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C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1967 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
MBS BREVARD OF 1968, lovely
Nancy Brockwell, is pictured above
being1 crowned bv her predecessor,
Carol Coleman, at the annual Jaycee
sponsored Miss Brevard pageant last
Saturday night. First runner-up in
the pageant was Teena Windham,
left, and second runner-up was Bren
da Peevy, right. Twelve contestants
competed for the title and the right
to represent Brevard and Transylva
nia county in the Miss North Caro
lina pageant next summer. Miss
Brockwell is a co-ed at Brevard Col
lege. (Times Staff Photo)
A Holiday
Labor Day Activities Here To
Climax Fine Tourist Season
'< labor Day activities in Bre
vard and Transylvania next
Monday will climax a highly
successful ’67 vacation season
hew.
Most of the stores, town and
county offices will be closed on
Monday for the holiday.
Schools will also dose.
The Brevard high school band
will travel to Hendersonville
that afternoon to partdpate In
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of the
•»d the
of Alder
nntil next Tuesday night.
The First Union National
bank, the First Citizens Bank
and Trust company, Pisgah In
dustrial Loans and Brevard
Federal Savings and Loan asso
ciation will observe Monday as
a holiday.
Monday luncheon meet
Brevard Rotary
"been cancelled.:
Wilson, license exam
ounces that his office
l have a holiday on Monday.
Many picnlekers and camp
ers aye expected in the Pisgah
National Forest, and Ranger
Jim Wells predicts that rec
reation facilities will be fill
ed to capacity.
The highway patrolmen In
Transylvania urge all motor
ists to drive with extreme
caution over the holidays,
is one of the most dan
n the streets
County post offices win he
closed Monday, September
4th, in observance of Labor
Day, Postmaster c. Y. Patton,
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There
will be no city or
-Turn to Pago Sores
Most Modern Building
Brevard ABC Store Being
Completed, Will Open Friday
Plans are being completed foi
the opening of the Brevard AB<
store cm the four-lane highway
on Friday afternoon of thi
week.
Hie new and modern buildinj
has been constructed in recor:
After more than a week ol
wet weather, the Brevard are*
began to return to nurmalcj
this week.
There was a total of 5.7(
inches of rain during the pasl
week, with most of that falling
last Wednesday.
Extreme temperatures for the
week were a high of 83 and Ion
of 51. Average temperatures
were 76 and 59.
The Weather Bureau’s extend
ed forecast for the are: Tem
peratures will average betas
normal over the western hall
of North Carolina, with daytime
highs in the upper 70’s, while
the tows average in the mid-SO’i.
Ugh Low Pre
Wednesday- 72 64 4.4
Thursday -71 63 O/J
Friday_ 78 63 0.0
Saturday- 83 59 0.0
Sunday r_ 80 62 0.8
Monday __ 77 53 0.0
Tuesday - 80 51 0.0
Willis Is Promoted
e First Citizens Smk.
Hi* Board of Directors at
First - CtttMtfluk-* Trust
Company has promoted Jerrj
T. Willis, quuuuMr of the I»
stallment Loan departnmnt la
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tdsde by Bo*r$<3h*iraan Rot
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' time by the Bryant Construction
' company for R. M. Boyd, who
' has leased the building to the
local ABC board.
The new store is located be
■ tween BDtmore Dairy and the
' Phillips 66 station.
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Brevard residents voted near
ly two-to-one for legal control
on July 8th, and work was start
ed immediately afterwards on
the new store.
The personnel has been train
ing in Asheville stores during
recent weeks, and the store will
be open from 9:00 a.ra. until
9:00 p.m. Monday through Sat
urday.
Robert N. Hill is the store
manager and Fred Arnette is
the assistant manager.
Other employees hired to
date include Marshall Messer,
George A. Anderson and Frank
Kilgore.
The building is of brick con
struction with tile floors.
k ft is fireproof and air-condf
Honed. It includes a, showroom,
a storeroom, two baths, and an
office with birch paneling.
