TRANSYLVANIA
IS . . .
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS . . .
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 60, No. 15
★ 22 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950
★ SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PLAN MEETINGS WITH ENGINEERS
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Interest In Municipal Bond Election Mounting
TOWN FATHERS
DESCRIBE ISSUE
WITH MESSAGES
Chief Merrill Declares That
Water Not Available For
Serious Fire
HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED
Interest in the municipal bond
election on April 25th at which
time the citizens will decide
whether the town shall issue $500,
000 in serial bonds to improve
and expand the waterworks and
sewerage systems is mounting
steadily and indications were yes
terday that a heavy vote will be
cast. In the beer and wine election
here last December 1,291 voters
went to the polls.
To familiarize all citizens
thoroughly with the issue present
ed, the board of aldermen is pub
lishing a series of messages in this
newspaper. The needs of the town
are being presented together with
the proposed remedy.
On March 30th the board ex
plained why the town must have
more water if it is to continue to
grow. Last week the board ex
plained how it proposes to obtain
more water. In the same issue
the town fathers explained the ur
gent need for more adequate
sewers to correct a situation which
the state board of health has de
scribed as menace to the health
of the citizens. This week the
board is describing needed sewer
improvements and explaining how
the proposed bond issue can be
retired without increasing the tax
levy. Next week a summary of
the whole issue will be presented.
The theme of it is that Brevard
must have these improvements if
the town is to continue to grow
and attract new residents.
Chief Dan Merrill in this con
nection has revealed a critical lack
of adequate water to combat ser
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I
ECUSTA, ENDLESS
RECEIVE AWARDS
Both Attain Outstanding
Records In 1949 In Pre
vention Of Injuries
C e r t i fi c a te of Achievement
awards were received this week
by Ecusta Paper corporation and
Endless Belt corporation in rec
ognition of their respective safety
records for 1949.
The award for Endless Belt was
received for having operated an
other year without a lost-time ac
cident, which incidentally is the
sixth consecutive year these safe
ty conscious employees have op
erated without loss of time due to
an injury on the job. Their last
lost-time accident occurred April
13, 1944.
The Ecusta award came as a re
sult of their having reduced then
accident frequency rate by at least
40 per cent over the rate shown
for 1948.
These awards are issued jointly
by the United States department
of labor and the North Carolina
department of labor to those in
dustries having outstanding rec
ords in the prevention of personal
injuries.
Both Ecusta Paper corporation
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, April 13—Masons
meet in Masonic hall, 8 p.
Wildlife club to meet it city b
auditorium at 8 p. m.
Friday, April 14—The Hospital
Guild to meet with Mrs. Herbert
Finck at 3. Legion square dance
at Legion hall, 8 p. m. Boy Scout
Court of Honor, Baptist church,
7:30 p. m.
Saturday, April 15—Streams to
open for trout fishing today. Buf
fet supper, American Legion
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Record Number Of Fishermen
Expected In Transylvania Over
Week End, Streams Stocked
New Army Head
FRANK PACE, JR., director
of the Federal budget, has been
selected by President Truman
to succeed Gordon Gray as sec
retary of the Army. Mr. Gray
has accepted the presidency of
the University of North Caro
lina.
STATE FINANCES
SUBJECT OF TALK
BY ROUT. DEYTON
Former Director Of Budget
Explains To Lions How
Surplus Was Spent
R. G. Deyton, Ecusta executive,
who for 12 years headed the state
budget bureau, explained to mem
bers of the Brevard Lions club at
their last regular meeting Thurs
day night at the Bryant house the
financial operation and set-up of
the state government. President
Mark Osborne presided and Earl
Aiken, executive director of the
chamber of commerce and the
merchants association, was a
guest.
Mr. Deyton explained the meth
od of setting up a budget and said
that the law required that it be
balanced each year. He said that
appropriations for the current
year were $137,000,000, of which
schools will receive $88,000,000.
