THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79—No. 35 b£vard0S;AcE BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1966
ZIP CODE 20712 77 7
★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★
MISS BREVARD OF 1967, lovely
Carol Coleman, is pictured here be
ing crowned by her predecessor, Con
nie Gilstrap, while the two members
of hej-court look on. Miss Coleman,
daug£Ker of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Coleman, of Brevard, won out over
six other lovely and talented young
ladies to earn the right to the cov
eted title at the annual Jaycee spon
sored Miss Brevard pageant at Bre
vard high school last Saturday night.
She will represent Brevard and Tran
syhania county at the Miss North
Carolina pageant next summer. First
runner-up in the contest was Mary
Louise Ellicock, left, who also won
the talent division with a dramatic
rendition from the Broadway pro
duction, “Night Must Fall.’’ She is
the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Elli
cock. of Penrose. Second runner-up
was Judy Parker, right, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker, of Bre
vard. The “Miss Congeniality”
award, voted on by the contestants
themselves, was won by Kim Storrs.
(Times Staff Photo)
A Holiday
Labor Day Activities Here To
, Climax Fine Tourist Season
Labor Day activities in Bre
vai'd and Transylvania next
Monday will climax a highly
successful '66 vacation season
h^ff
Most of the stores, town and
eourO offices wUl be closed
on fflionday for the holiday.
! Schools will also close.
The Brevard high school
band will travel to Henderson
ville that afternoon to par
ticipate in the big Apple Fes
tival.
According to Postmaster C.
Y. Patton, Jr., there will be no
delivery of either city or rural
mail, and the general delivery
window will remain closed.
However, there will be special
delivery service.
The first Monday meetings
of the Town Board of Alder
) men and the County Commis
/ su>ners have been postponed
/ until next Tuesday night.
I M
T*fe First Union National
bank, the First Citizens Bank
an^i|ifrust company, Pisgah In
dusRal Loans and Brevard
Federal Savings and Loan as
sociation will observe Monday
as a holiday.
The Monday night meeting
of the Brevard Rotary club
has also been cancelled.
George Wilson, license ex
aminer, announces that his
office will have a'holiday on
Monday.
Many picnickers and camp
ers are expected in the Pis
gah National Forest, and
Ranger Jim Wells predicts
that recreation facilities will
—Turn to Page Four
Coach Is Pleased
Davidson College Gridders
Practicing At Camp Carolina
By - Staff Writer
“We eat four meals a day.”
Head Coach of the Davidson
Wildcats, Homer Smith, just
folded his hands and looked
mean, in a nice sort of way.
From the looks of his Wild
cats, (aptly named) they eat
those four meals a day raw.
The rough and tumble Da
vidson Wildcat football team
is presently practicing for a
tough season ahead this fall
out at the spacious grounds
of Camp Carolina. They ar
rived in the county Tuesday
morning.
Owner of Camp Carolina.
Joseph McConnell, is a past
“great Davidson ballplayer,” as
Coach Smith puts it. Mr. Mc
Connell is also the president of
Reynolds Metal company. He has
contributed the area for the
team practices for the last two
years.
“We’re his guests here,” ex
plained Coach Smith, who
molded his team into a win
ning bunch of players last
year with a 6-4 season.
The Wildcats will practice
probably at 9:30 and 4:00 p.m.
Coach Smith likes this area for
practicing. “We don’t get too
hot and the boys can sleep great.
Coach Smith, from Omaha,
Nebraska, described this re
Was $1,549,000
Gross Farm Income In . 1965
ohows Gain In Transylvania
For Transylvania county’s
\irm population, the past year
I is the best one from a pro
fiction standpoint in quite a
;,hile, according to a nation
al report on farm incomes.
Their showing for the year
compared favorably with that
of fanners and ranchers in
many parts of the country.
By making better use of
the modern tools available to
them, they were able to boost
their production per acre to
a higher level than ever.
This was accomplished with
the aid of bigger and more ver
satile machinery and by more
effective use of fertilizers and
insecticides.
Other factors that helped
make 1965 a better year were
the generally favorable weath
er conditions and the higher
prices obtained for livestock
and farm products.
