TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Music Cento*. Popula
tion, 1060 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
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Entrance to
tkmal Forest and
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 69 — No. 16
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958
* 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the annual
Brevard chamber of commerce banquet
last Friday night in the cafeteria of the
new Campus center building at Brevard
college are pictured above. At the left
is President Cecil J. Hill, welcoming C.
S. Reed, vice president of Duke Power
company, who was the principal speaker,
to the community. Others left to right are
Rev. Emmett K. McLarty, president of
the college, who gave the invocation;
chamber of commerce vice president, Gil
Coan, the master of ceremonies; Mr.
Reed; and, Frank Yarbrough, manager
of the Brevard branch of Duke Power
company, who introduced the speaker.
See story on the front page of the second
section for further details.
(Times Staff Photo)
Board Of Education Again Advertises
For Bids On New Brevard High School
Opening Is Set For April
24th. Another Good Re
sponse Is Expected
The Transylvania board of edit- i
cation is again advertising for bids
for construction of the new Brevard
high school.
Sealed proposals will be received
until 3:00 p. m„ on Thursday. April
24th. when they will be publicly 1
opened.
The board had previously adver-!
tised for bids on construction of,
f the huge campus-type layout, but!
due to the fact that the school |
bonds will not be sold until April j
29th. the opening date was post
p, ned from the 7th of April until:
next Thursday.
According to the Carolinas
Branch, the Associated General
Contractors of America, 13 bids
were received following the first
advertisement. This number and
others are expected to respond to
the second advertisement for bids.
Opening of the bids was post
poned on recommendation from the
state department.
The board will have 30 days from
the 24th to accept the low bids, and j
during that time the bond sales
can be verified.
Separate bids for the general
contract, the plumbing contract,
the heating contract, the electrical
f ccntract, Venetian blinds, audi
torium seats and kitchen equipment
are being requested.
The bids are to be sent to Supt.
Wayne Bradburn, Board of Edu
cation, Brevard.
A complete description of the
v/ork and the type of contracts
wanted can be found on page five,
first section, of this week’s Times.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, April 17 -— Lions club
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock.
Masons meet Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
Friday, April 18 — Realtors
charter banquet at Gaither’s at
7:00 o'clock. Ace of clubs meets
7:30 at Silversteen center.
Saturday, April 19 — Deadline
for filing at 12 noon. King choir at
the college 8:00 p. m.
Sunday. April 20 — Attend the
church of your choice. King choir
a Presbyterian church 11:00 a. m.
Girl Scout Honor court at college at
3:00 p. m.
Monday, April 21 — Rotarians!
meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock.
High School P-TA meets at 8:00
o’clock.
Tuesday. April 22 — Ace of
clubs meets at Silversteen center
at 7:30 o'clock.
Wednesday, April 23 — Unit
meeting of league of women vot
ers at 12:00 Gaither’s. Jaycees meet
it Gaither’s at 6:30 o’clock.
Coens Thursday
Delegates From Across Nation
To Attend College Convention
Brevard College campus is the
scene of the 1958 annual national
Convention of I’hi Theta Kappa,
honorary scholastic fraternity,
with delegates arriving Thursday
and remaining through Saturday
morning.
Some 200 delegates from some
150 chapters across the nation are
expected to attend the three-day
meeting.
I)r. Subert Turbvfill from Canal
Zone Junior college, Balboa, Canal
Zone, will be the banquet speaker
on Friday evening. Dr. Turbyfill
is sponsor of the Phi Theta Kap
pa chapter in the Canal Zone and
is a noted speaker.
A number of special activities
have been planned for the dele
Course On Home
Nursing Will Be
Offered, April 28
Mrs. Bryan Combs and Mrs.
James Leidy, registered nurses,
will be instructors for the Red
Cross home nursing course which
will begin April 28, at 7:30 p. m„
at the Ecusta medical center. This
is a 14-hour course, and time and
hours will be arranged after the
first meeting. All those interested
in this course are asked to call
Mrs. Ralph Palmer, TUrner 3-2251
or the Red Cross office, or to come
to the Ecusta medical center on
April 28 at 7:30 p. m.
gates. On Friday morning they will
be taken on a tour of Olin Math
icson Chemical corporation and
lunch will be served during the
tour.