The speaker said the state had
three main operating funds—gen
eral, highway and agriculture. All
the revenues going into the gen
eral fund are derived from sources
other than ad valorem taxes, he
said. State highway funds are
supplemented by about $11,000,
000 yearly from the federal gov
ernment. About a million and a
half dollars a year are raised for
the agriculture fund by tax on fer
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Trout Season Opens Satur
day; Fire Hazard Said
To Be Great
A record number of fishermen
and hundreds of sightseers are ex
pected in Transylvania this week
end with the opening of the trout
fishing season both in Federal
and public streams of the county.
Due to the constant fire hazard
the streams in the Pisgah have not
opened in the past until early May,
but this year the wildlife manage
ment area streams are being
opened simultaneously with the
public ones.
Charlie Coffin, wildlife special
ist in the Pisgah, urges the fisher
men to check out by 8 p. m. Open
ing on Saturday are the following
Pisgah areas: Davidson River,
Bent Creek, Lake Powhatan, Up
per South Mills River, North Mills
River and the streams in the Sher
wood Forest area.
Transylvania streams have been
well stocked with rainbow and
brown trout, according to Wade
Bagwell, game protector here, who
recently completed a two weeks’
school at Chapel Hill. “The limit
is 10 per day, and no game fish
may be used for bait,” Mr. Bag
well explains.
All fishermen using artificial
lures are required to have a coun
ty or state fishing licenses, which
may be obtained from local sport
ing goods dealers.
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LOCAL
Political News
IN BRIEF
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SATURDAY LAST FILE DAY
Saturday, April 15, is the last
day to file for county office in the
Democratic primary which is set
for May 27. To date a number of
candidates have filed, with consid
erable interest being shown in
the race for sheriff.
Registration for the primary
begins Saturday, April 22, and the
books will also be open on April
29 and May 6 and 13. Challenge
day will be May 22.
ANNOUNCES FOR HOUSE
E. W. Medford, of the Little
River section and member of the
Transylvania county board of ed
ucation, is announced in this issue
as a candidate for the house on
the Democratic ticket. Mr. Med
ford stated that scores of people
had urged him to offer and he
would appreciate the active sup
port of Democratic voters in the
approaching primary.
IN SHERIFF’S RACE
E. V. (Scott) Dillingham, well
known local businessman, is an
nounced in this issue as a candi
date for sheriff in the Democratic
primary May 27. A resident of
Transylvania for the past 20 years,
he served on the police force here
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Goal Of $3,000 In Sight As Red
Cross Drive Approaches End Here
with a few more reports to
come in from workers, Red Cross
roll call for Transylvania county
was nearing the $3,000 goal Wed
nesday morning, it was reported
by Jerry Jerome and C. M. Doug
las, chairmen of the annual drive
here.
The remaining groups are ex
pected to send in their collection
reports during the week the work
ers said, and it is firmly believed
that the goal will be subscribed or
over.
The largest group to report will
be the Ecusta employees and
management where better than
$2,000 has been contributed. The
management matches the contri
butions of employees each year in
the Red Cross drive, and has led
the county for several years.
Junior Red Cross enrollment is
also making sizeable contribu
tions to the fund this year, the
chairman stated. The youth or
ganization, is being re-organ
ized, according to Bryan Shif
let, chapter chairman, and will
have as their chief project, work
with Oteen and Moore General
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Chair Officers Of Local Elks Club Installed
Shown above are the chair officers of the local Elks lodge who were installed Tuesday night by
J. O. Wells, past exalted ruler of the Asheville lodge. From left to right, they are: Fred Holt, exalted
ruler; &. E. Varner, Jr., esteemed leading knight; J. S. Carpenter, esteemed loyal knight; anil Ken West
wood, esteemed lecturing knight. Other officers installed at the same tinu» were: Mark T. Osborne, es
quire; Robert Duckworth, chaplain; Few Lyda, secretary; Carl Stevens, treasurer; Scott Dillingham;
tiler; J. Fred Taylor, inner guard; Alex Patterson, R. F. Colwell and A. M. Ream, trustees. Edwin
L. Happ, the retiring exalted ruler, presided over the meeting. (Times Staff Photo.)
BLUE CROSS DRIVE
CAINS MOMENTUM
IN TOWN, COUNTY
Dr. MacRoy Gasque Chair
man; Mrs. Norwood Lo
cal Representative
Transylvania county is joining
with sister counties in WNC in an
intensive Blue Cross enrollment
campaign this week, it was an
nounced by Dr. Mac Roy Gasque,
of Pisgah Forest, Blue Cross chair
man for Transylvania.
