TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricu ltural
and Jfusic Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7.394
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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| TRANSYLVANIA—
I' The Land of Waterfalls
i Mecca for Summer Camps.
Entrance to Pisgah Na
j tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vcl. 71—,No. 21
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES
AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD. N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1960
26 PAGES TODAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DR. EMMETT K. McLARTY, left,
president of Brevard college, is pictured
above congratulating Col. W. Bryan
Moore, of Wadesboro, upon his election
as chairman of the board of trustees. He
succeeds Edwin L. Jones, of Charlotte.
At the right is Allen H. Sims, of Gastonia,
who was elected, vice chairman at last
Friday's spring meeting.
(Times Staff Photo)
m
Highly Successful, Action is
Brevard college Trustees held a
busy spring meeting last Friday at
the local institution.
After hearing several progressive
reports, they decided to launch the
first phase of a $1,605,000 building
program and elected a new chair
men of the board.
President Emmett K. McLarty re
ported to the large group of busi
ness and professional leaders repre
senting many sections of North
Carolina that Brevard college is en
joying one of the most successful
years in its history.
For first time while' he has
been president, the college is dis
counting all bills and is expected to
end the year with a $25,000 excess
in revenue above operational obli
gations.
The institution is looking forward
to another year in 1961-62, and ac
^ cording to the president, more than
1 400 students are again anticipated.
He paid high tribute to the faculty
^ and staff and lauded them on a
“job well-done.”
Col. W. Bryan Moore, of Wades
boro, was elected chairman, and he
succeeds Edwin L. Jones, of Char
lotto, who presided at the meeting.
Both Col. Moore and President Mc
Larty highly complimented the
outstanding work that Mr. Jones
has done as chairman of the board.
The new chairman has been a
trustee of Brevard college since
1944, and he is president of B. C.
Moore and Sons, a chain of depart
ment stores in North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
Other officers elected at the
meeting include Allen Sims, of Gas
tonia, vice chairman; | Clifford
Perry, of Winston-Salem, vice chair
man; and Rev. James B. McLarty,
of Concord, secretary.
L Leslie Grogan, chairman of the
H building committee, presented to
the board a campus plan outlining
i future construction. The first phase
jL will include a science building and
W heating plant to cost $350,000; a
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 26—Bloodmobile
at Legion building, 10:00 to 12:00,
1:00 to 4:00. BPW meets at Co
lonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Masons meet
in Temple 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 28—Primary elec
tion, polls open 6:30 to 6:30. Legion
auxiliary to sponsor Poppy Day.
College recital of town students at
l 3:30 p.m. College Music Dept, con
r cert at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 29 — Attend the
church of your choice. Brevard col
^ lege baccalaureate sermon at Meth
odist church at 11:00 a.jn., com
mencement program at 4:00 p. m.
Baccalaureate sermons at Brevard
and Roman high schools at 8:00
p.m.
Monday, May 30—Memorial Day
services at 10:30 a.m. in Gillespie
Evergreen cemetery. County and
town offices, post office and bank
closed. Rotary meets at Gaither’s at
7:00 pan.
Tuesday, May 31—Ace of clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 1 — Toastmas
ters meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 p.m.
Destroyed By Fire
Citizens Of Community Are
Rebuilding Atwell Home
Representing a number . of Bre- ,
yard organizations and clubs, over
a dozen community leaders met at
Berry’s for a dutch luncheon *<»*.:;
day to discuss rebuilding the At
well home, which was abr"'-' de
stroyed by fire on May 15th.
Rev: Courtney Ross presided over
the informal session and Donald
Lee -Moore was the secretary to the
group.
After free interchange of ideas
and observations, the group voted!
tc give the community an oppor
tunity to help rebuild Bill Atwell’s
home, which is located just off
!bailee road.
A committee was appointed to
make an estimate on the cost of the
project and to promote the project
by giving the people of Brevard and
surrounding area an opportunity to
make contributions in money or
free labor.
