TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Educa
tional, Agricultural and Music
Center. Population, 1960 Census
16,372. Brevard Community
8,500. Brevard proper 4,857.
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mice*
for Summer Camps, Entrance t®
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 80 — No. 25
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1967
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ROSMAN TOWN OFFICIALS are pictured
above being sworn into office in the Clerk of
Court’s offices here in the court house. From left
to right, they are: Mayor Allen M. Sisk, and alder
men A. P. Bell, Jr., Donald Lee Butler and
Carlos Pangle. At the rijfht is Robert H. Caldwell,
Clerk of Superior Court. (Times Staff Photo)
Thinks Expressed
Beautification Projects Pay
Big Dividends, Directors Say
At the June meeting of the
directors of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, the
Board expressed appreciation
to the town manager and
town along with the Junior
Women’s club for their prog
ress in the beautification of
the town; specifically the
flower box project, and for
the concentrated effort in
picking up trash and garbage.
Tt has too. been noticed that
a number of businesses and per
sons throughout the communtiy
are painting which is adding to
the beautification effo; .3.
Don Lineberger, recording
secretary, pointed out that
there are still a number of
chamber members who have
not paid their dues, and the
Boar£ would greatly appre
cite tfiese dues being brought
up to date.
*
The Chamber of Commerce
summer office hours, effective
June 1st, are 9:30-5:30 six days
a week.
A study is being given by
the Chamber as to some
worthy project that can be
undertaken in the way of cap
ital improvement for Brevard
college.
The Chamber and the people
of the community are greatly
appreciative of this fine insti
tutioittyfend what it means to
Tranrwlvania county, the offic
ials wfclared.
Progress on this study will be
reported at future meetings.
President John Clark pre
i sided over the meeting, and
many of the directors attend
ed.
The next meeting of the
board will be on Tuesday
night, July 11th, in the li
brary.
Practicing In Atlanta
Robert R. Smith Is Honor
Graduate, Emory Law School
Robert R. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, 107
Fisher Road, was an honor
graduate from Emory Univer
sity Law School at exercises
held June 12, in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Smith was awarded the Doc
tor of Law degree. He was
elected to the Bryan Society,
an honorary society which re
cognizes scholastic achieve
ment.
Mr. Smith is presently asso
ciated with the law firm of
Poole, Pearce and Cooper in
Atlanta.
He was a 1952 graduate of
Brevard high school, and an
honor graduate from Clemson
College in 1956.
Mr. Smith’s mother, Mrs.
Paul Smith, and his sister,
Mrs. Willie Nelson, along with
her son, Greg, attended the
graduation exercises.
Teen Center To Have Swim Party
The Brevard Teen Center will
open summer activities this Sat
urday, June 24th, with a swim
ing party from 8:00-10:30 p.m.
at the new Glen Cannon Coun
try club pool.
Refreshments will be served
and all Teen Center members,
prospective members and guests
are invited to attend.
Hereafter, the Teen Center
building will be open regularly
on Friday and Saturday nights
with several activities planned.
The summer square dances
have begun and will be held
Summer Arrives...
Summer officially arrived on Wednesday, and it
was a perfect summer day.
The high temperature in Brevard was 81 degrees,
and ^e low for the night before was 63.
Tuesday, the last spring day, was also a springlike
day.
The weatherman predicts continued mild weather
with the threat of some thunder showers.
The sun rose at 6:15 on the first day of summer
and sunset was at 8:45 p.m.
So far this season, the weatherman has cooperated
beautifully with operators of summer camps here . .,
Mild days . . . Cool nights .. . And very little rain.
every Tuesday night at the
Winn-Dixie parking lot, begin
ning at 8:00 p.m. The commun
ity is invited to attend.
Jerry Cabe, former star ath
lete at Brevard and at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, will
direct activities this summer at
the Teen center.
The highest average tempera
tures of the late spring season
were felt by Brevard residents
this past week, when the average
high reached 85, and the low av
erage was a mild 58. Only a
slight amount of rain fell in
Brevard during the week, the
total being .16 of an inch.
The week’s warmest day was
Sunday, when the mercury
reached 89 degrees. Lowest
reading was on Thursday morn
ing when we had a reading of
54.
The five-day forecast for the
area was not received this week.
The week’s high and low tem
peratures and precipitation fol
lows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday ----- 85 60 0.04
Thursday_ 84 54 0.00
Friday_ 85 57 0 00
Saturday _ 88 58 0.00
Sunday_ 89 58 0.00
Monday ____ 86 15 0.04
Tuesday_. 76 63 0.08
Look Inside...
