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TRANSYLVANIA
. IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
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. 58; No, 8
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19* 1948 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRESS SEEN
Follow-Up X-Ray Clinic To Start Wednesday
OVER 200 PERSONS
ARE ADVISED OF
NEED OF RECHECK
Approximately ^ To 90%
Of County’s Papulation
Already Exe mined
NOW GIVING TESTS
The follow-up chest X-Ray
clinic to be conducted here next
Wednesday and Thursdav, Febru
ary 25 and 26 by H. L. SC terwhite,
technician from the Si .le sana
torium, will include over 200 per
sons who have been notified by
the health department that they
need to be rechecked, according
to Mrs. Jessie A. Lollis, ft. ft.,
public health nurse - MHltJ
Letters have been sent to. these
200 persons stating that aether
X-Ray would be advisable, llaad
they have made appointments to
have this work done by Mr. Satter
white on Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week, Mrs. Lollis said. I
“This does not mean that all or
any of these 200 persons showed
positive reactions, but only that
the department deems it advisable
for them to have a follow up ex
amination,” Mrs. Lollis reiterated.
List Compiled From Records
The list of 200 suspects and
questionable cases was compiled
from the X-Ray records of the
more than 5000 persons who re
ceived tests in the mass clinic
held here last summer. The num
ber of those X-Rayed was estimat
ed to have been at least 85 to 90
per cent of the county’s popula-l
tion over 15 years of age, and as
soon as the clinics are concluded
in the schools, this will mean that
most of the population of the
county has taken advantage of
the chest X-Pay, according to Mrs.
Lollis.
All persons who did not get a
chest X-ray last summer may do so
during the clinic Wednesday and j
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I
COLLEGE HONOR
ROLL ANNOUNCED
Total Of 17 Brevard Stu
dents On List Of 89,
Registrar Reports
A total of 89 students made the
honor roll at the end of the fall
winter semester at Brevard col
lege, Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, acting
registrar, of the local institution
announces today.
In the college division, 72 stu
dents are on the honor list, with
two students, Aileen Ledford,
Harrisburg, and Morgan Murphy,
of Albany, Ga., making all “A’s”.
There were 11 honor students in
the pre-college division, with one
student, Edna Norton, of High
lands, having all “A’s”.
Brevard students on the list are
as follows: college honor roll—
David Barnes, Alice Carolyn Haw
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 19—Baptist cir
cles meet in homes at 3:30 and
7:30 o’clock. Lions club meets at
Bryant house, 7:00. Masonic meet
ing in hall at 7:30.
Friday, Feb. 20—Garden club
meets with Mrs. Ludwig Straus,
3:30. Special Kiwanis program
honoring Boy Scouts, Bryant
house, 7:00.
Saturday, Feb. 22—Brevard col
lege vs. Mars Hill college, in lo
cal gym, 7:30.
Sunday, Feb. 22 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Feb. 23—DAR meeting
with Mrs. Thomas Barclay. WMS
study class at Baptist church, 7:30.
Tuesday, Feb. 24—Transylvania
district meeting of Daniel Boone
council, Gaither’s cafeteria at 7:00
o’clock.
Wednesday, Feb. 25. — X-ray
1 clinic begins.
Polio Drive In County Lacks
$600 Of Reaching Increased
Quota, Chairman Makes Appeal
Olympic Winners
Youthful Barbara Ann Scott
of Canada poses with Richard
“Dick” Button of the United
States after they had won, re
spectively, the women’s and
men’s figure skating events at
the winter Olympics at St. Mor
itz, Switzerland. Both left their
rival contestants far behind.
Button’s unexpected high score
enabled the U. S. to win third
place in the Olympics. (Interna
tional.)
WNCAC WILL HOLD
MEETING TUESDAY
IN BRYSON CITY
Brevard Music Festival Will
Be Proposed As Project
For The Group
The quarterly meeting of the
Western North Carolina Associat
ed Communities will be held at
the Terrace hotel in Bryson City
next Tuesday, February 24, with
representatives from eleven coun
ties expected to attend, it was
learned from C. M. Douglas, secre
tary of WNCAC.
