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 Iturai
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 70 — No. 30
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1959
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE ANNUAL WHITEWATER PIC- j
NIC next Wednesday is expected to at
tract many dignitaries from North and
South Carolina, and extensive plans will
be made to publicize these beautiful
falls above, which are the highest cas
cades in Eastern America. The event is
sponsored jointly by the Salem Whitewa
ter club, jointly with the Whitewater
Oakland-Sapphire club of upper Transyl
vania. South Carolina’s popular lieuten
ant governor. Burnet R. Maybank, of
Greenville, will be the principal speak
er. (Photo by Austin)
11th Annual Federation Week End
Described As Highly Successful!
Musical Opportunities For
Youth Was Theme Of Re
gional Meeting Here
Musical opportunities for youth
was the theme of the 11th Annual
Week End of the Southeastern Re
gional of the National Federation
of Music Clubs, held here in Bre
vard last Friday, Saturday and Sun
day.
Special emphasis centered on op
portunities as given at Transylvania
Music Camp by means of Federa
tion scholarships.
Thirty students from the region
and one from Indiana (John Rich
ardson, Fort Wayne, winner of the
National Hinda Honigman scholar
ship) are in camp this summer on
Federation scholarships. Of the 14
states of the Region, Georgia and
North Carolina tied in giving schol
arships, each sending eight winners.
North Carolina Federation hold
er is Bill Henderson of Chapel
Hill. Charlotte-born Bill is a stu
dent of Dr. Edgar Aiden of the Un
iversity faculty and plays in the
University Symphony orchestra.
The Chapel Hill High School sen
ior is interested in the theatre, also.
He has worked with the Carolina
Playmakers and written and pro
duced for his school. His schol
arship is in violin, but he is also a
trombonist and can play the string
bass. He is a son of Mrs. Nancy
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 22 — ASC wheat
election at office in court house.
B & PW club picnic at Camp Cher
ryfield at 7:00 p. m. Masons meet
at temple at 8:00 p. m.
Friday, July 23 — Fish supper at
Masonic temple from 5:00 to 8:00
p. m. Concert at Music center at
8:15 p. m.
Saturday, July 24 — Jaycees auc
tion sale at Brevard drive-in, begin
ing at 2:00 p. m. Concert at Music
center at 8:15 p. m. Library story
hour at 9:30 a. m.
Sunday, July 25 — Attend the
church of your choice. Concert at
music center at 4:00 p. m.
Monday, July 26 — Rotary club
■meets at 7:00 p. m. at Gaither’s.
Tuesday, July 27 — Ace of clubs
meets at 7:45 p. m.
Wednesday, July 28 — Annual
Whitewater picnic at 1:00 p. m.
Public Invited
Cosby Choir Camp To Present
First Concert Of !959 Season
The Cosby Choir camp at Lake
1 Toxaway will present a concert of
I sacred music Sunday afternoon.
| July 26. at 3 o'clock.
The program will consist of se
! lections from composers of elas
j sic, romantic and modern periods.
It will be under the direction of El
liott A. Alexander, of Margate,
Pompano Beach, Florida, director
of the Cosby Choir camp, with Miss
Joan Laird, of Boca Raton, Flor
ida as accompanist.
Those participating in the pro
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j 4.11 inches of precipitation this
, week, with more than one and one
j half inches recorded Monday night.
Temperatures were unchanged
! during the week. Daily readings
; are as follows:
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Pre.
81 63 .39
81 62 .32
80 64 .12
80 65 .83
80 66 .25
83 66 .60
81 65 1.60
gram will be Sue Ellen Hunter,
Brevard; Tommy Hayes, Atlanta,
Georgia; David H. Cosby, Jr.. Lake
Toxaway; John Alexander. Mar
gate, Pompano Beach, Florida; Mar
tha Thomas, Atlanta, Georgia; Mar
tha Hertsgaard, Atlanta, Georgia;
Patricia Ann Craig, Fort Lauder
dale. Florida; Beckey Brittain, Hen
dersonville; and, Carolyn Clem. At
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Many Civil Cases Being Disposed
Of In July's Superior Court Here
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OLIN MATHIESON
EMPLOYEES GIVE
276 PINTS BLOOD
Total For 1959 At High Tot
al Of 555. Breakdown
r§ Given
The American Red Cross Blood
mobiie made its second visit to the
Olin Mathieson medical center on
Tuesday alternoon and Wednesday
morning of this week.
