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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper Vol. 70 —No. 9 * Authorized3Sat 'BrevardT^N^c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i c u ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. LITTLE THEATRE CAST lor the play “There’s Always A Murder”, which will be presented in the college auditor ium on Friday and Saturday nights of this week, is pictured rehearsing a script for a radio broadcast over WPNF. The public is invited to see the mystery-com ery this week, which is directed by Rob roy Farquhar. Pictured, from left to right, are: Betty Everingham, Alice Nichols, Thelma Hart, Marian Sargeant, Emma Lou Truesdale, and Ruth Hunter. The men in the photo, from left to right, are: Steve Thomas, who wrote the radio script; Don Wilson, Mel Everingham and Alex McFadden. (Official Little Theatre Photo) Proceeds From Annual Girl Scout Sale Of Cookies To Go For New Camp Cabin Proposed Structure To Pro vide Year - Round Facili ties. Background Given With the success of the 1959 an-! m.al Girl Scout cookie sale, a new | troop camp cabin, complete with i kitchen facilities, will be construc ted at the area Girl Scout camp in the Island Ford section of Transyl vania. This new troop cabin, which is designed to house two units of Girl Scouts, will provide facilities for the ycar-’round camping. Up until this time, the girls have done their own cooking, and when the cabin is a reality, they will be served two meals, thus al lowing more time for varied camp activities, which could not be in cluded before now. On Sunday, March 1st, the Girl Scouts in the seven-county Pisgah council will begin taking orders for tlie cookie sale, which is the pri mary project during Girl Scout week. March 8th-14. Last year the sale was a tremen —Turn to Page Four CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 26th — B & PW club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’ clock. Exhibition cage game in col lege gym at 7:30 o’clock. Masons at 8:00 o’clock. Friday, Feb. 27th — Ace of clubs meets at 7:45 o’clock. Little Thea tre play at college at 8:00 o’clock. Organ recital at Methodist church. Saturday, Feb. 28th — Repeat performance of Little Theatre play at 8:00 p. m. Sunday, March 1st — Attend the church of your choice. First Bap tist church to have dedication ser vice at 11:00 a. m. Monday, March 2nd — Rotary clwb meets at 7:00 o’clock at Gai ther’s. Tuesday, March 3rd — Flood ccntrol meeting at Line Runner. On Affairs of State Legislature Busy, Thomason, Gaither Home This Week End The '59 General Assembly at Ral eigh is settling down to “serious business”. Stormy sessions are predicted v ilh the beginning of public hear ings next Tuesday. Transylvania’s legislators, Sen ator B. W. Thomason and Repre sentative James €. Gaither, report that they have been busy with af fairs of state and committee meet ings. Both men plan to be in Brevard this week end. Legislative Action The House firmly refused Tues day to take away from its commit tees the right to hold secret ses sions. Just as emphatically the House rejected a proposal designed to make it easier to take a bill away from a committee when it Organ Recital Is Set Friday Night The Brevard College Depart ment of Music announces an organ recital on Friday, February 27th, at 8:15 in the Brevard Methodist church. The recital will feature The fol lowing students of Professor Nel son F. Adams: Johnny Bradburn, a high school student of Brevard; Joy Cook, of Asheville, a college freshman; Mary Ann Fisher, of Hazelwood, a college freshman; Nancy Fulke, of Brevard, a college freshman; and Mildred Miller, of Brevard, college sophomore. The recitalists will play compo sitions by Bach, Buxtehude, Dupre, Purvns, Rheinberger and Vierne. The public is cordially invited to the recital and to the informal re ception immediately following in the Church Parlor. fails to act on the measure. The votes brought the first full fledged debate of the 1959 session on the floor of the House. After it was over, ihe House adopted the rules that will govern it during the session. Creation of a new state officer to wield broad power over money matters was advocated Tuesday by Sen. Lindsay C. Warren of Beau fort. The suggestion for a state comp troller gained weight from War ren's long experience as U. S. comptroller general, a post in which he gained the nickname ‘‘Watchdog of the Treasury'’ and a reputation for saving the nation Huge suin?s of money. His statement on the floor of the Senate also recalled an unsuccess ful effort four years ago to secure legislation to create the position