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 Slate And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i cultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, i960 Census, 15321.
Brevard Community 7394.
Vol. 66, No. 10
* SECTION ONE it
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BEGIN THREE SCHOOL PROJECTS
Part-Time Farmer Project Is Awarded County
THREE PERSONS
TO CARRY OUT
WORE FOR TVA
County Agent To Supervise
Program. Study Groups
Coming Here
FARLEY RETURNS
On Monday, March 14th, an ex
perimental, educational and re
search project for part-time farm
ers and rural industrial workers
will be started here in Transylva
nia through the cooperation of the
North Carolina State College of Ag
riculture and Engineering, the
University of North Carolina, the
TVA and the county commissioners.
County Agent Julian A. Glazener
will supervise the project, which
will be carried out by G. H. “Jim”
Farley, assistant county agent, Mrs.
Edith B. McGlamery, assistant
home agent, and Mrs. Juanita Cox,
stenographer.
The object of this project is to
design and put into effect an ex
tension educational program which
will aid in developing the resources
of part-time farm families and to
test the effectiveness of this pro
gram and the extension methods it
employs.
Transylvania is the first county
in seven states in which this pro
gram with part-time farmers is be
ing tried in cooperation with the
TVA.
Mr. Glazener said mat me county
is most fortunate in having the pro
gram set up here and that it will
be of great benefit to the many
part-time farmers.
“We are also extremely fortunate
in having Mr. Farley return to
Transylvania from Cherokee coun
ty, where he was the county agent,”
Mr. Glazener stated.
This special project will be car
ried to the parttime farmers
throughout the county through the
organized rural communities and
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FEDERATION SETS
ANNUAL MEETING
Brevard Warehouse Commit
tee Will Be Up For Re
Election Monday
The annual Farmers Federation
stockholders meeting for Transyl
vania county will be held next Mon
day, March 14th, in the Brevard
warehouse beginning at 3:00 p. m.»
it is announced by James G. K. Mc
Clure, Farmers Federation presi
dent.
The Brevard warehouse commit
tee will be up for re-election at
which time new members may be
added to the committee.
One county director will be nom
inated and voted upon at the an
nual meeting of all Farmers Federa
tion stockholders scheduled for the
Buncombe county courthouse in
Asheville on Saturday, March 26th
at 10 a. m.
Each county in the Farmers Fed
eration territory is represented by
two county directors who serve two
year terms with one of the direc
tors up for re-election each year.
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 10 — Fortnight
ly club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. E.
M. Bacon, North Brevard. Class
room Teachers meeting, 7:30 p. m
Pisgah Forest school. Masonic
meeting in the temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, March 11 — Hospital
auxiliary meets at hospital, 3 p. m
Ace of Clubs masterpoint game, 8
p. m., Gaither’s. Transylvania Corn
club banquet, 7 p. m., elementary
school.
Saturday, March 12 — Country
club dinner, 6 to 8 p. m., and golf
ers’ meeting, 8 p. m.
Sunday, March 13 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, March 14 — DAR meets
with Mrs. Randal Lyday, 3:30 p. m.
Shrine club meets at Ecusta gate, 7
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Date Of General Election Is
Set For May 3rd, Town Board
Eliminates Primary This Year
SENATOR SAM J. ERVIN, JR.,
will deliver the commencement
address to the ’55 graduating
class at Brevard college on May
29th, President Robert H. Sta
nley announces today.
SENATOR ERVIN
WILL ADDRESS
'55 GRADUATES
Brevard College President
Makes Announcement Of
Appropriate Speaker
Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., of
Morganton, will deliver the com
mencement address to the 1955
graduating class of Brevard college
on May 29th, President Roibert H.
Stamey announces today.
This commencement program will
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I -— .—
Deadline For Filing April 15.
Registration Books Open
On Following Day
The general election here in Bre
vard for the purpose of naming a
board of aldermen and a mayor will
be held on Tuesday, May 3rd, the
city fathers decided at the meeting
Monday night in the city hall.
In previous elections, the town
has held a primary in April with
the general election one week later
in May. However, the primary will
be eliminated this year, and only
one election will be held, the aider
men decided.
They explain that there is no le
gal foundation for a primary, and
by eliminating it, a saving of tax
payers’ money will be made.
William M. Case was appointed
by the board as registrar for the
election, and judges will be Lewis
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Town Advertising
For Bids On Four
Street Paving Jobs
Tne town of Brevard is this week
advertising for bids on four pav
ing projects within the city limits.
The entire project amounts to
4.900 lineal feet of street improve
ment, consisting of new stone base
material and bituminous surface
treatment.
The list of streets is as follows:
Grove circle, 1,400 feet; Wilson
drive, 1,608 feet; Hayes street, 421
feet; and Lane and James streets,
1,469 feet.
Property owners on each side of
the streets will pay one third each
and the town will pay the other
third of the costs of the project.
The bids will be opened on April
7th.
Many To Attend Corn
Club Banquet Friday
More than 100 persons are ex
pected to attend the annual 100
Bushel Corn club banquet Fri
day night in the Brevard elemen
tary school cafeteria, beginning
at 7:00 o’clock.
Dr. E. R. Collins, who is in
charge of the extension agrono
my department at State college,
Raleigh, will be the principal
speaker at the banquet High
lighting the event will (be the
awarding of the handsome tro
phy, given each year to the top
producer by the Transylvania
Trust company, to L. N. Lambert,
of the Selica section, who pro
duced 153.3 bushels of corn on
one acre.
Other members of the 100
Bushel Corn chib will receive
certificates, and a number of
cash prizes will be awarded.
B. E. Keisler, chairman of the
Agricultural Workers council,
will preside over the banquet
meeting, and Robert L. Love, as
sistant county agent, will intro
duce the speaker. Randal Lyday
will present the special guests.
Tickets to the banquet at $1.00
each are on sale by staff members
of the county agent’s office and
officials of the organized rural
communities.
A PROJECT, designed to work with
part-time farmers in Transylvania in co
operation with State college, the Uni
versity of North Carolina, T. V. A. and
the county commissioners, has been
set up and final plans were completed
last Saturday afternoon by the group
above. The three persons seated, left to
right, Mrs. Edith B. McGlamery, assis
tant home agent, G. H. “Jim” Farley, as
sistant county agent, and Mrs. Juanita
Cox, stenographer, will carry out the
project, under the supervision of the
county agent. Standing, left to right, are:
W. B. Collins, western district agent;
County Agent Julian A. Glazener; Miss
Anne Benson Priest, home agent; and
Freeman Hayes, chairman of the county
board of commissioners. (Times Staff
Photo)
’55 RED CROSS
DRIVE BEGINS
WITH LUNCHEON
Southeastern Director Of
Blood Program Is Prin
cipal Speaker Here
Joe Varner, Southeastern Blood
Program director for the American
Red Cross, told volunteer workers
he felt confident the Transylvania
chapter would uphold its fine rec
ord at a kick-off luncheon Thurs
day for the 1955 Roll Call.
Charles Himes, chapter chairman,
presided at the luncheon event held
in Gaither’s.
Miss Ruth Lockman, Red Cross
field worker for 18 Western Caro
lina counties, introduced Mr. Var
ner. She also was highly compli
mentary of the Transylvania chap
ter’s work and commented that last
year it went 111.5 per cent over the
goal.
“You Were There” was the theme
of Mr. Varner’s talk, in which he
illustrated several instances in
which people were helped, lives
were saved by the Red Cross. “It
was not us of the staff who did this,
but you, a united helping people,
who endeavor to make this a hap
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ANSWER THE CALL, join and serve,
is the plea going out this week as the
1955 Red Cross campaign gets underway
in schools and the business district of
Brevard. Shown above are chapter chair
man, CHARLES F. HIMES, working out
plans with MRS. ROBERT DUCK
WORTH, co-chairman of funds raising
in the Brevard area. The Red Cross cam
paign got underway with a kick-off
luncheon last Thursday and active solici
tation of funds began this week. Chair
men have been appointed to be in charge
of the drive in all Transylvania commu
nities. (Times Staff Photo)
Council-Manager Government
In Brevard Approved By Many
COMMERCE BODY
PLANNING ANNUAL
BANQUET MEETING
Directors Hopeful Of Reop
ening Soon Of Wheeler
Hosiery Plant
Plans were made Tuesday night
to hold the annual chamber of com
merce banquet on the evening of
April 14th, with an invitation to all
people interested to attend. Presi
dent Vernon Fricks presided over
Tuesday night’s directors meeting.
A committee, headed by Jimmie
Gaither, Melvin Gillespie and Frank
Bridges, will be in charge of ar
rangements and ticket sales.
It was pointed out that while the
dinner event would be primarily
for members, that anyone interest
ed in work of the chamber, or any
one wishing to bring guests would
be cordially welcomed at the annual
meeting.
Finance committee, headed by
Don Jenkins, announced plans for
i membership drive to start in the
immediate future, with a special
group meeting to be held this week.
Mrs. John Ford and Mrs. Comne
na Lawrence were named as offi
cial representatives to the WNC
Highlanders official board, and
they expect to attend a meeting of
the executive committee in Waynes
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Advantages Are Cited. Talks
Being Made At Civic
Clubs, On Radio
During the past week, the staff
of the Transylvania Times has in
terviewed a large number of local
citizens relative to the adoption of
a council-manager form of govern
ment in preference to the present
aldermanic type here in Brevard. A
great majority of those interviewed
expressed a desire for a change.
Also, staff members have spoken
before civic groups and over the
radio, pointing out that the coun
cil-manager form is more efficient,
more economical and more modern.
In the second section of this
week’s newspaper, there is an excel
lent article on the success of the
council-manager plan at Southern
Pines, and readers of The Times
are urged to study this account
with interest.
Among those interviewed was C.
M. Douglas, tax collector. Mr. Doug
lar said he liked the council-mana
ger form of city government and
hoped to see it adopted in Brevard.
He declared that Brevard was now
in the “big business” category and
needed a full-time manager to di
rect its affairs.
Willis Brittain, former county
commissioner, saw the need for a
changte from the present system.
He, too, would like to see petitions
n circulation calling for a vote on
the proposal.
Ralph Duckworth, executive vice
president of the Transylvania Trust
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Pre-School Clinics Now Being Held,
Importance Of Project Is Stressed
Pre-School clinics, sponsored by
the Transylvania Health Depart
ment, are being held throughout
March and April, and parents of
children beginning school in the
fall are asked to bring them to the
clinic in their community.
Miss Martha Choate, county
health nurse, reminds the parents
that starting to school for the first
time means a great deal to them as
well as their children. Activities at
the clinic are aimed at helping the
child get ready for school.
There will be no immunizations
at the clinics. These may be secured
any Friday during the regular clinic
at the health department.
The nurse points out that the
j pui'poses of the clinic are many. It
is highly important first to promote
good mental health and prevent any
fears on the part of the child. It ac
quaints him with the school pro
gram and some of the people he
1 will see there. It also gives parents
information on the growth and de
velopment and health practices the
child needs to develop. At the
school clinic the parent also'•gets
an opportunity to become familiar
with ways in *mch they may help
their child during his first school
days.
The schedule for the pre-school
klinics and times are as follows:
Quebec, March 8th, 9 to 11 a. m.
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MODERN BUILDING
WILL BE ERECTED
ON QUEBEC SITE
To Be Named For T. C. Heo>
derson. Board Seeks Bida
On Straus Addition
TWO-ROOM UNIT HERE
Three school construction proj
ects, including an eight-room school
for upper Transylvania, a four-room
addition at Straus school in North
Brevard and a two-room addition
at Brevard high school, have been
authorized by county and state
school officials.
The modern, eight-room school
house for upper Transylvania, will
be located at Quebec on a 30-acre
site, which is owned by the county.
It has been named the T. C. Hen
derson school, in honor of Mr. Hen
derson, who was a prominent up
per county educator for many,
many years. He retired as super
intendent of schools in Transylva
nia in the late ’20’s. Under Mr.
Henderson’s supervision, Transylva
nia was the first County in Western
North Carolina to have a county
wide eight-months’ school term.
In determining the location of
the school at Quebec, state officials
point out that all bus routes come
together at this point, and in this
way high school students riding the
buses will be moving in the direc
tion of Rosman and will avoid back
tracking.
The four-room addition at Straus
school will take care of the over-*
flow at Brevard elementary, which *
is now being housed in the audito
rium. Plans and specifications have
already been prepared by Six Asso
ciates and the board of education is
now adv sing for bids. This proj
ect is expected to he completed by
September*
Henry McDonald ^revard archi
tect, has been employed as the ai*
chitect for the T. C. Hendersoa
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CLAYTON OPENS
DENTAL CLINIC
Brevard Native Returns Te
Practice Dentistry. Has
Attractive Building
Dr. Walter Clayton plans the f<H>
mal opening of his new dental clin
ic at 224 South Caldwell street am
Monday, March 14th.
The attractive, brick - veneer
building is being completed thia
week by Galloway and Colwell, and
everything will be in readiness for
the opening on Monday, Dr. Clay
ton reports.
A native of Brevard, the new
dentist returns here from Ft Bragg,
where he has been serving with the
army dental corps for the past two«
years.
Prior to that time, Dr. Clayton
practiced dentistry at Cliffside for
eight years. He is a graduate of the
dental school, Emory university,
and he also holds a degree from
Wake Forest.
Dr. Clayton was educated in the
Brevard schools and is a graduate
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Little Theatre Will
Hold Try-Outs Next
Monday, Court House
“Have a Heart!” a delightfully
funny and sophisticated comedy by
Jean Lee Latham, will be cast by
the Brevard Little Theatre follow
ing try-outs Monday night, March
14, in the court house.
Mrs. Harry Dreyer, chairman,
and Mrs. J. M. Allison, Jr., co
chairman, invite anyone interested
in participating in this production
to attend the try-outs. The hours
are from 7:30 p. m. to 10 p. m., set
up in order that persons trying out.
can come at the hour more con
venient to them.
“Have a Heart!” is the third Lit
tle Theatre production of the cur
rent season. It will be given later
in the spring at two dates to be an
nounced. “The Hasty Heart,” sec
ond play, was well received by
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