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VOL. 48 = NO. 41 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
MANY WORKERS ON
ECUSTA PLANT JOB
First Steel Tank Completed—
Buildings Going Up In
Pisgah Forest Valley
Over 300 Transylvania men are em
ployed at the new plant of the Ecusta
Paper Corporation at Pisgah Forest,
and from the square in Brevard one Is
able to see the first of three water
tanks that has been completed.
1 Another high structure helng erected
f Is the huge smokestack that will reach
' up 225 feet. Already more than 130
feet of the chimney has been built,
with the letters "COUP” built of white
tile brick. The name "Ecusta Paper
Corn” will be built Into the tall stack
facing the Davidson Ulver bridge and
entrance to Pisgah National Forest.
Steel workers follow close on the |
heels of cement men who are laying |
the wide and deep foundations down to
bed-rock for the several buildings. The
rat-tat-tat of the air hammers and the
slinging of white hot rivets from the
forge below form a fascinating opera
tion ns beam after beam of the steel
structures go on tip to make the main
buildings.
Still other crews of men follow the
steel workers, enclosing the buildings,
with brick and steel, and putting on
roofs, with painters close behind.
At other places on the two-hundred
acre tract of land, crews of men with
shovels and wheelharrows make ready
for carpenters to go down In the earth
and build forms for other concrete
foundations, and the operations are re
peated again and again, ns another and
another of the buildings take shape.
Fiske-Carter Construction company of
Greenville, are following closely the
l request of the Ecusta Corporation In
X living Transylvania men first chance
"'-A all Jobs, and this adds to the in
crease In business which the Ecusta
has brought to business houses in Pis
gnh Forest and Brevard.
Completion of the plant in early 1939
will. In many respects, mark the be
ginning of a new Industry In the United
States. Almost all of high type cigar
ette paper used by leading cigarette
manufacturers in their national brands
is now imported from France.
North Carolina will, with completion
of the Ecusta Paper Corporations’
plant, be able to give to the American
smokers a "Tar Heel cigarette" in its
entirety, with the tobacco grown In
Western Carolina, the fine paper for
wrappers manufactured from native
grown flax and the processing of the
component parts into the already popu
lar brands by plants withl.i the con
fines of Tarheelia.
T.eading American cigarette manu
facturers have already expressed their
entire satisfaction with the paper that
the new- American corporation has
made after years of experiments with
all-American products, and a ready
market is assured for the product of
the new plant, which will give employ
ment to several hundred Transylvania
men and women.
—
At Lyday Hospital
* Patients reported at Lydav Memorial
A hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
* Inez Orr, Bruce Langston. Glenn Nor
ris. Jim Burgess.
VOTER REGISTERING
TO BEGIN SATURDAY
List of Registrars Given For
All Precincts — Rules
Given For Listing
Registration books for the general
election on Tuesday. November s. will
open on Saturday of this week. Oct. 15,
In all voting precincts in the county.
Registrars will be at the polling
places for three consecutive Saturdays,
and the Saturday before election day.
November 5. will be challenge day.
Glen Rurrell, chairman of the board
of elections, points out that any per
son who became of age since last elec
tion. or who will become of age on or
before the election, will be required to
register before voting. It is also point
ed out that any person who becomes
of age on the day following election, 13
entitled to vote.
All persons who have changed their
residenco from one voting precinct to
another, and have been out of their
previous voting precinct for as much as
four months prior to election day, are
required to g"t a transfer from tne
registrar of the old precinct.
i A.ny person who has been in the
■ county four months, and in the state
” one year is entitled to vote in the gen
eral election, hut will have to register
before being qualified.
The fo'lowlng registrars will have
charge of the books at the various poll
ing places:
Boyd township—Sutton Wilson.
Brevard 1—F. F. Shuford.
Brevard 2—Roy Burrell.
Brevard 3—John Morris.
Cathey Creek—Gaston Whitmire.
Cedar Mountain—Paul Roberts.
Dunns Rock—George Maxwell.
