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TRANSYLVANIA— The Land of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Camps. Entrance to Pisgah Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Musi<* Festival. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, Agricu ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vo!. 70 — No. 17 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1959 * 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY LEONARD POTEET, captain of the fine Brevard high school band, is pic tured above proudly presenting to Prin cipal Robert Kimzey the beautiful plaque that was awarded the local mu sical organization, after it was given su perior rating in the State finals last Thursday at Greensboro. Flanking the pair are John I). Eversman, left, and Charlie Glass, right, directors. (Times Staff Photo) Jaycees To Hold Teen-Age Road-E-0 Saturday, Written Exams Are Given McCrary Is Chairman. Event To Be Staged On West Main Street The Jaycee’s safe driving Teen age Rcad-E-0 will be conducted Saturday of this week at 9:30 a. m. according to Tom McCrary, chair man of the project. Written examinations are now being given to qualified teen-agers, and on Saturday, the driving phase of the contest will be conducted on West Main street. Mr. McCrary states that the Koad-E O is an educational pro gram of the Jaycees, designed to instill safe driving habits and knowledge in the mind of the teen ager. It is closely patterned after the National Truck Road-E-O, ori ginated by the American Trucking association. The local winner will be entered in state competition, and the high scorer in the state will he en tered in national competition in Washington, D. C., at which time S4.500.00 in scholarships will be awarded. Mr. McCrary states that the driv ing contest is being conducted with the co-operation of the local police and sheriff departments, and the State Highway patrol, and in case of rain, the Road-E-0 will be held one week later. : s 2 The Weather : A week of rain, brought 1.68 in ches of precipitation to Brevard, as temperatures dropped a bit. The largest amount of rainfall was re corded Sunday. Daily readings are as follows: CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, April 23rd — Masons meet at temple at 8:00 p. m. Pres byterian women to have supper at 6:30. B & PW club supper at Meth odist church at 7:00 p. m. Friday, April 24th — Civic or chestra to present concert at the college at 8:00 p. m. Saturday, April 25th — Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Ball game at Camp Straus, Indians vs. Bea con at 3:00 p. m. Sunday, April 26th — Attend the church of your choice. Presbyter ian college choir sings at Brevard Davidson River church at 11:00 a. m. Monday, April 27th — Methodist workers meet at the college at 7 p. mi. Rotary club meets at Gaith er’s at 7:00 p. m. Tuesday, April 28th — Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday High Low Pre. 64 27 .01 70 39 0 73 33 0 67 48 .65 72 55 .88 78 50 .02 75 44 .12 Affairs of State " I Legislators Facing Flood Of New Sills At Present Time A flood of bills in the General ! Assembly on Tuesday included | measures to regulate traffic on i super-highways of the interstate system, Workmen's Compensation | Law changes to cover atomic radi i ation and disfiguring injuries, and I appropriation measures to extend j Social Security coverage to mem bers of the Law Enforcement Of j fleers’' Benefit and Retirement ! Fund. Committee action included the • death of a proposal, backed by the I State Board of Elections, to switch the date for party primaries from the last Saturday in May to the last Tuesday in June. The House Elections Committee killed it. af ter a sub-committee reported the June date would work to the disad Fashion & Talent Show Set, April 30 Plans for a spring fashion show on Thursday. April 30 in the Bre vard high school auditorium are now under way. The show will be sponsored by the Brevard Lions club. With dresses direct from New York and models and talent from the Brevard high school booster club, a full evening of entertain ment is promised, by Robert An drews, president of the Lions club. Numbers, such as the lovely voic es of the high school quartet -— Ellen Bennett, Ruth Hunter, Jon lvn Truesdail and Susan Kennedy; the one and only crooner, who com poses his own songs, Charles Win chester; led by the entertaining master of ceremony, Floyd McCall; plus a dozen beautiful models, com prise only a part of what the even ing holds in store. “Plan now to attend the fashion talent show on Thursday, April 30 at 8:00 p. m. at the Brevard high school auditorium,” Mr. Andrews says. vantage of farmers, vacationers, and students and faculty on college campuses. Legislators also sought a solu tion for th proh!^ a of unwed mo thers or. public welfare rolls re vealed Tuesday they have discard j ed sterilization as an approach, j Instead they promised fresh leg { jsktion which one sponsor said would be "a better, more inclusive, I more deterrent” bill free of the , "undesirable features” of the ori ginal measure. Rep. Davis, a Kinston physician, confirmed that the sterilization feature has been abandoned. She said she would introduce a bill in the House Wednesday to carry out (he new approach. While she declined to discuss de tails of the new bill, she said she was convinced it represented an im provement over the original meas ure. Brevard's Band Given Highest Rating At Annual State Finals In Greensboro CIVIC ORCHESTRA PRESENTS CONCERT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT Appreciation Being Express ed To All Contributing To Drives, College, Etc. The Brevard Civic Orchestra will present its first concert in the Sims Campus Center building at Brevard