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SYLYANIA TIMES
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Transylvania
County
Entrance to
Pisgah National
Forest
Vol. 51, No. 15
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1041
$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Harris Will Not Be In Race For Mayor; Hardin Enters
Hitler Moves Into Balkans
With Blitzkrieg War Machine
Germans Reportedly Have Cap
tured Port of Salonika
In Greece
The European war entered upon
a new phase last Sunday morning',
when Hitler marched his troops for
the expected invasion into Yugoslavia,
transferring the scene of major fighting
from England and German-held ports
in Prance to the Balkans.
Latest reports coming from the war
ring zones on Wednesday were to the
effect that German mechanized forces
had captured Salonika, the Greek naval
base on the Aegean Sea, in Hitler’s
attempted driving wedge between Yugo
slavia and Greece. British spokesmen,
however are of the opinion that the
situation has a bright side for the
allies, since they are prepared for the
enemy’s onslaught and are lying in
wait for next move of the Nazi.
President Roosevelt cheered on the
fighting Yugoslavs today with a re
newed pledge of material aid and with
words of admiration for what he termed
courageous resistance to a “crmlnal
assault."
The swift eastward push of the axis
forces in North Africa beyond the
reoccupied Libyan port of Derna over
shadowed in military circles the Italian
land operations in Yugoslavia which dis
patches called minor skirmishes. Axis
occupation of Tobruk, only 75 miles from
the Egyptian frontier, unofficially was
reported to be imminent.
The British announced Wednesday
their warplanes rained "the heav
iest load of bombs ever dropped
on Germany in a single night" in last
night's blow at Kiel, cradle of many
of the submarines ravaging the em
pire’s vital shipping lanes. Germany
also continued her air raids on British
soil, making a devastating attack on
Coventry Tuesday night.
Father Of Local Man
Buried In Lexington
Funeral service for Walter Jones
Lookabill, 73, who died last Sunday at
the home of his son, Glenn Lookabill,
in Brevard, was held on Tuesday morn
ing at the home of a daughter in Lex
ington. Interment was in the Lexing
ton cemetery.
Mr. Lookabill, who had long been a
resident of Lexington, was stricken with
a heart malady at the home of his son
here two weeks ago.
In addition to the son In Brevard,
other survivors are two daughters and
a sister.
WELFARE BOARD
GROUP FOR IDE
COUNTY NAMED
Mrs. S. P. Veraer Is Appointed
Chairman Of The
Board
Mns. S. P. Vemer, of Brevard, has
been appointed chairman of the Tran
sylvania county board of welfare, and
Gaston Whitmire, Brevard, R-l, and
W. D. Deavor, Brevard, R-2, have been
named members of the board, county
welfare officials announced here yes
terda. Mrs. Verner, who was appointed
by the State board of welfare, will
serve for a term of three years. The
county board of commissioners ap
pointed Mr. Whitmire for a term of
two years, and the two appointed mem
bers selected Mr. Deavor for a term of
one year. These appointments and the
selection were made in line with recent
state legislation pertaining to naming
county welfare boards.
All three members of the newly ap
pointed l»oard were members of the for
mer welfare board. They will meet on
or about June 1 of this year to appoint
a superintendent of public welfare for
the county.
Mrs. C. Y. Patton is the present coun
ty superintendent.
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CITY PARKING . . .
At a regular meeting of the
city board of aldermen last Mon
day night an ordinance was pas
sed to put into effect on April 15
the city parking law, enacted
last year, that limits parking on
certain streets to one and two hour
periods during spring and slim
mer months. City clerk, Alex
Kizer, said the streets would be
posted by April 15.
Here are the parking limits
which go into effect next Tues
day: (Law applies to time from
6 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.) One hour
limit—Main street from Caldwell
to Gaston; Broad street from Pro
bart to Morgan .
Two hour limit—West Main
street from Caldwell to England;
East Jordan street from Broad to
Gaston; North Gaston street
from Main to Probart.
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JAYCEES PLAN
INITIAL MEET
AT CLUBHOUSE
New Members Urged To Sign
Up With Organ
ization
I Temporary officers of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce said yesterday
that the first meeting: of the newly
formed organization will be held next
Tuesday night, April 15th, at the Coun
try Club at 7:30 o’clock.
All during this week, a membership
committee, composed of Ed Rathbauer,
Carl Straus, Mack Allison, Jr., Frank
McIntosh, H. N. Lyday and "Spud"
Carpenter, as well as the temporary of
ficers, John Anderson, Ed Varner and
R. F. Thomas have been contacting
prospective members and issuing mem
berships. Already over 25 Brevard
young men have signed up and paid
their dues.
