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| TRANSYLVANIA * IS— The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance t o Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 60; No. 4 ■■W*? Ta The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper * 20 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950 * SECTION ONE * PUBLISHED WEEKLY TRANSYLVANIA IS— An Industrial, Tourist. Educational, AfricaS tural and Music Cen ter. Population 12,241. COMMERCE BODY TALKS PLANS Merchants To Hold Annual Banquet Thursday CAMAK TO MAKE PRINCIPAL TALK, STARTS AT7:30 New Officers And Directors Will Be Chosen During Business Session IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA . P. M. Camak, secretary of the Hendersonville chamber of com merce, will be the principal speak er tonight (Thursday) at the sixth annual banquet and business meeting of the Brevard Merchants association. The function will be gin at 7:30 o’clock in the lunch room of the Brevard graded school. Jerry Jerome, a director of the ► association, will present Mr. Camak and Everett Mitchell, pres ident, will preside. Rev. John D. Smith will give the invocation. Following the meal, President Mitchell will give a review of the year's activities, after which bal lots for directors will be gathered and a committee named to tally them. Ira B. Armfield, secretary treasurer, will make his annual report, which will be followed by recognition of special guests. A delegation of some 14 corn growers and ag teachers will be guests of the association. The former will be from the mem bership of the 100-bushel club and they will be presented by J. A. Glazener, county agent. Following Mr. Camak’s speech the result* of the election for di rectors will be declared, # who in turn will elect officers. A busi ness meeting will follow. Crawford Ffeeman is vice pres \ ident of the association and Miss Mattie Lewis is manager of the credit bureau. The board of di rectors is composed of Mr. Free man, Alex Patterson, C. M. Doug las, Lloyd Burhans, John A. Ford. Ralph Parrish, Fred Henson, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Armfield, Curtis Kelley, Mr. Jerome, Dan Hawkins and Freeman Hayes. WOODY RENAMED BANK PRESIDENT Past Year Declared One Of Best At Annual Meet ing Of Board Jonathan Woody was re-elected president of the Transylvania Trust company at the annual meeting held at the bank here re cently and S. E. Varner, Sr., was renamed chairman of the board of directors. Ralph J. Duckworth, vice presi dent and cashier, was also re elected as was Melvin Gillespie, the assistant cashier. In addition to President Woody, Vice President Duckworth and Chairman Varner, the board of directors is composed of L. N. Davis, W. M. Melton and Joseph S. Silversteen. It was reported at the meeting —Turn to Page Six 1...- ■■ CALENDAR OF J EVENTS ♦.- — ■ .... .1 Thursday, Jan. 26—Dixie store opens in new location, East Main street, 9 a. m. Merchants associa tion banquet, school cafeteria at 7:30 p. m. Masons to meet at 8 o’clock at Masonic hall. Friday, Jan. 27—District Scout council meeting at Duke Power office, 7:30. Square dance in American Legion building, 8:30. Saturday, Jan. 28—Brevard col lege cagers vs. Gardner-Webb at 7:30. Program by The Drifters, Brevard high school auditorium, 8:15. Square dance to benefit the March of Dimes, American Legion building, 9:30 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 29—Attend church of your choice. First Baptist con gregation to vote on proposed new building. —Turn To Page Twelve. Local College Accredited By The University Senate Of Methodist Church, Is Oldest Agency In U. S. Elected President JOHN I. ANDERSON, editor of The Transylvania Times, was elected president of the Bre vard chamber of commerce at a call meeting Tuesday night. He succeeds John W. Smith, and Curtis Kelley was named vice president. Other officers in clude: S. E. Varner, treasurer; Mrs. Ralph Fishe?, executive secretary; and C. M. Douglas, secretary to the board. BOARD EXPECTED TO ORDER TOWN EXPAND SYSTEM Plans For Sewerage Exten sion Approved By State Engineer Friday The state board of health is ex pected today (Thursday) to order the town of Brevard to proceed with its proposed sewerage expan sion plans, Ralph Ramsey, town attorney, said yesterday. Mr. Ramsey explained that under the circumstances prevailing here it is necessary for the state board to order such action before work on the project can proceed. J. W. McKimmon, an engineer with the state board, was here last Friday, inspected the local system and acquainted himself thoroughly with the anticipated expansion. Mr. Ramsey quoted him as having said that he would —Turn To Page Twelve Dr. Coltrane Receives Con gratulations From Ex ecutive Secretary Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of Brevard college, has received a letter from the University