THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79—No. 33
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
"AID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1966
★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★
SIGN OF THE TIMES — A new
sparkling green and white sign went
«p this week in front of the Transyl
ania Times building. Time and tem
perature are both shown on the sign.
The new Times building is getting
set for “Open House” on Sunday,
August 28th, from 2:00 until 5:00
p.m. (Times Staff Photo)
Tribute Reprinted
Officer Robert Rogers Is
Honored, National Magazine
A Brevard police officer
has been saluted by a nation
al magazine for his courage
ous action in grappling with
an armed desperado — while
he himself was unarmc' and
off duty — and success, uilv
preventing the gunman from
shooting a sheriff’s deputy
who was attempting to arrest
the suspect.
r ■*,■* Detective Magazine, in
ts i.^ue which went on sale at
c<al newsstands today, has
Event On 27th
Brevard Jaycees Set The
1 Deadline In Beauty Pageant
PI The Brevard Jaycees an
nounce today that the dead
line for entry in the 1967
“Miss Brevard Beauty Pag
eant” is at 7:00 p. m., on
Thursday, August 18th.
Persons desiring to enter can
contact any Jaycee or Frank
Smith, pageant chairman. He
can be reached by calling the
Rosman exchange.
Mr. Smith announces the
seventh entry in this year’s
contest.
She is Miss Mary Louise
Ellicock, daughter of Mrs.
^Margaret Ellicock, of Penrose.
Miss Ellicock is a graduate of
Sarasota high school, Sarasota,
»rida, and last year she at
ded Roanoke College, Salem,
■Virginia.
Mr. Smith also announces
that the gala pageant will be
held on August 27th at the
Brevard high school, begin
ning at 8:00 p. m.
In addition to the bathing
suit, evening gown and talent
competition of the contestants
lhere will be guest preformers.
The event high light will be
the crowning of the new Miss
Brevard by Connie Gilstrap,
Miss Brevard this year.
Stover Dungan, of Forest
City, will be MC. This is Mr.
Dungan’s fourth year to be
associated with the Miss Bre
vard Pageant. Two years he
was a judge and last year was
MC.
Two Judges have been an
nounced: Louise G. Green and
Tomi M. Goosman. Mr. Green is
from Greenville, South Carolina.
This year he is the state chair
man of the Miss South Carolina
Pageant and also Associate Pro
—Turn to Page Five
Community Leader
Last Rites Held Monday For
F. S. Best, Olin Executive
F. S. BEST
Last rites for Farquhard S.
“Buck” Best were held Monday
rooming in the chapel of the
Brevard Methodist church with
the Rev. Brunson Wallace offi
ciating.
Burial was in the Gillespie
Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Best, a sales department
executive, Ecusta division, Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation,
Pisgah Forest, died unexpect
edly last Saturday at his home.
He was a civic, church and
educational leader of the com
munity since coming here in
1942.
He was a native of Dunn and
a graduate of Duke university.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Martha G. Best; three sons, Rich
ard and Peter, both of the home,
and Page West of Norfolk, Va.;
—Turn to Page Eight
given its Public Service Award
[o Robert C. .Rogers, a Brevard
lity policeman.
The story tells how Officer
Rogers, 42-year-old father of
five young ch ’ Ire’’, £ int to
the aid of a Transylvania
County sheriff’s deputy who,
alene on duty at the time,
was called upon to arrest an
armed fugitive who was fir
ing at residents of the Burrell
Mountain area.
When the gunman’s young
wife suddenly handed him a
pistol, he fired point-blank at
the deputy, but missed. That’s
when Rogers, still unarmed,
grappled with the fugitive. In
the process he was wounded
Ihree times, but the scuffle
gave the deputy time enough to
get off one shot which killed the
gunman. Rogers recovered from
his wounds.
Officer Rogers received
high praise for his courage
ous off-duty performance, not
the least of which came from
his superior, Brevard Police
Chief .1. C. Rowe, who termed
it an “heroic act.”
The True Detective Public
Service Ovvard consists of a
framed scroll and a check for
—Turn to Page Seven
Three Suspects Are Nabbed In Third Bank
Robbery At Rosman, All Money Recovered
Chief Rowe And
Officer Goodson
Capture Trio
Two teenage youths and a
24-year-cId man, a!I from Kan
\ liapolis, are being charged in
connection with the 813,271
bank robbery from the P.os
man branch of the First Union
National Bank last Friday af
ternoon.
The trio were stopped at a
roadblock by the Brevard po
lice on U.S. 276, seven miles
southeast of Brevard in Tran
sylvania county, near the in
tersection of the F,ast Fork
Road.
Chief J. C. Rowe of the Bre
police. and police officer, Steve
Goodson, set up the block that
caught the suspects.
The suspects were identified
as Carl Sisk: 24, his brother,
Allen F. Sisk, 16, and Billy
James Turner, also 16, a broth
er-in-law of the Sisks.
Officers reported that the
two 16-year-old youths entered
the bank at 4:30 p.m. Turner
was reported to have carried a
.22 caliber pistol and the
young Sisk carried a heavy
Crescent wrench.
The older Sisk remained in
the car, a 1962 white Chevro
let, that was reported to have
been stolen at 3:30 p.m. in
Hendersonville.
