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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. PoQjuJa tion, 1950 Census, 15,3Z1. Brevard Community 7,394. Vol. 70 — No. 12 * Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY CUB SCOUTS of Don four. Pack 706, won first prize in the window decorating contest here in Brevard during Boy Scout week, and they are shown above receiv ing a check from Rev. Alfred Rhyne, representing the institutional sponsors. At the recent Blue and Gold banquet, the boys put on an Americanism skit, with Gary Himes representing Uncle Sam. Pictured above, front row, left to right, ; are: “Butch” Jackson, Paul Bianken- ; ship, young Himes and Dale McCrary. Second row: Rev. Mr. Rhyne, Jamie Can- j Hell, Steve Case, Jimmy Schlosser and Blair Johnson. Third row: Mrs. Bud Case, den mother, and Mrs. Don Blank enship, assistant. (Times Staff Photo) Emphasis Placed On Civil Defense, Rosman Area To Get New Fire Track Chairmen Of Various Ser vice Committees Named By Misenheimer With the Berlin crisis becoming more critical and following Pres ident Eisenhower’s plea on Mon day night, Weldon Misenheimer. Civil Defense director in Transyl vania, urges all Transylvanians to prepare for any and all kinds of emergencies. A local Civil Defense office has been set up at the City hall by Di rector Misenheimer. Today, he is naming chairman of the various sendee committees, as required by the state and federal Civil Defense plan. Jack Bryant, who is a member of the town board of aldermen, has been appointed deputy director in Transylvania. The committees and the chair men of each are as follows: Attack warning service — Jim Edens Communications — Charles Pick elsimer, Jr. Engineering and public works— John Kilpatrick Emergency information service— John I. Anderson Manpower service—R. F. Tharp Fire Service—Dan Merrill Health protection service—Wal ter Hart Emergency Medical service— John Bailey Welfare service—Mrs. Dora Pat ton Police service—Paul Fisher Religious affairs sendee—B. W. Thomason Radiological service — Wayne —Turn to Page Ten CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, March 19 — Lions meet at Colonial Inn, 7 p. m. Ki wanis meets at Gaither’s, 6:45 p. m. jl Friday, March 20 — Masons Fish Supper at Temple, 5 to 8 p. m. Eas ter Bazaar of Brevard Methodist church, 10 a. m. to 8 p, m. Saturday, March 21 — Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p. m. Sunday, March 22 — Attend the church of your choice. Civic chorus sings at Presbyterian church, 4 p. m. Monday, March 23 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Tuesday, March 24 — Ace of Clubs meets 7:45 p. m. Wednesday, March 25 — Tractor school at Brevard high school, 2 p. m, On Affairs Of State Thomason,Gaither Home ForWeek End, Legislative Action Cited Transylvania’s legislators, Sena tor B. W. Thomason and Represen tative James C. Gaither were home last week end, and discussed “af fairs of state” with many local people. In reply to many requests, The Times is reprinting the various committees on which the two law makers are serving: Senator Thomiason: Agriculture, vice chairman; Appropriations. Ed ucation; Interstate and Federal Re lations; Local Government; Penal Institutions; Public Health; Pub Methodist Bazaar Slated On Friday The pre-Easter bazaar, sponsored by the WSCS of the Brevard Meth odist church will open the doors Friday morning at 10:00 o’clock. The items for sale will be displayed in the Sunday school rooms on the main floor. Displays will include many hand-made novelties besides the hand sewn items. There will be a table of foodstuffs that will range from canned goods to cakes. A business man’s lunch will be served, beginning at 11:30 in the fellowship hall. Shoppers and the local business people are urged to come and enjoy a hot meal. Food will be served until 1:00. And the bazaar will remain open until 8:00 p. m. lie Welfare; Veterans arid Military Affairs. Representative Gaither: Penal Institutions, chairman; Conserva tion and Development; Elections and Election Laws; Finance; Health; Insurance; Manufacturers and Labor; Public Utilities; Roads and Highway safety; Veteran’s Leg islation; Trustees of the Universi ty (Joint). Bills This Week On Tuesday after a spirited de bate, a bill for a new legislative home sailed out of the house with a wide margin of approval. Other highlights of a crowded —Turn to Page Ten Citizens Telephone Company Gets Additional Loan, Work Progressing BANQUET TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Annual Chamber Of Com merce Event Will Be Held At College, April 3rd Tickets for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held at Brevard College on Friday evening, April 3, have been mailed this week (o all members of the civic body. ; Others who wish to attend may purchase tickets at the office of the chamber in the library building on the court house square. Or if de sired, Mrs. Lucy Ford, executive secretary, will mail the tickets if request is made by telephone. Price I is $1.75 each. j Members are requested to mail ’ check to cover cost of the tickets, or if unable to attend, return the tickets immediately, so that accur ate check may be held in order to take care of the reservations. Fritz Schaemmle, director of in formation of Delta Airlines, will be guest speaker. President Gil Coan '.