TRANSYLVANIA—
The 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 Prize-Winning A. B. C.
Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
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Vol. 66, No. 41
SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1955 * 20 PAGES TODAY
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
THE PARKWAY’S new
est link, now completed
atop the Pisgah National
Forest, *WiU be officially
opened to the public this
week end, when the color
parade is expected to be
at its peak. Scenes of this
scenic highway, which has
many overlooks affording
magnificent views, are
shown here, and Ranger
Ted Seely cordially invites
the public to travel this
route. The average alti
tude is 4,500 feet, and the
stretch of highway begins
at Wagon Road Gap and
runs for some 12 miles to
Beech Gap. (Times Staff
Photos)
Newest Stretch Of Parkway Atop The
Pisgah To Open For Travel This Week
Color Parade Expected At
Its Peak. Offical Opening
Is Set For Monday
The newest section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, an 11-mile stretch
of smooth, paved scenic highway
from Wagon Road Gap on US 276
atop the Pisgah National Forest,
will be opened officially to travel
this week end.
Ranger Ted Seely cordially in
vites the public to travel this “top
of the world” highway, which is
open from Wagon Road Gap to
Beech Gap, in the high, wild and
handsome Devil’s Courthouse coun
try to the southwest.
Monday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock
representatives of four official
agencies — N. C. Park commission,
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment, Blue Ridge Parkway and Pis
gah National Forest, will tour this
new stretch of parkway for the of
ficial opening.
Members of chambers of com
merce from Brevard and adjoining
communities are cordially invited
to attend the event.
The governmental agencies will
be guests at a dinner meeting fol
lowing the tour at Camp Logan
The autumn color parade is ex
pected to be at its peak this week
end and next week, and at the pres
ent time there is a brillliant display
of yellow, mingled with the red of
—Turn To Page Twelve.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Oct. 20 — United Ap
peal campaign continues. District
meeting Episcopalian Women, 10:30
a. m. Lions club meets at 7 p. m.,
in Gaither’s. WOW meet in Wood
men hall, 8 p. m. Alcoholics Anony
mous meet in Tinsley building, 8
p. m. WSCS of the Methodist church
meets, 8 p. m. Women of the Pres
byterian church meet, 8 p. m
Friday, Oct. 21 — Brevard Gar
den club meets at 3:30 p. m., at Vir
ginia Lodge. Kiwanis club to meet
at Gaither’s, 6:30 p. m. Brevard vs.
Waynesville, lighted high school
field, 7:30.
Saturday, Oct. 22 — Parkway
atretch in Pisgah to reopen. Ace of
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Firemen Honored
Salley Is Heard At Banquet,
Contest Winners Announced
Mack Salley, general manager
and chief of the fire department at
Enka, said at a banquet at the coun
try club last Thursday night that
local firemen should be provided
1 with equipment which would en
able them to give better protection
j against fire in areas contiguous to
Brevard. They lack such equipment
now, the speaker said. Through the
cooperation of the board of commis
sioners, five rural communities in
Buncombe have adequate fire pro
tection.
The banquet was tendered the
firemen by the Lions, Kiwanians
and Rotary clubs and the Lions
were in charge of the function. Lion
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Ted Seely read at the banquet
for local firemen at the country
club last Thursday night a list of
the winners of prizes in the $350.00
forest fire prevention essay con
test sponsored by the Brevard fire
department.
School children were divided in
to three groups: Grade 1 through
4, five through 7 or 8 and high
school. First prize is $7.00, second
prize $4.00 and third prize $2.50.
Checks were mailed out to the win
ners last week end. A total of 879
essays were submitted in the con
test.
The complete list of winners, as
—Turn To Page Seven
Good Response Reported In United
Appeal Campaign, 225 Workers Rusy
MRS. McMINN IS
CONTEST WINNER
IN HIRES EVENT
A. N. Jenkins Is Oldest Sub
scriber. Essays Are Now
Being Judged
Mrs. J. W. McMinn, member of a
family that has been prominently
identified with the growth and de
velopment of the town and county
for nearly a century, is the winner
of the contest of the Transylvania
Times to locate the oldest paper
published in Transylvania county.
Mrs. McMinn brought a copy of
the Transylvania Pioneer, publish
ed on July 22, 1887, into the office,
and she receives a prize of $10.
