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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
Vol. 57; No. 20_ ★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY IS, 1947 ★ SECTION ONE ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
OBSERVE HOSPITAL DAY SUNDAY
*****★*★★★★★★'**★★★*★*★★★ ★★★
Will Hold Mass X-Ray Clinic May 28-June 3
PERSONS OVER 15
HERE, ROSHAN TO
HAVE CHESTEXAMS
Transylvania Is First West
ern County To Get
Semi-Mobile Unit
IS LATEST DISCOVERY
All Transylvanians over 15 years
of age are expected to have free
chest examinations during the
week of May 28-June 3 when a
mass X-ray clinic will be conduct
ed in the Hayes Motor company
building here and at the Rosman
high school under the sponsorship
of the Transylvania County Med
ical society, the county public
health department and the Tran
sylvania Better Health association.
The semi-mobile unit, furnished
by the state sanitorium, will be
brought to the county during that
period and will be operated by one
of the sanitorium technicians, it
is announced.
H. L. Satterwhite, of the state
sanitorium, stated at a meeting in
the public health office here last
week that Transylvania was the
first county west of Hickory to be
offered the mobile clinic and this
was due to the interest shown in
public health here by civic organi
zations and the recently organized
Better Health group
It is explained that this X-ray
method is the latest development
for discovery of chest conditions,
including tuberculosis, and that
examinations are made in 30 sec
onds and no undressing is neces
sary.
Whenever an X-ray shows a j
presence of a respiratory .defect, a
confidential report is mailed to
the individual with recommenda
tions for further examinations.
In Brevard examinations will be
held in the Hayes Motor company
building on Wednesday, May 28
through Saturday, May 31, and at
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C.H. WYATT SELLS
GROCERY STORE
Dwight Moffit And Jack
Williams Are Buyers; Take
Over In Two Weeks
C. H. Wyatt has sold his grocery
store in the suburbs of Brevard
to Dwight Moffit and Jack Wil
liams, who expect to take charge
of the business within the next
two weeks, it was learned yester
day.
Both of these men are employees
of Brevard Wholesale Grocery
and both are veterans. Mr. Mof
fit has been in the employ of
Curtis Kelley since his discharge
from the service 18 months ago
and Mr. Williams has been with
the wholesale concern for eight
months. Both have had many
years of experience in the retail
grocery business.
Mr. Wyatt, who purchased the
grocery from Fred Monteith and
George Massey last September,
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CALENDAR OF i
EVENTS
Thursday, May 15—Lions club
to meet at Bryant House, 7 p. m.
Business and Professional Woman’s
club will meet at Country Club at
7:00 p. m. Woman's Auxiliary of
Presbyterian church will meet at
hut at 3:30 p. m. Garden club to
meet at 3:30 p. m. at Colonial Inn.
Friday, May 16 — Pre-school
clinic at Brevard elementary
school. “Ladies’ Night” of Kiwanis
club at Brevard college at 7 p. m.
Baseball games on college and
high school fields at 3:30 p. m.
Tennis matches at Brevard country
club at 2 p. m. “Cornzapoppin’ ”
play at high school at 8:12 p. m.
Saturday, May 17 — Baseball
game on Ecusta field at 3:30 p. m.
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Gaithers New Cafeteria Will
Have Gala Opening Friday At
Location On East Main Street
Cafeteria Owner
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J. C. GAITHER, above, tomor
row opens Brevard’s first cafer
teria, modern in every design on
East Main street. Mr. Gaither has
operated the Grill here for the
past seven years.
FAU FROM FIRE
TRUCK FATAL TO
ROSMAN MAN
Funeral Services For W. H.
Edens Were Held Wed
nesday Afternoon
Funeral services for William
Hubert Edens, 58, of Rosman, who
died Monday night here in the
Transylvania Community hospital
from injuries sustained in a fall
from a truck Monday afternoon at
Rosman, were held Wednesday aL
ternoon at the Mt. Moriah-Calvert
Baptist church with Rev. B. W.
Thomason and Rev. W. S. Price of
ficiating. Interment followed in
the Gillespie cemetery in Brevard.
Mr. Edens, well-known in the up
per part of Transylvania county,
had lived in Rosman during the
past 31 years and was employed at
the Rosman Tanning Extract com
pany. The tragic accident Monday
afternoon occurred when a fire
was reported at the home of A. P.
