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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 64, No. 23 SECTION ONE BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953 k 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY One Of County’s Oldest Homes Destroyed By Fire An early morning fire Thursday completely destroyed the Old Morris homeplace, one of the county’s oldest landmarks, having been constructed in 1838. The upper photo above shows two chimneys standing, all that remained of a home that was considered the height of elegance in its day. It has been said that clay from the property was used in making the chimney bricks. Inscribed on one of them is the date of the construction. At left is a photograph of the house made several years ago by Richard Pace. It is a side view which shows at right the wide front porch that went entirely across the structure as well as the back porch at left. The Morris heirs some months ago sold the house to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Owens, occupants at the time of the fire. Mr. Owen can be noted in the center, above, in specting the ruins. (Top Pic—Times Staff Photo) Area Girl Scout Camp In County Will Be Established By Council Site Is Located In East Fork Section. Negotiations Un derway For Some Time Positive action on the establish ment of a permanent Girl Scout camp in Transylvania county was assured this week when the Pisgah area Girl Scout council voted to purchase the Macfarlane property consisting of 131 acres of cleared land, woodland and lake. This means that a permanent camp for use the year-round by Girl Scouts in the eight-county group will be established here as soon as possible. Negotiations had been underway for sometime and a survey was con ducted by the scout camping com mittee with funds being supplied by the Brevard chamber of commerce. The property is located off the East Fork road, eight miles west of Brevard. There are no buildings ex cept a barn and a small caretaker’s house now on the property. The camping committee suggests that development be started immediate ly along simple, inexpensive lines. It will be necessary to drill a well and maintain a reservoir or 1,000 gallon pressure tank. The purchase price of the prop erty has been disclosed as $4,300, with $1,300 to be paid down and the remainder financed. The council now has available approximately $3,400 which can go into the camp. Brevard leaders and the chamber of commerce have cooperated with —Turn To Page Twelve Brittain Renamed To Head Unit Of Independent Businesses Here W. W. Brittain, B & B Feed & Seed Co., has been reappointed to act as district chairman for the Brevard chapter of the National Federation of Independent Busi ness, Inc., it was announced by Don Schiman, district manager for the business organization in the 12th congressional district of North Carolina. Thirty local independent busi ness and professional men support the local chapter and have been re cently contacted by Mr. Schiman whereupon he reported to them on CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, June 4th — WMU of First Baptist church, 3:30 in church. Presbyterian and Metho dist women’s circles meet. St. Anne’s guild. Episcopal church, with Mrs. Smith Conklin, 8 o’clock. Lions club meets in Gaither’s Rho dodendron room, 7 p. m. Friday, June 5th — Kiwanis club meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Square dance at the American Legion building, 8:30 o’clock. Saturday, June 6th — Double- header at Camp Straus, beginning 2 p. m. Arthur Smith show in Brevard high school auditorium, 8 0 clock. Sunday, June 7th — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, June 8th — Red Cross —Turn To Page Twelve. Charter Presented Scout Troop No. 2 The charter for Boy Scout Troop No. 2, which is sponsored by the Baraca class of the First Baptist church, was presented to the class president, Charles Himes, by Char lie Moore, the first scoutmaster of the troop. The presentation was made at a meeting of the Men’s Fellowship club of the church Tuesday night in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. Members of the troop were guests of the club at the meeting. Charles Dunlop, chairman of the Transylvania district of Boy Scouts of America, also attended the meeting and presented various awards. the accomplishments and activities over the past several months of the nation-wide organization whose main object is to give the inde pendent business and professional men of the nation representation in the halls of congress. Mr. Schiman points out that the federation aided in the early part of the year in getting the small business committees of the con gress back in operation and will be attempting in the future to get the house small business committee —Turn to Page Twelve WPNF Becomes Affiliate Of Broadcasting Company On EARLY MORNING FIRE DESTROYS OLD LANDMARK Morris Home Constructed Some 115 Years Ago. Had Interesting History By STAFF WRITER One of Transylvania county’s landmarks, a house that had weath ered the elements and sheltered six generations of a pioneer family, was destroyed by an early morning fire last week. The Neill place, more recently known as the Old Morris house, on the Boylston