~W] THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES Ment 1 A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County VOI 45!. NfT~22 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3 1937. $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY PISGAH CHURCH HELD SERVICES IN FOREST Annual Outing Of Baptists— Excellent Camp Site Cared For By CCC Young and old. ranging _annr« months to 70 years were In '',,F^a™* at the annual outing of the Forest Baptist Sunday school held at White Fine camp last Sunday. Between 75 and 100 members and vis tiers attended the session which began at 10 o’clock and ended after cadi one had eaten plenty, and an extra piece of pie and cake, just to show that the food was all that it should be. plus. The school was transported from th church to the beautiful picnic -rounds In cars and trucks belonging to of ficers and friends of the Sunday school, and while things were being gotten to get her. the little fellows went wading In the creek (Davidson Five r. it is 1 1 - ed though just a ervek v.P there) and . walked about the u"7 neat ami clean grounds that arc so well kept by the CCC boys In attendance. Tahirs and scats were placed to- j pether. ami regular Sunday school hour was observed. r>. H ()n*. super in tendont, presided: singing by the con gregmion: reading of the lesson and remarks by C. K. Campfidd: prayer by the Rev. F. H. Holden, and a short talk by c. m. Douglas concluded the pro* gram. Then It was that the really enjoyable action took place. Ham (boiled an 1 fried), (eggs this way and that) sand, wiches of all kinds, pork. beef, pickles, tomatoes, and pies and rake galore it was a delicious dinner, and the hun. gry youngsters (old folk not to be 11s counted) went at the food with a ven for showing the cooks that there were no hard feelings at all. There was plen ty stowed away In the style that pie nickers can do hest. and still plenty left. Following the dinner, pictures of the officers, and several groups were taken by We C. Austin. Hrevard photogra pher. One cf the pictures was of es pedal Interest. In that the four Ir. the group represented four generations J H. Parker, his daughter. Mrs. Hellr Corn, granddaughter Mrs. Claude Stepp, and grandson. Charles Stepp—ranging In age from 3 to 70 years. 25 Girl Scouts Going for Camp Junaluska Thursday for Outing Twenty-five members of the local Cirl Scout troops are leaving Thurs day of this week for a two-day en campment at Camp .Tunaluska. The camp Is for training, recreation and pleasure. The outing Is made possible for the girls through the Brevard Wednesday club, sponsors of the Brevard Clirl Scouts. The girls will return to their homes here an Saturday. Mecklenburg County ^ Goes In Dry Column Regarded as the barometer for the western counties. Mecklenburg voted against state controlled liquor stores in a hard-fought election Tuesday. The unofficial vote in Mecklenburg Tuesday night gave the anti-store forces nearly a thousand majority, which was believed to be sufficient to withstand the final count cut. Washington and Wayne counties In the east joined with is other counties In that section in voting for the stores. ) Tonsil Clinic Will Be Held At Hospital First In the series of tonsil dinirs to he held nt T-ydav Memorial hospital will he on Tuesday. June 15. The remaining two clinics will he held on June 12 and June 29. The clinic Is for those children whoso parents arc unable to pay the regular price of a tonsil operation. The doc tors of the hospital staff wdtl give their services free and the other charges will he to barely cover expenses. The request Is made that parents of children expecting to take advantage of the clinic make arrangements before hand with Miss Myrtis Dillard, super intendent of the hospital. Red Cross Aquatic School Will OpenBat Camp Carolina June 13 The Red Cross N'ational Aquatic School will open at Camp Carolina, near Brevard, on June 13, and continue through the 23rd. according to an nouncement received here this week from Ramone S. Eaton of Washington, director. Harry A. Kenning, of Washington, and Jimmy McMillan, of Florida, as L weu as several others of the popular L~ faculty members and associates, will he here for the ten-day school. Mr. Eaton stated in his letter to The Times that he was especially anxious to enroll ns many local people as pos sible for the course, and that fees for Transylvania ^people would be $10. Tentative