TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, Agricu Itural
and J/usic Center. Popula
' tton, 1950 Census, 15,321.
I Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 71—No. 22
! TRANSYLVANIA— ' ;
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The Land of Waterfalls.
1 Mecca for Summer Camps.
I Entrance to Pisgah N»
j tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1960
28 PAGES TODAY
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PRINCIPAL FIGURES at Brevard col
lege commencement exercises last Sun
■ day are pictured above, President Em
™mett K. McLarty is shown in the center
going over the various programs with the j
two main speakers. At the left is Dr.
James G. Huggin, pastor of the First <
Methodist church, of Gastonia, who de
livered the baccalaureate sermon that
morning. The graduation address was
given by Dr. Clarence Raymond Carpen
ter, right, professor of psychology at
Pennsylvania State university.
(Times Staff Photo)
82 Brevard College Students Awarded
Diplomas, Huggin & Carpenter Heard
Diplomas were awarded to the 82
graduates at Brevard college Sun
day afternoon by President Emmett
K. McLarty at graduation exercises
in the Sims Campus center building.
Prior to the awarding of the di
plomas, the graduates heard an in
spiring address on “Search For
Styles of Living” by Dr. Clarence
Raymond Carpenter, professor of
psychology at Pennsylvania State
University.
j Graduation exercises were well
,?Stended Sunday afternoon, and at
11:00 o’clock on Sunday morning,
the graduates heard Dr. James G.
JJuggin, pastor of the First Metho
mst church in Gastonia, deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in the Bre
vard Methodist church.
Music for both occasions was fur
nished by the Brevard College Glee
Club under the direction of Profes
sor Nelson Adams.
Others participating on the pro
gram included Rev. Courtney B.
Ross, pastor of the Methodist
church and Dr. John B. Bennett,
academic dean of Brevard college,
who presented the honors and
awards.
Graduating magna cum laude
were Miss Sharon Cline, of Bel
mont; Miss Celia Hooper, of Can
ten; and Toseph S. Harris, of Ashe
ville.
Gradu ting cum laude were Miss
Dinah f rden, of Concord; Miss
Setty Hornaday, of Asheville; Joe
taker, of Concord; Miss Nancy
Poley, of Charlotte; Miss Patncia
Pruitt, of Brevard; Miss Lind"
Slider, of Asheville; Miss Jo Ann
Shouse, of Pfafftown; and Max Wal
ser, of Lexington.
The Olin Mathieson scholarship
award went to Joseph Harris. This
award is in the amount of $400 per
year at the school of his choice, re
newable the second year.
The Morton citizenship award
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, June 2—Kiwanis meets
at Gaither’s at 6:45 p.m. Lions meet
at Colonial Inn at 7:00 p.m. Jay
cettes meet at Colonial Inn at 7:00
p.m. Open house for eighth graders
at Teen Age center at 7:30 p.m.
•Saturday, June 4—Old Fort vs.
Ol'in Mathieson at Camp Straus,
3:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 5 — Attend the
church of your choice. Camp Straus
opens for 1960 season at 2:00 p.m.
Monday, June 6—Rotary meets at
Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m. Brevard high
graduation exercises at 8:00 p.m.
Teen Age dance at Legion building
at 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 7—Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 pm. Eastern Star
meets at 8:00 pm.
Wednesday, June 8 — Jaycees
I meet at Gaither's at 6:30 pm.
8,900 Acres Involved
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Cosby Sells Lake Toxaway
[ Property To City Investment |
, Approximately 8,900 acres owned
by D. H. Cosby, Inc., and operated
as Cosby Choir camp, has been sold
to City Investment corporation, of
Richland county, South Carolina,
for $475,000. This area includes the
old Toxaway lake site and many
scenic waterfalls in the upper end
of Transylvania county.
This property was purchased in
1955, by D. H. Cosby, Inc., of Boca
Raton, Florida. Mr. Cosby and his
associates restored a number of the
buildings and improved the prop
erty and the first session of an in
terdenominational summer choir
training session was held in 1956.
City Investment corporation lists
D. W. Boyd as president and
Susan Faire Boyd as vice president.
According to instruments recorded
in the register of deeds office in
the Transylvania county court
house, the copipany will make sur
veys as to the feasibility of re
storing Lake Toxaway.
Lake Toxaway was a leading re
sort area in the early 1900’s and
enjoyed a number of successful
years of operation until August,
1916, when the dam was washed out.
The years that followed saw
many legal battles in the courts
I
over the damages of the resulting
flood. Old Toxaway Inn was allow
ed to run down for lack of repair
but the area has attracted many
tourists over the years.
