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Pioneers - In Music
By CHRISTINE M. BAERMANN
Pioneering days aren't gone in
Western North Carolina. At least
one pioneer is left In the person of
James Christian Pfohl, founder and
conductor of the only out-door cen
ter in the south for the teaching
and performance of the world's
greatest classical music.
The Brevard Music Festival, 3
week series of concerts by full
symphony orchestra, chorus and
soloists, has recently closed its
18th successful season. It also
ended the 8-week Transylvania
Summer Music Camp for teen
agers.
These projects often go almost
unnoticed in their home mountains
but have won acclaim in national
magazines like Newsweek and in
ternational newspapers like the
New York Times.
Mastermind of this nucleus of
culture in our midst is "Jim"
Pfohl, whom I interviewed a few
days ago shortly before he left
Brevard for his winter-time duties
as conductor of the Charlotte and
Jacksonville symphony orchestras.
Dynamic Mr. Pfohl talked to me in
his rustic cabin-office a few feet
from waterfall, lake and woods, but
complete with.files, typewriters and
efficient secretary, For this man
must not only be a musician?or
chestra conductor, organist and
director of faculty?but also man
ager and business man.
"Years ago, before I started this
camp, I knew just one thing?mu
sic!" Pfohl told me. "But I have
long since learned to make plank
and decisions on large-scale pro
jects in plumbing, sewers, kitchens,
construction, maintenance, or the
hiring of faculty. I have been a
caretaker and a swimming coach."
For the first time this fall, however
the Festival Association Is employ
ing an executive secretary, John
Eversman, to relieve their conduc
tor of some of the hundreds of de
tails to be considered in housing
educating and entertaining some
200 campers and 100 faculty arid
staff each summer. In addition
there is the tremendous Job of or
ganizing and producing the top
notch concerts, to which people
come from ail over the United
MfltPS,
... Pu!!pose of hls camp? pfohl said
to give the young people of the
south the best possible opportunity
to a sincere approach to music"
He claims to (and from all signs
succeeds in) avoiding Veneer and
commercialism. He says that he
reels the camp succeeds most by
establishing a close relationship be
tween student and faculty, not only
through the medium of music, but
also with sports, good times and
living in the out-of-doors.
The camp is the realization of a
dream he had in his oWn student
days at.National Music Camp, In
terlocked , Mich. He Started his
summer camp on college campuses
During World War II while on va
cation in Brevard, he and Mrs
Pfohl stumbled upon an old aban
Camp' weed
and melancholy. But there was a
big, open-shed gymnasium which
sC?It SeZl?0r b0th concerts "d
sports. Thlre was a lake, and
there were enough buildings to
house students, and so the camD
started with 80 students 1 as a
business venture.
thf/ ^?f?Urth year> PfohI talked
JpIi bus,ne?s and an educational
Wea, j0 not mJx. thflt u the ^
were to remain a music camp it
would have to become a non-profit
corporation. Only then could it de
lifir. ,8 reaUty of nati<>nal sig
nificance. In an exciting and har
rowing 30 days, Pfohl raised
enough money from donations and
his own financing to buy out his
option" ?" thC V6Fy 'aSt day of his
an^Vh?.ye,arS Went on' lhe Cflmp
and Festival grew and managed to
Pay for themselves, but the origin
al mortgage was not reduced. It
was only 3 years ago. following a
colorful appearance by both Mr
and Mrs. Pfohl before the State
Legislature. ("I really learned pol
itics that day," said Pfohl) that
money was granted by the State to
Pay off the original debt.
Today Pfohl says the Founda
tion's greater need is for more
scholarships and, of course, more
basic capital. "So many potentially
fine musicians come from low-in
come families. We try to take as
many of these talented youngsters
as we can. We keep the tuition be
low our own costs, but there is still
need for student financing."
As I left, h? said to me, "We
here in Transylvania give our stu-'
dents a 'musical pill,- and it takes I
effect through their whole lives."
I felt that this year's Brevard sea-1
son may be over, but that some
thing big was just beginning.
