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, TonrM, 9A ocational, Agricultural and Music Canter, tion, 1900 Census, Brevard Community Vol. 67 — No. 34 SECTION ONE BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23,1956 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED I REPRESENTATIVES of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development inspected a number of plant sites in Transylvania prior to the banquet meeting of civic groups last Friday which was sponsored by the Transylvania Industrial Development corporation. R. T. Mauney is pictured holding the information that is being collec ted here, and E. L. Branson is looking it over with him. Others in the top photo, left to right, are: Mayor John A. Ford; C. M. Douglas, secretary of the local industrial group; Don Jenkins, the president; J. C. Gaither, pres ident of the Brevard chamber of commerce; and, Austin Hogsed, president of the Rosman group. Making the principal address at j the left is J. Ray Shute, of Mon- j roe, an expert on locating indus- j tries, and seated, left to right, are: Guy Burchfiel, president of the Brevard Lions club, and E. F. Tilson, president of local Ki ■rin *:Hr this 'JRction B&nsider pig work r fLo r* ocation ers has moved n adjoining Aus the building former ly Slack’s on the cor and Broad streets. la Cox, the manager, new store has consider >re room, and she invites istomers to come in and in the new quarters. ressman essary to record data aphy. Borings must be along with transferring he states. e director has requested the 1 office at Atlanta to place igh priority on the construction the new hatchery on Davidson river. Ranger Ted Seely said that an —Turn To Page Tea viptrs Thursday, Aug. 23 — Transylva nia HD council sponsors chicken barbecue, 6 to 7:30 p. m., Brevard high school. B & PW club meets at •Gaither's, 7 p. m. Masonic meet ing in Temple at 8 p. m. Friday, Aug. 24 — Gala Festival, Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 25 — Boxers meet in Brevard gym, 8 p. m. Gala Festi val concert, Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 26 — Attend the church of your choice. Festival concluding concert, 4 p. m„ at Bre —Turn To Page Five Transylvania Schools Open Tuesday, Increase In Enrollment Is Predicted VACANCY OF ONE TEACHER IS NOW SAID IN SCHOOLS Dail Is New Principal At Straus. Other Changes Are Noted By Jones REGULATION CITED Except for a teacher in one of [he elementary schools of the county, all vacancies in the Tran sylvania school system for the 1956 57 term have been filled, Supt. J. B. Jones stated today. D. G. Dail, former football coach and teacher at Brevard high school, has been named principal of the Straus school in North Brevard, succeeding A1 Shuford, who re signed. Mr. Shuford will teach in [he Brevard elementary school. Mr. Jones also reports that Mrs. Opal L. Fullbright has resigned as principal of the Seliea school, and she has been succeeded by Mrs. Adcovia McCall. Benjamin Fishburne, of Colum bia, S. C., has been elected as Eng iish teacher at Brevard high, suc ceeding Mrs. Willis Brittain, re signed. A former member of the faculty at the University of South Carolina, Mr. Fishburne comes to Brevard highly recommended, Mr. Jones states. “He is a man of unusual linguis —Turn to Page Four COUNTY RECEIVES $12,180 FROM THE NATIONAL FOREST Most Of Fund Is Derived From Sale Of Timber In Pisgah, Ranger States Transylvania county will receive $12,180.75 from the National for est this month as payment for rev enue on a 25 percent basis of in take on lands within the county boundary. While there are several contri buting factors to the revenue pro duced by tt\e National Forest each year, bulk of the 1955-56 money was derived from managed timber sales, according to Ted Seely, Pis gah Forest ranger. Mr. Seely points out that on the basis of money for Transylvania county this year, about 14-cents per acre tax is being received. This amount is far in excess of average mountain land in Transylvania. Transylvania county has 87,500 acres within the national forest boundary. Rural Fire Truck Fund Is Beginning To Swell Donations to the Rural Fire truck fund in Transylvania county are still coming in, F. L. “Buck” McCall, the chairman, states, and he urges all citizens who have not contributed to do so as quickly as possible. “The fire out at Cedar Mountain last week makes us work harder and faster to raise the $13,000 that we need to buy the truck,” Mr. Mc Call stated yesterday. Program Highlights Reports On Rural Development Clubs Will Be Heard On WPNF Programs A series of programs will begin this week over WPNF, featuring the eight Rural Community Devel opment clubs in Transylvania county. These programs will be un der the sponsorship of the Ecus ta Paper corporation and will be heard each Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. The eight organized Community Development clubs taking part in these programs are listed in the or der in which they will appear: Bal sam Grove, Middle Fork, Cedar Mountain, Dunn’s Rock, Little Riv er, Pisgah Forest, Quebec and Pen rose-Blantyre. According to county agent, James Davis, “These programs will be an informative report on what is taking place in the community and a discussion of special projects.” Other Programs The schedule for the Civic hour for the coming week is as follows: Friday, Mathatasian club; Monday, Brevard Little theatre; Wednesday, —Turn To Page Ten Various organizations are putting on special events, and solicitations are being made in the various com munities, the chairman explained. While no exact figure can be giv en at the present