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TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C, Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r 1 c u ltural and Musk Center. Pontfa tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. ★ Vol. 70 — No. 11 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKL> PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS at (he annual 100-Bushel Corn club banquet last Friday night in (he Brevard Elementary school, cafeteria are pictured here. In the top photo, left to right, are: R. C. “Bob” Francis, of Waynesville, the principal speaker; County Agent Janies Davis, who presided; Jonathan Woody, executive vice president of (lie First Union National banks who introduced the speak er; Randal Lyday, who presented certificates to the FFA winners; and, Ralph J. Duckworth, who assisted in the awarding of the trophies and prizes. At the left, Mr. Duckworth is shown pre senting the handsome trophy to Hugh N. Lambert, top adult win ner in the county. At the right is Charles Galloway, president of the Cathey’s Creek commun ity Development club, which re ceived the plaque for having the highest yield produced in their section. (Extension Staff Photos) Narch-April Term 0! Superior Court In Transylvania Opens On The 30th Jurors Are Drawn. Judge George Patton Will Pre side Over Both Weeks The March - April term of Super ior court in Transylvania county opens on Monday, March 30th. According to Marvin McCall, the clerk of Superior court, the first week will be a criminal term, fol lowed by a civil session the second week. Judge George Patton, of Frank lin, will preside over both terms of court, and Leonard Lowe, of For est City, will prosecute for the state. Jurors called to serve during the first week are as follows: Howard Whitmire, Herman Park er, Mrs. Charles L. Corn, Arthur L. k Waldrop, Glenn Emerson, Marjorie Neely, Pink E. Peavy, T. B. Lane, Mrs. H. Doyle Wells, Frances Alli son, William Austin, W. R. Hogsed, I Joseph Lavell, J. B. Waldrop, Clayr ton Gardner, Mrs. Earl Parker,Joe ! Earl Jones, J. Floyd Gray, Mrs. Harold Siniard, Kenneth C. Moore. Sims Blanton, L. S. Parsons, W. W. Duckworth, Mrs. Charles E. Moss, Lewis Morgan, Edwin A. Morgan, Mrs. Kenneth McDarris, Allen Mc Call, Warrior J. McCall, Ulus T. Bryson. Lawrence D. Fisher, Jos —Turn to Page Five CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, March 12 — Masons meet at Temple, 8 p. m. Friday, March 13 — Ace of Clubs meet, 7:45 p. m. Saturday, March 14 — Gospel Singing at Court House, 8 p. m. Sunday, March 15 — Attend the church of your choice. Baptist sim ultaneous revivals begin through out county. Monday, March 16 — Rotary' meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Music and Art Program at Brevard col lege, 8:15 p. m. Brevard high P-TA meets at school, 8 p. m. Tuesday, March 17 — Banquet for sponsors of Rural Progress Pro grams at Olin, 7 p. m. OES meets at Miasonic Temple, 8 p. m. Wednesday, March 18 — “Cruci fixion” to be presented at Lutheran church, 7:30 p. m. On Affairs of State Advantages Of State Witholding Tax Plan Cited In The Legislature About 32,000 tax dodgers would have to cough up if withholding is applied to state personal income taxes. Some of them, Revenue Com missioner James Currie told the joint legislative Finance Commit tee Tuesday, are dodging against “Crucifixion” To Be Presented Next Wednesday “The Crucifixion”, arranged by Mrs. Frances Stirewalt, will be presented at the Lutheran church on Wednesday evening at 7:30, March 18th. “The Crucifixion” is a speech choir rendition of the trial and —Turn to Page Five their will. In addition to transient work ers, the deceased and others whose income is difficult to trace, Currie said there are employes whose bosses refuse to furnish wage infor _.Turn to Page Ten Many Baptist Churches To Conduct Simultaneous Revivals This Month CLARK GRISSOM IS NAMED STATE RANGER, COUNTY Will Assume Duties On March 23rd. Succeeds George Burton Clark H. Grissom is the new county forest rarfger for Transyl vania, Charles C. Pettit, of Sylva, the state district ranger of the North Carolina Division of For estry, announces today. He succeeds George “Buddy” Burton, who is resigning, and Mr. Grissom will assume his duties on March 23rd. For the past eight years, Mr. Grissom has been employed by Houston Furniture company here, and prior to that time he was con nected with the Western Auto as sociate store. During World War 11. he served in the navy. Mr. Grissom is currently the first vice president of th e Bre vard Lions club, and he is the as sociate superintendent of the First Baptist church Sunday school. Mr. Grissom is also a member of the traffic division of the Brevard Fire department, and he is the in dustrial representative of the Cathey’s Creek Boy Scout troop. He is married