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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,067.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 79 — No. 50
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT BREVARD. N. C. ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1966
PRICE 10c
★ 32 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE FIRST PHASE of the modernization pro
gram of street lights in Brevard has been complet
ed by the Town of Brevard and Duke Power com
pany. With rates being reduced by Duke, the
town has been able to add new and modern lamps
at no extra cost. John Clark, left, manager of the
Brevard branch of Duke Power company is shown
with one of the new 4,000 lumen Mercury lamps,
and town officials, Robertson Ruck, center, town
manager, and Mayor Raymond F. Bennett, right,
are comparing it with an old 1,000 lumen fixture.
Complete details on the progressive program are
carried in a story on this page, and more pictures
are on the front page of the fourth section.
(Times Staff Photo)
Regulations Cited
Tax Listing Begins On January
3rd, Books In Totvnships First
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Tax listing in Transylvania
tnty for 1967 will begin on
“sday, January 3rd, Jack
Breedlove, the tax supervisor,
announces today.
The Township books will be
in each township through Jan
uary 12th, except for Brevard,
which will be at the Tax Super
visor’s office.
Each person owning real
property, land and/or build
ings, and each person owning
or in possession of personal
property on January 1st, 1967,
and all males between the
ages of 21 and 50 are requir
ed to list during the month
of January.
The tax listing books are lo
cated in each township for a
S-iod of 10 days to provide a
re convenient service for the
people living there, so please
]<^t while the books are in the
tufcnship if possible, as this
prevents hardships later on
where long lines in the Tax
Supervisor’s office means a
longer waiting period, Mr.
Breedlove says.
All listing books will be in
the Tax Supevisor’s office for
the remainder of the month.
All dogs, vehicles, heavy
equipment, farm machinery,
livestock, furniture, house
hold goods, boats, motors,
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Capell Reports
Permit Issued For Baptist
Educational Building Here
One building project was the
only major one included in re
quests for building permits at
Town Hall during the month
Police Chief
Says “Lock
Your Cars”
“Lock your cars while
Christmas shopping,” warns
J. C. Rowe, Chief of Police of
Brevard.
“We always have a rash of
package stealing at this time
of the year,” the chief declar
ed, in urging local citizens to
be especially cautious at
Christmas time.
And again he urges all mo
torists NOT to leave their
keys in the ignition at any
time or any where.
At Annual Meeting
Lineberger Elected President
Of Local United Fund For '67
Don Lineberger, vice presi
dent of First Union National
bank, of Brevard, is the new
president of Transylvania’s
United Fund.
He succeeds Frank McGib
boney.
Other officers, who were
elected at the annual meeting
which was held at the Commun
ity center, are as follows:
Jack Dense - first vice pres
ident
Eugene Morris - second vice
president
Charles F. Moore - treasurer
William W. Overholt - execu
tive director.
Also elected at the meeting
—Turn to Page Five
of November.
The report comes today from
the building inspector, S. L.
Capell.
This project is that of the
First Baptist church. A new
educational building will be
erected on Gaston street at a
cost of $309,622.00.
Burke Lumber company, of
Morganton, is the general con
—Turn to Page Five
Look Inside...
Sports - Page 6. first section,
and page 5, fourth section
News for the women - page '
6. second section, and pages
six and seven, fourth section
Editor’s Corner - page 5, first ,
section
Editorials - page 2, second sec. ’
tion
Real estate transactions - page
3, fourth section
Good reading throughout the ]
issue. 1
Christmas Is
Arriving,
Vacations Set
Christmas is in the air It
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty.
The tempo of shopping has
noticeably increased, and manj
stores are staying open during
the evening hours for the con
venience of shoppers.
Schools will close at the end
of classes next Wednesday.
Dec. 21st, and they will reopen
on Monday, Jan. 2nd.
Brevard college will begin
the Christmas holidays this Sat
urday. December 17th, at noon.
They will return to school «n
January 3rd.
Kiwanians Will
Install Officers
Thursday Night
rhe Brevard Kiwanis club will
neet this Thursday at G:45 p.
n.. in the student lounge, down
tairs in the Dunham Music
Jenter building at Brevard col
ege.
This will be the annual i»
tallation of officers and Christ
nas program of the local Ki
vanis club, and it will be a
adies’ night affair.
