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,
Camps, Entrance to
Mecca for Summer
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 58; No. 13
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS MONDAY
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Will Discuss Roads At Public Meeting Here
ALL CITIZENS ARE
URGED TO ATTEND
SPECIAL SESSION
District Commissioner And
Other Highway Officials
Will Be At Parley
MEET IN COURT HOUSE
A public meeting to explore all
phases of the road situation in
Transylvania county will be held
in the court house Friday night
of this week at 8:00 o’clock. The
meeting has been called by Willis
Brittain, chairman of the board
of county commissioners.
Reeves Noland, of Waynesville,
district commissioner, J. C. Wal
ker, district engineer, and other
highway officials are expected to
attend the meeting, Mr. Brittain
said, and will be in position to give
those who attend accurate infor
mation on the present status and
outlook for future road work in
the county.
Importance Is Stressed
Mr. Brittain stressed the impor
tance of the meeting and expres
sed the hope that all citizens liv-1
ing on secondary roads would at
tend. All other citizens interested
in obtaining accurate information
about the road situation and what
may be expected to ameliorate it
are also invited.
Mr. Brittain intimated that a
number of erroneous impressions
prevailed with regard to the load:
(A‘.nation and stated that tlil JW
ing should clear up these -mis
understandings. It will also afford
the highway officials an opportu
nity to explain the situation
fully from the standpoint of the
department and the citizens a
chance to ask any questions they
have in mind. This discussion, Mr.
Brittain said, should develop a
clear and complete picture of the
highway situation.
MERCHANTS ASS’N
HOLDS MEETING i
Group Requests Night De
pository. To Attend Road
Parley On Friday
A committee consisting of Cur
tis Kelley, C. M. Douglas, John
Ford and Willis Brittain was
named by Alex Patterson, presi
dent of the Brevard Merchants
association, at the last meeting
of the board of directors Tuesday
evening to confer with officials of
the Transylvania Trust company
with regard to establishing a
night depository at the local bank.
Mr. Patterson presided at the
meeting.
Willis Brittain spoke briefly to
the group on the road situation
in Transylvania county and urged
all members of the association to
attend the special meeting in the
court house tomorrow night.
At the suggestion of Mr. Doug
las, the transportation committee
of the association was instructed
to work with the chamber of
commerce in endeavoring to pro
cure a freight truck line from the
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, March 25—Initial live
stock sale, beginning at 2:00. Ora
torio at Brevard college, at 8:30.
Masons meet in hall, at 8:00.
Friday, March 26 — All county
schools closed for Easter. District
Scout dinner, Gaither’s cafeteria,
7:00. Road meeting of all citizens j
in court house at 8:00. “The Seven
Last Words” to be given at St. I
Fhilip’s Episcopal church, 8:00.|
Exhibition bowling match between
Times team and All-Stars of Ruth
erfordton at Centennial Bowling
center, 8:00
Sunday, March 28—Easter sun
rise service at Camp Transylvania,
6:15. Special services at all local
churches.
Monday, March 29—All schools,
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Sunrise Service To Highlight
Easter Observance Here/ Ecusta
Band To Play, Chorus To Sing
Easter Speaker
. .
REV. HOWARD WILKIN
SON, pastor of the Haywood
street Methodist church in Ashe
Sunday morning at 6:15 o’clock.
j POLITICAL 1
| ACTIVITIES |
j Local - State - National j
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(Editor’s note.—Each week a
Times staff writer will make a
survey of the political news on
the local, state and national
fronts in an unbiased, informa
tive manner. This report is de
signed to keep the readers of
The Times informed of the do
ings and sayings of the candi
dates for the primary elections
in May and the general elections
in November.)
RIDINGS IN RACE
Solicitor Clarence O. Ridings of
the 18th judicial district has filed
and announced as a candidate for
United States congressman from
the 11th district and will oppose
Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle of
Gastonia in the May 29 Democrat
ic primary.
Ridings was appointed solicitor
for the district (which includes
Transylvania) in 1934 when Judge
Michael Schenck was named to the
supreme court bench and J. Will
Pless, Jr., was elevated from so
licitor to judge. He has since been
reelected every four years and his
present term will expire in 1950.
