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
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Oucops.
Entrance to Ptegaih Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 70—No. 49
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1959 £ 16 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE BREVARD POLICE CRUISER
was hit by three bullets about 1:30
o’clock Tuesday morning, when Officer
Jack Owen attempted to stop a speeding
car in the heart of Brevard. Policeman
Boyce Gillespie is shown above pointing
to where one of the bullets went through
the windshield. Another hit a spotlight
and the third landed above the left front
headlight. The search is being continued
for the three men who were riding in the
getaway car. (Times Staff Photo)
Hunt Is Continued For Three Men,
Local Police Car Is Hit With Bullets
Brevard officers, along with
others from Western North Caro
lina and upper South Carolina, are
combing the entire Cedar Mountain
area along the North and South
Carolina line in a search for three
men who took several shots at the
Brevard oolice car in a wild chase
Tuesday moiningabout 1:30 o’clock.!
Policeman Jack Owen, who mi-]
raculously escaped with his life, at-1
tempted to stop a green and white'
'57 Ford as it sped through the
heart of Brevard in the early morn-,
ing hours.
The officer gave chase as the car
turned off the Asheville-Henderson
ville highway and headed toward j
Greenville at the square.
As the police car approached the j
one of the fugitives near the city j
limits, the gunfire began.
One bullet went through the right
windshield of the police car. An
other hit the spotlight and a third
landed just above the left front
headlight.
Driving with his right hand and |
shooting with his left. Officer Owen
emptied his gun at the getaway
car. but he couldn’t tell whether or
not his bullets hit their mark.
He gave chase all the way to
Cedar Mountain, but lost the flee
ing bandits on the last curve before
reaching the state line when his
car slid off the highway on a curve
as he was reloading his pistol.
Local officers feel that the three
men were from the gang of five
escaping at Jefferson on Monday,
when a guard was shot and killed.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 26—Thanks
giving holiday in town and county.
Masons meet at Masonic temple.
8:00 p. m.
Friday. November 27—“Junior
Classic" basketball tournament at
Brevard high gym, 7:00 p. m.
Saturday, November 28 — Jay
cettes Bake Sale in front of Bre
vard Jewelers, 9:00 a. m. Trade Fes
tival Drawing on West Main street
10:00 a. m. “Junior Classic” basket
ball tournament at Brevard high
gym. 7:00 p. m.
Sunday, November 29 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, November 30 — Red
Cross orientation course at Gai
ther’s, 10:00 a. m. Rotary meets
at Gaither’s, 7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, December 1 — Ace of
Clubs. 8:00 p. m. Basketball, Bre
vard college vs. Gaston Tech, col
lege gym.
Wednesday, December 2 — Tran
sylvania Humane Society meets at
St. Philip’s parish house, 8:00 p. m.
Santa To Arrive
Brevard’s Big Christmas
Parade Is Set For Dec. .'»
Elaborate plans are being made;
for the gigantic Christmas paradej
here in Brevard on Thursday after- j
neon. Dec. 3, at 4:00 o'clock.
The many entries will form the j
parade at the Brcvard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church between
2:30 and 4:00 p.m.. and the route of
the travel of the parade will be as
fellows:
Up East Main street and across
the square to the bank; left on
Caldwell to Oakdale; left again on
Oakdale to South Broad; then, up
Broad and across the square to the
Brevard college campus where it I
will disband.
Floats have been entered in this
big parade by the following: Bre
vard Board of Realtors, American
legion and legion auxiliary; Har
old’s and Kearn s super markets;
First Union National bank; Bre
\ard Federal Savings & Loan asso
ciation: Winn-Dixie store; Transyl
vania Times and WPNF: a float
sponsored by the Lions, Jaycees.
Kiwanians and Rotarians; Southern
Dairies and Biltmore Dairy farm;
the Community Development
clubs; and, the Merchants associ
ation will sponsor the beautiful
Santa Claus float.
Other entries include: Brevard
college Homecoming queen: Amer
ican Legion color guards; Brevard
High Huddle Queen: the Safety
unit; two bands, Brevard and Hen
dersonville; Shrine clowns; Ponies
by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hunter:
Becky and Christmas buggy; Mc
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BREVARD COLLEGE CAGERS will
be one of the four aggregations featured
in the “Junior Classic” basketball tour
nament here in the Brevard high school
gym Friday and Saturday nights. On the
front row, from left to right, are: Ken
Solesbee, Alton Jones, Max Walser, and
Buddy Huggins. Second row, Bob
Aughenbaugh, Glover Coggins, John
Eller, Bill Alexander, and Jim Pyatt.
