11H” THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
i Ment A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County -
~vni 49. NO 31 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937._$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
WELCOME TO BREVARD, WNC WOODMEN
PARKWAY MONEY IS
VOTED BY CONGRESS
Insures Continuance of Work
On Blue Ridge Project
In Western Carolina
Announcement was made from "Wash
ington last Thursday morning to the ef
fect that the proposed slice in federal
appropriations for the Blue Ridge Park
way had been successfully opposed by
Congressmen Houghton ami Weave*,
and that $1,500,000 had been given o. k
by the congress through ' • suptl>
measure.
The vote of the house on tin amend
ment was 141 to 50. and followed heat
ed debate.
Acceptance of the Increased appro
priation fcr the parkway 1" the house
is believed to insure ample funds for
the continuance of the parkway work
during the fiscal year beginning on
July 1. The budget appropriation of
$5,000,000 for the parkway had been
trimmed to $2,500,000 in the house ap
propriations committee.
The entire North Carolina congres
sional delegation rallied in support of
the amendment, but principal credit for
its passage went t1 Ret resentatlve
Houehton and Representative Zebulon
Weaver, who led the fight for the in
creased appropriation.
The house defeated an amendment
l-y Representative Ford, of Mississippi,
which would have ma le $5,000,000 avail
able for the parkway next year and
$5 000.000 for th< Natchez Trace park
way In Tennessee. Alabama, and M1 --
sissippi.
Th ' Western Carolina A ivtsory com
mitter, the state highway department,
and the council of -state headed bv
Governor Hoey. hav■ been vorv active
>n the matter for th" prat s-vercl
weeks, and Chairman C. I. Ray. of
Waynosvillo. said last Thursday th: ’
he felt the co-op' ration of till commun
Ittcs in the western part o' tin star
had been very instrumental in securing
the appropriation,
Rffort is being made by the \dvlsorv
Committee and the State Highway de
partment to have surveys mad' and
work started within the year on the
Wagon Road-Ralsam Gan set tlor, of the
parkway near Brevard.
Musical Program Monday
Monday night. May 31. the 'Aristo
cratic Pigs.' will appear at the court
house in Brevard. These musicians are
broadcasting twice daily over station
WFTtC in Greenville. S. C
This program is sponsored by the
Roy's Class No. 4 of the Presbyterian
church.
Trucks Asked To Park
On Side Streets Here
Truck drivers are requested by the
town officials to park their trucks off
the main business blocks in Brevar i,
due to the fact that long beds on some
of the trucks protrude out Into the
street and constitute a traffic hazard.
Signs have been placed on light posM
in the uptown section asking drivers to
park outside the three main uptown
blocks. An ordinance pertaining tj
parking of trucks reads as follows:
“Section 1. That for the better regu
lation of traffic and for public safety,
no truck shall he allowed to park on
Vain Street from Caldwell »o Gaston
Streets and on Broad Street from
Main to Jordan, except for the purpose,
of loading and unloading.
"Section 2.—That any person or per
sons guilty of violating any of the pro
visions of this ordinance, shall be fined
$5.00 for each and every offense.”
Citizens' Aiid Asked In
Making Home Coming
Day Here Successful
All people of the county are asked
to join in making the annual Homo
Coming Day at Brevard College next
Thursday, a success, and to carry out
plans of the local committee In charge,
attendance at the annual event will
he necessary.
The Women's Civic club of Brevard
is sponsoring the home coming day
which is a part of the June graduntion
program, nml asks all people of the
community to bring a basket lunch h>
the college to he spread picnic style
;*t the noon hour.
I.adies of the Civic dub stress the
fact that plenty of food is necessary
for the success of the affair, hut that
attendance by those who arc infereste 1
in the i ollege Is inst as essential.
A program of interest has been ar
: arm'd for the day. including an ad
dress before the graduates and visit
ors by Br. John IV. Phnckford. of Co
lumbia. P. C. at 11 o'clock and follow
ing the luncheon, reunion of Brevard
Institute. Weaver, and Brevard College
alumni.
Brevard Boys Will
Graduate From U. S.
Army-Navy Schools |
Mr. an<l Mr-. Fred Miller of Brevard
will leave Friday for V'no polls. Md.. to
attend the graduntluc exercises of their
sen, .1. P Miller, fit the V. 9. Naval |
Ac adeiry.
From there Mr. and Mrs. Miller will |
;:0 to West Point, to see their older son. 1
.1. \. Miller, Jr., graduate at the P S. |
Military Academy.
The Miller hoys are the only brother,; |
In tilt two service schools to gradual ' j
the same year. Jack entered the Naval i
Academy from the Navy, and made -i ]
good record in Ills scholastic work as ’
•vdl is in. athletics He was substitute j
. enter on th'- first string football SM'iud ,
in P'S", and regular center or. the team |
las! venr. Ik was th- only sixty-minut !
player in the Army-Navy game, lie ; J
. member of tlic lacrosse team, and |
will play Saturday In the Army-Navy I
game.
Fred Miller was appointed to tin ;
Military Academy by romrressman I
•/.ehulon V. Weaver. H- expects to I
spend his furlough as a counselor a! :
C un]' Transylvania near Brevard, ami |
will enter the Army Aviation school at
Randolph Field, Te xas in September.
Jack leaves early in June for ’lie
west coast where he will join his slv.p.
the F. S. P. Portland, for Alaska.
Both boys were honor students at
Brevard high school, and were the first
two Brevard hoy Scouts to attain the
honor of Eagle Scout.
New Paint Added By
Two Brevard Firms
Ivory pnint on the front, with laid
paper inside has added an inviting air
to I.ong's Drug Store on the square
!>r. Long is one of several who hat e
recently improved their places of busi
ness with a freshening up process.
Charlie Gibbs’ Standard station used
the universally popular white for the
front of his place, touching up the ef
fect with a shade of gray.
Stroup On Canton Force
ROSMAX, May 26.—Chief of Foiiee
tv. X. Stroup resigned last week to
take over duties ns a member of the
Canton police force. Chief Stroup has
served several years ns policeman here,
.mi has made an excellent officer.
Coy Fisher has been appointed ;.s
temporary chief b\ the hoard of aider
men.
Brevard College Graduates
Receive Diplomas June 3rd
Btevard Collegi will enl Its third
year of successful operation with an in
teresting program of commencement
events beginning at It a. tn., June 2.
when Dr. A. W. Plyler delivers the
commencement address in the college
auditorium. Pr. Plyler is the editor of
the North Carolina Christian Advocate
and a member of the board of trustees.
At 7:30 on the evening of June 2. the
Alumni of Brevard Institute, Weaver
College, and Brevard College will meet
In West Hail dining room for the an
nual alumni banquet The I’.ev. C. M.
Pickens, pastor of the Thomasvllie
Methodist church, who is a member of
the board of trustees, also president of
the Alumni association will act as
toast master. All graduates of the three
named institutions are urged to bo
present for the banquet. Alumni who
plan to attend should notify the college
at once.
Graduation exercises will be held tn
the college auditorium at tl a. m.. on
June 3rd. Pr. John W. Shackford, of
Columbia, S. C.. will deliver the ad
dress. There will be approximately 80 j
who will receive diplomas.
During the first year Brevard oper
ated on the semester basis and graduat
ed one class. Since that time the quar
ter system has been used, therefore, in
cluding the present class a total num
I «
ber of nine classes have been gradnnt
Inimedlately following the graduation !
exercises the annual "Home Coming” I
picnic will he held on the college camp
us. It is hoped that all friends and for
mer students of Brevard Institute. Wea
ver College, and Ilrevard College, will
plan to attend the picnic. All are asked
to bring well filled baskets and come
prepared to spend the day.
The regular summer quarter will be
gin on .June 9. A large number of stu
dents plan to begin college work on that
date, and also a number of the present
students will remain to complete work
for graduation on August 25.
Work in the tenth and eleventh
grades in high school will he offered to
those desiring such courses. High school
work is a special feature of the summer
quarter and is not offered during the
regular school year.
Brevard has enrolled 443 students
during the year V'36-37 and considers
this to havo been one of the best years
in the life of the institution. Indica
tions are that the school will make
marked progress in the Immediate fu
ture.
Following are the names of students
from Transylvania county who will
graduate June 3rd: Edward Clayton,
Allison L. Moore, Robert Wallace O'rr,
Clyde Shuford, Alma Irene Talley,
Christine Clara tongue.
Prominent Officials
To Attend W. O. W.
Meeting In Brevard
—
The Rev. Frank L. Leather-wood, of
Waynesville, (left) president of the
Western Carolina District Log Rollins
Association; T. E. Newton, of Kinston,
(lower left) state manager of the
Woodmen of the World; and Mrs. Ef
fle Rogers, of Raleigh, (lower right)
state manager of the Woodmen Circle
and member of the national legislative
committee, are among the prominent
officials of the fraternal organization
which holds its annual convention in
Brevard Thursday.
