TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
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
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
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Vol. 57; No. 50
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER ll,'l947\* 20 PACES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WATER, SEWERAGE SYSTEM HIT
Record Vote Cast Wednesday In AAA Election
WILSON RENAMED
CHAIRMAN, OTHER
OFFICERS CHOSEN
County Committee U Named
And Community Dele
gate* Are Listed
SECRETARY RE-ELECTED
The largest number of Transyl
vania farmers in the history of
the AAA program voted in the
Agricultural Conservation pro
gram election Wednesday at t h e
eight polling places in the coun
ty. T. J. Wilson was re-elected
chairman of the county commit
tee.
Richard McCall was chosen vice
chairman, and J. L. Gillespie was
named a regular member. First
and second alternates elected are
W. J. Raines and Robert Powell.
Mrs. Julia Westwood, who has
served as secretary-treasurer and
chief clerk of the AAA commit
tee since it was organized, was
re-elected to this position.
Community committeemen elect
ed at the eight polling places are
as follows:
Boyd township—W. T. Whit
mire. chairman, H. E. Enloo, vice
chairman, W. T. Shipman, regular
member, Frank Case, first alter
nate, and Ott Wells, second alter
nate.
Brevard township Fred John
son, chairman, E. 0. Shipman
vicv-diaSrman, * m
ul ir member, T. B. Lewie, first
alternate, and Bill Crary, second
alternate.
Little River township—£. W.
Medford, chairman, G. M. Merrill,
vice chairman, M. C. Shipman,
regular member, T. 11. Hart, first
alternate, Doyle Hamilton, sec
ond alternate.
Hogback township — W. J.
Raines, chairman, E. A. Reid, vice
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HIMES IS ELECTED
JAYCEE PRESIDENT
Other Officer* And Direc
tors Are Chosen At Meet
ing On Tuesday Night
Chas. F. llimes, manager of the
Pisgah Candy company here, was
elected president of the Brevard
junior chamber of commerce at a
meeting of the group Tuesday
night in Gaither’s cafeteria. Mr.
Himes succeeds Cecil J. Hill and
will take office on January 13.
Russ Poole was c.osen ax the
vice president lor the ensuing
year, and Bob Bolt was named
secretary. Frank Ferrell is the
newly elected treasurer and the
board of directors will be com
prised of Lloyd Burhans, Marse
Grant, George Perkins, Hay Swink,
Doyle Wells, and the outgoing
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Dec. 11—All A and
B drivers to be examined in court
house. Basketball game, Bn-var^l
college vs. Ecusta, college gyrr^.
7:30. Community council meets*,
court house, 8:00. Masons meet
in lodge hall, 8:00. \
Friday, Dec. 12—A and B drivi
ers to be examined in court house.V
Scout court of honor, Methodist
church, 7:30.
Saturday, Dec. 13—License ex
aminer will against test A and B
drivers in court house during the
morning.
Sunday, Dec. 14—Attend the
church of your choice. “Messiah”
rehearsal at Methodist church,
2:00. Performance at Methodist
church, 8:00.
Monday, Dec. 15—Presbyterian
auxiliary meets for business ses
sion arid tea at church, 3:00.
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Civil Term Of Court Still In
Session Here, Ended Criminal
Docket, Shuford Is Presiding
LOCAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY PROBED
BY COMMISSION
Hearing Was Held In Ra
leigh Tuesday. Several
Transylvanians Present
At the conclusion of a hearing
in Raleigh Tuesday, the manage
ment of the Citizens Telephone
company here was told pointedly
that before it could receive an in
crease in rates, application for
which is pending, it would have
to improve its service.
C. W. Pickclsimer, manager of
the concern, appeared before the
commission and was sharply ques
tioned hv both Messrs. Gradv
Johnson and Stanley Winbornc,
the chairman. Mr. Pickelsimer
presented a petition signed by
about 150 citizens in Brevard stat
ing that telephone service here
had improved since December 1.
Mr. Pickelsimer was accompanied
to Raleigh by James Crisp, imip
tcnancc man, and his ipp<ia4tw
and daughter, Mr. and )£rs. ’Bel?
Dunn. All of them woH> QOM*
tioned by the commission.
