TRANSYLVANIA
IS. . .
The Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
The Transylvania Times
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TRANSYLVANIA
IS. . .
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ter. Population 15,321.
Vol. 61, No. 46
* SECTION ONE * BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1951
★ 20 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
District Principal Admires Indian Portraits
Through the efforts of the art committee of the Parent-Teacher association a collection of six
portraits of Indian leaders is on display in the Brevard high school library. Principal ROBERT T.
KIMZEY. above, admires the colorful picture of Sequoyah, while talking to Times Assistant Editor,
FRANCES WALKER. The paintings were loaned by the Asheville Artists Guild and this is the first
school in which they have been shown. They are exact replicas of originals, and will remain in Brevard
for about a week more. (Times Staff Photo)
Plan Dedication Of Town's
Water And Sewer Systems
4
A formal dedication of the new
water and sewer systems of Bre
vard will be held on Tuesday,
Nov. 27, 1951, at which time towns
people and many out-of-town visi
tors will be invited '"Aspect the
modern and expanded systems dr
the town.
Mayor John A. Ford has invited
officials from all towns and cities
in Western North Carolina, state
executives and representatives of
the U. S. Public Health service to
the dedication, which will be held
at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon on
Nov. 27, at the treatment plant.
This site is located just below Ross
Hall, adjacent to the Brevard col
lege campus.
During the day, townspeople and
other distinguished visitors will be
taken on conducted tours of the
reservoir and the disposal plant.
At 1:00 o’clock on the 27th, the
John J. Harte company, of Atlan
ta, Ga., which planned and carried
out the expansion programs, will
give a luncheon for town officials,
visitors from other towns and oth
er guests at the Brevard college
cafeteria.
Mayor Ford said yesterday that
he wants every citizen to make a
special effort and see the fine water
and sewer systems on the day of
the dedication.
“We are very fortunate and
lucky to have started these proj
ects when we did. During the re
cent dry spell when most every
town and city in North Carolina
suffered a water shortage, we had
the largest supply in the history
of the town,” the mayor declared.
Funds for the water and sewer
projects were made available last
year when Brevard voters ap
proved a $500,000 bond issue.
The resolution, recently adopt
ed by the town board, declaring
November 27, 1951, as the date of
dedication of the water and sewer
systems, is as follows:
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Nov. 15 — WSCS
meets at Brevard Methodist church,
3:30. Lions meet at Bryant house,
7 p. m. Rotary club meeting in
Coffee Shop, 7 p. m. A & B bat
teries of 316th FA battalion, Amer
ican Legion building, 8 p. m. Ma
sonic meeting in Temple at 8 p. m.
Friday, Nov. 16 — Pre-induction
call for boys, leave bus station at
8 a. m. Marine and Navy recruiters
at post office, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Sunday, Nov. 18 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Nov. 19 — American Le
gion auxiliary meeting, 8 p. m.
Women of Presbyterian church
meet, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 20 — OES meets
at Masonic Temple, 7:30.
Wednesday, Nov. 21 — Union
Thanksgiving service at First Bap
tist church, 7:30.
—Turn to Page Seven
ANNUAL SEAL SALE
WILL BE MUNCHED
HERE-NEXT WEEK
Proceeds Will Go To Fight
Tuberculosis In Transyl
vania County
The annual appeal for funds by
the Transylvania Tuberculosis as
sociation gets underway Monday,
November 19, and will continue
through December 25. Letters con
taining Christmas seals or health
bonds will be mailed on November
19, it is announced by Miss Lillian
Zachary, seal sale chairman.
The 1951 sale of Christmas seals
will be conducted by the local tu
berculosis association to raise funds
for the tuberculosis control work
of the organization. The majority
of the funds raised this year will
be used to defray expenses of the
large X-ray survey which will take
place in Transylvania during 1952.
In addition to the expense of the
sjurvey itself, a certain amount of
follow-up work must be carried on.
As was the case when the X-ray
unit was here in 1950, there is no
charge to the citizen who is X
rayed, yet he is the one who profits
by the program, Miss Zachary
—Turn To Page Twelve
Says Condition Of
Golf Links Improved
The Brevard country club and
golf course will be opened officially
to the public this week end, and
Manager Garland Mitchell says the
condition of the links is improved.
