TRANSYLVANIA—
I*he Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
The Transylvania Times
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Brevard Community 7J01
Vol. 67 — No. 52
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1956
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AWARDS WERE MADE during the
past week to the winners in the Timber
Stand improvement contest in Transyl
vania, which is sponsored annually by
the Silversteen Industries and Carr Lum
ber company for FFA and 4-H club
members. Jerry Whitmire, who is now
attending the Martha Berry School in
Georgia, won the first prize of $25. and
the other winners can be noted, stand
ing. left to right: Homer Crane, Brevard
F^A. second prize of $20; Everette Pat
terson, fifth prize of $5.00, Wendell I
Brown, third prize of $15, and Tommie
Owen, fourth prize of $10. The three lat
ter boys are Rosnian FFA members, and
standing- at the right is Bill Garmon, as
sistant county ngent. Seated, left to riight,
are: Joseph S. Silversteen, president of j
Silversteen Industries; F. Brown Carr,
executive vice president of Carr Lumber
company; and, B. E. Keisler, agricultur- j
al instructor at Rosman.
(Times Staff Photo)
Outlook For Transylvania During New
Year Appears Good, Survey Is Made
Bank Deposits Up. Stores
And Town And County Of
fices To Close New Year’s
After .1 good Christmas business
and a successful 1956. Brevard
merchants are cautiously confident
and hopeful of another good year
in ’57.
Although several families left
the community during the past year
to go to work in the new cello
phane plant in Indiana, business in
the town and county was reported
to be normal during 1956. and the
outlook is reported by many observ
ers to be excellent for the New
Year.
Indications point to the begin
ning of construction of DuPont’s
plant in Buck forest to manufac
ture silicon in ’57, and the new
ly organized Transylvania Indus
trial Development corporation is
following up several leads to bring
smaller and diversified industry
into Transylvania.
According to Ralph J. Duck
worth, executive vice president of
the Transylvania Trust company,
deposits are up at the local bank.
Transylvanians will join with the
rest of the nation in ringing out
the old and ringing in the New
Year next Monday night.
Tuesday will be a legal holiday,
and Brevard stores, town and coun
ty offices will be closed.
The bank and the post office
will also have a holiday, and there
will be no rural or city delivery of
mail. The general delivery window,
however, will be open from 11:30
until 12:00 noon.
A survey of businesses in Bre
vard reveals that the Christmas
business was on a par or a little
better than a year ago.
Other factors indicate that Tran
sylvania will have one of its best
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. December 27 — Ma
sonic meeting and installation of
officers, temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, December 28 — Ace of
Clubs to meet at Gaither’s, 7:45 p.
m.
Saturday, December 29 — Ameri
can Legion to hold dance in Legion
Memorial building, 8:30 p. m.
Sunday, December 30 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, December 31 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
New Year’s Eve dances at both the
Elks Lodge and the Country club,
beginning at 9 p. m.
Tuesday. January 1 — Book and
Plate club meets at 8 p. m., with
Mrs. A. M. Ream.
Wednesday, January 2 — Tax
listing begins at all the townships.
Brevard college students return
from holidays.
R osman Host Troop
Many Boy Scouts Promoted
At December Court Of Honor
Highlighting the successful De
cember Boy Scout court of honor
in Transylvania county was the
awarding of life rank to Douglas
Israel and star rank to Donald Lee
Moore. Jr., of Brevard.
The honor court was held at Ros
man. with troop 19 as the host
troop.
A. W. Tucker, chairman of ad
vancements in the county, awarded
the life rank to young Israel, of
troop 7, Boylston, and Walter
Straus made the star award to
young Moore, of troop 1, Brevard.
Dr. Robert Levy, chairman of the
court, presided, and the colors
were advanced by George Sisk and
Ray Jones, while the pledge was by
Wallace McCall.
Bob Garner, field representative
of the Daniel Boone council, Boy
Scouts of America, made tender
foot awards to the following: John
ny Peterson, Avery Whitmire, Or
en Matthews and Carl Powell.
January Term Of
Court Cancelled
The January term of Superior
court in Transylvania has been
cancelled, Marvin McCall, clerk
of court, announces today.
