TRANSYLVANIA—
Ike Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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SECTION ONE
TRANSYLVANIA—
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tion, 1050 Census, 15.21L
! Brevard Community 7JM.
Vol. 67—No. 24
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A NEW FIRE TRUCK,
one that is specially de
signed to fight fires out in
the country, is the goal of
the drive by the local fire
men. A similar truck, pic
tured above, costs $13,000,
and will carry 500 gallons
of water. Refilling while
in use by a stream or p$nd
some 1,000 feet away is
possible, and blazes ;*re
fought with high pressure
fog. At the left is the 12
mile area around Brevard
that can be served by this
new rural fire truck. De
tails of the campaign are
now being explained by a
committee, headed by F.
L. “Buck’' McCall and
Charles Davis, at meet
ings of Rural Development
clubs, and already seven
organizations have pledg
ed the'r support.
Campaign To Raise $13,000 For Rnral
Fire Truck Said Gaining Momentum
Over $600 Realized By Wil
liams Rides. Bosse Is Trus
tee Of The Fund
The campaign of the Brevard
^ fire department to raise $13,000
9 for a fire truck especially designed
to fight rural blazes is gaining mo
mentum. Fire Chief Dan Merrill
reports.
Headed by F. L. “Buck” McCall
and Charles W. Davis, a special
committee is busy speaking at
meetings of the Rural Develop
ment clubs in Transylvania, and
seven organizations have already
pledged support of the project
These are Pisgah Forest, Cedar
Mountain, Little River, Dunn’s
Rock, Rosman, Eastatoe and Glade
Creek. Others are expected to join
in just as soon as their clubs meet
and hear the details of the cam
paign.
The local fire chief says the
first deposit into the fire truck
fund was made Tuesday, when
W $600.25 was turned over to Row
ell Bosse. teller at the Transylvania
Trust company, who is the official
trustee.
This amount was realized from
Williams Rides last week by the lo
cal firemen, who also gave $75.00
to the Methodist church building
fund for the use of their site op
posite Brevard college.
Fire Chief Merrill says the lo
cal department is setting $1,000 as
its goal in the campaign, and the
next event being planned is the
“All - Nite” singing on Saturday
night, June 23rd, at the Brevard
high school.
Featured on the program will be
the Blue Ridge quartet, of Spar
tanburg, six or more local groups,
with Ray Talley and Dan Wallin
—Turn to Page Seven
CALENDAR OF
► COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 14 — Flag Day.
Library committee has special
breakfast, 8 a. m., Gaither’s. Ma
sonic meeting in the temple at 8
p. m.
Friday, June 15 — Garden club
meets at Gaither’s, 3:30 p. m. Ki
wanis club meets at Gaither’s, 7
p. m. First Baptist church to have
Bible School commencement, 7:30
p. m.
Sunday, June 17 — Father’s Day.
Attend the church of your choice.
Golf exhibition, Brevard country
club, 2 p. m.
Monday, June 18 — Rotary club
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Directors Meet
Annual Chamber Of Commerce
Banquet Is Set For June 29th
The annual Brevard chamber of
commerce banquet will be held on
| Friday night, June 29th, at the
Brevard country club, it was decid
ed Tuesday night by the directors
at the regular monthly meeting ov
er the city hall.
President J. C. Gaither presided
at the meeting, and several other
| important business matters were
discussed by the board.
Walter Smith, of Rutherfordton,
nationally known humorist and
speaker, will deliver the principal
banquet address.
Awarding Of Nursing
Scholarships Is Made
By Ecusta Committee
Recipients of the Ecusta Paper
corporation nursing scholarships,
plus two alternates, were selected
on Tuesday by the committee ap
pointed for this purpose.
Miss Martha Choate, secretary of
the selection committee, announ
ces the winners to be Miss Grace
Matilda Gillespie, of Rosman, and
Miss Margaret Brown, of Brevard.
