TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
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, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 57; No. 22
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947
SECTION ONE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
If if if
PUBLIC URGED TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OR THIS OFFER
Over 2,000 X-Rays Made On
First Two Days. Clinic
Continues For Week
SCHEDULE IS GIVEN
Over 2,000 persons were given
chest X-ray examinations here and
at Pisgah Forest Tuesday and Wed
nesday and it is estimated that at
least 6,000 examinations will be
made by the time the mass X-ray
chest clinic closes next Thurs- j
day.
These X-rays are free to the pub
lic and town and county officials,
as well as health officers and phy
sicians today issued an urgent re
quest for every person in Transyl
vania who is over 15 years of age
to take advantage of this oppor
tunity.
“It takes less than a minute for
the technicians to make a chest X
ray picture and undressing is not
necessary,” Mrs. Jessie Mac Lol
lis, county nurse, said.
“The X-rays will be developed
in state laboratories and each per
son will be notified as to what the
X-rays disclose,” Mrs. Lollis ex
plained.
One of the major difficulties
about lung trouble is that such
diseases are often times not de
ed out
“By having an examination, each
person can know whether or not
there is anything wrong with the
lungs and if so, can start treat
ment in the early stages of a dis
ease,” Mrs. Lollis stated.
Last year 3 persons died in this
county from tuberculosis and there
are now a number of active cases.
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tected until far. ha
vammf sta1
treatment is necessary.
HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR AMATEURS
Contestants In Kiwanis Show
Must Apply To Eversman
Saturday
John Eversman, recreational di
rector at the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion, will hold auditions Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for all
contestants planning to enter the
Kiwanis amateur night to be
staged here in the Brevard high
school on Saturday night, June 7.
Auditions will be held for the
various classifications in the high
school auditorium and Mr. Evers
man, who will act as master of
ceremonies for the show on June
7th., will be assisted by Miss Lu
cille Heffner and H. T. Casterton.
“It will be necessary for all
contestants entering the show to
have an audition on Saturday,”
Mr. Eversman stated. The amateur
night is again being staged by the
Kiwanians to discover what musical
talent that is available in the com
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CALENDAR OF |
EVENTS
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Thursday, May 29—Doublehead
er of Transylvania softball league,
lighted high school field at 7:30
o’clock. Recital of Miss Sarah
Komegay at Brevard college at 8
o’clock.
Friday, May 30—Art exhibit at
Brevard college 1:30 p. m. to 6:00
p. m. Graduation exercises at Bre
vard high school, 8:00 p. m.; at Bos
nian high school, 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, May 31—Baseball game
on Ecusta field at 3:30 p. m. Re
cital of Miss Mary Norwood at Bre
vard college at 8:00 p. m. Auditions
for Kiwanis Amateur night in Bre
vard high school at 2:00 p. m.
Sunday, June—Attend the church
of your choice. Opening of Camp
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Raymond Bennett Is Elected
President Of American Pulp
And Paper Mill Supt. Ass’n.
Given High Honor
RAYMOND F. BENNETT, gen
eral superintendent of Ecusta,
was elected president of the
American Pulp and Paper Mill
Superintendents’ association in
Chicago last week.
TO RE-EXAMINE* _
MOTORISTS FOR
DRIVING LICENSES
Persons With Surnames'Be
ginning A And B To Ap
ply July-December
All Transylvanians, whose sur
names begin with the letters A or
B must apply for new driver’s
licenses during the period July
l, 1947 to December 31, 1947 in
accordance with the law passed by
the 1947 General Assembly of
North Carolina, A. B. McCall, state
license examiner, announces to
day.
Persons whose names do not be
gin with either of the above letters
cannot apply for re-issurance of
license in this period, Mr. McCall
states.
The examiner will be here in
the sheriff’s office in the court
house each Monday from 9:00 a.
m. to 4:30 p. m., it is reported.
Everyone will get a complete
examination he said. The examina
tion is made up of four parts.
