TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Fisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15.32L
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 66, No. 4
A SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1955 * 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN SPITE OF THE TEMPERATURE
being 22 degrees, Brevard’s volunteer
fire-fighters had a hot time battling the
blaze above at 2:00 o’clock in the morn
ing on Monday on West French Broad
street. The house, which was a total loss,
was engulfed in flames when the fire
men arrived. No one was living in it at the
time of the fire, and the house was un
der repair by the owner, Mrs. J. L. Saltz.
(Times Staff Photo)
Halfway Mark Reached In March Of
Dimes Drive, Many Events Planned
Radio Show And President’s
tall Set This Week End.
Mothers’ March Mon.
With less than a week to go,
Transylvania has reached the half
way mark in the ’55 March of
Dimes, Campaign Director Alvin J.
Patterson states today.
Many special events are planned
in the polio drive during the next
few days, and Mr. Patterson urges
the public to attend them and to
to support the March of Dimes
campaign.
A big radio show is scheduled
from the American Legion building
for Friday night, and a plea is
made for all singers and musicians
in the county to give their time and
their talent on this four-hour show
to be carried over WPNF.
The American Legion will stage;
•the annual President’s Ball Satur
day night, with proceeds going into
the March of Dimes.
Music will be furnished by Bre
vard’s own band, “The Solitaires,”
and admission will be $1.50 per
person.
There will be a special singing at
the colored community center on
Saturday night, beginning at 3 00
o'clock, with many out-of-town
singers featured on the program,
Cornelius Hunt, who is in charge,
announces.
On Sunday a goodwill offering
for the polio drive will be taken
at the Fifth Sunday singing here
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 27 — Fortnightly
club meets in Gaither’s Dogwood
room, 3:30 p. m. B k PW club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Metho
dists’ victory dinner, Gaither’s, 7
p. m. Benefit basketball game, Bre
vard college, 8 p. m. Masonic meet
ing in the temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, Jan, 28 — Brevard high
vs. Flat Rock, college gym, 7 p. m.
District Boy Scout committee
meets, Gaither’s, 7:30 p. m. Talent
show at American Legion building,
8 p. m.
Saturday, Jan. 29 — Brevard col
lege vs. Spartanburg Jr. college,
college gym, 8 p. m. President’s
Ball at the American Legion build
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At Road Meet
Jake’s Cove Route Proposed
In Relocation Of Highway 64
Approximately 150 persons at
tended a special road meeting last
Friday afternoon, which was called
by Commissioner Harry Buchanan
for the purpose of discussing the
proposed relocation of Highway 64
from the Transylvania county line
to Highway 276 at the entrance of
the Pisgah National Forest.
The commissioner explained that
he had withheld the letting of the
contract to build this road, since he
had received 11 written protests
from property owners along the
proposed route.
Mr. Buchanan also explained
that the right-of-way engineers
would contact all property owners
and that written protests were not
necessary to recover damages.
Athletic Group Will
Meet Monday Night
The annual meeting of the board
of directors of the Brevard Athletic
and Recreation association will be
held next Monday night, January
30th.
According to the secretary, John
Eversman, the meeting will be
held in the Brevard high school li
brary, beginning promptly at 8:00
o’clock.
President Raymond F. Bennett
urges all directors to attend.
He emphasized that he did not
want to force his views on any
body and that he was taking the
word of the engineers that the best <
possible route had been followed in
the proposal.
As described by Mr. Buchanan,
the route approved by the engi*
neers would follow the present 64
from the county line to Blantyre.
There it would go slightly to the
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Local Methodists Oversubscribe Goal
Of $150,000 In Building Campaign
FIREMEN BATTLE
THREE FIRES IN
TOWN THIS WEEK
One House Is Destroyed And
Two Others Damaged. No
Injuries Are Reported
Brevard’s fire fighters answered
three alarms Sunday night and ear
ly Monday morning.
All three fires were residences,
and one house was almost a total
loss in the blaze. The firemen were
able to save the other two houses,
though damages will run several
hundred dollars.
About 6:30 o’clock Sunday eve
ning the fire fighters were called to
North Brevard to answer an alarm
at the Haskell Hall residence. Fire
had broken out in a bedroom, and
with gas masks and hose to the 200
gallon tank of water on the truck,
the firemen broke into the room
and brought the blaze under con
trol before it spread to other parts
of the house. No one was home at
the time of the fire.
