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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 ★ SECTION ONE ★ TRANSYLVANIA IS. . . An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 61: No. 33 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1951 * 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY FESTIVAL IS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ .★★★★★ Annual Farm Tours Start Thursday Afternoon STOPS SLATED AT ISLAND FORD AND DUNN’S ROCK Com, Poultry, Dairy, Pas ture, And Other Demon strations To Be Seen PUBLIC INVITED A series of farm tours is being conducted in Transylvania county and outstanding pasture, corn, poultry, dairy and beef cattle dem onstrations are being viewed. On Thursday afternoon a tour of the Brevard community will be made with stops scheduled in the Island Ford, Dunn's Rock and ad jacent communities. Assembly will be at the Brevard high school at 1:30 o’clock, and County Agent Julian Glazener urges the public to join in the tour. On Friday afternoon the out standing demonstrations in the Enon, Blantyre, and Boylston com munities will be visited, and the group will gather at 1:30 o’clock at Harry Patton’s store. Mr. Glazener urges business and professional men, farmers and all others interested in agri culture in Transylvania county to make the tours. On Thursday the farms of the following will be visited: Charles Burrell, John Canup, Stanley Scruggs, J. G. and J. B. Canup, l H. N. Lambert and Roy Lambert, Bruce Gillespie, Steve Ferguson, M. V. Stallings, Eddie Varner and Clyde Lyday, Lloyd Cantrell, Gene and Lynch McGaha, Lewis Grav-^ ley, Houston Glazener, Herman3 Hogsed, Whitmire' farm, Keith Parker, Coleman and Bunyon Hog sed, Bruce Gillespie, Clyde Ly day, John Canup, Ralph and Hey ward Ramsey, Pat and Jimmy Al lison, Charlie Gibbs, Perry Alli son, Carl and Charlie Bryson, Joe and Fred McCrary. TO SELL COUNTRY CLUB AT AUCTION Notice Is Run In This Week’s Times. Town Maintain ing Course The town of Brevard will offer the Brevard country club, con r sisting of a clubhouse, a nine-hole golf course and undeveloped prop erty amounting to about 110 acres of land, for sale at public auction on Monday, Sept. 17, 1951, at the town hall here at 12 noon. The property will be sold sub ject to the provision that it must be maintained as a golf course, open to the public. This week the town took over operations of the golf course with street superintendent, C. F. Misen hemier, in charge. The contract with E. E. Fraser, who has man aged the club for the past eight, years, has expired, and the aider men expressed the desire to sell the property rather than to lease j it again. The notice of the sale appears j on page 12 of this week’s Times. J ] CALENDAR OF EVENTS : i Thursday, August 16 — Farm tour of Brevard communities, be gins 1:30 p. m. Flower Show at NYA hut, 2 to 10 p. m. Lions meet at Bryant House. 7 p. m. Rotary ladies’ night meeting at Camp Deerwoode, 7 p. m. Friday, August 17 — Farm tour of Boyd communities, 1:30. Flow er show from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. Ki wanis meeting at Bryant house, 6:45 p. m. Concert of Brevard Mu sic Festival, 8:15. Saturday, August 18—Ecusta vs. Clearwater at Camp Straus, 3 p. m. Brevard Music Festival, 8:15 p. m. Sunday, August 19—Attend the church of your choice. Brevard Music Festival, 2:30 p. m. and 8:15 p. m. Monday, August 20—Women of —Turn To Page Six I Two Performances Of “Elijah" To Climax Festival On Sunday, | Is Greatest Religious Oratorio “Elijah” Soloists Heyde Gonano Schwabacher i White Featured soloists in the two performances of “The Elijah” Sunday at the Brevard Music Festival are the four artists pic tured above. Above left is NOR MA HEYDE, soprano, who also sang in the 1950 Festival; GLO RIA GONANO, contralto, is at the right. Lower left is tenor ; JAMES SCHAWBACHER, here on vacation from the San Fran cisco Opera; and at right is ANDREW WHITE, baritone. FINAL RITES ARE HELD MONDAY FOR MRS. STRAUS, 65 Widow Of Ecusta’s Founder Was Active In WNC Activities The funeral service for Mrs. Harry H. Straus, 65, the widow of Harry H. Straus, founder and first president of the Ecusta Pa per corporation, was conducted Monday afternoon at All Souls Episcopal church in Biltmore. Mrs. Straus died at her Ashe vjlle home on Saturday. The Rev. Isaac N. Northrup of ficiated and interment was in the