Training School To Be Held Her e September 14th
t Ten new faculty appoint
ments at Brevard College were
announced today by Dr. J. Bru
ton Harris, Dean of the College.
CoL William N. Beard will
serve as an instructor in the de
partment of mathematics. Col.
Beard, a native of New Bern,
attended Wake Forest College
and received the B. S. degree
from the United States Military
Academy at West Point He has
30 graduate hours at the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technol
ogy. Upon his retirement from
the United States Army, he re
ceived the M. A. T. degree from
Duke University.
His wife, Mrs. Sarah 8. Beard,
will teach English. Mrs. Beard
received both the A.B. and M.A.
degrees from Duke University.
She has taught in the high
schools of Hampton, Virginia,
and has worked in intelligence
for the United States Air Force.
Mrs. Irene Moser joins the
library staff as an assistant A
native of Swannanoe, she re
ceived the M. A. in L. S. degree
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill after
earning the A. B. degree at
Vassar. She is the sister of Miss
Joan Moeer who returns to the
faculty of the music department
after a year of doctoral studies
at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Chorinjeth Rajagopalan
comes from the University of
Kansas to teach biology. After
receiving the B. S. and M. S.
degrees from the University of
Saugor in his native India, Dr.
Rajagopalan received the PhD.
degree from -Kansas. He has
sehred as a research science of
ficer at the University of Kan
sas, and taught-at Kansas Wes
leyan University prior to ac
cepting a research position at
UK to pursue his doctoral stu
dies.. # >1
Completing the staff of the
When in need of Job Minfins
cal) The Tkansylvania Twee.
department of religion is the
Rev. John W. Seiner. Mr. Setzer
has just returned from Scotland
where he has submitted his
master’s thesis at Glasgow Uni
versity. Re holds the B. A. de
re from The Citadel and the
D. degree from Duke Divin
ity school.
Mss Jacquelynn R. Taylor
will teach English, speech and
drama at the college. Miss Tay
lor, a resident of Henderson
ville, received the B. S. degree
Bennett Asks
Pilots To Be
Extra Cautious
Brevard’s Mayor Raymond
F. Bennett has issued a call
for pilots of private planes to
“take extra precautions" dut>
Ing the Labor Day weekend
Sept. 2-4.
In a prepared statement
the mayor said that last year
private pilots flew a record
3A billion miles in more than
105,000 aircraft “while achiev
ing the lowest accident rate
in history.”
“We expect many of these
pilots to be flying over the
long Labor Day weekend,” he
added. “Just as on the high
ways ,we ask these airmen to
take extra precautions during
the holiday period.”
Chester W. Wells of At
lanta, area manager for the
Federal Aviation Administra
tion (FFA), says that “FAA
employes will be working
around the dock in coopera
tion with the Weather Bureau
and the aviation industry in
. order to provide extra service
to pilots during this period.**'
from Union College and the M.
A. degree from Florida State
University. She has don* post
graduate study at Florida State,
teaching English and holding
the position of resident coun
selor.
A 1063 graduate of Brevard
College, Miss Nancy Ting will
Join the staff of the mathema
tics department. After leaving
Brevard, Miss Tiny completed
her studies for the A. B. de
gree at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. She re
ceived the M. S. degree this
summer from the University of
Alberta, Canada.
Mrs, Ann D. Seckler of Bre
ard will teach in the depart
ment of English. Mrs. Seckler
attended Auburn Uhiersity and
received the B. S. degree from
Clemson University. She has
completed her course work for
the master of arts degree at
Auburn. While at Auburn, Mrs.
Seckler taught English and
worked in university relations.
In addition, she has taught in
the public schools of New York
state.
Mrs. Billie W. La wing will
become a part-time assistant li
brarian at the college. Mrs.
Lowing, who has been an ele
mentary school librarian in the
county school system of Dur
ham county, received the B. S.
degree from the Woman’s Col
lege of Georgia. She has taken
additional work at Pfeiffer Col
lege and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill- Mrs.
