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J TRANSYLVANIA- i
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
| tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 68 — No. 51
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And
Second Clew Privilege* ^
Aijfhorired at Brevard. N. C.
National Priz e -Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
TR ANSYLV ANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer damps,
Entrance to Plsgah Na
{ tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the annual
banquet for the adult Scouters in Tran
sylvania county last Thursday night are
pictured above. At the left on the front
row is Dr. E. O. Bryant, who was re-elect
ed chairman of the Transylvania district
of the Daniel Boone council. In the cen
ter is Ranger Ted Seely, first vice chair
man, and at the right is Ralph Palmer,
the new district commissioner. On the
back row, left to right, are: Walter Whit- j
aker, field executive of the Daniel Boone
council; Joe Edwards, head of the coun
cil; F. S. “Buck” Best, who served as
master of ceremonies on the program;
and. Rev. Emmett K. McLarty, president
of Brevard college, who was the prin
cipal speaker. See story on page two,
first section. (Times Staff Photo)
Transylvania County "Goes Over Top"
In '58 OF Drive, Workers Are Thanked
Wayne Bradburn Is Presi
dent For The New Year.
Plans Are Outlined
Transylvania’s 1957 United Fund
drive was reported to be “Over the
top” Tuesday by more than $100
according to the director James M
Wuipi.
Mr. Wuipi reported that $26,641
1 ir* pledges had been received and
the goal was $26,500.
This amount will be used to sup
port 17 panieipating agencies in
the Transylvania United Appeal.
Mr. Wuipi said that he wanted
to compliment Rev. Ben F. Ormand
the campaign director, and all oi
the workers. ’The success of this
campaign shows tireless efforts put
forth by all who have been associa
ted with the United Appeal,” Mr,
Wuipi said.
He also thanked the newspaper
for their cooperation in handling
releases concerning the progress oi
the campaign.
Mr. Wuipi paid particular trib
ute to Art Loeb, the president oi
United Appeal: Charlie Russell
from Olin Mathieson, and Melvin
Gillespie, the treasurer. Wayne
Bradburn has been elected presi
dent of the United Appeal for
next year.
Plans are being formulated now
for collecting some back pledges
made in 1956 but not yet paid. Mr.
Wuipi will get out letters after the
first of next year asking that per
sons send in these pledges.
JH CANTRELL TO SPEAK
Walter Cantrell. Jr., who is mak
ing an outstanding record at An
napolis. will be guest speaker at
Brevard Kiwanis Club meeting Fri
day night at 7:00 o’clock in Gaith
er’s.
Summation of the year’s work
will be given by President C. M.
Douglas, and final check on the
Christmas cheer basket program
will be made by chairman Tom
Ramsay and Frank Bridges.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 19 — B & PW
club meets for Christmas party at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Lions club meets
at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. County wide
carol singing, court house, 7:30 p.
m. Masonic meeting in temple at
8 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 20 — Garden club’s
annual Christmas tea, home of
Mrs. W. M. Melton, 3 to 5 p. m.
Kiwanis meet at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 21 — Arthur
Smith and his Cracker Jacks at
Brevard high school, 7:30 p. m.
American Legion Christmas dance,
9 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 22 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Dec. 23 — Judging in
Christmas lighting contest to take
place. Rotary club party for Rotary
Anns, 7 p. m., at Gaither’s.
Tuesday, Dec. 24 — Last shop
ping day before Christmas.
Wednesday, Dec. 25 — Christ
mas Day.
In Three Phases
Secondary Road Survey Made
In County, Paving Costs Set
A survey of the secondary roads
in Transylvania county is included
in the report of fV>e Department of
.secondary roads - to the State
H i - hwav commission.
'
This first phase report deals with
the unpaved rural secondary
which carry 50 or more vehicles
per day.
This phase one is only the begin
ning of the extensive roads study
now being made, the department
states.
It is revealed in the report that
there are 19.13 miles of unpaved
secondary roads in phase one in
Transylvania.
The costs for paving is estimated
at S360.000.00. which is an average
cost of $18,828.54 per mile.
Prior to January 1, 1958. the De
“Extra Push” Being
Given To Seal Sale
An extra push to the sale of
Christmas seals this week has been
planned, since Transylvania coun
ty is running about $100 short of
the amount collected at the same
time last year, according to reports
received this week from Miss Marie
Strasser, treasurer of the Transyl-:
vania county TB committee. The to- j
tal received through November
14th is $1,273.00, Miss Strasser sta-l
i ted.
