The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
VoL 58; No. 2 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948 *~16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Sommer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population, 12,241.
NEA COMING TO TRANSYLVANIA
1947 Construction Expenditures Set Record
$643,175 SPENT
AM) 91 PERMITS
ISSUED IN YEAR
Cate Sayt Final Amount
Expended For Building
Would Be Million Dollars
MANY NEW HOMES
Construction expenditures in
Brevard during 1947 soared to an
all-time peak of $643,175, an in
create of over a quarter million
dollars above the 1946 figure of
$391,465, according to the year
end statement released yesterday
by A. M. Cate, city building in
spector.
A total of 91 permits were
granted during the year, Mr. Case
reports, and of this number 41
were for new residences. “The
above amount is estimated on the
applications for permits and the
total costs of all expenditures for
construction in the town will far
exceed the high figure of $643,
175,” the building inspector said.
“This is due to the fact that it
always costs more to build or re
pair than a person first thinks,”
he stated.
The largest permits were for the
two new school buildings in the
amount of $309,000. Construction
work at the college totalled over
$75,000, and other large permits
were: new cafeteria $14,000; Le
gion memorial building $9,500:
three new business buildings $17,
500; and one new recreation cen
ter in colored section $5,000.
The construction of the 41 new
homes was authorized at an esti
mated cost of $176,000, and a to
tal of 22 permits for repair of
residences, amounting to $34,475
were issued.
“If the final amount spent in
Transylvania during 1947 were
known, the figure would exceed a
million dollars,” Mr. Case stated.
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SCHOOLS RE-OPEN,
ATTENDANCEGOOD
Repair And Repainting
Work Continues. Fluor
escent Lights Installed
All public schools in Brevard
and Transylvania county re
opened Monday after being closed
for two weeks for the Christmas
holidays, and good attendance
was reported.
“As far as I know, there are
no epidemics of any kind of dis
eases in the town or county, and
attendance is holding up especial
ly well for this time of winter,”
Supt. J. B. Jones said yesterday.
“Our repair and repainting
work in the schools continues,"
he stated, “and the painters did
a lot of work over the holidays at
Rosman high school.” It was also
reported that fluorescent light
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 8—Jaycette meet
ing, Gaithers cafeteria, 6:45
o’clock. Community council,
courthouse, 7:30. Masonic meet
ing, Masonic hall, 8:00.
Friday, Jan. 9—Kiwanis club
meeting and installation of offi
cers, 7:00, Bryant house.
Saturday, Jan. 10—Music lov
ers club meets with Mrs. J. M.
Allison. Basketball game, college
gym, 7:30.
Sunday, Jan. 11 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Jan. 12 — DAE meets
with Mrs. J. M. Allison.
Tuesday, Jan. 13 — Parent
Teachers association meets in high
school, 3:30. Installation of Jay
cee officers, Gaithers cafeteria,
7:00.
Wednesday, Jan. 14 — Annual
Merchants association banquet,
Country dub, 7:90.
Early Morning Fire Does Major
Damage To Rose’s Store Here;
Bitter Cold Handicaps Firemen
Principal Speaker
ED ELLIS, president of the
North Carolina Junior chamber
of commerce, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the installa
tion meeting of the Brevard
Jaycee officers here next Tues
day night in Gaithers, cafeteria.
ELLIS TO SPEAK
AT JAYCEE MKT
TUESDAY NIGHT
“Man Of The Year” To Be
Announced At installa
tion Meeting
Ed Ellis of Charlotte, presi
dent of the North Carolina
Junior chamber of commerce,
will be the main speaker at the
Brevard Jaycees’ installation of
officers Tuesday night, 7:30 p.
m. at Gaither’s cafeteria. All
Jaycees and their wives or girl
friends are urged to be present
for this banquet event which
will inaugurate a new year of
activity of the club.
A feature of the occasion will
be the presentation of the Dis
tinguished Service Award to the
“Man of the Year” for 1947. An
impartial committee, composed
of civic leaders in town, has
taken the list of nominees and
selected the man who, in its opin
ion, has contributed most to the
community during the past year.
Mayor S. E. Varner will make
the presentation.
