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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural -and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
High Cost 01 Living By Shopping In Brevard During Dollar Days
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Camps, Entrance to
Mecca for Summer
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 58; No. 9
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1948 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DOLLAR DAYS TO START FRIDAY
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To Erect Modem Motel At Pisgah Entrance
$100,000 WILL BE
SPENT ON VENTURE
BY PROMOTERS
Will Deavor Property Pur
chased By The Wolfes
And The Thrashs
START BUILDING SOON
The Will Deavor property, lo
cated on both sides of the Ashe
ville highway at the entrance of
Pisgah National Forest, has been
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Thrash as the site for a modern
motel, trailer camp, a number of
summer cottages and a restricted
residential area.
Tentative plans call for an ex
penditure of some $100,000 and
work on the project is expected |
to begin as soon as conditions per
mit. it is stated.
Due to the heavy traffic into the
famed Pisgah National Forest and
the growing demand here for
tourist accommodations, the pro
moters of this venture feel that
it will be an outstanding success
and at the same time be an asset
to Transylvania county.
To Be Ultra-Modern
“Our motel, the auto haven and
the summer cottages will be effi
cient, comfortable and ultra-mod
ern with steam heat, etc.,” Mrs.
Wolfe states. Proposed plans call
for construction of grey granite
stone on the outside with the lat
est type furnishing on the in
side.
The motel with the trailer camp
and the summer cottages directly
behind, will be located in the tri
angle on the right entering the
forest. It is estimated that the
motel will consist of 24 rooms
and there will be a motor court of
32 units. Approximately 25 sum
mer cottages, of three to four
rooms each, will be erected.
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I
CHIEF HERE WARNS
STORE OWNERS
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Two More Robberies In Past
Week. Thorough Investi
gations Being Made
As the series of robberies be
comes more intensive here, Chief
B. F. Banther cautions store own
ers about leaving their business
houses unlocked. “We’ve found a
large number of stores wide open
in our nightly rounds of inspec
tion,” he states.
During the week of Feb. 15-22,
four stores or offices were entered
here and a total of $367 was taken.
Last Friday night Farmers Fed
eration was entered and $72
stolen, according to the chief.
Sunday night $45 was taken from
the cash register of Gaither’s cafe
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 26—Deputy col
lector of internal revenue to be
at post office. Mathatasian club
meets with Mrs. Randal Lyday.
School advisory committee to meet
Li court house, 7:00. Masonic
meeting, in hall at 8:00.
Friday, Feb. 28—Town-wide Dol
lar Days begin. Deputy collector
of internal revenue in post office.
District Scouting committee to
meet in Gaither’s cafeteria, 7:00.
Saturday, Feb. 28—Dollar Days
continue. VFW square dance in
NYA hut, at 8:30.
Sunday, Feb. 29 — Attend the
church of your choice. Fifth Sun
day Singing at court house, 1:30.
Monday, March 1—Last Dollar
day.
Tuesday, March 2—Eastern Star
to have election of officers, 7:30.
Wednesday, March 3 — Rotary I
club meets in Gaither’s cafeteria,
7:00. Woodmen meet in W.O.W hall
at 8:00.
WNCAC Group To Meet Here
In April, To Discuss Plans For
Festival And NEA Convention
Phi Beta Kappa
BOLLIN MILLNER, above,
son of P. R. Millner, of Bre
vard, was one of the 28 students
at Duke university admitted to
Phi Beta Kappa, national honor-,
ary fraternity. Mr. Millner has
made an outstanding record at
the university where he is ma
joring in economics. He will
graduate in June.
BOLLIN MILLNER
MAKES PHI BETA
KAPPA AT DUKE
Only 28 Students at Large
University In Famed Hon
orary Fraternity
According to a recent announce
ment, Bollin M. Millner, son of
P. R. Millner, of 32 Franklin
street, Brevard, has qualified as
one of the 28 persons selected for
membership in Phi Beta Kappa,
national honorary scholastic fra
ternity, at Duke university, Dur
ham.
