TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,867.
Vol. 79' No. 28 ^
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ 30 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY’S NEW SUPERIN
TENDENT of public schools is shown taking the
odPi of office in the presence of the Clerk of Court
Marvin McCall and the county’s Board of Educa
tion members. Left to right are: D. S. Winchester,
Robert H. Hunter, and Eugene Morris, board mem
bers; Sam H. Helton, the new superintendent; Har
ry F. Morgan, board member; E. B. Matheson,
chairman of the board; and Mr. McCall.
(Photo by Austin)
r^w Superintendent of Education
Helton Has Fine Record Of
Experience And Leadership
By • Staff Writer
Transylvania county has a
new superintendent of public
schools. Succeeding Wayne
Bradburn, Sam H. Helton has
been sworn into office and
assumed his duties as super
intendent of schools.
Mr. Helton is a n. live of L^n
ior. Caldwell county, fji Ih Car
olina. A 1935 cum laude sradu5
ate of Appalachian State Teach
ers College, Mr. Helton hojds a
Master of Arts degree from tbfe
University of North Carolina
and has done additional gradu
ate work at the same university.
MVe here in Transylvania
cminty feel it an honor and
privilege to have Mr. Helton
serve in this capacity. He has
d^Re much to advance educa
tiwL in North Carolina. His
many years of experience in
education, his sincere interest
in public education and his
leadership and accomplish
ments in educational realms
are indicative of his qualifica
tion and his competency. His
contributions and efforts have
received recognition and
praise from educators
throughout the state.
Mr. Helton served as district
principal in Gaston county for
13 years, as superintendent of
puhlic schools in Iredell county
foM seven years, as superinten
ded of Montgomery county
schools for five years, and as
superintendent of Carteret Coun
ty sehools. Each change was a
pro^tion. He moved from the
completion of one school plan
ning program — curriculum de
velopment — financing — school
plant construction — to another.
Mr. Helten is a member of
the following organizations:
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To Be Resurfaced
US 276 Project In Group For
Bids In Raleigh On July 26th
A call for bids on resur
facing VS Highway 276 from
Brevard to the South Carolina
line is Included with projects
to be let on July 26th at Ral
eigh.
There are 70 projects in 59
of the state’s 104 counties in
volved in the letting.
The Trapsylvanla project
calls for the following:
20.3 miles of sand asphalt
surface and bitnuminous con
crete binder and surface on
US - 276 in resurfacing two
section of primary road and
three sections of secondary
road.
Group Is Formed
Dean Harris Heads Newly
Organized Community Action
The newly-formed Transyl
vania County Community Ac
tion, Inc., met July 7th, in
the Brevard high school cafe
teria to discuss plans for pro
program coordination. During
the meeting a committee was
named which will have the
responsibility for interviewing
applicants for the position of
Director.
Officers elected to serve on
the Transylvania Board are as
follows: Chairman — Dr. Brax
ton Harris, Vice-chairman —
Supt. Sam H. Helton, Secretary
—Mrs. Paul Lollis, public health
nurse, Treasurer — Mrs. Edith
Jenkins, welfare director,
Transylvania County Com
munity Action, Inc., will have
numerous responsibilities as it
For State Rainbows
Miss Sharon De Muth Named
New Grand Choir Director
SHARON DE MTTH
Aliss Sharon De Muth, a 1966
graduate of Brevard senior high
school, was appointed Grand
Choir director of the Grand As
sembly of Rainbow Girls in
North Carolina at the year’s first
official gathering last weekend
in Greensboro.
She is the first Grand Offi
cer to be chosen from Brevard
Assembly, No. 58, and this was
recognized as an outstanding
honor for her and for the local
assembly, one of the youngest
in the state.
The Brevard Assembly also
received a Gold Star certificate
in recognition of the fine work
throughout the year.
A delegation of eight Bre
vard Rainbow Girls attended the
three-day meeting, and they
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works cooperatively with Hen
derson county in trying to
meet the needs of this area.
An anti-poverty program
which is underwritten by the
United States government, it
will promote such program as
“Head Start,” job training and
placement, health education,
and many more.
The 21-member board repre- i
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A Note of Apology
From Officials
At
Music Center
‘‘We are growing rapidly,
and certainly, complications
arise which sometimes cause
inconvenience to those who
have been so faithful to our
institution. Such was the case
during the past weekend at
the Whittington-Pfohl Audi
torium Box office. The undue
waiting in line and confusion
about seating must Jiavet in
convenienced some people,
and being aware of this, we
have taken steps to alleviate
that inconvenience.
“BUT YOU CAN HELP US
HELP YOU!! If you plan to
attend the weekend concerts
at the Brevard Music Center,
whether or not you are a
Season Ticket Holder, please
phone your reservation in
advance. Your tickets will be
waiting for you at a special
table in the auditorium. You
can therefore avoid the crush
of persons buying tickets at
the last moment. Call the Bre
vard Music Center Box Of
fice, 883-8338, for your week
end tickets NOW.
‘WE GREATLY APPRE
CIATE YOUR UNDER
STANDING OUR GROWING
PAINS, AND HOPE THAT
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
NO FURTHER INCONVEN
IENCE. THANKS!”
Officials of
Brevard Music Center
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Aldermen And
Commissioners
To Adopt Them
Record high budgets
have been approved for
the Town of Brevard
and for Transylvania
county.
These budgets are
now open for public in
spection, after which
they will be adopted by
the Town Board of Al
dermen and the Tran
sylvania County Board
of Commissioners.
