TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
Vol. 57; No. 17
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 24, 1947
SECTION ONE
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Be Sure To Attend The Brevard Bargain Jubilee Starting Today!
STARTING TWO SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Merchants Offering Values For Trade Jubilee
I
42 CONCERNS ARE
TAKING PART IN
BIG SALES EVENT
Around $1,500 In Prizes Of
fered Shoppers Here From
April 24 To May 3
SUCCESS PREDICTED
Featuring a galaxy of genuine
bargains and offering a variety of
prizes worth in the vicinity of $1,
500, the Brevard Bargain Jubilee
will begin this morning and con
tinue through Saturday week.
This event was planned by the
sponsors, the Brevard Merchants
association, with a primary view to
giving the people of this trading
area extra value for the money
they spend during this event and
to impress on them the advantages
of Brevard as a trading center.
Forty-two local business concerns
are participating in the Jubilee, and
it is by far the most ambitious en
terprise of the kind ever under
taken in Brevard.
J. E. Smith is chairman of the
Trade committee which planned
the event and he was actively as
sisted by President J. E. Trantham.
Other members of the committee
are D. J. Luther and F. B. Wilkie.
Mr. Smith yesu rday*pr&sed all
of the participating business men
for their willing cooperation in the
event and predicted that the Ju
bilee would be a signal success.
“The people of Brevard and vi
cinity,” Mr. Smith said, “will be
quick to realize the enormous sav
ings being offered by local mer
chants for this event.” President
Trantham issued a cordial invita
tion to the people generally to at
tend the Jubilee, share in the bar
gains and win prizes.
Prizes will be awarded Satur
day afternoon, May 3, at 4 o’clock
in front of the court house. C. M.
Douglas will arrange a program for
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NO PRIMARY HERE,
ELECTION MAY 6
Only One Ticket Filed For
City Offices. Registra
tion Is Slow
There will be no primary in
Brevard this year since only one
ticket of candidates for offices of
mayor and aldermen was filed be
fore the deadline of April 18.
Prior to that time, S. E. Varner
announced his candidancy for
mayor and the present town board,
consisting of R. J. Duckworth, J.
Ashe Macfie, W. M. Melton, J. E.
Waters and Charlie Russell, filed
with him for re-election.
The primary was originally set
for April 28, but the only election
that will be held will be the gen
eral election on Tuesday, May 6.
With only one ticket on the bal
lot, voting is expected to be ex
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Thursday, April 24—Fancy shoot
ing exhibition at Camp Sapphire,
featuring Dot and Ernie Lind, 2:00
o’clock. Public invited. B. and PW
dub meeting at Country club at
7:00. Mathatasian Book club meet
ing at home of Mrs. Oliver Orr at
3:30 o’clock.
Friday, April 25—V. F. W. round
dance to be held in new club be
neath Winners store, at 8:30 o’dock.
Junior-Senior banquet in N. Y. A.
Hut. Transylvania district Scout
meeting in City Hall at 8:00 o’dock.
Saturday, April 26—U. D. C. will
meet with Mrs. Mack Allison, Sr.,
at her home. Baseball game on Pis
gah Forest field at 3:30, Sayles
Bleachery vs. Ecusta. Boy Scout
—Tara To Pago Vov
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
J
Plans Approved For Improving
Health Conditions in County,
Group Met Last Saturday Here
On College Staff
WILLIAM TIMBLIN, formerly
a teacher of violin, voice and
languages at the Cosmopolitan
School of Music in Chicago, 111.,
has assumed his position here at
Brevard college as voice and vio
lin instructor.
REPORT OF STATE
ASS’N MADE AT
MERCHANTS MEET
State Director Is Valuable
Asset, McMahan Says.
Attended Meeting
Stressing the value of the state
association and particularly its ex
ecutive secretary, W. L. McDowell,
with regard to legislation proposed
in the general assembly, E. H. Mc
Mahan, state director, gave a re
port of the meeting in Raleigh
last Monday of the state directors
of the Merchants’ association on
Tuesday night at the regular meet
ing of the directors of the local
unit.
