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^fSTSTS BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1940 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
G.O.P. CONVENTION
SET FOR SATURDAY
Republican Party Candidate#
Be Named and Executive
Committee Elected
Bl-ennlal Republican county conven
tion will meet In Brevard court house
Saturday afternoon of this week for
naming county ticket.
In addition to selection of ticket for
the general election, executive com
mitteemen for each precinct will be
certified by the convention, and execu
tive chairman named for the two-year
term.
Precinct meetings will be held prior
to the county convention, according to
official call which has been mailed to
each of the present precinct chairmen
by Lewis Hamlin, chairman of the
county organization, and most of these
precinct meetings are expected to be
held Friday of this week.
Ticket to be named by the conven
tion here Saturday will Include nomi
nees for register of deeds, tax collector,
three commissioners, representative In
the general assembly and recommenda
tion for senator from the district.
Township officials will be named In
the various precinct meetings. At the
precinct meetings three members of
the local committee will be named, and
recommendation will also be made for
county executive commlttej members
for each of the groups.
No public announcement has been
made by candidates as to possibility of
keeking nomination at the convention.
F.S.A. Office Move*
Farm Security office has moved
from the court house to the Tinsley
building, and Is now located In the
new upstairs location, on left side
of the south hail.
Dunn’s Creek Revival
Revival services will begin at Dunn's
Creek church on See-Off next Sunday
evening, April 7, at 7:30 o’clock. The
Rev. Lloyd Jones of Pisgah Forest
will be In charge of the series of meet
ings.
Cancer Control Drive
Be Started In County
The month of April has been desig
nated as cancer control month and
for the annual drive for the control of
cancer of the National Women's Field
Army for the Control of Cancer. The
campaign is sponsored In Brevard by
the Fortnightly club.
The second week in April, from the
8th to the 14th, will be observed as
the intensive drive for memberships,
which are one dollar per person or or
ganization. A number of Brevard’s
clubs and organizations have already
subscribed a membership, the proceeds
from which will be used in the fight of
the dread disease of cancer in the state
and nation.
The main objective of the cancer
campaign is for the distribution of
literature giving information concern
ing the danger signals of cancer, what
to do about them, how to prevent and
control the disease, and what treatment
Is advised.
60.000 Trout Placed
In Pisgah Forest To
Be Raised Legal Size
Davidson River rearing pools in Pis
gah National Forest received 60.000
flngerling trout from the federal hatch
ery at Leetown, W. Va., Tuesday morn
ing.
The small trout were brought here
In a huge tank truck, and released In
the several pools where they will be
cared for until September of this year.
P'an of earing for the fish Includes
feedings and careful watching for dis
ease or Infection by Ruben Knuth, all
time attendant culturist at the plant,
and check-up on growth caused by
various foods.
Part of the trout which will have at
tained a length of five to eight inches
by September, will be released In
streams of the national forest with
part of the fish being kept over until
the following spring before being re
leased Into the streams.
Included in the shipment received
here Tuesday were 10.000 brown trout,
20.000 brook, and 30,000 rainbow.
The road to the rearing station is
closed at present, but will be opened
the latter part of April, and visitors
■will be welcomed to the Interesting spot
during the summer months.
P.T.A. Meets Tuesday
The April meeting of the Parent
Teacher association will be held Tues
day afternoon at 3:70 o’clock In the
grammar school auditorium. Election
of officers will be a feature of the busi
ness. and Prof. C. H. Trowbridge will
be the speaker.
Hi eh School Team To
Plav Hendersonville
Brevard high school baseball nine
will play Hendersonville high here
Thursday afternoon of this week In
the second game of the season. The
game starts at 3:30.
Coach Cox plans to start Jackson
and Barton as his battery against Hen
dersonville. with possibility of putting
Carland In for part of the game.
Next Wednesday the local nine will
play a return game at Hendersonville.
Tn the opening game here Monday
afternoon with Farm School, Carland
and Barton as Brevard battery held
the visitors to four hits, but a few
mlscues allowed the Farmers to win
4-3. Tinsley was big noise at bat
with two for three.
Clean-Up Plans Are
Discussed By Ladies
Of Local Civic Club
Discussion of the club projects and
plans for the clean-up drive marked
the April meeting of the Women's
Civic club, held In the city hall assem
bly room Monday afternoon. There
was a good attendance and much Inter
est was shown In the projects of the
club for the summer months.
