TRANSYLVANIA—
Hie 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, 1900 Census, 15.32L
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 — No, 7
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1957 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the annual
Rosman chamber of commerce banquet
last Friday night are pictured above. At
the left is William H. Medford, of
Waynesville, and former state senator
who is chairman of the Park commission.
Mr. Medford traced the development of
the Blue Ridge Parkway in his principal
address, and next in line is Mrs. Joe Os
borne, the secretary of the Rosman civic
organization. C. M. Douglas, of Brevard,
and secretary of the Park commission, in
troduced Mr. Medford, and at the right
is Austin Hogsed, president of the Ros
man chamber of commerce. Mr. Hogsed
presided over the banquet meeting.
(Times Staff Photo)
Series Of Polio Clinics To Be Started
In Transylvania Next Monday Morning
Over 1,000 Ch-ldren Are Ex
pected To Receive The
Salk Vaccine
A series of polio clinics will be
started in Transylvania’s schools
on Monday. According to Dr. John
Folger, county health officer, over
1,000 Salk vaccine shots are expect
ed to be given in a 10-day period.
The first clinic is slated Monday
morning at 9:00 o’clock in the Har
ry H. Straus school in North Bre
vard, and the final clinics are set
for Feb. 28th here at the Brevard
elementary school.
A clinic for upper Transylvania
will be held when the new Quebec
school is completed this win
ter.
Dr. Folger says that the P-TA or
ganizations are assisting in the pro
ject by furnishing clerical help, re
freshments, etc. He also announces
that the clinics are for school pu
pils only, and that younger chil
dren may get the shots at the
health office or from their private
physician.
Another series of clinics will be j
given in approximately four weeks,
when the second vaccine shot will
be given.
The complete schedule of the
first series is as follows:
Place Date Time
Straus School, Feb. 18, 9:00 a. m.
Rosman high, Feb. 19, 9:00 a. m.
Rosman elementary, Feb. 20, 9:00
a. m.
Penrose, Feb. 21, 9:00 a. m.
Pisgah Forest, Feb. 21, 1:00 p. m.
Rosenwald, Feb. 25, 9:00 p. m.
Brevard High, Feb. 26, 9:00 a. m.
Brevard elementary, Feb. 27 & 28,
9:00 a. m.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 14 — Fortnightly
club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. R. H.
Stamey. Masonic meeting in the
Temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, Feb. 15 — Deadline for
buying auto tags. Garden club
meets at 3:30 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Brevard higSh vs. Rosman high,
college gym, 6:30 p. m. Country
meeting at Gaither’s, 8 p. m.
— Saturday, Feb. 16 — 4-H Fores
try Workshop, Thomas Farm, 10
a. m.
Sunday, Feb. 17 — Attend the
church of your choice.
k Monday, Feb. 18 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Bre
vard Little Theatre to hold try
outs, court house, 7:30 p. m. Bre
vard high school P-TA meets, 8 p.
jh.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 — Brevard high
vs. Waynesville, college gym, 7:30
p. m. Order of the Eastern Star
meets, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 20 — Evening
unit, League of Women Voters, 8
p. m,, with Mrs, William F. Orr.
Popular Here
Brendail To Conduct Religious
Emphasis Week At The College
Religious Emphasis week will be j
observed at Brevard college Feb
ruary 19-22, Professor C. Edward
Roy, director of religious activi
ties, announces today.
Rev. Earl H. Brendall, pastor of
First Methodist church, Waynes-:
ville, will be the guest speaker.
“Mr. Brendall has been a popu- j
Auto Tag Sale Is
Lagging, Deadline
Midnight, The 15th
Sale of license tags is running
about 20 percent behind last year
throughout the state, and Transyl
vania county is no exception, ac
cording to Mrs. Harold Norwood,
local agent for the Carolina Motor
club office.
The deadline for displaying new
tags on all motor vehicles is mid
night Friday, February 15th.
On February 13th Mrs. Norwood
reported having sold a total of 3,
110 tags for autos, trucks and trail
ei s. On the same date last year she
had sold 3,573 tags.
By February 15th last year the
Carolina Motor club office had
sold a total of 4,149. Mrs. Norwood
points out that there must be at
least 1,000 more tags to be sold and
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lar preacher in all his appoint
ments and is especially well-liked
in student circles. We consider
ourselves fortunate in getting Mr.
Brendall as our leader during our
Religious Emphasis week,” Mr. Roy
continued.
Services will be held Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday even
ings at 6:30 o’clock and Wednesday
and Friday mornings at 10 o’clock
in the college auditorium. Mr.
Brendall will be available for indi
vidual conferences, and the public
is invited to attend the services.
