TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c u ltural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15321.
Brevard Community 73M.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960 * 16 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A BULLDOZER, which was being used
by the State Highway department to
clear the Whitmire road in the Cherry
field section of Transylvania county of
snow, is pictured above just after the
Whitmire bridge crashed under its
weight. The driver, Oscar D. Henderson,
was hurled from his seat onto the broken
bridge and into the path of the bulldozer
as it sank to the water’s edge of the
French Broad river. He is still in the
Transylvania Community hospital suffer
ing with fractures and bruises.. His con
dition is said improving splendidly.
(Times Staff Photo)
County Corn Growers To Be Honored
At Banquet Of 100 Bushel Club Friday
The annual banquet of the Tran
sylvania 100-Bushel Corn club will
be held on Friday night of this
week in uie school cafe
teria.
At that time all producers of 100
bushels of corn and -more on an
acre of land during the past year
will be honored.
The event was postponed from
March 4, because of snow and road
conditions.
According to county agent, James
Davis, a large crowd is expected to
attend, and the principal speaker
will be Hugh N. Lambert, of Bre
vard. /
A well-known Transylvania farm
er, Mr. Lamberkjwe^ntly was hon
ored at a luncheon in Raleigh
where he received the trophy for
the champion corn grower in the
state.
A. D. Stuart, extension agronomy
specialist, State college, Raleigh,
who is in charge of the state corn
program will also attend the ban
quet here Friday night.
Cash awards, which are made
possible by the First Union Na
tional Bank, will be awarded at the
banquet to the top corn growers in
Transylvania. Trophies will also be
awarded, and making the presenta
tions will be Jonathan Woody, ex
ecutive vice-president of the local
bank, and Ralph J. Duckworth, vice
president of the bank.
Mr. Davis will serve as master of
ceremonies on the program.
Following are the names of Tran
sylvania corn growers who are eli
gible to receive certificates and
awards:
Fanners: Houston Glazener, Free
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 17—St. Patrick’s
Day. Kiwanis club meets at Gaith
er’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions club meets
at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. “Mika
do” at college auditorium, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 18—Corn banquet
at Straus school at 7:30 p.m. Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m. “Mikado”
at college auditorium, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10—“Mikado” at
college auditorium, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 20—Attend the
church of your choice. Spring ar
rives (at least) the calendar says
so!)
Monday, March 21—Rotary meets
at Gaither’s at 7:00 pm Brevard
elementary P-TA meets at 8:00 p.m.
Brevard senior high P-TA meets at
8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22—Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m. Elks to elect of
ficers at 8:00 pun.
Wednesday, March 23—Bloodmo
bile at Brevard college, 10:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m. Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation meets at 8:00 pm
At NYA Hut
Students Invited To Enter
Projects In Science Fair
A Science Fair will be held at
the NYA hut, adjacent to the Bre
vard junior high school building on
Friday, March 25, N. A. Miller, Jr.,
the supervisor of instruction, an
nounces today.
The hours of the fair will be from
3:00 until 5:00 in the afternoon,
and from 7:00 until 9:00 that eve
ning.
The Science Fair will be for stu
dents in grades six through the
12th, however, students below the
a.*.....a
The Weather
a.....b
It is the same story again this
week—more snow. The first 10-inch
blanket fell last Wednesday, follow
ed by three more inches on Friday
and capped with less than an inch
again Tuesday. Temperatures re
mained low, ranging from five de
grees Saturday night to 48 degrees
on Monday. Daily readings are as
follow:
High Low Free.
Wednesday- 38 20 0
Thursday___ 44 20 .20
Friday_ 42 25 .20
Saturday-34 15 0
Sunday _ 44 5 0
Monday_ 48 6 0
Tuesday-- 42 30 .10
grade of sixth may enter if he or
she desires.
Participation certificates will be
awarded to all students entering a
project in the Science Fair. Rib
bons will be given for 1st, 2nd and
3rd place winners. The divisions
are:
Elementary grades 6-7.
Junior grades 8-9.
Senior grades 10-12.
Each division will be classified
into three areas: Physical, Chemi
eal and Biological.
Names of the boys and girls
entering the Science Fair should be
turned into the principals by the
teachers, Mr. Miller says.
The Guidance department of
Transylvania county schools has
been asked to participate in a Na
tional Guidance program, Supt. C.
Wayne Bradburn announces.
The local department is under
the supervision of Mrs. Juanita
Lavender. The aim of the na
tional program is to set up norms
for a new guidance aid.
Dr. Wells Joins Partnership
Of Newland And Folger Here
Dr. Maurice H. Wells, a native of
Holly Hill, S. C., has joined the
medical partnership of Dr. C. L.
Newland and Dr. John R. Folger.
Dr. Wells came to Brevard from
Asheville.
His wife is the former Miss Ruth
McCracken, of Fairview, and they
have two daughters, Kathy, age
four, and Jean, age 15 months. They
are living at Sapphire Manor.
A registered nurse and anesthet-j
ist, Mrs. Wells attended Brevard
college.
