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TRANSYLVANIA
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An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
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ANSYLVAN1A 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. 26 * 16 PAGES TODAY *
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BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947
★ SECTION ONE * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COLORED SCHOOL CONTRACT LET
To Broadcast Weekly Concerts
MUSIC SCHOOL
CAMP opens rrs
FOURTH SEASON
Pfohl Says Enrollment Is
Ahead Of Last Year; Not
ed Artist On Faculty
COPPER WIRE STRUNG
James Christian Pfohl, director,
announced yesterday that there
would be weekly broadcasts of
concerts from the Transylvania
Music School-Camp, which opens
for its fourth season today.
Three concerts will be given
weekly, with the first scheduled
for the evening of July 4 at 7:30.
After that there will be concerts
on Tuesday evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Friday evenings at 7:30 and
Sunday afternoons at 4 o'clock.
The first 25 minutes of the Friday
night programs will be broadcast
over WWXC and WBT with the
possibility, the director said, that
later other stations in the Colum
bia network would be added. Mr.
Pfohl stressed the fact that no
charge whatever it made for these
concerts and lie urged music lov
ers generally to attend them.
Mr. Pfohl reported that through
the generosity of the local Lions
club and the Citizens Telephone
company a copper line had been
installed from the camp to !' „
Brevard exchange, which will make
direct broadcasts possible.
This year 140 students and coun
selors are attending the carttp.
which is a material increase over
last year, Mr. Pfohl said. They
come from eleven states and their
qualifications as musicians are su
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POLICE TO HOLD
BALL ON FRIDAY
Large Crowd Is Expected
To Attend Function At
Country Club
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the Brevard policemen’s ball
to be held at the country club Fri
day night beginning at 9:00 o’clock.
Chief B. F. Banther reports today.
This is the first event of its
kind to be staged here and the
chief is pleased with the advance
sale of tickets. Music for the af
fair will be furnished by the Ecu
sta string band and there will be
both round and square dancing.
Many out-of-town guests have
been invited to attend the ball and
members of the police department
plan to make it an annual event.
All funds received from the
ball will go into a special police
department fund to be used for
purchasing necessary law enforce
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CALENDAR OF !
EVENTS
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Thursday, July 26 —Taylor Hall
vs. Unit No. 5, at Brevard college
diamond. 5:30. B & PW club at
country club. 7:00. Masonic Lodge
to confer first degree, 8:00, lodge
hall.
Friday, June 27—Family fellow
ship supper, Methodist church,
7:00. Doubleheader softball on high
school field, 7:30. Dance recital,
high school auditorium, 8:00. Police
ball, Country club, 9:00. Mass meet
ing of Training Union in Baptist
church, 8:00.
Saturday, June 28—Canton vs.
Ecusta baseball nine, 3:30, Ecusta
field.
Sunday, June 29—Attend the
church of your choice. Fifth Sun
day singing convention, court
house, beginning 10:00 a. m. Bea
con golfers vs. Ecusta, Country
club 1:00. Union service of wel
come at Methodist church, 8:00.
Monday, June 30—Jaycee street
dance in front of high school, 8:00.
Tuesday, July 1—Doubleheader
softball on high school field, 7:30.
Record Number Of Girl Scouts And Brownies Attend 10-Day Camping Session
A total of 58 Transylvania Girl Scouts and Brownies and a com
plete staff of counselors attended the 10-dav camping session at Camp
Deerwoode, near Brevard, which closed last week. These annual out
ings are sponsored by the Brevard Girl Scout council of which Mrs.
