TRANSYLVANIA—
An' Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,357.
Vol. 79—No. 38 ★
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Wate falls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Mti;
. THE UNITED FUND drive will get underway
In Brevard and Transylvania next Tuesday with a
“kick-off” breakfast for the workers. Making last
minute plans for the annual campaign is the group
of men above. From left to right, they are: Don
Blankinship, president of the UF; Frank McGib
boney, campaign chairman; Rev. Brunson Wallace,
publicity chairman; and Tom Bingham, chairman
of Budget and Admissions committee. Standing
behind the men is Bill Overholt, the executive sec
retary. (Times Staff Photo)
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By • Fred Reiter
Temperatures averaged 71 as
a high, and low of 55 during
the past seven days in Brevard.
A total of 1.67 inches of rain
fell during the period, most of
<it occurring Monday. High
temperature for the week was
78-degrees.
The Weather Bureau’s long
range forecast calls for tem
eratures to be seasonal and
frecipitation to average some
one to one-and-a-half inches
tiring the next five days. Av
age temperatures for the area
should be 72 and 57.
Temperatures an dprecipita
tion for the week follows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday_ 78 59 0.08
Thursday _ 78 54 0.00
Friday _ 66 53 0.00
Saturday__ 69 53 0.00
Sunday_ 64 52 0.27
Monday _ 66 56 1.32
Tuesday_ 77 57 0.00
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l ook Inside.
Sports — page 5, section 2,
^nd page 6, section 1
^ Letters to the Editor — page
2; section 2
^Editor’s Corner — page 5, sec
tion 1
News for the Women — page
6, sections 2 and 3
Classifieds — pages 2 and 3,
section 1
Next Tuesday
United Fund Drive To Open
With “Kick - Off ” Breakfast
Transylvania’s United Fund
campaign for 1967 opens on
Tuesday, Sept. 27th, with a
“kick - off” breakfast for
workers at 7:00 a. m. at Gaith
er’s restaurant.
Frank McGibboney, campaigr
chairman, announces a budgel
of $40,196.40, which, he feels
can be raised quickly if all wil]
give their “fair share.”
The “fair share”, Mr. McGib
boney states, is concieved to be
one hour’s pay per month.
All UF workers, including
division chairmen, solicitors,
directors, officers and other
personnel, are urged to at
tend the breakfast.
Mr. McGibboney also an
nounces that headquarters have
been set up on the second floor
of the McMinn building. Wil
liam Overholt, executive secre
tary, may be seen there or
reached by telephone at 883
8260.
Appointments of the division
chairmen were announced last
week. Many others are serving
under them as solicitors in the
campaign.
It is expected, as in the past,
that many business firms in the
community will be 100% par
ticipants in the UF campaign.
Mr. McGibboney states that
he is hopeful that more citi
zens will be “fair share” par
ticipants in the United Fund
than ever before.
1966-67 Term Begins
Faculty - Student Workshop
Signals Opening Of College
W. GLENN HARDESTY,
Director of Admissions and
Public Relations at Brevard
College, has resigned his po
sition to become Director of
Financial Aid at Western
Carolina College, Cullowhee.
Brevard College’s annual Fac
ulty - Staff Workshop, which is
held annually prior to the
opening of school, began on
Wednesday afternoon of this
week and will continue through
Saturday.
Devotional speaker for the
workshop is the Rev. Henry
Justice, of Oteen, whose open
ing daily challenge will be fol
lowed 'by individual presenta
tions and discussion of various
aspects of academic, social, and
religious concern at the church
related college.
Student leaders will join the
workshop on Friday and Satur
day, when they will make their
own plans for the school year.
Social occasions for the open
ing of school included a Wed
nesday evening social hour and
banquet for workshop partici
pants and their wives or hus
bands, a Friday luncheon for
campus women, a Friday night
“Open House” given by Dean
—Tub to Pago Eight
Prominent Citizen
Fred Johnson Is Fatally
Injured Tuesday Evening
Fred Johnson, age 86. well
known North Brevard resident,
was struck and killed by an
automobile Tuesday night on
the four-lane highway near the
city limit.
Patrolman C. F. Cappell in
vestigated the accident, which
occurred about 7:50 o’clock on
the rain-soaked highway.
The driver of the car was
listed as Delmore Pace, of Pis
gah Forest, and the investiga
tion is being continued.
Mr. Johnson, a native of Hen
derson county, had lived in Tran
sylvania since 1902.
He had a varied career. Dur
ing his lifetime, he was active
in business, civic and political
affairs.
He worked with the Silver
steen Industries, and later went
into private business. He was a
retired employee of the State
Highway department.
He was a member of the
Woodmen of the World.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock in the Oak Grove
church in North Brevard.
Rev. Brunson Wallace will
officiate, and burial will follow
in the church cemetery.
Survivors include the follow
—Turn to Page Five
This Sunday Afternoon <
To Dedicate New R osman Post Office
The new Rosman post office
will be dedicated Sunday after
noon at 2:00 p. m., under the
sponsorship of the Rosman
chamber of commerce.
The Hon. Roy A. Taylor,
member of congress of the
eleventh district of N. C., and
W. T. Martin, postal service of
ficer, will be the principal
speakers.
B. E. Keisler, president oi
the Rosman chamber of com
merce, will be master of cere
monies.
Others participating on the
program will be Thomas W.
Galloway, postmaster; John R.
