TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe 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. 13
* SECTION ONE if
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SOLOISTS FOR Stainer’s Easter can
tata, “The Crucifixion’’, which will be
presented Friday night, 7:30 p. m., at the
Brevard Methodist church, are pictured
above with the organist, Charles Jolliff.
The public is cordially invited to hear
this choral service, which will be one of
the highlights of the religious observance
of Easter here. From left to right, they
are, Henry McDonald, Lloyd Burhans,
Dr. Frank McGuire and Nelson Adams,
also director of the cantata. (Austin
Photo)
Property Bought And Charter Filed
For New Cherryfield Camp For Adults
Site Of 130 Acres To Be De
veloped As Craft Center.
Opens In 1957
Transylvania county, which al
ready has 13 organized- summer
camps for children, will be getting
its first such camp for adults only
when the newly established Camp
Cherryfield for Adults, Inc., be
gins operation.
Announcement was made yester
day by Attorney Lewis P. Hamlin j
of the purchase of 130 acres of
property for the camp, and also
the filing of the charter of incor
poration issued by the state of
North Carolina.
Incorporators are Misses Louise
Blackwell and Frances Clay, now
of Philadelphia, Pa., but formerly
from Alabama; Miss Lillian Meli
llo, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Rob
ert W. Melton, of Brevard. The au
thorized capital stock is $50,000.
As spokesman for the group Miss
Blackwell announced that the camp
would operate for the first time
in 1957 as a summer art and craft
center for adults, over 20 years of
zge.
The property was purchased from
a group of individuals in Brevard
who have been using the camp as
a private recreational center. In
cluded in the 130 acres are much
woodland, bounded on three sides
by Pisgah National Forest, a lake,
a large lodge building and two
three - room rustic cottages.
Miss Blackwell states that repairs
will first be made to the existing
facilities at the camp and prior to
opening next summer three dor
mitory - type cabins will be con
structed. The camp’s capacity at
first will be around 40, plus a staff,
but the owners plan to expand it
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 29 — The Ma
thatasian club meets at 3:30 p. m.,
with Mrs. J. A. Glazener.
Friday, March 30 — Schools
close for Easter. Little Theatre
production staff meeting, court
house, 7 p. m. “The Crucifixion”
to be given in Brevard Methodist
church, 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, March 31 — Demo
cratic Women’s Easter sale, Walt
ermire building, 10 a. m.
Sunday, April 1 — Easter Sun
day. Sunrise Service at Brevard
college, 6 a. m. Attend the church
of your choice.
Monday, April 2 — Schools
closed for Easter. Court convenes
at 9:30 a. m. Rotary club meets at
7 p. m., in Gaither’s; to elect offi
cers. American Legion meets, 7 p.
m. Youth rally at First Baptist
chureh, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, April 3 — Loyal Order
of Moose at lodge at 8 p. m.
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School News
Teachers Ask For Raise, New
Building Started At Quebec
Transylvania county teachers,
along with the other Tar Heel tea
chers throughout the state, agreed
at an annual convention of the
North Carolina Education associa
tion in Asheville last Friday to ask
the legislature for pay raises rang
ing from $3,000 to $4,500 for teach
ers holding A certificates.
The published pre-convention re
port called for a $2,600 to $4,100
minimum schedule, which had been
adopted by the United Forces for
Education, but in convention it
was decided to up this request
$400.
The teachers also asked for pro
portionate increases for other
school personnel on a nine-month
work basis, an extended term of
two weeks employment for teach
ers and principals and clerical as
sistance for schools where needed.
The Canton group did not press
their resolution calling for a 25
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Brewer Withdraws
From State Race,
Health Is Reason
Kidd Brewer, whose Raleigh col
umn appears in The Transylvania
Times each week, pulled a surprise
last week by withdrawing from the
race for lieutenant governor. He
gave his physical condition as the
reason.
He entered Duke Hospital last
week for an examination and said:
“Danger signals are apparent which
may indicate that in my present
physical condition a strenuous po
litical campaign at this time will
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Construction was started this
week on the new consolidated T. C.
Henderson school at Quebec by the
Graham Construction company of
Hendersonville and Kannapolis.
When this building is completed
next fall three schools will be con
solidated and the new school will
have an enrollment of approximate
ly 250 students and with a faculty
composed of 7 or 8 members. These
schools are Quebec, Lake Toxaway
and Silversteen.
The building, which will cost ap
proximately $154,000.00, will have
eight classrooms, a combination
auditorium and gymnasium, a li
brary and cafeteria. It will be a one
story, brick building.
Osborne Plumbing and Heating
company, of Brevard, has the con
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April Session Of Superior Court In
Transylvania Opens Monday Morning
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COMMISSIONERS
TOSS HATS IN
POLITICAL RING
Entire Board Seeking Re
election. Filing Deadline
Is April 14
Transylvania’s three members
of the county board of com
missioners announced Wednes
day morning that they would seek
re-election in the primary to be
held on May 26th. The dead
line for filing is April 14th.
