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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times A Slate And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 60. No. 23 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1950 ★ SECTION ONE ★ PI IRI icurn u/rrvi v COUNTY FARM SURVEY IS MADE ************************ ****** ★ * * Smith Calls For Run-Off Primary On June 24th SENATOR GRAHAM 5,635 VOTES SHY CLEAR MAJORITY Canvass By State Board Of Elections Reveals Record Vote Was Cast May 24 FEWER BALLOTS SEEN Much interest was expressed in the announcement from Raleigh yesterday that Willis Smith, who ran second for the United States senate in the Democratic primary on May 27, had officially requested a second primary, which will be held on June 24. Mr. Smith had for days declined to reveal his intentions and there was much speculation as to what his final decision would be. An official canvass by the state board of elections revealed that Senator Frank Graham led Smith in the first primary by 53,383 votes, though he lacked 5,635 votes of having a majority. The total vote for Graham was 303,605 and Smith’s vote aggregated 250, 202. Former Senator Robert R. Reynolds was in third place with 53,752 votes while Olla Ray Boyd, of Pinetown, was supported by 5, 900 citizens. Senator Graham was favored in Transylvania county over Mr. Smith by a margin of about three to one. Mr. Smith had declared previ ously that he would make known his intentions yesterday. Tuesday night a crowd gathered at the Smith home in Raleigh and urged that he make the race. His re marks to them at that time car ried an intimation that he might reach a favorable decision. The total vote cast on May 27, when 618,479 voters went to the polls, established a record in North Carolina. The previous high, of 516,000, was set in 1936, when Clyde R. Hoey was nominat ed for governor. The consensus here is that since —Turn to Page Five MORMON CHORUS WILL SING HERE Public Invited To Concerts Next Wednesday; Back ground Given The Centennial Chorus of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will make two appear ances in Brevard next Wednesday, June 14. The group will sing at a lunch eon meeting at 1 o’clock and then again in the evening at Brevard college at 8:30 o’clock. The chorus is composed of 12 young missionaries of the church who are currently on a concert tour in North Carolina and Vir ginia. They travel as musical rep resentatives of the church, giving free public concerts. Local people will remember the Centennial Quartet which per formed here at the college last year. “The chorus is an enlarge ment of this group and features a greater variety of musical selec —Turn To Page Ten. ♦- - - - ■ - - - -—--■■■■» CALENDAR OF EVENTS »— - ■■ ■■ - - - —- ■ >•*. Thursday, June 8 — Softball game at high school field, 8 p. m. Jaycettes meet with Mrs. Robert Bolt, 8 o’clock. Masonic meeting, 8 o’clock in lodge hall.. Friday, June 9—Methodist men’s supper and meeting, 7 p. m. Square dance in American Legion build ing at 8:30. Saturday, June 10—Ball game on Ecusta diamond at Camp Sap phire, 3:30. Sunday, June 11—Attend the church of your choice. Monday, June 12 — Summer school registration begins at Bre vard college. Shrine club meets, Galloway’s cafe at 7:30. Softball —Tun to Page Five New Brevard College President Will Arrive Monday, Summer School To Attract Over IOO Sees Son Again Her sight regained after 14 years of blindness, Mrs. Mary Franz is overjoyed as she sees her 17-yearold son, Christopher. Granted a 30-day emergency furlough by Army officials, young Franz was flown from Germany for a reunion in Uniontown, Pa. (International.) BREVARD DRIVE-IN THEATRE TO OPEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT Parking Space For 300 Cars; Has Individual Speak ers For Autos The Brevard Drive-In Theatre, located on the Hendersonville highway between the airstrip and Biltmore Dairy farms plant, will have its formal opening Friday night at 7:45 o’clock. “Out of the Blue,” starring George Brent and Virginia Mayo, will be the initial attraction and the balance of the pictures for the week are listed on the back page of the second section of this issue. J. D. Moore, of Sylva and Bre vard, is the owner of the new moving picture place, which has parking space for 300 cars with an individual speaker for each. Mr. Moore has installed a DeFry projector and he said that all equipment was of the most mod em type. Two shows will be given daily, starting at 7:45 and 9:30 p. m. There will be no Sunday shows. The ticket office opens 30 minutes before each show. A refreshments stand has been set up in the projection room, Mr. Moore said, where ice cream, cakes, cookies, smokes and drinks —Turn to Page Five Dr. Coltrane Assumes Du ties At High Point Col lege; Is Honored Here Rev. -George Brinkmann Ehl hardt, newly elected president of Brevard college, will assume his duties here on Monday, June 12, as the 16th summer session gets underway. Mr. Ehlhardt comes to Brevard from the Duke University Divinity school where he was registrar and librarian. He succeeds Dr. E. J. Coltrane, retired, who has accept ed an appointment at High Point college. * A, member of the Duke univer sity staff since October, 1942, Mr. Ehlhardt, at 35, becomes one of the youngest college presidents in the United States. Townspeople, civic leaders and others this week expressed sincere appreciation to retiring president, Dr. Coltrane, for his outstanding service to the educational, civic and religious life of the commu nity since the opening of Brevard college in 1934. All the Brevard churches recently held a union service in his honor and the Bre vard Kiwanis club paid high trib ute to him at the last regular meeting.’ He left for High Point college last Saturday and Mrs. Coltrane plans to join him in the next few days. According to Dean J. J. Stev enson, more than 100 students will arrive here next Monday for the 1950 summer school. “We are offering regular col lege courses in addition to pre college courses which are given only during the summer term,” the dean states. There will be a faculty meeting next Monday night at which time the' new president will be wel comed officially to Brevard col lege by the staff. The first stu dent meeting will be held on next Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock and registration and examinations will follow. RALPH CONNALLY NEW LIONS HEAD He And Other Officers Were Installed By Deputy Gov ernor Thurs. Night Ralph Connally, a teacher at Brevard college, was installed as president of the Brevard Lions club by Hugh Monteith, of Sylva, deputy district governor, at a reg ular meeting of the club at the Bryant house last Thursday night. Mr. Connally succeeds Mark T. Osborne. Others who were inducted at the same time were: Cecil Hill, first vice president. Hall Smith, second vice presi dent. R. G. Deyton, third vice presi dent. Grover C. Crisp, secretary. T. H. Barker, treasurer. Ned Medford, tail twister, and —Turn to Page Five Gov. Kerr Scott And Other Officials Invited To Whitewater Falls Picnic Governor W. Kerr Scott and other top state officials have been extended an invitation by the Whitewater Road committee of the Brevard chamber of commerce to a picnic to be* held near Whitewa ter Falls Thursday, June 15, at 1 o’clock. This picnic, to which the peo ple of North and South Carolina are invited, is planned for the purpose of stimulating action on the proposed scenic highway through the Whitewater section, from U. S. 64 to Walhalla, S. C. A delegation headed by R. C. Carter, II, secretary of the Wal halla chamber of commerce, has invited Gov. Strom Thurmond and other notables from South Caro-' lina to be present. The merchants of the South Carolina towns involved plan to close their stores for the day in order that everyone in the com munity might attend. The local committee stressed that the public is invited to at tend this affair and they expressed hope that many people from Bre vard and Transylvania county —Torn to Pago Five Ecusta Band Makes Big Hit In South Carolina Towns, Cities Highlighting the Motorcade 276 into South Carolina last Wednesday and Thursday was the Ecusta band, which made a big hit in the many towns and cities in which the Brevard, Waynesville and Cher okee groups staged parades. In sparkling white uniforms, the classy band is pictured above marching through the heart of Spartanburg as thousands of young and old line the streets. It is conservatively estimated that more than 50,000 persons saw and heard the Motorcade and literature galore on the scenic and other attractions of this area was distributed. See story, front page, second section.) (Times Staff Photo.) ENGINEER GIVES ROAD SPENDING AT BOARD MEET Commissioners Defer Action On Donation To Ashe ville Home A letter was read from W. M. Corkhill, division engineer, at the last regular meeting of the board of commissioners on Monday stat ing that $153,252.61 of bond money had been expended on the roads of the county through April 30. Willis W. Brittain, chairman, pre sided. The following roads were ap proved for addition to the state highway system: Road in Eastatoe township from Turnpike bridge to residence of Elzie Chapman, known as the school path, 1,000 feet. Road from Pickens highway through Galloway cemetery, in Eastatoe township. Road in Gloucester township beginning at the point of mainte nance on N. C. 28, near Sam Owen’s house and running with the old Simp Fisher farm road in a northwesterly direction to a point near the old Simp Fisher home place, a distance of one-half mile. This road serves six fami lies. Mrs. Paul Lollis and C. M. Douglas appeared before the board and requested a $1,000 donation for the Asheville Orthopedic home for the next fiscal year. The board doubted its authority to grant the request and action was deferred pending an inquiry. At the request of Dan Merrill, fire chief, the board directed the jailor to remove from the cells oc cupied by drunks in the jail all —Turn to Page Five Music Board Patron Stricken Tuesday Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, of Winston-Salem, died early Tues day morning at Baptist hospital, after an illness of three months. She was a member of the board of directors of the Brevard Music Foundation and had contributed much to the music camp project here. A philanthropist and benefactor of education, she was the donor of buildings to schools throughout the world, and served on the board of directors of many of them. She was the widow of the late Henry Alvah Strong, one time president of the Eastman Kodak company, Rochester, N. Y. Last rites will be conducted at the Home Moravian church, Win ston-Salem, Thursday by Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl. Red Cross Bloodmobile Will Return Here Next Wednesday Church Leaders Aid In Work NEW OFFICERS OF LEGION WILL BE INSTALLED MON. Buffet Supper To Be Served; Wives Of Members Are Invited Newly elected officers of the Monroe Wilson post No. 88 of the American Legion will be installed on Monday night at 8 o’clock. According to Charles Disher, the adjutant, a buffet supper will be served and all legionnaires are urged to bring their wives. The new officers will be install ed by Ralph R. Fisher, Fifth Di vision commander. They are as follows: Raymond F. Bennett, comman der. Weldon F. Misenheimer, first vice commander. Charles Disher, second vice commander. Vance