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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 Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— I An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i cultural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vol. 66, No. 16 + SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 * 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY “IT HAPPENED ONCE BUT never again," may be what seven-year-old Lar ry Laws is thinking as he rolls'up sleeve preparatory to getting his Salk polio vac cine from Dr. Charles Gunn. Larry still wears a leg brace, having suffered polio when he was a baby. This youngster, along with some 700 first and second graders in the county, will get their polio vaccine on Thursday. It was announced last week that the new vaccine is 80 to 90 per cent effective in preventing crip pling polio paralysis. Miss Martha Choate, county health nurse, at left, looks cheerful in spite of the tremen dous chore of vaccinating the children. Larry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Laws, of Route 1, Pisgah Forest. (Times Staff Photo) County-Wide Clean-Dp, Beautification Days Begin Thursday, Many Helping Proclamation Is Issued. Jovj> Divided For CIub& Into Four Zones , Transylvania’s first county-wide Clean-Up and Beautification cam paign gets underway on Thursday and will last for the rest of the month. Sponsored by the county commis sioners, the towns of Brevard and Rosman, the health department, with the assistance of civic clubs, community development clubs and educational groups, the campaign will be taken into every communi ty in Transylvania. “We hope to make this a year ’round drive with an auspicious be ginning this week and next,” town and county officials said yesterday. A proclamation declaring the pe riod as Clean-Up days in Transyl vania has been issued by Freeman Hayes, chairman of the board of commissioners, John A. Ford, may or of Brevard, and A. M. White, mayor of Rosman. County Agent Julian Glazener says the various community devel opment clubs are taking a most ac tive part in the drive, and he urges all citizens to put special emphasis on cleaning and beautifying along the highways. A special radio program outlin ing the activities of the campaign will be carried over WPNF at 9:30 o’clock on Friday morning. Here in Brevard the town has been divided up into four zones, and the following clubs have charge of each: Zone 1—B & PW club, zone 2—Lions club, zone 3—Ki wanis club and zone 4—the Rotari ans and the Jaycees. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, April 21 — County wide clean-up campaign begins. Registration for town election con tinues. Salk polio vaccine clinic Transylvania Community hospital, 9:15 a. m. Lions club meets at Gai ther’s at 7 p. m. WSCS of Metho >. dist church at 8 p. m. Women of the Presbyterian church meet, 8 p. m. Friday, April 22 — Little League meeting at college field, 5 p. m. Jaycee district meeting at Brevard country club, 7 p. m. Saturday, April 23 — Challenge day for town election. Sunday, April 24 — Attend he church of your choice. Presbyteri Ian congregational meeting, 12 noon. Monday, April 25 — Rotary club meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s. Mu —Turn To Page Seven Books Are Orseii Three Vie For Mayor, Eight Entered In Race For Board There are three candidate? for mayor of Brevard and eight in the five-man board of alderman race here in the general election on May 3rd, Mrs. Opal King, clerk of the town election board, announces. Friday noon was the deadline for fifing, and registration began on Saturday. Mayor John A. Ford is seeking re-election, and opposing him are C. R. Sharp, member of the pres ent board of aldermen, and Dewey Gravely. Three members of the present board, Henry R. Henderson, C. Few Lyda and Joe H. Tinsley, are seek ing re-election, and others who have filed in the aldermanic race are: W. M. Melton, George Justus, Charles Ashworth, M. C. Corn and Mitchell Neely. Registration began last Saturday morning, and registering of new voters is reported to be extremely light. The books are open this week and will close Saturday. April 23 is challenge day. William M. Case is the registrar, and Mrs. Maude Beck is deputy registrar. Judges in the election will be L. P. Hamlin and John Kil patrick. Mrs. King explains that there is no general re-registration this year, but that every effort is being made to have all names in alphabetical order. Will Give Salk Polio Vaccine To First And Second Graders Thursday WAYNEBRADBURN NAMED NEW COACH AT BREVARD HIGH Dail Resigns From Coaching Field. Successor Has Ex cellent Record Wayne Bradburn, one of West ern North Carolina’s most outstand ing high school football coaches from Marshall, has been signed to coach here at Brevard high school this fall, Robert T. Kimzey, district principal, announces today. Coach Bradburn succeeds Coach B. G. Dail, who resigned to go into straight teaching or administrative work. Mr. Kimzey expressed regret ov er losing Coaches Dail and Teague and said that the school is extreme ly fortunate in being able to secure Coach Bradburn as head coach. An assistant will be named later, Prin cipal Kimzey stated. Coach Bradburn comes to Bre vard with an excellent record at Marshall. During the past threp years, his football teams have won 27 out of 30 games and have been regarded as one of the best coached —Turn To Page Seven NORRIS TO HEAD BREVARD JAYCEES Other Officers Elected At Last Regular Meet. Long Discussion Held Bill Norris, an accountant at the Ecusta Paper corporation, is the new president of the Brevard jun ior chamber of commerce. He succeeds Robert T. Gash, and the other newly elected officers are: Dr. Charles Gunn, first vice president; Earl Powell, second vice president; Jim Mcllwain, treasurer; and Baxter Morris, secretary. In addition to the officers, the ether directors are: Carl Hart, Gene Ramsey, Tom Watson and Robert Gash. The election was held at the last regular meeting, which was held in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. Following the election, the Jay cees discussed at length the coun cil-manager form of government here in Brevard. Baptist Revivals Said To Be Highly Successful Midway the time set for the Baptist simultaneous revivals, re ports from the 20 churches in Transylvania participating in the gigantic crusade reveal that in terest is extremely high and rec ord attendance is being recorded. Rev. John T. Neal, chairman of the steering committee, says that large numbers of persons are making professions of faith in Christ and being received for Doings At Raleigh Legislature Honors Ralph Fisher In Resolution Other Action Is Taken RALEIGH — The senate gave final approval on Tuesday of a joint resolution, honoring Transyl vania’s representative, Ralph R. Fisher, who resigned recently be cause of illness. The measure was introduced by Rep. George Uzzell, of Rowan, and it expressed sympathy for the ill ness and regret at Mr. Fisher’s res ignation. \ The Transylvania Republican executive committee has selected Mrs. Fisher to succeed her husband, but she has not yet taken her: fce&t. ■ Gov. Hodges received Rep. Fish er’s resignation on Tuesday^a^ the recommendation of the Tran sylvania executive committee that Mrs. Fisher succeed him. Gov. Hodges did not act on the matter. He said he had beeh noti fied that Mrs. Fisher wanted to -Ita to Page Six REP. RALPH R. FISHER baptism. Church membership is increasing. “Great numbers who have been lukewarm or indifferent are re dedicating themselves to more active participation in church life,” Mr. Neal declares. The successful fellowship hour each morning at 8:30 o’clock at the Calvary Baptist church will continue through Friday of this week. Yesterday the group adopted a resolution of appreciation to the visiting pastors taking part in the revivals and to the Transyl vania Times and Radio Station WPNF for excellent publicity and cooperation. House On Outland Avenue Destroyed By Blaze Tuesday Fire destroyed an unoccupied dwelling on Outland avenue Tuesday evening about 8:15 o’clock. The Brevard volunteer fire de partment was called out, but the house was completely engulfed in flames when the firemen ar rived. Fire Chief Dan Merrill says the probable cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion. The fire-fighters laid some 900 feet of hose in an effort to save the dwelling. The blaze was re ported to have been one of the hottest fires the volunteers have ever fought. The house belonged to Charles [ Held. SECRETARY OF STATE THAD EURE, right, pre sented a charter for the Transylvania county soil conser vation district last Wednesday to J. F. Doggett, State college extension soil conservationist and secretary of the State Soil Conservation committee. Granting of the char ter completes the organization of the state into units for administering local conservation programs. The first district in North Carolina—and the nation—was the Brown Creek district in Anson county. Transylvania is the 100th county to enter a district. Landowners here approved the program in a January 14 referendum. Town Candidates Invited To Answer Questions At League Women Voters Public Meeting ABANDON PLANS TO COLLECT TOLL ON THE PARKWAY Congressman Shuford Wires Times Of Latest Develop ments. Many Protests Transylvanians join with other citizens in Western North Carolina n applauding the announcement of Secretary of the Interior McKay that plans have been abandoned to charge a toll on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Congressman George Shuford I wired The Times Wednesday morn ing that the interior department would confirm the appropriations committee’s requests to hold up the charging of tolls on the park way pending further investigation. The committee is understood to have taken this action at the re quest of Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex.) who was briefed on the matter by Congressman Shuford and other North Carolinians. They argued the scenic road in North Carolina and Virginia was established as a free parkway and that to charge tolls on it would —Turn To Page Twelve > Mrs. Wm, Alexander To Moderate. Time Limit Is Set For Answers The League of Women Voters of Brevard is sponsoring a public meeting Tuesday night, April 26, in Gaither’s, which all candi dates in the coming municipal elec tion have been invited to attend and answer questions. Mrs. William Alexander, voters service chairman of the league, is in charge of arrangements and will serve as moderator. Mrs. Alexander points out that the purpose of the meeting is strict ly for voters’ information. It is the policy of all leagues throughout the nation to sponsor candidates’ meet ings in order to better inform vot ers of issues and platforms. This is the first election since the organ ization has met qualifications to be come a local league, hence, the first such candidates’ meeting. The league has a certain proce dure which is set up for candidates’ meetings to which it must conform. All candidates are first asked the main question and will be given five minutes each in which to give their answer. The question for this meeting is: “Do you believe that the present system of local government can be improved upon, and what are your —Turn to Page Seven Program Highlights "Jackpot” Shows Are Popular Over WPNF, Time Changes Begin Sunday WPNF’s “jackpot” shows are proving highly popular and many listeners are winning cash prizes, lack Hammette, station manager, announces today. On the Kansas Maid program Wednesday morning, Mrs. James A. Watson, of Brevard, won $20. There have been several winners on the “What’s My Number?” show recently, and the jackpot on Wed nesday was up to $7.00. Mr. Hammette reminds all lis teners to hear these popular shows, and to keep tuned to WPNF for news, music, drama and sports. Due to the fact that programs from the National Broadcasting company will change to daylight savings time on Sunday, listeners are reminded that many of their favorite shows will be heard an hour earlier. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Farm Home administration, W. G. Proctor; Fri day, Holmes State Nursery, D. W. Erenneman; Monday, county ag ent’s office; Tuesday, 4-H workshop —conducted by State college dairy specialist, J. D. George; Wednes day, home demonstration agent. On the civic hour the following will be heard: Friday, clean-up; Monday, Good Neighbor club; Wed nesday, VFW. The Rev. Douglas Corriher, pas tor of the Brevard Methodist church, is speaking on morning de —Tin To Pace Scree INITIAL CLINIC TO BE SETUP AT THE HOSPITAL Children To Arrive In Buses^ Work Should Be Complete ed During Morning ENTERTAINMENT SET First and second grade school children in Brevard and Transylva nia county will get their first in oculation against polio on Thursday at the Transylvania Community hos pital, Dr. Charles Gunn, local: health officer, announced.4 Approximately 700 children wilt be given the Salk polio vaccine* and the clinic is scheduled to be gin at 9:15 Thursday morning and' should be completed by shortly af tei noon, Dr. Gunn states. Children from the different schools throughout the county will be transported to the hospital on. the school buses, and there will be four parking areas and entrances. The second inoculation shots for polio will be held in about four weeks, and the third, the booster shots, will be given seven months later, presumably in November. Local doctors who will assist Dr_ Gunn with the clinic on Thursday include Dr. J. B. Wilkerson, Dr. Charles Newland, Dr. Robert Strieker, and Dr. Norman Boyer. Other local physicians will help in future clinics. A large number of volunteer workers, nurses and nurses’ aides will assist with the clinic Thursday. There will be entertainment and refreshments for the children, with the high school majorettes and oth ers aiding in the activities Dr. Gunn picked up the Salk vac cine in Asheville on Tuesday, and says that everything is in readiness for the clinic Thursday. Mrs. J. F. Leete is in charge of recruiting working forces, and Mrs. —Turn To Page Seven GIRL SCOUTS NOW SELLING COOKIES Book And Plate Club Fin ishing Annual Drive. Half Of Goal Is Reached The Girl Scout cookie sale got underway in Brevard on Monday* with the girls and their adult lead ers joining others of the Pisgah Area council in raising funds for the new camp at East Fork. The sale throughout the seven counties continues through April 30th, and it is hoped that sufficient proceeds will be realized to begin, building a water system, new road and sewerage at the camp. This, must come before actual construc tion of buildings, it is pointed out In Brevard the cookie sale is be ing conducted by a committee com posed of Gerald Graham, chairman; Mrs. Duncan Hunter, co-chairman;. Mrs. James Brennan, business dis trict chairman; Mrs. Robert Levy* publicity; Jack Trantham, distribu tion; and C. B. Carter, finance. All Brownies, Intermediates and Senior Scouts have been given the cookies to selL They are 40c per box and have proved quite popular —Turn To Page Seven Jaycees Will Hold District Meet At Club On Friday Brevard Jaycees will be hosts to district one at a dinner meeting here Friday, April 22, beginning at 7 p. m., in the Brevard country club. District one is composed of Ashe ville, Waynesville, Mars Hill, Black Mountain, Sylva, Franklin and the host group. Some 100 Jaycees from these towns are expected to attend. High light of the business will be plan ning of the state convention, which is to be in May in Asheville, and also attendance at the national con vention in Atlanta in June. Tom Posey, of Asheville, district vice president, will preside at the meeting. During the business ses sion his successor will be elected. There are no announced candi dates for this post.
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