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Vo!. 81 — No. 47
T United Fund
NEW BOOK PUBLISHED — Bob
Brown, center, nationally famous
Science author and lecturer, was in
Brevard Monday, and he presented
copies of his latest book to Charles
L. Russell, left, public relations su
pervisor at Oiih Mathieson Chemical
corporation at Pisgah Forest, and
John I. Anderson, right, editor and
general manager of The Transylva
nia Times. Mr. Brown is also the au
thor of the illustrated “Science For
You” column that runs each week in
The Times and sponsored by Olin.
(Times Staff Photo)
Here Friday Night
Brevard Meets Mt. Airy In
Championship Playoff Game
The Brevard Blue Devils and
the Mouat Airy Granite Bears
will meet here at Brevard High
School Stadium this Friday
night in a semifinal NCHSAA 3
A playoff game.
The Blue Devils and the
Bears both won the first round
of playoff competition last week
to earn the right to face each
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other this Friday night. Brevari
whipped Starmount 36-14, whil
Mount Airy was eliminatin
Southern Alamance 47-7.
Both teams boast potent ol
fenses, and the game promise
to be a wide open, high-scorio
affair.
Both teams have faced on
Variety of Events
December In N. C.
Offers Specialties
By STAFF WETTER
Take a December dash of
the old. Then add a Yuletide
pinch of the new. Stir with
enthusiasm, being careful to
add the various specialties of
the season, and you come up
with a mixture that has some
thing for everyone.
A special holiday dish? Well,
not exactly, buit it is a banquet
of enjoyment. It’s a recipe for
North Carolina in the final
month of the year.
North Carolina attractions and
events, for December typify the
state’s variety.
In The Mountains
From the mountains, down
through the midlands, to the
The weatherman^ extended
forecast for Western North
Carolina calls for temperatures
through Saturday to average
below normal Daytime highs
are expected to average in the
40s, while morning low tem
peratures will average close to
the 26-degree mark, There
should be rather cold weather,
moderating somewhat Thursday
and turning colder again toward
sea, there can 'be found tha
little something that makes D«
cemiber special.
Up in the Great Smoky and
Blue Ridge Mountains, mid
December halls the opening of
the ski season. Seven ski
slopes are ready for use as
soon a cold temperature per
mit operation of the snow
guns. The ski areas are: Cat
aloochee near Waynesville;
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge;
Hound Ears and Seven Devils
near Boone; Beech Mountain
near Banner Elk; Sapphire
Valley at Sapphire and High
Meadows near Roaring Gap.
The 40th annual Moraviai
Candle Teas December 5-7 ant
12-14 open the Yuletide seaaoi
at the Old Salem restoration ii
Winston-Salem. The Candle Tea
are held afternoons and even
ings in the Brothers House bull
oii Salem Square in 1768. Visi
tors watch the preparation «
handmade beeswax candles ant
enjoy Moravian sugar cake ant
coffee in the picturesque otic
kitchen. A Moravian Christina:
Love Feast will be held on De
cember 24.
On The Coast
The 65th anniversary of paw
ered flight will take place ai
the Wright Brothers Nations
Memorial at Kitty Hawk on De
cembpr 17. The day before, th<
Man Will Never Fly Memorial
Society holds its annual get to
gether at Nags Head.
The lighting of the “worid’i
largest living Christmas Tree”
has been a special event in the
historic port dty Of Wilming
ton since 1929. The tree, a 75
foot live oak covered with
1 mutual opponent, and each lost
> that particular encounter. Pis
; gah’s Black Bears whipped the
Blue Devils 33-13, and two
weeks later they upended the
- Granite Bears in a squeaker 31
s 28.
5 The Granite Bears started
slowly this season, tying Elkin
i 6-6 in their opener an<J then
coming up with another dead
lock with North Surry the fol
lowing week, 7-7.
After that second tie, Mount
Airy romped over seven straight
opponents until the final game
of the season when Pisgah did
them in 31-28. Included in their
triumphs are wins over Mount
Tabor 20-0, and 4A Winston
Salem Parkland 33-.0. The Bears
f currently have a record of 8
wins, 2 ties and one loss.
After last week’s win over
Starmount, Brevard’s record for
the season is 8! wins, 2 losses
and a tie.
Advance tickets for the game
here Friday night are current
ly on sale at Jones News Stand,
Ward’s News Stand and at the
office of Brevard high school.
Kickoff time has been set for
7:30 p.m.
Book Review
Brown's New
Science Book
Is Released
By STAFF WRITER
“Science Treasures — Let’s
Repeat the Great Experi
ments,” by Bob Brown. Pub
lished November 1868, by
Fleet Press Corporation, 156
Fifth Avenue. New York. 165
pages, illustrated. $5.50.
—★—
One scientist, a research che
mist, said of this book: “I like
the book, I would say it is well
measured! It is obviously aimed
at the kids, but still does not
talk down to them. There are
many things for them to do, and
hints of further knowledge to be
had by reading about these fa
mous men.
“And a mature scientist can
read the book with pleasure.
He won’t learn much science
that he doesn’t know, but he
might pick up a tangential
fact or two about his famous
predecessors.”
This is Brown’s first book to
include biographies of great men
of science. He has sought to
point out the interesting facts
of their lives, snd not simply
the dates and places of birth
and other staid items of record.
For example, he tells of the
criticism of Priestley by the
church people because the
scientist spent much time in a
brewery. Of course, Priestley
was there not to gugzle the
brew, but to find out the facts
about carbon dioxide, a
strange gas that bubbled up
out of the vats.
Priestley discovered the meth
od by which nature renews the
atmosphere through the breath
ing of green leaves. In this book
Brown shows how a boy or girl
can recreate his experiment, us
ing only a mayonnaise jar, some
green plants and a candle.
The author is well known
—Turn to Page Three
Big Parade This Saturday Will
Open The 1968 Christmas Season
Times Out Early
Schools Close
Two Days For
Thanksgiving
Next week’s issue of The
Transylvania Times will be
published cn Tuesday in or
der that readers of this news
paper might have their copy
of the paper before Thanks
giving.
- And here’s good news for
students in the Transylvania
school system:
Schools will be closed on
Thursday and Friday, Nov.
82th and 29th for the Thanks
giving holidays.
According to Dr. R. E. Rob
inson, Supt. schools will be re
cessed at the regular time on
Wednesday afternoon.
Brevard College students
will get out of school next
Wednesday afternoon for
Thanksgiving.
They will return to school
on Monday, Nov. 25th.
A Thanksgiving Community
service is being planned here
on Thanksgiving Day. It will
be held at the First Baptist
church.
Details are carired in a
story elsewhere on this page.
Thanksgiving Day will be a
holiday in the town and coun
ty with the majority of the
stores being closed.
The banks and the post of
fice will also close for the
day.
A complete round-up will
be carried in next Tuesday’s
Times.
In 1969 Campaign
We’re Only 5% Short
The United Fund is just 5% away from reach
ing its goal of $47,399.13. No personal solicita
tions have been made except through businesses
and in some cases through the mail.
There must be many people in Transylvania
county who would like to see the 14 agencies in
the Fund receive the amount they feel is minimal
to operate.
Won’t you send your check or pledge to the
United Fund headquarters in the Bryant build
ing, or to this newspaper so that the Fund will
reach its goal ? Do it now while you are thinking
about it.
THE CAST FOR “Barefoot In The Park” is
pictured above. The production will be giv»n Sat
urday evening and again Sunday afternoon in the
Brevard high school auditorium by the Brevard
Little Theatre. On the ladder is Mike Hruby, who
plays Paul Bratter and Ann Godey, who is Corie
Bratter. Standing, left to right, are: Mrs. Jean
Dixon (Mrs. Banks), Ken Gilburth (telephone
man) and John Wells (Victor Velasco). Admis
sion is $2.00 for adults and 75c for students. Sea
son memberships will also be sold at the door dur
ing the two performances, after which the annual
membership drive will be closed.
On Saturday & Sunday
Brevard Little Theatre Will
Present "Barefoot In The Park"
The Brevard Little Theatre
wishes to announce that due to
the football game Friday night
(in which “The Big Blue” will
take another step toward the
state championship!) the pro
duction of “Barefoot in the
Park” will be presented Satur
day night at 8:15 o’clock and at
a Sunday matinee, 3:00 o’clock
at the Brevard high school au
ditorium, instead of the prev
iously announced Friday and
Saturday performances.
Price of admission for those
who do not hold season mem
berships is $2.00 for adults and
75c for students.
Season membership will be on
sale at the door prior to each
performance and everyone is
reminded that this will be the
last opportunity to purchase
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At First Baptist
To Hold Community Worship
Service Here Thanksgiving
A community worship service,
sponsored by the Transylvania
Ministerial association, will be
held at the First Baptist church
beginning at 10:30 a.m. on
Thanksgiving Day.
The service will be led by the
Crystal Ball Gazing
Bigger Baby Crop Said For County
A new baby boom appears
to be in the offing in Trans
ylvania county. It will give an
upward push to the birth rate,
which has been sagging, local
ly and in other parts of the
country, for a number «rf
years.
The expectation of bigger
baby crops in the near future
is based upon the sharp in
crease in the number of mar
riages now taking place.
events, mean more babies.
The facts and figures are
from the Department of Com
merce and the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
In Transylvania county, as
elsewhere, there is a direct
relationship between the num
ber of births in any one year
and the number of marriages
on that year. The ratio locally
is approximately 4.37.
The big increase in weddings
in the local area has booeted
the marriage rate to around 8.1
per 1,000 residents. This com
pares with 5.4 per 1,000 four
years ago.
That increase is expected to
result in a rise in the next
few years in the number of
new babies, in proportion to
the local ratio of births and
Why the sudden jump in the
number of marriages? The an
swer lies in the unusual num
ber of young people who have
reached marriageable age. They
are the product of the postwar
period, when the birth rate was
at an all-time high.
In Transylvania county, at
the present time, there are
some 1,731 young men and
young women in the age
bracket that produces most
marriages, 20 to 25.
By the way of comparison,
the Census Bureau shows, the
number in that age group in
1960 was only 1,063.
As (or the national birth
rate, which has been falling
steadily for a number of
years, no predictions are
forthcoming. The 1967 rate of
88.8 births per 1,9*0 women
of childbearing age was the
lowest since INS.
Reverend Russell Willis, host
pastor, and tihe sermon will be
delivered by the Reverend Dan
iel McCall of the Brevard-David
son River Presbyterian church.
The offering received at the
service will go to the Trans
ylvania Community hospital.
The service is to be inter
denominational, and everyone is
cordially invited to share the
fellowship in worship.
Features Many
Floats, Bands,
Beauty Queens
Final plans for the Christ
mas parade that will usher the
1968 Christmas season into
Brevard have been announced
by officials of the Merchants
division of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Brevard
Jaycees.
The event will be held Sat
urday, Nov. 23rd, and will be
<*in at 2:30 p.m.. marching up
East Main street, and follow
ing a route described in detail
in a large ad found on the
b’'k page in this issue of The
Times.
A number of units includ
ing many beantiful floats de
signed especially for the oc
casion, many beauty queens,
bands, clowns and other en
tries will make up the long
parade.
Santa Claus himself will ar
rive atop one of the floats.
The merchants extend a cor
dial invitation for everyone to
attend the parade and to shop
in Brevard this Christmas.
They also urge the public
to use the entire parade route
so that no one area will be
come too congested.
Entries in the parade are
as follows:
LINE UP
Police Car Leading
Color Guard
Brevard band and major
ettes
Brevard Huddle Queen and
Court
(3 cars—Miss Patty Wea
ver)
Civic Clubs float
2 units of Brevard Rescue
Soi'pd
Scbenck Job Corps drill
team
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flMt
Transylvania Shrine car and
clowns
Rosman Rescue Squad (2
units)
Antique fire truck
Brevard Federal Savings and
Lo»n float
Rosman Huddle Queen and
Court (2 cars)
Sylva Webster band
First Citizens Bank float
2 Stock Car racers
4-H Club—Community clubs
float
2 units Brevard Rescue
Sonad
A Model Ford—Mai Johnson
Citizens Improvement Or
ganization float
Brevard College Homecom
ing nueen (2 cars)
Cub Scouts—John Flynn —
Ken Nissen
First Union National Bank
float
A Model Ford—Charles
—Turn to Page Sii
Program Highlights
WPNF To Broadcast The Big
Basketball Games Of College
Plans are being completed for
broadcasting of some 20 of the
most important basketball
games of Brevard College, be
ginning Saturday night, Nov.
23rd, at 7:30 o’clock.
Joe C. Bowles, director of
Public Relations at the college,
will do the play-by-play olf the
big games and Bill Baker will
add the color.
The first game will be be
tween Brevard and Young Har
ris College.
The sponsors off the College
basketball broadcasts are: Du
(Pont, Moore Funeral Home, Var
ner’s drug store, Siniard’s used
cars and American Thread com
pany.
—★—
The District Arts Council mu
sic program will be resumed on
WPiNF-radio Sunday afternoon,
November 24th at 3:08 p.m.
The series, which will cover
something of the history of se
rious music, is designed to en
courage listening and playing ]
good music.
The WPNF programs will
feature Nelson Adams, head of g
the Music Department at Bre- '
vard College. The District Arts
—Turn to Page Sevet