TRANSYLVANIA—
The Laud oi Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
The Transylvania Times
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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
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toward Community 7J04.
Vol. 68 — No. 12
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1957
★ 24 PACES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SPEED WAS SAID the cause of the
accident in which the car above was
practically emolished. Patrolman Jack
Cabe repor that the driver, John Her
man Leatlv nvood, Jr., of Henderson
ville, lost control of the vehicle early last
Saturday morning on a sharp curve near
the Brevard Drive-In theatre; turned
over a time or two and clipped down a
telephone pole, as well as several fence
posts. Occupants of the car received
only minor injuries. See story, page four.
(Times Staff Photo)
School Board Takes Option Of Property
As Possible Site For New High School
Land Is Located Off Country
Club Road. Known As Old
“Gallamore Place”
The Transylvania Board of Edu
cation has taken an option on 30
acres of property on Country club
road, with an eye to purchasing it
as a possible school building site.
Supt. J. B. Jones reveals that
the property is located on the V.
I L. Tinsley farm, more familiarly
known as the “Gallamore Place”.
It is located just at the city lim
its. If purchased, this property
will be the site of the new Brevard
high school and a new athletic sta
dium.
The option price is $2,000, and
the total asking price for the prop
erty would be either $40,000 or
$43,000. The difference in the lat
ter figure depends on which of the
boundaries is selected.
The board of education has been
searching for suitable property
for a new high school for several
months. Mr. Jones says that this is
the most acceptable site which has
been considered. One of the quali
fications set up by the state board
of education is that there be at
least 30 acres to furnish ample
space for recreation as well as the
^ buildings and parking areas.
Other sites which have been in
vestigated in Brevard have pre
sented problems and even accident
hazards in one respect.
Although no definite word was
available that the board would
take up the option and buy the
property, the general feeling
seemed to be that they would fol
v low through with it.
On December 8th the voters of
Transylvania county passed a bond
issue calling for $647,000, most of
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 21 — Lions
club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p, m.
Court of Honor at First Baptist
church, 7:30 p. m. Masonic meet
ing in Temple at 7:30 p. m.
Friday, March 22 — Ace of clubs
meets, Gaither’s, 7:45 p. m.
Sunday, March 24 — Attend the
^ church of your choice. Family
^ Night supper, Presbyterian church,
6:30 p. m.
Monday, March 25 — Girl Scout
Cookie Sale begins. Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Bre
vard Music Lovers club meets at
Gaither’s, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, March 26 — Red Cross
banquet, Gaither’s, 6:30 p. m. Open
I House in Professional Building, 7
to 10 p. m. Installation of OES of
ficers, Masonic Temple, 8 p. m.1
Doings in Legislature
Legislature Considers Lowering Voting
Age, Reorganizing Highway Commission
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT
RALEIGH — Bills pertaining to
lowering the voting age to 18, the
i eorganization of the highway de
partment and measures to amend
the criminal laws highlighted the
rctivity of the general assembly I
during the past week. Also includ- j
ed were three measures introduced j
by Transylvania’s representative;
Jj.mes C. Gaither which are covered j
elsewhere in this issue.
A day by day roundup of pro
posed legislation showed the fol
lowing:
Wednesday — A proposal to low
er the voting age to 18 reached the
Court Of Honor
Slated Thursday j
I Several Boy Scouts are expected
!to be promoted and many others
will receive merit badges at the
court of honor, slated for Thurs
day night at the First Baptist
church.
Tom Speed, the field executive of
the Daniel Boone council of Boy
Scouts of America, will attend the
[ honor court, which will begin
I promptly at 7:30 o’clock.
Senate floor while legislation to
reorganize the State Highway Com
mission easily cleared another leg
islative hurdle.
Meanwhile, informed legislative
sources said that a bill backed by
Gov. Hodges to fix a 75 cents mini
mum wage in the state would be
introduced Thursday.
A Senate-passed measure to re
organize the state highway com
mission, reducing the commission
from 15 to 7 members, was amend
ed slightly and then reported fav
—Turn to Page Four
Much progress is reported this
week regarding the construction
of a road into the new Silicon
plant site of the Du Pont com
pany in Buck forest and also the
erection of electrical and tele
phone lines.
The road will join with the
state road, the contract for
which is expected to he let next
month. McKoy and Helgersen, of
Tull To Speak At Public Meeting
Of Red Cross Chapter Next Tuesday
Porter Tull, assistant manager
i of the Southeastern Area of the
American National Red Cross, will
be the principal speaker at a pub
lic dinner sponsored here in Gai
ther’s Tuesday night, March 26th,
by the Transylvania chapter.
Gordon Sprott, county chairman,
invites all interested persons to the
dinner which begins at 6:30 p. m.
Reservations should be made by
phoning the Red Cross office in the
Professional building, TUrner
24811.
