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
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TRANSYLVANIA—
i The Land of Waterfalis.
Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
! tional Forest and ffome^ff
j Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 71—No. 12
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BREVARD, N. C-, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, I960 * 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKL Y
PRINCIPAL FIGURES at the 100
Bushel Corn club banquet last Friday
night in the cafeteria of Straus school in
North Brevard are'pictured above. At the
le'ft is Ralph J. Duckworth, vice-president
of the First Union National bank here in
Brevard, who presented the prizes. They
were made possible by the local bank.
Hugh N. Lambert, the state corn growing
champion, who made the principal ad
dress, is next in line. Standing next to him
is Clyde Summey, of the Cathey’s Creek
community club, who received the plaque
for the community center for having the
highest yield 'produced in their organized
area. At the right is James Arthur Whit
mire, of the Rosman Future Farmers
chapter, who won the junior division
title. See story on page eight.
(Extension Staff Photo)
Transylvania County Farmers Are Now
Signing Up For 1960 ACP Practices
Transylvania county fanners are
eligible to participate in the 1960
Agricultural Conservation program
and farmers are signing up now to
carry out spring practices under
this national program of soil and
water conservation, Marvin W.
Whitmire, chairman of the Transyl
vania county Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation committee
said today.
To sign up, the farmer only has
to contact the local ASC office. In
tr'i signing up under the 1960 ACP to
carry out soil and water conserva
tion practices, he does not obligate
himself in any way; but he does
*3 become the key participant in a
farmer - government partnership
which can mean much for the fu
ture strength of our agriculture.
The ACP for 1960 is a flexible
program that can be tailored to fit
the conservation needs of most
every farm in Transylvania county,
Mr. Whitmire says. This flexibility
that really meets the conservation
needs of farmers was brought about
through the combined efforts of the
Soil Conservation service, the For
est service, the Extension service
and the ASC.
Under the 1959 ACP, 800 farm
ers in Transylvania county joined
hands with taxpayers to strengthen
the nation’s soil and water re
sources. According to Mr. Whit
mire, the fact that there are now
ample supplies of all major foods
to meet our domestic and export
needs is an indication of the effec
tiveness of the program in which
Vjthe farmers and the nation share
V the cost of practices which protect
the nation’s food and fiber-produc
ing ability.
Farmers, who cooperate with this
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, March 24—League of
Women voters meet at Gaither’s at
10:30 a.m. Family night at Brevard
Methodist church, 6:30 p.m. BPW
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Masons meet in masonic temple at
8:00 p.m.
Friday, March aS^Science Fair
at NYA' Hut, 3:00-5:00 p.m., 7:00
9:00 p.m. Ace of Clubs meets at
k 8:00 p.m.
V7 Saturday, March 26—Schools in
session. Spring dance at Legion
building, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 27—Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, March 28—Legion aux
iliary supper at legion building,
6:30 p.m. Rotary meets at Gaither's
at 7:00 pm Music club meets at
Mrs. Emmett McLarty’s at 8:00
p.m.
Tuesday, March 29—Gold Star
Mothers meet at 2:00 p.m. Ace of
Clubs meets at 8:00 pjp.
First Annual
Public Invited To Attend
Science Fair This Friday
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The public is cordially invited to
attend the first Science Fair of the
Transylvania school system.
It is being staged on Friday of
this week in the NYA hut, adjacent
to the junior high school on Broad
street.
According to N. A. Miller, Jr.,
supervisor of instruction, many stu
dents are entering projects in the
event.
The hours of the fair will be from
3:00 until 5:00 in the afternoon, and
The Weather
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A mixture of weather; sleet,
snow, low temperatures, and wind
was recorded during the last week
of winter, and as spring officially
arrived, temperatures remained un
der normal spring readings. Total
snow and sleet for the week was
1.10 inches. Total melted precipita
tion was 1.27 inches. Daily readings
are as follow.
High Low.Prec.
Wednesday
Thursday -
Friday_
Saturday _.
Sunday _
Monday
Tuesday
38 29 0
54 30 1.10
53 29 0
42 17 0
42 20 0
39 16 0
57 33 .17
fic«Hi:00 until 9:00 that evening.
The Science Fair is for students
in grades six through the 12th,
however,'students below the grade
of sixth are entering.
Participation certificates will be
awarded to a 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
cal and Biological.
Kitvanis Club To
Reserve Unit, Jun
Organization of a police reserve
unit, and also a junior police unit
will be sponsored by Brevard Ki
wanis club here, it was voted at the
meeting Thursday night attended
by some 50 members and visitors.
Other civic clubs will be asked to
join in the movement as soon as de
tails are worked out.