Mrs. J. C. Wike, chairman of the
membership committee, reported that
new members were continuing to be
added. Mrs. J. W. Smith, director of
the annual clean-up campaign out
lined final plans for the drive and
named her committees in the different
zones. Mrs. H. J. Bradley spoke on
town Improvements, and stated that
upon inquiry as to the viewpoint of
the townspeople, suggestions were made
to place seats along the streets where
visitors may rest, and that the clean
up and beautification program be car
ried on throughout the entire season.
Mrs. E. R. Pendleton spoke on city
beautification, and for the benefit of
new members reviewed accomplish
ments of the club In the past, and gave
helpful suggestions for carrying on the
work of this department. She men
tioned particularly the beautification of
the court house lawn and the school
grounds, and appealed to the club to
begin planting now to be ready to ex
hibit In the summer flower show.
Mrs. Bess W. May, of the recrea
tion center, outlined plans for a park
and playground on the lot opposite the
post office, which will be ready for use
this season. Comfortable seats and
various games will be provided. J. S.
Silversteen, owner of the lot, is donat
ing the use of the lot for this purpose.
The club voted to donate $5.00 toward
the purchase of cement to. build shuf
fleboards on the lot, and will also fur
nish plants and bulbs for the flower
beds. The club also bought a member
ship in the cancer control movement,
responding to an appeal from the Fort
nightly club, sponsors.
Refreshments were served and a soc
ial period enjoyed at conclusion of the
meeting, which was In charge of the
president, Mrs. Oliver Orr.
Recreation Center In
New Brevard Location
The WPA recreation center has been
moved from Caldwell street to the Ar
thur Jenkins building on Whitmire
street, and will be open to the public
beginning next Monday afternoon, an
nouncement has been made by Mrs.
Bess W. May. supervisor.
It is the earnest desire of the rec
reation leaders that this center will be
used and enjoyed by every one living
in and near this section, and that it
will serve as a community center in the
true sense of the word, Mrs. May says.
There will be a definite program car
ried out that will appeal to all ages
from tiny tot3 up to any age adult.
This program will include indoor games,
organized outdoor games, crafts, music
and Informal drama club activities.
There will be a need for materials of
various sorts, Mrs. May said, such as
rags and old stockings for rug mak
ing, scraps of new materials for little
girls sewing clubs, wooden and paper
boxes for crafts, magazines, tays, soft
balls and bats, flower plants for beau
tifying the grounds and curtain mater
ials for windows.
Any one interested In giving any of
these things is asked to leave them at
the center or contact Mrs. May, and
they will be collected and greatly ap
preciated.
Improvements Made
At Pierce-Moore Hotel
Considerable interior decoration and
repair work has been underway at
the Pierce-Moore hotel, placing the
entire building in first class, modern
condition now that the work is prac
tically completed. The hotel is said
to be in the best appearance since its
erection a number of years ago. Miss
Grace Piercy is owner and manager
of the popular tourist and transient
hotel.
2 BREVARD TEAMS
ENT R W.N.C. LOOP
Tanners and Ecusta Outfits
Open Season Here April
27—S Teams In League
Two local teams will have member
ship In the 'Western North Carolina
Industrial Baseball league, It has been
announced by A1 Kyle, secretary of the
8-team organization.
The Tanners, winner of last year’s
pennant over Enka will again be on
the roll, and In addition, a new team
from Ecusta will also make Its initial
appearance In the league this year.
Plans have been worked out whereby
Brevard will have at least one game
per week from April 27 through Aug
ust, with the Tanners and Ecusta play
ing here on alternate Saturdays.
The Tanners will again use the Col
lege field as their home diamond, and
the new Ecusta outfit will utilize their
own athletic field, with probability of
playing on the high school ground for
their first few home games. First
Brevard game will be played on April
27 between Ecusta and the Tanners.
Eight teams comprising the league
which was formed Monday night at a
business meeting of managers In Ashe
ville include:
Tanners, and Ecusta, Brevard; Enka,
Canton. Hazelwood, Sayles, Beacon,
and Tryon.
All U. S. to See Rare Annular Eclipse of Sun
Annular eclipse of the sun on April 7, 1940 will be seen by the U. S. in narrow belt
indicated by shaded area on map. Shadowed discs show how ring blackout will appear
at height of eclipse in various sections of the country, with moon moving from right to
left across face of sun. Percentages indicate portion of sun’s diameter covered by moon’s
shadow. The eclipse will be 80 to 90 percent total in Transylvania county._
Rev. W. H. Nicholson
Candidate For Board
The Rev. W. H. Nicholson of Ros
man, pastor of Cathey’s Creek Bap
tist church, announces that he will be
a candidate for member of the board
of county commissioners In the Demo
cratic primary June 26.