Lewis Memorial Park. A native of New York City, she was married to the well known industrialist in New York on De cember 31, 1905. Mr. Straus died in February. She was active in civic, social, philanthropic and ed ucational activities during her res idence in Western North Caro lina. Surviving are a son, Harry H. Straus, Jr., of Asheville; a daugh ter, Mrs. Louise Straus King, of Asheville; two brothers, Max Lan deck of Rockville Center, N. Y., and Walter Landeck of New York City; two sisters, Mrs. Max Bauer of New York, and Mrs. Bertha Bauer, of Baltimore, Md., and three grandchildren. In 1944, Mrs. Straus christened —Turn to Page Six Chorus Of 100 Voices To Sing With Symphony. Four Soloists Four concerts will conclude the 1951 Brevard Music Festival this week end, climaxed by two per formances Sunday afternoon and evening of Mendelssohn’s great re ligious work, “The Elijah” with 75-piece symphony orchestra, 100 voice chorus and four soloists. Claimed by many critics to be the greatest religious oratorio ever written, “The Elijah” is ex pected to draw overflow crowds at both the 2:30 performance Sun day afternoon and again at 8:15 in the evening. The fiery message of the Old Testament will be relived again when Andrew White, nationally known baritone and professor of music at Drake university, sings the lead role of Elijah. Norma Heyde, soprano; Gloria Gonano, contralto; and James Schwabach er, tenor, will sing the other solo parts. The story of “The Elijah” tells of the triumph of the Old Testa ment prophet over the priests of Baal and his final ascension into heaven. Since the first perform ance it has remained the most dramatic oratorio ever written, with enthusiasm increasing to make it today ever popular. A large number of local per sons appear in the 100-voice cho rus, trained and conducted by Les ter McCoy, associate conductor of the University Musical society, at the University of Michigan. The orchestra will again be under the baton of James Christian Pfohl. LOCAL FFA GETS HONOR AT MEET Brevard Is Now Gold Medal! Chapter. Lyday Also Awarded The Brevard FFA chapter was one of the 35 out of 450 chapters in North Carolina that was made a Gold Medal chapter at the 23rd annual convention of the North Carolina Future Farmers of Amer ica. Randal Lyday, the adviser, was awarded the honorary Carolina Farmer degree, because of the achievement record of his chapter. The awards were made on the basis of the well-rounded program of the local FFA chapter. Attending the convention from the Brevard chapter were Mr. Ly day, Tommy Owen, the president, Charles Owen, delegate with Owen and Roy Lambert, Preston Rahn and Bill Tinsley. The latter three comprise the Brevard chapter’s tool identification team, which won 11th place in the state contest and was awarded $15.00. Bill Tinsley also received a $5.00 award for placing second in the western district public speak ing contest. The boys enjoyed the elaborate program, Mr. Lyday reports, and visited the governor’s mansion with the other 1,000 FFA mem bers and their advisers. Series Of Accidents In County Reported During The Past Week In line with the national trend, a series of automobile and truck accidents occurred in Transylva nia during the past few days. The number of persons injured in these accidents has been mirac ulously low, Highway Patrolmen Chambers and Cabe report. Last Friday afternoon a trailer tiuck, loaded with paper bags, jack-knifed on the Boylston high way beyond Little Mountain and turned over on its side down an embankment. The cab and trailer were badly damaged, however, the driver escaped injury. Saturday night about 10 o’clock a pick-up truck, driven by Louie Henderson, ran off the road at the railroad crossing on US Highway 64 and knocked down a telephone pole. The driver and the other two passengers, Richard Stephens and Joe Waldrop, were taken to the hospital, and Henderson and Stephens were released after treat ment. Waldrop remained in the hospital until Tuesday. Monday afternoon another tele phone pole, approximately 600 feet from the one that was dip —Turn To Page Six Roy J. deLong Hand-Carved Pipes Have Wide Reputation ROY J. deLONG, who is noted in this mountain area for his hand-carved pipes, is pictured above with only a few of his works of art. Mr. deLong is holding a pipe that he is currently carving with pieces of jade from many foreign