THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Wi n n ing A. B. C. Newspaper
Vol. 69 — No. 40
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LOCAL PERSONS taking part in the
ceremony last Sunday afternoon at the
unveiling of the marker at the “Witness
Tree*’ on the Boylston highway are pic
tured above. This large, 200-year old
white oak is still thriving and was known
for many years as the beginning marker
of the James Hughey land g-ant. At the
left is Eugene Ramsey, who a sisted Mar
tha Lyday. the young lady in :'ront at the
right, with -the unveiling. Others from
left to right are: Mrs. Howard Schmidt,
Mrs. Robert N. Hill, Mrs. C. A. Richard
son, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, who gave
an interesting and informative history
on the program; and. Mrs. Charles L.
Newland, vice regent of the Waightstill
Avery chapter of the DAR. who presid
ed. (Another photo by Austin is carried
on the society page.)
Plans Being Made For Brevard College
Homecoming, Lyceum Series Opens, 22
National Grass Roots Opera
Will Give First Perform
ance. Review Is Made
Homecoming week end has been
set for October llth-12th. and spec
ial activities are being planned for
the returning alumni.
Registration will be held in the
Campus Center building on Satur
day morning and afternoon.
P A general business session has
been planned for 2:00 o'clock on
October 11th. with Dr. Gordon
Graham, of Easley, S. C., president j
of the Alumni association, presid
ing. Other new officers for the
year will be presented, and plans
for the year’s work will be discuss
ed. An amendment to the constitu-|
tion concerning annual dues will
be discussed and a vote will be ta
ken.
Class meetings for the classes of
’58, ’54, 50. ’48, ’46. ’42 and ’38 have
been planned, and newly appointed
class representatives will preside;
at these ^eetings. Former students
of Weaver college, Rutherford col
lege, and Brevard Institute are urg
ed to attend and to assist with plan
ning for the alumni rooms.
Open house will be held in the
dormitories, and alumni will have
opportunity to visit the budd
ies on campus. Exhibits to wel
come the alumni are being planned
i by the various clubs and organiza
tions. An art exhibit is also being
—Turn to Page Seven
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
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Thursday, Oct. 2 — ASC Election
slated. Episcopal guilds and also
the Methodist circles meet. See
stories on society page. Lions and
Kiwanis clubs have joint meeting |
at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m. Brevard
Jayvees play Wavnesville on BHS
jfield. Kick-off at 7:00 p. m.
\ Friday, Oct. 3 — High schools to!
ldjid “Career Day” at First Bap
church.
Sunday, Oct. 5 — Attend the i
church of your choice. B & PW j
■ club members to begin National ob^
servance. Will dedicate sign at 4:30
p. m.j at city limits.
Monday, Oct. 6 — Commissioner j
meet at 10:00 a. m. Rotary club;
meets at 7:00 at Gaither’s. Town
board meeting at 7:30 o’clock. Le
gion post has supper at 6:30. Meet-!
ing at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 7 — Ace of clubs
meets at 7:45 o’clock. Little Thea
tre to select cast at 7:30 o’clock at
the court house. OES meets at Ma
j mic temple at 8:0 p. m.
Wednesday, Oct. 8 — Jaycee
jfeet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m.
Sign Dedication
Brevard B & PW Club Joins
Observance, Events Planned
Brevard Business and Profess
ional women will be celebrating the
National B & PW club week with
various activities from October 5th
through the 11th, Mrs. Opal King,
the president, announces.
Highlighting the observance will
be the dedication of the local club’s
new sign at the entrarice of Bre
vard on the Asheville highway.
The time of the dedication is
set for 4:30 o’clock, with the follow
ing participating on the program:
Mrs. Dorothy Case Mrs. Anna Hol
liday and Mrs. Lucy Deavor.
Immediately fob owing the cere
mony, the president will entertain
with a coffee at her nome on Frank
lin avenue.
The local B & PM club will be
gin the observance on Sunday by
attending the Breve- rd Methodist
church in a body.
