TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1950 Census, 16,102.
Brevard Community 8,500.
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TRANSYLVANIA
The Land of Waterfall
Mecca for Summer Gamp
Entrance to Piagah N*
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival
PUBLISHED WEEK!
Winter
Arrives
On Time
Wednesday, being the first
day of winter in the official
c a l e n d a r, appropriately
brought in a falling thermo
teeter and a thin sheet of
enow and ice. Roads were
perilous, especially on the
curves and in shady stretches.
Up to noon Wednesday only
one accident had been report
ed. There were no injuries,
Highway patrolman Bill Saw
yer said. One vehicle was in
volved in a skid off onto the
shoulder. The mishap occurred
on US G l, about one miie east
of the intersection north of
Pisgah Forest, at 6:45 a.m.
The maintenance depart
ment of the highway commis
sion, in charge of County Su
pervisor Howard Whitmire at
Calvert, alerted its sanding
crews at daylight. Six sanding
trucks were at work. ,
'‘There were many slick
stretches on county roads and
Patrolman Sawyer advised ex
S;me caution. The Crab Creek
ad from Little River to Pis
gah Forest was most hazardous
early Wednesday, with a lay
er that was ice in some places
and light snow in others.
Jaycees To Name
"Man Of Year"
The annual award, made by
the Junior Chamber of Commer
ce for “Man of the Year”, will
be announced at the banquet
meeting of that organization to
be held the evening of January
26th in Gaither’s Rhododendron
room.
Bill Norris is chairman of the
committee which will make the
decision.
The coming award will be for
thi.iyear 1960.
■ Four nominations have al
ready been turned in to the com
ing 11 e e. Other nominations
should be received promptly.
Mr. Norris explained that the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
is interested in receiving ad
ditional nominations and said
that any resident of the county,
between the ages of 21 and 36.
is eligible for consideration.
The award will go to the can
didate judged to have done the
most outstanding work “in civic
or religious work, or a com
bination of the two,” in the year
now closing. Eligibles do not
have to be members of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, Mr.
Norris stated.
T$wn Offers
Reward After
False Alarms
The Brevard Fire Depart
ment was called out of town
on two false alarms this week.
As a result, the town of Bre
vard is offering a $50.00 re
ward for information leading
to the arrest of anyone giving
false information to any one
of the town’s departments,
especially the fire department.
Telephone calls coming in
to the town and, the fire de
partment are being checked
as they are received, and of
ficers are investigating the
two false alarms received
Tuesday night and Weddesday
afternoon.
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, December 22 — Ma
sorj to meet at Temple at 8:00
p.n!r
Friday, December 23 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 24 —
Special Christmas program at
7:30 p.m. in new Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Dance at, American Legion
building at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 25 —
Christmas Day. Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, December 26 —
Stores, town and county offices
closed. No Rotary meeting.
Tuesday, December 27 — Ace
of Clubs meets at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 28 —
Jaycees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p.m.
TRANSYLVANIA FOOTBALL
fans honored the three coaches at
Brevard senior high school last Fri
day night by awarding them several
fine prizes and checks. Charles F.
Himes, president of the Brevard
chamber of commerce, made the pre
sentations, and he is pictured above
giving Head Coach Cliff Brookshire
the keys to a brand new Chevrolet
station wagon. Coach Brookshire al
so received a complete living room
suite with the compliments of the
local furniture dealers. Complete de
tails on the ceremony, which climax
ed a great football season at Bre
vard high, are carried in a story on
the sports-page, second section, page
five. Above, left to right, are: Coach
es Paul Maultsby, Landon Deal and i
Brookshire, Mr. ilipies, Supt. Wayne |
Bradburn and Principal Robert T. •
Kimzey. (Times Staff Photo) j
Yule Cheer Program Of Welfare
Department To Reach Over 300
By STAFF WRITER
Under the plan of organizing
all the needy families in the
county into a list checked by
the county department of public
welfare, 328 children are being
made happy on Christmas day
by the churches, clubs, other or
ganizations and individuals
which united to spread the sea
son’s good cheer.
Mrs. Edith Jenkins, superin
tendent of the welfare depart
ment said the 328 children repre
sent 135 families in the county.
Most of the children are small
Mrs. Jenkins said. Fourteen per
cent of the families concerned
live in the county’s two colored
communities.
