Hearty Congratulations And. Best Wishes To All The 1957 High School And College Graduates
TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
ll tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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Brevard Community 1^94
Vol. 68 — No. 21
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1957
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
the new silversteen GYM at
Rosman is rapidly being constructed and
will be completed by the beginning of
the fall term. The gym will answer an
acute need at Rosman, and it is being
erected at an estimated cost of $90,000.
In the lower photo is the new and mod
ern T. C. Henderson school at Quebec,
which is now ready for occupancy. This
building has been described as being as
modern as any elementary school in the
state. (Times Staff Photo)
Comity School Bus Record Among fops
In State, No Damages In Two Incidents
Transylvania’s Buses Drive
More Than 205,000 Miles
During The Year
Transylvania has one of the best
school bus records in the entire
state of North Carolina., O. M. Al
exander, safety director of the
State Highway patrol, announces
this week.
Mr. Alexander commended the
33 school bus drivers on their ex
cellent record during the past
year. Actually, there have been
only two minor incidents with no
damages.
The safety director says a look
at the Transylvania record will
show how outstanding it is. The 33
buses travel a total of 1,140 miles
'per day and transport 2,519 chil
dren.
Over the period of 180 school
days, the total mileage of the bus
es runs to 205,200 miles, and dur
ing the past year, only one day was
missed because of bad weather.
The percentage of Transylvania
county students which travel to and
from school by bus is 58 percent.
Of the total enrollment of 4,031
there are 2,519 thus riders.
“It has been definitely establish
ed that riding a school bus in this
county is safer than walking on
the highways,” Supt. J. B. Jones
stated.
Of the 33 school bus drivers in
Transylvania, there are 23 student
drivers and 10 adults. The records
of both are equally as good.
The monthly wage scale for the
school bus driver is only $59.50,
which makes it difficult on a state
wide basis to secure competent dri
vers, but Transylvania has always
been most fortunate, Mr. Jones de
clared.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 23 — Fortnightly
club to hold luncheon meet, 12:30
at Mrs. W. M. Melton’s in Little
River. Civic clufbs to hold banquet
meet at Brevard college, 6:30 p. m.
Public concert at new campus cen
ter building, 8:15 p. m. B & PW
club to install officers, Gaither’s,
7:00 p. m. Teen-Age center open
house for eighth graders. Masonic
meeting in temple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, May 24 — Lions broom
sale begins.
Saturday, May 25 — Legion Aux
iliary sponsoring Poppy Day. In
dians meet Hazelwood, Camp
Straus, 3:30 p. m. Little Theatre
has dinner meet at Gaither’s, 6:30
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Saturday Is Poppy Day, Legion
Auxiliary Will Conduct Sale
Saturday will be Poppy day in ;
Brevard and throughout much of
the nation. The day will see mil
lions of Americans wearing bright
red poppies in tribute to those who
have given their lives in defense
of the nation. The little flowers |
of remembrance will be distributed j
on the streets throughout the day |
by volunteer “flower girls” from j
the American legion auxiliary.
Poppy day activities here will
start early Saturday morning when
Clinics Scheduled
For Food Handlers
Beginning May 28th, a food hand
ler’s clinic will be held at the
health department each Tuesday
morning from 9:00 a. m. until 12:00
noon.
This clinic is being set up to take
care of the increased number of
food handlers for the summer sea
son and will continue through the
summer.
A general clinic is held each
Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 p. m., for im
munizations — DPT, polio, typhoid,
etc. — and food handlers, officials
of the health department state.
the corps of volunteers, organized
toy Mrs. Allen Vaughn, the auxili
ary’s Poppy chairman, will be out
with their baskets of poppies to
greet citizens on their way to work.
They will continue to work
throughout the day, covering out
lying business centers as well as
the downtown district. Before the
day ends, they hope to see the lit
tle red flowers of remembrance
glowing on every lapel.
Contributions for the auxiliary’s
work for disabled veterans and
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Many Graduate At Brevard, Rosman,
Brightest Outlook For School System
MILLION DOLLAR
HIGH SCHOOL TO
BE CONSTRUCTED
Henderson Building Comple
ted. Work Progressing
On Silversteen Gym
OFFICIALS QUOTED
With graduation time set for
next week at Brevard and Rosman,
school officials today report that
the outlook for the county school
system is the brightest that it has
ever been.
Last December ' Transylvania j
voters approved a school bond is
sue of $647.000: and frith this mon-!
ey and other appropriations on
hand, a new high school plant here, j
to cost approximately one million'
dollars, will be erected in the next j
two years.
A 30-acre tract, the V. L. Tins
ley property or more familiarly
known as the “Gallamore place” on
the Country club road, was purchas
ed this spring as the site for the
: ew and modern high school.
The new T. C. Henderson school
at Quebec has been completed, and
this building in upper Transylva
nia is as modern as any in the
state. The new structure, whth its
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ENROLLMENT IS
4,031 IN COUNTY
Costs Of Operating Schools
Also Reported. Break
down Is Given
Enrollment in Transylvania
county’s nine elementary and two
high schools totalled 4,031 during
the past year, it was learned this
week from statistics in the superin
tendent’s office.
It was also revealed that the cost
of operating the schools up to May
1st amounted to $466,366.91, and
the total operating costs for the
current year will be over a half
million dollars.
Of the amount expended until
May 1st, the county paid $94,866.31,
while the state $371,500.60.
The capital outlay for buildings
and equipment amounted to $144,
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PO Clerks Again Attain
Rating Of 100 Per Cent
Clerks at the Brevard post office
have made another record of 100
liper cent on examinations for dis
patch of mail, Vernon Fullbright,
the acting postmaster, announces
today.
The exams were give by F: W.
Bolt, district transportation man
ager of the Post Office depart
ment, and the following local
Zimmermann Named To New Post In
Olin Mathieson’s Ecusta Division
W. E. Zimmermann has been
named to the newly-created posi
tion of director of sales and mar
keting for the Ecusta Paper divis
ion of Olin MathiesOP chemical
corporation, it was announfceh to
day by Philip C. Brownell, general
manager.
In this post, Mr. Zimmermann
will be in charge of all of the divis
ion’s sales, marketing and promo
tional activities. He was formerly
executive vice president and direc
tor of sales for Rap-In Wax,J*apfcr
company, Minneapolis. Before that
he was associated with Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing com
pany, St. Paul, where he was gen
eral manager of the Industrial
Trades Tape division:
In making the Announcement,
Mr. Brownell pointed out that this
new appointment involves no chan
—Turn to Page Eight
W. E. ZIMMERMANN
clerks all had grades of 100: Clar
ence E. Bowen, Lucian P. Deavor,
J. Hugh Hollifield, Thomas Y. Gal
loway and Lee Norton.
This is the second time that the
local postal clerks all had grades
of 100 per cent on district exam
inations.
The postmaster here said he
was mightv proud of the fine rec
ord that the local clerics have
made.
He also announces that the Bre
vard post office will be closed on
May 31st, which is Memorial day.
There will be no rural or city de
livery of mail on that day, and the
general delivery window will be
opened from 11:30 until 12 noon.
Presbyterians To
Dedicate Memorials
On Sunday Morning
The memorials in the new Bre
vard - Davidson River Presbyter
ian church will be dedicated dur
ing the 11:00 otlock service on
Sunday morning, Rev. Ben Or
mand, the pastor, announces.
There are some 35 memorials in
the beautiful new church, Mr. Or
imand states, and the donors of
each will be recognized during the
service.
He cordially invites all members
and other friends of the church to
attend this dedication service.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS, who are in the spotlight dur
ing the ’57 commencement, are pictured above. Robert T.
Kimzey, top left, will award diplomas to the 100 (gradu
ates at Brevard high school next Wednesday night, and
at the top right is E. F. Tilson, who will give the diplomas
to the 40 seniors at Rosman on the same evening. Recent
ly, Wayne Bradburn, bottom right, was elected county
superintendent, and he succeeds J. B. Jones, bottom
left, who retires on June 30th, after 30 years as superin
tendent of Transylvania’s school system.
Don Blankenship Is Du Pont’s
Employment Supervisor Here
DON BLANKENSHIP
Office Is Located On Cald
well Street. Interesting
Background Noted
The Du Pont plant operating
group here last week welcomed
Don Blankenship, the employment
supervisor, to the community.
Mr. Blankenship, whose office
is in the training center building
on Caldwell street, is now inter
viewing applicants for plant oper
ating employment. At the present
time the company is interested in
employing approximately 15 per
sons with experience in industrial
mechanics and maintenance.
Mr. Blankenship, who was
transferred here from the Edge
Moor plant at Wilmington, Dela
ware, began his career with the
Du Pont company in January, 1952.
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WPNF Program Highlight*
College,Program At Banquet For
Civic Clubs To Be Aired Thursday
WPNF will record the program
at the joint meeting of civic clu/bs
in the new Campus Center buil
ding Thursday night for broadcast
that evening at 9:30 o’clock, Bobby
Hoyle, station manager, announ
ces.
President Robert Stamey is ex
pected to report to the groups on
the completion of the new and
modern building, and Ed M. An
derson will speak briefly on behalf
of the college board of trustees.
The public is being invited to
attend a concert of the Brevard
high school band and the Brevard
college glee club in the spacious
new auditorium at 8:15 o’clock
Thursday night and to inspect the
new building.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, extension
forestry, F. E. Whitfield; Friday,
Carolina Farm features; Monday,
county agent’s office; Tuesday, soil
conservation service, H. E. New
land; Wednesday, home demonstra
tion agent.
On the Civic hour, the following
will be heard: Friday, American
legion auxiliary; Monday, Girl
Scouts; Wednesday, Music LoveTs’
club.
The Rev. J. A. Cox, pastor of
the Grace Baptist church, is speak
ing this week on Morning devo
tions, and the Rev. W. A. Kerr, pas
tor of Rosman Methodist church,
will be heard next week.
The Sunday morning church ser
vice will be broadcast from the
King Street Baptist church*
DIPLOMAS WILL
BE AWARDED NEXT
WEDNESDAY NKBT
Baccalaureate Sermons Set
Sunday. Various Events
Are Planned
GROUPS ARE SALUTED
Graduation exercises at Brevard
and Rosman high schools are sta
ted for Wednesday night, May
at the two respective schools, and
baccalaureate sermons wilt fee
preached this coming Sunday even
ing.
At Brevard a total of 100 sen
iors will receive diplomas, Princi
pal Robert T. Kimzey announces,
and according to Principal E. F.
Filson at Rosman, the grarfuati^g
class numbers 40 students there.
At both schools honor students
will deliver the commencement ad
dresses.
The Times this week is pub
lishing its annual congratula
tory edition with pictures
stories about the 1957 graduates
at Brevard and Rosman high
schools. There are also a aura
her of congratulatory messages
from local firms. The Times sa
lutes the graduates and the
school, officials upon this impair*
tant occasion.
The theme of the ’57 graduation
here is “The Challenge of Oar
Day.” The speakers and the titles
c .their speeches are as follow*:
CML*les Alfred Davis, “To Each
Age A Challenge”; Charles Fanil
Himes, “Youth’s New Opportuni
ties”, and Thomas Lane Joan,
“Youth Answers the Challenge.*"
The Reverend Keith Beam will
deliver the invocation. rharlw
Robert English will be master s£
ceremonies, and the GradwtoT
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RITES FOR BECK
SET ON THURSDAY
Brevard Man Served As Of
ficial Coach Of Masons
For 20 Years
Funeral services for Lawrence
Paul Beck, 68, who died Tuesday
morning in the local hospital at
ter a lingering illness, wiH he held
Thursday morning at the First
Baptist church at 11:00 o’clock.
The pastor, Rev. B. W. Than.
ason, will officiate, and the feoc^p
will be at the church one hour prior
to the service.
Members of the Dunn’s Rock Ma
sonic lodge, of which Mr. was
a member, and past master, wiBi
conduct the graveside rites at the
Gillespie - Evergreen cemetery.
Pallbearers at the service Thurs
day morning will he Henry R. Hen
derson, Ansel Hart, HeradbM'
Townley, Vernon P_ FuQBri^
Frank Bridges and Ed Ahrens.
Mr. Beck is survived by the end
ow, the former Maude Kilpatrick;
three sisters, Mrs. W. D. Christman
of Miami, Florida, Mrs. Florence
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Community Center
Begins Drive For
Donations For Pool
Officials of the Transylvania
Community center have launched a>
drive to raise the necessary foods
to build a swimming pool in the
colored section of Brevard.
Donations to this project may fee
mailed to Cornelius Hunt, the pres
ident.
The drive is being conducted on
a county-wide basis, and the group
is asking for as many $1.00 contri
butions as possible.
It was announced in Raleigh on
Tuesday that the center, to be
known as the Mary C. Jenkins.;
Community center, had (been chap
tered by the state as a non-prtrfit'
corporation. Incorporators were ■
Rev. D. C. Hall, Arthur Rafany
Jr., and Mary Kilgore, all of Bt$
vard. „ „ jA