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. 37
SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1947
* 16 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LEGION WILL BUILD HOME SOON
Food Prices At Normal In Local Grocery Stores
SURVEY REVEALS
THAT ADVANCE
WILL BE SLIGHT
Volume Of Business Remains
Steady Here While It Is
Dropping In Nation
HINTS ARE GIVEN
While throughout the nation
food prices have soared and busi
ness has dropped sharply in cer
tain areas, local grocers report
steady business and no radical in
crease in the price level. “We do
expect, however, to have increases
on certain commodities, but we will
never see dollar plus meat and
dollar a dozen eggs in Transylvania
county,” one grocer said.
Another local groceryman said
that he had not advanced meat
prices during the last two weeks
and that sales had remained practi
cally stationary. However, through
out the nation volume of meat has
declined in certain cities more than
35 per cent.
While butter has increased from
five to ten cents a pound locally,
the price of oleo dropped five cents
a pound here Tuesday. Milk last
week advanced one cent on the
quart.
There has been a sharp increase,
the local survey reveals, in the
prices of flour, one brand having
f risen $2.00 per hundred last w7eek.
This was attributed to the short
wheat crop, which has pushed the
price of this commodity to record
heights in the exchanges of the
country.
While this county has an un
usually good corn crop this year,
the drought in the West has se
verely damaged the crop with a
resulting drastic curtailment of the
yield. Local growers are optimis
tic over the prospect of receiving
fancy prices for their crops this
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ACCOUNTANT TO
FILE APPLICATION
Approval Will Be Asked Of
State Bureau For School
Bonds; Reece Renamed
The county board of commission
ers at a regular meeting last Mon
fday instructed the acting county
accountant to prepare and file
with the Local Government com
mittee in Raleigh an application
for approval of $310,000 school
bonds for Transylvania county.
Chairman Willis Brittain explained
this was a routine procedure to
conform to state law. Present at
the meeting Monday besides Mr.
Brittain were the other two com
missioners, Lewis Osborne and
Gaston Whitmire.
Looney Sisk and Joe Cantrell
were granted licenses to sell beer
“on premises” for the current year
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 11 — Masonic
meeting at lodge, 8:00 p. m. Bowl
ing in Brevard City league at 7:30
o’clock.
Saturday, Sept. 13—Music Lov
ers’ club meets with Mrs. Henry
N. Carrier, at 3:00 o’clock. Cath
olic Society Bazaar, beginning at
3:30 with Children’s pet show at
| 4:00.
' Sunday, Sept. 14 — Attend the
church of your choice. 100th anni
versary celebration at Oak Grove
Methodist church. Camera club
meets 3:00, at Camp Sapphire.
Monday, September 15—Hunt
ing season for squirrels begins in
county. American Legion auxiliary
meets, 8:00, Gaither’s cafeteria.
Tuesday, Sept. 16—Rotary club’s
charter presentation banquet, at
Franklin hotel beginning at 7:00
o’clock. WNC bowling at Centen
nial alleys.
I
To Commemorate 100th Anniversary
Shown above is the Oak Grove church in North Brevard where
its members and friends will gather Sunday to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the church. Known as the oldest church in the
county, Oak Grove was founded by pioneer settlers and has had
a most colorful history. (Staff Photo)
100th Anniversary Of Oak
Grove Methodist Church To
Be Observed Here Sunday
Dr. Abernathy Will Be The
Principal Speaker. Is An
All-Day Meeting
Dr. L. B. Abernathy, secretary
of the Mission Board of the WNC
Methodist conference, will be the
chief speaker at the 100th anniver
sary celebration at Oak Grove
Methodist church this Sunday, the
pastor, Rev. W. C. Clark, reports.
The all-day meeting at the church
will begin at 10:00 o’clock and Dr.
Abernathy will be heard at the
morning service. Dinner at noon
will be served picnic style, and
all families have been requested to ,
bring a basket picnic lunch.
