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 Priz?-Winning A. B. C. N
ewipaper
TRANSYLVANIAr^
A.n Industrie, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Mule Ceuta. Popula
tion, 1900 Census, 19,321
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 67: No. 10
★ SECTION ONE if
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL BOND ISSUE IS APPROVED
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Investigating Possibilities Of A Health Center
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WILL ASK FOR
STATEFUNDSTO
ERECT BUILDING
Now Renting Quarters And
Sharing Program With
Henderson County
SEEKING ASSISTANCE
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The Transylvania board of com
missioners are now investigating
the possibility of erecting a Health
Center building here, with the as
sistance of state funds.
Dr. John A. Ferrell, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Medical Care Commission, has ad
vised the commissioners that such |
a center would house the person- •
nel and activities of a county health j
department.
“It is customary when the ques-;
tion of a health center for a county j
arises to learn from Dr. C. C. Ap-1
plewhite, director of Local Health j
Division, of the budget and person
nel of the health department of the
county under consideration,” he
wrote. "I would suggest, therefore,
as the first step that your commis-1
sioners contact Dr. Applewhite.”
He said the smallest health cen
ter thus far aided consists of 1750
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Gfazener Resigns As County
Agent, Given important Post
At State College In Raleigh
JULIAN A. GLAZENER, who
has served as county agent in
Transylvania for the past 21
years, has resigned to accept a
position as program planning
specialist at State college, Ral
eigh. He will assume his new du
ties on May 1st, and his succes
sor is James E. Davis, assistant
county agent in Buncombe.
James E. Davis Is Successor.
Change Becomes Effect
ive On May 1st
Julian A. Glazener has resigned
as Transylvania county farm agent
i to accept a position as program
j planning specialist at State College.
Mr. Glazener submitted his resig
nation Monday as farm agent to
become effective April 30 and will
assume his new position on May 1.
As a program planning specialist,
Mr. Glazener will help to develop
the county programs under the so
called “Challenge” program of the
extension service at State College
This program, he said, is similar
to the Transylvania County Rural j
Progress program which has been j
developed so successfully in this i
county.
Mr. Glazener has served as farm
agent in the county for the past 21 j
years. For 10 years prior to that
time he was head of the vocational j
agriculture department at Brevard 1
high school, which he established ,
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, County Health Department Announces
Schedule Of Annual Pre-School Clinics
First One Held Tuesday At
Balsam Grove. Continue
Until May
The Transylvania Health depart
ment is again setting up the
schedule of pre-school clinics for
children beginning school in the
fall and they invite the parents to
bring the child to the clinic which
is most convenient to them.
Health officials point out: “It is
desirable that every child be ex
amined by a physician before en
tering school. The object is to de
tect any physical condition which
might hamper the child’s prog
ress.”
If any defect is discovered in a
child there is time between now
and September to give him treat
ment or correction.
The first pre-school clinics were
held on Tuesday morning at the
Balsam Grove and Silversteen
schools. Any children who were
missed there should come to the
clinic at another school.
The rest of the schedule is as
follows:
Tuesday, March 13, Lake Toxa
way school at 9 a. m.
Tuesday, March 20, Quebec
school at 9:30 a. m.
Wednesday, April 4, Pisgah For
est at 9 a. m.
Tuesday, April 10, Straus at 9
a. m.
Tuesday, April 17, Penrose at 9
a. m.
Tuesday, April 24, Brevard at
9 a. m.
Tuesday, May 1, Brevard at 9
a. m.
Tuesday, May 8, Rosman at 9 a.
m. and the concluding one Tues
day, May 15th, Rosenwald school
at 9 a. m.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 8 — Fortnight
ly club meets in Gaither’s Dog
wood Room at 3:30 p. m. Masons
meet in Masonic Temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, March 9 — Bus hearing
over city hall, 10 a. m. Hospital
auxiliary meets at 3 p. m., dining
room.
Sunday, March 11 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Methodist revival begins at 7:30
p. m.
Monday, March 12 — DAR meets
at 3:30 p. m., with Mrs. Owens Dav- J
idson. Rotary club meets at 7 p. m., j
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Camp To Benefit
Girl Scouts Throughout Area
Begin Cookie Sales On Tuesdayi;
Girl Scouts throughout Transyl
vania and the other counties of the
Pisgah Area Girl Scout council are
getting ready for the big Cookie
Sale which will begin on Tues
day, March 13th and continue
through March 24th.
Mrs. Robert Levy and Mrs. J.
D. Jones, county chairmen, are in
charge of the sale locally.
Proceeds of the cookie sale will
be used solely for the development
of the area Girl Scout camp near
Brevard at East Fork. The unoffi
cial goal is $5,000 from the seven
counties in the area and 25,000
boxes of cookies will be on hand to
be sold.
Mrs. Jones reminds persons that
the money from the 1955 cookie
sale also went to the development
of the new Girl Scout camp. These
profits resulted in the drilling of
a well at the camp site, the pur
chase of an electric pump, the
building of a well house that also
furnishes additional storage space,
and much needed improvement on
the road into the camp.