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Society, cages 4 and 5, section
4
Homemaker of the Week,
page 1, section 2
Editor’s Corner, page 5, sec
tion 1
Sports, page 7, section 3
Classifi-eds, pages 2 and 3,
section 1
Editorial cage, page 2, section
2
Women’s Page, page 6, sec
tion 2
Transylvania's Summer Camps
Open With Capacity Enrollment!
Town, County
Officials Issue
Welcome To All
“The hills are alive with
the sound of music” with the
opening of the music center
“and (he laughter of happy
children" as the 15 organized
summer ramps in (he area too
welcome visitors and camp
ers.
With expanded curriculums
and facilities, the camps are
anticipating successful seasons
with capacity enrollments.
The various camps are
characterized by naturally pic
turesque settings, programs
adapted to meet the needs of
the young people and unlimit
ed opportunities and activities
for development of good char
acter, health, and happiness.
“It is with a glad hand of
friendship that we roll out
the welcoming mat to this
beautiful land of lakes and
waterfalls,” say town and
county officials.
Transylvania county, known
throughout the South as a
mocca for summer camps, is
the home of the following
camping institutions: Burgiss
Glen, Camp Canaan, Camp
Kahdalea, Carolina, Deer
woode, Cagle’s Nest Camp,
Elk's Chib Camp for Boys,
Gay Valley, Girl Scout Camp,
Greenville, High Rocks ('amp.
Keystone, Illahee, Merrie
W’oodie, and Rockbrook.
From all indications, this
summer will be a peak year
in tourist business, and al
ready thousands of cars are
seen in the great Pisgah Nat
ional Forest, as people from
the lowlands come up to the
mountains in an effort to es
cape the heat and to see the
famed wonderland of nature.
urug stores, eating estan
lishments, hotels, motels, inns,
etc. in the county report a
sharp increase in the tourist
business.
Transylvania has long been
noted as an agricultural, in
dustrial, educational and cul
tural center, and during re
cent years thousands of out
siders have come here to at
tend the concerts at the Bre
vard Music center.
In order to accommodate
visitors in the community, the
Brevard Chamber of Com
merce, located in the library
building adjacent to the court
house, is remaining open six
days each week. The hours
are from 9:30 until 5:30
o’clock.
WILLIAM E. BRACKETT, left,
'plant manager of American Thread
Company, Rosman, is shown above
presenting a check to Carl E. Bryson,
right, County Accountant, for pre
payment of taxes In the amount of
$28,547.71. The Sylvan plant of Am
erican Thread is one of Transylva
nia’s newest industries.
(Times Staff Photo)
Opening July 5th
Music Center Planning For
Biggest And Finest Season
The 1967 Brevard Music Cen
ter, now readying to open tin
31st season and the third unde
the arti tic hrection oi Henr;
Janiec, promises to be one o
the most exciting in the Center’!
long and illustrious history.
Forty-three concerts, includin;
eight stage performances, an
scheduled during July and Au
gust. Audiences will be treatet
to a number of “pops” am
Broadway musicals as well a;
representative works from th<
world’s great symphonic and op
eratic literature.
The list of guest artists ti
appear at the Center in 1967 in
eludes pianists Leonard Penna
rio, Thomas Brockman, Richar<
Cass, Joseph Fennimore, Lei
Luvisi and Ernestine Smith; vio
linists Tossy Spivakovsky, Emi
Raab and James Caesar; harpis
Edward Vito; cellist Han:
Schmettau: Rosalind Elias, mez
zo-soprano and John Alexander
tenor. Brockman, Luvisi, Smith
Raab, Vito and Schmettau ari
serving as artists-in-residenci
during the six-week season.
The highly successful Resi
dent Opera company, under thi
direc tion of John Richards Me
Crae, will produce Charles Gou
nod’s “Faust,” Menotti’s “Ole
Maid and the Thief,” Puccini’i
Survey Reveals
$8,820,000 For Car Upkeep In County
By Staff Writer
Vacation costs for Transyl
vania county residents who
will be taking automobile
trips this summer, will be
higher than before.
According to the American
Automobile Association, which
has just completed a survey of
such costs, they will have to pay
more for food, lodging, gas and
most other items than they did
in other years.
All in all, its figures show,
a Transylvania county cou
ple will need $36 a day to
travel comfortably, or about
$5 more than was required
two years ago, when the AAA
made a similar survey. This
amount will take care of the
necessities but not the frills.
Thus, a two-week trip will
cost a minimum of $504 for two
people. It is exclusive of any
outlays they may want to make
for amusements, souvenirs and
admission to places of interest.
The cost is figured on the
basis of their traveling 300
miles a day and getting 15
miles to the gallon of gas.
Provided for, under the $36
a-day budget, is $13 for food, as
compared with $10.50 two years
ago, $12 for sleeping accommo
dations, $1 more than before,
$8 for gas and oil per 300 miles,
also $1 higher, and tips and in
cidentals, $3, up 50 cents.
The AAA also provides an
answer for the Translyvania
county car owner to the all
important question of how
much it costs him to own and
operate his car.
Next to feeding, housing and
clothing his family, it states,
the car is probably the most
expensive item in his annual
budget.
The study shows that it
comes to $1,362 a year, or 13.6
cents a mile on average, for
the owner of a car in the
moderate - price range, driven
10,000 miles a year.
This takes into account his
fixed costs, for depreciation, in
surance and the like, which
amount to $982, and his variable
costs, which include gas, oil and
repairs, $380.
In Transylvania county, un
der these average conditions
and on the basis of the 6,480
passenger cars now in use,
local residents are spending
an estimated $8,826,000 a year
in this direction.
The growing number of cars
has been a boon to local gas
stations. Their receipts in
1966 reached $1,785,000, a gain
over the previous year’s $1,
665.000.
“Suor Angelica, Bizet's ever pop
! ular “Carmen” and one of the
• all-time greats of musicals,
r Richard Rodgers ,“Sot,#d of JVltr
: sic.”
Other stage offerings include
two performances of Mozart’s
; “Marriage of Figaro” by the Fes
tival Opera Theater tinder the
direction of George Schick,
Dairy Firms
Pay Tribute
To Producers
June is dairy month, and Bilt
: more and Sealtest Dairies are
! taking the opportunity to pay
tribute to Transylvania’s dairy
men in this week’s issue of The
Times.
1 Dairy farming is an important
1 part of Transylvania’s economy,
and both Biltmore and Sealtest
are pleased to be playing an im
portant role in that economy.
The two firms also salute
Transylvania’s numerous sum
mer camps that are currently
opening for their expected busy
seasons.
Local dairymen saluted in the
June Dairy Month ad, appearing
on page 8 of the first section of
this issue, include Charles and
Lewis Osborne, W. T. Whitmire,
J. C. and N. B. Woody, Freeman
Nicholson, Mrs. J. W. McGuire,
Robert Nicholson, Ott Wells, and
Dock Snyder.
“Murder in the Cathedral,” T. S.
Eliot’s play with incidental mu
sic, and a Jpops” concert of Mu
sic of Bread .iay.
Audiences in 19(17 are expect
ed to surpass the record-break
ing crowds of 1966, according to
Craig Hankenson, Business Man
ager of the Center. He noted
that one of the 1916 concerts,
sold out days prior to the per
formance. drew over 2000, a
standing - room - only situation
for the beautiful Whittington
Pfohl auditorium which seats
1500.
In light of the increasing in
terest in the concerts, especially
those on the Festival week-ends,
Hankenson advises that tickets
be reserved well in advance.
Those interested should contact
the box office at the Center.
The 1967 Brevard Music Cen
ter season begins Wednesday,
July 5th and ends on Sunday,
August 20th with a performance
of Verdi’s beautiful and dra
matic “Requiem,” featuring or
chestra, chorus and soloists.
More than 500 musicians will
be in residence at the Center
this summer, of which nearly
300 will be students. They will
comprise a host of performing
organizations.
Four orchestras, including the
professional Brevard Music Cen
ter Orchestra, will be in opera
tion in addition to the band and
choral organizations plus various
vocal and instrumental ensem
bles.
The continuing pursuit of mu
sical excellence on the part of
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Program Highlights
"Conquer The Clues” Contest
Begins Next Week On WPNF
“Conquer The Clues” is the
title of a new contest, which
will soon be making its premier
over WPNF-radio.
Further details will be an
nounced in subsequent issues
of the Times. The contest is to
begin the last week of June,
and will run six weeks.
Interesting clues will be giv
en over the air and listeners
will have the job of determin
ing identity of the clues,
before they can be eligible for
prizes, etc.
Winners will be announced at
the conclusion of the contest,
and, if necessary, a drawing will
be held to determine final win
ners.
Watch for further details of
this new feature in next week’s
Times.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour is as follows:
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