TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Gamps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. E. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
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and Munfc Center. Popula
tion, 1990 Gensus, Ki,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 70 — No. 1
Second Cl
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at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1959 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RECALLING 50 YEARS were Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Galloway, Jr., at Calvert
on Christmas day last Thursday. After
they were married on December 24th,
1908, they rode by buggy from the
bride’s parents home at Rosman to their
home above at Calvert, where they have
lived for the past half century. This is
the same house in which Mr. Galloway
was born and reared. Last Thursday Ran
dal Lyday, Austin Hogsed and Camp Sky
Top officials rigged up the buggy in
which they are pictured above, and Mr.
and Mrs. Galloway took a ride prior to
their “open house” celebration. More
details are included in story on page
three. (Times Staff Photo)
Tax Listers Ready To Begin Work Of
Listing Property In County Friday
Supervisor Says A Penalty Is
Prescribed By Law For
Persons Failing To List
t Tax listers in Transylvania are
all prepared for the chore of tax
listing during January.
According to Lewis Osborne, tax
supervisor, listing will begin on
Friday in the different townships
of Transylvania and will continue
through January 10th. After that
time, listing must be done here in
the court house.
Mr. Osborne urges residents of
Transylvania to list early the prop
erty on which they’re going to pay
taxes in 1959.
A penalty is prescribed by law
for those persons who fail to list.
Property that must be listed
falls into three major categories:
1. All real estate and tangible
personal property owned on Janu
ary 1st. 1959.
2. A poll, or capitation, tax re
quired of all male persons between
r the ages of 21 and 50 as of the first
* of the New Year.
3. Every dog, male or female,
more than six months old owned
or kept on the first.
The tax listers for the townships
are as follows:
Brevard — Miss Avarie G-lazen
er.
Boyd — Mrs. Webb Pitillio
Cathey’s Creek — Joe Bryson.
Dunn’s Rock — Mrs. Marvin
Whitmire.
Eastatoe — Mrs. Lawrence Whit
mire.
Gloucester — Ben McCall.
Hogback — Herbert Fisher
Little River — Merrimon Shu
ford.
And for Rosman inside, Mickler
Lusk will list through January 7th.
' CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. Jan. 1 — New Year’s
Day. All stores, town and county
offices closed.
Friday, Jan. 2 — Tax listing be
gins. License tags go on sale.
Sunday, Jan. 4 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Jan. 5 — Schools re
open. Rotary meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 6 — Brevard col
lege reopens. Ace of clubs meets
at 7:45 p. m. Order of Eastern Star
roeets at 8:00 p. m.
Longest List Yet
Chamber Of Commerce Ballots
For New Directors Now In Mail
Ballots for directors of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce have
gone into the mails, and Mrs. John
Ford, the executive secretary, re
quests that they be returned by
January 13th.
The ballots will be tabulated on
the evening of the 13th, and the 25
persons receiving the highest num
ber of votes will serve as direc
tors during the new year.
New officers will be elected at a
call meeting a week following the
13th.
Containing 203 names, the ballot
this year is one of the largest, if
not the largest, in the history of
the Brevard chamber of commerce.
Last year’s list contained 201
names.
The secretary emphasizes that
Lions Will Meet
Thursday, Jan. 8
The January 1st meeting of the
Brevard Lions club has been post
poned until Thursday, January 8th.
The January 15th meeting will
remain as scheduled.
The meeting this Thursday is be
ing postponed because of the New
Year’s I^ay observance.
only paid up members are listed on
the ballot.
According to the secretary, the
Brevard chamber of commerce has
enjoyed one of its best years during
1958. She points out that a greater
number of inquiries were handled
than ever before, and the organiza
tion was helpful in locating new
persons coming into the town and
county.
i
Transylvania Pointing To New Year,
Outlook Said Good, Thursday Holiday
TO PAY $80,000
TO MEMBERS OF
SAVINGS & LOAN
Resources Are Now Over
Five Million, Executive
Director Reports
Semi-annual dividend checks, to
taling $80,000.00 will be mailed to
members of the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association this
week, Jerry Jerome, the executive
vice president, announces today.
This makes a total of $152,000.00
paid out in dividends during 1958,
Mr. Jerome declares. Dividend
checks the first of July totaled $72,
000.00.
Resources of the association are
$5,100,000.00, and the interest rate
being paid is three and one-half per
cent.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held on Wednesday,
January 21, 1959, in the office on
Caldwell Street, beginning prompt
ly at 2:00 o’clock.
In addition to the executive vice
president, other officers are: A. F.
Mitchell, vice president and attor
ney; Robert H. Plummer, treasur
er and assistant secretary; and Jer
ry Hart Jerome, secretary and as
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YULE OBSERVANCE
REPORTED QUIET
No Serious Accidents Occur
red. County Schools Re
open On Monday
The '58 Christmas holidays in
Brevard and Transylvania county
were quietly observed.
