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Take Advantage Of The Many Festival Bargains In Brevard Stores Thursday, Friday And Saturday TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA ■ IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul* tural and Music Ceii- ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 64, No. 31 SECTION ONE BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953 24 PAGES TODAY PUBLISHED WEEKL'F Architect’s Drawing Of New Presbyterian Church Shown above is an architect’s drawing of the new Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian church, an imposing looking edifice, which will be constructed here within the not-too-distant future. The con gregation unanimously approved a resolution Sunday night giving the building committee authority to secure final plans and specifications from the architect, Harold E. Wagoner. The new church will be of brick construction with white wooden trim, and is expected to cost around $75,000. Its seating capacity will be 300. The present church structure will be retained since Sunday school facilities are not includ ed in the new church, but are to be added later in a long range building program set up by the Pres byterians. Criminal Term Of Superior Court Is Being Continued, Many Cases Tried jxnax Gets Four Years Secret Assault Charge. Other Verdicts Given The criminal slate in the July- August term of Superior court in Transylvania county is being con tinued, and the civil slate will be heard next week. Judge J. H. Clement, of Winston- Salem, is presiding over the two- weeks’ court, and Clarence 0. Rid ings is prosecuting for the state. Taking considerable time Tuesday was the trial of William Mullinax, who was charged with secret assault. He. was found guilty by the jury, and Judge Clement sentenced him to four years on the road. Most of the cases tried on Mon day were submission cases, and several jury trials were heard Tuesday. According to clerk of court, Mar vin McCall, the criminal slate should be completed on Thursday. Many of the cases were called and failed, and several were con tinued over until the December term of Superior court. Judge Clement ordered Hubert and Martin McCall, Bradley Owen and Elmer Buckner, who were charged with larceny, to be turn ed over to the probation officer. Cos Banther was found gulity of public drunkenness and was giv en 12 months on the road. Leo, Claude and Johnnie Capps —Turn to Page Foift All Quiet As Korean Armistice Signed^ County Is Contributor News of the signing of the truce in Korea was received here in Brevard and Transylvania quietly, as it reportedly was in other parts of the United States, where citi zens were relieved that the shoot ing is over, temporarily at least, but were aware of the many un solved problems remaining. The United Nations Command and the Communists signed the ar mistice at 8 p. m. Sunday EST, ending three years and one month of deadly undeclared warfare in Korea. The signing ceremony was per formed by the chief negotiators as representatives of the opposing su preme commanders of the United CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, July 30 — Movie on Korea at Wesleyan Methodist church, 7:30 p. m. Friday, July 31 — Cub Scout pack meets at Lutheran church, 7 P; ni. Concert at Transylvania Mu sic camp, 8:15 p. m. Square dance JQ the American Legion building, 8:30 p. m. Saturday, August 1 — Ecusta Berkeley at Camp Straus field, 2 p. m. Concert at Transylvania Music camp, 8:15 p. m. Country club dance, 9 p. m. Sunday, August 2 — Attend the church of your choice. Concert at Juusie camp, 4 p. m. Monday, August 3 — Presbyteri an Men’s club meets for ladies’ ^ight program, 6:30 p. m. Rotary —Turn To Page Five Merchants Meet Tuesday Evening D. T. Abercrombie, chairman of the merchants committee of the chamber of commerce, has called a meeting of local business men for Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock over the city hall to hear a report from a special committee, which is draft ing plans for a Christmas promo tion. He urges all merchants and others interested in stimulating the holiday business to attend. Nations forces and the Chinese and North Koreans. As in previous wars, Transylva nia made a great contribution to the Korean war. Two of her men made the supreme sacrifice, two have been reported missing and 10 were wounded in the three-year battle. Sgt. Dover C. Hudson was the first Transylvanian to lose his life in Korean fighting, and Cpl. Wal- —Turn to Page Four Local Merchants Offer Large Varietf Of Bargains For Huge Trade Festival PRESBYTERIANS PROCEED WITH BUILDING PLANS Action Is Taken By Congre gation On Sunday Night. Clark Is Chairman The congregation of the Brevard- Davidson River Presbyterian church, in a special call meeting Sunday night, authorized the build ing committee to proceed with final plans and specifications for a edifice expected to cost around $75,000, and seat 300 persons. This was the culmination of ten months’ work by the building com mittee and the architect, Harold E, Wagoner, of Philadelphia, who is considered one of the foremost men in his field today. The resolution was unanimously passed by the congregation, who followed up with another specify ing a group of women be appoint ed to assist with interior treatment, arrangement and decoration. William B. Clark, who is chair man of the building committee, ex plains that the architect must now make final plans and specifications. These, also, must be approved by the congregation before bids may be called for. The actual construc tion should get underway in a few months. —Turn To Page Four ECUSTA WORKERS ARE GIVEN RAISE An Added Five Cents Per Hour Went Into Effect On July 27th Employees of Ecusta Paper cor poration at Pisgah Forest, received a five cent per hour wage increase effective July 27, 1953, according to an announcement issued jointly by L. F. Dixon, vice presi dent and general manager of Ecus ta Paper division, and N. H. Collis- son, vice president and general manager of Olin Cellophane divis ion. The increase affects over 2,000 hourly and salaried employ ees. The announcement stated that the management had for several months been studying their wage —Turn to Page Eight Stockholders Of Country Club To Hold First Annual Meet Tuesday The first annual stockholders meeting of the newly formed Brevard Country Club, Inc., will be held Tuesday night, August 4 at 7:00 o’clock in the club house on Country Club road. President William F. Huff man urges all stockholders to be present since, at this annual meeting, a report on the prog ress of the organization will be given and a new board of direc tors will be elected for the com ing year. Program Highlights Summer Programs Of NBC Now Being Heard Over WPNF Said To Be 'Tops" The summer programs of NBC now being heard over WPNF are tops, according to John Dellinger, program director at the station. He urges local listeners to make special efforts to hear such shows as the following: Thursday night: Roy Rogers 8:00, Eddie Cantor at 9:30 and Judy Ca- nova at 10. Friday night: Eddie Fisher at 8 o’clock. All Star Parade of Bands at 9:00 o’clock and All-American Sports Show at 10. Ted Atkinson, the greatest of modern jockeys, will be sketched on the latter pro gram. Saturday: Grand Ole Opry at 9:30, followed by Eddie Arnold. Sunday: Tony Martin at 8:00, Best Plays following and Barrie Craig at 10. Monday night three top shows are heard beginning at 8 o’clock. They are the Railroad Hour, the Voice of Firestone and the Tele phone Hour. Rosemary Clooney is heard at 8:15 on Tuesday nights, followed —^Tum to Page Eight Once again it has been proven that the citizens of Brevard will back and support a worthwhile project, Mr. Huffman says. It was only a few months ago that sev eral farsighted citizens saw the need for the reopening of the country club and golf course to provide relaxation for its citi- cens and tourists, he continued, and a committee was appointed by a group of interested citizens, at a town meeting, to study the feasibility of reopening the club and golf course. After considerable study this committee recommended to the —Turn to Page Eight Local Equipment Is Used In Dragging Lake For Thompson The Brevard volunteer fire de partment boat and rescue equip ment is being used in dragging Lake Thorpe (formerly Glenville lake) for the body of Charles E. Thompson. The search was being continued Wednesday. Thompson is believed to have drowned Sunday and at last report his body had not been found. It is reported that he is a brother-in- law of Dr. Smith, at one time drug gist at Macfie’s. Mr. Thompson, along with mem- —Tijm to Page Eight Noted Artist Returns To Brevard Annually SHOPPINGEVENT TO LAST THREE DAYS THIS WEEK Marked Reductions Feature Timely Offerings In. Brevard Stores GOODWILL BUILDER WILLIAM STEENE, well-known portrait painter of New York and Ocean Springs, Miss., has been returning to this section of the Carolinas each summer since 1914. He says the climate and scenery inspire him to finish uncompleted work, and the photograph above was made over the week end at the studio in one of the schools as he completes a portrait. (Times Staff Photo) Climate And Scenery Inspire Artist To Complete Work Here CITIZENS CAN AID INTOURISTTRADE Chamber Of Commerce Pres ident Requests All To Write To'f^riends By STAFF WRITER Although there are two counties where polio has reached epidemic stages, minute areas in comparison with the size of North Carolina, Transylvania county and the rest of the state are virtually free of it and the number of cases this sea son have been less than average. There have only been two cases reported in this county this year, and both of them are now recov ered. One was not even a resident, but came here from Florida and has returned; Publicity concerning Caldwell and Catawba counties, where the disease has been rampant, have been highly detrimental to North Carolina’s third largest industry, the tourist business. check this week shows that all of WesterH Carolina has been affected by the adverse publicity. Newspapers in other states have given large play to the fact that North Carolina has a polio epidem ic. Outsiders cannot realize that Caldwell and Catawba