Bell in Rosman and the volunteer
fire department was called out. En
route to the blaze, Mr. Edens fell
from the back of the truck and is
reported to have sustained a frac
tured skull.
Surviving are the widow, two j
daughters. Mrs. John Kilpatrick
and Mrs. Clyde Shuford, both of
Brevard, three sons, Dan and Jack,
of Brevard, and Jim, of Rosman,
and the mother* Mrs. Robert Keith,
of Pickens county, South Carolina.
Pallbearers were Dock Lusk,
Mick Lusk, Buck Owens, Claud
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Record Crowd Is Expected,
Establishment To Em
ploy Around 20 People
The gala opening of Gaithers
cafeteria, located at 23 East Main
street, will take place at 11 o’clock
tomorrow, J. C. Gaither, owner,
announces.
Arrangements are being made
to take care of a record crowd,
Mr. Gaither stated. Flowers will
be given the ladies, the men will
receive cigars and candy and ice
cream will be dispensed to chil
dren.
Mrs. Gaither To Manage
Mrs. J. C. Gaither will be man
ager of the cafeteria and Mrs.
Jerry Tinsley, hostess. When the
cafeteria, the first in Brevard, is
in full operation around 20 people
will be employed, Mr. Gaither said.
The cafeteria will be open from
6:30 to 9:30 a. m., 11:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. and 5:00 to 8:30 p. m.
daily, it is announced.
Cafeteria patrons are served on
the first floor and there are seat
ing arrangements for 85. Down
stairs there is a private dining
room, with a capacity of 75, which
will take care of the overflow
from upstairs. Clubs and private
parties will also be served down
stairs, Mr. Gaither stated.
Work on the cafeteria began
the first of the year and every
thing is in readiness for the open
ing, according to the owner, who
with his wife has operated The
Grill for the past seven years.
“No expense has been spared
to make this cafeteria first class
in every respect,” Mr. Gaither
said. “In equipment it will rank
with the best and it is our purpose
to serve good, wholesome food at
reasonable prices. We have un
limited faith on the future of
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OVER 1,000 DOCS
VACCINATED HERE
Only A Few Remain To Be
Inoculated For Rabies,
Hart Reports
Over 1,000 dogs have been vac
cinated for rabies in Brevard and
Walter F. Hart, senior sanitarian,
this week expressed much satis
faction over the protection this
should afford to citizens of the
town.
“This is the largest number of
dogs ever to be treated here,” Mr.
Hart said, “but a few owners have
neglected to have their dogs inoc
ulated. They may do this by ap
pointment wit'u Dr. Verne Hill,
phone 138, here in Brevard.”
The law requires that every per
son owning a dog have him vac
cinated for rabies for his own pro
tection as well as for the protec
tion of all the people of the com
munity, it is reported.
Legion To Present "Cornzappopin”
Here Friday And Saturday Nights
Described as a laugh show,
“Cornzappopin’ ” will be pre
sented by an all-male cast under
the auspices of the local post
of the American Legion at the
Brevard high school auditorium
Friday and Saturday nights be
ginning at 8:12 o’clock. Miss
Rose Marie Retzler, of Kansas
City, Mo., is directing the play and
a portion of the proceeds will be
applied to the cost of the Legion
Memorial building here, it is re
ported.
Dr. Carl Hardin has the princi
pal part in the play. Other char
acter parts are taken by: Streeter
Fisher, George Perkins, Wayne
Fullbright, Fred Brewer, Vance
Jackson, Vernon Fullbright, Ruel
Hunt, George Simpson, and Homer
Corn. The show also has many
colorful, tuneful chorus numbers
as well as many added special
ties, Miss Retzler said.
A Legion committee headed by
Ralph R. Fisher is assisting Miss
Retzler in making arrangements
for the show.