The car had been parked at
Eighth Avenue and Church
Street and was the property
—Turn to Page Seven
WPNF To Air
Southern 500
Racing fans will be glad to
learn that the Southern 500
Stock Car race on Labor Day
will again be carried by WPNF.
For those who are unable to
attend the race, the next best
thing is a radio version present
ed by various Brevard mer
chants. The broadcast starts
at 10:30 a. m.. on Monday, Sep
tember 5th. The race will con
clude at about 3 p. m.
This outstanding race has be
come a standard Labor Day
feature on WPNF, and station
officials are happy to have the
cooperation of local merchants
—Turn to Page Eight
IT WAS A PLEASANT TASK counting the
money that was recovered from the car in which
three suspects were nabbed last Friday following
the Rosman bank robbery. However, capturing
the trio was a more exciting experience for Police
Chief Jimmie Rowe, center, and Officer Steve Good
son, right. Deputy Sheriff Ray Rigclon. left, assisted
in bringing the suspected robbers and the money
to the local jail. Local officers have received praise
from far and wide for their fast and efficient action
following the Rosman robbery.
(Times Staff Photo)
By - Fred. Reiter
Temperatures during the past
week at the Brevard weather
station averaged 84-degrces as
a high, and low reading of 63.
Some rain was registered in
the guage each day except Sun
day. The week’s total was 2.78
inches.
The extended forecast of the
weather bureau calls for tem
peratures to average about nor
mal, 84, and 62 each day, with
about one-inch of rain likely to
fall as afternoon and evening
showers and thundershowers.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation follows:
Wednesday_ 82 61 0.26
High Low Prec.
Thursday
77 65 1.20
Friday _
Saturday
80 63 0.24
83 64 0.73
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday
86 65 0.00
89 63 0.32
89 63 0.03
Grand Finale
“My Fair Lady ” Highlights
Finctl' WeekendS*Music Center
Survey Reveals
Transylvanians Drinking A
Lot — Soda Pop, That Is...
By - Staff Writer
Transylvania county resi
dents are going for bubbly
beverages — the non-alcohol
ic kind — in a big way, a
survey shows. They are also
spending more than ever be
fore for these thirst quench
ers.
According to the latest fig
ures. soft drinks are being down
ed in the local area at the an
nual rate of 471 eight-ounce
bottles for every man, woman
OFFICER ROBERT C. ROGERS received the
“Public Service Award” from True Detective maga
zine this week, and it included a handsome certifi
cate and a check for $100. The presentation was
made by Mayor Raymond F. Bennett on behalf of
the national magazine in the conference room of
The Transylvania Times. In the photo, from left
to right, are: Mayor Bennett, Deputy Sheriff Ed
Owen, Officer Rogers, Police Chief Jimmie Rowe
and Don Fontana, of Charlotte, who brought the
certificate and check from True Detective to Bre
vard for Officer Rogers. (Times Staff Photo)
and child.
That is a lot of soda pop.
For the local population as a
whole, soft drink consump
tion amounted to 8,290,000
equivalent eight - ounce bot
tles in the past year. This
compares with a total of 5,
714,000 bottles in 1960, when
a similar survey was made.
The rise in the five - year
period was 45 percent.
The findings are based upon
reports issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and by the
soft drink industry. They show
the relative rate of consumption
throughout the country, state by
state.
As would be expected, the
warm weather months -— June,
July and August — are the big
gest ones for soda pop. In those
—Turn to Page Seven
The seventh and final week
of concerts in the Brevard Mu
sic Festival’s 30th anniversary
season heralds the weekend
appearances of Met soprano
Brenda Lewis, violinist Sergiu
Luca, and a sparkling produc
tion of the Broadway musical
"My Fair Lady.”
The weekend’s climax of a
season, which has surpassed all
attendance records, opens Fri
day evening with a final perfor
mance of the Transylvania
Symphony under the direction
of .James Yestadt. Young Ro
manian - born violinist Sergiu
Luca, a protege of Isaac Stem,
will play Wieniawski’s “Violin
Concerto in D.” The orchestra
will play Beethoven’s “Egmont
Overture” and the Fourth Sym
phony of Tschaikovsky.
On Saturday evening, Aug
ust 20th, the Brevard Music
Center will present a produc
tion of "My Fair Lady” star
ring Janice Janiec, wife of the
Brevard Mpsic Center’s Ar
tistic Directcr. James Parker,
from the faculty of Converse
College, will play the role of
Henry Higgins. Doolittle will
be played by Ed McGrath,
—Turn to Page Four
On August 25th
Masons To Honor Members
With Long Service Records j
Members of the Dunn’s Rock
will pay special tribute to four
members wi-th 25 years or more
year of service as Masons Thurs
day night, August 25th.
According to Fred M. McCall,
the Worshipful Master, the tri
butes will br p lid at the regular
communicaticn at ihe temple,
beginning at G.CJ c’ciork.
Julian A. Clazencr, vita has
been a Masons for over 50-years,
will receive a gold plate ! but on
and certificate. Mr. Cirz-aer
was made a Master Mason in
Dunn's Rock lodge on July 14th,
1916.
Henry R. Henderson, past mas
ter and secretary, states that Mr.
Glazener will be the 14 mem
ber of the local lodge to receive
—Tub to Page Eight
JULIAN A.
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