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TR ANSYLV AN1 A— 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 TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TR ANSYLV AN1A— The Land oi Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Gamps, Entrance to Pisfak Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. GP — No. 21 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1953 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY “A TRAVEL HOST SCHOOL” for persons directly serving visitors in Bre vard and Transylvania county is being planned here for the first week in June. Sponsored by the Travel Council of Nor!/. ( arolina in cooperation with the h< h ('(.' .1: rnents and the North Car olm.t A.'.'oria'ion of Quality Restaurants, the schools are now being conducted in ntanv - ns and cities of the state. Mak ing plans for the school here, left to right, are: Bill Broadway, district san itarian; James C. Gaither, vice presi dent of the state restaurant association; Carl Whitehurst, area supervisor of dis tributive education for the state: and, Walter F. Hart, director of sanitation for the local health department. (Times Staff Photo) t 4PSS6 Should Amount Fall Within Money Allocated, Work To Begin Immediately Bid.- on the heating system for the new Brevard high school will be opened Thursday morning at 10 o'clock by the beard of'educa tion in the superintendent’s office. If the low bid falls within the budgeted amount construction of tht new high school can be start ed in early June. Supt. Wayne Bradburn points out. If the low bid is accepted by the board. Mr. Bradburn will take it to Raleigh for final approval by the state board on Friday. When the board opened the bids for the new high school on April 24th. the lowest heating bid offered was in the amount of $139,581 from the Sanitary Plumbing and Heat ing Co., of Greenville. S. C. This was the only bid that was rot accepted by the board, and Ar chitects McDonald and Daniels were authorized to revise the heat ing plans in order that the heating pi oject be reduced in cost. The new system will be of a hot water circulating type with sep arate pumps for certain areas as shown on the drawings. The bids for the new high school plus much of the equipment, total led $864,741. and the low bid for the general contract work went to W. E. Dale Construction Co., of Morganton. in the amount of $544. 000. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday. May 22 — B & PW club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Court of honor at the Presbyter ian church 7:30 p. m. Masonic meeting in the temple at 8 p. m. Friday, May 23 — Brevard Gar den club meets with Mrs. Lewis Hamlin at 3:30 p. m. Cub Scout Packs to meet at 7 p. m. Saturday. May 24 — Poppy Day. Challenge Day at the polls from 9 a. m. till 3 p. m. Olin Mathieson In dians vs. Hazelwood at Camp Straus. 3 p. m. Brevard Little The atre annual dinner, 7 p. m. Ace of Clubs m <•■!.- at 7 45 p. m. Sunday May 25 — Attend the church ot your choice. Choir Fes tival at F;rst Baptist church, 4 p. m. Monday. May 26 — Rotary club meets at Gaither's, 7 p. m. Bre vard Music Lovers club meets at 3 p. m., with Mrs. J. M. Allison. Town zoning board meets at city hall, 8 p. m. Tuesday. May 27 — Gold Star —Turn to Page Six Effective May 31st Brevard Post Office is Adding New Routes Of Delivery Service Due to the vast amount of expan sion and building just outside the city limits of Brevard, the Post Office department has authorized a new alignment of the city and i\.ral delivery service, Vernon P. Fullbright, the acting postmaster, announces today. The town of Brevard has been divided, deliverywise. north and south of Main street. Also, some territory from route two has been added to the mounted Bobby Hoyle Given Plaque At Jaycee State Convention Bobby Hoyle, the outgoing pres ident of the Brevard Jaycees, was 1 presented with a plaque for out standing service in the district at the State Convention last week end in Raleigh. Ten plaques were awarded in the state for this honor, and clubs included in the same district with Brevard are: Black Mountain, Asheville. Hendersonville, Canton, Waynesville, Jackson county, Franklin and Bryson City. State vice president Bill Norris also attended the convention from Brevard. ] ; delivery service, and the postmas ter is listing the new changes in or e’er that patrons may have some j idea oi the new territory. 1. Due to the large volume of mail on RPD No. 2 it becomes necessary to transfer to the mount ed delivery service. The following named streets have been transfer red from RFD No. 2 to mounted delivery: Silversteen, Carolina avenue. Forest Hill road and Gla zer.er road. Patrons on the streets will be assigned a house number, and it would be greatly apprecia ted if people would cooperate in ; —Turn to Page Seven Interest In May 31st Primary Said Increasing, Light Vote Is Expected i MORE BUILDINGS BEING ADDED AT TROUT HATCHERY Much Construction Progress Noted With Fair Weath er. Report Is Made Invitations to bid on two addi t onal houses for the new Trout Hatchery in Pisgah National for est will be let within the week, it is announced by Maurice Bryant, the j hatchery superintendent. .Mr. Bryant states that construc tion must start before July 1st. This will bring the total number of new residences at the hatchery site to five, since three other homes are now nearing completion. Mr. Bryant reports that much progress has been made in the past week on the contract which is held by the W. G. Hollifield Co., of Asheville. Included in this contract are the tiu’cc residences, with garages, public rest rooms, the equipment i tiding which has workshops and five truck stalls, and the oil and paint house. Construction is also underway u spillways and dams as well as rearing pools. The bridge across i tne river is in use but it is not yet j c- mpletcd. Contracts for these are held by the Terry Construction ■ umpany. of Greenville, S. C. The Allan Construction company j —Turn to Page Seven j Persons Coming In Direct Contact With Visitors In vited To Attend Plans for Travel Host school in Brevard were formulated at a meeting of operators of restau rants, motels, service stations, etc., in the area with local and dis trict health officials in Gaither’s Rhododendron room last Thursday afternoon. The purpose of the school is to train key personnel in businesses which deal with the traveling pub lic. The principal speakers at the or ganizational meeting were Walter F. Hart, senior sanitarian of the lo cal health department; Bill Broad way, district sanitarian with the State Board of Health serving —Turn to Page Six Jaycees Will Operate A Safety-Check-Lane Here! A safety • check • lane, spon sored by the Brevard Jaycees, will be set up in Brevard next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 29th - 31st. The check-lane is being held in cooperation with the State Highway patrol, and is a free service to all motorists. Local garages will supply qualified mechanics to give mo Garibaldi To Address Local League On Changes In State Penal System Brevard’s League of Women Vo ters has invited Linn D. Garibaldi, chairman of the North Carolina State Prison commission, to bring an up-to-date message to the organ ization on the changes in the ad ministration of the state penal system, since its separation from the State Highway department in 1C57. The meeting, at which Mr. Gari baldi will be the principal speaker ill be held on Tuesday night. May 27th. at 8:00 o’clock in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. Garibaldi will be introduced by Thomas R. Eller, town attorney, who is a member of the State Pris on commission. The North Carolina League of —Turn to Page Seven LINN D. GARIBALDI torists a surprisingly quick 10 point check-up on their vehicles. A certified sticker will be awarded each vehicle passing all the inspection points. The lone check-lane will not r.ecesitate blocking off Main street, and safety material will be given out to all passing mo torists. Cub Scouts Will Meet Friday At Various Churches The four Cub Packs for Brevard will meet simultaneously this Fri- j clay night, at 7 o’clock. Pack 703. sponsored by the Pres byterian church, will meet at this church. The pack includes the area of Asheville highway. Camp Straus, Pisgah Heights and Pisgah Forest. The Lions club Pack 705 will meet at the Methodist church, j Their area is Country club road j section. Pack 706, sponsored by the Lu theran church, will meet at the Lu theran church. Their area includes the streets East of Broad street. Pack 711, sponsored by the Meth odist church, will also meet at the Methodist church. The area in cludes all streets west of Broad street. All Cubs and their parents are urged to attend the pack meeting for their area, and also any boys wishing to join are invited. REV. BEN F. ORMAND, left, local Presbyterian min ister, will exchange his pastorate with Rev. David Mac Intyre Bell Armour Smith, right, Scottish minister from Edinburgh, for the next three months. The entire Or mand family will leave next week for Scotland. The Rev. Smith will preach his first sermon at the Brevard-David son River Presbyterian church on Sunday, June 8th. Rev. Ben Ormand, Scotsman To Exchange Churches For Summer CARL D. HART, who is the of fice manager of the Citizens Tel ephone company here, is the new president of the Brevard Jay cees, succeeding Bobby Hoyle. For complete details of the re cent Jaycee election, see story on page eight of the second sec tion of this week's Times. Court Of Honor Slated Thursday The regular quarterly Boy Scout court of honor for the Transylvania district will be held this Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Bre \ srd-Davidson River Presbyterian church in Brevard. A most interesting program is planned, with D. C. Dills giving a demonstration on the, topic “Rocks and Minerals”. The film “Banners over Valley Forge”, showing actu a* scenes at the annual scout jam boree, will be projected. A number of awards and ad vancements in rank will be pre sented. including tenderfoot and ;ul ranks through Eagle Scout. All Scouts, parents and scouters in Transylvania county are urged to attend this quarterly court of honor. Rev. David Smith To Preach First Sermon June 8th. Ormands Sail 29th j Rev. Beii F. Ormand, pastor of i the Brevard - Davidson River j I resbyterian church, and a Scot ! ‘ish minister, Rev. David Macln !t>re Bell Armour Smith, of Edin burgh v/Tl exchange pastorates for j - be sun i’ months. j The Rev. Ormand will leave Bre j \ aid on Thursday, May 29th. and : soil on June 2nd from Montreal, I Canada. The Rev. Smith arrives on June 6th and preaches his first ser mon here on Sunday, June 8th. He will