“Every resident should take ad
vantage of this opportunity to ob
tain coverage for hospital and sur
gical care,” Dr. Gasque said.
‘The majority of families in this
county are without adequate hos
pital, surgical and maternity in
surance,” the county chairman
stated.
“The importance of Blue Cross
protection to the individual and
family is too often disregarded,”
the doctor declared. “Illness or
accident, coming without warning,
frequently brings financial crisis
to the average family. Blue Cross
makes it possible for all such fam
ilies to pay for hospital care in ad
vance at the rate of only a few
pennies a day.”
Both North Carolina plans ap
proved by Blue Cross, the Hospit
al Care association of Durham and
the Hospital Saving association of
Chapel Hill, are participating in
the campaign.
Mrs. Harold Norwood is the lo
cal representative and has been
with Blue Cross for the past 12
years.
During the Transylvania county
Blue Cross enrollment both group
and family membership are being
offered. Group memberships are
open to all persons who work
where there are five or more em
ployees. For farmers, profession
al men and others who are self
employed, individual memberships
are available.
Blue Cross enrollment cam
paigns are being held simultane
ously in Haywood, Henderson and
Polk counties.
To Hold Court Of
Honor Friday Night
The regular monthly Court of
Honor for Boy Scouts in Transyl
vania county will be held Friday
night, April 14, at the First Bap
tist church here.
According to Rowell Bosse, the
advancement chairman, the impor
tant Honor Court will get under
way at 7:30 o’clock, and all Scouts
and friends of Scouting in the
town and county are urged to at
tend.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sprott and
daughter, Beverly, are spending
the week in Winter Haven, Fla.
Chamber Directors In Favor Of
Scenic Highway Running From
Walhalla To Upper Transylvania
CANADIAN
LIKES BRE
Miss Gwen Wesley Com
pletes Tour Of United
States
By STAFF WRITER
A charming young Canadian
school teacher on torn: of the
United States came to Brevard to
prove to herself the words of Rev.
Dr. J. R. Hay, of Hickory: “In my
opinion, Brevard, of all the places
I have ever seen, is next to heav
en.”
Miss Gwen Wesley, of Ontario,
Canada, stopped by The Times of
fice on her last day here to tell of
the wonderful and exciting tour
she is making of the United
States. Leaving Canada by car,
she drove south as far as Fayette
ville, and upon the advice of a
filling station attendant, turned
westward. Her main idea in mind
was to read and study local and
American history as written by
Americans, stopping at college
towns to make use of their li
braries.
She spent some time in Hickory
and remembering the statement
of the Rev. Hay, she drove on to
Brevard to stay overnight. In
stead, she spent a month.
She stayed at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Norwood and
was most appreciative of their
hospitality. “I spent Christmas
and New Year’s with them and
they treated me as one of the fam
ily,” she declared.
Accompanied by Mrs. Queen
Gillespie, she left Brevard for a
tour of Florida. There she left
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Directors of the Brevard cham
ber of commerce Tuesday night
pledged support of the movement
to secure a scenic highway from
Walhalla, S. C., to Oakland, in up
per Transylvania, and a commit
tee was named to meet with rep
resentatives of the Oakland-Sap
phire civic club and South Caro
lina officials.
Chairman of the committee is
Ralph Fisher, and serving with
him are: Ralph Ramsey, Lewis
Hamlin, C. M. Douglas, Frank
King and Oliver Orr.
The new scenic highway would
be 27 miles in length and would
run through White Water Falls,
highest cascade in eastern North
America.
It is understood that the gover
nor of South Carolina is pushing
the scenic highway movement be
cause the two White Water Falls,
one in upper Transylvania and the
other in Oconee county, S. C.,
could be one of the chief scenic
attractions of the Appalachians.
