TRANSYLVANIA—
rhe Land or Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Musk Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prise-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g ri c ultur&i
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Census, 16,321.
Brevard Community 7,394,
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Vol. 68 — No. 29
Second Class Mall Privileges
Authorized at Brevard. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE GLABY BRANCH BAP
TIST Church members are now
engaged in building a new church
with labor being furnished by the
men of the congregation plus a
few neighborly non-members. In
the top photo the group is shown
at a “working” held last Satur
day. The Sunday school rooms
will be located on the ground
floor with the sanctuary above.
When completed, the brick ve
neer church will be valued at
about 860,000. The old church is
shown at the right. In the pic
ture at left is the new Glady
g Branch parsonage that was built j
entirely by volunteer labor and
finished two years ago. It cost
only about $3,590, but is valued
at $10,000. (Times Staff Photos)
Cedar Mountain
Representing
Southeastern Group In SeS'
sion At Clemson. Lee And
Davis On Program
Transylvania’s Cedar Mountain
community is representing North
Carolina at the Sixth Annual
Southeastern Community Devel
opment conference this week at
Clemson college, Clemson, S. C.
“This is indeed an honor for the
Cedar Mountain community to be
the only community represented at
the conference and it speaks well
for the work being done in com
munity development in Transylva
nia,” County Agent James Davis
said yesterday.
Ralph Lee, president of the Ce
dar Mountain Community Devel
opment club, will speak on “The
Rural Community and the County
Sponsor”, during the conference,
and other leaders from that area
•will be heard.
Mr. Davis will also talk on the
benefits of the program, listing a
fesw of the projects and activities.
Cedar Mountain was the first
place winner in the county contest
here last year, and the community
went on to tie for first place in the
district contest.
Agricultural workers from this
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 18 — Bible con
ference at Presbyterian church con
tinues at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. WSCS
of the Brevard Methodist church,
7:30 p. m. Masonic meeting in the
temple. 8 p. m.
Friday, July 19 — Two Garden
clubs will meet at 3:30 p. m. Regis
tration tea at Brevard college for
music club delegates, 4 p.m. Con*
cert at Brevard Music Center, 8:15
p. nr>,
Saturday, July 20 — Federation
ja week end activities at Transylvania
^ Music camp, followed by concert at
8:15 p. m.
Sunday, July 21 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Brevard Music Center, 4 p. m.
Monday, July 22 — Rotary club
meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s.
Princeton Choir sings at Presby
terian church, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, July 23 — Concert at
Brevard Music Center, 8:15.
Wednesday, July 24 — Jaycees
j meet at Gaither’s, 6:30 p, m.
First In N. C.
American Board Of Preventive
Medicine Honors Dr. Gasque
The American Board of Preven
tive medicine has announced that
Dr. Mac PiOv Gasque, medical direc
tor of the Olin Mathieson Chemical
corporation. Pisgah Forest, has
been certified as a diplomat in the
newly-organized section of occupa
tional medicine. Dr. Gasque’s cer
tification followed the first oral
and written examination ever of
fered by the board in this field, and
he is the only physician in North
Carolina to be certified by examin
ation.
Dr. Gasque grew up in Asheville
where he attended the Asheville
city schools. He is a graduate of
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Jaycees Conducting
“Light Bulb” Sale
The annual Jaycee light bulb
sale is being conducted by members
of the Brevard junior chamber of
commerce, and according to Presi
dent Bobby Hoyle, the house-to
house canvass will be climaxed on
Friday evening.
Proceeds from the sale will go to
the Jaycees “civic improvement”
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the University of Virginia Medical
school. He entered the field of in
dustrial medicine in 1949, at which
j time he became affiliated with
' Ecusta Paper corporation, Pisgah
| Forest (now Olin Mathieson Chem
ical corporation).
| Dr. Gasque directed the devel
opment of the present Industrial
Medical Department and program I
for Olin Mathieson Chemical Cor-!
poration at Pisgah Forest, I
National Federation Of Music Clubs
To Meet At Campr College This Week
“WORKINGS” AT i
GLADY BRANCH TO
BUILD NEW CHURCH
Volunteer Labor Also Built j
New Parsonage. Women
Help By Feeding
BY FRANCES WALKER
“Workings” proio&bly date back
to the time the early cave man
helped his neighbor improve his
living quarters and came to this
country with the Pilgrim fathers
who assisted each other in build
ing the first structures to house
the colonists.
Today in Transylvania county
ihey are prevalent in nearly every
rural community, with last Satur
day’s “working” at the Glady
Branch church being a typical ex
ample of this neighborly way of do
ing things.
Glady Branch church members,
■dong with some non-member
triends, are building their own new
church at “workings” held every
week. This is nothing new at Glady
Branch because two years ago they
completed a “do-it-yourself” pro
ject and built a new parsonage.
