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. 18
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BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1951
★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FOREST METHODS TO BE TAUGHT
Elaborate Observance Of Music Week Planned
STATE PRESIDENT
TO VISIT DURING
YEARLY EVENT
Winners In Essay Contest Is
Announced By Mrs. Har
ry Dreyer, Chairman
PROGRAMS ON WPNF
Detailed plans for an elaborate
observance of National Music
week. May 7th-12th, will include
a visit from Mrs. Ada Redd
Browning, state president of Fed
erated music clubs.
The week-long observance herej
will include seven special broad
casts to be aired over the local
radio station and a special school
musical program next Thursday
evening.
Winners Announced
In connection with the Music
Week events, the winners in the
recently conducted Music club es
say contest are announced today
by Mrs. Harry Dreyer, chairman.
“What Transylvania Music Camp
* iud the Brevard Music Festival
Mean to Me and My Community”
was the subject for the essays.
First place winner in the high
school division was Beatrix
Deutsch, senior at Brevard high
school, and in the grammar grade
division Irene Cantrell, of Ros
ttT3R, won first. Second place
winners in both divisions came
from Rosman schools. They are
Dorothy Thomas, high school, and
Louetta Hooper, grammar school.
Prizes for the contest winners
are one active ticket to the Bre
vard Music Festival for first, and
a week end ticket for second place
winners, who are given the privi
lege of choosing the week end
they wish to attend.
The state president will arrive
in Brevard Sunday from her Win
ston-Salem home to complete plans
for the 1951 mid-week at Transyl
vania. While here Mrs. D. P. Mil
ler hopes that Mrs. Browning will
find time to appear on a Civic
Hour broadcast over WPNF at
9:30 Monday morning.
To Review Book
Mrs. Wade Johnson will review
a recent musical book on the Li
—Turn to Page Six
FIVE TO REPORT
FOR DRAFT CALL;
—
Group Will Leave From Bus!
Station Here Next Mon?
day Morning
Five Transylvanians will report
for induction call No. 13 Monday,
May 7, Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, the
clerk of the local board, announces \
today.
The group will leave from the
Onion Bus station at 8:30 o’clock1
next Monday morning and mem-1
bers of the American Legion post
here will serve the group coffee
and doughnuts prior to departure.
Orders to report for the induc
tion call have been mailed to the
following men: Andrew E. Ayers,
Penrose; Garfield Camp, Pisgah
Forest; Kenneth H. Chapman, of
Rosman; Clifford Gardin, Brevard,
and Charles W. Lyday, Route 1,
Brevard.
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CALENDAR OF i
EVENTS
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Thursday, May 3—Rotary club
meets at Coffee shop, 7 p. m. The
Lions meeting wil be at the Bry
ant house at 8 o’clock. Bobby
Hoyle variety show at 8 p. m.
Friday, May 4—Kiwanis meet at
Bryant house, 7 p. m. Square
dance in American Legion build
ing at 8 o’clock.
Saturday, May 5—Brevard col
lege May Day pageant, 4 p. m.
District American Legion meeting
in Legion building at 7:30.
Sunday, May 6—Attend church
of your choice.
Monday,_ May 7—Lee’s riding
devices return to Brevard.
—Turn to Page Six
General Election Next Tuesday
To Choose Mayor And Aldermen;
John Ford Nominated Monday
Nominated Mayor
JOHN A. FORD, local busi
ness man, was nominated mayor
in the Democratic primary here
Monday. Mr. Ford is now a
member of the board of alder
men. He is running without op
position in the general election
next Tuesday.
BREVARD ELKS
TO SEND DOZEN
YOUTHS TO CAMP
Selections Will be Made By
School Teachers From
Deserving Boys
For the 3rd consecutive year, the
local Elks lodge will send 12 new
boys with all expenses paid to the
North Carolina Elks Camp for
Iioys, located south of Henderson
ville.
The camp period will begin June
24 and will continue for two full
weeks.
While in camp the boys will par
ticipate in activities such as swim
ming, archery, basketball, base
ball, hiking and the eating of ex
cellent food.
The Elks camp is one of the bet
ter supervised camps in this sec
tion. For each group of 10 boys
there is a full-time counselor in
charge of their activities. In ad
dition, there is always a full-time
nurse on duty for immediate call.
The selection of the specified
number of boys will be left entire
ly in the hands of the city and
county school teachers, it is re
ported. These teachers will use
their best judgment in selecting
12 good, deserving boys who have
been attending school during the
current year. Boys chosen will
be between the ages of 8 and 15
years.
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Goodwin have
been attending the dental conven
tion this week at Pinehurst. Their
children, Judy and Jackie, have
been staying with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Holt.
Ayers Led Ticket In Pri
mary; New Officials To
Take Over May 9
The general election for a may
or and five aldermen will be held
in Brevard next Tuesday, May 8.
Voting will take place in the
courthouse between the hours of
6:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. and the
same officials who acted at the
primary on Monday will serve.
John A. Ford, local wholesaler,
was nominated in the Democratic
primary on Monday over Richard
Saxton, taxicab driver, by a vote
of 550 to 71.
