COLLEGE SUMMER
QUARTER ENDS 28TH
Dr. Thomas Pearce Bailey Will |
Deliver Address To The
Ten Graduates
Brevard College will graduate ten
young men at the close of its second |
summer quarter, Friday, August 28.
The exercises will be held in the audi
torium at the college beginning at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Dr.
Thomas Pearce Bailey, professor of
psychology and consulting psycholo
gist in ltollins College. Winter Park,
Fla., will deliver the address to the
graduates. Dr. Hailey is well known in
residents of Hrevard and Transylvania
county. At the present time l'r. Hatley
is acting as consulting psychologist
for Eagle's Nest Camp.
The following young people will re
ceive their diplomas at that time: Stew
art Gordon Harbour, Saluda; Ernest
Clifford Elliott. Long Island; Joe Thur
man Melton. Hostie; Rexford Summers
M.means. Statesville; Rachael Ruth
Orr. Hrevard; Annie Donnell Patterson.
Hillsboro; John Earl Pearson. Candler;
Alice Eniiline Scott. Fallston; Oscar
Vernon Tucker, Stanfield; Lawrence
M Williams. Hrevard.
Examinations will be concluded Sat
urday. August 20. The college authori
ties are very well pleased with the re
sults of the summer quarter. The total
enrollment for the quarter has been
ninety-one. one group of students which
entered July G will continue in the
college until Saturday. September 12.
In addition to the students at the col
lege. there are several young men who
have been working on the buildings and
farm during the entire summer.
School Book Change
Slated For ’36 Term
Word lias just been received that the
following changes in textbooks will go
in effect immediately:
Instead of "The Now Phonetic C'har
detial." "Language, Literature and
Life," Book t and will tie substituted.
Instead of "Tanner's Correct English"
and "Composition and Rhetoric." wilt be
substituted “Elements of English" and
“English in Action.”
v series of Literature books published
1 v Rand will lie substituted for the Lit
erature and Life hooks.
Therefore (he following books will not
used any more: "New Phonetic
Chardenal": “Correct English"; "Litera
ture and Life” series.
Cemetery Work Needed
\11 persons who have relatives or
friends buried in the Connestee ceme
terv at Putin's Rock Baptist church are
asked to take notice that Wednesday.
August 3fi. has been set as the day to
clean off the cemetery. It is in bad con
dition. so will you please bring dinner,
necessary tools, and help us clean off
the graves. It will he a day well spent.
Mrs. Porter Tinsley. Clerk.
Dunn’s Creek Home Coming
Home coming day will be observed at
Punn's Creek Baptist church in the
See-Off section on Sunday, August 30,
according to announcement being made
by officers of the church.
The event will begin In the morning
at ten o'clock and continue into the
afternoon. Pinner will he served on the
grounds at the noon hour, and all who
attend are requested to bring well filled
dinner baskets.
SHARKEY LOSES TO SEQRO
A lot of Brevard fellows lost from
oru dollar to ten Tuesday night when
Joe Louis the negro boxer, defeated
Jack Sharkey by the knockout route
in the third round of a scheduled ten
round bout.
Spelling Bee Slated
Entertaining Feature
For Friday Evening
■■Ha (ba) ker (kerr)—baker," and on
down the line with syllables being pro
nounced as they are spelled out will be
one of the interesting features of the
old-time spelling bee which will be held
in the county court room here Friday
evening of,this week, beginning at 8
o’clock.
J. Wade Hickson, a member of the
-old school” who successfully conducted
spelling bees in the county a couple of
years ago, will have charge of the spell
ing match, with Professor S. P. Venter
to “ give out" the words or pronounce.
The old Blue Back Speller will he
used, and those people of the county
who in their youth studied this old
master textbook are especially invited
to attend and take part in the spelling.
Younger folk, too, Mr. Hickson an
nounces. will find the evening enjoyable
and instructional.
There will be no admission fee. Best
speller will It awarded a prize of two
pounds of sour wood honey produced on
the Tharp-Piekson farms near Brevard.
String music will also be an added fea
ture of the evening.
