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Vol. 70—No. 36
secOTd aassatMaU PTivHege«c BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1959
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
CARRIER BOYS of The Transylvania
Times, one dozen strong, are pictured
above ready to distribute their papers
in new, colorful bags. These boys, who
sell hundreds of Times each week, give
Brevard’s prize-winning weekly one of
the largest carrier-bov circulations in
the two Carolinas. They are thrifty young
merchants and are saving their earnings
for a college education. Front row, left
to right, they are: Don Mims, Blair John
son, Marshall Feaster, Dickie Phillips
and Don Mims. Back row: Reginald
Lynch, Charles Owen, Spencer Macfie,
Donnie Owens, Jon E. Anderson, Mike
Hunter and Mike Baker was absent
when the picture was taken.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Music Center Ending A Busy
Season, Next Tear's Plans Being Made
Processing Of Applications
For 1960 Started. Pfohl Ex
presses Appreciation
The Brevard Music center con
cludes summer activity this week
with performances in Highlands
and Charlotte and with work al
ready underway for next year's
camp and concert season.
The Transylvania Sinfonietta pre
sented a program in the Commun
ity Theatre in Highlands on Mon
day evening, and the Brevard Mu
sic Center orchestra and soloists'
gave a pops concert in Charlotte
on Tuesday night, sponsored by sta- j
lions WBT and WBTV.
The Charlotte appearance was j
made in the portable orchestra |
shell being used on tour this sum
mer by the Brevard Music center.
While in Charlotte., members of
the orchestra recorded two 15-min
ute and one 30-minute television
programs on video tape. These !
shows will be televised throughout \
the South during the winter in or
der to promote the work of the ]
music center.
The music center staff is already
processing applications for the 1960
camp session. This is the earliest
in the camp’s history that requests
for entrance have been received.
Next year. Transylvania Music
camp will be held from June 24
through August 7. and the Brevard
Music festival will be presented
from August 8 through 28.
‘The Gala Opera week end prov
ed to be a wonderful finish to a
most successful festival, and we
look forward to having opera again
in our programs,” says James
Christian Pfohl, director of the mu
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday. Sept. 3—Teen Center
dance at Legion building, 8:30 p.
m. Jaycette meet at Colonial Inn.
6:30 p. m. Kiwanis meets at Gaith
er’s, 6:45 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 5—WNC Indus
trial League playoff, Camp Straus,
3 p. m.
I Sunday, Sept. 6 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Sept. 7 — Labor Day,
schools, town and county offices,
businesses and post office will be
closed. No Rotary meeting.
Tuesday, Sept. 8—Ace of Clubs
meets, 7:45 p. m. County commis
sioners meet 10 a. m. Town board
meets, 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 9—Bloodmo
bile at Legion building all day. Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s, 6:30 p. m.
Brevard College student, faculty
workshop begins.
Stores to Close
Labor Day Will Be Quietly
Observed In Town & County
The Labor Day week end in Bre
vard and Transylvania county will
be quietly observed, and present
indications point to a record num
ber of visitors in the area.
Most of Brevard's stores will be
closed on Monday, as will town and
county offices, the bank and the
post offices.
Stores now closing on Wednes
day afternoons will remain open
all day on Sept. 9th.
According to Vernon Fullbright,
the acting postmaster, there will
be no rural or city delivery of
mail. Specials, however, will be
delivered, and the general deliv
ery window will be open from 11:30
until noon.
The Weather
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Temperatures were unchanged
during the week, with the high
reading in the mid-eighties, and,
and low readings in the mid-sixties.
Precipitation through Monday to
taled 2.72 inches. Daily readings
are as follows.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sat urd ay
Sunday
Monday
High
89
85
85
83
82
80
Low
64
63
65
67
67
65
Pre.
.01
.72
.13
.11
1.22
.53
The September meeting of the
Transylvania board of commission
ers has been postponed from Mon
day morning until Tuesday morn
ing because of the Labor Day ob
servance. and the board of aider
men meeting is slated for Tuesday
night at 7:30 o'clock instead of on
Monday night. The hearing con
cerning the rezoning of some prop
erty on Caldwell street will also
be held on Tuesday night.
Many picnickers and sightseers
are expected in the Pisgah Nation
al forest. Ranger Ted Seely re
ports and he predicts that all of the
recreational areas will be filled
to capacity.
Patrolman Bill Sawyer urges all
motorists to drive with extreme cad
tion over the holiday, which is one
of the most dangerous periods on
the highways.
New Brevard High School Put Into
Use, Increased Enrollment Noted
BREVARD COLLEGE
BEGINS NEW TERM
Workshop Will Get Under
way Next Wednesday.
Program Revealed
The annual workshop conference !
for the Brevard College faculty and j
staff will be held on the campus j
beginning next Wednesday and last
ing through September 12.
The student leaders will join the
1 acuity and staff next Friday even
ing.
The theme of the workshop wilt
be “Brevard College: Her Prob
lems and Potentialities", President
Emmett K. McLarty stated. Prin
cipal speakers will be President
McLarty, Dean John B. Bennett,
and Dr. Lester F. Zerfoss, director
f industrial relations and manage
ment services for American Enka
Corporation.
