TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe Land oi Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Campe,
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, A g r i c ultund
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,194.
Vol. 68 — No. 13
Second Class Mall Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1957
* 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA’S education
al leaders will celebrate 100
years of progress all next week,
as the National Education asso
ciation observes its 100th centen
nial. At the left is the log cabin
Quebec school about 100 years
ago, and above is the next T. C.
j Henderson school at Quebec,
which is nearing completion and
l will soon be ready for occupancy.
* Highli ;hting the local observance
n<^\t week will be a gigantic pa
: rade or Thursday afternoon; a
; banquet honoring school per
| sonncl; and, displays depicting
I the progress made here. A his
| tory of the schools is being writ
| ten and will be carried in part
$ from time to time in this news
i
i paper.
To Erect Super Mart Opposite College,
Committee Approves Health Center Site
Location Is Adjacent To Ra
dio Station. Other Action
Is Taken
Final approval was given to the
building of a super market oppo
site Brevard college between Broad
and Caldwell streets by the execu
tive committee of the board of trus
tees at the local institution this
week.
Edwin L. Jones, the chairman,
presided over the busy session.
In another important action of
the executive group, recommenda
tion was made that the college
board of trustees sell a tract of
land adjacent to the radio station
to the county as a site for Transyl
vania’s new health center.
This action will come up for fi
nal approval at the May meeting of
the trustees.
Approval was also given to the
construction of another staff res
idence on the campus of Brevard
college near the president’s
home.
This will be the fifth new home
that has been built for faculty
members during the past two
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 28 — Fort
nightly club meets with Mrs. H. W.
Sigmon, 3:30 p. m. Masonic meet
ing in temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, March 29 — Wrestling
at the American Legion building,
8 p. m.
Saturday, March 30 — Dance at
Brevard country club sponsored by
Moose Lodge.
Sunday, March 31 — Attend the
church of your choice. Fifth Sun
day Singing convention, 2 p. m.,
court house.
Monday, April 1 — Court con-j
venes at 9:30 a. m. Rotary club
meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s. Dem
ocratic Women’s club meets at 8
p. m.
Tuesday, April 2 — Brevard
High School senior class plays, 8
p. m. Book and Plate club meets at
Dogwood Room. Eastern Star
meets in Masonic Temple, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, April 3 — Plays at
high school to be repeated, 8 p. m.
Doings At Raleigh
Legislature Faces Teacher Pay
Raise Of 19.31 At Hearings
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT
RALEIGH — Several school is
sues were before the legislature
during the past week including the
proposed pay raise for teachers,
and a proposal to put schools on a
12 month basis. Also, to be consid
ered are bills having to do with
highways and safety and a bill to
force manufacturers to label tobac
co products. Day-by-day highlights
of the past week included:
Wednesday — Age won when a
bill to amend the state constitu
tion so as to reduce the voting age
from 21 to 18 was defeated by a
decisive 36 to 10 vote in the Sen
ate.
Operation of the public schools
on a year-round basis as a means of
saving money on the cost of build
ing and expanding school facilities
was proposed in a bill introduced
in the House. The measure would
..now local school units to decide
whether to keep their schools open
the entire year. The school year
would be divided into four quar
ters and a student could complete
his grade by attending any three
1 successive Quarters. This would
1 permit staggered school terms.
Thursday — The North Carolina
i Legislature was called on to ful
j fill a constitutional duty which it
has ignored for three successive
sessions.
Both the House and Senate re
ceived identical bills" to reassign
seats in the House among the coun
ties on the basis of 1950 census re
sults.
A minimum wage hill, fixing a
j 75 cents hourly figure recommend
ed by Gov. Hodges, was another
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Now Retiring
Jones Has Seen Many Changes In
School Program In Last 30 Years
I .
BY STAFF WRITER
It would take a stack of record
books to note the many progres
sive changes in Transylvania coun
ty schools since J. B. Jones took ]
ever as superintendent 30 years
ago.
He deems the most significant
the building program which was
undertaken at the end of World
War II.
Now, though the county is still
in the midst of building schools,
Mr. Jones is retiring. He’ll reach
bis 65th birthday in August, and it
i is his feeling that when a man gets
to be that age, he should step aside
in favor of a younger successor.
Mr. Jones hopes that when the
building program is concluded
more emphasis can be placed on
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SUPT, J, B. JONES
April Session Oi Superior Court In
Transylvania Opens Monday Morning
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BIDS FOR COUNTY
HIGHWAYS GIVEN
STATE APPROVAL
Stewart To Build Pin-Hook
Road. The Other A Four
Lane Project
Two .Transylvania road im
provement projects were includ
ed in the 19 low bids opened and
approved in Raleigh Tuesday.
- II. It. Stewart company, of
Charlotte, was awarded the con
tract to grade and pave the Pin
Hook road in upper Transylva
nia from a point near Pin-Hook
to Beech Gap, a distance of 3.41
miles. Stewart’s low' bid was
$529,654.