Dr. Wells was graduated from the
University of South Carolina, and
served three years in the army dur
ing World War II.
He attended the Medical College
of South Carolina, and his surgical
internship was at Strong Memorial
hospital, Rochester, New York.
This was followed by two years
residency at Duke hospital, one
—Turn to Page Eight
DR. MAURICE H. WELLS
Ice Blankets County This Wednesday,
Flood Warning Accompanies Thawing
Students Will
Go To School
On Saturdays
Transylvania school students will
have to go to school on two Satur
days each month for the remainder
of the school year and also on Good
Friday and on Easter Monday to
make up for the time that has been
lost because of the snow, Supt.
Wayne Brad-burn announces today.
“We regret taking this action, but
it is necessary,” he continued.
He said the full cooperation of
'.he parents would be greatly appre
iated.
The Saturdays on which the stu
dents will go to school will be full
school days.
The complete schedule is as fol
lows:
March 19 and 26.
April 2, 15, 18 and 23.
May 7 and 21.
Schools in District 1 will close
on June 3, while the schools in Dis
trict 2 will get out for the summci
scation on May 31.
Merrill Named
On Advisory
Committee
Dan Merrill.. Brevard’s fire chief
has been appointed to serve on an
advisory committee to work with
the. staff of the Department ot
Trade and Industrial Education,
which anticipates administering a
North Carolina Fire Service train
ing program for the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction in co
peration with the North Carolina
Department of Insurance.
Chief Merrill will serve for a one
vear term, which will expire in
January, 1961.
The appointment was made by
Charles F. Carroll, state superin
tendent of public instruction.
The first meeting of the new
committee is being held this week
in Raleigh.
SPECIAL EDITION
A special eight-page pictorial
edition of Brevard College’s “Clar
ion” is now being prepared for pub
lication by members of the news
paper staff. This paper is being
printed in co-operation with the
Public Relations office and will be
mailed to 4,000 prospective stu
dents and interested persons.
Transylvania Guidance Department
To Take Part In National Program
Transylvania schools will join
nine other schools in the state of
North Carolina and 400 through
out the nation in this program.
The importance of the guid
ance program, particularly in the
junior and senior high schools,
has been recognized throughout
the country.
Brevard Band
To Play At
P-TA Meeting
The Brevard higfi 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 Monday
evening, March 21st, at 8:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Ralph Ramsey will present
an outline of the founding and de
velopment of the Parent-Teachers
association. • ,
Past presidents will be recogniz
ed by Principal R. 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
the past and planning for the fu
ture.”
Refreshments will be served by
the hospitality committee under the
direction of Mrs. Claire Matheson.
All parents are urged to attend.
TWO CANDIDATES announce for office this week
in Transylvania county, subject to the Democratic pri
mary on May 28th. At the left is Representative James
C. Gaither, who is seeking re-election, and at the right is
Owen Lee, Register of Deeds. Their announcements are
carried below.
Gaither And Lee Announce
This Week, Primary May 28
Owen G. Leo, register of deeds in
Transylvania county, announces
that he will seek election on the
Oomccratic ticket for the office in
the forthcoming primary;
A well-known native of Transyl
vania county, he has lived for the
past 14 years at route 2, Brevard.
Me graduated from Rdsman high
school and prior to entering the
navy in 1942 attended Brevard col
leges
He served during World War. IT
for some four years, with two years
being spent in the Pacific theatre
of operation.
Since the war he has worked
•••-•ifh the veterans farm program at
Bosnian for seven years, and he has
aerated a chicken farm and was
field serviceman in this territory
for a haichery at Gainesville, Geor
gia.
Prior to his appointment as reg
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Ross Is Winner
Of Angier Duke
Scholarship
Buddy Ross has been named a
winner of the Angier B. Duke
scholarship, the most valuable of
fered by Duke University.
Frll<wriri<» a ifcppVend of comneti
. v .sussas-A..
tion among So outstanding tngn
school seniors from three states,
the judges picked 17 winners—12
—Turn to Page Eight
James C. Gaither, Transylvania
county’s representative in 1957
and 1959, announces that he will be
a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives subject to
Democratic primary on May 28.
Mr. Gaither owns and operates
Gaither’s Restaurant, and is one of
Brevard’s civic leaders, having serv
ed as president of the chamber of
commerce in 1956.
In making his announcement, Mr,.
Gaither said: ,
"In my first two terms in the
legislature I learned a great deal
about the people and the organiza
tion of state government. I appre
ciated the opportunity to serve and
in standing for election again, I
can only say that, if the people see
fit to send me to Raleigh again, I
shall continue to work in the best
way I know how for the benefit of
our county and our state.
“Now that I know some of the
people from other counties and in
Raleigh, and they know me, I am
sure I can spend more time in con
sidering the merits of legislation
and less time in learning the me
chanics of the job.”
In the two recent legislatures,
Mr. Gaither secured appropriations
cf $15,000 and $7,500 for Transyl
vania Music camp.
