TRANSYLVANIA
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational,' A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 10,321. ;
Brerjsrd Community 7,394.
VOL. 68 — NO. 40
TRAN SYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer ramps.
Entrance to Piaeah Na
tional Forest and Borne of
Brevard Music Festival
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NEW SILVERSTEEN GYM at
Rosman is now being used for the first
time and is proving j} valuable asset to
both the school and the community. The
building, constructed of brick and steel
rigid frames to avoid center supports,
contains 115,000 square feet. Portions of
the standard basketball court and the
two practice courts can be noted in the
lower picture. The gym also has two lock
«r rooms, public toilets, coach’s office
and several storage rooms. A unique fea
ture of the gymnasium are the folding
•bleachers, which will seat some 800 per
sons. McDonald and Daniels were the
architects, and the general contractor
was the Dillard Construction company,
of Sylva. Total costs of the gym and fa
cilities were around $120,000.00.
(Times Staff Photos)
Civic Clubs Will Honor Members Of
Brevard Fire Department At Banquet
Rotari&ns Will Be In Charge
Of Program In Gaither**
Rhododendron Room
Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs
will join in a banquet meeting
Thursday night of this week to
honor the outstanding Brevard vol
unteer fire department.
The event will kick-off Fire Pre
vention week here, and it will be
held in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room, beginning at 7:00 o’clock.
This year the Brevard Rotary
•club will be in charge of the pro
gram. George Perkins, Jr., a past
president, will be the toastmaster,
and the address of welcome will
be by the president, Dr. Frank
McGuire. Fire Chief Dan Merrill
will respond.
The program, which is said to be
highly •entertaining, is entitled
"The Magic Barrell”, and it will
be a demonstration by Bob Pen*
ninger, of the Esso Standard Oil
company. John Anderson, also a
past president of Rotary, will be
heard briefly on the program.
Invited guests, in addition to
the members of the Brevard de
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CALENDAR OP
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Oct. 3 — Fire Preven
tion banquet at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Committee meets at Lutheran
church, 8 p. m.
Friday, Oct. 4 — All schools
close for the day. Achievement Day
program in Masonic Temple, 1:30
p m. Ace of clubs meet in club
house, 7:45 p. m.
Saturday, Oct. 5 — Match play
tournament at Brevard Country
club.
Sunday, Oct. 7 — Attend the
church of your choice. Gillespie |
and Pickelsimer reunions to be |
—Tam To Page FHa j
Good News
Bids Called For Paving An
11-Mile Link Of Parkway
A contract for another Blue
Ridge project in this area is set
for letting on October 17, the Bu
reau of Public Roads has announc
ed. The 11-mile section of the
Parkway from Wagon Road Gap to
Beech Gap is to be paved.
The bids will be opened 'October
17 at the bureau’s headquarters in
Gatlinburg.
This is a link of the Parkway
graded and given a temporary sur
face two years ago.
Meanwhile surveys are going for
ward for one of the most wild and
scenic links of the entire park
way from the Shenandoah Nation
al Park to the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park. This is the
section from Balsam Gap on US 23
along the Balsam Mountains east
ward to Beech Gap.
So inaccessible is the region
that Public Roads engineers have
been forced to establish a camp
in the high mountains accessible
only by foot or by Jeep.
One spot on the parkway link to
be hacked through these rocky
ridges is 6050 feet above sea level,
highest point on the entire 477
mile parkway.
Work is progressing on both
ends of another Parkway link from
Balsam Gap to Soco Gap on US 19
where it will connect with the
already finished link into the Great
Smoky park.
And the terminal section from
Wolf Laurel Gap to US 441 near
Oconaluftee ranger station is near
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Transylvania Farmers To Vote On
ASC Committeemen Next Tuesday
Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman
of the Transylvania county ASC
committee, reminds farmers that
they will have an opportunity next
Tuesday, October 8, to vote for the
ASC farmer committeemen they
want to administer ASC farm pro
grams for 1058. These programs are
as follows: agricultural conserva
tion program, price supports, acre
age allotments, marketing quotas,
storage facility loans, and soil bank
progralms.
He stated that every farmer in
the county who is participating or
who is eligible to participate in
any program administered by the
county ASC committee is eligible
to vote. Each eligible voter is en
titled to vote only one time and in
only one community. If an eligible
voter has an interest in a farm, or
farms, in more than one commun
ity in the county, he may select the
community in which he will vote.
It is hoped that as many farm
ers as possible, win go out to the
polling place in their community
on October 8, and vote in the ASC
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Increased Interest Noted In '57 Rural
Development Contest In Transylvania
COUNTRY CLUB
BOARD ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
Vance Jackson It The. Presi
dent. Group Optimistic
Over Future
Vance Jackson, on§ of Brevard’s
most ardent golfers, was elected
president of the Brevard Country
club at a meeting of the newly
elected board of directors at the
club house Monday night.