to the former Ruby Whitmire, and they reside on the Rosman highway. “Open House” At Savings And Loan Said Successful “Open House” at the Brevard Federal Savings and Loan asso ciation last Saturday afternoon and evening was well attended. This week President Jerry Jerome expressed appreciation to all persons who visited, and he reports that the directors wrere highly pleased with the many fine complimentary remarks made to them by the public about the new home. Mr. Jerome continued: “You, the people of Transyl vania county, have made possi ble the growth and expansion of the Brevard Federal Savings & Loan association and we want you to know that we are here to serve you in any way we can. Come by and see us at any time.” Prizes to the children making the largest deposit on savings last Saturday morning were won by the following: Marc Robert Crooks, first; and A. W. Williams and C. R. Williams, brothers, who tied for second place. Commerce Banquet Set April 3rd At The College The annual banquet for Bre vard Chamber of Commerce will be held on April 3rd, at Brevard College dining hall, with an of ficial of the Delta Air Lines as speaker, it was announced at the irr.ieeting of directors here Tues day night. Dorton Is New Administrator Of Music Camp And Brevard Festival J. Sibley Dorton, Jr., of Char lotte, has been appointed adminis trator and public relations director of the Brevard Music center, Dr. James Christian Pfohl, the direc tor. announces today. Mr. Dorton is the former gener al manager of the Southern States Fair, Charlotte, and he is present ly the executive vice president of the Southern States Improvement company, also of Charlotte. The music center here is com prised of the Transylvania Music crimp and the Brevard Music festi val, both located here at Brevard. Transylvania is a six-weeks sum mer camp for boys and girls be tween the ages of 10 and 20, while the Brevard festival is a two-weeks program of concerts featuring na tionally known soloists. The fes —Turn to Page Five , J. SIBLEY DOjRTON Fritz Schaemmle, director of information service of the air lines, whose planes are now serving the Asheville air port with regular schedules, has ac cepted invitation, Dr. E. K. Mc Larty of the banquet committee reported. General invitation to the pub lic to attend the banquet is being issued by President Gil Coan to the public, and tiekets will be available this week at the cham —Turn to Page Ten Will Hold Gospel Singing Saturday At Court House There will be a Gospel singing Saturday night, March 14th, at 7:30 o’clock, here in the Brevard court house. The singing is sponsored by the senior class of Brevard high school, and all proceeds will go into their fund for the annual trip to Wash ington, D. C. The public is cordially invited to attend, and admission will be 50 and 75 cents. Ernest Gilstrap will serve as master of ceremonies, and among the singing groups to appear on the program are the following: The Fine Tones, The Southern Joy group, the Saluda trio and the Kingsmen, MARY ALICE PAXTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Wood Paxton, is pictured above receiving the grand prize in the art contest at the Brevard elementary school. Principal F. B. Cudd made the presentation of a book of famous paintings to Miss Paxton, as Dr. Rod ney Leftwich, head of the fine and industrial arts de partment of WCC at Cullowhee, looks on. In addition to Dr. Leftwich, other judges were Mrs. Taft Botner, art instructor at McKee laboratory at Cullowhee; and, Thomas Harvis, senior art student at WCC. See story on Page 10. (Photo by Austin’s) Sponsors Of Rural Progress Program To Attend Banquet JULIAN A. GLAZENER niwtmwmmnnmiiniimniii ! I ••0 The Weather Almost three inches of rainfall was recorded Thursday and Fri day in Brevard. Monday morning brought a mixture of light sleet, snow and rain. Total precipitation for the week was 2.78. Daily read ings are as follows. High 57 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 52 49 52 53 53 60 Low 20 24 40 23 17 22 22 Pre. T 1.61 1.14 T 0 .02 .01 Glazener Will Make Princi pal Talk. McGough Will Also Be Heard The annual banquet for the sponsors of the Transylvania Ru ral progress program will be held Tuesday night, March 17th, in the cafeteria of the Olin Mathiesom Chemical coropration at PLsgah Forest, James Davis, county agent, announces. The banquet meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 o’clock, and Jul ian Glazener, former county agent in Transylvania, and now the plan ning specialist, State college, Ral eigh, will be the guest speaker. Morris McGough, executive sec retary of the Asheville Agricultur al council, will also speak briefly on the program, and reports from each of the organized communities in Transylvania will be made. Winning scrapbooks will also be on display at the banquet, and