Serving with the chairman on
this committee are: Secretary
Moore, C. E. Cochran, Jack Alex
ander, Don Wilson, and John An
derson.
Mr. Moore was also elected
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The Weather
The weather remained hot and
dry this week, with day time read
ings well into the 80s. Precipitation
totaled only .26 of an inch. Daily
readings are as follow.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday_ 89 50 0
Thursday___81 55 .26
Friday_81 52 0
Saturday_ 83 5 8 0
Sunday _ 87 45 0
Monday_ 82 44 0
Tuesday_ 89 48 0
treasurer for the ’'rojecf and all
contributions shoo d be sent to
hint.
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Ross, and
Mr. Anderson were appointed to
tilled the promotion and publicity.
After the meeting, Mr. Cochran,
Mr. Wilson and the chairman pro
ceeded to the Atwell home where
measurements were recorded as a
basis for the estimates. Later Mr.
Cochran reported that the Atweli
home could be rebuilt for $1850,
(Cl 100 for material; $750 for
labor), and a new house construct
ed on the same site for $4400. IE
the community will respond, Mr.
Cochran offered to supervise the
constfuction of the project.
If enough free labor is offered at
convenient times, it is possible that
such can be used at certain stages
of the project.
Through Station WPNF and The
Transylvania Times, the publicity
committee hopes to give the people
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Democrats And Republicans To Vote
In Primary Election This Saturday
Registrars And
Judges For 18
Precincts Listed
A revised list of registrars and
judges for the primary election on
Saturday is announced today by
George : Shuford, chairman of the.
board of elections.
Officials for the 18 precincts in!
the county are as follows:
Boyd — Mrs. Virginia Pitilldj
registrar; Elmer McLean, Dem.
judge; and, Mrs. Wal Mann, Rep.
jtidge.
Brevard No. 1—Nathan McMinn
registrar; Wilson Gregory, Dem
judge; and, Gerald Owen, Rep
judge.
Brevard No. 2—Lawrence Ilipp
registrar; Freeman Galloway, Don: j
judge; and, Luther Ashe, Rep
judge.
Erevan! No. 3—Mrs. Paul Fisher
registrar; Frank Osborne. Dem
judge: and, Coy Fisher, Rep. judge
Brevard No. 4 — Mrs, Marvr
Gaddy, registrar; Ernest Gilstrap
F.jn. judge: and George Wheeler
Rep. judge.
Cathey’s Greek—Mrs. Allie Wal
' f p, registrar;- Ralph Paxton, Dem
judge; and Mack Hamlin, Rep
judge.
Cedar Mountain—Mrs. D. W. Lee
registrar; William Logan, Dem
judge; and Paul Jones, Rep. judge
Dunn’s Rock—Mrs. Lloyd Comp
ton, registrar: Virgil Gillespie, Dem
judge; and Earl Parker, Rep. judge
Eastatoe — Lawrence Whitmire
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Baker Speaks At
Cedar Mountain
GOP Meeting
Robert 0. Baker will be the guest
speaker at a Republican dinner!
meeting to be held at the Cedar;
Mountain Community center Thurs-!
day, May 26th at 7:00 p. m., in an
announcement made today by
Ralph L. Waldrop, chairman of the
GOP executive committee.
Mr. Baker is a candidate for the
county board of education on the
GOP ticket in the November elec
tion. The- dinner meeting is being
sponsored by the GOP Executive
committee. All of the GOP candi
dates for county offices in the No
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“Poppy Day ” Will Be Observed
By Legion Auxiliary, Saturday
Saturday, May 28, will be “Poppy
Day” in Brevard.
The event is sponsored by the
auxiliary of the American legion,
and the theme is “Honor the dead
—aid the disabled.”
The poppies were fashioned by
disabled American veterans, and
Mrs. H. C. Nelson and Mrs. George
Tesnow, co-chairman of “Poppy
Day” issue the following statement:
“Wearing a poppy is the indi
vidual’s tribute to those who died
to keep .America free. A poppy over
the heart shows that we remember
Valentine To Address Brevard
Graduates This Sunday Evening
Rev. Frederick Valentine will ad
dress the graduating class of Bre
vard high school in _the annual
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday
evening, May 29th.
The service, which will begin at
8:00 o’clock, will be held in the J.
B. Jones auditorium.
Mr. Valentine has been rector of
St. Philip’s Episcopal church for
the past several years, and came to
Brevard from West Virginia.
Music for the service will be pro
vided by Miss Carlene Watson, pi
anist, and the high school glee club
under the direction of Mrs. Verne
Hill.
Miss Watson will play “Pomp and
Circumstance” for the processional,
and “March of the Priests” will ba
used for the recessional. The glee
cluib will sing “Beautiful Saviour”
and “Crusader’s Hymn” by Reiger,
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REV. FREDERICK VALENTINE
and are grateful for the supreme
sacrifice made by so many of Amer
ica’s finest men. We hope that
everyone in Transylvania county
will join us in this tribute, this
remembrance, by wearing a me
morial poppy on Poppy Day, this
Saturday.”
Times To Publish
Graduation Issue
Next Thursday
It’s graduation time again in
Brevard and Transylvania coun- j
ty, and next week The Times j
will publish its annual “Salute to
the Grads” issue.
Pictures and write-ups of all
the graduates at Brevard and
Rosman high schools and Brevard
college will be carried in the
issue, and there will be salute
messages from businesses and in
dustries and others.
Since baccalaureate sermons
will be preached here and at
Rosman on Sunday night, there
are stories concerning these
events in this week’s paper. Also,
complete coverage is given to
commencement exercises at the
college, which are slated this
weekend.
The Times staff takes this op
portunity to salute all 1960 grad
uates in the town and county, and
urges them to look forward to
next week’s newspaper.
SAMPLE BALLOT
OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY BALLOT FOR
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
OFFICERS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a
cross (X) mark in the square at the left of his
name.
2. II you tear or deface or wrongly mark this bal
lot, return it to the registrar and get another.
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(Vote' for One)
□ JAMES C. GAITHER
□ WOOD PAXTON
□ JACK H. POTTS
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
(Vote for One)
□ C. M. DOUGLAS
□ JOEL M. HUBBARD
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
(Vote for One)
□ OWEN G. LEE
□ W. F. SHORT
FOR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Vote for Three)
□ R. M. BOYD
□ DEWEY BURTON
Q FREEMAN HAYES
□ C. FEW LYDA
□ DWIGHT L. MOFFITT
FOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Vote for Two)
□ GIL COAN
□ H \RRY F. MORGAN
□ D. S. WINCHESTER
Primary election May 28, 1960.
Chairman Transylvania. County Board of Elections
New Officers Of College
Alumni Group Announced
McPherson New
Conservationist
in Transylvania
Grover C. McPherson has begun
his duties as work unit conserva
tionist for Transylvania county, it
was announced today.
A native of Columbus county, Mr.
ttHBgJ l ulMlWlUimill 1111IIII j U j lOss-: X >
McPherson came to Brevard from
Yadkin county, where he was a soil
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New officers of the Brevard col
lege Alumni association will be
installed at the annual luncheon
heeling Saturday afternoon, begin
ning at 1:00 p.m.
The new officers are as follows:
Julius S. Harrill, Jr,, ’39, Ashe
ville. president: Mrs. H. W. Robert
son (nee Ruby Leftfich), ’40, North
Wilkesboro, vice president; Mrs.
Ben Jones (nee Ethel Tankersley),
44, Asheville, secretary-treasurer;
William Morris, ’44, Asheville, vice
president, Brevard Auxiliary; Miss
Nell Pickens, Weaverville, vice
president, Weaver auxiliary; Dr. E.
II. Nease, Concord, vice president,
Rutherford auxiliary.
Miss Lucile Smith, Miss Dulcie
Hayes and Dr. Burt Loomis, who
are retiring from the Brevard col
lege faculty this year, will be guests
at the luncheon.
Dr. Wayne Kernodle, who gradu
ated from Brevard in ’41, will be
the speaker for the occasion. Dr.
Kernodle is chairman of the De
partment of Sociology and Anthro
pology at the college of William
and Mary.
Special guests at the luncheon
will be former students of the Ep
worth school which was the begin
ning of Brevard Institute. Portraits
of Dr. and Mrs. Fitch Taylor who
founded the school in 1895, will be
presented to President E. K. Mc
Carty, Jr.
Local And State Election Returns
To Be Heard Saturday On WPNF
An election party will be pre
sented Saturday evening over
WFNF by Coleman Tire company,
and all persons are urged to keep
their dials at 1240 for the latest
local and state returns in the pri
mary.
Highlighting the evening’s broad
casts will be the remote reports
from the Brevard court house at
various intervals. State returns will
be broadcast from the station as
they come in over the Associated
Press wire and by other remote
broadcasts.
According to Bobby Hoyle, sta
tion manager, the first remote
broadcast will be heard shortly
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Polls Open From
6:30 To 6:30,
Registration Light
Transylvania voters, bo-th Demo
liat and Republican, will vote in a
primary election here oh Saturday
Interest locally seems to be pri
manly in county races; however
I'lerC is much speculation in the
gubernatorial race.
According to George Shuford,
chairman of Transylvania county
b rtl of elections, registration for
the- primary election was light.
The polls will open at 6:30 ami,
:mo they will close at 6:30 p.m.
According to Mr. Shuford, s ap
plies are being distributed to the
precincts in the town and county,
in the rate for House of Repre
sentatives, incumbent, James C.
'buther, is being opposed by Jack
i if i'otls and Wood Paxton.
C. M. Douglas, incumbent, has as
lbs opposition in the tax collector’s
race. Joel M. Hubbard.
In the Register of Deeds race,
Given G. Lee, incumbent, has W. F.
Short as his opponent.
Incumbents Freeman Hayes,
Dwight Moffitt. and Dewey Burton
are being opposed by R. M. Boyd
and C. Few Lyda, in the county
commissioners race.
Harry F. Morgan is seeking re
election to the county board of edu
cation, and also in the race are Gil
Coan and D. S. Winchester. There
.-.re two vacancies to be filled.
Don A. Lance and Don Y. Wilson,
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Bloodmobile
To Visit
Here Thursday
The American Red Cross Bfoon
mobile will be at the American
Legion building on Thursday, May
26, during the hours of 10:00 to
12:00 and 1:00 to 4:00.
According to Robert T. Gash, lo
cal blood program chairman, the
regional blood center is in despe
rate need of type O blood.
He stated that although other
types of blood are on hand, the
center had only three pints of G
positive and two pints of O nega
tive blood on hand. Because type 0
is the most common type, it is most
in demand, and the supply has
therefore been dangerously de
pleted.
Chairman Gash urges all persons.,
especially those having type G
blood, to donate blood when the
bloodmobile visits here on Thurs
day.
Bloodmobile doctor coverage for
this trip is by members of the
Transylvania County Medical so
ciety.
Memorial Day
Services Set
Next Monday
Special memorial day services
have been planned for Monday
morning, May 30th, at the memorial
plot in Gillespie Evergreen ceme
tery, beginning at 10:30 o’clock.
Sponsored by the American
Legion auxiliary, other participat
ing groups include the American
I.egion, VFW, VFW auxiliary, DAK,
Gold Star Mothers, Army reserves,
and World War I veterans.
The invocation will be -given by
Rev. B. W. Thomason.
According to Mrs. Jack Gillespie,
chairman of the memorial day pro
gram, graves of deceased veterans
throughout Transylvania county
will be decorated [with memorial
flags.
The public is cordially invited to.
attend this special service.
According to Vernon Fullbrlgbt;.
acting postmaster, the Brevard pock
office will be closed on Monday for
the observance of Memorial day.
There will be no delivery of rural
or city mail, however, too general
delivery window at the post office
will be open from 11:30 am, uadi;
12 noon.
Town sod county offices will bs
closed, as will the Weal buk.