TRANSYLVANIA—
*n Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, I960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,857.
Vol. 79 — No. 51
THE
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c. zip code 28712
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TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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jl. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1966 PRICE 10c ★ 32 PAGES TODAY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Olin’s New Muti-Million Expansion Plan Is Largest In 27 Year»
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White Blocks Indicate Olin’s Multi-Million Expansion
Plans for a multi • million
dollar expansion program for
the Ecusta Paper Division of
Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation were announced
today hy Arthur J. Loeb, Vice
President and General Man
ager.
This is the largest single ex
pansion by Ecusta since the
paper mill was built 27 years
ago.
This program will consist
mainly of the installation of
Ecusta’s 12th paper machine
and auxiliary equipment, a
new super - calender and ad
ditional steam generating and
power distribution facilities.
The building that will house
the paper machine and stock
preparation equipment will
also have storage space for
baled pulp and finished paper
rolls.
The machine will be design
ed to produce a variety of
lightweight papers, including
Ecusta’s Waylite offset and let
terpress printing papers, and
carbonizing papers. It will uti
lize the most modern paper
making technology, and the
latest advances in automatic
and electronic controls. With
this addition Ecusta will have
three of the industry’s largest
paper machines designed for
the manufacture of lightweight
papers.
This will be the fifth ma
jor expansion program since
Ecusta began operation in
1939. The original paper mill
was built to supply American
cigarette manufacturers with a
domestic source of supply of
cigarette paper. The first plant
had four paper machines, de
signed primarly for the produc
tion of cigarette paper. Four
more machines were added in
1941 to produce cigarette pa
per and other lightweight pa
papers developed by Ecusta. A
ninth machine was added in
1947.
With the increased demand
for Waylite printing papers
and specialty products, the
10th machine was added in
1958 and the 11th in 1983.
Waylite printing papers of
fer a superior combination of
whiteness and opacity, ac
cording to Mr. Loeb. Other
advantages include bulk re
duction and postage savings.
Ecusta is a major supplier
of the base stock for one-time
carbonizing papers. These pro
duct are used by the business
forms industry in development
of unit sets and continuous
forms.
“Construction on the new
buildings for the paper ma
chine and steam generating
equipment will begin in the
second quarter of 1967, and
all equipment should be in
stalled and in operation with
in two years,” Mr. Loeb said.
“It is anticipated that the
significant increase in pro
duction will enable us to
maintain our position in the
lightweight paper field.”
J. E. Driscoll will be pro
ject manager for the new ma
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Survey Reveals
$50,000 Retirement Fund To
Require 34 Years In County
How much of a retirement
fund can the average Tran
sylvania county family amass
by putting 7 per cent of its
income into savings each
month?
To reach $50,600, how many
years would be required?
Several factors suggest the
n^l of some sort of a retire
,..,,]»mt fund for a family that
wants to be able to live com
fortably and securely when re
tflftnent time arrives.
Inflation is a principal fac
tor. It has been responsible, in
the last 15 years alone, for a
30 percent increase in the cost
of living.
Another is the failure of
some industrial pension funds
to accumulate and properly
earmark the necessary amount
of money to guarantee work
ers the pensions that are due
them after retirement. That
is something that Congress
plans to correct in the com
ing session.
Finally, there is the need for
an additional source of income
by those who cannot count on
a private pension and who
Eld not be satisfied to scrape
g solely on what social se
curity will provide for them.
«n Transylvania county, on
: basis of current earnings
in the local area, the average
family would require 34 years
to reach the $50,000 goal.
This assumes that it saves
7 pecent of its income regu
larly, $39 per month, and re
ceives interest on it at 5 per
cent, compounded quarterly.
No allowance is made for taxes
on the interest received.
In many sections of the
country, where incomes and
savings possibilities are low
er than they are locally, the
length of time to reach $50,
000 would be proportionate
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Coach Weatherby Heard
Brevard And Rosman Football
Players Are Honored At Olin
The 1966 football squads of
Brevard and Rosman high
schools, along with their coach
es, parents and cheerleaders,
were honored at the annual
Olin sponsored football banquet
in the Olin cafeteria on De
cember 14th.
Olin officials presented tro
phies to the players of both
teams who had been selected
for their outstanding contribu
tions to their teams, and an of
ficial of the Coca-Cola Bottling
company, of Hendersonville,
presented the “Golden Helmet”
Families Urged
To Have Fire
Escape Plan
Does your family have an
escape plan (hey can use if
a fire occurs in your home?