time, several thousand dollars have been raised to date The list of contributors as re ported by Chairman McCall is as follows: Pisgah Forest Harry Sentelle, Holland Corn, Merrill Capps, J. T. Reid, Buck —Turn to Page Four Jack Huggins Has Accepted Position With Mt. Holly Mill Jack Huggins, Brevard’s official weatherman and secretary at Pis gah Mills, leaves Brevard next Wednesday for Mt. Holly, where he has accepted a position with the American & Efird Mills. Mr. Huggins has been connected with Pisgah Mills for the past 10 years, and he has been the official weatherman for over four years. A hobby with him, he began weath er work in the service during World War II. His successor has not been nam ed as yet. BILL HUBER, right former ranger here in the Pisgah National forest, has been named director of the nation wide “Smoky Bear” cooperative forest fire prevention program for the United States Forest service. Mr. Huber succeeded Clint Davis, left, who was named chief of in formation and education of the forest service. Mr. Hu ber has been vacationing in Transylvania during the past week, before returning to his important work in Wash ington, D. C. Chairman Of Board Reports $14,000 Operating Deficit For Year At Music Center OVER 100 ATTEND BANQUET MEETING OF CIVIC GROUPS Industrial Expansion Theme Of Talk By Monroe’s Ray Shute More than 100 Transylvanians heard J. Ray Shute, of Monroe, outline ways and means of secur ing small industries in a commun ity at a dinner meeting last Fri day night at Gaither’s, which was sponsored by the Transylvania In dustrial Development corporation. It was a joint meeting of the Ki wanians and the Lions, and a num ber of Rotarians, Jaycees and mem bers of the Brevard B & PW club and the Rosman Chamber of com merce attended. E. F. Tilson, president of the Brevard Kiwanis club, brought greetings, as did Guy Burchfiel, president of the Lions club here. C. M. Douglas, secretary of the industrial development corpora tion, introduced the guests attend ing the dinner meeting and also the principal speaker. B. L. Branson and Richard T. Mauney, of the North' Carolina De partment of Conservation and De —Turn To Page Ten Campbell Says Support Must Come From Wider Area. Suggestions Are Made An operating deficit of around $14,000.00 for the current season of the Brevard Music Center makes it essential to obtain wider support for this unique music center and Transylvania Music camp, Edmund D. Campbell, Washington, D. C., at torney and chairman of the board of trustees of the Brevard Music Center, stated \oday. “We are definitely in need of greater public support.” Campbell said, “if we are to continue to main tain the Center with the high stan dards which our students deserve.” “We must meet this $14,000.00 operating deficit if we are to con tinue running our music camp with its added feature of a three-week graduate school and Gala Festi val.” the prominent Washington at torney declared. Campbell, in mentioning the in spirational value of this program to the talented boys and girls at the camp, noted that the project is too important to the growth of sou thern culture and music to be al lowed to fail through lack of finan cial support. “This deficit must be made up by our southern music lovers — peo ple from all over this section and from distant cities whose musicians receive their most concentrated —Turn to Page Ten Ramsey Was Favorably Impressed With Actions In Demo Convention BY FRANCES WALKER “It is indeed a revelation — in fact an inspiring one — to see how thousands of persons from all dif ferent sections of the country can compromise their differences and agree on candidates,” said Ralph H. Ramsey, Brevard attorney, who | was one of North Carolina’s dele gates to the Democratic National Convention last week “Wildly exciting” was the way Mr. Ramsey described the ballot ing for the vice presidential can didate, in which Senator Estes Ke fauver. of Tennessee, came out on top. Mr. Ramsey said that by watch ing the events on television, one misses completely the actual man euvering and “behind the scenes” meetings that are the real core of the convention. Mr. Ramsey feels that the Demo cratic party selected the two strongest possible candidates and paid great tribute to Adlai Steven son for throwing the convention wide-op^n in the selection of his —Turn To Page Five PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS MEET MONDAY MORN Lunchrooms Begin Operations Next Wednesday. Quebec. Opening Is Delayed: JONES IS QUOTED* School bells in Transyfnadc will ring next Tuesday mornings I August 28 at 8:45 o’clock and ap proximately 4,250 boys and garis are expected to fill the classrooms. : of the 13 schools. A slight increase in the am ber of students is expected tina year, and five additional teachers have been allotted, giving Trxns sylvania a total of 137. Schools will be recessed at noon next Tuesday, but a full day ‘ the committee, and these persons will —Turn to Praises Services Received At Local Hospital Recendf Dr. Christopher CrittaiB^4S rector of the N. C. State Ikprt ment of Archives and ffidatj aS Raleigh, today praises the Tns sylvania Community ktqihL Dr. Crittenden was one of principal speakers at the rec joint meeting of the WNC ] torical association and the Literary and Historical tion at Brevard college.. 1 was here, he was hnr|i ill find the Transylvania Community hi pital. In a letter of appreciation, 1 states: “I want to express mg ciation for the very fine received at the Community hospital, an ially for the friendly shown by staff hospital is indeed of which all the citizens sylvania may justly be |