An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i cultural
and Husk Center. Popula
tion, 1800 Census, 1BJ82L
Brevard Community 7,394.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1956 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY *
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 67—No. 29
The
SECTION ONE
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the presen
tation ceremony of the deed to the new
site for the Brevard Methodist church op
posite Brevard college this past Sunday
morning are shown above. Holding the
deed at the left is P. A. Rahn, chairman
4 of the board of stewards of the church,
and H. B. Shiflet chairman of the board
of trustees is at the right. In the back
ground, left to right, are: Rev. Douglas
Corriher, pastor of the church; Ed M.
Anderson, of the college board of trus
tees, who made the principal address;
and Rev. Robert H. Stanley, president of
Brevard college, who also spoke on the
program. See story on page four, first
section. (Times Staff Photo)
National Federation Of Music Clubs
Meeting Here, Special Concerts Set
Talented Pianist To Be
Heard Thursday Night.
Band Friday Evening
The Brevard Music center pre
sents this Thursday evening at 8:15
o'clock a special program honoring
the National Federation of Music
clubs. Southeastern Region mem
bers from 14 states, plus national
officers of the federation, will be
here for the annual Mid-week acti
vities.
Ivan Davis, talented pianist and
winner of the Young Artists Audi
tion in 1955, will be featured
* Thursday evening in Rachmanin
off’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagi
nini with the Transylvania Symph
ony Orchestra under the baton of
James Christian Pfohl.
Robert Harrison, concertmaster
of the Atlanta Symphony and for
the past seven years concertmaster
of the orchestra of the faculty and
staff of the Transylvania Music
Camp, will be soloist in Bloch’s
“Baal Shem”. Tickets may be pur
chased at the auditorium for
Thursday evening’s performance
i at 8:15.
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Transylvania concert band will
perform under the direction of Paul
Bryan. Joseph Wagner’s Concerto
Grosso, Julian Work’s “Portraits
from the Bible”, and Sullivan’s
“Pineapple Poll” will be included
on the program. The Wagner se
lection will feature student solo
ists Larry Campbell, baritone, from
Asheboro; Horace Sher from Dur
ham, Billy Pippin from Jackson
ville, Fla., and James Opie Wells
from Brevard, trumpets. The Tran
sylvania chorus, conducted by Gor
don Page, will also be featured on
this program, singing a group of sa
cred selections.
On Saturday, July 21, “Ameri
ca’s most popular speaker and
writer on music” comes to Bre
vard. Listed in WHO’S WHO as a
“writer, lecturer, and broadcaster”,
Dr. Sigmund Spaeth’s versatility
includes books such as FUN WITH
MUSIC, magazine articles, radio,
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CALENDAR OF
^ COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 19 — Lions club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Masonic
meeting in Temple, 7:30 p. m. Wo
men of the Presbyterian church
meet at Mrs. Frank Carr’s, 8 p. m. j
Concert at Brevard Music Center, j
8:15 p. m.
Friday, July 20 — Groundbreak-1
ing ceremonies for new library at I
Transylvania Music camp, 11 a. m.
Garden club meets in Gaither’s,
3:30 p. m. Kiwanis club meets at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Bingo party at
the Teen - Age Center, 8 p. m.
Square dance in the American Le
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Agencies Meet
Seeking Survey Of Proposed
"Balsam” Lake Atop Pisgah
+ Effort will be made by the sev
eral agencies interested to secure
survey by engineers of the propos
ed “Balsam” or Yellowstone Lake
in Pisgah National forest immedi
ately, it was announced at a meet
ing of the North Carolina Park
commission held Monday at Dough
ton Park near the Virginia state
line Monday.
Survey of the proposed lake and
estimate of the cost incurred for a
dam will be next step in projection
of the 119-acre body of water which
will be the highest lake of its size
Bingo Party Set
Friday Evening,
Teen Age Center
A free bingo party will be giv
en for all members of the Teen
Age center Friday night, beginning
at 8:00 o’clock at the center of
; Jordan street.
Fritz Merrell, the director, cor
dially invites all members to at
tend, and he says that many fine
prizes will be awarded.
With Coach Wayne Bradburn
promoting special summer time ac
tivities, the center is a popular
place with the teen-agers, Mr. Mer
rell states, ancf street dances, swim
ming parties and other events will
be held later.
in Eastern America, it was stated
following the meeting Monday.
“Go ahead** sijpial has beeh given
by the Pisgah National Forest
group, Blue Ridge parkway and the
N. C. Department of Conservation
and Development, all of which ag
encies have been in consultation
within the month.
