pirj THE. TRANSYLVAN TIMES r '
( , , .§ A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County __
, " BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940 <1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
VOL. 50: WU. o ’ _____
T NSYLVANIA BANK1
R JRTS FINE YEAR
BUSINESS FOR 1939
Duckworth and Clement Are
Named To Official Posts
At Annual Meeting
Ralph J. Duckworth was elected
vice president of the Transylvania
Trust company at the annual meeting
held Tuesday afternoon, filling the posi
tion left vacant last year when Jud
son McCrary died.
Frank D. Clement was eiepted chair
man of the board of directors, and Karl
Bosse was named assistant cashier.
Other officers for the year include:
j H Pickelslmer, re-elected presi
dent. Ralph J. Duckworth re-elected
cashier, and added to the board of
directors.
The board of directors is now con
stituted as follows: F. D. Clement, R.
J. Duckworth. L. P. Hamlin, C. R.
McN' ely, W. L. Mull, C. W. Piekel
simer. J. H. Pickelslmer, J. S. Silver
steen. W. It. Smith.
The annual report showed a highly
satisfactory year. A six percent divi
dend was paid, and $1,500.00 was added
to the surplus account.
Deposits In the local bank reached
the highest peak during 1939 of any
time since its organization in 1931.
Statement for Dec. 30, 1939 showed
deposits of $406,031.29. The statement
also showed common stock of $25,000;
preferred stock of $25,000; a surplus of
$8,600; undivided profits of $4,043.75;
reserve of $3,294.18. and $6,000 in the
retirement account for preferred stock.
McFee Jewelry Opens
C. B. McFee has re-opened his jew
elry store in Brevard after having
been out of the line for six months on
account of 111 health. His new place
Is located in the Pickelsimer building
next door to the Brevard Pharmacy.
J. C. Taylor, watchmaker of Chapel
Hill, will be associated with Mr. Mc
Fee.
Sheriff V. B. McGaha
Buried Here Tuesday
Sheriff V. Bunyan McGaha, 73. died
Sunday afternoon after a brief Illness
of flu and complications. He was visit
ing his daughter. Mrs. C. G. Hogsed
of Seo-Off when he became 111 a week
before his death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon from Oak Grove church,
with the Rev. Harvey Souther and the
Rev. J. R. Bowman In charge. Inter
ment was made In Oak Grove cemetery.
Sheriff McGaha was sheriff of Tran
sylvania county from 1894 to 1900, and
when elected to the post of sheriff
here, was only 21 years of age. the
youngest man ever to serve as sheriff
In thl3 county.
Wlille he was shertrr, Mr. Mcuana
became Interested In newspaper pub
lishing ami was one of the incorpora
tors of a newspaper in Brevard in
Ilo later sold his interest in the
J^ier, and after retirement from the
^Rcu;:fs office, was with the United
States revenue department, and had
his headquarters In Greenville. S. C.
iMr. McGaha was first man to operate
a bus line between Brevard and Green
ville, a business which he operated for
four years.
$tHe was a son of the late James Craw
ford M' Gaha and Harriet Shipman Mc
Gaha both of this county, and was
leader of the Republican party in this
□y for a number of years.
MoGaha had been married three
His first wife was Miss Jessie
Allison of Brevard; his second mar
to Miss Rose Thrash of Davidson
Rfcer; and hls third union was to Mrs.
Nancy Bishop, Cedar Mountain.
Surviving are three daughters. Mrs.
Elzie Baxter. Brevard; Mrs. Leslie Hog
ged. Brevard: Mrs. J. H. Wolfe, David
son River: three sisters. Mrs. Sarah
Hardin. Mountain Lake Colony. S. C.;
Mrs. .Ellen Hardin, Brevard, and Mrs.
Elmina Keith, Oklahoma. A number of
grandchildren survive as also do the
following stop-children: b J. Bishop,
Charlotte: W. L. Bishop, Cedar Moun
tain; J. H. Bishop. Greenville, and Miss
Jennie Bishop, Greenville.
Osborne-Simpson had charge of fun
eral arrangements.
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Transylvania Trust Company Officials
J. II. PICKEL8IMER, President
F. D. CLEMENT, Chmn. of Board
Mrs. Neoma Jordan Is
Buried In Family Plot
Mra. Neoma Jordan, aged 63, died at
the home of her son, Herman Jordan,
in the Deerwoode section early Thurs
day morning of last week.
