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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land o£ 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 . . . An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. Vol. 61: No. 35 ★ SECTION ONE * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 30, 1951 * 20 PAGES TODAY * PUBLISHED WEEKLY T HOLD HALFDAY SESSION TODAY, FIGURES GIVEN Opening Of New Straus Building Postponed. Buses Are Added TEACHERS MEET Transylvania’s schools will open for the 1951-'52 term on Thursday, when a record enrollment is ex pected. Some 3,600 students are expect ed to enroll, Supt. J. B. Jones de clared yesterday. Last year there were 3,456 enrolled at the end of th£ first month. This was the rec ord enrollment for the year. Classes will begin at 8:45 Thurs day morning and will end at noon. 1 hereafter the schools will open at 8:45 each morning and close at 3:30 o’clock. Transylvania has four new school buses this year. Two were added to the present ones, and two are replacements. The two new schools will get one new bus each and the other two will go to Brevard and Rosman, Supt. Jones states. Principals and teachers met Wednesday morning at the Bre vard high school and heard discus sions of the health program, the supervisory work and the attend ance law. Mr. Jones presided over the meeting. The new Harry H. Straus ele mentary school in North Brevard is not ready for occupancy yet, and the children who are supposed to go there will be taught tempo rarily at the Brevard elementary. The reason for the delay in the opening of the new school is said to be the shortages of various ma terials. There is also a delay in the opening of the new Penrose school. At the present time Enon school children will go to the old Enon building and Little River children will go to Little River, except the eighth graders of the latter, who will be taken to the Enon school until the new Pen rose building is completed. TO HOLD MODEL AIRPLANE SHOW Flying Is Scheduled On Ecusta Field This Sun day Afternoon The Brevard Model Airplane club will play host to a model air show on the Ecusta baseball field cn Sunday, Sept. 2, beginning at 2:00 o’clock. •Activities will continue all the afternoon until dark, and all build ers of model airplanes are invited to display or to fly their planes in the air show. Membership in the club is not necessary, and per sons from Brevard, Henderson ville, Asheville and Greenville have been invited to fly their planes in the air show. There will be demonstrations in several types of flying, based on the size of the planes and the flyer’s skill. The show is open to all persons, and the public is most cordially invited to attend. Participants in the air show will be expected to abide by rules set forth by the local model airplane club. —Turn to Page Six i CALENDAR OF ! EVENTS j Thursday, August 30—Schools open in Transylvania at 8:45 a. m. Rotary meeting in Coffee shop at 7 p. m. Friday, August 31 — Square dance in American Legion build ing. Saturday, Sept. 1—Ecusta’s fi nal home game vs. Enka, 3:30, Camp Harry H. Straus. Sunday, Sept. 2 — Attend the church of your choice. Model air plane show at Ecusta, 2 p. m. Monday, Sept. 3—Labor Day. Presbyterian circle No. 1 meets at 1:30 with Miss Julia Deaver. —Turn to Page Seven Series Of Meetings Arranged In County As Part Of U.S.D.A. National Farm Policy Review Injured Overseas , jb LT. WILLIAM FETZER, of Brevard, received painful in juries in a crash landing in Trip oli, where he was sent on ma neuvers from Frankfurt, Ger many. Now a patient in the 97th General hospital, Lt. Fetzer is expected to return to active du ty in a few weeks. He has been piloting jet planes in Germany for nearly a year. IT. FETZER INJURED IN CRASH OF JET PUNE IN TRIPOLI Local Man Is Now Hospital ized In Germany. Re ceives Praise Second Lieutenant William Fetzer, of Brevard, was injured in an emergency landing of his jet plane on aerial gunnery ma neuvers in Tripoli, according to word received here today by his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Fet zer. According to the message, Lt. Fetzer received a broken ankle and sprained hand, while at tempting to land his plane after an engine failure. A letter from a fellow officer to Mrs. Fetzer stated that few pilots could have maneuvered so skillful a landing without being killed. At the present time the Bre ' ard man is hospitalized in Frankfurt, Germany, APO 757, Ward 0400 of the 97th General —Turn To Page Seven Object Is To Obtain Practi cal Suggestions For Bet tering Services Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman of the Transylvania Agricultural Mobilization committee, announces that a series of local meetings is being arranged as part of a na tional Family Farm Policy Re view, through which the Depart- j ment of Agriculture is seeking to I obtain practical suggestions for improving services to family farms. The following is a list of