Total Of $50,000 In Sight In Brevard
College's Development Fund Campaign
NEW FIRE TRUCK
ARRIVES, SETTING
OPENHOUSESOON
Funds Raising Chairman
And Chief Of Department
Express Appreciation
The new rural fire truck, made
possible in Transylvania through
the generosity of the citizens of
the town and county, has arrived
and is now ready for action.
Fire Chief Dan Merrill and F. L.
“Buck” McCall, who headed the
funds-raising committee, today
thank all persons who gave to the
project and announce that “open
house” will be held at the depart
ment in the near future.
Their letter of appreciation to
The Times follows:
Dear Mr. Anderson:
The members of the Brevard
Volunteer Fire Department join
us in this letter of appreciation
to you and the other members of
the staff of the Transylvania
Times; and to the staff and man
agement of Radio Station WPNF
for the promotion and publicity
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P-TA ASKING FOR
SAURY INCREASE
IN SCHOOL SYSTEM
Founder's Day Celebrated
At Meeting This Past
Monday Night
A resolution asking the legisla
ture to raise the pay of school
teachers was adopted at the reg
ular meeting of the Brevard ele
mentary P-TA on Monday night.
Figures were presented at the
meeting which showed the tremen
dous difference between the sal
aries of teachers in this state and
the salaries of workers with similar
educational background employed
in other occupations.
As an example, the beginning
salary of an industrial worker
would be about $390 per month
plus fringe benefits, while a teach
er in the schools with a bachelor
degree or certification for four
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WPNF Keeps Listeners
Posted On The Weather
“With everybody talking about
the weather”, WPNF is carrying
more weather forecasts than ev
er before, Bobby Hoyle, station
manager, announces today.
“We appreciate the many fine
compliments we have on the job
that we are doing in reporting
conditions locally and across the
state and nation,” Mr. Hoyle con
tinued.
It seems, he continued, that
more people than ever are de
pending upon WPNF .each morn
Redmile Named Field Project Manager
Of Du Pont’s Silicon Brevard Plant
- •
Harold Franklin Redmile, field
project manager, who has been
with the Du Pont Company’s En
gineering Department since 1935,
will be the field project manager
for construction of the Brevard
plant which was announced last
week.
Redmile, now field project man
ager, at Antioch, Calif., started
with Du Pont as a pipe fitter’s
helper on construction at Balti
more, Md. Later the same year he
became* a layout engineer at the
Baltimore and Belle W. Va., plants.
In 1937 he was promoted to area
engineer and two years later be
came assistant construction super
intendent at the Belle Works.
The following year he was made
assistant field project manager
for construction of the Morgan
town, W, ya„ Ordnance Works
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HAROLD FRANKLIN REDMILE
ing for the temperature outside
2nd the weather forecast for the
day.
Baxter Morris, “the morning
man”, gives many weather re
ports, which are secured from
the Asheville Weather bureau,
the Associated Press wire and
from the official weather station
at WPNF.
Mr. Hoyle also announces that
the address of Harold G. Brown,
public relations advisor of Du
Pont at the joint banquet of civ
ic clubs on Wednesday night will
be heard again on Thursday af
ternoon.
“We have had numerous re
quests for it to be carried dur
ing the day time, so we are sche
duling the important talk at 4:00
o’clock Thursday afternoon,” Mr.
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Country Club To
Hold Public Meet
All persons interested in the
Brevard Country club are cor
dially invited to attend a meet
ing this Friday night, beginning
at 8:00 o’clock in Gaither’s Dog
wood room.
Because of the expense of
heating the huge club house this
winter, the club has been closed
until spring, however, the golf
course has been open and many
golfers have been playing all
winter.
Since the president, Jay Cof
fey, is moving to Asheville, the
directors felt that this would be
an appropriate time to hold a
general meeting and invite the
public to attend.
BOY SCOUT WEEK in Brevard and Transylvania
county was highlighted by a court of honor last Thurs- i
day at the First Baptist church here. In the spotlight that
evening were two brothers, “Tuck” and Jimmy Tucker,
who were promoted in rank. At the top Harry Kolman
presents “Tuck” with the Star Scout award, and at the
bottom, Dr. Earle Bryant, chairman of the Transylvania
district, awards the first cl.sss medal to Jimmy.
[Governor Hodges Welcomes
I Du Pont Company To County,
| Has Conference With Gaither
GOVERNOR HODGES
Transylvania Is Praised On
Industrial And Farm
Accomplishments
Through Transylvania’s repre
sentative, James C. Gaither, Gov
ernor Luther Hodges this week
welcomes the Du Pont company to
Transylvania county.
