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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 Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 61: No. 16 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951 ★ 18 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY TOWN GETS $9,000 FOR STREETS Barter Theatre Group To Make First Visit Here PRESENTING PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT » IN LEGION BLDG. College Is Bringing Produc tion To Brevard; Back ground Is Given OPEN TO PUBLIC The Barter Theatre of Virginia will make its first official visit to Brevard Thursday, April 19, when it presents the Broadway dramatic hit, “The Heiress,” under the sponsorship of the Brevard col lege entertainment series. The play will be given in the American Legion building with curtain time at 8:30 p. m. Single admissions will be sold to all per sons interested in seeing this hit by the state theatre of Virginia. The Barter Theatre, America’s oldest, largest and, as Time maga zine says, “most active profession al touring company,” has made theatrical history since it began under the direction of Bob Porter field who traded tickets for Vir ginia hams. The Barter players receive a subsidy from the commonwealth of Virginia, and in addition are sponsored by the American Na tional theatre and academy, which operates under a charter from the United States congress. Rev. George Brinkmann Ehl hardt, Brevard college president, in announcing the Barter theatre appearance on Thursday, express ed pleasure that this famed theat rical group is making a local ap pearance. “The Heiress” was originally scheduled for an appearance ear lier this month, and due to a con flict in the schedule it was post poned. It was only Wednesday that the management informed lo —Turn to Page Five 1 FOUNDATION GETS MONEY FOR DEBTS County Officials To Publish Reports Semi-Annually; Assembly Adjourns The legislature, which adjourn ed early Sunday morning, made available from state funds $30,000 to pay off the indebtedness of the Brevard Music Foundation. The bill was offered by Rep. Ralph Fisher and had strong local backing among Transylvania citi zens. Another bill introduced by Rep. Fisher, which in its original form would require that certain county officials publish quarterly reports was changed to have the reports made semi-annually. The board of county commis sioners, the county welfare board and the board of education are —Turn To Page Ten CALENDAR OF | EVENTS I Thursday, April 19 — Baptist circles meet in the afternoon and evening. WSCS Brevard Metho dist church, 3:30. Rotary club ladies’ night, 7 p. m., Brevard college cafeteria. Lions club E meeting at 7 o’clock. ‘‘The Heir ess” by Barter theatre, 8:30, in American Legion building. Friday, April 20—Kiwanis club meets at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Square dance in American Legion building, 8:30. Saturday, April 21—Deadline for music club essay contest. Skeet shoot at Brevard Country club, 2 p. m. Sunday, April 22—Attend the church of your choice. Power to be shut-off in county from 2 until 3:30. First Baptist revival begins. Tuesday, April 24 — Fashion show at Co-Ed theatre, 9 p. m. Wednesday, April 25—Metho odist ch>n:ch spaghetti supper at 6:39 to 9 p. m. WOW meets in hall at 8 o’clock. Transylvania Nearing Goal In Red Cross Roll Campaign Final Plea Is Made For Contributions Leads Revival REV. R. KNOLAN BEN FIELD, pastor of the First Bap tist church of Hickory, will con duct a revival at ihe First Bap tist church here beginning Sun day evening at 8 o’clock. Ser vices will be held twice daily from 7:45 until 8:20 in the morn ing and at 8 o’clock in the eve ning. Special music will be ren dered at each service, accord ing to the pastor, Rev. B. W. Thomason, who says that Mr. Benfield is one of the most elo quent and forceful ministers in the state. TO HOLD DVBS SESSION THURS. AT 1ST BAPTIST County-Wide Meeting Slat ed For All Bible School Workers All pastors, Sunday school su perintendents and daily vacation Bible school workers are urged to attend the afternoon and evening sessions of the Bible school con ference at the First Baptist church Thursday by the Transylvania As sociational superintendent, Mrs. Alcovia Orr McCall. The afternoon session is sched uled to begin at 4 o’clock. At 6:30 supper will be served, and all persons who attend are asked to bring sandwiches. Drinks will be served by the host church. At 7:30 o’clock L. L. Morgan, Sunday school worker from the state board, will conduct a con ference. Mr. Morgan will be ac companied to Brevard by other state workers. Five simultaneous conferences will be held at the sessions and the following persons will con duct them: Mr. Morgan, pastors, —Turn to Page Four County Is Short By $300 Of Quota Of $4,266; Work Is Cited The Red Cross roll call for the Transylvania county chapter was within $300 of the goal of $4,266 Wednesday at noon, according to figures estimated in the office of C. M. Douglas, secretary. An effort is being made to se cure final contributions this week from all sources in order to close the drive successfully, the chair men stated. Several people who have been missed in the drive have brought in contributions this week, the fi nance committee states, and re quest is made that any person who has been overlooked in the canvass leave donations at the of fices of Jerry Jerome, C. M. Doug las of The Times. Former residents of the county have sent in close to $100 since publicity on the drive started, with checks from as far north as New York and south to Miami. One check for five dollars was re ceived from