At this time awards will be made
to the volunteers of the Transyl-1
vania chapter.
The speaker is a veteran of 15 i
years with the Red Cross, both on 1
the chapter and national levels.
During that time he has gained ):
wide experience in all phases of
Red Cross operations, including
service in the disaster relief and
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Plans For 12th Annual Brevard Music
Festival Set, To Last Three Weeh Ends
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GAITHER FAVORS
TEACHERS RAISE,
PRESENTS BILES
Three Local Measures Are
Introduced By Transyl
vania’s Representative
(Special to The Transylvania
Times)
RALEIGH — Rep. James C.
Gaither told this newspaper
Wednesday morning that he
wants it definitely known by the
people cf his county that he came
to the legislature committed in
favor of the proposal to raise
teachers salaries by about 20 per
cent and that he is working ac
tively toward that goal.
Like many other legislators, Rep.
Gaither hr.s received hundreds of
letters and telegrams from par
ents, school people and students
urging him to support the 19.31 per
cent pay increase advocated by the
N. C. Educational Association and
the Department of Education.
About 100 letters arrived during
the past week end, and they pose
a problem for the quiet, hard
working legislator from Transyl
vania. Altogether, he has receiv
ed over 1,000 messages on teacher
pay.
Gaither would like to acknow
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BAND APPLAUDED,
TO ADD STRINGS
Eversman Says Addition Will
I Be In Keeping With Mod*
ern Trend In Music
A highly appreciative audience
composed of the Brevard High
School P-TA applauded the Bre
vard High School band, under the
direction of John Eversman, at the
regular meeting on Monday night.
A large number of parents, teach-1
ers and interested friends were
present.
This was the first public per
formance of the band since win
ning its superior rating in the dis
trict State Music contest at Cullo
whee recently.
The program opened with the
“Hostrauser March” by Chambers.
This was followed by the “Overture
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I Progress Noted On Roads,
Lines To Du Pont's Plant
Greenville, S. C.. have the con
tract, and they are also clearing
end grading the property.
K. P. Dolan, the employment
j supervisor on the Du Pont pro
ject, says that employment of
persons for construction work is
dependent upon the completion
of the road, which is expected to
take from four to six weeks.
Frank Yarbrough, manager of
the Brevard branch of Duke
Power company, says that elect
rical lines to the plant site have
been constructed, and that pow
er is now available there.
Construction of the telephone
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Fires Are Set In
Pisgah, FBI Now
Working On Cases
Around 20 incindiary fires
were set in the Gloucester-Bal
sam Grove section of Pisgah
National Forest Sunday night.
Ranger Ted Seely says they
burned over about 10 to 12 ac
res of national forest land.
Because of the rainy weather,
the fires were brought under
control about 8 a. m. on Monday
morning.
Ranger Seely says the fires
were definitely set and blood
hounds were put on the trail.
They tracked the “firebugs” out
to the highway, a distance of
about two miles. He says that I
they have secured some evidence
and the FBI is working on the
cases of setting.
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OFFICIALS OF THE MELTON Development com
pany, the builder of the Professional building on Broad
street, are pictured above erecting the directory listing
the occupants of their new structure. They cordially in
vite the public to attend “open house” at the Profession
al building next Tuesday evening, from 7:00 until 10:00
o clock. At the left is Henry McDonald and Robert “Bud- I
dy Melton is at the right. (Times Staff Photo) !
To Hold Open House At The
Professional Building Next
Tuesday Night, Public Invited
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WHITE ELECTED
TO PRESIDENCY
OF ROSMAN BODY
Chamber Of Commerce Has
Election Tuesday Night.
Board Also Chosen
Rosman's mayor, A. M. White, j
was elected president of the Ros
man chamber of commerce at a
special call meeting Tuesday night
in the community center.
He succeeds Austin Hogsed, who
was named first vice president.
Dr. Joe E. Osborne is the new
second vice president, and other i
officers who were re-elected in
cluded Mrs. Joe Osborne, secre
tary, and B. E. Keisler, treasurer.
In addition to the officers, others
named to the board of directors
are: Mickler Lusk, W. J. Moore,
Jack Fisher, Dewey Burton, Harry
Morgan, Gene McCrary, A. M. Pax
ton, Sr., Bill Sagar, Scott Galloway
and Roy Fisher.
The group gave the outgoing
president, Mr. Hogsed, a rising vote
of thanks for the fine job he did
during the past year. They pledg
ed their support of Mr. White dur
ing the 1957-’58 term.
Officers Of Melton Develop
ment Say Structure Has
Many Unique Features
“Open House” at the beautiful
new Professional building on
Broad street will be held Tuesday
night, March 26th, from 7:00 until
10:00 o’clock.
Officers of the Melton Develop
ment company, who erected the
building, cordially invite the pub
lic to visit and to inspect the
structure at that time. The various
offices will be open and the occu
pants of each join with the owners
in the invitation.