Though it cost them only $3,500,
the house is valued by insurance
coverage at $10,000. The difference
in the figure is probably the labor
lhat was contributed.
Now that the church building is j
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s aderTstricker
IN NEW QUARTERS
Modern Medical Clinic Ad
jacent To Masonic Tem
ple Now Being Occupied
Drs. R. L. Strieker and Julius
Sader are now in their new brick
building housing medical offices
on Main street between the for
mer Walnut Inn and the Masonic
Temple.
Construction of the work was
completed by the contractor. Riley
Merrill, last week. The architects
were McDonald and -Daniels.
Completely modern throughout,
the building is air conditioned. It
contains examining and consulting
rooms for both doctors, suites on
either side, with a laboratory con
veniently located in the center. Al
so in the building are rooms for
minor surgery, an . X-ray room,
lounges for the staff, baths, stor
age and heating plant room.
Adding to the modern design of
the building are continuous window
walls- on two sides. These are
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Plan Antlerless Deer
Hunting For This Fall
Plans for the managed hunts on'
the cooperative wildlife manage
ment areas are being worked out
by representatives of the North
Carolina Wildlife Resources com
mission and the U. S. Forest ser
vice.
Generally, the hunts will be con
ducted in the same manner as they
were during the 1958-’57 season.
However, for the first time in
Wells Is Appointed To Merit System
Council By Governor Luther Hodges
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J. O. Wells, personnel manager
of Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest, has
been appointed to the Merit Sys
tem council for the state of North
Carolina by Governor Luther Hod
ges.
Mr. Wells was named with Char
les Wade, of Winston Salem, to a
six-year term on the council.
Governor Hodges, in appointing
Mr. Wells to the important post, ex
plained that thfe main purpose of
the council is to establish and
maintain policies, regulations, etc.,
for the body.
^ All employees for various state
'agencies spending federal funds
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J. 0. WELLS
• many years, limited hunting of ant
lcrless deer is planned.
Archers will be able to take ant
lerless deetr on the last day of the
hunts slated here in the Pisgah Na
tional forest and in other areas,
Ranger Ted Seely announces. Hunt
ers with rifles will be permitted
to shoot antlerless deer during the
last half day of the hunts beginning
at noon.
As required by law, public hear
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School Holidays
Announced Today
With Transylvania’s schools op
ening on August 26th, C. Wayne
Bradburn, superintendent, today
releases the list of holidays during
the school year.
Schools will close next May 26,
1958.
The first holiday of the school
year will be on Labor day, Sept,
2nd, followed by two days for
Thanksgiving, Nov. 28th and 29th.
Christmas holidays 'begin on De
cember 29th, and school will recon
vene on January 6th, 1958.
Easter holidays are slated on
April 4th and 7th, and the other
holiday of the school year is on Oc
tober 4th, when teachers and prin
cipals will attend the annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Educa
tion association jp Asheville.
THOUSANDS OF GLADIOLI are being shipped daily
to all parts of Eastern America from the Alexander P.
Thomas farm in lower Transylvania. At the right is
Mike Thomas, who is in charge of packing and sales, in
specting these beautiful flowers in the new packing shed
of the Thomas farm where between 300 and 400 acres
are planted in glads. Tuesday more than 6,500 dozen
gladioli were cut and shipped out by railway express and
refrigerated trucks. The Thomas’ also operate large
gladioli farms at Cocoa and Ft. Myers, Florida.
(Times Staff Photo)
Five Auto Accidents Reported,
Damages Said High, No injuries
IVAN DAVIS, above, the 1955
winner of the Yeung Artists audi
tions of the National Federation
of Music Clubs, will be soloist at
the Brevard Music Center Fri
day evening. Mr. Davis is a pi*
anist. The concert will be given
in honor of the Federation Week
End that is being held both at the
camp and Brevard college Fri
day and Saturday. Mr. Davis has
been called one of the dynamic
newcomers to the national con
cert field.
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Cars Practically Demolished I
In Each Incident On Sat
urday And Sunday
Five automobile accidents were
I reported in Transylvania county
• over the past week end. According
! to Patrolman Jack Cabe and Bill
Sawyer, property damages were
j exceedingly high in the accidents,
j but there were no injuries.
A ’54 Ford, driven by Clinton
. Walter Whitmire, of Brevard, col
lided with another vehicle, whose
driver "’as listed as Charles Fran
cis Heath, of Pisgah Forest, on
NC 280 near the county line about
1:30 o’clock last Saturday after
noon. Heath was turning left and
was struck from behind by Whit
mire. Patrolman Cabe says charges
are pending further investigation.
About 1:30 Sunday morning, a
car driven by James Wade Gosnell,
of Pisgah Forest, failed to make
the Bryson curve on the Rosman
highway. The vehicle traveled
some 300 feet beyond the curve
and turned over. It was a total
loss.