road had been in the family since it was built in 1838 until sold some months ago to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Owens, who lived in the house at the time it burned. This house was once a show- place; there were few to compare with its elegance when it was con structed some 115 years ago. The clay for the tall chimneys, which survived the fire, was dug from the hillside behind the house, it has been said. Inscribed on the bricks for all to see was the date, 1838. The descendants of the house’s —Turn to Page Six COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS BUDGET Road Is Approved To Adop tion To State System. In vitation To Buchanan Transylvania’s county commis sioners studied requests of various county departments relating to the 1953-’54 budget at the regular meet ing Monday morning in the court house. Discussion will be continued, Chairman Freeman Hayes states, and the budget will be opened for public inspection on June 30. The commissioners approved, one road in the Cathey’s Creek section for adoption to the state system, and they also approved a petition to have another road in the same community taken off the systeni. The road approved is known as the Summey road and runs from the Gene Wilson residence to the Mrs. Doris McCall place for a dis tance of one-quarter miles. The road taken off the system was the Sweat Ford road. The commissioners have invited Harry Buchanan, new district high way commissioner for this area, to meet with them in the near future and discuss the road situation in Transylvania. Early Response To 1953 Brevard Music Festival Is Reported Good Services Highlight Memorial Day Here Two special services, one at Camp Harry H. Straus and the other at Gillespie cemetery, highlighted Memorial day in Transylvania last Saturday. At Camp Straus, Ecusta officials paid tribute to Ecustans who made the supreme sacrifice in World War n, and Transylvania’s fallen heroes were honored at the spfev jal service in Gillespie ceme tery, which is pictured above. The principal speaker was N. H. ColMs- son, inset, vice president of Ecusta in charge of the Olin cellophane division. Memorial week end was quietly observed in Transylvania with no accidents being reported. (Photos by Russell) '53 Summer School Term Opens At Brevard College On Monday CONTINUE SEARCH IN COUNTY FOR ESCAPED CONVICT Forest Fires Believed To Have Been Set By Prisoner Making Getaway Response thus far to the drive for memberships in the 1953 Bre vard Music Festival has been good and officials express pleas ure over the number who have already signed up for this, the South’s number one musical event of the summer season. Mrs. E. 0. Bryant, membership chairman, is being assisted in the campaign by a number of vol unteers. The entire festival com mittee has been working with her as well as Mrs. Arthur Loeb, Mrs. Duncan Hunter, Mrs. Henry Car- Arthur Smith, Cracker-Jacks To Hold Talent Hunt Show Saturday, June 6 Final plans for the appearance of Arthur Smith and His Cracker- Jacks at the Brevard high school auditorium on Saturday night, June 6, are being completed, and all in dications point to a good crowd at tending. The big show, in which 16 local singers and musicians will compete for appearance on the Smith tele vision program, will get underway at 8:15 o’clock, and all persons are urged to come early and get a good seat. This TV talent hunt is being sponsored here by the Transylva nia Shrine club, and proceeds will go in the Masonic temple building fund: V. P. Fullbright is chairman of the ticket committee and tickets are now on sale by both Shriners and Masons and also at Macfie’s, Long’s and Varner’s drug stores and at the three news stands. Ward’s, Clark’s and Jones’. Tickets are $1.00 for adults and 50c for children under 12. Citizens are urged to come out and applaud for their favorite en tertainers. The first prize is the ap- —Turn To Page Six rier, Mrs. Julius Sader, Mrs. Wil liam Kirk and Jerry Jerome. Other volunteers are expected to join this group, not only in Brevard but in nearby towns as well. A large number of the fes tival memberships each season are sold outside Brevard. “But it is the support of our hometown and county that is im portant to the festival,” Mrs. Bry ant pointed out. “This is a com munity project and we want and need the local support,” she stat ed further. Tickets to this important musi cal series will be mailed out in July. Legionnaires Will Begin Weekly Dances This Friday Night Transylvania legionnaries will re sume their regular Friday night square dances this week, Chairman Weldon Misenheimer announces to day. Dancing will begin at 8:30 o’clock and Chairman Misenheimer will do the calling. Music will be furnished by Blaine Emory and his string band. Admission will be 50 cents at the door and $1.00 per couple. Children under eight do not have to pay if they do not dance. An extensive search is being con tinued in Transylvania for a con vict who escaped from a road crew in North Brevard on Monday morn ing. According to Sheriff Bert Free man, the convict is William Dudley, and he is serving a term of 25 to 30 years for murdering his wife. His home is in Fayetteville. The escapee is age 30, height 5 feet, nine inches