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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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.
Vol. 67: No. 3
★ SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKl.v
WHEN THE BREVARD FIREMEN
answered an alarm last week at the City
Limits grocery on the Rosman highway,
they were greeted with r terrifically hot
blaze and a store full of mke. Two lines
were laid from a nearby creek, and the
local fire-fighters were able to save the
building, but the stock and fixtures were
a total loss. However, the adjacent living
quarters and furnishings were saved.
Much Road Work Underway In County J
Various Projects On 64 Are Listed
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Expect To Let Contract For
Dual Lane Into Brevard
By Early Summer
Work on the new highway from
the entrance of Pisgah National
forest to the county line, a distance
of 6.47 miles, is now underway by
the J. C. Crieher company, of
Asheville, and will require from
four to six months to complete.
Actually, the highway is a re
located route of US Highway 64,
and will connect with the new road
from Horse Shoe to the Transyl-!
vania county line.
This relocated route is 4.7 miles
and work on it should be complet
ed by early summer.
The second section of the pro
ject, which is the highway from |
the county line to the entrance of 1
Pisgah National forest, will con-!
nect with the third portion of the |
project. This new highway will run
from the entrance of the forest to
the Brevard town limits.
The contract for this new7, dual !
lane highway, is expected to be •
let by early summer, 14th division 1
engineer, C. W. Lee, of Sylva, an-1
nounces.
During 1955, grading and con-:
struction of structures on the sec
ond section were completed.
T. F. Houser company, of Ashe
ville, had the low bid on the struc
ture portion of the contract. The j
bid was $62,442.40. Bear Brothers i
ft and Miller, of West Jefferson, with
a bid of $13,000, moved the houses
and buildings off the right-of-way.
State Highway forces are also
busy in upper Transylvania. The
Old Toxaway road is being regrad
ed from 12 to 24 feet wide and sur
faced 14 feet wide with traffic
bound Macadam for two miles.
Three other roads in that sect
ion and their lengths are being
strengthened; Tennessee Gap, 0.5
miles; Sapphire, 0.3; and, Robin
son, 0.3 mile. The roads are 14
feet wide.
The State Highway office, which
was located here upstairs in the
building next to the bank, has been
moved to into the new district of
fice building at Mills River.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 19 — Lions club
meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Methodist WSCS meets in church
at 7:30 p m. Presbyterian women
meet in the church at 8 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 20 — Garden club
to hold open meeting at Gaither’s,
^3 p. m. Teen-Age Center to be
" open from 4 to 11 p. m. Kiwanis
club meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Saturday, Jan. 21 — Teen-Age
Center open from 4 to 11 p. m.
Sunday, Jan. 22 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Jan. 23 — Rotary club
meets at 7 p. m. in Gaither’s. VFW
and auxiliary meet in club house
at 8 p. m. Music Lovers club meets (
with Mrs. Duncan Hunter at 8 p. nv
Tuesday, Jan. 24 — Moose and
Elks Lodges meet in their respect
ive club houses at 8 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 25 — Jaycees
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Plea Is Made
March!,Of Dimes Campaign Is
* Continued; Events Are Slated|
Satisfactory response is report
ed today in the ’56 March of Dimes
campaign in Transylvania, Dr. Nor
man Boyer, the co-chairman states.
Cards, in which donations can
be made, are being mailed today to
a large number of persons through-1
out the town and county, and the
co-chairman urges all persons who
have not contributed as yet to mail
their checks to the treasurer, Har
vey L. Cavender.
Solicitations are being made in
the business area, in industries and
in the schools. Dr. Boyer reports,
and he especially thanks the opera
tors of the various firms for their
contributions on “coffee day”:
Long’s, Varner’s and Macfie’s drug
stores, Chatterbox, Sam’s Drive-In,
Chicken Kitchen, Gaither’s, Gal
loway’s, Coffee shop, Moore’s
cafes, Gloucester Lumber com
pany store, Doc Galloway’s cafe
and the bus station.
Corn Club Banquet
Set For March 2nd
The annual 100-Bushel Corn club
banquet will be held in Transyl
vania on Friday night, March 2nd,
in the Brevard elementary school
cafeteria, County Agent Julian A.
Glazener announces today.
North Carolina’s agriculture
commissioner, L. Y. Ballentine, will
be the principal speaker at the
banquet meeting, and awards to
leading corn growers in the county
will be made at that time.
board on the square this week end,
and the VFW will be in chai'ge
of it next week end.
All money from popcorn at the
Co-Ed theatre on Sunday, when
“Good Morning Miss Dove” will
be shown, will go into the March of
Dimes.
The legionnaires are planning to
hold the annual President’s Ball,
and the Moose lodge will sponsor
a boxing exhibition in February.
