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Vol. 61; No. 11
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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John Wesley Hanes Named Ecusta President
FINANCIAL AIDE
TO LATE FOUNDER
GETS PROMOTION
Name Of Camp Sapphire Is
Changed To Name Of
IT Late Harry H. Straus
CAREER IS SKETCHED
John Wesley Hanes, nationally
known financier and business man
agement expert, was elected pres
ident and chairman of the board
of directors of Ecusta Paper cor
poration at a meeting on Tuesday
here.
Formerly a director of the Ecus
ta Paper corporation and a vice
president of Olin Industries, Inc.,
Mr. Hanes succeeds the late Harry
H. Straus as chief administrative
officer of the world’s largest man
ufacturer of cigarette paper.
Mr. Ilancs had been actively as
sociated with the late Mr. Straus
for a number of years, having
served as financial advisor and
subsequently as a director of
Ecusta.
Straus Memorial
Indicating Mr. Hanes’ sincere
' desire to carry on the fine human
i relationships with the Ecusta per
L sonnel, upon his suggestion the
■ board meeting Tuesday, the name
of Camp Sapphire was changed to
Camp Harry H. Straus as a perma
nent memorial to Ecusta’s beloved
founder.
A native of Winston-Salem, Mr.
Hanes attended school at Wood
bury Forest, Va. Yale university
confered upon him the AB and
MA degrees and he received a
LL,B from Duke university. For
two years he worked as a sales
man for the American Tobacco
company when the late George
Hill was sales manager. Mr. Hanes
served in World War I as an en
sign and upon his discharge in
1919 went to New York, where he
worked as a bond salesman for
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COMMERCE GROUP
HOLDS MEETING
f
Directors Send Congratula
tions To New Ecusta
President
A number of important business
matters were discussed by the di
rectors of the Brevard chamber of
comerce Tuesday night over the
city hall.
The directors adopted a resolu
tion conveying to John W. Hanes
congratulations upon his promo
tion to the presidency of Ecusta
Paper corporation.
A report on the Brevard College
Loyalty campaign was made which
showed that between eight and
nine thousand dollars have been
pledged, and all directors were
urged to complete their canvass.
J. M. Gaines, co-chairman of
finance, said that statements for
1951 dues would be mailed out
between now and the first of
April.
Everett Mitchell, chairman of
the merchants committee, stated
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Mar. 15—Rotary club
nieets at Coffee shop, 7 o’clock.
Lions club at Bryant house, 7 p.m.
Here Today,” Little Theatre pro
duction, at American Legion build
ing at 8:30 p. m.
Friday, Mar. 16—Farmers Fed
eration stockholders meeting, 2
o’clock. Kiwanis meet at Bryant
house at 7 o’clock. Legion square
dance 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, Mar. 17—4-H council
meets, 10 a. m. at Coffee shop.
Sunday, Mar. 1&—Attend church
of your choice. College glee club
gives Stainer’s “Crucifixion” in
Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock.
Monday, Mar. 19 — Red Cross
drive begins in Transylvania.
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Final Performance Of "Here
Today” Is Set For Thursday
Night In The Legion Building
Heads Ecusta
JOHN W. HANES, former Un
der Secretary of the Treasury
and banker of wide and diversi
fied experience, was elected
president of the Ecusta Paper
corporation at a meeting of the
directors Tuesday. Mr. Hanes
succeeds the late Harry H.
Straus, founder of the enter
prise, who died February 27.
ROTARIANS WILL
CONDUCT EASTER
SALE OF SEALS
Campaign To Aid Crippled
Children; No Canvassing
Of County Planned
The sale of Easter seals for crip
pled children is being conducted
in Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty by the Brevard Rotary club,
and Robert “Buddy” Melton, the
chairman of the project, announces
that seals are now being mailed
out.
Each year the Brevard Rotarians
conduct this campaign here and
emphasis is placed on mailing of
the seals instead of canvassing
the community.
“Your dollars in Easter seals go
for good medical care, operations
and clinics for crippled children
here and throughout North Caro
lina,” Chairman Melton declared
in urging local citizens to return
their dollars for the seals when
they are received.
