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.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer damps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 70—No. 41
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1959* 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL PARTICIPANTS on the program at
ft) the formal dedication of the new Brevard senior high
“ school this past Sunday afternoon are pictured above.
l Over 2,000 persons attended the dedication ceremony
* and the “open house,” which followed. From left to
right are: Rev. Alfred Rhyne, who gave the benediction; !
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., who delivered the dedicatory j
address at the unveiling of the portrait of the late Supt. i
J. B. Jones; Rev. Courtney Ross, invocation; Mrs. J. B.
Jones; Tommy Jones; Ur. Paul A.,Reid, the principal
speaker*; Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, who introduced Dr.
Reid; Eddie Varner, who gave the address of welcome;
Principal Robert T. Kimzey, who accepted the new high
school; Ed Matheson, member of the school board; Supt.
Wayne Bradburn, who presided over the meeting; and,
Harry Morgan, school board member.
(Photo by Austin’s Studio)
More Than 2,000 Visit New Senior
High School During Formal Dedication
More than 2000 persons attended
the formal dedication of and the
“open house” at the new Brevard
high school Sunday afternoon.
School officials expressed them
selves as being highly pleased with
the response to the formal opening
ceremonies of the new million dol
lar campus-type layout.
The power of educational develop
ment and its relation to the effec
tive use of natural resources was
stressed by Dr. Paul Reid, president
of Western Carolina college in the
dedicatory address.
Dr. Reid was introduced by the
Rev. Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, Jr..
president of Brevard college.
| Dr. Reid pointed out that national
commissions and study groups have
emphasized the constantly growing
importance of public schools and
stressed that world peace and the
survival of mankind may well de
pend on the way in which we edu
cate the citizens and leaders of to
morrow.
“The experience of Russia is of
special interest,” he said “There is
general agreement that Russia has
made phenomenal progress in edu
cation since World War I. As an ally
of the U. S., Russia had little
strength. Ninety per cent of her
people were illiterate.
In World War II, Russia again
was an ally and this time she was
strong. Only 10 per cent of the
people were illiterate.”
Dr. Reid said that another strong
example of the power of education
is found in North Carolina.
“During much of the early his
tory of our state, North Carolina
was referred to as the Rip Van
Winkle state,” he said. “The War
Between The States left her poverty
stricken until, at the turn of the
century, a great educational leader
preached his gospel of universal
education, telling the people that if
they would invest in education, they
would reap dividends many times
over. Today, we reap the benefit of
that investment and others yet un
born will benefit.”
Dr. Reid also urged North Caro
lina to face up to its role in the
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Oct. 15—UN program
at Presbyterian church, 7:30 p.m.;
Masons meet at Temple at 7:30
p.m. Brevard Trade Festival begins.
Friday, Oct. 16—Brevard college
trustees meet at 10:00 a.m.; Eastern
Ifetar to sponsor supper at Masonic
^temple, 5:00-7:30 p.m.; Brevard vs.
Hendersonville, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17—Rosman vs.
Clyde, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 18—Attend church
ol your choice; Unveiling of marker
at Davidson River cemetery, 3:00
p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19 — Rotary club
meets at Gaithers at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 20—District Fed
eration of Women’s clubs meets at
Presbyterian church, 10:00 a.m.;
Ace of Clubs, 8:00 p.m.; Public
meeting of League of Women
Voters, Fellowship Hall of Presby
terian church, 8:00 p.m.
Directors Meet
Plea Made For Members
In Chamber Of Commerce
.viemoersmps in uie nrevar
C hamber of Commerce are lagging
it was reported by the finance coir
rnittee at the monthly meeting heL
here Tuesday night.
While the total for the year i
slightly ahead of this time las
year. Chairman Charlie Himes re
ported to the group that for th<
past month renewals had droppei
sharply as compared with first eigh
months of the year.
Projected budget of $6,000 is cur
rently $1200 short it was pointe<
out, and a plea was made for al
old members to pay at once, if suf
l'ieient funds are to be had t(
carry the work through the calen
dar year.
During the business, Postmaste:
Vernon Fullbright said that he ha<
secured permission from Washing
ton to use a die or slogan on cance
liation machines at the local offici
to advertise the 1961 centennial
Die or head for the slogan decider
upon will be purchased by th<
chamber advertising fund.
Permission had been asked t<
secure a commemorative stamp, bu
this was denied, and the Washing
ton office suggested the slogan foi
mailing pieces instead.
Contact of headquarters of a num
her of firms in the electronic*
VFW Auxiliary
Official Visits
Local Post
Mrs. Hazel Vaughn, president o1
District 17 of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the V.F.W., visited with the aux
iliary of the Lewis Earl Jacksor
Post No. 4309 on Monday evening
October 12th.
She reported on the departmem
council meeting, and urged eacl
auxiliary member to attend the dis
trict meeting which will be held or
Sunday, October 18th, at the posl
home in Hendersonville.
. manufacturing industry was re
| ported by Chairman Leslie Grogan
• i of the industrial committee. Re
11 eently completed industrial bro
i chores have been sent to each of
5' these businesses and letters have
t been written.
Director Jack Bryant, who is also
3 | a member of the town board of
I | aldermen, told the meeting that the
II city fathers are interested in im
I proving the local golf course.
- i He explained that the planning
1 group of the chamber of commerce
1 had recommended this to the board,
- and that petitions are now being
) ■ circulated among the golfers asking
- i their financial support.
The main improvement to be
made would be the relocation of
the steep and difficult holes, so as
to make the course more playable
for a larger number of people.
Chairman John Ford reported
that much interest was being shown
in promotion of US 64 as a coast-to
! coast highway by cities and states
in the middle and far west, and that
' Newr Mexico’s highway department
: was especially interested.
’ Harry Sellers said that the mer
chants’ committee of the chamber
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Grand Jury Now
Serving Two
Terms in County
History will be made at the Oc
tober terra of Superior court in
Transylvania, for it will be the first
time a Grand Jury has ever served
for two terms in this county.
Clerk of Superior Court Marvin
McCall has this to say:
"At the first fall and spring terms
of criminal courts held for Transyl
vania. a Grand Jury shall be drawn.
The presiding judge shall charge
them as provided by law, and then
they shall serve during the remain
ing fall and spring terms respective
ly.”
Members of the Grand Jury for
the last term are being notified
that they are to report when court
opens on Monday, October 26.
Robert F. Andrews is the fore
man. and others who served during
the last term being called again are:
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College Trustees
Meet Friday
Trustees of Brevard college will
hold their annual fall meeting on
Friday morning at the local institu
tion. beginning at 10 o’clock, Presi
dent Emmett K. McLarty an
nounces
The executive board will meet at
7:30 o’clock in Hendersonville’s
Skyland hotel Thursday evening.
Luncheon will be served the
trustees and their wives at 1:00
o’clock Friday in the college cafe
teria.
Town Manager Will Speak At
Public Meeting Of The League
The Brevard League of Women
Voters is happy to announce an
open meeting of the league to be
held on Tuesday, October 20th.
Tom Henry, Brevard’s new town
' manager will address the meet
' ing.
The league feels this is an ex
cellent opportunity for all to
. hear Mr. Henry’s early appraisal
of the town and something of the
problems confronting Brevard.
Mr. Henry would be pleased for
all citizens to take * this oppor
tunity also to ask him any ques- !
tions they might have.
Mr. Henry came here from I
Fish Supper Proceeds To Go
To Send Band To Shrine Game
Transylvania Shriners / will spon
sor a community fish supper on Fri
day, November 6th, and all pro
ceeds from it will go into the fund
to send the Brevard high school
band to the 23rd Annual Shrine
Bowl football game in Charlotte on
Saturday, Dec. 5th.
This action was taken at the
regular meeting of the Transylvania
Shrine club this week [at John
Ford’s cabin on East Fork.
President Frank Bridges reports
that the Shriners are asking other
fraternal and civic clubs to help
with the sale of tickets in this com
munity project.
Members of the band will also
have tickets for sale, and B. F.
Merrill, of Little River, is donating
two Shrine Bowl general admission
tickets to award to the two band
members selling the most tickets.
Although the band members and
the majorettes are admitted to the
game free, the winners can sell the
tickets they win or give them to
their parents.
Tickets are also on sale at
Ward’s, Grogan’s and Jones News
stands.
Henry R. Henderson and H. C.
Gardner are co-chairmen of the
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Cherryville where he served in
the capacity of Director of Pub
lic Works and city engineer for
six years. During that time many
improvements were made in all
phases of Cherryville’s city struc
ture directly attributed to his
energetic efforts.
