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.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Plsgah Ns
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 68 — No. 50
Second Class Mail Privilege
Authorized at Brevard. N. C
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
“THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS” pic
tured above are some of the Brevard col
lege students who will be caroling in Bre
vard on Friday evening. The event is
.sponsored by the Women’s Athletic as
mm
sociation. The students are, left to right,
Loretta Helms, of Charlotte; Zeb Harry,
Salisbury; Marty Howell, Waynesville;
Janis Smith, Asheville; and, Benny Mar
tin, Morganton.
Outlook For '58 In Transylvania Is
Said Excellent, Leaders Interviewed
Year To Mark Opening Of
Silicon Plant, Completion
Olin Expansion
Transylvanians can look forward
lo a good year in 1958, a survey of
municipal, industrial, educational
and business leaders reveals.
Conducted by John Anderson,
editor of The Transylvania Times,
the survey included interviews with
Mayor B. H. Freeman; Freeman
Hayes, chairman of the county
board of commissioners; Represen
tative J. C. Gaither: Supt. Wayne
Bradburn; Rev. Robert H. Stamey,
vice president of Brevard college.
Leslie Grogan, plant manager of
Du Pont's new silicon plant; and
Phil C. Brownell, manager of the
paper division of the Olin Mathie
sor. Chemical corporation at Pis
gah Forest. /
Through the facilities of WPNF.
these officials were interviewed
and the program was presented at
the last regular meeting of the
Brevard Lions club. The speaker
was presented by Robert Andrews
and President Jack Gravely pre
sided. The recording was also aired
on the local radio station.
Both the town of Brevard and
the county of Transylvania were
reported to be in a sound, financial
condition, and the outlook is for
one of the best years in history
during ’58
This prediction followed state
mcnts which explained that Du
Pont would begin operation of the
silicon plant in Buck Forest dur
ing the coming year, and that the
seven million dollar expansion pro
gram at Olin Mathieson is moving
along on schedule.
It was also pointed out that many
new people are coming to town, and
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 12 — Supper
meeting of adult Scouters at Gai
ther’s at 7 p. m. Presbyterian wo
men meet at church at 7:30 p. m.
Episcopal women meet in parish
house at 8 p. m. Masons to elect of
ficers, Masonic temple, 8 p. m. CTA
meets at Brevard Elementary
school. 8 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 13 — Brevard high
vs. Flat Rock in college gym, 7 p. m.
Ace of clubs meets at 7:45 p. m.
Lutheran council meets in church
at 8 p. in,
Sunday, Dec. 15 — Attend the
church of your choice. Shriners
meet at masonic temple, 1 p. m.,
to go to hospital. Executive com
mittee meeting of Transylvania
Baptist association, Turkey Creek
church. 2:30 p. m.
Monday. Dec. 16 — Episcopal
men’s club meets at 6:30 p. m. Ro
tary club meets at Gaither’s at 7
p. m. Tryouts for Little Theatre
play, Silversteen club house, 8 p.
m.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 — CAP and Re
serve units hold joint meeting, Am
erican Legion building, 7 p. m. Fi
delis class supper at home of Mrs.
L. D. Martin, 6:30 p. m. Eastern
Star holds special meeting, mason
ic temple, 8 p. m.
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Concerns Bank Stock
Woody Vs. Pinkelsimer Case Is
Taking Court’s Time This Week
The civil calendar of the Decem
ber term of Superior court in Tran
sylvania is being heard this
week, and until Wednesday noon,
one case, that being Jonathan
Woody vs. Maud Pickelsimer, has
consumed most of the court’s time.
Judge Hugh Campbell, of Char
lotte, is presiding, and court is sla
t' d to las* one week.
In the Woody vs. Pickelsimer ac
tion. Mr. Woody is asking the court
to confirm the sale of stock to him
of Mrs. Pickelsimer in Transylvania
Trusl company.
There seems to be some legal
technicality as to the ownership of
the stock. Contention of tho heirs is
that Mrs. Pickelsimer had only a
lifetime interest in it.
Witnesses heard on Tuesday in
eluded Ralph J. Duckworth, vice
president of the bank, J. H. Dil
lard, of the N. C. Revenue depart
County Receives
Forestry Funds
Transylvania has received a
check for $11,633.05 in forestry
funds, Lewis Osborne, the coun
ty accountant, announces today.
The money represents the
county’s share of timber sales
in the Nantahala and Pisgah Na
tional forests.
ment and president of the bank,
Mr. Woody. The jury for the case
was selected on Monday.
Representing Mr. Woody are
Ramsey and Hill and Alvin Ward,
of Waynesville. Potts and Ramsey
are attorneys for Mrs. Pickelsimer,
while Thomas R. Eller and Hamlin
and Hamlin are •representing the
Pickelsimer heirs.
