THE TRANSY] TANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize -j tning, Home Town Newspaper
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Vol. — 82 No. 31 •*'» at miymo. n. e.
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BREVARD, N. j * IURSDAY, JULY 31, 1969
★ 28 PAGES TODAY *
CLEANING A MOONBOX — C.
H. McCallister of the Oak Ridge Y
12 Plant uses a fluorescent light and
a needle - sized vacuum cleaner to
remove lint particles from an Apol
lo moonbox. The cleaning opera
tion is one of a series of pre-flight
decontamination steps to assure that
there will be no earth dirt in the
box to contaminate soil samples ob
tained from the moon. The Oak
Ridge Y-12 Plant is operated by
Union Carbide Corporation for the
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Brevard College
Another Local Tie-In With
Apollo XI Flight Revealed
Citizens of Brevard and
Transylvania County discov
ered yet another local tie-in
with the flight of Apollo 11
with the revelation that a
member of the first graduat
ing class at Brevard College
was responsible for the de
velopment of the special
aluminum vacuum containers
used by astronauts Noil Arm
strong and Buss Aldrin to
bring back samples of lunar
soiL
Dr. James M. Schreyer, a
member of the clam of 1938 at
Brevard College, supervised the
pre - flight decontamination
procedures for the antiseptically
olean valise • like containers
used in the transports ting of
lunar samples to the Lunar Re
ceiving Laboratory in Houston.
Dr. Schreyer is Department Su
pervisor of the Chemistry De
velopment Department at the
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Y-12 Plant
which is operated by the Nu
clear Division of Union Carbide
Corporation for the U. S. Atom
ic Energy Commission.
Each aluminum container
measures 19<4 inches by 10^
inches by 7 Inches high. The
containers were designed,
fabricated and cleaned at the
Oak Ridge V-12 Plant.
The pre-flight decontamina
tion was performed to enable
scientists to make a true ap
praisal of the lunar samples un
contaminated by dirt originat
ing on earth.
Containers used for Apollo
11 and for succeeding Apol
lo projects are processed
through a lengthy cleaning
operation in a Y-l* Plant
clean room which, according
to Dr. Schreyer, is the clean
est laboratory of its type in
the world. The room is equip
ped with Alters which force
386 air changes per hour.
Personnel working in the
room wear gloves, caps and
Special Nylon CovaraDa.
Scientists working under Dr.
—Turn to Page Six
Serves Transylvania
Merlin McElprang Is New
Scout Executive In Area
Jordan Maynard, Scout E:
ecutive of the Daniel Boon
Council Boy Scouts of Amer
ca Asheville, announces the a
signment of Merlin C. McE
prang as District Scout Execi
tive to serve the new District i
combining the operations th
old Land-O-Sky and Transy
vania Districts which embodie
Henderson and Transylvani
Counties.
Mr. McElprang brings to tl»
new District a wide Scoutin;
Temperatures during the past
week averaged 85 and 64 at
Brevard, with total rainfall for
the period of more than two and
a half inches.
Highest reading on the ther
mometer came on Monday when
the mercury hit 88 degrees, and
the week’s low point was reach
ed Tuesday morning with a
reading of 61 degrees.
Continued seasonal tempera
tures and predicted for the rest
of this week, with about one
half to one inch of rain.
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the week was as fol
lows:
High Low Free.
Wednesday_ 82 65 0.05
Thursday _ 84 65 1.22
Friday- 85 64 0.12
Saturday- 86 63 0.50
Sunday-85 65 0.66
Monday- 88 64 0.Q0
Tuesday- 84 61 0.00
Editor Uppor Room \
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Dr. Wilson Weldon To Speak
At First United Methodist
Dr. Wilma O. Weldon, edi
tor of the International, In
teriien—ilmtionnl Daily De
votional Guide, THE UPPER
ROOM, will preach at Pint
United fTrthtdtif ehwch ea
Sunday, August 3rd, it the
11 o’clock a. m. worship ser
rice.
I Dr. Weldon has had a dis
tinguished career as a church
man and preacher across the
years. His mast recent appoint
ment before assuming duty as
editor oI THE UPPER ROOM
was West Market United Metho
dist church in Greensboro, N.
C. when he was pastor from
198347.
Dr. Walden Is
el the
__ and
••Ufa at
▻ background as he became an
e adult Scout Leader in 1954
t- serving first as a Scoutmaster
>* and then as a Cubmaster and
1- later as an Assistant District
i- Commissioner.
I
e He joined the professional
1- ranks in 1966 in Tampa, Flori
1 da. He attended the National
i Training School at the Schiff
Scout Reservation in New Jer
sey and then went through the
- National Camping School and
* the Woodbadgp Training Course.
Mr. McElprang was born Sep
tember 10, 1632, in Hunting
ton, Emery County, Utah, and
received his primary and sec
ondary education there. He at
tended Carbon College, now the
University of Southeastern
Utah at Price, Utah. He then
—Turn to Page Six
Look Inside...
“Moonshining” pictorial fea
ture, front page, second section
History of Transylvania coun
ty, page 8, section 4
Editor’s Corner, page 5, first
section
News of and for the Women,
page 6, section 2 and page 3,
section 4
Sports, page 4, section 1
Classified, pages 2 & 3, first
section
Red Cross Feature, Front
page, third section
Open House at Tree Haven,
pages 1, 2, 3, third section
Robin Hood’s Fair, page 8,
section 3
All Signs Point To Paving Whitewater
Falls Road From Highway 64, Sapphire
Important Announcements Made
At Annual Picnic On Saturday
There will be a paved road from US
Highway 64 to beautiful Whitewater Falls in
upper Transylvania county. That was the feel
ing of person in attendance at the annual
Whitewater Falls picnic last Saturday.
And this feeling was shared by North and
South Carolina political leaders, community
leaders in both states, US Forestry officials and
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
The road has been paved on the South
Carolina side to the Falls, and much work has
been accomplished on the nine - mile road
from Sapphire to the falls.
It was announced at the picnic that a con
tract has just been let for paving of 1.43 miles
on the North Carolina side.
The contract was for $350,343.70, and it
*° Bl«® Ridge Structures of
Asheville.
This stretch runs from the Boheny church
to the Tomassee river.
Another mile is in the designing and plan
ning stage.
These facts were substanitaited this week
by Joe Todd, division engineer, US Bureau of
Public Roads, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
. , Todd said that the road will be paved
with forestry funds and state matching funds,
and the work will be done as fast as the mon
ey is available.
The reason for any alow - down in work
on the Whitewater rpad in the future will be
money". -WmlBgr?
It is hoped tW&m bridge will be con
structed over Horsepasture river with the
work beginning this year.
There are tremendous plans for the White
water area to tie in with those of the Keowee
Toxaway project.
A bridge is also expected to be erected
over the Falls, which are the highest in East
ern America.
Program Highlight*
"Music From Brevard" Popular
Feature On Sundays Over WPNF
‘Music From Brevard”, a
popular Sunday afternoon pro
gram on WPNF, will again fea
ture the Brevard Music Center
orchestra, conducted by Henry
Janiec.
Next Sunday’s program will
present the following selections
in a program starting over
WPNF at 3:05 p. m„ Euryanthe
Overture by Weber; 1st Move
ment of the Harp Concerto by
Albreehis Berger; also Can Can
and Waltz by Smith.
Mr. Janiec also acts as mas
ter of ceremonies on the pro
gram. Listeners are urged to
hear this outstanding WPNF
program each Sunday afternoon.
This Sunday will be the 14th
program in the current series.
Other Programs
The Farm and Home Hour
schedule for the week is as fol
lows: Thursday, station pro
gram; Friday, station program;
Monday, County Ag. Extension
Agent Jim Davis; Tuesday,
Clark Grissom, N. C. Forest
Svc; Wednesday, Jean Childers,
Home Econ. Extension Agent.
Speaking on Morning Devo
—Tarn Ta Page Tkret
POLITICALLY SPEAKING —
The group above is talking politics
at the annual Whitewater Falls pic
nic ^ last Saturday. Of course, the
main topic of conversation was the
paving of the road on the North
Carolina side from US Highway 64
to the falls. At the left is US Rep
resentative W. J. Byran Dorn, of
South Carolina, and others, left to
right are: Mrs. Edith Osborne, May
or of Bosnian; Judge Lacey Thorn
burg, of Sylva; and Admiral Ligon
Ard, of Brevard.
(Times Staff Photo)
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Capacity Crowds
Big Alumni Weekend At Music
Center\ Finest Season Ever
Alumni from all over the
U. S. and several foreign
countries, plus representa
tives of many U. S. colleges,
will gather at the Brevard Mu
sic Center this weekend to
renew past experiences and
enlist some of the many fine
music students at the Center
in music conservatories and
universities, thus furthering
their musical education.
Since its founding in 1936,
the Brevard Music Center has
graduated over 10,000 alumni,
boys and girls who have in many
cases gone on to highly success
ful professional careers in mu
sic. Hundreds of these “old
grads” are expected back this
weekend to relieve their days as
campers at Brevard, which to
many were among the happiest
and best - spent periods of their
lives.
On August 1st, 2nd, and
3rd these BMC alumni will
return to these well - re
membered hills, reminisce,
and hold special meetings
with the Center’s leadership.
Informal parties and get
togethers will also highlight
Survey Reveals
Local Population Getting Younger
a cnange nas been taking
pbea In the Transylvania
County population, it has
stopped getting younger.
Back in 1960, for every local
resident who was older than
2S.3 years, there was one who
was younger.
That was the median age lo
cally, aa determined by the
I960 Census.
Also, It was found, the
median age was moving down
ward, year by year, whkh
aMont that the population as
a whole was getting younger.
ft continued falling through
1907, when it reached its low
est point, 23.8 years, where it
stands at the present time, ac
cording to the latest figures.
Carolina, 24.0.
The major reason given for
the standstill in the median age
is the low birth rate that pre
vails. There has been a drastic
shift, locally and elsewhere, in
the child - bearing patterns of
the modern woman. The trend
i,,: ... in toward smaller families.
. %■
The Population Reference
Burean attributes this, in
part, ‘to a realization by
younger married couples that
rearing children in this com
plicated ahd expensive world
presents big problems.”
As a result, American women
of child . bearing age now have
20 percent fewer children un
der the age of five living with
them than did their 1900 Count
rngt-cm—mm
Pilin' ^
The ratio shows how many
children there are, under
five, for every 1,00* women
within the normal child-bear
ing ages — 15 to 49.
Based on the general trend
since 1960, as determined by
a national sampling survey, the
ratio in Transylvania County at
the present time is approxi
mately 350 such children per
1,000 women, considerably low
er than 1900’s 438.
It compares favorably, how
eve?, with the ratios in many
areas of the country. Some of
them are as low as 100.
The report notes that the
irth “does not show the ex
teat to which the pill and
relatively new tech
i e# family planning are
. isible for the substan
tial decline In fertility, hut
they undoubtedly have been
HENRY JANIEC, Director
of the Brevard Music Center,
who will host activities dur
ing the Center’s Alumni
Weekend, August 1st - 3rd.
the weekend activities.
As BMC Alumni Association
President, Robert G. Edge of
Atlanta, recently remarked to
his fellow ex-Brevardites: “I
do not know how emotional you
got when you sang the Tran
sylvania Song on the last Sun
day of camp, but my contemp
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At the mid-season mark,
the Brevard Music Center is
experiencing its finest season
ever and this weekend’s Fes
tival concerts promise to draw
capacity crowds to the Cen
ter’s showpiace. Whittington
Pfohl Auditorium.
A gala performance of Mo
zart’s Magic Flute will be given
on Friday, August I, at 8:15
p. m. followed by an orches
tral recital by the Transylvania
Symphony under conductor Em
il Raab on Saturday evening.
The weekend’s festivities will
close with a concert appearance
by famed pianist Lee Luvisi on
Sunday, August 3, at 3:30 p.m.
Lee Luvisi is a perennial
favorite at Brevard. Ranked
as one of the world’s finest
keyboard virtuosos, young Mr.
Luvisi has chalked up an im
pressive list of critical bravos
on many U. S. and European
Tours. “His playing has near
infallibility", the New York
Times has said, while Mon
treal's Le Soir praised his
“brilliant playing . . a per
sonality of real temperament
and a fearless technique.”
A native of Louisville, Lee
jUvisi at 31 has been as inspira
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By Governor Scott
Jack E. Bryant 1$ Appointed To
Conservation, Development Board
Brevard’s Jack E. Bryant
has been named by Governor
Bob Scott as a member of
the 27-man Conservation and
Development Board.
In accepting the appointment,
Mr. Bryant said that he was
most grateful to Governor
Scott for giving him the oppor
tunity to serve the great State
of North Carolina.
He continued:
‘The work of the Board of
Conservation and Develop
ment probably affects more
people than any other part
of oar state government.
“*■ selecting Roy Sowers,
Governor Scott will have one
of North Carolina’s most ca
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