remain through August 31st. The two ministers are exchang ing not only pastorates, but also homes, cars and salaries. The Rev. Ormand will take his wife and two sons with him to Scotland, but the Scottish minister is coming alone since his two sons are quite young. A going away party will be giv en by the local Presbyterian con gregation for the Ormands at the church on Tuesday night. May 27th. Mr. Smith studied for a year at Edinburgh University before en tering the Royal air force in 1942. He was a pilot and officer in the RAF. He graduated in 1947 from St. Andrews University with a masters degree. In 1950 he received his bachelor of divinity degree, taking the bronze medal in divin ity From 1950-1952 Mr. Smith serv ed as assistant minister in the great St. George’s West church of Edinburgh. Since 1952 he has been pastor of the Notable Warrender church which has over 600 mem bers. Mr. Smith is chaplain to the army cadet battalion and to the Bruntsfield hospital. Dr. J/ames S. Stewart, the out standing professor of New Testa ment at Edinburgh University writes this about Mr. Smith: “He is an excellent preacher, forceful and cvangelitical in the best sense. He has taken a leading part in many evangelistic efforts in Scotland, .and is well known and beloved by —Turn to Page Six Program Highlights WPNF Catering To Motoring Public On Sunday Afternoons, Log Reviewed With the opening of the spring season and as hundreds and hun dreds of motorists travel the scenic highways of Transylvania each week end, WPNF is adding to their riding pleasure by playing tops in music for easy listening, A1 Mar dn, the program director, announ ces. Immediately following the base ball game each Sunday afternoon the local station carries the best in modern day music along with all time favorites. Also, traveling tips, weather conditions, the time and | temperature punctuate the “Say It ; With Music" program until f>:00 I p. m. Mr. Martin also announces that the “Valentines” of Brevard col lege will be heard on “Coffee Time”, on Saturday morning. Com posing this outstanding quartet are: Edith Houck, Shirley Moses, Ben Edwards and Bennie Martin. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, soil conserva —Turn to Page Seven CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF HOLDING LOCAL SPOTLIGHT Party Chairmen Urge Qual ified Voters To Ballot For Man Of Their Choice LIGHT REGISTRATION Interest in the Primary election Imre on May 31st is increasing, however, political observers are predicting a light vote of around 2 500 votes. Interest locally is centered in two races, for sheriff and for congress. According to George Shuford, chairman of the Transylvania beard of elections, registratio/i was slow in all the precincts during the last three Saturdays. This Saturday, May 24th, is chal lenge day, and the registrars will be at the various polling places in the county from 9:00 Saturday morning until 3:00 o’clock that af ternoon. The four candidates for sheriff are busy contacting voters through out the county. The incumbent, E. V “Scott” Dillingham, is being op posed by Claude Melton, Eugene S. Wilson and Lloyd L. Wood. Three of the candidates in the congressional race have been vis iting recently in Transylvania They are George Shuford, the in cumbent. Beverly Middleton and Heinz Rollman. The other two can c.idates in the race are Sanfofc l-'rown and Arch Nicholson Wal lace. James C. Gaither, chairman of —Turn to Page Si> SATURDAY ^ ILL BE POPPY DAY Mrs. Shirley Clark In Charge For Legion Auxiliary. Vets Make Flowers Saturday, May 24th will be Pop py Day in Brevard and throughout much of the nation. The day will set millions of Americans wearing bright red poppies in tribute to those who have given their lives in defense of the nation. The little flowers of remem brance will be distributed on the streets throughout the day by vol unteer “flower girls” from the American Legion Auxiliary. Poppy Day activities here will start early Saturday morning when the corps of volunteers organized by Mrs. Shirley Clark, the Auxil iary’s Poppy chairman, will be out with their baskets of poppies to greet citizens on their way to work. They will continue to work throughout the day, covering out lying business centers as well as the downtown district. Contributions for the auxiliary’s work for disabled veterans and needy children of veterans will be received by the Poppy Day volun teers. These contributions form the major source of support for the —Turn to Page Six Choir Festival At First Baptist Church On Sunday A Choir Festival, featuring jun ior and youth choirs and the Bre vard civic chorus, will be held this Sunday afternoon, May 25, at 4 p m., in the First Baptist church. “Jesus Our Saviour” will be the theme of the festival that is being directed by Mrs. Duncan Hunter. The participating choirs and their directors are Brevard Meth odist church. Nelson Adams; Pres byterian church Ralph Reed; St Philip’s Episcopal church, Bre vard. Mrs. Harry Newland; St. James Episcopal church, Hender sonville. Charles Jolliff: and the civic chorus directed by Mr. Ad ams. Each choir will sing several se lections alone and the combined choirs will also join in several songs. The selections are based on dif ferent events in the life of Christ. The public is invited to attend this program.
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