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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. 25 SECTION ONE BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1953 ^ 20 PAGES TODAY ir PUBLISHED WEEKL'V Brevard Is Host To Girl Scouts From Alabama fty. Camping and Scouting are foremost in the minds of many Transylvanians at this particular time of the year when hundreds of boys and girls come here to one of the fine organized camps of the county. Brevard Girl Scouts are also holding day camp this week, and last week end local Scout officials were host to a group of senior Girl Scouts and their adult leaders from Montgomery, Alabama. The delega tion was en route home from a trip to Washington, D. C., and New York City, and the Little House in Franklin park made a nice stop over lodge tor them. Miss Faye Marshall was the executive director, and Mrs. Julius Sader, who is commissioner of Girl Scouting in Transylvania, can be seen at the right in the above picture. (Times Staff Photo) Mrs. Ray Dills Is Killed In Plunge Of Automobile Into French Broad River Car Discovered Early Wed nesday Morning Just Off Greenville Highway Mrs. Ray Dills, native of this county, was killed when the. car in which she was riding ran off the Greenville highway into the French Broad river one mile from Brevard some time during Tuesday night. It was discovered about 5:45 o’clock Wednesday morning by James Simpson, routeman for Southern Dairies, who was making a delivery to one of the summer camps near Cedar Mountain. Mr. Simpson summoned officers and a wrecker and the new car, which was practically submerged in the water, was pulled out around 7:00 o’clock. It was at this time that the body of Mrs. Dills was found. It is not known presently wheth er there were others in the car at the time it ran off the highway. A coroner’s inquest was set Wednes day night at Osborne-Simpson fune ral home. Mrs. Dills had been living in Georgia recently, and she was re ported to have been in Brevard on Tuesday. According to Sheriff Bert Freeman, she told friends that she was going to Charlotte on Wednes day to visit an uncle. Officers believe the car had been in the water for some time before it was discovered, and the car clock had stopped at 20 minutes of eight. Later in the day on Wednesday, a pocketbook belonging to Mrs. Dills was found along the highway some 400 yards from where her car plunged over into the river on the sharp curve. It is said to have con tained over $300. Mrs. Dills’ mother, Mrs. J. M. Hensley, resides in North Brevard. Funeral arrangements, with Os borne-Simpson funeral home in charge, are incomplete at this time. Local Auxiliary Winner Of Top Honors At Legion Convention CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, June 18 — Lions club meets at 7 p. m. in Gaither’s Rho dodendron room. Women of Pres byterian church meet at 8 o’clock in church. Masonic meeting in the temple at 8 o’clock. Friday, June 19 — Garden xlub meets at Brevard college, 3:30 p. m. Cub Scout picnic, Franklin park, 6 o’clock. Kiwanis meet at Gaith er’s Rhododendron room, 7 o’clocfk. Square dance at the American Le gion building, 8:30 p. m. Saturday, June 20 — Ecusta vs. Beacon at Camp Straus field, 3:30 Sunday, June 21 — Father’s day Attend the church of your choice First concert of season at Transyl vania Music camp, 4 p. m. Monday, June 22 — Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Tuesday, June 23 — Gold Star Mothers meet at 7:30 with Mrs. —Turn to Page Twelve The Brevard unit of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary has been named the most outstanding in the department of North Carolina and the coveted trophy award was pre sented to Mrs. Edwin Lass, presi dent, at the state convention in Wilmington last week end. In addition to this award, three other trophies were presented to Brevard’s auxiliary. The unit was cited for Americanism, the largest number of new members secured, the greatest numerical gain in membership. These represented one national citation and two from the department of North Carolina. Reports on the convention were given at the regular auxiliary meeting Monday night In the ab sence of Mrs. Lass, Mrs. Shirley Clark presided. Delegates at the meeting included Mrs. Lass, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Eunice Waldrop, Mrs. Nell Disher, Mrs. Margaret Young- husband and Mrs. Edna McCrary. -Honorable mention was given to Name Conley, Ball As Aides-De-Camp Ed Conley, commander of the Lewis Earl Jackson post of Veter ans of Foreign Wars here, and Mark Ball, club manager, have been appointed national aides-de-camp in the VFW by the national command er, James W. Cothran, of Kansas City, Mo. The appointments were made in recognition of the outstanding ser vice of Commander Conley and Mr. Ball to the VFW organization in the membership field. A specially designed forest green and white cap distinguishes VFtV national aides-de-camp. Mrs. McCrary, who served as a page at the convention, and to Mrs. Lass, who was chairman of the cour tesy committee. According to the recent change in department by-laws and consti tution, new unit officers will be in stalled at the July meeting of the auxiliary. They will assume their responsibilities immediately. Plans were made at the Monday night meeting to entertain the Gold Star Mothers at a pot luck supper at the July executive meeting. All auxiliary members are invited. Mrs. Margaret Head, poppy sales chairman, reported on the success of Poppy Day and expressed thanks to the Boy and Girl Scouts and all