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TRANSYLVANIA
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Educational, Agricul
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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
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The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home t-i Brevard
Music Festival.
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Vol. 57; No. 49 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MANY CASES ARE TRIED IN COURT
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Triple A Election To Be Held Next Wednesday
CHAIRMAN URGES
ALL FARMERS TO
VOTEONPROGRAM
Committees And Delegate*
Will Be Chosen. Eight
Polls Open
STATEMENTS MADE
A last minute call to all farm
ers of Transylvania county to vote
in farm elections on December £
was issued today by T. J. Wilson,
chairman of the county agricul
tural conservation committee.
Mr. Wilson urged farmers to
make certain their vote will be
counted in the election of commu
nity committeemen and delegates
to the county convention where
the county agricultural conserva
tion committee will be elected.
He said that too often farmers
let other jobs and interests keep
them from voting in these elec
tions. But this year, with so many
vital decisions and perplexing
problems regarding current pro
duction and conservation, he
stressed that farmers cannot af
ford to forego the opportunity to
vote.
ine Agricultural Adjustment
act provides that the administra
tion of the farm program qb the
county and community level shall
be in the hands of local farmer
elected com:i.itteemeHr
According to Secretary of Agri
culture Clinton P. Anderson, “this
approach, right down to the coun
ty and community level has
proved itself the most effective
organization yet devised for the
administration of any national
farm program. This country has
never witnessed a finer demonstra
tion of the processes of democ
racy in action than the committee
system under the Agricultural
Conservation Program.”
—Turn To Page Six
KIWANIS CLUB
MAKES PROTEST
Directors Send Resolution To
Utilities Commission, Criti
cizing Telephone Service
A motion deploring and protest
ing the telephone service now be
ing rendered Brevard by the Citi
zens Telephone Co., was adopted
by directors of the Brevard Ki
wanis club at a regular session
Tuesday night.
A copy of the resolution was
mailed to the public utilities com
mission in Raleigh, and the local
chamber of commerce was asked
to petition the commission for a
public hearing to the end that the
community may receive better
service.
—Turn To Page Seven
CALENDAR OF J
EVENTS I
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Thursday, Dec. 4—Stores in
town remain open in afternoon for
Christmas shoppers. Lions club
meets, Bryant house, 7:00 o’clock.
Friday, Dec. 5—Kiwanis club
meets, Bryant house, 7:00. Buffet
supper at Country club honoring
tournament winners, 7:00. Junior
class play, high school, 8:00. Con
cert, Brevard college, 8:00.
Saturday, Dec. 6—Santa Claus
comes back to town. Brevard Mu
sic club meets with Mrs. Ward
Harrison, 3:00.
Sunday, Dec. 7 — Attend the
church of your choice. “Messiah”
rehearsal, 2:30, Methodist church.
Brevard Catholic club meets, 7:00
Bank building.
Monday, Dec. 8—VFW dinner
meeting, Gaither’s cafeteria, 7:00.
Tuesday, Dec. 9—Brevard P-TA
meeting, high school, 3:30 o’clock.
Wednesday, Dec. 10 — Rotary
dub meets, Gaither’s cafeteria,
7:00.
In London For Big Four Meeting
I
SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER Vyacheslav M. Molotov is shown
leaving the plane that carried him from Moscow to Berlin and then
London. Molotov is in the British capital for the Big Four confer
ence on Germany and Austria. He stopped in Berlin to confer with
Marshal Sokolovsky, Russian commander in Germany.
(International Radiophoto)
Board Approves Bus Station
Site, To Have “Stops" Uptown,
Aldermen Take Other Actions
To Place No Turn Signs On
Morgan And Broad Streets
As Safety Measure
After considerable discussion
with regard to the location of the
new bus station in Brevard, the
board of aldermen Monday night
approved the site at the foot of
the hill from the business district
on North Broad street providing
the buses take on and let off pas
sengers up town and establish a
bus stop near the grade school,
primarily for up-the-county pas
sengers.
