TRANSYLVANIA— An Industrial, Tourist, Ed ucational, A g r i c u ltural and Music Center. Popula tion, 1950 Census, 15,321. Brevard Community 7,394. THE TRANSYLVANIA TI A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA— The Lend of Waterfalls. Mecca for Summer Gampa. Entrance to Fisgsh Na tional Forest and Home of Brevard Mosic Festival. Vol. 71 — No. 6 Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Brevard. N. C BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1960 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TOM HENRY, Brevard’s town man ager, signs the first order in the local Girl Scout cookie sale. According to Mrs. L. F. Nerlinger, district chairman, the goal this year is 48,000 boxes of cook ies, and the money received in the Pisgah council will go to “widen the trail to the camp” in the Island Ford section of Tran sylvania. Girl Scouts and Brownies are now canvassing the town taking orders for the cookies which will be delivered March 11th through the 24th. In the photo above, from left to right, are: Becky Fluke, INIr. Henry. Carol Walker, Marla Hooper and Mrs. N. A. Miller, Jr., cookie sale chairman in Transylvania. (Times Staff Photo) Transylvania Historical Commission To Begin Drive For '61 Centennial On recommendations of the ex ecutive committee of the Transyl vania Historical commission, a campaign for funds to finance the commission’s centennial program will be made throughout the county beginning March 1. The executive committee’s rec ^ ommendations were approved by the commission at its meeting last i Friday night. W It was decided that contributions to a “Centennial fund” will be sought from both adults and stu dents. The contributions expected from adults will be $5 and from students $1. It is hoped that at least 2,000 contributions will be made by adults, and 1.000 student contribu ttors will be sought. The contribu tions are tax deductible. The financing is needed for the collecting of source materials, ref erences. and other data that can be found of interest to the history of the county and its people. The materials are to be cata loged, classified and indexed and made accessible to anyone interest ed. Filing equipment and a small staff to serve for the next 12 months in the classifying and in dexing work are the next necessary b steps, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, I chairman of the commission, said. ' The campaign for the Centennial fund is to be in charge of a com mittee of three persons, to be se lected this week. This committee will select team captains and plan an organization to cover the entire county for contributions. Contributors to the fund will re ceive a “Pioneer” button which has been especially designed. The sig nificance of the word is that those contributing to the fund are “pio neers,” that is the first, in the enterprise to produce and later to publish a history of the county. —Turn to Page Ten CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, February 11—Criminal 1 Court continues. Masons to meet at j 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 12 — Hospital auxiliary meets at 3:30 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13—Scouting exposition in Schulman building 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 14—Attend the church of your choice. Organ re cital at the Methodist church at 4:00 p.m. Brevard college choir to sing at First Baptist church at 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 15 — Rotary meets at Gaither’s at 7:30 p.m. Bre vard senior high P-TA meets at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 16 — Civic chorus meets at Methodist church at 7:45 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. Resolutions Adopted Brevard P-TA Recommending Supplementary School Tax In order to make improvements a1 the Brevard elementary school and to provide funds to supplement the salaries of the teachers, the Brevard elementary P-TA called for a supplementary school tax for Transylvania at its regular meeting this week in the school cafeteria. A fourth resolution pertaining to conditions at the school was adopt ed at the meeting, and they are being presented to the school board and the county commissioners. Included in the resolution were the following recommendations for improvement of the elementary building on Morgan street. (1) The entire building be re wired: (2) The wooden stairways Scholarship To Music Camp Offered By Club The Asheville Music club, a member of the National and State Federation of Music clubs, is offer ing a complete scholarship to Tran sylvania Music camp here at Bre vard this summer. All