TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c u Iturai
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Lund of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Oampe.
Entrance to Pkgah Na
tional Forest and imne of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 17—No. 3
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard. N. C.
BREVARD, N. €., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1960 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A RESIDENTIAL FIRE in the Forest
Hills section late last Sunday afternoon
attracted considerable attention and was
witnessed by a large crowd, in spite of
the rain, fog and low hanging clouds.
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The dwelling is owned by Mrs. Robert
Scruggs and was occupied by two fam
ilies at the time of the fire. Firemen
were hampered by the lack of water. See
story on page 10. (Times Staff Photo)
Farmers Urged To Sign Up For New
Agricultural Conservation Program
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Transylvania county farmers are]
now eligible to participate in the
1960 Agricultural Conservation pro
gram, states Marvin W. Whitmire,
chairman county ASC committee.
Farmers may sign up now in the
initial sign-up period, running from
January 15, 1960 through January
29, 1960, to take part in this na
tional effort to conserve the vital
soil and water ri sources. Regula
tions orovide that i* ,o,\H a 0 mo
be unable to sign during tiis
period he may do so at a later date.
To sign up, a farmer needs to
only contact the local ASC county
office. In signing a request under
the 1960 ACP to carry out approv
ed soil and water conservation prac
tices. the farmer does not obligate
himself in any way; but he does
make himself eligible to take part
in a partnership between the fed
eral government and individual
farmers whereby the farmers se
lect approved conservation prac
tices, pay half the cost of carrying
out the practice, furnish the labor
and equipment in most cases, and
receive assistance from the Federal
government which will equal the
other half of the out-of pocket cost.
Under the 1959 Agricultural
Conservation program, over 800
Transylvania county farmers parti
cipated in the program. Many farm
ers in Transylvania county have a
conservation need and are urged to
sign up on the 1960 Agricultural
Conservation program.
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Kiwanis To
Meet Thursday
Protection from possible radi
ation fallout due to atomic attack
by an enemy nation, will be topic
at the meeting of Brevard Kiwanis
club Thursday night at 6:45 o’clock
at Gaither’s.
Lt.-Col. T. R. Mitchell, of the
U. S. Army reserves, will be
speaker.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 21—Kiwanis
meets at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m.
Lions meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00
p.m. Masons meet at Masonic tem
ple at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 22—Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 23—Pancake
Jamboree at Methodist church. Re
publican convention at court house
at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 24—Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, January 25 — Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m. Bre
vard college lyceum concert, 8:15
p.m.
Tuesday, January 26—Gold Star
Mothers meet with Mrs. E. V.
Fowler at 2:00 p.m. Junior high
P-TA meets at 7:30 p.m. Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Music club
meets with Mrs. Julius Sader at
8:00 p.m .
Wednesday, January 27—Jaycees
Award Banquet at Gaither’s Rho
dodendron room, at 7:30 p.m.
First Chairs Listed
Many Brevard Students To
Play This Week In WNC Band
The annual Western District high
school h'jyl scheduled for thi".
Friday anb Saturday at Western
Carolina college will include 19
members of the Brevard band.
Eight of these have been named
soloists for the band’s Saturday
night concert, and they are:
Martha Sader, flute; Anne Brittain,
oboe; Thea Schulze, B flat clarinet;
Carlene Watson, alto clarinet;
Karen Galloway, tenor saxaphone;
RAYMOND F. BENNETT, pro
duction manager of the film di
vision of the Olin Mathieson
Chemical corporation, was elect
ed chairman of the board of
trustees of the Transylvania
Community hospital on Tuesday
night. Art Loeb is the new vice
chairman, and other officers are:
W. W. Brittain, treasurer; and,
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., secretary.
Don Wauchope, French horn; Dougj
W.jchope, baritone; and Frances
Bryant, tvmpani.
Other Brevard students who will
participate in the band are Susan
Farley, Anita Brennan, Lynn
Strieker, Pam Dickson, Mike Hun
ter, Tommy English, Jon E. Ander
son, Gail Lance, Carol Dillingham,
and Shirley Hammdl.
Thea Schulze, who made the
highest score in the auditions for
the clinic band, will be concert
master during the two-day event.
Dr. Paul Bryan, of Duke Univer
sity music department, will direct
the concert performance of the
band. Richard R. Trevarthen, band
director of Western Carolina col
lege, is chairman, of the clinic.
Brevard College To Receive Grant Of
$100,000 From Babcock Foundation
Advisory Group
For Reserve
Center Named
A Transylvania Army Advisory
committee has been named to as
sist with the naming and making ar
rangements for the formal dedica
tion of the new Reserve center on
French Broad street.
Randal J. Lyday is the chairman
of the committee, and Mrs. Mary
Jane McCrary, chairman of the
Transylvania Historical committee,
is the secretary.
