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TR ANSYLV ANI A— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i c ultural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census. 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA- ! The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Campa, Entrance to Plsgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 68 — No. 47 Second Class Mill Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1957 * 24 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY THE NEW ROSMAN METHODIST CHURCH, which will be known as the Silversteen Memorial church, will be for mally opened on Sunday. Services will be held in the beautiful new church dur ing the morning, and open house is sche duled in the afternoon from 2:00 until 5:00 o’clock. See more pictures and stor ies on the front and the back pages of the second section of this week’s Tran sylvania Times. (Times Staff Photo) United Appeal In Final Week, 90% Of Goal Of $26,500 Is Reported Raised Wulpi Urge# All Transylva nians To Give Their ‘‘Fair Share”. Office Is Open Now in its final week, Transyl vania’s United Appeal fund has reached 90 per cent of its goal of $26,500 for 1958, Director James Wulpi reports. Stressing the importance of the local UF going “over the top”, Mr. Wulpi urges all solicitors to make one final push to raise the amount necessary to support the 17 agen cies in the ’58 budget. Persons, who have not given “once for all”, can make their con tributions at the office, located in the old McFee Jewelry store on Broad street. “If we all give our fair share, we • will have no trouble in exceeding our goal,” the director declared. A “fair share” has been designa ted as one hour’s pay per month. Approximately $24,000 has been raised in Transylvania, and indus try and many of the businesses hrve adopted the payroll deduction plan. Mr. Wulpi requests that all so —Turn to Page Eight CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Nov. 21 — Hunting continues for deer and bear. B & PW club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. WSCS of the Brevard Methodist church meets at 7:30 p. m. Friday, Nov. 22 — Congressman Shuford to be at Brevard court house. Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Don Cossack chorus at the Brevard college center auditorium, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, Nov. 23 — Children’s Story Hour at the library, 10 a. m. Elks club to have dinner, tacky par ty. Sunday, Nov. 24 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, Nov. 25 — Rotary club imeets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Meth odist workers’ conference begins with dinner, 6:30 p. m., at the col lege. Music Lovers’ club meets at 8 p. m., with Mrs. Duncan Hunter. Tuesday, Nov. 26 — District Voice of Democracy contest, 5 p. m., and banquet, 7 p. m., in Gai ther’s. Ace of Clubs meets at 7:30 p. m. League of Women Voters meets at Gaither’s, 8 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 — Wednes day club meets at home of Mrs. Ralph Ramsey. It’s Official Proposed Balsam Lake Nearer Reality, High Atop Pisgah Balsam lake on Yellowstone Cieek, high atop the Pisgah Na tional forest, is nearer to a reality than ever before. Present plans call for the lake to be half again as large as first en visioned. D. J. Morriss, in one of his last! official announcements as super- j viscr of North Carolina National' Forest, said last Thursday that en gineers believe they can build a 75-foot earthen dam across the creek and form a 100-acre lake. They first had thought a 50-foot high dam would be the most prac tical, he said. Mr. Morriss left la ter in the day for a new Forest Ser vice assignment in Washington, D. C. Silversteen Said To Be Improving Joseph S. Silversteen, Transyl vania’s pioneer industrialist, suf fered a heart attack at his home last Saturday night and was taken to the Transylvania Community hospital. His condition on Wednesday morning was said to be much im proved. However, the doctor advis es that he does not have visitors at the present time. Reviewing the premiminary work done at the dam site on the edge of ihe Blue Ridge Parkway, Mr. Mor riss said that test core drilling by the Diamond Drilling Co. of Wea verville has been completed and Forest Service crews are nearing the end of the job of making soil tests in the proposed lake basin. Topographic mapping of the area —Turn to Page Four Hunters Have "Good Luck" In Pisgahr Kill Reported The Best In Many Years PEAKLMANtTO FORMALLY OPEN IN NEW LOCATION Extensive Remodeling Com pleted. Store Has Three Floors Of Display The new Pearlman’s furniture store in Brevard will be formally opened this week end. Located opposite the First Na tional bank on the corner of Cald well and Main streets, the build ing has been extensively remodeled at a cost of over $30,000. According to Fred Pearlman, ex ecutive vice president of PearL man's Inc., and Allison Orr, man ager of the Brevard store, the local concern is one of the finest in Western North Carolina. The modern store occupies three floors with over 12,000 feet of fur niture display room. In celebration of the formal op ening, prizes totaling $1,000 in val ue will be awarded. The public is being, invited to visit and to inspect the new quar ters at no obligations. Mr. Pearlman says the company’s policy of offering low prices, cour teous service and convenient and —Turn to Page Eight EASING OF CREDIT TO HELP BUSINESS Reduction Is Made Ip*Feder ai Reserve Bank Dis count Rates The reduction in Federal Re serve Bank discount rates in the Brevard area hinted of a healthy pick-up in business to some local merchants last week. To them it signalled the end of a period of spiralling inflation dur ing which the government attemp ted to slow down the rate of con sumer spending. It also gave a welcome sign that the government is now ready to | encourage spending by loosening | up on credit. Ralph J. Duckworth, vice presi ; dent of the First National bank and trust company here, believes the downward trend in discount rates will have a good psychological ef | —Turn to Page Eight Wintry Weather Returns,; Rainfall Heavy This Week After several days of mild tem peratures, wintry weather return ed to Transylvania on Wednes day morning, when the mercury dropped to 27 degrees. The cold weather brought clearing skies and put an end to a flood threat. Following three inches of rain, the bottomlands in the county were flooded on Tuesday, and several secondary roads were covered with water. The rainy spell started late Sunday afternoon, and more than an inch was recorded that night. This was followed by about the WPNF Program Highlights Winners In "Voice Of Democracy" Contest To Be Announced Thursday The 10 winners in the ‘T Speak for Democracy” contest in Transyl vania county will be announced on a special radio program over WPNF on Thursday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, station, manager, announces. The contest, sponsored by the Jaycees, the radio dealers and WPNF, has been highly successful at Brevard and Rosman high schools. There were many scripts enter ed in the contest, and they have been narrowed down to 10. These I winners were heard by a group of unbiased judges on Tuesday after noon at the station, and the order of the winners will be announced on the program Thursday after noon. Each will receive a fine prize from the array of 10 that is valued at more than $175. The scores of the judges are now being tabulated. The ten high school students in the local finals are as follows: Bet ty Lou Brown, Elizabeth Fowler, —Turn to Page Four same amount on Monday and nearly that much during the eve ning and early hours of Tuesday. Daily readings are as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low 50 40 56 45 68 46 70 43 75 50 74 56 66 47 Pre. 0 1 1 1 Newcomers Are Honored Monday At P-TA Meeting Newcomers in Brevard were hon ored at a tea following the Brevard high school P-TA meeting Monday night. Highlighting the program was an address by Leslie Grogan, plant manager of the new Du Pont sili con plant, now under construction I in Buck Forest. Using as his topic, “A Newcomer Looks At the Schools”, Mr. Gro gan expressed sincere appreciation for the cordial reception given him, ,1ns family and other new residents of the community. He praised the teaching staff in the school system here and said he was glad to note that facilities were (being improved and expanded. Mrs. Willis Brittain, program chairman, presented the speaker, and Mrs. Ralph Ramsey, the pres —Torn to Page Poor PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the recent “Bosses Night” of the Brevard Jaycees are pictured above. At the left is President Bobby Hoyle, who presided over the banquet meeting, and at the right is Robert O. Baker, employee relations director of the Du Pont silicon plant, now7 under construction in Buck Forest, w7ho made the principal address. See story on page five, second section. (Times Staff Photo) Curriculum Committees Are. ? Named In County's Schools CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SHUFORD will be at the Brevard court house all day on Friday of this week, and he invites his friends in Transylvania to see him at that time. Currently, Con gressman Shuford is touring all parts of the mountain district before he returns to Washington for the next session of congress. Mr. Shuford says he will be glad to discuss problems with any of his constituents at the various stops. Jerry Rice Chairman Of Both Groups. Studies And Changes To Be Made Two curriculum committees have been chosen in the Transylvania school system. According to Jerry Rice, county supervisor, one