The afternoon program will fea
ture songs and talks by former min
isters of the aged church, and a
sketch of its history. The church,
last year, celebrated its 88th anni
versary, but since then Attorney
Lewis P. Hamlin discovered rec
ords proving that the church was
founded in 1847, and Sunday’s
celebration will mark the 100th
anniversary of this church.
Special music Sunday will be un
der the direction of O. B. Kibby,
song leader. Rev. W. C. Clark is
pastor of the church, and James
Dickson, Jr., is Sunday school su
perintendent.
All friends of the church are in
vited to attend this centennial cel
ebration at Oak Grove, in North
Brevard.
Mrs. M. G. Pangle, district pres
ident of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Women’s clubs, is in
Raleigh this week attending the
state meeting.
CATHOLICS WILL
STAGESUPPER AND
BAZAAR THIS SAT.
Event To Be Held On High
School Field Beginning
At 3:30 O’clock
The Catholic Society of Brevard
has now completed final plans for
its supper and bazaar which will
be held on the Brevard high school
field this Saturday beginning at
3:30 o’clock, Father Hugh P. Ken
nedy, announced. Proceeds from
the event will be used on the build
ing fund for a Catholic church
here.
Outstanding feature of the gala
bazaar—which will resemble a
county fair—is the children’s pet
show at 4:00 o’clock. All children
under 14 years of age are urged
to call Mrs. Carmine Rozzano at
618-J and enter their pets. Prizes
will be given in three divisions,
the most outstanding dog, most
outstanding cat and the most un
usual pet. Prominent Brevard citi
zens will serve as judges. Noon
Friday is the deadline for entries
in the pet show.
In addition to the fancy table at
the bazaar, booths selling soft
drinks, pop corn, balloons, hot
dogs, will be set up. There will
be grab bags and pony rides to
amuse the children. Local per
sons who will be in charge of this
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Police Busy Here, Recover Stolen
Automobile In North Brevard Tues.
The Brevard police department
has been extremely busy in the
past few days making a large num
ber of arrests, and two members
of the force recovered a stolen
automobile early Tuesday morn
ing, according to Chief B. F. Ban
ther.
Officers Ashley Dickson and W.
M. Gaddy stopped a ’37 Ford
about three o’clock in the morn
ing Tuesday in North Brevard.
Having no driver’s license, Dean
Young, the driver, and two com
panions from South Carolina, Wil
liam Emory Howard and Edward
Young, were taken into custody.
Later that morning the three men
confessed to having stolen the au
tomobile at Greer, S. C., and were
turned over to the F. B. I.
Another spectacular arrest the
chief reported was that of Ernest
Smith, colored, who is reported to
have snatched a pocketbook con
taining $160.00 from Frank T. Bar
ton on Greasy Corner. The inci
dent occurred about 2:00 o’clock in
the morning and shortly afterwards
Sgt. M. A. Nelson and Officer
Gaddy picked up Smith, Ivory T.
Martin, Jr., Allvin Sharp and an
other negro of minor age. They
were bound over to superior court
under a $400 bond (Smith’s bond
was set at $500) on a charge of
theft and aiding and abetting.
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CHAMBER STARTS
FINANCE DRIVE
MEETING IS HELD
Directors Making Canvass.
Investigating Service Via
Hendersonville Exchange
The annual financial drive of the
chamber of commerce got under
way yesterday morning following a
regular meeting of the board of
directors Tuesday evening at which
final plans were made for the
canvass. Working in groups, the
directors will endeavor to secure
new members and collect delin
quent dues. Willis Brittain, pres
ident, presided.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, executive
secretary, yesterday urged that
those in arrears send in their dues
without waiting to be approached
and thereby expedite the drive.
Miss Evelyn G. Haynes, direc
tor and co-owner of the Huckle
berry Mountain Workshop, of
Hendersonville, explained to the
directors the Little Town series
of attractions, 14 in number, w'hich
she is endeavoring to have some
organization sponsor in Brevard.
By selling 300 tickets, at S2.50
each, she stated, the sponsor could
secure four of the attractions; a
ticket sale of 525 would obtain
seven of them. The attractions
were said to be of an educational
nature and without a profit mo
tive. The group took no action on
the matter.