Miss Jeanette Austin, chairman j
of the county campaign, said that j
an all-out effort is being made this
week to spread the word in re
minding everyone to send in con
tributions. She said that reminders
; from the TB committee have been
i mailed.
“These are not intended as
j ‘duns’ ”, she said, “but simply to re
mind folks who have not sent con
tributions for their Christmas seals.
Everything is voluntary, of course,
so we’re not asking for return of
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partment of Secondary roads will
make available a study of all the
substan 'srd bridges on the secon
dary roaci system as well as the
cost of bringing each bridge up to
the “minimum level of service" as
defined by the highway commis
sion.
The third phase of the secondary
roads study will show what would
be required to bring all rural un
paved secondary roads up to a
“minimum level of service". The
commission has approved a “mini
mum level of service” to be at
least an 18-foot wide travelled way,
adequate drainage, and an all-wea
ther, year-round surface. The “min
imum level of service” for bridges
his been approved for at least an
18-foot wide roadwray and a load
limit of eight tons.
Mrs. Neilingt
Girl Scout
Mrs. Ludwig F. Nerlinger is the
new district chairman of Girl
Scouting in Transylvania, succeed
ing Mrs. J. D. Jones, who recently
resigned because she is moving
away.
Mrs. Jones will join her husband
and family in Peoria, 111., where
Mr. Jones has a position.
Mrs. Nerlinger’s husband is the
production superintendent of the
new' Du Pont silicon plant. Mr. and
Mrs. Nerlinger and their ten chil
dren moved into the former Wal
nut Inn here on East Main street
last summer.
In Wilmington, Del., where they
formerly resided, Mrs. Nerlinger
served on the Girl Scout troop
committee.
Just before coming to Brevard
Mrs. Nerlinger was the head of a
mammoth project sponsored by the
Brevard Man Nabbed After Bank
Robbery, Confesses To Hold-Ups
Zeb Osborne, 23-year old Brevard
man, who has admitted to the dar
ing Fletcher bank hold-up last
Wednesday, this week confessed to
robbing a super market in Ashe
ville and also drive-in theatres in
Asheville and Hendersonville in
November.
Osborne is in the Buncombe J
county jail where he is awaiting
federal court trial in default of
$31,000 bond on charges of robbery
of the Fletcher bank.
Additional charges of highway
robbery will be preferred against
Osborne by Buncombe and Hender
son authorities as soon as possible,
it is reported.
Osborne was caught last Wednes
day afternoon shivering on the
banks of the French Broad river
near Etowah some two and one half
hours after he robbed the Fletcher
bank of $1,849. The money and the
.38 calibre pistol he used in the
robbery were found in his posses
sion when he was arrested without
resistance.
He had fled to the woods, in 19
degree temperature, after a Hen
dersonville private patrol officer
—Turn to Page Twelve
Merchants Expect Increased Sales
As Yule Shopping Season Nears End
YULE LIGHTING
CONTEST SLATED
BY GARDEN CLUBS
Cash Prizes Are Offered.
Judging Set For De
cember 23rd
Both the Brevard Garden club
and the Transylvania Garden club
are urging citizens to make their
homes radiant for this Christmas
season by decorating and entering
the annual lighting contest.
Cash prizes totaling $77 are be
ing offered this year to the win
ners. They are, first, $30; second,
$20: third, $15; fourth $7.00 and
fifth prize. $5.00.
The rules are announced today
by the committee, which is com
posed of Mrs. S. E. Varner, Jr.,
chairman; Mrs. D. B. Hilley, co
chairman; Mrs. Charles F. Himes,
Mrs. Frank Harvin, Mrs. Jack
Trantham and Mrs. W. W. Duck
worth.
All entries must be within a ra
dius of two miles from Brevard.
They must be clearly visible from
the road or street.
Judges will attempt to judge all
Brevard, but in order to be sure an
entry is judged, the entrant should
cal! one of the committee no later
than 12 noon on December 23rd.
