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' BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JA
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i-eared in
Is a son
of Oak
in the
ern C'aro
llowhee, and
Boone,
for a
electe i clerk
by a large
his second
did not seek
has served
as chairman of the Democratic execu
tive committee.
Mr. Alexander is now engaged in
fanning and cattle raising and resides
with his family n the Puckworth
Farm on the French Broad.
Walter Reece Named
Business Census Man
Walter I. Reece of Roam ln has been
named- to conduct the I uMness and
manufacturers' census tn ' ’ransylvanla
an" >n counties It wn < announced
/i-o'm th district office tn Asheville
Ins* week.
T ss amt manufacturers’ cen
sti- expected to c'wntinue until
th< ' of March. It wlp pe a part
o' \nost comprehend ve inventory
i-\ - • I- made f the re.“ollrce of the
Vni States. » • i-oiluctlon,
sal employment, un ‘xhaudlse on
him ami i i > upar on of findings with
a \ ar ago. tt will include factories,
wh - sale ami n tall stores mines, quar
ries hotel-, tourist urn and dozens
of < her bjh.--ine«« tt" I sei.vl ce organiza
tion.
Both thf. popultt >n. firm and hous
ing census will b :in in early April.
Between 100 and ’00 persons will be
employed on this | rojo-t,
V penim of the business and
mai.ui rs' cor is „rdv a few days
aw;-: is dls let r>ff|, |. i em
phasi/.e it all 1 ol tted by
cnumer:.. will be I.,-. |y con
flrlet ' ial and used >-,iv mplllng
geneml statistics.
Ruth Beauty Pa r
Moves To Ea Main
Ruth's Harper Method Beauty shop
has in ved to the ne\y Belk's Depart
ment store on East Mjpn street.
T beauty parlor, operated by Mrs.
Ru'-i McCrary for the past six or more
ye* .. is located on th«. front mezzanine
floe i- of the large nev store, and has
Ins lied modern equipment for use ln
the. Imp.
V Mary .line McCrary; Insurance
ae v, and Carollnli Motor branch
office, is "located in ihe Jordan street
building formerly occupied by the
beauty parlor.
MARRIAGE BUSINESS
SLUMPED DURING’39
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Register of Deeds Issued On
ly 20 License*—Health
Law. Is Cause
Marriage license business has fallen
75 percent during 12 inonths In Tran
sylvania coWnty. accorrung to Register
of Deeds Eck Sims.
In 193S there were go marriage li
censes Issued\ln Transylvania, and only
20 during 19J9. a dropdown of 60. or
even 75 percent.
The slow sale In thl* county Is at
tributed to the 1 new law passed by the
1959 legislature which requires a medi
cal examination of bath contracting
parties before a license may be issued
In the state, anil majority 0f the people
who feel that "two can, live as cheap
as one** just hike thenfi8()lvee over the
mountain to Pickens cr Greenville and
get their marriage papers where there
are no questions ask;;a, and no doctors
to iee.
1 «' new health jaw requires that any
co le tnarrylngAn South Carolina or
ot. states. jtflP reluming to North
Carolina to Aiak# their home, SHALL
gv f,he health prescribed certificate
within Jv 'days. but there seems to be
no twth In that part of the lAw, so
roa or+ty 0f the couples Juat go along
ar.d forget the whole thing.
A dozen or more applications were
made, to the local register of deeds dur
IbR 'the holiday period, but the appll
040 * didn’t have the required medical
Certificates, and no sale was made.
J At Lyday Hospital
fltlents reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital Include: Mrs. Alice Dixon,
Mr! Clyde McCall, SaUle Butler, B.
C. walker, B. F. Hall Jr„ J. C. Gal
lewtL
Dnig Stores
I Hours On
» icfle and Long
n0' icing through Th«
t1r< atores will
fro ,
la le
nil fc
ma ai
Outstanding Events
Of Last Year Given
Chronology of 1939 Is being car.
rled In this Issue of The Times,
dates and happenings that made
headlines during the year 1939
which ended Sunday night
This feature Is being carried
as a part of the sendee of the
Home Newspaper for Its readers,
and Is one of the many syndi
cated articles which are carried
from time to time for benefit of
subscribers.
The Times tries to carry a
minimum of 1,000 inches of read,
lng matter and pictures each
week, and will continue to do
so as long as the type of support
given us during the year just
closed Is continued by our sub
scribers.
Woodmen Officers Are
Installed Here Monday
The local Woodmen Camp at a meet
ing Monday night, January 1st, in
stalled all senior officers elected last
December and will serve for the coming
year.
Officers taking their vows were:
Fred Grogan, counsel commander, L.
W. Bonnell past counsel commander;
Dean Whitlock, adviser lieutenant;
Ralph Brown, banker) Tom Phillips,
escort; Ralph Lyday, financial secre
tary; Arthur Gillespie, watchman;
Vance Jackson, sentry; Dr. Kanner,
camp physician; C. R. McNeely and
Clark Grissom, auditors.
Junior officers elected are: Melvin
Gillespie, past counsel commander; Jess
Owen, counsel commander; Roger
Hayes, adviser lieutenant; Earl Ash
worth, banker; J. L. Tinsley, escort;
Jesse Gillespie, watchman: Eck Sims,
sentry.
The candidates were given their
duties and took their obligations before
a crowd of about 80 members of the
Woodmen Camp, Woodmen Circle and
many visitors. After all vows were
taken, each officer was given his post
where he will serve for the year 1940.
After all business matters were taken
care of, the large group of members
and visitors assembled at tables which
were set the full length of the hall,
and were served a delicious supper
composed of fried oysters, oyster stew,
fried fish, crackers, pickles, potato
salad and hot coffee. Music was fur
nished during the entire evening by
members of the camp.
Group picture of the officers in
stalled and everyone present was made
by W, C. Austin, and will be sent to
the Woodmen Magazine for publication.
Tobacco Application
Should Be Made Now
(J. A. Qlazener, Co. Agent) .
information received from E. T.
Floyd, state executive officer, says that
all farmers wishing to grow burley to
bacco on farms not having allotments,
should make application for allotment
at the county agent’s office on or be
fore January 15. Mr. Floyd further
states that applications for allotments
will not be accepted after that date.
New Year Fails To ‘
Bring Even One Baby
So far as could be learned here Tues
day, no New' Year Day birth was re
corded, and little Miss or Mister 1940
failed to arrive in this community.
Checkup of doctors’ offices revealed
that several youngsters made official
appearance on Sunday, several on Tues
day, but nary a one on New Year Day.
College Student* Are
Back For New Session
Brevard College students returned
Tuesday from their Christmas vaca
tion, and classes were resumed Tues
day afternoon.
Some of the young people arrived
Monday night, and early Tuesday, with
bulk of students on hand for classes
Tuesday afternoon.
COLD WAVE GENERAL
THROUGHOUT NATION
Smaller Stream* In County
Reported Frozen Tue*
day Morning
New Year brought snow and sleet
In slight quanltles Monday, but plenty
of cold weather to offset the light
snowfall.
Winter’s low of three degrees above
zero was recorded at the official sta
tion at the city hall Tuesday night,
and while a bright sun warmed the
atmosphere during the day, a low tem
perature was looked for Wednesday
night.
Water supply from Brevard has been
hampered by supply streams freezing,
and also the excessive use of water by
patrons who had unprotected systems.
Small creeks In many sections of the
county were reported frozen over with
a smooth skim of Ice Tuesday morn
ing, and zero weather was reported
from Lake Toxaway and Cedar Moun
tain. *
The French Broad river was partly
frozen Wednesday, and "mush Ice”
filled the main body of the stream.
Reports from over all sections of the
nation Wednesday were to the effect
that the winter’s coldest weather had
struck, and there was very little hope
held out for relief until late Thursday
or Friday.