Those who appeared to com
plain of the service rendered by
the company since Nov. 14, when
the day operators faPed to report
for work, were: Willis Brittain,
chairman of the county board of
commissioners; Cnarles Douglas,
F. S. Best, assist int to the presi
dent of the Ecu ta Paper corpora
tion; Jerry Jerome, president of
the chamber of commerce; Frank
King, tax collector and Mack Bell.
All of them were questioned and
concurred in the opinion that the
service is poor.
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Yule Holidays To
Start December 19
In County Schools
All Transylvania county
schools will close after classes
on Friday afternoon, Dec. 19,
for the Christmas holidays,
which will last for two weeks,
Supt. % B. Jones announces
today.
Schools will reopen again on
Monday morning, January 5, It
is reported, and the repair and
repainting program will be con
tinued in the buildings during
the holidays.
Yuletide programs are being
prepared at all town and coun
ty schools for presentation in
chapel periods or in classroom
sessions before the two-weeks’
vacation starts.
Several Divorces Granted.
Owens Is Found Guilty
Of Larceny
Civil court was still in session
Wednesday at noon with Special
Judge G. A. Shuford, who re
placed Judge Hoyle Sink, presid
ing. Trial of criminal cases was
concluded last Friday.
Divorces were granted in the
following actions:
Chrence Morris vs. Iva King
Morris, Azalee Hall vs. Cecil Hall,
Hazel Bennett vs. Benjamin Ben
nett, Gertrude S. McCall vs. Doyle
McCall, John E. Smith vs, Bctha*
lee Smith, M. W. Breedlove vs.
Iva C. Breedlove, Robert Banth
er vs. Bessie Ashe Banther,
Morec Logan vs. John 0. Logan,
Robert M. Green vs. Lillian Bry
son Green.
Criminal Cases
Warrior Owen, who was tried
on a larceny charge on Wed
nesday of last week, was found
guilty and sentenced to serve
from three to five years.
Van Owen, who was convicted
of a similar offense at the last
term of court, drew a similar sen
tence.
Etamett Hurress was given 18
.nfonth? on the roads for transpor
ts*
Thomas W. Hannah, accused of
operating a motor vehicle under
the influence of intoxicating liq
uor, was assessed $275 and costs.
Mrs. Nell Coffee was sen
tenced to serve 12 months in
state prison for transporting.
The presiding judge imposed a
sentence of $300 and costs on
Charles Speaks, charged with
hit and run driving.
A large number of criminal
cases were continued over until
the next term of court.
SMATHERSPLANS
PUNT EXTENSION
Revolutionary Type Lawn
Mower And Line Of Heavy
Machinery Will Be Made
The Smathers Manufacturing
Co., of Brevard, is presently en
gaged in expanding its facilities
to care for the enormous back
log of orders which have piled up
here due to the public acceptance
of the Acme motor cultivator and
its allied attachments, Paul P.
Smathers, owner of the concern,
said yesterday.
In addition to the Acme line of
garden tools, Mr. Smathers said a
new and revolutionary type of
power lawn mower will be re
leased during the spring and tool
ing is now being completed and
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Handel’s "Messiah" To Be Presented
At Methodist Church Sunday Night
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After weekly practices for sev
! era 1 weeks, the 03 members of the
! chorus and soloists will give their
presentation of Handel's great re
ligious oratorio, “The Messiah,"
‘at the Brevard Methodist church
Kunday evening, December 14, at
sVjO o’clock. Mrs. Malvin Artley,
of\the college music department,
is director of the chorus.
Tme program will be opened
withVthe invocation by Rev. B. W.
Thonfcason, pastor of the First
BaptArt church, and Rev. W, G.
McFarland, pastor of the Meth
odist 1 church, will pronounce the
benediction. Mrs. Louise P. Mil
ler Is Yiceompanlst.
The lofferlng taken at the pro
gram if ill be given to the Tran
Kylvania County Welfare fund, the
director stated. Mrs. Artley also
stated that she wished to thank
Patterson’s Department Store for
donating programs for the event,
and Micy’s Laundry for laundering
all choir robes free of charge.
The final rehearsal by the group
will be Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock at the Methodist church.
