North Carolina Newspapers

S' A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County lnminimtHw VoT^^O gBg" ~ ^BREVARD, NORTH CAROLIN^ffllJHSDAY^UNE 30, 1838. YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY GOLF TOURNEY SET FOR FIRST OF WEEK Prize* Offered For Qualifying Round* Score and For Handicaps Qualifying rounds for the handicap golf tournament on the Brevard Coun try club course started W“dn£Sday morning, and will continue through Sunday of this week. Play in the tournament will be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with prizes being offered In the tourna ment and In the qualifying rounds. Eighteen holes are required for qualifying for handicap, and )S for the tournament. The golf committee for the club will make up the handicap list following end of play Sunday af ternoon and post at number one toe. lam scorer In the qualifying rounds will be given a prize ot four Kro Fllte oalls. Prizes in the tournament will be six Kro-Flltes for first prize, and four for second. Low score In the tournament, regardless of handicap will also receive six Kro-Flites. The course has been put In excellent shape, with the fairways and greens having all been gone over during the week, and other Improvements made. Books of tickets are on sale at 30 for tlO. These may be had by calltng at the City Hall, or seeing Anthony Trantham, John Smith, Ernest Tilson, Harry Patton or C. M. Douglas. Singing Convention at Pisgah on Sunday Singers from all sections of the county, and other leaders, are expect ed to attend the singing convention at Pisgah Forest Baptist church Sun day afternoon. i The program will begin promptly at w: o'clock, with Bob Mackey and Dray ton Randolph In charge. Especial In vitation Is extended to classes, groups, and leaders In this county to attend and take part in the afternoon’s sing ing. It is planned to organize a county group at the meeting, in order that the county singing convention may again become active. The program will be open to the public, with no charges to be made for admission. Holy Land Lecture To Be Given Saturday Eve An illustrated lecturo on the Holy Land will be given at the court house Saturday night by the Rev. Woodrow Flynn of Rutherfordton. The program will be free, and will start at 8 o’clock. Customs and manners of the people, and views of Jerusalem and various scenes In Palestine will be shown on the screen. Announcement is made that there will be no charge of any kind, nor any collection taken. The Rev. Mr. Flynn will start a series of evangelis tic meetings at the court house Sunday afternoon at 8 o’clock. New Coach Arrive* At Brevard College To Start Activities * Coach John B. Christenbury John B. Christenbury, now director of athletics and physical education in Brevard College, has arrived and Is actively directing the preparation for the program which he expects to In augurate Uj September. Mr. Christen bury began his duties with the Col lege June 15, and will be here con stantly during the summer. At the present time he Is holding conferences with prospective students and assist ing the college authorities In recruit ing activities. Mr. Christenbury has made a good Impression on various persons with whom he has come in contact since his arrival here. President Coltrane In commenting on the athletic situation in the College said, "The coming of Coach Christenbury means a new em phasis on athletics in Brevard College. In the future it will be our policy to operate a program which will Insure a standard in college sports as high as that in any junior college In the state. Brevard College Is a member of the orth Carolina Junior College Confer ence and expects' to maintain a re sponsible position in that body.” Mr. Christenbury is well prepared for the duties which his new position Involves. Since his graduation from Davidson College in 193Q. Mr. Christen bury has studied, traveled, and coach ed in his chosen field of activities. In 1934 he received the M. A. degree In Physical Education from Columbia (Continued on Hack Pape) Pisgah Forest Elects Officers For Church Election of officers was held at the Pisgah Forest Baptist church Sunday, with the Rev. W. S. Price being re elected pastor of the church, and D. H. Orr re-elected Sunday School superin tendent. Other officers elected were Miss Lois Sentelle, secretary-treasurer, and Valry Carter leader of the BTU. *School Teachers For New Fall Term Are Announced Teacher list for all schools in the county have been announced by the board of education for the 1938-39 term. Robert T. Klmzey will again head the Brevard schools, with Ernest F. Til son as principal