interested young musicians through high school age are in vited to compete before a panel of judges about the last of April. Details and application blanks may be had by writing Mrs. H. A. Lewis, 74 Patton avenue, Asheville. should be replaced by metal or con crete ones; (3.) A concrete ceiling should be placed in the boiler room; (4) The floors throughout the building should be covered by some type of tile or teirazzo; (5) In addition to covering the floors in the dining room and kitchen with some type of tile, or terrazzo, the walls in the dining room should be painted with a good washable enamel; (6) An air duct and ex haust fan should be installed in —Turn to Page Five Commerce Body Adopts Budget Of $6,000.00 A budget of $6000 for the current year was adopted by Brevard chamber of commerce directors in meeting here Tuesday night, with *2.550 going for promotional adver-| tising. i Folders for the year will require i only $900, due to fact that there are on hand enough Blue Ridge Parkway leaflets, and a partial sup pl\ of local folders. Newspaper and magazine advertising calls for $500 and signs $250. Industrial development and area development items were set at $900, including travel and committee ex pense. Next in size of allotment is for office expense of $700. Several members, who are not on the board of directors, attended the meeting and were welcomed by President Charlie Himes. He stress ed the point that all citizens of the community are invited to attend the regular second Tuesday night meetings and take part in planning. Jim Wulpi, chairman of the —Turn to Page Ten Band Will Play At Senior High School P-TA Meet The Brevard high school band; under the direction of John Evers man, will present a concert at the Founder's Day meeting of the senior high school P-TA on Febru ary 15, at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Ralph Ramsey will present an outline of the founding and de velopment of the Parent-Teachers association. Past presidents of our Brevard high school P-TA will be recognized by Principal Robert T. Kimzey to honor their contribution and ser vice to the P-TA organization. Rev. Courtney Ross and his son. Buddy, will discuss the future of the P-TA in presenting “Looking at —Turn to Page Ten Births Almost Outnumbered Deaths Four To One In County During ’59 By almost four to one, births outnumbered deaths in Transyl vania county during 1959. A check at the Register of Deeds office reveals 369 births during the past year, and 100 deaths. September was the biggest month for new babies with 43 be ing born during that month. March and August had the largest number of deaths with 13 each. A gain over 1958 was noted in the number of births. During 1958 there were 326 new babies, which is 43 less than there were in ’59. Deaths during the past year showed a decline. According to Owen Lee, registrar. 125 persons Many Attended Last Rites For C W. Pickelsimer, Srv Sunday Final rites for Charles W. Pickel simer, Sr., 78, who played a promi nent role in the development of Brevard and Transylvania county, vere held Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church, with a large crowd of friends and relatives at tending. Rev. W. Harold Killian, the pas tor, and Rev. B. W. Thomason, former pastor, officiated, and burial was in the Oak Grove ceme tery in North Brevard. Special music for the service was under the direction of Rev. Ray Childers, minister of music at the First Baptist church. At the time of his death, Mr. Pickelsimer was general manager of the Cascade Power company, of Brevard, and president of the Citi zens Telephone company. He was a member of the First Baptist —Torn to Page Ten C. W. PICKELSIMER, SR. j died in 58, whicn was zo more deaths than there were in ’59. A tabulation of the births by months during 1959 is as follows: January 36, February 24, March 33, April 25, May 30, June 22, July 29, August 28, September 43, October 31, November 39, and December 29. Deaths by months follow: Jan uary 6, February 6, March 13, April 7, May 8, June 9, July 8, August 13, September 11, Octob er 7, November 7, and Decem ber 5. 0 ...