The police reserve unit will have
for its purpose the training of se
lected men to act in emergencies,
and also to serve for at least eight
hours each month, without pay as
W. F. Short Is A Candidate For
Office Of Register Of Deeds
W. F. Short, a well-know resi
dent of Brevard for the past 33
years, announces today that he will
be a candidate for the office of
register of deeds in the Democratic
primary on May 28.
His announcement follows:
“I hereby announce my candidacy
for the register of deeds subject to
the wishes of the voters in the
Democratic primary, May 28. I was
born and reared in Southwest
Georgia, graduated froin high
school, and Georgia Military Col
lege.
“For the past 32 years I have
woiked for the Carr Lumber com
pany, Pisgah Forest, and for the
past seven months for Carr Build
ers Supply and for the Henry Carr
Lumber company, and Al’s Drive-In.
“My business experience is in the
field of payroll, corporation book
—Turn U Pa*e Four
W. F. SHORT
Ecusta Paper Division Has Record
Of Two Million Hours Without Injury
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Census Forms
Being Mailed
During Week
Brevard’s share of sixty million
copies of the four-page advance
census questionnaire (6,000 copies,
one for each family) will be de
livered this week according to Ver
non Fullbright, acting postmaster.
Each family is to fill out the
form before the arrival of the
census taker, due after April 1 to
'copy the information on forms of
his own. The idea behind the mail
delivery is to give everyone time to
provide accurate information.
Questions are asked about all resi
dents of the dwelling, and about
anyone who stayed overnight
Thursday, March 31. Additional
questions are asked about housing
facilities. The census will be com
pleted by the end of April.
Jet Planes Are
Making Tests
Over County
Twin-engined jet aircraft from
Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter,
S. C., began Wednesday another
round of low level test flights for
ir turbulence over parts of South
arolina, North Carolina and Geor
gia.
Similar flights were made for
the first time last year. They will
"entinue through April 8.
The Air Force said elevations of
from 200 to 1.000 feet will be flown
to test air turbulence at this time
of year.
Flight patterns will be from Shaw
in a point south of Kershaw, S. C.;
from the meeting of the Carolinas
and Georgia state lines near Bre
vard, to near Clayton, and a parallel
path 10 miles southeast of that one;
west to east along the Carolinas
coast from south of Lake Wacca
maw to near Carolina Beach; from
Little River Inlet to north of Cape
Fear River, and 20 miles off Myrtle
Beach eastward over the ocean for
about 25 miles.
The same routes were used last
year.
Sponsor Police
ior Policemen
assistants to the regular city police
men.
Junior policemen will do such
work as the traffic group is now
taking care of in the schools, and do
other work of civic nature that
comes up. The boys will be mem
bers of the junior policemen’s club,
and while they will have no official
status in law enforcement, they will
come under sponsorship of the re
serve adult unit.
Chief W. S. Thurston, of the Bre
vard Police department, organized
two such units in Georgia where he
was chief of police. He told mem
bers of the club that people were
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Annual Commerce
Banquet Tickets
Now On Sale
A total of 101 tickets for the an
nual Brevard chamber of commerce
banquet had been sold by noon on
Wednesday, according to Mrs. John
Ford, the executive secretary.
The event will be held on Friday,
April 8th, in the cafeteria of the
new Brevard senior high school.
The principal speaker will be
James Q. Du Pont, of Wilmington,
Delaware, an official of the E. I.
Du "Pont de Nemours company.
Mrs. Ford urges the members of
the chamber of commerce to pur
chase the banquet tickets or to re
turn them so they might be offered
to the public for sale. They may be
secured *from her office at the li
brary for $2.00 each.
FEEDING INSIDE THE DEN at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Bridges, of Ma'ple street, are grosbeaks and
purple finches, which are the rarest oi birds in North
America. They flew in with the recent snow, and found
an eating place at the Bridges home. The usual habitat
is far northwest, and they are seldom seen below north
ern Michigan and the northwestern states. During the
past three weeks,'some 50 to 100 birds have been eating
the sunflower seeds that have been placed out by Mrs.
Bridges and other residents along Maple street.
(Austin Studio Photo)
Political Tempo Increases,
Election Board Appointed
Dr. Truesdail
To Speak At
Chemical Meet
Dr. John H. Truesdail, plant man
ager of Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation’s Pisgah Forest film
plant, will be guest speaker at the
March meeting of the Western
North Carolina Chemical Engineers
club this Thursday, March 24, at
6:30 p.m. at the S & W Cafeteria in
Asheville.
His topic will be “Cellophane—A
Packaging Rim.”
Dr. Truesdail joined the Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation in
1P51 as manager of the sales de
partment technical service section
in New York. He served in that ca
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Pre-election machinery is being
geared for the May primary and the
November election in Brevard and
Transylvania county.
Members of the county board of
election have been appointed by
the State Board of Elections on
recommendations from the county
executive committees of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties.
Democrats George Shuford and
Bennet Jones and Republican Eu
gene King were named to the Tran
sylvania board.
