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Lswa^sxvocwaoo* A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
VOL. 49: NO. 18 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
TWENTY PEOPLE AT
BREVARD ELECTION
Mayor Harris Aldermen Were
Unopposed — Brittain Is
New Board Member
Twenty people went to the polls
Tuesday In Brevard and voted for the
mayor and board of aldermen who were
unopposed In the primary, and there
fore needed only one vote to elect.
J. E. Waters, re-elected for his sec
ond consecutive term as member of
the board, was high man, with 20
votes. Others who received 19 votes.
Included Mayor A. H. Harris. Aldermen
Ralph J. Duckworth, R. P. Kilpatrick.
Fred E. Shuford, and Willis W. Brit
tain.
The board was sworn In Wednesday
at noon, and have assumed their office
which they have held for several terms.
Alderman Brittain Is serving his first
term, replacing Anthony Trantham who
declined to run after having served six
years.
Alderman Duckworth has also served
six years; Alderman Kilpatrick the
same, and Alderman Shuford four
years.
Edwin Wlke served as registrar;
Dewey Gravely and R. F. Tharp as
judges in the election Tuesday.
Dance At Rosnr.an
Dan Glazener will sponsor a square
da.ice at Rosman Community building
on Friday evening of this week, begin
ning at 8:30. Randolph string band
will provide the music.
Pisgah Baking Plant
Leased By Operators
Pisgah Baking company has been
leased by A. C. Adams and O. M. Mc
Cracken, of Asheville, who took over
operations of the firm Monday morn
ing.
Tbe new operators are experienced
bakers, having been in the business In
Asheville for the past 15 years. "PIs
gah" bread is the main product of the
plant, with pies, cakes, and other pas
tries also being sold on the local mar
ket.
Two Brevard Business !
Firms In New Homes
Whiteway Dry Cleaners moved the
first of this week Into their own home
on West Main street opposite the Clem,
son Theatre. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Poole,
owners and operators, have purchased
the building which Is known as the
Clayton block.
John Reese Sledge has moved his
radio repair shop from the former lo
cation on West Main street to Cald
well street, In the location formerly oc
cupied by Miss Maggie Owenby's sew
ing room, In the Bagwell building.
CLEAN-UP DRIVE IS
MEETING SUCCESS
City Officials A*k Community
Cooperation In More
Beautiful Place
Checr-up here Wednesday showed
that the town was cooperating except
ionally well with the Clean-Up cam
paign which was started Monday.
Chief B. H. Freeman said that resi
dents of the two zones covered Tues
day and Wednesday had shown great
Interest in the movement, and that
the town truck had been taxed to pick
up all the rubbish and refuse piled out
by residents east of Broad street.
Trucks will be in zone three Thurs
day-west of Broad street and south
of Main: zone four Friday—west of
Broad and north of Main street.
Residents are asked to make their
trash as accessible for the truck as
possible, but in cases where It is not
possible to pile" trash In front of resi
dence on the streets, the truck will go
into backyards or other places for it
The regular trash truck route on
Friday of this week will necessarily
have to be dispensed with as the crews
will be busy In zone four.
Mayor A. H. Harris makes the fol
lowing statement:
Our city is now entering a period of
development and progress and the ulti
mate success of that development will
depend largely upon the cooperation
and loyalty of its citizens.
Your City Government and our var
ious civic organizations are doing their
very best and lending every reason
able effort to the end that we may have
an organized and steady growth along
business and cultural lines.
We are at the moment and have been
for several days making an honest and
energetic effort to clean up, and It is ]
not too late foi our citizens young and
old to continue to cooperate in this
enterprise: as a matter of fact, this
cleaning up program should not be a i
periodic program, but a day to day,
week after week business the year
around.
Our success in attracting p-ospective
home owners and home builders will be
dependent to a large extent on how at
tractive we who are already here, can
make our homes, grounds and placos of
business, and our general and consist
ent interest In keeping our streets and
thoroughfares free of trash and debris.
Your city government earnestly and
sincerely asks your help in making
Brevard what It can be. the finest and
most progressive little city in North
Carolina.
A. H. HARRIS, Mayor.
BREVARD MAYOR
A. H. HARRIS, was re-elected
mayor of Brevard for third term
Tuesday in the general election.
Brevard Girl Sang
For Opening New
York World’s Fair
Miss Adelaide Van Wey _of Brevard
and New vork was guest singer at the
dedicatory exercises last Sunday in the
Temple of Religion at the opening of
the New York World's Fair.