counties are not all of North Carolina. E. Varner, Jr., president of the Brevard chamber of commerce —Turn To Page Four William Steene Has Vaca tioned And Painted In Brevard Since 1914 By STAFF WRITER As an inspiration for the com pletion of unfinished paintings, William Steene, well-known por trait painter of New York and Ocean Springs, Miss., returns to Brevard and other communities in scenic Western North Carolina each summer to combine work and vacation. Since 1914 the distinguished looking painter has spent several weeks each summer in the area, and at the present time he is paint ing a portrait here at the elemen tary school where he has a studio and at Fairfield Inn. Mr. Steene is no stranger throughout the state of North Caro lina. Several years ago he was commis sioned to paint leading citizens of North Carolina, and for two years he did outstanding work on the campus of the University of North Carolina. “But I choose to paint here at Brevard because of the ideal cli mate and the magnificent scenery of this beautiful section of the Carolinas,” Mr. Steene commented. Leading educators, including the presidents of the university, Duke and other educational institutions, former governors of the state are included in his paintings, along with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Beards ley Rume, president of Macy’s, —Turn To Page Four Music Camp To End 17th Season On Sunday, Many Concerts Are Slated The seventeenth season of Tran sylvania Music camp draws to a close Sunday, following a series of final concerts by the major per forming groups. James Christian Pfohl, music di rector of the camp, today expresses his gratification that this year’s camp, with the largest enrollment in its history, has been one of the best sessions in the organization’s 17 years. Students from the Southeast and from many other parts of the coun try have performed, studied, and heard music and have enjoyed a full recreational program, he states. A number of the camp concerts have been broadcast over coast-to- coast networks, and faculty and student groups have been heard in concert by large numbers of music- lovers from surrounding communi ties and travelers from far parts of the country. Each week has brought a well-known concert ar tist to appear as guest soloist with the Transylvania Symphony or chestra, a unique student-faculty or ganization of 85 pieces, conducted by Mr. Pfohl. —^Tani to Pa^e Four A big, three-day summer trade festival will begin m Brevard on Thursday morn ing, and most of the mer chants he{re have joined hands in this town - wide shopping event by offering a variety of seasonable and staple merchandise at very attractive prices. With D. T. Abercrombie as chairman, the merchants commit tee of the Brevard chamber of commerce has been planning for a number of weeks, and much mer chandise has been purchased by the store owners especially ifstr the event. “We are staging this event ^th two purposes in mind,” Mr. Aber crombie said. “First, to give our customers some real values in good merchandise and, second, as ft means of making a friendly gesture to all who trade here. We hope by- means of this sale and other trade events to follow in the months ahead, to build up good will that- wiP he profitable both to buyer and to isviuer.” Different kinds of businesses in greater number than ever before in recent years are participating in the trade festival. Each of them display the distinctive banners on their windows and the special red price tags on the bargain items. It was pointed out by seversl merchants yesterday that they had —Turn To Page FOUNDERS’ DAI TO BE OBSERVED Event Planned At Colored Community Center On August 10th, 11th Founders’ Day will be observed at the Colored Community colter here with two evening programs August 10th and 11th featuring both white and negro speakers and. entertainers. Mayor John A. Ford and Attor^ ney Ralph H. Ramsey will be the principal speakers on the second- program Tuesday night. Mr. Ram sey will speak on “Lift Up Your- Eyes.” Also featured on the Tues day- evening program will be the Edge brothers, professiCTial' danc ers, and the Kilpatrick sisters, re-- cent winners in the local Arthur- Smith talent hunt. Rev. Thomas Kilgore, of New- York City, will speak at the cele bration Monday night, and appear ing on the program with him will be the Utility Gospel choir, also ot New York. Of special interest will be added features in the Foundei*s 3>ay celebration. The first is an oil paint ing by C. R. Riddle, based on the —Turn to Page Five Improvement Work: Is Being Done On Pisgah Motors Road Improvement work has been started on the Pisgah motor road from Wagon Road gap to the paved road below Mt. Pisgah Iim» and this scenic route should be in good shape for travel this week end. Ranger Ted Seely an nounces. The ranger points out, how ever, that a washing rain will make the fresh dirt slippery and' he urges careful driving if the weather is inclement. The work at the present time is being done by the U. S. Forest Service, and the North Carolina.-. —to .Page Ei^t
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