The cancellation is due to a
conflicting court in Rutherford
county, Mr. McCall states.
Both the criminal and civil
slates for the January term were
light since the December term
was just recently completed.
The next term of Superior
court in Transylvania is slated
in April.
Second class awards were made
by Dr. Levy to: Charles Cox,
George Truesdail and Walter
Straus.
Charles Dunlop was in charge of
the awarding of first class rank to
(he following: Ralph Monahan and
John Loftis. Merit badges were pre
sented by Dr. E. O. Bryant to: Joel
Stevenson. Norman Trotter, Rob
ert Ayers. Tommy Gardner, Car
roll Parker. James Curwen, James
Garrett, John Loftis, Henry Tuck
er, Tommy Gardner, Jerry Willing
ham, James Tucker, Jimmy David
son, John Matheson, Billy Gaddy,
Robert Andrews, Jr., Tommy Eng
lish, Donald Moore, Ralph Mona
han, Charles Dunlop and Douglas
Israel.
Condition Oi
Daughter Sc
The condition of Billie Ander
son, the 20-year old daughter of
Ed M. Anderson, the publisher
of The Transylvania Times and
president of WPNF, was report
ed by authorities at the Wilkes
county hospital, North Wilkes
boro, Thursday morning as being
improved “following a good
night”.
Miss Anderson was gravely in
jured Sunday night in a highway
accident about six miles from
North Wilkesboro. An outstand
ing student at the University of
North Carolina, she was home
for the holidays, and the accident
WPNF Program Highlights
First Baby In Transylvania In ’57
To Be Honored On Program Tuesday
The first baby of ’57 in Transyl
vania county will be honored on
a special radio program over
WPNF on Tuesday afternoon at
4:00 o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, station
manager, announces today.
Several Brevard firms are offer
ing fine prizes to the first baby and
his or her parents, and all listen
ers of WPNF are urged to hear
the special program on Tuesday.
The list of prizes is as follows:
Austin’s Studio — a portrait of the
baby at six months of age; South
ern Dairies, two week’s supply of
Sealtest milk; Pearlman’s—a crib
mattress by Kingsdown; Varner’s
& Long’s, a deluxe Johnson’s baby
kit; Gaither’s restaurant, two chick
en dinners to parents in January;
Harold’s super market, 24 jars of
Gerber’s strained baby food; Tran
tham’s department store, Pair of
“Step Master” or “Cozy Foot” ba
by shoes; Micy’s laundry, $5.00
free laundry service; Co-Ed the
atre, a month’s Free pass to the
parents, which may be picked up
any time during the year, and Bat
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Tax Listing To Begin In Transylvania
Next Wednesday, Listers Are Appointed
WILL PAY $<0,000
TO MEMBERS OF
SAVINGS & LOAN
Resources Of Association
Are Now Nearly Four Mil
lion, Jerome Says
Semi-annual dividend checks, to |
tailing $60,000. will be mailed to
members of the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association, it is
learned today from Jerry Jerome,
the executive vice president.
Resources of the association here
now total nearly four million, and
Hie association will pay interest at j
the rate of three and one-half per
cent. after Jan. 1st, Mr. Jerome re-:
ports today.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the association will be
hi Id Wednesday, January 17, in the
oflice on Caldwell street, at 2:00
o'clock.
In addition to the executive vice
president. other officers are: Jos
eph S. Silversteen. president; A. F.
Mitchell, vice president, attorney;
Mrs. R o w e n a Summcy, secre
tary and assistant treasurer; and
Robert Plummer, treasurer.
Directors are: President. Silver- j
stem, Vice President Mitchell, Ex- i
ecutive Vice President Jerome,!
Treasurer Plummer, J. I. Ayers, W.
L. Mull, J. M. Allison, Sr., Don
Jenkins, and H. B. Shiflet.
FIRST BABY BORN I
IN COUNTY TO GET
VALUABLE PRIZES
Local Merchants Offering
Awards In Baby Derby To
Parents And Infant
A number of valuable gifts are
awaiting the first white baby born
in Transylvania county in 1956 and
reported to The Times.
