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
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ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 64, No. 29
SECTION ONE
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Transylvania’s New Sheriff Takes Oath Of Office
On the left with his right hand raised is JOHN B. KILPATRICK, new sheriff of Transylvania, and
administering the oath of office is MARVIN McCALL, clerk of court in the county. Sheriff Kilpatrick
succeeded Bert H. Freeman last Wednesday, who resigned to accept the position of prison supervisor
for the 14th district. In the background, left to right, are: LEWIS OSBORNE, tax supervisor of Tran
sylvania; the former sheriff; and RALPH H. RAMSEY, county attorney. (Times Staff Photo)
Piano Workshop At Brevard College
In Augnst To Attract Large Number
All Eastern, Southeastern
States To Be Represented.'
Is Fine Publicity
The annual Frances Clark
Piano'Workshop, which has
formerly taken place at Vir
ginia Interment college in
Bristol, Virginia, is this year
moving to a new location at
Brevard college. The seven-
day refresher course for pi
ano teachers and students is
directed by Frances Clark,
nationally known teacher,
author, editor and director
of classes for teachers.
Rotarians, Chamber Of Commerce
Plan Tour Of Music Camp Friday
In order to better acquaint
townspeople and summer visitors
with the many activities at the
Transylvania Music camp and the
improvements that have been made
at the institution, tours of the camp
will be conducted on Friday dur
ing the morning and afternoon.
These tours are being held
through the cooperation of the Ro-
tary club and the Brevard chamber
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large enrollment from south
ern and eastern states is ex
pected.
Miss Clark, who is director of
piano pedagogy at Kalamazoo col
lege in Michigan, is well known to
southern teachers. In addition to
her annual summer workshops, she
has given short courses in Wash
ington, D. C., and in New Orleans,
Louisiana, and was the principal
speaker for the piano division of
the State Music Educator’s confer
ence in Atlanta last February.
In addition to her classes for
piano teachers, Miss Clark is wide
ly known for her work as a teacher
training program at Kalamazoo col
lege which has been copied in col
leges and universities throughout
the country. She is the author of
two workbooks on reading for pi
ano students, “ABC Papers” and
“Reading Technique” and of nu
merous articles on piano teaching
methods and materials.
Associate director of the Work
shop is Louise Goss, well known
teacher, author and music critic.
Miss Goss has been a piano instruc
tor at Kalamazoo' college, an in
structor of music literature at the
University of Michigan, music crit
ic for the “Michigan Daily” in Ann
Arbor and the “Kalamazoo Ga
zette” in Kalamazoo, Michigan. At
present she is devoting full time
to the Frances Clark Workshops
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of commerce, and they will origi
nate at the chamber of commerce
office on the court house lawn.
Hours are from 10 to 12 o’clock on
Friday morning and from 2 to 4
o'clock that afternoon.
On arrival at the camp, groups
of Rotarians and campers will be
on hand to personally conduct the
tour and answer questions. Mrs.
Duncan Hunter, of the public re
lations department of the camp, is
in charge of camp arrangenuents.
Mrs. John Ford, the executive
secretary of the chamber of com
merce, and Dan Hawkins, presi-
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 16 — WMS cir
cles of First Baptist church meet.
Women of Presbyterian church
meet at 8 p. m.
Friday, July 17 — Garden club
meets at 3:30 with Mrs. Coleman
Galloway. Kiwanis club meets at
6:30 at music camp. Concert at
music camp at 8:15. Square dance
in the American Legion building,
8:30.
Saturday, July 18 — Square
dance at Brevard country club, 9
to 12 midnight.
Sunday, July 19 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Transylvania Music camp, 4 p. m.
Monday, July 20 — Rotary club,
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Lions, Ladies Will
Meet Next Tuesday
Night, Music Camp
Brevard Lions will meet next
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at the
Transylvania Music camp for a din
ner meeting. ' '
The event will be a ladies’ night
affair, and President Vernon Fricks
urges all members to attend and to
bring their wives.
