TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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The Transylvania Times
A Slate And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r 1 c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Census, 15,32L
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 66, No. 43
SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955
* 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
A SOUTHERN RAILWAY CABOOSE
was derailed in a freak accident near
McLean road, just belowr the Grace Bap
tist church Monday afternoon. The cause
of the accident w as reported to be a met
al stop, look and listen sign, which was
blown down across the tracks by the high
wind. It derailed the caboose as the train
backed out of the station. Railway crews
were able to get the caboose back on the
tracks after some three and one - half
hours. No one was injured in the freak
accident. (Times Staff Photo)
Park Commission Urges $500,000 Be
Spent On Balsam Grove Parkway Link
Need Pointed Out To Gover
nor Hodges And Other
State Officials
million
used on the
on by the North
commission was mad''
meeting held . .
that half
funds be
road be
Riofe^ Parkway and
Balsa' O'o\\j.
Supervisor Don Morris of Pisgah
National Forest, stated to the com
mission that his department had
$623,880 for road construction in
North Carolina, and his recommen
dation had gone into the main of
fice in Atlanta and to the Bureau
of Public Roads and State Highway
commission that most of these
funds be spent on the road from
Balsam Grove to Beech Gap.
Appropriate resolution was pass
ed by the park commission and for
warded to the highway, public
roads bureau and the Forest Ser
vice recommending that over half
a million dollars of the amount be
used on this link of the road.
Supervisor Morris and members
of the commission also pointed out
the need of the road to Governor
Luther Hodges and other state of
ficials Monday afternoon when the
group toured the parkway link
from Wagon Road Gap which ends
at Beech Gap.
Chairman William Medford, of
Waynesville, and Secretary C. M.
"Douglas, of Brevard, along with Su
pervisor Morris plan to attend a
joint meeting of the State Highway
commission, Bureau of Public
Roads and Forest Service early in
November to urge adoption of the
program as set out by the Forest
Service.
During the quarterly meet of the
park commission held in Wayanes
Ville on Monday, report was made
"by Blue Ridge Pai*kway Supt. Sam
Weems that $2.00ft,000 was avail
able fur expenditure on the lower
—Tun (to Page Sit
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Oct. 27 — Business
and Professional Women’* club
leaves Brevard at 5:30 p. m., for
dinner in Asheville at 6:30 p. m.
Cub Scout Pack No. 1 meets, 7 p.
m., Methodist church and CuJ>
cout Pack No. 2 meets at Luther
n church, 7 p. m. Legionnaire bar'
becue and square dance, Legion
building, 7 p. m. Masons meet in
Masonic temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, Oct. 28 — Salk vaccine
clinic at health department, 9 to 12
noon and 1 to 4:30 p. m. Football
game on lighted high school field,
7 p. m.
Saturday, Oct. 29 — Brevard high
ootball team departs for Clemson
—Turn To Page Seven
In The Pisgah
Tree Nursery To Produce 10
Million Seedlings Is Approved
A new tree nursery in the Pisgah
National Forest, opposite the equip
ment depot on Davidson river, has
been approved by the North Caro
lina Board of Conservation and De
velopment, which is in session this
week at Waynesville.
According to Ranger Ted Seely,
preliminary work has been started
on the nursery, which is expected to
produce some 10 million seedlings
each year.
At the present time approximate
ly 12 acres of seed beds are being
cleared out, and plans call for some
43 acres in all.
This new nursery will supple
ment the production of the Holmes
nursery below Little River.
Fifth Sunday
Sing This Week
The Fifth Sunday singing will
be held in the court house Sunday
afternoon beginning at 2 p. m. A
large number off outstanding groups
of singers both from here and out
of-town are expected to be on hand.
Officials state also that a large
crowd is expected and everybody is
welcomed.
The action of the state board
came after the members were told
of the needs for a new WNC nur
sery to help meet growing demands
for white pine seedlings for ero
sion control, reforestation and
land-use adjustments by land own
ers.
The board was told that the
Holmes’ nursery stock for 1955-’57
was already depleted.
—Turn to Page Six
United Appeal Fund At Halfway Mark
Solicitors Completing Work This Week
BIG CARNIVAL
PLANNED HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
Various P-TA Organizations
Staging Events. Many
Prizes Offered
All indications point to a bigger
and better Halloween carnival
Monday evening, October 31st, in
the Brevard junior high school
building, with Mrs. Harry Dreyer
serving as chairman for the spon
soring P-TA.