plans are to stage the annual water pageant sometime during the second week of the school, probably on Tuesday or Wednesday night, Juno 22 or 23rd. Harry Kenning and Jimmy McMillan are again scheduled to he leading lights In the pageant. Includ'd on the faculty will he: Ra mone P. Eaton, national field repre sentative American Red Cross. Wash ington. director: Harry A. Kenning, national field representative, American Red Cross, Washington, associate di rector; Dr. John McGehec. Macon. Ga , first aid department head. James McMillan. Cocoa. Fla: John Broadway, Washington, D. C.: Marshall Wayne, national diving champion; Frank Culvern. Charlotte; Miss Pt. Clair Bulst. Charleston, P. C.: Miss Dorothy Tollason. Peabody College. Nashville. Tenn; Thomas Costello, Rol lins College. Winter Haven, .Fla.; Charles Mix, captain life saving corps, Daytona Beach, Fla.; D. C. Duncan, Appalachian Electric power company, Bluefleld, W. Va. Other members will be added to the prominent• faculty list before opening of the school, Mr. Eaton said, and pros pects now are that over two hundred students will be enrolled. Baptist Leaders To Plan BTU Work Here at Thursday Meeting Dans will be discussed Thursday night cf this week at the Brevard Bap tist church for putting on the B. T. IT. campaign In Transylvania during Aug ust. Alt pastors, associatlonal officers, and officers of the several Baptist young people's unions In the county are Invit ed to attend the meeting which will be gin promptly at 8 o'clock, and any oth ers who are Interested In the work ara also Invited. Miss Mabel Starnes of Asheville, state secretary of the B. T. I'., will be pre sent to lead the discussion. Fourteen trained workers will he sent here to assist in the young people's work dur ing August. College Societies In Annual Society Group Voting Elect Leaders The literary societies of Brevard Col lege met on Friday, May 28, and elected officers for each society for the coming fa!! term of school. The officers are being Installed Into the different clubs this year but xvl'l not become active In their new duties until the fall semester. The following officers were elected fc the Delphian Society: Sinclair Deal. Newton, president; Clark Totherow. Winston-Salem, vice-president; David Grubbs. Winston-Salem. secretary; Clyde Speas. Winston-Salem, treasurer; Alfred Bucunan, Tryon, critic; John Miller. Lexington, reporter; Claude Love, Xshcvllle, chaplain: Joe Hall, Salisbury, seargent-at-arms; Claude Love, x'slievllle, and Alfred Bucantin. cheer leaders. The Cllosopltlc officers are: Eston Stokes. Lexington, president; Howard Purgerson. Mayoden, vice-president;' Pete Venable. Brvsnn City, secretary: C. Williams. Siler City, treasurer: James Bonder. Shelby, seargent-at arms; Bill Pope Davidson, critic: Mart Whitesides Rutherfordton. Chaplain; Charles Woodson. Salisbury, censor; XV. A. f'atnpbell.Anderson, S. C„ report er. The two societies for women elcctet th» following: Mosoneana Literary' So ciety— Helen McConneil, Cornelius, president: Doris Mayhew. Char’otte, vice-president: Lib X'eltou. Henderson ville. secretary; Mary Palmer. Waynev vtlle, treasurer; Helen Parish, Ashe ville, critic: Thelma Hubhard. Cimr lotte. chaplain. Kuterplnn officers elected wore: Mar tha Yolton, Charlotte, president: Jean Relghard. Asheville, vice-president: Kthvl Lnthan. Etowah, socretnry and treasurer; Mary Griffith, Winston-Sa lem. critic: Ruth Howard. Newton, pianist: Charlie I-on Washington, Dur ham. chaplain; Marjorie Lyndon. Ashe ville. seargent-at-arms. Rhododendron Club Opens Announcement is made through tiv.s week's Times that the Rhododendron Club on the Itosman highway will open on Saturday evening of tills week. The buildings and grounds have been recently gone over and put in shape ami the new management expects to feature parties and dinners. Frady Inquest Again Postponed By Request Inquest In the matter of Benny Res Kradv. which was scheduled to have been held last Friday night, was post poned at request of counsel for the Frady family. Coroner John Kilpatrick said !