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Vol. 50= NoTlS-- BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940 <1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
High School Leaders
MISS KATHLEEN WILSON,
valedictorian of the Brevard high
school graduating class of 1940, at
tained an average mark of 95.7.
Miss Wilson. 16 years of age, Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Wilson, of Brevard. Other honors
of Miss Wilson’s senior year In
clude: Best school citizen In the
D.A.R. award: managing editor of
the high school news staff: In the
senior superlatives, chosen as*most
popular, most versatile, most stud
ious, and most friendly; member
of the Monogram club and of the
senior class play cast She also
has a perfect attendance record for
her 11 years of school; was vale
dictorian of the seventh grade
class; and winner of the seventh
grade history medal.
MISS LUCY HALL Is valedictor
ian of the 1940 graduating class of
the Rosman high school. She Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les C. Hall, of Lake Toxaway. Miss
Hall has a four-year average of
92 2. She Is one of the associate
editors of the school staff; was
valedictorian of the seventh grade;
honor student of the eighth grade;
Is active In dramatics; was elected
most Intelligent In the senior class;
was chief marshal of the junior
class; Is a member of the Lake
Toxaway Baptist church.
Local Ag Boys Win
Henderson Contest
HENDERSONVILLE, May 1—Future
Farmers Chapters of Henderson and
Transylvania counties held their live
stock judging and seed identification
contests on Saturday at the Floyd
Osborne farm in Mills River,
All the schools in the two counties,
nine in number were represented. Bre
vard won first in the seed Identifica
tion contest with Hendersonville sec
ond, Rosman third and Mills River
fourth.
The highest individual scorers were
first, Calvin Raxter of Brevard, and
Russel Qarrett of Hendersonville (tie),
second, Fred Glazener of Brevard, third,
Ray Lee of Roeman, and Russel Wil
liams of Hendersonville, (tie) and
fourth, Curtis Griffin of Mills River.
Mills River won first honors in the
livestock judging with Hendersonville
second. Brevard third and Flat Rock
fourth.
The high scorers in this contest were
Hugh Jones of Flat Rock, first: Ed
Hoots of Dana, second: Harry Blake
of Brevard third: and Otis McLain of
Mills River, fourth.
Mills River was awarded top honors
In the combined groups with Hender
sonville second. Brevard third, and Flat
Rock fourth.
County Agent G. D. White and C. E.
Craver judged the livestock contest
■with D. E. McLain, agricultural teach
er at Bethel high handling the seed
Glady Branch Church
To Give Program 5th
A Baptist associational May Day
program will be held at the Glady
Branch Baptist church Sunday after
noon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock, with
the superintendent presiding.
Following devotional by Davis Glaz
ener and roll call and reports from
churches, the following topics will be
discussed: Vacation Bible Schools, Miss
Merrill: Evangelism through the Sun
day School, Rev. W. S. Price; Re
port on training work; Enlisting the
Unenllsted, Rev. M. L. Lewis; New
Sunday Schools in needy places, A. M.
Paxton; New cradle rolls in each
church. Department conferences will
follow the discussions, with adjourn
ment scheduled at 4 o’clock.
METHODIST LADIES
MEET IN BREVARD
Asheville District Missionary
Society Opens Convention
Thursday Morning, 9:30
Two hundred or more delegates and
visitors from the Asheville district of
the Methodist church are expected in
Brevard Thursday to attend the 28th
annual session of the Woman’s Mis
sionary society, which will be held in
the Brevard Methodist church in a
one-day session, beginning at 9:30
o’clock in the morning. The meeting
will close at I o'clock, with lunch to
be served at the church during the noon
intermission.
Miss Amy B, Hackney, district sec
retary. of Asheville, will preside. Prom
inent speakers on the day's program
will include Mrs. P. N. Peacock, of
Salisbury, conference treasurer; Mrs.
W. R. Harris, of Asheville, conference
secretary; Miss Nina Troy, missionary
to China; and Miss Hackney, telling
of district achievements. A playlet,
“Rich as Croesus," by a group of Bre
vard young people, special music, re
j>orts from district and zone leaders,
a memorial service and plans for the
year’s work will be other features on
the program.
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Plans Not Complete
For Rebuilding Inn
Definite plans had not been made
Wednesday regarding the rebuilding of
Robin Hood Inn at Judson Lake.
Mrs. S. P. Snell and Ted Snyder,
owners of the large resort which was
completely destroyed by fire early the
morning of April 19, are working on
plans for reconstruction, but have not
made their plans public.
