THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
Vol. 80 — No. 10
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
°AID AT BREVARD. N. C.
ZIP CODE 28712
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1967 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL CAR of Patrolman W. D.
“Bill” Sawyer was hit almost head-on by a car driven by Robert
Andrew Sapp, 20, of Winston-Salem, and a student at Furman Uni
versity, Greenville, S. C. Patrolman Sawyer escaped serious injury
because of his fine driving in avoiding a direct head-on collision,
Cpl. P. P. Ward, of Hendersonville, who assisted in the investiga
tion, reports. The accident occurred beyond the Brevard Country
club on the Island Ford road, about 1.3 miles from Brevard last
Saturday night about 11:30 o’clock. Deputy Sheriff Ed Owen, who
was riding with the patrolman, also suffered cuts and bruises. Mich
ael D. Allen, 19, of Hixon, Tennessee, and Edward Lasold, of War
renton, Georgia, also students at Furman, were in the car with Sapp,
and they suffered cuts and bruises. They were released from the
hospital after treatment. Sapp was charged with driving under the
influence and reckless driving. Extensive damage was done to both
vehicles. (Times Staff Photos)
BREVARD JAYCETTES sold
their first tickets to their “Silhou
ettes of Spring Dance” on April 15th
to Donald Lee Moore, chairman of
ie Transylvania Board of County
mmissioners. Proceeds from the
Event will go for civic projects, and
a donation of $1.00 also includes ad
mission to the dance and an oppor
tunity to participate in the awarding
of a color tv set. Making the sale to
Mr. Moore is Mrs. John R. Huggins,
general chairman of the dance.
(Times Staff Photo)
Prominent Auto Dealer
Carl McCrary Dies Suddenly,
Last Rites Thursday At 2:00
Funeral services for Carl C.
McCrary, prominent automobile
dealer of Brevard, who died
suddenly Tuesday evening, will
beheld Thursday afternoon at
2S o’clock at the First Baptist
church.
Forest C. Maxwell and
Rev. Frederick Valentine will
officiate, and burial will follow
in St. Paul’s in the Valley cem
etery.
Mr. McCrary, a lifelong res
ident of Transylvania county,
was founder and operator of
McCrary Auto Service, Inc., and
he had been engaged in this
business for 40 years.
He was also actively engaged
in the field of horticulture.
Mr. McCrary was active in
civic and business affairs of the
community, and he was a mem
ber of the First Baptist church.
Surviving are the following:
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, the
widow; two daughters, Mrs. Jo
seph W. McGuire, of Brevard,
and Mrs. Jon T. Freeman, of
Jessup, Maryland; two sons,
Thomas K. McCrary, of Bre
vard, and Dr. John S. Walker,
of Canoga Park, Calif.; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Shipman Mc
Crary, of Brevard; four sisters,
Mrs. Charles B. Disher, Mrs.
Ralph Paxton, Mrs. Carl Bryson
and Mrs. Vance Jackson, all of
Brevard; three brothers, Charles
W., of Asheville, Arthur A., and
Fred H., of Brevard; and 15
grandchildren.
The family will be at the
home at 228 Maple street, and
it is requested that flowers be
omitted. Memorials may be
made to the Transylvania Coun
ty Library or to the Easter Seal
fund, c/o Joseph Hamilton, P.O.
Box 1243, Asheville.
Pallbearers will be employees
—Turn to Page Four
Thomas Succeeds Henderson On
(Executive Committee Of Lodge
Henry R. Henderson, 33rd
degree Mason and past Vener
able Master of the lodge of Per
fection of the Scottish Rite bod
ies of Asheville, tendered his
resignation at the monthly meet,
ing in Asheville last Thursday
night. Mr. Henderson has served
for 15 years as a member of
the executive committee.
Gill Thomas 32rd degree
KCCH and ambassador for the
Brevard area, was elected to
served out the unexpired term
of Mr. Henderson. Other mem
bers re-elected on the board
were E. Paul Martin, Ed Chand
ler and Mark M. Jones.
