TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c u Itural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census. 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
Vol. 71—No. 8
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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Authorized at Brevard. N C
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY* FEBRUARY 25, 1960 * 18 PAGES TODAY ★
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfall*.
Mecca for. Summer Gaaopft.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TWO ACCIDENTS, due to the ice and
snow in Transylvania, are pictured
above. In the top picture is a heavy road
sc:iper of the'Ctate Highway derart-^
ment, which slid off the slippery highway
in the Pisgah National forest. William C.
IVIann, who was the driver, w7as uninjured
in the accident. He had been plowing the
deep snow off US 276 from the Pink Beds
to Wagon Road Gap. Two college stu
dents, Kent Dorsey and Michael Sweeney,
miraculously escaped injury when the car
they were drirrftgr wTiich K shown in the
bottom photo, went out of control on the
ice and snow near Cedar Mountain,
wrapping itself, finally, around a tree.
(Times Staff Photos)
Special Term Of Civil Court To Open
In Transylvania Next Monday Morning
A special, two weeks term of;
Civil court will open in Transyl
vania county on Monday, Feb. 29,
Clerk of Superior Court Marvin Mc
Call announces today.
Judge J. B. Craven, Jr., of Mor
ganton, will preside over this spe
cial session.
Only two cases are scheduled on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
They are:
Richard C. Rutherford vs. Wil
liam B. Gravely and Lloyd Wood
and E. I. Du Pont De Nemours &
company vs. Charlie Justice et al.
Cases slated to be heard on March
3 are as follows:
Walter Clayton et al vs. E. C.
Whitson.
Mary C. Baines vs. Mark Dowdle
et al.
Dallas P. Baines vs. Mark Dowdle
et al.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 25—Metho
dist family night supper at 6:30
p.m. BPW meets at Berry’s at 7:00
p.m. Masons meet at the Temple,
8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 26—BLT play
in college auditorium, 8:00 p.m. j
Sinzari Marionette show at Brevard i
senior high at 8:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs j
meets at 8:00 p.m.
^ Saturday, February 27 -— BLTj
play in college auditorium, 8:00]
p.m. Square dance at Arrierican j
Legion building, 8:00 p.m. Elks
club special dinner 6:00 to 8:00
pom., followed by dancing.
Sunday, February 28—Attend the
church of your choice. Heart Sun
day, volunteers to solicit for con
tributions.
Monday, February 29 — “Happy
Leap Year.” Rotary meets at
Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 1—Eastern Star
meets in Masonic temple at 8:00
pjm. Ace of Clubs meets at 8:00
, p.m.
Wednesday, March 2—Toastmas
ters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 p.m.
Catholic Laymen association meets
at 8:00 p.m.
Henrietta Revis vs. Cecil Queen I
et al.
Reginald Kitchen vs. Appalach
ian Hall.
According to Mr. McCall, seven
cases will be heard the following
week.
Jurors called to serve the first
week are as follows:
James E. Austin, Clarence Cur
lee, Dewey Lavender, Lewis Nes
bitt. Calvin Frady, James F. Furr,
Charlie Watson, James R. Cabe, U.
G. Batson, Boyce Bishop, Thomas
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The Weather
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During the past week, Transyl
vania had more snow. Last Thurs
day and on Sunday much of the
“white stuff” fell in Brevard and
Transylvania county, but most of it
melted as fast as it came down. Pre
cipitation for the week, which was
accounted for by rain, snow or
sleet, totaled 1.95 inches. Daily
readings were as follows:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 52 26 0
Thursday_ 50 32 1.15
Friday_ 43 23 0
Saturday_47 16 0
Sunday_ 45 31 .20
Monday_ 48 32 .60
Tuesday _ 53 17 0
$50,000 Grant Is NL
For New
A & P Reopening
Thursday In
New Location
The Brevard A&P super market,
which was destroyed on February
7, by fire, will reopen on Thursday
morning of this week in its new
temporary location at 41 East
Main street in the Schulman build-,
ir.g.
The building, which was former
•y occupied by a super market, has
been completely renovated and re
painted.
It has been stocked with new
s erchandise, and the temporary lo
cation is across from Belk’s.
Harry Sellers, the manager, cor
dially invites the public to come
and to register for free prizes.
On Saturday night of this week a
Dormeyer electric fryer will be
awarded, and other prizes and the
dates they ubll be given, away are
as follows: Westinghouse roaster
oven. March 5; and, a White sew
,ng machine on March 12. Between
now and that time eight punch bowl
sets will be awarded.
Mr. Sellers says that 10 food bas
kets will also be given away each
week for the next three weeks.
Concerns Damaged
By Fire Now In
Other Quarters
The two businesses adjoining the
A&P super market, which was
recently destroyed by fire, have
moved into new locations.
Owenby Brothers Amoco service
has purchased Brevard Amoco sta
tion on Caldwell street.
Fred and Henry Owenby, the
owners, cordially invite their cus
tomers to visit them at their new
location.