The parking area in front and
on each side is being paved, and
entrances will be from the four
lane highway and from. Old 64.
College Co-Ed
Crowned New
"Miss Brevard"
A lovely apd talented Brevard
College co-ed was crowned “Miss
Brevard” of 1968 at the annual
Jaycee sponsored Miss Brevard
pageant here last Saturday
night.
A full house was on hand in
the Brevard high school auditor
ium until almost midnight be
fore the panel of out-of-town
judges finally selected Nancy
Brockwell from the field of 12
contestants to represent Bre
vard and Transylvania county
as Miss BFevard of 1968.
First runner-up in the page
ant was Teena Windham, also a
Brevard College co-ed, and the
second runner-up was Brenda
Peevy of Brevard.
The coveted “Miss Congen
iality” title, voted on by the con
testants themselves, was won by
Barbara Susan Johnson.
The packed house watched the
12 contestants appear in evening
gown and swim suit and then
perform their three minute tal
ent act.
The girls were judged on all
three phases of the competition
and then the field was narrow
ed to five finalists. These were
Anita Diane Brackett, Meridel
Lee Ryan, and the Misses Brock
well, Windham and Peevy.
Questions were then asked of
the five finalists, and then the
judges made their final ballot,
selecting Miss Brockwell as Miss
Brevard of 1968.
Stover Dunagan of Forest
City was master of ceremonies,
and the judges included Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Aldridge of Yancey
ville, Graham Proffitt of Green
ville, S. C., Mrs. Keith Baucota
of Waynesville, and Jay Lam
beth of Hickory.
Local Jaycees expressed
pleasure at the large audience
in attendance and also thanked
many individuals, merchants and
organizations that had helped to
make the pageant such a suc
cess.
Record Number
Is Attending
Local College
A record number of 642
students registered for class
es today as Brevard College
opened for the 1967-68 acad
emic year.
A total of 368 freshmen and
274 sophomores comprise the
largest student body In the col
lege’s history. Classes will be
gin tomorrow.
Included among the student
body are 91 commuting stu
dents. “Brevard College will
serve more students from
Transylvania county this year
than ever before,” comment
ed President E. K. McLarty,
Jr. “We are pleased that we
can render this service to the
young people of our area.”
Approximately half of Bre
vard’s students are from North
Carolina, with the remainder of
the student body representing
fifteen states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and two
foreign countries.
Legionnaires To
Meet Monday
Legionnaires of the Monroe
Wilson Post of the American
Legion will celebrate Labor Day
With a big meeting that evening
here in the Legion Memorial
building.
A free supper will be given
to all attending, and two cash
prizes will be awarded.
Commander Linton “Red” Lan
ning urges all legionnaires to
attend.
Bids Awarded
Bryant Construction Company
To Build Myers Dining Hall
Plans for the farther expan
sion of the Brevard College
campus were announced to
day with the approval of bids
for a new cafeteria facility.
Bids totaling $347,515 were
approved by the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees. The general and
electrical contracts were
awarded to Bryant Construc
tion company of Brevard.
Plumbing work for the new
building will be handled by Os
borne Plumbing and Heating
The heating and ventilating
contract will be awarded to
Sanitary Plumbing and Heat
ing Company of Greenville
with the kitchen equipment to
be supplied by Gardner and
Benoit, Inc., of Charlotte.
Named in honor of A. G. .
Myers of Gastonia, a textile ex- >
ecutive and benefactor of the <
college, the cafeteria will seat •
500 students. It will feature a
faculty dining room and several
smaller dining rooms for group
meetings.
The present cafeteria space
in the Dunham Arts Center <
will be converted into studios
and classrooms for the depart
ments of art and music.
Work is expected to begin
on the new cafeteria next
month.
TWO GENERATIONS — Dr. J. Braxton Har
ris, right, Dean of the College, welcomes I. M.