In each letter is a special appeal
from Governor Scott. “I am very
happy to endorse the work of the
North Carolina League for Crip
pled Children and urge the citizens
of North Carolina to support its
program,” the governor stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Allison and
son, Bob, have returned to their
home in Durham after visiting
here with Mrs. L. D. Martin and
Plato Allison, Mr. Allison’s sister
and brother.
Reported To Be A Comedy I
Of Errors; Given By Lit- j
tie Theatre Group
“Here Today,” a comedy by
George Oppenheimer, will be pr^
sented for the last time Thursday
night at 8:30 o’clock in the Ameri
can Legion building by the Bre
vard Little Theatre.
The first production of this
“comedy of errors” was given on
Wednesday night by the local
group with Robroy Farquhar di
reeting.
The third production given this
season, “Here Today” has two dis
tinct features which have high au
dience appeal—the extremely fun
ny lines and the two stage settings
used in place of the usual one.
The first and third acts are
played in the living room of the
Windrew house at Nassau, in the
Bahamas. The second act shifts
to the terrace at the Windrew
home, with a backdrop of blue sky
and beach.
The play is the story of Mary
Hilliard, playwright and wit, whose
former husband, Philip Graves,
has fallen in love with a Boston
socialite, Claire Windrew. Their
romance is complicated by the ar
rived *flf Claire's mother and her
BostcrffiSfhce, asNyell os Mary and
her eidt'-kUk,*■. Stanley Dale, who
ily over from Miami. First Mary
and Stan start their maneuvers to
discredit Claire’s proper Boston
ian, Spencer, in order that Mrs.
Windrew will approve of Philip,
and just about the time they make
her believe their uncanny story,
Mary changes her mind about
Philip.
Mary Hilliard is played by Fran
ces Walker, with Brad Harrison
playing the role of Philip Graves.
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North Carolina j
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ROUND-UP
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The senate now has before it,
a bill that would set up a com
mission to tackle the stream
pollution problem. The house
has already approved the meas
ure, 98 to 14. Rep. Ralph Fisher
vigorously attacked the meas
ure, declaring: “Under the terms
of this bill I don’t see how any
new industry will come to West
ern North Carolina.”
The senate passed and sent to
the house a bill which would re
quire motorists to furnish proof of
financial responsibility when they
are involved in accidents resulting
in death, injury or property dam
age in excess of $100.
A joint appropriations sub
committee voted Tuesday in fa
vor of leaving intact $794,940
appropriated for permanent im
provements in the state park
system. Another subcommittee
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WPNF Program Highlights
Special Easter Services Will Be
Broadcast Beginning Next Monday
A special series of Holy Week
programs, Music for the Soul, will
be heard daily over WPNF at 1:15
o’clock, beginning Monday, March
19, and ending Easter Sunday.
These transcribed programs have
been prepared by the Upper Room
Radio Parish for the Easter sea
son.
Mutual Broadcasting system is
presenting two special timely pro
grams this week. Tonight (Thurs
day) at 10:30 o’clock the "Phila
delphia Bulletin Forum” will be
presented, with Sir Gladwyn Jebb,
of the United Kingdom; Dr. Alex
ander Bebler, of Yugoslavia; and
Ernest A. Gross, of the United
States, discussing “How Can We
Strengthen the United Nations?”
Everett Holies is the moderator.
“How to Survive the Atomic
Bomb” is the subject Dr. Richard
H. Gerstell, atomic specialist, will
speak on Friday night at 9:30.
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Artist’s Conception Of New Cellophane Plant At Ecusta
Scheduled to be in full operation in September, the new $25,000,000 cellophane plant of Olin In
dustries, at Ecusta, is shown above in an artist’s drawing, with the huge Ecusta plant in the back
ground. The cellophane plant will contain eight machines, with a capacity of 33 million pounds an
nually. Construction is proceeding on schedule and it is anticipated that two of the eight machines
will be installed in time for the first manufacture of cellophane in mid-May. The cellophane plant
here was designed and is being constructed for Olin by E. I. DuPont de Nemours and company, which
has licensed Olin Industries to manufacture s “Olin cellophane” under all DuPont cellophane patents and
know how.
