TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
The Transylvania Times
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 58; No. 6
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PLANS SHAPED FOR SCOUT WEEK 1
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Over Six Million Feet Of Timber Cut In Pisgah
LOCAL DISTRICT
HAD RECORD YEAR,
RANGER QUOTED
Marking Of Timber Now In
Progress. Resources
Are Increasing
DEMAND IS KEEN
The Pisgah district of the Pis
gah-Croatan National forests had
6,412,000 board feet of timber
cut in its areas during the past
year placing it second high in
ranger districts in this area and
setting a record as the most to
be cut in one year in the Pisgah
district, according to W. W. Hu
ber, ranger.
Most of the timber cut and
sold on the federal lands is green
sawtimber, but the total volume
includes a Large quantity of ex
tractwood, cut from dead chest
nut trees, as well as some pulp
wood, poles, posts, etc., Huber
commented. Together all of these
types combined to make a total
of 26.596,000 feet of timber to be
sold from the Pisgah-Croatan dis
tricts, and valued at $141,278.
This does not include the dead
timber given to local people un
der free use permits.
Much Care Taken
The marking of the timber in
the Pisgah district is now in
progress, and this is one of the
most important phases of timber
sales. While the volume of tim
ber cut is large, it does not mean
that other resources are being
injured or neglected. Protection
of watersheds is given serious
consideration when areas are pre
pared for sale, and measures are
taken to safeguard the water.
Scenic points, and other areas in
sight of the roads, are marked
with care, or perhaps reserved
from cutting entirely, the ranger
explained.
An even larger volume of tim
ber could be sold if funds and
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BOARD PURCHASES
REFUNDING BONDS
I
Many Matters Discussed By
City Fathers At Meet
ing Monday Night
The town board of aldermen
decided at the regular meeting
Monday night to purchase three
$1,000 00 refunding bonds at
96, 97^ and 98 cents on the dol
lar, plus interest. Mayor S. E.
Varner presided over the meeting
which w'as attended by aldermen,
Ralph Duckworth, Charlie Rus
sell, Ashe Macfie, and W. M. Mel
ton; Attorney Ralph H. Ramsey
and T. H. Barker, clerk.
Action on the vacancy of water
and parking meter clerk was
postponed until a later date by
the city fathers. Melvin Smith,
who formerly occupied the posi
tion, resigned last week to accept
work with an electrical construc
tion concern in Anderson, S. C.,
and the city clerk was instructed
to take over his duties for the
time being.
A group of property owners on
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Feb. 5 — Methodist
circles meet, 3:30 and 8:00. Lions
club meets at Bryant House,
7:00. Ecusta plays double head
er in college gym, 7:30. Masonic
lodge meets, 7:30, Masonic hall.
Friday, Feb. 6 — Boy Scout
week begins. Kiwa'nis club meets
at Bryant house, 7:00.
Saturday, Feb. 7 — Free movie
for all scouts and cubs. Episcopal
benefit bridge party, NYA hut,
8:00.
Sunday, Feb. 8 — Attend the
church your choice. College Bac
calureate sermon at Methodist
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College Mid-Winter Graduation
Exercises To Be Held Sunday
And Tuesday, 33 Are In Classes
Top FFA Grower
ELMER SENTELLE, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sentelle, of
Pisgah Forest, is the only FFA
student in Transylvania in the
1947 100-bushel club. He is a
student at Brevard high school
and his yield during the past
year was 114.7 bushels.
(Staff Photo)
REPUBLICANS IN
COUNTY TO MEET
WITH ASHEVILLE
Lincoln Day Dinner Here
Called Off. To Have Joint
Meeting In Buncombe
The annual Lincoln Day dinner,
sponsored by the Transylvania
Republican club, has been called
off this year, and local Republi
cans will meet with the Asheville
Republican club next Tuesday
night, Feb. 10, at 7:00 o’clock at
the George Vanderbilt hotel L.
P. Hamlin, chairman of the Repub
licans in the 12th district, announ
ces today.
“We expect to have a good num
ber from this county attending
this dinner,” Mr. Hamlin states.
Tickets, he said, may be secured
at his office, and Republicans are
urged to see him early since there
is a limited number available for
Transylvania.
Joe R. Hanley, lieutenant gov
ernor of New York, is the prin
cipal speaker for the occasion and
the Asheville club is host for the
event.
