TRANSYLVANIA—
Land of Waterfalls,
Mecta for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tkmal Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
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TRAN8YLVANIA—
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and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census. IfiJBXL
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 66, N ^ 36
* SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1955
★ 16 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MAIN STREET—’WAY BACK YONDER. That’s
right. The above photograph was taken many, many
years ago, looking down West Main street from the
square here in Brevard. The corner store building is now
occupied by Long’s drug store, and the photo was given
to The Times by John W. Smith, who was barbering here
when it was taken. Mr. Smith celebrates 50 years of ser
vice in the barber profession this week, and a special
article and other photographs can be found on the front
page of the r »cond section of this week’s paper.
PENROSE SCHOOL
IS PLACED ON THE
ACCREDITED LIST
The Penrose school has been
j placed on the accredited list of
schools in North Carolina, Supt. J.
B. Jones reports today.
Two other schools in the county
—Pisgah Forest and Rosman—were
! previously placed on the accredited
list.
Supt. Jones says the Straus
school will probably be placed on
the list this year.
He explains that the Brevard
schools are not accredited because
of the size of the classrooms and
also because classes are being held
in the auditorium. Rosenwald is
not accredited because they do not
have a sufficient number of pupils
for a teacher for each grade.
Other retirements for Accredi
tation are fall teachers mufe have
grade A certificates; chd$rooms
must be a standard size; there must
be an auditorium or a lunchroom
for meeting purposes; the school
must have a Central library ; and in
struction must be on a high level.
Supt. Jones says that all teach
ers and principals in Transylvania
are invited to attend a special meet
ing on Saturday at the Biltmore
high school, when Nathan Yelton,
state director of the teachers and
state employee retirement system,
will be the principal speaker.
Drive To Raise $20,000 To Build New
Librai ' Here WiU Begin On Sept. 15th
Building V/ill Be Of Modem
Design. To Contain Cha >
ber Of Commerce Office
A drive to raise $20,000 to build
a new library here in Brevard will
be launched on September 15th, it
is announced today.
At the most recent meeting of
the county-wide library committee
it was reported that this amount
would be sufficient to build and to
equip a modern structure on the
lot directly behind the present li
brary building.
The building would be of mod
ern, simple design and would also
house the office of the Brevard
chamber of commerce.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., chairman
of the special committee to raise
funds to build the new library, pre
sided over the meeting and report
ed that the various committees had
been busy and that everything will
be in readiness to conduct the cam
paign to be launched on the 15th
of this month.
George Perkins, Sr., who was in
charge of the committee to locate a
site, reported that the lot behind
the present library was the choice
of his group and would be ideal for
a new building.
He also explained that heat could
be obtained from the court house
furnace and he said that cost of
such a building would run from
five to eight dollars per foot.
Chairman Ramsey reported that
Henry McDonald, architect, had
previously drawn up plans for a li
brary and that he felt sure that
these could be used. Plans and
specifications and a drawing of the
building will be presented to the
committee prior to the launching
of the drive.
The committee expressed appre
ciation to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sil
versteen for their offer of another
lot to the library.
Mr. Ramsey said that every com
munity in the county would be or
ganized, and that committee mem
bers would be announced next
week.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 8 — Advisory
council of the NCEA at 6:30 p. m.
in the Brevard school cafeteria.
Transylvania Republican Women’s
club banquet, 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Masons meet at 8 p. m. in Masonic
temple.
Friday, Sept. 9 — Hospital auxil
iary meets at 3 p. m., in the hos
pital dining room. Brevard vs. A. C.
Reynolds (Oakley-Fairview) here
at 8 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 10 — Attend the
church of your choice, Davidson
River Day at Brevard Presbyterian
church. Homecoming at the King
—Turn to Page Eight
Clinic Friday
556 Transylvania Boys, Girls
Take Second Salk Polio Shot
A total of 556 boys and girls re
ceived Salk polio vaccine shots in
the second series held at the Tran
sylvania Community hospital last
Thursday, and another clinic is
being set up for this Friday at 1:00
o’clock at the office of the Transyl
vania-health department, Dr. C. L.
Newland, the health officer an
nounces.
Some 729 school children were
eligible to receive the second shots,
and the 174 who failed to get them
at the hospital clinic are urged to
come to the health department on
Friday. Children should be accom
panied by a parent to the clinic.
The clinic on Friday will con- i
Legionnaires Launch
Membership Drive
The annual drive for members in
the Monroe Wilson post of the
American Legion is now underway,
and Raymond F. Bennett, the chair
man, gave a report of the drive at
the last regular meeting of the
post.
The goal is 617 members, and on
November 12th prizes, totalling
more than $500 in value, will be
awarded.
Among the array of fine prizes
are two automatic rifles, a shotgun,
pistol, automobile tires, clothes, ra
dio, etc., as well as several cash
—Turn to Page Four
elude the series for the first and
second graders. The first shots were
given last spring at the hospital.
Dr. Newland says the clinic at
the hospital was most successful,
and he wishes to thank the other
doctors who volunteered their ser
vices. Sincere appreciation is ex
pressed by the health officer to the
many volunteers who helped make
the clinic so successful.
The vaccine given to the boys
and girls in the two clinics was fur
nished without charge by the Na
tional Polio Foundation. Any fu
ture supply of vaccine which is dis
—Turn To Page Four
Brevard College To Open With Capacity
Enrollment, Now Holding Workshop
LABOR DAY WEEK
END WAS QUIETLY
OBSERVED HERE
One Minor Accident In Coun
ty Was Reported. Brevard
Stores, Offices Closed
The Labor Day week end in Tran
sylvania county was quietly observ
ed, and according to the highway
patrol no serious accidents were
reported in Transylvania. One
wreck, in which no one was hurt
a’nd only slight damages reported,
was investigated by Patrolman Bill
Sawyer.
Most of Brevard’s stores were
closed Monday as were the town
and county offices.
Many Transylvanians" attended
the Apple Festival in Henderson
ville, and the Brevard high school
band, under the direction of John
Eversman, was included in the gi
gantic parade Monday afternoon.
Patrolman Jack Cabe and Patrol
man Sawyer distributed safety pam
phlets to motorists, and the wrecked
car demonstration on the square,
which was erected by the Jaycees,
attracted considerable attention.
The Jaycees also sold lemonade
and gave out safety driving mes
sages to motorists Monday after
noon
DROP COURTESY
PARKING PLAN
t s
Growing Violations Force
Merchants To Act After
Period Of 18 Months
Permission was granted the mer
chants’ division of the chamber of
commerce to abandon the courtesy
parking plan on October 1 by town
council at a regular meeting Tues
day night. A delegation headed by
Dan Hawkins, chairman of the mer
chants’ group, presented the re
quest to the city fathers.
The merchants at a meeting held
at 1 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room agreed without debate
to abandon the plan. It was brought
out at the meeting that the numbers
of violators, principally local peo
ple, had grown to such an extent
that continuing the plan would
—Torn to Page Four
Town Board Discusses
Many Matters At Meet
The town board of aldermen held
a busy and lengthy session Tues
day night, and the meeting was re
cessed until next Monday night
when action will be taken on sev
eral matters.
Among the items discussed were
parking meters, the ordinance re
lating to trailer courts, paving of
streets and sidewalks, street lights,
etc. A new policeman, Boyce Gil
lespie, was employed, and the al
dermen agreed to have the manu
facturer of the parking meters to
Body Of John Fisher, Confederate
Soldier; Being Returned For Burial
4
By STAFF WRITER
Funeral services for John Fisher,
41, who died in a Northern prisoner
of war barracks of smallpox on
Feb. 28, 1864, at Rock Island, 111.,
will be held at Lake Toxaway Bap
tist church on Sunday at 2:00 p. m.
Rev. C. W. Rogers will officiate
and interment will be in the church
cemetery beside the body of his
father, James Washington Fisher,
who served in the Continental
army.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, as
follows: John Fisher, jof Lake Tox
away; John Fisher, of Quebec; John
J. Fisher, John C. Fisher and John
L. Fisher, all of Try on; John T.
Fisher, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and
Brevard.
Other surviving grandchildren
include Ralph R. Fisher, of Bre
vard, Mrs. T. P. Galloway, of Ros
—Turn to Page Four
JOHN FISHER
come here and change the meters
to a one coin machine.
A protest was heard by the board
from several persons who object
ed to a trailer court being erected
on the lot at the corner of England
and Probarte street. The board
said that the owner of the property
had applied for a permit to have
one trailer on the lot and this was
in accordance with the law.
The board agreed to have the zon
ing committee make a study of the
trailer court ordinance, and no fur
ther permits will be issued by the
building inspector until this work
is completed.
As of October 1st, the board will
take over the operation of the park
ing meters, which have been un
der the supervision of merchants’
committee of the chamber of com
merce for the past 18 months.
Goal Of Red Cross
For Flood Disaster
Is Oversubscribed
The American Red Cross an
nounces today that the national
goal for 10 million dollars for
flood relief has been raised, and
the local chairman, Charles F.
Himes, thanks all persons who
contributed here during the past
week. Actually, the chairman
says, the goal was oversubscribed.
Transylvania’s goal was $300,
and Mr. Himes said that a good
many contributions were sent in
through the mail. There was no
organized solicitation campaign
to raise the prescribed amount in
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty.
MRS. LEILA ENGLISH, who will be one of the hon
orees at the banquet Thursday night honoring the 35th
anniversary of women’s suffrage, is pictured at the left
holding a sample ballot that she cast in the first election
in 1920. Mrs. L. D. Martin, the general chairman of ar
rangements for the dinner meeting, sponsored by the
Transylvania Republican Women’s club, is shown at the
right. Mrs. English is probably one of the few women in
America who has saved her first ballot and she says the
men for whom she voted all won. See page eight, first
section, for complete story on the banquet. (Times Staff
Photo)
Committee Chairman For United
Appeal Fund Appointed, Drive
To Be Started Here Next Month
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BUS SCHEDULE
CHANCES MADE
BY QUEEN CITY
Protest* Made To Commis
sion By Chambers Of Com
merce Groups In County
New schedule by the Smoky
Mountain Trailways bus lines, now
operated by Queen City, went into
effect in Transylvania county Wed
nesday, with reduced routings over
that which has been enjoyed for
some time.
The noon-time round trip arriv
ing from Asheville at 12:15 and on
to Franklin and Atlanta, returning
through Brevard at 2:55 and on to
Asheville has been discontinued.
This bus waa using the Brevard
Cashier to Franklin route as a tem
porary routing due to highway con
struction between Sylva and Frank
lin.
The bus, which has been leaving
Rosman where it remained over
night, has been connected with a
bus from Atlanta, and is supposed
to reach Brevard on its trip north
to Asheville at 8:30 o’clock in the
morning. Only one round trip per
day will be made on this run and
will return to Brevard from Ashe
ville to Rosman and Pickens at
—Torn to Page Eight
President Stamey Speaks Of
Plans At Methodist Men’s
Club Tuesday
The officers and directors of the
United Appeal fund here are mak
ing plans for the ’56 campaign,
which will be held in October, and
President Robert H. Stamey an
nounces today that various commit
tees are now being appointed.
Mr. Stamey explained the organ
ization of the local group and plans
for the big drive at the regular
meeting of the Methodist Men’s
club Tuesday night at the church.
Other officers of the fund are
speaking at various meetings of
clubs and groups, and as committee
chairmen appoint members of their
various groups, Mr. Stamey urges
them to report the names to Charles
L. Russell at the Ecusta Paper cor
poration.
Randal J. Lyday, campaign chair
man, urges all chairmen and cap
tains to begin now to make plans
for the October drive.
John Anderson and Bobby Hoyle
are co-chairmen of the publicity
and promotion and serving with
them are Mrs. John R. Sledge, H. B.
Shiflet and Vernon Fricks.
Committee chairmen and cap
tains as announced by Mr. Lyday
are as follows:
Advance gifts committee: Mrs.
Robert Colwell, chairman, F. S.
Best, Gil Coan.
Business solicitations committee:
—Turn to Page Four
Program Highlights
To Begin An Outstanding Series
Of Public Service Programs, WPNF
A series of outstanding public
service programs will be started
this month over WPNF each after
noon at 5:00 o’clock, John Dellin
ger, the program chairman, an
nounces today.
One afternoon the various schools
will be heard and then P-TA organ
izations will have one program each
week. The college faculty and staff
will be heard weekly, and the
health office and the library will
also broadcast one day each week.
On this Friday evening at 7:15
o’clock the library committee will
tell of plans for the campaign to
raise $20,000 to build a new libra
ry here, and the public is most cor
dially invited to hear this program.
At 8:00 o’clock Friday night
WPNF will carry a play-by-play de
scription of the Brevard - Reynolds
game for the benefit of all persons
who will be unable to attend.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Farm Home
administration, T. T. Turnley; Fri
day, Holmes State Nursery, D. W.
Brenneman; Monday, county ag
—Turn to Page Four
VIRGINIA LODGE
TO BE USED, ALL
DORMS ARE FULL
President Stamey Says En>
thusiasm High. Most Suc
cessful Year Is Seen
TALKS OUTLINED
During the coming week, Bre
vard college will begin its 102nd
year of educational and religious
service to the youth of the Western
Carolinas and the nation, President
Robert H. Stamey announces today.
Prior to the opening of the new
school year, the faculty, staff and
student leaders are this week end
holding a workshop conference at
beautiful Camp Tekoa, near Hen
dersonville.
Interest in this workshop ha*
been engendered by a capacity en
rollment for the fall session of Bre
vard college, which will begin Sep
tember 11. Every bed in all dormi
tories has been assigned. Virginia
Lodge, which was leased for the
overflow of men, is full. The ca
pacity enrollment, plus the new
$600,000 building program, which
will include an auditorium, cafete
ria, fine arts building, new wing to
the women’s residence, administra
tive offices, and student center,
tends to make this one of the most
important faculty - student work
confeernces of recent years. The
college is dedicating its facilities to
a program of giving service to the
i community it serves.
Mr. Stamey yesterday set the
tone for the meeting with an open
ing address on “The Challenge to
Creative Living.” This was fol
lowed by the assistant to the pres
ident, A. G. Burchfiel, speaking on
“The Atmosphere of Creativity.'*
Business manager, F. T. Car land,
discussed “The Business Office
and the Community,” and Weldon
Hall talked on “Public Relations
—Turn to Page Eight
FISHER REUNION IS
SET SATURDAY
Hundreds Expected To At
tend Event At Lake
Toxaway Church
The annual Fisher reunion, the
highlight event of the year for resi
dents in upper Transylvania coun
ty, will be held on Saturday, be
ginning at 10 o’clock, at the Lake;
Toxaway Baptist church.
Luncheon will be served on the
grounds at the noon hour and the
business session and singing will
also be included on the day’s pro
gram.
The cemetery has been beauti
fied for the event, and all relatives
and friends of the Fisher clan are
cordially invited to attend the re
union by Ralph R. Fisher, president
of the reunion.
The reunion embraces the de
scendants of James Washington.
Fisher and is in the nature of a
homecoming for residents of that
part of the county.
Mr. Fisher, who is ill at his home
here, says he hopes to be able to
attend the reunion.
Carringer Sings
Sunday At Local
Methodist Church
Walter Carringer, tenor of Mur
phy, and 1955 soloist at the Bre
vard Music Festival, will give a con
cert of sacred music here Sunday
evening, September 11, at 8 p. m.,
in the Brevard Methodist church.
This will be in the form of a un
ion service and members of all
faiths will be welcomed.
Mr. Carringer will be accompa
nied by Mrs. Louise P. Miller, or
ganist.
The noted tenor was for 3% years
soloist with the Robert Shaw cho
rale. He has appeared as soloist in:
nine appearances in Town Hall and;
two appearances in Carnegie Hull.
Mr. Carringer has appeared on all'
major radio networks and has
made recordings for RCA.
For the past four summers he
has been a member of the faculty
at Transylvania Music camp.