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
TRANSYLV ANIA—
Hie Land o< Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisflafe Ra
tional Forest and Homs of
Brevard Music Festival.
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BREVARD, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1958 * 16 PAGES TODAY *
Vol. 69 — No. 33
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HOKE SLOAN, left, former tennis
coach at Clemson college for 27 years, is
the new director of Camp Carolina, suc
ceeding Leonard W. Dick, Jr., right. Mr.
Dick, who is director of athletics and
teacln r of English at Wood berry Forest
sehoo.1. an institution he has served for !
the past 34 years, will take an inactive
part in camp life. Mr. Sloan has been con
nected with Camp Carolina for the past
16 years, and Dr. Richard R. Bernard
will continue as associate director.
(Times Staff Photo)
Transylvania Health Department
Moves To New Quarters This Week
Regular Clinic Will Be Held
At Modern Building Fri
day Next To WPNF
The Transylvania Health depart
ment !hi< week moved into new
quarters adjacent to WPNF and
the regular clinic will be he’d on
Friday in the building.
Tht' new building was construc
ted at a cost of some $29,000 and L.
E. Bagwell was the general con
tractor.
The modern structure was de
signed by McDonald and Daniels,
architects.
Although as Mrs. Jessie Lollie,
the health nurse pointed out. much
Of the equipment has yet to come.
The new X-ray machine has arrived
but it has not been set up. Mean
while. the office is open Monday
through Thursday from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m.. and the clinic hours on
Friday are 8:30 until 4.30.
In addition to the facilities of the
building and the new equipment.
Mr^ Lollis points out that the in
crease of parking should make the
oil ice available to more people. A
large graveled parking lot is loca
ted to the rear of the building.
“Since Transylvania's first
health department was set up in
July, 1937. it has suffered from
cramped quarters,” Mrs. Lollis
said.
The new building includes a
large reception area, offices for
the health director, health nurse,
sanitarian, two examining rooms
complete with X-ray and labora
tory. and toilet facilities.
Open house and dedication of
the structure will be held at a la
ter date to be announced. Mrs. Lol
lis points out they want to get their
new equipment installed so that
the public may see the facilities
complete.
Acting health director is now
T>r John R Folger. with Mrs. Lol
lis the nurse. Walter F. Hart, sen
ior sanitarian and Mrs. Lily Mae
Yv'hite. receptionist-clerk.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Aug. 14 — Masonic
meeting in the Temple. 8 o'clock.
Friday. Aug. 15 — Kiwanis club
to meet at Gaither's, 7 p. m. Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Concert at
Frances Clark piano workshop. Bre
vard college auditorium. 8 p. m.
Saturday. Aug. 16 — All-Star Lit
tle League ball game at college
field. 4 p. m. Transylvania Histori
cal association meets in court
house. 7:30 p. m.
Sunday. Aug. 17 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday. Aug. 18 — Rotary club
meets at Gaither's, 7 p. m.
Tuesday. Aug. 19 — Ace of clubs
meets at 7:30 p. m. Eastern Star
meets in Masonic temple, 8 p. m.
Successful Season
All Transylvania Organized
Summer Camps Now Closing
Transylvania's outstanding or-1
ganized summer camps are closing
after a highly successful 58 sea
son.
Several of the camps arc plan- j
ning post-season sessions, and the |
American Red Cross Aquatic j
school, which is held twice each j
summer at Camp Carolina, opened j
yesterday.
The first session in June was1
most successful, and another ca
pacity enrollment is reported.
Mitchell Kirkland, American
Red Cross field representative, is
directing activities, with a staff of
15 persons assisting.
Classes in all types of lifesav
ing and water safety are taught to
men and women from throughout
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Brevard had ideal summer wea
ther for the past week. High tem
peratures were in the 80 s and the
low reading for the week was 60
on Friday night. However, there
was 1.13 inches of precipitation re
corded. Daily readings are as fol
lows:
The Weather
s
:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Pre.
82 64 0
85 63 .05
86 60 .78
84 61 .01
84 63 .03
85 63 .26
83 66 0
the southeast.
Transylvania county is recog
nized as a “meeca for summer
camps ', and during recent years,
a new camp or two has opened.
The unique Transylvania Music
camp closed on Sunday, with more
than 1.000 persons attending the
final concert of the festival “week
of music".
Practically all other camps in the
county are closing their regular
sessions this week and next. Camp
Cherryfield will continue through
September 6 and Rockbrook will
hold a family camping session from
August 23 through September 2.
Little River Community Hit By Hail
And Wind Storm, Damages $40,000
COMMERCE BODY
TAKING ACTION
New Advertising Folders
Being; Ordered. Clean-Up
Drive Urged
New advertising folders will be
secured immediately by the Bre
! vai chamber of commerce, it was
| decided at a meeting of the direc
tors here Tuesday night, and the
committee of John Anderson, Char
les Russell, Bobby Hoyle and C.
