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TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i cultural and Music Center. Popula Ition, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival Vol. 65, No. 9 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH; 4, 1954 * 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY Drilling For Manganese Ore On Highway 280 Shown above is a view of the mining activity on the Boylston highway, No. 280, where manganese ore of the purest quality has been found on the property of Mrs. R. L. Lobdell just past Little Moun tain. Inside the excavation in the foreground is a complicated piece of drilling equipment which has a diamond point, permitting it to go more than a mile beneath the earth’s surface. F. Y. Horner who is in charge of the prospecting feels optimistic over the possibilities of mining the ore after seeing detail ed reports from his geologists. (Times Staff Photo) Again Prospecting For Manganese In Transylvania, Reports Are Favorable Work Now Going On Six Miles From Brevard Just Off Boylston Highway By STAFF WHITER In the past few weeks hundreds of inquisitive people have stopped about six miles out on the Boylston road traveling toward Asheville to satisfy their curiosity by finding out what was going on. A large pit on one side of the highway and numerous excavations on the other give proof to the fact that prospecting for manganese is still flourishing with great activity. F. Y. Horner, formerly a West Virginia legislator, who is in charge of the prospecting, has an optimistic smile on his face this week after looking over the geol ogist’s latest findings. He reports that the manganese ore they have found on this prop erty belonging to Mrs. R. L. Lob dell is of the finest quality. Mr. Horner and his crew have recently had in operation a dia mond-point drill which can go more than a mile beneath the surface of the'earth. The drill has hit manga nese as well as extremely hard rock which is locally called “Brevard schist.” Earlier prospecting by the East ern Manganese company, of Charleston, W. Va., revealed that manganese ore was to be found on the Lobdell property. After some excavating this company abandoned plans for mining. Mr. Horner suc ceeded this group and seems to feel there is sufficient ore to war rant continuance of plans for min ing. He calls the manganese ore —Turn to Page Four CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, March 4 — WMS of First Baptist church have home mission course, 10 a. m. St. Phil ip’s auxiliary meets with Mrs. H. R. Bobst, 3 p. m. Alcoholics Anony mous meet at 7:30 in Tinsley build ing. Friday, March 5 — World Day of Prayer, Presbyterian church, 3:30. Bridge at Gaither’s Rhododendron room, 8 p. m. WOW turkey shoot in hall, 8 p. m. Sunday, March 7 — Attend the church of your choice. Girl Scout Sunday. Power interruption 2 to 4 p. m. Monday, March 8 — DAR meets at 3:30 with Mrs. J. M. Allison. Brevard P-TA to hear J. B. Jones speak, 8 p. m., school cafeteria. Tuesday, March 9 — Fidelis class meets with Mrs. Clayton Gardner, 8 p. m. Wednesday, March 10 — Evening unit of League of Women voters, Mrs. R. E. Lawrence, 8 p. m. WrOW meets in hall at 8 p. m. Plea For Funds '54 Red Cross Roll Call Is Now Underway, Chairman Optimistic With a goal of $5,000, the an nual Red Cross Roll Call in Tran sylvania county is now underway. According to Charles L. Rus sell, the funds raising chairman, solicitation in industry is pro gressing on schedule. Business houses in the town and county will be solicited on Friday and Saturday, Mr. Rus March Brings More Wintry Weather To Transylvania, WNC March roared in like a lion Sunday night as heavy rains, high winds and snow flurries hit the area. However, Monday’s sun brought spring weather again to Transylvania. Snow in adjoining counties Sunday night ranged up to nine inches, but only a slight trace could be noted in the county Monday morning. Forestry officials report six to eight inches on the upper slopes of the Pisgah National Forest, but it quickly melted away when the sun came out. However, more wintry weather is expected in Transylvania and throughout Western North Caro lina as another cold wave is slow ly moving across the southern states on its way to the Atlantic. The full force of the blast is due here some time Thursday, snow flurries and low temperatures are expected. sell says, and he again urges the public to give as generously as possible. With the need for Red Cross work greater than ever, the chairman points out that it is of utmost importance that more in dividuals contribute this year than ever before. Transylvania has never failed to go “over the top” in a Red Cross campaign, and the Tran sylvania chapter is recognized as one of the most active in the South. Shuford Expects Approval Of Funds To Surface Blue Ridge Parkway Link OBSERVANCE OF THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SET Special Program Will Be Held Friday At The Pres byterian Church Women from Brevard and other communities throughout, the county will join together this Friday, March 5, at 3:30 o’clock for the an nual World Day of Prayer Service in the Presbyterian church. At the same time women from all over the world will be uniting in a prayer service based on the theme, “That They May Have Life.” The program will be given by delegates from women’s organiza tions of the First Baptist, Metho dist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. This service, which is held on the first Friday in Lent, began in the Presbyterian church in 1887 and became the World Day of Pray er for women of all denominations in 1927. It is now sponsored by the division of foreign missions of the National Council of Churches. Each year women from a differ —Turn to Page Four DR. GUNN TO JOIN LOCAL PHYSICIAN Dr. Newland Will Get New Associate Around First Of July Dr. C. L. Newland announces to day that Dr. C. G. Gunn, Jr., of Duke University School of Medi cine in Durham, will join him in practice here July 1st. Dr. Gunn will limit his practice to internal medicine. Dr. Newland expresses pleasure at securing such an able man to assist in rendering professional medical service to the county. The new doctor was born in Memphis, Tenn., and attended the public schools of Bluefield, W. Va. Following his freshman year at Da vidson college, where he was a member of the Glee club and Beta Theta Pi social fraternity, Dr. Gunn —Turn to Page Four Will Adopt “Courtesy Parking” Plan March 15, Details Given On March 15th the town board of aldermen and the merchants’ di vision of the Brevard chamber of commerce are going to adopt a “courtesy parking plan.” A special fund is being set up by the merchants, and when the plan goes into effect, the officer will drop a nickel in meters where there are violators instead of giving a ticket. A courtesy notice will be placed on the windshield of the overpark ed cars, asking the drivers to re turn the nickel, or more, to any merchant. The plan was presented to the board of aldermen Monday night at the regular March meeting, by Rob ert H. Plummer, head of the mer chants’ division, and D. T. Aber WPNF Program Revue Radio Program Is One Of Highlight Features Of Girl Scout Week Here Among the special events being planned here by the Girl Scouts during the 42nd birthday observ ance is a special radio program over WPNF on Saturday afternoon, beginning at 1:30 o’clock. Since there is considerable inter est in the Girl Scout movement here and with many local girls slated to be heard on the program, Jack Hammette, station manager, urges all Transylvanians to hear Saturday’s show. Of special interest to local citi zens is another program over WPNF on Thursday night, when Eugene Shaw, commissioner of the Department of Revenue, Raleigh, will be heard at 6:30 o’clock. Other Programs The schedule for the Civic hour for the coming week is as follows: Friday, Brevard chamber of com merce; Monday, Rotary club and Wednesday, Lions club. On the Farm and Home hour for the coming week the schedule is as follows: Thursday, Transylvania Beekeepers; Friday, State college extension forestry, Fred E. Whit field; Monday, county agent’s of —Turn to Page Five crombie, president of the chamber of commerce. A delegation of mer chants also appeared with the two men, and it was explained that the plan would increase parking meter revenue and create goodwill be | tween the merchants and the mo [ toring public. Mr. Plummer presented newspa per articles which told of the suc cess of the plan in other communi ties. It will be given a trial period in Brevard from March 15 until June 15th. The full cooperation of the public is requested by the mer chants’ division and the town board. The officials of the merchants’ group and the chamber of com merce point out that if the nickels aren’t returned to the fund, it will be necessary to again resort to $1.00 fines. Purchase Orders For Cover Crops Now Being Issued Marvin W. Whitmire, chair man of the Transylvania county ASC committee, has announced today that purchase orders are now being issued under the 1954 ACP program. The purchase orders cover conservation materials to be used in the establishment or im provement of a permanent vege tative cover. The following materials are available: ladino clover, orchard grass, fescue, mixed fertilizer, and ground limestone. Farmers are urged to call by the ASC of fice in the court house and re ceive their purchase orders. - I Parkway Affords Winter Wonderland Scene Latest reports confirm the rumor that there is a good possibility of the 11-mile Parkway stretch in Pisgah National Forest being hard surfaced, and Representative George Shuford is optimistic over re ceiving funds for this work. Snow flurries on the higher slopes of the Pisgah are currently making this scenic link a veritable winter won derland. Appropriations QLSehaol Board To Follow Recommendation From Survey Made By Peabody Group LITTLE THEATRE SELECTING CAST FOR PRODUCTION Several Roles Filled Monday Night. Rehearsals Be gin Next Week Most of the roles for the Brevard Little Theatre comedy, “January Thaw,” slated for spring produc tion, were cast following try-outs Monday night in the court house. Gunther Baldauf, Brevard Little Theatre president, thanked all who read for roles, and he especially thanked the many mothers who brought children to try out for the two juvenile parts. He also asked that anyone who did not return their play book do so as soon as possible since all of them are needed by the cast. The list of characters selected Monday night are as follows: Fre da, the maid, Mrs. Barbara Jones; Sarah Gage, Nancy Jane Norlan der; Paula Gage, Sandra Bridges; Marge, the mother, Mrs. Carolyn