the meetings which will be held at 7:30 o’clock in the evening: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1951, Balsam Grave School; Thursday, Sept. 6, 1951, Silversteen School; Monday, Sept. 10, 1951, Lake Toxaway School; Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1951, S. A. Jones’ residence, Cedar Mt.; Thursday Sept. 13, 1951, Quebec School; Friday, Sept. 14, 1051, Ros man School; Monday, Sept. 17, 1951, Brevard Court House; Tues day, Sept. 18, 1951, Penrose School; Thursday, Sept. 20, 1951, Little River School. Mr. Whitmire points out that many American farms are not at present using really up-to-date, improved methods of farming. Slow, tedious hand labor still pre vails in many places where mod ern machinery and equipment could lighten the load and bring higher returns. There are still many areas of marginal land which could be improved and returned to greater productivity through proper methods of rehabilitation and conservation. These and many similar problems will be consid ered in local discussions relating to the current review of farm pro grams and policies. The purpose of the Family Farm Policy review, according to Mr. Whitmire is to find any feasible methods by which family farmers, who make up the bulk of our farm population, can be helped to help themselves. “Especially impor —Turn To Page Six Farm Tour Slated Friday In Balsam Grove Community There will be a farm tour in the Balsam Grove community on Friday afternoon, sponsored by the county agricultural council. According to County Agent Julian Glazener, corn variety tests, pasture, cattle and poultry demonstrations will be visited. Assembly will be at the Balsam Grove school at 1:30 o’clock, and all interested persons are invite to make the tour. Brevard Couple Married 60 Years Th 60th anniversary of their marriage consummated in Brevard August 23, 1891, was observed last Thursday by MR. AND MRS. H. M. MILLER, pictured above, just prior to a dinner given by their daughter, Mrs. W. W. Bridges. The former Laura Summey, Mrs. MiRer was the daughter of the late Louis P. and Moriah Summey. Mr. Miller’s parents were the late Thomas and Caroling Miller, of Asheville. They have three children, Mrs. Lee Chase, Miss NeU Mil ler and Mrs. Bridges, and one grandchild, Sandra Bridges. (Times Staff Photo) Fine Crops Of 1951 In Transylvania Are Photographed During the past few days the roving photographer of The Transylvania Times has visited many farms in Transylvania and throughout the county., fine crops are noted. The beautiful hurley tobacco of E. W. Medford in the Little River section can be seen in the top left photo, and on the right of Mr. Medford is the fine pasture hillside on the Eddie Varner farm. A few years ago this same area was gullied and barren. The 1951 corn crop in the county is said to be one of the best and Carl Bryson can be seen in his field of tall corn at the bottom left. Transylvania is trucking many beans this season, and Ralph Stallings is caught in his fine bean field out beyond the Country Club. A new phase of farming in Transylvania is the raising of gladioli, and the assembly line of the Alexander P. Thomas gladioli farm at Brevard college is pictured on the bottom at the right. Manager S. E. Dowling is snapped as he begins the glads down the distributing line. (Times Staff Photos) COUNTY QUOTA IN BOND DRIVE SET AT $75,000 Chairman Jerome Says No Personal Solicitation Will Be Made Here Transylvania’s quota in the first Nation-wide Defense Bond drive since the beginning of the Korean war has been set at $75,000, Jerry Jerome, the county chairman, an nounces today. Mr. Jerome says there will be no personal solicitation in the county, but that the campaign would be conducted through news paper and radio advertising and talks at local meetings. The drive will be held here and in the rest of the country from September 3 through November 13. Sales reports on the drive’s progress will be sent to Chairman Jerome every week after Septem —Turn Te Page Six Winner Announced In State Contest Of Women’s Clubs Mrs. C. A. Richardson, of Bre vard, state art chairman of the Federation of Women’s clubs, an nounces today that David C. Hunt ley, rising senior at the Univer sity of North Carolina, is the re cipient of the art scholarship. Valued at $200, the scholarship was given for Mi-. Huntley’s paint ing, “Street Vendor,” which he en tered in the contest. The scholar ship was recently set up by the federation to be awarded annually to a college student of outstand ing talent who is majoring in the study of art. The winner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Huntley, of Lenoir, and is now a member of the cast of the Cherokee drama, “Unto These Hills.” Labor Day To Be Observed Quietly In Town And County, Brevard Stores Will Close TUCKERS HEAR SCHOOL-HEALTH PROGRAM TALK Meeting Held Wednesday. Screening Of Pupils Is Urged Transylvania county teachers heard the new school-health proj