TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agric ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA
Tbe Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca lor Summer Camps,
Entrance to PJagaii Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 69 — No. 31
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1958
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the first
district meeting of the North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce here last
Friday night are pictured above. The
banquet session was held in the Masonic
temple and was attended by a large del
egation of local and state^ Javcees. At
the leit is Bobby Hoyle, past president of
the Brevard organization, and next in
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line is Baxter Morris, prominent in local
Jaycee activities. State President Mar
vin Koonce, of Raleigh, is in the center
discussing the evening’s business with
State Vice President Dick Davis, of
Asheville. Beside him is Carl Hart, presi
i dent of the Brevard Jayc-ees, and at the
right is Bill Norris, past state vice pres
■ idem. (Times Staff Photo)
Much Speculation Here Concerning
Successor To Congressman Shuford
Meeting Slated In Bryson
City Thursday. Local Dele
gates Uncommitted
There's much speculation in
Brevard and Transylvania county
as to the successor to Congressman
George Shuford. who resigned on
Sunday due to the condition of his
health.
Transylvania's delegates on the
20-member commit.ee >vhi<a w>T
su.tf-e .no ccUfe/essi^nal 5j«mii.vC tn
Thursday at Bryson City are un
committed.
Thomas R. Eller, who has been
named secretary of the committee,
was also appointed as chairman of
1 the sub committee, setting up rules
of procedure for the meeting.
Mr. Eller says he has not com
mitted himself in any way to the
candidates openly seeking the nom
ination from the 12th congression
al district.
Transylvania's other delegate.
Mrs. Fred McCall. Jr., told The
Times Wednesday at noon that she
has not decided for whom she is
going to vote.
“It is a responsible job. and I
plan to vote the way I think the wo
men of Transylvania would want
me to.'’ Mrs. McCall said.
The two most talked about can-,
didates in the 12th district seem
to be Asheville's City Manager J.
"Weldon Weir, and Heinz Rollman.
wealthy Waynesville industrialist, j
who waged a colorful, free-spend
ing unsuccessful campaign against
Congressman Shuford last May.
Others named are Monroe M.
Redden Jr., of Hendersonville, son
of a former 12th District Congress-!
man. and Dave M. Hall of Sylva in
Jackson County, former state sen
ator.
A compromise nominee possibly
could arise from a number of oth
ers mentioned in connection with !
the office: Former State Sen. Frank 1
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 31 — Story Hour
for children at the Transylvania '
Library. 9:30 a. m.
Friday. Aug. 1—Catholics spon-,
sor food sale, next to Crest store.
10 a. m. Friends of the Library’ tea.
4-6 p. m. Kiwanis club meets at
Gaither's, 7 p. m. Javcee Jollies.
Brevard high school, 8 p. m. Teen
age dance at American Legion
building, 8 p. m. Concert at Bre
vard Music Center. 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 2 — Javcee Jol
lies. 8 p. m.. at Brevard high school.
Concert at Brevard Music Center.
8:15 p. m.
Sunday. Aug. 3—Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
Brevard Music Center. 4 p. m.
Monday. Aug. 4 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 — Concert at
Brevard Music Center, 8:15 p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 6 — Masons
meet in Masonic temple, 7:30 p. m.
Concert at Brevard Music Center.
8:15 p. m.
Appeals To Public
District Meeting Of Jaycees
Successful, State Prexy Here
Jaycees ir< all over Western
-North Carolina convened or. Bre
v tird i. u IVidav night to welcome
state president Marvin W. Koonce.
Jr., of Raleigh, to this section of
the state.
A large group was on hand to
g’.eet the young Raleigh civic and
business leader and hear the three
phase challenge that he offered to
the members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
“We must let the general public
know more of our activities if we
are to achieve our main goal of
civic improvement’’ Koonce sta
ted.
Driver Training
Class Begins At
School August 7th
The next Driver Education class
at Brevard high school will begin
on August 7th for all youths of ag
es 14^ and older.
The classes are being taught by
Marshall Teague and Coach Buffa
lo Humphries.
Classes are from 8 a. m. to 3 p.
m.. and from 12 noon till 6 p. m..
daily. The state requires 30 hours
in the classroom and six hours be
hind the wheel.
The teachers point out that tak
ing the course helps in bringing
down the premium for liability in
surance.
The car used is dual control
equipped and is a free loan from
McCrary Auto Co.
Any students desiring to enroll
in the course are invited to do so.
i “I: we do not utilize the media
'f :* ’ . ewsr i err. radio and j
television stations to inform our j
citizens\ of our projects and en j
deavors. then we cannot expect the
public to respond when we have
these projects. If the people are
informed, they will back you up
in everything that you undertake.”
The second challenge was issued
when Koonce called for an increase
in membership. He made it clear
that no young man will join the
Jaycees unless the local club has
something to offer him.
“Actually." he stated, “no young
men joins the Jaycees. He becomes
one.”