Following the dinner meeting,
the visitors will be guests at the
regular Tuesday night concert,
and prior to the meal a tour of
the camp will be held.
The meeting was originally plan
ned for this Friday night, but has
been postponed until next Tues
day.
dent of the Rotary club, cordially
iuvite all interested persons to
take advantage of this opportunity
of visiting Transylvania Music
camp, “Summer Music Capital of
the South,” and to see the camp
in action.
Groups will be permitted to
watch the various practice sessions
and to inspect the new quarters of
the camp.
As a preview to the tour, mem
bers of the Rotary club and their
Rotary Anns held a dinner meeting
at the camp on Tuesday night and
attended the evening’s concert.
Mrs. Hunter welcomed the group,
and the response was made by
President Hawkins, who presided
over the brief business session.
Total Cost Of Construction In Brevard
So Far In 1953 Amounts To $355,155
FULL SCHEDULE
OF ACTIVITIES
AT MUSIC CAMP
Several Concerts Planned.
Federation Mid-Week
Begins July 1st
A calendar of this week’s pro
gram at Transylvania Music camp
includes many events of interest.
On Friday, from 9:30 to 9:45 the
Ecusta Civic hour on station WPNF
will present the regular radio pro
gram of camp news and topics. A
tour of the camp from 10 a. m. to
12 noon and from 2 to 4 p. m., will
be sponsored by the Brevard Ro
tary club in cooperation with the
Brevard chamber of commerce. At
6:30 p. m. the Kiwanians will meet
for a tour of the camp, and dinner
at 7 in the camp dining hall. Fol
lowing dinner there will be a con
cert of the Transylvania Concert
band, Paul Bryan directing.
Tuesday, July 21; marks th§ be-
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Plan Blind Bogey
At Country Club
A week end blind bogey tour
nament wiU be held at the Bre
vard country club, beginning on
Saturday, J^y 18, with the club
offering a number of golf balls
as prizes. These blind bogeys
will be held each week end for
the next three weeks.
There are three categories of
prizes—the score, long ball, and
closest- to the pin. Players will
be permitted to pick their own
handicaps.
The tournament is open to all
golfers, with no charge being
made to members. Non-members
may enter on payment of green
fees.
According to officials of the
country club, the primary pur
pose of the tournaments is to
establish handicaps for a handi
cap tourney to be held at the
club on August 8th.
Due to adverse weather condi
tions, work on the course has
been slow, but every effort is
being made to have the course
in a good playable condition by
this week end.
New Photographic Process Will
Use Cellophane, Cites Low Costs
A new process for printing pho
tographic effects on cellophane has
been developed by the Lassiter cor
poration, according to J. Hanes Las
siter', president of the company.
The process, called Lassitone,
has already been proven success
ful in actual production runs of cel
lophane wrapping for two soft
good items and a bread, Mr. Lassi
ter said. Several other items are
currently in production.
The new method permits repro
duction of half-tone photographs or
art on cellophane without the prep
aration of costly printing cylinders
necessary for fotogravure repro
duction.
“The Lassitone process allows
the smaller users of cellophane,
who ordinarily buy in quantities of
one to three thousand pounds, to
use photographic art for the first
Members Of First Methodist Church
Vote To Move To Site Near College
The congregation of the First
Methodist church voted Sunday
morning in favor of the erection of
a new church building, to be locat
ed on the site opposite Brevard
college between Broad and Cald
well streets.
The congregation also endorsed
a financial campaign to raise funds
for the erection of the new church
building.
Ray Hooper, chairman of the
board of stewards of the church,
presented the proposals and point
ed out the dire need of a new
building on a more adequate loca
tion.
During recent weeks, members
of the board of stewards and trus
tees of Brevard college have dis
cussed the possibility of erecting
a church on the site opposite the
college. The trustees at their an
nual meeting offered the tract of
land, which contains about three
acres and includes the site of the
former President Coltrane house,
to the church.
