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The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper Volume 58; No. 3 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA IS— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population, 12,241. TRANSYLVANIA IS— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home ci Brevard Music Festival. MANY MAKE RECORD CORN YIELDS ** **¥¥*****«*** **** *#** * * * # Infantile Paralysis Drive Opens Here Friday GOAL OF $1,925 SET, MRS. SCOn AGAIN CHAIRMAN Confident That Greater Amount Can Be Raised. Dances Scheduled TO HAVE DIME BOARD With a high goal of $1,925 to wards which to work, the March of Dimes drive in Transylvania county gets underway tomorrow night with a square dance at the Brevard Country club, Mrs. Mil dred Scott, county chairman, states. Plans this week were complet ed for the 10th annual drive spon sored by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and found ed in 1938 by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Our goal this year is higher by $635, and we cannot fail to reach this sum by lack of work. For this reason all sec tions of the county have been or ganized, and many entertainments ' have been planned whereby pro- 1 ceeds can go into the drive,” the ! chairman commented. Square Dance Friday The square dance at the Coun try club Friday night will be the first public launching of the coun ty drive. Music will be furnished by the Ecusta String band with “Speedy” Clyde Jones, caller, * Dancing will be from 9:00 until 12:00. “There is no point in em phasizing the Importance of these dances,” Mrs. Scott said. "Our late president did this with his slo gan, ‘Dance that others may walk’.” Ball To Climax Drive The annual President’s ball, | usually held on the birthday of the late president, January 30, will be the climax of the drive in Transylvania when it is held this year at the Country club, Satur —Turn To Page Four TWO ARE INJURED IN MISHAP HERE Riders Of Motorcycle In Se rious Condition. McCoy Faces Charges Two persons, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hollingsworth, of the Selica section, were seriously injured around 4:00 o’clock Saturday af-: ternoon when the motorcycle on I which they were riding collided | with a car driven by Sylvester McCoy just beyond the city lim its of Brevard on the Pisgah For est highway. Both of the injured persons were rushed to the Transylvania community hospital. Upon exam ination, Mr. Hollingsworth was found to have two broken legs, cuts and bruises and was later •—Turn To Page Four CALENDAR OF EVENTS ♦' ■ . .. " " » ■ ■. . Thursday, Jan. 15—Lions club meets, Bryant House, 7:00 Friday, Jan. 16—Brevard Gar den club meets with Mrs. EL J. Coltrane, 3:30. Kiwanis meeting, Bryant house, 7:00 Masonic meet ing, Masonic Hall, 7:30. March of Dimes Square Dance at Country club, 9:00. Saturday, Jan. 17—Basketball game in college gym, Gardner Webb. vs. Brevard, 7:30. Sunday, Jan. 18 — Attend the church of your choice. Church census to be taken in Brevard and vicinity from 2:00 until 5:00 o’clock. Monday, Jan. 19—Presbyterian auxiliary meets in church hut, 3:30. Wednesday, Jan. 21 — Rotary dub meets, Gaither’s cafeteria, 7:00. Dr. Nelson Bell to speak at Presbyterian church, 8:00. Brevard Fire Department Wins 2nd Place In State For Program During Fire Prevention Week -1 Has Top Yield FREEMAN NlCHOLsON rais ed hybrid corn this year to the tune of 13G.6 bushels per acre, thus makihg his yield the highest *of any of the 18 members in the 100-Bushel Hybrid Corn club. He is pictured above hold ing some of the fine corn raised in his crop last year. (Staff Photo) ROSE’S STORE TO BE REPAIRED AND RE-OPENED HERE Undamaged Portion Of Stock Is Being Transported To Charlotte By Salvagers Rose’s store, which suffered a very heavy loss by fire a week ago, will be repaired and re opened here at the earliest prac tical date, an official of the com pany stated here yesterday. Undamaged stock is being re moved from the store this week and transported by a salvage company to Charlotte. Actual damages to both the building and the merchandise had not been learned yesterday, but it is known that the total will exceed several thousand dollars. Chief Dan Merrill said that no definite theory as to the origin of the fire has been agreed upon. Starting in the rear of the struc ture sometime last Wednesday morning, the blaze had a head start on the firemen when it was discovered about 6 o’clock, but members of the department were —Turn To Page Four > - Was in 12th Place In Na tion. Over 2,400 Towns, Cities In Contest The members of the Brevard ! volunteer fire department were informed this week that the local department had won second place in North Carolina and 12th place in the nation for their outstand ing work and their program dur ing Fire Prevention week last October. Winning sixth place nationally and first place in North Carolina I was Fayetteville. Durham wus i given honorable mention for the only other award in the stats. “Naturally, we are very proud to receive this high honor and i the credit goes to each and ev ery member of the department,” Chief Dan Merrill stated. At a later date, a certificate of achievement will be presented to the department and a special pro gram is expected to be held at that time. A notable volume or scrapbook outlining the work of the local department was submitted, and prominent Often of the nation and Ca!