TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance t o
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
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. 8 *
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BREVARb. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949 k 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SERIES OF ROBBERIES CONTINUES
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Seeking Jobs For Many Unemployed In County
ESTIMATED 1100
OUT OF WORK !N
TOWN, COUNTY
Total Of 375 Persons Are
Drawing Unemployment
Pay Claims Here
SITUATION GENERAL
North Carolina Employment
service officials in Brevard Tues
day urged the immediate planning
of small jobs to utilize the increas
ing number of unemployed per
sons in Transylvania.
With an estimated 1100 people
unemployed in the county now,
the employment officials stated
that immediate steps should be
taken by local businessmen and
farmers to keep the number from
increasing.
Henry G. Parker, district super
visor, for the section west of
Morganton, and Gardner Blythe,
three-county manager for the em
ployment service, pointed out that
there were probably many con
struction, improvement and farm
projects in the county that have
been postponed for lack of labor
during the past few years that
could now be started with small
amount of planning on the part of
property owners.
Mr. Parker and Mr. Blythe came
here to check on possible assist
ance to unemployed people whose
number has been increasing rapid
ly for the past several months.
Not On “Covered” Jobs
Check-up in the employment of
fice reveals that there are now |
375 people drawing unemployment
on active claims, and in addition,
there is estimated by the employ
ment officials to be 800 to 1100
total unemployed here, most of
whom have not been working on
“covered” jobs, and therefore are
ineligible to draw North Carolina
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PLEA IS MADE FOR
SINGERS IN CHOIR
Mrs. Hill Requests All In*
terested Persons To Meet
Sunday Afternoon
All persons interested in sing
ing in the Festival choir for the
district meeting of the Federated
Music clubs which will be held
in Asheville in May are asked to
meet Sunday at the St. Philip’s
Episcopal church at 2:30 o’clock
with Mrs. Verne C. Hill, local
chairman of National Music week.
All choir members of the vari
ous churches here and other sing
ers are invited to sing in the fes
tival choir, Mrs. Hill says. Practice
will be held here each week and
then in Asheville on the day be
fore the concert.
James Allen Dash, conductor
of the Philadelphia Bach chorus,
will direct the festival choir in the
last researsal and at the festival
concert.
Mrs. Hill explains that the meet
ing Sunday is purely for organi
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 24 — Masonic
meeting in hall at 8. “Mary’s Oth
er Husband.” in American Legion
building at 8:30.
Friday, Feb. 25 — Boy Scout
council meeting in Methodist
parsonage, 7:30.
Saturday, Feb. 26—Square dance
in American Legion building, 8:30.
Sunday, Feb. 27—Attend the
church of your choice. Organiza
tional meeting of singers, St. Phil
ip’s church, 2:30.
Monday, Feb. 28—VFW meeting
in new home, 7:30.
Tuesday, Mar. 1—Eastern Star
meets in Masonic hall at 7:30. Elks
meet at Country club at 8.
Wednesday, Mar. 2—Rotary club
meets at Gaither’s cafeteria, 7.
Transylvania Wildlife club meets,
7:30, over city hall. WOW meet
ing in hall, 8.
Hamlin Succeeds Jerome As
Chairman Of The Local Red
Cross Chapter. Reports Made
Elected Chairman
LEWIS P. HAMLIN, above,
was elected to succeed Jerry
Jerome as chairman of the local
chapter of the American Red
Cross at the annual meeting on
Monday night. The outgoing
president has served for the
past 15 years and his work was
praised by the group attending
the meeting.
NEW TELEPHONE
DIRECTORIES TO
i BE PRINTED SOON
j Management Requests All
! Persons To Be Sure Name
And Number Correct
New telephone directories will
be printed in March and distrib
uted at an early date, officials of
the local company announce to
day.
March 5th has been set as the
deadline for making changes and
corrections in the directory and
all subscribers must contact the
office, telephone 900, before that
time to make any change in list
ings.
“We want to make this direc
tory as complete and correct as
possible,” C. W. Pickelsimer, the
manager, stated this week. “To
do this, we must have the co-oper
ation of all of our customers,” he
continued.
“If your phone number or ad
dress was incorrectly listed in the
book now in use or if you plan to
move, please let us know prompt
ly,” the manager said.