M. Douglas was asked to secure the
folders, making such corrections
and changes as deemed worth
while.
it was pointed out that ample
supply of the area" folders for use
on Blue Ridge Parkway, and the
| "home seekers'’ brochure are on
hand, but that increased calls for
the mail-awav advertising litera
ture had about exhausted the sup
ply.
A variety of matters pertaining
to the community were discussed
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CONCERT FRIDAY
TO END WORKSHOP
Brilliant Young Piano Team
To Be Heard In College
Campus Auditorium
As a special feature of the fifth
annual Frances Clark Piano work
- hop taking place on the Brevard
' ollege campus this week, the fin
al faculty piano recital on Friday
evening will be open to the general
public without charge.
The program begins at 8:00 o'
clock in the campus center auditor
ium.
Featured artists are Miss Martha
Braden and Miss Doris Martin,
brilliant young two-piano team who
have appeared previously at the
Brevard workshops. Their program
Friday evening will include both
solos and two piano numbers.
Miss Braden will present four
Scarlatti Sonatas and a contempor
ary suite “A Child's Picture Book”
by LaMontaine. Miss Martin's solos
include a group of seven two-part
Inventions by Bach and the Mendel
ssohn "Rondo Capriccioso," Op. 14.
Their two-piano selections include
the Sonata for Tw0 Pianos. K. 448
by Mozart and the Sonata for Two
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UFDirectors Name Head,
Campaign Set In October
Frank L. Yarbrough, manager
of the Brevard branch of Duke
Power company, has been named
campaign chairman of the 1958
'59 United Fund campaign.
The announcement was made
at a luncheon meeting Wednes
day of the board of directors of
the UF in Transylvania county.
The meeting was held in Gaith
er's Rhododendron room, and the
directors also decided to have the
1958- 59 campaign in October,
which time coincides with neigh
boring drives.
The treasurer's report was
made to the board by Melvin Gil
lespie. and C. M. Douglas, the
secretary, also reported.
More Than 1,000 Attend Final
Concert Of Festival Of Music
The Brevard Music center closed
its festival week of music Sunday
with a packed audience of approxi
mately 1.000 persons to hear Pi
anist Ruth Slenczynska.
Latecomers were turned back at
the outer gate of the mountainside
music camp, but those wh0 heard
the concert were well rewarded.
She opened with the Chopin
“Concerto No. 2 For Piano and Or
chestra" and closed with the color
ful and delicate “Rhapsody On A
Theme Of Paganini,” by Rach
maninoff. The audience gave her a
standing ovation.
1 The Transylvania Symphony Or
chestra, under the direction of
James Christian Pfohl, contributed
the “Magic Fair’’ of Carlos Furin
ach. a contemporary Spanish com
poser. who sent a telegram of ap
preciation to Dr. Pfohl from New
York, his current residence. The
concert ended with the Brahms
“Academic Festival Overture.“
Miss Slenezynska told those who
came to congratulate her that she
owed more than just the opportun
ity to appear here to the people of
Brevard.
Although she arrived on Friday,
only one of her two pieces of lug
gage caught up with her late Satur
day, and the missing piece contain
ed her concert dress.
Chairman Yarbrough told the
directors that the United Fund is
meeting all of its obligations and
he expressed appreciation to all
persons who are giving their
“fair share" through the UF.
President Wayne Bradburn
was unable to attend the meeting
because of pressing school duties
and the annual school superin
tendents meeting at Mars Hall.
James M. Wulpi. executive di
rector, outlined an amendment
that would require institutional
i members of the local organiza
tion to furnish a report of expen
ditures to the budget committee.
Mr. Wulpi also explained the
importance of the various agen
cies served by the United Fund
in furnishing the publicity direc
tor with reports on their work.
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 "Wednes
day. Nov. 26th for the Thanksgiv
ing holidays, and will reopen on
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NEWLY ELECTED officers of the Transylvania Bap
tist association are pictured above following their elec
tion last week at the annual meeting. Seated is the new
moderator, Rev. Harold Killian, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, of Brevard. Standing at the left is the new
clerk, Rev. Marvin W. Murphree, who is pastor of the
Zion Baptist church at Rosman and also the Mt. Moriah
Calvert church. At the right is the vice moderator, Rev.
Jarvis Brock, the pastor of the Little River Baptist
church. (Times Staff Photo)
Rev. Harold Killian Is New
Moderator Of Baptist Group
FRANK L. YARBROUGH,
manager of the Brevard branch
of Duke Power company, has
been appointed campaign direc
tor of the 1958’59 United Fund
drive in Transylvania county.
The announcement was made at
noon Wednesday at the quarterly
meeting of the board of directors,
and the campaign will begin on
October 9th.
I
Officers Are Elected At An
nual Session. Said High
ly Successful
Rev. Harold Killian, pastor of
the First Baptist church, of Bre
vard, was elected as the new mod
erator of the Transylvania Bap
tist association at the annual meet
ing.
