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TRANSYLVANIA IS . . . An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 15,321 The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper TRANSYLVANIA IS. . . The Land of Waterfalls, Mecca for Summer Camps, Entrance to Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 62, No. 12 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY No Spreading Chestnut Tree—But He Blacksmiths Right On Both the “spreading chestnut tree” and blacksmiths are things of yesteryear, but John Cantrell, 71 year-old blacksmith here in Brevard on King street continues his trade just as he has been doing for the past 51 years. To supplement the horseshoe trade, which is fast disappearing, Mr. Cantrell can be noted in the left photo making beautiful andirons from wrought iron. At the right, he is shoeing the sad dle horse of T. B. Lewis, of Brevard. (Times Staff Photos) Days Of Old Recalled By "Village Blacksmith/' Trade Is Fast Fading COLLEGE TRUSTEES HOLD CALL MEETING No Action Taken On Nam ing President. M^ore Is Vice Chairman A new president of Brevard col lege was an item of business which was thoroughly discussed by the board of trustees of the college at a call meeting Monday afternoon in Shelby. Chairman Edwin L. Jones presided. The trustees decided that opera tions at the local institution would be continued as they are at the present time until the annual meet ing in May here at the college. Dean J. J. Stevenson is serving as acting president and members of the resident executive committee in addition to Dean Stevenson are: Dr. Joseph Martin, who is head ing the drive for the United Meth odist college advance, F. S. Best, and S. E. Varner, Sr., trustees of the college residing in Brevard, and Rev. C. E. Roy, who is head of the department of religion at Brevard college. Other action at the meeting on Monday in Shelby included the ap pointment of W. B. Moore, Wades boro industrialist, as vice chair man of the board. Mr. Moore succeeded the late C. M. Pickens, of Charlotte. Mr. Jones also announced that S. L. Myers, Concord hotel owner, had been nominated to fill a vacan cy on the board. The nomination must be formal ly approved by the Western North Carolina conference of the Metho dist church, but is equal to elec tion. CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, March 20 — Lions club meeting, Gaither’s Rhododendron room, 7:00 o’clock. Masons meet at Masonic temple, 7:30 p. m. Friday, March 21 — Garden club meets at Taylor Hall, 3:30 p. m. Kiwanis meeting, Rhododendron room, official visit of district gov ernor, 7:00 o’clock. Saturday, March 22 — Gold Star Mothers meet at. 2:00 p. m. with Mrs. Alice Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. Elks party begins at lodge at 6:30 o’clock. Teen-age party at NYA hut at 7:30 p. m. Talent show at col lege, 8:00 p. m. Sunday, March 23 — Attend the church of your choice. Laymen committee meeting, First Baptist church, 2:30. Monday, March 24 — Religious Emphasis week begins at Brevard college. Music Lovers club meets with Mrs. R. E. Matthews. Wednesday, March 26 — Wood men of World meeting at WOW ball, 8:00 p. m. TRY TIMES WANT ADS! John Cantrell Has Been Shoeing Horses Here For Over 50 Years By STAFF WRITER Although he’s been practicing his trade for 51 years, John Can trell, Brevard’s only remaining “village blacksmith,” has no plans for retiring from a vocation that is fast becoming lost in the atomic age. Looking years younger than his 71 years, Mr. Cantrell believes that the hard work of the blacksmith has contributed largely to his ro bust health. Perhaps this is fortu nate for horse owners, for if Mr. Cantrell retired there would be none to take his place. The blacksmith trade, with which this current generation is not too familiar, will be practically lost in the next few years. The reason— there are so few horses to be shod these days young men are not in terested in learning the trade. Mr. Cantrell recalls that once there were four of them working together in their shop behind the present location of the theatres. Felix Norton, the late Lee Pierson and P. L. Snelson, plus Mr. Can trell would be busy with 10 or 15 horses each day. “That was when they used to bring their lunches and wait their turns,” he reminded us. Though many a horse has been —Turn to Page Four Urges Alertness To Danger Of Rabies Walter F. Hart, senior sanitari an here, states that North Caro lina has been designated as an acute danger area for rabies. Fig ures recently recently released by the state board of health revealed over 250 positive laboratory-con firmed cases of animal rabies and over 700 people took the antirabic treatment in 1951. This, of course, does not mean that only 250 ani mals had rabies in 1951. When clinical cases are considered, there —Turn to Page Four TALENT SHOW IS SET AT COLLEGE Well - Known Ventriloquist Will Appear On Program Saturday Night A talent show of music and com edy will be held at the Brevard college auditorium Saturday eve ning at 8:00, according to Mary Louise Dean, president of the col lege chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. The national honor fraternity is sponsoring the evening of enter tainment by college and high school students to raise funds for sending delegates to the national fraternity convention. The convention, held this year in Gulfport, Miss., is scheduled for early April. As an added feature for the tal ent show, Alex Houston, well known Hendersonville ventrilo quist, a freshman at the college, will present several of his original skits. Houston has performed over several national chain TV and ra dio shows. He will not enter the competition. The two-hour program of talent —Turn to Page Four Statements Being Taken From