Other officers include John An
derson, vice president, and Char
les Himes, secretary-treasurer.
Don Y. Wilson was renamed ex
ecutive vice president and manager
of the club, and Br*pce Orr was
re-employed as full-thne mainten
ance superintendent of the club |
house and golf course.
Following the election of offi
cers, the board made plans for the
future. The directors are optimis
tic over the future if the present in
terest in the golf course contin
ues.
Directors, in addition to the of
ficers, include Frank Yarbrough,
Roy Orr, Pete Wright and Buster
Carr.
Orr and Wright were named
chairmen of the greens commit
tee, and President Jackson said
that other committee heads would
he named in the very near future.
Besides being president of the
country club, Jackson is also pres
ident of the Brevard Blue Devil
Booster club.
JONES RENAMED
TO HEAD DEMOS
Young Democratic Club
Held Annual Meeting
Monday. Drive Is Begun
Bennett Jones, of Brevard, was
re-elected president of Transyl
vania Young Democrat club at the
annual meeting held here Monday
night. Mr. Jones was also named
as delegate to the state convention
which meets in Southern Pines
this week end.
Other officers elected included
Mrs. Inez Whitmire and Miss Ter
ry Brittain, as vice presidents; Mrs.
Virginia Steppe, secretary; and
Fred McCall, treasurer.
Announcement was made that a
membership drive would start in
the immediate future.
JERVEY TO HEAD
CAMPING GROUP
Southeastern Section, Na
tional Association, Hon
ors Rock brook Director
Miss Ellen Hume Jervey, direc
tor of Rockbrook Camp for Girls
here, was elected president of the
Southeastern section of the Am
erican Camping Association at a
three-day meeting held last week
end at Camp Sequoyah, Weaver
ville.
Association members from three
states, North Carolina, South Car
olina and a part of Alabama, com
prise the Southeastern section.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was a talk on “Guidance,
What We Can Do For our Chil
dren” which was given Sunday
morning by Miss Marjorie Leonard,
—Turn «• Fate 're»
Membership Drive
Is Set By Rosman’s
New Booster Club
The newly organized Roman
Booster club has launched a mem
bership drive, Mrs. Rose Fisher,
the president, announces.
Austin Hogsed is chairman of the
membership committee, with Mrs.
Paul Stroupe, co-chairman.
The dub held an enthusiastic
meeting Tuesday night in the Sil
versteen gymnasium, and Bud
White was named as the new Wee
president. Mrs. Lawrence Whit
mire was elected secretary and
treasurer.
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NEWSPAPER WEEK
NEWSPAPER...
Brevard College Will Hold
Rededication On Oct. 17-18,
Homecoming Is Thanksgiving
President Of Duke Universi
ty Will Be One Of The
Principal Speakers
Brevard College will hold its ser
vice of rededication of Chris
tian Higher Education on October
17th and 18th.
President Emmett K. McLarty
today announces that Dr. Hollis
Edens, president of Duke univer
sity, Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, of
the Charlotte area of the Metho
dist Church, Dr. Kenneth Goodson,
minister of the First Methodist
Church, Charlotte, and Dr. Wilson
0 Weldon, minister of First Meth
odist Church, Gastonia, will be the
principal speakers.
Rev. Charles Bowles, minister of
West Market Street Methodist
church, Greensboro, and Mrs. Clar
ence C. Cranford, Sr., Conference
president of the Women’s Society
of Christian Service, will be in
charge of the devotions.
The convocation will open Oct.
17th at 7:00 o’clock with an ad
dress by Dr. Weldon on “The Chris
tan Mind.” This occasion is primar
ily for students and faculty, though
people of Brevard and the college
community are welcome. At 10:30
o’clock Friday morning, President
Edens will speak on “Education
and Religion”. Dr. Edens, a past
teacher, is widely known in the
educational field.
Bishop Harmon will give the af
ternoon address at 4:00 o’clock on
“The Methodist Church and High
er Education.” Thirty-eight years
of service in various capacities of
the Methodist Church gives Bishop
Harmon a vast insight on this top
ic.
Dr. Goodson wiH give an inspi
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Many Special Activities Be
ing Planned For The Re
turning Alumni
Thanksgiving Day, November
28th, has been designated as
Homecoming Day at Brevard Col
lege.
Entertainment and special activ
ities including six class reunions
are being planned for the return
ing alumni and friends of the col
lege.
Alumni President John Benfield,
of Mount Holly, urges that alumni
make plans now for returning to
the college for the Homecoming
activities.
Class reunions are being plan
ned for the classes of ’37, ’41, ’45,
’49, ’53, and ’57. Members of these
classes are urged to attend these
meetings.
Other plans for Homecoming in
clude a coffee, open house, a spec
ial athletic event, and the annual
Homecoming Dance.
Nelson Announces
Brevard college’s Nelson F. Ad
ams announces that the girl’s trio,
men’s quartet, and the glee club
are now available to sing for
church, school, and civic groups,
subdistrict meetings, and confer
ences.
Tentative dates for the Christmas
tour of the glee club are December
11-17. Approximately 40 members
make up the group.
Various instrumental groups are
now being organized at the college
and will be available for appearan
ces later in the school year.
Persons who are interested in
having any of these groups for
special music programs should con
tact Professor Adams at the col
lege.
Program Highlights ^
World Series Being Heard’Over
WPNF, Football Broadcasts Set
WPNF, Brevard’s independent
radio station, is carrying the World
Series from the National Broad
costing company.
Thursday’s game will start at
11:45 o’clock, and the last part of
Saturday’s game will he broadcast
from Milwaukee, following the
Carolina-Navy football game.
President Ed M. Anderson said
yesterday that broadcasting of the
World Series over WPNF was in
line with the station’s policy of
providing the best in entertain
ment for its listeners.
Friday afternoon WPNF will
bring a play-by-play description of
the Brevard - Christ school game,
beginning at 3:00 o’clock.
Airtime for the Carolina-Navy
game on Saturday is 1:45 o'clock.
The president also announces
that Mrs. Katherine Anderson has
joined the staff of WPNF as re
ceptionist-bookkeeper, succeeding
Mrs. Mary Odborne, who has re
signed. He praised the fine job
that Mrs. Osborne has done for the
station and said that Mrs. Ander
son was highly qualified as her suc
cessor.
She has previously been employ
ed at WPNF, at The Transylvania
Times, in the office of the Ecusta
Paper corporation, and during
1956 and early '57, Mrs. Anderson
was secretary in the office of the
ranger station here of the Pisgah
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$1,070 IN CASH
PRIZES WILL BE
GIVEN ON NOV. Z
Sponsor Banquet Set Neat
Thursday. Eight Com
munities Entered
COMPETITION KEEN
Interest ,is mounting to a high
pitch in the ’57 Rural Development
contest in Transylvania, as the
judging dates of October 30th sad
30th draw near.
The annual dinner for the same
50 sponsors of the contest and the
officials of-the communities enter
ed in this year’s event will be VM
next Thursday night, October 10th,
at the Olin Mathieson Chemical
corporation at Pisgah Forest, be
ginning at 7:00 o’clock.
Some $1,070.00 in cash prizes
will be awarded in the '57 contest
in Transylvania, and the awards
day and parade is slated on Novem
ber 2nd, beginning at 2:00 o’clock.
According to James Davis, the
i county agent, the eight organized
, communities entered in the Tran
j sylvania contest and also the dis
| trict contest are: Balsam Grove,
I Blantyre, Cedar Mountain. Cathey’s
I Creek, Dunn’s Rock, Little River
! Pisgah Forest and Si!versteerr.
Area judging will be from Nov.
11th through the 15th.
The Western North Carolina
awards day is slated on Saturday,
Dec. 7th, in Asheville. Last year
the Cedar Mountain community
tied for first place in the district
contest, after being the top Tran
! sylvania community. Little River
; has also won a first place in the
! district in recent years, and the
l Dunn’s Rock community was sec
j ond two years ago.
First prize this year in Transyl
vania will be $200; $100 second
prize; $50.00 third prize; and $25
j will be awarded to each participat
i ing community.
i Three prizes will be awarded in
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SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
ALL DAY ON FRIDAY
Principals And Teachers To
Attend District Meeting
Of NCEA ^ '
Transylvania’s schools will close
all day Friday in order that local
teachers and principals might at
tend the 35th annual convention
of the Western district of the
North Carolina Education associa
tion in Asheville.
The meeting, expected to attract
over 1,500 of the district's 3300
NCEA members, will be attended
'by teachers, principals, supervis
ors, superintendents from £8 wes
tern counties, and college faculty
members. The convention will be
held in the Lee EL Eeftrards high.
school.
Presiding over the meeting will
be Sim Wilde, Jr., David usii—<
junior high school, Ashedh Mr.
Wilde will deliver the pndtol'e
message at the second grant ses
sion. Other district sfficen an:
Robert E. Wootfcode, Crane
school, Crossnore, Yieepoidat;
Mrs. R. L. Allison, Fair view arftnsiT.
Fairview, secretary; and Mbs. Bd
na F. Rogers, Allen's Creek adhsoR,
Waynesville, NCEA district dbnc
tor.
Scout Groups To
Meet In October
There will be a meeting of the
district commissioners of the Dsra
iel Boone council of Boy Scoots of
America here at the home of Whi
ter Straus on October 10th.
Meeting time is 7:30 o’clock, and
Mr. Straus heads the commissiom
ers.
The October court of honor of
the Transylvania district is set no
October 17th, Dr. E. O. Bryant, the
district chairman, announces:
It will be held at the First Bap
tist church, beginning at 7:30 o'
clock.
The district committee meeting
is slated for October 24th, 7:30 o'
clock, in the office of Duke Power
company. —