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.!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.