FIREMEN WILL GIVE
PARTY TO CHILDREN
200 Youngsters Whom Santa
Might Miss To Be In
vited Guests
A real Christmas party will be given
by the Brevard Fire department Sun
day afternoon Dec. 24 at 2 o’clock,
when 200 or more children will be
guests at the Santa Claus event to be
held in the city hall auditorium.
Invitations have been sent to the
200 children who will be guests of the
firemen, and these youngsters will be
greeted with a real Santa Claus, music
by a ’’Santa Claus" band, and toys, and
fruits, and ice cream, and the things
which delight a child’s heart.
There are toys galore in the fire
men's workshop, most of them donated
by citizens of the community whose
children have either tired of the par
ticular Items or have outgrown them.
Some of the toys and dolls needed
repairing, repainting, and In most In
stances. new dresses, but the firemen
and Recreation Center group have
taken care of this problem and the
youngsters who probably would not
see Santa Claus this Christinas were
it not for the firemen, will have the
things which gladden a little tot’s
heart.
Several business houses have joined
with the firemen in providing toys
and gifts, and people from over the
county have either sent toys, fruits,
or candy, or have made cash donations
to the Christmas party fund.
The firemen have been busy for
many nights getting the toys in tip
top shape, and getting decorations ready
for the party. The older people (not
children the firemen say) of the com
munity are invited to visit the audi
torium Friday and see the display
which will be ready on that day.
Due to the fact that only 200-odd
can be provided for at this party, the
group will be limited to Invited guests
only, and the firemen are endeavor
ing through the welfare and social
work offices to bring children who
might otherwise have no real Christ
mas, which is the honest heritage of all
kiddles.
PISGAH DEER HUNT
TO END SATURDAY
1,400 Hunters From Many Sec
tions Have Been Here
Past Four Weeks
The annual Pisgah Game preserve
deer hunt will close Saturday of this
week, with an estimated 1,400 hunters
taking part during the four weeks.
Through Monday 1.304 hunters had
killed a total of 430 deer and five bears,
which figures 32 percent kill.
Hunters from as far west as Okla
homa as far south as Florida, and as
far North as Washington, D. C.. have
been here during the four weeks, and
thousands of inches of newspaper pub
licity has been given the forest through,
out twenty or more states In regard to
the hunt and the Brevard section.
An entire page of the magazine sec
tion of The Atlanta Journal of last
Sunday was devoted to the hunt, with
pictures of some of the prize bears
and deer being shown.
Picture of C. L. Green of Rosman
who killed a buck weighing 185 pounds
and carrying a beautiful head for
mounting, carrying ten points, was
shown in the magazine section.
Photographers and special writers for
Look Magazine, Field & Stream, the
Atlanta papers, and other publications
have been here during the hunt, all
sending pictures and news stories about
this section to their publications.
Last three days of the hunt this
week will be In the Mills River area
with 50 hunters expected to take the
field. The wilderness hunt has been
closed for the season.
Seal Sale Will End
Here Next Saturday
The annual Christinas seal sale, which
has been in progress here the past three
weeks, will come to a close on Sat
urday. The campaign Is sponsored by
the P.T.A., with Mrs. Edwin Wike as
general chairman.
The school children, clubs and var
ious civic and religious organizations
of the town have cooperated In making
a success of the drive, three-fourths
of the proceeds of which will be used
in the health work of the community.
Business Houses To
Remain Open Evenings
All the business houses will remain
open until 9 o’clock at night the rest
of the week through Saturday night
for the accommodation of Christmas
shoppers.
The colored lights will be on In the
uptown section, Christmas carols will
be broadcast at Intervals and other
attractions will be offered those who
visit the shopping district through the
week.
MERCURY CLIMBS
DURING WEEK
HOSPITAL FUND
GOES UP
The mercury on the Community
Hospital Fund thermometer situated on
the court house lawn will be moved
up today (Wednesday) two notches.
The huge sign depicting actual cash
progress of the drive for funds may be
seen day and night on the court house
lawn, and as funds are paid in, the
“mercury" will keep pace, so that the
public may tell at a glance, status of
cash being paid in.
