TRANSYLVANIA— ;
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, 1960 Census, 16,372
Brevard Community 8,500
Brevard proper 4,857.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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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 Horae of
1 Brevard Music Festival.
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Vol. 72 — No. 27
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BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NEW NORTH CAROLINA
DAIRY PRINCESS takes time out
from her duties as counselor at Camp
Illahee to be congratulated by gen
ial James M. Wulpi, who was one of
the judges in the annual event held
last weekend in Asheville. Miss Bar
j bara Agnes Morgan, of Asheville,
won the honor over 10 other contest
ants and will represent the North
Carolina Dairy association and the
American Dairy association during
the coming year.
| (Times Staff Photo)
Camp Illahee Counselor Wins
State Dairy Princess Contest
Camp Illahee junior counselor
Barbara Agnes Morgan, of Ashe
ville, is North Carolina’s “Dairy
Princess”.
This 18-year brunette beauty
won the state title in Asheville
last weekend over 10 other
beauties, who were also regional
winners across the state.
Miss Morgan has been coming
to Camp Illahee for the past
seven years and winning the
contest last week was “the thrill
of a lifetime”.
The coming year will be a busy
one for Miss Morgan, because
she intends to keep up the pace
set by the former princess, who
made more than 100 public ap
pearances in behalf of the North
Carolina Dairy association and
the American Dairy association.
Miss Morgan will enter Duke
university this fall, having grad
uated from Lee Edwards high
school in Asheville last spring.
Her record has been phenom
enal.
With a background of singing
in church choirs and studying
dramatic interpretation, she
“walked away” with the Dairy
Princess contest in which com
petition was extremely keen.
Camp Illahee officials describe
Barbara as being “wonderful”,
“charming”, “delightful” and
other adjectives too numerous to
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, July 6 — Sidewalk
Sale Begins. Kiwanians meet
at Little River Community Cen
ter at 6:45 p.m. Lions meet at
Colonial Inn at 7:00 p. m.
Friday, July 7 — Sidewalk
Sale Continues. Ace of Clubs
meets at 8:00 p.m. Brevard Music
Center concert at 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, July 8 — Sidewalk
Sale Continues. Story Time at
Library at 9:30 a.m. Brevard
Music Center concert at 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 9 — Attend the
church of your choice. District
VFW meeting at local post at
2:00 pjn. Brevard Music Center
concert at 4:00 p.m.
Monday, July 10 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s at 7:00
p.m. Brevard Music Center con
cert at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11 — Ace of
Clubs meets at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 12 — Jay
cees meet at Gaither’s at 6:30
p.m. Brevard Music Center con
cer at 8:15 pan.
McLarty Reports
Progressive Change Noted
On Local College Campus
Realizing that Brevard Col
lege has many friends among
those who visit Brevard each
summer, a brief description of
progress accomplished during
the past 12 months might prove
interesting and informative, Dr.
Emmett K. McLarty, the presi
dent, states today.
The new building seen for the
first time this summer is the
science building, which will
house the chemistry, physics,
biology, and math departments.
It is scheduled for completion
early in August and is costing
the college $325,000 fully equip
ped.
Henry McDonald, of Brevard,
is the architect, and the build
ing is being constructed by the
Jerry Liner company, general
contractor in Lake Junaluska.
This building is being paid for
by certain foundations and
friends of the college. Early in
1960 the Mary Reynolds Bab
cock Foundation, Inc. of Win
ston-Salem, challenged the col
lege to raise $200,000 for the con
struction of this science build
ing, and upon successful comple
tion of this effort, the Babcock
Foundation would make a grant
of $100,000 to complete the build
ing.
To date the college has been
able to raise $137,000 for this
purpose, and is eager to com
plete the drive for the remaining
$63,000 that must be raised be
fore the Babcock Foundation
grant will be released. Friends
of the college are invited by the
president to have a part in this
fine educational venture.
Other new features on the
campus which may be seen for
the first time are new tennis
courts, all-weather track, base
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Fourth
Was
Quiet
| Fourth of July was quietly
; observed in Brevard and Tran-,
r -yivania county.
The day was a holiday, with
! stores, town and county offices
! being closed.
Highlighting activities in
... the community were the
i Fourth of July picnic at Camp
| Straus and the Sylvan Valley
i Folk festival.
More than 5,000 persons at
I tended the annual picnic, and
the gala event was reported
| to have been highly successful.
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Farmer
Child
Drowns
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A two - year - old Brevard
child was drowned in a fishing
pond near Ilildebran Sunday
where his parents were visiting
friends.