The league sincerely hopes that
citizens will show their enthusi
asm for Brevard and mark their
calendars to come to the Fellow
ship hall of the Presbyterian
church on Tuesday, October 20th
at 8 p.m.
200 Seniors In
County Turn Out
For College Day
More than 200 Transylvania high
school seniors turned out for “col
lege day” at the First Baptist
church.
N. A. Miller, Jr., supervisor, said
he was highly pleased with the fine
response, and representatives of 24
college and universities were here
to interest local seniors in higher
education at their respective insti
tutions.
Recruiters for the various branch
es of service were also on hand to
explain the draft situation to the
members of the graduating classes
at Brevard and Rosman.
Brevard Merchants Begin Fall Trade
Festival On Thursday, To Award Prizes
Local ASC Office
Voted Tops In
Western Carolina
All personnel of the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion office and the Transylvania
county ASC committee received
top honors on October 12, from
the state ASC committee and the
United States Department of
Agriculture.
The ASC office in Transyl
vania. in competition with nine
other counties in the district, has
been picked as the outstanding
county office in the district for
1959.
H. D. Godfrey, state admini
strative officer for the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion state committee, in a state
ment made in Asheville, explain
ed that competition for this honor
was based on over-all service to
farmers by each of the offices in
the district from August 1, 1958,
through July 31, 1959.
In evaluating the counties in
the district, the following ele
ments were considered: service
to farmers, getting the work done,
planning and organizing the
work, office morale, physical
layout of the office, and rela
tionships with other agencies,
organizations and associations.
The efficiency and effective
ness of performance in each
county office was considered in
relation to the programs in ef
fect in th% county and available
resources of the office, and the
staff for accomplishing the job.
This assured that each county of
fice would receive equal con
sideration regardless of the size
or number of programs involved.
In recognition of their having
been picked as the outstanding
ASC county office in the district,
a framed certificate was awarded
for appropriate display in the
county office and, in addition,
each member of the ASC county
committee for the year involved
and each full-time employee of
the county office was presented
with a personal certificate and
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This Is National
Newspaper Week,
Contest Opens
This week, National Newspaper
week is being observed in Transyl
vania, in North Carolina and across
the nation.
According to Editor John Ander
son, it is a time for all readers of
newspapers, and more particularly,
persons who do not read news
papers to consider the ’59 theme:
"Your Newspaper—Freedom’s Text
book.”
The overall slogan of National
Newspaper week is "Your News
paper Fights for Your Right to
Know.”
These words emphasize the role
newspapers play as bearers of
ideas and communicators of infor
mation in today’s complex society.
To Begin Contest
Highlighting the local observance
cf National Newspaper week, the
Transylvania Times is conducting
an essay contest in Brevard and
Rosman high schools.
The theme of the contest will be
the same as that of the observance
"Your Newspaper — Freedom’s
Textbook,” and Editor Anderson
urges all interested students to
submit an essay of not more than
500 words to their English teacher
on or before Friday, October 30th.
First prize in the contest will be
$15.00, second $10.00, and third,
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DAR Will Unveil Marker At
The Davidson River Cemetery
The memory of Lambert Clayton,
soldier of the Revolutionary War,
will be honored by the unveiling of
a bronze marker in the peaceful
and historic Davidson River ceme
tery at Pisgah Forest on Sunday,
October 18th, at 3:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Coleman Galloway, Regent
of the Waightstill Avery chapter
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The Weather
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A week of rainy weather brought
a total of 4.86 inches of precipita
tion to Brevard. Near the end of the
readings, a cooling trend is noted,
with day time readings holding
their own. Daily readings are as
follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 75 64 1.05
Thursday _ 74
Friday_81
Saturday_74
Sunday_80
Monday
64 1.02
66 1.18
64 1.35
63 .20
75 43
0
Tuesday _ 74 47
.06
of D. A. R., announces the follow
ing arrangements:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag will be led by Mrs. Randall
Lyday, the American’s Creed by
Mrs. Ed Matheson, and a memorial
wreath will be placed on the grave
by Mrs. Charles Paxton for the
Clayton family.
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, great
granddaughter of Laftibert Clayton,
will present a history of him. Mrs.
Galloway will conduct the dedi
catory service, and the marker will
be unveiled by Thomas King Mc
Crary, Jr., and Robert Clayton,
great-grandsons of Clayton.
