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j C°“"Z J A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
VOL. 49: NO. 20 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAVIS. 1939 $I.O?PERYEARWraANSV^^iA COUNTY
HOSPITAL GIFT DAY
SET FOR TUESDAY
Local Institution Will Hold
"Open House"—Friends
Give Donations
Hospital day will bo observed at Ry
day Memorial hospital Tuesday after
noon from 8:30 to 5:30 o'clock, with a
reception and supplies donations. The
event, sponsored by the Women's Civic
club, Is open to the public.
In the receiving line with the club
reception committee will l»e the hospital
board of trustees and tholr wives, the
doctors and nurses. An opportunity
will be given to Inspect the hospital
and equipment.
The following needed hospital sup
plies, listed In order of Importance, will
be greatly appreciated by the staff:
Kitchen utensils, cups and saucers,
bed spreads (single), sheets, pillow
cases, small dishes, tray cloths, towels.
Mrs. E. R. Pendleton, general chair
man, will be assisted In the hospital
day observance by the following com
mittees:
Reception, Mrs. A. H. llnrris; decora
tion, Mrs. Roy txmg, chairman, Mrs. T.
H. Shipman, Mrs. J. R. Jones: receiv
ing donations, Mrs. J. D. Plckelslmer,
chairman, Mrs. David Ward, Mrs. Fred
Miller; display gifts, Mrs. A. R. Gil
lespie, chairman, Mrs. Coleman Gallo
way, Mrs. D. L. English: refreshments,
Mrs. A. B. Galloway, chairman, Mrs.
Fred Zachary, Mrs. Ralph Fisher: serv.
Ing, Mrs. Ashe Marfle, Mrs. Ernest
Watkins, Mrs. Rangdon English: regis
tration, Mrs. Beulah Zachary, Mrs.
Ralph Zachary: publicity, Miss Alma
Trowbridge, chairman, Mrs. J. C. Wlke,
Mrs. O. li. Envln, Miss Rose Shipman,
Mrs. Frank Jenkins, Miss Luclle Smith.
LHtl« River Grange
Regular meeting of the Lltle River
Orange, scheduled to meet Monday
night, has been cancelled, announce
ment has been made. The change In
schedule for this meeting Is made be
cause of the absence of some of the
members and because of the B, T. U.
study course which will be In progress
at the church at that time.
Services at Depot
The Rev. Herman A. Phillips, of
Greenville, 8. C., will conduct religious
services In the Jenkins store building
on West Whitmire street Saturday and
Sunday evenings. The publlo Is Invit
ed to attend both services.
Lions Club Ladies To
Be Entertained Here
Msmbers of the Brevard Lions Club
and their ladles will hold their annual
"Ladles Night" program In the din
ing hall of Brevard College on Thurs
day evening of this week.
The program will begin at 7 o'clock,
with the Rev, E. P. Billups, an chair
man for the evening. Music, and othor
entertaining features will make up the
evening.
Leon Walker, past president of the
Charlotte Lions club, will be principal
speaker.
Dinner will be served by girls of the
home economics department of the
college.
Square Dance ThuraSday
Patrons and patronesnes for the
weekly square dance at the NYA hut
Thursday evening will be Mr, and Mrs.
William Huber and Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Boys. Speedy Jones will call the
figures.
Recreation Group To
Hold Convention at
Illahee, May 21-26
A conference of the workers of the
recreational setup of the WPA will be
held at Camp Illahee for five days, be
ginning Sunday aftornoon and con
tinuing through Friday.
Local, district and state workers and
officials will attend the conference
here which will be for study and recrea
tion. Mrs. Arah Hamlin Is area super
visor of the recreation program for
this vicinity.
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To Train Worker* at Ecusta Paper Corporation Plant
Above photo shows a group of
cigarette paper experts and technic
ians who arrived at Plsgah Forest
Friday from Troyes, France, to as
sume their duties of Instructors In
the Ecusta Paper corporation's new
plant which will soon be In operation.