of the Rosman schools. One teacher was lost in the Brevard high, Brevard elementary, and Rosman high school, due to attendance recoids during the past term. Measles and mumps were at one tlmo near the epidemic stage In these two larger schools, and are given as cause for small attendance. Under the ruling of the state board previous year's total attendance for the school year guides teacher allot ment for the following year. However, Superintendent J. B. Jones said Mon day that he believed attendance dur ing the first two weeks of school would Justify putting the three teachers back into the system. List as announced follows: BREVARD HIGH—R. T. Klmzey, Miss Earleene L. Poindexter, B. D. Franklin, C. E. Wlke, Mrs. Frances De * Say^ -W\» ^ft A-SKA *Th* way <h’ men’s heads are turned when a prefty girl $oe* down fli.Starf !^aflr*H way ,«v wind 1* bio win -- Long, Mrs. Para Tilson, Miss Alnslee Alexander, Mrs. Antionette Geiger Wike, Miss Lizzie Mae Jarvis, Randal Lyday, Alvin Moore. Science teacher and coach has not been elected at Brevard high. Coach J. L. Rhyne, who made an enviable record with all teams last year, did not apply for a place, and is now in business with Hayes Auto Company. BREVARD ELEMENTARY— John Rufty, Miss Willie Aiken, Mrs. Lena Allison Maness, Mrs. Eva Gillespie, Miss Agnes Clayton, Miss Josephine Clayton. Miss Julia Deaver, Mrs. Annie W. Reid, Mrs. Maxine Rufty, Mrs. F. P. Sledge, Mrs. Hattie B. Vemer, Miss Elolse Lewis, Mrs. Bernice Holllfteld. CEDAR MOUNTAIN—N. L. Ponder. CONNESTEE—S. P. Vemer, Miss Margaret Gash. LITTLE RIVER—J. P. Ammons, Mrs. Flora Allison Picklesimer. Miss Julia Wood. PISGAH FOREST—Miss Annie May Patton, Miss Flora Lyday, Miss Mamie Lyday. Mrs. Roxle Neely, Mrs. Mildred rownsena. PENROSE—Miss Fleeto Freeman. Mrs. Lorene Osborne. SELICA—Miss Ruth Waters, Mrs. Marlon Henderson English. ROSMAN HIGH—E. F. Tilson, L. H. Thomas. Miss LaVeme Whitmire, Miss Jean Coleman, B. L. Lunsford. ROSMAN ELEMENTARY—Durham Brackett. Miss Geneva Paxton, Miss Helen Henderson, Mrs. Ruth Morgan Stroup, Miss Myrtle Whitmire, Miss Ruth Whitmire, Mrs. Mamie Dale, Miss Ruby Whitmire, Miss Helen Allison. Mrs. Rosa Callahan. BALSAM GROVE — Miss Maxine Moore, Miss Flora Reid. LAKE TOXVWAY—C. S. McCall. Mrs. Florence Winchester. MONTVALE—Mrs. Dorene Lee Rog ers. QUEBEC—L. C. Case, Jr., Mrs. Lola Owen Lusk. SILVERSTEEN—Miss Ola Paxton, T. C. Henderson. , OLD TOXAWAY—Miss Vera Whit mire. COLORED SCHOOLS GLADE CREEK—Synetha F. Glenn. ROSENWALD—M. G. Dawkins, Mrs. J. H. Johnstone, Ethelwyn K. Mills. TAX RATES WILL BEl SAME AS LAST YEAR County and City Both Cutting Expenditure* In Several Department* County Commissioners and the board of aldermen have Indicated that the tax rate for the two unit* will remain the same as that of last year from pre liminary check-up of budget* for the two units. Increase expenditures In each of the unit budgets will have to be mode, a survey shows, with the old age assist ance rates being the drain affecting the county, ar.d necessity for sewer im provements causing the extra expendi ture for the tewn. Tentative budget will be adopted by the county commissioners on Tuesday of next week when they hold their regular meeting. Tuesday night the aldermen will also consider their bud get and adopt It tentatively for the coming fiscal year. Present rate of the county Is $1.62 on the hundred dollar valuation, and that of the town Is $1.40. Sunday School Meeting A meeting of the Baptist Sunday school association will be held at the Glady Branch church Sunday after noon at 2:30 o’clock, It has been an nounced by the leader. Claxton Hen derson. The general theme will be, "Improving the teaching in the Sun day schools.” Business People To Make More Parking Room In Uptown Area Parking space in the immediate up town section of Brevard is easier to find by visitors and prospective cus tomers, since business men have agreed not to park thler cars in the four business blocks near the square. Forty-five business people contacted last Saturday by Policeman Frank Duckworth readily agreed to park their cars on side streets or in parking lots, thus leaving Main and Broad street* open to the traveling public. The agreement signed reads as fol lows: “We. the undersigned residents and business people of the Town of Brevard herewith agree to park our cars elsewhere than on the four blocks off the Square during the day in order that more room may be left for visitors and people who desire to park uptown and trade. This agreement is to be in effect from date hereof until Sept. 15. 