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 State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS . . .
An Industrial, Tourist
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 61: No. 6
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 19S1 * 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCOUTS OBSERVING ANNIVERSARY
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Property Valuation To Reach Sixteen Millions
CONCERNS GIVEN
EXTRA TIME TO
SUBMIT RETURNS
Expansion In Industry; New
Businesses Account For
Present Rise
BUYING SPURTS
Property valuation in Transyl
vania county is expected to reach
at least 16 million, according to
George Justus, county tax super
visor.
While tax listing without penal
ty ended in Transylvania on Feb
ruary 1, a number of businesses
and industries requested extension
of time for listing.
“Because of these extensions, it
is impossible to give a definite
figure of valuation for Transylva
nia at this time,” Mr. Justus de
clared.
Last year property valuation in
the town and county amounted to
approximately 14Vfe million dollars
and the increase this year is ex
pected to be about 10 per cent.
“During the year, industry was
expanded in the county, a large
number of new businesses were
opened, and a large number of
new houses was built in the coun
ty,” Mr. Justus commented.
The tax supervisor also pointed
out that local citizens listed more
personal property than in previous
years. This could be attributed to
the fact that during recent months
people have been buying before
appliances, household furnishings
and other items become scarce.
Heading the list of valuations in
the county is the Ecusta property,
which will be materially augment
ed when the Olin Industries prop
erty is added. Both of these firms
requested and were granted an ex
tension of time for listing.
WORK STARTED
ON CREST STORE
Will Occupy Building At
Old A&P Location; Haw
kins To Manage
Extensive remodeling is under
way at the present time on the
building formerly occupied by the
A&P super market on Broad, and
within the next 30 days officials
of Crest 5 & 10 cent stores will
open an elaborate variety store in
the building.
According to Dan Hawkins, the
manager of the new variety store,
Crest will have a floor space of
42 by 100 feet, making use of the
entire downstairs floor, and the
second floor will be used for stor
age. An elevator is now being in
stalled in the structure.
Mr. Hawkins was formerly man
ager of Cassel’s here and states
that the new Crest store should be
opened by the end of February or
the first of March.
“There are 14 other Crest stores
with home offices in Charlotte,
and I feel the new concern here
will be a decided asset to the shop
ping public of Brevard and Tran
sylvania county,” Mr. Hawkins de
clared.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Feb. 8—Mathatasian
club meets at Mrs. Jerry Jerome’s,
3:30. Masonic meeting in hall at
8 o’clock. Transylvania Wildlife
club, 8 o’clock, over city hall.
Friday, Feb. 9—Brevard college
loyalty campaign Dutch luncheon,
Coffee shop, 1 o’clock. World Day
of Prayer service, 4 p. m., St.
Philip’s Episcopal church. Shrine
dub fish supper, Masonic hall, 5
to 8 p. m. Boy Scout court of hon
or, Glady Branch church, 7:30 p.
m. United Forces for Education
rally, courtroom at 8 o’clock.
Square dance in American Legion
building, 8:30.
Saturday, Feb. 10—Brevard Mu
sic Lovers club meets with Mrs.
Walter Straus, 3 p.m.
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Popular Cops—The Shortest, The Tallest
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RAYMOND ENGLISH, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
English, poses with OFFICER ASHLEY DICKSON, following a tour
of traffic duty at the Brevard elementary school. Young English
has worked with the Brevard policemen and the school boy patrol
for the past two years and is quite a popular youngster. Officer
Dickson has resigned from the Brevard force to accept a position in
the new cellophane plant at Ecusta, and will leave for Clinton, Iowa,
next week where he will go through a period of training.
(Times Staff Photo)
Will Take Green Acres Into
Brevard City Limits, Discuss
Raising Taxi Rates At Meet
Lewis Gravely Joins Local
Police Force Replacing
Officer Dickson
Green Acres, a sub-division ad
jacent to the city limits in North j
Brevard, is expected to be taken j
into the town at the next regular
meeting of the board of aldermen.
At Monday night’s meeting, the
landowners in the section peti
tioned the town, requesting that
Green Acres be included in the
city limits of Brevard.
Notice is being run in the paper
of the petition, which contains
more than a dozen signatures, and
it is expected to receive favorable
action at the next meeting of the
board.
In the absence of Mayor S. E.
Varner, W. M. Melton, an alder
man and mayor pro tem, presided
at the board meeting.
A number of managers of taxi
concerns in Brevard and taxi driv
ers attended the session and con
siderable discussion was given to
taxi rates here.
The board members point out
that due to a number of complaints
from citizens in the community,
they wanted to discuss the situa
tion with the owners and opera-j
tors. It was explained by the
spokesman for the delegation that
rates were on a par with those in
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COLLECTION OF
1950 TAXES SHOW
GAIN, KING SAYS
Nearly 76 Per Cent Of Total
Charged To Him Paid
Prior To Feb. 1
Frank C. King, tax collector,
said yesterday that he had collect
ed of 1950 taxes up until Febru
ary 1 of this year $219,100.13, or
75.8 per cent of the total of $289,
296.90 charged to him. This sum,
Mr. King said, was about two per
cent ahead of last year.
