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TRANSYLVANU '
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An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANU *
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
C a m p s, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 57; No. 38
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947
k 16 PAGES TODAY k PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS AT PEAK
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New Health District Is Now In Operation Here
TWO COUNTIES
COMPRISE UNIT,
JONESSECRETARY
Two Other Local Men On
Board. Will Operate On
Smaller Budget
p STAFF INCOMPLETE
Transylvania is now a member
with Henderson county of a new
health district and this week offi
cers and some staff members of
the new unit were elected by the
county commissioners of each act
ing jointly.
D. G. Wilkie, chairman of the
Henderson county board, was elect
ed chairman, and Supt. J. B. Jones,
of Brevard, was chosen secretary.
In addition to these, the follow
ing members constitute the board:
Dr. W. R. Kirk. Hendersonville.
Dr. J. F. Zachary, dentist, Bre
vard.
Mayor S. E. Varner, Brevard.
Fred Justice, pharmacist, Hen
dersonville.
Supt. R. G. Anders, Henderson
ville.
Dr. J. B. Wilkerson, of Brevard,
was elected part-time health offi
cer for Transylvania county and
Dr. T. W. Summer was chosen
part-time health officer for Hen
derson county and senior health
officer for the district. W. F. Hart,
▼ of Brevard, was elected district
sanitarian.
The nurses and secretsn*3fei has
been announced,' will be appoint
ed by the health officers. Mrs. Jes
sie A. Lollis, Transylvania county
nurse, and Mrs. Patton McLeod,
secretary, are expected to continue
in service.
Transylvania- county was former
ly a part of a 5-county district,
which was much too large, accord
ing to local officials. Transylvania’s
part of maintaining the 2-county
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OVER $1100 SPENT
IN SCHOOLS BY PTA
Report Is Made At Initial
Meeting Of Year. Com
mittees Appointed
A total of $1100 was spent by
W the Brevard Parent-Teachers as
sociation in the city schools during
the past year, it was announced at
the first meeting of the year last
Tuesday afternoon. A new refrig
erator was bought for the Brevard
Elementary school lunchroom cost
ing $400.00; visual aid equipment
for Brevard high school was pur
chased at a cost of $488.91; and
$135 was spent on soap and paper
towels for all of the schools.
Mrs. Julius Sader, incoming
president for this year, presided
over the meeting. The devotions
were given by Rev. W. P. Bald
win, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. It was announced by the
president that plans were being
formulated for the annual father’s
night supper to be held in October.
Plans were also made for the an
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CALENDAR OF i
EVENTS
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Thursday, Sept. 18—Baptist Mis
sionary circles meet, 3:30. Lions
jc club, 7:00, at the Bryant House.
^ Masonic meeting, 7:30, at the lodge.
Friday, Sept. 19.—Band parade,
2:30. Garden club meeting, 3:30
with Mrs. S. R. Harrington. Ki
wanis meeting, 7:00, at the Bry
ant house. Community council
meeting and speech by Dr. Ben
Geer, 8:00, at the court house.
Football, Brevard high vs. Mor
ganton high, kick-off at 8:00
o’clock.
Saturday, Sept. 20—Football,
Brevard college, vs. Lees-McRae,
kickoff, at 8; 00 o’clock on the high
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Transylvania’s Expert Beekeeper
Pictured above is J. Wade Dickson, Transylvania county’s expert
beekeeper, with several containers of honey he has produced this
year. Mr. Dickson points out that all combs should be cut the size of
the container and can be packed easily without ever being touched
by human hands. It is Mr. Dickson’s ambition to make Transylvania
a honey producing center. * (Staff Photo)
Completing Plans For Six Big
Deer Hunts, Drawing Scheduled
If Applications Exceed 1,030
Will Be Available In Ashe
ville Friday. Deadline
Is October 16
As the plans for the six big game
hunts to be held in the Pisgah
National forest are being complet
ed, Ranger W. W. Huber reports
that a drawing will be held here in
the Brevard chamber of commerce
office on October 21, if more than
1,030 applications are received.
