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Vol. Sly No. 17 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE SERMONS FOR GRADUATES Thomason Will Speak At Bre vard, Wall At Rosman High Graduation exercises of the BreVard high school will begin next Sunday evening at 8 o’clock, when the com mencement sermon will be delivered at the high school auditorium by Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of the Brevard First Baptist church. Other features will be, processional, invocation by Rev. E. P. Billups, of the Methodist church, song by the high school glee club, announcements by Principal R. T. Kimzey, solo by Alvin Moore, accompanied by Mrs. Melvin Gillespie, benediction by Rev. C. M. Jones, of the Presbyterian church, and Ireceesional. i The graduation exercises will take place Friday evening, May 2, at the high school auditorium, at which time 60 members of the senior class will be presented diplomas. The address will be by Dr. P. L. Elliott, head of the English* department of Eastern Caro lina Teachers College, Cullowhee. The valedictory will be given by Frederick Glazener, and the salutatory by Eugene Morris. The commencement sermon of the Rosman high school graduation exer cises will be delivered at the high school auditorium next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. Broadus Wall, of Hen dereonville. County Superintendent J. B. Jones will introduce the speaker. The invocation will be by Rev. J. L. ' Underwood, followed by a song by the glee club and announcements by Princi pal E. F. Tilson. The benediction will be by Rev. J. R. Bowman. The graduation exercises will be held on Friday evening, May 2. Edna Alli son is valedictorian, and Helen Whit mire, salutatorian. Commencement marshals are John Underwood, chief marshal, Avarie Glaze ner, Violet Jones, Edna Nelson, Ray Lee, Sue Neil McCall, Dorothy Stiles. r COMMERCE GROUPS TO LAUNCH DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIP Charter Members Now Signed For Junior Chamber Announced ¥ Early next month the junior cham ber of commerce of Brevard, in co operation with the Brevard chamber of commerce, will launch a member ship drive to recruit members for the two brother organizations, officials of the two chambers said here this week. Exact date of the opening: of the drive will be announced later. Charter members signed up so far with the junior chamber of commerce, as announced by John Anderson, sec rectarv, are as follows: Mack Allison, Jr., Bill Anderson. John Anderson, Walter Ashworth, Jim At kins, Sam Barnett, Spud Carpenter, S. E. Campbell, I day Childress, Lucian Deavor, James C. Dixon, Johnny Ful ler, Vernon Fullbright, Ted A. Gentry, Lewis Hamlin, Jr., Earl Hall, Carl Hen drix, Joe L. Heffner, Ruel Hunt, Joe Hunter, Curtis Kelly, Edgar Loftis, H. N. Lyday, Nathan McMinn, Frank McIntosh. Kin McNeil, Bob Matthews, Bollin Millner, Dwight Moffitt, Tom Newton, Rufus Orr, John Pickelsimer, Rat Patterson, Joe Parker, Russjell Ramsey, Ed Rathbauer, Mack Roberts, James Russell, Kyle Rogers, N. A. Schlasser, Harry Sellers, Karl Straus, Howard Schmidt, Talmadge Stockstill, Bob Thomas, Ed Varner, H. M. Wall, A. E. York, Fred Holt. LAST RITES WERE HELD FRIDAY FOR F. V. BATSON, 68 Died At Home Here Thursday Following Long Illness Funeral service was held last Fri day morning at Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist church for F. V. Batson, 68, who died at his home here early Thursday morning, following an extended ill ness. The officiating ministers were Rev. J. L. Underwood, Rev, Cleveland Reece and Rev. B. W. Thomason. Inter ment was in the cemetery nearby., . Survivors are the widow; three daugh ters Mrs. L. E. Bagwell, of Brevard, Mrs. J. F. Clodfelter, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. C. A Jones; and two sons, Milton C. Batson, of Chicago, and Russell Batson, of the Panama Canal Zone; also four brothers, Edward Bat son of Brevard, Alonzo Batson, of Pick ens, S. C., and Homer and Roy Batson, of California, and two sisters, Mrs. Boyd Moore and Mrs. Annie Salmon, of California; also five grandchildren. Pall bearers were L. E. Bagwell, Jr., Harold Bagwell, Homer, Julian. Hubert and Edward Batson. Members of the Homemakers class of the Baptist Sun day school had charge of flowers. Mr. Batson was a native of Transyl vania county, where he had been a prominent farmer for many yeans. Osbome-Simpson funeral home had charge , of arrangements. SEEK NOMINATION FOR MAYOR These two men, Randall W. Everett and Dr. Carl Hardin, are seeking the nomination for mayor of Bre vard subject to the primary to be held here next Mon day, April 28. (Times Photoes by Austin) Primary Next Monday Will Decide Democratic Nominees For Town Government Posts Town Election Will Be Held On Tuesday, May 6 Friday, April 18, rolled around last week without any more Brevard citizens placing- their names on the ticket for nomination for town government posts subject to the Democratic primary here next Monday. Last day for filing clos ed with only those names listed which were announced in The Times last