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.ELC. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home ti Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 57; No. 41
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BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9>, 1947
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A Hearty Welcome to Brevard College Students and Faculty Members—May You Have A Successful Year!
REPORTS ON BREVARD COLLEGE
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Fire Prevention Stressed By Observance Here
JOHN PAUL LUCAS
MAIN SPEAKER AT
A CLUB BANQUET
Programs In School Focus
Attention On Fire Haz
ards; Buildings Inspected
MOVIES SHOWN
Brevard firemen are this week
observing national Fire Preven
tion week by giving programs in all
the schools, inspecting business
buildings and residences and hold
ing demonstrations emphasizing
the importance of removing fire
hazards,
Members of the local depart
ment were honored at a banquet
given jointly by the Brevard Ki
wanis. Rotary and Lions clubs at
the country club last Thursday eve
ning. About 150 persons attended
this function, at which Dr. J. F.
Zachary, president of the Kiwanis
club, presided. John Paul Lucas,
of Charlotte, public relations di
rector of the Duke Power Co., was
the principal speaker.
In paying high tribute to the
fire department. Mr. Lucas told of
\ the vital part the volunteer has
had in our nation's history, in sci
ence and invention, and in every
dangerous enterprise for the ad
vancement and protection of man
kind.
Mr. Lucas suggested that the
example of service set by the fire
department might lead to the
initiation and support by other
volunteers in community service
of worthwhile projects for the
safety, cleanliness and attractive
ness of the community.
Stressing the importance of
education in citizenship, he asked
that fire prevention week make
the people mindful not only of
the local and present threat to
their lives and property, but also
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PTA WILL HONOR
FATHERS AT MEET
I
Supper Affair To Be Held
Next Tuesday Night In
School Lunchroom
Fathers of Brevard school chil
dren will be honored at the annual
Fathers’ Night supper given by
the Parent-Teacher association
next Tuesday night in the Brevard
elementry school lunch room at
7:00 o’clock. Mrs. Julius Sader,
president of the group, urges all
fathers to attend this yearly func
tion.
Tickets are on sale by school
children under e direction of
Mrs. Franklin Kerber, for 50c a
plate.
A delicious meal will be served
and the menu will include ham,
tomato aspic on lettuce, string
beans, creamed potatoes, hot home
made rolls and butter, gingerbread
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CALENDAR OF I
EVENTS I
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Thursday, October 9 — Child
% ren’s fire prevention movie, Clem
' son theatre, 9:00. Community
Council meets, Courthouse, 8:00.
Jaycee-Jaycette picnic, Camp
Sapphire, 6:00 o’clock.
Friday, October 10 — Schools
close at noon for NCEA meeting.
Saturday, October 11 — DAR
| meeting with Mrs. Ralph Ramsey,
at 3:00 o’clock.
Sunday, October 12 — Attend
the church of your choice. B &
PW breakfast at Gaither’s cafe
teria, 9:30 o’clock.
Monday, October 13—Recital
by members of the music faculty
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Kiwanis Delegation To Push
Election Of Dr. E. J. Coltrane
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As Gov. Of Carolinas Division
Is In Spotlight
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DR. E. J. COLTRANE, presi
dent of Brevard college, yester
day made his report to the board
of trustees during the W. N. C.
Methodist conference in Char
lotte. Dr. Coltrane is also being
proposed and vigorously sup
ported for the governorship of
Kiwanis clubs in the Carolinas.
The election will take place in
Charleston, S. C., at the annual
convention this week end.
COLLEGE WILL
BE DISCUSSED
AT CONFERENCE
Methodists Are Convening
At Charlotte For An
nual Event
Brevard college will be upper
most in the minds of every Meth
odist layman and pastor who at
tends the annual Methodist con
ference which began Wednesday
at the Dilworth Methodist church,
in Charlotte, and continues there
until next Monday.
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president
of Brevard college, arranged in
conection with this conference to
have an alumni dinner for friends
and alumni of Brevard college at
the Hawthorne Lane Methodist
church last night at 5:30 o’clock.
Ray F. Swink, assistant to Dr. Col
trane, presided at the dinner, and
Edwin L. Jones, chairman of the
college Board of Trustees, was
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Large Delegation To Attend
Convention In Charleston
Starting Today
A large delegation of Kinwan
ians from the Brevard club will
leave Thursday for Charleston, S.
C. , to attend the annual conven
tion of Kiwanis, where they will
push the election of Dr. E. J. Col
trane, president of Brevard col
lege, as governor of the Carolinas
division.
Dr. Coltrane, who was lieuten
ant-governor of the first district
in 1945-46, is being opposed by
Joe Chiott, of Asheville, and lo
cal Kiwanians are optimistic over
Dr. Coltrane’s outlook for election.
The local college president was
nominated at the convention in
Greensboro last year, and mem
bers of the Brevard club have
been extremely active in soliciting
the support of other Kiwanis
clubs throughout North and South
Carolina in recent weeks.
Attending the convention, which
will last through Saturday, from
| Brevard besides Dr. and Mrs. Col
trane, will be: President Fred
Zachary, Willis Brittain, C. M.
