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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize - Winning A. B. C. Newspaper Vol. 80 — No. 30 •mdI? sMv*RD0SIf<c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967 ★ 28 PAGES TODAY ★ ZIP CODE 2P?!2 17 17 A RECENT PICTURE of the beau tiful approach to the bridge near Lake Sega on US Highway 64 is shown above with the Glady Branch Baptist church in the background. Steel and cement span work oji the bridge has been completed and the hand rails are now being poured. Gravel is expected to be put on the roadway next week, and paving is slated immediately afterwards. Due to weather conditions, it is im possible to say at this time when traffic will be permitted over the new highway, but the project is said to be ahead of schedule. (Times Staff Photo) Abc&t Direct Dialing Bosnian And Lake Toxaway Phone Subscribers Advised The Citizens Telephone Com pany is preparing their equip ment for direct distance dialing which is coming to Transylvanij county in September; therefore it is necessary to make certain changes in the switching equip ment. One of the steps is to change the codes for calling numbers on the party-line. This change will be made on Saturday night, •v -THy 29th at midnight in tw j airas. Rosman party - line subscrib ers now dial one, one plus two other digets. After the change, it will be necessary to dial 240 plus the same last two digets on the party-line dialing instruction card. Lake, Toxaway party-line sub scribe A now dial one, one plus two otrier digits. After the chang(\ it will be necessary to dial 3®|plus the same last two digits on their party - line dial ing instruction card. Summer Dance Set Saturday, Legion Building A b^J|mid-summer dance will be hedji this Saturday night, July ztSh, at the American Le gion building. Music for the occasion will be furnished by popular Dick Da vis and his combo. Dancing will start at 9 p.m. and will continue until 1 a.m. Admission will be $4.00 per couple, and the public is cor dially invited to attend. Program Highlights WPNF Recognized For Its Well - Rounded Block Programs WPNF listeners are provided a variety of musical fare each day, and those who especially enjoy “country music” hear their favorites weekdays at 6:30 a:rrr. and 1:05 p.m. Gospel music fans can hear their favorite quartets and other gospel artists on “Carolina Hymn Time” at 6:05 a.m. and “Quar tet Caravan” Monday through Friday at 1:05 p.m. Both these types of music are well liked by millions of listen ers all across the country, and local listeners are given a good sampling of both each day by WPNF’s chief engineer Leon Southerland, as he conducts these programs on the local station. As the “Conquer the Clues” contest goes into its fifth week on WPNF, listeners and contes tants are urged to get their en tries in early during the final two weeks. The contest will conclude on August 5th. with awarding of prizes to the winning contes tants on that date. The schedule of the Farm and Home Hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Farm ers Home Administraion. Tru man Westmoreland; Friday, North Carolina Forest Service, Clark Grissom: Monday, County Agricultural Extension Agent, Jim Davis; Tuesday, Station Program; Wednesday, Home Economics Extension Agent, Jean Childers. Speaking this week on Morn Thursday On WPNF Address Of Candidate For Lieutenant Governor Aired H. Pat Taylor, former speaker of the House and can didateior Lieutenant Gover nor, n||pe two appearances in Transylvania county this week. Tuesday night he was the principal speaker at the 11th Congressional district Young Democrats Rally in Brevard se nior high school, and at noon on Wednesday, he addressed the crowd attending the annual Whitewater picnic at the Sapp hire Community center. Mr. Taylor spoke on the need for the Democratic par ty to push ahead with a pos itive program and to close ranks in time to win the Gen eral Election. “There is no place for petty factionalism in the modern Democratic party,” he declared. “Sometimes, Democrats are their own worst enemies.” Mr. Taylor’s talk on Tuesday night was recorded for broad cast over WPNF on Thursday night at 7:10 o’clock. Tom Mallonee, secretary of Congressman Roy A. Taylor, made a report on behalf of Mr. Taylor at the meeting, and State Senator Mary Faye Brumby was —Turn to Page Six ing Devotions is Rev. G. H. Dellinger, pastor of the Turkey Creek Baptist cbureh. Next week Rev. Joe Medford, pastor of the Boyleston Baptist church, will be heard. The Sunday morning church service is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from Brevard Methodist church, Rev. Brunson Wallace, pastor. ; Rescuers Of Girl Scouts Are Thanked Five girls and two staff members from Camp Pisgah are grateful to the Brevard Rescue Squad, three anony mous men, and a woman who helped them in a recent emer gency. On Thursday, July 13th, a group of girls started down the the French Broad river when they accidentally tipped over. Five of the group were able to climb to safety and seek help. These three men stop ped at the girls’ frantic wave and helped pull the others to safety. It was the woman who alert ed the camp administration about the accident. The Rescue Squad saw that the girls were kept comfort able and the canoes were pull ed to safety. These girls express their sincere appreciation to these men in their time of need. New Juke Box In Go-Go Room At Teen Center The Transylvania Youth asso ciation announces that the col orful Go-Go room at the Teen Center is