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TRANSYLVANIA—
Tke Lend 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 Priie-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
Vol. 67 — No. 47
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 19S6 * 18 PAGES TODAY *
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
Second Clasa Mall Privileges
THE TWO OCCUPANTS of this
smashed car came out of the wreck with
out a scratch, believe it or not. They were
Charles Tinsley, of Arden, and Max Tins
ley, of Hendersonville, and they crashed
head-on with a truck, driven by Chester
Cochran, of Fitchburg, Mass., last Friday
night on the Hooper curve near Rosman.
Although the truck was badly damaged,
the driver was not injured, and Patrol
man Bill Sawyer, who investigated, said
it was miraculous that no one was fatally
injured in the accident.
(Times Staff Photo)
'56 Deer And Bear Hants Marred With
Fatal Accident, Marshall Man Succumbs
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Kill This Year For First Two
Days Is 140. Compares With
Less Than 100 In ’55
Charles Berry Ballard. 34. of
Marshall, died at 5:00 o’clock Wed
nesday morning in St. Joseph hos
pital in Asheville, as a result of a
bullet wound in the Pink Beds sec
tion of the Pisgah National for
est Tuesday afternoon. ^ f
The death is the first fatal Shoot
ing accident in the western man
agement areas in the pastrl4 years,
and it mars the otherwise success
ful ’56 deer and bear season, which
opened Monday.
Sheriff “Scott” Dillingham re
ported late Tuesday night that Har
ris Bridgeman, of Tryon, who found
Ballard, told him that he thought
he had shot a deer after firing three
shots, but instead found Ballard
with a bullet in his upper left thigh.
He was taken by ambulance to
the hospital and suffered the loss
of much blood. Upon arrival at the
hospital, it was reported that he
needed eight pints of blood.
Forestry officials and the coun
ty law enforcement department be
gan an immediate investigation of
the accident.
Hunts Successful
Forestry officials said that the
kill during the first two days far
exceeded earlier predictions.
Here in the Pisgah a total of 140
deer and three bears were killed
on Monday and Tuesday, with
some 1,500 participating in the
hunts.
Last year the kill for the first
two days was less than 100.
Charlie Gibbs, who operates the
Pisgah Trading post at Pisgah For
est, was the first Transylvanian to
bag a bruin on the ’56 hunts in the
Pisgah National forest.
Local persons killing deer in
the forest on Monday were: Edwin
Owen, of Rosman, Fulton Holiday,
of Pisgah Forest; B. B. Meixwell,
of Pisgah Forest; and, E. H. Davis,
of Rosman.
Local persons killing deer on
Tuesday were Troy McCall and
Bill Galloway, of Balsam Grove,
and Fred Tinsley, of Brevard.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Nov. 22 — Thanksgiv
ing Day. Homecoming at Brevard
college. Union service at First
Baptist church, 11 a. m. Masonic
meeting at temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, Nov. 23 — Brevard col
lege rally at American Legion
building, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 24 — Jaycee tur
key shoot, 10 a. m., Wilson’s bridge.
Sunday, Nov. 25 — Attend the
church of your choice. Methodists
have groundbreaking ceremony at
site of new church after morning
worship.
Monday, Nov. 26 — Family Night
mission study at First Baptist
church, 7 p. m'. Rotary club meets
at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. United Fund
directors meet at Gaither’s, 8 p. m.
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Lights Going Up
Planning Big Christmas Parade
Nov. 29, Cash Prizes Offered
Brevard merchants are planning
i gigantic Christinas parade iJTi
Thursday. Nov. 29th, at 5:00 o’
clock, when the ’56 Christmas shop
ping season will be officially open
ed.
Three cash prizes of $75, $50 and
$25 will be awarded to the best
floats from the Rural Development
clubs, the civic clubs and Brevard
college.
Brevard merchants, automobile
dealers, wholesale distributors and
individuals are being asked to en
ter floats and decorated cars on a
non-competitive basis.