Little Sandra Bridges has been
quite ill at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bridges.
Religious Service At Metho
dist Church. Dr. Ware
To Speak At Graduation
Rev. Howard C. Wilkinson, pas
tor of the Haywood Street Meth
odist church, of Asheville, will
deliver the commencement ser
mon to the 33 members of the
college mid-winter graduating
classes at the Brevard Methodist
church Sunday, February 8, at the
evening worship hour, Dr. E. J.
Coltrane, president of the local
institution states.
The final graduation exercises,
with the presentation of di
plomas, will take place in the
auditorium o f Dunham hall,
Tuesday morning, February 10,
at 11:00 o’clock. Dr. R. Dwight
Ware district superintendent of
the Asheville district of the Meth
odist church, will be the speak
er at the graduation program. Dr.
Coltrane will make the diploma
presentation.
Special music at both of these
services will be by the college
music department under the di
rection of Mrs. Malvin Artlev.
Examinations are now being
held at the college, and the spring
semester will open next Wednes
day. Registration is scheduled
for Monday and Tuesday and a
record enrollment of around 550
students is expected.
Dr. Ralph Nelson
To Speak At Meet
Of Kiwanis Club
Dr. Ralph M. Nelson, assistant
director of the Southeastern Ex
periment station of the U. S. For
est service, will speak to the mem
bers of the Brevard Kiwanis club
at their regular meeting Friday
night on “Water and its Uses,”
it was learned from W. W. Huber,
president.
The guest speaker will be ac
companied to Brevard by William
P. Duncan, assistant supervisor of
the Pisgah National forest, and a
former district ranger here.
Following the meeting, the pres
ident announces that a movie of
the Shrine bowl football game in
Charlotte will be shown to mem
bers of the organization.
License Tag Sales
Show Big Increase
License plate sales by the lo
cal office of Carolina Motor Club
show decided gains as of January
31, over the same period last
year, according to C. M. DougLas,
manager here.
An increase of 137 auto tags
and 100 truck plates was noted on
last day of January. All motor
vehicles are required to display
the 1948 tags by law after Jan
uary 31st, and several arrests have
been made by the patrolman here
since Sun. morning, it is reported.
Moore And Hollifield Collaborate On
Song In February Issue Etude Magazine
“With Humble Hearts We Come”
is the title of the latest compo
sition of Donald Lee Moore, Bre
vard composer, and it appears
in the new issue of Etude music
magazine with the words com
posed by Hugh Hollifield, also
well known Brevard man.
The name of Donald Lee Moore
is not a strange one to the sub
scribers of Etude. Since 1941 with
the publication of “Autumn Sun
light” the local composer has
made numerous contributions to
the magazine and in January,
1946, an article entitled “Intro
ducing Donald Lee Moore, Com
poser,” appeared in the same
musical publication.
Among his other songs to be
published in Etude are “After
noon on the Green,” “Come Dance
the Minuet,” and “Ah, Will I
Sigh,” which came out in Janu
ary, 1947. “Silently We Bow,” was
the first sacred song Vritten by
Mr. Moore, and “With Humble
Hearts We Come,” was the sec
ond of this type written. Last
summer he and Adelaide Van Wey,
prominent concert artist, and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
S. Silversteen, collaborated on
some folk music.
The words to this song are the
first ever to be published by Mr.
Hollifield, one of the clerks in
the local post office. Mr. Holli
field has long been a writer of
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NEWEST PAPER MACHINE AT ECUSTA
Pictured above is paper machine No. 9, the first to be installed at the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion since before the war. The machine was designed, assembled and installed with a minimum
of outside help, and incorporates all the improvements developed in experience with the other eight
machines at Ecusta.
LANDECK RETIRES
AT ECUSTA AFTER
45 YEARS SERVICE
Is Succeeded By Bauer. F.
S. Best And Charlie Rus
sell Are Promoted
Walter V. Landeek, vice pres
ident in charge of exports at the
Ecusta Paper corporation, has re
tired aftef 45 years of business
activity, 28 year's of them being
with Harry H. Straus, president
of Ecusta.
In commenting on his retire
ment, Mr. Landeek said that it
might be summed up in the
Chinese proverb “Enjoy your
self: it is later than you think.”