$da were judges in the con test. A total of 2,437 reports were received from towns and cities in the United States, Canada and Alaska. j Included in the Brevard report [ were pictures, newspaper stories, ! editorials, Mtors ^tc . exolain j nig the work of the department during Fire Prevention week. In the scrapbook, as was the case in the program, the members of the department stressed the follow ing aims: 1.—Inspections by the department of business houses, homes, etc. 2.—Extensive public ity campaign emphasizing fire prevention, which included a post er and essay contest in the schools and a special movie along with a vast amount of newspaper pub licity. 3—Speeches in all schools. —Turn To Page Four Locker Boxes Are Still Available Transylvania residents who are beginning to worry about the pre dicted nation-wide meat shortage will be pleased to learn that lock er boxes are still available in the Farmers Federation freezer lock er plant, according to James Clark, field man of the federa tion. With President Truman, Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson and other top government officials all prophesying the nation’s most acute meat shortage and a pos sible return to meat rationing. Mr. Clark said, the freezer locker box offers a method of preserv ing enough meat to last the aver —Turn To Page Fou? WNC And Brevard Delegates To Ask For Parkway Funds, Report On Roads Brevard chamber of commerce will have representation at the Washington, D. C. meeting to be held on Thursday evening of next week when efforts will be made to induce congress to increase al lotment of funds for the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Brevard chamber voted in meeting Tuesday night to pay $100 on expense of the dinner meeting. Representatives who go from Brevard, including the WNCAC secretary, C. M. Doug lass. will pay their own expenses for the trip. Western North Carolina Asso ciated Communities is in charge ot^te meeting, being joined by the North Carolina Park Com mission, Governor Gregg Cherry and the entire North Carolina congressional delegation. Tcnnes see will be represented by its gov ernor, members of the special committee from the Tennessee Conservation commission, the con gress'onal delegation, and leaders of chambers of commerce and travel associations from over the state. Conference In Atlanta For the Southern conference of the United States Chamber of Commerce at Atlanta, Ga., on February 1-2, Dr. E. J. Coltrane was appointed Brevard reoresen tative, and registration fee of —Turn To Page Five Members Of The 1947 Transylvania 100-Bushel Hybrid Corn Club Pictured above are the members of the Tran sylvania 100-bushel hybrid com club, whose yield for the 1947 season was 100 or more bushels per acre. They are, front row, Ic.ft to right, Elmer Sentelle, Richard Tir.slry, Andrew Boggs and Alley Peek. Second row, left to right, E. II. Holden, Charles L. Waldrop, Marvin Whit mire, E. Carl Allison, Adrian Peek, R. J. Lyday, agriculture teacher of Brevard high school. Back row, left to right, County Agent J. A. Glazener, Gaston Morgan, Avery Whitmire, E. II. Sorrells and Henry Coggins. Absent when the picture was made were. E. C. Langston and Burder Crawford. (Staff Photo) Oldest Member Pictured above is SILAS Mc CRAKY, of the Little River sec tion of the county, and the old est member of the Transylvania 100-Bushel corn club. Mr. Mc Crary was 88 years old the day this picture was made, and County Agent Glazener states that his acre yield was 117.6 bushels, thus making him in fifth place in the club. (Staff Photo) Patrolman Issues Warning Concerning New License Plates Patrolman H. M. Morrow this week urges Transylvania motorists to purchase and put new 1948 license tags on their cars before midnight, January 31, for after that time persons driving on old tags are subject to a fine, he said. “License plates must be on the front and the rear of your vehicle this year,” the patrolman warned. Placed upon the front windshield is a violation of the law, he continued. WEATHER FORECAST Wednesday afternoon the weath erman predicted the thermom eter would hit an all-time low on Thursday morning, dinning down close to zero. The coldest morn ing to date was last Sunday, be ing 10 degrees, and Wednesday morning the mercury was only 14. United Laymen To Take A Religious Census Of Town And Vicinity Sunday, P. M. -- HIMES INSTALLED AS JAYCEE HEAD BY STATE PRES. Ed Ellis Addresses Ladies’ Night Group. Cecil Hill Is Honored Chas. F. Himes was installed president of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce by state president, Ed Ellis, at the instal lation banquet Tuesday night in Gaither’s cafeteria. Mr. Himes was presented the president’s pin which he will wear throughout his term of office in 1948. He suc ceeds Cecil Hill. President Ellis, in his address, complimented the Brevard club on its progress in recent years and emphasized that not only was the work of the local or ganization attracting favorable attention in state headquarters, but in the national office as well. “We feel that the Jaycee organ ization, now boasting 105,000 mem bers in America and many for —Turn To Page Four Homes Will Be Visited Be tween 2 And 5. First Survey In Five Years A religious census of Brevard and vicinity will be taken Sun day afternoon under the direc tion of the United Laymen, it was announced yesterday by Dean J. J. Stevenson, president of the organization which embraces the First Methodist church, the First Baptist church, St. Philips Epis copal church and the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian church. The census will be conducted by 50 or more members of churches named between 2:00 and 5:00 o’clock and an official of the organization yesterday asked that some one be at all of the homes to be visited in order to provide the information sought Through this census it is hoped to learn who are church mem bers, who are not, and the pref erences of the latter. These data, it is stated, will be considered at the next quarterly meeting of the Laymen, which will be held in March. It is hoped that with this information to be able to encour age larger church attendance and —Turn To Page Foui Concrete Plans Are Formulated For Construction Of Scout Hut In Park The construction of the Girl Scout hut in Franklin Park was among the many plans made for the furthering of Scout work in Brevard at the meeting of the executive Scout council last Mon day night at the home of Mrs. Walter Duckworth. Mrs. C. L. Newland, commis sioner, presided, and stated “We are definitely planning to start building this soring. Even if it will be impossible to finish the building, it will be partially com pleted enough for use by the girls during the summer months. Our budget will allow us to spend only so much, and as soon as a con tract can be let, we will begin the work.” The plans for the Scout hut call for a large recreation room, a kitchen, a shower room and a storage room. The formulation of plans for this building have been in process for many years. More than $500.00 was appropriated to the building fund by the Com munity Chest during the war, but when building conditions made it impossible to start construction on the hut, the money was turned over to the Welfare department. The money which will be us*d for the building has been in the Scout fund for many years, await ing the building date. Whether these funds will be sufficient is unlikely, thus the plans for par —Turn Te Page Fear 1$ LOCAL FARMERS IN ’47 100-BUSHEL CLUB ARE HONORED Only Four In Group in ’46. Nicholson Has Highest Return Per Acre BANK AWARDS PRIZES Great strides of progress are being made in Transylvania coun ty in the production of hybrid corn, with a total of 18 local farmers having produced more than 100 bushels per acre during the past year. Three years ago no farmer in the county produced as much as 100 bushels of corn on a single acre. In 1946 there were four and in the past year there were 18 who produced more than the 100-bushel figure for an average of 114.3 bushels as compared with an average of 93.7 in ’46. “It is true that we have made outstanding gains in the produc tion of hybrid in three years, but we’re expecting 1948 to be the biggest year in corn production in the history of Transylvania county,’’ Julian Glazener, county agent, said yesterday. Nicholson Top Producer The top producers in the county was Freeman Nicholson, of the Little River section, whose yield was 136.6, which was produced at a total cost of 32 cents per bush el. Otto Alexander was high man last year with an average of 125.8. In each of these highest county yields U. S. 282 hybrid was grown. The 18 producers in the county in 1947 made 2,015 bushels on their 18 acres of land at an av erage fertilizer cost per bushel of 10.6 cents. The total average production cost, not counting land rent or harvesting, was 30.1 cents per bushel. All yields were based —Turn To Page Five POSTAL RECEIPTS HERE SHOW GAIN Total Of $31,034.36 Han died By Local Office. Yule Mailing Slumps Receipts at the Brevard posi office for the year 1947 showed a gain of $157.76 over the pre vious year, according to Assistant Postmaster Vernon Fullbright The total amount of receipts for the past 12 month period was $31,034.36, which was the highest amount ever to be taken in at this post office. Christmas mailing between De cember 10 and 25 hit a slump, Mr. Fullbright pointed out. The parcel post mail was slightly heavier, he said, but the num ber of Christmas cards mailed was only 115,552, several hundred —Turn To Page Eight Corpening Joins Brevard Police, Succeeds Wilson E. H. Corpening, former chief of police, clerk and tax collector at Bryson City for a number of years, has joined the Brevard law enforcement department, it is announced today. Mr. Corpening succeeds Eugene Wilson, who has accepted a po sition with Micy’s laundry. The father of Mrs. Roy Jones, of Brevard, Mr. Corpening says he plans to sell his home in Bry son City and bring his wife to Brevard, where they intend to build a home. “We are very fortunate in se curing the services of a man as experienced in law enforcement work as Mr. Corpening,” Chief a F. Banther stated this week. Be* sides the chief and Mr. Corpen* ing, other members of the city police department are Sgt M. A. Nelson and Officer Ashley Dick son.