TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
* Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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.
The Transylvania
Vol. 67: No. 14
* SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956
★ 18 PAGES TODAY *
GENERAL APPROVAL of the Flood
Prevention program for the French
Broad Valley was given by the Soil Con
servation district supervisors and Bre
vard Chamber of commerce officials at
a special meeting last Thursday night in
Gaither’s Rhododendron room. Left to
right, are: M. O. McCall, supervisor; G.
W. Whitmire, also a supervisor; C. M.
Douglas, secretary of the chamber of
commerce; Harry Newland, soil conser
vationist; M. H. Shuford, supervisor; L.
P. Hamlin, chairman of the flood con
trol committee of the chamber of com
merce ; and J. C. Gaither, the president.
100 Cases On Criminal Docket Are
Disposed 0fr Civil Slate On Monday
Many Forfeit Cash Bonds.
Verdicts Are Given In
Other Suits
Out of the 140 cases on the crim
inal docket of the April term of
Superior Court in Transylvania
county, a total of 100 was disposed
of by noon Wednesday, when Judge
« Zeb V. Nettles itcessed court v^il
Monday morning.
The civil slate, which contains
127 cases, will be heard next week.
The large number of cases on the
civil docket is due to the fact that
this is a “Clean-Up” term of court
with several of the cases dating as
far back as 1934.
Prior to adjournment Wednes
day noon, Judge Nettles disposed
of approximately 50 of these.
Two jury trials were heard on
Tuesday, with both defendants be
ing found not guilty. Vessie J. Ashe
was charged with drunk driving
and Henry D. Carland faced a reck
less driving charge.
The case against Rivers Jeter
was remanded to a justice of the
peace. It grew out of unemploy
ment compensation.
According to clerk of court Mar
vin McCall, defendants and the
charges against them, who for
feited cash bonds, were as follows:
Millard W. Revis, drunk driving,
$150; James B. Stewart, speeding,
$25; Rufus Kelley, drunk driving,
$150; Andrew E. Ayers, driving
after license revoked, $150; Her
man D. Holbert, speeding, $25; Rob
ert T. Staley, speeding, $25; Char
les E. Burrell, no operators license,
$50; Douglas Hill, speeding, $50;
Edward Brandle, speeding, $50;
James Arnold Bailey, speeding, $30;
Gary B. Hiscock, no operators li
cense, $50; John D. Fowler, no op
erators license, $50; Albert Whit
mire, no operators license, $50 and
Odell E. King, speeding, $50.
The following pled guilty to hav
ing no operators license: James E.
Bradhsaw, $25 and costs; Helen
Burrell, costs; Carrie Garland,
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Apr. 5 — Trout season
opens. Circles of Brevard Metho
dist and Presbyterian circles meet,
also guilds of St. Philip’s Episco
pal church. NCEA and CTA to have
covered dish supper at Brevard
Elementary school cafeteria, 6:30
p m. Lions club meets at Gaither’s,
7 p. m. Masons to meet in Temple
at 7:30 o’clock.
Friday, Apr. 6 — Brevard high
vs. Canton, 3:15 p. m., on Camp j
Straus diamond. Kiwanis ladies’
night. Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Saturday, Apr. 7 — GOP county
convention, court house, 2 p. m.
Sunday, Apr. 8 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Apr. 9 — Court con
venes at 9:30 a. m. DAR meets at
3 p. m. in Gaither’s. Rotary club
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To Answer Needs
Library Building Plans Are
Completed, To Ask For Bids
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i j *?ilS j Si a life w l>uilui£& to house
the Transylvania county library
and the Brevard chamber of com
merce have been completed and
construction of this building on the
courthouse property is expected to
be started soon and to be complet
ed this summer.
Architect Henry McDonald has
finished the drawings and plans
and they will be submitted this
week to contractors for bids.
The building will be one story
high and is expected to cost around
$12,000 to $14,000. An additional
$5000 to $6000 will be needed to
equip it properly.
Election Board To
Take Office, Work
To Begin Monday
Members of the Transylvania
county election board will be sworn
in Saturday and an office on the
second floor of the courthouse will
be opened next Monday.
This office will remain open un
til the end of the primary on Sat
urday, May 26.
The deadline for filing for local
offices in next Saturday, April 14.
George Shuford is chairman of
the board and the other two mem
bers are Mrs. Margaret Bridges and
Elmo McCall.