The new directory will be the
largest in the history of the local
Citizens Telephone company and
some 1,300 listings are expected to
be carried.
Gordon Sprott returned last
week from an extended business
trip through Mississippi, Louisiana
and Alabama and other parts of
the Southeast.
Work Of Local Group Is
Praised; Blood Bank Film j
Is Shown Here
Lewis P. Hamlin, well-known
local attorney, was elected chair
man Monday night of the Tran
sylvania chapter of the American
Red Cross, succeeding Jerry Jer
ome, who has served as the head
of the organization here for the
past 15 years.
Representatives from practically
every civic and religious organiza
tion in Brevard and Transylvania
attended the annual meeting here
over the city hall and unanimous
ly approved the selection of the
nominating committee.
In addition to Mr. Hamlin, the
chairman, other officers named
were as follows: Mrs. Oliver Orr
and Charlie Himes, vice chairmen;
C. M. Douglas, re-elected secretary
and home service officer; and Alex
Kizer, renamed treasurer.
Several representatives ex
pressed their appreciation to Mr.
Jerome for the outstanding job he
has done here as chairman of the
local chapter. In going out of
office, Mr. Jerome said he could
be counted on to do his part when
the roll call began and he ex
pressed gratitude for the coopera
tion he had received during his
tenure of office.
Mr. Jerome paid tribute to C.
M. Douglas, home service worker.
“Few people realize how much
work Mr. Douglas does in this of
fice, receiving no compensation
whatsoever,” he continued.
It was explained that while the
war is over, some three to 10 vet
erans or their families are serv
iced daily in some manner by the
local home service officer.
“This work within itself is a
great contribution by the Red
Cross and Mr. Douglas to this
community,” the outgoing chair
man declared.
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GREEN AND OTHER
LAYMEN TO SPEAK
Methodists To Hold Special
Service Sunday; Public
Is Invited
Ottis Green, Sr., prominent lay
leader of the Haywood Street
Methodist church, of Asheville,
will deliver the address for Lay
men’s Day services at the Brevard
Methodist church Sunday morning
at 11 a. m. This world-wide obser
vance, sponsored in all Methodist
churches on the fourth Sunday in
February or thereabouts, works to
promote lay activities in all con
gregations.
J. E. Rufty, local lay leader and
chairman of the board of stew
ards, will preside and Dr. J. F.
Zachary, chairman of the board of
trustees, will introduce Mr.
Green to the church members. The
Scripture lesson will be read by
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Capacity Crowd Expected To See
"Mary’s Other Husband” Thursday
All indications point to a packed
house for the presentation of the
hit comedy, “Mary’s Other Hus
band,” in the American Legion
building Thursday night, and Com
mander Raymond F. Bennett states
that reserved seats have been sold
out since last week end.
Curtain time for the production
is 8:30, and all proceeds from the
performance will benefit the new
Legion building. Under the di
rection of Robroy Farquhar, the
play is being given here by the
Hendersonville Community Thea
tre players. This excellent ama-j
teur group successfully presented
the comedy to Hendersonville au-l
diences, Mr. Bennett points out.
“Mary’s Other Husband” is a
comedy, written by Larry E. John
son, and was first presented in this
section at the Old Mill Playhouse,
Flat Rock in 1940. Mary Barber
will portray the role of Mary Mar
shall and Hubert Harrelson the
role of Harvey, the henpecked hus
band. Stella, the maid of the Mar
shall household, will be played by
Julienne Carter and Dr. Jerry
Niles, the “other husband,” by
Ernie Frankel.
Other characters include Mar
jorie Burrows, teacher at Bre
vard high school, as Aunt Eipmy;
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Jaycees Begin Annual Dogwood Planting Project
Mayor S. E. Varner is shown in the above picture planting the first dogwood this season in contin
uation of the local Jaycees’ “Dogwoods For Brevard” project. It is the intention of the club to make
Brevard the dogwood center of North Carolina and members of the club are now planting the trees
along the streets and around local school buildings. Bob Bolt, Jaycee president, is shown holding the
tree. On the left of the mayor is Gerald Martin. Others in the photo from left to right are Earl Hall,
Dr. William Bridger, Charlie Himes, William Buchanan, Lloyd Burhans, K. W. Frazier and his small
son, Jerry. (Times Staff Photo.)