California. Work in the chapter is all-vol unteer, it is pointed out, and the f'^ids receiva^ln the drive there fore are directly beneficial to peo ple who have to cafit the Red Cross for aid. wantessaysIn CONTEST BY SAT. Music Lovers Club Sponsor ing Event; To Award Festival Tickets Saturday is the deadline for en tries in the student essay contest sponsored by the Brevard Music Lovers club on “What Transylva nia Music Camp and the Brevard Music Festival Mean to Me and My Community.” High school and grammar school students will be competing in separate divisions for prizes, which will be tickets to the 1951 festival concerts. All entrants must send their essays to Mrs. Harry Dreyer, Bre vard, and include their name, ad dress, age and grade on each page. The esays must be under 250 words in length. The contest is being sponsored to promote interest in the local musical enterprises, as well as to stimulate the observance of Na tional Music week May 7-12. An nouncement of the winners will be made during music week. Other music week events being planned here include a special program on the Library Hour on WPNF May 5 to be conducted by Mrs. Wade Johnson, a Civic Hour program on May 7th to be given by the club president, Mrs. Lou ise P. Miller, and a student mu sical program in the high school May 10th with Mrs. Melvin Gilles pie in charge. WPNF Program Highlights MacArthur’s Report To Congress To Be Heard Thursday Over Local Station General Douglas MacArthur will address a joint session of congress Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock, and his talk will be broadcast to the nation. It will be heard over WPNF. The dramatic landing of Mac Arthur in the United States was described in full over WPNF on Tuesday night and there is much interest locally and abroad in his report on Thursday. Another talk of much local in* terest on Thursday will be that of John Paul Lucas, public relations director of Duke Power company, who will be the principal speaker at a ladies’ night meeting of the Brevard Rotary club in the college cafeteria. This talk will be tape recorded and broadcast over sta tion WPNF at 10 o’clock Thurs day evening. Because of the power interrup tion on Sunday, several changes —Turn to Page Five Wildlife President Presents Prizes To Students Rosman and Brevard high school students who submitted the prize-winning essays in the recently conducted contest by the Transylvania Wildlife club received their cash awards at the club’s meeting last Thursday night in the city hall. DR. VERNE C. HILL, left, is presenting the awards. Others in the photo are, left to right, ALBERT LYDAY, club’s contest chairman; OPAL McCALL, first place winner at Rosman and in the county; MARIE THOMAS, second at Rosman; ROSA LEE AYERS, first in Brevard and second in county; ANNE FOSTER, third winner in Brevard; and DR. O. D. BIDDY, prominent Wildlife club member. (Times Staff Photo.) LUCAS TO SPEAK AT ROTARY MEET THURSDAY NIGHT Duke Power Company Ex ecutive Well Known In This County John Paul Lucas, of Chailotte, i director of public relations of the Duke Power company, will be the principal speaker at a ladies’ night meeting of the Brevard Rotary club on Thursday night, April 19. Mr. Lucas, a fluent speaker, is well known in Brevard, having spoken before the Brevard Kiwan is club annually for the past 10 years. A frequent visitor here, Mr. Lucas will also address the Rotarians and members of the Ki vvanis and Lions club, who have been invited to attend the dinner meeting. Because of the expected large attendance, the affair will be held in the college cafeteria, be ginning at 7 o’clock. Rhea Doyle, Buddy Melton, Dr. Frank McGuire, Dan Hawkins and Jimmie Gaither have been named as a committee by Rotary presi dent, George Perkins, Jr., to make arrangements for the meet ing. At the last regular meeting of the Rotary club in the Coffee shop staff members of WPNF gave a description of behind the scenes in radio broadcasting. John An derson was in charge of the pro-! gram which was put on by Dave Sherrill, promotional director of WPNF, and Bill Pascal, chief en gineer of the local radio station, i Mr. Anderson introduced the guest speakers and explained that they would demonstrate radio production. By using a record —Turn to Page Ten Dates Are Set For Pre-School Clinics Pre-school clinics for children who will begin their studies this fall began yesterday at Pisgah Forest. Dr. J. Hicks Corey, act ing health officer, and Mrs. Jessie Lollis, district health nurse, are conducting the clinics. The object of these examina tions is to discover potential de fects that might hamper the prog ress of the child. Immunizations required by law will be checked at these clinics. The first shot for protection against the* whooping cough and other diseases may be taken at these clinics or Hie par ents may take the child to a phy sician. Now Completing Renovation Of Administration Building, Work Continued On Ross Hall Road Approach To Faculty Quar-1 ters Is Being Redesigned And Improved Work in the administration building is progressing rapidly, and many noticeable improve ments have already been com pleted. The halls have been ceiled with acoustical insulation, and fresh coats of paint have been applied to the walls of the halls and some of the offices. The foundation for tile floors is being put down, and the flooring is expected to be completed within a few days. As one part of the complete rewiring job, fluorescent lighting fixtures have been installed in the hallways and offices. The rewir ing will be completed as soon as time and the securing of neces sary materials will permit. The office of Prof. C. E. Roy, on the second floor, has been com pleted, and his adjoining class room will be finished soon. These' two rooms, the hallways, and the —Turn To Page Ten Gold Star Mothers Meet On Tuesday Gold Star Mothers of Transyl vania county will meet next Tues day evening at 6 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Blanche Sims on the Pisgah Forest highway. All Gold Star Mothers are urged by the president, Mrs. Alice Paxton, to attend the meeting. Extensive Renovation Work Being Carried Out; Rea dy For Use Soon Among recent improvements throughout the campus at Bre vard is the redesigning of the ap proach to Ross Hall Road. The road which up to this time has en circled Ross Hall has been closed and will constitute a landscaped terrace when the project is com- j pleted at Brevard college. The level area east of the hall j is being converted into a land-! scaped lawn with an asphalted! parking lot. This lot will be ap proached by a new asphalted | driveway from the point where the j new county-maintained road leaves I Ross Hall hill to descend to the water purification plant which is' now being constructed on an area: east of Ross Hall. Electric Power Off Sunday Afternoon The local office of the Duke Power company has given no tice that, if the weather permits work, there will be a power in terruption Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3:30 o’clock in all parts of Brevard and Transylva nia county, including the REA lines west of Rosman. According to J. M. Gaines, lo cal manager, the Glade Creek, Etowah, Little River and Crab j Creek sections will not be af- ; fected. Bloodmobile To Visit Rosman This Friday, Officials Out For Record The bloodmobile of the Ameri can Red Cross blood center at Asheville will be in Rosman in the school cafeteria on Friday, April 20, at 2 o’clock in the after noon until 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Joe Osborne is chairman of the donor recruitment commit tee and says she is looking for ward to a successful visit. She reminds all those who have pledg ed to be sure to keep their ap pointments, and others without ap pointment will be welcomed at the school cafeteria. Mrs. Inez Whitmire is co-chair man of the recruitment commit tee, and other project leaders are: Miss Helen Moss and Mrs. Os borne, volunteer nurses; Mrs. E. M. Collins and Mrs. D. L. Glazen er, canteen; Mrs. W. T. Owen and Mrs. Arthur Dishman, hostesses; Mrs. C. L. McClure, escort; and i Mrs. E. B. Jaffee, registration, j Dr. Joe E. Osborne will assist the Red Cross officials, and a number of other persons in the communi- j ty will help in the work. “Since this is the first visit of the bloodmobile to Rosman it is —Turn to Pago Four TO PAVE LINKS CONNECTING UP STATE SYSTEM Money Must Be Expended Before July 1 Under State Law WORK IS STARTED The town has been allotted $9, 000 to surface unpaved streets in Brevard that are connecting links with the state highway system. This announcement was made at a call meeting of the aldermen Monday night in the city hall, and E. H. Webb, engineer for Transyl vania and Haywood counties, said that it was the present policy of the state to do this work before July 1 and after that time no money would be expended for paving work within the city limits of any town. This is in accord ance with the present Powell bill. Mr. Webb told the aldermen that work would- begin immediate ly on the surfacing on unpaved streets in the town which con nect with the state system. Work has already been started on Fish er road and other streets included in the project are as follows: Whitmire'street from end of paving to forks of road. French Broad avenue from end of Franklin to Park avenue. Turnpike road. Tinsley road. reported the funds now e will not be sufficient to pave all of these streets, but the aldermen decided to designate the order in which they will be im proved as the money is provided. Other Paving Work Due to the fact that Dickerson, Inc., is in Transylvania blacktop ping secondary roads, property owners on all dirt streets in Bre —Turn to Page Five ANDERSON NAMED ON NPA COMMITTEE Represented Non-Dailies Of Nation During Last World War Ed M. Anderson has been ap pointed as a member of the news paper industry advisory commit tee of the National Production Authority. During World War II, Mr. An derson represented the non-daily press of the nation on the War Production Board. As chairman of the legislative committee of the National Edito rial association, Mr. Anderson testified yesterday before a sen ate committee in Washington and this week end, he and his brother,. John Anderson, editor of The Times, are attending the spring meeting of the NEA in New York. They also plan to talk with Mu tual Broadcasting System officials about coast-to-coast broadcasts from Brevard. St. Anne’s Guild Sponsors Fashion Show At Co-Ed Plummer’s department store here will stage an elaborate fash ion show Tuesday night at the Co Ed theatre between movies. Ap parel for women, misses and chil dren will be modeled by about 30 local people and Robert Plummer, manager, has issued an invitation for everyone to attend. The show is being sponsored by St. Anne’s guild of the Episcopal church. There will be no advance in admission prices. “We believe women who keep posted on the trends of fashion will be quick to recognize the au thentic styles for the spring and summer months which we will ex hibit on this occasion,” Mr. Plum mer said. As a grand finale, Plummer’s will exhibit costumes worn at 25 year intervals for the century be ginning in 1850.
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