THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
State And National Prize- Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 79 — No. 39
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
•AID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
ARABIA OR TRANSYLVANIA?
contrary to first impressions, the
handsome beast of burden is not a
refugee from an Arabian desert or
a zoo. The newly acquired mascot
of the Transylvania Shrine Club was
created by the Mez Art Studios in
Griffin, Ga. The camel, which took
the studio nearly three months to
complete, will be used by the local
club in parades, meetings and con
ventions all over the state. It’s
mouth is wired so that the camel
can appear to speak. The camel is
a traditional symbol used by the
Shriners, whose full name is The An
cient Arabic Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. Local club members
making the arrangements to pur
chase the camel were John Ford,
Sr., A1 Ream and Jud McCrary, pic
tured, who brought the camel from
Griffin to Brevard.
(Times Staff Photo)
Give "Fair Share'7
United Fund Drive Underway,
Kick - Off Breakfast A Success
^The 1967 United Fund cam
paign in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county is now in full
swing.
Don Blankenship, president,
urges all citizens to give their
“fair share.” Frank McGibbon
ey. campaign director, and the
UF workers are busy this_week,
contacting as many citizens of
the community as possible.
The drive opened with a
‘•kick - off” breakfast Tues
day morning in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room for the
directors and the campaign
workers. Over 40 persons
were present for the event.
A film, “The Part You Play”
was shown to the workers,
which served to prepare them
for contacts with citizens of
the county.
™The United Fund office is
on the second floor of the Mc
Sftnn building. William Over
ilt, executive secretary, may
be seen there or contacted by
telephone 883-8260.
Mr. McGibboney urged the
workers to complete their calls
as soon as possible and to re
port results promptly.
The goal for the campaign
this year is $40,196, and a
“fair share” is described as
being one hour’s pay for each
month.
It was announced at the
breakfast that First Union Na
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Statistics Reveal
More Golden Weddings Are
Foreseen In Transylvania
By ■ Staff Writer
Of the 3,810 or so married
couples in Transylvania coun
ty, how many of them are
likely to be together to cele
brate their golden wedding
anniversaries?
What are their chances of
marking their silver anniversar
ies?
Interest in these matrimonial
milestones has been aroused at
this time because of the fact
that one of America’s most fa
mous couples, Dwight and Ma
mie Eisenhower, have just cele
brated their 50th year of mar
ried life.
That marital landmark will
also be reached this year by
no less than 160,000 couples
throughout the United States.
According to figures work
ed up by insurance company
statisticians here, based upon
data taken from their own
records and from government
sources, the chances are now
1 in 3 that a young Transyl
vania county couple, just mar
ried, will be able to reach
the 50-year mark.
That is the expectation, un
less divorce or annulment in
tervene. In that event, all bets
are off.
Locally, there is less likeli
hood of such split-ups than
in many communities. Peo
ple in the area tend to get
married young and to remain
married for a longer time than
is the case generally.
The latest government find
ings show that some 67.7 per
cent of the local population ov
er age 14 are now married. This
includes 68.3 percent of the
men and 67.0 percent of the
women in that age bracket.
It compares with an average
of 67.5 percent in the rest of
the United States and 67.1 per
cent in the State of North Caro
lina.
In 1916, when the Eisen
howers were married, the
chances were only 1 in 6
that they would live out their
50 years together. Since then,
with the great medical ad
vances of the last half cen
tury, the odds have been
brought down to 1 in 3.
That is what Pat and Luci
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Duke Power Company Licensed To Begin
The Gigantic Keowee-Toxaway Complex
"Watch Out For Swindlers"
Is Plea Of Sheriff McCall
Sheriff Carter McCall urges Transylvanians to
beware of swindlers.
Thanks to the efforts of the local sheriff’s de
partment and Pickens county officers, a Rosman
resident recovered $300, an excessive amount that
was charged him by a man posing as an expert on
septic tanks.
He reportedly cleaned a septic tank and then
charged $300. After being arrested and returned
to Transylvania, he admitted the amount was ex
cessive and returned the $300.
He gave his name as Tom C. Harrison, and he
admitted to Sheriff McCall that he was an “Irish
Traveler” from Aiken county.
The sheriff describes “Irish Travelers” as men
going from one community to another posing as
electricians, barn painters, septic tank experts,
etc.
“Some people call them gypsies, but they are
not,” Sheriff McCall states.
