TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 58; No. 22
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948
★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRIMARY ELECTION IS SATURDAY
Jubilee Prizes To Be Awarded Saturday Night
ONLY THREE DAYS
REMAIN OF ANNUAL
TRADE EVENT HERE
Merchants Pleased With
Volume Of Business Done
Since Beginning Last Fri.
INVITATION REPEATED
The second annual Brevard Bar
gain Jubilee will end Saturday and
the prizes, consisting of $300 in
cash and merchandise worth in the
vicinity of $1,200 will be awarded
on the high school athletic field
beginning at 7:30 o'clock. C. M.
Douglas, who is chairman of the
committee in charge of the event,
has announced that the Ecusta
string band will provide music and
a loud speaker will be installed so
that everyone may hear easily. The
American Legion will operate a re
freshment booth during the eve
ning for the benefit of the Memo
rial building fund.
With three days of the bargain
event yet remaining, merchants
contacted by The Times report
they are well pleased with the
business done thus far. Their state
ments indicate that business here
last week end was above normal,
while several quickly disposed of
special merchandise bought for the
event. Additional values have been
provided for this week end and
President Alex Patterson renewed
his invitation for shoppers in this
whole area to take advantage of
the savings.
Many To Attend
Given good weather, it is expect
ed that some four or five thousand
people will be present Saturday
evening when the prizes will be
awarded. Last year it was esti
mated that the largest crowd ever
to gather in Brevard was present
when the prizes were given out.
The cash offered has been divid
ed into three awards—a grand
prize of $200 and two others of
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17 CONTESTANTS
IN BEAUTY RACE
Jaycees To Name “Miss Bre
vard” On June 5 At An- j
nual Pageant
The contest to choose “Miss Bre
vard” is now- in full swing with 17
girls competing for the beauty ti
tle, according to Russ Poole, chair
man of the Jaycee committee in
charge. The queen will be named
at the annual Miss Brevard pag
eant to be held at the Brevard coun
try club Saturday night, June 5.
Girls who had entered the con
test at presstime, according to the
chairman, are Guyma Stover, Mary i
Frances Gaither. Carolyn Kizer, I
Erma Hensley, Lillian Ann Grav-'
ley. Evelyn Houck, Mae Rigdon.!
Dot Osborne, Thelma Lance, Jane I
Fisher. Ann Hill, Betty Jo Wilson.j
Lou 1 rady, Julia Rigdon, Susie
Garland. Barbara Deaver and Jean
Hall.
The winner of the contest will
be awarded many valuable prizes
that are being offered by local
stores. She will also receive a free
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CALENDAR OF j
EVENTS j
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Thursday, May 27—Installation
of new officers of Rotary club and
ladies’ night at Cascade lake, be
ginning 4:00.
Friday, May 28—Ecusta Bowl
ing banquet at Camp Sapphire,
6:30; Transylvania district of Boy
Scouts council meets at Gaither’s
cafeteria, 7:00.
Saturday, May 29—Primary elec
tion in 19 county precincts. Poppy
Day. Drawing of prizes climaxing
bargain jubilee, high school field,
7:30.
Sunday, May 30 — Attend the
church of your choice. All-day sing-1
ing convention in court house be
ginning at 11:00 a. m. Memorial
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President Truman Buys First Poppy
LAUNCHING THE 1948 BUDDY POPPY sale, President Truman
buys the first one from Sandra Smith, 5, in Washington, D. C. Wear
ing the poppy in the lapel of his coat, the Chief Executive holds the
girl, whose two brothers are in veterans hospitals. She was accom
panied to Washington by Commander Ray A. Brannaman, at left.
The local sale of poppies Saturday is sponsored by the ladies auxil
iary of the Monroe Wilson post of the American Legion. (Interna
tional Soundphoto)
Poppy Day Will Be Observed
Here Saturday, Auxiliary Of
American Legion Is In Charge
Appeal Is Made To Aid Dis
abled Veterans. Mayor
Issues Proclamation
Final preparations for Poppy
Day have been completed today
by the members of the American
Legion auxiliary, sponsoring or
ganization. and Mrs. C. B. Disher.
chairman of the committee, urges
the co-operation of all persons when
the poppies are sold on the streets
Saturday. May 29.
“Honor the war dead and aid
the wars' living victims,” Mrs.
Disher stated, when explaining the
purpose of the annual poppy sales.
