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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tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 67—No. 26
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i BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956
* SECTION ONE *
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
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THE SMEDBERG BROTHERS, Jul
ian K., at left, and Harold V., right, had
quite a reunion here last week when Mr.
Julian arrived in the United States for the
first time in 51 years. He was a member
of the American Consular service in Eu
rope and the British Isles for nearly 30
years before retirement. Center is Dr.
Daphne Smedberg, his daughter, -who is
on her first visit to her father’s native
country. She had never before met her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Smedberg,
of Probarte street extension. The doctor
is a psychiatrist attached to the Cane Hill
hospital near London. She returns home
next month but her father plans to spend
the summer visiting in the U. S.
(Times Staff Photo)
Town, County To Adopt Budgets Next
Monday, Tax Rates To Remain Same
Brevard Will End Year
Surplus. Money Allocated
For Storage Dam
With the new year beginning on
Monday, July 2nd, town officials
p are busy preparing the budget for
1956-’57, and they report today
that the town of Brevard is in a
sound, financial basis.
Including some $5,000 in Pow
ell bill Monday, the town has over
$9,000 in cash on hand, with all
old debts being paid, other than
its bonded indebtedness, and these
payments are current.
While the town plans to spend
some $2,673.95 more than it did
during the past year, the tax rate
for the new year will remain at
$1.45.
The new budget will be placed
on inspection for 21 days on Mon
day, and it will be published in
its entirety next week in The
Times. At the end of the inspec
tion period, it will be adopted by
\ the board, which is composed of
Henry R. Henderson, George Jus
tus, C. Few Lyda, W. M. Melton,
and Mitchell Neely. John A. Ford
is mayor of Brevard, and Thomas
R. Eller is the town attorney.
The county commissioners, Free
man Hayes, chairman, Dewey Bur
ton and George Perkins, Sr., are
holding special meetings this week
for the purpose of working on the
new budget, which they will adopt
next Monday.
Expenditures are expected to be
slightly more than they were dur
ing the past year, when they were
$630,605.00. The tax rate of $1.55
is expected to remain the same.
Like the town budget, the coun
ty’s will remain open for public in
spection for 21 days after it is
adopted next Monday.
Town Budget
According to Mrs. Opal King,
the city clerk, projected expendi
tures for the new year in the gen
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 28 — B & PW
club meets at 7 p. m., at Camp
Straus. Masonic meeting in temple
at 8 p. m.
Friday, June 29 — Soil bank
meeting at court house, 10 a. m.
Chamber of commerce banquet,
Brevard country club, 7 p. m. Con
cert at Brevard Music Center, 8:15
p. m.
Saturday, June 30 — Enka vs.
Ecusta at Camp Straus, 3 p. m. Con
cert at Brevard Music Center, 8:15
p. m.
Sunday, July 1 — Attend the
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Begins At 10 A. M.
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Soil Bank Program Will Be
Explained At Meeting Friday
A meeting has been scheduled
for this Friday morning at 10:00
o’clock in the county court house
at which the all-important acreage
reserve phase of the Soil Bank pro
gram will be explained to farmers
who have wheat and tobacco acre
age allotments established for their
farms in Transylvania county, Mar
vin W. Whitmire, chairman of the
county ASC committee, announces
today.
At this meeting, all details of the
Soil Bank program will be explain
ed including conditions under which
growers of wheat and tobacco may
reduce their acreage below estab
lished allotments and earn pay
ments by doing so. Mr. Whitmire
Jaycees To Cancel
’56 Folk Festival
Due to the lack of response by
singers, dancers and other perform
ers for the annual Sylvan Valley
folk festival the directors of the
Brevard junior chamber of com
merce have cancelled the ’56 event
here, which was slated for July
5th-7th.
This action was taken at the last
regular meeting of the board.
The directors felt that they
could not give a festival in keep
ing with past performances and
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stresses the fact that only farmers
who did not plant their wheat and
tobacco allotted acreage, or wish to
destroy their planted allotted acre
age, are eligible to participate in
the acreage reserve program.
Mr. Whitmire said that it would
be very important that all farmers
who are considering participating
in the Soil bank, or who have ques
tions on the acreage reserve pro
gram, attend this meeting. He men
tioned the fact that the deadline
for signing up to participate in
the acreage reserve program for
Burley Tobacco is July 20th. “The
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Annual Ecusta Picnic To Highlight
July Fourth Observance In County
BROTHERS MEET
HERE FOR FIRST
TIME, 51 YEARS
Smedbergs Reunited. Daugh
ter Of Visitor Here Is A
Doctor Near London
BY FRANCES WALKER
When Julian Kemble Smedberg
waved goodbye to the New York
harbor 51 years ago, he certainly
never dreamed it would be that
long before he returned to this
country, and even by the farthest
stretch of imagination would he
have contemplated a homecoming
by air travel.
