TRANSYLVANIA— j
The Land oi Waterfalls,
Vi C.fca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na- !
rjonal Forest and Home of
Krcvard Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1957
TRANSYLVANIA—
Au Industrial, Tourist, ed
ucational, A g r i c ultima
and Music Center. Popula
tion. 1990 Census, 18,321
Brevard Community 7,394.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Vol. 68 —, No. 27
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
ONE OF THE MANY huge trees up
rooted in the town of Brevard by the high
winds last Friday afternoon is pictured
* above. Fortunately, the tree was blown
to the side of the house at 206 Probart,
and damages to the residence were kepi
at a minimum. However, many otherj
homes and buildings were badly dam
aged by fallen trees and limbs.
(Times Staff Photo)
Local Telephone Company Granted *
$638,000 REA Loan, Program Given
Total of 445 Rural Phones To
Be Installed. Other Ser
vices To Be Improved
The Citizens Telephone company,
«1 Brevard, has been granted an
REA loan of $638,000, Charles
Fickelsimer, Jr., local manager, an
nounces today.
This money will be used to add
445 rural telephones and to im
prove existing service.
Mr. Pickelsimer says the com
pany plans to begin a door-to-door
canvass to determine how many
> persons in rural areas desire tele
phones and also to discover how
many present subscribers would
like an upgrade in service.
Mr. Pickelsimer reported that he
expects the project to take from six
months to a year to complete.
“With the loan, we will be able
to keep pace with the progress be
ing made in industry in Transyl
vania!” he declared.
In order to add more free trunk
lines between Brevard and Ros
man, a new cable will be erected,
and this will also provide addition
al long distance lines from Rosman
to Hendersonville.
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The local telephone company
also expects to build a new cable
from Brevard to Cedar Mountain,
and the one from Brevard to Pis
gah Forest will be replaced.
Lines along the Asheville high
way and the Crab Creek road will
be continued and improved.
In order that work on the project
may be speeded up, it will be con
tracted to outside concerns, Mr.
Pickelsimer states.
Today, the local company has
some 2,200 telephones, as com
pared with 700 in 1950. In 1951, the
manual system was converted to
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July the Fourth — Big
picnic at Camp Straus. Olin Indians
vs. Hazelwood, 3 p. m. Jaycee Jol
lies, Brevard high school, 8 p. m.
Concert at Brevard Music Center,
ft 15 p. Ml.
Friday, July 5th — Jaycee Joll
lies, Brevard high school, 8 p. m.
Saturday, July 6th — Board of
trustees meet at Transylvania Mu
sic camp, 3 p. m. Olin vs. Enka,
Camp Straus at 3 p. m. Jaycee Jol
lies, Colored Community center, 8
m. Concert at Brevard Music
'Center, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, July 7th — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Brevard Music Center, 4 p. m. Un
ion service at Presbyterian church,
8 p. m.
Monday, July 8th — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Tuesday, July 9th — Chamber of
commerce directors meet, 7:30 p.
m. Elks and Moose lodges meet, 8
p. m. Concert at Brevard Music
Center, 8:15 p. m.
Stores To Close
Fourth Of July Picnic At Camp
Straus To Highlight Observance
Highlighting the FoHrlh of July
observance in Transylvania coun
ty on Thursday will be the annual
Olin Mathieson Chemical corpor
ation pienic at Camp Harry H.
Straus, which is usually attended
bv more than 5,000 persons.
All stores, town and county of
! fices, the bank and the post office
will be closed on Thursday, and
i there will be no rural or city deliv
1 cry of mail. However, the general
; delivery window at the post office
will be open from 11:30 a. m., un
til noon.
Inns, rooming houses, motels are
i expected to be filled over the
| Fourth of July week end. and a
Sprott vTo Direct
’57 United Appeal
Fund This October
Gordon Sprott, insurance execu
I tive of Brevard, and owner of Camp
Deerwoode, has been appointed
campaign director for the ’57 Uni
ted Appeal campaign in Transyl
vania, Art Loeb. the president, an
nounces today.
Because of the excellent work
that he did last year, Mr. Sprott was
renamed to head the drive, which
is scheduled during October, the
president stated.
Mr. Sprott is also the executive
director of the United fund in
Transylvania county.
Dr. Crossley Morgan Will Conduct
Bible Conference For Presbyterians
A Bible Conference, conducted
by the outstanding minister, Dr. F.
Crossley Morgan, will be held in
the Brevard-Davidson River Pres
byterian church from July 14th
through July 19th.
The Rev. Ben F. Ormand, pas
ter, announces that services will be
held daily in both the mornings
and evenings.
His morning sermons, all based
on Psalms, will have as their theme,
“The Charge of Christ to the
Church.” The general theme of
the evening messages will be ‘The
Central Person of the Christian
Faith, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Rev. Ormand said that the
feeling of the church officers in
engaging Dr. Morgan was, “If you
cannot take your whole church to
a Bible Conference, why not bring
a Bible conference to your church.”
