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 TRAN SYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca lor Summer Camps,
Entrance to PiagaA Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 69 — No. 2
Second Clasr' Privileges
Authorized at Brevard. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958
* 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NEW BREVARD METHODIST
CHURCH, majestically located at the en
trance to Brevard opposite the college
will he formally opened on Sunday. Op
en house is slated during the afternoon.
and a week-long series of celebration ser
vices will begin that evening. To date,
more than $300,000.00, has been expend
ed on building and furnishing this mod
ern church. (Times Staff Photo)
Superior Court To Open in County On
lanuary 27, Civil Docket Slated First
Jurors For Two-Weeks
Term Announced Today
By Marvin McCall
The January-February term of
Superior court in Transylvania
county will open on Monday, Jan
uary 27th. and the civil calendar
will be heard during the first
week.
' The criminal slate opens on
Monday. February 3rd, and jurors
lor the two-weeks’ term are an
nounced today by Marvin McCall,
the clerk of court.
Judge Francis O. Clarkson, of
charlotte, will preside, and Clar
ence O. Ridings, of Forest City, will
prosecute for the state.
Jurors for the first week of court
are as follows:
Charles Galloway. Mrs. Oscar
Barrett. Mrs. Lester Martin, Bobby
J Bentley. Mrs. Forrest Cudd,
Mary Sue Thorne. W. T. Simpson,
Robert L. Daniels, Ruby Lee Dunn
Rogers, Mrs. Ike D. Gilliam, Jane
Darnall, Russell Mason, J. L. Whit
mire. Mrs. Grace Michael, Billy F.
Hayes, John W. Monteith, Jr., Mrs.
R. Calvin Smith, Ray Fisher, Lake
Toxawav, Fred Wilburn Bumgar
ner, John Roy Garren, Herbert F
Finek. Mrs Claude A. Ray, Mrs.
C L. Clark
Jurors for the second week of
court are as follows:
Roy L Jones, Lehman J. Kapp,
Mrs Millard Teague, James B.
—Turn To Page Tea
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 9 — Tax listing
continues. Masons meet at Temple
at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 10 — Hospital aux
iliary meets at 3:00 o'clock. Ace of
clubs meets at center at 7:30 o'
clock College Tornadoes meet Fer
rum. Va., at 8:00 o’clock.
Saturday, Jan. 11 — Brevard
College Masquers present play at
8:00 p. m.
Sunday. Jan. 12 — Attend
church of your choice. Methodists
hold "open house” in new church.
2 5 p. m.
Monday. Jan. 13 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m.
VFW membership rally meeting
8:00 p. m. Shriners install officers
at Gaither s at 7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14 — Brevard
meets Bethel, 7:30 o’clock. Cham*
ber of Commerce directors tab
ulate ballots at 7:80 o’clock over
city hall. Elks meet at 8:00 p. m.
Article Quoted
Former Brevard Attorney Said
Resigning From Utilities Body
The following article, of interest
locally, was carried in last Friday’s
Baleigh News and Observer in the
“Under the Dome” column.
11 concerns Edward H. McMa
han. former Brevard attorney, and
rumors pertaining to his resigna
tion from the State Utilities com
mission.
The article follows:
GOING? — The long predicted
resignation of Edward H. Me*
Mahan as a member of the State
Utilities Commission may be
handed in any day now.
VFW Will Climax
Membership Drive,
To Award Prizes
Members of the Lewis Earl Jack
son post No. 4309( Veterans of For
eign Wars, will climax their ’58
membership drive at a big meeting
on Monday night, January 13th.
| Prizes totaling $250 in value will
be awarded at the meeting. All
VFWr members who-have paid their
'58 dues by 8:00 o’clock that even
ing will be eligible to receive priz
es.
Supper will be served, beginning
; at 8:00 o’clock, and all members
I and eligible veterans are cordially
! invited to attend.
Governor Hodges, asked about
it yesterday, indicated McMahan
may not remain much longer on
the Capitol scene.