Mrs. Jordan had been in very poor
health for sometime, and her death
was not unexpected.
Funeral services w'ere held Friday
afternoon at three o’clock from the
residence, with the Rev. E. P. Billups,
pastor of Brevard Methodist church,
in charge. Interment was made in the
family burying ground near the home.
Surviving are one son and one
daughter, both of Brevard.
Mother of Mrs. Ralph
Zachary Buried 13th
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at Whittier for Mrs. Emma
V. McLean, aged 81. who died Friday
at her home in Whittier. Burial was
in the Whittier cemetery.
Surviving are the following children:
Mrs. Ralph Zachary, Brevard; W. P.
McLean, Asheville; Frank L„ Troy
B. and Lyle McLean, of Whittier; Mrs.
Ruby Seigler, Asheville, and H. Weav
er McLean, of the State of Washing
ton. Sixteen grand children and 12
great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. McLean had often visited her
daughter, Mrs. Zachary, in Brevard and
had many friends here.
CCC Enrolls Fifteen
Transylvania Youths
Fifteen Transylvania boys were en
: rolled In the CCC last week at Asheville,
and have been assigned to duty In
various camps. The following hoys
were taken to Asheville by Mrs. C. Y.
Patton, welfare superintendent, and en.
rolled:
Broughton C. Canup and George
Owen, Brevard; Kay V. McCall, Ted
E. Manley, Andrew L. Owen, Jesse R.
Owen, John B. Reid, Robert C. Rogers,
and Tilden E. Whitmire, Lake Toxaway;
Cecil Lyday and Ray Rigdon, Oakland;
Frank Barton, Pisgah Forest; Arthur
Anders, Howard Galloway, and Paul
Meece, Rosman.
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Want Camera Club
Several people have recently be
come Interested In organization of a
“camera club” in Brevard, and effort
will be made to perfect an organization
here provided sufficient interest is
found.
Any persons interested in organizing
a camera club are requested to leave
; their names at The Times office, with
A1 G. Kyle, or Nat Townsend.
Bank Closed Friday
Transylvania Trust company will be
closed Friday of this week, January 19
—in observince of Robert E. Lee's
birthday anniversary. Other banks in
the South will also observe this date.
Wheeler Employees Give 100%
To Community Hospital Building
Bright spot in the drive for funds
with which to build the new Com
munity Hospital is the Wheeler
Hosiery Mill, where every employe
has subscribed to the fund, and
most of them have finished paying
their pledges.
Of the 130 employes, each one
pledged some amount, averaging
$2.88 per employe, or a total of
over $375.00.
This is the first of the larger
concerns where the employes and
the employers have joined in the
movement to make the community
hospital a reality.
Total amount raised by the em
ployes of the lyheeler plant will be
matched by management of the
company, according to statement
made by A. W. and George Wheel
er. and this additional sum from
the plant management will make
the Wheeler concern total $760.00
or more.
Office of the Wheeler plant Is
W. L. Morgan Funeral
Held at Enon Sunday
W. L. Morgan, grandson of the late
Dr. L. Lyday, was buried at Enon
cemetery Sunday afternoon, with Dunns
Rock and Asheville Masons in charge
of the burial rites.
Mr. Morgan, who was 27 years of age,
was born and reared in Asheville, and
had gained a prominent place In the
business and civic life of that city dur
ing his short career. Popularity of the
young business man was shown by the
huge throng of people attending the
rites at Enon Sunday and by the great
number of floral offerings.
Mr. Morgan Is survived by his moth
er, Mrs. Rosa L. Morgan of Asheville;
one sister, and three brothers.
He was assistant manager of the
Arcade building. He was active in De
Molay circles of North and South Caro
lina and was chairman of the advisory
council of the Order of DeMolay for
the two states. He also was a memoer
of the Legion of Honor of the DeMolay,
the highest honor conferred by the na
tional order, and served as chairman of
the advisory council of the James Jack
son Nichols, Jr., chapter of DeMolay
here for several years.