Superior Court Ends In Transylvania,
Many Verdicts Rendered During Term
LADY JUDGE IS
NO LONGER NEWS
SAYS SUSIE SHARP
Presides In Court Here For
First Time. Relates Humor
ous Experiences
BY FRANCES WALKER
Judge Susie Sharp says that be
ing a lady judge isn’t news any
more after serving on the bench
for about six and a half years. But
since this is her first assignment
te the Transylvania county Super
ior Court, she has been surveyed
locally with just as much interest
as the first time she held court.
Judge Sharp considers it a com
pliment what a reporter from one
of the state’s larger dailies recent
ly said to her. He told the judge
that there was a time when she
was always good for a story, but
now she’s no more interesting
“copy” than any other judge. “May
be that means I’ve arrived,” the
judge modestly said.
She admits that there are still
a certain number of skeptical law
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BUS SCHEDULES
ARE PROTESTED
Many Testified At Hearing
Here Tuesday. Compro
mise Is Being Sought
The protest meeting here Tues
day morning before Commissioner
E. H .McMahan, of the N. C. Utili
ties commission, in opposition to
cutting one bus schedule off from
Brevard to Hendersonville, drew
over 100 people from Brevard,
lower Transylvania and Hender
son county.
Fifteen to 20 witnesses were
heard during the hearing, which
lasted practically all day. Tenor of
these testifying for the local users
was to effect that all three sched
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Jaycees To Make Awardsj
To ‘jOu ts tan din g Leaders
The annual Brevard junior cham
ber of commerce banquet will be
held Wednesday night, January
25th, in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room, President Bill Norris an
nounces.
The most outstanding young
man of the year will be announced
at that time, and another award
to the most outstanding young
farmer of Transylvania will be
made.
Jack Sharpe, Jr., of Kannapolis,
who is national director will at
tend the banquet and he will make
the two presentations.
Key awards will also be made
to outstanding members of the jun
ior chamber of commerce.
The annual banquet is always one i
of the highlight meetings of the I
Brevard Jaycees, and President I
Many Attend Rites For Dr. Zachary,
Was Prominent In Community Life
Funeral services for Dr. James
Frederick Zachary, 63, prominent
Brevard dentist, church worker
and civic leader, were held Sunday
afternoon in the Brevard Methodist
church. Rev. Douglas Corriher, the
pastor, officiated, and burial was
in the Zachary cemetery at Cash
iers.
The service at the church here
and the graveside rites at Cashiers
were attended by large crowds of
relatives and friends.
Dr. Zachary died suddenly of a
heart attack last Saturday morn
ing about 4:00 o’clock at his home
on Rice street.
In lieu of flowers, the family re
quested that donations be made to
the Brevard Methodist church buil
ding fund.
Members of the Dunn’s Rock Ma
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DR. J. F. ZACHARY
Norris urges all members to at
tend.
He urges the public to assist in
the selections of the most outstand
ing young man and young farmer
and nominations can be made to
the following chairmen:
Robert “Buddy” Melton, chair
man of the DSA committee; and
Baxter Morris, chairman of the
young farmer award.
Chairman Morris requests per
sons in the Rosman area to make
nominations to Tom Queen at the
railway express office.
Chairman Melton asks that any
person having a nomination for the
young man of the year award to
please contact him, giving the
name, age, and as much informa
tion as possible about the candi
date.
Both awards will be made by sep
arate boards of judges, whose
names will remain secret. The
awards will be made on basis of
contributions to the community and
state welfare, participation in all
’round community and state acti
vities, evidences of lasting contribu
tions, exhibition of leadership abil
ity, also evidence of personal and
business progress and cooperation
with individuals and civic organi
zations.
Anderson Attends
NEA Meeting This
Week In Arizona
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
this newspaper, is attending the
mid-winter meeting of the National
Editorial Association at the San
Marcus hotel in Chandler, Arizona
this week end.
Mr. Anderson is the immediate
past president of the NEA and is
currently serving as chairman of
the board of directors.
At Chandler he will preside at
the luncheon session Friday after
noon,
JUDGE SUSIE SHARP, North Carolina’s first woman
superior court judge, has been presiding over court in
Transylvania county for the two-weeks’ session. Since
Miss Sharp was appointed judge six and one-half years
ago, she has held court in 52 of North Carolina’s 100
counties. This is Judge Sharp’s first visit to Brevard in an
official capacity. She is t]|^ nieee of C. R. Sharp, of Cald
well street, Brevard* -T (Times Staff Photo)
Gaither Elected To Head The
Brevard Chamber Of Commerce
J. C. GAITHER
Galloway Opens
Law Office Here
T. Coleman Galloway, who re
tired the first of this year as post
master of the Brevard post office
after 23 years of service, has
opened a law office upstairs in the
building adjacent to the bank.
Mr. Galloway, who practiced law
here prior to becoming postmaster
iii 1933, was admitted to the bar
in North Carolina in February,
1916.
In 1929 he was a member of the
state senate from the 32nd district.
Jenkins Is The New Vice
President. Kizer And Doug*
las Are Renamed
J. C. Gaither, owner and manager
of Gaither’s in Brevard, was elect
ed president of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce at a special meet
ing of the new board of directors
held Tuesday night over the city
hall.