“He has indicated he is inter
ested in other work,” the Gover
nor said.
It came as a surprise to a lot
of folks when Hodges reappoint
ed McMahan last spring. The re
appointment failed to end specu
lation that McMahan, regarded
as an ultra-conservative mem
ber of a conservative Utilities
—Turn to Page Ten
Formal Opening Of New Methodist
Church Set Sunday, Public Invited
TAX LISTERS ARE
BUSY, BOOKS IN
TOWNSHIPS NOW
Will Be Brought To Cdurt
On Saturday. Osborne
Cites Law
Tax listers in the townships of
Transylvania have been busy since
the 2nd of January, and Lewis Os
borne, tax supervisor announces
that after the 10th, the books will
be brought to the court house here.
He urges citizens of the county
not to wait until the last of th6
month to list because the lines
will be long at that time.
During the month of January, all
county property and farm reports
must be listed. The tax supervisor
says there is a penalty prescribed
bv law for failure to do so.
Property that must be listed falls
into three major categories:
1. All real estate and tangible
personal property owned on Janu
ary 1st, 1958.
2. A poll, or capitation, tax re
paired of all male persons between
the ages of 21 and 50 as of the first
of the New Year.
3. Every dog, male or female,
more than si^ months old owned or
k( pt on the first.
FILM COMPANY
CHECKING SITES
Photographs Shot In Many
Areas Of County By Ad
vance Photographers.
Possible locations for filming a
color picture were checked Sat
urday by technicians from Trans
Films corporation in Transylvania
county.
Particular emphasis was laid on
color shots around waterfalls, vis
tas and lake scenes by the advance
photographers. Shots were made in
Pisgah National Forest at Looking
Glass falls, Slide Rock pool, Green
Knob overlook on the Blue Ridge
Parkway and at the Graveyard
Fields.
Shots were also made at Paint
Rock in the Balsam Grove area,
Toxaway falls, Connestee, High
falls on the duPont property and
Lake Cascade — the latter as a
possible boating scene.
Definite commitment for making
the picture in this locality was not
made, but the scenery shown as
background was impressive, the
technicians stated, following the
all-day inspection trip.
The film representatives were
guided by Ted Seely, ranger for
Pisgah National Forest, and Tax
Collector C. M. Douglas for the
Chamber of Commerce.
Brevard To Have Parallel
Parking In Business Area
When the weather permits the
marking of the streets and the
installation of new parking me
ters. parallel parking will be in
stituted in the business section
of Brevard.
This action was taken by the
hoard following the recommen
dations of the traffic survey in
the town by the state. Parallel
parking in the business area
will also tie in with the new
four-lane highway coming into
town.
Editor Of Du Pont’s "Better Living”
Working On Picture-Story In Brevard
Leavitt S. White, editor of “Bet
ter Living”, the employee maga
zine of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours
& company, Wilmington, Delaware,
told of experiences involved in do
ing a picture - story for his publi
cation at the last regular meetinjg
i of the Brevard Rotary club.
Accompanied by staff photogra
pher, Jack Alexander, Mr. White
is in Brevard this week working on
a layout, “New Faces” in the com
munity, which will appear in a la
ter edition of “Better Living”.
The “New Faces” will be various
Du Pont personnel, who are con
nected with new silicon plant now
under construction in Buck For
est near Cedar Mountain.
Mr, White explained to the Ro
tarians that while the story would
be of particular local interest, it
would also appeal to all of the 90,
000 Du Pont employees and other
readers of “Better Living’’.
It will feature the role the “New
Faces” are playing in the life of
the community and what their
coming means to Brevard and
Transylvania county.
The company’s philosophy of be
—Turn te Page Four
There will be parallel park
ing on all of Broad street and on
Main from Johnson to England.
Other action of the board
Monday night include the nam
ing of E. H. Corpening as assis
tant to the maintenance super
visor of the town and the ap
pointing of Mrs. Gertrude Sum
mey as the new water clerk.
Several other routine busin
ess matters were discussed.
Brevard Plant
Of Du Pont Is
In N. Y. Times
“Du Pont builds today — to meet
the needs of tomorrow” is a cap
tion across an ad appearing in
Monday’s New York Times in
which a picture of the Brevard Du
Pont plant is included.
The caption states: “New Du
Pont plant at Brevard, N. C., will
soon produce hyperpure silicon on
commercial scale. This material
will be used by other manufactur
ers in making transistors, diodes
and power rectifiers. Du Pont de
veloped the first commercial pro
cess for production of hyperpure
silicon, but does not make elec
tronic devices — a typical instance
of Du Pont teamwork with other
—Toni To Page Ten
CHERYL ANNE LYTLE, Transylvania’s first baby
of 1958, is greeting her mother with a yawn shortly af
ter her arrival on New Year’s day at 3:55 p. m., here at
the Transylvania Community hospital. Holding the baby
is Miss Jean Emery, one of the attending nurses when
Little Miss Lytle arrived. Dr. James Sanders was the at
tending physician, and Miss Lytle weighed in at eight
pounds, two ounces. Mr. Lytle is connected with the Du
Pont construction forces at th» new silicon plant and
v they live at Sapphire Manor. In the center above is Mrs.
Katherine Bunch, one of the afternoon nurses at the
hospital. The new baby and her parents were awarded
many fine prizes by local merchants e«|R New Year’s
baby derby conducted by The TransyJ'/3l!b* Times and
WPNF. (Times Staff Photo)
Two New Appointments Made
At Brevard College By President
REPUBLICANS TO
HOLD DINNER, 20TH
King Says Transylvania Is
To Be Well Represented.
Tickets Available
A United Republican funds rais
ing dinner will be held in Winston
Salem on January 20th, and accord:
ing to Eugene King, Sr., chairman
of the executive committee in Tran
sylvania, the event will be linked
by closed - circuit TV and partici
pants will be able to view other
similar dinners throughout the
United States.
President Eisenhower will speak
from Chicago, and Vice President
Nixon will be heard from New
York City.
Republican Senator Earl E.
Mundt, of South Dakota, will be the
speaker at the Winston-Salem din
ner. He is presently serving on the
senate labor - rackets committee,
and Mr. King says he is an excel
lent speaker.
Since the dinner will be the fore
runner of the ’58 Republican cam
paign, Transylvania county is ex
pected to be well represented, the
local chairman states.
Tickets may be secured from him
—Turu To Fage Ter
p
Mrs. Holder Is New Librar
ian. To Assume Duties In
Summer. Leete Returns
President Emmett K. McLarty,
Jr., of Brevard College, announces
two new appointments to the facul
ty of Brevard College: Mrs. Eliza
beth J. Holder, as librarian; and,
Dr. Joseph F. Leete, to the Chem
istry department.
Mrs. Holder is a native of Win
ston-Salem and has done academ
ic work in Duke University, Salem
college, Columbia university, and
the University of North Carolina.
She holds an A. B. degree from Sa
lem College ^nd a Master of
Science in Library Science from
the University of North Carolina.
Mrs. Holder has been Assistant Li
brarian at Salem college, assistant
in children’s work in the New York
Public library; and has served as
reporter and staff artist on the
Winston-Salem Journal and Sen
tinel; and is at present on the staff
of the Woman’s College library of
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Mrs. Holder, together with her
daughter, Elizabeth, will move to j
Brevard during the summer and |
will assume responsibilities as li- j
brarian before the opening of i
school for the fall semester, 1958. i
Dr. Leete is a native of Pennsyl-:
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New Shows Being Heard Over WPNF,
Log Is Reviewed By Program Director
The New Year has brought some
new changes in the WPNF pro
gram schedule as regular listeners
have learned. Each afternoon Cou
sin Hank’s Jamboree is heard from
3:05 until 4:00 p. m., and Off the
Record is now heard from 4:05 un
til 5:00 p. m., A1 Martin, the pro
gram director, announces.