• riday that he expected to complete the In vest I gat Ion as soon as the counsel said that they were ready for completion of tlic hearing. The H,-year-old boy died on the morning of April 21. at T.yday Memo rial hospital in Brevard where lie was brought by C. V. Ragland, Jr., after he had been run over by an automobile driven by Harry Plckelslmer of P.re vn rd. The young lad was said to be lying In the highway near Penrose at about 2 o'clock In the morning when the car run over his body. Investigation by of. fi,, rs, and examination by physicians led to the belief that more than one ear had passed over the body. Officers do not blame Mr. Plckelsim er In the affair. Brevard College Exercises End Thursday Afternoon Commencement exercises of Brevar l College will come to a close Thursday, with the commencement address to be delivered In the college auditorium at It o'clock In the morning, by the Rev. Pr. J. W. Shackford, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church. Columbia, H. C. This will be followed by the homecoming picnic on the cam pus at 1 o'clock. Piplomus will he presented at ihis time by President E. J. Coltrnne to the 75 graduates. Other awards, honors and certificates will also be presented V,y thr president at the closing exercises. On Wednesday morning In the college chapel, the bneealaureate sermon was delivered by Or. A. W. Plyler, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advo cate, Greensboro, and a member of the college hoard of trustees. The annual alumni banquet, attended by a large number of alumni of Brevard College. Weaver College and Brevarl Institute, and Interested friends, was held Wednesday evening at 7:50 o'clock in West Hall dining room. The Rev. C. M. Pickens, pastor of First Methodist church. Thnmasvllle, and a member of the hoard of trustees, was toastmaster at the banquet. Immediately following the graduation exercises Thursday morning, the an nual "Home Coming" picnic will be held on the college campus, which It is expected will he attended by several hundred alumni and friends of the three Institutions. Committees from the col lege and the Women's Civic club of Brevard are functioning to make of the day's event n successful and enjoyable one. Graduates to receive diplomas Thurs day morning arc: Alileen Alewing. Taylors S. 0.: .lane Alexander. Concord; Mary Allen. Char lotte; Pauline Aeur. Enka; Frank Bahnson. Farmington; Sara Barksdale, Spray; Willie Bcrryhlll. Charlotte. Billie Blaok. Mldleand; Leon Blanks. Swannanoa: Ethyl Blythe. Henderson ville; Lou Belle Boyd, nnd Margaret Boyd, Waynesvllle. Alvin Moore to Teach Music at Brevard Hi Professor Alvin Moore will again head the music department of the Tire, vard schools. This department has made steady growth since ho took charge of it. I.ost year 12 pupils took music, including if, boys and 27 girls. This is rather an unusually large percentage of hoys and Is evidence of Mr. Moore's popularity He has already sent out several out standing students. A. M. White, .Tr., is now a memhe* of . 1 lie greens and fairways, with a crew of workmen busy each day on the iob Xev sand is being placed on the greens, ditches covered, and fairways put in good condition. Hazardous roughs are being eliminated in several places, and altogether a view is being taken to make the course easier to play. New Arrivals Born to Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Cham berlain. a son, Charles Ross, on Sun day. May 30. Anouncement is made of the birth of a daughter, Althea May. to Mr. and Mrs. Trenton Parker, at their home in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, May 30 Mrs. Parker Is the former Miss Hazel May Mills, formerly of Brevard. Suggests NYA Reach Younger Age Students Editor, The Times: I wish the NYA would get a heart and give country boys and girls under 16 a break. There are Borne in nearly every school between 14 and 16 who can and do work and whose help in their schools would make a big differ ence to the schools and themselves and families. If this short comment should start something, I shall be glad to try to justify this suggestion at more length, but I hope others will take up the cudgels. S. P. VERNER. Brevard. Bernice Brantley, Mooreavllle; Ruth Brewer. Charlotte; Betty Brookshire. Asheville; Annie Ruth Call, Mocks ville; Edwin Carlisle, Bcstlc; Mildred Copdlll, Fletcher; Clementine Chriseo, Radln; Edward Clayton, Brevard; Charles Conk, Asheville; Vivian Cravei and William Craver, Winston-Salem. James Crawley, Greensboro; James Crouse, Lexlnpton; Vatiphn Dorset. Ramseur: Lizzie Dozier. Princess Anne, Va.: T/allah Mae Elwardn, Clinton. S. C ; Mitchell Faulkner. Charlotte; Fur nnr Feezor. Lexlnpton; Lnitle Frazier. Spray: Margaret Georpe. Cherryvilk; Ellen Gidney, Shelby: Hattie Giles