TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c u Iturai
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,821.
Brevard Community 7,394.
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer damps.
Entrance to Pisgafc Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Voi. 17—No. 2
Second ap.se Mail Privilege*
Authorized at Brevard. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY‘14, 1960
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published Weekly
THE NEW GLADY BRANCH Baptist
church, with the old church in the back
ground, is pictured above, high atop
Rocky Hill on US Highway 64. Valued at j
$65,000, the church is a fine example of
community spirit and cooperation, Rev.
Millard Brock, the pastor, states.
(Times Staff Photo)
Jurors Called For February Term Of
Superior Court, Will Begin On The 1st
Jurors for the February term of
Superior court in Transylvania have
been drawn, F. Marvin McCall, the
clerk of Superior court, announces
today.
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The court will open on Monday,
February 1, and the civil calendar
will be heard during the first week.
Criminal court is scheduled for
the second week, opening on Mon
day, February 8.
According to Mr. McCall, a judge
will be assigned for the first week’s
court, and Judge William L. Mc
Lean will preside over the criminal
court.
Jurors called to serve during the
first week are:
Melvin Hamilton, Willie Gallo
way, Harry L. Ballard, John W.
Misenheimer, Jackson A. Gillespie,
Fred Fendley, Duncan C. Hunter,
Elwood Cassell, John L. Setzer, Joe
F. Wright, Curtis H. Chapman, De
lon Taylor, Frank G. Carr, Harvey
Sprouse, Mrs. Arthur Gillespie,
Arlin Reese, Mrs. Roscoe McCall, H.
H. Bangs, Harry Scruggs, A. E.
Raines, Remus G. Roper, Howard
Schmidt, Perry Allison, Mrs. War
ren Fitzgerald, Mrs. L. W. Baker,
Mrs. D. E. Edwards, Mrs. L. L.
Daniels, Ansel W. Hart, J. Dilliard
Owen, and George D. Shuford.
Jurors called to serve during the
second week are:
George Odell, Nathan McMinn,
W. W. Brittain, William T. Nelson,
Kenneth D. Israel, J. E. Loftis, Jr.,
Earl Gordon Garren, Tom Grogan,
Marian Weiss, Bennett Jones,
Marjorie Bavacque, William David
Sams, Luther Garren, Ernest D.
Barco, Frank Israel, Luther C. Gray,
Robert B. Brown, A. P. Dock Lusk,
Mrs. J. B. Hall, Hubert E. Batson,
K. J. Sentelle, Richard Tinsley,
Lawrence J. David, Paul Merrill,
Lucille Siniard, Leonard Fanning,
T. H. Houck, Carl Patterson, Harry
Patterson, Wayne Harmon, Lewis
Tinsley. Marie Strasser, Lloyd Bur
hans, V. Foster McCrary, E. C.
Lyday, Robert W. Melton, William
G. Ball, James N. Morris, Winfred
E. Hamilton, Willie Tinsley, Mrs.
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 14th—League
>of Women Voters meets at Gaith
er’s at 10:30 a.m. Benefit basket
ball, Brevard high school, 7:00 p.m.
Masons meet at Masonic temple,
8:00 pjn.
Friday, January 15th—Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 17th—Attend
the church of your choice. Annual
congregational meeting at St.
Philip’s at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, January 18th — Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19th — Call
meeting of Chamber of Commerce
2t Library, 7:30 pjm. Civic chorus
meets at Methodist church at 7:45
p.m. Eastern Star meets at Masonic
temple at 8:00 p.m.
To Name Officers
Brevard Chamber Directors
Elected At Meeting Tuesday
Ballots for directors ui the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce were
tabulated Tuesday night at a meet
ing in the library, and a 26-man
board of directors was elected.
The newly elected members will
meet at a special call meeting next
Tuesday night, January 19th, to
elect new officers for the year.
Gil Coan, the outgoing president,
urges all members of the new
board to attend this important call j
meeting.
