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A Hearty Welcome To Brevard College Students, Faculty Members—May You Have A Successful Year TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times C«VA>'V;/> «v A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricultural and Musk Center. Popula tion, 1950 Cew"is, 15,321. Brevard Comxnuni.7 7 ,394. Vo. 66, No. 39 -A- SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1965 A 24 PAGES TODAY A PUBLISHED WEEKLY FINAL PLANS for the ’55 Transylva nia Rural Development contest were made last Thursday night at a banquet meeting of the presidents of the nine community clubs entered this year with agricultural and civic leaders in the Ecusta cafeteria. Some 70 persons at tended the meeting. Wayne Corpening, of Wachovia Bank and Trust company’s agricultural division, wr: the principal speaker and he praised the work that is being done in Transylvania through the rural development program. Represent ing the various communities at the ban quet meeting, front row, from left to right, are: Richard Moore, Dunn’s Rock; Otis Merrill, Little River; H. C. Enloe, Penrose; and Homer McCall, Quebec. Second row: Dan Glazener, Middle Fork; Harry Sentelle, Pisgah Forest; Ralph Lee, Cedar Mountain; and John D. Smith, Balsam Grove. Harold McNeely, of Lake Toxaway, was absent when the photograph was made. (Photo by Rus sell) Reasonover Property To Be Developed By South Carolina Educational Group Lodge Is Now Being Convert ed. Several Dwellings Are Renovated A 184-acre mountain retreat four miles cast of Cedar Mountain is being converted into a summer as sembly grounds for members of the South Carolina Education associa tion. For the time being, the recently acquired tract is keeping the name “Reasonover,” which has been identified from the time of its con struction years ago as a summer ing place for employes of Victor Monaghan Mills, of Greenville and other South Carolina points. When the mills changed owner ship in recent years, the camp be came a part of the Parker Founda tion and was acquired from the foundation this year by the SCEA. The camp itself is nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains less than half a mile from the Green River Gap, astride the North Carolina ridge which serves as the divide between the Tennessee Valley and the Atlantic seaboard. The South Carolina border is about a mile and a half from the camp. A 14-acre lake, fed by the waters of Puncheon creek and Reasonover creek, provide swimming, boating and scenic attractions. There are 20 individual cottages scattered about the hillsides flanking the lake. A centrally located “lodge” now is being converted into a combin ed eating place and assembly hall with the addition of kitchen fa cilities. The cottages are being repaired and renovated, and next year will be available for use by teachers and teacher - groups. The estab lishment will serve as a meeting place for education groups of all sorts, including specialized inter —Turn to Page Four CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Sept. 29 — Eastern Star ham supper in Masonic tem ple, 5 to 7 p. m. Masonic meeting in temple beginning at 8 p. m. Friday, Sept. 30 — Schools close at noon for teachers’ meet. Brevard high vs. Asheville School, lighted high school field, 7:30 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets 7:45 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 1 — Golfers given extra week end to play qualifying rounds. Sunday, Oct. 2 — Attend the church of your choice. Brevard Wesleyan Methodist church ob serves homecoming. Tryouts for —Ton te Page Fear Half Holiday Friday School Officials To Attend Meeting, Also At Conference Transylvania county principals and teachers will attend the 23rd annual convention of the Western District of the North Carolina Edu cation association to be held in the Lee H. Edwards high school in Asheville on Friday. All schools in the town and coun ty will close at noon on Friday in order to permit the teachers to at tend, Supt. J. B. Jones announces. Around 1,500 teachers and school officials from the 18 counties in the Western District are expected to attend the all-day meeting on Friday. Eastern Star Is Having Supper At Temple Thursday Pisgah chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star is sponsoring a ham supper in the Masonic temple on East Main street Thursday, Sep tember 29th, from 5 to 7 o’clock, according to an announcement by Mrs Lucy Ford, the worthy matron. Tickets are now on sale by the members and they will also be —Turn to Page Four Several Transylvania school offi cials and business leaders partici pated in the district meeting of the White Conference on Education at the Randolph school in Asheville on Wednesday afternoon. Supt. J. B. Jones headed the school delegation from Transylva nia, and Dean J. J. Stevenson, Jr., and Guy Burchfiel represented Brevard college. Principals Robert T. Kimzey and —Turn to Page Four JURORS NAMED FOR OCTORER TERM OF COURT Special Two-Weeks’ Session Is Slated. Judge Pless Will Preside Jurors for the civil term of court, slated in Transylvania for two weeks, beginning October 24th, are announced today by Marvin McCall, clerk of court. Judge J. Will Pless will preside over the court, and Mr. McCall says that there is a possibility of jail cases and submissions being heard on the first day or during the first week. Since the July term of court was cancelled here, there are many cases on the civil docket, the clerk reports. Called to serve during the first week are: Robert L. Dunn, Lewis Pickelsimer, Harry L. Crane, Ro land Fisher, J. Broadus McCall, Francis Plummer, B. F. Robinson, E. N. Norton, Mrs. John Gravely, Harley M. Merrill, Vergil Gillespie, F. L. Mahaffey, G. C. Sentelle, Roy Head, Charlie Newton, Earl Harri son, Martin Landreth, Mrs. Frank —Turn to Page Five LAST RITES HELD FOR MISS WOOD Teacher In Rosman Elemen tary School Died Last Fri day Of A Heart Attack Funeral services for Miss Julia Wood, 45, who died last Friday af ternoon of a heart attack, were held Sunday afternoon at the Bre vard-Davidson River Presbyterian church. Miss Wood, a teacher in the Ros man elementary school, had been ill for only two days. Last week she was named president of the Tran sylvania unit of Classroom Teach ers association. Rev. Ben F. Ormand, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, offi ciated at the services Sunday after noon for Miss Wood, and burial was —Turn to Page Four Program Highlights P-TA Group To Report On WPNF, Games Slated