TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 69 — No. 50
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricn Itural
and Musie Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 19,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1958 A 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COMMUNIITY AWARDS were made
to the winners in the 1958 Rural Develop
ment contest in Western North Carolina
at the annual luncheon last Saturday in
Asheville’s City auditorium. Balsam
Grove kept Transylvania in the “top
three” during the past five years by win
ning third place. The presidents of the
winning communities are pictured above.
Left to right, they are: Hubert Hensley,
Buncombe, fourth place winner; L. H.
McKap, Tracey Grove community, Hen
derson county, second place; W. R. Hill,
Piedmont - Pleasant Hill, Rutherford
county, first; Balsam Grove’s John D.
Smith, third; and Harrill Hill, Mitchell
county, fifth.
(Photo by Clyde K. Osborne)
Methodist Higher Education Campaign
Successful, Brevard To Get $850,000
Three New Buildings Will
Be Erected In Near Future
Cn Local Campus
“With a prayer of Thanksgiving
we re. ice to report that the Meth
odist Christian Higher Education
campaign of 'Western North Caro
lina is over the top.”
This statement was made today
by Dr. Wilson 0. Weldon, pastor of
it,- . i\*.rk Met1 ^ chinch
of Charlotte. Dr. Weldon is eiiair
inan of the Western North Caro
lin.. Commission on Christian
Higher Education.
Joining him in a report to the
commission’s executive committee
in Charlotte was Dr,- Fletcher Nel
son. of Morgan ton, executive direc
tor of the commission.
The total pledged is $3,301,038.
Of this amount, $3,024,453 came
from individual churches while
$276,585 came from advance gifts.
‘ The expansion and capital im
provements of the colleges, Duke
Divinity school and Wesley Foun
dations are now assured,” stated
Dr. Weldon.
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty announc
ed Wednesday morning that Bre
vard college would receive at least
$850,000 from the campaign, and
that plans were being made to
erect the first buildings under the
program.
From the funds secured, the fol
lowing improvements will be made:
Brevard College:
New Science building
New Music and Fine Arts
building
Physical Education building
Greensboro college:
Residence Hall for Men
Renovation of two dormitories
for Women
Physical Education Building^
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 11 — CTA Ban
quet at Ecusta cafeteria, 7 p. m.
Mason meet at temple, 8 p. m.
Stores open ’til 9 p. m. Annual
United Fund meeting at Gaither’s,
7:30 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 12 — Ace of Clubs
meets, 7:45 p. m. Stores open ’til
9 p. m. Brevard Elementary P-TA
meets in Brevard College auditor
ium, 8 p. m.
Saturday. Dec. 13 — Legion
dance at Legion Bldg., 9 p. m. to
midnight. Transylvania Historical
Association meets at Silversteen
center, 8 p. m.
Sunday, Dee. 14 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard
Civic chorus presentation of “The
Messiah” at Brevard Methodist
church, 4 p. m.
Monday. Dec. 15 — Brevard high
school P-TA, 8 p. m. Rotary meets
at Gaither’s, 7 p. m.
Tuesday, Dec. 16 — Ace of Clubs
meets 7:45 p. m. Order Eastern Star
meets, 8 p. m.
No Serious Injuries
One man was injured and a truck
(K mol' bed in a train mack ac
t'd - ' ■, ,!rb Kc:v , £ i
morning about 10:50 o’clock.
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Tom Brown, who was driving the
truck, is in the Transylvania com
munity hospital and his condition
is reported to be satisfactory.
The accident occurred at the
crossing at the Carr Lumber com
pany. where a Hendersonville man.
Theodore Glenn Netherton, was
killed in a similar collision on Oc
tober 7th of this year.
Tuesday’s accident is being in
vestigated by Patrolmen Jack Cabe
and Bill Sawyer.
Actually, the train wreck on
Tuesday was the second during the
past week between Brevard and
Hendersonville.
Last Thursday morning the au
tomobile of a young Pisgah Forest
soldier, David Sydney White, 23,
was struck by a Southern Railway
train at the Etowah crossing on US
64. This was at the same crossing
w'here the three members of the
Doyle Gillespie family were killed
j several years ago.
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/• ' - • Ta 'Imother.
i: is wife, Jean Cochran White, 21.
suffered slight bruises in the acci
dent.
Both the automobile and train
were traveling west toward Bre
vard when the collision occurred.
