TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 67: No. 8
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1956
* 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEK! *
BREVARD ELKS are joining
with other lodges across the coun
try in selecting young leaders of
the times. Four Transylvania high
school students were named by a
group of judges, and officials of
the local lodge awarded bonds
totaling S15Q in value to them.
In the top photo at the left is
Herbert F. Finck, the exalted ru
ler, who made the awards, and
next in line are: Charles W. Dav
is, second place winner with a
§25 bond; Carolyn Osborne and
Johnny Huggins, first place win
ners with their $50 bonds. Jack
Alexander, who presided over
the program in chapel at the
school, is at the right. In the pic
ture on the left, Mr. Finck awards
a $25 bond to Jerry Whitmire,
junior at Rosman, who tied for
second place. See story, page 4.
(Times Staff Photos)
Methodists To Begin Construction Of
First Phase Of Building To
Coct Approximately $200,
000, Reported Sunday
The congregation of the Brevard
Methodist church has voted to be
gin construction of its new church
on August 1st of this year.
The new church edifice will be
built on a beautiful site directly op
posite entrance of Brevard college
on Broad street and will cost ap
proximately $200,000.
Luke Harrison, chairman of the
building committee, reported to
the congregation Sunday morning
that the total on hand at this time
in the building fund is $68,328.50.
He explained that at the present
rate of collection on pledges to the
building fund that it will be Octo
ber before $100,000 would be col
lected, and it is necessary to have
this amount before construction
can be started.
He further pointed out that
many persons had promised to
make contributions when construc
tion was started, and that the com
mittee and the board of stewards
felt that it would be better to begin
construction on August 1st in order
that the ehurch would be “under
roof” by cold weather.
In the congregational meeting
which followed the regular worship
service, it was also revealed that
the sanctuary had been increased
to accommodate 600 people and
that the educational department
was also designed to meet the needs
of the future.
Hall Smith, Jr., superintendent
of the Sunday school department,
and Rev. Douglas Corriher, pastor,
also told of the need of a new
church and the advantages of be
ginning construction as early as
possible.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 23 — Fortnightly
club meets at 3:30 p. m., at the
home of Mrs. J. F. Zachary. Math
atasian club meets, 3:30, with Mrs. j
J. B. Jones. B & PW club meets at
Colonial Inn, 7 p. m. Brevard Lit
tle Theatre try-outs, 7:30 p. m.,
in court house. Masonic meeting
in the Temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, Feb. 24 — Garden club
meets with Mrs. R. H. Stamey, 3:30
p. m. Organized Community club
leaders, 7:45 p. m., Gaither’s. |
Wrestling matches at American
Legion building, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, Feb. 26 — Attend the
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Political News
Republicans Set Conventions,
Lincoln Day Dinner Planned
The Republican county conven
tion in Transylvania has been set
for Saturday, March 3, in the court
house here in Brevard, Lewis P.
Hamlin, chairman of the executive
committee, announces today.
Delegates and alternates to the
state, congressional, judicial and
senatorial conventions will be elec
ted at the convention.
A Republican executive commit
tee, one member to be chosen from
each precinct, will also be named
at the meeting, and election of a
chairman and vice chairman will
follow.
According to Mr. Hamlin, the
convention will also transact any
business that may properly come
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The Republicans’ Lincoln Day
j dinner in Transylvtenia' will be
held on Wednesday night, Feb, 29th
at 7:00 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhodo
dendron room.
Orville Crawford, an attorney of
; Sylva, will be the principal speaker
j on the program.
Tickets for the dinner can be
purchased from precinct chairmen
and officers of the Young Republi
can club. Persons who plan to pur
chase their tickets at the door are
asked to make reservations with
Mrs. Fred Southerland at number
TUrner 3-2441, not later than on
Monday.
Immediately following the din
ner and program, the Young Re
publicans hold their annual elect
ion of officers.
Board Approves Bids On New Henderson
School At Quebec, Seeks Final Approval
! GARMON IS NEW
ASSISTANT AGENT
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Is Successor To Robert L.