These parts are: (1) an eye test
(2) highway sign test (3) driving
rules test (4) road test.
WORK AT BOYLSTON
CHURCH ON FRIDAY
There will be an all-day working
at the Boylston Baptist church
cemetery cn Friday, May 30, it
is announced today. All relatives
of any deceased are urged to at
tend and assist in the cleaning.
Ecusta Superintendent Gets
High Honor At Annual
Convention
Raymond F. Bennett, general su
perintendent of Ecusta Paper Cor
poration, was unanimously elected
president of the American Pulp
and Paper Mill Superintendents’
association at the annual conven
tion in Chicago, 111., last Thursday.
Mr. Bennett succeeds Homer
Latimer, of Hamilton, Ohio, direc
tor of paper making for the Cham
pion Paper and Fibre company, as
head of this large national organi
zation that has a membership of
around 1,150.
The new president has served as
head of the southeastern division
of the association and vice presi
dent for the past five years. At the
annual convention he presided ov
er open forum sessions on indus
trial relations and on stock prepara
tions.
Mrs. Bennett also officiated at
the convention as chairman of the
ladies' committee.
Lee Bauer, production supervi
sor and assistant secretary of Ecu
sta, and Mrs. Bauer also attended
the convention. Mr. Bauer, who is
chairman of the tissue committee,
%KSfelBF over a session. He is one
of the officers of the southeastern
division which will hold its fall
meeting in Asheville next October.
With a good background of
knowledge and experience in en
gineering, making paper and han
dling people, Mr. Bennett went with
Ecusta when the plant was being
erected and was given the assign
ment of starting the power and
maintenance departments. When
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ROSS STEVENS TO
SPEAK HERE WED.
Wildlife Club To Hold Im
portant Meeting In
Court House
Ross O. Stevens, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina Wild
life federation will be the prin
cipal speaker at the regular meet
ing of the Transylvania Wild
life club next Wednesday night,
June 4, at 8:00 o’clock, LeRoy
Rackley, the secretary, announces
today.
All former and present members
are requested by Mr. Rackley to
be present for this important meet
ing and the general public is in
vited.
The local wildlife club is con
tinuing its membership drive and
old members are urged to pay
their dues to W. B. Head at Simp
son’s barber shop, or to the sec
retary at Barnett’s Machine shop,
Pisgah Forest.
“All persons in Transylvania
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Total Of 106 Students To Graduate
At Brevard College On Friday, June 9
A total of 106 students will re
ceive their diplomas from Brevard
college at final exercises on Mon
day, June 9, Dr. E. J. Coltrane,
the president, announces today.
This is a record number of grad
uates and during the past year,
more than 400 students have been
enrolled in the college and pre
college departments. Last year
there were 66 members in the
graduating class, it is reported.
Sixty-two of the graduates this
year will complete the college work
and 44 will graduate from the pre
college department
The 12 Transylvania county stu
dents completing two years of col
lege work are: Wanda Sherrill Al
lison, Pisgah Forest; Patricia Au
stin, Brevard; Katherine Auvil,
Brevard; Mary Lou Hamilton, Pen
rose; Betty Jane Holden, Pisgah
Forest; Mary Jane McCall, Pen
rose; Josephine McGaha, Brevard;
Walker Millner, Brevard; Betty
Hill Norton, Brevard; Mary Nor
wood, Brevard; Esther Siniard, Bre
vard and Fannie Chastain Sisk,
Balsam Grove.
Four students from Transylvania
will complete the pre-college di
vision, Dr. Coltrane announces,
and they are as follows: Lawrence
Edward Brown, Gordon Franklin
Canup, Carolyn Geek and Landreth
Poor, all of Brevard.
Huge Flags Are Presented To Scout Troops In Transylvania
In an impressive ceremony at John’s Rock in
the Pisgah National forest last Friday evening,
F. S. Best presented two large flags to the Scout
troops in the Transylvania district of the Daniel
Boone council. These flags were a personal gift
of Harry H. Straus, president of Ecusta, and will
be used at all public meetings of thei Scouts. Mr.
Best is pictured above holding the two flags and
the scoutmasters receiving them are: reading
from left to right, Frank Carr, Jr., Charles Dun
lop, Charlie Moore, Elmer Bryant, Bill Wall, field
representative, Paul Curlee and Rev. W. C. Clarke.
(Staff Photo)
FLAGS PRESENTED
TO LOCAL SCOUTS
AT CAMPOREE
Gift Of Harry H. Straus Is
Made At District Meeting
At John’s Rock
Two flags, an American parade
size one and a Transylvania dis
trict flag bearing the Boy Scout
insigna, were presented by F. S.
Best in behalf of Harry H. Straus
as a personal gift to the local
chapter of the Daniel Boone coun
cil last Friday night at a com
mittee meeting at John’s Rock in
the Pisgah National forest.
In making the presentation, Mr.
Best stated that a good troop was
due to the scoutmaster and he
praised the phenomenal growth of
Scouting in Transylvania county.
Scoutmasters who received the
two awards in behalf of the troops
were: Charles Dunlop, Elmer
Bryant, Frank Carr, Jr., Paul
Curlee, Charlie Moore, Rev. W. C.
Clarke and L. V. Corn.
Approximately 50 committee
members and scoutmasters attend
ed the dinner meeting of the
Transylvania district in the forest
and the supper was prepared by
Senator Verne P. Clement. The
affair was in conjunction with the
district patrol camporee and Bill
Wall, assistant Scout executive of
the Daniel Boone council, of Ashe
ville, spoke briefly and lauded the
success of the event.
Bonnell Opens Shop
On S. Broad St.
L. W. Bonnell, manager, an
nounces the opening of the Home
Interior Shop at 1 South Broad St.
This shop, he says, will carry a
complete line of interior decora
tions for the home and a wide va
riety of things needed by house
holders, including Venetian blinds,
waxes and polishes, door mats,
metal trim, cold water and oil
paints, wall and floor covering and
wall paper, drapery and upholstery
materials.
Jack Parsons is joint owner with
Mr. Bonnell of the shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Gill Thomas were
called to Mr. Thomas’ home in
Tennessee because of the illness of
his mother.
Teachers And Principals For
Next School Year Announced,
Kimzey, Tilson Head Districts
MILLION DOLLARS
ASKED BY GROUP
Congressman Redden Ex
pects Museum To Be Built
At Mingus Creek
A Western North Carolina dele
gation this week asked the federal
government to spend nearly $1,
000,000 on the Great Smoky Moun
tains national park during the year
beginning July 1, but because of
the economy-minded congress, it
is unlikely that anywhere near that
amount will be appropriated.
The request was made before a
senate appropriations subcom
mittee by a delegating of the
Western North Carolina Associat
ed Communities, headed by Fran
cis J. Heazel, president of the
Asheville chamber of commerce.
He asked for $884,923 for opera
tion and development of the half
of a million acres of the 13-year
old park in North Carolina and
Tennessee.
The Interior Department appro
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Total Of 79 Elected By The
Board. Others To Be
Named Later
A total of 79 principals and
teachers were approved for the
schools of Brevard and Transyl
vania county for 1947-48 at a
meeting of the board of education
Tuesday night in the court house
here.
There are a number of vacan
cies to be filled, Supt. J. B. Jones
stated, and it is hoped that teach
ers with standard certificates will
be secured in the near future.
Several teachers have resigned,
but the complete list has not yet
been compiled, the superintendent
said.
R. T. Kimzey was re-elected prin
cipal of the Brevard district and
the schools in this district include:
Brevard high, Brevard elementary,
Cedar Mountain, Connestee, Little
River, Penrose, Enon, Pisgah For
est, Selica, Rosenwald and Glade
Creek; E. F. Tilson was re-elected
head of the Rosman district and
the schools in this district are:
Rosman high, Rosman elementary,
Lake Toxaway, Balsam Grove, Que
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Red Cross Aquatic School To Open
At Camp Carolina Next Wednesday
The twenty-fourth annual Amer
ican Red Cross National aquatic
school will open next Wednesday,
June 4, here at beautiful Camp
Carolina with an enrollment in ex
cess of 200 from a number of
southern and eastern states, it is
announced today.
The camp will last 10 days and
will close on June 14, and plans
for a water pageant at the present
time are indefinite.
Harry Kenning will again di
rect camp activities and many in
ternationally famous instructors
and swimmers are expected to at
tend the 10-day session.
For the past 14 summers, prior
to the opening of the regulai camp
season at Camp Carolina, the
Southern Section of the American
National Red Cross has held a 10
day aquatic school here, and for
the past seven years, similar
schools have been conducted at
the close of the regular camp for
boys. The opening day for the
second session of the aquatic school
is set for August 18, it is report
ed.
Red Cross courses will be pro
vided in swimming, diving, canoe*
ing, boating, life-saving, first aid
and accident prevention. Training
is designed to qualify instructors
for Red Cross chapters and for
schools, camps and other organi
zations which have safety or aquat
ic programs.
HAVE REVISED
BLUEPRINTS ON
TWO BUILDINGS
All Schools To Close Satur
day. Past Year Has Been
Historic One
PROGRESS MADE
Revised blueprints of the Rosen
wald school building and the 10
room classroom structure on the
new lot at the Brevard elemen
tary school have been submitted
to board of education by Erie G.
Stillwell, architect, of Henderson
ville, and the contracts on these
two structures, to be erected si
multaneously this summer, is ex
pected to be let in the immediate
future, it is reported today.
With the revised specifications,
the buildings are expected to cost
$140,000 each. The Rosenwald
building will be constructed on the
lot adjoining the present property,
which will be used for a play
ground. Most of the real estate and
the stone for the outside have
been secured and the structure
will be similar to the Pisgah For
est school building, Supt. J. B,
Jones pointed out.
As the school year ends on Sat
urday, May1. 31, school officials
point out that the past year has
been the most historic one in the
growth of the county school sys
tem. Hampered for the past five
years by war conditions, the re
pair program in the various schools
has been greatly curtailed, but
during the 1946-47 term every
school in the county has been re
paired or remodeled to some ex
tent. Last winter the school bond
issue was passed making possible
the beginning of the building pro
gram which will effect every school
in the county. The building and re
pair program, which will be con
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CAMP SAPPHIRE
TO OPEN SUNDAY
Athletic Program Planned.
Band Concert To High
light Activities
Camp Sapphire, popular play
ground of the Ecusta Paper cor
poration, will officially open for
the 1947 summer season Sunday
with a big “Family Day” program
scheduled for the employees and
their families of Ecusta, Cham
pagne Paper corporation and End
less Belt corporation, it is an
nounced today.
Two softball games, a tennis
match and a band concert will
highlight the opening day’s activi
ties. The tennis matches, with the
Lawn Tennis club, of Asheville,
will begin at 1:30 o’clock, and the
girls’ softball team, of Ecusta, will
face Canton at 2:30 o’clock. Imme
diately following the girls’ encoun
ter, there will be a game between
the Ecusta boys and the Champion
“Y”, of Canton.
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Transylvania To
Be Represented At
HD-Club Meeting
A total of 40 home demonstra
tion club women from Transyl
vania county are expected to at
tend the district meeting of Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
clubs which will be held at the
Burnsville high school in Burns
ville, next Tuesday, June 3, Miss
Mary Margaret Robinson, home
agent of Transylvania, announces
today.
The theme of the program will
be “Better Health in North Car
olina” with emphasis being placed
on what the various home demon
stration clubs can do to aid in the
campaign, Miss Robinson stated*
Mrs. Robert Cansler, Mrs. W. C.
Morris and Mrs. Roy McCall will
give a short skit on “Dairying in
Relation to Health.”'