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jSl THE TRANSYLYA | count> * A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County . »*»»*»★*»*♦*♦***** _——————- ■" 1 ' "■■■ .. ! I) -HJH-BBHBBBg-S-B ^==^—n BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937. $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY VOL 42: Wv. 4U« ----- - i—=c—■ —ggg= f■ ,..g==B=gsg=B=sB=—-=BBgBgeaaM—^ssssaaBssssBsssassssssasaBaBssmmm LARGE HOTEL WILL BE BUILT BY LADY FROM CLEARWATER Judson Lake Site of Modem Resort Center—Work Is Already Started Announcement is made that work has started on a modern resort hotel on Judson Lake In the Cedar Moun tain section to be known as Robin Hood Inn.” Mrs S R. r. Snell of Clearwater. Florida, will build and operate the rustic tun at Judson Lake. The build ing will bo erected on a prominence overlooking the lake and will lie mod ern in all Its appointments, having some twenty-odd bed rooms. The inn. surrounded ns it will be by beautiful ly wooded hills and vales, shall very appropriately be called "Robin Hood Inn.” Mrs. Snell plans to have tennis and shuffle-board courts, horse-back rtd Ing and later a golf course. The clean Clear water of Judson I-ake reflecting Middle Mountain In Its depth, will be the rendezvous for swimming, boating ami fishing. The ffCC boys have re cently completed a beautifully laid out road through the entire back stretches of the property. Numerous trails and bridle-paths already connect the lake with this road, and others will be opened up, affording hlkhig and horse back routes. Mrs. Snell comes from a long line or Illustrious ancestry, being the great granddaughter of President John Tyler and a granddaughter of a former Gov ernor of Rhode Island. She Is the own er and operator of the "Princess Ulelah Inn” of Clearwater, Florida, and has been very successful In this busi ness. Work has already begun on the grounds and the Inn will be ready for guests next summer. T. A. Snyder, who recently com pleted the beautiful summer home of Mrs. Clms. W. Davis on Mills Hill, will have charge of the work and will be associated with Mrs. Snell in operat ing the Inn. English Chapel Home Coming Day Sunday Home Coming day at English Chapel will be observed next Sunday. Oct. 10, in an all-day program. Singing, short talks, and a picnic dinner at the noon hour will make up the day’s program. All who attend are requested by the committee In charge to bring well-filled dinner bas kets. The church was established back In the 1800's and the annual home com ing event has been observed for the past number of years. The church Is located In Pisgah National forest. Auto Tags Out Dec. 1st New Automobile tags will go on sale December first, It has been announced by Mrs. Mary Jano McCrary, local AAA representative. The new tags will carry orange numerals on a black background. Miss Zachary Heads Little Theatre Group The regular meeting of the Brevard Little Theater was held In the Little Theater building on the evening of October 1st. The meeting was called to order by Miss Beulah May Zachary. j The following officers were unani mously re-elected for the ensuing : year: ' President. Miss Beulah May Zach ary: vice president, Mrs. E. J. Col trane: recording secretary, Mrs. John B. Verner: treasurer, Miss Lilian Jen kins: librarian, Mrs. Knox DeLong: historian. Mrs. Thorvald Berg. Mrs. Walter Banks and Arthur Ran son were elected to fill vacancies on the executive committee. Miss Beulah May Zachary gave a short talk explatnnlg the Little Theater and the work it ex pected to do during the winter. The reception to be given on October 5 by the Little Theater and the Civic ciub for the teachers of the Brevard Public Schools and College was also discussed. Following the business meeting a play. Rococo, by Harvey Qranvllle Taylor was read by a cast consisting of the following: Miss Antionetf? Qetger. Mrs. Ashe Macfie, Mrs. John B. Verner, Mr. Alvin Moore. Mr. Billy Middleton, Mr. T.eon English. The next meeting will be on Oct. 15. and will be In charge of Leon Eng lish, who will give a talk on the Caro lina Playmakers. Bonds For Taxes To End Last of Month Notice Is being given this week through The Times to the effect that after the last day of October, the coun ty tax collector will not be allowed to accept bonds as payment on back taxes. The tax collector states that under a federal court order which was made 1 against the county last fall, and a modified agreement between the suing bondholders and the county commis sioners. the taking of bonds has to be stopped the last day of this month. Considerable saving Is effected by the use of bonds In the payment of back taxes, and numerous taxpayers have taken advantage of the saving which amounts to from 30 to 60 percent on the total amount. New tax notice are being mailed out by Tax Collector Lem Brooks, but bonds are not