TRANSYLV ANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 — No. 49
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
★ Kg-a-- * BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957 * 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBUSHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLV ANIA—
Hie Land ol Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
A PORTION OF THE CROWD on
hand to welcome Santa Claus to town last
Friday afternoon is pictured above. In
spite of threatening skies, the streets of
the business section were lined with spec
tators, and Santa tossed candy to his lit
tle friends from atop the big fire truck.
Leading the parade was the Brevard high
school band, followed by the beauty
queens from Brevard high school and
Brevard college. Ole Santa returns to
Brevard this Friday afternoon and Sat
urday, and he’ll be visiting in all the
stores and giving candy to boys and
girls. (Photo by Austin’s)
Civil Calendar Of December Term Of
Superior Court To Be Tried Next Week
Total Of 11 Cases On The
Docket. Judge Hugh
Campbell Will Preside
Trial of the civil calendar of the
December term of Superior court
in Transylvania county will begin
Monday morning at 10 o’clock here
in the court house.
Judge Hugh B. Campbell, of
Charlotte, will preside, and there
are some 11 cases to be heard.
Two motions, Henrietta Revis
vs. Cecil Queen and Marshall Gil
lespie, administrator, vs. W. A.
Morgan and Southern Railyvay cor
poration are on the calendar.
One annulment, Anna W. Sprott
vs. James Gordon Sprott is also
slated on Monday.
Cases on the trial docket are as
follows: Jonathan Woody vs. Maud
Pickelsimer, et al; U. G. Reeves vs.
N. C. State Highway and Public
Works commission; Sally McCall
vs. Crate McCall; Paul Shatley vs.
John McKay; George Owen vs.
Henson Owen; Marshall Gillespie,
administrator, vs. W. A. Morgan
and Southern Railway; Edna O.
Teague vs. Fred Teague; and, Lee
Roy Wilson vs. William J. Fitzpat
rick and Carolina Industrial bank.
Marvin McCall, clerk of court,
reminds all jurors called to serve
next week to be in the court room
promptly at 10 o’clock Monday
morning.
The jury list is as follows:
John Edward Eades, Andrew
Wood, Dewey Burton, Lee Nichol
son Leona Mae Pressley, Wiley
Meece, Hubert Holden, Bruce Cas
sell, James A. Parker, Fred Thom
as Owenby, Cornelius Hunt, Virgil
A. Merrill.
Thomas E. Brotherton, Vance W.
Frady, LeRoy Rackley, Coleman
Lyday, A. W. Tucker, Edith York^
Mrs. F. L. Cansler, Leonard T.
Fanning, A. E. Tinsley, James B.
Coltrane, Jr., Boyce Bishop, Char
les Johnson.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 5 — Methodist
and Presbyterian women’s circles
to meet. Bloodmobile at Brevard
college 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. Episco
pal Christmas bazaar, parish house,
3 to 9 p. m. Lions club meets at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Degree team
1 meeting in Masonic temple, 8 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 6 — Episcopal ba
zaar, 7 p. m. Ace of Clubs, 7:45 p.
m. Art exhibit and reception at
Brevard college, 8 p. m. Junior
class play at Brevard high school,
8 p m.
Saturday, Dec. 7 — Alpha Beta
Gamma national council meets at
Brevard college, 11 a. m.
Sunday, Dec. 8 — Attend the
church of your choice. Civic chor
us presents “The Messiah” at First
Baptist church, 4 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 9 — Civil term of
court begins, 10 a. m. DAR chap
ter meets at Gaither’s, 3 p. m., with
Mrs. Thomas Barclay III hostess.
Tuesday, Dec. 10 — Ace of Clubs
meets, 7:30 p. m.
Get Medical Benefits
Du Pont First Company To Be
Covered By New Type Policy
Employees of the new Du Pont
silicon plant here are the first to
be covered by a new type extend
ed benefits policy just originated
by the Hospital Saving association
of Chapel Hill, it. is announced to
day by Mrs. Madeline Murray.