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DR. CROSSLEY MORGAN '
[record crowd is anticipated in the
|Flsgah National forest.
Many special concerts are plan
ned at the Transylvania Music
: camp over the entire week end,
| and several golf tournaments are
slated at the Brevard country club.
Trfansylvania's highway patrol
men, Jack Cabe and Bili Sawyer,
urge all motorists to drive with ex
I treme care over the Fourth of July
week end. They say: “The life you
save may roe your own”.
Picnic Schedule
Events at the Olin Mathieson pic
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Girl Scouts Are Camping
On The East Fork Site
Camping on the permanent
camp site of the Pisgah Girl
Scout council at East Fork near
here began on Monday and will
continue through August 3rd.
The first contingent of girls
went out Monday morning from
Brevard and remained until Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. J. D.
Jones serving as their leader.
They came from troops led by
Mrs. Mazie Brittain and Mrs.
Becky Huggins.
Other Brevard Girl Scouts will
use the camp at later dates dur
ing the summer.
Miss Nancy Campbell, execu
tive director of the council, will
be in charge of the camp, and
announces that reservations have
been received from all areas in
the Pisgah council.
Others on the camp staff are
Miss Betty Brinson, of Columbus,
Ga., graduate of Wesleyan col
lege, and Miss Elizabeth Futrelle,
rising senior at Wesleyan from
Guyton, Ga.
Activities at camp will include
swimming, tool craft, lashing,
campfire program, nature games
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Times Is Being
Published Ahead
Of Its Schedule
In order that readers of the
Transylvania Times might have
this week’s issue to read over
the Fourth of July, the edition
is being published on Tuesday
night.
The Times office, like the oth
er businesses in the community,
will be closed on Thursday in
order that the staff may enjoy a
holiday.
On Thursday Transylvanians
will join with other Americans
across the country in observing
the 181st birthday of the Declar
ation of Independence.
“We hold these truths to be
self evident . , .
With these words, our found
ing fathers stated our right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. On Thursday as we re
member those who made this
right a glorious reality, let's
pledge ourselves ever to preserve
it!
Town, County Hit By Worst Wind,
Rain Storm In History Last Friday
TAYCEESHOLD
TWO BIG SHOWS
Annual Production Of “Jol
lies” Set For Thursday
And Friday Nisfhts
The 1957 version of the Jaycee
Jollies will be presented here three
nights this week. The performan
ce^ Thursday and Friday nights at
8 o’clock will be given in the Bre
vard high school, and Saturday
night it will be at the Colored
| Community center to benefit their
swimming pool fund.
I Ihis year’s Jollies will feature
(three big acts. The first act is com
posed of a chorus and songs by the
i quartet in anticipation of the show
i (boat’s arrival. The second act is
all comedy, as members of the Jay
cees give an all male performance
of Romeo and Juliet. The third act
is loaded with local talent, com
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!AN AUTOMOBILE, parked next to the Sinclair ser
vice station on East Main street, was practically demol
ished by a fallen tree during last Friday afternoon’s
wind and rain storm here. The car belonged to C. R. Mc
Neelv, and power and telephone lines were also knock
ed down, when the tree was uprooted.
(Times Staff Photo)
Commissioners And Board Of
Aldermen Approve New Budgets
Increases Noted In Appro-'
priations. Largest Amount
To Go For Schools
An annual budget estimate of $1,
26b,515.00 for Transylvania county
for the year 1957-’58 was presented
| to the commissioners on Monday by
IC. Lewis Osborne, the county ac
i countant.
The new budget was accepted
and ordered filed with the register!
of deeds for public inspection for,
a period of 21 days before adop
tion.
The tax rate of $1.55 remains the
same.
i The new budget is based on an
j estimated property valuation of
| $22,500,000, which is approximately
a half million dollars higher than
it was last yegr.
The financial statement of Tran
sylvania reveals that the county is
in good financial condition, with a
surplus in all funds and all bills
paid at the end of the fiscal year.
The largest appropriation in the
new budget is for schools in the
amount of $746,986, which is in j
capital outlay and includes the!
$637,000 bond issue passed by Tran
sylvania voters last fall.
A total of $126,631 is in the bud
get for school current expense, and
$34,357 is set aside for school debt
service.
Appropriations for public wel
fare and welfare adlministrafion to
tal $172,217.00.
In the county general fund the
appropriation is $96,161, and other
appropriations are as follows:
health department — $8,360; ac
countant: $8,367; forest fire pro
tection — $3,387; farm agent — $6,
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Estimated Expenditures For
Town Set At $200,127.
Tax Rate The Same
The town board of aldermen ap
proved a budget of $200,127.29 for
the ensuing year at the regular
July meeting Monday night.
The new budget will be open for
public inspection for 21 days prior
to adoption, and it was increased
from $181,135.74. Appropriations
for practically all departments are
up, and salary raises, as authorized
in the last legislature, are included.
The same is true for the county
officials.
The tax rate for the town of
Brevard will remain unchanged at
$1.45.
According to the town’s finan
cial statement, assessed valuation
is set at $5,000,000, a slight in
crease over last year.
In order to meet the budget of
$200,127, the aldermen will col
lect $66,000 from the tax levy and
$134,127.29 from other sources,
such as water, garbage collection,
parking meters, etc.
Expenditures in the general fund
are estimated at $156,540.50, and
debt service is $43,586.79.
The summary of the budget esti
mate and the town’s financial state
ment are carried elsewhere in this
week’s newspaper.
In other action of the board Mon
day night, the property opposite
the Brevard high school, known as
the Clayton property, was convert
ed from residential to business.
Mayor B. H. Freeman presided
over the meeting, and all five of
the aldermen attended.
Program Highlights
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WPNF Will Observe Seventh Birthday
This Saturday, Public Service Stressed
On Saturday of this week, WPNF
will celebrate its seventh birthday,
and President Ed M. Anderson says
that this is an appropriate time to
rededicate the station to serving
Brevard and Transylvania couny.
The president also extends
thanks to listeners and advertisers
for their fine cooperation and sup
port.
The station endeavors at all
times to furnish the best in radio
entertainment, Mr. Anderson
states, and he calls particular at
tention to the complete log that
can be found on the back page of
this week’s newspaper.
WPNF has one of the finest and
most modern buildings in the Car-'!
olinas, and its equipment is also of
the highest quality obtainable. The
music library has been expanded,
and during the baseball season, the
station is affiliated with the Brook
lyn Dodger network.
The station is owned and opera
ted by the Pisgah Broadcasting
company, of which Ed M. Anderson
is president; John D. Eversman,
vice president; and, John I. Ander
son, secretary and treasurer.
Members of the staff include
Bobby Hoyle, station manager;
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POWER AND PHONE
SERVICE KNOCKED
OUT MANY HOURS
Damages To Crops Said
More Than $200,000. No
One Reported Injured
CREWS CALLED IN
Winds of near-hurricane propor
tion, created by “Audrey”, lashed
Brevard and Transylvania county
Friday knocking out power and tele
phone service in all sections and
causing damage estimated at more
than $200,000 to crops and gardens.
No injuries were reported.
Another freak weather incident
was reported at 4:33 Tuesday morn
ing when an earth, tremor was feit
here and in other sections of West
ern North Carolina.
During the month of June nearly
15 inches of rainfall was reported
in Transylvania. The softness of the
earth was considered a major faster
in the uprooting of so many trees
during Friday’s storm.
This storm was considered by
old-timers one of the worst in Tran
sylvania in many, many years and
th'v wind velocity was estimated
between 50 and 60 miles an hour.
Over half of the 2200 telephones
in Transylvania county were knock
ed out of order by the storm. Out
side crews were called in and ser
vice was restored over the week
end. There were no long distance
lines in working order during the
afternoon and evening Friday.
Falling trees knocked down elect
rical and power lines in aU sections
of the county early Friday after
noon, atd au> ’iasy crews were
also called in to ..lake repairs. The
heart of Brevard was the only
section that escaped power failure.
rJhe concert at Transylvania
Music camp Friday night went on.
as scheduled, but it was necessary
for the musicians to piay by candle
light and flashlights because the
camp was without electricity.
County Agent Jaimes Davis es»
i mates damages to crops in Tran
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Ibradburn takes
EDUCATION POST
| Newly Elected Superintend
dent Of Schools Sworn In
I • Office On Monday
Wayne Bradburn was sworn in as
superintendent of schools in T>as
sylvania county by BddSe Varner,
chairman of the board of education,
Monday morning here in the Bre
vard court house.
Marvin McCall, clerk of court,
was the witness at the ceneraony.
Mr. BradTxurn succeeds J. B_
Jones, who retired on June 30th
after 30 years as superintendent of
[schools here.
In a brief statement, Iftr. Brad
burn pledged to continue to seek
to improve the school system ot
Transylvania county.
“The welfare of our schools is mp
basic concern,” he declared.
Architects McDonald and Dan
iels are busy preparing the plans
for the new high school tiklMing
here, and they should be sent to*
Raleigh for final approval before
very long, Mr. Bradburn reported.
Churches Slate
Sunday Evening
Union Services
The Pneebyterian, Methodist and
First Baptist churches of Brevard
will combine in a series of Sunday
evening union services fsom July
7th through September 1st.
All services wMl be at t p. m.,
and the first one Sunday night will
be at the Brevard - Davidson River
Presbyterian church. Rev. Douglas
Corriher, pastor cf the Brevard
(Methodist church, will preach.
The remainder of the summer
schedule is as follows:
July 14 — Presbyterian church,
Dr. Cross! ey Morgan, guest minis
ter.
July 21 — Presbyterian church,
Rev. B. W. Thomason, Fi*st Bap
tist church, preacher.
July 28 —Methodist church, Rev.
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