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VOL 49; NO. 26 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1939 >1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIACOUNTY
HOLDUP VICTIM GETS
BEST OF ‘ARGUMENT’
Henderson Taxi Driver Uses
Good Judgment In Get
ting Free at Enon
Thurman Rogers, 22, claiming to be
a resident of Louisville, Ky., was bound
to Superior court here Thursday on a
charge of assault with deadly weapon,
and In default of bond was remanded to
Jail.
Rogers, a meek-appearing young
man, admitted to Justice of Peace Fred
Shuford who heard the preliminary
case, that he attempted to rob George
Maxwell. Hendersonville taxi driver,
late Wednesday night, and that he In
tended to “knock him out, take his
money and car, and keep going. ’
The taxi man said that he was hired
by Rogers at Hendersonville to make
a trip to Enon In Transylvania county,
three miles north of Brevard. Arriving
at Enon, Rogers showed the taxi driver
where to stop at a blind road, and got
out of the car presumably to watch the
car as it was hacked Into the road to
turn around.
"Your tire is down,” Rogers told the
taxlman, and when Ma:rwel! got out of
the car he was struck In the head with
a rock, but was not knocked uncon
scious. Pleading with the man to take
him on to Brevard to a hospital, Driver
Maxwell persuaded Rogers to come on
to Brevard with him, when the two
arrived near the square the taxi driver
quickly cut Into the curb and called
Chief of Police B. H. Freeman who was
nearby.
Rogers did not put up any fight, and
admitted his attempt to rob to the chief,
and also to the sheriff later. Maxwell
had revere cut In the head where he
was struck with the rock, and after
receiving first aid treatment returned
to Hendersonville.
Benefit Bridge Planned
Plans are being made by the Women's
Civic club for a benefit bridge party to
be held In the near future. Details of
the event will be published In next
week's paper, announcement has been
made by the committee In charge.
Modern Co-Ed Theatre Is
Open To Public In Brevard
Brevard's new and modem picture
house, the Co-Ed, opened Monday and
provided people of the community with
a theatre that exceeded their expecta
tions by far. in the matter of beauty,
appointments, and comfort.
Built by Verne P. and Prank D. Clem
ent, owners and operators of the Clem,
son Theatre, the new show house is of
modern design throughout, with an eye
to beauty being kept in the front of
the building on West Main street, as
well as Inside the theatre.
With a seating capacity of 499, the
new theatre floor is so arranged that
rear of the house provides as good
view of the screen as one of the front
row seats.
Modern B ui Idlng
Front of the building: is of white
stucco finish, with tiling used as floors
and around the box office. Hardwood
trim leads Into the lobby and heavy
carpets lead to either side of the main
auditorium.
Color scheme in the auditorium is
novel, and was designed for ease on
the eye as well as for beauty, with
“Temlock" composition celling and sid
ing adding to the acoustics. Sound
effect in the new theatre is one of Its
major assets.
Seats are of the “spring to edge"
type, built especially for theatres. Stage
at front of the auditorium is 22x10 feet
by 16 feet in height, with heavy drap
eries as curtains.
Lighting effects Inside the auditorium
are of such type that several color
schemes may be carried out with the
turn of a switch and all lighting being
of the Indirect type.
Building Air Conditioned
Air condition installed in the main
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auditorium Is also carried to all parts
of the building, making for comfort
In the ticket booth, lounges, and rest
rooms.
Rest rooms were planned for highest
degree of sanitation, with floors and
walls of tile, and every convenience
of a modern public building Installed.
Fireproof Projection Room
In the fireproof projection room over,
head. Westinghouso Electric Simplex
sound and projection equipment was
installed. The projection room Is so
constructed that there Is no possible
danger of fire from this department,
and sound of equipment In operation Is
deadened Insofar as the patrons are
concerned.
Altogether, the new theatre Is a mile
stone in the progress of Brevard, and
Is an enhancement to the business sec
tion.
The building adjoins the Clemson
theatre house on the one side and the
Abercrombie Furniture store on the
west. Living quarters for Mr. and
Mrs. Verne P. Clement, and Frank D.
Clement are provided In the second
story front of the building. Heating
plant Is taken care of In tTTe basement
or lower story separated from the main
auditorium, and air conditioning plant
is located on the second or main floor.
