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 TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C.
Newspaper
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TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls.
Mecca for Summer Camp*.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and ffome of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 71—No. 7
Second Class Mall Privilege*
Authorized at Brevard, N C
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Brevard Firemen Battle A & P Super Market Blaze In Su b-Freez ing Weather
BILLOWING COLUMNS OF BOILING SMOKE can be
noted in the photo at the left, above, and they were choking
evidence of the destructive fire in the A & P Super Market here
ill Brevard last Sunday morning. Firemen can be seen throwing
two streams of water into the front of the store just after the
fire was discovered at 8:37 a.m. In the photo at the right, other
members of the Brevard Volunteer department are pictured
battling the blaze on the left side of the building jtfst after a
portion of the wall had caved in. (Austin-Anderson Photos)
SMOULDERING RUINS, all that re
mained after the fire at Brevard’s A & P
Super market last Sunday morning, are
pictured above. Broken bricks were scat
tered all over the street in front of the
store after the front wall “exploded”
during the height of the blaze. Damages
will run into thousands in this fire which
was termed Brevard’s worst in history, i
(Times Staff Photo) i
Transylvania Hit By Severe Snow
Storm, Schools Closed For Two Days
Brevard and Transylvania’s big
gest snowfall in many years
caught the town and county al
most completely by surprise and
unprepared last Saturday morn
ing.
Beginning about 3:00 a.m., it
snowed without letting up until
late Saturday afternoon.
The depth of the snowfall
ranged from six to 12 inches, de
pending upon the elevations.
Traffic Saturday was at a stand
still, and a rash of minor acci
dents was reported.
Town crews and highway forces
worked around the clock in an ef
fort to open up streets and high
ways.
Schools were closed in Brevard
and throughout Transylvania both
on Monday and Tuesday.
At presstime on Wednesday,
snowed still blanketed the town
and county, but the weatherman
promised a warming trend from
winter’s icy grip.
Only a few telephones were
knocked out by the severe
weather, Citizens Telephone com
pany officials state. While the
long distance service to Asheville
was impossible, the Brevard
Kendersonvilie lines were not af
fected.
Attendance was considerably off
at the various churches because of
the deep snowfall, and the majority
of the civic and other meetings in
the community were either can
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Criminal Court Adjourned,
Special Civil Docket Set
The February term of Criminal
ccurt in Transylvania was adjourn
ed last Friday afternoon by Judge
William K. McLean, of Asheville.
From the time The Times went
to press last Wednesday until
adjournment on Friday afternoon,
a number of verdicts were handed
down by Judge McLean, and they
are carried in this week’s issue.
F. Marvin McCall, clerk of Su
Post Office And
Bank To Close
Next Monday
In observance of Washington’s
birthday, the Brevard post office
will be closed on Monday, Vernon
Fulibright, the acting postmaster,
announces.
There will be no delivery of
city or rural mail, and the gen
eral delivery window at the post
office will be open from 11:30
o’clock until 12 noon.
Brevard’s First Union National
bank will also be closed on Mon
day, as will the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association.
peri or court, announces that a spe
cial civil calendar of court will be
heard in Transylvania, beginning
on February 29. This court will con
tinue for two weeks.
Judge J B. Craven, .Jr., of Mor
ganton, will preside.
Cases heard last Wednesday
afternoon, Thursday and Friday
were as follows:
Joseph Dayton Cooper faced a
charge of drunk driving and had to
pay costs.
Wayne Albert Owen, who was
charged with speeding, had to pay
$85.
Andrew Lusk pled guilty to fail
ure to provide adequate support,
and was ordered to pay $70 on the
second Saturday of each month.
On a charge of speeding John R.
LeValley had to pay $50 and costs.
Lewis Muckelvene pled guilty to
public drunkenness and was given j
20 days.
Marshall Griffin pied guilty to a
charge of drunk and disorderly, and
was ordered to work 20 days around
the jail and court house.
Reuben Clayton was found guilty
of non-support and abandonment,
and was ordered to pay $10 each
Saturday for five years.
Pleading guilty to larceny was
Cos B anther, who was ordered to
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A&P Store Is Destroyed By Fire,
Will Reopen In Temporary Location
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Plans Announced
For Building
New Super Market
The A & P super market in Bre
vard, which was destroyed by fire
last Sunday morning, will reopen
in a temporary location at 48 East
Main street on Thursday, February
25, it is announced today.
Plans arc also underway to build
a new drive-in A & P super market
on South Broad street diagonally
opposite the Brevard junior high
school in the near future. It is ex
pected to be completed in the
spring or early summer.
The local management of A & P
today expresses sincere apology for
any inconveniences that their cus
tomers may encounter in the mean
time.
They urge the public to trade
with their super markets at Ashe
ville, Hendersonville, Canton and
Tryon.
Employees of the Brevard A & P
are on paid vacation this week, but
will begin stocking and readying
the temporary’ location for business
the first of next week.
