TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricultural
and Muaic Center. Popula
tion, 1860 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Voi. 69 — No. 36
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1958 * 18 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL OFFICIALS having prin
cipal roles in the opening of Transyl
vania’s schools this week are pictured
above at the principals and teachers
meeting on Monday in the Brevard high
school auditorium. At the left is Robert
T. Kimzey, principal of district one, and
Jerry Rice, county school supervisor, is
next in line, looking at the outline of the
program with Supt. Wayne Bradburn,
who delivered the main address. E. F.
Tilson, principal of district two, can be
seen behind them, and at the right is
Mrs. Thelma Ferguson, president of the
local unit of the North Carolina Educa
tion association. (Times Staff Photo)
College Preparing For Opening Of
New Year. Facilities Are Expanded
McLarty Sftys Institution In
Better Position Than Many
Other Schools
BY STAFF WRITER
Recent expansion of facilities at
Brevard College means that Bre
vard Colk.-<• is better prepared for
increased enrollments than many
oiher colleges, according to Presi
dent Emmett K McLarty.
In the last two vears. Brevard
College has opened a new wing to
the women's dormitory with space
for 10(i students, and a new men's
i dormitory with space for 100 stu
dents.
With the increasing interest in
engineering and science, which
seems to appeal mostly to men. the
space in the men’s dormitories is
this year coming to be at a pre
mium.
Enrollment of women has in
creased, loo, but there are still fa
cilities for 50 young women. The
Annabel Jones Hall, the new dor
mitory for women, named in hon
or of the wife of the chairman of
the board of trustees, is one of the
most beautiful and modern dormi
tories to be found in the south, Dr.
McLarty explains. A spacious, beau
tifully furnished foyer, with a func
tionally designed fireplace at one
side, and a recreation hall furnish
facilities for social occasions.
A kitchen adjoining the foyer en
ables the young women to prepare
refreshments for parties and get
togethers. The new wing of the
dormitory has suite arrangements
of tw0 rooms each, with commodi
ous closet and bathroom facilities
for each suite. Lovely natural
wood furnishings, and varied color
schemes make the rooms most at
tractive.
Brevard College is fully accred
ited and, with its high standards of
admission and academic work be
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 4 — Presbyter
ian and Methodist women’s circles
meet. VFW auxiliary picnic at
Camp Straus, 6:30 p. m. Episcopal
women meet in parish house, 8 p.
m.
Friday. Sept, 5 — Aee of Clubs
meets at 7:45 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 7 — Attend the
church of your choice. Special
choir service at 7:30 p. m., Brevard
Methodist church.
Monday. Sept. 8 — School of Al
cohol begins at Brevard college.
DAR meets with Mrs. Charles New
land, 3 p. m. Rotary club meets at
Gaither’s. 7 p. m. Town board of
aldermen meet at city hall, 7:30
p m.
Tuesday. Sept. 9 — Fidelis class
meets with Mrs. Judson McCrary,
8 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10 — Repub
lican dinner at the Masonic tem
ple, 7 p. m.
N’T'
Many To Attend •
School On Alcohol Studies To
Open On Monday At The College
A School of Alcohol Studies.
| sponsored by the Western N. C.
Conference Board of Temperance.
| < pens Monday at Brevard College.
! according to Rev. Ray Swink. the
' director.
The purpose of the school is to
train resource persons for district
and local church activities, to pro
; vide an opportunity for exchange
I of ideas on this major social issue
and to develop new techniques in
handling current temperance prob
lems.
Resource personnel in the school
will be as follows: Dr. O. Floyd
Feely. Jr., instructor in Psychology
City Fathers Hold
September Meeting
The Brevard board of alderman
meeting, postponed from Monday
night until Tuesday, because of
Labor Day was uneventful with
little business to come before the
board.
A group of citizens appeared to
complain about the loud sounding
of horns at the drive-ins late at
night. The board agreed to appeal
to the drive-in owners to put up
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."f Pastoral counseling, Candler
School of Theology, Emory univer
sity: the Rev. Leon C. Matthis,
chairman, Texas Conference Board
of Temperance. Dr. A. L, Laczko,
Chief of Male service, State hospi
tal. Raleigh; the Rev. Wayne Wo
mer. executive secretary of the
Virginia Church Temperance coun
cil: the Rev. Robert L. Wilcox,
chairman of Holston Conference
Board of Temperance: William B.
