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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land |oi\Waterf alls, 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. 31 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,1951 * 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY FESTIVAL OPENS NEXT TUESDAY Industries Contribute To Loyalty Campaign OVER $6,000 IS RAISED TO DATE FOR THE COLLEGE Pledges Amount To Some $12,000. Work Will Be Intensified THANKS EXPRESSED During the past few days, two fine contributions have been re ceived in the Brevard College Loy alty campaign, according to Jer ry Jerome, the treasurer. These donations were made by the county's two largest indus tries, the Ecusta Paper corpora tion and the Silversteen Indus tries. “With these contributions, more than six thousand dollars has been raised in cash in the drive, and pledges over the three year period total more than twelve thousand.” Mr. Jerome declares. The drive is being continued throughout 1951, and work will be intensified when the fall term be gins, according to John Anderson, chairman of the Brevard chamber of commerce committee, which is conducting the campaign. “Contributions will be greatly appreciated and should be mailed to Mr. Jerome, the treasurer,” the chairman stated yesterday. In letters of appreciation to the industries, President Ehlhardt of the college said in part: “An academic institution cannot survive without the support of its community, and particularly the support of the industries which are its neighbors. We, therefore, are grateful for your recognition of the service which we render to this community and to the chil dren of your employees, and we hope that, under the new admin istrations of both organizations, we will be drawn even closer to gether to build, not only a greater community, but further develop the intellectual and commercial resources of this area.” RESERVISTS TO TAKE TRAINING Will Leave Early Sunday Morning For Ft. Ben ning, Georgia Reservists in Transylvania will leave Sunday morning for 15 days of active duty training at Fort Benning, Ga. The group will include 47 men and the two batteries, A and B, will leave from the American Le gion memorial building at 6:30 o’clock in the morning on Sunday. Capt. James Morrow will be in charge of battery A, while Lt. William Bland heads the B bat tery. The two units of the 316th Field Artillery battalion will trav el in chartered buses. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thurday, Aug. 2—Rotary club meets at Coffee shop, 7 p. m. Lions meeting at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Masonic meeting in Temple at 7:30 p. m. Model airplane club meets at 8 p. m. Friday, Aug. 3 — Garden club meets at 3:30 with Mrs. T. E. Reid. Kiwanis club meeting at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Square dance in American Legion building at 9 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 4 — Jaycettes meet with Mrs. S. R. Harrington at 4 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 5 — Attend the church of your choiee. Monday, Aug. 6—Jaycettes art exhibition opens in Pickelsimer building at 1:30 p. m. Street dance in front of court house, 8 to 11 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. 7—Boy Scouts to conduct paper drive. Bloodmobile returns to Brevard. OES meets at Masonic Temple, 8 p. m. Opening concert of Sixth Annual Brevard Music Festival, 8:15 p. m. Wednesday, Aug. 8—Brevard B —Turn To Page Seven Inspecting Photrometer At Hospital One of the newest pieces of equipment at the Transylvania Community hospital is the Lietz Rouy Photrometer. which the group above is inspecting. This instrument, donated by the Brevard Elk’s lodge, L a highly precision photo-electric device which is used in de termining the percentage of various chemicals in the blood and other body fluids, such as nitrogen sugar, calcium, etc. It is calibrated for over 40 chemical determinations and is a modern instrument which may be adapted to further tests as they are developed. A. E. NOR VILLE, resident technician for X-ray and laboratory at the hospital, is at the right explaining how the photrometer works to EDDIE VARNER, the exalted ruler of the Elks, extreme left. JACK ALEX ANDER, chairman of the Elk’s social and community welfare com mittee, and JOE HAMRICK, the new administrator of the local hospital. a v %. Two Brevard Girls Receive Ecusta Scholarships, To Enter Hospital In New Orleans, La., For Training Sallie Marie Gravely And Helen Kathleen McCrary Receive Awards Two Brevard girls, one from a family of 12 children, have been selected for Ecusta Paper corpo ration scholarships for training as nurses, the Ecusta Nursing Schol crship committee announces to day. They bring to a total of four the number of Transylvania coun ty girls who have been chosen un der the newly-instituted program. The newly-selected girls are Sallie Marie Gravely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gravely, and Helen Kathleen McCrary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Kay McCrary, of Barclay road, route 1. Both have been accepted for training at Charity hospital, New Orleans, which is connected with Louisiana State university. They will begin the three-year course of training this September as pre chnical students. After six months, they will become uniformed nurses and, upon successful com pletion of the entire three-year course, they