Love. Recently Discharged
From The Service
W. M. “Bill” Garmon is the new
assistant county agent in Transyl
vania. He succeeds Robert L. Love, i
who has been transferred to Mar-!
ion.
Mr. Garmon received his BS de
gree in agricultural education in
1953 at State college, Raleigh, and ,
afterwards he entered the service !
for a period of two years.
A native of Cabarrus county, he
was educated in the schools there
and he also attended Appalachian
State Teachers college for two
, years.
He and his wife are residing at
—Turn to Page Four
RURAL LEADERS
MEET ON FRIDAY
I -
Plans For ’56 Development!
Contest Of Community
Clubs To Be Outlined
The annual county-wide planning
meeting for all organized commun
ity leaders, especially all officers
and committee chairmen will be
held Friday evening, February 24,
at 7:45 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhodo
dendron room.
Morris McGotigh, manager of the
Asheville Agricultural Develop
council, will be present and will
have supplies of the 1956 mater
ials that will be of decided help in
all community development work,
County Agent Julian Glazener
states.
He will assist in any way he can
in helping plan community work j
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HART ADVISES
OWNERS OF PETS
Sanitation Director Urges
Persons To Have Dogs
Vaccinated. Clinic Starts
Walter F. Hart, senior sanatar
ian with the Transylvania-Hender
son Health department, issues a
statement this week of vital impor
tance to pet owners.
“We are doing everything to help
you save your pet,” he points out,
adding, “but State Law says that
all dogs without rabies tags and
collars must be picked up by the
Transylvania county dog warden.”
The law states that dogs not vac
—Turn to Page Four
AN ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of
the new Methodist church, to be erect
ed on a beautiful site opposite Brevard
College, is pictured above. The congre
gation of the church voted Sunday morn
ing to begin construction on the new
church edifice on August 1st. The sanc
tuary, which will accommodate 600 per
sons, the spire and a portion of the edu
cational department can be noted in the
drawing above. McDonald and Daniels
are the architects.
W. M. ‘ BILL” GARMON, right, is the new assistant
county agent in Transylvania, and he is shown above
with County Agent Julian Glazener, left, discussing the
county’s farm program. Mr. Glazener expressed much
pleasure in securing a man with Mr. Garmon’s qualifi
cations as his assistant. The latter will work principally
with the 4-H clubs of the county. (Times Staff Photo)
Officers Of Athletic Group Are
Re-electec At Annuel Meeting
RAYMOND F. BENNETT,
plant manager of the film divis
ion at Ecusta, was re-elected
president of the Brevard Ath
letic and Recreation association
at the annual meeting Monday
night in the Brevard high school
library.
Hartsell To Preach
At Baptist Church
Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the
Baptist church at Travelers’ Rest,
S. C., and former pastor of the
First Baptist church in Brevard,
will preach Sunday morning and
also at the Sunday evening wor
ship service at the First church
—Turn To Page Five
Improvements To Franklin'
Park Are Discussed. To
Help Pony League
Raymond F. Bennett, Pisgah For- (
est plant manager of the film div-,
I ision of the Ecusta Paper corpor- j
ation, was re-elected president of
the Brevard Athletic and Recre
ational association at the annual
meeting Monday night in the high
school library.
Other officers who were re-elect
ed were: John I. Anderson, first
| vice president; Robert T. Gash, sec
I ond vice president; Mrs. Lucian
j Deavor, treasurer; and, John D.
! Eversman, secretary.
In addition to the officers, other
members of the executive commit
tee who were renamed were; Rob
ert T. Kimzey, R. C. Bullock and
Walter Straus.
The directors of the athletic
group discussed improvements to
j Franklin park, and a committee
was appointed to investigate the
work. Mr. Bullock was named chair
man of the group and serving with
him are: Mrs. R. E. Matthews, W.
M. Melton and Principal Kimzey.
The board also agreed to give as
sistance to the “pony league”, when
and if it is organized. Details will
| be worked out by the executive
committee at a later date.
Reports from various directors
concluded the meeting.
The president pointed out that
the association had been of great
assistance to various groups in the
community during the past year,
since it had dispensed some $4,400
to them to aid in their program of
recreation and entertainment.
WPNF Program Highlights
Final Cage Broadcast Of The Season
Set Thursday, Log Is Highlighted
i
The final broadcast of basketballI
games in the current series over
WPNF is slated for Thursday night,
and Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
urges all sport fans to hear this
big one between Clemson and Fur-1
man. |
“The play-by-play broadcasts this j
winter of the college cage games j
iiave been highly successful, and j
we’re looking forward to resuming
-hem again next year,” Mr. Hoyle 1
;tated.
He particularly thanked the
nerchants who made the broadcasts
possible, and he expressed appre
ciation to the many people who
commented that they had enjoyed
listening to them.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Civic hour
for the coming week is as follows:
Friday, Rosman chamber of com
merce; Monday, American Legion
auxiliary; Wednesday, Mathatasian
club.
On the Farm and Home hour the
following will be heard: Thursday,
Carolina farm features; Friday, A.
S .C. office, Marvin Whitmire; Mon
day, county agent’s office; Tues-1
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OVERALL FIGURE
IS $146,037.00,
MEETS ESTIMATE
Local Concerns Get Plumb
ingr, Heating And Electri
cal Contracts On Job
JONES QUOTED
The Graham Construction com*
pany, of Hendersonville and Kan
napolis, was the low bidder on tha
new T. C. Henderson school at
Quebec.
There were five general con
tract bids, and the figure submit
ted by the Graham company was>
$99,140.00.
Osborne Plumbing and Heating
company, of Brevard, had the low
est bids for both the plumbing work
and also the heating.
The bid of Osborne for plumb
ing was $19,700.00, and the heat
ing figure was $18,500.00.
Bryant Electric company, of
Brevard, submitted the lowest bid
i>n the electrical work, it was
597.00.
The overall bid on the new
school was $146,037.00, approxi
mately the figure the school board
had previously estimated, Supt. J.
B. Jones states.
The bids were approved at a
meeting of the Transylvania board
af education Tuesday night in the
court house.
Wednesday they were sent to R*
leigh for final approval, and when
h is tpceived, construction on the
ftew school coold begin as soon as
the contractor moves equipment
on fhe property, which is adjacent
to the present Quebec school.
With completion of the new
Henderson school, all school chil
dren in Transylvania will be going
to a school in a new one or a re
cently remodelled building, the su
perintendent states.
PARSONS OPENING
SAID SUCCESSFUL
The New Building Evidences
Faith In Future Of Town.
Awards Will Be Made
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Parsons ex
pressed appreciation of the fine
response to the formal opening ef
their new jewelry store on East
Main street next to the library. .
During the past few days, hun^
dreds of persons have visited thi.«
new and modern store, which was
designed by their son, Jack F. Par
sons, who is an architectural stu
dent at Georgia Tech. It was built
by Riley Merrill and has a frontage
of 20 feet and a depth of 95 feet.
Mr. Parsons and his wife have
been engaged in business here for
the past 17 years and the new
building is evidence of their faith,
in the future of Brevard.
On Friday at 3:00 p. m. the con
cern will award a $100 diamond?
ring and a $29.75 wrist watch for
cither sex. Tickets on these gifts
are still available.
Allison Wins In
Oratorical Event
John H. Allison, sophomore at
Brevard high school, is the Transyl
vania winner of the 19th annual
iratorical contest of the American
Region, and he will compete this
veek in the district event.
Young Allison was awarded a
meaai tor winning tne county con
test, and the district prize is a $50
savings bond.
According to Thomas R. Eller,
the county and district chairman,
the event will be staged in the Am.
erican legion building here in
Brevard, and the winner will go
on to the finals in the state con
test.
Speakers in the legion’s oratori
cal contest talk on some phase of
the constitution, and each is requi
red to also give an extemporaneous
discussion of not less than four min
utes and not more than six on some
related subject.