TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
THE TRANSYLVANI
IMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 18,311.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Voi. 67: No. 11
SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, for
merly the Franklin hotel, one of Tran
sylvania’s 56-year-old landmarks, is now
being razed by the Liner Construction
company to make way for a new church
building to cost around $160,000. The
.original Presbyterian church in Tran
sylvania was founded on Davidson river
prior to 1800, and the building burned
and was replaced in 1891. The Brevard
Presbyterian church was started in 1888
as an outpost of the Davidson River
church and the two were consolidated in
1931. At the present time the Presbyter
ians are holding services in the Masonic
temple, and the new edifice is expected
to be completed this year. (Times Staff
Photo)
Shuford Proposes $375,000 Hatchery
At Johns Roch In Pisgah Nat'l Forest
Ranger Tells Of Many Ad
vantages. Would Expand
Stocking Program
A $375,000 trout hatchery—the
first in Pisgah National Forest—
will be constructed by the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service on Da
vidson River at Grogan Creek.
A bill to provide for establish
ment of the hatchery was intro
duced in Congress last week by
Rep. George A. Shufordr-’Pf Ashe
ville.
The bill would appropriate nec
essary funds for construction of the
hatchery.
Site of the proposed hatchery—
for which plans have been com
pleted in Atlanta, Ga., regional
Fish and Wildlife headquarters
will be at Johns Rock in Transylva
nia county.
During the 1930’s the 75-acre
tract was location for the John’s
Rock Civilian Conservation corps
camp. It lies near the Pisgah
Ranger district trout rearing sta
tion on the headwaters of David
son River. The rearing station is
operated jointly by the Fish and
Wildlife Service and N. C. Na
tional Forests.
Construction of the hatchery
would mean a boom to Western
North Carolina trout fishing, ac
cording to District Ranger Ted
Seely of Pisgah Forest.
At present, streams in the
Pisgah district are stocked from
the rearing station. The station
in turn must obtain young fish
from the nearest hatchery—Fish
and Wildlife’s hatchery in Wal
faalla, S. C. Only some 45,000 trout
per year are turned out by the
rearing station through this pro
cedure for stocking.
Seely said the additional im
petus to the trout stream stocking
program could boost the output
to several hundred thousand per
year and provide trout for all
Western North Carolina trout
streams.
At present, streams elsewhere
in WNC are stocked from smaller
rearing stations in Wayah Ranger
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Mar. 15 — WSCS
meets at 3:30 in Methodist church.
Lions club meets at 7 p. m., Gai
ther’s. Masons meet at 7:30 in Ma
sonic temple. Women of the Pres
byterian church meet at 8 p. m., in
Gaither’s.
Friday, Mar. 16 — Garden club
meets at 3*30 p. m., with Mrs. S. R.
Harrington. Kiwanis club meets at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Beekeepers meet
in county agent’s office, 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, Mar. 17 — Regional
junior music festival, Brevard col
lege. St. Patrick’s Day dance, Bre
vard country club, 9 p. m.
Sunday, Mar. 18 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Mar. 19 — Board of
equalization and review meets at
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With Ike Leading
GOP Victory Is Predicted By
Hamlin, Conventions Are Held
I “Under the Eisenhower banner,
I believe there is a good possibility
that the Republicans will carry the
election for president in North
Carolina next fall.” Lewis P. Ham
lin, chairman of the Transylvania
and Congressional District exec
utive committees, stated after at
tending the GOP state convention
in Durham last Saturday.
“It was one of the best attended
conventions in years and there wras
widespread enthusiasm that North
Carolina would go for Ike,” he said.
At the district meeting in Hen
dersonville last Friday, Mr. Ham
lin was re-elected chairman and
was named as a delegate to the
state convention. Frank Carr was
chosen as an alternate. Mrs. Mil
Equalization And
Review Board To
Meet Next Monday
The board of equalization and
review' in Transylvania will meet
cn Monday morning, March 19th,
here at the court house at 10:00 o’
clock.
According to C. Lewis Osborne,
county accountant and clerk of the
board, the purpose of the meeting
is for the hearing of complaints in
regard to violations placed on real
property.
The meeting will be held in the
commissioner’s room.
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; lard Teague, formerly of Brevard
and now of Asheville, was named
i vice chairman and Orville Coward,
jof Jackson county, was elected sec
I retary.
IS. C, Clarke, Jr., 31-year-old
Hendersonville business-man, was
named as the party’s candidate for
Congress and he will oppose Dem
ocrat George Shuford, of Asheville.