In the past 20 years, he stated,
only one law actively opposed by
the association, the sales tax, had
been enacted by the legislature.
Mr. McMahan said that the pro
posed law to tax cooperatives that
compete with other business, which
was vigorously championed by the
association at the most recent ses
sion of the legislature, was defeat
ed because many legislatures were
convinced that it was inimical to
farmers.
The directors engaged in a gen
eral discussion of the Brevard Bar
gain Jubilee which begins today
and the report of J. E. Trantham,
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Program With Five Objec
tives Outlined, Endorsed.
Several Spoke
Plans for improving health con
ditions made by a special commit
tee which was appointed by a
group of some 30 civic and agri
cultural leaders that met in the
county agent’s office on March 22,
were approved at a second meet
ing of the group held here last
Saturday.
At the first meeting five major
problems were selected as being
the ones that should have first at
tention. They are: nutrition, sani
tation, immunization, corrective
defects and housing.
It was suggested by the commit
tee that to improve these five gen
eral conditions, the following steps
should be taken:
Nutrition: County-wide educa
tional campaign on what to grow,
how to grow it and why grow it;
importance and methods of pre
serving fruits and vegetables; im
portance of proper cooking meth
ous in order to obtain the greatest
health value from foods; health
value in a balanced diet and the
urgent need of at. least one green
and yellow vegetable in the daily
diet.
Sanitation: County-w'ide fly con
trol program through screening and
spraying and more emphasis on
home sanitation and surrounding
conditions.
Disease control: organize the
county by communities for immuni
zation clinics and requesting the
assistance of civic clubs in this
work.
Corrective defects: County-wide
programs in cooperation with the
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FORD CHOSEN TO
HEAD MOOSE
Other Officers Elected And
Installed At Meeting On
Monday Night
John Ford, well-known local
merchant, was elected governor of
the Order of the Moose here, lodge
no. 632, at a meeting of the or
ganization last Monday night in
the W.O.W. hall. He succeeds Ger
ald Sitton.
Other officers chosen and in
stalled included: Frank Duck
worth, Jr. governor; E. C. Rev
is, prelate; Frank King, sergeant
of arms; Fred Brewer, secretary;
Dewey Gravely, treasurer; trus
tees, D. L. Glazener, three years,
J. A. Grey, two years, and E. H.
McMahan, one year.
It was decided at the meeting
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Employees Of Wheeler Hosiery Mill
Vote 54 To 24 In Favor Of Union
By a vote of 54 to 24 the em
ployees of the Wheeler Hosiery
mill here decided to have the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers (CIO) as their bargain
ing agency in an election held
last Tuesday at the plant.
The election was called earlier
in the month by the N.L.R.B, on
the recommendation of Samuel B.
Merrick, field representative of
the National Labor Relations board
of the sub-regional office in Win
ston-Salem, and the election was
held from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock
by Harold Dees, N.L.R.B. repre
sentative, also of the Winston of
fice.
Ernest Giles, CIO organizer,
signed for the union following the
election, and he is said to have
been here working for the past
several weeks, holding a number
of meetings with the employees.
The Wheeler Hosiery mill here,
of which A. W. Wheeler is the
president, and his son, George, is
the vice-president, is the only hosi
ery mill in Transylvania county
and was established in 1936. The
plant manufactures full fashioned
nylon and rayon hose and is said
to be one of the few mills in the
South that is now operating two
shifts daily on a full-time basis.
The company has had no labor
problems and has operated con
tinuously since its opening in *96.