The victim was identified as
Shaw Darius Farmer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Farmer, 104 Thom
as street. He had disappeared
from the house about 4:00 p. m.
Sunday.
The body was recovered from
the pond about 9:00 p. m. after
a five - hour search by four
rescue squads, divers, blood
hounds and drag - crews had
scoured the area for the missing
child.
The child’s parents said he
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Kiwanians And
Wives To Meet
At Little River
Brevard Kiwanians will hold
a ladies’ night meeting Thurs
day evening at the Little River
Community Development club
center.
The gala affair will get under
way around 6:45 o’clock, and the
agricultural committee of the
club will be in charge of the
program.
All Kiwanians are urged to
bring their wives to the banquet
meeting.
Miss Shirley Jean Hammill Is
The New “Queen Of Waterfalls”
Shirley Jean Hammill, 19-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer Hammill, of Brevard, is
“Queen of the Waterfalls”.
She was crowned by Mayor B.
W. Thomason late Tuesday night
after two nights of closely con
tested evening gown, bathing
suit, and talent competition with
10 other Transylvania beauties.
First runner-up was Joan Lor
Rites Held Wednesday For
Mrs. Jenkins, Civic Leader
Last rites for Mrs. Mary Chis
olm Jenkins, prominent Brevard
woman, were held Wednesday
morning at 11:00 o’clock at the
St. Philip’s Episcopal church.
Rev. Rufus Morgan and Rev.
Frederick Valentine officiated,
and burial was at St. Paul’s in
the Valley.
Active pallbearers were W. J.
Wallis. John B. Reeves, Joseph
F. Leete, Ralph J. Duckworth,
Eben S. Morrow and John R.
Sledge.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Dr. G. B. Lynch, Harold Nor
wood, O. H. Orr, Ralph H. Ram
sey, Jr., Dr. Julius Sader and
D. C. Ward.
The former Mary Chisolm Mc
Intosh, Mrs. Jenkins was 78 years
of age when she passed away at
the local hospital after a lengthy
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MRS. MARY C. JENKINS
raine Bagwell, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Bagwell,
of Brevard. Sarah Rhuemma Car
ter, 22-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Valry D. Carter, of Pis
gah Forest, was named second
runner-up.
Rounding out the top five were
Lynne Smathers, 21, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. 0. K. Smathers,
of Brevard, and Rita Rae Mer
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Pierce-Moore
Re-Opening
The Pierce - Moore hotel, lo
cated at 235 West Main street,
has opened for the 1961 summer
season, Miss Grace Piercy, the
owner, announces.
Renovation work has been
completed during the past few
months, Miss Piercy states.
The Pierce-Moore is now in its
35th season, having first opened
in 1926.
“Every effort is made at the
Pierce Moore to pleasfc our cus
tomers, and we will once again
offer the home-style cooking for
which we are famous,” Miss
Piercy declared.
She also pointed out that the
Pierce-Moore is located in a
quiet section of town and that
the rooms are comfortable and
THE IDEAL VACATION, accord
ing to George D. Barr, is a seven-day,
65-mile hike along the Appalachian
Trail. A summer resident of Cedar
Mountain, the veteran camper cele
brated his 70th birthday during the
trip. He made the trip alone, except
for the numerous bears and other wild
life, but saw no deer or snakes. Mr.
Barr is a retired electrical field en
gineer of the Civil Aeronautical Ad
ministation, and he and Mrs. Barr live
in Orlando, Florida, during the win
ter months. In th© photo above, he
is shown checking signs on the trail
carrying a 30-pound ruck sack, which
is a left-over from his older’ son’s
Boy Scout days.
Transylvania Summer Resident
Hikes Across Great Smokies
While most people were plan-j
ning a vacation this summer by
car, group style, George D. Barr
was busy marking off an itine
rary of more than 65 miles a
foot, alone, across the Great
Smoky Mountains.
The tall, muscled,' former
electrical field engineer of the
Civil Aeronautical Administra
tion, retired since 1953, who
now spends his winters at Or
lando, Florida, his summers at
Cedar Mountain, arrived at Fon
tant Village Resort June 28th in
excellent physical condition and
jovial mood following seven
day’s hiking on the Appalachian
Trail.
“I had prepared myself for
this long trip on foot across the
Great Smokies,” Barr said.
“Don’t fool yourself, it would be
extremely unwise for anyone
to attempt it who wasn’t in
shape for it. I spent six months
in training, getting my feet and
muscles Teady for what I knew
would be the ups and down, the
sometimes almost-perpendicular
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The Weather j
L..if.