Jackson, third vice com mander. Shirley Clark, adjutant. J. M. Ayers, finance officer. Freeman Galloway, sergeant at arms. Jack Wilbur, athletic officer. Burder Teague, child welfare of ficer. John I. Anderson, publicity of ficer. Clyde “Speedy” Jones, graves registration officer. Paul Whitmire, service officer. W. A. Lyday, assistant service —Turn To Page Four I - Sid Barnett Makes Timely Comments On Worthi ness Of Project The Red Cross Bloodmobile will return to the American Legion building in Brevard Wednesday, June 14, from 1 to 5 p. m., and Charlie Himes, recruitment chair man is now signing up donors. Pastors of the various Brevard churches made a plea last Sunday for volunteer donors, and church leaders have agreed to aid in the solicitation. An advertisement appearing in this week’s Times, signed by Sid Barnett, of Pisgah Forest, states that while ill in a hospital in Asheville for several months, he was furnished blood free from the Red Cross. “We are still receiving inquiries from persons asking how much the Red Cross blood costs when used in hospitals,” Mr. Himes ex plains, “and let me again empha size that it is given without charge to anyone whose doctor requests it.” The Red Cross Bloodmobile, with headquarters in Asheville, has served the Western North Carolina area, and has in its bank blood for use by any doctor or hospital needing it. All blood is received through the volunteer donors, when the Bloodmobile visits various towns. It is not necessary to make an ap pointment Wednesday, but to come to the Legion building be tween the hours of 1 and 5 o’clock. Mrs. Fred Miller, of Raleigh and Wadesboro, is now visiting in Brevard. Red Cross Aquatic School Opens With Enrollment Of 150 Persons ’ The nationally famous Ameri can Red Cross Aquatic school opened for the 27th annual ses sion at beautiful Camp Carolina near Brevard Wednesday. The school will last for 10 days and will close on June 17th for the 150 students enrolled. Ellis Fysal is this year directing the aquatic school, which enrolls rep resentatives from the South. The school enrolls men and wo men over 18 years of age, who re turn to their home communities and apply their knowledge as aquatic or safety leaders for schools, camps, industries, recre ation and parks departments, youth organizations, municipal, state and federal agencies and all other organizations interested in the promotion of water safety measures, Director Fysal points out. The teaching staff includes Red Cross aquatic, first aid and acci dent prevention representatives and specialists in their fields of study, as well as several study vis itors from foreign countries. The 27-year-old school has en —-Turn to Page Four SMALL PART OF TRANSYLVANIA USED FOR CROPS Rural Population Is Given; Pasturelands Show An Increase CORN BIGGEST CROP A farm survey, which shows the uses of land and the harvest ed crops in Transylvania county, was released this week by the stastistics department of the North Carolina department of agricul ture, in cooperation with the board of commissioners. The survey shows that 65 per cent of the land in this county is wooded, with 11 percent in pas tures, 15 percent in harvested crops and nine percent of it idle. According to Julian A. Glazener, county agent, this percentage is much better than in past years. “The acres of land used in pasture have increased, and row crop acres have decreased,” the county agent explained. “Although there are still entirely too many acres in Transylvania that are suitable for pastures, but remain in wood lands, we have made progress in the past two years.” The crop statistics show that 59 percent of the land in Tran sylvania is used for the growing of corn, and the remainder is used for hay, 19 percent; and other crops, 22 percent. “Most of the cultivated area is along the central French Broad River valley,” the survey stated. A preliminary farm inventory, based on 1949 crops, has been se cured from the farm census facts taken this year. This shows that in eight townships there are 5,093 acres in corn, and the next highest acreage is 1,624 in hay. The rural population of this county, which is tabulated only for persons living on three or more acres* of land, was 4,051 in January, 1950. The total acreage of all land —Turn to Page FoOr ALDERMEN HOLD REGULAR MEET Dispose Of Number Of Rou tine Matters On Mon 4 day Night A number of routine business matters were discussed by the members of the board of aldermen and Mayor S. E. Varner in regular monthly session Monday night. J. S. Bromfield discussed mos quito control in certain areas of Brevard/ and he was assured by the board that action would be taken by the health department. Ralph Fisher requested that the road behind the hospital be open ed. The matter was referred to the hospital board for action. In answer to a request for a sewer line on Elm Bend, the aider men said the line would be laid if the property owners would fur nish the pipe. Adjustment was made on ad va lorem taxes of Mrs. C. L. Michael* —Turn to Page Four Night Depository Will Be Put Into Operation July 1 A night depository is being installed in the Transylvania Trust company building here for the convenience of local business men and any others who may wish to make deposits after business hours* Ralph J. Duckworth* executive vice presi dent, announced yesterday. It will be put into operation by the first of July, he said. This project was agitated for several years by the local mer chants association and a com mittee headed by Curtis Kelley secured enough pledges to war rant the installation. Others who may wish to use the depos itory should get in touch with Mr. Duckworth at the bank.
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