TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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SECTION ONfe ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ^, t955 A 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THREE RETIRED EMPLOYEES of
Pfegah National Forest are shown above
being interviewed by Ranger Ted Seely
on a special broadcast commemorating
the Golden Anniversary of the U. S. For
est Service. From left to right they are
R. L. Cansler, improvements and road
foreman of the Pisgah; Perry Davis, fed
eral game warden; and Tom Huffman,
assistant ranger and forestry aide, all
before retirement within the past five
years. Mr. Davis, the dean of the group,
worked for the Vanderbilt family before
they sold the vast land holdings to the
government for national forest preserva
tion. (Times Staff Photo)
Jaycees To Stage Heart Fund Drive
Sunday, DSA Banquet Set Wednesday
v i t •_
Ed M. Anderson Will Be The
Principal Speaker. Posey
To Make Annual Award
Brevard Jaycees made final plans
for the ’55 Heart Fund drive in Bre
vard at the last regular meeting
held in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
Sunday, February 20, will be
Heart Sunday in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county, and a nation-wide
press and radio campaign is now in
progress publicizing the event.
On this Sunday, the Brevard
Jaycees will conduct a door-to-door
solicitation from 1:00 to 3:00
o’clock, and it is hoped that the
public will remain at home between
those hours and respond generous
ly, President Bob Gash states.
Where there are no answers, an
envelope will be left at the door
with the request that donations be
mailed in.
President Gash explains that
heart disease is the largest killer
in North Carolina, accounting for
half of the deaths. He also points
out that heart disease is the largest
crippler of children.
Other Business
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of the
Transylvania Times and president
of WPNF, will be the principal
speaker at the annual banquet, at
which time the Distinguished Ser
vice award is made.
The banquet meeting will be
held oh Wednesday night, Febru
ary 23, at 7:00 o'clock in Gaither's
Rhododendron room.
Tom Posey, of Asheville, and
vice president of district one, will
present the DSA key to Brevard’s
Young Man of the Year.
The dinner will be open to the
public, and persons interested in
attending are asked to contact Dr.
Frank McGuire, DSA chairman, to
make reservations.
The Jaycees, with John Ford, Jr.,
as chairman, plan a dinner on
March 4th to be held at the Mason
ic temple. This will be open to the
public, and the announced purpose
of the dinner is to raise money to
nay federal admission taxes assess
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 17 — Baptist
‘women’s circles meet. Lions club
meets at 7 p. m. in Gaither’s. WSCS
meets in Methodist church, 7 p. m.,
and join Lutheran women at 8 p. m.
for joint meeting. Women of the
Presbyterian church meet, 8 p. m.
Advisory group meets, court house,
8 o’clock.
Friday, Feb. 18 — Garden club
meets at 3:30 with Mrs. L. P. Ham>
iin. Kiwanis Ladies’ night, 7 p. m.,
Gaither’s. Ace of Clubs bridge club,
1\45 p. m., Gaither’s. : ’ .
- Sunday, Feb, 20 —- Attend the,
church of your choice. Heart fund
. campaign, l_tp 3 p. m. . t r
Monday, Fob. 21—' Rotary club
*«eetaa£, Gaither's, 7 p. m Ameri
eas Legion auxiliary-meets* legion
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Ranger Makes Awards
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County Chapter Has Best
Record In Scout District
The Transylvania chapter of the
Daniel Boone council ©I Boy Scouts
of America had the best record in
the Conservation Good Turn pro
gram during 1954, Ranger Ted
Seely reported at the February
court of honor in the Methodist
ehurch.
Ranger Seely awarded certifi
cates of merit to the various Scout
troops and Cub packs, and he said
that Transylvania had the highest
percentage of troop and Cub pack
participation in the conservation
program.
As chairman of the camping and
activities committee, Ranger Seely
awarded certificates to the follow
ing:
Troop 1—Methodist church, Gus |
Tucker, scoutmaster.