Sunshine, mixed with scatter
ed cloud-cover and two days dur
ing which some precipitation was
recorded, tells most of the
weather story during the past
week in Transylvania.
The precipitation was confin
ed to the weekend, coming on
Saturday and Sunday in the form
of thundershowers. Monday and
Tuesday, July 3rd and 4th, turn
ed out to be two of the nicest
days of the week, providing visi
tors and local residents alike,
wonderful holiday weather. Of
ficial readings for the week:
High Low Pro.
Wednesday
78 57 0
80 58 0
85 57 0
85 58 .62
86 58 .58
84 57 0
83 52 0
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Many Artists
Harp And Piano Music
To Be Featured At Center
EDWARD VITO
Music lovers will find an
emphasis on harp and piano
music this week end at the Bre
vard Music Center as the famous
summer camp moves into its
third week end of concerts.
Edward Vito, solo harpist, will
appear Friday evening and Sun
day afternoon. Long associated
with N. B. C. Symphony and
Arturo Toscanini, for whom he
recorded all the harp sounds, Mr.
Vito is also an accomplished
pianist.
He is a graduate of the Cin
cinnati College of Music, major
ing in conducting and composi
tion. A varied career includes
recitals in Town Hall in New
York and solo appearances with
leading orchestras in America.
Most recently he completed a
solo tour for President Eisen
hower’s Cultural Exchange Pro
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Program Highlights
WPNF Observes 11th Birthday,
Rededicated To Public Service
Radio Station WPNF is cele
brating its 11th anniversary to
day, according to Station Man
ager A1 Martin
During the past 11 years,
WPNF has maintained a policy
of public service to the com
munity and its citizens.
“We sincerely appreciate the co
operation of our advertisers and
listeners in the past, and we so
licit their future support as we
at WPNF rededicate ourselves to
community service,” Mr. Martin
said In a joint statement with
John Anderson, the executive dl
rector.
WPNF began its operation on
July 6th, 1950, and has striven
to present the very best pro
gramming including music, news
and sports.
Owned and operated by the
Pisgah Broadcasting Company,
of which Mrs. Ed M. Anderson
is the president, the studios and
offices of WPNF are located in
their modern building, adjacent
to the beautiful campus of Bre
vard College.
WPNF operates on an assigned
frequency of 1240 kilocycles Witl
mm
Sales Event Is
Part Of The
Centennial
A to wn - wide “sidewalk sale,'*
the: biggest and best in Brevard, ■'
wiif be staged by local merchants .
"on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day ol this week. ,
The event is being held in co
rporation with Transylvania’s <
‘ centennial” activities, and “old- '
fashioned” bargains will be of
fered in many instances by *
clerks in dress of yesteryears. j
By special permission from the
town board of aldermen, the
merchants will have tables out
on the sidewalk in front of their
stores, and special “bargains”
will be offered.
The merchants committee of
tlie Brevard chamber of com
merce has been planning for
this unique event for some time,
and the business men have made f
special purchases for the “side- 1
walk sale.” ™
Extraordinary values are be
ing offered by the participating
merchants during the three-day
sales event. Summer merchan
dise is being drastically reduced
and a wide variety of other items
are being offered at sacrifice
prices.
Ben Patterson, chairman of tb(
merchants division of the cham
ber of commerce, cordially in
vites all Transylvanians to come
to town and shop the Brevard
stores on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Readers of The Times are ask
ed to read the advertisements
very carefully and to make oof
their shopping lists. Special at
tention is called to the donbto
spread in the second section of
this week’s newspaper.
District VFW
Meet Will Be
Held Here Sun:
There will be a district VFW
meeting of all posts and their
auxiliaries in this area at the
Lewis Earl Jackson post here in -
Brevard on Sunday afternoon..
The meeting will begin
promptly at 2:00 o’clock, and it
will be followed by a turkey
and ham supper with all the
trimmings.
The state commander, Dewey
Burchman, of Asheville, is ex
pected to attend along with dele
gates from the following posts:
Asheville, Brevard, Canton
Hayesville and Waynesville.
The commander of the local
post and the auxiliary president
urge all members here in Bre
vard to attend.
Lyday To Give
Program At
Lions Meeting
A program on patriotism wflT
be given at the regular semi
monthly meeting of the- Bre
vard Lions club on Thursday
night at the Colonial Inn.
Randal J. Lyday will be in
charge of the program^ and the
meeting will begin promptly at
7:00 o’clock.
President George Spicer urgen
a full attendance.
County Budget
Now On Dis