Chimpanzees are regarded as the
smartest of the apes says the Na
tional Geographic Society.
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AROUND EVERY CURVE, and over every hill, there appears a
Hew scene in this area. And here is one that is just a little dif
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. My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOEI^CH
Down on the coast, in the county
of Carteret, is the quiet, peaceful
little hamlet of Sea Level. It is
located on Core Sound and is a
favorite spot for fishermen in the
summertime and hunters during
the winter months.
Before acquiring the name of Sea
Level, incidentally, the place was
known as Wit.
Mr. Waldron Baily, now living in
Aurora, told us recently of a church
episode that happened in Wit and
that caused the people of the little
community considerable concern.
It all took place a number of
years ago. The people of Wit erect
ed a church-house near the shore at
an exposed point on Core Sound.
At this particular place the pre
vailing winds were very strong, es
pecially during the summer season.
In designing the little building?or
rather in locating it?the builders
forgot all about the winds; ^hey
placed the entrance to the struc
ture on the southwest side of the
church.
Nobody thoughl anything about
it until a few Sundays after the
first services had been held in the
new building. It was a fair Sunday
In March, and the Southwest wind
was blowing half a gale. As the
church hour arrived, people began
began to assemble for worship.
All went well until the ladies of
the flock started rounding the
corner of the edifice and had their
long and voluminous skirts whip
ped by the stiff breeze. Condi
tions became even worse as they
walked up the two or three steps
that led up to the entrance.
When the women?with blushing
faces?finally got inside the church,
they gave sighs of relief and thanks,
but they made a solemn vow that
never again would they attend ser
vices when there was a high wind
blowing.
And they kept that vow, too.
For some time the preacher was
puzzled over the startling drop in
attendance on certain Sundays. And
then one of his parishioners, who
was half blind and could see only
a very short distance, told him what
was the matter.
"It's the wind and the skirts,"
he informed the pastor.
The latter was inwardly troubl
ed, and mediated for some time
upon the problem. Finally he had
a conference with some of the
brethren to see whether something
couldn't be done about the propo
sition.
The conferees sat and thought,
and at last one of them announced:
"I've got it!"
The others looked at him expec
tantly.
"Tell the women to sew net-leads
in the bottom of their skirts," he
proclaimed triumphantly. "Then
the wind won't bother them none."
The men looked at one another
and nodded in solemn agreement.
They went home and- told their
wives, and their wives told the
other women of the congregation,
and there was an immediate run
upon net-leads.
The following Sunday the wind
was strong once more, but the
women turned out in large num
bers. Confident of the effective
ness of the precautions they had
taken, they marched firmly in the
direction of the church. They
rounded the entrance corner. The
wind whipped their skirts vigor
ously, but the skirts stayed down.
The preacher, who was standing
outsid/ with some of the men,
watched proceedings with a satis
fied smile. So did the man who
had suggested the idea.
But, judging from the expres
sions upon the faces of some of the
ladies after they had gained ad
mittance into the church, every
thing was not well. They sat with
stern and somewhat tense faces,
and occasionally one of them would
reach forward* and rub her legs
tenderly.
The explanation came out short
ly after services broke yp. The
strong wind, blowing the leaded
skirts against the women's legs,
had inflicted painful bruises upon
tender shins and calves. The ladles
once more deicded that the church
was no place for them on a windy
Sunday, so they told their husbands
in no uncertain fashion that when
the wind blew, they'd stay home.
Once more the attendance drop
ped seriously, and once more the
preacher was downcast, for he lik
ed not to preach to empty benches.
There was only one thing to do,
and that was to call another con
ference of the- leaders.
The man who had suggested the
leads was present, but he had run
out of ideas, and could only shake
his head disconsolately when call
ed upon for another suggestion.
But just before the conference
was about to break up, an elderly
gentleman raised his hand and
said: "Parson, I believe I've got an
idea that'll work."
"What is it?" asked the preacher.
"Well, it's like this. We'll Just
swap ends."
"What do you mean ? swap
ends?" inquired one of the other
men.
"Swap ends of the church," ex
plained the inventive genius.