1*38, and the streets we agree to help keep clear are Main Street from Gaston street to Caldwell; Broad street from Jordan street to Whitmire street. Those who have signed the "Parking Honor Roll” are: J. A. Simpson, Fred A. Holt. Mrs. T. P. Ward, M. E. Head, J. W. Smith, Belk's Dept Store, J B. Petit, Ray Smith, Frank Case, C. B. Scott, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, J. L. Ayres. W. C. Hart. Mrs. C. F. Poole. M. A. Mull. H. R. Sellers. James Simpson. L. P. Hamlin, F. E. Shuford, Tran sylvania Trust Co., Clyde Hamilton, Buddy Hunt. J. A. Macfie, Spencer Macfie, Holland Talley, Clifton Moore, Ralph Galloway, Blake McCall, J. M. Gaines, C. L. Kelly, W. L. Mull. A. E. York. Randall Lankford, Dwight Mof fitt. J. E. Galloway, Farmers Supply Co Tharp's Store, Bradley's, Melvin Gilles pie, R. H. Plummer, George Nicholson, Trantham’s, R. L. Gash, Pat Klmzey (not more than 1 hr), S. F. Allison. Large Allotment Made For County Road Work Announcement has been made through Congressman Zeb Weaver that $27,844 has been allotted by the Works Progress Administration for work on Transylvania county roads. The project calls for Improving roads throughout the county, by wid ening, draining, surfacing and per forming incidental and appurtenant work. These roads are not a part of the federal aid highway system, but will for the most part entail work In the outlaying districts, It Is announced. Work Is going on now In the county on ^several road projects by the WPA, and this allotment of funds Is an ad dition to the project now being car ried on. Many Foreign Autos. Seen In Community Auto licenses from 27 states were seen In Brevard Tuesday and Wednes day by Mrs. A. H. Harris, who made a tabulation from Monday at noon until Wednesday at noon. The state licenses seen by Mrs. Har ris were: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Wisconsin, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Dis trict of Columbia, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, New York, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kansas, Alabama, New Jer sey, Oregon, Indiana, Missouri, and Connecticut. VFW Meeting Called For Thurad&y Evening Eck L. Sims is calling a meeting of former members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and other ex-service men who saw service_ overseas at his office for Thursday night of this week. Mr. Sims says that he hopes to re organize the VWA post here. The meeting Is set for 8 o’clock. jjji Po»toflPice, Bank, Brevard Business Houses To Close For 4th The postofflce, bank, and most of Erevan! bust near houses will be closed on Monday. July 4th, for a ger.eral holi day. The postoffice will he open In the morning •from 8 to 8:80, and from 10:30 to 11. There will be no rural or city delivery. Drug stores, cafes, and service stations will remain open. The board , of county commlsslon Iers will hold their meet ing on Tuesday, as will the board of aldermen. Offices In the court house will be closed for the day. The Woman's Clviq club will meet Tuesday afternoon. Children’s Parade To Feature Fourth Celebration In Brevard Principal attraction In Brevard for Monday, July 4, which will be observed as a holiday here, will be a -children's parade at 10:30 o’clock In the morning, climaxing with a swimming meet at the city pool. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and all children of the town under 16 years of age, have been asked to participate In the patriotic parade which will start at the grammar school, through town by way of Broad street, and on to the swimming pool in Franklin Park. The Brevard band will also be a feature of the parade. The parade will be led by the boy and girl scout troops, followed by children of all sizes and ages. After reaching the park, the swimming and diving contests will be staged under supervision of Edwin Wike. Children are requested to wear cos tumes if possible, and all who have flags are asked to carry them. The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will lead the procession, each group carrying their troop flags. Parents are requested to allow their children to enter the parade, an& mem bers of the Civic club. Scouts, and Recreation workers will provide ade quate care and attention for the youngsters. Mr. Wike has arranged the following contests for youngsters at the swim ming pool; children under 12 years of age (boys and girls)—15 yards free style; 25 yards free style; diving, front, or optional. Boys over 12 years—86 yards free style; 83 yards breast stroke; diving, front, back, or optional. Girls over 12—35 yards free style; 85 yards breast stroke; diving, front, back or optional. There will be no charge for entry In the