R. E. Matthews is the commissioner. Included in the group pictured
above are several Brownies from Clcmson. S. C. Members of the
group, front row, reading from left to right, are: Pat Bryant. Martha
Bell Wheeler, Florence Ann Gaines, Margaret Brown, Martha Wood,
Eleanor Kelley, Linda Mauldin and Becky Rhyne. Second row : Genie
Paden, Nita Sheldon, Carolyn Thackston, Nancy Sadcr, Gail Matthews,
Ruth Feinson, Myrna Fisher, Betsy Ingham, Kathryn Sands. Nella
McIntyre, Helen Shipman and Winifred Miller. Third row: Shirley
Gaither, Carolyn Daniels, Shirley Johnson, Barbara Neuman. Nancy
Simmons, Martha Massey, Edith Wood, Jeanne Feinson. Bobbie Plum
mer, Susan Matthews, Patsy Banther and Pat Duckworth. Fourth
row: Nancy Dilliard, Verna Wilbanks, Mary Ellen Loftis, Martha Mc
Crary, Alice Howard, Mary Lynn White, Susan Thackston, Janet
Jones, Elaine Hill, Molly Siniard, Marion Gravely, Lois Plummer and
Mary Jo McCrary. Fifth row: Mary Frances Plummer, Betsy Brittain,
Betty Masters. Virginia Osborne, Sandra Timmons, Mary Ann Whit
aker, Winifred Rodgers, Carolyn Kimzey, Ethel Tankersley, Annie Lee
Bowman and Betty Gettys. Sixth row: Dot Osborne, Harriett Smith.
Ann Montanari. Edith Sheldon. Nancy Loftis, Betty Milford, and
Ruth Costello, director. (Staff Photo.)
Is Appointed
JOHN D. EVERSMAN, recrea
tional director at the Ecusta Pa
per corporation, has been ap
pointed as a member of the
North Carolina Recreation Ad
visory committee by Governor R.
Gregg Cherry for a term of two
years. (See story on page four.)
Dance Recital To
Be Given Friday
Under the auspices of the Bre
vard PTA, Brevard and Asheville
students of the Marguerite Hyatt
School of Dancing will present a
recital at the Brevard high school
auditorium on Friday night begin
ning promptly at 8 00 o’clock.
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Several Popular Singing Groups To
Appear On Convention Program Sun.
The fifth Sunday singing con- j
vention will be held here in the
county court house this Sunday be
ginning at 10:00 a. m., it has been
announced by Glenn Winchester,
vice president of the association.
The public is invited to attend
and participate in the class sing
ing. Because of the large crowd
expected, a public address system
will be installed so that persons
unable to find seats can hear the
program outside.
Special groups including quar
tets, trios, directors and soloists
from North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia and Tennesse are
expected to attend. Among this
group is the Harmoneers Quartet,
one of the South’s outstanding gos
pel quartets, which is heard over
station WNOX in Knoxville. They
are representatives of Stamps
Baxter Mustic and Printing com
pany, of Dallas, Texas.
The Davis trio, of Gastonia, is
also scheduled to appear. The
members of this trio are all blind
and have been singing together for
nearly ten years.
Famous for the gospel songs he
has published is W. Lee Higgins,
of Dalton, Ga., who represents
Stamps-Baxter Music school. Mr.
Higgins, noted for his teachings
throughout the country, will at
tend the singing convention and
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Town To Start Campaign Next
Tuesday To Destroy All Flies;
Mayor Asks Citizens To Help
INSTALLING NEW
FIXTURES HERE
IN TRUST CO.!
Inside Of Building Being j
Completely Remodeled, j
Lobby Space Doubled j
The interior of Transylvania
Trust company building here is
bfing completely remodelled and
new and modern fixtures are being
installed. The work, according to
R. J. Duckworth, the vice-presi
dent. is expected to be completed
in the next three weeks.
Replacing the five cage type win
dows, will be seven low. full-view
teller booths so a large number
of persons may be served at the
same time, Mr. Duckworth ex
plains. The lobby space will be
doubled and new decorations,
modern in every design, are be
ing put in.
Work is now being completed
on an inclosed directors’ confer
ence room on the mezzanine. Wade
Manufacturing company, of Char
lotte, is installing the fixtures.
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Places Where Insects Breed
To Be Sprayed With Dead*
ly Mixture By Expert
Working in conjunction with the
state and county boards of health,
the town of Brevard is inaugurat
ing a campaign next Tuesday to
exterminate flies in Brevard,
Mayor S. E. Varner announced
yesterday.
