; 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. i
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THE TRANSYLVANIA
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C.
TIMES
Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfall*,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 68 — No. 46
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
“MY THREE ANGELS”, Brevard Lit
tle Theatre’s first play of the season, is
now in final rehearsal for presentation
at the college auditorium Friday and Sat
urday evenings. Shown above, seated, is
Director and Little Theatre President,
Mrs. Maggie Masters, with part of the
cast. The “three angels” from left to
right are Bill Norris, Dave Jackson and
Ray Burgin. With them are the Ducotel
family played by Mrs. Thelma Hart, Mrs.
Marian Sargent and Don Wilson, Jr.
(Times Staff Photo)
Fin Situation Said Greatly Improved
In Schools, All Are Now In Operation
Absences Running From 10
To 15 Per Cent. Epidemic
Believed Abating
The flu situation in the schools
of Brevard and out in Transylvania
county is much improved, and the
epidemic seems to be abating, Supt.
Wayne Bradburn announces. • »
Five local schools, including Bre
vard high school, Brevard elemen
tary, Straus, Pisgah Forest and
Penrose, were closed three and
one-half days last week since ab
sences were more than 32 per cent.
This week the trend has been
toward normalcy, and a survey on
Wednesday morning indicated that
absenteeism was running from 10
to 15 per cent in the various schools
of the town and county.
Greatest improvement was
shown at Brevard elementary,
where more than 400 were absent
lest week. Some 125 were out of
classes on Wednesday. The situa
tion at Brevard high school is al
so greatly improved. Last week ab
sences ran about 200, while only
44 were away from classes yester
day.
At Rosman high school, where
the enrollment is 241, absences
were 40 on Wednesday, and 116
were out in the elementary school.
After being closed last week, the
Teen Age center has been reopen
ed, and several P-TA meetings, that
were postponed because of the flu
situation, are now being scheduled
for next week. ,
Absenteeism because of colds,
flu, etc., in businesses in Brevard
seems to be improving, and the
same seems to be true in industry.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Nov. 14 — Fortnight
ly club meets at 3:30 p. m., with
Mrs. R. H. Stamey. Masonic meet
ing in the temple at 8 p. m.
(Friday, Nov. 15 — TB Seal cam
paign opens. Transylvania Garden
club meets with Mrs. Randal Lyday,
3:30 p. m. Brevard Garden club
meets at 3:30 with Mrs. M. G. Pan
gle. Kiwanis club meets at Gaith
er’s, 7 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets at
7:45. Brevard Little Theatre play
in Brevard college auditorium,
8:15 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 16 — Brevard Lit
tle Theatre play repeated in Bre
vard college auditorium, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, Nov. 17 — Attend the
church of your choice. Presbyter
ian reception for newcomers in fel
lowship hall, 4:30 p. m. to 5:30 p.
m.
Monday, Nov. 18 — Deer and
bear hunts begin. DAR chapter to
meet at 3 p. m., with Mrs. Charles
Dunlop. Rotary club meets at 7 p.
m., in Gaither’s. Brevard Elemen
tary and Brevard High School
P-TA’s both meet in respective
schools, 8 p. m.
- Tuesday, Nov. 19 — Eastern Star
—Torn to Page Seven
“My Three Angels’*
Little Theatre Opens Eighth I
Season Friday At The College
! . . _
Brevard Little Theatre’s first
play of their eighth season, “My
Three Angels” by Sam and Bella
Spewack, will be presented this
Friday and Saturday evenings at
8:15 p. m., in the Brevard college
auditorium.
Since Director Robroy Farquhar
received a leave of absence for
this play, the director has been
Mrs. Maggie Masters, assisted by
Mrs. Freddie Norris.
An art show, by local artists, is
being held in the College Center
building during this time and per
sons coming to the play are invit
ed to see the paintings on display
in lhe faculty lounge. Kenneth Du
Boir. of the college art department
was in charge of collecting the
group.
The play takes place in the liv
ing room back of the general store
in Cayenne, French Guinea, where
the Ducotel family live and run
their business.
