THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79—No. 31 AT b“eSvard0SnAgcE. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1966 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★
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£THE BREVARD MUSIC CAMP
hosted North Carolina Governor Dan
K. Moore this past Saturday after
noon on Governor’s Day. At the
reception following- the Governor’s
a^ress, Governor Moore presented
certificates of the Order of the Long
Leaf Pine, honoring Central Ameri
can music students here this sum
mer studying for the first time at the
BMC. Soprano Maria Blanco of
Costa Rica, left, and Gloria Alvarez
of Guatemala display their certifi
cates while Governor Moore talks
with Joe Robinson, founder of the
Latin American exchange program
for the Music Center.
(Times Staff Photo)
On Visit Here
Governor Pledges Support
Of Brevard Music Center
Costa Rican
Lives Dream
At The Camp
By - Dorothy Wallace
ADark-haired, dark-eyed Ma
™i Blanco of Costa Kica, Cen
tral America, has found at the
Brevard Music Center that
sqgnething which has made it
a Special place to thousands
of people.
“To listen everyday to music,
the best of music”—this is what
she likes best.
To her the “daily contact with
nature and music is a very nice
combination.”
Maria is one of five Central
Americans studying at the Cen
ter in a program financed by
the Presser Foundation.
In an interview at the center,
Maria talked about her studies
h^e, her family and her plans
to™ the future.
“I like it very much,” she
said, her dark eyes flashing.
"Um living now my dream.”
A’mezzo soprano, she is study
ing voice with Dr. Perry Dan
iels. She also studies music his
tory and opera and sings in the
chorus.
On Saturday night’s concert,
she will sing arias from “Sam
son and Delilah” and “Carmen.”
When Maria received the
scholarship to come to Bre
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Gov. Dan K. Moore pledged
his “continued interest and
support of the Brevard Music
Center" last Saturday after
noon s» the annual Gover
nor’s Day program.
Praising the new endeavors,
he pointed up the scholarship
program, under which five
young musicians from Central
America are studying, as an
“example of the varied and ex
citing opportunities which can
become fixed parts of the great
future of this center.”
At an informal reception
which followed the program
in the Whittington-Pfohl audi
torium, he presented the five
certificates bearing the state
seal appointing them to the
Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
The five students are Miss
Gloria Alvarez of Guatemala,
Miss Maria Blanco of Costa
Rica, Maria Rolando Juarez of
Guatemala, Eduardo Perez of
Nicaragua, and Julian Weston
of Costa Rica.
Gov. Moore said he could
not speak for the General As
sembly, but “I hope I can have
some slight influence ... to
show its concern in a tangi
ble way in terms of dollars
and cents to the ongoing of
this great Institution.
“As a hillbilly at home, I can
assure you of my continued in
terest and I will do everything
1 can to advance the cause.”
Prior to Gov. Moore’s
speech, Henry Janiec, artistic
director of the center, an
nounced the formation of a
new organization, the National
Advisory Council to provide a
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Concerts Reviewed
Variety Of Musical Events
On Tap, "Don Pasquale", 6th
The fifth weekly schedule
of the Brevard Music Center’s
Festival Concert series offers
sparkling fare, including Don
izetti’s masterpiece “Don Pas
quale,” Metropolitan Opera
favorite Jan Peerce, and out
standing young pianist Lee
Luvisl.
“Don Pasquale,” fourth stage
production this season and the
second grand opera, will be per
formed on Friday, August 5th,
at 8:15 p. m.
Directed by John Richards
McCrao and conducted by Char
les Rosekrans, the opera stars
William Guthrie as Don Pas
quale, Clifford Billions as Er
nesto, Teresa Sturcken as No
rina, and Perry Daniels as Mala
testa. The story, a gay, rollick
ing comedy, concerns an elder
ly bachelor who courts a gay,
young widow. The complications
provide plenty of material for
traditional opera luffa.
On Sunday afternoon, Aug
ust 7th, Jan Peerce, Ameri
ca’s foremost tenor, will solo
with the Brevard Music Cen
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Joe Robinson
Brings Americas
Closer Together
By • Jock Lauterer
Joe Robinson may still look
like a boy at 26 but he’s got
dreams bigger than most men.
Serving now as a publicity
writer at the Brevard Music
Center, he has fostered from
the beginning the idea of
bringing Central American
music students to Brevard.
The five Latin American mus
ic students now at the camp owe
their being there to Joe Robin
son.
It all started last summer
v.hen Joe was in Central Amer
ica on a program of study from
the Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs
in Princeton, N. J.
One night in Guatemala, “I
was lying in bed and it struck
me that I hadn’t written Hen
ry Janiec about the new sea
son at the Music Camp,” said
Joe as he sat by the shimmer
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WeafAer
The month of July was aver
age in temperature, and slightly
below normal in rainfall in the
Brevard area.
The average high temperature
for the month was 86 degrees,
while the low averaged 59.
