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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 i c u ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vol. 70 — No. 7 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 * 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN SPITE OF WINTRY weath er. construction of the new Bre vard high school on the Brevard Country club road is moving al ong on or ahead of schedule. In dications now are that the school will be ready for occupancy in September of this year. A view of two classroom wings with the auditorium in the background can be noted in the above pho tograph. and at the left is an outside view of the modern caf eteria. When the new campus type layout is completed, Brevard is expected to have one of the finest high schools in the Caro linas, and this modern plant will provide maximum ventilation and light, and the beauty of it is the ease in which future addi tions can be made. (Times Staff Photos) New Brevard High School Layout Is 60 Per Cent Completed, Tour Made Architectual Plans Complet ed One Year Ago. Prog ress Is Noted Construction of the new Brevard high school layout on (he Brevard Country 'club roa(H“Is 60 per am completed. This fact was learned by mem bers of the board of education dur ing the past week as they inspected the campus - type plant with one ot the architects. Henry McDonald, and officials of the various con struction companies on the job. Robert L. Daniels is the other ar chitect on the project. Exactly one year ago to the day. the board approved the architec tual plans for the new high school, which will cost $864,741 for struc tures and equipment. The capacity of the new school is 800 students, and some 30 class rooms are being constructed. This is in addition to a large auditor ium. with dressing rooms, a gym nasium. music department, cafeter ia. student lounges and administra tive offices. Officials of the AY. E. Dale Con struction company, of Morganton. which has the general contract in the amount of $507,000, are pleas ed with the progress that is being made. They told the board that bar ring unforseen difficulties, the new school should be completed by the contract date of September 1st of this year. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday. Feb. 12 — Lincoln's birthday. Fortnightly club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. Courtney Ross. Ma sons meet at 8:00 p. m. Scout com mittee meets at Presbyterian church at 7:30 p. m. Friday. Feb. 13 — World Pay of Prayer service at St. Philip's Epis copal church at 3:30 o'clock. Hospi tal auxiliary meets at 2:00 p. m. Valentine Dance at Country Club at 8.00 p. m. Master point play at Ace of Clubs at 7:45 p. m. Saturday. Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day high school and college danc es that evening. Sunday, Feb. 15 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday. Feb. 16 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m: High school P-TA meets at 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 17 — Ace of clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Eastern Star meets at 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, League of Women Voters to have luncheon at Colonial Inn. Special Service To Highlight World Day Of Prayer On Friday The Women's World Day of Pray-! or. sponsored by the church worn-; cr of the local churches, and part J ol a national observance, will be1 held on February 13th. the first Friday in Lent, at 3:30 p. m.. in ! St. Philip's church. The Lenten season, a period of j 40 days plus Sundays, began on i Ash Wednesday. February 11th. J rl he word Lent comes from an Ang- j County Plumbing Inspector Named Plumbing inspection in all pub- j lie places in Transylvania and Hen-' derson counties is now required, j W F. Hart, the director of sanita-; tion of the Transylvania - Hender-! son health department, announces ! today. In the future it will be necessary ' foi all public places out in the —Turn to Page Four lo-Saxon word meaning "spring” ll is a time of rigid self-examina tion. a period for a deeper sense of penitence, and for a greater aware ness of our blessings and the great joy and hope of the Christian life. A special feature story is carried ( n the Woman's page of 'his week’s Times. Lenten services to be held each week at St. Philip's are: Wednes days: 7:00 a. m. Morning devotion or Holy Communion (alternate weeks) in chapel: 10:00 a. m. Holy Communion in chapel, with prayer group and meditation following; ai:d 8:00 p. m. School of Religion in the parish house. Sundays during Lent there will be the regular ser vices at 8:00. 