TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
The Transylvania Times
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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 66: No. 49
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
recefved a “certificate of merit
for outstanding accomplish
ments in traffic safety” from
the North Carolina State Auto
mobile association last week, and
Hugh H. Cranford, left, of the
Charlotte office, made the pres
entation. Freeman Hayes, chair
man of the county board of com
missioners, accepted the plaque.
Directly behind it is Sheriff E.
V. “Scott” Dillingham, who also
accepted on behalf of the county,
and A. Cox, NCSAA representa
tive here, is at the right in the
above photo. Mr. Cranford was
high in his praise of local offi
cers on Transylvania’s safety
record, especially citing the work
of the State Highway patrolmen
here, Bill Sawyer, left, and Jack
Cabe, right, in the photograph to
the left.
(Times Staff Photos)
Big Mass Meeting Slated Friday Night
To Establish Youth Center In Connty
Public Urged To Attend.
Concrete Plans And Sug
gestions To Be Presented
A gigantic mass meeting, spon
sored by the Transylvania Youth
committee, is slated *for Friday
night, December Sth, at 8.Q0 o’clock
in the Brevard high school audi
torium.
E. B. Garrett, the temporary
chairman of the committee, urges
ail teen-agers, their parents and
other persons in Brevard and
Transylvania county who are in
terested in a yo\flfx center here to
attend this important rally.
Mr. Garrett points out that a
teen-age center will provide super
vised recreation and entertainment
for the youth of Transylvania coun
ty.
The highlight of the meeting will
be the demonstration of a teen-age
center in operation on the stage
of the high school. Some 40 teen
agers from Brevard and Rosman
will participate in this unique skit.
A Christmas tree will be featured
Hi the program and persons at
tending the meeting can have a
part in decorating it.
There will be special musical
numbers of local talent, hilarious
skits and plans for the youth cen
ter will be explained.
It is understood that the Tran
sylvania Youth committee has def
inite plans, budget, etc., to present
to the meeting and an ideal site
for the center has been secured.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 8 — Court to
continue. Brevard Fortnightly club
meets at 3:30 with Mrs. Hall Smith,
Jr. Brevard vs. Edneyville in col
lege gym, 7 p. m. Masonic meet
ing in temple at 8 p. m. Church wo
men’s combined meeting at Bre
vard college, 8 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 9 — Public meeting
about youth center, Brevard high
school auditorium, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 10 — Santa re
turns to town.
Sunday, Dec. 11 — Attend tjje
church of your choice. Brevard
college open house, women’s dorm
from 4:30 until 7 p. m. Brevard
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Increase Is 41%
Retail Sales In County Hit
High Mark, Breakdown Given
Retail sales in 1954 of 131 stores
in Transylvania county totaled
$10,036,000, according to prelimin
ary 1954 Census of Business fig
ures announced by the Bureau of
the Census Department of Com
merce.
This was an increase (*) of 41.8
percent over sales in 1948 by 139
stores of $7,079,000.
Stores with payroll in 1954 num
bered 77, had 422 paid employees
in November 1954, reported payroll
of $817,000, and accounted for
sales of $8,738,000. Proprietors of
unincorporated businesses number
ed 132.
The number of stores and their
1954 sales, grouped by major kinds
of businesses, were:
Kind-of-Business Stores Total
Group (Number) (Dol.)
Food stores _42 3,187,000
Eating,
drinking places_9 232,000
General
merchandise group 13 791,000
Apparel, accessories
stores_4 238,000
Furniture, home fur
nishings, appliances 8 664,000
Automotive group __10 1,652,000
Gasoline service
stations _12 677,000
Lumber, bldg, matls.,
hdw., farm
equipment_10 754,000
Drug stores, proprietary
stores _3 (D)
Other retail stores __18 1,427,000
Nonstore retailers_2 (D)
For 10c, a report for the State’s
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Expert On Driver Training Will Speak
Monday Night At P-TA Meeting
Sterling D. Huggens, director of \
training for the American Enka ;
corporation, will be the principal 5
speaker at the monthly meeting of \
the Brevard Elementary P-TA on f
Monday night, December 12th, at ij
8:00 o’clock in the school cafeteria.
According to Duncan Hunter,
chairman of the safety committee
of the P-TA, the program fits right
into the efforts of the Kiwanis club
and other organizations in Brevard
who are trying to get driver train
ing in the county high schools.
Mr. Huggens has had consider
able experience in driver educa
tion and is a qualified instructor
in driver training, having served
in this capacity at State Teachers
college, California, Pennsylvania.