The district chose James A. Rick
et, of Buncombe, and Dr. William
P Mitchell, of Swain, as delegates
to the national convention to be
'held in San Francisco in August.
Coward and Miss Gladys Maxwell
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Political Kettle Begins To "Warm Up",
Several County Offices Up For Election
POST OFFICE TO
EXPAND SERVICE
NORTH BREVARD
Mounl Delivery Will Be
Inaugurated. Route Two
Is Affected
Starting Saturday, March 24, ap
proximately 180 family patrons of
the Brevard post office will re
ceive greatly improved service, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by Acting Postmaster Ver
non Fullbright.
On that day the post office will
inaugurate a mounted delivery ser
I vice in various sections of North
j Brevard. A number of patrons for
merly served by route two will be
included on this mounted delivery
service route and some additional
territory will be added to route
two.
Patrons on the mounted delivery
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CALLING JURORS
FORAPRIL COURT
Two-weeks’ Session Opens
On 2nd. Dockets Expect
ed To Be Heavy
The spring term of Superior
court in Transylvania county will
begin on Monday morning, April
2nd for a two-weeks mixed session,
! according to F. M. McCall, the
clerk of court. Judge Zeb Nettles,
of Asheville, will preside over the
court that will hear criminal
I cases the first week and civil cases
the second.
The clerk of court states that this
| will be a heavy docket.
Jurors were drawn this week and
are announced by the clerk as fol
lows:
First week—Wendell G. Austin,
Joe W. Baynard, Howard Wyatt,
Fred C. Bryson, Arnold Wells, Earl
Wyatt, Mrs. H. W. Sigmon, Mrs.
' Harvey Shawgo, J. D. Canup, Mrs.
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Regional Junior Music
Festival Set Saturday
The regional Junior Music Fes
tival, sponsored by the North Car
olina Federation of Music clubs,
will be held Saturday in the Bre
i vard college auditorium with 60
piano students entered in the
competition.
Mrs. Carolyn Sumner is chairman
! of this event.
She announces that Tommy
Jones will enter the Asheville Fes
tival on the same day to receive
his rating as a flute soloist. He has
been invited by Dr. and Mrs. Jan
P. Schinhan, of Chapel Hill, to
j be one of two flutists in the state
j to play in the state band at the
Federation club convention in Ral
eigh April 20 and 21st.
Mrs. Sumner also announces that
in April a joint junior choir fes
tival will be held here under the
leadership of Nelson Adams, of
the college music faculty, and Mrs.
Duncan Hunter. It was decided to
have this instead of a rating at the
regional festival because the
community will benefit more from
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MISS MARGARET RICE, of Canton,
left, standing, was elected May Queen
by the student body at Brevard college
this week and her maid of honor is Bev
erly Jordan, of Belmont, right. Serving
the Queen’s court, left to right, are: Mar
tha Carpenter, Charlotte; Audrey Dick
son, Horse Shoe; Martha-Ellis, Gastonia;
Arminta Barber, Tryon; Anita Rose Pat
terson, Brevard; Martha Fortune^ Bre
vard; Julie Harris, Gastonia;
Flynn, Chimney Rock; The May Day
ceremonies will take place in the formal
gardens between the library and the wo
men's dorm.
SPRING SHOWERS, intermingled with warm winds
and sunshiny days have been prevalent throughout
March, an indication that spring itself is on the way.
This young man shown above doesn’t let the rain cur
tail his activities as he hides behind his mother’s um
brella en route to school. Weatherman Jack Huggins
says that the March showers have been light; mostly
drizzles, bringing only .43 of an inch thus far. But Feb
ruary more than made up for it with a total of 12.28 inch
es of rainfall throughout the month, recorded on 22 of
the 29 days.
Transylvania Young Demos To
Attend Convention Saturday
NO ACTION IS
EXPECTED HERE
BY NCEA UNIT
Local Teachers Want Pay
Boost; Do Not Favor
Walk-out Proposal
The Transylvania County Unit of
the North Carolina Education as
sociation will take no action on a
resolution calling for a 25 per cent
pay boost coupled with a threat to
quit in September that the Can
ten unit proposes to bring to a vote
at the state conveniton next week.
Forrest B. Cudd, president of
the Transylvania NCEA, says that
the regular meeting of the unit was
held on March 6th, and there will
be no call meeting to take action on
the proposal.
Although teachers have not been
polled on their feelings, it is the
belief of Mr. Cudd and also the
county superintendent that they
are heartily in favor of a pay in
crease but not in the methods be
ing proposed in the Canton resolu
tion.
