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—
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An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Voi. 66, No. 44
SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1955
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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OFFICIALS OF THE VFW post here
are shown as they loaded members of
the Brevard high school football team
into two busses last Saturday morning,
prior to their departure for Clemson,
where the boys witnessed the Clemson
Wake Forest game that afternoon. The
sides of the busses were appropriately
decorated with banners, and the Blue
Devils reported a good time. From left
to right, VFW members are: Bill Head,
quartermaster; Harry Ballard, command
er; Claude Melton, senior vice command
er; Vella Parker, past commander; and
Ed Conley, past commander and trus
tee. (Times Staff Photo)
United Appeal Fund Is $4,500 Short
Of Goal, Drive Is Being Extended
Campaign Directors Urge All
Solicitors To Make Reports
As Quickly As Possible
With the first annual United Ap
peal fund short of its goal of $22,
500 by some $4,500, leaders of the
county-wide movement are extend
ing the campaign for another week.
Campaign directors, Randal J.
Lyday and Charles L. Russell, es
timated Wednesday morning that
total cash and pledges to date
amount to $18,000.00.
Several solicitors in various com
munities have not reported in, and
the directors hope that when final
tabulations are made that the goal
wili be subscribed.
They urge all persons who have
not made a contribution to do so
immediately, and they urgently re
quest all solicitors to get their re
turns in as quickly as possible.
In a statement to the volunteer
workers, the directors said yester
day;
“Please redouble your efforts so
we can make this first United Ap
peal campaign a success!”
Ecustans have responded gener
ously to the campaign, it is report
ed, and solicitation in the Brevard
business district is expected to be
completed on Thursday.
Included in Transylvania’s budget
of $22,500 are 17 allocations, and
persons making contributions are
/eminded that cash or pledges are
now being accepted to 1956.
Payment of pledges can be
spread out over a 12 months period.
A victory rally of workers for
the final returns is set for Friday
night, Nov. 11th, at Gaither’s.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Nov. 3 — Methodist
and Presbyterian circles to meet.
Lions club meets at Gaither’s at 7
p. m.
Friday, Nov. 4 — Kiwanis club
to elect officers, 6:45 p. m., at Gai
ther’s. Brevard high vs. Owen,
lighted high school field, 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 5 — Community
parade, 1:30 p. m., followed by
awards presentation in high school
auditorium, 2:30 p. m.
Sunday, Nov. 6 — Attend the
church of your choice. Methodists
quarterly conference, Oak Grove
Methodist church, 2:30 p. m. St.
Philip’s Episcopal church preach
ing mission begins, 7:30.
Monday, Nov. 7 — American Le
gion post to have regular supper,
6:30 p. m. Rotary club meets at 7
p. m., at Gaither’s. Transylvania
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Another Fight Looms
Park Service Again Proposing
A Toll On Blue Ridge Parkway
The National Park Service has
renewed its efforts to place a $1.00
loll on the Blue Ridge Parkway
and now hopes to carry out this
plan by early next summer.
Conrad Wirth, director of the
Park Service, said plans for a $1.00
fifteen-day or $2.00 annual toll per
car remains unchanged.
He estimated that this would
bring in about $500,000 annually,
which, it is reported, wouldn’t even
take care of maintenance on the
proposed 477 miles of paved park
way
The Park Service still has a ma
jor stumbling block in the way of
Whitmire Renamed
Head ASC Office
Marvin W. Whitmire was re-elect
ed chairman of the Transylvania
county Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation committee at a recent
county convention held in the court
house.
Delegates from all the townships
in the county were present at the
convention. They had previously
been named in township elections.
Other officers of the ASC com
mittee are as follows: vice chair
man, Glenn Whitmire; regular
member, Richard McCall; first al
ternate, E. W. Medford; second al
ternate, Herbert Fisher.
Mrs. Julia Westwood was re-elect
ed as office manager.
its proposal—the house appropria
tions committee.
