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Vol. 61, No. 51
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951
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We would like to have a news break come
alon& alike in significance unto the first Christmas.
Not that the Bible does not narrate the story
with clarity, &race and fervor. We just have a pro
fessional—and reverent—interest in how the reporter
would handle man’s salvation.
He mi&ht interview the "voice crying in the
wilderness” for background material. Front pa&es
would be carrying Augustus’ decree that "all the
world should be taxed,” a lead that mi&ht send the
newsman to meet Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem.
Or he mi&ht accompany the Wise Men, familiar
with Herod’s awful command that they discover the
Child for him. Civilization, incensed by the massacre
of the innocents, would read with relief of their
disobedience.
Yesterday’s newspaper is dead news, but this
"extra” would have lived forever.
145J—
Church Membership In Brevard Is
Greater Than The National Average
MANY CHILDREN
TO ATTEND PARTY
Legion Sponsoring Event
Thursday Night. Square
Dance On Friday
More than 500 boys and girls of
Transylvania are expected to attend
the annual Christmas party at the
American Legion Memorial build
ing Thursday night.
Activities of the evening will get
underway at 7:30 o'clock, and there
will be candy and free refreshments
ior all children attending. Santa
Claus himself will be present, and
highlighting the program will be
the reading of the first Christmas
story by Rev. J. Julian Holmes, pas
tor of the Brevard Methodist
church.
In urging the children of the
community to attend, Commander
Charles B. Disher states that all
boys and girls, regardless of wheth
er their parents are legion or aux
iliary members or not, are invited
to attend.
—Turn To Page Seven
CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 20 — Two cir
cles of First Baptist church meet.
Rotary club at Gaither’s club room,
7 p. m. Lions club, 7 p. m., Bryant
house. American Legion children’s
party at 7:30. Masons meet at 8:00.
Friday, Dec. 21 — All county
schools close for holidays. Judging
for lighting contest, after dusk. Ki
wanis meets, Bryant house, 7 p. m.
Musical program sponsored by OES,
high school, 8 o’clock. Square dance
in American Legion building, 8:30.
Saturday, Dec. 22 — Skeet’ shoot
at Country club range, 10 a. m.
American Legion dance 8:30 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 23 — Attend the
—Turn to Page Seven
Six Protestant Faiths And
Catholics Represented.
Baptists Largest
By FRANCES WALKER
As the 3,893 people in Brevard
prepare to celebrate Christmas,
more than 69 per cent of them will
iook to their churches, since a sur
vey conducted this week by The
Times shows the total church mem
bership in the town 2,723.
It is comforting to note that the
69.66 percentage in Brevard, based
on total population figures, com
pares with the national figure of
only 54 per cent.
There is little way of determin
ing how many of these members
are active, but it can be assumed
that the larger percentage of them
are
At a time when ministers and
evangelists are urging a “Back to
God” campaign many of the towns
—Turn To Page Six
NEW OFFICERS OF
WOW ARE ELECTED
Clark Is Consul Commander.
Installation Set For
Jan. 9th
C. L. Clark was elected consul
commander of the Balsam Camp,
No. 116, Woodmen of the World at
the last regular meeting here.
The new commander and other
elected officers will be installed
on Wednesday night, Jan. 9, 1952.
Others named in the election
were: Alfred Galloway, past consul
commander; L. A. Thomas, advisor
lieutenant; LeRoy Mills, banker; J.
Fred Taylor, recording secretary;
George J. Newman, escort; Dr. Wil
son Lyday, physician; Roy T. Mes
ser. sentry; Clyde Sorrells, watch
man; and J. I. Ayers, auditor.
Masons Named Fullbright To Head
Organization During The New Year
Vernon P. Fullbright, assistant
postmaster at the Brevard post of
fice, was elected Worshipful Mas
ter of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge
at a stated communication held last
Thursday night in the Masonic
temple on East Main street.
Mr. Fullbright is a 32-degree
Mason and an officer in the Lodge
of Perfection of the Scottish Rite
bodies at Asheville. He is also vice
president of the Transylvania
Shrine club and holds his Shrine
membership with Oasis Temple in
Charlotte. He succeeds T. Ralph
Parrish.
