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Trade at Home Boost Your Town and County THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest Vol. 51, No. 18 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 1,1941 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY Congratulations To Transylvania County Graduates—See Special High School Section Inside Community Hospital Fund Hiked By $10,000 Duke Gift •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Upper Transylvania County May Get Rural Electric Cooperative TOTAL COST OF UNIT HAS BEEN RAISED $36,000 Work Expected To Begin Short-! ly On Eagerly Awaited Building TO HAVE NURSE’S HOME Funds for the establishment of Bre vard’s new Community Hospital Build ing1, money for which has been solicited over a period of more than a year, jump ed by $10,000 here this week when mem bers of the hospital committee were notified that the Duke Endowement Fund had increased their allotment from $18,000 to $28,000 on the proposed new building-. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., chairman of the board of trustees of the Transylvania i Community hospital, said here yester day that work is expected to be started shortly on the 25-bed unit. The site of the new hospital will be just this side of the Transylvania Community hos pital, formerly known as Lyday Memor ial hospital, and included in the build ing program is a home for nurses. Esti mated total cost for constructing and equipping the hospital and nurse’s quarters is $86,500. a total of 36,500 more than had been planned at the outset. The original plans called for a total cost of $50,000 for constructing and equipping the hospital, but since then the plans of the hospital have been y altered to increase facilities and to in clude the construction of a nurse’s home, Mr. Ramsey said Mr. Ramsey emphasized that the ad ditional $10,000 allotment from t Duke Fund placed upon me people^i Bre vard and Transylvania county the re Hponsibility of raising more funds to match the allotment, since the Duke funds are given on a percentage basis. The $18,000 pledge had been given on the basis of a $50,000 hospital unit. The $28,000 pledge is given on the basis of an $86,000 unit, he said. Besides the Duke Endowment gift, funds so far on hand and pledged total $26,564.10, with tentative pledges ac counting for approximately $12,000 more. This leaves a considerable amount yet to be raised, Mr. Ramsey pointed out, and it will be up to the citizens of the town and county and their friends to raise the needed amount. It is understood that construction on | the hospital will not be held up until ^ these additional funds are pledged, but that work will get under way shortly < n the building which has been so eage/lv | anticipated by everyone. LIST OF COUNTY J. P.’S ANNOUNCED _ ] Newly Appointed Justices Will Serve For Two Years A list of justices of the peace for Transylvania county, as appointed in House Bill number 954 passed in the recent session of the North Carolina legislature, has been received by clerk j of the superior court. Spalding: Mc Intosh. Names of the J. P.’s and the town ships in which they will serve are as ] follows: L, P. Lyday, Boyd Township; T. H. Case and Dewey Gravely, Brevard township; James Nelson and Din Pax ton, Cathey Creek township; A. M. Paxton, Sr., and Charlie Gravely, Easta toe township; Obie Pisher, Gloucester township; T. C. McCall, Hogback town ship; Hal Hart and Paul Roberts, IJttle River township; Gladstone Whitmire, Dunn’s Rock township. The newly appointed J. P.’s will serve for a period of two years. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients reported on Wednesday to be in the hospital were: Bruce Glazener, Bill Gravely, Mrs. Paul Jones. Bobbie Jones, Mae Williams. A. M. White Gets Nomination For Mayor of Rosman A. M. White, incumbent, was nomi nated again for mayor of Rosman in the non-partisan primary held there Tuesday. White defeated James Staton for the nomination by a vote of 160 to 34. Claud Stroup and Austin Hogsed, in cumbents, and Nath S. Galloway were nominated for the board of aldermen. They defeated six others. The vote for aldermen was: Stroup 144, Hogised 128, Galloway 89, R. K. Powell 29, B. L. Lunsford 33, J. C. Galloway 46, Taft Owen 24, Ira Robin son 46, and US, A. Glazener 40. BOARD CHAIRMAN T. E. REID, chairman of the Transylvania county board of edu cation. Mr. Reid was recently ap pointed chairman for the second consecutive term. COLLEGE MAY DAY PROGRAM SET FOR COMING SATURDAY Miss Carolyn Klu&meier of Charlotte Will Reign As Queen • '’irolyn Kh>*r "ier of Ohai*otte and a senior at Brevard College, will reign over the annual May Day fes tivities at the college Saturday after noon. Miss Klusmeier was elected May Queen by a popular vote of the student body some time ago. Serving as maid of honor to the queen will be Mias Dovle White, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. A. M. White, of Rosman. The queen’s court will be composed of Clara Brinkley, of Charlotte, Marianna Kendall, of Greensboro, Mildred Max well of Brevard, and Aulene Powell, of Denton, as 6enior attendants. Freshman attendants are Jean Bennett, of Bre vard, Louise Huntley, of Wadesboro, Lucille Fletcher of Boonville, and Mar garet Liles of Lilesville. A colorful program, under the direc tion of Mrs. Ethel M. Chapin Morgan, has been arranged. Besides the tradi tional Maypole dance, a group of other dances have been prepared. Boys of the college will participate in a march dur ing the program. Heralds for the festivities are Ruth Wilson and Myra Sue Killian. The flower girl will be little Kathleen Gaines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gaines. Ralph