TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 16,102.
Brevard Community 8,500.
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Vol. 71 — No. 35
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BREVARD, N, C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1960 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PRICE 7c
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
; THE TRAINING CENTER
; of the Brevard Fire depart
! ment, which is located on the
| Illahee road, adjacent to the
Country club property, will be
the scene of much activity all
next week. More than 200 fire
men from the WNC 22-county
area will come here for a
week’s training session. Spon
sored by the Western North
Carolina Firemen’s association,
the event will offer instruc
tions in all phases of fire fight
ing. In the scene above the ob
[ servation towers, the fire-proof
building and the oil pit can be
j noted, and at the left is the
newly constructed assembly
hall for lecture classes.
(Photos by Russell)
Many Visitors Expected In County
During The Labor Day Observance
The Labor Day weekend in
Brevard and Transylvania will
be quietly observed, and present
indications point to a record
#n umber of visitors in the area.
Most of Brevard’s stores will
be closed on Monday, as will
jtown and county offices, the
iibank and the post offices
According to Vernon Full
bright, the acting postmaster,
there will be no rural or city
delivery of gaail. Specials, how
ever. will be delivered, and the
general delivery window will be
open from 11:30 until noon.
The September meeting of the
Transylvania board of commis
sioners has been postponed from
Monday morning until Tuesday
morning because of the Labor
ay observance, and the board of
aldermen meeting is slated for
Monday night at 7:30 o’clock as
usual.
Many picnickers and sight
seers are expected in the Pis
gah National forest, Ranger Ted
Seely reports and he predicts
^that all of the recreational areas
“will be filled to capacity.
Jim Davis, president of the
Brevard Rotary club, announces
^hat the Rotarians will not meet
Monday night for their regular
weekly meeting because of the
holiday. Visiting Rotarians in
Transylvania can pick up their
make-up cards that evening at
Gaither’s.
Patrolmen Bill Sawyer and
Charlie Capell urges all motor
ists to drive with extreme cau
tion over the holiday, which is
one of the most dangerous
periods on the highways.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, September 1 — Ki
wanis mets at Gaither’s at 6:45
p. m. Lions meet at Colonial
'fftlnn at 7:00 p. m. Masons meet
at Masonic Temple at 7:30 p. m,
Friday, September 2 — Ros
man vs East Yancey, Brevard
field, 8:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, Stpember 4 — Attend
the church of your choice.
Monday, September 5 — Labor
Day. Ace of Clubs Annual Har
vest Tournament, 2:00 and 8:00
p. m
Tuesday, September 6—Eas
tern Star meets at Masonic Tem
ple at 8:00 p. m. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, September 7—
WOW meets in Woodmen Hall
at 8:00 p. m. Workshop confer
ence begins at Brevard college.
Andersons Abroad
Report Is Received From
Denmark, Warm Welcome
(Editors note: The publish
er of this paper and her daugh
ter Stella Anderson are mem
bers of the East-West Study
Mission being conducted by
the National Editorial Associa
tion. This is the first of a series
of articles being written from
capitals of Europe.)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
(Special) More than 50 members
of the National Editorial Assoc
iation, departing from New York
on the “Cinderella” flight just
after midnight, Thursday, open
ed their eyes Friday morning to
view the magic land of Hans
Christian Anderson after a
smooth flight over Scandina
Vian Airlines System’s, jet flight
to start the East-West Study Mis
sion which will carry them into
a number of capitals including
Moscow.
Friendly Welcome
The warm and friendly wel
come the members of the study
mission party received as soon as
they deplaned, took away the
chill of the cold rain. Each per
son was presented a pin in Dan
ish porcelain, from the Prime
Minister of Denmark, Viggo
Kampmann, with a message in
which he said, “Welcome to Den
mark! We are happy to see you
here because we are always hap
py to see good friends.” It was
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0-M Officials
Promoted
Promotion of five executives
of Olin Mathieson Chemical cor
poration was announced today
by Stanley de J. Osborne, presi
dent and chief executive officer.
N. Harvey Collison, formerly
corporate vice president in
charge of the _ Metals division,
has been appointed senior vice
president and chairman of the
staff committee.
Milton L. Herzog succeeds Mr.
Collisson as vice president and
general manager of the Metals
division. Mr. Herzog had been
a corporate vice president and
general manager for operations
of the division.