"With some sunshine, we should
have a very playable course,” he
commented.
For the next two week ends,
Saturday and Sunday nights, food
will be served in the clubhouse,
he states, and a more permanent
schedule will be adopted after
that time.
PAINTINGSOF
CHEROKEES ARE
DISPLAYED HERE
Collection In High School Li
brary. Students Showing
Much Interest
By FRANCES WALKER
A renewed interest by history
students fn the dismal story of the
Cherokee nation, due largely to
the drama, “Unto These Hills,” is
evidenced today in the Brevard
high school library where a collec
tion of paintings of Indian lead
crs is now on display.
Secured by the art committee oi
the P-TA, these six paintings were
loaned through the Asheville Ar
tists Guild, which prepared them
for showings in this section. They
came to Brevard from Pack Memo
rial library, Asheville, and had beer
shown previously at the Cherokee
Museum only. The pictures are
copies of originals and are charac
terized by their vivid colors.
A few years ago students’ scant
knowledge of the Cherokees was
confined to the fact that they live
on Qualla reservation and are a
quiet, peace loving people. Since
Kermit Hunter’s brilliant contribu
tion “Unto These Hills” students
—Turn to Page Six
Annual Deer And Bear Hunts Open
On Monday, Many Hunters Expected
JURY LIST FOR
DECEMBER TERM
OF COURT GIVEN
Judge Bobbitt Will Preside
Over Two Weeks* Session.
Opens On Third
Jurors for the December term ;
of Superior court in Transylvania |
county are named today.
The two weeks’ term of court I
will open on Monday, December 3, i
with Judge William Bobbit, of
Charlotte, presiding, Marvin Mc
Call, clerk of court, announces.
Called to serve the first week
are the following:
Mrs. Perry Allison, Mrs. Ed C.
Mitchum, Ted H. Mull, Herman E. 1
Greer, D. F. Moore, William Clam
pitt, Walter Nicholson, Robert A.
Geer, Albert J. Williams, Mrs.
Leo Reid, George J. Goings, Hugh
N. Lambert, Harley Merrill, Odell
Owen, Harvey Sprouse, Mrs. T. D.
Grimshawe, Copa W. Lee, Mrs.
Elmo McCall, Robert E. Gaither,
Gaston Siniard.
John H. Keener, Valrey Carter,
Elmer Baker, Mrs. Ed Owenby,
M.ss Mildred Whitmire, Eugene
Bryson, Ingomer McCall, Conley
McKinnish, Boyd Oliver, Mrs.
Clark Grissom, Mrs. Howard Whit
mire, Sunday Heddrick, Clarence
Curlee, Mark T. Osborne, Don Jen
kins, V. N. Hollingsworth.
Persons called to serve the sec
ond week are: O. R. W’illingham,
Luke Harrison, John Collins, Jo
seph Hugh Bradburn, D. S. Win
chester, Estel Briggs, Mrs. Eva P.
Smith, Everett O. Mitchell, Mrs.
Bell Corn, Charles Owen, J. F.
Aycock, Mrs. Ray Israel, Lawrence
Whitmire, Gaston McCall, Elliot B.
Beckett, Robert Lyday, L. F. Mer
rill, Bethel J. Davis.
Joe Poole Enlists In
Army On Wednesday
Joseph Poole, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph N. Poole, of Maple
street, Brevard, enlisted in the
U. S. army for a two-year period
last Wednesday, November 7, ac
cording to Sgt. W. W. Phillips, re
cruiting officer in this area.
Poole is now at Fort Jackson,
S. C., where he will receive his
basic training or be re-assigned.
He is a graduate of Brevard high
school in 1949, and in September
graduated from Gupton Jones col
lege of mortuary science, in Nash
ville, Tenn. Since that time he has
been associated with Moore funeral
home.
“Watch The Mercury” Slogan Of
Hospital Building Fund Members
“Watch the thermometer on the
court house square” is the by-word
this week of the members of the
building fund committee of the
Transylvania Community hospital.
The mercury is expected to start
soaring as the canvassers cover the
town and county, Chairman Ralph
Ramsey said yesterday.
Each time a thousand dollars
comes into the local fund, it will
be marked on the thermometer.
A total of $77,360 must be raised
here, with the Medical Care com
mission furnishing $122,640 if the
local amount is raised by Decem
ber 15.