Eastatoe—Pick Whitmire.
East Fork—W. C. Gravely.
Gloucester 1—Allen McCall.
Jf Gloucester .2—Walter Fisher,
T Hogback 1—Homer McCall.
Hogback 2—Henry McCall.
Hogback 3—Clarence Norton.
Little River—Hal Hart.
Old Toxawuy—Walter Whitmire.
Rosman—Jim Nelson.
Stamp Club Meeting
October meeting of Brevard Stamp
club will be held Thursday evening at
8:16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Norwood on Probe rt street
Mars Hill President j
The Rev. HOYT RHACKWEI,L,
who will succeed Dr. R. L. Moore as
president of Mars Hill College. For
mal Inauguration will be held at
Mars Hill on Saturday of this week.
The new president has been connect
ed with the college for ten years,
and graduated there In 1922. A large
group of Mars Hill alumni from Tran
sylvania county plan to attend the
all-day program Saturday.
I
Religious Census In
Brevard On Sunday
A religious census of Brevard will be
taken Sunday afternoon In a house-to
house canvass, sponsored by four
churches of the town, the Baptist.
Presbyterian. Episcopal and Methodist.
The town has been divided into zones
for the canvass, which will be made
by four groups from the different
churches, with two captains of each
group. The captains and their groups
will meet at the Baptist church Sun
day aftrenoon at 2 o'clock to prepare
for the canvass of the town which will
begin at 2:30 o'clock. It is requested
by those in charge that all residents
remain at home, as far as possible, af
ter that hour In order to be Included
in the town-wide canvass
L. P. Hamlin, of the Baptist church.
Is general chairman of the census, with
the following group captains represent
ing the other rhurohes: Rev. Harry
Perry. Episcopal: Rev. C. M. Jones
Presbyterian; John E. Rufty, Meth
odist.
The census cards, containing the in
formation desired concerning the dif
ferent denominations of the town, will
be brought back to the Baptist church
following the canvass, where they will
he sorted according to the church af
filiation and made use of ns needed b»
the individual churches.
County Teachers To
Attend Meeting In
Asheville Saturday
Western District Teachers meeting
will he held at Asheville from Friday
afternoon. October 11 to Saturday noon,
Oetober 15. All white schools in tho
county will close Friday at noon.
Among the outstanding speakers will
he:
Dr. 'E K. Fret well of Columbia Uni
versity: Dr. C. L. Brownell of Colum
bia University: Dr. Clyde A. Erwin.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion: Dr. Hubert X. Potent of Wake
Forest College: Dr. .T. H. Highsmlth.
State Department of Public Instruc
tion: Dr. Bert Cunningham of Duke
University: Editor D. Widen Ramsey of
tho Asheville Citizen-Times.
The Elementary Principals’ Confer
ence will he presided over by John E.
Rufty. of Brevard. Mrs. John B. Ben
nett of Brevard College 1s vice presi
dent of the Higher Education Teachers
group. Mrs. C. E. Wike of Brevard
high school is secretary of the Modern
language teachers. B. D. Franklin of
Brevard high school is vice president of
the Mathmettcs teachers.
Music Program Will
Be Given Tuesday Eve
Brevard Woodmen are sponsoring toe
appearance here next Tuesday night
of “Red & Raymond," and their group
of radio performers
The show will he staged in the court
house, beginning at 3 o’clock, and Is
composed of yodellng, string music,
dancing, and a variety of entertaining
features.
The group is heard regularly over
radio station, WSB, Atlanta.
Masonic Home Coming
Scheduled For Friday
At Dunn’s Rock Lodge
Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge will ob
serve home coming day on Friday of
this week, with an afternoon and even
ing session and a supper.
The program will begin at 3 o’clock
and the evening program at 8 o’clock,
•with refreshments served |at 6:45
o’clock. An Interesting program will
be presented, Including a third degTee.
It is expected that the observance
will be attended by a large number of
local and visiting Masons.
