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The Transylvania Times • / A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper Vol. 59; No. 1 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA IS— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 12,241. TRANSYLVANIA IS— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. COUNTY GETS NEW ROAD PROJECT City Bus System To Start Operating Jan. 15 MARTIN RELEASES SCHEDULE. GIVES ROUTES SELECTED Three Modern Machines Are Purchased To Serve Bre vard And Vicinity TEN CENTS FARE The first bus system to serve Brevard and vicinity will be plac ed in operation here on Saturday, January 15. according to the own er, L. D. Martin. Mr. Martin has purchased three modern buses to be placed into service and has established tan office and maintenance shop on North Caldwell street opposite the Centennial bowling center. As shown hy a schedule appear ing in this issue, the buses will cover the principal streets in Bre vard and will also operate in the suburbs to a limited extent. V1 releasing tlie routes to be follow ed. Mr. Martin said that it is prob able that changes shown to be needed by experience would be made from time to time. He point ed out that his objective was to so route and time the buses as to give the best service possible to the greatest number of people. Need Is Cited Mr. Martin expressed himself as being convinced that Brevard had developed to the point where the people would support a bus system and expressed the ypmiou that such a systetil wo^fi^ gufttri bute to the town’s furro«f‘T|£®W*l, particularly in the outtlciPts. He is well acquainted with the trans portation needs of local people since for many years he operated a taxicab business in Brevard. Single fare on the buses will be ten cents for a full ticket and 15 of them will be offered in a book for $1.35. A special rate of eight cents has been made for school children and parents may purchase books of ten tickets for —Turn To Page Eight INSPECTION LANE HERE JAN. 1217 Models Up To 1936 Are Re quired To Have Second Inspection Now The North Carolina Mechanical inspection lane will open in Bre vard on January 12th and remain here through January 17th., it has been announced from Raleigh. Cars and trucks that have not been inspected may go through the lane during that period, and also vehicles that were inspected du ring 1948 may also receive their second required inspection. Regulations sent to the local office of the Carolina Motor club state that all motor vehicles up to and including models 1936 are required to have second inspec tion during January. Models 1937 and 1938 are re quired to be inspected during February. However, it is stated that any model may be inspected at any time, whether in the re quired category or not. CALENDAR OF I EVENTS f —-—"—-—----+ Thursday, Jan. 6—Stores to close as usual in afternoon. WMS meets in Baptist church parlor, at 3:30. Lions club meets at Bryant house, 7:00. Masonic meeting, 8:00. Friday, Jan. 7—Bowling in City League. Square dance in American Legion building, 8:30. Kiwanis club meets at Bryant house, 7:00. Saturday, Jan. 8 — Music club meets with Mrs. Walter Straus, 3:00. Sunday, Jan. 9 — Attend the church of your choice. Congrega tional meeting at St. Philip’s church. Monday. Jan. 10—DAR meet ing with Mrs. Alvin Rockwood. 3:30. Shrine club meets at Gallo way’s cafe, 7:00. —Turn To Page Eight Only Four Percent Fire Loss In Brevard During 1948, Chief Merrill Reports To Town Board Jaycee Speaker RUSH HAMRICK, JR., of Shelby, an outstanding North Carolina Jaycee, will he the guest speaker at the Founders Day banquet and the installa tion of officers Tuesday night. He is a national director of the Junior Chamber of CuuMW'cii. -~rr HAMRICK SPE* AT MEETING OF LOCAL JAYCEES Bolt And Other Officers Will Be Installed Next Tuesday Night Rush Hamrick, Jr., of Shelby, will be the guest speaker at the Jaycees Founders Day banquet Tuesday night. January 11, in Gaither's cafeteria and will also install the new officers of the organization. Mr. Hamrick is one of North Carolina’s outstanding Jaycees and is now a national director of the organization representing the en tire state. Robert R. Bolt, president, heads the list of new officers to be in stalled. Others are Lloyd Burhans, first vice president; Ray Swink. second vice president; Russ Poole, secretary, and George Perkins, Jr., treasurer. The board of directors includes J. F. Cox, Doyle Wells. John Ford. Jr., David