Last session the committee laid
an injunction on the Park Service
not to levy a toll on the Blue Ridge
until the matter had been investi
gated further.
The committee also asked the
Park Service for a special report
on the toll problem.
He said that NPS plans to put a
similar toll on the Natchez trail,
from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville,
Tenn., when it is finally completed
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Gil Coan High In Praise
Of Late Clark Griffith
Gil Coan, who saw action in
both the American and National
leagues during the past baseball
season, paid high tribute to the
late Clark Griffith, founder of
the Washington professional
baseball club, at the last regular
meeting of the Brevard Rotari- [
ans. '
Coan said that the 85-year-old
baseball magnate did more for
him in professional baseball than
any other person.
“Mr. Griffith was a man of his
word. Actually, players didn’t
even need contracts with him be
cause he always did what he
FFA Boys And 4-H’ers Win Prizes In
Annual Fat Calf Show, Sale Wednesday
Transylvania FFA boys and mem
bers of 4-H clubs held a successful
fat calf show at the B & B Feed and
Seed company on Monday and then
exhibited their fine animals at the
show in Asheville on Tuesday.
Wednesday afternoon the boys
sold their calves at the Asheville
sale with a number of local persons
and firms buying the animals.
County Agent Julian Glazener
was high in his praise Wednesday
of the boys and their calves. He
also thanked the management of
B & B company for furnishing $50
in prizes, and Randal J. Lyday, vo
cational agricultural teacher at Bre
vard, and Robert Love, assistant
county agent, for their work in
making the show successful.
Seven blue ribbons and five red
ones were won by members of the
Brevard FFA chapter, and three
blues and three reds went to the
4-H boys.
FFA boys winning blue ribbons
were: James Nicholson, Jimmy Al
lison, Ed Galloway, Farrel Moore,
Henry Sitton, Paul Sitton and Lar
ry Pickelsimer. FFA boys winning
red ribbons were: Jimmy Canup,
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Gigantic Parade And Meeting Will
Climax Rural Development Program
Civil TERM OF
COURT IS ENDING,
VERDICTS GIVEN
Pleas Of Guilty And Submis
sions Were Heard During
The First Week
The civil term of Superior court
in Transylvania is expected to be
adjourned late Wednesday, clerk
of court Marvin McCall announced
at noon.
Judge J. Will Pless handed down
a number of decisions this week,
and in addition to the civil slate,
several pleas of guilty and submis
sions were heard last week.
In the case Hubert Clayton, Jr.,
vs. Transylvania Tanning company,
the court upheld the decision of
the unemployment commission, and
the defendant appealed the case to
Supreme Court.
The Myrtle C. M. Smith vs. Ever
ett Smith case ended in a non-suit,
and the Jonathan Woody vs. Maude
Pickelsimer case was continued, as
was the Frantz Bishop vs. E. A.
Glazener case.
In the Stephenson Finance com
pany vs. J. C. Patterson case $765.00
was awarded to the plaintiff, and
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QUIET HALLOWEEN
IS OBSERVED HERE
Damages By Pranksters Said
At Minimum. Various Car
nivals Said Successful
Halloween was quietly observed
in Brevard and Transylcania coun
ty and damages by pranksters were
reported by law enforcement offi
cers to be at a minimum.
Hundreds and hundreds of boys
and girls in fancy costumes attend
ed the big Halloween carnival at
the Brevard elementary schools,
and the event was said to be a great
success by officials of the P-TA,
who sponsored.
The mercury dipped to freezing
during the evening, and at 9:30
o’clock everything was said to be
“all quiet” in the town.
Mrs. Kay Dreyer, who was gen
eral chairman of the event, ex
pressed sincere appreciation to all
persons who worked so hard to
make the carnival the success that
it was. She reported that over $1,
000 was made for P-TA projects.
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promised,” Coan stated very re
spectfully.