It is not only a memorial but it
serves as a means of aid for hos
pitalized veterans and for families
of deceased veterans, she pointed
out. The poppies which will be put
on sale Saturday will show that we
have not forgotten and are grate
ful for their defense of our coun
try. she added.
A special appeal to all veterans
of both wars to honor their fallen
comrades by wearing a poppy next
Saturday was issued today by Ray
mond F. Bennett, commander of
the American Legion post. Com
mander Bennett asked that gen
erous contributions be made for
the welfare of disabled veterans,
their families and dependents of
deceased veterans. In his appeal
he said:
“Let us all show by wearing a
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ECUSTANS TAKE
PART ON PROGRAM
AT NEW ORLEANS
Straus Makes Principal Talk
At Convention Of Su
perintendents Ass’n
Several Ecusta officials, includ
ing President Harry H. Straus,
General Superintendent Raymond
F. Bennett, John Eversman, Bill
Jordan, Lee Bauer and others,
participated on the convention pro
grams of the American Pulp and
Paper Mill Superintendents asso
ciation last week end in New Or
leans.
Mr. Bennett, the retiring presi
dent, presided over much of the
I annual meeting of the organization
; and was succeeded by Ollie Mess
i ner, of New Jersey. The Ecusta su
| perintendent was presented with
j two handsome gifts for his untir
| ing work during the past year.
President Straus delivered the
principal address at the final ban
cpiet at Hotel Roosevelt. He dis
cussed industrial productivity, em
ployer-employee relationship, prob
lems of industry, and in answer
to the question “Where are we
going?”, Mr. Straus said that in
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Memorial Plot To All Vets To Be
Dedicated At Gillespie Cemetery
A memorial and dedicatory ser
vice will be held at the recently
completed memorial plot in Gil
lespie cemetery Sunday, May 30,
at 4:30 o’clock, under the sponsor
ship of the American Legion and
its auxiliary, officials stated here
today.
A short and impressive program
will be held with Rev. W. G. Mc
Farland, Legion chaplain, as the
principal speaker. Rev. Walter P.
Baldwin, chaplain for the VFW
chapter, will deliver the invoca
tion. Raymond F. Bennett, com
mander of the Legion post, will
be master of ceremonies and will
make brief remarks at this time.
Organizations which have been
invited to participate in the ser
vice include local chapters of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, Daughters of the American
Revolution, the Lewis Earl Jack
son post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars and its auxiliary. Mem
bers of the UDC, DAR and VFW
auxiliary will place flowers at the
foot of the monument during the
ceremony.
Officials of the Legion auxili
ary have urged all persons having
relatives buried in Gillespie ceme
tery to have their plots cleaned be
fore Sunday. “We are planning
an impressive program,” one of
them stated, “and a neat appear
ance of adjoining plots would add
much to the ceremony.”
AVERAGE WEEKLY
WAGE IN COUNTY
FIXED AT $53.91
During Last Quarter of 1947
3,025 Workers Received
$2,120,764
During tin' final quarter of 1947
there were 3.025 workers employed
in Transylvania county receiving
total wages of $2.120.7(54, accord
ing to figures compiled by the
state unemployment compensation
commission. The compilation shows
the average weekly wage during
the period was $53.91, a great deal
above the state's average which is
$42.03. These figures are the high
est in the history of North Caro
lina and Transylvania county as
well.
A break down of the Transylvania
county total shows the following
employment and wages in six ma
jor classifications:
Construction — Eleven persons
employed at total wages of $2,712,
at an average weekly wage of
$34.76.
Manufacture—A total of 2,646
employed making a total of $1,957,
035 for an average wage of $56.88.
Transportation and communica
tion—A total of 40 employed mak
ing a total of $20,600.
Trade—A total of 213 making a
total of $98,600.
Finance, insurance and real es
state—Eleven persons in this field
making a total of $7,756.
Service and other activities—
This employed 109 persons for a
I total of $34,134.
The above report shows that aV
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TO HOLD FIFTH
SUNDAY SINGING
CONVENTION, 30TH
Record Crowd Expected.
Number Of Outstanding
Singers On Program
The regular fifth Sunday sing
ing convention will be held at the
court house here Sunday. May 30,
beginning at 11:00 o’clock, Glenn
Winchester, the new president, an
nounces today.
