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, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Musk Center. Popula
tion, 1900 Census, 193a.
Brevard Community 7391
Vol. 68 — No. 2
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
Second Class Mail Privileges
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957
k 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CYNTHIA MARIE COMAR, Transyl
vania’s first baby of 1957, is greeting her
mother with a yawn shortly after her ar
rival at the Transylvania Community hos
pital, one hour and 59 minutes after the
stroke of midnight. Holding her is Mrs.
Martha Cartwright, afternoon supervis
or of nurses, and John Bailey, adminis
trator of the local hospital, it at the
right. (Times Staff Photo)
DuPont Official To Speak At Joint Meet
Of Civic Clubs During Brotherhood Week
Jaycees Sponsoring Event.
Rotarians, Lions, Kiwan
ians, Others, To Attend
Harold G. Brown, of Wilming
ton, Delaware, a DuPont public re
lations advisor, will be the princi
pal speaker at a joint meeting of
the various civic clubs in Brevard
on Wednesday night, February 13,
during Brotherhood week. The
Brevard Jaycees are sponsoring the
meeting.
Mr. Brown, public relations advi
sor for the Pigments Department
of DuPont, under which silicon is i
manufactured, made a special trip I
to Brevard last July to make the j
announcement of the purchase of |
10,500 acres of land in Transylva
nia and Henderson counties as a
possible site for a silicon plant.
The meeting on the 13th of the
month will be attended by mem
bers of the Brevard Rotary, Lions,
Kiwanis and B & PW clubs and the
directors of the Brevard chamber
of commerce. Ed M. Anderson, pub
lisher of The Transylvania Times
and president of WPNF, will in
troduce the speaker.
Mr. Brown, who was favorably
impressed with the county and its
people on his visit here last sum
mer, said he was anxious to re
turn for a visit. He will also speak
in Asheville that week at a meet
ing of the Civitan club there.
Prior to joining the Du Pont
company in 1953, Mr. Brown wras a
member of the reportorial staffs of
the New York Sun and the New
York Herald-Tribune. He was given
some plum assignments, including
both presidential campaign trains
in the last election.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 10 — Masonic
meeting at 8:00 p. m. Fortnightly
club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. M. G.
Pangle.
Friday, Jan. 11 — Hospital aux
iliary meets at 3:00 in nurses’ din
ing room. Blue Devil Booster club
meets at 8:00 p. m. at Brevard High
school. Brevard college Tornadoes
meet Edwards Military Institute at
8:00 p. m. in the college gym.
Sunday, Jan. 13 — Attend church
of your choice.
r Monday, Jan. 14 — Rotary Club
meets at 7:00 p. m., at Gaither’s.
Tuesday, Jan. 15 — New Board
of Chamber of Commerce meets to
elect officers at 7:30 p. m. over
City Hall. Order of Eastern Star
meets at 8:00 p. m. at Masonic
Temple. Fidelis class of First Bap
tist church meets at 8:00 p. m. with
Mrs. Hampton Scruggs.
Wednesday, Jan. 16 — W. O. W.
meets at 8:00 p. m.
Figures Given
Local Bank Has Best Year In
’56, Optimistic Over Future
The Transylvania Trust com
pany had its best year since its or
ganization in 1931 during the year
1956, according to Ralph J. Duck
worth, the executive vice-presi
dent.
Resources of the local bank are
$3,751,874.29, which is an all-time
high for the bank. Deposits are $3.
449,004.77.
Total resources a year ago were
$3,576,732.86, and deposits were
$3,301,986.30.
The bank has a capital stock of
$100,000.00, a surplus of $100.
000.00. undivided profits $65,143.54.
unearned interest $18,461.55, and
reserves $19,264.43.
The statement as of December
31, 1956, showed the following as
sets: cash, balances with other
banks, including reserve balances,
and cash items in process of col
lection, $642,524.50; United States
Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed, $1,233,598.15; obliga
tions of States and political subdi
visions, $362,254.35; loans and dis
Births Outnumber
Deaths, 4-To-l, In
County Last Year
Births in Transylvania county
outnumbered deaths four to one
in 1956, a survey in the register
of deeds office of vital statistics
reveals today.
