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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. t The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper 9 TRANSYLVANIA ! IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. § Vol 61; No. 5 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY LOYALTY DRIVE NOW UNDERWAY Approve Radio System For Firemen, Police COUNCIL OKAYS FM SHORTWAVE SIGNAL SET-UP ^ Provides Direct Hook-Up With Personnel Every Hour Of Day JONES ON FORCE A complete FM shortwave radio system for the Brevard firemen and police department was auth orized by the town board of aider men at a call meeting Monday night at the city hall. This system will be a “must” when the telephone company here converts to dial, the aldermen point out, and it will be ideal for civilian defense. A receiver will be Installed in each home of the volunteer fire men. and “there will be a direct hook-up with the firemen and the police 24 hours each day,” Mayor S. E. Varner declared. Other business transacted at the meeting included the employing of Preston D. Jones, of Pisgah For est, as policeman in Brevard. A native of this county, Mr. Jones has been connected with the state ^ highway department in Transylva nia for the past three years. “We are delighted to have Mr. Jones on the force for he is well qualified and experienced,” Mr. Varner continued. He is married and lives with his family at Pisgah Forest and has assumed his duties with the police force. The resignation of Officer Ash ley Dickson was accepted at the meeting. Mr. Dickson has taken a position with Ecusta to work in the new cellophane plant, and will leave this month for Clinton, Iowa, where he will train until the new plant opens here later this year. “We hate to lose Mr. Dickson because he has made us a fine of ficer, but we can’t blame him for accepting the position with Ecusta and Olin,” the mayor said. Officer Dickson told The Times —Turn to Page Seven 10 LOCAL YOUTHS * TO BE INDUCTED Call Is Issued For Group On Next Thursday; Report To Charlotte The tenth induction call for Transylvania county young men has been mailed to 10 selectees or dered to report on Friday morn > ing, February 9th, at 8:30 a. m., Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, draft board clerk, announces. i These men will be sent by bus to Charlotte arriving there at 3:30 p. m., and lunch will be provided them en route. The following inductees have re ceived notices to report: William Z. Byrd and F. Foster Bagwell, both of Brevard; Willie W. Stokes and LaRue C. Betsill. crlored, Brevard; the latter hav ing been transferred to Brooklyn, . N. Y. James Galloway, Route 1, Bre vard. , John E. McJunkin, Route 2, Brevard. Carl A. McKinney, Furman J. Owen, Lake Toxaway. Curtis E. Watkins, Penrose. Max W. Worley, Pisgah Forest. Charles E. Moss, Rosman. T—-* CALENDAR OF EVENTS ♦*■■■ ■ .- ■■ ....... Thursday, Feb. 1 — First Bap tist WMS meeting in church par lor at 3:30 p. m. Rotary club to meet at Coffee shop at 7 p. m. Lions club meeting in Bryant House at 7 o’clock. Brevard Mu sic Festival board meets at home of Jerry Jerome at 8 o’clock. Friday, Feb. 2—Mothers’ March on Polio, 7 to 8 p. m. Kiwanis club meeting at Bryant House at 7 p. m. Square dance in Ameri can Legion building, 8:30. Saturday, Feb. 3 — BPOE mem —Turn To Page Six Mothers’ March On Polio To Climax Campaign, Will Canvass Houses With Porch Lights On New Stabilizer Following his installation in Washington as Economic Stabil ization Director, ERIC JOHN STON, left, discusses price-wage controls with CHARLES E. WILSON, Defense Mobilization Director. Johnston replaces Alan Valentine, who resigned. (International) HERE TODAY’ TO BE PRESENTED IN MARCH BY GROUP Little Theatre Plans Pro duction In American Le gion Building At the general meeting of the Brevard Little Theatre, Inc., Sun day night, it was decided to change the third play planned for March to the three-act comedy, “Here To day,” by George Oppenheimer. It was pointed out by officials of the organization that this play had become available for ama teur production, and they feel it is much better entertainment than “Love-in-a-Mist,” which was originally chosen. Following the meeting, try-outs fcr this play were held and the cast will be announced within the next few days. The play will be presented Sat urday night, March 17, in the American