Tax Rate For Transylvania County
Will Remain at $1.55 on Hundred
Transylvania county tax rate has
hoen set at $1.55 on the hundred dol
lar valuation by the board of county
commissioners who met Wednesday af
ternoon of last week to consider the
budget.
The tentative budget as published In
The Times on July 9 was adopted by
the board, the budget being practically
the same as that of the previous year.
Countv debt service Is the major item
in the budget, with 95 cents being
levied for this purpose. Next item Is
the county school supplement, which
was set at 27 cents. County general
fund is again to be 17 cents, which is
the maximum allowed by law. Other
items include—County home and farm,
.05: outside poor, .03; welfare depart
ment, 01.
The levy is based on a valuation of
$4,500,000, to which figure the valua
tion was cut a few years ago when
the valuation of property was cut in
half instead of being revalued.
Dahlia Show Here Saturday Will Draw
Exhibits From All Parts of County
Ilrevard's fourth annual dahlia show
will bo held in the Harris building on
West Main street Saturday of this week
The show will be open at 1 o'clock and
continue through the afternoon and
evening until 10 o'clock. The event is
sponsored by tho Transylvania Dahlia
club.
Approximately 100 valuable prizes will
bo awarded (o first and second winners
in the various classes. These prizes have
been donated by local business firms and
individuals and by a few out-of-town
flower concerns.
There will be thrie sections in the
classification. Section A is open to all
exhibitors', Section B Is open only to
Transylvania county growers; Section
C is open to the most inexperienced ex
hibitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement, of the Nic-Nar
Nurseries, Asheville, will act as judges
In the show.
1* Is expected that several hundred
dahlia growers throughout Brevard and
Transylvania county will enter exhibits
in the different classes;
The classification will be found on
Page Four.
Brevard Musicians In
Creditable Programs
L'revurd musicians have won approv
al from visiting and local critics during
ttic summer for their excellent interpre
tations and for talented rendition of
difficult numbers.
l.ast Thursday evening, Alvin and
Dunn Id Dee Moore were heard in a con
c< rt .u a music festival given under the
sponsorship of the Hendersonville
Chamber of Commerce, and were very
favorably received.
Sunday morning at the Brevard Meth
odist church, Miss Adelaide Sllversteen,
t dented contralto, was guest soloist for
the service, and gave a beautiful ren
dition of "A Prayer,” by James H. Do
pers.
Life Saving Classes
Will Be Given Free
Free classes in both junior and sen
ior life saving instruction will be held
at ttie Brevard municipal swimming
pool the first five days of next week
from 0 to 11 eaeli morning, according
to Coach Ernest Tilson.
Instruction will be under Coach Til
son, and Nathan McMinn. who is an
accredited examiner in junior and senior
life saving. Coach Tilson will examine
junior applicants.
All those interested and who believe
they can swim a quarter mile aro
asked lo report to the pool next Mon
day morning at fl o’clock. Any who do
not appear at that time will not bo
permitted to enter the free classes.
MADAME VETTORI TO
SING HERE AUG. 27TH
Metropolitan Opera Star Will
Give Concert at Brevard
High School
Madame Elda Vettori, dramatic so
prano of the Metropolitan Opera com
pany. has been secured for a concert in
Brevard, on Thursday evening. August
27. according to announcement made
by the Women's Missionary Society of
the Methodist church, which organiza
tion is sponsoring the musical treat.
The concert will be held in the Bre
vard high school auditorium, beginning
at eight o'clock, and will last for one
hour. Madame Vettori will be accom
panied by William H. Zimmerman, Jr.,
well known pianist of Asheville.
Madame Vettori received a great ova
tion at a previous concert here two
years ago, which she gave in Brevard
College auditorium, and music lovers
are looking forward with keen interest
to the return engagement on August
27th.
Madame Vettori has sung in concert
from coast to coast and is recognized as
one of the outstanding sopranos in this
country. She has had leading roles in
Aida and Cavalleria Rustlcana during
the opera season.
Sexton To Speak
Waldo P. Sexton, of Pisgah Forest
and Vero Beach. Fla., will he guest
speaker at the meeting of the Brevard
Kiwanis cluh on Thursday, August 27.