During the year, there were
326 births, while 79 deaths were
recorded.
More births and deaths were
reported in 1955 in Transylvania
than there were last year, the re
port shows. For ’55, there were
365 births and deaths totaled 86.
counts, $1,478,364.78; bank premis
es owned, $12,624.20; furniture
and fi^'i’res, $15,753.36; and other
assets, $6,754.95.
Mr. Duckworth is optimistic ov
er business here in Transylvania
! for 1957, citing that industrial
workers are being paid good wag
es and that the outlook for new in
dustry is good. He also says that
farmers have more money than in
many years and a banner tourist
season is predicted.
In addition to Mr. Duckworth,
ether officers are Jonathan Woody,
president; Melvin L. Gillespie, cash
ier: Rowell D. Bosse. assistant
cashier: and Catherine M. Hender
son, assistant cashier.
Directors are S. E. Varner, Sr.,
chairman, L. N. Davis, R. J. Duck
worth, W. M. Melton, Jos. S. Silver
j steen, and Jonathan Woody.
Federal Savings And Loan
Cites Phenomenal Growth
Assets of the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association
now total nearly four million
dollars, Jerry Jerome, the execu
tive vice president reports.
The phenomenal growth from
$179,410.64 in 1940 to $3,966,
379.44 at the end of ’56 is report
ed by Mr. Jerome.
During 1956, dividends paid
by the association amounted to
approximately $110,000, and re
sources during the year were in
creased more than a half million
dollars.
Effective January 1, 1957, the
interest rate on savings has been
Program Highlights
WPNF To Present Highly Dramatic
Program, "Tomorrow”, This Friday
A highly dramatic program,
stressing the need for an active,
alert Civil Defense program here
and across the nation, will be car
ried on WPNF on Friday after
noon from 5:00 until 6:00 o’clock.
The program is an hour-long ad
aption of Phillip Wylie’s book,
‘Tomorrow”, which pictures the
course of events that would take
place if America suffered an at
tack by enemy using atomic bombs
and germ warfare.
Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
urges all listeners to hear this
dramatic show.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Soil Conser
vation service, H. E. Newland; Fri
day, U. S. Forestry, Ted Seely; Mon
day, county agent’s office; Tuesday,
Rosman Vo-Ag department, B. E.
Keisler; Wednesday, Carolina Farm
features.
On the Civic hour the following
will be heard: Friday, Kiwanis
club; Monday, Hospital Auxiliary;
Wednesday, Brevard Garden club.
The Rev. F. T. Rose, pastor of
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Brevard And Rosman Chambers Of
Commerce Protest Action Of Bns Co.
i
DECEMBER WAS
WARMER, WETTER
Official Weatherman Com
pares Previous Month
With Same Of 1955
For the Brevard area, the aver
age maximum temperature during
December, 1956, was nine degrees
higher than the average high for
December, 1955, according to
Bobby Hoyle, official weatherman.
The average maximum last
month was 59 degrees, compared
with 50 degrees for December, of
1955.
The average minimum tempera
ture last month was 33, as com
pared with 24 a year earlier.
The hottest day last month was
December 6, when the mercury
climbed to 74. The coldest day was
December 2, when the low reading
was 16 degrees.
The warmest day during Decem
ber, 1955, was Christmas Day, when
the temperature rose to 73. The
low for that same month was nine
above on December 13.
Total precipitation for last
month was 4.98 inches, an in
crease of 3.73 inches over the to
tal for December 7955, which was
only 1.25 inches.
MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE UNDERWAY
Several Groups And Individ
uals Busy. Nightly Con
certs Offered
The 1957 March of Dimes drive
is underway in Transylvania.
Campaign director, Wayne Brad
burn. says that many individuals
and organizations are assisting in <
tne campaign.