The Brevard girl sang as a part of
the dedicatory program, and so impress
ed the audience that she has been in
vited to sing In the Brazilian Pavilion
on May 7th, and the World Fair Hall of
Music on May 9th.
Both programs will be broadcast over
the radio from New York.
Miss Van Wey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. S. Silverstcen, of Brevaru,
has been in New York for the past
several years where she has been sing
ing in concert halls and over radio
stations.
Revival Services at
Glady Branch Church
Revival services will begin at Glady
Branch Baptist church Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock, and continue through the
coming week, with services each even
ing at 7:30 .
The P.ev. W. H. Nicholson, pasior,
and the Rev. Harrison Whitlock of
Cateechee. S. C., will be in charge of
the series of meetings.
A cordial Invitation to the general
public to attend, has been issued by
Mr. Nicholson.
Snow and Ice In
Eastern Carolina
Transylvania residents who wonder
ed about the heavy frost here Wed
nesday morning could well be remind
ed that summer was here in full force
as compared with some sections of
Eastern North Carolina.
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Holt and Rufus
Orr reported Tuesday night that a
snow storm In the Burlington-Graham
section Tuesday was so bad that It
made driving dangerous, and the ther
mometer dropped to winter marks.
Sunday School Meet
At Cherryfield* 7th
A Sunday school associatlonal meet
ing will be held at the Cherryfield Bap
tist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
The following program will be given:
Devotional, A. P. Bell; talk, “Winning
Intermediates and Juniors to Christ,”
Rev. J. L. Underwood; talk, “Vacation
Bible Schools In our Association," Rev.
Yancey C. Elliott: department confer
ences led by department officers.
H AL DAY TO BE
0 KEDMAY23RD
Annual Community Event for
Local Institution Is
Always Enjoyed
Annual hospital day will be observed
here Tuesday, May 23, announcement
has been made by Mrs. B R. Pendleton,
general chairman, for the Women's
Civic club, sponsors oC the event.
The occasion will be featured by an
opportunity to inspect the Lyday
Memorial hospital, by bringing dona
tions of suitable equipment and by tea
served by a committee of club mem
bers. In the receiving line will be
members of the board of trustees of
the hospital, the doctors and their
wives and nurses. A list of needed sup
plies for the hospital will be given in
an early issue of this paper.
The following committee members
from the club will assist in the hos
pital day observance: Receiving, Mrs.
A. H. Harris: decoration, Mrs. Roy
Long, chairman, Mrs. T. H. Shipman.
Mrs. J. B. Jones; receiving donations,
Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, chairman, Mrs.
David Ward, Mrs. Fred Miller; dis
play gifts. Mrs. A. R. Gillespie, chair
man, Mrs. Coleman Galloway, Mrs. II.
L. English; refreshments, Mrs. A. B.
Galloway, chairman, Mrs. Fred Zach
ary, Mrs. Ralph Fisher; serving, Mrs.
Ashe Macfie, Mrs. Ernest Watkins,
Mrs. Langdon English; registration,
Mrs. Beulah Zachary, Mrs. Ralph
Zachary; publicity, Miss Alma Trow
bridge, chairman, Mrs. J. C. Wlke, Mrs.
O. L. Erwin, Miss Rose Shipman, Mrs.
Frank Jenkins, Miss Luclla *mith.
Legion Planning Hut
For Permanent Home
Plans for hut will be discussed at
the meeting of the American Legion
to be held here Friday evening of this
week, at 8 o’clock in the court house.
Tentative plans were laid at a special
meeting of the Legion last Monday
evening, and a committee appeared be
fore the board of aldermen and asked
for a lot on which to build the Legion
home. Favorable action was taken by
the board In the matter.
The Legion membership was reported
paid up one hundred percent at the
Monday night meeting, with interest in
the organization on the Increase.
Chamber of Commerce
Meeting Friday Evening
Business activities for the summer
will be discussed at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting to be held Friday
evening at 8 o’clock.
The meeting will be held in the city
hall, and all citizens of the community
are invited to attend and take part in
such discussions as are brought up.
TWO BALL GAMES BE
PLAYED SATURDAY
College Meets Mars Hill On
Local Field—Spinners
To Meet Fletcher
Ptsgah Mills will entertain the
Fletcher team of the Blue Ridge In
dustrial league here Saturday after
noon.
The game will be called at 3 o'clock
on the Brevard high school field, and
either Bob White of Rosman, Pressly.
or Brown will do the twirling.
The College team meets Mars Hill on
the College diamond Saturday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock, with Kimball
slated to see mound duty for the Farth
lng-coached nine.