He also was active in Masonic work
and was a member of Mt. Herman
lodge No. 118 A. F. and A. M. He was
secretary of the Cosmic club of Ashe
ville and also served on various com
mittees of that club. Born in Ashe
ville on February 2, 1912, he was a
graduate of Lee Edwards high school
and Blltmore college where he took
an active part in all campus work.
Mr. Morgan also took part In the an
nual Community Chest drives there, the
Red Cross roll call and was Interested
In T. M. C. A. and Boy Scout work.
co-operating with the employes,
and Is deducting the pledged amount
from each employe on a weekly
basis, and the pledges have prac
tically been paid out.
Total of $25,000 is needed for the
local contribution to the Community
Hospital and this amount will be
matched by the Duke Foundation,
making a grand total of $50,000,
which is thought to be ample to
build a hospital which will take
care of the needs of the county.
The treasurer stated Tuesday that
a number of people who had made
pledges before Christmas had al
ready paid, and that other pledges
could be paid at once, and proper
receipts will be issued.
Pledges are continuing to come in
from many sections, and the fi
nance committee expects to make
further contacts within the next
couple of weeks, giving every per
son in the county opportunity to
give something toward the commun
ity project
Gibbs and Merrill In
Service Station Deal
C. C. Gibbs has sold his East Main
Standard Oil station to Albert Mer
rill and has purchased his former sta
tion which has been operated the past
two years by Joseph J. Tinsley.
Mr. Merrill has taken over active
management of the East Main street
and Mr. Gibbs the one on Broad street.
Mr. Tinsley has not stated what his
plans are after he competes the wind
ing up of his affairs with the Esso
station.
Cooper Infant Dies
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther F. Cooper was buried at Oak
Grove cemetery Sunday morning. The
baby died Friday night, after a brief
life of less than 24 hours.
Will Glazener Is Out
For Register of Deeds
J. Will Glazener of Cherryfield is
announcing his candidacy for register of
deeds on the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Glazener is a native of this
county, and is widely known as a mer
chant and business man.
He was educated in the public schools
of the cdunty, at Cullowhee high school,
and later Jook a business course at
Smith-Deal Business College.
Mr. Glazener was connected with
mercantile establishments at Brevard
and Rosman until four years ago when
he moved to Granite Palls and went
into business for himself there, later
selling out and returning to Cherry
field where he fanned last-year,
TOXAWAY BUS LINE
TO BE ESTABLISHED
Service To Brevard In Morn
ings Is Assured In Near
Future By Official
Smoky Mountain Stages will work
out a plan within the immediate future
for providing bus transportation from
the Toxaway section into Brevard In
the morning, and return in the after
noon, according to J. W. Wright, pres
ident.
Mr. Wright was contacted last Frid
day by a representative of The Times
at request of numerous citizens from
Upper Transylvania, and the matter
of people coming in to the county seat
was gone into.
Mr. Wright said that he would take
the matter up through the traffic
department, and that some arrangement
would be 'made. It is impractical at
this time, Mr. Wright explained, to
change the Franklin-Asheville via Bre
vard bus, so that it will go north In
the morning and south in the afternoon,
but that another system would be
found to provide the requested trans
portation.
R. O. Self, chief clerk of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, said Sat
urday, that his department would work
with the Smoky Mountain stages In
planning a schedule which would aid
the situation.
Miss Varner Passes
State Nurses Board
Mies Edith Varner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Varner, of Brevard,
wag one of six out of 11 applicants,
frorff Asheville, to pass the North Car
olina board test for nurses, announce
ment has been made from the board
of nurse examiners. Licenses to prac
tice nursing In North Carolina will be
issued to 246 of the 327 applicants who
took the examinations.
Miss Varner, R. N.. is nurse at the
Ecusta Paper corporation plant, PIs
gah Forest.
Mayors of WNC Plan
Motorcade To Florida
Plans were made at Asheville last
Friday to conduct a “mayor’s tour”
through Florida with mayors from prac
tically all towns and cities from Char
lotte west, visiting the Sunshine State
Tentative plans agreed on at the
Asheville meeting, which followed one
held two days previous at Charlotte,
call for 60 to 70 mayors and Chamber
of Commerce officials making a 12
day tour of the state, and distributing
maps showing places of interest in
Western Carolina and best routes to
be used by Northern tourists now in
Florida on their return trip home this
spring and summer.
