TE ANSYLV ANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i-c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 — No. 34
The Transylvania Times
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TRANBBTLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfals,
Mecca lor Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLT
CONSTRUCTION on Du Pont’s mul
ti-million dollar silicon plant at Buck
Forest is proceeding on schedule, and an
overall picture of the work to date can
be noted in the top photo. The water tank
at the right and the smokestack at the
left have been competed. Torkmen nut
ting up the structural steel for the main
building are shown in the bottom photo.
The plant is expected to be completed
in early ’58; some 235 persons are now
engaged in building it.
(Times Staff Photo)
Final Week End Of Gala Festival
Opens With Biltmore House Concert
Change Is Made From Ashe
ville’s City Auditorium
For “Carmen” Program
The Brevard Music center’s pro
duction of Bizet’s “Carmen,” ori
ginally scheduled for the Asheville
City auditorium, will be moved to
fabulous Biltmore Estate. The con
cert will be Friday evening, Aug.
23, at 8:30 p. m., and will open the
final week end of festival pro
grams.
Four distinguished soloists will
appear with the Gala Festival or
chestra, conducted by James Chris
tian Pfohl, and the 150-voice cho
rus, under the direction of Gor
don Page, against the world’s most
Jfc beautiful concert backdrop.
Qaramae Turner, contralto, will
sing the title role. Don Jose will be
fciterpreted by tenor Walter Fred
ericks, who is making his second
festival appearance. Laura Castel
lano, soprano, wall sing Micaela,
and Escamillo will be portrayed
by baritone Philip Maero.
Lighting effects for the French
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 22 — Chil
dren’s Story Hour, Library, 9:30
a. m. B & PW club meets, 7 p. m.,
Gamp Straus. Masonic meeting in
temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, Aug. 23 — Principals
and teachers meet, Brevard high
school, 10 a. m.
Saturday, Aug. 24 — Little Lea
gue Double Header, college field,
2 p. m. Baseball at Camp Straus, 3
p. m. Concert of Gala Festival,
Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 25 — Attend the
church of your choice, 11 a. m.
Final concert of Gala Festival, 4
p. m.
Monday, Aug. 26 — Schools
open at 8:40 a. m. Rotary club
meets at 7 p. m.., Gaither’s.
Tuesday, Aug. 27 — Gold Star
mothers chapter meets at 7 p. m.,
vwth Mrs. J. A- McCrary. Boosters
dub meets at Brevard high school
at 7:30 p. m.
Three Poachers
Draw Sentences
For Deer Hunting
Three men who were arrested
Sunday on charges of illegal hunt
ing in the Pisgah National Forest
have drawn prison sentences from
U. S. Commissioner Lawrence C.
Stoker, of Asheville.
They are Dealux Dexter Duncan
of Selica, who got a five-month
sentence, Leonard Barton, of Bre
vard, and Ernest Orr, of Cherry
viile.
The three were charged with1
hunting deer out of season in the
national forest, a violation of fed
eral law. The arrest was made by
Jack Owens, Ralph Siwicegood, Jkn
Regenar and Bill Phipps, refugee
protectors.
The protectors were attracted by
a shotgun blast in the woods be
hind Owens’ home. Upon investi
gation they discovered the three
men in a car with loaded guns.
Outstanding Pianist To Be
Heard On Saturday. Famed
Violinist On Sunday
Tiie two final concerts of the
1957 Gala Festival of music will
feature two internationally-known
soloists at the Brevard Music Cen
ter this week end.
On Saturday evening, pianist
Ruth Slenczynska will appear with
the Gala Festival orchestra, James
Christian Pfohl conducting. Called
the “most phenomenal keyboard
prodigy since Mozart,” she was
world famous by the time she was
eight years old. Fresh from succes
ses in over a hundred capitals of
Europe and America, this celebra
ted pianist is now on a nationwide
tour.
Miss Slenczynska, whose life
story recently appeared in McCall’s
magazine and Reader’s Digest, is
today an acclaimed virtuosa, and
has to her credit a long career of
distinguished achievement. She has
appeared in movies, played on the
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REFERENDUM FRIDAY — Farmers and other us
ers of feed and fertilizer go to the polls Friday to decide
the fate of North Carolina's unique “Nickels for Know
How” program. If two-thirds vote to continue the pro
gram another three years many highly important agri
cultural research projects supported by the program
will continue to function. If not, research in general will
suffer.