The results of the year’s op
erations, locally and in other
parts of the country, are de
—Turn to Page Seven
gion as being “too beautiful
for words.”
About those four meals a clay
the boys eat, "We keep that sto
mach full. They’re out there
learing down their muscles so
we give em food to build more
muscles. Alan, that's hard on
coaches!
“It’s our policy to give the
boys all they’ll eat. That
fourth meal comes at 10:00
p.m. at night. A sandwich and
dessert usually.” Homer was
watching the huge Akers
truck unload the blocking skid
on the field below.
The camp is good for the
team. Coach Smith believes, be
cause it gives the boys a chance
to get to know each other.
“They have to depend on each
other for entertainment, friend
ship, companionship and humor.
It knits a group to have to draw
on each other for this sort of
thing.
“We’re ironing out differ
ences now, we’re forced to live
with each other. This way the
boys get to know each other.”
Coach Smith likes the camp
idea because it forces the team
to be football players all day.
‘■They think football all day
—Turn to Page Six
Final Term Of
General County
Court To Open
Transylvania General Coun
ty court opens its final term
for trial of criminal cases on
Thursday, September 6th, with
Judge Robert T. Gash presid
ing and William White prose
cuting.
Court officials announce
that the term will continue un
til September 15th, when the
court terminates.
A back - log of cases has
built up since the resignation
of Solicitor J. Bruce Morton
on May 1st.
Any cases not reached will
he transferred to Superior
court for trial at the October
term.
Principals,
Teachers And
Staff Listed
The entire personnel of the
Transylvania school system is
announced today by the Board
of ijducation.
Ed Matheson is chairman of
the board, and other members
are as follows: Robert Hunter,
Harry Morgan. Eugene Morris
and D. S. Winchester.
The unit - wide staff is as
follows:
S. H. Helton, superintendent
Mrs. Hilda T. Olson, Super
visor
James Johnson
William Teague
Frank Whitmire
G. H. Farley
Frank Osborne
Mrs. Juanita Lavender
Mrs. Edna Gordon
Mrs. Ola Collins
Mrs. Fannye Brown
Mrs. Agnes Wilson
The principals and teachers,
by schools, are as follows:
Brevard Elementary
Forrest B. Cudd, principal
Mrs. Catherine D. Bauer
Mrs. Eugenia R. Blackwell
Miss Josephine L. Clayton
Mrs. Fannye B. Harris
Mrs. Bernice B. Hollifield
Mrs. Lorene Y. Osborne
Mrs. Thelma G. Patterson
Mrs. Flora A. Pickelsimer
Mrs. Edna N. Schranz
Mrs. Laura M. Townsend
Mrs. Margaret G. Kitstrom
Mrs. Maxine M. Whitmire
Miss Jackie A. Cabe
Mrs. Linda M. Webber
Mrs. Daisy H. Edmundson
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Mrs. Molly W. Tartt
Miss Mildred C. Day
Miss Fleeto G. Freeman
Mrs. Daisy S. Holden
Mrs. Jean P. Young
Mrs. Iona R. Myers
Mrs. Cynethia G. Little
Mrs. Wilma Chandler
James K. Pressley
Mrs. Linda Adkins
Mrs. Bessie Landreth
Mrs. Nan Taylor
Mrs. Mary Lee Moore
Brevard Junior High
John Huggins, principal
Frankie Wagoner
Mrs. Barbara Merrill
Miss Beatrice White
Mrs. Carol Wells
Miss Bronwen Bacon
Miss Agnes Clayton
William Ferguson
Mrs. Thelma Ferguson
Mrs. Fannie Hayes
Warren Burelson
Howard Hyatt
Mrs. Dorris B. Kay
Mrs. Emily H. Roberts
Mrs. Mary Lou Rhodes
Mrs. Ellen Wilson
Mrs. Mitzi Craddock
Mrs. Rose Edmonds
Charles Rinehart
Kohlan J. Flynn
Miss Juanita K. Johnson
Mrs. Carrie Kirby
Miss Audrey Manley
Mrs. Nancy Fullbright
Mrs. Lila Hill
Brevard Senior High
Joseph W. McGuire, Jr., prin
cipal
Mrs. Sarah Abercrombie
Schools Open With Enrollment
Of 4,251, Completing Buildings
TVA Chief Will
Speak At Annual
Banquet Meeting
Aubrey J. Wagner, chairman
of the Board of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, has accepted
an invitation of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce to be the
speaker at the annual banquet
in 1967.