The members of the chorus are
as follows: Miss Bill Aiken, Thom'
ason Alegre, Malvin N. Artley,
Mrs. J. M. Allison, Lander Beal,
Mrs. Boyce Bishop, Louise Blythe,
Mrs. Edith M. Bobst, Mrs. Enola
G. Brennan, James Buckner,
Lloyd Burhans, Mazana Coble,
Patsy Casteen, Lee Chestnutt,
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B & PW Club Members Repair Toys For Christmas Distribution
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Shown above are some of the member* of the.
Business and Professional Women'* club who
have repaired hundreds of toys which will he
distributed to children in needy homes during
the Yuletide season. These women have diligent
ly worked, many nights until past midnight, to
have these toys ready by Christmas. They are
from left to right, Mrs. Rose Tetzlaff, Mrs. Mar
gar fit Collier, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, Mrs. Claire
Bridges and Miss Flora Lyday. (Staff Photo)
COUNTY’S MARCH
OF DIMES QUOTA
IS SET AT $1,925
Drive Will Be Started Here
January 15. President’s
Ball To End Campaign
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis this week noti
fied Mrs. Mildred Scott, Transyl
vania director of March of Dimes,
that the quota for this county dur
ing the annual January drive will
be $1,925.00, an increase of $035.00
over last year’s quota.
Plans have already been form
ulated and are nearing completion,
Mrs. Scott said today, and the drive
will begin January 15 and be cli
maxed with the President’s Birth
day ball at the Country club on
the night of January 31st.
"All supplies for the drive have
arrived here from national head
quarters,” the director stated.
"The list of county chairmen is
now being worked out and will be
ready for publication by next
week.
The director also stated that this
figure is a staggering amount, but
no more staggering than the quota
for North Carolina, which is ap
proximately $600,000. "Each per
son in every corner of the coun
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Will Name “Man Of
The Year” In County
Brevard Jaycees will soon name
the "man of the year” in Tran
sylvania county and award the
Distinguish Service medal to him
at a banquet in January, Russ
Poole, who is in charge of the
project, announces.
A committee will select the
person, in its opinion, who has
been of greatest service to the
community during the past year,
and the winner will be entered in
the Jaycee state and national con
tests.
Eligible persons must be un
der 36 years, and due considera
tion not only to their' civic in
terest, but to their religious life,
personal life and community ser
vice will be given, Mr. Poole
states.
A neutral, unbiased committee
of five to seven citizens will be
named to act as judges.
GROCERY STORES TO CLOSE
The Hines has been asked to
announce that local grocery
stores in Brevard will dose to
day at noon. Other stores will
remain open, as previously
agreed.
B & PW Club Members Repair
Hundreds Of Toys, To Make
DistriMfDn To Needy Tots
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JONES EXPLAINS
SCHOOL BUILDING
PROGRAM HERE
All Structures Being Re
paired And Repainted.
Classrooms Electrified
J. B. Jones, superintendent of
Transylvnaia county’s schools, was
the principal speaker at the reg
ular meeting of the Lewis Earle
Jackson post of VFW here Mon
day night in Gaither’s cafeteria
and gave a report on the progress
being made in the town and coun
ty on the school building program.
Supt. Jones stated that repair
work had been going on in all of
the 16 public schools of Transyl
vania and that all but three had
been completely repainted. “This
work will be continued until it
is finished/' he said.
Most encouraging of the news
regarding the school building
project was the announcement
that the foundation of the new
grammar school building for Bre
vard had been laid and that con
struction would soon proceed
rapidly. “We plan to have the
building ready for occupancy by
next September/’ Mr. Jones stat
ed. He also said that work on the
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To Aid Over 300 Families
In Santa Claus Work.
Appreciation Expressed
After constant work every
night during the past few weeks
at their toy shop in the showroom
of Hayes Motor company, the mem
hers of the Business and Profess
ional Women’s club have complet
ed plans for the distribution of
their hundreds of toys to children
of needy families.
Mrs. Cecil Hill, chairman of the
Christmas Toy shop, states that
letters have been mailed to the
parents of the children seeking
advise about the type of toys want
ed. The list of names, which in
cludes more than 300 families,
has been submitted by the welfare
department, school teachers and
private citizens. Mrs. Hill also an
nounced that any person who
wishes to refer names to the club
for toys may do so by phoning
633 or 559.
