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ANSYLVANIA IS . . . The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Plsgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Transylvania Times WSEStW # IHsU’ A State And National Priz if# W inning A. B. C. Newspaper Vol. 61: No. 38 * SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1951 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY * An Industrial, i Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321. PUBLISHED WEEKLY PLANNING ADDITION TO HOSPITAL Brevard Receives Money For Use On Streets i REMITTANCE IS MADE UNDE THE POWELL STATUTE $11,000 To Be Expended, Starting In The Imme diate Future CLUB BID REJECTED The town of Brevard has re ceived a check for $10,684.43 to be spent on city streets under the Powell bill and work with this special fund is expected to be start ed* in the immediate future. Under the Powell bill, the 11.01 miles of city streets not on the state system for maintenance will be improved with the allotment of $10,684.43. Funds for the Powell bill dis bursement came from a one-half cent per gallon cut of the state’s gasoline tax. Money was divided on the basis of population and non highway mileage within a munici pality. Checks were mailed to 388 towns and cities in North Caro lina and ranged in size from $251 for Harrelsville to $235,235 for Charlotte. Brevard has expected to receive in excess of $5,000, and town offi cials expressed pleasure over re ceiving a check for $10,684.43. Other Town News The Brevard country club was sold at public auction on Monday. The only bid was for $15,000 and it was made by Frank Carr. At a meeting of the board of aldermen on Tuesday, this bid was rejected and there is some speculation that the club might now be leased to a golf pro. Bill Erwin has been named to succeed C. F. Misenheimer, re signed, as street superintendent, and has already assumed his du-1 ties, N. A. Miller,'Clerk, reports. ELECTRIC POWER SHUT OFF SUNDAY Service In Brevard And Up' per Transylvania To Be Interrupted There will be a shut-down of electric service in Brevard and vi cinity Sunday afternoon, Septem ber 23rd, from 1 to 6 o’clock, J. M. Gaines, the local manager, an nounces. The shut-down is for the purpose of effecting a distribution voltage change, however, the delivery volt ages received in homes and facto ries will not be changed. This shut-down does not apply to Ecusta Paper corporation, nor to the Enon, Little River, Penrose, Crab Creek, or Etowah sections of Transylvania and Henderson coun ties. It does apply to Rosman and the REA lines west and south of Rosman, as well as to the town of Brevard. If possible the time of shut down will be shortened and service may be resumed on some lines ear lier than 6 o’clock, Mr. Gaines says. If the weather does not permit working outdoors Sunday after noon the changeover will be post poned until Sunday afternoon Sep tember 30th. The management of the Co-Ed and Clemson theaters reminds the atregoers that there will be no aft ernoon shows if the power is off, but in case the work is postponed, regular shows will be shown. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, Sept. 20—Lions club meets at Bryant house, 7 p. m. Ro tary meeting at the Coffee Shop, 7 p. m. Masonic meeting in temple at 8 p. m. Friday, Sept. 21—Brevard Garden club meets with Mrs. T. C. Galloway at 3:30. Kiwanis meeting at Bryant house at 7 p. m. Brevard vs. Hender sonville on high school field at 8 p. m. Sunday, Sept. 23 — Attend the church of your choice. Power shut off from 1 to 6 p. m. —Tub To Page Twelve New Operating Organizations For Both Branches Of Ecusta Paper Corporation Announced Cellophane Director •iifiMBiiin ..... N. H. COLLISSON, who has been an official at Ecusta Pa per corporation, since March, 1950, has assumed the position as director of the new cello phane plant. During World War II he made an outstanding rec ord in governmental work, and in 1948 was appointed by the presi dent as chief of the ECA mis sion to Germany. Gets Promotion LAWRENCE F. DIXON, who first became associated with the late Harry H. Straus in develop ment of flax in 1935, has been named general manager of the paper division of Ecusta Paper corporation. TO ATTEND CONVENTION A large number of delegates— clergy and layman—from the Tran sylvania district, will attend the 14th annual convention of the Western North Carolina Methodist church which opens Sept. 25 in the West Market Street Methodist church in Greensboro. The annual Brevard college luncheon at the conference will be held next Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 