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. 24
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOURIST, CAMPING SEASON OPENS
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Varied Program At Music Camp For Summer
ROTARY CHOIR
FROM CHARLOTTE
COMING JUNE 14
First Concert On June 27;
Religious Service Each
Sunday Evening
PROPERTY IMPROVED
Transylvania Music camp, on
the outskirts of Brevard, is about
to star; its season Already one
of the music centers of the South
east, the 1943 season will offer a
varied and interesting program to
music lovers within traveling dis
tance. according to James Chris
tian Pfohl. director.
Beginning June 14 when the
Charlotte Rotary club s Boys choir
spends a well-earned week at the
camp, the season will run until
August 22, the date of the last
concert of the Brevard Music Fes
tival. During this period all con
certs at the camp except the Bre
vard Music festival are open free
of charge to the public, and any
one who is interested is urged to
attend, Mr. Pfohl said.
The first concert will be during
the latter part of the week of June
14 to 20 on a date and at a time
to be announced later. It will be
given by ihe Charlotte Rotary
club's Boys choir, their first ap
pearance in this part of the state.
From what Charlotteans say, it
will be well worth attending.
Concerts Weekly
The Transylvania Music camp
opens June 24th with the first of
• heir many concerts scheduled for
the afternoon of Sunday, June
27th. at 4:00 p. m. This will be
followed by concerts each Tues
day and Friday evening at 8:00 p.
m. and each Sunday afternoon at
4:00 p. m. until the camp closes
August 8. General speaking, Mr
Pfohl continued, the Sunday af
ternoon and Friday evening con
certs will feature either the camp
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ROLAND IS NEXT
LIONS PRESIDENT
Local Optometrist Will Be
Installed Along With Oth
er Officials On June 17 •
Dr. O. E. Roland, local optom
etrist, was elected president of
the Brevard Lions club, at the reg
ular meeting held at the Bryant
house Thursday night. Others who
were chosen at the same time on
the recommendation of the nom-l
inations committee were:
First vice president, Mark Os-1
borne.
Second vice president. Frank J
Kerber.
Third vice president, Anthony
Trantham.
Secretary, Hall Smith.
Treasurer, Cecil Hill.
Lion Tamer, A. J. Montanari.
Tail twister, R. C. “Slim” Bul
lock.
Alternate tail twister, Jack Hug
gins.
Directors, James Brennan and
Erwin Schranz.
Dr. Roland succeeds Max G.
Pangle and he and the others elect
ed will be installed at the next
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, June 10 — Food
Handlers school to continue
through Friday. C and D drivers
to be examined through Saturday
morning. Final audition for Ama
teur night, 1:00 at NYA hut. Ma
sonic meeting in lodge hall at
8:00. •
Friday, June 11—Court of Honor
at Methodist church at 7:30.
Saturday, June 12 — Kiwanis
Amateur night in high school aud
itorium at 8:00.
Sunday, June 13 — Attend the
church of your choice. Union ser
vice at Methodist church at 8:00
honoring Rev. Harry Perry.
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Good Attendance Reported At
Food Handlers’ School, Many
Important Speakers On Programs
Conducts School
WALTER F. HART, district
sanitarian here, is presiding over
the first food handlers’ school
now being held here in the Bre
vard high school through Friday
of this week. Featuring lectures,
demonstrations and movies, the
school is being held for the pur
pose of promoting better foods
in Brevard and Transylvania.
FIRST AUTO TAXI
OPERATED HERE BY
SINIARD IN 1921
Travel In Model-T Over Dirt
Streets Was Rough And
Rugged, He Says
While June is usually thought
of as the “Month of Brides/’ Hale
S’niard, well know Brevardian and
Transylvanian, says it is the anni
versary of the birth of the auto
taxi here.
Back in June, 1921, Mr. Siniard
began operation of the first T
model taxi here and has been in
the same business ever since that
time. Prior to 1921, his father, C.
M. Siniard. ran a horse and buggy
taxi from the depot, the heart of
Hie town.
