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h TRANSYLVANIA— The Lead of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 66, No. 5 A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1955 * 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY r THE NEW “CENTENNIAL GATE WAY” at Brevard college has been com pleted, and immediately after comple tion, it was christened with snow as shown above. This beautiful new en trance-way was a gift of the various alumni chapters of the college. Centennial Gateway Completed At Brevard College, Alumni Thanked Project Cost Was More Than $2,000. Campus Attrac tiveness Said Improved A “centennial gateway” now en hances the entrance to the campus of Brevard college. This beautiful, brick and stone, gateway had its beginning at the | 100th birthday of Brevard college during the observance in 1053. The various alumni chapters of Brevard college, which was the out growth of a merger of Rutherford and Weaver colleges and Brevard Institute on the campus of the lat ter one, sponsored the new en trance-way. Costing pver $2,000, the liteway is completely paid for, /resident Robert H. Stamey states. He expresses deep appreciation to the many persons who contribut ed to having the gateway erected, and special credit is given to Rev Rollin Gibbs, of Charlotte, repre senting the Rutherford college chapter; Rev. Ray Swink, who is president of all the alumni groups; Zeb Weaver, of Asheville, of the Weaver college alumni chapter; and Miss Hattie Aiken, of Brevard, rep resenting Brevard Institute. “It would be impossible to recog nize everybody who had a part in building this beautiful entrance way, but the alumni groups deserve full credit in carrying through to completion a most worthy project,” Mr. Stamey declared. Special credit was also given to Dr. Lon Hayes, of Salisbury, and to Herbert Angel, of Waynesville, •who designed the gateway and was instrumental in having the huge stone plaque across the top erect ed into place. The centennial gateway is 36 feet wide, 14 feet high, with an eight-foot opening. On either side are marble plaques bearing the names and dates of founding of the different institutions. On the Rutherford college plaque are two significant phrases, which describe the nature and purpose of the institution. They are: “School of the prophets,” and “None shall be turned away for the lack of —Turn to Page Five CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 3 — Presbyterian and Methodist Women’s circles meet. Guilds of St. Philip’s Episco pal church meet. WMS meets at 3:30 in the First Baptist church. Lions club meets at 7 p. m., Gaith er’s. Friday, Feb. 4 — 4-H and FFA luncheon at Ecusta Paper Corp., 12:45 p. m. Kiwanis club meets at 7 p m., Gaither’s. Ace of Clubs at 7:45 p. m., Gaither’s. Saturday, Feb. 5—Boxing match es, 7:30 p. m., in the American Le gion building. Western Carolina Jayvee team vs. Brevard college, —Tarn to Page Five At Boone Meet Local Delegation Joins Fight Against Toll On jhe Parkway Brevard and Transylvania coun ty were represented at the direc tors meeting of the Blue Ridge Parkway association directors at iBoone on Thursday by Brevard mayor, John A. Ford, chamber of commerce president, Vernon Fricks and A. M. Paxton, Sr., of the Ros man chamber of commerce. The Transylvania delegation join ed with the others in attendance at the meeting in opposing the toll on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Directors of the parkway associa tion unanimously adopted this res olution. It asks Interior Secretary Douglas McKay to rescind the or der on grounds that the cost of ' collecting the fee and the cost in terms of goodwill would more than Presbyterians To Hear Rev. Dunford At Special Service Rev. Phillip Dunford. of West Point, Ga., will preach at a mid week service Wednesday evening, February 9th, at 8 p. m., at the Brevard-Davidson River Presby terian church. I A special invitation is extend- 1 ed members of the congregation, who are asked to make an effort to hear this guest minister. A social hour will follow the mid week service. affset its use as an economy meas lre. Association President W. Doug las Kouns, of Asheville, promised :hat if the resolution doesn’t work, ‘We’ll get up a trainload of 500 Asheville people and march to Mc Kay’s offices.” Sam Weems, superintendent of :he parkway, admitted to some 50 lirectors and interested parkway 'egion residents present at the meeting, that the Blue Ridge Park —Turn To Page Five Transylvania Citizens Make Generous Response In r55 March Of Dimes Drive ROBBERSBREAK INTO OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR Only Eight To 10 Dollars Stolen. Safe And Drawer Were Locked Office of the Transylvania coun ty-town tax collector was broken into during the noon hour last Fri day, but only eight or ten dollars belonging to Tax Collector C. M. Douglas was taken from his desk. Effort had been made to break into the safe, but it was double locked, and all cash, paid receipts, and books had been placed in the safe when the tax collector and as sistant, Miss Margaret Whitmire left for lunch about 12:10. Mr. Douglas returned to his of fice about 10 or 12 minutes before 1:00 o’clock, and the thieves had broken in and had gone. Officers believe the job was done by ex