The Staff Of The Transylvania Times Wishes All Readers A Very Merry Christmas
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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.
Vol. 57; No. 52
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1947
★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
INDUSTRIES PAY LARGE BONUSES
Annual Tax Listing Begins In County Jan. 2nd
LISTERS NAMED,
PERIOD EXTENDS
THROUGH MONTH
Accurate Crop Census De
sired As No More To Be
Taken For Five Years
MEETING IS HELD
Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell, acting
tax supervisor, yesterday released
the names of citizens who will list
property for taxation next year
in the various townships of the
county. Tax listing begins Friday,
January 2, and the listers are:
Brevard: Miss Mattie Lewis.
Boyd: L. F. Lyday.
Cathey’s Creek: J. L. Gillespie.
Dunn’s Rock: G. W. Maxwell.
Eastatoe: A. M. Paxton.
Gloucester: Mrs. Louise Gallo
way.
Hogback: Fred Breedlove.
Little River: Mrs. Celia S. Boyd.
The books will be in townships
until January 14, and property
may be listed at the courthouse
through the month of January.
It At a meeting of the county
commissioners and list takers in
the court house Monday values
were set on livestock and other
personal property. Efforts were
made, Mrs. Mitchell said, to set
fair values and to make them uni
form throughout the county.
She pointed out that most of
the list takers are experienced and
asked for the cooperation of all
property owners, particularly ask
ing that they list in the proper
townships. The law requires all
property, real and personal, shall
be listed in accordance with own
ership and value. Businesses and
industries are asked to file copies
of their inventories and farmers
are requested to make farm re
ports, which will not be asked for
again until five years hence.
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I
QUARRY CONCERN
IS FORMED HERE
DeLong Is President. Char*
tered For $100,000. Locat
ed Near Keystone Camp
The Brevard Quarries, Inc., has
recently been chartered to operate
rock quarries here and the new
concern has a capital stock of
$100,000. R. J. DeLong is the
president and general manager
and F. R. Brown is the vice pres
ident.
Residents of Brevard, these two
men have as their associate Wal
lace J. Harton, of Asheville, who
will act as business manager. He
was formerly manager of the
Acousticon-Asheville company, an
affiliate of the Dictograph prod
ucts. Marshall Bouie, of Ashe
ville, is secretary-treasurer, and
Lewis Hamlin is the company at
torney.
The operating location of Bre
vard Quarries is above Keystone
camp, and the initial quarry prop
erty is under construction. Full
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Wednesday, Dec. 24 — Special
church services. (See story on
this page for complete details).
Santa to arrive at midnight.
Thursday, Dec. 26—Stores and
county offices closed for Christ
mas holidays.
Sunday, Dec. 28 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Rotary
meeting at 7:00 at Gaither’s cafe
teria. New Year’s dance at Bre
vard country club begining at
9:30 o’clock.
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
MR. AND MRS. A. F. JUSTUS, well known Brevard couple, cele
brated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with a dinner at the
Bowen hotel in Hendersonville. They have five children who
joined in the observance. They are Mrs. Herbert Lee Rhodes of
Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Harvey Lance of Mars Hill, Mrs. J. M. Myers
of Wilmington, Mrs. S. T. McCall of Hendersonville, and Miss Vir
ginia Justus of Brevard.
Transylvania Trust Company
Having Best Year, $10,000
Added To Capital Accounts
Dividends Paid To Stock
holders. Employees Re
ceive Bonuses
1947 has been the best year
in the history of The Transyl
vania Trust company, Ralph J.
Duckworth, the vice president,
reports today.
The sum of $10,000 is also being
added to capital accounts, Mr.
Duckworth states, and dividends
are in the process of being paid
out to stockholders.
All employees of the bank
will receive Christmas bonuses
and the institution will be closed
Thursday and Friday and New
Year’s day for the holidays.
Mr. Duckworth reports that
the president, Jonathan Woody,
has, during the past year, given
each employee a two weeks’ vaca
tion with pay and that time and
one-half is paid for overtime
hours.
“While most banks in the
South have had a decrease in the
amount of deposits in 1947, our
bank is holding its own and has
shown a slight increase,” the vice
president declares.
“Probably our largest gain,
however, has been in the amount
of loans,” he continued. “This
gain has been at least 100 per
cent.”
In addition to Mr. Woody, the
president, and Mr. Duckworth,
vice president, other officers and
directors of the bank are: Dan
Fisher, cashier; directors: Mr.
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GIRL IS KILLED
IN AUTO COLLISION
AT LITTLE RIVER
Five Others Are Injured In
Wreck Sunday Night.
Drivers Arrested
Miss Louise Middleton, 18, of
Brevard and East Laporte near Syl
va was killed instantly at 6:30 Sun
day night when the car in which
she was riding on the front seat
collided with another at the Little
River church intersection on the
Little River highway.
Five persons were injured, four
of them other occupants of the
death car and the fifth being, ac
cording to State Highway Patrol
man H. M. Morrow, the driver of
the other automobile involved.
Both drivers were arrested on a
charge of reckless driving, caus
ing the death of Miss Middleton.
