TRANSYLVANIA—
Die Land oi Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.,
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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, ed
ucational, A g r 1 c uhoral
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1900 Census, 15,321
Brevard Community 7,394.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1957
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Vol. 68 — No. 30
Scor'd (*lass Mail Privileges
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BREVARD’S O. K. SMA
THERS, who last week
end won the world’s arch
ery title at Prague, Czech
oslovakia, is pictured
above in an impressive
shooting pose as he hits six
bull’s eyes in a row. At the
left he is shown with other
winning American archers
at the elimination tourna
ment at Minneapolis. Next
to him are: Joe Fries, of
California, who placed
second in the world event
at Prague ; Betty Schmidt,
of Chicago; and, Ann
Clark, who brought back
the women’s title to the
United States.
Brevard's. 0. K. Smathers Wins World
Archery Title, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jaycees Planning Gala Wel
coming Home Event For
The New Champion
By STAFF WRITER
0. K. Smathers, who has won the
southeastern archery crown for the
past eight years and twice runner
up in national competition, pulled
the “long-shot” out of the air last
•week end to win the world’s title
in the International tournament at
Prague, Czechoslovakia, in a dra
matic finish.
For two days he trailed team
mate, Joe Fries, of California, who
had previously defeated him twice
for the United States champion
ship, and then as they neared the
finish, he went 11 points ahead by
breaking the world’s record.
As the scores were tabulated on
Sunday, Smathers emerged the
^ -winner by 10 points. His total was
^ 2,231, with Fries running a close
second with 2,221. In third was ano
ther teammate, Sylvester Chess
man, of Springfield, Ohio. The
American women’s team made it a
clean sweep in the tournament by
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 25 — Children’s
Story Hour at the library, 9:30 and
10:15 a. m. B & PW club meets at
-Gamp Straus, 7 p. m. YWA coun
cil meeting, King Street Baptist
church, 8 p. m. Masonic meeting in
the Temple, 8 p. m. Young Demo
cratic rally, Gaither’s, 8 p. m.
Friday, July 26 — Eugenia Mock
circle supper, Brevard Methodist
church, 5:30 to 7:30 p. in. Concert
at Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p.
m. Square dance at the American
Legion building, 8:30.
Saturday, July 27 — Silversteen
clubhouse opens, 8 p. m. Concert
at Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p.
m.
Sunday, July 28 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Brevard Music Center, 4 p. m.
Monday, July 29 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Tuesday, July 30 — Bloodmohile
at Olin Mathieson plant. Gold Star
Mothers meet with Mrs. Ila Rhodes,
7:30 p. m. Concert at Brevard Mu
sic Center, 8:15 p. m.
Wednesday, July 31 — Blood-!
mobile at Olin Mathieson plant.
Public Invited
Outstanding Programs Are Slated
This Week End At Music Camp
The strains of “Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini” will issue from
the open air auditorium at Brevard
Music center this Friday evening
j?s Anne Koscielny, pianist, makes
a guest appearance with the orch
estra of the faculty and staff,
James Christian Pfohl conducting.
Miss Koscielny, an outstanding
former student at Transylvania
Music camp, is presently attending
the Eastman School of Music.
The Transylvania choral ensem
ble, directed by Gordon Page, will
sing Effinger’s “Symphony for
Chorus and Orchestra.” The orch
estra will play Rossini’s Overture
to “Semiramide.”
The center will be host to a
band directors’ forum on Saturday
at which directors from the south
eastern area will meet to exchange
Carr Opens Lumber,
Real Estate Offices
Frank G. Carr, former president
of Pisgah Builders Supply, has
opened two offices adjacent to the
Brevard post office.
Mr. Carr will deal in wholesale
lumber, and he has also opened a
real estate agency.
ideas and observe the work being
done at Transylvania. A discussion
group will be led by Cecil Effin
ger, of the department of music
of the University of Colorado; Wil
liam D. Revelli, conductor of the
University of Michigan bands; Paul'
Bryan, conductor of the Duke Uni
versity bands, and James Chris-j
tian Pfohl, camp director.