The Asheville Construction
company will build the new four
lane highway into Brevard from
the bridge near the entrance of
Pisgah National forest to the
j city limits opposite the radio
station.
The distance of the road is
’.785 miles, and the low bid was
$265,515.70.
;
I
Would Extend Term Of May
or, Aldermen And Raise I
Pay. Other Measures
Transylvania’s representative, :
j Tines C. Gaither has introduced!
itwo local bills in the legislature!
during the past week.
One bill would extend the term
T the mayor of Brevard and the '
live aldermen to four years, in
oiead of two.
The mayor’s salary would also be
increased from $1,200 to $1,500 per
annum, and the aldermen would re- [
ceive $300 each per year.
In addition, the aldermen would ,
receive $15.00 each for special
meetings of the board. At the pres- j
ent time, the board members get
$10 for regular meetings and $8.00 !
| for special ones.
The bill would go into full force
and effect from and after its rati
fication.
Another bill introduced by Rep
resentative Gaither would pre
vent the dumping of trash, gar
bage, etc., within 150 feet of hard
surfaced highways in the county,
land outside of incorporated muni
I cipalities.
Violators of the act would be sub
ject to a fine of not less than $10
I nor more than $50. for each of
fense.
[ The house gave favorable action
to this bill on March 22.
The local representative also
j added Transylvania to the ligt of
counties in which the practices of
phrenology, palmistry, fortune
telling or clairvoyance are prohib
ited.
Representative Gaither was
home from Raleigh last week end,
and he reiterated that he always
welcomed letters from people back
home.
He also released a statement to
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Red Cross Workers
Lauded At Banquet
Transylvania’s volunteer Red
Cross workers were honored at a
banquet meeting Tuesday night in
Gaither’s Rhododendron room, and
Chairman Gordon Sprott awarded
service stripes to the large group.
Porter Tull, assistant manager
of the Southeastern area of the
American Red Cross, was the prin
cipal speaker at the banquet and he
praised the group for the magnifi
fient job the local group is doing.
He also lauded the work of the
Transylvania chapter, and said that
it was one of the most outstanding
in the Southeastern area.
Following reports by the commit
tee chairmen: Mr. Sprott awarded
service stripes to the following:
Mrs. F. S. Best, Mrs. John Brewer,
Mrs. Shirley Clark, Mrs. frank
Carr, Mrs. Eileen Erskine, Mrs.
MacRoy Gasque, Mrs. E. B. Jaffee,
Mrs. C. C. Johnson, Mrs. Lehman
Kapp, Mrs. Art Loeb, Mrs. Frances
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BROWNIE
Mr. and Mrs. Ra
the first box of
chairman of the
v. icie sale is now
its will be used
Girl Scout camp
nia.
SCOUT, Marla Hooper, daughter of !
y Hooper, is pictured above as she sells |
Girl Scout cookies to Freeman Hayes, I
! board of commissioners. The county
underway by the Girl Scouts, and prof- j
to add additional facilities at the area 1
in ihe East Fork section of Transylva- :
(Times Staff Photo) j
Town Board Will Set
Election At Next Meet
The (own board of aldermen |
will call for an election on May
7th at its regular meeting next
.Monday night, April 1st.
Filing dates, the period of reg
istration, etc., will be set by the
board, and in the election, Bre
vard voters will elect a mayor
and five aldermen.
Again this year no primary
will be held here in Brevard.
Prior to the ’55 election, a pri
mary was held each two years,
followed by a general election
one week later.
Two years ago the board ex
plained that there was no legal
foundation for a primary, and
by eliminating it, a saving of the
taxpayers’ money was made.
Election officials are also ex
pected to be named by the board
at the meeting next Monday.
MANY WITH FLU
IN THE SCHOOLS
Attendance Is Said To Be Im*
proving. Round-Up Of In
stitutions Made
School attendance in Transylva
nia has been hampered by many
cases of flu during the past week,
but the situation on Wednesday
morning was said to be improving.
Absences at Brevard elemen
tary, where the enrollment is
more than 1,000, have been run
ning from 100 to 150 during the
past week or 10 days. On Wednes
day there were 83 out.
More than 100 have been absent
each day in the Rosman schools,
but absenteeism was not as bad on
Wednesday, a survey revealed.
Only 26 out of 600 students at
Brevard high were absent at Bre
vard high school Wednesday, where
the situation is also greatly im
proved.
Absences at Straus school where
the enrollment is 400, have been
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Local Delegation
At NCEA Meeting
Among the more than 3,000 per
sons attending the 73rd NCEA con
vention last week end in Wilming
ton were 11 Transylvania county
delegates, with Wayne Bradburn,
the county supervisor, serving as
chairman.