Saturday mornings, immediate
ly following Coffee Time from
10:00 until 11:00, listeners are in
vited to hear the Old Time Revival
hour sponsored by Rev. J. D. Brog
don, pastor of the Turkey Creek
Baptist - church. At 11:30 Baxter
Morris entertains for a half-hour '
on a new show, Relax Witt Bax.
On Saturday afternoons when
basketball will not be heard, Tune
Time with many popular music ar
tists comes on from 2:00 to 4:00.
Immediately after the 4:00 p. m.
World & State News, Cousin Hank
has his Saturday Jamboree until
5:30.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is i
as follows: Thursday, Brevard j
home Ec department, Mrs. Glenn
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OPEN HOUSE IN
AFTERNOON, TO
RESINA SERIES
Celebration Events Will Be
Held Nightly Through
Friday. Pastors Return
BACKGROUND GWEK
Citizens of the comm unity ate
being invited by the congregation
of the Brevard Methodist church
to join with them in the celebra
tion of the formal opening at the
beautiful new church on Sunday
and at services each evening next
week.
An open house is being planned
from 2:00 until 5:00 o’clock Sun
day afternoon, and the public is
asked to first go into the ehaipel on
the south side. From there guided
tours, led by members of tire buil
ding committee, will be conducted.
According to the pastor, Rev.
Douglas Corriher, a formal open
ing service is planned at the 11:00
o’clock hour on Sunday morning.
Rev. J. W. Fitzgerald, district su
perintendent of the Asheville dis
trict, and Rev. Emmett K. McLar
ty, president of Brevard college,
will join with Mr. Corriher in con
ducting the service, which will be
broadcast over WFMF.
Special music will be rendered
by the college choir, under the di
rection of Prof. Nelson Adams,
with Mrs. Louise P. Miller at the
organ.
The congregation of the church
first used the new edifice this past
Sunday, and an overflowing aud
ience filled the sanctuary, which
will seat some 550 persons dowis
stairs and in the balcony.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, assisted *by Robert
H. Stamey, vice preside Bre
vard college. Both speakers praised
the outstanding work that has been
done and sacrifices made by sc
many members in building the new
church.
A series of celebration services
gets underway Sun. evening, con
tinuing through next Friday. They
will begin each evening at 7:30 o’
clock. Former pastors of the
church or their sons or grandsons.
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MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE UNDERWAY
Co-Chairmen Say A Number
Of Activities Being Plan
ned. Plea Is Made
The ’58 March of Dimes drive is
well underway in Transylvania and
several events are being planned
for the month long campaign, Co
Chairmen D. G. Dail and Jerry
Rice announce.
The dimes board on the square
is being staffed by members of the
Key club at Brevard high school,
and there will be a benefit basket
ball game at Rosman Saturday
night.
In an appeal to the people of
Transylvania County to give their
all-out s*upport to the campaign,
Mr. Dail and Mr. Rice reported
there are more than 300,000 per
sons in the United States today
who have had paralytic polio. They
said that at least one of every three
of these is in need of further med
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Lyda Purchases
Varner Interest,
Duckworth Motor
Few Lyda, well-known Brevard
man, has purchased the interest of
S. E. Varner, Jr., in the Duckworth
Motor company, and the partner
ship of Lyda with Walter Duck
worth is announced today.
In the future the firm will be
known as Ducfcworth-Lyda motors,
and the partners say there will be
no changes in policy of the com
pany. Mr. Duckworth has been the
Ford dealer in Brevard for the
past 22 years.
Mr. Lyda, who has been connee
ted with Olin Mathieson for the
past 13% years, has resigned his
position to go into private busin
ess. He is a former member of the
town board, and he is also active in
the Elk’s lodge and the Dunn’s,
Rock Masonic lodge.