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 Lund of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Cheaps
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
Vol. 70—No. 52
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Authorized at Brevard. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JAMES EFIRD DAVIDSON is shown
at the right being congratulated by Rev.
Ben Ormand on receiving the God and
Country award last Sunday morning dur
ing services at the Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church. Behind them,
left to right, are: A. W. Tueker, Jr.,
Scoutmaster; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. David
son, parents of young Davidson; and,
Duncan C. Hunter, chairman of the ad
vancement committee in Transylvania
county. (Times Staff Photo)
Tax Listing In Transylvania Will
Begin January 2, Books In Townships
Tax listing in Transylvania will
begin January 2nd, and ail county
property and farm reports must be
listed in January, Lewis Osborne,
the tax supervisor, announces.
Penalty for failure to list during
January is required by law.
The books will be in the different
townships on various dates through
January j 1th. After that time, they
will be here in the court house.
. *ie listing ple« s in t!.< various
townships are as follows:
Boyd Township
Orr’s Store, January 2-4; Worley’s
Store, January 5; Luge Gillespie's
residence. Neal Hawkins Farm,
January 6; Talley's Store, January
7-8: Owenbv’s Store, January 9-11
Brevard Township
Residents of Brevard Township
will find the books in the Commis
sioner’s office at the county court
house January 2nd through Janu
ary 30th.
C athey’s Creek Inside
Cathey’s Creek inside books at
Gloucester Lumber company store,
January 2-7.
Cathey’s Creek Township
Gloucester Lumber Company
store. January 2-4; Hardin’s store,
January 5-6; Dill’s Service station.
January 7; McKinney’s store, Jan
uary 8: W’ebster’s Grocery, January
9; Lem Brook’s store, January 11.
Dunn’s Rock Township
Powell's Store, January 2; Coy
Compton's store. January 4; Maude
Hubbard store, January* 5; Connes
tee Sehoolhouse, January 6; Coy
Compton's store, January 7; Marvin
Whitmire’s residence, January 8;
Powell's Store, January 9.
Eastatoe Township
Gloucester Lumber Company
store, January 24; Burton’s Store,
January 5-6; East Fork Baptist
church, January 7; Burton’s Store,
January 8-9.
Gloucester Township
Albert Schweitzer hospital, Janu
ary 24; Balsam Grove Sehoolhouse,
January 5; Allan McCall Residence.
January 6; Silversteen Sehoolhouse.
January 7; Old Ransom McCall
place. January 8; Allen McCall resi
dence, January 9.
Hogback Township
Whitewater section, January 2;
Sapphire community, January 4; M.
O. McCall’s store, January 5: Robert
Wilson store, January 6; McNeely’s
Store, January 7; Sapphire Post Of
fice. January 8; Berlin Owen store.
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 17 — Kiwanis
meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m.
Lions Christmas party at Colonial
Inn, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18—Christmas pro
gram at Brevard Senior high at 2:00
p.m. Public invited. Ace of Clubs,
8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 20 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Dec. 21—Rotary Christ
mas party at Gaither’s, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22—Ace of Clubs,
8:00 p.m.
Plans Made
Thomas Named Chairman Oi
Music Foundation Trustees
—
Paul C. Thomas, president of
j Moreland Chemical Company of
Spartanburg, S. €., was elected
!chairman • ■' the boaid of trustees
| of the Brevard Music Foundation.
Inc., at. a meeting of the board held
jin Charlotte on Friday, December
j 11th.
j Other officers elected were Mrs.
I Rosetta Samuel French, of Tryon.
; and.Dr Edwin Walker, of Charlotte
vice chairmen; Mrs. Louise Jeffer
son. of Chapel Hill, secretary; and
J. Sibley Dorton, Jr., of Charlotte
I treasurer.
Among new trustees elected were
j Mrs. Robert W. Roberts, of St.
Masons Elect
Towniey As
New Master
Herschel Towniey, machinest em
ployee of the paper division of Olin
Mathieson chemical corporation,
was elected Worshipful Master of
Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge at a
stated communication held last
Thursday night in the temple on
East main street.