J. Ashe Macfie and Ralph Mor
ris, partners in the new station,
appeared before the board and re
quested that the ordinance pro
hibiting the buses from loading
and unloading on the streets of
Brevard not go into effect until
April 1, 1948. The board had pre
viously ruled that the buses must
be off the streets by January first
of the coming year. The city
fathers compromised with Mr.
Macfie and Mr. Morris and moved
the time until March 1, 1948.
Before getting down to routine
business matters Monday night,
the board deemed it wise to have
“no turn” signs erected before
and after and during the lunch
hour at the intersection of Mor
I gan and Broad streets.
Mack Corn requested the board
to allow him to operate as many
as 10 taxis in Brevard instead of
six. The city fathers ruled that
—Tara To Page Six
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
I TO BE PRESENTED
HERE ON DEC. 14
Soloists Are Named. To Hold
Rehearsal Sunday After
noon At 2:30 O’clock
Soloists for the presentation of
Handel’s “Messiah”, which will
be given here Sunday night, De
cember 14, have been announced
by the director, Mrs. Malvin C.
Artley, of the college music de
partment.
Soloists will be Charles Free- j
man, Mrs. Verne C. Hill, Miss j
Pauline Kellogg, Miss Faye Shaw,
Mrs. Edith M. Bobst and Lloyd
Burhans.
Mrs. Artly has announced that
it is imperative for all persons
planning to sing in the chorus to
be present for the rehearsal on
Sunday afternoon, 2:30 o’clock at
the Methodist church.
Only Christmas portions of the
oratorio will be given this year,
instead of the entire score. There
will be no orchestral accompani
ment.
Frank Carr, Jr., left Monday for
Elizabethton, Tenn., where he will
be associated with a furniture cor
poration.
Christmas Seals Now Being Mailed
Out, Citizens Urged To Aid In Fight
The 41st annual Christmas Seal
Sale to raise money to fight tuber
culosis is now underway in Tran
sylvania county, and approximate
ly 1,000 letters were mailed this
week to citizens of the town and
county requesting that liberal do
nations be sent to fight the dread
disease.
A memo in the letter points out
the dire need of funds in this
county, since the X-ray clinic held
here last summer found 187 chest
conditions including 12 active
cases of TB. The letter states that
the money raised here will be used
for continued periodic X-ray din
ics in order to better take care
of suspected cases, and to keep
the public informed about tuber
culosis.
In addition to the 12 active cases
reported by the Health depart
ment, five had questionable active
cases, 25 inactive cases, 56 suspect
ed cases, as well as 43 chest con
ditions and 46 abnormal conditions
other than tuberculosis.
The letters mailed included the
traditional Christmas seals and a
self-addressed envelope to the sec
retary, Miss Dorothy Johnson,
which could be used for mailing
—Turn Te Page Seven
BRITTAIN WILL
NAME GROUP TO
MAKE COMPLAINT
Citizens To Protest Neglect
Of County Road System
By Highway Commission
The board of commissioners at
i their regular meeting Monday
again discussed at length the
neglect of the roads in the coun
ty and Willis Brittain, chairman,
announced that he would next
week appoint a group of 10 or
12 local business men and farmers
to go to Raleigh and present the
grievance to the state highway
commission. Mr. Brittain said that
since the last meeting he had been
gathering data to sustain the com
missioners’ contention that the
people of this county are not get
ting the road work to which they
are justly entitled.
No new projects have been
started in this county since the
end of the war, Mr. Brittain
reiterated, and he said he was
receiving an “enormous” amount
of complaints with regard to non
maintenance of secondary roads.
The commissioners acted favor
ably on petitions adding to the
county road system two sections
of roads—one leading off the Lit
tle Mountain road via Valley
Brown community of Boylston
section, leaving presently main
tained road through Brown com
munity near Valley Brown’s res
idence and nearby creek and runs
in a northerly direction .6 mile
to residence of Richard Rogers.
