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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, II
TIMES
Town Newspaper
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca
for Summer Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest and
Home of Brevard College and
Brevard Music FestivaL
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AnOnudy evening
"The Department of Vocational
Agricniture at Brevard senior
high school will offer several
additional courses in Adult Ed
ucation, beginning on Monday,
night, March 4th, at T:00 p. m.
For those who desire to gain
a working knowledge of com
mon shrubs and flowers and
how to use them to the best
advantage, in beautifying the
home, an Ornamental Hortleul
ture course will be offered for
men and women. The instructor
for this course will be Robert
Bolt.
Lawn mowers, garden trac
tors and chain saw engines will
be studied, repaired and re
built in the course of Small
Gasoline Engines. One will
learn to time an engine, to set
valves, to set spark pings and
points, and to adjust carbure
tors. The instructor for this
course will be Jack Smothers.
All basic principles involved
in cabinet making will be in
cluded in Gie woodworking
course taught by Albert Wil
liams. This course will start
Thursday night, March 7th, at
7:00 p. m.
ARC Welding and Acetylene
Welding will be taught by
Blaine Emory. This course will
.start Monday night, March 4th,
—Torn to Page Eight
4.
Little Theatre
Tryouts for “Dorn Yester
day,” Brevard Little Theatre's
final production of the current
season, will be held Monday,
March 4th at the Transylvania
Community center at 7:30 p.m.
“Born Yesterday,” a comedy
■n three acts by Garson Kanin
and Ruth Gordon, is a play
about food citizenship .....
in a funny way.
Major characters in the play
are as follows:
Billie Dawn, an ex-showgirl,
about 29
Harry Brock, millionaire junk
dealer, about 3945
Eddie Brock, cousin of Barry
and servant (no particular age)
Senator Hedges, about 00
Mrs. Hedges, about 60
Jfeten”*7 "
Minor characters with light
or no speaking parts are: Assis
tant manager, Bellhop I, Bell
hop 2, Waiter, Baiter, Mani
curist, Bootblack.
are interested
or working
plant to ta
of the little
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIGNITARIES at last Friday night’s,
banquet at the Brevard high school
cafeteria are pictured above as a pre
sentation was made to outgoing pres
ident, John Clark, center. The beau
tiful silver bowl was presented by in
:oming president Donald Lineberger,
eft, while banquet Master of Cere
nonies Rev. Dan McCall, right, looks
on. Some 3.00 persons were in atten
dance at the annual affair, which
featured a speech on Americanism
by Ed W. Hiles of Atlanta, Ga., ex
ecutive vice president of the Georgia
Savings and Loan League. Mr. Hiles,
who was introduced by Jerry Jerome,
had to leave early to catch a plane
and was not available for this pic
ture. Others on the program includ
ed Rev. Edsel Keith, who gave the
invocation, and Rev. Russell Willis,
who rendered the benediction.
(Times Staff Photo)
Official* Report
Seven Secondary Roads To
Be Hard Surfaced In Spring
hard-surfaced, for the distances
shown, in this spring’s second
ary road improvement pro
(1) Albert Schweitzer road —
Balsam section — Four-tenths
mile
(2) Lyda Loop — Penrose
section — One and two-tenths
mile
(3) Temple Baptist Church
.Oad — Pisgah Forest section
—Three-tenths mile
(4) Camp Deenwoode road—
Southwest of Brevard — Four
miles
(0) Deaver road — Across
the river from (Bin • Ecusta—
Bight-tenths mile
(6) John Talley road — Lit
tle River section — Two and
fourth-tenths mile
<7) Homer Cox road — Pen
rose section — One mile.
tinder Contract
These projects are already
‘ contract with the War
Company of Asheville,
will begin when the
weather improves this spring.
In a follow-up on the other
—Taro to Page Three
Center orchestra, conduct
for the 'Harm
is aa follows:
Thi» Coming Sunday
First Baptists To Occupy
Portion Of New Building
Members of the First Baptist
Church of Brevard will take oc
cupancy of the second and third
floors of their new education
al plant located on the corner
of Gaston and Jordan streets on
Sunday, March 3rd.
For nearly tiwo years, a num
iber of the Sunday school de
partments have been meeting in
the adjacent school building on
Morgan street.
