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TRANSYLVANIA The Land of Waterfall*. Mecca for Summer Oamfs. Entrance to Piag&k na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 69 — No. 47 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricultural and Musk Center. Popula tion, I960 Census, 15,821. Brevard Community 7,304. Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 * 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY PAT FULEIHAN, director of the Bre vard Little Theatre’s production, “At War With the Army”, which will be pre sented at Brevard college in the campus center building on Friday and Saturday nights, is shown above going over the script with three of the stars in the hilar ious farce. Flanking Steve Thomas, the hero in the show, is Gloria Sanders, left, and Gail Bonnell, right. Prior to the pres i entation of the comedy the Brevard civic orchestra will play “The Merry Wives of Windsor”. (Times Staff Photo) Good Response Noted In Campaign For Colleges, Final Drive Sunday Goal Is $3,000,000. Some $2, 225,000 Reported Pledg ed Or Given Local Methodists were notified today b\ Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, of Charlotte, that S2.255.000 has al ready been pledged by the 1.100 churches of the Western North Car olina conference of the Methodist church in their campaign for Chris tian higher education. The remainder of the $3,000,000 goal is expected to be pledged by Sunday. November 23. which has been designated as Thanksgiving Sunday. Sharing in these capital funds will be Brevard college, Greens boro college. High Point college. Duke Divinity school and the Wes ley Foundations of the University of North Carolina, Western Caro lina College and Appalachian State Teachers college. In a message to Methodists of Buncombe. Henderson, Transylva nia. Polk. Madison, and Yancey counties. Bishop Harmon said: “This campaign can produce a glorious victory as every church in the Western North Carolina con ference accepts its share in the great effort. Continued prayers; generous pledging; and earnest, consecrated work by our Metho dists will bring us victory.” The following local churches are participating in the campaign: Brevard Methodist church; Bre vard circuit — Lake Toxaway, Ros man, Selica, Etow h and Horse Shoe; and. Ecusta circuit — Eng lish chapel and Oak Grove. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Nov. 20th — Basket bull: Brevard college vs. Western Carolina freshmen, 8 p. m. Mason ic district school of instruction at temple, 3 to 6, 7 to 10 p. m. Friday, Nov. 21st — Brevard Little Theatre, College Center Aud itorium. 8:00 p. m. Aee of clubs ^ masterpoint game 7:45 p. m. Tran ™ svlvania Garden club meets with Mrs. Kenneth Barclay, 3:30 p. m. Methodist men’s district meet at Brevard college, 7 p. m. Saturday, Nov. 22nd — Brevard Little Theatre, College Center aud itorium. 8:00 o’clock. Turkey shoots all day at Cathey’s Creek and Pis gah Forest. Sunday, Nov. 23rd — Attend the church of your choice. Teen Age center trustees meet, 2 p. m. Monday. Nov. 24th — Rotary meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Civil court convenes, 10 a. m. Wednesday, Nov. 26th — Thanks giving Union service, First Baptist church, 8:00 o’clock. For Civil Cases Jurors Called For December Term Of Superior Court Here Jurors for the December term of Superior court in Transylvania are announced today by Marvin McCall, the clerk of Superior court. The December term will be for the hearing of civil cases only, and is scheduled for two weeks, begin ning on Monday, December 1st. Judge J. Frank Huskins, of Burns ville, will preside over the court. Jurors called to serve during first week are as follows: Mrs. Harry E. Newland, Ralph D. Galloway, R. H. Orr, Woodrow Hemphill, C. L. Scruggs, Bill Nor ris, Thurman W. King, Lawrence F Dixon, Earl Sorrells. George D. McCormick. W. L. Bishop, Lewis Methodist Men Hold District Meet On Friday The Methodist Men’s club will meet with the Asheville district group on Friday night in the Bre vard college cafeteria for the quar terly session. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 o’clock, and some 150 per sons are expected to attend. Dr. Fletcher Nelson, of Morgan ton, will be the principal speaker, and local lay leaders to appear on the program include Luke Harri son and Gil Coan. The supper will be prepared and served by the ladies of the Metho dist church, under the supervision of Mrs. C. E. Buckner. Moore Kim Bend Road; Rube Mor gan. Holland B. Talley, Jess Smith, George Massey, Mrs. W. O. Mor ns, Ralph K. Petterson, R. C. Ruth erfordton, Lee Edsel Reid, Mrs. Fred Hunter, Mrs. Allison Orr, H. A Spohn, Joe Wright, and Mrs. Wade Seroggs. Second Week Harold R. Sitton, T. H. Houck. Mrs. Harrv Kolman. H. R. Turner, G T. Spicer. William S. White, W. Paul Tindall. J. O. Summey, Trey L. Dills, Ben D. Shiflet, Martha Jen nette Cison, Vann Bryson, K. J. Sentelle, Claude Jones, Wood Pax ton. Robert H. Plummer, Robert J. Nicholson, Verlin H. Owen, Clif ford Raxter, S. H. Morris, A. M. Ream. John B. Guilliams, L. L. Dan iels. Herman Eaker, Frede Sorrells. Deer And Bear Hunters Expecting To Have Better Luck With Colder Weather ‘GO-GETTERS’ OF LEGION WILL GO TO CLEMSON SAT Many