White told C-pl. Paul P. Ward of
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Balsam Grove Keeps Transylvania In
Top Three Communities For Five Years
STORES OBSERVE
‘FAMILY NIGHTS’
Hours Will Be From 9:00
To 9:00 Thursdays And
Fridays
In cooperation with the mer
chants committee of the Brevard
chamber of commerce, most local
stores will observe “family shop
ping nights” Thursday and Fri
day nights, December 11 and 12
and 18 and 19. These downtown
merchants will observe th|e 9
a. m. to 9 p. m. hours on the four
nights. Also, the group has an
nounced that stores will remain
open on Wednesday afternoons
until Christmas.
Stores will be closed two days
for the Christinas holidays, De
cember 25 and 26. They will also
be closed on New Year’s day.
Jim Smith, chairman of the
merchants committee, urges ev
eryone to take advantage of those
special hours and “shop as a
family". Many stores are offering
special bargains for night shop
pers and Santa will be on hand
to greet the children with candy
treats.
Missionaries To
Speak This Month
At First Baptist
With errnhasis on foreign mis
s ns, members of the First Bap
tist church of Brevard will hear
several prominent speakers in the
field of missionary work during De
comber, Rev. bar old Killian, the
pastor, annoumis.
1
,,s coming Sunday. PecerWir
h'-th, ere of th 1 Southern Baptist !
missionaries to Kenya m East Af
rica. will speak at both the morning
: ud evening services.
On December 21st the guest
speaker will bo Charles Chan, a
convert from one of the Southern
Baptist missionaries in Singapore.
December Civil Court
Was Adjourned Tuesday
The December term of Super
ior court in Transylvania was ad
journed Tuesday afternoon by
Judge J. Frank Huskins, of
Burnsville, after several civil
cases were settled.
According to clerk of Superior
court, Marvin McCall, the next
term of court will begin on Janu
ary 26th, 1959.
i
The court will be two, one
week terms, with the first being
for the hearing of civil cases, fol
lowed by the trial of the crimin
al slate the following week, be
ginning February 1st.
Judges are to be assigned.
After all testimony was heard
in the F. L. McCall, Sr., and F.
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PRIZE MONEY to the winning Tran
sylvania Community Development clubs
in the window decorating contest of the
empty stores in Brevard was distributed
last Friday morning in the county agent’s
, office. This project has added much to
“festive air’’ in the business area, and it
was sponsored by the merchants division
of the Brevard chamber of commerce.
Seated, left to right, are: Earl Parker,
president of Dunn’s Rock community,
with a check for $75 for being first place
winner; and, Mrs. Paul K. Jones and Mrs.
(’. B. Dawsey, of Cedar Mountain, with
second place money of $50. Standing at
the left is Jim Smith, the chairman, pre
senting Merrimon Shuford, of Little Riv
er, the third place prize of $25.00. Look
ing on is John A. Ford, the co-chairman,
and County Agent James Davis is at the
right. (Times Staff Photo)
FRANK L. YARBROUGH, left, who has served as
manager of the Brevard branch of Duke Power company
since 1956, will transfer to Marion, and J. M. Gaines,
right, former manager here, will return from Hender
sonville. He will be succeeded there by Keith A. Ar
ledge, of Marion. These managerial changes are effec
tive on January 1st, 1959.
Duke Power Co. Announces
Managerial Changes, Gaines
Returns, Yarbrough To Marion
TEAfH AT
COLLEGE
; hrce Members Of Local
Family Hold Post Gradu
ate Degrees At UNC
Dr. Oliver Hamilton Orr, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Orr, Sr.,
of Brevard, has accepted a position
to teach history at State College,
Raleigh, beginning January 1st,
1959.
Dr. Orr received his Ph D. degree
in history at the University of
North Carolina at the end of the
past summer session, and his book
on the life and education of Gov
ernor Charles B. Aycock has been
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Former Brevard Manager
Returning From Hender
sonville. Background.
Three managerial changes in
branch operations on the western
end oi' the Duke Power Co. distri
bution system were announced to
day by Thomas F. Hill, of Char
I latte, vice president and supervis
! or of branches.
i _
. El “ dive -Jan. i, J. M. • ^mes,
Hendersonville district manager is
being transferred to Brevard; Keith j
A. Arledge, manager in Marion, j
moves to Hendersonville; and i
Frank L. Yarbrough, transfers from J
Brevard to Marion.
Mr. Gaines, who was transferred j
from Brevard to Hendersonville in j
1956, has maintained his home in!
Brevard and is returning here at:
his own request.
A native of Texarkana, Ark., and
a graduate of Georgia Institute of
Technology, Mr. Gaines joined
Duke Power Co. in 1928 after ser-,
vice in World War I and College, i
He has been active in church,
civic, and professional organiza
tions. He is married to the former
Miss Kathleen Belcher of Bain
bridge, Ga. The Gaineses have1
three daughters.
