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—
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. 67: No. 9
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1956
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Campus Center Building Given Final Approval
CONSTRUCTION
TO BE STARTED
WITHIN 30 DAYS
President Stamey Says Work
Going Fast On Addition
To Women’s Dorm
ALSO MEN’S DORM
A new college center building,
the cost approximately $300,000,
was given final approval this week
by the executive committee of the
board of trustees of Brevard col
lege.
Construction on the building,
which will contain some 28,000
square feet, is expected to be start
ed within the next 30 days, Presi
dent Robert H. Stamey reports.
Plans and specifications are be
ing completed by the architect, j
Henry McDonald, and the building j
will be erected by the J. A. Jones
Construction company, of Char-1
lotte. j
The beautiful new community.
center building will be located on
the site where Old West hall stood,
adjacent to the present Dunham
hall.
It will contain an auditorium to
seat 550 persons, student and ad
ministrative offices, book store,
soda shop, post office and a cafe
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37 Members Of 100-Bushel
Corn Club In ’55 Will Be
Honored At Banquet Friday
L. Y. BALLENTINE, commis
sioner of agriculture in North
Carolina, will be the principal
speaker at the annual 100-Bushel
Corn club banquet here Friday
night in the Brevard elementary
school cafeteria. A large crowd
is expected to attend the event.
i Roland Owen Is Top Produc
er For Third Year. Will
Keep Handsome Trophy
The 37 Transylvanians who made
100 bushels or more on an acre
of land during 1955 will be honor
ed at the annual corn club ban
quet Friday night at 7:00 o’clock
in the Brevard elementary school
cafeteria.
L. Y. Ballentine, commissioner
of agriculture in North Carolina,
will be the principal speaker at
the occasion, and County Agent
Julian Glazener will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies. He will be assist
ed by Randal Lydav, vocational ag
riculture teacher here, and agri
cultural workers.
Roland Owen, who produced 162 j
bushels of corn on one acre last I
year, will receive the handsome1
trophy, which is awarded annually
by the Transylvania Trust com
pany to the county’s top producer.
Mr. Owen will get to keep the tro
phy this year, since this will be
the third time that he has won.
Only one other Transylvanian,
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Transylvania Humane Socie
ty Aiding In Carrying Out
An Extensive Campaign
The clinics for the innoeulation
of dogs in Transylvania county
will begin at Little River Thurs
day, when the hours are from 2:00
to 5:00 p. m. at Merrill’s store.
Inoculations will be given at Pis
gah Forest school house on March
3 from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m.
On March 6 there will be two
clinics: At Knight’s store at Blan
tyre from 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. and
at Owenby’s store at Enon from
3:00 to 5:00 p. m.
The Transylvania Humane socie
ty is joining with the county in
carrying out an extensive cam
paign as possible to have every
dog in Transylvania inoculated.
All dog owners are urged to have
their animals vaccinated at the clin
ics most convenient to them.
The schedule of dog clinics in
Brevard for the coming week has
been released. The first clinic will
be held Friday, March 2, at 1:00
p. m. at the city limits on Maple
street and will continue for a half
hour. The other engagements for
the day are: Maple street at Grove
Circle, 1:30-2:00 p. m.; Maple St.,
at Minor (Southside and Minor),
2:00-2:30 p. m.; Turnpike at bend
(Ashworth) 2:30-3:00 p. m.; Coun
try Club road near Monroe (Mon
roe, Stratford, Hayes and Gilles
pie road), 3:00-3:30 p. m.; Country
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 1 — Dog clin
ics begin in county. Presbyterian
and Methodist circles meet. Lions
club meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Friday, March 2 — Republican
precinct meetings at 2 p. m. Corn
grower’s banquet, school lunch
room, 7 p. m., Kiwanis to meet at
banquet.
Saturday, March 3 — 4-H Club
Week begins, events planned.
County GOP convention, court
house, 2 p. m. Dance at Brevard
country club, 9:30 p. m.
Sunday, March 4 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, March 5 — American
Legion meets, supper at 7 p. m.
Rotary club meetSa 7 p. m., Gai
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WHAT’S BEING DONE?
WHO’S DOING IT?
By JULIAN GLAZENER, Transylvania County Agent
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Thirty-six community leaders
from eight organized communities
met last Friday night in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room for their third
annual leaders training meeting,
led by Morris McGough, manager
of the Asheville Agricultural de
velopment council.