These gifts are being offered by
a number of Brevard merchants
who are participating in the annual
Baby Derby. All prizes must be
called for within 30 days after the
closing date of the derby, January
3.
The list of the donors and their
prizes are:
Varner’s and Long’s drug stores:
deluxe Johnson’s baby kit; Pearl
man’s: baby high chair, Co-Ed
Clemson theatres: two passes for a
month; Southern Dairies: two
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Publisher's
lid Improving
occurred when she stopped her
car because of a flat tire.
Another car stopped to give
her aid, and when she went to
unlock the trunk, a third car
rammed into the second one,
crushing Miss Anderson between
them.
So gravely was her right leg
injured that it was removed
shortly ofter the accident. She
also suffered a compound break
of the left leg, fractures of the
pelvis and skull.
Mrs. P. G. Wright, a passen
ger in Miss Anderson’s car, suf
fered head cuts in the accident,
and was released from the Wilkes
hospital following treatment. No
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Making Final Push
In College Campaign
$40,000 Is In Sight
Canvassers in the Brevard col
lege Development fund campaign
are urged by Chairman Ed B.
Garrett to complete contacts of
prospective donors this week end
in order that the drive can be
finished before the end of the
year on next Monday at midnight.
Mr. Garrett says that approxi
mately $40,000 of the goal of
$50,000 is in sight, and many of
the workers have not made their
reports to him.
Persons desiring to contribute
but who have not been contacted
are asked to get in touch with
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A PRETTY REMINDER for Tar Heel motorists that
it’s almost time for new license plates is Warner Bros,
actress Virginia Mayo. The state’s new yellow-on-black
57 tags go on sale here at the Carolina Motor club and
across North Carolina on January 2 and must be display
ed after February 15.
Transylvania Awarded Safety
Plaque, Officers Are Praised
ROGER W. BABSON’S “Busin
ess and Financial Forecast for
1957” is carried in this week’s
issue of The Times on the front
page of the second section. Mr.
Babson, a pioneer in the field of
business and financial statistics,
enjoys a remarkable record of ac
curacy of 85 percent correct for
the last 18 years. Subscribers of
The Times are urged to read his
’57 forecast with extreme inter
est.
The Weather
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A small amount of precipitation
was recorded each day during the
past week. There was a total rain
fall of 2.51 inches. Temperatures
were mostly mild.
High Low Pre.
Wednesday_60 41 .01
Thursday _59 41 .02
Friday . 71 51 .01
Saturday __._57 53 .40
Sunday._60 53 1.00
Monday _58 43 1.05
Tuesday _44 24 .02
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County Did Not Have Any
Fatalities On Highway
Last Year. Record Cited
Transylvania county has been
presented a certificate of merit
for “outstanding accomplishments
in traffic safety” by the North
Carolina State Automobile associ
ation. “The South’s Largest Motor
club.”
The handsome framed certifi
cate was awarded in recognition of
Transylvania’s record of having
no highway fatalities during 1955,
one of only three counties in
the entire state with such a fatal
ity-free record. The others are Clay
and Graham counties. Transylvania
also had no fatalities during 1954.
The last fatal accident occurred on
June 17, 1953.
At a ceremony held at the Tran
sylvania County courthouse in Bre
vard Thursday morning, the cer
tificate was presented to Freeman
Hayes, chairman of the county
board of commissioners, and Sher
iff Everett V. Dillingham by A.
Cox, the motor club’s representa
tive in Transylvania county, on be
half of the N. C. State A. A. and
the National Automobile associa
tion, with which the N. C. State
A A. is affiliated.
Also participating in the cere
mony was Hugh Cranford, Char
lotte division manager for the N. C.
State A. A., and State Highway
Patrolmen Jack Cabe and Bill Saw
yar.
