TRANSYLVANIA—
The 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 Music Center. Popula
tion, 1980 Census, lBjttL
Brevard Community 7,194.
Vol. 68 — No. 4
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
Second Class Mail Privileges
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957
* 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
YOUR EYES AREN’T PLAYING tricks i
on you. That is a car, indicated by the ar- I
row, hanging over the huge icy dam at I
Cascade lake. The car, reported stolen
in Hendersonville last Thursday night,
was found Friday morning at the bottom
of the dam, a drop of some 300 feet from
the highway. It took wrecking crews
from McCrary’s Auto service several
hours to pull the vehicle back onto the
road, and the work was done without
damaging the flume from the dam to the
Cascade power station. There were no
signs of anyone being in the car when it
went off the road and to the bottom of
the dam. (Times Staff Photo)
County Farmers Urged To Sip Up For
'57 Agricultural Conservation Program
Six Practices Have Bee if Ap
proved For Transylvania, j
Chairman Gives Outline
It’s time to sign up again in the ■
Agricultural Conservation pro
gram, says Marvin W. Whitmire,
chairman of the Transylvania coun
ty ASC committee. Farmers of
Transylvania county have an op
portunity again to cooperate with
the farmers of other counties and
states in strengthening the nation
by improving the Country’s ability
to produce food and fiber.
He said that the following con
servation practices have been ap
proved for Transylvania county for
1957.
1. Seeding permanent pasture or ,
hay
2. Seeding permanent pasture or i
hay in crop rotation
3. Applying ground limestone on
farmland
4. Planting forest trees
5. Improving permanent pasture
or hay
6. Seeding winter cover crops
The 1957 program is open to all
farmers and any farmer of Tran
sylvania county who would like to
use the ACP to help him conserve
the soil on his farm and improve
the productivity of his land should
call at the county ASC office, lo
cated in the county court house.
Farmers, who cooperate in the
1957 ACP, will be helping to build
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 24 — Fortnightly
club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. James
Mcllwain. Business and Profession
al Women’s club meets at Gaither’s,
7 p. m. Masonic meeting in temple
at 8 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 25 — Transylvania
Home Demonstration county coun
cil meets, 2 p. m., Gaither’s. First
game, Brevard vs. Rosman, college
gym, 6:30 p. m. Games followed by
“Open House” at the Teen-Age
Center. Transylvania district Boy
Scouts meet, 7:30 p. m., Presbyter
ian church.
Saturday, Jan. 26 — Teen-Age
“Sock Hop” in the American Le
gion building, 8 p. m.
Sunday, Jan. 27 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Jan. 28 — Brevard col
lege begins new semester. Rotary
club meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Music Lovers club meets, 8 p. m.,
with Mrs. Gunther Bauldauf.
Survey Undertaken * *
"Operations Outdoors” Set In
Pisgah, To Improve Facilities
First step locally in starting “Op
erations Outdoors” in Pisgah Na
tional Forest will be taken Sun
day when a group of forestry offi
cials and committee members
from the N. C. Park commission
will check recreation facilities in
the local unit.
Plans of the group call for visit
ing recreation areas with the idea
of making definite recommenda
tions for expenditure of available
funds during the year 1957, and
also for general recommendations
to the “Operations Outdoors”
five-year program.
Plans as outlined by the Forest
Service, a department of the U. S.
League Will Visit
Local Jail, Prison
Members and friends of the Lea
gue of Women Voters of Brevard
have just had extended to them an
invitation to visit the local county
jail. Delightedly, the ladies are
planning another of their popular
“Go-See trips”, accompanied by
Freeman Hayes, chairman of the
county commissioners.
Following this tour, they will
proceed to the Transylvania prison
camp on the Rosman highway,
where Frank Duckworth, Superin
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Department of Agriculture, call
for doubling the national forest
recreation facilities in the next
five years. The program resulted
from the department’s study of var
ious congressional and public pro
posals to balance recreation facil
ities with the mounting use.