One of the largest crowds ever
to attend the fifth Sunday singing
is expected to be on hand for the
all-day affair, and the entire pro
gram will be carried over a pub
lic address system so that the peo
ple not able to find seats in the
court house will be able to hear
the program on the outside.
Several outstanding quartets,
trios and singing leaders from the
Carolinas have been invited to at
tend the- convention and partici
pate on the program. These in
clude: Wilson trio, Pelzer, S. C.;
Mello-tone quartet, of Asheville;
Tone-Masters quartet, of Asheville;
Dunn’s Rock quartet, of Brevard;
Transylvania Ladies quartet, of
Brevard; Shelton Brothers quar
tet, of Rosman; Ecusta quartet, of
Pisgah Forest; and, the Calvert
quartet, of Brevard.
Due to the services in the dif
ferent churches, the officials de
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Board Of Election
Case Set For Next
Term Of Court Here
The case growing out of an ac
tion designed to force the Transyl
vania county board of elections to
register negroes is being docketed
for trial at the July term of su
perior court here.
An action designed to force reg
istration through use of a man
damus writ was filed in superior
court earlier in the month by
Charles Meyers of Charlotte, at
torney for the CIO.
However, due to questions of
jurisdiction, a hearing scheduled
before Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., at
Marion on Monday of this week was
not held.
The suit was brought by Lamar
Kilgore, said to be a carpenter,
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— AN EDITORIAL
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Be Sure To yote Saturday!
The primary election will be held in Transylvania
and other counties in North Carolina Saturday and
we strongly urge every eligible citizen in the county
j to go to the polls and vote. True, we only nominate
j Saturday but from the nominees officers will be chosen ?
j in November.
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j It is the obligation of every citizen who is quali- j
j fiod to vote. However, it is stated that in the nation j
j only one person in six votes, which reveals a deplor- |
j able apathy toward one of democracy’s instruments |
j for perpetuating itself.
We have slight patience with the person who criti- |
i cizes the government and those who administer it, but 1
| who does not bother to use the franchise in an effort J
to correct the conditions of which he complains. !
j Speaking by and large, it is probably true that we 1
| have as good government as we deserve and it is only
through our intelligent discharge of the duties of citi
s zenship that it will be improved. This much we believe
j is true: Such betterment will come from the bottom
and not the top in response to the active and informed |
j demand of the electorate.
All of us proudly proclaim ourselves believers in
j representative democracy. We deplore the fate of
j those nations which succumb to dictatorship and com
j munistic forms of government. We have even given
j \ ast sums of money to sustain them against such re
j gimes. To be consistent, therefore, we should neglect
j no part of our duty as citizens in a republic and the
| first of these, we believe, is to vote.
Duckworth Elected To Head
Rotarians, Other Officers
Chosen, Festival Plea Made
BACCALAUREATE
SERMONS TO BE
DELIVERED SUN.
Final Graduation Exercises
Are Scheduled For Next
Thursday, June 3
Baccalaureate sermons will be
j delivered to the graduating classes
at Brevard and Rosman high
schools Sunday night, and final
exercises will be held at the two
schools next Thursday night, June
3.
Three local pastors will be heard
on the program here at Brevard
high school, with Rev. Walter P.
Baldwin, pastor of the Brevard
Davidson Rive r Presbyterian
church delivering the sermon.
Rev. W. G. McFarland, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church, will
give the invocation, and Rev. B. W.
Thomason, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, will pronounce the
benediction.
The baccalaureate sermon at
Rosman will be delivered by Dr.
Thom N. Carter, pastor of the Ros
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Hill Urges Group To Sup
port Important Event.
Ladies’ Night Thurs.
Ralph J. Duckworth, vice presi
dent of the Transylvania Trust
company here, was named to head
the Brevard Rotary club during
the ensuing year. Mr. Duckworth,
and the other newly elected offi
cers, will be installed at a ladies’
night meeting at Cascade lake on
Thursday afternoon and night, May
27. The new president succeeds
John Anderson.
J C. Gaither, owner of The Grill
and Gaither's cafeteria here, was
chosen as vice president by the
nominating committee, and Leo
Reid, who was appointed secre
tary in January, will hold the same
office for the next term. Gordon
Sprott was chosen as program
chairman and the directors include
the officers, the past president,
and newly elected ones are: J. A.
Gray, Rowell Bosse and George T.
Perkins, Jr.
