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 Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 66, No. 30
* SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1955 * 24 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Take Advantage Of Silver Dollar Days In Brevard Stores Beginning Today, Continuing Next Week
THE BREVARD HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF ’24, which had 24 members,
held the 31st reunion last Saturday
night at Knob Hill. Of the 21 living mem
bers, 13 were present for the event, and
there were nine visitors. Members of the
class pictured above, front row, left to
right, are: Miss Molly McCall, Brevard;
Mrs. Annie Sitton White, Greenville, S.
C.; Mrs. Blanche Mason Osborne, Bre
vard; and Mrs. Mildred Trantham Tay
lor, Belmont. Second row: Mrs. Elizabeth
Ramseur Berthold, Chevy Chase, Mary
land; Mrs. Mary Galloway Hinton,
Princeton, Indiana; Mrs. Eliza Henry
Vaughn, Gastonia; Anthony Trantham,
Brevard; and Miss Myrtle Barnett,
Greenville, S. C. Third row: Mrs. Gladys
English Jones, Brevard; Edwin S. Eng
lish, Bent Creek; Phillip Price, Wilming
ton ; and Miss Ruth McCall, Brevard.
(Times Staff Photo)
Board Of Education To Purchase
Facilities Of Athletic Association
Amount Of Contributions Is
Set At Cost Figure. Co
operation Pledged
Directors of the Brevard Athletie
and Recreation association agreed
at a meeting Tuesday night in Bre
vard high school to sell all the ath
letic facilities owned by the organ
ization on the Brevard high school
field to the board of education for
$8,654.47.
President Raymond F. Bennett
explained that this amount repre
sented contributions entrusted to
the association during the past 10
years for recreational purposes in
Transylvania county.
F. S. Best, member of the board
of education, told the meeting that
the board had adopted a resolu
tion to accept such an offer should
it be made by the athletic associa
tion.
President Bennett further ex
plained that when the money was
received that it would be spent
wisely by the non-profit association
in the promotion of athletics and
recreation in Brevard and Transyl
vania county.
Cites Charter
“By our charter we are bound to
do this,” he declared, and from the
eharter he quoted the following pur
poses of the association:
“a. Provide, improve, con
struct and light athletic fields,
stadiums, playgrounds, gymna
siums and other athletic and rec
reational grounds, areas and fa
cilities at Brevard college, Tran
sylvania county public schools,
and other places and locations in
the town of Brevard and county
of Transylvania.
“b. To promote, organize, con
duct and carry on various ath
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 28 — Silver Dol
lar Days begin in Brevard. Flower
Arrangement lecture, Brevard col
lege, 10:30 a. m. B & PW club
meets at Camp Straus, 7 p. m. Cub
Scout Pack Two den mothers meet,
7 p. m., in Lutheran church. Ace
of Clubs meets at Gaither’s, 7:45
p. m. Masonic meeting in temple,
8 p. m. Republican Women’s club,
8 p. m., at home of Mrs. Joseph
Pickelsimer.
Friday, July 29 — Cub Scout
Pack No. 2 meets at Lutheran
church, 7 p. m. Band concert at
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Returns Third Time
Frances Clark Piano Workshop
Set At Brevard College; Aug. II
The Frances Clark Piano Work
shop, nationally recognized course
for piano teachers and students,
will take place on the Brevard col
lege campus, August 11-17. This is
the third year that the event has
been a summer feature on the Bre
vard campus, President Robert H.
Stamey announces.
Schools Will Open
Thursday, Aug, 25
Transylvania county schools will
begin the 1955-’56 year on Thurs
day, August 25th, Supt. J. B. Jones
announces today.
Brevard college will open on
Thursday, Sept. 15th, President
Robert H. Stamey announces, and
freshmen .will arrive on Sept. 11th.
Transylvania’s schools will close
Nov. 24th and 25th for Thanksgiv
ing, and the Christmas vacation
schedule runs from December 16th
through January 2nd. Schools will
close on Friday, March 30th, which
is Good Friday, and on the follow
ing Monday, April 2nd, for Easter.
Schools will end the scholastic
year on May 22, 1956.
Director of the course is Frances
Clarke, distinguished teacher, au
thor, lecturer and teacher of teach
ers. The Brevard workshop is one
in a series of summer courses
which Miss Clark and her staff con
duct in various parts of the country.
They have just completed a six-day
course at the Minneapolis, Minn.,
MacPhail School of Music.
Miss Clark is the newly appoint
ed head of the piano department at
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Brevard Merchants Offer Big Variety
Of Bargains For Mammoth Trade Event
MRS. L0FT1S NAMED
SUCCESSOR TO MRS.
JONES AT HOSPITAL
New Director of Nursing
Service Has Been On Staff
Since January, 1953
Mrs. Claudia Jones has resigned
as director of nursing service at
the Transylvania Community hos
pital, John W. Bailey, the adminis
trator, announces today.
Mrs. Jones’ resignation was effec
tive as of July 27th, and she is be
ing succeeded by Mrs. Jimmie Lof
tis, who has been employed as a
nurse at the hospital since Jan
uary, 1953.
“Mrs. Jones has done a wonder
ful job for the hospital and for the
community,” Mr. Bailey said.
He also stated that he felt the
hospital was very fortunate in be
ing able to secure Mrs. Loftis as
the successor to Mrs. Jones.
“We are confident that Mrs. Lof
tis will make us an excellent di
lector,” he declared.
She is a graduate of the Ruther
ford hospital at Rutherfordton, and
her husband, “Chick” Loftis, is
employed at Ecusta.
HOME IS LEASED
BY MOOSE LODGE
Residence Located At Comei
Of Duckworth Avenue
And Oakdale Street
The newly organized Moose
lodge, No. 1769, has leased a home
here in Brevard, and Governor
Hugh Bradburn says he hopes the
organization can move into it this
week end.
The home is located at the corner
of Duckworth avenue and Oakdale
street, and Governor Bradburn
urges all members to visit it this
week end. The home has been
leased for one year, and members
of the lodge hope to build a new
home in the near future.
The next meeting of the club
slated for next Tuesday night, Au
gust 2nd, is being planned in the
new home. Ray Rigdon is in charge
of making arrangements.
To Give Second Round
Of Polio Shots In Sept
Transylvania county boys and
girls will not receive their second
shot of the Salk polio vaccine until
after school begins in September.
This announcement came today
from Dr. Charles L. Newland, now
county health officer.
Dr. Newland became health offi
cer after the resignation of his
partner, Dr. Charles G. Gunn, from
Olin Downes Will Appear At Music
Camp Sunday, Band Slated On Friday
<
Olin Downes, music critic of the
New York Times, will appear at
the Brevard Music Center Sunday
at 4 p. m., during the weekly con
cert of the Transylvania Symphony
orchestra.
Mr. Downes, musician and inter
preter of serious music for the lay
public since 1920, will speak on
“From Suite to Symphony,” during
a program which is to include a
performance of Bach’s Suite in B
Major for Flute and Strings and
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D
Major.
The orchestra, conducted by
James Christian Pfohl, music direc
tor of the camp, will also present
“Divertimento” by Haydii and the
“Haffner Serenade” by Mozart.
Starting his career in 1920 on
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OLIN DOWNES
this post to join Ford Motor Co
Dr. Gunn set up the first clinic in
such an efficient manner that Dr
Newland said today it would be
practical to continue the second
one the same way.
The vaccine has not yet arrived
for use in the second shots. After
it does come the clinic will be set
up for the earliest practical time to
suit the volunteer medical helpers,
the hospital and the schools.
Dr. Newland also stated that the
first shot the children received has
not lost effect. It will not be neces
sary to give more than two in order
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Mercury Climbs To
90 On 21st, Remains
In 60s At Nighttime
Summertime has arrived in
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty.
According to Jack Huggins,
the official weatherman here, the
mercury climbed to a record high
of 90 degrees on July 21.
Since that time, daytime tem
peratures have been in the mid
80s, while at night the mercury
drops to 60 to 65 degrees.
Thundershowers, accompanied
by high winds in some sections
of the county, have been includ
ed on the daily weather diet dur
ing the past week in Transylva
nia.
KING-SIZE COKES go on sale in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county this week. L. Y. Biggerstaff, right, man
ager of the Coca-Cola Bottling company, of Henderson
ville, N. C., and William E. Robinson, left, president of
the Coca-Cola company, are pictured above with one of
the new cartons. During this week, all carton outlets in
the Brevard and Transylvania county area will have the
new package in addition to the standard Coke bottle,
which has been sold here for nearly a half a century.
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Coca-Cola is Now Offering
King-Size Cokes In Cartons
200 Jacksonville
Scouts To Be At
Johns Rock Camp
Two hundred Boy Scouts and
their leaders from Jacksonville
will begin arriving at John’s Rock
Scout camp on Thursday of this
week for a 10-day encampment and
nature study course.
Headed by Leon Frank, retired
engineer, as leader, the group will
also include scout leaders and bus
inessmen from Jacksonville, who
will act as counsellors on the trip.
Troop 27, 27-A and Explorer Post
27, sponsored by the Murray Hill
Baptist church, will have the trip
to the mountains financed by busi
ness men of the Florida city. This
is the fourth trip to John’s Rock
by the group. Clearing of the camp
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Mayor’s Condition
Reported Improved
Mayor John A. Ford, who suffer
ed a slight heart attack last Satur
day night, is in the Transylvania
Community hospital, and his condi
tion is said to be much improved.
Mayor is expected to remain in
the hospital for several days and
will probably return to his home
this week end.
Biggerstaff Announces Plans
For Distribution Of Prod
uct In Transylvania
The familiar Coca-Cola bottle
now has a “big brother.”
New King-size bottles of the
famed soft drink go on sale this
week in food and beverage stores
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty.
Announcement of the date for in
troduction of the new King-size
package was made on July 15th at a
dinner meeting held in the Hotel
Barringer, Charlotte, at which W.
E. Robinson, president of the Coca
Cola company, was the principal
speaker.
L. Y. Biggerstaff, manager of the
Coca-Cola Bottling company, of
Hendersonville, which serves Tran
sylvania, attended the banquet and
this week he announces that the
new King-Size Coke package is go
ing on sale in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county.
Officials of the other four Coca
Cola plants in Western North Caro
lina, Asheville, Marion, Forest City
and Hickory, also attended the
meeting, and they too will distrib
ute the new Coke.
Host at the dinner, which assem
bled Coca-Cola bottlers from North
and South Carolina, was George C.
Syder, general manager of the
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Program Highlights
Disc Jockey Shows Are Popular
Over WPNF, Fan Mail Increases
WPNF’s disc jockey shows are
becoming more and more popular,
and Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
urges all listeners to mail in their
requests daily to their favorite pro
grams.
‘‘Since WPNF began its inde
pendent operation on July 6,
WPNF’s fan mail has increased tre
mendously, which makes it evident
that our listeners are enjoying the
DJ shows more than they did soap
operas,” Mr. Hoyle states.
One of the most popular disc
jockey shows is “Country Music
Time,” heard daily at 11:05 in the
mornings. This program is con
ducted by John Dellinger, program
director, and features the best in
country and western music. He also
conducts the “Off The Record”
show from 4:30 until 5:30 o’clock
daily.
Baxter Morris conducts the very
popular “Sylvan Valley Coffee
Call” and “Late Risers Reveille,”
and listeners are cordially invited
to mail in their requests.
“Pisgah Swing Time” heard daily
at 3:05 and “1240 Club” heard each
evening at 6:15 are also popular
DJ shows over WPNF, and they
are conducted by Richard Waters.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
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THREE AWARDS OF
SILVER DOLLARS TO
BE MADE AUG. 9TH
Marked Reductions Feature
Timely Offerings In
Brevard Stores
STARTS TODAY
A town - wide four - day Dollar
Days event will begin in Brevard
this (Thursday) morning and will
continue through next week. On
Tuesday, August 9, at 5:30 o’clock,
175 silver dollars will be awarded.
There will be three prizes — of
$100, $50 and $25 each. The
awards will be made in front of
the Plummer building on West
Main street.
Extraordinary values are being
offered by participating merchants
for these four days. There is a
large volume of summer merchan
dise which has been drastically re
duced and a wide variety of other
items which have been marked at
sacrifice prices.
Tickets will be issued to shop
pers during these four days for
each $1.00 spent or paid on ac
count.
This event is being sponsored by
the merchants’ division of the
chamber of commerce, of which
Dan Hawkins is chairman. Aside
from offering individual purchasers
an opportunity to save money on
their personal and household
needs, the collective effect of these
offerings, he said, should give mo
mentum to the trade-at-home idea.
A complete list of the participating
merchants will be found in a dis
play ad on page 8 in the third sec
tion.
Read carefully every ad in this
issue of The Times. Each was pre
pared with one main idea in mind
—to give the buyer extra value for
his money and there is the added’
incentive of the three prizes in sil
ver dollars. Shop Brevard stores
today, Friday, Saturday and all
next week. . ^ \
SHRINERS SPONSOR
TALENT HUNT HERE
Arthur Smith And Cracker
jacks Return To High
School Sat. Night
Arthur Smith and his Cracker
jacks, nationally famous television
stars, will conduct a big talent hunt
program Saturday night in the Bre
vard high school auditorium, begin
ning at 8:15 o’clock. The show is
sponsored by the Transylvania
Shrine club, and the public is cor
dially invited by President Bill
Hensley to attend.
In addition to the Smith troupe,,
there will be 10 acts by top local
amateur and professional entertain
ers. The group will be competing
for a chance to appear on the Ar
thur Smith TV show in Charlotte,
as well as for cash prizes of $10*
$5.00 and $3.00.
Clyde “Cloudy” McLean will con
duct the amateur show, and the
Crackerjacks are expected to play
many of their well known selec
tions on the program.
Tickets are available at Grogan’s,
Ward’s and Jones’ news stands, and
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Red Diamond Oil
Company Remodels
Station On Broad
The Red Diamond Oil company,
of Pickens, S. C., has purchased
the property, formerly occupied by
O. K. Rubber Welders here on
Broad street, from Mrs. Maude B.
Pickelsimer and C. W. Pickelsimer.
At the present time the oil and
gasoline tanks are being buried,
and the service station is expect
ed to be completely remodeled.
Purchase price of the property,
which is located less than a block
from the square, was undisclosed.
A. E. Merrill is in charge of in**
stalling the storage tanks and mak*
ing the driveways.