The five year recreation plan
was released following Presi
dent Eisenhower’s budget message
to congress which recommended
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Local Bank To Spend Some $45,000
On Installation Of Drive-In Window
ARCHIBALD OVEN
TRANSFER, BRYAN
GETS LOCAL POST
Change Is Noted In Assistant
Rangers In Pisgah Na
tional Forest
Philip L. Archibald, assistant j
ranger of the Pisgah district in the
Fisgah National forest, has been
promoted to staff assistant to the
Division of Education and Infor
mation, regional office, Atlanta,
Ga.
Mr. Archibald will assume his i
new duties next week, and he will ■
be succeeded here by William J.
Bryan, assistant ranger of the Way-1
ah district, Nantahala National
forest, Franklin, Ranger Ted Seely j
of the Pisgah, announces.
Mr. Archibald has been here for
the past two and one half years.
Working first in the Eldorado Na
tional forest in California, he was
later transferred to the Mississippi
National forest and from there to
the Pisgah in 1954. A graduate of
the University of Maine, he also
holds a master’s degree from the
University of Michigan.
Mr. Archibald is a veteran of
World War II, and served for three
and one half years on a PT boat,
both in the Mediterranean and in
the Pacific. The Archibalds have
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HD COUNCIL WILL
INSTALL OFFICERS
Mrs. Sarratt To Succeed Mrs.
Whitmire As President.
Meet On Friday
The Transylvania county coun
cil of Home Demonstration clubs
will meet Friday, January 25, at 2
p. m., in Gaither’s, with Mrs. Ar
thur Whitmire, president, presid
ing.
The main item of business will
be the installation of new officers,
who are as follows:
President, Mrs. A. R. Sarratt, Gla
dy Branch club; first vice presi
dent, Mrs. Roy McCall, North Bre
vard club; second vice president,
Mrs. William Gash, Blantyre club;
secretary, Mrs. Ed Sentelle, Lamb’s
Creek club; treasurer, Mrs. Clar
ence Allison, Homemakers club;
and historian, Mrs. Brown Pace.
Following the meeting the coun
cil will be taken on a tour of the
new Transylvania library.
Exams Are Underway At
College, New Term Begins
Students at Brevard college are
now taking final examinations as
the winter semester ends this
week, and registration for the
spring term begins on January
28th.
New boarding students for the
spring term will arrive on the
campus on Thursday, and the orien
tation program will begin Friday
morning at 9:00 o’clock.
Dean J. J. Stevenson, Jr., will be
in charge of this program, which
will be held in the college auditor
ium. This will be followed by a
testing program under the super
Program Highlights
Awards Program Of Jaycees To Be
Heard On Air Thursday Afternoon
The Jaycee program on which
Transylvania’s outstanding “Young
man of the year” and the young
farmer award will be made will be
heard over WPNF Thursday after
noon at 5:00 o’clock.
These awards are made annually
by the Jaycees to those young men
of achievement who are between
the ages of 21 and 35.
Key awards will also be made to
outstanding members of the Bre
vard Jaycee club.
Rev. Douglas Corriher, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church, will
be the principal speaker on the
program, and Bobby Hoyle, mana
ger of WPNF, urges all listeners
to “tune in”.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Carolina
Farm features; Friday, ASC office,
Marvin Whitmire; Monday, county
agent’s office; Tuesday, Soil Con
servation service, H. E. Newland;
Wednesday, Extension service.
On the Civic hour the following
will be heard: Friday, Lions club;
Monday, Brevard chamber of com
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vision of Dr. B. W. Loomis.
The purpose of the latter pro
gram, Dr. Loowis points out, is for
guidance and placement.
With an enrollment of more than
400 students, Brevard college is
enjoying one of its best years in
the history of the institution.
Construction of two dormitories,
one for men and another for wo
men, has been completed, and the
building of the new campus center
building is moving along splendid
ly in spite of wintry weather, Presi
dent Robert H. Stamey reports.
J. A. Jones Construction com
pany, of Charlotte, is erecting the
new and modern campus center
building, which, when completed,
will be one of the finest of its type
in the Carolinas.
Will Set Up Polio
Vaccine Clinics In
Schools Of County
The Transylvania Health depart
ment announces today that plans
are being made to establish clinics
throughout the school systems to
give polio vaccine to all children.
In the recent survey concerning
the vaccination program, it was
found that fully 50 per cent of chil
dren in the eligible age range of
infancy to 19 years had received
ho vaccine whatsoever.
The Brevard Elementary P-TA,
as well as other P-TA’s in the coun
ty, have recognized the need, and
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A SMALL PORTION of the large crowd which at
tended the dedication of the Transylvania County library
last Sunday afternoon can be noted in the photo above.
Hundreds of persons inspected the new and modern
building after the dedication ceremony in the court
house. (Times Staff Photo)
Transylvania’s New Library
Is Dedicated In Impressive
Ceremony, Stamey Is Speaker
LITTLE THEATRE
COMMITTEE HEADS
NAMED THIS WEEK
“Seven Keys To Baldpate”
Will Be Given Here Twice
In February
Brevard Little Theatre Presi
dent Don Stoneback has announ
ced the chairmen of committees for
the forthcoming production, “Sev
en Keys to Baldpate”, which will be
given February 12-13 in the Amer
ican Legion building.
Mrs. Mildred Scott is serving as
the production manager. Commit
tee chairmen are as follows:
Make-up, Mrs. Adrienne Allison;
photography, Sam Ruth and Julian
Schoenberg; transportation, Frank
Harmon and Howard Barnes; stage
properties, Mrs. Martha Norlander;
hand properties, Frances Walker;
art, Mrs. Eve Burgin; house, Ernest
Gilstrap.
Also lighting and sound, Gunther
Bauldauf; social, Louise Pillow;
play reading, Ralph Palmer, Grace
Perkins and Mrs. Norlander; bud
get, Jim Curwen, Charles Norlan
der and Mrs. Allison; membership,
Robert Bolt; programs, Mrs. Alice
Nichols; casting, Mrs. Kathleen Or
mand; staging, Marcy Newell and
Erwin Schranz; costumes, Mrs.
Beverly Wells and Mrs. Eleanor
Lyda; concessions, Bill Norris and
publicity, Mrs. Jane Johnson.
Building Is Presented To
Chairman Of Board By
Ramsey. History Given
Approximately 250 citizens of
Transylvania county attended the
dedication of the new library Sun
day and witnessed the once seem
ingly far-fetched ideas of Mrs. Ol
iver Orr become a reality.
The program was opened with
special music by the Brevard
College Glee Club and Rev. Keith
J. Beam, pastor of The Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd, of
fered the invocation. The crowd
was then welcomed by Mayor John
A. Ford.
“What a jubilant day! It is so
gratifying to see our dreams of 12
years come true. You the citizens
of Transylvania county have made
this dream a reality — have made
this day possible”, this was the
voice of the librarian, Mrs. Leh
mann Kapp. She continued, men
tioning the helpfulness of the
TIMES and radio station WPNF,
the mayor, the Aldermen, and the
county commissioners. She said
that though she could think of no
particular group that should re
ceive more credit than the rest,
Ralph Ramsey had been such a tre
mendous help and certainly deserv
ed the thanks of the county.
Thomas R. Eller, town attorney,
gave a brief history of the Transyl
vania library in which he depicted
the struggle of the library during
the years for survival and growth.
He applauded the activities of the
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy and Mrs. Oliver Orr and told
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! HISTORY OF THE TRANSYLVANIA !
COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
BY THOMAS R. ELLER, JR.
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The Public Library movement in
Transylvania county was begun in
1912 through an unusual combin
ation of forces. These forces were
an energetic social organization, a
business failure, and a man’s last
will and testament.