Matters to be taken up at the
meeting include the Brevard Mu
sic festival, an advertising book
let for Western North Carolina,
the Cherokee fair and pageant, the
Western North Carolina fair, an
industrial survey, funds for the
Parkway and other matters.
The executive committee of the
group will meet at 10:00 o’clock
with the luncheon meeting at
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Bad Weather Impedes Cam
paign. Few Jars Still To
Be Reported
The official solicitation for the
March of Dimes drive in Transyl
vania county ended last Saturday,
leaving more than $600.00 to be
raised before the quota of $1,
925.00 can be realized, it was
learned from Mrs. Mildred Scott,
chairman of the county drive.
In making a plea for persons
to send in contributions, Mrs.
Scott emphasized that this county
has never before failed to reach
the goal set by the National Polio
foundation. “Our quota was raised
$630.00 over last year’s,” she said,
“and although that is how much
we lack, I have no doubt but this
amount could have been raised if
the weather had been more fav
orable during the drive.” The
dime board which was supposed
to have been on the square in
Brevard for two week ends was
not set up due to rain and snow
at both appointed times.
Envelopes were mailed to hun
dreds of persons during the drive,
and each of these had spaces for
$2.00 in dimes. Mrs. Scott strong
ly urges that all persons who have
not yet returned them to do so in
the near” future in order that the
amounts can be tabulated.
There are still some of the
boxes in schools that have not
been tabulated, she said, but from
estimates made in accordance
with past years, the quota is far
from being reached.
Over 1,100 Names
Counted In Last
Week’s Times Issue
Believe it or not, more than
1,100 names were printed in The
Times last week, according to
Publisher Ed M. Anderson. This
was not a special edition of the
paper, and most of the names
were of local people.
The count was made by stu
dents of Brevard college and
the staff of The Times knew
nothing of the undertaking un
til the results of the count were
revealed.
There is an old slogan that
“Names make news,” and Pub
lisher Anderson pointed out
that if this is true, then last
week’s paper—a regular one in
which no special effort was
made to publish an unusually
large number of names, was
very readable. As a matter of
policy, The Times stresses ade
quate local news coverage, he
emphasized and this involves the
publication of hundreds of lo
cal names every week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duckworth
and daughter, Anne, returned last
week end from a week’s stay in
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Scenes Of Ecusta In "Tobaccoland”
Movie, Film Is Available For Groups
The Ecusta Paper corporation
and the process of paper making
are vividly shown and described in
the recently released “The New
Tobaccoland, U. S. A.”, a sound,
technicolor movie, which was pro
duced under the direction of Lig
gett and Myers Tobacco company.
This outstanding film describes
the growing of tobacco, the mak
ing of cigarettes from the begin
ning to the end and with the scenes
of Ecusta, the commentator says:
“From the mountainous border
of Brevard, North Carolina, comes
another product which goes hand in
hand with fine tobacco and marks
a long stride toward Tobaccoland’s
complete self-dependence.
“Until 1939 approximately 90%
of the cigarette paper used in
Americe was imported from
abroad. Now the world’s finest
cigarette paper is made right in
the heart of Tobaccoland.
“It is made from home-grown
flax fiber from the fertile fields
of Minnesota and the Southwest.
This fibre is processed in spark
ling mountain water from the Pis
gah National forest, filtered, aer
ated and repeatedly repurified at
the streamlined Ecusta paper mill.”
President Harry H. Straus, of
Ecusta, announces this week that
he has a print of this excellent
30-minute film and it is available
for showing to all civic and re
ligious groups in the town and
county. Last week the movie was
shown to the Brevard Rotarians
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Many Scouts Advance To Climax Boy Scout Week Here
— irriinr-r--»-«■-—.m.i..in n.
