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The Transylvania Times
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ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 61: No. 30
SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BUSY TIMES IN SUPERIOR COURT
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Survey Is Completed Of Streets In Brevard
OYER 20 MILES
IN TOWN SYSTEM,
SEEK STATE AID
Aldermen Expect To Re
ceive In Excess Of $5,000
Under Powell Bill
MAP IS MADE
A survey of the streets in Bre
vard has been completed by T. D.
Grimshawe, registered engineer,
andj reveals that the town con
tains 20.76 miles of streets, with
11.41 miles being hard surfaced,
and 8.19 miles with stone or grav
el. A total of 1.16 miles is unim
proved.
The survey was made in ac
cordance with the Powell bill,
Senate bill 120, which became law
on March 15, 1951, under which
the State Highway and Public
Works commission allocates di
rectly to each eligible municipal
ity funds for the maintenance and
improvement of city streets and
assumes the principal financial
burden for the upkeep of those
streets which form a part of the
highway system.
The allocation of monies from
the highway fund to the various
eligible municipalities is made on
the basis of population and street
mileage.
Brevard is expected to receive
in excess of $5,000.
The state has 9.75 miles out of
the total of 20.76 miles in Bre
vard on the state system for main
tenance, leaving 11.01 miles of
non-system on which the town
will receive assistance under the
Powell bill.
Assisting Mr. Grimshawe in the
preparation of the plat for the
state were members of the street
committee, J. I. Ayers, chairman,
W. W. Duckworth and C. R.
Sharp, and C. F. Misenheimer, the
street superintendent. It has been
certified by Mayor John A. Ford,
the engineer, and has been sent
to the highway and public works
commission.
CALLING 90-YEAR
OLDSTERS HERE
Club Will Be Formed If Suf
ficient Interest Is Shown.
Event Planned
An appeal is being made to all
persons in Brevard and Transyl
vania county who are 90 years of
age or older.
Mrs. Evelyn B. Rittenhouse, a
summer visitor from St. Peters
burg, Fla., is in charge of this or
ganizational work, and she urges
all persons in the category to
write a card to the Brevard cham
ber of commerce.
If sufficient interest is shown,
»n afternoon fun-fest will be held
at Galloway’s cafe, where free
drinks and ice cream will be
served.
Prizes will be awarded to the
oldest couple, the couple married
the longest time, the oldest single
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Thursday, July 26 — Superior
court continues. Choir supper for
Presbyterian church, Camp Straus,
6:30 p. m. Rotary meets at 7 p. m.
at Coffee shop. Masonic meeting
in Temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, July 27—Cooking school
at Co-Ed theatre, 10 a. m. to 1
p. m. Executive Scout committee
meeting, Duke Power office, 7:30
Square dance in Legion hall,
9 p. m.
Saturday, July 28—Little league
games begin at 10 a. m. Special
children’s concert, 2:30, Transyl
vania Music camp.
Sunday, July 29 — Attend the
church of your choice. Fifth Sun
day singing convention in court
house, 1:30.
Monday, July 30—Street dance
in front of court house, 8 to 11
p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 1 — WOW
meets in hall at 8 p. m.
Brevard Country Club Being
Offered For Sale By Town
Board, Improvements Cited
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Bank Cashier
MELVIN L. GILLESPIE has
been named as the new cashier
cf the Transylvania Trust com
pany and R. J. Duckworth is
now executive vice president.
Mr. Gillespie has been connect- j
ed with the local bank for over
four years. He is a former reg
ister of deeds here and repre
sented the county in the legis
lature in 1947.
GILLESPIE NEW
BANK CASHIER,
MEET IS HELD
Semi-Annual Dividend Paid.
Duckworth Is Executive
Vice President
Melvin Gillespie, who has been
connected with the Transylvania
Trust company for over four years,
was named cashier of the bank at
the recent semi-annual meeting
of the stockholders and directors.
R. J. Duckworth, former vice
president and cashier, was named
executive vice president. Jona
than Woody is president of the
lo<jpl bank.
The board of directors is com
posed of the following: S. E. Var
ner, Sr., chairman, L. N. Davis,
R. J. Duckworth, W. M. Melton,
Joseph S. Silversteen and Jona
than Woody.
