TRANSYLVANIA—
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 ANIA—
Hie Land of Waterfall*.
Mecca for Summer Omasa,
Entrance to Pisfak Na
tional Forest and Homs of
Brevard Music Festival.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1958
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSYLVA
NIA Historical Society committee, which
met on Saturday night here in the court
house, are pictured above. Seated from
left to right, they are Mrs. Mary Jane
McCrary, chairman; Miss Martha Bos
well and Mrs. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.
Standing, left to right, are Attorney
Robert T. Gash. Dr. Carl Hardin and At
torney Lewis P. Hamlin. The society will
work very closely with the newly organ
ized Transylvania Historical association.
(Times Staff Photo)
Key Leaders Named For Three Million
Dollar Campaign For Methodist Colleges
Brevard Is One Of Institu
tions To Benefit. Edwin
L. Jones Chairman
Key leaders were announced to
day for a S3 000.000 campaign
which Methodis churches of Wes
tern North Carolina will launch in
November for capital funds for
Methodist colleges and student ac-j
tivities on tax-supported campuses.1
Brevard is one of the colleges.
The Commission on Christian
Higher Education, after receiving
a go-ahead order from the WNC
Conference session at Lake Juna
luska. made the first in a series of
appointments for a campaign which
will include an evbry-member can
vass in each of the 1,116 churches
in the conference area.
Conference chairmen for the
campaign include Bishop Nolan B.j
Harmon, resident bishop of the
Charlotte area, clerical chairman;
Edwin L. Jones of Charlotte, lay
chairman; Mrs. Clarence C. Cran
ford of Asheboro, woman’s divis
ion: J. C. Cowan, of Greensboro,
advance gifts; Miss Beatrice Cobb
of Morganton, public relations;
and Richard G. Stockton of Win
ston - Salem, treasurer.
Dr. Wilson O. Weldon of Char
lotte is chairman of the sponsoring
Commission on Christian Higher
Education, and Dr. Fletcher Nelson
of Morganton, director.
Colleges participating in the
campaign will be Brevard college,
Greensboro college, High Point col
lege and Duke University Divinity
school, along with Wesley Founda
tions conducting Methodist stu
dent activities at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ap
palachian State Teachers College
at Boone, and Western Carolina
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. June 26 — District
meeting of Boy Scouts. Duke Pow-'
er office at 7:30 p. m. Masons to
meet in Masonic temple, 8:00 p. m.
Friday. June 27 — All night sing
ing at Brevard high school. 8 p. m.
Concert at the Brevard Music Cen
ter, 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, June 28 — Concert at
the Brevard Music Center, 8:15.
Sunday, June 29 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
the Brevard Music Center, 4 p. m.
Monday, June 30 — Rotary club!
meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Scout1
meeting of Sponsors, Presbyterian j
church, -8 p. m.
Tuesday, July 1 — Dedication!
and unveiling of historical marker,
11 a. m. Mrs. Harrell Wilson lec-!
lure at Brevard college, 2 p. m.,
and 7:30 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets j
at 7:45 p. m. Eastern Star meets in |
Masonic Temple, 8 p. m.
Organized Saturday
0. H. Orr Is The Chairman j
Of Historical Group Here!
Oliver H. Orr, prominent Brevard
realtor, was named temporary
chairman of the newly organized
Transylvania Historical association
at the organizational meeting in
the Brevard court house last Satur
day night.
J. J. Stevenson, of Brevard col
lege. and former secretary - treas
urer of the Western North Carolina
Historical society, was elected sec
retary and treasurer of the Transyl
vania association.
Chairman Orr was authorized to
name membership and by-laws
committees at a later date. The
membership fees were set at 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
students, and the group decided to
meet each third Saturday night in
the court house at 8:00 o’clock
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary’, chair
man of the Transylvania Histori
cal commission, presided over the
meeting, and welcomed the group
attending.
Subscription Blank
On Page Four
The clip and mail coupon for
membership in the Brevard Mu
sic Center can be found on page
four of this section. Concerts
are held at the Music Center on
Friday and Saturday nights at
8:15 and Sunday afternoon at
4:00.
;• She explained that the commis
| sion and the newly organized asso
ciation could work very closely to
] gether in making plans for the
1 100th anniversary celebration in
1961 of Transylvania county.
Mrs. McCrary also pointed out
that only brief sketches concern
ing the history of Transylvania
county had been published. Much
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Opening Ceremonies For New Plant Of
Du Pont Setf Governor Hodges Speaks
MUSIC CENTER
CAMPAIGN IS ON
TO RAISE $5,000
Season Memberships To Res
idents Being Sold. Local
Support Is Sought
—
A campaign to raise $5,000.00 in
Brevard and Transylvania county
for the Brevard Music Center
through the sale of season tickets,
sponsor and patron memberships
is underway this week.