ALL TEACHERS
AND PRINCIPALS
MEET ON FRIDAY
All Vacancies Have Been
Filled. Bus Drivers Met
Wednesday
BRADBURN QUOTED
Contrary to the situation in the
state and nation, all teacher vacan
cies in Transylvania county have
been fillled, Supt. Wayne Brad
burn announces today. .
Transylvania has a total of 130
teachers, and the last vacancy was
filled by Paul Shepherd, of Bethel.
Mr. Shepherd, who holds a mast
er’s degree, will teaeh English and
French at Rosman.
Supt. Bradiburn announces a
county-wide meeting of principals
and teachers for Friday morning
at 10 o’clock in-the Brevard high
school auditorium.
Plans for the year will be out
lined at that time,, and the new
teachers will be introduced. Special
guests will include the members
of the board of education and
presidents of the various P-TA or
ganizations in the county..
Supt. Bradburn cordially invites
the public to attend the meeting,
and the program will also include
■roup singing under the direction
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NO CASES HERE
OF ASIATIC FLU
Health Department Has Re
ceived No Word When .
Vaccine Available
No definite cases of the new As
iatic flu have been diagnosed in
Transylvania county, according to
information received by the Tran
sylvania Health department.
Mrs. Jessie Lollis says they have
! received no definite information
| about when the vaccine will be
! made available locally.
The latest bulletin from Sur
i geon General Leroy E. Burney, of
I the U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, states that
first supplies of a vaccine against
Asian influenza are expected to
become available to the public
during September.
Dr. Burney said the six manufac
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12-YEAR OLD GIRL
DROWNS IN PISGAH
Firemen Tried For Two
Hours To Revive Victim
Last Thursday P. ML
A 12-year old Candler girl was
drowned about noon last Thurs
day while swimming in the David
son River swimming pool in the
Pisgah National forest.
She was Hope Morgan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Morgan, who
live on the Mt. Pisgah road near
Candler.
The girl was swimming with her
sister, Mary Morgan, and a cousin,
Wanda Roberts.
Efforts of members of the Bre
vard fire department to revive the
girl were in vain. Assisted by
Chase Ambler and Pete Payne, of
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The Weather
During the past week, more than
three inches of rain fell in Tran
sylvania county. The all-night driz
zle Sunday night totaled some 2.4
inches. The temperatures during
the week were most mild, with
cool readings at night-time.
The daily readings were as fol
lows:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Pre.
86 64 .02
80 66 0
00 50 .08
85 58 .03
75 64 1.06
77 61 2.14
78 58 .06
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N. D. LITCHFIELD, the new field project manager
for the construction of the multi-million dollar silicon
plant at Buck Forest, is pictured at the left being wel
comed to the plant site by Harold F. Redmile, his prede
cessor. Mr. Redmile was transferred Monday to Nash
ville, Tennessee, where he will have charge of the con
struction of a large addition to Du Pont’s Old Hickory
plant that makes rayon. A native of Birmingham, Ala
bama, Mr. Litchfield came to Brevard from Martins
ville, Virginia. He has been with the Du Pont company
for the past 17 years. (Times Staff Photo)
Rev. Ben Ormand Will Direct
’57 Campaign Of United Fund
REV. BEN ORMAND
Glen Cannon Farm
Sale Uncompleted
The (lien Cannon farm was put
up for sale at puiblic auction on
Tuesday, but sales negotiations
have not been worked out with the
high bidder, Lawrence Romph, one
of the owners, said this morning.
Located on the duff Wilson
road in lower Transylvania, the
farm is recognized as one of the
finest in the county.
It is understood that the high
bid was $125,000.
V -—
Budget And Admissions
Committee Now Study
ing Requests For Year
The Rev. Ben Ormand has been
named fund drive chairman for the
Transylvania United Appeal, and
he plans to name his captains and
community chairmen within a few
days.
Arthur J. Loeb, chairman of the
United Appeal fund, in announcing
that the pastor of the Brevard- Da
vidson River Presbyterian church,
has been named chairman for the
1957 pledge drive, stresses the
fact that to make the campaign suc
cessful it will take the combined
efforts of many people and groups.
He expressed the hope that every
community would be willing to
participate and that the start made
last year in payroll deductions by
small, as well as large employers,
would be carried further this year.