tall and weight about 175 pounds. His hair is black and wavy. When he made his get away, he was wearing brown prison pants, a tan shirt with a green sweat shirt underneath. Officers chased the escapee in various sections of North Brevard and Pisgah Forest on Monday and Monday night but the bloodhounds lost the scent in the early morning hours Tuesday. It is reported that Dudley set —Turn to Page Seven Students Will Arrive This Week End. Variety Of * Courses Offered The 1953 summer school term at Brevard college opens on Monday, President Robert H. Stamey an nounces. Students will arrive on Saturday and Sunday, and registration will be held on Monday. “We are looking forward to a very successful summer school, since many students have expressed a desire to enroll,” school officials said yesterday. In addition to col lege courses, pre-college work will also be offered. “A good many local students will take high school math and English, and others are invited to do so, J. Stevenson, dean of summer school, says. College work offered includes: art, English, math, music, psychol ogy, education, religion and social science. The women will be housed in the new dormitory, while the men will stay in dormitory K, where Mrs. B. H. Rainville is the house mother. Among the students to arrive on Saturday is Harry H. Cho, a Ko rean student, Dean Stevenson says. Fees for the summer school term are as follows: tuition and general —Turn To Page Seven WPNF Program Highlights Mutual’s '‘Game Of The Day" To Come From Columbia On Friday Transylvania sport fans will be listening to WPNF’s “Game of the Day” on Friday to get a first hand report on “Hoss” Stamey, leading slugger of the Columbia, S. C., nine, which will play against Jackson ville, Fla. A former star baseballer with Brevard high and Ecusta, Stamey is doing mighty well for himself at Columbia, and the regular “Sally” league game on Friday will be car ried over WPNF. Game time is 1:25 o’clock. On Thimsday the game between Milwaukee and Brooklyn will be broadcast. Saturday the schedule calls for the Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians. Next week’s schedule is as fol lows: On Monday, Milwaukee - New York Giant game from the Polo Grounds at 1:15 p. m.; Tuesday, Cincinnati - Brooklyn also at 1:15 p. m.; on Wednesday at 1:25 the Philadelphia Athletics - Chicago —^Tum To Page Twelve National Birthday JULY 6 IS DATE OF CHANGE, WILL BE 3 YEARS OLD President Expresses Pleas ure In Becoming Associat ed With Oldest Network PROGRAMS REVIEWED Radio station WPNF will become an affiliate of the National Broadcasting com pany on Monday, July 6, President Ed M. Anderson announces. On that day WPNF will observe its third anniversary and as a birth day present to its listeners the sta tion is going NBC. WPNF will be the sixth NBC sta tion in North Carolina and it is be lieved that Brevard will be the smallest NBC community in the na tion. The National Broadcasting com pany is the world’s oldest network. 'as established in 1926, twenty- seven years ago. It is a subsidiary of RCA and has 202 affiliates. For many years NBC programs have been tops and today the net work has many of the nation’s far vorite. shows. These include the Bob Hope show. One Man’s Family,, the Railroad Hour, the Voice of Firestone, the Telephone Hour> Band of America, Dinah Shore, the Red Skelton Show, Fibber McGee and Molly, Two for the Money Grea*>G'Jii(^r.sIeeve, Groucho Marx. Show, Th.. Big Story, Dangerous Assignment, Sammy Kaye, Truth and Consequences, Best Plays, Grand Ole Opry, Eddie Arnold, Theatre Guild of the Air, Dragnet and NBC Sym phony. For the past three year WPNF has been i affiliated with! the Mutual Broad- j casting S y s tern j and relationsj with MBS have I _ been pleasant and profitable. However, when the station was - given the opportunity to join NBC, - —Turn To Page Seven JAYCEES INSTALL OraCERSATMEET New Jaycette Group Also Takes Office. State Presi dent In Charge New officers of the Brevard jun ior chamber of commerce were in stalled at the last regular meeting of the local club in Gaither’s Rho dodendron room. Gene Ochsenreiter, state presi dent, was in charge of the installa tion, and afterwards, officers of the Brevard Jaycettes were also in stalled. Dr. Frank B. McGuire, Brevard optometrist, is the new Jaycee pres ident, succeeding Robert Melton. Other officers are: Oscar Smith, first vice president; Bob Gash, sec* —Turn To Page Seven Swimming Pool To Open Next Monday The municipal swimming pool in Franklin park will open on Monday, June 5. Again this summer the pool will be operated by the Monroe Wilson post of the American Le gion, and no charge will be made for children up to 18 years of age. C. F. Misenheimer, who was in charge last year, will again direct activities at the pool. Two life guards will be on duty at aU times. Hours will be from 10:00 to 12:00 noon each morning, and' from 1:30 until 5:30 in the after noons, six days each week. The pool will not^be open on Sxmday. At the present time, extensive repair work is being completed: at the pool by the town of ire- vard, and Mr. Misenheimer stress es the fact that the water will always be chemically pure.
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