Definite plans for building of the
dam and operation of the project
will be worked on after the sur
vey is made, it was stated at the
Park commission meeting.
At close of the annual Park com
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WNC Lawmakers, Press Briefed On
Proposed New School Laws For State
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HEALTH OFFICE
HAS SUPPLY OF
POLIO VACCINE
Third Shots Are Available.
New Series Can Now
Be Started
The county health office an
nounces that the supply of polio
vaccine is now sufficiently large
to permit giving the third polio
shot in the health office to those
who have not been able to get
the third shot at their private phy
sician’s office.
Persons under twenty years of
age tvho have not received any im
munizations against polio, are again
urged to begin the series immed
iately. These may be obtained from
a private physician, or at the health
office on Tuesday afternoon, be
tween 1:00 o’clock and 3:00 p. m.,
or all day on Fridays.
In North Carolina close to a mil
lion cc’s of poliomyelitis vaccine
have been given through the aus
pices of the state health depart
ment without a single reaction or
case of polio attributed to the
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PEARLMAN'S TO
REMODE SOON
Plan Extensive Project On
Newly Acquired Mill
'On West Main
Remodeling of the Wheeler Ho
siery mill building for a modern
furniture store will be started by
Pearlman’s within the next week
or 10 days, Fred Pearlman, JBie
vice president and general mana
ger, announces today.
Pearlman’s will continue opera
tions at their present location, cor
ner Main and Gaston, until their
new quarters on the corner of West
Main and Caldwell are completed.
Mr. Pearlman says no expense
is being spared in remodeling the
former Wheeler building, which he
describes as ideal for a furniture
store. A modernistic front with
windows on both Main and Cald
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Distinguished Visitors
Are Here For Mid-Week
Mrs. Ronald Arthur Dougan,
oi Belloit, Wisconsin, president
of the National Federation of
Music clubs, heads the list of
honor guests who will be here for
the ninth annual Mid-Week be^
ing held Thursday and Friday at
Brevard college and the music
camp.
Presidents from throughout
the entire Southeastern states
are also expected here for the
two-day event which begins
Thursday at 4 p. m., with a tea
and recital at Brevard college.
The state presidents are Mrs.
Harry J. Shonts, of Winston-Sal
em; who will greet the other
state heads at a recognition
luncheon Friday at the college;
Mrs. George E. Jackson, Alaba
ma; James Reiscrup, District of
Columbia; Mrs. Glenn Morrison,
Florida; Mrs. M. J. Bowers, Ga.;
Mrs. Rutherford Hoppe, Ken
tucky; Mrs. Frank Vought, Loui
siana; Mrs. Harold H. Nesbitt,
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SUNDAY WAS A joyous occasion
for the congregation of the Brevard-Da
vidson River Presbyterian church, which
celebrated the building of the new edi
fice with a cornerstone laying ceremony.
A large number of members and friends
attended the ceremony at 5:30 p. m.,
held out-of-doors in front of the building
under construction. Principal speaker at
the special service was the Rev. E. Ashby
Johnson, at right, former pastor and now
professor at Austin college, Austin, Tex
as. Shown in the center next to the corner
stone is the foreman, R. T. Cook, of Li
ner Construction company. The pastor,
Rev. Ben F. Ormand, is at the left. Mr.
Ormand announced at the ceremony that
the new church was expected to be com
pleted and used for the first time on Sun
day, December 9th. (Photo by Russell)
CHARLES L. RUSSELL’S picture of his daughter,
Carolyn, entitled “All Dolled Up for the Easter Parade”
was awarded first prize in its class in the seventh week
of the Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution photography
contest. Mr. Russell received a cash prize and the pic
ture was printed in the magazine section of the Atlanta
Ga., newspaper last Sunday. This photograph will be en
tered in the Newspaper National Snapshot contest in
which a total of $15,000 will be given away in prizes.
Crowd Of 1,700 Attends Annual
Farmers Federation Picnic Here
JOHN I. ANDERSON, Jr., ed
itor of The Transylvania Times,
was elected president of the
newly organized Associated Non
Dailies of North Carolina at the
annual Institute of the North
Carolina Press association last
week end in Asheville. Mr. An
derson was named temporary
chairman of the group last Janu
ary at Chapel Hill, and he pre
sented a constitution and by
laws which were adopted last Fri
day. Serving with him are Tom
Lassiter, publisher of the Smith
field Herald, vice president; and,
Martin Harmon, publisher of the
Kings Mountain Herald, secre
tary and treasurer.