Third row, Coach “Chick" Martin, Leroy
Hill, Tom Barbee, Charlie Hensley, and
Larry Brooks.
(Photo by Mel Everingham)
Thanksgiving Here Will Be Quietly
Observed, Many Hunters Expected
Break-Ins Are
Being
Investigated
The sheriff’s department, as
sisted by the SBI, is still investi
gating two break-ins in Transyl
vr.nia county last Saturday night.
No arrests have been made to
date, but the officers have sev
er t b ads that they are checking
out.
The first break-in was at Joe’s
Little store in North Brevard,
v here two antique rifles (muzzle
loaders) end a .22 rifle were
stolen. Damages and value of the
stolen property were estimated
between two and three hundred
dollars.
Eight or 10 guns and other
items were stolen at the Glou
cester Lumber company store,
and the estimated value of these
was between §500 and §700.
Policemen Set
Brevard policemen are going to
try to see to it that no child in the
iown and surrounding areas is for
gotten by Santa Claus.
Again this year, they are setting
up a toy repair shop over the city
hall, and each officer will have a
: ”d in playing Santa as he spends
many off hours during the coming
veeks repairing tricycles, dolls,
c: rs, wagons, etc.
Chief Paul Fisher today makes a
plea for citizens of the town to
bring their broken toys that they’d
like to donate to the shop to the
city hall.
The officers will pick up broken
toys if they are called at telephone
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Each Christmas in years past, the
local policemen have repaired and
repainted hundreds and hundreds
i of toys of all kinds, and then on
Christmas Eve they delivered them
to homes that Santa might have
! overlooked.
Chief Fisher and members of his
department will sincerely appreci
ate any and all donations of toys
of any kind.
“Look in the basement, the attic
or wherever toys from Christmas
past might be collecting dirt and
bring them to us,” the Chief con
cludes.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, these
two hunters made kills while
hunting together in the Pisgah
National forest. Ruben Whitt, of
Brevard, is shown above with his
fine seven-pointer, and Ralph
Brown, of Pisgah Forest, is at the
right with his spike buck. Since
the hunts opened, a total of 125
deer and two bears has been
checked out here at the Davidson
River checking station. According
to Ranger Ted Seely, some of the
ether ioca! hunters making nice
kills were: Harold Whitmire,
R osman; Harry Sitton, Pisgah
Forest; Michael Owen, Brevard;
; Dewey Forester, Brevard; James
| F. Case, Brevard; Robert Moody,
j 1 :sgah Forest: Joe Smith, Pisgah
Forest; and, Pete Bikas, Brevard.
(Times Staff Photos)
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WPNF Wins One Of Slate's
l op Awards In Safety Work
Local Groups
Will Present
The Mikado
“The Mikado,” well-known light
' opera by the famous English Gil
bcrt-and-Sullivan team, is the choice
of the community group for spring
production.
The Brevard Little theatre will
sponsor the civic orchestra and
civic chorus in this first musical
production ever given in the 10
year life of the organization.
A committee composed of mem
bers of all three groups chose “The
Mikado,” believed by many critics
to be at the highest level of musi
cal inspiration and pictorially the
most quaint and colorful of the
operas.
In this one is the wonderful part
of Katisha, which is one of Madame
Schumann-Heink’s favorite roles,
and the touching ballad, “Willow,
Tit Willow” which Ko-Ko sings to
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Brevard’s Radio Station WPNF
has won one of the top honors in
the first annual Traffic Safety
Leadership competition for North
Carolina radio stations, sponsored
by the Governor’s Traffic Safety
council.
At the council’s annual meeting
in Raleigh, WPNF was announced
as the station in the western divi
sion doing the most outstanding job
in the interest of highway safety to
help combat the state’s alarming
death toll, which has already pass
ed 1,000 this year.
Bobby Hoyle, manager of WPNF,
received an engraved plaque from
Hugh Cranford of the N. C. State
Motor club, which originated the
competition and established the
awards this year.
