TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 58; No. 25
The Transylvania Times
State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Papejr
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
SECTION ONE
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY ROADS BEING IMPROVED
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Three-Day Folk Jubilee Opens Here Thursday
MANY TO ATTEND
ANNUAL EVENT, TO
GIVE CUP, PRIZES
Outstanding Dancers And
Musicians From WNC On
All Programs
HUGGINS TO BE MC
The three-day Transylvania Folk
Jubilee, under the sponsorship of
the Lewis Earl Jackson post of
fne Veterans ol Foreign AVars. will
get underway here Thursday night
in the Brevard high school auditor
ium when outstanding square
dance teams, string bands and in
dividual musicians vie for prizes
to be awarded at the final per
formancc Saturday night.
From all indications, a large
crowd will be on hand for all
three nights’ performances, VFW
officials state. Tickets have been
on sale for the past several weeks
and they may also be purchased at
the door.
Jack Huggins will be master of
ceremonies for all three nights,
and the VFW band and square
dance team will give exhibitions.
Among the square dance teams that
have expressed desire to compete
are Jump Off Rock, Green River,
Brevard (Earl Powell, caller),
Conamary Farms, Bryson City,
Champion Y. Sylva, Soco Gap and
Walt Wood's Connestee team,
which won last year.
Jess Jackson, fiddler from T an
sylvania, who is a veteran moun
tain musician, will be featured on
the opening night program. His
ability to play and sing the old
mountain ballads is well-known
tnroughout this area.
String bands which will be heard
on the three-night jubilee are the
Rosman band, Brookshire band.
Jump Off Rockland. Grant broth
ers band, Cashiers band and the
Three Bobs, Bob Tinsley, Bob
Jackson and Bob Dunn.
The Drake sisters trio, of Hen
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SWIMMING POOL
OPENS THURSDAY
Albert Shuford Will Be In
Charge. Season Tickets
Are Offered
The Brevard municipal swim
ming pool opens Thursday with
Albert Shuford in charge, T. H.
Barker, city clerk, announces.
Located in Franklin park, the
pool is owned and operated by the
town of Brevard and the hours
for opening this summer will be
as follows: daily—10 a. m. to 12
noon, 2 to 6 p. m.; Sundays—2
to 6 p. m.
Mr. Shuford stresses the fact
that there will be life guards on
duty at all times. A wading pool
will be open for the smaller chil
dren and the water is always clean
and cool, chemically pure.
Season tickets may be pur
chased from Mr. Shuford at the
following prices: children and stu
dent—$4.00; adult—$6.00; adult
couple $7.50; and, family $10.00.
He urges both young and old
to swim daily for health and re
laxation.
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, June 17—Swimming
pool opens at 10:00 a. m. Lions
club meets at Bryant House, 7:00.
Transylvania Folk Jubilee, high
school auditorium, 8:00. Concert by
Charlotte Rotary clubs’ boys’ choir,
music camp auditorium, 8:00.
Friday, June 18 — Registration
for Bible school at First Baptist
church, 9:00 a. m. Garden club
meets with Mrs. B. W. Loomis,
3:30. Kiwanis club meets at Bry
ant house, 7:00. Second night of
folk jubilee, high school, 8:00.
Saturday, June 19 — Ecusta vs.
Beacon on Camp Sapphire dia- J
mond, 3:30. Last night of folk ju
bilee, 8:00.
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Soloists With Rotary Boys’ Choir
Shown above are several of the soloists who will be heard at the
concert to be given Thursday night at the music camp by the Ro
tary Boys’ choir from Charlotte. These boys have been spending a
week at Transylvania music camp and have rehearsed under the di
rection of James Christian Pfohl. They will return to Charlotte Sun
j day by way of Blowing Rock where they will sing Sunday night.
Rotary Choir From Charlotte
Arrived At Music Camp Mon.,
To Give Concert l burs. Night
Boys Famed For Demo
cratic Principles. To Sing
! At Blowing Rock Sun.
