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
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C.
TIMES
Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgafc Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vcl. 69 — No. 13
Second Class tviall Privilege*
Authorised at Brevard. N •
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1958
* 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY:
GENERAL MANAGERS of the paper
division and the film division of the Olin
p Mathieson Chemical corporation at Pis
gah Forest were presented with the De
partment of Defense award in a cere
mony Tuesday at the plant. The award j
was for outstanding cooperation with re
servists and the reserve activities
through the personnel policies establish
ed by tlu? two divisions. At the left is E.
B. Garrett, industrial relations manager,
and others left to right are: P. C. Brown
ell. general manager of the paper divis
ion; Colonel James E. Reilly, command
ing officer of the Air Reserve center,
Charlotte; and, M. L. Herzog, general
manager of the* film division.
Secondary Road Paving Priorities For
Transylvania Announced, Officials Met
Total Cost For 13 Projects
Said $360,190. Traffic
Count Made
Transylvania county commission
ers and district highway officials
have approved 13 secondary roads
for paving during the next two
years at a cost, of S360.190.
Meeting with the commissioners
and county attorney Ralph Ramsey
on Tuesday were F. L. Hutchison.
Rivision engineer; Paul J. Dupre,
assistant division engineer; T. M.
Austell, acting district engineer.
District 1; and Webb Pittilo. local
engineer.
Paving priority on the roads was
given on the basis of traffic count,
and the work is expected to get un
derway in early summer. The num
ber of roads paved this year will
depend on money allocated to the
division and county.
Having Number one priority is
the Sawmill-Turnpike road above
Rosman for a distance of 1.05 miles.
The cost of paving this road is $20.
743.
Road No. 27, which is the Nichol
son road, has second priority. The
length is .95 and the cost is $17.
812. Having third priority is Road
No. 38-A, which is the Capps road,
.off highway 280 to the new High
way 64. The distance is .8 of a mile
and the cost is $14,999.
Morningside Drive is given
fourth priority. It runs for a dis
tance of .53 miles and the cost of
paving is $2,925.
The following roads, their pri
ority, length and cost, constitute
the remainder of the list:
Balsam Grove road from river
bridge to the community, fifth. 1.9
miles. $37,523.
The road off Connestee moun
tain. sixth priority, .6 of a mile.
$11,250.
Road leading off Highway 178
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 27 — Fortnight
ly club meets at 3:30 p. m., with
Mrs. James Davis. B & PW club
wneets at 7 p. m., at Gaither’s. Ma
'sonic meeting in temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, March 28 — Bnevard
High School Senior class supper,
elementary cafeteria, 5:30-7:30 p.
Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p.
ilversteen Building.
y, March 30 — Attend the
our choice. World War
p. m., in
Former Officer
Gene Wilson Is Fourth Man
To Enter Race For Sheriff
Eugene G. Wilson, owner of Bre
vard Amoco station, announces this
week that he will be a candidate
fur sheriff of Transylvania, subject
to the Democratic primary on May
31st.
Mr. Wilson becomes the fourth
person to enter the sheriff's race.
The incumbent. "Scott” DijUing
ham. has announced that he will
be a candidate to succeed himself
and others in the race are Claude
Melton and Lloyd Wood.
In his announcement statement.
Mr. Wilson says he is running for
sheriff at the insistence of many
Fletcher Speaks
At Meet Of World
War I Vets*Sunday
Charles II. Fletcher, prominent
Hendersonville attorney, will be
the principal speaker at the meet
ing of the Transylvania Barracks,
No. 893, Veterans of World War I.
on Sunday afternoon in the Bre
vard court house.
Commander F. Brown Carr says
that Mr. Fletcher is an excellent
speaker, and he urges all World
War I veterans to attend.
Meeting time is 2:30 p. m.
friends. He cites his years of
service as a law enforcement, of
ficer. and while a policeman in
Brevard, he took special training
at the Institute of Government,
( hapcl Hill.
Mr. Wilson also served for some
two years as a deputy sheriff in
Transylvania, and for more than
a year, he was superintendent of
the prison camp at Calvert.
For the past five years he has
been in business for himself, oper
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Criminal Term Of Superior Court
Opens On Monday In Transylvania
OUNMATHIESON
GIVEN AWARD BY
RESERVE FORCES
Colonel James Reilly Praises
Company For Outstand
ing Cooperation
Colonel Jaim'es E. Reilly, com
manding officer of the Air Reserve
center in Charlotte, presented the
Department of Defense Reserve
; ward to the two general managers
of Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration divisions in a ceremony at
Fisgah Forest on Tuesday.
Philip C. Brownell, general man
ager of the Ecusta Paper division,
and M. L. Herzog, general manager
of the Film division, jointly ac
cepted the certificate and pennant.
The award was presented to Olin
Mathi'eson to express the apprecia
tion of the Department of Defense
for the outstanding cooperation to
reservists and reserve activities
through the personnel policies es
t blished by the two divisions. The
ct tmpany’s policy has provided con
siderable assistance to the success
c f the defense effort, and has en
couraged and assisted reservists to
fulfill their military obligations.