Transportation will be provided free
by the Queen City Bus company, and
other expenses of the trip will be pro
vided by the individuals representing
the various towns.
Charles McCall Gets
Honor at Cullowhee
Charles McCall, of Lake Toxaway,
has been named on the dean’s honor
roll at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Cullowhee, for the winter quar
ter. The group of eight students on
the honor roll were presented by Dean
W. E. Bird at a meeting of the stu
dent body on Thursday.
Young Mr. McCall is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde S. McCall, of Lake
Toxaway.
Melvin Gillespie To
Be Register Candidate
Melvin Gillespie of Brevard announces
this week that he will be a candidate
for register of deeds on the Democratic
ticket.
Mr. Gillespie is a well known young
business man, having been connected
with the former Pushell’s department
store, and for the past number of years
has been with Bradley’s store in Bre
vard.
He received his education at Rosman
high school, and a few years ago mar
ried Miss Eva Call popular Brevard
teacher. _
Infantile Paralysis
Campaign Under Way
In County Next Week
Annual "President’s Ball’ for bene
fit of sufferers from infantile paralysis
will be held at Rosman and Brevard
again this year, according to Harold E.
Kilpatrick, chairman for Transylvania
county.
Mrs. Joe E. Osborne of Rosman has
been asked to act as chairman of the
drive for Upper Transylvania, and
plans for her drive will be announced
in next week's Times.
Tentative plans call for holding a
dance at Rosman Community building
and one at Brevard NYA hut.
The committee also plans to desig
nate Saturday, January 27, as “Button
Day" when Infantile paralysis button
will be sold on the streets at Rosman
and Brevard.
Complete details of the dances and
other data, will he carried in next
week’s paper.
Nearly 7,000 cases of infantile para
lysis were recorded during 1939, the
national committee reports, and bene
fit programs will be staged throughout
the United States the last of next
week, and the first of the following to
secure funds to carry on the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Funds secured from the programs
throughout the nation are used for
research and for treatment of cases.
As an example, the Shriners’ Hospital
for Crippled Children in Greenville
was given a grant of $6,000 last year. A
number of local children have been
treated at the Shriners' Hospital, and
the grant of $5,000 will be used by that
Institution for research work.
Half of the funds go to the national
foundation, and half to the local work.
Last year’s money was spent for pro
curing braces and other necessary items
for use In treatment of deformed
children In this county.
Church
Loyalty
Campaign
Feb. 4 — March 24
Plans for a Church Loyalty campaign
were completed here the past week,
when representatives of four churches
of Brevard—the Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal—effected an
organization to cooperate in an eight
weeks’ drive for Increased attendance
and Interest in church activities.
The campaign, which will begin Sun
day, February 4, and continue until
Easter Sunday, March 24, was launched
at a supper meeting of pastors and lay
men of the four churches held at the
Presbyterian manse, home of the Rev.
C. M. Jones, on Friday night.
Oliver H. Orr was elected general
chairman of the movement. Accord
ing to plans made at the meeting, the
membership of each church will be
divided Into small groups, with a lead
er at the head of each group, who will
visit the entire membership of all the
churches.
Another feature of the campaign will
be the selection of the same sermon
topic to be used by the four pastors on
each of the eight Sundays during the
loyalty campaign.
The following pastors and laymen
have been appointed to conduct the
campaign: Baptist church, the Rev.
Yancey C. Elliott, and Ralph H. Ram
sey, Randal J. Lyday, W. P. Tindall,
committee: Episcopal church, the Rev.
Harry Perry, and David G. Ward, H.
R. Bobst committee: Methodist church,
the Rev. E. P. Billups and J. X. Ayres,
C. H. Trowbridge and Oliver H. Orr,
committee: Presbyterian church, the
Rev. C. M. Jones and R. T. Klmzey,
Dr. C. L. Newland, committee.
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TAX LISTING NOW
URGED BY OFFICIAL
Penalty To Be Added On Tax
payer* Who Foil To List
During January
A number of people In varlou* sec
tions of the county have failed to list
their taxes, according to Ralph W.
Lyday, tax supervisor, and he stated
Tuesday that penalty of $1 would be
assessed against all people who fall to
list In January, and that the board In
Its discretion could add an additional
10 percent penalty on the total amount
of the tax for the year.