Mrs. F. B. Cudd is treasurer of
the '57 campaign in Transylvania,
and Dr. C. L. Newland is the over
all director of the Transylvania
chapter of the National foundation
of Infantile Paralysis.
Members of the Teen Age center
are in charge of the dime board on
the square, and officials of the
j various Rural Development clubs
| are being asked to conduct cam
i paigns in their communities.
Mrs. Joe Osborne is in charge of
! solicitation in the Rosman area,
j and members of the Moose lodge
i are distributing the coin contain
| ers to the various places of busin
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increased from 3 percent to 3*A
percent. Mr. Jerome reports that
all deposits made through Janu
ary 10th will draw interest as of
the first of the year.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the association
will be held Wednesday, Janu
ary 16, in the office on Caldwell
street, at 2:00 o’clock.
In addition to the executive
vice-president, other officers are:
Joseph S. Silversteen, president;
A. F. Mitchell, vice president,
attorney; Mrs. Rowena Summey,
secretary and assistant treasur
er; and Robert Plummer, assis
tant secretary.
Directors are: President Sil
versteen, Vice President Mit
chell, Executive Vice President
Jerome, Assistant secretary
Plummer, J. I. Ayers. W. L. Mull,
J. M. Allison, Sr., Don Jenkins,
and H. B. Shiflet.
0
The thermometer reached the
season’s low last week, with a read
ing of nine above Wednesday night.
.72 of an inch of rainfall was re
corded for the week, Bobby Hoyle,
the official weatherman reports.
High Low Pre.
Wednesday _47 13 0
Thursday _42 9 0
Friday _46 28 .17
Saturday _55 ,39 .43
Sunday _44 38 0
Monday _48 30 .12
Tuesday__48 21 0
A MONUMENT, of historical significance, was dis
covered beneath the old library, when the building was
torn down, following the completion recently of the new
one on the court house lawn. According to Robert L.
Gash, an authority on Transylvania history, this marker,
together with another which was north and located
where the jail now stands, was used in the early days of
the county by surveyors to test their compasses. It is
also believed that the marker above denoted the center
of the town of Brevard. Examining it in the photo above
are Mrs. Lehman Kapp, librarian, and Charles L. Rus
sell, a member of the librar y board, and the community
relations manager of the Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest. (Times Staff Photo)
Directors Of Brevard Chamber
Of Commerce Chosen, To Elect
Officers Next Tuesday Evening
CAST ANNOUNCED
FOR NEXT PLAY
OFTHEATREBODY
Mystery Will Be Presented
In February. Ladd And
Beam Have Leads
The cast for the next play of the
Brevard Little Theatre is announ
ced today.
Entitled, “Seven Keys to Bald
pate”, is a thrilling mystery, and
it will be presented on the nights
of February 12th and 13th.
Leading the cast are Gene Ladd
as William H. Magee, and Rev.
Keith Beam as John Bland.
Others in the cast are as follows:
Earle Rhodes as Elijah Quimby;
Mrs. Margaret Hampton as Mrs.
Quimby; Mrs. Freddie Norris as
Mary Norton; Mrs. Alice Pierce as
Mrs. Rhodes; David Hilley as Pet
ers; Mrs. Gladys Hilley as Myra
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25-Man Board Named. Jen
kins And Ford Poll Larg
est Vote. Group Named
Ballots for directors of Brevard
chamber of commerce were tabula
ted at a meeting Tuesday night ov
er the city hall, and a 25-man board
of directors was elected for the
New Year.
The newly elected members will
meet next Tuesday night at a spec
ial call session to elect officers, and
the outgoing president, J. C. Gai
ther, urges all new board members
to attend.
Don Jenkins, with 51 votes, was
high man in the balloting Tuesday
night, followed by Mayor John A.
Ford, who polled 49.
Frank Bridges and John Ander
son were next in line with 48, and
President Gaither and Thomas R.
Eller had 47 each.
