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, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394
Vol. 67: No. 15
SECTION ONE
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956
18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKU&
THE WAGON ROAD GAP to Beech
Gap stretch of the Parkway above is
slated to open for the season Sunday,
April 15th, but weather conditions may
prevent it. Wednesday morning U. S.
Forestry officials reported ten inches of
snow at Wagon Road Gap, with drifts up
to 16 inches out the Parkway and also al
ong the Pisgah Ledge. If the weather
♦ warms between now and Sunday and
melts the snow, the Parkway will be
opened on schedule. However, weather
forecasts were for cooler weather and
foresters were not optimistic over its
opening this wreek end. Highway No. 276
across Wagon Road Gap to Haywood
county was not cleared at noon Wednes
day. The snow was so heavy that a state
highway motor grader was brought in
for clearing the roadway. Other snows
were reported throughout the county
but none as heavy as the one In the Pis
gah. (Times Staff Photo)
King Named Chairman Of Republicans
At Convention, Part Of Slate Chosen
No House Candidate Yet.
Appreciation Is Express
ed To Lewis P. Hamlin
Eugene King, of Lake Toxaway,
and an employee of the Ecusta Pa
per corporation, was elected chair
man of the Transylvania Republi
can executive committee at the
convention here in the court h*>use
last Saturday afternoon.
He succeeds Lewis P. Hamlin,
who presided. Mr. Hamlin explain
ed to the first session of the con
vention held in March that he felt
it best to resign since he is dis
trict chairman.
The convention adopted a reso
lution of appreciation for the work
of Mr. Hamlin in the Republican
party since he was first named
chairman in 1920.
Miss Opal Fullbright was elec
ted vice chairman, and Lloyd Bur
fcans was renamed secretary, A. W.
“Gus” Tucker was chosen as the
treasurer.
Candidates for various county
offices up for election in November
were named at the convention, ex
cepting the house of representa
tives. Mrs. Ralph Fisher, who was
“named representative from this
county following the death of her
husband, said it would be impos
sible for her to make the race this
year.
The nominating committee was
instructed to continue its efforts to
get someone to file by Saturday.
The convention named Boyce Bi
shop, Edward Ted MeCrary and
Carter McCall as candidates for the
board of commissioners, and Jule
Brown was nominated as the GOP
candidate for tax collector.
For the board of education, Gene
Ramsey and Edward B. Morley
were chosen to make the race, and
Ernest Smith was nominated to file
for register of deeds.
Richard Moore was chairman of
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, April 12 — Fortnight
ly club meets at 3:30 p. m., in Gai
ther’s. Mathatasian club meets at
3:30 p. m., with Mrs. Ben F. Or
mand. Masonic meeting in the tem
pte at 8 p. m. Nelson and Neal give
concert at Brevard college, 8 p. m.
Friday, Apr. 13 — Transylvania
hospital auxiliary meets in nurse’s
dining room, 3 p. m. Brevard High
vs. Waynesville, Camp Straus dia
mond, 3:15 p. m. Student recital
at Brevard college, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Apr. 14 — Noon dead
line for candidates’ to file for pri
mary.
Sunday, Apr. 15 — Attend the
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Report Made
Tuition Plan Is Proposed To
Meet State School Problems
RALEIGH — The North Caro-1
lina Advisory Committee on Edu
cation made its long-waited report
last Thursday night and recom
mended that state constitutional
changes be made which would give
the General Assembly authority
to provide from public funds fin
ancial grants “to be paid toward
the education of any child assign
ed against the wishes of his par
ents to a school in which the races
are mixed — such grants to be
available for education only in non
sectarian schools and only when
such child cannot he conveniently
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School For Food
Handlers Being
Attended By 100
The second annual food handlers
school in Transylvania county open
ed Tuesday morning with more than
100 persons enrolling.
Sponsored by the Transylvania
Henderson counties health depart
ment, the school is being attended i
by employees of restaurants, cafe
terias, etc., and Walter F. Hart,
the director of sanitation of the lo
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assigned to a non-mixed public
school,”
Another amendment recom
mended to be submitted to the vote
cf the people would provide for a
“safety valve” suspension, by ma
jority vote, of operations of local
schools in a local unit in the event
of developments in such units of
an "“unacceptable situation.” The
document explained that “it may
well be that before the people of
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Candidates Begin To File, Deadline
Is Noon Saturday, Office Now Open
THE GOLD STAR
MOTHERS FROM
STATE TO MEET
Local Chapter Will Be Host
Group At American Le
gion Building
The Transylvania chapter of
Gold Star Mothers will be host
Wednesday, April 18th, to the state
wide meeting of five other chap
ters when they convene here in
the American Legion Memorial
Building.