Composer and director Effinger'
has written more than sixty per-1
formed works which have been i
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Pisgah National Forest Gets $68,500
For Recreational Spending Next Year
BUDGETS ADOPTED
BY TOWN, COUNTY
Action Follows 21-Day In
spection Period. Other
Action Is Taken
The town board of aldermen and
the (board of county commissioners
this week adopted budgets for
1957-’58 at special call meetings.
'J'he budgets had been approved
earlier this month and have been
open for public inspection for 21
days.
Both the tax rates, $1.45 for the
town, and $1.55 for the county, will
remain the same.
The budget for the town of Bre
vard totals $200,127.29, while the
county’s is $1,266,515.00.
Valuation of the town is estima
ted at $5,000,000, and the county
valuation is $22,500,000, both show
ing an increase over last year.
The aldermen agreed to call a
public hearing on August 12th, to
consider a proposed amendment to
i he zoning ordinance. A legal no
tice concerning this action is on
page four, first section.
The commissioners gave final
approval to plans for the new
health center in Brevard, which
will be constructed adjacent to ra
dio station WPNF.
PIIWWR’S HOLDS
25TH ANNIVERSARY
Local Business Has Opera
ted Continuously For The
Past 44 Years
Plummer's department store will
celebrate a quarter of a century
under the present management
with a big discount sale beginning
Thursday, July 25 at 10 a. m. ac
cording to Robert H. Plummer, the
owner. The sale will feature a 25
percent discount on everything in
the store for 25 hours; 10 a. m. to
6 p. m. on Thursday and Friday,
and 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. on Satur
day.
Plummer's has been in business
in Brevard continuously for 44
years. H. A. Plummer came to Bre
vard in 1910 from Tennessee and
opened the first Plummer’s store
in 1913 near the site of the present
store. He operated the business un
til 1932, when the operation and
management was taken over by
his son, R. H. Plummer, who is
still the owner. The present loca
tion has been occupied for most of
the 44 years, the (business having
moved shortly after being started.
Mr. Plummer, in expressing ap
preciation for the continued pat
ronage of the people of Transyl
vania county, said:
“We are making available e very -
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Silversteen Community
Club To Open Saturday
Construction of the new Silver
steen Community club house is
being completed this week, and
the formal opening is set for Sat
urday night.
Built by Joseph S. Silversteen,
pioneer industrialist in Transyl
vania county, the club house will
be the permanent home of the
Ace of Clubs, duplicate bridge
club and affiliate of the Ameri
can Contract Bridge league.
Teacher Vacancies Being Filled In
School System, Old Buildings Leased
Several vacancies in the Tran
sylvania school system have been j
filled during the past week andj
teachers for the other two are ex-j
pected to be employed immediate- j
•ly, Supt. Wayne Bradburn airnoun- ]
ces today.
Miss Willie Capehart, of Canton, J
has been employed to teach at Pen
rose, and Roy Campbell, a recent!
graduate of the University of North
| Carolina, will teach the eighth J
grade here in the Brevard elemen
tary school.
Two teachers were recently em
ployed to teach at Rosman. They
are: Mrs. Eula Culp, of Inman, S.
C., who will teach the sixth grade;
and, Edgar Carpenter, of Franklin,
eighth grade.
Suipt. Bradburn announces today
that three communities in upper
Transylvania-, Lake Toxaway, S0
versteen and Selica, have leased
tihe old school buildings fof com
munity centers.
The three clubs are busy remodel
ing and redecorating the buildings,
which are expected to add much to
community development in the
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,, C. E. Cochran was contractor
for the building, which will ac
commodate approximately 25
tables.
A large number of bridge play
ers from Greenville, S. C., Spar
tanburg, S. C., Tryon, and Ashe
ville is expected to attend Sat
urday night’s formal opening, as
well as a large group from Bre
vard.
