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{— THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES 11ST
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County »mi
VOL SO-NO. 9 -- BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 1
MIRTHQUAKE IS BIG
ATTR ION HERE
FOR I AY NITE
Lions Club Minstrel Will
Be Given At High School
Auditorium, 8 o’clock
The I.Ion's MIRTHQUAKE minstrel,
which will be held at the high school
auditorium Friday night at S o'clock,
will offer a varied program of old
time minstrel music and mirth.
Featuring the entertainment will be
a novelty program, a wife calling con
test, starring Charles Moore as Rufus
the end man, assisted by Brevard Col
lege co-eds. Other features will be the
razor dance by Coach Chrlstenbury, a
quartet by the Fhilhannonie Symphony
four, and the barrel roll by Ikey Ayers.
Many original and entirely new gags
by the end men-promise an evening of
hilarious entertainment
Characters in the minstrel arc as
follows; Interlocutor, Rev. E. P. Bil
lups; Rufus, Charles Moore; Tambo,
John Christenbury; Inkspot, Grady
Brittain:- Jumbo, Jack Trantham;
Bones. Harold Kilpatrick; and Sambo,
Ikey Ayers. Soloists will be, John
Hawkins, David Stentz, Wells Ross,
Bill Dunnagnn. Harold Kilpatrick, Jack
Donnell and Donald Lee Moore, the
master of minstrel melody, trombone
soloist. The chorus includes the Lions
about town that everybody knows.
John Hawkins Is musical director, and
Miss Irene Clay is pianist. A feature
of the program will be the playing
of the Brevard College Hillbilly string
ed orchestra.
The proceeds of the entertainment,
which is all local talent, will be for
the community hospital fund.
Dr. Elliott To Preach
Dr. Philip Elliott, of Cullowhee, will
preach at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, announcement
has been made by the pulpit com
mittee. Baptizing will be held at the
close of the service.
Sanitary Program Is
Reinstated in County
Movement has been reinstated by the
health and sanitary department of the
county for building of sanitary privies
In the county, and a group of workmen
Is being furnished for the project by
the WPA.
D. T. Grimshaw is in charge of the
work, and free labor will be provided
for any farm owner who wishes to
have a modern privy built. Contact
may be made with Mr. Grimshaw or
Walter Hart, county sanitarian, who
Is supervising the project.
Honor Roll
These friends have remembered to
send In their renewals during the week,
despite the' bad roads that kept some
of them away:
K. H. Morrow. Brevard
T. W. Whitmire, Brevard
G. Fisher. Lake Toxaway
B. L. Lunsford, Rosman
Mitchell Holden, Brevard R-l
Clifford Raxter. Brevard R-l
J. V. Gillespie. Brevard R-l
J. W. Smith. Brevard
I. , P. Beck, Brevard
Mrs. Ed Sentell. Brevard, R-2
Elzie McCall. Balsam Grove
Mrs. Joe Grooms. Brevard
L. M. Thomas. Lake Toxaway
Frank Thomas, Lake Toxaway
Mrs. J. H. Johnstone. Brevard
J. S. Wilde. Lake Toxaway
Andrew Boggs. Brevard R-2
IV. F. Short. Brevard
A. L. Morgan, Pisgah Forest
Mrs. C. W. Wilson. Balsam Grove
W. A. Williams. Brevard R-2
Roht. M. Killian, California
Mrs. D. R. Bryson. Brevard R-2
H. P. Hogsed, Brevard R-l
Mrs. Jasper Orr. Brevard R-2
M. W. Galloway, Brevard
Mrs. J. T. McGehee, Georgia
Burton McCall. Balsam Grove
Miss Dorothy King, New York
Mrs. I.ottie Duckworth, Brevard
We are glad to add the following
new subscribers to our ever-growing
list:
David Price, Brevard
Willie Galloway, Brevard R-2
Union Service* Sunday
At Baptist Church
Union services of the churches of
Brevard will be held at the Baptist
church Sunday evening, at 7:30 o’clock.
The speaker of the occasion will not be
announced beforehand, according to
agreement of the pastors.
The sermon topic to be used by the
pastors at the 11 o’clock morning hour
will be "The Mystery of Suffering,"
In the series of services being held by
the different churches during the loy
alty campaign in February and March.
Census Enumerators *
To Work In Thirteen
Transylvania Areas
Thirteen enumeration districts have
been established In Tranjylvana county
for the population and agricultural
census which will begin on April 2.