Miss Gillespie is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gillespie and
plans to train at the North Carolina j
Baptist hospital, Winston-Salem.
Miss Brown’s parents are Mr. and !
Mrs. R. B. Brown, of French Broad ’
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President Gaither has appointed
the following committee to com
plete arrangements for the ban
quet: Mrs. R. E. Lawrence, Mrs. A.
O. Kitchen, Vernon Fricks, Frank
Bridges, Harry Sellers and John
Anderson, chairman.
In other actions, the directors
voted to help entertain the North
Carolina Press association, when
it tours the new section of the
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The town board of aldermen
agreed at its June meeting Mon
day night to spend approximately
$7,000 for treatment and repair
ing of six streets within the city
limits.
The work will be done by
Driveways, Inc., of Asheville, and
it will be completed this month.
The streets included on this
particular program are as fol
lows: Park View drive, Franklin
street extension, Oakdale avenue,
Johnson street, Probarte and
Rice streets.
Pool Opens
The aldermen expressed plea
sure over the repair work-that
had been completed at the Muni
State, WNC Historical Groups Will
Hold Summer Meet Here In August
The summer regional meeting of
the State Literary and Historical
association and the Western North
Carolina Historical association will
be held jointly at Brevard College
from August 10th to 12th, it is an
nounced by Mrs. Sadie Patton, of
Hendersonville, president of the
Western group.
The session opens on. August 10th
at 2 p. m., with an address of wel
come by Rev. Robert Stamey, pres
ident of the college. Two histori
cal papers will be given during
the afternoon session, one “Bre
vard on the Old Eastatoe Path”, by
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary of Bre
vard and Folklore of the Blue
Ridge, by Dr. Virgil L. Sturgill.
Mayor John A. Ford will wel
come the groups to Brevard and
Transylvania county.
Friday evening’s session opens
at 8 p. m. with a paper on Robert
Henry, famous pioneer settler, by
Albert McLean, of Asheville. The
State Literary and historical asso
ciation will supply a second spea
ker.
At Saturday morning’s session,
Prof. William F. Lewis of Ashe
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Good Tourist Season Is Expected In
Transylvania, Summer Camps Filled
ELKS’LEADER
URGES FLYING
OF FLAG TODAY
Special Service Was Held At
Lodge Tuesday Night.
Practice Begun In *07
Being a patriotic as well as a
benevolent organization, all lodg
es of the Benevolent and Protect
ive Order of Elks have observed
Flag day each year since 1907 by
holding a service to which the pub
lic is invited and by a special show
ing of the colors.
As in past years, Exalted Ruler
Herbert F. Finck of the Brevard
Lodge No. 1768 again urges a com
munity - wide demonstration of loy
alty to Flag and country on Flag
Day, June 14, by flying the Stars
and Stripes in commemoration of
the 179th anniversary of the Flag’s
adoption by the Continental Cong
ress on June 14, 1777.
The Elks’ leader appeals to all
civic, fraternal and patriotic groups
in the community to fly the flag
on its birthday as “an effective
way of reaffirming our belief in
the American tradition of freedom
and self-government.”
Flag services of Brevard Lodge
—luin (o Page Six
JAYCEES WORKING
ON FOLK FESTIVAL
Three Day Event Will Begin
On JTily 5th. Headliners
Cn Programs
After an absence of a year, the
Sylvan Valley Folk festival will
again be staged here in Brevard
on July 5th, 6th, and 7th on the
athletic field of Brevard high
school.
This announcement was made by
Earl Powell, president of the Bre
vard Jaycees, who will again be
the sponsoring organization.
“A lack of facilities caused the
cancellation of last year’s festival”,
President Powell explained. “But
this difficulty has been overcome,
and we hope to give the people
of Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty the biggest three days of enter- ’
tainment that we have evef
brought here,” he concluded.