Gene Wilson, the former owner
of Brevard Amoco, has moved his
radiator and tire repair shop to 315
North Caldwell street, next to Pis
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Little Theatre Group To Present
Mystery Friday And Saturday Nights
“The Thirteenth Chair,” a mur
der mystery by Bayard Vellier,
will be presented as the second
production this season of the
Brevard Little Theatre on Fri
day and Saturday evenings in the
Brevard college auditorium.
The play was originally sched
uled for last Friday and Satur
day, and was postponed due to
illness in the cast, according to
Jim Hicklin, president of the
group.
A large and outstanding cast
of players has been assembled
for the production. Making their
local debut will be Fred Reig,
Ted Gambol, Pat Price, Jane
Thomas, Peggy Toole, Bob Tem
pleton, Dick Burnette, Gertrude
Summey, Don Roberts and Tom
Watson. Previous performers in
clude Pat Fuleihan, Emma Lou
Truesdail, Mel Everingham, Ray
Burgin, Doris Medd and Martha
Sader.
Robroy Farquhar, known to
many as the veteran director of
the Vagabond Playhouse at Flat
Rock, is the director. Jean Dixon,
Many Transylvanians Will Aid
In Heart Fund Drive On Sunday
Encouragement for Heart fund
volunteers on their door-to-door
march in Transylvania and through
out the nation on Heart Sunday,
February 28th, came today from re
ligious leaders of all principal
faiths, according to Walter Straus,
Heart Fund chairman of Transyl
vania county.
Many North Carolina ministers
will mention the significance of the
day in church bulletins or from
their pulpits. In this county, ap
proximately 50 volunteer collectors
will take part in the afternoon
neighborhood visits to accept in
dividual gifts to the Heart Fund.
“Our gifts will make us the part
ners of those research scientists
who are working to find out more
about the causes and cures of the
heart and blood vessel diseases,”
said Mr. Straus. “‘We can’t all do
heart research or treat heart pa
tients, but we can give generously
to support the search for better
methods of earing for heart disease
victims.”
Typical of the statements was
the following: “The Twelfth An
nual Heart Fund campaign turns
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Dorothy David and Grace Roland
are in charge of stage furnish
ings, and costume supervisors
are Gloria Sanders, Jane John
son, and Shirley Barnes.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. Curtain time is 8:00
o’clock.
Supplemental
Funds Favored
By P-TA Group
The need of additional money
for various phases of the Transyl
vania county school system was
recognized Tuesday night at the
February meeting of the Brevard
junior high school P-TA.
The members of this group of
well over 100 parents and teachers
expressed the desire to provide an
ever improving educational system
for the young people of this county.
In order to do this, it is felt that
supplemental funds must be ob
tained.
A resolution pointing up the feel
ings of this active organization was
adopted and reads as follows:
“It is recognized that the school
system of Transylvania county
needs supplemental funds in order
to prevent the quality of education
provided from deteriorating and in
order to keep up with modern de
velopments in the field of educa
tion.
“To be able to retain well quali
fied teachers, and to be able to at
tract additional well qualified
teachers in the county, a supple
mental financial inducement must
be offered.
‘To be able to provide a high
quality county school system, suf
ficient money must be available for
adequate maintenance, renovation
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STEVEN MORRIS, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mor
ris, 125 Minor street, Brevard, has a birthday only once
every four years, but when he does, he gets two cakes.
A '‘leap year” baby, young Morris will celebrate his first
and fourth birthday event next Monday, February 29th.
He is shown above blowing out a candle on one of the
cakes and four on the other. His father is employed by
the Brevard Du Pont plant. (Times Staff Photo)
Lambert Is District And
State Corn Grooving Champ
Carringer Will
Sing With
NC Symphony
Appearing with the North Caro
lina Little Symphony at three
Western North Carolina concerts
next week will be Walter Carringer,
tenor. Mr. Carringer has devoted
several summers to teaching at the
Transylvania Music Camp here and
has appeared as soloist at the Bre
vard Music Festival, which an
nually climaxes the summer ses
sion at the camp.
Carringer will sing in Hender
sonville, Franklin, and Murphy with
the state orchestra, directed by
Benjamin Swalin. The Henderson
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Hugh N. Lambert, prominent
farmer of route 1, Brevard, has
been declared the champion corn
grower in Western North Carolina
as well as in the entire state of
North Carolina.
For being the State Corn charn
! l ion, Mr. Lambert was awarded a
I $50 Savings bond and a certificate
by the North Carolina Seedman’s
! association.
In becoming the state champion,
Mr. Lambert grew 147.35 bushels
per -acre at actual harvest, County
Agent Jim Davis reports.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. Lam
bert was honored at the 100-Bushel
t orn club luncheon in Asheville,
which was sponsored by the Farm
ers Federation.
At that time he was awarded $100
for being the district winner.
According to Mr. Davis, Mr. Lam
bert will be the principal speaker
at the annual Transylvania 100
Bushel Corn club banquet on
March 4.