Mr. Killian succeeds Rev. George
Julian.
Election of new officers climax
ed the annual session, which were
held at the Little River Baptist
church and at the Middle Fork
church.
Rev. Jarvis Brock, pastor of the
Little River church, wras elected
vice moderator and Rev. Marvin
Murphree was named clerk. Other
new officers are as follows: Treas
urer. Miss Ruth Shipman: Sunday
School Supt., Rev. Kadez Wilde;
DVBS Supt., Mrs. J. Arthur Harris,
BTXJ director, Ruel Whitmire; Bro
therhood director, Rev. J. D. Brog
don; WMS President, Mrs. Alcovia
McCall; Music director, Fred Kil
strom; Parliamentarian, Rev. John
A. Cox and historian, Rev. S. B.
McCall.
Program Highlights
Important News Developments Are
Heard As They Happen Over WPNF
Because of the great interest in
world affairs brought on by the
sending of United States Armed
Forces to the middle east. WPNF
is expanding its news services to
its listeners in order that they
might keep up with the very lat
est developments. Effective Mon
day. August 18th. WPNF will
broadcast a brief summary of news
each hour. Monday through Fri
day. Although the week end sched
ule will not call for a summary ev
ery hour, more news summaries
will be heard.
At 8:00 o’clock each morning,
WPNF informs its listeners of all
the happenings at home and
abroad, and another 15 minute
news summary is heard at 6:00 o’
clock each evening.
The first portion of it concerns
local happenings as reported by
the staff of the Transylvania Times
and the radio station. This is fol
lowed by a five minutes of world
news.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Rosman home
ec dept.; Friday, station program;
Monday, county agent’s office;
Tuesday. Rosman vo-ag dept.; Wed
nesday, Home demonstration ag
ent.
On the Civic hour, the following
will be heard: Friday, Kiwanis
club; Monday, Hospital auxiliary;
Wednesday, Brevard garden club.
The Rev. W. A. Kerr, pastor of
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CORN, TOBACCO
AND BEAN CROPS
ARE HARDEST HIT
Survey Is Made By County
Agent. List Of Farms I&
Given
PATH OUTLINED
a termic hail and wind storm
hit a wide section of the Little Riv
er community last Friday after
noon, doing an estimated daunage
cf over $40,000 to the corn, tobacco
and bean crops.
Accompanied by a heavy, wash
ing rain, the storm covered an area
approximately two miles in length
and one mile wide.
The path of the storm was from
a point near the Freeman Nichol
son farm up the beautiful Little
River Valley for a distance of ap
proximately two miles.
According to James Davis, the
ccunty agent, the corn crop was
hil the hardest. Some 400 acres
suffered from one half to a total
loss.
Approximately 12 acres of bur
ley tobacco were “laid low’', and
the yield of nearly 25 acres ot bear,
was cut from 25 to 50 percent, he
states.
The Little River section of the
county was the only part of Trar,
sylvania hit by the storm. However
a heavy rainfall was recorded ll
most of the area.
Among the farms hit by the
storm were: Virgil Merrill, John
Merrill, Ed Mackey', Wade MernL'.
Otis Mer'j). T. C. Henderson. Ossie
Merrill. AT. C. Shipman. E. W. Med
ford. Morris Hawkins, Vernon Gos
nell, Earl Frady, Albert MerriP
and G. G. Merrill.
The garage of Earl Frady was
also damaged by the high wind, and
a top of a barn in the community
was blown off.
As far as it could be ascertained,
only one farm in the community
was covered with hail insurance.
ALDERMEN HAVE
A BUSY MEETING
; Public Hearing Set For Sep
| tember 1st. Other Action
Is Reported
The town board of aldermen hebd
a busy session at its last meeting:
At the request of Frank Moody,
the board will hold a public hearing
at its next meeting on Sept. 1st, to
consider an amendment to the Bre
vard zoning ordinance.
This action, if favorably passed,
would permit Mr. Moody and his as
sociates to operate a funeral home
at the Austin residence on South
Caldwell.
The amendment has been recom
mended by the Brevard planning
board.
The board decided to advertcs*
for bids to repair the sewerage hft
station No. 2. This will be done as
soon as the engineers complete the
specifications for the job.
Mrs. Opal King, the clerk to the
board, reported that the expendi
tures under the Powell bill have
been approved by the State High
way commission.
The 1958-’59 budget has also been
approved, she stated, by the Local
Government commission at Ral
eigh.
The trailer ordinance, as recenth
advertised, was adopted by the
board.
Whitewater Road
Improved Recently
By State Highway
Improvements on the Whitewater
road from US 64 near Oakland t©
the South Carolina line have
made within the past few weeks by
state highway maintenance crews.
The rough stretch from the
bridge over Whitewater river via
the falls proper has been gone over
within the past few days with hea
vy machinery, and work also done
on the ditch lines and fills.