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Vol. 60, No. 17 ★ The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize -Winning A. B. C. Newspaper 20 PAGES TODAY » BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1950 * SECTION ONE ★ TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . I The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer , Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest • and Home of Brevard Music Festival. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BONDS WIN BY DECISIVE MARGIN ★ *★★★*★★★★★*★*★*★★*** ★★**★*★** Legionnaires Of Fifth Division Will Meet Here LOCAL POST WILL BE HOST TO 42 UNITS ON MAY fi Elaborate Plans Being Made For Meeting, Barbecue And Square Dance FISHER COMMANDER Officers of the Monroe Wilson post of the American Legion here are making extensive plans to en tertain the members of the fifth division of North Carolina who will come here for a meeting, bar becue and square dance on Satur day, May 6. There are 42 posts in the fifth division with a membership of ap proximately 6,000. Ralph R. Fish er, prominent Brevard attorney is the division commander, and the barbecue is being served with his compliments. It will be prepared by Sam F. Allison. There will be a meeting of the legionnaires attending the meet ing at the American Legion Me morial building here at 3 o’clock on May 6 and a 33rd district meet ing will follow. Eb Morrow, pop ular legionnaire here and chief meterman at the Ecusta Paper cor poration, is the district comman der and will preside over the sec ond meeting. Mr. Morrow is the general chair man of the event here on May 6 and serving with him on the steer ing committee are Jim Smith and Charlie Disher. Other committees are as fol lows: building decorations, Bur der Teague and Marshall Loftis; grounds, Ernest Smith and Jack Smathers; town promotion, Wel don Misenheimer and Earl Aiken; parking and registration, Shirley Clark; serving food and regis tration, Mrs. Nelle Disher and the auxiliary members; amplification and lighting, Wayne Conn and “Slim” Bullock. John Eversman, recreational di rector at Ecusta, will be in charge of the program of entertainment at the division meeting and the Ecusta band and The Drifters will furnish special music. Communi —Turn To Pate Twelve DAVIS PURCHASES MITCHEM GROCERY Changes Name To Friendly Cash Store; Plans Re Opening Tomorrow Brantley Davis, of Canton, has bought out Mitchem’s grocery here and announces the re-opening of the business tomorrow under the name of the Friendly Cash store. The store has been exten sively renovated and Mr. Davis is offering a number of prizes and special values for the opening days, Friday and Staurday. Mr. Davis will have associated with him, Ed Warren, who will be in charge of the market. Mr. Davis was born and reared in Canton. For 13 years he was with the Champion Paper and Fi bre company, three of them in the company store. After selling in surance for two years, he took a position with the Smoky Mountain Candy company, with which he was connected for two and a half —Turn to Page Six — .. .. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 4h-mm.. mmmmmm,. , Thursday, April 27 — Masonic Meeting in hall at 8 o’clock. Friday, April 28 — District Scout council meeting in Duke Power office at 8 o’clock. Student recital at Brevard college, 8:30. Square dance in American Legion building, 8:30. Saturday, April 29—Democratic precinct meetings at polling placet, 2 o’clock. Ecusta vs. Haz elwood at Camp Sapphire, 3:30. Sunday, April 30—Attend the church of your choice. —Turn to Page Twelve Tot And Hi* Friendly Foursome Embracing his four new pets, Vernon Mueller, 3, gets acquainted with the affectionate quadruplets born to “Margie” (right) in Tem ple City, Calif. Quads are rare among goats, but multiple birth is an old story to “Margie,” who has had three litters of triplets. (International) H. D. Club Members Complete Plans For Their 5th Annual Observance Starting Apr. 30 County Officials To Be En« tertained; Style Revue At 2 P. M. Friday “Today’s Home Builds Tomor row’s World” is the theme that Transylvania’s 250 home demon stration club members are follow ing as they complete plans for the observance of the fifth annual Home Demonstration week April 30-May 6. Five of the clubs will entertain the members of the county board of commissioners, county attorney and register of deeds at a lunch eon Monday as national Home Demonstration week opens. Friday afternoon, May 6, the remaining 8 clubs are in charge of a style re vue and tea in the NYA hut. The luncheon Monday will be held in the clubroom of the Busy Bee cafe at 12:30 p. m. and Mrs. E. H. Mackey, of the Little River club, is chairman. Clubs which will assist Mrs. Mackey are Cedar Mountain, Holly Springs, Rosman and Calvert-Cherryfield, The style revue will be held at 2 p. m. and guests will be wel comed. In addition to the HD clubwomen, the 4-H club girls and members of the Future Home makers of America from both high schools will participate, showing garments they have made. These will include dresses and aprons for work, street clothes and good dresses, as well as children’s clothes. Clubs which are in charge of the style show and tea are Quebec, —Turn to Page Si* COMPLETING 1950 CENSUS IN TOWN, ESTIMATES MADE Population Here Expected To Be Around 4,000; Growth Noted The gigantic job of talcing the census in Brevard and Transylva nia county is nearing completion, it was learned late yesterday. Tabulations in Brevard should be completed in the next few days, and preliminary