Tiny Tot Popularity Contest
A tiny tot popularity contest is
being held in conjunction with the
production and jars have been
placed in local business places
where people may vote for their
favorites. Pictures of the contest
ants are on display in a window
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To Observe National Hospital Day Sunday Afternoon
In observance of National Hospital Day and
the fifth anniversary of Transylvania Community
hospital, pictured above, the Hospital Guild will
conduct “open house at the local institution from
3 to 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. A blanket in vita
tion has been issutid in behalf of the Guild for
citizens to visit the hospital at that time. The third
section of this paper is devoted to a pictorial and
textual presentation of the hospital from its or
ganization until today. (Staff Photo)
BURLEY GROWERS
ARE ADVISED TO
OBSERVE QUOTAS
Excess Plantings Will Bring
Penalties, AAA Chair
man Reports
T. J. Wilson, chairman of the
Transylvania County Agricultural
Conservation association commit
tee, today cautions all tobacco
growers in the county against over
planting their farm acreage allot
ments this year.
“Growers who harvest any acre
age of tobacco in 1947 in excess
of their farm acreage allotments
are subject to marketing quota pen
alties and will not be eligible for
full participation in government
price support loans,” Mr. Wilson
stated.
Growers who plant within their
farm acreage allotments can mar
ket all their tobacco without pen
alties and are eligible for full gov
ernment price support loans, he
added.
In connection with price support
loans, Mr. Wilson emphasized that
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Heavy Frosts Did
Only Slight Damage
In Town, County
Because of the dry season, the
heavy frosts last week end and the
first two mornings this week did
only slight damage to the apples
and the early garden crops in
Transylvania county, Julian A.
Glazener, county agent, reports to
day.
“The near-freezing frosts would
have done considerable damage if
the ground had been wet,” the
county agent explained.
Believed to have been hit the
hardest were the flower gardens
around the town and county, the
strawberries and the tomato plants.
The county agent also stated that
a warm rain would certainly do a
world of good right now.
Firemen Sponsor An
Amusement Company
The H. B. Rosen Co. is appear
ing here this week under the aus
pices of the Brevard Fire depart
ment, which will use its share of
the proceeds to purchase needed
equipment.
The outfit, which is located on
the Martin property on the Green
ville highway, has ten shows and
ten rides in addition to merchan
dise concessions. A $25.00 prize is
given each night.
A special children’s matinee will
be given on Saturday afternoon
from one to five o’clock. The gate
will be free and all rides will be
nine cents, it is reported.
Parking Meters Here Will Go
Into Operation Friday Morning,
Ordinance Passed At Meet Mon.
ALL SCHOOLS IN
COUNTY TO CLOSE
ON SAT., MAY 31
Dates For Graduation Exer
cises At High Schools And
College Are Announced
Schools in Brevard and Transyl
vania county will close on Satur
day, May 31, according to an an
nouncement today by Supt. J. B.
Jones.
Brevard college, which did not
open until October last fall, will
terminate the spring semester on
June 9 and graduation exercises
will take place on that date.
Final commencement exercises
at Brevard and Rosman high
schools will be held on Friday
night, May 30, and the baccalaure
ate sermons will be delivered on
Sunday night, May 25.
With the addition of the 12th
grade to the county school system
last year, no graduation exercises
were held at Brevard or Rosman.
According to Principal R. T. Kim
zey, there are 65 members of the
graduating class here, and 18 are
finishing at Rosman, Principal E.
F. Tilson announces.
Rev. W. G. McFarland, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
in the Brevard high school on May
25, and Dr. Robert A. Dyer, of
Gardner-Webb, will be the princi
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Clerk Says System Should j
Relieve Parking Situation i
And Bring In Revenue
Coin-in-the-slot, meter-measured j
parking will begin in the business j
section of Brevard tomorrow (Fri-1
day) morning at 9 o’clock. In
structions as to how to operate the
meters are given in an ad appear
ing in this issue.
The meters have been installed
on both sides of the street from
the Farmers Federation on East
Main to Smith’s Service station on
West Main and from the jail to
the post office on Broad street.
Purpose of the new system, as
explained by City Clerk T. H. Bar
ker, is to relieve the parking sit
uation and to raise revenue as a
means of averting a hike in the
tax rates. It has been estimated
that the meters will pay for them
selves in eight months and if they i
prove unsatisfactory for any reason
the company agrees to remove them
without cost to the town. Until
they are paid for, the town re
ceives 25 per cent of what they
take in.