Another case, Edna O. Teague
vs. Fred Teague, which was a non
support action, was heard on Mon
day. and judgment was awarded to
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Cedar Mountain Is Rnnner-Up In '57
Rural Development Program In WNC
BREVARD AMOCO
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Recapping Department Is
Hit By Flash Blaze. Own
er Suffers Burns
A “flash” fire in the recapping
department of the Brevard Am
oco station Tuesday morning did
several thousand dollars damage
and the owner, Gene Wilson, suf
! fered second degree burns on his
; right leg.
The blaze was caused by a
Salamander, which was used for
heating in the room. As Mr. Wil
son and one of his workmen at
j tempted to move it from one
side of the room to another, the
bottom came loose and burning
fuel spread to all parts of the de
partment.
Brevard’s volunteer firemen
were able to keep the blaze from
spreading to other parts of the
building. It took some 15 to 20
minutes for them to put out the
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MAN ESCAPES IN
CASCADE PLUNGE
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Car Drops 40 To 50 Ft. Be
low Lake Dam. Reported
Nearly Demolished
A Marshall man miraculously
escaped with his life when the
car he was driving ran off the
Cascade Lake road and dropped
some 40 to 50 feet before it was
stopped by trees Monday morn
ing, Patrolman Jack Cabe re
ports.
Edison Berman Wallfop, route
4. Marshall was listed as the dri
ver of the ’55 Ford, which was j
practically demolished in the
freak accident.
Patrolman Cabe says that Wal- :
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Murder Mystery Slated[
Next By Little Theatre
“The Mousetrap,” a murder mys
tery by Agatha Christie, has been
selected by the board of directors
of the Brevard Little Theatre for
'.heir February production.
Tryouts for this play will be held
Monday night at 8 p. m., in the Sil
versteen Community center and
the public is invited.
“The Mousetrap”, another Chris
tie play, is by the author of “Ten
Little Indians”, which was such a
hit with Brevard audiences.
| THE POST OFFICE STAFF here is “rolling out the
j barrels” in preparation for the Christmas mail rush.
| Acting postmaster, Vernon P. Fullbright, is shown above,
and he urges all citizens to deposit their cards and let
i ters in these barrels, which are labeled Brevard, out
of-town and Pisgah Forest. He says sort the cards as to
I destinations and drop them in the barrels all tied in bun
dles. In this way, the tremendous job of the post office
! staff at this time of the year will be made a little light
I er, and the mail service will be speeded up. The post of
fice here will be open this Saturday afternoon and next.
This English hit is about a group:
of strangers stranded in a boarding ]
house during a snow storm, one of
whom is the murderer. The sus-j
pects include the newly married
couple who run the house, and the!
suspicions that are planted in their j
minds nearly wreck their perfect!
marriage.
Others are a spinster with a cur
ious background, an architect who
seems better equipped to be a chef,
a retired army major, a strange lit
tle man who claims his car has over
turned in a drift, and a feminine
jurist who makes life miserable for
everyone.
Into their midst comes a police
man traveling on skiis. He no soon
er arrives than the jurist is killed.
The plot thickens from there and
moves to a surprise climax.
There are five male roles and
three female roles in the play and
one and all are welcomed to try out
for them.
CAP And Reserve
Units To Witness
Weapons Display
The Brevard Civil Air patrol, to
gether with other CAP units and
the 326th Chemical company of the
US Army reserve, will witness an
Armed Forces weapons display at
the Brevard American legion buil
ding on Tuesday night, December
17th, at 7:00 o’clock.
/The display will be conducted by
the US Army Advisor group of
Greenville, S. C., which is com
manded by Major Marion M. Mc
Grady.
The primary purpose of the dis
play is to acquaint the junior mem
bers of the Air Patrol with the var
ious weapons, their functions and
capabilities. The numerous wea
pons to be displayed will include
pistols, carbines rifles, machine
guns and recoilless weapons, all of
which are presently used by the
combat arms of the fighting forces.
RALPH LEE, president of winning Cedar Mountain
community is shown with the plaque that was awarded
Saturday in Asheville by Manley Wright, at right, vice
president of the chamber of commerce of that city. Ce
dar Mountain won second place and $400 in the WNC
regional competition. They had tied for first place last
year. A large delegation from Cedar Mountain and oth
er parts of the county attended the awards luncheon held
in the City Auditorium. (Times Staff Photo)
Commerce Directors Making One
Final Push For ’57 Memberships
KITCHEN RITES
HELD WEDNESDAY
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Brevard Man Was Connect
ed With Southern Rail
way For Some 45 Years
Funeral services for Alvoid Os
man Kitchen, 79, of Brevard, were
held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock in the Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church, with
burial in the Gillespie-Evergreen
cemetery.
Rev. Ben F. Ormand, the pastor,
officiated at the services Wednes
day afternoon.
Mr. Kitchen died Tuesday morn
ing in a state hospital after a lin
gering illness.
Mr. Kitchen was born at Pisgah
Forest and lived all of his life in
Transylvania county. He was em
ployed by the Southern Railway at
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Brevard Stores To Be Closed
Ti+> r<nys For Christmas.