Many well-known square dance
—Turn To Pago Six
Town To Spend $7,000
Repairing Six Streets
cipal swimming pool and in
Franklin park. Both are now open
to the public from 11 a. m., un
til 6:00 p. m., daily and Sunday,
and this year they are being op
erated jointly by the town and
the Brevard Athletic and Recrea
tion association.
Marvin Overcash is supervis
. ing with R. C. Bullock assisting,
and two life guards are on duty
at all times the pool is open.
A lengthy discussion of the
new budget concluded the meet
ing, but no actions were taken.
Urges Vaccination
Of Dogs In County
In urging all dog owners to have
their animals vaccinated each year,
E. R. Galloway, the county dog
warden, cites the law regarding this
practice.
“Section 106-365. Vaccination of
All Dogs. In all counties where a
campaign of vaccination is being
conducted, it shall be the duty of
the owner of each and every dog
over four months of age to have
same vaccinated against rabies an
nually, or at a time or times deter
mined by the State Board of
Health, but no more often than
once in each calendar year in ac
cordance with the provisions of
Sec. 106-364 to 106-387. All anti
rabic vaccine shall be administer
ed by licensed veterinarians or by
properly qualified laymen in ac
cordance with the provisions of
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WANT A DOG? — The Transylvania Humane soci
ety has some nine dogs in various shapes, sizes and var
ieties at the dog pound on the property of E. R. Galloway,
the county dog warden, at Rosman. Mr. Galloway col
lects up stray dogs and when it is impossible to find the
owner, he endeavors to find them a home. The humane
society is now busy trying to secure land on which a
shelter and a more adequate deg pound can be built. The
young lady above wanting to take the fine looking dog
that Mr. Galloway is holding home with her is Ann Yar
borough, whose mother is a member of the humane so
ciety board._(Times gftaff Photo)
AViwmiw>»
Library Committee Planning
One-Day Drive On Thursday
REV. KEITH BEAM, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the Good
Shepherd here, has been elected
state chaplain of Veterans of For
eign Wars. Mr. Beam serves in
the same capacity with the lo
cal Lewis Earl Jackson post and
also the district post. (See page
two for complete story.)
REV. McCALL PREACHES
The Rev. S. B. McCall will
preach at the Faith Memorial Cha
pel at Cedar Mountain Sunday
morning at 11 a. m. Everyone is
invited to attend this interdenom
inational service.
Total Of $4,000 Needed. Big
Breakfast Will Kick-Off
Solicitation
p
Some 35 to 40 solicitors will make
a one-dav canvass on Thursday in
an effort to raise $4,000, the
amount now needed to build an
$18,420 new library in Brevard,
Chairman Ralph Ramsey, Jr.,
states.
The group will meet in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room at 8:00 o’clock
Thursday morning for a bountiful
breakfast, and J. C. Gaither, the
proprietor, says that he will offer
an “out-of-this-world” menu for the
volunteer workers in the drive.
A partial list of solicitors is as
follows:
John I. Anderson, John Bailey, F.
S. Best, Raymond F. Bennett,
Frank Bridges, Frank G. Carr, Har
vey L. Cavender, Walter Clayton,
Miss Elizabeth Davis, C. M. Doug
las, Jack E. Driscoll, Thomas R.
Eller, Jr., and Herbert F. Finck.
Also, John A. Ford, Vernon
Fricks, Jimmie Gaither, T. Earl
Hall. Don M. Jenkins, Jerry Jer
ome, J. B. Jones, Lehman Kapp,
Curtis L. Kelley, and Mrs. R. E.
Matthews.
Also, E. B. Matheson, W. M. Mel
ton, R. W. (Buddy) Melton, Gene
Morris, James P. Morrow, P. A.
Rahn, Charles L. Russell, H. B.
Shiflet, Gordon Sprott, Walter
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Program Highlights
WPNF To Conduct "Conelrad Test'
In Cooperation With Civil Defense
In< cooperation with the nation
wide Civil Defense program, WPNF
will conduct a brief “Conelrad
test” on Saturday morning at 10:30
a’cloek.