They will be sworn into office
before the Clerk of Superior Court
Marvin McCall on Saturday, March
26, at 12 noon.
Chairman Shuford reports today
that he will open the election board
c-ffice on Friday of this week, and
candidates have until noon on Fri
day, April 15th, to file.
Offices to be voted on this year
in Transylvania are: House of Rep
resentatives; Tax Collector; County
Commissioners; Register of Deeds;
and, Board of Education, two
vacancies.
The primary election is set for
May 28th, and the books for reg
istration will be open for three Sat
urdays, beginning April 30, in the
various polling places.
GOP Convention
The Republican executive com
mittee has called a county conven
tion for Saturday, April 2, at 2:00
o’clock here in the court house.
According to Chairman Ralph L.
Waldrop, the purpose of the con
vention will be for nominating a
slate of candidates for the follow
ing' offices: Representative, Board
of Commissioners, Board of Educa
tion, Register of Deeds and Tax Col
lector. He urges all Republicans
and prospective candidates to be
present.
Program Highlightg
Reports From Baseball Camps
Being Heard Each Evening, WPNF
With the advent of spring, the
traditionally sunny southland has (
become a battleground for early
skirmishes in the annual fight for
first place in the baseball world.
All 16 teams in both the National
and American leagues have gone
into action against each other in the
first exhibition gaimes of the year.
Each evening, Monday through
Saturday at 6.20 pjn., WPNF of
fers a complete rundown on major
league activity, with the day’s
scores, outstanding rookies, and re
ports on all the teams in general.
Other Programs
Schedule for the Farm and Home
hour is as follows: Thursday, Soil
conservation service; Friday, A.S.C.t
Marvin W. Whitmire; Monday,
county agent; Tuesday, station pro
gram; Wednesday, home agent.
Appearing of the Civic Hour are
the following: Friday, DAR; and
Monday, Kiwanis cluib.
Speaking this week on Morning
Devotions is Rev. Ben Ormand, pas
tor of the Brevard Davidson-River
Presbyterian church. Next week
—Tun U Fage Eight
Department Of
Loom Room Has
Top Achievement
Newbury Says Theme “Bet
ter Safety In The Six
# ties” Being Stressed
A record erf 2 000,000 man-hours
without a disabling injury was
achieved by the Ecusta Paper divi
sion of Olin Mathieson Chemical
corporation at 12:00 midnight on
March 21, according to H. E. New
bury, safety supervisor.
The accident-free period of 237
days, beginning July 28, 1959, in- ‘
vcives approximately 1550 employ
ees. One of the division’s depart
ments with 100 employees, has not
experienced a lost time injury in
over 20 years.
This department is the Loom
room, which has a record ol 7,445
days without a disabling injury.
World Hecord Set
This is the host record experienc
ed by Ecusta since it set a world’s
record for lightweight paper mills
on May 14, 1954, with 3,190,170 •
man-hours without a disabling in
jury.
One of the country’s largest man-, , ,
ufaefurers of cigarette papers.
Ecusta also produces a complete
line of lightweight printing papers
plus specialty products for the to
bacco industry.
Mr. Newbury said that in meet
ings last year «f the general safety
committee, it was . agreed that the
Ecusta Paper division would adopt
a goal of “Better Safety in the
Sixties.” This was publicized in ma
T —Tom to Page Four
Spring Vacation
Begins Saturday..
At The College
Spring vacation at Brevard col
lege will begin Saturday at nopn.
Classes will resume Monday morn
ing, April 4.
During the seven week period be
tween spring vacation and Com
mencement on May 29, the college
calendar carries a crowded sched
ule of events of interest to both the
college and the community as m
whole.
PrecegistratioD for students, who
plan to return next fall, wilt be held
—Tom to Page Flee
Closing Dates
Of Schools
Changed Again
The closing dates of schools in
Transylvania have been changed
again because of the day lost last
week due to the sleet and snow.
Brevard schools and others in dis
trict 1 will close on June 6th, while
Rosrnan and those in district 2 will
end the 1959-X50 term of June 1st
Transylvania students will go to
school on the following Saturdays
in order to make up time lost:
March 26; April 2 and 23; and, May
7 and 21. They will also attend
classes on Good Friday, April 15,
and Easter Monday.
Ramsey And Hill
Law Firm Now
In New Location
' The law firm of Ramsey and Hill
is now in its new location in the
Legal building, opposite the church
of the Nazarene on Gaston street
The modern building contains
offices for Attorneys Ralph H. Ram
sey, Jr. and Cecil J. Hill, and their
associate, John K. Smart
Also included in the fireproof
structure are a lobby, receptionist
office, offices for the secretaries,
a library, a tax room and work
room. -
The building was erected by
Riley Merrill, contractor, and 11 was
designed by aachitoet Henry Mc
Donald.