college on Friday night of inis week at 8:00 o’clock. This concert is being given for the people of Brevard, who have ! been so generous in their support, of fund raising drives, Brevard Col lege and the various civic and com i unity projects, which have helped to make our town a better place in which to live, Ralph Reed, the director, states. Wolfgang Selle, president, of the board of directors of the orchestra, announces that this is a program planned for family entertainment. Featured with the orchestra will be Gloria Sanders, popular local singer. Mrs. Sanders is president of the Brevard Civic chorus, a member of the board of directors of The Brevard Little Theatre and soprano soloist at Brevard David son River Presbyterian church. Also included in the concert will be Miss Susan Hunt, balerina. Miss Hunt, a student at Brevard col | lege will present a ballet repre senting a staging idea in present ing a popular melody. Miss Hunt: is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Hunt, Gastonia, and was a talent winner of Durham School of Arts. This concert includes selections by Gluck, Haydn, Beethoven, Schu bert, Straus and Ravel. Girl Scouts Will Have Award Court The annual Girl Scout Court of Awards is slated for Sunday, Ap ril 26th. According to the district chair man, Mrs. L. F. Nerlinger, the event will be held in the Brevard college auditorium, beginning promptly at 3:00 o’clock. All Transylvania troops will be represented at the Court of Awards. Parents, friends and other interested persons are cordially in vited to attend. Awards will be made for work done during the past year. County's First Perpetual Care Cemetery Is Opened The first perpetual care cem etery in Transylvania is being op ened in the county to serve the local citizens and the county res idents alike. Approximately 18 acres of choice rolling land which is sev en-tenths of a mile out the Hen dersonville Highway No. 64 from the entrance of the Pisgah National Forest is being develop ed into a beautifully landscaped Garden Cemetery. It’s beauty will be enhanced by lovely Christian Memorials in each of the Gar dens, showing some scene or il lustration from the life of Christ. The cemetery will be known as Pisgah Gardens, Inc., and is be ing developed by the Moody Choate Funeral Home and the National Cemetery Service. National Merit Exams Scheduled, Fifty-Two Will Enter Competition This year’s National Merit schol arship exams are under the direc tion of Mrs. Juanita Lavender, the county supervisor. These exams are to be given at Brevard high school April 28, at 9:00 a. m., and admission fee of $1.00 will be charged. The purpose of the test is to se lect students qualifying for the semi-finalist examinations of the Merit scholarship program. This program affords financial aid to high school students planning to attend college. Students receiving this aid may enter any course of study they wish. They are expect ed to maintain average grades. The fifty-two juniors who have signed up for the three-hour test will be competing with students from all over the nation. The exams will cover English, mathematics, social studies ,the nat ural sciences, and vocabulary. The winners will be notified in the ear ly fall of 1959. Those with the highest scores will take semi-fin alist exams and will be requested to submit biographical information. BHS has had one Merit scholar ship winner, Tommy Jones, and three finalists, Boots Davis, Gale Ramsey and Lynn Smathers. Offices for Fisgah Gardens have been opened at 143 E. Main St. in Brevard. The ceme tery will be managed by Bu ford Nipper who has wide exper ience in the operation of perpet ual care cemeteries such as this. Construction work, which is to be handled by local contractors, will begin within a week. The cemetery is expected to be rea dy for interment within one month. Officials Named At VFW District Meet Dan Griffin, of Canton, Sunday was elected district commander of District 17, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting here at the Lew is Earl Jackson Post No. 4309 of the VFW. Other new officers include Zeb Meadows of Franklin, senior vice commander; C. L. Corn, of Bre vard, junior vice commander; and Thomas R. Eller Jr., of Brevard, judge advocate. Retiring District Commander Dewey Beacham of Asheville pre sided and Claude Melton, local com mander of the host Lewis Earl Jackson Post, introduced the guests. DANCE AT THE CLUB The annual spring dance at the Brevard Country cluib will be held Saturday night, beginning at 8:30 o’clock. Music will be furnished by the “Un-Tils”, the band that played for the New Year’s dance. The pub lic is invited and admission will be $1.00 per person. THE ATTRACTIVE COVER of the new area folder, which depicts the attractions of the Brevard - Cashiers - Highlands section, is shown above. Thousands of these colorful brochures will be distributed along the Blue Ridge Parkway beginning May 1st. The Parkway is now open, and the public is invited to drive atop the Pisgah National forest and see nature's scenic wonderland. Construction Resumed On Blue Ridge Parkway Atop The Pisgah, To Distribute Area Folders May I Clearing Of Right-Of-Way And Grading To Begin. Another Letting Slated i Contractors have resumed work | on the 20-mile stretch of Blue Ridge Parkway between Beech Gap above Balsam Grove and US high way 23, after having been closed for the winter months. Clearing of right-of-way and starting of grading work are the first steps for 1959. The two con tracts are expected to take about three years for completion of the rough terrain through which the scenic drive will pass. At a meeting of the N. C. Park commission in Raleigh on Monday, it was announced that five miles from the area of Sandy Flats on the