TRANSYLVANIA
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ucational, Agricultural
and Muaic Cento1. Popula
tion, i960 Census, 15321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
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Vol. 69 — No. 23
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1958 * 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at graduation
exercises at Brevard college Sunday af
ternoon are pictured above. From left to
right, they are: President Emmett K. Mc
Lartv, Dean John Bennett; Vice Presi
dent Robert H. Stamey and Leslie S. Gro
gan, manager of the new Du Pont sili
con plant here, who delivered the main
address. (Times Staff Photo)
"Sommer Festival Of Music" Is Slated
Seven Weeks, Signing Many Soloists
Camp To Open June 19th.
Additions To Staff, Or
chestra Are Noted
An altered schedule of concerts
in which the “Summer Festival of
Music” will last for seven weeks
will open Sunday, June 22, at the j
Transylvania Music camp and close ,
on i unday, August 10th.
ivi ■ odies will ring from the;
mountains as Transylvania Music!
camp opens its 22nd season on
June 19th. Talented young music
students from 17 states have en
rolled for six and one half weeks of
study under the distinguished fac
ulty of musicians from leading con
servatories and symphony orches
tras which James Christian Pfo’nl,
director of the camp, has assemb
led.
Soloists are now being signed for
the concerts that will be held week
1;. on Friday and Saturday even-]
ings at 8:15 o'clock and on Sunday ;
afternoons at 4 o’clock. The full
list of soloists will be announced at,
k a later date.
The Transylvania Chorus and
Choral Ensemble, members of the
faculty and staff and the soloists
will be presented with the orches
tra under the direction of Mr.
Pfohl and other conductors
throughout the summer.
Among the new additions to the j
orchestra is Emil Raab, professor
of music at the University of Ala
bama. who will serve as concert
master. He is a well known soloist
and recitalist and plays first violin
with the Alabama String quartet, j
Dr. William Revelli, famed con-!
ductor of the University of Michi
gan bands, returns again this sea
son to conduct a concert on July
26th. Dr. Revelli will be remem
bered for his outstanding concert at
the Brevard Music Center last sum
mer. A newcomer this season is
Bernard Fitzgerald, conductor of
^ the University of Kentucky sym
phonic band who will conduct the
Transylvania concert band on July
4th.
A number c£ special events are
being planned at the Brevard Mu
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 5 — Chamber of
commerce breakfast and member
ship drive, 8 a. m., Gaither’s. Meth
odist and Presbyterian women’s
circles meet. Lions club meets at
Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Episcopal women
meet in the parish house, 8 p. m.
Friday, June 6 — Kiwanis club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Master
point game of Ace of Clubs, 7:45 p.
m. Brevard High School Gradua
tion, 8 p. m.
Saturday, June 7 — Municipal
pool opens, as does Camp Straus.
fOlin Mathieson vs. Hazelwood,
Camp Straus, 3 p. m.
Sunday, June 8 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, June 9 — Board of ap
peals meets in city hall at noon. Ro
tary club meets in Gaither’s, 7 p.
m.
Tuesday, June 10 — Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 p. m. Chamber of
commerce directors meet over city
hall at 7:30 p. m. Fidelis Sunday
school class meets with Mrs. John
DeBord.
Wednesday, June 11 — Jaycees
meet at 6:30 p. m., at Gaither’s.
Thursday’s The Day *
Chamber Of Commerce To Hold
One-Day Membership Campaign
The annual membership drive
for the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce will be held Thursday, ac
cording to James C. Gaither and
E. T. Abercrombie, co-chairmen of
the membership campaign.
Solicitors will meet at 8 o'clock |
Thursday morning at Gaither's for
a “dutch'' breakfast. They will then
go out in parrs to make the canvass,
which they hope to complete in
one day.
The co-chairmen urge that peo-1
pie meet the solicitors with a “glad
hand" and keep in mind that the i
workers have already paid their j
memberships for the year in addi-!
County’s Schools
To Open Sept. 2nd
Transylvania’s schools will open
on September 2nd for the 1958-’59
term. Superintendent Wayne
Bradburn announces today.
Principals and supervisors will
report for work on August 19th.
and the county-wide faculty meet
ing is slated on Sept. 1st. at 10:00
a. m.
Supt. Bradburn also announces:
that there will be no school on Sept.:
23rd, the date of the NCEA dis
trict meeting in Asheville. Schools
will also be closed on Nov. 4th.
which is election day.
Schools will close on Wednesday,
Nov. 26th for the Thanksgiving
holidays, and wall reopen on Mon
day, Dec. 1st.
The Christmas holidays will run
from Dec. 19th until Monday, Jan.