On this visit a total of 276 pints
of blood was donated by employees \
ol Olin Mathieson at Pisgah Forest.
Tuesday afternoon 169 pints
were received from 200 donors, and
107 pints were contributed by 117
donors on Wednesday morning.
On an earlier visit to the medical
center this year, the bloodmobile
received 279 pints of blood, bring
ing the total for 1959 to 555 pints
of blood given by Olin Mathieson
employees.
BREVARD MAN
DROWNS MONDAY
Harold Gerrard Was On Va
cation With Family At Re
sort Ontario, Canada
Harold Gerrard, of Brevard,
and an employee in the inspec
tion department of the Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, drowned Mon
day in the lower St. Mary’s riv
er at Echo Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Mr. Gerrard apparently slipped
with his two daughters into deep
Mater while wading. Other bath
ers rescued the children.
Witnesses said that Gerrard
was near the river’s edge when
the accident occurred. Rescue
workers hauled the two girls to
safety, but Gerrard sank out of
sight, and provincial police at the
summer resort where the Ger
rards were vacationing recover
ed the body some two hours la
ter.
Mr. Gerrard’s wife, the former
Bertha Edwards, of Brevard, was
also on vacation with the fam
ily.
A native of Sault St. Marie, On
tario, Canada, Mr. Gerrard was
f irst employed at Olin Mathieson
here in 1951. Prior to that time,
he was connected with Du Pont
and other construction concerns.
Last rites for Mr. Gerrard will
be held Thursday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock at Sault St. Marie,
Ontario. Canada.
Jaycees Planning Another
Auction Sale On Saturday
By popular demand, the Bre
vard Jaycees have completed
plans for another public auction
sale, it was announced today by
Bill Griffin, president.
The sale, scheduled for Sat
urday of this week, will be held
in the afternoon, beginning at
two o’clock, at the Brevard Drive
in theatre.
President Griffin announces
that the sale will be conducted as
in the past, with a small fee
charged for each item sold. All
persons are urged to hunt up un
wanted items, bring them to the
sale and turn them into cash.
SC's Lieutenant Governor To Cut
Ribbon At Whitewater Fails Picnic
Annual Whitewater Falls picnic
on Wednesday afternoon, July 29,
will feature a ribbon cutting by Lt.
Gov. Burnet R. Maybank, of S. C., at
the end of thie 12-mile paving from
Salem to the N. C. State line.
Festivities are scheduled to start
at 1 o’clock, with a picnic dinner,
music and other entertainment fea
tures.
Several Brevard chamber of com
merce officials will attend, along
with Chairman Melville Broughton
and other high-up State Highway of
ficials from Raleigh.
The event is sponsored jointly
by the Salem Whitewater club, of
South Carolina, and the Whitewa
ter-Oakland-Sapphire club of upper
Transylvania.
The picnic was called off last
year due to the fact that the road
from Salem to the North Carolina
line was under construction. This
stretch of road has been completed,
and John W. Duncan, chairman of
the invitation committee to the pic
nic writes the editor of The Times:
“We hope we shall soon see the
paving of the section of the road on
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Jaycees will be on hand at the
Drive-In theatre Saturday morn
ing. and merchandise should be
brought before the sale begins.
All unsold items must be picked
up by the owner at the conclusion
of the sale, Mr. Griffin stated. All
items not picked up will become
property of the organization.
Anyone wishing to donate it
ems to the Jaycees are asked to
call the president at TU 3-1072,
and arrangements will be made
to pick them up. Free prizes will
be given throughout the after
noon.