"We'll board up the side to wind
ward and move the pulpit over ot
that side. And we'll cut a new door
on the leeward side ot the build
in?."
It was agreed that this was a
most Solomon-like suggestion, and
the conferees with one accord de
rided to adopt it.
So the windward side of the
church was boardded up, and a
door was cut through the leeward
side, and the following Sunday,
when the women?somewhat dub
iously?approached the structure,
everything went well, and every
body was satisfied except a few
male members of the congregation
who were inclined to grumble over
the fact that there are some people
in this world who are always med
dling with things that should be
left alone.
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there is any specific distance out
lined.?K.L.M., Mt. Holly.
You're right. The Motor Vehicle
Manual doesn't specify a set dis
tance for tailing another vehicle.
However, the regulation reads as
follows: "The driver of a motor
vehicle shall not follow another
vehicle more closely than is rea
sonable and prudent, with regard
for the safety of others and due
regard for the speed of such ve
hicles and the traffic upon the con
dition of the highway." This rule
doesn't count for trucks, though.
Outside business or residential
areas they must not follow within
300 feet of another vehicle.
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Mountain Slopes
Western North Carolina is a
(and, not only of mountains, but of
forests that cover the mountains.
The great timber stands on the
slopes of the Blue Ridge, the Smok
ies, the Black and the other ranges
are among the richest and most
varied known anywhere in the
world. /
On a 30-mile trip from Marion
to the top of Mt. Mitchell, a travel
er could identify more species of
trees than in a journey all the way
across Europe from France to
Turkey.
From yellow pine, oaks and hick
ories in the foothills, up through
yellow poplar, buckeye, black cher
ry, beech and birch to the spruce
and balsam of the heights, climate
and forest types change from hot
Piedmont at the base to cool,
Canadian-type growths on the
peaks.
Minnie The Moocher
Spurned Her Freedom
World War II rationing at tha
Asheville Recreation Park, ended
a zoo. Non-native animals were
sold and native creatures were re
leased in the forests.
A bear?Minnie by name?didn't
take to her new-found freedom
near Mount Mitchell.
Days after her release, she was
seen plodding through Swannanoa
resolutely headed for the^ree hand
out to which she had become ac
customed.
Finally she was back in her old
cage?skinny and worn from her
bearfree days.
Mt. LeConte honors the memory
of Joseph LeConte, native of Geor
gia, who worked with Arnold Guy
ot in measuring many southern Ap
palachian peaks.
Sequoyah, the Cherokee Indian
who invented the Cherokee al
phabet, lived and evolved his mas
terpiece in the region of the Great
Smokies.
Sale of forest products from the
National Forest in Western North
Carolina brings 25 per cent of the
total to counties involvd, in lieu
of taxes, to be used for schools
and roads.
Combine canned okra, canned to
matoes (drained), and cooked rice
for a delicious casserole to serve
with meat or flsh. Season the cas
serole with salt, pepper and minced
onion.
Buck, Bear, Boar
Hunts Soon Ope
Teh Wildlife Management J
of the Pisgah and NantahdJ
opened each fall to periodica
There's a special fee charj
participate in the<e but 3
with a hunting permit can |(
on them.
Last year, in .ne Pisgah N?J
Game Prserve, sportsmen pj
paling in the organized hum?l
ged 346 bucks and 14 bear I
The Santeetlah Wildlife (?
Refuge in the southwstern J
of the state is the scene of t)J
nual boar and bear hunt,. J
men from everywhere have 3
pated in these, including Genl
athan Wainwright, a regul*l
or over the last few seasons. 1
Western North Carolina's I
hunting season is a highly C0]l
show. In this part of the eJ
the Plott bear hound a |
mountain breed, is the princij
ure In the hunts. He hunts
of up to 25. and iu's famed all
the nation for his end J
courage and persistence.
The Plott hound has earncgl
a high reputation that heTB
called on occasion by cattleil
Texas to come track down!
that have been raiding stock!
also been used in the last ft!
sons in experimental hual
Michigan. 1
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