The Co-Ed will be operated by Verne
P. and Frank D. Clement, owners and
operators of the Clemson, and the
Clemson will also be operated after
this week. The Clemson has been
closed for the week while repairs to
the lobby and the auditorium are being
made.
Show For Colored
Arrangement Is being made In the
Clemson balcony to take care of col
'ored people, who at present have no
show facilities In Brevard. Side en
trance of the Clemson on Caldwell
street will be utilized.
Separate ticket office will be main
tained for colored people Inside the
Caldwell street side of the Clemson,
and the balcony only, which is com
pletely cut off from the’ main auditor
ium, and seating about 100 people, will
be used for seating space. First show to
which colored people will be admitted
will be held Monday, July 3rd, and pic
ture to be shown is “Heritage of the
Desert,” a Zane Grey story of the west.
Theatre Management
Verne P. Clement will be manager
of the combined Co-Ed and Clemson
Theatres. Elmer Bryant . and Tom
Osteen are machine operators In the
two theatres; Mrs. Clement, Miss Grace
Duckworth, and Miss Doris Thorne
will be box office managers. Jack
Gravely Is general assistant.
The Clements, father and son, have
been Identified with theatre, and civic
progress In Brevard since coming here
from Vermont 27 years ago. First
show business which Mr. Clement en
tered was In the old "Auditorium” now
located over Plummer’s store. The
show was operated there for a number
of years, until the new Clemson was
erected In 1S23.
The Clemson was regarded as a lead
er In smaller city theatres when erect
ed, and with the addition of the Co-Ed,
Brevard now boasts of picture enter
tainment of the first order.
GOLF COURSE WILL
BE FORMALLY OPEN
MONDAY, JULY 3RD
New Club House Work Starts
Next Week—“Free Days”
Saturday, Sunday
Start of the club house at Brevard
Municipal golf course Is scheduled for
Monday when WPA workers will be
gin cutting Umbers for the log walls.
Plans for the new structure call for
2600 feet of floor space In the main
hall, with the floor to be 46x56 feet.
In addition there will be lecker and
dressing rooms for ladies, and men, of
fice space, kitchen, and caddy house
tool storage space la the tirst story.
In the second story will be living
quarters for the caretaker of the course,
and will Include complete living quar
ters, with entrance from outside the
club house.
Final adoption of the plans will be
made by the board of aldermen in meet
ing with the recreation board this week,
and W. A. Wll3on, In charge of WPA
work here, states that he Is ready to
start work immediately.
WPA project also calls for work on
the fairways and greens of the 9-hole
course, and plans are to build grass
greens after the playing season Is over
thin summer.
The course Is now open, with no
charge being made for play this week,
while repair Is being done to the greens
and fairways. Saturday and Sunday of
this week will be last "free days” and
the public in general Is Invited to use
the course at any time during the week.
After Sunday regular greens fees
of 60 cents will be charged. Member
ships are for the fiscal year, July 1.
year for individual players, or $18 for
a family membership. These member
ships are for the fiscal year, July 1,
to June 30, 1940, and entitles members
to use the course as often as they
wish, and also the facilities of the club
house which Is expected to be ready
by October 1st, this year.
A large number of people played the
course last Saturday and Sunday, and
were favorably Impressed with the
Improvements that have been made
there this spring under supervision of
Chief Bert Freeman.
Caretaker and operator will be on
duty at all times after Monday, to look
after the course, caddies, and take care
of the public.
A temporary station has been set
up at No. one tee at top of the hill, and
supplies, tickets, and other accommo
dations will be found there.
C. of C. Meeting
Chamber of Commerce meeting will
be held Thursday evening of this week
at the city hall at 8 o'clock. Summer
programs, golf course support, and
other matters of Interest will be taken
up at the meeting, and the general
public as well as directors are Invited
to attend the meetlnlg.
Sunday School Meet
at Cherryfield, 2nd
A Sunday school meeting of the
Transylvania Baptist association will
be held at the Mt. Moriah Cherryfield
church Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
The Cherryfield church will have a
special part on the program, after
which a discussion will be held con
cerning the value of a church library
and the place of training union work.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: MrB.