Faculty and staff members will
participate in group discussions and
in various committee meetings in
planning for the work of the year
ahead.
The workshop will open with a
banquet in the Sims Campus Cen
ter building with President Emmett
K. McLarty speaking. On Friday
evening Dean and Mrs. John Ben
nett will entertain the faculty and
staff with an informal reception at
their home.
A picnic will climax the work
i shop on Sept. 12th with the faculty,
staff, and student representatives
attending.
HERMAN E. STREET
j KILLED IN WRECK
Fatal Accident Occurred
Last Friday Night On
Greenville Highway
Funeral services for Herman Ed
ward Street. 38, of Brevard, were
hold Monday afternoon at 3:00 p.
i m. at the Dunn's Creek Baptist
Church.
Rev. Bill Wilson officiated, and
graveside rites were conducted at
the church cemetery by the Ameri
can Legion.
Mr. Street was killed and Ervin
A. Mulenax was injured last Friday
night about 10 p. m. when a 1956
Ford convertible driven by Street
went out of control and turned over
seven miles south of Brevard on the
Greenville highway.
Investigating officers stated that
the car plowed into a ditch, traveled
about 100 yards and then turned
over. The driver was killed instant
ly and Mulenax was skinned and
bruised but was not admitted to
the hospital.
Street, a native of Buncombe
county, was an automobile median
ic and was employed by Hawkins
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Memo of the Week
Subject:—Bloodmobile visit to Brevard.
Date:—Wednesday, September 9.
Place :—American Legion Building.
Time:—10 A. M. To 12 Noon and 1 P. M. to 5 P. M.
NeedEXTREMELY URGENT.
Savings And Incentive Rewards Are
Distributed To Employees At Du Pont
L. S. Grogan. Brevard plant man
ager of the E. I Du Pont de Ne
mours & company, announced
Tuesday the first distribution of
Savings and Incentive Reward to
employees who have participated
in the company’s “thrift plan” since
its adoption four years earlier.
Approximately 39,000 employees
of the company will receive 375,000
fifty dollar U. S. Savings bonds,
representing employee savings of
about $14 million accumulated dur
ing their first year of participation
in the plan.
Some 25,000 of these employees
will also receive a share each of Du
Pont common stock registered in
their names. The stock is contribut
ed by the company as an incentive
to those employees who participate
in the plan.
Under the terms of the “thrift
plan”, any Du Pont employee who
has completed at least two years of
service with the company may en
roll in the plan. Those electing to
participate contribute from $3.00 to
$9.00 per week from their pay to
their “thrift plan” accounts. Money
so contributed is used to purchase
$50 U S. Savings bonds.
The company adds $1.00 for every
$4.00 saved by each employee and
the company’s contribution is used
to purchase Du Pont common stock
registered in the employee’s name.
—-Turn to Page Five
Merchants Plan
Promotion Events
The Merchants committee of the
Brevard chamber of commerce is
making elaborate plans for a
Christmas promotion here in Bre
vard.
At a meeting Tuesday in Gaith
er’s Dogwood room, it was decided
that decorations during the Yule
season should be more extensive,
and various committees were named
by President Eddie Varner to make
investigations.
Dan Hawkins, chairman of the
promotion committee, called a
meeting of his group for Friday of
this week. Serving with him are
Larry Turner, James Whitlock and
Ben Patterson.
It was also decided that a dollar
day promotion would be held here
the last week end in this month.
SHRINE OFFICIALS, Neil W. Jones, left, of Greens
boro, Potentate of Oasis Temple, Charlotte, and Julian
W. Helms, Recorder of Oasis Temple will visit Transyl
vania county Wednesday night and will attend a break
fast meeting Thursday morning at 8 o’clock at the Ma
sonic Temple.
Famed Shrine Organizations
Will Pay Visit To Brevard
BOOSTER CLUB
SETS GOAL, 750
Additional Sports Added To
i Program. Many Activi
ties Are Planned
The Blue Devil Boosters club met
Tuesday night and adopted a pro
posal to set a goal of 750 members
for the 1959-60 year. This is the
highest goal that the Boosters have
ever set. but the fact that basket
ball and baseball will also fall under
this year’s program was given as
the reason for the need of a much
larger membership. In past years,
j only the football program was aid
! ed by the Boosters.
! Memberships will sell for $2.00
each, and will again entitle the
Booster’s club members to sit in a
special reserved section at all home
football games. This section will be
held for members until 15 minutes
before game time. Members are
urged to have their cards with
them, for this is the only way that
they will be admitted to the re
served section.
Other action taken at the meeting
saw the club go on record to again
give coffee and sandwiches to all
officials at Brevard high school
home games. This action received
much favorable comment last year.
The club also kicked-off the tick
et sale by endorsing a contest to
stimulate interest in ticket sales.
The member selling the highest
number of memberships will re
ceive a free season ticket for next
year’s home football games.