Harry Sellers, local manager,
said yesterday that it was impos
sible to personally thank every
body for their many kindnesses
during the disaster, so he asked
that his gratitude be expressed
through the columns of The Times.
Masonic Temple
Dedication Is
Posponed
The public dedication of the tem
ple of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge
has been postponed, it was decided
at the recent stated communica
tion.
According to Herschel Townley,
the worshipful master, the dedica
tion was originally set for February
18th, but it is being postponed to
a later date because of the illness
of D. Guy Dean, who is installing
a new heating system.
It is also impossible for several
of the grand lodge officers to at
tend the ceremonies at that time.
Mr. Townley states that as soon
as the work is completed at the
temple and the heating system is
installed, another date will be set
and the public will be extended
an invitation to attend the dedica
tion.
“A SUMMER PLACE” appeared to be a misleading
caption across the Co-Ed theatre last weekend in the
ice and snow as Transylvania was hit with wintry’s worst
icy blast in many years. Note the snowbank out in front.
(Times Staff Photo)
Little Theatre And Civic
Groups To Present ‘Mikado’
Winners In Elk
Youth Contest
The results in the local Youth
Leadership contest, sponsored by
Brevard Elks, are announced to
day by Howard Schmidt, the exalted
ruler.
Winning $50 United States Sav
ings bonds were Douglas Israel,
first place winner in the boy’s di
vision, and Martha Sader, top win
ner in the girl’s bracket.
Second place and bonds of $25
each go to Page Best and Linda
Lance.
“The committee was very pleased
with the record of accomplishments
of all the applicants, and we feel
that if all the counties in the coun
try had as many potential leaders
in their community as does Tran
sylvania, our country’s future is as
sured,” declared Mr. Schmidt.
He continued by saying:
“The Order of Elks is extremely
proud of our youth and their pro
grams and its National Foundation
endeavors to stimulate and assist
them to become the leaders of the
future.”
Announced
The entries of the winners of the
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The Brevard Little Theatre, in
cooperation with the Brevard Civic
Chorus and Brevard Civic Orch.es
LATE BULLETIN
Due to illness in the cast, the
presentation of “The Thirteenth
Chair,” which was slated for this
week end at Brevard college by
The Little Theatre, has been
postponed until February 26 and
27.
tra, will combine their talents on
March 17, 18, and 19, when they
present “The Mikado” in the Bre
vard college auditorium.
Written by W. S. Gilbert and Sir
Arthur Sullivan, “The Mikado” was
first shown in America at the Mu
seum in Chicago on July 6, 1885
The plot of this comic opera is a
! merry one. Mack Cox, a newcomer
to Brevard who is with DuPont,
plays the role of Mikado, a highly
moral ruler, who has issued an
edict condemning to death every
man found guilty of flirtation un
less connubially linked.
To evade this stern sentence, the
citizens of Titipu hit upon the idea
of appointing one of those con
demned, Ko-Ko, to the office of
executioner, with the result that he
could not behead the next man un:
til he executed himself. This part is
played by Charles Joiliff, active in
Brevard and Hendersonville music
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Blaze Said Worst
In History Of
Town And County
The A & p Super market in
Brevard was destroyed by fire
Inst Sunday morning in what has
been termed Brevard's worst
blaze in history.
Two adjoining businesses,
Owenby Amoco station and Unit
ed Radio & Television shop, suf
fered severe smoke, water and
ether damages.
No official estimate of losses
has been ascertained, but dam
ages will run into thousands.
Both the A & P building and its
contents were a total loss.
The members of the Brevard
volunteer fire department were
called out at 8:37 a.m., and Fire
Chief Dan Merrill believed the
blaze had been underway for
seme four hours before their ar
rival.
The alarm was turned in by the
staff of the Brevard Post Office
department when they saw a
front window of the A & P store
“blow out” from the intense heat
in the building.
The firemen quickly laid three
lines to the blaze in an effort to
keep the fire from spreading.
Spectators by the hundreds
gathered to watch them fight the
difficult blaze in the sub-freedng
weather.
As the firemen were fighting
the A & P blaze, many volunteers
assisted in removing the contents
from both the service station and
television shop.
Members of the department
worked most of Sunday throwing
water on the smoldering rains.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 18—Kfgmnis
meets a<t Gaither's at 6:45 p.m.
Lions meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00
p.m. Masons meet in Masonic tem
ple at 7:30 pjn.
Friday, February 19—Aee of
clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 21—Attend the
church of your ^hoice.
Monday, February 22 — George
Washington’s birthday. Rotary
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 pjrn.
Tuesday, February 23 — Tryouts
for BLT production a* count house
at 7:30 p.m. Brevard Junior high
P-TA meets at 7:30 p.m. A*e «f
clubs meets at 8:00 pjn.
Wednesday, February 24 — lay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 pjn.
Catholic Laymen^ Assentation
meets at the Sacred Heart OatlnHe
church at 8:00 pm.