According to Bobby Hoyle, the
station manager, this is one in a
series of tests to determine the
alertness of the nation to an en
smy air attack.
During the test, all radio sta
tions will sign off for a few mo
ments, give instructions of various
aature and then return to their
regular schedule of broadcasting.
“This is also done in order that
enemy aircraft and guided missiles
cannot be directed to eities by ra
dio beams,” Mr. Hoyle explains.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
! as follows: Thursday, Extension for
estry, F. E. Whitfield; Friday,
Health department, W. F. Hart;
Monday, county agent’s office;
Tuesday, Holmes State Nursery, IX
W. Brenneman; Wednesday, home
agent’s office.
—Turn To Page Six
COUNTY NOV HAS
14 WITH COSBY’S
LAKE TOXA WAY
Pre-Sessions Are Underway.
Opening Dates Of Each
Is Listed In Round-Up
GAITHER QUOTED
With the opening of pre-season
sessions at many of the organised
summer camps and with the Pin*
gah National Forest overflowing
on week ends with sightseers and
picnickers, the 1956 tourist season
is now underway in Brevard and
Transylvania county.
More inquiries are being receiv
ed now than ever before at the
chamber of commerce office, which
is located next to the post office,
President J. C. Gaither announces.
He predicts a banner tourist season
and all summer camps are report
ed filled to capacity.
Opening of the 14 summer
camps in the county is scheduled
for the latter part of this month.
Transylvania Music camp begins
its season on Thursday, June 21st,
and it is also filled to capacity.
The Cosby Choir Camp at Lake
T^.w.vay is Transylvania’s newest
and two sessions, July 9 — July 29.
and July 30 — August 19, are sche
duled. This is an interdenomina
tional Christian organization dedi
cated to the task of giving young
people opportunity for growth in
music of the church, David H. Cos
by. the owner, states.
The three boys’ camps in Tran
sylvania are Camp Carolina, Camp
Greenville and the Elks club camp.
Camp Carolina is directed by Leon
ard W. Dick and will open on June
19th. The Greenville. S. C., lodge
operates the Elks camp at Cedar
Mountain, and the YMCA at Green
ville operates Camp Greenville.
There are nine sessions at the lat
ter camp and the first began June
A.
Six of Transylvania’s camps are
for girls, and are as follows: Bur*
giss Glenn, Deerwoode, Illahee,
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LAST RUES HELD <
FOR L.F. DIXON
Many Attended Funeral Of
Prominent Industrialist
And Civic Leader
A host of friends and associates
paid last respects to Lawrence
Fitch Dixon, Ecusta Paper corpor
ation executive, at funeral servi
ces conducted last Friday after
noon, 4 p. m., in St. Philip’s Epis
copal church by his pastor, the Rev.
Ben F. Ormand, of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian,
church.
Mr. Dixon, who was 61, died of
a sudden heart attack on Wednes
day while he and Mrs. Dixon were
visiting their daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Baldwin, Jr., in Whiteville. He was
taken to the emergency room of the
Columbus County hospital and died
shortly afterward.
Only the previous Friday had
Mr. Dixon resigned his position at
Ecusta due to ill health. He was
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Pine Crest Farm To
Be Sold At Auction
Saturday At 10 A. M.
The Pine Crest Farm at Pisgah
Forest, which is owned by Mrs.
Jacksie Wolfe, will be offered for
sale by auction Saturday morning
at 10 o’clock.
Auctioneers are W. A. Keith and
Preston Thompson, of Henderson
ville.
The property consists of 250 a«
res of land, 12 dwelling houses and
a dairy barn. The farm has been
known in past years as both the
Rice Place and as the J. M. Thrash
farm. It has been in Mrs. Wolfe’s
family for over 50 years.
Further information about the
auction may be secured by phon
ing 4221 or 7344, both in Hender
sonville.