Several donations have been secured
from unlooked-for sources during the
week, according to Treasurer George
Wheeler, and one donation of $110.26
was especially noticeable. This amount
was paid in by colored people of Bre
vard, who are making a drive under
the leadership of Professor J. P. Sartor,
principal of the Rosenwald school. Col
ored people of the Glade Creek com
munity contributed $16.55, and the drive
is going forward with much interest
shown in the movement by the colored
people as a whole.
Harry H. Straus, chairman of the
finance committee, requests that people
keep the community hospital fund In
their minds, especially at this season.
“Many people, many years hence will
be made happy by Christmas gifts of
cash to the Community Hospital fund,"
the chairman said, “and a gift made to
the fund now will be available to all
people of the county for many years
to come, thus being a Christmas gift
which many will enjoy.”
Lumber for the hospital thermometer
was donated by Brevard Lumber com
pany, and work of building and paint
ing the sign was done by David Norton
and Richard Pace.
FREE SHOW FOR ALL
KIDDIES ON MONDAY
Clements Will Play Host At
Annual Theatre Party
Christmas Morn
Children of the community will be
guests of the Clemson Theatre on
Christmas morning at 10 o’clock when
the management presents tholr annual
free show.
Provisions have been made to care
for 550 children at the show, and
Christmas presents of candy will also be
presented to the tots after the show is
over.
Room will be provided for 425 white
children in the main auditorium of the
Clemson, and for 126 negro children
in the balcony section. This is the
first year that negro children have
been invited, and is now made possible
by the erection of the special entrance
on Caldwell street.
Only children 14 years and under
will be admitted to the show this Christ
mas Messrs Verne and Frank Clement
point, out, due to the fact that 125 seats
in the balcony will be used by the
negro children. Heretofore youngsters,
some of them up to 18 and 20, have
been admitted.
The show will start at 10:00 o'clock
sharp, with the doors to open at 9:46.
Picture to be shown will be "Union
Pacific,” featuring Joel McCrea and
Barbara Stanwyck.
Masons Moot Friday
Friday evening, December S3, at
8:00 o’clock, Dunn’s Rock Lodge No.
2(7, A. P. A A. M., will meet In regu
lar communication. This meeting Is an
Important one as the officers for 1940
are to be elected. All members of the
lodge are urged to be present Visit
ing Masons are welcome.
IMPROVEMENTS ON
STREETS START 2ND
Sidewalks Also To Get Atten
tion In Town-Wide
WpA Program ■
Surfacing streets and constructing
sidewalks In Brevard will be started on
January 2 by a crew of WPA work
men.
Project has been approved for spend
ing $21,649 in repairing and improving
streets and sidewalks and the draining
of same.
Tentative plans are to improve W'est
Main street extension from the rail
road bridge, by J. F. W. Mills’ store,
and to the Tannery creek on the south.
This stretch of half mile leads through
one of the thickly populated colored
sections, and has been in extremely bad
state of repair for several years.
Several other short stretches of
streets will be repaired under the pro
ject, and more than a mile of sidewalk
improved.
Equipment necessary to take care of
the work has been purchased or rented,
and with a crew of 40 to GO men, the
five miles of streets and sidewalks con
templated for improvement are expect
ed to be completed before summer.
OVER 300 ENROLL IN
COUNTY RED CROSS
List of 100% Memberships
Given — CCC Enrollees
Contribute Neat Sum
Over 300 memberships have been se
cured for the American Red Cross, .ac
cording to Jerry Jerome, roll call chair
man.
Of especial note, Mr. Jerome said, was
the enrollment of the two CCC outfits
in this county. Camp Sledge, NC P-66,
subscribed $32.26, and John's Rock sub.
scribed $24.70.
A number of firms and business
places In the county subscribed 100 per
cent, including:
Plummer's, Houston Furniture. State
Highway office, post office, Pisgah
Mills office, Brevard high school fac
ulty, Rosenwald school, Glade Creek
school. Farmers federation, Brevard In
surance company, Clemson and Co-Ed
theatres. Duckworth Motor company.
Broad street A&P, Main street A&P.
B&B Feed store, Hayes Motor com
pany, Western Auto, City Hall, Dan L.