ect of “screening” students ex plained by representatives from the state health and education de partments at their annual meet ing Wednesday, held in prepara tion for the opening of schools Thursday. J. B. Jones, county superinten —Turn To Page Six > - Town, County Offices Will Also Observe Holiday. No Mail Deliveries The Labor Day week end will be quietly observed in the town and county with no special program being planned. However, a large number of visitors is expected here and in the Pisgah National forest. On Saturday afternoon, Ecusta will play its final game of the season at beautiful Camp Har ry H. Straus. Brevard stores and other busi ness houses will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day and offices in the city hall and the court house will be closed. The bank will not be open for business. The local postoffice will ob serve holiday hours. There will be no rural or city delivery and the windows will be open from 10:30 —Turn To Page Seven WPNF Program Highlights Little Miss Jackson Wins Jackpot On The “Chest O’ Silver" Program The $40.00 jackpot winner of the WPNF Chest o’ Silver program last week is little Miss Jean Jack son, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jackson, of near Hendersonville. Little Miss Jack son received her winnings on Tues day’s program. The Mutual Broadcasting sys tem is presenting several special programs during the coming week. On Tuesday, September 4, from 9:30-10:00 o’clock, President Har ry S. Truman will be heard, ad dressing the Japanese Treaty con ference in San Francisco. Secretary of Labor Morris To bin will also be heard in a special address next Tuesday afternoon from 3:45' to 4:00 o’clock. A special program inaugurating the September defense bond drive will be heard Monday night from 10:30 to 11:00 o’clock. “Bobby Benson,” popular chil —Torn to Page Twelve PRODUCT PLEDGED TO HELP NATION’S DEFENSE EFFORTS Chairman Olin Gives State ment Of Policy As Production Begins MOST MODERN PLANT The large and modern Olin cel lophane plant at the Ecusta Paper corporation is this week being put into operation, and the fine new product is pledged to serve the ration’s defense effort. John M. Olin, chairman of the world’s newest and most modern cellophane plant, releases the fol lowing statement of policy: ‘ It will be our policy to distrib ute our cellophane so that it will be best used to strengthen the na tional economy in its present emer gency. “We intend to distribute Olin Cellophane for use on products whose life will be extended by packaging in cellophane,” Mr, Olin said. “In this way, our limit ed supply will effect the greatest savings in the nation’s raw mate rials stockpile. “Our new facilities will help re lieve the cellophane shortage, but will still leave the supply smaller than the demand, which greatly exceeds current production of en tire cellophane industry.” The statement of policy was made as the new Olin Cellophane plant, equipped with eight cast ing machines, went into substan tial production. The new plant is operated by and is on the site of the Ecusta Paper Corporation here, a subsidiary of Olin Indus tries, Inc., of East Alton, Illinois. All sales and distribution of Olin Cellophane are being han dled by Olin Products company,. Inc., 655 Madison Ave., New York City, of which James L. Spencer is vice president and director of sales. Olin Industries, Inc., is the new est of the nation’s three pro ducers of cellophane. The others —Turn To Page Six. ROMFH PURCHASES LANGSTON’S FARM Some 1,237 Acres And Herd Of Cattle Involved In Large Sale Laurence DeCamp Romfh, of Miami, Fla, has purchased the large farm of E. C. Langston, for merly the Glen Cannon farm, which consists of 1,237 acres. Although the purchase price was not disclosed, it is believed to have been in the neighborhood of $200,000. Lewis P. Hamlin, local attorney, is handling the legal transactions, and negotiations for the sale were made by Ralph Duckworth, the executive vice president of the Transylvania Trust company here. The farm is regarded as being one of the finest in Transylvania county, and a large percentage of the acreage is in cultivation. Also included in the sale was a large herd of Hereford cattle. Mr. Romfh plans to continue the development of beef cattle, and possibly to add a dairy at a later date. —Turn to Page Seven Official Opening At Cascade Lake Set For Friday E. E. Fraser, who for many years has operated the Brevard Country club and golf course, has taken ever the management of the beautiful Cascade Inn at Cascade Lake and announces the official opening of the inn this Friday night. In connection with the inn there are a number of cottages on the lake, and boating and swimming facilities are available. The inn has not been in operation this year. Mr. Fraser invites his former patrons and the public in general to spend Labor Day at Cascade. 1 —Turn To Pago Six
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