Ecusta management and employ
ees have set $40,000 as their goal,
and response is reported to be
good.
WPNF Program Highlights
To Announce Winners In "I Speak
For Democracy” Contest On Friday
The 10 winners in the “I Speak
For Democracy” contest in Tran
sylvania county, will be named Fri
day afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. The
group will be auditioned in the stu
dios of WPNF on Thursday after
noon at 2:00 o’clock, and the 10
prizes totaling in value $138.00,
will be awarded over the air on the
Friday program.
Sponsored by the Brevard Jay
cees, the radio dealers here, and
WPNF, the contest was open to all
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade
students.
Following the presentation cere
monies on the program Friday, the
first place winner will read his
script over the air. Next week, the
other prize winners will have an
opportunity of reading their scripts
each afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The following prizes are ottered
in the contest: First prize, $24.95
GE radio, given by Pearlman’s;
—Torn to Page Seven
The Monroe Wilson post of the
American Legion was the first or
ganization to contribute, and re
cently Commander Charles B. Dish
er presented the chairman with a
check for $200.
At the last meeting of the build
ing fund committee Mrs. E. L.
Happ, president of the hospital
auxiliary, gave a check for $500
from her organization. Other clubs
and groups have pledged whole
hearted support.
Particular attention of readers
of The Times is called to a special
message on page five, second sec
tion, and to an editorial entitled,
“Too Good To Miss.”
Smith And Roy To
Speak Sunday At
Methodist Church
Miss Ruth Smith, of the board
of missions of the Methodist
church and a native of Western
North Carolina, will speak at the
Brevard Methodist church Sunday
night at 7:30 o’clock, Rev. J. Julian
Holmes, the pastor, announces.
A graduate of George Peabody
College for Teachers, she also at
tended Scarritt college and Gar
rett Biblical institute. She was
commissioned a deaconess in the
Methodist church in 1943.
The Rev. Holmes also announces
that Rev. C. E. Roy, head of the
religious department of Brevard
college, will deliver the 11:00 ser
mon at the church on Sunday
morning.
Even Nursery At Hospital Crowded
The attractive, but overcrowded nursery at Transylvania Commu
nity hospital is pictured above and MISS INEZ DECKER, staff mem
ber, is shown holding one of the most recent “stork bundles.” Dur
ing the past year. 288 babies were born at the local hospital, and on
several occasions every bassinet was full. Included in the proposed
Harry H. Straus wing will be a new obstetrical department with ex
panded nursery facilities. (Times Staff Photo)
Cash Prizes Offered For Most
Attractive Store Windows Here,
76 Firms 1n Holiday Festival
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Writes Biography
CHALMERS G. DAVIDSON,
English professor at Davidson col
lege, has completed a biography
of General William Lee David
son, entitled, PIEDMONT PAR
TISAN, in which many facts
about Brevard are contained.
General Davidson married a
daughter of Squire John Bre
vard.
SCHOOLS CLOSE 2 DAYS
All schools in Brevard and
Transylvania county will close
at 3:30 next Wednesday after
noon, November 21st, for the an
nual Thanksgiving holiday. Class
es will again be resumed on Mon
day morning at 8:45, Supt. J. B.
Jones states.
First Group Of Awards Tc
Be Made Saturday. Times
Publishes Edition
Cash prizes for the most attrac
tive show windows will be awarded
local merchants when the Christ
mas shopping season opens here
next Friday night, Nov. 23. First
prize will be $15.00, second prize
$10.00, and third $5.00. They will
be given by The Transylvania
Times and Station WPNF, Ed M.
Anderson, publisher and president,
announces.
The business district of Brevard
will be decorated with colored
lights during the coming week, and
merchants are reported to be re
ceiving large quantities of Christ
mas merchandise.
Next week The Times will
publish its annual Christmas edi
tion, which will contain many
special holiday features, in addi
tion to the Christmas shopping
specials. Advertisers are request
ed to get their copy in early.
On Saturday afternoon of this
week the first group of prizes in
the Holiday Trade Festival will be
awarded on the Brevard high
school field at 2:00 o’clock. A total
of 76 firms is participating in the
trade festival.
The prizes to be awarded Satur
day are:
A Frigidaire refrigerator valued
at $220.75, purchased from Aber
crombie Home Furnishings.