The second floor of the new
building will house the Pas
tor’s study, the general offices
of the church, office of the fi
nancial secretary, Sunday school
and Training Union office, and
the office of the educational
director along with the Primary.
Young People’s and Adult 1
—Turn to Page Six
At St. Philip’s
To Hold World Day Of Prayer
Service Here Friday Afternoon
When the World Day of Pray
er dawns far out over the Pa
cific Ocean on March 1st, the
service at 4:00 p. m. at St.
Philip's Episcopal church will
be among the millions being
held as Christians gather to
worship on every continent
Sponsored by the church wo
men in the county, the service
.will remain scheduled despite
any adverse weather conditions.
Program participants include:
Mrs. R. Oscar Grant, Jr., of St
Philip’s Episcopal church; Mrs.
Fred Mills of Bethel “A” Bap
tist church; Mrs. William G.
Boggs of Brevard Methodist
church; Mrs. Neville S. Fulehan
of the Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic church; Mrs. Clee Mac
—Turn to Page Three
Experts \%JMa1te Long-Range Study
Of Transylvania's School System
"No Burning"
Orders Are
Issued Here
Burning permits hive been
cancelled in 30 western North
Carolina counties, including
Transylvania, according to
Fire Chief Dan Merrill.
The order was handed down
by State Forester Ralph C.
Winkworth because of what
he called “a potentially dan
gerous fire situation.”
The area is extremely dry
because of a lack of rain since
early February. No rain is ex
pected in the area until late
this week, if then.
The no-burning order be
came effective Monday at
noon and will stay in effect
until further notice.
The Brevard fire depart
ment was called out to answer
an alarm at the residence of
Harmon Holden on King road
at 1:33 p. m., Saturday. The
house was engulfed in flames
when the firemen arrived.
Monday afternoon at 5:46
they had to pat out a brush
fire off the Asheville highway
near Longhorn restaurant.
At 1:50 Tuesday morning,
an alarm was turned in re
porting a fire in a trailer on
Elm Bend road. It was a false
alarm, and the Brevard po
lice department is investigat
ing the cell.
WezfAer
By FRED REITER
Temperatures will average
much below normal in North
Carolina through Saturday. Day
time highs are expected to av
erage in the upper 30’s in the
mountains, according to the
Weather Bureau’s longrange
forecast, while lows at night
should average in the middle
teens.
The weather should turn
colder Thursday with little
change during the rest of the
week. Precipitation will be at
a minimum.
Another week went by with
out any rainfall in Brevard.
Friday and Tuesday both regis
tered a high temperature of 52
degrees for the week, while the
week’s low temperature was 7
degrees on Thursday morning
High Low
Wednesday _ 34 23
Thursday_42 7
Friday ..„_52 10
Salturday _ 61 15
Sunday_ 48 20
Monday_49 10
Tuesday_52 14
TWO PROMINENT EDUCATORS in the field
of long-range planning, who will conduct a pro
gram of study and research in Transylvania are
pictured above. At the left is Dr. Lawrence O.
Haaby, Professor of Education at the University
of Tennessee, and at the right is Dr. John W. Gil
liland, who has also had vast experience in plan
ning of schools for the future.
Proposed Du Pont Road
Engineers Making Preliminary
Study On Williamson Creek
The TRANSYLVANIA TIMES has learned,
on good authority from Raleigh, that State High
way engineers are now in Transylvania coun
ty working on a preliminary survey for a road
from Brevard to the Du Pont plant by way of
Williamson Creek.
R will he noted that Governor Moore, in
his January 15th statement read by Division
Highway Commissioner, W. Curtis Russ in Bre
vard, promised this survey would begin as soon
as possible.
This is promise keeping the way we like it.
The Editor.
Rotarians Will Elect New
Officers At Meeting Monday
Brevard Rotarians will elect
new officers at their regular
weekly meeting on Monday,
March 4th, in Gaither’s Rhodo
dendron room.
The announcement comes
from Dr. Wilburn Davis, the
president.
The meeting will begin, as
usual, at 12:15 o’clock, and Dr.
Davis urges all Rotarians to at
tend.
At this week’s meeting, Presi
dent Davis conducted a business
meeting on legislation that will
come before the 1968 Rotary
International convention.
