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tion, 1030 Census, 13,331.
Brevard Oosnmuaity 7391
Vol. 69 — No. 51
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1958
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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SNOWMEN WERE “dime a dozen”
in Brevard and Transylvania over the
past week end, but among the more im
pressive was the one in the yard of Les
lie Grogan on Park avenue. Over six feet
tall, the snowman above was two days in
the making by the group pictured around
him. They are: kneeling, Leslie Sue Gro
gan; and, standing, left to right: Judy
Caldwell, Linda Grogan, and Joann and
Bernie Maguire, III.
(Times Staff Photo)
Yule Shopping Season In Full Swing,
Stores Stocked, Schools Close Friday
Churches Planning Special
Services. Round-up Of Ac
tivities Is Made
With only six more shopping
days remaining before Christmas.
Brevard merchants, who have large
stocks of holiday merchandise, are
anticipating brisk business during
the period.
The merchants express the hope
that shoppers who have deferred
buying make their decisions with
out further delay and thus avoid
the last minute rush.
Acting as a stimulus to the
Christmas sales this week will be
the bonuses to employees of bus
iness houses and some of the indus
tries.
Many of the local stores are re
maining open in the evenings for
the convenience of Christmas shop
pers. and the Brevard post office
will be open all day on Saturday.
Most of the local stores are ob
serving “family night” on Thurs
day and Friday nights of this week
and Monday and Tuesday of next
week. Citizens are urged to shop as
a family. Santa will be on hand to
give candy to all his little friends.
Transylvania’s schools will close
on Friday for the Christmas holi
days and will reopen on January
5th.
Brevard college will recess for
the holidays on Saturday at noon,
and the students will return on
January 6th.
Stores will be closed two days for
the Christmas holidays, December
25 and 26. They will also be closed
—Turn to Page Twelve
CALENDAR OF -
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 18 — Kiwamians
meet at Gaither’s at 6:45 o’clock.
Lions meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00
o’clock. B&PW club meets at Gaith
er’s for annual Christmas party at
7:00 p. m. Masons meet at temple
at 7:30 p. m. Basketball game at
college.
Friday, Dec. 19 — Garden clubs
tours beginning at 2:00 o’clock. Ace
of clubs 7:45 o’clock. Schools close
for holidays at close of day. Bas
ketball game at college.
Saturday, Dec. 20 — College re
cesses at noon for Christmas.
Sunday, Dee. 21—Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Dec. 22 — Rotary
Christmas party at 7:00 p. m. at
Gaither’s. Judging in lighting con
test at 7:00 p. m.
Wednesday, Dec. 24 — Christ
mas Eve. Last day to shop. Special
midnight services at some church
es.
Please Conserve
Town Of Brevard Suffers
Serious Water Shortage
The Town of Brevard is threaten
ed with a serious water shortage
and all persons are urged to con
serve.
The shortage has been brought
about by persons leaving the water
running at nights so that pipes
would not freeze.
Mrs. Opal King, city clerk, urges
New Bus Stop Is
Opened In Brevard
A new bus stop has been opened
in Brevard adjacent to the post
office.
It is being operated by Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. ‘“Buster” Carr, who
have also opened the Blue Devil
news stand in conjunction with the
bus stop.
The schedule of buses through
and into Brevard include:
Arriving from Cashiers at 8:20
o’clock in the morning and on to
Asheville via Mills River.
Arriving from Hendersonville at
9:15 a. m., and return 10:45; arriv
ing from Asheville at 11:00 and
return at 12:30; arriving from Hen
dersonville at 3:15 p. m., and re
turn at 3:45; arriving from Ashe
ville at 6:30 p. m., via Mills River
and on to Cashiers.
all citizens to please discontinue
this practice immediately.
The shortage of water is also
due to the long dry spell this fall.
Another factor contributing to
the shortage is the extreme cold
weather. Small creeks leading into
the watershed have been frozen for
the past few days and nights.
Service stations in Brevard are
requested not to wash cars until
further notice.
Transylvania Hit By Heavy SnowfaUr
Mercury Dips To 3 Above On Monday
YULE LIGHTING
CONTEST SLATED
BY GARDEN CLUBS
Cash Prizes Are Offered.
Judging Is Set For
December 22nd
The Brevard Garden club and
the Transylvania Garden eluib are
joining hands in sponsoring the an
nuia! Christ mas Home lighting con
test and they urge all citizens with
in a radius of two miles from the
center of town t6 enter.
There are two divisions in the
contest this year: two prizes for
the best Christmas theme; and, one
prize for the best Christmas tree.
Cash prizes are $20 for first
prize in the Christmas theme con
test and $10 for second. A prize
of $10 is offered for the best tree.
In order to enter, persons should
mail their entry to Christmas Light
ing contest, Box 786, Brevard, N.