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Many Speakers And Enter
tainers Included On Var
ied Program. Reports
A capacity crowd of more than
1,700 persons filled the Brevard
high school auditorium for the an
nual Farmers Federation picnic
Tuesday night. James McC. Clarke,
federation president, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies and introduced
the speakers and entertainers.
The Carolina Mountain Boys,
route 1, Pisgah Forest, won the
best local entertainment prize.
President Clarke introduced
Charles W. Davis, newly elected
federation vice president, who wel
comed the crowd.
Mr. Davis also reported on the
federation poultry program and
announced that the hatchery would
be moved from its present loca
tion on Roberts street in Asheville
to the former ABS bull barn on
the Charlotte highway in Asheville.
Other speakers included: Mar
vin Lorenz, freezer locker super
visor; Floyd Owen, president of
(Balsam Grove community club;
Phil Burch, hospital care insurance
representative; Rev. DuMont
Clarke, religious department direc
tor; Max Roberts, educational di
rector; and, Bob Beard, federation
news editor.
James Davis, county agent, urg
ed Transylvania farmers to grow
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Program Highlights
WPNF Joins Civil Defense System
This Friday For Conelrad Drill
Friday, July 20, is the date of
an important test Conelrad drill
and WPNF will co-operate with the
nation’s radio and TV stations in
conducting the drill, which begins
it 3:10 p. ra., President Ed M. An
ierson reports.
The local station will sign «ff
the air and will remain silent for
i 15-minute period. During the test
drill, only key radio stations, au
thorized by the United States gov
ernment will be on the air broad
casting instructions to the pub
lic.
All key stations will switch to
either 640 or 1240 on the dial. Re
ception in some areas Will be weak,
due to the distance of some of the
key stations.
Conelrad is a safety precaution
against enemy air attack and the
system is designed to prevent en
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SPECIAL SESSION
TO OPEN JULY 23,
ELECTION IN SEPT.
Times Staff Gets First-Hand
Information From Chair
man Advisory Committee
SURVEY IS MADE
Lawmakers of Western North
Carolina and the press of this sec
tion last week end attended brief
ing sessions on the coming public
school legislation.
Gov. Luther Hodges and mem
bers of the state advisory commit
tee held a meeting at Waynesville
last Friday afternoon, and at 11:00
o’clock Saturday morning Tom
Pearsall, Chairman, and other
members of the committee gave
each member of the press a copy
of the legislative acts to be pre
sented to a special session of the
General Assembly in Raleigh on
July 23rd.
This session concluded the an
nual Institute of the North Caro
lina Press association, and attend
ing from Brevard were Publisher
Ed M. Anderson, Editor and Mrs.
John Anderson and associate edi
tor, Frances Walker.
The meeting was held at the
Grove Park, and following Mr.
Pearsall’s presentation, the news
papermen were permitted to ask
questions on the measures.
The gist of the school preserva
tion plan would provide attend
ance expense grants, formerly ref
erred to as tuition grants, to citi
zens who do not want their chil
dren to go to school with a mem
ber of the opposite race, and allow
a local school unit to suspend op
erations of its schools, upon a ma
jority public vote, if the situation
i> considered intolerable.
A state-wide vote on the legis
lation, should it pass in the special
session, will be held in September
if the State Supreme Court finds
it legal.
Session Called
A special legislative session has
been called by Governor Hodges
at noon Monday, July 23. The ses
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INDUSTRIAL GROUP
TO MEET MONDAY
AH Interested Persons Are
Invited To Attend, Presi
dent Jenkins Says ,
There will be a meeting of stock
holders of the newly organized
Transylvania Industrial Develop
ment corporation Monday night at
8:00 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room, Don Jenkins, the presi
dent, announces.
All persons interested in indus
trial development in the county
are cordially invited to attend, and
the stockholders will make plans
to sell stock in this organization in
the immediate future.
The local group will work close
ly with the State Department of
Conservation and Development in
its program to promote and locate
new and diversified industry in
North Carolina.
It is explained that there is a
surplus of labor in Transylvania,
especially in the upper section, and
the local development corporation
is seeking to remedy this situation.
Cosby Choir Camp
Concerts Continued,
To Sing Sunday
Recitals by faculty members at
the Cosby Choir camp, Lake Tox
away, will be continued this Fri
day evening, wheft James S. Boles,
tenor, will be heard, with his
wife, Carolyn Boles, accompany
ing.
David H. Cosby, owner of the
unique camp, cordially invites the
public to attend the concert.
Mr. Boles will sing selections by
Durante, Handel, Verdi, Thiman
and others.
A graduate of the Westminster
Choir college, Princeton, Mr. Boles
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