perienced thugs, as tax listers were working next door to the collector’s office all during the lunch hour. A pinch bar or other prying iron had 'been used on the door, and a slender metal screwdriver or oth er article used to push the spring lock back. The door to the large safe had been tampered with but the thieves failed to gain entrance. No loss was against the county. BAPTIST GROUPS TO MEET SUNDAY Associational Leaders Will Gather Here. Good At tendance Expected The Sunday school department of the Transylvania Baptist associa tion will meet with the First Bap tist church, Brevard, at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, February 6, in a depart mental and divisional meeting, it is announced by LeRoy Rackley, the associational Sunday school su perintendent. After a brief devotional period, and the roll call of the churches represented, the 13 divisions and departments will retire to their re —Turn to Page Five Doings in Legislature State Supported Colleges Ask Extra Ten Millions By STAFF WRITER The joint appropriations commit ee had before it yesterday requests Torn five state-supported colleges 'or nearly ten million dollars more ban the amount recommended by ;he governor and the advisory )udget commission. Among the igencies asking increases were Western Carolina college at Cullo vhee, which reported a 67 per cent ncrease in enrollment in the past hree years. A boost in the sum Bennett Is Re-Elected President Of The Athletic Group,'Jo Make Improvements Raymond F. Bennett, plant mana ger of the film division of-#Sn3cu» ta Paper corporation, was rejected president of the Brevard Athletic and Recreation association‘ at’" a meeting of the board of chiectors Monday night in the Brevard;high school library. • John Anderson, editor of the Transylvania Times, was ' nsftied first vice president, and Rofojtt T. Gash, Brevard attorney, was chosen second vice president. - - ! Mrs. Lucian Deavor was elected treasurer, and John Eversman was re-elected secretaiy. Named to serve on the executive committee are R. C. Bullock, Robert T. Kim zey and Walter Straus. A treasurer’s report of game re ceipts showed that total receipts during the year by the athletic as sociation were $5,787.54, and ex penses were $2,560.04. From the balance the high school received —Torn To Page Five RAYMOND F. BENNETT recommended by $1,450,000 was re quested, which would include the cost of another building. Senate judiciary committee No. 1 gave a favorable report on a bill which would reduce from two years to one year the time required for separation as the basis for divorce. The joint finance committee was told by a legislator that if the state’s expenditures continue to grow, the legislature will probably have to find new sources of reve nue each two years. He observed that this wus the first time in 22 years that the legislature had con fronted the task of finding new sources of revenue. The advisory —Torn to Page Five Auto And Truck License Sales For ’55 Show Increase The sale of license tags in Tran sylvania county for the period end ing January 31st increased by some 450 over the same period last year, according to a report from Mrs. Jay Coffey, manager of the Carolina Motor club office here. To date 2,932 automobile license plates have been sold in compari son with 2,489 for last year. Truck licenses for ’55 have totaled 982, while 770 were sold at the same time last year. This also shows a considerable increase over the same period. Trailer tags were running about the same with 69 this year and 66 sold last year. According to the state depart ment of motor vehicles the regis tration total for Transylvania coun ty for 1954 was 4,963. RECENT EXPANSION at the Ecusta Paper corpora tion is pictured above by the dotted lines. To the left of this addition is the polyethylene film division of Ecusta and full scale production of this new product is expect ed in the near future. With the completion of this addi tion, Ecusta now enjoys the unique position of manu facturing in one plant two of the most important trans parent films, cellophane and polyethylene, in the pack aging industry. Youthful Tobacco growers To Receive Awards At Ecusta Meet TO BUILD HOME FOR PRESIDENT AT THE COLLEGE Riley Merrill Is Contractor. Dwelling To Be Located On Lower Campus As soon as weather permits, con struction will be started on a new home for the president of Brevard college, it is announced today. This decision was reached at a recent meeting of the executive committee of the board of trustees in session at Gastonia. The new residence, which will be located at the lower end of the campus quadrangle southeast of the James Addison Jones library, will contain 10 rooms and three baths. It will be of brick construc tion of modern design. Riley Merrill, Brevard contractor, will build the president’s home, and the contract calls for expenditures amounting to $28,500. Sub-contrac tors are Brevard Plumbing and Heating company and Bryant Elec tric company, of Brevard. Henry McDonald, of Brevard, is the architect, and plans call for completion of the dwelling by early May. President Robert H. Stamey says —Turn to Page Eight Some 75 Persons To Attend. Tours Of Plants And Luncheon Scheduled Contestants in the first annual Junior Tobacco show and