acceptable on the new taxes. District Director MRS. THORVALD BERG, of Brevard, who waa elected director of the D. A. R. district last week for her thlr£ consecutive term. Annual Squirrel Hunt In Pisgah Forest To Begin Monday Morn Approximately 31,000 acres of the Pisgah National Forest will be opened for squirrel hunting from October 11 to 23, forest officials announced Mon day. and sportsmen desiring to hunl may communicate with the District Ranger John W. Squires, at Pisgah Forest. The area Includes 20,000 acres on the Davidson river watershed, and por tions of the north and south forks of Mills river. The hunt is open to all U. S. citi zens over 16 years of age; the num ber will be limited to 100 hunters per day; the fee will be $1 per day and no person inay hunt more than fuor days; the dally bag limit will be 10 squirrels; dogs will not be permitted in the area, and firearms will be restricted to .22 calibre rifles shooting standard veloc ity bullets. 35 BOYS WILL BE ENROLLED IN C.C.C. Welfare Office Report* Addi tional Names Certified For Old Age Aid Thirty-five white boys and five col ored boys will be enrolled from Tran sylvania county in the CCC work on October 23, according to Mrs. C. T. Patton. The young men will be carried to Asheville for examination, and from there will be sent to camps by the ser vice. Alternates are also being taken along, in case any of the applicants are turned down for physical disabil ity. Mrs. Patton said that 27 applicants for old age assistance had been ap proved by her office, and that upon official action by the board of welfare, they would be eligible for old age as sistance. She said that considerable detail work was involved in each application for the old age assistance, and' that in some instances several days was spent in se curing information for a single case. The board of welfare, which acts with out pay, also assists in the work, and passes upon each application before it is sent to the Raleigh office for pay ment of from $7 to $12 monthly. H. SOWERS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BANK Prominent Business Man of Asheville Heads Transyl vania Trust Co. Hugh Sowers was elected president of the Transylvania Trust company at a meeting of the board of directors held here last Thursday, and has taken up his active duties at the Bre vard Institution. Mr. Sowers, who was connected with the Wachovia Bank & Trust company of Asheville for fourteen years, suc ceeds H. B. Kelly who has served as president of the local bank since Its organization in 1931. Mr. Kelly ten dered his resignation to the board with the request that he be allowed to re sign on account of business Interests he has In Hendersonville Rnd Tryon, where he has hotels, and Is also ac tive cashier of the Hendersonville bank. The new president will be active In the bank, and expects to bring his wife here within a few days. He hns one son who ts traveling out of New York City. Mr. Sowers was an Asheville resi dent for 25 years before coming to Bre vard. He served as clerk of the Ashe ville police department for five years, leaving that position to become of fice manager of the Earle Chesterfield Mills. He went with the Wachovia Bank from that position, where he served for 14 years in various capaci ties. Mr. Sowers took active Interest in church and civic affairs in Asheville. He Is a member of the Methodist church, and is past president of the West Asheville Club for men. and is past mater of the West Asheville Ma sonic Lodge, and a member of the Royal Arch chapter, the Commandry, and the Shrine, and past patron of the Eastern Star. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Sowers received his education in the public schools of Salisbury, and attend ed the University of North Carolina. Prior to taking up residence ip Ashe ville he was connected for several years with the Northern State Bank at Gary, Indiana. The Transylvania Trust company was organized in November of 1931, and since that time has shown a steady and healthy growth. Grange Meetings Will Be Held Next Week State lecturer Harry Caldwell will meet Vith farmers of the Boyd and Blantyre sections at Enon school house next Wednesday evening, Oct. 13, at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of ex plaining the Grange organization. Residents of the Enon-Boyd section have expressed much Interest In the work of the Grange, and It Is with a vtew to perfecting a community or ganization there that the meeting will be held. County agents Glazener and Maness will also attend the meet. Regular Grange meetings will also be held at Little River next Monday night, and at Rosman on Tuesday night—both meetings to be held at the schools. Mr. Caldwell will be present at the Little River and Rosman meet ings. Musical Entertainers To Appear Friday Eve A musical entertainment will be given at Little River school