Douglas, Lewis P. Hamlin. George
D. Perkins, Ralph Rams?y, Ray
Swink, Alex Kizer and Dr. C. L.
Newland.
THOUSANDS VIEW
FORESTSPLENDOR
Five-Mile Section Of Park
way To Remain Open To
Public Through October
More than 2,000 motorists visit
ed the Wagon Road Gap section of
the Parkway Sunday afternoon, ac
cording to Ranger W. W. Huber.
Almost every car, he said,
stopped at the Green Knob for
the view which overlooks the Pink
Beds and a greater part of the
156,000 acres in Pisgah National
Forest.
Mr. Huber said that the five
mile section of the Parkway would
remain open through October. The
gate is open from 9 to 6 daily.
The foliage has just started to
take on fall colors, with much
developing during the coming two
weeks. Some woodsmen predict
full color by the end of this week.
Ranger Huber says that the cold
snaps have brought vivid colors to
the trees from the entrance to Pis
gah forest and all along the scen
ic drive to Wagon Road Gap. He
states that the drive up to Looking
Glass creek and Wagon Road Gap
or anywhere through the forest
will well repay any observer at
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Teachers To Attend NCEA Meeting In
Asheville, Schools Close At Moon Fri.
Teachers from Brevard and
Transylvania county will attend
the 25th annual Western district
meeting of the North Carolina
Education association which will
be held in Asheville Friday, Oc
tober 10, and county schools will
be closed after noon on Friday to
permit all teachers to leave,
county superintendent J. B. Jones,
said.
More than 1500 teachers are
expected to attend this meeting
representing 18 Western coun
ties. Henry M. Davis, of Hender
sonville, is Western district pres
ident, and Miss Flora Lyday, Pis
gah Forest teacher, is local NCEA
president
The program, which begins
Friday at 2:30 o’clock, includes
twe general sessions, four division
al meetings and nineteen depart
mental meetings. Miss Lyday ur
ges all county teachers to attend
their divisional and departmental
meetings and said the importance
of this could not be overstressed.
At the first session Friday af
ternoon several important speak
ers will be heard among them, A.
C. Dawson, Jr., NCEA vice presi
dent and chairman of the legisla
tive committee. Mr. Dawson will
present the tentative legislative
program for the association this
year.
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NATIONAL PAPER
GROUP TO HOLD
MEETING IN WNC
Over 500 Delegates To Visit
Ecusta Friday. Ecustans
Are On Program
More than 500 delegates from a
number of Southeastern states and
three foreign countries are ex
pected to attend a joint three-day
meeting of two pulp and paper
groups in Asheville this week end
sponsored by the Ecusta Paper
corporation and the Champion
Paper and Fibre company of Can
ton.
The groups are the alkaline
pulping and chemical products j
committees of the Technical Asso- j
| ciation of the Pulp and Paper In-!
| dustry and the southern and south
j eastern divisions of the American
Pulp and Paper Mill Superintend- j
ents association.
Harry H. Straus, president of j
Ecusta, will introduce the prinei- j
I pal speakers at the banquet Satur-!
day night and Raymond F. Bennett,
general superintendent of Ecusta,
who is the national president of
the American Pulp and Paper Mill
Superintendents’ association, will
speak on several of the programs.
The delegates will tour the Ecu
sta plant Friday afternoon, and
John Eversman. recreational di
rector at Ecusta, will give a pro
grazn of entertainment at the City
auditorium in Asheville with the
Ecusta string band, the square
dance team and singers. Mr. Ev
ersman will also speak Saturday
morning to the group on the sub
ject: “The Value of a Recreational
Program in Industrial Relations,”
and will use a colored movie de
picting Ecusta's recreational ac
tivities.
To Hold Court Of
Honor Friday NigHt
Several Transylvania Boy Scouts
will receive merit badges and ad
vancements at the court of honor
Friday night to be held at the
First Baptist church here, Jack
Trantham, in charge of promo
tions and advancements, announces
today. Meeting time will be 7:30
o’clock.
“There will be fun, fellowship
and community spirit,” Mr. Tran
tham states and he urges the gen
eral public to attend the event as
well as every Scout in the town
and county.
“It will mean a lot to these boys
to have a large group of adults
present to applaud their efforts
and it will be a worthwhile ex
perience for older persons to come
and see these “Men of Tomorrow”
move one more rung up the lad
der of Scouting and along the trail
of citizenship,” Mr. Trantham
says. .
A. W. Allen, Scout executive of
the Daniel Boone council, will be
on hand to present the Tender
foot Investiture ceremony, it is
reported.
Cannery Is Now
Open On Saturday
The Brevard Cannery, which has
been open heretofore on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons, will now be open only
on Saturdays from 8:00 until 6:00
o’clock, Supervisor Randall Lyday,
announced this week. He explained
that the cannery facilities will be
open to the public all day on Sat
urday until further notice.
All persons who have cans that
they wish to get at the cannery
have been asked to call Mr. Lyday
at 245 any school day before 2:45
p. m., and he will unlock the can
nery permitting persons to secure
their cans.
