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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, 13,321. Brevard Community 7,394. ★ Vol. 70 — No. 18 Second Class Mall Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959 * 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY FIRST PRODUCTION — The first paper to come off the nation’s largest paper machine built especially to pro duce lightweight paper is examined by executives of Ecusta Paper at Pisgah For est. Discussing the product, from left to right, are: W. E. Zimmermann, director of marketing and sales; P. C. Brownell, corporate vice president and manager for Ecusta and Film operations; and, A. J. Loeb, division vice president. Transyl vania residents are being invited to see this beautiful new machine on Friday night between the hours of 7 :00 and 10 :00 p. m. Brevard Chamber Of Commerce To Have One-Day Membership Drive Tuesday Breakfast At Gaither’s To Kick-Off Event. Projects Are Reviewed Dir<-|tors of the Brevard Cham- j wA ber oi 'ommeree will conduct their * annua? membership drive on Tues-1 day, May 5th. The campaign will be kieked-off with a breakfast, country style, at I Gaither’s, beginning promptly at1 8;00 o’clock. Charlie Himes, chairman of the ; 'finance and membership commit-1 tec, states that Tuesday will be the biggest day of the year for the Brevard Chamber of Commerce. He urges all directors to attend the j breakfast and several other inter ested persons will assist in the orive on Tuesday. At the present time the directors are carrying out more projects than ever before. President Gil Coan to day lists only a few. Among these i are: Work to attract more indus tries and businesses; promotion of the county as a tourist center; con , tinued cooperation with the town and county in promoting better streets, roads and highways; devel oping of Franklin park; assisting Brevard college in its expansion program; mailing of thousands of pieces of literature to interested parties; encouragement of “trade at L- home”; and, maintaining of an of p fice for assistance to townspeople and visitors alike. Mrs. Lucy Ford, the executive secretary, points out that it takes money to run any business or any organization, and she 9ays the di rectors would like for the member ship to pay dues as early as possi ble in order that the commerce body would know exactly how much can be expended for community betterment. At the end of April last year. —Turn to Page Five CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, April 30 — Fashion talent show at high school at 8:00 p. m. Friday, May 1st — “Open House” at Ecusta Paper division, 7:00-10:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs at 7:45 p. m. FFA banquet at Straus school at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, May 2nd — May Day at Brevard college. To crown Queen at 4:00 o’clock. Sunday, May 3rd — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, May 4th — Rotarians meet at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m. Le gion supper at 6:30 — meet at 8:00 p. m.. Tuesday, May 5th—Annual drive of Chamber of Commerce; Book and Plate cluib supper at Colonial Inn, 6:45 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p. m. Eastern Star meets at 8:00 p. m. Progress Noted Transylvania Humane Society Starts Work On Animal Shelter The Transylvania county Humane society is happy to announce that the long sought and much needed animal shelter for the county is now under construction at the new site on Ross road. A septic tank has been installed and other plumbing work has been done. The small shel ter is to be built under specifica tions of The American Humane as sociation. It is not anticipated that the building will be ready for use any time in the near future because of lack of funds to complete it. While the Humane society is now under the United Fund, it is to be under stood that this money is for oper ating expenses only, and the organ ization must continue to raise funds for the construction of the shelter. The week of May 3-9 has been FFA Chapter Will Hold Father & Son Banquet On Friday The annual Father and Son ban quet of the Brevard Chapter of Fu ture Farmers of America will be held Friday night, May 1st, in the Straus school cafeteria in North Brevard. According to Charles Morris, the secretary, supper will be served at 7:30 o’clock and a large crowd is expected to attend. designated as the 45th annual “Be Kind to Animals” week. The observ ance is being sponsored locally by The Transylvania County Humane society, and nationwide by The Am erican Humane association. Mayor B. H. Freeman has proclaimed next week “Be Kind to Animals” week in Brevard. Highlight of the week in Brevard will