One Day New Year’s
The final drive for 1957 member
ships in the Brevard chamber of
commerce is going on this week by
members of the board of directors
under chairmanship of Gil Coan.
At meeting of the directors Tues
day night, it was ordered that the
listing for ballots be closed on De
cember 20, and Secretary Mrs. John
Ford asked to get the ballots print
ed in time for mailing the last
week in December.
It was reported that 152 members
have joined the chamber this year,
and a goal of 180 members has been
set.
John Ford and Jimmy Gaither
will attend the N. C. Park Commis
sion at Waynesville on Tuesday
night, Dec. 17, at which time plans
for distributing advertising along
the Blue Ridge Parkway during the
season May to November, will be
outlined.
Only “area-wide” advertising lit
erature will be given out along the
scenic parkway by rangers, and
the same type advertising will be
only items allowed in the infor
mation racks which will be main
tained by the service, it was stress
ed by C. M. Douglas, secretary of
the Park Commission and member
of the signs committee. It is expect
ed that Brevard, Rosman, Cashiers
and Highlands will make up an
area.
Lewis Hamlin, chairman of the
flood control committee, announc
ed that a meeting will be held here
on Dec. 19 for discussing plans for
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WPNF Program Highlights
Special Program For Children Is
Scheduled, Cage Games Are Popular
Beginning next Monday, WPNF
will be featuring a new Christmas
program, especially designed for
children. The Adventures of Ernie
Elf will be' heard each afternoon
at 4 o’clock. The show will be pre
sented by A1 Martin, program di
rector at WPNF. Mr. Martin in
vites the children to hear this new
program each day, and then to
stay tuned for Santa Claus, who is
heard each afternoon at 4:1$.
According to Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, the plhy-by-play
broadcasts of the college basket
ball games are very popular with
iisteners of WPNF, and the sched
ule for th^s week is as follows:
Thursday — Carolina vs. Fur
man, 7:45 o’clock
Saturday — Carolina vs. South
Carolina at 1:45 o’clock, and State
vs. Eastern Kentucky at 8:00 p. m.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Extension
forestry, £red E. Whitfield; Fri
day. station program; Monday,
county agent’s office; Tuesday,
Rosman Vo-Ag department, B. E.
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FOURTH STRAIGHT
YEAR FOR COUNTY
ASATOP WINNER
President Ralph Lee Accepts
Awards On Behalf Of
His Community
PRIZES ARE $400
Cedar Mountain, which had tied
for first place with Buladean of
Mitchell county in 1956, was award
ed the second place prize of $408
at the awards meeting ol the Wes
tern North Carolina Sural Devel
opment program in Asheville oe
Saturday.
President Ralph Lee received
the prize and certificate from Man
ly E. Wright, vice president of the
Asheville chamber of commerce.
First prize winning community
was Beech of Buncombe county,
and third went to Mills River of
Henderson.
This was the fourth successive
year that a Transylvania commun
ity had won either a first or second
place prize in the WNC regional
contest.
Before the presentation of
awards WNC civic, business and
rural leaders heard banker Archie
K. Davis, chairman of the board of
Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany, Winston - Salem, call for im
provement of marketing and mer
chandising with the development
of more diversity in farming for
North Carolina.
Mr. Davis said more industry;
strategically dispensed, is needed
and part-time farming in the
growth of the industrial pattern
must be considered. He pointed
! out that the small farm economy in
, North Carolina and the rest of the
| South is ;,*rt of th< socioeconomic
| framework of the region.
| If North Carolina can get the con
j ccpt of having one foot in the farm
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i HIM HERE FOR
ROBBER OF BANK
Roadblocks Are Set Up In
Transylvania. $2,000 Ta
ken At Fletcher
Roadblocks were set ap in
Transylvania county Wednesday
afternoon in an effort to catch a
young man who reportedly rob
bed the Fletcher bank of $2,000
shortly before 1:00 o’clock.
The man is believed to have
fled toward Hendersonville and
abandoned his ear near the Et -
owah school. He was last seen
fleeing into the woods in that
area.
Brevard officers, the sheriffs
j department and members of the
State Highway patrol are man
ning the roadblocks on all high
ways leading into Transylvania.
Local Club Will
Visit Crippled
Children Sunday
Members of the Transylvania
j Shrine club are going to visit the
j Shriner’s hospital for Crippled
j Children in a body this coming
Sunday afternoon.
They will meet here at the Ma
sonic temple at 1:00 o’clock.
While at the hospital, the local
Shriners will make a donation, the
largest in the history of the club.
to be used in the endowment work
of the hospital.
Bennett Jones, the treasurer, al
so reports that Shriners across the
state contributed a check for more
than $127,000 at the annual Shrine
bowl game in Charlotte to the
Greenville hospital.
WEATHER REPORT
Over the week end, 1.47 inches
of precipitation was recorded in
Brevard. The total for the week
was 1.83 inches.
High Low Pre:
49
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
48
57
51
50
44
54
31
25
26
44
42
36
20
.30'
O'
.01
.47
1.00
.03
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