countries. Last week end the Brevard chamber of commerce pre sented Governor Kerr Scott with one of the famous deLong Confucius pipes. (Times Staff Photo) DELONG’S PIPES ARE ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION Governor Is Presented One From Collection. Work Is Reviewed By STAFF WRITER Attracting much attention dur ing the past few days has been the collection of hand-carved pipes of Roy J. deLong in the window of the Hobby and Sport shop. The realms of art and pipe col lecting come together in the works of Mr. deLong, a native of Bre vard. He has become well known in many parts of America and Europe for his superb hand-carved pipes, with collectors from Florida, Cali fornia, Ohio, New York and other states too numerous to mention prizing their deLong pipes. Most of the pipes are carved from blocks of old Italian briar, aged and selected for fine pipes. An artisan of exceptional ability, deLong relies entirely on his sale of pipes and other wood-carvings for his livelihood. At the age of six, he carved and sold his first pipe. When compli mented on his expert workman ship, he said it was inherited from his two grandfathers, who were noted in their respective fields of wood working. His reputation was discovered by officials of the Kaywoodie Pipe company and he was commission ed to carve special pipes for them while one of their plants was lo cated near Brevard during the war. Custom work is a specialty of Mr. deLong. He accepts orders from dealers to carve pipes to col lectors’ specifications. He also sends samples to the dealers to be sold. Governor Scott was presented —Turn To Page Six Brevard Jaycees To Discontinue Dances Brevard Jaycees at their regu lar meeting Tuesday night decid ed to discontinue the summer street dances that have been held here each Monday night since June 1st. A spokesman for the group pointed out that tourists are be ginning to leave with the ending of the Festival and closing of camps. “Although our major pur pose in holding them is to enter tain, we cannot afford to lose a great deal of money and unless the crowds hold up we see no point in continuing.” For the benefit of square dance fans, the American Legion spon sors weekly square dances in the Legion Memorial building each Friday night. Annual Flower Show Starts This Afternoon In NYA Hut; Prizes Offered In F.ach Of 9 Divisions OBJECTIVES OF POLICY REVIEW ARE DISCUSSED Eight Meetings Of Farmers To Be Held In County Starting Sept. 4 The objectives of the USDA Farm Family Policy Review were brought out and discussed at a joint meeting of the county mobil ization committee, PMA Commu nity committeemen and non-de partmental groups, which was held in the court house here Monday afternoon with Marvin W. Whit mire, county PMA chairman, pre siding. The farm policy review, accord ing to County Agent Julian A. Gla zener, will serve a twio-fold purpose here: Giving the farmers an opportunity through commu nity meetings to discuss the farm programs administered by the va rious branches of the U. S. depart ment of agriculture with the privi lege of making suggestions for the betterment of the program and that the Farm Policy Review be come an important factor in an over all county progress program through community development. Beginning Tuesday night, Sept. 4, at the Balsam Grove school house, eight community meetings will be held over the county, Mr. Glazener said. The purpose of these meetings is to give the en tire family an opportunity to —Turn To Page Six Competition Open To Other Than Members Of Bre vard Garden Club The annual flower show of the Brevard Garden club will open in the NYA hut, next to the high school, today (Thursday) at 2:00 p. m. Exhibits will be open to the public until 10 p. m. Thursday and from 10:00 a. m. until 9:00 p. m. on Friday. A silver offering will be taken. There are nine divisions in the flower show this year, as follows: Annual, in charge of Mrs. E. L. Happ; Perennial, Mrs. M. G. Pan gle; Gladiolus, Mrs. W. M. Melton; Rose, Mrs. J. J. Stevenson; Ar rangement, Mrs. C. A. Richardson; Console Tables, Mrs. Brown Carr; Dahlia, Mrs. Hugh Hollifield; Afri can Violet, Mrs. B. W. Thomason; Junior, Mrs. J. M. Allison. The show is open to any exhib itor, whether a member of the Garden club or not. Prizes will be awarded in each division to exhibitors on the basis of points won and a sweepstakes prize will be