1 TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
The Lend of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance t o
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
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tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 60, No. 6
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950
★ SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CITIZENS DISAPPROVE TVA PLANS
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2,1 Millions In LJ. S. Bonds Held In Transylvania
AMOUNT IS ALL IN
E, F AND G SERIES
BOUGHT SINCE’41
Cash-Ins And Redemptions
Have Been Deducted
From Total
VALUE GOOD
The people of Transylvania
county are now holding a net
backlog of U. S. Savings bonds
amounting to $2,544,667. Jerry
Jerome, the local chairman, has
been informed by Allison James,
state director in Greensboro. This
figure represents total E, F and
G bonds purchased in the county
since May, 1941, with all cash-ins
and redemptions deducted as of
December 31, 1949.
il “This splendid reserve of liquid
assets brings to our community
annually interest and accruals
amounting to 2of these hold
ings,” said Chairman Jerome.
Savings bonds sales in Transyl
vania county for the year 1949,
were as follows: Series E, $303,
870; Series F, none; Series G, $16,
000; total 1949 sales of $319,870.
The county chairman stated that
according to the report the cur
rent value of U. S. Savings bonds
outstanding is greater than the
amount held during the wartime
peak in 1945.
He said that the people of North
Carolina in the 100 counties hold
a total of $657 million in Savings
bonds.
On a national basis, he Said, “in
dividuals hold more than $48.5
billion, cash value, in Savings
bonds of which $33.8 billion is in
Series E bonds.”
Mr. Jerome said that other fac
tors in the report show that 42
Y firms in the state in 1949 were
added to the list of those operat
ing the payroll savings plans for
purchase of bonds by employees.
North Carolina women’s clubs
and auxiliaries have set a goal of
a bondna-member for each annual
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LAMAR LEWIS IS
BURIED WED’DAY
Made Home Here, In Raleigh
And Greenville; Trav
eled Many Years
Funeral services for Lamar
English Lewis, 57, who died at his
home in Greenville, S. C., on Tues
day morning at 5:00 o’clock, were
held at the Brevard Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon at
3:00 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. J.
Julian Holmes, officiated and bur
ial followed in the Evergreen
cemetery.
>• Mr. Lewis, who retired some
years ago because of ill health,
made his home in Brevard, Ra
leigh and Greenville, S. C. and for
24 years traveled for the Inter
national Shoe company and made
many, many friends in the Sout
hern states.
He is survived by the widow,
Mrs. Louise Erwin Lewis; one
daughter, Miss Verena Lamar
Lewis, of Greenville; two sisters,
Mrs. Helen Terry, Greenville, S.
C., and Miss Mattie Lewis, Bre
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Feb. 9 — Farmers
Home Administration office in the
courthouse open all day. Fort
nightly club meets with Mrs. C. E.
Roy, 3:30. Masonic meeting in
hall, 8 o’clock. Jaycettes meet at
home of Mrs. Howard Schmidt, 8
o’clock.
Friday, Feb. 10—Boy Scout
Court of Honor at First Baptist
church, 7:30. Red Cross officers
and workers to meet in city hall,
7:30. Comedy, “Aunt Silly,” in
high school auditorium, 8 o’clock.
Square dance in American Legion
building, 8:30.
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Court Of Honor And Operation
Of City Affairs Feature Scout
Week Here, Church Service Sun.
To Award Trophy
Special Scouting Programs
Being Given At Civic
Meetings, Schools
Transylvania Boy Scouts are ex
tremely active this week as the
40th anniversary of Scouting is
observed in America, and the week
will be climaxed with a number
of important services.
Highlighting the observance
here will be the taking over of
town operations on Saturday aft
ternoon by the Scouts of Brevard
and out in the county.
A Court of Honor for the Scouts
in the Transylvania district will
be held Friday night, February
10th, at the First Baptist church
beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Several awards will be given
and a representation is expected
from every troop in the county,
according to Rowell Bosse, ad
vancement chairman. All parents
and friends will be welcomed at
the honor court.
A special church service for the
Brevard and Transylvania Scouts
will be held at the St. Philip’s
Episcopal church Sunday morning;
at 11 o’clock, and all Cubs, Scouts,
leaders and district committee
men, as well as all other friends
of Scouting and parents of the
boys are cordially invited to the
service.
Rev. H. Boyd Edwards, rector,
will deliver a message of interest
to all Scouts and their leaders.
During the observance this
we-‘k, the Scouts have been putting
on programs in the schools, at
civic meetings, and a special dis
play had been erected on the
courthouse lawn. Several store
windows are featuring Scouting
displays.
King Bakery Will
Open Here Friday
Morning On Broad
K. G. Patterson, of Asheville,
will open a King Bakery here on
South Broad street next to Gal
loway’s cafe tomorrow (Friday)
morning with J. T. Moore in
charge. The building, formerly oc
cupied by the Dixie-Home store,
has been thoroughly renovated and
adapted to the needs of the bak
ery.
Mr. Patterson said the bakery,
which would operate under the
direct supervision of the Quality
Bakery, in Asheville, will offer
the same variety of goods at the
same prices that prevail there.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sprott re
turned Wednesday f]pgpi a business
trip to High Point.
JONATHAN H. WOODY,
president of the Transylvania
Trust company, will award the
huge loving cup, now on display
here at the local bank, to Free
ban Nicholson, Transylvania’s
top corn grower for the past
three years, at a special ban
quet next Tuesday night in the
graded school cafeteria here. '
FIRST ANNUAL
CORN BANQUET
TUESDAY NIGHT
Dr. E. R. Collins To Make
Principal Speech; Grow
ers To Get Awards
The first annual Transylvania
100-bushel corn club banquet will
be held at the Brevard graded
school lunchroom next Tuesday
night, February 14, at 7 o’clock.
J. A. Glazener, county agent, will
preside and the chief speaker of
the evening is Dr. E. R. Collins,
in charge of agronomy extension
at State college.
Mr. Glazener said yesterday
that Dr. Coltrane was the man
who, taking the experiment sta
tion research findings in the
growing of corn, made practical
application of these findings
through county demonstrations
conducted under the supervision
of county agents, vocational in
structors and veteran instructors.
As a result of this research, Mr.
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AN EDITORIAL
Wanted: Effective Control Plan
At the conference in the courthouse here Tues
day night with TVA engineers, prominent citizens
freely expressed their doubts concerning the merits
of the plan of flood control of the French Broad val
ley as outlined before President Truman by the Ten
nessee Valley Authority.
These expressions should not be interpreted to
mean that the people of this county are indifferent
to or opposed to flood control. Quite the contrary,
they are fully convinced that an effective method of
flood control is imperative and the sooner we get it,
the better it will be for the welfare of the French
Broad valley.
We do not dispute the statement that the plan
that has been proposed by TVA would benefit the en
tire valley, but we should like to point out that Tran
sylvania county feels that it should not be sacrificed
to protect other counties in the valley.
We argue, too, that dredging of streams in Tran
sylvania is a must, however TVA engineers turned a
deaf ear to this proposal and also to the suggestion
of building dams on the headwaters.
It is now imperative that we join the citizens of
Henderson and Buncombe counties in working out a
plan of flood control for the French Broad valley that
would benefit the entire area, and at the same time
not sacrifice progressive Transylvania county.
$1,000 NEEDED IN
POLIO DRIVE TO
GOOVERTOPHERE
Campaign Will End This
Week; Cooperation Of
Schools Praised
According to the latest tabula
tion of funds collected in the
March of Dimes drive, Transylva
nia county is still about $1,000
short of the goal, and County
Chairman J. O. Wells is appealing
to citizens to give this week as
the campaign ends.
“This week end we expect to
wind up the campaign and all coin
collectors will be taken up at
this time,” the chairman said yes
terday. He urged all volunteer
workers to turn in their funds by
this week end in order that the
amount collected can be made
known as soon as possible.
“I wish to commend the schools
for the enthusiasm and coopera
tion they have shown in the cam
paign,” Mr. Wells stated. “We
have no report from the country
schools, but all of them in Bre
vard and Rosman have worked
hard on the March of Dimes.”
He pointed out that Brevard
high school students raised more
than $1.00 per student enrolled.
