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yjfii . A Most Hearty Welcome Is Extended To All Persons Attending The 1955 Brevard Music Festival 1955 FESTIVAL ISSUE ☆ WELCOME The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper 1955 FESTIVAL ISSUE WELCOME VoL 66, No. 32 * SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1955 * 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY THE NINTH ANNUAL Bre vard Music Festival, which prom ises to be the finest ever, will open Friday night at beautiful Transylvania Music camp. The 85-piece symphony orchestra, which is under the direction of James Christian Pfohl, director of the camp and festival, who is shown at the left, is pictured above in its first rehearsal Mon day night. At the right is Mrs. Earl Bryant, festival president, and she joins with the other offi cers in welcoming the hundreds of music lovers from all parts of Eastern America to Brevard, the “Summer Music Capital of the South.” $600,000 Building Program Approved On The Campus Of Brevard College Construction Will Begin On Three Structures As Soon As Plans Completed Construction will begin on a $600,000 building program on the campus of Brevard college as soon as plans are completed, the execu tive committee of the board of trustees decided at a meeting Mon day in Gastonia. Chairman Edwin L. Jones^ of Charlotte, presided over the meet ing, which was attended by all members of the committee. Thire are three phases of the builui: g program that was approv ed in its entirety by the executive , committee. A new wing will be added to the womens’ dormitory, and when com pleted, the building will house 180 girls. The second phase of the program is a new college center building, to be located on the site where Old West dormitory stood. This build ing will house a cafeteria, soda shop, bookstore, post office and student and administrative offices, as well as a new auditorium. The Dunham Jdusic and Fine Arts building is the third division of the new building program, and it will be located where the pres eept temporary -science building stands. This building will house •the music, English- language and —Turn -to Page Five CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday. Aug. 11 — Masons meet at 8 o'clock in Masonic tem ple, 8 p. m. Frances Clark piano workshop recital, 8 p. m., Brevard college. Friday, Aug. 12 — Episcopal ba zaar at Puke Power company, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. Beekeepers to have picnic, 7 p, m. Ace of Clubs Mas terpoint game, Gaither’s, 7:45 p. m Opening concert of Brevard Music Festival, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, Aug. ]3 — Baseball game at Camp Straus, 2:30 p. m. Brevard Music Festival, 8:15 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 14 — Attend the church of your choice. Baseball game at Camp Straus, 2:30 p. m. Brevard Music Festival, 4 p. m. —Tan to Page Five From Coa&t-To-Coast Campr Festival Concerts On Three Major Networks I Three major networks* Mutual, | Columbia and National, are ; broadcasting concerts from the Transylvania Music camp and the Brevard Music Festival be tween now and September 25th. Mutual broadcasting system will present six concerts on con secutive Sunday evenings at 8:30 o'clock. Three concerts will be from camp programs and three from the festival. The National broadcasting com pany will present one camp pro gram on August 15 or 22 from 11:30 to 12:00 midnight. Columbia broadcasting system will present two festival con certs. They will be on Sept. 18 and 25 from 11:30 to mid night. WPNF is broadcasting the Mu tual series each Sunday after noon from 2:30 o’clock until 3:00. In addition to the three ma jor networks carrying the music camp and festival programs, sev eral independent stations have included these fine concerts on their logs. Directors Of United Appeal Meet Txtes. A special meeting of the board of directors of United Appeal, IncM here in Brevard, has been called for Tuesday night, 16th, in Gaith er’s Rhododendron room. According to President Robert H. Stamey, the directors will Btudy the proposed budget for 1956, and he urges all members to attend the important session. THE FRANCES CLARK PIANO WORKSHOP opens at Brevard college Thursday morning and many lead ing teachers and students from all parts of the country are expected to attend. Miss Clark, the eminent teacher and director is shown at the left, and Miss Louise Goss, the associate director, is at top right. (See complete story on the front page, third section.) '55 Festival Will Open Friday Night, Most Successful Season Is Expected COUNTY RECEIVES $8,444 FROM SALE OF PISGAH TIMBER Ranger Seely Releases Fig ures For This, Adjoining Counties. Amount Up Transylvania county has received $8,444.48 as its share in the re ceipts from timber sales in Pisgah National Forest, according to Ran ger Ted Seely, of the Pisgah dis trict. This amount represents 25- per cent of the sales from timber tying in this county during the fiscal year 1955. The amount from the timber sales each year goes into the coun ty school fund. Other checks for timber sold off the national forest lands were Henderson county, $1,740.37, and Haywood county, $6,004.13. Last year Transylvania county received $7,146.36, for sale of tim ber in the forest. A total of 86,937 acres of this county is in the Pisgah and Nantahala forests. NEW MICA VEIN SAID DISCOVERED IN UPPER COUNTY Community Club Is Sponsor ing Bingo Party At Center Saturday Night By MRS. H. D. LEE LAKE TOXAWAY — A mica vein which has recently been test ed on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fisher, here, is reported to be of fine quality end in abun dance. Mining operations are ex pected to start soon. A bingo party will be held at the Lake Toxaw’ay school Saturday, Au gust 13th, beginning at 7:30 p. m. This is being sponsoied by the Lake Toxaway Community club and an invitation is extended to every one to attend. A good attendance was reported at the regular first Saturday night singing at the North Toxaway Bap tist church. Textilers quartet, from Greenville, S. C., Ray Byars and the Happy Tones quartet, from —Turn to Page Four Church Bulletins Are Being Sought By Presbyterians The Brevard - Davidson River Presbyterian church is attempting to collect as complete a file as pos sible of back-dated church bulle tins. Members of the congregation, as well as friends who have attended services, have been asked to search closets, attics and storerooms for issues they may have saved and turn them in to the church. The response thus far has been most gratifying, according to Rev. Ben F. Ormand, pastor, who point ed out there can be no better way to trace church history than through the regular Sunday bulletins. “Ses sion records will give accessions, dismissals and deaths,” Mr. Or mand said, “but for the real life of the church, its numerous activities and special events, there is no fin er source than the bulletins.” The bulletin file for the year 1952 has already been completed and only a few scattered issues for 1953 and 1954 are now needed. •—Turn to Page Four Motor Club Office To Close Saturday Jay I. Coffey said yesterday that the branch office of the Carolina Motor club, located at Coffey Buick Co., on North Caldwell street for the past two years, will cease to function on Saturday. Mr. Coffey said he was unable to say who would take over the duties of the club or what arrange ments, if any, had been made to continue the service here. BREVARD’S OWN, O. K. Smathers, is now leading in the National Archery tournament at Oxford, Ohio, and in a wire to The Times Wednesday morning, he stated: “Competition is really keen.” The tourney ends on Thurs day, and Mr. Smathers’ son and daughter and Malinda Bangs are also entered in the event. (See story on sports page.) Maps Showing Fishing Streams And Lakes Be Ready Next Week MIAMI DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS TO CAMP AT SKY-TOP Parade And Concert Planned Here By Famed Group During Encampment The Miami drum and bugle corps, recognized as one of the top out fits of its kind in America, will hold a two-weeks’ encampment at Sky Top camp above Rosman, begin ning on August 19th, it is an nounced today. The corps has paraded at leading conventions throughout the United States, and a parade and concert is planned here in Brevard during the encampment at Sky-Top. Nate Miller, camp owner, said yesterday that he is most pleased to have this famed group at Sky Top, which ends its third success ful camp season next week. The Miami drum and bugle corps is sponsored by the American Legion at Miami. I - Other Action Is Taken By Chamber Of Commerce Di rectors Tuesday Night Fishing maps showing streams and lakes in Western North Caro lina will be on hand at the chamber of commerce office next week, ac cording to action taken by the di rectors at their meeting here Tues day night. Mrs. Alex Kizer, secretary, said that calls were being received by people interested in spending some time in both trout and lake fishing, and that a map recently published by the Stephens Press at Asheville was regarded as up-to-date and au thentic. The maps show streams and lakes in this county as well as other western counties. These maps will be in addition to the WNC Vacation maps already on hand in the Brevard office, as well as other offices throughout the western part of the state and in the travel bureau at Raleigh. Nearly 100,000 of the Vacation maps have been distributed to agen cies dealing with tourists. Mrs. Kizer said that a feature story for the Ladies Home Journal —Turn to Page Five Program Highlights Many News Broadcasts Carried Over WPNF, Station Manager Cites Log With Hurricane Connie fast ap proaching the shores of North and South Carolina, the latest news ov er the radio becomes a “must” for Transylvanians, and WPNF is on the job with the latest reports, ac cording to Bobby Hoyle, the station manager. Due to the heavy demand for the schedule of news reports, Mr. Hoyle is releasing the following schedule: news and weather during the morning at 6:00, 7:00 and 11:00 o’clock, afternoons 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00 o’clock, and during the eve nings at 6:10, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 and 9:55 o’clock. World news and Carolina news and weather is heard at 8:00 a. m., and 1:00 p. m., and farm and mar ket reports are scheduled at 11:55 daily. Local news is heard at 7:30 each morning and at 6:00 p. m. each eve ning. Sport news broadcasts are slated at 6:45 p. m., Monday through Fri day, and at 6:15 each Saturday. Church news is heard at 9:30 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. “Keep tuned to WPNF, your in dependent music and news station,” Mr. Hoyle states, and he empha sizes that all programs are inter rupted when there are special news —Turn to Page Five ORCHESTRA AND PIANIST TO PLAY IN FIRST CONCERT Record Crowds Anticipated. Three Concerts Are Set Each Week End PROCLAMATION ISSUED1 The Tenth Annual Brevard Music Festival opens Friday night at the Brevard Music Center auditorium with Thomas Brockman, pianist, of Greenville, S. C., as soloist with the Brevard Festival orchestra, James Christian Pfohl conducting, in a concert at 8:15. During the festival, which takes place the last three week ends in August, several internationally fa mous concert artists will appear at the center. Anshel Brusilow, violinist, will be heard with the festival orches tra Saturday evening. The orches tra and festival chorus, conducted by Donald Plott, with soprano Ag nes Davis, Walter Carringer, tenor, and Andrew White, baritone, as so loists, will present “The Seasons” by Haydn Sunday afternoon at four. The festival has become a sum - mer institution of national reputa tion in the music world. Its tenth season is expected to be the most successful and draw the largest crowds in the history of the festi val. The 85-piece orchestra, composed of professionals and the more pro ficient students of Transylvania Music camp, is considered one of the best to perform in the history of the event. Musicians on leave ii om tne nation’s fine symphony orchestras — Cincinnati, Baltimore* Kansas City, and others — form the backbone of the orchestra. Mayor John A. Ford has issued a proclamation, which proclaims the period August 12-28 as “Bre —Turn to Page Five MASONS SEEKING / PICS OF MASTERS Local Masonic Order Is 8& Years Old. Total Of 53 Has Headed Body The officers and members o£ the Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge* have launched a movement to get pictures of all past masters of the local Masonic lodge and have them placed in the lobby upstairs of the temple on East Main street, Ansel Hart, the worshipful master, an nounces today. The local secretary, Henry H.„ Henderson, and W. L. Mclver, grand secretary of the lodge of North Carolina, have compiled the list of all past masters and the years they served. The date of the charter of the Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge, the oldest in the 38th district, is De cember 4, 1867. S. V. Pickens served as the first master, and was reelected and served in 1869. The fiscal year for the Masonic lodges ended on June 30th each year, and in 1932 this was changed to December 31st. According to the records, the lo —Turn to Page Five 175 Silver Dollars Awarded Citizens To Climax Trading Days Miss Pauline Manley was the winner of 100 silver dollars in the climaxing event of the trade days held during the past two weeks by local merchants under the auspices of the merchants committee of the Brevard chamber of commerce. A good crowd attended the awarding of prizes Tuesday after noon on West Main street. R. H. Plummer, a member of the committee, thanked all citizens for “trading at home,” and other win ners in the awarding were: V. P. Fullbright, Brevard, 50 sil ver dollars. Mrs. Leo Winchester, Brevard* route 1, 25 silver dollars.
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