awarded for the most points in all divisions. Mrs. Ashe Macfie is general chairman of the show and Mrs. J. M. Allison, Jr., is co-chairman. Other committee chairmen are: Schedule, Mrs. S. R. Harrington; staging, Mrs. Coleman Galloway; entry, Mrs. R. E. Matthews; pub licity, Mrs. Ralph Fisher; solicit ing, Mrs. S. A. Bullock; hospital ity, Mrs. W. M. Melton; posters, Mrs. C. A. Richardson; judges, Mrs. Oliver Orr; prizes, Mrs. Lewis Hamlin; non-competitive exhibits, Mrs. John Maxwell. WPNF Program Highlights Another Coast-To-Coast Festival Broadcast Is Slated On Sunday Another coast-to-coast broadcast of the 1951 Brevard Music festival will be carried through the full facilities of the Mutual Broadcast ing system with WPNF originat ing on Sunday evening. Last Friday night a special 30- j minute program from the festival was carried over Mutual and fine response has been heard from all parts of the country. The program featured the festival symphony, with Jeanne Mitchell, violinist, and a brief talk by Governor Kerr Scott. The concert Sunday is also ex pected to be a hit and will fea ture the festival symphony with Andrew White, baritone, as solo ist. Conductor James Christian Pfohl will be interviewed on the pro gram by Ed M. Anderson, presi dent of WPNF. The opening number on the —Tan To Page Six HUGE CROWDS ARE ATTENDING, FINAL CONCERTS SLATED Governor Here Last Friday Night. Programs Highly Applauded ARTISTS NAMED A highly successful Brevard Music Festival, which has been playing to audiences averaging about 800 persons, will be con cluded this week end by four per formances, two by the popular duo pianists, Luboshutz and Nemenoff, and two of the famed oratorio, “The Elijah.” The repeat concerts by the pia nists and the symphony orchestra, conducted by James Christian Pfohl will be heard Friday and Saturday evenings. Performances of the “Elijah” are slated for Sun day afternoon and evening. Persons from 26 states attended last Sunday afternoon’s concert when Jeanne Mitchell, North Caro lina born violinist, was featured, with the orchestra. She was highly applauded for her performance. Among the distinguished guests at last Friday evening’s concert with soloist, Eileen Farrell, was Governor Kerr Scott and Mrs. Scott, and a number of state of ficials. Miss Farrell, also slated to sing Saturday night, was un able to appear because of laryn gitis. The orchestra, however, gave the scheduled numbers on the pro gram. Folk music programs the past Tuesday nights by Susan Heed and John Jacob Niles, and a lec ture by writer-critic Olin Downes, have also been featured on the expanded program for the 1951 series. Luboshutz and Nemenoff, prob ably the most popular piano team today, will perform with the or —Turn To Page Six BRIDGES TO TALK AT CIVIC MEETS State Auditor Will Address Both Lions And Ki wanis Clubs Henry Bridges, state auditor, of Raleigh, will speak at two civic meetings in Brevard this week and will attend the final concerts of the Brevard Music festival. On Thursday night Mr. Bridges will address the Lions club at the Bryant house. Meeting time is 7 o’clock, and President Hall Smith, Jr., urges all Lions to make every effort to attend. On Friday night Mr. Bridges will talk at the regular meeting of the Kiwanis club, which also meets at the Bryant house. Presi dent Jim Aycock states that time of the meeting has been moved up one-quarter hour to 6:45 o’clock, in order that members might attend the festival concert at 8:15 o’clock. Auditor Bridges is expected to talk about the state’s financial set-up. Anita Byrum To Sing Saturday On Talent Hour Anita Byrum, talented High Point girl who has been spending the summer in Brevard, will be guest soloist Saturday morning on the Children’s Talent hour over WPNF, it is announced today by Mrs. Emma Sue Bosse, director. Singing first at the age of six in a school operetta, Miss Byrum has been singing ever since and. has achieved a reputation for tal ent among her townspeople, Mrs. Bosse commented. A senior in high school last year, the soprano had the lead role in the school oper retta. She has been studying for two years with Carl G. N. Cronstedt and Dr. Charles C. Taylor, and plans to continue the study of voice when she enters college this fall. Last year in the district music contest, Miss Byrum received a —Turn To Page Six
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