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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. 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 Itural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. Vol. 70—No. 37 Auttoriz?das!t^Brevfrd^N^c. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1959 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA SUFFERED two fatalities on its highways within a two week period recently, and the death cars are pictured above. George W. Sentelle, of Hendersonville, died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained in the top vehicle in an accident near Rosman on US High way 64. The bottom car is the one in which Herman Street was killed on August 29 in an accident near Cedar Mountain. Both cars were demolished in the accidents. (Photos by Anderson and Austin) NANTAKA1A IS v SOLD TO DUKE IN SIX AREAS Transaction Involves Some Four Million. Sale Sub ject To Approval An agreement to purchase the electric distribution facilities of Nantahala Power and Light com panv in six western North Caro lina counties has been announced > by Duke Power company. The trans fer is subject to approval by the North Carolina Utilities Commis sion and the Federal Power com mission. The Nantahala service area in cludes the communities of Andrews. Bryson City, Dillsboro, Franklin, Highlands. Robbinsville, Sylva and Webster and the neighboring rural areas. Counties affected by the sale are Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jack son. Macon and Swain. The transaction involves about $4,000,000. Large additional invest ment will be made by Duke in transmission and generating equip ment to serve the 15.000 customers in the area. Regarding electric rates. W. B. McGuire, President of Duke Power Company, has stated that Duke rates will be placed in effect where they are lower than Nantahala rates. “This will mean a reduction in the cost of electricity for the — Torn To Page Tea CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, Sept. 10—ASC election. Polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Breakfast for Shriners at Masonic Temple at 8:00 a.m. Masons to meet at 8:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11—Hospital aux iliary meets at 3:00 p.m. Brevard vs. Reynolds at 8:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12—Rosman vs. Edneyville on Brevard field at 8:00 p.m. ( Sunday, Sept. 13 — Attend the church of your choice. Presby terians to observe Davidson River Day. Freshman arrive at Brevard College. Little Theater picnic at Camp Straus at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14—Presbyterian men meet at 6:30 p.m. Rotarians to hear district governor at 7:00 p.m. at Gaither’s. Merchants to meet in Library at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15—Ace of Clubs meets at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16—Registra tion 'begins at Brevard College. Friends of the Library meet at 7:30 p.mf Action To Be Taken Big Meeting Of Merchants In ! Brevard Planned Monde/ Night Eddie Varner, chairman of the Merchants committee of the Bre- ■ vard chamber of commerce, is call ing an important meeting of all the merchants in Brevard for Monday night, Sept. 14th, at 7:30 o'clock in the library. There will be a discussion of fall and Christmas prom9tions, along i with plans for decorating the bus- j iaess section during the Yule sea ! son. Chairman Varner also announces i that membership dues in the mer chants committee should be paid by Sept. 21st. This is the deadline for all merchants desiring to parti al* ■is. I The Weather It rained, rained, and rained some more. That describes the week s weather picture as 4.53 inches of precipitation was recorded. Temp eratur^were generally mild. Daily readinBare as follows: High Low Pre. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesdav 85 87 85 78 77 74 78 63 61 60 66 66 .60 .01 T .65 .98 66 2.28 63 .01 L-ipate in the promotions. Member hip dues are $10.00, and checks should be mailed to Merchants divi sion, Brevard Chamber of Com merce. Brevard. The chairman pointed out that the committee members have been meeting regularly, and they have several decisions that should be made by the merchants at large. Serving with the Chairman Var ner on the committee are: Ben Patterson, Dan Hawkins, James Whitlock, Larry Turner. Jim Smith and Robert H. Plummei. Welcomes Freshmen nrollment Expected MAN $ KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON TUESDAYMORNING -— v Hendersonville Man is Fa tally Injured When Car Overturns On Curve George Wilson Sentelle, age 24, i of Hendersonville, was killed Tues-j day morning, when his ear failed to ] make a curve and turned over about j ore mile south of Rosmcn on High-j way 64. Mr. Sentelle who was driving j alone at the time, died en route to i the hospital here. Patrolman Bill Sawyer investi gated the accident and said the car was traveling toward Rosman. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle in the turn. It crashed into a rock wall on the opposite side of the highway and then bounced back across the road. Mr. Sentelle was thrown out of the car and suffered multiple head injuries. . The body was taken to the Moore Kilpatriek and was transferred later to the Shepherd funeral home at Hendersonville. The deceased was an employee of a grading concern at Horse Shoe, and among the survivors are a wife and child and the father. George Sentelle, of Hendersonville. FISHERREUNION SLATED SATURDAY Ray Fisher To Preside Over Annual Event. Program Committee Busy The annual Fisher reunion will be held Saturday at the Lake Toxa way Baptist church beginning at 10.00 a.m. Ray Fisher of Rosman, vice-presi dent will preside due to the absence of the president, L. C. Case. Jr., who is in New York. The program committee, consist ing of Mrs. J. B. Hall, chairman, Mrs. Jack Fisher and Mrs. Fred Hinkle, has announced a very inter esting program with several promi nent speakers and special groups of singers participating. A picnic lunch will be served from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Eller Resigns As Town Attorney, Leaves Oct. 1st Thomas R. Eller, who was recently appointed to the State Utilities commission by Governor Luther Hodges, tendered his resignation as town attorney to the Brevard board of aldermen at Tuesday night’s September meeting. Mr. Eller is to begin work with the commission at Raleigh on Oc tober 1st, and his resignation as Brevard’s attorney is effective as of Sept. 30th. It is understood that no one has applied for the position to Henry Nicholson, Pioneer Educator, Dies At Little River Home, Age 93 Funeral services for Henry Per son Nicholson, one of the most out standing pioneer educators of Tran sylvania and Henderson counties, were held at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Little River Bap tist church. Rev Jarvis Brock, the pastor, of ficiated, and he was assisted by Rev. Sherman Patterson, Rev. Jess Osteen and Rev. Jim Anderson. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Nicholson, who was 93 years of age, died at his home on route 1, Pisgah Forest, about 7:00 o’clock Sunday morning. He had been in ill health for the past several months. Surviving are four daughters, Miss Nadine Nicholson and Mrs. Nellie Wilson, both of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Annie Ray Levi of Enka and Mrs. Ophelia Wilson of Pen —Tara to Page Tea HENRY NICHOLSON succeed Mr. Eller as of ihe pres ent time. The board of aldermen offi cially welcomed Brevard’s new city manager, Tom Henry, at Tuesday night’s meeting. Mr. Henry has already assumed his duties here, and the board voted to advertise for bids for a car for his use. Several routine business mat ters were discussed by the board, but no further action was taken. Shriners To Give Breakfast Thursday Shriners in Transylvania county will be guests oi Oasis Temple for breakfast Thursday, September 10th, at 3:00 o’clock, in the dining room at the Masonic temple on East Main street here. The occasion for the breakfast is an Oasis Temple visitation head ed by Neil W. Jones, Greensboro, Potentate of Oasis Temple, Char lotte; members of the Divan and Dixie Land band, and, several am-i bassadors. The group spent Wednesday j night in Brevard, after a banquet j at the Skyland hotel in Henderson | ville. From Brevard the caravan I (bus will travel to Waynesville, where lunch will be served by the Waynesville and Canton Shriners. From Waynesville they go to Franklin and at 7:00 o’clock a bar becue supper will be served, and ladies night will be observed. High light of the evening will be the presentation of the charter to the newly organized Smoky Mountain —Turn to Page Ten BREVARD’S CAPTAINS, who will lead the Blue Devils against Reynolds in the ’59 opener here on the lighted athletic field on Friday night, are shown above. 1 Kneeling in front is Captain Jake Lowery, the stellar quarterback. Co-captains are: Deedie Wilson, left, and Charlie Duckworth, right. (Times Staff Photo) I ___ jTom Henry Assumes Position I i | As Brevard’s Town Manager TOM HENRY Background Is Cited. Is Au thor Of Article To Appear Nationwide This Month _ V Tam Henry. Brevard’s first city manager, has assumed his duties here, and he and his family are residing on Lake View drive. Mr. Henry moved to Brevard last week from Cherryville, where he has served as director of Public Works for the past six years. He was offered a considerable increase in salary over his salary in Brevard to remain in Cherryville, but he declined the offer having already committed himself to Brevard. Prior to his work in Cherryville, he served the city of Kings Mount ain for three years. A native of Hickory, Mr. Henry