TRANSYLVAN State And National Prize • Winning, Horn MW At CUM NIMU ■ n. c. nr cost 2S7I2 1 ' ..'■ "■.a-1--1 " ' x?..-. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968 TIMES Vown Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA The Land of Waterfalls, for Sumner Gamps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard College and Brevard Music Festival. PRICE 10c PUBLISHED WEEKLY ★ 28 PAGES TODAY * FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, Brevard chapter, recently held their annual father-son ban quet at Brevard high school, Transylvania’s cham pion porn growers were honored during the eve ning, and one of them is pictured above displaying the beautiful trophy that he received. Roy Lambert, second from left, was declared Transylvania’s champion com grower with a yield of 140.66 bush els per acre. Charles Bryson, junior champion with a yield of 134.57 per acre, was absent when the pic true was made. Pictured above with Mr. Lambert are: Donald Lineberger, left, of First Union Nat ional Bank of North Carolina, who presented the trophies for his firm, sponsors of the corn growing contest; Champion Lambert; Brevard High School Principal Harry Corbin; and Jerry Merrill, local FFA president and master of ceremonies for the evening. 3 Ballots Canvassed Voting Was Light In Primaries Last Saturday, Run-Offs Seen I Local Results lit Election The canvas* of vote* in the Deirtettvlte' mm Republican Primary election of last Sat urday was completed about noon Tuesday. The following is a liit of the contents, the candidates and their total number of votes in Transylvania county: N. C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE (48th District); Democrats: Robert C. Crawford _____681 William M. Fetzer_1082 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE (29th District); Democrats: Wade B. Matheny_ 430 Forrest I. Robertson_ 60S Robert T. Gash___1477 W. Harley Stepp, Jr._I 436 John R. Hudson, Jr._1439 W. R. Sheppard ___ 518 UNITED STATES SENATOR; Democrats: Fred G. Brummitt___ 71 Sam J. Ervin, Jr. ___1618 John T. Gathings, Sr._ 102 Charles A. Pratt____ 117 GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA; Democrats: i. Melvin Broughton, Jr._ 594 Reginald A. Hawkins ;_ 110 Robert W. (Bob) Scott___,_1234 LT. GOVERNOR; Democrats: Irs. James M, Harper, Jr.__ 246 rank M. Matlock _:_ 152 I. Pat Taylor, Jr. __I 1437 STATE TREASURER; Democrats: High __ 523 -■*;--1245 —Ton te Pass Fear is To Head nisterial Body first Monday of each month to the first Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. tl»s following persons, serv the end of the « which tim« ^tra£* Jt Dwis, Hospital Like the rest of North Cfrollna, Transylvania had a light vote cast in the Demo cratic and Republican Prima ries last Saturday. Actually, 'less than 2;0fl» Democrats voted, and there were about 6M Republicans casting ballets in the county. Also, Transylvania voters favored Lt Gov. “Bob” Scott, as they did across the State of North Carolina. A second primary may be called by the second high man, Mel Brough ton. While Brevard’s William Fetzer defeated his Demo cratic opponent here in the race for House of Represen tatives, Crawford was the winner in the district. Also, of local interest was the race for District Judge in the 29th Distrct. Wade B. Matheny and For rest Robertson of Forest City, led the ticket and were elect ed. There appears to be at this time a runoff for the third judge. Robert T. Gash, of Brevard, was third highest, but he did not have a majority, which was 6,280 votes. He was short by 427 votes. Hendersonville attorney W. Harley Stepp, Jr., one of the candidates who may be In the position to call the runoff for the third seat, checked the vote totals with clerks of court in the counties involved and —Turn to Pane Thrw Methodists Change Time Of Services Due to the Commencement sermon at Brevard College on Sunday morning, worship serv ices at the Brevard Methodist church will be held earlier than usual. «i8 The schedule is as follows: * ' SUnday School—9:30 Morning Worship—10:30 Rev. Brunson Wallace, the pastor, says the latter service will be concluded in time for members of the congregation to attend the college commence ment service at 11:30 if they desire to do so. Jaycees To Sponsor Annual Teenage Roadeo Transylvania county teenagers will have an opportunity to demonstrate their all - round driving knowledge and ability in an Auto Roadeo to determine the county’s safest and most skillful young drivers. The contest will be conducted Saturday, May 18, at Brevard high school by the Brevard Jay cees as another project design ed for the betterment of the community. The competition has been ex panded this year to include sep arate contests for boys and girls, and entry forms are avail able at both Brevard and Ros —Turn To Page Three College To Graduate Largest Class In Exercises Sunday Sermon At 11:30, Diplomas To Be Awarded At 3:00 The largest graduation class in the history of Brevard College will participate in commencement exercises this weekend here on the local campus. There are 192 candidates for graduation, and several events are planned for Satur day and Sunday, President Emmett K. McLarty an nounces. Dr. Harold W. Hutson, Pro vost at the American Universi ty in Washington, D. C„ will de liver the commencement ser mon at Brevard College, May 12. Having served as an educa tor in North Carolina and as a member of the WNC Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, Dr. Hutson has served in his position as provost at the American University since 1964. A native of South Carolina, he received the BA degree from Wofford College, the BD de gree from Duke University, and Ph.D. degree from the Uni versity of Chicago. Participating in the 11:30 service will be the Reverend Brunson Wallace, pastor of Brevard Methodist church; the Reverend E. Wannamaker Hardin, Jr., Business Manager of the college; the Reverend W. Louis Miles, chairman of By FRED REITER Temperatures in the Brevard area should average near nor mal through Saturday. Daytime highs are expected to average around 68 to 75 de grees, while the lows at night should be in the mid-40’s. Cool er weather should follow by the end of the week. Precipitation will total a half inch or more, occurring as scat tered showers and thunder shcwers during the middle of I the week. ] Temperatures during the past ! week averaged 74 and 39, ' while a total of .74 inch rain . fell. \ Temperatures and precipita- * tion for the week follows: Wednesday ... 