swimming contests, and any who participate In the parade, or who wish to enter the contests, will be allowed In the pool free until 12 o'clock, noon. BUSINESS MEN WILL RIDE DONKEYS, 6TH New Kind of Baseball Here Next Wednesday Expected To Draw Big Crowd A capacity crowd Is expected to he on hand next Wednesday night, July 6th, for the Donkey baseball game to be played between a town team and a team from the Woodmen of the World. The game will be played on the high school field and will start at 8:16 o'clock. An added attraction, will be the "Donkey Derby” which will be run just before the game starts. The Brevard band will play at the game, and will parade at 7:30. before the game. Under rules of donkey baseball—and there are twelve real donkeys to be (Continued ,on Back Pape) Band Concerts Will Be Held On Friday of Each Week In Brevard First weekly band concert was held Friday night, and response to the group's playing was exceptionally fine, as was the music the boys made. Revis Frye, leader of the band, stat ed Friday that a concert would be giv en each Friday evening at 8:30, with possibly two concerts each week later In the summer. Despite the fact that no announce ment had been made concerning last Friday’s concert, a couple hundred people gathered uptown to hear the in itial program, and It Is expected that better than 500 will be present this Friday. Seventeen musicians were present for Friday's concert, and several other players of the community have promis ed to join In for the coming Friday. First Ripe Tomato First tomato to reach the editor's table from a local gardener was brought Monday by Lloyd Wood. The fruit was red ripe, and delicious. Young Farmer Wood says he has 475 hills ready to bear. Three Churches Will Hold Union Services Union services, with three churches of the town Joining forces, will be held each Sunday evening through July and August. The Presbyterian, Epis copal and Methodist churches will par ticipate In the union services. The first in the series will be held at the Methodist church Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. The address of the oc casion will be delivered by Ben Kwok on "Christianity Through the Eyes of the Chinese.” Mr. Kwok will be pleas antly remembered from his visit in Brevard last fail, -when he addressed the men of the Presbyterian church and the students of Brevard College and the high school. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he majored in international relationships. The union services will rotate through the summer with the three dif ferent churches and pastors. Chamber commerce Activities Increase Activities at the Chamber of Com merce office are Increasing ae the summer season is becoming more ad vanced. Mrs. Ralph Fisher, secretary, has re ported that she has mailed out around 1,200 Brevard booklets to tourists and prospective visitors, and that more than 300 inquiries about this immediate section have been answered since the first of the year. There are more than 100 paid mem berships in the organization, but it is hoped by officials that this number will be considerably Increased by the end of the week. The membership drive is still on, and those who have been solicited for memberships are re quested to pay the amount pledged be fore the meeting Friday evening, if possible. The regular meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce will be held at the city hall Friday evening at 8 o’clock, at which time It Is hoped to hear re ports from all members of the mem bership drive committee. The meet ing Is open to all members and direc tors. Thos. H. Shipman 111 T. H. Shipman was reported to be slightly improved Wednesday. Mr. Shipman was esriousiy ill for several days. _ CUFFfliRD GRAVELY DIES FROM INJURIES _ Fletcher Truck Driver Named In Warrant Charging If C— Pe,a> f Clifford Gravely, 2«, one of Brevard’s belter type young men. died at mid night Tuesday from Injuries received In an automobile wreck a few hours earlier In the night Funeral services will be held at the resM-snce on Caldwell street Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock with the Rev. J, H. Brencall and the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott In charge. Intermeut will be In Glasener cemetery at Forest Hills. Pallbearers will be Elmer Bryant, Joe. J. Tinsley, John Reynolds, Freoman Hayes, Jerry Jerome, and Allen Poe. Moore and Trantham will have charge of arranger cents. Mr. Gravely had been employed at the Clemson Theatre for a number of years, where he was regarded as a trusted employe He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. D. Clark of Brevard, two