Collection of back taxes for the
same period starting October 1,
1950, amounted to $9,109.31, the
tax collector said.
Mr. King gave the amount of
collections of 1950 taxes for the
town as $48,368, or 83 per cent of
the total as compared with nearly
76 per cent for both the town and
county. Mr. King accounted for
the higher ratio for the town by
saying that he contacted large tax
payers by phone as the dates for
penalties approached and secured
payments from them. It is not
practicable to do this, he pointed
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Work Intensified In College Loyalty
Drive; County-Wide Committee Meets
County-wide canvassing in the
Brevard college loyalty drive will
be started on Friday following a
luncheon meeting of committee
members in the Coffee shop at 1
o’clock. Representatives in every
section of the county have been
appointed to serve in this loyalty
drive, and headquarters will be
the chamber of commerce office
on the courthouse lawn.
Letters and pledge cards are go
ing in the mails to hundreds of
citizens in the town and county,
and pledges should be made to
Jerry Jerome, the treasurer of the
campaign.
At the dutch luncheon on Fri
day, publicity material, pledge
cards, etc., will be distributed and
brief talks will be made by the
general chairman, John Anderson,
Dr. George B. Ehlhardt, president
of the college, and others.
Highlighting the campaign will
be a parade *and rally next Friday
afternoon, February 16, when the
Ecusta band will inarch from the
college to the courthouse square
with the college students parad
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WELLS REPORTS
MARCH OF DIMES
QUOTA IS IN SIGHT
Over $1,100 Raised In Moth
ers* Canvass; Schools
Give More
Transylvania county’s $5,000
March of Dimes quota is almost
in sight, according to a tabulation
released today by J. O. Wells, the
chairman of the Kiwanis club com
mittee which has been sponsoring
the campaign locally.
The finance committee for the
March of Dimes has to date $3,800
on hand, and Mr. Wells points out
that this does not include many of
the industrial and business men’s
donations.
He paid high tribute to the
Mothers’ March Friday night which
has already netted $1,122. A num
ber of women out in the county
have not yet reported the amount
they received, and they are ex
pected to bring this total to a
higher figure.
The schools of Transylvania
have contributed far more this
year than in any previous cam
paign, it is pointed out. The fig
ures for this show that Brevard
elementary gave $452.55; Brevard
high, $450.96; Rosman schools,
$274.91; Little River, $25; Connes
tee, $5; and Silversteen, $9.70.
At Brevard, Mrs. Mitchell Nee
ly’s students gave $43, the highest
for any one room. Principal J. E.
Rufty had this to say about the
successful campaign: “I am espe
cially proud of the fine contribu
tion made by the teachers and re
spective classes, because they do
nated for the pure joy of contrib
uting to a worthy cause. No re
wards or prizes were offered.
These boys and girls seem to have
been rewarded through the joy of
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North Carolina
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY i
ROUND-UP
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The house education commit
tee is expected at an early date
to make its recommendations on
a bill by Rep. Fisher which will
pledge the county capital out
lay for school buildings for 1951
to the erection of a school build
ing either in North Brevard or
Lake Toxaway. The committee
conducted a hearing last Thurs
day at which proponents of each
side were heard. Supt. J. B.
Jones said yesterday that he had
no idea what the nature of the
committee’s findings would be.
Rep. Fisher has introduced a
bill in the house which would au
thorize the town of Brevard to use
the unexpended portion of the
proceeds of a $500,000 sewer and
water bond issue to complete its
water improvement and expansion
program. If approved, this bill
would permit the town to use the
funds originally earmarked for
sewer improvements to meet unan
ticipated expense of the water im
provement program.
The house committee on man
ufacturing and labor yesterday
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Board Recommends
Whitmire For Fire
Warden’s Position
Frank Whitmire, of Rosman, has
been recommenced by the county
board of commissioners as county
fire warden, and the appointment
will be made by the state board of
conservation and development at
Raleigh.
This action was taken at the
regular meeting of the commis
sioners on Monday in the court
house. Elam Galloway has been
serving as fire warden in Transyl
vania on a temporary appointment.
The commissioners discussed a
number of regular routine busi
ness matters prior to adjourn
ment. „
Local Scouts Observing Boy Scout Week
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Radio Station Stockholders
Are Pleased With Services
Rendered By Station WPNF
CHECKS RECEIVED
BY THIS COUNTY
IN TIMBER SALES
Total Amount Approximate
ly $1,200 Less Than Last
Year’s Figure
Transylvania has received two
checks totaling $6,529.14 for tim
ber sales in the Pisgah National
Forest and in the Nantahala for
est for the year June 30, 1949 to
June 30, 1950, George Justus, the
tax supervisor, reported today.
“This amount is approximately
$1,200 less than the county re
ceived last year for timber sales
in the Pisgah and Nantahala,” Mr.
Justus declared.
For sales in the Pisgah, the
county received $6,251.24, while
the total for the Nantahala area
was $277.90.
Planning Church
Census For County
A number of churches in Brevard
and vicinity are making plans to
participate in a county-wide church
census.
I A preliminary meeting will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock at the First Baptist church
and representatives of all interest
ed denominations are asked to be
at this meeting.
Mrs. Brown Carr, who under
went an operation in Mission hos
pital, Asheville, on Monday, is re
ported to be getting along nicely.
Thank Local Merchants And
Industries And Urge
Continued Support
At an annual meeting Monday,
officers and stockholders of the
Pisgah Broadcasting company stat
ed that they were pleased with the
fjiie record of public service, the
high listening audience, the gen
eral programming and the over-all
operation of radio station WPNF
during its first six months of op
eration.
They also expressed apprecia
tion to the merchants and to the
public for the splendid support
and co-operation, and commended
the management and staff of the
station.
“During our first six months of
operation, we have tried to dem
onstrate the value of local radio
broadcasting service to the town
and county and we are highly
gratified with the public re
sponse,” President Ed M. Ander
son said.
He pointed out that right much
money is invested in the station
and that the minimum cost of op
eration is fairly high. To be a
success, the station must have
enough advertising revenue to
meet its expenses and we are hold
ing these expenses to the lowest
possible figure, he declared.
Mr. Anderson stated that busi
ness during the first six months of
operation had exceeded expecta
tions, but that no dividend could
be declared.
“If the merchants and local in
dustrial firms continue their sup
port in .the future as they have in
the past, .we can continue and ex
pand our services and general op
eration,” he said.
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WPNF Program Highlight*
Ecusta Band To Broadcast From The
High School Thursday Over WPNF
The outstanding Ecusta band
I will give a concert in the Brevard
i high school auditorium Thursday
afternoon, and a 30-minute portior
of it, beginning at 1:15 o’clock,
will be broadcast through the re
mote facilities of WPNF.
Under the direction of John
Eversman, the Ecusta band is com
posed of 60 talented boys and girls
of Brevard and Transylvania
county. (Many of the parents oi
the band members work at Ecus
I ta, but membership in the band is
decided upon by competitive tests.
I The group practices three times
each week in the Ecusta cafeteria,
and the boys and girls are carried
to and from Ecusta in buses at no
expense to them. Private lessons
are also included in the training
program as well as a summer
school session at Camp Sapphire
The program on Thursday will
be varied, Mr. Eversman said.
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LEADERS, BOYS
ALL OVER NATION
MARK BIRTHDAY
“Strengthen Liberty” Theme
Chosen; Court Of Honor
Friday Night
TO OPERATE TOWN
Boy Scouts in Transylvania,
more than 200 strong, are this
week busy observing the 41st an
niversary of Boy Scouts in Amer
ica.
The week is being observed in
every part of the nation by more
than 2,750,000 boys and adult
leaders, and “Strengthen Liberty’*
is the birthday theme.
One of the highlight features of
Scout week here will be the court
of honor on Friday night at the
Glady Branch church on the Ros
man highway at Rocky Hill. Troop
No. 6 is host to the meeting, and
Scoutmaster Eston Phillips says a
good program is in the offing.
Meeting time is 7:30 o’clock, and
according to Alex Kizer, chairman
of advancements in the county, a
large number of boys will be pro
moted at the honor court and many
will receive merit badges.
On Saturday of this week the
Boy Scouts of Brevard and Tran
sylvania will take over municipal
affairs and will operate the town.
They will assist in the city hall,
work with the policeman, and help
answer fire calls with the volun-r
teer firemen.
The local troops have exhibi
tions on the courthouse lawn, and
all persons interested are urged to
observe these fine projects of the
Scouts.
Sunday morning the Scouts of
J the town and county will go to
church en masse at the First Meth
odist church of Brevard, and the
pastor, Rev. J. Julian Holmes, will
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OBSERVE WORLD
DAY OF PRAYER
Special Service Is Being;
Planned At St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church
Friday, which is World Day of
Prayer, is being observed here
with an interdenominational serv
ice from 4 to 5 o’clock at St.
Philip’s Episcopal church.
Church women in Brevard, in
cooperation with the United Coun
cil of Church Women, are plan
ning this program under the su
pervision of Mrs David G. Ward.
“There has never before been
such a need for united Christian
prayers,” the chairman said in
urging women of all faiths to at
tend this program.
Churches throughout the town
will all be opened on Friday in or
der that their congregations may
use them for prayer and medita
tion.
The World Day of Prayer pro
gram is prepared each year for
presentation by women through
out the world, and it is held simul
taneously in this and other coun
tries.
Boylston Baptist
Church Destroyed
By Fire Sunday
The Boylston Baptist church
which is located just across the
Transylvania line in Henderson
county, was completely destroyed
by fire between 1 and 2 o’clock on
Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. A. Cox
is pastor of the church.
The building was engulfed iir
flames when it was discovered by
Sidney McGuinn, who was passing
in his car on the highway some
distance from the edifice.
Mr. McGuinn summoned the help
of neighbors, but they were unable
to fight the fire, and the only
furnishings of the church saved
were several chairs in one of the
Sunday school rooms.
It is reported that no insurance
was carried on the church. No the
ories have been advanced as to
how the blaze might have started.