C., by noon on Monday. Judging
will take place at 7:00 o’clock that
night.
Former winners are eligible to
enter, and the committee this year
is composed of the following: Mrs.
William Boggs, Mrs. John Folger.
Mrs. E. E. Butler, Mrs. James Davis.
Mrs. R. O. Baker and Mrs. Roger
Davis.
Times To Publish
Christmas Issue
Early Next Week
The Transylvania Times will
liuHIIsh its an , ial Christmas
Greeting edition or Tuesday next
week, and the deadline for news,
advertising and classified copy
is 12 noon on Tuesday.
In order that subscribers will
receive their copies for the holi
days, the issue is being publish
ed ahead of regular schedule,
since Christmas falls on Thurs
day, the regular publication date.
“This is one of our favorite
issues each year, and again we
plan to carry many Christmas
features along with special greet
ings from the merchants and in
dustries in Transylvania,” Editor
John Anderson said yesterday.
Firemen Heie Urge Extra
Caution At Christmastime
Members of the Brevard Fftre
Department have written a let
ter to all citizens of Brevard and
Transylvania county, urging
them to use extra care in the
' prevention of fire during the
Christmas season.
In a letter to The Times, Char
les F. Himes, the public rela
tions officer, says:
“This season is certainly the
most joyous time of the year and
a little time spent in fire preven
tion could prevent it from bring
ing unhappiness to some homes”.
Leslie Grogan To Head Transylvania
United Fund, New Directors Elected
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Leslie S. Grogan, manager of Du
Font’s Brevard silicon plant, was
named president of Transylvania’s
Lnited Fund at the annual meet
ing of the board of directors Mon
day night at Gaither’s.
He succeeds Wayne Bradburn,
v. ho presided over the meeting.
Named first vice president was
Milton Herzog, manager of the
film division of the Olin Mathie
son Chemical corporation at Pisgah
Forest.
Austin Hogsed, former president
of the Rosman chamber of com
merce, was elected second vice
president, and other officers nam
ed at the meeting were: C. M.
Douglas, secretary; Melvin Gilles
pie, treasurer; and, James M. Wul
pi, executive director.
New members on the board of di
rectors, who were elected at the
—Turn to Page Twelve
LESLIE S. GROGAN
Fire hazards are greater at
this time because of extra light
ing, extra paper and the Christ
mas tree is always a potential
fire hazaiAI.
Members of the outstanding
Brevard volunteer fire depart
ment wish for all citizens of the
town and county a Merry and
“Fire Safe” Christmas.
Kiwanians Will
Have Yule Meet
“Christmas Cheer” cards will be
given members of Brevard Kiwanis
club at its meeting Thursday even
ing of this week at 6:45 o’clock at
Gaither’s.
Leslie S. Grogan, manager of the
Du Pont plant at Cedar Mountain,
will be the speaker, and Ed Mathe
son will preside.
Five inches of snow was record
ed Sunday, the season’s first snow
fall. It was followed by low tem
peratures, which reached 3 degrees
Monday night. Daily readings are
as follows.
High Low Pre.
43
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
38
43
37
42
32
47
Low
22
25
12
21
25
9
3
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NEW OFFICERS of the Transylvania County Agri
cultural Workers council are pictured above following
their recent election a+ annual meeting. Seated is the
president, Ranger Ted Seely, and at the left is county
agent, James Davis, the outgoing president, who was
named vice president Mrs. Julia Westwood, the report
er, is at the right. Mrs. Ruby Corpening, the secretary,
was absent when the picture was made.
(Times Staff Photo)
Cabe Represents County For
Morehead Scholarship Grant
SEELY WILL HEAD
WORKERS COUNCIL
Outgoing President Thanks
Agricultural Agencies
For Cooperation
Ranger Ted Seely was elected
chairman of the Transylvania
County Agricultural council at its
annual meeting at Gaither’s.
He succeeds county agent,
James Davis, who was named vice
chairman.
Other officers chosen at the
meeting include Mrs. Ruiby Cor
pening, secretary, and Mrs. Julia
Westwood, reporter.
The Transylvania County Agri
cultural Workers council meets
monthly and is composed of repre
sentatives of all agricultural agen
cies in the county.
Mr. Davis, retiring chairman, ex
pressed appreciation for the coop
eration he had received from the
agricultural workers during his
term of office.
Brevard High Senior Is Cap
tain Of Football Team.
Leader In Other Fields
Jerry Cabe, outstanding senior
at Brevard high school, has been
chosen by the Transylvania com
mittee of the Morehead scholarship
foundation to represent this county
in district competition in January.
In making the announcement,
Thomas R. Eller, the Transylvania
chairman, said that young Cabe
was the unanimoys choice of the
local committee, (All applications
have been throughly reviewed by
the group and each student was
given an* interview.