High mark for the month was
93 degrees, which occurred on
three days, while the month’s
chilliest morning was on the
23rd, when the mercury fell to
49.
The weather bureau’s extend
ed forecast for the next week
calls for temperatures to aver
age about normal, 83 and 61 for
the Brevard area. Scattered
showers and thundershowers
during the period should yield a
total of about three-quarters of
an inch of rain.
The past week’s temperature
and precipitation follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday
91 56 0.00
Thursday_ 93 56 0.00
52 0.06
Friday-93
Saturday_ 84 63 1.05
Sunday_ 85 56 0.00
Monday- 83 58
0.00
Tuesday_ 84 56 0.00
Tracking Stations Negotiating
New Contracts Of 13 Million
Rosman Gets
$35,000 Public
Facility Loan
A public facilities loan of
S35.000 has been approved to
assist the Town of Bosnian in
the construtf.ion of improve
ments in its sewer system, ex
pected to cost a total of S75,
405, Congressman Roy A Tay
lor announces.
The federal money will be
used to extend existing sewer
lines to connect to a new out
fall line and construct a
waste treatment plant.
Construction is expected to
begin within six months, with
completion anticipated by mid
summer of 1967.
County Fares
Well During
July Drought
How has Transylvania fared
in the recent drought that has
hit North Carolina?
‘T’d say we’re getting on
real good compared to the rest
of the state,” commented
Transylvania County Agricul
tural Agent James Davis.
And viewing the flatland
areas to the east, one would
have to agree. Just driving
west from Charlotte, the com
parison of the dried, brown
cornfields of lower Ruther
ford County present a sharp
contrast to the still-healthy
green fields of Transylvania.
The more fortunate wetter
mountain counties generally
pulled out well from the dry
spell. “I doubt if we really
suffered at all,” said agent
Davis.
‘■Our corn and pastures
were beginning to get just a
little short, but that rain this
week really helped out.”
Schools Open
August 25th
Transylvania county schools
will open on Thursday, Au
gust 25th, for a half day, and
the first full day of schools
will be on Monday, August
29th.
Teachers will meet on Wed
nesday, August 24th, and Fri
day, August 26th, will be a
holiday.
On Thursday, the 25th, the
students will report at 8:30,
and classes will recess at noon.
Buses will run that day, but
lunch will not be served.
The lunchrooms will open
on Monday, the 29th.
A schedule of fees and oth
er information will be releas
ed by the principal next week.
The teacher-principal list
will also be announced.
Work Includes
Operation And
Maintenance
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration an
nounces it is negotiating a
new contract for operation and
maintenance of data acquisi
tion installations at Greenbelt,
Md., Rosman, and Fairbanks.
Alaska.
The contract, to be worth
more than $13 million, is being
negotiated with the Radio Corp.
of America Service Co., Cherry
Hill. N. J.
The initial contract in 1963,
for $8.6 million, covered the
two-year period while the fac
ilities were being developed.
It was renewed for a year in
June 1965. for an additional
$7.4 million.
The new contract will extend
from July 1, 1966, through Sept
30, 1967.
The work includes opera
ting and maintaining the Ros*
man and Fairbanks tracking
stations which, with 85-foot
diameter antennas, receive in
formation from and track as
many as 30 unmanned satel
lites each day.
The large spacecraft, such as
the 1,000-pound orbiting geo
physical laboratory with more
than 20 experiments, transmit
collected data at a very high
rate for review in space labor
atories.
NASA said the 3,000 weath
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150 Wrecks Are
Investigated By
The City Police
Police Chief Jimmy Rowe
disclosed that the Brevard Po
lice force had investigated 150
wrecks since a year ago July.
One of the most fascinating
observations was made by
Chief Rowe.
“Every time we have a dras
tic change in the weather, we
get a rash of wrecks. It’s been
dry recently, then Saturday
morning it began raining and,
Bang-bang-bang-bang. We had
four wrecks on our hands
from 9:45 to 12:20 that morn
ing.”
The first wreck was at 9:45
between two cars at North
Broad street. Then the second
wreck occurred between two
other cars at 10:30 a.m. at
South Broad.
There was a slight pause in
the mishaps, then at noon at
West Main, there was a minor
hit-and-run case followed by
the fourth wreck at Thomas
St. at 12:20.
The cause of these wrecks
baffles Chief Rowe. “All I
know is, that we get wrecks
during these weather changes.
This Saturday Morning
Local Country Club And Golf
Course To Be Sold At Auction
The Brevard Country club
and golf course will be sold
at public auction on Saturday
morning, August 6th, at 10:00
o’clock.
The property contains ap
proximately 120 acres, a club
house and a nine-hole golf
course.
The starting bid will be $80,
000.00, and the Board of Aider
men reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
The auction sale will be held
in front of the City Hall on
West Main street.
The club was offered for
sale last year, but the bid was
rejected due to a legal techni
cality. The rejection was up
held by the State Supreme
court.
