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Vol. 61: No. 37
★ SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1951 * 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A Hearty Welcome To Brevard College Students And Faculty Members—-May You Have A Successful Year
COLLEGE WILL OPEN ON MONDAY
Holding Mobilization Meetings In County
FARMERS GIVEN
OPPORTUNITY TO
“SPEAK MINDS”
USDA Programs Being Ex
plained. Criticism Is Re
quested By Chairman
SCHEDULE GIVEN
Local farmers are being given
an opportunity to “speak their
minds'’ in a county-wide survey
now being conducted by the Tran
sylvania County Agricultural Mo
bilization committee, Marvin W.
Whitmire, who is chairman of the
committee, said here this week.
“And the largest attendance
possible is iust what we want,” he
added. “If the Family Farm Pol
icy review is to accomplish the
intended obective, we must not
only have honest appraisal of De
partment of Agriculture policies,
but also the widest possible par
ticipation in the Review.”
The study, which intends to find
out how well USDA programs
serve farm families, is now in its
second week. It is being conduct
ed by the County Agricultural Mo
bilization committee with the as
sistance of volunteer farmers and
others interested in the county’s
rural life, Mr. Whitmire says. The
remaining meetings are to be held
on the following dates with all
starting at 7:30 o’clock:
Thursday, Sept. 13, Quebec
School; Friday, Sept. 14, Rosman
School; Monday, Sept. 17, Brevard
courthouse; Tuesday, Sept. 18,
Penrose School; Thursday, Sept.
20, Little River School.
Mr. Whitmire noted that the
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DUKE CONTINUES
AID TO LIBRARY
Selected Collection Of Books
Being Compiled, Fry
Announces
In launching the library cen
tered program for parents and
children introduced at the college
during the past summer and
scheduled for continuation durihg
the coming year, Brevard college
has had the co-operation of the li
brary of Duke university, accord
ing to Ray Fry, Brevard college
librarian.
Through the offices of Miss Eve
lyn Harrison, librarian of Wom
an’s college, Duke university, the
Brevard college parent-children’s
program enjoyed the use of some
300 selected children’s books.
During the time that the pro
gram was in experimental opera
tion this summer, from July 16 to
August 4, the 22 children and 10
mothers who were enrolled, made
for home reading approximately
300 withdrawals from among these
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*-,
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
*" ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■ — ■ ■■
Thursday, Sept. 13—Fortnight
ly club meets with Mrs. W. M.
Melton, 3:30 p. m. Rotary club at
Coffee shop, 7 p. m. Reserves meet
at the American Legion, 7:30.
Masonic meeting in temple, 8
o'clock.
Friday, Sept. 14—Square dance
in American Legion building, 8:30.
Saturday, Sept. 15 — Squirrel
season opens in county.
Sunday, Sept. 16 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Sept. 17—Crusade For
Freedom dinner at Coffee shop, 7
p. m. Lutheran preaching missioh
begins, 7:30. P-TA reception at
NYA hut, 8 o’clock. Women of
Presbyterian church meet, 8:00
o’clock.
Tuesday, Sept. 18—Registration
begins at the college.
Wednesday, Sept. 19—Farmers
TVA meeting in NYA hut at 8
o’clock. WOW meets in hall at 8
o’clock.
Crusade For Freedom Committee
Will Meet Monday Night, Huge
Crowd Sees Motorcade Tuesday
College President
REV. GEORGE BRINKMANN
EHLHARDT, president of Bre
vard college, announces that
the school is ready to open for
the new year next week. Com
ing to Brevard last summer,
President Ehlhardt has insti
tuted a program of closer coop
eration between the citizens of
the community and the college
in addition to improving the ap
pearance of the college campus
and the physical plant.
LOCAL CITIZENS
AIDING IN WORK
OF THE COLLEGE
President Says Continuing
Support Is Necessary. Im
provements Made
The beautification of the college
campus and the restoration of the
administration building are sym
bolic of the close ties between
citizens of Transylvania county
and Brevard college, Rev. George
B. Ehlhardt, president, said in a
letter to John I. Anderson, chair
man of the Brevard chamber of
commerce sponsored Brevard Col
lege Loyalty fund. The letter,
written a few days prior to the
opening of the 99th academic year
at the college, follows:
“As we enter our ninety-ninth
year of service, we hope that the
citizens of North Carolina, and es
pecially our near neighbors in
Transylvania will continue to sup
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Representatives In All Sec
tions Of County Named.
McGuire Treasurer
Final plans for the launching
of the 1951 Crusade For Freedom
campaign in Transylvania county
will be made at an executive com
mittee meeting Monday night in
the Coffee shop, John Anderson,
chairman, announces today.