volunteers. Transylvania's Summer Camps Open With Capacity Enrollment For Season SMATHERSWINS I Harry Cho . ARCHERY EVENT Other Local Archers Are Vit - torious In Charlotte Tournament Brevard archers copped several places in the annual Charlotte I vitational archery tournament last week end. 0. K. Smathers, defending chai pion of North Carolina, lived up to his title and won first place in tl championship round. Another Brevard archer, Harr.v Ballard, took second place. Mr. Smathers also won first plai in clout shooting, and Mr. Balia: took first place in the wand shoot Bill Bangs, who is also well known in archery circles here the novelty shoot, and Tom Corn took second place in the junior di vision. Other archers from Brevard at tending the tournament were Dr. Norman Boyer, Charles Patton, Jr., Richard Clark and B. C. Onley. OPENING OF CLUB SAID SUCCESSFUL Huffman Expresses Appre ciation For Response. Stock Still On Sale The opening of the clubhouse of Brevard Country Club, Inc., stockholders is described as being very successful by William F. Huff man, the president. Several hundred persons visited the club and inspected the renoa- vation work that has been done and a good many were served food ( the past week end, Mr. Huffman states. “Everybody seems to be well pleased with our operation and the work we are doing,” Mr. Huffman declared. President Huffman said that dur ing the period prior to the formal opening of the club, which is ex pected to be around the first of July, the club is open daily, except Tuesdays. Dinners are served in the evening from six to nine o’clock, and the clubhouse closes each eve ning at 11:00, except on Friday and Saturday nights when closing time —Turn to Page Seven Times* Correspondents Doing An Excellent Job, Readers Can Help By STAFF WRITER One of the most interesting and vital features of The Times or any weekly newspaper, for that matter, is the country corre spondence. This newspaper is fortunate in having a staff of excellent corre spondents who do a marvelous job of reporting the goings-and- comings in many sections of the county. The Times is seeking to en large its force of correspondents so that all communities will be represented in each issue. To enable each correspondent to do a better job citizens throughout the county are urged to send in their news items to the Program Highlights Dellinger Joins Staff Of WPNF, Log For Coming Week Is Reviewed John A. Dellinger, an experi enced radioman, has joined the staff of WPNF as program director and announcer, President Ed M. Anderson announces today. He succeeds Dave Sherrill, who has accepted a position with the Easley, South Carolina, radio sta tion. Mr. Dellinger has assumed his. duties here and he and his wife and two children are living at Sapphire Manor. A native of Morganton, Mr. Del linger was educated in the schools there, and he holds an AB degree from the University of North Caro lina. As a part of the degree, he completed the prescribed radio course of the communications cen ter of the university. For four and one-half years he has served as announcer and pro gram director of WJRI, Lenoir. Mrs. Dellinger taught music in the public schools in Lenoir. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dellinger ex- —^Turn To Page Twelve correspondent in Jheir communi ty. Mrs. Kay Collins is serving the Rosman community and citizens in that area are asked to contact her when they have visitors or other news. For more than the past quarter century, Mrs. Lee Norton has faithfully reported the news from Lake Toxaway and hundreds of readers each week look for her articles. Other alert Times’ correspon- —Turn to Page Twelve OVER 2,000 BOYS, GIRLS ENROLLED,. ROUND-UP MADE A young South Korean lad with exceptional ability has been wel comed to the summer session at Brevard college. From the expres sions above it is hard to tell whether HARRY CHO or President ROBERT STAMEY are more pleased. Harry is holding a desk plate which he brought to the college president. It is inlaid with mother-of- pearl and is one of the handicrafts for which his people have achieved fame. In the background is a painting by Korean artist, Yuh Ok, who also is responsible for creating the picture sent to Queen Elizabeth on behalf of the South Koreans. It was presented to Brevard college by Harry’s family, friends of the famed artist, who attempted to ex ecute in it the dress and customs of his people. (Times Staff Photo) Korean Student At College Extremely Fond Of Life Here Now In Brevard Harry Cho Was Once Cap tured By Communists. Tells Of Experiences PAUL RITCH, a recent grad uate of the General Theology Seminary, of New York City, has assumed his duties here as dea con of the St. Philip’s Episcopal church. He was ordained on May 30 by the bishop of Western North Carolina and is making his home here in the new church rectory. Registration To Be Continued In Coming Election More than 100 persons register ed last Saturday for the special beer election to be held here on July 7, according to George Jus tus, the registrar. The books will be open again at the city hall this coming Sat urday, and Mr. Justus urges all persons in doubt about their reg istration to check with him on that date. Registration will be continued on the following Saturday, June 25, and July 4th will be challenge day. Persons who have resided in the city limits for the past four months and in North Carolina for the past year are eligible to vote, Mr. Justus says, if they have vot ed in a previous town election, or if they register on one of the* three