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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. Vol. 70 — No. 21 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES 1 A State And National P riz if-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C. BREVARD, N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959 * 20 PAGES TODAY ★ TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i c u ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7394. PUBLISHED WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION of Army Reserve Training center on east French Broad is showing progress. Located opposite to Brevard college, which can be seen in background, the site contains some 4.61 acres and the armory will accommodate 100 trainees. Merchant Conduction company, of Asheville, is conducting the building at a cost of $78,071, and it is expected to be completed wthin six months. (Times Staff Photo) Many Will Attend 10th District Medical Conference Here On Friday Officials Of State Society To Speak. Dr. Folger Will Preside More than 100 professional health and welfare workers, com munity club leaders and civic groups from all parts of Western North Carolina are expected to at tend the 10th district Community Health conference this Friday af ternoon here in Brevard. Sponsored by the Transylvania County Medical society, the confer ence will be held in the Presbyter ian church educational building. The district and state medical so cieties are assisting in sponsoring the event. Dr. John Folger, president of the Transylvania County Medical society, will preside over the af ternoon session. He is also chair man of conference arrangements. Registration for the event will be held from 1:00 until 1:30 o’clock with the program getting under way immediately afterwards. Refreshments will be furnished by the Transylvania County Home Demonstration council. Dr. Emery T. Kraycirik, of Bur lington. a member of the State So ciety’s Committee on Chronic Ill ness. will address the opening ses sion of the conference on national, state, and local planning for “The Health Care of the Chronically ill and Aging.” Following Dr. Kray cirik, will be a panel discussion of this same topic with Dr. J. D. Lutz, Hendersonville; Mrs. Jaimie Pur cell, Superintendent of Henderson county welfare department; Wil liam E. Jamison, hospital adminis trator, Pardee Memorial hospital; and, Dr. Kraycirik participating. Following a brief intermission, reports on special community health programs in Haywood and Jackson counties will be given, de —Turn to Page Seven CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, May 21 — Kiwanis meets at Gaither’s, 6:45 p. m. Lions meet at Colonial Inn, 7 p. m. Friday, May 22 — Tenth district medical conference at Presbyter ian church, 1 p. m. Saturday, May 23 — Poppy Day in Brevard, Annual meeting, Little Theatre, Line Runner Inn. WWI Veterans meet at court house, 7:30 p. m. Recital at Brevard college auditorium. 5 p. m. Baseball, Olin vs. Hazelwood at Camp Straus, 3 p. m. Sunday, May 24 — Attend the church of your choice. Monday, May 25 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Brevard Music Lovers club meets with Mrs. J. H. Sanders, 8 p. m. Tuesday, May 26 — Tuesday Luncheon clubs meets at Colonial Inn. Ace of clubs meets 7:45 p. m. Annual meeting of League of Wo men Voters at Gaither’s, 8 p. m. Wednesday, May 27 — Bloodmo bile returns to Brevard at Pickel simer building, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Jaycees meet at Gaither’s, 6:30 p. m. Affairs of State Gaither Introduces Bill To Expand Historical Commission Transylvania's Rep. James C. Gaither preposed a bill Monday night that the nine-member Tran sylvania Historical commission be authorized to add a 10th member to be appointed by the commission. The bill also provides that the commission be empowered to hire a curator to keep records, and that h;s salary be fixed by the commis sion. Under terms of the bill, effec tive on ratification, commission members may appoint proxies to represent them at meetings. Representative and Mrs. Gaither spent last week end in Brevard and talked with many persons regard Lions Will Elect Officers Thursday Brevard Lions will elect new of ficers at their regular weekly meeting on Thursday night in the Colonial Inn. Meeting time is 7:00 o’clock, and all members are urged to attend. The slate of nominees is as fol lows: Bob Daniels, president; Har vey Cavender, first vice president; George Spicer, second vice presi dent; Allen Brittain, third vice president; Earle Johnson, secre tary; Frank Byrd, treasurer; T. J. Gordon, lion tamer; C. W. Arnold and Herman Turner, one-year di rector; Clarence Burnette and Er win Schranz, two-year directors; and, Moss Melton and Ray Burgin, tail twisters. Reports on the recent broom sale, which was said to have been successful, and the fashion show will be heard. ing legislative matters. Thomason’s Bill A biw to ^permit operation of commercial trout fishing ponds un der regulation of the N. C. Wild life Resources Commission was in troduced last week by Senator B. W Thomason, of Transylvania. The bill gives the commission authority to license such ponds and to revoke licenses for cause. The license would cost $25 annually. Thomason’s measure restricts such ponds to three acres or less on private land, not on a natural stream, and stocked exclus ively with hatchery - reared moun tain trout obtained from a private ly - owned hatchery. The