Mr. Sexton resides at Pisgah Forest
during the summer months, is owner of
the Vero Beach Gardens.
Garren Reunion Sunday
The annual Garren reunion will be
liel<l next Sunday, August 23. at tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. date Osteeen. on
Probart street. All relatives and friends
are invited to come and bring well
filled dinner baskets.
Home Coming Day At
Blantyre Next Sunday
t'nder authority contained in Section
and leaders of the Blantyre Baptist
church that the annual homo coming
will he observed there next Sunday,
August 23.
All friends and members of the
church, and especially those who at
one time held membership in tho church
but who have moved away, are invited
to attend. All are requested to bring
well rilled dinner baskets.
Education Work For
Adults Resumed Last
Week In Transylvania
Classes in the adult education pro
gram under the WPA setup were re
opened on Tuesday of last week, under
the general county supervision of Mrs
A111e C, Wilson.
Nine teachers are at present cm
ployed In the teaching work in various
parts of the county, with one other to
be added to the staff at an early date.
Tlie teachers at present engaged in
the work are: Mrs. Beulah Held Bag
well, Quebec; Mrs. Ethel Wilds, Toxa
way and Gloucester; Mrs. Beulah Han
son. East Pork; Miss Susie Jordan,
Bosnian community; Mrs. Kale Brown.
Pisgah Forest and Boylston; Mrs. Buth
Simpson, Brevard and vicinity; Miss
Sadie North, classes In first aid at tlie
three sowing rooms in Brevard. Bos
nian and Oakland, and other sections
in the county; two colored schools at
Brevard and Glade Creek, under (he di
rection of Flora Lee Ruth and Agnes
Hunt.
A survey of last year's activities in
the adult education program reveals a
total enrollment of -100 in the whits
classes, with 7-1 taught to r<-nd and 77
taught to write, the work being carried
on at an average cost per student of
$r>.!ir,. of the total enrollment. S7
were absolute Illiterates, the students'
average age being 32 years. The num.
ber attending the district commence
ment in Asheville in June was lfi.i, of
which number 02 persons made the trip
for the first time.
The annual report for the colored
classes shows a tolal enrollment of 81,
of whom 22 were absolute illiterates,
with 52 being taught to read and 50 to
jwrite. The average age was 15, and the
average cost per student was $7.02.
Ttie number attending district com
mencement was -10.
Revival Services At
Enon Baptist Church
A 10-day revival is in progress at
the Enon Baptist church. The Rev. C
IV. llilemon, pastor, is being assisted
in the meeting by the Rev. Paul Hart
sell. pastor of the Brevard Baptist
church, who is doing the preaching at
each service. The revival began Mon
day night and will continue in nightly
services for 10 days.
Squirrel Season To
Open September 1st
The squirrel season will open in
Transylvania county on September 1.
and then close September 30. until De
cember 20, according to County Game
Warden E. B. Galloway. This Is a fed
eral regulation.
Other hunting seasons to open as
follows—bear, Oct. 1—Jan. 1; deer
(buck), Oct. 1—Jan. 1; o'possum, rac
coon, Oct. 1—Feb. i; quail, Nov. 20—
Feb. 15; rabbit, Nov. 20—Feb. 15; tur
key. Nov. 20—Feb. 15; ruffed grouse,
Nov. 20—Dec. 15.
Statewide hunting and fishing license
are now on sale at the Farmer's Supply,
Clerk of Court's office, and Bradley's
in Brevard; D. H. Winchester and E. R.
Galloway, Rosman.
The fishing season for trout (all
species) will close August 31, and the
small mouth bass season closes Sep
tember 31.
Joseph Michael Wins
International Trophy
for Moth Boat Racing
Joseph W. Michael, of Vcro Beach,
Fla.,-who has been coming to the moun
tains of Western North Carolina since
he was two years old, and who formerly
attended the Brevard grammar school,
sailed home with first honors in a field
of 3(1, in the sixth international Motli
Boat Regetta held at Atlantic City, N.
J„ the first of this month.
Piloting his ship, the 11-foot Zephyr,
around the ten mile course. Michaels
came front behind to take the lead on
the last lap and walk off with the covet
ed $2500 Antonia Trophy.
Michael's stirring pointing and hand
ling of the Zephyr which brought him
three victories earlier In the regetta,
was the feature of the third lap in
which he came up from behind to sec
ond place, eventually going into the lead
on the next lap and from then on hav
ing little or no trouble in winning.
His brother, Alfred Michael who won
the Antonia Cup in both 1934 and 1935,
finished fourth in the same race. Joe
won the Middle Atlantic championship
only a few days before.
The two brothers have been sailing in
races along the Atlantic coast and itl
Florida for the past five years, and
together have won about one hundred
prizes, fifty of these being silver loving
ctips and trophies.
When the Michael family leaves
Highlands. N. C.. this fall, Joe will at
tend the Darlington school in Rome, Ga.,
and Alfred will attend the University of
Florida, at Gainesville, Fla.
TO SPEAK OVER STATION WWNC
MAYOR A. II. HARRIS, of Brevard, will speak over station WWMC,
Asheville. Thursday evening of this week at 7:15 o'clock, using as
his subject for the broadcast, Transylvania county as a place to live and
as a vacation ( enter. This is the fourth of a series of weekly broadcasts
devoted to counties In the western section of the state being sponsored
In the advertising department of the Asheville daily papers, and the
radio station. In addition to the publicity to be gained from the radio
broadcast for this section, full page advertisements descriptive of Bre
vard and Transylvania coounty will be carried In the morning and af
ternoon papers. __
Fisher Reunion Will
Meet September 5th
The Fisher reunion will meet at Lake
Toxaway Baptist church on Saturday, j
September 5, with the day's program :
scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock in the ]
morning. |
Siring music by the Fisher band, and j
short speeches will be heard during the
morning session, and in the afternoon,
following the picnic dinner at the noon
hour.
The Fisher reunion is for the Fishers
and Nortons and their kindred, but has
long been regarded as a community
gathering, and people .attend from many
sections. Ralph R. Fisher is acting pres
ident of the reunion, and Mrs. Lee F.
Norton is secretary.
Chicken Supper Tonight
A chicken supper will be held at th*
Methodist church tonight (Thursday)
beginning at 6 o'clock. A tempting
menu has been planned by the ladies
in charge and it Is expected that a
large number of residents and summer
visitors will be in attendance during
the serving hours of 6 to 8 o'clock.
Maddox Orchestra To
Play For Benefit Ball
At City Gym Tuesday
Joe Maddox and "His Rhythm Kings".
3f Greenville, will play for a benefit
lance at the City Gym next Tuesday
Evening, August 15.
The dance is being sponsored by the
llrevunl baseball lean, which has been
playing an excellent brand of bail in
Brevard this summer, and the tall club
makes the promise that the dance will
be on a parity with the best.
.Toe Maddox has played ol Brevard
before and received very entli usiastlc
response. The seven-pleco orchestra
plays rguiarly for dances at Highlands
and other leading centers.
The City Gym has been arranged very
effectively as a dance hall, and has
proved to be one of the certers ol
activity here this summer.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: John
3reenwood, Kenneth Holden, Earl John
son. Frank Bolden and Gordon Hollings
worth.
Complete Teacher List For Schools
Announced; Start Work August 31
All elementary and high schools in
Transylvania county will open for the
1336-37 school year on Monday, August
31. Complete lists of principals and
teachers for Brevard and the county
have been made public by Professor J
Id. Jones, county superintendent.
Brevard District
Brevard High school will have the fol
lowing teaching staff for the next
school year—Robert T. Kimzey, princi
pal; Miss Karleene Poindexter. Burney
D. Franklin. Ernest F. Tilson, C. Edwin
Wike, Mrs. Frances B. DeLong, Mrs.
Sara Keels Tilson, Miss Anisleo Alex
ander, Randall J. Lyday, Alvin Moore,
Miss Antoinette Gioger, Miss Elizabeth
Jarvis, Mrs. R. T. Kimzey.
Rrevard Elementary—John E. liufty.
principal: Miss Willie Aiken, Miss Lena
Allison. Mrs. Eva Gillespie, Miss Agnes
Clayton, Miss Josephine Clavton. Miss
Julia Ileaver, Mrs. Maxine R. Ruftv.
