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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 Itural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vo!. 70 — No. 20 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard, N. C. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the Board ef Trustees meeting at Brevard College jast Friday are shown in the photo above. At the left is Edwin L. Jones, of | Charlotte, who was re elected as I chairman, and President Emmett I K. McLarty is next in line. Vice * chairman W. Bryan Moore of Wadesboro is pictured next with | Leslie Grogan, of Brevard, the I new chairman of the bin lings I and grounds committee «i the I right. In the photo at the left are I new members of the board with ; I Chairman Jones. In the center is j I F. S. “Buck" Best, of the Olin j I Mathieson Chemical Corporation, j and at the right is John 1. Ander- ! son, editor of the Transylvania Times, who is currently serving as president of the North Caro lina Press Association. (Times Staff Photos) 1 Brevard College Trustees Pointing To Another Successful Year, Meet Held Jones Re-Elected Chairman Of Board. Building Pro gram Discussed Brevard college is enjoying a successful year and anticipates an even more successful one in 1959 ’60, according to reports submitted at the spring meeting of the board of trustees here last Friday. Edwin L. Jones, of Charlotte, was re-elected chairman of the board, and other officers are: W. Bryan Moore, of Wadesboro. and Clifford Perry, of Winston-Salem, vice chairmen; and Rev. James B. McLarty, of Kings Mountain secre tary. President Emmett K. McLarty reported on the friany phases of ac tivity at the college to the board, and he was high in his praise of the faculty and staff. It was also noted that applica tions for admission last year at this date were 180, while the figure at the present time is approximately 200. Plans are forging ahead on the development of building program on the campus of the college, and as soon as the architect and build ing committee have submitted plans, a call meeting of the board will be held. Among the first buildings to be erected will be a new science building, President McLarty re ported. He pointed out that the excellent —Turn to Page Sis CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, May 14 — Methodist Family night covered dish supper, 6:30 p. m. Masons meet at Temple, 8 p. m. Friday, May 15 — Recital at Bre vard College auditorium, 8:15 p. m. Brevard Elementary supper at school cafeteria. 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p. m. Saturday, May 16 — Recital at Brevard College auditorium, 5 p. m. Sunday, May 17 — Attend the church of your choice. Recital at Methodist church, 4 p. m. Monday, May 18 — Clean Up Week begins. Rotary meets at Gai ther’s, 7 p. m, Tuesday, May 19 — Baseball, Brevard Hi vs. Waynesville, at Camp Straus, 3 p. m. j On Affairs Of State Three Local Bills Introduced By Gaither In The Legislature _' Transylvania's representative. James C. Gaither, introduced three local bills in the legislature on Tuesday of this week. The first will provide for a single registrar of vital statistics to take over the duties now performed by local registrars. One person could do a more effi cient job than is being done by several, Mr. Gaither told the Times. The registrar would be appointed by the county commissioners for 21.......u The Weather ©■■••■rwMmmiMimmmmiiMm. A rain-filled week brought a to tal of 2.13 inches of precipitation to Brevard. Temperatures were slightly warmer for the week. Daily readings are as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday High Low Pre. 79 53 .15 84 54 .03 80 52 T 78 52 .58 72 54 .96 76 58 .01 77 58 .40 i Article On Camp Cherryfield Is I Giving Transylvania Good Publicity! Transylvania county is receiving some excellent publicity in current issue of “National Business Wom an’s” magazine in an article entit led “Everybody Needs a Laughing Place”. Complete with pictures, the story deals with one of Transylvania’s newly organized summer camps, Camp Cherryfield. It tells of the background of this unique camp, and biographies of the founders and directors, Miss Louise Blackwell and Miss Frances Clay are given. It is pointed out that 'both of the women are members of the Nash ville Business and Professional Women’s club, which has taken a great interest in Camp Cherry field. It is described as a successful experiment in summer camping! for adults. Camp Cherryfield will open for the ’59 season on June 27th, with two new features. In addition to a workshop in creative writing, a seminar with daily sessions will be offered with the theme: “Living in the Modern Age”. Photography is being added this year to the regular classes in art, jewelry-making and enameling and other crafts. a four-year term. The second bill introduced by Mr. Gaither would regulate the terms of Superior court in Tran sylvania. Recently, there have been terms in December, followed by another the next month in January. The bill would set the courts up on a quarterly basis. The third bill would provide for —Turn to Page Six Miller Is New School Supervisor In County N. A. Miller, Jr., Brevard na tive has been named supervisor of instruction