week. Eight had filed seeking the nomination for board of aldermen and two seeking the nomination for mayor subject to the primary. Here are the candidates: R. J. Duck worth, vice president and cashier of The Transylvania Trust company, for alderman: Randall W. Everett, retired business man, for mayor; Dr. Carl Har din, dentist, for mayor; Fred Holt, manager Long’s Drug store, for aider man; Don Jenkins, manager Brevard Lumber company, for alderman; Jerry Jerome. secretary-treasurer Brevard Federal Savings and Loan association and secretary-treasurer Citizens Tele phone company, for alderman; J. A. Macfie, manager Macfie Drug store, for alderman; Harry Patton, manager Patton’s store, for alderman; Robert Plummer, manager Plummer’s Depart ment store, for alderman; and J. E. Waters, retired business man, for aider man. Mr. Duckworth. Mr. Macfie, and Mr. Waters are members of the present board of aldermen. Mr. Everett, Mr. Holt, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jerome, Mr. Patton, and Mr. Plummer filed as a full ticket for mayor and for the board. Dr. Hardin filed alone as candidate for mayor. City Clerk Alex Kizer said here yes terday that Saturday of this week had been named challenge day, at which time persons may challenge others right to vote in the town election, if they have sufficient proof to show that they should not. Town election will be held on Tuesday, May 6. CAMP NEGRO QUARTET HEARD BY KIWANIANS The negro Camp quartet, singing a number of negro spirituals, was heard by members of the Kiwanis club at their regular meeting last Thursday noon at the England Home. Farry Barber, member of the Hen dersonville Kiwanis club, was a visitor. He talked to local members about the Kiwanis national convention to be held in Atlanta in June and urged them to attend. WPA RECREATION PLAY PARK OPENS Brevard High Band To Play Thu Afternoon At 3:30 The 'VftPA recreation play park on Jor dan street will be open to the public on JRhursday of this week, announcement was made yesterday by Mrs. Bess W. May, supervisor. The park will be open for play in the morning, but the high school band will not play until in the afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. At this time match games of horse shoe, shuffle board and badminton will be played. The public is invited to attend the formal opening, and to make use of the play park on the regular scheduled hours, which will be announc- ' ed later. | Those who wish to enter the game contests Thursday afternoon are asked to contact Mr. Brewington at the play park. Those who have their own equip ment will be allowed to make use of the park at any time, Mrs. May said. The play park will be open to the public free of charge, and, will be under supervision of the recreation leaders during the scheduled hours. | POST OFFICE TO BE DEDICATED FRIDAY, MAY 30 Postmaster T. Coleman Galloway said here yesterday that a definite date had been decided for the dedication of Bre vard’s new post office building and that plans were going ahead for the dedica tion on Friday, May 30. As yet names of the principal speakers and important government personages who will parti cipate in the dedicatory exercises are not available, Mr. Galloway said. Julian A. Glazener, county farm agent, has been named chairman of the com mittee for arrangements for the dedica tion, and Randal J. Lyday, P. H. Holden, and Willis Brittain will serve on that committee with him, it was announced. Prince Is Made Chairman Of Highway Commission; Ferebee Is 10th District Cfrinmissioner Attorney Ramsey Believes Fer ebee Is Well Fitted For Post Last Friday Governor Broughton ap pointed Lawrence Benton Prince of Hen dersonville, lawyer and a member of the state board of elections, as chair man of the state highway and public works commission and named Percy B. Ferebee, of Andrews, as commissioner for the tenth district. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., Brevard at torney who has been prominently men tioned and boosted by friends here and elsewhere as tenth district appointee, said here yesterday that he had written Mr. Ferebee congratulating him on his appointment to the commission. Mr^ Ramsey said that Mr. Ferebee is well fit ted for the post and that he believes he will make an excellent commissioner. Mr. Ferebee, former mayor of Andrews, is a banker and automobile dealer there. He is a native of Elizabeth City. The appointment of Prince as high- j way chairman had been widely predict ed. Monroe Redden of Hendersonville, who conducted Governor Broughton’s campaign in western North Carolina, had endorsed him for the post, along with many others. Prince is a native 5f Scotland county and has lived in Hen lersonville since 1925. He is a former senator and at one time was a member >f the state text book commission. In appointing the new highway com mission Governor Broughton empha sized that the group would follow a statewide point of view, not that of iivisional commissioners. The commissioners appointed for the >ther nine districts in the state were: First division—Carrol Wilson of