West Asheville road, toward Mt. Pisgah will be let in July. Plans are also in the making for letting another section near Mt. Pisgah in 1960-61, with completion of the stretch between No. 191 and Wagon Road Gap in Transylvania county under plans for completion in three years. Meantime, the Pis gah Motor road will be maintained from Wagon Road to Candler. Brevard And Rosman Are Cooperating Again With Cashiers And Highlands Special folder advertising on the Blue Ridge Parkway for Transyl vania county will be started May 1st by the chamber of commerce here in cooperation with Rosman, Cashiers and Highlands. Brevard folders will be distribu ted at Oteen, Mt. Mitchell turn-off. and at Doughton Park restaurant near the Virginia line. C. M. Douglas, of Brevard, who is secretary to the N. C. Park com mission, has charge of the adver tising program for North Carolina on the Parkway, and is also assist ing Virginia in starting their pro gram in that state. The area folders were edited and designed by Charles L. Russell and John Anderson, after several conferences with committees from Cashiers and Highlands. The five panel, colorful folders depict the scenic attractions in the entire area. More than 20 pictures are carried, along with a map, which is diagramed to show out standing places of interest. j Program Highlights !Allison Joins Announcing Staff At WPNF, Daily Log Is Reviewed Frank Allison, of Enka, has join ed the announcing staff at WPNF, Bobby Hoyle, station manager an nounces today. Mr. Allison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allison of En ka, is a graduate of Sand Hill high school of Enka. > After completing high school, he served two years in the U. S. Ar my, one year of which was spent with the Armed Forces network in Germany. Being discharged, Mr. Allison enrolled and completed a course in radio broadcasting at the Atlanta School of Electronics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was employed by the State Highway Patrol in Asheville as radio dispatcher and before coming to Brevard, he was employ ed by Radio Station WMMH in Mar shall. Mr. Allison has visited Brevard on many occasions, participating in folk festivals, and during 1958, he was a member of the American Folk Dancers, who made a wagon train tour from Asheville to Dan ville, Virginia. Mr. Allison is an active member of the Baptist church in Enka. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, station pro gram; Friday, ASC office; Mamin W. Whitmire; Monday, county ag —Turn to Page Four LOCAL MUSICIANS ARE SAID ‘BEST’ IN GROUP WE’ Director Eversman Pleased. Captain Poteet Receives Handsome Plaque OTHERS ARE RATED For the second straight year the Bhevard high school hand vvac giv n a superior rating in the State iinals at Greensboro. And for the second straight time, Brevard was the only band in Group V to attain the highest rat ing possible. The vote of the out-of-state judg es was unanimous. Director John D. Eversman was quite pleased with the perlcrnuance ■ f his youthful musicians. “We had a smaller group than we had last year, but the band mem bers played to perfection,” he de clared. Leonard Poteet, captain of the band, was awarded a handsome plaque and a certificate for the su perior rating the band received. In all, some 89 hands participat ed in the State finals on the eam pi s of Woman’s college of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro. In Group V, in addition to Bre vard, were the following bands and their rating: Hendersonville, good; Marion, excellent; Appalachian, ex cellent; Myers Park, Charlotte, ex cellent; Drexel, excellent; Shelby, excellent; Smithfield, excellent; and, Rose, of Greenville, excellent. The tO band members traveled to Greensboro in a chartered bus, eccon-panied by directors, Evers man and Charlie Glass, and Mrs. Bertha Jean Lance. The girls were housed in donnrmtories at the col lege, and the boys stayed in private homes. Before returning to Brevard, they visited the campuses of Car olina and Duke. The following contributed to the fund, which made the trip to tihe state finals possible; Olin Mathie son Chemical corporation. Si 1 ver st een. Industries, Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Weiss, Brevard Elks, Brevard Fire Department, Rotary club, the — Ton To Pago Ten VFW HAS JOINT INSTALLAHON Supper Meeting Set For Fri day Night In Gaither’s Rhododendron Room The Lewis Earl Jackson post, No. 4309, and the ladies auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a joint installation of officers on Friday night, April 24th in Gaither’s Rhododendron room. Supper will be served at 8:00 o’ clock, and it will be a ladies’ night affair. Commander Claude Melton, who is beginning his fourth term in of fice, urges all members of the post and the auxiliary to attend. Charles L. Russell is the senior vice commander, and Acie Waldrop is junoir vice commander. Other officers of the VFW poet include: C. L. Corn, quartermas ter; Donald Lee Fotieet, three-year trustee; Thomas R. Eller, judge advocate; Vella Parker, chaplain; and. Dr. Carol Grahl, surgeon. Auxiliary officers are: president —Mrs. Ada Morgan; senior vice— Mrs. Mildred Tinsley; junior vice— Mrs. Juanita Parker; Chaplain— Mrs. 11a Perry; Conductress — Mrs. Mary Banks; Guard—Mrs. Le nore Parker; Trustee—Mrs. Pearl Owen. Delinquent Taxes To Be Advertised The Delinquent tax ftst will be advertised in The Times beginning with the issue of May 7th, it is an nounced fay C. M. Douglas, tax col lector for the county yanri town. Items not paid prior to noon on Mondlay, May 4th, will be advertis ed, the collector states. Interest and advertising costs wiM be added in May on aM delinquent taxes that are not paid.
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