Rev. Russell Willis was wel
comed into the club as a new
member by Rotarian John
Smart.
The latest figures indicate
that no less than 29.1 percent of
the local female population ov
er the age of 14 are now em
ployed outside the home or are
looking for such employment
full time.
The changes that have been
taking place in the female
employment picture are
brought out in national stud
ies made by the Department
of Labor, the National Indus
trial Conference Board and
others.
In' Transyivania county, on
the basis of their overall find
ings, the proportion of working
women is greater than it has
ever been.
The 29.1 percent Out are
estimated to be in the labor
force in the local area is
somewhat lower, however,
than the 17.4 percent average
In the United States as a
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The surveys show that age
of those between 55 and 64,
about two-fifths.
With about 35 percent of
all wives bringing home pay
checks these days, (he In
stitute of Life Insurance poses
the question: “What would
happen — strictly from an
economic viewpoint — if all
the wives now working were
to quit and devote their full
time to homemaking?”
One effect, it believes, would
be that the country would ex
perience an acute labor crisis
overnight and that a good deal
of our national prosperity would
vanish.
Another wenld be that
many households would feel
a financial pinch tyd wenld
Irnire In, wmo ■ stfamn# Mtelw ■nflJn
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of living to compensate for
the Joso^ef^iaceeae, jrhich is
Fish Supper
Set Friday
By Shriners
The Transylvania Shrine club
will sponsor a fish supper with
all the trimmings on Friday
night, March 1st.
Serving will begin at the Ma
sonic Temple at 5 00 o’clock and
will continue until 8:00 o’clock.
Tickets are on sale by all
Shriners and Masons, and they
will also be sold at the door.
The charge will be $1.25 for
adults and 75c for children.
Take-out boxes will be avail
able and will be delivered on
request.
Public Invited
To Meeting On
7th Of March
An exhaustive study and
school improvement program
will be carried out during the
coming year in Transylvania
county, Dr. R. E. Robinson,
the Superintendent of the
Board of Education, announ
ces.
Carrying out the program and
the research will be the local
school officials in cooperation
with the Ford Foundation and
the University of Tennessee.
The public will be asked to
cooperate in this important
program, on which hinges the
future of the Transylvania
school system.
A town-wide, county-wide
meeting will be held on Thurs
day night, March 7th, at Brevard
senior high school. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Speaking on this program
will be Dr. Lawrence O.
Haaby, professor of Educa
tion, University of Tennes •
see, and Dr. John W. Gilli
land, another educational ex
pert in the field of long range
planning at the University of
Tennessee.
These men will direct the pro
gram of research and study in
Transylvania during the com
ing year.
Dr. Robinson says the coun
ty is indeed fortunate to have
them head this project.
The University of Tennessee
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March 3rd Is
Sef As Red
Cross Sunday
The American Red Cross has
designated Sunday, March 3rd,
as Red Cross Sunday.
Red Cross members through
out the nation will observe Red
Cross Sunday by attending
church in their respective com
munities to commemorate the
day. The Red Cross organiza
tion will be honored for i’ts
dedication and unselfish service
to mankind throughout the
world.
Members of the Transylvania
County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross will attend the
11:00 a. m. worship services of
the Pisgah Forest Baptist
church in a group to observe
the day.
Every member of the Tran
sylvania County Chapter is in
vited to attend. All nurses aids
and volunteers are requested to
wear their Red Cross uniforms
for this occasion.
Raleigh Minister
Finlator To Lead Religious
Emphasis At Brevard College
The Rev. William W. Finla
tor, pastor of Pullen Memorial
Baptist church in Raleigh, will
be the featured speaker for the
ninth annual Plyler Religious
Emphasis Week at Brevard Col
lege March 3rd - 7th.
Mr. Finlator will speak to
student assemblies beginning
Sunday with a 7:30 p. m. ser
vice in the Brevard Methodist
church and continuing through
Thursday.
Theme of the week is “Saints
Without a Halo”. Mr. Finlator’s
daily topics wl'l be ‘Tell It
Like It Is”, “A j.tan in the
House”, ‘Sweete, Manners,
Purer Lews”, and "A Nation of
TWo Hymns”.
One of the most outspoken
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