Roanoke Rapids. Second division—Edward G. Flana gan of Greenville. Third division—Dr. Guy Vernon Good ng of Keansville. Fourth division—T. Boddie Ward of Wilson incumbent. Fifth division—George W. Kane of Roxboro. Sixth division—D. B. McCrary of Ashe t>oro, incumbent acting chairman. Seventh division—Thomas R. Wolfe x Albemarle, incumbent. Eighth division—Virgin D. Guire of Lenoir. Ninth division—T. Max Watson of Forest City, incumbent. i HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN I ~ —- • L. B. PRINCE of Hendersonville 'who last Friday was named chair man of fhe state highway and pub lic works commission. RED CROSS ASKS FOR GARMENTS TO BE SHIPPED AWAY The local chapter of the American Red Cross is making an appeal for gar ments apd other suitable gifts for a shipment to be made the latter part of this week. Persons making garments are asked to bring them in to Red Cross headquarters here by that time. An idea of what the American Red Cross is .doing in war relief may be obtained by a report issued here which indicates that up to April 1 relief was made available to nations engaged in war in Europe and the Orient in the amount of $26,725,923. Red Cross re lief is at present being distributed un der supervision of staff members of the organization in six nations. Yugo slavia was the seventh nation, added last week. BREVARD JAYCEE OFFICIALS ARE ALL JUNIORS The newly elected officers of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce shown above got into the right organization. Everyone has a Junior attached to his name. They are, left to right, Eddie Varner, Jr., president; Edgar Loftis, Jr.f vice president; John Anderson, Jr., secretary; and Mack Allison, Jr., treasurer. BOWLING TOURNEY WILL BE STAGED NEXT THURSDAY A handicap bowling tournament will be held on the Centennial bowling alleys next Thursday night, May 1, beginning promptly at 6 o’clock with approximate ly $50.00 being given away in prizes, Ed McCoy, manager, announced, yes terday. He urged all those interested in en tering the league to register this week end in order that the names be posted the first of the week. Duplicate prizes will be given to winners in both the singles and the doubles, with an entry fee being charged. The tourney is open to any bowler who participated in the Brevard duck pin league during the season, and at least 50 entries are expected. Tonight there are three matches scheduled in the Brevard duck pin league: Centennial vs. Hendersonville; Hoisery Mill vs. Hill Billies, and Fiske Carter vs. Brevard. Last week Miss Mabel McNeely set a new all time ladies duck pin record on the Centennial alleys by rolling 154. Result of Tuesday night’s match in the Tri-City league between A & M Garage and Champagne Paper team was 2 to 7 in favor of the Champagne' bowlers. Bill Bridges, for the locals, was high scorer with 548. Last week’s results in the Brevard duck pin league are: Hill Billies, 3; Bre vard, 0; Centennial, 3; Fiske Carter, 1; and, Hendersonville, 3; Hosiery Mill, 0. Hamilton of the Hill Billies was the high scorer with 389. PIANO RECITAL AT RICH SCHOOL Be Held In High School Audi torium Friday at Eight O'clock — The second and last of two piano re citals, annually presented by pupils of | the Brevard public schools, will be held in the high school auditorium Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Melvin Gillespie and Alvin Moore announce that an interesting program has been arranged. Features of interest include a baritone solo by G. M. Jones, and selections by the high school band, under the direction of Mrs. Clyde McDonald. Piano pupils who will appear on the program Friday night are: Marguerite Scruggs, Betty Finck, Dorothy Gay Rockwood, Sybil Merrill, Mary Norwood, Louise Wood, Viola Johnson, Carolyn Kizer, Herbert Finck, Margaret Ann Boyd, Alfred Neumann, Jean Thoma son, Alex Kizer, Carolyn Kimzey, Wyl ma Pooser, Doris Jean Scruggs, Maril lyn Aiken, Vera Dellenger, Mary Fay Dellenger, Betsy Brittain, Frances Tal ley, Mary Alice Tinsley, Paul Jones. Marshals selected on the basis of high scholastic ratings are: Frankie Moore, chief marshal, Mary Mae Sizemore, Elinor Chamberlain, Margaret. Galloway, Annette Huskamp, Betty Finck, Carl Scruggs, Ted Mull, Richard Franklin. The first recital held last Monday night at the high school, was largely attended and well performed by the 22 girls and boys appearing on the pro gram. SPRING DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT AT CLUBHOUSE Bill Stringfellow and His Or crestra Will Furnish Music The initial Brevard spring dance will be staged at the country clubhouse to morrow night from ten until two o’clock under the sponsorship of the Brevard Jaycees and with the music of Bill j Stringfellow and his Carolina Bucaneers j from Asheville, members of the Jaycee! dance committee have announced. The 'clubhouse is being elaborately decorated for the occasion, and a drive1 is being made by members of the jun ior chamber to sell three hundred tickets to the affair. Prank McIntosh, chairman of the i dance Committee and member of the board of