Senate of the Methodist church stating that this agency has seen fit to add the local institution to its list of accredited colleges and univer sities. This is the oldest accrediting agency in the United States. The decision to accredit Brevard college was made at the annual meeting of the board in Cincin nati on January 9th, according to the letter from Dr. John O. Gross, of Nashville, Tenn., executive sec retary. “I appreciate the efforts you have made in raising the stand ards of Brevard college,” the let ter to Dr. Coltrane stated. “Con gratulations to you on this honor, which is highly deserved,” it Con tinued. Dr. Goodwin C. White, of Em ory university, is president of the Uniw sity Senate. The organiza tion as on its list only the col leges which have the highest standards in the country. Brevaird college was only re cently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools. DIXIE WUL OPEN NEW SUPER STORE Formal Event Is Scheduled For Thursday; New Fea tures Highlighted The Dixie-Home stores will open their new super market on East Main street next to the Duke Power Co. this (Thursday) morn ing at 9 o’clock. A number of very attractive values are being offered for the occasion. Particu lars may be had by reading a double page spread in this issue, which also lists as an inducement to their customers the giving away of a number of free food baskets. Wallace Lesley, of South Caro lina, will be manager of the new —Turn to Page Seven AN EDITORIAL Still On Top! We are really not bragging about it, but we are mighty proud of the fact that The Times is still regarded by the judges of the North Carolina Press association awards contests as being the state’s number one weekly newpaper. It is most gratifying to us that The Times has the dis tinction of being the only weekly in the state which won prizes in each of the three divisions of the 1949 contest. For the past eight years, our paper won first place in general excellence contests among all of the non-daily papers every time it was eligible to participate. Last year general excellence was changed to three separate contests known as best editorial page, feature and news coverage. In North Carolina there are a large number of fine weekly and semi-weekly newspapers and we are pleased that in the 1949 contest the papers of the west really licked the papers of the east—thanks to The Times, The Waynesville Mountaineer, The Forest City Courier, The Elkin Tribune and The Cleveland Times. We are making no prediction about how much longer we will continue to maintain our top prize-winning record, but we are sure of one thing and that is we will continue to do our best to publish an even better newspaper in the future. For these honors and others that have come to The Times, much of the credit is due to our thousands of loyal readers and to our advertisers. With their continued cooperation and support we shall continue to help make Transylvania county a bigger and better place in which to live. Times Wins Three Out Of Nine State Press Awards | ,19 4 9 PRESS AWARD ' tealiaa pr^s Kmunztim -Best Editorial * Weekly Dhnsimt SKCthX'B PLAU’l mANSYLVANM TIMES Jmwu® Mi, 19$Q 19 4 9 l^i Fit ESS AWARD ' 3for*J? Carolina |f Prrsr Assamliun iter M?m? Coverage Weekly Division rmxn place , TRANSYLVANIA TIMES JW»l M, c 4i pm Pnsukil Award na Press Association ST FEATURES Division Contests vania Times 1949 The Transylvania Times received three out of nine press awards for weekly newspapers at the ban quet of the annual North Carolina Press institute last Friday night at Duke University. Directly above is shown the bronze plaque presented The Times for placing first in the best features division of the contest. Above left is the certificate for second place, best editorial page, and above right is another certificate won for third place, best news coverage. Transylvania Times Retains Leadership By Winning Three Out of Nine Prizes Offered Weeklies By State Press Ass’n By winning three of the nine awards given in the weekly news paper division of the 1949 press awards of the North Carolina Press association, The Transylva nia Times continues to maintain its reputation as a state and na tional prize-winning newspaper. Awards were given in three con tests for the weekly division and The Times was the only weekly newspaper in the state to win in each contest. It won first place in the feature classification, second place in the best editorial contest and third place in the best news coverage classification. : Governor Kerr Scott made the announcement of the winners and presentation of awards at the an nual institute of the North Caro lina Press association last Friday night For winning first place, this newspaper received a large and beautiful plaque and a certificate in each of the other contests. Floyd K. Baskette, of the jour nalism department of Emory Uni versity, was in charge of judging for the non-daily press awards. Weekly and semi-weekly news papers that entered the contests placed the school on the mailing list last September and Mr. Bas kette kept a score each week on each entry. The feature story classification was judged on the basis of capi talization on feature possibilities, effective use of humor, local fea tures, originality, syndicated fea tures, pictures, comics and panels. Th* editorial page was judged by appearance of page, variety, or iginality, editorial page features, letters, columns, cartoon, reprint editorials, headings and editorial paragraphs. The news coverage contest con sidered these things: organization, objectivity, community interest appeal, background and follow-up, legitimacy of news, sports, society, business and labor activities, farm news, church news, school news, headings, family interests, negro news and radio log. These three contests embrace the complete editorial and news columns of the paper and The Times is honored that it won in each classification. In previous years, this newspa per won first place in general ex cellence in the non-daily field in North Carolina during the years of 1942, 1944 and 1946. No con test was held last year and these “break-down” contests replaced “general excellence.” As a result of being the only weekly to win in each of the three contests, it seems reasonable to assume that The Times is still the tsp weekly newspaper in North Carolina. Since 1942 it has won this honor every time it was eligi ble to participate. In national competition, The Times has won second place on general excellence and second place for best editorial. Another paper published by Ed M. Anderson, The Forest City Courier, won two awards in the 1949 contests. The complete list of the prize winners in the weekly contest fol lows: Features—1, The Transylvania Tjmes; 2, Leaksville News, and 3, —Turn To Page Six 1950 CAN BE BEST YEAR IN COUNTY, DIRECTORS AGREE Annual Election Of Offi cers Held; Several Make Suggestions MERGER PROPOSED With the outlook for the year 1950 being extremely bright in Brevard and Transylvania county, directors of the Brevard chamber of commerce Tuesday night dis cussed at length numerous proj ects for the welfare and better ment of the town and county. With this being a crucial year and with the proposed industrial expansion in this county, it was the consensus that energetic steps should be taken to exploit the op portunities that exist here. The meeting was called for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. John I. Ander son was chosen without opposi tion to succeed John W. Smith as president. Kurils iveney, owner oi cash; and Carry super market, was: named vice president, and other officers elected without opposi tion were: S. E. Varner, Sr., treas urer; Mrs. Ralph R. Fisher, exec utive secretary, and C. M. Douglas* recording secretary. The newly elected president, af ter expressing appreciation for the honor bestowed upon him* called for a united effort on the part of all citizens to promote the development of the town and county. “There has been considerable agitation for a promotional direc tor of the local chamber of com merce to devote his entire time to securing new industries, new business, a hotel and other enter prises which it is generally con • ceded that the town needs very badly if it continues to progress,’* Mr. Anderson said. It has also been suggested that . -—Turn To Page Six BREVARD JAYCEES ELECT OFFICERS To Continue Dogwood Proj ect; Will Replace Dead Trees Free Russ Poole, owner of Poole’s Men Shop here, was elected pres ident of the Brevard Jaycees for the ensuing year at a meeting held' at the Busy Bee cafe Tuesday night. He succeeds Bob Bolt. Other officers chosen at the time were: George T. Perkins, Jr., first vice president; Bruce Liven good, second vice president; Rev. Edward Roy, secretary; John A. Ford, Jr., treasurer and Heyward Buchanan, state director. Direc tors: Mr. Bolt, Earl Hall, Lloyd’ Burhans, J. C. Taylor and Wade Johnson. Retiring officers in addition to> Mr. Bolt are: Mr. Burhans, first vice president; Rhea O. Doyle, sec —Turn To Page Twelve Autos Must Display 1950 License Tags By Next Wedn’day Announcement is made today through the Carolina Motor duly that all motor vehicles must have 1950 license tags prior to next Wednesday morning, February 1, 1950. According to Patrolman H. M. Morrow, the state law requires that any vehicle operated on the state highway or streets after midnight next Tuesday, the driver is subject to arrest. “Tags must be displayed on the front and rear of the vehide and if is an infraction of the law to have the licenses sticking in the windowshield,” the patrolman said. License tag sales in Transylva nia county were 125 behind the same period last year, it was an* —Tan te Page Stab
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