TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
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The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 59; No. 5
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949
k 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MAKING PLANS FOR SCOUT WEEK
Local Bank Doubles Its Common Capital Stock
STOCKHOLDERS
ALSO RECEIVE
$3,000 IN CASH
Woody and Other Officers
Re-elected At Annual
Meeting
FACILITIES IMPROVED
Stockholders of the Transyl
vania Trust company at the an
nual meeting held here ordered
paid from the undivided profits
and surplus accounts a 100 percent
slock dividend on the $25,000
common stock of the institution,
Ralph J. Duckworth, executive
vice president, said yesterday.
The bank also during the year
paid cash dividends in two install
ments, which amounted to $3,000
according to Mr. Duckworth.
Jonathan Woody, of Waynes
ville, was re-elected president of
the bank at the meeting. Mr.
Duckworth was retained as execu
tive vice president and Dan G.
Fisher as cashier.
Directors re-elected are: Messrs.
Woody and Duckworth, L. N. Da
vis. W. M. Melton, Joseph S. Sil
versteen and S. E. Varner, Sr.
The local bank was established
in November, 1931, by C. W. and
J. II. Pickelsimer and was pur
chased by Mr. Woody and his as
sociates in the fall of 1946.
Commenting on the steady and
substantial growth of the institu- j
tion, Mr. Duckworth said the bank
building has been remodeled on
the interior, new fixtures installed
and the old safety boxes replaced
by new ones. These improvements
cost in the neighborhood of $15,
000.
Assets of the bank now amount
to $2,680,854.20, and deposits are
more than two and one-half mil
lion dollars.
ACTION TAKEN AT
BOARD MEETING
Sale of Glade Creek Prop-j
erty Approved; Members
Meet Monthly
The county board of education
at its regular meeting approved J
the sale of the Glade Creek school j
property to the Glade Creek Bap-1
tist church for $500.
Action of the Transylvania
School Building Advisory commit
tee at its last meeting when it
was decided that construction of |
the new addition at Rosman!
should begin immediately was ap-!
proved by the board.
Harry Sellers was named as the
board’s representative to the Bre
vard Athletic and Recreation as
sociation.
It was agreed that the board
would meet every first Monday
night in each month here in the
court house.
CALENDAR OF |
EVENTS I
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Thursday, Feb. 3.—Home Dem
onstration club council meeting,
Hut. at 2 p. m. Lions club meets)
at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Combined
meeting of Presbyterian circles, 8
p. m., home of Mrs. Willis Brit
tain. Basketball, Brevard college
vs. WCTC “B” team.
Friday, Feb. 4—Kiwanis club
meets at Bryant house 7 p. m. Bas
ketball, Brevard high vs. Christ |
school. Square dance in Ameri
can Legion building at 8:30.
'Sunday, Feb. 6 — Attend the
church of your choice. Boy Scout
week begins with service at Firs*
Baptist church, 8 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 7—Home movie
club meets at Masonic Hall, 7:30
p. m. American Legion meets in
Legion building at 8.
Tuesday, Feb. 8—Brevard P-TA
meets in high school auditorium,
7:30 p. m. Elks club meets at the
Country club.
Wednesday, Feb. 9 — Rotary
club meets at Gaither’s cafeteria.
7 p. m. WOW meets in hall, 8
p. m.
March Of Dimes Drive Closes !
Here, Appeal Made For Pledges, I
Expect To Raise Over $2,500
Is Re-Elected
GEORGE WHEELER, vice
president of A. W. Wheeler and
Son, was re-elected president of
the Brevard Athletic and Rec
reation association here at the
annual meeting Tuesday night.
(See story for complete details
on the meeting.)
GEORGE WHEELER
RE-ELECTED HEAD
OF ATHLETIC BODY
Other Officers Chosen; Sec
retary and Treasurer
Make Annual Reports
George Wheeler, vice president
of A. W. Wheeler and Son hosiery
manufacturers here, was re-elect
ed to head the Brevard Athletic
and Recreation association during
1949 at the annual meeting Tues
day night in the City hall.
