TRANSYLVANIA—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, v 16,372
Brevard ( immunity 8.500.
Erevan' nroper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize - Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Camps,
Entrance to Pisgah Na
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 72 — No. 21
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AUTHORIZED AT BREVARD, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY; MAY 25, 1961
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRINCIPAL FIGURES in the celebration mark
ing the 100th anniversary of the first court in Tran
sylvania are pictured above. The event was held
at Straus school, the approximate site of the B. C,
Langford store and home where the first court was
held. Mrs Mary Jane McCrary, chairman of the cen
tennial commission, is shown in her striking outfit
.popular 100 years ago talking with Judge Will
Pless, who was the speaker. At the left is Robert T.
Gash, president of the Transylvania Bar, and at the
right is Ralph H. Ramsey, local attorney, who in
troduced the speaker. (Times Staff Photo)
Celebration Of County First
^Court Held On Straus Grounds
Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., of
Marion, was the principal speak
er at the celebration held last
Saturday at Straus school, mark
ing the 100th anniversary of the
first court in Transylvania.
The event was attended by a
large number of TransylvSnians
and out-of-county visitors. 1
Judge Pless, Senior Superior |
Court of North Carolina, and a
native Transylvanian, made note
of historical writings concern
ing the formation of Transyl
vania county in 1861 and of the
sitting of the first court in the
new county.
He traced the growth of the
courts in the state froffl! a be
ginning of only four judges to
the present day aystem.
“Education is the answer to
crime”, he declared, after re
porting that he had found that
80 per cent of defendents he
sentenced to jail half sixth grade
or less education.
The celebration was sponsored
by the Transylvania County Bar
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County School Bus Record
Among The Tops In State
By STAFF WRITER
Transylvania has one of the
best school bus records in the
entire state of North Carolina,
O. M. Alexander, safety director
of the State Highway patrol said
at a recent banquet honoring
school bus drivers.
Mr. Alexander commended
the 35 school bus drivers on
their excellent record during
the paafc-year.
The safety, director says a
look at the Transylvania record
will show how outstanding it
is. The 35 buses travel a total
of 1,222 miles per day and trans
port 3,102 children.
Over a period of 180 days of
school the total mileage of the
buses runs to 250,000 miles and
during the past year the weath
er was extremely severe at
times.
The percentage of Transyl
vania students which travel to
and from school by bus is 75
per cent. Of the total enroll
ment of 4137 there are 3102 bus
riders.
“It has been definitely estab
lished that riding a school bus
in this county is safer than walk
ing on the highways,” Supt.
Wayne Bradburn stated.
Of the 35 school bus drivers
in Transylvania there are 31
student drivers and four adults.
The records of both are equally
good.
The monthly wage scale for
the school bus driver is only
$62.50, which makes it difficult
on a statewide basis to secure
competent drivers, but Tran
sylvania has always been most
fortunate, Mr. Bradburn declar
ed.
^Enrollment In Transylvania Schools
-Toatled 4,137, Costs Are Revealed
Enrollment in Transylvania’s
seven elementary schools, one
junior high, and the two high
schools totaled 4137 during the
past year, it was learned from
statistics in the superintendent’s
office here this week.
Total enrollment for last year
was 4189.
The largest enrollment was at
the Brevard elementary school
where it was 795.
Enrollment for the other
CALENDAR OF
* COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 25 — BPW
meets at Gaither’s at 7:00 p.m.
Gold Star Mothers meet at Mrs.
E L. Sims at 7:30 p.m. Masons
meet at Temple at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, May 26 — Ace of
Cluhs meets at 8:00 pjn.
Saturday, May 27 — Poppy
Day. Brevard College Alumni
luncheon at 1:00 p.m. Brevard
Little Theatre annual banquet
at Line Runner Inn at 6:00 p.m.
Brevard College Glee Club and
Wind Ensemble concert in col
lege auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 28 — Attend the
church of your choice. College
w baccalureate service at Brevard
Methodist church at 11:00 a.m.,
graduation in Sims Campus Cen
ter at 4:00 p.m. Brevard and
Rosman baccalaureate services
in school auditoriums at 8:00
p.m.
Monday, May 29 — Rotary
dub meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m.
Tuesday, May 30 — Memorial
Day. Town and county offices,
banks and post office closed. Me
morial Day service at Gillespie
Evergreen cemetery at 10:30 a.m.
Ace of Club meets at 7:30 p.m.