BALLENTINE IS NAMED
Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine won
the Democratic nomination for
State Agriculture Commissioner
by default Saturday as opposi
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Special Programs Being Ar
ranged In All Churches
Of Town And County
The observance of Easter in Bre
vard will be marked by many re
ligious services in the churches
and highlighted by the sunrise ser
vice to be held at Transylvania
music camp Sunday morning at
6:15 o’clock. Rev. Howard Wilkin
son, pastor of the Haywood Street
Methodist church, in Asheville,
will be guest speaker at this im
pressive program.
Special musfcal selections at this
service will be given by the Ecu
sta band, under the direction of
John D. Eversman, and a large
mixed chorus under the direction
of Mrs. Malvin N. Artley, Brevard
college choral instructor. The band
will play a group of famed Morav
ian chorales arranged for use at
the nationally known Easter ser
vices in Winston-Salem, and Han
del’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from
‘ The Messiah” will be sung by
the chorus, as well as “We Will
Be Merry” by Ralph Marryott.
In case of rain Easter morning,
the service will be held in the au
ditorium at the music camp. Mar
tin's taxi has announced that they
will run a bus from flto square
a. m.. aad all per
sons 'Hay rtiR free ^charge tc
the service, Jaycee officials state
M. C. Corn, owner of Corn’s Taxi
has announced that he will alsc
have cabs available for persons
who wish to attend the sunrise
service.
The service is sponsored by the
local Junior chamber of commerce,
aided by local churches, with Ray
Swink, Rev. Walter P. Baldwin
and Lloyd Burhans, in charge.
Methodist Services
At the Brevard Methodist
church, two other services have
been scheduled in addition to the
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PLANS MADE FOR
ENLARGEMENT OF
CAMP AUDITORIUM
Success Of Music School And
Festival Prompted Action
Of Trustees
Plans for the enlargement of
the summer theatre of the Tran
sylvania Music camp were dis
cussed by the board of trustees at
the meeting last Thursday after
noon, and bids this week on the
cost of the project are being re
ceived, Ralph H. Ramsey, secre
tary of the Brevard Music Founda
tion, announces today.
The success of the music camp
and the Brevard Music festival
has made it necessary to enlarge
the seating capacity of the audi
torium, Mr. Ramsey said. Two dif
ferent plans, one calling for ad
ditional seating space on the side
and the other advocating the
lengthening the building with tier
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New James Addison Jones Library
is Completed At Brevard College
The new James Addison Jones
library, completed this week at
Brevard college, will be dedicat
ed at a special service on Satur
day, April 10, with Bishop Clare
Purcell, of the Methodist church,
making the principal address, Dr.
E. J. Coltrane, stated here today.
Bishop Purcell’s dedicatory ad
dress will be at 11:00 a. m. in the
college auditorium and will be fol
lowed by the unveiling of several
portraits in the new library.
Among these is an oil painting of
James Addison Jones, of Charlotte,
benefactor of the college, in whose
honor the new structure is named.
Following the dedication and un
I veiling, members of the board of
trustees, alumni and friends of
the college will be taken on a tour
of the library building and lunch
eon will follow at 1:00 o’clock.
“We sincerely hope that many
alumni will be present on this
great occasion for our college,”
President Coltrane said.
The James Addison Jones li
brary, begun last November, is of
modern brick construction and will
house 40,000 volumes in addition
to offering space for students to
do study and research. The rooms
now occupied by the library in
Dunham Hall will be converted
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HEARING HELD
IN RALEIGH ON
BUS FRANCHISE
Local Taxi Operators Object
To Giving Martin Permis
sion To Operate Here
An application of L. D. Martin,
local taxicab operator, for a fran
chise certificate to transport pas
sengers over certain streets and
highways in Brevard and vicinity
was heard in Raleigh Tuesday
morning by Grady Johnson, a
member of the state utilities com
mission, but a decision in the mat
ter was deferred until the whole
commission can digest the evidence
and agree on a finding, it was an
nounced here yesterday.
Mayor S. E. Varner, O. H. Orr,
J. Frank Duckworth, J. L. Wood
and the applicant, Mr. Martin, tes
tified as to the need for the pro
posed bus line. Attorney Ralph
Ramsey represented Mr. Martin at
the hearing.
E. H. McMahan represented a
group of local taxi operators who
protested granting the certificate.