following Saturdays. MEET POSTPONED Senior Girl Scout Troop 77, which meets on Thursday nights, will not meet this week because of the Day Camp in session. The next meeting will be at 7:15 Thursday, June 25. By STAFF WRITER “Ail America looks just like a park,” said Harry Hai-Hyun Cho, a Brevard college freshman from Korea, who hid out in an attic his home in Seoul for three months to avoid recapture by the Commu nist armies. Like most of the South Korean sympathizers Harry thinks the pres ent truce terms for a cease fire in the Korean war would be a mistake He believes that only as a united Korea can his country prosper. He feels strongly about the out come of this conflict since his moth er was a Red captive for a week, he was seized for service in the Communist army at 15, their entire family was separated for three months, and his father thought during this time the family was dead. Harry’s story _is typical of some 500 Korean boys and girls who are entering this country for study this year. Though the Cho family is far above average in many respects, the experiences which they survived will ever remain a dark memory. In the young Korean’s words, “We were living in our home in Seoul, but at this particular time my father was in Pusan. The Red officers asked for my father and when he was not at home seized my mother who was at that time secretary of the Korean Women’s —Turn to Page Sir Miss North Carolina To Reign Over Beauty Pageant At Folk Festival Successful Aquatic School Ends. Pre-Sessions Now Being Held COUNTY IS A MECCA Transylvania’s outstanding sum mer camps are opening this week and next with capacity enrollments totalling more than"2,000 boys and girls from all parts of Eastern America. The American Red Cross conclud ed the first 1953 Aquatic school at Camp Carolina on Wednesday^ and Bill Langford, who was in charge, said that it was one of the most successful schools ever held here. Long recognized as a “Mecca for- Organized Summer Camps,” Tran sylvania has 14 fine camping insti-- tutions with excellent reputations. In a booklet recently released by- the State News Bureau, consider^ able space was given to the 31 camps in “The Land of the Sky/* and this publication is bringing ex cellent publicity to Transylvania,, since so many camps are located in: this county. Camps here not only- offer invigorating atmosphere, but, exhilirating scenery and unequalled opportunities. The Transylvania Music camp op^ ens on Thursday, and again the number of talented youths desiring to enter far exceeds the capacity of the camp, even with the new junior division, which opens this year.. “Sky Top” Opens A new camp, “Sky Top,” whlcft opened for the first season last year in the Frozen Lake area above Ros- man, is tripling its capacity thi« year, and some 150 boys and girl* are expected when the camp open* next week. Nathan Miller and J. J. Segal, of Miami, Fla., are the own- . —Turn To Page Twelve MUSIC CAMP OPENS, CONCERT SUNDAY Faculty Staff Orchestra Wil|[ Be Heard. Plans For Fes* tival Announced Transylvania Music camp, James Christian Pfohl, director, opens its six-week camp and concert season Thursday with a new “Piccolo,” or Junior, division for youngsters in the 10-12 age group added to its regular summer roster of young camper-musicians aged 13-20. The seventeenth season of this musical “vacation with a purpose** shows a capacity enrollment of 185. • Students are from 14 states cover ing the South and many other parts of the nation. They are again offer ed a complete curriculum in theory,, ensemble, and private voice and in-- strumental lessons under a faculty of more than 60 professional ar tists, and the opportunity of playing beside their instructors in weekly concerts. The first concert of the Transyl-. vania Faculty - Staff orchestra^ —Turn To Page Twelve Pfc. Meece Is Said To Be Well, Buddy A Released POW Time is growing short for con testants to enter the big 2nd annual Sylvan Valley Folk Festival to be held here on the Brevard high school athletic field on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, Jaycee officials point out. Already many folk singers and musicians from all parts of West ern North Carolina have entered the gigantic event, and square dance teams from Ecusta, Bent Creek, Conomara farms. Canton, Waynesville, Bryson City, Chero kee, Enka, Asheville and Brevard have entered in both clog and, smooth dancing competition. The famed Echo Inn square dance team, the national cham pions, will be on hand ail three nights to give an exhibition of their championship dancing. The Jaycettes, who are sponsor ing the Miss Brevard pageant in conjunction with the folk festival, have secured Miss Barbara Harris, who is Miss North Carolina, to reign over the contest here. Miss Harris will crown Miss Brevard, and she will preside over the pag eant. —Turn To Page Seven Mrs. Frank Garren has re ceived word from a soldier bud dy of her son, Pfc. David W. Meece, a Korean prisoner of war, that he is getting along fine and in good health. Sgt. Joe L. Jewell wrote Mrs. Garren this week that he had been in the same camp and the same company with Pfc. Meece> and he also said that in the pris oner of war camp where he is the men have plenty of clothing and the food is adequate. Sgt. Jewell was one of the POW’s recently released by the communists. The last letter that Mrs. Gar*^ ren had from her son was writ ten in March of this year and re ceived on June 15. He said at that time he was fine and getting goo^ treatment.
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