NSYLVANIA
IS—
Industrial, Tourist,
cational, Agricul
and Music Cen
Population, 12,241.
57; No. 15
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947
★ SECTION TWO ★
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CLEAN-UP WEEK STARTS MONDAY
April Superior Court Term Ended Last Friday
FIVE DECISIONS
ARE GIVEN IN
DIVORCE ACTIONS
Several Civil Cases Carried
Over; Heavy Fines And
Road Terms Dispensed
^ PLESS PRESIDED
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The April term of superior
court closed here last Friday after
having disposed of a heavy docket
of criminal cases and granting five
divorces. Most of the civil cases
scheduled were continued to later
terms of court.-Judge J. Will Pless,
of Marion, presided and Solicitor
Clarence O. Ridings represented
the state.
Five divorces were granted in j
actions brought by Newal Talley j
vs. Florence R. Talley, Arnold Wil-!
liams vs. Laura J. Williams, Wil
liam Monroe Owenby vs. Mary
Johannes Owenby, Susie Mae Kil
gore vs. Lamar Kilgore and poc
Barnes vs. Llewellyn Reynolds
Barnes.
Boyce Bishop was given a judg
ment of $150 and costs against
Tom Osteen,
The plaintiff in the Case of Gra
dy R. Gosnell vs. James A. Par
ker was given a verdict of $600
and costs.
Clarence Collins, charged with
transporting, was directed to pay
$20 and costs and prayer for judg
ment for three years.
Sam Andrews was given six
months on the roads for abandon- i
ment.
Charged with affray, Warrior
and Van Owen were fined a total
of $1,000 and costs.
James H. Smith and William
Mooney, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon, were directed to
pay $400 to the victim of the as
sault and serve four months on
the roads.
Alex Gaston was fined $60 for
possession.
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LITTLE INTEREST
IN TOWN ELECTION
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Only Few New Voters Reg
istered. Books Open Sat
urday. No One Filed
Interest in the Brevard town
primary and general election con-1
tinues negligible with no candi
dates filing for office and only a
few new voters registering.
Friday, April 18, is the last day
to file with the city clerk here and
the registration books for new vot
ers will again be open in the court
house here Saturday, William Case,
the registrar, announces. Satur
day, the 19th., will be the last day
for registration and the 26th., will
be challenge day.
The primary is set for April the j
28th., and the election will be held
on Tuesday, May 6.
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CALENDAR OF I
EVENTS
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Thursday, April 10—Meeting of
American Legion auxiliary, 8:00
o’clock at Mrs. Ralph Fisher’s
home.
Friday, April 11—Hospital aux
iliary meets at Mrs. Herbert
Finck’s home at 3:30 p. m. Boy
Scout Court of Honor at Baptist
church at 7:30 o’clock. Troop two
will be host.
Saturday, April 12—Brevard Mu
sic dub meets with Mrs. S. A. But
tock, 3 o’clock.
Sunday, April 13—Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, April 14 — Clean-up
campaign begins in Brevard. VFW
club room opens below Winner’s
store 7:00 o’clock. Catholic Society
to meet in Woodmen hall at 8:00
o’dock.
Tuesday, April 15—Meeting of
WNCAC representatives at Ecu
sta at 1 p. m.
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New School Board Installed^
Jones Re-elected As County
Superintendent, Makes Report
FIRE SCHOOL IS
HELD IN PISGAH
NATIONAL FOREST
Modern Methods Of Preven
tion And Control Demon
strated. Huber In Charge
Demonstrating modern methods
of fire fighting and prevention and
stressing the importance of keep
ing forest fires to a minimum in
the Pisgah National forest, an all
day fire school was held at the |
Davidson River Equipment depot
Tuesday with Ranger W. W. Hu
ber in charge.
More than 70 persons, including
state and regional forest officials,
a delegation from the Bent Creek
experimental station near Ashe
ville, heads of fire departments at
the industries in the county, as
well as some 75 G. I. farm trainees
in the Brevard and Rosman schools
attended the all-day affair.
In the morning session, Ranger
Huber reviewed the fire record in
the Pisgah district and stated that
during the past three years there
had been a total of only 47 fires
in the forest here, which was ap
proximately an average of 16 fires
each year.