Following the meeting, the bank
paid the regular semi-annual divi
dend to stockholders and bonuses
to directors, officers and employ
ees. As of June 30, 1951, assets
of the Transylvania Trust com
pany total $2,956,860.61.
The new cashier was formerly
register of deeds here and repre
sented Transylvania in the legis
lature in 1947.
TO HOLD REUNION
The annual Parker reunion has
been slated for this Sunday, July
29, at the home of William Par
ker, near Brevard. All relatives
and friends are invited.
I
Manager Fraser Contract
Has Expired. Interest In
Golf Increases
The Brevard country club, rec
ognized as one of the most scenic
in the Western Carolinas, is be
ing offered for sale by the city
council.
It is understood that several
prospective buyers are interested
in the property, which includes a
nine-hole golf course, two extra
holes, an 18-hole putting green,
two tennis courts, a clubhouse
and space for another nine holes.
Since 1942 the golf course and
clubhouse has been operated by
E. E. Fraser, who has effected a
number of improvements, includ
ing bent grass greens. Mr. Fraser’s
contract expired last December,
City Clerk N. A. Miller reports,
and has not been renewed.
Feeling that it would be more
beneficial to the town to sell the
property rather than to lease it,
the board of aldermen is seek
ing a purchaser.
“While negotiations are under
way, the course will be kept in
good condition,” C. R. Sharp, who
heads the park and recreation
committee of the town board,
states.
Interest in golfing has increased
considerably here and last week
end some 30 golfers participated
in uie “blind bogey” tournament
at the cbuntry club.
TO HOLD COOKING
SCHOOLTOMORROW
Many Prizes Offered, In
cluding Award Of $69.95
AM-FM Radio
The Houston Furniture com
pany, local Philco dealers, is spon
soring a cooking school in the Co
Ed theatre here tomorrow (Fri
day) from 10:00 a. m. until 1:00
p. m., to which all women of the
county are invited by the mana
ger, Herman Turner. Miss Eliza
Clark, from the Philco factory,
and Mrs. Margaret Tiner, repre
senting the A. K. Sutton Co., Phil
co distributor in Charlotte, will
conduct the school.
Free prizes will be awarded to
all who attend and there will be
two special awards. They are a
$69.95 AM-FM Philco radio and a
$17.95 Presto 6-quart meat master
pressure cooker.
The two culinary experts, ac
cording to Mr. Turner, will dem
onstrate the newest methods of
preparing food and will explai i a
number of recipes that house
wives will find interesting and
helpful.
“We feel,” Mr. Turner said,
“that all women who attend the
school will find it beneficial and
we hope a large number will take
advantage of this opportunity to
secure useful hints and helpful
suggestions from these kitchen ex
perts.”
WPNF Program Highlight*
Miss Kilpatrick To Be Heard Saturday,
Transylvania Symphony This Sunday
Miss Virginia Kilpatrick, talent
ed daughter of Mrs. Mary Kilpat
rick, of Brevard, will be heard in
piano and song on Saturday morn
ing at 11:15, when Mrs. Karl
Bosse presents the talent hour.
A graduate of WCTG, Miss Kil
patrick is a teacher in the For
syth county schools, and this is
her first appearance over WPNF.
Other Special Programs
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30, a
special program, featuring the
Transylvania Symphony orches
tra, will be heard. This is one in
a series of programs going out
from the music camp over various
North Carolina radio stations.
Officials of the Brevard Music
Festival will present the civic
hour on Friday. The Brevard Jay
cees are in charge of the program
for Monday, while the Brevard
Lions will be heard on Wednes
day.
—Turn To Page 8b
WAF Corporal Paints Scene Of Toxaway Mountains
WAF CORPORAL MARIE GREER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Greer, of Lake Toxaway, re
calls a mountain scene which she paints in off-duty hours at Westover air force base in Massachu
setts. Here she is pictured in front of the large canvas, made of plyboard. Her pallete in front is a
GI food tray. After the picture was completed it was hung in the mess hall, as a “decoration,” Marie
says, since she does not consider it a “real” painting.