will become graduate nurses. Both girls have declared their intention of continuing studies —Turn To Page Six LITTLE THEATRE ISSUES CALL FOR RARE PROPERTIES Knicker Pants And Other Items Needed For Play On August 15 “Your Uncle Dudley,” a com edy scheduled for production by the Brevard Little Theatre here on August 15, calls for a number of unusual properties and a call goes out this week for assistance in rounding them up. Mrs. Doyle Wells, property chair man for this play, says that knick er pants, an opera cane, an opera hat, and a tuxedo, size 40 or 42, are among the items of clothing that are needed. Two of the larg est items on the properties list are two pianos, and anyone will ing to loan one will be contribut ing a great deal to the play, she states. Mrs. E. L. Happ is property chairman for the coming season, and she will be happy to accept ' any properties that persons wish —Turn to Page Seven WPNF Program Highlights Mutual Program From Music Camp To Be On WPNF Sunday Afternoon, 2:30 The 30-minute concert from Transylvania Music Camp which the Mutual Broadcasting System is carrying on ,its Network A on Saturday, will be heard over WPNF Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Featured on this program will be the premiere radio perform ance of “Thomas Wolfe, Ameri can,” played by the Transylvania Symphony orchestra. Andrew White will narrate the composi tion, and James Christian Pfohl will conduct the symphony. The story of the unique music camp is woven into the script of the program, and the other selec tion on the 30-minute concert will be Cello Concerto by Boccherini. Other Programs The Brevard Music Festival will present the civic hour on Fri day. Officials of the Brevard Mu sic Lovers club will be heard on ’—Ton To Page fix BLOODMOBILE TO RETURN TUESDAY, GOAL IS 125 PINTS Chairman Stresses Urgent Need At Home. No Ap pointment Needed The American Red Cross Blood mooile will return to Brevard next Tuesday afternoon, August 7, from 12:30 to 6:00 o’clock at the American Legion Memorial building. The quota is 125 pints. in urging citizens generally to give a pint of blood, C. B. Carter, the overall chairman, says today that the center in Western North Carolina is having difficulty sup plying local needs and that recent ly a supply had to be obtained from Tennessee. Recruiting co-chairmen, Rev. John D. Smith and Mrs. E. B. Gar rett, Jr., are this week getting pledge cards signed, but no ap pointment is needed next Thurs day afternoon. They state that persons 21 through 59 years of age, male or female, may give. It is urged that at least eight weeks separate each donation of blood. The Asheville center serving Transylvania has a monthly quota of 850 pints for local hospitals, 1,350 pints for defense plants, plus weekly requests for whole blood to be flown directly to Korea. Red Cross officials emphasize the fact that there is no charge made at hospitals for the blood that patients receive. However, there is a slight charge made by the hospitals for transfusion, ne cessitating cross-matching, typing, and administering the blood. Red Cross receives no part of this charge. BOY SCOUTSTO COLLECT PAPER Work Will Be Done Next Tuesday. Proceeds For Camp Expenses Explorer Post No. 1, Boy Scouts, will gather waste paper in all sec tions of Brevard and North Bre vard on Tuesday, August 7. The money raised in this man ner will be used to defray the ex penses of a group of some 20 boys to the naval air station at Jack sonville, Fla. Anyone overlooked in the col lection who has paper to donate should call 408-J, which is the American Legion building. Enlistment Time Extended, Clerk Of Board Reports Men registered by the Transyl vania draft board are notified to day that they can enlist in any of the branches of service up to the time that they are ordered to re port for induction, Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, the clerk of the board, announces today. The original bulletin, issued by Lewis B. Hershey, director of se lective service, gave draftees un til July 1, 1951, to enlist prior to induction, and this time limit was extended until August 1, 1951. —Turn to Page Seven Foot Health Clinic Started At Ecusta Dr. McRoy Gasque, medical di rector of the Ecusta Paper corpo ration, announced today the es tablishment of the Ecusta Indus trial Foot Health clinic. This clinic will be devoted to ] improving the standards of foot health among the employees of the Ecusta Paper corporation, and is the first clinic of its type to be established and supported by in dustry in the state of North Caro lina. Dr. George F. Holt, chiropodist, of Asheville, has been appointed staff chiropodist to operate the clinic under the supervision of the corporation’s medical director. Dr. Holt is a graduate of Tem ple university in Philadelphia, Peon., and is conducting his pri vate practice in Asheville. Floods Alter Life In Missouri Headed for dnr-storage, flood threatened household belongings, (top) of Margaret Kuseler are checked at St. Charles, Mo., by the Red Cross. Officials of the Transylvania chapter are making an ef fort to raise $500 to aid relief work in the four states hit by floods. Donations may be left at the office of C. M. Douglas, Jerry Jerome or at The Times. In the bottom photo, Barbara Voss, 3, goes fishing in a flooded street. The high waters in some areas are expected to exceed peaks of 1844. (International) Hearing Civil Cases In The