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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land of Waterfall*, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist u Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol 60, No. 31 * SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1950 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY COUNTY OVER TOP IN BOND DRIVE ★ ★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★.★★★★★★★ if if if Expect To Have County Roads In Best Shape EXTENSIVE WORK NOW BEING DONE ON FIRST PHASE Seven Routes Are Receiving Traffic Bound Macadam Base Course By Crews THREE DIVISIONS Work on improvement of the county road system with the bond money is proceeding nicely, a sur vey yesterday reveals, and with good weather during August and September, roads in Transylvania are expected to be in the best con dition ever for the coming winter. Extensive work is being done on the first phase of the improve ment program in Transylvania. Seven of these roads are receiving now what is known as the traffic bound macadam base course—com monly called stone. Highway offi cials say these roads will be black topped by the first of November. Blacktopping will be started in the near future. Roads Named These roads are divided into three projects: the first being the Neely road, running from North Brevard to the Greenville high way. It is the only one which is 18 feet wide, and it is closed to traffic for approximately 30 days. Roads In the second project of the first phase are: Green Acre road, Everett road, Little River road, Country Club road and Elm Bend road. These are open to traffic, although there might be some delay due to the work now in progress. The third project includes the Reasonover road at Cedar Moun tain and the East Fork road. Both of these will be 12 feet wide. The East Fork road is now being grad ed by state forces, and should be ready for stone in a short time. Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe, was given the contract to blacktop the roads in Transylvania, and crews oi the concern are now busy pre paring the roads for this work. VFW WILL AWARD , MR IN DRIVES Membership Campaign Is Launched; Now Solicit ing Building Funds Final plans were made by mem bers of the Lewis Earl Jackson post of Veterans of Foreign Wars Monday night for the membership drive and the campaign to solicit funds for the building of a new VFW home here. Commander Jim my Alderman presided, and prior to the business session, the vet erans and their wives enjoyed a chicken fry. The meeting was held in the club room of the VFW post below Brevard college. A 1950 Oldsmobile Convertible 88 will be awarded at the end of the campaigns on November 11, and members of the post are now soliciting $1.00 contributions. The car committee is composed of James Avery, James Mills and Coman Hamilton, while Joe Perry, Marvin Gaddy, Fd Garrett, Ed McCoy and Dick Landreth com prise the ticket committee. CALENDAR OF EVENTS .. ■■ ■ " - ■■■ ■ - ■ - ■ Thursday, Aug. 3 — First Bap tist Missionary society meets in church parlor, 3:30 o’clock. Lions club meets at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Softball tournament continues at 7:30 on lighted high school field. Friday, Aug. 4 — Kiwanis club meets at Bryant house, 7 o’clock. Concert at Transylvania Music camp, 8:15. Square dance in the American Legion building, 8:30. Saturday, Aug. 5—Band concert —Tun to Page Ten Town Board Explores Plans For Waterworks, Sewerage Expansion With Engineer At Called Meeting Missing General Commander of the 24th divi sion, Maj. Gem William F. Dean, has been pnrfepoited since the abandonment of Taejon by U. 6. Forces. Pictured in the city during the closing days of its de fense, Gen. Dean was last seen passing ammunition to a bazoo ka team during the last-ditch fight to hold the city. (Telenews Newsreel Photo from Interna tional.) MAKING PLANS TO ENTERTAIN MANY SUMMER VISITORS Special Calendar Is Being Mailed Out; “Every Home A Guest Home” As festival time approaches and with a large number of summer visitors vacationing in Brevard and Transylvania, officials of the Brevard chamber of commerce and merchants association are intensi fying their efforts to make the town and county the friendliest place in which to live, work and play. A special calendar of events is being compiled by the office of the chamber and the merchants asso ciation, which will be distributed this week to every member of the two organizations. Special public ity is also being carried over sta tion WPNF on the Civic Hour on Thursdays and Saturdays of each week. “During the month of August, all indications point to a record number of summer visitors from all parts of the nation and it’s up to each and every one of us to make them feel at home, and sec ond—to entertain them in such a way that they will come again,” —Turn to Page Ten Attorney Authorized To Ar range Bond Sales; Bids Are Asked For The board of aldermen at a call meeting held Friday night engaged in exhaustive discussion of plans to enlarge and improve the water works and sewerage system here with J. A. Buchanan, representing the * John J. Harte Construction company, which will supervise the two projects. The town attorney was author ized to arrange for sale of bonds as needed for the program. Plans for the expansion of the water works have been submitted to the state board of health for approval. Mayor S. E. Varner has given notice that bids for the waterworks improvements will be received at the city hall until 2 p. m. on Au gust 22. Clerk T. H. Barker said yesterday that bids on the sewer age project would probably be called for soon after work on the waterworks starts. The two proj ects are expected to entail