Several personnel changes were
brought about at the Ecusta
plant with the retiring of Mr.
Landeek. Leonard Bauer, who
joined the company in May, 1932,
seven years before the establish
ment of the plant here, has as
sumed Mr. Landeck’s post. Mr.
Bauer was president of the West
ern North Carolina traffic club
and is well known in Brevard and
Asheville.
F. S. Best, assistant to Mr. Straus
and public relations director, has
taken over Mr. Bauer’s post.
Prominent in civic and religious
activity in the town and county,
Mr. Best came to Ecusta May 18
1942.
Charlie Russell, who was em
ployed by Ecusta in April, 1940,
moved up to the position occu
pied by Mr. Best. Mr. Russell was
in the air corps during World
War II and saw much action in
Italy. Since his return, he has
been extremely active in civic
work and is head of cub Scout
ing in the county. He is secretary
to the community council and
was recently appointed to the
town board of aldermen.
Jack Alexander, head of ath
letics at Ecusta, has taken over
Mr. Russell’s personnel depart
ment job, and Fritz Merrill has
been transferred to the athletic
department.
Hayes Leases Station;
Will Sell Used Cars
Freeman Hayes announced
yesterday that he had leased his
filling station to Bobby Mitchem,
who for the past nine years has
been connected with the Smile
Oil Co., but would continue to op
erate his recapping and new tire
business and deal in automobiles
at the same location. Ernest Par
ham will remain in charge of the
recapping and tire business, Mr.
Hayes said. The new arrangement,
he stated would enable him to
devote his full time to buying
and selling cars, both old and new.
Mrs. S. C. Rheberg, of Wash
ington, D. C., and Mr. and Mrs.
James S. Waters, Elkton, Md.,
are here visiting their parents.
Mr. Waters has been quite ill for
sometime and was moved from
the local hospital this week to
the General hospital in Greenville,
S. C.
First Paper Making Machine
Installed Since Before The
War In Operation At Ecusta
ECUSTA GRANTED
EXTRA TIME TO
LIST 1948 TAXES
Action Taken By County
Commissioners Mon. Oth
er Business Transacted
At the meeting of the Transyl
vania County Board of Commis
sioners last Monday a request
was received from and granted
to Ecusta Paper corporation and
Endless Belt for an extension un
til March 1 to list their taxes.
Willis Brittain, chairman, pre
sided at the meeting and all mem
bers were present.
In the request submitted by the
two companies, it was stated that
they had not yet been able to
complete their inventory to se
cure proper values for listing.
Since the final date for tax list
ing was January 31, and the com
missioners did not meet until
February 2, the request was sub
mitted individually to a majority
of the board prior to meeting
time and agreed upon.
A request was received from
the estate of Edward H. Jennings,
deceased, for reduction in the
value of hardwood timber. The
estimates made by the heirs were '
based on their sales to Carr
Lumber company and averaged |
1500 feet per acre. The request
for reduction in the tax value
was granted provided it did not
reduce the value* of cut over
lands to less than $4.00.
Carl D. Bryson asked for a
devaluation of taxes on his in
completed house and it was
granted. Ray V. McCall also re
quested a refund of 1947 taxes
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Number Nine Designed, As
sembled, Installed With
Minimum Outside Help
Paper machine No. 9, the first
to go into operation since be
. fore the war, recently started
rolling at the Ecusta Paper cor
j poration here.
Located in the old pre-washer
j building, it is in many respects
similar to the other eight operat
ed by the corporation. However,
it incorporates all the refinements
' and improvements developed in
I experience with its predecessors.
The chief difference is that Ecu
sta personnel designed, assembled
and installed the new giant with
a minimum of help from outside.
One section of the new ma
chine, known as the inlet, was
completely designed here, ac
cording to Ecusta officials. The
inlet feeds the stock onto the
wire and is a very important part
of the machine.
The first machine—No. 4—
went into production on August
23, 1939, and was followed by
three more machines that year.
No. 3 made its first paper on
October 16, 1939 and two days
later No. 2 was in production. No.
1 started on November 10 of
that year.
No more machines were started
until 1941 when four more began
rolling. No. 5 started July 18,
1941 and on July 30, No. 6 began
j turning out the rolls of paper.
On September 6, 1941, No 7 was
started and on October 12, 1941,
No. 8 was put into operation.