The directors discussed but
took no action on a proposed tour
of Highway 276 by residents of
upper South Carolina, in which
the Waynesville chamber would
also participate.
Ed M. Anderson, Mayor S. E.
Varner and Bill Huber were nam
ed members of the national affairs
committee of the U. S. chamber of
commerce, with which the local
body has recently become affiliat
ed.
After lengthy discussion, the
directors adopted a motion made
by C. M. Douglas to send a delega
tion to confer with M. E. Gambrel,
manager of the Hendersonville ex
change, with regard to the slow
and indifferent long distance ser
vice now being given local people
through that exchange. It was re
ported that in instances hours were
required to get a call through
this exchange and the directors
were sharply critical of the con
dition.
Bond Cashing Still
Rushing Here, 486
Vets Get $101,734
Approximately one-third of the
veterans in Transylvania coun
ty eligible to receive terminal
leave bonds have cashed them
at the Transylvania Trust com
pany, Ralph J. Duckworth, vice
president, reports today.
During the first eight days, a
total of 486 Transylvania vet
erans turned their holdings into
cash, Mr. Duckworth declared,
and received a total of $101,
734. 54 for an average of $209.33
per bond.
In Western North Carolina,
some 11,000 former servicemen
cashe,d their bonds during the
first week and received an esti
mated two and one-half million
dollars.
Man Is Arrested
In Raid On Still
Continuing their raids on “moon
shine” stills in Transylvania coun
ty, members of the sheriff’s de
partment here captured another 70
gallon sheet-iron outfit near the
Pickens highway during the past
week and arrested Charles Aiken,
who had just completed running
off 10 gallons of liquor, Sheriff
Bert Freeman reports.
Approximately 400 gallons of
beer were also captured and poured
out ih the raid, the sheriff said.
Commissioner Scott Praiseis Exhibit
One of the most outstanding exhibits at the Eeusta Harvest
festival last Friday was a jar of peaches displayed by Mrs. A. J.
Beddingfield of Brevard. This same jar of fruit was cash prize
winner at the 1923 State fair and Mrs. Beddingfield is pictured
above with Commissioner YV. Kerr Scott, principal speaker at the
event. “Put up correctly in glass, food will keep indefinitely,” she
says. Incidentally, the commissioner participated in the 1923 fair
and also won prizes. (Staff Photo)
Brevard Rotary Club To Hold
Charter Night Banquet Next
Tuesday At Franklin Hotel
ROLLINS COLLEGE
GRID TEAM NOW
PRACTICING HERE
Over 40 Florida Boys Work
ing Out At Eagles Nest.
McDowall In Charge
The football team of Rollins
college, Winter Park, Fla., ar
rived here at Eagles Nest camp,
four miles from Brevard, Monday
morning for a three weeks’ prac
tice session.
Jack McDowall, the coach, says
he is extremely pleased with the
cool weather in this mountain area
and that his boys are getting some
five or six hours of practice each
day. “This is impossible in Flor
ida, at the present time,” he stat
ed. .
More than 40 boys reported for
the special workout here in Tran
sylvania and the coach said his
boys are in good condition. “While
we are here, we will scrimmage
with Appalachian State Teachers
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District Governor To Make
Presentation. Some 150
Expected At Event
The Brevard Rotary club will re
ceive its charter next Tuesday
night, Sept. 16, at a charter night
banquet to be held at the Franklin
hotel beginning at 7:00 o’clock.
Macon M. Williams, the district
governor of the 194th district, of
Lenoir, will have charge of the
presentation ceremony, and Earl
Eller, of the Asheville club, is in
charge of arrangements for the
event.
A ladies night affair, approxi
mately 150 persons are expected to
attend the banquet. Many out-of
town guests have been invited by
the Asheville club, the sponsor of
the local arganization.
With a charter membership of
16, Brevard Rotarians are inviting
a mumber of prominent local peo
ple and special music and brief
talks will be featured on the pro
gram.
