fW" THE TRANSYLVANIA '■MES
Ment A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
V TTL " ” BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937._$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Spelling ‘Bee’
Here Tonight
There'll be no courtesy shown the
ladles Thursday night by Chaps who
ordinarily are suave courtesy itself.
Fact is, it appears from a preview
ot the scene as it will take place at 8
o'clock in the court house Thursday
evening, that the men are going up
with the determination to he as un
gentlemanly as possible.
However, the rudeness will only ap
ply to spelling words witli long ban
dies, silent vowels, and unintelligible
consonants. The men who are able to
start off spelling such words ns ABAC -
US. and go right through to '/A MUll
OY, without miscalling a single letter
while they will lie hoping (silently of
course) that the ladies miss AARON,
spell "cat" with a K and “bee with an
I.
The event will be a spelling match
between the ladies and tlie men, spon
sored by one of the circles of the Bre
vard Methodist church and is to give
ttic men a chance to redeem them
selves in the eyes of the public for the
ignoble defeat suffered a few weeks
ago when three ladies were still spell
ing merrily and accurately along w-hen
the last two gentlemen "sat down’ on
I’ORBHYRY.
All ladies of the community are In
vited to attend and take part in the
spelling match, and the men are ur
gently requested, prayed, and,implored
to Ik* present, and are gently reminded
that it would not he amiss to check
up on sonic of the hard words that may
be "given out" by the master of cere
monies.
No admission will he charged, and all
who will, are asked to take part in the
spelling match, and others are also in
vited to come as spectators. Frizes for
test spellers will be home-made cakes.
A stiver offering will be taken at the
door.
Dahlia Meet Tuesday
Members of the Transylvania Dahlia
Association will meet Tuesday evening
of next week at 8 o'clock In the offices
of Fred Shuford at Brevard. Business
pertaining to the annual dahlia show
on August 28 will be discussed at the
meeting.
New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Miller announce
the birth of a son. David Fielding, on
June 7tb.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gray announco
the birth of a son. Melvin Eugene, on
Sunday. June 6.
Presbyterian Bible
School In Session
Thirty children were enrolled Mon
day morning In the daily .vacation Bible
school which is in a two-weeks' ses
sion at the Brevard Presbyterlai
church.
Miss Lucilla White and the pastor.
Rev. C. M. Jones, arc assisted In the
staff operation by Miss Elizabeth Ship
man and Miss Dorothy Dean.
The school will close on Friday of
next week.
Highway Offices Will
Continue Under Webb
Brevard will continue to be district
headquarters for the state highway,
according to tentative plans announce 1
by Commissioner E. L*. McKee last
week, and Ernest H. Webb of Brevard
will remain as district engineer.
T. (5. Moody will continue in the of
fice as district supervisor, and T. H.
Leverette as superintendent of the Cal
vert Prison camp. W. E. Swift, prison
superintendent of Haywood Prison
camp, and D. It. Lyday, superintendent
of Henderson Prison camp.
The district Is to be composed of
Transylvania, Henderson and Haywood
counties.
John C. Walker, of Asheville, will
remain its division engineer. Head
quarters will he in Asheville with dis
trict offices at Brevard and Sylva.
W. N. C. Committee
Opposing Closing Of
Main Park Highways
Members of the Western North Car
olina Advisory committee meeting In
Canton Wednesday, voted to oppose li
cense fees for travel on main highways
in the Great Smoky Mountains Nation
al Park, and by resolution so Informed
the state highway commission.
The committee took the position that
in as much as the park was to he a
publicly-owned playground, and the
further fact that two highways—107
and 284—were already practically con
structed and were maintained by the
State of North Carolina as main thor
oughfares of traffic, that these two
roads at least should not come under
the fee system.
The committee heard reports from
the president and secretary to the ef
fect that Ambassador Josephus Dan
iels was now In Washington conferring
with Secretary lekes of the Interior
Department, anil President Roosevelt
in regard to starting work on that por
tion of the Blue Ridge Parkway which
lies between Wagon Road Gap and Bal
sam Gap.
Ambassador Daniels, who Is home
from Mexico City on vacation, assured
the advisory committee last week that
he would do all In his power to assist
in securing early work on the parkway
west of Asheville, and has spent sev
eral days in Raleigh conferring with
Chairman Frank Dunlap of the state
highway commission, and the governor
on the matter, before going to Wash
ington.
Members attending the meeting Wed
nesday Included, Charles E. Ray. jf
Waynesvllle, W. J. Damtoft. of Canton.
Verne Rhodes, of Asheville. Harry E.
Buchanan of Hendersonville, A. J.