the program will he in the assembly room of the Medical center. According to County Agent Dav is, the organized communities in Transylvania are: Balsam Grove, Blantyre, Cathey’s Creek, Cedar Mountain, Damn’s Rock, Little River, Pisgah Forest, and Silver steen. CLUB TO MEET The Green Valley Garden Club will meet this week on Friday, the thirteenth at the home of Miss Le titia Shrank. Program Highlights Reports From Baseball Camps Are | Being Heard Each Evening On WPNF Once more as springtime draws nearer, the traditionally sunny southland has become a battle ground for early skirmishes in the annual fight for first place in the baseball world. Last Saturday, all 16 teams in both the National and American leagues swung into ac tion against each other in the first exhibition games of the year. Each evening, Monday through Saturday at 6:20 p. m., WPNF of fers a complete rundown on major kia/gue activity, with the day’s scores, outstanding rookies, and re ports on all the teams in general. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Holme hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, R osman home-ec. dept.; Friday, station program: Monday, county agent; Tuesday, station program; Wed nesday, home demonstration ag ent. To be heard on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, Kiwan is club; Monday, Hospital auxiliary; Wednesday. Brevard garden club. Speaking this week on Morning Devotions is Rev. Ben Orniand, pastor of the Brevard - Davidson River Presbyterian church. Next week Rev. M. M. Armstrong, pas tor of Oak Grove and Rnglish Chap el Methodist churches, will be heard. —Turn to Page Five COUNTYWIDE MEET IS PLANNED SUNDAY AT TURKEY CREEK Several Stories Are Carried Throughout This Weelr's Paper On Events PURPOSE CITED Many of Transylvania’s Baptist I’ftinn hes are joining in the nation wide crusade of s&multnneoiis revi vals during the last two weeks of March. Throughout this issue of The rimes are stories concerning the various revivals, and the public is being invited to attend services at the different churches. The avowed purpose of the sim ultaneous crusades, aeoordmg to k>cal officials, is to reach more people for Christ. Officials of the churches of the Trainsylvan'm association will meet ivt the Turkey Creek Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3:00 Sunday afternoon to hear Rev. Johnny Far rar, visiting evangelist for the First Eaptiiert church. un ruesday of next week the pas ters, with their evamgeliste, will be guests of Rev. Jarvis Brock of the Little River church, at 9:00 a. m. for a fellowship breakfast. Next Thursday the group will meet at 8:00 for breakfast ait Gaither's in Brevard. Rev. Matthew Greer, evansjehst, will lead the revival at Turkey Creek, and Rev. J. R. Brogtfon will be heard at Zion Baptist church at Rosmam. F’angeliirt Jo^-1 3. 'l\son will ccire/iict tl :y revival at Rocky Hill, and Rev. Jarvis Brock will hold si mccs at his church at Little Riv er. Other Baptist churches holding revivals and the pastors of each are as follows: Blantyre — R*>v. George Lynch; BoyLston, Rev. Paul Mor row; Enon, Rev. R. L. Phillips, King Street, Rev. H. W. Burleson; Blue Ridge — Rev. Kadez Wikfe; Dunn’s Rock, Rev. Emmett McCall; Okwly Branch, Rev. M. I. Brock; Ml. Mo riah - Calvert, Rev. Marvin AfUrph ree; and, North Toxawwy, Rev. Floyd Clark. AUSTIN’S STUDIO BEING REMODELED Concern Now Doing Business In Temporary Location Near Patterson’s * Austin’s Studio, which was estab lished here in 1925 by the late WiL lkm C. Austin, is being modemly remodeled, and while the work is underway, the concern is located in the former Me Fee Jewelry stone building on West Main street. The size of the studio is being doubled, and the general contract for the work was awarded to Chair lie Ashworth & sons. Brevard Plumbing co&njparry was the low bidder on the heating contract, and Osborne Plumbing company will install plumbing. The new Austin’s studio is ex pected to be ready for occupancy within the next six weeks. It is op erated by the children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Austin. Prior to comimg to Brevard in January, 1925, Mr. Austin taught photography at a veterans school hi Weynesville. Tn addition to doing developing, —Turn to Page Ten Trio Nabbed, Much Of Stolen Property Reported Recovered Most of the property stolen re cently at the T. C. Henderson school has been recovered, Supt. Wayne Bradbum reports. A South Carolina man and his two step-sons were arrested last week end in Greenville, S. C., and they had in their posses sion all of the articles taken at the Henderson school, with the exception of a buffing machine. It was learned that the trio had robbed several other schools recently, and they are being held for trial in Greenville jail
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