Freeman Compton and Infant son,
born Tuesday, June 27, Mrs. Pearl Hil
liard, Suzanne Chatham, Roy Collins,
Miss Ida Lance, Glenn Meece and Har
vey Radford.
Benefit Dance Plan
of DAR for July 11th
A D. A. R. benefit square d dice will
be held at the NYA hut Tuesday even
ing. July 11, beginning at 9 o'clock,
sponsored by the Walghtstill Avery
chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution.
Attractive prizes will be awarded.
Tickets will be on sale by the chapter
members and at the door.
Variety Entertainment
Planned For July 7th
At Brevard Hi School
A “variety entertainment" program
will be put on at the Brevard high
school Friday evening, July 7, under
sponsorship of the Chamber of Com
merce, at which local talent of many
kinds Is expected to be shown
Prizes are being arranged for the
various types and classes, according
to B. H. Overpeck, who Is staging the
show and the manager Invites any
players or performers to contact him
immediately in order that the program
may be arranged.
Preparations are being made for a
street dance to be given In Brevard
Monday night, providing suitable loca
tion can be secured. Plans were be
ing worked out for the dance Wednes
day, but were not definite enough to
announce.
Mr. Overpeck, who has been secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce at
Orlando, Fla., and at Lake George, N.
Y., plans to spend the summer In Bre
vard and will be In charge of a num
ber of entertainment programs of var
ious types here during the season.
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Summer Camps Bringing Many
Young People To Transylvania
Several hundred boys and girls from
various sections of the country are ex
pected to arrive in Brevard this week
and next to attend the 11 organised
summer cumps to be ir. operation here
through July and August.
The camps, which are opening at
varying dates from June 27 to July 6,
will continue for eight weeks’ sessions.
Pour of the camps are for boys and
seven are for girls, varying in ages from
seven to IS years.
Camp Sapphire Is the pioneer boys’
camp in this county, beginning this
season ltri 27th year of operation. Key
stone camp Is pioneer among the girls
camps in this section, opening Its 23rd
season this year. Seveial of the other
campB have been in operation here
from 15 to 20 years.
Following are the camps, giving the
opening and closing dates and names
of directors: For Boys—Camp Carolina,
D. Meade Bernard, Jacksonville, Fla.,
Miss Mamie Shipman
Died Saturday After
Very Short Illness
Miss Mamie Shipman died at her
home here Saturday night at 8 o’clock,
following an illness of four days
caused by a stroke of paralysis early
Wednesday morning. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at the
Brevard Baptist church, conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott,
and the Rev. C. M. Jones, pastor of
the Presbyterian church. Interment
was In Gillespie cemetery.
She was a native of Transylvania
county and had always made her home
here. She was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Shipman.
Surviving are two sisters, Misses Rose
and Annie Shipman, and one brother.
T. H. Shipman, all of Brevard.
Pallbearers were: William Wallis,
Ralph Duckworth, Robert Rummer, A.
O. Kitchen, Ralph H. Ramsey, Brown
Carr.
Honorary pallbearers Included: A. H.
Harris, J, S. Bromfleld, J. W. Smith,
J. M. Allison, Leon English, Charlie
McCrary, Dr. C. L. Newland, Dr. H. J.
Bradley.
In charge of flowers were: Mrs. Roy
Long, Mrs. Brown Carr, Mrs. W. W.
Croushom, Miss Elizabeth McCoy, Mrs.
Hollis Fort Jr., Miss Ora Holt Long.
Miss Josephine Clayton, Miss Nell
Duckworth, Mrs. Ashe Macfie, Miss
Elolse Lewis, Miss Betty McLeod, Mrs.
George Wheeler.
Moore and Trantham had charge of
funeral arrangements.
Pisgah To Play Here
Saturday Afternoon
Brevard Spinners will meet the Green
River ball club here Saturday after
noon at 8:30 on the high school field.
Both teams have been .playing win
ning ball for three weeks, and the af
fair here Saturday Is expected to be
one of the better games of the season.
White or Pressly will start the game
for the Brevard team. Next Tuesday
the locals go to Green River.
Last Saturday's game at Saluda'end
ed in a 11-4 victory for the Spinners,
with White holding the Saluda team to
six scattered hits. The Rosman twin
er is batting .500 and keeping a record
of wins unequalled by any pitcher in
the league.
