The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning A.B.C. Newspaper
Vol. 64, No. 49
* SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953
it 24 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Do Yonr Christmas Shopping Early. Merchants Are Offering Outstanding Values. Parade Friday Night
Local Hunters Having Good Luck In Pisgah National Forest
Many of Transylvania’s hunters are hitting the mark this season on the organized deer and bear
hunts in the Pisgah National Forest, and two local men having good luck early Monday morning are
pictured above. They are FRANK DUCKWORTH, left, and C. E. TINSLEY, JR., right. They made their
nice kills in the Johns Rock area. A four-day hunt here on the Southern Main next week, and one from
/ the lltlf to the 15th on Northern Main will terminate the ’53 hunts. (Times Staff Photo)
December Term Of Superior Court Here
Opens Monday, 133 Cases Are On Docket
Clerk Says Civil Slate Heav
ier Than Usual. Judge
Clement To Preside *
The December term of Superior
court in Transylvania county opens
Monday morning, with Judge J. H.
Clement, of Winston-Salem, presid
ing.
There are 133 cases on the crim
inal docket, but the civil slate is
heavier than usual, Marvin McCall,
clerk of court, reports. Most of the
criminal cases are of a minor na
ture.
Some 83 of them are new cases,
while 50 are carry-overs from pre
vious courts.
Clarence O. Ridings will prose
cute for the state, and Mr. McCall
reminds all persons named to serve
on the jury during the first week
to report here at the court house
on Monday morning. Charged with
driving drunk are: Edwin Corsey
Owen, Harry Carl Moffitt, Newell
Talley, Gaston E. Morgan, William
M. Heath, Jr., Archibald P. Boggs,
Spencer Lionel Owen, Cecil Hens
ley, Louie Walker Jones, Ollis
George Shelton, George Volney Mc
Call, Jr., Frank Wicker, William
Gordon Whitmire, Walter Austin
Grooms, Edward Griffin, Donald
William Fisher, Pheron V. Bryson,
Frank Nelson Cairnes, Lee Cun
ningham, Ellis Wesley Revis, Thom
as Nelson Page, Stephen Everett
McCall, Jack H. Owen, Billy J. H.
Wilson, Braxton W. Strickland, Wil
liam P. Anders, Harold W. Orr,
Robert Vernon Galloway, Frank
Marion Murr, Henry Fillmore Wal
ker, Clinton Hall, Claude David
Williams, N. Sherman King, John
B. Craig, Jr., John Ed Shelton, Sa
rah Pressley Oynske, James Henry
English, William Henry Jordan,
Ralph Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Rest Of Slate
Non-support: Sherman Myers, J.
H. Tate, H. C. Garren, Allen Whit
mire.
Drunk and resisting officer: Sher
man Myers.
Disposing of mortgaged proper
ty: B. C. Buchanan.
Larceny: William Freeman, Jim
my Volrath (2 cases), Verlin Mc
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 3 — Masons meet
at Masonic temple, 7:30 p. m. Wild
life club meets over the city hall
at 7:30 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 4 — Christmas pa
rade begins at 5:45 p. m. Dinner
honoring Mr. Glazener, Miss Priest,
Brevard elementary school lunch
room, 7:00 p. m. WOW ham and
turkey shoot in hall at 8 p. m.
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“Hunting We Will Go”
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Hunters Having Good Luck,
Many Deer And Bear Bagged
Excellent deer and bear hunting
is reported in Transylvania, both
on the organized hunts in the Pis
gah National Forest and on the pri
vate preserves in the county.
Ranger Ted Seely said early to-,
day that more than 130 deer and
seven bear have been killed in the
Pisgah since opening day on
Thanksgiving.
The final four-day hunt on the
Southern Main will be held here
beginning next Monday, and this
week end the hunters are over on
Northern Main. The last four-day
hunt of the season is slated on
Northern Main, beginning on Dec.
11th.