A double quartet from Brevard
college, under the direction of
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Many Criminal Cases Being Disposed
Of During December Term Of Court
MORE DEER TAKEN
IN PISGAH THIS
YEAR THAN IN 1954
Total Killed Was 260 And
Five Bears. Coon Hunts
Begin On Monday
The total kill of deer and bear
in the Pisgah National forest this
year was slightly better than it was
in ’54. Ranger Ted Seely reports
today.
The hunts ended in the Pisgah
last Saturday, but the season on
private preserves continue through
this coming Saturday.
The total kill this year in the
Pisgah was 195 deer and 65 in the
Sherwood areas. This compares
with 240 deer last year. Five bears
were bagged on the Pisgah pre
serve.
Hunter man-days in the Pisgah
totalled 4,678 as compared with
4,429 in the Sherwood areas.
Ranger Seely reports that the
first coon hunt in the Pisgah will
be held Monday night in the David
son river area, and the second is
scheduled on North Mills River on
December 14th.
The various areas and the numr
ber of man-days and the kill for
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SALE OF TB SEALS
NOW TOTALS $592
Contrbutions Are Made By
265 Persons To Decem
ber 2. Chinn. Pleased
The Christmas Seal sale of the
Transylvania County Tuberculosis
committee, which began here on
November 16th, has grossed $592.93
through December 2nd.
The chairman of the Christmas
Sea^ campaign, Miss Jeanette Aus
! tin, said that of the 2,490 people
tfho were mailed Christmas Seals.
265 have thus far sent in their
contributions. The chairman ex
pressed confidence that the amount
necessary to carry on the com
mittee’s work would be received
and urged residents in this area
“to use their Christmas Seals on
cards, letters and packages during
the holiday season.”
In citing the importance of sup
porting the TB Committee she
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| George W. Wilson Is
New Driver’s License
Examiner In County
George W. Wilson, a native
Transylvanian, is the new driver’s
license examiner in Transylvania
county.
Mr. Wilson is here in the court
house each Monday and Tuesday,
| with office hours from 8:00 to 5:00
| o’clock. He is in Madison county
| the other three days each week.
The driver’s license examiner
suggests that all persons desiring
to renew their license to make ap
pointment ahead of time.
He advises all motorists that li
censes must be renewed every
four years on the driver’s birth
day. He has refresher books avail
able on requests, and the test con
sists of answering some 20 writ
ten questions and an eye exam.
This week and next Mr. Wilson is
in the sheriff’s office, however
when court is over, he will again
use the small office to the rear of
the court room.
two Arrested In
Raid Near Rosman
Officers of the Alcohol and To
bacco Tax Unit raided a still near
Rosman Tuesday and arrested two
men, who were released to ap
pear before U. S. Commisioner
Alex Kizer in Brevard for prelim
inary hearing Thursday.
The operation which the officers
destroyed included two 50-gallon
stills, 400 gallons of mash and 25
gallons of whisky, according to
their report.
Burlin Morgan and Jess Morgan
of Rosman, arrested at the still,
are due to appear before Kizer
at 10:30 a. m.
MR. AND MRS. FRED SCRUGGS celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on November 27th. Their
children gave them a surprise dinner at the home of
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. arfd Mrs. Harvey
Scruggs, Hillside Heights, Pisgah Forest. They have
four children living, three daughters and a son.
(Photo by Austin)’
First Annual United Fund Meet
Held, ’56 Quota Oversubscribed
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C. L. CLARK, manager of the
produce department of Cash and ,
Carry Super market here, is the j
new consul commander of the
Balsam Camp, No. 116, Woodmen
of the World, succeeding J. I.
Ayers. See story on front page,
second section, for complete list
of the new WOW officers.
Shriners Will Elect
Officers On Monday
The monthly meeting of the
Transylvania Shrine club will be
held Monday night at 7:00 o’clock
in Gaither’s Dogwood room ac
cording to announcement by Bill
Hensley, the club’s president.
Mr. Hensley urges all members
to attend this important meeting
wnen officers will be elected for
next year.
Dolores Ann Vallandingham, of
Brevard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Vallandingham, who reigned
as queen at the Shrine Bowl game
last Saturday in Charlotte, will re
port at the meeting on the activi
ties of her trip.
Directors And Officers Are
Re-elected. Low Operat
ing Cost Is Revealed
Witjj several individual pledges
ye( to come in, Transfylvania
County United fund has already
gone $1400.00 over the first year
quota of $22,500.00, it was reported
to the annual meeting held here
Monday night by campaign Chair
man Charles Russell and Treasurer
Melvin Gillespie.
Pledge cards and cash are being
received daily, the report to the
general meeting showed, and it is
expected that those who will still
send in their “fair share” of the
county’s quota will bring the over
age past the $1600-mark.
Directors were re-elected at the
general meeting, to fill out what in
reality-is a first-year term, which
started in August and will go un
til December first of next year.