Aiken, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Aiken, will be crown bearer The festivities are scheduled to begin at five o’clock. Hardin Edges Out Everett For Mayor Nomination; Incumbents On Board Are Also Nominated lOTLER BAFFLES THE WORLD WITH LATEST ACTIONS Russia Places Ban on Movement Of Nazi War Munitions Two startling moves in the European war situation continued to baffle the world, when announcement was made through radio and press on Wednesday of Hitler’s movement of 12,000 troops northward to the coast of Finland, and of Russia’s ban placed on the move ment of Nazi war munitions through Russian territory. What effect these latest developments will have in the British-Axie conflict remains a mystery, at least to unofficial observers. Foreign observers here expressed the opinion that Russia's ban on the trans portation of material was '‘probably more window dressing than anything else.-' They indicated, however, that “it might be Russia’s answer to Germany for oc cupation of Balkan countries,” since Russia’s major exports of war materials in the past have been going to Germany and this move might cut off supplies needed by the senior Axis partner Germany’s troops were declared to be •it the extreme southern end of Pelopon nesus, cutting off the last escape har bors for the British expeditionary force, and in this final phase of the Balkan campaign German interest turned sharp ly to the battles of the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Berlin sources declared that 300,000 tons of British or Allied shipping had been sunk and 400,000 tons damaged off Greece, and predicted that i these losses would be keenly felt in the | Battle of the Atlantic. ■The vast artillery which the Germans have assembled on the French invasion coast burst thunderously into the battle of the English channel the first of the week, with a seven-hour shelling of the British shore—the heaviest and most protracted of the war. Particularly heavy bombing of the Plymouth naval base was reported. The R.A. F. also made a determined stab at the channel ports and shipping generally along the Nazi-occupied side of the channel, but had to cope with strong German air formations. There was at least one stiff dogfight, and planes were almost continuously in the air over the southeast coast and channel throughout the day. Miss Hazel Smith spent the week end wdth her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Smith, in Salem, S. C. Witmer Place Will Comprise New Residential Subdivision ENGLISH CHAPEL AWARDED $1,000 FROM DUKE FUND Money Will Provide Funds For Completion Of Chapel On Tuesday of this week Dr. E. S. English, treasurer of the funds for the English Chapel now being constructed on the Davidson River near here, re ceived a check for $1,000 from the Duke Endowement Fund to aid In construction j of the chapel. The check was sent to Dr. English through the Rev. M. T. Pmathers, Asheville, district superinten dent of the Methodist church. In 1860 Dr. English’s father built the original church on the site where the chapel is being constructed. This first church was constructed of wood. Early this spring a cobble stone structure was be gun, and it is now almost completed. Dr. English said that with the $1,000 contributed by the Duke Fund con struction could be completed immediate ly. The chapel is being built of stones taken from the Davidson River. It is located about six miles from Brevard just off Highway 176 (formerly High way 284) in the Plsgah Forest area. Although construction is not yet com plete, services are being held there, Dr. English said. Thirty-Five Homes To Be Built On Tract In The Near Future Another boost for building in Bre vard was given early this week when it was announced by E. H. McMahan, attorney for H. W. Teague contractors, that the Mrs. George C. Witmer place In North Brevard just across from the Brevard College campus will be developed as a residential subdivision in the im mediate future and that some 35 dwell ing homes ranging In price from $3,000 to $5,000, will be erected on the site. The Witmer place was purchased last week by Mrs. Edna M. Smith of Marion. Tt consists of approximately ten acres, all of which will be subdivided into building lots, Mr. McMahan said. Building of the 35-home subdivision will be done by H. W. Teague contrac tors. All of the homes will be con structed according to Federal Housing Administration specifications and will be available for purchase through the F.H.A., it was understood. With the launching of this new sub division home building on the Witmer place, three residential subdivisions will have gotten under way in Brevard. The other two are the Park View develop ment and the development on the for mer Varner property in North Brevard. A cash prize of $5.00 is being offered in connection with the opening of the building program on the Witmer place, and readers of The Times are invited tc submit their entries for a suitable name for the development by Sunday. The person submitting the name selected will be awarded 15.00 in cash. Aldermen Nominees Are Duck* j worth, Holt, Jenkins, Macfie j and Waters In what was one of the hottest town primaries Brevard has even seen, Dr. Carl Hardin, dentist, defeated R. W. Everett, retired business man, for the Democratic nomination for mayor on Monday Hardin polled 426 votes while Everett finished oniy three votes behind with a total of 423. A total of 859 votes were cast in the primary, said to be the greatest num ber of votes ever cast here in the his tory of the town. The board of aider men nominees rolled up a total of votes ranging- from 451 to 700 per individual. Those who were nominated for the board were: R. J. Duckworth, incumbent; Fred Holt; Don