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
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfall*,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
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Vol. 57; No. 51
★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947
★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WILL AID COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM
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C. Of C. Buys $1,000 Foundation Membership
DIRECTORS WANT
PUBLICITY GIVEN
TO HIGHWAY 276
Varner Heads Committee
To Consider Proposals To
Benefit Brevard College
ROAD REPORT HEARD
Directors of the Brevard cham
ber of commerce at a meeting held
in the city hall Tuesday evening
voted to purchase a charter mem
bership in the Brevard music
foundation at a cost of $1,000.
According to Ralph Ramsey, treas
urer of the foundation, this is the
first charter membership pur
chased and he praised the direc
tors for their generous support of
the enterprise.
The directors agreed to take
a page ad in “High Top,” a pub
lication advertising the tourist
and other advantages of W. .N. C.
produced by the Biltmore press,
of Asheville.
The group voted to join the
state chamber of commerce, with
which the local chamber has not
been affiliated in the past,
Officers of the chamber were
Instructed to. try to arrange a
joint meeting of delegations from
I the chambers of commerce in J
Waynesville. Laurens. Greenville'
and other towns in this area to j
work out plans for advertising the j
advantages of rotite 270Hft%i d*
per South Carolina via Caesar’s
Head and Pisgah into jttrt great
Smokies.
Jerry Jerome, president of the
chamber, who presided appointed
a committee headed by Mayor S.
E. Varner to consider and pro
pose any projects which they felt
would promote the development
of Brevard college, particularly
plans for the erection of a sci
ence building on the campus.
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ALBERT BREAKS
BOWLING RECORD
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Captain of Times Team
Rolls 667 Set. Locals Tied
For Firjst In League
Buck Albert, captain of the
Transylvania Times bowling team,
broke his own record of 666 on
the Brevard alleys, by rolling a
total set score of 667 here Tues
day night and led his team to a
3-0 victory over Carlings of Ashe
ville.
Albert’s 666 was the highest
score bowled here last season,
and the consensus is that his 667
of Tuesday night will be the high
est in Brevard for the current sea
son. He also had the best single
game Tuesday night with a 237
score, and Frank Israel was sec
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CALENDAR OF j
EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 18—Lions club
banquet for members of Brevard
college football team, Country
club, 7:00. B & PW club meets
at Country club, 7:00.
Friday, Dec. 9 — Garden club
meets with Mrs. Matthews, 3:30.
Kiwanis club meets at Bryant
House, 7:00.
Saturday, Dec. 20—Santa Claus
will arrive in town. Stores remain
open in evening.
Sunday, Dec. 21—Special Christ
mas programs at all churches,
11:00. Church representatives to
meet, Presbyterian church, 2:30.
Pageant at Presbyterian church,
7:30.
Monday, Dec. 22—Stores remain i
open in the evening for Christ- j
mas shoppers.
Tuesday, Dec. 23—Stores re- J
main open in evening.
Wednesday, Dec. 24—Stores re- j
main open in evening.
Christmas Vacation Will Start
Friday In Schools And At College,
Yule Services At Churches Sun.
Is Re-elected
GEORGE WHEELER, above,
was re elected president of the
Brevard Athletic and Recreation
association at the annual meet
ing of the group Monday night
in the city hall. Ralph Fisher
w»s rename*! one of the vice
presidents, and Raymond F. Ben
nett was elected to the other
post. (See story for complete
details on the meeting.)
GEORGE WHEELER
RE-ELECTED HEAD
OF ATHLETIC BODY
Other Officers Chosen At
Annual Meet. Kimzey
Makes Report
George Wheeler was re-elected
president of the Brevard Athletic
and Recreation association Mon
day night at the annual meeting
of the organization in the city
hall.
To conform with the by-laws,
two vice presidents were named.
Ralph Fisher was re-elected as
one and Raymond F. Bennett was
chosen as the other. John D. Ev
ersman was re-appointed as sec
retary and Robert Kimzey was re
elected treasurer. The executive
committee chosen is comprised of
the officers and Anthony Tran
them. “Slim” Bullock and Charlie
Russell.
Mr. Kimzey, in his annual re
port, said the association had en
joyed a successful year in 1947
and was able to carry out its pro
gram of softball, organized sum
mer play for children of the com
munity under the direction of a
competent supervisor, football,
etc., in addition to making sev
eral improvements and purchas
ing new equipment. Included in
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To Feature Christmas Mu
sic And Sermons. Hold
ing Special Parties
Christmas observances will mark
the traditional holiday season here
this week end with all county
schools and churches having their
annual programs. All Transylvania
county schools will begin their j
holidays on Friday and are not re
quired to return from the vacation
until January 5. Christmas pro
grams and parties will be held in
both elementary and high schools
in the county before leaving for
the holidays, Superintendent Jones
said.
Brevard college students will
leave on noon Friday for their
Christmas vacation and they are
not required to return until Jan
uary 5, the same date the county
schools re-open. “A Feast of
Carols", a program composed of
favorite Christmas carols from
many foreign lands, was present
ed at the college Tuesday night.