President Coan led the balloting
Tuesday night by polling 60 votes,
and John A. Ford ran a close sec
ond with 59.
Next in line were Cecil J. Hill
Coward Speaks At
GOP Convention
On January 23
Orville D. Coward, Republican
chairman of the 12th Congressional
district, of Sylva, will make the
keynote address at the Transyl
vania county Republican conven
tion, which will be held here in the
court house on Saturday, January
23, at 2:00 o’clock.
This announcement comes today
from Ralph L. Waldrop, chairman
of the GOP executive committee.
Richard Clark, of Henderson-j
\ille, the Republican for the U. S.
Senate in 1958, and Heinz Rollman,
of Waynesville, who has announc
ed his candidacy from the 12th Dis
trict on the Republican ticket, will
also be present at the convention,
Mr. Waldrop states.
Special Courses To Be Offered
At The College During Evenings
Dean John B. Bennett announces
today that four courses of study of
fered in evening classes at Brevard
college next semester will be open
tc the public.
Public speaking, office machines
and descriptive geometry have
been scheduled for Monday eve
nings from 6:30 to 9:30. On Tues
day evenings, 6:30 to 9:30, a re
fresher course in typing and short
hand will be given.
Registration day for the second
semester is Monday, Jan. 25. Dean
Bennett advised that anyone un
able to register during the day
couid do so at the first class meet
ings, and that information on pro
cedure could be obtained by phone
through his office.
“Throughout the country,” ac
cording to Dean Bennett, “thou
sands of people seeking self im
provement are attending evening
classes to take the subjects being
offered next semester at Brevard
college.” The dean said that the
college was eager to provide an
adult education program of evening
classes for the community as the
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with 53, John Anderson with 51,
and C. M. Douglas with 50.
Others in the top 10 were Leslie
Grogan, James C. Gaither, Frank
Bridges, Don Jenkins, and Freeman
Hayes.
The remainder of the board of
directors is as follows: Ralph Ram
sey, Harry Sellers, Eddie Varner,
J. M. Gaines, Bob Baker, Charlie
Himes, Wayne Bradbum, Bob
Daniels, Tom Henry, Jack Bryant,
Gene Morris, Vernon Fullbright,
Vernon Fricks, Alex Kizer, Charles
Pickelsimer, and James Wulpi.
Alternate members of the board
are “Buddy” Melton, Walter Can
trell, and Melvin Gillespie.
$750 Awarded In The Final Drawing
Of The Brevard Trade Festival
A total of $750 was awarded in
the final drawing of the Brevard
trade festival, and according to
Dan Hawkins, the chairman, a
$75 prize is yet to be awarded.
A large crowd attended the
drawing here in Brevard last
Saturday morning, and Chairman
Hawkins says the trade promo
tion during the fall and Christ
mas season was highly success
ful.
The final prize must be called
for by January 15th at 5:00 pm.,
at which time it will be otherwise
forfeited. The unclaimed prize is
a purple ticket, number G 391730.
Winners in the final drawing
were:
Mrs. Sarah Loftis, $250.
T. T. Ayers, Jr., $100.
Mrs. Walter Hart, $75.
Renus Rich, $100.
William W. Wiles, $100.
John Culver, $100.
Mr. Hawkins thanks all mer
chants and others who had a
hand in making the trade festi
val the success that it was. The
event was sponsored by the mer
chants division of the Brevard
chamber of commerce.
Senior High P-TA
To Meet Monday
The Brevard senior high school
P-TA will have an interesting panel
discussion at its regular meeting
on Monday night, January 18, be
ginning at 8:00 o’clock.
The meeting will be held in the
now J. B. Jones auditorium, and all
interested persons, as well as par
ents and teachers, are cordially in
vited to attend.
Teachers of the high school will
reply to the panelists at the No
vember meeting, when business
and professional men and indus
trialists discussed educational
needs of young people beginning
their vocation.