Other officers elected were: H. C.
Gardner, senior warden; Arthur H.
Jenkins, junior warden; W. Ansel
Hart, re-elected treasurer; and,
Henry R. Henderson, re-elected sec
retary.
The other officers will be ap
pointed by the newly elected master
and installation will be held on
Tuesday. December 29th at 7:30
o’clock.
Petersburg.' FI rida. and Charles!
I. beoek. Jr., of Winston-Salem.
JTmes Cnristian PfohJ, who was
re-eiecte.i director of the Brevard
Music Center in !’reward, sponsored
by the Brevard .-.s ,. ic Foundation,
s: id i >day he expects a record en-j
rollment when the 24!h season of
the Transylvania Music Camp opens
in 1980 on June 24th. Boys and
sir]s, ay s 12 to 20, spend six and
a half weeks of music study and
training in orche stra, band, chorus,
ensemble, piano and theory in the
mountains of Western North Caro
lina.
At the close of the camp on Aug
ust 7th, the Brevard Music Festi
val will begin its two week series
i f concerts at the Center and in sur
rounding communities. During the
entire summer season promising
young artists are presented as solo
ists in the concerts performed each
weekend in a summer festival of
music at the Brevard Music Center.
Yule Shopping Season In Full Swing,
Stores Stocked, Schools Close Friday
Court Of Honor
Said Highly
Successful
A large crowd of scouts, parents,
and other interested citizens attend
ed the December Court of Honor
Id in the fellowship hall of David
s' n - River - Presbyterian church
when some 63 Boy Scouts were j
advanced in rank and received]
merit badges.
Duncan C. Hunter, chairman of]
Inc advancement committee for j
Tiansylvania county, presided over]
the Court of Honor. Assisting him i
in making the awards were Rev.'
Ben F. Ormand, Thomas R. Mitch
ell, J. 0. Davidson, and Don Blank
enship. \
Troop No. 702, sponsored by the
f irst Baptist church, won the at !
tendance banner. Jim Liedy is the
Scoutmaster and assisting him are
Jim Cappell and Jimmy Jones.
Concluding the Court of Honor
was the showing of a color film.
The Scout Trail/’
Those achieving the rank of ten
ch rfoot were the following:
Troop 701—Larry Sherrill, Rich
ard V. Truesdail, Terrv Trost,
Leslie A. Spahn, C. Donald Peavy.
and John T. Garren.
Troop 702—Thomas M. Dixon,;
Kenneth M. Dockens. Thomas G.
Hill, Robert W. Head, Jr., David P.
Morrow, Steve J. Owens, Kenneth
C. Riebe, Larry L. Hamilton, Ste
phen M. Case, Leon M. Irby, Donald j
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Times To Publish
Early Next Week
The Transylvania Times will
publish its annual Christmas
Greeting edition on Tuesday next
week, end the deadine for news, j
« .dvertising and classified copy is ;
12 noon on Tuesday.
In order that subscribers will ;
receive their copies for the holi
days, the issue is being publish
ed ahead of regular schedule,
since Christinas falls on Friday.
‘ This is one of our favorite
issues each year, and again wre
plan to carry many Christmas
features along with special greet
ings from the merchants and in
dustries in Transylvania,” Editor j
John Anderson said yesterday.
Brevard Firemen Urge Citizens To
Use Extra Caution This Christmas
Members of the Brevard Fire I
Department have written a letter
to all citizens of Brevard and
Transylvania county, urging them
to use extra care in the preven
tion of fire during the Christmas
season.
In a letter to The Times, Char
les F. Himes, the public relations
officer, says:
“This season is certainly the
most joyous time of the year and i
a little time spent in fire preven- j
tion could prevent it from bring
Gil Coan Elected To Head
Transylvania's United Fund
Gil Coan, Brevard realt#r and
civic leader, was elected chairman
of the Transylvania United fund at
the annual meeting held last
Thursday evening. He will succeed
Leslie F. Grogan of DuPont corpora
tion, effective January 1.