The fly eradication campaign
has been highly successful in
other towns and counties, the
mayor said, adding that Brevard
is the first town in Western North
Carolina outside of Buncombe to
adopt it.
In preparation for this cam
paign, all citizens are urged by
the mayor to clean up their prem
ises thoroughly. The town has
obtained 100 gallons of DDT con
centrate which will be mixed with
xyzlene. An expert from the ma
larial control division of the state
board working with Walter F.
Hart, county sanitarian, will spray
all breeding places of flies in both
the business and residential sec
tions of town. A house-to-house
canvass will be made and special
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Local Officers Nab
Escaped Convict In
Gloucester Section
Leon Mason, escaped convict
from the Cherokee state prison
camp, was captured Monday night
here in the Gloucester section by
Sheriff Bert Freeman, Patrolman
H. M. Morrow and Deputy Bill Bai
ley.
Mason, who was sent up from
Transylvania in 1944 for stealing
an automobile, escaped last July
in Cherokee county. Immediately
after his break he is reported to
have returned to the Gloucester
section and caused some disturb
ance and local officers were unable
to nab him at that time. Last
Monday he returned again to the
upper part of the county; had a
fight, shot at another man and drew
a gun on several persons.
After dark Monday the three
local officers arrested him in the
Gloucester residence without any
difficulty, the sheriff reported.
Recently Installed
REV. WALTER P. BALDWIN,
JR., above, was recently installed
as pastor of the Brevard-David
son River Presbyterian church
here* The Rev. Baldwin is a na
tive of Clinton, S. C., and served
as a chaplain during World War
II in the South Pacific area.
Union Service To
Be Held Sunday
Under the auspices of the Min
isterial Association of Brevard, a
union service of welcome will be
held at the First Methodist church
Sunday night at 8:00 o’clock, hon
oring the Rev. W. P. Baldwin, re
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Stream Survey Being Made In Pisgah,
Record Number Of Fishermen In ’47
A stream survey, aimed at de
veloping ways and means to im
prove sport fishing in the Pisgah
National forest, is being made on
Davidson river and other streams,
Ranger W. W. Huber announces.
The survey crew is headed by
Dr. Joseph Bailey, of Duke uni
verity department of zoology, and
other members are: Frederick D.
Morrison, who recently received
his master of science degree in
wildlife management from State
college; Frank B. Cross, of Still
water, Okla., who graduated from
Oklahoma A. & M. this year with
a major in wildlife management;
and Yates M. Barber, student at
state college, who is majoring in
wildlife management.
Dr. Bailey’s crew is staying in
the forest and the survey is ex
pected to take several weeks. The
plan calls for a survey of the
French Broad river watershed
first, and of streams to the west
later. The same type of data is
being obtained as was gathered in
the surveys of 1941 and 1942. This
will be knowledge of the existing
biological and physical conditions
which will be the basis for sound
management practices, the ranger
reports. Earlier work proved ex
tremely valuable in planning dis
tribution of fish from the state’s
hatcheries, it is stated.
In commenting on fishing in the
forest this season, Ranger Huber
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Bid Of High Point Concern Of
$137,000 Was Lowest, Work
To Be Started In Near Future
MERCHANTS WILL
HAVE PICNIC AT
PINK BEDS AUG. 14
Directors Decide. For Stores
To Remain Open Next
Thursday Afternoon
August 14 was fixed as the date
of the annual picnic of the Bre
vard Merchants association by the
directors at a regular meeting held
in the city hall Tuesday evening.
The affair will be held at the Pink
Beds:
Curtis Kelley was named chair
man of the committee on food.
Harry Sellers and John Ford were
appointed to serve with him.
The committee on arrangements
consists of C. M. Douglas, Ed Mc
Mahan and J. E. Smith. This'
group will make arrangements for
music and handle the sale of tick
ets. Charlie Disher was selected to
prepare the entertainment. It was
decided to dispense with a speak
er.