for the school sys tem of Transylvania, Superinten dent Wayne Bradburn announces today. Mr. Miller will succeed Mrs. Juanita Lavender in this posi tion. Mrs. Lavender will become the guidance counselor in the county’s school system. At the present time Mr. Miller is principal of Mooresville jun ior high school, having served in the Mooresville city schools for the past six years. Prior to that time, he taught and coached in the Raleigh high school for two years, and he was also a teacher and coach at Boyden high school, Salisbury. Mr. Miller was educated here at Brevard high school, at Wes tern Carolina college and at Springfield. He majored in school administration and minor ed in physical education. He is married and the Millers have three children. ACS’s Rule On Wheat Mixtures Is Discounted Special treatment for wheat mix tures under the acreage allotment and marketing quota program will be discounted effective with the crop to be planted this fall, accord ing to an announcement by Mar vin W. Whitmire, chairman of the Transylvania county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation com mittee. The special provision has permit ted a farmer to grow wheat in mix tures classed as mixed grain with out a charge against his wheat al lotment or marketing quota. The —Turn to Page Twelve Good Tourist Season Is Expected In Transylvania, Reports Made At Meet AREA AT NORTH MILLS IS BEING MUCH IMPROVED Also Renovating Facilities At Davidson River And At Pink Beds The North Mills Recreational area in the Pisgah National forest, will be opened to the public this week end. Ranger Ted Seely an nounces. The area has been closed for complete rehabilitation, and dur ing the past year, some $30,000 has been spent to improve the facili ties. A new concession building, bath houses, 14 units of flush-type toil ets have been installed, and the parking areas and driveways have been blacktopped. Ranger Seely also announces that the recreational area at David son River is temporarily closed be cause of renovation and remodel ing work. A completely new water system is being installed, along with a six unit, flush-type toilet. A new water system is also be ing built at the Pink beds, in addi tion to an eight-unit, flush-type toilets. Costs of these two projects are approximately S30.000. L. E. Bagwell has the contract for erecting the modern, tile-lined toilets, while the forest service is —Turn to Page Seven STREAMS STOCKED WITH MORE TROUT Renegar Releases Particu lars On Latest Project. Others Assisting In accordance with previously approved plans, the Wildlife Re sources commission has completed stocking of 2,100 trout averaging eight to nine inches in length, in the Trout Streams of Transylvania. These fish were produced at the State Fish Hatchery located near IWiaynesville. District Game and Fish Protector James D. Renegar directed the release of the fish and solicited assistance from mem bers of the local wildlife club and other interested sportsmen. The Wildlife Resources commis sion points out that the coopera tive effort of all those interested in the State’s fish and game resources will be required to bring about better fishing, the favorite outdoor recreation of so many Americans. GOVERNOR LUTHER HODGES was much impress ed with the elaborate brochure that has been prepared by the industrial committee of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce in an eftort to attract new industry to Bre vard and Transylvania county. A sample copy was pre sented to Governor Hodges last Friday night at the pic nic at Camp Straus by President Gil Coan. Some 500 copies are ready for distribution to prospective indus lries- (Times Staff Photo) Progress Noted At Sapphire Valley Inn And Golf Course I LIONS CLUB TO CONTINUE SALE Brooms And Door Mats Be ing Offered. Proceeds Go To Aid The Blind The Brevard Lions club is con tinuing its broom sale for the re mainder of the week, Robert F. An drews, the president, announces. Approximately half of the sup ply of brooms, whisk brooms and I door mats has been sold, and Mr. I Andrews expresses sincere appre ciation to all persons who have pur chased one of these valuable household items. He emphasizes that all profits realized from the sale go to assist people who are blind or have im paired vision. “Buy a broom or door mat and you will help the blind to help themselves,” Mr. Andrews de clares. The brooms and mats are manu factured by blind workers in Greensboro as a product of The Industries of the Blind, Inc. Mr. Andrews continued: ‘'Purchases of brooms and mats help make this concern a self-sup port industry that enables visually handicapped persons to maintain their independence and pride. They are eager to pay their own j way and overcome their handicap.” Mr. Andrews also announces I that there will be a meeting of the i directors of the Brevard Lions club at his home on Monday night, May 18th. 1 Program Highlights Cub Scouts Will Be Featured On WPNF’s Coffee Time On Saturday I Cub Scouts of Transylvania Packs, Nos. 703, 706 and 711, will be featured singing Scouting songs on WPNF’s “Coffee Time”, Satur day morning at 10:05 o’clock. Ralph V. Reed, district commis sioner and a member of the Bre vard college music department, will present and direct the Cubs in song. The program was tape recorded at a meeting held earlier in the Fellowship hall of the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian church, and the Cubs are celebrat ing May as “Music Month”. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour far the coming week is as follows: soil conservation ser vice, Harry E. Newland; N. C. for estry service, Clark Grissom; Mon day, County agent; Tuesday, ex tension forestry, Leonard Hamp ton; Wednesday, home demonstra tion agent. Appearing on the Civic Hour are the following: Friday, Ameri can legion; Monday, Rotary clulb; Wednesday, lions club. Speaking this week on Morning —Turn to Page Twelve Howerdd Names Breshears j President And Gen. Mgr. Improvements Cited Eugene M. Howerdd, owner of | the 12.000 acre Sapphire Valley inn and golf club, Sapphire, an | nounees the association of Ralph | Breshears as president and gener al manager of hotel operations of the multi-million dollar resort and I real estate development. At the same time, Mr. Howerdd, Palm Beach financier, announced the appointment of M. M. (Chuck) Witherspoon as resident manager. In making the announcement, Mr. Howerdd said: ‘‘We are fortunate to have these I two top hotel executives associa ted with us in the development of the Sapphire Valley inn and golf club, and into one of the leading luxury resorts of the country. “With the complete moderniza tion of the inn, the addition of cot tages on the lake, the new club house, swimming pool and tennis courts and our private airstrip ad joining the golf course, we feel Sapphire Valley can now offer a complete resort program attrac tive to family groups and others.” Mr. Breshears said: “Our plans call for the contin ued development and accelerated promotion of Sapphire Valley and its splendid facilities, to realize its full potential as an outstanding resort. This mountain paradise of ; fers a combination of attractions for everyone: championship golf, swimming (both pool and lake) tennis, fishing, boating, riding, hik ing, gem hunting, a multitude of area attractions, and luxury hotel —Turn to Page Six MEMBERSHIP IN COMMERCE BODY ALL TIME HIGH Industrial Committee Com pleting Brochure. Ap propriations Made ROAD GROUP ACTIVE All indications point to one of the best tourist seasons during ’59 in Transylvania, Brevard Chamber < f Commerce officials report. President Gil Coan told The Times Wednesday morning that there are many early signs of a most favorable season. Organized camps in the county report that they will be filled this summer, and the program at the Transylvania Music camp and that of the Brevard Music festival is being expanded, President Coan stated. At a meeting of the directors of the chamber of commerce Tuesday night, it was reported that mem bership now stands at an alitime high for May. Himes Is Heard In May of 1958, chairman jChar lit Himes said the membership was 53, with 40 on the same date of 1957. Team members from the civic group, who started work last Tues day on the annual canvass, report ed that all calls have not been made, and from the reports, it is expected that the goal of 150 mem bers in May will be reached within a week. Industrial chairman Leslie Gro gan told the directors that the new brochure on Transylvania county, being printed jointly by the cham ber and the county, would be ready j within a week, and that the fact ! book would be mailed to prospects j immediately. Five hundred bro chures are being printed and I bound loose-leaf so that correc tions may be made from time to time. The tourist committee announc ed that efforts would be made with cooperation of service stations, res taurants and over-night stopping places to run a survey this sum mer to find out how effective the advertising program being carried on by the commerce group is “get ting to travelers.” Improving Park The group voted to contribute —Turn to Page Seven CLEAN-DP WEEK SCHEDULED HERE Mayor And Board Issue Proclamation. Public Co operation Sought In an effort to make Brevard more beautiful, a “Clean-Up” cam paign will be conducted here all next week. Mayor Bert H. Freeman and the town board of alderimen have isr sued a proclamation asking the complete cooperation of the pub lic. Citizens are being asked to clean their property, their sidewalks and driveways, repair and paint fences, as well as vacant lots. Elimination of fire hazards is also asked, and Brevard citizens are reminded that if thev want to bum trasb, they must secure permission of the fire department by calling 2-6101, which is the shortwave radio room. A clean-up campaign will also be conducted in the business area. The special “Clean-Up” message of the town is carried on page sev er:, first section, in this week’s is sue of The Times. Brevard Jaycees Attend Convention A delegation of Brevard Jaycees attended the annual state conven tion last week end in Asheville. The local group reports that it was one of the busiest conventions ever held, and AI Harrison, of Ta bor City, was elected as the new president. Attending from Brevard were the following: Bill Norris, Bobby Hoyle, Jim Nichols, John Ford, Jr., Chester Kilpatrick and Pulton Chappell.
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