figures seem to indicate that the population of the town will be around 4,000. It is explained that the greatest building here in the past 10 years has been done just outside of the city limits, where there are a number of thickly populated resi dential areas. It is expected that the census will show that Brevard and immediate vicinity will have a population of more than 5,000. The figui% for Brevard in 1940 was 3,061. Burwell Hall, crew leader in Transylvania, says that before any official figures on the 1950 cen sus are given out the tabulations of the 14 enumerators in the coun ty must be audited in Asheville at the district supervisor’s office and sent to Washington for re lease. Work Moving Rapidly On Rural Road Program In County, Foreman Reports The secondary road improve ment program in Transylvania county is now moving along rapid ly and within the next 8 to 10 months work will probably be com pleted on practically all mud roads in the county, W. A. Wlison, supervising foreman for the state highway department states. Already 16 changes in road type projects, extending from 8 to 10 miles, have been completed; most of the school bus routes have been improved and grading for surfac ing on three major roads is near ly finished, he announced. “Changes in type” projects are described as the widening of 8 to 10-foot mud roads to 20 feet in width and making them all-weath er by the application of crushed stone. These 16 completed projects are Bryson Creek road, little over a mile; Sutton’s Creek road, seven tenths of a mile; Turkey Creek road, one and one-tenth miles; Lamb Creek road, little over a mile; Kings Creek road, little over a mile; Richard McCall road, half a mile; Breedlove road, seven —Turn to Page Seven ELECTION BOARD NAMES OFFICIALS IN MAY PRIMARY GOP Will Not Participate; Books Open In Precincts On Saturday Judges and registrars for the 19 precincts in Transylvania county have been appointed to serve for the Democratic primary on May 27 by the county board of elec tions, consisting of M. W. Gallo way, U. G. Reeves and Mrs. J. E. Osborne. The Republicans will not partic ipate in the primary since their candidates have already been nom inated. Registration books will be open in all the county precincts April 29, May 6 and 13 and at other times during this interval at the homes of the registrars. May 20 will be challenge day. Officials Are Listed In the following list the first named is registrar and the other two are judges: Boyd—Carl Enloe, Dave Holli day and Claude Davis. Brevard No. 1—R. H. Zachary, Craig Sharpe and John Ashworth. Brevard No. 2—Mrs. Edna Al len Smith, H. E. Erwin and Frank Duckworth. Brevard No. 3—Glenn Burrell, Edgar (Red) Mull and Pat Poor. Brevard No. 4—W. M. Case, Ralph Smith and Wood Paxton. Pisgah Forest—Hubert Wolfe, Quinton Crane and Theodore Young. Catheys Creek—J. C. Cassell, Jr., Harry Owen and Charlie Green. Rosman—Bert McLean, Lon Chapman and Dock Lusk. Dunns Rock—Mrs. Coy Comp ton, Coy Compton and George Maxwell. Eastatoe—A. M. Paxton, Law rence Whitmire nad Frank Whit mire. Old Toxaway—Verlin Chappell, Hoi Chappell and Exer Morgan. East Fork—Clyde Hubbard, Ed Singletary and Walter Hubbard. Gloucester No. 1—A. C. Price, Allen McCall and Clarence Mc Call. Gloucester No. 2 — Mrs. Jason McCall, Carl Queen and Cornelius —Turn to Page Si* NEW OFFICERS OF ROTARY NAMED Perkins Will Head Club; Doyle Is Elected Vice President New officers of the Brevard Ro tary club were elected at the last regular meeting at the Busy Bee cafe. George Perkins, Jr., who is asso ciated with his parents in the Bre vard laundry and coal business here, was named president to suc ceed Gordon Sprott. Rhea “Pete” Doyle, manager of the Citizens Telephone company, was elected vice president, and —Turn To Page Six Pre-School Clinic Here Next Wed.; Hours Announced The pre-school clinic at Brevard will be held next Wednesday, May 3, and a large number of parents are expected to bring their chil dren in for examination. “We would like to have 100 per cent participation of all those chil dren who will be in the first grade here next year,” Dr. Gordon Wheeler, the local health officer states. “Due to the large number ex pected to attend, we are asking that all children whose names be gin with A through G come at 9 o’clock; H through N at 10:30; and O through Z come in at 1 o’clock,” the officer declares. “By coming in at these hours we hope to avoid parents having to wait for a long period of time,” he mm President Begins His Sixth Year A radiant smile lights up the face of President Harry S. Truman as he poses for photographers in the White House at the start of his his sixth year as the nation’s Chief Executive. (Int. Soundphoto.) Democrats To Hold Precinct Meetings Throughout County On Saturday At 2:00 O’clock APPOINTMENT OF DR. COLTRANE AT HIGH POM MADE Brevard College President To Assume New Duties On June 1 Dr. Eugene Coltrane, who has served as president of Brevard college since it was founded in 1934, has been appointed to the faculty of High Point college, it is announced this week. He will assume his duties there June 1. The retirement of Dr. Coltrane as president of Brevard college was announced in early March, and it was understood then that he would continue in the field of Christian education in an institu tion which is operated under the auspices of the Methodist church. Dr. Coltrane will be succeeded here by Rev. George Brinkmann Ehlhardt, registrar and librarian of Duke University Divinity school. Dr. Coltrane will serve on the High Point faculty as financial