It is further pointed out that it
is more to the advantage of the 1
Brevard girls to sell their quota of J
cookies because they will be able
to use the camp facilities more oft- |
en due to its close proximity. “Prim- ;
itive” camping by the Scouts will s
take place at the lakeside this sum- ]
mer since the drinking water has 1
been approved after the construe- (
tion of the well. 1
The cookies sell for 40 cents per 1
box and are of two different var- '
ieties, the creme-filled half van
illa and half chocolate sandwich *
type and the thin chocolate mint J
cookies. The cookies will arrive and
be distributed on Monday and girls <
will begin their sales on Tuesday. •
Mrs. Jones reminds all troop <
leaders that those who send in
their cookie account money in full J
by March 27th will receive a two
cents’ bonus on each box for use |
within the troop. Girls are asked
to sell cookies for cash only.
The Girl Scouts will work in
pairs and those with unifoms are
expected to wear them while sell
ing cookies.
Many Attended Funeral For Ira B.
Armfield, Stores Here Were Closed:
A large crowd of relatives and
other friends paid final respects
to Ira B. Armfield, 62, last Satur
day afternoon at the service in the
First Baptist church and interment
was in the Gillespie-Evergreen cem
etery.
Rev. Douglas Corriher, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church, of
ficiated, and special music was by
the choir of the First Baptist
church, of which Mr. Armfield was
a member.
Stores in Brevard were closed
from 2:00 until 2:30 o’clock in re
spect to the outstanding newspaper
man, who had served as secretary
of the Brevard Merchants associa
tion for several years, and later as
secretary of the merchants com
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I IRA B. ARMFIELD
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the annual
100-Bushel corn club banquet last Friday
night are pictured above. From left to
right, are: Mrs. Freeman Nicholson; L.
Y. Ballentine, commissioner of Agricul
ture in North Carolina, who made the
principal address; Freeman Nicholson,
holding the trophy which he won several
years ago for being the first Transyl
vanian to produce more corn on an acre
for three times; Julian A. Glazener,
county agent; Roland Owen, who receiv
ed the trophy this year from the Transyl
vania'Trust company for being top pro
ducer for the last three years; and, Mrs.
Owen. (Photo by Russell)
rwo CORN CLUB
CONTESTS TO BE
HELD IN COUNTY
\dults Will Seek To Make
150 Bushels Or More. Oth
er Event For 4-H, FFA
With so many Transylvania
armers making the 100-bushel
"orn Club during the past 10 years,
he members decided at their an
lual banquet last Friday night to
ncrease the adult membership re
tirements to 150 bushels.
In the future, there will be a
00-bushel club for 4-H and FFA
nembers only and a 150-bushel
dub for adults, 4-H and FFA mem
)ers.
To encourage the 4-H and FFA
>oys to produce more corn per acre
it less cost per bushel, the Tran
sylvania Trust company is offer
ng cash prizes of $25, $20, $15, $10
md $5 each year to the five high
;st producers of 100 or more bush
ils per acre and a trophy to the
)roducer getting his name on it
wice for having the highest yields.
To stimulate and challenge both
idult^and youth to produce more
:orn per acre, the Transylvania
rrust company is offering five
;ash awards and a trophy each
Tear to the highest producer of 150
>r more bushels per acre.
With the view of encouraging or
ganized community support of the
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rime For Salk
Boosters, Must
Get From Doctor
Officials of the Transylvania
county health department have
issued a reminder to parents that
it is time for the third or booster
dose of Salk polio yaccine, and
that this vaccine will not come
from the health office.
The booster shot should be
given those children who receiv
ed vaccine in April and Septem
ber last year furnished through
the Polio Foundation. No vac
cine for the booster shot is fur
nished by the foundation and
parents must arrange for it to be
given their children by a pri
vate physician.
Parents of children who have
not received any protection from
poliomylitis are urged to make
immediate plans for this as soon
as possible with their private phy
sician or with the health depart
ment. They advise there is not
too much time before warm wea
ther and the peak polio season.
Children from ages six months
to 14 years are eligible for doses
at tiie health department without
charge. This applies, however,
only to the first two shots.
Roland Owen Awarded Trophy
At Annual Coin Club Banquet
REV. ROBERT G. TUTTLE,
pastor of the First Methodist
church of High Point, will con
duct evangelistic services at the
Brevard Methodist church each
evening next week, beginning on
Sunday night. See story on page
five, first section.
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Local Police Are
Investigating Two
Robberies Sunday
Local police are investigating a
number of leads concerning the
two robberies here Sunday night.
According to Chief Paul Fisher,
a thorough investigation is being
made. Approximately $3.00 was
taken from the Brevard Bowling
center and $60 from the Dixie
Shell station.
