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TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c u ltural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1050 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 70—No. 52
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
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Second aau htoii Privilege. BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959 + 20 PAGES TODAY +
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The lend of TetartOe
Mecca for Summer O—ips.
Entrance to Plfgaii Ns
tionai Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
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THE FILM OPERATION of Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation at
Pisgah Forest received the National
Safety council’s Award of Honor recently
upon completion of more than three mil
lion man hours of work without a dis
abling: injury. Philip C. Brownell, vice
president and manager, Ecusta paper and
film, presented the bronze plaque to the
Central Safety committee which repre
sents all film employees. Pictured left to
right are Edward L. Lynn, vice-president
for film; Brownell; John H. Truesdail,
film plant manager and chairman of the
Central Safety committee; and Raymond
F. Bennett, film production manager. The
film operation completed two full years
and 3,134,497 man hours without a dis
abling injury on Oct. 22. This record also
qualified the film operation for the Na
tional Safety council’s white flag, em
bossed with the Green Cross for Safety,
which now flies under the American flag
in front of the film office.
Town, Schools Make Big Savings
On Purchase Of Surplus Equipment
The Town of Brevard and Tran
sylvania county schools have saved
thousands of dollars hrough the
recent purchase of su due etmip
r'-.f'P* > t*
A bulldozer, truck tractor, street
roller, and several dump trucks
have been purchased.
The savings on these items was
made nossible through the coopera
tive efforts of Town Manager Tom
Henry and the Board of Aldermen
and Supt. Wayne Bradburn and the
County School board.
The bulldozer, a S28.000 machine,
was originally secured from Federal
Surplus property by Mr. Henry7 for
the Cherryville Health department.
In July, 1959, a directive from the
government stated that health de
partments were no longer eligible
to receive this federal surplus prop
erty except for hospital or clinic
use. When Mr. Henry came to Bre
vard as town manager in Septem
ber. 1959, he transferred the bull
dozer from the health department
to Transylvania county schools,
which are’eligible to receive federal
surplus equipment.
The other pieces of equipment
were secured from the state high
way department and Purchase and
Contract division of the state, at a
cost of $250 and $300 each.
Mr. Henry7 expressed thanks to
state representatives and legisla
tors for passing the bill which al
lows governmental agencies and
units of the state to trade with
each other on a negotiated basis.
This bill was recommended by the
N. C. Institute of Governmental
Purchasing agents, of which Henry
is a member.
An International TD 14 bulldozer
was purchased from the highway
department at a cost of $1,000, and
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, Dec. 23—Services at
several churches. (See stories).
Thursday, Dec. 24 — Christmas
Eve. Christmas Eve services at
churches. Dance at Country Club
sponsored by Moose Lodge.
Friday, Dec. 25—Christmas Day.
Town and county offices, post of
fice and businesses closed.
Saturday, Dec. 26 — Town and
county offices and most stores
closed.
Sunday, Dec. 27 — Attend the
church of your choice. Glady
Branch Baptist church dedication
of sanctuary, 11:00 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 28—Rotary meets
at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 29 — Installation
service at Masonic Temple, 8:00
p.m. Party at Youth Center for
teenagers.
Round-Up Made
Brevard, Coimn. College
Students Home For Holidays
“There's no place like heme for
'he holidays” might well be the
favorite song of the numerous Tran
sylvania county young people who
are home from their respective col
ic ges and universities to spend the
Christmas holidays with their par
ents.
Martha Gail McCall, a junior at
Berea college, Berea, Kentucky is
home to spend Christmas with her
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy McCall.
Glady Branch
Church To Be
Dedicated
There will be a dedicatory' ser
vice at the Glady Branch Baptist
church this Sunday morning at the
11 o'clock worship hour. At this j
time, the new sanctuary will be de
dicated to the service of God.
The new church has a seating ca
pacity of 500 people and was under
construction over a period of two
years, although most of the work
has been done during the last six
months.
The Rev. Millard Brock, pastor,
extends a cordial invitation to the
public to attend this service.
Home from Agnes Scott, in De
cateur, Ga... is Flossie Ann Gaines,
ho is sr.nding the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Gaines, of Park avenue.
Gus Tucker, who is a freshman
at Clcmson college, is home for the
Christmas holidays. His parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Augustine W. Tucker,
of South Caldwell street.
Benct Reiman, a student at Har
vard university, in Cambridge,
Mass., has arrived home to spend
his Christmas vacation with his par
ei Is. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kolman, of
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Transylvanians Busily Preparing For
Christmas, Many Services Are Set
Times Is Being
Published Ahead
Of Its Schedule
Transylvanians are joining with
other Americans in busily prepar
ing for N the 1959 Christmas and
brisk business is noted in the com
munity.
With only two shopping days left,
Brevard stores seem to be well I
stocked with Christmas merchan
dise.