Members of the Brevard and Rosman
Camps and Groves will be Joint hosts
to the two hundred or more delegates
expected to attend from twenty-one
western counties.
Two Hundred Delegates Will Be
Here Thursday for Convention
Members of the Woodmen of Hi
World nnd Woodmen Circle from !h<
western Carolina district arc expected
to gather in Brevard Thursday (today)
200 strong for the annual I •>'»,' Rolling*
Association which will meet In the
county court house.
The program will begin at 10 o'clock
with the Rev. Frank L. Leatherwood,
of Waynesvllle. president, in charge.
Following the Invocation by the Rev.
J. H. Brondall, pastor of Brevard
Methodist church, the welcome address
will be given by Mayor A. H. Harris.
Response will be ntado by C. C. Davis;
and the welcome on behalf of the Ros-,
man and Brevard camps and groves
will be given by A. B Galloway of
Brevard, district manager. j
Business session of the morning wih I
Include reports from the various camps
and groves of the district and from
the district and field workers. After
appointment of committees by the
president, the assembly will adjourn
for luncheon, which Is being served by
ladies of Brevard and Rosman.
During the afternoon session ad
dresses will be made by Mrs. Effie
Rogers, state manager of the Wood
men Circle; T. E. Newton, state man
ager of the Woodmen, and Judge Bar
rington T. Hill. Other business for the
afternoon includes reports of commit
tees, setting place and date for next
convention, and miscellaneous business.
A baseball game between the Bre
vard Tanners and the W. O. W. base
ball team from Marshall, on the Bre
vard high school field will conclude the
day's program.
Call to Order . President F. R. Reatherwood
Invocation . Rev. J. H. Brendall
Welcome Address . Mayor A. H. Harris
Response . Sovereign R. C. Davis
Welcome on Behalf of Brevard and Rosmnn Camps . A. B. Galloway
Reports. Delegates
Reports from all Camps and Groves in Western District: reports
of Field Workers from their respective districts.
Appointment of Committees . President
Resolutions, Good of Order, Uniform Rank
RECESS FOR LUNCHEON
Reports of Committees.
Address. Mrs. Effio Rogers, State Manager W. O. W. Circle
Address.T. E. Newton, State Manager W. O. W.
Address .*. Judge Barrington T. Hill
Miscellaneous Business- Invitation for Next Convention
Baseball Game . Brevard High School Field
Between Marshall W. O. W. Team and Brevard Tanners
Adjournment.
Brevard Pool Opens
During Coming Week
Plans are to open the Brevard
swimming pool sometime next week,
date to be announced later.
Coach Ernest Tllson who will have
charge of the pool again this year,
said that the building and grounds
were being gone over, and that the
pool was being thoroughly cleaned
and made perfectly sanitary.
Work on the grounds and In the
building is being done by workers un
der Mrs. Arah Hamlin, who will also
carry on a recreation program at the
park this summer.
Annual Outing Will
Be Observed Sunday
The Pisgah Forest Baptist Sunday
school will hold Its annual picnic Sun
day at White Pine camp In Pisgah
National Forest.
All members of the school plan to
attend the picnic, with cars and trucks
to leave the church at 9:30. Basket
lunches will be carried, and following
the joint class meeting and Sunday
school lesson, the dinner will be spread
picnic style.
Arrangements for the annual event
are in charge of D. H. Orr, superin
tendent, and other leaders in the
church.
Helen Galloway Wins
Top Place In Essay
Contest For Carolina
Miss Helen Galloway, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Galloway, is the
winner of the state essay contest spon
sored by the International Business
Machine Corporation, of New York. The
title of her essay was "Today's Need
For Thoughtful Effort.”
As the winner for North Carolina,
Miss Galloway will receive a wrist
watch valued at $50 and her paper will
be entered In the national contest spon
sored by the same company.
This essay contest was open to all
high school seniors. Miss Galloway was
graduated from Brevard high school
this year and has taken a very active
part in school activities including writ
ing for the high school news section
of The Transylvania Times.
Ministerial Traffic Jam
A traffic jam occurred last Friday
afternoon on the square, when two
courteous drivers each stopped to let
the "other fellow” have right-of-way.