Mr. Nicholson has preached in sev
eral churches in the Transylvania Bap
tist association, as well as in South
Carolina, where he was until a few
years past when he moved to this
county.
He has been active in church work
in South Carolina for years, and also
held pastorate here prior to his South
Carolina work. He was a member of
the South Carolina legislature for
three terms, being representative from
Oconee county.
Parking Problem Is
Studied By Aldermen
Matter of taking care of automobile
parking this summer was subject of
considerable discussion at the meeting
of Brevard board of aldermen Monday
night.
Streets are becoming crowded for
parking space, members of the board |
and policemen pointed out, and the -
problem of Just where to park cars
during the day is a major problem.
Suggestion was made that business
people who have been riding to work,
parking for half day or all day, leave
their cars off the street. The prob
lem in such idea is to find suitable
place for such people to leave their cars
parked for any considerable period of
time.
Easy way out, one of the board mem
bers said, would be to set up a two
hour parking rule, thus allowing people
plenty of time to shop, see a show, or
attend to business matters.
However, this was not accepted for
the reason: “Just where would a man
park if he needed to be in town long
er than two hours."
The board members agreed that
something would have to be worked out
before the summer season, but just
what the solution will be le still to be
found.
Bus stop was designated by the board
at the rear of Macfie Drug store, where
two parking spaces will be marked off
for a bus. When two buses arrive in
Brevard at one time, one of the large
carriers will pull into the vacant lot
at rear of the drug store, in order to
relieve congestion which has been noted
when two of the large buses are park
ed on North Broad at the same time.
Kiwanig Meet* Thursday
Kiwanls members will make plans at
the meeting Thursday noon, to at
tend the district meeting in Ashe
ville Friday evening. Ladles night
will be observed at Asheville. The
dinner and party will be held In the
new Asheville Auditorium instead of
George Vanderbilt hotel as originally
planned.
New Arrival*
Professor and Mrs. J. B. Jones an
nounce the birth of a son, Thomas
Lane, at Lyday Memorial hospital,
on April S.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Cun
ningham a daughter, Clara Rhenmma,
on Thursday, March 28, at Mountain
Home Sanitarium. Mrs. Cunningham
was formerly Miss Millie Allison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Cart Al
lison.
Hayes Motor Starts
New Building Here
Hayes Motor company Is erecting a
new building on comer of Broad and
Jordan streets which the company will
occupy as garage and show rooms
within the next month.
The local Pontias dealer will have
his offfflce where the present Amoco
station Is situated, with the show room
to be on Jordan street, and the garage
lh rear.
The former Hayes place owned by
M. A. Mull is being renovated prepara
tory to installing a new tenant
FATHER-SON PARTY
BE'GIVEN FRIDAY
Future Fanner# Will Enter
tain Dads at Hi School
Dinner and Party
Annual Father-Son banquet will be
held by the Brevard chapter Future
Farmer# of America on Friday evening
of this week at the NVA hut, Brevard
high school.
The program will bdgin at 7:30 o’clock
and will be in charge of boys of the
chapter, who will have their dinner
served by girls of the Homfe Economics
department. Around 180 will be pres
ent for the occasion.
Program for the evening Includes:
Opening ceremony, officers: Invocation,
the Rev. E. P. Billups; welcome ad
dress. Jack Crary: response. W. C.
Morris: music, FFA band.
Forest conservation, Calvin Raxter;
FFA history, Bill Morris: new develop
ments in plant growing materials, Rich
ard Franklin; the home orchard, Cal
vin Merrill; reading. Rev. E. P. Bil
lups; toast to Home Ec girls, Franklin
Tankersley; response, Mary Mae Size
more; introduction of guests, Randal
J. Lyday; closing ceremony officers.
The following menu is being pre
pared by the Canteen cafe and will
be served by the home economics
class: Fruit Juice cocktail, baked chick
en, dressing, creamed potatoes, peas,
candied sweet potatoes, tomato and let
tuce salad, ice cream and cake, hot
rolls, coffee.
Officers of the Brevard chapter who
will have charge of the evening’s en
tertainment are: Herman Rahn, presi
dent: David Franklin, vice president;
Tom Varner, secretary; Calvin Raxter,
treasurer; Fred Glazener, reporter;
Randal J. Lyday, adviser.
Dr. Owen To Preach
Anniversary Sermon
Dr. Jesse C. Owen, who began his
pastorlal work with the Baptist church
60 years ago, April 14, will preach his
anniversary sermon at Glenville Bap
tist church on that date and place at
11 o’clock in the morning.
Dr. Owen will use as his sermon
topic "After Fifty Tears,” and Invites
his friends in Transylvania to be pres
ent for the occasion.