group will work with the high school curriculum, while the other will be concerned with the work in the elementary schools. Mr. Rice is chairman of both committees The purpose of the committees is to study the school curriculum, with the aim of making such chan ges as deemed necessary. Mem bers of the committees were selec ted by the teachers themselves. In some cases there may be a de emphasis of certain phases of the present curriculum, while other parts may be re-emphasized. On the high school committee from Brevard are: Mrs. Margaret Kimzey, Mrs. Lucile Sledge, Glenn Galloway, Mrs. Sarah Tilson, Ralph Humphries, Mrs. Rose N. Burrell, Randall J. Lyday and Mrs. Jerry Rice. From Rosman the following were selected: Mrs. La Verne Hog sed, Paul Shepherd, Mrs. Doris Warren, Mrs. Comnena Lawrence, Henry Smith, Mrs. Martha Hipsher, B. E. Keisler and A1 Warren. On the elementary committee —Turn to Page Eight What 1« TB? Progress Now Being Made in Fight, Status in State And Nation Cited BY MISS JEANNETTE AUSTIN Chairman Transylvania TB Committee TB is an infectious disease, caus ed by a germ. Tuberculosis can be prevented— yet an estimated 400,000 Americans have active TB, and North Carolina and Transylvania county have their proportionate shares. There were 1,850 new cases reported in the state in 1956; 1,886 TB patients were in hospitals in North Caro lina in March, 1967. Tuberculosis can be cured — yet approximately 16,000 Americans died of TB last year, 273 from North Carolina, one from Transyl vania county. 40 contacts of TB patients were under supervision in our county during 1966, and 98 chest X-rays were given to food handlers and contacts. This film was paid for by Christmas seal funds, and the local hospital pro vided the X-ray facilities. 488 per sons received tuberculin tests through the Health Department, with the results showing 27 posi —Turn to Page Four RECORD NUMBER TAKEN TUESDAY ON NORTH MILLS Hunts To Continue Througis November 30th. Special Doe Event On 2nd BROTHERS GET TWO In spite of the fact that the first day of the ’57 organized deer and bear hunts was one of the worse in. the history of hunting here, the to tal kill to the present time is said to be extremely high and predic tions now are for one of the best seasons ever. Ranger Ted Seely reported Wed nesday morning that some 120 bucks and seven bears have been killed on the Pisgah preserve. The hunts will be continued on a daily basis through November 30th, and then on December 2nd a special afternoon doe hunt is sche duled. Monday was an extremely wet day for hunting, and the hunters were also hampered with a heavy fog. However, the weatherman co operated beautifully on Tuesday and the weather was perfect. Wed nesday, barring the chilly temper atures, was also a good day. On the North limils River area on Tuesday, son»% 205 hunters brought out number of 33 bucks and :fla*ee bears. Wayne Wiggins, Pisgah game mauagejrr amk Uaiccltn Edwards, suj^jwiso^ujdSwesft*!* refuges, said kill was the for one day in their mens lggins said the deer were heal thy and of good size. One was a 10 point bu^k, shot by J. E. Reese of Hendersonville: It weighed 175 pounds. Johnny and Joe McJunkin, bro thers, brought in two nice kills to the Davidson River checking sta tion on Wednesday morning. The first was a four-point buck, which weighed 102 pounds, and Joe’s was —Turn to Page Eight BURNING PERMITS MUST BE SECURED Fire Season Has Arrived. Rangers Tell Of Constant Threat Of Forest Blaze* The fall fire season is here and state and federal forest rangers urge all Transylvanians to guard against forest fires. A permit is required for the burning of brush within 500 feet of woodlands, except between the hours of 4:00 in the afternoon and midnight. In spite of the heavy rains, there is always the threat of forest fires,. the rangers state. Permits may be secured from the following: Ranger Ted Seely or at the Pisgah National forest office; Charles Paxton, Transylvania ran ger for the state or his fire war dens; the sheriff’s office; the coun ty agent’s office; Patton’s store at Pisgah Forest; Merrill’s store at Little River; Tom McKinney on the Rosman highway; Neely’s store at Lake Toxaway; Elam Galloway at Rosman; and, Dewey Burton's store on the Pickens highway. Also, McCall Brothers station at Rosman. Flu Said Abating: Throughout County If absences in the schools cur be used as a barometer, flu con tinues to wane in Tra nsyl vania. Absences in district No. 1 fih week have been about normal^ and the situation in upper Tran sylvania is reported greatly in proved. John W. Bailey, administrator at the Transylvania Community hospital, reports that the num ber of flu cases at the hospital is greatly reduced. However, he urges the public to visit there only during visiting hours.
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