The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
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★ Vol. 84—No. 19
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971 * SECTION FOUR ★
NEW BAND DIRECTOR —
Principal Bill Stanley is pictured at
the left welcoming James F. Har
well, the new band director of Bre
vard high school, to the school and
to the community. At the right is
John D. Eversman, who retires as
band director at the end of this
school year. (Times Staff Photo)
James F. Harwell Is The New
Director, Brevard High Band
James F. Harwell Is the
new director of the Brevard
high school band, succeed
ing John D. Eversman, who
retires at the end of this
school year.
Mr. Harwell comes to Bre
vard from Concord, where he
has made an outstanding rec
ord.
This past year, his Junior
/•High band received a Super
ior rating at the State Junior
High School Band Festival.
His Senior High band receiv
ed an Excellent rating at the
Festival for Senior High
School Bands.
Highland* of the Concord
band activities -Under M&fcJltav-.
well’s direction inelude march
ing in the Shrine Bowl and
Carrousel Parades in addition
to numerous concerts.
Prior to going to Concord,
Mr. Harwell was band direc
tor at Marianna, Arkansas,
Henderson, Tennessee, Frank
lin, and assistant band di
rector at Morganton.
While he was in Franklin,
his band represented North
Carolina in Chicago, Illinois,
at the Lions Club Internation
al convention.
Mr. Harwell is no stranger
in Transylvania county.
He has spent his summers
here as Business Manager of
the Pisgah Girl Scout camp.
During summer months, he
has also been associated with
Cherokee’s “Unto These Hills”
as an actor.
Mr, Harwell is a past pres
ident of the Western Divi
sion of the North Carolina
Music Educators Conference
and a member of its Board.
He is currently a member of
the North Carolina’s Band
master’s Association and
serves as Chairman of the So
lo and Ensemble committee
for the State Band Contest
Festival.
He was instrumental in
setting up Solo and Ensemble
contests in Western North
Carolina.
Mr. Harwell is active in the
in the Presbyterian church
and has served as a Deacon
and a member of the choir.
He has been a member of
the Lions club and is cur
rently active in the Concord
Kiwanis club.
His leisure time pursuits in
clude collecting old tools,
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TRANSYLVANIA
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 13-Rosman
Tuesday, May 18--Balsam Grove
Wednesday, May 19- Eastatoe
Thursday, May 20-Blantyre
Tuesday, May 25_Hendersonville Hwy.
Wednesday, May 26-—Boyleston Hwy.
Thursday, May 27_ Little River
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By BILL BERO ■
MAMMALS OF THE SEA
THE DOLPHINS ARE INTERESTING SMALL,TOOTHED MEMBERS
OF THE WHALE FAMILY. THEY ARE ALSO CALLED PORPOISES
BECAUSE OF THEIR HABIT OF PORPOISING IN THE WATER WHILE
PLAYING BESIDE SHIPS ANP^ BOATS.
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THE KILLER WHALE,A VICIOUS
AMAL, ATTACKS OTHER
THEY WILL KILL
SAND PORPOISES
FOUND IN THE
ARCTIC OCEAN.
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-WHITS WHALE
SKIN
IS
OF THE DOLPHIN FAMttX
IT WILL SO TO 14 FT.
USED FOR LEATHER.
chess, hiking, camping and
reading.
In 1962 he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Award
by the Franklin Jaycees.
He is married to the for
mer Sarah Cannon, of Can
ton, who is active in Girl
Scouting.
She is beginning her four
th summer as Director of
the Pisgah Girl Scout camp.
They have a 13-year old son,
Greg, a rising 8th grader who
is active in the band and the
Boy Scout troop.
Rites For Mrs
Southerland
Set Thursday
Mrs. Jean Hall Southerland,
43, of 557 Country Club road,
died Tuesday in a Henderson
County hospital after a long
illness.
She was a member of Bre
vard Garden Club and Davidson
River Presbyterian church.
Surviving are the husband,
Fred Southerland; three sons,
Fred Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn.,
and James M. and Stanley
Bruce Southerland of the home;
a daughter, Miss Karen Bryant
Southerland of the home; the
father. Fred Hall of Lake Tox
away; and a half sister. Mrs. '
Ann Martin of Portland, Ore.
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Graveside services will be i
held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in i
Pisgah Gardens Cemetery. The i
Revs. Dan McCall and Tommy <
Owens will officiate. A me
morial service will follow in
the BreVard-Davidson River
Presbyterian church.