Affkrxtmy*Ty wjoo has been
reisMf thronsglf® public contribu
tions for this project and the goal
1 is $20,000. The campaign is being
.continued and those wishing to
make donations are asked to send
them to Ralph Ramsey, in Brevard.
Since the chamber of commerce
does not have an adequate office
now, every effort will be made to
erect the new building by early
spring.
Mrs. O. H. Orr, is chairman of
the library board and other mem
bers are George Perkins, Sr., W. M.
Melton, P. A. Rahn, Charles Rus
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| To Pave Pisgah Mo tor
| Road, Other Work Cited
Announcement that the Pisgah
Motor road will be paved was made
simultaneously this week by Don
J. Morriss, supervisor of The Pis
gah, with news that the new high
way from Rosman to Pin Hook Gap
will be graded to a spot joining
the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The old Pisgah Motor road will
be paved a distance of eight miles
joining N. C. 276 at Wagon Road
Gap with N. C. 112 at the Mt. Pis
gah parking area. The cost of the
project, Mr. Morriss said, will be
shared equally between the Forest
Service and the State Highway de
partment. Bids are expected to be
let in Raleigh at an early date for
the paving.
This road was built along the
ledge of the mountains by the late
George Vanderbilt when that por
tion of the national forest was then
a part of his vast estate. It passes
Buck Springs Lodge, a portion of
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THE TRANSYLVANIA CHAPTER
of the National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis received a check this week for
$2,199.26, as its part of the ’56 March of
Dimes drive in this county. Harvey L.
Cavender, treasurer, is shown at the left
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presenting the check to Dr. C. L. New- J
land, Transylvania's chapter chairman. *
At the right are Mrs. William Wallis and 1
Dr. Norman Boyer, co-chairmen of this
year’s drive in the county. (Times Staff i
Photo)
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BOARD TO HEAR
COMPLAINTS ON
PROPERTY VALUE
Commissioners To Meet
Again On Monday. Con
trol Plan Approved
The Transylvania county board
of commissioners will meet next
Monday as a board of equalization
and review to hear complaints rel
ative to the assessed valuations
placed on new buildings and addi
tions during the past year.
At their regular April meeting
last Monday, the commissioners ap
proved the proposal of the Soil
Conservation District to submit ap
plication to the state committee for
planning assistance in obtaining a
flood control project for the coun
ty.
The soil conservation supervis
es, M. O. McCall, Sr., Glad Whit
mire and Merriman Shuford, as
well as Henry Newland, work unit
•uise: vationist, appeared before the
board and explained the proposal.
The commissioners also agreed
to assist in paying a small amount
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SCHOOL FOR FOOD
HANDLERS IS SET
Will Be Given On Tuesday,
Wednesday And Thurs
day Next Week.
A special food handlers school
will be held in Brevard on three
days next week, and all persons
handling food in Transylvania
county are invited to attend.
Sponsored by the Transylvan
ia - Henderson counties’ health
department, the food handling
school will be open to managers
and employees of restaurants,
lunchrooms, cafeterias,, house
wives and others handling food
in any manner are invited to at
tend.
Walter F. Hart, senior sanita
rian, stresses the importance of
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TEEN-AGERS PORTRAYING the gay and lovable
Ciluieth children in Cheaper by tr.e Dozen” are shown
at one of their cast rehearsals in preparation for the pres
entation of the Brevard Little Theatre play Tuesday and j
Wednesday evenmgs. Left, reading from top to bottom,
they are Lorraine Emory, as Anne; Gail Bonnell, as Er
nestine; Jackie Richards, Martha; and Martha Sader
as Lillian. Right, from top to botton, they are Ralph Lee
Frank; Charles Himes, Jr., Bill; John Allison, Fred and
Tommy Harbin, Dan. Another picture and story about
the forthcoming play appear on page 5, first section.
County Republicans To Name
Slate At Convention Saturday
RICHARD C. CLARK, JR., of
Hendersonville, Republican can
didate for Congress for the 12th
congressional district will be the
principal speaker at the conven
tion of Transylvania Republi
cans Saturday afternoon in the
Brevard court house at 2:06 o’
clock.
Richard Clark Will Speak At
Meet. Chairman Will Al
so Be Named
The Transylvania county Repub
lican party plans to nominate a full
slate of candidates for county of
fices at a convention to be held in
the courthouse here Saturday af
ternoon, starting at 2 o’clock.
During the convention the dele
gates will also select a county
chairman and other officers. L. P.