Later in the morning, Patrolman
Cabe reports, Bill Head turned over
on Little Mountain, practically de
molishing the Buick he was driving.
He is reported to have dozed off,
but he was not injured in the acci
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Program Highlights W£ft..
New Announcer Will Join Staff Of
WPNF, Martin Is Program Director
Joe Price, experienced, young ]
radio announcer, will join the staff {
of WPNF, Brevard’s independent j
radio station, this week end, Pres-1
ident Ed M. Anderson announces.
A1 Martin, who has been with'
WPNF since June, 1966, will be
come the new program director.
The changes in the staff are due
to the resignation of John Dellin
ger, who has been with the sta
tion for the past four years, Mr.
Anderson states.
A native of Elkin, Mr. Price was
a member of the radio staff there
while attending high school, and
while at State College, Raleigh, he
was announcer with WKJK and
other stations in North Carolina’s
capital city.
In making the announcements.
Mr. Anderson said he was happy
to have Mr. Price on the staff of
WPNF, ‘ He is well qualified and
will make an excellent addition to
our fine group,” he declared.
Martin joined WPNF after an ex
tensive tour of duty in the armed
services in the European theatre
and he has been active in church
and Jaycee work since coming to
Brevard. His wife is employed i»
the office of the Brevard branch of
Duke Power company.
Expresses Regrets
“We will miss John and his
family. They have been an asset to
'both the station and the commun
ity, and we wish them well,” Mr.
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MANY EXPECTED,
VARIED PROGRAM
TO BE OFFERS
Thor Johnson WiM Conduct
On Sunday. Massy Con~
certs Being Planned
PROGRAMS REVIEWED
Federation week end wHl fee efe
served on July 19, 20, and 2f at
the Brevard Musee Center, honor
ing the National Federation ei
Music dubs. On Friday evening,
Ivan Davis, pianist, 1955 winner of
the Young Artists auditions, will
appear as guest soloist with the
orchestra of the faculty and staff,
James Christian Pfohl conducting.
This is the ninth consecutive
year for the Federation event that
is held 'both at the camp and at
Brevard college. The opening event
Friday afternoon will be a registra
tion tea at the college, sponsored
by the Brevard Music Lovers club.
A buffet supper will be held in the
college dining room and a recep
tion honoring the delegates will
follow the concert at the camp.
Other events on Saturday will in
clude the tour of the camp, a lun
cheon and a dinner. Delegates and
music club members from each of
the 14 states of the Southeastern
Region of the National Federation
,:re expected to attend.
Mrs Clifton J. Muir, of Coral Ga
bles, Fla., -regional director and
vice president of the Federation,
will represent the National Feder
ation at the Week-End.
Mr. Davis, one of the dynamic
newcomers to the national concert
field, will play Beethoven’s "Con
certo no. 4 in G Major.” Before a
successful European tour, Mr. Da
vis played with such orchestras as
the Boston Symphony in its sum
mer "Pops” series, and in concerts
in many major cities. The orches
tra will play “Circus,” an overture
to Ernst Toch. The Transylvania
Symphony will perform Benson’s
"A Delphic Serenade” and "TH1 .
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locaTMemen
NAME OFFICERS
Report Of Year’s Work Giv
en. Wide Publicity Is Re
ported At Meet
The annual election of officers
«f the Brevard Fire department
was held at the regular weekly
meeting of the volunteer group this
week.
Chief Dan Merrill, who was ap
pointed by the town board of aider
men, renamed D. R. Boyd as asis
tant chief, and all other officers
were elected by the firemen.
Elected to serve for the ensuing'
year are the following: Freak smi
James Bridges, assistant dhiefs;
Allison Orr and Ted MoCrary, cap
tains; Calvin McCrary and James
Galloway, lieutenants; Roy McCall,
secretary and treasurer; Frits
Merrill, assistant secretary and'
treasurer; Rev. B. W. Thomason,
chaplain; and, Charles Himes, pub
lic relations.
The following men were appoint
ed by Chief Merrill to serve as
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Will Distribute.
Masonic Rosters
Thursday Evening
A new and up-to-date roster of
the membership of the Dime's
Rock Masonic lodge is bctog pgint
ed and will he ready lor d&tritm
tion at an emergent communica
tion on Thursday night of this
week, Henry R. Henderson, the
[secretary, reports today.
The new pictorial roster give#
the list of living past masters and
the year in which they served. Ac
cording to the secretary, th# lodge
has a membership of 288 members^
and the booklet lists 14 honorary
members, who have heen^ elected
since 1948. Each officer is pic
tured in the booklet.
C. Allison Orr, worshipful mas
ter, urges all members to attend'
the emergent communication to be
held in the Masonic temple, begins
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