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Take Advantage Of The Many Festival Bargains In Brevard Stores Thursday, Friday And Saturday 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. 64, No. 16 SECTION ONE BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953 ^ 26 PAGES TODAY ^ PUBLISHED WEEKLY Rapid Construction Is Noted On New Hospital Wing - m Construction on the new ¥251,136.00 Harry H. Straus wing to the Transylvania Community hospital is ahead of schedule, and officials of the McMullen Construction company believe the addition will be com pleted in mid-September. It can be noted in the picture above that construction is nearing the two-st'ory level and the structural steel beams have already been installed. (Times Staff Photo) Interest Mounting In Town Elections, Several Candidates Announce Today Mayor Ford Will Run Again. Henson To Oppose. Sev eral File For Aldermen .'■erest is mounting in the mu- pal elation to be held heij^in ^vard. The primary :s siated 'lor - 27th, and the general elec- -T1 be held on May 5th. . John A. Ford announces tha * U be a candidate to suc ceed and aldermen on the slate Vv» ;:A are: W. M. Melton, Joe H. 7 l-isloy, both incumbents; Carl Stephertj Dr. E. 0. Roland and George Perkins. Jr. Fred Henson, owner of City Cabs, has also announced that he will he a candidate for mayor. C. R. Sharp, who is now serving on the board, has filed for re-elec tion as an alderman, and Henry R. Henderson is also a candidate in the race for the board, which is composed of five persons. All persons who had filed by noon Wednesday were Democrats. N. A. Miller, town clerk and secre tary of the board of election, re ports. The deadline for filing is April 17th. Saturday is the last day for per sons to register for the municipal elections, and George Justus, the registrar, will be in the court house all that day. The following Satur day will be challenge day. Mr. Justus explains that if a per son has never voted in a town of Brevard election, he or she must register in order to vote on April 27 and May 5th. The law further states that a citizeh must be a resi dent of the state for one year and in Brevard for the past four months in order to qualify for the election. College Glee Club Will Give Concert Here Sunday Evening CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Thursday, April 16 — Joint study meeting of Lutheran and Methodist women in Lutheran church, 10 a. m. Lions club meets in Gaither’s Rhododendron room, 7 p. m. Masonic meeting in temple, 7:30 p. m. Women of the Presbyteri an church, 8 p. m. Friday, April 17 — Garden club at home of Mrs. Brown Carr, 3:30 o’clock. Spring Festival at Straus school, 6:30. Kiwanis club meets at Gaither’s Rhododendron room, 7 p. m. Sunday, April 19 — Attend the church of your choice. Concert of sacred music by college glee club at First Methodist church, 8:00 o’clock. Monday, April 20 — Rotary club meets at Gaither’s at 7 p. m. Shrine club meets at Gaither’s, 7 p. m. Tuesday, April 21 — Eastern Star chapter meets in Masonic tem ple at 8 o’clock. Citizens meeting with town hoard about golf course, 8 p. m., city hall. The Brevard college glee club will present a program of sacred music at the First Methodist church Sunday night, April 19, at 8 p. m, This is the same concert the group gave on their recent spring tour. Professor Bruce A. Livengood is the director and Mrs. Louise Miller accompanist. Soloists will be Miss Wylladene Duckett and Miss Elaine Walker, Francis Price, voice instructor at the college, will assist with the pro- Filling Station Men Adopt Price Raises Operators of filling stations in Brevard and vicinity at a meeting in Gaither’s Rhododendron room a few nights ago agreed to put into effect on April 20 a moderate in crease in the prices which they have charged for years. It was pointed out in the meet ing that greatly increased cost of labor and materials made this step necessary. The new scale of prices appears in an ad in this issue. Filling stations involved in the agreement are: Mitchell Motor Co., Karl’s Esso, Goodwill Motor Co., Patton’s Gulf Service, McCrary Au to Service, Owenby Bros. Amoco Service, Hendrix Service Station, Ray Johnson’s Texaco Service Sta tion, McCall’s Esso Service, Boyd’s Esso, Duckworth Motor Co., Bre vard OK Rubber Welders, Hogsed Amoco Service, Gibbs’ Esso Service. MASSEY IMPROVING George Massey, Brevard contrac tor, who was injured in a fall while working at his home on Tuesday, is reported by hospital authorities to be resting comfortably and his con dition is said to be improved. gram and he will give the offertory solo. This program was graciously re ceived in the churches of Lincoln- ton, Gastonia, Kannapolis and Dil- worth in. Charlotte. It is being sponsored Sunday night by the Women’s Society of Christian Ser vice. The offering Sunday night will go toward a scholarship to Brevard college. A special invitation is extended to all church members, their friends and'music lovers to attend this choral program. Local Merchants Offer Large Variety Of Bargains For Huge Trade Festival CLINICS ARE NOW BEING HELD FOR PRE-SCHOOL KIDS Local Health Nurse Says Each Child Must Have Im munization Shots Pre-school