TRANSYLVANIA
S . . .
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 . . .
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Educational, AgrlcuL
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ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 61 No. 27
* SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1951
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CAMP HARRY STRAUS DEDICATED
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WPNF Will Observe First Birthday On Friday
SALUTE SHOW TO
BE HELD AT 12:15,
OTHERS ON LOG
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Station Officials Express
Appreciation For Co
operation And Support
AIR INITIAL PROGRAM
Friday Radio Station WPNF will
celebrate its first birthday and in
observance of this anniversary a
number of special programs will be
featured on the station through
out the day and evening.
M 12:15 tomorrow the station
will present a one-hour program en
titled “WPNF BIRTHDAY SHOW”
and a number of distinguished citi
zens of the community will parti
cipate on the program.
At 10:30 o’clock tomorrow even
ing, the first show which the
staff of the station produced on
the night of May 29, 1950, at the
Brevard Country Club will be
heard.
Officers of the station expressed
their gratitude this week for the
splendid co-operation and support
that the station has received dur
ing the past year, and rededicated
WPNF to the service of Brevard
and Transylvania county.
The station has one of the fin
est and most beautiful buildings
to be found in the south and its
listening audience is regarded as
being extremely high.
WPNF is owned and operated by
the Pisgah Broadcasting Company.
It operates on a power of 250
watts by authority of the Federal
Communications Commission.
Ed M. Anderson is president of
the company, John Eversman vice
president, Jack Hammette secre- \
tary and manager and John Ander- j
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NEW NAME IS GIVEN
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Organizational Service is
Planned For September
1st, Pastor States
In preparation for a service of
formal organization as a congre
gation of the United Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of North Carolina,
the first of September, charter
members of the Brevard Lutheran
church voted on Sunday, July 1st,
to incorporate under the perman
ent name of The Lutheran Church
of the Good Shepherd, according
to the Pastor, Rev. David F.
Cooper.
The local Lutheran congrega
tion, which was begun last July
has made steady and effective pro
gress, the pastor reports.
Mr. Cooper has been here since
last September, and the local
church has been under the direc
tion of the American Mission board
of the United Lutheran church in
America, and of the North Caro
lina Synod.
“We are completing plans for the
formal organization at a special
service on the first Sunday in
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CALENDAR OF J
EVENTS
Thursday, July 5—Lions club
meets at Bryant House, 7 p. m.,
Rotary club at 7 p. m., Coffee
shop. Masonic meeting in new
Temple, 7:30 p. m.
Friday, July 6—WPNF Birth
day program at 12:15 p. m. Ki
wanis meets at Bryant House, 7
o’clock.
Saturday, July 7—Eeusta vs.
Tryon at Camp Straus, 3 p. m.
Sunday, July 8—Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, July 9—Shrine club
meets at Galloway’s cafe, 7:30
o clock. Street dance, 8-11 p. m.
Tuesday, July 10—Eeusta vs.
Enka, 4 p. m. on plant field.
Wednesday, July 11 — WOW
meets in hall at 8 p. m.
Transylvania Tourist Group Is
Busy Making Plans For Season,
New Officers Are Named At Meet
Tourist Director
J. C. GAITHER, popular Bre
vard restauranteur, is a director
of the WNC tourist association
and an active member in the
Transylvania tourist group. Mr.
Gaither says the tourist trade
is increasing in this area and
he makes a plea for local resi
dents to list guest rooms for the
summer months with the local
association or the chamber of
commerce office.
PAYING $19,000
TO STOCKHOLDERS
| OF SAYINGS, LOAN
Resources Of Association
Now Set At $1,890,000,
Jerome Reports
| Semi - annual dividend checks
totaling approximately $19,000 have
oeen mailed out to stockholders
of the Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan association, it was learn
ed today from Jerry Jerome, the
secretary and treasurer.
Interest is figured at the rate
of 2Vz percent annually, Mr. Je
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Plea Is Made For Local Per
sons To List Their Guest
Rooms For Summer
The Transylvania Tourist asso
ciation met Monday afternoon at
Hilltop guest house and made plans
for promotion and encouragement
of the tourist trade in the town
and county.
Mrs. James Parker was named
president of the group and other
officers are as follows: Mrs. Frank
Duckworth, vice president; Mrs.
I Ralph Fisher secretary and treas
urer; and Mrs. R. E. Lawrence,
regional director.
Members attending the meeting
said that tourist business in Bre
vard and Transylvania is definitely
increasing, and they made a plea
for all persons having guest rooms
to list them with the association.
This can be done by calling the
president or the secretary or the
chamber of commerce office.