Sams and Charles Himes. Another feature of the banquet Tuesday night will be the presen tation of the “Man of the Year” award. This will not be announced until the night of the banquet, and the presentation will be made by Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., promi nent attorney. A musical program will be given at the banquet bv Miss Lois Strat ton, vocalist, accompanied by Miss Caroline Gates, both of Brevard college. Among the Jaycee officials ex —Turn To Page Five Rose’s Blaze Amounted To Three-Fourths Of Dam age. Aldermen Busy Fire loss in ihe town of Brevard was only 4 percent of property valued at $360,225.00 in fires dur ing the past 12 months, Chief Dan Merrill reported to the town board Monday night. “Of the four percent loss, three fourths of it was represented in the Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 Cent store blaze last January 7,” the chief asserted. In dollars and cents the four percent loss in the town was put at $15,462.00. In 1947 the fire loss was three and one-half per cent here. In making his report, Chief Merrill submitted a complete in ventory of all the equipment ol the lire department here, j Paul T. Tysinger, lighting ex pert of the Duke Power company, appeared before the board and made certain recommendations with regard to improvements to the street lighting system in Bre vard. The aldermen decided that the town should notify insurance com punkjk when outside water users JjOMSfa on liro protec Tt decided that all water meters would be read and charges made accordingly after February 1. This action includes ; the school meters. Frank C. King was authorized j and directed to sign complaints i in the name of the town in tax | foreclosure suits and his previous I actions in signing were ratified ; and confirmed. Other action of the board Mon day night included the employing of Mrs. Luther King as office clerk and granting taxi driver’s licenses to Fred and Roy Henson. Local Delegation To Attend Annual Scout Convention A large delegation from Tran sylvania is expected to attend the the Daniel Boone council in Ashe ville in the First Baptist church Monday, January 10. Rev. W. G. McFarland, the district chairman, announces today. On the reservations and trans ! portation committee with the chairman are F. S. Best and Char lie Moore, and interested persons desiring to attend the convention are urged to contact one of the three men. Fred M. Waters, superintendent of Gastonia schools, will be the guest speaker next Monday, and during the ceremonies Hugh Mon teith, of Svlva, will be installed as president of the council. Starting at 3 p. m., group ses sions will be held for the operating committees from the eight districts of the council. Plans for 1949 will be made and a program adopted for each department. W. E. Ensor, of Cherokee, will preside. Schools In Town And County Re-open, Good Attendance Report Made By Jones All public schools in Brevard and Transylvania county re-opened Monday after being closed for the Christmas holidays, and good at tendance is reported. Brevard college also re-opened on Monday, and attendance at the local institution is over 400. Superintendent J. B. Jones this week releases an attendance re port for all the schools in the town and county and says that it is ex ceptionally good. Quebec, with 95.5% was highest, and Connes tee, with 72.8 is low. “The attendance officer, Bob Tinsley, is doing a good job,” Mr. Jones commented. “As far as I know, there are no epidemics of any kind of di seases in Brevard and Transyl vania,” he said. Repair work by the five-man re pair crew is being continued. The percentages of attendance in the various schools follows: Quebec 95.5%, Enon 94.8%, Bre vard high 94%, Little River 94%, Pisgah Forest 93.9%, Rosman high 93.6%, Rosenwald 93.3%, Rosman elementary 91.7% Brevard ele mentary 91.6%, Cedar Mountain 91%, Balsam Grove 90%, Lake Toxaway 85%, Selica 84.7%, Sil versteen 82%, and Connestee 72.8%. SEVERAL FIRMS SHIFT LOCATIONS ON MAW STREET Schulman’s, Home Interior Shop, Gray And Smith All Move Several concerns doing business on Main street are moving to new locations this week or have al ready completed the task. Schulman’s has transferred his stock of goods to a temporary lo cation in the building formerly occupied by Winner’s, which has been vacant for several months He has announced that he will be ready to resume business tomor row morning. John W. Smith and J. A. Gray are having a portion of the build ing