Mrs. Henry Garren, Sr., chapter
president, and Mrs. E. V. Fowler,
co-chairman of arrangements, state
j that between 30 and 40 Gold Star
Mothers are expected to be in at
tendance.
Registration will begin at 10 a.
m., and the welcome address will
be made by the Rev. Ben F. Or
mand, pastor of the Brevard-Da
vidson River Presbyterian church.
Luncheon will be served buffet
style in the Legion building by
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COMMERCE BODY
APPROVES BUDGET
Plans For Year Discussed.
Banquet Set In May.
Committee Named
Directors of the Brevard cham
ber of commerce approved a bud
get of $4,561.00 at the regular
meeting Tuesday night over the
city hall. -
President J. C.-Gaither presided,
and one of the largest crowds ever
to attend a chamber of commerce
meeting was present.
Following the directors session,
the tourist committee and the mer
chants group met and discussed
plans for the coming tourist sea
son, which is expected to be a ban
ner one.
The commerce body now has a
membership of 161, and a drive
will be started for new members,
plus contributions for the impor
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Controversy Over "Queen">.
Ends When Dog Succumbs
A dog named “Queen” was the
object of several law suits between
two men of the Bosnian commun
ity and when the case came up for
trial in the Transylvania superior
■court during the current term At
torney T. €. Galloway moved that
the case be dismissed on the
grounds that the dog had died and
now was resting tpiietly in a grave
yard near her place Of birth.
Actually there didn’t seem to be
anything unusual about “Queen”.
SLe appeared to be just another
blue female dog that didn’t even
recognize her own name when call
ed, but to the two Rosman men she
meant something special.
This legal battle over “Queen”
was waged heatedly by Newton
Shipman against Alvin Galloway.
In the beginning of the argument,
it seems that Alvin Galloway ac
cused Newton Shipman of “getting
his dog” and proceeded to take the
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BREVARD’S AFFIRMATIVE debat
ing team is shown above being congratu
lated by Principal Robert T. Kimzey on
winning the district contest last Thurs
day at Boone. The negative team also
made a good showing, but lost in final
competition. Next to Mr. Kimzey is Mar
tha Gail McCall and Johnny Allison
who will go to Chapel Hill the last week
end in this month to compete in the state
finals. At the right is Mrs. Harry Clarke,
coach of the team. (Staff Photo—Wells)
TRANSYLVANIANS in the po
litical news this week are pic
tured here. At the left is Eddie
Varner, current chairman of the
board of education, who filed for
renomination on Tuesday. Top
left is James C. Gaither, who has
filed as a candidate for the house
of representatives from this coun
ty, subject to the Democratic
primary. Above is Eugene King,
who was elected chairman of the
Republican executive committee
at the convention on Saturday,
succeeding Lewis P. Hamlin.
Action Continued On Civil
Calendar, Court Fails To Get
Jury In The Rosa Bishop Case
Special Venire Of Jurors To
Be Called From Outside
During Next Term
An unusual action took place in
the Transylvania county superior
court Monday afternoon ' when
Judge Zeb V. Nettles ordered that
the contested will case of the late
Miss Rosa Bishop, of Pisgah For
est, be continued in another term
of superior court in this county
and that a special venire of jurors
be drawn from another county to
hear the case.
The motion for this continuance
was made by Attorney Monroe Red
den, of Hendersonville, who along
with Attorney Tom Eller, of Bre
vard, was representing the three
brothers of the late Rosa Bishop
who are contesting the will.
Redden asked for continuance on
| the grounds that it would be hard
| for them to obtain a jury in this
county that could give a fair and
impartial trial because of the pop
ularity of the propounders, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Henderson, of Bre
vard.
The entire day had been spent
trying to select a jury. A total of
57 persons were examined as pros
pective jurors and most of them
were dismissed because they ad
mitted being friends of the Hen
dersons, or because they were
members of the Masonic lodge in
which Mr. Henderson has been
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Total 70 Cases Non-Suited.
Expecting Adjournment
On Thursday
Trial of the civil docket is be
ing continued in the Transylvania
Superior Court here this week, with
Judge Zeb V. Nettles presiding.
Of the 127 cases on the slate, a
total of 70 had been non-suited by
noon Wednesday, and clerk of
court Marvin McCall said he expec
ted court to adjourn on Thursday.
Cases to be heard Wednesday af
ternoon included Paul J. Shantley
vs. John J. Brown and William
Nicholson vs. Mary Barnett Mon
teith and John C. Monteith, Jr.
Wednesday morning the follow
ing cases were continued: Myrtle
B. M. Smith vs. Everett Smith, Do
vie Garren Fisher vs. F. W. Lind
sey, and Charles W. Swearingin,
Jr., vs. Gerald J. Graham.