July-August Term Of Court Opens Festival The charming ballad singer, native of South Carolina, SU SAN REED, with Irish harp and zither, opens the sixth annual Brevard Music Festival at Tran sylvania Music camp Tuesday evening. She is expected to sing ballads native to the Appalach ian area, as well as Negro spiri tuals, Irish, Scottish and Eng lish folk songs. Results Are Listed In Ac tions Disposed Of By Wednesday Noon Several civil cases are causing “busy” times in the July-August term of superior court this week. Judge William Bobbitt, of Char lotte, is presiding, and Wednes day afternoon the Drake-Huskamp case was being heard. A continuance was ordered in the action of Iola Albright vs. E. B. Jaffee and others and a survey is to be made. The suits by several persons against the town of Brevard in volving the city dump were non suited and the actions dismissed. The suit of E. H. McMahan vs. B. B. Parmenter was also dis missed. A compromise was reached in the suit of Jacksie Wolfe vs. the North Carolina Holstein Breeders association. Divorces were granted in the cases of Chandler vs. Chandler, Holden vs. Holden and Taylor vs. Taylor. A non-suit was declared in the action of Curtis vs. Curtis and also —Torn To Page Six Unique Workshop In Piano Instruction Is Slated At Gay Valley August 17-24 What is said to be unique in Brevard’s undertakings in the field of music is the Florence Fen der Binkley Workshop, for teach ers of piano and students prepar ing to teach, which will be held at Gay Valley camp, near Brevard, from August 17-24. Mrs. Binkley, noted teacher, pianist and composer, of Oklaho ma City, Okla., will conduct the workshop through class work, demonstrations and lectures. The workshop will feature a three phase instructional program, in cluding classes for experienced piano teachers and serious stu dents preparing to teach, a junior interpretation course and a course in social music, designed to meet the requirements of the National Piano Teacher Guild social music test. Enrollments are expected from various sections of the country and also from a number of Bre vard’s piano teachers and stu dents. Piano pupils of Mrs. Karl Bosse and Mrs. J. M. Winget will be used as “guinea pigs” in the demonstrations of class piano. —Tn» To Page Six SUSAN REED IS FIRST ARTIST OF 1951 EVENT Chamber Of Commerce Asks Public To List Guest Rooms For Festival-Time TICKET SALE AHEAD Susan Reed, the American bal lad singer who has completely captured the public fancy with her delightful concert programs, opens the sixth annual Brevard Music Festival Tuesday evening, August 7, at 8:15 p. m. The concert, and the other six to follow, will be held in the rus tic theatre of Transylvania Music camp, where a booth for handling season memberships and single admission tickets will be open dur ing all performances. Miss Reed’s folk music program, and another similar concert by the well known balladist, John Jacob Niles on August 14th, mark a new feature of the Festival, which has heretofore catered en tirely to classical music. Walter K. Straus, president of the Festival association and mem bership chairman, announces that sale of tickets is ahead of last year, adding that this is necessary to financial success because of the enlarged programs being offered. Chamber of commerce officials are making plans for housing the influx of people who are expected to attend the Festival from all parts of the country. Mrs. Ralph Fisher, executive secretary, re quests that persons make every effort possible to open their homes to guests, “making every home a guest home” as the slogan has been in years past. Rooms with private baths are most requested, she points out, but any and all rooms should be listed with the C of C office, telephone 41. Mrs. Fisher is assisting camp and fes —Turn to Page Twelve. FINAL PROGRAMS SLATED AT CAMP Friday’s Program Will In clude Compositions By Lily Strickland Three special programs are scheduled this week end when Transylvania Music camp ends its eighth successful season in Bre vard. fince the week end is the clos ing of camp, the altered schedule has been made out with all of the concerts, except Sunday, compli mentary to the public. The final appearance of the camp symphony orchestra will be given Friday evening with the per formance of the brilliant “1812 Overture” by Tschaikovsky. When this overture, which portrays Na polean’s entrance to Moscow, was; first played in the Watergate se ries at Washington, 75 mm. how itzers accompanied the orchestra, giving it the blast of triumph. Also included on Friday’s pro —Turn To Page Six Red Cross Making: Appeal For Books The Transylvania chapter of the American Red Cross is making an appeal this week for donations of 300 comic books, western books and pocket novels. Persons who have these at their homes and no longer need them are asked to leave the books at the Transylvania county library by Mrs. Oliver H. Orr, who is chairman of furnishing allotments to Moore General and Oteen hos pitals. Mrs. Orr explains that this chap ter each month sends needed ar ticles to the hospitals. Usually,, funds from the chapter are taken: to pay for the supplies. She points out that since these books are use less after having been read once* people should be happy to corn tribute them for the veterans hos pitals. Anyone who cannot get the books to the library may tele phone Mrs. Orr.
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