In that year, The Transylvania
county chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy had
a two-fold objective — to secur° a
permanent meeting place and to
establish a Confederate Memorial
library. At the same time Henry
Medler and J. T. Thomas, two non
resident speculators, had organ
ized a land development company
known as “Appalachian Club Es
tates”. These two gentlemen had,
by some strange power, persuaded
the county commissioners to lease
them a lot in the exa«t center of
Brevard adjacent to the court
house. Upon this lot the specula
tors had erected a frame headquar
ters before making a hasty depart
ure for parts unknown. The prop
erty and rights to the lease were
being sold at public auction “in the
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PURCHASE OF
BUILDING NEXT
DOOR ANNOUNCED
Razing Will Begin March
1st. Parking Lot Open To
Customers
DUCKWORTH QUOTED
Evidencing faith in the future
growth of this county* the Tran
sylvania Trust Company is- plan
ning an expenditure of $40,000 to
$45,000 in the installation of a new
and modern drive-in window at the
local bank. , - > •
Ralph J. Duckworth, executive
vice president, today announces the *
purchase of the adjacent. Tinsley
building, which will be razed to
make room for the window and
parking lot. The building was pur
chased from Mrs. Alex Patterson
and was formerly > occupied hy
Slack’s. ’ • •'
Mr. Duckworth explains that
the drive-in window is the progres
sive trend in banking today and
when this service is added at the
Transylvania Trust Co., the hank
will offer as modern and conven
ient a service as any similar instito
tion.
Razing of the Tinsley building Is
expected to begin on March lat*
and it is'hoped that work can be
completed by June 1st,
It is explained that entrance to
the drive-in window will be at the
rear of the bank off Caldwell abut,
and the exit will be onto Main
street. A parking lot will be paved
adjacent to the window offering
space for customers of the bank.
This is the third installation of
new facilities at Transylvania
Trust Co. in recent years, which
enables the bank to offetf added
services to its customers. The new
walk-up window, installed some
two years ago, is proving highly
satisfactory, as is the night deposi
tory. The walk-up window, open
Thursday, Friday and Saturday af
ternoons, gives nine more
hours of banking service to cus
tomers. Mr. Duckworth reports that
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NEW RED CROSS
OFFICERS NAMED
Sprott Is The Chairman. Biff
Dinner Meeting For Pub
lic Planned In March
New officers for the Transylva
nia chapter of the American Red
Cross were named Monday night at
a meeting of the executive board in.
Gaither’s.
Gordon Sprott was re-elected as
chairman, and1 Charles Pickelsimer.
Jr., was named vice chairman.
Rev. Frank McKenzie will con
tinue to serve as chairman of the
blood bank, and Rev. Keith Beam
is home service chairman.
Other chairmen are: Mrs. Wal
ter Straus, volunteer services; Mrs.
Ashe Macfie, nurses aide, with Mrs.
Sam Kent co-chairman; Mrs. Few
Lyda, grey ladies; Mrs. E. B. Gar
rett, staff aide; and, Mrs. J6bn
Brewer, blood bank canteen.
Re-appointed at the meeting
were Mrs. Beverly Wells, execu
tive secretary, and Alex Kizer, Sr.,
treasurer. A big dinner meeting,
with an outside speaker to which
the public will be invited, is being
planned in March.
4-H County Council
Will Entertain The
Foreign Group Mon.
The regular monthly meeting of
the 4-H County council will be held
Monday, January 28, at 7:30 p. m.
at the Dunn’s Rock Community
center.
The guests of the county coun
cil will be foreign visitors from
Yugoslavia, Iran, and India. This
group will be accompanied to this
county by Julian A. Glazener, for
mer county agent of this county.
The 4-H council members will
be in charge of the program for
the evening. All club members and
adult leaders are urged to make a
special effort to be present for this
meeting.