TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,867.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 79—No. 27
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BREVARD, N. C., JULY 7, 1966
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THE ACOUSTICALLY PERFECT Whittington
Pfohl auditorium at the Brevard Music center is
ejagected to be filled to capacity for several of the
concerts this week. Noted arcists will appear on
the opening programs as the 30th season begins on
Thursday night.
Opening Thursday Night
Famed Artists To Appear
On Music Center Concerts
Once again, as in seasons
past, the rocks and rills sur
rounding Brevard will echo
with the sounds of voices and
instruments. For the 30th con
secutive season, the Brevard
Music Center will be produc
ing a potpourri of musical en
tertainment from grand opera
to American folk music. If last
season was any indication of
things to come, this should be
the most impressive as well
as successful year in the entire
three decades of the center’s
existence.
The 1966 season officially
opens Thursday evening, July
7th, with a recital by members
of the professional faculty of the
Brevard Music Center. Featured
on that program will be violin
is#James Cesar in a perform
ance of a Brahms violin sonata,
Frank Little, baritone will sing
tho^ “Dichterliebe” (song cycle)
of ^Robert Schuman. Ronald
Lemon, French horn, will per
form a contemporary sonata for
horn, by Holmes. Sal Vennitelli,
violinist; plays the Hindemith
sonata for viola.
The Brevard Music Festival
will run for a full seven week
ends during the 1966 season,
featuring internationally famous
stars of the concert stage as
guest artists.
Headlining the first week
end which begins Friday, July
8lh, will be pianists Thomas
Brockman and Ernestine
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New Hours Announced
Savings & Loan Paying
Over $250,000 Dividends
Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan Association paid rec
ord dividends last week.
President Jerry Jerome an
nounced today that Brevard
Federal paid out over $250,
000.00 to more than 5,000 mem
Superior Court
Will Open
Monday Morning
The July term of Superior
court in Transylvania opens on
Monday morning, July 11th.
According to Marvin Mc
Call, clerk of Superior court,
the criminal docket will be
heard first, with the civil cal
endar following.
Honorable William J. Bran
dy, of Greenville, will preside
over the court.
A list of cases, attorneys,
jurors, etc., is carried else
where in the first section of
this week’s Times.
Brief History Given
Srevard Jaycees Making Plans
For Anniversary Banquet, 27th
The 25th anniversary of the
founding of the Brevard Jaycees
club will be celebrated this
month highlighted by a banquet
on July 27th.
No doubt, the group will also
be celebrating the recent elec
tion of a North Carolina Jaycee
to the office of National Presi
dent. Bill Suttles, of Marion, was
elected at the convention last
weekend in Detroit, Mich.
In the interest of keeping the
public informed of the purpose
and work of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, the following is
an introduction to the history
and background of the national
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Closing Saturdays
Banks To Begin Operating
6n A Five-Day Week Basis
Banks in Brevard and the Bre
vard Federal Savings and Loan
association have been granted
authority to operate on a five
day week basis.
Effective July 16th, the banks
and the Savings and Loan asso
ciation will be closed on Satur
days.
Actually, the Brevard banks
will be open to the public three
more hours each week under the
new schedule than they were
under the old one.
In Rosman, the bank will be
open an additional hour each
week.
The new banking schedule
will begin on Monday, July 11th,
and it should be noted that the
hours next Wednesday, July
13th, will be from 9:00 a.m., un
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bers at the conclusion of the
June 30th dividend period last
week.
The total assets of the Asso
ciation have reached a record
high of over $5 million.
Mr. Jerome also stated that
Brevard Federal would start
observing new hours on Sat
urday, July 16th.
“The observance of new hours
is another progressive step in
our efforts to better serve the
people of Brevard and Transyl
vania county,” Mr. Jerome stat
ed.
Starting Saturday, July 16th,
Brevard Federal’s new hours
will be: Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed
all day Saturday.
The directors and officers of
the association are:
Jerry Jerome, president; Jer
ry H. Jerome, exec, vice pres.
treasurer; J. I. Ayers, vice pres
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WeafAer
Moderate temperatures were
enjoyed by residents and visi
tors in the Brevard area during
the month of June.
The final seven days during
June were the hottest for the
month, and June averaged out
at 82.4 degrees for a high, with
the mean low temperature for
the month being 53.2.
June’s actual high tempera
ture in Brevard occurred on the
26th when the mercury climbed
to 91. The low point of the
month was on the 2nd, with a
low of 35 degrees.
Total rainfall for the month
was 3.23 inches.