Harry Sellers, chairman of the
merchants division of the chamber
of commerce, which is sponsoring
the parade and special Christmas
promotion, reports that the parade
will be headed by the fine Brevard
Pearlman Begins
Remodeling Work
Remodeling of the Pearlman
building, formerly the Wheeler
hosiery mill on the corner of West
Main and Caldwell streets was
started on Monday of this week by
Charles Ashworth, local contrac
tor, Fred Pearlman, manager, an
nounces today.
“When the work is completed,
we will have one of the finest and
most modern furniture stores in
this part of the Carolinas,” Mr.
Pearlman stated.
Plate glass windows will be in
stalled on both streets, and much
remodeling work, including a new
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high school band, and the colors
i of the-American legion. Following
hne parade, at which time Santa
| Claus will come to town atop the
i huge fire truck, there will be a
| brief program on the court house
lawn, featuring Christmas carols
bv the band and the glee clubs of
Brevard and Rosman high schools,
! Brevard college under the direc
! lion of Nelson Adams.
Other plans for the Christmas,
; shopping season were worked out ]
I at a special luncheon of Brevard
merchants in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room, with Mr. Sellers pre
siding.
The business section will be col
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Quiet Thanksgiving Is Expected In
Transylvania, Special Service Set
UNITED FUND IS
SHORT OF GOAL
BY SOME $3,OOO
Meeting Of Directors Is Call
ed For Monday Night At
Gaither’s At 8:00
With the county still short of
its goal of $25,000 by some $3,000
in the second annual United Ap
peal fund, Campaign Director
Gordon Sprott makes a. final plea
for donations.
“If everybody will give his
fair share, we will have no trou
ble at all in going over the top,”
Mr. Sprott said yesterday.
A meeting of the directors of
the United fund is called for
Monday night at 8:00 o’clock in
Gaither's Rhododendron room,
and Mr. Sprott says he hopes to
have some good news by that
time.
He emphasizes the tact that
Transylvanians have always done
their part, and through the Uni
ted fund they are able to give to
more organizations with much
less effort. The cost of many
campaigns is saved, and there
f.re 17 allocations to social,
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Library Closes
For Week, Move
To New Building
The Transylvania County li
brary will be moved next week
into its newly completed brick
building on Main street, accord
ing to Mrs. Lehmann Kapp, the
librarian. ^
Due to the moving of the
books and equipment, the li
brary will be closed from Mon
day, November 26th, until it
opens in the new building Mon
day, December 3rd.
Shelving is being completed
this week by Canter Woodworks,
and volunteer help from the
Jaycees will assist with the mov
ing.
As soon as possible, the new
structure will be torn down
since it is situated partially in
front of the new building.
Mrs. Kapp asks the indulgence
of the reading public while the
library is closed.
Homecoming Set At The
College On Thanksgiving
In anticipation of the huge crowd
expected here Thursday, the stu
dents, faculty, and administration
of Brevard College are throwing
open the doors to returning alum
ni and friends.
Homecoming this year will be
the most elaborate ever staged.
Thanksgiving day will usher in the
largest and most grandiose display
of exhibits ever witnessed on the
campus. The veterans are plan
ning a miniature model of the col
lege with streamers coming in
from a large map representing ev
ery town, state, and country from
which Brevard draws her student
body. Streamers will then lead to
Garrett To Head Brevard College
Campaign In Transylvania County
Ed Garrett, industrial relations
manager of the Ecusta Paper cor
poration, has been appointed
chairman of the Transylvania coun
ty Brevard College Development
fund campaign, it was announced
today by General chairman Jono
than Woody.
In conducting the drive in Bre
vard and Transylvania county, Mr.
Garrett will be assisted by eight
vice chairmen and they are Thomas
Eller, Luke Harrison, Gil Coan,
Randal Lyday, James Davis, Jim
my Gaither, Charlie Himes and
John I. Anderson.
The campaign in Transylvania,
the home of Brevard college, will
be conducted in the near future
and the committee is now working
on preliminary plans.