Driver No. 1 heading west was the
Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of the Bre
vard Methodist church; No. 2 was the
Rev. T. C. Elliott, pastor of the Bre
vard Baptist church. Preacher No. 1
went on his way first and the jam was
over.
Dates Announced For
Brevard Tonsil Clinic
Tonsil clinics will be held at Lydaj
Memorial hospital on three days, ono
week apart instead of for one week,as
has been the custom heretofore, accord
ing to announcement made following
meeting of the board of trustees.
Dates for the three one-day clinics
have been set as June IS, 22, and 29.
The clinic is being held for those chil
dren whose parents are unable to pay
full price for the tonsil operation. Doc
tors on the hospital staff will give their
services tree, with charges for the op
eration and hospital care being held
to minimum.
The board requests that children be
examined by the family physician be
fore applying to the hospital for ths
operation, and that arrangements bo •.
made with M.'ss Myrtts Dillard, super
intendent, in advance of the clinic- days |
African Refugee Is
To Become Citizen
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A story of how his
parents were killed by slave traders and
he was rescued from the African bush
country and brouRht to the United
States by an American missionary was
told by John Wr-'.mha Du odes Condola,
ncprro minister of 381 Linden, who has
applied for preliminary naturalization
papers.
When he was only three years of am*
Arabic tribes killed his parents and
took most of his kin into captivity. 1
Presbyterian missionary P Vomer,
of Brevard, N. C , took care of Condola
and when he was 14 years old brought
him to New Orleans. Condola Is a na
tive of T.uebo. Belgian Congo, Africa.
Arriving here he was sent to Tellmea
Institute at Tuscaloosa Ala., where he
prepared for the Presbyterian ministry.
Condola has lived ir Memphis since
aiMitit 1023. serving as a substitute min.
ister in churches here. His papers wero
filed by Boyd Harte, deputy clerk n
charge of naturalization.
New Arrival
P.orri to Mr. ar.d Mrs. H. F. Patter
son. a daughter. An.ta Pcs*, on Tues
day. May 2R.
Cathey Creek Services
Announcement Is made that the Rev.
Tawroncc Ervin of Balfour, will preach
at Cathey's Creek Baptist church, Sun
duy evening at 8 o’clock
LARGEGROIJPJOINS
BIBLE STUDY CLASS
Revival Services Held Each
Evening—Much Inter*
est Being Shown
Two hundred children were enrolled
on the opening day Monday of the
vacation Bible school at the Baptist
church, which Is being held in a two
weeks’ daily session.
Miss Catherine Eols Martin, of Port
Worth, Texas, and the Rev. James
Wilder, of Raleigh, and the Rev. Yan
eey C. Elliott, pastor of the local
church, are directing the school, as
sisted by 20 faculty members. The
school will continue through Friday
morning of next week
The vouth revival, held in connection
.with the Bible school Is in services
every night at the church, and is re
ported to be meeting with splendid re
sponse. The revival will continue
through Sunday night.
The Rev. Mr. Wilder and Miss Martin
are also in charge of the special yontn
sen-ices each night this week. The
youth revival is open to all young
people, and also a special invitation is
extended to all adults to attend during
the remainder of the week.
BREVARD MUNICIPAL
GOLF COURSE WORK
GETTING UNDERWAY
_
Citizens Asked To Pay Their
Part Immediately To
Carry On Work
Work has been started on the Bre
vard golf course by the town, and it
Is expected that the course will be open
for play by June 6.
The property has been secured by
the town through a trade of some
realty holdings here, a id cost of get
ting the course in shape is being borne
by business people and citizens of the
community.
Boarding houses, hotels, businees
people, and individuals who are In
terested in bringing tourists to this
section were contacted several weeks
ago by a committee from the Kiwanis
club, and the committee was assured
of the full co-operation of the commu
nity. Some of the people hayc already
subscribed and paid In their cash do
nations for work on the course and
others are asked to make payment at
once in order that the work may con
tinue.
The course will be operated as a
municipal undertaking after it is put
in shape, and effort is being made now
to secure additional construction and
repair work through the Works Pro
gress Administration, which will ma
terially aid in keeping the cost cf
operation down to a m nlinura for the
town. WPA funds could not he secured
heretofore due to the fact that the
property was privately owned.
Bolling of fairways, draining, hedg
ing. and oilier impairs arc now being
inadf. and it is expected that slight
changes will be made in the playing
course this summer, with additional
greens and fairways to he added, mak
ing the course 11 C.r Ik boles.