A highly successful Court of Honor last Fri
day night in the Brevard Methodist church was
one of the climaxing events of Boy Scout week
in Transylvania county. Several of the boys were
promoted and merit badges were awarded to
many others. (See story on front page, second
section.) Pictured above are the following Scouts:
front row, left to right, Charles Williams, Jack
Talley, Jim Brown, Harry Sellers, Glenn Melton [
and John Cox; second row: Dean McDarris, Bob- j
by DeBord, Gordon Primm, Jerry Weiss, Walter
Perkins and Zeb Osborne; third row: Bobby Lof
tis, Harold Corbin, Heywood Ramsey, Harry Pat
terson and John Morris. (Staff Photo)
TO BUILD GIRL
SCOUTS “LITTLE
HOUSE” IN PARK
Construction Will Begin As
Soon As Weather Permits,
Commissioner Reports
“Construction of the “Little
House” in Franklin park for use
by the six Girl Scout troops of
Brevard will become a definite
reality as soon as weather permits
the excavating of the basement,”
it was stated by Mrs. C. L. New
land, Girl Scout commissioner at
a meeting of the Scout Council
Monday night.
Mrs. Newland discussed estimates
lrom local building contractors,
and costs of the building project
were throughly discussed in re
gard to the amount now on hand
and the needed amount, in lieu of
the fact that no Scout organization
is allowed to borrow money.
Drive Started In 1940
During a drive made by the Girl
Scouts in 1940-41 a considerable
amount for the “Little House”
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Post Office, Bank
And Offices To Be
Closed On Monday
The Brevard post office, the
Transylvania Trust company, town
and county offices will be closed
Monday, February 23, in observ
ance of Washington’s birthday
which comes on Sunday.
There will be no city or rural
delivery, Postmaster T. Coleman
Galloway announces, and window
hours for Monday morning are:
8:30 to 9:00 and 11:00 to 11:30.
Picture On Chicks
To Be Shown Here
J. V. McAlister, a representative
of the Purina Mills, will show a
film on the care and proper meth
ods of raising baby chicks at the
Hut here Tuesday night, Feb. 24,
beginning at 7:15 o’clock. The film
is being shown as a courtesy to
the local Purina dealer, the B &
B Feed & Seed Co.
The general public is invited
to see this film, which has been
exhibited all over the country and
is authentic in every respect, Wil
lis Brittain said yesterday. The
class of veterans being instructed
by Randall Lyday will see the
film and Mr. Brittain said other
baby chick raisers should find it
highly informative. About an hour
is required to run the film, he
stated. Admission is free.
Boy Scout Week Successfully
Observed In bounty, To Star#
Adult Membership Drive Thur.j
PHONE OFFICE HERE
ENTERED AND SUM
OF MONEY STOLEN
Local Police Are Working
On Several Definite Clues;
Finger Prints Taken
Approximately $250 was stolen
from the business office of the
Citizens Telephone company here
Saturday or Sunday night and lo
cal police are investigating sev
eral clues, Chief B. F. Banther
states today.
The money was removed from
a drawer in a desk, the chief
stated, and the thief did not dis
turb anything else in the office.
The safe was untouched. This
; circumstance inclines the chief to
the opinion that the robbery was
committed by someone thorough
ly familiar with the office.
A fingerprint expert was call
ed in and took a number of im
pressions, which are now being
examined. It is believed that with
the assistance of this expert plus
other clues which local police
have, it will be only a short time
until the culprit is apprehended.
This is the second time that
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Chairman Trantham An
nounces Goal Of $1,655.
Kiwanians Canvassing
The successful observance of
Boy Scout week in Brevard and'
Transylvania county was climaxed)
with a large number of Scouts
from the various troops operating
the municipal affairs of the town
last Saturday afternoon. Plans
are now being formulated to be
gin the annual adult membership )
enrollment for the Transylvania
district of the Daniel Boone coun
cil, Anthony Trantham, the chair
man, announces today.
County-wide solicitation will
begin Thursday morning, Chair
man Trantham declares. “Because
of the good Scouting work being
carried out in the county, I don’t
believe we will have any trouble
in reaching the quota of $1,655,”
he commented.
Under the direction of Mr.
Trantham, the Brevard Kiwanis
club will be in charge of adult
membership campaign and the Ki
wanians will make the canvass, it
is reported. “We hope this year
to have 1,655 adult members, but
naturally we are going to try to
raise the quota as quickly as pos
sible.” Persons desiring a mem
bership are urged to contact Mr.