Townspeople as well as students
attended the program. The
Christmas dance for college stu
dents will be given in the college
gym Thursday night.
;*^ldl Jhurches in Brevard have
planned special Christmas pro
grams.-Tlie most noted of these
was the presentation of “The
Messiah”, which was given in the
Brevard Methodist church last
Sunday evening, and was well re
ceived by an enthusiastic audience.
College students and townspeople
combined to give this great musi
cal program.
Many individual church organi
zations have been holding their
Christmas parties all week. The I
Yuletide observance will begin at
the First Baptist church in Bre
vard Sunday morning when each
department of the Sunday school
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FOUR AUTOS AND
TRUCK COLLIDE
ON ICY HIGHWAY
Accident Occurred Near
Pisgah Forest Tuesday.
2 Cars Overturn Sat.
Icy highways in Transylvania
county Tuesday morning caused
one bad accident involving four
automobiles and one truck, Sher
iff Bert Fi'eeman reports today.
Shortly after 7:30 o’clock, the
sheriff said, a taxi of Corn’s Taxi
concern here, stopped to pick up
a passenger on the Pisgah Forest
highway in front of the residence
of Sid Barnett. When the driver
of the car behind applied his
brakes to stop, the sheriff states,
the ice on the highway caused the
car to slide right into the rear of
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Franklin Park Equipment Is Arriving, To
Be Installed By Spring, Jaycees Report
Bob Bolt, chairman of the Jay
cees committee for the develop
ment of Franklin Park, announced
that part of the children’s play
ground equipment has arrived and
installation will begin in the early
spring. The Jaycees have bought
playground devices at a cost of
more than $600, and the devices
which have been on order since
last summer should all be here
within the next few months, Mr.
Bolt continued.
The three sets of swings, which
the committee chairman said ar
rived last week, are one double
set with a triple set for small chil
dren, one nursery size and one
combination set with trapeze bar
and rings. The mechanisms which
are still on order but should ar
rive in time for spring installation
are one merry-go-round, one dou
ble see-saw board and one stainless
steel slide.
Mr. Bolt also said that when
this playground equipment is in
stalled shuffleboards and sand
boxes will also be built. “We hope
to have everything completed by
spring in order that the children
may enjoy this park all during
the summer,” the chairman con
cluded.
Local Delegation Confer. With Chairman Of Highway Commi..ion
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A delegation of local citizens is pictured above
in conference with A. H. “Sandy” Graham, chair
man of State Highway and Public Works com
mission in Raleigh Monday morning at which
time Mr. Graham promised to give his personal
attention to the deplorable road conditions in
Transylvania county. Members of the group who
are gathered around the commissioner as he
studies the requests presented for road improve
mcnts in the town and county are, from left to
right, John Rufty, chairman of the Democratic
executive committee here, Lewis Osborne, county
commissioner, Willis Brittain, chairman of the
county board of commissioners, Frank King, tax
collector, Ralph Ramsey, county attorney, and
T. J. Wilson, head of AAA in Transylvania. John
l Anderson, editor of The Times, snapped the
( photo. (Staff Photo)
name McFarland
HEAD OF COUNTY
SCOUT COUNCIL
Will Succeed Best As Chair
man Of Transylvania
Chapter Of Council
Rev. W. G. McFarland, pastor
of the Brevard Methodist church,
was installed as district chairman
of the Scout council for this coun
ty by Field Executive Avery
Means at the annual Court of
Honor held at the Methodist
church here last Friday night at
7:30. Rev. McFarland succeeds F.
S. Best. Other district officers in
stalled were F. S. Best, vice chair
man; C. F. Moore, county com
missioner; and Lloyd Burhans, L.
P. Hamlin and Elmer Bryant,
neighborhood commissioners.
At the Court of Honor seven
boys were given the Tenderfoot
Investiture ceremony by Field
Scout Fred Arledge. Chairman of
Advancement, Jack Trantham,
presided at the court. Boys who
advanced from the Cub Scout rat-~
ing were James G. Primm, Troop
2, Brevard; George W. White, Roy
H. McCall, Jr., and Mark P. Os
borne, ail of Troop 1, Brevard;
Donald Talmadge Troop 5, Pis
gah Forest and Charles A. Cog
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Prevent Fires At
Yuletime, Chief
Merrill Stresses
To protect the lives of children,
and grownups also, Chief Dan
Merrill recommends these safety
precautions for the holidays:
1. Set up the Christmas tree
away from stairs and heating and
lighting fixtures and anchor it se
curely with the butt in a pan of
water. Discard all evergreens
promptly after Christmas.
2. Use non-burning ornaments
on trees, and room decorations and
costumes that have been treated to
make them fire resistive. The so
lution used for this purpose con
tains nine ounces of borax and
four ounces of boric acid to one
gallon of water. Application by
steeping in a warm solution is
preferab’e, but dipping, brushing
and spraying can also be used.