1:00 o’clock. I Collisson Heads Cellophane Division, Lawrence Dixon Paper Branch The formation of a new operating organization for the two new di visions of the Ecusta Paper corpo ration, a subsidiary of Olin Indus tries, Inc., is announced this week, along with the appointment of ex ecutive personnel. The announce ment was made jointly by John M. Olin, president of Olin, and John Wesley Hanes, vice president of Olin and president of Ecusta, who will administer the new divisions. Norman H. Collisson, Ecusta vice president, was appointed general manager of the Olin Cellophane Division. Prior to coming to Ecusta in March, 1950, Mr. Collisson served as chief to ECA mission to Ger many, which was in charge of dis mantling German war plants. Dur ing World War II he served as an officer in the U. S. navy, and in 1946 was named coal mines ad ministrator of all bituminous mines in the United States. Lawrence F. Dixon, executive of Ecusta and its affiliates for many years, was appointed general man ager of the Ecusta Paper Division. Mr. Dixon became associated with the late Harry H. Straus, —Turn To Page Seven YFW OFFICIAL TO VISIT BREVARD THURSDAY NOON Luncheon Will Be Held In Coffee Shop. Plan Tour Of WNC Otis N. Brown, state executive director of Veterans of Foreign Wars in North Carolina, will pay his official visit to Brevard Thurs day at 1:00 o’clock, wnen a lunch 'scu will be held in the Coffee Shop. This week end, Mr. Brown will i visit posts in the 17th district and he will be accompanied by R. J. Alderman, commander of the local Lewis Earl Jackson post and also 17th District commander. “We hope to stimulate activity in the smaller organization and to stress the purppse and importance of VFW work in the district, state and nation,” Alderman declared. Thursday night the two VFW of ficials will go to Macon County I Memorial Post No. 7339. Franklin (where they will be greeted by i Commander Woodrow W. Reeves. Brown will be guest speaker at a special meeting beginning at 8. Friday the schedule calls for a joint meeting of the Canton and Waynesville posts at Canton, the home of State Commander F. Cole Cogburn at 8 p. m. Climaxing the tour will be a vis it to the largest post in the state, Hedrick-Rhodes No. 5206, at Hen dersonville Saturday night. Before-After Photos Show Brevard College Campus Improvements Improvements in the appearance of the Brevard college campus are vividly shown in the photo graphs above. In the uppermost photo the dismantled GI barracks presented an unsightly scene. While in the photograph directly below the terracing work and the newly constructed tennis courts enhance the campus along French Broad avenue. Last spring President fihlhardt and Mrs. J. H. Pickelsimer were photographed while terracing work was underway between the library and the infirmary. Mrs. Pickelsimer also provided for a lily pool at the lower end of the campus. The 1951-’52 term opened at Brevard college Wednesday, with enrollment slightly lower than anticipated. (Times Staff Photos) BAND REVIEW TO BE HELD AT GAME Ecusta And Hendersonville Bands To Perform At Halftime Friday Night As a special half-time attraction at the annual grid-classic between Brevard and Hendersonville Fri day night, there will be a band re view with both the Ecusta and Hendersonville bands participat ing. These two outstanding bands have been working together on for mations for the review, and John Eversman, the Ecusta director, and Earl Martin director of the Hendersonville band, will be in —Turn to Page Seven Improvements Noted In Remodeled Dunham Hall At College In seeing the interior of Dunham Hall today, it would be difficult to remember after it was gutted by two fires last autumn. The left photo shows the entrance leading to the street, as well as the business office on the left. The modernly refurnished auditorium is pictured at the right, with a portion of the new chairs seen. (Times Staff Photos) Crusade For Freedom Campaign Is In Full Swing In County Four-Year-Old Child Succumbs After She Collides With Truck Funeral services for little Jack que Sue Flood, who died from in juries sustained when she collid ed with a truck on the Rosman highway Tuesday morning, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Glady Branch church. Rev. Clyde Collins will officiate and burial will follow in the Gal loway cemetery at Middle Fork. The accident occurred about —Turn To Page Six • - Dr. Frank McGuire Is The Treasurer. Committee Members Are Busy Intensified work in the 1951 Crusade For Freedom drive in Transylvania county is now under way, and officials of the local cam