“We wish to express our appre
ciation to Fred Taylor and mem
bers of the fire department, the
Jaycees and private citizens who
have so generously given of their
time in helping with the project.’’
A display of some of the fin
ished toys may be seen in the win
dow of The Times office this week
end.
Members of the club will begin
their distribution of these on
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Two Famed Austrian Social Workers
Are Visitors To Brevard And WNC
Dr. Wolfgang Shopper and Gus
tav Melzer, noted social workers
from Austria and members of the
United Nations Fellowship, spent
last week end in Brevard and
Western North Carolina visiting
county welfare departments. They
were accompanied to Brevard by
Miss Victoria Bell, field worker
of the state department, and while
here conferred with Mrs. C. Y. Pat
ton, head of the county welfare
office.
Dr. Shopper is head of the re
habitation and welfare of chil
dren in upper Austria and Mr.
Melzer does the same work in the
Viennese district. While making
comparisons with Mrs. Patton con
cerning the social work and laws
of Austria and Nortji Carolina, the
two workers showed a keen in
terest in the adoption laws of this
state, and remarked that they were
much more effective than those
of Austria.
The two Austrians were very
interested in learning of the Home
Care project which Mrs. Patton
supervises in this county. The
project is used for homes where
either one or both parents
are away, sick, or when children
are sick. Both men expressed de
light with the work done here,
and stated that they had learned
a great deal which could be put
into practice in Europe.
The U. N. Fellowship, of which
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WAS DESIGNED FOR
2,000 POPULATION
HART TELLS CLUE
Suggests Having Larger Fa
cilities For Growing
Community
LOLL1S MAKES REPORT
In a discussion of the Public
Health Department services in
Transylvania county at the meeting
of the local Kiwanis club last Fri
day night, Walter F. Hart, county
sanitarian, strongly emphasized re
pairs and expansion to the present
inadequate sewerage and water sys
tems in the town of Brevard.
Mr. Hart, who has made detailed
studies of the situation, pointed out
that the present systems were de
signed for a population of 2,000 and
the 5,000 persons who are now
served by city water and sewage
disposal are receiving neither ade
quate nor sanitary service. "Water
cannot possibly be properly filtered
under such circumstances,’' the
county sanitarian said, "While wa
ter for Brevard is properly chlor
inated, larger settling basins are
needed and a larger water supply
to adequately care for the growing
community."
Have Open Disposals
In discussing the disposal of
garbage, Mr, Hart pointed out that
all restaurants in town have open
disposals wuidv ',r° a carry-all for
i *Thif is no fault of the
restaurant owners; it is the city
disposal system that is at fault/*
he commented.
A school for food handlers will
be held here early next year year,
the sanitarian said, in order to
better acquaint food handlers with
more modern facilities. He urged
the Kiwanis club and the public
to back this movement.
Mrs. Jessie Lollis, county health
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BENNETT SPEAKS
AT PACIFIC MEET
Ecusta’s General Superin
tendent Was Guest Of
Honor At Seattle
Raymond F. Bennett, general
superintendent of the Ecusta Pa
per corporation, returned Monday
from a trip to Seattle, Wash.,
where he was the guest of honor
at a meeting of the Pacific divi
sion of the American Pulp and
Paper Mill Superintendents’ asso
ciation, of which he is the nation
al president. At the concluding
meeting of the convention, Mr.
Bennett spoke on the advantages
of the superintendents’ association,
which has a membership of more
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Important Court
Of Honor Will Be
Held Friday Night
All friends of Scouting in Tran
sylvania county are invited to at
tend the annual parents and
friends Court of Honor Friday
night to be held in the local
Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock.
According to Jack Trantham,
who is in charge of advance
ments, the program will be three
fold and will be as follows: 1.
Court of Honor for the Scouts, 2.
The presentation of charters to
the troops, and, 3. The installa
tion of officers for 1948.
“This is the biggest Scouting
event of the year and we want
the largest crowd,” Mr, Trantham
declares. He stated further that
during the coming year, 129 boys
would become 12 years of age,
and to insure their future good
citizenry, he says that every ef
fort should be made to have them
become Scouts.
All parents. Scouts and friends
of Scouting are urged to come
out for just an boar FMday night.