A “True Temper” Steel Fly Rod
valued at $22.50, purchased from
Hobby and Sport Shop.
A “Dominion” Waffle Iron val
ued at $12.95, purchased from West
ern Auto Associate store.
Prizes will be awarded each Sat
—Turn to Page Twelve
Col. Brevard Is One Of Principals
In Forthcoming Davidson Biography
Many hitherto unknown facts
ibout Colonel Ephraim Brevard,
he man for whom this city was
lamed, will be revealed in the
lOrthcoming book, PIEDMONT
PARTISAN, written by an English
professor at Davidson college, Chal
ners G. Davidson.
This biography of General Wil
iiam Lee Davidson has the distinc
tion of being the first book ever
printed at Davidson and is pub
lished by the college, since it is
the life story of the man for whom
he institution was named.
There is much Brevard family
history in this new book since
General Davidson married Mary,
daughter of Squire John Brevard,
and sister of Ephraim. The two
families had an inveterate tenden
cy for intermarriage for several
generations.
Written originally as d PhD dis
sertation at Harvard university,
PIEDMONT PARTISAN has been
revised and rewritten for popular
consumption. Professor Davidson
collected photostatic copies of all
of General Davidson’s letters,
which had been scattered from
—Ton To Page Six
BELIEVE HUNTING
WILL BE BETTER,
RANGERS REPORT
One Of Each May Be Killed.
Other Improvements To
Aid Sportsmen
CAUTION URGED
Monday, November 19th, marks
the opening of the 1951 deer and
Lear hunts in the Pisgah National
forest here and on the many pri
vate hunting preserves throughout
Transylvania.
Hundreds of hunters from
throughout Eastern America will
arrive here this week end, and
rooming and boarding houses are
expected to be filled.
Advance reports indicate that
about the only way hunters should
miss seeing a deer in Pisgah next
week is by keeping their eyes shut.
Pisgah rangers report that, de
spite the toll taken by wild dogs*
poachers and wildcats, the herds
are bigger than ever.
Hunters will check in at the
Davidson river checking station at
6:00 o’clock next Monday morning
and good hunting is expected. Each,
hunter will be permitted to kill;
one buck or bear, and ranger warns
that only deer with visible antlers
may be killed. No bear with cubs,
may be taken.
During the hunts, the gates to
ihe forest roads will be closed
and posted with guards. The ranger
advises all persons to remain out
of the forest during the deer and
bear hunting season except hunt
ers and those having urgent busi
J ness.
A bo ^-and-arrow hunt will be
staged on Bent Creek for sports
men who like to try for their game
the hard way.
1 Aiding the hunters in the wild
life management areas this season
also are the wide trails and jeep
roads that were cut through them
last summer.
FARMERS MEET
SATURDAY MORN
Nomination Of Farmers To
Run In PMA Elections
Will Be Made
A county-wide meeting for all
Transylvania fanners will be held
Saturday morning, November 17,
at 10:30 a. m. in the court house
for the purpose of nominating
iarmers to run in the 1952 PMA
Community elections.
Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman
of the PMA committee, announces
that plans for the meeting were
made Tuesday, in his office.
The nominees selected will bo
voted on at a later date to serve
throughout 1952 as committeemen
in their communities.
This year the PMA election is
being held for the first time by
mail. At the meeting on Saturday,.
10 farmers will be nominated in
each of the eight townships, and'
their names will be mailed out om
ballots. The farmers will then in
turn vote for five.
Mrs. Julia Westwood, the local
secretary, says the change in pro
cedure is expected to cause great
er participation in the PMA elec
tions.
Record Crowd From
Here Is Expected At
Canton Game Friday
Present indications point to a
large crowd of Transylvanians
attending the Brevard-Black Bear
football game in Canton Friday
night
Clarence Bowen, manager of
the bus terminal here, says that
special Trailway buses will bo
available, and he expects to have
five or six bus loads going to the
game. A special round-trip fare
of $1.50 will be charged.
It will be the final game for
the Blue Devils, who have the
fine record of eight wins and'
only one loss for the tough 1951
season. For the benefit of local
persons unable to attend the axe
nual classic, a play-by-play ' de
scription will be carried oyer
WPNF, beginning at 8:00 o’clock
Friday night