Although a record number of ac
cidents and fatalities were report
ed on the nation’s highways, there
were no major wrecks in this coun
ty.
Patrolman Jack Cabe says there
were a few “fender bendings”, but
r.o one was injured.
Local officers, the sheriff’s de
partment and the State Highway
patrol said everything was extreme
ly quiet.
Schools in Transylvania will re
main closed until January 5th,
while Brevard college will resume
classes on Tuesday, January 6th.
Church services and family ga
therings highlighted the Christmas
observance in Transylvania, and all
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License Tags To Go On
Sale Here Friday Morning
Procedures for obtaining new i
1959 auto license plates were out- j
lined here today.
Mrs. Harold Norwood, mana- |
per of the plate-issuing Carolina
Motor Chib at L & H Appliance
company, said that most motor
ists will not have to present their
FS-1 (liability insurance) forms
in order to get new plates.
The majority of applicants
merely will be required to sign
an insurance declaration on the
back of their 1959 license renew- i
al cards.
However, those who will be
Program Highlights
First Baby In Transylvania In 1959
To Be Honored On Program Thursday
The first baby of ’59 in Transyl
vania county will be honored on a1
special radio program over
WPNF on Thursday afternoon at
4:00 o’clock, Bobby Hoyle, station
manager announces today.
Several Brevard firms are offer
ing fine prizes to the first baby and
hie or her parents, and all listen
ers of WPNF are urged to hear the
special program on Thursday.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, New Year’s
day; Friday, Station program; Mon
day, county agent’s office; Tuesday,
Brevard vo-ag department, Randal
J. Lyday; Wednesday, home dem
onstration agent.
Appearing on the Civic hour next
week will be: Friday, Elk’s club;
Monday, DAR: Wednesday, Wed
nesday club.
Speaking this week on Morning
Devotions is Rev. Ben F. Ormand,
pastor of the Brevard - Davidson
River Presbyterian church.
The Sunday morning church ser
vice for the coming month will be
broadcast through the remote fa
cilities of WPNF from the Brevard
Methodist church. Rev. Courtney
Ross is pastor.
changing cars, transferring own
ership, or registering a ear in
North Carolina for the first time
will be required to furnish proof
in the form of FS-1 papers in or
der to obtain new plates, Mrs.
Norwood said.
“Licenses will be issued only
on the 1959 license renewal cards
from Raleigh, and not on 1958
cards or title of ownership,” she
said.
Mrs. Norwood urged motorists
who have not received renewal
cards to write to the Department
of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh as
the cards are sent out under
fourth class mail permits and are
not forwarded by the Post Office
Department.
The new plates go on sale Fri
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The Weather
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Rainfall was the big news in
Transylvania during the past week,
as 3.69 inches was recorded in Bre
vard. Temperatures were a little
milddr, with a high of 65 degrees
recorded Tuesday. Daily readings
are as follows.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Pre.
62 33 T
41 16 T
45 10 C
42 20 .41
49 40 3.25
60 44 .02
65 30 .01
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Rich in the promise of
new discoveries and new
progress is the New Year
now dawning. May it
generously fulfill your
expectations with a full /
measure of success, /w*
good health.
The
Entire Staff
Of
happiness and
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
Important Headlines^ In The
County’s News In ’58 Listed
FIRST BABY BORN
IN COUNTY TO GET
VALUABLE PRIZES
Local Merchants Offering
Awards In Annual Baby
Derby To Parents, Infant
A number of valuable gifts are
awaiting the first white baby born
in Transylvania county in 1959 and
reported to the Transylvania
Times.
These gifts are being offered by a
number of Brevard merchants who
are participating in the annual
Baby Derby. All prizes must be call
ed for within 30 days after the
closing date of the derby, January
3.
WPNF is also conducting a Baby
Derby in which a nulmlber of valu
able prizes are to be awarded.
Complete details on the Times
derby can me found on page three,
second section of this week’s
Times.
Among the prizes being given are
a Johnson’s baby kit, from Varner’s
Drug store; a baby high chair or
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iop Stories Of Year Review
ed By The Staff Of The
Transylvania Times
As the year 1958 ends, the staff
I of The Transylvania Times takes
stock of headline stories during the
p.’St year.
The month-by-month survey fol
lows:
January
Brevard’s Tom Cabe named on
All-State Collegiate freshmen foot
ball team at Carolina.
Piggly-Wiggly sold by Curtis
Kelley to Winn-Dixie.
E. B. Matheson elected head of
Kiwanis club.
Formal opening of new Metho
dist church held.
Freeman Hayes named chairman
of trustees at hospita.l
Cecil Hill elected president of
Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
Gil Coan named outstanding
young man of the year.
