THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning, Home Town spaper
Vol. 82 — No. 27 BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969 J PAGES TODAY *
ZIP CODE 2S712
Week And
' " '
e Advantage Of “Sidewalk Sale’’
Values
SIDEWALK SALE DAYS here
in Brevard this Thursday and Sat
urday are expected to bring many
{oiks to town looking for numerous
bargains that Brevard merchants
will have on sale during the big cele
bration. Sponsored by the Mer
chants Division, Brevard Chamber
of Commerce, the annual event is
one of the biggest promotions of the
year, and is eagerly awaited by all
Transylvanians. In the photo above,
Carol Coleman Marsh, a former
“Miss Brevard” who is currently
modeling, making promotional films
and TV commercials up north, just
happened to be home for a few days
and kindly consented to help the
local merchants promote the Side
walk Sale here. She is pictured with
Ben Patterson, left, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Larry
Prince, chairman of the Merchants
Division, putting up Sidewalk Sale
Signs in preparation for the 2-day
sales event here.
(Times Staff Photo)
Thursday & Saturday
Brevard Merchants Offering
Bargains For Sidewalk Sale
Plans have been completed
ever” Fourth of Inly Side
walk Sale (Hi Thursday and
Many merchants have made
speeial purchases for the bid
event, and all that are partic
ipating are offering values
galore and outstanding bar
gains guaranteed to excite
even the most discriminating
shoppers.
Some of the bargains be
ing offered in the “Sidewalk
Sale” appear throughout this
edition of The Times.
Shoppers are encouraged
to look over the ads in this
issue, which can be a helpful
guide during the big two day
event.
Larry Prince, chairman of
the merchants division of the
Chamber of Commerce, ex
tends a cordial invitation to
everyone on behalf of the
merchants to shop in Brevard
during this big Fourth of
July sales event.
Legion Post
Meets Monday
. The Monroe Wilson post, No.
88, of the American Legion will
hold the July meeting on Mon
fkv .Tiilv 7th. the TjMrmn
membership at 6:30 o’clock, fol
lowed by the regular meeting
at 7:90 p.m.
. Commander Don Culin urges
all legomaires to attend.
r 7th, at the Legion
building.
will be served for the
Beating Price Hike
Transylvanians Stocked Up
On Gas And Liquor Monday
Many Transylvanians, like
many other North Carolin
ians, stocked up on gas and
boose on Monday.
The new price hike, which
was authorized by the current
legislature, went into effect
on Tuesday.
Service station operators
here report above average
sale of gasoline on Monday,
and the sale of whiskey at the
Brevard ABC store was twice
as good as an average Mon
day.
The increase on gasoline is
a straight two cents tax in
crease passed from the dis
tributor to the stations to the
customers.
The increase on liquor is
five cents for each five
ounces or fraction thereof,
making prices $.65 more a
gallon and $.30 more a fifth.
President Jerome Says
Brevard Federal Savings And
Loan Pays Dividends Quarterly
Jerry Jerome, President of
Brevard Federal Savings and
Loan association, announces to
day that, effective July 1, 1968,
Brevard Federal will be paying
dividends each quarter of the
year on regular passbook sav
ings accounts. These accounts
earn 4.78%, the highest rate
allowed by law.
In addition, Brevard Federal
now offers thrifty savers a div
idend rate of 5% on savings
certificates with a minimum of
only *6,000.
Dividends will bb paid on
j Renovated
At
i the same
are paid on
Ivania
these certificates cm
date that Dividends
regular pass book =
Brevard Federal will wumw
to offer certificates in minimum
amounts of $10,000 on which
they will earn 5.25%. Earnings
on these certificates are dis
' “ *" ’semi-annually.
wtiuci uiu new program,
regular passbook savings ac
counts at Brevard Federal will
be credited with dividend pay
ments on each of the four
quarters of the year, September
30, December 31, March 31 and
June 30 of each year.