Chas. F. Himes, manager of the
Pisgah Candy company, will be
installed as president, succeeding
Cecil Hill. Russ Poole is the new
vice-president; Bob Bolt, secretary;
and Frank Ferrell, treasurer.
New directors are Doyle Wells.
George Perkins, Marse Grant,
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Lom To Building And Con
tents Will Probably Reach
Several Thousand Dollars
The worst fire here since the
Pierce-Moore hotel was practical
ly destroyed in February, 1945,
occurred early Wednesday morn
ing in Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 Cent
store. Insurance Adjustor H. H.
Bobb, of Greenville, S. C., reached
Brevard Wednesday afternoon and
stated that it would be impossible
to determine the amount of dam
age both to the stock of goods
and the building until the arrival
here Thursday of the salvage rep
resentative from Atlanta, and the
officials of Rose’s stores, from
Henderson. Damages are expected
to exceed several thousand dol
lars.
The fire alarm was turned in
at 6:15 a. m. by Mrs. Martha Flax
Lawrence, Night Officer Ashley
Dickson, Roy Jones and others,
and within a few minutes mem
bers of the Brevard volunteer
fire department had laid three
lines. More than an hour of bit
ter fighting was required before
the firemen could bring the fire
under control and at 8:30 Fire
Chief Merrill declared that the
blaze was completely out.
“We were seriously handicapped
by the extremely cold weather,
but every man in the department
did a magnificent job,” the fire
chief stated. He further de
clared that several of the men
suffered frost bitten hands and
feet, but no serious personal in
juries were sustained in the blaze.
Because of the nature of the
merchandise in the store, Chief
Merrill said they deemed it nec
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MERRILLS HAVE
FIRST BABY IN
’48 IN COUNTY
Wiijner Of Times Baby
Derby Arrives 3 Hours
After Birth Of Year
A seven-pound boy, Ronald Ev
erett, born to Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Merrill New Year’s morning at
Transylvania Community hospital,
is the winner of The Times’ an
nual baby derby, as far as can be
determined at press time.
The baby was bom at 3:00
Thursday morning, and Dr. Julius
Sader was the attending physi
cian. The father is employed in
dependently at his home in Pen
rose. This baby is the first child
of the Merrills.
Another entrant was Beecher
Carl Allison, bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Allison, of Brevard, in the
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Police Department Here Has Been
Extremely Busy, Report Reveals
According to a report made by
the Brevard police department
this week, a total number of 475
arrests have been made in the
city during the last 10-month pe
riod. Public drunkenness was the
highest charge with 339 arrests
made.
Chief B. F. Banther reports that
124 cal’s were made to the de
partment during the same period,
and due to investigations of these
calls, many of the arrests were
brought about.
A total of $3,982.91 in fines and
costs was paid to Mayor’s court
from these cases, and of the to
tal 83 were appealed or bound
over to Superior court, the chief
said.
During the night and early
morning hours, the members of
the force make rounds patrol
ling the business section, and
during these rounds, have found
more than 50 doors of business
houses unlocked. As a result the
store or office managers have
been called, and probably in many
instances, robberies have been
prevented.
In a breakdown of the 475 ar
rests made by the department, 339
were pub’ic drunkenness, 46 dis
orderly conduct, 22 drunken driv
ing, 16 bootlegging, 10 gambling,
9 speeding, 7 assault, 4 larceny,
3 automobile theft, 3 breaking
and entering, 2 adultery and 2
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MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE TO BEGIN
HERE JANUARY 15
Mrs. Mildred Scott To Di
rect Campaign To
Raise $1,925
Plans are nearing completion
for the 10th annual March of
Dimes drive in Transylvania
county which will be officially
launched on January 15, under
the leadership of Mrs. Mildred
Scott, county chairman, a goal
of $1,925 will be sought to be
used in the fight of the dread
disease, which was begun 10
years ago by the late Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
At a meeting of the drive com
mittee here recently, it was ex
plained by the chairman that
the increased goal for Transyl
vania is $635 more than last
year, has been set by the Nation^
al Foundation because of the
fact that more has been spent
in Transylvania county during
the past years, than has been
sent to the national organization.
Square Dance At Club
A square dance at the Brevard
Country club will be given Friday
night, January 16, the first pub
lic drive for funds to launch the
campaign. Music will be furnish
ed by the Ecusta string band, and
“Speedy” Jones will be caller.