“These fires have destroyed
some 86 acres and the record
shows that considerable improve
ment has been made in fire pre
vention and fire control,” the rang
er said.
It was explained that 50 per
cent of the fires occur on Satur
days and Sundays and that most
of them start between the hours of
12 noon and nine in the evening.
“Fifty-seven per cent were incen
diary fires and 31 per cent were
started by smokers,” Mr. Huber ex
plained. Most of the fires in the
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TO SELL PROPERTY
FOR TAXES IN JUNE
Commissioners Advance The
Dale In Order To Collect
*46 Levies In Current Year
The county board of commis
sioners voted at their meeting here
Monday to have real property on
which 1946 taxes are unpaid adver
tised in May and sold the first Mon
day in June instead of offering it
for sale and disposing of it in Sep
tember, as has been the practice
in the past. This was done, it is
reported, in order that a report on
the sales might be included in the
current fiscal year’s business.
Tax Collector Frank King esti
mated yesterday that around 500
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To Have Joint Meeting With
Advisory Committee In
Near Future
Following the installation of the
new county board of education on
Monday night, composed of Harry
R. Sellers, chairman, Dewey H.
Winchester and F. S. Best, J. B.
Jones was re-elected county super
intendent by a unanimous vote.
The board entered into a gen
eral discussion of the new school
building program, market condi
tions and availability of labor and
materials. It was decided that this
problem should be given further
consideration at a meeting to be
held in the near future, which
will be followed by a joint meet
ing of the board and the Transyl
vania School Bond and Building
Advisory committee. It should be
determined at this meeting when
the expansive school building pro
gram in the county is to be inaug
urated
Supt. Jones reported to the
board that repair work was now
going on in practically every school
in the county and he stated that
since December 1 a total of $4,
884.80 had been spent on repair
and improvements of school build
ings and equipment.
Of this amount $1,732.52 was
spent for a roof on a gym, new
desks and other repair work in the
Rosman school; $894.44 on new
equipment, electric wiring and re
pair work in the Brevard high
school and $497.50 on the Silver
steen school for repainting and re
pair work.
The board decided to purchase
coal stokers for the following
buildings: Brevard primary, gram
mar and high school and the Ros
man high and elementary school.
It was further decided to pur
chase outright the Elizabeth Ram
seur Berthold property, now held
under lease.
Dickson To Attend
Finger-Print School
A. J. Dickson, member of the
Brevard police department, will
leave Friday for Chapel Hill, where
he will attend a 10-day FBI finger
print school.
Upon completion of the course,
Officer Dickson will be able to set
up a complete finger printing de
partment here, Chief B. F. Banther
states, and a finger print library is
anticipated being made. The local
officer will be able to raise and
photograph prints when and wher
ever necessary, it is reported.
MULL IS MEMBER OF
WELFARE BOARD
Beecher Mull has been appoint
ed by the Transylvania county com
missioners to serve a second term
as a member of the county welfare
board, it is announced.
Miss Mary Gwynn Elected President
Of Southeastern Camping Association
Miss Mary W. Gwynn, of Bre
vard, was elected president of the
Southeastern Section of the Amer
ican Camping association at the
closing session last Saturday after
noon of a three-day regional con
vention held at the Battery Park
hotel in Asheville.
Miss Gwynn succeeds Mrs. Kath
ryn Curtis, of Brevard, as president
of the southeastern area and Mrs.
Curtis, in recognition of the out
standing work she has done as
head of this region for the past two
years, was chosen as a member of
the national board, representing
her section.
The new president, who was pro
gram chairman of the convention,
i
is owner and director of Mary
Gwynn’s camp, located about four
miles from Brevard.
Miss Gwynn was born and reared
at Leaksville-Spray, N. C., and did
Y.W.C.A. work for several years,
serving as director of the Y.W.C.A.
camp at Louisville, Ky., and was
program chairman of the Y.W.C.A
camp at Washington.