The dutch-dinner meeting will
begin at 7 o'clock.
Judge Shelby Horton, Jr., of
Asheville, will be the principal
speaker at the meeting and will
explain the importance of the
Crusade. Judge Horton, who is city
chairman of the Crusade in Ashe
\ille, was recently appointed judge
of domestic relations in the Ashe
ville courts.
. Chairman Anderson states that
committee members have been
named all over the county and
that materials and instructions
will be given out at the meeting
on Monday.
The drive will get under way
here and throughout the state and
nation on September 20, and
Transylvanians are again expected
to take the lead in the Crusade.
On Tuesday of this week more
than 2,000 school children and
adults welcomed the Crusade For
Freedom Motorcade, which is en
route from Murphy to Manteo, to
Brevard, and saw an impressive
demonstration of the work of Ra
dio Free Europe on the Brevard
high school field. The Brevard
crowd was reported to be the larg
est on any of the stops of the mo
torcade in Western North Caro
lina.
Dr. Frank McGuire, Brevard op
tometrist, will serve as treasurer
for the Transylvania Crusade For
Freedom committee and all con
tributions should be addressed to
Dr. McGuire, Brevard, N. C.
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INTEREST SHOWN
IN HOTEL HERE
Directors Of Chamber Of j
Commerce Meet. Other
Projects Discussed
Report on efforts of the spe
cial committee to secure a modern
hctel for Brevard showed encour
aging interest from financiers it
was reported at the meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce direc
tors here Tuesday night.
Several hotel operators from ]
other sections have been here'
within the past two weeks, it was
stated, and one was interested in
securing rights in the country
ciub property with a view to op
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Brevard College Campus Greatly Improved
After many months of landscaping and terracing work, the campus of Brevard college is today
recognized as one of the most attractive in Western North Carolina. Dunham hall, a portion of which
can be seen on the right, has been substantially restored after being gutted by two fires last year. Next
week the college opens the 1951-’52 term.
HEROISM MEDAL
IS AWARDED TO
GIBBS IN KOREA
Action Of Penrose Man Pre-:
vented Loss Of Life, Ci
tation Reads
WITH THE THIRD INF. DIV.
IN KOREA—Master Sergeant Hugh
L. Gibbs, of Penrose, has been
awarded the Soldier’s Medal for
heroism.
Sergeant Gibbs, the husband of
Mrs. Florence Gibbs, of route 1,
Penrose, serves with battery “B”
of the 10th Field Artillery Batta
lion, 3d division.
The medal, awarded for heroism
not involving actual conflict with
an enemy, was presented to the
Transylvania county serviceman
when his outstanding heroism pre
vented possible loss of life and
equipment.
The citation states that traffic
on the main supply route south
east of Seoul, Korea, became bad
ly jammed when an ammunition
trailer caught fire May 28, 1951.
Although most of the occupants of
the vehicles in the convoy imme
diately sought cover, Sergeant
Gibbs quickly grabbed a shovel
and ran forward.
He courageously removed a
round of ammunition which was
smoldering in its fiber container.
He placed it in a ditch near the
side of the road and covered it
with dirt. Sergeant Gibbs then
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WNC Crusade For Freedom Chairmen Attend Kick-Off Banquet
A portion of the group of Western North Carolina chairmen for the Crusade for Freedom is photo*
graphed at the kick off dinner at the George Vanderbilt hotel in Asheville. Harold E. Stassen, nation
al chairman of the Crusade for Freedom, was the principal speaker. Shown from left to right are: Dr.
Hoyt Blackwell. Mars Hill; Rev. Sidney Unger, Asheville; Kelly Bennett, Bryson City; Judge Shelby
Horton. Asheville; John Anderson. Brevard; Jeter C. Burleson. Spruce Pine: Ed Anderson. Brevard
and Forest City; Harry Buchanan. Hendersonville; Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, Burnsvile; Roy Taylor, Ashe
ville; Percy Fere bee. Andrews; and Mrs. C. E. Dameron, Asheville.
Shuford And Ferguson To Head
"Nickels For Know-How" Drive,
Deyton Is Speaker At Meeting
MRS. CURTIS WILL
TOUR EUROPE, TO
SAIL ON SEPT. 21
Co-Director Of Camp Illa
hee To Visit Many Fa
mous Places
Mrs. Kathryn F. Curtis, co-direc
tor of Camp Illahee, will sail Sep
tember 21, on the liner “Queen
Mary” for a tour of Europe.
Prior to her sailing date, she is
spending several weeks with her
mother, Mrs. J. A. Harwood, in
Lunenberg, Mass. During this time
all details of the tour are being
worked out through the Carolina
Motor Club, under whose auspices
the tour is organized.