Mitchell, president of Mitchell
Bissell Co.; Chester Kilpatrick;
personnel director of American
Thread Co.; and the Rev. Dale
R. Martin, pastor of Mt. Moriah
Calvert Baptist church, who
will give the invocation and
the Rev. Tommy Goldsmith,
pastor of Zion Baptist church,
who will give the benediction.
Music will be furnished by
the Brevard high school band.
Boy Scout Troop 705 will
participate in a flag raising
ceremony following the pre
santition of the flag by the Hon.
Mr. Taylor.
The postoffice here was or
iginally established as Toxa
way, Dec. 7, 1900.
The name was changed to
Eastatoe on June 12, 1903, and
was renamed Toxaway May
13, 1903. Rosman became the
official name July 18, 1904.
Rising Cost Of Living Amounts
To $860,000 For Transylvanians
Each Family Is
Paying $175
More Than In '65
To what extent has the ris
ing cost of living affected res
idents of Transylvania coun
ty?
How much does a local fam
ily have to spend now for the
standard market basket of
goods and services as compar
ed with a year ago?
According to the latest gov
ernment reports, prices in the
regional area, as in most other
parts of the country, have re
cently been moving upward at
an uncomfortable rate.
A calculation based on the
overall figures shows that an
additional $860,000 a year
must be spent by Transylvania
county residents to purchase
the same amount of goods and
services that they bought in
1965.
A little inflation each year,
the creeping kind, has come to
be accepted by the public as
normal. It has been taking place
regularly, for many years. It
has been looked upon, in fact,
as beneficial by many econo
mists. They contend that it
makes for busier factories, more
employment and larger profits.
The 1965-66 rise in the con
sumer price index, which has
averaged more than 2.8 per
cent nationally, is causing con
cern, however. The pace is
faster than in any year in the
last ten.
Because of it, basic living
costs in the local area are ap
proximately $175 higher per
family than they were in 1965
at this time.
This is the extent to which
it has affected families in
Transylvania county that have
an after tax income of $6,741,
the local average.
For families at the $12,000
level, the loss in buying power
amounts to $312 a year. Those
with net incomes of $4,000, on
the other hand, have a drop of
only $104, but the squeeze on
—Turn to Page Eight
JOSEPH CARLOS McCALL, son
of Mrs. Stewart Powell and the late
John McCall, is pictured above re
ceiving a D. G. Dail Memorial schol
arship to Brevard College at Monday
night’s meeting of the Brevard Ro
tary club. Making the presentation
is Dr. Milton V. Massey, chairman
of youth activities for the Rotarians.-^
At the right is Eugene Baker, presi-1
dent of the club. Young McCall is a
’63 graduate of Rosman high school, -
amt he will seek a liberal arts degree''
at Brevard College. He is married to;
the former Carolyn Greene.
(Times Staff Photo) 1
Results Posted
Program Highligt
Another Big
Football Broc
Football fans of the arei
are reminded that WPNF wil
carry the full schedule of Uni
versify of North Carolina game:
this fall.
The season got underway las
Saturday, and this weekend wil
feature the UNC Tar Heels play
ing the N. C. State Wolfpack a
ts
Weekend Of
jdcasts, WPNF
i Kennan stadium in Chapel Hill,
i Air time will be 1:15 p. m. Bill
■ Currie is the sportscaster.
Oct. 1st will see UNC playing
Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michi
: gan, and succeeding weeks fea
ture games against Clemson,
■ Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Geor
: gia, Air Force Academy, Duke
and Virginia.
The games are broadcast
through the cooperation and
sponsorship of Coca Cola, Mor
ris Pharmacy, Cairnes Esso Ser
vice, Television Service com
pany, Citizens Telephone com
pany and Gaither’s Insurance
Service.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows.
Thursday, Farm - Home Adm.,
John Collins; Friday, N. C. For
est service. Clark Grissom;
—Turn to Page Five
Results of an election
Agricultural Stabilization an
Conservation Service commit
teemen in the 8 comma
in Transylvania County we
announced today by Glenn
Whitmire, chairman of
Transylvania County
committee.
The community commit
men were elected by mailed ’
lots. The ballots were tabu!
on September 14th.
The chairman, vice chaii
and regular of the 8 commu
committees will meet in
ASCS office at the Bryant buiic|
ing at 10:00 a.m., Septemb
26th, to elect one county
mitteeman and two alternates.
By communities, the comn
teemen ar elisted as follows il
the order of chairman, vicl
chairman, regular member, fir
and second alternates:
BOYD — Arnold Brown, i
C. Enloe, Randall Lankfo
Earl Orr and Arnold Well
BREVARD — G. Carl
son, Francis Rass Allison, A. I
Trantham, Clyde G. Jones i
Claude Ray.
DUNN’S ROCK — Willia
—Turn to Page
Davis Announces
Jerry Brown Named County's
Assistant Extension Chairman j
jerry crown is me new as
sistant Transylvania County ex
tension chairman.
The announcement comes
from Jim Davis, county exten
sion chairman, and the North
Carolina extension department
at Raleigh.
Mr. Brown will be largely re
sponsible for 4-H club work in
Transylvania and general exten
sion activities.
A graduate cf the Auburn
university with a BS in Agricul
tural education in June. 19F3,
Mr. Brown served fen Septem
ber 1963, until September, 1966,
in the US Marine Corps.
He attended high school at
Hackneyville high, near Alexan
der City, Alabama. He is mar
ried to the former Mary E. Har
ris, of that city, and his hobbies
are hunting and fishing.