Three convicts from a nearby
penal colony, who are working for
the Ducotel family on this Christ
mas Eve, solve many problems for
the family and end up as “three an
gels.”
The family, Felix, Emilie and
Zoning Board To
Meet Next Wed’day
The Town, Zoning board will
meet on Wednesday, November 20,
at 8 p. m., over the city hall.
The meeting has been called for
the purpose of discussing the pos
sibility of declaring the property
between Kearns Grocery store and
property belonging to S. E. Varner,
Sr., as business property. The real
estate in question belongs to Leila
Baumgarner and at the present
time is listed as personal property.
All interested persons are invit
ed to this zoning board meeting.
Marie Louise, is played by Don Wil
son. Jr., Mrs. Thelma Hart and Mrs.
Marian Sargent. The three con
victs are Joseph, Bill Norris; Jules.
Ray Burgin and Alfred, Dave Jack
son. Others in the cast are Uncle
Henry played by Bill Sagar, Paul,
Alex McFadden; Mme. Parole, Mrs.
Helen Levy and the lieutenant, Ro
ger Gallamore.
The production staff for “My
Three Angels” is as follows: Cos
tumes. Mrs. Jane Johnson: lighting
and sound, Gus Masters; make-up,
Mrs. Adrienne Allison; produc
tion manager, Jim Hicklin; prop
erties, Mrs. Eva Burgin and stage
manager, Marcy Newell.
Admission to the play both eve
nings is either by season ticket or
by single tickets on sale at the door.
Huge Number Of Hunters Expected For
Annual Deer And Bear Hunts In Pisgah
2,100 CHRISTMAS
SEAL LETTERS TO
-BE MAILED NOV. 15
Chairman Says Proceeds To
Go Toward New X-Ray
Machine, Health Center
More than 2100 Christmas seal
letters will be received by the cit
izens of Transylvania county Fri
day, November 15, the opening day
of the 51st annual drive to raise
funds to fight TB in the United
States.
The stuffing of these letters with
colorful Christmas seals and a mes
sage of importance to every citi
zen in the county took place Mon
day evening at the home of the
chairman of the Transylvania coun
ty TB committee, Miss Jeanette
Austin. Volunteer workers repre
senting the American legion, the
VFW and the Transylvania com
r.unity hospital auxiliaries, as well
as many individuals, aided the TB
committee in the letter stuffing,
sorting by post office address and
tying in bundles for delivery to the
post office.
P'dor to the letter stuffing, vol
—Turn to Page Six
UNITED FUND AT
88% OF’58 COAL
Office On Broad Street Re
mains Open. Director
Makes Public Plea
The Transylvania ’57 United
Appeal fund has reached 88 per
cent of its goal, Director James
Wulpi announces today.
Of the total amount of $26,500,
which will be necessary to meet
the requirements of the 17 agen
cies participating in next year’s
budget, $23,443 has been raised
to date.
The director feels that if all
Transylvanians give “their fair
share”, the goal of $26,500 will
be easily reached.
The office on Broad street,
which was formerly the McFee
Jewelry, will be open as long as
the drive lasts, and Mr. Wulpi
—Turn to Page Seven
Osborne-Simpson Funeral
Home Sold, Moody-Choate
The Osborne - Simpson funer- j
al home here has been sold to !
Frank A. Moody and Walter Ray
Choate, Sylva and Bryson City.
The new owners have already
taken over the operation of the
concern here, which will be
known as the Moody - Choate Fu
neral home in the future.
J. A. Simpson expresses sin
cere appreciation to his many
friends in Transylvania for their
kindnesses shown him and Mr.
Osborne during the past 23 years,
and they extend their best wish
es to Mr. Moody and to Mr.
Choate.
The new owners explain that
burial insurance will remain as
the Osborne Simpson Burial as
sociation in name, but will be
controlled , and operated and ser
viced by the Moody - Choate fun
Next Term Of Criminal Court Is
Cancelled, Civil Docket Set'Dec. 9
The criminal slate of the Decem
ber term of Superior court in Tran
sylvania has been cancelled, but a
one-week civil docket is slated to be
heard, Marvin McCall, clerk of
court, announces today.
