TRANSYLVANIA—
Tilt Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 68 — No. 1
The Transylvania Times
A Stale And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
ESrShSLS BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1957 * 16 PAGES TODAY *
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
»d Music Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Census, 1B.SSL
Brevard Community 7,194.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AN ENTIRE FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Gillespie and their 13-year old
daughter, Joan, were killed last Thurs
day afternoon fn the automobile above,
which crashed into a Southern Railway
train at the Etowah crossing on the new
stretch of Highway 64 in Henderson
county. Sarah Varner, a fourth passen
ger in the car, was seriously injured in
the crash, however, her condition was
reported to be much improved yesterday
by authorities at the Asheville Mission
hospital. In the three photos below the
crash picture, Mr. Gillespie is at the left,
Mrs. Gillespie in the center, and their
daughter. Joan, is pictured at the right.
All Three Members Of Doyle Gillespie
Family Killed In Auto-Train Collision
Tragedy Occurred Last
Thursday Afternoon At
Etowah Crossing
Combined funeral services for
the Gillespie family were held last
Saturday afternoon in the First
-Baptist church of Brevard.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Gillespie and
their lS-year old daughter, Joan
Doris, were fatally injured late last
Thursday afternoon in an auto
train collision on the new Highway
64 at Etowah in Henderson coun
ty.
Officiating at the triple funeral
were Rev. B. W. Thomason, First
Baptist minister, and Rev. Douglas
Corriher, pastor of the Brevard
Methodist church. The bodies were
taken to the church two hours
prior to the services, and burial
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Program Highlights
Comar Baby Is Winner Of ’57
Derby Of Times And WPNF
Cynthia Marie Comar, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Comar, of
rcute 2, Brevard, is the county’s
first baby and winner of the 1957
baby derby, sponsored by The
Transylvania Times and WPNF.
Many Brevard merchants award
ed prizes in the contest, and little
Miss Comar was born at 1:59 on
New Year’s morning. '
The infant weighed seven
pounds, one ounce, the exact
weight of the first baby born in
1956. She was Wanda Sue Norris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Howard Norris.
Cynthia Marie is the fourth child
of Mr. and Mrs. Comar. and mother
and daughter are doing splendid
ly.
Dr. C. L. Newland was the at
tending physician, and the first
baby was honored on a special ra
dio program Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Comar is the linotype operator
on the Brevard prize-winning news
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NO FATALITIES in Transylvania
county during 1956 won the county rec
ognition from the N. C. Automobile as
sociation. Freeman Hayes, chairman of
the county board of commissioners, is
shown above receiving the certificate
from A. C©x, the motor club’s representa
tive in Transylvania. Others participa
ting in the ceremony are, left to right:
Hugh Cranford, Charlotte division man
ager of N. C. State A. A., Transylvania
county sheriff, E. V. Dillingham, and
state highway patrolman, Bill Sawyer.
(Times Staff Photo)
DuPont's Purchase Of Land For Plant
Site In County Was Top Story Of '56
TAX LISTERS ARE
BUSY, BOOKS IN
TOWNSHIPS NOW
Will Be Brought To Court
House Next Week. Os
borne Cites Law
Tax listing will be continued in
tne various townships of Transyl
vania through Thursday of next
week, and afterwards, the books
will be here in the court house,
Lewis Osborne, tax supervisor, re
ports.
Tax listing began on Wednesday,
and the listers had a busy day, Mr.
Osborne says.
During the month of January, all
county property and farm reports
must be listed, and penalty for fail
ure to do so is required by law.
The tax listers for the various
townships are as follows:
Mrs. Betty Compton — Dunn’s
Rock.
Allen McCall — Gloucester.
Herbert Fisher — Hogback.
Mrs. Ruth Williams — Boyd.
Mrs. Lawrence Whitmire--East
atoe.
George Shuford — Little River.
E. Carl Allison — Cathey’s
ey's Creek.
Miss Avarie Glazener — Brevard.
NEW YEAR’S IS
QUIET IN COUNTY
Transylvania Leads State In
Record Of No Fatalities
On The Highways
—
New Year's was quietly observed
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty with a “Sunday-like” hush be
ing noted.
There were no traffic accidents
on the last day and night of ’56,
and Transylvania, for the third
straight year, had a perfect record
of no fatalities on the highways.
Actually, Transylvania leads the
state, with only one other county,
Graham, having no fatalities on the
highways during the past three
years. Transylvania’s last fatality
was in June, 1953, while Graham’s
was in December of that year.
Stores, town and county offices
were closed on Tuesday for the
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Auto, Pick-Up
Are Demolished
In Wreck Sunday
Two persons were injured, a
pick-up truck and an automobile
were practically demolished in a
head-on collision Sunday evening
near the Rocky Hill bridge on
Highway 64 between Brevard and
Rosman.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Harl San
ders, of Hendersonville, were rid
ing in the pick-up truck and both
were taken to the local hospital,
suffering with cuts and bruises
about the head. Mr. Sanders was
transferred to a Greenville hospi
tal, and Mrs. Sanders was released
on Monday. Their conditions were
said to be good.
According to Highway Patrol
man Jack Cabe, who investigated,
Fred Garfield Barton was the driv
er of of the vehicle that crashed
into the pickup, and Barton is be
ing charged with driving under the
influence of liquor and reckless
driving.
Training School
For Officers Of
P-TA Groups Set
A training school for all P-TA
officers in Transylvaniia county
will be held on Monday night, Jan
uary 7th, at Gaither’s, beginning
at 6:30 o’clock.
It will be a supper meeting, and
all P-TA officers of the county
are urged to attend. Reservations
can be made made through Fri
day, January 4th, by calling Mrs.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., and the
cost will be $1.25 per plate.
