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1954
FESTIVAL
ISSUE
☆
WELCOME
A Most Hearty Welcome Is Extended To All Persons Attending The 1954 Brevard Music Festival
The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-WinningNewspaper
1954
FESTIVAL
ISSUE
☆
WELCOME
Vol. 65, No. 32
* SECTION ONE *
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954 * 24 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE NINTH ANNUAL Bre
vard Music Festival, which prom
ises to be the finest ever, will
open Friday night at beautiful
Transylvania Music Camp, pic
tured above. At the left is James
Christian Pfohl, the conductor
and director of the festival, and
at the right is John D. Evers
man, festival president. They
join with the other officers and
directors of the association and
the foundation in welcoming ihe
hundreds of music lovers from
all parts of Eastern America to
Brevard, the “Summer Music
Capital of the South.”
„To Build Addition At Ecusta Plant
For Manufacture Of ''Polyethylene"
Expansion Will Be Located
On West Side Of The
Cellophane Plant
An expansion at the Ecusta Pa
per corporation for the manufac
ture of polyethylene, is announced
today.
The manufacturer of the world’s
finest cigarette paper, Ecusta alsc
makes fine writing papers from
flax fibres.
The announcement concerning
the manufacture of the new prod
uct, polyethylene, follows:
“Construction will begin this
month to provide space for the
addition of a polyethylene depart
ment to the cellophane plant oi
the Ecusta Paper corporation, sub
sidiary of Olin Industries, Inc., al
Pisgah Forest. The announcement
was made today by M. L. Herzog
general manager of the film divis
ion.
“The new department is expect
ed to employ approximately 35 per
sons when it is operating at capaci
ty. Production of polyethylene, g
transparent packaging film to be
manufactured in rolls and tubing
is expected to begin early ir
1955.'’
The new addition will be local
ea on the present site of Ecustc
on the west side of the cellophane
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 12 — Flower
Show opens at 2 p. m. at NYA hut
Masons meet at Masonic temple al
8 p. m.
* Friday, August 13 — Last day ol
Flower Show, 2:00-10:00 p. m. Firsl
Festival concert, 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, August 14 — Little
League games at 10 a. m. Festival
concert at 8:15 p. m.
Sunday, August 15 — Attend the
church of your choice. Festival con
cert at 4:00 p. m.
Monday, August 16 — Rotary
club at Gaither’s at 7:00 p. m.
■ Tuesday, August 17 — O. E. S.
meets at Masonic temple at 8 p. m.
Wednesday, August 19 — Ecusta
Enka baseball game at 4 p. m.
WOW meets at 8 p. m.
New Product
Ecusta Now Manufacturing
Filter Tips For Cigarettes
The Ecusta Paper corporation,
I manufacturer of the world’s fin
j est cigarette paper and fine writ
ing paper, is now making a new
product: filter tips for cigarettes.
L. F. Dixon, general manager
of the paper division, announces
today that the selective filter tip
used on Herbert Tareyton filter
tipped cigarettes is being man
ufactured for the American To
“Moonshine” Still
Captured In Old
Toxaway Section
Sheriff John Kilpatrick reports
good hunting in Transylvania, good
hunting, that is, for “moonshine”
stills.
On Monday afternoon the sheriff,
Deputy Paul Fisher and ATU offi
cers discovered and destroyed a
still in the Old Toxaway section.
The outfit was a small, sheet iron
rig and some 100 gallons of beer
were poured in the raid. The ope
rators fled to higher grounds be
fore the officers arrived and no ar
rests were made.
bacco company by Ecusta, a sub
sidiary of Olin Industries, Inc.
Initial deliveries of filter
tipped Herbert Tareytons are be
ing made in certain New England
markets. This will be followed
by introduction in additional ter
ritories until national distribu
tion is obtained.
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR ANNUAL DEER
AND BEAR HUNTS
Changes Made In Regula
tions. No Advance Appli
cations This Year
Plans for the organized deer and
bear hunts this fall in Transylva
nia and the other Western North
Carolina counties have been com
pleted by the U. S. Forest Service
and the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources commission, Ranger Ted
Seely announces today.
The hunts will be held for twG
weeks during November, opening
on the 15th.
Several changes are noted in the
rules and regulations this year, the
ranger points out.
The hunts will be open on a
first come, first served basis.
It is felt that sinee the hunts
have been opened up, “red tape”
will be eliminated and more hunt
ers will be able to participate in
the hunts. Daily permits for all
areas will be sold for $2.50 each
and none will be sold in advance.
Increased deer herds and great
er accessibility into formerly re
mote portions of the management
areas, as well as the opening up of
one new area, has made it possible
to dispense with the requirements
for submitting advance applica
tions for deer hunting permits, the
forestry officials explain.
However, they feel that hunter
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LASfRfrrS HELD
FOR A. W. WHEELER
Was Pioneer Industrialist In
Field Of Full-Fashioned
Hosiery Manufacture
Alfred W. Wheeler, 78, promi
nent industrialist and civic leader,
died last Thursday night in the lo
cal hospital after an illness of sev
eral weeks.
Graveside rites for Mr. Wheeler
were held last Saturday afternoon
at the Gillespie cemetery. Rev.
John D. Smith, pastor of the Bre
vard-Davidson River Presbyterian
church, officiated.
The family requested that no
flowers be sent and instead dona
tions be made in Mr. Wheeler’s
memory to the Presbyterian church
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Retail Sales In County
Show Gain During Year
Transylvania county ranked
sixty-second among the 100 coun
ties in North Carolina in per cap
ita retail sales for the fiscal year
i ending June 30 of this year. To
tal retail sales for the year
amounted to $7,241,000, which
was equivalent to $444.23 per
capita, based on estimated popu
lation as of January 1, this year.
Transylvania’s per capita of
$444.23 compared with $716.43
for the state as a whole and $1,
056.65 for the nation as a whole.
Transylvania was one of 55
I counties in the state which had
an increase in total retail sales
| during the 1954 fiscal year as
| compared with 1953. The 1954 to
| tal of $7,241,000 was an increase
of 8.64 per cent over the 1953 to
| tal of $6,665,000. During the same
period, total retail sales in both
North Carolina and the United
States as a whole increased less
than 1 per cent.
Transylvania’s per capita re
tail sales of $444.23 during the
1954 fiscal year was an increase
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BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW FALLS, pictured above, is
onojo^- tha 13 waterfalls in Transylvania included in the
brochure, ^and of Waterfalls,” which was published
last'jE.eek by E. Douglas DePew and Bob Tinsley, of
Brevafd. Described as being a portfolio of exclusive lith
ographs suitable for framing, the brochures have gone
on sale throughout Western North Carolina and have at
trajrted considerable attention.
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Many Expected To Attend
Garden Club Flower Show
MRS. KATE RANSON COR
NUE has been chosen supervisor
of schools in Transylvania coun
ty succeeding Dr. B. A. Stevens.
A native of Mecklenburg coun
ty, Mrs. Cornue is an experienced
teacher, has been active in dra
matics and has engaged in dif
ferent phases of newspaper work.
(See story, page seven.)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Thomas,
of Raleigh, visited friends in Bre
vard on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas,
former attorney here, is executive
secretary of the N. C. Industrial
Commission.
GLENN
LIST
SMITH
LLOYD
JOHANNESEN
GRAMM
OUTSTANDING SOLO ARTISTS for the Ninth An
nual Brevard Music Festival are pictured above. At the
left is Carroll Glenn, violinist, who opens the ’54 event
on Friday night. Next is Eugene List, pianist, who will
be heard this week end on Saturday and Sunday. Carol
Smith, contralto, will appear with the festival sympho
ny on August 20, and on August 22, David Lloyd, tenor,
will be heard. Grant Johannesen, pianist, will play with
the symphony on August 27, and Donald Gramm is slated
on August 28.
'54 Festival Will Open Friday Night,
Most Successful Season Is Expected
Public Cordially Invited To
Attend Event At The
NYA Hut
Among the many events in Bre
vard which will attract a large
number of visitors this week is the
annual Brevard Garden club flow
er show, which will be held in the
NYA hut adjacent to the high
school on Thursday and Friday.
Hours of the show will be from
2:00 oclock each afternoon until
10 o’clock in the evening on both
days.
Mrs. J. J. Stevenson, the general
chairman, and Mrs. Paul Tindall,
president of the Garden club, join
hands in extending a cordial invi
tation to guests and residents alike
to enjoy the beautiful array of
flowers.
The show is open to any exhibi
tor, and entries can be placed in the
NYA hut until 11:30 o’clock Thurs
day morning.
A special invitation is extended
to children to enter their flowers
and arrangements in the show. No
entry fee is charged, but each ex
hibitor and each person attending
the show must pay a small admis
sion charge, which is 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
Prizes will be awarded in each
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ORCHESTRA AND
VIOLINIST WILL
PLAY IN OPENER
Record Crowds Anticipated*
Three Concerts Are Set
This Week End
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
The Ninth Annual Brevard Music
Festival opens Friday night at
Transylvania Music camp with Car
roll Glenn, violinist, in a concert
at 8:15 with the Brevard Festival
orchestra, James Christian Pfohl,
conductor. During the festival,
which takes place the last three
week ends in August, a number of
internationally - known concert ar
tists will appear on the auditorium
stage of the camp. Concerts are to
be held on Friday and Saturday
nights at 8:15 and Sunday after
noons at 4:00.
Saturday evening Eugene List
and Carroll Glenn, Mr. List’s wife,
will be heard and Sunday after
noon Eugene List, pianist, will pre
sent a concert with the Brevard
Festival orchestra.
The festival has become a sum
mer institution of national reputa
tion in the music world, and its
ninth season is expected to be the
largest and most successful in its
history.
The 85 - piece orchestra gathers
top players from such leading sym
phonies as Cincinnati, Baltimore,
and Louisville, and from the many
fine community and civic groups
wnJcli $re fast becoming the pride
of the <&untry; in addition to out
standing students at the camp.
Mayor John A. Ford has issued a
proclamation, proclaiming the peri
od August 13th-29th as “Brevard
Music Festival” days in Brevard.
He points out that the contribu
tions of the music camp and the
Brevard Music Festival are out
standing, and that these highly cul
tural events are of local and nation
al significance.
Mayor Ford urges the people to
support the festival, and he issues
a cordial welcome to all persons
who have come here to attend the
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COUNTRY CLUB
OFFICERS NAMED
Anderson Succeeds Rolandl
As President. Gravely Is
New Business Manager
The new board of directors of the
Brevard country club elected offi
cers at the first call meeting dur
ing the past week.
John Anderson, editor of the
Transylvania Times, was named*
president, succeeding Dr. E. O. Ro
land.
Alfred Perkins, owner of Nu-Way
Cleaners, was elected secretary, and
he succeeds William F. Huffman.
Robert H. Plummer, owner of
Plummers, was chosen as the treas
urer.
E. E. Fraser was re-elected club
manager.
Dewey Gravely, well-known Bre
vard accountant, was named busi
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Program Highlights
Camp And Festival Concerts Are On
Coast-To-Coast Broadcasts & WPNF
With Brevard being the “Sum
mer Music Capital of the South”
and thousands of music lovers ex
pected here during the next three
week ends for the ’54 Brevard Mu
sic Festival, WPNF station offi
cials remind all listeners that sev
eral of the festival and camp con
certs will be broadcast coast-to
coast. They will also be heard on
the local station at different times,
and Jack Hammette, station mana
ger, says: “Keep your dial at 1240
for the best in music, news and
drama.”
Outstanding programs heard over
WPNF from the music camp are
logged on Wednesday evenings at
9:30 o’clock, and on Sunday aft
ernoons at 12:30 o’clock.
Mr. Hammette also reminds lis
teners that the NBC Symphony is
also heard over the local station at ,
6:30 o’clock on Sunday evening.
Other Programs
The schedule for the Farm and
Home hour for the coming week is
as follows: Thursday, 4-H club com
munity activities; Friday, member,
foreign group visiting county; Mon
day, county agent’s office; Tuesday,
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