Churches represented in sup
plying baskets or other contribu
tions include most of those
whose congregations are large,
and also a considerable number
of the county’s thirty-five or
forty small rural congregations.
Others in the list of Santa’s
helpers are: Citizens Telephone
company, Duke Power company,
Elks lodge, American Legion, V.
F. W., Kiwanis club, Lions club,
Book and Plate Club, a few Sun
day school classes, numerous in
dividuals, the Girl Scouts,
church women’s circles, the
Good Neighbor club, one home
room class in Brevard Junior
high school, and the Fortnightly
club.
The Elks 16dge gave a party
for 50 children in the lodge
building Sunday afternoon.
The Kiwanis club was out
standing in its contribution, with
gifts for 46 families, she declar
ed.
Second This Year
Savings And l oan To
Pay $120,000 Dividends
Semi-annual dividends total
ing $120,000.00 will be paid next
week by the Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan association for
the period ending December 31,
1960, it is announced today by
Jerry Jerome, president.
The dividends will be credited
to savings accounts and if not
called for will be mailed to
those receiving cash dividends.
The dividends just announced,
plus $116,000.00 paid last June
30, make a total of $236,000.00
Ford Is New
President,
United Fund
John A. Ford was elected
president of the Transylvania
County United Fund, Inc. for
1961. He and other officers for
the new year were elected at
the board of directors meeting
on Tuesday evening, as follows:
Austin Hogsed, first vice
president; Dr. J. H. Truesdail,
second vice president; Chester
Kilpatrick, secretary; Melvin Gil
lespie, treasurer; and J. iM.
Wulpi, executive director.
The following 15 persons will
serve on the board of directors
to replace those whose terms
expire in 1961:
R. O. Baker, Gil Coan, Dr. Car
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Masons Will Hold A Public
Installation, Gardner Master
A public installation for the
newly elected and appointed of
ficers for 1961 of Dunn’s Rock
Masonic lodge will be held in
the Masonic Temple on East
Main street, Thursday, December
29th, beginning at 8:00 o’clock,
according to announcement by
Herschel Townley, the retiring
Worshipful master.
Mr. Townley states that the
new officers and members de
cided again this year to make
the installation a public affair
and extends a cordial invitation
to members of the Pisgah chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star
and to citizens of the county.
The elected officers to be in
stalled are as follows: H. C.
Gardner, Worshipful Master;
Arthur H. Jenkins, Senior War
den; W. A. Hart, past master,
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paid for the year 1960, it was
stated by Mr. Jerome.
The resources of the associa
tion are in excess of $6,500,000.
The interest rate being paid is
4 percent per annum and all ac
counts up to $10,000.00 are in
sured.
The annual meeting of stock
holders in the association will
be held January 18, 1961, in
the office on Caldwell street,
Mr. Jerome said. The meeting
will begin at 2 p. m.
Officers and Directors
Officers of the association, in
addition to President Jerome,
are: A. F. Mitchell, vice presi
dent and attorney; Jerry Hart
Jerome, executive vice president
and treasurer; J. I. Ayers, as
sistant treasurer and secretary;
J. H. Tinsley, assistant secretary.
The directors are: Jerry
Jerome, A. F. Mitchell, Jerry
Hart Jerome, J. H. Tinsley, J. I.
Ayers, H. B. Shiflet, J. M. Al
lison, Sr., W. L. Mull, and Ed
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Tempo Of Christmas Shopping Is On
The Increase, Stores Close Monday
Sheriff Reports
Many Bad Checks
Being Cashed
Sheriff ‘'Stott" Dillingham
said today there has been a
rash of bad checks in Brevard
recently.
“About 80 percent of our
time has been taken up with
complaints about worthless
checks and checks bearing
forged names,'’ he said, and
orged merchants to use cau
tion in cashing checks.
Most of the check frauds
have been for small sums,
ranging from $5 to $25, the
sheriff said.
So far no arrests have been
made in these cases because
those apprehended have made
restitution when faced with
prosecution. However several
offenders have used false
names and have not been iden
tified or located.
“It does not appear that this
is the work of slick out-of
town crooks,” the sheriff
said. “Most of the offenders
that have been identified by
our investigations are from
around this vicinity.”
“Merchants and others
should insist on proper identi
fication from people offering
checks to be cashed,” the
sheriff recommended. “It
would be a good idea to call
the bank, place of employ
ment, or get some other as
surance that a check is good
before accepting it.”