In order for merchants, indus
trial leaders and others to bring
Christmas greetings to readers of
The Times, this newspaper is be
ing published on Tuesday for de
livery to subscribers before Christ
mas Day.
Editor John Anderson urges all
readers to note with interest the
beautiful and inspiring greetings
throughout the newspaper.
Brevard stores will be closed on
1- riday and Saturday for the holi
days, and the county offices in the
court house will be closed Thursday
and will reopen on Monday, De
cember 28th.
City Hall offices will be closed
for the Christmas holidays be
ginning Thursday noon. Employees
with the water, sewer, street and
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Brevard Jaycees
To Name "Man
Of The Year"
Brevard Jaycees are now making
plans for naming fhe "Young Man
f the Year” for Brevard and Tran
-ylv..:'.i?. county for 1059. and Henry
Smith, chairman of the DSA com
mittee, urges citizens to make nom
inations by telephoning him at
0,2993
The award will be made at a ban
quet which will be ladies night for
the club on January 13th. A special
speaker is being secured for the
occasion.
To qualify, all nominees must be
young men between the ages of 21
and 36 who have played an impor
tant part in the civic, educational or
religious development of this com
munity. Nominees do not have to be
embers of the local Jaycee organi
zation. Any person is invited to
make nominations by contacting a
member of the committee.
Tax Listers For Transylvania Are
Announced. Listing Begins January 2
Tax listers in Transylvania are
all prepared for the chore of tax
listing during January.
According to Lewis Osborne,
tax supervisor, listing will begin
on Jan. 2 in the different town
ships of Transylvania and will
continue through January 10th.
After that time, listing must be
done here in the court house.
Mr. Osborne urges residents of
Transylvania to list early the
property on which they’re going
to pay taxes in 1959.
Annual Installation Of New
Masonic Officers Set Tuesday
The annual installation of the
newly elected and appointed offic
ers for 1960 of Dunn’s Rock Masonic
lodge will be held in the Masonic
Temple on Tuesday, December
29th, at 8:00 o’clock, according to an j
announcement by W. C. Bangs,
Worshipful Master.
Mr. Bangs states that the officers
and members decided this year to
have a public installation and ex
tends a cordial invitation to mem
bers of Pisgah Chapter Order of the
Eastern Star and to citizens of the
county to attend.
The elected officers to be instal
led are Herschel Townley, Worship
ful Master; H. C. Gardner, Senior
Warden; Arthur H. Jenkins, Junior
Warden; William Ansel Hart, treas
urer; and Henry R. Henderson,
secretary.
Other officers to be installed ap
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HERSCHEL TOWNLEY
A penalty is prescribed by law
for those persons who fail to list.
Property that must be listed
falls into four major categories: i
1. Ail real estate and tangible '
personal property owned on Jan- !
uary 1st, 1960.
2. A poll, or capitation, tax re
quired of all male persons be
tween the ages of 21 and 50 as of
the first of the New Year.
3. Every dog, male or female,
more than six months old owned
or kept on the first.
4. Farm reports. \
The tax listers for the town- I
ships are as follows:
Brevard—Miss Avarie Glazen
er.
Boyd—Mrs. Virginia Pitillio.
Cathey’s Creek—Nath S. Gallo
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Youth Group To
Have Holiday
Da nee And Party
There will be a holiday party on
December 29th at the Transylvania
youth center. Refreshments and
prizes will be provided.
The Youth center will also hold
its annual holiday dance at 8:00
xm., January 2, in the American
Legion building. Dress for the oc
;asion will be semi-formal.
All teenagers and college stu
dents are invited to be present at
these events.
The best news we
could have would
be to know that
you and yours enjoy
a glorious Yuletide.
THE ENTIRE STAFF
OF
lhe 1 ransylvama r imes
Ballots Of Commerce Body
For New Directors In Mail
Babson Forecast
To Be Carried
The Transylvania Times will
publish Roger’W. Babson’s “Busi
[ ness and Financial Forecast for
I1960-’ next week, Editor John An
I derson announces today.
Mr. Babson’s 1960 forecast will
cover such important topics as gen
eral business, commodity prices,
taxes, trade, labor, inflation, farm
outlook, stock market, real estate,
and politics.
Mr. Babson, a pioneer in the field
of business and financial statistics,
enjoys an unusual record of ac
curacy in his annual forecasts. His
score for the past nine years has
been 84 per cent or above. His
score for 1959 was 84 per cent.
Ballots Tor directors of the Bre
Ttrrd' chamber of commerce have
gone into the mails, and Mrs. John
Ford, the executive secretary, re
quests that they be returned by
January 121b.
The ballots will be tabulated on
the evening of the 12th, and the 25
persons receiving the highest num
ber of votes will serve as direc
tors during the new year.
New officers will be elected at a
call meeting a week following the
j 12th.
