LARGE ENROLLMENT
SEEN FOR COLLEGE
Many Transylvania Students
Expected To Enroll—Dates
For Registration Given
Prospects are bright for a "full
house” enrollment when Brevard Col
lege opens Its doors September 19 to
begin the sixth year of operation as a
Junior College. Exceptionally hopeful
Is the outlook for a largo group of
Transylvania county day students.
Every year from the beginning In
1934, the College has had a capacity
student body. This record is expected
to be upheld again at the beginning of
the Fall Semester. Pre-registration of
young men has exceeded that of young
women but indications are that there
will be as many students of both groups
as can be accommodated .
Due to the full semester summer
school which closes September 15 the
date for opening the Fall Semester
this year is later than usual. Tues
day. September 19. Is the date set for
the two-day Freshmen orientation pro
gram.
Sophomores will register Wednesday,
September 29th and the Freshmen,
Thursday. September 21. Classes will
begin Friday morning, September 22.
The College Is gratified over the
support being given it this year by the
people of Transylvania County In the
favorable Indications for a record group
of students from this county. Faculty
and administration desire to be of
ever increasing service to the “home"
county.
Little River Event
Scheduled for Sept 10
Home coming day will be observed
at Little River Baptist church on the
second Sunday In September, accord
ing to plans announced Sunday.
Complete program for the all-day
event will be announced later, and
will include music and short speeches,
picnic dinner and other features of in
terest.
Softball Flag Easily
Belongs To College
Brevard College can end the season
so far as the local league is concerned
by defeating the Woodmen Thursday
afternoon. At present the Collegians
still hold the lead. The other teams
stand like this: WOW. Lions Club.
P-66 and F-28.
No games of any note were played
In the league the past week except the
12 to 8 defeat of the P-66 team by the!
Woodmen.
Ten leading hitters of the league
to date are: J. Pick. Lions Club, .429;
Hendrix. College, .415: Ratledge. Col
lege. .394: Coggins. F-2S, .389; Sams,
P-66, .382; Moss, College, .368; Full
bright. Lions Club. .359: Hampton,
Lions Club. .335: A Johnson. P-66.
.350; Macon. F-2S. .345.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
James Dalton and infant daughter,
Bernice Inez, born Sunday, August 27;
Mrs. Herbert Heath and infant daugh
ter. born Wednesday. August 30: Mrs.
Tommie Hampton, Miss Ella Owens
and Ernest Henlein.
Thanksgiving Will Be
Observed Nov. 30th
RALEIGH—North Carolinians will
observe Thanksgiving on the same date
they have had the holiday for 75 years
—the last Thursday in November.
Gov. Hoey said Monday that after
"mature consideration” he decided It
would be unwise to change the date as
President Roosevelt had suggested, so
that the date would fall one week ear
lier.
“The reason for a change is not Im
pressive." he commented. “For 75
years the last Thursday in November
has been observed in America, as a day
of Thanksgiving, and it is so well etab
lished in public mind and traditions of
the people that a change Is not de
sirable unless there is some compelling
reasons."
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Rides Million Miles
RUFUS W. OWEN of Cherry field
has driven over a million miles in his
auto during the past 14 years, and
yet never been more than 50 miles
from home.
In fact, In all of his travels, Mr.
Owen’s longest trip was 48 miles—to
Sylva. Other trips for the most part
have been to Hendersonville and re
turn, to Balsam Grove postoffice in
Upper Transylvania, with occasional
trips to Asheville.
Mr. Owen has made his long mile
age as carrier for the afternoon
Asheville Times, and as star route
mail carrier between Rosman and
Balsam Grove.
During the 14 years Mr. Owen has
worn out two "T” model Fords, two
"A" models, one V-8, and three
Chevrolets, all of which he says gave
him plenty of mileage for his money
invested. In addition to the auto
travel, the Cherryfield man has also
ridden a horse on the Rosman-Bal
sam Grove mail route upwards of a
couple thousand miles.
To Asheville, north; Six Mile, S.
C„ South, Sylva, west; and Caesar's
Head, east, has been the extent of
the distance away from home the
muchly-traveled man has gone.
Mr. Owen says he is still good for
a million or two miles yet. and that
he hopes he will be as lucky as he
has been on his first million with re
gards to accidents.