In some of the townships, Mr. Ly
day said, the property owners have
responded in fine manner, but that In
some sections the fact that a penalty
will be added seems to have slight ef
fect on the number listing.
Books are now open for Brevard
township In the commissioners' room at
the court house. Listers in the sev
eral townships have met their appointed
dates, but will keep the books at their
places of residence through January,
where property owners may list with
out the added penalty.
Committee Members
Named For Kiwanis
Club For 1940 Term
Committee chairmen and members
of the various departments of the
Klwanis club were named at the bus
1 iness and dinner meeting of the club
held Monday evening at the home of
the president. Dr. H, J. Bradley.
A secretary and treasurer were also
elected at the" meeting, both officers
being re-elected for another year —
Randal J. Lyday, secretary and H. R.
Sellers, treasurer.
The following committee members
will serve for the ensuing year:
AGRICULTURE: Chairman, J. A.
Glazener; R. J. Lyday, J. B. Jones,
W. W. Brittain, G. H. Farley.
ATTENDANCE: Chairman, Walter
Straus; Ralph Ramsey, J. O. Rogers.
BUSINESS STANDARDS: Chair
man, Don M. Jenkins; R. H. Plummer,
Jerry Jerome.
PROGRAM: Chatrman, R. T. Klmzey;
C. E. Buckner, C. M. Jones.
FINANCE: H. R. Sellers; R. J.
Lyday, L. M. Bauer.
HOUSE: Chairman, C. M. Douglas:
Jerry Jerome.
INTER-CLUB RELATIONS; Chair
man, F. B. Carr; E. J. Coltrane, H. L.
Fink.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS: Chair
man. W. D. Gash; Lewis P. Hamlin,
R. H. Ramsey.
KIWANIS EDUCATION: Chairman,
J. B. Jones; Dr. C. L. Newland, H. R.
Sellers.
MUSIC: Chairman, B. W. Loomis,
Keith Pooser, Chas. Schoenknecht
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Chairman, Jerry
Jerome; Dr. Fred Zachary, C. M.
Douglas.
PUBLICITY: Chairman, C. M. Doug
las: Fred Holt, R. J. Lyday.
RECEPTION: Chairman, Jack For
tin; E. P. Jones, J. M. Gaines.
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE: Chair
man, J. O. Wells; E. J. Coltrane, J. B.
Jones.
UNDER - PRIVILEGED CHILD:
Chatrman: Dr. C. L. Newland; Dr. G. B.
Lynch, Dr. H. J. Bradley, Dr. C. J.
Goodwin.
The following officers assumed their
new duties at the January meeting:
Dr. H. J. Bradley, president; R. T.
Klmzey, vice president; Randal J. Ly
day, secretary; H. R. Sellers, treasurer.
The new directors, In addition to the
above named officers, include: C. M.
Jones. J. B. Jones, W. W. Brittain,
Donald M. Jenkins, Dr. C. L. Newland,
E. J. Coltrane, C. E. Buckner.
COLLEGE GYM USED
FIRST TIME TUESDAY
Basketball Games By Cbristen
bury’s Charge Be Played
In New Building
Brevard College gymnasium was
dedicated Tuesday night, when the col
lege basketball team played the Tex
tile Institute quint from Spartanburg.
While the gymnasium Is not com
plete, It Is adequate for the playing
of basketball, and other games of the
college team will be played there this
season. Heretofore the college team
has used the high school court.
Seating arrangements have been tak
en cars of temporarily, and plans are
to continue the work until the plant
Is properly equipped. Floor In the
new building lg regarded as one of the
best In this section for basketball and
similar games, and will be used for
lnter-colleglate and Intra-mural activi
tles.
At the game Tuesday night, the Tex
tile Institute quint nosed out John
Chrlstenbury’s chargee by the score of
44-41, In a march that was anybody's
until the final whistle blew.
In a preliminary game the “B” team
defeated Flat Rock high school by a
score of 26-21
Seek Whereabouts Of
Mrs. Cooper’s Father
Request has been made by Luther
P. Cooper, asking that any one know
ing of the whereabouts of Mrs. Coop
er’s father, Tom Duckworth, please
notify Mr. Cooper, whose wife has-been
critically 111 In the hospital here and
wants her father to be. Informed. Mrs.
Cooper was reported slightly Improved
at last reports.