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BAPTISTS WILL USE 1
PIPE ORGAN FRI Y
Noted Musician Will Give Con
cert Here at Dedication
Of New Instrument
An organ dedication concert will be
given at the Brevard Baptist church
Friday evening at 8:15 o'clock by Mrs.
Lucile Mclnturff, organist, of Asheville.
The organ, which has been recently
purchased and Installed, was used for
the first time at the church services
the past Sunday.
Mrs. Mclnturff will be assisted on the
program by Aivin Moore. Brevard musi
cian, with vocal selections and an organ
and piano duo number. The concert
will Include a varied program of sacred
music, an Indian group, negro sketches
and other well known selections.
The organ was purchased by the Bap
tist church from the Paramount
theatre in Asheville which the manage,
ment desired to dispose of to make room
for An enlarged stage. The entire pur
chase price of the organ, paid for by
subscriptions and donations by mem
bers and friends of the church was
raised within four days after agreement
had been made with the owners for
purchase of tho organ.
The cash price for the organ, which
was secured at a great bargain, was
$700, and the installation charge was
$350, all of which has been paid with
the exception of $75.00 on the installa
* tion. which balance is expected to be
paid at an early date.
Outstanding credit has been given
by officials of the Baptist church and
other members to Ralph H. Ramsey,
chairman of the organ committee, for
the efficient and rapid manner In
which the transaction was accomplish
ed.
Mrs. Mclnturff, organist at the Para
mount theatre In the days of silent
motion pictures, has won In two radio
contests playing on this organ. She
Is giving her services for the dedication
concert here.
The following program will be ren
dered: Organ selections, group I; Song
of the Peasant, A Rendano; Andantlno,
Edwin H. Lemare: The Rosary, Ethel
bert Nevln. Group II, Indian group,
By the Waters of Minnetonka, Lleu
rance; Indian Love Call, Rudolf Frlml;
From the Land of the Sky Blue Water,
Cadman. Group III, vocal selections by
Mr. Moore, He Was Despised, Handel;
Thanks Be to God, Stanley Dickson.
Group IV, organ. Adagio Elegiaque,
Henri Wienlawskl; Andante Serloso,
Albert Ketelbey: Humoresque, Anton
Dvorak. Group V organ and piano duo.
Group VI, negro sketches. Deep River,
arranged by James R. Gillette; No
body Knows the Trouble I See, James
R. Gillette; Largo. Anton Dvorak.
Mrs. Dan Merrill, who has been pian
ist at the Baptist church for a number
of years, will continue as organist.
There will be no admission charge for
Friday evening's concert, but an offer
ing will be taken to help defray the re
maining cost of installation.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. Dan
English. Mrs. Carl Hartley and Infant
daughter, born Friday, June 16, Miss
Pearl Gash, Ed Watson, Roy Collins,
Bruce Whitmire. Katherine Blake,
Arthur Hefner.
P. O. Exams Will Be
Given For Vacancies
The United States Civil Service com
mission announces an open competitive
examination for the position of Substi
tute Clerk-Carrier, for filling vacancies
In the post office at Brevard.
Applications for this position must be
on file with the Manager, Fourth U.
S. Civil Service District, Washington,
D. C.. not later than July 1, 1939.
The examination Is being held to fill
a vacancy In the post office service.
Competitors will be required to re
port for written examination, which
will be held approximately 15 days
after the date set for .he close of re
ceipt of applications. Full information
and application blanks may be obtain
ed from the Secretary, Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners, post office,
Brevard, North Carolina.
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Lions Club President
J. E. SMITH tins elected president
of the Brevard Lions Club at the
meeting here last Thursday night.
The new president is manager of
Belle's Department store, and has
served as a member of the board of
directors of the civic group for the
past year. (Photo by Austin).
Other officers of the club elected
Thursday are: Rev. E. P. Billups, John
W. Smith, and Grady Brittain, vice
presidents; E. D. C. Brewer, secretary;
Harold Kilpatrick, treasurer; Jack
Trantham, tail twister; J. I. Ayres, lion
tamer; J. H. Tinsley, C. B. Scott,
Charles Moore, and J. B. Christenbury,
directors.
