TRANSYLVANIA- I
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed- I
ucational, A g r i c ultural !
and Music Cento*. Popula
tion, 1990 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRAN8YLVANIA
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for ftimmif y
Entrance to Pisgak Na
tional Forest and Homs of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 69 — No. 24
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Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1958
★ 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NEW BREVARD COLLEGE
SEAL was displayed and explained by
President Emmett K. McLartv at the Bre
vard College luncheon last Friday in
Waynesville. Dr. McLartv also announc
ed the resignation of Rev. Robert H.
Stamey, vice president of Brevard col
lege, and paid high tribute to his out
standing work here during the past five
years. In addition to Dr. McLarty, others
in the picture, from left to right, are:
Edwin L. Jones, of Charlotte, chairman
of the Brevard College board of trustees;
Mr. Stamey. who was appointed to the
High Point Main Street Methodist
church; Dr. John B. Bennett, dean of the
college; and. Rev. C. Marvin Boggs, of ;
Catawba. (Times Staff Photo)
Increase Noted In Number Of Break-Ins
In Town, County, Sheriff, Chief Quoted
Summer Residences Are En
Many Auto Wheels
And Tires Taken
By STAFF WRITER
Brevard and Transylvania law
enforcement officers are becom
ing alarmed at the sharp increase
ir. the number of petty larcenies
in the town ai.d county.
However, this situation is not
perculiar to this section, as there
seems to be a general wave of
break-ins across the state and ir. the
nation. Statistics reveal that this
is always true during periods of re
cessions.
Sheriif E. V. “Scott'’ Dillingham
.•aid it would be extremely difficult
to estimate the number of tires
and wheels that have been stolen
off automobiles. Siphoning of gas
v another “overpracticed” offense,
he states.
In asking for public cooperation
in nabbing offenders the sheriff
cautions that persons buying tires
and wheels that have been stolen
are as liable as the thief himself.
Prompt report of suspicious
characters as well as incidences of
theft will be appreciated by the
sheriff.
A freak robbery occurred this
week in the Gloucester section of
Transylvania, when the bee gums
of Rufus Woods were stolen. One
of the gums was filled with live
bees.
Several summer homes have
been broken into recently, and
Sheriff Dillingham urges the pub
lic not to buy articles that could
have been stolen from these resi
dences. These include furniture,
radios, canned goods, etc.
Police Chief Paul Fisher reports
that his department is now investi
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 12 — Methodists
to hold supper honoring Corriher’s,
7 p. m., in Fellowship Hall. Mason
ic meeting in temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, June 13 — Garden cen
ter open at Farmer’s Federation
from 10 to 12 noon. Transylvania
hospital auxiliary meets in hospi
tal dining room, 3 p. m.
Saturday. June 14 — Flag day.
| Sufiday, June 15 — Attend the
church of your choice. Lutherans
to hold congregational picnic, 6
p. m.
Monday, June 16 — Bible school
starts at King Street Baptist
church. 9 a. m. Men of the Preshy
terian church meet at 6:30 p. m.
Bet ary club meets at Gaither’s, 7
p m.
Tuesday, June 17 — Order of
the Eastern Star meets in Masonic
temple, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, June 18 — Catho
lic Laymen’s association meets at
Sacred Heart church, 8 p. m.
Few Changes
Methodist Appointments Are
Announced At Annua! Meeting
Appointments of Methodist min
I Liters in Transylvania and the
Western North Carolina conference
were announced Sunday morning
! a. the annual conference was con
cluded at Lake Junaluska.
Rev. Courtney B. Ross is the
l new pastor of the Brevard Metho
dist church. He succeeds Rev.
Douglas Corriher, who was trans
ferred to the Providence Metho
dist church at Charlotte.
Three Brevard Boys
Injured In Wreck
Three Brevard high school
football players were injured in
a wreck at 1:20 Wednesday morn
ing on I S 74 five miles east of
Shelby. John Charles Brewer.
Brevard, and Phillip Moody and
Louis Surrette, of Pisgah For
est, received minor injuries in
the accident. Brewer was admit
ted to the Shelbv hospital with
bruises, lacerations and possible
internal injuries. His condition
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Mr. Ross comes to Brevard from :
j the Coburn Methodist church at i
j Salisbury, and prior to the post
.there, he held pastorates at Bel-1
j mont and Spindale.
Rev. \Y. A. Kerr was returned to
I the Brevard circuit, and Rev. Mack
Armstrong succeeds Rev. Hamil
ton Witter as pastor of the Ecusta
circuit.
Mr. Kerr's associate will be sup- (
I plied. *|
Rev. Robert Stamey, whose re- j
I tirement as vice president of Bre-;
vard college was announced last
| Friday, was named pastor of the
Main Street Methodist church at
High Point.
Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, pastor of
the High Point First Methodist
church, was appointed superinten
dent of the Asheville district, to
which the Transylvania churches
belong, succeeding Rev. J. W. Fitz
gerald, who retired.
Mr. Tuttle is a native of Brevard.
Mr. Witter was transferred to the
Bethel - Azalea churches near
Swannanoa.
Good Tourist Season Is Expected In
Transylvania, Camps Will Be Filled
WILL DEDICATE
BETHEL “A" IN
SERVICES, 22ND
New Baptist Church Being
Completed. Costs Said
Over $40,000
Construction of the new Bethel
‘ A” Baptist church in Brevard is
completed, and the dedication is
being planned for Sunday after
noon, June 22nd, at 3:00 o’clock.
The formal opening of the new
church was celebrated at services
each evening during the first week
of this month.
Dr. O. L. Sherrill, executive sec
retary of the General Baptist state
convention of North Carolina, will
be here on the 22nd to make the
main address on the dedication
program.
The cost of the new church was
>40.000. but officials explain that
since much of the labor and mater
ials was donated, the figure should
be considerably higher. C. R. Sharp,
of Brevard, was the general con
ti actor.
The Bethel “A-’ Baptist church
has quite a history, the officials
state.
The first church was organized
at Cathey's Creek, some years af
ter the Civil war. Later it was
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LEADER OF ELKS
URGES FLYING OF
FLAGS SATURDAY:
Nu Wav Is Cleaning “Stars
And Stripes” Free Of
Charge This Week
Alvin J. Pat" Patterson, exalted
ruler of the Brevard Elks lodge to
day asked all citizens to join in the
observance of Flag Day. June 14,
in a display of -unity against the
growing menace of communist ag
gression.
He urged all patriotic citizens to
display the flag at their homes and
at business establishments on Flag
Day in cooperation with the Elks’
"SHOW YOUR COLORS” pro
gram celebrating the 181st anniver
sary of the adoption of the Stars
and Stripes by the Continental
Congress on June 14, 177 7.
"Khrushchev has promised ‘to
bury’ us. and communist forces are
working hard, at home and abroad
to carry out that promise,” Exalted
Ruler Patterson said. “Old Glory
is the symbol of freedom that
Khrushchev and his fellow tyrants
in the Kremlin will destroy if we
fet them. Let us strengthen our
faith in our way of life, and our de
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D. H. GALLOWAY, of Rosman, is pictured above at
the right with the Winged Golden trophy that.he receiv
ed from the North Carolinas association at the state Jay
cee Teen-Age roadeo in New Bern. Jeff B. Wilson, safe
ty director of the association, who is at the left, made
the presentation, and Dave DuPuy, of Black Mountain,
can be noted in the center.
Principals And Teachers Are
Announced, Only Five Vacancies
ROBERT F. ANDREWS, pro
cess control foreman in the film
division of Olin Mathieson Chem
ical corporation at Pisgah For
est, is the new president of the
Brevard Lions club. He succeeds
Jack Gravely, and the installa
tion of new officers is slated at
the annual ladies night meeting
on June 19th.
FRACTURES KNEE
Mrs. J. J. Stevenson, who fell
Sunday and fractured her knee, is
reported to be recuperating nice
ly in the Transylvania Commun
ity hospital.
OKUUINl> BREAKING CEREMONIES for the new
Brevard high school were held last Friday morning on
the site on the Country club road. The W. E. Dale com
pany, of Morganton, the general contractor, has already
started construction, and school officials hope the build
ings can be ready for occupancy by the fall of 1959. In
the picture above, from left to right, are: Henry McDon
and and Robert Daniels, the architects; Ed Matheson,
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member of the school board; Eddie Varner, chairman,
who is shown with the shovel turning the dirt; Homer
McCall and F. S. “Buck” Best, also members of the board
of education; Freeman Hayes, chairman of the county
board of commissioners; C. Lewis Osborne, county ac
countant; Wayne Bradburn, superintendent of schools;
Mr. Dale, owner of the construction company; and, A. B.
Beam, foreman. (Times Staff Photo)
List Is Carried. Need For
Instructors Is Seen Here
And At Rosman
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Principals and teachers for Tran
sylvania’s schools for the 1958 ’50
year are announced today by Sup
erintendent Wayne Bradburn.
At the present time there are
only five vacancies as compared
with 18 at this same time last year,
he states.
Two teachers are needed at Bre
vard high school, two at Brevard
elementary and one at Rosman.
Allotments for the districts are
as follows: 67 elementary and 21
high school teachers in district No.
1; and, 24 elementary and eight
high school teachers in district No.
2.
