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====*=== ’ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
VOL** 40s WU. 50 _ ___ 9 . ..i
PROGRESS NOTED ON
NEW PARKWAY WORK
Pioneer Road Built To Site
of Long Tunnel Near
Beech Gap Job
The fifty men employed by Nelto
Teor, Blue Ridge Parkway contractor,
have completed the pioneer road from
Beech Gap to the site of the 660-foot
tunnel, a distance of one mile.
Present plans are to be in the tun
nel in a month, providing “we hit
enough solid rock” a representative of
the contractor with headquarters In
Waynesville, said this week.
"We have already made a 55-foot cut
at the point where the tunnel was to
begin, and still not enough rock for
the roof of the 21-foot tunnel, which
will bore through the mountain for 660
feet.”
The contractor has made exception
ally good time on the Job. Because of
the rough country, around Yellowstone
Falls, it is necessary to complete the
tunnel before heavy machinery can get
to the other side of the mountain. The
Teer contract Is for 2.6 miles of the
Parkway.
Boyd Grange Officers
To Be Elected Friday
Election of officers will feature the
Boyd Grange meeting to be held at
Enon school on Friday evening at 7:30
o’clock.
Only members of the Grange will be
allowed to take part In the balloting.
It is explained by officers of the chap
ter. and that public meetings will be
held at a later date.
College Choir Will
Sing Sunday Morning
The Brevard College choir of 38
votces will be heard at the Brevard
Baptist church Sunday morning, De
cember 17.
The following program, under the
direction of John Hawkins, choral di
rector. will be rendered: "The Shep
herd’s Story." Dickinson; "Sing We All
Noel.” York: "Song of Mary.” Fischer:
“Card of tho Bell." Luvaa: “Hark. Now.
Oh Shepherd." Adams.
The pastor, tho Rev. Yancey C. El
liott. will preach on the topic "The
First Gift of Man."
December Term Court
Ended Session Friday
December term Superior court ad
journed last Friday morning, after com.
plettng the two weeks’ scheduled work
In one week.
There were few cases of outstanding
nature, and majority of the civil cases
were consent judgments. Most of the
criminal cases heard the first three
days pertained to violations of the
whiskey laws, and most of these were
submissions.
50.000 WHITE PINES
AVAILABLE TO FARM
OWNERS OF COUNTY
Government Will Pay Land
Owners To Plant Trees
On Eroded Plots
(J. A. GXazener, County Agent)
To the first farmers making appli
cation and who have suitable places for
planting, 50.000 white pine seedlings
will be distributed.
There is no cost for the seedlings and
when planted in keeping with the Soil
Conservation regulations, such as on
badly eroded land and at the rate of
1.000 per acre, credit toward earning
the Soil Conservation payment will be
given at the rate of 2 1-2 units per
acre. A unit has a money value of
$1.50 toward earning the maximum pay
ment for a farm.
In the 1910 Soil Conservation pro
gram, small farms have a possibility of
earning $20.00 through regular or for
estry practices and then $30.00 more
for setting out trees, at the rate of
1,000 per acre on land recommended
for forestry.
If a farmer buys his trees and sets
them out himself, It will only require
four acres to earn the extra $30.00,
however, if he should secure the trees
through the TVA forestry division,
which require no paymont, it would
take double the acreage or eight acres.
A farmer will get credit for what ever
amount of forestry plantings he does,
provided it is an acre or more, up to
the maximum amount of his payment.
Application for the white pine seed
lings should be made through the coun
ty agent's office.
Christmas Pageant at
High School on Friday
“The Nativity,” an adoration ser
vice, and other numbers on the pro
gram suggestive of the Christmas
theme, will be given at the Brevard
high school auditorium Friday after
noon of this week at 2:30 o'clock. The
public Is Invited.
Mrs. Knox DeLong, who has arranged
the pageant for this occasion, is super
vising the Christmas program. A con
cealed choir of 32 senior girls will sing
carols at Intervals during the service.
Fourteen students comprise the pageant
cast. The glee club will sing special
numbers and two Christmas readings
will be given.
Aged Minister Dies
THE REV. J. H. WEST, promi
nent Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference leader, died here
Monday night following an Illness
of six weeks.
Funeral services 'were held Tuesday
afternoon from the Brevard Methodist
church, where Mr. West had been pastor
for five years prior to his retirement
from active work, and where ho had
continued as an active worker and
supporter since his resignation in 1938.
The Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor; the
Rev. M. T. Smathers. superintendent
of the Asheville district; the Rev. C. N.