Donald L. Moore is retiring' presi
dent. Organized here less than a year
ago, the Brevard Club has a member
ship of 23, and is taking a very active
part in civic affairs. Meetings are held
each first and third Thursday even
ing, at the England Home on West
Main street.
Brevard Boy To Play
At Charlotte Saturday
Paul Jones, of Brevard, will be heard
In a piano number over radio station
WBT, Charlotte, Saturday morning be
tween 10 and 10:30 o’clock, when he
enters the final Carolines contest of
"Young America on the Air.”
Winner In the contest at Charlotte
Saturday, for performance in music
will be given a free trip to the New
York World’s Fair.
The Brevard pianist was winner at
Charlotte several months ago in a pro
gram sponsored by the Lions Club and
Norge refrigerator dealers, and was re
called to Charlotte to play for the Caro
llnas convention of Norge dealers later.
A student of Alvin Moore, Brevard
music teacher, young Mr. Jones was
co-valedictorian of the graduating class
at Brevard high school this spring, and
is regarded as a musician of promise.
Free Play at Brevard Golf
Course Sunday and Monday
Brevard Municipal Golf course
will be open to the public Sunday
and Monday, and all people of the
community are invited to play on
the course as guests of the club.
Crews of workmen have been
working hard for the past several
days, and the course is being put
in good shape for the regular open
ing on July first. However, resi
dents and visitors alike are invited
to play Sunday and Monday with
out charge, prior to formal open
ing.
Additional work on the greens
Davidson River Fish
Area Open Again For
July 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Ranger John Fortin announces today
that following the June 21, 22, ancl 23
opening of fishing on Davidson River
this stream will again be opened on
July 2, 3, and 4, as will the Big East
Fork of Pigeon River on the Sherwood
Cooperative Area.
To date, fishing on the Pisgah has
been very successful with all dates be
ing sold out, usually In advance, and
very little trouble taking place on the
st'eams. The average number of trout
caught per fishing day Is approximately
six. As soon as the figures are all com
piled, they will be announced In t he
Transylvania Times.
John W. Smith of Brevard caught
10 fish by 7 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, averaging 10 1-2 inches, and weigh
ing total of two pounds.
Permits will be sold at checking sta
tion for Friday’s fishing, June 23rd
on Davidson River. Other dates June
21-22 are sold out.
Legion Square Dance
At Rosman Friday Eve
Brevard post American Legion Is
sponsoring a square dance for Friday
evening of this week, to be given at the
Rosman Community building.
The dance will start at 9 o’clock and
win continue until one. Tickets are be.
lng sold by Legion members and others.
Proceeds will be used for the Legion
Hut which the local post plans to build
here for meeting place, and other acti
vities.
CELEBRATION HERE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
County Section* Are A»ked To
Join In Parade and Pro
gram On July 4th
Plans are underway by the recreation
group and the Women's Civic club for
a Fourth of July parade and celebiation
to be held here on the national holiday.
According to the present plans the
day’s program will Include a parade In
the morning of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
young children with wagons, ponies,
bicycles, floats by different firms and
organizations, children dressed In cos
tume to represent characters and other
wise. two bands provided by the federal
music project, and two softball games
for boys and girls in the afternoon.
The sponsors of the celebration have
asked the cooperation of the parents
In arranging for their children to take
part In the parade and the business
houses to decorate the'v places of bus
iness and also to provide floats and
decorate their cars for the parade. An
Invitation has also been extended to the
citizens of Rosman and other commun
ities In the county to take part in the
parade and the day's festivities.
Baptist Revival To
Begin August 18th
A revival will be held at the Baptist
church beginning August 18 and con
tinuing for 10 days, through August
2T, announcement has been made by the
pastor, the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott.
The Rev. W. Perry Crouch, of Ral
eigh, will do the preaching for the
special religious services.
Work Starts Today
On Park View Drive
In Residential Area
Heavy road machinery and a crew
of men will start Improving the street
through Park View Place in East Bre
vard, according to aanouncement made
Wednesday by the French Broad Land
company.
