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
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 57; No. 33
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14,1947 k 16 PAGES TODAY k
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FESTIVAL OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT
Building Permits Amount To $196,775 Here
MAJORITY SPENT
ON RESIDENCES,
PREDICTION MADE
Many Business Houses Are
Now Under Construction.
Case Gives Report
BREAKDOWN GIVEN
Building permits issued in the
town of Brevard for the first seven
months of the current year
amounted to $196,775.00, accord
ing to A. M. Case, building inspec
tor. Mr. Case pointed out when
releasing these figures that it was
necessary for everyone to procure
a building permit before erecting
a building or making repairs.
By far the greater part of this
outlay was for residences. The
construction of 25 homes was au
thorized at an estimated cost of
$93,500.00.
Other projects listed by Mr.
Case were: Two one-family private
garages, $800.00; one new filling
station, $3,500.00; two new store
buildings. $12,000.00: one new
gymnasium in colored section,
$5,000.00.
Four housing units for veterans
at Brevard college, $56,000.
Eleven permits were issued for
repair of residences, amounting to
a total of $17,475.00. Other per
mits for repairs were:
School building, $3,000.00.
Two business buildings, $4,000.
One church, $1,500.00.
Made Survey
A check-up by The Times the
first of February, 1947, revealed
that almost one-quarter of a mil
lion dollars would be expended
during the first half of the year
for buildings in Brevard, and Mr.
Case this week stated that at least
this sum had gone into the erec
tion of new dwellings and build
ings and repairing of old ones.
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TO HOLD JUBILEE
HERE NEXT WEEK
VFW Is Sponsoring Folk
Festival Next Wednesday
And Thursday Nights
Many string groups as well as
individual singers and dancers
have entered the first annual Tran
sylvania Folk Jubilee to be pre
sented here in the Brevard high
school auditorium next Wednes
day and Thursday nights at 8:00
o’clock, by the Lewis Earle Jack
son post of the VFW.
“We are still anxious to have
more entries,” Adjutant Jack Hug
gins said yesterday. All interest
ed in helping to revive the dying
folk music of the mountains are
asked to contact Bob Jackson, at
Jackson’s Bakery.
Cash prizes will be awarded to
the best string band, the best
group entertainment and the best
individual entertainment. Judges
will be chosen from the audience
both nights, and their decisions
will be based on how near the
groups are to the old mountain
music.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, August 14 — Mer
chants’ annual picnic, Pink Beds,
3:00 o’clock. Softball games, WNC
Invitational softball tournament,
beginning 5:00. Recital at Brevard
college, 8:15.
Friday, August 15 — Kiwanis
meet, 7:00, at the Bryant House.
Semi-finals WNC invitational soft
ball tournament, 7:30, high school
field. Opening concert of the Bre
vard Music Festival with Eugene
Istomin, pianist, guest artist, 8:15
at Transylvania Music camp.
Saturday, August 16 — Brevard
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Brevard Garden Club Will Hold
Flower Show Here On Saturday;
Public May Also Make Entries
Conductor
!
JAMES CHRISTIAN PFOHL,
well-known Southern organist
and conductor, is the musical di
rector of the Brevard Music fes
tival, which will present a se
ries of seven concerts here be
ginning Aug. 15. He is also di
rector of the Transylvania Music
camp, music at Davidson college,
The Mint Museum Chamber se
ries in Charlotte and co-ordina
tor of music at Queens and Da
vidson colleges.
LIBRARY TO SET
UP STATIONS IN
4 COUNTY AREAS
One Is Operating In Cher
ryfield. Librarian Makes
Statement
The Transylvania Library is now
making extensive plans to estab
lish four or five stations out in the
county whereby people may bor
riw library books, it was announced
here today by Mrs. Lehman Kapp,
librarian.
“We already have one of these
stations in operation at Cherry
field,” Mrs. Kapp said, “but we
fear that people living out in the
county are missing so much by not
having access to library books.”
Mrs. Kapp emphasized that Miss
Robinson, home demonstration
agent, had been very helpful in
trying to distribute books when
she attends county meetings.
Distributed 14,000 Books
The number of books distribut
ed during the past year by the li
brary was estimated at 14,000 to
approximately 2,000 borrowers.
The library service is free, Mrs.
Kapp stated.
Among the newest books and best
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i Plans Completed For An- j
) nual Event. Many Classi
fications Expected
A large number of classifications
of displays and exhibits have been
worked out, and many entries are
expected for the Brevard Garden
club’s annual flower show, which
will be held here at the NY A hut,
Saturday afternoon and evening,
the committee for arrangements
announces.
Already attracting much atten
tion from flower enthusiasts in
the county, garden club members
wish to stress that everyone wish
ing to may make entries in the
show. All entries are required to
be in before 11:00 o’clock Satur
day morning.
All divisions of specimens and
arrangements are open to the pub
lic. It is necessary for one to ex
hibit one's own flowers in the
specimen division, but borrowed
or bought flowers are permitted
in the arrangement classes. A spe
cial division is open to commer
cial growers, it is stated.
The classification list printed in
last week’s Times gives the eight
divisions and the separate classifi
cations. A prize for each one of
these divisions will be given.
A special section of the show is
being devoted to men gardeners
and another to children interested
in flowers. All summer camps in
this area have been invited to
make displays and many entries
from then? are expected.
The show will be open to the
public from 2:00 until 10:00 p. m.
j There will be no admission
charges, but a silver offering will
j be received.
j Anyone desiring information
j about the show is asked to get in
touch with Mrs. L. P. Hamlin,
chairman of the event.
VFW OFFERS TO
DISPLAY FLAGS
Would Be Slight Cost To
Merchants. Burial Of War
Dead Discussed
Considerable discussion was
given to the matter of the VFW
prominently displaying flags in the
business section of town on all
holidays at a meeting of the local
organization of the Lewis Earle
Jackson post here Monday night
in the club room. Approximately
30 overseas veterans attended and
Clark Grissom, vice-commander,
presided.
Previously, members of the
group had expressed a desire to
purchase a sufficient number of
flags which could be displayed in
front of each building and agreed
to have charge of erecting and
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Merchants Annual Picnic At Pink Beds
This Afternoon; Games Start At 3:00
Around 250 people, including a
number of invited guests, are ex
pected to attend tke annual picnic
of the Brevard Merchants associa
tion, which will be held at the
Pink Beds this afternoon beginning
at 3 o’clock.
A varied program of amusement
has been planned, which includes
bingo for the ladies, a softball
game for the men, badminton,
horse shoe pitching and other di
versions. At 5:30 o’clock a dinner
will be served by Sam Allison. The
Ecusta string band will furnish
music for the occasion.
There will be no formal speak
ing this year, the directors having
decided to allot this time to rec
reation instead. Invited to attend,
W. L. Dowell, state secretary, ad
vised an official of the association
that he would be unable to leave
Raleigh and expressed his regrets.
Free tickets to members of the
association based on the amount
of dues they pay were distributed
the fisrt of this week. Others
were available at $1.00 each.
Last year the picnic was held
at Camp Sapphire and in spite of
intermittent rain the attendance
was estimated at 250 people. The
speaker of the day was Represent
ative Monroe Redden and a bar
becue chicken dinner was served
by Mr. Allison.
Not A Taxi War — Just A Freak Accident In Brevard
The above photo appears to have been made of
one of the taxi wars in the larger cities of the
nation, but actually it was a freak accident which
occured here recently in the heart of the business
section of Brevard. The steering gear of Moo
ney’s taxi, is reported to have locked when mak
ing a left turn and crashed into the light pole on
the right opposite the stand of Martin’s taxi. The
driver, Aemon Smith, was released upon payment
of damages. No serious injuries were reported.
(Staff Photo)
LAST Rim FOR
E.C. GLAZENER TO
BEHELDTHURSDAY
One Of County’s Leading
Farmers Succumbs To
Lengthy Illness
Funeral service for E. C.
Glazener, 88, one of Transylvania’s
widest known farmers will be held
Thursday afternoon at the Mt.
Moriah-Calvert Baptist church at
3:00 o’clock with the Rev. B. W.
Thomason and Rev. W. S. Price
officiating. Burial will follow in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Glazener, who has been in
declining health for a number of
years, died at his home on the Ros
man highway, seven miles from
Brevard, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
A life-long resident of Transyl
vania county, he is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. E. J. Whitmire,
two sons, J. W. Glazener and J. A.
Glazener, all of Transylvania, 20
grandchildren and 19 great-grand
children. Also living are one broth
er, Flem Glazener, of Rosman; one
sister, Mrs. Alfred Watson, of Glen
ville; two brothers in Texas and
two sisters residing in Washington
state.
Active all his life in farming and
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Veterans Urged
To Attend Meet
At Chapel Hill
An institute for owners of small
business enterprises will be held at
Chapel Hill, August 18-29, and vet
erans from Transylvania county
vho are in business for themselves
have been urged to attend this ses
sion.
The institute is being held in
collaboration with the School of
Commerce of the University, which
has a sound reputation for training
many of the greatest bu aness lead
ers of the nation. “The new and
small business ventures of today
are a source of vitality for the
American free enterprise system,”
D’Alton Meyers, of the office of
Undersecretary of War, and direc
tor of the institute said.
Veterans who are eligible for the
61 educational benefits may attend
free of charge. Information and re
quests for admission should be sent
to Business Services, Box 1050,
Capel Hill. Non-veterans who are
planning to attend are required to
pay $75.00 tuition, or $61.00 with
out lodging. A deposit of $10.00 is
required to be sent to Business Ser
vices from non-vets planning to at
tend.
L. D. Martin Makes Request
For Franchise To Operate 2
Buses On Streets Of Brevard
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Festival President
t.
MRS. HENRY N. CARRIER,
president of the Brevard Music
festival association, this week
welcomes the outstanding musi
cians, the large number of out
of-town guests and others to
the 1947 festival which opens
here Friday night in the sum
mer theatre of the Transylvania
Music camp.
