and Jerome Kern, and an all-Ameri can composer program. Other orchestral organizations will present weekly concerts. New programs at the Center this year include an expa ided vaWed students. —Turn to Page Three Many Have Holiday Picnic At Camp Straus Will Highlight Fourth Of July Next Monday, July 4th, will be a holiday in Brevard and Transylvania county with most of the stores being closed. The day will be highlighted in the county by the “Silver Anni versary picnic of Olin Mathieson at Camp Straus. Held annually for Olin em ployees and their families, the event is usually attended by Jaycees Making Plans For Their 25th Anniversary Elaborate plans are being made for the 25th anniversary of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce. A big banquet will highlight the celebration on July 27th at Berry’s. The banquet will also be the second regular meeting in July of the Jaycees. Honored guests will be all the past presidents and their wives and the Jaycees and their wives. Irvin Aldridge, of Yanceyville, who is the state Jaycee presi dent, will be the principal speaker at the gala anniversary banquet. More details will be announ ced later. Decision Thursday To Build Or Not To Build bridge At Lake Sega Is ? A decision will be made Thursday night of this week whether or not the bridge across the railway track at Lake Sega on US Highway 64 will be built. A meeting has been called for 1:30 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhododendron room, and all interested persons are invited. Donald Lee Moore, chairman of the County Board of Com missioners, has called tho meeting, and W. Curtis Russ, high commissioner for this area, will attend. He will be accompanied by other highway officials. At the present time, only 13 property owners affected by the proposed bridge and approaches have signed rights of-way. Some 10 persons have not signed, and Mr. Russ says the bridge will not be built —Turn to Page Two more than 10,000 persons. Events of the day will begin at Camp Straus at 10:00 a.m. The banks and the post offices and the town and county offices will close on Monday. According to Charlie Patton, Jr., the Brevard postmaster, there will be no delivery of rural or city mail, and the win dow will be closed all day. How ever, special delivery mail will be made. The Town Board of Aldermen and the County Board of Com missioners will not meet on Mon day night because of the holiday. However, both boards will meet Tuesday night. Inns, rooming houses, motels, restaurants, etc., are expecting a booming business over the weekend, as thousands of per sons from the lowlands come to the mountains for the Fourth of —Turn to Page Four Baker 1$ New President Of Rotary Club Newly elected officers of the Brevard Rotary club were in stalled at this week’s regular meeting in Gaither’s Rhododen dron room. Gene Baker is the new presi dent, and other officers are: Gary Dennis - vice president and director of the club ser vice Raymond E. Childers - secre tary David H. Varner . treasurer John K. Smart - past presi dent and director of Interna tional service Dr. Wilburn Davis - director of Community service Daniel D. Bacon - director of Vocational service. The event was a ladies’ night affair. Nickolas Semaschko, of Hen dersonville, and district gover nor nominee for Rotary’s 767 district, was in charge of the in stallation. Mr. Semaschko, a past presi dent of the Hendersonville Ro tary club, is also the president of the Greater Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce. He heads his own advertising agency, and he is extremely ac tive in Rotary and other civic affairs. New, Modern Transylvania Times Plant Being Constructed By Bryant All Operations Will Be Under The Same Roof Construction of the new and modern plant of The Transyl vania Times, Brevard’s prize winning weekly newspaper, is nearing completion. In a joint announcement to day from Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, publisher, and Editor John I. Anderson, the newly remodeled building should be ready for occupancy by August 1st. Shortly after that time, The Times will move from its pres ent location on The Times Ar cade in Brevard to the modern plant on Broad street, oppo site the court house and be tween Macfie drug store and Abercrombie’s. The Bryant Electric company, the builder of the new Bryant building in Brevard, is con structing the new Times plant. This building was the home of McCrary Auto service for many years, and, according to officials of The Times, it is ideal for conversion into a modern newspaper plant. The property was purchased several years ago by the late Ed M. Anderson, then pub lisher of The Times, from the Reaben Oil company, of Hen dersonville. In the early ’60’s, The Times, began printing the newspaper each week in the basement of the building on a Goss Comet Rotary press. Adjustments and improve ments have been made on the press during the last three years, and now the printing quality of The Times rates with the best of the non-dailies in the Caro linas. “The expansion of The Times is in keeping with the progress that is being made in Brevard and Transylvania county,” the publisher and the editor stated. “We have faith in the com munity, and we pledge to con tinue to do our best to publish the best newspaper that we pos sibly can,” they stated. The Times is recognized for winning many state and na tional awards. In fact, during —Turn to Page Two DISCUSSING THE PLANS and specifications for the new plant of Brevard’s prize-winning weekly newspaper is tht group above in the office of the Bryant Electric com pany, the builder. From left to right, they are: John I. Anderson, editor of The Times; Jack Bryant, owner of Bryant Electric company; and Harry Ashworth, superintendent of the project "<u\the Bryant company. (Times Staff Photo) This Weekend Brevard Merchants Offering Bargains For Sidewalk Sale Race Was Close Paxton Upsets Thomas In Demo Run-Off For Sheriff T. Wood Paxton won an up set victory over Gill Thomas last Saturday in the run-off election for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff of Tran sylvania county. It was a close race with the EXPRESSING PLEASURE over the progress that is being made on the construction of the new and modern Transylvania Times plant is Mrs. Ed . M. Anderson, the publisher. At the left is Harry Ashworth, superintendent of the project for the Brya\t Electric company, and in the background is Henry R. Henderson, The Times plant superinten dent. At the right is Jon E. Anderson, part-time photographer for The Times. (Times Staff Photo) margin of victory being 25 votes. The total vote was as follows: Paxton ■ 1514 Thomas • 1489. In the primary on May 28th, Mr. Thomas was high man with 1,250 votes, while Mr. Paxton had 1,146. There were three other candidates in the race. Mr. Paxton, who serves as cor oner of Transylvania, now faces the Republican incumbent sher iff, Carter McCall, in the Gen eral Election this fall. The Board of Elections met Tuesday morning for the can vass of the voting of last Sat urday, and declared the elec tion as official. Plans have been completed by the Brevard merchants to hold their “biggest and best ever” Fourth of July Sidewalk Sale this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Many merchants have made special purchases for the big event, and all that are partic ipating are offering values galore and outstanding bar gains guaranteed to excite even the most discriminating shoppers. Some of the bargains being offered are listed in a special “Sidewalk Sale” section ap pearing in this edition of the Times. Shoppers are encour aged to look over the ads in this issue, which can be a help ful guide during the big three day event. Ben Patterson, chairman of the merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce, ex tends a cordial invitation to everyone on behalf of the mer chants to shop in Brevard dar ing the big July 4th sales event. Log Highlighted Several Patriotic Programs Will Be Carried Over WPNF On July 4th. Independence Day, station WFNF will pre sent a special feature entitled ‘This Land We Love". Program director Fred Reiter said: “Music has always been the medium through which men have expressed their deepest sentiments. “THIS LAND WE LOVE is a public service program of pa triotic and sacred music which expresses the feelings of most Americans for our nation aad . r heritage of freedom.” Music will be performed b) the Baylor University choir u» der direction of Kurt Kaiseb and selections will include “God Of Our Fathers”, “America Th*P Beautiful”, “God Bless Our Na tive Land”, and other favorite —Turn te Page Tm ’ •■i*i' rtetlf
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