A tour of other points of inter
est including waterfalls and camps
in the area will be made.
The Brevard College glee club
will present a special program of
music during the program of wel
come on Thursday evening.
Phi Theta Kappa is a national
junior college honorary scholastic
fraternity whose purpose is to pro
mote scholarship, to develop char
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Politics Warming Upf Deadline For
Filing Saturday, Registration, Nay 3
FIVE-MILE LINK
OF PARKWAY WILL
BE LET IN 1958
Superintendent Weems Says
No Difficulties Should Be
Encountered
A 5-mile link of the Blue Ridge
Parkway may be let during the
year 1958 from near the Pisgah
Motor Inn to Wagon Road Gap, it
was stated by Sam Weems, super
intendent of the scenic highway
here yesterday.
The parkway official said he was
working on the plan, and that ma
jor factor in the 5-mile possibility
for this year is the fact that the
right of way is all through Pisgah
National Forest and there will be
r.o acquisition trouble.
Another section of the Parkway
vitally essential to Transylvania
county is the Beech Gap to Rock
ing Horse Gap. west, is slated for
contract before July 1 of this year,
the superintendent stated.
The section will tie in with the
present 11-mile link of the Park
way at Tennessee Bald and go to
ward Balsam Gap on US 19. Nine
miles remaining on the Beech-to
Balsam Gap section will probably
be let within a year, the official
at;: ted.
POLICE SPONSOR
LONDON’S SHOW
Noted Entertainer Will Be
Featured In Two-Hour
Performance Tuesday
Jack Londan, noted stage enter
tainer and the world’s most amaz
ing pickpocket, will appear here in
a two-hour performance next Tues
day night at 8:00 o'clock in the Bre
vard high school auditorium
The show is being sponsored by
the Brevard police department, and
t’ckets are now on sale. They can
ai so be purchased at the door next
Tuesday.
Proceeds will go to purchase
equipment for the police depart
ment.
London, star of the show, is a.na
tionally known entertainer and a
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Realtors Hold Charter
Banquet Friday Evening
The newly organized Brevard
board of realtors will have a char
ter banquet on Friday night at
7:00 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhododen
dron room.
According to Robert “Buddy”
Melton, the president, there will be
a large number of invited guests,
including several out-of-town cele
brities and representatives of var
ious civic groups of the town and
county.
i The banquet meeting will high
light the local observance of Na
tional Realtor week.
State officers of the National As
GOP Candidates Named At Convention,
Ralph Waldrop Is The New Chairman
Transylvania Republicans nom
inated candidates for county offi
ces in the General Election this
fall at the county convention Sat
urday afternoon here in the court
house.
The following nominations were
mede:
Lewis P. Hamlin for House of
Representatives; Riley Merrill for
sheriff of Transylvania; Gene Ram
sey for board of education; and, Ed
McGaha and Walter Garren were
endorsed for coroner.
A Republican candidate for
clerk of court will be announced
Inter. Richard Moore, who was
chairman of the nominating com
mittee, stated.
Ralph Waldrop was elected as
the new chairman of the Republi
can executive committee, and he
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RALPH WALDROP
sociation of Real Estate boards,
who will be here for afternoon ses
sions with the board and the char
ter banquet that night are as fol
lows: Earle Stapleton, field execu
tive; Ed L. Vinson, the state presi
dent; and, H. W. Wentworth, exec
utive secretary.
In addition to Mr. Melton, other
officers of the Brevard Board of
Realtors are: J. H. Tinsley, vice
president; and, Mrs. Mary Jane Mc
Crary, secretary and treasurer. Oth
er charter members include; Frank
G. Carr, Gil Coan, Rev. E. L. Hen
derson, Frank King, Mrs. Annie K.
Massey, O. H. Orr and Mrs. W. A.
