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Working At Olin Swedish Student Enjoys Study Of American Life And Customs THE TRANSYLVANIA HMES State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspapet Vol. 79—No. 29 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BREVARD, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., JULY 21, 1966 By - Staff Writer A Swedish student wanting to know more about paper machinery comes to Olin Mathieson. Bob Christian Ejl- ertsson, now in his third year of study at Chalmers Univer sity in Gothenberg, Sweden, is one of 65 students who de cided to come on their own expense to the United States for some work, study, and pleasure. Mr. Ejlertsson said: “I wanted to see what Amer icans are like and how they live, because we in Sweden de pend so much on Americans and their advancements.” Having been in Brevard two weeks now and working in the engineering department of the paper division at Olin, Mr. Ejl ertsson has favorable comments to make about Amerka, North Carolina, and Brevard despite the differences in environment, language, and customs. He re marked: “I am really surprised with the friendliness of the peo ple.” The warm reception he has received and the innum erable invitations to be enter- —Turn to Page Two Sf, PAGES TODAY o ^ Olin Mathieson Giving Wage Increase, Other Benefits, New Building Going Up BO CHRISTIAN EJLERTSSON During Coming Week Variety Of Music Will Be Featured At Music Center The Brevard Music Center Festival series of concerts con- * i 1_I IJ tinues this week with another LiUncneon FleiCi display of musical variety. Leading the weekend bill on Friday, July 22nd, at 8:15 p.m., is a popular musical comedy, “The Fantasticks,” directed by John Richards McCrae, di rector of the BMC Resident Opera company. Starring in the production are Frank Little, baritone and public relations director of the center; Teresa Sturcken, so prano from Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C.; and Clif ford Billions, tenor artist-in* dence at the center. “The Fantasticks,” the second dramatic production this season, is a “Parable above Love.” An extremely popular musical and a “must” for young people, this show has enjoyed the longest run in the history of the thea ter, including seven years Off- Broadway. It is the story of two teen-agers who, in the pro cess of growing up, learn that the world holds more problems than they realized, having seen it only through the rose-colored glasses of childhood. Also highlighting the week end activities is an appearance of the beautiful Metropoltian Opera leading soprano, Mary Costa. Miss Costa skyrocketed from singing television com mercials to performing as one of the top operatic stars of our day. First gaining recog nition as the speaking and singing voice of “The Sleeping Beauty” in Walt Disney’s car toon, she is now outstanding for her roles in “La Traviata,” “Manon,” and “Falstaff” at the Metropolitan. Performing with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra under the direction of Henry Janiec, Artistic Director of the Center. —Turn to Page Three Formulating Plans For Junior Achievement Project Locally Plans for establishing a Jun ior Achievement program in the Brevard area was the topic of discussion at a recent luncheon held at Berry’s. Representatives from local cor porations and associations at tended the meeting. At the luncheon, they were informed by Marvin L. Butts, the Regional Vice-President of Junior Achievement, of the pur poses of the program and the opportunity that it offers to young people to learn by actual experience how our free enter prise system works. He pointed out that they can earn while they learn, under, assured and experienced leadership. The youth, under the guidance of competent advisers, organize their own companies, incorpor ate, sell stock, produce and mar ket a product. They are taught sound business practices, includ ing the establishment of the level of wages or salaries to be paid, along with comprehensive cost accounting, regular meet ings of their board of directors to solve operating problems, the payment of dividends, an an nual report to stockholders, and knowledge of how to liquidate the corporation. The benefits derived from the experiences of the Junior Achievers are innumerable. Per haps foremost is their develop ment of a realistic understand ing of the organization and op eration of a business enterprise. Next Wednesday Lt. Gov. Bob Scott To Speak At Whitewater Falls Picnic By Hester Hansen SAPPHIRE - WHITEWATER —Lt. Governor “Bob” Scott will be the speaker at the 18th an- nual Whitewater picnic at Sap phire at noon on Wednesday, July 27th. They learn—through their own experience, the problems and successes involved in the manu facture and sale of a product. They build self-confidence and develop leadership ability along with the reward of initiative and enterprise. They receive the opportunity to measure their vocational desires in real-life business activity. In 1950 Junior Achievement was operating in 35 cities. This year youngsters in 390 communi ties in the United States and Canada will become Junior Achievers. In addition, pro grams have been initiated in Mexico, Aruba, Finland, Eng land, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. For Brevard to participate in the Junior Achievement pro gram, the major requirements would be: 1. A Board of Directors en listed from major industries and business concerns. 