Special guests will be Mrs. Roy
H. Cagle, of Asheville, national
vice president general, and Mrs.
A. G. Barnett, of Asheville, dis
trict director, who will bring greet
ings.
The invocation and benediction
will be pronounced by Rev. Ben
Ormand, pastor of the Rrevard
Davidson River Presbyterian
church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Program Highlights
WPNF Serving Community
As Official Weather Station
The old adage, “Everybody talks
about the weather,” has certainly
been true during the past week.
While WPNF cannot do anything
about the weather itself, they have
done an outstanding job of report
ing weather news and predictions,
and keeping local people informed, j
Station Manager Bobby Hoyle is
the official weatherman for Tran
sylvania, and the weather station is
located adjacent to the studios.
Mr. Hoyle urges all listeners td
stay tuned day and night for the
latest in weather reports.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thurday, Brevard Home
ec dept., Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Fri
day, staiion program; Monday,
county agent; Tuesday, extension
forestry, Leonard Hampton; Wed
nesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following: Friday, Hospital
auxiliary; Monday, Brevard Garden
club; Wedesday, Book and Plate
club.
Speaking this week on Morning
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49 Firms Are
Participating,
Drawings Set
The Brevard Trade Festival will
begin on Thursday, October 15, and
participating merchants will start
giving tickets for more than $1,700
in prizes on this date. Prizes will be
awarded in five drawings, running
through November and December,
with the final drawing on Saturday
January 2, 1960.
Nearly all merchants in Brevard
will take part in the big event, with
49 merchants participating. This
event, sponsored by the merchants
division of the Chamber of com
merce, Eddie Varner, chairman,
will be highlighted by a Christmas
parade on Thursday, December 3.
According to the committee, this
will be the biggest parade ever
held in Brevard with a number of
real floats and bands from other
communities.
Drawings will be held on Satur
day mornings at 10 a.m. during
the festival but winners do not have
to be present to win. Winners will
be posted in the participating
stores. Prizes will be in the form
ot script which may be traded at
any of the merchants taking part
in the trade festival. Grand prizes
will be awarded at the final draw
ing in January.
Merchants may obtain tickets at
the First Union National Bank any
day during the week but they are
urged to anticipate their needs for
at least a weeks supply in order to
facilitate the handling of the tickets.
“We want everybody to take part
in this big trade festival and to be
sure and ask for the tickets when
they make purchases,” chairman
Varner said. “These merchants are
going all out to make this event
succesrJ.nl and we don’t want any
one shopping in Brevard to feel that
they are not getting their money’s
worth when they trade with us,”
he concluded.
Good Response
!n UF Drive
John A. Ford, Transylvania
county United Fund campaign
chairman, reports that the cam
paign here is progressing nicely.
“We are especially gratified to
note the interest shown in our cam
paign by out-of-town firms who do
business in our area,” said Mr.
Ford. “Such firms as Youngblood
Trucking Lines of Fletcher, Duke
Power Co., Blue Ridge Oil Co. of
Conover, Bost Bakery of Shelby and
the Red Diamond Oil Co. of Pick
ens, S. C., are a few to be thanked!”
Other outstanding gifts have been
received from Mrs. Norvelle H. Bul
lock, J. M. Gaines, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry N. Carrier, Rev. C. B. Ross,
Rev. Ben Ormand, Estate of Beulah
Zachary, Varner’s Drug Store,
Gaither’s, Marie J. Strasser, and B.
E. Geer of Greenville, S. C.
The thermometer on the court
house square has started to rise.
The United Fund office has been
opened at 40 W. Main St. and will
be manned Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons and Saturday
mornings. Solicitors and donors
can turn in their pledges either at
the office or by mail to P. O. Box
375.
“I believe we will reach our goal
by the end of October,” stated Fund
President Leslie Grogan. “When
everyone understands that they can
make their pledge now and pay for
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Thomason Will
Preach At
First Baptist
Rev. B. W. Thomason, former
pastor, will preach at the First Bap
tist church on Sunday, October 18.
He will be heard at the 11:00
o’clock worship hour, and then
again during the evening service,
which begins at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Thomason will substitute for
the pastor, Rev. Harold Killian, who
has been ill.
Mr. Killian is now recuperating
splendidly, and plans to return to
his desk to work next week. He was
released from the hospital last Sat
urday.