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TRANSYLVANIA IS— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population, 12,241. Vol. 57; No. 31 The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 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 WEEXLY I RECORD YEAR AHEAD AT COLLEGE FLORIDA VISITOR SAYS THIS COUNTY COULD BE CENTER Mr. Pearce Declares Much Of Woodland Could Be Turned Into Pastureland HAS 16,000 ACRE RANCH Austin Pearce, one of Florida’s outstanding cattlemen who is now visiting here in Brevard, told a Times Reporter yesterday that Transylvania county could become one of the leading beef cattle cen ters of this area by doing what has been done in Florida during the past 25 years. Owning twice as many beef cows as there are in Transylvania county, Mr. Pearce states that many years ago cattlemen in Flor ida started clearing and draining land and planting grass. And to day no feeding is necessary other than grazing on the prairies and what used to be swamp lands. •;What little feeding we do is when we want to fatten purebred stock for market,” Mr. Pearce states. Commenting on feed, the Florida ranchman said that he would like to buy the beautiful Transylvania corn which is so abundant at the present time and ship it to Florida by the carloads. “With a chopper, which will con vert the stalks into perfect feed, this could be a very profitable ven ture, I believe,” Mr. Pearce con tinued. With the knowledge that there are only 5,000 acres of pasture land in Transylvania, he said that it was quite apparent that much of the 63,000 acres of woodland and semi-woodland could be converted into pastureland. “With the gov ernment paying for part of the costs of planting of grasses, this would be highly profitable,” Mr. —Turn To Page Four FAMED WRITER ON KIWANISPROGRAM Dr. Russell Raymond Voor hees Will Make Talk On Russia Friday Night Dr. Russell Raymond Voorhees, ^ of Elyria, Ohio, will be the speak- j er at the Brevard Kiwanis club’s meeting on August 1, on the sub subject, “Communism, What To Do About It.” Dr. Voorhees is a former ! newspaperman having been on the i staff of the New York Journal of Commerce for several years as well as on the staff of the Associ ated Press, the United Press and the International News Service. He is now doing professional writing to the tune of better than a million words a year for all kinds of publications including some of the biggest and best known busi ness publications in the country. For the purpose of gathering ma —Turn To Page Four • •• ■ w—«—.. CALENDAR OF j EVENTS *■ ■ a ■ —— «——» —— .. -A Thursday, July 31—Lions meet ing in Gaithers cafeteria at 7. Friday night, August 1—Kiwanis meeting in Gaithers cafeteria at 7. Softball doubleheader on light ed Brevard high field at 7:30. Con cert at Music camp at 8:15; broad I cast at 9:30. Troop 1 Boy Scouts ' to hold special meeting at Meth odist church at 7:30. Sunday, August 3—Go to church. Concert at Music camp at 4:00. Monday, August 4 — American Legion meeting in courthouse at 8 p. m. Street dance at 8 p. m. Tuesday, August 5 — Softball doubleheader on high school field at 7:30 p. m. Concert at Music camp at 8 p. m. Wednesday, August 6—Episcopal Bazaar and card party at 2:30 and 8:15. Wildlife club meets at 1 courthouse, 8:00. County AAA Committee Resumes Activities; Minimum Assistance Now Available To Farmers Here Concert Soloist Shown above is DUPRE RHAME, bass, who will be guest soloist with the Transylvania Mu sic camp orchestra at the Sunday afternoon concert. After grad uate study at Eastman ami Jul liard Schools of Music and Co ( lumbia university, Mr. Rhame | returned to his alma mater, Fur man university, where he is now a member of the music faculty and director of the glee clubs there. 1,200 PEOPLE AT ANNUAL PICNIC OF FEDERATION President McClure Summar izes Year’s Activities; Lord's Acre Movement Spreads Approximately 1,200 persons at tended the annual Farmers Fed eration picnic for Transylvania county, held in the Brevard school building last Thursday eve ning. James G. K. McClure, president of the federation, served as master of ceremonies and made his an nual report on activities of the federation, using placards to il lustrate each department of the organization. The Rev. Dumont Clarke, in speaking of the Lord’s Acre move ment, said, “We need new Chris tian forces in our churches to build a brotherhood of peace.” Mr. Clarke explained how the Lord’s Acre project has spread to all parts of the United States and even into many foreign countries, creating self-supporting churches in far-distant lands. He pointed out that a new Christian recreation program is being launched in many churches of this section, and an nounced that pamphlets will be —Turn To Page Four Italian Ryegrass Now Being Checked Out. Expett Other Materials The Transylvania County AAA committee has received instruc tions to resume all activities of the agricultural conservation program, Mrs. Julia Westwood1, the secre tary reports. The minimum assist ance was approved for each farm in the county is not to be in creased at this time or until the county AAA committee is notified to do so by the state AAA commit tee. Notices were mailed to farm ers in May, 1947, advising them of the minimum assistance to be ex pected for each farm in the 1947 AAA program. At this time farmers who have not taken up all of their minimum assistance in conservation mate rial services, which include lime, phosphate, and seed, may call by the AAA office for purchase oi' ders. This applies only to pasture and meadow seed. This week the