TRANSYLVANIA— rhe Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Stftte And National Prize -Winning A.B.C« Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, ed ucational, Agricultural and Musk Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. - __ t Vol. 67 —, No. 50 Authorized at Brevard, N. C. Second Class Mail Privileges BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1956 ★ * 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY Slow Your Loyalty To And Appreciation Of Brevard College By Making A Contribution Nowf THE BREVARD POST OFFICE staff is “rolling out the barrels”, in prepara tion for the Christmas mail rush. At the left is Vernon Fullbright, the acting postmaster, and Mrs. Pete Eberle, is pic tured at the right as she deposits her first batch of Christmas cards. The bar rels are to be used for the thousands of Christmas cards that will be mailed in the local office between now and Dec ember 25th. One is for local cards, ano ther for those addressed to Pisgah For est, and the third for out-of-town mail. The postal staff is hoping that this will make it easier for patrons and also cut down a little on the tremendous -work load which all post offices endure at Christmas. (Times Staff Photo) Bridgeman Freed In Fatal Shooting Of Deer Hunter, December Court Ends Short Civil Docket Heard This Week. List Of Ver dicts Is Carried The December term of Superior court in Transylvania county was adjourned Tuesday morning by Judge P. C. Froneberger, of Gas tonia, who presided. A light civil docket was disposed of this week, and during the first week, many criminal cases, mostly of a minor nature, were heard. Tuesday afternoon Judge Frone berger served as a justice of the peace in a hearing for G. H. Bridge man. of Tryon, who was charged with manslaughter in the deer hunt death of another sportsman. In Tuesday’s hearing the verdict was “no probable cause for crim inal prosecution”. The victim was Charles Berry Ballard, of the Turkey Creek sec tion of Buncombe county, who died on November 21st, after being hit in the thigh by a bullet the day be fore in the Pink Beds section of Pisgah National forest. A coroner’s jury reported that it could not be determined who shot Ballard, but Sheriff “Scott” Dillingham issued a warrant for Mr. Bridgeman after he received a ballistics report from the State Bureau of Investigation labora tories in Raleigh concerning shells found in the area and a bullet in a tree near the scene of the fatal shooting. It was brought out at the hearing —Turn To Page Ten CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Dec. 13 — Classroom teachers meet in Brevard elemen tary cafeteria, 7:30 p. m. Masons meet in Temple to elect officrs, 8 p. m. Friday, Dc. 14 — Oak Grove church bazaar in Waltermire Hotel building. Hospital auxiliary meets at 3 p. m., hospital dining room. Saturday, Dec. 15 — Draft board closes for holidays. Oak Grove ba zaar again to be in Waltermire building. Sunday, Dec. 16 — Attend the church of your choice. Special pro grams at both the First Baptist and the Presbyterian churches, 7:30 p. m. Monday, Dec. 17 — Rotary club to entertain wives at party, 7 p. m., Gaither’s. Tuesday, Dec. 18 — Good Neigh bor club party, Gaither’s, 7:30 p. m. Eastern Star meets in Masonic Temple, 8 p. m. Moose club meets at 8 p. m. All Out Search Money Is Recovered From Safe Found In Pisgah Natl Forest Western North Carolina coun ! ties are being plagued with a ser I ies of robberies, and in numerous I places, safes are being stolen and found later blown to bits and con I tents confiscated. However, the safe that was found in Transylvania Sunday afternoon baffled the robbers, who were be lieved to have been a part of a gang, headed by Frank Watson, an Asheville prison escape artist. The safe, discovered by an em ployee of the Transylvania Tanning company near the Pink Beds in the Pisgah National forest, had been cut open in the back by acety lene torches, appeared to have been looted. However, when Sheriff “Scott” Dillingham, the SBI and Santa Arrives For Two Local Persons Santa Claus arrived early for two Transylvanians during the past week. ' J. A. Brewer, who resides on Ma ple street here, was awarded a new Ford Ranch Wagon by Dixie Stores on Monday in a special promotion campaign of the Winn-Dixie stores. Last Saturday afternoon Burder Teague, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Burder Teague, of Brevard, won a new bicycle in the “Letters to San- j ta Claus” contest, sponsored by the Asheville Merchants association. Buncombe county investigating of i ficers took it to Asheville Monday, they discovered that the compart ! rr.ent containing the money, more | than $2,500, was unopened and the money was recovered. Sheriff Dillingham reports that the torches used were stolen at Duckworth Motor company here and Wood Paxton Motors. The failure of the thieves to gain entrance to the compartment in the safe, which was taken last Friday night from the A & P store —Torn to Page Four Brevard College Development Fund Campaign To Be Launched Thursday PRESBYTERIANS HOLD SERVICES IN NEW CHURCH Large Crowds Attending Nightly. Rev. Hay Brings Final Sermon Tonight An overflow crowd of members and friends attended the initial service in the new $165,000 Bre vard - Davidson River Presbyterian church Sunday morning, and also the evening services that are being held this week. Sunday school and morning wor ship were held for the first time in the new brick edifice on East Main street. The “Service of Consecration” was given by the pastor, Rev. Ben F. Ormand, and the congregation, j The pastor’s special sermon, “The ! C hurch Must Go Forward,” empha- j sized the need for still greater prog ress in the future. He urged his members not to “rest on their lau rels” since the church has been completed. Greetings came from Dr. R. E. iucClure, who is executive secre —Turn to Page Four RED CROSS GROUP WILL SELL SEALS Sales Now Total $1,019. Chairman Cites Facts Regarding TB Members of the local chapter of the American Red Cross will be in charge of the booth sale of Christ mas Seals at the post office and bank Friday and Saturday morn ings of this week, it was announ ced today by the chairman of the Transylvania County TB commit tee, Miss Jeanette Austin. “This is the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross in America, and we of the TB committee wish to pay tribute to this group of volunteers who sponsored the