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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. 22 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A State And National Prize-Winning* A. B.p. Newspaper ♦ Authorized38^ Brevfrd^c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959 ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i c u Rural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. PUBLISHED WEEKLY THE GRADUATION ACTIVITIES pictured above will be duplicated many times on the beautiful campus of Bre vard college this week end. Events open with the alumni luncheon on Saturday, and complete details can be found in oth er stories on page two of The Times this r.r. fr< week. At the left, above, is President mmett K. McLarty; Rev. Philip L. here, Jr., of Hendersonville, the bacca laureate speaker, is in the center; and, I>r. George T. Harrell, the graduation speaker, is at the right. (Times Staff Photos) JAYCEES STAGE PUBLIC AUCTION Unique Event Will Be Held At Brevard Drive-In The atre On Saturday The Brevard Jaycees are finaliz ing plans for the big public auction sale, Mel Everingham, chairman states. The auction, to be held Saturday afternoon from 1 00 to 5:00 o’clock, will take place at the Brevard Drive-In Theatre parking lot. The public is invited to bring any un wanted article to be offered for sale. Mr. Everingham states that the Jaycees will charge a 15 percent fee on all articles sold for under $5.00. and 10 percent for all artic les over $5.00. A minimum fee of 25(C has been set. John Ford, Sr., will act as auc tioneer for the sale, and bidding should be exciting throughout the afternoon. Anything and everything will be auctioned off, and all sellers are asked to bring their items a little —Turn to Page Four CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, May 28 — Fortnight ly club annual luncheon at Colon ial Inn, 12:30. Presbyterian Women executive board meets with Mrs. Robert Bolt, 7:30 p. m. B & PW club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Masons meet at temple, 8 p. m. Friday, May 29 — Methodist church teen age open house at 8 p. m. Saturday, May 30 — Memorial Day, Town & county offices, bank and Post office closed. Jaycees auc tion at Brevard Drive In, 1 to 5 p. m. Brevard College Alumni lunch eon, 12:30 p. m. Commencement concert at college auditorium, 8 p. m. Memorial Day Service at Gilles pie Evergreen cemetery, 10:30 a. m. Sunday, May 31 — Attend the church of your choice. Baccalaur eate services: College at Methodist —Torn to Page Eight On Affairs Of State Gaither Authors Town Manager Election Bill, Statements Made A bill providing for Brevard vot ers to deeide at a special election whether or not they want the town manager form of government was introduced Tuesday by Rep. James C. Gaither. His bill specifies the board of al dermen shall hold the election pri or to July 1, with the date of the election to be fixed within 15 days of ratification, of the bill. Rep. Gaither had the measure passed by the House under suspen sion of rules, and it was sent to the Senate where, in the interest of —Turn to Page Eight Methodist Church At Horse Shoe To Be Dedicated Sun. The new Methodist church at Horse Shoe will be dedicated this Sunday, May 31st, the pastor, Rev. W. A. Kerr, announces. Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, district superintendent of the Asheville district, will preach and will ded icate the church. Mr. Kerr most cordially invites the public to attend the dedication service. | After unanimously voting last ! week to request that an election be called on amending Brevard’s town charter to provide for the town manager form of government, the board of aldermen and the mayor issued the following joint state ment. “The topic of the town manager form of government has received much discussion and thought for the past several months by our —Turn to Page Pour Many Graduate At Brevard, Rosman, College Comiqencement This Week End UPPER COUNTY EXERCISES NEXT WED’DAY NIGHT Elementary School To Have Program Next Tuesday. New Chief Named BY MRS. AUSTIN HOGSED Graduation exercises for the' Rosman high school senior class will be held Wednesday evening, June 3, at 8:00 p. m. in the Silver si een gymnasium. Student speakers will present a program with the theme “Bridges to the Moon.” Speakers and their topics are as j follows: Melvin Tinsley, salutator ian, “Hitch You’ Wagon to a Star”; Madith Whitmire, “Build, Your Own Stairway;” Rachel Whit-{ mire, “Around the Sun;” Roberta j Whitmire, valedictorian, “Where | to. Brother?”; Laura Galloway j Miller, Pledge to the flag; and Ta I bitha Owen, The Graduates’ creed Sara Whitmire will serve as mas ter of ceremonies. The invocation will be given by Shirley Nicholson and Shirley Leopard will give the benediction. Special music w.ll be rendered by the Transylvann County School Band under the dilection of John D. Eversman. Bill Whitmire, of the senior class, will sing “The Holy City,” and the Glee Club will sing “Green Cathedral,” under the direction of Mrs. J. M. Winget. C. W. Bradburn, Transylvania County school superintendent, will present the awards and Principal F. F. Tilson will award the diplo mas. Time Is 8:00 P. M. The Rev. W. Harold Killian, pas tor of the First Baptist church in Brevard, will deliver the Bacca laureate sermon to members of the Rosman high school senior class Sunday evening, May 31 at 8:00 p. m. in the high school auditorium. Linda Greene, of the senior i class, will give the invocation and —Turn to Page Four a The Weather A week of rainy weather prevail ed in Brevard, recording 5.01 inch es of precipitation Temperatures were a little cooler, and remained fairly steady throughout the week. Daily readings are as follows: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday High Low Pre. 74 64 1.23 77 60 1.04 82 58 .09 83 58 .59 82 59 T 78 60 1.25 62 58 81 Jaycees Making Plans To\ Sponsor Junior Classic Plans are now being made for a Junior Classic tournament to be held in the new high school gym nasium on November 27-28. The tournament will be sponsored by the Brevard Jayeees. Four junior colleges will parti cipate in this basketball tourna ment. They are Mars Hill, Lees McRae, Asheville-Biltmore and Brevard. Two games will be played each night. On Friday night, the 27th, Brevard’s Blue Devils Are Champs Of Conference & District, Play Today Brevard high school Blue Ridge conference and district eight base ball champion, will meet West Mecklenburg high for the WNC double-A championship and right to play for the state title on Thurs day afternoon at 3:30 in Hickory. The announcement of the date, time and site of the playoff was revealed by Brevard’s Coach Buf falo Humphries late Tuesday night after he returned to Brevard from Forest City and a meeting with the West Mecklenburg school officials. 2 SI ~ *' ' “We were in disagreement on the number of games to determine the title,” Humphries asserted. “I wanted a best-of-three series since we have not played in more than a week. They wanted a single game as they had played two other teams in playoffs. “We consulted with L. J. (Hap) Perry, executive secretary of the North Carolina High School Ath letic association, and he recom mended a single game in view of —Turn to Page Five Mars Hill will meet Lees-McRae in the first game, and Brevard will play Asheville-Biltmore in the second game. The two losers play the first game on Saturday night, with the two winners meeting in the final game. Jaycee president, Bill Griffin, in speaking of the plans, stated: “We hope the people of Brevard and Transylvania county will sup port this junior college tourna ment and that it will become an an nual affair during the Thanksgiv ing holidays.” OM Vision Safety Club Is Organized Ten men, whose use of safety goggles is believed to have saved them from eye injuries, were ini tiated at Pisgah Forest recently as charter members of the Wise Owl cluib. Employees of the film division, 01 in Mathieson Chemical corpora | tion, they were awarded member - ! ship in the club and were present ed gold lapel pins in a ceremony last Friday conducted by John H. ! Truesdail, plant manager. The charter members include —Turn to Page Five RANGER TED S. SEELY Ranger Ted Seely Given High Honor In Washington Ceremony r MOOSE LODGE TO j AWARD TROPHIES Most Outstanding Students In Two High Schools Will Be The Recipients Last Wednesday night a meeting was hfdd at Brevard Moose lodge by members of the sports commit-! tee, who had as their guests the principals and coaches of the Bre vard and Rosman high schools. The purpose of the meeting was to select the 1959 winner of the most outstanding athletic trophy. This is the second year that this trophy has been presented by the lodge. The following requirements gov erned selection of the winner of the trophy: 1. Participation in at least two sports. 2. Must have a record of good citizenship. 3. Must have a good scholastic record. This year a new trophy for the most scholarly student will also be awarded at graduation exercises. These trophies are presented by the Brevard lodge No. 1769, Loyal Order of Moose, with the hope that they will encourage participation and good sportsmanship in all sports in the high schools in Tran sylvania county. ELKS PLAN PARTY Brevard Elks will stage a “get acquainted” party on Saturday night, honoring the recent new members. Dinner will be served un til 8:00 p. m., and dancing will be gin at 9:00 o’clock. The new mem bers are: Bernie Maguire, Dewitt Drake, Clyde Duvall, C. E. Purdy, T. J. Hanna, R. C. Reidinger, Henry C. McDonald, Charles Pickelsimer. Jr., G. B. Gross and Leslie Grogan. Record Of Exceptional Con tributions Cited. Perform ances Said Excellent Ted S. Seely,- Pisgah district ran ger for the North Carolina Nation al forests, was given a high honor in Washington, D. C., Tuesday morning. Ranger Seely received the “Su perior Service Citation”, from Sec retary of Agriculture Benson in an impressive ceremony. He was the only forest ranger in the United States accorded the high honor for 1958. Ranger Seely’s citation is “for exceptional contributions in the field of public relations