Another Transylvanian was hon
ored at the luncheon in Asheville’s
George Vanderbilt hotel last Satur
day.
He was James Arthur Whitmire,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whit
mire, of the Calvert section of this
county.
Young Whitmire was the top
FFA member at the meeting, and
he was presented with a $25 award.
The Calvert youth produced 134.9
bushels of corn on an acre of land.
Young Whitmire, who is a mem
ber of the Rosman FFA, was ac
companied to the banquet by B. E.
Keisler, agricultural teacher at
Rosman.
Whitmire will also be honored at
the Transylvania banquet along
with Mr. Lambert on March 4. The
event will be held in the Straus
school cafeteria.
Program Highlights
WPNF Carrying Many Religious
Programs, Church Services Slated
A large portion of WPNF’s pub
lic service broadcast time is de
voted to religious programming,
Bobby Hoyle, station manager an
nounces.
At a meeting this week, the Sun
day church service broadcasts were
scheduled for the coming months.
February services are currently
being carried from the First Bap
tist church.
In March, the station will broad
cast services from the Sacred
Heart Catholic church, and in April,
the station will carry the services
of the Brevard Methodist church.
| The schedule for the summer
t months will be listed in this column
at a later date.
The station manager also urges
the listening audience to near Morn
ing Devotions, conducted daily at
9 o’clock a.m., bv ministers from
throughout the county.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour is as follows: Thursday,
soil conservation service; Friday,
A.S.C., Marvin W. Whitmire; Mon
day, county agent; Tuesday, station
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Mr. And Mrs. Grier
Beam Are Donors,
Background Given
A gilt of $50,900 to Rrevarti eoJ
iego from Mr; and Mis. Grier
j Beam, of Cherryvilte, fe announced
I today by President Emmett K. Me
I .arty.
A trustee of Brevard college, Mr.
Beam is president of the Carolina
Freigh Carriers corporation, oi
Cherryville.
The $50,000 gift is to be directed
toward financing the construction
of a new science building at the
college. If will be paid ever a
period of four years.
According to Dr. McLarty, Mr.
Beam has proved his friendship to
Brevard college over the years by
his generosity and interest. He is a
graduate of Weaver college, one of
the instiiofaons which merged to
form Brevard college.
Follows $100,000 Challenge Grant
On January 8, of this year a chal
lenge grant was made to Brevard
college 'by the Mary Reynolds Bab
cock foundation, Inc., of $J 60,000,
to be paid when the college has
raised $200,000 for the purpose of
constructing a science building.
Two gifts have been received by
the college toward meeting this
challenge.
The Delphian Society, a local col
lege social chub, presented Dr. Me
Larty with a check last week. The
club cancelled one of tts eociat
functions in order to make the con
tribution. In expressing appreci
ation to the representatives ot the
cliSb, Dr. McLarty recalled that the
name of the society is derived from
the ancient oracle of Delphi, re
nowned for its Wisdom and its divi
nation into the future^ forecasting
coming events. “Your club/’ said
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Leaders 01 Red
Cross Announced
A large group ol cjyic-minded
citizens comprise tl® officers,
chairmen and board of directors of
the Transylvania chapter of the
American Red Cross, Chairman
John R- Hudson announces today.
E. Gene Ramsey wifi serve as
vice-chairman during 1960, and E.
A. Knoth is the treasurer. Mrs.
Wade C. Armiield was recently
named the executive secretary.
The board of directors is com
posed of the following: Dr. Emmett
K. MeLarty, Bernard Maguire,
Doyle Wells, E. A. Knoth, Mrs. Rob
ert N. Hill, III, K Gene Ramsey,
John R. Hudson and Mrs. Norris
Berkshire.
The chairmen of the various
committees are as follows:
Robert T. Gash, Blood Bank.
Mrs. Robert Colwell, Volunteers,
Mrs. Charles Colwell, Staff Aid*.
Mrs. L. J. David, Gray Bady.
Mrs. Larry Turner, Nurse’s Aide,
Mrs. Marie Brewer, Nursing.
Don McLeod, First Aid and
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Dog Clinics Are
Scheduled In
Transylvania
Plans are now being made far the
annual series of dog clinics in
Transylvania county, which will he.
gin on March 8th, Whde Bagwell,
the dog warden, announces,
The schedule of elinics will in
clude vaccination stops at practi
cally every community in the
county. The first is set for Little
River at Merrill’s Store, and 26
clinics will be held through April
21st.
“Since January 1, 1958, three
year chick embryo vaccine has been
used in this county to protect dogs
against rabies. Hence all dogs vac
cinated since that date and issued a
1968 (red), 1950 (green) or 1960
(yellow) N. C. State Board of
Health vaccination tag do not need
to he vaccinated during I960. AH
other dogs must he vaccinated,’*'
Mr. Bagwell stated
A complete schedule of fe.
carried on page eight, second sec
tion.