Local hunters by the dozen have
made kills this year, and the larg
est buck was brought in by Bill
Erwin. Hunting on Bracken’s creek,
Fire Department
Answers Two Calls
Last Saturday about noon the
Brevard volunteer fire department
was called out to answer an alarm
at the home of Mrs. C. C. Yongue
on the Hendersonville highway.
The fire was believed to have
started from a defective flue, and
damages were held to a minimum.
Wednesday afternoon the local
fire-fighters were called to the
home of A. W. Tucker on S. Cald
well street to put out a chimney
fire. No damages were reported.
Mr. Erwin bag| d a 248-pound
“beauty.”
Roy Fisher, of Asheville, was
credited with shooting the first
buck of the ’53 season in the Pis
.gah, and W. T. Johnson, of North
Wilkesboro, got the first bruin.
Among the lucky local hunters
on opening day were Pete Bikas,
Gil Coan, and O’Neal Owen, Bre
vard; Earl O’Shields, Ed Owen,
Norris Berkshire and P. E. Stroup,
all of Rosman; A. W. Banks, Horse
Shoe; Donald Baynard and Fred
King, both of Pisgah Forest; and
L. J. and A. L. Cairnes, of Horse
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Santa To Officially Open Christmas
Shopping Season Here Friday Night
LIGHTING CONTEST
TO BE HELD HERE
BY GARDEN CLUB
Many, Prizes Are Offered To
Citizens In And Around
Brevard
Again this year the Brevard Gar
den club is conducting a Christmas
home lighting contest.
Many prizes, consisting princi
pally of cash, are being offered,
and the contest is divided into three
divisions.
The first phase is the best deco
rated house and grounds giving an
overall picture as viewed from the
street. This may include nativity
scene, outdoor trees, etc.
The second division is the best
decorated doorway as noted from
the street, and the third part is
the best decorated inside Christmas
tree as viewed from the outside.
According to Mrs. H. W. Sigmon,
chairman of the contest committee,
judging will take place on Decem
ber 22, at 7:30 o’clock. All entries
must be reported to the committee
not later than 12 noon on Decem
ber 22.
Entries are limited to two miles
from Brevard, the chairman states.
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’54 LICENSE TAGS
GO ON SALE HERE
Carolina Motor Club At Cof
fey Buick Company In
Charge Of Plates
New ’54 North Carolina license
plates went on sale here Tuesday
morning at the Carolina Motor club
office at Coffey Buick company on
North Caldwell street.
Mrs. Jay Coffey is manager of
the club, and she urges motorists
to buy their tags as soon as possi
ble and not wait for the long lines
around deadline time on January
31st.
The North Carolina plates this
year will be black lettering on an
orange background, the reverse of
this year’s color scheme. The new
plates must be displayed on all ve
hicles before February 1, 1954.
The automobile series for Tran
sylvania for the new year begins
with 738-801, while the truck series
begins with 777-801.
Naumkeag Moves Operations Down
South, Owns Fine Site At Penrose
The Naumkeag Steam Cotton
company, once the nation’s larg
est textile manufacturers, has
closed its plant at Salem, Mass.,
and operations of the firm have
been shifted to Whitney, S. C.
The Naumkeag company owns
one of the finest industrial sites
in Transylvania county, a 200
acre tract at Penrose.
Naumkeag closed its doors at
Salem last week after 114 years
of business, President Rudolph
C. Dick, announced. The firm
WPNF Program Highlights
Winners In "Voice Of Democracy”
Contest Will Be Announced Friday
Highlighting this week’s pro
gramming at WPNF will be the an
nouncement of the winners in the
“I Speak for Democracy” contest
on Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
This special program will climax
the contest, which has been open
to all 10th, 11th and 12th grade
students at Brevard and Rosman.
Prizes totalling more than $149 will
be awarded, and a complete list
can be found in the picture-story
on front page of the second sec
tion. The contest is sponsored by
the radio dealers, the Jaycees and
WPNF.
Dr. Frank McGuire, president of
the Jaycees, and Jack Hammette,
station manager, will be heard on
the program on Friday along with
other staff members of the local
radio station.