Many incidents of swindling have been report
ed in South Carolina, the local sheriff says, but
officers have had difficulty in arresting them
since they make restitution when confronted by
their false pretense.
Busy Times
College Opening With
Record Enrollment
The fall opening of Brevard
College got underway Wednes
day with the registration of
more than 600 students, in
preparation for the beginning
of classes today.
Brevard College’s opening will
be officially marked this eve
ning with the annual Fall Con
vocation welcoming new and
old students to the institution.
The faculty procession in full
academic robes will begin the
convocation at 7:30 p. m., in
the Dunham Music Auditorium.
Larry Whatley will play the
trumpet solo in processional,
“Trumpet Voluntary.”
Chaplain C. Edward Roy will
preside, and the invocation will
be given by Rev. Louis Miles.
Soprano Marian Whatley is the
soloist for the convocation.
Following introductions by
Dean J. Braxton Harris, Rev.
Mr. Miles will present the speak
er, President Emmett K. McLar
ty, Jr.
In his address entitled
“Cause and Effect,” President
McLarty has chosen the analogy
of the “law of the. harvest” to
inspire the students. In the ef
fort to cultivate the mind, one
reaps only what one puts into
it.
On Friday night at 8:00 p. m.,
new students will have the op
opportunity to meet the presi
dent and his wife at the an
nual President’s Reception, held
in the faculty lounge of the
Beam Administration building.
By - Fred Reiter
The past week’s temperatures
in the Brevard area reflected
the arrival of the fall season, as
cooler readings were noted.
Rainfall amounted to only .43
inch for the entire seven-day
period.
The week’s high was Sunday
afternoon’s pleasant 80-degree
reading, while the low was a
42 on Saturday morning.
The weather bureau’s five
day forecast for the area calls
for temperatures to average a
few degrees below normal,
which is about 74 and 50 for
the area. Precipitation is expect
ed to be light throughout the
period.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation follows:
Wednesday_- 72 57 0.41
High Low Free,
Friday _
Saturday
Sunday _
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
76 51 0.00
77 45 0.00
77 42 0.00
80 44 0.00
73 48 0.02
79 58 0.00
CONGRESSMAN ROY A. TAYLOR was the
principal speaker at the dedication of the new
post office at Rosman last Sunday afternoon. The
350 persons attending heard Mr. Taylor say that
the new post office was a mark of progress in
Rosman. B. E. Keisler, president rf th \R<. unnn
Chamber of Commerce who can be noteu? at the .
right, was master of ceremonies on the program.
More details are carried on the event in the Ros
man news on page three in -the first section of this
week’s Times. (Times Staff Photo)
Program Highlights
Radio WPNF To Broadcast
Rosman Dedication Talks
Camporee Set
This Weekend
The Transylvania District of
the Daniel Boone Council, Boy
Scouts of America, will have a
Camporee this weekend, Sep
tember 30th, October 1st and
2nd, at Cove’s Creek in Pisgah
Forest.
A Camporee stresses camping
ability skills and campcraft
contest by all Scouts and Scout
ers in the Transylvania Dis
trict . . • Through backpacking
into a wilderness area and
sharing in the Boy Scout meth
od of Camping - Games - Dem
onstrations - Campfires - Patrol
contests and fellowship in the
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WPNF will broadcast the re
cent dedication ceremonies at
the Rosman post office.
The new office was dedicat
ed Sunday, September 25th.
with local officials taking part
in the ceremonies.
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
made the principal address at
the dedication, and his remarks
will be broadcast over WPNF
on Thursday afternoon, Septem
ber 19th, at 4:30 p. m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, U. S. forest service,
Jim Wells: Friday, ASC office,
Glenn Whitmire; Monday, coun
ty extension chairman, Jim
Davis; Tuesday, station program;
Wednesday, home agent, Jean
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Initial Project
Will Cost Some j
$86.3 Million
Licensing of Duke Power
company to begin construc
tion cn the Keowee-Toxaway
power complex on Savannah
River tributaries in North
Carolina and South Carolina
officially marked the end
this week of a 20-year contro
versy over development of the
river basin.
The Federal Power Com
mission issued a license to
Duke for an S86.3 million pro
ject to be the initial construc
tion of a complex that will in
inelude nuclear power facili
ties and a total cost of about
S700 million.