The announcement of the
August 6th auction sale was
made by Mayor Raymond F.
Bennett on June 28th of this
year.
Full details on the property
can be secured from Mrs. Opal
Armentrout, the City Clerk.
LOOKING IT OVER Brevard Po
lice Chief Jimmy Rowe inspects the
window where a prowler broke into
the Brevard Auto Parts company in
the early hours of Saturday morning.
Broken glass can be seen on the coun
ter beneath the shattered window in
the upper right-hand corner of the
picture. “It’s this little stuff that
bugs us.” said Chief Rowe.
(Times Staff Photo)
Fast Action
Police Nab Suspect Near
Scene Of Robbery Saturday
Making Up Budget
Requests For Funds From
■
United Fund Are Heard
The annual review meeting of
the Admissions and Budget com
mittee of the Transylvania Unit
ed Fund was held Tuesday
morning at the Transylvania
Community Center.
The purpose of the meeting
was for the members of the com
mittee to meet with representa
tives of participating United
Fund agencies to hear of their
activities and expenditures of
the past year, and their pro
posed plans and cost of operat
ing for the coming year.
From these facts and figures,
the local United Fund organiza
tion determines how much mon
ey each participating agency is
entitled to have for the year
ahead.
All requests were heard and
discussed at Tuesday’s meeting,
and the Admissions and Budget
committee will present recom
mendations to the directors of
the United Fund for final appro
val at their regular meeting on
August 15th at 7:30 p.m., at the
Transylvania Community Cen
Milk Prices
Advance By
2 Cents Qt.
Milk prices went up two cents
a quart this week, being sold at
retail at 30 cents a quart, 59
cents a half-gallon for fresh
homogenized used in most
homes.
The price boost is statewide
and put in effect by all dairies
delivering in Western North
Carolina: Pet, Biltmore, Seal
test, Borden, Coble, Kalmia, and
Nantahala.
A spokesman for one of the
milk companies explained the
raise was granted by the N. C.
Milk Commission after it raised
the prices for producers from
$6.40 to $6.95 per hundred
pounds.
The raise also will affect
cheese prices slightly, but will
not result in an increase for iee
cream, skim milk or buttermilk.
ter.
Thomas L. Bingham, chair
man of the Admissions and
Budget committee, presided at
the meeting Tuesday.
Joe Murphy
Promoted
By Du Pont
Joseph F. Murphy has been
appointed product manager in
the Manufacturing Division of
the Du Pont Photo Products De
partment, the company has an
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Look Inside..
Editorials, page 2, section 2
Brevard Music Center feature,
page 8, section 3
Society, page 6, section 3
Jaycee’s Silver Anniversary
Celebration, page 1, section 3
Classifieds, pages 2 and 3, sec
tion 1
Sports, page 4, section 1
Editor’s Corner, page 5, sec
tion 1
By - Staff Writer
In the east the sun was try- ■
ing to break through the
heavy clouds that seem®*} to
cling affectionately W the
mountains around Brevard.
Policemen Boyce Galloway and
Arthur Anders cruised slowly
along Broad street. It was 4:30
a.m., Saturday, July 29th. The
two officers paused at the corner
of Broad and French Broad t«
pick up a paper.
‘•Then I saw someone be
hind the counter of Brevard
Auto Parts,” recalled Officer
Galloway. "I thought it was
just someone working early.
But when we pulled away
from the corner, the man
ducked behind the counter
with a box—so we get suspici
ous.”
Patrolman Anders entered the
darkened building from the
iront while Patrolman Galloway
went around to the back. ‘'The
man ran right into Galloway’s
arms.” said Police Chief Jimmy
Rowe.
Charged was 20-year old
Lyle Holland, of Brevard, who
was bound over to General
County Court after a prelimi
nary hearing Saturday morn
ing before Mayor Raymond F.
Bennett. Bail was set at $1,000
on Holland who was on parole
and is now being held for state
authorities.
Holland is charged with
breaking and entering, larceny
and receiving stolen goods val
ued at $286. Brevard Auto Sup
ply listed the stolen goods as
being a box of spark plugs and
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Program Highlights
Dinner Music Over WPNF
Is Said Highly Popular
According to latest surveys,
one of the most pleasurable lis
tening times over WPNF is the
evening dinner hour, says Fred
Reiter, program director.
Songs to please everybody are
heard uninterrupted from 6:30
until 7:00, followed by tire
news and then more music for
“easy listening.”
The next 55 minutes of popu
lar numbers are also enjoyed by
v vast number of listeners, Mr.
Reiter states.
Hit records of the day are
heard from 8:05 until 9:55.
Other Programs
The schedule of the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
i? as follows: Thursday, Station
program; Friday, Brevard VS-i
At department, Randal Lydajf;
\'jnday, County Agricultural!
Extension agent, Jim Davis;
Tuesday, Soil Conservation sen*
ice, Merrimon Shuford; W
day, Home Economics