Campobello, S. C.; Fleda Hallum. Pic kens. 3. C.; Virginia Herderson. Hen dersonville: Marsha'l Hants. Oatiot we.ah, Ter.n.; Jethro Hoyle, Lawndnl-: Virginia Hunter, Greensboro; Edwin Hyatt, Canton: Cora Ann Johnson. Danville Va.; Ellen Waddell Johnson, Hendersonville. Ollier Graduates Georpe Jones, Canton: '..lary Mc Larty, Charlotte: Dorothy Mnrr. Ashe-' ville; Allison Moore, Brevard; On Relic Myers. Wnodleaf: Fatenik Xahi kian. Asheville: Renrl Neshit. Fletcher: Jack Noblltt, Old Fort. Wallis Orr. Rrevnrd; Irene Parsons. Taylorsville; Gussie Rose Pless. Can ton; John James Powell, Mount Pleas ant: Horace and Marparet Raper. Winston-Salem; James Ropers. Char lotte: Guilford Ross. Pleasant Garden: Marparet Rhyan. Asheville: Spencer Scott. Fair Rhiff; Charles Scott. Fair Bluff: William Scott. Faltston; Mavis Shinn, Concord; Clyde Fhuford. Bre vard; Glen Shuler, Asheville: Howard Stamey, Wavncsvllle: T.ucy Strum. Rocky Mount; Evelyn Swnrlnpen, Con cord: Roland Taylor. Chnr’ntte: Alma Talley. Brevard; Mary Helen Teapu-. Asheville: William Turner. Wayncs ville; Samuel Tweed. Fletcher: Paul Westhrook. Campobello, S. C.: Marjo rie Whisnant, Asheville: Marparet Wil son. Bryson City, and Christine Vonpuo, Brevard. Electric Typewriter . Given Brevard School Through Esaay Win Brevard hiph school will receive an "Elect rnmntic" all-electric typewriter an official award from the Internation al Business Machine corporation of New York City, piven in recopnition of the state first prize essay award won by Miss Helen Galloway, of Brevard. Miss Galloway, dnnphter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. C. Galloway, has already re ceived n $50 pold wrist watch ns first prize for the essay she wrote on "To day's Need for Thouphtful Effort." The Brevard plrl's paper was ndjudped best of ail those submitted from North Caro lina hiph schools. Honorable mention went to Marparst Smith, of Sharon hiph school. Char lotte; Ben Bcelln. of the E. M. Holt hiph school, Burlinpton; and Graco Taylor, Wlntervllle hiph school. Win tcndlle. National award of a four-year uni versity tuition scholarship went to Morton Slobin. of Cleveland. Ghio. and provided the only opportunity the younp chap had of enterlnp a hlplter institution of learninp. The hiph school's award, piven 01. merit of Miss Galloway's essay. Is of the retrular $225 style typewriter, which is all-electric in operation, and Professor T!. T. Kimzc.v states that he plans to use it in his office. A bronze plaque with the name of the essay winner, and the date will he penna nent'.y attached to the machine. More than fifty thousand essays wew submitted In the 1337 contest, accord inp to n field representative of the cor poration here this week. .Tudpes were Charles E. Beury. president of Temple University; Robert C. Clothier, pros! dent of Rutpers University; The Very Reverend Henry B. Crimmins, presl dent of University of St. Bonis; Hamil ton Holt, president of Rollins Collopa and Robert Gordon Sproul, president of University of California. Chief Freeman Turns Offer Down at Canton Chief of Pollee B. H. Freeman will remain in Brevard as head of the law force despite the fact that a very at tractive offer was made the popular Brevard man by Canton officials to take the place of chief there. Chief here for the pnst ten years, the Brevard officer has made a pood re cord. and business men of the town pro vailed upon Mr. Freeman and upon the town officials to make no chanpe. Hogsed-Raxter Clans Hold Annual Reunion Several hundred persons from various sections of Transylvania county. West ern North Carolina and South Carolina were in attendance at the r.nnual Hog sed-Raxter reunion held Sunday at Dunn's Creek Baptist church on See Off. At the program held In the morning L. p. Hamlin and W. H. Hogsed were the main speakers. Singing and other talks featured the morning service. At noon a bountiful picnic dinner wm served on the grounds. The remainder of the afternoon was taken up with vis iting with friends and relatives, renew ing former friendships aid making new acquaintances. Swimming Pool Here Attracts Youngsters and Grown-Ups Alike Over three hundred Brevardltes help ed Coach Ernest Tilson celebrate the opening of the municipal swimming pool Tuesday, with youngsters pre dominating. The pool will lie open each day from 9 o’clock in the morning until 6 in the afternoon, with an evening schedule to be arranged later. The pool has been