Transylvania’s Famous Old Inn Now Being Demolished
A vanishing symbol of a fabulous era following the turn of the century, the famous Lake Toxaway
Inn, pictured above, which was a haven for wealthy vacationers, is now being torn down by a salvage
concern. Once called America’s Switzerland, the resort apparently will never rqopen again and since
the flood of 1916, the Inn has been a ‘ghost’ structure, but the building and its furnishings have been
perfectly preserved for the past 31 years. (Staff Photo)
HOSPITAL DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
HERE ON MAY 18
To Hold Open House For
General Inspection. Guild
To Give A Tea
Hospital day here at the Tran-1
sylvania community hospital will
be observed on Sunday, May 18,
Ralph Ramsey, vice-chairman of
the board of trustees, announces
today.
At a meeting of the board last
week, it was decided to invite the
general public to an inspection of
the hospital and the new equip
ment and the Women’s hospital
guild will hold a tea during the
afternoon.
Last year the hospital day was
attended by a large number of per
sons and Mrs. H. F. Finck, auxil
iary chairman, said the open house
and shower of gifts was very suc
cessful.
“The hospital is being of great
service to the citizens of the coun
ty,” board members point out, “and
we’d like to have the general pub
lic inspect the additions that have
been made.”
Harry H. Straus, president of the
Ecusta Paper corporation, is chair
man of the board, and other offi
cers of the hospital besides Mr.
Straus and Mr. Ramsey are Lewis
Hamlin, secretary, and Willis Brit
tain, treasurer. Members of the
board for this year are all of the
officers, Raymond F. Bennett, A.
H. Harris, Fred Holt, Rev. Harry
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“Bond A Month”
Plan Adopted By
Group, June, July
Plans were made at a meeting
of the Transylvania county Sav
ings Bond committee, of which E.
H. McMahan is chairman, to con
duct a “Bond a Month” plan during
June and July. About 15 people
attended the meeting.
As explained by Mr. McMahan,
the object is to induce those who
do not follow the pay-roll savings
plan to sign cards authorizing their
bank to issue a bond of any de
nomination once each month and
to charge the cost against their ac
count.
“There can be no better way de
vised to effect a savings plan for
an individual,” Mr. McMahan said.
The sales will be pressed through
publicity, organizations of differ
ent kinds and by personal solicita
tion, the county chairman said.
Old Toxaway Inn Being Torn
Down,Was The Most Famous
Resort Of WNC For 13 Years
VFW AUXILIARY
IS ORGANIZED AT
MEETING TUESDAY
Mrs. Jack Alexander And
Mrs. Jack Huggins Are
Chosen Acting Heads
A ladies’ auxiliary to the Lewis
Earle Jackson post of the V.F.W.
was organized here in the newly
opened club room Tuesday night
and Mrs. Jack Alexander was
elected acting president and Mrs.
Jack Huggins was named acting
secretary.
Following a brief outline of the
purpose, procedure of organiza
tion and functions of an auxiliary
as outlined by Dr. Julius Sader,
commander of the local post of
the V.F.W., the ladies attending
decided to organize and dues were
paid in by the required number of
members. A charter has been ap
plied for, it is reported.
Meet Next Tuesday
The auxiliary will meet next
Tuesday night, April 29th., at
8:00 o’clock in the V.F.W. club
room and then every second and
fourth Tuesday night thereafter,
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Has Been ‘Ghost’ Structure
Since Flood Of 1916. Was
America’s Switzerland
Old Toxaway Inn, the most
spacious summer resort in West
ern North Carolina for 13 years
after the turn of the century but
a ghost structure since the flood
of ’16, when the beautiful Lake
Toxaway was washed away, is
now being tom down and the old
settlers up in the scenic Sap
phire country of Transylvania
county are daily viewing the dis
mantling of the 490-room building
with tears in their hearts, remem
bering the gala vacation days and
the thousands of summer visitors
who came regularly to stay in the
famous Inn.
Referred to as America’s Switz
erland, Toxaway Inn on Lake Tox
away, 20 miles from Brevard, was
a vacationers paradise offering
swimming, fishing, golfing, danc
ing, the most beautiful of moun
tain and lake scenery, steam heat,
electric lights, everything that
money could buy, and dignitaries,
foreign ambassadors, the wealthi
est people from Maine to Miami
came to Toxaway for an unexcelled
vacation.