The 60 members of the Char
lotte Rotary club's Boys’ choir,
lamed for their democratic prin
jeiples as well as their choral abili
ties. arrived Monday for a week’s
[stay at Camp Transylvania and
j will be heard in concert at the
| camp auditorium Thursday night
[at 8:00 o’clock.
The choral ensemble will be di
rected by James Christian Pfohl
with Miss June Faulk, accompanist,
and their program will consist of
: semi-classical and popular songs.
The public is invited to attend the
! concert free of charge.
“When we began the choir last
year, we unanimously agreed to
uphold the principles of democ
racy,” said James P. McMillan,
chairman of the Boys’ choir com
mittee of the club, who accom
panied them here this week. He
pointed out that choir members
are chosen from the 20 schools in
Charlotte and they represent ev
ery religious faith. Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish.
“We have become quite re
nowned for just this reason,” Mc
Millan continued, “and hope to get
a write-up in Life magazine soon.
CBS has definitely promised us a
coast-to-coast hook up in Septem
ber. Next year we are scheduled
to sing for Rotary International in
New York.”
The boys, who compose the
choir, are chosen from the fifth,
sixth and seventh grades. It is a
revolving organization, due to the
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PUBLIC INVITED
TO DISCUSSION
: ONFROZEN FOOD
Miss Nita Orr Will Give A
Demonstration At Farm
ers Federation Tues.
Miss Nita Orr, state college spe
cialist on frozen foods, will give
a demonstration and hold a dis
j cussion on the value and use of
.frozen foods at the Farmers fed
• oration showroom here next Tues
day, June 22, at 2:00 p. m., Bill
Barnard, supervisor of the federa
tion locker plants, announces to
day.
in issuing a cordial invitation to
I he general public to attend the
important event, Mr. Barnard says
that Miss Orr will explain how a
family can save at least $100 an
nually by using frozen food lock
ers or home freezers.
Refreshments from Skyline dai
ries, WNC's most modern dairy,
! which is operated by the federa
i tion. will be served next Tuesday
: iernoon following the demonstra
tion and discussion, and a number
of valuable prizes will be given,
Mr. Barnard states.
The federation last fall complet
ed the new building here and add
ed a modern frozen food locker
plant on the basement floor.
Mrs. Berry Gaither is spending
several weeks in Sylva visiting
relatives.
To Hold Public Hearing Next Monday
Regarding Mass Poisoning Of Dogs
Following a report of an inves
ligator of the SBI, which tended
to link the names of two Brevard
policemen with the mass dog poi
soning here recently, Mayor S. E.
Varner, Sr., and the town board of
aldermen are calling a public
hearing next Monday night, June
21, at 7:30 o’clock in the mayor’s
court room over the city hall.
At a special call meeting Mon
day night of the mayor and the
board of aldermen with the mem
bers of the police department, the
report of the SBI representative
was examined carefully and the
officers in question flatly denied
being connected in any way with
the poisoning and said they would
welcome a public hearing.
A number of unsworn state
ments incriminating the Brevard
policemen had been secured by
the investigator, and the Mayor
and the board felt that they were
insufficient evidence. These per
sons will be subpoenaed and their
testimony will be taken under oath
next Monday night. All other per
sons having material facts bearing
evidence on the matter will also
be heard at that time.
Mayor Varner states that no ac
tion will be takgn regarding the
accusations set forth in the report
until after the public hearing.
A large number of dogs were
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INTEREST MOUNTS
HERE IN RUN-OFF
PRIMARY, JUNE 26
Only Democratic Judges Will
Serve. Both Candidates
Claim Victory
Considerable interest is being
shown in Brevard and Transyl
vania in the run-off primary be
tween Charles M. Johnson and Kerr
Scott scheduled for Saturday,
June 26.
In the first primary Johnson
i oiled 1.123 votes in the county
md Scott was third high man with
317. Albright ran second, having
598. Supporters of both Johnson
and Scott in the town and county
are campaigning rather vigordus
iy for their candidate.