vacated by Schulman’s made ready for their barber shop, now located across the street. They hope to move in within the next week or so. A partition is being erected in | the Sehulman stand and the Home i Interion Shop will occupy the rest of the space. L. W. Bonnell, the proprietor, has announced that his stock has all been moved and he is ready to resume business. J. I. Ayers owns the building adjoining his store which Messrs. Smith and Gray intend to vacate and will use the extra space to I enlarge the store, it is reported. McCALLS HAVE THE FIRST 1949 BABY Young Daughter Is Fifth Girl Of Proud Balsam Grove Couple A nine and one-half pound girl, Nancy Victoria McCall, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Mc Call, of Balsam Grove, was the first baby born in Transylvania county in 1949 and she is the win ner of the Transylvania Times an ! nual baby derby. The fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McCall, Nancy Victoria was born Saturdav afternoon, Januarv 1st., at 5:45 o’clock. Dr. J. B. Wil I kerson was the attending physi I cian. Mr. McCall is a machinist form ] erly employed at Smathers Manu j facturing company here. When he j came into the Times office to get | the certificate entitling his new I born daughter to the many prizes ! offered by the Brevard Merchants, j his disappointment over the fact that Nancy Victoria was a girl was hard to conceal. “For 15 years we’ve wanted a boy,” he said sheepishly and smilingly. The awards the McCall’s fifth ! daughter and first baby of Transyl vania this year will receive are as follows: A dozen cans of Clapp’s or Ger ber’s baby food by Cash and Car ry. A Mirro coffee maker by Ralph’s Auto supply. A meal tick et to the mother by Galloway’s cafe. A bag of laying mash to the parents by Farmers Federation. A portrait of the baby when six months old by Austin’s studio. A brush and comb set by Slack’s. Two theatre tickets to the parents by Co-Ed and Clemson theaters. A $3.00 item from Belk’s. A year’s subscription to The Transylvania Times. A $7.95 pair of baby scales by Varner’s drug store. A solid —Turn To Page Five Application For Seedlings Can Be Made Until Jan. 15 i Transylvania county farmers can j still make application for seedlings jfor reforesting, according to Ju lian Glazener, the county agent. “We still have more than half of our allotment and application can be made between now and January 15,” he declared. There is no cost for the seedlings. Transylvania’s allotment con sisted of the following seedlings: 50,000 white pine, 50,000 short leaf pine, 3,000 black locust, 3,000 yellow poplar and as many red cedar as needed, it is reported. Dog Re-Enacts Life-Saving Act Demonstrating how he saved his master’s life, Vic, a Spitz, re enacts his life-saving technique. Illuminating gas was filling the Los Angeles home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delvers when the dog managed to arouse Delvers with vigorous face licking. Delvers awoke, groggy, but strong enough to drag his wife to safety. v International Soundphoto) Mailing Heavy, Figures Given I New Commander J. FRED TAYLOR, member of the staff of The Transylvania Times and popular Brevard fire man, was installed as consul commander of the Balsam Camp No. 116, Woodmen of the World, at the most recent meeting of the organization here. Mr. Tay lor succeeds J. I. Ayers, who had charge of the installation. STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET i The annual meeting of the i stockholders of the Brevard Fede- j ral Savings and Loan association ' will be held on Thursday, January 20, at 2:00 o'clock, Jerry Jerome, ; the secretary and treasurer, an nounces today. Money Order Sales Amount ed To Over $372,000, Report Shows The year 1948 was a busy one at the Brevard post office, and in creases in every department were registered, according to Postmast er T. Coleman Galloway. Figures released by Vernon Fullbright, assistant postmaster, show that receipts during 1948 amounted to $33,186.51, a gain pf $2,152.15 over 1947. “We had a rushing Christmas business with a total of 121,204 cards being mailed out, and stamp sales amounting to $10,120.49,” Mr. Fullbright commented. Dur ing the 1947 Yule season 115,552 Christmas cards were mailed out. A record year was made in the sale of money orders at the local post office, Mr. Fullbright states. During 1948 money orders amoun ted to $372,000. The announcement is this week repeated that there have been changes made in postal