Mr. Eller said that Cabe was
definitely the type of young man
to fit the qualifications far a More
head scholarship.
Academically, he is in the top
group in his class; he is captain
of the football team; and, he holds
other positions of leadership in
school and church work.
Serving with Mr. Eller on the
local committee are Ben Patterson,
Dr. Carol Grahl, C. B. Carter and
—Turn to Page Seven
Program Highlights
Repeat Performance Of "Messiah"
Will Be Heard On WPNF Sunday
Highlighting the many beautiful
Cliristmas programs now being
heard over WPNF will be Handel’s
Messiah, which will be heard at
4:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
The program is a recording of
the recent concert of the Brevard
Civic chorus, which was presented
at the Brevard Methodist church.
It was under the direction of
Prof. Nelson Adams, with Charles
Jolliff at the organ.
Bobby Hoyle, WPNF’s station
manager, urges all listeners of
WPNF to hear the Messiah on Sun
day.
“Undoubtedly, it is the best ren
dition of the Messiah that we have
ever recorded,” Mr. Hoyle states.
The station manager also an
no unices that WPNF is planning
two days of outstanding Christmas
programs under the sponsorship of
local merchants and others on
Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
He urges Transylvanians to stay
tuned to WPNF and make a note of
the many Christmas bargains now
being offered.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Brevard
home ec. dept., Mrs. Glenn Bur
rell; Friday, Carolina News; Mon
day, county agent’s office; Tues
day, Extension forestry; Wednes
day, station program.
On the Civic hour, the following
—Turn to Page Six
MANY ACCIDENTS
REPORTED, ONE
SERIOUS INJURY
Schools Closed On Monday*
Bradburn Urge* Bus Driv
ers To Be Cautious
OTHERS QUOTED
Brevard and Tnansyfrania are
still digging out from under a five
to eight inch blanket of snow that
covered the town and county last
Saturday and Sunday.
(Schools were closed on Monday
'because of the ice and snow, and
they reopened on Tuesday after all
bus routes had been checked.
Supt. Wayne Bradburn says that
attendance us good, and he again
urges all school bus drivers to
drive with extreme caution.
A rash of accidents were report
ed over the week end because of
the weather. Scares of cars and
trucks skidded and blocked US 276
across Caesar’s Head la Jo Sunday,
and the route was almost impas
sable all during the week end.
Glenm Peevy, Brevard high
j school student, was seriously in
jured in an accident in the Pisgah
i Nctional forest near the ranger
j station -when his car skidded on the
ice He is in an Asheville hospital
and his eo motion is said to be* crit
ical. .
Charles Pickeksinier, manager of
’ the Citizens Telephone' company,
| reports that damages to telephone
j brfes were'at a minimum in spite
j of the ice and snow The Duke Pow
• or company, according to Manager
! Frank Yarbrough, hqd no serious
• damage on its power 'or light lines
, because of weather conditions.
The heavy snowfall, wtas acconv
P» toco chilly weather as die
! mw nry7 o; upped below'the freeze
j ing mark. .
Bobby Hoyle, the.* official weath
i enman, says the mercury dipped
j to three above Monday night, hav
| ing dropped to nine above the
I night before.
CAST IS SELECTED
FOR BLT MYSTERY
Rehearsals Will Begin Janu
ary 4th. Play On Febru
ary 20th And 21st
Alice Nichols and Mel Evering
haan will play the lead rotes in
‘There’s Always A Murder”, the
next production of the Brevard
Little Theatre.
Mrs. Nichols will be making her
debut appearance behind the foot
l:ghts in the part of Dmeiftla Tay
lor. Drudlla is a peppy, young new
lywed who, with her husband, has
jrust rented an apartment in Bos
ton, scene of the play.
As various friends of the former
occupants come to call-in gtrangr
ways and at peculiar hours, she t*
gins to suspect foul play in the dis
appearance of one of the former
apartm ent -dwellers.
As the play proceeds, she be
comes more'sure of her suspicions^
Mr. Everingh&m will be making
his second appearance in a Little
Theatre production, having played
1hie role of Captain Caldwell hi
—Turn to Page Twelve
Jaycees, Jaycettes
Will Tafee Kids On
Yule Shopping Tour
The Brevard Jaycees will con
duct thedr annual Christmas shop
ping tour for children on Thurs
day evening, with the Jaycettes as
sisting.
Some 20 children from the firat
grade in Brevard will he conduct
ed on the tour of local stores by
the Jaycees.
The group will gather at t.b«
Teen Age center between 7:00 and
7:30 o’clock, and after the tour,
gifts will be wrapped at the center.
Presents will be supplied by the
sponsors, and refreshments will be
served by the Jaycettes and Bilt
more dairy.
Dr. John Foliger is chairman of
arrangements.