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TRANSYLVANIA
IS .
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for' Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pltgahgtifational Forest
and Hfme of Brevard
MusicTestival.
RANSYLVANIA TIMES
A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. N
ewipaper
Vol. 61; No. 12
SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, N
TRANSYLVANIA
IS . . .
An Industrial, Tourist
Educational, Agrkiil*
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 15,321.
CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1951 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
EASTER SERVICES ARE PLANNED
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Workers Begin Red Cross Canvass Thursday
CHAIRMAN SAYS
QUOTA OF $4266
CAN BE RAISED
Transylvania Has Always
Subscribed Its Allotted
Amount, Says Jerome
WORK IS CITED
Red Cross posters tolling in
biief form the story of work of
the world-wide organization on the
battlefront and at home, are being
distributed today, and teams of
workers will start also today in so
lieiting for the $4,266 goal in
Transylvania county.
Signs denoting 100 per cent giv
en by each member of business
houses are already being placed
in show places in the uptown sec
tion, and other workers are ex
pected to get started this week in
the residential and rural sections
of Transylvania.
The Rev. Julian Holmes, chapter
chairman, proudly said Wednesday
that Transylvania is one of the
few counties in the state never
having failed to subscribe its quo
ta. and he stated that he was ex
pecting the 1951 drive to go over
the required amount as it always
has in the past.
Chairman Holmes pointed out
that the local chapter is one of the
Ajery few in the entire southeast*
el|i area which maintains an all
time and adequate Red Cross ser
vice on a strictly volunteer basis.
‘•Because our people know that
the workers here receive no pay
for the services here by the Red
Cross, I believe they will gladly
want to share in the roll call for
1951,” Chairman Holmes added.
Quotas in all sections have had
to be raised for 1951, Jerry Jer
ome, fund chairman said, because
of the increased call for blood, the
more than trebled armed forces,
and the great increase in home
service that is asked for by the
Army and Navy.
“The volunteers in the Transyl
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NEXT DRAFT CALL
SLATED APRIL 12
March Is Skipped Because
Of Number In Service
From County
Transylvania will not have a
pre-induction call during March,
Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, clerk of the
local draft board, announces.
This month is being skipped be
cause of the large number from
Transylvania now in service.
The next call, which is No. 13,
Will be for April, and notices will
be mailed out to the young men
involved on April 12.
In addition to this group, four
local men who are now in college
will be called, along with a col
ored youth, who is in Connecticut.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, Mar. 22—Special Eas
ter program at Brevard high
school, 1 p. m. Rotary club meets
at Coffee shop, 7 p. m. B & PW
club meets at Country club at 7
p. m. Masonic meeting in hall at
8 p. m.
Friday, Mar. 23—Good Friday—
Special church services planned.
All public schools closed. Square
dance in American Legion build
ing at 8:30.
Saturday, Mar. 24 — Wildlife
skeet shoot, Country club, 2 p. m.
Sunday, Mar. 25—Sunrise serv
be mailed out to the young men in
6:30 a. m. All churches plan spe
cial Easter services.
Monday, Mar. 26—All schools
again closed.
Tuesday, Mar. 27—Jaycees meet
at Coffee shop at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, Mar. 28—WOW to
meet in hall, 8 p. m.
IE FOR DEFENSE
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SUPPORT THE 1951 RED CROSS
Attention Mr. and Mrs. Transylvania
Reasons For Giving
TRANSYLVANIA CHAPTER of
American Red Cross maintained a
full-time office in Brevard during
last year, and the years since be
ginning of World War II on a
strictly volunteer basis, with no
salaries or rents paid from Red
Cross funds.
HUNDREDS OF VETERANS
were given service on their claims
last year, and a close contact was
kept with the families of men in
veterans hospitals.
VETERAN HOSPITAL SERV
ICE at both Oteen and Moore Gen
eral was given by a group of 20 la
dies of this county who made semi
monthly visits on an organized ba
sis to the VA hospital and enter
tained the patients, as well as
writing letters, and doing other
small favors for the chaps who are
“the forgotten men” of World
Wars I and II.
CIGARETTES AND GIFTS for
pntients at the VA hospitals have
been sent regularly by the Tran
sylvania Chapter ARC through a
special hospital committee.
BLOOD DONORS to the number
of over ,500 were recruited through
the local chapter, and all services
Scout Council Will
Meet Friday Night
The Transylvania district com
mittee of the Daniel Boone coun
cil of Boy Scouts of America will
hold its regular monthly business
meeting on Friday night at 7:30
o’clock.
The meeting place is at the of
fice of the Duke Power company,
and the district chairman, E. B.
Garrett, Jr., urges all Scoutmas
ters, assistants, adult leaders and
other committeemen to attend the
session.
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in connection with the giving of
blood for civilian and combat use
were rendered by the Gray Ladies
volunteer crew of ladies.
ARMED FORCES CONTACTS
maintained as the only accepted
liaison service between the men in
all branches of service and their
families.
DISASTER COMPLEMENT
maintained and acted in the sev
eral times needed in the county
during the year by volunteers.
