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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
'he Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 66, No. 47
+ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1955* 24 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TWO ADOPTED TRANSYLVAN
IANS, Jules Romfh, riding the horse at
the left, and Gerald Graham, mounted
on the horse at the right, were stars in a
polo match last Sunday afternoon at the
new field near Columbia, S. C. Young
Romfh, co-owner and manager of Glenn
Cannon farm in lower Transylvania, led
the Columbia “All-Stars" to a 4-3 vic
tory, and Graham starred defensively for
the Camden team. A return match is
slated this Sunday. See story and anoth
er picture on page eight, third section.
(Times Staff Photo)
Three-Way Approval Given Parkway
Link From Gloucester To Beech Gap
Raleigh Meeting Held Tues
day. Buchanan Says Con
tract Could Be Let In ’56
Authorization for relocation and
grading of the Rosman to Beech
Gap road through Balsam Grove
and Pin Hook gap was given at a
three-way meeting of officials in
Raleigh Tuesday.
When completed this road will
give Transylvania county and
points south and east a connection
with the south end of the Wagon
Road to Beech Gap link of the Blue
Ridge Parkway which was opened
in October of this year, and will
also give the Balsam Grove and
Macedonia sections a good road to
US 64.
The State Highway commission,
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, and
the National Forest Service each
gave approval of the project fol
lowing a joint meeting of the three
agencies with members of the N. C.
Park commission.
Harry Buchanan, highway com
missioner for the 14th diVision an
nounced here Wednesday that he
anticipated letting the contract on
the link early in the spring of 1956
and that it should be graded and
ready for use within a year.
Mr. Buchanan said that the pro
posed road would be built with
funds on hand by the Pisgah Na
tional Forest, and matching funds
from the State Highway and Bureau
of Public roads, and that the money
expended on the road would not be
charged to Transylvania county’s al
Jotment of road money.
The highway commissioner, who
has been working for months with
the forest service and the park
commission on the project, said that
the matter had to be cleared
through the Washington office of
the public roads bureau before it
could be officially started.
National forest officials are in
terested to the point where they
will be able to invest half a mil
—Turn To Page Eight
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Nov. 24 — Thanksgiv
ing day. All stores, town and coun
ty offices, schools closed. Union
service at 10 a. m., Lutheran Church
of the Good Shepherd. Masonic
meeting in temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, Nov. 25 — Santa Claus to
arrive in parade beginning at 5:30
p. m. Boy Scout district committee
meets at 7:30 p. m., Duke Power
company.
Saturday, Nov. 26 — Jaycees’ tur
key shoot, 1 p. m. Thanksgiving
dance at Brevard country club.
Sunday, Nov. 27 — Attend the
church of your choice. Martin Lu
ther film to be shown at Lutheran
—Turn to Page Eight
Hunting We’ll Go
Only Tair" Luck Is Reported
As ’55 Deer Hunts Continue
i Deer hunters are having “fair”
; luck in the Pisgah National Forest
as the ’55 season, which opened on
! Monday, continues, Ranger Ted See
ly reports.
I The total kill for the first day in
| all of the areas of the Pisgah was
! 62, and by sections it was as fol
I lows: Wilderness, 2; West Fork Pig
! eon River, 22; Big East Fork, 6;
Davidson River, 14; North Mills,
15; Bent Creek, 1; and Pisgah Ledge
1.
The forest was opened for one
day hunts on Tuesday, and some
700 checked in by shortly after day
break. It was estimated that on
Monday some 1,200 hunters were in
the forest.
Local men making nice kills on
I Tuesday were Roy Ashe, R. W.
Pressley, and Buck Smith.
Local hunters hitting the mark
on Monday included Donell Gallo
way, of Rosman; Bill Galloway, of
Balsam Grove; and Frank Coston,
of near Hendersonville.
The total kill on Tuesday, with
Bradley Creek and Cantrell Creek
areas not reporting, was 34.
Wednesday morning the hunters
were hampered by the rain and
heavy fog, and no kills had been
reported when The Times went to
press.
One of the best kills brought in
Monday was an eight-point buck,
which Monroe Collins and Bill Bent
ley got on East Fork.
Times Giving Free
Tickets To Theatre,
Read Ads Carefully
Maybe you are the lucky win
ner of a free ticket to the movie.