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Clayton, of
Cliffside, were week end guests
of Dr. Clayton’s sister, Mrs. Al
fred Allison.
»
Board Of Aldermen Agree
To Receive Bids On Motor
Grader, Street Flusher
The board of aldermen at a reg
ular meeting Monday night, ap
proved an application of L. D. Mar
tin to establish a bus line in Bre
vard with several conditions at
tached.
Mr. Martin, local taxi operator,
submitted to the council a map of
the town, indicating the routes ov
er which he proposes to operate.
In a letter addressed to the group,
Mr. Martin said he desired an ex
clusive franchise for five years
and said he planned to use two
buses. Operation would begin
within 60 days after permission
had been received from the state
utilities commission. The fare
would be ten cents for single tick
ets, with a reduction when pur
chased in books.
The aldermen approved the ap
plication subject to the action of
the state utilities commission with
a further condition as to a charge
for the franchise and the whole
being embodied in a contract if
the state utilities commission ap
proves the application.
Other Business
John Cagle and Harold Smith
were granted taxi licenses.
The board agreed to receive
bids on a motor grader and a
street flusher. The finance com
mittee and the street foreman
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Freezer Locker Plant Officially
Opened; Lockers Are Available
The Brevard freezer locker
plant of the Farmers Federation
was opened Monday afternoon at
2 o’clock with a program of music,
speeches and entertainment held
in the plant.
James G. K. McClure, president
of the federation, was master of
ceremonies and introduced Mayor
S. E. Varner, who made an address
of welcome. “The freezer locker
plant,” he said, “is symbolic of the
progress of Transylvania county,
and the Farmers Federation is do
ing a great work.” McClure said
that there are still a large number
of lockers available to the public.
Jack Trantham, president of the
merchants association, said he was
convinced the freezer locker plant
“is the very thing for this com
munity.”
Anderson Heard
Ed Anderson, publisher of the
Transylvania Times, spoke to the
group saying that in the opening
of the freezer locker plant “one of
our major dreams has come true.”
Mr. Anderson said that plans for
a locker plant were inaugurated
during World War II as a part of
the community’s post-war plans.
“We are highly gratified that this
goal has been reached within two
years after the cessation of hostili
ties,” he declared. The publisher
pointed out that he became inter
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FAMOUS ARTISTS
TO GIVE SEVEN
CONCERTS HERE
Capacity Attendance Is Ex
pected. Held At Transyl
vahia Music Camp
PFOHL TO DIRECT
The eyes of the musical world
are this week focused on Transyl
vania county and the opening of
the 2nd annual Brevard Music
Festival here Friday night at beau
tiful Transylvania Music camp at
8:15 o’clock when the first in a
series of seven concerts will be
presented by the festival sym
phony, composed of 60 leading mu
sicians selected from the ranks
of conservatory faculties, and Eu
j gene Istomin, gifted young pian
ist, as soloist.
Encouraged by the brilliant suc
cess of the one week festival last
year, the association this season
decided upon a festival of two
weeks and three concerts will be
presented this week end and four
on next Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. All concerts will be under
the direction of James Christian
Pfohl, outstanding young North
Carolina conductor.
Rehearsals Underway
Presenting the finest in music- •
by the world’s greatest composers
in a mountain setting of natural.
'*>•"■#$? in the shadow of Mt. Pis
j gah, the festival is again attract*
! ing music lovers from all parts of
I the Southland. The series of con
certs will be given in the spacious
summer theater of the Transyl
vania Music camp, where today
echoes of rehearsals of the music
by Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss,
Mendelssohn and other immortals
ring in the sylvan solitude.
A two-year-old growing body,
the festival association was found
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CAMPS HERE ARE
CLOSING SEASON
Successful Year Reported.
Over 1,500 Campers
Enrolled
Approximately 1,500 boys and
girls from various parts of Amer
ica are this week ending their
1947 camping session in one of the
11 camps in Transylvania county
and returning to their homes as
the season ends on one of the most
successful years for the camps
here.
The Transylvania Music camp,
the South’s unique school camp
for talented boys and girls, closed
last Sunday with a concert in the
summer theater auditorium by the
faculty and the final student con
cert was presented Saturday night
before a packed house.
For the past six weeks, the mu
sic camp has been the hub of mu
sical activity in the county and
Friday nights’ concerts have been
broadcast over WWNC, Asheville,
WBT, Charlotte, and WSPA, Spar
tanburg, S. C. James Christian
Pfohl, the founder and director of
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Surplus Snap Beans
Are Bought By US
Gov’t In WNC Area
Approximately 37 carloads of
snap beans from Transylvania,
Ashe, Avery, Haywood, Hender
son, Mitchell and Watauga coun
ties have been shipped from this
area under a purchase program in
augurated in WNC August 1 by
the fruit and vegetable division
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, according to E. E. Pink
ston, of Asheville, marketing spe
cialist in charge of the program.
The purchase program, part of
the government price support pro
gram, is aimed at relieving farm
ers of surplus bean crops at a
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