Mrs. F. R Sledge, Mrs. Hattie B. Ver
ner, Miss Beulah Mae Zachary. Miss
Lucy Eloise Lewis, Mrs. Bernice Holli
fleld, Mrs. Annie W. Reid.
Cedar Mountain-—C. W. Hilemon.
Connestee—S. I1. Verner, principal;
Miss Fleeto Freeman.
Little River—N. L. Fonder, principal;
Miss Julia Wood.
Penrose—Mrs. Olga G. Stepp, princi
pal; Miss Margaret Gash.
Pisgah Forest—Miss Annie May Pat
ton. principal; Miss Rachel Flora Lv
day, Miss Mamie Lyday, Mrs. Roxie
Reece Neely. Miss Laura M. Williams.
Selica — Mrs. Ruth Waters Edwards,
principal; Miss Marion Henderson.
Rosman District
Rosman High school—W. M. Hunt,
principal; L. H. Thomas. Mins LaVerne
Whitmire, Miss Jean Coleman, B. L.
Lunsford.
Rosman Elementary—T. 0. Hender
son, principal: Miss Frankie Geneva
Paxton, Miss Helen Sue Henderson.
Miss Ruth Sue Morgan, Miss Ruth
Whitmire, Mrs. Mamie Hayes Dale,
Mrs, Nina B. Whitmire. Miss Ruby
Whitmire, Miss Myrtle Whitmire.
Balsam Grove—Miss Maxine Moore,
principal; Miss Flora Reid.
Lake Toxaway—L. C. Case, Jr., prin
cipal; Miss Helen Allison, Mrs. Flor
ence Winchester.
Mont vale—J. T. Harrison.
Old Toxaway—Mrs. W. E. Galloway.
Quebec—Clyde 8. McCall, principal;
Miss Edna Faye Glazener.
Silvcrsteen—Miss Flora Allison, prin
cipal; Miss Ola Paxton.
Colored Schools
Rosenwald—Mack G. Dawkins, prin
cipal; Mrs. J. H. Johnstone, Mrs. Eth
elwyn K. Mills, Mrs. Gertie Miles
Hemphill.
Glade Creek—Synetha Florie Glenn.
Bus Drivers
Following is a list of the bus drivers
and their routes:
C. F. Norton, Oakland-Rosman.
Orville Lone, Silversteen-Rosman.
Charlie Gillespie, East Fork-Rosman.
Harlow McCall, Balsam Grove-Ros
man.
Robert Taylor. Boylston-Brevard.
Clarence Whitmire. Brevard-Rosman.
H P Tolley. Blantyre-Brevard.
Joseph Jones, Cedar Mtn.-Brevard.
Merrimon Shuford, Little River-Bre
vard.
Enrollment, 1935-36
Enrollment for the coming school
year will be practically the same as
that of last year, with some Increase
expected to be noted in the two high
schools Professor Jones believes. The
following table shows each school, its
enrollment and average dally attend
ance for last year:
School Enr’lm’t Att’dance
Brevard High .37" 349
Brevard Grammar .619 470
Cednr Mtn . 32 23
Connestee.66 50
Penrose.85 62
Little River. 85 65
Selica. 75 59
Pisgah Forest.182 155
Rosman District
Rosman High .167 142
Rosman Grammar .400 297
Balsam Grove. 86 54
Lake Toxaway. 95 74
Montvale.23 11
Old Toxaway.17 10
Ouebeo. 74 68
Silversteen. 87 68
Colored District
Rosenwald.133 108
31ade Creek. 54 38
7
BATTERY F REUNION
MEETS IN BREVARD
Barbecue and Business Session
Will Be Held At
Breese Mill
_
Over a hundred members of the F
Battery, 113th Field Artillery of the
30th Division American Expeditionary
Forces are expected to attend the an
nual reunion which will be held at
Breese's Mill off the Oreenville high
way Thursday (this) afternoon.
While the business session of the bat
tery Is not scheduled to start until 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon, a number
of the soldiers are expected to arrive in
Brevard early Thursday morning, and
a few had already arrived here Wed
nesday night.
The battery personnel was recruited
largely from Transylvania, Mecklen
burg, Iredell and Cabarrus counties,
and delegations from these counties
have ulready notified Eck L. Sims, pro
gram chairman, of their Intentions to
be here for the gala occasion.
Main business session of the con
vention will be held In the grove l>e
tween the Breese mill and the spring,
and will be presided over by the presi
dent, Charles C. Sellers of Charlotte,
Wm. E. Breese of Brevard and Ashe
ville, who is assisting in making the af
fair successful one, will make the wel
come address.
The Maiden Hair Mill property Is
being turned over to the Battery for
the occasion by Mr. Breese, as well as
the barbecue and picnic facilities at
the spring near the mill which has been
utilized on numerous occasions for out
ings of like nature.
Following the business session, and a
general get-together meeting of the
war buddies. Sum Allison—Brevard s
barbecue artist supreme—will have the
mess call sounded, and will put the fin
ishing touches on the community’s hos
pitality with barbecued pig, lamb, and
other "fixlns” which Sam excels In pre
paring.
The town of Brevard Is co-operating
with Mr. Sims in making the day en
joyable for the ex-service men who will
attend the reunion, and free use of the
municipal swimming pool is being offer
ed to the visiting soldiers for the day.
Members of the Brevard Boy Scout will
act as guides for the voterans who come
by motor, and Scouts will be stationed
at the square in Brevard and on the
Greenville highway to direct the cars
to the Breese mill picnic grouncs.
Major A. L. Fletcher, of Rilelgh,
icommissioner of labor, will be here for
the day. as will Major L. B. (Pete)
Crayton of Charlotte. Other officers of
the battery who will attend Include IX
Eugene Allison, of Forest City, former
ly a Brevard resident, and who organiz
ed the Transylvania unit of the tattery
at the outbreak of the World War;
Capt. Reid R. Morrison and Lt. George
Morrow of Mooresvlllc, where tire or
ganized battery was stationed for sev
eral weeks after it was organized; and
i Lieutenant Dodge of Raleigh.
Mobilized In Mooresville In August
of 1917, the battery went in training
at Camp Sevier, near Greenville, and
later sailed for France where the part
the 30th division and Battery F made
history that Is recorded in the annals
of the victory which the American
Doughboys insured.
All members of the battery who re
side in Transylvania county are ex
pected to turn out, Mr. Sims said Wed
nesday, and assist In making the visi
tors fee! doubly welcome here. The
reunion is only for those who were
members of the F. Battery, Mr. Sims
pointed out.
Triple Marigold
The editor's desk was graced with a
triple marigold last Saturday, a gift
from Miss Carrie Killian of Brevard,
R-3.
The beautiful golden flower (or rather
flowers) grew on one stem, and each of
the flowers were perfectly formed as
to blossom but were minus the usual
three stems.
Children’s Clothes
Asked For By Office
A regnost for children's clothing is
being made this week through The
Times by Miss Grace Williams, super
intendent of children's welfare work In
Transylvania.
Miss Williams stated that her depart
ment would be giad to accept any typo
of children's clothing, and especially
those pieces that were suitable for
school wear. The clothing given to Miss
Williams will be given to children of
neeedy families.
McCrary Reunion Sunday
Announcement is made by Dr. C.
Loyd McCrary of Greenville, that the
annual McCrary reunion will be held
at the Rocky Hill Baptist church at
Cedar Mountain on Sunday, August 23.
All relatives and friends arc invited to
attend, and arc specifically asked to
bring well filled dinner baskets.
Lunch Rooms Will Be
Operated At School^
Attention is called to the fact that
the school lunch rooms in Brevard and
Rosman will start in two weeks, with
the opening of the schools on August
31st.
Miss Jackie Clayton, supervisor of
the lunch rooms and canning projects
of the county, states that canning is
now in progress preparatory to the op.
ening of the lunch rooms, and requests
that all those who have surplus beans,
or other vegetables or fruits to be
donated for canning, communicate with
her at once. The WPA funds do not
provide for anything except labor in
these projects, hence the appeal is
made for supplies.