“FOR BETTER LIVING” — The photographer is pictured above snapping a picture for Du Pont’s “Better Living” magazine to go with the article on Plant Manager Jack C. Dense and the local “Fund For Your Life” campaign, which Mr. Dense headed. Pictured with him is R. D. Breedlove, who was chairman of the drive in the Brevard Du Pont plant. Transylvania And DuPont’s Plant Manager Receives Fine Publicity (Editor’s note: Jack V. Dense, manager of the Bre vard Du Pont plant, and Transylvania county received some fine publicity hi the current issue of ‘‘Better Liv ing”, the international publi cation of Du Pont. The Pic torial feature was entitled “Some People Who Care—Du Pont Employees Have a Tra dition of Pitching in on Com munity Problems”. The maga zine has a worldwide circula tion of 180,OM). Plant managers traditionally are community leaders. But Jack Dense, manager of the Photo Products plant at Bre vard, N. C., has gone far be yond the requirements of tra dition. Dense heads a “Fund for Your Life” committee that started out last year to raise $600,000 to help build a new hospital. The committee had so much success it raised the sights to $1,000,000. And they’ve got it now, in cash and pledges, despite initial doubts of Brevard’s business community and even of profes sional fund-raisers. “In the face of this skepti cism,” Dense says, “we did the only thing there was to do. We went to work." Employees went to work too. Employee Relations Supervisor R. D. Breedlove set a goal of $50,000, encouraging each em ployee to contribute “a dollar a —Turn to Page Three Dr. Davis To Speak New Year Begins At College, Enrollment Near Capacity, 620 Brevard College begins the New Year on Thursday with a near capacity enrollment of approximately 620 students. Dr. Robert A. Davis says that registration was completed on Wednesday, and he is well pleased with the number and quality of students. “I am also most pleased with our fine faculty and staff,” Dr. Davis continued. Some 60 sophomores return ed to the campus last week tc work with the faculty and stafi in welcoming the new student! to Brevard. Many of them arrived on Sunday, and all the students will be formally welcomed at the formal Fall convocation —Turn to Page Three Program Highlights Report On Highway Building Program To Be Heard On WPNF A new series of programs concerning the North Carolina State Highway Commission, and its road budding activities throughout the state will be heard over WPNF as a part of the regular Friday moniing series “A Citizen Speaks”. This program is heard every Friday at 11:30 a.m. The program also presents the weekly “SBI Report” from Raleigh. Local citizens are invited to use this time on WPNF to air M g|p!:|§ September Election ASCS Community Committee Slate Announced This Week Candidates for Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation community committee posts in Transylvania County have been announced by Glenn A. Whit mire, Chairman of the County ASC Committee. In September eligible farm voters will elect three members .and two alternates to serve ^one-year terms in each of the 8 ASC communities in the county. ASC community com mittees assist in carrying out Government fern programs locally and help keep farmers informed of purposes and pro visions of these programs. jssji'SUSf.ar— munity committeemen will con vene to elect one member and two alternates to the County ASC Committee and to chooae the County Committee Chair man. The three-member Coun ty ASC Committee is respon sible for administering all ASCS farm programs in the county. Currently in Transyl vania County, the principal farm programs are the Feed Grain Program, cost sharing for Agricultural Conservation prac tices and the Marketing Quote pnd Price Support Programs. Nominees for ASC committee posts are as follows: their views concerning local matters. Those wishing to mak« use of the program should con tact WPNF officials. One of the warmest personal! ties in show business will soor be starting a new series of pro —Turn to Page Three Temperatures during the past week averaged 84 and 61 at Brevard, while rainfall was about average for a week, Fri day claimed the prize for the warmest day, with a reading of 88, while the low of 55 occurred on Tuesday. Weather Bureau’s long range forecast for the area: Extended outlook Wednesday through Saturday: chance of rain or showers, mainly eastern sec tions Thursday and Friday. Cooler, with lows at night rang ing in the 50s, while the day time highs should be about 80. Temperatures and rainfall for the past week as follows: Wednesday_ 86 61 Trace High Low Prec. Thursday 87 61 Trace Friday . Saturday 88 63 0.02 83 62 1.24 Sunday Monday Tuesday 83 67 Trace 82 57 0.00 82 55 0.00 Going Away To School? Let Times Go Too Attention boys and girls who are going off to school and college — and their par ents. too. Let The Transylvania Times go with you. Enjoy reading your home town paper which is, as you know, chock full of information and news about all the doings in the Brevard area. Parents — The Times won’t take the place of letters to your sons and daughters away at school. Not at all. But it will save you the time and trouble of having to write news items in your self, and if we do say it ourselves, The Times will give far more news than any one has time to write. The cost? Very little: on ly $3.50 for the entire school term from the time they start until June 1st. So don’t delay, get that school subscription started at once. Mail or bring your re mittance and the address to us; we’ll do,the rest. A RECORD NUMBER of streets is being paved in Brevard this sum mer. Usually, the annual paving fund is from $15,000 to $18,000, but this year more than $35,000 will be spent in paving or resurfacing streets, drives and lanes. Above a section of Thomas street is being blacktopped. Other streets paved this year include: Duckworth street, Grove Lane, Appletree street, Groce Circle, Batson road, Varsity street, Montview Circle, Palmer street, Bur rell avenue, Hilt street, Rosenwald Lane, James street, Lakeview drive, Harold street, Jordan road, Morgan street, Franklin avenue, Robinson street, Aiken drive, Probart and Rice street. (Times Staff Photo) [■ - ' . Smooth Operation Schools Open With 4,425, Students Still Registering Beginning Sept. 14th Adult Education Program Will Be Offered At Brevard, Rosman The fall quarter of adult edu cation, sponsored by the Hen derson County Technical Insti tute and Transylvania County schools, is scheduled to begin Monday, September 14th. The adult program has been en larged this year to include a number of occupational and spe cial interest courses not previ ously offered. Some courses will be offered at Rosman this year for the first time. Basic education courses in reading, English and mathe matics will be offered both at Brevard Senior High school and at Rosman High school. Adults may start at any level from be ginning reading to final prepa ration for advanced high school courses. A class in high school English and one in high school mathe matics will be offered at Bre vard Senior High school. If there is enough demand high school science and social studies will also be offered. —Turn To Page Three Crisp, 19, lost, control of the vehicle in a curve and travelled some 400 feet before knocking down a telephone pole in a field on the opposite side of the road and then overturning. More details are car ried elsewhere in this week’s newspaper. / -(Times Staff Photo) ,