Transylvania County
A record high budget of
$1,127,249.00 for the fiscal
year of 1066-'67 has been ap
proved by the Transylvania
County Commissioners.
It is open for public inspec
tion in the Register of Deeds
office.
The new budget is based on
a property valuation of $63,
500,000.
The tax rate will remain at
95 cents.
Funds for county general in
the new budget are iVcreased
from S185,388.00 to $203,064.00.
School expenses, including
current expense, capital out
lay and debt services, amount
to $484,698.00.
In the Welfare department,
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William White
Joins Hamlin,
Ramsey Firm
Attorney William Robert
White is now associated with
the law firm of Hamlin and
Ramsey, whose offices are lo
cated in the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan building.
Mr. White, his wife, Barbara,
and infant daughter, Lisa Anne,
came to Brevard from King’s
Mountain, where he was a part
ner in the firm of Davis, White
and White, since 1964.
A native of Laurinburg, Mr.
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A SPECTACULAR FIRE com
pletely destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David Whitson early Mon
day night near Cedar Mountain. The
Brevard volunteer fire department
answered the alarm, but the entire
house was engulfed in flames when
the firemen arrived.
(Photo by Alex Max Cormack)
Directors Told
Several County Sites Said
Suitable For A New Airport
Directors of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce were
told that there are several
possible sites suitable for con
struction of a new airport in
Transylvania county, at their
regular monthly meeting in
For The Next Week
Full Schedule On Tap At Music Center
The second weekend of Bre
vard Music Festival concerts
promises to be even more thril
ling than the first. Starting
July 15th, the Music Center will
offer grand opera, a pops con
cert, and an orchestral concert
featuring a young American pi
anist.
Headlining the weekend’s
musical treats is the first stage
production of the Center’s 1966
season. Under the direction of
John Richards McCrae, the Bre
vard Music Center Resident Op
era Company will present “La
Boheme” on Friday evening,
July 15th. The production will
include celebrated soloists, chor
us, and full orchestral accom
paniment.
The role of Mimi will be sung
by soprano Carol Courtman, who
was recently engaged by the
Metropolitan Opera National
Company to sing this role during
its 1967 season. She has appear
ed with the Goldovsky Opera
Theatre for the past three sea
sons, and hails from Philadelphia
where she studied at the Acad
emy of Vocal Arts.
Opposite Miss Courtman is
Clifford Billions, resident tenor
with the Center opera company,
who will sing Rudolfo. A native
CHARLES ROSEKRANS
Resident Conductor at Brevard Music Center
of Memphis, he recently sang
the same role in a Boheme pro
duction by the Charlotte Opera
Company.
Perry Daniels, Associate Pro
fessor of Voice at Converse Col
lege, will sing the role of liar
cello.
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The complete production is by
the staff and students of the
Brevard Music Center. Charles
Rosekrans, a resident conductor
at the Center, will conduct the
Boheme orchestra. James Park
sr, of Converse, is costumer,
and set designer for this and
all other summer productions is
Bert Heckel of New York City.
An Americana “pops” concert
an the evening of the 16th will
Feature the 90-piece Brevard
Music Center Orchestra under
the direction of Henry Janiec.
The program will include Bern
stein’s overture to “West Side
Story,” selections from “Okla
homa,” Grofe’s “Grand Canyon
Suite,” and spirituals and chan
ties sung by baritone John Rich
ards McCrae, director of the Bre
vard Music Center Resident Op
era Company.
On Sunday afternoon, July
17th, Lee Luvisi, a member of
the Center’s artist-faculty, will
appear in concert with the Tran
sylvania Symphony. Luvisi, a
prodigy who made his debut at
the age of eight, is a laureate of
the 1960 Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium International Piano
Competition.
Luvisi annually fulfills a busy
schedule of prime recital and
orchestral engagements, and up
on his graduation from the Cur
tis Institute in 1957 h.e was ap
pointed to the faculty there—the
youngest musician to be accord
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the library Tuesday night.
Gil Coan, reporting for the
airport committee recently ap
pointed by the Transylvania ;
:ounty board of commissioners, 4
stated that several possible air- t
port locations were being check- <
2d out. He then went on to tell
he directors of the great eco
nomic value that a new airport
.vouId bring to Transylvania.
The county commissioners
have applied for funds from
the Federal Aviation Agency,
and these along with county
funds would take care of con
struction costs, should they be
approved. The cost would be
equally divided between thf
county and the FFA.
Transylvania voters will be
sked to approve the county’s
hare in a special bond elee
lon to be held during the gen
ral election next Novemer.
In other business, Mrs. Pan!
Ostborg, teacher at Brevard
senior high school, appeared
before the directors with a
two volume book on the his*
tcry of Brevard and Transyl
vania county that has beeii
written by her junior English
class. She asked the cham
ber’s aid in getting the vol
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Leaves Brevard
Dan Gilbert Is Now With
SBI In North Wilkesboro
Daniel E. Gilbert, iormer
Probation officer in Transyl
vania and adjoining counties,
s now wtih the State Bureau of
nvestigation with headquarters
n North Wilkes boro.
Mr. Gilbert first came to
rransylvania in July, 1960, serv
ng Transylvania and Hender
ion counties.
In February. l?c5. he became
issistant supervisor of the West.
.•rn District.
He was employed ty the
state Bureau of Investigaii-U
:he first of the year, and he is
sow assigned to the three coun
ties of Wilkes, Ashe and Alle
ghany.
A native of Benson, Mr. Gil
bert is a graduate of Georgia
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