The meeting, which was well at
tended was presided over by Bill
Norris, this year’s Booster’s club
president.
Overnight Stop To Be Made
Here Next Wednesday.
Breakfast Is Scheduled
Final plans nave been completed
lor an Oasis Temple visitation to
Brevard on Wednesday night and
Thursday morning. September 9
and 10. it is announced by Henry
R Henderson, ambassador for
Transylvania county.
The caravan will be headed by
Neil W. Jones. Greensboro, Poten
■ tate of Oasis Temple. Charlotte;
members of the Divan and Dixie
Land band: and. several ambassa
dors.
All Shriners in Transylvania
county will be guests of Oasis Tem
ple for breakfast Thursday, Septem
ber 10. at 8:00 o'clock, in the din
ing room at the Masonic temple on
East Main street here.
The food, will be prepared and
served by the ladies of Pisgah
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star
Mr. Henderson, who is general
chairman, has requested that all
Shriners, who wish to attend the
breakfast, please notify him. “Get
your name in the pot not later than
Saturday noon, September 5,” Mr.
Henderson says.
The caravan bus leaves Greens
boro Wednesday morning, Septem
ber 9. at 10:00 o’clock, for Char
lotte and Hendersonville. At 6:30
o’clock the Motor Corps Maneuver
Drill and the Dixie Land Band will
give a program in front of the
Skyland Hotel. The banquet will be
in the dining room of the Skyland
at 7:00 p. m. Around 9:30 p. m. the
caravan bus will leave Henderson
ville for Brevard and will stay at
the Deerfield and Sunset motels.
Several local Shriners are plan
ning to go over to Hendersonville
and escort the caravan bus to Bre
—Turn to Page Eight
WPNF To Broadcast Southern - 500 1
Labor Day Races, Other Programs!
WPNF will again broadcast the
Southern-500 stock car race from
Darlington, South Carolina, accord
ing to Bobby Hoyle, station mana
ger.
The broadcast will begin at 10:45
a. m. Monday, September 7, and
"will be carried at regular intervals
until its conclusion.
McCrary Auto Service and the
Chicken Kitchen are sponsoring
the broadcast.
This year’s classic Labor Day
race will be carried by stations in
many parts of the nation.
“We are very happy to bring this •
race to our listeners again this |
year,” Mr. Hoyle says.
Mr. Hoyle also announced that!
Pisgah Industrial Loan company is
now presenting the 7:30 news each
morning over the local station, and
that Sledge Radio and Television
Service presents the 8 o’clock edi
tion of news on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday mornings, alternating
with the First Union National
Bank.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Rosman Home Ec.
dept, Mrs. Sallie Wallace; Friday,
U. S. Forest Service, T. S. Seely;
Monday, County agent; Tuesday,
Rosman vo-ag dept, B, E. Keisler;
Wednesday, County home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following; Friday, Lions club;
—Turn to Page Eight
FACILITIES ARE
PRAISED,CLASSES
BEGIN THURSDAY
Mew Auditorium And Gym
nasium Being Completed.
Round-Up Made
KIMZEY QUOTED
All of Transylvania schools are
tow open for the new term, and
in increased enrollment is noted.
The opening of the schools here
n Brevard and the rest of district
ne was postponed one week be
cause of the slight delay in the con
struction of the new' Brevard high
school.
Students reported for teacher
pupil orientation day on Wednes
day, and a full day of classes will
be held on Thursday.
The school buses began their
routes on Wednesday, and all cafe
terias will be open on Thursday.
District two, including Rosman
high. Rosman elementary and T. C.
Henderson, began the new term
last Thursday.
Although work is being continued
in the auditorium and in the gym
at the new high school, the modern
plant was put into operation on
Wednesday. Principal Robert T.
Kimzey said the students are most
impressed with the magnificent
layout.
Some 550 students are attending
this senior high school, and Princi
pal Kimzey expects an even larger
number to enroll.
In an address to the students
Wednesday morning, Mr. Kimzey
made a plea for continued coop
eration. understanding and patience
until aij work is (Completed. He said
there is not a finer high school any
where in the Carolinas.
Highest enrollment in the county
is at the Brevard elementary school,
where 884 pupils reported on Wed
—Turn to Page Five
PLANNING EVENTS
FOR UNITED FUND
Participating Agencies Must
Submit Reports By 15th. An
nual Meet On 29th
Plans for the fall campaign of
the United fund were discussed at
| length by officials of the organiza
tion at a meeting at President Les
I Grogan's home Tuesday night.
While the dates for the annual
campaign cannot be set at this time,
the following were decided upon:
1— Participating agencies must
have their annual reports in the
hands of the executive director,
James M. Wulpi. by Sept. 15th. The
address is: United Fund, P. 0. Box
375, Brevard.
2— First meeting of the admiss
ions and budget committee will be
Sept. 16th, 7:30 p. m. at Gaither’s.
3— The admission and budget
committee will meet at Gaither’s
on Sept. 22nd, at 7:30 p. m., to con
sider the applications.
4— United Fund directors will
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