TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 58; No. 27
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY TO CELEBRATE JULY 4TH
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Making Plans For Dedicating Legion Building
SPECIAL PROGRAM
TO BE HELD NEXT
SATURDAY NIGHT
State Commander And Other
Celebrities To Speak.
To Award Car
WILL STAGE PARADE
Elaborate plans are being made
for the formal opening and ded
ication of the American Legion
Memorial building located here on
East Jordan street next Saturday
night, July 10, Commander Ray
mond F. Bennett, announces to
day.
Stale Commander Ray Galloway,
of Wilmington has wired Mr. Ben
nett that he will attend the im
portant event and will make the
dedicatory address. Other special
speakers on the program will in
clude Harry H. Straus, president
of Eeusta Paper corporation; J.
S. Silversteen, head of the Silver
steen Industries of Transylvania
county; Ed M. Anderson, publish
er of five leading weekly news
papers in WNC; Ralph R. Fisher,
Brevard attorney; and Mayor S.
E. Varner. Commander Bennett
will preside over the meeting.
Prior to the dedication at the
new building, a parade will be
formed on the square with the
Eeusta band, rifle squads of both
the legion and the VFW posts in
the lead. Representatives of all
civic organizations in the town
rr.d launty ..re being* iiwittvi** to
participate in the parade and to
attend the dedication as guests of
honor.
Following the formal program
on the stage of the new Memorial
building, a square dance will be
held, during which time a new
Chevrolet car will be awarded.
Commander Bennett announces
that contributions are still com
ing in and he urges all persons to
donate to the car fund which will
be used to complete the construc
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ROSE TO RE-OPEN
STORE SATURDAY
Entire Stock Is New; Mrs.
Frances K. Millner Re
sumes As Manager
Rose s 5, 10 and 25c store will
re-open here Saturday morning at
9 o’clock according to an an
nouncement by the management.
Rose's stock was completely de
stroyed in a blaze which swept the
Weilt building on Main street here
last January. The origin of the
fire was never definitely determin
ed.
After salvage operations had
been completed, work was start
ed immediately by Fiske-Carter
Construction company on recon
structing the building. The new
store room is attractively decorat
ed and well-lighted, creating a
cheerful atmosphere. The office
remains on a balcony in the rear,
and the top floor is divided into
stock rooms.
Mrs. Frances K. Millner has
resumed the managership of the
store and said yesterday that
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, July 1—Lions club
meets at Bryant House, at 7:00.
Friday, July 2 — Kiwanis club
meets at Bryant house at 7:00.
Commencement exercises for Bible
School, First Baptist church, 7:30.
Band concert at music camp at
8:00.
Saturday, July 3—Cascade Lake
Inn opens.
Sunday, July 4—Attend the
church of your choice. Concert by
symphony orchestra at music
camp at 4:00.
Monday, July 5—Celebration of
July Fourth, all offices and stores
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Annual Picnic Of Merchants To
Be Held August 19; Committees
Named To Make Arrangements
Speaks Here Friday
JOHN PAUL LUCAS, well
known executive of Dnke Pow
er company, will be guest speak
at the Kiwanis meeting here
Friday night. Mr. Lucas is in
charge of public relations for
his company and edits the Duke
Power magazine. He has been
heard in Brevard on several oc
casions and has always been well
received.
CONCERT BAND TO
PLAY FRIDAY AT
MUSIC CAMP HERE
All Sunday Programs To Be
Heard Over Radio Sta
tion At Forest City
The Transylvania Music camp
concert band, directed by Julian
Helms of the faculty, will be
heard in the first band concert
at the camp Friday night,
July 2, at 8:00 o’clock. This is
the second concert at the music
camp, the symphony orchestra
performing in the first last Sun
day afternoon.
A large audience attended the
j first concert, and Director Pfohl
i urges all persons, in Brevard and
the county, to take advantage of
these free musical performances.
The symphony orchestra, com
posed of faculty members and
students, and conducted by Mr.