Dills of Sylva, Lewis P. Hamlin and
|C. M. Douglas of Brevard. W. E. El
! more of Bryson City, Frank E. Patton
I of Franklin.
To Confer First Degree
Regular communication of Dunn’s
i Rock Masonic Lodge will meet in the
1 lodge hall on Broad street Friday night
| at 8 o'clock.
1 After the regular routine of business
the first degree will be conferred. Re
freshments will be served at the con
clusion of the degree work. A cordial
invitation is extended to all visiting
Masons.
Chamber Commerce Meet
Is Set for Friday Evening
All interested citizens of Brevard
and the surrounding community
are asked to meet Friday evening
at S o’clock in the Civic club rooms
on Jordan street, to adopt plans for
operating the Bureau of Informa
tion this summer.
Space may lie had for the bureau
in the C. IX l\ library or in the of
fice of Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary,
and neither of the places will
costly to the community in the way
of rent.
Mrs. McCrary has offered the use
of her office at a very nominal
sum, and the U. IX C. library is
available at no cost other than for
lights and telephone, and care of
the building.
Some of the community leaders
desire to hire an experienced work
er for the summer, and it is under
stood that a college student (local
boy) may be had without cost as to
salary to the community.
In either event, there will be
some cost attached to operating
the information bureau and those
who are interested sufficiently to
lie willing to help in the cost, will
be asked to make selection of the
place and the secretary for the
summer.
Sufficient descriptive booklets
were lithographed last year to care
for this year's needs, and with the
small additional cost of printing
leaflets, postage, telephone, and in
cidental expenses, the bureau may
bo operated at a very nominal cost
to the community.
The citizens arc asked to be pre
sent Friday evening, as the infor
mation bureau must be opened the
first of the coming week.
Brevard Woodmen to
Hold Memorial For
Deceased Members
Annual memorial services will be
held by the llrevard Woodmen camp
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Bre
vard Presbyterian church for deceased
members.
The Rev. C. M. Jones, pastor of the
church, will preach the memorial ser
mon, and both Woodmen and Wood
men Circle members will attend the
service as special guests of the church.
Members of the local camp will meet
promptly at 10:30 in the Woodmen hall
and march in a body to the church.
While the sendee is a special one for
Woodmen, a general invitation is ex
tended the public to attend.
Only one member of the Balsam
camp which has a total enrollment of
nearly two hundred, has died during
the past year, W. M. Cloud.
The Woodmen will again meet in the
hall at 2:30 in the afternoon and from
there proceed by committees to deco
rate graves of deceased members.
Pre-Season Camp
Opened at Sapphire
A girls’ pre-season camp opened at
Camp Sapphire in a three-weeks’ ses
sion before the regular camp season at
Sapphire. Seventy girls from the ages
of 8 to 17. representing many states
from the midwest to the Carollnas and
Georgia, are enrolled In the present
camp.
Mrs. Bernard Fetzer, of Concord, and
Mrs. Wm. McK. Fetzer, of Brevard, are
directing the camp, assisted by a staff
of 15 counselors and instructors. The
encampment is from June 8 to 29.
The camp is operated according to the
regulation schedule and Is for recrea
tion merely. The daily features Include,
swimming, canoeing, life saving, danc
ing. archery, tennis and other recrea
tional activities.
Coltrane at Kiwanis
• Dr. E. J. Coltrane, of Brevard Col
lege, will have charge of the program
at the Brevard Kiwanis meeting to be
held Thursday at the England Home.
ALDERMEN SELECT
EMPLOYES OF TOWN
Harry Patton Resigns Post of
City Clerk; A. H. Kizer
Named To Place
Practically no changes were made In
the town of Brevard employe liet by
the hoard of aldermen In meeting here
Monday night, with exception of city
clerk’s post.
Alex H. Kizer was elected to the
place of city clerk to succeed Harry
H. Patten, who was not a candidate
for re-election. Mr. Patton, who ha*
served as clerk for the past number of
years, told the board some time ago
that he would be unable to serve
longer, and only one application was
made for the post.
New terms of office will become ef
fective July 1. Other officers re-electel
by the board Include;
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., city attorney;
B. H. Freeman, chief of police and
supervisor of streets and water; C. C.
Morris, night policeman; J. P. Deavor.
watershed patrolman; J. S. Bromfield.
chief fire department; Dan Merrill, fir*
truck driver; A. M. Case, building in
spector; Harold 13. Norwood, electrical
Inspector.
Committee members from the board
of aldermen were named as follows:
Streets—Aldermen Shuford, Duck
wortn, and Waters; water and sewer—
Aldermen Kilpatrick. Trantham, and
Waters; sanitation—Aldermen Waters.