The fabric then should be drained
and hung up to dry.
3. Avoid all use of lighted can
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Mercharffs Expect Large Saifs
As Christmas Nears; Stores To
Remain Open Four Evenings
Scout Chairman
rev, w. g. McFarland,
pastor of the Brevard Methodist
church, was elected chairman
last Friday night of the Tran
sylvania chapter of Boy Scouts
of the Daniel Boone council.
The Rev. McFarland succeeds
F. S. Best and was installed by
Avery Means, council represen
tative.
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Santa To Make Final Visit
On Christmas Eve; Coun
ty Offices Closed 3 Days
Christmas business in Brevard
continues at a lively tempo and
local merchants expect it to in
crease in volume as Christmas
day nears.
With only six more shopping
days left, local stores are still well
stocked with Christmas merchan
dise, although gift items are sell
ing at an accelerated rate.
Santa Claus will return to Bre
vard again Saturday and will
mingle with shoppers on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week.
All local stores, except grocers,
will be open Thursday afternoon.
They will also be open Saturday,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. As previously announced,
local stores will be closed Christ
mas and the day after.
The post office will again be
open on this Saturday afternoon
but will be closed Christmas day.
The local bank will be closed on
Christmas and the day after, while
county offices and the city hall
will close at 5 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon and will not reopen un
til Monday morning.
Sanitarian Clarifies Remarks About
City’s Water And Sewerage Systems
The water and sewerage sys
tems of Brevard present a prob
lem that will necessitate consid
erable planning, vast sum of
money and public support,” Wal
ter F. Hart, the county sanitar
ian said yesterday.
“The town board of Brevard re
alized this some time ago and
has had engineers make surveys
Df the situation, but it is a prob
lem that will take time to work
Dut,” Mr. Hart declared.
“While the town of Brevard is
continuously repairing and en
larging present sewer lines as fast
as possible, the needs cannot be
met,” he continued. Clarifying a
statement Mr. Hart made to the
Kiwanis club recently which was
quoted in last week’s paper, the
county sanitarian said that his re
marks were not directed at the
collection of garbage by the city,
for in. this work the town is do
ing an excellent job. Frequent in
spections are made of the city
dump, which is being maintained
in a good condition, he reported.
“The problem of creating a
larger water supply and extension
of the present sewerage disposal
system has been brought about
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COMMISSIONER TO
MAKE A PERSONAL
VISIT TO COUNTY
State Maintenance Engineer
To Survey Roads. Prisms
Camp To Reopen
CORDIAL TO GROUP
Transylvania county’s roads will
get the immediate attention of
A. H. “Sandy” Graham, chairman
of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission, a delegation
of local citizens learned in a confer
ence with Mr. Graham in Raleigh
Monday morning.
After the group, which was
headed by Ralph H. Ramsey, coun
ty attorney, and Willis Brittain,
chairman of the county board of
commissioners, presented com
plaints and recommendations with
regard to the county road system.
Mr. Graham stated that he would
have the chief maintenance engi
neer of the state make a complete
survey of Transylvania’s roads and
report to him. He also said that
he planned to make a personal
visit to the county shortly after
the first of the year and inspect
the road system as well as to talk
with local authorities.
The prison camp at Calvert, Mr.
Graham continued, would be re
opened by spring. He explained
that Transylvania’s and other
pffipn camps, were closed just
pifcr to and during the war be
cause of the sharp decline in
prison population, but that now
the number of convicts had in
creased to 7,300, making it pos
sible to reopen a number of these
camps.
Keenly Interested
Mr. Graham showed a very keen
interest in Transylvania’s road
system and gave the delegation a
cordial hearing. The conference
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OIL SITUATION
HERE IS ACUTE
Dealers Only Able To Take
Care Of Old Customers.
Coal Is Available
The fuel oil situation in Bre
vard and Transylvania county is
steadily getting worse with no
immediate relief in sight, a sur
vey Tuesday reveals.
Local wholesale dealers say
so far they are able to take care
of their old customers (persons
who used oil heat last year), but
that they are unable to take care
of persons who have recently, in
stalled oil heaters and furnaces.
The shortage is laid to two fac
tors:
1. Lack of transportation — a
problem which can be solved only
in Washington.
2. An enormous increase in oil
burning installations in and near
Asheville is causing an unantici
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Times To Publish
Christmas Edition
Next Tuesday P. M.
Next week’s issue of The Times
will be published Tuesday after
noon instead of Wednesday af
ternoon, as usual.
This issue will be known as the
“Christmas Greetings Edition” and
will feature appropriate messages
from business firms, industries
and individuals.
The deadline for the Christmas
ads is Monday noon and all firms
are urged to cooperate with The
Times’ representative in prepar
ing and getting copy in early. The
paper will go on the news stands
and in the mails on Tuesday night.
Deadline for news will be 1:00
p. m. Tuesday, the editor says,
and all want ads must be turned
in by 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing.