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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. 51 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948 * 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY C. OF C. HOLDS IMPORTANT MEET *★★★★★★★★★★★★★* ★ ★★*★★*★* ★ * <r To Hold Special Election Here This Saturday SUCCESSOR TO MRS. E. L. McKEE TO BE ELECTED Democrats Nominate W. H. Crawford. G. P. Fergu son On GOP Ticket POLLS OPEN 6:30-6:30 There will be a special electior in Transylvania and four othei Western North Carolina counties to choose a successor to the late Mrs. E. L. McKee, senator-elect from the 32nd district, on Satur day, Dec. 18. According to Frank Duckworth chairman of the Transylvania coun ty board of elections, all the pol ling places in the county will be open from 6:30 a m. to 6:30 p.m The same registrars and judges will serve for the special election that served in the November general election, it is reported by the chairman. Last Saturday W. H. (Gudger) Crawford, Sylva business man, was named the candidate for the special election by the Jackson County Democratic Executive com mittee. Mr. Crawford defeated E L. McKee, 13 to 5, in the commit tee voting. He lost to the late Mrs. McKee by one vote in the May Democratic primary. Republican leaders Monday nom inated Gola P. Ferguson, of the Speedwell section of Jackson coun ty, as their candidate to oppose Mr. Crawford. Mf. Ferguson is a farmer, a former sheriff and three times he represented Swain coun ty in the state legislature, accord ing to Lewis P. Hamlin, district chairman. A sample copy of the ballot can be seen on page five of The Times this week. Chairman Duckworth explains that North Carolina law does not provide for filling this important vacancy in any other way except by election. “Since the coming —Turn To Page Eight TAYLOR IS ELECTED CONSUL COMMDER Succeeds Ayers As Head Of WOW. Other Officers Are Named J. Fred Taylor was elected con sul commander of Balsam Camp No. 116, Woodmen of the World, at the last regular meeting suc ceeding J. I. Ayers. The new com mander is a member of the local fire department and is head of the job printing department at The Transylvania Times. Other new officers were also elected at the last meeting and installation will take place at the first meeting in January. New officers are J. I. Ayers, past consul commander; J. B. Sow ell. advisor lieutenant; E. H. Mc Mahan, banker; Lewis J. House, escort; Jim Rigdon, watchman; Joe "Whitmire, sentry; and C. H. Trowbridge, auditor. CALENDAR OF EVENTS »• - - - - ■■ - ~— ■■ ■* Thursday, Dec. 16 — Glee club concert at Brevard college, 11:00 a m. B & PW Christmas party at Country club, 7:00 p.m. Lions Ladies’ night at Gaither’s cafeteria, 7:00. Installation of Masonic of ficers, 7:30. Friday, Dec. 17 — Garden club meets with Mrs. Brown Carr at 3:30 p.m. Junior play at Brevard high school, 8:00 p.m. American Legion square dance at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 — Special election for state senator. B & PW club to distribute toys to needy children. Sunday, Dec. 19 — Attend the church of your choice. Fellowship supper at Methodist church, 6:30 p.m. Christmas cantata-pageant at Presbyterian church, 7:30. Tuesday, Dec. 21 — Fidelis class party at Baptist church, 8:00. Wednesday, Dec. 22 — Rotary —Turn To Page Five Only Eight More Shopping Days Til Christmas, Stores Are Well Stocked, Open Thurs. Afternoon Thomas Elected GILL THOMAS, Brevard busi ness man and active Mason, was elected Worshipful Master of the Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge here. He succeeds E. L. Happ and will be installed Thursday night. THOMAS ELECTED MASTER OF DUNN’S ROCK LODGE HERE Winchester And Parrish Are Wardens. Jenkins And Henderson Re-elected Gill Thomas, popular Brevard business man, will be installed worshipful master of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge Thursday night, December 16th, at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Thomas is a salesman for the Brevard Wholesale company, a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star, member of the board of di rectors of the Brevard Kiwanis club and chairman of the board of deacons of the First Baptist church. He is also an officer in the lodge of Perfection of the Scot tish Rite bodies in Asheville. The newly elected and appointed officers will be installed by Dr. Maxwell E. Hoffman, of Asheville, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina. Leon English will serve ! as marshall. Other officers who will be in stalled are D. H. Winchester, senior warden; Ralph Parish, junior war den; A. N. Jenkins, treasurer; Henry R. Henderson, secretary; Vernon P. Fullbright, senior dea con; Joe E. Duckworth, junior deacon. The following were ap pointed by the master elect and will also be installed