The Silversteen Community
club house will also be available
for civic meetings and other so
cial clubs.
It is located on French Broad
street adjacent to the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Gil Coan.
Methodists Will
Hear Dr. Powell
Dr. Howard P. Powell, pastor of
the Edentom Street Methodist
church in Raleigh, will preach at
the Brevard Methodist church Sun
day morning, July 28, at the eleven
o’clock service.
Dr. Powell will be in the com
munity for a week beginning next
Sunday attending the Southeastern
Regional Retreat of the Disciplined
Order of Christ at Brevard College.
Dr. Powell is president of the
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TRANSYLVANIA 4-H Health champions are pic
tured above following their selection by Dr. John Fol
ger and Mrs. Jessie Lollis, of the Transylvania-Hender
son counties health department. At the left is Judy Mims, |
daughter of Mr! and Mrs. Edwin Mims, of Brevard, and i
at the right is Gil Coan, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil Coan. \
They are this week competing in the state health contest
at Raleigh. (Times Saff Photo) !
iDelegation Of Transylvania
4-H Members At Raleigh
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LOCAL LIBRARY
IS BEING USED
Reversal Of National Trend
Noted. Mrs. Kapp Releas
es Facts, Figures
BY STAFF WRITER
Transylvanians are reversing the
national trend that fewer people
are reading books because of com
petition from television and other
recreational activities, according to
the figures showing increase in use
of the county library.
The (borrowing of children’s
books jumped up in a more fantas
tic way than adults, though both
have increased. Children’s books
borrowed increased 94 percent over
the past six months in the old li
brary building, according to fig
ures prepared by Mrs. Lehmann
Kapp, the librarian.
She points out, of course, that
much of the reading increase can
be attributed to the new library
building and the addition of a large
number of books.
The adult reading figures show
rn increase of 34 percent over the
last six months in the old buil
ding. The total figures for adult
books borrowed was 16,408 last
year. For children, Mrs. Kapp’s re
port shows they borrowed a total of
9,032.
For the entire county — includ
ing the main library, the bookmo
bile and the Rosenwald branch—a
total of 30,966 books was borrowed
during the past fiscal year. Mrs.
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All Counties In State Repre
sented. Varied Program
Being Offered
I This week is “the week of the |
year” for Tar Heel farm boys and
girls attending annual 4-H club
at N. C. State College in Raleigh.
Approximately 1,200 members of
4-H Clubs representing every
county in the state along with
county farm and home agents are
on hand for the event which will
last through Friday, according to
I.. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club lead
er for the N. C. Agriculture Exten
sion Service at State College.
State finals in many 4-H con
tests are slated during the week.
Those club members attending
Club Week fought their way up
through community, county, and
district contests to reach the state
finals.
In addition, some of the dele
gates to National 4-H Club Con
gress will be ehosen and new
'members will be tapped into the
4-H Club Honor Club. New State
Council officers will also be elect
ed during the week.
The following 4-H club members
are representing Transylvania at
the state convention: Ellen Jean
Dills, Judy Mims, Linda Tinsley,
Floyd McCall, Charles Taylor, Gil
Coan, Jr., Henry Tinsley, Tommy
Shuford, Douglas Israel, Carrol
Parker, Ed Matheson, Melvin Mer
rill, Larry Jones and Joe Farmer.
“Improving Family and Com
munity Living” is the theme of the
special week highlighting the out
standing accomplishments of 4-H
I Club members throughout the
' state. |
WFNF Program Highlights
Interest in Broadcast Of Brooklyn
Dodgers Baseball Games Is Increasing
With the Brooklyn Dodgers on
ly one game out of first place, in
terest in the play-by-play descrip
tions of National champions over
WPNF each day is mounting, ac
cording to Bobby Hoyle, station
manager.