Rosman High school graduation
at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 31 — Bre
vard Senior high graduation at
8.00 pjn.
schools follows:
Brevard senior high—557.
Brevard junior high—615.
Pisgah Forest—303.
Straus elementary—357.
Penrose—290.
Rosenwald—221.
Rosman high—271.
Rosman elementary—528.
T. C. Henderson elementary—
200.
Total—4137.
It was also learned that 52
colored high school students
from Brevard are enrolled at
Hendersonville.
Current expense — $161,914.
00, capital outlay — $85,311.00,
state — $626,381.29, for a total of
$873,606.29.
11 Brevard Girl Scouts
Awarded The Curved Bar
The Curved Bar, highest rank
of Girl Scouting, was presented
to 11 girls at the 1961 Girl
Scout Court of Awards, held last
Sunday afternoon in the Brevard
College auditorium.
Mrs. Spalding McIntosh, Jr„
neighborhood chairman, present
ed the Curved Bars to Linda
Charlton, Betty Combs, Evelyn
Conley, Sherry Fendley, Connie
Gilstrap, Sandra Kilpatrick, Ann
Meece, Pam Morris, Jenny Mun
ro, Camellia Tinsley, and Sallie
Weiss.
First class presentations were
made by Mrs. L. F. Nerlinger, to
Linda Baker, Elizabeth Chap
man, Patty Gordon, Janet New,
Sharpn Shook, an,d Bobbie Tins
ley.
Members of Senior Troop 92
received the five point pin and
hospital aide bar from their
leader, Mrs. W. G. Dechant, and
members of Senior Troop 85,
under the leadership of Mrs. N.
A. Miller, Jr., received the five
point pin and troop aide bar.
The welcome address was
made by Mrs. Nerlinger, district
chairman. She introduced Mrs.
Helen McElyea, council execu
tive, and Orren Brannon, capital
fund drive chairman.
A certificate was presented to
Mrs. John Truesdail in recogni
tion of her troop winning first
place in the cookie sale. Betty
Sue Davis and Ann Lankford
were made members of the “100
club” for selling more than 100
boxes of cookies.
Members of the various
brownie and scout troops par
ticipated in the service with
songs, dances, and various other
parts of the ceremony.
Search Underway
Here For Escapee
As The Times went to press
Wednesday afternoon, an ex
tensive search was still under
way for a convict that escaped
about noon from a road gang
on the Rosman highway about
a mile from Brevard.
The escapee is W. C. Har
rison, colored, 27 years of age,
and he is described as being
six feet tall and weighing 165
pounds.
He was wearing brown pri
son clothes and the road gang
with which he was working is
from the Henderson county
camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reddick
and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Landreth
vacationed last week in Lakeland
and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
They went especially to see the
Landreths’ son, Denny, play in
the football game.
Committee On
Better Schools
Holds Meeting
i The Transylvania County Citi
zens Committee for Better
Schools met Monday night in
the auditorium of Brevard Sen
ior High School, with Rev. Court
ney B. Ross, chairman, presiding
I over the meeting.
Committee progress reports
' were presented by the four sub
committee chairmen, and Super
intendent Wayne Bradburn
spoke briefly on the educational
program currently before the
state legislature.
W. P. Griffin, superintendent
of the Asheville City schools, de
livered the main address of the
evening.
He called on the committee to
realize that its function is per
manent in nature and should not
be considered as being active
only when specific problems
exist.
He said that it was necessary
to have quality teachers in order
to have, a quality school system.
This naturally involves higher
salaries than are now being paid.
“You must be willing to sup
plement locally and not expect
the state and federal govern
ment to pay it all”, he stated.
“Any community can have the
type of education it desires if
the people are willing to pay
for it”, he concluded.
Chairman Ross announced that
the next meeting of the com
mittee would be held in late
August.
Notes On
Watershed
lection
Since an election has been
called in Transylvania on June
3rd to determine whether or
not the commissioners shall
levy a special tax for water
shed development and im
provement, The Times this
week interviewed Lewis Ham
lin, chairman of the Flood Con
trol committee, and W. W.
Brittain, secretary of the Soil
conservation committee.
The questions and answers
are as follows:
Q. What v/ill be exact word
ing of the question that the vot
ers will be asked to vote on?
A. “For watershed improve
ment tax of not more than
Stic on ¥100.00 tax valuation.”
“Against watershed improve
ment tax of not more than
SlliC on $100.00 tax valuation.”
Q. What purposes other than
flood control, will this watershed
project serve?
A. See ad for answer. The
ad is carried on page four,
third section.