now equipped with a juke box. It will be installed and ready for use this Friday night, and dancing will continue each Fri day and Saturday nights. WeafAer By FRED REITER Summertime temperatures of 83 and 59 prevailed in Brevard J_:_. i-l--1 -A fTU« Record High Budgets Approved For Transylvania And The Town week’s highest temperature was 89 registered Sunday afternoon, while the low point of the week was last Wednesday morning when the thermometer register, ed 51 degrees. Rainfall totaled 1.52 inches, slightly more than had been ex pected for the period. During the next five days, temperatures will average above normal. Daytime highs are ex pected to average in the middle and upper 80’s, while nighttime lows should average in the mid 60’s. Continued warm through the week. Scattered showers and thun dershowers will prevail nearly every day, mainly in afternoons and evenings. Rainfall should total about one inch. Temperatures and precipitation for the week follows: High Low Prec. Wednesday-79 Thursday_ 81 Friday_82 Saturday_ 81 Sunday - 89 Monday_86 Tuesday _ 86 51 59 59 59 60 61 61 0.51 0.00 0.17 0.05 0.00 0.07 0.73 Look Inside... Editor’s Corner, page 5, sec tion 1 Homemaker of the Week, page 1, section 2 Editorials, page 2, section 2 Woman’s Pages, second and third section, page 6 Pie Chart of Transylvania’s Tax Dollar, page 1, section 4 Brevard’s Newest Eagle Scouts, page 3, section 4 Radio Log, page 5, section 4 Sports, page 6 section 1 Classifieds, pages 2 and 3, sec tion 1 Mrs. Osborne Is New Mayor Of Rosman Mrs. Edith C. Osborne has been sworn in as Mayor of Ros nan. She succeeds the late Allen M. Sisk who died several weeks ago. Mrs. Osborne was appointed to fill out Mayor Sisk’s unexpir ed term by the Rosman town board of Aldermen. She was sworn in last week. Late Mayor Sisk and the al dermen, A. P. Bell, Jr., Donald Lee Butler and Carlos Pangle, were sworn into office in mid June. Mr. Sisk died recently. Mrs. Osborne is the widow of the late Dr Joe E. Osborne. NC Press Group To Meet In WNC This Week The North Carolina Press as sociation will meet in Western North Carolina this weekend. • Attending from The Transyl vania Times will be the publish, er, Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, and Editor''-tfhd General Manager John Anderson and Mrs. Ander —Turn to Page Four He’s Hubert Brown Brevard Policeman Is Awarded Bronze Star, Action In Vietnam Officer Hubert C. Brown, of the Brevard Police depart ment, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for hero ism in Vietnam on January 29, 1967, In a ceremony last Saturdaj evening at the U. S. Army Re serve Center in Brevard, Officei Brown was presented his cita tion by Capt. W. M. Peyton Commanding, Co. “M”, the local army reserve unit stationed in Brevard. The ceremony was attended by Mayor Protem W. M. Duck worth, members of the Brevard Police department and person nel of Company M. Officer Brown’s citation reads as follows: “For heroism in connection with military actions involv ing conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Staff Sergeant Brown distinguished himself by valorous actions while serving as Track Commander on an Armored Personnel Carrier within the perimeter of their jungle encampment near Phu My, Vietnam, when his unit was attacked by an enemy force. As the enemy attacked with machine guns, —Turn to Page Three District Governor Of Rotary Visits Local Club On Monday Nicholas Semaschko, Jr., of Hendersonville, Governor of Ro tary’s District 767 which covers all of the state from Charlotte west to Murphy, made his of ficial visit to the Brevard Ro tary club on Monday, July 24th. He conferred with President W. A. Davis and Secretary Wal ter Varner after which the club held a two-hour assembly. Plans and Rotary programs were pre sented and discussed along with administrative matters for this year. Governor “Nick” is one of 282 Rotary Governors in 134 coun tries of the world who are serv ing as the sole representative of Rotary International in their districts. In these 134 countries, there are some 12,500 Rotary —Turn to Fife Four NICHOLAS SEMASCHKO, JR. PAUL THOMAS, left, president of the Brevard Music Center Board of Trustees, will be presiding over the meeting to be held this weekend at the Center honoring the Trustees. Pianist Ernestine Smith, right, artist-in residence at the Center, will perform the Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 with the Honors Orchestra at th© Center, Friday evening, July 28th at 8:15, on an all-Mozart pro gram. Programs Varied Capacity Crowds Expected Again At Music Center This Weekend Large, enthusiastic audiences are expected to continue this weekend as the Brevard Music Center goes into its fourth week end of the 1967 Brevard Music Festival. A varied offering of com posers ranging from Mozart and Brahms to George Gersh win and Richard Rodgers will be heard, with featured per formers including pianist Er nestine Smith, harpist Edward Vito and guest conductor Don ald Johanos. An all-Mozart concert will he the curtain - raiser for the week end series of three programs. Ernestine Smith will be the fea tured soloist in a performance of the lovely Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453, accompanied by Maestro Henry Janiec conduct ing the Honors Orchestra. Also on the program will be the Divertimento No. 2, K. 131 and one of Mozart’s most charming and best-known works, the Serenade, K. 525, better known as “Eine Kleine Nachmusik,” both performed by the orchestra. Mrs. Smith, pianist-in-resi