COMPLETE VOLUNTEER ser
vices on a non-paid basis equiva
lent to the largest chapters in the
South have been and are main
tained by your chapter, which
therefore, merits your full sup
port.
BAPTISTS MAKE
MEETING PLANS
Churches East Of Mississip
pi To Join In South-Wide
Revival Effort
A number of Baptist churches
in this county are planning to
take part in the South-wide reviv
al set for April at the most recent
convention of the denomination
held in Chicago.
Protracted services will start in
some of the churches Sunday, but
Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of
the Fifst Baptist church here, an
nounced to his congregation Sun
day morning that the beginning of
the revival in his church would
have to be delayed until April 22
in order to get the minister he
wanted.
After the campaign is over
among churches east of the Missis
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Ecusta Workers Exceed Million
Hours Without Lost Time Mishap
For the first time since the plant
was established in 1939, Ecusta
and Endless Belt on the morning
of March 20th at 8 o’clock passed
over a million safe hours without
loss of time due to personal in
juries on the job, Henry E. New
bury, safety director, said yester
day. This meant that 117 consec
utive days had elapsed without a
disabling accident. The exact
number of safe hours given by
him was 1,001,245.
This is the first timd Ecusta em
ployees had established such a
record and Mr. Newbury in a
statement to them said in part:
“This record is a result of the
interest that each and everyone of
you have manifested in our acci
dent prevention program, and is
something which we should all be
proud of but not satisfied with.
Our goal is two million safe hours
with zero frequency rate through
1951. Your continued interest in
preventing accidents will assure
us of reaching and maintaining
that much cherished goal of oper
ating without any disabling in
juries. Remember, it can be
done.”
PLAY CAST GIVES
PERFORMANCE AT
VETS’ HOSPITAL
Try-Outs Held Wednesday
For Next Play, “Night
Must Fall”
After two successful presenta
I tions here on Wednesday and
I Thursday nights of the Brevard
Little Theatre play, “Here Today”,
the east went to Swannanoa Veter
ans hospital Monday night and
gave a repeat performance for the
enjoyment of hospitalized veter
ans.
Frances Walker and Bradford
Harrison played the lead roles of
Mary Hilliard and Philip Graves
in this comedy by George Oppen
heimer. Robroy Farquhar direct
ed and also took the part of Stan
ley Dale.
Supporting members of the cast
were Mary Frances Watson, Mrs.
Howard Schmidt, Elaine Hill, How
ard Graham and David Sherrill.
Try-outs were held for the
fourth and last play this season on
Wednesday night and the cast will
be announced soon. This selection
is “Night Must Play,” a psycholog
ical suspense play which has a
cast of six women and four men.
It will be given in early May.
North Carolina
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ROUND-UP
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Rep. Ralph Fisher has intro
duced into the general assem
bly a bill providing for the elec
tion of members of the county
board of education in this coun
ty by popular vote. The first se
lections would be made at the
next general election. The two
highest men would serve for six
years, the next two highest for
four years, and the next two
highest for two years. They
would be elected thereafter as
their terms expired.
The bill was sent to the commit
tee on education and may be be
fore the house on Wednesday.
Mr. Fisher has drafted and
will present to the general as
sembly this week a bill provid
ing that $30,000 be provided out
of state funds for the Brevard
Music Foundation.
Mr. Fisher was honored last
week when the general assembly
ieturned for the first time to the
original capital, New Bern, for
sessions. Mr. Fisher was the only
lawmaker permitted to speak at a
banquet. He said he was the only
Republican who had been permit
ted to speak to a gathering in the
interim and he left them wilted in
their seats.
During the past week the
house has passed the bill, which
was introduced by Rep. Fisher,
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Spring Is Given
Chilly Reception
Spring arrived Wednesday morn
ing at 5:26 o’clock, but she would
have been more comfortable if she
had been wearing a pastel mink
coat over her filmy vernal gar-i
ments.
Old Man Winter rode out on a'
strong north wind leaving behind
him a chilly temperature of 28
degrees around 5:30 a. m., said
Weatherman C. F. Misenheimer.
The first day of spring, 1951, saw
the thermometer climb to a high
of only 55 degrees.
The forecast for Thursday is
partly cloudy with even lower
temperatures.
The arrival of spring coincides
with the vernal equinox when the
sun’s center crosses the equator
8nd day and night are everywhere
of equal length.
Jaycees Plant Dogwoods At Courthouse
Members of the Brevard Junior chamber of commerce are pic
tured above beginning their 1951 dogwood-planting project, and the
first spot being beautified is the Brevard courthouse lawn. Mem
bers of the group pictured above are as follows: Left to right, Bob
Gash, local attorney; W. W. Brittain, chairman of the board of coun
ty commissioners; Russ Poole, president of Brevard Jaycees; Rev.
David Cooper, pastor of the Brevard Lutheran church; Wade John
son, assistant county agent; and Bill Robinson, Brevard college in
structor. The Jaycees here are this year intensifying their efforts to
make Brevard the “Dogwood City” of North Carolina.
(Times Staff Photo.)
Prominent Lutheran Minister
To Deliver Easter Message At
Sunrise Service Here Sunday
Easter Speaker
sn m
THE REV. F. L. CONRAD,
SR., D. D. of Salisbury, presi
dent of the N. C. Lutheran sy
nod, will deliver the message at
the Easter sunrise service on
the campus at Brevard college
on Sunday at 6:30 a. m. The Rev.
Mr. Conrad has for years been
an outstanding Lutheran minis
ter and is reported to be an elo
quent and forceful speaker.
President Of N. C. Lutheran
Synod Has Held Many
Church Offices
The Rev. F. L. Conrad, Sr., of
Salisbury, president of the United
Evangelical Lutheran synod of
North Carolina, will deliver the
message at the Easter sunrise ser
vice on the campus of Brevard col
lege Sunday morning at 6:30
o’clock. The Ecusta band, under
the direction of John Eversman,
will play for the service, which is
being sponsored by the Brevard
Jaycees.
A graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne col
lege and of the Southern Theolog
ical seminary, at Columbia, S. C.,
Mr. Conrad began his pastoral
work at Granite Falls in 1919.
While serving a church at High
Point, he acted as chairman of the
draft board in World War II. He
is now a member of the board of
trustees of Lenoir-Rhyne.
Mr. Conrad has served as a mem
ber of various boards and agencies
of the N. C. and United Lutheran
synods. Last year he was synodi
cal chairman of a higher education
appeal which raised more than
$7,006,000 for Lutheran seminaries
and colleges in the United States.
Mr. Conrad is constantly in de
mand as a speaker at conferences
and conventions and a large crowd
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WPNF Program Highlights
To Broadcast Sunrise Service, New
Series Heard Weekly From Legion Hall
Highlighting the special Easter I
programs over WPNF will be the
sunrise service on the Brevard j
college campus Sunday morning, j
which will be broadcast direct!
through the remote facilities of
Brevards’ modern station begin
ning at 6:30 o’clock.
All WPNF listeners are urged to
keep their dials tuned to 1240 dur
ing the Easter observance and hear
the many splendid programs. A
few of these fcre as follows: Dis
placed Persons choirs, Friday,
from 4:30 to 5:00; Miami Senior
high school chorus, Saturday, from
3:30 until 4:00; and the Trium
phant hour from 9:00 until 10:00
o’clock Sunday night.
Fourteen stars of stage, screen,
and radio will highlight the Tri
umphant hour broadcast, and
among the featured soloists will be
Nan Merriman, who recently ap
peared here on one of the Brevard
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ALL SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE TWO DAYS,
COLLEGE A WEEK
Round-Up Made Of Events
At Churches; Hold Sev
eral Thursday
INVITATION ISSUED
Many special church services
and programs are being planned
for Easter week end in Brevard
and Transylvania county. High
lighting the observance of the re
ligious holiday here will be the
Easter sunrise service on the Bre
vard college campus at 6:30 o’clock
Sunday morning.
All public schools in the town
and county will be closed for the
Easter holidays on Friday and
Monday.
Brevard college will begin the
Easter and spring holidays Thurs
day after classes, returning . the
following Thursday.
In urging the citizens of the
town and county to attend the
church of their choice during the
Easter observance, the secretary
of the Transylvania Ministerial as
sociation issued the following
statement yesterday.
“The solace of prayer . . . the
beauty of Easter music . . . pro
vide nourishment for the spirit in
this time of chaos and strife.
Share again in the Easter miracle
this Sunday, at the church of
your choice.”
Religious observances in Bre
vard churches will begin Thursday
with four faiths observing Maun
day Thursday with communion ser
vices.
Brevard Methodists will be
gin Holy Week services at 7:30
o’clock on Thursday. Special mu
sic will be presented by the junior
choir under the direction of Mrs.
Frank McGuire. Rev. George B.
Ehlhardt, president of Brevard col
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EASTER SEALS ARE
NOW IN THE MAOS
Rotary Chairman In Plea.
For Dollars To Aid Crip
pled Children
Hundreds of Transylvanians
have received colorful Easter
seals and the campaign is being
conducted locally by the Brevard
Rotary club.
“We hope that our citizens will
respond generously because the
money raised in the drive will go
to help crippled children,” Rob
ert “Buddy” Melton, chairman,
said yesterday.
The crippled children’s drive is
being conducted in the state by
the North Carolina League for
Crippled Children, an affiliate of
the National Society for Chippled
Children and Adults. The Rotary
club here has conducted the drive
Warning* Is Issued
As Rabies Spread
In Lower County
Owing to the gradual spread of
rabies in dogs in the Little River
community, it becomes necessary
to quarantine the area and request
that all dogs be confined for a pe
riod of 30 days, Walter Hart, senior
sanitarian of the Transylvania.
Henderson Health district, an
nounces today.
‘We fear that it might become
necessary to enlarge the area and
we realize that many residents de
sire to protect their animals as
well as their families against ra
bies by inoculating their dogs,’*’
Mr. Hart declared.
‘We also realize that there are
some who may deliberately avoid
an order to quarantine their ani
mals. This class has no regard for
their families, their neighbor’s
families or their dog,” he con
tinued.
It is the duty of all peace affl
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