In 1948, Toxaway Falls was used
as the background for the filming
of the motion picture “Tap Roots,”
and again in 1958, a scene from
“Thunder Road” was filmed at the
falls.
Voting Heavy In Democratic Primary,
Upsets Noted, Morgan Polls Most Votes
County's School
System Has 147
Faculty Members
The faculty of the county’s 10 j
schools consists of 147 teachers and'
principals, plus a school supervisor,
guidance counselor, and superin
tendent of public instruction.
Of this number 94 of them teach |
in the seven elementary schools and
t>3 in the high schools.
With a staff of 31 the Brevard!
elementary school has the largest
number. Bosnian elementary is sec-j
end with 19,
There arc 27 members of the fc.c-j
tilty of Brevard high and 12 at Ron-!
man. Brevard junior high has 14 j
teachers.
The number of teachers is de
termined by the average daily at- j
tendance.
Hoyle Will Head
Merchants Group
Bobby Hoyle, manager of radio
station WPNF, was elected chair
man of the merchants division of
the Brevard Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting Monday night, suc
ceeding Eddie Varner,
Other officers elected were Leon
Shook, co-chairman; Mrs. John
Ford, secretary; and, Mrs. John
Reece Sledge, treasurer.
Committee chairmen and mem
bers of their committees appointed
at Monday’s meeting are, as follow;
Sales Promotion: J. E. Smith, chair
man, Ben Patterson and .Leon
Shook; Christmas parade: Mrs. John
Reece Sledge and Mrs. John Ford,
co-chairmen; Eugene Morris, Eddie
Varner and Police £hief W. S.
Thurston; Christmas lighting: Dan
Hawkins, chairman, Tom Henry,
Mrs. J. A. Macfie and Jack Bryant;
Santa Claus and Christmas music:
Charles B. Disher, chairman; John
Reece Sledge, Miss Jeanette Austin
and Miss Juanita Ward.
The merchants made plans for a
town-wide sidewalk sale to be held
on July 7, 8, and 9. This is the pro
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American Red Cross Aquatic
School Opens At Camp Carolina
The first session of the Red
Cross Aquatic school will get un
derway at Camp Carolina on
June 7th and will run through
June 17th.
Harry Kenning, Jacksonville,
Fla., who has been associated
with the school for approximately
25 years, will be the director. Ellis
Fysol, from the Asheville Red
Cross office, who has also been
connected with this program for
many years, will be the assistant
director.
A capacity enrollment of 150
persons is expected for the 10
day course, which will include
instruction in water safety, life
saving and first aid.
The school is open to anyone
18 years of age or older, male or
female, who has completed re
quirements for a senior lifesav
ing certificate or has equivalent
ability. The fee for the entire
course is $60.00.
The second session of the
Aquatic school is scheduled for
August 15th through 25th, im
mediately following the summer
camping session of Camp Caro
lina.
DEMOCRATS, polling the high
est votes in last Saturday’s pri
mary, are pictured in this layout.
At top left is Harry Morgan, who
had 2,137 votes in the board of
education race. He was nominated
along with' D. S. Winchester. C.
Few Lyda, who led in the com
missioner’s race, had 2,032, and
he is pictured in the top row,
right. R. M. “Bob” Boyd and
Dwight Moffitt were also nomi
nated. C. M. Douglas, above, left,
polled 1,938 votes to defeat Joel
M. Hubbard for tax collector, and
above is Owen Lee, who had
1,913 votes to win over W. F.
Short. At the left is Jack Potts,
who was high man in the House
of Representatives race.
Swimming Pool Being Readied
Brevard's Franklin Park swim
ming pool is being readied for the
swimming season by the town main
tenance men, according to Town
Manager Tom Henry.
Patching of the pool bottom,
painting of the pool, clean up and
mowing of the park area are some
of the major work details.
Plans are being made to open
the pool at noon on Monday, June
6th, after school closes.
The three life guard attendants
selected to operate the pool are
Page Best, Tommy Hall and Char
les Norlander.
“The Brevard Rotary club pur
chased barbecue grills and picnic
tables which they placed in the park
last season. The public is invited to
use these facilities there; and it is
our hope that the town, Rotary
club, other civic clubs and interest
ed persons will add to these facili
ties,” Mr. Henry said.
OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS FROM PRIMARY IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY ON MAY 28TH
Gaither
Paxton
Potts_
59
53
63
208
94
184
205
74
192
150
80
239
134
82
109
104
102
136
42
42
45
28
42
67
1
30
26
2
7
12
4
16
6
13
39
43
9
24
11
3
5
11
34
6
16
61
31
125
58
42
41
1121
773
1329
Tax Collector
Douglas _
Hubbard
117
58
315j 256
1671 216
306
163
240
84
187
158
100
33
61
70
3
55
7
13
22
5
55j 15
44j 30
15
2
44
11
105
118
83
62
1938
1294
Register of Deeds
Short
Lee _
97
77
201
282
187
272
213
257
169j 74
149 265
43
87
51
87
12
46
3
18
13
13
!5j
83 36
10
8
40
13
94
134
62
80
1295
1913
County Commissioners
Hayes
Moffitt
Lyda
Burton_
Boyd_
106
91
131
54
86
265
314
354
188
257
239
252
274
202
300
259
239
289
171
329
212
176
265
108
169
168
248
180
142
218
8
4
12
2
5
78
82
94
51
66
59
32
43
122
93
i2
45
43
22
57
10
11
15
4
15
14
24
10
12
18
47
60
38
60
71
25
32
28
24
24
15
6
10
10
2
35
42
34
25
23
101
49
172
57
128
50
65
40
106
103
1693
1772
2032
1860
1964
Board of Education
Morgan
Winchester
Coan
129
89
86
298
284
287
300
316
207
288
287
233
176
165
219
260
251
92
72
85
76
125
86
30
46
40
7
11
11
10
16
23
12
74
51
42
28
30
25
6
9
10
35
30
30
146
109
118
124
120
26
Gaither 1$ Still
Undecided About
Run-Off Race
Transylvania Democrats, more
than 3.000 in number, turned oat
j:i the Primary election in the tora
and county last Saturday and nomi
nated candidates for county, state
and congressional posts.
Voting was heavier than antid
I ated, except in the Republican pri
n-ny in which there were only '281
voters participating.
As in other Western North Caro
lina counties there were a number
of upsets locally.
Jack Potts, lire void attorney, de
feated incumbent James C. Gaither,
vyith a vote of 1,329 to 1,121. Wood
Paxton, the third candidate in the
i ace, polled 773.
At noon on Wednesday, Mr. Gai
ther was undecided as to calling a
run-off.
incumbents, Freeman Hayes and
Dewey Burton, were unseated in
the Board of Commissioners. The
oi her member of the board, Dwight
Moffitt, ran third, and he was
nominated along with C. Few Lyds
and R. M. “Bob” Boyd.
l/yda had 2,032 votes; Boyd,
1,904; Moffitt, 1,772; Hayes. 1,683,
and Burton, 1,360.
In other local races the incum
bents were victorious.
: C. M. Douglas, tax collector, was
; renominated with a vote of 1,838
to 1,294 for Joel M. Hubbard.
Owen G. Lee, register of deeds,
defeated W. F. Short by a vote of
1,913, to 1,295.
Harry F. Morgan, member of the
county board of education, polled
the highest number of votes in the
j election with 2,137. Nominated to
I fiil the other vacancy was D. S.
[Winchester, also of Bosnian, who
' had 1,993. Gil Coan ran third high
with 1,510.
Don Y. Wilson, Jr., was nomi
nated for constable of Brevard
township over Don A. Lance. The
vote was 1,264 to 540.
Other Hates
Transylvania voters gave Terry
j Sanford a majority over iris three
j opponents in the gubernatorial
! race. The vote was as follows:
Sanford—1,594
[ Lake—-853
| Seawell—407
Larkins—246
David M. McConnell' ran high in
the Democratic lieutenant gover
nor’s race in Transylvania. He had
1,296, while his opponents polled 1
the following votes:
Philpott—916
Henkel—577
For associate justice of supreme
court, Transylvanians nominated
Clifton L. Moore. He had 1,748
votes, while his opponent, William
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Two County Roads
To Be Improved,
Costs $47,000.
The State Highway HrmTnvrnwr
has approved and set up funds far
improvements to two Transylvania
county roads.
Grading, draining end base
course is scheduled on 1.90 miles of
road 1114 (Barclay road), from US
276 to road 1113;»and, grading,
draining, base course and paving
with bituminous surface treatment
is scheduled on 0.60 mile of road
1516 (Buck McCall road), from US
64 to road 1612.
Estimated cost of the improve
ments is $47,000.
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The Weather
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A week of partly cloudy ant'
mostly hot summer weather was
recorded. Thunder showers brought
.91 of an inch of precipitation dat
ing the week. Daily readings an as
follow
High Low rraa
Wednesday_ 72 53 ,0g
Thursday_ 71 53 g
Friday.76 59
Saturday
Sunday
Monday_n «r mt .....
.Tuesday_ 82 ao •