Others in the top 10 were: Ver
non Fricks, C. M. Douglas, Cecil
J. Hill and Harry Sellers.
The remainder of the board is as
follows: Gil Coan, Curtis Kelley,
Freeman Hayes, Eddie Varner,
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Jaycees To Name Young Man Of The
Year, Outstanding Farmer This Month
On January 23rd the Brevard
Jaycees will honor Transylvania’s
outstanding “Young Man of the
Year.”
The annual award is available to
any male resident of Transylvania
county between the ages of 21 and
35, who in the opinion of a secret
panel of judges, has contributed
the most to his county, state, and
nation through his civic, business,
and religious activities.
At this time, Earle Powell, pres
ident of the Jaycees, will also an
nounce the recipient of the “Key
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Plans to select Transylvania
county’s outstanding young farm
er of 1956 have been announced
by Earl Powell, president of the
Brevard junior chamber of com
merce.
Any farm operator between the
ages of 21 and 35 is eligible, ac
cording to Tom Galloway, Jaycee
chairman for the project. A panel
of local agricultural and business
leaders will select the winner. Jud
ging will be on the basis of the can
didates’ progress in farming and
their contributions to conservation
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TRAILWAYS WILL
END SERVICES ON
JANUARY 1STH
Groups Ask Local Franchise
Be Revoked. Seeking Pub*
lie Cooperation
COMMITTEE NAMED •
With the announcement that
Smoky Mountain Trailways com*
pany was discontinuing services
“temporarily” in Transylvania at
ter January 18th, directors of the
Brevard and Rosman chambers of
commerce voted at meetings Tues
day night to ask the State Utilities
commission to revoke the local
franchise of the bus company.
Smoky Mountain Trailways are
now operating buses over NC 280^
US 64 and US 178 in Transylvania,
while Greyhound has only two sche
dules to Asheville and one round
trip to Greenville, S. C., daily.
The bus committee, composed
of C. M. Douglas, chairman, John
A. Ford, H. B. Shiflet and Joe H.
Tinsley, was instructed by the di
rectors to negotiate with other op
erators or individuals in an effort
to secure bus connections with
Rosman via Brevard to Asheville
over NC 280.
Mayor John A. Ford has called'
on the citizens of the community to
assist the chamber of commerce in
its efforts to secure better bus ser
vice for Transylvania.
Protests can be filed with the
State Utilities commission.
Other Actions
A financial report at Tuesday
night’s meeting showed that a bal
ance of $335.59 was on hand as of
January 1st, with all bills paid to
date. Major expenditures during
♦he year were for advertising (in
cludjg' road signs) of $1,807.45,
and expenditure for the new office
in the library building of $1,500.00.
The Merchants committee also
reported a cash balance on hand
of $67.09 after paying all bills in
connection with the Christma*
lighting program and Santa Claus.
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LOCAL WOW WILL
INSTALL OFFICERS
Important Meeting Will Be
Held Next Wednesday
Evening
Newly elected officers of the
Balsam Camp, No. 116, Woodmen
of the World, will be installed at
a meeting next Wednesday nighty
January 16th.
The installation will be by a
state official of the WOW, and all
Woodmen are urged to attend the:
meeting.
The meeting date of the loeaF
lodge has been changed to the first
and third Wednesday nights at
8:00 o’clock.
Officers to be installed at the
meeting next Wednesday night are
as follows:
C. L. Clark, consul commander
J. I. Ayers — past consul conk
mander
John P'ckelsimer — advisor
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Total Of $1,728 Is
Now Collected In
Sale of TB Seals
Jeanette Austin, Chairman of the
Christmas Seal Sale for Transyl
vania county, reported today that
the Tuberculosis Committee had ro
ceived $1728.60 in contributions
through January 3.
The chairman and members of
her committee expressed gratitude
to the public for its interest in the
work of the committee shown by
the generous response of the Christ
mas seal sale. Miss Austin stated
that letters with contributions are
still coming in and that these late
gifts were most welcome. She em
phasized that it is not too late to
aid in the TB control program for
1957, even though the season for
using Christmas seals is past.
Col Actions, totalling $1,728.6#
on January 3rd of this year, com
pares with $1,540.18 last year, Mi^
Austin reports.