In all of the Christmas adver
tisements in this issue are the
i names that have been chosen
i from The Times’ mailing list in
impartial numerical manner.
Read these ads carefully and
if you find your name, bring a
copy of the advertisement to
The Times office and you will
receive a free ticket to the local
theatres.
All tickets must be called for
by December 10th and they must
be used before Christmas.
You are also urged to take
advantage of the many gift val- j
ues advertised in this issue.
Santa To Officially Open Christinas
Shopping Season Here Friday Night
FIVE STUDENTS
SEEKMOREHEAD
SCHOLARSHIPS
Chairman Pleased With Cali
bre Of Group. One Will Re
ceive Recommendation
Five Transylvania high school
seniors have applied for a 1956
Morehead scholarship at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, John An
derson, the local chairman, an
nounces today.
Of the five, four are from Bre
vard high school, with the fifth
from Rosman.
In the local group are: John
Robert Huggins, Gayle Edward
Ramsey, James Opie Wells, Jr.,
and Harvey William Sigmon. The
Rosman senior applying for the
$5,000 scholarship is Frank How
ard Lance, Jr.
The chairman expressed himself
as being highly pleased with the
five applicants.
“All of them are excellent stu
dents with outstanding records,”
Mr Anderson declared.
The Transylvania committee,
composed of the chairman, Thomas
R. Eller, Robert T. Gash and Cecil
Hill, will screen the five applicants
and one will be recommended to
the district committee on Decem
ber 15th.
Two Brevard students, Jim Kim
zcy and Clifton Metcalf, are now
studying at the University of North
Carolina on Morehead scholar
—Turn To Page l our
WILL CONTINUE
LIBRARY DRIVE
Total Contributions Over
$11,000. Hope To Build
Next Spring
The special funds raising commit
tee for the new Transylvania libra
ry decided Tuesday night to recom
mend to the library board that ef
forts be continued to raise money
and that the board proceed with
plans to construct a new building
as soon as possible.
Ralph Ramsey, chairman of the
committee, reported that approxi
mately $11,000.00 was now on hand,
and the group felt that if another
four to five thousand could be
raised by next spring that it would
be sufficient to build a modern li
brary.
Mr. Ramsey made a plea for com
mittee members to follow up on
prospective contributors and he
urged persons who have not con
tributed to do so immediately. The
chairman stated that he expected
a donation in the immediate future
—Turn to Page Eight
A BREVARD COLLEGE LUNCH
EON, to climax a special call meeting of
the board of trustees, was held in the col
lege cafeteria for board members and
faculty. At the meeting the $700,000
three-phase building program of the col
lege was given the final stamp of ap
proval, and construction will begin next
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week on the new wing to the women’s
dormitory. Seated at the speakers’ table
from left to right are: Allen Sims, a trus
tee from Gastonia; Edwin L. Jones, of
Charlotte, chairman of the Board; Mrs.
Robert H. Stamey; and President Stamey.
(Times Staff Photo)
OLD SANTA CLAUS wiii arrive in Brevard Frid^^
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock and his arrival will signal the "
opening of the Christmas shopping season here. A host
of his admirers is expected to be on hand to greet him.
Pictured with Santa above are Logan Gilstrap and
Nancy Owen, Transylvania’s Christmas Seal children.
They urge the use of the colorful seals on letters, greet
ing cards and packages.
Thanksgiving To Be Quietly
Observed In Town And County,
Union Service Thursday Morn
Ail Stores, Offices, Schools
Will Close. Many To At
tend Grid Game
Transylvanians will observe the
1955 Thanksgiving in the tradition
al manner on Thursday. There will
be large family gatherings, church
services and the day throughout the
town and county will be a holiday.
All stores, town and county of
fices, the bank and the post office
will be closed. There will no rural
or city delivery of mail; however,
the general delivery window will be
open from 11:30 a. m. until 12 noon.
All town and county schools have
a holiday Thursday and Friday.
Students at Brevard college will at
tend classes Thursday but will be
dismissed for a week end holiday
from Friday until Monday.
Hundreds of hunters from
throughout Eastern America are
here for the annual deer hunts.
