A Hearty Welcome To All Campers And Summer Visitors, To Wonderful Transylvania County
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i cultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National P r i z e - W i n n i n g A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 66, No. 26
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1955
* 24 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE PRACTICALLY DEMOLISHED
CAR, above, should serve as a grim re
minder to all motorists in Transylvania
that accidents do happen at home and
emphasizes the wisdom of driving with
extreme caution during the approach
ing extended Fourth of July week end.
This vehicle, driven by Crawford Moo
dy, of Cashiers, crashed into a truck at
Enon last Friday afternoon, and the driv
er is in a serious condition in Asheville’s
Mission hospital. Patrolman Jack Cabe
says the accident was caused by speed,
and he urges all motorists to “Slow Down
and Live.” (Times Staff Photo)
Welcome Extended Campers, Summer
Visitors, Banner Tear Is In Offing
The Times Publishes Annual
Camping Issue. General
Round-Up Made
f' With all of the organized summer
camps in Transylvania reporting
capacity enrollment, officials of
the town and county and heads of
civic organizations join hands in
issuing a most cordial welcome to
the campers, summer visitors and
others here for a vacation this sea
son or a visit over the extended
fourth of July week end.
t is with the glad hand of friend
<*np that they roll out the welcom
ing mat to this beautiful land of
lakes and waterfalls, which is also
recognized as a “mecca for summer
camps.”
Through the columns of the
Transylvania Times this week many
merchants and others are welcom
ing the campers and other visitors
to town. Publisher Ed M. Ander
son urges all readers to especially
note the write-ups on the various
camps.
From all indications, this sum
mer will be a peak year in tourist
business, and already thousands of
* cars are seen in the great Pisgah
National Forest, as people from the
lowlands come up to the mountains
in an effort to escape the heat and
to see this famed wonderland of
nature.
Drug stores, eating establish
ments, hotels, inns, etc., in the
county, report a sharp increase in
the tourist business.
Freeman Hayes, chairman of the
Transylvania county board of com
missioners, John A. Ford, mayor
of Brevard, and Vernon Fricks,
president of the chamber of com
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 30 — Masons
meet in Masonic temple at 7:30
p. m.
Friday, July 1 — Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:45 p. m. Concert at Tran
sylvania Music camp, 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, July 2 — Ecusta vs.
Enka at Camp Straus, 3 p. m.
Dance at Brevard country club, 9
p. m.
Sunday, July 3 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Transylvania Music camp at 4 p. m.
Monday, July 4 — Holiday with
all stores, offices, etc., closed. Ecus
ta picnic begins at 9:30 a. m., Camp
Straus. Ecusta vs. Martel Mills, 3
p. m. Square dance in front of high
school, 8 p. m. American Legion
meets at 8 p. m. Concert at Transyl
vania Music camp, 8:15, followed
by fireworks.
Tuesday, July 5 — Eastern Star
meets at 8 p. m. Concert at Transyl
vania Music camp, 8:15 p. m.
Planning Drive
Jaycees Seeking New Members,
Folk Festival Is Called Off
The Brevard Jaycees are now
engaged in an extensive member
ship campaign which President
Bill Norris says should result in
doubling the number of young men
in the organization.
Gerald Owen, general chairman
of the membership drive, has di
vided the Jaycees into two teams
with Bobby Joe Nicholson and El
ton Lewis as captains. It is report
ed that both groups are already
hard at work with six prospective
members in attendance at last Wed
nesday night’s meeting.
Mr. Owen stated that the prime
objective of the drive is not just
to build up the membership for the
sake of having a large number on
the roll, but to have a large work
ing group which can better serve
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Talley’s Beauty
Shop Opens Here
Holland Talley has opened up a
beauty shop adjoining his barber
shop downstairs on West Main
street. Mrs. Betty Walker, of Can
ton, is in charge of the shop.
Mrs. Walker has had seven years
experience as a beautician. She is
a graduate of Pack Square Beauty
school, in Asheville, and attended
the recent session of the N. C. Hair
dressers’ and Cosmeticians’ associa
tion in Asheville.
An announcement regarding the
opening of the new beauty shop ap
pears in another part of this paper.
The Brevard Jaycees have called
off their annual Sylvan Valley
Folk Festival, which is usually held
during the Fourth of July week
end.
In a letter to contestants in the
festival in past years, President Bill
Norris pointed out that this sum
mer the Brevard athletic field,
where the event is staged, is being
improved and all activity on the
field this summer has been can
celled.
President Norris said the Jay
cees were in full accord with the
improvement work and consider it
necessary for the field to rest this
summer in order to have an ade
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Annual Ecusta Picnic To Highlight
July Fourth Observance In County
WILL PAY $40,000
TO MEMBERS OF
SAVINGS & LOAN
Resources Are Now More
Than Three And One
Quarter Million
Semi-annual dividend checks, to
talling over $40,000, will be mailed
this week to members of the Bre
vard Federal Savings and Loan as
sociation, it is learned today from
Jerry Jerome, the executive vice
president.
Resources of the association here
now total three and one quarter
million, the secretary states, and
interest is being paid at the rate of
three per cent per annum.
In addition to the executive vice
president, who also serves as treas
urer, other officers are: Joseph S.
Silversteen, president; A. F. Mitch
eil, vice president, attorney and
Mrs. Rowena Summey, secretary
| and assistant treasurer.
Directors are: President Silver
j steen Vice President Mitchell,
i Exec. Vice President Jerome, H.
B. Shiflet. J. I. Ayers, W. L. Mull,
R. H. Plummer, who is the assistant
secretary, and J. M. Allison, Sr.
GLADIOLUS CROP
SAID FINEST YET
Thomas Now Shipping Flow
ers To^All Parts Of Nation
By Thick, Railway
Alexander P. Thomas, who oper
ates Western North Carolina’s
largest gladiolus farm in lower
Transylvania county, reports his
present crop of glads as the finest
he has ever seen.
Shipments are already being
made to all parts of the country
and this year Mr. Thomas is using
refrigerated trucks as well as rail
way cars to carry his glads to mar
ket.
At the present time more than
6,000 dozen glads are being cut
daily on the Thomas farm, where
more than 100 persons are em
ployed.
Last Friday, a refrigerated
truck carrying 5,000 dozen of the
finest glads ever raised on the
Thomas farm was sent to Chicago,
111., and today a similar tractor
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Demand For Teachers Is
Greater Than Supply
Transylvania, like the majority
of the other counties in North
Carolina, has a greater demand
for school teachers than the
county is producing.
From the current issue of State
School Facts, Transylvania has
a new teacher demand for 14
teachers.
During the term 1954-’55, the
county produced four teachers,
and the number the year before
was exactly the same.
In other words, only about 33
per cent of the local demand is
WPNF Program Highlights
"What’s My Number” Show Will Be
Heard At New Time After This Week
The “What’s My Number?” show
on WPNF is proving highly popu
lar, and the program will be heard
at a new time, beginning on Mon
day, Bobby Hoyle, the station man
ager, announces today.
At the present time, the program
is heard at 1:15 o’clock, but begin
ning on July Fourth, the new time
is 5:30 in the afternoons.
Mr. Hoyle says more people will
be able to hear the program at this
new time, and he urges all listen
ers to pick up new “What’s My
Number?” sheets from the various
sponsors on Saturday.
Cash prizes are being awarded
daily on this show, and on Tues
day of this week Mrs. Alfred Cheek
was awarded $11.00.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Carolina fea
tures; Friday, Carolina farm fea
tures; Monday, Carolina farm fea
tures; Tuesday, Carolina farm fea
tures; Wednesday, home agent’s of
fice.
On the civic hour the following
will be heard: Friday, Brevard Gar
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being produced, the fact sheet of
the State Department of Public
Instruction reported.
For the state as a whole, it was
pointed out that only 61 per cent
white teachers and 31 per cent
negro teachers, who are trained,
actually teach in North Carolina.
To Report On Work
At Oak Grove This
Thursday Night
Workers and friends of the Oak
Grove Methodist church and ceme
tery association will meet at the
church Thursday night of this week
at 8 o’clock.
Report of work done during the
week, and plans for further im
provements on the church build
ing and grounds will be made by
special committees.
The Rev. W. A. Kerr, pastor, and
Bud Siniard, chairman of the
board, invites any persons hav
ing relatives or close friends buried
in the cemetery to attend and help
make the final plans for the work
to go forward.
Mrs. Catherine Case Weiss is
treasurer of the work project and
states that donations of materials
and money are being received from
a wide circle. The officials hope to
collect several hundred dollars for
the improvements, much of which
has already been done by volun
teers.
THE FINEST CROP EVER is the description given
to his 300 acres of gladioli in lower Transylvania by
Alexander P. Thomas, right, the largest grower of glads
in the Western Carolinas. At the left putting the first
hamper of gladioli into a refrigerated truck bound for
Chicago is M. W. Weinburg, who supervises the farm
here. Mr. Thomas also operates a huge gladioli farm in
Cocoa. Florida, with some t 200 acres.. At the present
time over 0,000 dozen glads per day are being cut here.
Cutting began the earliest ever—June 20th. (Times Staff
Photo)
Several Concerts Are Slated
At Music Camp Over Week End
STATE ADJUTANT
TO INSTALL NEW
LEGION OFFICERS
Dinner And Meeting Set For
Monday Night. Misenhei
mer Will Preside
Newly elected officers of the
Monroe Wilson post of the Ameri
can Legion will be installed at a
special meeting on Monday night,
July 4th.
Weldon Misenheimer, past com
mander and commander of the 33rd
district, will preside over the meet
ing and Nash McKee, of Raleigh,
and state department adjutant, will
be in charge of the installation
ceremony.
Supper will be served from 6:30
until 7:30 o’clock, and the installa
tion program will begin promptly
at 8:00 o’clock.
Commander Misenheimer was in
stalled as 33rd district commander
at special ceremonies at Chapel
Hill last Sunday.
The new state commander reap
pointed Charles B. Disher, of Bre
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Band Will Be Heard Friday
Night. Symphony, Guest
Artists Sunday, Monday
The Transylvania Music camp
concert band, under the direction
of Allan H. Bone, will present its
first concert of the 1955 summer
season in the Brevard Music Cen
ter auditorium at Transylvania Mu
sic camp Friday night at 8:15
o’clock.
The program will begin with the
introduction, allegro and musette
from “The Gods Go A-Begging”
ballet suite by Handel. The Allegro
from Handel’s “Royal Fireworks
Music” will follow.
Mr. Bone is conductor of the
Duke University Symphony orches
tra, Durham Civic Choral society,
and is associate professor of music
of Duke university. He is well
known throughout the southeast
and midwest as conductor of band
and orchestra clinics and adjudica
tor of music contest festivals.
The Transylvania Symphony or
chestra; composed of students, fac
ulty, and staff members of the camp
and conducted by James Christian
Pfohl; will be heard Sunday after
noon at 4 p. m. with guest artists
Beverly Wolff, contralto, and Nel
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Elks’ Camp At Cedar Mountain Is
Said Unique, Many Are Attending
By STAFF WRITER
Although there are 12 other sum
mer camps for boys and girls in
Transylvania county, there is none
similar to the Greenville Elks club
camp at Cedar Mountain — and
probably few others like it in the
whole country.
This camp, offering a summer
program to around 300 boys, is
unique in that it is sponsored and
operated by the one Elks lodge.
The 1200 members offer the sole
support of this camping program
that is annually meaning so much
to so many.
Coach Forest (Whitey) Kendall,
from Parker high school in Green
ville, is directing the camp for its
fifth year at Cedar Mountain. What
the plant lacks in facilities, Coach
Kendall makes up for in enthusi
asm for the marvelous work being
done there.
The Elks camp can accommodate
from 75 to 100 boys or girls for a
session. Three are being held this
year with the first to be concluded
Saturday, July 2. Two are for boys
and the third two-week period is
designed for girls.
Coach Kendall points out that the
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MANY ACTIVITIES
ARE SLATED OVER
COMING WEEK END
Stores, Offices, Bank And
Post Office To Close.
Dances Planned
VISITORS NOTED
Highlighting the Fourth of July
observance over the week end in
Transylvania will be the annual
Ecusta picnic on Monday at beauti
ful Camp Harry H. Straus, which
is expected to be attended by thou
sands of people.
All stores, town and county of
fices, the bank and the post office
will be closed on Monday, and
there will be no rural or city de
livery. However, the general deliv
ery window will be open from 11:00
to 12:00 noon.
Inns, rooming houses, motels and
guest homes are expected to be
filled in Transylvania over the week
end, as thousands of people from
down in the lowlands come to the
mountains to escape the summer
heat.
Transylvania’s patrolmen. Jack
Cabe and Bill Sawyer, make an
urgent plea for all motorists to
drive with extreme caution over
the holidays.
They remind motorists to avoidr
excessive speed, speed too fast for
conditions, following too closely*
failing to yield right of way.
Dance Saturday
One of the first events of the ex
tended Fourth of July weelnjutd
will be the aimiL! summer fhjjiriT
Saturday night at the Brevard cm&k
try club. Music will be furnished
by “The Solitaires,” and dancing
will begin at 9:00 o’clock. Dinner
will be served prior to dancing,
and Manager E. E. Fraser asks
members and their guests to make
reservations early.
Concluding the activities of the
week end will be a square dance,
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NOW BUlLlNGNEW
SCHOOL ADDITIONS
Classrooms At Brevard Higln.
And At Straus Will Be
Ready By Sept. 1st
Construction is proceeding on
schedule on the two classroom addi
tion at Brevard high school and the
addition of four rooms to the Har
ry H. Straus school in North Bre
vard, Supt. J. B. Jones reports to
day.
Both of the additions should be
completed by Sept. 1st, and they
will relieve the overcrowded condi
tions at the high school and at Bre
vard elementary school.
The school maintenance crew,
under the supervision of Briscoe
Whitmire, is building the two class
room addition here, and it is locat
ed adjacent to the school on the
north side. The building will con
nect with the high school by a cov
ered walk way. Costs are $15,000.
Neil Hawkins Construction com
pany is building the addition to the
Straus school, and it will cost $60,
000.
Two Cars Damaged
In Calvert Wreck
Two cars were badly damaged,
however, the drivers and the occu
pants of each escaped serious in
juries in a collision Monday after
noon on US Highway 64 opposite
the prison camp at Calvert, Patrol
man Jack Cabe reports.
Dolus Masters, of Rosman, who
was driving a ’55 Ford, crashed into
a ’52 Pontiac, which was driven by
C. R. Sharp, of Brevard, as he turn
ed left into Hardin’s service sta
tion.
Two passengers in the Masters*
car, Dan McCall and Clarence
Brown, were thrown out in the im
pact, but they suffered only slight
cuts and bruises, Patrolman Cabe
states. Mr. Masters is being charged
with reckless driving.