Clark, superintendent of the Salisbury
district: and the Rev. G. C. Brinkman,
retired Brevard minister, had charge
of the services.
. Interment was made In Reidsville
cemetery on Wednesday afternoon
where the body was taken Tuesday
night.
Serving as pallbearers at the service
were J. H. Plckelslmcr, S. E. Varner, J.
E. Rufty, O. H. Orf, H. R.Sellers, and
Dr. J. F. Zachary.
Honorary pallbearers were Methodist
pastors of Western Carolina, male
members of the Brevard College facul
ty, and officers of the Brevard church.
Moore and Trantham had charge of ar_
rangementa
Surviving are the widow; one daugh
ter, Mrs. W. A. Trotter, of Reidsville;
fovir sons, the Rev. Walter B. West,
pastor of First Methodist church.
Salisbury; A. M. West of Hickory; C.
R. and J. Henry West, of Charlotte;
three sisters. Mrs. R. F. Lee and Mrs.
Rena Jones of Asheville, and Mrs.
Elmlna Robinson of Leicester.
Mr. West was a native of Buncombe
county, and had been in the ministry
ror 50 years, tie was pastor or me
Brevard Methodist church for five
years, 1929 through 1934, and while In
charge of the local church took active
lead in establishment of Brevard Jun
ior College. He served as trustee o(
the college until hU death, and was
keenly Interested In Its welfare. West
Hall, girls’ dormitory at Brevard Col
lege, was named In honor of the work
the minister did In bringing the col
lege here when Weaver and Ruther
ford College were merged by the Meth
odist conference six years ago.
Mr. West retired from active min
istry at the 1938 conference, at which
time he was serving as pastor of the
Fletchcr-Mills River churches. During
his active ministry he had served as
presiding elder of the Morganton, Way
nesvllle. and Mount Airy districts, and
had held Important posts In the church
conference.
While in charge of the Brevard
church as minister, and since his re
tirement. Mr. West took active part in
community affairs, and was until his
last Illness, very healthy, and regard
ed as a fine specimen of manhood.
Send In Your Renewal To-Day
“Messiah” Will Be
Given at Theatre
By 55 Voices, 17th
A chorus of 55 voices will be heard
here Sunday evening, Dec. 17, at a
benefit performance to be given at the
Co-Ed Theatre for underprivileged
children of the county.
The chorus will be comprised of
members of Brevard College choir,
Music Lovers club, and members of
Brevard church choirs, and promises to
be one of the most enjoyable musical
programs given here In years. The
program begins at 7 o’clock.
Excerpts from the oratorio, Handel's
"Messiah," will be given, with Mrs. H.
R. Bobst, John Hawkins, Buck Bar
den, and Miss Julianna Davis taking
solo parts. Mr. Hawkins will direct
the chorus, and Miss Irene Clay will be
accompanist.
Admission to the program will be
toys clothing, canned food or money to
the amount of twenty-five cents or
more, which will be used as Christmas
donations to needy families In the com.
munity.
Brevard Plumbing Co.
Now In New Location
Brevard Plumbing company has mov
ed Into the Breese building on East
Main street, occupying rooms formerly
used by Walker Insurance agency.
General plumbing and heating busi
ness is carried on by the concern head,
ed by V. E. Twiggs, with General Elec
tric appliance line as a specialty.
Organized a year ago, the Brevard
Plumbing company has been located
heretofore in the Osbome-Simpson
building on East Main.
Christmas Service
At Methodist Church
Annual White Christmas service will
be held at the Methodist church Sun
day morning, beginning at 10 o'clock,
announcement has been made by the
pastor, the Rev. E. P. Billups.
The service will be held in place of
the regular Sunday school hour.
All members and friends of the
church are urged to attend this ser
vice, and bring food nr clothing for
later distribution to needy families.
Religious Pageant
At Baptist Church
On Sunday Evening
"White Gifts for the King," an adora.
tlon pageant, will be given at the Bre
vard Baptist church Sunday evening,
December 24, at 7:30 o’clock, in place
of the regular evening service.
A white Christmas will also be ob
served at this time, and members are
asked to bring white gifts for the
needy of the community.
The characters taking part In the
pageant include: Madonna, Geneva
Neill; three shepherds, Junior Miller.
George Buchanan, James Crisp; load
ing angel, Emma Sue Gray; two as
sociate angels. Marie Galloway and
Mary Price; three wise men. Captain
W. E. Vernon, Charles Allen and Rus
sell Lawson: leading gift bearer, Mar
tha Kate Moore: gift bearers repre
senting the Sunday school departments.