Last week Mr. Smedberg and his
daughter, an American who had
never seen her country, flew into
New York from London. They im
mediately entrained for Brevard
to visit Mr. Smedberg’s brother,
Harold V., and Mrs. Smedberg.
What a homecoming the brothers,
aged 80 and 82, had with their sis
ter, Miss Frances Smedberg, who’s
in an Asheville nursing home. Miss
Frances is 92 years, but her mind,
still bright as a penny, recalled
her last meeting with brother Jul
ian as if it was yesterday. It was
20 years ago when she visited him
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WORK IS STARTED
ON NEW LIBRARY
Building Could Be Complet
ed In 90 Days With Good
Weather. Drive Persists
The contract to build the new
and modern Transylvania county
library has been let to C. E. Coch
ran, Mrs. Oliver Orr, chairman of
the library board, announces.
Of the five bids received, Mr.
Cochran’s bid of $18,420 was the
lowest.
Following ground breaking cere
monies Tuesday morning in which
the library board, the county com
missioners and members- of the
special funds raising committee
participated, Mr. Cochran and his
special crew began work on the
building.
Mr. Cochran said, barring bad
weather, the building could be com
pleted within 90 days.
It is also reported that the most
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Music Camp Is Off To A
Successful Beginning
Preparations for the summer
festival of music at the Brevard
Music center got under way last
week as students and faculty ar
rived at the Transylvania Music
camp.
Two hundred campers have come
from all parts of the country, from
Maine to Florida and westward.
When all these people start talk
ing, they may not understand each
other’s accents, but when it comes
to music they are in perfect agree
Guy Burchfiel Installed As President
Of Local Lions By District Governor
Guy Burchfiel was installed as
president of the Brevard Lions
club at their last regular meeting.
Lawrence Leatherwood, Lions gov
ernor of district 31-A, conducted the
installation of the new officers for
the 1956-57 club year.
I Other officers included: Jack
Gravely, 1st vice-president; Mack
Feaster, 2nd vice-president; Bob
Andrews, 3rd vice-president; Clark
Grissom, secretary; Harvey Caven
der, treasurer; Frank Byrd, Lion
tamer; and J. D. Jones and Bob
Daniels, tail-twisters. New direc
tors were Dr. Burt Loomis and W.
M. Melton.
District Governor Leatherwood
spoke briefly on the accomplish
ments of the Lions clubs in his
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GUT BURCHFIEL
I ment. Music is a common tongue,
and the language they will speak
all summer. As soon as trunks were
unpacked, the instruments came
out of their cases and campers
went their separate ways to prac
tice, some to the woods to perch
on a stump, some to the auditorium
for an orchestra or choral rehear
sal, and others to quiet cabins away
from the commotion.
This is a busy group, but to them
it is a vacation. Nine weeks of
hafd w ,-k is to the campers hea
ven, for the training and educa
tion they are able to obtain is the
greatest satisfaction that these
young people could wish for. Here,
in the cool of the mountains,
young musicians from 12 to 20 are
given not only the chance to swim
and play tennis, but also the oppor
tunity of learning and listening to
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Firemen To Battle
Fire With “Fog” In
Fisher Town Mon.
Members of the Brevard vol
unteer fire department will give
a unique demonstration on fight
ing a fire with high pressure fog
Monday night in the Fisher town
section of Brevard.
Fire Chief Dan Merrill says that
a house has been acquired for the
demonstration, and he invites the
public to see the firemen in action.
The demonstration is set for
8:00 o’clock Monday evening.
DRESS REVUE WINNERS — The two 4-H club
members shown above were the winners in the dress re
vue recently held for all girls. Senior winner was Sarah
Hunter, left, of the Busy Bee club, and Joanne Bagwell,
right, of the Willing Workers club was the junior winner.
Judges were home agents from Henderson and Jackson
counties. A tea for mothers and adult leaders of the
clubs was held in conjunction with the dress revue at
Gaither’s. (Times Staff Photo)
Many Expected To Attend Annual
Banquet Of Brevard Chamber Of
Commerce At Club Friday Night
WALTER SMITH, noted hu
morist of Rutherfordton, will be
principal speaker at the annual
banquet of the Brevard chamber
of commerce Friday night at the
Brevard Country club. A large
crowd is expected to attend the
event.
STORM DAMAGE
Trees were uprooted and the
roof of a large barn on the Stallings
farm was blown off in the Island
Ford section of Transylvania last
Saturday afternoon during a wind
and thunderstorm. One of the
Stallings brothers said that for a
while the storm reminded him of
small tornado.