The popular resort opened for busi
ness last season, and enjoyed a good
business, and the management said that
booking for this summer already had
insured success of the project there
this year.
Business and civic leaders here are
hopeful of the hotel being rebuilt im
mediately.
Tanners To Play At
Brevard On Saturday
Brevard Tanners will meet Sayles of
the Western Carolina Industrial league
here Saturday afternoon in the second
game of the 1940 schedule.
Ecusta will play at Canton on Sat
urday afternoon, and will meet Tryon
here on May 11th, while the Tanners
will meet Beacon here on that date.
Starting lineups for the two teams
have not been announced by the man
agers, for Saturday’s games.
Recreation Park Is
Getting Into Shape
Work is progressing satisfactorily on
the public recreation park on the va
cant lot opposite the post office on
Jordan street. The project Is sponsor
ed by the Brevard recreation center
and the Garden club.
One of the two shuffle boards and
the horse shoe courts have been com
pleted, and the badminton court has
been laid off. The Garden club will
beautify the lot by planting flowers and
shrubs.
It is expected by those sponsoring
the amusement center that it will be
ready for public use in the near future,
through the continued cooperation of
the citizens and organizations.
Many Readers Guess
At County Population
Hundreds of readers of The Times
have guessed at the population figure
for Transylvania county which will be
released within the next couple weeks.
Cash prize of $5 will be given to the
reader guessing nearest correct, and in
case of tie the first prize will be di
vided. Second and third prizes of one
year, and six months subscription will
also be given. Winners will be an
nounced as soon as the population fig
ures are released from the Asheville
district office, which figures will be
used as basis for the awards.
Most popular figure was 11,111, with
15 people using this guess. Three people
used 9,999; no one used 10,000; one
person used the figures, 10,001; two,
11,000; none 12,000; two, IS,000; two,
14,000; four, 15,000; one, 16,000; one,
17,000; two 18,000; none 19,000; one,
20,000; and one person was so optimis
tic as to guess 22,000.
The range between 10.000 and 13,000
was most popular with the calculators,
and the topic of "how many" has been
equal to that of “how’s the European
war." or "who’ll be governor,” in local
circles.
Friday and Saturday were land-of
fice boom days In the office, with every
mall bringing In a batch of letters and
several hundred callers who left their
guesses.
Announcement of the correct figures
will be made as soon as they are re
leased from the Asheville district cen
sus office.
Pre-School Clinic at
Brevard School Friday
The pre-school clinic will be held at
the grammar school building Friday of
this week, beginning at 9:30 o’clock In
the morning.'
All children who are starting school
for the first time are urged to come for
free health examination.
The P. T. A. and the oourrty health
unit are cooperating la the clinic.
Piano Recital Will
Be Given Monday Eve
Music pupils of Alvin Moore and Mrs.
Melvin Gillespie of the Brevard schools
will give their annual piano recital in
the high school auditorium Monday
evening at 8 o’clock.
A special feature of the program will
be selections by the Brevard high school
band, under the direction of Mrs. Clyde
McDonald. Russell Young, a Brevard
college student, will render a violin
solo.
Tills will be the first of two recitals,
the second to be held Friday evening,
May 10.
The following elementary and high
school pupils will participate on the
program: Louise Wood, Bill Brittain,
Dorothy Gay Rockwood, Mary Alice
Hollifield, Dorothy Poole, Marguerite
Scruggs, Carolyn Klzcr, Betsy Brit
tain, Eleanor King, Jo Ann Poole, Mary
Norwood, Joyce Ann Gibson, Patsy
Austin, Carolyn King, Alfred Neumann,
Lottie Mae Tinsley, Herbert Finck,
Thomas King McCrary, Joan Austin.
Gene Franklin, Pendleton Banks, Fran
ces Walker and Betty Finck.
Marshals for this and other com
mencement programs, selected on the
basis of scholarship, will be: Fred Glaz
ener, chief, David Franklin, Eugene
Morris, Mary Alice Hardin, Irene Lof
tls, Elizabeth Brown, Bertie Mae Orr,
Bob Gash and Larry Wilson.
New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Brooks announce
the birth of a daughter, Flora Mae. on
April 18th.
Republican Speaker
Coming Here Today
John R. Hoffman, Republican candi
date for governor, will speak at the
Brevard court house Thursday after
noon of this week at 8 o’clock, it has
been announced from Burlington, home
of the candidate.
