THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79—No. 30 mu? at ggOT* BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1966 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
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Annual Custom
Governor Dan K. Moore To
Visit In Brevard Saturday
In the tradition of past
North Carolina Governor’s
Governor Dan Moore will
make his annual visit to the
Brevard Music Center this
weekend. For a number of
years, the Brevard Music Cen
ter has celebrated Governor’s
Weekend, during which time
the Chief Executive tours the
Center'™musical facilities, vis
its with officials, and address
es the public.
Governor Luther Hodges be
gan the tradition which was con
tinued by Governor Terry San
ford.
Governor Moore has expressed
his extreme interest in the cul
tural and educational progress
of the State of North Carolina,
and especially in such institu
tions as the Brevard Music Cen
ter.
This season’s visit is further
accentuated by the fact that
Governor Moore has been ap
pointed Honorary Chairman of
the Brevard Music Center Na
tional Advisory council which
includes a most select group of
leaders of cultural, educational,
and industrial institutions in the
United States.
Governor Moore will speak
in Whittington-Pfohl Auditor
ium at the Brevard Music
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GOV. DAN K. MOORE
Income Way Up
*Transylvania’s Economy Is
Said Running In High Gear
By • Staff Writer
Transylvania county’s econ
omy is running in high gear,
according to a nationwide sur
vey of business activity, re
cently completed.
Local residents, with more
money available to them thar
in former years, have beer
spending a record amount oi
goods and services.
The findings are . ■-1
in a new, copyrighted study
by Sales Management, entitled
“Survey of Buying Power.”
It presents data on income
and spending for communities
in all parts of the country.
Thp not earnings of Transyl
\an0 county residents were at
higP level, it shows. Their
spendable income, after deduc
tion for personal taxes, amount
ed tA more than $31,007,000. as
rgainEt their 1964 total of $28,
247,000.
What this was equivalent
to, on a family basis, was
found by dividing the income
by the number of households
in the area. The average per
household came to $6,741, a
rise over the prior year’s
$6,277.
The increase, 7.4 percent, was
larger than that in the United
States as a whole, 5.5 percent.
In the State of North arolina,
it was 6.2 percent.
»jw did local residents
s use of the extra cash
they had at their disposal?
The report shows that they
spent, it with less restraint
tha4^!n other years.
They went in for more luxuri
ous living, buying better grades
of food, clothing and household
equipment, spending more for
leisure-time activities and put
ting more into investments.
Transylvania county’s retail
merchants, as a consequence,
had a big year. They ended
up with a sales volume of
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By Little Theatre
"Winnie-The-Pooh" Will Be
Presented Here August 26, 27
“Winnie-the-Pooh,” a musical
comedy in two acts, will be pre
sented bv the Brevard Little
ij.eatre o.i Friday and Satur
day, August 26th and 27th in
the Transylvania Community
Center, it was announced to
day by Miss Rhuemma Carter,
president.
Mrs. Don Pidgeon is general
chairman for the production.
Miss Jeanette Austin will direct
the play, with Mrs. Pidgeon as
sisting. Serving as musical di
lector will be Mrs. Duncan Hun
ter.
Rehearsals have begun nlth
the .following ri :l member, tak
ing part: Ricky Myers, Sue
Huggins, .Joan Everson, Neil
Fuieihap. John David Wells,
Nancy Ham-mill. Micky Fulei
ban. Vicky Pidgeon, Jon Win
chester. Stephanie Pidgeon.
Debbie Howard. Diana Lentz.
Rebecca Wells, David Wasser.
Mike Fowler, Jane Wells, Sandy
Fowler, Cindy Ramsey, Amy
Gross. Cindy Smart and Debbie
Pryant.
Cameron Named Chairman Of
First Union National Bank Board
C. C. Cameron has been elect
ed to the position of Chairman
of the Board and Chief Execu
tive Officer of First Union Na
tional Bank of North. Carolina
upon the retirement of Carl G.
IVTcC raw.
Mr. Cameron announces that
Carl G. McCraw, ,Tr.. president,
C C. Hope .Jr., first executive
vice president, and \V. J. Smith,
Jr., first executive vice presi
dent. would comprise a four-man
management team to manage
the affairs of the bank.