Duckworth, and Trantham: lights—
Aldermen Trantham, Kilpatrick, and
Shuford: finance—Aldermen Duck
worth, Shuford, and Kilpatrick; Aider
men Trantham and Kilpatrick and the
city clerk were designated as park
committee.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
LIST FOR ’37 TERM
Board of Education Renames
Majority of Last Year .
Transport Men
Drivers for the school bus routes in
the county have been named by the
boar! of education for the 1937-38
term. The board met here Monday, and
after adopting a budget for the coming
fiscal year, named the bus drivers and
transacted other routine matters.
Drivers named are:
Brevard District
Cedar Mountain—Joseph Jone«; Lit
tle River, Merrimon Shuford; Pynrose,
H. R Talley: Boylston. Robert Tay
lor; Carson Creek, G. F. Rains: Ri<h
Mountain, John Mann.
Bosnian District
Lake Toxaway. Clarence Norton; Sil
versteen, Harlow McCall; Balsam
Grove, Orville Long; East Fork, Char
lie Gillespie: Balsam Grove (contract)
Walter Fisher; Montvale (contract)
Robert Wilson.
To Clean Cemetery
Cleaning of the Mt. Moriah cemetery
has been set for Saturday morning of
this week. June 12, when all members
of Mt. Moriah Calvert, and Cherryfleld.
are requested to bring tools and help
with the work. Other people who have
relatives and friends buried in the cem
etery are requested to help In Ihe
work. The work will start at 7 o’cKie*
Saturday morning, it is announced.
Captain Neabit “Home”
Captain and Mrs. Arthur P. Nesblt
have returned to Brevard for the sum
mer. and arc both now firmly con
vinced that there may be plenty of
other places "just as good," but none of
them suit quite so well, everything con
sidered.
Captain Nesblt has been In training
at the offices' school at Fort Penning,
Ga„ and Mrs. Nesblt and young non
have been visiting in Tennessee. They
are located In the Bagwell apartments
on Caldwell street.
Musical at Rosman
The "Aristocratic Pigs." string band
artists from station WFBC, Green
ville, will give a musical show at Bos
nian high school Monday evening at
S o'clock. The show is sponsored by
the Purcnt-Teacher association.
Fiddler’s Convention
Is Set For June 26th
The Brevard 4-H club held its month
ly meeting June 3, and completed tho
plans for the fiddler’s convention.
The convention will be Saturday.
June 26, at 8 o’clock in the court house.
Prizes will be awarded to the five best
players; $5 going to the first, $3 to
second, $1 to third, and 60 cents each
to the fourth and fifth.
The man winning first prize in the
convention will be known as the
"champion fiddler" of Transylvania
county. Anyone wishing to play In th6
convention is asked to leave his name
at the County Agent’s office. Pleaso
register not later than 12:00 noon,
Saturday, June 26.
The proceeds from the convention
will be used in building up county 4-H
clubs.
The next 4-H meeting will be held
July 1, at 3:00 in the high school build
ing. All members are urged to be pre
sent,. The program for the last meet
ing will be given then, as plans for the
convention were taken up and mem
bers were chosen to go to the State
Short Course in Raleigh for a week.
If it is convenient to carry two mem
bers, both Paul Owens and Edward
Glazener will represent our club there
the latter part of July.
Irene Tinsley, Sec. and Treas.
• HARRY A. KENNING 9
RAMONE 6. EATON
Record Enrollment Expected at
Camp Carolina for 10-Day Meet
A record enrollment is expected at
the National Aquatic School which
opens at Camp Carolina, Sunday, and
continues for ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. Harr.onc S. Eaton ar
rived last week to superclse prepara
tions for opening of the camp, and oth
er directors are expected to arrive
Thursday of this week, and through
Saturday.
Harry A. Kenning and jimmy Mc
Millan, two popular members of the
staff are expected Thursday, and will
immediately begin work cn the water
pageant which Is always one of the
major drawing cards of the summer
season. The water pageant will be giv
en during the iast part of next week.
In addition to the large registration
which is expected from South and
Southeastern states, several local people
will attend tho training school. Nomi
na! fee of $10 has been set for local en
trants who do not stay in camp for
food and lodging.
Marshall Wayne, national diving
champion, Is expected to be a member
of the faculty, and will also do training
work while in camp. Other celebrities
in first aid, and water course will be
on the staff.
Basic and advanced courses will be
taught at the school In swimming,
small craft courses, special boat and
canoe counselor’3 course, life saving,
first aid, and supplementary courses.
