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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. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist Educational, Agricul tural and Music Ce» ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 61; No. 13 * SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951 ★ 20 PACES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY 1951 MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE “TOPS” Superior Court To Open Here Next Monday 100 CASES ARE LISTED ON THE CRIMINAL DOCKET Civil Actions To Be Heard Wednesday; Expect An Early Adjournment ARMSTRONG PRESIDES The April term of superior court in Transylvania county will open on Monday and is scheduled to last for two weeks. According to the clerk of court, Marvin McCall, there are 100 cases on the criminal docket, and they should be cleared up during the first week. All civil cases will be heard on Wednesday, April 4, the clerk states. Judge Frank Armstrong will preside over the court, and Clar ence 0. Ridings will prosecute for the state. There are more drunk-driving cases on the docket than any other offense, and the complete list is «s follows: Violating plumbing ordinance: Claude Allison. Assault with deadly weapon: Nanny Jane Baker, Pearson Ban ther, James Hinkle, Beatrice Smith, P. A. Thompson, Jr., Hil ton Anders, Hubert Whitmire, Tom Clayton, Charles Searcy. Transporting: Eva Benjamin, Mack Gash, Paul Benfield, Bea trice Gash. Driving drunk: Susan L. Bole, G. P. Bikas, Jesse Bert Chapman, James L. Cain, H. J. Duncan, Bry son Frazier Cox, Bernard C. Ho cutt, Marshall H. Holcombe, Wil liam R. Moody, James F. Kanipe Charles Mack King, Charles F Lanning, Jewell John Palmer —Turn to Page Six BENNETT ELECTED TO WELFARE POST Was Originally Appointed To Fill Unexpired Term Of Mrs. Vemer Raymond F. Bennett, manufac turing superintendent of the Ecus ta Paper corporation, Olin cello phane division, has been appoint ed by the state board as a mem ber of the Transylvania Welfare board. Mr. Bennett was named last June to serve the unexpired term of Mrs. S. P. Verner, resigned, and recently the state board appointed him to a three-year term. Other members of the local wel fare board are James W. Dickson, chairman, and J. Will Glazener. One member of the board is ap pointed by the county commission ers, another by the state board and the third by the two named members. The board meets monthly in the Trartsylvania courthouse. 1" ' ...-4 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ♦* - ■ —. ... Thursday, Mar. 29—Skeet shoot at Country club, 2 p. m. The HD county council to hear Verna Stan ton at 2 o’clock, American Legion building. Friday, Mar. 20 — Eastern Star installation at 8 o’clock, Masonic hall. Square dance in American Legion building, 8:30. Sunday, Apr. 1—Attend church of your choice. Board of stewards of Brevard Methodist church meet at 5 o’clock. Revival begins at Second Baptist church, 7:30. Monday, Apr. 2—Superior court begins at 9:30. Circle No. 1 of Presbyterian church meets with Mrs. C. L. Newland, 3 p. m. Tuesday, Apr. 3 — VFW call meeting to elect officers, 8 p. m. Book and Plate club meets at 8 o’clock. Wednesday, Apr. 4—HD cloth ing leaders school at Brevard col lege, 2 p. m. WOW meeting in hall at 8 o’clock. Red Cross Campaign Is Now In Full Swing In Town And County, Expect To Reach Quota, $4,266 I Festival Speaker New York City's No. 1 critic and music authority O LIN DOWNES, will lecture during the 1951 Brevard Music Festival, as an added feature of the se ries designed to help laymen have a better understanding and appreciation, of the music. Mr. Downes is well known for his radio programs on music which he has conducted in recent years, as well as his criticisms for the New York Times. North Carolina GENERAL ASSEMBLY ROUND-UP A sub-committee in a report to the full appropriations com mittee Tuesday recommended that spending by the general fund during the next bi-ennium be increased by $42,779,078 above the proposals of the ad visory budget commission. The increases would maintain a $2, 200-S3.100 salary schedule for teachers without diminishing their load, retain the merit pay boosts for state employees and provide all workers with a 15 per cent salary increase; pro vide increased operating bud gets for state institutions to meet rising costs. Present tax sources are expected to bring in sufficient funds to balance the budget. Five measures to provide for the tighter enforcement of liquor laws were presented to the senate. The measures were introduced by a special committee which had made a study of enforcement problems. The senate received a special mes sage from Governor Scott, in which he expressed strong approval of | the measures, which would: Make I it a felony to transport in excess I of five gallons of liquor in or through the state except to ABC stores or to defense installations; provide a minimum fine of $100 —Turn To Page Six Chairman Pleased With Re ponse In Uptown Area; Work Is Outlined The Red Cross roll call got un derway in full swing here last Thursday, and workers in the up town area report that the response is good, and that possibilities of meeting the increased quota of $4,266 for 1951 look promising, provided the residential and rural areas come through as expected. Industrial plant employees are making drives this week, and let ters have been mailed to out-of town contributors. The Rev. Julian Holmes, chapter chairman, said Wednesday that with the all-volunteer work that is done in Transylvania county, he believed that all people would want to contribute to the fund this year. Mr. Holmes stressed the fact that no other chapter in the South could boast of a more efficient