TRANSYLVANIA—
The Lead of Waterfall*,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Wi
VoL 66, No. 11
A SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDA
sdat| B*
A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1900 Census, 15,3X1~
Brevard Community 7 ,194.
:CH 17, 1955 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
“A BUCK COMES TO TOWN”
should be the caption of this picture, Be
lieve it or not, but this spike buck from
the Pisgah National Forest was caught
last Friday afternoon late by Bobby Reid
on Morgan street. The fleet-footed ani
mal was being chased by dogs, when it
ran into a fence near the back of the Reid
home, only two blocks from the business
section of Brevard. Young Reid freed the
animal and kept it in his woodshed until
the foresters picked it up. At the left is
Jack Owens, state game protector, and
Garmon West, deputy state game protec
tor, is in the center. Reid's sister, Georgia
Ann, who gave her moral support to the
trapping incident, is at the right. (Times
Staff Photo)
Plans Being Made To Administer Polio
Vaccine To First And Second Graders
440,000 Children Treated
Last Spring. First Clinic
About April 18th
Detailed plans are now being
worked out for the possible admin
istration of polio vaccine to all first
and second grade students in Bre
vard and Transylvania county, Dr.
| Charles G. Gunn, health officer of
the Transylvania-Henderson coun
ties health department, announces
today.
“The Salk infantile paralysis vac
cine, which will be furnished by the
National Foundation, is the same
vaccine that was given to 440,00€
children last spring,” Dr. Gunn
stated.
The exact results of last year’s
vaccinations will be known the first
of this April, and “at that time we
will know the effectiveness of
them,” he continued.
Since vaccinating large numbers
of children is a big and important
job, entailing many procedural
tasks that can’t be performed over
night, plans for the giving of the
Salk vaccine to all Transylvania
first and second graders are being
completed.
The first clinic, which will be
held at the Transylvania Communi
ty hospital is being scheduled on
or about April 18th, Dr. Gunn
; states.
“Vaccine would be given by the
health department only to those
children whose parents sign forms
requesting it. The program is a vol
untary one, and the forms for the
parents to sign are being distribut
ed this week,” Dr. Gunn states.
It is requested that the forms be
returned by March 25th.
Dr. Gunn reports that physicians
in the town and county have
pledged their cooperation in the
program, and nurses, nurses’ aides
P-TA officers and others will be
asked to help carry out the clinics
The Ecusta Paper corporation is
donating needles and syringes, and
civic groups will be asked to help
out in the program.
The vaccine will be offered free
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 17 — Circles of
First Baptist church meet. Lions
club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
I Court of honor at Boylston Baptist
f church, 7:30 p. m. Women of Pres
byterian church meet at 8 o’clock.
Friday, March 18 — Kiwanis club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Ace of
clubs at Gaither’s, 7:45 p. m.
Saturday, March 19 — Meeting
rof persons interested in promoting
baseball league, Brevard Boxing
club, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, March 20 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, March 21 — Episcopal
men’s club meets in parish house.
8:30 p. m. Rotary club meets at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Men's Crusade
Rally, King Street Baptist church,
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Junior Festival Planned
Brevard Host To Student
ion For This Area
Brevard will be host to one of
14 Junior Festival Days being held
throughout the state this spring un
der the sponsorship of the junior
division of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Music clubs.
Mrs. Karl Bosse is serving as
chairman of the Brevard Festival,
which will be held at Brevard col
lege Saturday, April 2.
Junior music club members in
this area have been notified that
March 20th is the deadline for mail
ing festival application blanks and
Hold Honor Court
Thursday Night
The March court of honor in
Transylvania county will be held
Thursday night of this week at the
Boylston Baptist church.
The meeting will get underway
at 7:30 o’clock, and all Scouts, pa
rents and others interested in the
Scouting movement are cordially
invited to attend by Gus Tucker,
chairman of advancement in the
county.
Scouts of Troop 7 will be hosts at
the honor court.
fees. Mrs. Bosse points out that in
order to be eligible to participate,
all groups and individuals must be
members in good standing of a
qualified junior club.
Students through 18 years of age
who are members may enter solo or
group events. Members of the asso
ciate groups may enter group
events only. Ratings to be giver
are superior, excellent, very good,
good and fair. _ _
Competition is expected in a wid€
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To Awarn Contract On Relocation Of
Highway 64f Cricher Has Lowest Bid
JURORS NAKED
FUR THE APRIL
TERM OF COURT
Judge J. Will Pless Will Pre
side. First Week Opens
On The 4th
Jurors for the April term of Su
perior court in Transylvania are
announced today by clerk of court,
Marvin McCall.
The two weeks’ term opens on
Monday, April 4th, and Judge J.
Will Pless, of Marion, will preside.
Clarence O. Ridings will prosecute
for the state.
The jurors are as follows:
First week: L. C. Sanders, S. H.
Morris, Clark Grissom, Clyde Jones,
Joe Duckworth, Gerald Allison, T.
R. McCall, Gus Bagwell, H. C. En
loe, Earl Frady, Hugh Bradburn,
A. R. Leopard, W. G. Hooper, Joe
Davidson, Mrs. Eugene Eggert,
Herbert Williams, Herbert Scnain,
Walker Millner, Foster McCrary.
Charlie Ashe, Monroe Collins,
Carl Hamby, Mrs. Donald Merrill,
John Sledge, Burgle Queen, Lewis
Tinsley, B. M. Mull, Earl Masters,
Lloyd Harris, Luther King, LeRoy
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REACH HALF-WAY
MARK IN’55 RED
CROSS ROLL CALL
Quotfi Is Up This Year Be*
cause Of Hurricane Hazel,
Chairman States
The half-way mark in the ’55 Red
Cross Roll Call has been reached,
according to Charles F. Himes, the
local chairman.
This year Transylvania’s quota,
like those of the other chapters in
North Carolina, has been upped be
cause of Hurricane Hazel, Mr.
Himes says.
Mr. Himes points out that 62 per
cent of Transylvania’s quota of $5,
165.00, will remain here for relief
and disaster work. The other 38
—Turn to Page Bight
Firemen Plan Unique
Bonfire On March 30th
Fire Chief Dan Merrill is ask
ing for used furniture that citi
zens would like to get rid of this
week, and he explains that it
will go into one of the biggest
fires the town has ever had.
On Wednesday afternoon,
March 30th, the fire chief and
his staff of volunteer fire-fight
ers are going to “burn down” a
HIGHLIGHTING THE CORN CLUB banquet last Fri
day night in the Brevard elementary school cafeteria was
the awarding of the handsome trophy to the county’s top
producer during the past year. Ralph J. Duckworth, left,
made the presentation to Hugh N. Lambert, right, of the
Selica section, who had a yield of 153.3 bushels of corn
on one acre. The trophy is given annually, along with
$75.00 in cash prizes, by the Transylvania Trust compa
ny, of which Mr. Duckworth is the executive vice presi
dent. See the farm page for the complete story on the
banquet and another picture. (Times Staff Photo)
house on the lower part of the
quadrangle of Brevard college
They are inviting the public
to witness this demonstration of
controlled burning, which will be
a series of fires put out by all
types of streams and fire-fight
ing equipment.
Members of the Western North
Carolina Firemen’s association
are also being invited to the dem
onstration.
The fire chief says he wants
all kinds of furniture, so the
house will be as much like a
regular dwelling as possible. Per
sons having chairs, sofas, tables
or anything else they’d like to
get rid of are asked to call
2-6101, and a truck will be sent
out to pick up the furniture.
College officials found that It
would be expensive to have the
old house razed, and therefore
offered it to the fire department
for the demonstration
Cast For The Next
Little Theatre Play
Chosen At Try-Outs
The cast for the Brevard Little
Theatre presentation, “Have A
Heart!” was selected following try
outs Monday night and rehearsals
will begin this week. The comedy
will be given on April 19th and
20th.
“Have A Heart” is a sophisticat
ed farce, evolving around the sit
uations in the home of a young
married couple.
The characters and persons por
traying them are as follows: Ted
Watson by Bill Taylor; Peggy Wat
son, Mrs. Don Stoneback; Lou
Mansfield, Mrs. George Yehling;
Beau Larson, Bill Norris; Fritri
Vining, Mrs. J. C. Pettee; and Mark
-—Torn to Page Five
CLIFTON METCALF, left, outstanding senior at
Brevard high and captain of the band, is shown above
being congratulated by director, John D. Eversman, up
on being the recipient of a Morehead scholarship at the
University of North Carolina. Young Metcalf is the sec
ond Brevard high school student to receive one of the
famed scholarships, which is valued at $5,000. Last year
Jim Kimzey was awarded a Morehead grant, and he is
currently making a splendid record at UNC. (Times
Staff Photo)
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Clifton Metcalf Is A1
Morehead Scholarship At UNC
REV. J. KEITH BEAM is the
new pastor of the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd. He
succeeds Rev. David F. Cooper,
resigned, who left Brevard the
first of the year to accept a pas
torate in Austin, Texas. (See sto
ry, page five.)
Stamey To Preach
On Sunday Morning
Rev. Robert H. Stamey, presi
dent of Brevard college, will preach
at the Brevard Methodist church
Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock
service. The subject of his sermon
will be “Christian Higher Educa
tion,” and it will be broadcast over
WPNF.
Brevard Senior Is All “A”
Student. Captain Of Band,
Editor Of Broadcaster
Clifton Metcalf, outstanding sen
ior at Brevard high school, was one
of the 25 North Carolina high
school students to receive a More
head scholarship at the University
of North Carolina.
This is the second straight year
that a Brevard high school student
has won a famed Morehead schol
arship. Last year Jim Kimzey, son
of Principal and Mrs. Robert Kim
zey, was a recipient of one, and
this year he is making an outstand
ing record at Carolina.
Young Metcalf, who is a straight
A student, is captain of the Bre
vard high school band, and he is
also editor of the Broadcaster, stu
dent publication at Brevard.
John Anderson, chairman of the
Transylvania Morehead scholarship
committee, which recommended
both Kimzey and Metcalf, said to
day that the committee is extreme
ly proud to have another student
named to receive a Morehead grant.
“To have another local student
win one of these marvelous scholar
ships is quite an honor for our com
munity and reflects good credit up
on our school system,” the local
chairman declares.
The winners were announced by
John Motley Morehead, of New
York, a UNC graduate of 1891. Mr.
Morehead is a famed industrialist,
and former minister to Sweden,
who established the Morehead
scholarship foundation.
Program Highlights
High School Band Concert Will Be
Heard Over WPNF Thursday P. M.
The concert by the Henderson
ville band, which will be given
Thursday afternoon in the Brevard
high school, will be recorded for
broadcast and will be heard Thurs
day evening over WPNF at 8:00
o’clock Thursday night.
The exchange programs between
the Brevard band and Henderson
ville, and also those with the
Waynesville band, are proving very
successful and highly popular, Di
rector John Eversman reports.
Jack Hammette, station manager,
urges all listeners to hear the fine
concert over the air Thursday
night.
Special Rotary Program
TV - radio - film actor Everette
Sloane will have the leading role
of a Rotarian named Smith in “The
Wheel,” a dramatic program to be
broadcast by NBC radio Saturday
night as a tribute to Rotary Inter
national on its golden anniversary.
The program will be heard over
WPNF at 10:30 o’clock.
Max Ehrlich’s script will strike
out at the uninformed view of Ro
tarians as ”... a bunch of business
—Torn to Page Right
BUCHANAN SAYS
SITE OF ROUTE
TO BE AS POSTED
Making Progress On Road To
County Line. Browning
Completes Survey
BEGIN WORK SOON
The contract for relocating U. S.
Highway 64 from the Transylvania
county line to N. C. Highway 280
opposite the entrance of the Pisgah
National Forest will be awarded
this week, Harry Buchanan, com
missioner of the 14th district, an
nounces today.
The low bid on the project was
submitted in December, 1954, by
J. C. Cricher, Inc., of Asheville, in
the amount of $303,823.
According to Mr. Buchanan, the
project calls for paving and grad
ing of 6.47 miles of work in relo
cating the highway. T. F. Houser,
of Asheville, had a low bid of $62,
442.40 for structures and Bare
Brothers and Miller, of West Jef
ferson, had the low bid of $13,200
for moving buildings.
Mr. Buchanan says he expects
work to begin on the project some
time during the next 30 days.
At the present time work is mov
ing along rapidly on the relocation
of the highway from Horse Shoe to
the county line. Mr. Buchanan says
he expects all grading to be com
pleted by July 1st, and paving can
be finished this year.
After the bids were opened by
the state highway commission in
Raleigh last December, Mr. Buchan
an received 11 written proteals
from property owners along the
proposed route.
On January 21st he held a hear*
ing in the Brevard court house, at
which time an alternate route
through Jake’s Cove was suggested.
The commissioner promised the
group that he would have R. Getty
Browning, the chief locating engi
neer, to take another look at the
Jake’s Cove route.
Mr. Browning came to Transyl
—Turn to Page Bight
LAUNCHING SALE .
OF EASTER SEAIS
Rotary Club Again Sponsor
ing Campaign. Pickelsimer
Is The Chairman
Transylvanians are receiving col
orful Easter seals and with their
donations, crippled children In
Transylvania and throughout North
Carolina are being benefitted.
Again this year the Brevard Ro
tary club is sponsoring the drive,
with Charles W. Pickelsimer, Jr.,
as chairman of the project.
In the letter which accompanies
the sheet of seals, Mr. Pickelsimer
explains that in the past Easter
seal dollars have purchased wheeb
chairs, walkers, shoes and braces
for crippled children right here In
Transylvania, and local contribu
tions have also gone to help finan
cially assist the Asheville Orthope
dic hospital, which serves all of
Western North Carolina.
“Let us continue to show, by buy
ing Easter seals, that we do think
of the helpless children who are
dependent on us. In the true spirit
of Easter, please make a contribu
tion to our crippled children, bring
ing to them the chance for new joy
and life,” Mr. Pickelsimer declares.
Business During
January, ’55, Said
Better Than In ’54
If the sales and use tax collec
tions can be used as a barometer,
business in January of this year
was better than it was during the
first month of 1954 in Brevard and
Transylvania county.
According to the Retailer, the
publication of the North Carolina
Merchants association, collections
during January, ‘55, here were $15,
008.63. This compares with $14,
260.18 for the period the year be
fore.
Collections during December,
1904, were $U,8#L30.
The Retailer also gives a break
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