TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrant to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 57; No. 16
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BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
SECTION ONE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TELEPHONE OFFER IS REJECTED
varner Files For Mayor, Board To Run Again
APRIL 18 IS FINAL
DATE FOR FILING,
PRIMARY ON 28TH
Registration Of New Voters
Is Slow. Books Will Be
Open Saturday
ELECTION ON MAY 6
S. E. Varner, well-known local
businessman, filed this week for
election as mayor of Brevard, and
the present board of aldermen
composed of R. J. Duckworth, J.
Ashe Macfie, W. M. Melton, J. E.
Waters, and Charlie Russell, will
be seeking re-election on the same
ticket with Mr. Varner.
Mayor A. H. Harris, now fill
ing the unexpired term of Senator
Verne Clement, has declined to
seek re-election because of his
doctor’s orders, and Mr. Varner is
the first person to file for his of
fice. The final filing date is Fri
day, April 18.
Mr. Varner, bus.aessman here
for several years, came to- Brevard
13 years ago as deputy collector
with the internal revenue depart
ment, a position from which he
retired in 1945. Coming here from
Swain county where he was chair
man of the board of county com
missioners, Mr. Varner has been
active in civic and religious cir
cles and is at present chairman of
the board of stewards of the Meth
odist church.
All of the present board mem
bers have served several years, ex
cept Mr. Russell who was appoint
ed recently to fill the vacancy
which occurred with the resigna
tion of Keith Pooser.
Registration of new voters has
been slow, William Case, the reg
istrar, announces, and Saturday,
April 19, is the last day new vot
ers can register. Saturday, the 26th,
is challenge day.
The primary is set for April 28,
and the election will be held on
Tuesday, May 6.
NO CHEST DRIVE
SET THIS YEAR
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To Use Balance Of $1,575.42 |
To Pay Debts Of Needy
Families Here
Unless unexpected developments
should arise, the Transylvania
Community chest will not hold a
campaign for the fiscal year of
1947-48, because of the lack of re
quests, officials of the organiza
tion decided at a meeting in the
city hall last Friday night.
With a balance of $1,575.42, the
Community chest will pay debts
owed to merchants, doctors and
drug stores in Brevard by needy
families up to that amount and
then will remain inactive until a
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, April 17—Meeting of
the Woman’s auxiliary of Presby
terian church in N. Y. A. Hut at
3:30 o’clock. Lions Club “ladies’
night” meeting at Brevard Country
club 7:00 o’clock. “Meet North Car
olina” film in Ecusta cafeteria 7:30
o’clock.
Friday, April 18—Baseball game
Brevard Hi vs. Christ school, Ecu
sta field 3:30 o’clock. Kiwanis meet
ing at Bryant House 7:00 o’clock.
Garden club meeting at home of
Mrs. Paul Baker at 3:30 o’clock. I
Saturday, April 19 — Baseball
game at Ecusta field, Brevard col
lege vs. Ecusta at 3:30 o’clock.
Sunday, April 20 — Attend the
church of your choice. Singing
convention at Mt. Moriah Calvert
Baptist church at 2:00 o’clock.
Golf match, Ecusta vs. Dayton
Rubber Co., Brevard Country club
1:00 o’clock.
Monday, April 21—Meeting of
Transylvania School Bond and
Building Advisory committee at
•ourt house at 8:00 o’clock.
WNCAC Representatives Hear
Forest Officials At Ecusta
Meeting, Expanding Program
Chosen President
MISS MARY VV. GWYNN,
owner and director of Camp
Mary Gwynn, was elected pres
ident of the Southeastern Sec
tion of the American Camping
association at a meeting in Ashe
ville recently.
National Director
MRS. KATHRYN CURTIS,
owner and director of Camp
Illahee, was named on the na
tional board representing this
section of the American Camping
association. She is the. immedi
ate past-president of this region.
ADVISORY GROUP TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
Transylvania School Bond and
Building Advisory committee next
Monday night in the Brevard
court house, it is reported, and
all members are urged to attend.
The purpose of the meeting is
to discuss all phases of the school
building program, including the
date that it is to be launched.
Approximately 100 Persons
Attended All-Day Session.
Resolutions Are Adopted
Closer cooperation between Pis
gah and Nantahala National for
ests and the civic groups of the
communities served by the two for
est units was seen here Tuesday
following the quarterly meeting of
Western North Carolina Associat
ed Communities.
Supervisory officials of the two
national forests presented their
programs for recreation and gen
eral use at the meeting which was
held in the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion cafeteria and attended by 100
persons from the 11 counties rep
resented in the WNCAC group.
General approval of the outlined
plans was given in a resolution
adopted by the civic body.
J. Herbert Stone, regional su
pervisor of the U. S. forest service,
of Atlanta, Ga., Carl J. Krueger,
supervisor of Pisgah National for
est, and E. W. Renshaw, supervi
sor of Nantahala forest, told the
community representatives that
they hope to have the recreation
areas of the two forests back to
pre-war standards as soon as pos
sible and that plans are to com
plete the Powhatan lake area fa
cilities at Bent Creek followed by
development of other areas.
