“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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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)
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Schools in Brevard and
Transylvania county opened
Tuesday, which was “Pupil
Assignment Day”.
Wednesday was the first
full day of classes.
According to Supt. Harry C.
Corbin, enrollment is greater
than it was last year.
Students are still register
ing at all schools. After the
first day, some 4,425 stu
dents had registered, and
registration is expected to
exceed 4,500.
Thinks ran smoothly the first
two days, and Supt. Corbin said
he was pleased with the suc
cessful opening.
Buses ran pretty much on
schedule, and all lunchrooms
opened on Wednesday.
Brevard and Rosman football
teams are busy with practice
sessions and both teams open
—Turn to Page Four
High School To
Train Students
For Modern Jobs
The Transylvania County
Better Schools Committee is
urging passage of the school
building bond issue to fi
nance a county - wide school
advancement program, when
the issue comes to a vote on
September 12th.
One of the many advances in
this program will be the con
struction of a comprehensive,
consolidated high school. Such
a high school will feature a
complete program designed to
assist ail students in prepara
tion for their future lives. A
strengthened academic program
will help college - bound stu
dents better prepare to pursue
a higher education and a far
wider range of occupational
training courses will help pre
pare students going into the
world to work, according to the
Committee. *
In the new and improved
curriculum, the consolidated,
high school will offer Data
Processing, Art, Cosmetology,
Graphic Arts, Commercial
Cooking, Machine Shop, Elec
tricity and Electronics, Air
Conditioning, Plumbing, Heat
ing, Sheet Metal, Auto Mech
anics and other courses as
the needs dictate. These voca
tional courses constitute a list
of the occupational skills now
so much in demand in every
modern community. All voca
toinal program students will
enjoy the advantages of first
hand experience type of in
■ structionby qualified instruc
tors in modern laboratories.
Why Consolidate?
The Better Schools Commit
tee answers the question often
asked by many people living
—Turn to Page Four
To Hold Rites
For Rev. Cox
This Thursday
Rev. John Andrew Cox, Sr.,
age 73, of the Little River Com
munity, died unexpectedly in a
Henderson county doctor’s of
fice Tuesday afternoon.
He was a native of Anderson
County, S. C., and had held
pastorates in many churches in
North Carolina.
Before coming to Brevard he
served churches in Thomasville
for 13 years and Asheville, for
four years.
He was the founding pastor
of Grace Baptist church in Bre
vard. On retirement, several
years ago, he has supplied many
—Turn to Page Three
Cars Demolished
Several Are Injured In Two
Wrecks In County This Week
Two cars were demolished
and several persons were in
jured in two, one-car accidents
in Transylvania this week.
About 12:10 p.m. on Monday,
Kenneth Earl Metcalf, of route
1, Penrose, lost control of his
car on a curve on US Highway
64 west of Brevard.
Trooper Zeb Hawes reports
that the car travelled 430 feet
out of control before hitting a
bank and then it went another
169 feet.
Metcalf was admitted to the
local hospital and is reported
to have suffered minor injuries.
About 2:10 p.m. Tuesday
afternoon, Jerry Baxter Crisp,
lost control of the car he was
driving about one mile from the
county line on the Henderson
ville highway.
Patrolman Hawes said the cirr
travelled some 400 feet out of j
control before striking an em
bankment on the other side of
the road and then a telephone
pole.
Metcalf and the three other
occupants were brought to the
Transylvania Community hos
pital, and they are reported to
have suffered minor injuries.
Riding with him were T. R.
Gentry, 67, of Lenoir; Mrs.
Betty Crisp, 26, of Hudson, and
Rebecca Crisp 1,6, also of Hud
son.
The driver is reported to
have been on his way to Bre
vard to enter Brevard College.
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