THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
Vol. 70 — No. 31 ★ BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 30, 1959 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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.
ONE OF TRANSYLVANIA’S NEWEST ENTERPRISES,
Laurel Falls farms, where ‘'Pom-Poms” are raised is shown
above in pictures. Owned by George Allen, Fred Juliano and P>ill
Wiggins, the farm is managed by Joe H. Tinsley, of Brevard, who
can be noted in the left photo looking over the potted “Pom
Poms” under the Saran covering. The one-acre tract is located
beyond Camp Keystone on the Lake Sega road, and it presents an
unusual site, as seen in the center picture. At the right is Martha
Jo Knight, of Burlington, grand-daughter of Mr. Tinsley, who
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is visiting here. She is holding two of the 14 different varieties
that are grown locally. At the Ft. Myers farm, some 72 varieties
are produced on the 22-acre “Pom-Pom” farm. Plans call for ex
panding the local operation next year. (Times Staff Photo)
ANOTHER NEW CHURCH in Bre
vard is being built by the Brevard Faith
assembly group, on the Greenville high
way opposite Sapphire Manor. Construc
tion on this modern looking edifice be
gan in June and it is expected to be com
pleted in October. Work is being super
vised by the pastor. Rev. Rudolph Nich
ols. He urges all Transylvanians to read
his progress report, which is carried on
page two in this week’s issue of The
I Times. (Times Staff Photo)
HISTORICAL BODY
TO MEET FRIDAY
Over-All Plan For Centen
nial In 1961 Is Being
Worked Out
There will be a meeting of the
Transylvania Historical commission
on Friday night at 8:00 o'clock in
Gaither's Dogwood room.
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, the
chairman, urges all members to at
tend, as there will be several im
portant items of business to be dis
cussed.
Mrs. McCrary also requests that
the proxies for the members also
attend the meeting so that they
will have a complete picture of the
task before the commission.
Since the last meeting, John I.
Anderson, editor of The Transyl
vania Times, has been named as
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 30 — Masons
meet at temple, 7:30 p. m.
Friday, July 31 — Historical
commission meets at Gaither’s, 8
p. m. Concert at Music Camp, 8:15
p m. Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p.
m.
Saturday, Aug. 1 — Concert at
Music Camp, 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 2 — Attend the
church of your choice. Girl Scout
camp open house—1 to 4 p. m. Con
cert at Music Camp, 4 p. m.
Monday, Aug. 3 — Rotary meets
at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Town Board
meets at city hall, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, Aug. 4 — Commission
ers meet at court house, 10 a. m.
Ace of Clubs meets, 7:45 p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 5 — Toastmas
ter club meets at Gaither’s, 6:30
p. m. Booster club banquet at Ma
sonic Temple, 7 p. m. Humane So
ciety meet at Parrish house, 8 p. m.
Health Officer Advises Citizens
To Get Polio Shots, Survey Made
Dr. John Folger. health director
ior Transylvania county, makes a
plea today for citizens to be innoc
ulated against polio.
He says the North Carolina State
Board of Health reports that as of
July 18th, there have been 28 cases
of paralytic polio within this state
as compared with only 4 last year.
Twenty of these had received no
innoculations at all.
The sudden uprising of polio in
North Carolina is evident in the fact
that six cases were reported in one
week prior to July 18th, Dr. Folger
says.
The pattern throughout the coun
try7 as a whole is similar, with more
cases being reported this year than
in the past three years.
As of July 29th, Transylvania was
free of any cases of polio this year.
Dr. Folger releases the following
statement:
“With North Carolina’s new
health law requiring polio immuni
zations of all children entering
school, there has been an increas
ed interest locally in the vaccine
program. Since June 1st, the local
health department has administer
ed 445 immunizations. Because of
this large demand, and the relative
short supply of state provided vac
cine. the health director would like
to bring to attention again the law,
which provides free vaccine only to
pre-school children, who are consid
ered medically indigent; this pro
vides for only the basic series of
three shots. Other pre-school chil
dren, and those over 6 but less than
20 may obtain polio shots, including
the now recommended 4th or boos
ter shot, for the cost of $1.00.
