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■ .. ~ BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939 <1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
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CHAMBER COMMERCE
DEALS WITH MANY
MATTERS AT SESSION
Office Opened In City Hall—
Meetings Be Held Twice
Each Month
Golf course, entertainment, Indus
trial survey, and other matters were
discussed by the Chamber of Commerce
at Its meeting last Friday evening,
with 16 directors and several members
present
Membership committee report show
ed that the public In general Is respond
ing fine to the canvass, and while the
committee members are working “be
tween times," on contacting people, the
response Is very gratifying.
Need for more specific industrial aaia
on sections of the county was present
ed by the secretary, upon request of
two engineering concerns that are In
terested In trying to bring manufactur
ing groups to this section, and plans
were made to go ahead with this sur
vey, using the survey made several
years ago as a basis, and bringing the
data up to date, along with securing
of prices on probable properties.
Sunday. movies w<*-e discussed, and
the directors voted to Indorse the step
taken by the Clemson Theatre In show
ing Sunday pictures. One dissenting
vote on Jhls move was recorded, with
two members not voting.
Services of an experience* person to
be In charge of entertainment for visi
tors here this summer was discussed
at length and a committee appointed to
check Into the matter further.
Meetings of the Chamber of Commerce
will be held each first and third Fri
day evenings, during the summer, It
was voted, and all people of the com
munity have standing invitation to at
tend these meetings and take part In
making such plans as may be brought
up for public good.
The office has been opened for the
summer in the city hall, with Mrs.
Ralph Fisher as all-time secretary, and
Inquiries or Information pertinent to
the information bureau should be sent
there. The telephone number Is 14.
Miss Powell Given
College Internship
GREENSBORO—Miss Virginia Mae
Powell, daughter of L. E. Powell,
of Brevard, was one of the 382 grad
uates of Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at the 4?th
annual commencement. June 2-5.
Miss Powell has been a member of
th Adelphlan society; Education club;
Home Economics club; and the Square
Dance club. She received a Bachelor
of Science degree In Home Economics.
In recognition of the work done by
Miss Powell in home economics, she
has been appointed to internship as
dietitian at the University Hospital,
Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio.
BUSK MEN"WILL
RIDE DONKEYS TODAY
Fancy Baseball Game Under
Floodlights On Brevard
High Field
Donkeys and would-be baseball fans
will mix on the high school field Thurs
day evening, when the Lions club and
W. O. \V. teams play ball.
Flood-lights have been placed on the
field, the donkeys have been well fed.
and the men are practicing saying
"Come up!” and “Whoa!” in anticipa
tion of doing their best for the home
squad.
Twelve Diamond T. ranch donkeys
will be used in the game. Including
such well-known monlkered animals as
Mae West, Madam Queen. Popeye, Dll
llnger, Andy Gump, etc.
Two previous games played here have
proven to be successful In the matter of
attendance, and proceeds from tonight's
game will be used for the Boy Scout
Building fund.
Lineups ns announced for the two
outfits Include—Lions, Charles Moore,
Donald Moore, John Chrlstenburv, J. T.
Ayres, John Smith, Rev. E. P. Bil
lups, Joe S. Tinsley, Harold Kilpatrick,
J. H. Tinsley, Ashe Macfie, Jack Tran
tham, Grady Brittain; Woodmen. Dr.
C. J. Goodwin, Melvin Gillespie, Robert
Raines, William Raines, Albert Shuford.
Jimmy Rogers, Dean Whitlock, Ralph
Brown, John Dickson, William Case.
Vance Jackson, Valry Carter, Thos.
Cooper, Harry Stroud, Roy Wolfe. Leon,
ard Bonnell, David Barton.
St. Phillips Services
Harold V. Smedberg, lay leader of St.
Phillip's Episcopal church, will have
charge of the 11 o’clock service Sun
day morning, In absence of the rector,
the Rev. Harry Perry, who is at Myrtle
Beach on two weeks’ vacation.
Mrs. Glazener Named
Officer of Auxiliary
Mrs. W. D. Glaaener of Brevard was
elected vice president of the Smoky
Mountain Rural Letter Carriers auxi
liary at Sylva last week. _
Plans were made to hold the next an
nual meeting of the carriers and the
carriers auxiliary in Franklin next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Glaiener left the conven
tion for a motor trip through Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Virginia and other
states. < I
Presidential Timber
JOHN NANCE GARNER, vice
president, announced Saturday
through his close friends and poli
tical advisers that he was definitely
in the race for Democratic nominee
for president, regardless of wheth
er President Franklin D. Roosevelt
runs or not.
Masons To See Play
Here Friday Evening
Members of Dunn's Rock lodge will
be entertained Friday night at 8 o'clock
In the lodge hall on Broad street by
several members of John A. Nichols
lodge of Asheville, who will present a
Masonic play for Masons only, en
titled "A Rose Upon The Altar.”
Roy F. Ebbs, Past Grand Master of
North Carolina, and S. M. Martin, Grand
Master of South Carolina, will attend
the meeting.
Invitations have been sent to all ad
joining lodges extending the visiting
Masons a cordial Invitation.
At conclusion of the play, refresh
ments will be served.
Florida Boy Scouts
Camping at Connestee
Boy Scouts of the Dade County Coun
cil of Florida are encamped at Camp
Connestee Cove for a month, arriving
here last Sunday.
Sixty-one Scouters and leaders are
in the camp, and along with the sum
mer vacation which Is offered each
year to leading troop members In the
Dade County council, study and merit
badge work Is carried on at the camp.
Col. A. S. MacFarlane, of Miami, Is
in charge of the camp, assisted by the
following leaders; Dr. J. K. Flanagan
of the Virginia state health department
as camp doctor; Hugh Flnnnagan of
Miller School, Va„ head counsellor;
John Spencer, St. Augustine, canoeist;
John Allison. Miami, riflery; Ed Mal
lory. Miami, horsemanship; Mrs. R. A.
Scott, Miami, camp mother; Ben Ben
field, Ft. Lauderdale, crafts; Ben
Thacker, campfire programs; J. P.
Caldwell, crafts; W. C. Watson Jr.,
waterfront; Randolph Hanson, com
missary, Alex Steinberg, athletics; Fred
Sutton, archery.
The campers have already started on
their studies In woodcraft, trail mak
ing, botany, water activities, and other
merit badge work, and the camp was In
order and ship-shape within a short
while after the campers arrived.
Trips to points of interest in Western
Carolina, overnight hikes, and other
recreation will be enjoyed during the
four weeks.
Layman’s Day Sunday
At Methodist Church
Layman’s day will be observed at
the Methodist church at the regular
11 o’clock worship hour Sunday morn
ing. This is an annual observance of
the Methodist denomination.
C. H. Trowbridge, charge lay leader,
will preside over the service. Harry
Sellers. Jack Trantham and Mrs. J. P.
Zachary will assist on the program,
telling of different phases of laymen’s
activities. Special music will also be
a feature of the service.
Art School Cancelled
Summer session of the art school of
William H. Oliver has been cancelled
due to the Illness of Mr. Oliver, who
is under treatment at Oteen hospital,
announcement has been made.
Transylvania Native
Winning* Recognition
In Research Field
Whitmire Research Corporation of
St. Louis, Mo„ has announced the leas
ing of" a new three-story bul.dlng to
carry on their research work, according
to marked copy of the St. Louis Star
Times received here.
Homer E. Whitmire, former Transyl
vanian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan
Whitmire of the Cherryfield section,
Is head chemist, and general manager
of the corporation.
Of general Interest, also, Is the fact
that the United States government has
put Its stamp of approval on work the
research laboratory haB been doing, and
also on the rotenone Insect spray which
Is manufactured by the corporation.
Chemists had tried for years to per
fect an Insect spray which would be
both deadly to Insects but harmless to
humans, and perfecting of this process
has been one of the crowning achieve
ments of the former Transylvania man.
New home of the Whitmire corpora
tion has a total floor space of 20,000
square feet
Industrial Survey Be
Made By Committee
Chamber Commerce
Request for specific and comprehen
sive Industrial survey In Transylvania
county has been made to the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, and the indus
trial committee has started work of
checking possible sites for larger In
dustries In the county.
Two prominent engineering concerns,
which already have much data on this
section, secured over a period of sev
eral years, have specifically asked for
further briefs to be prepared on East
Fork, Cathey's Creek and Little River.
The survey asked for Includes lay of
land suitable for Industrial sites, dis
tance from railways, highways, volume
of water to be secured from the three
streams mentioned, and probable cost
of lands in the Immediate vicinities.
The Industrial committee of the
Chamber of Commerce plans to con
tact people In the three particular sec
tions as soon as possible, and also to
make surveys In other communities.
Results of these tentative surveys tflll
be furnished engineers, along with
prices agreed upon by land owners In
case such sites are selected by Indus
tries.