of state comptroller. Six state departments and agen —Turn to Page Five Pisgah Mills Improving Facilities, Raise For Employees Also Announced LITTLE THEATRE WILE PRESENT A MYSTERY-COMEDY Performances Are Slated In College Auditorium Fri day And Saturday The Brevard Little theatre will present a comedy - mystery play “There’s Always a Murder” on Fri-1 day and Saturday evenings of this week in the Campus center build ing of Brevard college. Rcbroy Farquhar, manager of the Flat Rock playhouse, is direct ing the play. Mel Everingham and Alice Nich- i els, who have the leads in the play, are cast as man and wife. These newly weds have rented a furnished apartment in Boston, on ly to find that the former occupant has disappeared and may have been murdered. The plot thickens when the wife puts two and two together and de cides that the missing man’s body ’s contained in a black bag stored in their closet. Curtain time for the play will be 8:00 o'clock both evenings, and ad mission will be by season tickets or single admissions may be purch ased at the door. The public is cordially invited to attend “There’s Always a Murder” al Brevard college this week end. Directors of the Brevard Little theatre have selected the third 1 lay of the season, and casting will be held on Monday and Tuesday. March 2nd, and 3rd, in the Tran sylvania court house from 7:30 un til 9:30 o’clock. The play to be given is “The —Turn to Page Five Baptist Churches Planning Revivals The Baptist churches of the Transylvania association are making plans for simultaneous revivals in March. Rev. Jarvis Brock, chairman of publicity, announced that 15 or more Baptist churches of this area will begin revival services on or around March 15. There will be a rally meeting at the Turkey Creek Baptist churches at 3:00 the afternoon of March 15th. The churches par ticipating in the revival and the evangelists will be listed in a future edition of the Times. Much Flu, Colds In The Schools Of Transylvania Many students and teachers have been absent in the schools of Brevard ana Transylvania county during the past week or two, but the situation is much improved, Siupt Wayne Brad burn reported Wednesday after noon. The flu seems to be of the 24-hc»ur variety, and a student is usually absent only a day or two. The per cent of absences in the various schools has ranged from three to 17, which is about average during bad wintry wea ther, the superintendent stated. Absences on Monday were the highest to date this year, but this, of course, was influenced by the weather. Near - average was reported on Tuesday and Wednesday. For in stance, only 45 out of over 700 were absent at Brevard high, and at Brevard elementary less than 80 out of 1,100 was said absent at Brevard elementary. AN ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of the “Cabin in the Woods”, the proposed new troop camp cabin at the Girl Scout area camp in the Island Ford section of Transyl vania, is shown above. The cabin, which will provide year-’round camping facilities and make more activi ties possible, will be constructed with funds derived from the annual sale of Girl Scout cookies in the seven counties of the Pisgah council. Robert Daniels is the architect for the project, and Earl Johnson is in charge of mechanical maintenance. CLYDE K. OSBORNE, Brevard native, is shown af ter winning the 1958 award for distinguished agricul tural reporting presented by the N. C. Farm Bureau Fed eration. Taking honors in the above 20,000 circulation classification, Mr. Osborne is rural life editor of The Charlotte Observer. Alonzo Edwards, Bureau executive vice president, cited his work in 15 areas of rural activ ity and lauded Osborne’s investigation of an egg firm, which endangered the livelihood of all Tar Heel egg producers. Thomason To Speak At Formal Dedication Of The First Baptist Church Here On Sunday Morning REV. B. W. THOMASON FIRE AT NEW SCHOOL The Brevard fire department ! answered an alarm at the new high school about 1:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. A trailer tar truck caught afire, but was quickly put out. I Killian Invites The Member ship And The Public To Attend Special Service The First Baptist church will ob serve its formal dedication of the new building on Sunday, March 1, at 11:00 a. m. This marks a mile stone in the history of the church, since the new edifice is now paid for in full. State Senator B. W. Thomason, former p&stor for many years and probably the one man who worked hardest in promoting the building fund, will be the principal speaker for the occasion. Lewis P. Hamlin, who was chair man of the building