A Hearty Welcome to Brevard College Students and Faculty Members—May You Have A Successful Year!
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
Ad 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. 39
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PLAN FOR COLLEGE MUSIC BLDG.
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Transylvania School Enrollment Is At Peak
TOTAL OF 1,046
ARE ATTENDING
BREVARD GRADED
Incr «se Of 174 Students In
(bounty Schools Over
1 Last Year
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LUNCHROOMS open
Tlie total enrollment for Tran
svlvjania county schools at the end
ot ;?i two weeks’ period is 3.227,
whiich is an increase of 174 stu
di’nts over last year’s enrollment,
aJccording to county superintend
Jnt J. B. Jones. The largest num
ber of students reported was at
srevard elementary with an en
Irollm r.t of 1.046 pupils in grades
\ne through eight, he added.
Ten of the schools in the county
Reported increased enrollments
Tver last year’s. At Brevard high
school 15 more students are study
ing this year to bring the total to
192. Rosman high school has 13
pore pupils and 126 enrolled. Oth
epr increases in addition to Brevard
, elementary are as follows: Pen
rose. seven, total 73; Selica. nine,
Hal 73; Rosman elementary, 31,
httal 563; Balsam Grove four, total
5tfy Lake Toxaway, three, total 111;
Quebec, two, total 79; Silversteen.
six\ total 56;, and liosen^ aid, 18,
totdi iPi %, • * :
Show Decline
Fou f - els renortpd a decrease
in enrfol »nt. They are as fol
lows: i’edar Mountain, seven less
with lK; ( innestee, one less with
57; Idjttle River, one less with 89;
and jfisgah Forest, seven less with
30^f f
eleven lunchrooms, three of
whrlch are new this year, are being
op ened in the town and county
wi thin the next week. Brevard ele
rntary reports that approximately
60i) students are being fed daily.
6)tl;ier schools which will provide
ho t lunches for pupils this year
art; Pisgah Forest, Rosman, Lake
ToWaway. Penrose, Quebec and
Rofeenwald. The last three will op
onj this year for the first time.
{According to Supt. Jones all
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PRITCHARD TO
BE HEARD HERE
O. P. Candidate For Gov
ernor Will Speak In Court
House Saturday P. M.
An invitation has been issued
by Ralph R. Fisher, chairman of
the Republican Executive commit
tee, to all citizens to hear an ad
dress by Hon. George M. Pritchard,
of Asheville, G. O. P. candidate for
governor of North Carolina, in the
court house at 2:00 o'clock Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. Pritchard will discuss many
issues of interest to all citizens,
Mr. Fisher said, and will define his
stand on these issues.
A prominent Asheville attorney,
Mr. Pritchard was state solicitor
for this district for four years and
.iie a member of the general as
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 23 — Business
and Professional Women’s club
meets at country club, 7:00. Com
munity council meets at 7:30 in
court h^juse. Masonic meeting 8:00
o'clo'
5
T Fday, Sept. 24 — Brevard high
6. jcii Lippen on lighted high
hool field at 8:00. Square dance
:n American Legion building at
8:30.
Saturday, Sept. 25 — Shelton
Brothers show in court house at
8:00.
Stfhday, Sept. 26 — Attend the
ehurch of your choice.
Monday, Sept. 27 — VFW and
auxiliary meet in VFW club rooms
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Parade Of Floats And Fire
Equipment To Open Prevention
Week Here Next Sat., Oct 2
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Looking Ahead
, #R- R- COLTRANE, presi
i dent of Brevard college, stoics
j this week that he Hs loo kin, ior
' ward to even greater progress
at Brevard college. During the
past year, two new buildings have
been erected; other parts of the
physical plant materially en
larged and improved; and, stu
dent enrollment for the current
year is above expectations. “Our
immediate plans call for the con
struction of a music building
and auditorium to serve the col
j lege and community,” he reports.
MOTOR CONCERN
BOUGHT OUT BY
FREEMAN HAYES
Roger Hayes Will Continue
With Company As Fore
man And Parts Mgr.
Freeman Hayes has bought out
the Hayes Motor Co. Inc., here
and will continue the business un
der the name of the Freeman
Hayes Motor company. Roger
Hayes, one of the former owners
of the business, will remain with
the firm as shop foreman and parts
manager, according to Freeman
| Hayes.