Grows Large Tomatoes
Four large tomatoes were sent to
The Times office Wednesday by Felix
Norton that tipped the scales at four
pounds seven ounces. Mr. Norton said
he had twenty vines this season of the
giants, the vines growing up to 16
feet_ln height and furnishing enough
tomatoes for dozen or more families.
CHARTER NIGHT TO
BE HELD BY LIONS
THURSDAY EVENING
Visitors From Many Sections
Expected At Inauguration
of Civic Organization
Visiting Lions from Asheville, Can
ton, Waynesvllle, Sylva, Hayesville,
Murphy, Black Mountain, Shelby, and
Greenville, will be in attendance at
"Brevard Charter Night” Thursday.
The event will be held at Camp
Transylvania where the lodge and din
ing hall have been decorated and fit
ted up to take care of the more than
one hundred guests expected to attend.
Beginning at 7:30 o’clock with sing
ing of “America” by the group, the
invocation will be, given by the Rev.
C. M. Jones; welcome of Lions to Bre
vard. Mayor A. H. Harris, welcome to
guests, Harold Kilpatrick; introduction
of visiting Lions, Wesley W. Brown;
address, Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president
Brevard Kiwanis club; report on Ashe
ville Lion’s work, C. Glen Self;
“Ideals of Ltonlsm.’’ L. Roy Phillips; ,
introduction of district governor, by
Carl W. Greene; presentation of char
ter by District Governor R. H. Crooke;
acceptance of Charter, Donald L.
Moore, president of the Brevard club;
presentation of gong and gavel. Wal
ter E. Clark; song; adjournment.
C. Fred Brown of Asheville will act
as toastmaster for the evening, and the
program will take on style of a circus,
with main features of the evening be
ing the dining tent, where dinner will
be served.
Scouts ■will assist In directing traf
fic through Brevard to the camp, and
work of decorating and planning for
the evening is being done by a com
mittee headed by Harold Kilpatrick.
The T.lons club was organized here
three weeks ago with 17 members, and
Donald L. Moore was named president
of the new civic organization.
Fawn Rearing Given
Publicity By N. Y.
Sunday Newspaper
Fawn rearing in Piseali National
Forest was given a prominent display
in Sunday’s New York Times rotograv
ure section.
Pictures showing a week-old fawn
being caught by a ranger, his first
feed after captivity, and his final ship
ment to a distant game preserve, were
effectively used.
The pictures and story were sent In
by the Forest Service, which has been
securing valuable publicity in many
sections of the United States for this
Immediate community.
Radio Performers At
| Rosman Monday Night
ROSMAN, Oct. 12—Radio performers
from WSB radio station at Atlanta will
give a program of music nnd skits at
I the high school here Monday night at
I S o'clock.
The Rosman Woodmen are spon
soring the program, and receipts will
be used on the community building
here. Six people will appear on the
program Monday, with "Yr,deling Ray
mond—the radio's llttlest cowboy," be
ing featured.
Red Cross Roll Call
Starting Next Week
Annual Red Cross Roll Call will be
started in Transylvania county next
week, with all schools,
clubs, and organza
tions askej) to take
part in the member
ship drive.
Transylvania has
been one of the few
counties in North
Carolina ahat has
over-subscribed each
year, for the past
several years, and it
is believed that the- 1
record will be maintained again In 1938.
Window cards, posters, and other ad
vertising is being placed this week, and
signing of members
will begin Monday,
with several volun
teers expected to as
sist in the work. Ros
man and Pisgah
Forest, as well as
■other communities,
always aid in swell
ing the Transylvania
membership.
•^he roll call will
be under direction of
Jerry Jerome as chairman. J. S. 811
versteen is chairman of the Transyl
vania Chapter.
Cauble at Federation
Wm. F. (Bill) Cauble has been nam
ed manager of the_ Brevard branch
Farmers Federation, succeeding Robert
Caldwell, who has been transferred to
the Wayneavllle branch.
