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TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfall*, Mecca for Summer Camp*, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricultural and Music Center. Popula tion, I860 Ceurus. 15,321. Brevard Commum^ 7,394. Vol. 66, No. 40 SECTION ONE + BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955 * 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY FIVE PERSONS miraculously escaped serious injury in a head on collision Monday morning on the curve leading into Rosman on Highway £4, and the two vehicles involved in the crash, shown at the top and left, were almost a total loss. P. D. Jones was the driver of the vehicle at the left, and occupants of the other car, which was from Ohio, were Wil liam Otis Miller, Loveland, Ohio, Norman and Doyle Jones, of Eas ley, S. C., and Luther Raines, of Travelers Rest, S. C. See com plete details of accident in story on page four, first section, of this week’s Times. (Times Staff Photos) Library Drive Reaches $11,338 Nark, Increasing Efforts To Attain Goal - I— Breakdown Of Contributions Given. Chairman Ramsey Makes Plea For Funds The drive to raise S20,000 to build a new library on the court house lawn here in Brevard is just above the half-w'ay mark, Chair man Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., announ ces today. Several canvassers have not re ported and incomplete figures show that approximately $11,338.15 is in sight at the present time. A meeting of the county - wide funds raising committee is set for Wednesday night, and Mr. Ramsey says he hopes that the group will be nearer its goal at that time. A breakdown of the $11,338.15 shows that $6,538.16 is in hand; $1, 100.00 is expected from business concerns; $1,500 from the schools; $1,500 from the library building fund; $1,500 from the chamber of commerce; and $200 from individ uals. The chairman points out that ac tually only a few people have con tributed to the drive, and he says if the campaign is to be a success, everybody must give something. At the most recent dinner-meet ing of the group, reports were heard from Gordon Sprott, Buddy Melton, Gene Morris, Eddie Varner, llvin J. Patterson, Thomas R. El ler and Arthur Loeb. Two special contributions of $100 each were announced at the meeting. They came from D. H. Cosby and Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Kapp. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Oct. 6 — Achievement Day in the Masonic Temple, 1 to 5 p. m. Presbyterian and Methodist church circles meet. Lions club meets in Gaither’s Rhododendron room, 7 p. m. Alcoholics Anony mous meet in Room 10, Tinsley building, 8 p. m. First lecture at Sacred Heart Catholic church, 8 p. m. Friday, Oct. 7 — Ace of Clubs meets at Gaither’s, 7:45 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 9 — Attend the church of your choice. Presbyteri an congregational meeting, 11 a. m. Lutheran preaching - teaching mis sion begins at 8 p. m. Monday, Oct. 10 — DAR meets at 3:30 p. m., with Mrs. Charles Paxton. Shrine club meets at 7 p. m. in Gaither’s Dogwood room. Ro tary club meets at 7 p. m., in Gai —Turn To Page Seven Changes Made ASC Nominations Are Made, Election Set For October 18 Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman of the Transylvania county ASC committee has announced that the election of community ASC com mitteemen will be held on October 18, 1955, and the county conven tion for the election of a county committee will be held on October 27, 1955. He stated that the major change in the ASC election procedure from last year is that the election of community committeemen will be by balloting at designated commu nity polling places instead of by mail as in previous years. The election will be conducted under the supervision of a county election board composed of the Roy To Be Heard Sunday Evening At Methodist Church Rev. C. Edward Roy, head of the Bible department at Brevard college, will give an illustrated talk on his recent visit to Palestine and the Holy Land at services Sun day evening in the Brevard Metho dist church. According to the pastor, Rev. Douglas Corriher, the regular ves per service at 5:00 o’clock is being postponed until 7:30 o’clock, when —Turn to Page Seven county extension agent, county heads of SCS, FHA, and the Farm Bureau. The county election board in turn was responsible for nam ing a community election board for each community in the county. Mr. Whitmire stated that the community election board for the eight communities in Transylvania county have been selected. In turn the community election boards have selected a slate of 10 nominees from each community in the coun ty to be voted on October 18, 1955, between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and —Turn to Page Seven Brevard College Trustees Approve 2-Year, $700,000 Building Program WILL COMPLETE PARKWAY PAVING ATOP PISGAH, 15TH Color Season Will Be At Its Height By That Time, Ranger Seely Reports Paving of the stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway atop the Pisgah Na tional Forest has been delayed, Ranger Ted Seely reports today. The contract called for comple tion of the work by October 1st, however several factors caused a delay, and the ranger says it will be around the 15th before the stretch has been paved all the way. The color season is beginning on the higher slopes of the Pisgah, and Ranger Seely invites the public to visit in the forest, especially in the Pink Beds and Pisgah Motor Road