Citizens Against Abandoning Toxaway Rail Line — ; ;-*---l SURVEY IS MADE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN TRANSYLVANIA Manager Of Commission Serving Two Counties Releases Figures Due to the numerous recent re quests to Gardiner P. Bly, mana ger of the North Carolina employ ment commission office in Hender sonville, that serves Transylvania, Henderson and Polk counties, Mr. Bly has made a study of the num ber of unemployed in relation to the number of employed persons in non-agricultural activities in Henderson and Transylvania coun ties. From the most recent figures ob tainable the average employment of the employing units hiring eight or more persons in the two coun ties is 7,192, and the number of non-agriculture employes in non covered employment, meaning such as county, state and employees in stores, restaurants and industry, not covered by the unemployment insurance tax are 2,777. This gives a total working force for the two counties of 9,969. The actual claims load of persons filing and eligible to file for unem ployment benefits in the two coun ties are 529. Unemployed persons who exhausted their unemployment insurance are 264, and the persons unemployed coming from the non covered employment and actually seeking employment are 150. Oth er persons who are available for employment, and are employed at the present time, are estimated at 200, giving a total of non-agricul tural unemployed 1,143. This means that 11 per cent of the normal working force in the two counties are now unemployed. The figures used in the unem ployed do not cover retired persons, persons beyond the working age, or those below working age; nor does it mean the number of stu dents that will graduate from high school and seek employment this summer, or the total potential la bor force of the two counties which means recruitable housewives and persons that have not placed them selves on the labor market, Bly says. If these factors were to be considered it would run the per centage of unemployment to the ac tual working force up to approxi mately 18 per cent, the survey shows. Rotarians Intensify Efforts In ’52 Red Cross Roll Call In The County The 1952 Red Cross roll call in Transylvania county is now in full swing with the Brevard Rotarians completing the canvass of the up town section and the industries of the county. According to Co-Chairmen Rhea Doyle and Dr. Frank McGuire, a door-to-door canvass of the resi dential areas, as well as a county wide solicitation, will be made next week, the final period of the drive. With a goal of $5,000, the Ro tarians are making every effort to push Transylvania “over the top” again, and the co-chairmen report Farmers Urged To Improve Pastures, Materials Offered By PMA Are Listed Transylvania fanners are urged by PMA officials to take action now and improve their farms by improving their pastures. Farmers can increase their in come by doing this, local officials point out, and the conservation of land and the top dressing of pas tures already seeded are stressed. Letters are being mailed out this week by the local PMA officers to all farmers in Transylvania. Com plete information about the prac tices offered through the PMA are outlined. Transylvania farmers can get as sistance during 1952 on the fol lowing practices: lime, fertilizer materials, winter cover crops, pas ture, forest tree improving, forest tree planting and alfalfa. Orders are now being taken at the local PMA (AAA) office for or chard grass, fescue, ladino clover and lime. These orders can be filled, the secretary says, by one of the following: B & B Feed and Seed company, Penrose Lumber company or Farmers Federation. An important message showing how much the government pays on each practice can be found on this week’s farm page in The Times. It is located on page eight, second section. that response is good in spite of numerous other drives, income tax time, etc. In pointing out that the work of the Red Cross is extremely impor tant in Transylvania, the co-chair men state that many local chapter workers are giving hundreds of hours of time, without compensa tion, in securing blood for use at home and abroad, entertaining vet erans in hospital, teaching first aid and other services too numer ous to mention. “We hope that every citizen will give, a small or large contribution, in order that the slate of this county might al ways read ‘over the top’ and contin ue to reflect one of the finest work ing chapters in the south,” Mr. Doyle declares. Equalization And Review Board To Meet On Monday The county board of commis sioners will meet as a board of equalization and review on Mon day, March 24. The meeting will be held here in the court house from 10 in the morning until one in the aft ernoon. The purpose of the meet ing is examine and review new property returned in January. According to W. W. Brittain, chairman of the board, the meet ing will be held in the commis sioners office. Now Grading High School Athletic Field Attracting much attention at the present time is the grading of the Brevard high school athletic field by the A. E. Merrill com pany. Most any time during the day scores of people can be noted watching the bulldozers and cranes at work, and before the job is completed, thousands of yards of dirt will have been moved, levelling off the seven-foot incline of the field. After smoothing and draining of the field, grass will be sown; cement foundations will be placed under the present stands; and new bleachers will be erected on the opposite side of the field. (Times Staff Photo) .:—. ' ■ - Dr. Stoke»t5Bducts Here, Also Religious Emphasis Week At College, Public Invited To Be Heard Here DR. J. LEM STOKES, who is secrotary of religion on Meth odist college campuses in the di