A special program v ill be heard
over WPNF on the ^ivic Hour”
on Monday, when m nbers will
Will Mail Out Tax
Statements Monday
Over 7,000 tax statements will
be mailed from the office of tax
collector on Monday for Transyl
vania county, town of Brevard, and
town of Rosman.
Combined statements ai used
for the county and towms, th > cut
ting down by more than 2,0 ) the
pieces of mail to be handler Pay
ment for each of the units are ade
in the county office.
discuss the theme. "Membership in
B & PW clubs’’. The time is 9:30
a. m., and the public is cordially
, invited to listen.
Miss Sanchez Mott, of Black
Mountain, the district director, will
be the guest at the regular October
meeting of the local club in the
Colonial Inn.
To climax the national observ
vance. members of the Brevard
B & PW club will attend the fall
district meeting at High Hampton
Inn on October 12th. The Sylva club
will be the host to the meeting.
Politics "Warming Up" Registrars And
Judges Announced, Books Open Oct. 11
HEALTHCENTER
TO HOLD ‘OPEN
HOUSE’ OCT. 26
Dedication Ceremony Also
Planned. State Officials
To Attend
"Open House” at the new and
modern Transylvania Healtli cen
ter, located adjacent to radio sta
tion WPNF at the entrance of Bre
vard is being planned for October
26th.
The hours will be from 2:00 o'
clock in the afternoon until 5:00 p.
n., and a dedication ceremony will
begin at 3:00 o’clock.
According to Mrs. Jessie Lollis.i
county health nurse, a number of
; state officials will be here to par
ticipate on the program,
j The public will be cordially in-'
| vited to attend the “open house"'
j on the 26th, and to inspect the
beautiful new building, which is
; well equipped with modern facili
1 ties.
The building has been in use
since the middle of August, but
just recently the X-Ray equipment
—Turn to Page Seven
markeTunveTled
AT‘WITNESS TREE’
Officials Of DAR And His
torical Commission Hold
Impressive Ceremony
In an impressive ceremony, a
i marker at the “Witness Tree”, lo
cated on the Boylston highway near
! the entrance of Pisgah National
forest, was unveiled Sunday after
noon. with many celebraties at
tending.
Local and state officials of the
Daughters of the American Revo
! lution participated on the program,
which was highlighted with an in
‘ teresting and factual history of the
i Witness Tree” and other related
events by Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary,
chairman of the Transylvania His
torical commission.
Her talk in its entirety will be
I carried in next week’s issue of The
Transylvania Times.
The dedication of the marker
j was by Mrs. Charles L. Newland,
i vice regent of the Waightstill Av
! cry chapter of the DAR, who pre
—Turn to Page Six
High Schools To Hold
"College Day" Friday
Seniors of Brevard and Rosman
high schools will hold “College
Day” here on Friday.
The first such event was held
last year and proved highly suc
cessful, Supt. Wayne Bradburn re
ports.
The principal speaker of the day
will be W. L. Brinkley, of Duke uni
versity, and Supt. Bradburn will
preside.
Again this year, “College Day”
will be held at the First Baptist
church, and the hours will J)e
from 12:45 o’clock until 3:00 p. m.
Following the general meeting,
representatives from 50 colleges,
universities and hospitals will meet
the seniors who are interested in
specific institutions of higher
learning.
HD Achievement Day A Success,
Contest Winners Are Announced
The annual Home Demonstration
Achievement Day last Thursday in
Transylvania county, which was
held at the Masonic temple, was
said to have been highly successful.
According to Miss Anne Benson
Priest, home agent, the exhibits
were outstanding, especially those
with the United Nations theme.
More than 225 persons were in
attendance at the big Achievement
Day event, and Miss Priest express
ed appreciation to all who help
make the day the success that it
was.
The various winners were as fob
lows:
First blue ribbon — Little River
Second — Homemakers
Third—Dunn’s Rock
Judges were Mrs. Arthur Whit
mire, Rosman; Mrs. Harry. Golder
ej, Cathey’s Creek; Mrs. O. L. Mc
Kelvin and Mrs. James Hawkins, of
Brevard.
Scrapbook winners were:
Pisgah Forest, first;
Little River, second; and,
Lamb’s Creek, third.