For All Persons
The forestry officials stressed
the fact that the national forests
are for all persons and especially
those citizens in the immediate
areas. They explained that they de
sire to have the wishes of the com
munities served conveyed to them
and that the forest supervisors
would in turn like to consult with
local groups relative to any major
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REID-MELTONNOW
IN NEW LOCATION
Occupying Recently Remod
eled Mull Building. Ex
panding Business
Reid-Melton Furniture company
has moved its stock of goods from
East Main street to the newly
constructed Mull building at the
corner of South Broadway and
Jordan street, where, as the man
ager, T. E. Reid pointed out, the
concern will have much more space
to display its merchandise.
The building vacated by the fur
niture company is being remod
eled for Gaither’s cafeteria and
should be ready for occupancy in
about two weeks.
Mr. Reid in commenting on his
change of location yesterday re
ported that conditions in furni
ture manufacturing centers are
much better than they were a few
months ago, resulting in the pro
duction of a greater volume of ar
ticles of greatly improved quality.
Brevard Country Club Holds Formal
Opening This Week, Plans Big Year
The Brevard Country club will
be formally opened this week
end for the spring and summer
season and E. E. Fraser, manager,
invites the public to witness the
golf match between Ecusta and
Dayton as well as to inspect the
beautiful fairways, tee-greens and
the club house itself.
“This summer we’re expecting
the largest number of visitors
we’ve ever had and last August
we had more than a thousand dur
ing the month,” he said. “This
year we are getting the club
house, the golf course and the
tennis courts in the best condi
tion ever as early as possible.”
“Already we’ve had a consider
able number of golfers out play
ing,” he comfnented, “and the
tennis courts will be marked and
ready for use by Saturday.”
The Brevard golf course is a
complete nine-hole course with
two additional practice holes. The
finest bent grass in the country
is planted on the greens, it is un
derstood, and future plans call for
enlarging the course to 18 holes.
A membership drive will be
started at a later date and Mr.
Fraser said if anyone desired to
join the club now, applications
could be filled out at the club for
approval by the membership com
mittee.
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Brevard Telephone Operators Are Busy In Spite Of Strike
i he Brevard telephone operators are remaining on the job in spite of the nation-wide strike, and
report that local business is brisk. The telephone company here is locally owned and the operators say
they have no idea of striking. Only emergency long-distance calls are going through, however. The
morning shift is pictured above and they are from left to right, Mrs. Bert Freeman, supervisor, Mrs.
Lewis Osborne, Mrs. Flora Shytle, and Mrs. Goode Loftis. (Staff Photo.)
PRESBYTERIANS
WILL HEAR NEW
PASTOR SUNDAY
Rev. Walter P. Baldwin Will
Fill Pulpit Permanently
After May 25
Rev. Walter P. Baldwin, native
of Clinton, S. C., who was recently
chosen pastor of the Brevard-Da
vidson River Presbyterian church
here, will fill the pulpit of the lo
cal church Sunday morning.
At this service newly elected of
ficers will be ordained and in
stalled. They are: elders-elect—
Robert F. Kimszey, Luther Wood,
Pete Eberle and A. R. Sarratt; dea
cons— E. P. McCoy, Charles Cook,
Bob Bolt and E. B. Matheson.
Mr. Baldwin will move to Bre
vard around the 25th of May with
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Phone Directories
Go To Press Sat.
New telephone directories are
now being compiled, C. W. Bickel
simer, general manager of the Citi
zens Telephone company here an
nounces, and will probably be de
livered to subscribers around the
first of May.
Saturday at 12 noon will be the
deadline for changes in listings
and numbers, it is reported, and
they can be made by calling num
ber 900. This year over 1,350 cop
ies are being printed, 300 more
than ever before, and Mr. Pickel
simer emphasizes that, due to the
increased number of phones, num
bers must be given in making lo
cal calls.
WOW OffidakTo
Attend State Meet
Officials of the local order of
the Woodmen of the World will
attend the state convention in
Charlotte from April 20th through
the 22nd., it is reported here to
day.
Representing Brevard will be
Hal Keener, Dean Whitlock, Bruce
Cassell; alternate, Vance Jack
son, Judson Johnson and Fred
McCann. L. W. Bonnell, financial
secretary, will serve on the creden
tials committee.
Last Wednesday night members
of the local W.O.W. attended a
meeting of the financial secret
taries of the Western district in
Asheville and heard talks by the
national financial secretary, W. C.
Braden, and the state director,
Nick Newberry.
Red Cross Drive Goes "Over j
The Top” Here, Collections j
Will Total Over $4,500
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FAMED FILM TO
BE SHOWN THREE
TIMES IN COUNTY
Scenes Depicting Transyl
vania Are In Movie “Meet
North Carolina
The famed film, “Meet North
Carolina,” which contains scenes
of the Pisgah National forest in
Transylvania and the expansive
layout at the Ecusta Paper corpo
ration, will be shown three times
in the county today and tomorrow,
it is reported.
The first showing will be in the
Ecusta cafeteria tonight at 7:30
o’clock and will comprise a part
of the regular weekly movie pro
gram.