Trantham or a member of the
Brevard Kiwanis club.
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Several Persons Are Held As Series
Of Robberies Is Reported Here
The sheriff’s office here nipped
a wave of stealing in the bud
during the past few days, and
Tuesday morning saw nine extra
residents in the county jail, all
charged with taking that which
belonged to someone else.
The theft charges ranged all
the way from corn to fatten a
hog to the actual hog that was
already fat, and suspects being
held range all the way from Ashe
ville to Fountain Inn, S. C.
Lee Shipman, of Fountain Inn,
is temporarily visiting Officer
Bailey at the county jail charged
with car theft; Bruce Carver, of
Rutherford county, lowered his
sights and is also a guest in
Bailey’s hotel charged with steal
ing a bicycle; J. C. Murray, of
Asheville, is still in jail charged
with taking March of Dimes
money from Pisgah Tavern and
spending most of the 40-odd dol
lars in riotous riding and splurg
ing.
Van Robinson, of Bohaney, ad
mits to stealing a fat shoat, and
he, too, is being prohibited from
looking in other people’s hog
pens with covetous eyes; Hoover
Volrath, Jimmy Volrath and Cleve
land Stamey decided that they
could reap where they had not
sown, and are being detained on
a charge of stealing corn; Edwin
and Eugene Brewer are charged
with breaking into summer homes
in the upper end of the county,
Sheriff Bert Freeman reports.
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ROSENWALD IS
TO BE READY FOR
OCCUPANCY MAY 1
Rapid Construction Reported
On New Brevard Ele
mentary Structure
ROSMAN NEEDS CITED
The school building expansion
program in Transylvania county
is moving at a rapid pace with the
Rosenwald building nearing com
pletion and construction on the
local elementary school above the
basement stage, Supt. J. B. Jones
states today.
This has been achieved despite
very unfavorable weather and
with the approach of spring and
more favorable conditions, Mr.
Jones says that it is desirous that
the advisory committee meet and
j approve plans for other projects
in the program.
“Crowded conditions at Rosman
elementary school have become
critical, and in preparation for the
meeting of the advisory council*
sketches have been prepared, add
ing eight rooms to the present
building and enlarging the sub
standard classrooms,” the superin
tendent stated.
559 Elementary Students
“In calculating the number of
square feet per child in one of
the most crowded rooms at Ros
naan, it was found that a. child has
There are 559 elementary pupils
enrolled and only eight classrooms
in the building. This makes it nec
essary for four classes to meet in
the high school building, causing
inadequate space for high school
students, it is reported.
The people of Rosman are great
ly concerned about the crowded
conditions and have asked the
county school officials to call a
threp times the space
hm In a Standard
iadared.
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LITTLE INTEREST
IN POLITICS HERE
Four Local Offices Are Open
This Year. Political Sur
vey Is Made
By STAFF WRITER
While the year 1948 will be an
important one politically in the
United States and in North Caro
lina for that matter, politics in
Transylvania county will proba
bly be quiet, since the offices of
register of deeds, tax collector,,
representative and board of coun-*
ty commissioners are the only
ones open.
No announcement has been
made of any aspirants, but it is
assumed that the incumbents will
offer again. Neither party has set
the dates here for the county con
ventions, but Lewis P. Hamlin,,
district chairman of the GOP,,
states that the 12th district con
vention will be held in Sylva on
March 12.
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Spring Arrives In
Transylvania, Roads
Are Much Improved
After a few weeks of winter’s
worst weather in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county, spring has ap
parently arrived early and is re
ported to last through the next
few days. The temperature will
remain above freezing, and light
rains are forecast late Friday and
Saturday in some sections of West
ern North Carolina.
High winds last week end
greatly improved the condi
tion of “bottomless” country
roads, many of which had been
rendered impassable by repeated
snow and successive rainfalls in
recent weeks. School attendance
this week has been good, Supt. J.
B. Jones states. All county schools
were closed last week because of
the weather and the condition of
the roads.