Mr. Cudd explains that there
are proper channels through which
the NCEA can move to seek legis
lation and that a legislative com
mittee is maintained for this pur
pose.
The Transylvania NCEA will
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i President Gash Announced
Renewal Of Membership
Campaign Here
A number of young Democrats
from Transylvania county are ex
pected to attend a state-wide rally
of Young Democrats in Asheville
Saturday.
This gathering will kick-off the
i election year campaign and Gov.
S James E. (Big Jim) Folsom, of Al
abama, will be the keynote speak
er.
The rally is being sponsored by
the YD clubs of the 12th district
which include Transylvania, Bun
combe, Jackson, Haywood and Ma
con counties.
President Robert Gash, of the
local club, is urging as many
Young Democrats to attend as pos
sible.
Presiding over the rally will be
Henry Hall Wilson, of Monroe,
president of the Young Democratic
clubs of North Carolina.
David M. Hall, Jr., of Sylva, is
senior party liaison officer and is
assisting Lucy Thornburg, of Syl
va, YDC chairman for the district,
in planning arrangements for the
rally.
The rally will start Saturday with
registration at the George Vander
bilt hotel at one p. m. and will be
followed with a workshop session
at 2 p. m. A reception for Gov.
Folsom will be held on the roof of
the Battery Park hotel at 5:15 and
the banquet will begin in the City
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WPNF Program Highlight*
Work Of Chamber Of Commerce To
Be Outlined In Talk By Gaither
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The important work of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce will be
outlined in a talk on the Civic hour
over WPNF Friday morning at 9:30
o'clock by J. C. Gaither, president
of the commerce body.
Mr. Gaither will touch on the or
ganization of the industrial devel
opment council, which was formed
to encourage local industry to ex
PMid and to .ttrwt new lmKutrlM.
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Kuyia
urges listeners of WPNF to Ht
this important aniim h* the w
srng ow
Hr. Hoyle also announces u
beginning Friday afternoon at
ocloek a new dramatic series y
be started entitled, “Heartfcre
Theatre". Top names in JfoIlywG
will be featured op this drama
production.
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The schedule for the civic ho
fm the earning weep is as fuUov
Friday,polio jlQiHlay, Good Neij
FILING DEADLINE
SET APRIL 14TH,
PRIMARY MAY 2fi
Incumbents Are Expected To
Run Again. Interest To
Date Said Slight
ROUND-UP MADE
A number of Transylvania coun
ty offices are up for election
year which is a general election
year for many state and federal
offices.
These local offices include the
county commissioners, two mem
bers of the board of education, reg
ister of deeds, tax collector, and a
state representative.
The Democratic primary election
for the selection of candidates will
be held on Saturday, May 26 and
the Republicans plan to nominate
their candidates at a convention
scheduled to be held on Saturday,
April 7.
The deadline for filing for the
Democratic primary is Saturday,
April 14.
Although this deadline is only
a month away, there is very little
interest being shown so far in the
local races, a check up this week
reveals.
It is generally believed that most
of the local office holders will seek
re-election, but so far only one of
them has definitely stated that he
will be a candidate and that one is
Charles M. Douglas, who is com
pleting his first term as tax col
lector.
Joel M. Hubbard, who works at
the Brevard Hardware company,
announced Wednesday thaj he
would also be a candidate for the
office of tax collector.
The present members of the
board of county commissioners are
Freeman Hayes, chairman, George
Perkins, Sr., both of Brevard aed
Dewey Burton, of Rosman. Hayes
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JAYCEES PLANNING
SUNRISE SERVICE
Interdenominational Event
To Be Held At College.
Ormand Speaks
The Brevard Junior Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor an Blaster %
Sunrise service on the campus of
Brevard college Easter Sunday
morning, April 1st, beginning at & i
a. m.
This will be an interdenomina
tional service and the special mes
sage will be brought by the Be*.
Ben F. Ormand, pastor of the Brs
vard-Davidson River Presbyterian
church. Special music will be wa
der the direction of Rev. J. W.
Styles, pastor of the Wesleyan Me
thodist church.
In announcing this event Jaycee.
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GS Cookie Sale
Began Tuesday,
Lasts Two Weeks
Girl Scent Cookies, crisp and
tMfo am being sold this week in
Brevard and throughout the en
tire Pisgah area Girl Scout coun
cil to benefit the new camp at
Kaat Fork.
Tbe cookies, which are 4§ ewM&
a but, went on sale by Scowls