At the meeting next Tuesday night
6 directors and 4 officers will be elected
to serve as the head of the local Jaycees
until July, 1942. Various committees
will be appointed and all members and
would-be members are urged to be pres
ent at this important meeting.
Those wishing to become members I
may. prior to the meeting Tuesday night j
contact any of the membership com - j
mittee as given above.
Plans for the initial promotional work'
of the young Jayeee group will be made!
Tuesday, temporary president John
Anderson said .
EASTER SERVICES
BE AT CHURCHES
Extend Cordial Invitation To
Vwitors And Towns
people
Churches in Brevard are planning
special Easter services for next Sunday,
and pastors of the various churches are
extending cordial invitations to the
public to attend.
At the St. Philit)e Episcopal church
a special Good Friday service will be
held in the morning at 10:30 the rector.
Rev. Harry Ferry, announces. On
Easter Sunday celebration of Holy Com- ]
munion will be held at 8 o’clock, and j
the choral Euchriet and sermon will be I
at 11 o’clock. I
The Methodist church will have spe- j
vial Easter music at the 11 o’clock I
morning service, and Rev. Edgar Billups I
will preach on "Practicing Immortality."
At 7:30 in the evening a talking pic
ture, "FYiith Triumphant,,’’ depicting
closing scenes in the personality of St.
Paul, will be shown.
At the First Baptist church the inter
mediates of the Sunday school depart
ment will have a sunrise service at
6:30 a. m. Sunday in the department
room. Regular Sunday services will
be held later in the morning.
The Presbyterian church will observe
regular Sunday service at 11 o’clock
in the morning. The sermon will be
preached by the pastor, Rev. C. M.
Jones.
CIVIC CLUB TAKES
IMPORTANT ACTON
Hears Talk On Ways Of Beau*
tifying Town Of
Brevard
Action taken on several matters of
community importance and a talk on
ways of beautifying- the town were
features of the April meeting of the
Women’s Civic Club, held last Monday
afternoon in the club room.
Among- the matters of business trans
saoted included: decision to hold the
annual flower show on August 8; a vote
to give prizes to the filling station
presenting the most atractive and clean
est appearance: report that road signs
liad been ordered directing travelers
to Rich Mountain and to Sassafras
Mountain, in cooperation with the State
Highway department; announcement
that 40 dogwood trees had been de
livered and planted by various residents
in cooperation with the NYA group:
discussion of establishing a curb mar
ket, which the committee is invest
igating in consultation with Countv
Agent Julian Olazener; appointment of
♦ he following members on committees:
Mrs. R. M. Levy and Mrs. Harrison,
welfare: Mrs. E. O. Bryant, civic;
Mrs. R. W. Wheeler, recreation; Mrs.
Prank Kerber, hospitality.
Mrs. F. j. Coltrane was the speaker
of the meeting, telling of ways and
means of beautifying the town and
stressing in particular the Importance
of a clean - up drive. She sum
med up her remarks with the timely
statement, "Take stock of your re
sources, take stock of your needs, and;
try to bridge the gap."
SUMMER SCHOOL HEAD
C. E. BUCKNER, dean of Bre
vard College, who will direct the
college’s 1941 Summer School ses
sion, which opens on June 16 and
closes August 16. Heretofore the
college has operated a full semester
of summer school, but this year
only a nine weeks’ term will be
offered. <Times Photos by Austin)
EIGHT DRAFTEES
TO LEAVE HERE
NEXT TUESDAY
Two Negro Boys Will Be In
ducted At Fort Bragg
Next Wednesday
Eight boys from Transylvania county
will leave here on Tuesday, April 16,
for Port Jackson, S. C., where they will
V>e inducted as the April 15 call quota
from this county under the selective
service act. Two negro boys will leave
on Wednesday, April 16, for Fort Bragg.
The eight white boys to leave next
week will be selected from the following
list, Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, draft board
clerk, reports; George Thomas Owen,
Brevard; Earl Van O'Kelly, Pisgah
Forest; Boyce Whitmire, R-l, Brevard;
Bert Wilson, Pisgah Forest; Gould Em
mett Tinsley, R-l, Brevard; and Em
met Lester Wilson, Fletcher Langley
Moore. Earl Justice Fowler, Horace
Dover Smith and Ray Lowell Hooper,
of Brevard; and David Edward Reid,
of Oakland. The negro boys who will
l>e inducted on April 16 are Daniel Web
ster Erwin, volunteer, and Homer
Smith, both of Brevard.