Judging will take place that even
—Turn to Page Twelve
Times To Publish
Christmas Issue
Early Next Week
The Transylvania Times will
publish its annual Christmas
Greeting edition on Tuesday next
week, and the deadline for news,
advertising and classified copy
is 5:00 o'clock Monday afternoon.
In order that subscribers will
receive their copies for the holi
days, the issue is being publish
ed ahead of regular schedule,
since Christmas falls on Wednes
day, the regular publication date.
“This is one of our favorite
issues each year, and again we
plan to carry many Christmas
features along with special greet
ings from the merchants and in
dustries in Transylvania,” Pub
lisher Ed M. Anderson said yes
terday.
?r To Head
s In County
Catholic Welfare guild. She served
as resettlement head of the CWG
and personally aided in getting ap
proximately 100 Hungarian refu
gees settled in homes in Delaware.
Mrs. Nerlinger was asked to take
this project because her parents
were both natives of Budapest and
she speaks Hungarian and some
German. Her job included finding
employment for the refugees, set
ting up their apartments and help
ing them adjust to the American
way of life.
Speaking of Girl Scouting in
Transylvania, Mrs. Nerlinger says
she is looking forward to her asso
ciation with the adults and girls in
the movement. “I shall certainly
try to continue with the excellent
Girl Scouting program that has
been set up by Mrs. Jones and
those who were working with her.”
Mrs. Nerlinger said today.
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The Weather
a .4
A record low reading was record
ed last Wednesday night, as the
temperature reached one degree
above zero. The following night,
the reading was six degrees. This
is the lowest reading on record
here since the early ’50s.
The daily readings were as fol
lows:
High Low Pre.
32 15 0
26 1 0
42 6 0
58 25 0
61 25 0
64 35 .01
55 44 .05
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
JUST A PRICK OF THE NEEDLE will show whether
these youngsters have been infected with the germs that
cause tuberculosis. A positive reaction may lead to dis
covery of some adult who has active TB and is spread
ing germs without knowing it. Tuberculin testing pro
grams are supported by the sale of Christmas Seals, and
proceeds this year from the sale in Transylvania will go
to pay for one half of the cost of the X-ray machine in
the new health center.
jVerdict Favoring Pickelsimer
Heirs Returned in Bank Case
| DR. JAMES M. WALKER, who
came to Brevard last summer
from the University of Pennsyl
vania School of Medicine where
he was a member of the practic
ing staff, is the new president of
the Transylvania Medical society.
Dr. Walker also becomes chief
of staff of the Transylvania Com
munity hospital in his capacity
as president of the society. (See
story, page eight, first section.)
Moose To Sponsor
Benefit Program
Saturday Evening
Arthur S>mith and his Cracker
jacks and the Crossroads quartet
will appear here in a new and dif
ferent type show on Saturday night
in the Brevard high school, spon
sored by the Brevard Moose lodge.
Proceeds from the show will go
—Turn to Page Si’
Judge Hugh Campbell Ad
journed December Civil
Term Last Thursday
Prior to adjournment of the De
cember term of civil court in Tran
sylvania last Thursday, a verdict
was returned in favor of the Pickel
simer heirs in the Jonathan Woody
vs. Maud Pickelsimer case.
An immediate appeal to Supreme
court was entered by Mr. Woody
and the bank.
The case grew out of the sale oi
stock of Mrs. Pickelsimer to Mr.
Woody in the Transylvania Trust
company. It has been pending since
1949, and the sale took place in Oc
tober, 1946.
Mr. Woody asked the court tc
confirm it, but the verdict was that
Mrs. Pickelsimer had only a life
time interest in the stock of the
bank, and upon her death, it should
revert to the Pickelsimer heirs.
The case took most of the court’s
time last week, and it was heard be
fore a jury with Judge Hugh B.
Campbell, of Charlotte, presiding.
In other action before court was
adjourned last Thursday, alimony
was awarded to the plaintiff in the
Iredell Blythe Cunningham vs. Lee
Cunningham case.
Also, in the Mary Tinsley vs.
George E. Tinsley case, the defend
ant was ordered to pay alimony to
the plaintiff.
Marvin McCall, clerk of court,
announces today that the next civ
il term of Superior court in Tran
sylvania will begin on Monday, Jan
uary 27th, for a period of one week.
The following week, beginning
on Monday, February 3rd, the crim
inal docket will be heard.