“Taxi business today has changed
a great deal in the past 27
years,” Mr. Siniard states. "Back
then it took a day to go to Cae
sar's Head and a round trip to
Hendersonville or Asheville was
a two-day journey.”
In his T-model taxi Mr. Siniard
said he travelled approximately
200 miles per week, while today
the weekly average is always more
than 1.000 miles. “Streets in those
days were dirt ones, and travel
ling was not only slow, but also
rough and rugged,” he said.
Mr. Siniard operates the Star
taxi concern here, and while rem
iniscing he says he comes from a
line of long-livers. His father died
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I
Dr. Whims Cites Growth]
And Importance Of State
Health Department
More than 150 persons attend
ed the initial sessions of tlie three
day Food Handlers’ school now in
progress here at the Brevard high
school. Walter F. Hart, district
sanitarian, who is presiding, re
ports today.
Opening Wednesday morning,
the school is be*ng attended by
cafe owners and managers and
personnel, camp directors, and
employees of boarding houses,
tourist homes, etc. Classes will be
continued all day Thursday and
Friday and a number of outstand
ing health officials of the state
will participate on the programs.
Certificates To Be Awarded
All persons attending at least
four sessions of the three-day j
school will be awarded a certifi
cate, and establishments having
100 per cent attendance will be
issued a special placard, Mr. Hart
states.
The school, the first of its kind
to be held in Transylvania county,
opened Tuesday night with a ban
quet at Gaither's cafeteria with
Dr. H. C’. Whims, health officer of
Buncombe county as principal
speaker. Dr. Whims said that the
theme of the health department
today is co-operation and not on
lorcement.
When first organized, the speak
said, the department had to car-j
rv a ‘big stick but today there
is a spirit of cooperation among
the food handlers of the state,
hich makes better sanitary con-1
ditions in the handling of* foods
• erved to the public. This same
thing applies to the dairies, the
speaker said. Dr. Whims told some
of his experiences in health work
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LEGION OFFICERS
ARE RE ELECTED
Bennett Renamed Com
mander. Memorial Build
ing Nearing Completion
Present officers of the Monroe
Wilson post of the American Le
gion here were re-elected at the
regular meeting Monday night and
are as follows:
Raymond F. Bennett — com
mander.
Ralph Morris—first vice com
mander.
Vance Jackson — second vice
commander.
Charlie Disher—adjutant.
J. I. Ayers—financial officer.
Eugene Wilson — sergeant-at
arms.
John I. Anderson—publicity of
ficer.
Albert Shuford—athletic offi
cer.
John Rufty—child welfare offi
cer.
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Ann Hill Selected "Miss Brevard"
At Jaycees’ Annual Beauty Pageant
Miss Ann Hill, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Verne C. Hill, was
named “Miss Brevard” at the an
nual beauty pageant sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
at the Brevard country club last
Saturday night.
Miss Hill was chosen by a group
of out-of-town judges over 15 oth
er contestants and will compete
in the Miss North Carolina con
test at Wrightsville Beach in July.
The beauty contest winner was al
so awarded a number of prizes
given by local merchants. She was
sponsored by Pisgah Candy com
pany.
The beauty pageant was held
during the intermission of a dance
at the country club and Miss Hill
was crowned by Miss Carolyn Kim
zey, last year’s winner of the con
test. Music was furnished by Carol
Henry and his Bucanneers from
Asheville and several hundred
persons attended the dance and
beauty pageant.
The winner of the Miss Brevard
title attended the University of
Oklahoma and Mary Washington
college of the University of Vir
ginia. She is now employed in the
mill office at Ecusta Paper cor
poration.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Happ and
son, Edwin, Jr., are spending their
vacation at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Admiring Trophy To Be Awarded At Folk Jubilee Here
Pictured above are members of the planning committee for the second annual Transylvania Folk Ju
bilee to be staged here on June 17, 18 and 19, admiring the handsome trophy to be awarded the win
ning square dance team. Sponsored by the local post of the VFW, the Jubilee will attract outstanding
dancers from all parts of Western North Carolina, and cash prizes will be given in addition to the
beautiful trophy. Members of the committee, from left to right, are: Paul Patterson, Jim Grant, Charles
Perry and Jim Davis. (Staff Photo)
REV. HARRY PERRY
WILL BE HONORED
AT SERVICE SUNDAY
Four Larger Churches Oi
Of Brevard To Be Repre
sented. Public Invited
A union service of the four
larger churches of Brevard will
be held at the Methodist church
Sunday night at 8:00 o'clock hon
oring Rev. Harry Perry, retiring
rector of St. Philip's Episcopal
church.