Au Kiwanians are urged to
ake notice of the change of
neeting place and to bring their
adies to the annual installation
lanquet.
Now Completing First Phase
Of Street Lighting Program
The Times Must
Have Zip Code
Numbers, 1st
Subscribers of The Tran
sylvania Times who receive
their copies each week
through the mail are urged
today to be sure --hat their
Zip Code number is on the
label on the paper.
This applies to subscribers
outside of Transylvania coun
ty only.
Zip Code numbers have not
been compulsory until now,
but after the first of the
year. The Times will not be
able to mail papers to sub
scribers without them.
Check your paper, if you do
not find the Zip code number,
please let us know.
"On page four, second sec
tion. is a blank that you can
fill in and mail to The
Times.”
Methodists Hold
Christmas Carol
Service Sunday
The candlelight Christmas
carol service at the Brevard
Methodist church will be held
this Sunday evening, Dec. 18th.
All of the church choirs will
participate in the service, and
the pastor. Rev Brunson Wal
lace. urges all members of the
church to attend.
Although most of the music
will be sung by the choirs,
there will be congregational
si-nging of Christmas carols.
Nature provided some above
average temperatures during
the past week for residents of
the Brevard area. High tem
peratures averaged 51 degrees,
while the daily low averaged
only 43 which shows the rela
tive warmth of the period.
The five-day forecast from
the Weather Bureau promises
temperatures for the next few
days three to nine degrees be
low normal. The Brevard nor
mals are 48 and 27 for this
period of the year. Precipitation
will total one third to three
quarters of an inch of rain.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation follows:
High Low Prec.
55 47 0.04
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
57
61
60
48
54
56
53
33
42 29
37 32
0.03
0.02
1.19
0.00
0.00
0.02
PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS is a bis job,
and people everywhere are right now in the midst
of the Christinas rush getting ready for the big day.
The youngsters pictured above, like millions of
others all over the world, can hardiy wait for Ole
Saint Nick to get here. They both say that they’ve
been good this year, (even though this might be
questioned in some quarters) so they’re hanging
their stockings in preparation for Santa’s annual
Christmas Eve visit. The youngsters are Kevin,
left, and Todd, right, ages 7 and 5, sons of Mr. ami
Mrs. Bill Norris, of Brevard.
(X>r.les Staff Photo)
“We Were There”
Local Editor Writes Another
Chapter Along "Thunder Road"
A chapter of Thunder c
Road" was written here in
Transylvania county last Sat
urday. ,
It starred a hijacker from *
South Carolina, Patrolman
Bill Sawyer, a trooper from
Greenville, members of the ^
Brevard police department 1
and several deputy sheriffs.
One of the principal witness
es was the editor of The Times,
who just "happened" on the
scene.
Actually, the chase started
about mid - afternoon in r
Greenville, South Carolina, 1
when a bootlegger, who had ^
been under surveillance for
some time, was stopped by
two officers.
He was on his way to Green
wood.
As the officers began the ^
search of his car, a ’58 Olds
mobile sedan, he spun around
in the road and headed for
the North Carolina border,
hoping the troopers would ,
give up at the line.
But the officers were smart
125 Men To 100 Women
Bachelors Available In Transylvania
Transylvania county shapes
up as a happy hunting ground
for marriage - minded gals.
Bachelors abound in the
local area. By official count,
there are 125 of them parad
ing around loose for every
100 single women.
Elsewhere in the United
States, the margin is 124 to 100.
The findings, covering the en
tire country, were compiled by
the Department of Commerce,
rhey show that the proportion
>f bachelors to single women
s much greater in some areas
han in others. In many com
nunities, the surplus is to the
>ther direction.
Of Transylvania county’s
male population over age 14,
27.5 percent have never been
married, the figures show.
Of the female population ov
er 14, the percentage single
is 21.5. By “single” is meant
never married. Divorced and
widowed people are not in
cluded.
Throughout the United States
as a who’.e, 25.1 percent of the
male population over 14 is list
ed as single and 19.1 percent of
the male.
The normal number of un
married people in the local
area and in other communities
is being swelled now because
the huge crop of postwar ba
bies is reaching marriageable
age.