Troop 2—First Baptist church,!
Fred McCall, scoutmaster.
Troop 4—Pisgah Mills, Robert
Head, scoutmaster.
Troop 9—Turkey Creek Baptist
church, Lam on Chambers, scout
If
taxes is any
Transylvania was
cember,
the same
According
lication of
Merchants
lections for
were
For
tions
A slight
throughout
Ing December,
WPNF Program Highlights
Local Persons Winning Jack-Pot On
Quiz Program, Sandburg Show Is Set
Transylvania housewives are “hit
ting the jack-pot” on the Kansas
Maid quiz, heard each morning ov
er WPNF at 8:15 o’clock.
Wednesday morning $14 were
won by Mrs. D. C. Landreth, and
just, recently $12 went out to Mrs.
J>. L. English,. /aefcjHwwnfctte, sta
tion manager, aniWAtiiceS. ■*"
He urges all listeners to hear
this program daily and to keep tun
ed to WPNF late^t news, a
variety of music and drama , and
sports. ; '>' • * <
■ The life and times and work of
Carl Sandburg, of Western North
'v'Y
Carolina fame, will fee recreated on
Sunday evening at 7:00 o’clock
from NBC over WPNF on the Dave
Garroway show.
Famous persons — and many of
them — will discuss Mr. Sandburg.
And the poet and historian himself
will be heard reciting his own
works.'
Among the notables to be heard
are Ben Hecht and Charles Mao
Arthur, authors of the famous play,
*The Front Page,” and participants
in the Midwest’s literaryronate
‘sauce of the twenties, wbo will taif
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Troop 10—Bethel Baptist church,
Cleve Hall, scoutmaster.
Troop 14—Carr’s Hill Baptist
church, Charlie Heath, scoutmas
ter.
Troop 16—Balsam Grove, Donald
McCall, scoutmaster.
' Cub Scout pack 1 — Methodist
church, Duncan Hunter, cubmas
ter.
Cub Scout pack 2 — Lutheran
church, Rev. David F. Cooper, for
mer cubmaster.
Bob Bolt, who is co-chairman of
camping in Transylvania, awarded
prizes in the window display con
test at the court of honor. He stat
ed that this year there were twice
as many entries as last year with 10
groups having displays. Chairman
Bolt praised the fine work of the
Scouts and commended them on a
“job well done.”
First place went to the Explorer
crew of troop 1 on the display in
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Bank To Put "Walk-Up"
Window Into Operation
.Ralph J. Duckworth, executive
vice president of the Transylvania
Trust Co., announced today that
the bank would place a walk-up
’window into operation on Thursday
of this week. He said the window
would be open each Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00
p. m. for the purpose of accepting
deposits, cashing checks and hand
ling emergency transactions.
Later, Mr. Duckworth stated, if
demand warrants, the window will
be kept open every weekday dur
ing the hours specified, but for the
present it will be open for only
three afternoons a week.
Business transacted at the win
dow will be entered on the bank’s
books the following business day,
he continued.
Mr. Duckworth said he believed
the local bank to be the second in
Western North Carolina to offer
the convenience of this modern fa
cility.
“We at the Transylvania Trust
Co. feel sure that our customers
and friends will enjoy this new ser
vice,” Mr. Duckworth said.
The walk-up window was install
ed by C. E. Cochran, local contrac
tor.
Three Degrees Is
Recorded In County
After experiencing the worst
of wintry’s icy ‘blasts over the
past week end, Transylvanians
gave a sigh of relief when the
mercury began to rise on Tues
day.
A record low of three degrees
was set in the county on Sunday
morning, Jack Huggins, the of
ficial weatherman, states.
And it was pretty cold the
night before, too, when the mer
cury dropped to four degrees. To
make matters worse, a. strong
wind accompanied the low read*
■ lags.. ■ : . - - .
. The forecasts call for contin
ued mild temperatures through
Friday, Daytime temporalities
shouMbetnithe5#s,aij4.night
i ttme rCodlngs wffl te fartfce toa*
•enable upper 20s or low 30s.
MEN HONORED ON
50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF FOREST SERVICE
Contributions Of R. L. Cans
ler, Perry Dftvis And Tom
Huffman Are Cited
By STAFF WRITER
Tkis week three men whose lives
have meant a great contribution to
U. S. forestry held a little informal
celebration all their own of the 50th
anniversary of the government
agency at the office of Pisgah Dis
trict Ranger Ted Seely.
They are all "alumni” of the for
est service, retired men who liter
ally grew up with the service after
it was formed in 1905. R. L. Cansler,
foreman of forest improvements in
Pisgah National Forest; Perry Da
vis, federal game warden in the pre
serve, and Tom Huffman, assistant
ranger and aide; together with
Ranger Seely represented a total
of 107 years of service to forestry.
Perry Davis, the dean of the
group, said the government ‘bought’
him. He reminisced back to the
early days before there was a for
est service. He worked on the Van
derbilt estate and was engaged in
building roads before the federal
government bought the land in
1915. Mr. Davis went along with the
purchase, remaining to serve the
IT. S. Forest Service for 33 years
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DIXON RENAMED
HOSPITAL HEAD
Other Officers Are Chosen.
Committee Members
Also Appointed
L. F. Dixon, general manager o'
he paper division of the Ecust:
Japer corporation, has been re
elected chairman of the board n'
trustees of the Transylvania Com
munity hospital.
At a meeting of the board Tues
day night at the hospital, Lewis P.
Hamlin, Brevard attorney, was re
elected as vice chairman.
Raymond F. Bennett is the new
secretary of the board, and W. W.
Brittain was renamed treasurer.
New members on the board, Sec
retary Bennett, Rev. J. W. Stiles,
and Gene Morris, were welcomed
by the chairman.
Mr. Dixon also expressed sincere
(gratitude to the out-going members.
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THE BREVARD AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT at
the high school here is going one step further this year
in cooperation with the rural development clubs. Last
year the department designed and built mail box posts
for clubs all over the county. This year, at the request of
Morris McGough, executive vice president of the Ashe
ville Agricultural Council, the boys are sending out mail
box p0st&to communities in other states. The one pic
tured above is being sent to the Alexandria chamber of
commerce, Alexandria, La. Members of the local depart
ment pictured above are: kneeling, left to right: Dale
Passmore, Harry Kilstrom and Arthur Bishop. Standing,
left to right, are: Randal J. Lyday, head of the local ag
ricultural department, Glenn Davis and Eddie Taylor.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Citizens To Elect w
Mayor, Board This Spring,
Set Election Dates Tuesday
G. D. GRAVELY, Brevard ac
countant, is the first person to
announce his candidacy for may
or of Brevard. The dates of the
primary and the general election
are expected to be set by the
board at a special meeting next
Tuesday night
Gravely Enters Mayor’s
Race. Interest Reported To
Be Increasing
The town board of aldermen is
expected to set the dates of the '55
election for a new board and a
mayor at a special meeting Tues
day night in the city hall.
Usually, the election is held on
the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in May, with the primary
one week before.
Already, there is considerable in
terest in the election, however,
only one person has announced
himself as a candidate in the elec
tion.
George Dewey Gravely, Brevard
accountant, announces today his
candidacy for mayor, and it is re
ported that several others are plan
ning to make the race. In his an
nouncement, Mr. Gravely says that
Mayor John A. Ford would not
seek re-election.
Mr. Gravely says he is making
the race for mayor at the repeated
requests of numerous friends and
citizens of Brevard. He says he be
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Doings in Legislature
«• 's'
-Go Plan Would Boost
Returns From State’s Income Taxes
RALEIGH—An increase of over
two million dollars in the yield
from state income taxes would re
sult from the adoption of a “pay
as-you-go” measure offered in the
senate. The measure is similar to
the method used in collection of
federal income taxes and would go
into effect ox January 1. The au
said it would reach
of persons who
of the
" which is now
used in apprehending speeders.
Governor Hodges asked the house
and senate road committees to con
sider changes in highway laws to
emphasize the “legislative intent”
for a statewide approach to high
way problems. He also gaye his en
dorsement to recommended changes
in highway taxes and tax collection
that would yield nearly $4,000,000
additional funds.
The state board of education ask
ed the joint appropriations com
mittee to increase its recommend
ed budget for the next biennium
by fqdr and onehalf million, dol
lars.’Of this amount, $3,?0M96 was
requested for support of a nine
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CAP IS COMBING
AREA FOR YOUNG
KNOXVILLE FLYER
County Citizens Report Hear
ing Plane And Explosion
Last Friday Night
OPERATING TOWERS
A search for flyer Teddy Jar
nigan, 18-year-old Knoxville, Tenn.f
high school senior, missing in his
plane since Friday night, has now
centered in the mountainous area
along the Transylvania - Haywood
county line.
Civil air patrol squadrons from
several towns and cities in North
Carolina are now combing the area.
This work has been hampered this
week by bad weather conditions
and low ceilings.
Lt. Col. J. Toms Dover, Jr., exec
utive officer of Wing Headquarters,
Charlotte, and Major J. Milton Sel
lers, executive officer of group
four, Asheville, spent Wednesday
in upper Transylvania interrogat
ing persons who reportedly heard
a plane in distress Friday night.
Included in the number of per
sons interviewed were Charles
Clark, Quebec; J. B. Batson of Bal
sam Grove; W. B. Kilpatrick, of
Quebec, and Dock Galloway, of Bos
nian. All of these persons reported
at various times to Lt. Wanda
iSmathers, of the Brevard unit of
CAP, hearing a plane around 11:00
o’clock Friday night. A group of
school children also reported hear
ing a plane and an explosion at ap
proximately the same time in the
Balsam Grove area.
Young Jarnigan, who attended
Ben Lippen school until recently,
took off from the Knoxville air
port last Friday night at 7:15
o’clock. He had plans for becoming
a flying missionary and was making
the night trip to build up fight fly
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CLINICS MARCH 1
Citizens Urged To Have Ani
mals Vaccinated. Regu
lations Are Quoted
Beginning on March 1st, a series
of clinics for vaccinating of dogs
for rabies will be held in Transyl
vania county.
These clinics will be conducted
•by Dr. Verne C. Hill, a qualified
veterinarian, together with Elam
Galloway, county rabies inspector.
According to Walter Hart, senior
sanitarian, the rabies control pro*
gram is sponsored by the Division
of Sanitation of the Henderson*
Transylvania district health service.
Mr. Hart says the rabies control
•program will be enforced to the
letter of the law in Transylvania
this year, and he urges all dog own
ers to make plans to have their ani
mals vaccinated as soon as possible.
After much thought, he says, a
schedule has been worked out, ar
ranging for each community to
have as much time as possible in
order that dog owners in every sec
tion might have ample opportunity
to comply with the state law.
The complete schedule, which op
ens in the Little River section on
March 1st, and ends in Brevard on
—Tun To Pago Sis
Dr. Zachary Now
Located In New
Clinic Building
Dr. J. F. Zachary has now com
pleted moving his dentistry offices
into his new clinic building at 109
Johnson street
The new building, constructed of
concrete block *nd of modern de
sign, contains three operating
rooms, business offices, reception
room and rest rooms.
At the new location, which is two
blocks from the business section of
town, there is plenty of parking
space. Dr. Zachary asks his patrons
to note his new telephone number,
which is TUrner 2-3331.
The new clinic building is locat
ed two blocks east of the post of
: Gee, and one block south on John
son from the American Legion Me
morial building,