The judge was Mrs. Herb G.
Sargeant.
Hostesses were the food leaders.
Although the meeting is held
primarily for the benefit of high
school seniors, any interested par
ents or other individuals are cor
dially invited to attend.
! The invocation on the program
will be by Rev. Harold Killian, of
the First Baptist church.
Smith Joins Staff
At Fish Hatchery
James Paul Smith, a native of
Russellville, Arkansas, has been
employed as fishery aid at the new
federal fish cultural station at
Johns Rock in the Pisgah National
forest.
According to Morris Bryant, Jr.,
hatchery manager, Mr. Smith has
assumed his duties at the David
son River trout rearing station,
which is operated in conjunction
with the Johns Rock hatchery.
Because of his extensive train
ing in sciences related to fishery
v/ork. Mr. Smith will be a valua
ble asset to the staff here, Mr. Bry
ant states. He has attended Arkan
sas Tech, the University of Arkan
sas, and he received his bachelor
of Science degree from Oklahoma
State university at Stillwater, Ok
lahoma.
In addition to his college train
ing, Mr. Smith has served for two
years in the army, during which
time he received training at the
NCO school, Fort Bliss, Texas, the
Nike 1 Guided Missile school, and
the 10 Series, the Engineer school
at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Mr. Smith has been licensed by
the CAA as a private airplane pilot.1
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NEWSPAPER WEEK
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National Newspaper Week Is
Being Observed, Contest To
Be Conducted In High Schools
COLOR NOTED ON
HIGHEST SLOPES
_
Parkway Is Open Each Sun
day. Mt. Pisgah Road Said
To Be Scenic Now
Fall colors arc reported to be
showing on the higher slopes of
Transylvania county, with sour
wood. black gum. some oak and
maple leaves already showing viv
id colors along the Blue Ridge
Parkway and in the southwest sec
tion of Transylvania.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is op
en on Sunday. During the week the
scenic road is closed while contrac
tors complete the repaving and
overlook parking areas.
Effort is being made to have the
drive open continually by Oct. 15,
but this will depend on weather
conditions which will determine
actual opening date during week
days. The Pisgah Motor Road via
Mt. Pisgah from Wagon Road Gap
to Candler has recently been re
paired and is open each day. Much
color is to be noted along this 15
mile stretch.
The Weather
43
Last week end's coastal distur
bance failed to add much change to
Brevard’s weather. Cloudy condi
tions prevailed, but precipitation
was very light. Temperatures have
been unsettled, as the following
d.>ily readings indicate.
High Low
80 ' 56
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
84
83
84
70
68
70
54
57
59
45
39
45
Pre.
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0
0
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Theme This Year Is “Your!
Newspaper . . . Guards
Your Freedom”.
This week National Newspaper
week is being observed in Tran
sylvania county, in North Carolina1
and across the nation.
According to Editor John An
derson. who is also president of
the North Carolina Press associa
tion, it is a time for all readers of
newspapers, and more particular
ly persons who do not read news
papers, to consider the ’58 theme:
“Your Newspaper . . . Guards Yourj
Freedom”.
The overall slogan of National j
Newspaper week is “Your News-!
paper Fights for Your Right to j
Know”.
These words emphasize the role
newspapers play as bearers of
ideas and communicators of infor
mation in today’s complex society.
To Begin Contest
Highlighting the local observ
ance of National Newspaper week,
the Transylvania Times is (in
ducting an essay contest in Bre
vard and Rosman high schools.
The theme of the contest will be
the same as that of the observance,
“Your Newspaper . . . Guards
Your Freedom”, and Editor Ander
son urges all interested students to
submit an essay of not more than
500 words to their English teacher
on or before Friday, October 10th.
First prize in the contest will be
$15.00, second $10.00, and third,
$5.00.
Briefly, in a nutshell, Mr. Ander
son tells of the functions of a news
paper.
“The first obligation of the news
paper is to print the news. The
second is to guide public opinion
by interpretation. The third is to
furnish wholesome entertainment
for readers. The fourth is to be of
service to the community. The fifth
obligation is a very important func
tion financially — to merchandise
goods and services through its ad
vertisements.”
