BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUKE 8, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR \ t OFFICERS NAMED M TOWN ALDERMEN IN MONDAY NIGHT MEET Harry Patton Re-Elected Clerk j and Treasurer ? Freeman j Chief of Police ATTORNEY, ENGINEER AND AUDITOR NOT APPOINTED Morris, Deaver, Merrill, Brom field and Ashworth All To Serve Again ; i Personnel of the town of Brevard! was selected ^t a meeting of the! board of alderman Tuesday night,' with all officials being retained for I another term of office. Harry H. Patton, cferk and treas-' urer for several years, was renamed1 to this important post, his salary be-! ing set at $100 per month. It was I the expressed opinion of the board j members, that, while there were; several applications for this place, some of which were accompanied by. offers to do the work for less than ; the salary paid Mr. Patton, that his knowledge of work reouired by the} city clerk, plus the fact that condi- 1 tion of the town's finances were far) from being satisfactory, that Mr. i Patton was the most acceptable man for the place. B. H. Freeman was renamed chief of police, no application being of- > fered for the place. His salary was 1 set at $90 per month. C. C. Morris was renamed night policeman at a > salary of $15 per week. J. P. Dea-j1 ver, renamed water shed patrolman j I at $12 per week. ?' j Winston Ashworth renamed street j foreman at a salary of $13.50 perj. week. J. S. Bromf ield renamed to j chief of fire department at a salary ? ! of $15 per month. Ban W. Merrill, :1 fire truck driver, at $20 per month.,'' Bill Jackson retained as workman:' for the town at 25 cents per hour. ! J Election of city attorney, city en gineer and auditor will be taken up at a meeting to be held within a few c days. i Members of the fire department j ^ presented a proposal to the town[r that they would serve without other! ? charge to the town if water rent on ; residences occupied by the members Ji was given in lieu of any pay for^o practices or fire fighting. The town board readily accepted the proposal. W. M. U. MEETING TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK Cherryfield Church Will Be Host To Baptist Ladies of This County Annual meeting of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of Tran sylvania county will be held Thurs day, June 15 at Mt. Moriah Cher ryfield Baptist church according to announcement by Mrs. M. C. Ship man associational superintendent. Mrs. Edna R. Harris, of Raleigh, and Mrs. J. R. Morgan of Waynes ville, will be principal speakers of the occasion, other business of im portance to the unions to be taken up during the day. Arrangements are being made by the Cherryfield church to care for small children and babies during the day. All ladies of the various church of the county, together with pastors, are especially ur^ed to make plans to attend the session. MASONS TO MEET j ti ; V Regular communication of Dunn's) w Rock Masonic lodge will be held at eight o'clock, Friday night in the Masonic hall. GOVERNMENT dam views to BE FEATURED NEXT! WEI.* Facts and views in regard to the proposed dam, which is part of the plan for_ development of the Tennessee Valley under gov ernment force Sj will be carried in next week's issue of The Tran sylvania Times. A reputable engineer has been asked to prepare a treatise on the subject, and several people of the county are expected to tell "their side" of the proposed dam. Request ia made that all those who write on this topic have copy in early as possible ? not later than Monday. TEACHERS TO APPLY TO BOARD FOR JOBS Teaching Positions Will Not Be Filled Until Local Committees Appointed All applications for positions as teachers in the county schools fox the coming year are requested to make applications through the of fice of County Superintendent G. Bush, this action being taken by the board of education in its meeting here Monday. Uniform blanks will be provided in the superintendent's office for this purpose. Hiring of teachers will not take place until after local com mittees have been appointed, the board decided. These local or district committeemen will be appointed im mediately after redistricting of the ;ounty school lines hive been com pleted, as called for in the Machinery Act of 1933 governing operation of ;he school system. A petition was presented to the xiard, signed by nearly fifty patrons )f the Oakland school district, ask ng that the Oakland school be re ?stablished, and setting forth the "act that the present system on ransferring the children to Lake Toxaway was cause for complaint. The petition set forth that the hildren were required, in order to idft the school bus to Lake Toxa vay, to leave at seven o'clock ;n the, norning, and that there was a wait it Lake Toxaway for an hour and a ialf before school opened. Likewise n- the afternoon, the children, many f them lit+le fellows, were required o wait until the school bus from tosman arrived. No definite action was taken by he board on the matter, it being iointed out that this matter would ave to be taken up with the state chool commisison, representative ot /hich body is expected to be here n the near future for conference rith the superitendent and board in i egard to the school system. Action of the board in the matter f election of a county welfare of ice, in conjunction with the board f commissioners was deferred until he board called back into session, a ecess being taken subject to call of he chairman. Present at the meeting were Chair lan J. M. Galloway, L. E .Powell, Irs. Flora Holliday, and the newly lected superintendent G. C. Bush. '.HESTER GALLAMORE ILL AT PENNSYLVANIA HOME j Chester Gallamore, a former resi-j ent of Brevard, but now living in( looth wyn, Pa., suffered a stroke last 'riday and at latest reports on Wed esday was not expected to live. Mr. Gallamore is well remembere. ere by a large number of friends; aving made his home here for some . me until moving to the Pennsyl-j ania city several years ago. His ife, the former Miss Lillie Price, is sister of W. S. Price Jr., of Bre ard, and also has many friends in lis community. Junior College Commission To Meet For Location Decision On June 16th With the educational Commission of the Methodist church, south scheduled to meet on June 16 for definite action on the location of the merged Weaver-Rutherford col lege, interest in the mattter is in-! tSjjSfit A committee of citizens has been busy for the past several days work ing on plans for bringing the college to the site of the Brevard" Institute, leaving no stone unturned in an ef fort to secure donations that will make the magnificent offer of the Woman's Council more attractive to the Educational Commission. Whiie no statement has been made for publication, it is understood that several donations of merit have been offered, the offer of these donations to become effective arid binding if, I and when the commission decides to] locate the school here. Dr. I>. M. Litaker, presiding elder, of t,he Ashe- /le district of the Meth odist church was in Brevard Sunday morning anil after having charge of the services at Brevard Methodist church in the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. H. West conferred with a number of citizens of the community in regard to proposed offers of ad ditional benefits to the school. Dr. Li taker, said that the commis sion had in mind a school of the Be- : rea type, which would be a standard i two-year college, and at the same , time be operated on such basis that! those boys and girls who were found I to be worthy, but unable to pay all of their expenses, would be allowed | , , to v-ork and pay for part or all of', j their expenses toward two years of j 'collegc work. j, | He said that while there were on- ! , j ly two places that had a fair chance! | of having the college located in th?! community, Brevard and Weaver- i villa, vhat the immediate community! in which the college is eventually lo cated would not reap all the benefits [of the college, but that the entire , ; section cf the state and a great area of the South would be- greatly , benefited by a school of the typs , planned by the Educational Com- < mission of the church. _ Thinking in terms of Brevard In- ; stitute as the location. Dr. LitakeT , said that the commission would, he ( (Cont'^-n on Back Page) ( < ALEXANDER SPEAKS AT B. I. EXERCISES Russell Henderson Leads Class of Twenty-Two Seniors In Scholastic Attainment ; Twenty-two seniors completed the course at Brevard Institute Thui's ;day night of last week, when the fin al exercises of commencement week were held in the Institute chapel. The principal address of the oc casion was the literary address to the graduating class by the Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor' of the Brevard Presbyterian church., which was in spiring and forceful message. Other ? features were the valedictory by Russell Henderson, of Asheville, and the salutatorian by Miss Frances . Scott, of Union, S. C., selections by 1 the glee club and invocation and the benediction by the Rev. Paul Hart sell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist j church. In addition to the diplomas award ed the seniors by the superintendent, , Miss Daisy Ritter, were the follow ing awards and medals presented by Dean Griffith Pugh, 0. H. Orr, Miss Mary Floyd and Mrs. Ralph Ramsey: Russell Henderson, three gold medals for proficiency in his tory, being the local chapter D. A. R. award, the R. II. Zachary mathe matics medal, and the highest scho-j lastic average medal by the Kl wanis chib; Missl Emily Futch, of Atlanta, won the L. E. Brown medal for the most all-round im iprovement; Miss Elizabeth Wenz, of 1 Asheville} and Miss Frances Scofi tied for the Mrs. J. F. Winton five dollar prize for the best kept room in the girls' dormitory; while Rus fvell Henderson, Virgil Ritchie and Gene Dumas tied in a similar contest in the boys' dormitory; Miss Lois Payne, of Greenville, highest average in beginners Spanish; Miss Lois Groom, Charlotte, won second, Miss j Payne also making highest average! in Bible. The Institute summer school be gan regular class work on Tuesday 'and will continue in session until I July 28, at which' time the school I will close permanently. About 20 students and teachers remained for the summer term. DISTRICT UNION WILL MEET AT MT. MORIAHj Upped district B. Y. P. \J. will | meet at the Cherryfield Baptist | church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the regular meeting of this district. Miss Hybernia Ship man, associational president, and James Dickson, dist?ict president,, will be in charge. The following interesting program will be presented : Song service, Rosman; Devotional, Quebec; Records, James Dickson; Special song, Glady Branch; Demon stration, Cherryfield; Duet, Glady Branch; Worthwhile Recreation, Sel ma Morgan; Quartet, Rosman; Look ing Unto Jesus or Guidance in Life's Pleasures, Rev. Hilemon; Closing | song. DEPOT STREET NAME IS ' CHANGED TO "KING ST." 1 had seven j offers, all good machines and at fair prices. Selecting the best bargain of the. Jot Mr. Beasley saved money for himself and helped another party out by tak ing off their hands something they didn't need. COMMUNITY" EFFORTS PROVE WORTHWHILE Red Cross, Welfare Board, Ki wanis and Other Groups Doing Great Work ????? ? Clearlv demonstrating that com-| munity efforts through various chan-j nels of welfare work have resulted; in much good, was' the program pre sented by the welfare committee of the Woman's Civic club at the reg ular meeting held Monday afternoon in the club room. The program, which brought out many enlightening and interesting '?icts, was in charge of the welfare ?mmittee chairman, Mrs. Thor/aldj [Psrg, assisted by other members of | [this committee of the civic club. 1 Mrs. R. L. Alexander, speaking ofi ??''o welfare work done through the] irency of the Red Cross, stated that) 7:>00 bags of flour had been dia- ; jtributed to needy families in thc( ounty, and that an approximate en- 1 'mate*of $600 worth of clothing and supplies had been furnished to- men.j w; men, children and babies through- j o?!i the county the past year. Mrs. C. L. Newland told of the | welfare work of the Kiwanis club, stressing the main project, that ; of sponsorship of a diphtheria | clinic, whereby over 900 pre-school children of the town and county were' given free anti-toxin treatments: | three children, whose parents were' unable to bear the expense, were fit- ; ted with glasses; two children given adenoid and tonsil operations; andj two others allowed free hospital! treatment. I | Mrs. S. P. Verner, in behalf _of the: Parent-Teachcr association, "reported! that this organisation in sponsoring1 the free lunches for underprivileged I school children, had provided luncheiL for 40 children for 73_ school days, I making a total of 2,920 meals served!] during the school year. This wasjj ( Continued on back page) USEFUL PRIZES OFFERED j FOR THE U. D. C. BRIDGE! Many useful and valuable prizes have been donated for the (J. D. C. < benefit bridge, which will be held at < the Franklin hotel this evening : (Thursday), beginning at 8:30 1 o'clock. The affair is for benefit of i the U. D. C. library, and an adaiia- i sion of twenty-five cents will be charged. I It is requested that each ticket i purchaser write his or her name on s the back of the ticket, and th? ten ? names drawn from the box will be * awarded prizes at the close of the I ?ames. 1 1 The following prizes have been do-jc sated by members of the U. D. C.I ' Angel food cake ? donated by Mrs . J 3 Roy Long; Basket raspberries ? Misa J 4.nnie Gash; homemade candy ? Mrs. 1 J. M. Allison and 5Trs. J. W. Smith; i iar pickles ? Miss Sattie Parker; layer cake ? Mrs, W. J. Wallis; vani- f :y set ? Mrs. O. L. Erwin; basket i lowers? Mrs. Clarence Yongue; Ice j I jook ? Mrs. J. S. Bromfield and Miss ! t 3herrill Bromfield ; grand prize ? 1 1 ?uit of Biltmore homespun donated v ly Biltmore Industries. r LOCAL HOSPITAL TO |SMRE IN FUNDS OF DUKE ENDOWMENT Lyday Memorial To Be Opera ted On Non-Profit Basis As Community Hospital EQUIPMENT LEASED TO THE BOARD TRUSTEES Excellent Facilities Will Be Offered For Use of AH County Doctors Arrangements have been complet ed whereby Lyday Memorial hospi tal will share in the Duke Endow ment fund. In operation here for the past year ur.der the supervision of Dr. Charles L. Newland and Dr. C. E. Cunning ham, the property and equipment have been leased by the newly con stituted board of trustees ahd the management made to conform with regulations of the Duke Endowment. Comprising the board of trustees of the newly incorporated institu tion are Ralph H, Ramsey, Jr., pres ident; H. N. Carrier, vice president; Mrs. C. E. Cunningham, secretary treasurer, the Rev. R. I.. Alexander, Miss Florence Keni and mA. S. P. Verner, members. A joint meeting of the board of trustees and Members of the Tran sylvania county Medicai society will be eailed within a few days when plans for organizing of the staff will be made. Under the Duke Endowment plan, the institution will be operated as a non-profit making hospital, with a schedule of fees based upon actual cost of operation. George P. Harris, of Charlotte, representative of the Duke Endow ment, has approved the set up of the organization, and operation under the Duke plan has already become effective. With equipment that is compara ble to hospitals in much larger towns, it is the expressed aim of the board of trustees to make of the hos pital a community proposition, with facilities of the institution tender sd to' all doctors of the county medi cal society. agedIeWwoman BURIED ON TUESDAY Aunt Jane Hall Said To Be Oldest Person In This Section of State "Aunt Jane" Hell, respected col jred woman of Brevard, and believ :d to bo the oldest woman in thi* section of the state died at hc-r lome in West Brevard. Monday right it the ripe age of 104 years, two nonths. "Aunt Jane" was noted as a loyal jerson to those who were her friend* n early life, and rendered faithful service to her "folks" long afte 'laves were freed at the close of th var between the states. Born in 1829, in what is now t' klills River section of Hinder, ounty, she was a valued servant he Aiken family of this county f 'ears. Her son, Jim Aiken, was i ? rears active in business circles i;i Jrevard. and like his mother, was eputed as an outstanding negro. Among the survivors are several jraat, great grandchildren, her fam ly being scattered" to many parts of *Jorth and South Carolina. Amon;: hose attending the funeral service ; Puesday afternoon were several phite people, friends of the aged wo can. Repeal Fight Expected to Take CeBter Of Stage In County In Near Future Fight for repeal of the 18th Amendment is expected to soon take enter of the stage in Transylvania tnd other counties of the state, with >epple lining up on the "we t" and 'dry" sidelines. ' ^ I Tentative organization of dry 'orces in the county has already! ?en made, with leaders of the move- ? nent appointed, these leaders to j iame, community an~cT township lead rs at an early date, it is under tcod. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7? | 'ostmastfir-Genera! Farley has piom-' sed to puc the "full force of the! ioosevelt administration behind the; novement in North Carolina to rat ty the pr\>poged constitutional mendment repealing national pro libition, it became known hare to ay. Waiter Murphy, noted wet leader f Salisbury, and Johnston Avery, j ecretary to Senator Reynolds, yes-' erday conferred with Farley and j uoted him today as say lag that re eal of the Eighteenth Amendment! ras one of the chiif cogs iu Presi-) ent Roosevelt's program, and he1 (Farley), would jjive nil help possi ble to North Carolina opponents of prohibition to carry" on a "eampaif 'of education." Murphy ha? retume<} to Norli. Carolina and plans are being ma< for the wets to organize next wee: The organization meeting will prob ably be held at Greensboro and Mur phy will possibly head the wove ment, it was reported here. When Avery was_ asked what .kind of help the wets expected from Par lev his replv was "cash," which he said would be used to print litera ture, pay traveling expenses of speakers, maintain headquarters and conduct, the campaign in gar.eral. It is believed in soiv.o quarter* that Farley will endeavor to get federal employes its North Carolina busy for repeal. Senator Reynolds wi!T open the drive for repeal with a speech to n state-wide meeting of Young Demo crats of North Carolina at Wilmiaj ton Beach on July 8. Ot'"<-r speakers will get in the field before the tatm paigri ends in November. The eSec (Continued ou Back Page) ? TO 4 K ..m