Under the North Carolina elec
tion law. only Democratic judges
will serve in the second primary
in Transylvania since there will
be no Republican contest, Fred
Shuford, chairman of the county
board of elections, announces.
Additional Democratic judges
are now being appointed and will
he announced prior to the pri
mary, Mr. Shuford states. There
will be no additional registration
as the same registration used in
Ihe first primary will be in effect
on June 26.
From Raleigh headquarters,
both Johnson and Scott this week
released statements regarding the
second primary. Johnson is charg
ing his opponent of conducting his
campaign with “deception”, while
Scott says that anti-machine -vot
ers all over the state who divided
their ballots among the five inde
pendent Democratic candidates in
Ihe first primary are now backing
him.
Johnson’s Statement
Johnson said he desired to con
duct his campaign on the highest
plane possible, but that this has
been made “exceedingly difficult
because of the character and type
of campaign” conducted by his op
ponent.
Johnson said it was necessary
that the record be set straight. He
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POLICE TO HOLD
BALL ON JUNE 25
Tickets On Sale For Event
To 'Be Held At Brevard
Country Club
Tickets are now on sale for the
second annual Brevard police
men’s ball to be held at the coun
try club on Friday night. June 25,
Chief B. F. Banther announces
today.
Proceeds from the event, which
will be marked by round and
square dancing, will go for the
benefit of the special fund of the
Brevard police department, used
for the purchasing of necessary
equipment from time to time, the
chief states.
Music for the ball will be fur
nished by the Ecusta string band,
and tickets may be secured from
any member of the local police
force at $1.00 each.
Last year the first annual po
licemen’s ball here was highly
successful and more than $500 was
raised for the special work of the
department, it is reported.
Many Attend Monday
Night Street Dances
The first street dance of the
summer Monday night proved suc
cessful and popular with towns
people, according to Doyle Wells,
chairman of the committee, and
the Jaycees will continue these
square dances throughout the sum
mer months.
Approximately 500 persons were
present Monday on the roped off
area in front of the Brevard high
school and music was furnished
by the Enon Playboys. Bill War
ren was the caller.
An even larger crowd is expect
ed next Monday night, Mr. Wells
reports, and dancing will begin
promptly, at 8:00 o’clock.
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Brevard Woman Solo^ After Eight Hours
MRS. T. H. BARKER, pictured above in a shiny new airplane, has
the distinction of being the first Brevard woman to solo after only
eight hours of flying instruction. Mrs. Barker, wife of the popular
city clerk, says she was once afraid of planes, but now it’s quite the
contrary. She received her flying instructions from Oscar Meyer, Jr.,
of Hendersonville, who taught GI’s to fly during World War II.
(Staff Photo)
Baptist Churches In Transylvania
Launch Sun. School Enlargement
Campaign, First Meeting Saturday
State Secretary
L. L. MORGAN, who is secre
tary of the Sunday School divi
sion of the Baptist State conven
tion in North Carolina, will ar
rive here this week end to per
sonally direct a Sunday School
enlargement campaign in the
Transylvania association. He will
also be heard at both the morn
ing and evening services at the
First Baptist {church, Sunday.
State Convention Secretary
To Direct Activities. To
Take Census
A Sunday school enlargement
campaign among Baptist churches
in the Transylvania association
will be launched with an impor
tant preliminary meeting Saturday
afternoon, June 19, at 3 o’clock
at the First Baptist church. The
campaign will continue through
June 26?
Twenty-two churches in the
county have signified their inten
tions of participating in the cam
paign. They are Brevard First,
Brevard Second, Blantyre, Blue
Ridge, Boylston, Carr’s Hill, Ca
they's Creek, Dunn's Creek, En
on, Glady Branch. Lake Toxaway,
Oak Grove, Pisgah Forest, Rocky
Hill, Turkey Creek, and Zion. All
churches are urged to bring a
large delegation to the meeting
Saturday afternoon.
L. L. Morgan, secretary of the
Sunday school division of the
Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina, will personally direct
the campaign. He will be assist
ed by a large number of workers
who will be assigned to the partic
ipating churches. Mr. Morgan will
speak at both services at the First
Baptist church Sunday—the 11 a.