Fire Chief Dan Merrill praised
the work of his men and said they
did an excellent job of saving the
house with the amount of water
available. There are no fire hy
drants in that section of North Bre
vard.
A two-story frame house on West
French Broad street was practical
ly destroyed by fire about 2:00
o’clock Monday morning. The house
was vacant at the time of the blaze,
being under repair by the owner,
Mrs. J. L. Saltz. The entire house
was engulfed in flames when the
firemen arrived.
At 8:00 o’clock Monday morning
the firemen were again called out,
this time to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira B. Armfield on South Cald
well street. A spark from a fire
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HIGH SCHOOL WILL
HAVE SPECIAL TEA
Proceeds From P - TA Event
To Go Toward Buying Of
New Library Books
A silver tea will be featured at
the regular meeting of the Brevard
high school P-TA for February.
This special event has been set for
Tuesday evening, February 14, ac
cording to the president, Mrs. H.
W. Sigmon.
The proceeds derived from the
silver tea will go toward buying
new books for the high school li
brary.
Mrs. E. F. Tilson will speak on
the purpose of Founders Day.
Ecusta To Add Three
College Scholarships
Three tuition scholarships have
been added to the Ecusta scholar
ship program, it is announced to
day by industrial relations mana
ger, E. B. Garrett. The scholarships
will begin with the 1955-56 school
year
Scholarships of $200 each will be
provided each year for two chil
dren of Ecusta employees for the
two-year course at Brevard college.
One scholarship of $400 will be
awarded each year to a Brevard
college graduate for two additional
years at an accredited college or
university.
Selection of applicants to receive
Doings In Legislature
Senate May Adopt Rule Authorizing
Committees To Hold Secret Meetings
The rules committee of the sen
ate was expected yesterday to re
ceive from a sub-committee a re
port recommending authority for
closed committee meetings in some ]
form. Rules permitting any house |
committee to hold closed meetings
on the vote of a majority of the
committee have already been
adopted. Final passage of bills to
repeal the 1953 “secrecy law” is
still pending.
Members of the insurance Indus'
try in North Carolina appeared be
fore the joint finance committee to
resist a proposal to have their tax
upped from one to two and a half
per cent of their gross premium re
ceipts. It is estimated that such an
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the scholarships will be made by
committees composed of represen
tatives of Brevard college and Tran
sylvania county schools. No person
in any way connected with the com
pany will take part in the award
ing of scholarships. Recipients will
be selected on the basis of general
scholastic record, ability, character,
citizenship and leadership.
Any child of an active employee
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Mercury Drops To
Record Low Of 12
Degrees For Year
Brevard had a record low of 12
degrees for ’55 Wednesday morn
ing, Jack Huggins, the official
weatherman here, reports.
However, the mercury Was down
to 10 on December 7th, he stated,
and present forecasts are for con
tinued cold weather through Fri
day.
Last Friday night Transylvania
experienced its second snowfall of
the week, when from two to five
inches were recorded in various
sections of the county.
With the temperature dropping
way below freezing each night and
the highs during the day in the 30’s,
the blanket of snow oovering the
county is disappearing very slowly.
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HOLTCONDUCTING
RELIGIOUS WEEK
AT THE COLLEGE
Enrollment Increase Seen In
Registration For The Sec
ond Semester
A period of religious emphasis
will begin Thursday and continue
until Sunday morning at Brevard
college. Rev. D. D. Holt, director of
the Methodist College Foundation
of North Carolina, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
The Rev. Mr. Holt will lead the
students in chapel programs and
dormitory discussion groups. He
will conclude the religious empha
sis period with the main address
Sunday morning at the Brevard
Methodist church.
Brevard college students have
finished taking final examinations,
as the first semester ends this week
and the new semester begins.
The registrar’s office at the col
lege today indicated that 16 new
freshmen can be expected for the
second semester. The majority of
new students will be attending un
—Tara to Page Ten
Brevard Weekly Has Won 18
State And National Prizes
During Past 12 Years
The Transylvania Times, Bre
vard’s prize-winning newspaper,
won first place in general news cov
erage in the weekly division of the
1954 North Carolina Press associa
tion contests.
The award was made last Friday
night by Governor Luther Hodges
at the annual banquet at Duke uni
versity, tendered newsmen in at
tendance at the press institute at
Chapel Hill.
During the past 12 years, the
Transylvania Times has won 18
state and national awards, which is
more than any other weekly news
paper in North Carolina.