The past week’s temperatures
and precipitation follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 89 59 0.00
Thursday- 89 60 Trace
Friday- 75 63 0.40
Saturday_ 78 63 0.35
Sunday_ 85 64 0.83
Monday_ 86 60 0.00
Tuesday_ 85 59 0.10
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Sports—page 4, first section
Editor’s Corner—page 5, first
section
Editorials—page 2, second sec
tion
Miss Brevard feature — front
page, third section
Women’s news—page 6, sec
ond section, and page 3, section
four
Classified ads—pages 2 and
3, first section
Welcome To County Is Extended
All Campers And Summer Visitors
Issue Of Times
This Week Has
Camps Featured
With all the 18 organized
summer camps in the area re
porting capacity enrollment,
officials of the town and coun
ty and heads of civic organiza
tion joins hands in issuing a
most cordial welcome to the
campers, summer visitors and
others here for a vacation this
season.
It is with a glad hand of
friendship that they roll out
the welcoming mat to this
beautiful land of lakes and
waterfalls, which is also rec
ognized as a “mecca for sum
mer camps.”
Through the columns of
The Transylvania Times this
week many merchants and
others are welcoming the
campers and other visitors to
town. Editor John Anderson
urges all readers to especial
ly note the write-ups on the
camps.
Best Year
From all indications, this
summer will be a peak year in
. tourist business, and already
'thousands of cars are seen in
the great Pisgah National For
est, as people from the low
lands come up to the moun
tains in an effort to escape
the heat and to see the famed
wonderland of nature.
Drug stores, eating estab
lishments, hotels, motels, inns,
etc., in the county, report a
sharp increase in the tourist
business.
Donald Lee Moore, chair
man of the Transylvania coun
ty board of commissioners,
Raymond F. Bennett, mayor
of Brevard and J. Stanley
Meares president of the cham
ber of commerce, join hands
in welcoming all visitors, and
they will be glad to give in
formation or other assistance
through the office of the com
merce group, which is located
in the library building.
Transylvania has long been
noted as an agricultural, in
dustrial, educational and cul
tural center, and during re
cent years thousands of out
siders have come here to at
tend the concerts at the Bre
vard Music center.
BREVARD COLLEGE ALUMNI
plan a program of assistance to the
local educational institution during
the coming school term, and officers
of the group are pictured during a
recent meeting. From left to right,
they are: Jerry Stamey, class of ’57,
president; Mrs. Henry Reddick, also
ot' the class of ’57, secretary-treasur
er; and Thomas McCrary, class of
’52 vice president.
Objectives Cited
College Alumni Group Plans
Aid Program For Next Term
Projects for the 1966-67 school
year were selected at a recent
meeting of the Transylvania
County Chapter of the Brevard
College Alumni association, ac
cording to Jerry Stanley, presi
dent of the local group.
“Purpose of the adoption of a
yearly project program,” said
Mr. Stamey, “is to mobilize be
hind the college the full
strength of organized alumni
in all areas where we can be
useful to our alma mater.”
Mr. Stamey announced that
for the new library, now under
construction, the Transylvania
association will present a ref
erence work to be selected by
the college librarian. Funds
for the purchase will come from
contributions.
Alumni who are interested in
participating in this project
should make checks to Transyl
vania Alumni association and
mail to Mrs. Henry Redick, sec
retary . treasurer, route 1, Pis
gah Forest.
“We are more interested in
having a large number of alumni
contribute than we are in hav
ing a few make large contribu
tions,” said Mr. Stamey.
“Because transportation from
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POWER PLANT—This is an artist drawing of
the large atomic powered steam-electric generat
ing station Duke Power company proposes to build
on Lake Keowee in the company’s proposed Keo
wee-Toxaway Project. The plant would have two
nuclear reactors and total cost of the generating
station would be $207 million. The entire project
will exceed $700 million. See complete story on
page five, section four.
During 1965
Brevard Du Pont Plant Put
Over 4 Million Into Economy
The Du Pont Company’s
photo products plant at Bre
vard put more than $4 million
into the economy of the Bre
vard area last year, Jack C.
Dense, manager, announced
today.
Du Pont’s Brevard payroll
was §3,877,467 while purchases
of goods and services for the
plant from 72 Brevard firms
amounted to $195,000.
In addition, 202 North Caro
lina suppliers outside Brevard
were paid $401,000 for goods
and services for the plant,
whose principal products are
medical and industrial x-ray
films.
Mr. Dense said that the Bre
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Program Highlights
WPNF Adds Two New Public
Service Features To Log
WPNF vivitos listeners to hear
two public service features now
being broadcast regularly on the
station.
“The Army Hour,” hesr:l each
Saturday afternoon at 2:05 p.m.,
features overseas reports from
South Viet Nam as well as other
points where Army troops are
on duty.
“Bring Back The Bands,” fea
turing the biggest name bands
of the day, is heard Saturdays
at 3:45 p.m. This outstanding
show is presented in cooperation
with the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, and pre
‘■onts latest news from that gOT
crnriental department deahnc
v.\.h Social Security, dependenfi
payments, etc.
Other Programs t
The schedule of the Farm
Home hour for the coming
is as follows: Thursday,
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