Battery F Reunion
Invited Here In ’40
Roye Sappenfield of Concord, was
elected president of the Battery F re
union at the joining company reunion
held last week in Lenoir.
Bill Sadler was named vice presi
dent, and Secretary Clarence Hope was
renamed to the position which he has
held for several years.
Invitation was extended to the group
to meet In Brevard next year by tele
grams from the Chamber of Commerce.
Kiwanls, Lions, and other organiza
tions.
Florida Resident Died
In Brevard Last Friday
Thomas Brewer, aged 74, died in
Brevard Friday following an illness of
two weeks. The body was removed to
Palatka, Fla., for burial on Monday.
Mr. Brewer spent a part of last sum
mer In Brevard, and suffered a stroke
In October following his return to
Florida. He was sufficiently improved
to return to Brevard the past June,
and continued good health here until
two weeks prior to his death. He was
a retired postmaster and first commis
sioner of Homestead District of Dade
county, Florida.
Surviving is his widow, who return
ed to Brevard following her husband’s
burial, and will rest here for another
month.
Football Prospect*
At Brevard Are Good
With 38 boys out for the initial
session Tuesday afternoon, Coach Cox
of Brevard high school* says he expects
to have a team that will rival or
surpass that of last year.
First game of the season will be
September *2. when Weavervllle comes
here at 3 o'clock.
Second game will also be played
here, with Waynesville, regarded as
one of the best teams in the high
school conference.
Loss of Ashworth in the backfleld,
and Hilemon in the line will hurt
some, Coach Cox said Wednesday, but
there are a good bevy of back out,
and the line looks like it will be able
to hold its own.
Western Technicolor
Pictures Be Shown at
Rosman Friday Eve
ROSMAN. Aug. 30—A "Womanless
Wedding” and technicolor moving pic
tures will be a double feature at the
community building here Friday even
ing at 8 o’clock.
Following the “wedding’’ which will
be carried out by some of the com
munity’s best talent, color movies will
be shown by Dr. Joe E. Osborne of
western scenes, Including Grand Can
yon, Alcatraz Prison, and other points
of interest in the far West and Canada,
as well as highlight of the two World
Fairs, and a number of local scenes
taken in Rosman and Transylvania
county.
Proceeds from the show will be used
in buying a piano for the community
building.
2 BALL GAMES HERE
SATURDAY-MONDAY
Spinners Play Fletcher Sept.
2nd—Enka Comes Here
For Labor Day
Saturday and Monday will see the
last two scheduled baseball games of
the season.
Saturday afternoon the Pisgah Spin
ners will meet Fletcher at 8:80 in their
last game of the Blue Ridge legaue.
White will probably be on the mound
for Brevard, and a win Saturday will
place the Spinners In second position
in the league, and assure them of a
shot at the pennant.
A game scheduled to have been
played here Wednesday afternoon be
tween Brevard Tanners and Enka “A”
was rained out. and will be played
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Joe
Hall and Griffin will be opposing pitch,
ers, and this game is expected to fur
nish fans their best treat of the season.
In addition to being an important
game, Monday’s meet will decide who
is to be in the series to be played in
Asheville by two top teams in the In
dustrial loop.
Boylston Road Open
To Trarvel This Week
The Boylston road has been sur
faced with two coatings of stone, and
is said to be in fair state at this time.
Paving has been completed from
Brevard to the Transylvania county
line, and the crushed stone placed on,
the new road bed from that point tcf
forks of the Mills Rlver-Henderson
ville roads near the Marks place.
The old route from the forks towards
Davenport’s store has been worked,
and Is in fair shape, and the route of
fers a short road to Asheville, though
drivers are cautioned to go slow on the
fresh stone for four miles.
Work of stoning rest of the link is
going forward, with Charlie McCrary
and Chandler Brothers outfits engaged
in the work. Black top surfacing will
not be completed until next spring.
Mrs. Wells’ Father
Be Buried Thursday
N. B. McDevltt, 63, postmaster at
Marshall for the past five years, died
at his home in Marshall Wednesday
morning, following an illness of two
weeks from heart trouble. Funeral
services will be held Thursday after-,
noon at the Marshall Baptist church
at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Mars
Hill. |
Surviving are the widow and five
children, Mrs. J. O. Wells of Brevard;
Mrs. Stephen Eure of Marshall; N. B.