Mr. Hoffman Is expected to arrive
here Thursday morning, and will prob
ably spend several days In the western
part of the state.
Brevard Seniors Will Present Play Friday
The cast of the Brevard high school
senior class play, "New Fires,” ap
pearing above, includes the following,
reading from left to right: Front row
—Alice Pettit, Gloria Ann Wilson,
June Fenwicke, Wllda Reece. Middle
row—Mary Jane Brown, Kathleen
Wilson, Jean Bennett, Lois Moore,
Sarah Hester Fowler. Top row—
—Bill Fetzer, Robert Tinsley, Hale
Slniard, Hale Chamberlain, Bob Hug
gins, Robert Jackson.
The Brevard high school band will
make its initial public appearance on
Friday evening, May 8, by furnish
ing musical selections between the
acts of the senior class play, "New
Fires.” in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. Clyde McDonald is director of
the band. '
The play is most appealing and
thoroughly human. The happy com
bination of adolescent, sophisticated
and rural characters, and humor,
guarantees amusement for every one.
The plot reveals how Stephen San
try, a Chicago author, realizing that
the members of his family have lost
their appreciation of the worthwhile
things in life, takes them to an in
herited old farm in the Missouri
Ozarks, presumably for a week-end
visit. At the first meal, he explodes
his bombshell that they are to stay,
and that to eat, every one must do
his share of work. Billy and Phyllis,
adolescents of 15 and 16, scent fun
in the new adventure, and the hope
of being released from school, but
Stephen finds determined oppostion
in Anne, his luxury-loving wife,
Olive, his spoiled 28-year-old daugh
ter, and Dick, the eldest, who has
brought along a new wife for his
father’s surprise and support. How
this family works out its problems
with the aid of village personalities,
notable among whom Is Lynn Gray, a
young country doctor, and finds new
zest in living, forms the crux of the
play. Robert Huggins plays the lead
ing role as Stephen Santry, father of
I this very interesting family. Mrs.
E. K. DeLong is director of the play.
Clean-Up Campaign Be Staged
In Brevard Week May 6-11th
Annual Clean-Up and Paint-Up Campaign will be waged
in Brevard during the coming week, May 6-11, and co-operation
of every individual and group is requested by ladies of the
Civic Club which organization is sponsoring the movement.
The town sanitary department will provide trucks for
hauling trash, and a schedule of days and sections is carried
below to aid citizens in giving co-operation with the sanitary
department.
The town truck will pick up trash
and refuse in the four "zones" of the
town on scheduled dates, and residents
in the four zones are requested to have
their trash ready for the truck on the
day it is scheduled in the particular
section of Brevard.
The zones are laid out with Broad
street being the north-south dividing
line, and Main street being the east
west line.
Truck schedule calls for Zone 1—east r
of Broad and north of East Main on
Tuesday; Zone 2—east of Broad and
south of Main on Wednesday; Zone 8
—west of Broad and south of Main,
Thursday; Zone 4—west of Broad and
north of Main, Friday.
Observing the above dates which the
trucks will be in the four zones, resi
dents are requested to place their trash
In containers, on the front of their
property the afternoon before the truck
is to make its rounds. It is necessary
to observe this schedule closely, as the
truck will be unable to get back over
any of the zones.
Request is made by the truck crew
that trash be placed in containers
where possible but in any event to
have it piled compact, so that loading
may be facilitated. There will be no
charge for hauling the trash.
Merchants and business men of the
town are also lending their cooperation
by giving special prices on "clean-up”
supplies for the week, and on needed
things to help make the homes more
liveable after the yards and lots have
been cleaned.
Mrs. John W. Smith Is general chair
man of the Clean-Up drive, with a
number of ladles assisting as co-chair
men, and other ladles of the town also
lending their aid. _
Mayor’s Proclamation
Mayor A. H. Harris has issued the
following official proclamation relative
to the Clean-Up campaign which starts
Monday;
WHEREAS, the ladies of the Civic
Club of the Town of Brevard, with the
cooperation of the municipal govern
ment, and other organizations, is plan
ning its annual Clean-Up, Paint-Up
campaign during the week of May 6 to
11th; and
WHEREAS, a campaign of this type
is productive of immeasurable good in
the matter of health, employment, and
thrift, fire prevention, better housing,
civic pride, and home beautiful work,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, A. H. Harris
Mayor of the Town of Brevard, N. C.,
do hereby set aside and proclaim the
week of May 6-11, 1940, as
CLEAN-UP, PAINT-UP CAMPAIGN
WEEK
and do respectfully call upon all in
dividuals and groups to cooperate in
the observance and furtherance of the
great good of this campaign.
Respectfully,
A. H. HARRIS, Mayor
Town of Brevard, N. C
New Arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Coltrane an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Cor
nelia Annette, on April 22, at Burras
Memorial hospital, High Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Payne, Jr., of
Clinton, S. C., announce the arrival of
a daughter, Carolyn Baker at Hays
hospital, on April 23. Mrs. Payne was
before her marriage Miss Sue Beasley
of Clayton, Ala.
Brevard Population Count
May Reach High of 3,500
Brevard’s population
count has already passed the
3,000 mark, enumerators
here estimated Wednesday,
and with proper co-operation
in the listing, the enumera
tors are of the opinion that
the total count will reach the
3,500 mark.
Mrs. N. A. Miller and Sam Barnette,
enumerators In the west and east sec
tions of Brevard, respectively, said
Wednesday that they hoped to be
through with the enumeration within
the next few days, and that official
figures would be released through the
Asheville office as soon as their reports
are completed.
While official figures could not be
disclosed, preliminary estimates Wed
nesday showed Brevard already passed
the >,000 mark, which wan fclgh-toope
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for most of the Brevard boosters who
have tried to estimate the population
"off-hand.”
Reports from the township enumera
tors were not available Wednesday, but
taking Brevard’s increase as a base,
it fis believed that the county’s total
population will reach and probably pass
the 11,000 mark.
Brevard’s count in 1980 was 2,SS9,
and total for the county was 9,589.
As a matter of civic pride, it is plea
of Mayor A. H. Harris, and directors
of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce
that all people see to it that they are
counted, so that the official total may
reach or pass 8600 for Brevard.
Enon WMS To Meet
The Women’s Missionary Union of
the Enon Baptist church will meet
Sunday afternoon at 3:80 o’clock at the
church. All women of the church and
community are urged to help with the
work by being present
Items Of Interest In
Oakland Section
Mr. and Mrs. Vemer Redman moved
recently from the house belonging to
Mrs. Maggie Nicholson to a cottage
belonging to Waite Reid.
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Taylor and
family returned to Enka after spending
their vacation here with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. W. F. McCall, who spent the
winter in Miami, Fla., returned home
last week.
Mrs. Belzie Nicholson, who has been
ill with measles for some time at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. N. S. Gal
loway, and family, called at her home
here Sunday afternoon en route to
Sapphire, where she will spend some
time with her daughter, Mrs. James
T. Harrison, and Mr. Harrison.
Mrs. S. L. Sanders, who has been
very ill, is spending some time with
her son, I. S. Sanders, and family.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Watson
a son on April 16.
Mrs. Mary Burgess and daughter,
Miss Alberta, and Neill Burgess visited
relatives in Glenville Sunday.
Mrs. E. D. Reid and Mrs. Charlie
Reid were visitors of Mrs. S. E. Alex
ander Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNeely and Miss
Hines were Highlands visitors Sunday.
Eric, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Hall, returned home last week
after spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Bums Alexander at Cashiers.
Grady Nicholson, Jr., who has been
ill with measles, at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. Roxie Dunn, returned home
Monday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Revis moved
from Dan Reid’s cottage to a house
belonging to M. E. Nicholson, near
the post office.
Mrs. Winchester and Miss Hines
spent Monday night in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilds.
Miss Ruth Bennett called on Verona
Fisher on Friday.
Joe Revis had the misfortune to get
his leg broken when a mule ran away
with him.
Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
I. S. Sanders were Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Pitts, Mrs. Ada Sanders and Lensey
Sanders, of Lake Toxaway, Mr. and
Mrs. Buck McCall and son, of Brevard,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reid and Mrs. Lee
F. Norton.
Seth, son of Rev. and Mrs. Roland
Robinson, returned home Sunday after
spending several weeks at Tryon. He
was accompanied home by his uncle,
Tom Robinson, and brother, Berry Rob
inson.
Rev. W. H. Nicholson, of Rosman, vis
ited Lake Toxaway Baptist church
Sunday. He preached in the pastor’s
absence.
Democratic Meetings
Scheduled Saturday
Precinct meetings will be held by
Democrats of the county on Saturday
afternoon of this week at 2 o’clock, it
has been announced by the executive
committee.