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State Highway Patrol featured,
page 1, section 3.
Classifieds, page 2, and 3, sec
tion 1.
Society, page 6, section 3.
Editorials, page 2, section 2.
Editor’s Corner, page 5, sec
tion 1.
Sports, page 4. section 1.
At Whitewater Too
Lt. Governor "Bob” Scott Is
Heard At Democratic Rally
The day is gone when a
young voter can be expected
to be a Democrat simply be
cause his father and grand
father were, Transylvania
county party faithful were told
at a $5-a-plate fund-raising
dinner here Tuesday night.
Lt. Gov. Robert W. (Bob)
Scott — a member of a promi
nent family of North Carolina
Democrats—said the appeal of
the party must be on a positive
basis.
“We must point out what we
have and show what we can
do,” Mr. Scott said.
He said the progress in North
Carolina is indicative of the
growth of an “awakening South
land.”
Lt. Gov. Scott, introduced at
the dinner meeting in Brevard
High school Tuesday night by
Ralph H. Ramsey Jr. who served
as master of ceremonies, also
spoke at the 18th annual White
water Falls picnic at noon Wed
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Municipal Pool
Opening Delayed
The Franklin Park Swimming
Pool will not open until Thurs
day or Friday because of what
Town Manager Robertson Buck
terms "incomplete construction.”
Scheduled to be ready Wed
nesday the 27th. the pool has
been giving the town quite a
headache.
"We w»:u!d have been open
today if it hadn’t been for a
leak around the main drain we
discovered yesterday.” Mr. Buck
related Wednesday morning.
"Now we've got to clean the
pool again and refill it with
water.”
The town hopes to have the
pool ready either Thursday or
Friday.
The Gibson Swimming Pool
company, of Greenville, has
been doing the work on the
pool which will be open six days
a week once the operation be
gins.
The pool will be closed on
Tuesday. Hours of operation
will be posted at the pool. Swim
ming classes will be held for
beginners and intermediate
swimmers each "lorning from
9:00 o’clock to 10:00 o’clock ex
cept Sunday.
Charges for admission will be
the same as last year, namely 15
cents for children and 25 cents
for all others.
The Times Is
Now In New,
Modern Plant
The Transylvania Time*!
has moved info its new and
modern plant on Broad
street, opposite the court
house and between Aber
crombie's and Macfie drug
store.
The moving was accom
plished during the past week
without an interruption in
business.
Today’s newspaper is being
published on schedule.
The telephone number of
The Times, 883-4250. remains
the same, and according to
Editor John Anderson, the
staff is better able to serve
the public in the modern and
much larger quarters.
An open house is planned
a little later.
Nu-Way Will
Have "Open
House" Sunday
The new Nu-Way Cleaners
will hold “Open House" this
coming Sunday afternoon from
2:00 until 5:00 o’clock.
Alfred Perkins, the owner,
cordially invites the public to
come by and inspect the new
cold storage vault, recognized
as the most modern in the
South, and the new drive-in
window.
Refreshments will be served,
and there will be favors for the
children.
Climaxing the “Open House”
will be the awarding of a por
table tv set at 5:00 o’clock.
"You do not have to, be pres
ent to win, but be sure to come
by earlier,” Mr. Perkins states.
Warren Brothers
To Resurface
County Roads
Warren Brothers company
was the low bidder on resur
facing of US Highway 276 and
on three sections of secondary
roads in Transylvania on
Tuesday.
Bids on several state proj
ects were opened in Raleigh,
and other bids will be opened
again next Tuesday for proj
ects temporarily delayed when
quarterly federal aid highway
funds were late in arriving.
Brevard Jaycees
At State Meeting
The Brevard Jaycees sent rep
resentatives to the state summer
board meeting of the North Car
olina Jaycees in High Point.
The meeting was held July
23rd and 24th.
Those attending from Brevard
were Charles Weiss, Doug Ben
son, Frank Smith, and John
Smart.