J. I. Ayers led the ticket for al
derman with 558 votes. Others
nominated for places on the board
and their votes were: C. R. Sharp,
539; W. M. Melton, 504; W. W.
Duckworth, 450; and Joe H.
Tinsley, 439.
C. L. Russell, a member of the
present board, was eliminated. He
received 401 votes.
Assuming their election next
Tuesday, the new mayor and his
board will take office on May 9 at
noon.
LEE’S RIDES TO
RETURN MONDAY
Lions Will Get Share Of Pro
ceeds To Add To Blind
Fund Program
Lee's riding devices will return
to Brevard Monday for a week’s
engagement. The rides will be in
operation each afternoon and eve
ning, Monday through Saturday,
and will be located on North
Broadway opposite Acme Manu
facturing company.
The rides are being sponsored
again this year by the Brevard
Lions and the club’s share of the
proceeds will be added to the
blind fund.
Mr. Lee has been bringing his
rides to Brevard for a number of
years and they are very popular
with the children and the more
daring adults. He has no shows
of any kind.
Local Lions will again assist
with the sale of tickets under the
supervision of Lion Jack Ham
mette.
Hamlin Is Honor
Student At Clemson
Perry Hamlin, son of Lewis P.
Hamlin, of Brevard, qualified for
the honor list for the first semes
ter at Clemson college, and he
was recognized Tuesday at the
Scholarship Recognition day exer
cises.
Young Hamlin has also been
elected to Phi Kappa Phi, an en
gineering fraternity. Prior to en
tering Clemson where he has con
sistently made the honor list,
Hamlin was an honor student at
Mars Hill. Although a senior at
Clemson, he will take another'
year of work since the electrical
engineering course of study that
he is taking requires two extra
semesters.
WPNF Program Highlights
Mrs. E. C. Wilson Gets $25 From Chest
O’Silver; Slate Music Week Programs
Mrs. E. C. Wilson, of route 1, |
Brevard, was awarded $25 on the
Chest o’ Silver program over sta
tion WPNF Tuesday morning.
The unique program is heard
over the local station every Tues
day and Thursday mornings, and
popular song hits of the day are
played. The award to Mrs. Wilson
was made by David Sherrill, pro
motional director of WPNF.
Other Programs
Since next week is National Mu
sic week, many local persons will
be heard over WPNF on special
programs. The Brevard Music
club will be heard on the Civic
Hour at 9:30 o’clock Monday to
begin the special observance, and
others to be heard are as follows:
A preview of the week’s activities
will be given on the library hour
Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock;
another special 30-minute pro
gram will be heard on Monday
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J
Emphasis Placed On Forestry Projects In Transylvania
FFA and 4-H boys of Transylvania county are pictured lirtlte top left photo receiving instructions In
forestry practices from Fred E. Whitfield, extension forestry specialist from State college. The county
agents and the vocational teachers of the county are currently placing much stress and emphasis on
forestry methods, and the group can be noted at work on a project in the top right photo. In the bot
tom left photo the boys can be seen cording up timber that has been removed from an acre project.
Pioneer lumbermen Joseph S. Silversteen, holding the phone, and Louis Carr, are co-sponsoring the for
estry project in Transylvania and are contributing $75 for prizes to boys having the best achievements.
(Photos by Glazener.)
FISHER BILLS ARE
GIVING BOARD
MUCH CONCERN
Chairman Of Commission
ers And County Account
ant Release Statements
Two bills introduced in the 1951
legislature by Rep. Ralph Fisher
and passed by both the house
and the senate, provoked state
ments from the Transylvania coun
ty board of commissioners and the
county accountant.
At a call meeting of the board
last Thursday night in the court
house the board considered two
bills, one raising salaries of coun
ty officials and the other relating
to the publication of financial
statements.
It was stated at the meeting
that the board received copies of
the bills for the first time through
the office of the secretary of state.
After the meeting, Willis Brit
tain, chairman of the board re
leased the following statement:
“We are very much concerned
over these bills. The salary bill
providing pay raises for our coun
ty officials has thrown our budget
out of balance. The county adopt
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Bobby Hoyle, Unit
To Give Program
Bobby Hoyle and his musical
unit will present a program of var
ieties in the Brevard courthouse
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Featured will be the Drifters
in Western classics, the Rhythm
quartet in gospel songs, the Gold
Dust twins in Mountain ballads,
Pic and Pat in comedy and fun
and Dell Casey, king of the key
board.
The program is being sponsored
by the WSCS of the First Metho
dist church and all proceeds will
be applied to the WSCS scholar
ship fund.
Admission will be 50 cents for
adult* and 25 cents for children
and students.
Legionnaires in 33rd District
Will Hold Annual Meeting
Here In Brevard On Saturday
WOMAN FAINTS AT
FATHER’S RITES,
PASSES TUESDAY
Mrs. Jessie F. Lee Dies Of
Heart Attack At Lake
Toxaway
Mrs. Jessie Fisher Lee, 39, who
suffered a heart attack Monday
during the funeral of her father,
Jim Fisher, succumbed on Tues-1
day morning at 9 a. m. at her
home in Lake Toxaway.
