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TRANSYLVANIA,
IS . . .
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ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 61; No. 1
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY’S OUTLOOK IN ’51 BRIGHT
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Work On Water System Is Started In Brevard
PROJECT UNDER
BOND ISSUE IS
AHEAD SCHEDULE
Sewer Expansion And Im
provement Will Begin
During January
HENTHORN ENGINEER
Expansion and improvement
work of the water system of the
town of Brevard is being started
this week by the G. E. Moore com
pany, of Greenwood, S. C., and Wil
liam F. Bow, of Augusta, Ga.
Leonard A. Henthorn is the res
ident engineer for this work, and
he will make day to day inspec
tions.
Money for this expansion and
improvement of both the water
and sewer systems of Brevard was
approved in a special bond elec
tion here last spring.
The contract for the sewer work
was let recently to Boyd and Go
forth of Charlotte, and work will
be started on this phase within the
next two weeks.
Last fall it was planned thal
work would begin in the spring,
but due to the urgency of this ex
pansion both firms have agreed to
get their work underway during
January.
The first contract, entitled Divi
sion I, includes the distribution of
water within the city limits. In the
second division the installation of
two two million-gallon concrete
(pre-stressed) reservoirs and all
chlorination equipment.
The two contracts will not ex
ceed $180,000. *
The contract for the sewerage
expansion totaled $188,843.70,
which was some $30,000 less than
the amount estimated by the engi
neers to do this work.
CATHOLICS WILL
GET NEW PASTOR
O’Connor Will Go To Dur*
ham Church This Month;
Hill Is Successor
The Rev. Lawrence J. Hill, as
sistant pastor of St. Lawrence Ro
man Catholic church at Asheville,
has been named pastor of Sacred
Heart Roman Catholic church here
and will assume his new duties on
January 15, the Most Rev. Vincent
S. Waters, Bishop of the Diocese
of Raleigh, announces.
Father Hill has served under
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Louis J. Bour at
St. Lawrence for the past four
years. He went to the Asheville
church in November, 1946.
He will succeed the Rev. Charles
J. O’Connor, who has been assign
ed to the Immaculate Conception
church in Durham.
Prior to going to Asheville,
Father Hill served in High Point
two years after his ordination. He
was educated at Niagara Univer
sity, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Brevard Fed
eral Savings and Loan association
will be held Wednesday, January
17, at 2 o’clock, Jerry Jerome, the
secretary-treasurer, announces to
day.
CALENDAR OF 1
EVENTS
Thursday, Jan. 4—Rotary club
meets at 7 o’clock at Coffee shop.
Lions club meets at Bryant house
at 7 p. m. Presbyterian night cir
cles meet, 8 o’clock.
Friday, Jan. 5—Kiwanis club to
meet at Bryant house, 7 o’clock.
Call meeting of chamber of com
merce, 7:30 p. m. Square dance in
American Legion building at 8:30.
Sunday, Jan. 7—Attend church
of your choice.
Monday, Jan. 8 — DAR meets
with Mrs. J. M. Allison at 3:30.
Transylvania Shrine club at Gallo
way’s cafe, 7 o’clock.
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Silversteen Presents 50-Year Button
JOSEPH S. SILVERSTEEN, right, presented a 50-year continuous
membership button to F. E. SHUFORD, left, at the regular installa
tion of officers of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge last Thursday night.
Mr. Shuford was the fifth member to receive this award., and Mr.
Silversteen was presented his 50>year button several months ago.
Mr. Silversteen also gave 25-year membership certificates to N. L.
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Continued Gains in U.S. Postal
Receipts In Brevprd Will Put
Office In First Class Division
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Total Income Must Reach
$40,000, Galloway Says;
Now Over $38,000
“If we can show as much gain in
1951 as we did in 1950, we will
have a first class post office,”
Postmaster T. Coleman Galloway
said today.
And he has every reason to be
lieve that the New Year will be
one of the biggest in the history of
the Brevard post office.
When total receipts reach $40,
000, the second class post office
here will become first class.
The year 1950, and especially
the past Christmas holidays, were
busy times at the local post office,
and total receipts amounted to
$38,028.49, a gain of $3,026.32 over
1949.
