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—
Aji Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 67: No. 6
★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ON SUNDAY 11 CHURCHES of the community
will conduct an interdenominational religious cen
sus in Brevard and vicinity, with approximately
300 workers giving three hours of their time to
do the wor'v under the direction of the pastors.
p »» the community are a stay at
home between the hours of 1:00 and 2:00 o’clock
Sunday afternoon and answer the questions that
can be found on the sample card on page 6, first
section. In the top photo are the ministers of sev
eral of the participating churches, and the sector
captains, with the territorial lay-out chairman
are shown in the bottom picture. On the first row',
top picture, are Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of the
First Baptist church, and Rev. Keith Beam, Lu
voaessjPiv
theran minister. Second row: Rev. W. R. Cox,
pastor of Church of God; Rev. L. B. Vaughn, pas
tor of,King Street Baptist church; and. Rev. W.
A. Kerr, pastor of Oak Grove and English Chapel
Methodist churches. P'Vk ^ Rev. Frank Mc
Kenzie, Episcopal minister; and, Rev. Douglas Cor
riher. pastor of Brevard Methodist church. Other
churches participating in the census are: Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian church, Wesleyan
Methodist, Grace and Calvary Baptist churches.
In the botton picture gathered around the chair
man, C. M. Douglas, the sector captains are: Ver
non Fullbright, Weldon Misenheimer, Charles L.
Russell and George Perkins, Jr.
(Times Staff Photos)
Board Of Education Seeking Bids On
New T. C. Henderson School At Quebec
Will Be Opened On Febru-1
ary 15th. Could Let Con
tract After Low Bid
The Transylvania board of edu
cation is seeking bids on the pro
posed T C. Henderson school at
Quebec.
According to Superintendent J.
B. Jones separate bids are being
called for on the general contract,
plumbing, electrical and heating
work. The bids will be opened on
February 15th, and work could be
started on the new school when the
low bid is approved by the local
board of education and the state
board.
The T. C. Henderson school,
which will contain eight class
rooms, cafeteria, kitchen, play
room, etc., is expected to cost in
the neighborhood of $160,000. It
will cover an area of approximately
15,000 square feet and will be of
brick and concrete block construc
tion.
McDonald and Daniel are the
architects, and complete plans and
specifications may be obtained
from them, Mr. Jones states.
Contractors will be required to
post performance bonds in accord
ance with law.
The new T. C. Henderson
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 9 — Fortnightly
club meets with Mrs. M. G. Pangle,
3:30 p. m. Cub Scout banquet, 7
p. m., in Gaither’s. Court of Honor,
Presbyterian church, 7:30 p. m.
Masons meeting in Temple at 8 p.
m. Brevard college vs. Gardner
Webb, college gym, 8 p. m. NCEA
unit meets at Brevard high, 8 p.
m.
Friday, February 10 — Transyl
vania hospital auxiliary meets at
3:30 p. m., dining room. Brevard
high vs. Rosman, college gym, 6:30
p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 11 — Lutheran
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Presbyterians Vote Yes
Church Building Contract To
Be Let, Now Getting Pledges
Brevard Presbyterians came a
step nearer their new church build
ing Sunday morning when they
voted at a congregational meeting
to raise $35,000 during 1956 and
to proceed with the letting of con
tracts. as soon as the negotiations
could be made.
Members of the building commit
tee and other canvassers are busy
this week contacting church mem
bers in order to secure donations
and pledges in the amount of $35,
000. The campaign will be com
pleted Sunday.
The congregation also voted to
clear the present property of all
indebtedness, which is in the a
mount of $14,250, owed to the R.
H. Gore company. This amount is
to be secured from the church
treasury and other sources within
the church such as Sunday school
funds, men’s club, women of the
church, etc. It will be repaid at
3V2 percent interest from $5,000
which was in the 1956 budget for
the Gore note.
The new Presbyterian church is
j expected to cost around $160,000.
The church officers were instruct
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Mrs. J. D. Jones Was Elected New
Head Of The Girl Scout District
Mrs. J. D. Jones, of Brevard, has
accepted the chairmanship of the
rransvlvania county district, Pis
§ah Girl Scout Council, Inc. She
succeeds Mrs. Julius Sader.
Mrs. Sader, on behalf of Girl
Scout adult leaders in the county,
expressed pleasure in Mrs. Jones’
acceptance and said, “We are for
tunate that Mrs. Jones has accept
ed district chairmanship because
she brings youth, enthusiasm and
knowledge to the program.”
Mrs. Jones is a native of Hay
wood county. She, with her hus
band, returned to the home area
last year. Mr. Jones is a mechani
cal engineer with Olin-Mathieson.
During World War II Mrs. Jones
served a two-year period with the j
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.'