Program Highlights
Special Christmas Program Will Be
Heard On WPNF, Also, Arthur Smith
Highlighting WPNF’s special
Christmas programs this coming
week end, will be a broadcast of
Handel’s “Messiah”. The famed
work will be performed by the In
dependence Messiah Choir of Inde
pendence, Mo. The Choir will be ac
companied by members of the Kan
sas City Philharmonic orchestra.
The public is invited to hear this
Sunday afternoon program at 4:00
o’clock over WPNF. Saturday after
noon at 5:00 p. m., Arthur Smith
and his Crackerjacks, of Charlotte,
can be heard in a 30-minute broad
cast over the local radio station, in
conjunction with the personal ap
pearance the Crackerjacks will
make here Saturday evening.
On Christmas Eve at 5:00 o’
clock, WPNF will present the Bre
vard high school band and chorus
in a Christmas program. This
broadcast will usher in the Christ
mas seasonal music to be heard on
WPNF over the holidays.
The story of the first Christmas
with appropriate seasonal music
will be featured on this Saturday’s
Coffee Time, at 10 a. m. The pro
gram will also have a special guest
—Turn to Page Twelve
ONLY FIVE DAYS
REMAIN TO BUY,
SCHOOLS CLOSING
Churches Planning Special
Programs This Week End.
Carol Sing Thursday
BONUSES TO BE PAID
With only five more shopping
clays remaining before Christmas,
Brevard merchants, who have large
stocks of holiday merchandise, are
anticipating brisk business during
the period.
The merchants express the hope
that shoppers who have deferred
buying make their decisions with
out further delay and thus avoid
the last minute rush.
Acting as a stimulus to the
Christmas sales this week will be
the bonuses to employees of bus
iness houses and industries.
Most of the local stores are re
maining open in the evenings for
the convenience of Christmas shop
pers, and the Brevard post office
will be open all day on Saturday.
Transylvania’s schools will close
, on Friday for the Christmas holi
days and will reopen on January
6th.
Brevard college recessed for the
j holidays last Saturday, and the stu
; dents will return on January 2nd.
The Transylvania Baptist associa
tion is sponsoring a county-wide
carol sing at 7:30 Thursday even
ing on the court house lawn. All
churches are asked to participate.
All of the churches in the town
and county are holding special ser
' this^veek end. and a number
, ot t.^Jl also have candlelight
j Programs on Christmas Eve.
j Mrs. Opal King, the city clerk,
.announces that there will be no
j garbage collection in the town next
j Wednesday and Thursday, Decem
: bev 25 and 26. Pickup will resume
j for all parts of the town on Friday,
j December 27th.
LITTLE THEATRE
CAST SELECTED
Next Play To Be Presented
On February 21st And
22nd At College
I _ -
i Casting for the mystery plav
i “The Mousetrap”, was completed
j by the Brevard Little Theatre Mon
I day evening following try-outs held
j in the Silversteen Community Cen
! ter.
I The cast for this Agatha Christie
chiller includes Mrs. Ruth Jackson,
Ernest Gilstrap, Mrs. Kathleen Or
j mand, Mrs. Jean Dixon, Charles
Norlander, Ray Burgin, Dave Jack
son and Robroy Farquhar, the dir
ector.
The first rehearsal for this play
will be on January 5th in the Silver
| steen center.
The play will be presented or
| February 21 and 22 in the Brevard
l College Center auditorium,
j Since the resignation of Mrs. Gus
Masters as Little Theatre president,
the list of officers now stands Rob
ert Bolt, president; Ray Burgin,
first vice president; and Alex Mc
Fadden, second vice president .
Herbert Sergeant has been nam
ed to replace the Rev. Keith Beam
on the board of directors. The Rev.
Beam moved away recently.
Anyone who is interested in
| working on the production staff for
“The Mousetrap” is asked to con
—Turn to Page Six
Legionnaires To
Hold Yule Dance
Saturday Evening
Legionnaires of the Monroe Wil
son post will hold their annual
Christmas dance on Saturday night,
Dec. 21st, in the Legion Memorial
building.
Music for the gala occasion will
be furnished by Wayne Rutledge
and his orchestra of Greenville, S.
C.
The public is invited to attend,
and tickets are now on sale at
$1.50 per person.
Dancing will begin at 9:00 o’clock
sharp that evening.