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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
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial Tourist,
Educational Agricol'
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
Vol. 60, No. 8
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1950
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FEEL PINCH OF COAL STRIKE HERE
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Housing Survey To Be Made In Town, County
COMMITTEE WILL
LIST ALL HOUSES
AND APARTMENTS
Landlords Urged To Fill In
Questionnaire Shown On
Page Six
directors meet
In order to investigate present
and prospective needs for housing
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty, a committee has been named
from the board of directors of the
Brevard chamber of commerce and
a survey of the town and county
will be started today.
Serving on the committee, which
was named by President John An
derson at a dutch dinner meeting
Tuesday at the Busy Bee cafe, are
the following: Curtis Kelley, chair
man; Don Jenkins, Oliver Orr,
Ralph H. Ramsey, C. M. Douglas,
Frank Carr and Jerry Jerome.
Questionnaires are being distrib
uted by the members of the com
mittee, and all persons having
apartments or houses for rent or
sale are asked to fill one out and
mail it to the chamber of com
merce immediately. The commit
tee chairman points out that this is
a survey and not a listing of the
available vacancies in Brevard and
Transylvania in view of determin
ing the expected demand.
The questionnaire can be found
on page six in a message sponsored
by the local chamber of commerce.
Twenty-eight local business men,
who were directors of the chamber
or of the merchants association, or
both, were present at the meeting
Tuesday with Mr. Anderson presid
ing.
The principal speaker was W. G.
Jerome, of the Greensboro FHA of
fice. In presenting him, Mr. An
derson pointed to the existing hous
ing shortage in Brevard as evi
denced by the fact that many in
dustrial workers who have jobs
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SAFETY AWARD IS
GIVEN WHEELER
Local Manufacturer Makes
Record For Three Con
secutive Years
A. W. Wheeler and Son, Inc.,
hosiery manufacturers of Brevard,
have been awarded the safety
award for the third consecutive
year by Forrest H. Shuford, com
‘ missioner of labor for North Caro
lina.
“Your record of having operat- j
ed three consecutive years with
out a lost time accident is truly a
remarkable one, and one of which
you and your employees should be
proud,” Mr. Shuford’s congratula
tory letter to George W. Wheeler
stated.
The award points out that the
real worth of this safety record is
that it is the elimination of hu
man suffering and the associated
waste which accompanies indus
trial accidents.
Mr. Wheeler, in commenting on
the award, says that it was earned
hy all of his employees, who in
turn benefit from it. “However,
the increase in production, which
is noted when accidents are pre
vented, makes it highly beneficial
for the management,” he contin
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Feb. 23—B & PW
club meets at Country club, 7
p. m. Masons to meet in Masonic
Hall at 8 o’clock.
Friday, Feb. 24 — Henderson
ville high school band concert at
Brevard high auditorium, 2:30 p.
M. World Day of Prayer at Pres
byterian church, 4 o’clock. Dis
trict Boy Scout council meeting,
Duke Power office, 7:30. Square
dance in the American Legion
building, 8j80.
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Making Plans For Red Cross Drive
H. B. SHIFLET, active civic leader and co-manager of the Clem
son and Co-Ed theatres, is pictured above mapping plans for the
local American Red Cross drive which begins on March 15. Chair
man Shiflet was recently elected to succeed Lewis P. Hamlin, and
Verne P. Clement was named vice chairman. Other Red Cross of
ficers here are: Mrs. Oliver Orr, second vice president; Alex Kizer,
treasurer and C. M. Douglas, home service secretary.
(Times Staff Photo.)
State President To install New
Officers Of Junior Chamber At
Banquet Next Tuesday Night
Medal To Be Presented Out
standing Man Of 1949;
Others To Be Honored
Micou F. Browne, president of
the North Carolina Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, will install the
new officers of the local organiza
tion next Tuesday night at the an
nual banquet at the Country club,
Bob Bolt, retiring president, an
nounced yesterday.
The new officers are: Russ
Poole, president; George T. Per
kins, Jr., first vice president;
Bruce Livengood, second vice pres
ident; John Ford, Jr., treasurer,
and Rev. Ed Roy, secretary.
Directors for 1950 are Mr. Bolt,
Lloyd Burhans, J. C. Taylor, Earl
Hall and Wade Johnson.
Mr. Browne, Mr. Bolt said, is
well-known throughout the state.
His home is in Raleigh and he is
connected with the Occidental
Life Insurance company. He has
led the North Carolina Jaycees
through their most successful
year, Mr. Bolt stated.
At the recent board meeting in
Raleigh, Mr. Browne was endorsed
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HENDERSONVILLE
BAND WILL GIVE
CONCERT FRIDAY
Kimzey Invites Townspeo
ple To Hear Program;
Starts At 2:30 P. M.
The Hendersonville high school
band will give an hour concert at
the Brevard high school Friday af
ternoon beginning at 2:30 o’clock,
to which townspeople and other
interested persons are invited, R.
T. Kimzey, the district principal,
announces today. No admission
will be charged.