The group Is stopping at the Pat
ton Home near Ecusta, and are all
seemingly well pleased with the new
country and the new plant In which
they will act as Instructors to train
workers. _
In the picture, reading from left
to right, front row—P, Perron, Mrs.
P. Ducas. Mrs. C. Lebrun, Mrs. Mar
ius Cartel, Marius Cartel, P. tiros,
and Rene Bollore; second row, left to
right—A. Mlguet, C. Iiebrun, R. Le
noir, C. Vlolle, A, Lenoir, and P.
Ducas.
Mr. Bollore, Mr. and Mrs. Cartel
are stopping at the Walnut Inn, Bre
vard. Mr. Bollore Is head of the
Papetrles Rene Bollore In France, and
also a director In the Ecusta corpora
tion. He has been here for several
flays on this trip, and has also been
here several months ago. He expect*
to return to Prance this summer, but
will return In September, when he
will bring Mrs, Hollore here for a
visit,
Mr, Hollore said Tuesday that he
was well pleased with the new plant
here, and the community.
Construction of the plant has been
going on for nearly a year, and Is
now nearing completion In all depart
ments. President Harry H. Straus
who Is spending most of his time at
the plant, said Tuesday that within
a few weeks he hoped to have mach
inery going.
Mr. Straus plans to make Brevard
his home, and expects to erect a
home here In the near future.
When In operation, Ecusta will
manufacture fine cigarette paper
which will be used by most of the
large cigarette manufacturers In
America. Much of the patfef will
be used by North Carollnla plants.
Heretofore, most of the fine cigarette
paper has been Imported.
LARGE THRONG HEAR
RAMSEY AK. OF C.
Brevard Booster Meet Wednes
day Evening Attended By
More Than ISO
Annual Chamber of Commerce meet
ing was being held In Brovard Wednes
day evening as The Times went to
press, with an attendance of better
than 160 people.
D. Hlden Ramsey, general manager
of The Asheville Citizen-Times, was
scheduled to speak following the ban
quet served by the NYA girls of Bre
vard. The event was held In the NY A
hut at the high school, with Don Jen
kins, president of the Chamber of Com
merce. presiding.
Other speakers to appear briefly on
tbs program Included Ralph H, Ram
sey, vice president of the Chamber of
Commerce; Mayor A. II. Harris; and
Harry H. Straus, president of Ecusta
Paper Corporation.
Houston Furniture In
New Main St. Home
Houston Furniture company has
leased the Tinsley Building next to
Transylvania Trust company and is
now occupying same.
Both downstairs showrooms have
been combined, with fronts of the two
remodeled, and show windows added.
Whiteway Dry Cleaning company, for
mer occupant of one of the rooms has
moved to the Clayton building, No
statement has been made by owners
of the Wellt building as to probable
occupant.
Cedar Mtn. Student
Graduate of Furman
GREENVILLE, 8. C„ May 17—Cor
nelius Winston Hllemon, of Cedar
Mountain N. C„ will be graduated from
Furman University with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts at the regular com
mencement exercises May 29, according
to Dean R. N. Daniel.
Ninety-one men will be graduated
by Furman and elghty-nlne will bs
graduated' from the Woman’s college
of Furman.
Mr. Hllemon, during bis stay at Fur
man, has been active In extra-curri
cular activities on the campus,
Services at Little River
The Rev. Lawrence Erwin, of North
Greenville Academy, will preach at
the Little River church Sunday night.
Miss Emma Sue Gray will speak at
the B. Y. P. U. service, at which there
will also oe special music.
Mark Wollner Concert
In Brevard May 25th
Mark Wollner, noted concert violin
1st, will appear In concert at the Bre
vard high school auditorium Thursday
evening, May 25, at 8:15 o'clock, an
nouncement has been made by his man
ager, Mrs. Carolyn Thrash Dorsett, of
Asheville.
The program on this occasion will
be the same as that rendered by Mr,
Wollner at the World’s Fair In New
York City last week. He Is said to
respond to all encores, two numbers
of which will Include, "Russian Dark
Eyes,” and an old negro spiritual, "No.
body Knows the Trouble I See,"
This wtil be Mr. Wollner’s third con
cert before a Brevard audience, which
he has heretofore felt was particularly
appreciative of his musical talent.