5th.
Easter holidays are scheduled
from March 26th until March 31st.
The closing date of schools will
be June 2nd, providing no time is
lost during the year.
tion to donating their time for the
drive.
Mrs. John Ford, executive sec
retary of the chamber of com
merce, reports that her office in
the Transylvania Library building j
is now open all day for inquiries !
from tourists and others.
“We should look forward to an j
exceptionally fine season,’’ Mrs.'
Ford said. She backed this up by
adding that the number of inquir
ies so far this season was ahead of
years.
A number of tourists have alrea
dy arrived in town, and Mrs. Ford
said that she was busy looking for
places for them to stay.
Good Vote Recorded In Primary Here,
Dillingham And Shuford Victorious
METHODISTS ARE
MEETING AT LAKE
Many From Transylvania In
Attendance. College Spon
soring Luncheon
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty will be well represented at the
Western North Carolina confer
ence of the Methodist church this
week end at Lake Junaluska.
Some 2,000 clerical and lay dele
gates are expected to be in attend
ance at the annual meeting, which
officially opens at 9:00 o’clock
Thursday morning.
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon will be
in charge.
Attending from the Brevard
Methodist church will be the pas
tor, Rev. Douglas Corriher, and P.
A. Rahn is the lay delegate. Robert
Buddy” Melton is the alternate.
In Mr. Corriher’s absence on
Sunday, the Rev. B. W. Thomason,
retired pastor of the First Baptist
church, will preach.
Several persons from the staff
and faculty of Brevard college will
also attend the conference, and
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ASHE KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENTj
Two Others Injured Tuesday
Night In Wreck Near
Cashiers
Charles Lyman Ashe, 29, of
Brevard, was killed instantly in
an automobile accident which oc
curred on N. C. 107 just north of
Cashiers around 11:15 p. m.,
Tuesday night.
Few details of the accident
were available at press time.
Riding in the 1951 Ford with
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Will Open Bids On New
Construction On Parkway \
Bids will be opened on June 20 |
for construction of the grade separ
ation at cross-over of the Rosman
Lake Logan road at the intersection
ol the Blue Ridge Parkway at
Beech Gap. it was announced here
by the parkway officials yesterday.
The grade separation will pro
vide for access to the Parkway at
Beech Gap from the trans-mountain
road, and at the same time will pro
vide an underpass for through traf
fic that will use the road, which is
under construction now between
Pin Hook and Beech Gap above Bal
sam Grove.
The officials stated that they
hoped to have the contractors on
the job this summer, and that com
pletion will depend on weather and
other factors.
It was also announced by the
parkway officials that bids will be
opened on June 13 for 11% miles
cl' the scenic parkway from Beech
Gap west to Racking Horse Gap.
This job will require around a mil
lion cubic feet of excavation, and
will take nearly a year for comple
tion. it is estimated.
The parkway officials went on to
say yesterday that plans are to let
the rest of the section to complete
the scenic drive all the way from
Wagon Road in to Smokemont in
the Great Smokies sometime after
July 1. The last letting will be 8%
miles from Racking horse to Bal
sam gap on US 23 between Waynes
ville and Sylva.
“Racking” Horse gap, known to
many of the people as “Rocking”
horse gap, has come in for much
discussion recently. Older people
contacted here from Upper Tran
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DEMOCRATIC VOTERS gave a good vote of confi
dence to the two men above, who were seeking renomina
tion in last Saturday’s primary. At the left is Sheriff E.
V. “Scott” Dillingham, who polled 1,830 votes, which to
talled a 491 majority over his three other opponents. At
the right is Congressman George Shuford, who received
1,898 votes, for a majority of 682 votes.
Impressive Addresses Heard
At ’58 College Commencement,
Alumni Group Elects Officers
Dr. Graham Is The New
President. Underwood
Speaks At Luncheon
The annual Brevard College
Alumni luncheon was held in the
college cafeteria last Saturday
with the class of 1958 as guests of
honor.
Miss Lillian Zachary, of Brevard,
immediate past vice president,
presided over the business session
and announced the results of the
recent election of new officers for
the coming year.
Dr. Gordon N. Graham, class ’46,
of Easley, S. C., was elected pres
ident of the group. Other officers
include Rev. C. Marvin Boggs,
class ’39, of Catawba, vice presi
dent; .Dorothy Wallace, class ’53,
of Brevard, secretary - treasurer;
Herman Morgan, class ’48, of
Asheville, vice president, Brevard
auxiliary; Judge W. A. Hart, of
Weaverville, vice president, Wea
ver auxiliary; and Rev. Rollin
Gibbs, of Statesville, vice presi
dent, Rutherford auxiliary.