Mr. Gaither has served several
years as a director, chairman of
the tourist committee, one term as
vice president, and has been repre
sentative on the WNC Highlanders
group from Brevard for several
terms. He succeeds Vernon Fricks.
Don Jenkins, manager of Brevard
Lumber company, was named to the
office of vice president; Alex Ki
zer renamed treasurer; and C. M.
Douglas re-elected to the post of
recording secretary.
Mrs. Lucy Ford, who has served
several years as executive secre
tary, was re-elected, and Raymond
F. Bennett was renamed to the
directorate of Transylvania Com
munity hospital.
Reports of several committees
were heard following the election.
The industrial committee is pro
ceeding with incorporation, with
Rosman chamber to be a part of
the official group. The Bus hearing
was reported on by several mem
bers who attended the protest meet
ing here Tuesday in effort to pre
vent cutting of one schedule to
Hendersonville by Greyhound, and
a committee was named to work
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Program Highlights
Teen-Age Dance Party Now Heard
Over WPNF Each Saturday Night
Listeners of WPNF are urged
to tune in the Teen-Age Dance par
ty on Saturday night immediately
following the basketball game be
tween Clemson and Furman.
According to Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, the requests for num
bers on the program will come di
rectly from the newly organized
Teen-Age center here in Brevard.
Mr. Hoyle says the station is
most appreciative of the many com
pliments that were received on the
interviews which were made at the
grand opening of the center last
week end.
The station manager also expres
ses appreciation to the Ecusta Pa
per corporation for moving up the
Ecusta Jubilee to 7:05 o’clock Sat
urday night in order that the bas
ketball game may be heard at 8:00
o’clock. Persons desiring to make
requests on the Jubilee are asked
to mail them to the station by Sat
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CRIMINAL SLATE
HEARD THIS WEEK,
RESULTS POSTED
Judge Susie Sharp Preside*.
Civil Docket Was Tried
First This Time
CROWDS ARE LARGE
Judge Susie Sharp, of Reidsville^
suspended the January term of
Superior court in Transylvania
Wednesday afternoon after com.
pleting the criminal slate this week.
Due to conflicting engagements
of the solicitor, Clarence Ridings,
the civil docket was heard last
week, and the criminal docket, on
which there were many cases of &
minor nature, was tried this week.
Large crowds were present in
the courtroom this week for the
trial of the criminal slate, while,
as usual, the civil docket attracted
much less attention all last week.
In the Glenn Blythe vs. Joe
Blythe case, a survey of the land
in controversy was ordered by the
court.
A judgment of $350 was award
ed the plaintiff in the Doll Swang
in vs. J. M. Cordell case.
The decision in the Festus Wilde
vs. Young Bros, case was a judg
ment by default and inquiry.
Many verdicts were handed down
this week by Judge Sharp. As the
Times went to press, they were as.
follows:
Thomas G. Rhodes and Lewi*
Dc^ui'i Betsill, charged with reck
less- drivings were ordered to pajr
$25.00 and costs.
Curtis Barton was ordered to
pay costs on a similar charge and
Donald Stancil was given 90 days.
The following were ordered to
pay a fine of $25.00 and costs for
having no operator’s license:
Otelia Bolt, Rufus Pressley, Her
bert Robert McCall, Coot Harris,
Bill Joe Sentelle, Leonard R. My
ers, Inez Queen and Ralph Buchan.
Charged in two cases with having
no operator’s license, Herbert Ow
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TEEN-AGE CENTER
HAS GALA OPENING
Many Also Attended Adult
Inspection. Appreciation
Is Expressed
The grand opening of the Teen
Age center in Brevard was declared
highly successful by E. B. Garrett,
president of the Transylvania
Youth association, Inc., which spon?
sors the project.
More than 250 members attend
ed “open house” Saturday after
noon and night, and a similar num
ber of adults inspected the center
on Sunday afternoon.
Robert McCall, president of the
Teen-Age group, and other officers
of the student association, were on
hand at both events to welcome all
who attended.
Trustees of the youth association
acted as guides and members of
the welcoming committee on Sun
day, and punch and cakes were
served.
Mr. Garrett expressed thanks yes
terday to the various persons who
assisted in making the grand open
ing the success that it was, and he
expressed special praise to Mrs*
Ashe Macfie, chairman, and mem
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Little Theatre Is
Holding Rehearsals
“Ten Little Indians”
Rehearsals are now underway
for the Brevard Little Theatre’s
second play of the sixth season,
“Ten Little Indians,” an exciting
mystery drama, according to Er
nest Gilstrap, president.
The play was adapted from the
book by the same name, written by
the noted mystery author, Agatha
Christie. It will be given at the
American Legion building in Feb
ruary.
Robroy Farquhar,'director at the
Flat Rock playhouse, is again ser
ving in this capacity for the Bre
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