rates. Here are some of the changes: Airmail went back to six cents after 20 months at five cents. Spec ial delivery rates jumped from 13 to 15 cents. Also increased are fees for mon ey orders, postal notes, COD pack ages. insurance and registered mail. Rates for books, catalogues, seeds and plants, which have been under a “preferential rate” for some time, went up from one cent to a cent and a half for each two ounces. March Of Dimes Drive To Begin Here On January 14, Goal Of $10,000 Set Plans are nearing completion for the 11th annual March of Dimes drive in Transylvania county, which will be officially launched on January 14th, under the lead ership of Mrs. Mildred Scott, county chairman. A goal of $10, 000 will be sought from Transyl vania county. Mrs. Scott points out that this year’s goal has increased some 500% over last year’s. “This is easily understandable since North Cai’olina suffered its worst epi demic in history last year,” the chairman points out. The March of Dimes drive is again being sponsored locally by the members of the Business and Professional Women’s club. An executive committee of the club met this week to make final plans for the opening of the drive. As has been the practice in previous years, folders with spac es for 20 dimes will be mailed to persons in the town and county. The chairman states that these will be in the mails by the 14th and urges promptness in return ing them. “With a goal like this to strive towards, it means harder work for everybody, and we can —Turn To Page Five COST OF LINK IS SET AT $142,282, START WORK SOON To Eliminate Many Dange rous Curves. Will Shorten Distance To Toxaway SURVEY IS MADE Work is expected to start with in the next 30 days on a new road project, a link of 1.87 miles be tween Rosman and Lake Toxa way, on U. S. 64 with the cost at $142,282.50, it is announced this week by the State Highway com mission. The Asheville Contracting com pany, headed by W. H. Anderson, was low bidder in Raleigh on the project for grading, bituminous surfacing and structures. According to E. H. Webb, dis trict highway engineer, the most significant thing about the project regarding Transylvania is the fact that the road will connect two other projects aimed at improv ing the highway and will shorten j the distance between Rosman and Toxaway by a mile and one-half Improvements Made “This new link will begin at a I point 1.3 miles from Rosman and' j will connect with another link of 15.3 miles, which we have been widening from 16 feet to 20 and he past s°vera\ b stated, about the con* ‘he other roads in the county and the amount of work now going on, Mr. Webb said that his crew have been extremely busy strengthening the school bus routes throughout Transylvania. “If we do not have extreme weather this winter, we expect our roads to hold up well,” the high way man said. “More than 50 prisoners are kept busy working on the county roads in addition to 18 to 20 com mon laborers with good machin —Turn To Page Four.' BAUGHN BUYS FRICK’S EQUITY ; Local Motor Company Be comes Corporation When Partner Retires W. L. Baughn has purchased the interest of Vernon Fricks in the Goodwill Motor company here, it wras announced at the office of the concern yesterday. At the same time it was disclos ed that the firm had incorporated. Mr. Baughn, who has been shop manager, will serve as secretary and treasurer of the corporation and will act as manager of the motor company. Mr. Fricks said he would take | a vacation and then enter business here. He did not disclose the na ture of the business. Mr. Fricks said he elected to remain in Bre vard although he was offered sev eral attractive propositions in other places. He expressed his deep appreciation of the many favors and courtesies shown him by customers of Goodwill and the —Turn To Page Five | Homeowners Are Praised By Mayor For Yule Spirit Brevard and vicinity homeown ers went all out in decorating for j Christmas, according to Mayor S. j E. Varner. “Never before have I seen the town so attractively decorated and lit up for the holidays in the resi dential section as it was this past Christmas,” the mayor comment ed. With his wife and friends, the mayor stated that he toured the entire community on Christmas eve, and he was especially pleased ! to see that homes in the colored section of town were also deco rated with Christmas lights. “Nothing adds to the Christmas spirit more than attractive deco I rations and gay colored lights,’* •he concluded.