directors of the newly formed Jaycee organization, reports that ticket sales are going nicely and that a large crowd is expected for this first spring dance. I Other members of the dance commit j tee who are helping to stage the affair ; are Ruel Hunt, Robert P. Thomas, Bob Matthews, Talmadge Stockstill, and “Spud” Carpenter. MRS. PATTON TO DURHAM Mrs. C. Y. Patton, Transylvania coun ty welfare superintendent, will go to Durham next week to attend the State Social Service conference being held there on April 27, 28, and 29. FUNERAL HELD ON MONDAY FOR LOCAL TEACHER Miss Lucy Eloise Lewis Died In Baltimore Last Saturday Miss Lucy Eloise Lewis, 33, of Bre vard, died in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, last Saturday evening-, fol lowing a major operation performed the previous Thursday morning. The funeral service was held at the Bre vard residence last Monday morning. The officiating ministers were Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor of the Brevard Meth odist church, and Rev. J. H. Brendall, a former pastor, now of Winston-Salem. Music was by Mrs. Carl McCrary, ac companied at the piano by Mrs. Bren dall. Interment was in the family burial lot in Walhalla, S. C. Miss Lewis was the youngest daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fielding A. Lewis. She was a native of Walhalla, but moved to Brevard with her mother and other members of the family when a young girl. She was a member of the Brevard Methodist church, in which she was an active and conscientious worker, For the past year, she had been superintendent of the Oak Grove Methodist Sunday school near Brevard. She was a graduate of the Brevard high school in the class of 1924, and later was graduated from Eastern Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, N. C. She taught school for a number of years ir> Tarboro, and had been a teacher in the Brevard primary school since 193«, from which position she resigned be cause of ill health only a week prior to her death. She was a young woman of cheerful disposition and showed a friend ly spirit toward every one, the lowly-, as well as those of a higher class. Survivors are two sisters, Miss Mattie Lewis, of Brevard, and Mrs. Helen Lewis Terry, of New York City; two brothers, Lamar E. Lewis, of Raleigh, and A. K. Lewis, of Greenville S. C.; and two half-brothers, E. E. Lewis, of Weaverville, and F. A. Lewis, of Hamlet. Pall bearers were Anthony Tran tham, Phillip Price, Leon English, James Lewis, Howard Whitmire and Ernest H. Webb. Flowers were in charge of young lady friends and members of her high school graduating class. Moore and Trantham funeral di rectors had charge of arm cements. ALLIES FIGHTING HARD; ROUTED IN THE BALKAN AREA Greek Capitulation Reported To Be Imminent By Observers According to latest official informa tion from the battlefront in the Balkans. Greek capitulation seemed imminent with British and Greek troops fleeing and fighting desperately to defend Athens. The allied armies have succeeded, “without serious enemy interruption,” in entrenching themselves along a short mountain line in defense of ancient Ath ens which is thick with the smoke of merciless German air bombardment, it was stated officially. The British and Greek forces, abandoning all but a small portion of Greece to the crushing Ger man blitzkrieg and falling back to de fend Athens itself, are holding a new line hinged upon the heights around Thermopylae. The British army, according to auth orized German claims, has abandoned the war in Greece and is fleeing in "an other shameful Dunkerque,” leaving the battered Greek forces to face the Ger man blows alone only 90 miles from Ath ens. Informed British sources, saying many of the German troops in the Liby an drive had been flown from Sicily to Tripoli, welcomed this British success as possibly the beginning of a forceful blow against the axis air ferry service. Churchill said the Germane were shot down as the air fleet was bound to Tripoli. British battleships and lighter units drew up early Wednesday morn ing before Tripoli, principal African sup ply base of the axis, and cast big shells into the harbor and port installations. MARS HILL CHOIR WILL PERFORM AT BAPTIST CHURCH The Mars Hill college choir,1; under the ■ '» direction of Miss Elizabeth Ellison, will give a choral program at the regular morning service hour at the F"irst Bap tist church next Sunday morning, it was announced here yesterday. The choir is composed of some thirty voices and the program consists of tel ling the story of the life of Christ in song. Miss Martha Biggers is accom panist. .JONES HEARD AT LIONS CLUB MEET At the meeting of the Brevard Lions club last Thursday evening in the Eng land Home, J. B. Jones, county super intendent of public schools, spoke-to ttye . .it group on educational expenditures per .1 child in the various state school sys tems and compared the expenditure per child in North Carolina with that spent in other states. President of the club, Robert P. Thomas, presided.
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