Rev. E. R. Pendleton will de
liver the main address at the ser
vice and J. J. Stevenson, presi
dent of the United Laymen of
Brevard, will express apprecia
tion on behalf of his organization
to Rev. Perry. Rev. Walter P.
Baldwin, pastor of the Presby- j
lerian church, will preside, assist
ed by Rev. B. W. Thomason and
Rev. W. G. McFarland, pastors of
the Baptist and Methodist churches,
respectively.
A union choir, under the di
rection of Mrs. Verne C. Hill. St.
Philip’s choir director, with Mrs.
I-eon English at the organ, will
furnish a special musical program
at the service.
All persons, regardless of religi
ous affiliation, are invited to this
service honoring Father Perry,
who has been rector of St. Phil
ip’s for more than 20 years.
In Wreck Last Wed.,
Still Unconscious
In Vets’ Hospital
James Franklin Pierce, student
at Brevard college, and son of
Mrs. J. W. Pierce of Winston
Salem, is still in an unconscious
condition as a result of an auto
mobile mishap which occured two
miles from Brevard on the Green
ville highway at the Wilson bridge
curve shortly after midnight last
Wednesday.
Mr. Pierce was transferred from
the Transylvania Community hospi
tal last Thursday afternoon to the
veterans hospital at Oteen and his
condition is still reported to be
serious. Suffering severe lacera
tions about the face and head, the
victim is taking food and respond
ing to treatment. However, he re
mains unconscious.
According to Patrolman H. M.
Morrow, who investigated the mis
hap, Pierce was driving alone and
heading in the direction of Bre
vard. It is believed that the car
was traveling at a fast rate of
speed, failing to make the sharp
turn beyond the bridge and turned
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College Graduation Is Held, i
Trowbridge Awards Diplomas To |
90 Students, Smith Is Speaker
WILSON ISSUES
WARNING TO ALL
TOBACCO RAISERS
No Provision Made For Pre
payments On Excess
Amount Grown
T. J. Wilson, chairman of the
Transylvania County Agricultural
Conservation committee, announces
today that there will be no provi
sion during the 1948-'49 market
ing year for the prepayment of
penalty on the marketing of ex
cess tobacco on the basis of the
estimated production on the farm.
During prior marketing years,
producers of excess tobacco were
given the option of having the
penalty deducted by the ware
housemen at the time the tobacco
was marketed, or of prepaying the
penalty in advance on an esti
mated basis and making final set
tlement after all marketings from
the farm were completed. This
procedure necessitated the collec
tion of additional penalty or mak
ing a refund in every case and
made it difficult to determine the
eligibility for participation in the
price support program of the To
bacco Cooperative Stabilization
corporation.
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Hefner Delivered Sermon To
Graduates Sunday. Re
cital Given Monday
C. H. Trowbridge, vice president
of Brevard college, presented
graduation diplomas to 71 mem
bers of the college class and 19
members of the pre-college class
at exercises held in the college au
ditorium Tuesday morning. Dr.
Trowbridge presided in the ab
sence of E. J. Coltrane, president.
A large number of parents,
townspeople, students and other
friends heard an inspiring address
by J. Wilson Smith, interstate sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A. in the
Carolinas, who told the graduates
of five great commencement days
in the history of our civilzation.
He outlined them as the time
the Ten Commandments were giv
en, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount,
when Democracy was born at Val
ley Forge under the leadership of;
Washington, Lincoln's Emancipa
tion proclamation freeing the slaves
and Woodrow’ Wilson’s 14 points
during World War I which have
been called the foundation of
world government.