Freeman Hayes is the current
chairman of the board, and other
members are Dewey Burton and
George Perkins, Sr.
In their announcement they
state: “If we are nominated and
elected, we promise the people
of Transylvania an efficient, pro
gressive and honest administra
tion of the county’s affairs’’.
Interest, politically, is increas
ing in the town and county, and
others to date who have announ
ced include Paul Whitmire, reg
ister of deeds; C. M. Douglas,
tax collector, and Joel M. Hub
bard, who is also seeking the of
fice of tax collector.
Other offices up for election
are: house of representatives and
two members of the board of edu
cation.
TO IMPROVE BUS
SERVICE, APRIL!
Owenby To Lease Smoky
Mountain Rights. New
Trips To Be Offered
Improved bus schedules, Brevard
to Rosman, Hendersonville and
Asheville will become effective Ap
ril 1, according to telephone com
munication between the Cham
ber of Commerce and E. H. Mc
Mahan of the State Utilities com
mission on Monday.
Two round trips will be made by
lessee of the Queen City (Smoky
Mountain) franchise between Bre
vard and Asheville over the Boyls
ton route; one extra round trip
from Hendersonville via Crab
Creek to Brevard will be started;
two round trips to Rosman-Brevard;
and the Greyhound schedule of two
round trips to Hendersonville as
now in effect, remains.
E. C. Owenby of Hendersonville
will lease the Smoky Trailways
rights from Rosman to Asheville,
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Civic Group Approves
Vote For School Bonds
After hearing Supt. J. B. Jones
tell of the dire need of expan
sion in the school system in Tran
sylvania county, Brevard, Ro>
tarians voted at their regular
meeting this week to adopt a res-_
olution approving the county
board of commissioners recom
mendation for a school bond is
sue this summer in the town and
county.
The Brevard Jaycees at their
last meeting also approved the
bond issue.
Rev. Robert H. Stamey presi
ded at the Rotary meeting in the
absence of President A1 Perkins,
"Budgie" Fraser Now Manager-Pro
At Country Club, Drive Launched
Budgie Fraser has been appoint
ed manager and pro of the Brevard
Country Club, Jay Coffey, club
president, announces.
Budgie succeeds his father, E. E.
Fraser, who recently accepted a
position with the Henry Westall
company of Asheville.
This company sells grass cutting
equipment of all kinds and many
other supplies used by golf cour
ses. Mr. Fraser will continue to
live in Brevard, but will travel the
Carolinas.
Mr. Fraser resigned his position
as saw filer with the Carr Lumber
company the first of the year. He
had been connected with Carr for
16 years and had been running the
country club, too.
Budgie is an outstanding golfer
and in addition to managing the
club, he plans to give golf lessons
and promote tournaments.
Other members of the country
club staff include Walter Barton,
assistant and cook, Lee Riddle,
greens keeper, and Sarah Fortune,
hostess and secretary.
The town owns the country club
property and operated it for many
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: who, with several other members
of the club, attended the district
convention in Charlotte the first
part of this week.
Mr. Jones explained that
through the successful passage
of the bond issue, which woiild be
in the amount of $637,000, the
county would be able to meet its
school needs for many, many
years to come.
He also reported that work be
gan this week on the new Hen
derson school at Quebec, and
construction of the new gymnas
ium at Rosman should be com
menced in the immediate fu
ture. These two projects are be
ing constructed with funds that
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Robbers Fail In
Break-In At BHS
The person or persons, who broke
into the Brevard high school office
over the past week end, made “a
dry run”.
Police chief, Paul Fisher, be
lieves the robbery was by a group
of professionals, and possibly the
same gang which took some $1,300
from a school in an adjoining coun
ty recently.
Principal Robert Kimzey reports
that the robbers entered the build
ing by breaking a glass in one of
the side doors and then prying open
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EASTER EGGS, parties* new cldttas, etc., are all a
part of the Easter observance, and i#all of the schools
and churches of the county there will be special pro
grams this week and on Sunday. Numerous Easter egg
hunts are planned, and in the top photo the young lady
seems more interested in chicks than she does the eggs.
The pert little miss in the lower photograph makes it
clear that she’s prepared for the special day, come rain
or shine, and she’s taking no chances of having her Eas
ter finery messed up with April showers.
Sunrise Service To Highlight
Easter Observance, Stainer’s
Crucifixion To Be Given Friday
Jaycees Cordially Invite Pub
lic To Attend Event On
College Campus
Highlighting the Easter obser
vance here will be the Sunrise ser
vice Sunday morning on the beau
tiful campus of Brevard college.
Sponsored by the Brevard Jay
cees, the service will begin prompt
ly at 6:00 o’clock, and Rev. Ben F.
Ormand, Presbyterian minister, will
deliver the Easter message. Rev.