English office, Carr Lumber Co. office,
A. W. Wheeler office, Duke Power of
fice, Tinsley Esso station. Transylvania
Trust company. The Transylvania
Times, Pisgah Forest school, Long
Drug store, Macfle Drug store. Mc
Crary Auto service, Wilson Realty
company, Wilkins Insurance office,
Court House officials, Belk's store, Jen
nie Bowen store.
Several schools have not reported,
Mr. Jerome said, and likewise, several
firm heads have not collected from all
employes. Therefore, additional names
will be added to the list of 100 per
cent contributors later.
New Arrivals
Born to Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Goodwin a
daughter, Judith, on Thursday, Decem
ber 14, at Lyday Memorial hospital.
Born to Mr, and Mrs. Excell Lothery
a daughter, Barbara Sue, on Sunday,
December 17, at Lyday Memorial hos
pital.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jones
a daughter, Fred I a Dale, on Friday,
December 1.
Dr. Long’s Book Is
Praised By Authority
Gerald W. Johnson, of the editorial
staff of the Baltimore Evening Sun,
has written a review of Augustus W.
Long's book, "This Son of Carolina,”
for the New York Herald Tribune. The
final sentence of this review reads as
follows: "This son of Carolina has made
a delightful gift to his state.’*
The Asheville Citizen-Times, in Sun
day's editorial spoke of Mr. Long as an
“unregenerate and unreconstructed”
Tar Heel It said further: "In ‘Son of
Carolina’ Mr. Long ostensibly tells the
story of his own life, but actually he
tells more of the unwritten story of
North Carolina”
Auto Licenses Must Be
On All Cars January 1
State Patrolman H. M. Morrow said
Monday that auto and truck drivers
have only until December 30 to secure
1940 licenses for their vehicles, and
that any cars on the highways January
first without the new tags would have
to pay penalty.
There will be no extension of time,
the local highway patrolman said, and
orders have already come down from
the state headquarters at Raleigh that
arrests are to be made of any driver
using the highway or streets on and
after January first
New tags have been on sale In the
office of Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary
since November 16th.
Christmas Lighting
Contest Will Close
On Saturday Evening
Judging of the Christmas lighting
contest, sponsored by the Brevard
Garden club, will take place between
8 and 10 o’clock Saturday evening, an
nouncement has been made by Mrs. C.
E. Buckner, chairman.
Two prizes will be offered by the
club for the best outdoor lighting or
window effect—a first prize of $10.00
for the best, and $5.00 for the second
best. The Duke Power company will
also donate a third prize of a lamp.
Living trees are suggested for out
side lighting, thereby keeping In mind
the conservation of native plants. The
contest Is open to the public In the
town and county.
Those living outside of the town
limits who wish to enter the lighting
contest are asked to notify the club
president, Mrs. H. J.- Bradley, or any
one of the following committee: Mrs.
C. E. Buckner, Mrs. Roy Long or Mrs.
John Maxwell.
Christmas greens, Christmas trees,
holly, wreathes and other decorations
of the season are being sold on the
streets of the business district this
week. The sale has met with consider
able success by the club.
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Paper Out Early
For Holiday Event
The Times was printed late
Tuesday this week on aceount of
the Christmas holidays, and too,
in order that shoppers could be
reached through Times advertis
ing columns by local merchants.
A number of special Christmas
Greetings are being carried from
business people in this issue of
the paper which is In two sec
tions.
The Times workers will be on
vacation Friday, Saturday, and
Monday, with only the “old man”
keeping house to take care of
subscribers and rush orders for
business houses and the entire
force joins in saying to every
one every where
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Crippled Children
Need Transportation
Request has been made by Mrs. B. D.
Franklin, of the county welfare office,
for some one to volunteer the use of
car to take some of the county crip
pled children to the clinic at Blltmore
Saturday morning, leaving here at 8
o’clock.