June FenwiCke, Rachel Hamlin, Clarice
McCrary, Lorene Tayne, Margaret
I^iwson, Dorothy Gray and Mary Louise
Shy tie; gift bearer representing ser
vice, Nell Duckworth; gift bearer rep
resenting gift of self, Rev. Tancey C.
Elliott; torch bearer, Douglas Wyatt.
Mm. Tancey C. Elliott Is directing the
pageant. Music will be by the church
choir. Alvin Moore will be soloist and
Mm. Dan Merrill will be organist. Mm.
Harold Norwood will be reader.
Fire Truck Chasers Will
Be Arrested Say Officers
Fire truck chasers are going to
"live hard.” If police and firemen
stick to their statements made on
Wednesday night.
During the first of this week the
truck has been out three times, and
three times the traffic has been all
going one way—the way of the fire
truck.
Firemen say they don’t mind if
autolsts do go in the general direc
tion of the fire, after the fire is
under control, or they say It would
not be so bad, If the people would
Just stay out of the way until the
department members all get to the
scene of the fire—but this seems
to be the two Identical things the
good people won't do—so the fire
men and police officers have de
cided they will have to get harsh
about the matter.
There is a state law as well as a
town ordinance against driving be
hind a fire truck less than one
block, the firemen point out, and
there is also a state and town law
prohibiting any vehicle coming Into
any city block where a Are Is being
fought by any organized Are de
partment, or driving a car Into any
block where the fire truck Is lo
cated during the Are activity re
gardless of whether It be the same
block as the fire or not.
In one Instance Monday after
noon a fire was located In one block
while the truck had to connect the
pump to a hydrant In an adjoin
ing block, and connections from
hydrant to fire pump on the truck
was delayed because people had
driven cars Into both blocks.
Violators of the ordinance are not
strangers or country people, the
firemen pointed out, but are 99 out
of 100 times people who live In
Brevard and who have been warned
time and time again.
Traffic flowed down East Main
street Monday when a practice sig
nal was given on the siren at the
city hall; a short while later the
department was called out when
the Southern freight engine set
some trash on fire which threaten
ed the wooden bridge on West Main
—and again It seemed that all the
cars in miles and miles of Brevard
came whizzing to the scene of the
fire, endangering lives of the fire
men, and congesting traffic In gen
eral so bad that It took 10 to 15
minutes to unsnarl the cars after
the fire was under control; Wed
nesday night a chimney on fire at
the A. B. Owen home on Whitmire
street took the traffic lane down
North Caldwell, and again a jam
resulted.
The volunteer firemen are most
all giving their time to the town,
and they think it only fair that
people should stay out of the way,
especially when a curious sightseer
may delay the firemen to such ex
tent that a family’s home may be
destroyed, or a fireman killed by a
driver who should have stayed en
tirely out of the section where the
fireman were doing their best to
protect the town.
The firemen say they hate to do
It—but they feel that they will have
to—and as all firemen are special
officers It Is expected that a lot of
summons win be Issued to mayor's
court foUowlng the next fire alarm.
Help The Mercury Climb
Community Hospital Fund progress
will be shown each week on the huge ther
mometer to be erected on the court house
lawn this week.
Red line denoting mercury will be raised
each week to show the progress of the
drive to raise $25,000 to erect the new
Community Hospital.
First markings to be placed on the
out-door thermometer will be to the $9,000
mark, where the finance committee report
ed Wednesday that the fund had reached.
It is believed that the red line may be
raised on Christmas Day, maybe several
notches, and from that period on the rela
tive collection of funds will be noted each
Wednesday morning.
Progress of the donation thermometer
will be noted each week in The Transyl
vania Times, and those interested in the
community project are requested to point
out progress being made and ask assistance N
in making the “mercury” climb fast to the
$25,000 mark—necessary amount to match
Duke Foundation funds for a $50,000 com
munity hospital.
Every little green ribbon sold, every
dollar given by friends of the community
will aid in inching the “mercury” toward
the $25,000 mark; _
Education Association
,100% Other Occasions
Miss Annie May Patton, president of
the Transylvania County Unit of the
North Carolina Education Association,
and Miss Mamie Lyday, secretary, are
to be congratulated on having a 100
per cent membership this year. How
ever, there was an error in their re
port of last week for this is not the
first time all teachers have been mem
bers. The records show that this goal
was reached in 1926, 1927, and 1928
when Mr. T. C. Henderson was county
superintendent. In fact much of the
credit for the fine professional spirit
among our teachers today is due to the
work of Mr. Henderson, Mr. Verner, Mr.