Delegates will be elected to the coun
ty convention which meets in Brevard
on May 11th. and which time the exe
cutive committee set-up will be com
pleted, and delegates elected to the
state convention which meets In Ral
eigh on May 17.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday wero: Mm. Dan
English, Mm. Jack Fortin, Miss Kath
erine Yeates, Miss Hffle Mulhnex, Mrs.
E. B. Reece, Hit Ethel Breedlove,
Louis Free, Taft Owen and Horace
Brown.
POSTOFFICE BIDDERS
LOCATED IN BREVARD
Excavation for New Federal
Building Expected To Get
Underway Here Friday
Contractors for the new Brevard
postoffice building arrived in town
Tuesday, and expect to have work
underway by Friday of this week.
First work to be done will be excava
tion, and the shovel and trucks are ex
pected to start Friday morning. Dirt
moved from the location will be placed
on the Macfie lot opposite the primary
school on Broad street.
Boyd & Goforth of Charlotte, are
contractors for the new building. J. L.
Beam will be in charge of construction,
assisted by his brother M. C. Beam,
both of the Charlotte contracting con
cern. Victor J. Oliver of Washington,
will be engineer in charge for the fed
eral government.
Mr. Beam said Wednesday that he
had hoped to start on the first day of
the month, but that due to delay In
moving the shovel and trucks for ex
cavation, the work would be delayed
until Friday.
The contractors state that they plan
to use local labor Insofar as possible,
but that there will be very little work
available for the next few weeks, or
until excavation is completed.
Plans of the contractors are to rush
the Job to completion before cold weath
er, and it Is entirely possible that the
office will be In use by or before Christ
mas.
May Day Fete Slated
At College Saturday
May day exercises at Brevard College
will be held Saturday afternoon, be
ginning at 5 o'clock on the lawn In
front of West hall.
Miss Jean Summey will be May
queen, and Miss Lenore Matthews, maid
of honor. Court attendants, heralds and
others will appear in costumes appro
priate to the various characters. Little
Dorothy Kiser will be flower girl, and
little Harry Trantham will act as
crown bearer.
Other festivities of the day will be
held, beginning at 1:80 in the after
noon with exhibits open to the pub
lic; baseball game at 2 o’clock; sup
per on the campus at 3:16; and con
cluding with the presentation of six
original one-act plays in the college
auditorium at 8 o’clock. The public is
invited to all of the day’s activities.
HOSPITAL FUND IS
NEARING ITS GOAL
Donations Made This Week By
Two Church Groups—All
Pledges Are Asked For
Latest groups to report through The
Times office as donators to the Com
munity Hospital Fund are the Home
makers Class members of Brevard Bap
tist church with a $10 donation, and
the Pisgah Forest Baptist church with
$4.
The drive for funds Is continuing,
and friends in many sections continue
to send In small contributions. The
fund has reached the *20,000 mark, and
with other pledgee that have been made
should now be near $22,000, counting
the pledges as cash.
The committee requests that those
people who have made pledgee pay im
mediately through Mrs. Ralph Fisher,
George Wheeler, or The Times office.
Check-up of all cash receipts will be
made during this week, and statement
as to actual status of the fund made.
Dr. Elliott To Preach
Dr. Phil Elliott, of the religious edu
cation department of Western Caro
lina Teachers College, Cullowhee, will
preach at the Brevard Baptist church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, an
nouncement has been made by the pul
pit committee.
Mayor Cooper Coming
To County On Monday
Mayor Tom Cooper of Wilmington,
Democratic candidate for governor, an
nounces that he will be la Brevard
with his sound truck on Monday of
next week.
Definite hour of Mayor Cooper’s ar
rival has not been set but will be around
noon-time, or shortly before.
The mayor, who is campaigning as
a businessman and a mule-trader, says
he has a story every Democrat, as well
as every Republican should hear, and
with his sound truck he is attracting
much attention over the state.
Rod Sparrow, newspaperman, Is with
the mayor on the statewide tour as
his publicity manager.
Charles McCall Wins
Honors at Cullowhee
Charles McCall, son of Mr. and Mm.
Clyde S. McCall, of Lake Toxaway,
a junior at Western Carolina Teach
ers College, Cullowhee, has recently re
ceived two high honors at the state
Institution.
Mr. McCall has been elected one of
nine senators from a student body of
600 to represent the college in Its
student government activities next
year. This Is one of the most Im
portant elections of the school year.
The two senators receiving the high
est number of votes each year are
later run for president and vice pme
Ment of the student government
The local young man also won the
dean’s honor list for the winter quarter.
Scad In Year lUaewal To-Day