TRANSYLVANIA—
I*he Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Campe,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957 * 18 PAGES TODAY
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Vol. 68 —, No. 9
BREVARD’S NEW FIRE
TRUCK, one that is specially de
signed to fight rural blazes, is
pictured above with Fire Chief
Dan Merrill in the driver’s seat,
and F. L. “Buck” McCall, who
headed the group to raise funds
for it, standing at the side. This
truck and other equipment of
the department will be featured
in demonstrations Sunday after
noon, when the firemen will hold
“open house”. At the left is
the meeting room of the depart
ment, which is located above the
city hall. This room, as well as
the short-wave radio division of
the department, will also be op
en for public inspection. Funds
for the truck, which cost $16,
204.60, were made' possible
through generous contributions
of many Transylvanians.
(Times Staff Photos)
Plans For Building Tront Hatchery In
Pisgah Said Progressing On Schedule
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Congressman Shuford Re
ports Completion OP1 Pre
liminary Surveys
for the construction of the
new trout hatchery in the Pisgah
National forest are advancing and
the project should be completed on
schedule, according to information
received here from Congressman
George A. Shuford.
A comprehensive field survey
has been made and the data plot
ted, Robert H. Johnson, the acting
director of the Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife, wrote the
congressman.
Tentative locations on paper
have also been made for two dams
and a bridge, and core drillings
have been completed on the var
ious spots.
Mr. Johnson says that his office
is now engaged in making proposed
layout of all facilities and deter
mining the estimated cost for sub
mission to the central office.
The office is expected to be rea
dy for bid invitations in the near
future.
Officials of both the regional of
fice at Atlanta and in Washington
have conferred on the project and
they have approved the main fa
cilities to be constructed at the
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 28 — Fortnightly
club meets with Mrs. Goode Loftis,
3:30 p. m. Mathatasian dub meets
with Mrs. C. J. Goodwin, 3:30 p.
m. Masonic meeting in the temple,
8 p. m.
Friday, March 1 — Kiwanis club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Student
recital at Brevard college, 8 p. m.
Saturday, March 2 — Beginning
of 4-H week and special observan
ces.
Sunday, March 3 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
£ire Department Open House, 2 to
5 p. m. Transylvania Baptist asso
ciation meets at 2 p. m., at Calvary
church.
Monday, March 4—Transylvania
Ministerial association meets at
10:30 a. m., Wesleyan Methodist
church. Presbyterian Men’s club
meets at 6:30 p. m. Rotary club
meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Tuesday, March 5 — Book and
Plate club meets with Mrs. Earle
Bryant, 8 p. m. Eastern Star
meets in Masonic temple, 8 p. m.
Lutheran Women meet with Mrs.
Robert Rhyne, 8 p. m. !
Pictures Needed
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Many Collecting Historical
Data For Educational Group
Many individuals and groups are
busy preparing for the local obser
vance of the joint celebration of
the North Carolina Education as
sociation and the National Educa
tion centennial anniversary on Ap
ril 4th, Wayne Bradburn, the Tran
sylvania chairman, announces.
With many school teachers, stu
dents and others assisting, a his
tory of the Transylvania school
system is being prepared under the
direction of Mrs. Comnena Law
rence and John I. Anderson. This
group will meet again Thursday af
ternoon at 4:00 o’clock at Gaither’s.
Mrs. Frank Jenkins and Mrs.
Oliver Orr are working up a his
tory of the P-TA organizations in
the town and county, and Miss
Change Noted In
Schedule Of Buses
New bus schedules are now in
effect here, Brevard bus station of
ficials announce.
The Greyhound bus now leaves
Brevard at 10:45 each morning, ar
riving in Asheville at 12:10. The
return schedule calls for leaving
Asheville at 1:45 p. m., and arriv
ing in Brevard at 3:10 o’clock.
Smoky Mountain Stages has a
bus leaving Brevard daily at 12:20
p. m., and returning to Brevard at
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Julia Deavor is preparing a history
of the teacher organization.
Superintendent J. B. Jones has
'been assigned the task of working
! up the historical background of the
school curriculum and also the su
perintendents.
Mrs. Melvin Gillespie is pre
paring a history of music in the
| schools; Randal J. Lyday, vocation
al agriculture; Mrs. S. C. Clapp,
home economics, and sports, E. F.
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Local Firemen To Hold "Open House"
Sunday Afternoon, Demonstration Set
OVER 1,300 GET
POLIO SHOTS IN
SCHOOL CLINICS
Good Response Is Also Re
ported At Health Office.
Breakdown Is Given
More than 1,300 school children
have received the Salk vaccine
since the current series of polio
shots were started in the schools,
Dr. John Folger, county health of
ficer, reports.