Olasener and others who were in this
field before I came to this county.
J. B. Jones.
Here-There
Over the County
(.1. A. Glaze tier, County Agent)
Christmas eggs for Andy Tipton and
family. Mr. Tipton sold all of his
mixed breeds of chickens last week and
bought 20 purebred hens and two male
birds from Mrs. Bates Patton, who is
known for raising fine purebred Bar
red Rock chickens.
Mr. Tipton reported Saturday that
he had already gotten as high as 15
eggs per day. He now plans to remodel
his hen house, provide larger lots and
give better attention to the family
flock. Just what usually happens when
folks become interested In better stock,
and chickens are no exception.
T. J. Wilson has Just recently added
to his Hereford herd three heifers and
one bull, all registered animals. Mr.
Wilson can now boast of the fact that
he has an all-registered herd of Here
ford cattle.
Polks are becoming more interested
in better livestock, which is a very
healthy sign of farm progress in any
man’s county. As has been repeatedly
said, good pastures will help promote
(Improved livestock as nothing else will,
for good pastures are the sources of
the most economical feed to be had.
Now Is an ideal time to begin planning
where you are going to try that acre
of honest-to-goodness pasture demon
stration next spring. It will just take
one acre properly prepared, limed,
phoephated and seeded heavily with a
good pasture mixture to convince any
one of Its outstanding value.
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Honor Roll
Thanks a million to the following
subscribers who have sent In their re
newals since Wednesday of last week ■
we can use plenty more of the same
neighborly spirit.
C. H. Holden, Brevard R-2
Hale Slnlard, Brevard
F. B. Taylor, Horse Shoe
Mrs. Alice Bishop, Cedar Mtn.
E. Carl Allison, Brevard R-l
E. O. Shipman, Brevard R-2
Fred Miller, Brevard
Charles Whitmire, Brevard R-S
John C. Tinsley, Brevard
Mrs. Emeltne Galloway, New York
Mrs. J. M. Meece, Brevard R-3
Charles A. Sleber, Brevard
T. T. Patton, Virginia
D. L. Thom, Brevard R-2
W. P. Fisher, Balsam Grove
J. M. Allison, Brevard
Jim Alexander, Brevard R-2
Oscar Galloway, Lake Toxaway
-Parmer McCrary, Plsgah Forest
S. P. Collins, Brevard R-l
Flem Glazener, Rosman
Mrs. Bessie McCarter, Brevard R-3
We are glad to add the following
new subscribers to our list which grows
each week:
Mrs. A. O. Chance, New York
Thanks for Your Renewal
Paper Be Printed
Early Next Week
The Times will be printed Tues
day of next week in order that
The Times force may get their
work in line, and have an extra
day for the Christmas holidays.
Correspondents for the paper
are requested to send in their
news letters not later than Mon
day, and all Brevard people are
also requested to call the office
Saturday or Monday and report
their items.
Advertisers are asked to place
their copy Friday of this week,
if possible, and not later than
Monday of next week, in any
event, as the office will be very
busy on Tuesday.
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New Bus Schedule To
Asheville Announced
Through bus to Asheville will to
started by the Greyhound Lines foi
the early morning run beginning Dec
18th, It has been announced from th<
bus station at Macfie Drug store.
The bus will leave Brevard at 6: St
in the morning, going direct to Ashe
vllle; return trip will leave Ashevilli
at 8:00 and arrive in Brevard at 9:21
Instead of 7:50 as the present schedul
now reads. The Asheville to Brevan
bus will continue on to Greenville, ar
riving there at 10:45.
Other schedules will remain as nov
in effect.
Parent-Teacher Meet
Reports 140 Members
A program of Christmas songs and
Christmas messages was given at the
December meeting of the Parent-Teach.
er association, held Tuesday afternoon
in the grammar school building.
Three Christmas songs were sung by
children of the fifth grade as the open
ing feature of the meeting. Mrs.
Goode Loftls read the Christmas mes
sage from the national P.T.A. presi
dent and the message from the state
president was read by Mrs. C. E. Buck
ner, who also presided over routine busi
ness as president. Devotionals were
conducted by Mrs. H. R. Bobst.
It was announced that there are now
140 paid memberships in the P.T.A. and
that the second grade had won the
membership prize.
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE ON TUESDAY
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Christmas Vacation To Extend
Through To Eighth of
January
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All school^ of the county will close
on Tuesday afternoon, December 19
for the Christmas holidays and open
again for classes on Monday, January 8.