9:30 and 11:00 a. m. In addition there will be evening prayer at 7:00 p. m. A dioceson Canterbury meeting, made up of students, faculty advis ors, and clergy, of Canterbury —Turn to Page Four Commerce Body To Intensify Efforts To Attract New Industry, Tourists REPORT GIVEN ON PROGRESS, PISGAH MILLS Future Is Said Brighter. Ren ovation Program Is Now Underway Felix Montgomery, president and general manager of Pisgah Mills in Brevard, gave another in a series o' classification talks at the last regular meeting of the Brevard Ro tary club at Gaither's. He assumed his position as head of the local nlant last fall, and he piedicted a brighter future for Pis gah Mills. President Gil Goan presided over the meeting, and he introduced the speaker. A native of Greenville, S. C.. Mr. Montgomery holds both a bache lor's and a master’s degree in tex tile engineering from Georgia Tech. Mr. Montgomery explained that the future for textile products on the whole today is good, because the population is going to increase: plants are being modernized; and, the industry is now in a position to c. pture a large volume of the Am erican dollar since textile products are good buys. He said the country must guard against selling cotton to foreign markets at a low price and then —Turn to Page Eight LOCAL SENATOR VISITS BREVARD Representative Gaither De scribed As “Lucky”. On Several Committees 1 Senator B. W. Thomason spent } the past week end on Brevard, and i he expects to return again on Sat r.rday, February 28th. Senator Thomason said he was most impressed with the calibre of men in the current legislature, and he reported to The Times that he is ; having an “experience of a life 1 time”. When friends in Brevard and Transylvania have legislative mat tcrs that they would like to write I Irm about, Senator Thomason urg ! es them to do so and address their i mail to Box 1767. Raleigh. Gaither Wins ! Rep. James C. Gaither, of Bre I \ .rd. who recently wooed and won ' a lovely bride, also was lucky in a friendly “pool' conducted among legislators to see who could pick the outcome of the torrid race for turn to Paee Bight ARCHITECT HENRY McDONALD is pictured above explaining to members of the board of education of Transylva nia and Superintendent Wayne Brad burn the many advantages, which are in cluded in the cafeteria of the new Bre vard high school. The group toured the campus - type layout on the Brevard Country club road last Saturday morn ing, and the board members were highly pleased with progress that is being made. Left to right, persons in the group are: Harry Morgan, F. S. “Buck” Best, Ho mer McCall, Ed Matheson, Supt. Brad burn and Architect McDonald. (Times Staff Photo) KAYE WILLIS, of Charlotte, who was recently elec ted to reign over the Sweetheart Ball at Brevard College on Saturday night, February 14th, in the Campus Center Auditorium, is pictured above putting the finishing touches on the huge, colorful heart to be mounted in the middle of the dance floor. An attractive brunette, Miss Willis, a sophomore at Brevard College, is the' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Willis. (Times Staff Photo) 'Plans Formulated For Openina Of Transylvania Music Camp BAGWELL NAMED NEW DOG WARDEN : Will Have Office At Health Center. Clinics To Begin On March 3rd Wade F. Bagwell has Deen ap pointed by the county commission ers of Transylvania as county dog warden, succeeding E. R. Galloway, resigned. Mr. Bagwell makes his office at the new health center, and he can be contacted there for conferences, etc.. Monday through Friday dur ing the hours from 8:00 until 9:00 j in the mornings. The clerk at the] health center will take his calls ! during the rest of the day. A series of rabies clinics is be ing planned by the new dog war ! den. and they will begin on March 3rd. The clinics will be convenient 1; located throughout the county, and Mr. Bagwell urges all dog own ers to have their animals vaccin ated as quickly as possible, when the clinics begin. Afterwards, a strict enforcement j is going to be carried out on non- j vaccinated dogs, Mr.. Bagwell de-: dares. Another Festival Series Set During August. Artists, Faculty Returning Plans for the 1959 season at the Transylvania Music camp, which will open on June 27th for the 23rd season, are announced today by officials of the Brevard Music foundation. Again, a six - weeks camping sea sen will be held until August 9th, when the Brevard Music festival will begin. The festival will run through August 23rd, and it is expected to once again attract nation -wide ac claim. During the camping season, as in the past, concerts will be presented every Friday and Saturday even ing and every Sunday afternoon throughout the summer. Many not ed artists will appear