Flame Azalea Gardens
Open For Inspection
Manger John B. Fortin announces
today that the Forest Service will
open the Davidson River Road on week
ends to tourists who are Interested in
seeing the flame azalea In bloom. The
scenic route as outlined by the U. S.
Forest Service Includes the drive up
the French Broad River from Rosinan
to Balsam Grove. At Balsam Grove
tourists should take a right turn to
the Davidson River road and drive to
the Daniel Ridge road, a distance of
approximately nine miles. The Daniel
Ridge road leads to the Davidson River
Trout Rearing Station where seventy
thousand brook, brown, and rainbow
trout are being reared by the Bureau
of Fisheries.
Returning to the Davidson River
road, a short drive takes the motorist
to the John Rock CCC Camp. This
camp Is rated as excellent and visi
tors arc welcome to Inspect the camp.
The school room and work shops are
really of Interest and Lt. Batson, Com
manding Officer, or Educational Advls.
er Whitaker will be glad to show you
through the buildings.
From the camp, tourists are recom
mended to take the Headwaters road
around Looklngglass Rock, Here the
azalea bloom In profusion and the
orange and red of these blossoms mingle
with the new green foliage of spring.
Vistas opened up along this road af
ford views of that majestic mass of
solid granffiT Looklngglass Rock.
The Headwaters Road ends In the
Pink Beds and connects up to highway
No, 284, Tourists have a cholco of
taking No. 284 to Mt. Plsgah, camping
at the Pink Beds Campground, or re
turning to Brevard by way of high
way No. 284. However, as the surfacing
of tills road has not been entirely fin
ished the tourist may prefer to return
by way of the Headwaters Road. In
formation on this highway can be ob
tained by telephoning the Ranger's of
fice at Plsgah Forest or G. G. Page,
the Resident Engineer.
The flame azalea belongs to the
rhododendron group of plants which Is
so popular In this region. This entire
group Is In the Heath Family or Erica
ceae and as other species of the family
come Into the flower, the U. S. Forest
Service will announce the dates and
advise tours over areas where these
flowers can be seen,
WILLIAM W. HUBER
Assistant Ranger.
HEALTH BOARD WILL
DISCUSS QUARANTINE
Group Will Meet Thursday To
Consider Steps To Combat
Possible Infection
Meeting of the_Transylvar>la county
board of health ha* been called for
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at which
time the matter of quarantine or pre
ventlve steps to counteract any pos
sible danger from the Infantile paraly
sis epidemic now said to be In lower
South Carolina.
Dr. G. B. Lynch said Wednesday af
ternoon that there was not a case of
"polio" In the county or In Western
North Carolina that he knew of, but
that In his opinion some sort of a
quarantine should be set up to pre
vent any possible danger of Infection
from the Infected areas.
In the Charleston, B. C„ area in
fantile paralysis has reached a near
epidemic state, and Dr. Lynch, as
county health officer, makes request
that any children under 15 years of
age who are known to come Into the
oounty from that section be reported to
bis office at once.
Speaks Here rnday
DR. KENNER 0. FRAZER, of the
university of North Carolina, toil!
speak at the 'Brevard Methodist
church Friday evening of this week
at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Frazer, who in executive secre
tary of the Southern Council on In
ternational Relations, will speak on
the topic—"Democracy In a Crisis.” He
Is coming to Brevard under auspices
of the Civic Club. I
Dr. Frazer ts Professor of Political
Science, University of North Carolina;
pres'dent, Southern Political Science
Association. He waj educated at Uni
versity of North Carolina, Johns Hop
kins University and Institute of In
ternational Relations, Geneva, Switz
erland. Ho was Carnegie Fellow In In
ternational Law at Geneva In 1931, and
an observer at the World Conference on
World Limitation of Armaments, Ge
neva, 1932. He la a recognized author.
Ity on International law, International
organization and administration, and
foreign 'affairs generally, especially
European affairs.