The first 800 applications for
the check-in-check-out deer hunts
drawn by lot and the first 230 ap
plications for the wilderness hunts
drawn by lot will be accepted. An
additional 200 applications will be
drawn as alternates.
Six hunts—two main hunts and
the Pisgah Ledge hunt in access
ible areas, two wilderness hunts
and a bow and arrow hunt—are
scheduled during the period from
Nov. 10 to Nov. 22.
Applications will be available at
the commission’s office, 28 Law
building, Asheville, beginning on
Friday. The deadline for submitting
applications is Thursday, October i
16.
The schedule for the deer and
bear hunts follows:
First main hunt in accessible j
areas in the southern circle. Da-1
vidson river checking station, Nov. i
10-12 and 17-19.
Second main hunt in accessible j
areas in the northern circle, North
MiHs river checking station, Nov. j
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STATE CHARTER
GRANTED PENROSE
LUMBER COMPANY
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Rahn And Associates Will
Engage In Wholesale And
Retail Business
A charter has been granted to
the Penrose Lumber company with
an authorized capital stock of
$100,000, it is reported this week.
Stockholders in the new concern,
which will be located at Penrose
between the highway and the
railroad tracks, are P. A. Rahn, of
Penrose, Fleming Browne and H.
F. Cain, of Asheville.
While still in its infancy, the
concern has one warehouse built
and work will begin in the near fu
ture on a planing mill. Other build
ings will be erected, it is reported,
as mill machinery becomes avail
ble.
According to the charter, the
Penrose Lumber company will
manufacture lumber and other
products of the forest into any
kind of materials or finished prod
ucts for commercial or domestic
purposes. The concern will also
manufacture windows, floors, floor
ing, etc., and will operate a store
to sell wholesale and retail the
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Dr. Ben Geer To Speak At Meeting
Of Community Council Friday Night
Dr. Ben Geer, president emeritus
of Furman university and head of
the community council work for
Greenville county, will be guest
speaker at the Transylvania county
community council meeting at the
court house Friday night at 8:00
o’clock, Charlie Russell, secretary
reports.
Dr. Geer will discuss community
council work and its aims in fur
thering projects for the better
ment of the county.
Mr. Russell urges as many mem
bers as possible to be present for
this first fall meeting. New mem
bers, recently appointed from or
ganizations, will be taken into the
council at this time. Plans will he
discussed for the future work of
the group, he stated.
The community council was or
ganized here last spring. Lewis P.
Hamlin was named president. The
purpose of the group is to unify
the work of constituent members
in order to concentrate on com
munity problems, when needed; to
co-ordinate the activities of the
various members so as to prevent
over-lapping of services; and to
attempt to prevent two or more
agencies from working at cross
purposes if possible. It is designed
to organize the community scien
tifically for social and economic
development in order to make it
a more desirable and attractive
place in which to live.
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DICKSON GRES
TIPS TO LOCAL
HONEYPRODUCERS
Says County Could Become
Center For Honey. Is
Called An Expert
Although much honey has been
produced in this county, J. A.
Glazener, farm agent, calls J. Wade
Dickson Transylvania’s expert bee
keeper. Mr. Dickson has filled
many jars with both Tulip Poplar
and Mountain Sourwood, and his
advice to beekeepers is consider
ed valuable information.
While Mr. Dickson keeps bees
of his own and produces a vast
amount of honey, he is even more
active among the beekeepers cir
cle and gives daily advice to other
honey producers. “Transylvania
county can become as famous for
honey as it is now for tourist, in
dustrial and agricultural attrac
tions,” Mr. Dickson said.
“To properly pack the honey, it
should be cut from the frame with
a sharp thin bladed knife on a
metal top table, or a large waiter
the proper width and length to
fit the container being used,” Mr.
Dickson said. He emphasized that
honey could be packed without
ever being touched by human
hands, and it should always be
cut to fit the size of the contain
er, thus eliminating any waste of
honey.