Bus Station In
New Location
Brevard’s bus station, which
has been slightly moribund for
the last few weeks, was re
activated last Monday by H. R.
Coren in the small brick build
ing at 72 West Probart street.
This location is opposite the
Citizens Telephone Company of
fice.
Mr. Coren is the operator of
a dental laboratory, which was
formerly on the second floor of
15 West Main street.
Service on the bus line from
Brevard is to Asheville via
Mills River once a day, and to
Asheville via Hendersonville
twice a day.
The hours of departure, from
the new station, are:
For To Asheville via Mills
River 8:30 a.m.
For To Asheville via Hender
sonville 10:45 a.m.
For To Asheville via Hender
sonville 3:45 p.m.
The arrivals are 9:10 a.m.
from Asheville and Henderson
ville, 3:10 p.m. from Asheville
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Officers Investigating Stealing
Of Christmas Trees, Decorations
Theft of Christmas tree
ornaments and other holiday
decorations have been report
ed to Sheriff Scott Dillingham.
He is trying to find the own
er of a framed electric illumi
nation which was found in the
Glade creek section by two
boys of the Willy (Landreth
family. The frame is in the
sheriff’s office. Some other
cases of ornaments stolen
from outside decorations have
been reported. The most ser
ious offense is the chopping
Under a threat of an approach
ing cold front, scattering snow
flurries and freezing rain hit
Brevard late Tuesday, breaking
the week long streak of pre
cipitation-free weather. Temper
atures for the week were fairly
consistent, ranging from eight to
55 degrees. Daily readings are
as follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High
55
44
43
48
49
49
45
Low
8
26
19
12
10
13
22
down of Christmas trees on
privately owned land.
Mrs. Henry N. Carrier of
the Greenville highway has
offered a $50 reward for the
arrest of persons who have
chopped down or uprooted and
removed boxwood trees from
the nursery on her property.
Dr. Sader Will
Head County
Medical Society
Dr. Julius Sader was elected
president of the Transylvania
Medical society at the annual
meeting this week at the Tran
sylvania Community hospital.
He succeeds Dr. Charles L.
Newland, and he will take of
fice on January 1, 1961.
Dr. Sader will also become
chief of staff at trie local hos
pital.
Dr. Carl Plumb was elected
secretary of the society at the
meeting this week, and Dr. Mac
Roy Gasque was named delegate
to the North Carolina Medical
society from the Transylvania
society. Dr. Sader is the alter
nate delegate.
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The best news
is that the Yule
tide season
is here! We
hope you and
yours enjoy it
to the full!
THE
! The Transylvania Times
& J
Survey Is Made
Holiday Foods Plentiful
In Brevard Super Markets
Babson Forecast
Wil! Be Carried
The Transylvania Times will
publish Roger W. Babson’s j
“Business and Financial Fore- j
cast for 1961” next week. Editor
John Anderson announces today.
Mr. Babson’s 1961 forecast will
cover such important topics as
general business, commodity
prices, taxes, trade, labor, infla
tion, farm outlook, stock market,
real estate, and politics.
Mr. Babson, a pioneer in the
field of business and financial
statistics, enjoys an unusual rec
ord of accuracy in his annual
forecasts. His score for the past
10 year has been 84 per cent or
above. His score for 1960 was
84 per cent.
By EARLE HITCH
The road side stores in the
rural communities and the
super-markets in town were
stacked this week with some
10,000 commodities for the holi
day market .basket.
The large markets are featur
ing delicacies that give the
American Christmas table some
thing of a continental flavor,
and emphasize the changes in
the southern rural scene.
At the Winn-Dixie store Man
ager Charles N. Kelly and As
sistant Manager Bill Branton,
when they were asked to ac
company a reporter on a tour
of the store, pointed out ancho
vies, rock lobster, kipper snaeks,
and smoked oysters in the
canape and hors d’houevre de
partments.
At the A & P, Manager H. ft.
Sellers looked over a mountain
ol fruit cakes, stacks of hard
candies, and five dozen varie
ties of “brown and serves,”
buns, rolls, white and wheat
loaves, and recalled earlier
Christmases when his store was
in the location now occupied by
the Crest store.