Variety Of Musical Events Slated
At Brevard Music Center This Week
Opera Stars
Will Appear
On Programs
The third week of concerts
included in the 30th Anniver
sary Season at the Brevard
Music Center features a pops
concerts, a grand opera by
Verdi and pianist Jose Iturbi
with the Brevard Music Cen
ter Orchestra.
The festival weekend opens
on Friday night (July 29) at
3:15 with an operatic produc
tion “La Traviata” by Giuseppi
Verdi, produced by John Rich
ards MeCTae. Director of the
Brevard Music Center Resident
Opera Company. The perform
ance will be conducted by Hen
ry Janiec, Artistic Director of
the Center. The opera, stand
nrd repertoire at all opera
houses and a long time favor
ite, stars Patricia Brooks, ver
satile New York soprano; John
Aleander. Metropolitan Opera
tenor; and William Guthrie,
baritone artist-in-residence at
the Center.
Miss Brooks, whose ability
as a singing actress is well
known to audiences and crit
ics alike, is equally at ease
in widely varied roles. Her
versatility as an actress can
well be explained by her back
ground and training. Start
ing as a child prodigy at the
piano, she also -'studied the
viola, the dance, and event
ually, acting. Although she
showed great promise in each
of these, she suddenly flour
ished as a singer, and her
ever-growing schedule of con
cert, opera and orchestra
dates attests to her success.
John Alexander, possessor of
ar, unusually beautiful voica
and outstanding dramatic tal
ents. has won for himself a top
position among vocal artists of
America. After beginning stud
ies as a medical student, he
found himself singing the part
of Canio in a GI production
of “Fagliacci” and realized that
he truly wanted to be a singer.
For almost ten years this young
singer has enjoyed a highly suc
cessful career, singing major
roles with the country’s leading
opera companies.
The pops concert on Satur
day night (July 30) at 8:15
presents the music of Amer
ican composer Jerome Kern
performed by the Brevard
Music Center Orchestra under
the direction of Henry Janiec.
The program will include a
host of soloists and chorus
in performance of Kerns’
best-known music. Numbers
will include “The Last Time
I Saw Paris,” “Who,” and
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,”
as well as selections from
“Showboat,” closing with the
all-time favorite, “OP Man
River.”
On Sunday afternoon (July
31) at 3:30 the Brevard Music
('enter Orchestra, again under
the leadership of Henry Janiec,
will perform with pianist Jose
Iturbi, Iong-l'amiliar figure in
the concert world. Mr. Iturbi,
who has successfully combined
careers as a teacher, concert
pianist, composer and conduc
tor, will play Tschaikovsky’s
I’iano Concerto. The orchestra
will perform Rachmaninoff’s
Second Symphony.
Dr. W. W. Williamson, Pas
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With “My Fair Lady”
BLT Plans "Kick-Off-Dinner"
At Music Center, August 20th
Everyone is invited to the
Brevard Little Theatre’s “Kick
Off-Dinner” and to the play “My
Fair Lady” at the Brevard Mus
ic Center, August 20th.
The admission will be $3.00
which includes the dinner and
the play.
Anyone who has already pur
chased his season tickets from
the BLT will be honored at this
occasion. Letters containing de
tailed information are being
sent to all of last year’s mem
bers.
Further information will be in
next week’s edition of The
Times.
BREVARD’S FRITZ MERRELL
was presented with a Red Cross Life
Saving Award by field representa
tive, Mrs. Ruth Lockman, of Ashe
ville, last Friday for saving the life
of 18-year-old Alan Cagle, center,
who was struck by lightning last
summer. Mr. Merrell used mouth-to
mouth rosusilation to revive the
Cagle youth. The award was pre
sented in Asheville at the tri-annual
meeting of the Regional Red Cross
Blood Committee. (Engraving cour
tesy of the Asheville Citizen-Times)
For Quick, Correct Action
Merrell Receives Red Cross
Award, Saved Teenager’s Life
By ■ Jock Lauterer
Fritz Merrell, of Brevard,
doesn't think he's a hero.
But he's got a Red Cross
Life Saving Award that says
he is. Mr. Merrell just isn’t
the sort of man to brag.
Saving someone’s life is no
small thing. In fact, to hear
Mr. Merrell tell about how he
saved 18-year old Alan Cagle’s
life last summer, you know it
was an occasion he'll never for
get.