JAYCEES DISCUSS
CONTINUATION OF
DOGWOOD IDEA
Trees Available At $1.00
Each, Planted; Playground
Equipment Is Bought
Continuation of their dogwood
project was discussed by local
Jaycees at their regular meeting
at Gaither’s cafeteria on Tuesday
night. According to the president,
Bob Bolt, who presided, planting
will continue this week around
the grammar school buildings.
Trees are stlil available to the
public at $1.00 each, planted, ac
cording to Mr. Bolt.
Cecil Hill discussed the installa
tion of park playground equip
ment, which will be done next
month. This consists of three
pieces, a set of see saws, a merry
go-round and a stainless steel
slide. It was announced that a
benefit bridge party will be giv
en on April 21 for the park fund.
Howard Schmidt was the win
ner of a Time magazine quiz.
President Bolt, in reiterating
his desire to make Brevard the
dogwood center of the state, gave
the following data about this re
markable tree:
The dogwood is probably the
most versatile of all our native
trees, and it certainly can be
classed as one of the most beauti
ful. From the time it covers it
self with a canopy of white in the
spring to the time of dropping its
colorful red and bronze leaves to
expose the scarlet fruit and red
dish twigs, it is indeed a tree of
beauty.
Nearly 40 varieties of dogwood
are known to the botanists and of
these, 30 are found in the north
era hemisphere. They vary wide
ly in habit of growth, from low
shrubby and vine-like varieties to
the large tree forms which may
reach a height of 70 feet. Our com
mon flowering dogwood seldom
surpasses 40 feet in height. Many
of the shrub type are used in
landscape planting.
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Unions File Petition
For Ecusta Election
Two AFL labor unions filed a
petition with the National Labor
Relations Board Monday request
ing that an election be held at the
Ecusta Paper corporation to de
termine if they shouldn’t be the
bargaining agent for the employ
ees of the company.
The two unions, International
Brotherhood of Pulp and Sulphite
Workers and the International
Brotherhood of Paper Makers,
claimed in the Associated Press
story that they had a majority of
the 1,000 workers of the company.
The petition was filed with
Reed Johnston, field examiner in
charge of the 5th sub-regional
area. No further details were
available.
Great Variety Of Hunts Are
Being Held In Pisgah And
Other WNC WildlfeJkeas
North Carolina
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ROUND-UP
An estimated 2,000 people ap
peared Tuesday in Raleigh be
fore a joint session of the com
mittee on propositions and griev
ances to voice their opposition
to a proposed referendum on the
liquor question. No action was
taken on the Penny bill pend
ing an address on the subject
yesterday by Governor Scott.
Those who favor a referendum
were heard last Thursday.
A bill has been offered in the
house to amend the state’s ban on
the closed shop, where both man
agement and employees agree to
the arrangement The author of
th measure, Clyde A. Shreve, of
Guilford, said the governor fav
ored the proposal.
The senate roads committee
yesterday gave consideration to
major changes in the $200,000,
000 road bond election bill which
were proposed by a sub com
mittee. The house roads com
mittee has already approved the
proposal and sent it to the fi
nance committee.
Governor Scott is said to have
endorsed a proposal by Rep. Roy
Taylor, of Buncombe, in a joint
resolution to establish a state-sup
ported junior college in Bun
combe. The resolution would au
thorize a 11-member commission
to study the proposal and report
by October 1, 1950. It was re
ferred to the house committee on
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Total Kills During Last Fall
Are Reported; Planning
For Future
Hunters on the various Coopera
tive Wildlife Management areas in j
Western North Carolina enjoyed I
a wider variety of hunting this j
past fall than they have any year
to date. This was reported by
Carl G. Krueger, of the United
States Forest service and Mal
colm Edwards, of the North Caro
lina Wildlife Resources commis
sion.
The managed hunts opened on
the Pisgah district in November
with an organized bear hunt on the
Sherwood Management area. On
this hunt, a party of 25 hunters
and 10 dogs are allowed two days
to hunt and are limited to one
bear per person. Applicants are
selected at a public drawing held
in the Waynesville court house.