Trial of the civil term will begin
on Monday, December 9th, and
Judge Hugh B. Campbell, of Char
lotte, will preside.
To date, several actions are in
cluded on the docket.
Jurors called to serve for the
week’s term of court beginning on
December 9th are as follows: John
Edward Eades, Andrew Wood,
Dewey Burton, Lee Nicholson, Le
ona Mae Pressley, 'Wiley Meece,
Hubert Holden, Bruce Cassell,
James A. Parker, Fred Thomas
Owenby, Cornelius Hunt, Virgil A.
Merrill, Thomas E. Brotherton,
Vance Frady, Leroy Rackley, Cole
man Lyday, A. W. Tucker, Edith
York, Mrs. F. L. Cansler, Leonard
T. Fanning, A. E. Tinsley, James B.
Coltrane, Boyce Bishop and Char
les Johnson.
eral home.
Mr. Moody comes to Brevard
from Sylva, where he has been
connected with the Moody fun
eral home for the past 20 years.
Mr. Choate has been affiliated
with the funeral home at Bryson
City for the last 12 years. Mr.
Moody and his family are moving
to the apartment above the home
here on East Main street in the
immediate future.
Mr. Moody said yesterday:
“We will endeavor at all times
to give the people of Transylva
nia dependable, prompt and
courteous service.”
Newcomers To Be
Honored At Meet
Of Brevard P-TA
Newcomers in the Brevard com
munity are especially invited to at
tend the meeting of the Brevard
high school P-TA next Monday
night at 8:00 o’clock.
Leslie Grogan, the plant man
ager of the new Du Pont silicon
plant now under construction in
Buck Forest, will speak on “A New
comer Looks at the Schools”.
Mrs. Ralph Ramsey, the presi
dent, urges all parents and teach
ers to attend and she reiterates her
invitation to all newcomers in
Transylvania to attend. They will
be honored at a tea following the
program.
Special music will be furnished
by a Tjuintet composed of the fol
lowing: Grace Kunter, Mildred Mil
ler, Janis Smith, Shirley Moses
To Page Six
DR. JOHN FOLGER, county health officer, explains |
the technique of taking an X-ray picture to Miss Jean- i
ette Austin, county TB chairman, and Mrs. Paul Lollis,
county health nurse. The local TB committee hopes that
the 1958 Christmas Seal sale, which opens Friday, will j
net sufficient funds to furnish one-half the cost of an
X-ray machine for the new Transylvania county Health i
center. (Photo by Austin’s) j
Christmas Shopping Season To
Open Nov. 29, Committee Named
To Push Extension New Highway
Bryson Heads Merchants
Group Making Plans.
Funds Are Solicited
Plans were made to officially
open the Christmas shopping sea
son in Brevard on Friday, Nov.
29th, the day after Thanksgiving at
a meeting of the merchants com
mittee of the Brevard chamber of
commerce Tuesday night over the
city hall.
Carl Bryson, chairman of the
committee, presided, and announ
ced that a canvass of the merchants
will be made immediately to se
cure funds for Christmas lights
and other things necessary for the
promotion.
Another meeting is planned next
Tuesday night, Nov. 19th, at 7:30
o’clock over the city hall, and Mr.
Bryson cordially invites all inter
ested merchants to attend.
Working with the chairman on
the committee promoting the
Christmas shopping season are:
Dan HSwkins, Harry Sellers, Alli
son Orr, Jim Smith, Tony Tran
them, Charles Disher, Jimmy Gai
ther, John Reese Sledge and John
Anderson.
Directors To Consult With
Congressman Shuford
On Flood Control
Chamber of Commerce directors
in meeting here Tuesday night, de
cided to again request the state
highway commission to complete
four-lane road from the north edge
of Brevard at the radio station to
Probart street, and if possible to
the square.
The directors are requesting
Chairman Freeman Hayes, of the
board of county commissioners, Al
derman Jack Bryant from the
town board, and Ralph H. Ramsey,
from the chamber roads committee,
to make the request and try to work
out details.