county AAA com mittee worked out a fair price for crimson clover and vetch seed and hopes to have this price approved by the state AAA committee at once. When this is approved the farmers will be able to obtain pur chase orders for winter cover crop seed, the ^secretary says. Italian ryegrass is being checked out now on the service feed plan. This is a plan whereby the gov ernment pays a part of the cost of the seed and the farmer a part of the cost. The only farmers eli gible to receive this seed at the present time are ones who have not received any lime, phosphate or seed on the 1947 AAA program. T he contractor fo r delivering ground limestone is expected in —Turn To Page Foui GUILD SECURES RESUSCITATOR Need For Life-Saving, Life Giving Apparatus Stressed By The President The Transylvania Community hospital guild has purchased the much-needed resuscitator and it is now available for use at the hospital here, Mrs. Herbert Finck, president of the guild announced. The drive for this vital, life saving apparatus was begun last May, and was led by Mrs. Thesta Bishop, who realized the impor tance of having one at the hos pital here and made arangemrents for getting it. The purchase of this resusci tator will permit the administer ing of oxygen to infants at birth, and in the case of weakness or sickness can mean the difference between life and death, it is stat —Turn To Page Eight Broadcast At Music Camp Friday At 9:30 P.MV Public Concert 8:15 The time for the broadcast from the Translyvania Music camp this Friday night has been changed from the 7:30 spot and will be heard this week and next from 9:30 until 10:00. The program will feature the camp concert band under the direction of P. J. Gustat. Several of the numbers will be from the Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta, “Pirates of Penzance,” recently presented here and in other nearby towns. The concert for the audience will begin at 8:15 and they are cordially invited to stay for the broadcast. Mr. Gustat, band director for the broadcast, has recently been made Dean of the Faculty at the music camp. This is his third year at Transylvania. He has played the clarinet professionally for 20 years, conducting municipal bands at Anaconda, Montana, and El Paso, Texas, and was also conduc tor of the El Paso symphony for many years. Sharing the spotlight on the Sunday afternoon concert at 4:00 o’clock at the camp will be Joseph Pepper, violinist, and Dupre Rhame, bass. Mr. Pepper, a mem ber of the Brevard Music festival symphony and the camp symphony orchestra, will play the Bruch Concerto in G. Minor. Prior to the war Mr. Pepper received nation —Turn To Page Five Ecusta’s Square Dance Team Wins In Folk Festival The Ecusta square, dance team is shown above as they swing through the intricate and graceful square dance figures which won the unanimous vote of the judges as the best team entered in Asheville’s 20fh Annual Mountain Folk festival. The local dancers were led by caller “Speedy” Jones and were awarded the grand championship Cecil A. Pless cup. Winning at the Friday night contest, the Ecusta team climaxed the event by taking top honors Saturday night over six other teams from Western North Carolina. DR. COLTRANE IS CANDIDATE FOR KIWANIS OFFICE Local College President Is Named To Run For Gov ernor of Carolinas Dist. The candidacy of Dr. E. J. Col- j trane, president of Brevard col- ^ lege, for governor of the Carolinas i district of Kiwanis is announced j by Dr. J. F. Zachary, president of the Brevard Kiwanis club, follow ing a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Brevard group. Dr. Coltrane, who has headed the local college since its founda tion in 1934, served as lieutenant governor of the first district, which includes Western North Carolina, during the 1946-47 term. At a recent Carolinas conven tion, Dr. Coltrane was lauded on his record and was given a medal for outstanding service while lieu tenant-governor of the first dis trict. He also is a past president of the Brevard club. In making the announcement Dr. Zachary stated that other clubs are being asked to support the candidacy of Dr. Coltrane as pres ident of the Carolinas district. These clubs include the Salisbury organization, home of the interna tional president, Dr. Charlie Arm strong, and the Roanoke Rapids club, of which Dr. Coltrane was a charter member. The states convention will be held in October in Charleston, S. C., and prior to that time, numer ous clubs are expected to support Dr. Coltrane’s candidacy, Dr. Zachary says. Sunday Sdhool Ass’n To Meet At Pisgah Forest Sunday, 2:30 The Transylvania Sunday School association of Baptist churches will bo held at Pisgah Forest Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Walter Shipman, the as sociational superintendent, an nounces today. All churches in the association are invited to send representatives to this meeting and reports on the past year’s work will be read from each of the churches, it is re* ported. Ecusta nee Team Wins Championship In 20th Asheville Mountain Festival OFFICERS NAMED AT ANNUAL MEET OF TELEPHONE CO. Dial Telephones Will Be In stalled Here In Near Fu ture, Manager Reports At the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Citizens Telephone company here July 26, Mrs. J. H. Pickelsimer was elect ed president, J. S. Silversteen, vice president and C. W. Pickelsimer, treasurer and general manager. It was also decided that the three officers would continue to comprise the board of directors, and Rowell D. Bosse was named to continue as secretary in the company office. In his annual report Mr. Pickel simer stated that the local com pany has an 11-month priority on the dial telephone system which had been purchased some eight months ago and with this priority, he believes that installation will be made in the not too distant fu —Torn To Page Five Dancers Bring Home Huge Loving Cup. Eversman Praises Group Voted the best dancing team on Friday night, the Ecusta square dancers walked off with the grand dance championship last Satur day night in the 20th Annual Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. To the music of the Ecusta string band, the couples of the Ecusta team, with “Speedy” Jones, as caller, danced with smooth, gliding steps which won the approbation of the large aud ience as well as the judges. The girls were dressed in white blouses with square necks and tiered lace sieves and black swing skirts with three horizontal white lace bands and the men in white shirts with the Ecusta emblem. John D. Eversman, Ecusta’s rec reational director, was high in praise yesterday for the dancers and string band who brought home the large loving cup awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Jones at the climax of the show Saturday night. Other honors during the eve ] ning were distributed as follows: Best string band playing during —Turn To Page Eight July-August Term Of Court Ends, Total Of 18 Divorces Granted The July-August term of su perior court recessed Tuesday at noon. Convening on Monday morn ing of last week with Judge Hoyle Sink, of Charlotte, presiding and Solicitor Clarence 0. Hidings, of Forest City, representing the state, criminal cases were disposed of Wednesday, after which civil cases were taken up. The last criminal case tried was that of Van Owen, charged with larceny from the person. A jury found him guilty and Judge Sink sentenced Owen to serve from three to five years in the peniten tiary. Attorneys gave notice of ap peal and bond was fixed at $5,000. The sentence of Hall Fisher, who pleaded guilty of possessing non tax paid liquor for sale, was changed from $100 fine to four months on the roads. The sentence of Converse Hutch ins, who pleaded guilty of abandon ment and non-support, was changed from two years on the roads to $125 per month to be paid for the bene fit of his wife and minor children. Eighteen divorces were granted, as follows: Vadis Neely vs. Grover C. Neely, Mack Lee Smith vs. Louise L. Smith, T. K, Kuykendall vs. Orrie Kuykendall, Onlee Ward vs. Leon ard Ward, Ollie Mae Greer vs. Ed win Greer, Nettie Mae Revis vs. —Turn To Page Poor PRESIDENT SAYS BLDG. PROGRAM BEING STEPPED UP Completing Four Dormito ries. Work To Start Soon On Library, Infirmary FACULTY ENLARGED Looking ahead to a record en rollment when the college opens for its fourteenth season on Sept. 15, and with the expansive build ing program now underway, Pres ident Coltrane announced yester day that Brevard college will be able to render a greater service to a larger number of young peo ple than ever before. A successful summer school, with more than 200 enrolled, is now in progress and Dr. Coltrane said that the faculty for the reg ular term was being enlarged to accommodate a maximum number of students. With greater emphasis to be placed on music, the staff of this department has been doubled for the coming year. A full list of the teachers will be announced next week. At the present time J. A. Jones'. Construction company is erecting four dormitories to house 200 men. i These buildings will be ready for occupancy when the fall term’, opens and are located on the cam pus adjoining the five unit G. 1, housing project which was complet ed the first of this year. j e new classroom building, con taining the modern chemistry li brary and mechanical drawing room and four classrooms, has been completed and will be used this fall,, it is stated. Ross Hall, a former men’s dormitory, is being convert ed into apartments for members of the faculty. In the next few days work is expected to be started on the James —Turn To Page Four ECUSTA UPSETS HAZELWOOD MIME Locals Won Postponed Game From League Leaders Tues. Afternoon, 10-4 Ecusta’s fast improving baseball nine in the Western North Caro lina Industrial league pulled a sur prise upset here on the Ecusta dia mond Tuesday afternoon and tripped the league leading Hazel wood club in a postponed game by the score of 10 to 4. Grover Suttles, hurling ace for the Ecusta nine, kept the six Ha zelwood hits well scattered and added insult to injury in the top half of the ninth by fanning the three men who faced him. The victors collected a total of 11 hits off Manager “Bud” Bla —-Turn To Page Four Festival Symphony Gives Musicale At Home In Flat Rock “Hopewell”, the home of Mrs. Reuben Robertson, in Flat Rock, was the scene of a musicale last Saturday evening by the Brevard Music festival symphony, conduct ed by James Christian Pfohl. Mrs. Robertson, who expresses an extreme interest in the music festival here, invited many friends to hear the program in order to illicit interest in the festival. Featured on the program was a number written by Mrs. Robert son, which had been orchestrated by Mr. Pfohl. The words, written by Mrs. Robertson’s daughter, were sung by John Sealy, noted tenor, of the West End Presbyter ian church in New York city and Westminister choir school. The musicale was enthusiastic ally received by the guests who ex pressed the opinion that this or ganization will achieve even great er success when it becomes better known throughout the South.
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