Mrs. Olin S. Dillard, of Candler,
who is director of district one,
of the state P-TA organization, will
attend the meeting anad speak on
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SOME PRANKSTER, thinking possibly that it was
Halloween instead of Christmas, went to a lot of trouble
placing a school safety sign atop the huge monument at
the entrance of the Pisgah National forest. It was taken
frorrr.the Straus school in North Brevard or from Pisgah
Forest and was placed in the spot from where the large
bronze eagle was stolen several months ago.
^5 '; ^ (Times Staff Photo)
Revised Management Program <.
Underway At Camp Straus Lake
MISS MYRTLE BARNETT,
whose home is here in Brevard
and former instructor of nurses
for the past three and one-half
years at the Greenville General
hospital, Greenville, S, C., has
been appointed director of nurses
at the Pardee Memorial hospi
tal, Hendersonville. Miss Barnett
assumed her duties on January
1st. Prior to serving as director
of nursing services here at the
local hospital, Miss Barnett was
in charge of the infirmary at
Meredith college, Raleigh, for
several years.
Better Fishing Is Predicted.
Braden Pillow Is
Directing
A revised management pro
gram, aimed at improving the fish
ing in future years at Camp Harry
H. Straus, was started recently.
Braden Pillow, management bio
logist for the United States Fish
and Wildlife service, is directing
the program, and is being assisted
by the camp personnel. Mr. Pillow,
now a resident of Brevard, works
primarily in National forests and
game refuges in the Southern Ap
palachian region, but finds enough
time to be able to assist local pri
vate pond owners in solving their
management program. He is at
present helping the pond owners
in and around Transylvania coun
ty.
To begin the program in the
lake, it was necessary to remove all
fish. None of the old fish must re
main in the lake. Under the re
vised program stocking will be
done with a well-balanced popula
tion of blue-gill beam and large
mouth bass.
The removal of the fish from the
lake area was accomplished by
seining and poisoning. Many va
rieties of bream, crappie and sun
fish were removed.
The blue-gill bream will be put
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10 Top Stories In Transylvania In '56
1— DuPont company purchases 10,500 acres of land near Cedar
mountain in Transylvania and Henderson counties for silicon plant
site.
2— Ecusta announces expansion program to cost several million
dollars.
3— The Doyle Gillespie family of three wiped out in auto-train
crash at Etowah.
4— Over $500,000 to be spent immediately on new buildings on
the campus of Brevard college.
5— Presbyterians complete beautiful new church and celebrate its
opening.
6— Methodists begin construction of new church opposite Bre
vard college. Initial costs over $216,000.
7 — Cedar Mountain community, after winning first in Tran
sylvania’s Rural Progress program, goes on to tie for first place in
WNC competition.
8— Squabble between WNC football officials and Brevard high
school and civic officers over alleged incidents at the Hendersonville
Brevard game, when the local school was placed on a year’s proba
tion.
9— Transylvania citizens approved school bond issue of $647,
000 by big vote.
10— Large number seized in liquor raids* in town and county.
BEST STORIES OF
YEAR REVIEWED,
SURVEY S TAKEN
Month-By-Month Headline*
Given. Staff Lists Impor
tant Ones
TRAGEDY IN NEWS
The announcement by the DO*
Pont Company on July 4 that iO/M
acres of land had been purchased
near Cedar Mountain in Trawyl-'
vania and Henderson counties as
a possible site for the further pro
duction expansion of its Silken
production was the biggest star?
in Transylvania county during
1956.
Running a close second was the
announcement of the Ecusta Paper
corporation this faflf that facilities
there would be expanded for in
creased paper production.- -
Other leading stories also dealt
with construction. Dormitories at
Brevard College were built
construction was started on the
Campus Center building. The nets
First Baptist church was complet
ed in January and the Presbyter
ians held their first service in
their new church in December.
Just recently the congregation of
the Brevard Methodist church an
nounced plans for a new edifice
opposite Brevard College and con
struction was started on it hot
month.
Tragedy was also noted in the
top stories. Last week the three
members of the Doyle Gillespie
family were wiped out in an sole,
train collision in Henderson Coun
ty
‘‘Each year the Transylvania
i Times staff takes stock of uk
lines during the past year and
makes a review of them tram
Which are picked the top ten stor
ies.
The month-by-month survey at
these important headlines follows:
JANUARY
Brevard high school band has
largest number and best scores is
Western Band Clinic.
Coleman Galloway retires as
Postmaster at Brevard. Vernon
Fullbright named acting Postmas
ter.
Teen-Age Center has successful
grand opening.
James C. Gaither named presS
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WORK BEGUN ON
MEDICAL OFFICES
Dr’s. Sader And Strieker
Erecting New, Modern
Building On East Main
Construction has been started
the new medical offices of Drs. So
der and Strieker on the lot on Bid:
Main street between the Wabngfc.
Inn and the Masonic temple.
Riley Merrilljs the contractor
on this new and modern buikting;
and McDonald and Daniels are the
architects.
Completely modern throeghonf,
the building will be air conditioned
and will contain reception rooms*
examining and consulting rooms*
labs, rooms for surgery and X-npi
a lounge for the staff and a beating
plant.
Adding a touch to the modern
design will be continuous window
walls on two sides of the building;
which will contain some 3£00
square feet.
There will be parking areas in
the front and in the rear.
Barber Shops To
Change Hour Of
• Closing Saturdays
The barber shops in Brevard
have changed their hour of closing
on Saturdays, it is announced to
day.
Effective immediately, the
three shops will close at 6:90 p. m.,
instead of at 7:00 o’clock.
The week day schedule of- 8:00
in the mornings until 6:00 o'clock
in the evenings will remain the
same.
The three local shops are: Gray’s,
Hart’s and Talley’s.