and comprehensive service as that be ing given by the local chapter, and he continued, “People here should contribute the necessary funds gladly, because there are nearly 50 volunteer Red Cross workers in this county who give their time to the work without salary or com pensation of any sort.” Quota increase of nearly 50 per cent was made necessary, Mr. Holmes said, because of the ex panded service to armed forces and their families, double blood bank quotas brought about by the Korean situation, active participa tion in civilian defensp, and the stepped-up work of the Gray La dies in Moore General and Oteen Veterans hospitals, where the Transylvania volunteer workers have credit for being outstanding among all chapters in this area. “Our chapter workers are donat ing thousands of hours of time an nually, and we hope that necessary funds will be given by the people of this county,” Mr. Holmes con cluded. OFFICERSNAMED BY BREVARD ELKS Varner Is New Exalted Rul er; Installation Set For April 10 Officers for the new year were elected by Brevard Elks Tuesday night at the regular meeting in the new lodge at the end of Park ave nue and overlooking the sub-de velopment “Grandview.” Eddie Varner, owner of Var ner’s drug store, was named ex alted ruler, succeeding Fred Holt. Other officers chosen were as fol lows: J. S. Carpenter, esteemed lead ing knight; Robert Duckworth, esteemed loyal knight; J. Edgar Loftis, esteemed lecturing knight; Few Lyda, secretary; Howard Schmidt, treasurer; Boyce Walker, tiler; Alex Patterson, trustee. The newly elected officers will be installed on April 10. WPNF Program Highlights Requests Are Many From Listening Audience, "Symphonies” Data Given If the mails are any indication, the listening audience of WPNF is increasing daily, station officials declared yesterday. “Nearly every day we receive more than 100 post cards and let ters,” they state. Every effort is made to acknowledge every card and letter received. Many of the cards are for re quests on the various platter par ties, the Ecusta programs, Sledge “Request Time” and others. Special attention is called this week to the four compositions v/hich have been selected by the Los Angeles Philharmonic orches tra for its program, “Symphonies For Youth,” heard on WPNF at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Several special programs are be ing scheduled for Thursday night, beginning with Edward R. Mur row’s outstanding program, ‘bi ography of a Pint of Blood,” at —Turn to Page Six First Group Of Auxiliary Policemen Here Sworn In MAYOR S. E. VARNER, left, and POLICE CHIEF E. H. CORPENING, are pictured above giving the oath of office to the first group of auxiliary policemen for the town of Brevard under the new civil ian defense program. The auxiliary force has been taking weekly training recently, and after April 15. regular meetings will be held under the direction of the chief and other training personnel. The group meets in the police department over the city hall, and a complete list of the annulary policemen will be announced in The Times in the near future. (Times Staff Photo.) Sings Here Again EILEEN FARRELL, one of the greatest American dramatic sopranos, will sing in two con certs here this August in the 1951 Brevard Music Festival. Last July Miss Farrell thrilled a capacity audience, when she sang at the “Faith in American Youth” concert at Transylvania Music camp. After her recital debut in New York last fall, she has been acclaimed by critics as one of America’s greatest sing ers. Prior to launching her con cert career she was a popular radio and recording star. Two Stills Nabbed In One Raid In Rock Creek Area Sheriff Bert Freeman and Deputy John Kilpatrick went into the Rock Creek section of Old Toxaway Tuesday afternoon and destroyed two stills on the same stream within half a mile of each other. Sheriff Freeman said the first outfit evidently had a good watchman posted for there were no operators at the still which was running full blast with a steady stream of white moon shine trickling out of the worm when the officers arrived. This was the first run made on the still, the sheriff said, and while there were only 20 gal lons of moonshine run out, the operators evidently expected to do a big business as they had 20 soft drink cans of 10-gallon capacity each sitting near by. About 750 gallons of beer, ready for running, was destroy ed at the first still, which was of sheet iron with copper trim mings. The second still was not in op eration, but it was a complete copper outfit of 40-gallon capac ity with 160 gallons of beer rea —Turn To Page Seven Primary And General Election Dates Are Set, Registration Books Will Open On April 7 Mrs. Gill Thomas Is Regis-1 trar; Douglas And Ham lin Are Judges A primary election for the pur pose of nominating a mayor and board of aldermen will be held in the town of Brevard on Monday, April 30. The general election will be held on May 8, and voting will take place in the courtroom of the courthouse here. Registration books open April 7, and will remain open for the registration of those who have not heretofore registered. The books will remain open through Satur day, April 21. The registrar will be at the courthouse for the pur pose of registering voters on each Saturday during such period from 9 o’clock in the morning until 9 o’clock in the evening. Saturday, April 28, will be challenge day. Mrs. Gill Thomas has been chos en as registrar, and C. M. Douglas and Lewis P. Hamlin will serve as judges. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or alderman must file notice of his candidacy at least 10 days before the pri mary, N. A. Miller, the clerk of the town and secretary of board of elections for the town of Bre vard stated. PATTERSON IMPROVES Alex Patterson, who suffered a heart attack is reported to be showing slight improvement at Mission hospital, Asheville, where he is receiving treatment. His sons, Alvin Patterson, of Greens boro, and Ben, of Richmond, Va., are spending sometime here until their father’s condition is better. John Ford Announces Can didacy For Mayor With Slate Of Aldermen A municipal ticket headed by John A. Ford for mayor has been submitted for action of the voters in the Democratic primary here on April 30. Aldermen on the ticket with Mr. Ford are: J. I. Ayers, W. M. Melton, Walter Duckworth, C. R. Sharp and Charlie Russell. Mr. Duckworth and Mr. Sharp are new men on the ticket, taking the place of Ralph Duckworth and Mr. Ford. Mayor Sebron E. Varner, who is completing his second term, an nounced yesterday that, in defer-' ence to his doctor’s orders, he would not be a candidate to suc ceed himself. His statement in full follows: “I have served two terms as mayor, for which I am duly thank ful to the people of my town for bestowing the honors on me. Now, my health is bad and my doctors have advised me that I should withdraw from active participa tion in public affairs.” The mayor stated that he had enjoyed the work as head of the municipality and that he would al ways be vitally interested in the growth and welfare of Brevard. Mayor Varner further said that he expected to continue, as a pri vate citizen, to do everything pos sible to help make Brevard a bet ter and more progressive town. In announcing that he would not be a candidate for re-election the mayor paid tribute to the board of aldermen. “I do not be lieve any mayor ever had a more loyal and hard-working board of —Turn To Page Six Clerk Of Court Distributing OPS Regulations, Meetings Are Scheduled In an effort to explain the ways and means of complying with the various regulations of the Office of Price Stabilization, Marvin Mc Call, clerk of court in Transylva nia county, is receiving bulletins and other publicity material which he will pass on to local merchants, it is learned today. Mr. McCall also states that meet ings are being held in Western North Carolina counties, at which time the regulations of the OPS are explained. Meetings were held Wednesday at Asheville and Bryson City, and others are scheduled at Hickory and North Wilkesboro on Thurs day. “We are happy that the meet ings can be held in various towns and cities and other communities will be visited as quickly as possi ble,” District Director Ben E. Douglas, of Charlotte, said yester day. “The regulations of the OPS are of vital importance to the business people and we will do our best to —Turn To Page Seven FAMED SOLOISTS SIGNED, DOWNES WILL GIVE TALK Concerts This Season To In clude Outstanding Ar tists In Folk Music TO REPEAT PROGRAMS A varied array of top-notch mu sical talent has been signed for an expanded and enlarged 1951 Bre vard Music Festival, which should far surpass any musical event pre viously given in the South, ac cording to an announcement made yesterday by Walter K. Straus, president of the board of directors. The series this August, which has been enlarged to include seven programs with three repeat con certs, will include two folk musk; singers and a lecture by Olin Downes, the country’s foremost music critic and authority. Soloists for this year will in clude Susan Reed, ballad singer; Eileen Farrell, dramatic soprano; Jeanne Mitchell, violinist; Lubo shutz and Nemenoff, duo-pianists; a folk musician yet to be selected and four soloists for the presenta tion of the famed oratorio, “Eli jah.” The festival symphony orches tra, which is the backbone of the programs, will again be conducted by the festival director, James Christian Pfohl. One of the outstanding events of the 1951 series is expected to be a lecture by Olin Downes on Sat urday afternoon, August 11, when he will explain in his popular man ner the musical programs chosen for the series. Mr. Downes has been music critic for the New —Turn to Page Six LOCAL ROTARIANS ELECT OFFICERS Doyle Is Chosen President To Succeed Perkins; List Is Given Brevard Rotarians elected new officers for the coming year at the last regular meeting in the Cof fee shop. Rhea “Pete” Doyle, secretary of the Citizens Telephone company, was named president, succeeding George Perkins, Jr. Installation of the new group will take place in early June at Camp Deerwoode. L. W. Bonnell, owner of the Home Interior shop here, was chos en as vice president, and Robert ‘ Buddy” Melton, head of Melton’s Agency here, was named secretary of the Brevard Rotarians for 1951 52. Freeman Hayes, president of Hayes Motor company here, will serve as treasurer during the com ing year . In addition to the officers, other directors will be Crawford Free man and Dr. Frank McGuire. The outgoing president automatically becomes a member of the board of directors. All Nurses And Technicians Are Asked To Register All nurses and technicians re siding in Transylvania county are requested to register with the Home Nursing Service of the American Red Cross in order that their names will be on ffle in case of a disaster. Mrs. C. D. Norlander, who is chairman of home nursing, states that this is one of the pro jects being carried out for civil defense. All persons who fall into this category of nurses and techni cians, whether currently em ployed or not, should contact Mrs. Norlander. This may be be done by writing a postal card or phoning her at 744-J. The following information should be given: name, address, easiest way to be located, and If a nurse, whether practical, grad, uate or registered raise.
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