■ ill preside and the dinner will start promptly at 7:00 o’clock. Jerome Is Named To National Post Jerry Jerome, president of the Lievard Federal Savings and Loan association, has been appointed to the 1059 Management Committee of the United States Savings and Loan league. The appointment was announced today by C. R. Mitchell. Kansas City, Missouri, president of the league which is the nationwide trade organization of the savings and loan business and represents more than 4,550 savings associa tions and cooperative banks. The Management Committee stu dies methods which will improve management procedures and asso ciation operating routines. VFW To Elect New Officers On Monday New officers of the Lewis Earl Jackson post, No. 4309, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be elected at I the meeting next Monday night, | March 23rd. A free supper will be served at 7:00 o’clock, followed by the meet ing at 8:00. Commander Claude Melton urg es all members to attend, and he reminds them that a door prize will be awarded. Improvements Noted In DuPont Vacation Plan Improvements in the Du Pont company’s vacation plan, includ ing four-week vacations for all employees who have worked for the company 20 years or more, were announced today by L. S. Grogan, manager of the Brevard plant. Formerly, only 25-year employees had been eligible for four weeks. This was one of two changes made to give greater recognition to long-time employees. The oth Brevard Civic Chorus Will Give Pre-Easter Concert This Sunday The Brevard Civic Chorus will give a pre-Easter concert of sacred music this coming Sunday after noon at 4:00 o’clock in the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian church. The public is most cordially in vited to attend. The chorus will sing the Bach Cantata, “Christ Lay in Death’s Dark Prison”, under the direction of M. Thomas Cousins. This will be followed by Faure “Requiem”, under the direction of Prof. Nelson Adams. Members of the chorus are: Dot Adarr.is, Jeanette Austin, Pat Aus tin, Lila Hill, Kay Johnson, Betty Ann Killian, Carolyn Kimzey, Sa die North, Gloria Sanders, Cather ine Seehorn, Cliff Siniard, Ger trude Summey and Dorothy Wal lace; altos — Mabel Griffin, Ruth Hunter, Biddy Leonard and Susan Melton; tenor — John Bennett, Lloyd Burhans and M. Thomas Cou sins; bass—Frank Green, Harry McCutcheon, Alex B. McFadden and Frank McGuire. Organist for the performance is Charles Jolliff, and soloists are Lila Hill, soprano, and M. Thomas Cou sins, baritone. er one will allow 25-year people to occasionally take as much as a six-week vacation if they wish. They can do this by carrying over one or two weeks of their annual vacation to a succeeding year. All employees of from one to 10 years will continue to receive two-week vacations with pay and those from 10 to 20 years, three weeks. Other changes made in the plan at the same time are: liber alization of the attendance pro visions so that an employee will receive a vacation if he has re ceived pay for time worked in 26 weeks in the 12 months pre ceding the date on which his va cation begins; payment of full vacation allowance to eligible —Turn to Page Ten Legionnaires To Hold Spring Dance Legionnaires of the Monroe Wil son post of the American legion are staging a “Spring Dance” Sat urday evening, beginning at 9:00 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend, and music will be fur nished by Wayne Rutledge and his orchestra. Admission will be $1.50 per per son. MRS. TOM E. RAMSAY, of 130 Neely road, Brevard, models a “Solar Sun Bonnet”, a hat of the future, espec ially designed by famous Manhattan milliner, William J., to symbolize the jet age. The creation is accordion pleated in bright red with a velvet bow at the hairline. The material looks like fine silk, but in reality it is paper treated with melamine resin for strength and durability, a product of American Cynamid Company. This hat was one of a collection on display at the recent annual con vention of the paper industry in New York, which was attended by several representatives from the Olin Math ieson Chemical corporation at Pisgah Forest. Progress Through Development Program Cited At Banquet Meet CLARK GRISSOM, well-known Brevard man, is the new county forest ranger for Transylvania, succeeding George Burton, re signed. Mr. Grissom will assume his duties on March 23rd. For the past eight years, he has been con nected with Houston Furniture company. He is active in the Brevard volunteer fire depart ment, the First Baptist church and the Brevard Lions club, as well as the Cathey’s Creek Devel opment club. McGough Heard Tuesday Night. Reports From Com munities Are Made The vast progress that hias been made during the past seven years through the Rural Progress pro gram in Transylvania and through out Western North Carolina was stressed in an informative address by Morris McGough, executive sec rctary of the Asheville Agricultur al council, who was the