and admin istration with alertness for better methods of protection, develop ment and utilization of all the re sources and improvements on a highly complex ranger district.” The local forest ranger received the award at the ceremony held in the open air Sylvan theatre, nearby the Washington monument in the nation’s capital. Congressman Arends, of Ilinois was the princi pal speaker. Ranger Seely was accompanied to Washington by his wife, the for mer Jean English of Brevard, their two sons, Robert,and Langdon, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. E. S. Eng lish. Mr. Seely, ranger on the Pisgah District of the North Carolina for ests since 1952, has held various positions in the southern region since he was first employed by the Forest Service in 1933. He is a na tive of Walton, N. Y., and receiv ed his B. S. degree in forestry from the University of Syracuse. The citation that he received was high in its praise of his unusual qualities of leadership. It was also pointed out that the —Tnrn to Page Eight Program Highlights College Graduation Address Will Be Broadcast Over WPNF Sunday, 4 P. M. Commencement exercises at Bre vard college will be broadcast over WPNF Sunday afternoon, begin ning at 4:00 o’clock. The address to the graduates will be delivered by Dr. George T. Har rell, dean. College of Medicine, Un iversity of Florida. Brevard college president, Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, cordially in vites the public to attend the grad uation program Sunday afternoon, and he reminds those who are un able to attend to hear the talks over WPNF. This public service program is i being made possible by WPNF and the Citizens Telephone company. Other Programs The schedule for the Farm and Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Soil conser vation service, Harry E. Newland; Friday, ASC office, Marvin W. Whitmire; Monday, County agent; Tuesday, Brevard vo-ag dept., Ran dal J. Lyday; Wednesday, home agent. Appearing on the Civic hour are the following: Friday, Music Lov ers cluib; Monday, Rosman chaan —Tern to Page Eight BACCALAUREATE SERMONS SLATED SUNDAY EVENING Record Number In Senior Classes. Review Is Made Of Programs SPECIAL EDITION It’s graduation time in Brevard ind Transylvania county. Commencement exercises are dated at Brevard college on Sun lay, with the sermon set at 11:00 Tclock in the morning and gradua tion exercises at 4:00 o’clock that afternoon. Brevard and Rosman high schools have scheduled baccalaur eate sermons that evening at the two schools. At both schools honor students will deliver the commencement ad dresses. At Brevard high school there are 124 seniors in the graduating class, while 45 will receive diplo mas at Rosman. The college class totals 66. Special Issue The Times this week is publish ing its annual congratulatory edi tion with pictures and stories about the 1959 graduates at Brevard and Rosman high schools and at Bre vard college. There are also a num ber of congratulatory messages from local firms. The Times sa lutes the graduates and the school officials upon this important oc casion. Round-up Made Graduation exercises will be held at Rosman high school next Wednesday night, June 3rd, begin ning ;»♦ 8:00 o’clock. A story, with complete details of the event, is carried this week on page four, first section, in this —Turn to Page Eight PLAN MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Veterans’ Graves In County Being Decorated. Offi ces To Close A special Memorial Day service honoring all deceased veterans and sponsored by the American legion auxiliary, will be held Sat urday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Gillespie - Evergreen ceme tery, at the auxiliary’s memorial plot. All patriotic organizations are being invited to participate on tbe program. According to auxiliary officials, flags will be placed on all veter ans’ graves throughout the coun ty prior to the service. Town and county offices will be closed for the holiday on Saturday. However, C. M. Douglas, tax col lector, says his office will be open until noon, since many persons might want to pay their taxes be fore the annual sale next Monday. The local First Union National Bank will observe the day as a holiday, Ralph J. Duckworth, the vice president, announces. Vernon P. Fullbright, acting postmaster here in Brevard, re ports that there will be no deliv ery of city or rural mail, and the general delivery window will be open from 11:30 a m. until noon. 133 On Teaching Staff In County During This Year The faculty of the county’s nine schools consists of 133 teachers and principals, plus a school sup ervisor and superintendent of pub lic instruction. Of this number 100 of them teach in the seven elementary schools and 35 in the high schools. With a staff of 35 the Brevard elementary school has by far the largest number. Rosman elemen tary is second with 19. ' There are 26 members of the fac ulty of Brevard high and 11 at Roe man. The number of teachers is deter mined by the average daily atten dance.
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