house on Friday night of this week, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. Hall Brothers, who are said to be good musicians, and have been heard over the radio for several years, along with other artists, will be on the pro gram. The event is sponsored by the P. T. A., and proceeds will be used in the work of the school. COLTRANE IS NAMED KIWANIS PRESIDENT College Official Unopposed For Post—Rev. C. M. Jones Chosen Vice President Dr. E. J. Coltrane was unanimous ly elected president of the Brevard Kiwanls club at the meeting held last Thursday, and the Rev. C. M. Jones was elected vice president. Hts elec tion was also unanimous. The new Kiwanls head Is president of Brevard College, and has served as director for one year, and the past year as vice president. Vice President Jones, is pastor of the Brevard-Davtdson River Presbyterian church. Directors named by balloting at the meeting included J. B. Jones, retiring president, and superintendent of pub lic schools; John Bennett, professor of Bible at Brevard College; Dr. H. J. Bradley, Brevard physician and surg eon; the Rev. Y. C. Elliott, pastor Bre vard Baptist church, *and moderator of the Transylvania Association; Julian A. Glazener, county farm agent; Harry Patton, Brevard and Pisgah Forest business man; Dr. Fred Zachary, Bre vard dentist. Retiring directors are the Rev. J. H. Brendall, F. Brown Carr, Jerry Jerome, Dr. C. L. Newland. Dr. Bradley was re-elected. Secretary, treasurer, and other of ficials will be appointed by the board of directors during October. The new officials take their post at the first meeting in December. Here and There Over the County By J. A. Olazcnrr, County Agent Sam Orr of the Glade Creek section Is completing a forty-ton trench silo, the first to be dug In his community. Mr. Orr after observing the splendid results obtained in wintering cattle in other sections of the county was con vinced of the economic value in feed ing ensilage. W. Mack Fetzer of the Pisgah For est community has just finished In vesting and baling his lespedeza hay. His yield was one and one-four* h tons per acre and the quality of the hay was very fine. Charlie Orr, manager for the Glen Cannon Farm, has cut and placed on curing frames thirty acres >f Lorcda Soybean hay. Mr. Orr pians to feed •the hay to beef cattle this winter, along with a portion of the fine corn grown on the farm this year. Mr. Orr is known all over the county for his ability as a corti grower. Aged Pleasant Grove Lady Buried Sunday Mrs. K. J. Justus, 83. died at her home In the Pleasant Grove section Saturday. October 2, following an ex tended Illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Pleasant Grove church, with the Rev. C. E. Blythe and Rev. J. E. Osteen conduct ing the service. Burial was In the church cemetery. Mrs. Justus was before her marriage Miss Rhoda Picklesimer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Picklesimer, of Transylvania county. She had been a member of the Pleasant Grove church over 40 years. She was beloved by all who knew her. Surviving are seven children, as fol lows: Julian Justus, Brevard, R-2; Mrs. J. F. Scott, Eagles Nest Camp, Mrs. Richard Hamilton, Mrs, E. Ham ilton. Turley Justus and Daniel Jus tus, all cf Hendersonville, R-4, and Mrs. J. E. Davidson, of Swannanoa, and 22 grandchildren and 10 great - grandchildren. Acting pallbearers were her grand sons and the flowers were/in charge of the granddaughters. Great Scenic Parkway and Connecting Road For This Section Are Assured Official Announcements Made Regarding Both Projects By Federal and N. C. Road Agencies Double good news was received here this week-that work would start on the lower link Highway 284 Dec. 10, and that the Great Smoky Mountains Scenic Parkway route would not be changed west of Asheville. Both welcome announcements are -brothers under the skin" Inasmuch as Highway 284 will connect Brevard with the scenic highway, and this communi ty’s connecting link will be completed and ready for travel when the park way work Is finished. Secretary Harold Ickes definitely told the Western Carolina Advisory Committee last Friday that the park way would follow Its original route by Wagon Road and Tennessee Gaps, and Information which The Transylvania Times has from the State Highway de partment is that first work west of Asheville will be started at Wagon Road Gap. Highway 284, contract for which was confirmed by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads on Monday of this week, •will connect No. 280 and the scenic parkway at Wagon Road Gap. Con tractors are now engaged In grading and surfacing the upper end, and the Looking Glass sections of the high X way, and with work to start on the lower end December 10th, this section .will be exceptionally situated to take advantage of the scenic parkway as soon as the first link Is completed