Any options secured by the Chamber
of Commerce committee will be taken
In the name of some Individual desig
nated by the Industrial committee, and
will be used only for the purposes as
expressed In the request for data, and
any actual Instrument surveys will be
made by engineers from the two con
cerns seeking the data, thus cutting
costs of making the surveys to a very
nominal figure.
The committee plans to pay only the
minimum sum of one dollar for each
option or agreement to sell, and the
Chamber of Commerce will only be
put to this cash outlay.
Bill Stroup Named
Canton Police Chief
W. N (Bill) Stroup, former chief
of police at Rosman was named chief
of the Canton police force Monday
night, succeeding W. N. Brenton.
Chief Stroup was In charge of the
police department at Rosman for sev
eral years prior to accepting the Can
ton post two years ago, and has been
desk sergeant, patrolman, and served
In other capacities since going to Can
ton.
Richard Grimshawe Is
Graduate of LJ. of S.C.
Richard Grimshawe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D, T. Grimshawe of Brevard,
graduated this week from the Uni
versity of South Carolina where he has
majored In chemistry.
The Brevard young man was one of
only a few In his class who made grades
sufficiently high to be allowed to grad
uate without taking the term examina
tions.
Red Cross Secretary
Group To Meet Here
In Three-Day Session
Thirty or more executive secretaries
of the American Red Cross will hold
their annual meeting at the Franklin
hotel here on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of next week.
Secretaries from North and South
Carolina will be present for the meet
ing ,and Wm. Carl Hunt, of Washing
ton, adviser head of the southeastern
district will be leader of the training
school work.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis Thompson, of
Washington, D. C., In charge of pub
licity, will be present, as will several |
other prominent national figures In the '
Red Cross Work.
Transylvania Health
Winners Place Second
At District Meeting
Frances Walker and George Simpson,
Jr., placed second In the girls and boys
classes, respectively at the district con
test In Asheville last week to pick the
most healthy girl and boy In 4-H club
work.
Due to the fact that regulations call
ed for each child entering to be 14
years or over, _the two Brevard entries
were eliminated In competing for first
places.
Juanita Ashe of Swain county, won
first place In the girls class, and How
ard Stout of Avery county won first In
the boys class.
Mrs. Wilson Opening
Real Estate Offices
Mrs. W. A. Wilson has opened a real
estate and Insurance office in the Clay
ton building, 116 West Main Street.
General agency will be operated for
fire and general Insurance as well as
the handling of real estate transactions.
Mrs. Wilson was connected for a num
ber of years with the office of the late
Judson McCrary.
Square Dance Friday
By Fisher’s Musicians
Fisher’s string band will play for a
square dance to be given at the Rosman
Community building Friday evening of
thlB week from 8:30 to 12, it Is an
nounced by Dan Glazener.
There will be no charge for this open
ing dance with the Fisher band, Mr.
Glazener said, and the general public
Is invited to attend.
Singing Meet Sunday
Upper district singing convention will
be hold at the Sellca church Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock, announcement has
been made. Protected parking grounds
will be provided for all cars.
THREEPRE-CAMPS
ARE OPENED E
Deerwoode, Transylvania, and
Sapphire Holding Early
Sessions Now .
Three pre-season camps are In ses
sion here through June, two of which
are for girls and one for both girls and
boys.
The pre-camp for girls opened at
Camp Deerwoode Sunday and will con
tinue In session for three weeks, clos
ing on June 25. Mr. and Mrs. George
Mason Swift. owners_and directors of
Camp Deerwoode, are directing the pre
camp In Its seventh year of operation.
The usual camp and waterfront ac
tivities will be engaged In durlDg the
session, assisted In supervision by a
competent staff of counselors.
Mary Gwyn camp la now In operation j
at Camp Transylvania for Its fifth con
secutive session here, under the direc
tion of Miss Mary Gwyn, of New York
City. The camp session will continue
through June. It Is co-educatlonal for
boys and girls of younger age than the
regular organized camp enrollment.
Around 15 counselors and instructors
comprise the staff.
A girls' pre-camp opened this week
at Camp Sapphire, which will continue
through this month, before opening of
the regular camp session In July. Mrs.
Bernard Fetzer, of Concord, and Mrs.
William Fetzer, of Brevard, are direc
tors, assisted by an able camp staff.
New Bathroom Tile Shown
New materials In bathroom tiling
Is being displayed at the Brevard
numbing company showroom on East
Main street.
Ex-President Visitor
HERBERT HOOVER, former presi
dent of the United States, was a
Western Carolina visitor over the
week-end, and while stopping at the
Fred L. Seely home in Asheville, in
vited several of his friends from
Brevard to call. Brevard callers,
however, said that the former presi
dent’s talk was not political, and for
a certainty was "off the record."
Rabbi Jacobs Will
Speak Here Sunday
Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs will be guest
preacher at the Brevard-Davtdson
River church next Sunday at eleven
o’clock.
Mr. Jacobs after receiving his liberal
arts education In this country contin
ued his education studying In Palestine
at the Hebrew University. He Is at
present serving the Jewish synagogue
In Asheville to which he was called
from Hoboken, N. J.
In the short time he has been in
Asheville Mr. Jacobs has made a place
for himself In the civic and public
life of the community. He has broad
cast from WWNC on religious pro
grams and has contributed to the Citi
zen Times articles on International
events.
A few weeks ago Mr. Jacobs address
ed the students of Brevard College and
It was generally agreed upon by the
students that his address was one of
the best of the year.
The subject of his sermon for Sun
day morning will be "Will Two Walk
Together.” There will be no plea for
funds for Jewish refugees or relief.
The object of his sermon is to present
to Christians the common elements In
the Jewlsh-Chrlstlan faiths.
Mrs. H. R. Bobst will sing "He Shall
Feed His Flock” from the Messiah by
Handel.
Visitors are cordially invited to this
service.
Stamp Club Meeting
Regular meeting of the Brevard
Stamp club, which was scheduled to
meet Thursday evening of this week,
has been postponed until Thursday
evening of next week at 8 o’clock. The
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. Rowena Summey, 309 Probart
street
Red Cross Aquatic School Opens 17th
Annual Session At Carolina Sunday
• Sixteenth annual session of the Na
tional Aquatic school of the American
National Red Cro3S will open Sunday
at Camp Carolina, and continue for ten
days.
The school has grown to such pro
portions that one session cannot care
for all the pupils who wish to attend,
and another school will open here on
August 24.
Ramone S. Eaton, Mrs. Eaton, and
several assistant directors and Instruc
tors arrived the first of this week for
opening of the school, and others are
expected to arrive today and through
the week. Bulk of the student body,
expected to pass the 200 mark, will ar
rive Saturday and Sunday.
Director Eaton said Wednesday that
local students would again be welcom
ed, and special price of $10 lor the en
tire course will he given. Mr. Eaton
requests that local applications be filed
as soon as possible.
A faculty composed of leaders In
first aid, safety, and water front ac
tivities from many sections'of Eastern
America will teach the various phases
of class work. The sessions will con
tinue through Wednesday, June 21st
Most of the faculty members are well
known here, having been In Brevard
for a number of summers. Complete
list of the faculty follows:
Ramone 8. Eaton, director; Dr. W. L.
Lacy, National Otaff, American Red
Cross; Dr. John M. McGehee, Cedar
town, (3a.; Harry A. Kenning, Nation
Director of Camp
RAJ'(ONE B. EATON, who arrived
hut week to make arrangements for
opening of the aguatio school of the
American Red Cross at Camp Caro
lina.
, al Staff, American Red Cross; Oliver
Allen, National Staff, American Red
Cross; Ellis Fysal, National Staff,
American Red Cross; Charles Mix, Na
tional Staff, American Red Cross; Mrs.
Fannie Mix, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Miss
Jo Woodard, Birmingham, Ala.; John
Broadway, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs.
June Clark Eaton, Washington, D. C.;
Mr. James MacMillan, Cocoa, Fla.;
Miss St. Clair Bulst, Charleston, S. C.;
Miss Dorothy Tolleson, Charlotte;
Frank Culvem, Charlotte; D. C. Dun
can, Bluei’ield, W. Va.
Dan McCarty, Fort Pierce, Fla.; La
Rue Osborne, Winter Haven, Fla.;
Brian McCarty, Fort Pierce, Fla.; A.
E. Gordon, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.;
Charles Merriam, U. of Penn., Phil;
Thomas Costello, Rollins College, Win
ter Park, Fla.; Earl Clark, Miami,
Fla.; Dan Sharp, Nashville, Tenn.; A.
J. Berres, Miami, Fla.; A. L. Taylor,
Florida Light & Power Co., Daytona
Beach, Hubert Plaster, Shelby, N. C.
Miss Evelyn Rawls and Miss Dor
othy Rawls, sisters of the famous
Katherine Rawls, will be students at
the school, coming here with their
trainer, Al Gordon who Is nearly as
well known as Ray Eaton himself,
Jimmy MacMillan or Harry Kenning
(the big noise).