The new street to be Known as Park
View Drive will connect Park Avenue
and the Greenville Road, running
southeast from Park, and will open up
the residential section of the French
Broad Land company which has been
approved as a restricted area by the
Federal Housing Administration.
Plans call for a fifty foot street
through the property, and A. B. Bur
ton has contract for building the thor
oughfare.
Two houses have already been started
in Park View, and managers of the
development state that they plan lo
proceed at once with others.
Send in your Renewal—We
will appreciate it now.
and fairways will be done during
the coming week, and the course j
will probably be opened again the
last of next week for two or three
days free play.
Plans are going forward for start
ing the erection of a club house on
the property by the WPA and for
improving and rebuilding several
greens and fairways. Complete de
tails will be worked out this week
by the Recreation Board, the board
of aldermen, and WPA officials, so
that actual construction may start
July first.
Girl Scout Camp Now
In Session Near Here
Camp Cateechee, official camp for
Girl Scouts of the Greenville, Spartan
burg, Columbia and Charlotte councils,
opened at the camp site near Brevard
on Saturday for an eight-week session.
Miss Dorothy Donnell, Charlotte Girl
Scout director, is director of camp, and
Miss Martha Whitlock, of the Green
ville council, is assistant director.
Others assisting are a registered nurse,
trained dietitian, American Red Cross
life saving examiners and a staff of
counselors trained and experienced In
the Scout program and direction of
young girls.
The eight-week session will be divid
ed into four periods. The first period
is from June 17 to July 1; second per
iod, July 1-16; third period, July 15
July 29; fourth period, July 29-Aug
ust 12.
Tanners Will Meet
Beaconites Saturday
Beacon will play the Brevard Tan
ners on tho College Field Saturday
afternoon at 8:80, In the only game
scheduled here this week.
Last Saturday afternoon the local
crew defeated Biltmore by the wide
score of X3-1. Three pltohers were used
by the visitors in an endeavor to stop
the slubfest which continued however.
Griffin and Pittlllo for the Tanners
held the Biltmore outfit to five scat
tered hits.
The Brevard Spinners will play at
Saluda Batuiday afternoon in the Blue
Ridge loop. Last Saturday the Plsgah
outfit divided a double bill with Mills
River on the local high school diamond.
Camp Directors Are
Told of Restrictions
By Board of Health
To All Camps and
damp Directors:
At a meeting of the Transylvania
County Board of Health held Satur
day, June 17, 1939, the following rules
and regulations were made and adopt
ed, as applying to summer camps with
in the county:
1— That camps having children from
South Carolina and Georgia shall re
strict all children under sixteen years
of age to camp for a period of two
weeks.
2— That the director of each camp
shall require that certificates be
brought by these children from the
Health Officers r<f their respective
counties showing that the incidence of
poliomyelitis la not and has not been
above normal within the calendar year.
In the area from which they come, and
that these children have been In that
county two weeks prior to the time the
certificates were Issued.
G. B. Lynch. M. D.
Transylvania County
Health Officer.
June 19, 1939
Two New Resort Centers
Will Open First Of July
Two new resort centers, Cascade Lake
Inn, ard Robin Hood Inn, will open in
the county July first, adding material
ly to the tourist accommodations of
this section.
Robin Hood Inn is located on the
Greenville highway, six miles from Bre
vard—an eighth of a mile road leading
to the new hotel.
Cascade Lake Inn overlooks Cascade
Lake in the Upper Little River section,
and Is approximately nine miles from
Brevard.
Robin Hood On Lake Judion
The new Robin Hood will be operated
by Mrs. S. P. B. Snell of Clearwater,
Fla., and was built by Ted Snyder,
owner of the property surrounding
Lake Judson and the new inn.
The new hostelry has 20 rooms, each
with a private bath. The exterior of
the inn carries out a unique rustic
motif effect in the lawns and grounds.
A spacious lobby 28 by 45 feet is made
impressive with a huge fireplace. Each
of the 20 rooms is finished in native
Supervisor Ochsner
. Will Be Promoted
AniK>uncement has been made from
Ashe\%le that H. E. Ochsner, super-1
visor of Pisgah National Forest, -will be
promoted to post of supervisor of tim
ber management of the north central
region of the U. S. Forest service, and
will have headquarters in Milwaukee,.
WIb. The move takes place July 15th.
H. M. Sears, supervisor of the South
Carolina National forest will succeed
Mr. Ochsner as supervisor of this area.
Mr. Ochsner assumed the duties of
supervisor here nearly three years ago,
after J. Herbert Stone, then Pisgah
supervisor, was transferred to Mil
waukee. Mr. Ochsner came to Ashe
ville as supervisor from the regional
office in Atlanta, Ga., and had pre
viously served as assistant supervisor
of Pisgah forest. He was director of a
land use planning survey of the federal
government in 1934.
As supervisor of the Pisgah region,
Mr. Ochsner has made a host of friends
among business and civic leaders In
Western Carolina by his cooperation,
and he has been instrumental In bring
ing many improvements to the local
Pisgah area, and to the surrounding
community.
Farmer* Federation
Paying 3% Dividend
To All Stockholder*
ASHEVILLE, June 21—A three per
cent semi-annual dividend on the com
mon and preferred stock of the Farmers
Federation' was declared last week by
the executive committee of the farm
cooperative meeting in the office of
Jas. G. K. McClure, president, in Ashe
ville.
More than 3,800 stockholders of re
cord June 20 will share in the dividend,
the eleventh consecutive semi-annual
declaration made by the federation
since It resumed dividend payments in
1934.
Dividends on common shares will be
paid in cash through the cooperative's
18 warehouses and payments on pre
ferred shares will be made by checks
mailed to the stockholders,
Noted Mason Coming
Karl A. Muschette, District Deputy
Grand Master of the 38th district, will
attend the regular communication of
Dunn's Rock lodge Friday night at 8
o’clock. All members are urged to at
tend, and a cordial Invitation extended
to visiting Masons.
Canton Police Chief
W. N. (Bill) STROUP, former chief
of police at Rosman, has been named
chief of the Canton forcej and haa
assumed his new duties. Chief
Stroup has been a member of the
Canton force for two years.
knotty pine with selected oak floor
ing. Rooms vary in size, There is one
complete suite.
The lake and surrounding 1,400 acres
of mountain land will be for use of
guests of the hotel, and is plan of the
owners to build'cabins in the vicinity.
Dining room service will be maintain
ed for social functions, and afternoon
teas will be featured.
Cascade Inn of Slone
Cascade Lake Inn is built of native
stone, and in addition to the large
dining and dance hall, has provisions
for dinner parties. Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Raines and Mrs. Ollle Crary will be in
charge.
A large boathouse has been built
along approved lines, at the lake side,
and in addition five Stone cabins or
cottages are now ready for occupancy.
The entire property has been beauti
fied around the lake, and the road lead
ing to the vast property has been im
proved this spring by the WPA, as well
as the outlet by way of Cedar Moun
tain.
Summer Is Here
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Polk who were up early Thurs
day morning, or who wore later go
ing to bed than old folk like, saw
summer officially come In—2:40 a.
m.
Those who were up for the day
at 2:40 this morning, not only may
put In the longest day 6f the sea
son, but If they check with the cal
endar It will be found that the day
la supposed to be the longest within
Itself, disregarding the 2:40 a. m.
getting up. The sun rose this
morning at 4:52, and stays until
7:11 p. m.
Plenty of folk, especially soms of
those friends of ours who come
from east and south of us, are ready
to tell one that summer has been
here for weeks, but the calendar
says not
THOUSANDS THRONG
PISGAH FOREST FOR
VISIT TO PINK BEDS
Fawn Plant Center of Attrac
tion for Tourists Over
New 284 Highway
(Piagah Ranger Service)
Last week-end, June 16th and 17th,
was the first official opening of the
new No. 284 highway through the Pls
gah National Game Preserve and Rang
er Jack Fortin announces today that
the use far surpassed any anticipated
travel.
Thousands of motorists from all the
southern states and most of the north
ern states visited the preserve. More
than a thousand visitors at the fawn
plant on Sunday, established a new re
cord for this plant and crowded the
capacity of the parking area at the
plant to such an extent that two COC
enrollees were used to direct parking.
Visitors to this area will have until
June 25 to take Scenic Route No. 1
from the Pink Bads along the Yellow
Gap Road to the North Mills Recrea
tional Area then to Bent Creek and 191
highway to Candler. From Candler the
tourist can take the Plsgah Motor Road
to Wagon Road Gap returning to Bre
vard and South Carolina by way of the
new highway No. 284.
The scenic route Is especially beauti
ful at this time of the year as three
groups of the famous Ericaceae family
are In flower. These Include the flame
azalea, the laurel, and the purple rhodo
dendron, and at the fawn plant there
are more than 100 fawns now being
cared for.
Summer visitors especially are in
vited to visit the plant, which Is under
supervision of John Y. Eller, and pic
tures may be taken of the young white
tailed deer following the feeding hour
of 10 to 1 o'clock.
The new highway—284— Is open all
the way to Wagon Hoad Gap, and is
a worthwhile trip. From Looking Glas*
creek to Wagon Road the paving and
surfacing has been completed, and the
prime and tie-coats of surface have
been put on the highway from the en
trance at No. 280 to Looking Glass.
The road will have to be closed after
Sunday for several days, while work of
completing the surface-treating Is go
ing on between the entrance and Look
ing Glass, and all people desiring to
make the trip to the fawn plant are
urged to go this week-end.
During the past week Tom Mull, W.
N. Deaton, and J. G. Kirby, in charge
of fish and game commission of the
state of Arkansas, studied methods at
the fawn plant, and plan to use the
same system that is being used In Pis
gah for their stocking of forests in
Arkansas.
College Student* Form
Christian Move Group
First meeting of the council of the
Christian Student Movement was held
Tuesday night, at Brevard College.
Various committees were appointed and'
plans discussed for the religious ac
tivities on the campus during the sum
mer semester.
Officers for the movement are Del
bert Byrum, Charlotte, president;:
Frances Turner, Waynesville, vice
president; Lois Frazier, Spray, secre
tary; Ray Brewer, and Oliver Orr,
Christian citizenship and Social action;
Frances Peele and Ed Watson, Relig
ious drama; Dixie Sheets and Bill Keen
er, social and leisure time activities:
Dorothy Pittlllo and Soon Ye Kim,
missions and world friendship: Paul
Morgan, deputation; Edith Neal, leader
ship training: Zeb Martin, campus re
lationships; Vivian Llpe, music; Burt
Daniels, publicity and promotion.
A special committee composed of
Frances Turner, Willie Mae Wiseman
and Miss Della Shore, adviser, will
prepare services for Wednesday even
ing vespers on the campus.
Another committee made up of Del
bert Byrum, Edith Neal and Bunryan
Andrew, adviser, will have charge of
Friday morning chapel each week.
Included on the council are Gladys
Franklin secretary of the Sunday school
class and Theresa Preddy. chairman of
worship for Sunday morning and Sun
day evening services at the Methodist
church. Leaders of student work In
the Presbyterian church and the Bap
tist church are members of the council
Young Howell Dies
From Head Injuries
Received Week Past
Johnny J. Howell, 10-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Howell of Brevard,
died at a Hendersonville hospital early
Wednesday morning from head Injuries
received a week previous.
The body Is at the Ortome-Stmpson
funeral home, and will be shipped to
Philadelphia late Thursday for burial.
Funeral services will be held there
sometime Friday or Saturday.
The young laid had been visiting In
the Little River section for several
weeks, and was Injured when he fell
from a truck on Wednesday night of
last week.
An autopsy was performed at the
Osborne-Simpson funeral home here
Wednesday afternoon with Dr. C. L.
Newland of Brevard, Dr. W. E. Brac
kett, Dr. L. B. McDonald, and Dr. E.
McQ. Salley of Hendersonville, present,
and It was found that the head in
jury was cause of death.
The young boy 1s survived by his
parents, who have lived here for near
ly a year.