The funeral was held Wed
nesday, May 2, at 2:30 at Oak
Grove Baptist church at Quebec.
Rev. Clyde McCall officiated, and
interment was in the church cem
etery.
Nephews served as pallbearers,
and nieces were in charge of the
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Commander Morrow Urges
Good Turnout. Serve Sup
per At 7:30 O'Clock
The annual meeting of Legion
naires in the 33rd district will be
hold at the Brevard American
Legion Memorial building on Sat
urday evening, May 5.
Commander Eb Morrow an
nounces that the affairs of the eve
ning will get underway with a
buffet supper beginning at 7:30
o’clock.
“We expect a large crowd and
local Legionnaires planning to at
tend are requested to sign the
roster at the Legion building,”
Commander Morrow stated yester
day.
Highlighting the meeting will be
the annual election of officers dur
ing the brief business session fol
lowing the luncheon.
A number of state officials of
the North Carolina department of
the American Legion will attend
—Turn To Page Six
Jaycees To Observe 10th Anniversary
At Banquet Meet Tuesday At College
Next Tuesday night, May 8, the
Brevard Jaycees will celebrate
their 10th anniversary.
An elaborate banquet is being
planned in the Brevard college
cafeteria, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
and the event will be a ladies’
night affair.
Special guests will include the
charter members, past presidents
and other former members in ad
dition to the state president,
Bucky Snider, of High Point; Na
tional Director J. R. Marks, of
Mooresville; District Vice Presi
dent, Blue Robinson, of Waynes
ville, and other district officials.
Highlighting the banquet meet
ing will be the installation of of
ficers of both the Jaycees and the
Jaycettes. The new officers of
the local chapter of the junior
chamber of commerce are as fol
lows: Rev. Ed Roy, president;
Wade W. Johnson, first vice pres
ident; Robert “Buddy” Melton,
second vice president; Bob T.
Gash, secretary; and Earl Hall,
treasurer. Directors are George
T. Perkins, Jr., Alex Kizer, Jr.,
Burder Teague and Jack Smath
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PROGRAM SHAPED
FOR 4-H CLOBBERS
AND FFA MEMBERS
Silversteen And Carr Pledge
Cash Awards For Nota
ble Achievements
BOYS PLANT SEEDLINGS
Long recognized as a lumbering
county and with only approxim
ately six per cent of its land in
cultivation, Transylvania is cur
rently getting a “shot in the arm”
in its forestry program.
Realizing that one of the best
ways to encourage better farm
forestry practices is to begin by
teaching the youth of the county,
the farm agents and the vocational
teachers have worked out a4 pro
gram for the 4-H clubs and* the
FFA members. The interest in
the farm forestry work is “grow
ing by leaps and bounds,” Coun
ty Agent Glazener states, and this
is evidenced by the increased
number of boys participating in
the forestry program.
The assistance of Transylvania’s
pioneer lumbermen, Joseph S.
Silversteen, president of the Sil
versteen Industries, and Ls s
Carr, president of Carr Lum
company, has been secured by the
farm agents and the vocational
teachers, Mr. Silversteen and Mr.
Carr are providing $75 for cash
prize# to be awarded to the boys
making the most outstanding
achievements. Winners this year
jspl be selected on May 14 by me
«te forester from State college.
Rifeigh, Fred E. Whitfield.
According to Mr. Glazener, the
object of the forestry program is
to train youth in better farm for
estry practices, such as selective
cutting, that is what should come
out and what should be left to
grow into more profitable timber.
This practice is called timber
stand improvement.
“To make the work more prac
tical, the 4-H and FFA boys select
an acre of farm woodland as their
project. Before beginning their
work, they receive specific educa
tional instructions on what to do
and how to do it by forestry ex
—Turn to Page Six
WHITE WINS OUT
IN DEMO PRIMARY
Rosman Voters Name May*
or And Town Board In
Last Tuesday Election
A. M. White, who has served as
mayor of Rosman for the past 2ft
years, nosed out his opponent,
Harlow Mason, in the Democratic
primary Tuesday at Rosman by
the close count of 92 to 87.
In the race for aldermen, the
three successful candidates were
Dock Lusk, with 120 votes; J. A.
Nelson, with 115 votes, and Ira
Sisk with 102 votes. Other can
didates were Harvey McCall, who
polled 92 votes; Doyle Moss, with
69 votes, and Dorcey Paxton with
37 votes.
Mr. Lusk had previously served
four years on the board and he
led the ticket on Tuesday. He is
—Turn to Page Six
Auditor Delivers
$30,000 Check To
Foundation Head
Henry L. Bridges, state audi
tor of Raleigh, accompanied by
Lynn Nesbit, of the State News
Bureau in Raleigh, delivered a
check for $30,000 to F. S. Best,
president of the Brevard Music
Foundation, here in Brevard to
day.
This money was allocated by
the 1951 legislature to liquidate
the indebtedness of the Brevard
Musie Foundation, more specif
ically to pay off the debt in
curred in purchasing Transyl
vania Musk camp.
After lunch the two men in
spected the music camp with
Mr. Best and Rep. Ralph R.
Fisher.