The other sector is all of that road
known as the McCall road run
ning from Boylston highway to
the end of lot No. 13, this being
the principal road in the J. H.
McGuire sub-division known as
Hillside heights.
Charles Ray Wins.
Camera Club Prizes
At the regular meeting of the
Brevard Camera club at the home
of Lloyd Harrison, Tuesday night,
the monthly assignment pictures
were exhibited and judged with
Char’es Ray winning both first
and third prizes.
Mr. Ray’s first place winner
was an outdoor portrait of Rad
ford Nicholson, and his third
prize winner was an indoor shot
of white chrysanthemums placed
on a white satin background.
An indoor portrait of Frank
Ferrell’s youngest daughter, Bet
sy, was second place winner.
All of the pictures may be seen
at the Hobby and Sport shop
where they are on exhibit.
The next meeting of the club
will be on December 16, with Jim
Brennan, and Lloyd Burhans will
be in charge of the program. Color
slides will be presented by Mr.
Olney and other invited guests.
Any persons who are interested
in photography are welcome to
attend these meetings.
Cold Weather Hits
Here, 13 Recorded!
December came to Brevard Mon
day morning and brought the cold
est morning of the year so far
with the mercury dropping to 13
degrees, according to the official
weather man at the city hall.
Tuesday Ole Jack Frost* came
again with another low of 16, but
Wednesday morning it wanned up
and the thermometer dropped only
to 19 degrees here. A high of 66
was recorded Tuesday afternoon.
CATHOLICS TO HOLD MASS
Father Francis McCarthy of the
Brevard Catholic church has an
nounced that the Feast of Immac
ulate Conception mass will be cele
brated Monday, at 7:30 a. m.
He also announced that the reg
ular meeting of the Brevard Cath
olic club will be held Sunday eve
ning, 7:00 o'clock, in the bank
building.
Reviews Nation’s Food Status
PRESENTING A REVIEW of the nation’s food situation, Secret
tary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (right) is shown as he ap
peared before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington.
Chairman Styles Bridges (R-N. II.), at left, accused the State De
partment of tardiness in furnishing the committee with full details
on the $579,000,000 stop-gap aid bill for the relief of stricken Eu
rope. (International Soundphoto)
Miss Margaret George Wins
Cash Award With Her Essay
On '’Freedom Of The Press"
TWO MINOR FIRES
REPORTED, CHIEF
MAKES STATEMENT
j Merrill Urges Citizens To
Turn In Alarms Correct
ly To Operators
Two fires were reported in Bre
vard Monday with negligible dam
ages, and with some confusion in
the reporting of the blazes, Chief
Dan Merrill issues a few simple
| rules in turning in an alarm.
In case of fire, call the tele
phone operator and report the lo
cation, street and number and be
sure to give your name, the fire
chief urges.
“With the approach of the
Christmas season, every precau
tion should be taken to guard
against fires in the home or busi
ness,” he states. “Use decorations
that are fireproof and Christmas
trees should be made fire resist
ant by cutting the bottom off at
an angle and placing it in a bucket
so that water may be kept above
the cut part, thereby preventing
the tree from drying out,” he con
tinued.
Chief Merrill also urges the
citizens of the town a.nd county to
rake leaves away from buildings
—Turn To Page Six
Carolyn Kizer And J. O.
Brooks Place Second; Ar
ticles To Be Published
Miss Margaret George, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. U. G. George,
won the essay contest among high
school pupils of this county spon
sored by this newspaper and the
N. S. Press association.
The contest was part of the ob
servance of National Newspaper
week and the topic assigned was
“Our Newspaper Serves Freedom
by Serving You.”
Miss George will receive a cash
award of $10.00 from the pub
lisher of The Times. Her essay
will be entered in the state con
test, in which the prizes are
$100.00 and $50.00 in cash.
Carolyn Kizer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Kizer, placed sec
ond and will receive a Winston
dictionary.
J. O. Brooks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lemuel Brooks, will receive
a loose leaf binder with a large
supply of paper for having sub
mitted the third best essay.
