MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENS AUGUST 15 James C. Pfohl To Direct Orchestra; Six^ Famous Artists On Program JTie Brevard Music Festival J'aich will be held August 15, 16, 22, 23, and 24 is a popular top i‘s of conversation these days and jodications are that many folks are planning to attend these ‘ine concerts. , nationally-known artists ave been engaged as soloists for the concerts. The Festival orches- the direction of James hristian Pfohl is also expected to much to the success of the ^stival. Music lovers who have orchestras under the direc- on of Mr. Pfohl heartily concur ith the opinion that he is one of South’s most outstanding mu- *cal directors. Opening the program on August , at 8:00 p. m. is Eugene Istomin, Juliant young pianist. The follow- , ^evening at the same hour Ade- Van Wey, a native of Ros- 1^’’. will appear as featured solo- and Frances Yeend, lyric so- concludes the first week . “ of the Festival, August 17 at ^atricia Travers, sensational 19- , ^r-old violinist who has just re- *'>ied from a tour of Europe, ap- 3rs on Friday, August 22 at 8:00 eiocif The orchestra gives a chil- dren’ s concert on Saturday after- on aj 4-QQ p £gg. p’’,® attraction being Raymond 3ige, 14-year-old prodigy of At- nta who has already drawn much 0 with his piano talents. Sunday, Edna Phillips, colora- soprano, and Julius Huehn, aritone, bring the Festival to a ‘ousing climax. Tickets to the Festival may be ^^’’chased from any member of Brevard Junior Chamber of ( °^^erce, many of whom work g the plant here, or from F. S. I^t, extension 315, who is mem- •■ship chairman of the Festival. %yfourtFwas From raae Onei plastic balls, properly let- ^ ed “Ecusta Picnic, 1947”, and makers as favors. Th. SOtlii Peri, ® boxing matches contained ® of the most humorous ex- Ij .'®>ices of the day, especially the •■an royal matches. Matches to from flyweight size on up the heavier brackets. *^eaving Camp Sapphire at 3:30 jj^'Srated to the baseball field near plant to see Ecusta drop a t *Jbleheader which saw the girls m a large portion of the crowd th, l-fought game to Enka 9-3. Next schedule was the softball an 11-3 game to Canton while B'i!- turned back the strong e '^ostone team of Gastonia, 9-1. Qf ° climax almost twelve hours going was the street Sch front of the Brevard high ^ann^ with the Ecusta String supplying the music. A large both young and old, end- o( 3 J^emorable day to the tune ®miliar square dance numbers. CAN’T ARGUE rj, ' “When was Rome i^hnnie: “in the night.” that,?,'^her: “Where did you learn “Well, you said: “Rome ^ built in a day’.” sssssssszLiii.' gassggsF*' ■ Highlights Of The Fourth Of July (Continued From Page Four) the stockholders obtain a special dividend. Not So with us. I look upon you as our partners, even if you are not financial investors in the company, and I want you to share in the improved results accomplished during the first six months of this year. Therefore, we will add to the next pay envelopes which you receive, a bonus which is meant to be a profit-sharing distribution to you. “But I promise you that if they will be equally as good, you will obtain at regular intervals a bonus from us, and if you do better than you did during this period, you will get more. “On the other hand, should we have, due to reasons beyond our control, a period where we earn less, or maybe nothing, as it happens in many companies, then we cannot give a bonus. And if I have to appear before you on this platform and have to explain to you the reason why 1 cannot distribute a special bonus—I sin cerely hope I will never have to lace you to tell you this—1 want you to accept my statement at its face value. “It is not what you may have earned yesterday, what you may earn today, but what you might earn at some time in the future that is most important. What counts is your continued weekly earnings, monthly earnings, and yearly earnings. Also the privileges of your job, in addi tion to your regular and continuous earnings. “By the privileges of your job, I mean, we want to— us we have in the past—at all times—preserve the ben efits which each of you receive from liie insurance, sick and accident insurance (which as you will recall, we placed in effect in January of this year), free hospital ization and surgical care, vacation privileges, and a safe and pleasant place to work with adequate recrea tional facilities for you and your families. If we can maintain all of these privileges constantly and contin uously throughout the years to come, all of us will have a greater sense of security, a better job, a greater fu ture, and live a more happy and contented life.” President Notes Big Fire Losses By ERNEST BURCH The statement below was quoted by the President of these United States at the opening of his con ference on “FIRE PREVEN TION” which took place in Wash ington, D. C., on May 6, 7, and 8, 1947. “The serious losses in life and property resulting annually from fires cause me deep concern. 1 am sure that such unnecessary waste can be reduced. The sub stantial progress made in the science of fire prevention and fire protection in this country during the past forty years con vinces me that the means are available for limiting this un necessary destruction.” Harry S. Truman. Well, President Truman was rightly concerned, and so should we all be when we learn that the property loss due to fire in 1946 amounted to the appalling figure of $561,487,000. In addition to this stupendous loss, what is even more I important is the estimated average of 10,000 deaths annually during the last ten years, due to fire. In these times, when every commod ity is needed to help clothe, feed, and shelter our population, as well as the needs of this war-torn world, such losses are frightening. To date, fire losses for this year have exceeded last year’s average, and if we finish the year with the av erage fire loss we have suffered these first six months, the prop erty loss for the United States —Turn To Page Sixteen Bishop Pfohl And Sons Are Visitors At Picnic Among the many distinguished visitors at the Fourth of July picnic were Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl of Winston-Salem and two of his sons, James Christian and Kenneth, Jr. Prior to becoming bishop of the Southern Province of the Moravian church Bishop Pfohl was for 26 years pastor of the Home Moravian church in Winston-Salem, the city in which he was born and reared. Kenneth, Jr., shown on the right, is a tax expert with the International Busi ness Machine Company. To the people of Brevard and vicinity, probably the best known of the three Pfohls is James C., better known as “Jim”, who will direct the Bre vard Music Festival again this year. As director of music at Davidson College, director of the Transylvania Music SchooI Camp, and innumer able other capacities, he has become nationally known in his field The many Ecustans present for the “Pirates of Penzance” Wednesday night, July 23, at Brevard high school heard a fine sample of the artistry of Mr. Pfohl. He conducted the Music Camp Or chestra through the long score with such outstand ing ability that this performance alone, no douht, convinced the listeners that the Music Festival should be a “must” on their list of August ac tivities.

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