sisters and four brothers, as follows: Miss Gertrude Gravely, John, Joe, and Dewey Grave ly all of Brevard; Mrs. Ethel Brown of Miami, Fla., and Bryan Gravely of Greer, S. C The crash occurred at the Nlcholsor Creek bridge near Foreet HlUs, when the light car Mr. Gravely was driving collided with a truck driven by Floyd Youngblood of Fletcher. Miss Mamie Reynolds of near Sellca was riding In the car with Mr. Grave ly when the crash occurred, but her Injuries were not regarded as serious {Continued on Back Pace) Batson Is Re-Elected Hea d of County BTU Annual election of officers was a feature of the Transylvania B. T. V. assoclatioral meeting, held Sunday at the Little River Baptist church In an all-day session. The next meeting will be at Calvert In June, 19*9. The following officers for the en suing year were elected: Hubert Bat son, director, Carr’s Hill; Miss Helen Owenk associate director, Cherryfleld; Miss Mary Holden, secretary, Pisgah Forest; Miss Marie Galloway, choris ter, Brevard; Miss Marjorie Hamilton, pianist, Carr’s Hill; Mrs. M ,C. Ship man, B. A. U. leader, Little River; Charles Allen, senior leader, Brevard; Miss Grt.ce Hamilton, Intermediate leader, Carr's Hill; Miss Lcrena Mer rill, “junior leader, Little River; Miss Hybemia Shipman, lower district lead er, Little River; Miss Marjorie Gar ren, center district leader, Brevard: Miss Ruby Whitmire, upper district leader, Calvert; Rev. Yancey C. El liott, pastor adviser, Brevard. The two main speakers on the day’s program were E. S. Me Swain, presi dent of the South Carolina B. T. U.f of Spartanburg, and the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott, pastor of the Brevard Bap tist church. Other Interesting feature! filled tho morning and afternoon sessions, with lunch served at the noon hour to the large number of young people and others lit attendance. Pomona Grange Meet Here Friday Night The regular quarterly meeting of the Transylvania Pomona grange win be held Friday evening, July 1st at 7 o’clock In the NYA Hut at the Brevard High School. All members of the sub bordlnste grange are Invited to attend this meeting and bring a picnic basket as an enjoyable social hour Is plan ned before the business session. Word has been received that Harry B. Caldwell, state master, Is to be pres ent for the meeting._ Hundreds of Campers Here From Many Sections; Best Enrollment in Ten Years With the opening this week of the 11 organized summer camps In Bre vard and Transylvania county, sev eral hundred boys and girls from many sections of the country will Increase the population here the next two months during which the camps will be In operation. Directors of practically all of the camps have reported capacity enroll ments, with a few having waiting lists for later enrollments. The camps are opening at varying dates from June 28 to July 1. and all will operate for eight weeks In two four-week periods, closing the latter part of August. Four of the camps here are for boys and seven are for girls. They ac commodate from 50 to 200 campers each, ranging In ages from five to 18 years. Camp Sapphire Is the pioneer boys’ camp in Transylvania county, start ing this season Its 26th year. Key stone camp Is the pioneer girls' camp In this county, opening Its 21st year this season. In addition to the regular camp season, several of the camps operate pre-camp or poet-camp sessions. Out standing among these are the Na tional Red Cross Aquatic school, which meets each year In June for a 18-day k ■ - .... session at Camp Carolina; the an nual three weeks’ pre-camp for girls at Camp Sapphire; the Mary Gwynn co-educational camp which holds a four weeks' term each year through June at Camp Transylvania; the three weels' pre-camp for girls at Camp Deedwoode In June. Following are the camps operating In tills county, giving the opening dates and names of directors: Boys’ camps— Camp Carolina, June 28. D. Meade Bernard, Jacksonville, Fla., director? Camp Sapphire, July 1, R. A. (Dick) Smith, Lexington, Va.; Camp Tran sylvania, July 1, Major John W. Moore, Floience, 8. C.; French Broad Camp,. July 1, Rabbi Samuel Wrubel. Ashe ville. - - Girls’ camps—Rockbrook camp, June' 29. Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Carrier; Keystone camp, June 80, Miss Fannie W. Holt, Jacksonville, Fla.; Camp Connestee, July 1, Mrs. George P. Ott, Palmetto, Fla.; Eagle's Nest Camp, July 1, Mrs. Thomas Pearce Bailey, Winter Park, Fla.; Camp Deerwoode, June 20, Mr. and Mrs. George Mason Swift, Brevard; Camp Cateechee, Girl Scout camp, June 11, Miss Dorothy Donnell Charlotte; Camp Merrio Woode, Mrs. Jonathan C. Day, Rlch nend, Va.