Raymond F. Bennett, general
superintendent at the Eeusta Pa
per corporation, and John Ander
son, editor of The Transylvania
Times, were chosen to serve as
vice presidents. John D. Evers
man, Ecusta’s recreational direc
tor, was re-elected secretary, and
Robert F. Kimzey, Brevard district
school principal, was renamed as
treasurer. The executive board is
composed of the officers and An
thony Trantham, R. C. “Slim” Bul
lock and Charlie Russell.
In commenting on the activities
of the association in 1948, the sec
retary reported that a softball
league and WN'C tournament had
been sponsored; that assistance
was given to the Brevard high
school football team; that a mid
get football team had been spon
sored and coached by the group
and part of the membership; that
the bleachers had been repaired
and repainted: that a new gate
had been installed at the field;
that a vast number of electric
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President’s Ball Acclaimed
Success; Scott Expresses j
Her Appreciation
The 11th annual March of1
Dimes drive, which has been in
progress here for the past few
weeks, officially closed on Monday
and Chairman Mildred Scott states
today that she will not extend the
time as some counties are doing.
“We cannot possibly raise $10,
000 no matter how long the drive
continues, and I believe that if we
clear $3,000 we will have exhaust
ed our sources,” she said today !
The chairman further pointed out!
that subscriptions from individ-i
uals, churches, clubs and schools,
when all totaled, would probably |
bring the amount to somewhere in j
the neighborhood of $2,500.
“I think that if we clear that
much we have done well. There
is no reason for discouragement
in falling short of our quota, since
all of North Carolina has done like
wise,” Mrs. Scott announced.
In announcing the end of the
drive the chairman urged all the
groups to turn in their checks im
mediately. She also asked that
coin envelopes still be mailed by
persons who had not done so pre
viously.
The President’s ball at the
Country club Saturday night was
acclaimed a success with several
hundred persons attending. The
chairman heartily thanked mem
bers of the Business and Profes
sional Women’s club. Mrs. Scott
pointed out that such a concen
trated drive could not possibly
have been launched without coop
eration from other civic groups, as
well as churches and schools.
She personally thanked all the
schools for their large contribu-!
tions, and commended the Kiwanis
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UONS W1LLHEAR
MONTIETH AT MEET
Roland Urges Members To
Keep Up 100 Percent At
tendance Record
Hugh Monteith, Sylva lawyer and |
president of the Daniel Boone |
council of Boy Scouts of America, j
will be the principal speaker at:
the regular meeting of the Bre
vard Lions club Thursday night at I
the Bryant house. Meeting time j
will be at 7 o’clock as usual.
Following the regular session,
there will be a zone meeting here j
cf the presidents and secretaries
of the Sylva, Canton, Waynesville
and Brevard clubs, it is announced.
President E. O. Roland, of the
Brevard club, will preside over the
meeting and urges all Lions to be
present. “We are having an ex
cellent attendance contest with
Howard Bangs and Ralph Conley
as captains,” the president states.
During December and January,
100 percent attendance was report
ed and November’s was over 99
percent, Dr. Roland says.
Elks Order Is Organized Here With 95
Charter Members, Meets On Tuesdays
A total of 95 charter members
were initiated into the Brevard
Lodge of Benevolent and Protec
tive Order Elks last Thursday and
Tuesday nights at ceremonies at
the Brevard Country club.
E. L. Happ, chief electrician at
the Ecusta Paper corporation, was
elected Exalted Ruler of the local
lodge, which is No. 1768. Other
officers chosen are as follows:
Fred Holt, Esteemed Leading
Knight; Eddie Varner, Esteemed
Loyal Knight; J. S. Carpenter, Es
teemed Lecturing Knight; T. H.
Barker, secretary; Few Lyda,
treasurer; J. Fred Taylor, Tiler;
Bob Colwell, John Ford, Alex Pat
terson, trustees; and Hank New-!
bury, Esquire. Two appointive of- \
ficers will be named later.
A number of leading Elks from j
clubs throughout the Southeast*
attended the initial meeting here j
last Thursday night, and David I
Sholtz, past Grand Exalted Ruler,!
cl New York and Miami, Fla., was j
ihe speaker of the evening. John I
W. Parks, district deputy Grand
Exalted Ruler, of Gastonia, was in
charge of the initiation ceremony.
The local club will meet every
Tuesday evening until further no
tice at the Country club, it is an
nounced. Persons desiring to join
the club here are asked to con
tact the secretary.