In addition to doing general auto
repair, Freeman Hayes has stated
I that he recently purchased moulds
j to recap the new' size tires on the
; market. He has moved his recap
ping equipment from the rock fil
ling station west of city hall to
his new location, having sold the
station to Harold Patterson, who
will continue to operate it.
Freeman Hayes built the garage
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Firms And Individuals Urg
ed To Cooperate. Inspec
tion To Be Made
The observance oi' the annual
Fire Prevention week in Brevard
will be officially launched on Sat
urday afternoon, October 2, at 4:00
o’clock with a parade through the
streets of Brevard featuring floats
by firms and individuals and vari
ous fire-fighting equipment.
Arrangements for the parade
are being made by members of the
Lions club, according to J. Fred
Taylor, who is chairman of the
fire prevention committee. Prizes
will be awarded to the best floats
in the parade and entries are in
vited by Mr. Taylor. Mack Feaster,
Jr., of the Lions club, is in charge
of arrangements and persons de
siring to enter floats are urged to
contact him immediately.
The poster and essay contests,
which arc now being conducted
in all the county schools, will end
on October 1st., and all entries will
be turned in to the fire depart
ment by that time. The winners
will be ar.nounct i at Stunt night
on the lighted Bievard high school
field on Monday night, October 4.
A display of posters will be put
m the window of the Pickelsimer
building, formerly occupied by
Winner’s.
Highlighting the observance of
Fire Prevention week here will be
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TAX LIEN FILED
AGAINST CANNON
Government Claims Ashe
ville Man Owes Nearly
$1,500,000 On Income
Charles H. Robinson, collector
of internal revenue in Greensboro,
filed with Mrs. Eva Gillespie, reg
istrar, on Monday a tax lien against
Vaughn G. Cannon, of Asheville.
Similar action was taken against
Cannon in Buncombe, Guilford and
perhaps other counties in an ef
fort to collect from him $1,452,
972.02 alleged to be due the govern
ment in additional income taxes
for the years 1942-’47.
The liens are government claims
against property owned by Can
non and prevent transfer of proper
ty until they are satisfied. Accord
ing to Frank King, tax collector.
Cannon has no property listed in
this county at this time but for
merly owned a business building
here. lie is said to own or have
an equity in a number of juke
boxes in this county licensed in
the name of Jim Worrell. Both
federal and state agents were here
Monday inquiring into Cannon’s
affairs in this county.
Internal revenue officials would
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"Tap Roots” Opens Here Sunday,
Several Scenes Filmed In County
“Tap Roots” Universal-Interna
tional motion picture, will be shown
at the Co-Ed theater here Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, according
to an announcement this week by
Managers Carter and Shiflet.
A number of the scenes in the
famous movie were taken in Tran
sylvania county last July. A battle
scene and the burning of a mill
were shots at Mary Gwynn’s camp
and several portions of the pic
ture were taken at Toxaway Falls
in the upper part of Transylvania.
Mary Gwynn’s camp site was
selected because of its beautiful
old water wheel and ideal natural
setting. One shot taken last July
at the camp showed a quiet, peace
ful pastoral scene with an ox team
pulling a sled and a pair of fine
horses pulling a wagon by the
water wheel and the quaint old
building next to it.
Another scene was highly dra
matic and depicted the capture
and burning of the old mill by a
number of Yankee soldiers.
Famous movie stars from Holly
wood were here and were filmed
in the Transylvania settings.
Among them were Susan Hayward
and Van Heflin, who play the lead
ing roles in the movie. The show
is based on the book, “Tap Roots,”
written by James Street, of Chapel
Hill.
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Architect’s Drawing Of Proposed Music Building At College
Pictured above is the architect’s drawing of the proposed new music building and auditorium at
Brevard college. Estimated to cost some 8250,000, the imposing structure will fill a great need at the
local institution. In the near future the Brevard Chamber of Commerce will launch a campaign to
raise funds locally for the building. The auditorium will be constructed so as to have perfect acous
tics and to seat 1,250 persons. It will also be designed for community and college use, and a large num
ber of sound-proof studios and a suite for broadcasting and recording are included in the plans.