The same evening members of
the local Lions club, their wives
and sweethearts will view the pro
duction in the meeting at the Bre
vard country club.
On Friday evening at 7:00
o’clock the film will be presented
as part of the regular program at
the meeting of the Kiwanis club.
“Meet North Carolina” was made
by the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey to show the many
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Chairman Cites Generous
Contribution at Ecusta.
Praises Work Of Clubs
Transylvania’s goal of $4,000 for
the American Red Cross is re
ported “over the top” today by C.
M. Douglas, finance chairman.
Total collections will pass $4,
500, the chairman said, with sev
eral firms and a few blocks and
rural leaders expected to send in
their final collections during this
week.
The drive has been successful
ly conducted by the Brevard Bus
iness and Professional Women’s
club, it is reported, and the chair
man said he particularly wanted to
express his appreciation to all the
members for the generous work
given to the drive.
Special mention was also made
concerning the excellent co-opera
tion given the local campaign of
the Red Cross in the Ecusta Paper
corporation plant and by the em
ployees of the three companies
who gave a total of $1,342.00. This
amount was matched by the man
agement, making a total of $2,684,
or about 60 per cent of the total
raised in the county.
Home demonstration and 4-H
club workers in Transylvania were
also praised by Chairman Douglas
for their interest and work in the
drive. “Our people believe in the
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Local Firms Offer Stellar Values For
Brevard's Bargain Jubilee Here Soon
Outstanding values in many kinds
of merchandise will be offered by
local business men during Bre
vard Bargain Jubilee here soon, J.
E. Smith, chairman of the Trade
Promotion committee of the Bre
vard Merchants association said
yesterday. Around 50 local firms
are participating in the event and
they are offering an aggregate of
approximately $1,500 in prizes.
“This promises to be one of the
most significant trade events here
in recent years,” Mr. Smith said.
“All of the business men ap
proached readily agreed to partic
ipate in the event”
In addition to the prizes, which
cover a wide variety and range in
value up to $90.00, local mer
chants will offer special money
saving values for the event, which
will extend over several days.
Officials of the local merchants
association have had such an event
as this in mind for several months
and have made careful plans to in
sure its success. It is believed that
thousands of people from the Bre
vard trading territory will take
advantage of this opportunity to
save on needed merchandise, much
of which has been scarce since
during the war.
Others serving on the committee
with Mr. Smith were J. D. Luther
and F. B. Wilkie. President J. E.
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COMPROMISE BY
SCHWELLENBACH
IS TURNED DOWN
Secretary Calls On Public Tc.
Exert Pressure For Settle
ment On Both Sides
NO LOCAL STRIKE
A plan by which Secretary of La
bor Schwellenbach hoped to set
tle the telephone strike today was
rejected by both the company and
its employees and as a result* the
secretary called on the public to
exert pressure to compel an agree
ment.
Mr. Schwellenbach said he in
tended to make a fight for his pro
posal, under which both sides
would agree to arbitration of basic
money issues by a five-man board
and intensive negotiations of other
issues.
The company rejected the offer
on the grounds that it is regulat
ed in each state while the union
officials insisted on a general wage
increase and retroactivity.
Whether the government might
seize the industry, try further plans
to bring the two sides together or
seek some other course of action
remains to be seen.
Issues Statement
Speaking of the telephone in
dustry as a public utility, Schwel
lenbach told both company and un
ion when he submitted his plan: “I
made the proposal on behali of the
American people and I am asking
you who want telephone service,
and who pay the telephone bills, to
demand of each side that they ac
cept the proposal which I made.”
He charged that both sides had re
sorted to “legalistic tactics” in re
jecting the proposal.
Local service has not been im
peded by the nation-wide strike,
but only emergency calls have been
dispatched to outside points since
the walkout occurred. This h£«
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DOG CLINICS ARE
HELD IN COUNTY
All Canine Owners Urged
To Have Their Pets Vac
cinated For Rabies
Dog clinics are now being held
throughout Transylvania county
and all citizens are expected to
have their canines vaccinated for
rabies, Walter F. Hart, senior san
itarian, announces today.
Rabies is endemic in dogs in
most parts of the United States
and in this county there are very
few that have immunity since a
program of county-wide vaccination
has not been carried out during
the past five years, Mr. Hart states.
“The law requires that every
f person owning a dog have him vao
cinated for his own protection as
well as for the protection of aU
the people of the community,” the
sanitarian emphasized.
Dr. V. C. Hill, veterinarian
will cover most of the area with
C. H. Bales, vocational agricultur
al teacher at Rosman, at points in
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Gus Travis Will
Address Lions Club
At Meeting Tonite
Gus Travis, of Charlotte, news
paper columnist and humorist, will
be the principal speaker at a
ladies’ night meeting of the Bre
vard Lions club at the country
club this evening at 7 o’clock.
The Standard Oil film, “Meet
North Carolina,” which depicts
the state’s attractions and travel
opportunities, will also be shown.
Prof. William Timblin, professor
of music at Brevard college, win
render several violin solos. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. De
Witt P. Miller.
Manager E. E. Fraser has an
nounced that he will give away
to some lady guest a bushel of his
prolific grass, which is highly
suitable for use on yards.