The directors unanimously voted
to rename all officers for the ensu
ing year, with Rev. Robert H. Sta
men, head of Brevard College, as
president; L. F. Dixon, vice pres
ident of Ecusta, vice-president; C.
M. Douglas, tax . collector, secre
tary; Melvin Gillespie, cashier of
Transylvania Trust company, treas
urer.
Directors named to serve ano
ther year were:
John I Anderson, L. W. Bonnell,
Dr. Norman Boyer, Guy Burchfield,
F. Brown Carr, Mrs. J. P. Cheek,
Rev. Douglas Corriher, Miss Eliza
beth Davis, Nell Disher, Therman
Lewis Fisher, Vernon Fricks, Scott
Galloway, M. L. Herzog, Bobby
Hoyle, Jack Huggins, W. L. Hunni
cutt, Don Jenkins, John D. Jones,
George Justus.
Also, R. T. Kimzey, Mrs. R. E.
Lawrence, Ralph Lee, A. J. Loeb,
J. B. McCall, Otis Merrill, Rev. Ben
F. Ormand, Alvin Patterson, Geo.
T. Perkins, Sr., Jack C. Pettee,
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WPNF Program Highlights
Santa Claus) Is Reading Letters Of
Local Boys And Girls Each Afternoon
With only 15 more shopping days
until Christmas, WPNF urges all
Transylvania boys and girls to send
their Santa Claus letters in so
that they might be read over
WPNF.
Each afternoon at 4:30 o’clock,
Monday through Friday, Ole Santa
is heard over the local station di
rect from the North Pole, and Tran
sylvania boys and girls can leave
their letters for him at the Cash
and Carry Super Market, the West
ern Auto Associate store or at
Brevard Jewelers.
Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
suggests that boys and girls
throughout the town and county
listen each afternoon to the special
Santa Claus broadcast.
Mr. Hoyle also calls attention to
another special program, “The
Song of the Day,” Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday, which is heard
mornings at 8:15 o’clock, under the
sponsorship of The Launderette.
Santa arived early over WPNF
this week for Mrs. Roy Schultz,
when she won $22.00 on the
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ISO VERDICTS ARE
GIVEN DOWN, JURY
TRIALS ARE HEARD
Civil Cases Are Slated To Be
Heard On Next Monday
Judge Pless Presiding
DOCKET HIGHLIGHTED
A large number of the 400 cases
on the criminal docket of the De
cember term of Superior court
was disposed of on Monday and
Tuesday, and two jury trials were
heard on Wednesday morning.
The criminal slate will be con
tinued through this week, and
work will be started on Monday on
the civil docket.
Judge J. Will Pless, of Marion,
who is presiding, has moved up all
civil cases scheduled on Monday,
Tueday, Wednesday and Thursday
to Monday morning. This was don&
to avoid attorney conflicts.
Clerk of Court Marvin McCall
estimates that over 150 cases haye
been disposed of, with verdicts to
be handed down later in several
of them.
Clarence O. Hidings is prosecut
ing for the state, and large crowds
have been attending court here
this week.
The large docket this term is
due to the fact that there was no
July-August term of court in
Transylvania, and a January term
is expected to be held.
Submissions took up most of the
court’s time on Monday and Tues
day.
As The Times went to press
Wednesday, the Judge was hearing
the case of Willie Sylvester Smith*
who is charged with reckless driv
ing. The defendant said he hit a
telephone pole, trying to avoid
crossing the path of a black cat.
k. Prior to the Smith case, a jury
heard the case of Albert C. Ar>»
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BUILDING PERMITS
MUST BE SECURED
Town Board Instructs Inspect
tor To Enforce Ordinance.
Other Action Taken
The town board of aldermen in
structed the building inspector to
enforce the ordinance requiring
persons to have building permits
for any new construction, altering,
repairing and remodeling at the
regular December meeting Monday
night. Mayor John A. Ford presided
over the meeting, which was at
tended by the five aldermen, the
i city clerk and attorney.
The board felt that the ordinance
had not been enforced too rigidly
in the past, and it authorized the
building inspector to prosecute any
violators in the future.
Persons planning to build or to,
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Schools To Close
On December 16tlr
For Yule Vacation
Transylvania schools will close
on Friday, Dec. 16th, for the Christ
mas holidays.
According to Supt. J. B. Jones,
the Christmas vacation will last for
two weeks and one day, with class
es reconvening on Tuesday, Jan
uary 3rd.
Mr. Jones explains that since
New Year’s Day falls on Sunday,
it is customary to take Monday as
a holiday.
If there are no interruptions on
account of bad weather this winter
the spring term will close Wednes
| day, May 23rd.
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