Transylvania county group repre
sentative.
The new type policy, which gives
benefits up to 730 days, went into
effect for Du Pont on December
1st.
The Du Pont company was of
fered the new policy first because
they were instrumental in formu
lating the stipulations and types
of benefits.
Mrs. Murray explained that the
home office of Du Pont in Wilming
ton, Del., spent much time and ef
fort in research that went into the
extended benefits medical cover
age offered. They worked the plan
“Gas War” Again
Hits Community
—
Check-up in the Brevard area
Tuesday night showed that a “gas
war”, which started late last week,
is going strong and “regular” gas
was down to 22.9c in some places.
23c. 24c and 25c in others.
High test gas is also “in the bat
tle”, and others are standing “be
hind the lines.” Some stations have
high lest only 4-cents difference
per gal., while others have 10-cents
and 11-cents higher for the greater
octane rating.
Monday’s low noted was 24.9c,
but as the battle raged the price
fell at some places to 23.9c and at
others to 22.9c.
out first with the Blue Cross organ
ization of Delaware.
In North Carolina they asked
Hospital Savings to offer the same
type of benefits and it was only
just recently that the details were
worked out and the- policy -made
available.
Mrs. Murray stated that her com
pany was extremely happy to be
first to offer such extended bene
fits medical coverage that would
mean so much to persons suffer
ing from cancer, heart disease or
any ailment that required a long
recovery period.
‘ This is something radically new
in hospital insurance,” she point
ed out.
The extended benefits medical
coverage rates are in addition to
the regular Blue Cross-Blue Shield
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Brisk Christmas Business Expected,
'57 Shopping Season Officially Opens
EMPLOYMENT IS
UP, WAGES ARE
AT HIGH FIGURE
County Ranks Right At The
Top In State. Commis
sion’s Report Revealed
Average employment in Transyl
vania county during the second
quarter of 1957 amounted to 3,293,
a gain of 0.6 per cent over the pre
vious quarter, a report of the Em
ployment Security commission of
North Carolina, reveals today.
Total wages paid in this county,
according to the commission, reach
ed $3,087,819, with an average
weekly wage of $72.13.
In North Carolina, the report
noted that the monthly average of
insured workers in the second
quarter reached 827,300, a rise of
almost 7,000 from the first quar
ter level. However, second quarter
insured employment lacked 1,200
attaining the level of the same
quarter of 1956.
Insured workers in the second
quarter had gross earnings total
ing 8663,250,000, a gain in wage
payments of 3.4 percent, or $22
million over the first quarter.
The average weekly earning of
the insured worker group in, the ;
second quarter this year was $61.67. '
This was $2.11 more than in the :
second quarter of 1956.
LOCAL FIREMEN
FIGHT FOUR FIRES
Shiflet Residence, Contents
Badly Damaged By Blaze
Late Sunday Afternoon
The Brevard volunteer fire de
partment answered four alarms
last week end.
The first three were minor
blazes, with only slight damages,
however, the fourth, a fire in the
attic and upper rooms in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Shif
let on Maple street late Sunday
afternoon, did several thousand
dollars worth of damage to the
dwelling and its contents. The
fire is believed to have origina
ted from faulty wiring in the at
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Moore, Kilpatrick Form
Funeral Home Partnership
The partnership of Donald Lee
Moore and Chester Kilpatrick in
the Moore - Kilpatrick funeral
home is announced today> J. E.
McGaha is the associate.
The formation of the Moore
Kilpatrick Mutual Burial asso
ciation, as authorized by the
North Carolina secretary of state,
is also announced.
Mr. Moore, who has operated
the Moore funeral home here
since 1930, said that he was in
deed happy to have Mr. Kilpat
rick 3s his partner and Mr. Mc
Gaha as his associate.
Bradburn Elected To Head United
Fund, County Nearing Goal Of '58
Wayne Bradburn, superintendent
of schools in Transylvania county,
war elected president of the United
Fund organization here at the annu
al meeting of the board of directors
Monday night in Gaither’s Dogwood
room.