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Brevard Woman Says Learning To
Fly Is Easy, Solos In Eight Hours
“Learning to fly is easy” says
Mrs. T. H. Barker, wife of the city
clerk of Brevard.
And a look at her log of flying
instructions would tend to verify
her statement. Mrs. Barker took
her first flying lesson on Mar. 17,
1948. After only eight hours of
instruction by Oscar Meyer, noted
flyer and instructor of Hender
sonville, Mrs. Barker took off in a
plane by herself for the first time
and made a beautiful first solo
flight.
She says she was naturally a lit
tle afraid at first, but now she
takes spins and stalls as easy as
people take curves in a car. During
the course of training, these ma
neuvers are practiced as precau
tionary measures in order that the
pilot will have a better under
standing of the plane and what it
will do, and before a pilot can get
his or her license, he must put
the plane through every test im
aginable. Mrs. Barker contends
that any person who can learn to
drive a car or to roller skate, can
learn to pilot an airplane.
The most thrilling and awe-in
spiring incident Mrs. Barker says
she had while learning to fly was
when she was shown the pilot’s
cross. “While flying over white
fleecy clouds one day with the sun
shining brightly, the pilot tipped
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MANY PROJECTS
NOW UNDERWAY,
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
Main Highways Are Being
Resurfaced. Prison Camp
Is Re-Opened
DUST-PROOFING ROUTES
Considerable improvements of
• he m an and secondary roads in
Transylvania county are now un
derway, a survey reveals toda\.
Highway 276 from Brevard to
Asheville has been resurfaced to
'he county line, and similar work
lias been started on highway 64
to Hendersonville. One crew of
men is at the present time repair
ing the shoulders and clearing
curves and ditches on the same
route and the work will be con
tinued through Brevard to Bos
nian.
Major repair work is being done
on the highway from Rosman to
Lake Toxaway, and when com
pleted, the highway will be con
siderably wider and a few danger
ous curves eliminated, it is report
ed.
Asphalt On Club Road
The road from the Brevard city
limits to the country club is now
being surfaced with a layer of six
inches of rock now being put
down. A coat of asphalt will be
laid when the rock has been packed
and settled.
Since the opening of the prison
camp at Calvert, additional labo.
has been put on the county roads,
it is stated. There are approxi
mately 55 convicts encamped and
several crews are working on dif
ferent projects in the county. One
crew is operating the recently
opened rock quarry at Penrose
where gravel for the county roads
is being obtained.
Two miles of the Crab Creek
road, in Transylvania county at
Little River, are being resurfaced
with rock and asphalt, and when
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SUMMER SCHOOL
OPENS AT COLLEGE
Classes Started Wednesday
Over 175 Students Are
Registered
Classes began Wednesday at the
Brevard college summer session
with more than 175 students en
rolled, over half of which are vet
erans, J. J. Stevenson, dean of the
college, states.
Registration for all new stu
dents who entered the institution
for the first time, was held Mon
day and they were given a se
ries of placement tests on Tues
day under the supervision of Dr
B. W. Loomis, head of the Guid
ance program.
The curriculum for the summer
term has been limited to all ele
mentary courses in many of the
departments since a number of the
regular faculty are on leave of ab
sence for the summer. In the busi
ness department only elementary
typing and shorthand are being
offered, only practical courses in
music may be taken, oils and pas
tels are the two art courses being
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To Demonstrate
Latest Methods
Of Weed Killing
All Transylvania county farm
ers are invited to a Weed Killing
demonstration in corn to take
place at the farm of C. K. and
Lewis Osborne at Pisgah Forest
Thursday, June 17, at 2:00 o’clock,
J. A. Glazener, county agent,
states.
This demonstration is being
given with the co-operation of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
the county agent points out.
“Come and see the easy way
to kill weeds,” Mr. Glazener ur
ged. The demonstration will be
made by spraying with 2, 4-D us
ing a tractor power sprayer at
tachment.