Continuing the beekepeer said,
“When as much of this cut comb
as is desired is packed, extract in
a good extracter enough honey
from other frames to finish filling
containers. Never leave the comb
showing in top of the jars above
the extracted,” he cautioned, “but
return the frames from the ex
tractor to the bees to be refilled,
preferably just before dark. Now
the honey is ready to be sealed
and labeled, thus adding to the
attractiveness of the package and
meeting the requirements of the
law,”
Mr. Dickson further explained
that in Western North Carolina
there are two types of honey, the
Tulip Poplar Black locust and the
Mountain Sourwood. “The first
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3-RING CIRCUS
HERE NEXT WEEK
Owens Troupe Has 26 Acts;
Legion Post To Share
In Proceeds
Offering 26 stellar acts, Buck
Owens and his internationally fa
mous 3-ring circus and Wild West
Revue will appear in Brevard for
two performances daily on the
Brevard high school athletic field
Friday and Saturday of next week.
The American Legion is sponsor
ing the eircus and revue and will
share in the proceeds, which will
be applied to the cost of the pro
posed memorial home here.
The Buck Owens troupe, it is
said, embraces some of the most
famous personalities from the
stage, screen, radio, circus hippo
drome and Wild West arena.
One of the outstanding attrac
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WNC Health Officials
Attend Meeting Here
A full membership of the West
ern North Carolina public health
association and officials of the
state and U. S. health departments
attended a sectional meeting here
last Friday in the Brevard court
house.
Walter F. Hart, district senior
sanitarian, who was in charge of
the meeting, said that much good
was derived from the open forum
discussions and a 'better under
standing of the new milk ordinance
and institutional regulations as
well as other allied subjects was
gained.
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Truman And Daughter On ‘Big Mo’
WEARING HIS FAMOUS YACHTING CAP, President Truman
and his daughter Margaret are shown aboard the battleship Missouri
as the vessel left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United States. The
ship is due to dock at Norfolk, Va., the morning of September 19.
In the background is the famous Sugarloaf Mountain.
(International Radiophoto)
Two Homes Are Broken Into
Here, Chief Urges Citizens
Call Dep’t Upon Leaving Town
CHARTER GIVEN
TO ROTARY CLUB
AT MEET TUESDAY
Approximately 80 Persons
Attended Function At
Franklin Hotel
The Brevard Rotary club receiv
ed its charter from District Gov
ernor Macon M. Williams of Len
oir, at a charter night banquet
Tuesday night in the Franklin
hotel and approximately 80 per
sons attended the event.
A ladies night affair, the ban
quet was declared an overwhelm
ing success and more than 40 out
of-town Rotarians and their wives
were present. Asheville, the spon
sor club of the local organiza
tion, sent a delegation of 20, with
Earl Eller, special representative,
in charge.
Giving a brief history of Ro
tary, Mr. Williams said it is the
world’s largest and oldest civic
organization. Founded by Raul
Harris in Chicago, 111., in 1905,
the membership of Rotary is now
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Robbers Entered Dwellings
Of Frank Carr And Nat
Townsend Sun. Night
As the result of two robberies
occurring here last Sunday night,
one at the home of Frank Carr,
Sr., on Lake View drive, the other
at the home of Nat Townsend, Park
View drive, Police Chief B. F. Ban
ther asks all persons who are plan
ning to be out of town for any
length of time in the future to
notify the police department in
order that they might check the
house for any prowlers. At the
time of the robbery the Carrs were
out of town for the week end.
The only article that was stolen
from the Carr house was a small
tin change bank. The theft of a
portable sewing machine in a
brown case was reported at the
home of Nat Townsend. Both
houses were ransacked the chief
reports.
A reward of $50.00 is being''of
fered for information leading to
the arrest of the thieves, or for
the recovery of the stolen machine.
Chief Banther stated that the
Townsend home was broken into
between 7:00 and 9:00 p. m., and
the Carr Home at approximately
9:00 o’clock. The thieves entered
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Ecusta Rand To Parade In Brevard
Friday, To Play At Football Game
Adding to the gaiety of Brevard
high school’s first home football
game here Friday, will be the ap
pearance of the Ecusta band, un
der the direction of John Evers
man. The band will parade through
Brevard Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock and again at 7:30 o’clock
when they march to the lighted
high school field to play during
the ball game, Director Eversman
states.