at the same time: Theodore McCrary and Briscoe Whitmire, stewards; Ansel Hart, tyler and Rev. B. W. Thomason, chaplin. E. L. Happ. retiring master, urges all members to attend this impor tant meeting, and a cordial invi tation is extended to all visiting masons. Santa Will Return To Bre vard Saturday. Invitation Is Issued Shoppers With only eight more shopping days ’til Christmas, Brevard stores are well stocked with Christmas merchandise and local merchants are expecting trade to pick up sharply as Christmas day approa ches. To better accommodate gift seek ers, local stores, with the excep tion of the * grocers, will remain open this Thursday afternoon and next Thursday afternoon. Begin ning Friday evening of this week and continuing through next Tues day evening, local stores will re main open until 8:00 o’clock. The three nights preceding Christmas next Saturday, they will stay open until 9:00 o’clock for the conven ience of the last-minute shopper. All stores here will take a holi day on Christmas day and the Monday following. Assortments in the stores here have been larger this year offering shoppers a greater latitude of choice and several merchants re port that their lay-away business this year has been brisk. S nta Claus will be back in Bre lvuid Saturday to mingle with the children and visit in the stores. Speaking for the local mer chants’ association, which each year sponsors the Christmas trad ing event. President Alex Patter son yesterday repeated his invit ation to all Brevard’s trading area to do their buying here. Local merchants this year are doing their utmost to please shoppers in the hope that in this way they can win additional regular customers, he said. Brevard Lions Will Have Xmas Party The local Lions club will have their wives and sweethearts as guests at a ladies night party at Gaither’s cafeteria this (Thurs day) evening beginning at 7 o’clock. Dr. E. O. Roland, president, said that while this would count as a regular meeting no business would be transacted and no formal pro gram has been arranged. Emphasis, he said, would be on informality and fun. A door prize will be given and a number of others will be awarded. The demon tail-twisters, he said, would be ex tremely active during the evening, which means that there will be a good deal of hilarity and perhaps some chagrin on the part of some members, according to Dr. Ro land. ON WESTERN JAUNT Hale Siniard, one of the owners of Star Taxi, is on a western jaunt, having taken a party of people to California. A card received from him yesterday morning by The Times said the trip to Crescent Beach, Calif., was 3,335 miles. Mr. Siniard said they traveled through a gold mining area and saw a salt plant and lots of other interesting things. Brevard Gl’s Allotted Four More Pre-fa bs, Total Of 42 Received The Brevard GI Housing com mittee, Inc., has been allotted four more pre-fabricated houses which will arrive in the next few days, Cecil Hill, the executive secretary, announces today. “After the first of the year, there will be other prefabs avail able for veterans who can pay cash,” Mr. Hill says. “These are better houses than those we received in the first al lotment,” he continued. Each one comes equipped with a gas stove, hot water heater, a circulating theater, kitchen cabinets, etc., it is 1 stated. The most recent allotment of four makes' a total of 42 granted to Transylvania GI’s. “We have re ceived more than any other coun ty the size of Transylvania in the Southeast,” the secretary explains. Owners of the four new ones are William Neill, Walter McNee ly, Scott Galloway and Van Tins ley. The houses are being sent to Brevard from Liberty Homes, Charleston, S. C. Persons interested in getting a prefab after the first can contact the secretary or any member of the executive board. Other mem bers are Raymond F. Bennett and Charlie Russell. “EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER HERE” MAYOR REPORTS Only One Case In Court. Very Few Arrests Are Made By STAFF WRITER “Everything is in order in Bre vard,” according to reports this week by the mayor and members of the Brevard police department. A look at the court records and the number of arrests here re cently substantiates their conten tion. In mayor’s court Monday morn ing there was only one case to be tried. “This isn’t the first time that court recessed quickly because of the lack of offenders,” Mayor S. E. Varner stated. “Just the other day,” he con tinued, “one of our leading citi zens stopped me and said that this was the first time you could n’t buy whiskey in the city limits of Brevard,” the Mayor comment ed. “All these things are brought about by an efficient and alert police department,” he declared. And the mayor deserves a lot of credit for a cleaner, safer and prettier town, too. TO DISTRIBUTE TOYS SATURDAY