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TRANSYLVANIA
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed- j
ucational, A g r i-c uliural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 ~ No. 38
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
* SSM i£S.J5rSeB£ ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 19,1957 * 16 P/i&ES TODAY *
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls*
; Mecca for Summer Camps,
, Entrance to Pisgah Na
, tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the ban
quet last Friday night to welcome the
new president of Brevard college and the
new dean to the school and to the com
munity are pictured above. In the top
photo, left to right, are: Rev. Robert H.
Stamey. the vice president, who served
as master of ceremonies; the new pres
ident, Rev. Emmett K. McLarty; and, Ed
M. Anderson, who introduced Mr. Mc
Larty on behalf of the board of trustees.
Left to right in the bottom picture are:
Ralph H. Ramsey. Jr., county attorney,
who spoke on behalf of the community;
Bobby Little, the president of the stu
dent body; Rev. Ed Roy, who was in
charge of devotionals; j. J. Stevenson,
the speaker on behalf of the faculty and
staff of the college; and, John K. Ben
nett, the new dean. See story on page
six, first section. (Times Staff Photos)
Outlook Good As New Year Begins At
Brevard College, Many Improvements
Some 40 Transylvania Stu
dents Enrolled. New Cen
ter Building Popular
Classes are underway at Brevard
College and the outlook for the
new year is good, President Em
mett K. McLarty states.
Freshmen students arrived on
Sunday and have participated in a
program of orientation and regis
tration. Returning students arriv
ed yesterday.
Five new faculty members have
been added, and many improve
ments have been made, president
McLarty reports.
With the beginning of the new
year, the Campus Center building
is being put to full use. The audi
torium and cafeteria are being
used, and the student lounge and
soda shop are proving popular
“spots” with the students.
The former administrative offic
es have been remodeled and are
now used for faculty offices.
The science labs have been
moved to the building formerly
used as dining hall.
The barn has been remodeled
extensively and will be used for
recreational activities.
Local students, numbering ap
proximately 40, attending Brevard
College include: Janice Brown.
Charles Wayne Byrd, Benjamin
Cassell, Mvrna Fisher, Sarah For
—Turn to Page Five
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 19 — Classes be
gin at Brevard college. First Bap
tist Church circles meet. Lions club
meets at 7 p. m., in Gaither’s. Court
of Honor at First Baptist church,
7:30 p. m.
Friday, Sept. 20 — Two Garden
clubs meet at 3:30 p. m. Glady
Branch supper in Masonic Temple,
4:30 to 7 p. m. Kiwanis club meets
at Gaither’s, 6:45 p. m. Ace of
Clubs meets in club house, 7:45
p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 21 — 4-H Pul
let Show and Sale, 10 a. m., Farm
ers Federation.
Sunday, Sept. 22 — Attend the
church of your choice. Transyl
vania Baptist association execu
—Torn to Page Eight
Try-outs Begin
Brevard Little Theatre To
Use New Silversteen Center
At the annual picnic of the Bre
vard Little Theatre Saturday night
it was announced that the Silver
steen Community club would be
i available for all try-outs, rehear
sals and social activities of the or
| ganization.
The first use of it will be Mon
day night, September 23rd. when
try-outs for “My Three Angels”,
the first play, will be held at 8 p.
m.
“Mv Three Angels”, by Sam and
Bella Spewack”, was a popular
play and later made into a movie
j starring Humphrey Bogart. Try
Firemen’s Banquet
Set For October 3
The annual banquet for the Bre
vard volunteer fire department,
sponsored by the civic organiza
tions of the community, will open
the local observance of National
Fire Prevention week.
The gala affair is set for Thurs
day night, October 3rd, and the
Brevard Rotary club is in charge
—Turn to Page Four
outs for the parts are open to any
interested person.
The new auditorium of the Bre
vard college center building will
be used by the BLT players for
“My Three Angels” on November
15 and 16.
Bob Bolt., membership chairman,
announced at the picnic that the
drive would soon get underway.
There are three types of member
—Turn to Page Four
Transylvania Health Center Approved
By State Medical Care Commission
LOCAL BANK TO
OP INTEREST ON
SAVINGS OCT. 1ST
Duckworth Says Institution
Is Encouraging Thrift.
Other Changes
Ralph Duckworth, vice president
of the Brevard office of First Na
tional Bank, announces today that
interest on Savings deposits in
Baevard has been increased to
three per cent, effective October
1st. He also announced that the
bank will begin paying interest on
savings deposits on a quarterly
basis.
In making this announcement,
Mr. Duckworth explained that this
is the maximum amount which can
be legally paid by a commercial
bank, and it is in line with the pol
icy of the bank to encourage thrift,
which can then be employed to fur
ther develop the local economy of
Transylvania county.
