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 A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper ★ Second Class Mall Privilege* Authorized at Brevard. N C BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1957 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY * 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 —Tan te Page Viva U1.L-. U. -•■ I 1.11 I . - ' 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 —1Tun to Page Fire 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 —Turn To Page Ten 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. ☆ ☆ ☆ National ☆ ☆ ☆ 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 —Turn To Page Ten 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 —Tun to Page Tw $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 —Turn to Page Tern 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. —