TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Cento*. Popula
tion, 1050 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TR ANSYLV ANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Gamps,
Entrance to Pisgah na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 69 — No. 22
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958
28 PAGES TODAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN THE SPOTLIGHT at the court of
honor last Thursday night in the Fellow
ship hail of the Brevard-Davidson River
Presbyterian church were the two groups
above. In the top photo are Benet Kol
man and Benny Ormand. who became
Eagle Scouts at the honor court. Forrest
Gardner, of Hendersonville, was in
charge of the ceremony, and at the left
are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kolman, and at
the right are young Ormand’s parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Ben Ormand. In the low
er photo are the five Scouts from troop
718. Cherryfield, who were promoted to
Life rank. Left to right, they are: Larry
R. Waldrop, Loy Waldrop, Jr., Jimmy
Whitmire, Michael Whitmire and Oren
E. Matthews, II. On the left in the back
ground is their scoutmaster, Ralph Wal
drop, and at the right is Duncan Hunter,
chairman of advancement in Transyl
vania county.
(Times Staff Photos)
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Primary Slated Saturday, Demos And
Republicans Vote "Off-Year Election
Polls Will Be Open From
6:30 Until 6:30. Light
Ballot Expected
An “off-year" primary, in which
Democrats and Republicans will
vote, will be held in Transylvania
on Saturday.
Democratic voters will nominate
a sheriff, a member of congress
and a solicitor, while Republicans
will vote only in one race, that be
ing for the congressional seat, in
which Ray H. Kimel opposes W.
Farold Sams.
According to George Shuford,.
chairman of the Transylvania coun
ty board of elections, the polls will1
open at 6:30 o’clock Saturday morn
ing and close at 6:30 o’clock that
evening.
Registration has been light for
the primary-, Mr. Shuford reports,
and political observers are predict
ing a light vote in the town and
county on Saturday.
Supplies are being distributed
to the various polling places.
In the sheriff’s race, the incum
ibent, E. V. “Scott” Dillingham, is
being opposed by Claude E. Mel
ton, Eugene S. Wilson and Lloyd
L. Wood.
For solicitor of the 18th solici
tors! district, Clarenee 0. Ridings,
the incumbent, has as his opposi
tion. Leonard Lowe, also of Forest
City.
Congressman George Shuford, in
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 29 — Safety
check lane opens on East Main
street. Teen Center Party, 7:30 till
10 p. m. Masons meet in Masonic
temple, 7:30 p. m.
Friday, May 30 — Memorial Day
service at 11 a. m. Offices and post
office close.
Saturday. May 31 — Primary
election day with polls open 6:30 a.
m., to 6:30 p. m. American Legion
dance, Legion building, 9 p. m..
till.
Sunday, June 1 — Attend the
church of your choice. Baccalaur
eate sermon for college gradu
ates at Brevard Methodist church,
It a. m. Graduation at the college,
4 p. m. Baccalaureate sermons for
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Voluntary Project
Brevard Jaycees Sponsoring
Safety Check-Lane This Week
The Brevard Jaycees will oper
ate a safety check-lane Thursday,
Friday and Saturday on East Main
Street in Brevard each day from
1:00 to 5:00 p. m.
The check-lane, held in coopera
tion with the State Highway pa
trol. is a free service to all motor
ists and will take just a couple of
minutes to complete. Qualified me
chanics are being supplied by the
local garages to make the 10-point
Changes Noted In
Closing Hours Of
Some Local Stores
For the shopping convenience of
local citizens and the many sum
mer visitors who are already arriv
ing in the town and county, sever
al local merchants are changing
their opening and closing hours.
One group, which includes the
larger super markets, has discon
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check-up, and a window sticker will
be given to all motorists who pass
the inspection.
The State Highway patrol is fully
endorsing this project in the state,
as it may reveal simple mechani
cal faults in automobiles, of which
the driver is not aware. It is fully
a voluntary project, and all motor
ists are urged to drive by. The
lane will be located on East Main
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Many Graduate At Brevard, Rosman,
Brightest Outlook For School System
CONSTRUCTION TO
BEGIN SOON, NEW
NIGH SCHOOL HERE
All Plans Approved By State
Boards. Bids Are
Announced
BRADBURN QUOTED
With graduation time approach
ing, the future for Transylvania
county schools is exceptionally
bright as all hurdles have now been
cleared for the construction of a
new Brevard high school.
The total bids for the new Bre
vard high school, amounting to
$800,895.78, were approved last
Friday by the state board of educa
tion.
County Supt. Wayne Bradburn
reports that contracts are now be
ing prepared and should be signed
I on Friday. This means that con
struction can begin next week.
Plans are now for the building to
be ready for occupancy in the fall
of 1959. Mr. Bradburn points out
that this of course depends on the
weather and also providing all ma
terials remain available.
