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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, A g r ie'u Itural and Musk Centex, Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vo!. 70 — No. 6 ' Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized nt Brevard. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1959 ★ IS PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY 4-H CLUB MEMBERS are learning by doing as they attend the Electric Workshop each Wednesday night at the Brevard Methodist church. The work shops are open to 4-H club members between the ages of 10 and 16, and they are sponsored by Duke Power company. Charles Taylor is pictured above show ing a group the fundamentals df an elec .. x-:vXy>:v;-x-Xv.sX\'>vCiC»^x^86o88BSaBSfl8aaHMMM18jS8QQyQOQ88ti88B^^floHB8 trie motor. Emphasis is placed on sim ple repair jobs in the home. From left to right, 4-H members above are: Ron ald Byrd, Tony Terry, Carroll Fowler, Karen Galloway, Nina Tinsley, Charles Taylor, Roger Gasperson, Gil Coan, Dickie Gilreath, Harold Hebert and Mar vin Taylor. (Extension Staff Photo) Transylvanians Discuss Plans For Flood Control, 17 Dams Proposed Another Meeting Is Called For February 10th. Com mittees Appointed Some 50 interested citizens at tended a special call meeting at Gaither's at which time the soil supervisors of the Transylvania Conservation district discussed the location of sites for the proposed dams as a part of the flood pro tection and watershed program in this county. L. F. Thompson, party leader of the Soil Conservation service, Ral eigh. explained the location of the 17 flood retarding dams, which have been selected to hold back 50 per cent of the run-off water. Four of these dams are located on the West Fork, three on North Fork, one on Middle Fork, two on East Fork, four on Little River, two on Davidson river and one on Cathey's Creek. The estimated cost of the flood prevention and watershed protec tion program is $3,900,000, of which S2.750.000 wmuld be for construction costs. The balance would go for conservation treat ment of the land and easments for floodwater retarding structures. Mr. Thompson explained that the government takes care of the con struction costs of dams and streams channel improvements. However, local land owners must provide the land for the floodwater retarding structures and the conservation treatment of the land. If the site can be secured, plans for flood protection will be con tinued. he declared. It was emphasized that the pro gram is still in the formative stage, and another meeting wrill be held ^ or Tuesday night. February 10th. al 7:00 o’clock at Gaither’s. A central committee, composed of Ed Mackey, Jr., chairman, Thomas R Eller, vice chairman, and James E. Davis, was appointed. —Turn to Page Four CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 5 — Masons will meet at Temple, 7:30 p. m. Baptist W.M.S. general meeting in church parlors. 3:30 p. m. Eabe Ruth and Little League planning meeting at Moose lodge, 7:30 p. m. Kiwanis meets at Gaither’s, 6:45 p. m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn, 7 p. m. Friday, Feb. 6 — Ace of Clubs v meets, 7:45 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 7 — Boy Scout Week begins. Sunday, Feb. 8 — Attend the church of your choice. Organ reci tal, Methodist church. 4.30 p. m. Boy Scouts will attend churches in uniforms. Monday, Feb. 9 — Shriners meet at Gaither’s, 7:00 p. m. Brevard Elementary P-TA meets in cafe teria, 8 p. m. D.A.R. meets with Mrs. Coleman Galloway, 3 p. m. Ro tary meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 — Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p. m. Chamber of com merce directors meet at library, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 — Jaycees meet at Gaither’s, 1:39 p. n. Dr. Peek To Present Recital On Sunday At Methodist Church — I)r. Richard M. Peek, organist, will be presented in a recital at ' the Brevard Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, February 8th, at 1 30. This program is another in the series of special musical pro grams sponsored jointly t}.v the church and the Brevard College Music department. Dr. Peek is director of music at ! the Covenant Presbyterian church, Charlotte. A native of Michigan. Dr. Peek completed his graduate work at the School of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary. New York City, where he received his degree ol Doctor of Sacred Music in May, 1958. He is a composer of note, having 15 published works to his credit. While in New York, he served as co-organist at Riverside church and was guest organist and choirmaster at St. Bartholomew’s church. He is in constant demand as a recitalist. The public is cordially invited to attend this recital. Commerce Directors To Meet At Library Next Tuesday Nite Directors of the Brevard cham ber of commerce will hold their first meeting of the New Year in tne library on Tuesday evening, February 10th, President Gil Coan announces. The budget will be presented for adoption and a number of im portant business items will be brought up for discussion, Mr. Coan states. He reminds directors that there is parking space in the rear of the iibrary. He urges a full attendance of the new board, and he invites the entire membership of the fnrmnprcp hnrtv I)R. RICHARD PEEK Many Cases Disposed Of In Superior Court, Term Will Last Rest