J. W. Stiles, pastor of the Wesleyan
church, will be in charge of spec
ial music.
The service will be interdenomi
national, with various churches of
the community cooperating.
Bill Norris, president of the lo
cal junior chamber of commerce,
cordially invites all persons to at
tend the inspiring event.
| Schools Will Be Closed On
Friday And Monday.
Round-up Is Made
A number of special Easter ser
vices have been planned for chur
ches in Brevard and an enlarged
choir from various denominations
will present Stainer’s Easter can
tata, “The Crucifixion" on Fri
day night at 7:30 p. m., in the Me
thodist church.
Brevard and Transylvania
county |public schools will be
closed two days, Friday and Mon
day, for Easter holidays.
Brevard College closed at noon
Wednesday and will re-open
next Wednesday morning, giving
the students almost a week’s va
cation.
“The Crucifixion” is being di
rected by Nelson Adams, of the
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WPNF Program Highlighto
Easter Sunrise Service Will Be Heard,
Dixon To Give Sunday School Lesson
This Sunday, WPNF will broad
cast the Easter Sunrise service
from Brevard College. The service,
sponsored by the Brevard junior
chamber of commerce, will be re
corded and broadcast at 7:00 o’
clock.
Also, beginning Sunday morning,
WPNF will broadcast the Sunday
School lesson of the Men’s Bible
class of the Brevard - Davidson Riv
er Presbyterian church. L. F. Dix
on will teach the lesson, and every
one is invited to hear this broad
cast each Sunday morning at 10:00
o’clock.
Another new program is being
added to WPNF’s program sched
ule. Beginning next Tuesday at
6:30 p. m., “Coke Time”, featuring
a quarter hour of songs by Eddie
Fisher, will be presented by the
Coca-Cola Bottling company of Hen
dersonville. This popular pro
gram is already being carried by
national radio and television net
works, and “we are happy to have
it on WPNF each Tuesday and Fri
day evenings,” Bobby Hoyle, sta
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CRIMINAL SLATE
WILL BE HEARD
THE FIRST WEEK
Total Of 126 Cases Are List
ed. Trial Of Heavy Civil
Docket On April 5th
NETTLES TO PRESIDE
A two weeks term of Transyl
vania county superior court will
open next Monday with 126 cases
listed on the criminal doeket and
127 cases on the civil calendar,,
making a total of 253 cases in all^
the largest total number of cases
for a superior court term in this
county in years.
Of the civil cases, 50 of them
are new bills that will go before
the grand jury and will probably
keep this jury in session for at
least two days.
Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashe*
ville, will preside and Clarence O.
Ridings, of Forest City, will be so
licitor for the state on all criminal
cases.
Next week is scheduled to be de
voted to the trial of criminal cases
and the following week to the trial
of civil ones.
i>u uperaiors licenses
Leading the criminal docket are
cases involving charges for not
having driver’s licenses, or for
driving after licenses had been re
voked. Thirty-three are charged
with this violation. Next on the list
is speeding, with 27 cases involved
and 21 cases of drunk driving.
The most serious offense on the
docket is a rape case which ended
in a mistrial in the December term.
James Hendries and Don Sten
cil, of Rosman, Ire charged with
j raping Annie liae LaiL
In four separate cases, Paul Pete
Hamlin, of near Lake Sega, is
charged with breaking, entering
and larceny.
Albert Kilpatrick is charged with
larceny of automobile and of op
erating without license.
Abbie Strickland will face a.
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MELTON TO HEAD
LOCAL VFW POST
Succeeds Harry Ballard. Oth
er Officers Are Elected
Monday Night
Claude Melton, who is connected
with the Bryant Electric company
here, is the new commander of the
Lewis Earl Jackson post of Veter
ans of Foreign Wars.
He succeeds Harry Ballard, and
other officers elected at the meet
ing here this week include the fol
lowing:
Arthur Gillespie, senior vice com
mander; Harold Smith, junior viee
commander; Charles L. Corn, quar
termaster; Eugene Ramsey, poet,
adjutant; Rev. Keith Beam, chap
lain; Dr. Norman Boyer, surgeon.
Harry Ballard, two year trustee;
Roland Owen, three year trustee;
and, Ed Conley is the other trustee.
The local VFW post meets each
second and fourth Monday nights
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Two Local Youths
Confess To Series
Of Robberies Here
Two Transylvania youths have
been sent to Jackson Training
school at Concord for breaking and
entering several business houses
in Brevard.
According to Chief of Police
Paul Fisher, the boys confessed to
the series of robberies during the
past eight months.
Business houses they entered In
cluded: Patton’s Gulf service, Nu
W ay Cleaners, Wood Paxton Mo
tors, Dixie Shell Station, Krispy
Glaze Do-Nut shop, Farmers Sup
ply, B & B, the lunchroom at the
elementary school, Brevard Lum
ber company and the bowling cen
ter.
Since the youths were minors
they were given a hearing before
the clerk of court