The noted Christian worker
snowed the i-elation between the
day, the time and the training
necessary for each of these great
events. “You will find that it was
a young man who played the most
important part in each of these
events,” he said, “a young man
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Kiwanis Club To Hold Amateur Show
Saturday Night At Brevard High School
The last group of contestants in
the annual Kiwanis Amateur show,
to be held in the high school on
Saturday night, at 8:00 o’clock,
will be chosen at the final audition
in the NYA hut Thursday at 1:00
o’clock, according to John Evers
man, director. More than 40 con
testants are expected to compete
for cash prizes totaling $62, it is
stated.
Persons entering the show will
be classified in one of seven
groups, according to Mr. Evers
man, and these groups include
dancers, acrobats, singers, pianists
and instrumental solos or ensem
bles.
At the first audition held last
Saturday afternoon, 39 contestants
were chosen to appear. Due to the
limited amount of time an addi
tional audition has been slated for
Thursday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Glass in charge. All
talented persons are invited to at
tend this last audition if they want
to compete in the talent night pro
gram.
Prizes will be awarded by
groups and two grand prizes of
$15.00 and $5.00 will be given to
the two best performers in the en
tire show. First prize of $3.00,
second $2.00 and third oi $1.00 will
be awarded to each of the seven
groups. Judges will be Mrs. Eva
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EXPECT RECORD
YEAR, RECEIVING
MORE INQUIRIES
Accommodations In County
Better. Chamber Of Com
merce Office Busy
11 CAMP’S OPERATING
With the opening of the sum
mer season, many tourists are
already arriving in Brevard and
indications point to one of the
best seasons in the history of
Transylvania county Approxi
mately 1.500 hoys and girls from
various parts of the United States
will arrive in Brevard at varying
dates beginning next week to make
up the attendance at the 11 or
ganized summer camps in Bre
vard and Transylvania county.
The Chamber of Commerce of
fice on the courthouse lawn in
front of the county library build
ing is now open and according to
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, the secretary,
more inquiries than ever before
are being received and numerous
visitors have come into the office
daily since its opening.
Since March 1, more than 2,
000 inquiries for tourist accom
modations in the county have
been answered by the secretary
and she states that a large num
ber of them desire to locate in
this section permanently. Most o£
the inquiries received are irons
Florida but many come from states
along the Pacific coast
More Accommodations
“Accommodations for the 1948
season are better than ever be
fore in the town and county,” Mrs.
Fisher states, “and we have a
large number of cottages and
cabins listed.” Interest is also
mounting in the Brevard Music
festival, it is reported.
Beginning next Monday Brevard
and Transylvania will be flooded
by campers arriving here for the
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AQUATIC SCHOOL
OPENED WEDNES.
10-Day Session Underway
At Camp Carolina. Ken
ning Is In Charge
The nationally famous Ameri
can Red Cross aquatic school
opened at beautiful Camp Caro
lina near North Brevard Wednes
day, with a capacity enrollment of
200, Harry Kenning, director, an
nounces.
The school will last for 10 days
and will close on June 19th. For
the past 15 summers, prior to the
opening of the regular camp sea
son at Camp Carolina, the South
ern section of the American Red
Cross has held a 10-day school
here, and for the past eight years,
similar schools have been con
ducted at the close of the reg
ular boys’ camp.
Representatives from every
Southeastern state are attending
the 10-day camp here this year,
Mr. Kenning says. They represent
various industries which stress
safety programs, many city munic
ipal parks, state and private recre
ational camps and a large number
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Jaycees To Start
Street Dances Here
Next Monday Night
The Jaycees will begin their
summertime street dances next
Monday night, June 14, here in
front of the high school at 8:00
o’clock with music by the Enen
Playboys, it is announced today.
These square dances, put on
each summer for the entertain
ment of the townspeople and the
tourists as well, proved highly pop
ular with more than 1,000 people
attending each Monday night in
past seasons, Charlie Himes, the
Jaycee president states.
Doyle Wells is in charge of the
street dance committee and Bill
Warren will do the calling, it is
reported.