The commission said it
knew of no reason warrant
ing federal development of
these tributaries. They include
the Keowee, Little, Whitewat
er. Tcxaway, Thompson and
Hcr'epasture rivers in Oconee
and Pickens counties of South
Carolina and in Transylvania
county.
The commission said also,
"There are not any significant
improvements or benefits
which might accrue as a re
sult of federal development
in addition of those proposed
by the applicant (Duke Pow
er Co.) or otherwise provided
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Burning Permits
Required After
First Of Month
Burning permits will be re
quired for all outside burn
ing, beginning October 1st
Clark Grissom, county forest
ranger for the state of North
Carolina, announces today.
The permits will be requir
ed through June 2nd, 1967.
They may be secured in
Transylvania county at the
following places.
Sheriff’s office, Brevard
Tax collector’ soffice, Bre
vard
Hi Bunyan’s grocery, Cedar
Mountain
Merrill’s grocery, Little Riv
er
Penrose grocery, Penrose
Hall’s Esso service, Pisgah
Forest
Dwight Moffitt’s grocery,
Brevard
Mill Hill grocery, Dunn’s
Rock
Midway grocery, Cathey**
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GORDON GRAND
President
Olin Mathieson Officers And Directors Meeting Here For The First lime
Directors and officers of
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration will arrive at the
Asheville Airport at noon
Wednesday for a series of
meetings and a tour of Olin’s
facilities at Pisgah Forest.
Among the persons arriving
were: John M. Olin, honorary
chairman of the Board of Di
rectors; N. Harvey Collisson,
board chairman; Gordon Grand,
Jr., president and chief execu
tive officer; and Directors Rich
ard M. Furland, Benjamin H.
Griswold, III, John W. Hanes,
John W. Hanes, Jr., William W.
Higgins, John O. Logan, Thom
as S. Nichols, Walter F. O’Con
nell, Spencer T. Olin and Eugene
F. Williams, Jr.
Other officials attending the
•meeting are: J. G. Alexander,
Secretary: C. V. Mayne, Comp
troller; C. W. Smith, Executive
Vice President of the Chemicals
Group; H. J. Reed, Executive
Vice President of the Metals
Group; W. Frazier Scott, Gen
eral Counsel; and Philip C.
Brownwell, Executive Vice
President of the Packaging
Group.
This is the first visit to
Western North Carolina for
most of the directors and of
ficers, and it will be the first
meeting of the Olin Board ev
er held in the State.
Main items on the agenda,
other than business meetings,
are tours of the Ecusta Paper
Division and Film Division
plants and visits to scenic at
tractions in the area.
In addition to the manu
facture of lightweight paper
products and cellophane at
Pisgah Forest, Olin produces
such items as Winchester
Western sporting arms and
ammunition, Squibb pharma
ceuticals and medicinals,
aluminum and brass, plant
foods and pesticides, and a
variety of other products.
Seven operating divisions
form the backbone of Olin.
These divisions are:
CHEMICALS—industrial and
specialty chemicals, swim prod
ucts.
ALUMINUM — ingots, sheets,
tubes, rods, bars, wires.
BRASS—copper and copper
alloy sheets and strips.
WINCHESTER-WESTERN —
sporting arms and ammuni
tion, Ramset powder - actuat
ed tools and fasteners, solid
propellants, jet aircraft starter
cartridges, gas generators, safe
ty flares.
FOREST PRODUCTS — Kraft
paper and paperboard, special
ty coated paper products, cor
rugated containers, paper bags,
cartons, lumber, plywood.
FILM — celliphane and cer
tain specialty packaging films;
ECUSTA PAPER — fine paper
products and specialty items for
the tobacco industry.
AGRICULTURAL — plant
foods and pesticides.
E. R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC.,
makers of pharmaceuticals, med
icinals, and household pro
ducts, is a wholly owned sub
sidiary of Olin. In addition
there are jointly owned com
panies such as Ormet corpora
tion — producer of primary
metal — which is operated by
Olin and Revere Copper and
Brass, Incorporated.
The most familUr brand
names include: Olin cellophane;
Ecusta Tobacco Industry p"o
ducts; Waylite Printing papers:
Squibb pharmaceuticals and
medic inals; Ormet aluminum;
Olin Metals; Frost Kraft Pack
aging products; Winchester
Western Sporting arms and am
munition; Ramset fasteners, and
Mathieson fertilizers.