The response is far above expec
tations, and by the time the clinics
are completed, some 1,800 students
will have been vaccinated, he
states.
j Another surprise is the fact
I that 707 persons have received the
Salk vaccine in the health office
here during the first two months
| of ’57, Dr. Folger continues. Last
year the total number of the same
two months was 203. -
! The clinic will be held again on
Thursday at the Brevard elemen
tary school, and when the new T.
C. Henderson school at Quebec is
completed, the remainder of the
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NEW 4-H OFFICERS
INSTALLED AT MEET
Installation Held At Mason*
ic Temple. Plans Made
For Annual Week
Floyd McCalT headed the list of
new officers of the Transylvania
county 4-H council when he was in
stalled at the Masonic Temple Mon
day night at a regular council
I meeting.
SPECIAL NOTICE
With March 2nd - 9th being
National 4-H week, The Times
is devoting much space this
week to the local observance.
Readers are urged to note the
special stories, pictures and edi
torial.
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Installing officer was Mrs. Mary
Lou Rhodes, a leader from Pisgah
Forest and Little River clubs.
Other officers to serve with
young McCall are first vice pres
ident, Betty Jo Lyda; second vice
j president, Charles Taylor; secre
tary-treasurer, Barbara Severs; re
porter, Gil Coan; Pledge Leaders,,
Melvin Merrill and Carolyn Sue
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To Let Contract On Link
Of Pigeon River Highway
A 4.4-mile link of the interstate
Pigeon River four-lane highway
will come up for letting of con
tracts March 26, State Highway
Commission officials at Raleigh ad
vised today.
This section runs between Fines
Creek and Walters Dam.
State Highway Commissioner
Harry Buchanan of Henderson
ville, and commission Chief En
gineer w, H. Rogers Jr., reported.
They also said plans for the next
link — the seven-mile section be
tween Cold Springs and Walters
Dam — will be up for letting in
May or June. It is being held up
Legislative Round-Up
Tribute Paid To The Late Ralph R.
Fisher In House Bill By Gaither
By Staff Correspondent
RALEIGH — A bill honoring the
life and memory of the late Ralph
R. Fisher was introduced by Tran
sylvania’s representative, James
C. Gaither, in the N. C. House and
was passed last week.
The teacher pay increase propo
sal and various tax measures con
tinued to be the main issues before
the general assembly. A day-by
day report of the legislation be
fore the lawmakers shows the fol
lowing bills to be acted upon:
Thursday — Changes in state
government and a new method of
assigning legislative seats on the
basis of population reached
the floor of the General Assem
bly.
It was one of the busiest days of
the still young session for intro
duction of bills. Twenty-one, most
of them local bills, were offered
in the House, while the Senate re
ceived 14 new measures.
Friday — The Senate approved
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temporarily by boring tests for a
tunnel design.
Rogers said it has been decided
a two-lane tunnel connecting the
four-lane approaches would be
built. Cost of the test boring, he
said, would be $60,000.
Buchanan said he felt the Fines
Creek - Tennessee border highway,
18 miles long, would be completed
in three years, with a year of it for
grading.
All four sections of the route, he
said, should be under construction
within a year.
Two lanes are being graded be
tween the state line and Cold
Springs, and the other two lanes
will be graded later.
Electrical Power
Will Be Off Early
On Sunday Morning
In order to effect a number of
changes to meet the growing
electrical demands of residential
and other electrical consumers in
the area, the electricity in the
community and adjoining sec
tions will be off from 6:30 a. m.
until 8:00 o’clock Sunday morn
ing.
According to Frank Yar
brough, manager of the Brevard
branch of Duke Power company,
the shutdown in electrical power
will affect all customers served
by Duke in Brevard, Pisgah For
est, Rosman and along the Green- i:
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GIL COAN. left, who is hanging up his glove this
year after 10 years of baseball in the big leagues, is pic
tured with Munsey Millaway, who he has encouraged to
sign with the Cincinnati “Reds”. Last spring Millaway
was a pitching sensation with Brevard college’s Torna
does, and he had a record of 10 wins and one loss for
Ecusta in the WNC Industrial league last summer. He re
ports to the Cincinnati farm training site at Douglas,
Georgia, on March 24th. See story on sports page.
_ (Times Staff Photo)
Stuart To Speak At Annual
Banquet Of 100-Bushel Corn
Club Friday Night At Rosman
A. D. STUART
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The Weather
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A total of 1.49 inches of precip
itation was recorded in Brevard
during the past week. Tempera
tures were mild with a high of 64
recorded Tuesday.
Wednesday
rhursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Vfonday
fuesday
High Low Pre.
49 29 .02
52 24 .01
57 19 0
50 22 .02
59 31 0
58 44 .59
64 52 .85
The 38 Top Growers During
1956 Will Be Honored At
Event. Prizes Offered
A. D. Stuart, extension agron
omy specialist at State college,
Raleigh, will be the principal
speaker at the annual 100-Bushel
corn club banquet in Transylvania
county on Friday night.