Boylston Road Will
Be Closed Few Days
For Surface-Treat
Boylston road, Little Mountain to the
Transylvania line will be closed to
traffic the rest of this week, and until
Wednesday or Thufsday of next week,
it is announced by G. G. Page, state
highway engineer.
Work of completing the surface
treatment Is now being carrted on over
this stretch of roadway, and after next
week, will be completed.
Contractors are now engaged in grad
ing and stoning the six-mllo stretch
from the Transylvania-Henderson coun
ty line to the Dr. Greenwood place in
Mills River, tleing in with 1J1 there.
director, June 27-August 22; Camp Sap
phire, R. A. Smith, Lexington, Va., di
rector, July 1-August 25; Camp Tran
sylvania, John W. Moore, Florence, S.
C., director, July 1-August 24; French
Broad Camp, Rabbi S. Wrubel, Ashe
ville, director, July 2-August 27.
For girls—Rockbroo'x Camp, Mr. and
Mrs. H. N. Carrier, Brevard, directors,
June 29-AugU3t 24; Keystone Camp,
Miss Fannie Holt, Jacksonville, Fla.,
director, June 29-August 24; Connestee
Camp, Misses Mary and Zoe Wright,
Bradenton, Fla., directors, July 8-Aug
ust 24; Eagle’s Nest Camp, Mrs. Thom
as Pearce Bailey, Winter Park, Fla..
director, July 1-August 25; Deerwoode
Camp, Mr. and Mrs. George Mason
Swift, Brevard, directors, June SO-Aug.
ust 25; Camp Cateechee, Miss Dorothy
Donnell, Charlotte, director, June 17
August 12; Camp Illahee, Mrs. Kathryn
Curtis, Asheville, director, June 30
August 26.
Tanners and Canton
Meet Here Saturday
Brevard Tanners plan to play two
ball games here during the coming
week, one on Saurday afternoon of this
week when they meet the league-lead
ing Canton players on the college field,
and Tuesday, July #th, when Enka
comes here.
Definite time for Tuesday's game
has not been announced by Manager
Pittlllo, and It Is possible that the game
will be played In the morning.
Last Saturday afternoon saw the
local nine down Beacon by a t-2 score,
with Griffin doing a great day’s work
on the mound for Brevard, and al
lowed but three men to connect safely
during the entire nine frames, all
singles, and all by Moore. Garren was
tops at bat for Brevard with two singles
and a home run.
Library Closed Tuesday
The U. D. C. library will be closed
all day Tuesday, July Fourth, announce
ment has been made by the librarian,
Miss Annie Jean Gash.
Pisgah Forest Highway To
Be Completed By July 1st
Highway No. 284, Pisgah Forest en
trance to Wagon Road Gap, will be
completed and open to traffic on Sun
day, June 2, according to G. G. Page,
state highway engineer in charge.
The 16-mlle road has been closed for
short periods for the past two months
while surface treating has been going
on, but final top coat is being put on
i this week, and It will be ready for traf
fic Sunday.
Opened last week-end for a few days,
Pisgah Forest rangers estimated that
more than 7,000 people traveled the
road on Sunday alone, nearly one-third
of this number being in South Caro
lina cars.
Regarded as the most scenic state
highway in Western North Carolina, the
road gives Brevard short connection
with the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Parkway which is now under
construction west of town, and also
gives a short route to Waynesville and
Canton.
In addition to connecting Brevard
with the scenic parkway at Wagon
Road Gap, the new scenic route also
ties In at top of the mountain with the
Chandler road, and tourists desiring
to go through Asheville will now be
able to drive over a good road through
the game preserve, by Looking Glass
falls, in sight of Looking Glass Rock
and John’s Rock, and also visit the Pink
Beds, and the distance be but a few
miles farther than the direct route to
Asheville from Brevard.
Grades on the mountain highway
have been held down to minimum, and
only in two places does the maximum
of 8 percent grade occur and this for
only short distances.
Curves on the road were built wide,
banked for safety, and altogether made
for ease and comfort In driving.
Added to the fact that deer, bear,
AUTO SMASHUP Li
IS NEAR FATAL TO 2
Harvey Radford Charged With
Responsibility of Serious
Wreck Sunday Night
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Two people were seriously Injured
Sunday night about eight o’clock, and
five others were more or less bruised
and shaken as result of an auto crash.
Harvey Radford, 85, of Plsgah Forest,
driver of one of the cars, is in very
critical condition at Lyday Memorial
hospital, and Mrs. M. R. Hilliard, 69,
of Cannon, Ga., Is recovering from ser
ious head and body wounds as result
of the crash.
Ellis Hilliard, Jr., aged 8, at. first
thought to be badly hurt, Is improvin':
rapidly, and Is out of danger In opinion
of doctors attending. Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis Hilliard and two other children
riding In the car with Mrs. Hilliard
escaped with minor injuries. Both cars
were demolished.
The wreck occurred when Radford’s
car failed to negotiate the curve at top
of Rocky H1U, two miles south of Bre
vard. Heading toward Brevard at a
high rate of speed, Radford's light ear
crashed Into the Georgia car. Radfcrd
was said to be drinking heavdy, ac
cording to officers who investigated
the wreck. He 1s under surveillance at
the hospital and will be charged with
causing the accident as soon as be Is
able to be served with papers.
Radford lost one eye In the accident,
practically all his upper teeth knocked
out, and severely cut about the head
and body. He also suffered from loss of
considerable blood. Dr. C. L. Newland
said that the man escaped death by a
miracle.
Mrs. Hilliard was cut about the head
and face and upper part of the body,
and the left cheek bone fractured.
The three-year-old baby was cut and
bruised, but not seriously. Ho has
been released from the hospital.
The HlUtards had been to the home
of Mrs. C. K. Osborne, sister of Mrs.
M. R. Hilliard, for a visit, and were re.
turning to their homes In Georgia when
the wreck occurred.
R. F. Thomas Opening
Law Office In City
Attorney R. F. Thomas of Forest
City and Washington, ji opening law
offices In Brevard within the week, he
announced Wednesday. Mr. Thomas’
offices will be In the McMInn building.
A graduate of Wake Forest, Washing,
ton College of Law, Mr. Thomas has
been In Washington for the past year
where he has been connected with the
federal government. He is a son of
the late J. H. Thomas of Forest City.
The new attorney Is stopping at the
Norwood House.
Brevard Girl Success
In Extensive Concert
Tour In Eastern U.S.
Miss Adelaide VanWey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 9. gilversteen, has
returned from an extensive concert tour
to spend the summer with herjjarenta
at gilvermont, their home.
Miss VanWey, a dramatic contralto,
finished a most successful tour, being
enthusiastically received by capacity
audiences, with concerts at Duke Uni
versity, Durham, University of North
Carolina, at Chapel Hill, and North
Carolina 9tate College at Raleigh.
wild turkey, and other game, as well
as three species of trout may be seen
by the motorists on 284, the Pink Beds,
Fawn Rearing station, Davidson River
swimming pool, and several supervised
camp grounds are available to the tour
ist In the forest over this route. The
fish rearing station Is also an attrac
tion which hundreds of people visit
each week during the summer season.
Costing nearly half million dollars, the
new road Is the culmination of dreams
of loqpl leaders who have sought such
a route for years. Leaders here and
at Waynesvllle are endeavoring to se
cure the completion of the road on the
Haywood side of the mountain, with
the hope that someday the route will
continue on to Newport, Tenn., and
thereby open a traffic line that will be
unequalled in this section of the state.
Started In 19S4, the work has been
going on for the past five years, and
cost of the entire 15-mlle project Is
close to $600,000.
G. G. Page has been engineer on the
upper and lower links of the route, and
In charge of all surfacing work for the
state. Cecil Grice was engineer on the
middle link or Looking Glass project,
later taken over by A. A. Siler.
First stretch of 4-7 miles was built
by W. H. Anderson Construction com
pany of Asheville, with Rlckenbacker
company of Union, S. C.-, In charge of
the four ruble stone bridges—first stone
bridge of their type to be built In the
state.
C. A. Ragland construction company
had charge of the upper or Wagon
Road Gap stretch of 6 miles, and Chand.
ler Brothers of Vlrgtllna, Va., built the
lower 6.8 miles. R. B. Tyler was con
tractor for the entire surfacing work,
and Lambert Brothers of JCnoxville did
the crushing of stone for the entire
IS miles.