TRANSYLVANIA—
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. 36
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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
* aSSaS*" Brevard"'n^c * BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1957 * 18 PAGES TODAY A
TRANSYLVAHUf—
The Land af Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Ra
tional Forest and Home qf
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
GOVERNOR LUTHER HODGES visit
ed in Transylvania last week, and his
|| first stop was at the Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation at Pisgah Forest.
Making the tour of leading industries in
the county with the governor were the
men pictured above. Left to right, they
are: James C. Gaither, Transylvania’s
representative to the legislature; the
! governor; J. O. Wells, personnel mana
ger of Olin; Ed M. Anderson, newspaper
! and radio executive; and, Thomas R. El
ler, town attorney. Governor Hodges was
particularly pleased with the expansion
program of Olin Mathieson at Pisgah
' Forest and the progress being made on
| Du Pont’s silicon plant in Buck Forest.
(Times Staff Photo)
Labor Day Will Be Quietly Observed
In Transylvania, Schools, Stores Close
Many Visitors Expected In
Community. Legion Hoi*- .
ing Dance Saturday
The Labor Day week end in Brc
vard and Transylvania county will
be quietly observed, and present
indications point to a record num
ber of visitors in the area.
i Most of the Brevard stores will
be closed on .Monday, as will the
town and county offices. The bank
will observe the holiday, and there
will be no delivery of rural or city
mail. Transylvania’s schools will
also close on Monday.
The general delivery window at
the post office here, however, will
be open from 11:30 until 12 noon.
Many picnickers and sightseers
are expected in the Pisgah Nation
al forest, Ranger Ted Seely re
ports and he predicts that all of
the recreational areas will be fill
ed to capacity.
The American legion is sponsor
ing a big dance at the American
Legion Memorial building Satur
day night. This Labor Day week
end will be open to the public and
tickets will be on sale at the door
«r $1.50 per person or $3.00 per
uple.
Wayne Rutledge and his orches
tra, of Greenville, S. C., will fur
nish music for the occasion, which
gets underway at 9:00 o’clock.
The regular meeting of the
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Tops In State
Brevard Jaycees Win Award
At Meeting In Chapel Hill
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Brevard Jaycees came home with
the attendance prize of $50 award
ed at the first Quarterly Board
; meeting held this past week end in
i Chapel Hill.
This meeting was the largest
first quarterly board meeting ever
held in the state, with some 750
Jaycees and wives attending from
all of North Carolina.
The attendance prize is award
ed on the basis of percentage of
local membership in attendance
and the number of miles traveled.
With five registered delegates trav
eling some 285 miles to Chapel
Hill, the local club walked off with
top honors.
Brevard Jaycees attending the
meeting were President Bobby
Hoyle, John Ford, Jr., Earl Powell,
Bill Griffin and Bill Norris.
The state organization adopted
traffic safety as the number one
project for the coming year. The lo
cal organization has been active in
this program for several years, and
is expected to double its efforts
along this line due to the action
taken by the North Carolina Jun
1 ior Chamber of Commerce.
Monday night, members of the
local club attended the chartering
of a new club at Spruce Pine,
i which now brings the total num
ber of Jaycee Clubs*in the state
to 125. State vice president, Bill
Norris, of Brevard, installed the
clubs new officers.
Milder temperatures dominated
the weather picture in Brevard
during the past week. The average
low reading was 52 degrees, while
the average high was 78. Only .04
inches of precipitation occurred.
Daily readings are as follows.
The Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Pre.
76 53 0
78 57 0
76 52 .01
80 51 0
80 51 0
77 56 .03
83 48 0
New Brevard High School Layout Is
Approved By Board, Is Campus Type
SCHOOLS OPEN ON
SCHEDULE MONDAY
Slight Increase In Enroll
ment Noted Here. Lunch
rooms In Operation
Transylvania’s schools opened on
schedule this week, and a full day
of activities began on Wednesday.
Students went to school half days
on Monday and Tuesday, in order
to give teachers and principals
time to make class assignments,
distribute records and books, etc.
Cafeterias began operat'ons on
Wednesday, and due to the in
crease in the costs of food, lunch
es are now $1.25 per week.
Enrollment figures are not
available as yet, but an increase is
expected.
Here at Brevard elementary, the
largest school in the county, the
enrollment Wednesday morning
was 1,050, as compared with nearly
1.000 the first of the school term
last year.
BRYANT IN CHARGE
HATCHERY PROJECT
Construction Contracts Are
Opened In Atlanta. Work
Is Underway
Maurice Bryant, Jr., new super
intendent of the fish hatchery un
der construction in Pisgah Nation
al Forest, has moved here to make
his permanent quarters.
Mr/and Mrs. Bryant and 15-year
old daughter, Maureen, are living
temporarily in the Sapphire Man
or apartments. Their home and
other buildings are now under con
struction at the fish hatchery site
near Looking Glass Rock.
Bids for other construction were
expected to be let last week by
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice. but no definite word has been
received here.
Mr. Bryant first went with the
Fish and Wildlife Service in 1940
as an apprentice fish culturist. He
was stationed at various hatcheries
in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania
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Going Away This
Fall To School?
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are going off to school and col
lege—and their parents, too.
Let The Transylvania Times
go with you. Enjoy reading your
hometown paper which is, as
you know, chock full of infor
mation and news about all the
doings in the Brevard area.
Parents — The Times won’t
take the place of letters to your
sons and daughters away at
school. Not at all. But it will
save you the time and trouble of
having to write news items in
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JIM TATUM, center, head football coach at the Uni- |
versify of North Carolina, was the principal speaker at
the Booster’s club banquet here last week, and as a token
of appreciation from the group, Vance Jackson, the
president, presented him with a country ham. At the
right is Thomas R. Eller, who served as master of cere
monies on the program. (Times Staff Photo)
Times Inviting.Visitors To
Return For Colorama Season
DR. JAMES M. WALKER, M.
D., who comes to Brevard from
the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine where he
has been on the practicing staff,
will open an office here on Jor
dan street on Sept. 16th. (See
story, page four).
Western North Carolina
Newspapers Are Promot
ing Annual Event
The Transylvania Times, in co
operation with other newspapers
in Western North Carolina, is pub
licizing the October color season in
an effort to extend the tourist sea
son beyond Labor Day,
Publishers and editors of the
newspapers in the 19-county area
have held two meetings to work
out details of the project.
Primarily, the newspapers will
carry stories, editorials and adver
tisements publicizing the outstand
ing beauty of the color season in
these mountains during Septem
ber and October.
Newspapermen are cooperating
with chambers of commerce and
other organizations, and next year
a more elaborate fall colorama fes
tival will be staged in the area.
The newspapers are giving their
services and donating space in Wie
entire promotion as a civic enter
prise.
Summer visitors are being in
vited to return in the fall, when
the woodlands are ablaze in crim
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IS DESCRIBED AS
FINEST IN STATE,
MODERN DESIGN
The Advantages Are Cited
By Architect. Can Be En
larged Easily
BUILDINGS CONNECTED
Plans for a modern Brevard
High School building were pre
sented by the architectural firm,
McDonald and Daniels, to the Tran
sylvania board of education last
Friday night.
These plans were enthusiastical
ly approved by the board and will
now be sent to Raleigh for final ap
proval. Supt. Wayne Bradbuxn,
who recently visited a number of
new schools in North Carolina, re
ported to the board the plans were
the finest he had seen and fore
cast that other counties building in
the future would probably “beat a
path” to Transylvai 'a to see this
modern campus layout.
This type of construction gives
maximum ventilation and light,,
and the beauty of it is the ease in
which future additions can be
made.
Final approval of these plans,
working drawings and 'specifica
tions, is expected shortly after the
first of the year when the board
will advertise for bids. It is estima
ted that 12 to 18 months will be re
quired for building.’
The capacity of this new school
building is 800 students, • and it
will con ai 1*^40 classrooms.
The large auditorium will have
an adequate stage and ample room
for properties. Dressing rooms are
also included.
The gymnasium, to be located ad
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TOWN GETS $14,471
FROM POWELL BILL
Money Wili Be Used To Im
prove And Maintain
Streets Not Under State
The town of Brevard will re
ceive $14,471.44 from the Powell
bill fund at Raleigh, it is anaeua
ced today.
This money will be used to main
tain and improve streets which
are not part of the highway sys
tem.
Brevard is one of 400 towns im
North Carolina receiving a spec
ial grant under the Powell bill.
The Powell bill fund represents
one-half cents of the six-cent per
gallon tax on gasoline.
Distribution of the money is
based on the population of the
towns and cities and relative mile
age of non-highway system or lo
cal streets.
Last year Brevard received $14,
192.59 from the Powell bill.
AN ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of Brevard’s new high school building, which
will be of campus-type construction, is pictured above. At the right the auditor
ium and gym can be noted, with the athletic fields and playgrounds directly be
hind. The long flat building directly behind the auditorium is for the band, and
in front is the administration building. At top left is the agricultural department
with ample classrooms and work areas, and also at the left are general classrooms
and the cafeteria. The plans were presented by the architectural firm of McDon
ald and Daniels to the Transylvania board of education last Friday and were ap
proved. After approval at Raleigh, working drawings and specifications will be
completed, and the board will advertise for bids.