TRANSYLVANIA—
Hie Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
Vol. 66, No. 35
A State And National P r i ze-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1955 A 20 PAGES TODAY *
TRANSYLV ANIA
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1900 Census, 15.32L
Brevard Community 7394.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BREVARD’S HIGH SCHOOL band is
pictured above making its first appear
ance of the season as it welcomed the
famed Miami Drum and Bugle corps to
town recently. Both of these fine musical
organizations will perform at the Bre
vard-Cranberry game Friday night, and
the Brevard band will parade through
the business district of Brevard at 3:00
o’clock Friday afternoon. The majorettes
can be noted in front of the band, and
Director John Eversman is marching at
the side. (Times Staff Photo)
Record Enrollment Of 3,938 Students
Reported In Transylvania's Schools
Brevard College Is Also Ex
pecting Capacity Number.
Breakdown Is Given
A record enrollment of 3,938 stu
dents is attending the 13 schools in
Transylvania county, and an even
greater number is anticipated dur
ing the next few weeks.
A capacity enrollment of more
than 250 students is also expected
at Brevard college, President Rob
ert H. Stamey announces today.
Freshmen will arrive at the col
lege on Sept. 11th, and the new
term begins on Sept. 15th.
Supt. J. B. Jones today gives a
breakdown of attendance in the
county’s 13 schools at the end of
the first week.
The enrollment this year com
pares with 3,782 students last year,
which is a gain of 156.
The enrollment in the various
schools for this year and last is as
follows:
Schools 1955 1954
Brevard High_ 553 536
Brevard Elementary _1096 1132
Penrose_ 314 294
Straus_ 402 287
Quebec_ 68 59
Rosman High- 220 204
Rosman Elementary-. 635 612
Pisgah Forest_ 264 275
Silversteen- 23 22
Selica- 46 54
Lake Toxaway_ 89 81
Balsam Grove_ 30 26
Rosenwald_ 198 200
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Brownie Troops To
Hold First Meets
First meetings of the Brownie
troops in Brevard are announced
today.
Troop 85 is slated to meet on
Thursday, Sept. 1, and the other
two troops, Nos. 77 and 82, are
scheduling meetings next Wednes
day, Sept. 7th.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 1 — Salk polio
vaccine to be administered at Tran
sylvania Community hospital. Pres
byterian and Methodist women’s
circles meet. Lions club meets at 7
p. m., at Gaither’s.
Friday, Sept. 2 — Kiwanis club
meets at 6:45 p. m., at Gaither’s.
First Brevard high football game,
8 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 3 — American
Legion auxiliary dance at 8:30 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 4 — Attend the
church of your choice. Baseball
game at Camp Straus, 1 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 5 — Labor Day.
All stores, town and county offices
are closed. Rotary club will not
meet
Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Moose club
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Stores To Close
Labor Day Will Be Observed
Quietly In Town And County
The Labor Day week end in Bre
vard and Transylvania county will
be quietly observed, and present
indications point to a large number
of visitors in the area.
Most of the Brevard stores will
be closed on Monday, as will the
town and county offices. The bank
will also observe the holiday, and
there will be no rural or city mail
delivery. The windows at the post
office will be open only from 11
o'clock until noon on Monday.
Many picnickers and sightseers
are expected in the town and coun
ty, and the Pisgah National Forest
will probably have a record num
ber in its recreational facilities.
A benefit dance, which will
launch Labor Day week end activi
ties in Brevard, is slated for Satur
day night in the American Legion
building.
Red Cross Ends
Successful Aquatic
School Thursday
The second American Red Cross
Aquatic school for the 1955 season
closes at Camp Carolina near Bre
vard Thursday.
Ellis Fysal, director of the school,
states that it has been one of the
most successful ever held here.
Physical education instructors from
11 colleges were included in the
large enrollment.
Mr. Fysal also points out that
the good weather during the ses
sion has contributed immeasurably
to its success.
Students gave a water show for
instructors and guests on the lake
Tuesday night.
Dancing will begin at 8:30 o’clock
and the event is sponsored by the
American Legion auxiliary. Music
will be furnished by Brevard’s own
band, “The Solitaires.”
Mrs. Opal King is the general
chairman, and members of the va
rious committees are as follows:
decorations, Mrs. Margaret Head,
Mrs. Joyce Hurlbut, Mrs. Josie
Clark and Mrs. Betty Batson; con
cessions, Miss Opal Fullbright,
Mrs. Margaret Hampton and Mrs.
Lucy Orr; tickets, Mrs. Willie Doc
kins, Mrs. Margaret Woodard, Mrs.
Mildred Batson, Mrs. Lucy Deavor
and Mrs. Inez Whitmire; and pub
licity, Mrs. Juanita Cox and Mrs.
Eunice Waldrop.
The regular first Monday meet
ing of the county board of commis
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Local Trio Captured,
FacesiRobbery Charges
Three Transylvania county men,
Hoyt Mathis, Bobby Masters and
Mike Horton, are being held in the
jail at Spartanburg, S. C., on charg
es of breaking and entering and
larceny from service stations and
grocery stores in several counties
of North and South Carolina.
According to Sheriff “Scott” Dil
lingham, the men have confessed to
robbing the Pisgah Trading Post
and Chapman’s grocery at Middle
Fork.
They were nabbed by the Spar
tanburg rural police, following a
tip by Sheriff Dillingham, and loot,
consisting of some 82 cartons of cig
WPNF Program HighlighU
Play-By-Play Description Of High
School Football Games To Be Carried
Play-by-play description of the
Brevard high school football games
will be carried over WPNF this
fall, Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
announces today.
As in past years, the games are
being sponsored by Gaither’s and
Coca-Cola, and both home ^Smes
and out-of-town contests will be
aired each Friday night.
Mr. Hoyle urges all persons to at
tend the games, and when they are
unable to do so, he asks them to
tune in WPNF, Brevard’s indepen
dent music, news and sports sta
tion.
Friday night’s game pits Brevard
vs. Cranberry, and there will be
special parades and shows featur
ing the Brevard high school band
and the Miami Drum and Bugle
corps.
Game time is 8:00 o’clock, and
WPNF will carry its listeners di
rectly to the high school field at
that time.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Tlfursday, soil conser
vation service, H. E. Newland; Fri
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Second Series Of Salk Vaccine Will
Be Given School Children On Thursday
RED CROSS WILL
RAISE $300 HERE
FOR FLOOD RELIEF
Chairman Himes Says No
Door-To-Door Drive Will
Be Made. Urges Letters
Transylvanians are being asked
to help in the Red Cross flood disas
ter emergency campaign, and ac
cording to Chairman Charles F.
Himes, the quota is $300.
Mr. Himes says there will be no
house-to-house or door-to-door so
licitation, but he urges all persons
to mail in their contributions to
chapter treasurer, Alex Kizer.
The National Red Cross is rais
ing $8,000,000, Mr. Himes says, and
Transylvania’s is said to be a rock
bottom quota. He points out the
thousands of persons who have
been aided by the Red Cross not
only in the flood restricted areas
but also at North Carolina beaches
during both Hurricanes Connie and
Diane.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
a story which is a typical example
of the work Red Cross has been do
ing in the flooded areas of Penn
sylvania, New York and Connecti
cut. The grandchildren of Mr. and
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I
FAIR SATURDAY
ATMIDDLEFORK
Chairmen Of Various Exhi
bits Listed. Prizes And
Ribbons Offered
The Middle Fork Community
Fair, which is being sponsored by
the Middle Fork Community Devel
opment club, will be held Saturday,
Sept. 3, at the community center
from 11 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Chairmen of the various exhibits
include: Mrs. Roy Aiken and Mrs.
Robert Chappell, canned goods;
Curtis Chapman, vegetables; Mrs.
Gene McCrary, needlework; Mrs.
Oscar Barrett, flowers; Mrs. D. L.
Glazener and Mrs. Jack Fisher,
cakes, candies, breads and pies;
and Mrs. W. S. Sagar, hobbies. The
exhibits are open only to the resi
dents of the Middle Fork commu
nity.
Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Rosetti and
Mrs. Norris Berkshire will be in
charge of the refreshment stand.
The public is invited to partici
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arettes, other goods and a cigar box
of nickels, which had just been
stolen from a store in Cleveland
county and a station near Spartan
burg, was found in the car in which
the group was traveling.
The local sheriff says the trio
has been operating in Transylva
nia, Pickens and other adjoining
counties for the past few weeks. An
arrest of a person, or persons,
through whom the robbers have
been disposing of their stolen prop
erty is expected immediately, Sher
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Grandchildren Of
Runions In Thick
Of Terrible Flood
Jimmy and Betty Heinly,
grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bunion, of Brevard, were
evacuated from Lutheran camps
in the thick of the terrible flood
near Stroudsburg, Pa.
The children were unharmed
and well cared for until they
were returned safely to their
home in Glen Rock, N. J. How
ever, their parents, Mr. and Mrs.'
E. J. Heinly, could get no word
from them from Thursday until
the following Tuesday.
Jimmy was at Camp Miller,
which was almost totally destroy
ed by the flood waters. He and
300 other boys waded out in waist
deep water, losing all of their
clothes. None of the group was
harmed. Sister Betty was at near
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OAK GROVE METHODIST CHURCH, the oldest
Methodist church in Transylvania, will observe its 108th
anniversary on Sunday, with the homecoming program
beginning at 10:00 o’clock that morning. Rev. Robert H.
Stamey, president of Brevard college, will deliver the
sermon at the 11:00 o’clock worship hour, and following
dinner on the grounds, a special musical program will be
held, featuring leading quartets of the area. The pastor,
Rev. W. A. Kerr, cordially invites all members and the
public to attend. (Times Staff Photo)
Tenth Festival Was Most
Successful, New Officers
Of Foundation Are Named
Edmund D. Campbell Is The
New President. Board
Members Listed
Edmund D. Campbell, of Arling
ton, Va., was elected president of
the Brevard Music Foundation at
an annual meeting of the board of
trustees held at the Transylvania
Music camp last Saturday after
noon.
He succeeds Mrs. Harold N. Cool
edge, of Highlands and Atlanta,
Ga., who has served in this capaci
ty for the past three years.
Mr. Campbell, a brother-in-law
of the camp director, James Chris
tian Pfohl, is a prominent Washing
ton, D. C., attorney. He is a native
of Lexington, Va., and among many
other activities is chairman of the
board of trustees of Mary Baldwin
college.
Chosen as vice presidents were
George Morse, of Biltmore; H. H.
Everett, of Charlotte, and Mrs. J.
H. Bateman, Greenville, S. C. Mrs.
William J. Kirk, of Brevard, was
re-elected secretary and John Ev
ersman, of Brevard and Flat Rock,
was elected treasurer.
Three new members were added
to the board of trustees: Mrs.
Frank D. Brown, of Fort Lauder
dale, Fla.; Mrs. William M. Searcy,
Jr,, of Thomasville, Ga., and Mrs.
Harold Hymds, of Hendersonville.
The board praised the work of
Dr. Pfohl, John Eversman, Mrs.
Cooledge and F. S. Best, retiring
treasurer. In connection with Mr.
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19th Camping Season Was
Also Best Year. Many Con
certs On Air Nationwide
The Transylvania Music camp
and the Brevard Music Festival
have just concluded the best and
most successful season in the his
tory of both organizations which
are owned and operated by the
Brevard Music Foundation, a non
profit educational group, it was an
nounced today.
This was the 19th camping sea
son and a total of 207 talented boys
and girls were enrolled. This rep
resented an increase of 13 over
1954. The camp’s staff, faculty and
counsellors totalled 108.
Throughout the camp season of
six and a half weeks, a minimum of
three concerts were given each
week and they were well attended.
During the three - week music
festival, which ended Sunday, nine
concerts were given by the 85
piece orchestra and guest artists,
and attendance numbered over 8,
000. The Friday evening and Sun
day afternoon concerts attracted
capacity audiences.
Concerts of both the camp and
festival are being broadcast over
three national networks, and 10
weekly television programs have
been presented over WBTV, Char
lotte. In addition, 12 radio stations
in the Carolinas have been carrying
a special weekly series.
A financial report shows that
the camp and festival have operat
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Many Improvements Being Made'To
Recreational Areas In The Pisgah
Recreation area improvements
costing $5,000 will be completed by
spring in the Pisgah district, Pis
gah National Forest, Ranger Ted
Seely reveals this week.
The forestry crews have already
completed rebuilding work at Fry
ing Pan Gap recreation area. This
included four new picnic tables and
fireplaces, one shelter rebuilt,
spring repaired, latrines repaired
and extensive graveling and grad
ing of the trails in the area.
Ranger Seely says that the men
are now working on a replacement
system for the Stoney Fork recrea
tion area.
Mr. Seely also outlined the plans
for work at the other areas. Coon
Tree, one of the most popular pic
nicking spots, will get new latrines
and a water system for the first
time.
At North Mills River two new
latrines will be replaced.
At Sycamore Flats, the colored
area, a new water system is to be
built and one latrine replaced.
At Sliding Rock, just off High
way 276, a picnic area will be fur
nished for the first time. Long one
of the most popular swimming
areas in the Pisgah, Sliding Rock
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CLINIC IS SET
AGAIN HERE AT
LOCAL HOSPITAL
Dr. Newland Urges All Pa
rents To Cooperate With.
Important Program
SAFETY ASSURED
The second phase of “Operations
Ouch” will be held at Transylvania
' Community hospital Thursday
morning, when 725 boys and girls
will receive another shot of the
Salk polio vaccine.
The serum will be given only to
those boys and girls who received
their first shot last April at the
hospital. Dr. C. L. Newland, health
officer in charge, strongly urges all
parents of these children to see
that they get the second injection.
When the Salk vaccine becomes
available for children in other age
groups, a similar clinic will be $et
up for giving it to them.
Dr. Newland states that all physi
cians in the county have volunteer
ed their services in giving the vac
cine. The same mothers who assist
ed at the spring clinic will also be
on hand Thursday since they are
familiar with the procedure.
Children are taken to the hos
pital on school buses and are given
the vaccine at one of four stations*
A, B, C, or D. The set-up does not
in any way interfere with the hos
pital routine since the children
come into the building only at the
designated stations.
Dr. Newland stresses that it has
been proven the vaccine in no way
can cause harmful effects to the
child. He asks the cooperation of
the parents in completing this vital
program designed one day to end
I the crippling disease of polio.
TEACHERS NAMED
FOR AIL SCHOOLS
Transylvania Now Has 13T
In System. Several Spe
cial Ones In Group
Transylvania now has a total of
137 teachers and principals in the
13 schools in the town and coun
ty, Supt. J. B. Jones announces.
There are 86 teachers in district
one, with R. T. Kimzey as district
principal, and 34 in district two,
with E. F. Tilson as the district
principal. Twelve teachers com
prise a special [jroup, teaching mu
sic, vocational agriculture, home
economics, etc.
Mrs. Kate Cornue is the super
visor, and John Eversman and
Charles Glass are directors and
teachers of band music. Vocational
agriculture teachers are Randal Ly
day at Brevard, and B. E. Keisler
at Rosman. Mrs. Rose Burrell is
the home economics teacher here,
and Mrs. S. C. Clapp teaches home
economics in the upper county
schools.
Included in the special music
teachers group are Mrs. Ruth Smith.
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