••••••a The Weather ]•]■"»■■ .....q Heavy rains brought two inches of precipitation during a 24-hour period last Friday, as temperatures remained mostly mild throughout the week. Daily readings are as fol lows: High Low Prec. Wednesday_ 59 29 T Thursday _ 35 30 .40 Friday _ 44 33 2.00 Saturday _ 53 38 .05 Sunday_ 49 24 T Monday_57 16 T Tuesday _ 56 32 .01 Gaither, Jones At Demo Dinner Representative James C. Gaither and Bennet Jones represented Transylvania county at the Jeffer son-Jackson day dinner in Raleigh last Saturday night. More than 300 Democratic lead ers from ail parts of North Caro lina were in attendance at the big event. “THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR” will be presented by the Brevard Little Theatre on February 19th and 20th, in the Brevard college auditorium. In the scene above, Ted Gambol points his finger accusingly at Doris Medd, while Pat Fuleihan and Ray Burgin stand by. This pro duction is a murder mystery and promises to be good entertainment for Transylvanians. (Official Little Theatre Photo) Scouting Exposition Set Saturday, Public Invited Henderson Again Appointed As Ambassador Here Henry R. Henderson has been asked by Lynn W. Harkey, newly elected potentate of Oasis Temple, Charlotte, to serve again as Am bassador for the Brevard area, which he has accepted. In his request to Mr. Henderson, j Mr. Harkey stated: “I have been most aware of the fine work you did last year for Oasis temple as Ambassador, and I want you to consider serving with me in the same capacity this year.” A meeting and banquet will be held in Oasis temple on Friday, j February 26th beginning at 6:00 o’clock of all the newly appointed . ambassadors, presidents and secre i taries of all the Shrine clubs under the jurisdiction of Oasis temple. i Attending from Brevard will be ' Ambassador Henderson, A. E. York, president of the local shrine | club, and A. M. Ream, secretary. Scouting units of Transylvania county will present a Scouting Ex position on Saturday, February 13, at the old Dixie store next to the Duke Power company office on East Main street. The Exposition, to which the pub lic is invited, will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with skits and demonstrations presented be tween 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Ad mission will be free. Clark Grissom, chairman of the district camping and activities com mittee, and Ed Loftis and D. C. Dills, members of his committee, have been making extensive prepa rations during the past several weeks. Many of the 18 Cub packs, Scout troops and Explorer posts in Tran sylvania county are combining their efforts to offer this demonstration of the varied activities of Scouting as a climax to Boy Scout week. Two special exhibits are planned. Harold Norwood’s Indian lore col lection and D. C. Dill’s rock collec tion, both outstanding in their fields, will be on display for the public to see. WPNF Program Highlights Rogers Is Conducting Successful Show From Teen Age Center The first “Rock-’N-Roll” show, di rect from the Teen Age center in Brevard last Saturday night from i0:00 until 11:00 o’clock proved to be highly successful with a large listening audience, Bobby Hoyle, Nation manager, reports. Announcer Ed Rogers is the DJ on this popular show, which will be heard again this Saturday night, fol lowing the State-Maryland basket ball game from Raleigh. According to Mr. Hoyle, another new program, “Chiropractic Com ments,” is now being heard each day, Monday through Friday, at 12:35 p.m., over WPNF. It is conducted by Dr. Sherman Hampton. In making the announcement, Bobby Hoyle, station manager re minds listeners of another noon hour program which has earned much popularity. The Trading Post, a daily presentation of the Western Aaito Store, is designed to adver —Turn to Page Five ED ROGERS True Bill Is Returned In Murder Case During the first three days thij week in Criminal court in Transyl vania, more than SO eases were dis posed of, and action on the docket is expected to be completed before Friday afternoon, when the court is scheduled to be adjourned. On Tuesday, the ‘Grand Jury re turned a true bill of first degree murder against Herbert Avery, Brevard Negro, who is charged with killing his wife on the night of January 30th, 1960. This case has been placed on the docket; however, thero is a possi bility that it will be continued until the April term of Superior court. Judge William K. McLean, of Asheville, is presiding over this week’s term of criminal court, and Leonard Lowe, of Forest City, is prosecuting for the state. Clerk of Superior Court Marvin McCall says that this is one ol the most successful terms of Superior court that has ever been held in Transylvania. At noon Wednesday a jury re turned a verdict of guilty in the case against Melvin Clayton, who was charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Just prior to that time, another jury found William: Edward Kitch en guilty of drunk driving. The following persons pleaded guilty to having no operator’s li cense and were fined as stated: Harry Daniel Eubanks, $76; Katie Betty Blythe, $76; Gene Richard Nicholson, $66; an