In most eases, one enumerator is to
be appointed for ecah enumeration
district, but In some areas two sections
may be assigned to one census taker.
Hiring of enumerators will be hand
led through the district office at Ashe
ville. It has been announced by the
state bureau.
State Regent D. A. R.
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MRS. J. S. SILVER STEEN
H( UAL FUNDS ARE
Cfi WIN SLOWLY
Slack Week In Donations To
Community Building Fund
Reported By Treasurer
While funds were not received dur
ing the week sufficient to raise the
Transylvania Community Hospital
thermometer another thousand dollar
notch, Treasurer George Wheeler stat
ed Wednesday that a substantial
amount had been received from out of
town sources.
People should again be reminded,
Treasurer Wheeler said, that mention
of the campaign here by letter to
friends in other sections would pay off
in cash donations.
The official thermometer now stands
at $17,000 which is better than two
thirds of the amount necessary to take
care of the community’s part of the
cost of the building and equipment.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. F.
L. Bridges, Mrs. L. F. Cooper, Mrs.
Tom Hargis, Miss Grace Collier, Mann
ing McCrary. Shelton Candler, Spencer
Chapman. Albert Lile, Ellis Clarke and
Jason Orr.
Sunday School Meeting
At Calvert March 3rd
An assoctattonal Sunday school con
ference will be held at the Mt. Moriah,
Calvert, Baptist church, Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, announcement
has been made by the Rev. J. L. Under
wood, director.
The program theme will be "Every
Sunday school officer and teacher do
ing personal work after souls."
The following program will be given:
Song, "Rescue the Perishing:” script
ure reading and prayer. Miss Ruby
Whitmire: special music, Calvert
church: reports from Sunday schools:
talk, "Evangelism in the Sunday
School," Gerald Sltton: talk. “Personal
Work for Lost Souls," Mrs. J. L. Un
derwood ; department conferences.
The Rev. J. C. Owen will preach at
the Enon church Sunday morning at
11 o’clock. Mr. Owen will visit in Tran
sylvania county this week-end. It is
expected that a good service will be
held Sunday morning.
BREVARD LADY HEAD
STATE D.A.R. CROUP
Active Club Leader Named
State Regent Unopposed
In High Point Meet
News story from High Point late
Wednesday night stated that Mrs. Jos.
S. Silversteen of Brevard had been
elected state regent of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
State conference of the D.A.R. open
ed in High Point Tuesday, and while
there were prominent workers in the
organization present at the conference
from all sections of the state, Mrs. Sil
versteen was elected to the state reg
ent’s position without opposition.
Active in D.A.R. circles since 1920,
Mrs. Silversteen was a charter mem
ber of the Walghstill Avery Chapter
in Brevard and has served as regent
of the local chapter on three occasions.
Mrs. Silversteen has served continu
ously as a member of the North Car
olina room at the Continental Hall and
for three years was its chairman. She
served as state recording secretary for
four terms, under the regency of Mrs.
Sydney P. Cooper and Mrs. W. H.
Belk.
For the past four years the Brevard
lady has been state chairman of the
Ellis Island committee for the D.A.R.
and is now president of the North
Carolina State Officers Club.
In addition to her active work in
the Daughters of American Revolution,
Mrs. Silversteen has also been active
in other clubs, and in community activ
ities in Transylvania county and this
section of the state. For the past three
years she has served as a member of
the board of trustees for Western Car
olina Teachers College, and served as
a member of the North Carolina Wo
men’s advisory committee for the New
York World’s Fair.
Finnish Relief Fund
Gets $50 Contribution
Contributions to the Finnish Relief
Fund this week have been few, but the
amount has been exceptionally good—
one check for $50.00 swelling the total
to an unexpected height.
Check for $50 was gent In by the
Clemson-Co-Ed Theatres, with Instruc
tions that the money was to be used for
whatever purpose the Finnish govern
ment or the Relief organization deem
ed more important.
Contributions during the week In
cluded :
Clemson-Co-Ed Theatres . $50.00
Duncan MacDougald . 1.00
Previously acknowledged .. $36.50
Friend . 1.00
TOTAL TO DATE .$88.50
The funds collected here have all
been sent to the Finnish Relief Head
quarters. and any other contributions
made will be sent immediately that the
most benefit be derived.
Call has been issued by the Finnish
government for all men up to 47 years
of age to rally to the colors, and de
fend their country against Russian Red
Army invasion. Help is also forthcom
ing In the way of airplanes and mech
anical equipment for the land forces
from neutral countries, but there Is
need for haste in anything that is done
for the little nation, or all will be in
vain.