It was pointed out that this lo
cation would be near the center of
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time on cellophane bags, wraps and
envelopes,” Mr. Lassiter said. Until
now, such printing was only possi
ble with the gravure process which
gave excellent results but was eco
nomically practical only for large
scale packagers.
“However, the new process offers
an excellent opportunity for vol
ume producers as well as small us
ers to cut costs on printed cello
phane,” Mr. Lassiter added.
One of the most important ad
vantages of the new printing pro
cess is that it permits production
of packages of various sizes from
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Clarks Sell News
Stand To Grogan
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Clark have
sold the news stand which they
operated in the Waltermire hotel
building to Tommy Grogan, who
assumed charge of the business
yesterday. Mr. Grogan was former
ly connected with Ayers’ store
here, and his friends throughout
the county will be interested to
learn of his new venture.
McFee Jewelers In
Broad St. Location
McFee Jewelers has moved from
West Main street to the building
on South Broad street formerly oc
cupied by King bakery, next to
Galloway’s cafe. The building has
been thoroughly renovated and a
new front installed. J. C. Taylor,
owner, said yesterday that he plan
ned to give away a number of
prizes, registration for which will
begin on Saturday.
Transylvania Youths Get Farmer Deg:
HEYWAED EAMSEY, left, and CHARLES COGGINS, right, re
cently received the Carolina Farmer degree and they are pictured
above inspecting one of the many fine corn fields of Transylvania.
Both boys were outstanding agricultural students at Brevard high
school and they will enter Clemson college this fall. Young Ramsey
will major in agriculture, while Coggins will take civil engineering.
The former is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Ramsey, and the lat
ter’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coggins. In addition to being
awarded the degree, Ramsey was elected state sentinel out of the
33,000 boys in 439 chapters in North Carolina. (Times Staff Photo)
Bloodmobile At Ecusta Medical
Center For A Two-Day Visit,
Excellent Response Is Reported
ROUTINE ITEMS
ARE DISCUSSED
Chamber Of Commerce Di
rectors Meet. Plan Fes
tival Promotion
Routine matters were on the
agenda at the monthly meeting of
the Brevard chamber of commerce
at its meeting here Tuesday night,
with reports being given on proj
ects started earlier in the year.
Mrs. Lucy Ford, secretary, stated
that 81 members had joined the or
ganization this year, and the mem
bership committee was asked to
continue work with a view to reach
a minimum of 140 active members.
Business houses will be asked to
use decorations and window dis
plays pertaining to music and the
festival here for one week prior to
opening of the Brevard Music Fes
tival in August as a boost for at
tendance at the annual event to be
staged at Transylvania Music camp.
STREET DANCES BEGIN
The Brevard Jaycees have begun
their summer street dances, which
are held each Monday night in
front of the court house. Dancing
begins at 7:30 o’clock, and Earl
Powell is doing the calling. Towns
people and summer visitors are
cordially invited to attend.
Transylvanians Can Give On
Thursday Afternoon From
2 To 6 O’clock
HOSPITAL IS BIG
ITEM, RESIDENT
BUILDING IS UP
Figures Are Taken From
Permits Issued At The
City Hall
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
With nearly 500 persons pledg
ing a pint of blood, excellent re
sponse is reported at Ecusta where
the American Red Cross bloodmo
bile is set up for a two-day visit,
on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week.
By shortly after noon on Wed
nesday, some 120 persons had giv
en a pint of blood, and indications
point to a record or near-record be
fore the bloodmobile leaves at 6
p. m., Thursday evening.
Transylvanians are being invit
ed to join with Ecustans in giving
blood at the medical center, and
they are being taken from 2 o’clock
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The estimated cost of
building in Brevard has hit a
new high for a six months’
period with the construction
of the new addition to the
Transylvania Community
hospital beginning shortly
after the first of the year.