February
Ground is broken for new Health
Center.
S. E. Varner, Sr. passes.
Brevard’s Jim Rhodes named all
State high school football player.
Superintendent J. B. Jones dies.
Charles Norlandier named to
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Top Stories In Transylvania In ’58
The top stories in Transylvania during 1958 concerned new indus
try and expansion of existing industries.
The new Du Pont plant at Cedar Mountain was completed and
formally opened during the year with Governor Luther Hodges as the
principal speaker. The plant is the nation’s first full-scale silicon
plant.
The seven - million dollar expansion program at Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation at Pisgah Forest was completed, and the new
No. 10 paper machine was put into operation.
Expansion of education facilities in the county were also stories
in the Top 10. Construction of the modern, campus-type high school
layout was started on the Brevard Country club road, and the Meth
odists raised $850,000 for new buildings on the campus of Brevard
college.
Deaths of prominent citizens were in the Top 10.
Among those were Ed M. Anderson, publisher of The Times;
Joseph S. Silversteen, pioneer industrialist of Transylvania; J. B.
Jones, former superintendent of education; S. E. Varner, Sr.; T. Cole
man Galloway; Miles Wallace Galloway; and, others.
Sports items were also “in the news” during the year as Bre
vard’s Cecil Lowery starred in the Shrine Bowl classic, and the local
football team was one of the highest scoring clubs in the state.
Also, during ’58, the moden* health center was completed; oper
ations were started at the new fish hatchery in Pisgah National for
est; much road work was completed; and, bids were let for new
stretches of the Parkway in Transylvania.
And the most unbelievable story was the recording of the coldest
day in North Carolina here in Brevard when the mercury dipped to
22 below zero last February.
STORES, OFFICES
CLOSE, BUSINESS
IN 1958 BETTER
Schools To Reopen On Mod*
day. Students Return To
College Tuesday
GOALS ARE LISTED
After a good Christmas business
and a successful 1958, Brevard
merchants are cautiously confident
and hopeful for another good year
in ’58.
On Thursday, Transylvanian*
will join with the rest of the nafipf
in welcoming in the New Year.
The day will be a holiday in Brs
vard and Transylvania county,
with stores, town and county offt
ces being closed. The bank and
post office will also have a hell
day.
There will be no delivery of rar
?1 or city mail, Vernon P. Polb
bright, the acting postmaster,
stages, and the general delivery
w;ndow wiE be open from 11:30 a.
m , until 12:00 noon.
The New Year’s activities began
with a dance at the Country clot
and at the Elk’s lodge on Wednes
day evening, and there were num
erous private parties in the com
munity.
Transylvania s schools will re
open on Monday, Jan. 5th, after be
ing closed for the holidays.
Classes at Brevard college will
be resumed on Tuesday, January
(hh.
As the old year ends. The 'Tran
sylvania Times staff takes stock of
i the important stories, and they are
| listed on this page along with the
top stories of the year.
I Attention is also called to the
j major goals for Bihvard and Tran
: sylv&Ju* county, which are oauijd.
I on the editorial page of this week's
paper. All readers are urged to ex
amine them carefully, and should
they have suggestions, kindly
j write to the editor.
LOEB NAMED TO
NATIONAL POST
Ecusta Official Is One Of 50
New Members Of The De
fense Reserve
Arthur J. Loeb is one of 50 new
members enrolled in the National
Defense Executive reserve, It has
(been announced by the Business
and Defense Services a&nanstra
tion of the U. S. Department «#
Commerce.
This reserve group would be
called on to staff the operation of
an emergency production age nay
both at regional and national head
quarters in event of hostilities.
Since the program is planned
mainly for building regional organ
izations, the new enrol lees come
from many parts of the country,
with 20 states and the District of
Columbia represented. Two of
these are from North Carolina
The 1959 training program for
reservists will deal primarily with
the responsibility in connection!
with the national plan for civil de
fense and defense mobilization.
Mr. Loeb is assistant manager of
the Ecusta Paper division of Olisi
Matheison chemical corporation at
Pisgah Forest.
Burrell Is Seriously
Wounded In Shooting,
Wallace Held In Jail
J. Roy Burrell, 54, an employee
of the Southern Railway, is in eb<
Transylvania Community hospital
in a serious condition as a result of
a shotgun wound he suffered Tues
day night on Pinnacle hill near the
Transylvania Music camp.
William Wallace, colored, is be
ing held in the county jail in con-,
nection with the shooting.
According to Sheriff "Scotty Dil
lingham, Wallace is charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
pending the condition of BurrcB,
who was shot with a 16 gauge shot
gun.
Patrolman Jack Ca.be investiga
ted the shooting, and according to
the officers, the investigation is be
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