The third part of the challenge
was a call for a planned program of
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World Premiere Slated Friday At The
Music Center, Week Of Concerts Set
REVIEW MADE OF
MOZART REQUIEM,
SET THIS SUNDAY
David Glasmire To Be Fea
tured On Trombone With
Symphony Orchestra
ARTISTS LISTED
The Mozart Requiem to be pre
sented at Brevard Music center on
the first program of the “Festival
Week of Music,” August 3 at 4 p.
m., has many legends attached to
it.
It has been the subject of heat
ed controversy in the musical world
for many years. Among the many
things that musicologists find fas
cinating in this solemn masterpiece
is the solo usually played by the
trombone.
The original score ^designated
this solo for the baritone horn, and
that is the way it will be heard at
Brevard.
James Christian Pfohl and Da
vid S. Glasmire. trombonist with
the Orchestra of the Faculty and
Staff, were in complete agree
ment that this is the instrument
that should be used.
The exquisite solo called “Tuba
Mirum” creates a feeling of great
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BAPTISTS PLAN
ANNUAL SESSION
Two-Day Event Set For Next
Tuesday And Wednesday
At Little Riv., Mid. Fork
The Transylvania Baptist asso
ciation will meet in its annual gen
eral session on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, August 5-6. meeting with
the Little River Baptist church on
Tuesday and with the Middle Fork
Baptist church on Wednesday, it
is announced by LeRoy Rackley,
the association clerk.
Each Baptist church in the Tran
sylvania Baptist association is re
quested to elect their quota of mes
sengers to the association and to
instruct them to be present at 10.00
A. M. on both days.
A special Youth Night program
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Aldermen, Commissioners
Adopt Budgets For '58- '59
The town board of aldermen
and the county board of commis
sioners this week adopted bud
gets for 1958-'59 at special call
meetings.
The budgets had been approv
ed earlier this month and were
open for public inspection for a
period of 21 days.
Both the tax rates, $1.45 for
the towm and $1.55 for the coun
ty. will remain the same.
The budget estimate for the
county for the coming year is
$1,415,661.00, and the estima
Charles Taylor Named Historian Of
State Office Of 4-H At Meeting
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Charles Taylor, long active in 4-H
work in the county, was elected to i
the state office of historian at 4-H
week held last week at N. C. State
college. Raleigh.
This was one of four elective of
fices in the state organization.
Taylor also teamed with Melvin
Merrill to win second place in the
Poultry Production for the state
contest.
Winning first place in their
Farmers Cooperative demonstra
tion were Taylor and Floyd McCall.
Judy Mims won third place in the !
state health contest.
The Transylvania delegation was I
accompanied to 4-H week by Miss j
Anne Benson Priest, home agent,
and Bill Garmon, assistant county
agent. They both expressed pleas
ure over the showing that the Tran
sylvania delegation showed, and
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CHARLES TAYLOR j
ted valuation is 24 million.
The budget for the town of
Brevard totals $204,029.79, and
the valuation of the town is over
five million dollars.
Both the town and the county
ended the past year “in the
black ’, with all bills paid.
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This week the weather was av
erage for the season, with fairly
high daily readings, and fairly cool
er evenings. Total rainfall for this
week, was only .53 of an inch. Daily
readings are as follows.
High Low
80
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
78
84
85
86
89
86
62
63
59
63
65
66
64
Pre.
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.34
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.03
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Negro Is Fatally
Shot On Tuesday
Annie Norman, colored, is be
ing held in the county jail with
out bond in connection with the
fatal shooting of Willie Wesley
Stokes Tuesday afternoon.
According to Chief of Police
Paul Fisher, the shooting occur
red at the Norman home about
1:30 o’clock, and Stokes died at
3:00 p. m. He was shot one time
with a .32 calibre pictol in the
stomach.
The police chief quoted the wo
man as saying she shot Stokes ac
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CONCERT STARS to appear at the Brevard Music
center this week end and during the festival “week of
music” are pictured above. At the left are Perry and
Phyllis Daniels, who will sing the leading roles Friday
night in the world premiere of “Homer in Cuernavaca”.
Mr. Daniels is dean of boys at the Transylvania Music
camp. At the top right is Lome Monroe, first cellist with
the Philadelphia symphony, who will be featured on
August Sth with the Festival Symphony orchestra. At
the bottom is James Christian Pfohl, the music director.
"Jaycee Jollies" Show Will Be
Presented Friday And Saturday
A & B BATTERIES
LEAVE FOR CAMP
SUNDAY MORNING
Two-Weeks’ Training Ses
sion Slated At Fort Jack
son. Groups Listed
Local members of Batteries A
and B of the 316th Field Artillery
battalion will leave Sunday, August
3, for two weeks of training at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
Battery A, commanded by First
Lt. John K. Jolliff, of Enka, has
three officers and 16 enlisted men
from Brevard and the surrounding
communities.
Battery B, commanded by First
Lt. Jack C. Webb, of Asheville, has
three officers and 18 enlisted men.
Battery B has seven men who
have participated in eight consec
utive summer encampments. They
are Lt. Webb, M-Sgt. Charles B.
Disher, M-Sgt. Joseph E. Whit
mire. SFC Guy L. Bryson, SFC
James 0. McCall, SFC George M.
Summey and Sgt. John T. Flynn.