Other officers elected were: The
odore L. McCrary, senior warden;
Briscoe Whitmire, junior warden;
A. N. Jenkins, re-elected treasurer;
and Henry R. Henderson, re-elected
secretary.
Officers appointed by the newly
—Turn To Page Six
VERNON P. FULLBRIGHT !
Transylvania Goes "Over The Top" In
Hospital Drive, $77,360 Raised Here
MERCURY DROPS
IN COUNTY, LOW
OF 5 IS RECORDED
Snow Blanketed Transylva
nia Last Friday. Sleet And
Ice On Tuesday
Transylvanians shivered this
past week as the mercury drop
ped to five degrees last Satur
day and a low of eight was re
corded on Sunday.
Last Friday morning snow cov
ered the entire county, but clear
ing skies in the afternoon melted
most of the silvery blanket by
dark. On Tuesday morning a light
lain turned to ice and sleet, al
most halting traffic;. Again by
noon the shining sun melted the
i< e.
The prediction by the weather
man for the remainder of the
week is continued cold. When
asked if a white Christmas was
in the offing, the weatherman
replied: *
uThat’s highly possible.” But
he wouldn’t say for sure.
SAVINGS AND LOAN
PAYING DIVIDEND,
INTEREST NOW 1%
Some $21,000 Being Dis
bursed To Total Of
1,043 Investors
Semi-annual dividends for the
past six months will be paid to
stockholders of the Brevard Fed
eral Savings and Loan association,
and according to Jerry Jerome, the
secretary and treasurer, interest is
to be figured at the rate of three
per cent instead of 2V2 per cent.
Checks will go in the mails on Dec.
31st, Mr. Jerome states.
Around $21,000 is being dis
bursed to 1,043 investors, Mr. Je
rome reports, and all savings at the
Federal Savings and Loan associa
tion are now drawing three per
cent.
The dividend this week is the
27th consecutive dividend the Bre
vard association has paid.
In addition to Secretary and
Treasurer Jerome, other officers
are: Joseph S. Silversteen, presi
dent; A. F. Mitchell, vice presi
dent; and Mrs. Rowena Summey,
assistant secretary and treasurer.
Local Woman Wins
One Ton Of Flour
Mrs. George J. Newman} of
South Caldwell street, in Brevard,
is winner of one ton of flour for
placing third in a slogan con
test sponsored by General Mills.
In a jingle which began ‘I
Like Red Band Flour Because,”
Mrs. Newman finished the verse
which won her prize.
A letter from L. C. Scholer ad
vertising manager, informed Mrs.
Newman of her prize and stated
that a salesman for Red Band
flour would call on her at an
early date to arrange for the de
livery. A ton of flour is supposed
to last an average family over a
year.
Several thousand entries were
reported by General MUls in this
contest.
DR. COREY ENTERS SERVICE
Dr. J. Hicks Corey, formerly as
sociated with Dr. C. L. Newland,
is now in the U. S. Medical Corps,
stationed at Lackland Air Force
base, San Antonio, Tex.
Dr. Corey entered the service
last week as a lieutenant and upon
entering active service was promot
ed to captain.
Transylvania Becomes “Land Of Icicles”
Transylvania, known of as “Land of Waterfalls” has been trans
formed into a “Land of Icicles” by near zero temperatures during the
past week. The above photo of JON E. ANDERSON was taken Sun
day afternoon on the bank of the highway near Cascade lake as he
pulled down a slab of of ice for a baseball bat. The current cold wave
here will get worse before it gets better, the weatherman predicts.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brisk Christmas Business Is
Anticipated, Churches Planning
Yule Services, Two-Day Holiday
Awarding Of Car Slated
Monday. Bonuses Now
Being Paid
With only four more shopping
days remaining before Christmas,
local merchants are expecting brisk
business during that period. The
volume of holiday trade in Bre
vard thus far compares favorably
with that of last year and a num
ber of merchants have reported in
creases.
The Christmas “buy-fest” will be
climaxed Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock when a Pontiac Eight auto
mobile will be awarded on the high
school athletic field. A number of
participants in the Holiday Trade
—Turn to Page Twelve
Much Cheer Work Being
Done For Needv. Light
ing Contest Underway
The Christmas observance in
Transylvania will be highlighted
with special services at all the
churches in the town and county,
and Christmas day and also the
26th will be holidays here.
