TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe Land oi Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Pri ze - W inni ng A. B. C. Newspaper
.
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial. Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultund
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Census. 10,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 — No. 19
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1957
* 24 PAGES TODAY H
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
REV. EMMETT KENNEDY McLAR
TY, Jr., left, the new president of Bre
vard college, is being congratulated by
Edwin L. Jones, chairman of the board,
following his election here last Friday
morning by members of the board of
trustees of the local educational and re
ligious institution. At the right is Rev.
Robert H. Stamey, the new vice presi
dent, who resigned from the presidency
because of his health.
(Times Staff Photo)
McLarty b New President Of Brevard
College, Trustees Hold Important Meet
Edwin L. Jones Is Renamed
Chairman Of Board. Other
Action Is Taken
Trustees of Brevard college took
several progressive steps at the
annual meeting of the board here
last Friday.
New positions on the college
staff were created; salaries of the
faculty and staff were raised; stu
dent fees for the fall term, 1958,
were increased; and consideration
wrs given to the construction of a
music and fine arts building. They
also adopted a budget of $447,265.
a huge increase over last year’s
$368,822 budget,
In addition to electing a new
president, Rev. Emmett Kennedy
McLarty, Jr., the trustees named
Rev. Robert H. Stamey as vice
president of the college, and Clif
ford Perry, of Winston-Salem, was
chosen as vice chairman of the
boaru.
Edwin L. Jones, of Charlotte,
chairman of the board, presided
over the busy session, which was
held in the new campus center
building. Mr. Jones was re-elected
chairman of the board of trustees.
Two new members were added
to the executive committee of the
board. They were the Vice Presi
dent Stamey and Haywood Robbins,
of Charlotte.
Ross Puette, also of Charlotte,
was named to the board of trustees.
Mr. Puette is president of the
Carolina Paper Board company.
Successful Year
President Stamey reported that
the college is ending another very
successful year.
For the fourth consecutive year
under Mr. Stamey’s leadership, the
college is ending the year with an
operating surplus of $5,070.00.
Mr. Stamey also reported that
enrollment had shown a tremen
dous increase. During the present
year, a total of 493 students, 350
academic ones and 143 specials,
are attending Brevard college.
An increase in enrollment is
predicted for the 1957-’58 term.
—Turn to Page Eight
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 9 — Mathatasian
Book club, with Mrs. Jerry Jerome,
3:30 o’clock. Masonic meeting, Ma
sonic temple, 8:00 p. m.
Friday, May 10 — Masterpoint
Bridge at Gaither’s, 8:00 p. m.
Saturday, May 11 — All-night
singing at Brevard High school, at
8:00 p. m.
Sunday, May 12 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, May 13 — D. A. R.
meets with Mrs. Frank Murphy,
3:00 p. m. Rotary club at Gaither’s,
at 7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, May 14 — Brevard Mc
Dowell Music club, 7:00 p. m., at
Gaither’s. Fidelis class with Mrs.
O. P. Biddy, 8:00 p. m.
INDUSTRIAL BODY
IN ANNUAL MEET
Officer* Are Re-Elected.!
Plans Discussed For Se
curing New Industries
Officers and directors of the
Transylvania Industrial Develop
ment corporation were re-elected
at the first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the corporation
held last Wednesday night.
Plans for securing new indus
tries for the county were discussed
at the meeting of the corporation’s
33 stockholders.
Re-elected were Don M. Jenkins,
president; Austin Hogsed, vice
president; C. M. Douglas, secre
tary and Buddy Melton, treasurer.
In addition to these four men,
the other directors are J. C. Gai
ther, John A. Ford, Mrs. Edith Os
borne, Dewey Burton and Ed M.
Anderson.
Hi-Neighbors To
Sing On All-Night
Program Saturday
An All-Night singing will be
held here in the Brevard high
school auditorium this Saturday
night, beginning promptly at 8:00
o’clock.
Many outstanding singing groups
will be heard on the program, and
the Hi-Neighbor quartet, of Ander
son, S. C., will be featured.
The singing is being held to ben
efit the Schweitzer Memorial hos
pital at Balsam Grove and the Bre
vard rural fire truck fund.
Other singing groups slated to
appear on the program include the
following: Gospel tones, Melody
etts, Gillespie trio,-Ecusta quartet,
—Turn to Page Five
Stamey Vice President At
His Request. Health
Is Reason
The board of trustees of Bre
vard College elected Rev. Emmett
Kennedy McLa/ty, Jr., of Salis
bury. as president of the institu
tion last Friday to succeed Rev.
Robert H. Stamey, who resigned
because of the condition of his
health.
At the same time, the board cre
ated a new position of vice-presi
dent and appointed Mr. Stamey to
serve in this capacity.
The changes, which will become
effective July 1, had been request
ed by Mr. Stamey, not only be
cause of the condition of his health,
but also because of the rapid
growth and expansion Brevard Col
lege h^s enjoyed for the past sev
eral years.