The annual President's ball
which is the climax of the drive
each year, will again be held at
the Country club on Saturday
night, January 31, with music by
Eva Boatwright and her all girl
orchestra. Dancing will be from
9:00 until 1:00, and reservations
may nowr be made by calling the
club, telephone 565. Mrs. Scott
announces that all reservations
must be made before noon on
Friday, January 30th.
Working with Airs. Scott in
the $1,925 drive in this county
will be Walter McNeely, in the
upper part of the county, Mrs.
Cecil Hill, who will be in charge
of school donations, Mrs. Fred
Holt, who will solicit industries,
Marse Grant and Boyce Walker,
men’s division, and Bill Jordan,
dance chairman.
Club Sponsors Drive
The drive is under the sponsor
ship locally of the Business and
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Routine Business Is
Discussed By Board
Routine business matters were
taken up by the county commis
sioners at the regular meeting
Monday in the court house here.
A petition, signed by a number
of citizens, was presented to the
board. It requested that the com
missioners take necessary steps to
have the road that intersects the
Island Ford road about one-half
mile above the Selica school and
extending about one mile to the
property of Frank Brown added
to the county road system for
maintenance by the state highway
department
An offer was received and ac
cepted from J. M. Allison for the
interests of the town and county
in lots 3, 4, 9, 13, 14 and 17 in
the Maple Grove subdivision.
Farmers MustSign
Compliance Reports
Approximately 400 farmers in
Transylvania have not signed their
1947 compliance reports, and
cards were mailed out to them
this week by the AAA office here
urging them to do so immediate
ly, Mrs. Julia Westwood, the sec
retary, reports.
It is imperative that all farm
ers on the program make this re
port and sign their 1947 applica
tion for pay in order that they
may receive the check for the
past year in the AAA program,
the secretary said.
Approximately 500 Transylvania
farmers have signed the 1947
compliance report, it is stated.
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Planning For NEA Convention
DON ECK, secretary of the National Editorial Association, of |
Chicago, left, and Ed M. Anderson, publisher rf this newspaper and '
vice-chairman of the convention planning committee, right, are :
shown above making plans for the NEA convention in North Caro
lina to be held in May at Pinehurst. A tour oi the state and a visit
to Transylvania with dinner at the Ecusta P per corporation, will
climax the event. More than 400 publishers Irom 44 states are ex- j
pocted to attend the convention.
State Secretary To Make Main
Address At Annual Banquet Of
Brevard Merchants Wednesday
CARL RICKER IS
FATALLY INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Vehicle Overturned On Ros
man Highway Tuesday
Night. Hamilton Driver
Carl Ricker, 27, of Rosman,
suffered fatal injuries when he
was thrown from the car in which
he was riding Tuesday night about
9:30 o’clock, as the vehicle left
the road at the Bryson curve on
the Rosman highway, traveling
some 60 yards and turning over
after stiking a ditch. The driver,
Coman Vance Hamilton, of Pen
rose, was uninjured. He was
lodged in the local jail by Patrol
man H. M. Morrow, who investi
gated the accident and placed a
charge of operating a motor ve
hicle in a reckless and dangerous
manner resulting in the death of
one man. Hamilton was released
on a $2,000 bond Wednesday
morning.
Patrolman Morrow stated that
when he arrived at the scene of
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President Straus Will Also
Participate On Program.
Many To Attend
W. L. Dowell, executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Mer
chants association, will make the {
principal address at the annual
banquet of the Brevard Mer
chants association at the country
club next Wednesday evening.
The function will start at 7:30
o’clock and the president, Jack
Trantham, will preside. Around
150 people are expected to attend.
Harry H. Straus, president of j
Ecusta, has accepted an invitation
to make a talk on the economic
outlook and he has also been
asked, since he in recent months i
made to trip to Europe, to give
his impressions on the need and
probable outcome of the proposed
Marshall plan.
Invitations have been issued to
leading industrialists of the coun
ty and other prominent citizens.
Eighteen members of the county
100-bushel com club will a’so be
guests of the association. At this
time they will be awarded certifi
cates showing they are members !
of the state 100-bushel com club |
by County Agent J. A. Glazener l
and the five highest will receive!