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Assets of Transylvania, front
page of the third section
Mitchell Biased feature,
page of the second see
the women,
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Olin's Picnic And Opening Of Mus ^Center
Will Highlight Fourth Of July Observance
Concerts, Opera
Are Scheduled
This Weekend
All indications point to the
greatest season ever for the
Brevard Music Center, be
ginning its 33rd year Friday,
July 4 as the “Summer Music
Capital of the South.”
Musical fireworks are in store
for Brevard audiences with
three stellar concerts over the
Fourth of July weekend. Friday
night’s gala opening concert at
8:18 p.m. will feature brilliant
young American pianist Lee
’Luvisi in a concert recital with
the Brevard Music Center orch
estra, conducted by the Center’s
director, Henry Janiec.
Luvisi, a long-time favorite
at Brevard who has reaped
world-wide bravos from crit
ics and audiences during ex
tensive concert tours, will in
terpret Tchaikowsky’s Piano
Concerto No. 1. The orches
tra, a full-sized virtuoso
group composed of instru
mentalists from the nation’s
leading symphonies will open
the program with “The Secret
Martiage Overture” by Cima
rbsa and include with
monumental Sym
phony No. 1.
On Saturday evening at 8:15
the first opera of the Brevard
season will be performed, Doni
zetti’s comic masterpiece The
Elixir of Love. William Mc
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Wezf/ter
By FRED REITER
The past week was one of
the hottest weeks On record for
the past several years at Bre
vard, with average temperatur
es of 90 and 63. Highest read
ings came on Saturday and Sun
day, when the mercury register
ed 93 for a high on both days.
Low reading for the week was
62 on Sunday and Tuesday. Less
than a half inch of rain fell dur
ing the period.
Lcng - range forecast for the
area calls for temperatures to
average about normal for the
next week. Highs should be in
the middle to high 80s, with
morning lows around the 60
degree mark.
The week’s temperatures and
precipitation as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_93 63 0.08
Thursday_ 90 64 . 0.00
Friday- 90 65 0.00
Saturday_ 98 63 0.00
Sunday- 93 68 0.00
Monday- 89 65 0.22
Tuesday - 86 62 0.20
fund for your li fe
‘60000:
A LARGE CHECK in the amount
of $60,000 is being held above by
i Jack C- Dense, right, the general
chairman of the “Fund For Your
Life” campaign of the Transylvania
Community hospital, and Ralph
Breedlove, who is in charge of in
plant solicitation at the Brevard Du
Pont plant. The check represents
the corporate grift of the local Du
pont plant, and it was presented to
the campaign just prior to the in
plant solicitation of the employees.
(Times Staff Photo)
Reporting Tuesday
“Fund For Your Life ” Now
$475,000 Of $600,000 Goal
Program Highlights
Radio Station WPNF Is
Celebrating 19th Birthday
Radio Station WPNF is cele
brating its 19th birthday this
week.
During the past 19 years
WPNF has meant a great deal
to the educational, civic, relig
ious, cultural, social, agricultu
ral, and economical life of Tran
sylvania county.
It has become an indispen
sable institution of public ser
vice.
In addition to this valuable
public service, WFNF’s out
standing programming provides
our people with good music of
all klndsi,, entertainment and in
formation.
Tax Rate Same
Record Budget Is Approved
For 1969-70 For Transylvania
A record budget of $1,510,
957 bat been approved for
Transylvania for 1909 • 70.
According to Donald Lee
Moore, tbe chairman of the
Board of County Commission
er*, the tax rate will remain
the same at 96c.
Tbe new budget ia baaed
on an estimated valuation of
which an broken down at
follows:
School current expense <
$512,930
School capital outlay - $112,'
500
School debt service • $62,
Area residents and visitors
are reminded about local news
of Brevard and Transylvania
County, heard three times each
weekday on WPNF.
Lyda - McCrary Motors spon
sors local news each morning on
WPNF at 7:30 a.m. Other edi
tions of local news are broad
cast at 12 noon and 6:00 p-m.
The news staff of The Tran
sylvania Times prepares the lo
cal news.
Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., is
heard each Sunday on WPNF in
his weekly report from Wash
ington.
Sen. Ervin occasionally pre
sents distinguished guests on
the program, and discusses the
current Washington political
scene.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm
and Home hour for the coming
week is as follows: Thursday,
soil conservation service, Mer
rimon Shuford; Friday, station
program; Monday, county ex
tension chairman; Tuesday, sta
tion program; Wednesday, home
agent.
Speaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is Rev. Otis
Wheelhouse, Minister of Educa
tion at the First Baptist church.
Next week Rev. Dan McCall,
pastor of Brevard-Davidson Riv
er Presbyterian church, will be
heard.
The Sunday morning church
service will be broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WPNF during the month Of
July, from the Wesleyan Metho
dist church. Rev. Watson Black
is pastor.
A total of $47".‘'00 of the
$600,000 goal in the “Fund
For Your Life” campaign of
the Transylvarn C~">munity
hospital has 1 :en pledged to
date.
This announcement was
made by Jack C. Dense, the
General Chairman, at the
weekly luncheon on Tuesday
in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
Du Pont, whose corporate
gift of $60,000 was also an
nounced at the luncheon, was
the host to the well attended
progress reports meeting.
“We have a wonderful cam
paign going, and if we con
tact all of the 5,800 prospects
that we have, we’ll reach our
goal,” the chairman declared.
He pointed out that indus
try has already oversubscrib
ed its goal, which was $300,
000 — half of the campaign.
Corporate gifts are as fol
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Friday To Be
A Holiday In
Town, County
Friday, July 4th, will be 4
holiday in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county with most of
the stores being Closed.
The day will be highlighted
in the county by the annual
picnic of Olin Mathieson at
Camp Straus.
Held annually for Olin em
ployees and their families,
the event is usually attended
by more than 10,000 persons.
The gala picnic at Camp
Straus will get underway with
games and races at 10:00 a.m.
At 11:00 o’clock the annual
Baby Parade will be held,
followed by a luncheon at
noon.
At 12:30 p.m., Rev. Russell
Willis will lead the invocation
and prayer.
At 12:45, Freddie Roberts *
and Orchestra, “The Ravens”
will present a concert, featur
ing Brenda Roberts, outstand
ing girl singer of pop and
country music.
There will also be a pro
gram of comedy, featuring the
comedy team of Lewis and
Kip.
During the afternoon there
will be two softball games
(slow pitch).
The lineup is as follows:
1st Game — Olin League’s
Top Two Teams
2nd Game — Old Timers vs.
Winner (1st Game)
Supervisors: W. H. Hale,
Joe Ragsdale and Tom Craw
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The Times Is
Out Earlier
This Week
The Transylvania Times
is being published earlier
this week because of the
Fourth of July falling on
Friday.
This week’s issue is being
mailed out Tuesday evening
to all subscribers in order
that they might have tbeir
paper before the holiday ob
servance.
The issue contains many,
money • saving messages,
and the public is urged to
shop in Brevard during the
“Sidewalk Sale” days.
For The Church - Related
Brevard College Receives
$22,232 From NC Foundation
Brevard College announced
today receipt of $22,232.25 as
her share of the distribution
of funds by the North Caro
lina Foundation of Church
Related Colleges. The Foun
dation received $666,291.00
from 46* business firms op
erating in North Carolina.
In announcing the receipt of
the foundation’s check, Presi
dent Robert A. Davis said that
the business firms make cor
porate gifts through the North
Carolina Foundation at Church
Related Colleges to the operat
ing budgets at the twenty - five
associated institutions because
they recognize the importance
at the private college ki North
Carolina’s system of higher ed
ucation.
Nearly 25,000 students were
enrolled in the participating
colleges during the 1068 • 69
academic year. Every county
in the state was represented
in the composite student body,
the majority of whom lived
less than 50 miles from the
institution they attended.
President Davis indicated that
the funds Brevard College re
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