THE TRANSYLVANIA
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C.
Vol. 69 — No. 8 * SSSLS*" SSJJ.S'T'c’ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 * 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfall*.
Mecca for Summer Camp*
Entrance to Pisgafc Na
tional Forest and Homo of
TR ANSYLV ANI A—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
PARKED CARS IN WINTER
WRAPS made a unique snow scene here
in Brevard last week end. The beautiful
campus of Brevard college can be seen
in the background under a blanket of
eight inches of snow.
(Times Staff Photo)
Two Pedestrians Killed In Auto Mishap
At Pisgah Forest On Tuesday Evening
■Alfred Capps And Claud
Collins Fatally Injured.
Warren Was Driver
Two pedestrians were killed in
an auto traffic mishap near the
Olin Mathieson Chemical corpora
tion Tuesday night about 7.40 o'
clock.
According to Patrolman Bill
Sawyer, who investigated, the two
men were listed as Alfred Capps,
and Claude Henry Collins, both of
Pisgah Forest.
The driver of the car, which is
said to have run over the two men.
was Charles Alonzo Warren, of R-l
Pisgah Forest, who works at Olin.
Walking with the two men who
were killed were George Landers
and his sister, Mrs. Alberta Col
lins the wife of one of the victims
■'the accident.
^Warren told the patrolman that
hf was driving with his wife and
child around 40 to 45 miles per
hour when he ran up on the four
persons walking down the high
way. He spotted them just after
meeting a car going in the opposite
direction.
Warren stopped immediately, of
fered his help and then called the
ambulance and officers from a
nearby service station.
Landers, who was walking in
front of the group, said he grab
bed his sister, who was directly be
hind him, and threw her into the
snow' along the highway.
Capps and Collins were walking
behind Landers and Mrs. Collins.
The patrolmen said that the two
men were “dead on arrival’’.
coroner’s inquest was held fol
lowing the accident by Donald Lee
Moore, and the jury recommended
that Warren be held for further
investigation by Grand Jury.
Patrolman Sawyer reports that
he is indicting Warren on charges
of involuntary manslaughter..
Funeral arrangements for the
two victims of the accident are in
complete at this time.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. Feb. 20 — Lions club
to hold ladies night at Cedar Mtn.
community center at 7:00 o’clock.
Friday, Feb. 21 — Community
wide World Day of Prayer Service
at Methodist church at 3:30 p. m.
Brevard Kiwanis club to meet at
Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock. Little
th^gre play at college at 8:00 o’
clock. Ace of Clubs meets 7:45 p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 22 — George
Washington’s birthday. Post office
to close. General delivery window
open 11:30 until noon. No delivery
of city or rural mail. Second per
formance of Little Theatre play at
college at 8:00 o’clock.
Sunday, Feb. 23 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Feb. 24 — Schools
scheduled to reopen. Rotarians
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock.
Brevard high school P-TA meets at
8:00 p. m. Music lovers club meets
at 8:00 at Mrs. Julius Sader’s.
Tuesday, Feb. 25 — Ace of clubs
mee*s at 7:30 p. m.
Politics Warming Up
Claude Melton Announces For
Sheriff, Primary Set May 31
As politics gains momentum in
Brevard and Transylvania, Claude
E. Melton today announces that he
will be a candidate for sheriff, sub
ject to the Democratic primary on
May 31st.
The incumbent. Sheriff ‘‘Scott"'
Dillingham, has already announced
that he will be a candidate to suc
ceed himself.
Other county offices subject to
election on May 31st include the
clerk of court, one member of the I
board of education, house and sen
ate. 32nd district.
Other announcements are expect
ed ;n the near future
In his announcement, Mr. Mel
ton issues the following statement:
“This is my first venture into
the political field. I have held no
political offices or jobs, either se
lective or appointive, and I am not
affiliated with any particular
groups within the Democratic par
ty. which in my opinion, leaves me
free to give fair and impartial law
enforcement to each and every res
McKenzie Will
Go To Wilkesboro
Rev. Frank McKenzie, rector of
St. Philip's Episcopal church here,
is resigning on March 15 to go to
the St. Paul’s Episcopal church in
Wilkesboro.
The Rev. McKenzie has been
rector here for the past three
years. He came to Brevard from
the Burke County Mission at Mor
ganton.
A congregational committee is 1
now seeking a new rector as a re- i
placement.
ident of Transylvania county.