McDevltt, Jr. of Asheville; John Worth
McDevltt of Cullowhee; and Wendell
McDevltt of Marshall.
Mr, McDevltt was a native of Madi
son county, where he lived all of his
life. Trior to becoming postmaster he
was engaged in the grocery business
for many years. He represented Mad
ison county in the legislatures of 1927
and 1931. He was educated at Mars
Hill and Wake Forest colleges.
Picnic Supper Will
Be Given By Church
A picnic supper and get-together
meeting will he held at the Methodist
church Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock,
as a good-fellowship event for all
members "of the church, members who
will be affiliated with the church and
visiting friends, announcement has been
made by the pastor, the Rev. E. P.
Billups. !
Invitations have been extended to
more than 100 guests. Each family
is expected to invite as their guests
any new Methodists or visiting Metho
dists, and to bring sufficient picnic
lunch for themselves and two or three
others, and also to provide their own
plates and cups. In case of rain the
supper will be held in the basement of
the church.
The committee in charge includes
Mrs. D. T. Abercrombie, Mrs. A. R.
Gillespie, Mrs. Cordia King and O.
H. Orr.
Huge Tunnel Will Be
Built On Park Route
A tunnel 650 feet In length will be
major construction job on the Beech
Gap link of the Blue Ridge Parkway
which will be let on September 7, ac
cording to specifications received by
contractors last week.
The tunnel will run through Devil’s
Court House ridge, and will he lined
with cement. Sixteen thousand cubic
feet of excavation will he necessary to
<put the tunnel through the sharp
ridge.
To be designated as project 2V1. the
following specifications are to be used
in bidding:
Grading, draining, the construction of
a tunnel and the construction of crush
ed stone surfacing, Project 2V1, Blue
Ridge Parkway, Haywood and Tran
sylvania Counties North Carolina.
Length: 2 1-2 miles. The approximate
buantk'tles of the mere important
items are as follows: 137,500 cu. yd.
excavation: 16,000 cu. yd. tunnel ex
cavation: 17,700 tons crushed stone:
650 lin. ft. concrete tunnel lining:
3,020 cu. yd. stone masonry: 4,480 lin.
ft 6. 1*. 24 and 30 Inch bituminous
coated corrugated sheet metal pipe.
Minimum rate of wages for labors and
mechanics on this project have been
fixed by the Secretary of Labor as
required by law.
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INCREASED NUMBER
ENROLL IN SCHOOL
Additional Teachers May Be
Necessary To Care For
Extra Students
—
All schools of the county opened
Monday morning, with increased en
rollments reported in most of the
units, over that of the same period last
year.
At Brevard high school 331 students
had registered Wednesday morning,
and at Brevard elementary, 610 had
been assigned to class work.
Marked Increase was shown in the
enrollment over previous year at Bre
vard elementary school, Professor J.
E. Rufty said, and in some Instances
class rooms are severely crowded.
Arrangements for additional teach
ers cannot be made until after two
weeks of school, when enrollment and
attendance will be officially checked
and application for additional teachers
made to the state where there is
need.
Squirrel Season To
Open Here Sept 15
Squirrel season in Transylvania coun
ty opens on September 16th, and con
tinues to December 16.
Official notice to this effect was re
ceived by The Times after request was
made to the Division of Game and In
land Fisheries at Raleigh for definite
ruling on the date.
Confusion as to opening date was rife
in the county with some saying Octob
er 1st, others September 1st.
Most of the western counties will
have September 15 as opening date for
the squirrel season, including Bun
combe, Haywood, Henderson, Graham,
Clay, Cherokee Jackson, Swain, Polk.
Some of the eastern counties have
split season with the first date on
Sept. 1. and others Oct. 1.
Rabbit season opens here Nov. 30;
quail, Nov. 30.. O’possum, raccoon,
mink and muskrat, Nov. 1; deer, ©ct.
1; bear, Oct. 20; ruffed grouse, Nov.
30.
Dove season will open on Sept. 1
for 30 days, be closed and then again
open on Dec. 20 to Jan. 31.
Carrs Hill Home Coming
The annual homecoming at Carr’s
Hill will be held Sunday, announcement
has been made. All former pastors,
members and friends are given a cor
dial invitation to attend.