Millner is a senior at Duke and
will graduate in June of this year,
finishing his complete college re
quirements in three years. He en
tered the university in Novem
ber, 1945, and is majoring in eco
nomics. He is president of Alpha
Tau Omega, national social fra
ternity.
Prior to entering Duke univer
sity, Mr. Millner served for four
years in the quartermaster corps
attached to the Army air corps.
He entered service as a private,
and was later sent to Officers Can
didate school, graduating at Camp
Lee, Va., with the rank of lieuten
ant. Shortly thereafter he was
sent overseas and played a major
part in the African invasion. He
was discharged with the rank of
captain.
Before the war, Mr. Millner was
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Important Meeting Was
Held Tues. At Andrews.
To Publish Folder
At a meeting of the Western
North Carolina Associated com
munities in Andrews Tuesday, the
70 delegates representing 11 coun
ties of this section accepted an in
vitation from C. M. Douglas, sec
retary, to hold their April meet
ing at Brevard college here.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Bre
vard Musical festival was one of
the principal topics of discussion
of the group, and it was decided
some time ago to adopt the festi
val as one of the primary projects
during the summer. Full details of
the methods of promotion for the
festival in this area will be worked
out at the April meeting at the
college.
Plans also were made for the
entertainment of the 500 mem
bers of the National Editorial as
sociation when they convene in
North Carolina in May. During
their tour of the state, the NEA
members will spend three days vis
iting Western North Carolina, and
at this time will be guests of the
Ecusta Paper corporation at lunch
eon. The chambers of commerce
in the extreme western portion
of the state will entertain them
with a luncheon in the Smokies,
and the Waynesville chamber will
have a luncheon in their honor.
Other business of the meeting
Tuesday included plans for the
proposed Cherokee pageant, which
will be staged at the Indian town
in a manner similar to “The Lost
Colony.” Members agreed to try
to raise $65,0000 before March 5 in
order that the first presentation
might be this summer.
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REPUBLICANS TO
MEET MARCH 6TH
Will Elect Delegates To Con
gressional, State And
District Conventions
A convention of the Republicans
tf Transylvania county is called to
meet in the court house in Brevard
at 2:00 o’clock on Saturday after
noon, March 6, 1948, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the
congressional, state and district
conventions and to transact such
other business as may properly
come before the convention, Ralph
Fisher, county chairman, an
nounces today.
A meeting of the Republicans in
the various precincts to elect dele
gates to the county convention is
called to meet at 10 o’clock A. M.
cn Saturday, March 6, 1948, at the
polling places in the various pre
cincts or at such other time and
place as the precinct committee
may determine, Mr. Fisher says.
Fruit Project Another Link In
The Progressive Chain At Quebec
By J. A. GLAZENER
County Agent
A small community project to
include strawberries, raspberries,
and grapes was heartily approved
at an educational meeting held
Wednesday night, February 18, in
Quebec’s well lighted school house.
More than 50 persons were pres
ent to hear H. R. Niswonger, a
fruit and vegetable specialist from
State college at Raleigh, give an
illustrated lecture on small fruit
production and management. By
the use of colored slide pictures
he made the subject interesting,
clear and appealing to the group.
At the close of Mr. Niswonger’s
iiscussion, brief and favorable
comments were made by R. J. Ly
day, agricultural teacher at Bre
vard high school, C. H. Bales, agri
cultural teacher at Rosman high
school, J. B. Jones, superintend
ent of schools and a very success
ful small fruit grower for home
use, with Charlie Henderson key
noting the interest by giving a re
port of his own success in grow
ing strawberries, raspberries and
grapes right in the Quebec com
munity. Mouths were made to wa
ter as he described the luscious
fruit he was producing and con
serving.