The new president is the
youngest son of Dr. E. K. McLar
ty and the late Mary Brown Mc
Larty of Asheville. He was born
in Asheville in 1908 and finished
high school in High Point in 1926.
—Turn to Page Eight
Freeman Elected Mayor Of Brevard,
Three New Board Members Chosen
PLANS FOR HEALTH
CENTER ARE BEING
FINISHED BY BOARD
Site Adjacent To Radio Sta
tion Is Approved. Await
Raleigh Approval
The Transylvania board of com
missioners is pushing plans for the
new health center in Brevard.
Last Friday the college board of
trustees approved the sale of some
property located adjacent to Radio
Station WPNF as a site for the
center and the transaction should
ie completed in near future. Free
man Hayes, chairman of the board,
reports.
In regular session this week, the
commissioners discussed the mod
ern center at length, and McDon
ald and Daniels, local architects,
have drawn up plans and specifi
cations. These are in Raleigh for
final approval.
In other action this week, the
commissioner approved the Holden
road in the Dunn’s Rock township
for adoption by the State Highway
commission. They also recommend
ed the Powell road in the Eastatoe
township for blacktopping.
Will Try Merrell
Case Next Monday
In Mayor’s Court
The case of a combat-blinded
World War H veteran^ charged
with public intoxication and re
sisting arrest, was continued in
Mayor’s Court here Monday un
til next Monday.
The continuance was requested
by the prosecuting attorneys,
Mayor John A. Ford, presiding
magistrate, said.
The veteran, Glenn Merrell,
37, has pending a $19,000 civil
suit against the two arresting of
ficers, Boyce Gillespie and Bob
Fisher. He contends they beat
him and imprisoned him mali
ciously.
All the charges grew out of an
incident March 14 when the two
officers arrested Merrell.
In mayor’s court last Monday,
probable cause was found against
Merrell on an assault with a
deadly weapon charge, and he
was bound over to Superior court
under a bond of $200.
Legislative Round-Up
Liability Insurance Law
Passes House Of Rep.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT
RALEIGH — Most notable ac
tion seen in the general assem
bly during the past week was
the passage of the compulsory li
ability insurance law by the
House. The bill will now go to
the Senate where it is due to
face some rough going.
Another House bill passed is
the right to work law which was
passed with only two “no’s”. The
Reid Appointed To District Masonic
Post, Record Of Achievement Cited
Theodore Edwin Reid, past mas
ter of the Dunn’s Rock Masonic
lodge and an outstanding local Ma
son, has been appointed 38th dis
trict deputy grand master.
The appointment was made by
Charles H. Harris, of Roxboro, the
grand master, at a breakfast meet
ing during the grand lodge annu
al meet in Winston-Salem recent
ly.
Mr. Reid is owner and manager
of the Reid Furniture company
here and is a native Transylvanian.
He served a number of years as
chairman of the county Board of
Education,’is a past president of
the Kiwanis club and is, at pres
ent, a member of the Board of
Deacons of the First Baptist
—Turn to Page Five
T. E. REID
bill provides that certain prison
ers may work at jobs during the
daytime and will be returned to
their cells at night and over the
week end. This measure is in
tended as rehabilitation and al
so provides for the families of
the prisoners.
Committee activities on sever
al issues have been reported.
Hearings were held on “beer and
wine” elections which recom
mend that the proposal of “how”
these beverages are to be sold
as well as whether” they will be
sold also be submitted to the
voters.
Reapportionment and consti
titional changes, considered al
most dead issues in this assem
bly, are again being heard from.
—Turn to Page Eight
*56 Delinquent Tax
List Is Published
A long, list of delinquent tax
payers of the county, the towns
of Brevard and Rosman for 1956
is published in the third sec
tion of this issue on pages four
and five.
In accordance with the law,
the list will be published four
times and on Monday, June 3,
at 13 noon at the courthouse
door Tax Collector C. M. Doug
las will offer for sale liens on
real estate for non-payment of
taxes owing at that time.
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OFFICIAL RETURNS
■*
Town Of Brevard
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
May 7, 1957
For Mayor:
BERT H. FREEMAN-583
JOHN A. FORD-387
' • JACK H. POTTS —- 347
The Elected Board :►
" ROY L. HEAD-727
• JACK E. BRYANT-700
MARK T. OSBORNE-687
W. M. MELTON-555
R. M. NEELY-550
RESULTS OF THE OTHERS IN THE RACE:
Joe H. Tinsley—546 A. W. Tucker—226
Carl E. Bryson—499 Howard D. Wyatt—219
W. W. Duckworth—464 Charlie M. Grogan—143
George M. Justus—393 M. W. Galloway—91
R. H. Plummer—274
Plans For Buildings For Trout
Hatchery In Pisgah Approved
DAVID SAMS was re-elected
Monday night as commander of
the Monroe Wilson post, No. 88,
of the American legion. The an
nual installation of new officers
will be held on the night of June
3rd. (See story on page four,
first section).
JUNIOR-SENIOR EVENT
The annual Brevard high school
junior-senior banquet is slated for
Friday night. The banquet will be
held in the Masonic temple, with
a dance following in the legion
building. Over 200 persons are ex
pected to attend.