Mr. Wagner will talk about
TVA's plans for the Upper
French Broad flood control
project.
The banquet will be held in
late January or in early Feb
ruary.
The exact date will probably
be set at the regular September
meeting of the board on the
13th.
i^l
IVeafAer
By - Fred Reiter
Relatively dry weather con
tinued in the Brevard area dur
ing the past week, with rain fall
ing on only two days. The total
rainfall at the weather station
was 1.83 inches, which fell last
Thursday and Friday.
Temperatures averaged a high
of 81-degrees, with a morning
low of 57. High point for the
week was Wednesday, when the
thermometer hit 85.
The long-range forecast calls
for temperatures to average
near normal, or about 81 and 58
for the next week. Rainfall
should total from one-half to
three quarters of an inch, occur
ring mainly as brief showers.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation follows:
High Low
Wednesday_$. 85 55
Thursday__ 79 59
Friday_ 76 58
Saturday_ 82 55
Sunday_ 83 56
Monday_ 82 59
Tuesday_81 58
Mrs. Ruth N. Andrews
Mrs. Lucile Sledge
Thomas McIntosh
Mrs. Alma Galloway
Mrs. Lucile Trantham
Charles Coffer
Mrs. Anna Holliday
Mrs. Eva Hardy Pack
Miss Theodosia Sproles
Landon Deal
Miss Rheuma Carter
Mrs. Velma Brittain
Miss Nancy Edwards
Mrs. Patricia Whitmire
Mrs. Marjorie Ostborg
Mrs. Charlotte Sentelle Gallo
way
Mrs. Mary Leinster
Mrs. Joyce Owens
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Prec.
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1.07
0.76
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Selective Service
Information
The draft law requires every
man registered with a local
board to report any change in
personal status to his board.
“Young men have asked us
just what changes they should
report,” J. H. Bradburn, chair
man of Transylvania County Lo
cal Board, says.
“Generally, anything which
has a bearing on classification
should be reported.”
The chairman pointed to the
following things which should
be regarded as change of per
sonal status:
1. Current change of mail ad
dress should always be sent to
the board.
2. Marriage should be report
ed at once.
3. Pregnancy, births, depend
ency, and additions to the main’s
family must be reported.
4. Any and all deaths in a
man’s family should be reported.
5. If a man and wife are di
vorced or they no longer live
together, this must be reported.
6. Permanent change of job
should be reported.
7. Serious injury or physical
defect should be reported.
8. If a man becomes a siudent
in a college or university, this
fact should be reported.
9. If a man enters the Re
serves or National Guard, he
should ask his commanding offi
cer to notify his board. He
should assure himself that it is
done.
10. If a man has attempted to
volunteer for armed forces serv
ice and 'has 'been rejected', he
should advise his local board.
MAGIC MOMENT—It must have been like an
enchanted afternoon for Everett Barton, of Brevard,
when he unearthed 31 Indian spearheads and tools
while hunting in the mountains. Mr. Barton is him
self part Cherokee and finds the treasure an excit
ing addition 4n his present collection of Indian rel
ics. xTimes Staff I ’ >to)
Mum About Site
Everett Barton Discovers
Large Axeheacl Collection
By - Jock Lauterer
“That’s what sets me on
fire!” exclaimed Everett Bar
ton as he held one of the
spearheads from a cache he
had stumbled on the other day
while hunting in the moun
tains. “My great-grandparents
were full • blooded Cherokees
—they could'ave buried those
relics!”
Everett, 29, works at the
;ody shop of Goodwill Motors,
fe spread his find out on the
loor beside a car and told his
;tory.
“I was out hunting the oth
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too.
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is, as you know, chock full of
information and news about
all the doings in the Brevard
area.