Eller; Barbara Gage, Betty Gard ner; George Husted, Keith Parker; Matilda Rockwood, Mrs. Nola Bren nan; Mr. Loomis, Hale Chamber lain; Matt Rockwood, Ernest Gil —Turn to Page Four Rosman Delegation Requests Gymnasium. Several Visi tors At Meeting The Transylvania board of edu cation held a lengthy session Mon day night here in the office of the superintendent in the court house. A number of visitors attended the meeting and chairman, Dr. J. F. Zachary, presided. Following a discussion of needs in the various schools, the board decided to wait for the recommen dations of the Division of Surveys, Peabody college, before making any plans to spend the bond mon ey which Transylvania will receive. The Peabody survey will include recommendations as to the order of the expenditure for classrooms shops, laboratories, gymnasiums, etc. It is estimated that this county will get slightly over a quarter million dollars from the recent bond issue for school expansion. A delegation from Rosman ap peared before the board in the in terest of a gymnasium for the school. The chairman assured the group that the board realized the need for the gym and was extreme ly interested in gymnasiums, both for Rosman and Brevard. He said that it was a matter of money for school and other needs. It was pointed out that the Pea —Turn to Page Four GOP In Sessions Republicans Name Executive Group, Hamlin Chosen District Chairman Transylvania Republicans will hold their county convention on Saturday, April 10, at 2:00 o’clock in the court house here. At a meeting of the precinct del egates and other Republican lead ers here last Saturday afternoon, members of the executive commit tee were elected. Lewis P. Hamlin, the chairman, presided over the convention and some 50 persons attended. Of the 19 precincts, 15 were rep resented at Saturday’s convention, and the following were named to —Turn to Page Fear Lewis P. Hamlin, well-known lo cal attorney and chairman of the Transylvania county Republican executive committee, was elected twelfth district chairman at a con vention in Waynesville Tuesday. He succeeds O. L. Anderson, of Franklin. Mrs. Millard Teague, of Brevard, was chosen vice chairman. Both Mr. Hamlin and Mrs. Teague were elected members of the state executive committee with Mrs. Eugene King and Ralph R. Fisher as alternates. —Turn to Page Four $ 280,000 ASKED FOR PROJECT, TO REPAIR TUNNELS Contractors Will Complete “Roughing Out” Route when Weather Breaks MAJOR SCENIC ASSET Present indications point to com pletion of the Parkway link front Wagon Road Gap to Beech Gap in Pisgah National Forest, thereby giving Transylvania and this see* tion of the Western Carolinas on® of the most scenic routes in East* ern America, it was learned her® this week. Representative George A. Shu ford feels optimistic that he will receive favorable reaction to his re quest for $280,000 to surface this route and to make necessary re pairs to the Beech Gap tunnels. As soon as the winter weather breaks, the Clements Construction company, of Lenoir, will complete ly “rough out” this link to the Beech Gap road, making it possi ble for motorists to travel from Wagon Road Gap over the 11-mile scenic stretch and back to Highway 276 at Bethel. Richard Queen, secretary to Con gressman Shuford, was in Brevard Monday and he said the House Ap propriations committee and the in terior sub-committee had given them a most favorable reception. Congressman Shuford explained to the committees that thousand* ancMhousands of dollars would go the li-mile link wer® ed out ihnt the tunnels were built during the war, and that engineer! now report the weather is wearing away some of the walls, and that lining is necessary. Forestry officials and civic lead ers here are unanimous in their opinion that the route is unequalled in spectacular beauty. It runs from Wagon Road Gap atop the Pisgah ledge, past Green Knob Overlook and Yellowshone falls, Silver Min® Bald and Devil’s Court House to. —Turn To Page Fiv® TOWN BOARDHAS A BUSY SESSION Taxi Rate Schedule Approve ed. Norton Is New Wa tershed Patrolman Uniform taxi rates will be charge ed by taxi operators in Brevard, it was decided at the March meeting of the town board of aldermen Monday ni^it. The owners of the different taxi concerns in the town presented the board with a schedule of rates* which was approved by the aider men. David Norton was employed by the board as watershed patrolman, succeeding H. V. Smith, resigned. At the request of a delegation of teachers from the Brevard schools, the aldermen decided to do away with two hour parking on Morgan and Gaston streets. A request for regulation of park ing and traffic on Whitmire street was referred by the board to th® street committee. Carroll Merrill presented th® —Turn To Page Four Power Interruption Two Hours Sunday The Duke Power Co. office here has given notice of a power interruption from 2 to 4 p. m. Sunday, March 7, on the Rosman highway, at Rosman, and on the REA lines south and west of Ros man. J. M. Gaines, manager, explain ed that this was necessary in or der to do some work which could not be accomplished while the current was on. If the weather is cold or rainy,, the work wil be done on thn next suitable Sunday afternoon, he stated. Power in Brevard will net be affected, Mr. Gaines said.
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