Plot Boyd and Cornelius
Leach were re-elected members
of the temple committee and
Gudger Cabe was elected to
replace Bert Noble, who had
resigned due to his health.
Ben H. Linville was elected
senior warden of the Lodge of
Perfection and C. Few Lyda
was appointed Captain of the
Host
By - Fred Reiter
A return to more normal
winter temperatures was on tap
for the Brevard area, after
nearly a week of near-summer
like weather conditions. High
for the past week was 75, while
the low was 18, on Wednesday
morning.
Long range forecast for the
area calls for temperatures to
average below normal for the
next few days, with daily high
expected in the high 40’s. Lows
should average in the 20’s.
Precipitation will total a
half of three - quarters of an
inch, occurring as rain about
Wednesday or Thursday.
High and low temperatures
and precipitation for the week:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_52 18
Thursday 60 24
Friday_ 71 25
Sunday
Monday
0.00
0.00
0.00
Saturday_ 75 30 0.00
75 46 0.00
65 56 0.10
Tuesday_ 49 38 2.00
Taylor Begins
Legislative
Summary Today
Representative Charles H.
Taylor is beginning a weekly
series of articles in this week’s
Times concerning action in the
legislature.
This week’s summary is car
ried on the front page of the
third section, and in it, Mr.
Taylor attempts to bring read
—Turn to Page Seven
Bank Charge
Faces Brevard
Man And Wife
SPECIAL TO
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
BESSEMER CITY, N. C.—
Tommy Joe Pressley, 29, and
Jjis 22-year-old wife were ar
rested by FBI agents Tues
day afternoon in Bessemer
City and charged with last
Friday’s $24,000 bank robbery
at Lyman, S. C.
He is from Brevard.
Robert M. Murphy, special
agent in charge of the FBI of
fice in Charlotte, announced
the arrests.
Pressley and his wife, Jack
ie Arnetta Pressley, were
charged in complaints and
warrants issued by Jesse M.
Ray, U. S. Commissioner at
Greenville, S. C.
The Pressleys were taken
to Gastonia for arraignment.
Bond of $50,000 was recom
mended for Pressley and $10,
000 for his wife.
Two persons, a man and a
woman, robbed the South
Carolina National Bank at Ly
man shortly before the branch
office opened last Friday.
Five bank employees and a
mail carrier were tied up by
„.;e robbers before they fled
with about $24,000.
Special Term Of Civil Court
Adjourned After Busy Session
Light Rainfall
Reported During
Recent Months
Although It rained some
two inches on Monday night
of this week, rainfall in Bre
vard and Transylvania coun
ty has been light during re
cent months.
According to Fred Reiter,
the official weatherman, it
was 3.9 inches in February.
January’s figure was 4.4
and the rainfall for December
was 3.9 inches.
Usually, Transylvania re
ceives 62.97 inches of rain
each year. This is more than
five inches, on an average, per
month.
The local weatherman was
quoted as saying:
“We need some rain, but
not so much in such a short
period of time.”
And to make matters worse,
the wind blew and blew and
blew.
Mr. Reiter says that Bre
vard and Transylvania county
are fortunate in having the
official United States weather
station for this area located
in the backyard of WPNF.
“It makes our weather re
ports official and not guess
work,” he stated.
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Anniversaries Are Planned
The Transylvania County Li
brary and The Friends of the
Transylvania County Library
have anniversaries this year.
It has been 10 years since the
JC’s helped to move the 4,000
volumes (made up largely of
the old UDC library and the
stock of books presented by Olin
from their discontinued library)
into the new Library Building
from the little UDC building in
front of the present library.
Recent Times articles have
told of the progress of the li
brary over the years as well as
the great need for additional
funds to enable our library to
keep pace.