Parents — The Times won’t
take the place of letters to
your sons and daughters away
at school. Not at all. But it
will save you the time and
trouble of having to write
news items in yourself, and
if we do say it ourselves, The
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The cost? Very little; only
$3.00 for the entire school
term from the time they start
until June 1st.
So don’t delay, get that
school subscription started at
once. Mail or bring your re
mittance and the address to
us; we’ll do the rest.
er day. I like to squirrel hunt
and I was out with my broth
er, Earl. Well, we were coin
ing down the mountain after
a rain, and the trail had been
washed away some.
“I looked down in the trail
and saw this thing sticking up.
Well, I’ve been a collector of
Indian arrowheads and tools
ever since I was knee-high. I
looked down and said to my
brother, ‘That's an axe-head!”
“He didn’t believe it so I
dug and pulled it out. Sure
enough, it was an Indian tool.
When I pulled it out I heard
it grate against another rock.
So I dug some more.
“We stood there and pulled
31 axeheads, knife blades and
chisels outa that hole.”
“Honestly they were stack
ed in there just like a brick
mason had laid ’em in there,
one on another. Hadn’t been
touched since the red man
put ’em there!
“ Bout wiped me out!” You
can imagine, what with my
—Turn to Page Eighl
Rosenwald Is
Converted To
Needed Center
Schools in Brevard and
Transylvania county opened
Monday for the first full week
of the 1966 - '67 term. Enroll
ment on the first day in all
the schools totalled 4,251,
about the same as it was last
year, however, this figure is
expected to increase after
the Labor Day vacation.
Supt. S. H. Helton reported
Wednesday that crowded condi
tions exist at Penrose. Straus,
Brevard senior high and at Ros
man.
These conditions will be
eliminated when the present
construction projects are com
pleted by Sept. 13th.
Construction was expected to
be completed on all projects
by the opening day of school.
However, during recent weeks
the contractors have been un?
able to get certain materials*
primarily doors.
Supt. Helton is pleased with
the conversion of the Rosen
wald school to the Transyl
vania Educational center, •*.
This building now houses the
various federal programs, as
well as offices for the speech
therapist, the director of instruc
tor and the attendance counsel
or.
The additional space at the
center mokes it possible for
the school system to buy in
larger quantities at a consid
erable saving.
All supplies are received and
distributed at the center, and
there is also room for teachers
to receive "on the job training.”
Enrollment by schools is as
follows at the latest count:
Brevard high school • 956
Brevard junior high - 594
Brevard elementary - 805 /
Straus elementary - 422
Penrose - 313
Pisgah Forest - 250
Rcsman high school - 247
Rcsman elementary - 482
T. C. Henderson - 182
Bus Overturns,
One Student Is
Slightly Injured
One of Transylvania’s school
buses overturned about 7:30
Wednesday morning; however,
only one student was slightly
injured.
The bus, driven by Cleve
Hunter, ran off on a soft shoul
der and turned over on its
side.
The accident occurred on a
narrow. Rich Mountain road,
and four students were riding
in the bus when it overturned.
Patrolman Bill Sawyer inves
tigated.
Program Highlights
WPNF Getting Set For '661
Broadcasting Of Football
As another fall football season
approaches, radio station WPNF
is completing plans for broad
casting another schedule of Bre
vard Blue Devil g31r.es.
Commercial m. Mger of the
station, Bruce O’Kelley said:
“We are happy to be able to
broadcast high school as well as
college football again this year,
and we appeciate the cooperation
of our local sponsors in making
these broadcasts possible for the
benefit of all football fans in
our area.”
Friday night, September 2nd,
brings the season’s first
school game. Air time is 7:<
p.m., for the pre-game warmit]
with game time at 8:00 p.m.
game will be broadcast fr
Owen high, near Sv
Bruce O’Keiley will do the
by-play broadcast, assisted
Byrd and Bill Norris, of 1
limes.
Owenby Bros. Amoco
will present the pre-game 1
up program, and game
include: Sledge Radio *
Houston Furniture Co.,
& Wright, Quality Mobile \
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