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TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricu Itural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394 ★ Vol. 70 — No. 4 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION IS PROCEEDING RAPIDLY on the new bridge and long, built-up approaches below the David son River substation at Pisgah Forest. The Blue Ridge Construction company, of Asheville, is building the bridge at a cost of $60,019.83, and contract for the roadway construction work went to the Dickerson company, Inc., of Monroe. The bid for this phase was $34,786.00. (Times Staff Photo) Meeting Called To Discuss Location Of Dam Sites In Flood Control Program Planning Group At Raleigh Has Completed Fact-Find ing Study Here An important meeting to discuss locations of sites for the proposed dam to be a part of the flood pro tection and watershed program in Transylvania has been scheduled foi Thursday. January 29th. Edward Mackey, chairman of the soil supervisors of the Transylvania Conservation district, has called the meeting at Gaither's at 2:30 p. m. Mr. Mackey has received word from the planning group of the Soil Conservation service. Raleigh, that information is ready concerning the various sites that have been se lected. Several alternate sites were also selected and so it is not known at this time where the final sites will be located. All persons interested in the flood prevention work of the French Broad watershed are invit ed to attend the meeting on the 29th. Annual Red Cross Meeting Is Slated Sunday Afternoon The annual meeting of the Tran sylvania chapter of the American Red Cross will be held at Gaither’s oi Sunday. January 25th. at 3:00 o'clock. C. Few Lyda, chairman of the lo cal chapter will preside, with the invocation to be given by the Rev. F F. Valentine. Reports for the year will be giv en and service stripes presented to volunteers for the year 1958. Elec tion of officers will also be held. AH members and interested per sons are urged to attend. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Jan. 22—Masons meet at temple. 8 p. m. B & PW club meets at Gaither's, 7 p. m. Friday, Jan. 23 — World Mis sion conference family night sup per at Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian church, 6:30 p. m. Saturday. Jan. 24 — Annual Jay cee awards banquet at Gaither’s. 7 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 25 — Attend the church of your choice. Annual Red Cross meeting at Gaither’s, 3 p. m. Monday, Jan. 26 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Civil term of Superior Court convenes 10 a. m. Spring semester at Brevard Col lege begins. Tuesday, Jan. 27 — Ace of Clubs meets, 7:46 p. an. Background Given Executive Appointments Are Announced By Oiin Mathieson M. L. Herzog, corporate vice | president, has been transferred to the headquarters staff in the offi. ’ oi the vice president foi piodue tion and engineering, it Is announ ced by Stanley De J. Osborne, pres ident of Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation. Mr. Herzog was formerly in charge of the film activities of the packaging division of the corpora tion. ] At the same time the following appointments were announced in (he packaging division. P. C. Brownell, corporate vice president formerly in charge of Ecusta paper has been appointed vice president and manager for Ecusta paper and film. Mr. Brown Anderson Will Preside Over Press Institute \ _ I Editor and Mrs. John I. Ander son are attending the 34th annual Institute of the North Carolina Press association this week end at Chapel Hill and Duke university. As president of the press associa tion, Mr. Anderson will preside over several of the convention pro grams. Among the featured speakers will be Roscoe Drummond, noted Washington columnist. Senator Ev erett B. Jordan, William Friday, president of the university, and Dr. Hollis Edens, president of Duke. H) will continue to make his head quarters at Pisgah Forest. A.. J. Loeb has been named divis ion vice president for Ecusta Pa per. He was formerly assistant manager for Ecusta Paper. E. L. Lynn, formerly assistant manager for film, has been appoint ed divisional vice president, re sponsible for film. A. T. Safford has been named marketing manager for the pack aging division. He was formerly as sistant manager for film. Olin Mathieson’s packaging divis ion, headed by R. H. Evans, corpor ate vice president and general man ager, manufactures and sells a wide range of packaging materials including, Olin cellophane and Olin Polyethylene film. Frostkraft pa per, board, corrugated shipping —Turn to Page Five Civil Term Of Superior Court To Open Monday, Criminal Docket February 2nd SEVERAL EVENTS WILL HIGHLIGHT ’59 JAYCEE WEEK Awards Will Be Given At Annual Banquet Meeting This Saturday Night In keeping with National Jaycee week, which is being celebrated this