This game between the two age-old
enemies Is expected to be a snappy
go, and will probably be one of the best
drawing cards of the season.
Brevard Tanners will journey to Bea
con for their second contest of the sea
son In theJWestern Carolina Industrial
league. Manager Kyle has not desig-1
nated his starting twirler.
CONSECRATION OF
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH
Episcopal Service Sunday Will
Celebrate Freedom of
Church from Debt
Free of debt, Brevard’s most beauti
ful church building—St. Philip’s Epis
copal, will be consecrated Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
The Bt. Rev. R, E. Gribbln, bishop
of the diocese of Western North Caro
lina, the Rev. Harry Perry, rector, and
clergy of the convocation of Asheville
will assist in the consecration service.
All active ministers of Brevard have
been Invited to attend the service, by
the rector.
St. Philips church at Brevard, out
growth of the St. Paul's In the Valley,
was built In 1883, with the Rt. Rev.
Theodore B. Lyman, D. D., In charge
of laying the corner stone. It wan
used until Christmas Day, 1925, when
it wi.s completely destroyed by fire.
The new St. Philip’s, which Is being
consec-ated Sunday, was started In
1926, and first service was held In the
church t roper on Tib. 14, 1928. The
Rev. George Floyd Rogers had charge
of the opening service.
The churcn was built of native stone,
and cost of the structure was $35,000.
Prior to the service In 1928, the rectory
had been used as meeting place, and
also the Brevard school buildings.
Only three rectors have been at St.
Philip’s since Its beginning in the 80’s.
The Rev. Chalmers Durand Chapman,
of Jersey City, N. J„ took charge of the
St. Philip's Mission in July, 1896. He
served his congregation and the com
munity through September 30, 1917,
when he resigned after having served
for a little more than 21 years. He
remained In Brevard as rector emeritus
of the church until his death, which
occurred in 1931. The Rev. Mr. Chap
man, known and loved by school child
ren of Brevard for his work with them
even after the infirmities of age caus
ed him to be a seml-Invalld, lived to
see the new church finished and used
for service.
The Rev. John C. Seagle, now rector
of St. John’s church, Charleston, S. C..
took over active duties of the pastor
ate following Mr. Chapman's resigna
tion and remained here until 1924. Like
his predecessor, Mr. Seagle was a figure
loved and respected by everyone.
Height of Mr. Seagle’s service to the
community came In the flu epidemic
during the World War when he aided
rich and poor, white and black, with
his care, and with his private funds.
The Rev. Harry Perry came to Bre
vard as rector of St. Philip’s in June
of 1925, coming here from Christ
church, Bay St. Louis, Miss. During
his ministration the new church has
been erected, and through sacrifice of
members and generos'ty of friends of
the church, the consecration service
was mode possible.
The present official board of the
church Is as follows: David G. Ward,
senior warden: William J. Wallis, jun
ior warden: Alex H. Klzer, clerk: H.
R. Bobst and Don Jenkins, vestrymen.
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At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. C.
M. Jones and Infant daughter, Virginia
Ann; Mrs. J. M. Gaines and Infant
daughter, Florence Ann: Mrs. Harry
Nicholson and infant daughter, An
nette: Frank Cons and Ben Fipps.
Tax Foreclosures For
County-City Postponed
Tax foreclosure advertisements, which
were scheduled to be started by the
county and town in May, have been
postponed until the first week In June.
The board of commissioners stated
that a large number of people had
made the request that the advertising
be postponed for one month, In order
that they might pay their taxes and
avoid the advertising penalty. The
board of aldermen reported Monday
night that similar requests had been
made to that group, and the step taken
by the county was followed by the
town.
Spring Festival Feature At Brevard
College Saturday Afternoon-Evening
\nnual spring festival will be held at
Brevard College on Saturday, in an af
ternoon and evening celebration on the
college campus. The festival theme is
worship, work, love and play, from
Cabot's "What Men Live Ey.”
The afternoon will be featured by a
baseball game between the college and
Mars Hill, and by tennis matches be
tween Brevard and Biltmore. These
will be followed by a pageant. May
pole dance, queen and court and other
features of the festival, carrying out
the prevailing theme. Exhibits and
projects in the different departments
will be on display all afternoon.
In the evening at 8 o’clock in the
college auditorium original plays writ
ten by students in creative writing will
be presented by members of the dra
matic club.
Following the pageant supper will be
served on the lawn to the student body
and to any outsiders desiring to pay
the nominal charge.