thoroughly cleen ed. and the building and grounds .re being put In shape to care for picnic parties and outings. Swimming fees are 10 cents for chil dren, 20 cents for adults. Reason tick ets are $10 per family, or $4 for an In dividual. Welch Galloway Dies From Stroke Paralysis Welch Galloway, C5, prominent at torney of Asheville, and formerly of Brevard, died early Monday mornlnp in an Asheville hospital, following a stroke of paralysis suffered Sunday morninR while teaching a Sunday school class at Acton Methodist church. In the Candler section. Fur. c'fal services were held Wednesday af ternoon at the First Methodist church in Asheville, with burlai In Shaw's Creek cemetery, In Henderson county. Mr. Galloway, who moved to Ashe ville with his family a number of | years apo from Brevard, was spending the week-end with friends near Ac-1 ton, and was puest teacher of th* Sunday school there. He collapsed while speaktpp and was broupht to an Asheville hospital, where he died the followlnp morninp. He had apparently been In his usual pood health until the time of his stroke. A native of Transylvania county. Mr. Galloway opened law offices in Asheville in 1926. For a number of years he served as division counsel for the Southern railway at Brevard, and was a member of the State legis lature from Transylvania county In 1923. He was prominent In church and Sunday srhool work in Asheville and while livinp In Brevard. Mr. Galloway Is survived by his widow, one son. Lamar Galloway, of Asheville, one dauphter, Mrs. R. B. Overton, of Canton, one pranddattph. ter, a sister. Mrs. Martha Chapman, of Lake Toxaway. and three brothers, A. B. and V, H. Galloway of Brevard, and Flem Galloway, of Horse Shoe. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported nt Lyday Memorial hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. T. K. Chamberlain and infant son. Charles Ross, born on Sunday, May 30, Dwiirht Moffltt, Mrs. Tlosooe McCall. Mrs. Ver da Rlythe. Miss Clifford Middleton, Pa tricia Steil. Ed Mills. Opens Real Estate Office J. H. Tinsley announces the opening of the Tinsley Real Estate and Rental office in the McMinn building:. Brevard yr. Tinsley was in the real estatu business here for a number of years and is widely known in this county where he has been connected In busi ness for twenty or more years. Carr, Whitmire, and Mrs. Verner Will Supervise Social Security F. Brown Carr, of Pispah Forest, Gas ton Whitmire, of Cherryfleld. and Mrs. Hattie B. Vomer, of Brevard, have been named as members of the Tran sylvania county welfare board to super vise operations under the Social Se curity Act. Mr. Whitmire was named last month by the board of county commissioners for a term of two years on the board; Mr. Carr was appointed by the state for a one-year term, and Mrs. Veroer was named by the first two members at their initial tneetinp held Tuesday morninp. First official duties of the newly constituted board will be to elect a county welfare supervisor, who is charged with the work of administra tion under the Social Security Act.' This officer will be named at a joint meeting of the welfare board and the county commissioners to he held next Monday. The Welfare board and the County commissioners will act In an advisory capacity at all times to the welfare su pervisor. and payments of social secu rity funds will he made after they have heen approved by the supervisor and the board. While the board of county commis sioners will levy for the one-fourth of the cost of the Social Security benefits. It is very likely that It will be several months before payments to any Indi viduals In this county can be made, County Accountant Ralph Lyday said Tuesday, inasmuch as funds will have to be secured from the 1037 tax levy before they are paid out. The state and federal portion of the benefits do not become available unltl the county Is nble to take care of its share. While original plans were to pay up to $30 per month to old people, and up to $18 per month for children. Mr. I,yday said that he had received of ficial notice from the state that first payments would by only $12.20 per month for old people, and $5.65 per month for children's aid. Of this amount the county will be required to pay one fourth, or $3.05 for the aged, and $1.41 for children. As soon as the supervisor is selected, applications for the assistance may be filed, and payments will begin to those who are termed eligible as soon as funds are available. The following statistics have been re ceived by The Times from the state board in regard to the work. RALEIGH. June 2.