No report was in from Brevard
college students.
In speaking of the cooperation
he and the members of the Kiwan
is club had received in the fund
drive, Mr. Wells stated that he
wishes to express appreciation to
all individuals, firms and organi
zations that assisted him in the
worthy cause.
DEMOCRATS TO
MEET SATURDAY
Executive Committee Is To
Nominate Members Of
Election Board
The Transylvania Democratic
executive committee will meet in
the courthouse here on Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock to nomi
nate three persons for appoint
ment to the county board of elec
tions.
The meeting was called upon
direction of Everett Jordan, chair
man of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive committee, and the hour
and place was set by W. A. Wil
son, chairman of the Transylvania
group.
Chairmen of the 19 precincts
in the county comprise the com
mittee.
Under the law the names of
three persons will be submitted
to the state board and two will be
named. A Republican member
will be nominated this month by
the executive committee of that
party.
Incumbents are Frank Duck
work, chairman; Mrs. Joe Osborne
and Ulysses Reeves.
Red Cross To Hold
Annual Meeting In
City Hall Friday
The annual meeting of Red
Cross officers of the Transylvania
chapter and volunteer workers
will be held in the city hall at
7:30 o’clock Friday night.
Lewis P. Hamlin, chapter chair
man, asks that all persons inter
ested in Red Cross work attend
the meeting and officers will be
elected for the next year.
Mr. Hamlin makes a special ap
peal for citizens to donate blood
at the Bloodmobile here next
Thursday.
FHA OFFICE OPEN TODAY
The Farmer’s Home administra
tion office in the Brevard court
house was not open on Wednes
day, February 8th, due to a meet
ing held in Asheville that day.
Since it was closed Wednesday,
it will be open all day Thursday
(today), according to J. C. Mc
Darris, the manager of the local
office.
Gives A Dime A Day In Polio Fight
Touched by a picture she saw in school last year, little Miss
Susan Morgan, pictured above, a member of the second grade in
Rosman school, resolved she would, during the following year, con
tribute a dime a day to the campaign against polio. She brought in
her bank to the school a few days ago and when it was opened it
was found to contain $36.75 in coins. The little girl is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morgan, of Rosman, and her teacher is Miss
Julia Wood. The class raised over $56.06 in the campaign this
year. (Photo by Austin.)
Fire Department To Present A
Hilarious Comedy Here Friday
And Saturday Nights At B.H.S.
FINAL RITES WERE
HELD SUNDAY FOR
C. K. OSBORNE, 81
Hundreds Of Friends At
tend Impressive Services;
Native Transylvanian
Hundreds of relatives and
friends attended the impressive
funeral services Sunday after
noon for Claud Killian Osborne,
81, who for many years before his
retirement was a political, educa
tional and agricultural leader of
the county.
The church service was con
ducted at the First Baptist church
here at 3 o’clock, with the Rev.
Paul Hartsell, of Abbeville, S. C.,
officiating. Mr. Osborne died at
12:30 o’clock last Saturday morn
ing in the Transylvania Communi
ty hospital as a result of a recent
stroke.
Masonic rites were conducted
at the graveside in the Gillespie
cemetery following the church
service.
Pallbearers were Randal Ly
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Prominent Citizens To Vie
In Beauty; Proceeds For
Two-Way Radio
The fire department of Brevard
is sponsoring the three-act come
dy, “Aunt Silly,” on Friday and
Saturday, February 10th and 11th,
at Brevard high school at 8 p. m.
The cast of Brevard residents
includes Carolyn Winchester,
Mary Lou Sweat, Becky Macfie,
Dorothy Gay Rockwood, Luke
Harrison, Jiggs Price, Ray Win
chester, Jack Wilbur, Dr. Carl
Hardin and Mrs. Margaret Hamp
ton.
One of the featured numbers in
the production is the male beauty
contest. The list of contestants,
which is being announced for the
first time today, includes such
well known beauties as Tony Tran
tham, Donald Lee Moore, William
Bridges, Russell Poole, Dan Mer
rill, Jim Smith, Charles Russell,
Chief Banther, Eben Morrow, Ed
die S. Varner, T. H. Barker, Ansel
Hart, Sheriff Bert Freeman, Jack
Huggins and Doyle Wells.