Wilson.
President Melton points out that
when persons engaged in the real
estate calling are admitted to mem
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Local Students On
College Honor Roll
Two local Brevard college stu
dents have been named to the
dean’s list for the mid-semester,
and two have been named to the
honor roll.
Agnes Hamilton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton,
ai d Mildred Miller, daughter of
Mrs. Louise Miller, both freshmen,
were named to the dean’s list.
Janice Brown, sophomore, daugh
ter of Mrs. Leonard Brown, and
Mary Allyn Reynolds, freshman,
daughter of Mrs. Ada L. Reynolds,
were named to the honor roll.
To qualify for the dean’s list, a
student must make at least a 2.5
average out of a possible 3.0.
Those making the honor roll must
have an average between 2.0 and
THANKS TO VARIOUS CLUBS HERE, industries,
businesses and individuals, Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
The Times and president of WPNF, is presenting Prin
cipal Robert T. Kimzey with cheeks amounting to $689
to sponsor the Brevard high ool band’s trip to the
state finals in Greensboro this week end. This amount
will adequately pay all expenses, and the two men ex
pressed sincere appreciation to the public for their gen
erous response to the campaign, which was conducted
by this newspaper and Brevard’s radio station. See story
below and pictures of the band on the front of the second
section. (Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Band To Leave For
State Finals On Thursday
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SMEBBERG RITES
SUTED THURSDAY
Brevard Resident Was Prom
inent In Affairs Of The
Episcopal Church
Harold Vernor Smedberg. long
time resident of Brevard, died in a
state hospital Tuesday evening, af
ter an illness of several weeks. He
was M years old.
The funeral service will be held
at St. Philip's Episcopal church.
Thursday at 11:00 a. m. Rev. Frank
McKenzie will officiate, and war
d< ns and members of the vestry
will serve as pallbearers. Inter
ment will take place at St. Paul’s
Pi The Valley cemetery.
Mr. Smedberg is survived by one
sister, Miss F. T. Smedberg, of
Asheville; and one brother, Jul
ian K. Smedberg, of London, Eng
land, who, until his retirement,
was the American Vice Consul at
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mr. Smedberg was born near
Fort Lee, New Jersey, and was mar
ried to the former Kate S. Kern,
who died January 20th of this
year.
During his business career, Mr.
Smedberg was an accountant and
auditor with a number of large
banking and business concerns in
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Dress Rehearsal Held Tues
day At The College. Pub
lic Paying Expenses
The Brevard high school band
has held final rehearsals prior to
entering the state finals on Friday
at Greensboro.
Playing Tuesday night before a
large audience in the auditorium
of the new campus center building
at Brevard college, the band was
given hearty rounds of applause,
and Director John D. Eversiman an
nounced that he felt the band could
attain a superior rating in state
competition.
Recently, the 50-piece group of
Brevard and Transylvania county
musicians won a superior rating at
Cullowhee and the opportunity to
ei.ter the state finals. In Greens
boro the Brevard band will be com
peting with 69 other bands from
across North Carolina.
While the state finals began on
Tuesday, the Brevard band will
rot perform until Friday morning.
The more than 50 young musi
cians will leave in two chartered
buses around 1:30 o’clock Thursday
afternoon from the high school
here.
Funds for the band trip to the
finals were raised by public soli
citation in a campaign conducted
by The Transylvania Times and
Radio Station WPINF. In all, a to
tal of $689.00 was raised, and this
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Program Highlights
"Game Of The Day" Proving Popular
Over WPNF, Schedule Is Announced
The baseball “game of the day”
is proving highly popular on
WPNF, Bobby Hoyle station man
ager. announces.
The first game of the season was
heard on Monday, and, “we have
had a terrifically high listening
aadience,” Mr. Hoyle declared.
The schedule for the coming
week is as follows:
Thursday, April 17 — Philadel
phia at Cincinnati — 2:30.
Friday, April 18 — Baltimore'at
New York — 2:00.
Saturday, April 19 — St. Louis
at Chicago — 2:30.