In another contest, sponsored by
The Times to highlight the observ
ance of National Newspaper week,
A. N. Jenkins, retired merchant
and farmer, reported that he has
been a continuous subscriber to a
Brevard paper since 1898. Mr. Jen
kins brought a copy of the first
paper to which he subscribed into
(the office.
The Times has also conducted an
essay contest in the high schools.
There were many entries, and a
group of unbiased judges are now
busy picking the winners. First
prize is $15, second, $10 and third
$5 00.
Although it wasn’t entered in
The Times’ contest since the paper
was not published in Transylvania,
a copy of the Ulster County Ga
zette, brought into the office by
Mrs. Mitchell Neely, has attracted
considerable attention.
Published at Kingston, Ireland,
the copy of the Gazette was dated
Saturday, January 4, 1800.
A reprint of the front page of
the Transylvania Pioneer is carried
this week on the front page, second
section.
MANY DIGNiTARIES
Will VISIT CAMP
National Association Of Rail
road And Utility Commis
sioners At Straus Tues.
A box supper at Camp Harry
H. Straus will climax a tour of
scenic spots in Western North
Carolina next Tuesday by dele
gates at the National Association
of Railroad and Utilities commis
sioners in Asheville from Octo
ber 24th through the 27th.
Edward H. McMahan, former
Brevard attorney, and now a
member of the State Utilities
commission, is making arrange
ments for the event, which will
be attended by 800 to 1,000 dele
gates from every state in the un
ion, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The distinguished group is ex
pected to travel the newest link
of the Parkway atop the Plsgah
National Forest and then arrive
at Camp Straus between 5:30 and
—Turn To Page Twelve
VIEING FOR HOMECOMING
QUEEN at Brevard high school are the
young ladies who are pictured above
around Principal Robert T. Kimzey. One
of the group will be crowned at half-time
Friday night at the big Brevard-Waynes
ville game. Mr. Kimzey will make the
announcement of the winner to be elect
ed by members of the Monogram club
and he will also give the address of wel
j come. Seated, left to right, are: Frances
Waters, Principal Kimzey, Betty Jean
Hensley and Bettie Hall. Standing are:
Rhuemma Carter, Carolyn Osborne, Bev
erly Taylor and Becky Compton. (Times
Staff Photo)
Two Women’s Groups Here To
Be Visited By State Officers
League Women Voters To
Hear State Resource
Chairman Tuesday
Mrs. David Wallas, of Charlotte,
will address the Brevard League of
Women Voters at a general meet
ing Tuesday evening, October 25th,
8 p m., in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
Mrs. Wallas, who is resource
chairman for the state study items
on the State Board of the League,
will talk on “Structure of Our
Slate Government.” This is an open
meeting and anyone interested in
state government will be cordially
welcomed at the meeting.
Mrs. Wallas was born, grew up
and educated in New York City,
but she has lived in Charlotte for
the past 15 years. She has been on
the Charlotte board of the League
of Women Voters for the past six
years as resource chairman and lat
er as membership chairman.
Mrs. Wallas is also a member of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women and is the mother
of three young children.
This week being United Nations
Week, the Brevard League is urg
ing local support of this important
organization. Current leaflets of
the UN, showing its organizations
and functions, are being made
available to both high school and
Brevard college study groups en
gaged in studying international re
lations. Any group interested in se
curing the UN material from the
league may contact Miss Martha
Boswell.
State Prexy Of American As
sociation University Wom
en Here Wednesday
Mrs. Isabel Peterson, Charlotte,
state president of the American
Association of University Women,
will visit the Brevard branch at
their meeting here on Wednesday
evening, October 26th, at 8 p. m
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. J. J. Stevenson on
Broad street.
The state president will be ac
companied to Brevard by Mrs. Ruth
Williams, also of Charlotte, accord
ing to Frances Walker, vice presi
dent and program chairman.
Mrs. Williams will give a report
on the national AAUW convention
held last summer in San Francisco.
Mrs. Iona Berry, Brevard presi
dent, will also report on the con
vention which she attended as the
local delegate.