an out lay of around $500,000. Plans for the waterworks call for the construction of two 1,000, 000-gallon storage tanks. The pres ent reservoir will continue to be used and covered, Mr. Barker said. Mr. Buchanan told council mem bers that the three reservoirs would furnish the town with plen ty of water for any contingency and to take care of future needs. Plans and specifications for the waterworks are on file in the of fice of the town clerk here and at the Harte company at 284 Tech wood avenue, northwest, Atlanta, Ga. Contractors who submit bids are required to tender a check in the sum of not less than five per cent of their bid and a guarantee that if the bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the per formance thereof properly secured. In the notice asking for bids, Mayor Varner reserved the right to reject any proposals submitted. B £ PW CLUB TO SPONSOR COMEDY “Sec How They Run” To Be Given At Summit Play house Next Tuesday The opening performance of the successful Philip King comedy, “See How They Run,” at Lake Summit playhouse Tuesday night, August 8th, will be under the sponsorship of the Brevard Busi ness and Professional women’s club. Lucy Clarke, local B & PW club prexy, announces today that all members of this club have tickets for sale, and requests that local persons seeing this play attend on Tuesday night. A portion of the gate will be given to the club in return for their sponsorship and promotion. One of the leading roles in “See How They Run,” will be played by —Turn To Page Ten Softball Tournament Attracting Much Attention Finals Set For Tonight Softball will be in the offing1 in Brevard and Transylvania this week end. On Thursday night the finals of the Western Carolinas Invitation* al Softball tournament will be run off, beginning at 7:30, on the lighted high school field. The tourney is being sponsored by the Brevard Jaycees and is attracting widespread interest. According to Russ Poole, the Jaycee president, trophies and medals will be awarded the win ners on Thursday night following the game. The finals in the Transylvania Softball league are scheduled for this week end. A victory by the American Legion nine over Ki wanis would automatically end the 1950 season, but if Kiwanis wins, then three teams will be tied for first place. These three teams are American Legion, Kiwanis and Mc Neely’s. Charlie Russell and Sam Geek, co-chairmen of the league and tournament committee, urge all sports fans in Brevard and Tran sylvania to come out and see these —Turn te Page Ten Many Local Lads Leave For Elks Camp For Boys All smiles are the 12 Transylvania boys pictured above, with members of the boys camp committee of the local lodge of the B.P.O.E. here, who left Sunday afternoon for the Elks boys’ camp near Tuxedo. The encampment will last for two weeks and all expenses of the group will be taken care of by the local Elks organization. Boys above, in the front row, left to right are, Jerry Willingham, Obie Willingham, James William Cox, Lionell Owen and Johnny Hawkins. Second row; Ray Queen, Larry Patterson, Jack Alexander, Jimmy Hawkins, Benny Cassell, Ray Alexander and Robert Caudle. Members of the Elks committee in the back row are: Jack Wilbur, chairmin of the committee; Fred Holt, exalted ruler of the lodge; Carl Stephens, treasurer; Jack Alexander, A. M. Paxton and Alex Patterson, trustee of the lodge. Paxton and Alexander accompanied the boys to camp. (Times Staff Photo.) FINAL CONCERTS AT MUSIC CAMP ARE SCHEDULED Festival Plans Are Being Made; Banquet Is Set For Sunday The 1950 season at Transylvania Music camp will conclude this week end with four outstanding concerts by the two bands and the symphony orchestra. Simultaneously, as camp ends, plans are being directed toward the fifth annual Brevard Music fes tival, which begins Friday night, August 11. Many of the camp fac ulty members will remain to par ticipate in the festival concerts, either in the orchestra or chorus. The week end series begins with a program by the symphony orches tra, James Christian Pfohl conduct ing, Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock, with Robert Harrison, concertmas ter, as soloist. Included on the program Friday night will be a se lection entitled Prelude Scherzo Fugue, by Hobart Whitman, an Asheville composer. Miss Virginia Price and Frank West, of the faculty, will conduct the B-Band in a concert Saturday afternoon at 5:15. The concert band will perform Saturday at 8:15, conducted by Al —Turn to Page Five Mrs. Allie Harllee Again To Serve As Clerk Of Draft Unit Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, who served the local draft board as secretary during World War II, will act in the same capacity dur ing the present emergency, Oli ver H. Orr, acting chairman, said yesterday. Dewey Winches ter is the other member of the board. Mr. Orr said yesterday that all of the records of the board are still in Asheville and that he has received no instructions from any source relative to drafting men. Larger counties in which the boards continued to function were asked to supply the men for the first draft and 1,525 Tar Herts are scheduled to be called in September. It is estimated that it will be neces sary to examine 5,209 men to ob tain this number. Mr. Orr said yesterday that he was expecting to receive word any day now from Col T. H. Up ton, state draft director, to set up the draft machinery in this county. Judge Rudisill Grants PMH^ Attorneys For Non-Suit in Case Involving Condition City Dump FAMED ARTIST TO EXHIBIT WORK AT THE MUSIC CAMP Fortnightly Club Is Spoil' soring Exhibition During Festival Time There will be an exhibition of paintings and prints by Mabel Pugh, distinguished North Caro lina artist, at the