WPNF will begin another series of interesting and informative pub lic service programs next Monday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock, when the various P-TA organizations of the town and county report to the peo ple on their activities and plans for the future. According to program director, John Dellinger, the Brevard Ele mentary P-TA will be the first group to have the program, and Mrs. Robert Levy will be in charge. Two football games will be car ried over the air lanes of WPNF this week end. Friday night a play by-play broadcast of the Brevard —Turn To Page Five MISS MARTHA CARPENTER, of Charlotte, seated, will reign as Homecoming Queen during the big annual event here at Brevard college on October 15th. Her at tendants, who were also elected by the student body, are shown above. At the left is Miss Kitty Smith, of Waldorf, Maryland, and at the right is Miss Correne Ellis, of Gas tonia. (Times Staff Photo) National Newspaper Week To Be Observed, Contest Will Be Conducted In High Schools W. C. “BILL” BANGS, mana ger of the Ecusta cafeteria, has been elected president of the Southern Archery association. Plans are now being made to hold the annual tournament here next year. See page 4 for com plete details. A DRAWING OF THE NEW COLLEGE CENTER building, which is the second phase of the $600,000 building program to bo started immediately at Brevard college, is shown above. A wing to the new women's dor mitory is the first part of the program, and the Dunham Fine Arts and Music building is the third. J. A. Jones Construction company will do the building, and the new center will include a cafeteria, auditorium, soda shop, bookstore, post office, student and administrative of fices. The building will be located on the site where the old West dormitory stood. Theme Is “Your Newspaper Fights For Your Right To Know” By STAFF WRITER From October 1st to October 8th marks the observance of National Newspaper week — a time for Transylvania readers of newspa pers, and more particularly those who don’t read newspapers, to con sider the theme, “Your Newspaper Fights For Your Right to Know.” These words emphasize the role newspapers play as bearers of ideas and commuiSfcators of information in today’? cdtoplex society. 1 ft WM probably ju?t such con cept uyn, tfpfferson had in mind when jnM^gid? “And Were it left to me to de cide whether toe should have a gov ernment without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” To Begin Contest Highlighting the local observance of National Newspaper week, the Transylvania Times is conducting an essay contest in Brevard and Rosman high schools. The theme of the contest will be the same as that of the observance, “Your Newspaper Fights For Your Right to Know,” and Publisher Ed M. Anderson urges all interested students to submit an essay of not more than 500 words to their Eng lish teachers on or before Friday, October 14th. First prize in the contest will be $15.00, second, $10.00, and third, —Turn to Page Five THE MAYOR, BOARD CHAIRMAN, OTHERS MAKE STATEMENTS Times Publishes Annual Col lege Issue. Successful Year Is Anticipated WIDE CIRCULATION Brevard and Transylvania nffi. cials join hands with merchants and others in the community in welcoming this week the some 280 students to Brevard college for the 1955-’56 term. All indications point to one of the most successful years in the history of the school, which this fall begins its 102nd year of relig ious and educational service to the youth of this state and nation. Mayor John A. Ford said yester day that it is always a real pleas ure to welcome the students and faculty members to town on the opening of each new term. He praised the officials of the college on the progress that is being made at the local institution. Freeman Hayes, chairman of the board of county commissioners, al so sent cordial greetings to the col lege students and faculty and said he was most delighted with the in crease in the number of studenta at the college. On behalf of the entire member ship of the Brevard chamber of commerce, President Vernon Fricks, also welcomed school officials, stu dents and others to town. Special Edition This week The Times is publish ing its annual Brevard college greetings edition, and Publisher Ed M. Anderson urges all subscribers to read the entire paper with in terest. This paper is going not only to regular subscribers, but also to students, parents, trustees of the college and a large number of out of-town friends of the institution, the publisher states. PARADE IS SLATED FOR HOMECOMING Merchants Agree To Place. Entries; Charlotte Girl Is Queen Several member firms of the Brevard chamber of commerce have accepted an invitation to partied pate in the homecoming parade of Brevard college, which will be held Saturday, Oct 15, morning at 11 o’clock. The entire program will be exemplifying the spirit of coopera tion that exists between the com munity and the college. Each participating firm will have a gaily decorated automobile bear ing the firm’s name and greetings to the alumni and college. The Bre vard high school band will be one of the brightest features of the en tire parade. A military tone will be supplied by color guards from the American Legion and the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. The Boy Scouts are expected to add a touch of local color that will demonstrate the interest of every age in the well-rounded development of Tran sylvania county. Miss Martha Carpenter, of Char lotte, is the Homecoming Queen. Her attendants are Correne Ellis. —Torn ts Page Bight "Courtesy Parking” Plan To End On Oct. I, Installing "Fine-O-Meters" The “courtesy parking” in Bre vard will be discontinued on Octo ber 1st, and after that time viola tors of the parking meters will be subject to a fine of 50 cents if it is paid within 24 hours or $1.00 af terwards. For the convenience of motorists, “fine-o-meter” boxes are being placed on each 10th meter, and the fine of 50 cents can be deposited in them in the special self-explanato ry violation ticket envelopes. These will be collected nightly by the parking meter officer. In all cases wherein fines are not properly settled either by payment through the “fine-o-meter” boxes or at the city hall, warrants will be promptly issued without further notice to the motorists. The board of aldermen has in* structed the policemen to carefully enforce the parking ordinance, and the aldermen ask the public for 10ft per cent cooperation.
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