Band Concert Be Given
Here Friday Evening
Re vie Frye, leader of the Brevard
Municipal band, announces that a con
cert will be given Friday Evening of
this week at 8 o’clock.
Last Friday there were 29 pieces In
the band, which la being operated
under the Federal music project, and
It is expected that additional players
will te on hand this Friday.
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Revival services lo
Start At Brevard On
Sunday, October 23
Revival services will begin at Bre
vard Baptist church on the evening of
October 23, with the Rev. Dr. Zeno
Wall of First Baptist church, Shelby,
assisting the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott in
the series.
Beginning Monday evening, Oct. 17,
at 7:30, "Week of Prayer" will be ob
served in the church, with services held
each evening at 7:30, preparatory to
the meeting which is to start the fol
lowing week.
Mr. Elliott makes request that in
vitation be extended to all pastors, and
all people to attend the prayer ser
vices, and the revival which is to fol
low.
Books at UDC Library
Books recently shelved at the U. D. C.
library for rental Include the following:
Abner Daniel, Harben: Case and the
Girl, Parrish: Deemster, Caine: If Win
ter Comes. Hutchison; Lengthened
Shadow, Locke: Carpet from Bagdad,
MncGrath: Arrowsmith, Lewis; Illiter
ate Digest, Rogers; Shanty Irish,
Tully.
Church Conference
Starts October 20th
Several representatives of the Bre
vard Methodist church are making
plans to attend the annual conference
of the Methodist church of the Western
North Carolina conference, which will
convene in Charlotte, October 20 to 24.
Among those from Brevard expect
ing to attend the sessions Include the
pastor, the Rev. J. H. Brendall, Mrs.
Brendall. the Rev. and Mrs. G. C.
Brinkman and C. H. Trowbridge, lay
delegate from this church. Those
from here attending the meeting will
leave for Charlotte on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and remain throughout the
sessions.
June Apples Growing
Several people In the county have re
ported apple trees in bloom, some of
the trees having small apples on them.
Mrs. Cordia King of Prohart street
brought some half grown June apples
to the office Wednesday afternoon
which she had pulled from a tree In
her yard. Some of the "old timers"
say tt Is a sure sign of a hard winter,
while others aver that It is fora-run
ner of a mild winter.
Jim Burgess Injured
Jim Burgess of Calvert was ser
iously injured Monday while working
at the new’ paper plant, at Pisgah For
est. He was reported to he comfortable
Wednesday afternoon at T.yday Memor
ial hospital. Mr. Burgess suffered in
juries to his back and head when h»
fell from a building.
Parent-Teacher Group
In Business Meeting
Monday Afternoon
Much business of importance, was
transacted at the regular meeting of
the Parent-Teacher association, held
Tuesday afternoon in the elementary
school auditorium, and a program of
Interest and profit, was presented.
Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of the
Methodist church, opened the meeting
with a tatk on the Biblical Parable of
the Sower and Rev. Yancey C. ETilott,
pastor of the Baptist church, spoke on
phases pertaining to mental health.
Included In the business transactions,
presided over by the president, Mrs. C.
E. Buckner, was the appointment of
a committee in recognition of Nation
al Book Week, with the following to
serve: Mrs. Knox BeLong, J. E. Rufty
and R. T. Kimzey. Mi’s. Buckner was
elected delegates to the district P. T. A.
meeting to bo held at Swannanoa on
Friday, October 21. Mrs. F. P. Sledge
was named chairman of the annual
Christmas seal sale. Mrs. C. L. New
land, room representative chairman,
read a list of room representatives for
each grade In the elementary and pri
mary grades who will serve through
the year. It was voted to furnish
paper towels for use by the grammar
and primary children through the re
mainder of the year.
Long’s Drug store donated a prize
of a Dixie cup to each child in the
first grade for having the most moth
ers present at the meeting.
PARENTS’ DAY WILL
BE COLLEGE EVENT
Students and Faculty To Be
Hosts Sunday To Many
Fathers and Mothers
Students and faculty of Brevard Col
lege have set aside Sunday, October 16,
as "Parents' Day.’’