The general contract in the i
amount of S506.706.80 has beeni
awarded to the W. E. Dale com
pany of Morganton.
Other contracts are as follows:
Electrical, United Electric com
pany. Asheville, $83,280.09: Plumb
ing, Statesville Plumbing and Heat
ing company of Statesville, $61,
847.00: heating. Sanitary Plumbing
. nd Heating company, Greenville,
S. C.. $110,924; and fees amounted
to .$38,137.89.
The heating contract was award-j
ed following the opening of bids at
the board of education building
last Thursday. The heating bid was
originally too high and after a re
vision in plans new bids were call
ed for. Both times the Sanitary
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The Weather
The past week gave indications
that warm weather might be here
to stay. Readings were generally
high, both night and day. Most of
the week’s precipitation occurred
over the week end. The total for
the week was 1.41 inches. Daily
readings are as follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
79
78
84
78
79
80
75
44
42
42
58
60
57
58
.02
0
0
.01
1.38
0
0
Special Travel School
Will Begin Here Monday
Forty managers and supervis
ors of local restaurants and tour
ist service businesses will at
tend school for a week here be
ginning Monday as a part of the
state-wide plan for improving re
lations with the traveling pub
lic.
The school will be held in two
New Lutheran Minister Arrives,
Ordination Ceremony On June 8
Rev. Alfred D. Rhyne, the new
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Good Shepherd here, has ar
rived with his wife and two chil
dren, and he will preach his first
official sermon on Sunday morn
ing, June 1st, at 11:00 o’clock.
Rev. Mr. Rhyne was one of the
15 candidates receiving Bachelor of
Divinity degrees at the Lutheran
Theological seminary this spring,
and he will be ordained in Trinity
Lutheran Church at Vale, near
Lincolnton, on June 8th.
He succeeds Rev. Keith Beam
here, who resigned last year to ac
cept a pastorate at Walhalla, S. C.
Prior to entering the seminary
in Sept., 1955, Mr. Rhyne received
his AB degree in religious educa
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REV. ALFRED RHYNE
sessions — morning and after
noon beginning Monday and con
tinuing through Friday. Classes
will be from 9:00 to 11:00 in the
morning and 2;00 to 4.00 in the
afternoon. The classes will be
held in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
The faculty will include rep
resentatives of the N. C. Distri
butive Education of State col
lege, the State Board of Health,
a representative of the North
Carolina Travel council and N.
C. Association of Quality restau
rants. The last named two or
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Seven Communities
Enter WNC Contest
Seven Transylvania communities
are included in the 111 organized
rural communities in 15 counties
officially entered in the ’58 WNC
Rural Development program.
The communities are all compet
ing for local and district cash priz
es amounting to approximately $3.
000.
They will be judged this coming
November on the progress they
have made during the year.
Communities entered in WNC
competition from Transylvania are:
Little River, Blantyre, Cathey’s
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THE THREE MEN in this lay
out will award some 237 diplomas
in graduation exercises in Bre
vard and Transylvania county
during the next few days. At the
top, left, is Robert T. Kimzey,
principal of Brevard high school,
where 112 boys and girls will
graduate on June 6th. E. F. Til
son. principal of Rosman high
school, top right, will present dip
lomas to the 36 members of the
Rosman graduating class next
Tuesday night. At the right is
Rev. Emmett K. McLarty, presi
dent of Brevard college, who
will present sheepskins to 89
graduates at Brevard college on
Sunday afternoon, following the
graduating address by Leslie S.
Grogan, manager of Du Pont’s
new silicon plant in Transylva
nia county.
Three Members Of Pisgah Forest
Family Killed In Wreck In Georgia!
KOLMAN, ORMAND
ARE EAGLE SCOUTS
Impressive Court Of Honor Is
Held. Varied Program
Is Given
Two Transylvania youths, Benet
Holman and Benny Ormand, be
came Eagle Scouts at the quarterly
court of honor, which was held in
the Fellowship hall of the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church last Thursday night.
In charge of the impressive Ea
gle Scout ceremony was Forrest B.
Gardner, of Hendersonville, who
is chairman of advancement for the
Daniel Boone council of Boy
Scouts of America.
Duncan Hunter, the chairman of
the advancement committee in the
Transylvania district, presided ov
er the court of honor, which was
attended by a large crowd of
Scouts, parents and others inter
ested in the Scouting movement in
this county.
Another impressive portion of
the program was the awarding of
life Scout rank to five boys from
troop No. 718, Cherryfield. Luke
Harrison, of the Transylvania dis
trict advancement committee, pre
sented the life rank to the follow
ing boys: Larry Waldrop, Loy Wal
drop, Jr., Jimmy Whitmire, Mich
ael Whitmire and Oren Matthews,
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Triple Rites For Mr. And
Mrs. Bud Anders And
Son Held Wednesday
The grinding crash of an auto-!
mobile into the locomotive of a
southbound freight train at a small
town in Georgia early Sunday
morning left three members of a
Pisgah Forest family dead and two
others critically injured.