Mr. Melton, an electrician by
trade, is now serving his second
term as commander of the Lewis
Earl Jackson post of the VFW. He
is a member of the American leg
ion and his religious preference is
that of the Method's! faith
He ia 40 of dzt and was
reared in Transylvania and educa
ted in the local schools. He is mar
ried to the former Addie B. Rhodes
and they have one child. A veteran
of World War II, he served for 40
months in the Pacific theatre with
the rank of sergeant. He saw com
bat duty with the 165th Infantry
regiment, participating in cam
paigns of Northern Solomons, Eas
tern Mandates, Okinawa, and was
awarded the Purple Heart for com
bat wounds due to service.
Transylvania Is Experiencing Worst
Winter, Record Of 22 Below Recorded
SERIES OF FIRES
NOTED IN COUNTY
Sunday Blaze At Brevard
Laundry Most Serious.
Others Minor Ones
Since the weather turned ex
tremely cold last Saturday, the
Brevard volunteer fire department
has answered a number of alarms.
The most serious was a fire in
the boiler room of the Brevard
Laundry and Coal company shortly
after noon on Sunday.
The firemen were able to keep
the blaze from spreading to other
parts of the buildings, however
damages were estimated by com
pany officials at several hundred
dollars. Business operations of the
company were not hampered by
fire, it is reported. ,
Early Monday morning the fire
men were called to answer an
alarm at the residence of Dick
Zachary on Turnpike. There was a
slight, back-draft explosion in an
oil stove, but damages were kept
to a minimum.
About 8:15 Tuesday morning the
local fire-fighters were summoned
to put out a burning kitchen wall in
the Holden residence behind the
h< me of B. W. Trantham on West
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GOP PRECINCT
MEETS SLATED
Chairman King Reports That
Sessions Will Be Held On
February 28th
Transylvania county Republican
precinct meetings are to be held in
respective precincts on Febru
ary 28, at 2 o’clock P. M., or at
whatever time designated by the
precinct chairman in his precinct,
provided the meeting is held not
later than February 28, Eugene
King, Sr., the chairman, reports.
The purpose of these precinct
meetings will be to elect precinct
officials and to elect delegates and
alternates to the Republican coun
ty convention, which will be held
in the court house in Brevard on
Saturday afternoon, March 1, at
2 o’clock.
Officers Of First National
Bank Renamed At Meet
At the organizational meeting
of the board of directors of First
National bank this week Edwin
Fincher, former president of the
Haywood county bank, which has
just merged with First National,
was named to the board.
Other directors of the consol
idated bank include: Canie N.
Brown, Robert Bunnelle, John
M. Carroll, George H. V. Cecil,
Burnham S. Colburn, Charles F.
Johnson, R. H. McDuffie, E. D.
Mitchell, Charles D. Parker, J.
Aaron Prevest. E. Bretney Smith,
State Senator Spencer Bell Will
Discuss NC Judiciary Here Friday
J. SPENCER BELL
J. Spencer Bell, of Charlotte,
will discuss the North Carolina Ju
diciary at a luncheon meeting here
Friday of the Brevard League of
Women Voters. It will be held in
Gaither’s at 12:30 o’clock.
Mr. Bell is an attorney and a
state senator from Charlotte. He is
chairman of the North Carolina
Bar association committee on “Im
proving and Expediting the Admin
istration of Justice.”
Senator Bell is well qualified by
training, experience and dedica
tion to discuss this subject, accord
ing to League officers.
He has been in a number of
fights on public matters in Char
lotte and Mecklenburg county, but
is considered a man who always
keeps discussions centered on the
issue?. He was chairman of the
Charlotte - Mecklenburg planning
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Julian B. Stepp, J. A. Woodcock,
Jr. and Jonathan Woody.
The officers of all five banks
were re-elected. Charles D. Park
er is president of the consolida
ted bank, and Jonathan Woody
executive vice president. In addi
tion, James E. Robertson was
named assistant cashier and. man
ager of the Installment Loan de
partment in Asheville.
Other officers of the Brevard
bank who were reelected are as
follows:
Ralph J. Duckworth, vice pres
ident; Melvin Gillespie, cashier;
and, Rowell Bosse and Mrs.
Henry Henderson, assistant cash
iers.
James C. Hicklin was named
manager of the installment loan
department in the Brevard of
! fic-e.
Water Colors By
DuBois On Display
At Brevard College
An exhibit of water colors by
Professor Kenneth DuBois is now
in progress at Brevard college.
The paintings are being exhibit
ed in the faculty lounge of the
Campus Center building. Some 17
paintings are included in the group,
most of them being landscapes.