FEDERATION’S
STOCKHOLDERS
TO MEET FRIDAY
To Hold Election Of Com
mitteemen ; Directors
Are Named
The annual Farmers Federation
stockholders’ meeting for Transyl
vania county will be held in the
Brevard warehouse of the organi
zation at 2 p. m. on Friday, March
16, it has been announced by
James G. K. McClure, president of
the federation.
Pasture improvement, along
with soil testing, will be empha
sized at the meeting this year, it
was stated. A new movie, “Green
er Pastures for North Carolina”
will be shown, and soil testing will
be discussed by the local county
agent.
Stockholders of the Farmers
F’ederation in this county will at
tend the annual meeting for the
election of committeemen and
the nomination of one director, it
was announced. The director nom
inated at this meeting will be vot
ed upon at the annual meeting of
all stockholders of the organiza
tion in the Buncombe count court
house on March 31. Each direc
tor of the federation is elected for
two years in such manner that one
director comes up for election
each year, it was stated.
Music will be furnished by the
federation string band and baby
chicks will be awarded this year
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Hubbard Reported
Missing In Action
In Korea Fighting
CpI. Cameron Hubbard, 20,
lias been reported missing since
February 12 in the Korean fight
ing, according to word received
here by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hubbard, of the
East Fork section of Transyl
vania county.
Cpl. Hubbard entered the ser
vice in November, 1948, at Fort
Jackson, S. C. He spent 15
months in Okinawa.
Following a furlough spent
here with his parents last sum
mer, he reported to Fort Lew
is, Wash. He has been serving
with the Second Division in
Korea since August, and was
reported slightly wounded on
September 24, 1950.
Prior to entering service, he
was a student at Rosman high
school.
Red Cross Campaign Starts
In County On Monday; Quota
For Drive Set At $4,266.00
BREVARD GIRL TO
COMPETE FRIDAY
IN STATE FINALS
Miss Willingham Is Winner
Of Division Oratorical
Contest Here
Miss Betty Willingham, junior
at Brevard high school, will rep
resent the fifth division of the
American Legion in North Caro
lina in the state finals of the Le
gion’s high school oratorical con
test at Albemarle on Friday eve
ning.
Miss Willingham won divisional
honors here last Friday night when
she competed with district win
ners from 14 Western North Caro
lina counties. She was awarded a
defense bond and a gold medal by
the division chairman, C. W.
Steppe, of Marion.
H. L. Swain, of Williamston, the
state chairman, presided over the
district contest here. Other dis
trict finalists were Dennis Mon
teith, of Sylva high school, and
Paul Nelson, of Lenoir high.
Competing for state honors and
prizes on Friday night at Albe
marle will be the four other divi
sion winners and Miss Willingham.
The winner will receive a $100 U.
S. savings bond, an all-expense
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Stress Placed On Mobilizing
For Defense; Canvass Be
gins Next Week End
The annual Red Cross campaign
will begin in this county next Mon
day. Jerry Jerome will serve as
director of the campaign and the
quota this year is $4,266.
Emphasis this year is being
placed on mobilizing for defense
inasmuch as the Red Cross will
have additional responsibilities
placed upon it if the war in Korea
should spread.
Actual canvass for donations
will begin next week end, Mr. Jer
ome said, and every citizen is be
ing asked to give liberally.
A resume of what the Red Cross
is doing in Transylvania county
and the world appears in special
messages in the second section of
this issue.
Local 4-H Council
To Meet Saturday
The Transylvania 4-H county
council will meet Saturday morn
ing at 10 o’clock in the basement
dining room of the Coffee shop to
discuss the farm and home electri
cal contest, Wade W. Johnson, as
sistant county agent, announces.
St. Clair Knight, agricultural en
gineer of Duke Power company, of
the Spartanburg office, will be in
charge of the lecture-demonstra
tion.