LAST RITES HELD
SUNDAY m TWO
FALLEN HEROES
Full Military Funerals Given
Jesse Wilson And Al
fred Bill Galloway
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Full military funerals for two
Transylvania county veterans, Pvt.
Jessie A. Wilson and Pvt. Alfred
L. (Bill) Galloway, were conduct
ed here last Sunday afternoon by
members of the American Legion
post and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars post respectively.
Rites for Pvt. Wilson, son of
Mrs. Mattie M. Wilson, of Route 1,
Pisgah Forest, were conducted
at Dunn’s Creek Baptist church
by Commander Raymond F. Ben
nett and Rev. W. G. McFarland of
the Monroe Wilson post of the
American Legion. Pvt. Wilson was
killed on March 18, 1945 in Ger
many, where he served as a tank
driver.
Pall bearers were Burder Tea
gue, Calvin Raxter, Broghton Can
up, Robert Davis, Robert Chap
pell, John L. Whitmire, Emmet
Wilson and Speedy Jones. Mem
bers of the firing scjuad were Ed
Lol'tis, Jack Wilbur, Ralph Morris,
Charlie Disher, Vance Jackson,
Charles Hamilton, D. II. Winches
ter, Marshall Loftis, and Chick
Loftis. Color bearers were Ralph
Fisher and Streeter Fisher and Eb
Morow and E. C. Wilson were
members of the color guard.
Flower girls were Mary Eliza
beth McGaha, Marion Wilson, An
nie Jean Wilson Marjorie Wilson,
Lula Hogsed and Betty Jean Press
ley.
Services for Pvt. Alfred L. (Bill)
Galloway, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Galloway, were conducted by
the Lewis Earl Jackson post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Pisgah Forest Baptist church Sun
day afternoon. Commander Clark
Grissom was in charge assisted by
Grover Jackson, Coleman Hamil
ton and Rev. Walter P. Baldwin,
post chaplain.
The color guard was composed
of John Johnson, Roy Johnson,
Buster Brown and W. C. Burgiss.
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Community Council
Will Meet Thursday
The Transylvania Community
council will resume its monthly
meetings here Thursday night,
September 23, at 7:30 p. m. in
the court house, according to an
announcement made by Charlie
Russell, secretary. Meetings were
not held during the summer
months and several important mat
ters will come before the council
Thursday night, Mr. Russell said.
MORE FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR
FARMERS ON AAA
Additional Allocation Re*
ceived For Lime, Phos
phate, And Seeding
An additional allocation for lime,
phosphate, seeding for pasture
and cover crops will be available
for Transylvania county farmers
after October 1st., according to an
announcement today by Mrs. Julia
Westood, secretary of the Agricul
j tural Conservation committee.
Any farmer interested in ob
taining lime, phosphate, seeding
for pasture and cover crops is
asked to contact the AAA office
j here immediately, Mrs. Westwood
i states.
Up to the present time the 1948
allocation for Transylvania use has
been $14,970.68, and 770 farmers
have participated either by re
ceiving conservation materials or
i by buying materials commercially,
the secretary reports.
“We are very fortunate in se
curing this additional allocation,”
she said.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.
Andrews, a daughter, Mary Jac
queline, last Friday morning, Sep
tember 17th, at the Biltmore hos
pital in Asheville.
Two Congressmen In Group
Who Will Make In
spection Trip
Two congressmen, several for
est officials and civic leaders from
Western North Carolina and Up
per South Carolina are expected
to go on the inspection tour of
Pisgah and Nantahala National
Forests next Wednesday and Thurs
day, Sept. 29-30.
Confirmation of acceptance has
been received from Congressman
Monroe M. Redden of the 12th
North Carolina district and also
from Congressman Joseph R. Bry
son of the 4th South Carolina dis
i trict. Invitation has been extended
j also to ex-Senator Roger C. Peace
! of Greenville, S. C., and J. Herbert
Stone, regional forester of Atlanta,
Ga., both of whom are expected to
go on the tour.
The tour will start Wednesday
morning, the 29th, at Bent Creek
experiment station on the West
Asheville road. Go from there to
North Mills River recreation area,
to Yellow Gap and the Pink Beds,
where luncheon will be served.
I Each person is expected to carry
his own lunch for the occasion ex
cept the congressmen and their
party, who will be guests of the
Brevard chamber of commerce.