Members of A Battery and their
ranks are as follows:
Lt. Jolliff, First Lt. James Lor
ick. First Lt. John Woodhouse, Sec
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Event Is Planned In The Bre
vard High School Audi
torium. Cast Given
The Brevard Junior Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring their an
nual “Jayeee Jollies” at the Bre
vard high school auditorium this
Friday and Saturday evenings at
8:00 o’clock. Tickets are available
from all local Jaycees.
The theme of this year’s pro-,
duction is patterned after several
of the big network television shows,
including the Bob Cummings show
and the Perry Como show.
Practices have been held for sev
eral weeks in preparation for the
initial performance on Friday
night. Many local citizens and or
ganizations have been very gener
ous in giving their time and talent
to help the Jaycees this year.
The first act of the Jollies, based
on the Bob Cummings Show, con
cerns the events surrounding a vis
it by Grampa Collins to Hollywood.
The local version of the usual mod
els are on hand to add spice to the
mixed-up situation that develops
when Bob reprimands Gramps for
taking his girl friends.
Bob’s sister, Margaret, holds the
key to the solution of Bob’s prob
lems. but she fails to do more
than add to his misery as the cur
tain closes.
The cast includes Pat Fuleihan
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Program Highlights
Weather News Is One Of WPNF’s
Most Popular Programs Each Day
To keep Transylvanians inform
ed on the latest local and national
weather conditions, WPNF pre
sents twice daily a complete, five
minute word picture of the weather
summary as reported by the Asso
ciated Press and the United States
Weather bureau.
The local radio station is also the
official weather station for Tran
sylvania, with Bobby Hoyle, the sta
tion manager, in charge.
WPNF’s announcers throughout
the day tell their listeners of im
portant changes, plus the present
temperature.
The first official summary of the
day is at 8:15 o'clock each morn
ing. and the afternoon round-up is
made at 6:15 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday. Carolina
News; Friday. Carolina News;
Wednesday, Home Demonstration
agent.
On the Civic hour, the following
will be heard: Friday, Elks; Mon
day, DAR; Wednesday, Wednesday
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MANY EXPECTED,
NOTED COMPOSER
WILL VISIT HERE
Review Of Programs This
Week End Is Made. Back*
ground Of Artists Given
TICKETS AVAILABLE
A world premiere, a noted young
violinist and an outstanding tenor
are on the concert program for mu
sic lovers at Brevard Music center,
Friday and Saturday nights, August
1st and 2nd.
On Friday night’s program, Joan
Field, violinist, will be presented.
Miss Field, one of America’s illus
trious violinists, makes her home
in Florida. She has appeared many
times in recital in New York’s Car
negie and Town Halls and has been
heard with major symphony orch
estras throughout the land, includ
ing the New York Philharmonic,
Detroit, St. Louis and Miami Sym
phonies. Among her distinguished
teachers was the great Albert
Spalding, who took her to Europe.
While in Paris, she studied with
Jacques Thibaud and Georges
Enesco. Miss Field will appear with
the Orchestra of the Faculty and
Staff.
Also on Friday night, “Homer in
Cuernavaca.” a symphony for or
chestra and two solo voices by
Serge Saxe, will be heard for the
first time since its composition un
der the direction of James Chris
tian Pfohl. with the Orchestra of
the Faculty and Staff and featuring
Phyllis and Perry Daniels, soprano
and baritone. The t^xt for this
work, chosen by Mr. Sale, is a cy
cle of sonnets by Alfonso Reyes,
outstanding poet, philosopher, and
essayist of Mexico, who is consid
ered the outstanding man of let
ters in the Spanish-speaking world
today. He was an official candidate
for the Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1956. The sonnets are based on
Hamer’s Iliad interpreted in the
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UF COMMITTEE TO
REVIEW BUDGETS
Participating Agencies Ask
ed To Submit ’58 Requests
By August 10th
The admissions and budget com
mittee of the Transylvania county
United Fund will meet in August
for the purpose of reviewing rise
budgets of the participating agen
cies, which received funds this year
and to review the applications of
new agencies desiring to join, said
Don Jenkins, chairman of the com
mittee. The following worthwhile
organizations participated in the
1958 campaign: Boy Scouts, Tran
sylvania hospital, Associated Char
ities. Teen Age Center, Mary C.
Jenkins Community Center, Girl
Scouts, Cerebral Palsy, Red Cross,
Salvation army, Blind Fund (Lions
Club), and Carolinas United. These
agencies must have their reports Ik
by August 10th.
It is planned by the officers a£
the local United Fund to again
hold the campaign this October.
Communities all over the country
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ASC Chairman
Urges Farmers
Join Program
Transylvania county farmers who
make full use of the 1958 Agricul
tural Conservation program to con
trol erosion and to stockpile soil
reserves will make a substantial
contribution to the nation s future
security and welhbeing.
Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman
of the Transylvania county ASC
committee, points out that soils
have to be kept in condition to re
spond when the need arises. “Land
that has been overworked and un
derfed is unable to respond when
it is needed.
“Although there is no need now
to increase the acreage of certain
crops, there is a definite need to
take advantage of this favorable
food situation to continue stock
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