First aid, life saving and water safety,
swimming, small craft operation, first
aid and accident prevention, along with
waterfront pageantry and other kin
dred courses will be given.
MRS. PATTON AND
RAMSEY APPOINTED
TO COUNTY POSTS
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Commissioners Request State
Take Over Roads Built
By CCC Enrollees
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., was named
county attorney at the meeting of the
board of commissioners here Monday.
Mr. Ramsey succeeds Pat Klmzey who
resigned to accept the post of State In.
dustrial Commissioner.
Mrs. C. T. Patton was re-named
superintendent of public welfare for a
term of two years at a Joint meeting
of the board of welfare and the com
missioners.
Upon petition presented by citizens
of several townships, the commissioners
made requests to the state highway
commission that roads In Little River,
Dunns Rock, Eastatoe and Hogback
townships be taken over and main
tained as a part of the county system.
These roads have been constructed by
the CCC workers and have put much
of the heretofore inaccessible territory
in the county close to good travel
arteries.
MGM Buys Movie
Rights To New Book
By Hamilton Basso
Movie rights to "Days Before Lent,”
the new novel by Hamilton Basso, have
been purchased by Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer corporation, It was learned here
yesterday.
Mr. Basso’s new book will be pub
lished July 31st of this year by Charles
Scribners Sons, and the fact that mo
tion-picture rights have been purchased
| In advance, bespeaks the general tn
j terest taken by the public in the new
novel by the Brevard author.
Legion Meet Changed
Change of meeting date for the
American Legion has been made to the
second Tuesday night of each month
instead of second and fourth Fridays.
Next meeting will be held June 13th at
the court house.
MANY CHILDREN ARE
STUDYING AT CHURCH
Baptist and Methodist Train
ing Classes In Bible To
Continue Two Weeks
Around 160 children are enrolled in
two vacation Bible schools which be
gan Monday morning for two weeks'
sessions, ono at the Baptist church and
one at the Methodist church
The Rev. Yancey C. Elliott, pastor
of the Baptist church, is director of
the Baptist school, assisted by Miss
Irene Dixon, of Kings Mountain, and
a number of teachers and workers in
the different departments,
One hundred and seventeen pupils
and workers are enrolled in the school,
which Is working toward the training
of Christian culture. The sessions are
j from 9 to 11:30 each morning.
Others assisting in the Bible school
|are: Mrs. Lester Martin, superinten
| dent beginners department, Mrs Ex
' cell Lothery, Mrs. Brock, Llnna Heath,
Elsie McJunkin, Edith Wright. Mrs.
Randal Lyday, Carrie McNeely, Betty
McCall: Miss Irene Dixon, superinten
dent primary department, Miss Annie
Lou Ellis, Mrs. Roy Jones, Nell Case,
Marie Galloway, Mary Price, Mary Alice
Hardin, Mrs. Gillespie: Mrs. Yancey
C. Elliott, superintendent junior de
partment, Mrs. Ackright, Lorene Payne,
Dorothy Gray, Mrs. Clyde McCrary,
Betty Massagee, Mary Jane Brown,
Susan Redden, Douglas Wyatt, Everett
Green.
Sixty children are enrolled at the
Methodist Bible school, of which the
pastor, the Rev. E. P., Billups is di
rector. The school is held from 9 to
11 o'clock each week-day morning.
Closing exercises will be held at the
church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
June 18.
Other teachers and workers in the
Bible school are: Mrs. J. F. Zachary
and Lillian Zachary, beginners depart
ment; Mrs. Fred Holt and Miss Helen
Galloway, primary department; Miss
Elolse Lewis, Mrs. Donald Jenkins and
Mildred Maxwell, Junior department.
Mrs. Billups assists with the music in
all of the departments.
Plans Being Made To
Hold Tonsil Clinic In
Brevard June 13-14thi
Plans are being completed by the
Transylvania county health board to
hold the annual tonsil clinic at the
Brevard grammar school on June 13-14.
Dr. W. E. Brackett, of Hendersonville
will be In charge of the operating room
which win be fitted up in the building,
and Miss Theodorla Find, district nurse,
and Mrs. Albert Chance, Transylvania
nurse, will be In charge of the patients
following operations.
Entire staff of the western district
health department will be here to assist
In the work. Dr. G. B. Lynch announc
ed, and around 30 tonsil operations
will be performed.
Parents who desire to send children
to the clinic are required to secure
entry blanks from their family phy
sicians, stating that the family is un
able to pay full price for the operation.
A minimum fee of $7.60 Is charged at
the health unit for the operation.