On the 1948 hunts, ten parties con
taining a total of 246 hunters
killed nine bears. The largest of
these weighed 300 pounds. A
combination still hunt for deer and
bears was also held on the Sher
wood area in which 219 hunters
killed 40 buck deer and one bear,
Mr. Krueger says.
The thirteenth annual big game
hunt of the Pisgah Preserve
opened during November. This
ran for three weeks and included
six check in-check out hunt on
which the hunter is allowed three
days to make a kill of one buck
deer or one bear. At the same
time six wilderness hunts were be
ing held on which the hunters
camp in the interior of the forest.
The kill on these hunts is also one
buck deer or one bear. On all of
the Pisgah Preserve hunts, 1,345
hunters killed 244 buck deer and
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VFW Post And Auxiliary To Move
Into New Quarters On Saturday
Members of the Lewis Earl Jack
son post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars will move into their
new home across from the resi
dence of Ralph R. Fisher on the
Pisgah Forest highway on Satur
day, Charles Perry, quartermaster,
announces today.
Monday night post members and
the auxiliary will hold a joint
meeting, with the business session
getting underway at 7:30 o’clock
and a spaghetti supper at 8
o’clock. A. J. Montanari will pre
pare the spaghetti, and all mem
bers and eligible veterans are in
vited to attend.
Mr. Perry reports that construc
tion is now going on in the interior
of the building and when com
pleted, there will be an assembly
room, a ladies room, a snack bar,
a recreation room and two rest
rooms.
For the past several months, the
VFW post and auxiliary have been
meeting in the building formerly
occupied by McNeely’s store, and
members are delighted that a larg
er home is being completed, Mr.
Perry says.
On the building committee are
the following: Glover Jackson, Ed
Garrett, Coleman Hamilton, Eb
Morrow and Joe Perry.
TAKING OF EVERY
PRECAUTION NOW
URGED RY CHIEF
Several Homes And Busi
ness Concerns Entered Re
cently By Thieves
MAKE INVESTIGATIONS
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty are not escaping the crime wave
now spreading over the entire na
tion.
During the past week, the local
police department has answered
several calls where attempted
breaking and entering was report
ed.
Since the first of the year, rob
beries in the town have taken a
sharp upward trend, Chief B. F.
Banther states.
“It is no reason for undue alarm,
but instead every citizen should
take the utmost precaution to see
that all doors and windows are
locked securely at night and to
inform the police department
when residents will be out of town
for any length of time,” the chief
declared.
Make Full Report
He warns all citizens to imme^
diately report any suspicious in
cidents or characters noticed
around their premises.
“When calling the police, be
.sur$ to inform the pfficer or tb*
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and whether or not there nr a’
prowler around,” he continued.
Chief Banther points out that it
is important to tell the police or
the operator of the nature of the
law breaking.
Monday night the local police
were called to a home here to
make an investigation. When ap
proaching the location, they saw
a man dart across the yard and
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CAUTION IS URGED
IN BURNING TRASH
Chief Merrill Makes Some
Suggestions On Reduc
ing Fire Hazards
People who live in the corporate
limits of Brevard are required to
notify the city hall before they
burn trash or weeds on their
premises and those residing out
side should secure a permit for
any kind of burning within 500
feet of woodlands.
Fire Chief Dan Merrill has
urged local citizens to exercise the
greatest caution when doing burn
ing at this season of the year,
when the hazards of outdoor fires
are greatest.
He advises that trash and weeds
not be burned when the wind is
blowing and that such material
should be piled in several small
piles rather than one large one.
The spread of the flames may be
prevented by having a fire hose
handy. It is better, he pointed
out, to put trash and weeds into
a wire basket for burning.
Adult Scout Drive
Started, Kiwanians
Seek Contributions
The adult membership enroll
ment for the Transylvania district
of the Daniel Boone Council of
Boy Scouts is now in full swing,
according to Chairman Anthony
Trantham, and Kiwanians expect
to meet their full quota of $1,700
by the end of the week.
The chairman points out that
members of his committee have
received excellent co-operation,
and he believes that the progress
of Scouting in the county is the
main contributing factor.
Membership in the adult Scout
ing is only $1.00 per person, and
the $1,700 quota for this county
means that 1,700 persons will be
enrolled in the canvass. The
chairman urges that any person
who has not been contacted, but
would like to contribute call eith
er him or a member of the local
Kiwanis club.