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Increased Enrollment Reported As
Transylvania Schools Begin Year
BRADBURNTALKS
ON EDUCATION AT
MEETING MONDAY
Progressive Changes Made
In Curriculums, Supervis
or Tells Group
SUPT. QUOTED
As a forerunner to the opening
of schools for the 1958-’59 term,
Supt. Wayne Bradburn delivered
ar inspiring message on the im
portance of education and the role
of the teachers at the annual meet
ing of principals and teachers in
the Brevard high school auditor
ium.
Mr. Bradburn described educa
te n as the salvation to modern so
ciety.
“Education makes people easy to
lead, but difficult to drive. Easy to
govern, but impossible to enslave,”
he declared.
He urged the teachers to make
the educational process interest
ing. rich and difficult.
He continued by asking the tea
chers to unsettle the minds of the
students through Gdhcation, which
also widens their horizons, in
flames their intellect and teaches
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Routine Matters
Are Discussed By
The County Board
The Transylvania county board
of commissioners diseased sever
1 routine business mWters at the
regular September meeting Tues
day morning at the court house.
The board accepted, with regrets,
the resignation of Bill Garmon, as
sistant county agent. Mr. Garmon
has entered Clemson college, where
he will work on his master’s de
gree.
Mark Osborne and Walter Hart
appeared before the board in re
gards to a plumbing code for the
county, similar to that of the town
of Brevard. The county attorney
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Patrolman Warns Against
Passing Of School Buses
Patrolman Jack Cabe today
warns Transylvania motorists
that it is against the law to pass
a stopped school bus while it is
receiving or discharging school
students.
The law specifically says that
vehicles approaching in any di
rection must stop. Persons vio
lating this law can be fined not
to exceed $50, or imprisoned not
to exceed 30 days.
Since school opened on Tues
day, Patrolman Cabe says that
many motorists have not heeded
this law, particularly on the new
four-lane highway from Pisgah
Forest into Brevard.
‘‘The law applies to a four
lane highway just as it does to
a dual one,” Patrolman Cabe
points out.
He concluded by saying: “Do
not pass a school bus when the
stop sign is out!”
PATROLMAN JACK CABE is pictured above in
specting the practically demolished car of Ben Bolt,
of Lake Toxaway, which overturned last Saturday night
on the Old Toxaway road. The accident was the only
one in Transylvania over the Labor day week end, and
Mr. Bolt escaped with slight injuries.
(Times Staff Photo)
Labor Day Week End Quietly
Observed In Town And County
ANNUAL FISHER
REUNION IS SET
THIS SATURDAY
Program Will Begin At 10
O’Clock In The Morning.
Lunch On Grounds
The annual Fisher reunion will
jbe held Saturday beginning at
10 a. m., at the Lake Toxaway Bapt
ist church, it is announced today.
A picnic lunch will be spread on
the grounds at 12:30 o’clock, and
all persons attending are urged
to bring well-filled baskets.
Hundreds and hundreds of rela
tives and friends of the Fisher
clan attend this event eaCh year.
Speaker this year will be Rev.
Marvin Murphee, former pastor at
the Lake Toxaway church. There
will be special music*
Roy Fisher is the president of
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BREVARD GIRLS added a spark of beauty to the
North Carolina Variety Vacationland float in the Apple
Festival parade in Hendersonville on Monday. The Bre
vard high school band also made a big hit with the thou
sands of persons viewing the impressive parade. Local
girls, reading clockwise, are: Brenda Gardner, Nita
Pearce, Bette Vaughn (in the Queen’s seat) and Gloria
Shook. (Times Staff Photo)
One Highway Accident Re
ported. Brevard Band
Makes Hit, H’ville
The Labor Day week end was
quietly observed in Transylvania,
with all stores being closed, as well
as town and county offices.
According to the Highway patrol,
only one accident was reported on
the highways of the county.
A record number of visitors was
noted in the community, and the
recreational areas of the Pisgah
national forest were filled to over
flowing.
Many Transylvanians attended
the Apple Festival parade in Hen
dersonville Monday afternoon, and
the Brevard high school band,
dressed in new uniforms, complete
with Bermuda shorts, made a big
hit with the crowd.
Patrolman Jack Cabe reported
that a convertible, driven by Ben
Bolt, of Lake Toxaway, overturned
Saturday night on the Old Toxaway
road. The car was practically de
molished, and the driver suffered
minor injuries.
Among the local persons attend
ing the Southern 500 race at Dar
lington Monday were Mr. and Mrs.
Few Lyda, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Mitchell, Bill McKelvin, Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Cassell and son and
Marty Osborne.
TOTAL ATTENDING
FIRST DAY 3,952,
3,902 LAST YEAR
Biggest Gain Said At Bre
vard High School. Other
Figures Given
CAFETERIAS OBEN
Transylvania’s schools opened
on schedule this week, and g full
day of activities began on Wed
nesday.
An increase in total enrollment
was noted over last year’s opening,
and the largest number o£ students
in history was reported at Brevard
high school. ~{
According to district principal,
Robert Kimzey, the number of stu
dents attending on Wednesday
morning was 727.
Total enrollment in the Transyl
vania school system was reported
by Supt. Wayne Bradhurn as be
ing 3,952. Last year the schools
opened with 3,902 students.
Supt. Bradburn expects the to
tal figure to approach 4,000 during
the next few days.
The enrollment at the other
schools was: Penrose—317; Straus
—391; Rosman elementary—502;
Rosman high — 277; T. C. Hender
son — 216; Brevard elementary'—
1,017; Pisgah Forest—289; and
Rosenwald — 216.
In addition to Brevard high, oth
er schools reporting a sizeable in
oease in enrollment included Ros
nan high school. Brevard ele
mentary and Rosenwald, Mr Brad
burn stated.
Stuclents went to school for a
hr 11 day on Tuesday, and cafeterias
opened on Wednesday.
Mr. Bradburn was high in his
P'-aise of the teachers and princi
pals on Wednesday for handling of
the opening of school so smooth
ly.
“Parents can rest assured that
their children are receiving the
best of care and treatment at our
schools,” he declared.
SAMS TO SPEAK
AT GOP BANQUET
Candidate For Congress Will
Be Heard Next Wednesday
In Masonic Temple
Harold Sams, of Asheville, the
Republican candidate for congress
from the 12th congressional dis
trict, will be the principal speak
er at the county-wide dinner meek
ing of Republicans in Transyhnt
nia county on Wednesday evening.
Sept. 10th, at 7:00 o’clock in the
Masonic temple.
The dinner is being sponsored by
the Transylvania county Young
Republicans club.
Gerald Owen is in charge of
ticket sales, and he can be reached
at 2-5511 during Jhe day or at
3-4231 at night.
All Republicans in the county
are invited and urged to attend the
banquet.
Program Highlights
WPNF Will Broadcast Play-By-Play
Action Of High School Grid Games
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Court Of Honor Is
Slated Thursday
A quarterly Boy Scout court of
honor for the Transylvania district
will be held at Carr’s Hill Baptist
church on the Greenville highway
on Thursday, September 4, at 7:30
p. m.
Duncan Hunter, chairman of ad
vancement for the Transylvania
district, urges all Scoutmasters and
troop committee chairmen who
have recently had their own courts
of honor to report advancements
and merit badge awards to him pri
or to the Court of Honor so these
may also be recognized.
Hugh McPherson, field Scout ex
—'Ita» to Pace Tea
WPNF will again bring play-by
play description of the Brevard
high school football games, direct
from the playing fields, Bobby
Hoyle, station manager announces.
The opening game this Friday
night with Reynolds will begin at
8 o’clock, and all persons unable
to attend the game are urged to
tune in the broadcast, which will
be sponsored by Houston Furniture
Company and the Olin Mathieson
Chemical Corporation. Play-by-play
will be conducted by A1 Martin,
program director of WPNF, and
statistics and color to be handled
by Baxter Morris, chief engineer.
Mr. Hoyle also urges all listeners
to hear warm-up time, prior to the
start of each game, presented by
Red Diamond Service Station, and
Pearlman’s.