Members Of B & PW Club Busy Completing Project For Needy Tots Members of the Business and Professional Women’s club have been busy during the past few weeks on the toy project for needy children, and all toys donated have now been repaired and are ready for distribution Saturday, it was announced by the chairman, Dot Poole. Each committee chairman has been responsible for workers in the shop each evening, and it has been estimated that enough toys for some 300 children have been re paired. The Toy Shop committee today expressed appreciation to the Bre vard merchants who have donated toys. It was pointed out that many of the local stores have given toys that are in excellent condition and not in need of any repair. The chairman also stated th?d I she wished tc thank Smathers Man ! ufacturing company and the pres ident, Paul Smathers, for repair ing the tricycles. Letters have been sent to par ents inviting them to pick up the toys at the shop Saturday. Mem bers of the club will be on duty to distribute them at the shop lo cated next to the post office. Prevent Fires At Yuletime, Chief Merrill Stresses To protect the lives of children, and grownups also, Chief Dan Merrill recommends these safety precautions for the holidays: 1. Set up the Christmas tree away from stairs and heating and lighting fixtures and anchor it se curely with the butt in a pan of water. Discard all evergreens promptly after Christmas. 2. Use non-burning ornaments on trees, and room decorations and costumes that have been treated to make them fire resistive. The solution used for this purpose con tains nine ounces of borax and four ounces of borac acid to one gallon of water. Application by steeping in warm solution is pref erable, but dipping, brushing and spraying can also be used. The fabric then should be drained and hung up to dry. 3. Avoid all use of lighted can dles. Instead, use sets of minia ture electric lights that are identi fied as safe by the label of Under writers’ Laboratories on the wires or by carton markings. People in pageants or processionals should carry electric candles run by flash light batteries. —Turn To Page Eight : C. of C. Officials For Next Year Pictured at the left, above, is JOHN SMITH, local barber and charter member of the organization, who was elected president of the Brevard chamber of commerce by the directors Tuesday night. Mr. Smith tied with VERNE CLEMENT, right, who withdrew in favor of Mr. Smith and was unanimously named vice president. Christmas Vacation Will Start In Schools, At College Friday, Special Church Services Slated SEVERAL SCOUTS ADVANCE AT LAST COURT OF HONOR Next Meeting Set For Feb ruary 11. Will Be Held Every Other Month Several Transylvania Boy Scouts were advanced at the court of honor here last Friday night at the First Baptist church and four boys received merit badges. A large crowd, including the Girl Scouts and Brownies, attended the meeting, which was climaxed with the showing of a technicolor film on “Orientation.” It was decided that the next honor court would be held on Feb ruary 11, and that the courts would be held every other month instead of monthly. C. M. Douglas made the second class award to James B. Brown, of troop No. 9. Lewis Hamlin made the award of first class to the fol lowing: Dean McDarris,troop No. 2; Homer Cox and Kenneth Par ker, of troop No. 9. Receiving merit badges were the following Scouts: Homer Cox, home repairs; Ray Talley, physi cal development; James E. Brown, swimming; and, Kimsey Jackson, swimming. Rev. W. G. McFarland, district chairman, made the pre sentations. Jack Trantham, chairman of ad vancement in Transylvania, pre sided over the court of honor. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sprott and daughter, Beverly, will leave this week end for Leland, Miss., to spend Christmas with Mr. Sprott’s parents. Teachers To Receive Pay For Entire Month Of December Christmas observances will mark the traditional holiday season here beginning this week end with all county schools and churches having their annual programs. Transylvania schools will dose Friday for a two weeks’ holiday and pupils will not be required to return until Monday, January 3rd, Supt. J. B. Jones states. Christmas programs and parties will be held in the elementary and high schools on Friday. The jun ior play at the high school will be Friday night and a holiday dance for the teen-agers Saturday night will complete the high school stu dents’ observance. Supt. Jones announces that Tran sylvania teachers will be paid for the entire month of December in stead of the first 17 days, as pre viously told. “I’m sure this is wel come news,” he commented. Brevard college students will leave at noon Friday and are not required to return until January 3rd, the same opening date as that of the public schools. A concert of Christmas