It is definitely known that both
falls surpass Niagara in sheer
height, and the upper falls involve
a drop of well over 200 feet.
It is also understood here that
Dale Thrash, district highway com
missioner, is interested in build
ing the highway in North Caro
lina to join with the one proposed
in South Carolina.
Several committee chairmen
made reports at the meeting of
the directors of both the chamber
of commerce and the merchants
association following the report of
the executive director, Earl L.
Aiken.
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Pre-School Clinics Begin Next Week,
Importance Of Program Is Stressed
In order that children entering
school for the first time next fall
may take full advantage of the op
portunities offered them, the Tran
sylvania-Henderson district health
department is next week beginning
the pre school clinics which will be
conducted at the various schools
through May 26.
According to Dr. Gordon Wheel
er, district health officer, last
year’s clinic turn-out of pre
school children represented about
85 per cent of the entire group of
present first graders.
“This year we sincerely hope
that the turn-out will reach 100
per cent in all school districts and
that each child will be accom
panied by at least one of the par
ents,” Dr. Wheeler says.
“All children are examined for
obvious defects such as infected
tonsils, faulty vision, etc., in or
der that these defects, if they ex
ist, may be corrected before he
begins his school work next fall,”
the district officer comments.
“I think that everyone in the
county realizes now that each
child entering school for the first
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l
MONROE REDDEN
IN ACCORD WITH
LOCAL PEOPLE
Hamlin And Aiken Confer
With Officials Of Hen
dersonville Chamber
TV A REPORT CRITICIZED
With Army engineers expected
here in May to inspect the French
Broad Valley with regard to flood
control, members of the Transyl
vania flood control committee are
making plans for meetings to be
held here when they arrive.
Lewis Hamlin, chairman of the
local group, was informed by Rep.
Monroe Redden this week that
the resolution recently adopted by
the county committee is in full
accord with his views on the sub
ject.
“This is the program that I ex
plained to the Army engineers
and I feel that it will be of con
siderable benefit to the entire
area,” he stated.
The three primary points of the
resolution are:
1. Adequate channel clearance.
2. The building of headwater
dams so flood water may be con
tained in basins above fertile farm
lands.
3. A combination program of
drainage, flood control and soil
conservation.
Mr. Hamlin and Earl L. Aiken,,
executive director of the Brevard
chamber of commerce and the*
iation here, met
commerce offi
onville on Mon
day ana on Wednesday afternoon)
of this week. They discussed the
program of flood control for the
entire valley. It is hoped that the
Transylvania committee and a
Henderson county group can get
together with representatives of
Buncombe county prior to the ar
rival of Army engineers.
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ALDERMAN HEADS
LOCAL VFW POST
Inaitallatikm Of Officers Is
Held Sunday; State Com*
mander On Program
Newly elected officers of the
Lewis Earl Jackson post of the
VFW here were installed at a ban*
quet meeting held at the Busy Bee
cafe. Ralph Fisher, prominent at
torney and active in veterans af
fairs, was in charge of the installa
tion, and taking office were:
Jimmy Alderman, commander.
W. Marvin Gaddy, vice comman
der.
Carl W. Owen, vice commander.
John D. Smith, quartermaster.
Fred Israel, three-year trustee.
Other trustees are Glover Jack
son and Ed B. Garrett.
William S. Humphries, state
commander, brought greetings
from the North Carolina VFW de
partment and spoke to the group*
briefly on the work of Veterans of
Foreign Wars during the ensuing
year. “The Brevard post has a
good future to look forward to,”1
he commented.
Commander Cogburn, of the
Canton VFW post, who is also
state inspector, reviewed the prog
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Perry Galloway
Loses Right Arm
On Railway Job
Perry W. Galloway, who ha»
worked with Southern Railway for
more than 50 years, suffered a
badly mangled right arm on the
job at Hendersonville Monday
morning. He was taken to Patton
Memorial hospital and the arm
was amputated just above the el
bow that day.
A railway car repairman, Mr.
Galloway was engaged in repairing
a coupling on a boxcar at the time
of the accident A second car
moved and his arm was caught in
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