Other case? continued were Her
bert Heath vs. Hall Merrill, and
Transylvania county vs. R. R. Fish
er et al.
The cases, Transylvania county
vs. W. O. Tinsley, Mrs. Julian Alli
son, Mrs. J. T. Allison and John
Cox, were dismissed.
In the following cases, Lang Je
welry vs. J. C. Taylor and A. D.
Sutton vs. George J. Newman,
judgments were granted the plain
tiffs.
Divorces were granted in the fol
lowing cases: Willie Jean Meece vs.
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Program Highlights
WPNF Will Broadcast Big League
Baseball Games, Beginning Tuesday
The major league baseball sea
son opens next Tuesday afternoon
and WPNF is planning to carry the
Brooklyn Dodger baseball network
games which will include most of
the Dodger contests and many of
the other national league games,
President Ed M. Anderson announ
ces.
With the exception of the Sun
day afternoon games, the station
plans to carry all of the weekday
contests, that will include both af
ternoon and night games.
Some of the afternoon games will
start at early as 12:35 noon and
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some of the night games will be*
gin as late as 9 o’clock, but the ma
jority will begin around 1:30 in
the afternoon and between 7 and 8
oc’ock at night.
When games are to be played
and broadcast at night, WPNF is
planning to also have afternoon
games, too.
The games will be broadcast di
rectly from the fields and will be
brought to WPNF listeners via •
telephone line and FM-relay.
“Since we gave up Mutual affil
iation several years ago, the pub
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PRIMARY MAY 26,
GAITHER ENTERS
THE HOUSE RACE
Present Commissioners File.
Three Others Also An-*
nounce This Week :
VARNER SEEKS
Transylvania’s political kettle is
fast reaching the boiling point*
and there is considerable specula*
tion as the filing deadline of Ap
ril 14th draws near.
George Shuford, chairman of the
election board which was sworn
into office last Saturday by Clerk
of Court Marvin McCall, says that
regulations have been changed, and
the filing deadline is noon Satur
day, instead of at 6:00 p. m.
Other members of the board in
clude Mrs. Margaret Bridges, Demo
crat, and Elmo McCall, Republican.
The office, located upstairs in
the court house, is now open from
9:00 to 5:00 daily and until noon
on Saturdays. Mr. Shuford says the
books will go to the registrars ep
April 28th, when they will open.
Registration will continue on May
5th and 12th, and May 19th will be
challenge day.
Th.e primary is set for May 26th.
James C. Gaither, Brevard restau
rant owner and civic leader, filed as
a candidate for the house of rep
resentatives from Transylvania on
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Gaither is
the first person to announce for
the house race.
Eddie Varner, chairman of the
board of education, also filed for
re-election on Tuesday.
Others filing for renomination
include the present board of com
missioners: Freeman Hayes, chair
m<*«. George T. Perkins, Sr., and
BSjwty Burton; and C. M. Douglas,
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OFFICIALS FOR
ELECTION NAMED
Shuford Announces Regis
trars And Judges For
County’s Precincts
Transylvania precinct registrars -
and judges for the primary and gen
era! elections have been appointed
by the county board of elections.
Chairman George Shuford annotw
ced today.
There are 18 precincts in the
county and the list is as follows:
Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pitillo, re*
gistrar; Elmer McLean, democratic
judge; Horace Lyday, alternate de
mocratic judge and Clarence Ceefc*
ran, republican judge.
Brevard No. 1 — John Ashworth,
registrar; Bill Bridges, democratic
judge; Wilson Gregory, alternate
democratic judge and Howard Hut
chins, republican judge.
Brevard No. 2 — M. W. Gallo,
way, registrar; E. C. Mitchem,
democratic judge; Mrs. Roy Me*
Call, alternate democratic judge
and Robert Garren, republican
judge.
Brevard No. 3 — Fred Johnson,
registrar, Bert Freeman, democrat
ic judge; Mrs. Blanche Sims, al
ternate democratic judge and Coy
Fisher, republican judge.
Brevard No. 4 — Mrs. W. F.
Short, registrar; Bill Nicholson, de
mocratic judge; Mrs. Sue Wilson,
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Timber Rights
At Buck Forest
Sold Carr Lumber
The Carr Lumber Company of
Pisgah Forest has bought timber
rights on the Buck Forest property
located in the Little River town
ship in Transylvania county and
in Henderson county, it was learn
ed today.
The property covers a large rug
ged and wooded mountain area
consist'ng of around 6,000 acres
>f land. It is owned by several peo
ple, including Frank Coxe of Ashe
rille, James Stikeleather and Sarah
ifancey.
It is estimated that there are at
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