Dr. Sam J. Underwood, class of
’43, professor of education at Fur
man University, was the speaker,
and used as his topic the liberal
education.
He said, “That education is lib
eral which induced man to become
av/are of his past, sensitive to his
present, and prepared to meet his
future unafraid.”
He went on to say that “the first
law of nature is that change is in
evitable, and it is contorting to
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Diplomas Are Awarded To
86 Graduates. Speak
ers Are Quoted
A total of 86 graduates received
diplomas at impressive graduation
exercises at Brevard College on
Sunday.
Highlighting the exercises was
an address by Leslie S. Grogan,
manager of the new Brevard Du
Pont silicon plant, who said: “It is
a central fact of our time that the
group-directed work force has sup
planted the one-man business and
the enterprise controlled by the
individual.”
“The problem today,” Mr. Gro
gan said, “is to reconcile the deter
mination and aspirations of the in
dividual with those of the group
and at the same time to encourage
the talents and creativity of the in
dividual — as part of the group.”
“About the time Brevard Col
lege was founded, something like
four out of every five persons
were self-employed — the exact op
posite of today’s situation, in which
four out of every five are employ
ees of someone else,” he contin
ued.
“What has been happening over
a great many years to the various
fields of endeavor in which our
June graduates might find gain
ful employment is the gradual re
placement of individual effort with
group effort,” he said.
Group organizations apparently
are going to get larger, he said. “If
this is a bleak picture for some of
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RIDINGS WINNER
INCOUNTY, LOSES
IN 12TH DISTRICT
Ballot Was Officially Can
vassed By Election Board
Tuesday Morning
OTHER RACES NOTED
A good vote, considerably higb
;r than pre-election predictions,
vas recorded in last Saturday’s
jrimary in Brevard and Transyl
vania county.
The most interest was in the
sheriff’s race, and Democratic vot
ers renominated the incumbent, E.
V. “Scott” Dillingham, who had a
majority of 491 votes over his
three opponents.
Sheriff Dillingham polled 1,830
votes, while Lloyd L. Wood was
second high man with 776. Eugene
S Wilson received 396, and Claude
E. Melton 167.
Congressman George Shuford
was also given a big vote of confi
dence by Transylvania Democrats,
as he polled 1,898 votes. Heinz
Rollman was second high man with
1,056 votes, and the vote for the
other men in the congressional
race was as follows: Sanford W,
Brown 73, Beverly M. Middleton
68 and Arch N. Wallace 24
In the Republican congressional
primary here, W. Harold Sams de
feated Ray H. Kimel by a vote o£
148 to 35.
Although he was defeated in the
district, Solicitor Clarence O. Rid
ings carried Transylvania. He re
ceived 1,355 votes, while his op
ponent, Leonard Lowe, also of For
est City, polled 1,222.
Bobby Owens, who was running
for constable in the Brevard town
ship, defeated J. A. Heath by a vote
OL 879 to 748.
Anderson Revis was victorious
over John C. Jones in the constable
race in the Cathey’s Creek town
ship.
In the election, “Stock Law” or
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AQUATIC SCHOOL
NOW IN SESSION
Capacity Number Attending
From All Southeastern
States. Kirkland Directs
The first session of the 1958 Am
erican Red Cross Aquatic school
opened Wednesday at beautiful
Camp Carolina with a capacity en
rollment of 150 persons from all
the states in the southeastern area.
The second session of the Aquat
ic school is slated in August, im
mediately following the regular
summer camp at Carolina.
Mitchell Kirkland, American Red
Cross field representative, of Atlan
ta, Ga., is directing the school this
year, and some 15 persons comprise
the teaching staff.
Students attending the Aquatie
school are 18 years or older,
upon completion of the Itdap
course, they will apply their know
ledge as aquatic or safety leaders
for schools, colleges, municipali
ties, industries, etc.
Life saving, water safety, swim
ming, diving, small craft operation
and first aid are all taught at the
Aquatic school.
Two Prisoners Are
Recaptured, Leave
Was Briefly Spent
Two prisoners, Dennis Ingle
and Marvin Ward, at the prison
camp at Calvert “enjoyed” a
brief vacation Monday afternoon
and evening, but after a few dips
in the French Broad river in an
effort to escape from the blood
hounds, they appeared glad to
get back to their cells, Supt.
Frank Duckworth reports.
The two men made their get
away from the prison farm about
4:00 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Dogs were put on their trail im
mediately, and the two men,
shivering and soaking wet, walk
right into one of the camp
guards, Harlow Owen, shortly
after midnight above Middle
Fork.