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Square Dance Saturday
A square and round dance will be
given at the NYA hut Saturday even
ing of this week from 9 to 12, for bene
fit of the Brevard Recreation center.
Arrangements have also been made
to provide other entertainment for
those who attend and do not care to
dance. Speedy Jones will call the
figures.
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New Postoffice Building
Construction Bids Asked
Bids are being asked from Washing
ton for construction of Brevard’s new
postoffice building, according to offi
cial advertisement being carried in this
week’s Times.
Plans and specifications were not
available here Wednesday, but Post
master Coleman Galloway said that he
expected to have the plans here by the
last of this week.
Bids must be made direct to the Fed
eral Works Agency, Public Buildings
Administration, Washington, D. C., and
will be opened in the office at Wash
ington on March 22.
Plans and specifications may be se
cured by contractors from the Wash
ington office only. The Times has
asked for a set of plans, and drawings
of the proposed building, but had not
received same late Wednesday.
Following is the official notice:
FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, Public
Building Administration, Washington,
D. C., Feb. 23, 1940.—Sealed proposals in
duplicate will bo publicly opened in
this office at 1 P. M„ Standard Time,
Mar. 22, 1940, for construction of the
U. S. P. O. at Brevard, N. C. Upon ap
plication, one set of drawings and speci
fications will be supplied free to each
general contractor interested In submit
ting a proposal. The above drawings
and specifications MUST be returned to
this office. Contractors requiring ad
ditional sets may obtain them by pur
chase from this office at a cost of $5
per set, which will not be returned.
Checks offered as payment for draw
ings and specifications must be made'
payable to the order of the Treasurer,
U. S. Drawings and specifications will
not be furnished to contractors who
have consistently failed to submit pro
posals. One set upon request, and
when considered In the interest of the
Government, will be furnished, In the
discretion of the Commissioner, to
builders’ exchanges, chambers of com
merce or other organizations who will
guarantee to make them available for
any sub-contractor or material firm In
terested and to quantity surveyors, but
this privilege will be withdrawn if the
sets are not returned after they have
accomplished their purpose. W. E.
Reynolds, Commissioner of Public
Buildings, Federal Works Agency.
National Legionnaire
At Forest City, 9th
Several members of Monroe Wilson
Post American Legion are planning to
attend a meeting of Legionnaires at
Forest City on March 9th, at which
time Ray Kelly of Detroit, national
commander, will be guest speaker.
Reservations must be made at once,
officials of the Forest City Legion
state, If places are to be reserved.
Clean-Up Drive Plan
Of Civic Club Ladies
Ladies of the Civic Club are begin
ning plans for the annual Clean-Up.
Paint-Up campaign for Brevard, which
Is expected to get underway within the
next few weeks.
Mrs. John W. Smith will be general
chairman of the drive with other ladles
in the community to be asked to Join
In the organized plan.
Scout Benefit Fashion
Show Be Held Tuesday
A fashion show will be held at the
Co-Ed theatre Tuesday In connection
with the feature picture. The event
Is for benefit of the Girl Scout building
fund.
Advance spring styles and creations
will be shown by young ladies of Bre
vard as models. The style show will
appear twice on Tuesday, In the after
noon at 3 o'clock, and again at 8 o'clock
In the evening. The feature picture
will be a comedy, "Oh, Johnny How
You Can Love.”
Costumes will be from Jennie Bowen
shop.
Square Dance Thursday
A square dance will be held at the
Belk's old building Thursday evening
of this week, beginning at 9 o'clock.
Jimmy Morrow will call the figures,
and music will be furnished by Rob
and Bob.
Tornado Basketball
Team Ends Successful
Season at Gastonia
(By John Ropers)
The Tornado Basketeers advanced to
the semi-finals of Conference Tourna
ment In Gastonia last week by defeat
ing the strong outfit from Pfeiffer
Junior College only to be defeated by
the Oak Ridge Cadets, at night before
the big show. Even though the Tor
nado did not< win the championship,
they have an" excellent record which
Includes 20 victories out of 26 games
and a total of more than 300 more
points than their opponents. In last
game of the season the Tornado rang
down the curtain on a successful cage
season Tuesday night, by defeating Bllt
more College for the second successive
time this year 37-24.