west' of Asheville. G. G. Page, resident engineer for the State Highway department at Brevard, received official confirma tion of awarding the contract to Chandler Brothers of Virgilina, Va., with the notation that work could not start until after the deer hunt in Pis gah Forest was over, which date (3 December 10. Chief Locating Engineer R. Gettys Browning stated to The Transylvania Times, that every effort was being made to have work started at Wagon Road Gap on the scenic parkway not later than next spring, and that the Council of State was backing his de partment in this. Work on the scenic highway is done in cooperation with the State Highway department, which is charged with securing rights of way, and doing survey work for the federal-financed project. Mr. Browning said that opening of the link of the scenic highway be tween Wagon Road Gap and Tennessee Gap, would give access to an area but was unsurpassed in Eastern America, and a territory which would prove of as much Interest to tourists as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park itself. Mr. Browning has spent much time In this section of country between the two gaps, and la authority for the statement that there are 1500 flower ing shrubs growing In the vast for ests and wildernesses of the Plsgah range, and over 10C specimens of grow ing trees. This fact alone, Mr. Brown ing believes, will bring thousands of people to the Transylvania county sec tion as soon as the area is made ac cessible to traveL The state, highway engineer has been very favorable to work on the Plsgah National Forest road—284—because, in his estimation, this road will give con nections to part of the scenic park way as soon as it Is open, and heforo the entire boulevard can be completed. Secretary Ickes, In announcing his definite decision from Washington, said that he had carefully gone over the alternate routes which were proposed some several moots ago, and had reached the conclusion that the origi nal route he approved In the fall of 19*4 should be follbwed in the best in terests of the parkway. There may be a slight change neces sary In the extreme western end of the parkway, just before It enters the Great Smokies due to the fact that the Cherokee Indians had not consented to the route crossing the reservation. This slight change, however, Mr. Ickes said, will not affect the general route, and In nowise endanger the location which is of such vital interest tc Transylvania county. District Secretary MRS. T. C. GALLOWAY, of Brevard, who is beginning her third term as secretary of the Western District, D. A. R. Baptist Church Plans Revival November 1st Announcement Is made by the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott that revival ser vices will start at hts church on Mon day, Nov. 1, and continue for ten days to two weeks. The Rev. James A. Ivey, pastor of the Bell Street Baptist church of Knoxville, Tenn., and former North Carolina secretary ot the B. Y. P. U., will do the preaching. Mr. Ivey is well known In this county where he has visited on numer&us occasions in connection with his young people’s work. TRAVEL BUREAU TO BE ENTERTAINED IN BREVARD, OCT. 12 94 Representative* of Touring Agencies Will Vi*it Here Next Tuesday Plans are being perfected for en tertaining members of the "Old North State" tour, who are expected to be In Brevard next Tuesday after noon from 3:80 to 4:30. The Chamber of Commerce Is In charge of the entertainment for the nearly one hurtdred heads of travel bureaus, hotel executives, and edi tors who are making a tour of the state from Oct. 10 to ZZ. Plans call for the travelcade to stop at the "Colonial Inn’ on East Main street, where refreshments will be served by a group of Brevard young ladles, and official welcome will be given the visitors. A delegation of Brevard people will meet the motorcade at High Hampton at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon and act as escorts and guides down through the beautiful Whiteside, Lake Toxaway, and French Broad sections. Mayor A. H. Harris, Ralph R. Fisher, Pat Klmzey, and John Smith will act as guides for the pro cession Into Brevard. Mrs. Harry J. Bradley, Mrs. Ralph Fisher, and C. M. Douglas have been appointed as committee In charge of entertainment for the visitors, and they will be assisted by several other members of the Chamber of Com merce and citizens here In providing a pleasant hour for the visitors. Dr. C. Li. Newland as president of the Chamber of Commerce, and May or A. H. Harris will officially wel come the group. In a letter to the Chamber of Com merce this week, Coleman W. Rob erts, chairman of the "Governor's Hospitality Committee," states "We are bringing to your community what wo believe to be the greatest num ber of distinguished writers and edi tors and travel counsellors that ever visited any state at one time.” Ninety-four