The carnival begins at 5:30 and
this year will be accompanied by a
supper and tickets are now being
sold by the school students.
School will be dismissed at 2 p.
m. Monday to enable the various
rooms to make necessary prepara
tions.
The carnival is being held in
—Turn to Page Seven
LEGIONNAIRES TO
HOLD BIG EVENT
Delegates From 13 States To
Be Entertained With Bar
becue, Square Dance
Legionnaires of 13 states at
tending the annual Child Welfare
conference in Asheville will be
guests of the Monroe Wilson post
of the American Legion here
Thursday night at a barbecue
and square dance.
Commander Roy Head urges
all local legionnaires to attend
the occasion, which will get un
derway Thursday night at 7:00
o’clock. *
State officials of the North
Carolina Department of the
American Legion will be present,
along with other dignitaries in 13
states.
Vernon Rogers and his fa
mous string band will furnish
music for the square dance, and
assisting Commander Head with
arrangements for the event are
Weldon Misenheimer and Eb
Morrow and a large group of lo
cal legionnaires.
Civil Term Of Superior
Court Is Now In Session
Several cases are being dis
posed of during the Civil term of
Superior court, which is now in
session here at the court house,
with Judge J. Will Pless presid
ing.
Action was started Tuesday on
the Fayette Raxter vs. Ila Mae
Rhodes cases, which is expected
to be completed by early Thurs
day morning.
Solicitor Clarence Ridings
heard a number of pleas of guilty
on the opening day of court, and
verdicts were as follows: Richard
White was fined $100 and costs
for drunk driving and no opera
tor’s license; Atmer Hubbard was
fined $25 and costs for public
drunkenness; Jack Stewart had to
pay a fine of $25 and costs for
no operator’s license; Tom Dil
lard Bryson was fined $50 and
costs for speeding, as was John
Harris; and Newton Pickelsimer
—Turn To Page Twelve.
GOVERNOR LUTHER HODGES,
second from left, told Ed M. Anderson,
publisher of The Times and four other
leading WNC weekly newspapers, that
looking toward Brevard this time of the
year from atop the Pisgah at Wagon
Road Gap is “the most beautiful view
I’ve ever seen.” Governor Hodges offi
cially opened the newest link of the
Parkway that afternoon with members
of the State Board of Conservation and
Development. He was greatly impressed
with magnificent views and the autumn
color. In addition to the Times’ publisher,
other local persons on hand to greet the
governor were C. M. Douglas, Jonathan
Woody, Eddie Varner and John Ander
son. (Photo by Charles L. Russell)
MISS LOIS PLUMMER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Plummer, of Brevard, was crowned Home
coming Queen for ’55 at Duke University last Friday
night. A vivacious brunette, Miss Plummer is a nursing
student at Duke, and her picture was recently chosen to
be used on the cover of the school’s brochure, which has
a wide distribution all over the country. She was crowned
queen by Jesse Birchfield, of Elizabethton, Tenn., foot
ball team captain, and she reigned over the week end
festivities at Homer oming.
High School Students Urged
To Enter Radio Script Writing
Contest, Many Prizes Offered
ESSAY OF CAROLYN
OSBORNE IS FIRST
IN TIMES’ CONTEST
Brevard And Rosman Schools
Divide Prizes. Four Checks
Are Awarded
Miss Carolyn Osborne, senior at
Brevard high school and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Osborne, of
Brevard, won first place in the
Transylvania Times essay contest,
one of the highlight features of the
local observance of National News
paper week.
There were hundreds of entries
from Brevard and Rosman high
schools, and Publisher Ed M. An
derson said today that he was high
ly pleased with the many outstand
ing essays, which were written on
the subject, “Your Newspaper
Fights For Your Right to Know.”
“It was most difficult for the
judges to select the best ones,” Mr.
Anderson said in thanking all stu
dents who entered the contest. He
also expressed sincere appreciation
to the principals and teachers for
their fine cooperation in the event.
—Turn To Page Six
Theme Of Observance Is ”1
Speak For Democracy.”
Deadline Is Friday
In connection with the observance
of National Radio and Television
week celebrating the 34th birthday
of radio, a high school script writ
ing contest is being sponsored here
j by the junior chamber of com
! merce, the radio dealers and sta
jtion WPNF.
Ten prizes, totalling more than
| $160 in value, will be awarded tc
: the winners in the contest, which is
i open to all 10th, 11th and 12th
grade students. Friday is the dead
line for entry in the annual event
Auditions will be held at WPNF
for the 10 winners when judging is
completed, and afterwards a special
program will be broadcast, with the
top winner reading his or her essay.
The subject of the contest is, “I
Speak for Democracy.” The length
of the written radio scripts is 600
words, suitable for five minute
broadcasts. Recordings of the win
ning scripts will be made at WPNF
and sent to state headquarters of
the junior chamber of commerce
and state winners will be sent to
Washington.
One of the main purposes of
this “Voice of Democracy” contest
is tc stress the value of democracy
—Turn To Page Six
Program Highlights
High School Band Slated On WPNF,
Several New Programs Are Started
The Brevard high school band
will be featured on the program in
the series of “In The Public’s In
terest” next Tuesday afternoon at
5:00 o’clock over WPNF, John Del
linger, program director, announ
ces today.
Directed by John D. Eversman,
the band is currently making a big
hit at all the football games, and
listeners are urged to hear the spe
cial program next Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon the Bre
vard high school P-TA will present
the “In The Public’s Interest” pro
gram.
A new sports program, entitled
“Sports Hi-Lights” is now being
heard each morning at 7:35 o’clock
over WPNF. It is sponsored by the
Brevard bowling center, and pri
marily local sports news items are
featured.
Mrs. Harry Newland, of Brevard,
begins a new series of organ melo
dies each Sunday afternoon at 12:45
o’clock over the local station.
This program is entitled, “Marie
and Music,” and Mr. Dellinger says
it is designed for Sunday afternoon
—Tan To Page Six
$11,500 PLEDGED
OF THE GOAL OF
$22,500 FOR 1956
Campaign Directors Say
More Than 225 Volunteer
Workers Are Busy
ENDS ON SUNDAY
Transylvania’s first annual Unit'
ed Appeal fund has reached the
halfway mark, incomplete return*
reveal today.
Volunteer workers, numbering
more than 225 persons, are btuy
this week contacting citizens in
every community in the town and
county, and pledges and cash turn
ed in at the present time amount to
$11,500.00. The goal is $22,500.00,
and included in the budget are 17
allocations.
Campaign directors, Randal J.
Lyday and Charles L. Russell, urge
the workers to complete their solici
tations this week,- since the drive
ends on Sunday, Oct. 31st.
They remind all persons that
pledges are being accepted now for
1956. Payment of pledges can be
spread out over the 12 months of
next year.
About the current drive, Presi
dent Robert H. Stamey said yester-'
day:
“The great majority of our peo
ple are intensely interested in the
work of the United Fund and take
very seriously their moral obliga
tion to contribute a fair share to it
At this point we and our many fine
solicitors are highly pleased. We
sincerely believe our final report
will be a credit to ourselves and
our United Fund area.”
SALK SHOTS ARE
AVAILABLE HERE
Health Department Will
Take Children Between
Ages Of 5 And 9
Salk polio vaccine, made avail
able through federal government
funds, was received in the Transyl
vania county health office this week
and will be administered to chil
dren in the 5-9 year age group be
ginning with the general clinic om
Friday. '
The clinic hours during whioll
the polio vaccine will be given are
9 to 12 and 1 to 4:30 p. m.
It has been specified by health
officials that the 5-9 year group is
more susceptible to polio and they
arc to receive the first vaccine. It
is hoped that other age groups
will soon have the benefits of Salk
vaccine as well. Children who may
have failed to receive their second
shot in the county-wide clinic may
get them at the health department
Enough vaccine is on hand to as
sure the children getting the first
dosage of vaccine for the second
shot as well. However, the booster
shot recommended seven months
later must be secured from private
physicians.
All of the doctors in Brevard are’
now giving the vaccine and parents
who prefer may get the Salk vac
cine from them.
Health officials point out thaft
the important thing is to see that
no child misses getting the Salk
vaccine.
Holiday Shopping
Season Opens Nov. 25
The Christmas shopping season
in Brevard will open the day af
ter Thanksgiving, November 25.
This decision was reached at s
meeting of the merchants divis
ion of the chamber of commerce,
at which Dan Hawkins, the chair
man, presided.
Santa Claus will arrive at dusk
on that day and the colored lights
will be turned on for the first
time. According to Mr. Hawking,
a program of appropriate music
will be rendered at that time.
A throng of eager children and
their parents are expected to
greet Santa on his arrival to op
en the festive season here.