Invitations For Bids Will Be
Issued Immediately. Con
gressman Reports
Specifications and drawings for
buildings to be erected at the new
trout hatchery in the Pisgah Na
tional forest are now in the reg
ional office at Atlanta, Ga., Con
gressman George Shuford reports
today.
After they have been processed,
invitations for bids will be issued,
and A. V. Tunison, acting director
of the Bureau of Sports Fisheries
and Wildlife, expects early action.
Bid invitations for drilling of a
well for domestic water have been
mailed out to prospective bidders,
as well as ones for raceways and
other concrete structures, Mr. Tun
ison says.
All the main facilities of the
new trout hatchery have been ap
proved both in Washington and in
[the regional office at Atlanta.
The. last Congress appropriated
| $285,600 for the hatchery, and ac
cording to Ranger Ted Seely, it
[will be equivalent to a small in
dustry in this county.
It will furnish employment for a
few people; bring others in from
time to time; and, most important
of all, it will mean more trout in
streams of Transylvania and all
—Turn to Page Five
AN EDITORIAL
From the time of the opening of the polls at 6:30
o’clock in the morning until they closed at 6:30 in the
afternoon Tuesday, the town of Brevard voters ex
perienced inconveniences of having to wait in line
from five minutes to nearly an hour.
The reasons for this unfortunate situation was
threefold: first, the record number of votes cast; sec
ond, the poor condition of the registration books and
third, the fact that the town has only one voting place.
As a result of Tuesday’s experience it is obvious
that before another municipal election is held the
town should have a completely new registration and
at least two voting places should be set up, with one
being at the city hall for all persons residing west of
Broad street and with the other being at the court
house for all persons residing east of Broad street.
In Brevard there are around 3,000 persons eligi
ble to vote and over thirteen hundred voted Tuesday.
In addition to that, election officials estimated that
around 400 persons were denied the privilege of vot
ing because they were not registered on the town’s of
ficial books, but rather on the county election records.
An examination of the present registration books
reveals that there are a large number of names on the
books of persons who are dead and who have moved
outside of the town limits.
We urge the new town fathers to see that a new
registration is held and that at least two voting places
are established in the city.
RECORD VOTE OF
U17 NOTED IN
ELECTION HERE
Roy Head High Man In AI
dermanic Race. White Re
elected At Roaman
RETURNS OFFICIAL.
Bert H. Freeman, former police
chief here, and county sheriff, was
elected mayor of Brevard in the
Municipal Election on Tuesday,
He defeated the incumbent, Jaw •
A. Ford, who received 387 votit,
and Jack H. Potts, who polled 347.
Mr. Freeman received 583 veto* '
of the 1,317 ballots cast in t&r’ -
election. It was a record vote. V
Mr. Freeman served as chief of
police here in Brevard for 18 veaifa.
Land for 10 yean
|he was the sher
of TransyWa
|nia. Two yean
he retired
Dm the pogjboxr
prison siiper
of tfie
district be
of b i s
Mrs. Free
is alsO'weB
in t h e
and county,
is reception
telephone op
in the of
the OHn
C hem
corporation
- at t'isgan roresL
.V'varW voters also named a five
man uoani of aldermen, with 14
men in the race.
Roy L. Head, chemical and cast
ing superintendent at the Qlla
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, was high man in
the balloting for the board. He re
ceived 727 votes, and Jack Bryant,
who was also making his first ven
turp into politics, was second high
j —Turn to Page Four
NEWLAND, FOLGER
OPEN NEW CLINIC
Modern Structure U Located
On Corner Of Caldwell
And Morgan. Streets,
Dr. C. L. Newland and Dr. John
R. Folger yesterday moved into
their modern new office and eha
ic building located on South Cald»
well street at the corner of Mor
gan street. J;>
The beautiful one-story building
is completely modern in design
and is large enoUgh to accommo
date at least three'physicians.'
It has 3,350 square feet of floor
space, consisting of three large doe
tors offices, five examining rooms,
one recovery room, .a large labora
tory, an x-ray room and a huge re
ception or watting lobby. The lob
by is finished with attractive ma
hogany panelling, and tile floors..
Most of the building has soft
rect lighting. It is also compietelgf
air-conditioned.
McDonald and Daniels were ar
chitects for the building and L. E.
Bagwell constructed it. To the left
of the building is a large parking
lot.
Dr. Newland, who has been prac
ticing medicine in Brevard for 29
years, erected and furnished the
building and has leased it to the
professional partnership of New
land and Folger.
Housing Committee,
Real Estate Agents
And Others To Meet
The housing committee of (he
Brevard chamber of commerce will
meet with real estate agents, con
tractors and other interested cit
izens on Thursday night in Gaith
er’s Rhododendron room.
The meeting is being called by
President Frank Bridges, and :it
will begin promptly at 7:30 o’clock.
Robert 0. Baker, the employee
relations manager of the Du Pont
silicon plant now under construe*
tion here, will speak to the group
attending the meeting.