sections. The mountain color display lasts from now until mid-November, and usually attains its widest range and brightest tints during the mid dle of October. At 5,000 feet or above, some trees wear their full autumn finery by the first week in October. Be low 3,000 feet and in the foothills, the best coloring may appear in late October and continue for two weeks. Black gum, sourwood, maple and dogwood and tulip poplar are now turning to red and yellow, with red maple and hickory leaves also changing color. Oak trees add their deep bronze and russet yellows in October, when red maples are still brilliant and the hickories are orange-yellow. PUCES LISTED FOR DONATIONS Memorial Fund Being Raised To Honor The Late Ralph R. Fisher Contributions to the Ralph Fish er Memorial Cancer fund may be left at Gray’s barber shop, Jones’ news stand and Ayers’, store. Checks, which should be made pay able to the Ralph Fisher Memorial Cancer fund, may be mailed to the treasurer, J. Julian Brown, at Pis gah Forest. This fund was inaugurated by friends of the late Mr. Fisher shortly after his death last month. Interest in the undertaking is re ported to be growing and a number —Turn to Page Seven Whitmire Reports Beaten By Several Hitchhikers Paul Whitmire, Transylvania’s register of deeds, is making a New Year’s resolution some three months ahead of schedule: He’ll never again pick up a hitch hiker. This is the story the Brevard man told police: Last Wednesday night near Lexington he picked up two hitchhikers. They beat him and robbed him of $400. Next night, figuring that the same thing couldn’t happen Many Activities Are Planned For Homecoming At College Oct. 15th Many activities are being planned for Homecoming at Brevard col lege on October 15th. Weldon Hall, the alumni secre tary, says that this will be the big gest event of its kind in the his tory of the college. This is expected to be a special celebration, since Brevard college is experiencing a $700,000 build ing program, a capacity enrollment, and a $500,000 endowment addition gives Brevard many reasons for celebrating. The campus will be decorated by the students welcoming the alum ni. A committee appointed by the alumni president, Clark Benson of Greensboro, will judge the decora tions. The day’s events will start with a parade at 11 a. m. The entire com munity will participate in the pa rade, symbolizing the cooperation between the college and the com munity. The Brevard high school band will be one of the features of the parade. The alumni luncheon is schedul ed for 12:30 with Clark Benson pre siding. The afternoon program will be gin at 2:30 with a soccer game be —Turn to Page Seven again, he picked up four more hitchhikers. They beat him up near Jamestown and took his auto. Davidson county police inves tigated the first incident. They arrested Robert Nealey, 23, of Tabor City, and Elmer Lamberth, 22, of Davidson, and charged them with highway robbery. Guilford county authorities are investigating the second incident. He told this sequence of events in the Thursday night beating: After leaving the sheriff’s of fice in Lexington, where he had reported the first robbery, he decided to drive to his aunt’s —Tom To Page Six Plan Fire School In Pisgah Thurs. The annual fire training class conducted by the Pisgah district, Pisgah National Forest, will be held at the Davidson River equip ment depot Thursday, October 6th, Ranger Ted Seely announces. Approximately 100 men from va rious agencies interested in the prevention and also fighting of for est fires are expected to attend the all-day session. The class begins at 9 a. m., concludes at 4 p. m., with a luncheon served on the grounds. Persons attending will represent —Turn to Page Six HGHTS FOR YOUR RIGHT 1 TO KNOW! tmiof f Kf*m m ii » JffTl OCT. 1-8 1955 The Transylvania Times Is Seeking Oldest Copy Of Paper, Now Observing National Event SALLEY TO SPEAK AT BANQUET FOR FIREMEN, OCT. 13 Local Department Offering Cash Prizes For Essays On Forest Fire Prevention Mack Salley, plant manager of the American Enka corporation, will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet for members of the Brevard Volunteer fire depart ment next Thursday night, Oct. 13, at the Brevard country club. Each year members of the Bre vard Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary club entertain the firemen during National Fire Prevention week, and this year the Lions are in charge of the banquet. Mr. Salley, who has enjoyed a long and enviable record in promo tion of fire fighting and fire pre vention, is fire chief at Enka and has been instructor since 1934 of the North Carolina Fire College and Drill school. The theme of the fire prevention observance this year is “Every Fire Hurts You.” The Brevard Volunteer fire de partment is again offering $300 in prize money to students writing the best essays on fire prevention. This j year the essay subjects will be con fined to forest fire prevention. Judging will take place by grades in order that students will compete with others in their same age class. Ted Seely, district ranger of Pis gah National Forest, is in charge of judging the essays. He asks that they not be over 200 words in length and should be submitted to the teacher by October 7th. Judges will come from the U. S. Forestry Service, the State Forestry Service and from N. C. State college exten sion employees. Search Also Being Made For Oldest Subscriber. Contest Underway In Schools The Transylvania Times, in ob servance of National Newspaper