Since entering the ministry, Dr. Owen
has served as city, assoclatlonal and
state moderators, home and foreign
missionary, and teacher.
St. Philip'* Service*
Schedule of services at St. Philip’s
Episcopal church next Sunday morn
ing as announced by the rector, the
Rev. Harry Perry, wiH be a* follows:
Church school at 10 o’clock; semi-an
nual Corporate Communion of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary and presentation of
united thank offering at 11 o’clock.
At Lyday Hospital
The following patients were reported
at Lyday Memorial hospital on Wed
nesday: Mrs. Jack Bishop and In
fant daughter, bom Sunday, March 81,
Mrs. L. C. Talley, Mrs. L. E. Cooper,
Mrs. Dan Merrill.
Two Animals Die of
Rabies in Enon Section
Two yearling heifers belonging to
Haskall Lyday of Enon died last week
from effect of rabies, It has been re
ported by Randal Lyday, Brevard agri
cultural Instructor who examined the
two animals.
Heads of the two yearlings were
sent to Raleigh for examination, and
reports were wired back that the ani
mals had been victims of rabies.
Mr. Lyday was at loss to know how
the animals became infected. However,
a dead dog was found In the pasture
which had been used hy the animals
before they became 111, and theory Is
that this dog was rabid.
Mr. Lyday and his son Boyd, and
Monroe Owenby, who aided the own
er in caring for the cattle before they
died, are taking anti-rabies treatment
here.
Chamber Commerce To
Plan For Visitors
Chamber of Commerce members plan
to entertain 150 or more members of
the Asheville Junior Chamber here
Friday afternoon for a short period.
Arrangements for entertaining the
guests will be made at a meeting of
the Brevard chamber Thursday night
at the city hall.
Forty or more cars will bring the
Asheville boosters to Brevard from
Cullowhee, Cashiers and Rosman, ar
riving here about 4:46. After visit
ing Brevard the party will go direct
to Asheville.
The tour is part of the Asheville
junior groups plan to acquaint busi
ness people with attractions of West
ern North Carolina as a whole, so
that a more Intelligent direction may
be given to visitors to any section In
the western part of the state. The
group is planning to visit all sections
before the summer season opens.
Mayor Holmes Bryson will head
the group from Asheville. They will
be met here by Mayor A. H. Harris,
and officials of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Sunday School Meet
At Calvert Church
A Sunday school assoclatlonal meet
ing of the Baptist church will be held
at the Calvert Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, announcement
has been made by the Rev. J. L.
Underwood.
The general program theme will be
“Training and Vacation Bible Schools.”
The program will open with a song
and worship period, followed by a dis
cussion of “Vacation Bible Schools,”
by Miss Leona Merrill, leader, and a
talk by J. W. Glazener on "Training
Courses,” leader. D. P. Orr will talk
on the "Value of Training in my
Church.”
All churches are urged to send their
pastors and a good delegation to this
important meeting.
SUPERIOR COURT TO
END TERM THURSDAY
Jurors For Second Week Asked
Not To Attend—Quick
Work On Small Docket
April term Superior court Is ex
pected to adjourn here Thursday, with
no court to be held during the second
week.
Sheriff George Shuford requests The
Times to notify all Jurors who were
summoned for the second week that
they need not be present.
Dispatch of the criminal cases was
carried out In quick manner by Judge
Frank M. Armstrong of Troy, presid
ing. Major portion of the cases on the
criminal docket were for driving un
der In fluence of whiskey, and most of
these submitted.
Several cases -were called out, and
bonds ordered doubled In some cases,
and capiases ordered for the defend
ants. Where defendants plead guilty
to drunken driving chargee or were
convicted, the court took the driving
license away for from two to three
years, and minimum fines of |60 were
assessed.
Solicitor Clarence Ridings was here
for the state, and Miss Lassie Kelly of
Franklin Is court stenographer.
Civil cases for the most part were
continued, with some being settled out
of court, and unless unforseen mat
ters arise Thursday the term will be
over today.
To Attend Maaon Meet
Members of the local Dunn’s Rock
Masonic lodge are making plans to at
tend the program of the Gainesville,
Ga., Masonic lodge No. 219 to be held
Tuesday evening, April 9, at 7:30
o’clock. At this time win be exempli
fied the sublime degree of Master Maaon
as conferred In the respective grand
jurisdictions of four states, and other
special features. Local members ex
pecting to attend are asked to get In
touch with A. EL York, master.
.
C S WORKERS
S WORK HERE
Questions Pertaining To Wage
and Property Included in
Count of Residents
Census enumerators started work In
Transylvania county Tuesday, and will
continue through April, making a door
to-door canvass of all residents.