The total figure is $355,155^
and the cost of construction
of the new Harry H. Straus
wing is $233,000.00.
During 1952 the total estimated
cost of construction in Brevard
was $213,160.00, and indications
point to a continued increase in
building during the remainder of
this year, Mrs. Opal King, clerk
of the town, states.
Permits for home construction
in Brevard during the first six
months of 1953 totaled $100,o00.00»-
which compares with $78,100, dur
ing the entire year of ’52.
Estimated costs of business build
ings so far this year amounts to
$19,450.00, and repairs were $2,-
205.00.
Construction is progressing nic^
ly on the new hospital wing, and it
is believed that the building will
be ready for occup mey by early
fall.
The building and exp,insion work
at Brevard college is also being
continued, and complete renova
tion of Taylor hall will be finished
when the students arrive in Sep
tember.
During recent months, the beau
tiful new dormitory for women, on
which construction was started last
year, was completed, and it is be
ing used this summer to house stu
dents and summer visitors, . • .
Clyde Hubbard Is
New Deputy Sheriff
Clyde Hubbard, former dog war
den in the county, has been ap
pointed deputy sheriff in Transyl
vania by Sheriff John B. Kilpat
rick.
Mr. Hubbard, a native Transyl
vanian and resident of the East
Fork section, has already assumed
his duties.
The other member of the coun
ty’s law enforcement dopartrhent is
Deputy Paul Fisher, the new sher
iff states.
Program Highlights
NBC Programs Over WPNF Proving
Highly Popular With The Listeners
The programs from the National
Broadcasting company over WPNF
are being enthusiastically received
each day and the station is having
many fine compliments on the
switchover' to the world’s oldest
network, President Ed M. Ander
son states today.
“The excellent variety of music,
the outstanding coverage of news
and the popular dramas of NBC
are all proving most popular,” the
station president continued.
Other Programs
The famed Sunday morning
World News Round-Up, heard at
9 o’clock, is being broadcast over
WPNF from the NBC, under the
sponsorship of Brevard Auto Parts.
Jack Hammette, station manager,
urges all listeners to hear this im
portant program each Sunday
morning and also to the World
News Round-Up daily over WPNF
at 8 o’clock each morning. The
daily round-up is heard through
the cooperation and sponsorship of
Transylvania Trust company.
The schedule for the Civic hour
for the coming week is as follows:
Friday, July 17, Transylvania Mu-
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GAIN REPORTED
AT POST OFFICE
First Class Status Retained.-
Indications Point To Con
tinued Increase
With an increase in the total
volume of business during the first
two quarters of 1953, the Brevard
post office remains in the first
class category. Postmaster T. Cole
man Galloway reports today.
Brevard was declared a first
class office on July 1st last year,
and the total volume of business
during ’52, which was $40,829.67,
was sufficient for it to remain in.
the top category.
This was also true of the two
quarters in 1953, when the total
volume was $19,151.44. The gain
was as follows — 1st quarter —
$502.46; 2nd quarter—$817.32, for
a total gain of $1,319.78.
Postmaster (lalloway says that
all indications point to a contin
ued increase in business at the Bre
vard post office during the third
and fourth quarters of ’53.
4-H Members Are
Attending Camp
Schaub All Week
A number of Transylvania boys
and girls are attending 4-H camp
this week over at Camp Schaub,
Waynesville, and another group
will leave on Monday for state 4-H
week in Raleigh.
Robert Lee Love, assistant coun
ty agent, will accompany the group
to Raleigh next week. Those ex
pected to attend are Morgan Hunt
er, president of the county council,
Brevard club; Stanley Scruggs,
president of the Brevard club;
Beverly Bostic, winner of the dress
revue who competes in the state
contest; Martha Fortune, winner
of the county 4-M club health im
provement contest, who also com
petes for state honors; Patricia
Burton, of the Rosman Senior clubi.