week all over the nation, the Brevard Jaycees will have their an nual awards banquet on Saturday night, January 24, at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock. The banquet will honor Transyl vania county’s outstanding “Young Farmer”, outstanding “Teen-Ager”, and the outstanding “Young Man of the Year.” Each of the winners has been se lected by a secret panel of judges, known only to the chairman of each event. The judges are all over Jaycee age and have no connection at all with the local Jaycee organi zation. For the first time, the Jaycees will honor the outstanding “Teen ager” this year. The winner must be outstanding in all fields of en deavor, not just one particular field. The local winner, either a boy or a girl, will be entered in the state “Outstanding Teen-Ager” eon —Turn to Page Fiye FARM LANDS OF PISGAH HEIGHTS SOLD TO THOMAS ! Some 142 Acres Included In Sale. Background Of Sub development Given The sale of 142 acres of land in Pisgah Heights to Alexander P. Thomas and wife Edith Lowe Thomas was announced today by W. M. Melton, president of Pisgah Heights corp. Pisgah Heights was incorpora ted in 1950 by 14 local people as a subdevelopment. The original tract was the Allison farm and it con tained 250 acres. This land fronts on the Asheville highway, old US fi'' going to Hendersonville and the Ecusta road. Straus school is situa ted on a portion of the original tract, as well as Calvary Baptist church. Allison road and Haw —Turn to Page Four More Births Than Deaths In County During 1958 By almost three to one, births outnumbered deaths in Transyl vania county during 1958. A cheek at the register of deeds office reveals 326 births during the past year and 125 . deaths. October was the biggest month lor new babies, with 42 enter ing the world. A tabulation of the other months is as follows: January 28, Gaither Leaves For Raleigh This Thursday, Second Term In House Representative James C. Gaither will leave on Thursday for Raleigh, where he will make his residence prior to the opening of the legisla ture on February 4th. This is Mr. Gaither’s second term in the house, and he predicts a busy session. j Mr. and Mrs. Gaither will reside at 934V4 Vance street in Raleigh, and he invites his Transylvania friends to visit them when they are ir. the Capitol city. Mr. Gaither has conferred with town and county officials, regard ing legislative matters. He will be happy to hear from citizens of the Brevard and Transylvania when they have questions concerning the legislature and its actions. JAMES C. GAITHER February 23, March 20, April 20, May 29, June 20, July 25, August 38, September 33, November 30, and December 18. More persons died during May and July than during any oth er months. The total was 15 each month. Deaths during the other months were as follows: January 12, February 13, March 8, April 10, June 6, August 13, Septem ber 3, October 12, November 10, December eight. The register of deeds office al so handled 64 marriage licenses during ’58. Contrary to establish ed tradition, December was the month for brides in Transylva nia, with 14 marriage licenses be ing issued. June and July were next with eight each. College Spring Semester Begins On Next Monday The spring semester at Brevard College will begin next week with registration being held on Monday, January 26th, Dr. J. B. Bennett, Dean of the College, announces. New classes will begin on Tues day, January 27th. A number of new students are expected, and they are scheduled to arrive on Friday, January 23rd, for a period of testing and orienta tion. Students are taking examina tions on the first semester’s work this week. CARL HART, office manager of the Citizens Tele phone company, is shown above inspecting the demolish ed telephone pay station at the Pisgah Trading post, which was robbed last week. A reward of $100 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and convic tion of person or persons involved in the robbery. _ _ (Times Staff Photo) Gii Coan Is Elected To Head Brevard Chamber Of Commerce — -— GIL COAN 0nun»ininmm»innnimiiinn«Miin,nin>|H,nn)|lM„|^ The Weather 0mirHi "0 A cold wave moved into Brevard last week, bringing one inch of snow Thursday night. Tempera tures dropped to zero Saturday morning. Precipitation for the week totaled 1.25 inches. Daily readings are as follows. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low Pre. 60 30 .01 55 41 .60 48 13 .39 28 0 .11 32 3 .09 45 11 .04 49 36 .01 Himes Is The New Vice Pres ident. Several Meetings Are Slated Gil Coan, partner in the Brevard Insurance agency, and former big league baseball player, was elected president of the Brevard chamber of commerce at the annual meeting hold here Tuesday night. President Coan has served the past year as vice-president. He suc ceeds Cecil J. Hill, attorney. The new president has served five years as a director. Charles F. Himes, partner in the Pisgah Candy company here, was named vice-presdient. C. M. Doug las, county-city tax collector, was ro-elected recording secretary; Alex H. Kizer, treasurer; and, Mrs. Lucy Ford re-elected as execu tive secretary. Committee chairmen will be named by the new president after a meeting with the other newly se lected officials. Oconee county Chamber of Com merce officers have asked for a joint meeting with the local offi cials on February 4 to make plans for dedication of the South Caro lina end of the Whitewater road, it was announced by Mr. Hill. Announcement was made by Chairman Thomas Eller, of the Transylvania flood control commit tee, that a meeting to go over plans for this county would be held here on January 29th. A vote of thanks was given to re tiring President Hill for the work he has done during the past year as head of the civic group. The now president, in taking over the —Turn to Page Four Program Highlights WPNF To Broadcast Jaycee Awards Program, State Prexy To Be Heard WPNF will broadcast the Jaycee | annual awards program on Sunday a* 2:00 o’clock, at which time the “Distinguished Service” award, the “Outstanding Young Farmer” award and the “Outstanding Teen ager” award will be presented by Marvin Koonce, Jr., president of the North Carolina Junior chamber of commerce. The awards program and the ad dress by Mr. Koonce will be re corded Saturday nigjht for broad cast at this more convenient time, A1 Martin, program director an nounces. He invites everyone to hear the presentation of awards, made to these three outstanding citizens of Transylvania county. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for. the coming week is as follows: Thursday, soil conser vation service, Harry Newland; Friday, Carolina news; Monday, County agent’s office; Tuesday, Ex tension forestry, Leonard Hamp ton; Wednesday, heme demonstra —Tom to Pago Five JUDGE CRAVEN WILL PRESIDE FIRST SESSION Judge Patton Will Be Here For Second Week. Jurors Are Reminded SLATE IS REVIEWED The January term of Superior court in Transylvania will open oa Monday, January 26th, Cleric ot Court Marvin McCall announces to day. Judge J. B. Craven, of Moore* ville, will preside over the first week, which will be a civil session. The second week, a criminal term, will be presided over bf Judge George V. Patton, of Frairit lin. Some 12 cases and two divorces will be heard, and the Clerk s* minds all jurors called to seif* during the first week to be in the court room by 10 o’clock Monday morning. The divorce actions to be heard next week are those of Julia Clay ton Smith vs. Win. E. Smith and Sally McCall vs. Crate McCall. Other motions and actions on the civil docket are as follows: R. W. Drake & T. M. Drake, T. A. Drake Plumbing Co., vs J. N. Bradshaw, et ux. Sophia McCall vs. T. J. McCalL Victor Betsel vs. Jack Frady et' al. Ruth McCrary Farmer vs. Floyd. L. Farmer. Sapphire Valley Golf Club, Inc., vs. W. S. Alexander. R. R. Burgin vs. Clarence L. Rog ers, et al. Mrs. Marriah Gillespie vs. Re serve Life Insurance Company. Cascade Power Company vs. Robt. McCall and Joe Groome. J. R. Watkins, Co., vs. Wallace Reece, et al. Cascade Power Company vs. Rob ert McCall. Louis McCall vs. James C. Mc Call. E. . Whitson vs. Dock Hubbard. SCHOOL OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING Plans Discussed For Utilis ing Funds Under National Education Act Transylvania school executives attended the regional meeting in Asheville on Monday at which time plans were discussed for utilizing federal funds under the National Defense Education act of 1958. Comprising the local delegation were Supt. Wayne Bradburn, Mrs. Juanita Lavender, the county school supervisor, and district prin cipals, Robert T. Kimzey and E F. Tilson. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state sup erintendent of public instruction, told 23 WNC school superinten dents, plus a number of supervis ors, that the state department is now preparing a plan for applica tion of the federal funds. The completed plan will be sub mitted to the U. S. Commissioner of Education for aproval. Funds Available Funds available to North Caro lina for strengthening science* mathematics and modern foreign instruction total $2,459,388 annual ly on a matching basis, Dr. Carroll said, with $667,548 already appro —Turn to Page Poor Baptists To Have Sunday School Mass Meeting Next Mon. There will be an associational Sunday school mass mcetii^ on Monday night, January 26th, at 7:30 o’clock at the Glady Branch Baptist church. All pastors, Sunday school super intendents, officers and teacher* are urged to attend. Department of ficers and leaders are also asked to encourage their members to be present for this important meeting. “Let’s make this a successful and effective meeting in the work ef our Sunday schools,” the chafanfn urges.
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