GREER PAINTS
TOXAWAY SCENE
AT MASS. BASE
WAF Private First Class Is
Praised For Her Work
At Westover
Using a GI food tray as a pal
ette and a four-by-eight slab of
plywood for a canvas, five-foot
WAF Private First Class Marie
Greer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Greer, of Lake Toxaway, re
cently painted from memory a
landscape scene from her family’s
back porch here in Transylvania
and it now hangs in the WAF mess
hall at Westover Air Force base
at Westover, Mass.
Nineteen-year-old Marie, who
has been painting “since I was
knee-high to a grasshopper,” fin
ished the landscape in three weeks
of spare time brush work. It’s not
named, or even signed, for Pfc.
Greer considers it to be “just a
decoration—not a real painting.”
Hardly more than shoulder-high
to a grasshopper today, Marie
Greer is, nevertheless, an accom
plished artist. Although technical
ly an amateur who has never tak
en a professional lesson, she has
already displayed a serious talent
for her first love, which she
“picked up” from her mother, her
self an art teacher.
At 16 Marie Greer was the
youngest exhibitor in the St. Pe
tersburg (Fla.) Art club.
When she came to Westover
AFB in January of this year, she
was assigned to the 1600th Medi
cal group as an orderly in the
women’s ward at the base hospi
tal. There her friends became
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Eagle Removed On
Pisgah Monument,
Post Offers Reward
The Monroe Wilson Post No.
88 of the American Legion is
offering a $25.00 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest
and conviction of person or
persons who dismounted the
eagle on the monument at the
entrance of Pisgah National for
est, on Sunday night.
Ranger Bill Duncan said the
eagle was set in cement and the
large bolt, used to pry it loose,
was found Monday morning on
the monument. The eagle itself
was discovered later in the day
in the weeds nearby.
The inonument was erected
first shortly after World War I
by the local legion post and a
plaque under the eagle carried
the list of Transylvanians serv
ing in the first worldwide con
flict
Grand Jury Praises Condition
Of County Departments, Jail,
Few Recommendations Are Made
NEW FACES CHOSEN
FOR “YOUR UNCLE
DUDLEY" COMEDY
Four Newcomers To Appear
In August Production Of
Little Theatre
Four members of the cast of
“Your Uncle Dudley,” slated for
presentation here on August 15th
during the Brevard Music Festi
val, are making their first appear
ance with the Brevard Little The
atre, Mrs. Lucile Sledge, director,
reports.
The entire cast of eight per
sons is working extremely hard
to make this summer play one of
the best ever given by the little
theatre group, Mrs. Sledge states.
The play will be given in the
American Legion building, with
curtain time 8:30 p. m.
Two of the most outstanding
newcomers in the cast are Mrs.
James W. Prim and Carolyn Kiser,
who play the lead roles. Mrs. Prim
is a stern, but understanding,
mother in this hilarious comedy,
and Carolyn plays the part of her
sweet, talented daughter.
Sonny Happ plays his first Bre
vard Little Theatre role, that of
a teen-age pest, and Bonner
York will be seen as a congenial,
serious-minded boy.
Others, whose faces are famil
iar to local theatre-goers, are
Elaine Hill, as the Swedish maid;
—Turn to Page Seven
New School Bus Requested
For Upper Transylvania.
Perkins Was Foreman
The grand jury of the July-Au
gust term of Superior court in
I Transylvania inspected the coun
| ty court house, the jail, the prison
camp and the various offices of
the county and made certain rec
ommendations, Marvin McCall,
clerk of court, reports.
For the first time in many
terms of court, the condition of
the jail was praised by the jurors,
who said that the walls had been
freshly painted; the kitchen in a
clean and sanitary condition; and
suggested that screens be placed
in c.11 living quarters.
It was recommended that the
stairway between the downstairs
living quarters and the cells be
bricked in and a steel door be in
stalled to replace the present
wooden one.
The general condition of the
court house was found to be very
good, with the exception of a few
minor repairs to the floors and
rest rooms.
The condition of the prison
camp was also said to be good,
and it was recommended that a
steam sterilizer or similar equip
ment be installed there to sterilize
dishes and pans.
