' 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 ~ir\Kr 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 * amt Wm 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.

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