Four Trains Daily
Four trains daily came into Tox
away during the season from April
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Amateur Night To Be Presented Here
By Brevard Kiwanis Club On June 7
An amateur night will be held
at the Brevard high school on
June 7 under the sponsorship of
the Kiwanis club for the benefit
of young peoples’ musical activi
ties in Transylvania county, it is
announced.
The club is conducting an ama
teur night to discover what musi
cal talent is available in the coun
ty and to encourage interest in
music among the young people, ac
cording to Bill Huber, who is in
charge of arrangements.
The contest will be directed by
John Eversman as master of cere
monies. Mr. Eversman, well-known
musician, has been aiding many
young musicians in his work as di
rector of recreation at Ecusta, Ki
wanis officials said.
The program will be as follows:
string instruments, reed instru
ments, brass instruments, piano,
vocal solos, vocal groups, tap and
clog dancing, string bands and
other numbers.
Cash prizes will be given to the
winning contestants of each class.
A grand prize will be given for
the best performance of the en
tire show and there will also be
a second prize.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Collins and
daughter have returned to Bre
vard after visiting in St. Peters
burg, Fla.
TO BEGIN WORK
ON ROSENWALD
BUILDING FIRST
Ten Classrooms At Brevard
Elementary To Be Con
structed At Same Time
COMMITTEE MET
Hampered for five years by war
conditions, the school building pro
gram in Transylvania county will
get underway immediately with
construction beginning on the
Rosenwald building in the colored
section of Brevard and 10 class
rooms with or without a cafeteria
on the new lot at the Brevard ele
mentary school.
This decision was reached at a
joint meeting of the board of edu
cation and the county commission
ers and was unanimously approved
by the Transylvania School Bond
and Building Advisory committee
last Monday night here in the
court house.
Cost $150,000 Each
It is estimated that the Rosen
wald building will cost $150,000 and
j the classrooms at the elementary
school can be constructed at ap
proximately the same figure if the
two structures are built simulta
neously. Bids are now being re
ceived and the contracts will be
let at a cost plus basis, not to ex
ceed a fixed amount
It was pointed out that most of
the real estate had been secured
for the Rosenwald building and
| that the school would be built on
i the lot adjoining the present prop
erty which will be used for a play
ground. The structure will be sim
ilar to the Pisgah Forest building
and grey stone for the outside is
already on the lot. It it anticipated
that construction will be completed
in time for the school term this
fall.
The colored children have been
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HOEV APPLAUDS
TRUMAN’ RECORD
Senator Predicts Chief Ex
ecutive Will Be Re-elected;
Rufty Attends Dinner
A prediction that Harry S. Tru
man would be elected to succeed
himself as President was made by
Senator Clyde R. Hoey at a Jeffer
son Day dinner in Raleigh last Sab
urday night.
The same conviction was voiced
by Josephus Daniels, secretary of
the navy in World War 1.
Senator Hoey said that Mr. Tru
man entered office at what he de
scribed as the most critical hour
in world history. “Faced with
greater domestic and international
problems than any previous pres
ident in all of our national his
tory, Harry Truman is measuring
up to the full stature of greatness,”
he declared.
Around 500 people attended the
function, which was given to raise
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Roland Elected
President Of WNC
Optometrists
Dr. E. O. Roland, popular optom
etrist here, has been elected pres
ident of the Mountain District of
the State Society of Optometrists,
it is announced today.
Upon his return from service
last year, Dr. Roland was chosen
vice-president by the group and
his record during the past 12
months made him the unanimous
choice to head the district in 1947.
The group meets monthly in
Asheville and other officers elect
ed to serve with Dr. Roland in
dude Dr. John Lockard, of Ashe
ville, vice-president, and Dr. Hor
ace Carpenter, of Rntherfordtav
secretary.