She also worked with the state aud
itor’s office and with an architect-1
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MRS. J. D. JONES
Over 300 Workers To Conduct Religious
Census In Community This Sunday
MORE THAN FIVE
INCHES OF RAIN
RECORDED HERE
Dry Spell Of 40 Days Is End
ed. Mild Temperatures
Also Noted In Feb.
The first six days of February ]
brought five and one-half inches j
of rainfall to Transylvania county,
and prior to that time less than a j
quarter of an inch had been record- j
ed in some 40 days.
The gentle, saturating type of
rain was accompanied by mild tem
perature, with the mercury in the i
30s at night and 40s and 50s during j
the day.
Early Monday most of the creeks !
and streams of the county were fill- i
ed to overflowing, but no flood 1
conditions were reported in the
county.
With February almost one third '
gone, there’s hope that the month j
will exceed normal rainfall to in
sure a supply of moisture for the ;
spring and to help off-set the mid
winter drought.
Jack Huggins, weatherman in
Brevard, reports the official rain
fall in Brevard at 5.57 inches from j
Feb. 1 at 6 p. m., until Feb. 7th. I
Ecusta had 5.46 inches.
SCOUTS OBSERVING!
46TH ANNIVERSARY
Court Of Honor Thursday
Night. Demonstrations
Are Being Erected
Transylvania Boy Scouts are
joining with the more than four
million other Scouts across the
nation in observing the 46th anni- j
versary of Scouting this week
Highlighting the local event
will be the court of honor Thurs
day night at 7:30 o’clock in the
Brevard-Davidson River Pres
byterian church.
On Saturday the 379 Scouts of
the county will observe the op
eration of town and county af
fairs, and the various troops will
be erecting exhibitions and dem
onstrations all this week.
Charles Dunlop, district chair
man, requests all Transylvanians
to note the window displays on
Scouting in the different stores
in Brevard, and subscribers of
The Times are urggpd to read the
feature article on Scouting on
the front page of the second sec
tion in this week’s newspaper.
An Informal Bus
Hearing Is Slated
Here For March 2
Bus schedules from Brevard to
Hendersonville and to Asheville
will be special business of an infor
mal hearing or conference here on
March 2, according to notice from
the State Utilities commission,
which have been received by Cham
ber of Commerce officials this
week.
With the Utilities commission
will be representatives of the At
lantic Greyhound and Queen City
bus lines.
Effort is being made by the var
ious agencies to work out a sched
ule, which will be acceptable to
the public here, the commission
states in its letter. A hearing was
held here early in January but no
decision was reached.
Auto Tag Sale At
2,787, Deadline
Is February 15th
Sale of tags for automobiles,
trucks and trailers through Tues
day amounted to 2,787, Mrs. Har
old Norwood, local agent of the
Carolina Motor club reported. The
number was expected to reach 3,
000 yesterday with an estimated
l, 500 more to sell to motor vehicle
owners of the county before all are
supplied.
The time for procuring the tags
expires next Wednesday, February
15th, and Mrs. Norwood said she
would close her office at 4:00 p.
m. on that day.
A i£Ni£ SCENE from “t/ii Little Indians”, which
will be presented here next Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings in the American legion building by the Bre
vard Little .Theatre, is shown above. Charles Norlander,
who plays the part of Sir Lawrence Wargrave, is at the
left, and behind him is Mrs. Thelma Hart, Emily Brent in
the production. Don Stoneback, or Philip Lombard in the
play, is next in line, and seated at the right is Mrs. Fred
die Norris, who takes the part of Vera Claythorne. See
page 10, first section, for another picture.
. (Photo by Kizer)
Little Theatre To Give "Ten
Little Indians”, Mystery Play
PLAQUE AWARDED
TO DR. CANNON
AT BALSAM GROVE:
Occasion Was A Surprise
Birthday Party Attended
By About 80
BY MRS. WARD McCALL
BALSAM GROVE — One of the
most enjoyable occasions ever held
in Balsam Grove was the surprise
birthday party given Dr. E. Gaine
Cannon Tuesday night, January
31st, when nearly 80 friends from
this community and special guests
joined at the school for the cele
bration.
The party began with the group
singing “Happy Birthday’ as Dr.
Cannon entered the room.
Individual welcomes were given
and the talk of the evening was
made by county agent, J. A. Glaz
ener. Dr. Cannon was presented
with gifts, the main one being a
bronze plaque inscribed as fol
lows:
“To Dr. E. Gaine Cannon, foun
der of the Albert Schweitzer Mem
orial hospital, your kindness will
always be appreciated. Your
Mountain Folk.”
Music and group singing, led by
Ray Byars, was enjoyed. A huge
birthday cake along with other re
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Production To Be Repeated
Tuesday. Wednesday—
8 P. M. Curtain
The cast for the Brevard Little
Theatre’s production, “Ten Little
Indians”, is currently busy in re
hearsals, and the set for the play
will be built at the American leg
ion building on Sunday, February
12.