With the county’s centennial
coming up in 1961, Mr. Gaither set
the machinery in motion for appro
priations for the Transylvania His
torical commission to observe this
event.
Popularly known as “Jimmy,” Mr.
Gaither served as chairman of the
committee on penal institutions
during the 1959 term of the Gen
eral Assembly. This was a busy
committee during the legislature,
and many important issues were
passed on.
Other committees he served on
were: Conservation and Develop
ment; Elections and Election Laws;
Finance; Health; Insurance; Manu
facturers and Labor; Public Utili
ties; Roads and Highway Safety;
Veteran’s Legislation; and Trustees
of the University (Joint).
In addition to being president of
Brevard Chamber of Commerce in
1956, some of the other positions of
leadership which Mr. Gaither has
held, are:
Vice-president and director of
Brevard Rotary club; vice-president
(at the present time) of the N. C.
—Turnfto Page Eight
WPNF Now Broadcasting Civil
Defense Programs, Review Made
WPNF, in co-operation with the
N. C. Civil Defense network, is
broadcasting a series of 15-minute
programs daily, giving complete
coverage of the gigantic U.S. Army
training maneuver duibbed Big
Slam—Puerto Pine.
Acording to Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, these programs are
being produced and tape recorded
from Pope Air Force Base and Fort
Bragg and Ramey Air Force Base,
Puerto Rico. They are then fed to
the local radio stations through the
facilities of the FM Civil Defense
network. ' i
Mr. Hoyle invites the public to
hear these informative programs
from 11:00 o’clock till 11:15 each
week day through March 25.
The schedule for the farm and
home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, Brevard
Home Ec dept., Mrs. Glepn Burrell;
Friday, N. C. forestry service,
Clark Grissom; Monday, county
agent; Tuesday, extension forestry,
Leonard Hampton; Wednesday,
home agent.
Appearing on||fce Civic hour are
Other Programs ’
Schools Expected
To Reopen
Thursday Morning
For the third consecutive- Wed
nesday, Transylvania has awakened
to a fresh coat of icy snow an top
of an ice-capped ground.
.This week's icy blast of winter
was more in the form of sleet than
it was snow.
If made the roads even more
hazardous, and caused the cancella
tion of schools on Wednesday.
Supt. Wayne Bradbum said he
expects school to operate on Thurs
day provided it does not freeze on
Wednesday night.
A light snowfall was recorded in
Brevard and Transylvania county
both on Monday night and Tuesday
morning. However, much of the
snow melted on Tuesday with the
climbing temperature.
The threat of flood is now -more
prevalent than ever before since a
warming trend with rain is in the
forecast.
Snow damage to property and
livestock in Transylvania is running
high, as roofs, marcpiees, barns,
and other outhouses have caved
under the heavy weight.
Damage to buildings in the urban
areas hasn’t been as extensive as in
ihe rural areas, but it has been bad
enough. Also fortunately, no in
juries have been reported.
Despite the heavy, continuous
'downpour of snow, most of the pri
mary highways in Transylvania
county have been kept open.
Local citizens are high in their
praise of the fine job the street de
partment and the State Highway
crews have done ami are doing in
r moving the ice and snow from,
treets and highways.
With each new snowfall, they be
in work immediately to keep the
streets cleared.
Elks Nominate
Slate, Election
Next Tuesday
New officers for the local Elkjr
lodge were nominated at the last
regular meeting, and the election
will be held next Tuesday night,
March 22nd at the lodge just off
Park Avenue.
Ray Winchester has been nomi
nated as the new exalted ruler, and
other nominations are as follows:
Gene Morris, esteemed leading
knight.
Cleaves Johnson, esteemed loyal:
knight.
Felix Montgomery, Charles CRaze
I'.er, George Gross, lecturing knight.
Marcy Newell, Ray Reidinger,
and Eric Neumann, tyler.
R. F. Colwell, Walter Straus, Peer
Lyda, Ted Seely, trustee (1).
Lehman Kapp, treasurer.
Bernie Maguire, Charles Coward,
and Howard Schmidt, secretary.
Mr. Schmidt, the outgoing exalted
ruler, urges ail Elks to plan to at
tend the election meeting next
Tuesday night. There will also bo
initiation of candidates.
Supper will be served ad the
lodge prior to the meeting, which
will begin promptly at 8:00 o’clock.
Bloodmobile
Visits Here
Wednesday
The American Red Cross Blood
mobile will visit Brevard Wednes
day of next week, setting up in the
Brevard College ‘*63111,” from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
According to Robert Gash, the re
cruitment chairman of Transylvania
county, there is a blood shortage in;
this area caused by continued use
of blood while donors have been
prevented from giving because at
the snow bad road conditions.
Several. Visits by the AshevSSr
bloodmobile to various areas in
Western Carolina have been can
celled recently.
Mr, Gash emphasizes that this,
visit is to receive blood donation*
from local citizens 1
Brevard college 1
Brevard citizens
pint of blood on *