Fine Prizes Awarded At Annual Membership Party Last Saturday Some 28 momibers of the “Go Getters” club of the Monroe Wilson post of the American legion will attend the big football game be tween Clemson and Boston Col lege- on Saturday as guests of the local post. This group secured 10 or more memberships prior to the annual party last Saturday night. They will leave from the legion building by bus on Saturday at 10 a. m. The gala party last Saturday night, which included bingo, the awarding of prizes and a dance, was said to have been most suc cessful by Commander David Sams. He expressed appreciation to all persons who helped with arrange ments. and special gratitude was given the press and radio. The prizes and winners of each were as follows: Door prize — Shirley Clark. Coleman stove — Joe Charles Whitmire. .22 Winchester Auto, rifles — —Turn to Page Eight POLICE SET UP TOY WORK SHOP Plea Made For Tricycles, Wagons, Dolls, Etc. Pro ject Underway Members of the Brevard police department are setting up a toy workshop at the city hall. They would appreciate receiving ail types of toys, including tricy cles, wagons, dolls, etc. They will accept them in any condition, and according to Police Chief Paul Fisher, “The more, the better!” The policemen will repair, re paint and do whatever work is nec essary to make the toys like new. Prior to Christmas, they will dis tribute them to many families in the town and county. Persons having used, new or broken toys they’d like to contrib ute to the worthy project are asked to leave them at the city hall. i Patrolmen Begin All-Out Effort To Reduce Accidents Transylvanians highway patrol men, Jack Cabe and Bill Sawyer, are joining with the others across the state in a campaign to reduce traffic accidents. At the present time it appears that the number of fatalities on North Carolina highways in in 1958 will exceed the death toll last year. All leaves of the patrolmen have been cancelled, and various actions are being taken by the pa Thanksgiving Union Service Is Slated At Baptist Church Next Wednesday Rev. Courtney Ross, pastor of the Brevard Methodist church, will deliver the principal message at the Thanksgiving Union service on Wednesday night, Nov. 26th, at the First Baptist church here in Bre vard. Meeting time is set for 8:00 o’clock, and the public is cordial ly invited to attend. The music will be under the di rection of Professor Thomas Cous ins. of the Brevard college music staff. Members of the various choirs of Brevard churches will combine their voices to furnish the special music. Prof. Nelson Adams, head of the college music depart ment. will be at the organ. The offering that will be taken at this special Thanksgiving ser vice will go to the Transylvania Community hospital. The service is being sponscJfed by —Turn to Page Eight REV. COURTNEY ROSS trolmen to reduce accidents. On the highways, on the state roads, on rural lanes, in indus trial areas, near the farms—they began cold war tactics Tuesday to give throttle-happy drivers a lit tle cause for reason. Speed clocks went up through out the region and will rapidly follow in all 22 counties policed by Troop E. Some were manned. Others weren’t. Drivers’ com plaint: You can’t tell the differ ence. Patrol’s answer: That’s the idea. Spot checks broke out around —Turn to Page Four Masons Will Hold District School Here On Thursday The district school of instruction lor the 55th Maspnic district will be held here at the Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge on Thursday, Nov. 20th. The afternoon session will be gin at 3:00 o’clock, and the night session will start at 7:00 o’clock, Clyde C. Summey, the worshipful master, announces. K. L. Barkley, certified lecturer and district deputy grand lecturer of the 55th district, will be in charge of both sessions. Other lodg es in this district besides Dunn’s Rock are: Kedron lodge, Hender sonville; Saluda lodge, Saluda; and, Jeff L. Nelson lodge, Tryon. Mr. Summey urges all officers and members to attend this impor tant meeting. GEN. CURTIS E. LeMAY, elected “Outdoorsman of the Year” by the nation’s outdoor writers, is present ed with a scroll and the 16,000,000th Winchester by John Olin, of Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation. The firearm is a gold and silver inlaid and engraved Model 50 shotgun. Winchester-Western established the annual award in 1954 to encourage more interest in outdoor rec reation and conservation. Brevard Little Theatre And Civic Orchestra To Ctpbine Talents Friday And Saturday CLAUDE FARRELL, of Ral eigh, and director of lay relations of the North Carolina Education association, will be the principal speaker here Thursday after noon, Nov. 20th, at the meeting of the Transylvania unit of the NCEA. Meeting time is 2:30 o’ clock and a large attendance is urged. Mr. Farrell is a former teacher and principal in Surry county. Musical Score To Be Heard Prior To Production Of Military Farce The Brevard Little theatre will present the hilarious military farce, “At War With the Army” on Friday and Saturday nights in the Brevard College Campus center building. Curtain time each night is 8:00 o’clock. In addition to the play, persons attending each night will hear the Brevard