—Estimates com piled by the North Carolina Board of Charities and Public Welfare indicate that approximately 112 residents of Transylvania county will he eligible for aid under two provislors of the state's Social Security program, which becomes effective on July 1. A tentative survey shows that in Transylvania county 75 persons beyond the age of 65 years, and 67 dependent children under 16 are entitled to re ceive benefits enumerated In the leg islation adopted by the 1937 General Assembly. Persons desiring assistance must apply to the Transylvania County Board of Welfare, where they will hc granted interviews and allowed to file written applications if their cases are considered worthy. Applications for all phases of as sistance must show that they do not have sufficient income or other re sources to provide a reasonable sub sistence "compatible with decency and health." Those applying for Old Age Assist ance must show that they are more than 65 years of age; that they are not financially able to care for themselves properly; that they are citizens of the United States; that they have lived In North Carolina for five of the last nine years; that they are not inmates of any public institution, and that they have not made a transfer or assign ment of property “for the purpose of making themselves eligible for assist ance.” Applicants for Aid to Dependent Chil dren may be either the mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, or certa'n other relatives who have children In their keeping, but whose Income Is In sufficient to care for them properly. Children receiving benefits must be less than 16 years of age, and must have been born or lived In North Carolina for at least one year prior to the filing of application. SPELLING BEE WILL BE HELD JUNE IOTA Ladies Will Spell Against The Men—Modem Book To Be Used A spelling bee will be bold in the court house Thursday evening of next week at 8 o’clock. The event is being given In response to many requests for a repetition of the spelling bee which was held several weeks ago, and prov ed a popular fonn of entertainment. The men will spell against the ladles, and a prize of a homemade cake wit! be giver, to the best speller among both the men and the ladies. The captains have not as yet been chosen for the two sides, but will be announced later A modern spelling book will be used, it Is said, Instead of the c’d Bluebach speller. The entertainment is for all adulte and young people who desire the fun of spelling and for all others who enjoy being spectators. A silver offering will be taken for benefit of one of the circles of the Methodist church. Bible School Closes At Church Friday Eve The daily vacation Bible school which has l>een to session at the Baptist church will close Friday night, with special exercises to he heid at the church at j o’clock. The public Is In vited. Jn t'ddltion to an interesting pro gram which will lie presented by the children, demonstrating what they have learned during the two-weeks’ school, the.re will also be on exhibition a dis play of what the children have made In the Bible school. In addition to the directors of the school. Miss Loir, Martin, Rev. James Wilder and Rev. Yancey C. Eillott, there have been a iso 33 helpers and (teachers In the various departments. The Presbyterian Bible school, which has been In session at the Davidson ltlver church the past two weeks, will come to a close cn Thursday of this week, with special exercises to be held at the church. The school has been under the direc tion of M1s3 Lucilla White and the Rev. C. M. Jones, and about 10 teach ers and helpers. Both schools were largely attended and were pronounced highly uuccess ful. A church social ar.d fellowship gath ering will be held at the Baptist churclr Thursday evening of this week at T o’clock, according to an announcement of the pastor, the Rev. Yancey C, Elli ott. Every family In the church Is re quested to attend and to bring a picnic supper, which will be spread on long tables arranged on the church lawn. Services at St. Philip's Announcement is made that the Rev. N. C. Hughes, D. D., will officiate and preach at St. Philip’s church next Sun day. The rector, the Rev. Harry Perry, 1» on his vacation wdth his family at Myrtle Beach, S. C.