To help expedite the program
a promotional committee was
chosen composed of M. O. McCall,
chairman, Charlie Henderson,
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The Bible Is Right: They’ve Been Married 60 Years
MR. AND MRS. T. FILMORE McCALL, of the
Gloucester section, had a friendly argument re
cently. Mrs. McCall said that they were married
on Feb. 9, 1888. and Mr. McCall said the date was
Feb. 12, 1888. When The Times staff photogra
pher arrived at their home, they took out the
family Bible for verification of the date. IVlrs.
McCall was right and the couple this month are
celebrating 60 years of happy married life. Both
are hale and hearty and Mr. McCall is still rec
ognized as one of Transylvania’s best hunters.
< Staff Photo)
WILL HOLD FIFTH
SUNDAY SINGING
HERE FEB. 29TH
Number Of Outstanding
Quartets, Other Groups
To Be On Program
The regular Fifth Sunday Sing
ing convention will be held at the
Brevard court house next Sunday
afternoon, February 29, beginning
at 1:30 o’clock, it was learned to
day from W. L. Harmon, presi
dent.
Mr. Harmon states that he ex
pects this to be one of the best
singings of the season as a num
ber of outstanding groups are ex
pected to be present and take
part on the program. One of these
is the famed South Greenville!
Home quartet, whose picture ap
pears on page 10 of The Times
this week. Miss Ruth Lewis is the
accompanist for the group, which
has won wide acclaim in singings
and programs all over the Caro
linas.
Singers and music lovers in the
county are cordially invited to
attend, Mr. Hannon states. Glenn
Winchester is vice president of
the Fifth Sunday Singing organi
zation.
Advisory Committee
To Meet Thursday
The Transylvania county school
building advisory committee will
meet in the county commissioners
office in the court house at 7:00
o’clock Thursday night to discuss
matters of grave importance to
county schools, it was learned
from County Superintendent J. B.
Jones.
Proposed plans for renovation
and addition to the Rosman
schools will be thoroughly dis
cussed. Since the consolidation of
several county schools with those
in Rosman, the crowded conditions
there have caused considerable
comment and criticism.
Other recommendations for
school building improvements will
be brought up at this meeting, and
decisions made at this time will
be sent to the county board of edu
cation and county commissioners
for their final approval.
Members of the committee and
the group or section which they
represent are as follows: W. W.
Huber, Kiwanis club; M. G. Pangle,
Lions club; Jerry Jerome, cham
ber of commerce; John Anderson,
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Utilities Commission Directs
Local Telephone Company To
Improve Service In 15 Days
GOOD ATTENDANCE
REPORTED ATVFW
MEE1TNG MONDAY
Several Matters Were Dis
cussed. Election Night
Set For March 8
A number of important matters
was discussed by the members of
the Lewis Earl Jackson post of the
VFW here Monday night with a
record attendance of post and aux
iliary members present. The busi
ness session was followed by a so
cial hour in the new quarters over
Patterson’s store.
Final plans were made for the
funeral services of Lewis Earl
Jackson, whose body is expected
to arrive here during March. The
service will definitely be held on
a Sunday.
The post members voted to en
ter a square dance team in all fes
tivals and to hold the annual folk
festival in Brevard during the
summer months. Square dances
will be staged every two weeks
—Turn To Page Seven
Pickelsimer Says Everything
Possible Being Done To
Comply With Orders
In response to a telegram last
Friday from the state utilities com
mission warning the company to
improve its service within 15 days
or its franchise would be discon-!
tinued, C. W. Pickelsimer, the
general manager of the Citizens
Telephone company here, said yes
terday that he had employed Max
Wilson and Erwin Holden on the
maintenance crew.
Mr. Pickelsimer, who is practi
cally recovered from a siege of
virus pneumonia, said that every
thing possible was being done to
give the telephone subscribers in
Transylvania county efficient ser
vice.