sale, held in Asheville recently, will be hon ored at a program sponsored by Ecusta Paper corporation on Fri day, February 4, it was announced today by M. L. Herzog, general manager of the film division. Some 75 persons, including the parents of the contestants, state and local officials will attend, the program, which will include a tour of the paper division at 10:30 a. m., a luncheon at 12:45 o’clock, and a tour of the film division at 3:00 p. m. The program will also include the awarding of cash prizes and U. S. Savings bonds to the 4-H and FFA winners in the various con tests. R. F. Bennett, plant manager of the film division, will make the Olin Polyethylene awards, and M. L. McGough, executive vice presi dent of the Asheville agricultural promotion council, will present the local awards given by Asheville business men. Others participating in the pro gram will be Mr. Herzog, J. A. Glazener, Transylvania county ag ent, W. F. Orr, of the film division, Roy R. Bennett, agronomy exten sion specialist of N. C. State col lege, and W. W. Tice, of the agri —Turn To Page Five WPNF Program Highlights Winter Programs Said "Tops", Brief Review Of Log Is Made By Director The winter series of programs from the National Broadcasting company, which are heard each day and evening over WPNF are the finest ever logged on the local sta tion, John Dellinger, program di rector, announces today. Including music, news, drama and sports, along with the popular “soap operas” during the day, the line-up appeals to tooth young and old, the program director states. He calls special attention to the Telephone Hour next Monday night 'at 9:00 o’clock, when Renat Tebal di, brilliant Italian soprano, will be heard. Miss Tebaldi will sing an all Puccini program, including four of his best loved arias. Her opening selection will be “Un Bel Di Vedre mo” from the second act of “Mad ame Butterfly.” From “La Bo heme” Miss Tebaldi has chosen the poignant “Addio” from Act Three. Somewhat less known than these other arias is her next selection “In Quelle Trine Morbide” from “Man on Lescaut.” Her final aria will be the impassioned “Vissi d’arte” from —Tara to Pago Sight TOTAL OF $5,700 IS ALREADY IN, TWO MORE ATTRACTIONS Several Sources Yet To Re port, Campaign Director Patterson States THANKS EXPRESSED Again Transylvanians have an swered another humanitarian call and have responded generously in the 1955 March of Dimes. With several events yet to be heard from, contributions total more than $5,700, which compares with $5,000 at this time last year. Campaign Director Alvin J. Pat terson said yesterday that he was most gratified with the excellent response to the call for funds to fight polio. “All indications point to our go ing far above the expected quota, and all citizens in Transylvania are to be commended for their fine contributions and marvelous work in this drive,” Mr. Patterson de clared. The director paid special tribute to the ladies who conducted the Mothers’ March on polio, and more than $900 was collected by this means. The mothers in Rosman and Middle Fork area will complete their house-to-house solicitation on Friday. With three or four schools yet to report, a total of $1,700 has been raised to date by the school chil dren. “This is extremely gratifying,** »5 cam end, boxing n the American Legion building, begin ning at 7:30 o’clock. Seven amateur bouts between Brevard and Asheville fighters are scheduled, and the main attraction will be between two professional fighters, Carl Chastain, of Brevard, and Don Bowman, of Asheville, for mer lightweight champion of the southeast. A bingo party is planned for Saturday evening at the Colored Community center, and all pro ceeds will go into the March of Dimes. Director Patterson reports that —Turn to Page Ftw PUBLISHER WILL PRESIDE AT MEET Ed M. Anderson At St. Pe tersburg For Convent ton Of National Editorial Assn.. Ed M. Anderson, publisher of five weekly newspapers in West ern North Carolina, will preside over the annual winter convention of the National Editorial associa tion, of which he is president, in St. Petersburg, Florida, this week: end. Newspaper publishers and edi tors from all over the country will ! attend the convention, slated at the Soreno hotel in St. Petersburg. Leaders in the field of journalism and several outstanding political figures will appear on the three day program. Tours of points of interest in and around St. Petersburg are als» included on the schedule. John Anderson, editor of the Transylvania Times, will attend the convention with his brother and will talk on news coverage on one of the clinic programs. Mr^ Patterson continued. in the,’5 M this week night a big exhibition will be held i Mr. Patterson contii ^MMUflPats Bloodmobile Will Visit Ecusta Two Days During Week The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the medical center of the Ecusta Paper corporation next Tuesday and Wednesday, February 8th and 9th. Jack Potts, chairman of the blood, program, is now mak ing arrangements for the visit All employees are urged to do nate a pint of blood. They are re minded that a donation of blood assures the donor that he and his family will be given blood without charge at anytime it is needed.
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