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MELTON RENAMED
VFW COMMANDER
Installation Meeting Of New
Officers Is Slated During
April
Claude Melton, who has just
completed two terms as head of the
Lewis Earl Jackson post of Veter
ans of Foreign Wars, was re-elect
ed commander for another year at
the annual election meeting on
Monday night.
Arthur W. Gillespie, Jr., was
elected senior vice commander,
and Henry E. Garren, Jr., was
named vice commander.
Other officers elected at Mon
day night’s meeting are as follows:
Charles L. Corn, quartermaster;
Thomas R. Eller, judge advocate;
Dr. Carol L. Grahl, post surgeon:
Glover C. Jackson, chaplain; and,
Vance Jackson, three-year trustee.
The installation will be held in
April, with the time and place to be
announced later.
Parallel Paiking Work Is
Slowed By Bad Weather
The streets in the business sec
tion of Brevard are being marked
off for parallel parking, and weath
er permitting, the work should be
completed during the next few
days, John Kilpatrick, the street
superintendent, states.
Parallel parking spaces are be
ing marked off on Broad from Pro
bart to Morgan, and on Main from
Johnson to England avenue.
The street superintendent ex
plains that with parallel parking
Gaither To Seek Re-Election In House
Of Representatives From Transylvania
James C. Gaither, Transylvania
county's representative in the 1957
General Assembly, announces that
he will be a candidate for re-elec
tion to the House of* Represents
lives, subject to the Democratic
Primary on May 31st.
Mr. Gaither owns and operates
Gaither’s restaurant in Brevard
with his brother, Berry.
In the 1957 General Assembly,
his first term, Mr. Gaither, popu
larly known as “Jimmy”, was in
strumental in obtaining an en
trance on U. S. Highway No. 276
for the DuPont plant road over
strong competition from Hender
son county.
He also introduced and obtained
enactment of a bill appropriating
$15,000.00 in State funds for de
t of Transylvania music
iident of Brevard
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JAMES C. GAITHER
the streets will be considerably wi
der. In fact, wide enough for four
lanes of traffic, each nine feet
wide.
The parking spaces themselves
are 18 feet and with approaches
and drives marked off in each
block, the motorist has 24 ft. in
which to back his car into.
Approximately one third of the
parking meters in the business
area have been eliminated with
parallel parking, and these are be
ing extended out Broad and Main
Parallel parking in Brevard is
one of the recommendations in the
traffic survey, which was made by
the North Carolina Traffic Engin
eering department at Raleigh un
der the direction of W. F. Babcock.
Gil Coan Farm To
Be Sold At Auction
The Gil Coan farm, located one
mile east of Rosman, will be sold at
auction on Saturday by the West
Land Auction company, beginning
at 10:30 a. m.
The 92-acre farm has been sub
divided into lots and small acreage
tracts, with house and necessary
buildings. There are approximately
50 acres of some of the highest
grade, fertile river bottom land ob
tainable anywhere, and the farm
machinery, including a ’50 Ford
tractor and attachments, will also
be offered for sale.
A $50 cash prize will be awarded
and lunch will be served by the
ladies of the Rosman Methodist
church.
Terms can be arranged for per
sons buying property, it is stated.
ONE OF THE PICTORIAL scenes on the beautiful
campus of Brevard college that is carried in the current
issue of The Clarion now being mailed out to hundreds
of prospective students is shown above. Actually, 43
pictures are carried in the impressive tabloid edition,
and the college is described as “a fully accredited jun
ior college, and an institution offering "the ‘plus’ in edu
cational and religious training.”
Congressman Shuford Says No
Tolls To Be Charged On Parkway
PATTERSON WILL
HEAD ELKS CLUB
Officers Elected Tuesday
Night. Installation On
April 8th
Alvin “Pat” Patterson was elect
ed exalted puler of Brevard Elks
at the regular semi-monthly meet
ing Tuesday night.
He succeeds Frank Ferrell, and
the other newly elected officers
are: Charles Glazener, esteemed
leading knight, Ray Winchester,
esteemed loyal knight; Eugene
Morris, esteemed lecturing knight;
Jas. Curwen, sec.; Lehman Kapp,
treasurer; James Brennan, Tiler;
and, A1 Ream, Ed. Matheson and
Herbert Finck, trustees.
During the business session, the
Elks voted to give $25 to the fund
to send the Brevard high school
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The Weather
:
"0
Cloudy weather and rather cool
temperatures prevailed in Bre
vard during the past week. Small
amounts of precipitation were re
corded almost daily. The total
amount was 1.27 inches. Daily read
ings are as follows.
High
49
44
40
51
53
50
54
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Low
34
33
30
26
32
38
39
Pre.
.02
.01
0
0
0
.37
.87
Announcement Follows Con
ference With Secretary
Seaton And Sen. Ervin.
Congressman George Shu ford in
formed The Times Wednesday
morning that there would be no
tolls charged on the Blue Ridge
Parkway this year.
The announcement was made fol
lowing a conference with Secretary
cf the Interior Seaton and Senator
Ervin.