Richard M. Furlaud has been
named vice president and gen
eral manager of the corpora
tion’s International division,
succeeding Henry A. Arnold who
has been named a senior advisor
I of the corporation and continues
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Enrollment
In Schools
Is Down
After the first five days of
school, enrollment in the Tran
sylvania system shows a decrease
of 68 from last year’s figures.
Supt. Wayne Bradburn reports
today.
During September last year,
there were 4,083 students enrol
led in the town and county
schools, and today the figure is
4,015.
. However, enrollment is expect
ed to increase as families return
from vacation during the coming
weeks.
Mr. Bradburn also reports
that there are 124 state allotted
teachers in Transylvania schools
and 12 special teachers.
In the following paragraphs,
the first figure represents the
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A CHECK FOR $10,000 is being i
presented to Wayne Bradburn, left, I
superintendent of the Transylvania
school system, by Phillip C. Brownell,
right, vice president and manager,
Ecusta paper and film division of the
Olin Mathieson Chemical corporation
at Pisgah Forest, for the advanced
science education program.
jOlin Mathieson Grants $10,000 To
Schools For Advanced Science Work
i
Superintendent of Transyl
vania County Schools C. Wayn<
Bradburn announces today tha
the board of education had re
eeived the $10,000 grant fron
Olin' Mathieson Chemical cor
poration for the advanced scienc<
education program which wai
reported earlier this year.
Mr. Bradburn also announced
that Dorothy W. Gifford, the
teacher especially selected loi
the course, had the program ir
progress at Brevard high schoo:
with 26 students from Rosrnar
and Brevard high schools al
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Annual Workshop Conference At
Brevard College Opens Wednesday
The annual workshop con
ference for the Brevard college
faculty and staff will be held
on the campus, beginning on
Wednesday, Sept. 7th, and
continuing through the 10th.
According to President Em
mett K. McLarty, student lead
ers will join with the faculty
and staff for the event.
The conference will open
with a supper, at which
time Dr. McLarty will speak
BREVARD SCOUTS Tom Mitchell,
left, and Don Moore, right, are pic
tured above in their uniforms and
with the packs they carried on the re
cent 12-day camping experience at
Philmont Boy Scout ranch, near
Cimarron, New Mexico. They are
holding deer antlers which they col
lected on the trip. Further details
on their trip arc included in an ad
joining story. (Times Staff Photo)
on the theme of the workshop:
‘The Place of a Christian Col
lege in Higher Education.”
Dr. John Bennett, dean of
the college, will preside over
the supper meeting.
One of the principal speak
ers at various sessions of the
conference will be Dean John
W. Johannaher, of Scaritt col
lege, Nashville, Tenn.
“The picture for the school
year looks good” Dr. McLarty
reported this week.
Faculty members total 30,
. which is the largest number
in the history of the school,
and the president reports that
the number of returning stud
ents is also the largest ever.
Brevard college will open
for the 1960-’61 term on Sept.
14th, and classes wifi begin on
the following day.
Two Scouts
Return From
New Mexico
Two Brevard. Boy Scouts, mem
bers of Troop 701, have returned
from a two weeks visit to Phil
mont, Ae National Boy Scout
ranch located near Cimarron,
New Mexico.
Tom Mitchell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas R. Mitchell, Jr., and
Don Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Lee Moore, accompanied
22 scouts of Explorer Post 24,
of Asheville.
The group, along with adult
leader J. G. Heatherington, left
Asheville by bus on August 2nd,
and arrived at the ranch on Aug
ust 5th. They spent the nights
at various Armed Force bases
and in YMCA’s.
Upon their arrival at Philmont
the scouts prepared for 12 day:
of camping and hiking, all <*
which was actually done on tb
ranch, at an elevation highe
than Mt. Mitchell.
Many times on their hike:
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Work To Begin
Approval Given To New
Science building, College
Presbyterian
Men To Meet
On Sept. 12
The Men’s Club of the Pres
byterian church will meet in the
club rooms of the church at
6:30 o’clock Monday, September
12th.
Dr. John R. Cunningham, di
rector of the Presbyterian Foun
dation will be the guest speak
er.
Dr. Cunningham is the former
president of Davidson College.
His subject will be “Christian
Wills.”
As this is the annual ladies
night, a large attendance is ex
pected.
Lions Meeting
Thursday
Bob Andrews will be in charge
of the program at the regular
semi-monthly meeting of the
Brevard Lions club on Thursday
night at the Colonial Inn.