paign hope to complete the Cru sade in the town and county before | the end of the month. Coin boxes have been distribut ed to strategic locations in Bre vard and throughout the county, and all citizens are urged to give their nickels and dimes. Youth —Turn to Page Seven WPNF Program Highlights Special Crusade For Freedom* Hour Is Scheduled This Thursday Night Highlighting the Crusade For Freedom campaign in Brevard and Transylvania will be a special radio program over WPNF Thursday night from 8:30 until 9:30 o’clock with stirring messages and music and requests for telephone pledges ! to the local fund. All WPNF listeners are urged by John Anderson, the local chair man, to hear this special program and to make a < pledge during the hour. Other Programs Members of the Brevard Fort nightly club will present the Civic hour Friday morning at 9:30; on Monday, the Business and Profes sional Woman’s club will present the program, while the Transylva nia Wildlife club will be in charge on Wednesday morning. Here is the Farm and Home hour schedule for the coming week: Thursday, September 20, Mrs. Glenn Burrell, Brevard home eco nomics department; Friday, Sep tember 21, W. P. Duncan, U. S. Forestry service; Monday, Septem ber 24, Merrimon Shuford, Bre vard veterans; Tuesday, September 25, R. J. Lyday, Brevard FFA; and Wednesday, September 26, Anne Benson Priest, home agent. The Rev. J. Julian Holmes, pas —Turn Te Page Twelve COST OF NEEDED WING IS $200,000, SEEKING GRANT Local Share To Be 36.2 Per Cent. Deyton Named To Board RAMSEY CHAIRMAN Due to the* acute need for more private rooms at the Transylvania Community hospital, the board of trustees Tuesday night adopted a resolution, requesting the North Carolina Medical Care commission to make a grant to aid in the con struction of a $200,000 addition, which would contain some 15 to 20 private rooms. When the present building was erected, it was so designed that a wing could be added when needed. Last Friday H. E. Hamilton, hos pital administrator, and Bruce K. Jones, architect of the commission, were here in Brevard and con ferred with the hospital board re garding local needs. They were of the opinion that there is a need for the proposed addition, and es t>mated the cost at $200,000. They explained that the commis sion had received a grant of $370, 000 from the federal government and that there was a chance of the Transylvania Community hospital sharing in it. Of the $200,000 needed for the local hospital addition, the offi cials of the commission said that it would be necessary to raise lo cally 36.2 per cent or $72,400, and that the commission would give the balance of $127,600. It was their suggestion that the local Imard make application at mice, felt is understood that the com mission will meet this Frida? night^j| and some action on the nia application is expected. Should^^i the commission look with favor on —Turn to Page Twelve LOCAL POPULARITY CONTEST FOR GIRLS Cash Awards To Be Given. Winners. Contestants^^ Named A popularity contest gets under way Friday, September 21st to name the most popular teen-age girl in the county, in a project that is being sponsored by Pisgah chap ter No. 198, Order of the Eastern Star. Over 20 girls ranging in ages from 14 to 20 have been selected to participate in Brevard and Ros man. Their pictures will be placed in offices and business houses, with votes costing one cent each. Proceeds from the contest will go toward equipping the kitchen of the new Masonic Temple. Ending October 13th, the con test will award $50 to the first place winner and $25 to the sec ond place runner-up. Mrs. Ralph Parrish, chairman of the contest, announces the follow ing contestants in Brevard and Rosman: Betty Whitmire, Ford’s; Rober ta Harris, Macfie’s; Belva Babb, The Chatterbox; Molly Siniard, Ba ker Jewelers; Martha Fortune, Pine Ridge Grocery; Helen Heath, Cas sel’s; Dot Collins, Rose’s; Barba ra Talley, Dixie; Jane Anne and Billie Hart (running as sisters), Galloway’s; Lou Auvil, Crest’s; Vio —Turn To Page Sis Local Draft Board Visited By State Officials Tuesday Two officials of the state Selee> tive Service headquarters at Ra leigh paid a visit here Tuesday at the local office and its clerk, Mrs. Allie B. Harlee, en route west on a tour of the state. These officials were Lt. Col. H. H. Hutchinson, state procurement officer, and Mr. O. S. Slaunwhite, chief of the manpower division. From here they left for Frank lin and a visit there. They express ed pleasure at the manner hi which the local Selective Sendee board is operating.
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