TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times A State And National P r i ze-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricultural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1980 Census. 15.32L Brevard Community 7,391 Vol. No. 8 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955 * 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBUSHED WEEKLY THE NEW FIRST BAPTIST church is beginning to take shape regardless of the severe wintry weather. As noted in the photograph above, the steel frame work is nearing completion, and the brick foundation has been finished. At the present time, the brick work is up to the lower floor, and church officials are gratified over the progress that is being made. Jerry Liner, of Waynesville, is the general contractor, and it is hoped that the new church will be completed by summer. (Times Staff Photo) Advisory Group Makes Three-Point Recommendation To Education Board Funds Said On Hand To Do All Three Projects. Imme diate Action Urged A three-point recommendation has been made by the Transylvania Education Advisory committee to Jie board of education. With some 75 persons attending the meeting in the court house, the advisory group unanimously adopt ed the following recommendation: (1) Build a modern school house in upper Transylvania; (2) Construct four additional classrooms at the Harry H. Straus school to take care of the overflow from Brevard elementary school; and, (3) Build two additional class rooms at Brevard high school. It was explained at the meeting that funds, including county and state bond money, to complete all three projects were on hand. It was the consensus of those ad ▼isory committee members attend ing that immediate action is neces sary, and it was requested that the board of education begin one or all three of the projects at once. Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman of the board of education, presided over the meeting, and reports were made by Supt. J. B. Jones and Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., county attor ney. Persons from all sections of the county, civic and fraternal organi sations, businesses and industries, comprise the advisory committee. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 24 — Fortnightly club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. H. W. Sigmon. Masonic meeting in the temple at 8 o’clock. Dr. William Newman concert at Brevard col lege, 8:15 p. m. Friday, Feb. 25 — World Day of Prayer at the Lutheran church, 4 p. m. District Boy Scout commit tee, Duke Power office, 7:30 p. m. Sunday, Feb. 27 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, Feb. 28 — Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Good Neighbor club will meet at 8:00 o’clock with Mrs. Rastus Smith. Mu sic Lovers’ club meets at Gaither’s at 8 p. m. Tuesday, March 1 — WMS Day of Prayer, First Baptist church, 10 a. m. Lincoln Day dinner, Gaith er’s, 7 p. m. Dairy school at Bre vard high school, 7:30 p. m. Eastern —Turn to Page Four -jg At The College Dr. Newman Will Be Heard In Concert Thursday Evening The feature of the concert to be given by Dr. William Newman of the University of North Carolina at the Brevard college auditorium Thursday evening, 8:15 p. m., will be the famed Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano concerto. Mrs. Louise P. Miller, of the col lege faculty, will play the orches tra part of the arrangement for two pianos. Other numbers on Dr. Newman’s Begin Dog Clinics In County Tuesday A series of clinics for vaccinating of dogs will be started next Tues day in Transylvania. The first clinic will be held at Merrill’s store in Little River at 2:00 o’clock, and then the schedule calls for one or more clinics in every community of Transylvania prior to April 23. Dr. Verne C. Hill is conducting these clinics, with Elam Galloway, the county rabies inspector. The laws of North Carolina re quire that all owners have their dogs vaccinated annually. A complete schedule of the clin ics in Transylvania can be found on page three, second section, of this week’s Times. program will include Beethoven’s variations on “God Save the King” and a sonata by Shephard, a con temporary composer. Dr. Newman will spend the en tire day Thursday on the local col lege campus, conducting a forum clinic for music teachers in the morning, 10 to 12:30 p. m. The af ternoon is reserved for college fac ulty and student conferences. —Torn to Page Fear Making Final Plans For '55 Red Cross Campaign Final plans are being made for the annual funds raising drive of the American Red Cross in Transyl vania county, Charlie Himes, chap ter chairman and director of the campaign, announces today. The drive will begin on Thurs day, March 3, and serving with Chairman Himes in directing activi ties will be Mrs. Robert Duckworth and Charles L. Russell, co-chair men. Alex Kizer, treasurer of the Red Cross in Transylvania, will also serve as treasurer of the funds raising drive. Mr. Himes said he was pleased to have Mrs. Duckworth to assist with work in the town and county, and to have Mr. Russell carry out activities at the Ecusta Paper cor poration. Mrs. Duckworth, who has worked with the schools and is well known in civic circles, is also one of Transylvania’s outstanding gray la dies. Mr. Russell is editor of the house organization at Ecusta and also community relations director. Next Thursday, March 3, a lunch eon for all workers of the Red Cross in Transylvania, will be held in Gaither’s Rhododendron room, and —Turn to Page Four 33 Gallons Of ‘Booze,’ Non-tax Paid Variety, Seized With Two Cars Two Transylvania “moonshin ers” preferred their freedom to 33 gallons of non-tax paid “white lightning” and two automobiles Monday afternoon. The two men were presumably transferring the moonshine from one car to another atop Blue Ridge a few miles above Rosman when they spotted Tran sylvania’s Deputy Lewis Gravley and two federal officers coming up the road. They “took to the woods,” and the officers seized the freshly run-off spirits and the two au tomobiles, a ’49 and a ’40 Ford. All the loot will be confiscated, Sheriff Scott Dillingham states. WPNF Program Highlights Program On Americanism Set Friday, Talk At Jaycee Banquet On Air At 10 A special program on American ism will be heard over WPNF on Friday morning at 9:30 o’clock. This special show was produced by the members of the seventh grade of Brevard, under the direc tion of the teacher, Mrs. Neil Mc Glamery. Jack Hammette, station manager, urges all listeners to hear this spe cial program, on which many Tran sylvania school children will be heard. The Brevard Jaycees held their annual banquet Wednesday night, and Ed M. Anderson, president oi WPNF and publisher of the Tran sylvania Times, was the principal speaker. Mr. Anderson’s talk was recorded and played back over the air at 10 o’clock Wednesday night. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for ^he coming week is as follows: Thursday, extension for estry, Fred E. Whitfield; Friday, ASC, Marvin Whitmire; Monday, county agent’s office; Tuesday, Rosman vo-ag department, B. E. Keisler; Wednesday, Rosman home —Turn to Page Ten Strikers Picket At Local Tannery; Plant Operations Reported Normal REV. KEITH BEAM NAMED LUTHERAN MINISTER HERE Succeeds Rev. David Cooper. Assumes Duties On Sun day, March 6th Rev. Keith Beam, of Gifcsonville, is the new pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd here. The Rev. Mr. Beam succeeds Rev. David Cooper, who left Brevard on the first of the year to accept a pas torate at Austin, Texas. The new Lutheran minister to Brevard will assume his duties here on Sunday, March 6th, and he plans to move his wife and three children to Brevard right after the first of the month. Members of the Lutheran church today express much delight over se curing a man with the qualifica tions of Mr. Beam as the pastor of their church here. A NEW LOCATION FOR WESTERN AUTO $150 In Prizes To Be Award ed On March 5. List Is Announced Crawford W. Freeman, owner, has announced the opening next Saturday of the Western Auto As sociate store at a new location on East Main street next to the Farm ers Federation. The new store room, Mr. Freeman said, provides much additional space and room in the basement for storage. New fixtures were installed throughout jthe store. Tickets are now being issued at the new location for $150 in prizes to be awarded on March 5 at 5:00 p. m. These prizes are two Davis tires, a Truetone radio and a Wiz ard mixer. In addition, a Western Flyer bicycle will be awarded to —Turn To Page Four Search Suspended For Missing Plane After giving Transylvania and the rest of Western North Carolina a “95 per cent plus coverage,” the Civil Air Patrol has temporarily suspended its search for 18-year-old Teddy R. Jarnagin, missing pilot Erom Knoxville, Tennessee. Last Friday the CAP moved its headquarters from the Andrews Murphy airport to the Asheville —Torn to Page Few FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED the residence of Rev. Walter McGuire on the Boylston highway about 1:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. No one was at home at the time of the blaze and the dwelling and all of its furnishings were destroyed. Brevard firemen, however, were able to save several outbuildings. (Times Staff Photo) Little Theatre Will Present 'The Hasty Heart” Twice Next Week, American Legion Bldg. JAYCEES RAISE OVER $330.00 IN HEART CAMPAIGN Two-Hour Solicitation Car ried Out Sunday. Expect More Donations In the first heart fund drive in Transylvania, Brevard Jaycees rais ed over $330.00 Sunday afternoon in a two-hour, door-to-door solici tation. They left envelopes at the resi dences where no one was home •with the plea that a donation be mailed to “Heart, Brevard, N. C.” President Bob T. Gash said he was well pleased with the response in the campaign and that nearly everyone contacted contributed in the drive. There was no quota in the cam paign, and the Jaycee president hopes the amount received will swell to over $500. He expressed deep gratitude to all Jaycees who assisted in the so licitation, and he also thanks all persons who contributed in this worthy drive. Farquhar Directing Produc tion. Cast Includes Eight Men, One Woman John Patrick’s moving comedy, “The Hasty Heart,” will be given Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, March 1st and 2nd by the Brevard Little Theatre in the American Le gion Memorial building. Curtain time is 8 p. m. Admissions to the play are either by season membership or by single tickets which will be available at the door. This is the second produc tion of the Little Theatre’s fifth season. “The Hasty Heart” is set in the interior of a hut which is being used as a convalescent ward in a temporary British army hospital somewhere in the South Asia com mand. Robroy Farquhar is the director, assisted by Mrs. Charles Norlander. The cast and the characters they portray are as follows: Bill Taylor, orderly; Jim Curwen, Yank; Smith Conklin, Digger; Bob Stewart, Kiwi; Ray Winchester, Blossom; Charles Norlander, Tommy; Caro lyn Eller, Margaret; Ernest Gil strap, the colonel; and Bill Sagar, Lachlen. Ralph Palmer is serving as pro —Turn To Page Ten Doings in Legislature Bill On The Senate Calendar Would Require Inspection Of Motor Vehicles RALEIGH — A bill which would require annual mechanical inspec tion of motor vehicles has been placed on the senate calendar. Both Governor Hodges and the motor ve hicles department have endorsed the objectives of the bill. The bill is far different from the one en acted in 1947 and repealed two years later. Under its provisions, inspection would be by private ga rages, which would be authorized to sell stickers at not more than $1.00 each. After lengthy debate the senate passed a bill which would give the state milk commission power to fix the minimum retail and wholesale prices of milk. An amendment to change the make-up of the milk commission was rejected. A group of more than 100 ne groes representing various organ! zations appeared before the joint education committee to voice dis approval to a bill revising and codi fying the state’s public school laws. One of the spokesmen of the group declared that the purpose of the bill was “to avoid the execution of the supreme court’s decision and to slow down or retard the process of integration.” Harold H. Purnell, of Louisa, Va., a member of Governor Stan ley’s special commission on public education expressed alarm at what he called “the somewhat defeatist attitude taken by the South toward abolition of segregation in the pub lic schools.” He and another mem ber of the commission came to Ra leigh to find out what action North Carolina plans as a result of the supreme court decision banning —Turn to Page Ten MAJORITY OF WORKERS SAID TO BE ON JOB Management Says Brands Of Union Will Not Rec ognize The NLRB NO DISTURBANCES A number of employees of the Transylvania Tanning company ■went on strike early Wednesday morning and formed a picket line in front of the plant. However, the tanning company is continuing normal operations. President Joseph S. Silversteen im ports, and a majority of employees are on the job. There were some 25 persons in the picket line at noon time on Wednesday. The strike is said to have been called by a branch of the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca. Members of the Brevard police department and the sheriff’s staff are on the scene but no disturb ances whatsoever have been report ed. The statement of the manage ment of the Transylvania Tanning company is as follows: The latter part of January, the Transylvania Tanning company re ceived a letter from Mr. Reid P. Davis, regional director of United Construction Workers union, Dis trict Fifty, of the United Mine Workers of America, advising the company that the union claimed to represent a majority of the employ ees of the company for collective bargaining purposes. A conference was requested for the purpose of g a contract. company, in accordance with * ions of the National La [ehrtions la*, agreed to the —Ton To Page Tea PLANNING LINCOLN DAY DINNER HERE Brevard Attorney Will Be Speaker At Event Next Tuesday Night Republicans in Transylvania will ' have a Lincoln Day dinner in Gai ther’s Rhododendron room on Tues day, March 1st, with Gene Ram sey, Brevard attorney, as the fea tured speaker. This year the Transylvania Young; Republican dub is sponsoring the dinner. An entertaining program is. planned, centering around the founder of the Republican party* ; Abraham Lincoln, and the youth' ! movement will also be stressed. Following the program, the Young Republican club will elect officers, and President Dick Davis urges all dub members and pros pective members to attend this im portant meeting. Tickets at $1.50 may be securedT from the following: A1 Skinner* Harold McNeely, Lloyd Burhans, Ralph Waldrop, Gene Ramsey* Gerald Owen, Dick Davis end mem bers of the Transylvania Republi can Women's club. Harbins Purchase Colonial Inn Here Mr. and Mrs. Karl Harbin, of Paducah, Ky., have purchased the Colonial Inn property here on East Main street and expect to operate the downstairs part as a dining es tablishment The property was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hatfield, who returned to Macon, Ga., to make their home. Mrs. Annie K. Massey, agent, handled the sale and the purchase price was not disclosed. The Hatfields had been operat ing the inn during the summer months, but they did not serve meals. For a while it was leased by the Elks lodge for a club house. The large house, located three blocks from town, was the Breese ancestral home, and is one of the finest in town. Mr. and Mrs. Harbin and son, age 14, and daughter, 16, have already taken possession of the property. They expect to do extensive remod eling and will open the dining place in early spring.