committee, will lead the dedicatory prayer. The public is invited to attend, by Rev. W. Harold Killian, pastor, and the membership of the church. Mr. Killian will preside over the service, and special music will be provided for the occasion by the church choir. The service will be tape recorded bv the staff of WPNF, and it will be broadcast at the more conven ient hour of 2:00 o’clock that af ternoon. WPNF Program Highlights Winners In "My True Security” Contest Announced, Prizes Listed Winners in the first annual “My J True Security” contest in Transyl vania County are announced today by A1 Martin, chairman of the pro ject. sponsored locally by the Bre vard Jaycee’s and Radio Station WPNF. * Students entered as finalists from Brevard high school were Charles Eloomquist, Floyd McCall, and Barbara Oliver. Entrants from Rosimian high school include final ists Jo Ann Chapman, Jometa Hoo per, Hazel McCall, Tabitha Owen, Louise Powell, Madith Whitmire, Roberta Whitmire and Sara Whit mire. The three judges for the contest were Dr. B. W. Loomis, Professor Alex McFadden, and Mrs. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Prizes for the top winners in clude a Motorola portable radio from Sledge radio and TV service, a Crown portable radio from Aber crombie's Home Furnishings, a table model Motorola radio from Pearlman’s, and a table model Truetone radio from Western Auto Associate store. Other prizes in clude lamps from Houston Furni ture company and Burgin Furni ture company, a set of pearls from —Turn to Page Four INCENTIVE PLAN NOW IN EFFECT, PRESIDENT SAYS Stockholders Are Spending Better Than $50,000 On Modernization Program . 60-YEAR HISTORY Pisgah Mills, a manufacturing concern with a 60-year Itistofy • in lineivard and Transylvania county, is being modernized, and the pres ident and treasurer,. FeLi^t It Mont gomery, Jr., also announces that a wage increase for employees, over aging about sewin' and one-»hatf per cent, will go into effect * hiring March. A new gronp incentive program, which is based on production and quality, was inaugurated at the ir ill on February 23rd, of this year, Mr. Montgomery states. Thus incentive program nukes another six per cent increase in take home pay possible. . The president reports that the stockholders have faith in the fu ture both in the textile industry and in Brevard, and they are spending better than $50,000.00 on improvements in carding alone to help make progress possible. In addition, changes in work as signments of employees, as wed as in the mill organization, have been made. ' “To become stronger than our competition and to continue our progress, changes and improve mentis must continue,” Mr. Mont gomery declared before leaving foe New York on a business trip on Wednerdev Pisgaih Mills manufactures a high - grade) industrial sewing threat product, with an annual pay roll of approximately a quarter million dollars. About the future, Mr. Montgom —Turn to Page Four FFA GROUP HEARD AT CIVIC MEETS Kiwanians And Rofcarians Hear Outstanding Reports. Business Sessions Held Farming by young people is proving profitable as well as en joyable, members of the Brevard chapter Future Farmers tokf Bre vard Kiwanians here Thursday evening. Comparing com growing of 50 years ago with today, the j young men pointed out that wheav some of tihe Kiwanis members were j youngsters, 12 to 20 bushels of corn per acre were considered a good yield. Today, many of the FFA boys in Transylvania county are members of the 100-bushel per acre club, and one young man in Transylvania went past the 150 bushel yield in 1958. Carrol Parker told of improved methods of com growing, and Rob ert Galloway talked interestingly about baby beef growing. Young Galloway was Western CaroTnia winner last fall, and received over $600 for his fat calf at the an nual sale. Winfred Galloway, president of the FFA, presided over the pro gram, and others taking part were Deedie Wilson, vice president; —Turn to Page Four Legion Auxiliai^r Sponsoring Essay Contest In Schools The American legion auxiliary of the Monroe Wilson post is again sponsoring an American essay con lav) in the schools of Transylvania. The contest will bo held In the Rosman high school auditorium, with Mrs. Mitchell Neely in charge «f arrangements. The subject this* year will be: “Why Am I An American?” Entries must be in by April 1st in order to be judged by the local judges. A cash prize of $10 will be awarded to the first place winner, with $5.00 for second place. The two winning essays will be forwarded to Raleigh for compe tition in the state contest.
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