Schools will close on Friday and
classes will be resumed on Monday,
January 7th. Several of the schools
are planning special programs on
Thursday and Friday, and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend the
one here at the high school at 1:00
o’clock Friday.
With the goal being to provide a
—Turn To Page Twelve
WPNF Program Highlights
Hoffman And Band To Broadcast From
Legion Building This Saturday Night
The music of Eddie Hoffman and
his orchestra will be carried over
the airways of WPNF on Saturday
night from 11:00 to 11:30, direct
from the American Legion Memo
rial building here.
A large number of legionnaires
and their friends are expected to
attend this dance and the thirty
minute program on the air will be
carried through the remote facili
ties of WPNF.
On page eight, first section of
this week’s Times, there’s a story
highlighting the special Christmas
programs to be heard over WPNF
during the coming week, and all
listeners are urged by station offi
cials to keep tuned to 1240, for
the latest in news, music, and
drama.
Other Programs
The Brevard Kiwanis club is
scheduled to present the civic hour
on Friday morning at 9:30. On Mon
day, the Brevard Lions are in
charge of the program, while the
American Legion will present the
program on Wednesday.
Here is the Farm and Home hour
schedule for the coming week:
Thursday, B. E. Keisler, Rosman
FFA; Friday, W. P. Duncan, for
estry service; Monday, M. H. Shu
ford, Brevard veterans; Tuesday,
J. A. Glazener and Wednesday, R.
J. Lyday, Brevard FFA.
—Turn to Page Seven
FINAL DONATION
MADE TUESDAY BY
OLIN FOUNDATION
Chairman Ramsey Issues
Statement Of Apprecia>
tion To Contributors
PLAN EARLY WORK
Transylvania is “over the top*”
in the drive to raise $77,360, the
county’s part of the $200,000.00
needed to build the Harry H. Straus
Memorial wing to the Transvlva
r.ia Community hospital.
This good news was announced
at a meeting of the building fund
committee and the board of trus
tees Tuesday night in the new ban
quet hall over Gaither’s restaurant.
Chairman Ralph H. Ramsey an
nounced at the meeting that with
all donations, and pledges turned
in at that time a total of $68,860.00
h»d been raised.
Ma"lt was at this point that R. <3L
H||grton, treasurer of the Ecusta
fflper corporation, announced that
he had just talked with President
John W. Hanes and that Mr. Hanes
and the Olin foundation intended
to see that the community got the
proposed wing.
“It is with great delight that I
inform this group that a check for
the remaining balance of $8,500.00
is on its way from the Olin founda
tion,” Mr. Deyton reported
He previously reported that the
Straus foundation had sent in a
check for $5,000.00.
C. M. Douglas and Jerry Jerome
reported that businesses, individ
—Turn To Page Six
TIMES TO CARRY
1952 FORECASTS
Babson’s “Business And Fi
nancial Outlook" Will
Be In Next Issue
The Transylvania Times wilt
publish Roger W. Babson’s “Busi
ness And Financial Outlook For
1952” in the next issue on Decem
ber 27, Publisher Ed M. Anderson
announces today.
‘'We bring this article to your
attention because our readers de
serve the best. Consequently, be
cause of Mr. Babson’s outstanding
record for accuracy in his Annual
Forecasts—an average of 86 per
cent for the past 15 years—we are
publishing this feature to give you
a preview of business and finance
in 1952,” the publisher continued.
Mr. Babson’s 1952 Outlook will
contain 50 forecasts covering such
important topics as: general busi
—Turn To Page Twelve
Times To Publish
Next Week’s Paper
Friday Afternoon
The New Year’s greetings edi
tion of The Transylvania Times
will be placed in the mails and
on the news stands next Friday
afternoon instead of Wednesday
evening, Publisher Ed M. Ander
son states today.
“This is being done in order
that the people who produce
the Times may have two full
days off for the Christmas holi
days,” he says. The Times of
fice will be closed all day Tues
day and Wednesday.
“Every member of our staff
joins the merchants, industries
and individuals who have splen
did Christmas greetings in thfe
issue in wishing for every one a
very Merry, Merry Christmas.**
the publisher concluded.