Civic orchestra playing the “Merry Wives of Windsor”. The doublebarrel treat of a play by the Little Theatre and musical scores by the civic orchestra proved so popular last year that the two or ganizations decided to give a repeat performance this fall. The stage setting, which is a unique one, was constructed last week end under the supervision of Bob Bolt. The stage is divided into two parts — a typical military com pany day room and an orderly room. The fast pace of the play begins as the curtain opens with a separ ate dialogue under way in each room. From then on the action swings from room to room as the —Tub to Page five Program Highlights WPNFS "Coffee Time” Director To Throw "Spotlite On The Sponsors” A new feature is being added to the Saturday morning Coffee Time program, according to program di rector, A1 Martin. Beginning Satur day, “Spotlite on a Sponsor” will jecome a regular part of the pro gram. Each week, Mr. Martin will interview one of WPNF’s spon gers, discussing their products, ser vices, and the background of their business. This new feature will be insert ad at 10:25 o'clock a. m. each Sat urday morning, and should prove to be an interesting part of the pro gram, Mr. Martin states. Coffee I'ime is presently aired daily from 10 o’clock a. m. until 10:45, and t^ie special hour-long Saturday show be gins at the same time. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour tor the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Brevard Home Ec. department, Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Friday, Carolina news; Monday, county agent’s office; Tuesday, extension forestry, Leon ard Hampton; Wednesday, home demonstration agent. On the Civic hour the following will be heard: Friday, VFW; Mon day, DAR; Wednesday, Kiwanis club. Speaking this week on Morning Devotions is Rev. Jarvis Brock, pas tor of the Little River Baptist church, and Rev. M. M. Armstrong, pastor of Oak Grove and English Chapel Methodist churches, will be heard next week. The Sunday morning church ser vice is being broadcast over the re mote facilities of WPNF from the Wesleyan Methodist church. Rev. W. G. Davidson is pastor. FOUR LOCAL MEN MAKE FINE KILLS EARLY WED’DAY Hunts Will Continue This Week And Next, Except On Sunday DOE EVENT SET Deer and bear hunters in Tran sylvania and throughout Western North Carolina are expecting to have “better luck” with the advent of cold weather, the current fore cast. Short hunting hours as ordered by the North Carolina Wildlife Re sources commission in an effort to cut down confusion on the first two days and the warm weather hamp ered the hunters on the first two days of this week. However, on Wednesday morn ing, some 311 hunters checked in here on Davidson River, and dur ing the early hours, four local hunt ers brought in fine kills. Mack King, age 16, of the East Fork section, bagged an eight-point buck on lower Davidson river at 7:00 o’clock. Ranger Ted Seely reported that 426 hunters checked in at North Mills river by 7:30 o’clock Wed nesday morning and he expected them to have a “good day’7. Jones L. Adams, of Brevard, bagged a “beauty” that weighed 144 pounds and had eight points on the Davidson Wednesday morning, and W. H, Tritt, of Pisgah Forest,, killed a five-pointer about the same time. Another local huntei banging back 2 buck was Jan Qail!»om» j of Brevard. jfcf # The organized hunts will t *n uc the rest of this week and all next week through Nov. 27th. wiih. the exception of Sunday. Doe hunts, by application, are j slated for December 1st and 2nd. j They will be half-day hunts. | Only 37 hunters checked in on ! the Davidson on Monday and 21 ' or Tuesday. BURNING PERMITS MUST BE SECURED Fire Season Has Arrived. Rangers Tell Of Constant Threat Of Blazes The fall fire season is here and state and federal forest rangers urge all Transylvanians to guard against forest fires. A permit is required for the burning of brush within 500 feet of woodlands, except between the hours of 4:00 in the afternoon and midnight. Persons desiring to burn debris in the town of Brevard must call the shortwave radio station over the city hall and receive perama sion. The number is 2-6101. In spite c' the light showers, there is always the threat of for est fires the rangers state. Permits may be secured from the following: Ranger Ted Seely or at the Pisgah National forest office; Buddy Burton, Transylvania ran ger for the state or his fire war dens; the sheriff’s office; the coun ty agent’s office; the welfare of fice; Patton’s store at Pisgah For est; Merrill’s store at Little River; —Turn to Page Four Du Pont Employees Are Generous To Bloodmobile Visit Du Pont employees at the new silicon plant at Cedar Mountain turned out 46 per cent strong for the first visit of the American Red Cross bloodmobile to the plant on Monday. According to Robert Baker, employee relations supervisor, 109 employees donated a pint of blood. One person, Clyde Corn, became a member of the One Gal lon club during the visit of the bloodmobile to the silicon plant. Don Wilson, Jr., chairman of the blood recruitment program in Transylvania, said he was most pleased with the excellent res ponse at Du Pont.
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