Other officers named were: Mayor
Austin Hogsed, of Rosman, first
vice-chairman; Robert O. Baker,
second vice-chairman; C. M. Doug
las, secretary; Melvin Gillespie,
treasurer; and James W. Wulpi,
executive director.
Director named to serve 3-year
terms were: John I. Anderson, C.
Wayne Bradburn, Walter I. Can
trell, Mrs. Juanita F. Cox, Mrs. Ed
ward Conley, Arthur J. Loeb, Don
ald E. McCall, Walter W. McNeely,
Dr. E. K. MeLarty, W. M. Melton,
C. W. Pickelsiimer, Jr., William S.
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GIL COAN
ing unhappiness to some homes.”
Fire hazards are greater at this
time because of extra lighting,
extra paper and the Christmas
tree is always a potential fire
hazard.
Members of the outstanding
Brevard volunteer fire depart
ment wish for all citizens of the
town and county A Merry and
“Fire Safe” Christmas.
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The Weather jj
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The weather followed a warming
trend during the week, with highs
ranging into the 60s. The lows were
also above average, with 20 being
the lowest point reached. Precipi
tation totaled 1.19 inches. Daily
readings are as follow: I
High Low Prec. i
Wednesday_ 67 23 0 j
Thursday_ 60 24 0
Friday_ 56 31 0
Saturday_ 60 42 1.17
Sunday_ 59 33 02 i
Monday_ 57 20 0
Tuesday_51 26 0
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Shopping Days
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THE STRAIGHT RAZOR—VANISHING AMERICA. ;
John Alvin Gray, well-known local barber, is pictured \
above using a straight razor, an item that has become a I
part of the forgotten past. Mr. Gray says he used to
shave nearly every other person he served, but now it is
unusual to shave more than one man a day. Incidentally, !
it’s quite an art to using a straight razor, any casual ob- I
server will tell you. (Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Places 19 On WNC
“All-State” High School Band
Rotarians To
Entertain
Rotary Annes
Brevard Rotarians will entertain
their Rotary Annes at their annual
( hristmas party on Monday night,
Dee. 21, at Gaither’s at 7:00 o’clock.
President D. G. Dail urges all
members to attend and to bring
their wives.
Kiwanians Will
Have Yule Party
The Brevard Kiwanis club will
have its annual Christmas program
Thursday evening at Gaither’s, be
ginning at 6:45 o’clock.
Walter Cantrell, chairman of the
Cnderpriviledged Children’s corh
mittee, will be in charge of the
program.
All Kiwanians are urged to at
tend.
i.r. v; rd was one of eight West
ern North Carolina bands placing
me mbers in the “All-State” band as
a result of the western district
clinic auditions in Waynesville and
at Asheville last Saturday.
More than 150 young musicians
participated in the final auditions,
and other towns end cities winning
places in the “All-State” band were:
Asheville, Waynesville, Mars Hill,
Hendersonville, Canton, Owen and
Bryson City.
The highest score in the audi
tions was made by Brevard’s Thea
Schulze, clarinetist from the Bre
vard high school band. She will be
the concert master for the “All- \
State” clinic band., which will be in
session for two days at Western
Carolina college., beginning Jan
uary’ 22.
The “All-State band” will give a
public concert afterwards in Ashe
ville’s City auditorium on Sunday
afternoon, January 24.
Directing this “all-star” group
will be Dr. Paul Bryan, of the music
department of Duke university.
The Asheville chamber of com
merce is sponsoring the concert
band, and it is hoped that a large
number of Western North Caro
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Program Highlights
WPNF To Broadcast Oratorio
By Brevard Civic Chorus Sunday
The Brevard Civic Chorus will
be featured Sunday afternoon over
WPNF, as they present the Christ
mas Oratorio bv Johann Sebastian
Bach.
The program, to be broadcast
from 3:30 until 5 p.m., was recorded
earlier for presentation at this time.