people have already registered for the tour, including Di rectors of AAA clubs, travel bureau, travel publication, newspapers, mag azine writers, and state officials representing the bulk of the eastern section of the United States. Smilin' Oiai-Kg, 5“*V$ DEFINITE ACHON IS STARTED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL BUILDING Chamber of Commerce a1»d Ki wanis Club Busy—All Asked To Write AH Brevard residents, and as many people In the county as will, are be ing asked by the Chamber of Com merce to write letters to officials In an effort to secure a postoffice build ing for Brevard. Resolutions have been passed by the Ktwanls Club, and by the Chamber of Commerce and mailed to Congressman Zeb Weaver, Senator Robert R. Rey nolds, and Postmaiiter General Farley, requesting a federal building here. Each person who will, Is asked to write letters to each of the three of ficials, and mall them at once. Clubs and organized groups of the county are also being requested to contact their members and request that let ters be written. Receipts at the Bre vard office for the year ending Sept 30. 1937, were $15,489.67. President C. I.. Ncwland of the Chamber of Commerce announced Wed nesday that he had requested Ralph H. Ramsey, Mrs. A. H. Harris, Mrs. Jos. S. Sllversteen. C. M. Douglas, F. Brown Carr, and Lewis P. Hamlin to act aa a central or steering commit tee In the drive for the postoffice building. The following resolutions have been passed and mailed to Postmaster Gen eral James A. Farley at Washington, to Congressman Zeb Weaver, and (Continued on back page) Miss Hume Buried at St. Phillips Church Funeral services were held last Fri day for Miss Jane W. Hume, who died at the home of her niece. Mrs. J. M. Allison, Thursday morning follow ing an Illness of several months. The Rev. Harry Perry, rector, had charge of the last rites, after which the body was placed In a crypt at the church besides those of her father and mother, following the service held at St. Philip’s Episcopal church. Miss Hupie was one of the first graduates of the Mission hospital training school In Asheville. She grad uated there In 1S99 and practiced her profession In Asheville, Charleston and Brevard for nearly 40 years. She was a charter member of the State Nurses’ association and was a member of the Mission Alumnae association and the National Nurses, association. She also was a member of the Edward Bun combe chapter of the D. A. R., the Fanny Patton chapter of the U. D. C. and of the Episcopal church. She Is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Allison of Brevard, and Miss Mar garet Breese of Summerville, S. C., and one nephew, Edmond C. Breese of Mil waukee, Wisconsin. Miss Hume was a daughter of the late Robert W. Hume, who came to Brevard from Charleston shortly after the war between the states In which he served for several years, and the late Mrs. Jane Washington Lowndes Hume. Her parents owned a beauti ful home east of Brevard, and were Instrumental in founding and building of St. Phillip’s Episcopal church. Robert L. Gash, O. L. Erwin, J. 8. Bromfield, T. D. Orimshawe, Ernest H. Webb, and C. C. Tongue, were pall bearers. Osborne-Slmpsen had charge of arrangements. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported at Lyday Memor ial hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. A. E. Wilson, Pearl Palmer, B. T. Whitmire and Carroll Kilpatrick. Oak Grove Church To Hold Special Event Next Sunday, October 10, is Home coming Day at Oak Grove church In the Toraway communtiy. T'.ila occas ion Is celebrated every year on the second Sunday in October. Former members of ihe church and former citi zens here who are living In other com munities and all former pastors who arc still living and the members and citizens living here are expected to get together on this occasion for the re newal of Christian and social ties and the enjoyment cf an inspirational pro gram for tho day, an well as to enjoy together the dinner of the occasion. Different speakers will be expected to be on the program and there will be special music for the occasion. The Riverside Quartet of Roaman has been Invited to assist In the made. Dr. Owen at Newland The Kev. Jesse C. Owen wrote In last week to have his Times changed from Spruce Fine to Newland, N. C., where he Is taking the pastorate of the First Baptist chnrch. Dr. Owen Btated in bin letter that he keeps up with things of interest in his old home county through The Times, and that some day ho Is coming back hers to. "really live." Vardry C. Jones Rites Held Last Saturday Funeral services were held last Sat urday at Cedar Mountain for Vetfdry □. Jones, who died at Oteen Hospital. Mr. Jones wna given military hon ors at the sendees. He was au *t lervice man. laving served a abort time In Co. E. 82nd Infantry, but was Uncharged on aocoaat of his health.