The extended holiday was made,
school officials announce, due to the
fact that wells and water supply for
several of the schools are falling.
End of the school year will be on
April 20, same as the closing date of
19S9.
College holidays begin on Wednesday
of next week.
Deer Hunters To Be.
Here Rest of Week
Last three days of the Pisgah Same
Preserve deer hunt on the Transyl
vania side will be held beginning Thurs.
day morning, with 275 men scheduled
to enter the forest.
Next week the hunt will be moved
to the Mills River area, and will end
on December 28.
Sixty deer were killed Monday and
Tuesday on the Davidson River and
wilderness hunts, 257 hunters going
out Monday, and 219 hunters on Tues
Say.
BUSINESS HOUSES TO
BE OPE IN EVENINGS
DURING NEXT WEEK
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Convenience of Buying Public
Be Aided By Extended
Hours In Brevard
All business houses of Brevard will
be open evenings until 9 o’clock, be
ginning Wednesday of next week, De
cember 20.
Some few of the stores expect to be
open on Monday night for a short while,
but majority of the stores will not be
open until Wednesday evening.
A committee of young ladies of the
town headed by Mrs. Ashe Macfie ex
pects to have Christmas carols broad
cast on Wednesday evening of next
week, the Christmas lights will be on
In the uptown sections, and other at
tractions will be offered to folk who
visit the shopping district Wednesday
evening through rest of the week.
Store windows have all been prettily
decorated, and without doubt, are by
far the most attractive windows as a
whole ever shown in the town. Each
of the displays have been built along
individual lines, hence giving a wider
variety of displays.
Mrs. Albert Chance
Will Reside In North
Mrs. Alfred Chance, county nurse
with the Transylvania county health
department. Is leaving next week to
Join her husband In Batavia, N. Y„
where Mr. Chance Is connected with the
U. S. Veterans administration.
During her connection with the local
health unit the past two and one-half
years, Mrs. Chance has done much to
ward building up the nursing field
throughout the county. She has or
ganized and operated classes and clin
ics, including baby and maternity clin
ics, VD clinics and TB clinics, home
hygiene classes and various phases of
nursing and public health work.
Certificates were presented to 22 girls
of the Rosman high school hygiene
class Tuesday afternoon, at which time
a health pageant was given, followed by
a handkerchief shower given Mrs.
Chance by the class In appreciation of
her work as teacher.
Mrs. Chance's resignation will become
effective January 1st. It has not been
announced who her successor here will
be.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Miss
Mary Sue Jennings, Helen Holden,
Oscar Summey, Claud Allison, Raymond
Klker and B. C. Walker.
COLLEGE GYM FLOOR
BE READY JAN. 1ST
Basketball Gaines Be Played
In New Building—Other
Student Activities
Work has begun on the gym floor at
Brevard College, and It is expected
that It will be completed before the be
ginning of the Christmas holidays next
Wednesday.
Under the direction of Mr. Palmer,
the construction is being carried on by
student labor.
Coach John B. Chrlstenbury has ex
pressed the hope that the floor will be
in first class condition by the first of
the year, so that the basketball squad
can enter immediately upon Its pro
gram. The prospects for a good team
are unusually encouraging, and with
the new floor it is expected that the
practices and games of the team will
be speeded up a great deal.
Nine students represented Brevard
College at the annual strawberry leaf
debating festival which was held De
cember 7, 8, and 9 at Winthrop College
in Rock Hill, South Carolina. There
was at the conference a total of 279
students coming from colleges in the
Eastern section of the United States.
The nine students attending the
Forensic meet from Brevard College
were Julia Kendall, Elizabeth Yeattes,
Virginia Daniels, Hazel Bradley, Ned’
Fowler, Bill Bennett, Henry Rldenhoun
Delbert Byrum, and Wayne Kemodle.
Donald Loy, Onald Foy
Twin sons were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Sprouse on Saturday. December 2.
The little boys have been named Don
ald Loy and Onald Foy.
CHRISTMAS UGHTS
ERECTED UPTOWN
Other Decorations Be Placed:
—Christmas Carols To Ba
Broadcast Dec. 20
Christmas lights were put up In the
uptown section of Brevard on Wednes
day for the Chamber of Commerce, and
cooperating business men
The lights will remain on the streets
until New Tears or longer, and add
much to the attractiveness of the up
town section.
NTA girls plan to put up Christmas
greens and other decorations the last
of this week adding to the cheerful
ness of the shopping district
Byron Olney was In charge of erec
tion of the lights, and had part of the
strings burning Wednesday.
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