Speaking before the Rotarians
at their last regular meeting in
Gaither’s cafeteria, Cecil J. Hill,
Brevard attorney, made a strong
plea for the group to aid in the
promotion of the 1948 Brevard
Music festival.
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Camp Sapphire Will Open Sunday, To
Dedicate Memorial To Ecusta War Dead
Dedication of an appropriate
war memorial to Ecusta veterans
who lost their lives in World War
II will feature the opening day
program Sunday at Camp Sap
phire, summer recreation center
for Ecusta employees. President
Harry H. Straus will speak at the
unveiling which will take place at
2.00 p. m.
The Ecusta band will play at the
service and there will be a guard
of honor, consisting of eight Ecu
sta employees in uniform. All of
the families of men to whom this
memorial is being dedicated have
been invited to attend the service.
The memorial is located at the
west end of the lake at Camp Sap
phire. The bronze plaque contains
a dedication and names of all Ecu*
sta employees who died in the late
war. Immediately behind the me
morial is a flag pole which will be
the official flag of Camp Sapphire
during the summer months.
All of the many attractions at
Camp Sapphire will be open Sun
day. These include fishing, swim
ming, boating, and picnicking.
The children’s playground, con
sisting of the merry-go-round, dou
ble see saws and swings is ready
for youngsters. Considerable work
has been done on the camp during
the winter months, and it is ip ex
cellent condition for the season,
Ecusta officials report.
LIGHT VOTE IS
EXPECTED HERE,
INTEREST LAGS
One Republican Race. Com
plete List Of Candidates
Is Published
POLLS OPEN 6:30-6:30
Transylvania Democrats and
Republicans will go to the polls
and vote in the 19 precincts in
the county on Saturday, May 29th,
in the primary election While
there are approximately 7.000
voters on the hooks, the vote in
the primary is expected to be
light in this county since there
are no hotly contested races.
The polls will he open from
6.30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. and votes
will be counted at the individual
polling places alter sundown Fin
al tabulation will be made Satur
day night here in the court house.
New registration has been ex
tremely light in all the precincts,
according to Fred Shuford, coun
ty election chairman.
Local Races
Chief interest in the Democratic
primary centers around the race
for county commissioners with.
Willis Brittain, Dewey Burton,
Lewis Osborne and E. W. Med
ford in the running. Another race
attracting much attention is f o r
the office of register of deeds
with Paul M. Whitmire and Wood
Paxton as candidates.
Since several oi Uie candMriMR*
IV: more interest bbs been shown
locally in the races for governor
and U. S. Senate.
There is only one open office
in the Republican primary with
G. L. Williard opposing Watt H.
Gragg for commissioner of agri
culture.
In the Cathey’s Creek town
ship of Transylvania, Taft (Buck)
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LIST OF PRIMARY
OFFICIALS GIVEN
Changes Are Made In Judges
And Registrars In Sev
eral Precincts
A number of changes has been
made in the election officials for
the 19 precincts in Transylvania
county for primary election to be
held in the town and county on
Saturday, May 29.
The complete list is given be
low and the first name is the reg
istrar, the second is Democratic
judge and the third is the Repub
lican judge.
Boyd: L. F. Lyday, Randal Lank
ford and Arnold Brown.
Brevard No. 1: Walter Ashworth,
W. C. Bangs and Carl Eldridge.
Brevard No. 2: M. W. Galloway,
C. R. Sharp and C. L. Scruggs.
Brevard No. 3: Dillard Patillo,
Clyde A. Shuford and Y. J. Mc
Crary.
Brevard No. 4: W. M. Case, R.
T. Kimzey and Louis Moore.
Cathey’s Creek: Gaston Morgan,
Ralph Paxton and John Dale.
Cedar Mountain: C. A. Page,
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Three Stolen Cars
Recovered Here In
Week, Sheriff Says
Three stolen automobiles were
recovered in Transylvania county
during the past week, according to
Sheriff Bert Freeman.
Monday night the vehicle belong
ing to Eddie Varner disappeared
from the streets of Brevard, but
was recovered abandoned near
Rosman by Sheriff Freeman and
Patrolman H. M. Morrow. The car
had more gas in the tank when re
covered than when stolen, and was
reported by officers to be undam
aged.
Agents of the FBI were hei*e
Tuesday and recovered two ma
chines said to have been stolen by
a ring of 10 men, since convicted
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