In addition to his timely discus
sion on community development,
he gave work-books, pamphlets and
other useful material to the com
munity representatives. Mr. Mc
Gough complimented clubs on their
enthusiasm, interest and achieve
ments of the past and expressed his
confidence in the clubs doing great
er things in the future. He closed
by saying that if the people of a
community, “Believe it can be
done — results will come”.
Other guests at the meeting were:
J. C. Gaither, president of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce. The
excellent idea of communities co
operating with the chamber of com
merce in locating and properly id
entifying spots of beauty and in
terest in the county was presented
to the group by Mr. Gaither for
consideration in their respective
club meetings.
Charlie Russell, director of pub
lic relations at Ecusta graciously
offered to share the Civic radio
hour with the organized communi
ties should they be interested in
putting on a monthly community
radio program as they did in 1954
when so much enthusiasm and in
terest spread all over the county
in community development. The
idea was approved with the under
standing each club would act on it
and report its decision to the coun
ty agent’s office.
Bobby Hoyle, congenial WPNF
station manager, offered his servic
es in helping to arrange and sche
dule the programs should the com
munity radio hour started year be
fore last begin again.
In addition to the writer, other |
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A DRAWING OF THE NEW COLLEGE CENTER
building, which will be erected on the beautiful campus
of Brevard college and was given final approval this
week by the executive committee of the board of trustees
is shown above. Construction of the new building, which
THE TRANSYLVANIA 4-H COUN
CIL is busy this week making plans for
the annual observance of 4-H week from
March 3rd to 11th, and the members are
pictured above in the county agent’s of
fice. Total enrollment in Transylvania is
649 boys and girls in the four community
clubs and the 12 4-H clubs in the schools.
The theme of the observance this year is
“Improving Family and Community Liv
ing”, and programs will be carried into
every section of the county. Pictured
above, front row, left to right, are: Freda
Jones, secretary and treasurer; Charles
Davis, Jr., president; Floyd McCall, sec
ond vice president; and Sara Hunter,
first vice president. Second row: York
Osborne, reporter; Barbara Cantrell,
song leader; Barbara Severs, pledge
leader; Barbara Lyda, scrapbook; and
Carleen Watson, pianist. (Times Staff
Photo).
flESTA OF GIRL
SCOUTS ATTRACTS
MANY, A SUCCESS
Event Was A Forerunner Of
National Observance. Lead
ers At Conference
The first International Fiesta,
sponsored by the Brevard Girl
Scouts and Brownies here Saturday
afternoon, was declared an over
whelming success by Mrs. J. D.
Jones, district chairman.
A large number of parents and
friends were on hand to make up
the audience for dances, songs and
skits which each troop gave from a
different country.
Mrs. Jones welcomed the visitors
and reminded everyone present of
Girl Scout Week, March 11-17. The
Girl Scout cookies sale will be Mar.
13th through 24th.
A collection was taken for the
Juliette Low World Friendship
fund. This occurs annually in Feb
ruary and it is suggested that the
Girl Scout give a penny for each
year of her age.
The troops and the countries they
represented were as follows:
Brownie Troop four, Holland;
Girl Scout Troop 96, Germany;
Troop 84, Spain; Troop 85, Japan;
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Republicans ElSed Over Ike’s
Announcement. Convention Sat.
Offer Reward For
Persons Guilty Of
Poisoning Of Dogs
The Transylvania Humane so
ciety reports today that there have
been instances of dog poisoning in
the county and rewards are being
offered for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of per
sons connected with the poisoning.
According to Mrs. Grace Perkins,
president of the society, two valu
able dogs belonging to Harry Blake
on the Rosman highway have died
from poisoning.
The society is offering a reward
of $10 for the conviction of per
sons guilty of animal poisoning,
and additional donations are being
received. Mr. Blake has offered a
reward of $15 and Mr. Dwight Mof
fit $10, bringing the total reward
to $35 at this time.
CLUB MEETS TUES.
The Book and Plate club will
have a meeting Tuesday evening,
March 6th at the home of Mrs. Jim
Morrow. Mrs. A1 Ream will give
the program on “World War I and
the 20’s.”
is being- designed by Henry McDonald, local architect,
is expected to get underway within 30 days by the J. A.
Jones Construction company. This elaborate campus cen
ter building will cost approximately $300,000 and is ex
pected to be ready for occupancy this fall.
Precinct Meetings Slated Fri
day Afternoon. Delegates
Will Be Elected
With the announcement Wed
nesday morning that President
Eisenhower would seek re-election
in November, enthusiasm among
local Republicans mounted, and a
good crowd is expected to attend
the county convention here Satur
day afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in
the county court house.
President Eisenhower made a
definite statement Wednesday at
his news conference in the White
House, and there had been con
siderable speculation as to what
his decision would be.
Local Republican leaders are
elated that he will run again.
According to Lewis P. Hamlin,
chairman of the Republican exec
utive committee in Transylvania,
the convention on Saturday is be
ing held for the purpose of elect
ing delegates and alternates to the
state, congressional, judicial and
senatorial conventions.
A Republican executive commit-1
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.
The convention will also trans
act any business that may properly
come before it.
Republican precinct meetings are
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WPNF Program Highlights
Transylvanian’s Urged To Keep Up
Events In The News, Log Reviewed
Transylvanians are urged to1
keep up with “News of Events” in,
the town and county by listening
to the special program each morn
ing over WPNF at 7:30 o’clock.
The informative round-up of hap
penings during the day and even
ing as well as spot news stories is
now being sponsored by Long’s and
Varner’s drug stores and ranks
right at the top of the list of the
popular programs over WPNF,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager, re
ports.
He also urges listeners of the
EDUCATION BODY
IS PETITIONING
COMMISSIONERS
Resolution Adopted At A
Meeting Monday Night.
Program Is Four-Phase
AMOUNT IS $637,600
Because of overcrowded condi
tions at Brevard high school anft
the dire need 01 a gym both here
and at Bosnian, the Transylvania
board of education this week adop
ted a resolution, petitioning the
county commissioners to call a
bond issue in the amount of $037,
600.00 immediately.
The resolution will be brought
up for discussion and possible ac
tion on Monday, March 5th, when
the commissioners meet here in the
court house.
A definite, comprehensive build
ing program is outlined in the res
olution that the board has adopted.
The first phase of it is the con
struction of the new T. C. Hender
son school at Quebec, for which
state funds are now available. Con
struction is expected to begin as
soon as approval is received from
the state.
A gymnasium at Rosman, to be
constructed as soon as the plans
which are now being drawn up
are completed and approved by
the county and the state, is the
second phase of the building pro
gram.
The Rosman gym will be paid
for with county funds which are
The^thirif^portion of the building
campaign is the purchase of a site
within or near the city limits of
Brevard and the bulding of a high
school on it. This building would
consist of 30 classrooms and voca
tional training shops, which would
cost, including the site, $693,400.
00, and to be paid for out of the
bond issue and other state and
county funds.
The fourth phase of the program
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LITTLE THEATRE
HAS REHEARSALS
“Cheaper By The Dozen” Fi
nal Show Of Season. Cast
Is Selected
Rehearsals for “Cheaper by the
Dozen”, the third and last play <rf
the Brevard Little Theatre season,
began Tuesday night under the di
rection of Robroy Farquhar.-^
The play is the favorite family
comedy which was dramatized by
Christopher Sergei from the book
of the same name by Frank B. Gil
breth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilhreth
Carey.
The cast of characters for the
play is as follows: Mr. Gilbreth, Ar
thur Whiteside; Mrs. Gilbreth, Jane
Beam; Ernestine, Gail Bonnell;
Frank, Ralph Lee; Jackie, Tony
White; Dan, Tommy Harbin; Bill,
Charles Himes; Fred, John Allison;
Anne, Lorraine Emory; l.iltian1
Martha Sader; Martha, Jackie Rieb
ards; Mrs. Fitzgerald, Billie Sader;
Dr. Burton, Ray Winchester; Joe
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local radio station to tune in a new
program, “Fix It — Make It",
which is heard each Saturday after
noon for 15 minutes, beginning at
1:15 o’clock.
Sponsored by the Brevard hard
ware company, the program will
have special appeal to every “do
it-yourself” fan or the “handy"
man around the house, Mr. Hoyle
states.
The program covers a wide var
iety of new ideas and craftsman?
ship hints and introduces, front
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