At the executive committee meet
ings held Monday and Wednesday
nights of this week, the budget and
admissions committee went over
requests for funds and noted that
several new agencies are qualified
to participate by reason of their
outstanding work during the past
years.
Mr. Ormand, in accepting chair
manship of the drive, pointed out
that “Busy people are the ones
who must be counted on to make
the fund campaign successful,” He
concluded: “If there is no sacri
fice of time and money there can
be no United Appeal Fund.”
Program Highlights
High School And College Football
Broadcasts To Be Heard Over WPNF
A full schedule of sports activ
ity is now being arranged for
broadcast over WPNF this fall,
Manager Bobby Hoyle announces.
Currently, the local station has
a wide audience each day for the
Brooklyn Dodger baseball games,
and beginning next Friday night,
August 30th, play-by-play descrip
tions of the Brevard high school j
football games will be carried.
Plans are also being made to
broadcast leading college football,
games each Saturday afternoon this
fall, Mr. Hoyle states.
He also reminds listeners to!
hear the sports news each evening
over WPNF at 6:45 o’clock, spon
sored by the Olin Matfhieson Chem
ical corporation.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Carolina
farm features; Friday, Carolina
farm features; Monday, county
agent’s office; Tuesday, Soil Con
servation service, H. E. Newland;
Wednesday, Home Demonstration
agent.
On the Civic hour the following
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ALL PLANTS NOW
FIRST-CLASS IN
TOWN, COUNIY
Half-Day Sessions Are Plan
ned. Students Assignments
Are Made
REGULATION CITED
School bells will ring Moadsgr
morning, August 26th, in Tramjrl
vania county.
Classes will begin promptly at
8:40 o’clock, and they will be re
cessed at noon on the first day..
Activities on Monday will in
clude class assignments, issuing of
books and materials, etc. Cafe-'
terias in the town and county win
open on Wednesday.
An increase in enrsllmewit is 'ex
pected. Last year the daily atten
dance was 4,006, and over
students are expected to be pii
hand when the schools open Mon
day.
The colored high school students
in Transylvania will not begin
school until Sept. 1st, when- the
Henderson county schools open.
With the opening of the new T_
C. Henderson school at Quebec, all
students in Transylvania county
now go to first-class school build
ings, Supt. Wayne Bradbum an
nounces.
The old school houses at Silver
steen and Lake Toxaway* haye been
converted into community club
houses, and students in these areas
will go to the modern school at
Quebec. Pupils at Balsam Grove
will go to Rosman.
Students from the Selica axes,
who went to Straus school last year
will continue to do so, while new
students in that community will be
; ransported to Brevard, Supt. Bract
bum states.
Considerable repair and repaint
work has been completed in the
schools of the county, and Supt.
Bradburn says that everything is
in readiness for the opening of
'the 1957-’58 term on Monday.
Boys and girls enrolled in the
first grade should present their
I certificates of immunization and
j parents are reminded to see that
they have them.
MANY ATTENDED
BOOSTER BANQUET
Coach Tatum Is Heard.
Jackson Is New Presi
dent Of Club
Approximately 250 persons at
tended the annual “kick-off” ban
quet of the Brevard Booster clufc
Tuesday night in the Masonic tem
ple and heard Jim Tatum, head'
coach oi the football team at the
University of North Carolina, moke
an inspiring talk on the favorite
American sport.
Coach Tatum compared football
to the game of life, and he urged
his hearers to be “good sports".
“The greatest reason for fail
ures today is the lack of concen
tration, and anything that is worth
doing is worth giving it all^ yora
have,” Coach Tatum declared.
On a whirlwind campaign axeund
Western North Carolina, Coach
Tatum admitted that he was look
ing over several prospects in this
area.
He also stated that he doesn't
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Four Transylvanians
Inducted In Service
Four Transylvania young men
were inducted into the armed ser
vice during the past week, Mrs.
Tom Galloway, clerk to the local
draft board, announces today.
The men reported to Charlotte
for induction, and they are: Robert
Wayne Burgess, Arnold Calvfn
Ray, Harry Eugene Nicholson and
Tommy Walker Chapman.
Mrs. Galloway announces that
Transylvania does not have a draft
call for the month of September.
The board needs the latest ad
dress of Melton Elijah Mooney,
Mrs. Galloway says, and anyone
I having any information regarding
his present whereabouts is asked
to notify the draft office.