graduated from Hickory high school, and served in the Navy Air Force for three years. He is a licensed pilot. Mr. Henry is a graduate of the City Managers Course of the Insti tute of Government of the Universi ty of North Carolina. He was reeom —Turn to Page Ten Program Highlights WPNF Wil! Broadcast Play-By-Play Action Of High School Grid Games; WPNF will again bring play-by play description of the Brevard high school football games, direct from the playing fields, Bobby Hoyle station manager announces. The opening game this Friday night with Reynolds will begin at 8 o’clock, and all persons unable j to attend the games are urged to tune in the broadcast. The broadcasts will be handled by John Anderson, executive di rector of the station, and Baxter Morris, the chief engineer. These programs are being spon sored by Bridges Coal and Oil Company, Houston Furniture Com pany and the Tri-Angle Drive In. OTHER PROGRAMS The schedule for the Farm anti Home hour for the coming week is as follows: Thursday, Soil conser vation service, Harry E. Newland; Friday, N. C. Forestry service, Clark Grissom; Monday, county agent; Tuesday, Carolina news; Wednesday, county home agent. Appearing this week on the Civic Hour are the following: Friday, Girl Scouts; Monday, Music Lovers club; Wednesday, Rosman chamber of commerce. Speaking this week on Morning I Devotions is Rev. Dan Wallin, pastor of the Mt. Moriah-Cherry field Baptist church. Next week Rev. Ben Qrmand, pastor of the Brevard-Davidson River Presby terian church, will be heard. The Sunday morning church ser vice is being broadcast through the remote facilities of WPNF from the Wesleyan Methodist church. The Rev. W. G. Davidson is pastor. TOTAL NUMBER TO BE 400. RECORD IN RECENT YEARS Annual Workshop Is Now Underway. Orientation Program Is Set Up SCHEDULE GIVEN More than 260 freshmen are ex pected to arrive on the Brevard College campus Sunday to engage in a program of orientation and registration. They will be joined by some 140 returning sophomores next Wednesday, September 16. The anticipated enrollment for 1959-60 is 400. This is a record en rollment for recent years. The program of orientation will get underway Sunday evening at 7 p.m. with assembly in the audi torium of the Sims Campus Center building. Presiding at the assembly will be Student Government Presi dent Stephen Brown, of Asheville. Placement examinations and li brary orientations are slated from 9:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on Mon day and Tuesday. Malcolm R. Henderson, dean of students and Miss R/ubie Plant, dean of women will speak Monday evening to new students on “Essen tial Policies in Group Living.” Other events on the orientation calendar include the presentation of rules and regulations. Students w’ill meet with faculty advisors for group discussions of general regis tration and requirements. Next Wednesday morning regis tration for new students will start, followed by registration that after noon for returning Students. At 9:15 p.m. a social hour will b -ponsored by the Christian Fellowship. Classes start on Thursday morn ing followed by a formal convoca tion of all students and members of the faculty at 7:30 p.m. Dean John —Turn to Page Two COMMERCE BODY HAS BUSY MEET Many Reports Are Heard. Membership Drive To Be Continued Directors of the Brevard chamber of commerce discussed several im portant civic matters at the Septem ber meeting Tuesday night in the library. President Gil Coan presided, and called for reports from various com mittee chairmen. Membership to date is 167, as compared with 140 at this time last year. A plea was made for mer chants and others who have not paid their dues this year to do so as quickly as possible. The directors were told that an “open house” and dedication would be held at the new Brevard high school at a later date. They also learned that a com prehensive map of the town of Bre vard is being made up, and it will have a definite bearing on the re zoning of property, etc. The directors were urged to join in with the educational clean-up campaign of the Brevard Planning commission. President Coan stressed the im —Turn to Page Ten Labor Day Week End Was Quiet The Labor Day weekend was quietly observed in Transylvania, with most stores being closed, as well as town and county offices. According to the Highway patrol, only one minor accident was re ported on the highways of the county. However, a man was killed in a wreck Tuesday morning near Rosman. A record number of visitors was noted in the community, and the recreational areas of the Pisgah na tional forest were filled to over flowing. Many Transylvanians attended the Apple Festival parade in Hender sonville Monday afternoon, and the Brevard high school band, dressed in Bermuda shorts, made a big hit with the crowd.
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