“Unquestionably, we had the
biggest Christmas business we have
ever had,” the postmaster said.
And figures compiled by Assist
ant Postmaster Vernon Fullbright
bear out Mr. Galloway’s claim.
Stamp sales during December to
talled $5,897.42, a gain of $566.81
over last December.
Brevard and Transylvania people
mailed more Christmas cards and
packages this year than ever be
fore, the post office officials com
mented.
Money order sales during 1950
we re slightly less than they were
in 1949, but this was due to the
fact that postal notes were offered
for sale, and sales during the year
amounted to $17,744.46, with
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RALPH FISHER NOW
IN RALEIGH FOR
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Local Representative Is Ex
pecting Busy Session;
Scott To Speak
Representative Ralph R. Fisher,
well-known Brevard attorney, left
Tuesday to attend the 1951 Gener
al Assembly, where a busy session
is expected.
Governor Kerr Scott will deliver
his biennial message to the Gen
eral Assembly on Thursday of this
week at 11 o’clock.
He is expected to review the
progress that has been made in the
past two years under his adminis
tration and ask for a continuation
of the road-building program.
The governor is also expected to
urge the General Assembly to ap
praise the possibility of equalizing
health services for all people. It
is understood that he will outline
certain permanent improvements
in the welfare program in his bud
get message.
In the field of public utilities,
the governor is reported to be
pleased with progress that has
been made in extending benefits
of electric energy to the people of
the rural areas, but despite the
progress made, too many of the
people of North Carolina are still
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WPNF Program Highlights
New Year Brings Few Changes In
Program Schedule Of Station WPNF
A number of changes have been
made in the schedule of programs
over WPNF with the beginning of
the new year, station officials an
nounce today.
Pisgah Swingtime will now be on
from 11 a. m. until 11:30 and the
Queen for a Day program, a popu
ular and entertaining Mutual
show, will be heard from 11:30 un
til 12 noon.
Requestfully Yours, an audience
participation record show that is
very popular, will be on the air ev.
ery evening except Sunday over
WPNF.
The WPNF program log for the
coming week is carried on page 8
of the second section of The Times
this week.
To Appear On Programs
The Civic Hour will be conduct
ed Friday by the American Legion
auxiliary and on Monday, the 8th,
the Lions club will have charge.
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NORTH BREVARD,
PENROSESCHOOLS
WILL BE BUILT
Action Of Local Board Of
Education Is Subject To
State Approval
The Transylvania board of ed
ucation decided at a call meet
ing Tuesday night to accept the
bids for new schools at Penrose
and at North Brevard. This ac
tion is subject to approval of the
state board of education.
Total contract for building the
Penrose school is approximately
$157,000, depending upon the ac
ceptance of alternate bids. Con
tracts for the North Brevard
school totalled $166,838.
According to Supt. J. B. Jones,
the county has approximately
$325,000 for the new school
buildings in Transylvania.
For further details, see story
on “Bids Are Opened” on the
front page of the second section
of this issue of The Times.
FIRST 1951 BABY
IN COUNTY GIVEN
ARRAY OF PRIZES
Alvin Charles Parker Wins
The Times And Radio
Contest Here
Alvin Charles Parker, Jr., a 7
pound, 4-ounce son, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Parker, Sr., of
Route 1, Brevard, was the first
baby born in Transylvania county
in 1951 and thus is the winner of
the baby derby conducted by The
Times as well as the local radio
station.
“Mr. 1951” first made his ap
pearance at 4:53 a. m., Tuesday
morning January 2, at the Transyl
vania Community hospital. Dr.
Charles L. Newland was the at
tending physician.
This was the first child for Mr.
and Mrs. Parker, and both mother
and son are said to be getting
along fine.
Among the prizes which will go
to little Alvin Charles and his par
ents are the following from The
Times derby:
A Mirro Coffee maker by
Ralph’s Auto Supply.
A lovely gown to the mother by
Slack’s.
Two theatre passes for one
month to the parents by the Co
Ed and Clemson theatres.
A quart of milk for two weeks
by the Southern Dairies.
A year’s subscription to The
Times to the parents.
A bag of Ful-O-Pep milk feed
to the parents from the Farmers
Federation.
A portrait of the child when six
months old at Austin’s.
Two silver dollars to be donated
by Galloways.
An item valued at $3.00 from
the baby department of Belk’s.
A dozen cans of baby food from
Cash & Carry.
Baby needs worth $3.00 at Var
ner’s.
A solid gold ring for the baby
from Parsons.
Baptist Association
To Meet Sunday At
Glady Br. Church
There will be a meeting of the
Sunday school department of the
Transylvania Baptist association
on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at Glady Branch Baptist church,
D. H. Orr, the general superintend
ent, announces.
The theme of the meeting will
be “Study To Be a More Effective
Sunday School Worker,” and prin
cipal speakers include Julian A.
Glazener and Mrs. Alcovia McCall.
The general superintendent will
preside and special songs and de
votionals are planned.
J. E. Waters, who has been in
ill health for several months, is
reported to be in a critical condi
tion at his home on Park avenue.
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1— Full cooperation with the federal government in all of its
national emergency programs to resist Communist aggression
and to establish world peace.
2— Full cooperation with Ecusta and Olin Industries in opening
of the cellophane plant in 1951.
3— Energetic support of Brevard college and its new adminis
tration,
4— —Construction of more new homes and apartments for families
coming here during the year to work in new industry and
new businesses.
5— Establishment of a modern commercial hotel in Brevard and
tourist places in the town and county.
6— Complete adoption of the “plan of the people” for flood con
trol in the French Broad Valley.
7— Installation of a modern dial telephone system in Brevard,
and the expansion of rural lines into the county.
8— Encouragement of more diversified farming in Transylvania
and a continued emphasis on dairy farming.
9— Continued support and cooperation with the Brevard Music
Festival and expansion of its program to include folk music.
10— Increased efforts to aittract more tourists and continuous
publicity of the many scenic wonders in Transylvania.
11— Expanded recreational facilities and improvement of the ath
letic field.
12— Continued improvement and surfacing of all the county’s
most important roads and construction of a scenic highway
via Whitewater Falls.
13— Organization and establishment of a high school band.
14— Every Transylvanian should be a loyal booster of Brevard
and Transylvania and should trade at home more.
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Chamber Of Commerce Ballots
Mailed Out, Will Be Tabulated
At Call Meeting On Friday Night
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GROUP TO REPORT
IN CHARLOTTE FOR
PHYSICAL EXAMS
Number Have Already En
listed In Armed Forces,
Mrs. Harllee Says
Another group of young men
from Transylvania county have
been selected by the local draft
board to report on the morning of
Thursday, January 4, for pre-in
duction physicals in Charlotte.
Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, the draft
board clerk, states that these men
will meet at Union Bus station at
7:30 a. m., and departure time is
set for 8 o’clock.
She points out that a number of
these men have already enlisted in
some branch of the service, while
others will be transferred to their
local boards for examinations.
The men and their home ad
dresses are as follows:
Brevard: James R. Owen, Bill H.
Eubanks, Lester J. McCall, Wil
liam Z. Byrd, Richard E. Waters,
Robert F. Martin, James Robert
Ratchford, Thomas L. Mitchell,
Frank F. Bagwell, Joseph G.
Poole, Robert W. Brittain and Bur
lin Wood.
Brevard, Route 1: Lolan M. Eu
banks, Perry R. Raxter and James
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25 Persons Receiving High*
est Number Of Votes To
Be Directors In 1951
Ballots for directors of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce foi
1951 have been mailed out by the
executive secretary, Mrs. Ralph R
Fisher and must be returned bj
Friday night of this week.
They will be tabulated at a cal!
meeting on Friday at 7:30 o’clocl
over the city hall, and the annual
election of officers will be held a1
the regular monthly meeting nexl
Tuesday.
The 25 persons receiving th€
highest number of votes will be
the directors for 1951, and from
the 25, the officers for the ensuing
year will be chosen.
The entire membership of the
organization is cordially invited tc
attend both meetings during the
coming week, and John Anderson
the president, urges all members
to vote for directors and return
their ballots immediately.
Consisting of leading business
and professional men and women
of the town and county, the cham
ber of commerce has approximate
ly 150 paid up members and con
tributors this past year. Last year
the ballot contained 100 names,
while 131 are listed for the new
year.
Robert Melton and Henry Mc
Donald attended the Orange Bowl
game in Miami, Fla., on New Year’s
Day.
Noteworthy Real Estate Transactions
Are Recorded Here During December
There were a number of impor
tant real estate transactions re
corded during the month of De
cember in the register of deeds of
fice, Paul M. Whitmire, the regis
ter of deeds reports today.
Last Friday a lengthy deed in
volving the transfer of all proper
tier of Ecusta paper corporation to
Olin Industries was recorded. Ac
cording to T. N. Word, the vice
president of Ecusta, the transac
tion was simply a bookkeeping pro
cedure, and will have no affect on
the operations at Ecusta or of
Olin Industries.
Another noteworthy transaction
was that of the lands of J. P. Stev
ens Co. at Cedar Mountain to the
Parker school district, of Green
ville, S. C. This tract was a recre
ational center for the Greenville
branch of this large industrial con
cern.
Other real estate transactions
recorded during last month are as
follows:
Gaston McCall and wife to Leo
McCall and wife, Brevard town
ship.
E. A. Gifillin, wife and others
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WEEKLY PAYROLLS
OF ALL INDUSTRIES
ARE AT HIGH PEAK
Much Progress Is Seen In.
Transylvania; Buildings,
Deposits Are Up
GOALS ARE LISTED
By STAFF WRITER
Notwithstanding the muddled
national and international situa
tion, the outlook for 1951 in Bre
vard and Transylvania county is
very promising and encouraging.
At the present time, there are
more than 1,000 industrial workers
employed in the county as com
pared to a year ago and the vol
ume of business is steadily increas
ing. All local merchants queried
by this newspaper about their
Christmas business reported gains,
some of them as much as 30 per
cent over the preceding sea? " It
is felt here that this buying mo
mentum will be projected into the
current year.
With over 3,000 industrial work
ers employed in the county, the
weekly payroll is estimated at a:
quarter million dollars.
At this time each year The
Transylvania Times staff, makes a
list of goals for the new year and'
these are listed on the left.
In this national emergency, full;
cooperation with the federal gpvr
ernment in all of its national ram,
ifacations is given the number one
spot in The Times goals.
With the opening of the new cel
B plant at Ecusta, scheduled
1, full cooperation with
and Olin is urged during
. You are requested to ex
amine the 14 goals and all sugges
tions will be appreciated.
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BANK SHOWS BIG
GAIN IN ASSETS
Loans And Discounts Up.
Nearly $133,000; Depos
its Over 3 Million
Assets of the Transylvania Trust
company gained nearly a million
dollars during the year ended on
December 30, 1950.
A year ago the total assets- of
the institutions were $2,368,45T.01.
At the end of the year 1950 they
amounted to $3,217,512.27.
Cash and due from banks also*
showed a gain of $767,130.75, to
reach $999,850.14. The greater
part of this gain, R. J. Duckworth,,
executive vice president said, was
accounted for by the depositing of
the proceeds from bonds to be
used in expanding and improving
the waterworks and sewerage sys
tems. This also gave the deposits
a boost also, he pointed out.
During the year the bank de
creased its holdings of U. S. bonds,
by $95,632.19, but enlarged its.
stock of state, county and munic
ipal bonds by $45,089.98.
Loans and discounts during the
year rose from $610,237.87 to>
$743,037.00, a gain of $132,799.13
During the year, Mr. Duckworth
said, $23,000 of preferred stock
was paid off and the common
stock increased to $75,000. The
bank also paid a dividend of ten
per cent.
The surplus fund of the bank
was boosted from $40,000 to $50,
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Attendance Good
As Schools Open
After Christmas
Transylvania’s schools opened
Wednesday, bringing the Christ
mas holidays to an end foe the
more than 3,300 students in the
county.
According to Supt. J. B. Jones,
attendance was good and some
gain was shown in a few of the
schools.
Brevard college will open on
Thursday when the selected stu
dent body of 300 win return to* the
campus after spending Christmas
holidays, at home with. nefetuw.