Other members on the committee
are: Rev. B. W. Thomason, state
senator; Representative James C.
Gaither; Gil Coan, immediate past
president of the Brevard chamber
of commerce; B. H. Freeman,
mayor of Brevard; and, John I. An
derson, editor of The Transylvania
Times.
Another meeting of the commit
tee will be called in the near fu
ture by Chairman Lyday.
The new Army Reserve center,
located opposite the campus of Bre
vard college, has been completed
and is now being used by the local
reserve units. It is recognized as
one of the finest armories of its
size in the Carolinas.
Wilson Urges
Motorists To
Return Manuals
George Wilson, the driver’s li
cense examiner in Transylvania,
makes a plea for all motorists who
have borrowed blue back safety
manuals from his office to return
them at once.
Mr. Wilson says the supply in
Raleigh is exhausted, and there is
a great need for them amonj;
motorists who have to take theii
driver’s test in the near future.
He will appreciate the coopera
tion of the public in this matter.
j Transylvania Republicans To Hold
Convention Saturday Afternoon
Orville D. Coward, Republican
chairman of the 12th Congres
sional district, of Sylva, will
make the keynote address at the
Transylvania county Republican
convention, which will be held
here in the court house on Satur
day, January 23, at 2:00 o’clock.
This announcement comes to
day from Ralph L. Waldrop,
chairman of the GOP executive
committee.
Richard Clark, of Henderson
ville, the Republican for the
U. S. Senate in 1958, and Heinz
Rollman, of Waynesville, who
has announced his candidacy
from the 12th District on the
Republican ticket, will also be
present at the convention, Mr.
Himes Is Elected President
Of The Chamber Of Commerce
Charles F. Himes, popular Bre
vard man, was elected president of
the Brevard chamber of commerce
at a special call meeting Tuesday
night in the library. He succeeds
Gil Coan.
Other officers elected at the
meeting are as follows:
Robert L. Daniels — vice-presi
dent.
C. M. Douglas—recording secre
tary.
James M. Wulpi—treasurer.
Mrs. John Ford—executive secre
tary.
The next meeting of the new
board of directors will be held on
Tuesday night, February 9, in the
library.
President Himes is expected to
have several announcements and
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CHARLES F. HIMES
Waldrop states.
Chairman Waldrop also an
nounces that business before the
convention will include the elec
tion of officers and delegates to
the district and state conven
tions. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
It is also announced this week
by the district chairman that a
convention of Republicans in the
12th Congressional district will
be held at 2:00 p.m. on February
13th at the court house in Sylva.
Transylvania is allocated one
committee member with 16
votes.
College Lyceum
Program Mon.
Tickets will be available at the
door for the Brevard college lyce
um program in the Campus Center
auditorium at 8:15 P. M. next Mon
day, January 25th. A recital of
music for piano and violin will be
played by Edgar Allen, violinist,
and William S. Newman, pianist,
of the University of North Caro
lina music department.
According to Nelson Adams,
dead of the college music depart
ment, the program will consist of
Sonata II in G Minor, by Handel,
Sonata in F Major, Opus 57, by
Dvorak, and Sonata in A Minor, by
Vaughan Williams.
Dr. Aiden and Dr. Newman have
enjoyed several highly successful
seasons of playing together. Tour
ing under the auspices of the Uni
/ersity of North Carolina Exten
sion Division they have a prime
Interest in promoting a greater love
for chamber music.
H. N. LAMBERT, champion corn grower of Tran
sylvania county, is shown above comparing his soil with
that of Paul Ratliff’s in Booneville, Mississippi. Mr.
Ratliff has made an average of 234.96 bushels of corn
per acre for the past eight years on a certain field, and
Mr. Lambert traveled 500 miles to see the field and
brought back a bucket of soil for comparison. According
to A. D. Stuart, Extension Agronomy Specialist, N. C.
State college, Mr. Lambert is a mighty strong contender
for the N. C. State Corn Champion for 1959. Mr. Lam
bert was accompanied to Booneville by Lionel McCall
and County Agent Jim Davis. (Extension Staff Photo)
Distinguished Service Awards
To Be Made By The Jaycees
DR. EMMETT K. McLARTY,
president of Brevard college,
will be the principal speaker at
the annual Award banquet of the
Brevard Jaycees next Wednesday
night, January 27, in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room.
Brevard Jaycees will recognize
and honor young leaders in differ
ent fields of endeavor at the annual
banquet night On Wednesday eve
ning, January 27, in Gaither’s
Rhododendron room, beginning at
7:30 o’clock.
Five persons have been nomi
nated as the “Outstanding Young
Man of the Year,” and the recipi
ent of the DSA will be awarded a
handsome plaque and certificate.
Nominated for this award are:
Dr. John Folger, Charles Pickel
simer, Bobby Hoyle, Henry Smith
and Joe McGuire.