Lading is the wife pf Luther H.
Lawing. Dean of Men and Stu
dent Financial Aid Administra
tor at Brevard.
Dr. Harris also announced
that M. Thomas Cousins, a for
mer member of the faculty, will
return as a part-time instructor
on Friday and Saturday in in
strumental music. Mr. Cousins
is presently on the faculty of
the Univmteity of North Caro
lina at Greensboro.
Brevard College was founded in
1853, and First Union National Bank
of North Carolina or its predecessors
has served this community and Bre
vard College since 1933. During these
years we have been privileged to
serve a great number of its fine stu
dents and staff.
We cordially welcome the stu
dents and faculty to our proud col
lege town and wish for you a success
ful and enjoyable college year with
us, We would appreciate the oppor
tunity of serving your bjanking needs.
THE BREVARD,-STAFF
Local Firemen
Will Host
Visiting Groups
The ninth annul WNC
Firemen’s Association Train
ing School will be held here
In Brevard fear days begin
ning Monday, September 11th
and ending Thursday night,
September 14th.
The training school Is
sponsored by the WNC Fire
men’s Association, Asheville
Buncombe Technical Institute
and the North Carolina De
partment of Insurance.
The Brevard Fire department,
under the leadership of Chief
Dan Merrill, will host the school.
Classes will be held at the
Brevard Fire Training Grounds
on the Illahee Road near the
Brevard Country Club, the Bre
vard Fire Station, and at the
Olin Mathieson Chemical Cor
poration Medical Center Con
ference Room.
Chief Merrill, assisted by
Fred Dalton, Chief of Sky
land Fire Deportment, and
F. L. McCall, of Olin MatUe
son, will direct the school. The
school will begin promptly at
6:36 p. m., on Monday night
and 7 p. m., each night there
after. Classes on Industrial
Fire Brigade and Arson will
be held at Olin Mathieson.
The Officers Fire Training
and Pump Classes will be held
at the Brevard station. The
classes on General Fire Fight
ing, Group A Breathing Equip
ment, Group B Flammable Liq
uids, and Group C Ladder and
Rescue, will be held at the
Brevard Fire Training Grounds.
Instructors for the school are
as follows: Arson, Boyd Sossa
man; Industrial Fire Brigade,
Elwood Inscoe; Officer Train
ing, to be announced at the
school; Pumps, Tom Landers;
Smoke House, Mark Jones, Rich
ard J. Silver, and Edward
Greer; Flammable Liquids, Dan
Merrill, Holly Oxner, and Joe
Pickelsimer; Ladders & Res
cue, J. D. Rhyne, Clifton Rob
bins, and John Bishop. In
structors assisting with the
school other than those listed
above will be firemen from the
various departmenjts of the
WNC Association.
WNC Firemen’s Association
covers 24 counties divided in
to eight districts. Jack Leath
erwood, Chief of the Black
Mountain Fire Department, is
President of the Association;
Wofford Foster, Chief of the
Tryon Fire Department, is
First Vice President; and Bill
Hudson, Assistant Chief of
the Asheville Fire Depart
ment, Is Second Vice Presi
dent. Boyd Sossaman, of Syl
va, is Treasurer; and Mark
Jones, of Enka, is secretary
of the Association.
Open competition on ladder
and hose evolutions between
teams of firemen from the dif
ferent fire departments will be
held on Thursday night, Septem
ber 14th. Two fine trophies
have been donated by the Olin
Matbieson Chemical Corpora
tion to be awarded to the top
teams in the contest. Dan Mer
rill invites the public to wit
ness demonstrations of fire
fighting at the Brevard Train
ing Grounds during these dates,
expecially on Thursday, Sep
tember 14th. 4 Itf i 1
This school Is sponsored
with tiie desire of providing
an educational opportunity to
the firemen of WNC in hopes
it win better prepare them
to protect the citizens of their
Bill Boggs Is
Speech Winner
Of Toastmasters
Bill Boggs was the winner of
the prepared speech contest af
the last regular meeting of the
Brevard Toastmasters.