J. H. Mullen, representative of
the utilities commission, told The
Times yesterday that the ultima
tum last Friday was a result of
the most recent complaint that
the company here had discharged
its maintenance crew and no re
placements were available. The
commission was this week in
formed that Mr. Wilson, who has
had 17 years of telephone expe
rience, has been employed as su
—Turn To Page Six
Brevard Firemen Take Exception
To Seattle's "Exclusive System"
Chief Dan Merrill and members
of Brevard volunteer fire depart
ment this week take exception to
the United Press story that the
“pre-fire planning system” is ex
clusive with the Seattle, Wash.,
department.
The story went on to say that
this pre-fire planning system had
reduced the fire loss considerably
in Seattle. While they are not
fighting fires, the members of the
department are busy maintaining
equipment or drilling or inspec
ting buildings.
The Brevard department has
been carrying out the pre-fire
planning system for a number of
years, Chief Merrill reports. “And
this has saved buildings here dur
ing recent months,” he added. Not
many months ago the Houston
Furniture company was reported
to be filled with smoke at mid
night. The chief says that the
basement fire was quickly ex
tinguished because he and his
men were familiar with the build
ing and the nearest fire outlets.
“The same thing holds true re
garding the recent Rose’s store
fire,” he stated.
“We naturally plan how to
fight all types of fires which
might occur in Brevard”, Mr.
Merrill declared, “and in order!
that we might better acquaint
ourselves with the business houses
of the town, we inspect the vari
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THIRTY CONCERNS
JOIN IN EFFORT
TO DRAW TRADE
President Urges People Gen
erally To Take Advantage
Of Special Bargains
JUBILEE IN MAY
Dollar Days are being staged in
Brevard Friday and Saturday of
this week, and Monday of next
week under the sponsorship of
the Brevard Merchants association.
Nearly 30 local concerns are par
ticipating in this event and a
great variety of bargains is being
offered.
This is the first of a series of
three trade events which will be
put on in Brevard this year and is
part of an extensive effort to in
duce local people to do more of
their trading here and at the same
time to extend Brevard’s trading
territory. The directors of the
merchants association at a regular
meeting Tuesday night agreed to
put on the second Bargain Jubi
lee here in May. It was the con
sensus of opinion of those present
that the last Jubilee was a pro
nounced success and the one in
May will be even more elaborate.
First In Years
Alex Patterson, president of the
Merchants association,.
poiniRi mit yesterday, that the ap
proaching Dollar Days are the first
to be staged here in many years.
He stated that in addition to pric
ing a large variety of items at and
below cost, much merchandise had
been bought expressly for this oc
casion. He urged local people to
take advantage of the bargains
being offered and invited people
in the whole of Brevard’s trading
territory to come to Brevard for
this event.
At the same time Mr. Patterson
expressed his appreciation of the
enthusiasm of participating mer
—Turn To Page Six
MERCHANTSOKAY
BUDGET FOR 1948
Sum Of $1,700 Approved;
Assn. Votes To Take Part.
In Clean-Up Week
Directors of the Brevard Mer*
chants association at a regular
meeting held in the city hall Tues
day night approved a budget au
thorizing the expenditure this
year of $1,710.20. The budget was
prepared and submitted by the fi
nance committee, of which Ralph
Duckworth is chairman. President
Alex Patterson presided at the
meeting.
There was some discussion of
Dollar days, which will be held
here Friday and Saturday of this
week and Monday of next week.
The secretary reported that mer
chants approached by him had
joined very willingly in the effort
to stage a successful event.
It was agreed to stage the sec
ond annual Brevard Bargain jubi
lee here in May. The president
named C. M. Douglas, John Ford,
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Need Help With
Income Tax Forms?
Gravely To Assist
All persons who need assist
ance in filing their Federal in
come tax prior to March 15 will
be interested to know that
George Dewey Gravely, deputy
collector of the Internal Rev
enue department will be in room
9 of the post office building to
answer all questions and to give
assistance in filing forms.
Mr. Gravely announces that
due to a rigid schedule which
includes other Western North
Carolina towns, he will be able
to be in Brevard only on the
following days: Thursday, Feb
ruary 26, and Friday, February
27, and March 8, 9, 10, 11, IS
and 15.