representative and will do work in public relations. The wide ex perience of the local college presi dent and the many contacts he has in the field of education will prove highly valuable to High Point col lege, officials point out. The announcement of the ap —Turn To Page Six Committees, Delegates To County Convention On May 6 To Be Named Democratic precinct conventions will be held throughout Transyl vania county on Saturday, April 29th, W. A. Wilson, chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee announces today. Meeting time will be at 2 o’clock, and the conventions will be held at the va rious voting places in the county. On Saturday, May 6, the county convention will be held at the Brevard courthouse at 3 o’clock. The purpose of the conventions on Saturday is to name precinct committees of five who will elect a chairman and vice chairman. Delegates and alternates to the county convention will also be elected at precinct meetings. With keen interest being shown in the primary large crowds are expected to turn out at the pre cinct meetings. The purpose of the county con vention will be for the election of a chairman, vice chairman, secre tary and delegates and alternates to the state Democratic convention on May 11. Transylvania county is allowed 24 delegates and 24 al ternates to this convention. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Shiflet have returned from a trip to Florida, and while there visited Jackson ville, St. Augustine, Tampa, Sil ver Springs, Ocala and other cities of interest. $2,000 Is Goal In Cancer Campaign, Committee Chairmen Are Appointed With a goal of $2,000, the 1950 cancer campaign in Transylvania is progressing nicely, according to Mrs. Edwin L. Happ, the comman der. The educational and funds-rais ing drives were started on Mon day, when a number of committee chairmen were appointed. Mrs. C. D. Norlander will con tact all the P-TA groups in the county, the commander states, and Mrs. R. E. Matthews is in charge of the church work. All women’s clubs of the town and county will be contacted by Mrs. Robert Levy, and Ralph Fisher, who is funds raising chairman, will have charge of working with the men’s organi zations. Mrs. Joe Osborne heads the can cer campaign at Rosman, and Mel vin Gillespie is treasurer of the local drive. Mayor S. E. Varner has pro claimed the week “Cancer Cam paign” week in Brevard and urges the citizens to support the cam paign. “Give and keep giving to help science defeat the disease that —Turn to Page Twelve MAJORITIES OF AROUND 10 TO 1 ON 2 PROJECTS Board Of Aldermen Meets And Declares Returns; May Start July 1 TIMES THANKED Citizens of Brevard on Tuesday,, by a decisive vote, approved the issuance of around $500,000 in. bonds to expand and improve the waterworks and sewerage sys tems. The vote on waterworks was 605 for and 62 against; for the sewers 602 for and 63 opposed. A total of 1,877 people were reg istered and qualified to vote. The town board of aldermen at a called meeting held in the city hall yesterday at noon canvassed the vote and declared the results. Present were Mayor Sebron E. Varner, who presided; Aldermen W. M. Melton, Ralph Duckworth and J. I. Ayers; Town Attorney Ralph H. Ramsey and T. H. Bar ker, city clerk. Mr. Ramsey said that he had al ready written the J. J. Harte com pany, Atlanta engineers who made the surveys here, informing them of the outcome of the election and asking that they send a rep resentative at once to map detail ed plans for the two projects. Start Work July 1? Mayor Varner suggested that it would be a wise step for the board to emplo-’ an engineer to super vise work on the two projects. This suggestion met with the ap proval of other members of the board but action was deferred. Mr. Varner estimated that work should begin around the first of July and stated that he wanted it started at the earliest possible moment to relieve conditions with which the citizens were familiar and to give employment to men in need of jobs. Mr. Varner said that he wished, to state in the presence of hi& board that publicity given the is sue by The Times was a very help ful factor in determining the out —Turn to Page Seven. ECUSTA BAND TO PUY AT RQSMAN Is First Concert Of Group In County During Spring Season The Ecusta band, under the di rection of John Eversman, will give a concert at the Rosman high school on Friday night, beginning at 8 o’clock. The event is sponsored by the Rosman P-TA and following the band concert, there will be a food and cake sale, Principal E. F. Til son announces. This is the first spring appear ance in concert of the Ecusta band in Transylvania in 1950, and a program, highlighted by popular marches, will be given. The Ecus ta trio will also appear on the pro gram and will sing favored folk and popular tunes. There are approximately 50 pieces in the Ecusta band, which is regarded as one of the most out standing musical organizations in Western North Carolina. Will Interrupt The Power Service At Rosman Sunday There will be an interruption in the power service at Rosman on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock, J. M. Gaines, manager of the local branch of Duke Power company, announces today. The purpose of the interruption is for changing out the smaller transformers at the substation for larger ones, Mr. Gaines said. The work will be hastened as much as possible in order that the subscribers will be inconvenienced for only a short time. In case of rain the work will be dqne the following Sunday.
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