Pallbearers will be Charles
Barton, J. T. Reid, Rex Hum
phrey, Lloyd Burham Bill Stan
ley and Charles Caldwell.
The family received friends
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednes
day at Frank Moody Funeral
Home.
The family has requested that
in lieu of flowers, donations be
made to the American Cancer
Society.
Raxter-Hogsed
Reunion Sunday
The Raxter, Hogsed Reunion
will be held Sunday, May 16th,
at Dunn’s Creek Baptist
church.
Lunch will be served at 1:00
p.m.
All friends and relatives
have a cordial invitation to at
tend.
Gibson Named General Manager
Of Olin's New Poylester Plant
A former annour.cer for
Brevard Radio Station WPNF
was named on may 6th to
direct Olin Corporation’s
new polyester enterprise to
be located in Greenville, S.
C.
Herbert L. Gibson, Jr., was
appointed by Group Vice Pres
ident Garza Baldwin, Jr., to
the po'-ition of Vice President
of the Fine Paper and Film
Group and General Manager
of the Group’s new Polyester
Operation.
Mr. Gibson joined the
WPNF staff in 1953 after
brief work with the Ruther
fordton station WBBO, and
served as announcer • en
gineer while a student at
Brevard Junior College
where he took college pre
paratory courses. He enter,
ed Clemson University in
September, 1953. ard gradu
ated as a mechanical engineer
with honors in less than three
years.
Mr. Gibson was engaged in
industrial consultant work,
with headquarters in Green
ville and in Morganton, prior
to joining Olin. He previously
held executive positions with
Knob Creek, Inc. of Morgan
ton, W. R. Grace and Co. of
Simpsonville and Duncan. S.
C., and C’elanese Plastics Co.
He attended public schools
in his native Waynesboro,
Va., and took college pre
paratory courses at Brevard
Junior College after serving
with the U. S. Navy.
He and Mrs. Gibson, the
former Harriet Butler of
Steele’s Tavern, Va., have
two children. They live on
Huntington Road in Green
HERBERT L. GIBSON
ville.
Olin will exercise option
in the near future on the
long-term lease of a 100
acre tract in Greenville’s
Donaldson Center where the
polyester plant will be erect
ed. The plant, will employ
about 175 persons when pro
duction gets under way in
January 1973, and is expect
ed to expand to a payroll of
300 to 400 persons.
The Polyester Operation is
the third manufacturing seg
ment of the Fine Paper and
Film Group consisting of Ecus
ta Paper Division at Pisgah
Forest and Film Division with
plants at Pisgah Forest and
Covington, Indiana. Principal
products are papers for the to
bacco industry, high qualitj
lightweight printing papers, s
variety of cellophane and othei
packaging films, and othei
specialty products.
Transylvania County Nurses
Association Meets Tuesday
The next meeting of the
Transylvania County Nurses
Association will be held on
Tuesday, May 18th, at 7:30 p.
m. in the hospital dining room.
President Sue Maness, R.N.,
urges all members to be pres
ent, and all R.N.’s in Transyl
vania County, are cordially in
vited to join.
Please support your profes
sional organization!, she says.
Miss Shipman
Rites Thursday
Miss Jessie L. Shipman, 80,
formerly of Horse Shoe and
^revard, died Tuesday morning
in a Morehead City hospital
after a period of declining
health.
She was a native of Hender
son County, retired Postmist
ress at Horse Shoe and a mem
ber of Brevard First Baptist
Church.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. E. H. Elam of Nashville,
Tenn., and Mrs. H. P. Spears of
Morehead City; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 11:00
a.m. Thursday in Thos. Shep
herd Memorial Chapel, Hender
sonville.
The Revs. Russell Willis and
T. G. Procter will officiate.
Burial will be in Oakdale Ceme
tery.
The family received friends
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednes
day at the funeral chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Children’s
Home Society in Greensboro.
MISS GEORGIA HUNTER,
daughter of Mrs. Dorothy E.
Hunter, of Lakeview Drive,
Brevard, received her BA in
Economics at Clemson Uni
versity’s graduation exer
cises last Friday. Miss Hunt
er held the rank of Colonel
in Capers which is a nation
al organization affiliated
with the Pershing Rifles. A
native of Columbia, South
Carolina, she was a 1967 grad
uate of Newberry High School
and has spent much time in
Brevard with her grandmoth
er, Mrs. Randall Everett.
When you think of preicrlp.
lions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
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