Hold Weekly Meetings
Organized here some time ago,
the Brevard Rotary club has been
holding weekly meetings in the
dining room of Gaithers cafeteria
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Increase Of 25.8 Per Cent In Wages
Paid In Transylvania Last Year
Virtually all of North Carolina’s
100 counties shared in the increase
from 1945 to 1946 in number of
employers covered by the Employ
ment Security Law, numbers of
workers protected by the law, av
erage weekly wage and total wages
paid which went above a billion
dollars in 1946 for the first time
in the State’s history. Total wages
paid in this county to covered
workers in 1945 amounts to $5,
465,990 as compared with $6,850,
725 in 1946, an increase of 25.3 per
cent, as compared with the State
increase of 23.8 and the State to
tal of $1,503,695,228 in 1946, high
est in history.
Transylvania county had 44 em
ployers subject to the law in 1945,
a figure which had increased to 45
in 1946, or 2.3 per cent, as com
pared with the State increase from
11,584 in 1945 to 13,122 in 1946,
or 13.3 per cent.
This county, in 1945, had 2,597
workers protected by the law, a
number which had increased in
1946 to 2,852 workers, or 2.3 per
cent, as compared with the State
increase of 11.1 per cent, from
526,357 in 1945 to 584,901 in 1946.
The county’s average weekly
wage in 1945 was $40.48 an amount
which had moved to $46.19 in 1946,
an increase of 14.1 per cent, as
compared with the State’s increase
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GO-AHEAD SIGNAL
GIVEN BY MEMBERS
AT LAST MEETING
Approximately $10,000 On
Hand For Building Of
Memorial Home
DONATIONS SOLICITED
With funds on hand and pledges
amounting to approximately $10,
000, members of the Monroe Wil
son post of the American Legion
here have decided to start con
struction on the Legion Memorial
home which is to be dedicated to
Transylvania’s fallen heroes in
World War I and II.
The property on which the build
ing is to be erected is located on
the corner of Johnston and Jor
dan streets and new plans and spec
ifications for the Legion home are
now being drawn up. Consultation
with contractors will be done this
week, and Commander Raymond
F. Bennett says he hopes construc
tion can get underway at an early
date.
Bennett Makes Statement
“Many of the Legionnaires have
promised to make contributions in
the form and labor, money and
materials as soon as the work is
started,” the commander stated.
It was the concensus at the last
meeting that other citizens would
make liberal donations as soon as
the Legion home begins to take
shape.
“Naturally, with prices as they
are today, we will not be able to
erect a building as elaborate as
we first planned, but we want a
home that can serve our present
day needs,” Mr. Bennett stressed.
It was pointed out that with the
funds on hand and the collection of
pledged donations that a modern
home suitable for meetings and
recreational purposes could be
constructed.
HUNTING SEASON
TO OPEN MONDAY
State Game Director Releases
Schedule. Deer Hunts Are
Again Organized
Hunting for squirrel in Tran
sylvania and other Western Caro
lina counties will begin Monday,
September 15, and continue until
December 15, with the exception
of Sundays, it was announced in
a release from State Director Wil
lis King. The bag limit for squir
rels this year has been raised to
eight over six for last year. The
only exception is the Southern
Red Squirrel (Boomer) for which
there is no open season.
Once again organized deer hunts
wlil be held in the Pisgah Nation
al forest areas from November
10-22, and Ranger W. W. Huber
reports that 1,030 hunters will
participate. The new deer hunting
law states that bucks with visible
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Prize-Winning Pic
By Local Man Now
In Camera Mag
A photographic print entitled
“Early Morning” made by John
Goldberger was selected as the
outstanding shot of the Brevard
Camera club and the picture now
appears in the September issue of
The Camera, a leading national
photographic magazine.
At the last meeting of the group
at the home of Nat Townsend, Dr.
Charles Ray won first and second
prizes in the monthly exhibit of
pictures. The assignment was the
photographing of St. Philip’s Epis
copal church and Mr. Goldberger
took third prize. Honorable men
tion went to Paul Plaut. There
were 13 prints on display, and the
prize winning shots are now in
the Hobby and Sport shop win
dow.
Officials of the local camera
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