Young Folk Leader
At Carr’s Hill, 13th
A mcetinp of the Transylvania Bap
tist Training Union will he held at
Carr’s Hill Baptist church Sunday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock, at which time Miss
Mabel Starnes, of Kalelph. associate
secretary of the B. T. U. department
of North Carolina, will address the
■ patherlnp.
Miss Starnes will speak on "Open
Doors in the Transylvania Association."
This will he the first time for Miss
Starnes to address the local associa
tion. and it is expected that a larpo
crowd will be present to hear the ad
dress, Hubert Batson is director of the
Transylvania association, and will pre
side.
Definite plans will he announced ai
this meetlnc for the B. T. IT. revival,
which is scheduled for August 8-13. At
this time 14 experienced Training Un
ion leaders will come to the associa
tion under the leadership of Rev. Na
than C. Brooks, state B. T. U. secre
tary. The churches will have simultan
eous revivals, and it is anticipated that
hundreds of B. T. U. members through
out the association will take part In
this revival.
Sunday afternoon’s procram will be
carried out as follows: Sonc service,
Paul Glazener, Calvert; devotion, Miss
Kubv Whitmire, Cherryfield; special
music; What the B. T. I’, revival
should mean to our association, Hubert
Batson; What 1 want the B. T. U.
revival to mean to my church. Rev. F.
H. Holden: Will we do It and how
will we do it. Miss Hibernia Shipman.
Little River; business; sonc by audi
ence; address, Open doors in Transyl
vania Association. Miss Starnes; pray
er of dedication. Rev. Yancey C. Elliott,
Brevard.
Award List Given at
Brevard College For
Meritorious Service
As a part of the commencement ex
ercises of Brevard College, the ora
torical contest for girls was held in the
auditorium on Monday evening during
the week’s program, and the oratorical
contest for boys on the following eve
ning. Prizes are awarded annually to
the winners in these two events.
The Josephine Doub Memorial medal,
given by Mrs. E. J. Coltrane in memory
of her mother, was won by Miss Sa
tenik Nahikian, of Asheville. Miss Na
hiklan used the subject, "The Bravest
Person."
The Frank S. Moser Memorial medal,
given by Dr. S. E. Moser and Rev.
Claude Moser, of Gastonia, was won by
Leighton Presson, of Charlotte, who
used as the subject for his winning
oration, "One More Law:”
Annually there is given also a prize
of $15 by Miss Ruth Colvard, as a me
morial to her sister, to the student who
submits the best "Creative Idea" per
taining to campus work. The ideas
must be original and practicable. This
prize this year was won by Revis Frye,
of Gastonia, for submitting the idea of
using left-over paints. These he mixed
and used in decorative purposes and
doing interior finishing. He proved how
small amounts of paint, which ordinar
ily are ieft to dry, may be utilized.
The three awards were made at the
close of the graduation exercises Thurs
day morning.
Cathey’s Creek Service
The Rev. Homer Coren will preach
at "Old Cathey’s Creek,” at Sellca, Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock.
dales 5 ax Exempts
Nine Basic Foods In
Set-Up Starting 1st
The new sales tax provisions ex
empting the basic foodstuffs from the
three per cent tax will go into effect
on July 1.
The 1937-39 revenue act stipulates
that on and after that date no sales
tax will be collected on the sale o(
flour, meal, meat, lard, milk, molasses
salt, sugar, coffee, bread and rolls.
The revenue act defines these ex
emptions as follows:
"Flour means wheat flour and docs
not Include cereal products other than
flour.
"Meal means corn meal and not
grits, flakes, or other cereal products
"Meat Includes fresh or cured meat.*
of animals or fish other than shell-fish
but does not include any specialized
products in cans, jars, boxes, or car
tons for the retail trade.
"Lard Is Intended to Include article:
commonly understood by the use ol
this term, both from animal fat and
vegetable substitutes, but not Include
oleomargarine, butter, oils or other like
products.
“Molasses includes the product com
monly understood by that name, and
does not Include cane, sugar, maple oi
other syrups.
"Milk includes sweet and buttermilk
[but does not Include canned milk, evap
orated milk or other milk products.
"Sugar Includes plain and granulat
ed sugar ns commonly understood and
no other sugar products.
"Coffee means plain, roasted oi
ground coffee as commonly understood
and not coffee substitutes.
"Bread and rolls shall Include only
plain white and brown rye bread and
rolls and shall not include cakes, buns
and other pastries."
Revival at Court House
Announcement is made that the Rev
Frank Fenwick will begin a series of
revival services at the Brevard court
house, Sunday evening, at 8 o’clock
with services to be held each night.