All draftees who left here April 7th
to be inducted at Fort Jackson were
accepted with the exception of Paul
Whitmire and Dillard Crow, who failed
to pass entrance physical exams at the
camp.
The group to leave here next Tuesday
will meet at the draft board office here
next Monday evening at eight o’clock
for final instructions and for the ap
pointment of a leader for the group.
GILES IN BREVARD
Mr. Leonard D. Giles, of New York
City, insurance engineer and broker,
spent several days last week in Brevard
on business matters with the various
Sllversteen interests in Brevard and
Rosman.
Mr. Giles, who has presiously visited
this section, was loud in his praise of
the growth of Brevard and Transyl-!
vania county since his last visit here.
He hopes to bring his family to spend
their vacation here. Mr. Giles is a
nephew of Jos. S. Silversteen.
DAHLIA CLUB MEET
The Dahlia club will meet at F. E.
Shuford’s office next Tuesday night, at
8 o’clock. Tt is urged that all members
attend.
APRIL TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT
CLOSED MONDAY
Many Minor Criminal and Civil
Cases Were
Cleared
The April term of Transylvania coun
ty superior court, over which Judge
Allen H, Gwyn, of Reidsville, presided,
adjourned early Monday afternoon after
disposing of a mixed criminal and civil
docket. The term convened on Mon
day, March 31.
Action on cases not reported in last
week’s issue of The Times include the
following:
Tom Bagwell, public drunkenness, 4
mos. jail sentence suspended three
years.
Ray Rice, possession of whiskey, one
third of cost and 5 mos. jail sentence
suspended for five years.
Henry Smith, plea of guilty for for
gery, judgment not issued at time of
trial.
W. F. Shelton, transporting liquor,
plea guilty, $50.00 fine and 6 mos. jail
sentence suspended 4 years.
Alvin Anders, driving under influ
ence of liquors, $50.00 fine and costs, 6
mos. jail sentence suspended 3 years,
driving license revoked 1 year.
J. C. Galloway and Edna Wood, nol
pros of Wood, $75.00 and costs and 3
mos. jail sentence suspended 3 years for
Galloway for illegal possession of
whiskey.
Earl Twiggs, continued.
James Butler, auto accident, prayer
for judgment continued.
Dillard Crow, non support, prayer for
judgment continued.
Odell Davidson, assault, 2 years jail
sentence, to work on highways.
R. IT. Hale, transporting whiskey,
two cases, 3 mos. in jail for one and 15
mos. jail sentence suspended five years
in other.
John Parris, simple assault, plea of
guilt, costs of action and 30 day jail
sentence suspended 4 years.
J. Rick Manley, threatened incendiary,
nol prossed.
Elmer Ratcliff, transporting whiskey,
$75.00 and costs.
Obrion T.yons, breaking and entering,
2 years jail sentence if he is found in
State.
Dewey Burns, abandonment and non
support. 2 years jail sentence suspend
ed for 5 years on condition that he
support his wife and children.
The latter part of last week and Mon
day of this week was taken up with
civil cases, comprised largely of uneon
tested divorce cases.
PLANS MADE FOR
HOMECOMING AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
A Homecoming service for the First
Baptist church in Brevard will be held
Sunday, April 20, at 11 o’clock in the
morning-, members of the church have
announced. The Rev. Paul Harteell,
former pastor and now pastor of the
First Baptist church in Johnston, S. C.,
has been invited to speak at the home
coming- service, at which time the
church will celebrate the paying off of
all indebtedness on the educational
building annex to the church.
Also, Rev. Yancey Elliott, former
pastor, now at IJncolnton, haa been In
vited to participate on the program, as
well as the w-idow of Rev. Wallace Hart
sell, a former pastor.
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
New books on the rental shelves at
U. D. C. library, as reported by the
librarian, Miss Annie Jean Gash, in
clude the following: Ambassador Dodd’s
Diary: By Way of Silverthorns, Hill;
Children Are People, Post; Fanny By
Gaslight, Sadlier; Lanterns on the
Devee, Percy; Mountain Meadow, Buch
an; My Theodosia, Seton; Out At the
Soldier’s Home. Corbett.