Baldwin, of Fletcher, and his daughter, Sherry, to
the Brevard campus on Sunday afternoon as fresh
men reported for orientation week. Mr. Baldwin
is an alumnus of the first graduating class of Bre
vard College in 1936. Sherry enrolls as a fresh
man for the fall semester.
At Midnight Saturday
Citizens Telephone Company To
Begin "Direct Distance Dialing"
The Citizens Telephone
company will begin operating
“direct distance dialing” at
midnight, Sept. 2nd.
This is another progressive
step of the local telephone
company to bring the best
telephone service to subscrib
ers in Brevard and Transylva
nia county.
Charles W. Pickelsimer, Jr.,
'ice president and general man
iger, reminds the public that
‘direct distance dialing” saves
ime and trouble for all station
o-station type calls.
“It is the fastest and most
economical method yet devel
oped,” he states.
Person-to-person calls, credit
:ard calls, calls from stations
itill require the assistance of
he long distance operator.
Mr. Pickelsimer states:
“To place a DDD call, first,
dial the number “1” which
■
connects you with the special
DDD equipment. Next, dial
the area code, if it is different
from your own area code, or
diferent from the area code
shown on the telephone which
you are using. Then, dial the
seven-digit telephone number.
Special equipment records the
called number and measures
the length of time that you
talk. As soon as you have fin
ished dialing, the operator will
come in on the line and ask
you your number.
“After that, she leaves the
line and you will hear the dis
tant telephone ring. The bill
for the call is then computed
automatically.
“If you reach a wrong num
ber, hang up, then call “oper
ator” and tell her what hap
pened. You will not be billed
for this call if you report it
immediately to the “opera
tor.” Or if you reach a busy
signal, operator recorded an
nouncement, operator, or a
number doesn’t answer, you
will not be billed for the call.
Opening Delayed
Because Of
Flood Damages
Schools in Brevard and
Transylvania county opened
this week with a record en
rollment of 4,404 students.
Last year, enrollment in
the Transylvania system dur
ing the first few days was
4,251.
The opening was delayed
until Monday because of dam
ages to roads and highways
by the flood last week.
Schools had been schedul
ed to open last Friday, how
ever, the opening was post
poned until Monday.
Schools in the town and
county will be closed next
Monday, Sept. 4th, in observ
ance of Labor Day.
School officials also an
nounce that the regular meet
ing of the Transylvania Coun
ty Board of Education will be
held at the Education center
(formerly the Rosenwald
school) on Tuesday night,
Sept. 5th, at 7:30 o’clock.
The enrollment figures for
the various schools on Tues
day of this week were as fol
lows:
Brevard senior high_1,018
Brevard junior highh __ 600
Brevard elementary_801
Bosnian high- 260
Rosman elementary — 514
Pisgah Forest_ 236
Straus elementary_ 453
Penrose elementary_334
T. C. Henderson elero. __ 188
Local VFW Post
Begins Drive
For Members
Brevard VFW Post, No. 4309,
started a membership drive for
1968 dues at their regular
meeting held Monday, August
28th, according to Commander
Lawrence Hipp.
The membership committee
urges all members to renew
their dues in order to be elig
ible for prizes to be given away
on September 23rd. This will
end the first phase of the mem
bership drive.
Plans wera also made to co
sponsor Junior Bowling Leagues
at Brevard Lanes
The meeting was well attend
ed and a delightful ham supper
was enjoyed by all, Commander
Hipp stated.
By Governor Moore
Mrs. Ed Anderson Named To
NC Park, Parkway Commission
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, pub
lisher of The Transylvania
Times has been named and
four other non-daily newspapers
to North Carolina National
Park, Parkway and Forest De
velopment Commission, for a
term ending July 1, 1973, by
Governor Dan K. Moore.
Mrs. Anderson is the only
person from this county cur
rently serving on this commis
sion and said she was happy
for this opportunity to serve in
this capacity.
Mrs. Anderson has long been
interested in the development
of the Blue Ridge Parkway, as
well as the development of
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