with the symphony orchestra. Transylvania Music camp, locat ed on a beautiful 110-acre site here in the picturesque summer vaca tion land of Western North Caro lina, was founded by its director, James Christian Pfohl, at David son College in 1936. moving to its present location in Brevard in 1944. The camp is sponsored by the Brevard Music Foundation. Inc., a i —Turn to Page Five i Program Highlights WPNF Renders Public Service As Member Conelrad Alerting System The Federal Communications commission, the United States air force and the Weather bureau are making it possible for WPNF, as a member of the Conelrad national defense alerting system, to render an important peace time service. The local station relays emergency weather bulletins, particularly sea sonal hurricane warnings, and in formation about inland tornadoes, Ifloods, and other acts of nature, en dangering public life and proper ty Under the new storm warning plan, the Conelrad participating stations will receive emergency weather information. The peace time utilization of the Conelrad alerting system for this purpose grew out of needs emphasized by Gulf coast hurricanes and by tor nadoes in the plains area. It is believed that the plan is a worthwhile service to the general public as well as to all radio servi ces and will permit adequate warn ing and overcome telephone line jamming or overloading which in evitably occurs in severe weather. What is more, this action looks to —Torn to Page Eight TO ENCOURAGE EXPANSION OF PRESENT PLANTS Directors Adopt Budget Of $6,000. Year’s Work Is Outlined TO PRINT FOLDERS Plans for intensive efforts in in dustrial expansion of Transylvania county were laid before the direc tors of Brevard chamber of com merce in meeting here Tuesday night, and means of attracting niore tourists during 1959 were also discussed. Industrial committee plans, as n apped out by a special committee headed by Leslie Grogan, call for immediate publishing of a brochure setting forth advantages to be found in this county. Data is being compiled by the committee, and publication of the booklet is prom ised within the immediate future. Assistance in the work is being given by the Transylvania county board of commissioners, members o the Transylvania Industrial cor poration and the State Department of conservation and development, it was announced by the group. Jack Reeves and Mrs. Lucy Ford did considerable work on the pro ject last year, and the data com piled will be expanded on and brought up to date. The committee promised to have a draft of the industrial booklet for approval at next monthly meeting of the chamber. The tourist committee reported that 10,000 new folders have been received already 4his year, and these together with 15,000 area folders for distribution on the Blue «\way, will be used in the step;' f . ,ip advertising program. h, addition, several thousand fold ers made up especially for home seekers are on hand, and space is being bought on the WNC High lander map which will have a dis tribution this year of 100,000. Odas Crisp heads this committee. A budget of $6,000.00 was adop ted for the year, the main items of —Turn to Page Pive MISS ZACHARY BURIED SUNDAY Final Rites For TV Producer Attended By Many. Mem orial Recital Given Miss Beulah Zachary, prominent TV producer who was killed in a recent tragic plane crash near New York’s La Guardia airport, was laid to rest Sunday afternoon in Gillespie - Evergreen cemetery af ter an impressive ceremony at the Brevard Methodist church. A large crowd, which included television celebrities from. Chicago, attended the funeral services. Rev. Courtney Ross, pastor of the Bre vard Methodist church, officiated, and special organ music was played by Prof. Nelson Adams, the minis ter of music of the church and head of the Brevard college mu sic department. Two hours after the service, a special memorial recital was held at the church, with Dr. Richard M. —Turn to Page Five Late Tag Buyers Given Extra Day Tardy tag buyers in Transylva nia and throughout North Caro lina will get an extra day of grace, since the deadline of Feb. 15th, falls on Sunday, Mrs. Har old Norwood, who is in charge of the Carolina Motor Club of fice here, announces. The highway patrol has been notified not to halt motorists with old tags until after midnight on Monday, Feb. 16th. However, Mrs. Norwood urges local tag buyers not to wait until Monday to purchase their licens es. “Each day they wait should see the waiting lines get progres sively longer,” she declared. On Wednesday of this week Mrs. Norwood had sold some 3,050 licenses for ’59, and dur ing all of ’50, she sold 5,0*9.
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