78 37 0.00 Thursday_ 80 43 0.38 Monday_Cfl 31 000 High Low Free. Friday - Saturday Sunday . 80 44 Trace 71 47 0.38 70 40 0.00 Tuesday 69 30 0.00 JEFFREY LEA, center, winner of the Olin Mathieson Charitable Trust merit scholarship, is congratulated by W. F. Taylor, Jr., Director of Marketing for Fine Papers for Olin’s Ecusta Paper Division. At left is Harry Corbin, principal of Brevard high school, and at right are Jeff rey’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. David C. Lea. Dr. Lea is director of Research and Development for the Ecusta Pa per Division. Outstanding Background Jeff Lea Wins Olin Scholarship in National Merit Competition Program Outlined Brevard Receives Grant For Growth, Development Planning XJ. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor has announced the approval of a grant of $7,146 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help Brevard plan for future growth and development. The grant will cover two hirds of the cost of completing banning work for certification if a Brevard Workable Program or Economic Improvement. The emaining $3,574 has been ap iropriated from local funds, ae ording to Mr. Robertson Buck, lity Manager. Several Years’ Work The grant is the result of several years of work and careful compliance with fed eral procedures which began with the Brevard Planning Board initiating a series of modern city planning studies. A rtne Kecord Graduation Marshals Three area students have been named Marshals for the 1988 graduation exercises at Brevard College. Miss Donys Kaye Holtzclaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El mer Holtzclaw, of Penrose, has been named Chief Marshal. Miss Holtzclaw is also—editor elect of the College annual for 1968-69. Miss Sylvia Annette Mon teith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold L. Monteith, of Pisgah Forest, and Gary Neal Trotter, son of Mrs. Jessie H. Justice, of Ashworth avenue, have also been named 1996 Marshals. Miss Monteith is President of Phi Theata Kappa, a national honorary society, • , Six students are chosen from “ <• Page Five DONYS KAYE HOLTZ CLAW There included zoning stud ies, subdivision regulations, a lend use plan, an economic study of the area, and several other related studies. A second step was taken in 1SS7 when the town aoplied for certification of a Workable Pro gram for Econom'c Develop ment. A very comprehensive plan was required for certifica tion, a part of which was stud ies on Neighborhood Conditions, a Long-Term Community Fac ilities Plan, and a Long-Term Capital Investment Program. These three studies were placed under contract to be accomplished by the Western North Carolina Regional Plan ning Commission. The cost was $10,720—two thirds of which was lo be furnished by the federal government and the other one-third by the town of Brevard. The money recently granted is the fed —Turn to Page Six Jeffrey C. Lea, son of Dr. and Mrs. David C. Lea, of Brevard, has been awarded an Glin Mathieson Charitable Trust merit scholarship ac cording to the National Mer it Scholarshp Corporation. Jeffrey is a senior at Brevard high school and is valedictorian of his class. While at Brevard high, he attended the North Catolina Governor’s school, was chief junior marshal, was nam ed a member of the all - state high school bar.d, a recipient of Olio’s tor'll and scroll award during his junior year, a nom inee lor the Morehead scholar ship and a member of the nat ional honor society. He will at tend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall. Out of the 796,650 students in 17,756 schools throughout the United States who took the National Merit Scholar ship qualifying test in 1967, ocer 2 800 have been named w'nners of four • year merit scholarships to colleges of their choice. Ten of these winners were children of Olin employees. Over 1.9C0 of the 1937 scho larship awards will be provided by sponsoring corporations. —Turn to Page Five Program Highlights Rebel 400 From Darlington / - To Be Heard Saturday, WPNF Again this year, WNPF will join with a large network oi stations to broadcast to local racing fans the thrilling Rebel 400 stock car race from Darling ton International Raceway, at Darlington, S. C. A veteran broadcasting crew will be on hand again to present this thrilling broadcast, and it is always a pleasure for the lo cal station to make it possible for Transylvania county racing fans to keep up with their fa vorite drivers in this big race. Land sponsors who make the broadcast possible over WPNF include: Citizens Telephone company. I'isgah Industrial Loan company and Sledge Ra dio and Television. The Rebel 400 broadcast on WPNF begins at 2:00 p.m. Sat urday. As announced previously, a special series of “Protestant Hour” programs will soon be heard over WPNF. These pro grams will be heard during the period of May 12 to June 16th. The speakers to be heard during the special series are as —Turn to Page Five