Containing 206 names, the ballot
this year is one of the largest, if
not the largest, in the history of
(lie Brevard chamber of commerce.
Last year's list contained 203
names.
The secretary emphasizes that
only paid up members are listed on
the ballot.
According to the secretary, the
Brevard chamber of commerce has
enjoyed one of its best years during
1959. She points cut that a greater
number of inquiries were handled
than ever before, and the organiza
tion was helpful in locating new
persons coming into the town and
county.
Help Fight TB
Use Christmas Seals
Shopping Days
’til Christmas
Program Highlights
"Holiday Of Music' Will Be
Featured This Week On WPNF
A “holiday of music” will be
featured over WPNF, according to
Bobby Hoyle, station manager, and
beginning on the afternoon of
Christmas Eve, and throughout
Christmas day, listeners will be
able to hear the wonderful music
of the season at any time they tune
in. 1
An elaborate series of music and
greetings from merchants of Tran
sylvania county are now being
scheduled, and all listeners are urg
ed to hear these inspiring programs
over the local station.
The staff and management of
WPNF also extend their warmest
greetings to the radio audience.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows:
Monday, county agent; Tuesday,
Carolina news; Wednesday, home
agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following: Monday, Girl Scouts;
Wednesday, Music Lovers’ Club.
Speaking this week on Morning
Devotions is Rev. Jarvis Brock,
pastor of the Little River Baptist
church. Next week Rev. John Cox,
pastor of the Grace Baptist church,
will be heard.
The Sunday morning church ser
vices are being broadcast through
the remote facilities of WPNF from
the St. Philips’ Episcopal church.
Rev. Fred Valentine is rector.
Civic Clubs Are
Aiding In Cheer
Work For Needy
Highlighting the Christmas ob
servance in Brevard and Transyl
vania county will be special Christ
mas services at many of the
churches.
Civic clubs, fraternal organiza?
lions, the welfare department and
police department are joining with
the churches in spreading Christ
mas cheer.
C ivic and church leaders are mak
ing “an all-out effort" to see that
C)!e Santa docs not overlook anyone
this year.
A Christmas Eve dance is being
planned at the Brevard Country
Club under the sponsorship of the
Moose Lodge on Thursday night.
The public is invited, and music will
be furnished by a well-known Way
nesville band.
A brieif round-up of the special
church services in the community
follows:
At First Baptist
The special church service at the
First Baptist church here in Bre
jvard will begin at 10:00 p.ip.
| Thursday evening. Rev. Harold Kil
lian, pastor, urges all members to
attend, and he cordially invited the
public.
Presbyterian Service
A communion service is slated at
the Brevard-Dgvidson River Presby
terian church on Christmas Eve be
ginning at It:00 p.m.
Rev. Ben Ormand, the pastor, will
be in charge, and he will be; assist
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| Savings & Loan
jTo Pay Out
$104,000.00
J Semiannual dividend cheeks,
j totaling $104,000.00 will be mailed
to members of the Brevard Federal
! Savings and Loan association next
(week. Jerry Jerome, the president,
j announces today.
This makes a total of $190,000.00
paid out in dividends during 1959,
i Mr. Jerome declares. Dividend
checks iho first of July totaled $88,
000.00.
Resources of the association are
over $6,000,000.00, and the interest
rate being paid is four per cent.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held on Wednesday,
January 20, in the office on Cald
well street, beginning promptly at
2:00 o’clock.
In addition to the president, other
officers are: A. F. Mitchell, vice
president and attorney; J. I. Ayers,
treasurer and assistant secretary;
and Jerry Hart Jerome, secretary
and assistant treasurer.
Directors are: President Jerome
and vice-president Mitchell; secre
tary-treasurer, J. I. Ayers; H. B.
Shiflet, W. L. Mull, J. M. Allison,
Sr., Edwin Morgan, and J. H. Tins
ley.
Mr. Jerome also announces that
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The Mikado" Cast
Announced Today
The cast of characters of “The
Mikado,” which is being produced
jointly by the Brevard Little The
atre, Brevard Civic Chorus and Bre
vard Civic Orchestra, has been an
nounced by Mrs. Maggie Masters,
director.
The title role wil-1 be portrayed
by Max Cox, a newcomer to Bre
vard, who is employed at Du Pont.
NankCPoo, his son, will be played
by Lloyd Burhans, well-known tenor
and member of the Civic Chorus.
Charles Jolliff, active in Brevard
and Hendersonville music circles,
will play the part of Ko-Ko, the
Lord High Executioner.
Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything
Else, will be by Stan Hardin, who
sings in the Lutheran church choir.
Taj Hanna, a member of the Little
Theatre will be sees as Pish-Tash,
a Noble Lord.
Mrs. Gloria Sander^, who sings
in the Presbyterian ehureh choir,
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