Honors The Unknown Soldier
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NATIONAL PRESIDENT' of the American Gold Star Mothers, i
Mrs. Mathilda Burling, Richmond Hill, New York, places a wreath,
on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Ceme
tery, Arlington, Virginia. The mothers’ organization is convening
in Washington. (International)
The Transylvania Times Will
Sponsor Essay Contest For
All High School Students
COUNCIL TO HOLD
SESSION THURS.
IN COURTHOUSE
Pres. Hamlin Urges Mem
bers To Attend Im
portant Meeting
The local Community council
will hold its regular meeting in
the courthouse Thursday night, at
8:00 o’clock, Lewis P. Hamlin,
president, reports.
All committee reports will be
heard at this time, and it is neces
sary that all members attend the
meeting, the president states.
At the last meeting of the coun
cil, Dr. Ben Geer, of Greenville,
S. C., who was outstanding in Com
munity council work there, spoke
to the group and outlined meth
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Cash Prizes To Be Given
Winners. Deadline Is
December First
An essay contest for Brevard
and Rosman high school students
incident to National Newspaper
week will be sponsored by this
newspaper and the N. C. Press
association, Publisher Ed M. An
derson announced today.
The contest will open next
Monday and close December 1.
Entries may be addresed to the
Essay Editor of The Times.
The subject for the essay is:
“Your Newspaper Serves Freedom
by Serving You.”
At least three entries must be
made in order that a contest can
be held.
First prize winner in this coun
ty will receive $10.00 in cash and
this winning essay will be enter
ed in the state contest, in which
the prizes are $100 and $50.00 in
cash.
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Board Of Aldermen Decide To Mark All
Street Corners: Taxi Insurance Reduced
The board of aldermen decided
at a regular meeting Monday night
to have all streets marked by
erecting a locust post bearing a
sign at each corner and the city
clerk was requested to work with
the superintendent of streets in
having the markers placed.
The board, acceding to a re
quest presented by taxi drivers
at the last meeting, agreed to re
duce the amount of insurance
they are required to carry to $5,
000 on each pasenger, $5,000 each
accident and $10,000 property
damage. A spokesman for the op
erators explained that they could
not purchase the $10,000, $20,000
and $5,000 policies as previously
required.
J. A. Heath was granted a taxi
driver’s license by the city
fathers.
A request by L. D. Martin that
the parking meter near Gibbs’
Esso station be removed so that
deliveries could be made was re
ferred to the street committee.
The board agreed to have a
light installed in the immediate
rear of the Transylvania Trust
Co.
Since heavy rainfall floods the
area next to the B & B Feed and
Seed Co., the city fathers agreed
to have drainage installed there
at the expense of the owners.
COLTRANE SAYS
SCHOOL HERE TO
BE UNSURPASSED
Physical Plant Being Great
ly Enlarged; Faculty
Increased
CONFERENCE TOLD
President E. J. Coltrane, of Bre
vard college, in his report to the
trustees who are convening in
Charlotte during the W. N. C.
Methodist conference said that af
ter many years of hard work, col
lege officials are beginning to re
alize their dream of a junior col
lege second to none in its physical
plant, its program of instruction
and its faculty.
Continuing he said that great
strides of progress are now be
ing made with several buildings
being erected on the campus, new
COLLEGE EDITION
Additional information re
garding the Greater Brevard
College will be found
throughout this issue, which
is a special college number.
This paper is going not only
to regular subscribers, but
also to students, parents,
members of the board of
trustees and to delegates to
the VV. N. C. Methodist con
ference now in session in
Charlotte), Publisher Ed M.
Anderson stated.
J
roads and walkways being con
structed and 15 new faculty mem
bers have been added to the staff
for the 1947-48 term.
“The friends of the college are*
more numerous than ever before,”
he declared, “and men of vision
and business ability are indicat
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THOUSANDS CHEER
ECUSTA DANCERS
Square Dance Team Per
forms In Charlotte At
Davidson-State Game
It is estimated that more than
20,000 enthusiastic fans witnessed
the exhibition put on by Ecusta’s
championship square dance team
during the half-time period at the
Davidson-North Carolina State col
lege game in Charlotte last Satur
day night.
The team, which was given a
great deal of applause at the end
of the performance, was intro
duced to the spectators by John
D. Eversman, Ecusta’s recreational
director. Music for the team was
provided by the 60-piece Davidson
college band under the direction
of James Christian Pfohl.
The dance team traveled to Char
lotte by bus, going by way of Da
vidson, where they rehearsed with
the college band. They returned
Saturday night.
Three Stills Are
Destroyed By The
Sheriff’s Dep’t
The sheriff’s department of
Transylvania continued its raids on
“moonshine” stills in the county
during the past week, destroying
three and pouring out hundreds of
gallons of beer.
Sheriff Bert Freeman reports
that last Thursday afternoon a 70
gallon copper outfit, which had
been in operation, was located and
put out of commission in the Old
Toxaway section near the South
Carolina line. About 600 gallons of
beer were poured out. Accompany
ing the sheriff on the raid was
Deputy John Kilpatrick.
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