music will be given at the college Thursday morning by the Greensboro college glee club, and a Christmas dance will be held in the gym Thursday night. All churches in Brevard have planned Christmas programs. The annual musical program was given at the Baptist church last Sunday night and a special musical pro i gram will also be given Sunday morning under the direction of Mrs. Elma Randall, former choir director. The Presbyterians will give their annual cantata Sunday night, and the Methodists will have a Christmas fellowship sup per Sunday night. The Christmas Eve service will again be held at —Torn To Page Fom Successful Fire Drills Held In All Brevard Schools Monday Highly successful fire drills were held in all the Brevard schools Monday afternoon by Fire Chief Dan Merrill, it is reported today. “I want to personally thank the teachers and principals for their fine cooperation,” the local fire :hief stated. A total of 240 pupils completely cleared the primary building in 57 seconds, while 435 were march' Jd out of the new junior high school building in 55 seconds. ‘These drills were timed by a stop vatch and the time taken for each s accurate and remarkably low,” Mr. Merrill continued. The intermediate school build ing, housing 320 pupils, was clear ed in one minute flat, as was the high school building with a total of 400 students. The fire chief also conducted a drill in the new Rosenwald school building, and 186 students orderly marched out in 60 seconds. “We are well pleased with the results of Monday’s drills, and I want to once again thank the teach ers and principals for fire preven tion work and safety program in the schools,” Mr. Merrill conclud ed. 1949 WILL BE BIG YEAR IN HISTORY QF LOCAL GROUP Smith Elected To Succeed Jerome. Other Officers Are Chosen PREPARING FOLDER Extensive and elaborate plans for promotion, publicity and gen eral welfare of Brevard and Tran sylvania county were discussed by members of the new board of di rectors of the chamber of com merce Tuesday night at the city hall. The meeting was highlighted by the election of officers for the new year. John Smith, well-known bar ber here and charter member of the organization, and Verne Clem ent, former state senator and ac tive civic leader, were nominated for president. The outcome was a tie vote, and Mr. Clement declined the nomination in favor of Mr. Smith. The board then decided tO' name Mr. Clement vice president. Mrs. Ralph R. Fisher, who has served as executive secretary for many years, tendered her resig nation, which the board refused to accept. She was unanimously elect ed to serve for the ensuing year. C. M. Douglas was re-elected as recording secretary, and S. E. Var ner, Sr., was named treasurer Others Elected Raymond F. Bennett was re elected as representative on the hospital board. Lewis Hamlin wilt again represent the chamber of commerce on the community coun 1 oil, and representatives to the Bre | vard Athletic and Recreation as sociation are as follows: Raymond F. Bennett, George Wheeler, John Eversman, Curtis Kelley, R. E. Lawrence and Alex Kizer. In going out of office retiring president, Jerry Jerome, said he appreciated the fine cooperation* and spirit during the past year and» —Torn To Page Five> BOB BOLT NAMED JAYCEE PREXY Work Of Civic Group Dur ing. Past Year Is High lighted At Meeting Bob Bolt was elected president of the Brevard Jaycees at the meet ing Tuesday night in Gaither’s cafeteria. He succeeds Charlie Himes. President Bolt is superin tendent of grounds at Ecusta Pa per corporation. As a Jaycee, the new president has an outstanding record. He is a charter member of the local or ganization, served as vice presi dent in 1947 and secretary in 1943. Lloyd Burhans was elected first vice president, and Ray Swink, second vice president. Russ Poole was named secretary, and treas urer is George Perkins, Jr. The members of the board of directors are J. F. Cox, Doyle Wells, John Ford, David Sams and Charles Himes. New officers will be installed on January 11 at Gaither’s cafeteria. The new president announces that Jaycees will continue their civic projects in 1949, participat —Turn To Page Eight Times Will Publish Christmas Edition On Next Wednesday Next week The Transylvania Times will publish its annual “Christmas Greetings Edition,” and will feature appropriate messages from business firms, industries and individuals. All advertisers are urged to cooperate with The Times in preparing and getting their copy in early. The paper will go on the news stands at the usual time on Wednesday evening, Publisher Ed M. Anderson states. He also states that it is not too late to send The Times to friends as a Christmas gift. An attractive card, telling by whom the subscription is sent, will accompany the issue next week.
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