Supt. J. B. Jones reported to
the grand jury that school buses
were in good shape. Some paint
ing is being done and they re
ceive monthly inspection from the
stale highway patrolmen, who re
port to the superintendent.
'The grand jury recommended
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Town And County Adopt Budgets As
Originally Proposed, Tax Rate Same
Budgets for the town of Bre
vard and Transylvania county
were adopted as originally sub
mitted by the board of aldermen
and the county commissioners at
special meetings here this week.
The fiscal year began July 1.
The town budget for 1951-’52
calls for an expenditure of $102,
732.04. The tax rate of $1.45 re
mains unchanged. Estimated rev
enue other than tax levy is $76,
800.00, necessitating that $25,
930.00 be raised by levy.
Projected expenditures by the
county for the fiscal year amount
to $419,320.00, as compared with
$349,918.00 last year. The rate for
the current year remains un
changed at $1.55. Income for the
county other than the tax levy, is
estimated at $206,094.00, leaving
$213,226 to be raised by levy.
The commissioners also adopt
ed a resolution to place employ
ees of the health department on
the state retirement system. «
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Osborne and
children, of Charlotte, spent last
week end with relatives here in
Brevard.
MANY CASES ON
CRIMINAL SLATE,
VERDICTS PASSED
Large Number Of Jurors
Are Called. Bobbitt Is
Presiding
CIVIL DOCKET MONDAY
A busy term of superior court
is in session here at the Transyl
vania court house.
Opening on Monday morning*
approximately half of the 128
criminal cases had been heard by
noon Wednesday, and according to
clerk of court, Marvin McCall, the
criminal slate may not be com
pleted until Friday of this week.
Trial of the civil docket will
begin on Monday. Several mo
tions and divorces will also be
heard the first of next week.
Judge William Bobbitt, of Char
lotte, is presiding over the two
weeks’ term of court and Clarence
O. Ridings is representing the
state.
During the past two days, the
members of the sheriff s depart
ment have had busy times re
cruiting jurors. Some 60 persons
have been called to serve on the
various juries, and the proceed
ings of court have been somewhat
retarded by jury trials.
The following cases were dis
posed of during the first two days
of court:
Robert Gaddy, two cases of
drunken driving, $200.00 and costs.
Jess Bert Chapman, drunken
driving, $150.00 and costs.
Thomas Frank Owens, trans
porting liquor, $25.00 and costs.
J. C. Sprouce, public drunken
ness, $ase continued on payment
of
JiHa Griffin, illegal posses
sion JHKo^erating gambling de
vices, 5MJJ.0O and costs.
Thomas Mackey, unlawful pos
session of intoxicating liquor,
I $25.00 and costs.
| The following persons were
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RAINES AWARDED
THE BRONZE STAR
Is Serving In Midst Of Ko^
rean Fighting. Citation
Revealed
Cpl. Warren C. Raines, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Louie H. Raines, has
been awarded the bronze star
medal for “heroic achievement in
connection with military opera
j tions against the enemy in Ko
rea,” the War department an
nounces.
According to the citation, Cpl.
Raines distinguished himself by
heroic achievement near Tapkol,
Korea, on May 24, 1951. On this
date, the unit in which he was
serving as a rifleman was attack
ing an enemy force defending a
strategic hill. Cpl. Raines observed
a wounded comrade in an exposed
position and, with complete disre
gard for his personal safety, ad
vanced through intense enemy
small arms and automatic weap
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Hold Mreet Dances
In Front Of Court
House Each Monday
The street dances, sponsored
here each Monday night by the
Brevard Jaycees, will be 'held in
front of the court house between
Broad and Gaston streets instead
of in front of the high school,
the board of aldermen decided
Monday night
Dancing begins each Monday at
8:00 o’clock, and music is fur
nished by Sam Talley and his
band.
The town board also decided’
Monday night to meet with the
county commissioners and dis
cuss the salary of the tax collec
tor. A committee of W. M. Mel
ton, J. H. Tinsley and J. I. Ayers
will also meet with attorneys,
Ralph Ramsey and Ralph Fisher,
to investigate a claim of C. GL
Rogers, concerning the wreck with
the vehicle of Dan Merrill, fire;
■ chief.