“The band was scheduled to
give a concert here last week,
but due to a breakdown of the bus,
the program was cancelled,” Mr.
Kimzey stated.
“We can assure our friends,
though, that the concert will be
given on Friday and we urge par
ents to bring their smaller chil
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First Annual Chamber Of Commerce And
Merchants Banquet Set For March 9th
Elaborate plans are being made
for the first annual banquet of the
Brevard chamber of commerce
and the Brevard Merchants asso
ciation which will be held Thurs
day night, March 9, at the Bre
vard Country club.
The entire membership of both
organizations, their wives and all
other interested persons in the
town and county will be invited
to attend, and tickets, at one dol
lar each, will go on sale Thursday.
Jerry Jerome, who is chairman
of the committee on arrangements,
reported yesterday that P. M.
“Pete” Camack will bring a mes
sage of utmost importance, and
plans for the future development
of Brevard and Transylvania will
be discussed. Serving on the
committee with Mr. Jerome are:
Curtis Kelley, J. M. Gaines and
Don Jenkins. Lloyd Burhans
heads the ticket committee, with
John Anderson, Charlie Russell
and Frank Carr representing the
chamber group and C. M. Douglas
Alex Patterson and Fred Henson
from the merchants association.
“It is imperative that both the
chamber of commerce and the
merchants association launch a
number of worthwhile projects to
keep pace with industrial expan
sion here and this banquet will be
held for that purpose,” President
Anderson said yesterday.
MUSIC CAMP GIVEN
$10,000 FOR NEW
FACULTY BUILDING
Indiana Woman Also Gives
Valued Violin; Founda
tion Holds Meet
A gift of $10,000 to build a fac
ulty home at the Transylvania
Music camp has been announced
by Mrs. Henry N. Carrier, presi
dent of the Brevard Music founda
tion.
This outstanding contribution
was made by Mrs. W. M. Mitchell,
of Indianapolis, Ind., in memory
of her late son and in memory of
the late Donald Pfohl, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Pfohl, of Win
ston-Salem, who was a brother of
James Christian Pfohl, director of
the famed music camp.
In addition to the $10,000 for
the construction of a faculty home
on the camp site, Mrs. Mitchell
gave a violin, which is valued as
highly as a Stradivarius, to the
music camp. The instrument was
the property of her son, who was
a musician before he was killed in
the service.
“The violin is an old Italian one
made by Carlo Ferdinandus Lan
dolfi, and bears a label, dated Mi
lan 1772, and purchased from W.
E. Hill & Sons, Makers of Violins*
140 Bond St., London,” Mrs. Car
rier said yesterday.
The trustees of the foundation
met last Saturday in Charlotte at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hamil
ton Kay and made further plans
for the amortization of the foun
dation’s remaining debt of $27,
450. Since it was organized, the
foundation has succeeded in re
ducing the original debt from $65,
000 to the $27,500 figure. Mrs.
Carrier, who is chairman of the
board of trustees, presided at the
meeting.
MANY WILL TAKE
ETCHING COURSE
Two Classes Scheduled Next
Monday; Number Of
Vacancies
A number of persons have indi
cated their desire to take the met
al-etching course being sponsored
at the Hobby and Sport shop on
Monday and Tuesday, but there
are vacancies for several more
people, according to Lloyd Bur
hans, manager.
Mrs. Edith Barker, of Louisville,
Ky., authority on metal work, will
teach this course.
Two different hours are sched
uled, with one class beginning at
9:30 Monday morning, and the
other at 7:30 Monday night.
A cost of $2.85 will be charged
for the course to cover the costs
of metals used. In addition, per
sons taking the course are re
quested to bring a glass measur
ing cup, two quart jars, a pair of
rubber gloves, a pair of scissors
and a couple of pencils.
Adult Scout Drive
Continued, Makes
Plea For Members
The adult membership enroll
ment for the Transylvania district
of the Daniel Boone council of Boy
Scouts of America is now in full
swing, and the finance chairman,
Curtis Kelley, anticipates the rais
ing of the quota pf $1,750 before
the week is over.
A full report of all the canvassers
will be made at the council meeting
on Friday night at the office of the
Duke Power company and all per
sons who have not mailed in their
membership are urged to do so at
once.
While memberships are one dol
lar each, the chairman requests that
persons who can afford to do so
subscribe much more so the quota
can be more quickly and easily
reached. Scout leaders are con
tacting as many individuals, busi
nesses and industries as possible.
Inspects Pisgah Deer Browse Study Plots
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CHARLES W. COFFIN, supervisor of wildlife in Pisgah Na
tional forest, is shown inspecting the abundance of green briar,
laurel and other undergrowth on a deer browse study plot on the
Headwaters Road near the Pink Beds. Behind Mr. Coffin is the
high fence which keeps the deer out, and immediately outside the
plot the absence of small growth is noted. Deer have kept the green
briar, such as Mr. Coffin is holding, clipped back to a height of about
8 to 10 inches. (Times Staff Photo.)