The county is also allotted five
music teachers; four vocational in
structors and one special teacher in
addition to the superintendent and
uie school supervisor.
Robert T. Kimzey is principal of
district No. 1, and E. F. Tilson was
reappointed principal of district
No. 2.
Brevard High School
Mrs. Sarah Abercrombie, Mrs.
Ruth Andrews, Mrs. Rose N. Bur
rell, Mrs. Eula Clarke, David D.
Corn, Benjamin Fishburne, Mrs.
Alma Galloway, Glenn Galloway,
Ralph Humphries, Mrs. Margaret
Kimzey, Randal Lyday, Donald Mc
Leod, Mrs. Lucille Sledge, Marshall
Teague, Edwin B. Thomas, Mrs.
Sarah K. Tilson, Mrs. Lucille Tran
tham, Mrs. Sherrill Verner, Mrs.
Carol Wells, Mrs. George Wilson.
Brevard Elementary School
F. B. Cudd is principal. Teachers
are Mrs. Beatsie Bagwell, Mrs. Cath
erine Bauer, Mrs. Eugenia Black
well, Mrs. Lucy Bryson, Miss Agnes
Clayton, Miss Josephine Clayton,
Mrs. Carolyn Cook, Miss Elizabeth
Davis, Mrs. Margaret Davis, Steve
Ferguson, Mrs. Thelma Ferguson,
Miss Fleeto Freeman, Mrs. Martha
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MANY ATTENDING
AQUATIC SCHOOL,
CONFERENCES SET
Pisgah National Forest Is
Overflowing With Visit
ors Each Week End
INQUIRIES ARE UP
With the opening of pre-sessions
at several of Transylvania’s sum*
r*er camps and with the Pisgah Na
tional forest overflowing each
week end with sightseers and pic
nickers, all indications point to a
banner ’58 tourist season in Bre
vard and Transylvania county.
Operators of most of the county’s
15 organized summer camps re
port that they are filled for the
summer. In all, more than 2,000
boys and girls from all parts of
Eastern America are expected here.
Mrs. John Ford, the executive
secretary of the chamber of com
merce, says that more inquiries
are being received than ever be
fore. The office is open all day,
and she welcomes the opportunity
to serve residents and visitors.
More than 150 persons are now
attending the first session of the
American Red Cross Aquatic
school at beautiful Camp Carolina,
with Mitchell Kirkland directing.
The school closes on Friday, and
Carolina will begin its regular
camping season on June 17th
Pre-camp sessions are nov, be
ing held at Camp Illahee arid at
Ilockbrook camp. Gay Valley Camp
and Camp Sky Top open on June
10th, and High Rocks and Camp
Keystone open the following day.
Several conferences \ are slated
"is summer at Brevard college,
and at the present time a large
number is attending a meeting of
the Spiritual Life group.
OUN SETS UP
NEW DIVISIONS
Present Day Organizational
Structure Announced.
Breakdown Given
Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration today announces the com
pletion of its integration program
which consolidates the company’s
operating units into seven indus
trial divisions.
Eleven former divisions have
been integrated into four new div
isions while the Squibb, Winches
ter-Western and International div
isions continue their present or
ganization structure.
The four new divisions and the
vice presidents appointed to head
them are: Chemicals — Edward
Block; Metals — Jess E. Williams;
Packaging — Robert H. Evans;
and Energy — Carroll Copps.
The changes in Olin Mathieson’s
Pisgah Forest area operations are.'
as follows:
Philip C. Brownell, formerly div
isional vice president and general
manager of the Ecusta Paper divis
ion, and Milton L. Herzog, who was
divisional vice president and
general manager of the Olin Film
division, were appointed corpor
ate vice presidents.
They continue in charge of their
respective operations within the
newly integrated Packaging divis
ion.
Program Highlights
Changes Are Noted In Summer Format
At WPNF, Du Pont Head To Be Heard
A new format is being featured
on WPNF’s Farm and Home hour
each Monday through Friday after
noon at 12:15 o’clock. The change
in the program was necessitated by
the fact that many of the organiza
tions which provide material for
the broadcast do not operate during
the summer months. *
Carolina Farm news from the As
sociated Press will be coupled with
recorded messages from outstand
ing agricultural leaders across the
nation as well as special reports
from State College in Raleigh.
Whenever time permits, some of
ihe nation’s most popular gospel
quartets will be heard singing fav
orite hymns and spiritual songs.
The Farm and Home Hour is be
ing planned in such a manner as
to make it more appealing to the
farm families of this listening area.
Their comments on the program
will always be gratefully accepted.
Leslie S. Grogan, manager of the
DuPont silicon plant at Buck For
est, will be A1 Martin’s guest on
the Saturday morning Coffee Time
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