McKinna and Simpson
Reunion at Boylston
The McKinna-Simpson reunion will
be held at the Boylston Baptist church
Sunday in an all-day gathering.
The Pickens mill quartet has been
invited to sing, and also the evangelis
tic club of the Pickens mill Baptist
church will be present.
Relatives and friends of the two
families are Invited to attend, and
bring well filled dinner baskets.
No Good To Hitler
B BBS
GEORGE PHILLIPS, 78, near
blind, and broken In health, is ex
pected to arrive in Brevard during
the next few days, and will live tem
porarily at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Mackey in Little River.
The aged man, former Brevard
baker, is being sent back from Ger
many by the Hitler regime which
saw no need of keeping a "pauper
who was a burden on the ‘State’.”
Mr. Phillips left Brevard In Sep
tember of 1936 upon invitation of his
brother and sister who resided in
Germany, and was supposed to have
spent the rest of his few remaining
days in company of his family there.
But the government of Hitler-Ger
many did not wish the old man to
remain !■ that country, and he was
shipped back to New York where
federal agencies have been looking
after him since August 10.
Mrs. C. Y. Patton, welfare super
intendent for Transylvania, and the
state of North Carolina’s agency for
blind, have made preparations to bAig
the old man back to this country, and
he will reside at the Mackey home
until permanent accommodations can
be secured for him.
Mrs. Patton Is making effort to
contact a niece of the old man who
lives In Colorado, and who aided the
old man in getting passage to Ger
many In 1936. The niece provided
money for Mr. Phillips’ ticket, and for
his keep while enroute, as well as
paying his expenses here after he
had become too ill and blind to work.
Friends of the old man in Brevard
have expressed themselves as high
ly perturbed over treatment given
him by officials of Germany, and
they state that they are willing to
aid In his upkeep here, where “priv
ate property does not belong to the
•State’." The state blind commission
will pay for part of his expenses, ac
cording to Mrs. Patton, who has been
in constant touch with the case since
receiving notice that the old man had
been "shipped” out of Germany.
Canoe Regatta At Red Cross
Aquatic School Saturday, 4:00
A canoe regatta will be special pub- |
lie feature Saturday afternoon of the
Red Cross Aquatic School now in ses
sion at Camp Carolina.
The races will begin at 4 o’clock, and
20 canoes will be entered, with Charles
"Red’’ Russell of Ft. Myers, Fla., in
charge. The public is invited to at
tend, and no entrance charges will be
made.
In addition to the canoe regetta other
water sports will be featured, and an
hour of entertainment will be provided
by the several experts, and students at
the school.
Around 125 people have been in at
tendance at the camp during the past
week, with better than 100 students,
and a number of' specially trained
leaders and instructors making up the
group.
Ramone S. Eaton, director of the
school, states that he is very well
pleased with the response to the two
terms held here this summer, and that
in all probability two sessions will be
held here in 1940,
Among the faculty at the fall ses
sion of the school are nine members of
the national staff; director of the
school at Annapolis, Md.; and director
of the Mississippi school.
Labor Day,^
(WNU SERVICE)
Labor Day will see no special
observance In Brevard next Mon
day. The postoffice will be closed
all day, with the general delivery
window to be open 8 to 8:80 and
10:80 to 11 in the morning. There
will be no rural or city delivery.
The bank will be closed for thf
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day, aa will some of the offices In
town. No program has been ar
ranged.
In the afternoon Brevard Tan
ners will play Enka “A” team at
the College field in a decisive bat
tle, with Griffin and Joe Hall do
ing mound duty for the opposing
nine. TBe gams starts at 4 o’clock.
DR. LYNCH WINNER
DAHLIA LOVING CUP
Miss Julia Dearer Takes Blue
Ribbon Sweepstakes Prize
—Many Entries
Brevard’s annual dahlia show, held
Saturday afternoon and evening In the
Brevard College gymnasium, was pro
nounced one of the prettiest and most
successful ever sponsored here by the
Transylvania Dahlia club. The show
was largely attended by summer visi
tors and residents.
Miss Julia Deaver won the silver
cup sweepstakes prize for winning the
most points—a total of 42 points. Dr.
G. B. Lynch was second highest win
ner of the most points, making 32, and
F. E. Shuford ran a close third with
29 points.