An annual affair, “Parents' Day,"
gives mothers and fathers of Brevard
students an opportunity to see the col
lege "home” of their sons and daugh
ters and to observe typical activities on
Sunday.
Religious services in the morning;
dinner on the campus, or with their
children in some of the nearby beauty
spots; departmental exhibits; fellow
ship with the faculty; a specially ar
ranged program of music; and re-unlon
with their children will make the day
I of interest and worth to each parent.
The thirty-four students from Tran
sylvania county have Invited their fami
lies to spend all or a part of the day
on the campus. Parents having sons
and daughters at Brevard College are
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Osborne, Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Miller, Mrs. R. F. Mock, Mr.
'and Mrs. Albert McJunkins, Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Lyday, Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Galloway,
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Ashworth, Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. S. A,
Albert. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Thorne, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Tongue. Mr. and Mrs.
| O. H. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Osborne,
| Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Norton Mr. and
1 Mrs. Ij. A. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. R. D,
Hogsea, sir. ana airs, npaiuirig aic
Intosh, Mrs. W. A. McGaha. Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs.
Parris Gallamore, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Austin, Mr. and Mr3. F. E. Bhuford,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Ramsey, Mr. and
Mrs. D F Moore. Mrs. H L. Wilson,
Mr. and Mis. G. P. Walden, Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Talley
In regard to this "Parents' Day"
President E. J. Coltrane stated that
the purpose of the event is—"In order
to acquaint the parents of our students
with members of the college faculty
and with the general situation in which
our students live, we have decided to
set aside Sunday, Octolier 16. as a spe
cial visiting day. We should like to
think that the parents of all of our
students would spend a part of the day
on the campus. The usual program of
religious activities will be conducted.
The various churches in the town of
Brevard will have their Sunday School
programs at. 9:45 In the morning and
a program of worship at 11 o’clock.
There will be a vesper service In the
college auditorium at 6:40 in the after
noon. To all of these services onr
students their parents, other members
of their families, and their friends are
Invited.
"In the afternoon the buildings and
grounds will be open for inspection.
Exhibits of various departments will
be arranged Possibly some parents will
be Interested in the farming operations
including the dairy and the hard of
pure-bred Holstein cattle. At 3 o'clock
In the collage auditorium a program
of music will be rendered, and there
will probably be short talks by one or
more members of the faculty."
Brevard Men Return
From Western Hunt
Randan W. Everett and Walter Wellt
have returned from a hunting trip to
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they
have been for several weeks.
Mr. Wellt reports killing a moose, an
elk. and a deer, while Mr. Everett only
killed an elk. passing up his shot at
; a moose because he figured the animal
j too smaU for his collection.
Dry Forces Called To
Court House Meeting
The Rev. J. K, Henderson has issued :
a call for all Transylvania county ,
people who are Interested in fighting ‘
the whiskey traffic to meet In Brevard <
court house Sunday afternoon at 8:00 i
o’clock. l
"Causes and effects of the liquor |
traffic and the remedy for the dis
ease,” will be considered at the meet- 1
Ing, Mr. Henderson said in calling the \
convention. i
M. A. Adams, leader ki the anti- 1
whiskey campaign In N*th Carolina. 1
is expected to speak. t
DON JENKINS HEADS
COMMERCE BODY
Officers and Directors for New
Year Named—Finances
In Excellent Shape
Donald M. Jenkins, manager of Bre
vard Lumber company, was elected
president of the Brevard Chamber of
Commerce at the first meeting of the
new board of directors held last Friday
evening.
Ralph H. Ramsey, attorney, was
named vice president: C. M. Douglas,
editor of The Times, was elected sec
retary: J. H. Tinsley, real estate deal
er, was named treasurer: and Mrs.
Ralph Fisher re-elected to the post of
office manager and secretary.
Directors elected by ballot of the
patd membership for the year 1938-39
were, J. M. Allison, Mrs. Harry J.