In 1957, Mrs. Lehman Kapp,
head librarian, was assisted by
Mrs. James Curwen and Miss
'Daisy Norton.
Considering the limited fi
nancial assistance to the library
over the years, it is primarily
as a result of Mrs. Kapp’s hard
work, ability and great devotion
that the library has progressed
to its present level.
Without lier untiring efforts
and the fact that this is almost
literally a labor of love, the li
brary might still be at the same
stage of development it was in
1957.
The Friends of the Library,
the local library supporting or
ganization, was farmed in the
—Turn to Page Seven
CHARLES C. CORT
JOSEPH C. BOWLES
Cort, Bowles Join Brevard
College Administrative Staff
Two new appointments to
the administrative staff at Bre
vard College, also, changes in
assignments, effective in June,
are announced by President
Emmett K. McLarty, Jr.
Charles C. Cort will be the
new Director of Admissions.
Joseph C. Bowles has been
named Director of Public Re
lations, a newly created post.
Prior to these appointments,
Admissions and Public Rela
Meeting Of
Local Red
Cross Slated
The Transylvania Chapter of
the American National Red
Cross will hold its annual meet
ing at 8:30 p.m. on March 14th
in Red Cross headquarters.
The Red Cross headquarters
is located in the Lawrence
building on Jordan street.
Reports will be given by
each chairman concerning ac
tivities over the past year.
Mrs. John Brewer, chairman
of volunteers, requests that all
volunteers be present for this
important meeting.
Prior to the meeting, an open
house will be held, at which
time the public is invited to
view the new facilities.
tions were combined in one
department.
Mr. Cort, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Erwin H. Cort, 90 Tunnel
road, Asheville, graduated from
Brevard in ’63, magna cume
laude.
He received his B. A. degree
from Wheaton College, Whea
ton, Illinois. He will complete
work for his M. A. degree in
June at Michigan State Univer
sity.
Born in Greensboro, Mr. Bowl
es is the son of Charles Phillips
Bowles, D.D. (deceased) and
Mary Wooters Bowles. He earn
ed his B. A. and B. D. degrees
at Duke University.
During his student days, he
was sports editor of the Duke
Chronicle, served as manager
—Turn to Page Three
Martin, Riddle
Presided Over ^
Two-Week Term
at - ra
A special term of Superior
Court was adjourned at noon
Wednesday after a busy ses
sion during the two-week
period.
The first week of the Civil
term, presided over by Judge
Harry C. Martin, of Asheville,
was extremely busy, causing
a relatvely early adjournment
by Judge H. L. Riddle, who
presided over this week’s
term.
Judge Riddle released the
jury Tuesday and court was
officially adjourned Wednes
day.
During the court session,
21 final judgments were
reached and 18 other cases
were continued.
This was a special term of
civil court, and the next reg
ularly scheduled term will
start on Tuesday morning,
March 28th, with Judge W. E.
Anglin, of Burnsville, presid
ing.
There will be no court on
Monday of that week due to
the fact that it will be Eas->
ter Monday.
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Classifieds—page 2, first sec
tion
Editor’s Corner—page 5, first
section
Legislative summary — front
page of third section.
Program Log Of Radio WPN
Is Highlighted This Week
Beginning Sunday, March
12th, WPNF will begin a new
series of Sunday morning re
ligious broadcasts. The 7:30 a.
m. broadcast will be titled
“The Radio Bible Hour.” The
broadacst will be conducted by
Rev. Kermit Reese, pastor of
Dunn’s Creek Baptist church.
Teen listeners are reminded
of WFNF’s “Teentime” broad
cast each Saturday afternoon,
originating from downtown in
Brevard. “Teentime” is heard
Saturdays at 2:05 p.m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the FarnJ,
and Home hour is as folio
Thursday, station program;
:.ay, Brevard vo-ag dept.,
dal Lyday; Monday, county
tension chairman;
Carolina news; Weds
home agent.
Speaking this week on :
ing Devotions is
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