“Those persons employing domes
tics, either full or part time, are re
minded of the provisions of health
law requiring that these employees
be examined annually and provided
with health cards. People with
children in the home are especially
re-ipinded of the contagiousness of
tuberculosis, and the susceptibility
of small children to this disease.
“The Health center’s clinic is op
en Friday’s 8:30 to 4:30, closed at
noon for lunch.”
Transylvania Baptist Association To
Hold 78th Annual Session, 4th & 5th
The 78th annual session of the
Transylvania Baptist association
will be held August 4th and 5th
with Mt. Moriah Calvert and Tur
key Greek Baptist churches, respec
tively.
The Youth session will be held
with Mt. Moriah Cherryfieki on
Tuesday night, August 4th, and the
theme of the entire session will be
“Teaching them to observe all
things”. Matt. 28:20.
The highlights of the first day
will be the reports of the associa
tions! work, with Rev. J. D. Brog
don bringing the associational ser
mon.
Guest representatives from the
Baptist Children’s homes, Homes
for the Aged, and Baptist Hospital,
will speak concerning their reports.
Among these guests will be: Claude
F. Gaddy, W. K. McGee, and Jaimes
Hayes.
Special music will be rendered
by Mrs. Harold Killian.
In the Youth session Tuesday
night, reports will be given con
cerning all the associational youth
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New Rewinder Machine Installed In
Ecusta Division Of Olin Mathieson
CALLAHAN BEGINS
COLUMN IN TIMES
“So This Is New York” Will
Be Carried Each Week.
Writer Is Famous
North Callahan, writer of the col- i
umii, ? This Is New York which!
starts this week in The Transvl
\ania Times. Was born near a small
i East Tennessee town and has the
out-of-towner’s viewpoint about the
1 big city. His father owned a coun
try store and the stories heard
around the big stove and cracker
barrel are somewhat like those he
tells in his homespun," down-to
earth column.
The column has been compared
to that of the late 0. O. Mclnture.
being of a human-interest, not
Broadway flavor. The main differ
ence in New York and other place
is that there is just more of the big
town, he says, it really being a lot
of small towns thrown together.
Many exciting and funny stories
happen in New York which are nev
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Public Invited
To “Open House”,
Girl Scout Camp
Officials of the Pisgah Girl Scout
council cordially invite the public
to attend the “open house” at the
Girl Scout camp in the Island Ford
section of Transylvania on Sunday
afternoon.
Hours of “open house” will be
from 1:00 until 4:00 p. m., and
there wil be a brief dedication ser
vice at 3:15 o’clock.
Mrs. L. F. Nerlinger, the Tran
sylvania district chairman, says the
route to the Girl Scout camp,
which is reached by going out the
Country club road, will be marked
with arrows, and members of the
Brevard Jaycees will be on hand to
direct traffic.
Shriners To Take
Page In Program
For Annual Classic
D. Frank Bridges, president of
the Transylvania Shrine club, an
nounces the members of the local
club voted unanimously at a recent
meeting to sponsor an autograph
page in the 23rd annual Shrine
football game program in Charlotte
on December 5th.
The president appointed Henry
R. Henderson, ambassador for
Transylvania county, to be in
charge of getting autographs, and
he now has the sheets for signa
tures.
The price for autographs is $1.00
or more, or whatever a person
wants to donate to the Shriners hos
pital. There are over 10,000 of the
colorful programs printed each
year for the big classic.
Mr. Bridges points out that this
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NEW REWINDER — Holland Corn, at the control
panel, demonstrates operation of the Ecusta Finishing
department’s new rewinder to Arthur J. Loeb, vice pres
ident of Ecusta Paper division, as Earl Hall, assistant
manager of the quality control department, looks on.