It was presented at the Brevard
Methodist church, with a large
crowd attending. It is being re
broadcast by popular demand.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Brevard home
ec. dept., Mrs. Glenn Burrell; Fri
day, N. C. Forestry, Clark Grissom;
Monday, county agent; Tuesday, sta
tion program; Wednesday, Carolina
news.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following: Friday, Rotary club;
Monday, Lion’s club; Wednesday,
American Legion auxiliary.
Speaking this week on Morning
Devotions is Rev. Ben Ormand,
pastor of the Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church. Rev.
Jarvis Brock, pastor of the Little
River Baptist church, will be heard
next week.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast through
the remote facilities of WPNF from
the St. Philip’s Episcopal church.
The Rev. Fred Valentine is rector.
Mr. Hoyle says there has been
very good response to the Atlantic
Coast conference basketball games,
and the schedule for the coming
Week is as follows: Friday and Sat
urday nights, the Birmingham Clas
sic. On Friday night, Duke meets
Alabama, beginning at 8:30 o’clock.
At 10:30, Auburn versus Navy. On
Saturday night, the teams swap op
ponents to climax the tournament.
All Churches
Plan Special
Services
With only seven more shopping
days remaining before Christmas,
Brevard merchants, who have large
stocks of holiday merchandise, are
anticipating brisk business during
the period.
The merchants express the hope
that shoppers who have deferred
buying make their decisions with
out further delay and thus avoid
the last minute rush.
Acting as a stimulus to the Christ
mas sales this week will be the
bonuses to employees of business
houses and some of the industries.
Many of the local stores are re
maining open in the evenings for
the convenience of Christmas shop
pers, and the Brevard post office
will be open all day on Saturday.
Transylvania’s schools will close
on Friday for the Christmas holi
days and will reopen on January
4th.
Brevard college recessed for the
holidays on Tuesday and the stu
dents will also return on January
4th.
Stores will be closed two days for
the Christmas holidays, December
25 and 26. They will also be cloeed
on New Year’s day.
All of the churches in the tows
and county are holding special ser
vices during the coming week, and a
number of them will also have
candlelight programs on Christtoas
Eve.
Throughout this issue of The
Times can be found many stories
concerning the many special church
services.
Winners in the big trade festival
on Tuesday morning are announced
today by Dan Hawkins, the chair
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Public Invited
To Yule Program
At Senior High
The public is cordially invited to
attend the program of Christmas
music and the pageant in the Bre
vard senior high school auditorium
on Friday afternoon Dec. 18, at 2:00
o'clock.
The band, the chorus and mem
bers of the student body will be
featured, Principal Robert T. Kim
zey announces.
Members of the P-TA will at
tend the concert instead of holding
their regular meeting during the
month of December.
The musical part of the program
is under the direction of John D.
Eversman and will feature special
music by the band and Christmas
carols by both the band and the
chorus. Mrs. Lila Hill is directing
the chorus.
Tommy Hall is the narrator and
will tell the Christmas story, while
a pageant by the students, under
the direction of Mrs. Lucille Sledge,
will include tableaus of “Zacharias
and the Angel,” ‘The Angel and
Mary,” “The Shepherds,” “The Wise
Men,” and “The Nativity.” Ap
propriate music by the band and
chorus will accompany the pageant
Immediately following the per
formance, the school will close for
the two weeks Christmas vacation.
Sale Of TB Seals
Reported Lagging
Miss Marie Strassor, treasurer of
the Transylvania county tubercu
losis committee, reports that total
receipts received from the Christ
mas Seal sale through December
12th total $972.35. Last year, on
December 15th, the receipts totaled
$1,296.50.
Misses Ada Wilkie, Marion Clark
and Lucy Booth assist Miss Strasser
in tabulating the seal sale returns.
The local TB committee is busy
completing Christmas plans in re
gard to the three Transylvania
county patients who are in the State
sanatorium at Black Mountain and
for the family of one of them whose
story was carried in the Transyt
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