clinics have begun in Transylvania with a schedule de vised to include all of the various schools, and letters of notification have been sent to parents of all children who enter school in the fall for the first time. Miss Martha Choate, county health nurse, also points out that a physical examination form has been sent to parents. She explains that the child may be examined by the family physician or he may come to the pre-school clinic Whichever the parent prefers ceptable, however the child’s teach er and the school nurse should have —Turn to Page Ten SPRING ClEAN-DP IS URGED HERE Mayor Requests All Citizens To Join Hands In BeaU' tification Program Mayor John A. Ford urges all citizens in the community clean up their property between now and the end of April, and the city forces are assisting in the work. Vacant lots are being cleared off, and the chamber of com merce, aided by other civic groups, is beautifying the high ways leading into town. The mayor points out that clean-up week serves to beautify the town and to make for a heal thier place in which to live as well. Statement On Bill Authorizing Negro High School Here Issuec Following the introduction of a bill in the legislature by Repre sentative Ralph R. Fisher au thorizing the establishment of a high school at Rosenwald school here in Brevard, the county board of educatioh issued a state ment Tuesday night after a call meeting. The statement was sent to both Representative Fisher and to Sen ator Robert Gash. It is as' follows: “We would like for it to be understood clearly that we favor the establishment of a Rosenwald high school at Brevard if and when the number of pupils is large enough to justify it and funds are available for construct ing and equipping the building. The Rosenwald elementary build ing consists of seven rooms in cluding the library. Five rooms are now filled with pupils, leav ing only one room actually not in Doings of the Legislature Measure Offered By Rep. Fisher Would Discard Markers In General Elections A bill offered in the house by Rep. Ralph R. Fisher would elim inate markers in general elections in Transylvania county. The meas ure was a companion to one intro duced in the house last week by Mr. Fisher that would abolish ab sentee voting for township and county officers in the county. The former was referred to the commit tee on elections and ele^Jtion laws. Another bill offered by Mr. Fish er would provide activation of the Transylvania Historical commis sion, authorized by the 1939 legis lature to plan the county’s centen- By STAFF WRITER nial celebration in 1961. The com mission would meet on the. first Monday in April to organize and elect officers. "Under a third bill introduced by Mr. Fisher, the county commission ers would be authorized to appro priate npn-tax funds to be used by the commission in compiling infor mation concerning county history. Both of these measures were like wise referred to the committee on elections and election laws. Other Business The house was expected yester- —Turn to Page Five use, one being used for the libra ry. With normal growth this room will be filled with elemen tary pupils within one or two years. Even if this room is not filled it would be impossible to put the high school pupils in the present Rosenwald building next year. “If we establish a colored high school at Rosenwald according to the Fisher bill we are sure that Supreme Court decisions will re quire facilities equal to Brevard high school. Therefore rooms would be necessary for teaching home economics, bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, and voca tional agriculture as well as science laboratories, in addition to rooms for teachers of academ ic subects. It would be necessary to purchase a site and construct a new high school building. The initial cost would be no less than $200,000.00. At the present there are 36 pupils in the high school grades. After allowing for normal growth the number of pupils available would make the cost per pupil fantastic. The state allots only one teacher for 30 pupils, therefore it would be necessary —Turn to Page Five Collecting Garbage Tuesdays, Fridays Here In Brevard Residential garbage is now be ing" collected in Brevard two days each week. Bill Erwin, the street superintendent, announces. Collection days are Tuesdays and Fridays, and all residents are urged to have their garbage out on these days. As an economy measure, col lections were cut during the win ter months to once weekly. Gil Coan Gets Cast Autographed By Son GIL COAN, who spends much time after each Washington ball game during the spring and sunrMer autographing scrapbooks, score- cards, etc., is pictured above getting his cast autographed by his 10- year-old son, Gilly. The fleet-footed Senator outfielder is home re cuperating from a fractured ankle, suffered recently in an exhibition game at Charlotte. He hopes to return to the Washington line-up the latter part of May. (Times Staff Phojo) SPRINGSHOPPING EVENTSIATEDTO BEGIN THURSDAY Marked Reductions Feature Timely Offerings In Vari ous Brevard Stores GOODWILL BUILDER Today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday are Spring Trad© Festival Days in