The general news coverage award
is the most eagerly sought after by
newspaper editors and publishers
who enter such contests, for the pri
mary function of a newspaper is to
gather, prepare and distribute the
new*.
Winning first place in general
news coverage is in keeping with
the policy of The Times which is to
publish the best, modern-day news
paper possible, Publisher Ed M.
Anderson declared after the awards
were made.
He said it was not only an honor
for The Times and its staff, but
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WPNF Program Highlight!
Four-Hour Radio Show To Benefit
March Of Dimes, Talent Is Needed
m
WPNF’s big radio show to bene
fit the March of Dimes will be held
Friday night, with all civic and
other groups participating.
The big show will originate from
the American Legion Memorial
building, beginning at 8 o’clock, and
all talent in Transylvania county is
invited to participate on the pro
gram.
Jack Hammette, station manager,
requests all singers, musicians and
others who can entertain to give of
their time and talent to benefit the
March of Dimes. They are asked to
call the radio station, 3-2611, and
give the approximate time they can
appear on the program.
Persons desiring to see the show
are invited to come down to the
legion building at any time during
the evening. No admission will be
charged.
Listeners may contribute to the
program by calling the legion
building.
According to Jack Smathers,
commander of the local unit of the
Civil Air Patrol, donations will be
picked up by members of his squad
ron, who will receive instructions
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HCTORY DINNER
FOR WORKERS IS
SUTEDTHURSDAY
Pledges Still Being Received.
Pastor Expresses Sincere
Appreciation
NOW DRAWING PLANS
In less than a week, Brevard
Methodists have oversubscribed the
£150,000 quota in the current fund
raising campaign to build a new
rhurch on a site opposite the en
hance of Brevard college.
The announcement was made at
i meeting of the canvass committee
ruesday night, when it was report*
?d that $153,240.00 had been
pledged for the three-year building
program.
Rev. Douglas Corriher, the pas
tor, said members of the committee
expressed extreme pleasure and
sincere gratitude over the marvel
ous support and cooperation of the
congregation, and he stated:
“We are nearer to a new Brevard
Methodist church than any of us
ever dreamed.”
He paid high tribute to the ex
cellent work of the canvass com
mittee, their workers and to J.
Harvie Luther, who directed the
campaign for the Wells organiza
tion.
The amount pledged is above the
1955 budget of the church, which is
approximately $18,000.
On Thursday night a victory din
ner for the committee members
and the other workers in the cam
paign and their wives will be held
in Gaither's RhododendrorLJOwn,
beginr at 7:00 o’clock
On Sunday evening Mr. Cefriher
will tell the dramatic story of the
successful campaign at the regular
Sunday evening worship service,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock. He cor
dially invites all members of the
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BOXING CARD IS
SET FOR FEB. 5
Chastain - Bowman Fight To*
Highlight Exhibition At
Legion Building Here
A boxing exhibition to benefit'
the March of Dimes is being plan*
nod for Saturday night, February*
5th, here in the American Legion1
Memorial building.
The feature attraction will be an
eight-round bout between^ Carl
Chastain, Brevard's professional
fighter, and Don Bowman, of Ashe*
ville, and former lightweight cham
pion of the southeast
Six other local amateur boxer*
are being matched with Asheville'
fighters, who are promoted by
Whit Lees.
The Brevard pugilists will be se
lected from the following, Mr. Chas
tain says: Allen Jones, Boyce Low
ery, Robert "Peanut’* McCall, Carl
Auvil, Cecil Lowery, Randall Bry
son, Francis Fanning, Allen Per
kins and Willard Wright.
These fighters are working out
nightly in the gym in the Pickel
simer building, and next week the
portable ring will be transferred to
the legion building.
Monday Is Deadline
For Purchasing Of
Tags, Also Listing
January 31st marks two impor
tant deadlines in Transylvania
Monday is the last day that
Transylvanians can list their
property, both real and personal*
without paying a penalty.
According to tax supervisor,
Lewis Osborne, the law requires
that all property be listed dur
ing January and a penalty of IS
per cent will be imposed on all
those persons failing to do so.
Mrs. Jay Goffey, manager of
the Carolina Motor club office
here, reminds motorists that ’55
license plates must be displayed
on every vehicle by midnight,
January 31st This year two tags
are required, and Mrs. Coffey
urges all citizens who have not
bought their licenses to do so be
fore Tuesday.