Governor Hodges told Represen
tative Gaither in a conference
Tuesday that he was extremely
proud to have the fine Du Pont
company bring its second installa
tion to North Carolina.
“I commend the company and
the citizens of your county on this
project, and the other North Caro
lina counties can point with pride
to Transylvania,” Governor Hodges
commented to Mr. Gaither.
Transylvania’s farm program al
so came in for its share of congratu
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Governor Presents Far-Reaching
Program As '57 Legislature Opens
North Carolina’s genial govern- J
or, Luther Hodges officially open
ed the 1957 General Assembly
Monday night, when he asked the
lawmakers to enact a batch of far
reaching measures that would af
fect vitally every citizen of the
state.
He also presented the state’s
first billion dollar budget.
In an address to a joint legis
lative session, the governor urg
ed revision of the state’s tax
structure, separation of the Pris
ons Department from the High
way Commission, reorganization
of the Highway Commission, re
apportionment of the Legisla
ture, and enactment of highway
safety legislation including a
motor vehicles inspection law.
He urged passage of a state min
imum wage law, elimination of the
absentee ballot in general elec
tions, and submission of “the li-1
quor question to a vote of the peo
pie.”
The state constitution, he de
dared, “Is old and outmoded,” and
he proposed creation of a study
commission to recommend consti
tutional changes to the next Gen
eral Assembly.
Another study commission, he
added, is needed to “think ser
iously of the problem of plan
ning and financing a capitol of
fice and legislative building” to
replace the present Capitol as a
meeting place for the General
assembly.
Touching on the segregation is
sue, Hodges said North Carolina
“has to date dealt well with this
problem” thanks to the “wisdom”
of the Legislature in enacting the
school assignment law and the
Pearsall plan.
He said the Pearsall commit
tee is studying to determine whe
ther it will recommend any chan
ges in some of the school laws.”
Then, in an apparent reference
to the National Assn, for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, Hod
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GARRETT ANXIOUS
TO SE IDE GOAL
OVERSUBSCRIBED
Transylvania Is Setting An
Example For Other WNC
Counties To Follow
BUILDING UNDERWAY
A total of $50,000 is now in sight
in the Brevard college Develop
ment fund campaign, Director E>d
B. Garrett reports today.
With a number of canvassers yet
to report, the director feels that
the goal will be oversubscribed.
“This will be an excellent ac
complishment for this county and
we feel that we are setting an ex
ample for other counties to fol
low,” Mr. Garrett declared.
Canvassers., numbering 35 strong,
have been working since early De
cember, and they will continue the
campaign until as many people as
possible have been contacted.
Mr. Garrett urges canvassers to
report in to him as to the number
of persons contacted and the
names of those persons who have
not been seen.
Others who would like to eon
tribute to progressive Brevard col
lege are asked to contact President
Robert H. Stamey at the local in
stitution.
The college trustees anticipate'
raising $500,000 in the overall cam
paign, in 44 WNC counties and
this amount will be used to build
a campus center building, and a.
music and fine arts building.
Both of the?e structures are dim
ly needed on the campus to meet
the demands of a student body
which is now over 406.
Construction on the campus cen
ter building, which will be one ot
the finest ever erected in Brevard,
is moving along rapidly and it
should be completed fejpj early
spring.
Chairman Garrett reminds per
sons desiring to contribute to the
Brevard College Development
fund campaign that all contribu
tions are deductable from state and
federal income taxes. Pledges are
also being solicited over a three
year period.
COMMERCE BODY
ADOPTS BUDGET
Many Items Are Discussed
By Directors At Busy
Meeting Tuesday
A budget of $4^540.00 was adop
ted by the directors of the Brevvd
chamber of commerce at the regu
lar meeting of board of directors
Tuesday night at the ei$y halt
Increased activity this year in
matter of location and service to
prospective new residents who will
be connected with construction
operation of the new Dn Bait plant
and expanded Ofin Kdhieson
chemical plant will require extra
money this year, it was pointed
out.
Two special groups are airrety
working on definite plans to np\f>
newcomers expected in the ujmfr
in connection with Dn Pom^jad
Olin, it was stated by Prebialnt
Frank Bridges in going over the
budget requirements.
Effort will be made to contact
each individual coming here ad
help them locate within the coun
ty. Referral o? newcomers to
church, school, cividt and social
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Kiwanians ArejJ*
Selling Brevard
Publicity Tags
Brevard Kiwanians will give one
final “push” this week end in an
effort to sell “1957 Brevard tags
to go on the front of local auf6mo
biles.
All funds derived in this pro
ject go into the youth program at
the Kiwanis club, and the tags are
sold for $1.00 each.
Members of the club are selling
the plates, which can also be pur
chased at the news stands in Bro
vard.