Fully Automatic
The meters are fully automatic
and using them is very simple. All
the motorist has to do is to park
his car in front of the meter and
put a coin in the slot at the right
hand side of the meter. If he wants
to park for only 12 minutes, he
deposits a penny. Two pennies en
title him to 24 minutes parking
and so on up to ten cents for two
hours, the limit. Overtime parkers
will receive tickets, the city clerk
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Buddy Poppy Day Will Be Observed
Here By VFW On Saturday, May 24
The Lewis Earle Jackson post
of the V.F.W. here will observe
National Poppy day on Saturday,
May 24, and with the assistance
of the newly organized auxiliary,
the members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars organization in Bre
vard will sell “Buddy Poppies”
on the streets here and in the
smaller communities throughout
the county, it is announced to
day.
Last year poppy sales were
handled by both the Legion and
the V.F.W., but is was decided
that in the future the two organi
zations would alternate and the
Legion auxiliary will sell poppies
this year in November, it is re
ported.
Throughout the week of May
18 to 24, a special film on
“Why Buy a Poppy,” will be
shown at the two theaters here,
Commander Julius Sader of the
V.F.W. announces, and he em
phasized that money raised from
the poppy sale in the nation
would be earmarked for: (1) the
relief of disabled, needy veterans
and their dependants; (2) Orphans
of veterans in the V.F.W. Nation
al home; (3) Rehabiliation services
of veterans; (4) Hospitalization
expenses of non-compensated vet
erans; and (5) An emergency
fund for use in the event of a na
tional disaster.
Poppy day here next Saturday,
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GUILD TO HOLD
TEA FROM 3 TO 5,
PUBLIC INVITED
Times Publishes Special Sec
tion Citing Outstanding
Record Achieved
IS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
The Transylvania Community
hospital will observe its fifth an
niversary and National Hospital
Day simultaneously on Sunday,
May 18, when a public inspection
of the institution will be made
from 3 to 5 p. m., it is announced
today.
The Hospital Guild, which was
organized in 1942 and is now head
ed by Mrs. Herbert Finck, will give
a tea at that time and serve light
refreshments to all who visit Tran
sylvania’s modern hospital.
In making a plea for donations
on Hospital day, members of the
Guild stress the need of linens,
such as towels, sheets, pillow
cases, bedspreads and cash con
tributions will be put into the fund
for the purchasing of an infant
respirator.
“Donations, large or small, will
be gratefully accepted, and the
value of a respirator cannot be
estimated for it can mean the dif
ference in life or death,” the
Guild president stated.
In recognition of the outstand
ing services rendered by the hos
pital, the board of trustees, +he
nurses and all others employed at
the Transylvania Community hos
pital, The Times is this week pub
lishing a special hospital section,
which is the third part of this pa
per. Ail readers are urged by Pub
lisher Ed M. Anderson to read
carefully the various articles and
the congratulatory messages of the
many firms and industries making
this section possible.
Started Construction In 1941
This spring marks the 25th an
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POLICE TO GIVE
A BENEFIT BAH.
Proceeds To Go Into Special
Fund For Purchase Of
Equipment, Insurance
Tickets will go on sale next
week for the Brevard policemen’s
ball to be held in the country club
on Friday night, June 27, Chief
B. F. Banther announces today.
“This is the first event of its
kind to be staged in Brevard,” the
chief asserted, “and all proceeds
raised will go into a special police
department fund.”
It is reported that the money
will be used to purchase necessary
law enforcement equipment, uni
forms, finger-printing outfit and to
set up an insurance policy for the
protection of police officers and
their families.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Ecusta string
band and there will be both round
and square dancing.
Kiwanis Ladies To
Be Entertained On
Friday Evening
“Ladies’ Night” will be observed
Friday evening of this week at Bre
vard college dining hall by the Ki
wanis club, when members will be
hosts to their wives. The program
will begin at 7 o’clock and approx
imately 100 people are expected
to be present.
Dupre Rhame, head of the mu
sic department of Furman univer
sity, will speak following the din
ner and will be accompanied in
three vocal selections by Mrs.
Rhame, also a ^musician of note.
Other events for entertainment
will be by the girls’ chorus of Bre
vard college.
Out-of-town visitors in addition
to Mr. and Mrs. Rhame, will be
Lt.-Goy. and Mrs. J. J. Tarlton, of
Rutherfordton, and President and
Mrs. E. H. Boys of Hendersonville
Kiwanis club.