There were no additions during
the war years, of course.
C. W. Pickelsimer was taken
to Mission hospital in Asheville
Monday with bronchial pneu
monia. His condition is reported
to be improved.
Woody Re-elected President Of Bank;
Melton Placed On Board Of Directors
Johnathan Woody of Waynes
ville, was re-elected president
the Transylvania Trust Co., at a
recent meeting of the directors of
the bank held here. Ralph Duck
worth was again named executive
vice president and Dan Fisher
Cashier.
W. M. Melton was added to the
board of directors. Mr. Melton is
vice president and general man
ager of the Pisgah Mills. It is
reported that several other prom
inent local citizens have recently
acquired stock in the local bank
and it is planned to sell shares
to others in the future. Mr. Duck
worth said. Old members of the
board retained by the stockhold
ers were: Joseph S. Silversteen,
S. E. Varner, Ralph Duckworth,
T. N Davis and Mr. Woody. The
board may be enlarged later as
business warrants, Mr. Duck
worth said.
Mr. Duckworth said that the
past year was the best in the
bank’s history, earnings having
doubled. The bank has just re
ceived 504 new lock boxes from
the Mosler Safe Co., at Hamilton,
Ohio, and these will be installed
after the vault has been remodel
ed. The job of remodeling the
vault and installing the lock
boxes will probably require about
60 days, Mr. Duckworth said, and 1
work will begin immediately.
Commenting on the business
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OBSERVANCE SET
FOR BEGINNING
FRIDAY, ENDS 12
Local Boys To Act As May
or And Other Town Of
ficials On Saturday
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Extensive plans for the ob
servance of Boy Scout week in
Transylvania county from Peb.
6-12, are being made, Rev. W. G.
McFarland, the district chair
man, announces today.
The National observance of
the 38th anniversary of Scouting
will also commence on Friday
and continue for one week with
j the theme: “The Scout Citizen
at Work .... In His Home ....
I In His Community ... In His
Nation ... In His World.”
Highlighting the local obser
vance of Boy Scout week will be
on Saturday when various Tran
sylvania Scouts will operate the
town. The mayor, aldermen and
other city officials will be named
j from the troops. The purpose
of this is to familiarize the boys
with municipal affairs.
Chairman McFarland states
that several Scouting programs
■ will be presented during the
j week at meetings of various civic
J clubs, in the schools and at the.
. different churches,
j Rev. Walter P. Baldwin will
icond 'ct a special religious ser
j vice bn Sunday, Feb. 8, at 4:00
! P- m. at the Presbyterian church
1 for all Scouters, Cubers, and
j all their friends. At this service
1 announcements will be made of
planned activities for the week
following; about court house
lawn and window exhibits; of the
special Scout programs to fol
low; and the court of honor on
Friday night at 7:00 p. m. at
the Brevard Methodist church.,
L. Y. Biggerstaff, chairman of
jthe Daniel Boone Council of the
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LIONS TO SPONSOR
NATL HEART WEEK
Mayor Varner Issues Proc
lamation. Hardin Is The
Chm. Of Committee
National Heart Week will be
inaugurated here Monday with
the citizens of Transylvania join
ing the rest of the nation in the
fight against America’s number
one killer, heart disease. Dr.
Carl Hardin, Heart week chair
man of the campaign sponsored
locally by the Lions club, said that
the American Heart association
l hopes to raise sufficient funds,
(during the observance to support
urgently needed research in
diseases of the heart and blood
vessels which are responsible for
one out of three deaths in the
United States.
Serving with Dr. Hardin on the
Heart week committee are mem
bers of the Lions club Health and
Welfare committee, composed of
Dr. Julius Sader, Harry Dryer
and Harold Bangs. Dr. Hardin
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Gravely To Give
Advice On Filing
Income Tax Forms
George Dewey Gravely, deputy
collector of the Internal Revenue
department, announces that he
will be in Room No. 9 of the post
office building of Brevard prior
to the deadline for filing income
tax reports in order to assist fed
eral taxpayers.
He will be at this place on thi
following dates: Feburary 24, 2!
26, and 27 and March 8, 9, 10 11
12 and 15.
Anyone needing assistanc
should arrange to see Mr. Graw
ly at this time, since it will b
necessary for him tavb& in ©the
Western North CaraRnfc town
except for the ahnwe iift—