Q. Will the lakes, created by
this project, be used for farm
irrigation, for city or industrial
use, or for maintaining steady
stream flow?
A. It has been recommended
that other consideration he
given. Any industry or town
may' have additional water
stored. Anyone desiring water
would need to pay the expense
of having that additional
water stored.
Q. Have specific sites for these
dams been selected and agreed
upon?
A. No. 23 tentative sites have
been selected. The specific
sites will be located by the
Planning Party from the Soil
Conservation Service from the
23 tentative sites selected.
Q. How many such dams are
planned for the entire project?
A. It is estimated that 17
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CLARIFICATION
The Tommy Owen listed in
last week’s story from the May
or’s court is not the Tommy
Owen that works at Olin Mathie
son Chemical corporation. The
Times is glad to make this clari
fication.
Mrs. Hunter And Dr. Kirk To
Head Drive Of Music Center
Dr. R. J. Lombardo, chair
man of the Brevard Music Cen
ter committee, announces the
appointment of Mrs. Duncan
C. Hunter and Dr. David C.
Kirk, Jr., as co-chairmen of
the 1?61 sponsorship drive.
Mrs. Hunter has long been
an active supporter of the Cen
ter and served as co-chair
man of the 1959 sponsorship
drive.
Dr. Kirk, research supervis
or of Olin Mathieson, has been
actively interested in the cen
ter since moving to Brevard in
1959.
Mrs. C. Preston Ferguson is
treasurer for the drive.
The 1961 sponsorship drive
will be held during the week
of June 12 - 18. Sponsorships
will again be available to resi
dents of Transylvania county
at the special rate of $30.00,
The Weather I
i
The weather remained mild
and mostly clear throughout the
week. Hie recorded low for the
week was 41 degrees, while the
high reading was 77. Only small
amounts of precipitation occur
ed, totaling .41 of an inch. Daily
readings are as follow:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Pre.
77 45 0
74 50 .07
76 53 0
76 48 0
73 48 0
72 41 .07
68 00 an
but only if purchased before
June 18th. Sponsors of pre
vious years will be given an
opportunity to subscribe by
mail before the drive begins.
A sponsorship entitles the
purchaser to two season tick
ets to all camp concerts and to
the Festival concerts. Of spec
ial interest are plans to add
one major concert a week to
previous schedules.
All single concert tickets
this year will be $2.00 during
the camp season and $2.50 dur
ing the festival.
Memorial Day
Services Set
Next Tuesday
Memorial Day services will be
held at the Gillespie-Evergreen
cemetery on Tuesday morning,
May 30th, at 10:30 o’clock.
Mayor B. W. Thomason will de
liver the address, and Rev. Al
fred Rhyne wil pronounce the
invocation.
Sponsored by the American
Legion auxiliary, the brief pro
gram will also include a color
guard, gun salute, taps, and pre
sentation of wreaths by the
American Legion, American Leg
ion Auxiliary, VFW, VFW Auxil
iary, World War I veterans, Gold
Star Mothers, and the U. S.
Army Reserves.
Mrs, Jade Gillespie is chair
man of the event, and she states
that the public is invited to at
tend.
Goes To New York
Dr. Gasque Named 0-M
Corporate Medical Director
Dr. Mac Roy Gasque has been
appointed to the newly created
post of medical director of Olin
Mathieson Chemical corporation,
Gordon Grand, vice president
law and administration, announc
ed. Dr. Gasque had been medi
cal director of Olin’s Ecusta and
film operations at Pisgah For
est.
As corporate medical director,
Dr. Gasque will develop and im
plement modern industrial
health programs for the corpora
tion which emphasize preventive
medicine and health promotion
among employees. These pro
grams, to be coordinated with
Olin’s safety program, will be
tailored to meet individual plant
and community needs.
Dr. Gasque received his M. D.
degree from the University of
Virginia Medical School in 1944
and spent several years in pri
vate practice before joining
Olin in 1949. He is a Diplomate
of the American Board of Pre
ventative Medicine in Occupa
tional Medicinp.
Dr. Gasque holds a faculty ap
pointment in the department of
preventive medicine at the Duke
University Medical School and is
a frequent lecturer at the Bow
man Gray School of Medicine and
the University of North Caro
lina.
Dr. Gasque’s principal office
will be located at 460 Park ave
nue, New York City.