The Council on International Rela
tions has ten separate state-wide organ
izations with their own Indigenous
programs. Its activities follow four
principal lines: 1, dissemination of In
formation; 2, cooperation with civic,
religious, educational, economic organ
izations; 8, cooperation with the relig
ious and secular press and radio sta
tions; 4, conduct of study forums, In
stitutes, and maintenance of a speak
ers’ bureau. Dr. Frank P. Graham Is
president of the Council; Dr. Francis
P. Gaines, Washington and Lee Uni
versity, Is vice president.
A general Invitation to the public
to hear Dr. Frazer Is extended by Mrs.
O. H. Orr, chairman of the Civic club.
Special music will be rendered prior
to the speech. There will be no ad
mission charge. A sliver offering will
be taken at the door.
American Legion Meet
All ex-service men of the community
are Invited to meet with the American
Legion at 8 o’clock Friday evening In
the court house.
“SkatingMeet”WilI
Be Held Friday Night
All young people Interested In skat
ing, or riding bicycles In the town of
Brevard, are requested to meet with
Mayor A. H. Harris at the City Hall on
Friday evening of this week at 7:80
o'clock.
Mayor Harris states that he wishes
to talk with the young people about
where and when skating may be en
Joyed, and about regulations for rid
ing bicycles.
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STARTSSEPTEMBER
Plans Being Drawn For New
Federal Building For
This Community
Construction work Is expected to start
on Brevard’s new poetofflce not later
than September 1 of this rear, accord
ing to advice received here this -reek
from Congresrman Zeb Weaver.
Mr. Weaver said In a letter written
May 10 that he had conferred with
members of the Procurement Division
of the Postoffice Department, and that
work Is now going forward on blue
prints for the building, and that the
expressed opinion of that department
was that work would start within three
months.
Purchase of the building site was
completed ten days ago.
Variety Show Planned
For Tuesday Evening
"Hill Billy Jamboree" will be given at
the NYA hut here next Tuesday even
ing, May 23, when prizes will be award
ed for the best costumes, and other
participants In the show, and an all
home talent entertainment given.
“Fashion Parade of the Gay 90’s,”
'the "Cake Walk," and music, and other
features are being planned for the
evening, and any person present Is en
titled to enter the events.
Beginning at 8:80, the show will last
•for an hour and a half. A small ad
mission will be charged, benefits to go
to ladles of St. Philips Guild. Mrs. H.
N. Carrier, Mrs. Leland Rogers, and
Miss Lilly Holcombe are In charge.
Book* at UDC Library
Books shelved recently at the U. D.
C. library have been listed by the
librarian, Miss Annie Jean Gash.
The following books, among which
are several Juveniles, are ready for
rental: Darrell of the Blessed Isles,
Bacteller; Martha by the Day, and
Making Over Martha, Llppman; and
Juvenile books, Through the Looking
Glass, Carroll; Three Bears, Wads
worth and Calico Pup.
Local Musician Gave
Greenville Program
A. M. White Jr., an instructor In
the music department of Furman Uni
versity and doing graduate work In the
university, appeared In recital In a full
length program at North Greenville
high school Friday evening.
The following program was rendered
In four parts: I. Organ prelude and
Fugue In D major, by Bach-Busonl;
II, Sonata Opus 90, Beethoven; III,
Etude Opus 25_JNo. 9, Chopin, Etude
Opus 25 No. 7, Chopin, Etude Opus 25
No. 8, Chopin, Ballade F. Major A.
minor, Chopin; IV, Funerallles, Liszt.
On Saturday evening Mr. White gave
a concert at Black Mountain College,
together with Harold Simmons, of
Greenville, baritone.
Rosman Square Dance
A square dance will be given at the
Rosman community building Friday
night, May 19* announcement has been
made by D. L. Glazener. The event
1s for the benefit of the Woodmen of
the World and the Woodmen Circle.
Randolph string band win furnish
the music.
The recent dance held In the com
munity building for benefit of the
Woodmen proved highly successful and
enjoyable.