The local, fleet-footed outfield
er played with Washington from
1946, when he was brought up
from Chattanooga, Tenn., by Mr.
Griffith until February, 1954,
when he was sold to Baltimore.
“The average fan doesn’t re
member Mr. Griffith as a winner
of more than 200 games on the
mound, nor does he stop to think
that Mr. Griffith is one of the
very few persons who made a
living for himself and many,
many others in professional base
ball,” Coan continued.
The speaker also pointed out
that the late Washington base
ball executive was extremely be
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Methodist Men
Meet, ’56 Budget
Adopted By Board
New officers of the Methodist
Men’s club will be named at the
December meeting, it was decided
at a supper meet Tuesday night at
the church. President A1 Perkins
presided, and he named Hall Smith,
Jr., Luke Harrison and Tony Tran
tham on the nominating committee.
The members of the group decid
ed to join with other churches in
sponsoring a “Little Basketball
League,” for boys between the ages
af nine and 13. A committee was
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PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the
big awards meeting to climax the
’55 Rural Development contest
on Saturday in Transylvania are
pictured here. Julian A. Glaze
ner, county agent and key pro
moter of the program, is shown
at top left, and at top right is
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of the
Transylvania Times and presi
dent of WPNF, who will make
the principal address on the pro
gram. At the left is Freeman
Ilayes, chairman of the county
board of commissioners, who will
present the community awards.
Threat Of Forest Fires Mounts
in Woodlands Of Transylvania
LITTLE JACK :
PUPPET SHOWS
HERE THIS WEEK
Puppet To Entertain Chil
dren In Six Of Coun
ty’s Schools
Because of a change in schedule,
the Little Jack’s Puppet Show, since
1935 a tradition in North Carolina
schools, will play to hundreds of
Transylvania boys and girls on
Thursday and Friday.
“Little Jack” and his troupe are
sponsored by the Division of Oral
Hygiene of the North Carolina
State Board of Health. Local ar
rangements for the puppet shows at
Transylvania county schools were
made by the health department.
“Little Jack” shows will be giv
en at Penrose, Rosenwald, Pisgah
Forest, Straus, Rosman and Bre
vard schools. It is possible only to
show the program three times
daily.
“Little Jack” shows are complete
ly redone every two years. During
this time every effort is made for
the puppet show to visit all of
North Carolina’s 100 counties.
The “Little Jack” show endeavors
to teach school children the four
dental health rules, while at the
same time giving them entertain
ment. It is reported that “Little
Jack” receives thousands cvf fan
letters annually from children, all
of whom receive an answer.
Wfrt Are Bci*is Manned.
Ranger Seely ^Makes Plea.
No Blazes To Date
The threat of forest fires in the
Pisgah National Forest and other
Transylvania woodlands continues
to mount daily with the first three
days this week being classified as
Class Four by Ranger Ted Seely.
Class Five, only one jump high
er, is the most dangerous of fire
classifications.
Ranger Seely points out that the
heavy rains Friday night and ear
ly Saturday morning helped for on
ly a brief time. “The high winds
Saturday and Sunday soon dried
the woods out again, making fire
danger as bad as ever,” the ranger
said.
He expressed hopes for rain
Thursday, which the weather bu
reau had forecast.
All fire towers in the county,
maintained by both state and fed
eral personnel, have been manned
and will continue to be until about
the middle of December when the
fire season usually ends.
The law prevents the burning of
debris within 500 feet of woodlands
without a permit, and Ranger Seely
urges all persons to be extremely
careful with matches and cigarettes
when in or near the Pisgah. Hunt
ers are warned to use care when
smoking.
“If folks would make sure that
match or cigarette are out before
they toss them away, the smoke
chasers might get a good night’s
sleep during the fire season,” Rang
er Seely warned.