Inspiring And Humorous
Talk Will Be Heard. Also
Brief Reports On Work
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the annual banquet of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce,
which is slated for Friday night of
this week at the Brevard country
club. Banquet time is 7:00 o’clock.
President J. C. Gaither says the
members are returning their reser
vations better than expectations,
and he urges persons desiring more
tickets to notify the chamber of
commerce office adjacent to the
post office by noon Friday.
Highlighting the banquet will be
a humorous and inspiring talk by
Walter Smitn, noted humorist of
Rutherfordton, who is in demand
all over the nation as an after din
ner speaker. Mr. Smith, a repre
sentative of the Metropolitan Life
Hnsurance company, interweaves
humor and philosophy in his talks.
He is extremely active in the reli
gious and civic life of his commun
ity.
The topic of Mr. Smith’s talk
will be: “Our Civic Responsibili
ties”.
President Gaither says that brief
reports on the work of the cham
ber of commerce will be given,
along with a report from Don
Jenkins, the chairman of the new
ly organized industrial group in
Transylvania county.
Rev. Frank McKenzie, Episcopal
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WPNF Program Highlights
Principal Address Of Speaker At
Commerce Banquet To Be Broadcast
The principal address of Walter
Smith at the annual Brevard cham
ber of commerce Friday night will
be recorded for broadcast and will
be heard over WPNF Saturday af
ternoon at 4:30 o’clock, Bobby
Hoyle, station manager announces.
A prominent after dinner speak
er, Mr. Smith’s message will be of
interest to all civic-minded citi
zens of Transylvania. Mr. Hoyle
urges the listeners of WPNF to
tune in at that time.
“I am sure that even the people
who are able to hear Mr. Smith on
Friday night will want to listen to
him again on Saturday, because in
his talks, Mr. Smith combines home
spun humor with philosophy”, Mr.
Hoyle states.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Civic Hour
for the coming week is as follows:
Friday, American Legion Auxili
ary; Monday, Mathatasian Club;
Wednesday, Brevard Little Thea
tre.
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STORES, OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Record Number Expected
Here. Holiday Dance Set
Tuesday Night
PATROLMEN QUOTED
Highlighting the Fourth of Ju
ly observance in Transylvania coun
ty next Wednesday will be the an
nual Ecusta picnic at Camp Harry
H. Straus, which is usually atten
ded by more than 5,000 people.
All stores, town and county of
fices, the bank and the post office
TO PUBLISH EARLY
Due to the Independence holi
day falling on Wednesday, which
is press day for The Times, the
deadline for news and advertis
ing copy is being moved up to
noon Tuesday and the paper will
be published Tuesday night.
Classifieds must be in by 10 a.
m., on Tuesday, and June brides
must turn in their pictures by
noon on Friday of this week.
will be closed on Wednesday, and
there will be no rural or city de
livery of mail. However, the gen
eral delivery window here at the
post office will be open from 11:00
o’clock until 12 noon. —
Inns, rooming- houses, motels
and guest houses are expected to
be filled most of next week, as
persons from the lower elevations
come to the mountains fox the ob
servance in an effort to escape the
summer’s heat.
Transylvania's highway patrol
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CAR PLUNGES DOWN
BANK AT CASCADE
Five Persons Miraculously
Escape Fatal Injury. Con
dition Said Good
Five persons narrowly escaped
fatal injury late Tuesday afternoon,
when the car in which they were
riding ran off the winding road
around Cascade lake, plunged
down a steep 40-foot embankment
and was stopped at the water’s
edge by a small tree.
Several persons, who were boat
ing and skiing on the lake, heard
the car crash, and because of their
efforts, all five of the persons in
the car, including two women, a
man and two children, were res
cued.
Mrs. Aileen Lewis, of Pisgah
Forest, was pulled from under the
overturned car by Tommy Mitchellr
Gerald Banks and Doug Merrill,,
who were boating on the lake when
the freak accident occurred.
The three men also took the
children and the other woman, Mrs.
Lou Ella Allison, to the Transylva
nia community hospital. Mrs. Le
wis was unconscious until she ar
rived there, and like others, she
suffered cuts and bruises.
Wednesday morning hospital au
thorities described the condition
of the two women as good, and the
other patients were released Tues
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Local Reserves To
Hold “Open House’*
Thursday Evening
Batteries “A” and “B” of the
315th Field artillery, U. S. Army re
serve, will hold an open house at
the American Legion building this
Thursday night, June 28th at 8 o’
clock. The open house will feature
a weapons exhibit, a movie entitled
“Reserve Forces Act of 1956” and
an address by Capt. Thomas R. El
ler.
The purpose of the occasion is
to show the people of Transylva
nia what the reserve unit is do
ing and to inform the young men
in the 17 to 18% age. group of the
advantages of joining a reserve
unit.
“By joining a reserve unit under
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