The award to the outstanding
young farmer in Transylvania will
also be made during the banquet
and the top teenager will be se
lected from the following three:
“Buddy” Ross, Susan Kenerly and
Doug Israel.
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, presi
dent of Brevard college, will be the
principal speaker on the banquel
program, and Henry Smith will
serve as master of ceremonies.
Peevy Undergoes Operation in NYC
Brevard’s Glenn Peevy, who was
completely paralyzed from injuries
suffered in an automobile accident
in December, 1958, underwent surg
ery at St. Barnabas hospital in
New York city last week.
The internationally famous surg
eon, Dr. Irving S. Cooper, head of
the hospital’s neurosurgery service,
performed the operation, with Dr.
Howard Rusk assisting.
Young Peevy’s parents were in
New York during the time of the
operation, and they told this news
paper yesterday that it will be some
time before the results of it will
be known.
The doctor was quoted as saying
that it is a miracle that young
Peevy is still alive.
The father said that as he left the
hospital Glenn told him to tell his
friends in Brevard hello and the
greetings were sent with a cheerful
smile.
WPNF To Broadcast Jaycee
Awards Program, Log Reviewed
WPNF will broadcast the Jaycee
annual awards program next Wed
nesday evening, at which time the
“Distinguished Service” award, the
“Outstanding Young Farmer”
award and the “Outstanding Teen
ager” award will be presented by
Dr. Emmett K. McLarty, president
of Brevard college, who will also
be the featured speaker of the
evening.
The awards program and the
address by Dr. McLarty will be
recorded Wednesday night for
broadcast, and everyone is invited i
to hear the presentation of awards,
made to these three outstanding
citizens of Transylvania county.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Fartm and
Home hour for the coming week
is as follows: Thursday, Brevard
home ec dept., Mrs. Glenn Burrell;
Friday, N. C. Forestry, Clark Gris
som; Monday, county agent; Tues
day, extension forestry, Leonard
Hampton; Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour are
the following: Friday, VFW Aux
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School To Raise
$200,000, Money
For Science Dept.
A $100^000 challenge gqant >>33
been awarded to Brevard College
by the Mary Reynolds Balbcock
Foundation of Winston-Salem.
The challenge grant was made
with the provision that the college
raise $200,000 additional funds for
the erection of a new science build*
ing on the campus at Brevard The
foundation’s grant will be available
when the college has the $200,000
in hand.
The grant was announced last
week by president E. K McLarty,
Jr., at an executive committee
meeting of the board of trustees,
held in the Charlotte City Club.
Dr. McLarty pointed out the
"pressing need” for a new science
building. He said the present build
ing is a temporary wooden struc
ture given to the college after
World War II by the government.
Leslie S. Grogan, chairman of
the Building and Grounds Com
mittee, outlined plans fbr a devel
opment program
New installations will include
dormitories for both men and wo
men, a multipurpose lecture hall,
administration building, gymnas
ium, and athletic fields.
Also, extensive renovation of
the Sims Campus Building is plan
ned, providing an enlarged cafe
teria service and the housing for
the Music and Fine Arts Depart
ments.
WNC Engineers
| Name Officers
The newly-formed Western North
Carolina Chemical Engineers club
elected the first slate of officers
at a dinner meeting in Asheville
last week.
John C. Randall, who headed the
club’s organizing committee, was
elected chairman. Mr. Randall is
employed by din Mathieson at
Pisgah Forest.
Dr. R. J. Lombardo, of the Bre
vard Du Pont plant, was elected
vice chairman and will head the
program committee.
James E. Anderson, of Champion
Paper and Fibre company, in Can
ton will serve as secretary.
Taj F. Hanna, who resides in
Brevard and works for Du Pont
was elected treasurer. Members of
the cluib represent a broad cross
section of Western North Carotin*
industry.
The club was founded to further
the stature of Chemical Engineer
ing in this region. It is the objec
tive of the club to eventually be
come a local section of thfi Amer
ican Institute of Chemical Engi
neers.
A program is being planned that
will include informatics og near
engineering development visits
to area ind is tries and guidance in
the use of chemical processing
equipment. The next meeting a
scheduled for February 10. AB
interested engineers are invited to
contact club members for addi
tional information.
McGuire |o Speak
At Junior High
P-TA Meeting
J. W. McGuire, principal of the
j Brevard Junior high school will
' discuss the objectives of a parent
teacher organization at the regular
I P-TA meeting on Tuesday, Janu
ary 26th, at 7:30, in the school
I auditorium.
| Following the diseuasien, the
teachers and parents will have an
opportunity to get acquainted and
for conferences concerning the
school program and child prob
lems.
Dr. Earle Bryant, president,
urges all parents and other inte&
I estec¥ persons to attend the met*
ing.