MRS. DORA PATTON
HEAD OF WELFARE
RTMENT HERE
Mrs. S. P. Verner Chairman
of Board—Payments Not
Start With July
Mrs. Dora M. Patton of Brevard, was
elected superintendent of county wel
fare at a meeting of the recently ap
1 pointed welfare board and the county
commissioners held here Monday morn
ing.
Prior to the Joint session of the two
beards, the welfare group met and se
lected Mrs. S. P. Verner as chairman
of the unit. Other members of the
boa>rd Include Gaston Whitmire of
Cherry field, and F. Brown Carr, of
1’lsgnh Forest.
Only two applications were presenimi
to the Joint session Monday for super
intendent of welfare, that of Mrs. Pat
ton, and M W. Galloway, also of Bre
vard. Chairman A. B. Galloway, who
was asked to preside at the joint ses
sion, explained that there could be
nominations from any member present
aside from the two applications, but
there were no other suggestions.
The board, In the minutes of the
meeting, pointed out that inasmuch as
Mrs. Patton was the more qualified, ac
cording to the state regulations which
had to be as nearly as possible follow
ed, was given the post,
Requirements as set out by the state
for eligibility as superintendent are:
(a) The candidate should have a
bachelor's degree from an accredited
college. In exceptional cases a minimum
of the completion of two years in an
accredited college may l>c accepted.
(h) One year or more in an accredit
ed school of social work.
(c) A minimum of one year’s experi
ence in a social agency as a paid mem
ber of the staff.
The candidate may he provisionally
approved on condition that he obtain
the one year of training in an accredit
ed school of social work by 1940. pro
vided he has a minimum of two years
In an accredited college and two yean
of experience as a paid worker In a so
cial agency.
The superintendent, together with
the welfare tsiard. and the commission
ers will have charge of distributing the
social security (old age assistance and
(Continued on Back Page)
New Paint Up-Town
New green paint on I he front of the
Ward-Smith place on Main street Is
another added spot of ireshness In the
uptown section. From week to week, a
more summer-time neatness is taking
place.
Cooking School Be
Held Three Days
A three-day cooking school and dem
onstration will be held at the court
house Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoons of this week from 2 to f
o’clock. The event, sponsored by the
Women's Missionary society of the
Methodist church, is free to all ladles
of the community.
Mrs. R. L. Allison, a trained and ex
perienced food demonstrator and die
titian. will conduct the classes. Fifty
prizes will be awarded at each session.
In addition to these valuable prizes,
grand prizes will be awarded at the end
of the series on Saturday.
President Coltrane
Gets Doctor Degree
An honorary degree ot D. Ed., doctor
of education, was conferred upon Pres
ident E. J. Coltrane. of Brevard Col
lege. by High Point College on May 31.
duripg the commencement exercises of
that institution.
President Coltrane was deemed wor
thy of the high honorary degree be
cause of outstanding work in the field
of education, and many other qualifi
cations which entitled him to this hon
or.
College Summer School Starts
With 100 Students Enrolled
Term Will Continue Through
August 25—High School
Work Offered
Registrations for Brevard College
summer school on Wednesday showed
an enrollment of around 100 students,
according to an announcement of Dean
C. E. Buckner, director of the summer
school.
Regular class work will begin on
Thursday, and the school will continue
through August 25. Practically all of
the regular college faculty are remain
ing to assist In the operation of the
summer school.
High school work is a special feature
of the summer quarter, and Is not of
fered during the regular school year.
Work in the 10th and 11th grades In
high school will be offered to those de
siring such courses this summer. •
The summer schbol enrollment in
cludes students who are beginning
their college work writh this quarter,
as well as those who are remaining to
complete the work for graduation and
those who are taking merely high
school work.
Bus Schedule To Give
Better Service Here
Change in Greyhound Bus schedule
has been put Into effect at Brevard,
with the bus going straight through to
Asheville via Hendersonville instead of
a change being necessary as hereto
fore.
The Greyhound bus leaves Brevard
at 6:50 in the morning and at 1:45 in
the afternoon, arriving at Brevard
from Asheville and Hendersonville at
1:30 and 6:50 in the afternoon.
No change has been made in the
Smoky Mountain line—leaving here at
9:50 in the morning and 4:30 in the
afternoon, and arriving from Asheville
at 9:30 In the morning and 7 in the
afternoon.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
Koseoe McCall, Miss Clifford Middle
ton, Mrs. Verda Blythe, Mrs. Frank
Woife. Miss Inez Lyday, Miss Anna
Patton, Ed Mills.