There are nine children to be taken
over for treatment Mrs. Franklin
will take part of the children in her
car, and would greatly appreciate the of.
fer of a car for transportation for the
remaining children. Any one desiring
to assist in this worthy cause is asked
to notify Mrs. Franklin as soon as pos
sible.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
TO BE BROADCAST
Evening Entertainment Will
Be Provided In Brevard
Rest of Week
Christmas carols will be broadcast
from a loud speaker on the square In
Brevard Wednesday evening, beginning
about dusk, or 6 o’clock, and each even,
lng the remainder of the week.
A series of records have been secured
which will be played at 20 to 30 min
ute Intervals each evening. The loud
speaker has been set up on the square
and the player-machine installed In the
sheriff’s office.
Christmas lights are lighted each
evening In the uptown section, all
whiteway lamp post have been decorated
by NYA workers and the Girl Scouts.
John Reese Sledge Is providing a loud
speaker for the Christmas carols broad
casts and will keep the music tuned to
proper volume, and otherwsle assist
the young ladles In charge In putting on
the program each evening.
All business houses In the town will
be open each evening during the week
until 9 o’clock.
Library Closing Date*
The U. D. C. library will be closed
Saturday of this week, also on Christ
mas and New Tear's day, announce
ment has been made by the librarian.
Miss Annie Jean Gash.
Singing Convention at
Little River Sunday
Fourth Sunday singing convention
of the lower district will meet at Little
River Baptist church Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Singers from the various churches
and communities of the lower district
will be present, and general Invitation
Is also extended to the public.
SPECIAL SERVICES IN
BREVARD CHURCHES
Christina* Music, Programs To
Be Featured Sunday By
All Groups
Christmas will be observed in the
different churches of Brevard with
special services on Sunday, including
appropriate music, sermons and other
features.
At .the Baptist church Sunday morn
ing the pastor, the Rev. Yancey C. El
liott, will have as his sermon topic,
"The God-Man.” A Christmas anthem
will be rendered by the choir. The eve
ning service at 7:30 o’clock will be
featured by a Chrismas pageant—
“White Gifts for the King,” an adora
tion service. Around 25 characters will
appear In the cast. A white Christmas
will also be a part of this service, at
which time donations will be brought
for needy of the community.
Sunday morning at St. Philip's
Episcopal church, Sunday School at 10
o'clock will be followed by morning
prayer and sermon by the rector, the
Rev. Harry Perry. The Christmas eve
midnight service, beginning at 11:30
wiil be held. Mrs. Harry Bobst will be
soloist and Miss Jeannette Austin, or
ganist.
At the Sunday morning service of
the Methodist church, Christmas will
be observed by a worship service in
song and story, In charge of the pastor,
the Rev. E. P. Billups. There_wlll be no
evening service, except the young peo
ple’s meeting at 6:30 o’clock.
A candle light vesper service will be
held at the Presbyterian church Sun
day afternoon at 6 o’clock, at which
time a pageant, entitled, "Inn Keeper’s
Story,” will be presented. Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock will be the
morning worship with sermon by the
pastor, the Rev. C. M. Jones, and spe
cial Christmas music.
Square Dance Friday
A square dance will be held at the
NTA hut Friday evening at 9 o’clock.
Special Christmas decorations and other
features will add to the promised even
ing’s pleasure.
TAX LISTING STARTS
IN COUNTY JAN. 4TH
Listers Named For Townships
—Law Requires Owners
To Give Valuations
Tax listing In Transylvania county,
as well as in other sections of the
state, will be done In January of 1940,
It is announced by Ralph W. Lyday. tax
supervisor.
Change In date of listing was ordered
by the last legislature, and reason was
given that It would enable county
workers to get books In shape, and have
statements out so that those taxpayers
who wished to take advantage of the
cash discounts offered for early pay
ment could do so.
Complete list of tax listers for the
various townships and dates of listing
In each of the communities is being
carried in this issue of the paper, and
will also be posted at conspicuous
places over the county Immediately
after January first.
Listers for the various townships
are: Boyd, L. F. Lyday; Brevard,
Ralph W. Lyday; Cathey’s Creek, Paul
Whitmire; Dunn’s Rock, George Max
wol; Gloucester, Obie Fisher; Hogback,
T. C. McCall; Little River, T. H.
Hart.
Listing will start In each of the
townships, excepting Brevard, on Jan.
4th; in Brevard township starting
date will be January 11.
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