Turkeys Bought On Foot
What came back to Mr. Sel
lers (from the era of about
1927) was the gobbling of tur
keys, live, in a wire pen behind
Allison’s grocery, kept there to
be killed and delivered over the
counter to a customer who
bought his holiday bird in town.
But in that day most people
raised their own turkeys, bought
them from neighbors, or got
them from grandpa out on the
farm.
Charles R. Kearns, whose
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Program Highlights
WPNF To Feature "Holiday
Of Music" This Christmas
A holiday of music is being
planned by the staff of radio
station WPNF, Bill Hancock,
program director announces.
From noon Saturday until
sign off time Sunday, the accent
will be on special programs of
beautiful Christmas music, along
with season’s greetings from the
station’s advertisers.
A special Christmas eve ser
vice, broadcast direct from the
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,
will conclude Saturday night’s
schedule, beginning at 11:30 o’
clock.
OTHER PROGRAMS
The schedule for the Farm
and home hour is as follows:
Thursday, Carolina News; Fri
day, Station program; Monday,
county agent; Tuesday, station
program; Wednesday, home
agent.
Appearing on the Civic Hour
are the following: Friday, Ro
tary club; Monday, Lions club;
Wednesday, American Legion
Auxiliary.
iSpeaking this week on Morn
ing Devotions is ,Rev. M. M.
Armstrong, pastor of the Ecusta
Circuit. Next week, Rev. D. A.
Hensley, pastor of the Brevard
Church of God will be heard.
The Sunday morning church
service is being broadcast
through the remote facilities of
WFNtF from the First Baptist
church. Rev. Harold Killian is
pastor.
Churches Are
Planning Many
Special Services >
Transylvanians are joining
with other Americans in bus
ily preparing for the I860
Christmas and brisk business
is noted in the community.
With three shopping days re
maining before Christmas, Bre
vard stores arc well-stocked
with a variety of merchandise,
and Charles F. Himes, president
of the Chamber of Commerce,
urges the citizens to "trade a
home.”
Brevard stores will be clos
ed on Monday, sinre the holi
day fails on Sunday. County
offices will be closed both on
Saturday and on Monday,
while the town office will be
open Saturday morning until
noon and will elose on Mon
day.
Since Governor Luther H.
Hodges has proclaimed Saturday
and (Monday legal banking holi
days in North Carolina, both
Brevard’s First Union National
bank and the Brevard Federal
■Savings and Loan association
will be closed on these two days.
Patrolmen Bill Sawyer and
Charles Cap-ell urge all citizen?
to drive with extreme cart
(hiring the holiday season,
when there is always a rash
of accidents.
Vernon P. Fullbright, acting
postmaster, announces that the
Brevard post office will be clor
ed on Monday, and the only sei
vices to be offered will be th •
delivery of special delivery mat
Christinas services are plan
ned in all churches of the town
■ nd «.j?unty on Sunday, and
Wany if them are holding
special programs on Friday
and Satu/day evenings.
Civic clubs, fraternal organi
zations, the Welfare department,
and the police department are
joining with the churches this
week in spreading Christmas
cheer.
SPECIAL EDITION
Editor John Anderson urges
all readers of The Transylvania
Times to note with interest the
beautiful and inspiring Christ
mas greetings throughout this
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Lutherans
To Move In
New Church
A special Christmas servic
will be held in the new Luthei
an Church of the Good Shepher
on Saturday evening December
24th, at 7:30 o’clock.
This will be the first service
to be held in the newly complet
ed chapel, the first unit of the
Lutheran building program. An
educational building and the
main sanctuary will be built at
a later date.
Christmas carols, Scripture
readings, and a special candle
lighting ceremony will be in
cluded on the program, and the
message will be brought by the
pastor, Rev. Alfred D. Rhyne.
New hymnals and new service
books will be used in this ser
vice.
The chapel contains a new
pipe organ and has a seating
capacity of 200.
Open house at the new par
sonage was held last Sunday
afternoon between 3:00 and 5:0<
o’clock. The parsonage is locate*
at 117 Allison road.
Matheson Now
Chairman Of
Education Board
Ed Matheson is the new chair
man of the Transylvania board
of education, Supt Wayne
Bradburn announces today.
Mr. Matheson succeeds Eddie
Varner as chairman.
Supt. Bradburn explains tha
Mr. Varner wanted to step dowj
from the chairmanship since h
is out of town much of th
time.
Mr. Varner, however, will re
main on the board.