Flower Shop Opens
In Brevard Friday
Brevard’s newest business will be a
flower shop, slated to hold its formal
opening on Friday evening of this
week, 6 to 8:30 o’clock.
The flower shop will be located in
the corner room of the Clayton build
ing on West Main street, and expects
to feature fresh cut flowers, and other
varieties.
A. B. Galloway Is proprietor of the
new flower shop, and Quay Tankersley,
who has been in the flower business
for the past eight or ten years in Hen
dersonville, will be in charge.
Bouquets will be presented all ladles
who visit the shop during the formal
opening Friday evening, and a prize
basket of cut flowers will be given for
best name suggested.
Masonic Officers To
Be Installed Jan.- 8th
Plans are being made by officials and
members of the local Dunn's Rock
Masonic lodge to attend the public In
stallation ceremonies at the Asheville
lodge Monday night at 8 o’clock, at
which time the elected and appointive
officers of the Brevard lodge will be
Installed. The grand master of North
Carolina will perform the Installation.
The following officers of the Dunn's
Rock lodge will be Installed: A. E.
York, worshipful master: Claud Stroup,
senior warden; A. M. Paxton Jr„ jun
ior warden: A. N. Jenkins, treasurer;
Henry Henderson, secretary: L. P.
Beck, senior deacon; D. R. Boyd, jun
ior detfcon; D. H. Winchester, Waverly
Morris, stewards; Tom Stroup, tyler.
All officers of the 38th and 39th dis
trict will be installed at this time. A
dutch supper will be held at 6:30 at the
Masonic Temple for all officers and the
retiring masters.
7:30 Bus Schedule To
Start Here Jan. 8th
Smoky Mountain Trailways bus, Bre
vard to Asheville, will leave here at
7:30 in the morning, on and after Jan
uary 8, Instead of 6:40, as has been
schedule.
The bus will return to Brevard at
10:16 Instead of 9:20, also effective
January 8th.
This schedule will be welcomed here,
Inasmuch as there is a Greyhound bus
leaving for Asheville at 6:30, and the
new schedule will give two early morn
ing buses to Asheville.
Residents of Upper Transylvania
are seeking a change In the Smoky
Mountain bus which now goes up in
the morning—asking that the bus come
from Franklin to Brevard in the morn
ing, and return In the afternoon, so
that people of Toxaway and other sec
tions may come Into dapvard In the
morning and return home in the after
noon.
Another Year
l&BmrcrnnnS
Community Ho
fund thermometer
house lawn cllmbei
ing the week, and
*14,000.
Interest in the
naturally side-trao
degree during the
with some of the
making the drive—:
general still showit
and contributions
voluntarily, withoui
on the part of anyi
Brevard
To Clo
Unprotected water
chance to freeze, c
property face stiff 1
tlce which was put 1
day and Tuesday nig
Water was runnir
reservoir Tuesday i
stream force seemed
tion but little. An
was turned Into the 1
day afternoon, and tl
the lower went the
entire source of sui
into the storage sys
Check was made
water main from th<
was intact, and nar
found.
Several calls were
flcials to homes plcl
the cause was readl
owners fearing their
freeze and burst fro
were letting faucets
set the freeze the:
reservoir being over
ly diminishing to d;
A special watchmi
reservoir to see that
tanks was unlntern
began making plan
metered homes and
of water.
The board of al
Tuesday, night orde
and water departme
off any and all open
ning needlessly, anc
Auto Tag
Rushing
Mrs. Mary Jane
able assistant, Mrs.
a land-office buslr
Monday, handling to
culatlon man handl
A total of 9*0 t
Tuesday night the ol
Is a decided gain o\
last year.
Biggest days in t
recorded here was 0
when the *60 marl
single day.
Deadline for using
cars or trucks expli
night, and whlls
plates were In ertds|
lng, they
aftensi