World Series Now Being Heard Over
WPNF, Football Broadcasts Are^ Set
WPNF, Brevard’s independent •
radio station, is carrying the World ‘
Series from the National Broad
casting Company. Thursday’s
broadcast will begin at 1:45 p. m.
No game will be played on Friday,
as the teams take a day off for trav
eling.
Station manager Bobby Hoyle
said yesterday that broadcasting of
the World Series over WPNF was
in line with the station’s policy of
providing the best in entertain
ment for its listeners.
Friday night, WPNF will bring
a play-by-play description of the
Brevard-Erwin game, beginning at
7.55. Also, that same evening the
station will carry the Carolina
Southern California football game,
which begins at 11:15 o’clock.
On Saturday afternoon listeners
are invited to hear the N. C. State
—University of Virginia football
game, starting at 1:15 o’clock from
the Tobacco Sports network.
Another important football pro
gram over WPNF is Sunday morn
ing review of grid games that
were played Saturday night. This
show begins at 9:30 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, soil con
—Turn to Page Six
BOTH PARTIES
BUSY, RALLIES
BEING PLANNED
Local Races And Candidates
Reviewed. Election On
November 4th
LIST IS GIVEN
With the General Election just
more than 30 days away, interest
in politics in Brevard and Transyl
vania county is mounting.
George Shuford, chairman of the
board of elections, today announ
ces the judges and the registrars
for registration and the election.
Actually, registration begins on
Saturday, October 11th, and will
continue for the next two Satur
days, October 18th and 25th.
November 1st is challenge day,
and the General Election will be
held on Tuesday, Nov. 4th.
Already both the Democratic
and the Republican parties have
held meetings in the community,
and October might be termed “ral
ly month” here and across the
state and nation.
Transylvania voters will ballot in
the following local races: Solicitor,
State Senate. House of Representa
tives; sheriff; clerk of court: board
of education, one post; and county
coroner.
In the solicitor’s race, Leonard
Lowe, Democrat, is unopposed.
Running against each other for
state senate are B. W. Thomason,
Democrat, and Eugene King. Sr.,
Republican.
The Democratic incumbent,
James C. ruither, ha.-- as his oppo
sition. Lewis P. Hamlin, in the
house race.
E. V. “Scott” Dillingham, in
cumbent, is being opposed by Riley
A Merrill, Republican.
F. M. McCall, the Democratic in
cumbent, has as his opposition in
the race for clerk of superior
—Turn to Page Seven
DICKBREESE58,
DIES IN FLORIDA
Prominent Newspaperman
Was A Native Of Bre
vard. Career Noted
William Edmond (Dick) Breese,
58, news editor of Pan American
World Airways public relations de
partment and a veteran well-known
Southern newsman, died early
Monday after a courageous two
year fight against cancer at Miami,
Fla.
His news career had spanned the
world from the banks of the Miss
issippi to Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He
was born here in Brevard.
During his 15-year association
with the Memphis Commercial ap
peal, from 1929 to 1944, Mr. Breese
rose from reporter to city editor
and news editor of that influen
tial mid-south daily.
He left the staff of the Tennes
see daily during World War II to
join the Office of War Information,
handling assignments in Washing
ton and Rome, Italy.
From Rome, Breese went to
Belgrade, serving there during
1946 as director of the United
States Information Service and
—Turn to Page Six
Quebec Scout Troop
Being Re-Organized
A large group of interested par
ents met at the T. C. Henderson
school Tuesday evening and laid
plans for reorganizing the scout
troop and setting up a Cub Pack for
boys age eight to 11.
An “area” set-up is planned,
with units at Quebec, Silversteen
and Lake Toxaway communities,
and headquarters to be at the con
solidated school. Meetings are
planned by patrol for the Scouters
in each of the communities and
dens for the cubbers in the three
communities, with a combined
monthly meeting at the school for
advancements and court of honor.
Representing the Transylvania
district at the meeting were C. F.
Moore and C. M. Douglas, with
Hugh McPherson, representing the
Daniel Boone council.