He succeeds A. J. Loeb.
Other officers named at the
meeting included the following: M.
L. Herzog, first vice president;
Frank L. Yarbrough, second vice
president; C. M. Douglas, secre
tary; and, Melvin L. Gillespie,
treasurer.
James M. Wulpi was re-elected
executive director.
The following persons were nam
ed to fill the vacancies on the
board: Leslie S. Grogan, Robert O.
(Baker, Charles L. Russell, Rev.
Een Ormand, Don M. Jenkins, Rev.
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WAYNE BRADBURN
Mr. Moore, a prominent com
poser, also serves as coroner of
Transylvania.
Mr. Kilpatrick will graduate
this month from the Cincinnati
College of Embalming. He is a
graduate of both Brevard high
school and Brevard college, and
prior to entering the embalming
school, he served for two years
in the United States navy.
Mr. McGaha, a licensed funeral
director, has had some 17 years
experience in mutual burial
work.
Bloodmobile To
Be At College
11 To 3 Today
The American Red Cross Blood
mobile will be at Brevard college
on Thursday, December 5, from 11
a. m. to 3 p. m., according to Rev.
Frank McKenzie, chairman of blood
recruitment for the Transylvania
chapter.
He states that both college stu
dents and staff as well as towns
people are urged to give blood on
Thursday.
Volunteers from the local chap
ter will staff the bloodmobile in
addition to its regular personnel.
AUCTION ON SATURDAY
The Rackley Jewelry store on
West Main street will be sold at
public auction on Saturday, Dec.
7th, at 12 noon, Sheriff “Scott” Dil
lingham announces. Persons desir
ing to buy a part or all of the con
tents of jewelry, sporting goods,
etc., are invited to attend the
sale.
THE NEW METHODIST CHURCH, located oppo
site Brevard college, is nearing completion. The formal
opening is being planned for the second Sunday in Janu
ary when an “open house” will be held in the afternoon
and a series of celebrations will begin that evening. On t
this coming Sunday, the membership will be canvassed
in an effort to raise the ’58 budget. (Times Staff Photo)
National Council Will Meet
Saturday At Brevard College
BREVARD CHORUS
TO PRESENT THE
MESSIAH SUNDAY
Public Invited To Event At
The First Baptist Church
At 4:00 P. M.
The Brevard Civic Chorus will
present “The Messiah” on Sunday
afternoon, December 8th, at 4:00
o’clock, at the First Baptist church
in Brevard.
The chorus of approximately 35
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The Weather
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Last week’s weather showed no
drastic change. Days were mostly
mild, and nights cold. The week
end showed the deepest drop, when
the temperature edged down to 14
degrees. Only .19 of an inch of pre
cipitation was recorded. Daily read
ings are as follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low
60 27
58 48
65 49
55 28
53 14
63 21
52 22
Pre.
0
.10
.09
0
0
0
0
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Delegates From Seven
Schools Represented. Dr.
Meschan Will Be Heard
The Alpha Beta Gamma National
Council will hold its annual meet
ing at Brevard college on Saturday,
December 7th.
Dr. Isadore Meschan, head of the
department of radiology at Bow
man Gray School of Medicine, Win
ston-Salem, will be the guest speak
er on Saturday evening at 8:00 o’
clock in the college auditorium.
The program will begin with reg
istration at 11:00 o’clock Saturday
morning, followed by a tour of the
campus and luncheon in the col
lege cafeteria. The’afternoon sche
dule will include the showing of
scientific movies and presentation
of student research papers follow
ed by the initiation of new mem
bers into the organization. A ban
quet will be held at 7:00 o’clock in
the cafeteria. The fraternity ritual
and student dance will conclude
the day’s activities.
Representatives from Gardner
Webb, Campbell, Louisburg, Win
gate, Spartanburg Junior, Ashe
ville - Biltmore, and Brevard col
leges will attend the meeting.