Meeting time is 7:00 o’clock,
and President W. M. Melton
urges all Lions to attend. 1
Formal approval was given last
Friday by a joint meeting of the
building and grounds and the ex
ecutive committees of Brevard
College to proceed with secur
ing bids on the new science
building President Emmett K.
McLarty announces today.
Plans and specifications were
presented by the architect, H. C
McDonald, Jr., for both the
science building and the athletic
fields, and both, were given ap
proval.
The new science building will
contain six laboratories, five
storage and preparation rooms,
three class rooms, seven offices,
a greenhouse, an animal room
and facilities for expansion
when additional facilities are
needed.
The athletic fields will con
tain three all-weather tennis
courts, one of the finest all
weather tracks in the south, a
baseball field with masonry dug
outs, an intermural athletic field
and all-weather runways for
pole vault and broad jump.
The architect was instructed
to proceed with drawings and
specifications for the new ath
letic building and gymnasium
with as much dispatch as possi
ble. A topographical map will
be drawn of the entire athletic
area, and upon its completion
work will commence at once on
the tennis court and track instal
lation.
Program Highlights
Famous Southern 500 Race
To Be Heard On WPNF Mon.
The world famous Southern
500 race will be aired over
WPNF on Monday, according to
Bill Hancock, program director
of the local station.
Air time is 10:40 o’clock a- m.,
for this Labor Day classic, as
WPNF joins more than 200 oth
er radio stations from coast-to
coast and armed services over
seas network.
The race, presented locally by
McCrary Auto service and Wil
son’s Radiator and Tire shop,
features a starting line-up of 50
late model stock cars for 500
, grueling miles that test the
i stamina of both men and ma
■ chines.
i In case of rain at Darlington,
r S. C., site of the event, the race
will be re-scheduled for the first
i, clear date following Labor Day
Mr. Hancock concludes.
Other Programs
Organizations scheduled to
have the Civic Hour programs
during the coming week are the
following: Friday, the Rotary
club; Monday, the Lions club;
and, Wednesday, the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Speaking on Morning Devo
tions this week is the Rev. Dan
Wallen, pastor of the Cherryfield
Baptist church. Scheduled to
speak next week is the Rev. Ben
F. Ormand, pastor of the Bre
vard - Davidson River Presby
terian church.
Sunday morning church ser
I vices during the month of Sep
tember will be broadcast through
the remote facilities of WPN1
from the Brevard Methodis
church, where the paster is th
I Rev. Courtney B. Ross.
Welcome Issued,
Salley & Dalton
Are In Charge
Over 200 firemen will gather
here next week to attend .a trail
ing school, sponsored by Weak
er n North Carolina Fireraaafr
Association.
Seventy departments of th*
22 county, area will be repre
sented. Personnel will include
both professional and volunteer
firefighters.
E. M. Salley, Jr., of Enka,
chairman, and Fred Dalton, <t
Skyiand, co-chairman, have main
elaborate plans to present the
latest methods in firefighting.
The school will be held at the
local training area for four
nights starting September 6th,
Each night will be divided in
two one-hour classes, the first
hour being lecture courses and
the second hour demonstration
and practical work. The lecture
course will be taught by H. £.
Inscoe, of Rocky Mount. Mr.
Inscoe is a state instructor, whir j|
works out of the office of Chav- M
ies Gold, N. C. Commissioner '
of Insurance.
Instructor^ for the second ■
hour classes will be members*
the various departments prrann
and representatives of manufac
turers of fire fighting equip
ment.
The training area is (ocatod
on Illahee road, adjacent to tfar
Country club property. An an
sembly hall has .been constrndk J
ed for lecture classes. Also af •
the center is an oil pit, whagt
! actual oil fires can b? faught; s
fe-proof building in^Mfcfc "
e<*n be buiim 'pd^Ttaai
wrRj, ean be done to . Sati
the firemen; “tree httOUT,
where, ladder work is deoMa
strated and practiced; duaW
water hydrants for use in hook
ups and an underground water
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.i
Composition By
Moore Published
In London, Eng.
A piano composition by DM* -
aid Lee Moore, prominent Bre
vard composer, was recently pub
lished by Chappell & Co., Liaafe
ed, in London,' England.
The title of the number ip
“Blues In Three-quarter Tam^
and it is understood that ulnr
are “going good” in England.
The composition was fiat
published in America by She
Boston Music company, ant
European rights were recent^
purchased by the Chappell com
pany.
Mr. Moore has had some 85
compositions published, and te
has been a member of the
American Society of Comyrnn
and Publishers for the past It
years.
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