Jurors For April Term Of Superior
; Court Named, Armstrong Presides
Jurors for the April term of Su
perior court in Transylvania coun
ty were announced today by Mar
vin McCall, clerk of court.
The April term of court opens
on Monday, April 2, and is sched
uled to last for two weeks. Judge
Frank M. Armstrong, of Troy, will
preside, and Clarence C. Ridings
will prosecute for the state.
The jury list for the first week
is as follows:
Few C. Lyda, Raymond Hoxit,
Glover Jackson, Mrs. C. L. Corn,
Herman Aeker, Ernest Cagle, 0. E.
Lothery, E. B. Garrett, Louise Eb
erle, J. L. Gillespie, L. A. Farrior,
Miss Mary Sue Thorne, Burt Mc
Junkin, Howell Medford, W. S.
Meyers, Mrs. L. F. Dixon, Mrs.
Jack Fisher, Ivan Galloway.
Also Frank Blake, John Wilson,
Mrs. A. G. Nance, M. M. Feaster,
Jr., Frank Bridges, G. W. Whit
mire, Joe Corbitt, David G. Ward,
Harry L. Brown, Briscoe Whit
mire, George Goings, Marjorie
Garren, Mrs. William J. Kirk, Her
man Brown, Mrs. John Kilpatrick,
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TWO MACHINES TO
BEGIN PRODUCING
MID-PART OF MAY
Work Also Proceeding Nice*
ly On Medical Center At
Ecusta Plant
TRAINING EMPLOYEES
Transylvanians are eagerly
watching the construction of the
gigantic Olin cellophane plant at
Ecusta Paper corporation, and an
nouncement was made Tuesday
that the new 25-million-dollar con
cern would be ready for full oper
ation in September.
A large number of former Ecus
tans are now training for wojk in
tnis new plant at Clinton, Iowa,
and many of them are expected to
go to work here on two of the
eight machines in mid-May. ’
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and
company designed the cellophane
plant and is in charge of construc
tion which is being carried on by
DuPont employees and also a large
number of sub contractors. Over
1,000 persons are reported to be at
work on this tremendous con
struction job.
Located between the main office
building of Ecusta and the new
cellophane plant is the employee
medical center, on which construc
tion is now well underway. When
the center is completed there will
be a great expansion of laboratory
space and equipment, facilities
for minor surgical repair for in
| austrial induced wounds, applica
I tion of casts, etc.
Fiske-Carter Construction com
pany started breaking ground in
December, and when completed,
the new medical building is ex
pected to be one of the most mod
ern industrial centers in the coun
try.
Dr. Mac Roy Gasque, of Ecusta,
states that added equipment will
include X-ray machines and elec
tric cardiograph.
ANDERSON WILL
PROTEST RAISE
Murray Bill Would Double
Second Class Postal Rate
In Three Years
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
The Times and chairman of the
legislative committee of the Na
tional Editorial association, will
appear the first part of next week
before the house post office and
civil service committee in Wash
ington to oppose a measure spon
sored by Rep. Tom Murray, of Ten
nessee, which would double exists
ing second class mailing rates in
three years and effect other in
creases.
Mr. Anderson is expected t®
challenge the correctness of an
alleged half billion dollar postal
deficit on the grounds that the de
partment’s accounting system is
considered archaic.
Hearings on the measure opened
March 6. Postmaster General
Jesse M. Donaldson was the first
witness called. He ascribed a loss
of $200,000,000 to carrying second
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Poultry Specialist
To Conduct School
Here Next Tuesday
C. F. (Chick) Parrish, poultry
specialist from the State College
Extension service, will conduct a
poultry school here on Tuesday,
March 20, for all interested per
sons.
County Agent J. A. Glazener
points out that a number of per
sons have requested information
on poultry, and that he believes a
large group will turn out to hear
Mr. Parrish.
Anne Benson Priest, the home
agent, indicates that home demon
stration club members have also
made it known that they are in
terested in the school, and women
are invited to attend as well as
i men.