These operators, it is reported,
are: M. C. Corn; Obie Fisher and
Walter Rogers, Safety Cabs; Ray
Burgin, Veterans cabs; Hale Sin
iard, Ralph Mull and Lester Jones,
Star cabs. None of them made an
oral statement. The Smoky Moun
tain stages also filed a protest
that the project would be injurious
to their business over highway 64,
but were not represented.
Mr. Johnson did not indicate
when a decision from the whole
commission would be forthcoming,
but it is expected within the next
few weeks. In a matter of this kind
it is necessary for an applicant to
prove that public convenience and
necessity would be served by what
he proposes to do.
EASTER ORATORIO
TO BE PRESENTED
“Seven Last Words” Will Be
Given At The Episcopal
Church Fri. Night
I une ot tne newest but most
I famed Easter oratorios, “The Seven
Last Words of Christ,” by Theo
dore Dubois, will be given by the
choir of St. Philip’s Episcopal
church Friday night, 8:00 o’clock,
with Mrs. Verne C. Hill directing,
and Darr Wise, organ accom
panist.
This modern composition was
written by the Frenchman Dubois,
and according to the director is
very difficult to present The per
sonnel of the choir has been re
hearsing for the last six weeks.
Soloists include Mrs. T. H. Bar
ker, Miss Faye Shaw, Mrs. Hill,
Lloyd Burhans, Frank Roberts,
Jack Turner and Charles Free
man. Other members of the choir
are as follows: Mrs. J. M. Allison,
Mrs. Herbert Finck, Mrs. Doyle
Wells, Mrs. Few Lyda, Mrs. E. B.
Matheson, Mrs. John Verner, Miss
Betty Finck, Miss Ann Hill, Miss
Marion Verner, Miss Susan Mat
thews, Miss Elaine Hill, Mrs. Har
ry Bobst, Miss Pauline Kellogg,
Miss Phyllis Kline, Rev. Harry
Perry, A. H. Harris, John Tucker.
All persons, regardless of re
ligious affiliation, are cordially in
vited to attend this musical pro
gram.
Times Bowlers Face
“All-Stars” Friday
The Transylvania Times bawl
ing team, which is leading the
Western North Carolina ten pin
league, will meet the Rutherford
county “All-Stars”, in an exhibi
tion match on the Brevard alleys,
Friday night at 8:00 o’clock.
The WNC league leaders were
defeated at Spindale recently by
the “All-Stars”, and will be seek
ing revenge on the local alleys on
Friday night.
The public is invited to witness
the match, Publisher Ed M. And
erson states.
DeGaulle Seeks U. S. Arms Aid
IN A 35-MINUTE SPEECH before a crowd of 10,000 at Compiegne,
France, General Charles de Gaulle is shown as he made a bid to the
French people to put him back in power. He called for military aid
from the United States to support a union of western European na
tions. De Gaulle chose Compiegne, where France signed armistices
twice, from wrhich to ngake his appeal. The speech was broadcast over
a national milrtMit _
Radiophoto) : V
Canvassers And Students Are
Busy Making Last Minute Drive
In 1948 Red Cross Campaign
French Visitor
MONSIEUR M. CARTEL,
above, of Troyes, France, is visit
ing at Ecusta Paper corpora
tion. Mr. Cartel serves in an ex
ecutive capacity in a cigarette
paper plant in his native French
home and assisted here many
years ago in the early opera
tions at Ecusta. This is his first
visit back to the States since
1940.
Good Response Is Reported.
To Establish WNC
Blood Bank
Red Cross workers are busy all
over Transylvania county this
week, contacting individuals and
business firms with the aim of
reaching the $3,600.00 Roll Call
quota within 10 days.
Student council leaders of the
Brevard and Rosman high schools
are canvassing this week in the
residential and rural sections of
the town and county and report
good response. The student coun
cil and faculty advisors are be
ing assisted by others in the high
school student body iir effort to
carry the work into every com
munity.
The report from the uptown
area in Brevard Wednesday was
good, and response to canvas
sers had been encouraging with
industry being contacted by spec
ial committees.
Signs denoting each person in
the firm has contributed are mak
ing their appearance in the busi
ness section where each employee
is donating and the management
matching or better than matching
gifts by employees.
All reports are expected to be
turned in at headquarters by the
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Initial Livestock Auction Sale
At New Barn Thursday Afternoon
The Brevard Livestock auction
market will open Thursday after
noon at 2 o’clock at the newly
constructed barn near Camp Tran
sylvania, according to Ed C.