The tense mystery drama will
be presented on the evenings of
February 14th and 15th, with cur
tain time at 8:00 o’clock each
night.
Robroy Farquhar, professional
director, is again in charge, Presi
dent Ernest Gilstrap announces,
and Rae Stoneback is assisting. Mr.
Gilstrap is the production mana
ger.
Other members of the product
ion staff are as follows: Marcy
Newell, staging; Gunther Bauldauf,
lighting and sound; Grace Perkins
and Catherine Palmer, co-chair
men of stage furnishings and prop
erties, with Kay Dryer and Rae
Stoneback assisting; Pat Pettee,
costumes; Eva Maxwell, art, Adri
enne Allison, make-up; and Ralph
Palmer, house.
The cast for the local produc
tion of “Ten Little Indians,” which
was written by Agatha Christie,
follows: Rogers — David Biddy;
Mrs. Rogers — Jane Powell; Fred
Narracott — Bill Bangs; Vera Clay
thorne — Freddie Norris; Phillip
Lombard — Don Stoneback: An
thony Marston — Ralph Palmer;
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WPNF Program Highlights
Outstanding Programs From Brevard
Music Center To Be Heard Each Sunday
WPNF will begin a new series of
programs from the Brevard Music
center on Sunday afternoon from
4:00 to 4:30 o’clock, Bobby Hoyle,
the station manager, announces.
Narrated by James Christian
Pfohl, these programs will feature
some of the nation’s most outstand
ing artists from time to time.
The Music center chorus will also
be heard on the programs, which
will be carried for a period of 18
weeks.
This series is also heard on oth
er leading radio stations in the Car
olinas, and “we cordially invite all
of our listeners to hear them each
Sunday,” Mr. Hoyle states.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Farm Home
administration, T. T. Turnley; Fri
day, Health department, W. F.
Hart; Monday, county agent’s of
fice; Tuesday, Holmes State nur
sery, D. W. Brenneman; Wednes
day,- Extension forestry, F. E. Whit
field.
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SOME 2000 CALLS
EXPECTED TO BE
MADE, TIME SET
Instructions Will Be Given
At Luncheon At First Bap
tist Church At 12:15
SAMPLE CARD CARRIED
More than 300 workers will take
part in the interdenominational re
ligious census of Brevard and vi
cinity on Sunday afternoon, with
11 churches taking part in the en
deavor, under the sponsorship of
the Transylvania Ministers asso
ciation.
The 300 workers have volunteer
ed their services through their pas
tors and will give approximately
three hours of their time in making
some 2,000 calls.
These workers will gather at
12:15 in the basement of the new
First Baptist church for a light
luncheon, provided by the women’s
groups of the participating church
es and to be served by the young
people of the Baptist, Methodist
and Presbyterian churches.
Following a brief instruction
period led by Rev. Ben Ormand,
Presbyterian minister, and Char
les M. Douglas, director of the or
ganization of the lay-out commit
tee, the workers will gather in 12
rooms with their respective sec
tor captains and receive additional
instructions and assignment of ter
ritories.
The callers will leave the church
promptly at 1:00 o’clock and begin
interviewing the residents of the
town and suburbs. A sample of the
card that will be filled out on each
person by the workers can be
found on page six.
The association requests that
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BEST HEADS DUKE
ALUMNI IN COUNTY
President Tells Of Gigantic
Effort To Raise $225,000
By June
F. S. Best, of Boylston road,
Brevard, has been appointed to
•head the annual campaign for
funds for Duke university in the
Brevard area.
This will be one of more than
200 similar campaigns to be co*v
ducted throughout the United
States, beginning today in areas
where former Duke students live
in concentrated numbers. It is
part of the annual Loyalty Fund
drive, through which the unver*
sity’s alumni give each year for
the general support of the univer
sity.
In announcing the appointment,
of Mr. Best, Duke President Hollis
Edens stated: “The financial needs
of Duke, as in the case with al
most every privately supported col
lege and university in America,
are constantly pressing. Unrestric
ted funds are needed, not simply
to sustain existence, but to assure
the highest quality in our educa
tional activities. Alumni and
friends, through the annual giving
program, must be relied upon to
supply these funds, and the impor
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Mrs. rord INamed
On Committee Of
% Retailers’ Group
Among those chosen at a spec
ial meeting at Raleigh to serve on
the publicity committee for the
fifth annual Retailers’ Activities
Clinic, to be held in Chapel Hill
on February 26-27, was Mrs. John
Ford, executive secretary of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
In announcing the appointment,
N. C. Merchants Association Presi
dent W. W. Kale, declared that the
University of North Carolina and
the retailers’ organization are
working to have “representation at
this important 24-hour meeting
from every community in North
Carolina”.
Mr. Kale explained that regis
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