Located on Broad street, the
building is Brevard’s first office
or professional bulding, and it was
constructed tby C. E. Cochran, con
tractor. McDonald and Daniels, lo
cal architects, designed the build
ing.
Offices of the following are lo
cated in the Professional building:
American Red Cross, Brevard In
surance agency, Dr. Frank Mc
Guire, optometrist; McDonald and
Daniels, architects, Potts and Ram
sey, attorneys; James H. Sanders,
M. D.; and Gordon Sprott, insur
ance.
The Professional building com
bines many modern aspects in
building today, the owners state,
and they are anxious to show the
unique features of it to the general
public.
Program Highlights
WPNF Will Again Broadcast Dodgers
Baseball Games, Also, Some Others
With the arrival of spring and
spring training already underway
in the major leagues, WPNF has
made arrangements to carry again j
this season, the popular Brooklyn j
Dodgers’ baseball games from the
Dodgers’ network.
In addition to the regular Dodg
er games, a series of Washington
Senator games will also be carried.
The season opens with the first
?ame pitting Brooklyn against Phil
adelphia on April 16th.
“We received tremendous res
ponse from last season’s games,
and are very happy to secure these
popular games this season,” Bob
by Hoyle, Station Manager, states.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Carolina
farm features; Friday, Farm fea
tures; Monday, county agent’s of
fice; Tuesday, Soil Conservation,
H. E. Newland; Wednesday, exten
sion service.
On the Civic Hour, the follow
ing will be heard: Friday, Lions
club; Monday, Brevard Chamber of
Commerce; Wednesday, Girl
Scouts.
The Rev. Jesse Godfred, pastor
of the Rosman Church of God, is
speaking this week on Morning de
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FAMED SOLOISTS
TO PERFORM WITH
LARGE ORCHESTRA
Seven Concerts To Be Given
Here. One In Asheville.
Another At Biltmore
CAMP OPENS JUNE 20
Plans for the 12th annual Bre
vard Music Festival are announced
today by James Christian Pfohl*
director and John D. Eversman,
business manager.
The event, again to be held for
three consecutive week-ends in
August, will feature the 90-piece
Brevard Music Festival Symph
ony orchestra, under the direction
of Mr. Pfohl, and 11 internationally
known soloists.
Festival dates are August 9th to
25th with concerts on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday.
Plans are being made to hold
seven of the concerts as usual in
the Brevard Music Center and two
of them in Asheville. One will be
at the famed Biltmore House, the
other in Asheville at the Civic au
ditorium.
The internationally known so
loists for this famed musical
event are announced as follows::
Lois Marshall, soprano; Grant Jo
hannesen, pianist; Leonard Penna
rie, pianist; Mildred Miller, meso
soprano; Jerome Hines, bass-bari
tone; Mariquita Moll, soprano; (Bar
amae Turner, contralto; Walter
Fredericks, tenor; Philip Macro,
baritone; Ruth Slencznska, pi
anist. and Isaac Stem, violinist.
Season tickets will be offered
for the nine Gala Festival concerts
for $15.00. A sponsorship, which
provides two tickets for all camp
concerts as well as the festival,
will cost $50.00; and, a patronship
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SCOUTS TO BEGIN
SALE OF COOKIES
Funds Will Be Used To De
velop Area-Camp In The
East Fork Section
The sale of Girl Scout cookies,,
which provides money for the de
velopment of the camp at East
Fork, will ihegin in Transylvania
and throughout the seven-county
area Monday, March 25* and con
tinue for two weeks.
The goal is the sale of 30,000*
boxes in the seven counties with at
profit of $5,000. Last year’s sale*
raised $4,200, which was used to*
drain and clear the lake and to
build complete swimming facilities
for the 160-girl camp.
The profits from this year’s sale
will be used for adding additional
camping facilities.
Plans have already been dis
cussed by the Transylvania com
mittee for camping at the site dur
ing July and August. Mrs. J; D;.
Jones, Transylvania district chair
man, urges troops to get their
names in early in order that ev
eryone might be given the time de
sired at the site.
She adds: “Camping in the Girl
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Pushing Plans For
100th Birthday Of
Educational Groups
Wayne Bradburn, chairman of
the local committee promoting
plans for the local observance of
100 years of progress in education
on April 4th, today urges Transyl
vanians to give time and thought to
the theme, “An Educated People
Moves Freedom Forward”.
Although Mr. Bradburn will be
in Wilmington this week end at
tending the state convention of the
NCEA. he says that many persons,
both inside and outside of the
schools, are pushing preparations
for the celebration here on April
4th.
Highlighting the event will be a
gigantic parade at 2:00 o’clock,
and a banquet for principals, tea
chers and their guests at 7:00 o’
clock that evening at the Olin Ma
thieson Chemical corporation.