“It is a happy privilege to have
this opportunity to present Tran
sylvania county with this certifi
cate for the fine traffic safety re
cord that has been achieved here,”
Mr. Cox said. “It takes real team
work on the part of county and
city officials, law enforcement of
ficers and public in general to go
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North Carolina’s Highway Patrol
Commander Has Praise For County
Colonel James R. Smith, com
mander of the State Highway pa
trol in North Carolina, has written
a letter to the editor of The Times
in which he offers his compliments
lo Transylvania county on the oc
casion of the presentation of the
safety plaque from North Carolina
Automobile association.
Col. Smith’s letter said in part:
“The traffic safety record attained
by Transylvania county is an en
viable one, and I sincerely appre
ciate the fact that a part of your
achievement is attributed to the ac
tivities of the patrolmen assigned
in your district.”
The patrol commander points out
that his organization is constantly
seeking to improve its protection
of life and property. He makes
some suggestions about further ob
jectives which are “expansion of
driver education and training pro
grams in the high school, the es
tablishment of a periodic mechani
cal inspection plan, the addition
of 100 more highway troopers,
chemical tests for intoxication, the
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BOOKS TO BE IN
TOWNSHIPS THRU
JANUARY THE 10
Tax Supervisor Says Penalty
For Failure To List Is Re
quired By Law
RUN-DOWN GIVEN
Tax listing in the county will
begin Wednesday, January 3rd
and all county property and farm
reports must be listed during the
month, Lewis Osborne, tax super
visor, states. Penalty for failure
to do so is required by law.
The books will be in the town?
ships through January 7th, aod
they will be here in the court
house after that time.
The tax listers for the various
townships are as follows:
Mrs. Lloyd Compton—Dunn's
Rock.
Allen McCall—Gloucester.
Herbert Fisher—Hogback^
Mrs. Ruth William—Eastatoe.
George Shuford—Little River.
Carl Allison — Cathey’s Creek.
Miss Avarie Glazener — Bre
vard.
And for Rosman inside, Mick
ler Lusk will list through the 7th.
The listing places in the var
ious townships and the dates for
listing are as follows:
Boyd Township — Orr’s Store,
January 2; Worley’s Store, Jan
uary 3; Euge Gillespie’s Resi
dence, Neal Hawkins Farm, Jan
uary 4; Talley’s Store, January 5;
Owenby’s Store, January 7-8.
Brevard Township — Commit
sioner’s office, County Court
house, January 2nd through Feb
luary 2nd.
Cathey’s Creek Inside Booflm
at Gloucester Lumber Co. Store,
January 2-7.
Cathey’s Creek Township ——
Gloucester Lumber Co. Store,
January 2-3; Hardin’s Store, Jan
uary 4-5; McKinney’s Store, Jan
uary 7; Webster’s Grocery, Jan
uary 8; Lem Brooks’ Store, Jan
uary 9; Ray Dills Store, January
10.
Dunn’s Rock Township — Pow
ell’s Store, January 2; Coy Comp
ton's Store, January 3; Maude
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YULE OBSERVANCE
REPORTED QUIET
Only One Accident Report
ed. County’s Schools Op
en January 7th
The ’56 Christmas holidays Jar
Transylvania were Quietly obsor
ed.
Although a record number of
accidents and fatalities were ro>
ported on the nation’s highway*
during the observance, there wa»>
only one wreck in the county. flfo
one was injured in it, however, the
car was practically demolished.
The accident occurred Christmas
eve on the R os man highway nest
to Brooks store. According to local
officers, a car driven % John Bn*
rv Heath overturned several times,
the four occupants were thruwa
out on to a freshly plowed field,
which was probably the reason for
injuries being at a minimum.
Schools in Transylvania wiB re
main closed until January 7th,
while Brevard college win resume
classes on Thursday, January 3rd
Church services and family ga
therings highlighted the Christ
mas observance in Transylvania,
’and all stores, town and county of
fices were closed.
Masons To Install
New Officers This
Thursday At Meet
The annual installation of newly*
elected and appointed officers of
Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge will be
held at a stated communication on
Thursday evening of this week, be
ginning at 8:00 o’clock.
According to the worshipful mas
ter, D. Frank Bridges, T. Ralph
Parrish, past master, will act as in
stalling officer, and V. P. Full
bright, also a past master, win
serve as marshall.
As usual, the stated communien
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