The topic of the teachers on Mon
day night will be “Curriculum Re
port,” and Mrs. E. F. Tilson will be
the leader. Assisting her will be
Mrs. Robert T. Kimzey, Mrs. James
Sledge, Mrs. Ralph Humphries, Don
McLeod and Randal J. Lyday.
GAITHER ATTENDS MEET
James C. Gaither attended a di
rectors meeting of the North Caro
lina Association of Quality Restau
rants in Burlington on Monday .Mr.
Gaither is vice-president of tine as
sociation.
New Giady Branch
Church Is Now
Completed
The New Giady Branch Baptist
church, majestically crowning
Rocky Hill on US Highway 64
some two miles from Brevard, is
now being used by the membership
of 324 persons and was officially
dedicated on December 27.
The new building is valued at
$65,000, and this valuation repre
sents the outstanding work that
was done by many, many members,
Rev. Millard Brock, the pastor,
states.
Mr. Brock came to his present
pastorate in September, 1952, and
he has nothing but glowing praise
for the splendid cooperation that
he has received.
In 1955, the congregation built a
new pastorium for Mr. Brock and
his family, and last year the final
debt on the home and lot were
paid. The value of the dwelling and
lot is set at $11,500.00.
Mr. Brock says the new church is
one of the finest rural churches in
the Carolinas, and all persons visit
ing it since its completion have
been in full agreement with him.
The seating capacity of the mod
ern, sloping sanctuary is 500 per
sons and it is complete with a new
Baldwin piano and organ.
In the educational department
there are 11 new classrooms, which
, make a total of 30 classrooms in
all in the Giady Branch church.
Other features of the new church
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Whirlpool Coin
Laundry Opened
The new Whirlpool coin laundry,
located on North Caldwell street
near Kearn’s grocery is now open
to the public.
Open 24 hours per day, the new
coin laundry features R.C.A.’s most
modern whirlpool laundry equip
;ment.
According to the management,
the laundry is as modern as any in
Western North Carolina. Parking
is said to be convenient and plenti
ful at all times.
LITTLE MIKE HARRISON 3miles happily from his
new bike, unaware of the serious heart surgery he is
scheduled to undergo at Mayo’s clinic. Pictured with
Mike is his mother, Mrs. Richard Harrison.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brevard Boy To Undergo
Difficult Heart Operation
At Mayo's. Friends Rallying
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GIL COAN, above, has been
elected president of the Brevard
Realtors for this year. Other of
ficers are as follows: Joe H. Tins
ley, vice-president; and, Mrs. Sue
H. Wilson, secretary and treas
urer.
The Weather
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Temperatures remained mild this
week, averaging several degrees
above normal. Clear to partly
cloudy skies failed to bring pre
cipitation during the past four
days, however, total precipitation
for the past seven days is 1.21 inch
es. Daily readings are as follow:
High Low Free.
Wednesday
Thursday _
Friday_
Saturday
Sunday _
Monday
Tuesday_
42 32 .79
55 38 .20
56 31 .02
58 21 T
63 30 0
62 33 0
60 42 0
Program Highlights
Hour-Long "Rock n Roll" Show To
Follow Basketball Games On Saturday
WPNF is scheduling a new
“Rock-N-Roll” show from 10:00 un
til 11:00 o’clock on Saturday nights,
following the broadcasts of the col
lege basketball games during the
winter months, Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, announces today.
All teenagers and others who
like the “tops” in “Rock-N-Roll”
are urged to hear this special show.
Mr. Hoyle says that interest in
the basketball games is mounting,
nd on Saturday night Wake Forest
meets State in Raleigh. Airtime is
8:00 o’clock.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thursday,
Rosman home ec. dept., Mrs. Sallie
Wallace; Friday, U. S. Forestry, I
Ted Seely; Monday, county agent;!
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By STAFF WRITER
Young Mike Harrison celebrated
his fifth birthday with a party at
his home last week. Mike will not
be five until early in February.
The reason for the early celebra
tion of Mike’s birthday is that he
will be undergoing cardiac surgery
at Mayo’s clinic in Rochester, Min
nesota. The surgery involves an at
tempted closure of a hole between
the ventricals of his heart.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Harrison, of 114 Laurel Lane, this
is not Mike’s first bout for survival.