Pfohl. will again be heard Sun
day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. The
program, as released by Mr. Pfohl
is as follows: Overture to “Ober
on,” Weber; First Symphony in C
Major, Beethoven; Military March
from “The Algerian,” Suite-Saens;
Concert Minuet from the Classic
Symphony, Gerschefski; Elsa’s Pro
cession to the Cathedral from
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Directors Decide To Defer
Further Effort To Secure
Night Depository Here
Directors of the Brevard Mer
chants asosciation at their regu
lar monthly meeting at the city
hall Tuesday night decided to
hold the annual picnic on Thurs
day, August 19. The place will be
chosen by a committee consisting
of C. M. Douglas, chairman, J. A.
Gray, J. E. Smith and Charlie
Disher. A perferance was ex
pressed at the meeting for Camp
Sapphire if it could be obtained.
If not, the picnic will probably
take place at the Pink Beds.
President Alex Patterson presid
ed.
This group will also arrange
games, amusements, contests and
other diversions for the occasion.
There will be no speaking.
Harry Sellers was named chair
man of the committee on food
and he will be assisted by Curtis
Kelley, John Ford and Jimmy
Gaither.
The ticket committee consists
of Crawford Freeman, chairman;
Jack Trantham, Jack Matthews and
Ralph J. Duckworth.
It was^-agreed that merchants
SB1-:/*© 512 00 a year would re
ceive two free tickets and the
others four. Tickets will be sold
to others at $1.00 each and a
good attendance of merchants,
their employees and friends is
anticipated.
The secretary read a letter
from Russ Poole, chairman of the
“Miss Brevard Pageant” of the
Jaycees, thanking Brevard Mer
chants for their coperation in the
project.
“It is always our desire,” Mr.
Poole said, “to promote Brevard
to the fullest extent and through
our joint efforts we feel that
this goal can be achieved.”
There was some discussion by
the directors of an effort made
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Saturday Was Hot
92 Degrees Recorded
During the past week, Transyl
vania had its hottest day of the
month of June with the mercury
climbing up to 92 degrees last
Saturday afternoon, T. H. Barker,
city clerk and official weather
man. reports today.
The nights remained cool
throughout the month with an
average in the 50 s, and on June
2nd., and 10th., the temperature
dropped to 44, he states.
With a number of recent thun
dershowers during the day and
night, rainfall in the county
amounted to three and one-half
inches in June. Lightning has
caused some damage in the town
and county, hitting a few dwel
lings and outhouses, two stop
lights, the chimney of the coun
ty jail, but no causalities have
been reported.
Cannery Opens Here Next Thursday,
Rushing Business Expected In 1948
The Transylvania county can
nery, located here at the Brevard
high school, will officially open
next Thursday, July 8th., and a
rushing business is anticipated
during the 1948 season, Randal J.
Lyday, general supervisor, an
nounces today.
The cannery this year will be
managed and operated by John
Rufty and will be open every
Tuesday and Thursday of each
week, Mr. Lyday reports. When
the demand justifies, the cannery
will be open additional days each
week.
To be operated on the same
basis this year as in the past, the
community cannery will be open
to all persons and assistance and
advice will be given. Prices for
canning will be the same: six
cents for No. 2 cans and eight
cents for No. 3 cans in fruits and
vegetables, and meats may be
canned for seven and nine cents
for the two different size cans.
New equipment, consisting of a
stainless steel cooker of 30 gal
lon capacity and costing $250.00,
and a new automatic sealer, cost
ing $66.50, has been installed.
Last year several other items,
necessary in the process of can
ning, were put in, and Mr. Ly
day says he expects ’48 to be the
biggest season in the history of
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Modern Infirmary Being Completed At Brevard College
The impressive looking Mary Frances Stanley Memorial infirmary, pictured above, is nearing com
pletion on the campus of Brevard college. Dedication of the new building, modern in every design,
will be held next Saturday, July 10, at 11:00 o’clock. Costing more than S30.000, the infirmary is be
ing erected in honor of Miss Mary Frances Stamey, former student at the college here who died in
1946 after service in the air corps. (Staff Photo)
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
(Official Returns)
PRECINCTS
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Scott
Boyd _ 47
Brevard No. 1_162
Brevard No. 2 _133
Brevard No. 3_279
Brevard No. 4_116
Cathey’s Creek_121
Cedar Mountain_ 5
Dunn’s Rock _ 47
East Fork _ 28
Eastatoe _125
Gloucester No. 1
Gloucester No. 2
Hogback No. 1 _.