dence at the Center, teaches privately in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Canada, she studied piano with her mother until age 12 when the family moved to the United States. She received advanced train ing at Furman University with Mona Keeney, at Colorado College with Max Lanner, at the Mattay School in England with Denise Lassimonne, and in Greenville with Richard Case. A widely - known work shop clinician, Mrs. Smith has appeared in recital, with the Greenville Symphony Orches tra and the Brevard Sinfoniet ta. A real change of pace is in the offering for Saturday eve ning’s audience with a Pops Concert entitled “The Music of Broadway.” The Brevard Music Center Orchestra with featured soloists from the Center’s fac ulty, staff and students all un der the direction of Henry Janiec, will present a variety of selections which have become American popular classics. Some of the numbers to be heard include Leroy Ander son’s “Belle of the Ball,” Ru dolf’s Waltz from the “Vaga bond King,” Victor Herbert’s “Sweethearts,” Sigmund Rom berg’s “Stout - hearted Men,” Noel Coward’s “Zigeuner,” Ir ving Berlin’s “The Girl That I Marry,” a Symphonic Sny thesis from George Gershwin’s great American folk opera “Porgy and Bess,” Richard Rodgers’ “Some Enchanted Evening” and the suite from “The King and I,” and the Overture from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bern stein. Edward Vito, harpist, with guest conductor Donald Johanos conducting the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, will be fea tured on Sunday afternoon’s ma tinee concert in a performance of the beautiful but rarely heard Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 74 by the Russain composer Reinhold Gliere. Mae stro Johanos will conduct the orchestra in performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major, better known as the “Haffner” Symphony, and the Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms. Vito, long a favorite, with Brevard audiences and stud ents, was featured for 20 years as solo harpist with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Sym phony Orchestra. Vito’s career has encompassed recitals, guest appearances with the world’s leading orchestras, composing, arranging, and con ducting, both in concert and on recording. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Music, he has won many hon ors, including the 1958 “Mu sician of the Year” award from the University of the Phillipines.” Johanos, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is widely-known for his outstanding work as conductor of the Dallas Sym phony Orchestra. He is one of only three conductors, Ameri can born and trained, who oc —Turn to Page Three Tax Rates Will Remain Same, Breakdown Cited Record high budgets have been approved for the Town of Brevard and for Transylva nia county. These budgets are now open for publie inspection. A record high budget of $1, 321,312.00 for the fiscal year of 1967-68 has been approved by the Transylvania county commissioners. The tax rate of 95 cents remains the same. This is a gross increase of $194,063 over last year’s bud get, with the school receiving the largest gain of $138,226.00. The other major divisions receiving increases are the general fund, an increase of $23,350; old-age assistance, an increase of $9,810; aid to de pendent children, an increase of $6,090; aid to the perma nently and totally disabled, an increase of $2,819; and in administration, an increase of $4,248. A pie cnan snowing now uie taxpayers’ dollar is spent in Transylvania county can be found on the front page of the fourth section. The Brevard Board of Aider men has approved a record high budget of $364,478-00 for the fiscal year, 1967-68. The budget is now open for public inspection at the Town hall. The new budget has increas ed from $352,500 last year to the present figure of $364, 478. The tax rate of $1.20 will remain the same. A breakdown of the new budget shows the following expenditures: General Fund Appropriation —$257,834. Utility Fund Appropriation —Turn to Page Four SC Pen Women Will Meet At Cedar Mountain The South Carolina section of the National Pen Women of Am. erica will hold its annual meet ing, Thursday, July 27th, begin ning at 11:00 a.m. at the home of the Stewart Rabb’s in Cedar Mountain. The organization is made up of women who write, paint, or —Turn to Page Four Accepting Applications Jaycees Announce Plans For Annual "Miss Brevard" Event The Brevard Jaycees are accepting applications for the annual “Miss Brevard” page ant which will be held on Sat urday evening at 8:00 o’clock on August 26th at the Brevard senior high school auditorium. The pageant is open to girls with the following qualifica tions: The entrant must be single and never married, divorced or had marriage annulled. Her age on Labor Day, 1967, shall not be less than 18 nor more than 27 years. She must be a high school graduate by Labor Day, 1967, of good character and a resi dent of Transylvania county for the past six months, un less she is enrolled in college. All girls interested in com peting for the “Miss Brevard” crown and a chance to repre sent this county in the “Miss North Carolina” pageant are asked to contact Jaycee John R. Hudson, Jr. for further infor mation. Miss Frances Carol Cole man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Coleman, is the reign ing “Miss Brevard.” In this year’s “Miss North Carolina” pageant Miss Coleman finish ed in the top ten.
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