Legion Memorial build ing. “Here Today” is a sophisticated comedy, which takes place at Nas sau in the Bahamas and includes a cast of four men and four wom en Robroy Farquhar will direct this play, which is the third Little Theatre production for the season. Pete Shiflet, student at Duke university, Durham, spent several days between semesters with his parents and had as his house guests Robert Mercer, of New York, and Douglas Smiley, of Los Angeles, Calif. They returned on Tuesday. Solicitors For Various Sec tions Are Listed; Mrs. Sader Chairman Climaxing the March of Dimes diive in Transylvania county, which ends this week, will be the Mothers’ March on Polio Friday night between 7 and 8 o’clock, when practically every community in the county will be canvassed. This method of canvassing has already been successfuly used in other communities, according to J. O. Wells, campaign chairman, and he urges the full cooperation of everyone in this canvass. Home owners are asked to leave a porch light burning during the hour, and a canvasser will come for the donation. If there is no light, the house will not be included in the canvass. “Let the lights shine brightly throughout the county on Friday night,” he said in an urgent plea to all persons. Mrs. Julius Sader is chairman of this project, which is being conducted by the Book and Plate club. Other events which are being planned to benefit this drive in clude a square dance and a repeat performance of the Brevard Little Theatre’s last play. The American Legion is giving to the drive all proceeds from the regular Friday night square dance. Music is being furnished by the Ecusta band. A repeat performance of “Night of January 16th” is being given on Tuesday night in the courthouse, beginning at 8:30, to benefit this cause. Mr. Wells states that all coin boxes, money from schools and in dustries will be in by this week end. Brevard has been divided into sections for the Mothers’ March Friday night, and the chairmen and canvassers for Brevard and other communities are as follows: Brevard: northwest district, —Turn to Page Six REPEAT MYSTERY PLAY ON TUESDAY FOR DIMES DRIVE Many Expected To Attend ‘Night Of January 16th*; Rehearsal Monday A repeat performance of the highly successful Brevard Little Theatre production, “Night of January 16th,” will be given here Tuesday night in the courtroom to benefit the March of Dimes drive. Curtain time is 8:30 o’clock and the original cast will be seen in this suspense-packed murder trial. Tickets are now on sale by the Kiwanis club, local sponsors of the polio fund drive, and all promo tional work is being taken care of by this group. The price of ad mission is $1.00 including tax. Robroy Farquhar, Little Theatre director, has called a dress re —Turn to Page Six i WPNF Program Highlights Outstanding Forestry Programs To Be Heard On WPNF Beginning Saturday With much interest in Transyl vania centered around the Pisgah National Forest and the conserva tion of woodlands, WPNF will be gin a new series of programs in cooperation with the local county agent’s office and the North Caro lina extension forestry office at Raleigh. These programs will be heard each Saturday morning at 10:45 o’clock and will be of interest to both young and old, with special appeal to boys and girls, County Agent Julian A. Glazener declares. Entitled “Lost in the Forest,” these special transcribed pro* grams feature Bill Scott, forest ranger of the United States De partment of Forestry service. WPNF is the first station in Western North Carolina to broad cast this outstanding series, which will be heard every Saturday morning for a period of six weeks. —Turn to Page Six Officers Of Local WOW Are Installed For Ensuing Year Newly elected officers of the Balsam Camp, No. 116, Woodmen of the World, were installed at a recent meeting here with the state commander, Nick Newbury, in charge of the installation ceremony. He is pictured at the left in the photo above, and others in the group, left to right, are: J. I. Ayers, con sul commander; J. A. Burke, banker; J. H. “Mutt” Cox, past consul commander; Stanford Hardin, ad visor lieutenant; Buzzy DeBord, escort; L. W. Bonnell, financial secretary; Woody Paxton, watchman; and Britt Moore, field manager of the WOW. Other officers, who were absent when the picture was made are: Dr. J. B. Wilkerson, physician; and Harmon Ray, sentry. (Times Staff Photo.) »————" " " - ■■—--— North Carolina GENERAL ASSEMBLY ROUND-UP 4*—- ■- —h Far more than a majority of the upper house has joined Sen ator Junius K. Powell, of Colum bus, in sponsoring a bill which would require the state to build and maintain all city streets that are parts of the state high way system, which would cost an estimated $2,500,000 a year. It would also appropriate $5, 000,000 a year to the municipal ities for building and maintain ing other streets. The cities now receive around $2,500,000 for these purposes from the state. The house committee on consti tutional amendments is expected this week to give consideration to study of several proposed amend ments to the state constitution, among them being a proposal to permit a governor to succeed him self and another to ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution which would limit Presidents to two terms. The chairman announced that a hear ing would be held February 7 on an amendment permitting 18 year-olds to vote. The joint appropriations com mittee began hearings on the 1 $459,500,000 budget proposed for the next biennium. A special legislative committee is expected to report today on whether or not work should be continued on a coliseum at the state fair grounds. It is believed the group will recommend that the structure be completed at an esti —Turn To Page Six NO NEW TAG? DO NOT DRIVE CAR TODAY OR Be sure your red tag is show ing! Motorists who have not ob tained their 1951 red and white license plates are warned not to drive their vehicles on Thurs day, February 1, or thereafter. Highway patrolmen have been instructed to apprehend any mo torist found on the highway on February 1 or thereafter with out a 1951 plate. According to C. M. Douglas, who is in charge of the license tag branch office in Brevard, Wednesday was a “rushing” day, and sales for January should reach a record high. Delegations From Transylvania Attend Hearing Before House Group, School Issue Debated Board Of Education Ex plains Position; Both Sides On Radio Delegations from the Transylva nia school board and the upper part of the county attended the hearing in Raleigh on Wednesday before the education committee of the house. The hearing was called by Representative William B. Rodman, chairman, and the issue before the committee was whether capital outlay funds of this county for next year should be devoted to the costs of erecting a school building in North Brevard or at Lake Toxaway. Attending the hearing in behalf of the local school board were Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman; Homer McCall, member of the board; Supt. J. B. Jones, and county at torney, Ralph H. Ramsey. Recent ly the board voted to erect a new school in North Brevard, primar ily because there has been a tre mendous growth in this school area in recent years. The pro posed building for North Bre vard would cost approximately $160,000, which would require all the funds now in hand, plus the capital outlay for next year. The group from upper Transyl vania, which included H. E. Greer, C. A. Wilson, L. C. Case, Jr., W. F. McNeely and others, assert that Lake Toxaway was promised a schoolhouse in the bond issue four years ago and they insist that a new building should be erected —Turn To Page Six Citizens From Upper End Of County Claim Structures Costing Too Much Vigorous criticism of the deci sion of the county board of edu cation to erect a school building in North Brevard rather than al Lake Toxaway was voiced by citi zens from the upper part of the county at a meeting of the citi zens educational advisory commit tee last Thursday night in the courthouse. Supt. J. B. Jones, who presided said the meeting was called to in form the citizens with regard tc the problems members of the school board were encountering ir their efforts to build schoolhouses and to get their ideas as to how best to cope with these problems Forty people attended the meet ing Thursday night, which lasted more than two hours. As spokesman for the board, Mr Jones presented F. S. Best, who ex plained why he and his colleagues had decided to build in North Brevard. Mr. Best said that since the coming of Ecusta to Brevard enrollment in the elementarj school had jumped from 588 to 1, 355 pupils. Since 1945 the enroll ment has increased 529 pupils There will be a further marked increase, he said, when an expect ed 300 families move into Brevarc before the cellophane plant be gins operations. On the other hand, Mr. Best con tinued, the schools at Lake Toxa —Turn To Page Twelve Local Leaders Emphasize Need For Houses, Urge Individual Building A large number of Brevard business and professional men met Tuesday night over the city hall here to discuss the housing short age, and prior to adjournment, Dr. E. O. Roland, president of the Bre vard chamber of commerce, ap pointed a committee to contact in terested individuals in the town and county and urge them to build houses. President Roland, who called the meeting, explained that an acute shortage would develop here with the opening of the new cello phane plant. Hal Gibson, who has been place< in charge of securing housinj quarters for new industrial work era, stated that a survey is now be ing made to determine how man; apartments and houses would b< available for new workers. H< asked that all persons havinj apartments or houses that migh be suitable to rent or to sell to le him know immediately. He sai< i that more than 300 “heads of fami lies” would come into the count; and at the present time he ha< found vacancies for only 70 to 80 —Torn to Page Six CC DIRECTORS URGE CITIZENS TO AID COLLEGE Committee Is Appointed By Roland; Letters Being Mailed Out WILL MAKE CANVASS In order that all citizens might express their loyalty to and appre ciation of Brevard college, the di rectors of the Brevard chamber of commerce are launching a vigor ous Brevard College Loyalty cam paign with a goal of $25,000. Letters are being mailed out to many citizens in the town and county and contributions, large and small, are requested. If the response is generous in the com munity an anonymous donor will contribute proportionately. Dr. E. O. Roland, president of the Brevard chamber of commerce, announces today the committee in charge of the Brevard College Loy alty campaign. John Anderson is the chairman, and Jerry Jerome is treasurer of the drive. Other com mittee members are: S. E. Varner* Sr., Alex Kizer, W. M. Melton, Rev. Julian Holmes, Ralph H. Ramsey,. Charlie Russell, Bryan Shiflet and Lloyd Burhans. This group, assisted by directors and members of the chamber of commerce, will make a canvass of Brevard and Transylvania, and in addition to contributions, for 1951; pledges for sube^iuerlt years will be requested. During the campaign, the office of the chamber of commerce on. the courthouse lawn will be open* and a large number of citizens will be asked to participate in the cam? paign. The money raised in the cam paign will be used to help defray the cost of repair of the adminis tration building which was seri ously damaged by two fires last fall. Insurance received for the damages was far less than the cost of remodeling and repair. President George B. Ehlhardt has expressed the desire that any money received from the commu nity go for the improvement of the appearance of the campus. Because of the high cost of la bor and materials and the run down condition of the physical plant at the college, officials of the institution have pointed out that the budget has been under mined, and the college needs all the financial assistance that it can. get. The chamber of commerce di rectors, realizing that Brevard col —Turn to Page Six RHEBERG IS NOV FULL COLONEL Is Stationed At Pentagon Building In The Nation’s Capital Word has been received here of the promotion of Steve C. Rhe berg from the rank of lieutenant colonel to full colonel in the United States Army. Colonel Rheberg is stationed at the Pentagon building in Washing ton, D. C., and he and Mrs. Rhe berg reside in Arlington, Va. Mrs. Rheberg is the former Miss Willie Kate Waters, of Brevard. Big Fish Supper Is Planned Next Week | By Local Shriners According to all reports, a l large crowd is going to eat fisb ! with all the trimmings in the Ma ■ sonic lodge next Friday night,. - February 9. f The supper, which win be held i from 5 to 8 o’clock, is being spon s sored by the Transylvania Shrine* ! club, and proceeds will go into the t building fund of the Masonic Tem t pie, now under construction on I East Main street. T. E. Reid, the ticket chairman, 1 says the public is invited to buy 1 tickets, which ran be secured • from any member of the Shrine club or any Masan.
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