Number one tec will be change*
from the old club house position to the
lower eastern end of t he fairway
Walkway will he built from number
one green to the new tee ar.d par king
space will be provided 111 another placo,
with numbers on the heirs to h»
Changed to fit.
The course was built several yearn
ago by citizens at a test In excess of
$30,060. and acquisition of the ptoperty
in its entiiety by the town was made
possible through co-operation of the
holders.
It in pointed out that the town can
not possibly take care of expense of
putting the course in shape at this
time, and people here are requested
to make their pledged payments at
once. Others are also reminded that
the project is strlctiy a community af
fair. and that success of the tourist
business in the county depends to great
extent on the success of the golf course
Davidson River Bible
School Enrolls Sixty
Sixty children enrolled In the va
cation Bible school Monday morning
at the Davidson River church, for fu
two weeks' dally session.
Miss I.ucllla White, director of the
school, is assisted hy nir.o teachers anil
helpers. The teachers are; Misses Julia
Wood. Doris r.yday, Elizabeth McCoy,
Rose Wolfe, also Mrs. Arthur Ffoulkes,
Mrs. Roller and Mr.-. Avery. Miss
White is a trained and experienced
worker, having received her training
:,t the Assemblers Training school for
lay workers at Richmond. Va.
The Bible school is non-denomlna
tional and is open to all children in the
community.
Transylvania Teacher List
90
Announced for 1937 Term
Teachers for all county schools, with
exception of three principalships, have
been announced by County Superin
tendent J. rs. Jones following meetings
of the local committees and the county
board of education,
Professor R. T. Kimzey will again
head the Brevard schools as principal,
while the Rosman principalship has
not been filled.
Very few changes in the teacher list
were made, tile list shows:
Brevard District
Brevard high school—R. T. Kimzey.
principal; Miss Earleene Poindexter. B.
D. Franklin. Ernest L. Tilson. C. E.
Wike, Sirs. Frances R. DeLong, Mrs,
Sara K. Tilson. Miss Ainslee Alexander,
Miss Antoinette Geiger, Miss Lizzie Mae
Jarvis, Mr:', Margaret Kimzey, Randal
J. Lyday.
Brevard elementary—J. E. Rufty,
principal; Miss Willie Aiken. Miss Lena
Allison, Mrs. Eva Gillespie. Miss Agnes
Clayton, Miss Josephine Clayton, Miss
Julia Denver, Sirs. Annie W. Reid, Mrs.
Maxine R. Rufty, Mrs. F. P. Sledge,
Mrs. Hattie B. Verner Miss Beulah May
Zachary, Miss Eloise Lewis, Mrs. Ber
nice Hollifield.
Cedar Mountain—N. L. Ponder.
Connestee—S. P. Verner, principal;
Miss Fleeto Freeman.
Penrose—L. C. Case, Jr„ principal;
Mrs. Olga Stepp, Miss Julia Wood.
Little River—Miss Flora Allison,
principal; Miss Geneva Neill, Miss
Margaret Gash.
risgab Forest—Miss Annie May Pat
ton, principal; Miss Matnie Lyday. Miss
Flora Lyday, Mrs. Roxie R. Neely, Mrs.
Mildred Williams Townsend.
Seltca—Mrs. Ruth Waters, principal:
Miss Marion Henderson
Glade Creek—Synetha F. Glenn.
Roscnwald—M. O. Dawkins, Mrs. J.
H. Johnstone, Mrs. Gertie Miles Hemp
hill, Ethelwyn K. Mills.
Rosman District
Rosman high school—(Prlacfpalship
vacant): L. H. Thomas, Miss LaVerne
Whitmire, B. L. Lunsford.
Rosman Elementary — (Principalship
vacant): Miss Geneva Paxton, Miss
Helen Sue Henderson, Miss Ruth Mor
gan Stroup, Miss Myrtle Whitmire,
Miss Ruth Whitmire, Mrs. Mamie K.
Dale. Miss Ruby Whitmire, Miss Helen
Allison.
Balsam Grove—Miss Maxine Moore,
principal; Miss Flora Reid.
Lake Toxaway—C. S. McCall, princi
pal; Mrs. Florence Winchester.
Montvale—Miss Oia Paxton.
Quebec—T. C. Henderson, principal;
Miss Edna Faye Giazennr.
Sik'ersteen—(Principalship vacant.)