Bradley, W. W. Croushom. Mayor A.
H. Harris, Jerry Jerome, Alex Klzer,
Ashe Macfle, Mrs. Carl McCrary, Jud
son McCrary, Dr. C. L. Newland, O. H.
Oit, J. H. Plckelslmer, Robert Plum
mer, Harry Sellers. Miss Annie Ship
man, John W. Smith, S. R Varner,
George Wheeler, Mrs. J. C. Wlke, Mm
R. H, Zachary, with the five officers
also members of the board.
The board voted to disband the all
time office as of even date, with Mrs.
Fisher to maintain temporary offices
at her home. Committees will be ap
pointed this week by President Jen
kins to act on matters which come up
during the winter, and regular meet
ings of the entire board, and such other
members as are Interested, are to be
held on the first Friday evening of
each month.
The boar<J ordered half page of adver
tising in the "Textile Directory of the
South” which Is being prepared by the
Clark Publishing company of Charlotte,
and which Is to be distributed to points
In the east and northeast.
Matter of road signs at Dillsboro,
Highlands, Walhalla. Travelers Rest,
and other points was brought to atten
tion of the board by S. E. Varner, and
feasibility of such signs will be studied
by a public affairs committee to be ap
pointed by the president.
A "planning board” for the town of
Brevard Is to be started at once by the
chamber, with other organizations to bo
asked for representatives on the body.
This group will officially represent all
Interests in the town, and will make
recommendations and requests to the
board of aldermen and board of county
commissioners on matters of a civic
nature.
The chamber’s finance committee re
ported all bills paid to date, and a small
cash balance on hand, ns well es a
year’s supply of Brevard booklets which
were printed the post spring.
Extra Teacher# Given
To County System By
Increased Enrollment
An additional seventh grade teacher
has been allotted to Brevard elemen
tary school, and Glenn W. Galloway of
Brevard has been named to fill the
post. He will beg'n work Monday.
The average attendance at Brevard
elementary school fer the first month
was 648.3. enabling the placing of ad
ditional teacher. This attendance, com
pared with the average of 447 for tha
year 1037-33 is an Increase of 00 pupils.
At Rosman high school. Miss l.enoro
! Swain, who taught there last year, has
been added to the staff, through In
creased enrollment. Miss Swa.n has
been at work three weeks.
J. M. 3ry«on 111
"Uncle Joe” Bryson, eged and re
sepected resident of Rrorard R-3. Is
very ill. suffering from a stroke of
paralysis. Reports frjjp his bedside
Wednesday morning were- to effect that
his condition was regarded as serious.
CHRIST SCHOOL TO
PLAY AT BREVARD
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Game Start* Early —■ Shift In
Lineup Probable To Give
Local* More Fight
Christ School comes to Brevard Fri
day afternoon to play Coach Cox's
eleven on the high school grid.
The game will start at 8 o’clock, and
Is destined to he one of plenty scrap
ping. For the p»3t several years Bre
vard and Christ School have had It
nip and tuck with the Oreonles having,
the edg9 Insofar aa number of gamee
won.
Two Brevard chaps—Charles Plckel
aimer and Chicken Loftls, are playing
In the Fayssoux bockfleld, being two’
of the smaller boys on the squad.
Christ School’s line averages 182 1-2
pounds against Brevard’s 148 1-2; the
backfleld trails Brevard by one pouiuf
average.
Coach Cox said Tuesday that his
probable starting lineup would be Al
lison and Wright at ends; Lance and
Dick Hamlin as tackles; Hi lemon and
Jones aa guards, Pat Hamlin center;
Teague, quarterback; Hollar and Mls
enhelmer, halves; Ashworth full. Var
ner and Wharton, as well as Jackson
and Walker.will see action during the
game.
Tickets are already on sale, with In
terest running high. Christ School de
feated Waynesville last week, which
makes them look much better' than
Brevard, but the Coxmen will be fight
ing at home, which always adds to
their aggressiveness. *