Mr. Yarbrough joined Duke Pow
er in Greensboro in 1949 after his
graduation from N. C. State Col
lege. He is a native of Salisbury,
attended Hendersonville high
school, and served overseas with the
Army Air corps during world War
II. (Mr. Yarbrough has been active
in civic, church, and community
life in Brevard. He is married to
the former Miss Kathryn Charles,
of Greenville, S. C.
Mr. Yarbrough is campaign di
rector of the 1959 United fund
drive, which recently exceeded its
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Program Highlights
Outstanding Christmas Programs Are /■
Now Being Heard Daily Over WPNF
WRNF is now featuring a sched
ule of Christmas programs design
ed for both adults and children.
Each morning at 7:55 o’clock, Par
son’s Song of The Day features an
outstanding Christmas song, as re
corded by German orchestras and
choirs. Throughout the day, special
Christmas music is now being pre
sented.
Each afterneon at 4:00 o’clock,
the Christmas show for Children is
heard. Highlighting this program is
a broadcast from Santa Claus be
ginning at 4:15 o’clock. Later in
the program, Uncle Frosty tells the
interesting program of Ernie Elf.
A special feature to be heard this
week is Handel’s Messiah, to be
aired Sunday evening at 7:00 o’
clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Rosman home
ee dept., Mrs. Martha Hipsher; Fri
day, station program; Monday,
county agent’s office; Tuesday, sta
tion program; Wednesday, Home
demonstration agent.
On the Civic Hour, the following
’■vill be heard: Friday, American
Legion auxiliary: Monday, Brevard
chamber of commerce; Wednesday.
Girl Scouts.
Speaking this week on Morning*
Devotions is Rev. Alfred Rhyne, I
pastor of the Lutheran church of
the Good Shepherd. Rev. F. Valen-1
tine, pastor of St. Phillips Episco-!
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COUNTY’S UNIQUE
AREA IS AWARDED
A CHECK FOR $300
Total Winnings During ’58
Now At $595. Progress
Highlighted
GROUP AT LUNCHEON
By winning third place in Wes
tern North Oarolma Rural Devel
opment competition last Saturday
at Asheville;, Balsam Grove kept
Transylvania in the “top three” for
the past five years.
This unique, scenic community*
which is widely recognized for
building the Albert Schweitzer hos
pital in a remote mountainous area,
received a prize of $300.
Previously, Balsainu Grove had
won $295 in local competition, so
total winnings for 1958 atmolunt to
$595.00.
President John D. Smith was an
hand at the luncheon meeting to
receive the prize money. A large
delegation of farm leaders, busin
ess and professional men arnd oth
ers from Transylvania accompan
ied the Balsaim Grove group.
J. It. Brown, Transylvania farm
or, was one of the speakers, anti he
interestingly told of progress that
iuxi been made in Transylvania
through the Rural Development
program.
Last year Cedar Mountain was
runner-up in the WNC contest and
in 1956 the community was in first
place.
In previous years Little River
has been a first place winner, and.
Dunn’s Rock a runner-up
Local observers feel that this
record is unpara kill'd in Western
North Carolina.
Competition this year among the
first place winners this year wa.-:
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COMMERCE BODY
SEEKS MEMBERS
Final Drive Of *58 Being
Made. Other Action Tak
en At Meet
The final drive for 1958 member
ships in the Brevard chamber of
commerce is going on this week by
the members of the board of direc
tors under the chairmanship of
James C. Gaither.
At the meeting of directors Tues
day night, it was ordered that clos
ing date for the listing on the bal
lot for election for 1959 would be
December 18th. The ballots will be
mailed after that time to all paid
members of that date.
It is the custom of the commerce
body to mail out the ballots' during
the last week of December.
Vice President Git Coon presid
ed over the meeting Tuesday night,
and he reported that much favor
able comment had been heard per
taining to the decorating of the
empty store building windows in
the 'business section, of Brevard.
This work was done by the Com
munity Development chibs, fee
home demonstration club and the
4-H council, under the sponsorship
of the merchants committee of the
Brevard chamber of commerce.
Harry Sellers, of that group, re
ported that the. grocery stores of
Brevard would observe only one
day for Christmas.
An effort will be made to hare
the street in from of the snorkel
mailbox near the post office mark
ed “No Parking”.
Annual Banquet Of
Classroom Group Is
Set Thursday Night
The annual Transylvania Class
room Teachers banquet will be held
Thursday night at 7,:00 o’clock in
the Ecusta cafeteria.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of
Mars Hill college, will be the princi
pal speaker.
He will be introduced by Her.
Harold Killian, pastor of the First
Baptist church.
Approximately 125 persons are
expected to attend, and Henry
Smith, president of the local Class
room Teachers, will preside oror
the banquet meeting.