John Ford, Sr., will serve as
auctioneer. In event of inclement
weather, the sale will be post
poned until the following Satur
day.
Ayers Attending
WOW Convention
J. I. Ayers, 54 W. Main, Brevard,
national representative for Wood
men of the World Life Insurance
society, is attending the Society’s
32nd national biennial convention
in Minneapolis, Miinn.
More than 750 persons including
delegates, national and state offi
cers, prize winning field represen
tatives, their wives, husbands, and
families are in attendance. Head
quarters are in Hotel Leamington.
Woodmen con venti oncers are par
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COLEMAN BLUM FIELD .... Week end soloist
Noted Pianist Will Be Heard
At Transylvania Music Camp
MASONS TO HOLD
‘BIGGEST’ MEET
Tribute Will Be Paid To Five
Outstanding Members
Thursday Night
The biggest Dunn’s Rock Masonic
meeting of the year will be held in
the Masonic temple on East main
street Thursday night of this week,
beginning at 8:00 o'clock, it is an
nounced by W. C. Bangs, worship
ful master.
It is expected several prominent
Masons in Western North Carolina
will attend this important commun
ication. and the master extends a
cordial invitation to ail local visit
ing Masons.
Special 25-year continuous mem
bership certificates will be present
ed to Garde Otto Alexander, Rob
ert Earle Kilpatrick, Daniel Web
ster Merrill, Robert Mitchell Nee
ly and Claude Lewis Osborne, past
master. The awards are being pre
sented in the name of the grand
lodge of North Carolina and with
the compliments arid fraternal
greetings of M. W. W. Eli Hand.
Wilmington, grand master of Ma
sons in North Carolina. The awards
will be presented by Frank Gudger
Cabe, 32 deg. KOCH, of Candler,
and district deputy grand master of
the 54th district. V. P. Fullbright,
past master, will act as marshall.
Another outstanding event of
the evening will be presenting an
“Honorary Membership” certifi
cate to Benjamin Harrison Linville,
past master of Service lodge No.
594, Long Beach, California. Mr.
Linville is the 17th Mason to be
elected an Honorary member of the
local lodge, according to announce
ment by Henry R. Henderson, past
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Young Artist Will Play On
Saturday’s And Sunday’s
Programs. Review Made
The Brevard Music center, new
in its fourth week of “A Sommer
Festival of Music”, will feature pi
anist Coleman Blumfield as guest
artist this week end.
Mr. Biumfieid, one of the rising
young artists of America, will ap
pear in concert Saturday evening
and Sunday afternoon at the Bre
vard Music center, home of Tran
sylvania Music camp and the Bre
vard Music festival.
Mr. Blumfield was .graduated
from Curtis Institute of Music and
has been studying under a disting
Lshed concert artist since his grad
uation. He made his New7 York or
chestral debiit last February as a
soloist with the American Cham
ber Orchestra.
While developing into a master
pianist who is now ready to face
the rigors of professional life, Mr.
Blumfield also has a wide range of
outside interests. In his academic
studies at school, ho was outstand
ing in mathematics, winning an
award in that subject, and in as
tronomy. At one time he even con
sidered giving up his music for a
career in science. He is a hi-fi en
thusiast and also enjoys reading,
particularly drama. Of athletic
build, he is a good swimmer, and.
whenever possible, still takes part
in his favorite boyhood sport . . .
baseball.
The Transylvania Concert band
and the Transylvania chorus, un
der the direction of James Chris
tian Pfohl, will perform Friday eve
ning. The band’s program will in
clude “Three Choral Preludes” by
Bach, “Toccata Marziale”, Vaughn
Williams. “The Rosenkavalier Walt
zes” by Strauss and the “1812 Ov
erture” by Tchaikovsky. The chor
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i Program Highlights
WPNF To Broadcast "All-American"
High School Grid Game From Louisiana
WPNF has made arrangements to
broadcast the 11th annual National
High School ‘‘All-American” foot
ball game, Bobby Hoyle, station
manager, announced this week.