In addition to the actual count of
population In each of the 14 "counting
district” set up In this county, cen
suses of housing and agriculture also
will be taken, so the range of questions
goes all the way from the age of a
citizen to hts acreage In lespedeza and
potatoes.
The census started this week In every
county In the United States, and ques
tions being asked Include detailed In
formation about unemployment, wage
income, migration In the past five
years, mortgage indebtedness, house
hold goods, and numerous other ques
tions.
The census Is to be completed with
in the month, or sooner, and as soon
as tabulations are sent to the district
office, preliminary report will be made
as to the actual number of people re
siding In Brevard, Rosman, and the en
tire county.
All questions asked by the enumera
tors are confidential, and all enumera
tors have been sworn not to reveal
Information of any kind secured In the
census. Any enumerator divulging In
formation gained In the census will
be subject to both state and federal
prosecution.
The following enumerators have been
appointed for this county;
Boyd township, L. P. Lyday; Bre
vard, east of Broad street, S. S. Bar
nette; Brevard, west of Broad street,
Mrs. N. A. Miller; Brevard township,
outside of city limits, Sutton Wilson.
CCC camps, officials; Cathey’s Creek
township, Walter I. Reece, and J. C.
Whitmire; Dunn’s Rock, S. S. Bar
nette; Eastatoe, A. M. Paxton; Ros
man, town, A. M. Paxton; Gloucester,
Walter Fisher; Hogback, Prank T.
Will banks; Little River, Hal Hart.
McNeil Joins Staff
Of Brevard College
Kin McNeil has been selected as the
director of the promotion and extension
department of Brevard College. He
succeeds Homer Coltrane who has been
appointed as financial secretary and
assistant to the president
Mr. McNeil holds an A. B. degree in
English from Berea College, Berea, Ken
tucky; and is also a graduate from the
Patterson School in Legerwood, North
Carolina. Having written for several
publications over the country. Includ
ing the American Weekly, the Philadel
phia Inquirer. Washington Times Her
ald. The Christian Science Monitor, and
several other magazines and trade jour
nals, Mr. McNeil comes to the college
well qualified to carry on an efficient
extension program. Just prior to his
coming to Brevard he edited a weekly
newspaper in North Wilkesboro.
Boylston Road To Be
Closed Several Days
Part of highway 280 (Boylston road)
will be closed to vehicular traffic be
ginning today and continuing for a
period of two to three weeks, It has
been announced by Engineer G. G.
Page of the state highway department
The section which is closed is that
stretch from the Transylvania county
line to the Mills River- Hendersonville
road near the Dr. Greenwood home.
Surface treatment is being placed on
the six-mile stretch, and will be com
pleted within a few weeks, Mr. Page
said. Traffic from Brevard to Ashe
ville is being routed via Henderson
ville over US 64.
American Legion Meeting
Monthly meeting of the American
Legion will be held In the county
court room Tuesday night of next
week at 8 o’clock. All veterans, as
well as members of the post, are
invited to attend.
L. W. Wilson 111 f
L. W. Wilson, of Robbinsville for
merly of Brevard, is reported to be
critically ill in the Ft. Saunders hos
pital, Knoxville, Tenn., with double
pneumonia, where he was removed on
Saturday. His sister, Mrs. Jordan
Whitmire, of Roaman, left for Knox
ville on Wednesday to be at the bed
side of her brother.
Glad Whitmire Win*
Dollar For Biggest
Egg For Past Week
Glad Whitmire of Conneatee was
winner of The Times big egg contort
last week. Hla entry tipped the scalss
at 4 1-8' ounces.
Second largest egg was submitted by
Mrs. P. E. Raxter of Brevard, R-l, who
entered two eggs weighing four ounces
even, each.
The contest continues for several
more weeks, and the heaviest egg each
week Is worth one dollar, cash.
Following submitted eggs last week.
In order of their weight: Mrs. Marcus
Williams, Brevard; G. F. Gallamore.
Brevard R-l: Catherine Huggins, Bre
vard: Roy McCall, Jr.. Brevard: Mrs.
Martha Gillespie, Rosman: Bessie Ann
Allison, Brevard, R-l: Ralph Gallo
way, Rosman; Mrs. J. C. Cassell, Bre
vard. R-l: C. Batson, Brevard R-l5
Ed Owenby, Enon; Mrs. G. J. Eubanks,
Ptsgah Forest; Mrs. W. 8. Lankford.
Enon; Mrs. Weldon English, Hors*
Shoe; Mrs. Roland Fisher, Quebec.
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