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TRANSYLVANIA
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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 - W inning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANIA
IS . . .
An Industrial, Tourist
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Vol. 61; No. 22
★ SECTION ONE A
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1951
★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IS HIGH
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Making Plans For Big Dairy Month In June
MANY PROGRAMS
SLATED, PRIZES
TO BE AWARDED
Ice Cream, Milk And Other
Products To Be Served.
Movies To Be Shown
ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Elaborate plans are being made
for the Transylvania observance of
National Dairy month during
June.
Sponsored by local producers,
the Transylvania Dairy associa-1
tion and the distributors here,
Biltmore Dairy farms, Southern
dairies, Kalmia and Skybrook, the
dairy month in Transylvania will
be highlighted by many special;
events.
Much publicity will be carried
through the press and over the
radio on all phases of dairying;
special programs will be given at
all civic meetings; outstanding
movies will be shown at various
places emphasizing the importance
of the dairying industry; and the
jilver dollar campaign, which was
highly popular here last year, will
again be carried out.
According to Wade Johnson, as
sistant county agent, one of the
first events of the month will be
an ice cream party for producers
of grade A milk and their families
on Friday night, June 8th.
Mayor John A. Ford is issuing a
proclamation declaring June as
the official n dairy month in Bre
vard.
During the month all eating
houses in the town and county
will feature milk, ice cream and
other dairy products, and wait
resses will be awarded silver dol-!
lars if they ask customers to
have dairy products with their
meals. Various civic leaders will
have silver dollars for this pur
pose, and if they are not asked to
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DAR GIVES MEDALS
IN FOUR SCHOOLS
List Of Seven And Eight!
Grade Winners Are An
nounced This Week
Mrs. Joseph S. Silversteen, of
the Waightstill Avery chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution^ announces the presen
tation of Good Citizenship medals
recently to students in four of
the Transylvania county schools.
These students who are seventh
and eighth grade pupils are as fol
lows:
Rosman — Luella Lyday and
Wendell Powell.
Rosenwald—Fair Lee Owens and
Robert Lee Smith.
Pisgah Forest—Betty Sue Dills
and James Prim, Jr.
Brevard—Doris Lee Riddle and
Eugene Baker.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, May 31—Rotary club
meets, 7 p. m. in the Coffee shop.
Final spring meeting of Girl
Scout Troop I, 7 p. m., Little
House .
Friday, July 1—Motorcade as
sembles at 9 a. m. in front of the
atres. Free movie to be shown on
“North and South Carolina” be
fore group leaves. Atomic bomb
educational meeting, court house,
8 p. m. Square dance in American
Legion building, 8:30.
Saturday, June 2—Little League
baseball group meets, 10 a. m.,
Hobby & Sport Shop.
Sunday, June 3 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, June 4—County com
missioners meeting, 9:30 a. m.,
court house. Town board meets in
city hall, 7:30.
Tuesday, June 5—Eastern Star
meeting in Masonic Hall, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6 — WOW.
meeting in hall, 8 p. m.
Records Show Pisgah National
Forest Is Most Popular With
Tourists During Year, 1950
Returns Home
SGT. GEORGE D. BURTON,
returned home last Friday from
nine months’ fighting in Korea.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Burton, of Rosman, and
received a commendation from
Maj. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner.
BURTON RETURNS
FROM KOREA ON
ROTATION PLAN
Rosman Man Is One Of The
First Americans Getting
Leave From Far East
Sgt. George D. Burton, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Burton, of
Rosman, was one of the first
American soldiers to return home
from Korea on the rotation plan,
arriving here last Friday after 9
months in the battle area.
Serving with the Ninth infantry,
Sgt. Burton had been in Korea
since last August when he arrived
at Pusan.
Prior to returning home, the
Rosman man and his buddies re
ceived a tribute from Maj. Gen.
Clark L. Ruffner, commander of
the 22nd Infantry division for the
courageous and unselfish devotion
to duty. This tribute runs about
five pages, and includes an account
of the American’s fighting ince
last summer.
Welfare Board To
Meet Monday Night
The Transylvania welfare board
will hold its regular monthly meet
ing Friday night at 8:00 o’clock,
the superintendent, Mrs. C. Y.
Patton, announces.
The board always meets on the
first of each month unless the first
falls on Sunday, Mrs. Patton says.
In that case the regular meeting
is held on the second. >
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rufty are
visiting friends and relatives in
Statesville.
Nearly Two Million Visitors
Reported. Topped Smok
ies, Parkway, Others
Pisgah National Forest led both
the Blue Ridge Parkway and the
Great Smoky Mountain National
park in popularity during 1950 and
topped the ten favorite travel ob
jectives with 1,922,775 visitors.
According to figures released to
day by the State News Bureau,
there were five tourist objectives
which passed the million mark. The
Pisgah led the Parkway by over
1,000. Others in the order in which
they came are Blue Ridge Park
way, Great Smokies, Nantahala Na
tional forest, state parks, Fontana
Dam, Morehead planatarium, “Un
to These Hills” at Cherokee, Hi
wassee Dam and the “Lost Col
ony” at Manteo.
Although the local ranger dis
trict in the Pisgah has a large num
ber of visitors, it is pointed out
that this figure covers all ranger
districts which are in western as
well as coastal North Carolina.
JEROME 1$ GIVEN
NATIONAL HONOR
Local Man Is Presiding Ov
er State Meeting At Pine
hurst This Week
Jerry Jerome, secretary-treasur
er of the Brevard Federal Savings
! and Loan association, is this week
j presiding over the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Savings &
Loan league at Pinehurst, and it
was learned today that he has
been appointed to the supervision,
examination and audit committee
of the United States Savings and
Loan league.
The appointment came from
Walter J. L. Ray. of Detroit, Mich.,
who is president of the league,
which is the 59-year old nation
wide trade organization of the sav
ings association business,
j The state convention at Pine
! hurst will adjourn on Friday, and
attending from Brevard with
President Jerome are Mrs. Jerome
and their son, Jerry.
The national president’s appoint
ment of Mr. Jerome to the com
i mittee on supervision, examination
! and audit is reported to be a high
honor for the well-known Bre
. vard man.
The committee deals with one
cf the fundamental interests of
the savings association. All of the
associations operate under public
; supervision by state or federal au
thorities and the improvement of
j the process of supervision, both
! from the standpoint of cost to the
! individual and of adequate know
ledge of the facts which are im
portant for a public supervisory
body to know are the objectives of
the committee’s year-to-year stud
| ies.
Mrs. J. O. Davidson left last
week to attend her class reunion
at Woman’s college in Grensboro.
Movie On Effects Of Atomic Bombing
Will Be Shown At Courthouse Friday
A public meeting to acquaint the
people of Transylvania county
with the effects of the atomic bomb
will be held in the court house
here this Friday night, June 1st,
when a film will be shown which
was obtained from the depart
ment of the army.
This film will be brought here
by Clifford Brown, secretary to
Representative Monroe M. Redden,
who is responsible for securing it
Mr. Redden points out that he
wants the Red Cross and comity
health department to cooperate In
this mass meeting in order that aty
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of the people in his congressional
district may be informed.
‘Medical Effects of the Atomic
Bomb” is divided into three differ
ent parts and deals with all phases
of the destruction and its casualty
effects.
It is pointed out that the film
is intended for non-professional as
well as professional audiences and
it is expected that a large crowd
will see it. Mr. Brown is showing
it in every county seat in this dis
trict.
It leaves the members of the au
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Brevard Legion Sponsored Team Dances At State Convention
Noted for their rhythmic clogging and intricate figures., the Brevard Square dance team, composed
of teen-agers and sponsored by the Monroe Wilson Post No. 88 of the American Legion, will dance Fri
day night at the state convention in Asheville at the City auditorium. The girls from left to right are
Mary Nell Poor, Patsy Reid, Virginia Osborne. Shirley Wilde. Martha Jaye Neely, Georgia Ann Reid,
Billie Hart, Marilyn Brewer. Back row, from left to right, are Earl Powell, assistant; manager, Marty
Osborne, caller, Doug Poteat, Tom Hargis, Harry Patterson, Joe Whitaker, Gerald Banks. Bobby Reid,
William Arnette, James Phillips and William (Bill) Baughn, Legionnaire manager. Commander Char
les B. Disher announces that a number of local legionnaires are planning to attend the convention,
which opens on Thursday. (Times Staff Photo.)
RECORD NUMBER
GRADUATES HERE
IN 1951 FINALS
Commencement Exercises At j
Brevard College Also j
Highly Successful
The 1951 commencement exer
cises of the two high schools in
Transylvania county and at Bre
vard college were highly success
ful last Thursday night and on Sun
day afternoon. A record number
of 114 high school seniors re
ceived their diplomas, and some
60 students were graduated at the
local college.
Robert T. Kimzey, district prin
cipal, awarded diplomas to the 81
graduates here at Brevard high
school, and E. F. Tilson, principal
of district number two, presented
the 33 grads at Rosman with their
diplomas.
Rev. George Brinkmann Ehl
hardt, president of Brevard col
lege, was the principal speaker at
commencement exercises on Sun
day afternoon. The program was
brodacast over WPNF, and the
finals climaxed a full week end of
activities at the college.
Last Saturday the board of trus
tees held the regular spring meet
ing and transacted routine busi
ness matters. The alumni group
met simultaneously and re-elected
the same officers at the request of
the college president.
Alumni officers are Rev. R. Del
bert Byrum, president; Leon
Stubbs, first vice president; Mrs
Sidney Feldman, second vice pres
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4-H Health Contest
Is Slated Here On
Thursday, June 7th
The Transylvania 4-H health
contest will be held next Thursday,
June 7, at the local office of the
Transylvania-Henderson health de
partment.
All selected members are urged
by assistant county agent, Wade
Johnson, to represent their clubs
in the contest, and to take advant
age of the free health examination,
which is made possible through
the cooperation of the health de
partment.
All parents are invited to come
with the 4-H club members, Mr.
Johnson says, and the county win
ners in the senior group will rep
resent Transylvania in the state
4-H health contest during 4-H
week, July 23-28.
Whitewater Falls Motorcade
Will Leave Brevard On Friday
Morning, Many Stops Scheduled
END SUCCESSFUL
GIRL SCOUT DAY
CAMP THURSDAY
More Than 50 Participating
In Annual Event. Col
lege Group Helping
A highly successful Girl Scout
Day camp will conclude on Thurs
day with over 50 girls participat
ing in the recreation, athletic and
crafts classes, according to Mrs.
Julius Sader, who is camping
chairman of the council.
Louise Mosely, director has
been assisted by Mary Sue Jen
nings, assistant, as well as a num
ber of members of her campcraft
class at Brevard college last year.
These girls stayed over after
the remainder of school, and they
have been entertained at supper
this week by members of the coun
cil. Monday night they were en
tertained by Mrs. Ashe Macfie and
Mrs. Bill Bridges; Tuesday night
by Mrs. Harry Dreyer and Mrs.
Earl Bryant; Mrs. Fred Holt and
Mrs. Julius Sader, Wednesday
night; and Mrs. Frank Ferrell and
Mrs. Spencer Macfie Thursday
night.
In addition to the silver coun
selors, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Newell,
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Outstanding Films On North
And South Carolina
Will Be Shown
A big motorcade, from Brevard
via Whitewater falls, into several
towns and cities in upper South
Carolina, is planned for Friday
and Saturday.
The event will publicize the gi
gantic Whitewater falls and at va
rious stops on the motorcade two
famed Esso films, depicting the
scenic attractions of both North
and South Carolina, will be shown.
The motorcade will assemble in
Brevard on Friday morning at 9
o’clock in front of the Clemson
Co-Ed theatres and special music
will be furnished. Just prior to
departure the two films will be
shown and Mayor John A. Ford
will make the welcoming address.
According to C. A. Wilson, who
is making arrangements in upper
South Carolina towns, the route
of travel is as follows: Brevard,
Rosman, Cashiers, Sylva feat and
show movie), Franklin, Highlands,
Walhalla( picture and spend night)
Westminster, Seneca (picture),
Pendleton (lunch), Central, Lib
erty, Easley (picture), and Pick
ens.
All persons desiring to take cars
or trucks on the motorcade are in
vited to do so by the local chair
men, Ralph Fisher and Lewis P.
Hamlin. A special sound truck
is making the trip, and Dr. E. O.
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WPNF Program Highlights
New Shows For The Kiddies To Be
Heard; Welfare Series Continued
During the summer months a
new series of programs designed
to appeal to the kiddies will start
over WPNF on Monday, and will
be heard daily from 5:00-6:00
o’clock.
On Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, “Mert’s Record Adventures”
will be heard from 5:00-5:30, and
“The Singing Marshall” will be
heard from 5:30^:00. On Tuesday
and Thursday, “Straight Arrow”
is heard from 5:00-5:30;“Sky King”
is heard from 5:30-5:55, and “Bob
by Benson” is heard from 5:55
6:00 o’clock.
The Transylvania county Board
of Public Welfare will be the
topic of the fourth program in a
series currently being presented
over station WPNF. The program,
entitled, “The Hand of the Peo
ple”, will be heard Sunday at
7:15 o’clock, and will be conduct
ed by Willis Brittain, chairman of
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FULL PROCRAM
REPORTED FOR
YOUNG AND OLD
Scouts Having Busy Times*
Ecusta Events Are
Enumerated
CAMPS TO OPEN
As schools closed in Transyl
vania county last week end, a sur
vey conducted by The Times re
veals that recreational activities
for young people, as well as adults,
are at an all-time high. ,
Next week the municipal pool
in Franklin park will be open to
the public free of charge under
the sponsorship of the American
legion. Albert Shuford will be in
charge and he will supervise a
staff of life guards and recreation
counselors.
More than 150 Boy Scouts from
throughout Transylvania attended
a Camporee last Friday and Sat
urday at John’s Rock camp in
Pisgah National Forest. Scout of
ficials termed this highly success
ful. In July many local Scouts will
attend the Daniel Boone camp in
Haywood county, and the Explorer
Scouts will take their annual
week’s camping trip to Jackson
ville, Fla.
Girl Scouts are concluding their
Day camp Thursday under an
able staff of adult leaders.
The final organizational meet
ing of the Little Baseball league
for boys 13 years of age and under
will be held on Saturday morning,
and the loop will get in operation
under the sponsorship of the F1k«
Lodge on Saturday, June 9th.
When weather does not permit
play, a “coaching program will be
carried out in the college gym.
The American Legion is con
tinuing the popular Friday night
square dances in the Legion
building, and the Jaycees.plan to
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CAPTAIN HARBIN
AWARDED MEDAL
Brother Of Local Man Cit
ed For Gallantry Under
Fire In Korea
Capt. Thomas R. Harbin, brother
of Oscar Harbin, of Brevard,
Route 1, has been awarded the
silver star for gallantry in action
in Korea, relatives here have
been informed. Captain Harbin is
a frequent visitor to Brevard and
has many friends here.
He was awarded the medal for
his conduct under fire September
27, near Anui, Korea.
Captain Harbin is a member
of headquarters, third battalion,
23rd Infantry, Second Infantry
division.
According to the citation, early
in the morning of September 27
his command post, of which he
was adjutant, underwent heavy
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Clarion Awarded
First Place Rating
By Columbia Press
The Brevard college Clarion,
semi-monthly student body
organ, was recently awarded an
official first place rating in the
27th annual Columbia Scholastic
Press association contest. This
newspaper received 850 points
from a possible score of 1000. Ad
vertising in the Clarion topped
the percentage rating was 90%.
Clarion members unanimously
voted to take advantage of oppor
tunities afforded by membership
in the C. S. P. A. and took action
to have immediate judging early
this winter. This year’s paper is
the first from Brevard college to
be rated by the association.
Judgment for publications in
cludes thorough analysis of each
issue. The major concerns are
content, writing and editing, make
up, advertising with general con
siderations.
In conclusion .the judge com
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