At the age of two and a half, he
contracted polio and wears a brace
on one leg. Early last year he was
taken to Bowman Gray for diag
nostic examination, which involved
a vein-catheter insertion into the
heart itself. This confirmed earlier
knowledge of the birth defect.
Bowman Gray medical authori
ties recommended to Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison that Mike be taken to
Mayo’s, where sipecialists in this
type of surgery can give him a
much better chance for a normal
life.
Since Mayo’s is an out-patient
clinic, they have no facilities to
handle cases of this type except
when actually under treatment.
The Harrisons will go to Roches
ter where Mike will be given a
week’s examination before surgery.
Mike’s actual stay in the clinic will
be for approximately two weeks,
and then he will have a two weeks’
recovery period before he will be
allowed to return home.
Medical authorities state that
heart surgery of this type is suc
cessful in 80 per cent of the cases.
In spite of his bout with polio
and the brace which he wears all |
the time, Mike acts like a normal j
five-year-old. He is a bright, friend-1
ly youngster, eager to show off the j
new bike he got for Christmas. He
is not aware of his heart condition I
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Letters Filed
With Utilities
Commission
Transylvania municipalities, civic
organizations and others are pro
testing the closing of the Southern
Railway station at, Rosman.
Official protests have been filed
by Roman’s mayor, Austin Hog
sed; Bill Sagar, president of the
Rosman chamber of commerce;
and, Gil Coan, president of the
Brevard chamber of commerce.
Other interested persons and or
ganizations are requested to also
protest to the State Utilities com
mission at Raleigh.
Two notices have been posted at
the station, requesting that the sta
tion be, closed and torn down. In
its stead, a booth would be’ erected,
the notices say.
In the protests that have been
filed with the commission, it is
pointed out that for some time re
ceipts that should h&ve gone to the
Rosman station have been billed to
Brevard.
It is also explained that closing
of the station would jeopardize the
securing of industry in the Bos
nian area and in upper lYansyl
vania.
A public, local hearing is being
requested, so that a true picture of
the situation might 'be given to
members of the state Utilities com
mission.
Past Year Was
Best For Hospital
The past year was Transylvania
Community hospital’s best, accord
ing to a report submitted by Ray
mond F. Bennett, secretary of the
board of trustees, t© the directors
of the Brevard chamber of com
merce Tuesday night.
There were 1,497 adult patients
and 355 infants were born, giving
the institution a record patient
load.
Other outstanding statistics were:
174 major operations performed;
and, 537 manor ones recorded.
“Expenses were increased to
over $125,000, but due to the in
creased number of patients per
day, the daily average cost per pa
tient day went down to $18.06,”
Mr. Bennett stated. “As a matter
of interest, the Duke Foundation
lists our hospital in a group of nine
hospitals of similar size and issues
statistics on them. The cost of op
erating them ranges from $16.36 to
$26.48 per patient day. Our hospital
is listed next to the lowest in the
group, and we feel that the main
tenance of these modest costs,
while rendering top quality service,
is quite a tribute to the hospital
management.”
Mr. Bennett continued his report
by saying, “There was, as usual, a
certain amount of free service dis
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Vets Of World
War 1 Will
Meet Sunday
State Commander Jaimes E. Day
ton, of World War I Veterans,
U.S.A., will meet with Transyl
vania Barracks No. 893, at 2:00
o’clock Sunday afternoon, January
17th. All Veterans of the first war,
their wives and all Veterans of
World War n, are invited to this
gathering.
Commander Dayton is going to
show a moving picture of the 30th
Division in World War I. Many
North Carolina Veterans served in
this division.
Barracks Commander Glover
Jackson attended a meeting in
Hendersonville on Sunday, Jan.
10th, and has some interesting
news for members of the local Bar
racks.
This is an open meeting for all
veterans and their wives, and they
are urged to be preseat.