Mitchem, one of the promoters.
Others interested in the project
are J. R. Franklin, of Franklin,
and his two sons, C. W. and R.
R. Franklin.
The barn has a capacity of 150
animals and sales will be conduct
ed each week on the same day and
at the same hour. Cattle, sheep
and hogs will be sold and Mr.
Mitchem said he expected a large
number of buyers to attend the
auctions.
He pointed out that livestock
raisers in this territory would
save considerable time and ex
pense by selling their animals
here rather than trucking them
to more distant markets.
Mr. Mitchem has issued an in
vitation to all stock raisers to
patronize the auction market and
urges the general public to at
tend the initial sale Thursday of
this week. It is believed that the
sales will stimulate local busi
ness and encourage the raising of
more livestock on farms in this
locality. Mr. Mitchem estimated
that the local market should dis
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SEVERAL MINOR
CASES ON DOCKET,
PATFON PRESIDES
Term Is Scheduled To Last
Two Weeks. 17 Civil
Actions On Calendar
FEW SEEK DIVORCE
The March-April term of Tran
sylvania superior court will con
vene here Monday morning with
Judge George D. Patton, presid
ing, and Solicitor Clarence Ridings,
representing the state.
A total of 80 old cases and 40
new ones appear on the criminal
docket, in addition to 17 on the
civil calendar. The term is sched
uled to last two weeks but it is
not expected to consume that much
time.
Cases Listed
The criminal docket as compiled
from the clerk’s record yesterday
is as follows: False pretense: Sam
Barnett.
Speeding: Roy L. Barton, Sher
man Nell Hipp, A. J. Parker, Ca
rol S. Merrill, William Alvin Mo
Guinn, Archie Owen.
Drunken driving: Alta Beaugher,
Homer L. Clark, D. E. Culver,
Charles Edw. Fisher, Lonnie
Fisher, Mead Fisher, William Gal
loway, Fred Gordon. F. B. Kilpat
rick, Waymen Masters, Emanuel
Mullinex, Howard Lee Owen, A. J.
Parker, A. W. Perkins, James
Perry, Thomas J. Puckett, Harold
Reid, J. E. Talley, Floyd Nash,
Veagshn Owen, Huey M. Raines,
Wll^Btinicutt, John Elroy Smith.
Reckless driving: Foy Paul Bry
son, John H. Childs, Jr., Obie Fish
er, Thomas Hooper, Walter Hoop
er, George Elliott Owen, Don A.
; Fenland, Claude Allison, Ernest
Lance, Roy Sylvester McCoy, Shir
ley Prince, Robert Smith, William.
F. Hoxit.
Larceny: Walter Buchanan, Clif
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TO LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR SCOUT HOUSE
Part Of Funds For Frank’in.
Park Building Raised.
Contract Is Let
An active drive to raise the re
j mainder of the funds necessary for
the Girls Scouts’ “Little House”
in Franklin park will be launched
next week by the local executive
council, it was learned today from
the commissioner, Mrs. C. L. New
land.
The contract for the rustic-type
hut was recently let to Frank
Carr, of Pisgah Builders Supply,
and construction of the building
will begin immediately. The bulk
of necessary funds is now on hand,
but according to a national ruling
no building is permitted by the
Girl Scouts unless payment can be
made in cash.
The structure will contain three
rooms on the ground floor—one
large room for meetings and en
tertainments, a kitchen and a star*
age room for equipment The base
ment will contain additional stor
age space and showers. An outside
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Walter Galloway Is
Run Over By Tractor,
Injuries Are Slight
Walter Galloway, who stayed in
the hospital 24 hours after being
run over by a tractor, says he is
a pretty lucky man, according to
officials at the Transylvania com
munity hospital.
Mr. Galloway was plowing with
a tractor Monday afternoon when
the machine struck a large rock,
throwing him under the wheel.
Suffering only minor cuts and
bruises, he was released Tuesday,
Mrs. Alfred Perkins reports, and
returned to his home in the North
Brevard section.
If the tractor had been equipped
with metal cleats instead of par
tially inflated rubber tires, Mr.
Galloway would probably have suf
fered severe injury, Mrs. Perkins
added.