The gala event, which will hon
or the 38 persons who raised 100
or more bushels of corn on an acre
of land in the county during 1956,
will be held in the Rosman cafeter
ia, beginning promptly at 7:00 o’
clock.
Members of the Agricultural
Workers council are selling tickets
to the banquet meeting, and they
may also be purchased at the coun
ty agent’s office .at $1.00 each.
' The speaker will be introduced
j by James E. Davis, the county ag
ent, who will preside.
Ralph J. Duckworth, executive
vice president of the Transylvania
Trust company, will award prizes
to the winners in the junior divis
ion. Trophies and prizes in the
annual contest in Transylvania are
given by the local bank.
Certificates to all members of
the 1956 100-bushel corn club will
be awarded by the county agent
and by the vocational agriculture
teachers of the county.
Mrs. S. C. Clapp, home economics
teacher at Rosman, will present
the special guests.
Program Highlights ' •
Outstanding Religious Programs
Are Heard Over WPNF, New Series
Many outstanding religious pro-1
?rams are heard over WPNF!
hroughout the week, Bobby Hoyle, i
station manager, announces, and ]
le especially urges listeners to!
lear Morning devotions each day
>nd the 11:00 o’clock service on
Sunday morning when they are j
mable to attend the church of'
heir choice.
Much of the log on Sunday is de
moted to special religious programs, j
md in addition to the 11:00 o’clock j
service, other ministers heard!
luring the day include: Rev. N ^
II. Chapman, Rev F. A. Raines,
Rev. W. R. Cox and Rev. J. B. Mc
Carson.
Beginning Friday Morning, a
new religious program will be add
ed to the station log. The Pisgah
Forest Baptist Church Time un
der the direction of'Rev. George
W Julian will be heard each Fri
day and Saturday mornings at 6:55
a. m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
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PUBLIC INVITED
TO WITNESS ALL
PHASES OF WORK
Equipment Will Be On Dis -
play In Block Between
Caldwell And England
HOURS —2-5 P.M. .
Members of the Brevard volus
teer fire department are. bolding
“open house”. Sunday afternoon .
from 2:00 to &00, o’clock, apd a
public inspection of all of the fire
fighting equipment is planned (Hir
ing those hours. -
Fire Chief Dan Merrill cordially
invites the general public to visit
and inspect the modern depart
ment and to especially see the
beautiful new rural fire truck. .
The block in front jot the depart
ment, on Main from Caldwell. *to
England, will be blocked off, and
all equipment, including the three;
fire trucks and the dep artment’a
boat, will be on display.
Demonstrations will be given
during the afternoon, and of spec
ial interest will be the fighting of
a fire with water from barrels, dw
picting a pond or stream, with the
new fire truck. . t,
Fighting a blaze with this high
pressure fog is the most modern
method in quelling blazes today, -
and the chief would like for the
public to see how efficient the de
partment is in this work.
The 24 members of the depart
ment will be present to take part
in the demonstrations and to an
swer questions mf the public.
F. L. “Buck” McCall, who served
as chairman of the special group
to raise funds to purchase the new
fire truck, will serve as master of
ceremonies on the program.
The Brevard fire department has
been invited to send in a 2,500
werd story concerning the activi
ties of the local group to the “Vol
unteer Fire-fighters”, a national
publication with vast nation-wide
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FIREMEN ANSWER
ALARMS TUESDAY
Chief Says New Rural Fire
Truck Exceeded Expecta
tions In Battling Blaze
The Brevard fire department was
called out twice Tuesday afternoon.
At 2:00 o’clock local firemen an
swered an alarm at the Transylva
nia Tanning company, and with
company employees and the aid at
a sprinkler system, a blaze in thf
finishing room was quickly
brought under control.
At 4:45 o’clock the firemen were
called to battle a residential blase
near the Davidson sub station.
Two families, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Jones and their four children and?
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Phillips andl
their five children, occupied the'
two-story house, which was engulf
ed in flames when the firemen ar
rived. -
However, with the new rural fire
truck, the firemen were able te
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Dog Clinics Begin
In County Sat’day
The annual series of clinics for
the innoculation of dogs in Bre
vard and Transylvania county
will be started on Saturday and
will run through April 27th.
The first clinic will held at
Merrill’s store at Little River on .
Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. \
The schedule for the next week
is as follows:
Mar. 5th — Pisgah Forest school,. 1
[2:00-5:00 p. m.
1 Mar. 7th — Blantyre, 1:00 to 3:0S •
p. m., and at Enon, Bill Owenby’s
store, 3:00 to 5:00 p. m.
Mar. 9th — Lydav’s store at Da- ]
vidson river, 2:00 - 5:00 p. m.
Elam Galloway, the dog warden; >
urges all owners to bring their ani
mals to the clinic most convenient
ly located to their homes. The
commissioners, the health depart
ment, the Transylvania Humane
society are all cooperating in the
clinics.