The Floor committee members
will be requested to take part in
the December 5 meeting here and
to contact Congressman George
Shuford in furthering efforts to
provide “flood prevention” as out
lined several years ago by repre
sentatives of this county.
Mrs. John Ford, executive sec
retary, reported that there are sev
eral regular members who have
not paid their annual dues for 1957,
—Turn to Paee Si*
Special Programs On Education
Week To Be Broadcast Over WPNF
In recognition of American Edu
cation week, WPNF will broadcast
a series of three programs this
week, presented by the Transyl
vania county schools. A 30-minute
program will be heard Thursday,
Friday and Saturday afternoons
from 5 o’clock until 5:30 p. m.
The first program in the series
Thursday features a round table
discussion by school officials. Fri
day’s program will be given by the
Rosman high school choral group,
under the direction of Mrs. Mae
Wingate. On Saturday a recording
of Brevard School’s chapel pro
grams will be presented.
A1 Martin, program director of
the station, invites everyone to
hear these programs.
Mr. Martin also reminds listen
ers to hear “Coffee Time” Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock when his
special guest will be Frank Yar
brough, manager of the Brevard
branch of Duke Power company.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
—Turn To Page Six
SPECIAL BOW AND
ARROW EVENT IS
OPEN HUS WEEK
Applications Necessary Mon
day. Does Can Be Tak
en Half-Day, Dec. Z
EXPECT GOOD YEAR
Thousands of hunters from all
parts of Eastern America are ex
pected here this week end to par
ticipate in the 1957 organized deer"
and bear hunts in the Pisgah Na
tional forest, which get underway
on Monday.
Hunting the first day will be by
application, however, the season
will be open to all hunters after
wards.
Pisgah District Ranger Ted See
ly, along with Malcolm Edwards*
refuge supervisor for Western
North Carolina, and Wayne Wig
gins, manager of the Pisgah game
preserve, are now completing plans
for the big hunts.
The annual archery hunts are un
derway this week, while the reg
ular hunting season runs from No
vember 18 through November 30.
A special half-day of hunting
with rifles for does is set for Dec.
2nd. Bow and arrow hunters were
permitted to doe hunt on Wednes
day of this week.
There are six checking stations
in the old Pisgah Game preserve
this year, and they are as follows:
Davidson river, North Mills river*
Rent Creek, Pisgah ledge, Bradley
Creek wilderness and Cantrell
Creek wilderness.
The checking stations on the
Sherwood area are Sunburst and
Big East Foj;k.
The limit is one deer and one
bear but both cannot be killed on
the same day. Deer must have
clearly visible antlers, and cub
bears weighing less than 50 pounds
or female bears accompanied byy
cubs, are not to be killed.
Several other hunts on private
preserves in the county will be held
during the next two weeks, and
from all indications, hunting
should be good this year.
The daily hunting hours in the
Pisgah are from 7:00 a. m., until
6:00 p. m.
SCHOOLS OBSERVE
EDUCATION WEEK
Parents Are Urged To Visit
Classes. Several Reports
Are Being Carried
Transylvania’s schools are join
ing with others in the state and na
tion in observing American Edu
cation week.
Pupils are inviting their parents
to visit classes and to attend pro
grams at various times.
School officials are interested in
seeing to it that techniques of
teaching, facilities, etc., are observ
ed.
Reports from many of the
schools are carried in this weeks
issue of The Times, along with an
editorial, which Publisher Eld M.
Anderson urges all subscribers to
read.
Crane Takes Over
The Dixie Station
Quentin Crane, prominent in
Brevard automotive circles, is the
new owner-manager of the Dixie
Shell station on Broad street, and
the firm will be known as Crane
Shell service in the future.
A native of Transylvania, Mr.
Crane is recognized as an expert
mechanic and has served as parts
and service manager for automo
bile dealers here. He invites his
friends to visit him at his new lo
cation.
Crane Shell station will be open'
seven days each week from 7:00 a.
m., until 8:00 p. m., Mr. Crane
states. A special message is car
ried on page three, second section,
in this week’s issue of The Times.