A single season ticket that is
good for admission to all music
concerts at the camp for the 1958
season is being sold for $25.00.
Sponsor membership which pro-!
vide two tickets tor all concerts is
being sold for $50.00 and patron
membership is $100.00.
The patron membership pro
vides two season tickets plus a
contribution to scholarship aid for
worthy and talented young musi
cians.
Solicitors are busy this week con
tacting business firms in Brevard
and as many individuals as possi
ble.
However, individuals are re
quested not to wait for a solicitor
to see them, but to call the Music
Camp if a season ticket is desired.
In order to help the Brevard Mu
sic Center meet this year’s oper
ating budget, it is imperative that
the local community contribute
through ticket and membership
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The Weather
3‘»»•*
Hot. dry weather was this week's
weather story. The only precipita
tion was recorded Sunday, and
then, only a fraction of an inch.
Daily readings are as follows:
High Low Pre.
Wednesday
86 53
84 48
86 63
87 55
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
80 59 .15
80 52 T
83 57 0
o o o o
Indian Village Site Will
Receive Marker Tuesday
The unveiling and dedication of
a monument marking the site of
the ancient Cherokee village of
Connestee, three miles from Bre
vard, will be held at 11:00 o’clock
on Tuesday morning, July 1.
Mrs. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., re
gent of the Unaka Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Colonists,
will preside at the ceremony. The
feature address will be by H. E.
Buchanan, president of the Chero
kee Historical association. The
monument, after its dedication
will be presented to citizens of
Transylvania county by Mrs. Mary
Jane McCrary, chairman of the
Transylvania Historical Commis
sion.
This marker, which stands on
Dr. Crossley Morgan Will Conduct
Bible Conference For Presbyterians
Rev. F. Crossley Morgan, D .D.,
is returning for the second sum
mer to conduct a Bible Conference
at the Brevard - Davidson River
Presbyterian church.
The Bible conference will be
held July 6-11. with services in
both the morning and evening.
The first service Dr. Morgan
will conduct will be Sunday morn
ing. July 6th. and his topic will be
“The Call of the Christ to Hope,
Heroism and Holiness.” That even
ing he will speak on “The Chal
lenge of the Christ to All Would-Be
Followers.”
The general theme of Dr. Mor
gan's messages during the week
days will be “A Systematic and
Consecutive Study of the Book of
the Prophet Habakkuk, A Man of
Faith and a Prophet of God Views
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DR. CROSSLEY MORGAN
highway 276, at the junction of the
Island Ford road, is being erected
as a joint project of the Cherokee
Historical association. Transylvania
Historical association and Unaka
chapter, Daughters of the Ameri
can Colonists. It will commemor
ate not only a place of great his
torical interest in Western North
Carolina, but will serve to keep
alive old legends of the Cherokee
people who occupied lands here
before the white men ever visit
ed these mountains.
Connestee, according to all his
torians. was the only known town of
the Cherokee in this part of the
state, where it was visited by troops
under an English officer in 1725.
Records left by this visitor describ
ed it as being on the east side of
the mountains. Its site is now
known to have been near the pres
ent town of Brevard in Transylva
nia county.
More than fifty years after the
visit of Col. Chicken, the village of
Connestee wras lost, and among the
many legends concerning its fate is
one that the entire population was
carried into the interior of Pilot
Knob mountain, and are still liv
ing there today.
Daniels Opens Up
Architect’s Office
Robert L. Daniels, A. I. A., an
nounces today the opening of an
office for the practice of archi
tecture in the McMinn building in
Brevard.
Mr. Daniels is a graduate of N.
C. State college, where he receiv
ed his degree in architecture. He is
married to the former Miss Rachel
Cathey, and they have three chil
dren, two sons and a daughter.
The Daniels reside here on
Broad street.
ED M. ANDERSON
Ed M. Anderson, Publisher Of
This Newspaper, Four Others,
Died Of Heart Attack Tuesday
FULL WEEK END
OF CONCERTS AT
THE MUSIC CAMP
Emerson Head, Victor Stern
And Thomas David Moore
Are Soloists
Brevard Music Center’s first full
week end of concerts will feature
a number of soloists and the pro
gram should be tempting to all
music lovers.
Emerson Head, trumpeter, will
be featured with the concert band
on Friday night. James Christian
Pfohl will conduct the week end
series.
Mr. Head, first trumpet with the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra,
has a record of 11 years at Bre
vard as student first and then a
part of the faculty. As a solo, Mr.
Head will present, “Carnival of
Venice” arranged by Herbert
Clarke.
Second event in this musical
week-end will be Saturday night’s
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Held Many Posts Of Honor
In The Journalism Field.