principal speaker Tuesday night at the spon sors dinner. Some 75 persons attended the af fair. which was held at the Oldn Mathieson Chemical corporation at Pisgah Forest. The dinner was buffet style in the Ecusta cafeteria, followed by the meeting in the Medical center. County Agent James itavis pre sided, and Miss Anne Benson Priest, home agent, introduced the guests. Randal J. Lyduy present ed the sponsors of the Rural Prog ress Program in Transylvania, and members of the Agricultural Work ers couneil were introduced by Ranger Ted Seely, the president. J. J. Stevenson, of Brevard col lege, opened the meeting with a prayer. Former County Agent Julian A. Glazener was scheduled to have ap —Turn to Page Four Program Highlights WPNF To Broadcast Address By Agricultural Expert On Thursday WPNF will broadcast an address by Morris McGough, executive vice president of the Asheville Agricul tural council, on Thursday at 2 o’ clock p. m. Mr. McGough spoke to Transylvania community cluib mem bers, agricultural workers, and sponsors of the rural Development contest Tuesday night at the annu al sponsors banquet, which was giv en by the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. Bobby Hoyle, station manager, invites all persons in Transylvania county to hear Mr. McGough’s in formative talk which deals with the growth and development of ag riculture in Western North Caro lina. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is at follows: Thursday, Soil Conser vation service, Harry E. Newland; Friday, Carolina news; Monday, county agent; Tuesday, Extension forestry, Leonard Hampton; Wed nesday, home1 demonstration agent. To be heard on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, Book and Plate club; Monday, American leg ion; Wednesday, Rotary club. Rev. M. M. Armstrong, pastor of the Ecusta Methodist circuit, has charge of Morning Devotions this week and has had as guest speaker, Rev. Glegg Avett, pastor of the —Turn te Page Five PRESENT OVERALL EXPANSION WILL LOST $742,000. “Construction” Phase Will Be Completed In June. In stalling Switchboards TO IMPROVE SERVICE With an additional loan this week of $104 000 00 from th.' Rural Electrification administration, the ■Citizens Telephone company, of Brevard, will now spend $742,000 in its current, overall expansion program, Charles Pickelsinwr, Jr., the manager, announces This most recent lean will fin ance the construction program n< w being carried out in Tra-nsyl vania county. Young and Crawford, of Raleigh, tine general contractor, is busy erecting poles and installing new cables in Brevard and outlying com muni ties. Mr. Piokelsiimer reports. The concern is scheduled to haw Ibis phase of the work completed by June 19th, when (rows of the Citizens Telephone company will finish converting lines from the old cables to the new ones. New witchboordSj which will permit wme 200 additional phones and an upgrading in present ser vice, ane being installed by the North Electric company, of Gal-ion, Ohio, both in Brevard and at Ros iriiam. These represent expenditures of $45,000.00 here and $10,000.00 at Rosman, the manager stated The overall expansion plan will require very few changes in pres ent private line telephone num bers. but in order to regroup and change parties from one class of service to another, approximately 500 ga -u.' numbe s wiO have to be chru.m .i. A new ▼directory will be published in Tuly to show these changes. GROGAN IS HEARD AT ROTARY MEET New Board Of Directors Will Be Chosen Next Monday Evening The economic value of a new plant in a eomimimitv was cited in an address by Leslie S. Grogan, plant manager of the Du Pont sili con plant, located in Buck Forest, at the last regular meeting of the Br evard Rotary club at Gaither’s. Mr. Grogan was introduced by Bob Baker, and President Gil Coon presided over the dinner. Hie -pointed out that the Brevard plant is now employing 260 per sons, and he explained that 15 years of research and an invest ment of millions had gone into sil icon before anything was realized from the sale of this new Ameri can product. He also stressed the fact that Du Pont spends millions on research to develop other products for a “fin er way of life”. He -made an attack on the “big ness of government”,, and the ef forts that are being made to de stroy the system of free enter prise. He also explained that the indi vidual incentive to produce is be ing destroyed. During the business session, the Rotarians selected 10 persons, and —Turn to Page Pour Jaycettes To Sell Orchids For Easter An orchid sale is being conduct ed by the Brevard Jaycettes, and the president, Robin Hoyle, reports that orders are now being received by members of the club. These orchid corsages, which will be delivered on Saturday before Easter, are being obtained in co operation with the Orest store, and samples will be on display at the store Saturday. Members of the club will also be on duty there to receive orders, the president stated. Proceeds will ap ply to the purchase of a special wheel chair far Charles Peevy, and sale price of the orchids will be $3.98.
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