Oi Week MANY EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT 1959 SCOUT WEEK Boys Are Urged To Attend Church In Uniforms On Sunday Morning Many events will highlight Boy Scout week in Transylvania, be binning on Saturday, as local Scouts join with others across the nation in observing the 49th an niversary of Scouting. Special window exhibits are be ing erected in the town by several troops and many programs are planned. Sunday, February 8th, is Boy Scout Sunday, and all Scouts in the town and county are urged to attend church in their Scout uni forms. A special roundtable program is scheduled at Brevard college next Tuesday night, beginning at 7:00 o'clock, and it will be followed by a eommisioner's staff meeting, Don Blankenship, the district chair man. annuonces. The district committee meeting —Turn to Page Five Du PONT IMPROVES ITS PENSION PUN Four Basic Improvements! Are Noted. Stockholders Must Approve Proposed improvements in the j IH; Pont company’s pension and ; retirement plan for employees | were announced today by L. S. Gro gan, manager of the local Du Pont j plant. The changes will offer employees four improvements in benefits and I maintain the position of the Du j Pont plan, which dates from 1904., as one of the most liberal in Amer-1 ican industry. Mr. Grogan said. One proposal grants a vested right to a deferred pension to em ployees having 15 years or more with the company whose employ ment is terminated. These pen sions will be payable at age 65 to empoyees terminated with at least 15 years, and at age 60 to those —Turn to Page Four Jaycees To Conduct "My True Security" Contest Plans to conduct a county-wide j “M\ True Security” program ; were announced today by Carl Halt, president of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce. “My True Security” is a script writing and delivery competition which encourages high school seniors to think, w'rite and speak on the importance of initiative and self-reliance in providing a secure future for the individual. Entries are judged on the con tent. originality and delivery of a five - minute script on the sub ject “My True Security — The American Way.” All seniors graduating in cal endar year 1959 are eligible to m}f>r A winnpr frnm tho r>nun. Rabbi Rypins To Give Lectures At Coliege, Public Invited To Programs Rabbi Frederic I. Rypins of Tem ple Emanuel in Greensboro will represent the Jewish Chautauqua Society as lecturer at Brevard Col lege on Wednesday and Thursday, February 11-12. He will speak in chapel on Wednesday morning at 10:00 o’clock, and will meet with the religion classes on Wednesday and Thursday Local persons who are interested in hearing Rabbi Rypins are invit ed to attend the chapel program. Rabbi Rypins received his B. A. degree from the University of Cin cinnati and was ordained a rabbi at. Hebrew Union College in Cincin nati in 1921. He received an hon orary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Hebrew Union college in —Turn te Page Fmat JtABBI F. L KTPIK8 ty will be selected to represent Transylvania in the district judging to be held next month. The state winner will receive an all - expense trip to Wash ington, D. C., in July. During a three - day awards program there, a national winner and two co-equal runners - up will be se lected and honored. The nation al winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship, while the runners up will each receive a $500 schol arship. Information about the project, sponsored nationally by the U. S. Jaycees and the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company, New ark. New Jersey, is now available at both the Brevard and Rosman high schools. President Hart announced that A1 Martin, program director of WPNF, wall serve as local chair man of the event, and he will be —Turn to Page Five (9.....*.-.. The Weather 0imri«nmim»inm«mni»niuniiim»iMM>in>m.0 Temperatures were above aver age during the past week, with the mercury dropping below freezing only twice. Day time readings were also above average. Cloudy weather prevailed, but only .41 of an inch of precipitation was recorded through Tuesday. Daily readings are as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High 58 54 61 65 49 40 43 Low 41 36 44 41 34 Pre. 0 0 G 08 30 O 29 3S MISS BEULAH ZACHARY . . . Missing after New York Plane Crash Miss Beulah Zachary Was Aboard Airline That Crashed In NY River H. A. PLUMMER, 79 BUR1EDSUNDAY Pioneer Businessman And Civic Leader Died Here Last Friday Morning Graveside rites for Henry Austin Plummer, 79, pioneer businessman and civic leader of Brevard and Transylvania county were held Sunday afternoon at the Gillespie Evergreen cemetery. The Masonic rites were conduc ted by officials of the Dunn’s Rock m. > m m mmsm HENRY AUSTIN PLUMMER ... As he appeared prior to to his retirement in 1934. Masonic lodge, of which Mr. Plum iner was a member of long stand ing. Also participating in the service were Rev. Courtney Ross, pastor of j the Brevard Methodist church, and Rev. Fred Valentine, rector of the I —Turn To Page Ten I Brevard Native Was Widely Known In Television Cir cles Across Nation Miss Beulah Zachary, Brevard native, and one of television’s pioneer producers, was aboard the glistening new turboprop Ameri can Airlines plane that crashed in to the chilling, fog-covered waters of East River near New York’s La Guardia airport last Tuesday night Miss Zachary, who was en route from Chicago to New York for her TV show. “Kukla, Fran and Ollie”, was reported at noon on Wednesday as being missing and presumed dead. The plane was carrying 73 per sons, and only eight are believed to have survived. Rgseue efforts are being continued. The plane’s pilot, using instru ments because of the murky wea ther conditions, was feeling his way toward a runway at La Guardia Airport on a nonstop flight from Chicago. But for some undertermined rea son, the big four-engine turboprop craft smacked into the water and burst apart about half a mile from ‘h<> ^ore end of the runway. Some of the passengers and crew were flung from, or floated out of. the wreckage before it sank to the river bottom 30 to 36 feet below. A tugboat chugging along a few hundred feet away cut loose two barges it was towing there from Connecticut and raced to the crash site. Crewmen leaped into the wat er or used boat hooks to pull out the eight persons known to have survived. One was an 8-year-old boy. A member of a pioneer family of Brevard, Miss Zachary was former ly a school teacher here and was one of the founders of the Brevard Little Theatre. She graduated, from Salem col lege. Winston-Salem, after attend —Turn To Page Ten Program Highlights News Broadcasts Over WPNF Now At All-Time High, Listeners Keep Poste WPNF’s schedule of news casts has reached an all-time high, as interests in the world’s happenings and weather developments mounts. The news is presented only minutes after it happens. On the hour, either a five or fifteen-minute sum mary brings complete news stories, and the news headlines are given on the half hour. A1 Martin, program director of WPNF, states that almost two doz en reports on world, state and local news, weather and sports are pre sented daily over the station, and he urges everyone to stay informed by keeping their radio dial set at 1240. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour is as follows: Thursday, Soil conservation service, Harry E. Newland; Friday, U. S. Forest ser vice, Ted Seely; Monday, county agent’s office; Tuesday, Rosman vo-ag dept., B .E. Keisler; Wednes day, Home demonstration agen{. Appearing on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, Brevard chamber of coaa&nerce; Monday, Girl Scouts; Wednesday, Music ..Tarn to Page Ten MANY CASH BONDS FORFEITED, WILL GO TO THE SCHOOLS Judge George M. Fountain Presiding. Leonard Lowe Prosecuting For State DOCKET REVIEWED Many cases are being disposed of in Superior court this week, with Judge George M. Fountain presid ing over the criminal docket. Last week Judge J. B. Craven, of Mooresville, conducted the civil ?ourt, which was recessed on Wed nesday. Leonard Lowe, of Forest City, uho is prosecuting for the state* says the criminal term win prdb ably continue on through Friday of this week. Mostly submissions of cases of a minor nature were heard on Mon day and Tuesday of this week and according to Clerk of Superior Court Marvin McCall, many bonds were forfeited on cases that were called and failed. This money goes into the school fund. Heaviest sentences were handed to Harvey Daves, Jr., James Mor *18 Jr-’ an(i Charles Daves for larceny of livestock, and tresspass, fhey will go to jail for not less than two years or more than three years. Harry Crane, Jr., convicted on the same charge received a year suspended sentence and uiU br placed on five years probaflon on payment of costs and $200 resti tution to Marlow Stallings, owner ol stock destroyed. The following plead guilty tc drunk driving and were fined $100 arid costs: John D. Chapman. Gor don Owens and William Erwin Glaze. Donald Patterson plead guilty to driving after license revoked and was given a 10 day jail sentence. Pleading guilty to the same charge Boy Caldwell was fined $200 and costs. Pleading guilty to speeding and —Torn To Page Ten ENGINEERS MAKES REPORT TO TOWN Dam Above Watershed To Cost $50,000. Others Are Heard The Brevard board of alderm/eD held a busy session at the regular February meeting. They heard a report from John Gold, engineer, in which it was sta ted that an earth dam above the watershed would cost some $50,000 plus $10,000 for an eight-inch line to the existing water main. Action on the matter was deferred. A committee, composed of D. G. Dail, Webb Pitillo and Charles Cook, appeared before the city fathers from the Rotary club and offered to sponsor jointly with the town the operations of the munici pal swimming pool and Franklin park this summer. The group will meet with the pool and park committee of the town to discuss the matter further. Gil Coan, president of the Bre —Turn To Page Ten Two Dwellings Are Destroyed By Fire Two homes were practically destroyed by fire on the outskirts of Brevard Wednesday morning. About 4:00 a. m., the Brevard fireman answered an alarm at <he Mrs. Hattie Search residence on Tinsley road near the Grace Baptist church. The house was engulfed hi flames when the firemen arrived, and it was declared a total loss, along with the contents. No one was home at the time of the fire. Around 11:00 o’clock Wednes day morning the firemen were called out again to battle a blaze at the residence of the late Har old V. Smedberg off Prohart street The house was vacant, and the fire had a head start on the fire men when they arrived.
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