While he talked, he sat
slouched comfortably in his
chair at his Olin office, his
hands played quietly with a
copper paperclip.
“There’s not much to tell,” he
began softly, his warm grey
green eyes wandered as he be
gan to remember the stormy
afternoon of last July 18, 1965.
‘•There was a chain oi events
in a coincidence that seemed to
be meant to happen. We were
supposed to go to a wedding that
day in Marion. I forget why we
didn't go . . .” he trailed off
quietly leaning far back in his
chair staring at the ceiling.
“Then this storm came up
WezfAer
The high temperatures for
Brevard this past week was 87
on Wednesday. The low going
to 49 on Saturday. The average
high for this period was 86 and
the low average 53. There has
been no rain in Brevard over
the past 7 days.
The weather prediction for
the next 5 days will average
around 84 for the high and a
low of 60. There will be a total
of Vi to Vz inch of rainfall in
the next five days.
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past week are as
follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 87 62 0.00
Thursday- 84 62 0.00
Friday_ 83 52 0.00
Saturday_ 84 49 0.00
Sunday_ 85 50 0.00
Monday_ 86 52 0.00
Tuesday_ 89 60 0.00
and tliere was this thundering
and a' lightning so loud and
close that my wife jumped out
of her chair, I just knew it
had hit something. It's funny
how you can feel that sort of
thing.
‘Then we saw this boy come
running down the road waving
his arms and yelling. Well, we
got him in the house, fixed him
up with some dry clothes while
he told us what had happened
his his buddy,” Mr. Merrell now
had slipped into a low tone,
speaking in measured beats, as
if he wanted to remember every
thing just as it had happened.
While Mrs. Morrell was help
ins Johnny O'Shields, who had
blisters on his back from the
lightning, Mr. Morrell ran out
to help the other youth, Alan
Cagle.
"So I ran out in the woods,
about 100 yards to where this
poplar stands where the light
ning had hit. There sprawled
Alan, just out cold. So I went
to work on him and after a
while he came to." Mr. Mer
roll sighed in relief as if he
was having to administer arti
ficial resusitation to the Cagle
youth all over again.
It sounds too easy to hear
Fritz Morrell tell how he used
molith-to-mouth resusitation.
“I don't remember if he said
anything when he came to, but
as soon as I could see that he
was breathing, I ran off to get
the lifeguards from Straus and
an artificial respirator. I didn’t
want a big crowd coming around
so I told Moody to cut off his
siren when he took Alan to the
hospital,” Mr. Merrell smiled his
little Humphrey Bogart smile
and said, "Those boys were tak
ing shelter in an old outbuild
ing that had a dry concrete
floor. If they'd been in the Vet
grass, they’d have been fried.”
Aside from the very obvious
coincidence about the Merrells
not going to the wedding in
>larion, there was another in
teresting fact. Mr. Merrell had
known Alan Cagle ever since
Alan was a little boy. "I was
the first director of the Tran
sylvania Youth Center for
eight and a half years and
knew every cotton - picking
teenager in this county. Alan
was a member there.”
Fritz Merrell holds down three
jobs at Olin. He is the Employee
Activities Supervisor, the head
of the Transportation depart
ment and in charge of the recre
ation department for Camp
Straus. Mr. Merrell has been
employed by Olin now for 26
years.
Mr. Merrell received the
Red Cross award for excep
tional service from Mrs. Ruth
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Program Highlights
WPNF Will Have Direct News
Broadcasts From The Times
Radio station wrNF is look
ing forward to the completion
Df the installation of a direct
remote line from the station t >
the Transylvania Times for ex
panded news service and tmllc
.ins.
The local news reports will
originate directly from the
rimes, now located in the new
plant opposite the court house.
This is one of the many serv
ces rendered to the public
through the cooperation of the
Times and WPNF.
Other Programs
The schedule of the Farm and
II-me hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Farm
Home administration, John Col- ;
lins; Friday, United States For
est service, Jim Wells; Monday,
County Agricultural Extension
agent, Jim Davis; Tuesday,
United States Forest service,
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