Alpha Beta Gamma is a junior
college honorary fraternity organ
ized at Asheville - Biltmore college
in 1952 for the purpose of creating
interest in chemistry and promot
ing scholastic work.
Program Highlights
WPNF Now Carrying College Cage
Games, Hamrick Is New Announcer
WPNF is now carrying play-by
play descriptions of leading col
lege basketball games, and the
next one will be the State - Wake
Forest game on Thursday night
from Winston-Salem. Airtime is
7:45 o’clock, and Ray Reeves, out
standing sportscaster of the Tobac
co network, will describe the ac
tion.
Bobby Hoyle, station manager,
says that WPNF is happy to again
bring listeners these outstanding
games, which will feature Caro
lina. national champions last year,
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Glenn Hamrick, native of Forest
City and an experienced radio an
nouncer, has joined the staff of Ra
dio Station WPNF, President Ed
M. Anderson announces today.
He succeeds Joe Price, who has
accepted a position on a Raleigh
station, where he formerly worked.
Mr. Hamrick, after completing
his high school studies in Forest
City, studied radio and radio broad
casting at the United Television
and Radio corporation.
Prior to coining to Brevard, Mr.
Hamrick was an announcer at
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BREVARDSTORES
WELL STOCKED,
SANTA RETURNS
“Trade At Home” Is Urged*
Schools To Close On
December 20th
COLLEGE ON 14th
The tempo of shopping in Bre
vard has noticeably “stepped up*
with the arrival of the Christmas
shopping season, and a survey thi»
week indicates an expected brisk,
business.
Santa Claus arrived in Brevard
last Friday afternoon, and he will
be here each week end visiting in
the stores and giving candy to boys
and girls.
The multi-colored lights have
been turned on in the business sec
tion of Brevard, and stores are
well stocked with gift merchandise.
Officials of the merchants divis
ion of the Brevard chamber of com
merce say that sales volumes this
year should exceed previous years.
Employment is at an all-time
high, and businesses and indus
tries are expected to pay good bon
uses, a practice of many years'
standing.
Members of the merchants' cou>
mittee join with the chamber of
commerce officials in urging citi
zens to shop at home because the
stores have abundant stocks of hol
iday goods in sufficient variety to
satisfy every urge and purse.
They all point out that by shop
ping at home citizens avoid the haz
ard of travel and help to create &
festive atmosphere that all can en
joy.
Transylvania’s schools will close
on Tlumber 20th for the Christ
mas nS&iays and will reopen on
January 6th. Brevard college clos
es on Dec. 14th, and the students
will return on January 2nd.
THANKSGIVING
WAS SAID QUIET
Many Attended Union Ser
vice. Homecoming Held
At The College
Thanksgiving was quietly observ
ed in Brevard and Transylvania last
Thursday.
The day was marked with family
gatherings and church services.
A large crowd attended the Un
ion service here in the Presbyter
ian church and heard Rev. W. A
Kerr, pastor of the Brevard Meth
odist church, deliver an inspiring.
Thanksgiving message.
A goodwill offering was taken
for the Transylvania Community
hospital.
According to law enforcement
officers, the day was extremely
quiet, and there were no accidents
reported.
Homecoming was held at Bre
vard college last Thursday, and
the activities were said highly suc
cessful. Transylvania’s schools had
a holiday from last Wednesday un
til Monday.
Planning, Zoning
Board Reappointed
The planning and zoning board
for the town of Brevard was re
appointed Monday night by the al
dermen at their regular December
meeting.
Clayton Gardner is chairman of
the planning and zoning board, and
other members are as follows: Bill
Norris, Charles Pickelsimer, Ben
Patterson and OddS Crisp.
Mayor Bert Freeman and Aider
man Jack Bryant are ex officio
members on the zoning board.
An ordinance was passed by the
Town board which provides that in
every case in which the municipal
water supply shall be cut off and
service discontinued, whether for
reason of defective spigots or other
fixtures or by reason of non-pay
ment of water rents, a charge of'
$10.00 will be made for cutting:
water off and on.