week, is seeking to find a copy of the oldest newspaper ever pub lished in the county as well as the oldest continuous subscriber of this paper. The person bringing the old est newspaper to the Transylva nia Times office by noon on Sat urday, October 15th, will be awarded a prize of $10.00 in. cash. To the Transylvania county res ident who has been the oldest continuous subscriber to this newspaper will go a two year’s renewal. The deadline for re porting this will also be noon on October 15th. In the case of a tie all winners will receive renew als. Publisher Ed M. Anderson points out that the oldest news paper can date back as far as 1896. That was the year in which J. J. Miner established the Syl van Valley News in Brevard. The name of the paper was changed to the Brevard News in 1917, when the editor was Noah Hoi lowell, now publisher of the West ern Carolina Tribune in Hender sonville. The Transylvania Times was' established in 1931 and in 1932 it was consolidated with the Bre vard News, retaining the Times’ name. In connection with the name, it is interesting to note the editorial comment of Mr. Hollo well in 1917, when the newspa per's name was changed: “We would favor changing the name to The Transylvania News, which would be fully representative ef the section the newspaper ser vices, but this gives too long and cumbersome a name ... we pride ourselves in selecting the name of the county seat of Transylvania.” Also in observance of Nation al Newspaper week The Transyl —Turn To Page Six WPNF Program Highlights Brevard College To Begin Series Of Broadcasts Thursday Afternoon Brevard college will begin a weekly series of programs on Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, station manager, an nounces. The college programs on Thurs day afternoon are included “In the Public Interest” series. On Mondays the P-TA groups are heard; the public schools on Tues days; and the library on Wednes days. WPNF will carry football games on both Friday and Saturday after noons. At 3:25 on Friday, the local sta tion will broadcast a play-by-play description of the Brevard-Christ School game direct from Arden, and on Saturday the Carolina-Geor gia game will be carried, with air time at 1:45 o’clock. 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 agent’s —Turn To Page Six OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT WORK PLANNED, BREAKDOWN GIVEN Local Institution Operated In “Black” For Fourth Con secutive Year . DRIVE DISCUSSED A two-year $700,000 building program that will enable Brevard college to increase its enrollment to 400 was approved by the board of trustees at a meeting in Char lotte last Wednesday afternoon. This program includes the com pletion of an additional wing of the residence hall for women which is estimated to cost $100,000; construc tion of a 40-room addition to Tay lor Hall, the men’s dormitory, es timated to cost $100,000; erection of a new $250,000 campus center building to house a new auditori um, cafeteria, bookstore, post of fice, soda shop and administrative offices and the building of a $250, 000 music and fine arts building. Work on the additions to the two dormitories is expected to start in the near future and to be com pleted before the opening of the college next fall. Funds to finance this extensive expansion program are expected to come from the United College Ap peal campaign, the Dunham Estate and from special gifts. The trustees also discussed other needed construction, which includes a central heating plant to cost $100,000, and $150,000 science and industrial arts building, a $150,000 gym. Plans for launching a drive to raise money to finance this pro gram and to increase endowment bv $500,000 were also discussed, but no definite action was taken. Last year, for the fourth consec utive year, the college operated in the “black.” A 1955-’56 budget, calk —Turn to Page Seven, ACHIEVEMENT DAY SLATED THURSDAY Each Club To Set Up Booth In Masonic Temple. Mrs. McCall Is Chairman A number of special features are? being planned for the Achieve ment Day, sponsored by the Tran sylvania county council of Homo Demonstration clubs, Thursday* from 1 until 5 p. m., in the Masonic temple. Each club is responsible for set ting up a display booth during the morning. Theme oi this year’s, meeting is “Home DemoriStriition Women in Action.” Each club will be s actively demonstrating some phase of the HD work studied dur ing the past year. One of the highlights of the ex hibits will be the result of the re cent two-day “Upholstery Work shop” held in Rosman with the home economics and vocational ag riculture department cooperating It was taught by Mrs. Callie Hard wicke, State college extension spe cialist. Women who worked on the chairs to be exhibited are as fol lows: Mrs. Arthur Whitmire, Mrs. —Turn to Page Seven Local Pastoral Assignments Are Announced Sunday Appointments of Methodist min isters in Transylvania and tHe Western North Carolina confer ence were made Sunday at the an nual meeting in Charlotte by Bish op Costen J. Harrell. Ministers returning to churches in the town and county are: Rev. Douglas Corriher, Brevard Metho dist church; Rev. W. A. Kerr, in charge of the Brevard and Ecusta circuits; and Rev. George King, as sociate to the Brevard circuit. Both Mr. Kerr and Mr. King wiH have student associates from Bre vard college and there will be morning services each Sunday at the seven churches in the Brevard and Ecusta circuits.
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