Extremely fast, and equipped with many automatic fea
tures, the machine offers greater versatility in rewind
ing narrow width rolls.
Lillian Kallir Will Be Heard
Friday, Sunday At Music Camp
September Is
Target Date For
Training Center
Construction of the new army
training center in Brevard on East
French Broad street is progressing
and is scheduled for completion in
September, SFC Jack Bowers, assis
tant unit advisor, USATC, Brevard,
told the members of the Brevard
Rotary club at their last regular
meeting in Gaither's Rhododendron
room.
SFC Bowers was introduced by
Charles Cook, who presided over
the meeting in the absence of Pres
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Background Of Famous Pi
anist Is Given. Band To
Play Saturday Night
Lilian Rallir, a major pianist of
the younger generation, will appear
in two concerts this week end at
the Brevard Music center.
Miss Kallir will be featured solo
ist on Friday evening and Sunday
afternoon. The Transylvania Con
cert band will present Saturday ev
ening’s program. Concerts on Fri
day and Saturday begin at 8:15 p.
m. and Sunday afternoon’s per
formance starts at 4 p. m.
With hundreds of successful con
certs in the United States, as well
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WPNF Is Broadcasting Concerts On
Sunday Evening From Music Center
WPNF is now broadcasting spec
ial programs from the Brevard Mu
sic center, it is announced by sta
tion manager, Bobby Hoyle.
The programs are heard each
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock p. m.,
and Mr. Hoyle invites everyone to
listen.
Various artists, the Orchestra of
the Faculty and Staff and the
(band are heard from time to time
on the broadcasts.
Other Programs
Scheduled to participate cm the
Farm and Home hour during this
week are the following: Thursday,
the Soil Conservation service, Harry
E. Newland; and Friday, the ASC
office, Marvin Whitmire. Monday,
County agent; Tuesday, station pro
gram; Wednesday, home demon
stration agent.
The Civic hour will be conducted
by the following organizations:
Monday, the B & PW cluib; and
Wednesday, the Elks cluib.
Speaking on Morning devotions
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MOST AUTOMATIC,
FASTEST IN THE
DIVISION TODAY
Investment Is Said To Be Ov
er $40,000. Manufactured
By Langston
SPECIAL FEATURES
A new rewinder was installed re
cently in the Inspection Depart
ment of Ecusta Pape r Division of
the Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration at Pisgah Forest.
The rewinder represents a capi
tal investment of more than $40,000
and in order of chronology is the
20th rewinder to be put in use by
the division, some of the earlier
models having been discarded. Ex
cept for the rewinder on the new
No. 10 paper machine, this ma
chine is by far the most automat
ic and fastest operating unit in the
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MANY TO ATTEND
BOOSTER BANQUET
Coach Amen To Speak At
Event Next Wednesday
At Masonic Temple
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the big banquet to benefit the
combined athletic program at Bre
vard high school next Wednesday
night at the Dunn’s Rock Masonic
temple. Banquet time is 7:00 o’
clock.
Feature speaker will be Coach
Paul Amen, head football coach at
Wake Forest college.
The meal will be prepared and
served by the order of the Eastern
Star.
Coach Amen, Atlantic Coast Con
ference coach of the year in 1957,
has long been known as an excel
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Dean Stevenson
Dies Suddenly
J. J. Stevenson, prominent ed
ucator and head of the depart
ment of social sciences at Bre
vard College, was stricken with a
heart attack about noon Wednes
day, while in his car parked be
hind Farmers Federation and
died instantly.
“Dean” Stevenson came to Bre
vard college from Asheville
Biltmore college in 1944. He serv
ed as dean of the college until
1957 when he became head of the
department of social sciences. At
one time he served as acting pres
ident of Brevard college.
He is survived by the wife, Mrs.
Mary Wilson Stevenson and one
son, Joel, of the home.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.