She rented Camp Transylvania
from 1935 until 1942, at which
time she bought Camp Connestee
and changed the name to Mary
Gwynn’s camp. She is believed to
be the first person te introduce
co-educational camping in this sec
tion and the ages of children who
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Boy Scouts And Jaycees Beautify Lots Near The City Limits
The Boy Scouts of troop one, with the co-operation of the Brevard Jaycees, are shown above
clearing and beautifying the vacant lot at the intersection of the Bosnian highway and the coun
try club road. In the near future, this spot will be planted with grass and shrubs as will other un
sightly and vacant lots in Brevard. (Staff Photo)
RED CROSS DRIVE
NEARING CLOSE,
TO EXCEED GOAL
Schools Will Not Be Solicit
Transylvania county's ^
Roll Call for 1947 is nearing its
close, it was reported Wednesday
by C. M. Douglas, finance chairman,
and if the remaining few reports
from outside communities come up
to expectations, the quota will be
passed by several hundred dollars.
Exceptionally good response has
been made to the work of the Bus
iness and Professional Women’s
club in Brevard’s residential sec
tion, the chairman said, and also
to the community areas covered by
members of the 4-H and Home
Demonstration clubs.
Schools will not be solicited, it
was stated Wednesday by the
chairman, as the quota will be
passed without going into the
school with requests for funds. In
Roll Calls heretofore, the school
children have contributed from
$500 to $1500 to the Red Cross
membership drive which is han
dled exclusively by young people
and goes toward veteran hospital
and veteran facility work.
Request is made by leaders of
the Red Cross drive that all con
tributions and all community re
ports be made by the end of this
week so that the final report to
the national office may be com
pleted.
Miss Tankersley
To Succeed Miss
Ezzelle On Times
Miss Ethel Tankersley has been
named acting society editor of The
Transylvania Times replacing Miss
Marjorie Ezzelle, who is this week
resigning and returning to her
home because of illness in her
family,.
Miss Tankersley has accepted
the position until some time in
June, Publisher Ed M. Anderson
states, at which time she will be
succeeded by Miss Frances Walker,
who will receive her AB degree in
journalism at the University of
North Carolina at the end of this
quarter. '
“We feel that we are fortunate in
having Miss Tankersley on the staff
the next two and one-half months
since she has had training in the
field of journalism at the Univer
sity of Missouri and similar expe
rience with the war department
during 1945,” the publisher said.
Miss Walker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Boyce Walker, of Pis
gah Forest, is making an outstand
ing record at the university and a
number of her articles and stories
are currently appearing in lead
ing magadnes.
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Chamber Of Commerce Office
To Be In Library, Expecting Big
Tourist Season Here This Year
Mi
STRIKE HAS NO 4*
EFFECT ON LOCAL
PHONE SERVICE
Only Emergency Long Dis
tance Calls Made. West
ern Union Busy
With the country paralyzed be
cause o£ the nation-wide telephone
strike, Brevard continues to haye
local service since the company
here is locally owned. However,
only a few emergency long dis
tance calls have gone out of the
town and county, and the operators
here generally agree that the
citizens have been very coopera
tive and have not insisted on calls
not of an emergency nature.
Since the beginning of the
strike, Brevard’s operators have
been right on the job, even though
the work has been considerably
curtailed. “We have no idea of
striking, and we’ll certainly be
glad when all operators through
out the country get back their
job s,” Brevard’s “voices-with
smiles” contend.
Business at the Western Union
here, however, has more than
tripled during the past three days
and Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the manag
er, has had to work overtime to
meet the demands for wire service.
Mrs. G. C. Crisp, of Candler and
Mrs. Howard Aumon, of Asheboro,
were guests of the former’s sister,
Mrs. L. E, Cagle and family Sun
day.
The chamber of commerce office
will be located this summer in the
county library building on the
courthouse square it was decided at
a regular meeting of the board of
directors held in the city hall on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ralph Fish
er, executive secretary, revealed at
that time that she was receiving
a large number of inquiries from
prospective visitors in all sections
of the country and Ranger Bill Hu
ber said that last Sunday there
was a throng of people in the for
est. Mrs. Fisher said that indica
tions were the approaching season
would surpass last summer. Willis
Brittain, president, presided at the
meeting.
President Brittain told of a con
ference he and members of the
road committee had conferred
with John A. Goode, district high
way commissioner, and two high
way engineers in Asheville recent
ly with regard to certain road work
desired in the county by the cham
ber. The conference did not pro
duce any definite results, Mr.
Brittain reported, but a further
study of the proposals was prom
ised.
The directors voted to set aside
$1,000 from current funds to ap
ply on the erection later of an of
fice building and changed the date
of the annual banquet from sum
mer to fall.