Previously the bank has paid in
terest on a semi-annual basis, but
it was explained that the new me
thod of paying interest every 90
days would be more attractive to
the bank’s savings depositors.
The increase in rates is in line
with the Federal Reserve board’s
action several months ago in au
thorizing an increase in interest
rates to a three per cent maximum
—Turn to Page Five
BUILDING BACK
HEATH FIRE LOSS
Neighbors In Little River;
Turn All Out To Help
Burned Out Family
BY FRANCES WALKER
Little River, which has placed j
first in Western North Carolina |
Rural development, is again evi- j
dencing its indomitable commun- I
ity spirit as neighbors join to- !
gether in building back the Joe
Heath home lost by fire.
The house burned to the !
ground Sunday afternoon.
But Little River has wasted
no time in setting up the project
of building a sir-room block
house for the Heath family.
The property was bulldozed
by Albert Merrili Foundations
were poured for tie house Wed
nesday morning by a group of
neighbors.
Roscoe McCall and Merrimon
Shuford, assisted by others, are
in charge of soliciting funds to
pay for the house. They will wel
come any donatkns by other
—Tun to Page Four
Heavy Rainfall Recorded
In County, More To Come
Ram continues to saturate
Transylvania and the rest of the
counties in Western North Car
olina.
And the weatherman says
there will be more of the same,
for another day or two, anyway.
The heaviest rainfall was re
corded on Monday of this week
when 2.83 inches were recorded.
Calling All Transylvanians
How Does The Spending Of Your
Family Compare With The Average?
BY STAFF WRITER
Attention, Mr. John Q. Citizen
in Transylvania county!
Do you know how much your
household spends each year?
If you are an average Transyl
vanian, you spent $4,251 last year.
According to the Standard Rate
and Data, that was consumer spen
dable income per household in this
county during 1956.
And here’s another figure that
might surprise you. The total
spendable income for the county
was $17,810,000.
Figures might bore you, but
here are a few more that should
interest the majority of the read
ers of The Times.
Total retail sales in Transylva
nia last year were $12,697,000, and
this compares with $2,501,100 in
1942, 15 years ago, and $9,767,000,
five years ago.
It is estimated that the popula
tion of the county is 16,800, and the
number of households is 4,019. The
farm population is 4,600.
—Turn to Page Four
inis was followed by 1.23 inch
es the next day.
According to Bobby Hoyle, of
ficial weatherman for the coun
ty, the total rainfall for the past
week has been 4.27 inches. For
the past two weeks, it has been
over seven inches.
Daily readings for the past
week were as follows:
High Low Pre.
Wednesday 83 64 .14
Thursday 84 64 .02
Friday 81 62 .04
Saturday 84 64 0
Sunday 82 62 .01
Monday 76 65 2.83
Tuesday 80 66 1.23
Varner Purchases
Tinsley Property
The V. L. Tinsley property, for
merly known as the county home
farm, was sold at public auction
and was purchased by Eddie Var
ner, Brevard businessman, who
was the high bidder last Wednes
day afternoon.
His bid was $42,200.
The Gossett Land company, of
Canton, was in charge of the auc
tion sale, and some 300 persons
—Turn to Page Five
Planning Strategy
to
“Cipe With Canton”
I
BREVARD COACHES are busy this week mapping
strategy as the Blue, Devils prepare for the big game at
Canton Friday night. Assistant coaches, Marshall Teague
and Don McLeod, are shown at the top and at the right
as head coach, Ralph “Buffalo” Humphries checks de
fensive and offensive plans. Larry Pickelsimer, the
“player of the week” in the Hendersonville game last
Friday night, is shown at the right on the botttom.
(Times Staff Photos)
Superior Court Will Open On
October 28, Jurors Are Drawn
LOST BOY FOUND
LATE ON SUNDAY
Eight-Year Old Candler
Youth Hikes Down Stream
From Mt. Pisgah
An eight-year-old Candler boy,
lost on snake-infested Mt. Pis
gah, remembered his grandfath
er’s teaching and walked down
stream until he found a road and
safety Sunday afternoon.
Gene McElrath, picnicking
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Lipe of Ridge St.,
Candler, got lost about 1:15 p.
m. when he walked away from
the Frying Pan Gap picnic area
to find a place to wash his hands.
Five and a half hours later he
walked out of the woods on the
Cruso road, about six miles from
where he got lost.
The boy’s grandfather had
taught him that if he ever got
lost to follow a stream down
ward. This stream ran right into
the Cruso highway.
►
Charlotte’s Judge Campbell
Will Preside Over Two
Weeks’ Term
The October term of Superior
court in Transylvania, which will
be a two-weeks’ session, will open
on Monday, October 28th, Marvin
McCall, the clerk of court, announ
ces today.
Judge Hugh B. Campbell, of
Charlotte, will preside over the
court, and Clarence 0. Ridings, of
Forest City, will prosecute for the
state.
The jury committee, composed of
Clerk McCall, P. A. Rahn and 0.
H. Orr, today announces jurors for
the two weeks, and they report that
persons named to serve were
drawn by four-year old Lynne
Pickelsimer.
Called to serve are the follow- j
ing:
First Week
Hubert E. Grant, W. D. Auvil,
Boyd Oliver, Ernest Boley, Ben F.
Harkleroad, T. J. McCall, Foster
McCrary, Mrs. R H. Plummer, Van
Tinsley, Tom Hargis, Jr., J. T. Reid,
Mrs. E. D. Trull, C. L. Davis, Al
—Turn to Page Four
Program Highlights
WPNF Begins Broadcasting Of Top
College Football Games Saturday
WPNF will begin broadcasting
leading college football games this
Saturday afternoon, when a play
by-play description of the Caro
lina-State game will be carried,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager, an
nounces.
The games will originate with
the Tobacco Sports network, with
Ray Reeves doing the word-picture
of the action.
Mr. Hoyle urges Brevard football
fans to attend the Blue Devil - Can
ton game Friday night, and, “If
you can’t, listen to the play-by-play
| description over WPNF,” he
states.
Air time is 7:15 o’clock.
In observance of National Civil
Defense week and in cooperation
with the Federal Civil Defense ad
ministration, WPNF is presenting
an hour - long dramatization of
Phillip Wylie’s stirring novel, “To
muorrow” Thursday evening at 8
o’clock.
The story deals with sister cities,
divided by a river; one town hav
ing an active Civil Defense organi
zation and the other having none.
—Tara to Page Eight
MODERN BUILDING
WILL RELOCATED
BY RADIO STATION
Cests Are Estimated Over
$29,000. County Has Pur
chased Lot
DESCRIPTION GIVEN
A new health center in Brevard
has been approved by the North
Carolina Medical Care eommissian.
To serve the Transylvania Health
department, the new center will be
located adjacent to Radio Station
WPNF, and will cost slightly more
than $29,000.
The county commissioners are
expected to advertise for bids in.
the near future.
McDonald and Daniels are archi
tects for the center, which will be
a one-story, masonry building of
modern design, with steel windows.
It will contain 1,750 square feet.
The property on which the cen
ter will be constructed was recent
ly acquired from the board of
trustees of Brevard college. It is
large enough to afford ample
space for lawn and for parking.
The approval of the State Med
ical Care commission is subject
to concurrence by the U. S. Depart
I ment of Health.. Education and
Welfare.
The project will be paid for by
$4,027.01 in state funds, $10,563.61
in local funds and $14,590.63 in
federal funds.
The building will include offi
ces for the health officer, the san
itarian and the nurses. It will also
have two examination rooms, com
plete with X-ray and darkroom
and storage quarters. There wiE
be a large waiting room and toilet
facilities.
PRICE OF ILK
ISUPONECENT
Increase Is Said Due To
Higher Rate Now Being
Paid By Producers
Milk prices in Transylvania and
rest of Western North Carolina
were increased Monday morning hy
one cent per quart.
The increase ks the result of an
order issued recently by the State
Milk Commission boosting prices
for milk sold to producers by dai
ry farmers.
Biltimore Dairy Farms and South
ern Dairies hiked the price of reg
ular milk from 26 to 27 cents a
quart and skim milk from 20 to 21
cents a quart.
The commission fixed at $6.55
per hundred pounds the price paid
by distributors for Class 1 milk.
This is 30 cents higher than the
previous price, an increase which
will mean slightly more than half
a cent a quart to producers.
At hearings leading up to the
decision milk distributors testi
fied in Raleigh that it would he
necessary for them to pass on to
the consumer any increase in the
producer milk price. The commis
sion does not set retail prices.
Brevard Firemen
Answer Two Calls
Out In The County
The Brevard volunteer fire de
partment was called out both on
Sunday and on Monday.
The two fires occurred out in
the county, and the new fire truck,
especially designed for fighting
rural blazes, was used
Sunday about 6:00 p. m., the de
partment answered an alarm
about one mile from Eagle’s Nest
camip in the Little River section.
However, the home of Joe Heath
was engulfed in flames when the
department arrived, and the house
and contents were declared a total
loss.
Shortly after noon on Monday’
the local firemen were called to
the Volrath residence on the Ashe
ville highway near Bennett’s stare.
The blaze, which originated from
a faulty oil water heater, was con
fined to a utility room, and dam^
ages were said to have been kept:
at a minimum.