The spring festival is under the di
rection of Mrs. John Bennett, with
other faculty members on the planning
committee, Including Mrs. Tom Palmer.
VIRGINIA M7L1.ER—Queen of May
Miss Merlle Sizemore, Miss Harriet
Klllough, Miss Marjorie Craig, Charted
Schoenknecht and E. D. C. Brewer.
It is expected by college officials
that many former students will return
for the varied festivities on Saturday.
The ball game will be chief athletic
attraction—to start at 2:30 o’clock.
Miss Virginia Miller, of Lexington,
will be crowned "Queen of May” and
has a bevy of attractive girls as her
court atendants.
Dan English Enters
Insurance Business
Announcement is being made in this
Issue of The Times by Dan English
| to the effect that he has purchased
! the real estate and insurance business
| of the late Judsor. McCrary.
Mr. English has his office in the
| McCrary location on West Main street,
land is assisted by Sam Barnett, who
has been in insurance business in east
ern part of the state for several years.
Rentals, sales, and insurance will be
! handled by the now concern.
ROSMAN MAYOR
A. M. WHITE, was re-elected
for his fourth consecutive term in a
spirited election Tuesday.
Relief Ordered Cut
Of Farm People In
County Refusing Job
In a move to provide more labor for
farming Interests in the county, the
board of commissioners Monday made
official request to Mrs. C. Y. Patton,
Welfare superintendent, that people of
fered jobs in private employment be
taken from the relief rolls unless the
parties accepted the jobs offered.
The commissioners said that they had
numerous complaints from farmers over
the county to the effect that farm labor
could not be hired, and that when jobs
were offered people who have been on
the relief rolls during the winter that
flat refusal to take the work was made.
One of the commissioners said that in
his particular community, three tenant
farmers had been brought in from South
Carolina and Georgia because no one in
that section could be secured who would
do the work on the three farms nearby.
Mrs. Patton told the commissioners
that WPA and relief regulations pro
vide that when a client Is offered bona
fide employment and refuses to accept
such work, that she Is authorized to
take such names from the lists for as
sistance or work on the Works Prog
ress Administration.
Little Theatre Meet
Regular meeting of the Little Theatre
will be held at the city hall building
Friday evening at 8 o’clock, announce
ment has been made by Mrs. John
Verner, president.
New Member* Added
By Civic Club Here
Visitors’ day was observed at the
regular meeting of the Women's Civic
club, held Monday afternoon in the
club room in the city hall building. The
club welcomed a number of newcomers
to town, several of whom enrolled as
members.
Emphasizing the clean-up drive
sponsored by the club this week, Char
les Schoenkoecht, of the Brevard Col
lege faculty, had been invited to speak
along this line. He gave an Interest
ing and Instructive talk on "Brevard the
Beautiful,” stressing the need of some
definite plan to preserve and add to
Brevard's natural beauty. He men
tioned several projects as a means of
promoting community spirit and con
certed effort for Brevard's beautifica
tion and edification.
Report was made by Mrs. J. W.
Smith, chairman of the clean-up drive,
that plans of the committee were well
underway, and that flower bulbs had
been distributed among the cotton-mill
residents.
Plans for hospital day were made and
committees appointed, which account
appears elsewhere in this paper. Busi
ness transactions were in charge of
the president, Mrs. Oliver Orr.
The follow'ng new members were en
rolled In tho club: Mrs. Mary Scott,
Mrs. C. J. Paris, Mrs. H. R. Bobst, Mrs.
Lee M. Bauer, Mrs. Ralph Fisher.
A brief social period and refresh
menst concluded the meeting, the hos
tesses being Mrs. C. J. Wike, Mrs.
Coleman Galloway and Mrs. A. B. Gal
loway.
Charles Gray Named
High WCTC Student
Charles B. Gray, a former student
at Brevard College, has been fleeted
president of the student body of West
ern Carolina Teachers College, Cul
lowhee, at the annua! sfirtng election,
announcement has been made from the
college news bureau. Mr. Gray in a
member of the senior class and is maj
oring in science.
jta^>ther local student at Cullowhee.
Chsmes McCall, of I-'ike Toxaway, mem
ber of the junior class, was re-elected
junior president. He has served one
year on the student senate body.
Musical Program May 11
A musical-comedy program will be
presented by Byron Parker and his
group from the Columbia ’adlo Broad
casting station at Brevard high school
auditorium on the evening of May 11.
Proceeds will be for benefit of the Boy
Scout building fund. The event Is
sponsored by members of the Lions
club.
MAYOR, BOARD WIN I
ROSMAN ELECTION
Three-To-One Victory Given To
Mayor White—Stroup Waa
High Vote Getter
Mayor A. M. White was re-elected
by a near three-to-one vote count aa
mayor of Rosmar, In Tuesday election,
defeating Tom Muhoney by the count
of 163 to 57.
Austin Hogsed, Claud Stroup, and
Grover Woodard were re-elected as
aldermen defeating Elmer McLean and
Dock Lusk.
The vote count was:
FOR MAYOR
A. M. White . 163
Tom Mahoney . 67
FOR ALDERMEN
Claud Stroup . 164
Austin Hogserl . 146
Grover Woodard . 96
Dock Lusk . 98
Elmer McLean . 71
The mayor Is entering upon his
fourth consecutlvo term as head of the
town government, and each of the al
dermen have served two or more terms.
The election was very quiet, with
candidates and friends working
throughout the day.
Kitmey’* Resignation
Accepted By Board as
Transylvania Attorney
Pat Kimzey, for the past three years
county attorney, tendered his resigna
tion to the board of commissioners Mon
day, stating that his duties as member
of the State Industrial Commission
would take him from the county.
Mr. Kimzey thanked the commission
ers for their co-operation during his
tenure of office, and stated In his let
ter of resignation that one of his chief
regrets In leaving Brevard was the fact
that he would no longer be associated
officially with the commissioners.
The following resolution was passed
by the board in accepting the county
attorney’s resignation:
The board of commissioners of Tran
sylvania county in regular sesclon,
Monday, May 1, 1939, accepts with pro
found regrets the resignation of Pat
Kimzey as county attorney.
The board feels proud of the dis
tinction and honor given to a Transyl
vania county citizen, and especially Its
attorney in the appointment by the
Governor of Mr. Kimzey to the North
Carolina Industrial Commission, and
agrees with His Excellency that he has
made the best appointment possible
for the post.
In accepting the resignation of Mr.
Kimzey as county attorney, the board
of commissioners does hereby authorize
and order this resolution placed on the
permanent records of its meetings, and
hopes that Mr, Klmzey’s service to the
State of North Carolina will be as satis
factory. as efficient and as congenial
to this body as they have been during
his three years as county attorney.
During the time Mr. Kimzey has
served as county attorney, the county's
debt has been refinanced, and other im
provements made in the financial sta tus
of the county.
The board did not name a successor
to the county attorney’s office at the
meeting, and this matter will probably
come up at the next session.
Kiwanis-Liona Meet
Brevard Klwanls club meets Thursday
at 12:16 and the Brevard Dions meet
Thursday evening, at the England
Home on West Main street. Each of
the clubs are entertaining several visi
tors at their bi-weekly meeting, held
first and third Thursdays.
TWO PROGRAMS FOR
MUSIC WEEK HERE
Concert and Community Sing
Sunday Eve — Operetta
at College Friday ,
National Music Week, May 7 to IS,
will be observed by the Brevard Music
Lovers’ club by giving two separate
programs, a sacred concert and an
operetta.
The sacred concert and community
singing will be held at the Methodist
church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
An Invitation has been extended to all
denominations to attend and cooperate
in the hymn singing feature of the
program.
The following program will bo ren
dered by the club: Prelude, Selected,
Mrs. Leon English, Jr.; Invocation:
hymn. "Softly~Now the Light of Day:"
solo, "Saviour Breathe an Evening
Blessing,” Oley Speaks, Rev. C. M.
Jones: hymn, "He Leadeth Me,” duet.
“I Waited for the Lord,” Mendelssohn.
Mrs. A. H. Kizcr, Mrs. Nat Townsend;
hymn, "In the Hour of Trial;’’ offer
tory; solo, "Abide With Me.” Shelley.
Mrs. H. R. Bobst: hymn, "Rock of
Ages;” quartet, "Now the Day Is
Over,” Miss Della Shore, Miss Harriet
Klllough, Rev. C. M. Jones, Bunyan
Andrew: hymn, "Lead on Oh King
Eternal;” solo, "Nature’s Adoration,”
Beethoven, Randolph Myers; hymn,
"America the Beautiful;” benediction;
Amen, choir. i
The second observance by the club
at the end of the week will be the pre
sentation of an operetta, "Pickles,’’ at
the Brevard college auditorium Friday
evening, May 12, at 8 o’clock.
The sacred concert Sunday evening
is open to the public, but a small ad
mission will be charged for the operetta.