1
20
42
Hogback No 2 _ 17
Hogback No. 3_ 5
Little River _ 6
Old Toxaway _ 14
Risgah Forest _ 113
Rosman _ 91
35
138
84
70
104
88
0
56
23
21
10
5
32
25
18
19
4
31
43
Totals -L—1372 806
1,100 Members Of
Savings And Loan
To Receive $17,000
A semi-annual dividend of ov
er 817,000 will be paid July 1 to
the 1,100 members of the Bre
vard Federal Savings and Loan
association, Jerry Jerome an
nounced today.
Resources of the association
now exceed a million dollars and
it continues to grow by leaps and
bounds. The association pays an
annual dividend of 2l/z per cent.
Cascade Lake Inn
Re-Opens For Season
Cascade Lake Inn, popular re
sort before the war, will reopen
for the 1948 season under the
management of Mrs. Mary Woot
ten, of Greensboro, on Saturday,
July 3rd.
Completely redecorated, the Inn
faces the lake front and room and
board may be had by the day or
week at very reasonable rates,
Mrs. Wootten declares. Visitors
at the Inn are permitted to swim,
boat and fish and use the other
recreational facilities of the lake
and grounds.
ENTER MILITARY SERVICE
Bryan Pettit, Hilton Reid, Paul
Lance and Roy Compton, all of
Brevard, and members of the
Blue Devil football team at Bre
vard high school last fall, were
inducted into the army air corps
last week end and left Monday for
San Antonio, Texas, where they
will- take basic training.
Nearing Completion Of New
Infirmary At College Here,
Dedication Set For July 10
scon WINS OVER
JOHNSON IN RACE
FOR N.C. GOVERNOR
Transylvania D e m o c ratic
Voters Pick Johnson by
1,372 To 806 Vote
While W. Kerr Scott, former
commissioner of agriculture, won
the Democratic nomination for
governor of North Carolina in the
run-off primary last Saturday by
a majority of more than 30,000
votes, Transylvania and most of
the mountain counties gave Char
les M. Johnson, state treasurer, a
sizeable majority.
The total vote in Transylvania
was 2,178 of which Johnson re
ceived 1,372, and Mr. Scott 806.
Immediately following his nom
ination, Mr. Scott and his wife
left for an undisclosed destina
tion in Western North Carolina.
IIis recent opponent is also vaca
tioning in the mountains and will
speak at the Ecusta Paper cor
poration picnic at Camp Sapphire
next Monday afternoon.
Before nine o’clock last Sat
urday night, Mr. Johnson con
ceded his defeat to Mr. Scott and
pledged his support of the nom
inee in the November election.
Scott's Republican opponent in
the general election will be the
62-year old George M. Pritchard.
Building Is Modern Through
out. Is Memorial To
Former Student
Construction workers are putting
final touches on the new Mary
Frances Stamey Memorial infirm
ary at Brevard college prior to
the dedication which is slated for
Saturday, July 10th., at 11:00
o’clock. Invitations to the import
ant event were mailed this week
to all friends and alumni of the
college.
The infirmary, which is situat
ed directly behind West Hall, is
a modern brick-fireproof building
and has been under construction
for several months.
The main address of the dedica
tory exercises will be made by
Joseph C. Whisnant, of Shelby,
prominent attorney and outstand
ing lay leader of the Methodist
church. He is also of law partner
cf Senator Clyde R. Hoey. Mr.
Whisnant will be introduced by
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
Brevard college.
The devotional will be given by
Rev. Robert H. Stamey, pastor of
Commonwealth Methodist church
of Charlotte, and selected music
will be given by Miss Frances
Cornwall, accompanied by Miss
Mary Ann Stamey.
The ritual of dedication will be
performed by Dr. W. A. Stamey,
district superintendent of the
Gastonia district of the WNC con
ference of the Methodist church.
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Superior Court Jurors Are Named, ’
First Week Of Term Opens July 12
Jurors for the July term of Su
perior court in Transylvania coun
ty are announced this week by N.
A. Miller, clerk of court.
The term will open Monday,
July 12th, and will last two weeks.
Judge George D. Patton, of Macon
county, will preside and Clarence
O. Ridings, of Forest City, will
represent the state.