Professor DuBois heads the art
department at Brevard college and
has had wide experience in paint
ing and restoring paintings, as
[ well as in the teaching field.
The paintings will be on exhibit
for two weeks. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
BREVARD’S MRS. WEATHERMAN, Mrs. Bobby
Hoyle, is pictured above assisting her husband by meas
uring the depth of the snow on Sunday morning. In their
front yard on Probart it was eight and three-quarter
inches deep. At higher elevations, Transylvania had a
snowfall up to 14 inches over the past week end, while
the mercury dipped to a record low of 22 degrees below
zero. (Times Staff Photo)
WPNF Sets World Day Of Prayer
Program, Service On Friday
UTTIE THEATRE
TO PRESENT PLAY
Performances Are Set For
Friday And Saturday
Nights At The College
The Brevard Little Theatre is
presenting its second play of the
season this Friday and Saturday
when they give the mystery, “The
Mousetrap” in the auditorium of
the Brevard college campus center
building.
The play will be given both eve
nings at 8 p. m.
Single admission tickets are be
ing sold by the seniors of Brevard
high school. The proceeds will be
applied to their fund to take a trip
to Washington, in the spring.
Admission will also be by season
tickets.
The Agatha Christie mystery is
—Turn to Page Five
Station Manager Reviews
Log Of Special Shows
During Coming Week
On Friday the World Day of
Prayer will -be observed here and
across the nation, and WPNF will
bring a special program commem
orating the event at 9:30 that morn
ing.
Appearing on the program will
be Mrs. Harold Siniard and Mrs.
James Mcllwain. Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, invites listeners to
hear this Civic hour program.
H? also reminds citizens of the
town and county that there will be
j a community-wide “World Day of
Prayer” service that afternoon at
3:30 o’clock in the new Brevard
Methodist church.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Hume hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Carolina
news; Friday, Extension forestry,
Fred E. Whitfield: Monday, coun
! ty agent's office; Tuesday, Soil
—Turn to Page Eight
HEAVY SNOWFALL
CLOSES COUNTTS
SCHOOLS 5 DAYS
Many Minor Accidents Re
ported* Cold Weather
Will Continue
ROUND-UP MADE
Arctic weather in Brevard and
Transylvania since last Saturday
has brought the heaviest snowfall
and the coldest temperatures ta
this area in many, many years.
In fact, the low of 22 degrees be
low zero this past Monday morning
was probably a record, but com
plete files are not available. And
this low reading was followed by
18 below the following morning. A
warming trend was noted Wednes
day when the mercury dropped to
only six below, Bobby Hoyle, the of
ficial weatherman reports.
The snowfall last Saturday stym
ied traffic, business and the many
social events on the calendar.
Depths ranged from eight inches in
the lowlands to 14 or more at high
er elevations.
Schools have been closed all this
week and at noon on Wednesday
Supt. Wayne Bradburn announced
that they would not reopen until
Monday, Feb. 24th.
Should weather conditions cause
another delay in the opening of
the schools, it will be announced
Sunday afternoon over WPNF.
Mayor B. H. Freeman reports
that the present cold spell is very
similar to the one in 1941, when
many of the town’s water mains
were frozen.
Transylvania motorists were
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'FEWFR LICENSES
SOLD IN COUNTY
Same Situation Exists Across
State. Patrolmen Issue
Warning
Mrs. Harold Norwood of the Car
olina Motor club office reports that
there has been a rush for auto and
truck tags since the deadline for
displaying them Monday midnight.
As of February 18 she had sold
a total of 4,164, as compared with
4,359 the same date in 1957. This
is some 195 less than last year and
is expected because of the new
auto financial responsibility act
that requires motorists to have in
surance.
The same situation is reported
throughout Western North Caro
lina and the rest of the state.
Patrolmen Bill Sawyer and
Jack t’abe remind all motorists that
it is illegal to travel without the
new 1958 plates.
A PORTION OF THE cast for the
Brevard Little Theatre play, “The
Mousetrap” is pictured above as they
rehearse for the production on Friday
and Saturday. From left to right they
are, seated, Mrs. Kathleen Ormand,
Charles Norlander and Mrs. Jean Dixon- i
Standing are Ray Bmrgin, right, and Di
rector Robroy Farquhar. The play is a.
mystery by Agatha Christie and will be
presented in the auditorium of the Cam
pus Center building at the college on
both evenings at 8 p. m.
(Times Staff Photo)