SPRING FLOWERS TO
BESHOWNSATURDAY
Annual Event One of Color and
Interest To CulturlsU
of Plantings
Brevard's annual spring flower show,
sponsored by the Garden club, will be
held at the NYA hut Saturday after
noon and evening, from Z o’clock to 10
o’clock.
It Is requested by the committee In
charge that all entries bo brought to
the hut not later than 11 o’clock Sat
urday morning. In order that the
Judging may begin at noon. The doors
will be open at 9 o’clock for entries,
The classification for the flower
show appears on the edltoiiftl page of
this paper.
It Is expected by those In charge
that a large number of persons will
exhibit In the various classes of spring
flowers, and that this year’s show will
equal If not surpass those of previous
years.
Mr*. M. G. Pangle Is chairman of
the flower show, assisted by the fol
lowing members; Mrs. C. 13. Buckner,
Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, Mrs Donald Jen
kins, Mrs. H. J. Bradley, Miss Myra
Blnford, Mrs. Fred Holt, Mrs. Pat
Klmr-ey, Mrs, Itoy I,ong and Mrs.
Ernest Boys.
Singing Convention
In Henderson Sunday
HENDERSONVILLE, May 17—The
W .tern Carolina flinging convention
will be held In the high school audi
torium and In the gymnasium on Sun
day, May 21, beginning at 10 a. m. and
continuing throughout the day.
James Qllllam, president of the as
sociation, announced that several of the
South's outstanding singers and sing
ing groups have promised to attend
this meeting. Mr. Qllllam stated that
this convention promises to be the best
ever held here.
He also asked that all singers who
wish to render special music on the
program and who have not register
ed, do so at once In order that the
chairman may be able to arrange the
program for the day.
NY A Exhibits Will Be
Shown at State Capital
Transylvania NYA student.' sent
samples of their work to Raleigh Tues
dny where they will be entered In the
state exhibit which opens then- Fri
day of this week.
In addition to the hand work which
F. H. Holden, supervisor, carried, de
tailed chart showing operation for the
pout year of the Brevard school lunch
room was prepared and uent In by Kiss
Willie Kate Waters and Miss Elizabeth
McCoy. |;aB fl H
College Graduation
Exercises Start May 28
Plans are being completed for the
graduation exercises at Brevard Col
lege, which will begin on Sunday, May
28 with the baccalaureate sermon.
Final exercises will be held on Tues
day. May 29, at which time diplomas
will be awarded to the large class of
graduates.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Bin Fox,
W. E. Bishop, Avery Moore, Thomas
Sllveris Y. Q. Leriaa,
Buck Barden Heads
Student Body at B.C.
Student elections were held the past
week at Brevard College In which the
president, vice president, and secretary
treasurer of the student body were
elected, along with them were elected
the editor and other officers of the
Pertelote and Clarion.
The officers are Buck Barden, of
Wilmington, president; Oliver Orr, Bre
vard, vice president; Elizabeth Parrish,
Walkertown, secretarv-treasurer, Bill
Jenkins, of Durham, was elected edltor
In-chlef of the Pertelote, Jhe annual
publication of the student body. Lenore
Matthews, of New Orleans, La., was
elected editor of the Clarion, weekly
college newspaper.
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Enon Cemetery Cleaning
Enon church folks wish to announce
this coming Friday as work day on
Enon cemetery and church grounds.
Some work was done last Friday In
plowing and seeding the church yard.
But a great deal of work needs to be
done on the cemetery and everybody
Interested Is asked to come for work
this Friday.
Miss Galloway Heads
WCTC Education Club
Miss Thelma Galloway, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Galloway, of Ros
man, a senior at Western Carolina
Teachers College, Cullowhee, presided
over a recent meeting of the Associa
tion for Childhood Education, of which
organization she was president during
the spring quarter.
Miss Galloway Is a member of the
college Alpha Phi Sigma sorority,
Science club, and was a delegate to the
Atlanta convention of the educational
chapter club. She will teach first grafts
at Rosman primary school next year.
Miss Lou Belle Boyd, of Waynesvllle,
a former Brevard College student was
elected president, succeeding mss Gal
loway.
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