All AAUW members and any po
tential members are invited to the
meeting to meet the state president
The Brevard branch was only or
ganized last spring and new mem
bers are still being sought. Women
who have graduated from colleges
and universities on the AAUW ac
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FIREMEN ANSWER ALARM
The Brevard fire department was
called out to answer an alarm at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Gardner on Maple street shortly
after noon Wednesday. The source
of the blaze was a radio and the
fire was confined to it.
Program Highlights
WPNF Will Carry South Carolina,
Clemson Game Thursday Afternoon
WPNF will broadcast a play-by-.
play description of the South Caro-!
lina-Clemson game Thursday after
noon direct from Columbia, S. C.,
with the good wishes of Long’s and
Varner’s drug stores, Nu-Way clean
ers and Gray’s barber shop, Bobby
Hoyle, the station manager, an
nounces today.
The kick-off is slated for 1:45
o’clock, and all listeners are urged
to keep their dials at 1240.
Friday night a play-by-play de
scription of the Waynesville-Bre
vard game will be carried, and as
usual, this Friday night game is
sponsored by Gaither’s and Coca
Cola. Air time is 7:25 o’clock.
Saturday afternoon WPNF joins
the Tobacco Sports network for the
Carolina-Wake Forest game. Pre
game ceremonies will get underway
at 1:45 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Brevard
home economics department, Mrs.
Glenn Burrell; Friday, health de
partment, W. F. Hart; Monday,
county agent’s office; Tuesday,
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$6,000 PLEDGED
FIRST TWO DAYS;
GOAL IS $22,500
Lyday Urges All To Ghrew
Pledge Form Is Carried.
On Second Front
ENDS OCT. 31 ST
During the first two days of the?
first annual United Appeal mhw
paign approximately $6,000 has
been pledged of the $22,500 goal
General campaign director, Ran*
dal J. Lyday, says he is well
pleased with the response of the
public to this “give once for a IP*
campaign, and if all citizens con*
tinue to respond generously he
feels that the goal will be sub
scribed.
More than 225 volunteer workers
are busy soliciting in all the com
munities of Transylvania, and Mr.
Lyday points out that included in.
the budget of $22,500 are 17 allo
cations.
Cash donations are being accept
ed along with the pledges for giv
ing all during 1956. Many employ
ees in industries and in the stores
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty are giving a day’s wages, and the
campaign director emphasizes the
importance of everybody giving.
Rev. Robert H. Stamey, president
of the United Appeal fund here,
sounded a note of appreciation and
optimism for the manner in which
the volunteer workers in the cam
paign have started out on this first
drive.
Persons who have not been con
tacted and desiring to make pledg
es are urged to use the form on the
second front of this week’s newspar
per.
A box, showing the participat
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COURT TO START
MONDAY HORNING
Motions And Divorces To Re
Heard First Day; Judge
Pless To Preside
Civil court will convene here on
Monday morning with Judge J. Will
Pless presiding.
Motions and divorces will be
heard the first day and cases on
the trial docket are set through
Tuesday, November 1.
Court is scheduled to recess af
ter the Thursday session until the
following Monday morning.
Clerk F. Marvin McCall said that,
cases not reached on the day cal
endared will be heard on the fol
lowing day or at the convenience of
the court.
The complete calendar will be
found on page 2 of the second sec
tion.
The solicitor will be in the court
room at 10 o’clock Monday morning
for the purpose of hearing jail
cases and pleas of guilty, Mr. Mc
Call states. All persons desiring to
be heard are reminded to be in
the court room at that time.
T r a nsylvania’s 4 - H
Clubs Have Booth At
State Fair This Week
The 4-H clubs of Transylvania
are participating in the State Fair
at Raleigh this week by putting on
one of the 4-H educational booths.
The name of the booth is “A 4-H.
Roadside Market.”
In this type of booth a contrast1
is made to show how to select, pre
pare and display quality produce
the right way, using half of the 14
foot display, Bob Love, assistant
county agent, says. The other side
features the poor quality, poorly
prepared and poorly displayed pro
duce. The theme of the booth is
“Quality Sells,” and the lesson be
ing taught is “Which of the Prodb
ucts Would You Buy?”
Sara Hunter and Charles Taylarj
both members of the Brevard Sen
ior 4-H club, left Sunday to put up
the exhibit. They were accompa
nied by G. H. Farley, assistant
county agent, and Miss Anne Ben
son Priest, home agent