As pointed out by two of
ficials of the Cenusus Bureau,
Paul C. Glick and Robert Parke,
Jr., this situation is creating
a problem for would-be brides.
Because so many are reach
ing marriageable age at this
time, there are not enough
men available in the group
two years older than them
selves — the ones they nor
mally marry — to go around.
The figures show that, in
Transylvania county, no less
than 853 girls will be in the 17
to 21 age group next year.
Many local boys, also, will
be reaching that age bracket,
929 of them. But they will not
be ready for marriage next
year, for the most part, and
when they are, two years
later, they will be looking for
girls who are younger than
themselves.
The squeeze will be resolv
ed, it is believed, by some of
:he girls marrying men who are
somewhat older or by temporar.
!y postponing marriage.
But marry they will—the
great majority, at any rate,
The statistics show that by
age 30 only 7 percent of
American girls are still single
nowadays, as compared with
15 percent in 1940.
r than he thought.
They gave chase and during
he pursuit, they contacted Pa
rolman Sawyer via radio.
Sawyer waited along the
traight stretch near Connestee
alls.
It wasn’t long before the hi
jacker appeared, driving at a
high rate of speed with the
South Carolina trooper not
too far behind.
Patrolman Sawyer, recogniz
d as one of the best drivers
1 the North Carolina Highway
atrol, pulled out in front of
le bootlegger.
Down Connestee mountain
they ran with the patrolman
trying to block the “moon
shine” car into stopping.
However, the North Carolina
•ooper was rammed on the
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Old Fixtures
Replaced, New ,
Plan Being Made!
With Duke Power company
cooperating, officials of the
Town of Brevard are saying
"Merry Christmas" to resi
dents of the community with
a "street light" package.
During the past week, the
last obsolete street light in
Brevard was replaced by a
modern fixture. The old 100
watt incandescent fixtures
have all been replaced with
much brighter mercury vapor
lamps.
The important first phase
of the complete moderniza
tion of Brevard’s street light
ing system began almost a
year ago. Revised street light
costs offered by Duke Power
Company permitted the re
placement of the old fixtures
with new ones at bo added
cost to the Town.
The new lights are special
ly designed to direct most of
their light along the street.
Street light glare into adjac
ent homes is reduced. Each
light is turned on and off by
a photo - electric cell, a light
senstive device which reacts
to darkness and daylight to
turn the light on and off.
Although several new street
lights were added during 1966,
Town officials recognize that
—Turn to Page Thres
Commerce Body
Ending Drive
For Members
The membership drive of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce
will close this week, even
though the number of members
and the amount of dues paid is
a little shy of last year’s totals,
directors of the chamber were
told at their regular monthly
meeting in the library Tuesday
night.
All names of members that
are to appear on the ballot for '
use in the annual election of
directors must be i.n the cham
ber office not later than next
Monday, according to Mrs. Lucy i
Ford, executive secretary of the
chamber.
The ballots will go in the
latter part of December, and
the official tally of ballots that
will determine the new slate of ;
directors will take place at the
next directors meeting on Tues
day, January 10th.
The annual Chamber of Com
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Program Highlights
WPNF Now Broadcasting
Letters To Santa Claus
Santa Claus is heard each !
day this week over WPNF as he i
appears to read letters written ;
by local kiddies.
Children are invited to send
their letters to Santa at WPNF ,
and the jolly gentlemen has :
promised to read each letter.
Santa and his helpers are heard
at 3:30 p. m. each afternoon this
week.
This Santa Claus Workshop
program is sponsored over
WPNF by Olympic Discount
Center and Varner’s Drag
store.
Letters can be left for Santa
Claus at these two business
houses.
Each Monday at 10:45 a. m.,
on WPNF, the ‘Tat Boone
ihow” is heard, as Pat brings
i quarter hour of pleasant lis
ening in a regular weekly sa
ute to the U. S. Navy.
Pat Boone also salutes one
if the nation’s outstanding cd
eges or universities in his pro
;ram.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
rhursday, station program; Fri
ley. N. C. forest service, Clark
lissom; Monday, county exten
sion chairman; Tuesday, U. SL
forest service, Jim Wells;
nesday, home agent
Appearing on Morning
motions is Ray Childers,
>f music of the