He explained that the falling
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WPNF Program HighlighU
Special Broadcast Of Awards Meet
In Rural Development Contest Logged
The talks and the awarding of
prizes in the ’55 Rural Development
program Saturday at Brevard high
school will be recorded and played
over WPNF that afternoon at 5:00
o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, station man
ager, announces today.
“There’s extreme interest in this
program, and we feel that every
body will want to hear of the many
accomplishments,” Mr. Hoyle stated
in urging all listeners of WPNF to
hear the special broadcast.
Judges in the Voice of Democra
cy contest will meet Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 o’clock at the station
to select the 10 winners in the
many essays from Brevard and Bos
nian high schools. Auditions will be
held next Thursday, and the special
awards meeting is set for the af
ternoon of Nov. 11th.
Friday night WPNF will carry a
play-by-play description of the Bre
vard-Owen game. Air-time is 7:25
o’clock, and the Carolina-South
Carolina game is scheduled for Sat
urday afternoon. Broadcast time is
1:45 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
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FIRST EVENT TO
BEGIN SATURDAY
AT 1:30 O’CLOCK
Speaking Will Follow At
2:30 In Brevard High
School Auditorium
$1,060 IN PRIZES
A record crowd is expected in
Brevard Saturday afternoon for the
big parade and meeting, which will
climax the ’55 Rural Development
program in Transylvania county.
The parade will form at the NYA,
adjacent to the Brevard high school
promptly at 1:30 o’clock, and the
meeting will follow at 2:30 o’clock
in the Brevard high school audi
torium.
The Brevard high school band
and the colors of the American Le
gion will lead the parade, in which
there will be numerous entries
from the eight community clubs
entered in the 55 Rural Develop
ment contest, as well as cars of the
various sponsoring firms and or
ganizations.
Scout troops, Cubs, the VFW post •
and others are being asked to
march in the gigantic parade.
In case of rain, the parade will
be called off, but the program will
be held at 2:30 o’clock in the high
| school as planned.
Through Brevard
The route ol travel ot the parade
I will be up Caldwell street to Main;
then down Main to Gaston; down
Gaston to Jordan; up Jordan to
Broad; and then down Broad back
to the high school.
There will be signs along Varsity
and G*stoa streets, beside and be*
kindr nfl^NYA kut and the hi*h
school, denoting where the commu
nities and the sponsors should get
in line for the parade. Randal J.
Lyday, B. E. Keisler, John Ander
son and John D. Eversman are in
charge of arrangeemnts for the pa
rade.
Immediately following the pa
rade at 2:30 o’clock, the big awards
meeting will be held in the high
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JAYCEES TO HOLD
BOSSES’ EVENING
U. S. Deputy Marshal Will Be
Principal Speaker At Event
Next Wednesday
The Brevard Jaycees are plan
ning a “Bosses’ Night” at their
next regular meeting, scheduled for
Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th.
The event, which the Jaycees
hope to make an annual affair, will
be held at Gaither’s, beginning at
7:00 o’clock.
In announcing the program*
President Bill Norris says that a
most entertaining evening has been
planned for the bosses.
Paul Teal, of Asheville, and chief
deputy United States marshall, will
be the principal speaker on the
program. Mr. Teal has served as
president of the U. S. Deputy Mar
shals association and has been in
strumental in helping the marshals
office in Asheville achieve the rat
ing of the number one office of its
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Moose Lodge Sets
Pace In Campaign
Setting the pace with 59 new
members reported in September
following a report of 37 in Au
gust, the newly organized Moose
lodge here, No. 1769, is leading
the way in new members in the
current Mooseheart Ambassador
campaign, Governor Hugh Brad
burn announces today.
“With a quota of 100, our lodge
promises to go over the top in
three months and then go ahead
and double and redouble its quo
ta,” the governor continued.
“If we maintain our present
pace, we will receive national!
lecognition. After all, Brevard is
comparatively a small communi
ty, but we are setting our goal at:
500 by the time the campaign
ends on August 15, 1956,” Mr..
Bradburn concluded.