The first place winner in the
contest will read his or her prize
winning script over the air on Fri
day, and other winners will be
heard each afternoon at 4:30
o’clock beginning next Monday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Hammette also announces
that on Saturday afternoon WPNF
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manufactures the famed Pequot
sheets and pillow cases.
Naumkeag officials purchased
the Penrose site in the fall of
1948, but later abandoned plans
to build there when they found
the Whitney plant, with build
ings, etc., already on it.
Recent speculations here were
that Naumkeag was trying to sell
the Penrose site, but since the
company is now moving all of its
operations down South, it is felt
by some observers that they
might utilize their fine tract of
land in Transylvania.
Times Giving Free
Tickets To Theatre,
Read Ads Carefully
Maybe you are the lucky win
ner of a free ticket to the movie.
In all of the Christmas adver
tisements in this issue are the
names that have been chosen
from The Times’ mailing list in
impartial numerical manner.
Read these ads carefully and
if you find your name, bring a
copy of the advertisement to
The Times office and you will
receive a free ticket to the local
theatres.
All tickets must be called for
by December 10th and they must
be used before Christmas.
You are also urged to take
advantage of the many gift val
ues advertised in this issue.
Coming To Brevard Friday Evening
1
Old Santa Claus has already left his abode at the North Pole
and is scheduled to arrive in Brevard at 6 o’clock Friday evening.
His arrival here will signal the opening of the Christmas shopping '
season and a host of admirers is expected to be on hand to greet the
jolly old gentleman.
Emphasis Plated On Ettfetilft '
Article About Olin Industries
i
HOLLINGSWORTH IS
VICTIM OF CRASH
Final Rites Will Be Conduct
ed On Thursday. In Ser
vice Six Months
Last rites for Pvt. Larry Hollings
worth, 20, who was killed in an au
tomobile accident Monday, will be
conducted Thursday afternoon at 2
p. m. at the Pleasant Grove Baptist
church, of which his father is pas
tor.
The young soldier was the vic
tim of a collision, which occurred
near Union, S. C., Monday morn
ing. Pvt. Hollingsworth was being
transferred from Fort Benning to
Fort Jackson and he was spending
a few days leave at his home on
Route 4, Hendersonville. It is un
derstood that he and Bruce Banks,
driver of the automobile, had taken
Pvt. Hollingsworth’s brother back
to Fort Jackson and they were en
route home at the time of the ac
cident.
He was a graduate of Etowah
high school and had been in service
about six months.
Survivors include the parents,
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Hollingsworth,
of Etowah; one sister, Mrs. Mildred
Roberts, also of Etowah; and four
brothers, Robert H., Thomas W„
and Bruce T., all of the home and
Doyle E., of Fort Jackson.
Burial will be in the Little River
cemetery with Shepherd funeral
home, Hendersonville, in charge.
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Colored Pictures Of Plants
Appear In Fortune; Hanes’
Career Sketched
(Editor’s Note: This review of
“The Rise of the House of Olin”
does not attempt to tell of the 1
vastness of the Olin Industries
and its climb up the industrial
ladder, which is the objective of
the article. It treats mainly with
the Ecusta plants and their part
in the industrial pattern, which
is of interest to local readers.)
By STAFF WRITER
The prominent place that Ecusta
Paper corporation and John W.
Hanes have played in “The Rise of
the House of Olin” is treated with
emphasis in an article by the same
name appearing in the new Decem
ber issue of FORTUNE magazine.
Written by Richard Austin Smith
and illustrated with a large number
of photographs both in color and
black and white, the article is a
comprehensive story of the rise of
Olin Industries, Inc., since its
founding by the late Franklin Olin.
A colored photograph of the pa- ,
per and cellophane plants at Ecus- ,
ta, and a picture of President
Hanes are included in the illustra
tions. Mr. Hanes is over all of the
southern operations of Olin and
his brilliant career has been cited
in the article. It is said of him, “. . .
Hanes has carried on Olin’s financ- 1
ing, and managed to save $5 million ]
on the costs of $178 million in loans ,
and commitments.”
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Citizens Will Honor Miss Priest,
Glazener At Dinner Friday Night
Miss Anne Benson Priest, home
agent, and Julian A. Glazener, .
county agent, both of whom recent
ly received distinguished service 1
citations from their national organ- (
izations, will be honored with a i
dinner here this Friday evening. i
The event will be in the form of J
a covered dish supper at 7 p. m. }
Friday in the Brevard elementary i
school cafeteria. All friends of the 1
county and home agent are invited, t
Each family is asked to bring
enough food for themselves and 1
two guests. i
Robert L. Love, assistant county
tgent, is chairman of entertain
nent and invitations. Mrs. A. B.
?lapp, Rosman home ec teacher, is
ood chairman. Mrs. A. R. Sarratt
s in charge of decorations and Mrs.
Job Williams is handling publicity,
loth of these women are leaders ,
n their Home Demonstration clubs, 1
md they invite all members to at- ,
end. (
All friends of the agricultural
eaders are invited and no special ’
notations are being sent '
BREVARD BAND
LEADS PARADE
TO SQUARE ATS
Stores Well Stocked. Colored
Lights To Be Turned On
That Evening
CANDY FOR KIDS
The arrival of Santa Claus here
Friday evening at 6:00 o’clock will
officially open the 1953 Christmas
shopping season in Brevard.
Hundreds and hundreds of young
folks and their parents are expect
ed to be on hand to greet the Jolly
Ole Fellow from the North Pole,
and Santa will be riding atop the
big Brevard fire truck.
Leading the parade will be the
American Legion color guard and
the Brevard high school band, with
John Eversman directing. Included
in the floats will be “Miss Brevard,”
the Brevard high school “Huddle
Queen,” along with the “Homecom
ing Queen” at Brevard college.
The parade will form in front of
the Presbyterian church on East
Main street at 5:45 o’clock. A brief
program is slated at 6:00 o’clock on
the square, and afterwards Santa
vill visit the stores and give candy
o all the children on the streets.
Hay or John A. Ford will welcome
Santa to town and Eddie Varner*
^resident of the chamber of com
nerce, will also bring greetings.
Stores will remain open Friday
iintil 9:00 o’clock, and local mei>
faults report that their stocks are
Slsjgsr than-ever before.
AnHi-Colored lights have been
installed in the business section of
Brevard by the Jaycees, and they
will be turned on Friday evening
is the parade begins.
With industries running fulltime,
lusiness^s expected to be good hern
;his Christmas, and President Var
ner urges all citizens to “trade at
lome.”
Business is being stimulated, Mr,
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TOURIST EXPERT
TO SPEAK HERE
President Of Newly Formed
Bureau At Raleigh To Ad
dress Commerce Group
Fred Whitaker, newly appointed
manager of the State Tourist Bu
reau at Raleigh, will speak at a
meeting of the directors of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce next
Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock
jver the city hall.
President S. E. Varner, Jr., urges
ill directors to attend the meeting,
md he cordially invites the entire
membership of the commerce group
to come out.
With Transylvania being a tour
ist center, Mr. Whitaker’s remarks
should be of extreme interest to lo*
ial citizens, President Varner do*
dares.
The new tourist bureau at Ra
leigh, a part of the Department of
Conservation and Development’s di
vision of commerce and industry,
,vas formed from the former travel
lureau of the advertising group,
rhe emphasis of the new bureau
las been changed from servicing
if inquiries received to that of ser
vicing the tourist industry of North
Carolina.
O. A. Fetch, president of West
?rn North Carolina Highlanders,
Inc., will accompany Mr. Whitaker
;o Brevard.
Thanksgiving Was
Very Quiet Here
Thanksgiving was very quieter
ibserved in Brevard and Transylva
lia county, and the day was mark
id with family dinners, church ser
vices and hunts—all American fra
ctions.
An early blast of Ole Man Win
er’s icy breath was felt all during
he day and night, and snow flur
•ies were noted on the high peaks
)f Transylvania.
Local officers report the quietest
rhanksgiving day ever, and traffic
vas reported below normal.