Again the Gold’s ranglneat was the
deciding factor. The Invaders were
pushed about at will In the first half
but came back strong to outscore the
Tornado In the final period.
Roberts punched In a rebound after
only 26 seoonds of the opening gun. A
crip shot by Jack Young with one min
ute gone and the locals were never be
hind. Big George provided the fluke
of the fracas when, as he was attempt
ing to pick the ball from the enemy
backboard, the ball slid off his finger
tips and swished cleanly through the
net for BUtmore’s first marker.
Co-captain Jack Young looped the
net for 16 points to cap the evening’s
scoring honors. Poole and Duncan,
husky visitors, led the Asheville lnstl
■ tution with 6 points each. Ebbs, pint
sized guard, was excellent floor man
for the Blltmore Bulldogs.
Seeks Re-Nomination
CONGRESSMAN ZEB WEAVER,
in a letter this week, states that he
will be a candidate in the Demo
cratic primary to succeed himself
to the Washington post which he
has held for several terms.
Congressman Weaver states that
he expects to visit this county prior
to the primary if he Is ahle to get
away from Washington for a few
days. ' The congressman says that
he will base his candidacy for re
election to his twelfth term in of
fice "strictly on my standing as a
member of congress and the ser
vice rendered to the Democratic
party and the 11th district.”
Civic Club Meet Monday
March meeting of the Women’s Civic
club will be held in the city hall build
ing Monday afternoon at S: 30 o’clock.
Light refreshments will be served fol
lowing the program. All ladles of the
town are given a cordial Invitation to
attend.
Ed Street To Open
Auto Sales Agency
Ed Street, Inc., Studebaker distribu
tor of Asheville, announces that he is
opening a branch In Brevard this week,
with formal opening to be Friday of
this week.
Street’s new place of business will
feature used cars, and will be located
on North Caldwell street, comer of
French Broad avenue. Frank J. Loy
will be In charge of the new concern
here.
Snow and Sleet Pay
Transylvania Visit
Snow and sleet fell In Brevard for
an hour or more Tuesday but was
soon melted by rain.
At the same time reports from New
England section of the United States
were to the effect that mercury had
dropped to 22 below In some places,
accompanied by snow and sleet.
CLYDE H. JARRETT, of An
drews, representative in the General
Assembly from Cherokee county,
and Republican congressional can
didate from this district in 19S6,
will be keynote speaker at the 11th
congressional convention to be
held in Brevard on March 11th.
Mr. Jarrett is well known in
political circles throughout the
state, and has a host of friends In
this county. He has been active
in party politics since hla boyhood,
and his father, Prank Jarrett, of
Dillsboro, Is regarded as likely
candidate for the congressional
race.
TRANSYLVANIA GIRL
TO BE AIR HOSTESS
Miss Mary Whitmire Takes
Position With American
Air Lines at New York
Transylvania county now has a girl
In the much-sought after post of
hostess for the American Air Lines.
Miss Mary Whitmire, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Whitmire of Cherry
field, has been selected for place as
air hostess, and will take over her
new duties on March first.
Miss Whitmire Is a graduate of
Rosman high school, a graduate of
Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, Del.,
and later took post graduate nursing
work In Philadelphia. For the past
two years the popular Brevard gir!
has been employed as student super
visor in Detroit
Miss Whitmire was visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Ray Styers, in Miami, Fla.,
when notified the first of the week that
she had passed the strict examinations
necessary for place as air hostess, and
left Immediately for New York to
to assume her new duties.
Camera Club Meeting
Brevard Camera Club meeting Tues
day evening at 8 o’clock will feature a
talk by Charles Schoenknecht on
"Amateur Photography." The meeting
will be held In the city hall auditorium,
and all interested camera fans of the
community are invited to attend.
District 4-H Agent
Visits Enon Members
Miss Annie C. Rowe, district agent
of RaJeigh, met with the Enon 4-H
club Wednesday afternoon of last
week for the regular meeting. Miss
Rowe talked to the club about sewing
and later started the members on their
sewing project.
An Interesting program^was given,
as follows: America, directed by Mrs.
MacDonald: Abraham Lincoln, by
Maureen Burnette; Princess Valentine,
by Betty! Jo Wilson; violin solo,
America the Beautiful, by Katherine
AuvJI, accompanied by Mrs. Wilkins
at the piano: rhythm band, by pri
mary grades; piano solo, by Henry
McDonald; song, directed by Mrs. Mc
Donald; George Washington, by the
group.
—By Maureen Burnett, reporter
JARRETT SLATED TO
MAKE KEYNOTE TALK
Transylvania Chairman
Issues Precinct and County
Convention Proclamations
Republican Congressional convention
will be held in Brevard on Monday
afternoon. March 11, it has been an
nounced by the district chairman, J.
Marvin Glance.
Republican delegates from all coun
ties, McDowell, Rutherfordton, and
west, will be here for the convention,
which Is called for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate for congress, nam
ing delegates to the national conven
tion, and transacting other party busi
ness pertinent to the 11th district.
Clyde H. Jarrett of Andrews, can
didate for congress In 1936, and mem
ber of the 1939 North Carolina legis
lature, will be keynote speaker. He
will be introduced by Lewis P. Ham
lin, chairman of the Transylvania Re
publican executive committee.
The meeting will be called to order
at 2 o’clock in the county court room,
and keynote speech Is scheduled for
first on the afternoon’s program.
Transylvania Meet, 10 A. M.
The county convention for Transyl
vania has been called by Chairman
Hamlin for 10 o’clock Monday morning,
March 11, at the court house, for the
purpose of naming official delegates to
the district convention here that after
noon, and for naming delegates to tho
state convention, and other business.
Precinct meetings will be held lr»
the several precincts on Saturday af
ternoon, March 9, at 2 o’clock, tho
chairman said here this week, to name
delegates to the county convention.
Several Visiting Republicans
Several prominent Republican lead
ers from over the State are being In
vited to attend the meeting, including
State Chairman Jake P. Newell, at
Charlotte, State Secretary Brownlow
Jackson, Congressman George Pritch
ard of Asheville, and others.
Republican leaders here Wednesday
said that a crowd of from 300 to 500
is expected to be in attendance at the
meeting.
Arrangements for entertaining the
Republican leaders from over the dis
trict and state, are being perfected by
the Transylvania committee but have
not been announced.
College Students In
Special Programs
Five students and a faculty member
from Brevard left the college campus
Sunday to assist in the programs of
College Day in three of the churches
of Western North Carolina. The
churches in which the college group,
were in charge of the program were:
The Methodist church of Rutherford
ton, Pleasant Grove Methodist church,
and the Spindale Methodist church.
The Brevard College quartet which Is
made up of Buck Barden, Hoyle Blan
ton, David Stentz, and Fred Willis, gave
several selections at each of the meet
ings. Reverend Luther A. Bennett,
director of Religious Education, and
Wayne Kernodle, student, gave the in
spirational talks for the services.
This group is planning to give sev
eral such programs in the churches
throughout the western part of the
state.
New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Graham, of Rae
ford, announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Elizabeth Alexandria, on Thursday,
February' 22. Mrs. Graham Is the for
mer Miss Ida Lee Patton, daughter of
J. J. Patton, of Davidson River.
A&P Store Moved To
New Location Here
Broad Street A&P store opened for
business in the Greenwood building,
two doors north of their former loca
tion, last Friday morning.
The new store Is large, airy, and with
its new front Is a decided improvement
to the business section. Harry Sellers,
manager, is celebrating both the open
ing of his larger store, and his 14th an
niversary as manager of the local unit.
War
War has been declared!
People will wake up Thursday
morning to this stark (or should It
be called stark) realization.
The Transylvania Times Is her
alding to the world, at least It Is
carrying the message to Its more
than two thousand subscribers, that
war has been started In Brevard.
But the war won’t Injure any of
our flower of manhood.
The war won’t take the toll of
life and limb that the Flnnlsh
Russlan conflict Is taking, and this
war won’t leave widows and orphans
to mourn the going of the fathers
and brothers.
The Brevard war Is only a gas
war.
Not one of those poisoned gas
wars, like the Allies claimed Ger
many started In the World War I
conflict of 1914-18, but one of those
kind of wars that give motorist*
fun.
Gasoline Is being sold In Brevard
at two stations at the price of
FIVE gallons for ONE dollar.
It all started when Lewis & Hold
er opened the old Pendleton and
Shirley station down at the corner
of North Caldwell and French
Broad streets, and are announcing
through The Times this week that
the Red Diamond gasoline they
stock will be sold five gallons for
one dollar.
Charlie Gibbs, operator of the
Esso Service, corner of Broad and
Jordan streets, Is also announcing
In this week’s paper that he has
Blue Gas to sell at five gallons for
one dollar.
The motorists don’t mind this
kind of war, and for that matter,
neither does the newspaper.