vision of educational institutions, will conduct a week of evangelis tic services at the Brevard Meth odist church beginning on Sun day morning, and also religious emphasis week at Brevard col lege. The public is invited to hear the services both at the church and at the college. Noted Speaker Is Secretary Of Religion On Methodist College Campuses Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II, of Nash ville, Tenn., will conduct evange listic services at the Brevard Meth odist church and also religious em phasis week at Brevard college from March 23 through March 28. According to Rev. J. Julian Holmes, local pastor, Dr. Stokes is one of the most outstanding relig ious leaders of this area, and dur ing next week he will speak at the evening services at the Methodist church and at the chapel exercises at the college. The public is cor dially invited to attend, he states. He will open the evangelistic services at the church on Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, and again at the evening service at 7:30 o'clock, he will preach. Special mu sic is scheduled. Chapel exercises at the college will be held daily, Monday through Friday, at 9:50 in the mornings, and they are open to the public. The visit of Dr. Stokes is sponsored by both the church and the college. During the week, in addition to the daily chapel periods and eve ning worship programs at the church, other activities are planned for worshipful meditation by the students. Early morning devotions —Turn to Page Four WPNF Program Highlights MacArthur’s Plans For '52 Election May Be Revealed In Talk Saturday General Douglas MacArthur is expected to make a very important talk which will possibly reveal ’52 election plans before the Missis sippi legislature on Saturday and this address will be broadcast over WPNF on Saturday night from 111:15 until 11:45, o’clock. Other Programs Members of the Music Lovers’ club will present the Civic club program Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. On Monday the Brevard Fortnightly club will present the program, while the Brevard Wed nesday club will be heard next [Wednesday morning. Here is the Farm and Home Hour schedule: Thursday, Wallace Flynn, farm home administration; Friday, Carolina farm features; Monday, farm agent’s office; Tuesday, Bre vard vo-ag department; and Wed nesday, home agent’s office. The Rev. F. M. Barnes, pastor of the Little River Baptist church, is presenting morning devotions this week. Next week the Rev. Clyde Collins, pastor of the Glady —Turn To Page Four DATA WILL BE USED BY STATE UTILITIES GROUP Hearing Before Interstate Commerce Commission In Mid-Summer LETTERS MAILED Data to be used in opposing the petition of the Southern railway to abandon the trackage between Rosman and Lake Toxaway is being taken here today in the form of af fidavits by E. H. McMahan, a mem ber of the state utilities commis sion. Mr. McMahan and his secre tary arrived in Brevard shortly be fore noon Wednesday, and the for mer held a conference with Willis Brittain, chairman of the citizens committee opposing the move, re garding the procedure to be follow ed in obtaining information to counter the railroad’s proposal. Mr. McMahan explained that a much more effective case could be presented if the commission knew in advance the nature of the testi mony which opponents of the pro posal would give. He plans to visit the Lake Toxaway community Thursday to obtain statements from, citizens in that section. Anyone having information which he feels, would be useful to the commission) and the citizens committee is in vited to contact Mr. McMahan at the court house. It is believed at this time that the hearing before the Interstate Commerce commission will be held 3* —»mn m inn i aten assured tMt ufmF ffaffc here. Mr. Brittain hats a num ber of people known to be vitally interested in keeping the line to make statements. Those from peo» —Turn to Page Four RAIDS ARE MADE ON THREE STILLS Sheriff Is Recovering In Hos pital From Series Of Epis taxis. Condition Better Although Sheriff Bert Freeman is a patient in the Transylvania Community hospital, the work of capturing and destroying of “moot* shine stills” in Transylvania is con* tinued and three “beauties” were nabbed in the past week. Two ar rests were also made. The sheriff himself is suffering with a series of epistaxis (nose bleeding), and hospital authorities say his condition is much improved* Stills nabbed by the sheriff and members of his department include a 40-gallon outfit in the Frozen, Creek section with 150 gallons of beer and 10 gallons of whiskey; an> 80-gallon steamer type on the head waters of Kuykendall creek withi 300 gallons of beer; and a 100-gal lon job with 400 gallons of mash in» the Feed Rock section. Mint Bar ton was arrested at the scene of the second one, and W. E. Smith, was arrested at his home with five gallons of non tax paid whiskey, the sheriff states. All three stills were ready for running, he re ports. Captain Speed Will Speak At Meet Of Laymen’s Committee Captain C. A. Speed, troop com mander of the state highway pa trol, will be the principal speaker at the Transylvania Laymen’s com mittee meeting on Sunday after noon. The meeting will be held at the First Baptist church, beginning at 2:30 o’clock. The public is cordial? ly invited to attend. Captain, Speed, recognized as an; authority on traffic problems, is currently speaking at numerous civic and church meetings. It is his contention that the only way to stop the annual increase of traf fic fatalities in the state is enacts ment of stricter laws governing; speeding. Officials of the local lay* men’s group say his talk on Sun day will be both interesting and informative.
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