be the society’s annual “Buy A-Block” drive to raise funds for the construction of the Shelter. The public is especially invited to visit the site of the new animal shelter during BKA week. The president —Turn to Page Five Public Invited To "Open House" At Olin To See Newest Paper Machine NEW OFFICERS OF WORLD WAR I VETS ELECTED Many Important Matters Are Discussed. Noted Speakers Heard Glover Jackson is the new com mander of Transylvania Barracks, No. 893.. World War I veterans. He was elected at the annual ineeting Sunday afternoon in the court house, and he succeeds F. Brown Carr. The other newly elected officers are as follows: Roland Owen, senior vice com mander; Vella A. Parker, Junior vice commander; Wayne C. Arm field, quartermaster; B. Frank Mer rill, judge advocate; and Dr. Carl Hardin, chaplain. The following trustees were elec ted: Clarence Orr, one-year term; Avery C. Neill, two-year term. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., three-vear term; and, W. B. Williamson, Sr.. Publicity. The oath of office was adminis tered by Noah C. Cochrane, com mander of Barracks No. 742, Hen —Turn to Page Four PAY RAISE IS BEING SOUGHT Group Of Senators Favor Im mediate Action. Work On Minimum Wage Half the Senate went on record Tuesday in favor of pay raises for teachers and state employees high er than recommendations of Gov. Hodges and the Advisory' Budget commission. Sen. Edwin S. Lanier, of Orange, sent up a resolution, signed by 25 of the 50 senators, to direct the Appropriations committee to write Ihe salary increases into the bud get. The resolution asked pay boosts of about 7 per cent for tea chers and other school personnel and 3Y2 to 4 per cent for other state workers. Despite failure of an effort to im mediately nail down the resolution, the action gave strong notice of pay raise sentiment to the Appropria tions committee. Minimum wage legislation moved I —Turn to Page Five j Talent-Fashion Show Set For This Thursday Night Final rehearsals are being held for the talent-fashion show, spon sored by the Brevard Lions, which will be held Thursday eve ning at 8:00 o’clock in the Bre vard high school auditorium. Models for the show are being furnished by the high school booster club, and from all re ports, the very best in talent and the latest in spring fashions will be included on the program. According to Robert F. An drews, president of the Brevard Lions club, all Lions and their wives and families will be in at tendance at the talent-fashion show. He cordially invites the public, and he emphasizes that it is a “family” show. He also states that 30 lovely ladies will model the latest in fashions. Dresses from New York will be worn by models, Sandra Bridges, Ann Souther, Frances Bryant and Sandra Avery. Youth to appear in the show will in clude Becky Ray, Lisa Hill, —Turn to Page Five VFW AUXILIARY OFFICERS were installed at a big joint installation ban quet last Friday night in Gaither’s Rho dodendron room. At the left is the new president, Mrs. Ada Morgan, and in the center is the outgoing president, Mrs. Roland Owen. At the right is the install ing officer, Mrs. Elsie Smith, of Canton, , the past district president. i (Times Staff Photo) TWO LOCAL COMMANDERS of veterans’ organi zations join hands in the picture above. At the left is Glover Jackson, who was elected commander of the Transylvania Barracks, No. 893, World War I veterans, last Sunday afternoon, and at the right is Claude Mel ton, who began his fourth term as commander of the Lewis Earl Jackson post, No. 4309, Veterans of Foreign Wars, last Friday night, (Times Staff Photo) Bud Talley Wins Jaycee’s Road-E-O, Enters State Finals _ __' BUD TALLEY (tjMtimntiaHHuuaiumiiimmMii...... B The Weather Temperatures were a little mild er during the week, and a total of c-nly .56 of an inch of precipitation was recorded. The high reading was 78, and the low was 32 degrees. Daily readings are as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hgih Low Pre. 55 45 .44 61 32 .06 67 32 0 74 33 0 76 52 0 78 58 0 73 57 .06 Chairman McCrary Pleased With Success Of Event. Bronze Keys Awarded Bud Talley, outstanding junior at Brevard high school, won the 1959 Jaycee Road-E-0 here in Brevard oy scoring 447 points out of a pos sible 500. Tom McCrary, chairman of the event, was high in his praise of young Talley, the 17-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Talley, of Penrose, and the other contestants in the Road-E-O. The event was described by Mr. McCrary as being most successful, and Floyd McCall won second place. Charles Winchester took third, and Carl McCall and* Larry Calloway were fourth and fifth. Mr. Talley was presented with a plaque, and he will represent Rre —Turn to Page Four WNC Civic Music Drive Underway The local drive for memberships in the Asheville Civic Music asso ciation is now underway with Mrs. Herbert Finck conducting. The memberships are limited to 3,000, and the campaign will close on May 2nd. Assisting the division chainmian here are Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ad ams and Mr. Finck. Memberships are $6.00, and con certs already engaged to date in clude the Pittsburgh Symphony or chestra and the Chicago Ballet com pany, with three or four more in the series. WPNF Program Highlights Brevard High School Band To Be Heard In State Finals On Saturday A special program, featuring the Brevard high school band will be sired over WPNF Saturday morn ing at 10:15, Bobby Hoyle, station tnanager, announces. The program, a recording of the concert given in Greensboro recent y during state competition, won for ;he local band, a superior rating. Mr. Hoyle states that WPNF is ortunate to be able to present this program, giving listeners an oppor tunity to hear the band as it sound id in the state finals, and be urges iveryone to tune in WPNF on Sat urday. The program win be a spec ial feature in the Coffee Time show. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Carolina news; Friday, Station program; Monday, county agent; Tuesday, Brevard Vo-Ag dept., Randal Ly day; Wednesday, home demonstra tion agent. Appearing on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, VFW; Mon day, Jaycees; Wednesday, Kiwanis club. Rev. W. G. Davidson, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church, is -Tara to me five EVENT SLATED FRIDAY NIGHT, HOURS 7 TO 10 “Cherokee Arrow” Is Said To Be The Largest Of Its Kind In The Nation BACKGROUND GIVEN Invitation to all ‘ residents of Transylvania-county to attend “Op en House” Friday at the Pisgah Forest branch of Olin Mathieson ( hemical corporation is extended today by Philip C. Brownell, vipe j'resident and manager of Ecusta Paper and Film divisions. Held in honor of “The Cherokee Arrow,” newest ami largest of Ecusta’s paper machines, the “Open House” will be held from 7 p. m. until 10 p. m. Light refreshments will be serv ed in the paper division’s cafeteria, where special exhibits will be seen. Since safety rules do not permit admittance of children to the plant, all persons attending the “Open House” are cautioned against bringing children under 14 years of age. Information about the tours will be available at the Ecus ta Paper Division gatehouse as the visitors arrive. 1 Brownell Quoted Mr. Brownell, in extending invi tations to the Transylvania county residents, pointed out that com pletion of the new No. 10 machine is a big event in the history of the Fjpusta Paper division. He eWend l ; .ongratillations to the persons who brought the project to com pletion, many of theim being resi dents of the “Land of Waterfalls.” The new No. 10 machine was named “The Cherokee Arrow” in keeping with a custom of the paper industry to give names to paper ma chines. It conforms also to Ecusta’s —Turn to Page Five SUPT BRADBURN IS REAPPOINTED District Committeemen Are Elected. McGuire And Warren Named Wayne Bradburn, superintendent of schools in Transylvania, was re elected to another two-year term by the board of education at its regu lar April meeting. The board also appointed the following committeemen for dis trict No. 1: Jack Alexander, Jack Trantham and George Shufbrd. The following were named as district No. 2 committeemen: Mick ler Lusk, Lawrence Whitmire and Hosea Lee. The school committee men will serve for a period of two years. It is also announced today that Joe McGuire, principal of the T. C. Henderson school, has been ap pointed by the district No. 1 com mittee as principal of the new jun ior high school here this fall. District No. 2 has named Alonzo Warren to succeed him at the Hen derson school. Both appointments are subject to approval by the board of education. Hall’s Secretary Will Visit Here, Luncheon Planned Mrs. Edith Alley, 12th Congres sional district secretary to Con gressman David M. Hall, will visit in Brevard on Thursday. She will be in the commissioner's loom in the court house from 10 a. m„ until 3:30 p. m., with the ex ception of the noon hour. At that time the Business and Professional Women’s club will honor her at a dutch luncheon in Gaither’s Dogwood room. Mrs. Alley is a member of the - Waynesville B & PW club, where she serves as parliamentarian. The ladies of the local B & PW dub welcome the public to join with them from 12 until t:00 o’ clock in honoring Mrs. Alley at the luncheon. Interested persons eon lira. Opal King, 33192, «r M&rs. Dot Case, 33131.
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