Others in the local delegation
were: Alonzo Warren and Jack
Richards, of the Rosman schools;
D. G. Dail and Mrs. Joe Vanelle
Hyatt of the Straus school; Miss
Sherrill Allison, Penrose; Mrs. Jack
Richards, Pisgah Forest; and, Mrs.
Verne Hill, Mrs. Ned Medford, Mrs.
Arthur Harris and Mrs. Frank Os
borne, of Brevard.
Business conducted during the
convention was of a progressive
professional nature. Committee re
ports accepted concerned federal
relations, scholarship and loan
fund, future teachers, ethics, tea
cher placement, etc.
One of the feature programs de
picted the highlights in the growth
of the organized teaching profes
sion in North Carolina in a pag
eant, “A Century of Progress
Through Education”.
Program Highlights
WPNF Carrying Full Schedule Of
Armed Forces Shows, Much Talent
In co-operation with, the nation’s
Armed Forces, WPNF is broadcast
ing, as a public service, a full
schedule of musical and dramatic
programs.
Although much of the talent is
furnished by the branches of ser-!
vice, the nation’s most famous
stars give their talents to these pro
grams. Two programs are aired
daily at 9:45 a. m. and 5:30 p. m.
“You are urged to hear such
popular programs as The Rose
mary Clooney show, Manhatten
melodies, the Navy band, Southern
serenade, Guest star, the Army
band, Serenade in Blue, Here’s To
Vets, Proudly We Hail, Country
Hoedown, and many others daily ov
er WPNF.” Bobby Hoyle, station
manager, states.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Extension
forestry, Fred E. Whitfield; Friday,
ASC, Marvin Whitmire; Monday,
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CRIMINAL SLATE
WILL BE HEARD
THE FIRST WEEK
Some 200 Cases Are Listed.
Trial Of Civil Docket Be
gins On 8th
CLARKSON PRESIDES
A-two weeks term of Transylva
nia county Superior court will op
en on Monday morning, April 1st,
here in the court house, beginning
at 9:30 o’clock.
During the first week, the crim
inal slate, containing approximate
ly 200 cases, will be heard, and ac
tion will be started on the civil doc
ket on Monday, April 8th.
Judge Francis 0. Clarkson, of
Charlotte, will preside, and Clar
ence Ridings, of Forest City, will
prosecute for the stale.
According to Marvin McCall,
clerk of court, a majority of the
cases involves charges of drunk
driving and violations of other mo
tor vehicle laws.
Persons facing charges of drunk
driving are Charles W. Breedlove,
Roy L. Allen. Juanita M. Barger,
Charles B. Lyday, Bernard L. Orr,
Daniel W. Erwin, Robert R. Smith,
Lloyd C. Smith, Roy Chastaine,
Robert L. Gaddy. Joseph D. Cooper,
Joseph L. Gravely, Alvin E. Wil
son, Clyde S. Jackson, Glenville
Owen, Herman Buchanan, Fred G.
Barton, C'arles L. Smith, Robert
W. Brown, John Leatherwood,
Wade Vaughn, Herman Alexander,
Edward W. Lytle, William Vaughn,
Frederick Oliver, I. M. Owings, Cal
vin V. >o and Grady McCall.
Many face charges of reckless
driving, and they are as follows:
Russell Fisher, Emmitt D. Patter
son (two charges), Jack Gantt, Jo
seph D. Cooper, Ralph E. Mosely,
Van Lee Hunter, (two charges),
Edward W. Lytle, Fred G. Barton,
Curtis Barton, Russell H. Fisher.
A large number of persons are
charged with speeding. They are
Thomas G. Rhodes, Jack R. Bur
nette, Margaret D. Norwood, Mel
vin G. Gray, Jess Holloway, Floyd
B. Jones, David Jones, Harry D.
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POSITION OF (IF
CITED BY PREXY
Loeb Reports That Local Ap
propriation Refused By
State, National Groups
Art J. Loeb, president of the
Transylvania county United Fund,
today explains the position of the
local organization toward the cur
rent campaign to sell Easter seals
here.
An appropriation was included
:n the UF’s budget for crippled
children, and the state and nation
al organizations refused to touch
it. However, this money is being
used locally in work with crippled
children.
Mr. Lotb’s informative letter fol
lows:
Since the citizens of Transylva
nia county are now being asked to
contribute funds to the North Car
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Grandson Of Mrs.
Hamlin Loses Life
In Freak Accident
Allen Anderson, 16-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Denton Anderson,
of West Port, Conn., grandson of
Mrs. Lewis P. Hamlin, of Brevard,
died of accidental strangulation
while conducting an experiment
with wires in a bath tub at his home
last Tuesday. Last rites were held
at the Greens Farms Congrega
tional church in West Port last
Friday.
Mrs. Hamlin flew to West Port
last Wednesday and returned home
yesterday.
Young Anderson was an out
standing junior at the Staples high
school in West Port and a mem
ber of the West Port chapter of
Demolay.
He is survived by his parents and
a young brother, Roy Long Ander
son.