water sup ply could be provided by diversion from a stream. An official said the Wildlife Re sources Commission had no objec tion to the bill. Town Board Asking For Bill To Call For An Election On City Manager ANNUAL MEET OF LITTLE THEATRE IS SET SAT’DAY Awarding Of ‘Robsters” To Highlight Event At Line runnei Inn Little Theatre secretary Marian Sargeant, told the Times today that 57 reservations ha7e been made so far by members of Brevard’s Little Theatre for theii annual open meeting. On Saturday evening, May 23, the board of directors sf the theatre is holding its annual open meeting, and as per their mstorn they are ; inviting all sponsors, members, and Brevardites interested in amateur theater. The meeting. whi:h is being held at the Lincrunner Inn, south of Bosnian, will begin with a social hour at 6:30. A buffet dinner is I planned for 7:15. Alter the dinner the officers and directors for the 1959-’60 season vill be elected. The Robster awards, Brevard’s Theater’s Oscars, will then be pre sented by the season’s directors, Pat Fuleihan and Robroy Farquhar. The casts and production crews of ‘ At War with the Aimy”, “There’s —Turn t* Page Seven VETS 0FW9RLD WAR ! TO MEET Important Session Is Slated For Saturday Evening In The Court House The Transylvania Barracks, No. 893. World War I Veterans, U.S.A., Inc., will meet Saturday, May 23, at 7:30 p. m.} at the Transylvania court house in Brevard. Commander Glover Jackson urg es that all WWI veterans to attend this meeting whether they are members or not. Important mat ters will be discussed concerning legislation before the National Congress to pay $100.00 per month to all honorably discharged veter ans of World War I who have reached the age of 60 years. The number of the bill now be fore Congress to pay this pension is HD 1181, and there is another important bill before the U. S. —Turn to Page Seven Boy Scouts To Hold Big, Camporee This Week End Transylvania Boy Scouts are making plans to attend the an nual Camporee this week end. The big event will be held at Pressley fields in upper Tran sylvania county on Friday, Satur day and Sunday. The Camporee, according to Scout officials, is the semi-climax camping trip of the year for most of the troops in the Daniel Boone council. It is the place where the troops can demonstrate their Thompson Is New Business Manager, Assistant Director At Camp Carolina Charles Nathan Thompson, na tive of Thomaston, Georgia, is the new business manager of Camp Carolina, of Brevard. With a varied career in camping activities, Mr. Thompson comes to Brevard from Tuxedo, where he was business manager of Camps Mondamin and Green Cove, owned by Frank Bell. In addition to serving as busin ess manager, he will also be the assistant director of Camp Caro lina. Prior to the last three years when he was connected with the Bell camps, Mr. Thompson served for two years on active duty in the U. S.’ Air Force, and he is cur rently a 1st lieutenant in the re serves. In 1963 he received his degree in business administration at the -—Turn to Pago Seven NATHAN THOMPSON ability to do a good job of camp ing, and the Scouts can also ob serve and learn from others in the district. Some 100 Scouts in Transyl vania are expected to attend the Camporee, and they will check in at Pressley fields around 6:00 o’clock. Two big camp fires are plan ned. One Friday night and the other Saturday evening. One of the highlight events will be the church service on Sunday morning, beginning at 10:00 o’clock, and the camporee will end after lunch that day. The Camporee is being held for Boy Scouts only, but Explor ers will assist as staff members. Last Public Clinic For Polio Shots Is Scheduled Friday A small amount of federal polio vaccine will be available at the new health center adjacent to WPNF on Friday, Dr. John Folger, county health officer, announces. When this supply is exhausted, the only vaccine to be given at the health center will be to infants and children up to six years of age. Dr. Folger explains that the at torney general has ruled that polio vaccine given at the health centers in the state will be administered only to children entering the schools for the first time this fall, those younger than this group and infants. The hours of the clinic on Fri day will be from nine in the morn ing until four in the afternoon. “PORKY THE PIG” the most recent pet of Deborah Carr, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carr, of Forest Hills, is pictured above getting his lunch, a bot tle of milk from his mistress. Mr. Carr recently brought the little groundhog from Sapphire Valley, where he found him on the golf course. “Porky” is reported to be a most affectionate, loveable pet. (Times Staff Photo) County’s Largest Industries Raise Wages, Statements Given An Estimated $450,000 Add ed To Payroll At Olin Mathieson Divisions A general wage increase add ing an estimated $450,000 to the annual payroll at Pisgah Forest was announced today by officers of Olin Mathieson Chemical cor poration. An increase of nine cents an hour will become effective June 1, for all hourly-paid employees, ! according to A. J. Loeb and E. L. Lynn, divisional vice presidents of the Ecusta Paper division and the film division, respectively. A similar increase will be made for all non-exempt employ ees and certain exempt salaried employees. Also announced is an improve ment in the holiday policy, effec tive immediately, for employees of the two divisions. Increase At Du Pont Silicon Plant Ranges From 4y2 To 9 Cents An increase in wages amount ing to approximately 4.5 percent with a minimum of eight cents per hour was announced Monday by L. S. Grogan, manager of the Brevard silicon plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and company, Inc. This upward adjustment of wages, which will increase the earnings of approximately 175 wage roll employees, became ef fective Monday, May 18. JAYCEES TO MEET According to Bill Griffin, presi dent, there will be an important meeting of the Brevard Jaycees next Wednesday night. May 27th. Several civic projects will be dis cussed. Program Highlights Special School Program Will Be Heard Saturday Morning Over WPNF Henry R. Jacobsen, teacher at the Straus school and a member of the “Committee of One Hundred” of the State School Boards asso ciation, Inc., will be heard in a special broadcast over WPNF on Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Mr. Jacobsen’s talk will be two fold. First, he will discuss develop ments on the state level concern ing school legislation, and second, he will outline some of the things which will be helpful in bringing about better schools. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Brevard home ec. dept., Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Friday, station program; Monday, county agent; Tuesday, Carolina news; Wednesday, home agent. Appearing on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, American Legion auxiliary; Monday, Brevard chamber of commerce; Wedne^ day, Girl Scouts. Speaking this week on Morning Devotions is Rev. Alfred Rhyne, pastor of the Lutheran church of the Good Shepherd. Rev. Fred Val entine, pastor of St. Philip’s Episco pal church, will be heard next week. The Sunday morning church ser vice is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from the King Street Baptist church. The Rev. H. Warren Burleson is pastor. Baseball Schedule The schedule for Mutual’s •‘Game of Day” for the coming week is as follows: Thursday — Philadelphia vs. Chicago; Friday— St. Louis vs. Chicago; Saturday— Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh; Sunday —Washington vs. Boston; Monday —Kansas City vs. Chicago; Tues day—All-Star game; and, Wednes day—Boston vs. New York. ACTION TAKEN TUESDAY NIGHT, CALL SESSION Provisions Of Act Are Out lined. Requirements Also Reviewed DATES SUGGESTED In a special meeting Tuesday night, the Brevard board of aider men unanimously voted to request the General Assembly to pass a bill calling an election to deter mine whether residents of Brevard desire a town manager. The proposed bill, which has al ready been delivered to Senator B. W. Thomason and Representative James C. Gaither, will require the board to call a special election pri or to July 1, 1959, for the purpose of deciding the question. Consensus of the board seemed to be that, if the bill is passed in time, the elec tion date will be set at the regur lar meeting of the board on June 1st. Since three weeks public not ice is required, the election is ex pected to be set during the week of June 22nd, probably on Satur I day, the 27th. The bill provides for a modi fied “Plan D” form of town mana ger government. If passed upon by a majority of those voting in the election, the present system of electing five aldermen at large and a mayor who acts as judge over the Mayor’s Court would be un changed. However, all the admin istrative matters of the town would be under the authority of the town manager. The bill would require that the town manager be chosen by the board of aldermen solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual ex perience in, or his knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to his office. He would be required to live within the town limits after his se lection. No person now connected with the town would be eligible for appointment. The town manag er would serve at the pleasure of the board of aldermen and re —Turn to Page Seven BL00DM0BUE TO RETURN, MAY 27 Chairman Norris Makes Plea For Donors. Jaycees Are Assisting The American Red Cross bloodh mobile will return to Brevard on Wednesday, May 27. The unit will be set up in the Pickelsimer build ing, directly across the street from the building formerly occupied by Roses, and will be in operation all day. In announcing the colming of the blcodmObdle, county blood bank chairman, Bill Norris, urges the townspeople in particular, to co-op erate in the program. “Last year Transylvania county contributed almost -800 pints of blood to this worthy cause.” chair man Norris stated. “Of that number over 750 pints came from our two large industries and the college. Many of those do nating at these three places not ev en residents of this county. This is not a very healthy situation.” “Many people fear that there is great pain involved in giving blood. I would like to assure these people that this is not the case. Ask —Turn to Page Twelve Driveways, Inc., Will Do Paving At Fish Hatchery Driveways, Inc., of Asheville was low bidder on finishing, grading and paving at the fish hatchery at John’s Rock in the Pisgah Nation al forest according to Maurice Bry ant, hatchery manager. The contract will also include wiring and floodlights and airlines to the fish ponds and sidewalks to the residences. Paving will include the area from the bridge in and around all the ponds. Work win begin within three weeks, Mr. Bry ant states.
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