Funeral Was Wednesday
Ed M. Anderson, age 52, news
paper and radio executive, died
suddenly about 4:15 Tuesday morn
ing in the Transylvania Commun
ity hospital. He had suffered a
heart attack some three hours pre
viously.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Brevard Methodist
church at 11 a. m., Wednesday
morning. Rev. Courtney B. Ross,
pastor, and Dr. Emmett K. McLar
ty. president of Brevard college,
officiated.
Interment was in the Calvary
Episcopal church cemetery at
Fletcher. The body was in state at
the church for an hour prior to
the service.
Pallbearers were Jack Briggs,
Henry Henderson, Eston Phillips,
D. C. Wilson, Bobby Hoyle and
Baxter Morris.
Mr. Anderson was a native of
Reidsville.
He was publisher of The Transyl
vania Times at Brevard, the Forest
City Courier, the Spindale Sun, the
Allegheny News at Sparta and the
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AN EDITORIAL
The sudden passing of Ed M. Anderson leaves
a great gap in the ranks of leadership in Western
North Carolina newspaper publishing, broadcasting
and civic affairs.
Mr. Anderson was an aggressive newspaper pub
lisher and a passionate participant in civic projects.
The last news story he wrote was a plea for support
of the Transylvania Music Camp. He gave generously
of his time and money to churches, colleges and non
profit organizations. His contributions locally to the
Brevard Methodist church, Brevard College and to
many other local projects were indicative of his in
terest in community and church.
A pioneer in the advancement of the weekly
newspaper field, Mr. Anderson was a charter direc
tor in a national foundation to promote and improve
weekly newspapers. Under his leadership the Tran
sylvania Times has taken more prizes in state and na
tional competition than any other weekly in the state.
His interest in improving the standards in jour
nalism is well known through his work on the accred
iting committee of the American Council on Education
for Journalism which decides the minimum standards
of college schools of journalism. His stature in the pub
lishing field was recognized by his election to the pres
idency of N.E.A. which is made up of thousands of
daily and non-daily newspapers throughout the U.S.A.
In newspaper publishing, broadcasting and civic
affairs, Ed M. Anderson was a big man. His leadership,
respect and judgment brought honor to those associa
ted with him but he never sought credit for himself.
He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
TO BE FRIDAY
JULY 11, BEGINS
WITH LUNCHEON
Officials From Wilmington,
Delaware To Speak; Also
Congressman Shuford
LEADERS INVITED
Opening ceremonies of the Bre
vard Plant of E. I. DuPont de Ne
mours & co. will be held Friday,
July 11. A luncheon at 12:30 at the
Brevard-Davidson River Presbyter
ian church will be highlighted by
a talk by Governor Luther H. Hod
ges.
Others to speak briefly on the
program are DuPont officials from
Wilmington, Delaware and Con
gressman George Shuford.
The luncheon will be attended
by some 150 civic leaders who will
be taken on a tour of the Silicon
plant.
Just two years ago, the first an
nouncement was made that DuPont
had purchased the Buck Forest
property, comprising some 10.50C
acres in Transylvania and Hender
son counties. This site was selected
over 62 other properties because
of its remoteness from any indus
trial or agricultural activity and
for the extreme requirements for
air purity in the proposed manufac
turing process.
Early in 1957, the DuPont com
pany announced plans to begin
construction at once of a multi
million dollar plant for the pro
duction of hyper-pure silicon. This
plant, now completed, is the first
ever designed completely for sili
con manufacture, and it will pro
duce no other products. The plant
is expected to produce 50.000
pounds of semi-conductor grade
silicon as well as 20,000 pounds of
solar-cell grade silicon annually.
Initially, the plant will employ
about 200 persons in its operating
force, though future plans call for
a still larger force, according to
plant officials.
REPAIR WORK
NOW UNDERWAY
IN THE SCHOOLS
Restrooms Being Tiled.
Painting Being Done By
The County Crew
In addition to the construction
of the new high school in Brevard,
much repair and renovation work
is now going on in the entire
Transylvania school system, Supt.
Wayne Bradburn reports.
This work is being done by the
county maintenance crew under
the supervision of Briscoe Whit
mire.
Interiors of many of the schools
are being painted, and here at the
Brevard elementary school build
ing, the fixtures in the restrooms
are being replaced.
Fences around the local play
grounds are being painted and the
various facilities are being repair
ed.
New tiling is being installed in.
the rest rooms of Brevard junior
high, and before the summer is
over, much waterproofing work
will be completed in the various
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Alex Kizer, Jr.
Author Of Story
In Telephone News
The Southern Telephone News,
monthly publication of the South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Co., has done this state a good ser
vice in its June issue.
The article was written by Alex
Kizer, Jr., of Brevard, who is a
member of the Southern Bell News
staff at Atlanta.
Mr. Kizer, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Kizer, Sr., of Brevard,
was connected with the Olin Math
ieson News, prior to accepting his
new position with Southern Bell.
He holds a degree from Wake
Forest.
Twelve full pages of the current
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