Bre vard stores. Quite a number of local merchants have join ed in this town - wide event by offering a variety of sea sonable and staple merchan dise at very attractive prices. The event has been planned for several weeks by the merchants’ committee of the chamber of com merce and cooperating merchants, who in many instances have pur chased merchandise expressly for the festival. D. T. Abercrombie is chairman of this committee. Yesterday he m-ged all citizens in this trading area to take advantage of the un usual bargains offered. “We are staging this event with two purposes in mind,” Mr. Aber crombie said. “First, to give our customers some real values in good merchandise and, second, as a means of making a friendly gesture I all bo trade here. We hope by i' leans a.. Hhis sale and other trade events to follow in the months ahead, to build up good will that will be profitable both to buyer and to seller.” ' Different kinds of businesses in —Turn To Page Five Brevard Chamber Of Commerce Directors Hold Busy Meeting Lake Toxaway To Be Publi cized In Magazine. Seeking Road Improvement Advertising by a direct mail pro gram was given okay at the month ly meeting of the directors of the Brevard chamber of commerce here Tuesday night, with instructions given to Mrs. John Ford, secretary, to proceed with utilizing a mailin; list provided by the WNC High landers. First list to be used will be 2,- 200 names of people who registered at the Chicago travel show staged by the Highlander group in Chica-, go in March. These people are said to have visited the Western Caro lina display at Chicago and regis tered their names and address as being interested in possible visits to this area fo North Carolina. One of the new folders now be ing printed by the chamber will be mailed first class to each of the registered names, along with an “accommodations list” of rooms and facilities available in this county. Mrs. Ford also reported at the meeting that 1,385 folders had been mailed to travel bureaus and cham- —Turn to Page Four Heads State Group STATE GOP WOMEN NAME MRS. TEAGM MRS. MILLARD TEAGUE, of Brevard, was elected president of the newly organized Federa tion of RepubUcan Women of North Carolina at Hickory last Saturday. Currently she is serv ing as president of the Western North Carolina council of Re publican Women, but is resign ing this post. WPNF Program Highlights Timely Messages On Spring Trading Festival To Be Heard During Week Timely messages on the gigantic Spring Trading Festival in Brevard to be held from Thursday through Saturday will be heard throughout the day over WPNF, Jack Ham- mette, station manager, announces. He urges all listeners to make notes of the outstanding values and to trade at home. Sports Program On the WPNF sports menu for the coming week, the Brooklyn Dodgers will meet the New York Giants at 1:25 Thursday, Cleveland at Detroit at 1:55 Friday, Brook lyn at New York on Saturday at 1:30. On Monday at 1:55 Brooklyn will tackle Pittsburgh, Tuesday at 1:55 the Boston Red Sox meet the 1953 Yankees of New York, and on Wednesday Milwaukee will meet Cincinnati at 1:55. Other Programs The schedule for the civic hour for the coming week is as follows: Friday, April 17, Transylvania wild life; Monday, April 20, American Legion; Wednesday, April 22, Lions club. On the* Farm and Home hour for the coming week, the following will —Turn To Page Four ; Organizational Meeting Held i Last Saturday At Hickory- Large Local Group Mrs. Millard Teaguh, of Brevard, was named president of the newly organized Federation of RepubK- can Women of North Carolina at Hickory last Saturday. Fourteen Transylvania Republi can women attended the organiza tional meeting, and Mrs. Teague was nominated by Mrs. Homer Har ris, of Brevard. Mrs. Anne K. Hick- man, of Winston-Salem, and vice chairman of the State RepubKcan committee, was also nominated from the floor, but withdrew her name and said that she had never been a candidate for the office. Mrs. Teague was then elected from the floor, and Mrs. Hickman piesented a slate of other new of ficers as follows: Mi's. Barbara Rix> on of Charlotte, first vice president: Mrs. Henry Belk of Hickory, second vice president; Mrs. W. C. Lehew of Raleigh, third vice president;, —^Tum to Page Four Highway 64 Group To Meet With The New Commissioners Plans were made here Wednes day by the US Highway 64 associa tion to invite new commissioners of the ninth and tenth districts to a general meeting in May when gen eral improvement plans agreed to by counties from Morganton west to Murphy will be presented. Long-term plans call for a 20- foot highway along the 200-mile stretch, but the immediate need as set out by the group is for guard rails on dangerous curves, off-road parking spaces, widening of sharp curves, and widening of bridges. Mayor John Ford, of Brevard, who is chairman of the association which has members from Burke, Rutherford, Henderson, Transylva nia, Jackson, Macon, Clay and Cherokee counties stated following the meet here Wednesday that next meeting would be called after the new commission was named by Gov ernor Um&tead, and would meet in Brevard.
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