Called to serve on the first
week’s jury are the following:
James Hawkins, A. L. Poteat, Mrs.
Joe Poole, Clifford Gillespie, Al
fred L. Skinner, Otis Merrill, John
D. York, R. K. Fulton, Tom Hargis,
Louis M. Meece, Harold Whitmire,
Frank McCall, Jr., Boyd B. Meix
eli, Carl R. Baynard, Reuemma
Beddingfield Reid, Lambert Baker,
Vaughn Fisher, V. H. Fricks,
Charles Pickelsimer, Jr., Mrs. Nell
Wilson, P. C. Debrabant, Van
Waldroup, Mrs. Hattie Kitchen, J.
G. Barton, Leroy Davis, Lamar
Hamilton, Mrs. Jordon Whitmire,
Mrs. Ollie E. Capps, Mrs. Dewey
Burton, T. B. Lane, Simeon Mc
Call and Calvin Smith.
Jurors chosen for the second
week are W. L. Mull, Jerry Je
rome, Porter Tinsley, Mrs. J. H.
Wolfe, D. McCall, Frank Shuford,
Lmmett Brown, Tom Whitmire,
Julius Owen, Ralph Monaghan, C.
A. Tinsley, Lawrence Whitmire,
E. H. Carland, Warren Alexander,
Ronalda Irene Orr, Mrs. Walter P.
Fisher, Thomas Ramsey and
Charles V. Orr.
MANY ACTIVITIES
ARE PLANNED FOR
MONDAY, JULY 5
Thousands To Attend Ecusta
Picnic At Camp Sapphire.
Johnson To Speak
STORES TO CLOSE
Highlighted by the Eeusta Paper
corporation picnic at Camp Sap
phire which will be attended by
several. thousand people, Monday,
ihe Fifth of July, will be celebrated
in Transylvania county due to the
fact that the Fourth falls on Sun
lay. Many special athletic attrac
tions have been planned in and
around Brevard and the day will
be climaxed by a big street dance
that night in front of the Brevard
high school.
An address by President Harry
H. Straus will be featured at the
Ecusta picnic at 2:00 o’clock, to be
followed by a talk by State Treas
urer Charles M. Johnson.
All stores, industries, the band
and various town and county of
fices will be closed on Monday as
will the post office. Window serv
ice will be offered from 8:30 a. m.
until 9.00 a. m. and from 11:00 to
11:30 a. m. There will be no city
or rural delivery on July 5th.
With the opening of the sum
mer tourist season, already a large
number of visitors from all parts
of the nation are filling the inns,
hotels, cabins and extra rooms in
the town and county, and special
udiviiies are being prepared to
entertain the tourists as well as
the home folks.
According to Ranger W. W. Hub
er, already throngs of summer visi
tors are flocking to the Pisgah
National Forest, and a record num
ber of sightseers, picknickers,
swimmers and fishermen are an
ticipated in the forest over the
week end of the Fourth of July.
The town board of aldermen,
which is slated to meet on the first
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OVERSEAS AID
DRIVE CONTINUED
Federated Women’s Clubs
Here Making Appeal
For Donations
The American Overseas Aid
United Nations Appeal for Chil
dren, which is sponsored here by
1 lie four Federated Women’s clubs,
will continue for another
week, according to the co-chair
men, and all individuals and
business houses who have not been
solicited for contributions are
urged to do so within the next
few days. Transylvania’s quota
is SI.556.
This “Crusade for Children” is
aimed at stopping starvation and
improving living conditions in
the war- ravaged countries of
Europe, and is a nation-wide drive.
Throughout this state members
of the State Federation of Wo
men’s clubs are handling solicita
tions. Mrs. Fred Holt, president
of the Mathatasian club, and
Mrs. Lehmann Kapp, president
of the Wednesday club, are co
chairmen of the drive. Serving
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Bible School At
Baptist Church To
End Friday Night
The annual Daily Vacation Bible
School at the First Baptist church
will be brought to a close Fri
day evening with the commence
ment exercises at the church. The
program will begin at 7:30 o’clock.
The service was originally an
nounced for Sunday night, but
since many parents and children
are expected to be out of town
because of the Fourth of July hol
iday, the program was moved up
to Friday night.
This year’s school has been on©
of the best-attended ever held at
the local church. Enrollment hag
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