Sunday, April 20 — Cleveland at
Detroit — 2:30.
Monday, April 21 — Boston at
New York — 2:00.
Tuesday, April 22 — Milwaukee
at Pittsburg — 1:30.
Wednesday, April 23 — Balti
more at Boston — 2:00.
Other Programs
The Farm and Home hour sched
ule for the coming week is as fol
lows: Thursday, soil conservation
service, Harry E. Newland; Fri
day, extension forestry, Fred E.
Whitfield; Monday, county agent’s
office; Tuesday, station program;
Wednesday, home agent’s office.
On the Civic hour, the following
will be heard: Friday, B & PW
club; Monday, Elks; Wednesday,
DAR.
The Rev. Douglas Corriher, pas
tor of the Brevard Methodist
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SEVERAL PERSONS
ANNOUNCE, OTHERS
EXPECTED TO DO SO
The Interest Locally Is In
The Sheriff’s Race. Four
In The Running
BOARD OFFICE OPEN
With the deadline for fifing
drawing near, interest in politics
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty is mounting.
George Shuford, chairman of the
board of elections, announces that
the filing deadline is noon on Sat
urday, April 19th.
The election board is now open,
each day in the court house, and
Mrs. Margaret Bridges is secretary
to the chairman.
Bennett J. Jones, the other Dem
ocratic member, is secretary to the
board, and Mrs. Enola Brennan is
the Republican member of the
board.
Registration for the primary,
which is slated oe May 31st. will
open' ■ >i Satu #• May 3. The books
will an o be ojw»'/>n May 10 and 17
and th* "*4th is challenge day
Democrats filing to date arc:
James €. Gaither, the incumbent
house of representatives; Rev. B.
\ . Thomason, state senate; Marvin
McCall, the incumbent, clerk of
court; Eugene S. Wilson, for sher
iff; Tom E. Ramsay, board of edu
cation; Donald Lee Moore, the in
cumbent coroner; Anderson Re vis.
constable. Cathey’s ('reek; James
C. Monteith, justice of peace, Ca
they’s Creek; and, Bill Revis, con
stable, Eastatoe.
The only Republican filing u.
date is Gene Ramsey, board of ed
ucation, however, a slate was nom
inated at the convention last Satur
day.
Interest primarily is in the sher
iffs race here, and three other men
in addition to Mr. Wilson, have an
nounced their intentions to run.
They are; "Scott” Dillingham, the
incumbent; Claude Melton and
Lloyd Woods.
KING CHOIR TO
REHEARD HERE
Concert At The College Set*
urday. At Presbyterian
Church On Sunday.
The King College symphonic
choir, of Bristol, Tennessee, com
posed of 60 voices, will give two
concerts in Brevard this week end;
On Saturday night the noted
group will be heard in a eoncert
at Brevard college, and ©n Sun
day morning the singers will be
heard at the Brevard - Davidson
River Presbyterian church at the
11:00 o’clock hour.
The public is cordially invited by
the pastor, Rev. Ben Ormand, to
attend, and a general invitation is
extended to the college concert at
8:00 o’clock Saturday evening.
Dr. C. C. Loomis is the director
and he says the choir combines en
joyment with the work of practice.
“Throughout the year, tibe choir
presents musical programs contain
mg a repertoire from the negro
spiritual to works of the masters of
world renown a capella to audien
ces in the college community and
throughout the south,” Dr. Loomi9
steles.
Presbyterians,
Methodists To
Conduct School
A Laboratory School for the
training of teachers will be held by
tne Brevard Methodist church in
cooperation with the Brevard Da
vidson River Presbyterian church
April 21st through April 25th at
the Brevard Methodist church.
jSessions will bo held nightly
from 7 p. m. to 9 p m.
The Laboratory school will in
cluded instruction for teachers in
the nursery, kindergarten, primary
and intermediate departments. All
teachers and those interested in
teaching in these departments are
urged to attend.
Professional teachers from out
of town have been secured foi
teaching the classes.