Honorable mention was award- i
ed by the judges to Nancy Clark,
Mary Ellen Short and Frank
Kornowski.
The three prize winning essays
will be published in consecutive
issues of The Times beginning
next week.
To Award Trophies To Winners In
Golf Tournament Friday Night
A buffet supper will be given
at the Brevard Country club Fri
day night honoring winners of the
golf tournament, and at that time
handsome trophies will be present
ed by Dr. E. 0. Roland and Tom
my Whitmire, co-chairmen of the
event, Manager E. E. Fraser said.
All members of the club and
persons participating in the tour
nament are invited to the supper,
which will be held at 7:00 o’clock,
the manager said. Reservations
may be had by phoning 565.
The ihandscme trophies, which
have been cn display for several
weeks, will be presented to the
following winners: George Sexton,
championship flight; Roy Page,
runner-up; Ralph Davenport, cham
pionship consolation; Chris Rogers,
first flight; Lawrence Brown, run
ner-up; and Mrs. Fred Holt will
receive the trophy for winning the
ladies’ putting contest.
“This has been a very success
ful tournament in spite of the bad
weather,” Fraser stated. “We have
had some very good matches
played during the tourney.”
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Martin vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hudson in
Anderson, S. €., last week end.
JUDGE SAYS TERM
MOST DIFFICULT,
DISMISSES JURY
Asserts Verdict In Case
“Outrageous”. Large At
tendance At Sessions
SENTENCES GIVEN
One of the most difficult and
unproductive terms of Superior
court ever held here is now in
session at the county court house,
according to Judge Hoyle Sink,
who is presiding.
The judge says that while there
are no outstanding cases on the
docket, numerous charges of a
minor nature are having to be dis
posed of.
Getting off to an unusual start
Monday, the judge sent the jury
home following their not guilty
verdict in the case of Sam Mc
Cullough, who was charged with
drunken driving. His Honor stat
ed that the verdict was “outrag
eous” and that it was contrary to
the facts. The judge stated that he
excused the jurors because he did
not wish to scold them and so in
f’uence their judgment in other
cases on which they might be
called. For that reason, he di
rected the sheriff to bring in 15
new jurgrs.
Large crowds have attended the
first three days of court and the
present term is scheduled to last.
for two weeks. Criminal cases are
expected to end this week, after
which a number of civil cases and
divorce actions will be heard.
The state is being reDresented
by Clarence O. Ridings of Forest
City.
A number of cases have been
heard, but sentences are yet to be
passed by the judge.
Cases disposed of up until yes
terday at noon, at which time the
case against Warrior Owen, Charged
, —Turn To Page Six
AUTO LICENSE
SALES ARE BRISK
Twice As Many Sold This
! Year As In First Three
Day Period Last Year
Approximately 100 automobile
and truck license tags were sold
here Monday, the first day they
were on sale, C. M. Douglas,
branch manager of the Carolina
Motor club, reports.
Last year a total of 60 tags
were sold during the first three
days, and in the same period this
year, twice as many have been
sold to Transylvania motorists.
Registration cards are being re
ceived this week by residents of
the town and county, and this
card must be presented in order
to secure new license, it is stated,
For the first time since 1942,
two license plates will be carried
by vehicles during the coming year
and these tags can be obtained
now.
“The principle reason/’ Mr.
Douglas says “for the return to
two license tags is to simplify
law enforcement on our highways
and enable patrolmen to spot
tags numbers of offenders. This
—Turn to Page Six
To Disburse $9,000
To Xmas Savings,
Loan Club Members
Jerry Jerome said yesterday he
expected to disburse about $9,000
to members of the Christmas sav
ings club operated each year by the
Brevard Federal Savings and Loai*
association. This represents an in
crease of around 50 per cent over
last year, Mr. Jerome said.
“Increasing numbers are coming
to realize,” Mr. Jerome said, “that
a good way to have Christmas
money is to join this club and savs
' a small amount weekly, which te
augmented by interest earnings.”