Milwaukee is leading the league
with 54 wins- and 38 losses, while
Dodgers have 52 wins and 38 loss
es.
“Everywhere you go, people are
listening to radio and enjoying
these fine broadcasts/’ Mr. Hoyle
states.
The station manager thanks the
sponsors for making the broadcasts
of the games possible.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Civic hour
for the coming week is as follows:
Friday, Brevard Little Theatre;
Monday, American Legion auxili
ary; Wednesday, Fortnightly club.
On the Farm and Home hour the
following will be heard: Thursday,
Carolina farm features; Friday,
ASC office; Monday, county agent’s
joffice; Tuesday, Carolina farm fea
tures; Wednesday, home agent’s
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DISTRICT RANKS
THIRD HIGHEST
IN AREA USEAGE
Expansion Of Facilities Is
First Phase Of Five-Year,
“Operation Outdoors** .j
NOW MAKING SURVEY
Through •Operation Outdoors",
a five-year program set up to mod
ernize and expand existing nations
al forest facilities, the Pisgah dis
trict of Pisgah National Forest will
receive a recreation budget of
$68,550 for the next fiscal year.
Ranger Ted Seely says this com
pares with the meager sum of $5,
100 appropriated last year.
The tremendous increase in the
amount is due largely to the fact
that the Pisgah district is the third
highest in recreational use of any
other national forest district in Ihe
United States, Mr. Seely points out.
Because of this fact the chief of
the forest service has set up a spec
ial study of the three districts. Wil
liam C. Asher, forester, is now
working on this survey for the Pis
gah by contacting visitors, getting
their suggestions, etc. The amownt
of t-he budget appropriated for the
survey is $2,000.
Of the total amount api-ope rated
next year Mr. Seely says $12,599
has been designated for clean-up
alone. “In past years we simply
have not had enough money to
keep the recreational areas in the
condition I would like ta have see®
them.” he stated.
Mr. Seely gives a break down of
how the remainder of the $68,550
budget will be spent.
A planning survey will cost $V
300. He stresses the importance of
this survey since “Operation Out
doors” will be a five-year plan. To
be considered in the survey are the
following: Expansion for Sliding
Rock, rehabilitation and expansion
of Lake Powatan and North Mills
River areas, new proposed recrea
tional areas, including a new one oa
lower Davidson River near the Ran
ger Station, planning for develop
ment of recreation facilities at Bal
sam Lake.
Sixteen thousand dollars win be
used solely for the construction of
new shelters, bath houses and la
trines. This will include three new
latrines at Powatan, four at North
Mills RWer. Two new bath houses
each will be constructed at Sliding
Rock. North Mills and Lake Pow
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BAPTISTS PLAN
ANNUAL SESSION
Events Will Be Here And At
Pisgah Forest Churches*
Rackley Says
The Transylvania Baptist asso
ciation will meet in its annual-ces
sion on Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 6th and 7th, LeRoy Rack
ley, the associational clerk, an
nounces today.
On the sixth, the association will
meet at the First Baptist church
here in Brevard, and the meeting
the following day will he at Pis
gah Forest Baptist church.
Tuesday Night, August 9th, is
designated as youth nif£ft, and for
this occasion, the association will
meet with the Pisgah Forest Bap
tist church. The sessioc ^wffl get
underway promptly at 7.39 p. m.,
end will recess at 9:15. Rev. Lewis
McCaha, of Greenville, S. C., will
be the guest speaker of fee even
ing.
All churph messengers ore urg
ed to attend this session, and all
friends of thf youth of the Baptist
churches are invited to attend.
Bloodmobile TaBe
At Olin July 30,31
The American Red Gams Blood
mobile will be at the (Min Mathie
son Medical Center on July 30th
and 31st. Hours for doners to visit
the unit will \te announced in the
various departments.
The last visit of the Bleoftmobile
at Olin was January 8th and 9th,
at which time 203 pints of blood
were donated by employees.