Under the sponsorship of the
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ED B. GARRETT
Duke, University of North Caro
lina, North Carolina State, etc.,
representing students leaving Bre
vard and continuing their educa
tion in the various institutions
around the county. From here the
model will show the students go
ing into their various walks of life.
The student council is planning a
huge welcome arch. These two are
only given as a sample of the tre
mendous enterprise being shown
by the clubs in their effort to awe
the returning alumni and to cap
ture first prize money Thursday.
Homecoming will actually begin
Thanksgiving Eve with a turkey
dinner. President Robert Stamey
will then speak at a special vesper
service to be held that night. Class
es will be held until noon Thursday
and alumni and friends are urged
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Two Found Guilty
Of Cutting Timber
In Pisgah Forest
Two Transylvanians were con
victed and sentenced in the United
States district court in Asheville
Monday afternoon on charge of
cutting timber on federal lands.
Martin McCall, who was given
one year for cutting and removing
timber from government proper
ty, was also given two years for set
ting fires on federal lands.
According to Ranger Ted Seely,
McCall was found guilty of setting
a series of fires, 16 in all.
J. B. Owen was given a two-year
prison sentence on charges of cut
ting and removing locust timber
without permit from the National
Forest lands.
Ranger Seely today expressed
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J. M. GAINES, left, who has been with the Duke
Power company since 1928, has been promoted to man
ager of the Hendersonville district, which will include
the Brevard office. His successor here is F. L. Yarbrough,
right, who comes here from the Greensboro Duke office.
Mr. Gaines succeeds J. D. Sloan, who goes to Charlotte,
and the promotions are effective as of Dec. 1st.
Duke Power Company Makes
Several Promotions In Area
REV. JOHN D. SMITH, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church
at Morganton, is one of the for
mer ministers of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church who will return to bring
the message on Sunday night, De
cember 9th, during the week of
Consecration and Thanksgiving.
The services will be held in the
new church in celebration of its
opening, and the pastor, Rev.
Ben F. Ormand, cordially invites
all members and the public to at
! tehd.
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The Weather
Transylvania experienced the
coldest weather of the fall on Mon
day morning, when the mercury
dropped to 21 degrees. Less than
one inch of rain was recorded in |
the county during the past week,
and the high and lows and rainfall
as recorded by Bobby Hoyle, the
official weatherman, were as fol
lows:
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday
Saturday _
Sunday _
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Pre.
_64 25 0
_69 24 0
_58 42 .20
_50 45 .72
_56 28 .01
_58 21 0
-58 24 0
Gaines To Head District.
Headquarters In Hender
sonville. Yarbrough Here
Three promotions of branch of
fice managerial personnel were an
nounced this week by Thomas F.
Hill of Charlotte, Duke Power co.,
vice president and supervisor of
branches.
J. D. Sloan, manager of Duke’s
Hendersonville branch, becomes
assistant manager of the company’s
Charlotte office; J. M. Gaines, man
ager in Brevard, succeeds Mr.
Sloan in Hendersonville: and F.
L. Yarbrough of Duke’s Greensboro
office will take over as manager in
Brevard.
The changes are effective Dec.
1.
In going to Charlotte, Mr. Sloan
becomes assistant manager of the
company’s largest branch. The
newly-enlarged Hendersonville dis
trict is a key office on the western
end of the Duke system and exer
cises supervision over the com
pany’s operations in Brevard and
in a number of smaller communi
ties.
Mr. Gaines is a native of Texar
kana. Ark., and a graduate of Geor
gia Institute of Technology. Before
joining Duke Power in 1928, he was
with Westinghouse Electric & Mfg.
Co. in Sharon, Pa. and Florida Pow
er Corp. in St. Petersburg. He serv
ed overseas in World War I and
participated in five major engage
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College Group Is
Seeking Aid For
Hungarian Students
Brevard college students, in
spired by the staff of The Clarion,
the college newspaper and its edi
tor. Don Gentry, have launched a
campaign to raise money for Hun
garian students.
They are asking that citizens
here and throughout America re
member Hungary’s struggle for
freedom by placing green candles
on their tables on Thanksgiving
Day.
A house-to-house canvass is un
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Program Highlights
Two Football Games This Week End
Climax ’56 Grid Season Over WPNF
The ’56 college football schedule I
comes to an end this week with,
two big games to be aired on
WPNF.
Thanksgiving Day will be high
lighted Thursday with a big after
noon game between N. C. State and
Maryland to be played in Raleigh.
Air time is at 1:15 o’clock. On Sat
urday Carolina meets Duke at;
Chapel Hill for the final game of,
the season and again air time will,
be 1:45 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Friday, Carolina Farm
features; Monday, county agent’s
office; Tuesday, Soil Conservation
service, H. E. Newland; Wednes
day, home agent’s office.
On the Civic hour the following
will be heard: Friday, Brevard
Garden club; Monday, Mathatasian
club; Wednesday, Brevard Little
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PUBLIC DOTTED
TWWBIf EYEKF,
BUSINESS STOPS
All Schools WIU Close F
Two Dm. I In.hubm.
At The College
NO MAIL DELIVERY
Transylvanians will observe thr
1956 Thanksgiving in the fraflfr
tional manner on Thursday.
There will be large family ga
therings, church services and
day throughout the town and earn*
ty will be a holiday.
All stores, town and county «4K
ces. the bank and the post affine
will be closed.
There will be no rural or city
delivery of mail, and according to
acting postmaster, Vernon Foil
bright, the general delivery wilt
be open from 11:30 until 12 noow.
All town and county school*
will have a holiday on Thursday
and Friday, and Homecoming wflf
be celebrated at Brevard eoQege
on Thanksgiving Day.
Hundreds of hunters fronv a&
parts of Eastern America are here
for the annual deer and bear
hunts, and there will be a dum
ber of private hunts on the vai^
ious preserves of the county .
Sponsoring Service
The annual joint Thanksgiving
service, sponsored by the Transyl
vania county Ministerial awnw*.
tion, will be held this year at the
First Baptist church on Thanks
giving morning at 11 o’clock.
The Reverend L. B. Vaughn pas
tor of King Street Baptist church*
will deliver the sermon for the
casion, with music being provided
uy the choir of the First Baptist
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METHODISTS TO
BEGIN BUILDING
Ground-Breaking Ceremony,
Is Set For This Coming.
Sunday Morning
A ground-breaking ceremony*
which will actually start gniurfrae1
tion of the new Brevard MethodbC
; church, will be held this Sunday,
J November 25 at the site aenae
from the entrance of Brevard col
lege.
The Ceremony will begin as ww
as possible after the adjounmmt:
of the morning worship service at
the church. The pastor, Rev. Sag
las Corriher, will have of
the meeting, assisted by D&riet:
Superintendent J. W. Fitzgerald^
and various members of the »^||
and representatives of the eoBegg.
The public is cordially invited to*,
attend.
rne Liner Construction {Kmy-*mjw.
of Junaluska, general contractor off;
the building project, will begin ex
cavation of the basement section off:
the new church at once. This pro
ject, to cost $216,3!!, will require
! 13 months to complete and wiB in
elude a sanctuary seating 559 por
, sons, a chapel, adminiotratisn off*
fices and a three-storied education
al wing.
A church conference, immediate
ly followed by a quarterly caefor
ence over which Dr. Fitzgerald wiB
preside, will be held at the can
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Duke Crews Begin
Right-Of-Way Work
To Pisgah Forest
Construction crews of the Dake
Power company began Monday
clearing the right-of-way for a near
light and power line along the new
four-lane highway into Brevard
from the entrance of Pisgah Na
tional forest, J. M. Gaines, the local
manager, announces today.
The work of building the line*
will be started immediately, prep
aratory to dismantling the
lines, which are in the way of earth
moving machines, Mr. Gaines
states.
The work will be carried forth as
speedily as possible in order to flat
ahead of the wintry weather, ft is
reported.
The new power and light Bsss
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