The parade Friday afternoon
will begin in front of the bank,
continue to the comer of Tran
tham’s and Farmers Federation,
turning there to Brevard elemen
tary school, where they will pro
ceed to the high school field. The
band will be followed by banners
and automobiles celebrating the
first home game of the Brevard
high school Blue Devils.
Proceeding the game Friday
night, the band will again begin at
the bank, turn at the square and
will march to the high school field
and give a brief program before the
kick-off scheduled for 8:00 o’clock.
Eversman states that a program
will also be given at the half-time.
“I feel confident that the band
will do a good job,” Director Evers
man said. “They have been under
going extensive training all sum
mer under the able direction of
the bandmaster, Col. E. B. Gams,
former colonel with the U. S. cav
alry.”
BREVARD GRADED
HAS THE LARGEST
NUMBER ENTERED
New Attendance Officer Se
cures Return Of 149 Pupils
Without Compulsion
LUNCHERS DECLINE
The total enrollment for Tran
sylvania county school at the end
of a two weeks’ period is 3,066,
County Superintendent J. B.
Jones announces this week. The
highest enrollment is Brevard ele
mentary school with 820 students.
In this two weeks period Mrs.
Cecil Hill, visiting teacher and at
tendance officer has visited 126
families, whose children have con
sistently had attendance problems.
These families had 160 children in
volved, and of this number 149
are now back in school.
Supt. Jones reports that at this
rate poor attendance in the coun
ty can soon be wiped out complete
ly. This is the first year a full
time attendance officer has been
| employed, and it has not been nec
i essary to resort to the law in any
J attendance case so far, Mr. Jones
; declared.
A breakdown of the individual
j enrollment totals is as follows:
I Brevard elementary. 820: Brevard
high. 521; Selica. 64: Pisgah For
est, 310: Enon, 66; Little River,
85; Connestee, 75; Cedar Mountain.
23; Rosman high, 150; Rosman ele
mentary, 495; Lake Toxaway, 108:
Silversteen, 50; Quebec, 71; Bal
sam Grove, 55; Rosenwald (col
ored), 144; and Glade Creek (col
ored), 23.
In the five lunchrooms in the
county at Enon, Pisgah Forest,
Brevard. Rosman, and Lake Tox
away, nearly 1000 students are be
ing fed daily. Due to the increase
of lunches to 20c, the number has
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HRS. SLEDGE TO
HEADTEACHERS
Officers Of Classroom
Teachers Organization
Here Are Elected
Officers of the local Classroom
teachers’ organization were elected
at a meeting of the county teach
ers group last Friday night at
Gaither’s cafeteria. Mrs. Jimmy
Sledge, Brevard high school teach
er, was elected president for the
coming year. Other officers elect
ed were Mrs. Doris Warren, Ros
man high school, vice president;
Miss Margaret Gash, Pisgah Forest
school, treasurer; Mrs. Harold Hog
sed, Rosman school, corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. Richard Moore,
Brevard school, recording secre
tary.
Mrs. Lucille Allen, state pres
ident of the classroom teachers or
ganization, spoke briefly to the
group, outlining the reasons for or
ganization and emphasizing the
responsibilities of the teacher. Mrs.
Allen was introduced by Miss Flo
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Local Firemen To
Observe Nat*l Fire
Prevention Week
In observance of National Fire
Prevention week, October 5-11, the
Brevard Fire department is now
completing a full program of safe
ty education and fire prevention
during that week, Brevard Fire
Chief Dan Merrill, stated.
The program will get underway
with a parade on Saturday after
noon, October 4, it is stated. The
entire fire department will attend
a special service in their honor at
the First Baptist church on Sun
day morning, October 5.
A demonstration by the local
firemen of the various uses of their
equipment will be given in the
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