AL MARTIN
BOBBY HOYLE
Effective June 1
Martin To Succeed Bobby
Hoyle As Manager Of WPNF
A1 E. Martin, Jr., of Asheville,
and formerly an announcer
engineer on the staff of WPNF,
will return to Brevard as man
ager of the local radio station
effective June 1st.
Mr. Martin succeeds Bobby
Hoyle, who has accepted a po
sition with the Spartanburg, S. C.
TV and Radio company.
‘It is with deep regret that
we see Bobby leave and we
wish him well in his new posi
tion”, said Mrs. Ed M. Ander
son, president of WPNF.
“At the same time we are
most delighted that Mr. Mar
tin returns to us as our new
station manager. This talented
young man is well-known in
Brevard and he and his wife
have many friends in our com
munity.” \
Mr. Hoyle made the following
statement concerning his depart
ure:
“It is with a feeling of hesita
tion that my family and I leave
Brevard. We shall always be
grateful for the many kind
nesses we received here.
“We shall also remain in
debted to the owners of WPNF
and its affiliated stations for
the past nine years of pleasant
employment.
I feel confident that with his
experience and ability, the ra
dio station will continue to ren
der an invaluable service to
this area.
“We look forward to return
ing to Brevard at every oppor
tunity to visit our friends, and
offer them a standing invita
tion to visit us in Spartan
burg.”
And here are a few personal
comments from Mr. Martin:
“Both Bea and I are thrilled
at this opportunity to return
to Brevard and renew rela
tionships with our friends
here. The three years spent in
Brevard passed all too quick
ly, but the pleasant memories
of that short time made our
decision to return an easy one
to make.
‘We are looking forward to
getting Settled here soon and
once again becoming a part
of the community. ,.
‘It is my personal hope that
in some measure, I shall be
able to continue the fine Job
my predecessor, Bobby Hoyle,
has begun. The cooperative
and understanding spirit of
the people of Brevard will bo
96 Candidates
At The College,
Exercises Set
it’s grad Bating time in ftrevard
and Transylvania county.
Commencement exercises are
slated at BreVard College on
Sunday with the sermon set at
11:00 that morning and gradu
ation exercises at 4:00 o’clock
that afternoon.
Brevard and Rosmgn high
schools have scheduled .bacca
laureate sermons that evening
at the two schools.
Individual stories concerning
these activities can be found
elsewhere in this week’s Tithes. ‘
At Brevard High school there
are 157 seniors, while 57- will
receive diplomas at Rosma n.
Candidates for graduation at
Brevard college total 96.
SPECIAL ISSUE
This is the annual congratula
tory edition of The Times, and
readers are urged to note the
many pictures and stories. There
messages from local firm*!, and
on behalf of readers, advertisers
and correspondents, The 'Stines
salutes the graduates and the
school officials upon this spec
ial occasion.
Brevard College President
Emmett K. McCarty, through the
columns of The Times, issues a
cordial invitation to all friends
in Brevard and Transylvania
county to attend the baccalaure
ate sermon Sunday morning at
the Brevard Methodist church
and the graduation exercises that
afternoon in the Sims Campus
Center building.
Principal Robert T. ihUff
also cordially invites parents
and other friends to attend the
exercises Sunday and Wednes
day evening at the Brevard Sen
ior high school.
Another invitation to the pub
lic comes from Principal K. F.
Tilson at Bosnian where exer
cises will be held o» Sunday
and Tuesday evenings.
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, chair
man of the Transylvania Histor- -
ical commission, today outflna*
the purposes of the Centennial
observance in Transylvania this
summer.
Much interest is being mani
fested in this historic event, alto
says, and she urges all TM)M>
sylvanians to note these pur
poses: j;;.
1. To create favorable fttBo
ity for Transylvania Count*-—
in its own trading area, hw
State and in the Nation.
2. To discover new leader
ship by providing a project com
manding interest and therefor*
participation. Tr a nsy Ivxgfn
County leadership, believing thgt'
from this participation, new
leadership will accept fUUUU
civic responsibility.
3. To focus the attention of
the present generation on th*
development of Transylvanin
County through its years of exhtt
! ence, believing that this focused
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are also many
Purposes Of
Centennial
Outlined
Tuesday To Be
Semi-Holiday
Tuesday, May 30th, will be
observed quietly in Brevard as
Memorial Day.
A special observance has beat
planned by the American Les
ion auxiliary to beheld at Oka
Gillespie-Evergreen censtaQL
Complete details on this event
are carried in a separate ibry.
Both the First Union National
Savings and Loan association wfll
be closed for the day.
City and county officers wffi
also be closed.