Driver of the car, listed as Al
void Anders, 23, was quoted by
Georgia authorities as saying that
he fell asleep while driving the
family to Pisgah Forest from Co
coa, Fla. He escaped with minor
injuries.
Dead are Alvoid’s father, Bud
Anders, 67, his mother, Norma, 53;
and an 18-year-old brother, Coy
Anders. A sister, Louise, 15, and
another brother, Harold, 11, were
(reported in critical condition with
head injuries in an Augusta, Ga.,
hospital.
The crash occurred about 5:30 a.
m. Sunday at a crossing in Mc
Bean, about 15 miles south of Au
gusta. The family had left Cocoa
about 6:30 p. m. Saturday where
they were employed on the gladi
olus farm of A. P. Thomas. They
had arranged to be transferred
back to another such farm below
Pisgah Forest because Alvoid was
to be inducted into the Army this
week here at Brevard, according to
a statement made by the son to Na
than F. Widener, Richmond Coun
ty coroner.
Alvoid was quoted by the cor
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WPNF Program Highlights
Local And State Election Returns To
Be Heard All Evening This Saturday
An election party will be fea
tured Saturday evening over
WPNF, and all persons are urged
to keep their dials at 1240 for the
latest local and state returns in the
primary.
Highlighting the evening’s broad
casts will be the remote reports
‘rom the Brevard court house at
various intervals. State returns will
he broadcast from the station as
they come in over the Associated
Press wire and by other remote
broadcasts.
According to Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, the first remote
o>-oadcast will be heard shortly af
ter 7:00 o’clock. Sponsors of these
reports will be Bikas restaurant,
Jcnes news stand and Pearlman’s
furniture store.
The graduation address of Leslie
S. Grogan at Brevard college Sun
day afternoon will be recorded for
broadcast at the more convenient
hour of 7:00 o’clock that evening.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, station pro
gram; Friday, ASC; Monday, coun
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BACCALAUREATE
SERMONS SLATED
FOR THIS SUNDAY
Upper County Grads To Re
ceive Diplomas Tuesday.
Exercises Here June 6
SPECIAL EDITION
It’s graduation time in Brevard
and Transylvania county.
Commencement exercises are
slated at Brevard college on Sun
day, with the sermon set at 11:00
o’clock in the morning and gradua
tion exercises at 4:00 o’clock that
afternoon.
Brevard and Rosman high
schools have scheduled baccalaur
eate sermons that evening at the
two schools.
Since the schools here were
closed for a week during the win
ter because of the flu epidemic,
graduation at Brevard has been
postponed until Friday night, June
Gth, while exercises are slated at
Rosman next Tuesday night, June
3rd.
At both schools honor students
will deliver the commencement ad
dresses.
At iirevara mgn senooi mere
are 112 seniors in the graduating
class, while 36 \yill receive dip
lomas at Rosman. The college class
totals 89.
Special Issue
The Times this week is publish
ing its annual congratulatory edi
tion with pictures and stories about
tlu 1958 graduates at Brevard and
Bosnian high schools and at Bre
vard college. There are also a num
ber of congratulatory messages
from >ocal firms. The Times sa
lute's the graduates and the school
officials upon this important oc
casion.
At Rosman
The Rev. Marvin Murpbree, of
Greenville, S. C., pastor of the
Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist church,
will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon to the graduating class at
Rosman Sunday night at 8:00 p. m.
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MEMORIAL DAY
SERVICES SET
Veterans Graves In County
Being Decorated. Offices
To Close Friday
The American Legion auxiliary
is sponsoring Memorial Services on
Friday, May 30th, at 11 a. m., in
the Gillespie-Evergreen Memorial,
plot.
Veterans graves throughout the
county will be decorated with a me
morial flag, and memorial wreathe
will be placed by various patriotic
organizations at the service.
Members of the sponsoring aux
iliary extend an invitation to the
public to be present for the se**
vicp.
A spokesman for the auxiliaiy
had this reminder about the obsen*
vance: “Memorial Day, 1958
should be a day of thanksgiving far
the courage and sacrifice that has
preserved our freedom through
great dangers, a day of rededica
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129 On Teaching
Staff In County
During This Year
The faculty of the county’s nine
schools consists of 129 teachers
| and principals, plus a school sup
ervisor and superintendent of
public instruction.
Of this number 98 of them
teach in the seven elementary
schools and 31 in the high schools
With a staff of 34 the Brevard
elementary school has by far the
largest number. Rosman elemen
tary is second with 19.
There are 22 members of the
faculty of Brevard high and nine
at Rosman.
The number of teachers is de
termined by the average daily at
tendance.
Teachers and principals are now
being named by the board of edu
cation. but the list is not yet com
plete enough to be released. It will
be published at a later date.