If not, you should draw one
up tonight, says the Ameri
can Insurance Association.
Get together all members
of the family, including chil
dren and the older members,
and work out at least two es
cape routes that you can use
to get out quickly.
You need to figure out two
routes so that an alternate
route can be used if fire cuts
off the other.
After you have run off
your plan, sou should re
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At Annual Banquet
Butterworth Takes Office Of
President Of Kiwanis Club
Brevard Kiwanians installed
their new officers and direct
ors at their annual Christmas
Installation banquet at Brevard
College last Thursday evening.
Charles A. “Chuck” Butter
worth, business manager of
Brevard college, was installed
as president and will serve dur
ing 1967. He succeeds Thomas
R. Mitchell, Jr .
Others who were installed in
clude Thomas E. Ramsey, vice
president; Eston Roberts, sec
tary; Mario P. Perez, treasurer;
and the following directors;
James D. Willis, Vasant D. Chap.
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awards to each team’s most
valuable player.
Dr. John Truesdail, general
manager of Olin’s Film division,
presented the Best Defensive
player award to Ronnie Honey
cutt, and the Best Offensive
player award to Jim Devord for
the Blue Devils.
Brevard’s “Golden Helmet”
recipient was Charles Peterson,
and Coach Doyce Cannon pre
sented the Coachs’ “Mr. Guts”
trophy to Jim Devore.
A. J. Loeb, general manager
of Olin’s Paper division, pre
sented Rosman’s Best Lineman
award to Harry McCall, and the
Best Back award to Dennis
Stewart, while the “Golden Hel
met” award was presented to
Danny Hall.
Principal speaker at the ban
quet was Coach Carlton E.
Weatherby of Waynesville, for
mer football coach and school
administrator of the Haywood
county school.
Coach Weatherby, who has
devoted 37 years to the coach
ing and educational fields, gave
an inspiring talk on sports
manship. He emphasized that
the greatest “sport” of all was
born almost 2.000 years ago,
and that His birthday will be
celebrated within the next
few days.
Ed Garrett, Olin’s industrial
relations manager, who was
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Rainfall has been at a mini
mum in the Brevard area late
ly,with only 0.08 inch falling
during the past seven days. The
Weather Bureau’s extended
forecast calls for continued dry
conditions in general, with
rainfall totaling less than a
tenth of an inch this week.
Temperatures during the past
week averaged 55 and 24, which
is higher than the normal tem
perature range of 47 and 27.
Tempeatures and precipita
tion for the week follows:
0.00
19 0.00
High Low Free.
Wednesday- 53 29 0.06
Thursday _ 56 20
Friday- 56
Saturday-52
Sunday- 55 29
Monday_ 59 24
Tuesday_- 58
21 0.02
0.00
0.00
26 0.00
Merry Christmas
We'll put it in print: the
best news is that it's
Christmas!
To our friends
and customers,
good wishes. £*•
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Entire
Staff
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The Transylvania limes
Log Reviewed
WPNF To Broadcast Many
Special Holiday Programs
Musical Christmas greetings
from Brevard area merchants
will be broadcast over WPNF
both Saturday and Christmas
Day.
Many merchants will take the
opportunity to greet their
friends and customers via ra
dio, and send out the joyous
sounds of favorite Christmas
music throughout the two days.
At 12:45 p. m. on Sunday,
Christmas day, listeners are
invited to hear a complete ren
dition of Handel’s “Messiah”
over WPNF.
This will be a complete broad
cast of the great musical work
of Handel, uninterrupted by an
nouncements. The broadcast
will be presented on WPNF by
The Sound Shop of Brevard.
Other Programs
The schedule for tbe Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Farmers home ad
ministration, Trueman West
moreland; Friday, station pro
gram; Monday, county exten
sion chairman; Tuesday, sta
tion program; Wednesday, home
agent.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Noland
Ford, pastor of the Calvery
Baptist church. Next week Rev.
G. H. Shope, Jr., pastor of En
on Baptist church, will be
heard.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF from the Wesleyan
Methodist church. Rev. John
Moretz is pastor.
Outside Transylvania
We Must Have Zip Code Numbers
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again:
If you live outside of Transylvania county and
we do not have your Zip Code number on your
mailing label, we need it.
We have all the Zip Code numbers for post
offices in Transylvania, but there are some post
offices outside of this county for which we do not
have Zip Code numbers.
After the first of the year, we must have Zip
Code numbers on all mailing labels or The Times
will not be delivered.
We’re sorry, but that’s what Uncle Sam tells
us, and we’d appreciate your cooperation. Thanks!
Greetings To All!
Good Christmas Business Is
Seen, Many To Get Vacations
Rowe Is Quoted
Police Chief Gives Tips
To Increase Yuletime Joy
The Brevard Police Depart
ment want* Brevard area resi
dents to' have a joyous Christ
mas season and Chief J. C. Row<
suggests a number of thing!
which may ward off unpleas
antness.
This is also the season whei
people are trying to get extre
Have Leaves Foi
Pickup? Just
Call Town Hall
If any resident of Brevard
desires that Town personnel
pickup leaves at their resi
dence, they are requested to
call Town Hall as soon as
possible.
Town officials report that
the fall leaf pickup program
will be terminated on Decem
ber 31st.
The cost of this program
and the associated tie-up of
equipment makes it imprac
tical to continue beyond this
date.
Town officials are anxious
to complete this service for
all residents and urge their
full cooperation so that pick
up of all leaves may be com
pleted by December 31st.
Custom Of
56 Years
Continued
A Christmastime custom of
some 56 years will be contin
ued at Rosman on Thursday.
The management of Glou
cester Lumber company will
again distrubute Christmas
bonuses to its employees and
present Christmas candy and
fruit to all children of the
community.
This custom was started
back in 1910 by the late Jo
seph S. Silversteen, the found
er, and it has been continu
ed ever since.
The company is recognised
as the county’s pioneer indus
try and it is now in its M
year of operations.
• money for Christmas, and there
■ are thi"p who -*»‘sort to steal*
■ ing in an effort tj help fitt
i their Christmas stockings, Cheif
J. C. Rowe said.
He suggests that merchants
leave their stores well lighted
at night to deter prowlers and
so passersby and law enforce
ment officers can easily observe
the interiors of the places of
business.
“If anything of a suspicious
nature is observed,” he said,
“please call' us immediately.”
He said the earlier officers can
begin work on a case, the quick,
er it can be solved or the great
er the possibility of -bringing
the violators to trial.
“We are only human and can
do just so much,” Chief Rowe
said. “We appreciate tips that
may help solve cases, and we
do not divulge our sources of
information in such instances.”
He suggested that shoppers
not leave packages in view in
parked cars, but that they be
locked “out of sight,” in the
trunks of the vehicles where
possible. He noted that pocket
books and other valuables
should not be left on car seats,
even though the vehicles may
be locked.
“Don’t leave homes unlocked
when you go shopping,” Chief
Rowe warnes. since there have
been cases in which theives
have actually stolen presents
from beneath Christmas trees.
Although the larceny of
I parts from motor vehicles is
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Most of the Brevard mer
chants are experiencing good
Christmas business, and regt
ord sales are expected on Fii«
day and Saturday.
Since Christmas falls on Sun
day, the stores will be closed
on Monday.
Offices in the county court
bouse will close at nM on
Friday and remain cioad un
til Tuesday morning, Dec.
27th.
Administrative offices for the
Town of Brevard will be clos
ed Thursday December 22nd,
Friday, December 23rd, and
Monday, December 26th.
According to Mrs. Rosa Nor
wood, the license tag office
closed at the end of business
on the 21st, and it will remain
closed until Dec. 29th.
The sale of new tags begins
an January 3rd.
Postmaster C. Y. Patton, Jr.,
announces that the post of
fice will be closed on Mon
day. There will be no city of
rural delivery of mail and
the windows will also b©
closed.
However, special delivery
letters and packages will be
delivered on Christmas day
and on Monday.
Mr. Patton says the local
post office has had a rushing
Christmas business.
In fact, the volume has
been about 10 per cent great*
ter than last year.
Mr. Patton says he appreci
ates the fact that local citizens
have been mailing their cards
and packages early.
“This fine cooperation has
enabled us to give better ser
vice,” he declared.
Schools in the town and
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Regulations Cited
Tax Listers Appointed By
Breedlove, Listing Begins -
Tax listing in Transylvania
county for 1967 will begin on
Tuesday, January Srd, 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 SO are requir
ed to list during tin month
of January.
According to Mr. Breedlovf,
the listers for the various
townships are as follows: T
Boyd Township • Mrs. Vir
ginia Pittillo
Cathey’s Creek Inside J
Mickler Lusk