sale of Christmas Seals under their own emblem for several years prior to 1920, when the TB association was in its forma tive years. These stamps may be seen in the Christmas Seal stamp collection on display in the old Slack building near the bank”, sta —Turn to Page Five Health Department Now Conducting Polio Survey On the basis of knowledge on hand, health officials here be lieve that Transylvania county is lagging behind in its immuni zation of children against polio, and a survey is being conducted throughout all schools. Dr. John R. Folger, county health officer, says that ques tionnaires are being sent to par ents of the more than 4,000 chil dren enrolled in Transylvania. From the basis of their returns it will be possible to determine the number of school age chil dren who have not been innocu WPNF Program Highlight. Series Of Programs On Brevard College Campaign To Be Heard Highlighting its many public ser vice programs during the coming week is a series concerning the Brevard College Development fund campaign, Bobby Hoyle, station manager, announces today. Throughout the day and evening special announcements about this important drive are being heard, and each day at 12:45 a special talk by college and campaign lead ers is slated. Persons who worked for the passage of the school bond issue last Saturday were high in their praise of the part that WPNF ( played in the election. Daily com ' munity leaders were heard over | the air endorsing the issue, which , passed by a majority of eight to one. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is ! as follows: Thursday, Brevard Home economics department, Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Friday, U. S. For ’ est service, Ted Seely; Monday, county agent’s office; Tuesday, Rosman Vo-Ag department, B. E. Keisler; Wednesday, Extension —Turn to Page Four lated against this preventable disease. Parents are urged to co operate by returning the ques tionnaire to the school. Dr. Folger says that the 1956 polio season is over, and on the basis of present figures, the po lio vaccination has scored a huge success. This year there were on ly half as many polio cases in the U. S. as in 1955. However, in North Carolina there were approximately two thirds as many cases. This, Dr. Folger points out, shows that the state is lagging behind the nation in polio protection. Ac cording to recent estimates only about 50 percent of North Caro lina’s children have received the vaccine, while only about 35 to 40 percent of Transylvanians —Turn to Page Four Masons To Elect Officers Thursday D. Frank Bridges, worshipful master of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge, announces a stated commun ication will be held Thursday night in the Masonic Temple on East Main street beginning at 8:00 o’ clock. Following the regular rou tine of business, new officers will be elected to serve next year. Mr. Bridges urges all members to attend this important meeting and a cordial invitation is extended to all visiting Masons. OFFICIAL RETURNS Transylvania School Bond Election December 8th, 1956 Precincts Boyd_ Brevard, No. 1 Brevard, No. 2 Brevard, No. 3 Brevard, No. 4 Cathey’s Creek . Cedar Mountain _ Dunn’s Rock_ Eastatoe_ East Fork_ Gloucester, No. 1 Gloucester, No. 2 Hogback, No. 1 . Hogback, No. 2 . Hogback, No. 3 . Little River_ Pisgah Forest_ Rosman_ Total_2,060 276 _. .—.—.—— . -4 Transylvania Citizens Approve School Bond Issue By Vote Of Eight To One, 2,336 Votes Cast For .108 .439 .240 .316 .333 .124 _42 ._98 __23 -_34 _4 ._19 ._41 —6 .—7 __73 .108 ._45 Against 7 10 6 4 11 49 7 5 19 2 26 6 21 61 13 5 10 14 •I* • LETTER OF APPRECIATION I should like to thank all who worked in the bond election for the fine work each did in helping to get out such an overwhelming vote in favor of the bond issue. So many helped in so many different ways in all parts of our county that it was truly a county-wide victory for better schools. Especially am I grateful to the members of our Bond Election committee and pre cinct chairmen for their help. I am sure no one ever had a more enthu siastic, effective and inspiring group to work with than they were. It was a real privilege as well as a pleasure to be associated with them. We are also thankful to Ecusta for its wholehearted endorsement of the bond issue and for its gen erosity in sponsoring and paying for advertising the election. I hardly know how to thank the Transylvania Times and Station WPNF adequately for the excel lent and complete news coverage each gave the election. For a num ber of issues before last Saturday the Times was filled with splendid news articles, pictures, ads and edi torials pointing out the school needs and endorsing the bond is sue. And WPNF literally satur ated the air waves with news, talks and spots relating to the election. Without such fine publicity it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to get the story across to the public so successfully. All of us should be proud of the results of the election which show again the interest of the people of Transylvania county in our schools and their willingness to do whatev er is necessary to make them bet ter. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Chairman, Transylvania County School Bond Committee Balloting Was Heaviest In Brevard Boxes. Ramsey Is Quoted Transylvania county citizens vo ted nearly eight to one in favor of the $647,000 school bond issue last Saturday in a special election. The ballots were canvassed by the board of elections Tuesday morning, and the official vote was 2,060 in favor of the issue and 276 against it, with 2,336 citizens cast ing a ballot. The voting was heaviest and strongest for the issue in the four Brevard precincts, with a total of 1,359 being cast — 1,328 for and 31 against. Only three of the precincts, Glou cester 1, Hogback 2 and 3, voted against the issue. The combined vote in these boxes was 17 for and 100 against. In the special school bond elec tion in 1946, a total of 2,843 per sons voted, with 2,097 voting for the issue and 746 against the is sue. The favorable vote then was about three to one, with six pre cincts voting against it. Voting in that election was also the heaviest in the four Brevard precincts, with 1,334 persons cast ing a ballot in favor of the issue and 172 against it. However, in the state school bond election in Transylvania in 1953, voting was much lighter than —Turn to Page Five Help Fight TB 1 <