2. An annual budget of from $2,000 to $8,000 to cover operat ing expenses. This would be determined by the board of di rectors based on the scope of the program. 3. An appropriate J. A. busi ness center equipped for the J. A. companies to operate in. 4. A part-time supervisor or manager for the J. A. activity. 5. Competent advisers to be recruited from the participating —Turn to Page Three Will House Lightweight, Varied Papers Construction began this week on an 11,520 square-foot building for the housing of lightweight papers, according to Lee M. Bauer, Production Manager of the Ecusla Paper Division, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. “This is the first building in a long-range program to provide adequate storage facilities under controlled conditions for Ecu- sta’s line of Waylite printing pa pers and tobacco industry prod ucts,” Mr. Bauer said. The struc ture will be pre-engineered and prefabricated to furnish excel lent working conditions for eni- ployees as well as the protection of products from damage while awaiting shipment to customers. Ames Associates of Ashe ville is in charge of the erec* tion of this Butler Modular, rigid-frame structural system building. It will be an all metal structure with an exter ior of Olin aluminum, manu factured at Hannibal, Ohio. The first structure will be lo* cated north of the converter building, across the road from the Filter Plant. It will be 96 feet by 120 feet, and is another of Olin’s bulidings to be heated with natural gas. The Southern Railway System spur will be ex tended along the entire storage area, and a canopy will extend, over the loading zone to protect products from adverse weather conditions. Completion date for the first phase of the program is No vember 1, 1966. A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT result ed in the total loss of this automobile Sunday. Frank Stanley, of Cedar Mountain, owner and driver of the 1955 Chevrolet, lost control of his ve hicle en route south on U.S. highway 276 about 1:50 a. ift., July 17th. In a curve Stanley ran off the right hand side of the road into the ditch and overturned back into the roadway. The victim suffered lacerations and was treated in the Transylvania Com munity hospital. (Times Staff Photo) Behind WPNF Weather Station Operates Efficiently^ Inconspicuously Company Now Has Payroll Of $20,000,000 A substantial wage increase and improvements in the em ployee benefit program of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corpora tion at Pisgah Forest was an- ncunced jointly today by A. J. Loeb, vice president and gen eral manager of the Ecusta Paper division, and J. H. Truesdail, vice president and general manager of the Film division. Effective August 1, 1966. a 10c per hour pay increase will be given to all hourly and non-ex empt employees. This increase will amount to 11c per hour for more than half of the em ployees, due to Olin’s service bonus plan. The company has given 25 pay increases to employees, in addition to other benefits, in the past 25 years. In the past ten years, and not includ ing the increase to become effective August 1, Olin’s gen era] wage increases alone have amounted to between 77c and 85c per hour per employee (depending upon service bon us), or up to $1,800 annually. Tcday Olin employees rank at the top of the wage struc ture in W.N.C, Employees with 25 years or mere of service will be eligible for five weeks of vacation in 1967. This boost in vacation —Turn to Page Threft High temperatures during the past week averaged 85 degrees, while the average low was 63. The week’s high temperature was 93, which occurred last Thursday, while the following day registered a low for the week of 61. Rain for the period totalled only .77-inch. The weather bureau predicts temperatures for the following five-day period will average two to three degrees below nor mal, which is 84 and 62 for Brevard. Rainfall should total about a half inch, occurring as scattered showers and thunder showers. The week’s temperatures and precipitation follow: High Low Free. Wednesday 90 64 0.07 Thursday 93 64 0.06 Friday 91 61 0.46 Saturday 73 63 0.00 Sunday 75 64 0.02 Monday 86 62 0.00 Tuesday 88 62 0.16 Pioneering Firm Plummer’s Now Celebrating 53rd Anniversary With Sale Plummer’s, one of the oldest firms in Brevard and Transyl vania county, is now celebrat ing their 53rd anniversary. According to the owner, Rob ert Plummer, the event is being observed with an anniversary sale with values for the entire family. Established in 1913, the firm was a department store until 1957, when the firm began con centrating on clothing and shoes for the family. Piece goods, no tions, etc., were discontinued. “The people of Transylvania have been good to us, and we are immeasurably grateful for their patronage,” Mr. Plummer declared. He pledged to continue to serve this growing community to the best of their ability. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer actual ly began operating the firm in 1932 under the name R. H. Plummer company. Later his father, who founded the firm of Johnson and Plummer in 1913, joined them in an advisory capacity. Mr. Plummer was educated in the local schools, at the Univer sity of North (Ilarolina and at —Turn to Page Three Franklin Park Swimming Pool Open, 27th For Listening Pleasure Religious Programs Important Part Of WPNF's Daily Log Post Offices Authorized For Upper County By • Staff Writer It isn’t very elaborate, and if you didn’t know where to look, you would probably nev er find it, but Transylvania county has a weather record ing station. The station belongs to the United States Forestry Service and is located directly behind the WPNF radio station. Anoth er station is also located at Ros- man. Fred Reiter, radio announ cer, is the climatological ob server, and has been record ing readings for SVa years. The station has instruments for measuring temperature and rainfall; however, there are hopes for the installment of wind machinery soon. Among the equipment in use, there is an approved precipita tion gauge, which is nothing more than a metal cannister with a funnel-type lid. Precipi tation flows down the funnel —Turn to Page Three Little Theatre Summer Program Being Planned Plans are underway for a summer theatre program for cliildren and young people, ages seven through sixteen. Sponsored by Brevard Little Theatre, the program’s project is the presentation of the play “Winnie-the-Pooh,” August 12th and 13th. Tryouts will be held Friday, July 22nd, at 2:30 p.m., at the Brevard Community Center. As the cast will include 13 charac ters, it is hoped that all inter ested children and teens will attend the tryouts. At the same time, a work shop in theatrical makeup and all phases of the back stage world will be conducted by Mrs. Maude Freeman. A special invitation is extend ed to high school students who are interested in learning this phase of the theater. Aldridge To Speak LT. GOV. BOB SCOTT The picnic will be held at the Sapphire - Whitewater Com munity club building on White- water road just a few yards south of U. S. 64 due to the con dition of the road at the falls area. This year we are encouraged about the road because the high way construction crews are in there working on relocating and grading of the first section —Turn to Page Four The Franklin Park swimming pool is scheduled to open next week. Weather permitting an uninterrupted work schedule, the pool will open on Wednes day, July 27th. The pool is scheduled to be open six days weekly. It will be closed on Tuesday. Hours of operation will be posted at the pool.' Swimming classes will be held for beginners and inter mediate swimmers each morning from 9:00 o’clock to 10:00 o’clock except Sunday. Charges for admission will be the same as last year, namely 15 cents for children and 25 cents for all others. Rev. Fred Lehrer, pastor of Grace Baptist church of Bre vard, conducts the daily program over WPNF called “Read Through The Bible.” This feature is heard each v.'eekday at 6:15 a.ra., and is one of the station’s features in the early morning hours. The program was begun in 1963 by Rev. Paul Mims, former pastor of Temple Baptist church at Pisgah Forest. It has been on the air over the local station ever since its inception, without interruption. Other Programs The schedule of the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Station program; Friday, North Carolina Forest service, Clark Grissom; Monday, County Agricultural Extension agent, Jim Davis; Tuesday, Station progam; Wed nesday, Home Economics Exten sion agent, Jean Childers. Speaking this week on Morn ing Devotions is Rev. Jim Davis, pastor of the Church of Christ. Next week Rev. G. H. Shope, pastor of Enon Baptist church, will be heard. The Sunday morning church service is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Rev. Elmer Sundlie is pastor. Three new Post Office buildings for Western North Carolina were authorized here Tuesday by the Post Office Department, 11th Ufslrict Congressman Roy A. Taylor, announced. They will be built at Sky- land in Buncombe county and Sapphire and Lake Toxaway in Transylvania county. The new Skyland unit will contain 3,183 sq. ft. with 7,000 sq. ft. of outside parking. The present post office has 800 sq. ft. Sapphire will receive a building containing 900 sq. ft., replacing one with 252 sq. ft. The parking lot will contain 3,000 sq. ft. The Lake Toxaway building will have 1,100 sq. ft. com pared to 264 at present. The parking lot will contain 3,000 sq. ft. Jaycees To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Next Wednesday The 25th annual celebration of the chartering of the Bre vard Jaycees will be held thks next Wednesday, July 27th, at 7:00 p.m. at Berry’s Restaurant. Irvin Aldridge, of Yanceyville, the 30th president of .the North (Carolina Jaycees, will be the guest speaker. Mr. Aldridge is a graduate of Elon College, and he recieved his LLB Law de gree from 'the TTniversily of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member of the Caswell County Jayc:;cs for seven years; serving in manv capacities. He was president of his local chapter during the year 1962-63, receiving the Key Man Award and also the Dis tinguished Service Award for his outstanding accomplish- —Turn to Page Four IRVIN ALDRIDGE
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