County Commissioners Ask For
Full Time Sanitarian Service
Endorse Kimzey and Ramsey
For Industrial and High
way Posts
The Transylvania board of county
commissioners, in regular session here
last Monday, gave final approval to a
motion unanimously passed by the
board urging the county health depart
ment to employ the full time service of
a county sanitarian. The county sani
tarian, Walter Hart, at present spends
only a part of his time in Transylvania.
The board of commissioners feel that
his full time services are needed in the
county.
At the meeting approval was also
given to resolutions passed and en
dorsed by the county commissioners as
king the reappointment of Pat Kimzey
to his position on the North Carolina
Industrial commission and urging the
appointment of Ralph Ramsey, Jr.,
Brevard attorney and chairman of the
I county Democratic executive committee,
to a poet on the State Highway oom
mleelon, namely oa commissioner for
I the tenth dtetrlct
EIGHT HAVE LEFT
TO ENROLL IN CCC
Three white boys and five negro
boys left here last Saturday for the CCC
enrollment center in Asheville to en
list in the Civilian Conservation corps,
county officials reported.
The three white youths were Ernest
Fisher, 'Balsam Grove; Charlie Lyday
Smith, Brevard, R-2; and Eugene
Woodring, Lake Toxaway.
The colored youths were Herbert Ben
jamin, and Isaac Norman, Brevard;
James Franklin Chatham, Piegah For
est; and Robert Mooney and Leon
Walker, Brevard, R-2.
GOLF COURSE GREENS
Bob Smith, new Brevard golf pro and
operator of the Brevard country club,
reports that temporary grass greens
are now being put in on the Brevard
golf course and that plana are going
forward for the Installation of regular
grass greens at an early data
HE'S UP ON TOP
i
A. B. GALLOWAY, of Brevard,
who on Monday of this week was
installed as Head Consul of the
Woodmen of the World Life In
surance society in North Carolina,
thereby making him the highest of
ficer in the Jurisdiction of the State.
He was installed as Head Consul at
Head Camp convention in Durham.
GLOUCESTER FARM
GROUP SAVING BY
COMMUNAL BUYING
Realize $350,00 Saving On 100
Tons Of Fertili
zer
The unincorporated Association of
RR farmers in the Gloucester section
of Transylvania have purchased 100 tons
of fertilizer for spring planting and
seeding at a saving of approximately j
$350.00 to them, Joseph C. McDarris, I
county RR supervisor, reported here!
yesterday. There are about 100 Glou
cester farmers in the cooperative, he I
said .
These Gloucester farmers are calling j
their own meeting and building up'
gradually the strength of their organ- 1
ziation. Mr. McDarris and his farm
security administration unit associates
here aided the group in organizing the
cooperative, but they are not connect
ed in any way with the group or in i
helping to establish policies, he empha- j
sized. The farmers conduct their own
meetings and issue bids when deemed I
advisable. They are trying to save j
themselves money and secure better j
quality by buying in quantity so that
the merchant can afford to supply
them at a cheaper rate.
Directors of the cooperative are
Richard McCall, president; V. C. Owen,
vice president; Julius N. Owen, secre
tary; William Anders, treasurer; and
Mrs. Berlin Owen, marketing specialist.
PTA HOLDS LAST
SESSION OF YEAR
New Books To Be Added To
Grammar School
Library
At the April meeing of the Brevard
P.-T. A. on Tuesday afternoon which
was the last meeting of the present
school year, announcement was made
by Principal J. E. Rufty, of the elemen
tary school, that 350 new books would
be added to the grammar school library.
These books, which will be obtained
through money belonging to the organ
ization and other funds, will be in
readiness for the opening of school next
fall.
Plans were made at the meeting for
the pre-school clinic which will be held
at the school building next Monday,
under sponsorship of the P.- T. A. and
the county health department.
Mrs. C. L. Newland, present president,
and Mrs. A. H. Kizer, newly elected
president for next year, expressed their
intention of attending the state P.-T. A.
meeting to be held at the George Van
derbilt hotel in Asheville on April 23
and 24.
Plane were announced by the grade
mothers of each of the elementary
rooms for an Easter egg hunt to be
given each grade on Friday afternoon.
Mrs. S. P. Vemer gave an interesting
historical sketch of the local organiza
tion from its beginning until the pres
ent time.
RITES FOR MRS.
SMITH BE HELD
Funeral service will be held this aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist
church in Brevard for Mrs. A. A. Smith.
21, who died in the hospital here Tues
day night. The pastor. Rev. B. W.