Principal Figures At Brevard Merchants Association Banquet
The speakers at the annual Brevard Merchants association banquet and the members of the 1948
100-Iiushel Corn club in Transylvania county, who were honored guests at the affair, are pictured above.
President Harry H. Straus, of the Ecusta Paper corporation, is shown in the top left photo, and Warley
Parrott, Eeusta’s patent attorney, is pictured next. Freeman Nicholson, highest corn producer in the
county with 131 bushels on one acre, can be noted :n the next insert, and E. A. Hilker, Charlotte attor
ney. who was the principal speaker, is in the top right photo. Members of the 100-Bushel club can be
seen in the large group picture, with County Agent Julian A. Glazener in the center. Randall Lyday,
vocational agriculture teacher at Brevard is on Mr. Glazener’s right, and C. H. Bales, Rosman’s voca
tional agriculture teacher, who is also a member of .he club, is on the county agent’s left. (See story on
front page of the second section.)
North Carolina,
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ROUND-UP
The joint finance committee
began work Tuesday on the
1949 budget revenue bill and
announced appointments of
four subcommittees. These
groups are to study reports
made by the department of tax
research and the proposed pay
roll deduction plan.
Education leaders in the house
served notice that they intend to
force a vote on state aid for pub
lic school construction and that
they place a higher priority on
this than on the governor’s road
program. Three bills calling for
state aid in building schools have
been introduced in the house.
A house committee on Tues
day gave a favorable report on a
bill which would outlaw adver
tising of alcoholic beverages in
newspapers and magazines pub
lished in this state. An effort
will be made to apply the ban
to radio, also.
The 1947 highway safety act is
under fire in both houses. The
senate approved reduction in in
spections from two to one annual
ly and an identical bill has been
introduced in the lower house.
Sentiment is also said to exist for
complete repeal in the house,
where the driver’s license-re-ex
amination has been attacked. HB
171 would, in effect, do away with
examination of drivers.
Both houses have received the
governor’s recommendation that
the gas tax be increased one
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Red Cross Director
Says Aquatic School
Will Be Transferred
The two Red Cross Aquatic
schools, held each year for the
past 20 years at Camp Carolina,
one mile from Brevard, will be
transferred to Daytona Beach,
Fla., in 1949, according to an
announcement this week in the
Florida Times-Union at Jackson
ville.
James 1). Young, Jackson
ville’s aquatics director, said
the authority for the transfer
was given by Oliver Allen, At
lanta, Red Cross director of safe
ty services for the Southeast.
Robert T. Kimzey, associate
director and business mangaer
of Camp Carolina, said yester
day that it was his understand
ing that the aquatic school
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Transylvania County Produced
16,811,000 Feet Of Lumber In
’47, Manufacturing Census Shows
Heads Merchants
JACK B. MATTHEWS, mana
ger of Slack’s store here, was
elected president of the Brevard
Merchants’ association at the an
nual meeting last week succeed
ing Alex Patterson. Elected on
the board of directors with
President Matthews for 1949 are
the following: Crawford Free
man, vice president; Ira B. Arm
field, secretary and treasurer;
John Ford, Curtis Kelley,
J. A. Gray, Dan Hawkins,
Jerry Jerome, C. M. Douglas,
Freeman Hayes and Lloyd Bur
lians.
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Total of 17 Local Mills in
Report; Over 10 Million
in Hardwood
Transylvania county in 1947
produced 16,811,000 feet of lumber,
including 6,684,000 feet of soft
wood and 10,127,000 feet of hard
wood, according to C. Parker Per
sons, regional director of the U. S.
Department of Commerce in At
lanta.
The county’s lumber production
is shown in preliminary returns of
the census of manufactures of
1947 taken by the Bureau of the
Census of the Commerce Depart
ment, information on which is now
being published.
A total of 17 mills of Transyl
vania county reported in the cen
sus. Their production was part of
a total of 1,539,656,000 feet of lum
ber produced by 4,588 mills in
the state as a whole, including 1,
173.562.000 feet of softwood and
366.094.000 feet of hardwood lum
ber.
Mr. Persons invited businessmen
of Transylvania county to com
municate with the Atlanta region
al office of the Department of
Commerce for information per
taining to the census of manufac
tures of 1947. Also, he stated, his
office is in a position to help lo
cal businessmen on many prob
lems pertaining to their activities.
“Our office in Atlanta has data
applicable to many lines of busi
ness, and we are always at the
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Unemployment Has Increased In This
Area, Supervisor Of Commission Says
Unemployment in Transylvania
county greatly increased during
January over any month during
the past year, according to Steve
Carlisle, supervising interviewer
of the district office for the N. C.
Employment service.
A total of 10,864 continuing or
weekly unemployment compensa
tion claims were on file for Tran
sylvania, Henderson a n d Polk
counties during 1948 and more
than 2,000 such claims have been
filed in the period from December
26, 1948, to January 25, 1947, Mr
Carlisle said this week.
Claims in the first month of this
year were almost one-fifth of the
1948 total and he attributed this
to a business slump and curtail
ment of production in almost all
small industries and to layoffs in
major industries.
However, he added that unem
ployment is usually higher at this
time of year here due to the fact
that there is considerable seasonal
end agricultural employment here.
New and additional claims for
servicemen’s readjustment allow
ances for 1948 totalled 2.648 for
the three counties and continued
service readjustment allowances
totalled 13,398 for the same per
iod.
OBSERVANCE TO
GET UNDERWAY
SUNDAY NIGHT
Members of Local Troops
Will Operate Town One
Day During Week
EVENTS ARE LISTED
Extensive plans for the 39th an
nual observance of Boy Scout
week in Transylvania county from
February 6 through 12 are be
ing made, Rev. W. G. McFarland,
district chairman announced to
day.
With the slogan, “Boys Today—
Leaders Tomorrow,” the week will
be observed throughout America.
“To be prepared, loyal and friend
ly, helpful and courteous, these
are the things that are preparing
over two million American Boy
Scouts today for active citizenship
tomorrow,” Rev. McFarland stat
ed.
Boy Scout week in Transylvania
county will get underway Sunday
night with a special church ser
vice at the First Baptist church.
Rev. B. W. Thomason will be in
charge, and will preach an appro
priate sermon. Special music will
be furnished by the combined
junior choirs of the churches, un
der the direction of Miss Caroline
Gates, assisted by Pete Shiflet and
Mrs. J. M. Winget. All Scouts in •
the county, parents and friends
are urged to attend the church ser
vice
Special School Programs
Under the leadership of Cecil
Hill, Brevard attorney, Scouts of
the community will go into the
j schools and civic meetings next
i week and give special Scouting
! programs.
Window exhibits are being pre- ■
pared by the troops throughout (
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MRS. E. L. HAPP ON
RADIO PROCRAM
Local Woman Wins Two
Prizes on “Stop the Mu
sic” Show Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Happ, vaca
tioning in New York, lucked into
Old Gold’s “Stop the Music” pro
gram on NBC Sunday night, and
were still luckier when Mrs.
Happ walked away from the stu
dio richer by an electric stove and
a wrist watch.
Prior to leaving for New York,
the Happs had informed friends
here that they had gotten tickets
to the show, and many local per
sons heard Mrs. Happ participate.
This particular radio show plays
tunes which are to be identified
by contestants. The first choice
for identfiication is given to some
person in the U. S. called by tele
I phone. If this person fails to win,
a member of the audience is call
ed. Someone in Oakland, Calif.,
was called and failed to identify
the song, “Lover.” This was the
first song played.
Mrs. Happ, then summoned from
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Transylvania Home
Club Council Will
Meet Here Thurs.
The winter meeting of the Home
Demonstration club county coun
cil. postponed from another date,
will be held Thursday, February
3, at the NYA hut. Mrs. Pauline
Hotchkiss, western district agent,
will install new officers at this
time
All officers and club project
chairmen are asked to attend this
meeting, and clubs are reminded
by Miss Anne Benson Priest, home
agent, that annual $5.00 dues will
bo payable at this time.
Mrs. Hotchkiss will install the
following officers:
Mrs. Robert Cansler, Pisgah
Forest club, president; Mrs. Mar
vin Whitmire, Connestee club, vice
president; Mrs. Joe Norman.
Lamb’s Creek club, secretary, and
Mrs. Vernon Fricks, Glady Branch
club, treasurer.