THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
Vol. 80 — No. 8
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SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
•AID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967
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_ TRANSYLVANIA GIRL SCOUTS
are joining others across the nation
40 make a success of their annual
Jirl Scout cookie sale, which is cur
rently in progress. The four Scouts
pictured above with cookie sale
chairman, Mrs. William Pace, right,
are representative of the 400 - plus
Wlocal Scouts who will be calling at
%11 Transylvania homes taking or
ders for the tasty treats. The four,
left to right, are: Senior Scout Ella
Whitmire, Troop 121; Cadet Scout
Mary Helen Huggins, Troop 61;
Junior Scout Marcia Martin, Troop
21; and Brownie Scout Christina
Culbertson, Troop 38. Cookie orders
will be taken until March 1st, and
delivery will start March 21st.
(Times Staff Photo)
400 Participating
Girl Scouts Begin Annual
Canvass In Sale Of Cookies
It’s that time again when
Girl Scouts are peddling those
famous Girl Scout cookies.
Some 400 Brownie, Junior,
Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts
are participating in this year’s
annual sale in Transylvania
county.
All the troops were together
for a “kick-off’ last Saturday
morning at Brevard senior high
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“According to Mrs. Spalding
McIntosh, Jr.; the Neighbor^
ihood chairman in Transylvania,
Tne Cookie sale profits are used
to help troops earn money for
outdoor activities and special
program projects.
These profits also provide
greater camping facilities and
necessary camping equipment
‘The girls here are fortunate
to have the Pisgah Council
camp in our midst, as well as
the Little House in Franklin
park,” Mrs. McIntosh says.
‘The Cookie sale in Transyl
vania has always 'been success
ful because of the enthusiasm,
honesty and sincerity of the
girls themselves, the continu
ous cooperation of parents and
volunteer adults and the mar
lous reception of citizens,” she
ontinued.
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The Girl Scouts will be tak
ing orders throughout the
onth of February.
Mrs. McIntosh says the goal
of the council is to make Girl
Scouting available to every girl
in this county who desires to
“be prepared” for better ser
vice to God, Country and Com
munity.
This year’s cookie assort
ment will include the popular
chocolate mint, peanut butter,
butter flavored shortie, sugar
and spice and other assorted
sandwich type cookies. Appar
ently inflation has been arrest
ed within the Girl Scout or
ganization since the normal
fifty cent a box charge will be
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Jurors Called
Superior Court Opens Here
Monday, To Try Civil Docket
A two-weeks’ term of Super- <
ior court for trial of the civil
(Socket will open in Transylva
nia on Monday, February 27th,
ft. H. Caldwell, the dlerk, an
nounces today.
Judge Harry Martin will pre
side over the first week, and
H. L. Riddle will be the presid
ing judge the following week.
Some 51 cases are listed on
the docket.
Jurors called to serve during
Mayor Bennett
Attends Meeting
With Legislators
Mayor Raymond F. Bennett
was in Raleigh Wednesday to
attend an afternoon meeting
with officials of the N. C. Lea
gue of Municipalities, Mayors
from throughout the State and
members of the State Legisla
ture.
This was for the purpose of
discussing proposed tax leg
islation that would affect the
finances of Cities and Towns.
After the meeting, the Exe
cutive Committee of the League
gave a reception for the mem
bers of the Legislature and the
visiting Mayors.
As one of the League’s 12
directors, Mayor Bennett is a
member of the Executive Com
mittee, and was one of the
hosts.
About BLT Production
Writer Says “The Silver
S Whistle” Was Delightful
The Silver Whistle, present
ed this past weekend by the
Brevard Little Theatre, was
indeed one of the finest yet
—and so acclaimed by the
vast audiences who saw it,
A comedy, directed by Mag
gie Masters, brought to the
stage some quite lively, and
naturally humorous characters.
Special recognition is extended
to the older, but “young at
heart” group wbo spent many
long hours of their time for
such a well-done production.
A great audience - cast rap
port was established at the
opening of the curtain with
the subtle,'witty remarks of
Arab Hamlin and the coy,
yet delightful Walter McKd
vey to Hie dose of the final
act when the receptive audi
ence endlessly applauded.
Every character filled his
role perfectly. It was astonish
ing how remarkably well Jim
Kelley “poured” forth his lines
—and they were hard ones,
too. So different from their
real - life roles^ Minnie Mar
he first week are as follows:
J. S. carpenter '
Spalding McIntosh, Jr.
W. M. Reeves Rogers .*
Richard LandretlT
John William Arden
William Clifton Allison
Mrs. J. Hugh Bradburn
W. B. Davis
James Guilliams
Robert Morris Hawkins
Gerald Sitton
Harry McBride
Howard K. Kisamore
T. Ralph Parrish
Franklin Dennis
Wm. Bly Rogers
Robert M. Boyd
Gerald S. Grose
Richard C. Morris
Jesse B. Moore
Wm. Carl McClung
Wm. Doyle Moss
C. Lewis Osborne
Alma K. Cox
E. A. Knoth
Second Week
Ralph T. Snelson
John W. Ashe
J. V. Dills
Verlin F. Nicholson
O. H. Bryson, Jr.
Guy A. Mull
Butler Claude Brown, Jr.
Clyde Mason Nicholson
Glen Emerson
Charles Edward Jones
Lewis M. Meece
Mrs. Charles L. Newland
Lewis. Tinsley
W. W. Duckworth
Charles A. Butterwqrth, Jr.
Mrs. Ralph Leon Williams
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Brevard FFA
Teams Win
Two Firsts
Brevard Future Farmers
placed first in two Pisgah Fed
eration Contests held February
15th at Hendersonville high
school.
The Pisgah Federation con
sist of all high schools in Hen
derson and Transylvania coun
ties.
The Ritual and Parliamentary
Procedure team, consisting of
Ansel Merrill, president, Char
les Bryson, vice - president, Bar
ry Summey, secretary, James
Cantrell, treasurer, Gary Ham
lin, reporter, and John Ball,
sentinel, won the contest.
J. C. Barton also placed first
in Public Speaking.
Brevard’s Ritual and Parli
amentry Procedure team and
Public Speaker will represent
the Pisgah Federation in the
Western North Carolina District
Contest in Asheville in May.
Temperatures during the past
week in Brevard averaged 50
degrees for the daily high and
low of 37.
There was a total of 2.77
inches of rain which fell from
Friday through Monday.
The weather L'’reau’s long
range forecast calls for tem
peratures through Saturday to
average below normal. Highs
should average in the 40s, while
nighttime lows should averaga
in the 20s.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation follows:
Wednesday
Thursday_
Friday_
Saturday
Sunday _
Monday -
Tuesday
High Low Free.
. 63 42 0.00
58 48 0.00
42 34 0.70
53 34 0.77
44 33 0.40
44 35 0.80
41 30 0.00
Cartledge Wins
Whitney Award,
Corrosion Work
G. H. Cartledge, a summer
resident of Transylvania who
resides at Cardinal Cove, off
the Everett Farm road, is the
1966 winner of the Whitney
award for corrosion work.
The announcement was made
recently at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Mr. Cartledge has conducted
many studies on corrosion from
many aspects. He has been with
the Oak Ridge National labora
tories since 1951.
Before then, he was on the
staff with Curtis Wright Re
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Olin Hourly Employees Vote
Almost 2 To 1 Against Union
A MEMORIAL FUND has been
set up at the Transylvania County
library in memory of Mid Silversteen
Weiss by her sister, Mrs. Dorothy
S. Bjerg, right. Accepting the fund,
which will be used annually to pur
chase special books, is Admiral Lig
on B. Ard, chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the library.
(Times Staff Photo)
Another Hearing Saturday
Transylvania Man Is Being Held
In Connection^With SC Holdup
News From
US Forest Service,
“On Clear Cutting
Visitors to the Pisgah Ranger
District are beginning to see
the newest tool of Forest Man
agement. This tool is called
Even Age Management, and
briefly stated means that all
the trees in an area will be
about the same age. In this sys
tem, all trees on an area are
cut so that new growth will
begin.
The average person viewing
one of these clear cuts does
not understand what is being
done. The area will have a rag
ged look for five to ten years
following logging. However, ten
years after logging a dense
stand of rapidly growing young
trees proves the wisdom of this
type of cutting.
Some of the advantages of
Even Age Management are as
follows:
1. The high value trees such
as yellow poplar, northern red
oak, cherry, and sugar maple
grow poorly under the shade
of older trees. Studies show thal
a tree grown in Even Age con
ditions will be as large in 8C
years as one 100 years old in
All Age conditions
2. Wildlife such as deer, rab
bits, and grouse receive a trem
endous increase in food. Cleat
cutting produces a staggering
number of sprouts, which arc
not present in the older stands,
Acorn eating animals such as
squirrels will move into the
adjoining uncut area.
3. Logging damage to the
young timber will be eliminat
ed. Under the old method ol
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Of Special Interest
President Sets Feb• 26th Heart Sunday
The President’s designation
of February 26th as Heart
Sunday has stimulated special
interest in Transylvania coun
ty in the local heart disease
situation.
According to the latest fig
ures released by the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, no less than 51.6 per
cent of all deaths in the local
area are due to heart disease,
strokes and other ailments of
the cardiovascular system.
Nationally, by way of com
parison, they are responsible
for 5per cent of the total
mortality and, In the State of
North Carolina, for 53.4 per
cent of it
High priority is now being
given to an all-out assault of
this number one killer. Many
millions of dollars are being
spent on research.
It has already produced 1
new methods to control high I
blood pressure, to safeguard ’
against rheumatic fever, to
prevent repeat heart attacks
and to treat heart failure.
As a result, the death rate
from disease of the. heart and
blood vessels among American
men in their middle years—the
most vulnerable group — has
been dropping lately, the Amer
ican Heart Association reports.
Forecasting heart attack i
may also become possible, it
states, by virtue of studies an
fats and sugars in (he blood
stream. Doctors would then
be able to detect possible
coronary victims early and be
able to take preventive meas
ures.
The government’s most re
cent figures, based on a na
tional survey, show that there
wore 64 heart deaths among
ii F residents of Transylvania coun
M ty in the year ending January
* 1, 1965, with strokes respon
sible for 15 of them.
How to prevent a heart at
tack? Dr. Paul Dudley White,
who treated President Eisen
Howeir, has a word of advice.
• The most important step is to
avoid overeating. “We should
wake up and regard excessive
food as a serious hasard—an
intoxication with a slow bnt
' insidiously harmful effect,”
he declares.
He lists regular exercise,
such as walking four miles a
day, as another essential. It
boosts circulation and helps
prevent blood clots.
Other recommendations in
clude the avoidance of ciga
rettes and of excessive
amounts of alcohol and cof
fee.
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A Transylvania connty man,
Zebulon F. Osborne, Jr.,
about 33, is being held in the
county jail in connection with
a holdup of a* Greenville, S.
C. finance office last Friday
afternoon. No bond has been
set.
At a hearing last Saturday
morning before Justice of the
Peace O. W. Crisp, witnesses
testified that a man fitting Os
borne’s description, robbed at
gunpoint the M&J Finance Co.
in Greenville about 2:30 p.m.
last Friday.
The firm’s manager, Charles
G. Castor, said the gunman,
who got $1,000, fired at him
pointblank, but the bullet was
a dud.
The bandiet left when a wo
man employe screamed. The
thief reportedly fled in a late
model beige and brown auto
mobile with North Carolina
plates.
One witness, Mrs. Geraldine
Lazar, who works at a doc
tor’s office across the street
fom a bank, testified.
She said she was looking out
the window when she saw a car
stop at the bank directly across
the street. She said a man got
out of the car, put on gloves
and tried the front and side
doors of the bank. It was closed
at the time.
Mrs. Lazar said the man
—Turn to Page Three
Fifth Election
Held Last Week
At Pisgah Forest
Employees of the Ecusta
Paper and Film division of
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration voted almost 2 to 1
against representation by the
United Papermakers and Pa
perworkers (AFL . CIO) in an
election held last Friday and
Saturday.
In the election, concluded
at noon Saturday, 1,235 em
ployees voted against repre
sentation by the union and
677 voted for the UPP. of
the 2,007 members of the
production and maintenance
departments eligible to vote,
there were 1,953 ballots, with
37 challenged and four void
This was the fifth attempt
by the union since 1949. Oth
er attempts were made in
1955, 1961 and 1966. In all 4
previous elections, employees
•rejected the union by a wide
margin.
The election was conducted
by the Winston - Salem office
of the National Labor Rela
tions Board.
Just as soon as the ballots
were tabulated, the results
were announced over WPNF
last Saturday afternoon.
Naturally, officials at Olin
were elated over the outcome
of the election as were the
people of Brevard and Tran*
ylvanta county. J
They were happy that a
substantial majority of the
hourly employees do not
want representation by the
unions, and they feel that this
majority made the right de
cision.
There are no unions at any
of the industrial plants In
Transylvania county.
ed.
Masons Hold
Fish Fry
This Friday
Everything is in readiness
for the big fish supper, with
all the trimmings, which is be
ing sponsored by member’s of
Dunn’s Rock lodge. It will be
held in the Masonic Temple on
East Main street on Friday of
this week from 5:00 to 8:00
o’clock.
According to Thomas EL
Payne, Jr., the worshipful mas
ter, the fish supper will be
open to the friends of Masons,
and the officers and members
are now selling tickets. They
may be purchased at Hart
Smith barber shop and tickets
will also be sold at the door,
The price is $1.25 per plate
for adults, and children undo:
the age of 12, can eat for 75
—Turn to Page Three
Program Highlights
Report From State Legislature
To Be Heard Each Sunday, WPNF
WPNF will soon begin a new
Sunday afternoon program fea
turing a weekly report rom the
North Carolina General As
sembly, presented by Senator
Mary Faye Brumby.
Sen. Brumby will be heard
reporting activities of the leg
islature which affects Transyl
vania and surrounding coun
ties.
Exact time for the program
will be announced later.
Arrangements are now being
made to have “The Protestant
Hour” returned to the progam
ming of WPNF.
Program Director Fred Reiter
reports that this religions pro
gram was one of the best ever
heard on WPNF, and plans are
to carry it again each Sunday
evening at 6:30 o’clock.
It will begin In the immediate
future.
Other Programs |
The schedule for the Farm
and Home Hour far the coming
week is as follows: