' TRANSYLVANIA—
Hie Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National P ri ze-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
VoL 66, No. 37
¥ SECTION ONE ¥ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1955 * 22 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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PLANS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY
are being looked over with an approv
ing eye by three of the key figures in the
campaign to raise $20,000 to build a mod
ern building on the court house lawn.
Ralph H. Ramsey, chairman of the build
ing fund committee, is at left, and Henry
McDonald, local architect, who drew the
plans, is in the center. Mrs. Oliver Orr,
chairman of the library board, is at the
right. The campaign begins Thursday
morning and all Transylvanians are be
ing asked to help in this progressive cam
paign. (Times Staff Photo)
Brevard College Begins 'Best Year/
Dorms Filled With Capacity Enrollment
Day Students Are Still Being
Accepted. Classes Begin
This Thursday
Enrollment at Brevard college is
exceeding all expectations, Presi
dent Robert H. Stamey reported at
noon Wednesday.
As registration continued for the
remainder of the day, a total of 248
chapel seats had been assigned,
and indications pointed to nearly
a 300 students, including the special
students in music and business.
President Stamey pointed out
that while all dormitory space has
been occupied, that there are still
openings for day students.
The fact that several out-of-town
students were turned away Tues
day and Wednesday gives added
emphasis to the $600,000 building
campaign, which will be launched
as soon as plans are completed, the
local college president states.
Classes will begin on Thursday,
and Mr. Stamey says the prospects
lor a good year are the best they
have been in a long, long time.
The increase in enrollment made
it necessary for several additions
to be made to the staff and facul
ty. Some of the new personnel are
replacements, but the majority are
new additions.
Principals Name
Kimzey President
New officers of the Transylvania
principals organization of the
NCEA were elected at the first
meeting of the group in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room.
R. T. Kimzey, principal of dis
trict No. 1, was chosen as the pres
ident, and other officers are: F. B.
Cudd, vice president; and Mrs. Ge
neva Paxton, secretary.
Principals attending the meeting
i discussed school problems of the
new year.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 15 — Library
campaign begins. Teachers to have
picnic, Lake Sega, 6 p. m. Lions
club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Masonic meeting in temple at 7:30
p. m. Woodmen to have log rolling,
8 p. m. WSCS .meets at Methodist
church, 8 p. m. Women of Presby
terian church meet, 8 p. m.
> Friday, Sept. 16 — Garden club
meets at 3:30 with Mrs. M. G. Pan
gle. Kiwanis club meets at Gaith
gk cr’s, 6:45 p. m. Brevard vs. Hender
^ sonville, lighted high school field,
, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 17 — American
Legion banquet, 7 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 18 — Attend the
church of your choice. Reception
honoring Brevard college students,
Methodist church, 7 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 19 — Shrine club
meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Rota
ry club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Brevard Music Lovers club meets
—Tar* Te Page Twelve
Big Log Rolling
Woodmen Of Nine Camps Meet
Here This Thursday Evening
Woodmen of Western North
Carolina will hold a log rolling here
Thursday evening at 8:00 o’clock
in the Woodmen hall over Gallo
way’s cafe.
According to J. I. Ayers, the con
sul commander of the Balsam
Camp No. 116, here in Brevard,
some 150 Woodmen from nine
camps will attend the log rolling.
Mr. Ayers cordially invites all
Woodmen in Brevard and Transyl
Calendar Sale
Starts Tomorrow
The annual Lion’s club calendar
sale will start on Friday, September
16th. This is the third year the
Lions have conducted the Friend
ship Birthday calendar sale and
they are looking forward to the
same enthusiastic reception as this
event has received in the past.
Lion representatives, under the
leadership of Hall Smith, Jr., will
begin their canvass on Friday and
plan that it will be completed by
September 24th.
As this sale is essential to the
continuation of the Lion’s work, es
pecially their efforts in behalf of
the blind and visually handicapped,
the public’s participation will be
deeply appreciated and will mean
that for a very small cost to each
person or family the entire commu
nity can help those of its members
most in need.
vania county to attend, and follow
ing the business meeting, the local
Woodmen will serve the group re
freshments.
Commander Ayers says the de
gree team and officers of the Sylva
Woodmen camp will conduct the
initiation.
“This group is very impressive
in this ceremony, and I urge all of
our Woodmen to be on hand for the
log rolling Thursday evening,” Mr.
Ayers said yesterday.
The other camps expected to at
tend the meeting in addition to Bre
vard and Sylva are: Hendersonville,
—Turn to Page Six
Campaign To Raise $20,000 For New
Library Will Be Launched Thursday
COMMERCE BODY
DONATES $1,500
TO LIBRARY FUND
Directors Also Make Contri
bution To Rural Develop
ment Program
To kick off the $20,000 campaign
to build and to equip a new libra
ry in Brevard, the directors of the
Brevard chamber of commerce vot
ed Tuesday night at their regular
monthly meeting to give $1,500 to
the building fund.
The new library, which will be
located on the court house lawn,
will house the chamber of com
merce office, a small room on the
front, the commerce body will pay
up to 25 per cent of the mainten
ance cost of the new building.
President Vernon Fricks presid
ed over the meeting, and several
directors pointed out that the cham
ber of commerce office would in
crease the traffic to the library
and the two together would be a
decided asset to the community.
The directors also voted to ap
propriate $100 to the Rural Devel
opment contest in the county, and
—Turn to Page Six
UNITED CAMPAIGN
IS SET OCT. 17-31
Leaders Are Now Making
Plans For Drive, President
Stamey Announces
Local leaders of the United Ap
peal fund are making plans to con
duct the campaign for 1956, begin
ning October 17th and lasting for
a period of two weeks.
President Robert H. Stamey says
various committees are now meet
ing and working out plans for the
drive, which will have as its goal
the. raising of $22,500, to benefit 17
charitable organizations.
“Actually, the big drive is 17
rolled into one,” President Stamey
stated.
Charles L. Russell and Rev. Ben
—Tara To Page Six
Begins College Series
WPNF To Have Full Week
End Of Football Games
A full schedule of football will
be cam*# over the airlanes of
WPNF. thfa week end, according
to Bobby Hoyle, station mana
ger. ? ’ >
Two big-games will be heard
Saturday, when WPNF joins the
Tobacco Sports network for the
Wake Forest-VPI football game,
with air time 2:15 that afternoon.
Saturday evening at 7:45 a play
by-play description of the N. C.
State-Florida State game will be
broadcast. t
Among the sponsors of the af
ternoon game to be heard over
WPNBare: Brevard Federal Sav
ings dm! Loan, Martin and Jones,
Sledge Radio & TV, Biltmore Dai
ries, Brevard Auto Parts, Red
Diamond service station, Austin’s
Studio, Burgin Furniture com
pany, Sam’s Drive-In, Brevard
Hardware.
Mr. Hoyle urges all sports fans
—Turn To Page Twelve
LEAVES BREVARD — Miss Alma Trowbridge, for
mer society editor of The Times for about 20 years, and
a resident of the community for many more, left Monday
to live with a sister-in-law in Dubuque, Iowa. Although
a native of Missouri, Miss Trowbridge had lived for so
many years in Brevard, she was considered a native. Be
fore entering newspaper work she taught school at Bre
vard Institute. Her reason for leaving Brevard was to be
closer to other members of her family in Iowa. See story
on page seven. (Times Staff Photo)
Legion wGo-Gettersw Of Fifth
Division Meet Here Saturday
PAUL H. ROBERTSON, of
Chapel Hill, and state command
er of the American Legion, will
be the principal speaker at the
Fifth division “Go-Getters” ban
quet here Saturday night at the
legion building. Legionnaires of
the Monroe Wilson post will be
hosts to the banquet meeting.
I
State Commander Will Be
Principal Speaker. McKee
Also On Program
Transylvania’s Monroe Wilson
Post No. 88, of the American Le
gion, will be host to the “Go-Get
ters” banquet of the 5th division
Saturday night here at the Legion
Memorial building, beginning at 7
o’clock.
Among the outstanding speakers
on the program will be Paul Rob
ertson, of Chapel Hill, who is the
state commander of the American
Legion, and Nash McKee, of Ra
leigh, the state adjutant.
Between 150 and 200 legionnaires
are expected to attend the banquet
meeting, and all members of the
Monroe Wilson post are invited by
Commander Roy Head to attend.
Admission for local legionnaires
will be $1.50 per plate.
Sterling Cline, commander of the
5th division, will preside over the
meeting.
‘Bob and Robin’ Hoyle, noted ra
dio entertainers, will play and sing
—Turn To Page Seven
AN ARCHITECT'S SKETCH of a building to be erected on the court
house lawn to house the library and the chamber of commerce is shown
above. The plans frere executed by McDonald and Daniels, local archi
tects. The building will be modern in every respect and will contain 2,200
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square feet of floor space. A drive for $20,000 to defray the cost of the
building will be launched this morning under the direction of Ralph H.
Ramsey, Jr., chairman of the building fund committee.
RAMSEY IS HEAD
OP BUILDING FUND,
NEED SAID GREAT
Many Persons Are Listed On
Sub-Committees. Drive To
Be County-Wide
PLANS ARE DRAWN
An intensive campaign, covering
every community in Transylvania
county, will be launched Thursday
morning to raise $20,000 to build a
beautiful new library in Brevard.
A building fund committee, head
ed by Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., in co
operation with the library board*
has completed plans for the new
library, which will be located on
the court house lawn, directly be
hind the present inadequate and an
tiquated building.
The new structure will contain
2,200 square feet and will be suffi
ciently large to serve the needs of
today and many years to come, Mr.
Ramsey points out.
It will also contain a chamber at
commerce office and reading rooms
and a workshop.
The $20,000 is said to be enough,
to build and equip the new library,
and with a larger building, more
books will be made available each
year to the patrons.
Mrs. O. H. Orr, chairman of the
library board, stated yesterday that
the library had reached a point
that its facilities must be expanded
to meet the needs of a growing com
munity.
The present building is less thai»
600 square feet in size and is more
than 30 years old. It is a frame
building and, being in the fire zone,
it cannot be repaired. For years It
has been overcrowded, the root
leaks, and it is impossible to prop
erly heat or light the building, Mrs.
Orr states.
Serving with Mrs. Orr on the li
brary board are: W. M. Melton,
—Turn to Page Twelve
WOMENS LEAGUE
PLANS PROJECTS
Booklets Are Being Mailed
Interested Citizens. Cam
paign Is Underway
The Brevard League of Women
Voters is planning a number al
projects as the league resumes its
fall activities, the first of which is
the publication and distribution of
an attractive booklet called “Know
Your League.”
The booklet was mailed this week
to persons who have shown sup
port of the organization in the pest
and also to additional ones who
may have the interest in league ac
tivities but not the time to partici
pate.
Finances in the league are depen
dent upon membership and outside
contributions. During the coming,
week two teams of members will
solicit from persons who have in
dicated an interest in the organiza
tion. The goal is $225.
Mrs. Bruce Brown, finance chair
man, explains that this will not be
a door-to-door type of solicitation
but funds are asked only of busi
—Turn To Page Six.
Essay Subjects
This Year To Be
On Forest Fires
Students in all Transylvania
county schools will be invited to
submit essays this year in connect
tion with the observance of Nation
al Fire Prevention week, October
9th through 15th. The subject will
be concerned with forest fire pre
vention.
The Brevard Volunteer fire de
partment will distribute some $300
in prize money. Judging will be
done by members of the State ool
lege extension offices, State Fores
try Service and the U. S. Forestry
Service.
Essays should not be over 200'
words in length and should be
submitted to teachers not later -
than October 7th. The judging will
take place in age groups to give
each entry a fair chance at the
prize money.