25 Deer Browse Study Plots
Being Maintained In Pisgah
National Forest By Specialist
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Wins Speaking Test
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BILL TINSLEY, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Tinsley, of Gal
limore Hill, Brevard, won first
place in the Pisgah Federation
public speaking contest which
was held here recently. Young
Tinsley prepared his own talk
on conservation of timber, wa
ter and soil, and competed with
speakers from all the high
schools in Henderson and Tran
sylvania counties.. (Staff Photo.)
Most Of Pisgah Needed To
Feed The Present Herd;
Timber Growth Hurt
By STAFF WRITER
Too many deer in the Pisgah
National forest, or on any game
preserve, retard and injure the
timber growth. This is an undis
puted fact and is visible on the
25 deer browse study plots now
being maintained in the Pisgah
district under the supervision of
Charles W. Coffin, wildlife man
agement specialist,
i These deer browse study plots
are small areas, fenced in to keep
out the deer, and over a period of
time the growth of small shrubs,
plants, and even green briar is
more visible than outside this
area.
“Deer will only browse up to
about four to 4feet above the
ground, thus eating the sprouts
off stumps, preventing the timber
from growing back after cutting,”
Coffin explains. Deer like best of
all the poplar sprouts, which is
the timber the forest service is
most desirous of propagating, he
continued.
The “browse line” is what is
disturbing the forestry officials,
for there are many places where
the undergrowth is completely
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Over $3,700 Raised In 1950 March
Of Dimes Campaign In Transylvania
The 1950 polio campaign in
Transylvania county has already
gone over the mark set last year,
and J. O. Wells, the general chair
man, says he expects more than
$4,000 to be subscribed here be
fore the campaign is drawn to a
final close.
In 1949 Transylvanians gave
$3,188 to fight infantile paralysis,
and to date this year over $3,700
has been raised.
“We still have a number, of
pledges to collect, and it appears
that we will reach the $4,000
mark,” Mr. Wells stated yester
day.
The Kiwanis club sponsored the
drive here in 1950, with a num
ber of other clubs and individuals
assisting in canvassing the town
and county.
The chairman said yesterday
that he personally wanted to
thank each and every person who
contributed financially or other
wise to the March of Dimes cam
paign.
DEMAND EXCEEDS
SUPPLY LOCALLY,
DEALERS REPORT
Situation Will Become Crit
ical If Miners Continue
Out Of Work
SURVEY IS MADE
Brevard, like the rest of ti»e na
tion, is feeling the pinch of the
prolonged coal strike.
It was reported in Washington
yesterday that there were no signs
of a break anywhere and that the
situation is steadily growing
worse. A complete paralysis in
the industrial world was foreseen
there.
Coal dealers in Brevard report
ed yesterday that the demand is
far greater than the supply, but
that a small amount of coal is be
ing received.
No suffering has been reported
locally as a result of the coal
strike, but should the situation
grow worse, considerable hardship
may be expected.
One local dealer reported that
his concern had four cars on
hand, while another said a car is
expected today. Another Brevard
concern stated that trucks are be
ing run to the mines at Richland,
Va., where mine-run coal may be
obtained.
An official of Ecusta Paper cor
poration said yesterday: “Ecusta
was fortunate in building up a fair
reserve before the strike started.
However, it is now necessary to
draw on the reserve and like ev
ery user of coal for power, we wiH
be faced with a crisis with a pro
longed strike.”
Joseph S. Silversteen, president
of Silversteen Industries, stated
Wednesday that unless the miners
start digging right away, he will
be forced to close down the two
tanneries here and at Rosman.
Another one of the county’s.
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ROAD LETTING1$
SET FOR MARCH T
Five Projects In This Coun*>
ty Are Among Those To
Be Bid Upon
Five road projects in this coun
ty, amounting to 8.3 miles, are in
cluded among those on which the
state highway commission will re
ceive bids on March 2nd. These
are the Everett road, Little River
road, Green Acres road, Elm Bend
road and Island Ford road.
The bids will be submitted to
the full commission for approval
on March 7th.
The Gloucester Road, 6.2 miles
in length, did not appear on the
list although it was approved at
a meeting of citizens held here on
January 12th. It is* reported here
that this road has been placed on
the federal aid program, which
would mean that the federal gov
ernment would share in the cost
of its construction and that it'
would be a better road than if
built wholly with state funds. It
could not be learned here whether
this transfer, if actually made,
would result in additional funds
for road-building in this county.
Included in the 36 projects on
which bids will be received March
2nd are 456 miles of roads in 28
counties. Bids will be opened
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Legion Giving Dance
Benefit V.F.W. Post
The local Legion post is spon
soring a dance in the Legion hall
Saturday evening for the benefit
of the VFW building fund. No
charge will be made for admission
and dances will be 20 cents per
set. The Ecusta string band win
play for the dance.
To further augment their build
ing fund, the VFW is receiving
contributions of 50 cents each and
in this connection a set of Good
rich tires will be awarded Satur
day evening at 10 o’clock.