WPNF will also be honored in
December at a banquet in Brevard.
Log Reviewed
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Thanksgiv
ing; Friday, A.S.C.; Monday, county
agent; Tuesday, Brevard Vo-Ag;
Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following: Friday, Transylvania
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Brevard Jaycees To Stage
First Annual Junior Classic
Everything is in readiness for the
“Junior Classic,” Western North
Carolina’s first pre-season basket
ball tournament, which will be
played in the new Brevard high
school gym on Friday and Saturday
nights of this week.
Sponsored by the Brevard Jay
cees, the tournament has the fol
lowing entries: Asheville Biltmore,
Brevard college; Lees McRae and
Mars Hill.
Tap off times each evening will
be 7:00 and 9:00 o’clock, and hand
some trophies will be awarded to
the winner and to the runner-up.
In making the announcement con
cerning the tournament, Bill Grif-i
fin, Jaycee president, says the
event will be an annual one in Bre
vard, and it will be held during the
Thanksgiving weekend.
Tickets to the tourney are now
on sale by the Jaycees, and they
will also be offered at the door.
On the basis of their record of
two victories, Asheville Biltmore ’
will be a slight favorite in the
tournament.
Mars Hill, which opened the sea
son with a win on Monday night, is
also expected to be in strong com
petition for the big trophy. Lees
McRae has won one and lost one,
while Brevard has a record of two
losses.
Union Services
Held On
Wednesday Night
Transylvanians will observe She
1959 Thanksgiving in the tradition
al manner on Thursday. There will
be large family gatherings, and tlie
day, throughout the town and coun
ty, will be a holiday.
Stores, town and county offices,
the bank and the post office will
be closed.
According to acting postmaster,
Vernon Fullbright, there will be no
city or rural delivery of mail, and
the general delivery window at
the local post office will be open
only from 11:30 a. m., until 12:00
noon.
All town and county schools will
have a holiday on Thursday and
Friday, and Brevard college stu
dents went home for the holidays
when classes were recessed on Wed
nesday. They, too, will report back
on Monday.
Hundreds of hunters from all
parts of Eastern America are ex
pected here for the deer and bear
hunts, which end in the Pisgah
National forest on Saturday.
Ranger Ted Seely says he ex
pects the “luck” of the hunters to
improve in the closing days of the
1959 organized hunts.
The local holiday observance be
gan in Brevard on Wednesday night
with a Union service at the Bre
vard—Davidson River Presbyterian
church.
Rev. Frederick Valentine, rector
of the St. Philip’s Episcopal church,
delivered the Thanksgiving mes
sage. and special music was by the
| Brevard Civic chorus, under tho
direction of Prof. Nelson F. Adams,
Other ministers participating on
the program were Rev. Alfred
Rhyne and Rev. Harold Killian.
The special offering that was taken
will go to the Transylvania Com
miinitv hospital for charitv case6.
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Essay Contest
Winners Named
i Linda Lance, a senior at Rosman
| high school, was the top winner in
the essay contest of the Transyl
I vania Times, the highlight event of
the local observance of National
Newspaper week.
According to Editor John Ander
son, Miss Lance will receive a
check for $15.00. and other winners
were:
Keitha McCall, senior, Rosman
high school, second place; and
Bertha Williams, senior, Brevard
high school, third place.
For winning second place, Miss
McCall will receive a check for
$10,00, while $5.00 will go to Miss
Williams.
The winners were selected by a
group of unbiased judges, and Mr.
Anderson expressed his sincere ap
preciation to all students who en
tered.
“We were most pleased with the
fine entries, and we are more
aware than ever before of the fact
that our students are mindful of
the key role that newspapers play
in keeping our press free.” the
local editor continued.
The winning essay of Miss Lance
is carried in this week’s issue of
The Transylvania Times. Other
winners will be published in future
issues.
Berry Gaither
To Open New
Restaurant
Berry’s Restaurant, Brevard’s
newest eating etsablishment, opens
today . Located on four-lane U. S.
276-64, it is owned and operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Gaither.
The restaurant has private dining
facilities, and will provide com
plete restaurant service. Also fea
tured will be car service, take-out
service, and ample parking.
Mr. Gaither invites the public to
visit their modern, a 11-elec trie kit
chen and see the latest in facilities
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