J. C. Gaither, who is a director
in the WNC Tourist association,
said that a campaign would be
launched locally to acquaint sum
mer visitors with the attractions
of the community. He also stated
that a pamphlet of information on
routes to the various falls, the
camps, etc., was being prepared
under the direction of Mayor John
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HOSPITAL GETS
ADMINISTRATOR
Joe D. Hamrick Assumes
| Post At Local Institu
} tion. Good Background
I Joe D. Hamrick, formerly of
! Shelby and Winston Salem, has
been named administrator of the
Transylania Community hospital
and has assumed his duties here.
For four years Mr. Hamrick
served as business manager of the
Baptist hospital in Winston Salem,
and for three years prior to 1950,
he was administrator of the Shelby
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Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary
MR. AND MRS. A. W. WHEELER, of Brevard, observed their
50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Many local and out-of-town
relatives and friends attended the reception at their home on lower
Park avenue, which was held from 5 to 7 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler were married at McKinney. Texas, on July 3. 1901.
1930. he has operated the A. W. Wheeler & Son hosiery manufac
turing plant here in Brevard. (Times Staff Photo.)
First Production Of Olin Cellophane At Ecusta Plant
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The first trial runs of Olin cellophane production are now underway at the new and modern
plant of the Ecusta Paper corporation. HERSHEL GALLOWAY is pictured above watching the first
cellophane being run on the casting machine. Construction is proceeding according to schedule at
the new $20,000,000 plant, and the eight machines and related equipment are started up as installa
tion work is completed on each. When the plant is completed sometime this fall, cellophane will
roll off the production line at the rate of ,33 million pounds a year.
CAST IS CHOSEN
FOR JAYCEE SHOW,
IS LOCAL TALENT
Several Activities Planned
With Production On
Julv 12th And 13th
Plans for the Jaycee’s “Trippin’
Around” show, which will be pre
sented Thursday and Friday, July
12 and 13, are well underway this
week according to reports that
are being turned in.
The show, which will feature a
large, all local cast and beautiful
and unusual costumes, will be pre
sented in the Brevard high school
auditorium both nights beginning
at 8:13 p. m.
Miss Emma Good, director of
the production, announced today
that she is finding a great deal of
talent in Brevard and that the re
hearsals are shaping up nicely.
Two leads who carry the con
tinuity 'of the show between scenes
are John Doe, played by the Rev.
Julian Holmes and Mary Doe,
played by Mrs. Bruce Livengood.
The theme of “Trippin’ Around,”
which has eight scenes, is built
around a vacation trip by “John
and Mary Doe.” The couple has
not had a vacation trip in 10 years
and as they visualize the places
which they will visit the scene
comes to life on the stage.
In addition to a dream fantasy
which will feature a cast of about
forty children, the places they
visit in their imagination include
New York City where they meet
Arthur Godfrey, Hollywood, Chi
cago, Texas, the Southland, and
other colorful points in the United
States.
The show is reported rich in
variety, with two of the scenes
resembling the follies, and two
other scenes will include audience
participation.
In conjunction with the show a
Baby Contest is being held, culmi
nating in a ceremony before the
show on Friday night and the
presentation of six beautiful loving
j cups and six runners-up awards
! on stage. The cups and pictures of
| the contestants will be on display
in the window of the Hobby and
Sport shop. Attractively decorated
vote jars are being placed in var
ious places of business throughout
the community. All parents who
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Baptist Executive
Group Meets Sun.
The postponed meeting of the
executive committee of the Tran
sylvania Baptist association will be
held this Sunday at Glady Branch
Baptist church.
LeRoy Rackley, chairman of this
committee, urges all his members
to be on hand for the meeting atj
2:30 p. m. It is important since
plans will be made for the annual
associational meeting in August.
Town And County Budgets Are
Filed For Public Inspection,
Tax Rates Remain The Same
Brevard Expenditures In
1951-’52 Are Set At
$102,732.04
A tentative budget, calling for
the expenditure of $102,732.04 dur
ing the fiscal year, 1951-’52, was
adopted by the town board of
aldermen at a meeting Monday
night at the city hall.
Open for inspection for 20 days,
the budget will be formally ap
proved after that time. The detail
ed budget will be published next
week.
The tax rate of $1.45 will re
main unchanged. The new tenta
tive budget shows a decrease of
$9,224.04 from last year when it
was $111,956.08.
Estimated revenue other than
the tax levy is $76,800.00, necessi
tating that $25,930.00 be raised by
the levy. Approximately $10,000
will be realized from parking
meters, City Clerk N. A. Miller
reports, and water rents should
bring in an estimated $36,000.00,
he says.
Street and maintenance im
provements are estimated to cost
$31,170.61, as compared to $35,500,
last year.
Other expenses are as follows:
Water—$7,440.00
Sewer—$2,020.00
Police—$18,017.12
Fire—$7,541.92
Salaries of town officials — $7,
950.00
Lights—$6,495.00
Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Thomason
returned last week end from a
visit with their son, and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Thom
ason, in Charlotte; and their son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Newton, in Chester, S. C.
Estimated Expenditures Fox
County Total $419320,
Justus Reports
George 'Justus, the county ac
countant, submitted the tentative
budget for the fiscal year, begin
ning July 1, 1951, to the Transyl
vania county board of commis
sioners at their regular meeting
Monday at the court house.
Projected expenditures for the
year amount to $419,320 as com
pared with $349,918 last year. Mr.
Justus said the increase was due
to the increase in valuation.
The tax rate for the current year
remains unchanged at $1.55. Total
valuation of the county is esti
mated at $15,900,000. Income from
other than the tax levy is placed
at $206,094, leaving $213,226 to be
raised by a tax levy.
Schools will require nearly one
half of the money the county ex
pects to receive during the year,
or $203,985. The county general
fund amounts to $58,185, as com
pared with $49,675.
Other items which make up the
total budget requirement will be
found in a statement prepared by
Mr. Justus and carried in this
week’s issue of The Times.
The budget will remain open un
til July 23.
Hold Upper County
Singing On Sunday
The upper Transylvania Sing
ing convention will be held at the
North Toxaway Baptist church
this Sunday, July 8th, at 2:30
o'clock. All singers and lovers of
gospel music are invited to at
tend by the secretary Mrs. Roy
Flynn.
WPNF Program Highlights
All-Star Game To Be Heard On WPNF,
Special Programs Are Slated On Log
The 1951 All-Star Baseball
classic, played by the fans’ own
choices, will be broadcast exclu
sively over WPNF, on Tuesday,
July 10, starting at 1:15 o’clock.
This major sports event, to be
staged in mammoth Briggs Stad
ium, Detroit, is likened by fans
to the World Series for thrills and
suspense. There is one added fillip,
though, that heightens the keen
interest The fans themselves select
the participating players.
Each year newspapers and radio
stations throughout the country
conduct polls for the representa
tive American and National Lea
gue teams that compete. Transyl
vania fans sent in many ballots
through WPNF and The Times.
OTHER PROGRAMS
Under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Council of Churches,
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PRESIDENT HANES
IS SPEAKER AT THE
ANNUAL PICNIC
Plaque To Ecusta’s Found
er Unveiled. Some 5,000
Attend Event
FOURTH OBSERVED
Camp Harry H. Straus was offi
cially dedicated at Fourth of July
ceremonies when President John
W. Hanes told the 5,000 persons
attending, “We are assembled to
honor and pay homage to a great,
generous and noble soul, Harry H.
Straus.”
Mr. Hanes said that it had al
ways been the policy of Ecusta’s
founder and first president to tell
his employees and families at this
annual event something about the
company. “However, today we shall
depart from that and I will tell
you about Mr. Straus,” Mr. Hanes
continued.
He gave a brief resume of the
life and career of the late Mr.
Straus, telling of his affiliation
early in life with the Boucher
Cork company in which he began
as a salesman and in five years
owned. “This was typical of the
rest of his life, a series of such
successful steps in business.
“In 1915 he became interested
first in cigarette paper and found
ed the Endless Belt company. Soon
began importing cigarette pa
per if’-om France and by 1930 own
ed a substantial interest in these
mills.
“It was at this time that Mr.
Straus began Champagne company
for the development of the fami
liar roll-your-own cigarette paper.
“All this time he was planning
for the eventual manufacture of
cigarette paper in this country,
—Turn To Page Seven
FUNDS ALLOTTED
PICEON RIVER RD.
Gov. Scott Makes Approp
riation Of One Half Mil
lion For New Highway
The Pigeon River highway
is today more of a reality than
ever before in the past 25 years. '
Yesterday Governor Scott al
I located another half million dol
! lars to the project.
Former governor, Gregg Cher
I ry, set up $450,000 for the work
| three years ago, and this amount
plus the half million allocated
by Scott will be used to build
a segment of highway from the
Tennessee border to Fines
creek. There the highway will
connect with the forest road,,
linking a paved road to Crab
tree.
The new allotment of the gov
ernor was a part of the $7,100,
000 surplus highway fund di
vided among 18 projects of the
state’s primary highway sys
tem.
Twelve of the 18 projects ap
proved today lie in western
North Carolina where higher
construction costs and adverse
weather conditions make high
way building more expensive
than in other sections. Several
of the projects in that area will
connect major highway en
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County Purchases
Refunding Bonds,
$38,350 Is Saved
A saving of $38,350.00 was
made by Transylvania county
when George Justus, county ac
countant, purchased $42,008 is
general refunding bonds last.
Friday.
The purchase of these 4Z
bonds, $1,000 each, was nude
in Charlotte and the saving h
incurred in interest
“The county has $49,000 in the
debt service fund, and by pur
chasing $42,000 in general re
fund bonds the large saving wag
made,” Mr. Justus declared. 1