Congressman Shuford said that
he is continuing with his efforts to
enact permanent legislation that
would ban tolls on the Parkway
forever.
Secretary Seaton announced re
cently that a toll-charge would go
in effect on June 1st, and immedi
ately a stonm of protests was heard.
It was the same announcement that
was made in 1955 prior to the op
ening of the season, and vigorous
protests from Western North Caro
lina postponed the toll plan then.
Last Wednesday Congressman
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Bloodmobile At
Brevard College
On April The 1st
Don Wilson, Jr., chairman of the
American Red Cross blood pro
gram in Transylvania county, an
nounces that the bloodmobile will
be at Brevard college on April 1st.
Since the county fell short of its
quota by 200 pints during 1957, Mr.
Wilson says he hopes there will be
a large turnout of donors on the
first of the month.
Hours will be from 10:00-12:00
in the morning and from 2:09-6:00
p. m. Pledge cards are now being
distributed.
WPNF, The Times Raising Funds To
Send Brevard Band To State Finals
The Transylvania Times and Ra
dio Station WPNF are conducting
a campaign to raise $500 to send
the Brevard high school band to the
state finals at Greensboro in mid
April.
Last week the band was awarded
a superior rating at the district
contest at Western North Carolina
college, Cullowhee. This was the
highest rating given, and it entit
led the Brevard band to compete
in the state finals.
“We want to show the rest of the
state of North Carolina what a fine
band Brevard has,” Publisher Ed
M. Anderson stated this week in
urging citizens to send in contri
butions of $1.00 or more to The
Times, the radio station or to Prin
cipal Robert T. Kimzey at the high
school. Checks can be made out to
the “Brevard High School Band”.
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration kicked off the campaign
on Monday by contributing $100.
Each of the two sponsors put up
$25.
“Whenever the town or the
school requests the band to play,
the members and their directors
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SOME 80 CASES
SLATED, JUDGE
FARTHING HERE
Civil Docket Will Be Heard
The Following Week.
Lists Are Carried
JURORS REMINDED
The March - April term of Su
perior courts opens in Transylva
nia on Monday morning, and dur
ing the first week the criminal
slate will be tried.
According to Marvin McCall
clerk of court, there are approxi
mately 80 eases to be heard during
the first week. The majority of
them is of a manor nature and in
volve traffic violations.
Judge James C. Farthing, of Le
roir, will preside over the two
weeks' term of court, and the ae
tion on the civil docket will start
on Monday, April 7th.
Clarence 0. Hidings, of Forest
City, will prosecute for the state
Mr. McCall reminds all jurors
who were called to serve during the*
first week to be in the court rf*vm
Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock.
The civil calendar is carried in
this week's issue of The Times on
page two.
Criminal Docket
To be trier! on charges of speed
in'g are the following: Roy Elmei
Aiken, Gen^ .Jf'tlf r, V^ke 'Varren
Hooper, e.ir-Vt JacAo n, Charles
Wiley O'Shields, Herbert Erl O
Shields. Jimmie Howard Rogers.
Cecil A. Simmons, Bobby Joe
Tucker, Samuel Whitesides ano
Eugene B. Whitesides.
Charged with driving with nc
operator’s license is the following
group: Jessie Anders, Garland
Chapman. Russell Fisher, Ernest
Galloway. George Boyce O’Shields.
William Perry, Lester L. Thomas
and Curtis Barton.
Facing charges of reckless driv
ing are: James Butler Brown, Rich
ard Noel Bradshaw, William Da
vis Baker, George Greene, Jr., Sid
ney Riley McCall, Cecil Croff
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ELECTION BOARD
GIVEN APPROVAL
Shuford And Jones Are
Democratic Nominees.
Mrs. Brennan Member
The Transylvania board of elec
tions has been approved by the
State Board of Elections.
George D. Shuford and Bennett
Jones were the Democratic nomi
nees. and Mrs. James Brennan, who
was nominated by the Republican
chairman in Transylvania, is the
third member of the board.
Formal organization of the local
board is expected by April 12th,
when the office in the court house
will be opened. Candidates desir
ing to file for office may do so at
that time or at any time during of
fice hours before the filing dead
line on April 19th.
A clerk of the board will be
named at an early date, the chair
man reports.*
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Pre-School Clinic
Set, Pisgah Forest
Pre-school clinics in Transylvan
ia’s schools begin next Tuesday',
April 1st.
The schedule calls for the first
clinic at Pisgah Forest, beginning
promptly at 9:00 o’clock on Tues
day morning, in all, eight clinics
are slated, with the final one at
Penrose on May 27th.
Mrs. Jessie Lollis, county health
nurse, urges all parents of children
entering school for the first time
next fall to bring them to the pre
school clinics.
The second clinic is scheduled
at the Rosanan elementary school
on April 15th at 9:00 a. m., and
at Rosanan again on the 22nd.
On April 29th, the pre-sehooi
clinic will be held at the new T. C,
Henderson school. Two clinics are
slated at Brevard elementary
school, the first on May Oth and
the second on May 13th.
May 20th the clinic is set at
Straus school.