Among the well-known places
Mrs. Curtis will visit are Southamp
ton, London, Stratford-on-Avon,
Oxford, Cambridge, Ostende,
Brugges, Ghent, Brussells, Ant
werp, Rotterdam, The Hague,
Scheveningen, Volendam, Isle of
Marken, Cologne, Coblenz, Wies
baden, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Ba
den-Baden.
Also the Black Forest, Triberg,
Lucerne, Bern, Interlaken, Lake
Como, Milan, Verona, Padua, Ven
ice, Florence, Naples, Capri, Pisa,
Rapallo, Nice, Grasse, Cannes and
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Five Cent Contribution On
Ton Of Fertilizer And
Feed Will Be Asked
Merrimon ’ H. Shuford, well
known farmer in Transylvania of
the Little River community, has
been chosen to head the “Nickels
for Know-How” campaign in
Transylvania county, and Mrs.
Steve Ferguson, of route 1, Bre
vard, is co-chairman. Mrs. Annie
C. B. Clapp is the secretary.
The educational committee to
work with the officers is com
posed of the following: J. A. Glaze
ner, chairman, Randal J. Lyday,
B. E. Keisler, Miss Anne Benson
Priest, W. W. Johnson and J. B.
Jones.
Election committee members
are: Vernon Gosnell, Owen Lee
and Charles Paxton, and the pub
licity committee is composed of
John I. Anderson, Miss Frances
Walker, Jack Hammette, Dave
Sherrill and Miss Dorothy Wallace.
R. G. Deyton, treasurer of Ecus
ta Paper corporation, was the prin
cipal speaker at the kick-off meet
ing in Transylvania of Hie “Nick
els for Know-How” campaign,
which will be climaxed with a ref
erendum on November 3.
Mr. Deyton explained that farm
ers would vote at that time on a
five cent cofcitribution on each
ton of fertilizer and feed, and
“this contribution is the farmers
effort to help himself by getting
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WPNF Program Highlights
Brevard vs. Sand Hill Game This
Saturday Night Will Be Broadcast
Realizing that many Transylva
nians will be unable to attend the
football game between Brevard
and Sand Hill on Saturday night
in Asheville, WPNF will carry a
play-by-play description of the
game, beginning with the open
ing kick-off at 8 o’clock.
Last Friday night the local sta
tion, which is Mutual for Western
North Carolina, aired the open
ing game of the season, and nu
merous favorable comments have
been heard this week.
, Because of this game, several
changes in Saturday night’s pro
gram log are nptod. The Ecusta
Jamboree, which is heard each
Saturday night from 9 to 10 o’clock,
will be divided this week only,
into two thirty-minute programs.
The first portion will be heard
beginning at 7:20, and the sec
ond thirty minutes will immedi
ately follow the game. Unin
terrupted music for dancing will
be heard after the final portion of
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STUDENT BODY IS
SELECTED, PLANT
MUCH IMPROVED
Repairs On Buildings Being
Completed. Campus Is
Beautified
REGISTER TUESDAY
Brevard college will open for
the 1951-’52 term next Monday,
when entrance examinations and
other phases of orientation will
take place, President George
Biinkmann Ehlhardt announces.
On Tuesday registration will be
held and classes will get under
way at 8 o’clock next Wednesday
morning. The first formal program
in the new college auditorium is
slated for 10 o’clock next Wednes
day.
Extensive remodeling and re
pairing have been underway and
the school’s facilities will be ready
to accommodate 300 selected stu
COLLEGE ISSUE
Additional information con
cerning Brevard college and wel
coming of students and faculty
members will be found through
out this special college number.
This paper is going not only to
regular subscribers, but also to
students, parents, and a large
number of out-of-town friends of
the college, Publisher Ed M.
Anderson states.
dents, the president states. Be
cause of the draft situation, en
rollment figures are unpredictable,
he comments.
Dunham hall, the administration
building of the campus which
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COLLEGE FACULTY
ANNOUNCED TODAY
New Members Are Named
By President Ehlhardt.
List Is Given
The official faculty list for Bre
vard college for the academic year,
1951-’52, is announced today by
President George Brinkmann Ehl
hardt.
New members of the faculty in
clude Ray MacNairn Fry, the new
librarian; Ernest Dillard Eppley,
director of athletics for men; Mrs.
AJma Sams Kennedy, instructor in
English; Miss Ella V. Buckner,
bursar of the college; and Mrs.
Grace Gordon Maness, director of
the business division.
Mr. Fry comes to Brevard col
lege from the school of library
science, Columbia university,
where he received his master of
arts degree. The new athletic di»
rector also received his degree at
Duke, and since completing hit
college work, he has been coach.
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