In Transylvania Community hos
pital are Miss Frances Middleton,
sister of. Louise, who suffered
lacerations about the face; Carroll
Merrill, who suffered bruises;
Donald Shipman, who suffered a
broken wrist and broken ankle
and face lacerations, and Dale
Orr, who suffered bruises and lac
erations. Odell McCall was given
first aid and dismissed.
Patrolman Morrow reported that
the car in which the Middleton
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United Laymen’s Organization Is
Formed Here By Local Churches
The United Laymen of Brevard,
composed of representatives of
four Brevard churches, met at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
afternoon and ratified the consti
tution making the organization a
permanent group. J. J. Stevenson,
Jr., dean of students at Brevard
college, was elected first presi
dent of the United Laymen.
Other officers elected were
Ralph Ramsey, vice president;
Pete Eberle, secretary; and D. G.
Ward, treasurer.
Thirty persons were present at
the meeting including the pastors
of four churches: First Baptist,
Brevard Methodist, St. Philip’s
Episcopal and Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian.
Plans were formulated at this
time for the progress and work
the group will do in furthering the
spirit of cooperation among church
members and churches as a whole.
The next meeting of the organi
zation will be a supper meeting at
Gaither’s cafeteria, December 30,
at 7:00 o’clock. All religious
groups are invited to send repre
sentatives and to become associ
ated with the United Laymen
group.
BOY SCOUTS AID
KIWANIS CLUB IN
YULE CHEER WORK
Cash Donations Mount.
Plummer’s Store Gives
Needed Toys
Christmas Cheer basket fund of
Brevard Kiwanis club was given
a boost, financially and morally,
by Boy Scouts of Troop 1 Friday
night when five boys from the
Scout organization visited the
club and presented $20 to the
club to help in the Santa Claus
work of Brevard Kiwanians.
Following the presentation of
cash by the boys, a collection was
taken among the members at the
meeting, and the grand total of
cash was raised to nearly $200.
Harry Sellers, Jr., was spokes
man for the Boy Scouts, and pre
sented a note addressed to Wil
liam W. Huber, chairman of the
Boys and Girls work which read:
Dear Bill:
We, the Boy Scouts of Troop
1 respectfully offer to you and
your fellow Kiwanian “Santa
Clauses”, this bag of money to
be used for the needy children.
We are proud to be a small
part of this project of yours and
we consider it a privilege to be
allowed to share it with you. It
exemplifies that part of our
Scout oath whfch, as you proba
bly know, reads, “I will do my
best to help other people at all
times.”
May you all have as happy a
Christmas as you are helping
others to have!!
Sincerely and gratefully,
Your Boys of Troop 1.
Boys Thanked
Dr. Fred Zachary, president of
the club, thanked the boys for
their generous offering and invit
ed them to have dinner as guests
of the club.
President Zachary explained to
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B & PW Members
Distribute Toys To
Some 400 Children
Nearly 400 children have re
ceived Christmas toys distributed
to their parents the past two Sat
urdays at the Toyshop at Hayes
Motor company sponsored by the
members of the Business and Pro
fessional Women’s club.
The few toys which remained
have been given to the Kiwanis
club for distribution to the needy
families to which they are giving
baskets for Christmas.
Work on the repair of these
thousands of toys began in the
showroom at Hayes’ on November
17, and under the supervision of
the president, Mrs. Cecil Hill, has
been an outstanding project which
will furnish happiness for many
poor and needy families who
could not otherwise give toys at
Christmastime.
In commending persons for
their help and cooperation, Mrs.
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Steals Car, Wrecks
It, Lands In Jail
Sheriff Bert Freeman says he
was ably assisted by fate or some
thing else yesterday in finding the
car belonging to Bill Baughn,
which was stolen from the Good
will Motor company property
about 4:30 o’clock in the after
noon.
Shortly after that time, the sher
iff arrested Lee Shipman at the
Pisgah Forest railroad crossing,
where the stolen car had been run
off the road and wrecked, and
Shipman was placed in the coun
ty jail, the sheriff reports.
Damages to Mr. Baughn’s car
are estimated at approximately
$100. f
Ole Santa To Arrive In County
Wednesday Night, Christmas
To Be Qu?et!y Observed Here
OVER $600 NETTED
IN SALE OF SEALS
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Total of 260 Contributions
Received In Mail. Still
On Sale
The 1947 Tuberculosis Seal sale
in Transylvania county has already
netted more than $600.00, it was
learned today from Miss Dorothy
Johnson, treasurer of the drive
committee.
Miss Johnson estimated that
this amount came from 260 contri
butions mailed in, the amount
sold in booths kept in the bank
and post office, and from seals
sold in the county schools.
Persons who have still not con
tributed to this drive have been
reminded that it is not yet too
late, and seals have been left at
Ford’s Corner and the Transyl
vania Times. Persons wishing to
contact Miss Johnson personally
to make contributions may phone
her at 559, or Wiite Box 588.
“Let me thank each and every
person who has had any part of
making this campaign the great
success that it has been,” the
treasurer stated.