Dr. Lynch won the silver loving cup
for exhibiting the largest and most
perfect dahlia In the show. This dahlia
was also adjudged the most merltorlus
single dahlia. Dr. Lynch Is now the
permanent owner of the loving cup,
since this Is the third consecutive year
he has won the same cup for the best
dahlia exhibited.
Miss Emeve Crouch was winner in
the guessing contest, for guessing near
est to the correct number of petals In
the prize winning best dahlia. The
correct number of petals was 264, and
Miss Crouch’s guess was 261. The
prize vas a bulb of the winsing dahlia,
which was a Murphy’s Masterpiece
variety.
Other highest prize winners In each
section include: Section I.—Dr. Lynch,
first, Mrs. H. J. Bradley, second, Mrs.
John Maxwell, third; Section II.—Mrs.
C. R. Sharp and Mrs. Brown Carr, tied
for first, John Ashworth and Mrs.
Marcus Williams, tied for second, and
Mrs. Tim Cowan and Mrs. Maxwell
tied for third; Section ITI.—Dr. Lynch,
first, F. E. Shuford and Mrs. Maxwell
tied for second; Section IV.—P. E.
Shuford. first, Mrs. Sharp and Dr.
Lynch tied for second; S'lction V.—
Miss Julia Deaver, first, Mr. Shuford,
second, Mrs. Maxwell third; Section VI.
—Miss Julia Deaver, first, Mrs. Will
Deaver. second, Dr. Lynch third; Sec
tion VII.—Mrs. Carr, first, Mrs. Brad
ley, second, John Ashworth Mrs. Will
Deaver and Mrs. Maxwell tied for
third; Section VIII.—Mrs. Will Deaver
and Miss Julia tied for firs:, Mr. Shu
ford, secojid; Section IX.—Grace Mull,
first, Dorothy Galloway, second, Lorene
Merrill, third; Section X.—Dr. Lynch,
first Miss Julia Deaver second, Mrs.
Maxwell, third; Section XI—No entries;
Section XII.—Dr. Lynch.
Mrs. Brown Carr, president of the
Dahlia club, wishes to express thanks
In behalf of the club to Brevard Col
lege for use of the building; to those
donating prizes; Clemson theatre for
screen advertising; Philip Price for
painting street streamer; ladles who
assisted in registration and to all who
contributed In any way toward the
success of the show. John Ashworth
was chairman of this year’s dahlia
show, and A. C. Sheldon, of Charlotte,
a recognized authority by the Ameri
can Dahlia Society, was Judge.
Hutchins To Preach
The Rev. W. L. Hutchins, district
superintendent of the Waynesville dis
trict, will preach at the Methodist
church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
announcement has been made by the
pastor, the Rev. E. P. Billups.
The fourth quarterly conference will
be held following the service.
Fall Music Recital
At NYA Hut Friday
Children of the federal music project
will give their fall recital at the NYA
hut Friday evening at 8 o’clock, an
nouncement has been made by Mrs.
Madge Wilkins, supervisor.
The 40 children giving the recital are
in the Brevard piano class and have
completed their summer work. These
comprise one group of the 150 children
In the federal music project through
out the county, some being In chorus
work, rhythm band and other musical
groups. Mrs. Wilkins has her studio in.
the Lawrence building.
Fisher Reunion Will
Be Held September 2
The annual Fisher reunion will be
held at the Lake Toxaway Baptist
church Saturday In an all-day gather
ing.
The Fisher reunion was organized
In 1924, and was originally Intended
for a social gathering for the people
of this community, as well as for the
Fishers and their friends from other
counties and states. Only one officer
of the original organization mow re
mains. Some have dropped out by
death, resignation or various reasons.
Mrs. Lee F. Norton Is secretary-treas
urer.
It is hoped by officials of the reunion
that every one Interested will cooperate
In making this year’s gathering the
most successful and best attended ever
held. A program of interest will be
presented. All are requested to bring
well filled lunch baskets.
Revival Service* At
Turkey Creek Church
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Revival services are being conducted
this week at Turkey Creek Baptist
cliurch, with the Rev. S. F. McAuley
in charge of the preaching, assisted by
•the Rev. Walter McGuire, pastor.
■ Services are held each evening, with
song services beginning at 7:80, an*
preaching at 8.