To Visit Parkway
After luncheon, the party will i
visit the Parkway at Wagon Road
Gap, to Green Knob overlook, and
back to the fish hatchery on Da
vidson River, stopping en route to
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Convicts Cause Excitement Here In
Daylight Break-Away, Recaptured
Two convicts from the prison
camp at Calvert made a daylight
break-away from the truck on
which they were riding in the
heart of Brevard Monday afternoon
about 5:30 o’clock, but within an
hour they were recaptured by mem
bers of the Brevard police depart
ment and the sheriff’s deputies.
It was the first attempted break
away by any convicts at Calvert
and Superintendent Eugene Wil
son today expresses his apprecia
tion to all persons who aided in
running down the prisoners.
As the truck loaded with prison
ers was returning from the rock
quarry at Penrose to the camp,
the two men, James B. Lockarmy
J
and Johnny Bowman, leaped off
into the crowd in the midst of the
business district late Monday. One
ran down Jordon street and into
the thick ^pdergrowth off Caldwell
street with one of the guards from
the truck, Chief B. F. Banther and
others in hot pursuit. In about
15 minutes Chief Banther spied
the escapee under a hen house.
The convict surrendered immedi
ately.
Members of the sheriff’s depart
ment gave chase to the other pris
oner who broke and ran down be
hind Plummer’s store and headed
toward the depot. Several local
people assisted in the chase, and
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TO SERVE SCHOOL
AND COMMUNITY
COLTRANE SAYS
Committee Of 17 From
Chamber Of Commerce
Is Appointed
IS COLLEGE ISSUE
A Brevard college expansion
committee, composed of 17 promi
nent Brevard men with Mayor S. E.
Varner as chairman, is now work
ing out detailed plans lor the much
needed auditorium and music build
ing which will supply the acute
needs of the growing college and
community as well, according to
Dr. E. J. Coltrane
Seating capacity in the audito
rium at the building will be 1250
and the stage will be sufficiently
large enough to accomodate a 90
j piece symphony orchestra, as shown
COLLEGE EDITION
Additional information re
garding the Greater Brevard
College will be found through
out this issue, which is a spe
cial college number. This paper
is go'ng not only to regular
subscribers, but also to students, (
parents, and a i./s-e nuinbei of
out-af-i^KM friends of
f Mtai jr Ed M.
stated, -
by the plans submitted by Archi
tect Henry I. Gaines.
Members of this expansion com
mittee, which were recently ap
i pointed by approval of the college
I and the Brevard Chamber of Com
j merce, plan to launch a drive some
time in the near future to raise ap
proximately $250,000. Serving on
the committee with Mayor Varner
are Raymond F. Bennett, Willis
Brittain, F. S. Best, Ralph H. Raw*
sey, Jr., Ralph R. Fisher, E. H.
McMahan, Dr. Charles L. Newiand,
Alex H. Kizer, Charles M. Douglas,
O. H. Orr, Verne P. Clement, Lew
is P. Hamlin, Ed M. Anderson,
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USE OF LIME AND
PHOSPHATEURGED
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AAA Chairman Here Says
Minerals Are Needed
For Good Growth
Lime and phosphate make their
greatest contribution in conserv
ing soil by furnishing the minerals
needed for good growths of legumes
and grasses, says T. J. Wilson,
chairman of the Transylvania
County Agricultural Conservation
committee.
The committee chairman points
out that the application of lime
and phosphate is doing much to
retard erosion by increasing better
and more vigorous stands of grass
es and legumes. He explains that as
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Benefit Show For
Girl Scout Council
To Be Given Sat.
The Shelton Brothers string band
and hillbilly show, which is featur
ed on the Farm and Home hour
over station WWNC, will give a
program here Saturday night in
the court house under the sponsor
ship of the Brevard Girl Scout
council.
The public is invited to attend
and proceeds will be used to pay
off the remaining debt on the
Girl Scout’s Little House in Frank
lin park which was recently com
pleted.
The show will feature the Hap
py Four quartet, Jack and Curley
singing favorite duets, Bennie
Sims and his fiddle, Wiley Morris,
singer of ballads and heart songs,
and Ransam and Levi, comedians.
The admission will be 25 and 50
cents, and it is reported to be a
clean show suited for children: