BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUKE 8, 1933
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR
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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
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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
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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
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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 (
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< 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
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Name of Depot street was ordered J
changed to King street by the board '
of aldermen in their meeting Mon- 1
day night, a petition being present- J
ed to the officials, signed by prae-i
tic-ally all property owners on the J J
street. ]
iGRL SCOUTS CAMP
IS WELL ATTENDED
Forty Young Ladies Taking
Training at Illahee ?
Lasts Ten Days
Forty Girl Scout campers began
their second annual camping period
at Camp Illahee Monday morning,
with a staff of ten expert and experi
enced men and women in charge.
Members of both local troops, the
Robin Hood and the Gypsy bands,
tare present, together with their cap
tains and lieutenants. Mrs. Hinton
McLeod, local Girl Scout leader, is
director of the camp; associate di
rectors are Miss Beulah Zachary
and Miss Virginia Frick, of Little
Rock. Ark.
j The camp got under way success
fully with special instruction being
i' given in swimming, diving, canoe
ing, and nature lore in addition to
the regular course of outdoor craft
and scouting. Miss Frick is in charge
j of the advanced swimmers, and is
teaching them proper strokes and
diving. The art of canoeing is being
taught by Jimmie Morrow, Red
Cross examiner. Beginners swim
ming class is instructed by Hinton
McLeod Jr., and Mfi. Morrow. In
struction in nature lore is being giv
en by Ernest Merrill, Tulane grad-,
uate.
Great progress in all lines of
camping is reported from the Scout
camp, and it is expected that th
girls will have increased interest ii
their Scout work as a result of it.
Fifteen girls passed the deep wa '
Iter swimming test the first day, and;
others are expected to do so shortly.
Progress in diving is reported by
several of the more advanced swim
mers. ;
The camp, sponsored by the local)
Girl Scout leaders, is being operated
with the cooperation of numerous
civic and literary clubs of Brevard.
A number of public-spirited men
and women of the community have
generously contributed of their time
and money to help give the Scouts a
real period of outdoor camping in a!
desirable location. "* '
The purpose of the camp is to |
further the camp movement locally i
and to increase the interest of Bre-J
vard Scouts in outdoor scouting. j
SINGING MEET WILL I
BE HELD ON SUNDAY,!
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An all-day singing will be held I
next Sunday. June 11, at the Carr'sj
Hill Baptist church.
Singers from different points in
North and South Carolina are ex
pected to attend, all being asked to
bring ?ong books.
The public is given a cordial in
vitation to attend, and requested to
bring lunch baskets, as dinner will
be served on the grounds.
FLAG DAY OBSERVANCE
IN BREVARD MONDAY
According to usual custom, the '
local chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will observe
Flag Day, "June 1?, but in a very
nodest manner this year. All mer- j
hants cf the town have been re- I
luested by the D. A. R. to display
he American flag at their places of i
msiness on that day, next Monday,
fune 12. It is expected that many i
vill comply with this request, and ;
hat Old Glory will reign supreme in .
he business district next Monday, (j
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KIWANIS CLUB WILL 1
AID COLLEGE WORK
Two New Members Added? '
Inter-Club Picnic Planned
For June 22nd
Discussion of matters pertaining
to location of the merged Weaver
and Rutherford college was princi- -
pal business taken up at. the regular I
meeting of Brevard Kiwanians held c
Wednesday at noon. j
The club has been active in the
natter for several weekc, and will a
:ontinue to lend its services to the *
community*. J
P. L. Threlkeld of the state high
way commission, and Willis Brittain, I f
)f the B. & B. Feed and Seed com- j t
pany were welcomed into the club as|ii
new members. Several other appli- r
;ations ha"e beer, accepted, these to p
become regular members at the next i
meeting. R. F. Tharp won the at^ t
tendance prize of a fine fountain Y
pen.
A picnic of all Kiwanis clubs in li
Division No. 1 of the Carolina? dis- 11
trict, including the Brevard club, c
will be held Thursday afternoon and s
evening, June 22, at Camp Grey- 1
stone, seven miles south of Hender- i
sonviile on U. S. Highway No. 25. r
Brown Can-, president of the local
:lub. announced todav following re- e
;eipt of an outline of the day's pro- t
?ram from Dr. Jos. R. Sevier of J
Elendevsonville, lieutenant governor )<
)f the division. j<
LIFE SAVING CORPS !|
AT CAROLINA AGAIN)
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Red Cross Life Saving Inst?- 1
tute To Hold Ten-Day j
Meet Near Brevard
Camp Carolina, one of Western I
sTorth Carolina's most attractive j
toys' camps, will be occupied for ten i {
lays, June 14 to 24, by the- Red Cro^s c
jife Saving Institute. Campers from a
. wide area will be here for the event J
vhich is held in this section each
?ear. <
Ramone S. Eaton, field executive t
or the National Red Cross org-aniza- r
ion, will have charge of the life sav- r
ng and first aid institute, with Har- e
y Kenning, also of the national or- 3
rarization, as assistant director. It
s expected that other officials of
he national organization will be (
lere for part of the season.
For local swimmers interested hi f
earning the finer points of swim- n
rcing, diving and life saving, no finer ;
fcance can be found. The following a
ubjects will be taught: First aid, f,
ife saving, swimming, diving, boat- j
;ig, canoeing and recreational swim-?
ting. o
Students may also take the peg- ;s
nntry course, camp waterfront lead- t
rshin or swimming poo! leadership. t!
legislation fee of $10 is required iof p
seal people and $S0 in ease, lodging ?
< furnished by the camp. 3
.4?VA' MR. BEASLEY ABOUT
WANT ADS FOR RESULTS
Anyone who is skeptical about,
the value of advertising, and
especialy of using the Want Ads
in The Times are respectfully
referred to B. F. Beasley.
In last week's imp er Mr, Baas- j
ley advertised for an incubator, |
ami by Saturday hr> 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
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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.
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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
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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
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