FIREWORKS UNLAWFUL
Chief B. F. Banther reminds all
citizens that it is against the state
law to set off fireworks, and vio
lators arrested are subject to a
fine of $50.00.
Many Churches Planning
Special Services On Night
Before Event
All Transylvanians, young and
old, are eagerly awaiting the ar
rival of Santa Claus Wednesday
night, and a quiet Christmas cele
bration is anticipated Thursday
throughout the entire county.
On Christmas Eve several local
churches and churches out in the
county have planned services, but
no formal service has been an
nounced for Christmas day.
A survey here shows that the
majority of the business houses
have been rushed with last min
ute Christmas shoppers, and busi
ness during the pre-holiday sea
son has been good, but not up to
expectations. “If we had had a
few snow flurries during the past
few days, we all would enjoy
a record volume of business,” one
merchant pointed out.
The weatherman, however, does
not predict a white Christmas,
but he states that plenty of cold
weather is in store.
Several churches will have ser
vices on Christmas Eve. The Bre
vard Catholic church will have
a Christmas Mass in the Co-Ed
theatre beginning at 11:45 o’clock
Wednesday night. Special music
under the direction of Mrs. James
Brennan has been planned. A mu
sical program will be given at the
Brevard Methodist church begin
ning at 7:30 o’clock Christmas
Eve. This program will be fol
lowed by a party in the recrea
tion room for members of the
Sunday school.
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Winners Are Announced In Garden
Club's Christmas Lighting Contest
Entries in the outdoor Christ
mas lighting contest were judged
last Sunday night by judges, Mrs.
S. R. Harrington and John Ver
ner, and prizes will be awarded to
the winners by the sponsors of
contest, the Brevard Garden club,
Mrs. E. L. Happ, president, an
nounced.
The contest was divided into
three divisions and prizes of $5.00,
first, $3.00, second and $2.00,
third, will be given in all the di
visions, she stated.
First prize in the most attrac
tive Christmas scenes goes to Mr.
and Mrs. Burder Teague, of North
Brevard. “The Teague home
showed a great amount of ingenu
ity and work, and it was one of
the most original entries we have
ever had in our contest,” Mrs.
Happ commented. Second prize in
this division goes to E. H. Mc
Mahan and third prize goes to the
Colonial Inn.
Mrs. Ashe Macfie, on Maple
street, was first prize winner for
having the prettiest and most at
tractive outdoor tree. Second and
third prize winners respectively
are Mrs. E. L. Happ, Rice street,
and Chris Rogers, Park View drive.
Fritz Haehnel, Park avenue,
wins first prize for having the
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STORES HERE TO
BE CLOSED THURS.
AND FRIDAY ALSO
Industrial Workers And Of
fice Employees Share In
Division Of $100,000
CHILDREN REWARDED
Approximately $100,000 in bo
nuses has been paid out within
the past week to industrial work
ers and office employees in Tran
sylvania county, it was learned
yesterday.
Ecusta employees received their
customary bonuses to lead the
industries in the county in the
over-all sum paid out. Parties for
Ecusta employees and for their
children were given last week
end. The latter received stockings
filled with Christmas goodies and
other things.
Employees of the Transylvania
Tanning Co., Gloucester Lumber
Co., Toxaway Tanning Co. and
Gloucester Lumber Co. store re
ceived a bonus amounting to from
one to three per cent of their
wages during the current year.
The gross sum paid out was about
$25,000. ns increase of about 50
per rent over last year, J. S. Sil*
versteen said yesterday. He as
serted the money was being paid
as a token of his apperciation of
the loyalty of his employees,
some of whom had been with him
for 42 years. Children of these
people also received a Christmas
box from the management. The
Silversteen industries will be
closed Thursday for Christmas.
Pisgah Mills gave each em
ployee a bonus of one week’s pay
and presented the children of
employees with Christmas edibles.
The mill will close Wednesday
morning and will reopen Friday
morning.
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TIMES TO SPONSOR
1948 BABY DERBY
Number Of Awards To Be
Given To County’s First
Born Infant
The first baby to arrive in Tran
sylvania county will receive a
number of attractive gifts, it is an
nounced today.
With the co-operation of a num
ber of progressive local mer
chants, The Times plans to con
duct its annual baby derby and a
full list of awards will be an
nounced in next week’s paper.
The rules of the contest are:
The parents of the first arrival
must reside in Transylvania county
to be eligible for the contest.
The name of the parents, baby’s
name, day, hour and minute of ar
rival, and name of attending phy
sician must be submitted to The
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Times Is Published
1 Day Early, To
Close For Days
This “Christmas Greetings edi
tion” of The Times is being pub
lished one day ahead of reg
ular schedule in order to reach
the subscribers before Christmas
day and in order to give the
Tunes’ employees an opportunity
to enjoy the holidays.
The Times office will be
closed Wednesday afternoon,
Thursday and Friday and will
re-op^p Saturday morning.
“Every member of our staff
joins the merchants, industries
and individuals who have splen
did greetings in this issue It
wishing for every one a merry,
merry Christmas,” Publisher Ed
M. Anderson said.