The winner of each night’s con
test will be chosen by volume of
applause and the over all winner
will be chosen and announced at
Saturday night’s performance.
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Citizens Urge Approval Of Loan By
FHA For New Sub-Division Here
Local civic leaders, business
men, industrialists and others are
this week writing the FHA office
in Greensboro urging the approv
al of an application for a loan by
Harry L. Liner for the construc
tion of 50 units of apartments, lo
cated at the southeast intersection
of Highway No. 276 and Elm Bend
road in the outskirts of Brevard.
Mr. Liner was recently informed
by W. G. Jerome, of the Greens
boro FHA office, that his appli
cation wasn’t as pressing as oth
ers and approval was delayed.
However, it is felt locally that
the housing situation here is crit
ical and the demand is expected
to greatly increase as industry ex
pands in the next few months.
It is the consensus that this
new subdivision, to be known as
“Sapphire Manor,” will provide
housing for persons to be employ
ed by the new industries.
Mr. Liner says that he will be
gin construction immediately fol
lowing the approval of the loan,
and some of the units could be
ready for occupancy by April 15.
Mr. Clarence Yongue is recov
ering at his home in North Bre
vard after undergoing an opera
tion at Transylvania hospital last
Friday.
SAY COUNTY WILL
SUFFER WITH THE
PRESENT PROJECT
Local Chairman Urges Con
ference With Leaders
Of Two Counties
SKEPTICISM VOICED
Several hundred Transylvania
citizens and landowners heard the
TVA officials explain the plans
tor flood control of the French
Broad valley, which were recently
submitted to President Truman,
Tuesday night in the courthouse,
and it was the consensus of those
who expressed ,t*6fcnselves that
the proposed pish# would not
eliminate flood conditions in this
county.
Lewis Hamlin, chairman of the
local flood control committee,
who presided, summarized the
meeting by saying that the dam
age to Transylvania county by
the three proposed dams of TVA
would greatly exceed any benefits
that may be derived here.
The meeting was called by the
Brevard chamber of commerce
and members of the county flood
control committee, and was at
tended by intensely interested cit
izens from all parts of the county.
Representing TVA were: James
S. Bowman, chief water control
planning engineer; A. S. Frye,
chief of hydraulic data branch;
C. W. Okey, chief of the flood con
trol branch; Hugh Powers, of
TVA’s agricultural relations com
mittee; and Myron Jensen, Mur
phy, district engineer of hydraulic
data branch.
In explaining the proposed
plan, Mr. Bowman said: “We have
devised what we think is the most
feasible plan, but it is not the pur
pose of TVA to force it on any
one.” He explained the plan
merely embodied their findings
and recommendations, which con
gress could reject if it saw fit.
“If you disapprove of these
plans, you should make known,
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BOARD RECEIVES
ROAD PETITIONS
Three Sectors Approved For
Addition To State System.
In This County
The county board of commit
sioners at their regular monthly
meeting on Monday approved sev
eral stretches of roads in the coun
ty for addition to the state high
way system. All of the board
members were present.
Roads approved Monday were:
McNeill road, leaving highway
280 at a point near the old Mor
ris house and running in a south
erly direction to the residence of
Clarence Crow, then circling baric
coming into the highway about
300 feet north of the old Morris,
place, approximately % mile.
Road reaching from highway 64
near J. C. Cassell’s, Jr., to Mount
Moriah-Calvert Baptist church at
Calvert.
Road in Cathey’s Creek town
ship which runs from Everett
Smith’s residence to residence of
J. V. Giliespie, then back around
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Gravely To Assist
In Filing Returns
Later This Month
George Dewey Gravely, deputy
collector of internal revenue, will
be in his office in the post office
building to assist persons filing
income tax returns on February
27th and 28th, and on March 13th,
14th and 15th, he announces today^
The office will be open from
8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. on these days
and the collector states that no
charge is made for this service.
Assisting Mr. Gravely will be
Deputy Patrick L. Harwood. All
persons whose income in 1949 was
$600 or more are required by law
to file their returns on or before
March 15, 1950.