Hamlin, who has been chairman of
a number of years, states that he
is resigning as he is also district
chairman.
Richard Clark, young Henderson-1
ville business man and Republican
candidate for Congress for the 12th
congressional district, will be the
principal speaker.
No indication has been given as
to who will be nominated for the
various county offices which are up
for election this year.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, who was ap
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Program Highlights
Much Of WPNF’s Programming Is
Designed To Appeal To Women
“Since a large percentage of
A;PNF’s daily listening audience is
■omposed of housewives, we call
pecial attention to our regular line
ip of programs designed especial
y for women.” Bobby Hoyle, sta
ion manager announces.
“Ladies Fair”, heard daily at 10
)’clock, is a full-hour of music by
he top personalities, plus occa
ional recorded interviews with the
lations leading women. “Ladies
rdir” is one of the top musical pro
,rams designed especially for the
vomen audience.
“The Woman’s World”, directed
nd presented by Frances Walker,
he woman’s editor, is heard each
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
aiternoon at 2:30. During this quar
ter-hour program, Miss Walker
brings favorite recipes, fashion
notes, and stories of interesting
women in the news.
Each Tuesday afternoon at 2:30,
Adelaide Van Way presents “Wo
man’s World”, or “The Easy Does- :
it Way”. Miss Van Way specializes ■
in household tips and do-it-yourself i
hints designed to lighten the house- j
wife’s work. I
“Flower Gardening Time” is pre
sented each Friday afternoon at i
2:30 by Mrs. S. R. Harrington. Mrs. 1
Harrington brings to her listeners, i
timely gardening tips of interest to
all Transylvania gardeners. This I
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THREE POINTS IN
PROCRAM OF SOIL
DISTRICT GROUP
Damages To Crops And Land
Cited. Organizations Ap
proved Plan
BACKGROUND GIVEN
The Transylvania Soil Conserva
tion district is now working on
plans to provide flood control in
the French Broad valley, Harr?
Newland, work unit conservation
ist announces.
As soon as necessary facts can
be assembled, an application wiU
be submitted for planning assis
tance to the state committee of the
Soil Conservation Service.
The application will ask for three
things:
First, for control of erosion and
the improvement of retention of
water on the individual farms ad
jacent to the valley area.
Second, construction of strategic
ly located flood control dams on
the small streams flowing into the
valley and the French Broad river.
Third, improvement of the chan
nel of the French Broad and un
creasing its capacity to promote
flood control through a faster flow
of water.
Plans to submit this special flood
control application have been en
thusiastically approved by the su
pervisors of the county soil conser
vation district, the local flood com
mittee, the county commissioners
and by the chamber of commerce.
Farmers of the county regard
flood control as one of the great
est needs in Transylvania today.
Those living in the valley, as well
as along the small streams, have
already agreed to cooperate if
such a program is approved by
the Soil Conservation Service, the
Department of Agriculture and by
the Congress.
Leaders point out that every few
years crops and lands throughout
the fertile valley area of the coun
ty are destroyed and badly damag
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BOSSE NAMED TO
HEAD ROTARIAKS
Newly Elected Officers Witt
Be Installed At Ladle*
Night on May 28
Rowell D. Bosse, a charter mem,
ber of the Brevard Rotary clubt
was elected president of the com
ing year by his fellow Rotarians
Monday night at the regular weefe
ly meeting, held in Gaither’s Rho
dodendron room.
President A1 Perkins presided
over the meeting and the newly el
ected officers will be installed at
a ladies’ night meeting on Monday
night, May 28th, at Camp Deer
woode.
Other officers chosen at thfr
meeting Monday night included:
Robert “Buddy” Melton, vice pres
ident; Charles Pickelsimer, Jr., sec
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Board Of Aldermen
Seeking To Increase
Town’s Water Supply
To supplement the town of Be
vard’s present water supply, the
aldermen are now making plans to
run another intake line to Mine
Creek and to drill a well in the vi
cinity of Norton Creek intake.
The town’s water supply is ade
quate for present demands, with
the exception of a short time dup
ing the summer months when dry
seasons are experienced.
In making plans to supplement
he supply, the town fathers are al
so thinking of future growth which
frill also bring increased demands.
This matter was discussed at
ength at both the March and the
^pril board meetings. Monday
night the board authorized the
own’s engineer, T. D. Grimshawe,
o make a survey of the Mine Creek
vatershed.
In another action they granted
axi licenses to Arthur Heath and
t. J. Kitchen.