The price of tickets was set at
$1.00. Free tickets will be issued
to members on the basis of their
membership payments and any
number may be purchased for
guests by members.
In view of the fact that the 4th
of July comes on Friday this year,
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GOOD RESPONSE TO
CLEAN-UP DRIVE,
ENDS SATURDAY
Mayor Urges Co-operation
Of All. B & PW Club
Sponsoring Campaign
Brevard's clean-up, paint-up cam
paign is being conducted here this
week with good response on the
part of businessmen, housewives
and property owners. Mayor S. E.
Varner states today, and the drive,
which is aimed at making the
town more attractive to visitors
and more healthful for permanent
residents will officially end on
Saturday.
Practically every civic organi
zation in Brevard is assisting in
the campaign wTith the members
j of the Business and Professional
j Women's club taking the lead,
j House to house, store to store so
| licitation is being made and all
I citizens are urged to gather trash,
refuse and unsightly matter about
their residences, business places
or vacant property and put it in
such places that will be accessible
to the town truck to haul away.
The schedule for the town truck
is as follows: Thursday—Zone 3—
all that section west of Broad
street and north of Main; Friday—
Zone 4—all that section east of
Broad street and north of Main
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Building Will Be Similar To
One At Pisgah Forest.
Outside Of Stone
PROGRAM LAUNCHED
Contract for the erection of the
Rosenwald school was let Thursday
night to R. K. Stewart and Son,
of High Point, the lower of two
bidders, at a joint meeting of the
board of commissioners and the
county board of education. The
High Point firm’s bid was $137,
000, according to Supt. J. B. Jones.
Work on the building is expect
ed to begin within 20 days and
the contractors expect to com
plete it by the first of February.
It will be located on the lot ad
joining the present property,
which will be used as a play
ground. Most of the real estate
and the stone for the outside have
been secured and the building,
when completed, will be similar to
the white school at Pisgah Forest.
The colored people here have
been without a school building
since theirs was destroyed by fire 5
years ago. Classes have been con
ducted in a church.
It was the consensus of officials
that this building was the most
stringently needed, hence it was
placed first on the expansion pro
gram approved by the voters last
December.
The school board announced
some weeks ago that, once the pro
gram was launched, there would
be no let-up in construction until
it was completed. The high cost
of materials and labor has given
officials considerable concern, but
after weighing all the factors they
decided to undertake the program.
FISHER ELECTED
NAT1 DIRECTOR
Makes Report On State Con
vention At Carolina Beach.
Auxiliary Represented
Ralph R. Fisher, well-known
Brevard lawyer, was elected as a
national delegate from this district
of the American Legion at the
state convention held at Carolina
Beach last week.
Mr. Fisher, the outgoing com
mander of the Monroe Wilson post
of the Legion here, was the offi
cial representative at the state
meeting from Transylvania and re
ports that the county is now a
member of the 33rd district in
stead of the 19th as in the past. At
the convention the state was di
vided into 35 districts instead of
20, and Henderson and Polk coun
ties belong in the same group as
Transylvania.
Nathan Patla, of Henderson
ville, is commander of this dis
trict; Isham Henderson, of Tryon,
is vice-commander and Mr. Fisher
is the national delegate. The an
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Jaycees To Crown
“Miss Brevard” In
Beauty Contest Here
A beauty contest to name “Miss
Brevard” is being started here by
the Brevard Jaycees and the lucky
girl will be sent, expenses paid,
to the “Miss North Carolina” con
test to be held at Wrightsville
Beach on August 16, officials of
the organization report today.
“Miss Brevard” will be crowned
at a ball to be held in the country
club during late July and several
exhibitions of the contestants at
the square dances and at the swim
ming pool are planned for next
month.
To be eligible to compete for
the “Miss Brevard” crown, girls
must never have been married,
must not be less than 18 nor more
than 28 years of age, must be
white, in good health and of good
character and must be a resident
of Transylvania county, though
not necessarily of Brevard.
Business firms of the town are
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