The game, played in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, will be carried
live, with a direct broadcast Thurs
day night, beginning at 9 o’clock
p. rn., Brevard time.
Since Brevard was honored by
the selection of two local football
stars to participate in the game,
WPNF has had many requests for
i a broadcast, Mr, Hoyle said.
“We were fortunate to join the
All-American football network,
which will give us a professional
broadcast of the game, direct from
the playing field in Baton Rouge,”
Mr. Hoyle declared.
The broadcast will be sponsored
by Houston Furniture company,
Nu-Way Cleaners, Patterson’s, and
Varner’s drug store.
Brevard stars, Jerry Caibe and Ce
cdl Lowery were both selected to
play in this national all-star game.
“We expect to have a record lis
tening audience Thursday night,”
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SEVERAL ACTIONS
COMPROMISED,
OTHERS CONTINUED
Judge Zeb Nettles Is Presid
ing. Early Adjournment
Expected
JURORS DISMISSED
A busy term of Civil court is
now in session at the court house
here, with Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of
Asheville, presiding.
Consent judgement has been en
tered in seven cases, and two divor
ces have been granted.
Compromised were the following:
M. W. Galloway vs. Joe and John
McJunkin; Victor Betsel vs. Jack
Frady; H. O. Hardin vs. Carl Har
din; Jimmy McCall vs. Tom Duck
worth; Carr Lumber company vs.
Charles Ashworth; F. M. McCall,
Jr., vs. Lowes Hardware; and,
Claude Edwards vs. Ward Breed
love.
A demur w'as neard in the case
cf Jessie Gaither vs. James C. Gai
ther, and it will be tried in the No
vember term.
Divorces were granted in the
following actions: Julius C. Gal
loway vs. Annie M. Galloway and
Carolyne Nix vs. Roger W. Nix.
In the case of Mrs. Carl Eldridge
vs. Frank Edney, it was ordered
that certain portions of the suit be
struck out.
The case. Reginald Kitchen vs.
Appalachian Hall, was continued.
Wednesday morning the case,
Pisgah Mills vs. Edward A. Smith,
was being heard.
After a jury was called, the oth
er jurors were dismissed for the
term of court.
The case, Mac Roy Gasque vs. J.
J. W'arren, which was scheduled for
Thursday morning, was continued
until the next term of court,
i Prior to the adjournment of
j court this week, a motion, P. A.
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I FIVE AWARDED
SCHOLARSHIPS
j Large Grants Are Made By
The Olin Mathieson Chem
ical Corporation
Winners of Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation scholarships
for 1959 are announced by the
scholarship committees.
Laura Ann Galloway and Fred
Bryson. Jr., were awarded two-year
scholarships to Brevard College,
and Mary Allyn Reynolds received
a scholarship to Wake Forest Col
lege. Shirley Ann Fowler and Lin
da Wynell Webb were awarded the
three-year nursing scholarships.
Miss Galloway is a graduate of
R asm an high school and is the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Gallo
way. A graduate of Brevard high
school, Mr. Bryson is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bryson. Miss
Reynolds, daughter of Mrs. Ada
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Tickets To Fish
Supper Available
At Door On Friday
Plans have been completed for
the big fish supper, with all the
trimmings to be given in the Ma
sonic temple on East Main street
on Friday of this week from 5:00
to 8:00 o’clock, according to an
nouncement by D. Frank Bridges,
president of the Transylvania
Shrine club.
The president states that tick
ets are being sold by both members
of the local Shrine club and Dunn’s
Rock Masonic lodge and also sev
eral business firms in the town and
county are also selling tickets.
Adults can eat for $1.25 per plate
and children, under 12 can eat for
75c per plate. Tickets will also be
sold at the door the night of the
supper.
W. C. Bangs, master of Dunn’s
Rock lodge, and a committee will
be in charge of preparing the food.
Mr. Bangs announces plates will be
delivered to the homes, if persons
are unable to come to the temple.
For this service, request should
be made to the person from whom
the ticket is purchased.