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North Carolina’s ComAill^
sioner Of Agriculture
Lauds Farm Progress
Highlighting the annual 100
Bushel Corn club banquet in Tran
sylvania county last Friday night
was the awarding of the Transyl
vania Trust company trophy to Ro
land Owen, who has been top corn
producer in Transylvania for three
years.
During 1955, Mr. Owen produced
162 bushels of corn on one acre of
land, and only one other Transyl
vanian has received a similar tro
phy. He is Freeman Nicholson, who
was also recognized at the banquet,
which was held in the cafeteria of
the Brevard elementary school.
Julian A. Glazener, Transyl
vania’s county agent who presided
over the big event, has been ap
pointed a specialist of the State Col
lege farm extension service at Ral
eigh, it was announced at the ban
quet by George T. Perkins, Sr.,
county commissioner, and Mr. Gla
zener will assume his new position
on May 1.
It is understood that Mr. Glazen
er will work in community develop
ment across the state, and he is ac
cepting this new work in lieu of
retiring this year.
L. Y. Ballentine, commissioner of
agriculture in North Carolina, was
the principal speaker at the ban
quet, and he pointed out that North
Carolina has made more progress
in increasing the farm income dol
lar than any other state in the na
tion.
He lauded the record of Tran
sylvania farmers and he cited sta
tistics which substantiated his
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Program Highlights
Many New Programs Are Added To
Varied Log Of Radio Station WPNF
j “My Neighbor”, a different and i
! highly entertaining radio show, will
be heard each Monday, Wednesday !
and Friday mornings over WPNF I
at 7:55 o’clock under the sponsor- j
ship of Pisgah Builders Supply,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager, an
nouncees today.
These human interest programs
are produced in Hollywood by Gene
Baker and have proved most inter
esting and informative on radio
stations from coast-to-coast. Mr.
Baker is of “Queen for a Day”
fame.
The station manager announces
that the “Safety Bulletin”, which
is sponsored by Coffey-Hayes Bu
ick company, is now being heard
daily at a new time. This program
is now being brought to the listen
ers of WPNF at 7:25 each morning.
Lovers of good organ music are
reminded to hear “Marie and Mu
sic” at 1:15 o’clock each Sunday
afternoon.
As a regular weekly feature of
WPNF, the Brotherhood of The
Lutheran Church of The Good
Shepherd will sponsor Church
World news, a program of signifi*
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MANY APPEARED
AT MEETING OF
COMMISSIONERS
Special Election Is Expected
To Be Called This Sum,
mer. Conditions Cited
AMOUNT IS $637,600
The Transylvania county board
of commissioners Monday unani
mously agreed to call a special
election some time next summer
to vote on the issuance of school
bonds in the amount of $637,600.
Supt. J. B. Jones and members
of the county board of education
appeared before the board and re
quested the commissioners to call
the bond election with the view of
starting construction next fall on
a new $700,000 modern Brevard
high school, and to carry forward
a complete county school building
program.
A number of other leading citi
zens also attended the meeting and
urged the commissioners to take
favorable action on the board of ed
ucation resolution. These included
| Mayor John Ford, Attorney Tom
! Eller, L. F. Dixon and Milton Her
i zog, of Ecusta and representatives
of the League of Women Voters.
County Attorney Ralph Ramsey
j estimated that it would take from
! now until some time in July or
August before such a special elec
tion could be held.
.Jte said, approval of the Local
^Swpminent Commission would
lswe^to be obtained, a public meet
i held and additional time re
quired for advertising and holding
registration.
It was generally agreed by every
one present that it would be better
to hold a special election on the
question rather than to vote on it
during the general election next
November.
Members of the board of educa
tion pointed out that the present
Brevard high school building is
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GOP CONVENTION
NAMES DELEGATES
Members Of County Republic
can Executive Committee
Listed. Also, Resolutions
Transylvania Republicans held a
county convention last Saturday af
ternoon in the Brevard court house
and elected delegates to the dis?
trict and state conventions.
The convention was slated to
have been at 2:00 o’clock, but was
postponed one hour in respect to>
Ira B. Armfield, whose funeral was.
held at that time.
Lewis P. Hamlin, chairman of
the Republican executive commit
tee in Transylvania, presided oyer
the convention, and Lloyd Bus
hans served as secretary.
It was decided at the convention
that all Republicans attending the
state convention would be seated
as delegates. Transylvania will
have 19 votes at the convention,
which will be held on Saturday,
March 10th, in Durham.
The district convention will be
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Special Bus Hearing:
Slated This Friday
An informal hearing will be
held here Friday morning of this
week in the city hall assembly
room pertaining to working rat
bus schedules from Brevard to
Hendersonville and to Asheville,
it is announced by President J.
C. Gaither, of the Brevard Cham
ber of Commerce. *
All directors of the chamber
are asked to be present for Hie
meeting, which is scheduled for
10 o’clock. A special committee
of Mayor John Ford, Bryan Shif
let, Joe Tinsley and C. M. Doug
las is expected to sit in with the
groups.
Representatives of the Grey
hound lines, Queen City coach
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