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Vo!. 66, No. 21
* SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1955
A 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NEW CENTENNIAL GATE
WAY at Brevard college will be dedicat
ed during a special ceremony Sunday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock, and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend the event,
which is one of the highlight ceremonies
of the 1955 graduation exercises. Dr. L.
B. Hayes, of Salisbury, will be the dedica
tory speaker. The new centennial gate
way had its beginning in 1953 during the
observance of the 100th birthday of Bre
vard college. The various alumni chap
ters of the institution, which grew out of
the merger of Rutherford and Weaver
colleges and Brevard Institute, sponsored
the new entrance way. (Times Staff Pho
to)
Annual Chamber Of Commerce Banquet
Set Thursday Night At Country Club
Charlotte Publisher W ill
Speak. Fricks Expecting
Good Crowd To Attend
“What is the Outlook for Peace?”
will be the subject of an address
by Thomas L. Robinson, publisher
of The Charlotte News, when he
speaks on Thursday evening at the
annual ladies’ night banquet of the
Brevard chamber of commerce at
the Brevard country club, begin
ning at 7:00 o’clock.
Chamber of commerce president,
Vernon Fricks, says he expects a
large attendance at the annual ban
quet.
Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will give
the invocation, and the dismissal
will be by Rev. Robert H. Stamey,
president of Brevard college.
Songs on the program will be
rendered by Miss Carolyn Osborne,
with Miss Tina Sellers at the piano.
Mr. Robinson, who spent seven
weeks in Europe last autumn, will
report on his observations after
visiting Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ger
many, France, England and Scot
land.
A native of Boston, Mass., Mr.
Robinson and his family have lived
in Charlotte for eight and a half
years. He became president and
publisher of The Charlotte News in
January of 1947 when the newspa
per was sold to a company which
Mr. Robinson organized.
Earlier in his newspaper career
Mr. Robinson was associated for
seven years with The New York
Times where he worked in the cir
culation, news and advertising de
partments. After a period of pub
lic relations in the Panama Canal
Zone and in New York City, he
purchased in 1941 the Casa Grande
Dispatch, a pioneer weekly in
southern Arizona.
During the second world war Mr.
Robinson served as a public rela
tions officer on the staff of Admi
ral A. C. Bennett, commandant of
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 26 — Fortnight
ly club luncheon, 12:30 p. m. B &
PW club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Chamber of commerce banquet,
country club, 7 p. m. Masonic meet
ing in temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, May 27 — Poppy Day.
Saturday, May 28 — Poppy Day.
College trustees’ committees meet,
11 a. m. Brevard college alumni
luncheon, 12:30 p. m. Trustees
meeting and dinner, 3 and 6:30 p.
m. Choral recital at college, 8:30
p. m.
Sunday, May 29 — Attend the
church of your choice. Moose meet
Iing at American Legion hall, 2 p.
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THOMAS L. ROBINSON, pub
lisher of the Charlotte News, will
be the principal speaker at the
annual banquet of the Brevard
chamber of commerce Thursday
night at the Brevard country
club. Meeting time is 7:00 o’clock,
and a large crowd is expected to
attend.
Laurel Reported
At Height Of Its
Beauty In Forest
With the mountain laurel ex
pected to be at its height of beau
ty this week end, Ranger Ted
Seely cordially invites all Tran
sylvanians and visitors in the
area to drive through the Pis
gah National Forest.
The ranger plans to open the
Headwaters road, which affords j
visitors some of the most scenic
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Membership Drive Is Now
Underway. Many Being
Added To List
Directors of the Brevard cham
ber of c .tii leive began an exten
sive drive for new members Tues
day and during the day some 22
persons and firms were added to
the membership list, President
Vernon Fricks reports.
The memberslnp drive is being
continued this week, and new and
old members desiring to pay their
’55 dues can stop by the chamber
of commerce office on the court
house lawn and pay them to Mrs.
John A. Ford, the executive secre
tary.
The membership drive started
Tuesday morning with a “dutch”
breakfast in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room, which was attended by
some 18 directors.
Last year the chamber of com
merce had a membership of 145,
and the goal now is “225 in ’55.”
Many Events To Highlight Graduation
At Brevard College This Week End
OUIET OBSERVANCE
OF MEMORIAL DAY
WEEK END SUTED
Legion Auxiliary Plans Proj
ect. Town And County
Offices Close Monday
Memorial Day week end is ex
pected to be quietly observed in
Brevard and Transylvania county
and on Monday the town and coun
ty offices and post office will be
closed.
No Memorial Day services are
planned this year in Brevard. How
ever, the American Legion auxil
iary committee, Mrs. Mitchell Tay
lor, chairman, will decorate 256
graves of war dead in the county.
The auxiliary committee has also
requested that ministers conduct
brief memorial services in connec
tion with their regular sermons
this Sunday morning.
Ecusta Paper corporation will
have the traditional flag raising and
the placing of the memorial wreath
at 2:30 p. m. Monday at Camp
Harry H. Straus. The camp will not
open until June 5th.
Transylvania’s highway patrol
men Jack Cabe and Bill Sawyer, re
mind all motorists that the Memo
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ORGANIZATIONOF
MOOSE LODGE SET
THIS WEEK END
Rally Planned Saturday At
Legion Building. Enroll
ment Ceremony Sun.
Organization of a Brevard lodge,
Loyal Order of Moose, is expected
to be completed this week end, W.
R. Kerr, the membership director,
announces.
A rally of charter members is
scheduled for Saturday night at 8
o’clock at the American Legion
building, and on Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock an enrollment ceremo
ny will be held at the legion build
ing.
Plans for organization call for
charter members from 100 to 150,
and members of lodges from near
by towns and cities will be here to
participate in the enrollment cere
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House Passes Salary Bill,
Planning Adjournment
RALEIGH — The house passed
a bill offered by Mrs. Ralph Fish
er, which would fix the salary of
$3,600 for the clerk of court,
register of deeds and tax collec
tor and that of the sheriff at
$4,500. It also approved a bill,
originating in the senate, which
would fix the fees of the sheriff
in Transylvania county.
Adoption by the senate of
house amendments placed the
state’s automobile industry under
the supervision of the state mo
tor vehicles commissioner. One
Ormand Is New Pastor Of Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Benjamin F. Ormand,
Jr., of Marion, S. C., who has ac
cepted the call to the pastorate of
the Brevard-Davidson River Pres
byterian church, arrives this week
and i% expected to preach his first
sermon here Sunday, June 5th.
Rev. Ormand has been pastor of
the First Presbyterian church in
Marion since 1950. He received his
official release last week from the
Pee Dee Presbytery in order that
he might unite with the Asheville
Presbytery and accept the local
call.
The new minister is a native of
Gastonia and received his public
school education in Kings Moun
tain. He was graduated from David
son college in 1934 and Union The
ological Seminary in 1937.
The Rev. Ormand is married to
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REV. BENJAMIN F. ORMAND |
provision of the new law forbids
manufacturers from shipping to
dealers more cars than the lat
ter ordered.
The senate is expected to ap
prove before adjournment, ex
pected Thursday, a bill, already
approved by the house, which
would provide $641,902 addition
al funds for the revenue depart
ment for the next two fiscal
years to employ additiohal per
sonnel. Revenue Commissioner
Eugene Shaw estimated that this
step would result in an increase
of seven million dollars in in
come.
The senate also passed into
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To Organize United
Appeal Fund Here
At Meet Tuesday
Plans are being completed for
the organizational meeting of the
United Appeal fund in Brevard,
which will be held Tuesday night,
May 31st, in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room.
It will be a supper meeting,
beginning at 7:00 o’clock, and
delegates from all organizations
in the community are being invit
ed to attend.
Don Gilmore, of the Henderson
county United Appeal fund, and
Cecil Meadow, of Charlotte, and
a director of Carolinas United,
will be at the meeting to assist
with organization.
A steering committee and
temporary officers will be elect
ed at the meeting.
SENATOR SAM J. ERVIN,
JR., above, left, will deliver the
commencement address to the
graduating class at Brevard col
lege Sunday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock. The exercises will be held
on the lower portion of the cam
pus quadrangle, and the public
is most cordially invited to at
tend. At the right is Dr. Wilson
Weldon, of Gastonia, who will de
liver the commencement sermon
to the graduates on Sunday morn
ing at 11:00. o’clock at the Bre
vard Methodist church. Rev. Rob
ert H. Stamey, at the left, and
president of Brevard college, will
preside over the events of grad
uation and will award diplomas
to the graduating class Sunday
afternoon following Senator Er
vin’s address.
Dunham Rites Held, Principal
Benefactor Of Local College
HARRY A. DUNHAM
Singing Sunday
At Court House,
Public Invited
The regular Fifth Sunday sing
ing convention will be held at the
courthouse this Sunday, May 29th,
at 2 p. m., and all singers and lov
ers of gospel music are invited to
attend.
Loy Hensley, the president, states
that some of the outstanding
groups invited are the Talley
Brothers quartet, Shelton Family,
Bishop Family, McCall Trio, Melo
dy Four, Goodwill Quartet, Ecus
ta Quartet, the Harmon Family,
Melody Makers and others.
Contributions Were Over
Quarter Million. Stamey
Officiates At Service
Final rites for Harry A. Dun
ham, 84, who died Sunday after a
period of declining health, were
held Tuesday afternoon at the Hay
wood Street Methodist church in
Asheville with burial in the River
side cemetery.
Mr. Dunham was probably the
largest individual benefactor of
Brevard college, giving more than
a quarter million dollars during
the past 20 years. Among the offi
ciating ministers at the service on
Tuesday was Rev. Robert H. Sta
mey, president of the local educa
tional institution.
Mr. Dunham was recognized as
one of the leading businessmen of
Western North Carolina, and he
was extremely active in the relig
ious, civic and educational life of
this entire mountain area.
For a number of years he was
chairman of the board of trustees
of Brevard college and served as
a member of the board until his
death.
He was the founder of Dunham
Music House in Asheville and many
were his contributions in the field
of music in this mountain region.
He was a trustee of the old
Weaver college for 30 years, becom
ing a trustee of Brevard college
when the two institutions merged.
An oil portrait of Mr. Dunham by
Cuthbert Lee of Asheville was un
veiled at Brevard college in 1947.
Program Highlights
Several Popular Programs Are Added
To Log Of Radio Station WPNF
Several new and highly entertain
ing programs will be started over
WPNF during the coming week,
John Dellinger, the program direc
tor, announces today.
Starting Monday afternoon, the
“Lone Ranger,” popular comic strip
in many newspapers, will be heard
on radio over WPNF from NBC
each afternoon at 5:30 o’clock.
Immediately following at 5:45
o’clock WPNF will carry the popu
lar program from NBC entitled,
; “The Stories of Davy Crockett.”
I The show is designed for listen
ers of all ages. One of its features
will be an original theme song
written by David Hughes. Each
evening, at the close of the pro
gram, a new verse to the song will
be introduced. Tests among chil
dren have proved the song fun to
sing and the verses easy to learn.
Another fine show will be the
songs of the Blackwood Brothers
quartet, which will be heard daily
through Friday at 12:45 o’clock.
The quartet is recognized as one
of the finest in the south, and this
new program is sponsored by the
millers of Dixie Lily flour and Cash
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SENATOR ERVIN
TO ADDRESS ’55
CLASS SUNDAY
Commencement Sermon Set
In Morning. Gateway Ded
ication In Afternoon
44 ARE GRADUATING
Graduation at Brevard college
this week end will be highlighted
by an address by Senator Sam J.
Ervin, Jr., of Morganton, dedica
tion of the new centennial gateway
and meetings of trustee and alumni
groups, President Robert H. Sta
mey announces.
There are 44 members of the
graduating class, and President Sta
nley will award them their diplomas
following Senator Ervin’s address
Sunday afternoon.
The graduation exercises will be
held on the lower portion of the
college quadrangle, beginning at
4:00 o’clock.
President Stamey says it is most
appropriate that Brevard college’s
twentieth anniversary should be
climaxed with an address by Sena
tor Ervin.
The Ervin family has been long
associated with Rutherford col
lege, one of the institutions merged
into the establishment of Brevard,
college.
“We are looking forward to see
ing and hearing Senator Ervin with
extreme pleasure,” the local college
president declared yesterday.
Trustees Meet
The ’55 commencement program
at Brevard college will begin Sat
urday morning at 11:00 o’clock,
when committees of the board of
trustees will meet.
At 12:30 o’clock an alumni lunch
eon will be held in the cafeteria,
raid then the trustees of the college
will meet at 3:00 o’clock in the col
lege library. A dinner for the mem
bers of the board is scheduled in
the college cafeteria at 6:30 that
evening, and a recital is set in Dun
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ACTION IS TAKEN
BYSCHOOLBOARD
Consolidated High School
Building Out. District Com
mittees Reappointed
Because of the problem of trans
porting a large number of students
and the extensive costs involved,
the board of education has decided
not to build a consolidated high
school between Brevard and Ros
man.
Instead, the county will continue
to maintain the two separate high
schools. It was recommended in the
Peabody report that a central build
ing be erected between the two
towns, but the board feels that the
distance the students would have
to be transported and the costs of
new buses, etc., would make such,
a move prohibitive.
The school committees for the>
two districts in Transylvania were
reappointed.
Composing the committee for the
Brevard district are: Eddie Varner,
chairman, George Shuford and Pat
Allison. The following were also
reappointed as members of the
Rosman district: Mickler Lusk,
Lawrence Whitmire and Hosea Lee.
The committees will meet this
week and approve the list of prin
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Legion Auxiliary
Sets Poppy Days
Friday, Saturday
Flowers will bloom in profusion
on the streets of Brevard Friday
and Saturday as the American Le
gion auxiliary sponsors their an
nual Poppy Day sale.
Mrs. Lucian Deavor is chairman
of a group of volunteers from the
auxiliary who will be selling the
paper flowers two days this week
end. They express the hope that
everyone approached will buy a
poppy to show the feeling of rever
ence for men who have given their
lives in World Wars I and II.
The purpose of the traditional
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