Transylvania Music camp lodge during the Bre vard Music festival from August 11 through August 20, under the sponsorship of the Brevard Fort nightly club, Mrs. C. A. Richard son, the art chairman of the club, announces today. “We are very fortunate in hav ing some of the work of Miss Pugh on exhibit here during festival time,” Mrs. Richardson said yes terday in urging all festival goers to plan to see the outstanding paintings and prints. Miss Pugh is head of the art de partment of Peace college. She is represented in the Library of Con gress collection of contemporary American prints by two prints, “The Old Swimming Hole” and “Susan’s Piano.” Having traveled extensively, Miss Pugh has sketched in the British Isles, Holland, Paris, Ger —Turn to Page Four Roy Waldrop And Wife Al leged Nuisance; Seek $2,500 Damages After hearing all the evidence in the case of Roy Waldrop and wife vs. the Town af Brevard, Judge J. C. Rudisill, presiding over the recent term of Superior court here, granted a plea of defense at torneys for a nonsuit. The effect of this decision was to dismiss the i action. Mr. Waldrop and his wife in the suit asserted that the town was maintaining a nuisance in the city dump. They asked for damages of $2,500 and elimination of the al leged nuisance. Cocke and Cocke, attorneys for the plaintiffs, gave notice of ap peal. The town was represented by Ralph H. Ramsey and Lewis P. Hamlin. Suits of the same nature were brought against the town by Lewis Waldrop, B. M. Teague, Herman Brown and Charlotte Hudson. These cases were all continued. William Herman Jordan has asked The Times to state that he is not the William Jordan listed as transporting whiskey. Mrs. G. C. Brinkman, formerly of Brevard, and now of Charlotte, is spending several weeks in Bre vard visiting friends and is now at the home of Mrs. John Maxwell in North Brevard. Mrs.Brinkman’s late husband was pastor of the Methodist church here at one time. WPNF Program Highlights Up-To-Minute News Featured During Day And Evening, Local Talent Slated Because of the extreme interest in the Korean situation and the ra pid developments in the United Nations Security council, news, as it happens and as soon as it hap pens, is being carried over WPNF, Robert Liverance, the program di rector, reports today. “Mutual is tops in newscasting and the Associated Press also fur nishes us news 24 hours each day,” he continued. Throughout the day and evening WPNF carries a large number of newscasts, and the latest happen ings in Brevard and Transylvania are reported at 6 o’clock in the af ternoon by members of The Tran sylvania Times staff. “Rosman on the Air,” is now heard each morning, Monday through Friday, at 11:15 o’clock, featuring news, announcements and music of special interest to persons in upper Transylvania. With the Transylvania Music camp closing this week end, the —Tam to Pago Five SALES OF $77,062 IS GRAND TOTAL; JEROME PLEASED Quota For Transylvania Was $60,000; State Also Ex ceeded Its Goal CHAIRMAN IS QUOTED Transylvania county went over the top in the Independence Sav ings bonds drive in grand style, Jerry Jerome, the county chair man, reports today. The quota was $60,000 and the sale of series E bonds in Transyl vania for the period from May IS through July 17 amounted to $77, 062.50. The county chairman further stated that the quotas for North Carolina and for the nation also had been achieved. The state quota for North Carolina was $7, 057,000 and sales for the drive per iod were $7,353,171.50. The na tional quota of 650 millions was topped by 66 millions. North Carolina ranked 31st among the states in the nation with, respect to percentage of quota achieved with 104.2 per cent. The national average was 110 per cent. Pennsylvania led the nation with a percentage of 129.9 per cent. “We are proud that our county and state are among those who went over the top in the Independ ence Drive,” Mr. Jerome said, “and X want to take this opportunity to dustrial and business concerns* and the many individuals who made possible this splendid accom plishment. “Let’s continue to help strength en our personal security and the security of our country by the reg ular purchase of U. S. savings, bonds. No one was ever sorry that he saved,” Mr. Jerome com eluded. “With the world situation as grave as it is now, this is a most opportune time for the people of this county to buy savings bonds to provide the funds so sorely need ed to prosecute the war,” he con cluded. BLUE STAR MARKER IS ERECTED HERE Garden Club Members Are Beautifying Property On Highway No. 64 A Blue Star Memorial marker is being erected by the state high way department for the Brevard Garden club on the triangle oppo site the Southern Dairies and across from Brevard college. Honoring all men and women who served in World War II, the marker is the first erected in Western North Carolina. Accord ing to Mrs. T. Coleman Galloway,, past president and chairman of the club committee, these markers will be erected all across North Caro lina on Highway 64. The property on which the mark er is situated here is also being landscaped, and property owners within the “model mile” on 64 are urged to keep their premises neat and sightly. Civic Players Will Hold Special Meet On Next Monday An important call meeting of the Brevard Civic Players will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Carolyn Winchester, on the Boy!* ston road. All old members and anyone in terested in joining the group are invited to attend. The president states that an important matter has come up concerning the future de velopments of the group, and a representative number of meat* bers is needed to discuss the mat* ter.
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