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To Install Coltrane As Governor
Of Carolinas District Of Kiwanis
i
The “ladies’ night” program of
the Brevard Kiwanis club, origi
nally scheduled for Friday night
Jan. 9, has been called off due to
unavoidable circumstances, the
directors announce today, but the
club will meet at t he Bryant
House on Friday for the installa
tion of Dr. E. J. Co’trane as gov
ernor of the 91 Kiwanis clubs in
the two Carolinas. The meeting
will begin promptly at 7:00 o’clock
and all members are urged to at
tend.
Dupre Rhame, of Greenville, S.
C., former governor of the Caro
linas district, will have charge of
the installation, at which time he
will present the gavel to Gov
?rnor Coltrane. Mr. Rhame will'
ilso install Herb Hennig, of Dar
lington, S. C., as district secre- j
tary of Kiwanis clubs.
Dr. Coltrane will present the
"avel to A. Farry Barber, of Hen
dersonville, as lieutenant-gov-'
ernor of division one, and offi
cers of the local Kiwanis club
will also be installed at this i
time.
Officers of the Brevard club
are: William W. Huber, president;
Randall Lyday, vice president; C.
M. Douglas, 8°cretary; T. E. Reid,
treasurer; and F. Brown Carr, J.
M. Gaines, Edwin Garrett, Julian
Glazener, Dr. C. J. Goodwin, Ralph
H. Ramsey and Walter Straus, di
rectors. 1
MANY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS TO
VISIT IN COUNTY
»ix-Day Tour Of State To
Be Climaxed At Ecuata
Plant
SCHEDULED IN MAY
Plans have been completed for
nore than 400 newspaper publish*
rs, representing 44 states of the
tation, to hold the 1948 National
Editorial association convention
it Pinehurst on May 6, 7 and 8,
ollowed by a six-day tour of the
tate and to be climaxed with a
risit to Transylvania county, where
he delegation will be feted at a
linner and a tour of the Ecusta
5aper corporation.
The NEA, composed of 5,600
weeklies, semi-weeklies and small
lailies, will be the guests of the
'forth Carolina Press association,
md the North Carolina depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment is assisting in making ar*
rangements for the extensive tour,
which is designed to show the im
portant newspaper folk of the
country the advantages of North
Carolina from the cost to the
mountains.
First Meet In State
This is the first time that the
National Editorial association has
ever met in North Caro’ina, and
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
the Times and four other
weeklies in WNC, who is vice
chairman of the committee mak
ing convention arrangements,
states that it is indeed an honor
for the state to have the group
convene here. “So anxious are
other states to get the conven
tion that bids are made years
ahead of time,” Mr. Anderson
said. Last year Texas had the
convention and claimed that they
received over $500,000 in publie
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ALDERMEN LIMIT
NUMBER OF TAXIS
Chief Dan Merrill Submits
Report Of Fire Losses In
Brevard Last Year
Considerable discussion was
given by members of the town
board of aldermen Monday night
to a number of municipal matters.
At the board’s request, the op
erators of taxi cabs in Brevard
were present at the meeting to
discuss the number of vehicles
which they may operate in the
town. It was agreed to limit the
number to 32, until the operators
could furnish proof that addition
al ones were necessary. The al
locations were as follows: Siniard
2, Corn 8, Martin 10, Burgin 3,
Safety Cabs 5, Mooney 2, Bailey
and Gardin 1 each.
Chief Dan Merrill submitted his
report of fire losses suffered in
Brevard last year, amounting to
$11,268.82 on both buildings and
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Appreciation Is
Expressed For
Dimes On Board
The Lions club committee in
charge of the Christmas Dime
board has finished tabulation of
the money contributed and wishes
to express its appreciation to ev
eryone who contributed, Lewis
Alexander, chairman of the com
mittee, states.
All money raised by the dime
board, which was kept on the
Square during Christmas, will be
used for club projects in Tran
sylvania county, and the greater
portion wi'l be used in the club’s
work among the blind and in the
Cub Scout workshoD.
Used tools are badly needed in
the workshop, and any persons
having ones they wish to contrib
ute may do so through any mem
ber of the Lions chib