Thomason, will conduct the service. In
terment will be in Gathey’s Creek ceme
tery.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Annie
Neill, daughter of Mrs. Willie Neill and
the late Mr. Neill, of Brevard. Sur
vivors are her husband and an infant
daughter, and one brother, Ephriam
Neill. Moore and Trantham funeral
home will hare charge of arrangements.
THREE MEMBERS
PRESENT BOARD
WILL RUN AGAIN
Final Date For Candidates To
File Is April
18
THOMPSON WITHDRAWS
Mayor A. H. Harris, who has served
as the mayor of Brevard for the past
three terms, yesterday announced that
he would not be a candidate for nomin
ation for re-election as mayor in the
Democratic primary to be held here
on April 28. Gus Thompson, 22-year
old Ecusta employee, also announced
yesterday that he is withdrawing1 from
the race for mayor. He placed h1s
name on file as a candidate for mayor
of Brevard three weeks ago. Dr. Carl
Hardin, upon the heels of the forego
ing announcements, placed his name
in the field as a candidate for nomina
tion for election as mayor of the town.
Two members of the present board of
city aldermen, R. J. Duckworth and J.
E. Waters, announced their intention
yesterday of standing for re-election to
their poets. One member, J. A. “Mose"
Macfie, annunced last week that he
would stand for re-election.
Mayor Harris’ statement that he
would not be a candidate for mayor in
cluded the following in part: "Having
been honored by the people of Brevard
by being elected their Mayor for three
successive terms without opposition, 1
feel that it will be better not to enter
into a contest at this time. I appre
ciate the opportunity of having served
our community as best I could, and
trust that my successor may have the
united support of our people."
Dr. Hardin, a World War veteran
and life-long resident of Brevard, In
announcing his candidacy said that he
had been encouraged by many friends to
enter the race and had at last decided
to do so.
Both Mr. Duckworth and Mr. Waters
stated that they had hesitated to ask
for re-election, but that many friends
had urged them to do so in order that
voters of the town might have an op
portunity of keeping a member, or
members, of the present Board in of
fice who has been familiar with the
town’s affairs for the past two years.
A total of eight candidates for aider
men are in the running now, five having
announced with Randall W. Everett when
he filed as a candidate for mayor some
time ago. Those who filed with Mr.
Everett were Jerry Jerome, Don Jen
kins, Fred Holt, Robert Plummer, and
Harry Patton.
Final date for filing for candidacy in
the town election is April 18. Final
date for voters to register, and all who
did not register two years ago or prior
must do so, will be April 19. The pri
mary will be held on April 28, and the
election will be May (5.
DEMONSTRATIONS
TO BE GIVEN BY
DAIRY HOSTESS
Mrs. Mary Louise Armstrong-, Bilt
more Dairies hostess, will give dem
onstrations on dairy products in Traa
slvania county all next week, officials
of Biltmore Dairies have announced
here. Samples of Biltmore products
will be given away at all demonetra
tions, and at the end of each day a
grand prize will be given to the ladies
attending the demonstratione.
Schedule of demonstrations, as Met
ed by Biltmore officials, follows:
Monday, April 14, at Scott’s Grocery
in Brevard.
Tuesday, April 15, at the Carr Lum
ber Company store, Pisgah Forest
Wednesday, April 16, at the Dixie
Store in Brevard.
Thursday, April 17, at Patton's store
in Pisgah Forest.
Friday, April 18, at Mull’s Grocery
in Brevard.
Saturday, April 19, at the Gloucester
Lumber Company store in Rosman.
Betty Fisher, of Lake Tox- i
away, was the lucky winner of
the grand prize, a Romeagle
Range, in Houston Furniture
company’s formal opening give
away free here yesterday after
noon in which $363.50 worth of
furniture was awarded to those
whose names were drawn.
Other lucky winners were Mrs.
A. H. Gray, Penrose, a kitchen
cabinet: Mrs. E .C. Corn, Pisgah
Forest, a chifforobe; Mrs. Chas.
R. Allison, Brevard, chair and
.ottoman; Catherine Clsom, R-l,
Brevard, innerspring mattress:
Mrs. Lake Bagwell, Brevard, a
platform rocker; Agnes Wilson,
R-2, Brevard, innerspring mat
tress; Mrs. Geogre Justice, Bre
vard. bed springs; Lynch Moore,
R-l, Brevard, baby bed; Mrs.
Arthur McCrary, Brevard, spring
seat chair; Mrs. G. M. Hemphill,
R-2, Brevard, tea table; and Net
tie Barton, Brevard, a rocker.
An exceedingly large crowd at
tended the opening.
PRIZE WINNERS . . .