Many Transylvanians are expected
to spend the holiday “in the woods.”
—Turn to Page Five
Brevard Groups Are Cooper,
ating. Corriher Preaches
At Lutheran Church
The annual Thanksgiving service,
sponsored by the Ministerial Asso
ciation of Brevard, will be held this
year at the Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd on Thanksgiving
morning at 10 o’clock.
The churches cooperating in this
service are: the Brevard Methodist
church; the Brevard - Davidson
River Presbyterian church; the
First Baptist church; and the Lu
theran church. The sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. Douglas Cor
riher, pastor of the Methodist
church.
Various churches in Brevard have I
worked together on this service for j
several years, with the service be
ing held in the different churches, i
Rev. J. Keith Beam, Lutheran
minister, said yesterday: “It is
hoped that this year’s service will
be one of the most successful yet
—Turn to Page Five
Program Highlights
Special Thanksgiving Programs To
Be Heard On Thursday Over WPNF
special music appropriate to the
Thanksgiving observance will be
heard on Thursday and listeners of
WPNF are urged by program direc
tor, John Dellinger, to keep their
sets at 1240.
Two special Thanksgiving pro
grams, one at 2:45 o’clock, and the
other at 5:00 p. m., are especially
called to the attention of persons
who like fine music.
On the first the Air Force band,
playing songs popular at Thanks
giving, will be heard, and the sec
ond is a special broadcast, under
the auspices of Brevard college,
which will stress the religious as
pect of the holiday.
A play-by-play description of the
State-West Virginia game will be
heard over WPNF on Saturday eve
ning, beginning at 7:45 o’clock. This
program will be carried as a pub
lic service of WPNF.
Another public service program
of the station will be heard each
Saturday night at 7:25 o’clock
—Turn To Page Five
BREVARD BAND
LEADS PARADE
TO C. H. SQUARE
Stores Well Stocked. Colored
Lights To Be Turned On
That Evening
CANDY FOR TOTS
The arrival of Santa Claus here
Friday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock
will officially open the 1955 Christ
mas shopping season in Brevard.
Hundreds and hundreds of excit
ed young folks and their parents
are expected to be on hand to greet
the jolly old fellow from the North
Pole. Santa will arrive atop the big
fire truck.
Leading the procession will be
the American Legion color guard
and the Brevard high school band,
with John D. Eversman directing.
The groups will assemble in front
of the Presbyterian church on East
Main street at 5:00 o’clock. Mayor
John A. Ford will welcome the dis
tinguished visitor and Dan Haw
kins, chairman of the merchant’s
committee of the chamber of com
merce, will bring greetings.
Santa will visit the stores and
give candy to all the children on the
streets and visit in the stores, which
will remain open until 9 o'clock.
They report abundant Christmas
stocks of gift merchandise.
Multi-colored lights have been
installed n the business section
and they vvill be turned on just ber
fere Santa air'ves.
With industries running full time,
business is expected to be good here
this Christmas season, and Mr.
Hawkins urges all Transylvania
citizens to “trade at home.”
This is the annual Christmas is
sue of The Times and Publisher Ed
M. Anderson urges all readers to
ponder the special Christmas ads
before preparing their shopping
lists.
Santa Claus will return to town
on Saturday and each Saturday
from now until Christmas. He will
visit in the stores and give candy to
all his little friends.
FOOTBALL SEASON
SAID SUCCESSFUL
Breakdown Of Income And
Expenses Released This
Week By Kimzey
The 1955 football season at Bre
vard high school was termed a fi
nancial success this week by Rol>
ert T. Kimzey, principal at Brevard
high school.
A complete breakdown of income
and expenses has been released by
.Mr. Kimzey for public inspection,
and it is carried on page eight, first
section, this week.
lie explains that the football pro
gram carries both the basketball
and baseball teams, since these
sports are not self-supporting.
Profits from the ’55 grid season
will be used for the ’56 cage and
baseball season and for improve
ments on the field and for new
equipment for next season.
Total income from the ’55 foot
ball season was $10,291.66, with
$204.04 being carried over from
last year. Expenses totalled $6,
372.89, and most of the balance is
being used as follows:
$2,100.00 for new bleachers.
$500 for insurance for next falL
$1,554.70 for new equipment.
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