After hearing it read and ex
plained by L. P, Hamlin, the board
approved the plan of organization
of the Brevard community council.
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Large Delegation From WNCAC Is
Expected To Attend Meeting Tuesday
Representatives from 20 or more
Western North Carolina towns are
expected to attend a meeting of
the Western North Carolina Asso
ciated Communities in Brevard
next Tuesday, April 15, at one
o’clock, it is announced by C. M.
Douglas, of Brevard, secretary of
the association.
The meeting will be held in the
Ecusta Paper corporation cafe
teria, and rew’-esentatives here for
the occasion will be guests of Ecu
sta for lunch. Letters of invitation
are going out to directors of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce to
attend the luncheon and also sit
in the business session to follow.
Much local interest is manifest
in the meeting here next week due
to the fact that officials of the
United States Department of Agri
culture from Atlanta, Ga., and
Washington, D. C., will be here and
will outline their policies and im
mediate projects in Pisgah Nation
al Forest.
J. Herbert Stone, regional forest
er, of Atlanta, Ga., is expected to
lead the discussion on policies un
der which the National Forests in
W. N. C. are operating, and will
give a picture of the programs de
veloped and in the making for this
immediate section.
Carl G. Krueger, supervisor of
Pisgah National Forest, and E. W.
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PUBLIC IS URGED
TO CO-OPERATE
BY MAYOR HARRIS
Jaycees And Boy Scouts Are
Clearing And Beautifying
Lots And Parks
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Calling on all persons and civic
organizations for co-operation,
Mayor A. H. Harris issued a proc
lamation at the town board meet
ing this week designating tue
ensuing week, April 14 to 21, as
Clean-Up week in Brevard.
The mayor stated: “In the inter
est of progress and the general
welfare of its citizens and in ac
cordance wit1 a practice that has
been carried out here for a num
ber of years, I hereby decree:
“Whereas, a Clean-up campaign
is productive of much good in the
promotion of beautification, civic
pride, health and fire prevention*
“Whereas, expectations this year
are for a record tourist season
and the visitors’ enjoyment and
impressions of our town are de
pendent in a large measure upon
the cleanliness and beauty of our
town,
“Now, therefore, I hereby set
aside and proclaim the dates of
April 14 to 21 as Clean-up week ia
Brevard and respectfully call upon
every citizen, business firm and
organization to co-operate to the
' JPSBgfc.ycees and the Boy Scout*
a! tie’community are taking the
initiative in the clean-up campaign
and are clearing off vacant lots,
parks and other unsightly places in
the town. Other organizations are
expected to join in this work.
The city truck will make daily
rounds of the business houses and
on next Monday afternoon all trash
in the residential section of town
north of West Main street and
west of Broad street will be eof
lected. On Wednesday afternoon,
the city truck will pick up all rub*
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JAYCEES TO AID
IN CLEAN-UP WEEK
To Beautify Lots And Parks.
Rogers Spoke At Last
Meeting
Pledging full co-operation in the
annual clean-up campaign in Bre»
vard next week, the Jaycees here
at a dinner-meeting Tuesday night
in the country club discussed plans
for park improvement and beautifi
cation of certain lots in the ap
proaches to the town of Brevard.
Enrique Rogers, of Chile, spoke
briefly on the industrial develop
ments as well as those of natural
resources in his country. Follow
ing the talk, he showed a movie,
“South Chile.” County Agent Ju
lian Glazener talked on food and
also presented a film, "The Food
You Didn’t Eat.”
Cecil Hill, president, presided at
the meeting and some 25 members
attended.
Brevard PTA Elects
Mrs. Julius Sader
As N$w President
Mrs. Julius Sader was elected
president of the Brevard Parent
Teacher association, at the organi
zation’s regular meeting Tuesday
afternoon. She replaces Mrs. R. E.
Matthews.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
C. J. Goodwin, who replaces Mrs.
Sader as vice president; Mrs. E.
L. Happ, who succeeds herself as
secretary, and Mrs. A. J. Mon
tanari, who follows Miss Dorothy
Allison, as treasurer. The officers
will assume their duties next fall.
During the business meeting it
was announced the regular May
meeting will be a Fathers’ night
affair. Mrs. W. G. McFarland had
charge of the program and spoke
on the subject, "Home Problems,*
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