At (he next meeting, Jay
Bhushan and John Wilson will
deliver the prepared speeches.
This meeting will be in the
form of a family picnic at Camp
It will be held on Sept 16th
at Chmp Straus at 5:80 pan.
_ am urged to
m ran want am
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IKCOND CUSS POSTASl PAID It MfVASOl t Il IIP CODS 1ST II
Vol. 80 — No. 35 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1967 * SECTION THREE *
News From Upper County Is
Reported, Also Many Personals
By HESTER HANSEN
SAPPHIRE - WHITEWATER
—Our deepest smpathy is ex
tended to Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Matson and daughter, Pamela,
of Weasel Way, due4td t>e death
of' their eldest son laiifd hf otljer,
W. R. Matson, Jr., who was Kill
ed . i an automobile wreck near
Atlanta last Thursday morning.
Besides his parents and sis
ter, Matson, Jr. is survived by
his wife, Joan Rine Matson, two
sons,;William R. Matson III and
Neil Frederick Matson, and a
daughter, Kirsti Matson, all o£
Atlanta; and two brothers, Jer
ry Matson of Columbia, S. C.,
and John Matson of Sarasota,
Florida.
Mr, Matson was a design en
gineer with Lockheed - Georgia
He was a graduate of Georgia
Tech and a member of the
Westminster Presbyterian
church, Atlanta, and Pi Kappa
Alpha fraterntiy. He was born
in Phelps. Wis.
The senior Matsons were ac
companied to Atlanta by Mrs
Georgia Reid of Sapphire.
Supper
There will be a covered dish
supper and business meeting at
the Sapphire - Whitewater Com
munity center on Tuesday eve
ning, September 5th, at 6:30. All
come.
Personals
Mrs. Betty Blair and Mrs.
Hester Hansen were luncheon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Batson on Tuesday, August
22nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Erik. 0. Hansen
celebrated their 30th wedding
anniversary*
spending
^ydnesday by
'Si .Asheville
- 1 of Mu
sic* • ? 1
Mr.! ghd
and family
Edgar Franks
losman visited
his father'r^hb. ***** £#
WhitewatenSdnday 1 *
Mr. and Mrs. Bay . "
sons, Jack, and- t-ir*
vard were retei/i ggjj
formeT’i' parent^ Mr
Waite.
Mr. and .Mts. Harold CXJfckajoc
of Sarasota, FWidaV aw'.ftio&d
ing their vacation at their sum
mer home in Bearwallow Hol
low. : -•
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wilhelm
and son and daughter of Sara
sota spent their vacation at
their mother’s summer home on
Weasel Way. Their mother, Mrs.
Ruth Wilhelm, has just return
ed to their Sarasota home after
two weeks in Europe.
Wallace Brewer assisted two
young men from Spartanburg,
S. C. after their canoe over
turned near Rainbow Falls on
the Horsepasture River. Mr.
Brewer advises that these wat
ers are not safe for boating,
but the beautiful water falls
and rapids of this area are much
better suited to sightseeing and
trout fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Smith of
Melbourne, Florida, are vaca
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Diabetic
Screening
Clinic Set
A diabetic screening clinic
will be held at the Transylvania
county health center on Friday,
September 1st, from 9:00 o’clock
until 12:00 noon.
No appointment is necessary.
When you think of prescript
lions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
Pisgah Forest
Club Will
Meet Friday
The regular meeting of the
Pisgah Forest Community club
will be held on Friday night,
September 1st, at the commun
ity building.
All interested persons are In
vited to come and help make
plans for the big Halloween
carnival held annually by the
club.
There will be games and re
freshments for all.
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