M. Jenkins; J. Asho Macfie, incumbent; and J. E. Waters, incumbent. Defeated were: Jerry Jerome, Harry Patton and R. H. Plummer. Fred Holt polled 700 votes to lead the race for nomination for the board of aldermen. The incumbent mayor, A. H. Harris, was not a candidate for nomination. He has served for the past three consecu tive terms. Two incumbent members of the board also did not come out for nomination again. They were: R. P. Kilpatrick and F. E. Shuford. The Democratic nominations for may or and the l>oard are usually considered tantamount to election although regu lar election will not l>e held tmtil Tues day of next week. Dr. Hardin, the nominee for mayor, is 44 years of age and is a native of this county. He attended Brevard high school and Brevard Institute, which was locat ed at the site now occupied by Brevard College. In 1917 he volunteered for service with the A. E. F. in World War NV>. 1. He served 11 months in France. After the close of the war he attended the Atlanta Southern Dental College. For the past 16 years he has been practising dentistry in Brevard. The nominees for the board are all active in civic and business affairs of the town. R. J. Duckworth is vice president and cashier at the Transyl vania Trust company and an incumbent member of the board. Fred Holt is manager of Long's Drug store and one of Brevard’s younger business men. Don Jenkins is manager of the Brevard Lumber company and is also among the younger business men of the town. J. A. Macfie is manager of Maeflle Drug store and a member of the present board. J. E. Waters, a retired business man, is an incumbent member of the board. Local Red Cross Chapter Makes A Shipment To N. J. On Monday of this week the Transyl vania chapter of the American Red Cross made a shipment of articles to the American Red Cross export depot at Jersey City, New Jersey. Miss Elise Walker, supervisor of the Red Cross work room here, has announced. The shipment contained the follow ing articles: 30 hospital bed shirts, 6 men’s sweaters, 9 women’s sweaters, 10 children’s sweaters, 3 beanies, 1 pair child's stockings, 14 pair men’s socks, 2 layettes, contributed by Brevard busi ness houses, and 9 convalescent robes. Miss Walker said that Norman H. Davis, national Red Cross chairman, had just written the local chapter telling them that in spite of the numerous handicaps, shipments continue to go forward continually to war-torn coun tries. She said that she had also re ceived word that shipments to England are being made at the rate of 25 a month. Alexander Named Commissioner On Board of Parole Otto Alexander, state senator from this district has been named on the State Parole Commission by Governor Broughton, according to information reaching here yesterday. It is expected that he will be stationed in the west ern section of the state. Mr. Alexander left here yesterday for Raleigh where he will probably remain for the next two weeks. BREVARD MAYOR NOMINEE DR CARL HARDIN, who was nominated for mayor of Brevard in the Democratic primary held here last Monday. ROSMAN MAYOR NOMINEE A. M. WHITE, who was nomi nated for mayor of Rosman in the non-partisan primary heir there Tuesday. 'AMERICAN LEGION LOCAL POST WILL HAVE AN ELECTION Election Will Be Held at Meet In City Hall Tuesday The local Monroe Wilson Post No. 88 of the American Legion will elect officers for the coming- year at a meet ing in the City Hall next Tuesday even ing at eight o’clock, Jason Huggins, adjutant of the local i>ost has announc ed. He urged that all members attend the meeting to participate in the elec tion. Mr. Huggins pointed out that due to the present national emergency and the part that the American Legion will play in the Home Defense program it is especially important that men be elect ed to the various offices who will ef fectively carry on the Legion’s pro gram for another year. Mr. Huggins revealed that the local post of the legion has enjoyed the larg est paid-up membership during the past year in the history of the poet, and he said he believed that all veterans will again answer the roll call this year. Campaign For Cancer Control Is A Success i Good response to the Cancer Con trol campaign in progress here during April has been reported by the com mittee chairman, Mrs. B. D. Franklin. The drive is sponsored by the Fort nightly club. Clubs, other organizations and in- i dividuals have sent in their enrollment I fees, entitling them to membership in I the national American Society for the Control of Cancer. The campaign came to a close the last day of April, and it is requested by the committee in charge that all member ship dues be turned over to Mrs. Frank lin not later than May 10, which is the date limit for sending all money to na tional headquarters. Mrs. Robert Plummer is in New York City this week buying merchandise for Plummer's Department store. REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION Charter Of Cru&o Cooperative Amended To Include Transylvania 300 WOULD BE SERVED That some 300 rural citizens of Upper Transylvania county in the near future may toe served with electricity under the Rural Electrification set up and spe cifically by the Cruso Electric Member ship corporation became more than a probable reality this week when it was announced that the charter of the Cruso cooperative had been amended to in clude Transylvania, Macon, and Jack son counties. The Cruso electric co operative, with head ofTices in Clyde, Haywood county, at present serves al most six hundred members in Haywood county. County agent, Julian A. Glazener: said here yesterday that representatives of the Rural Electrification Administra tion, the Cruso Electric Membership corporation, county agents Jack Lynn and R. E. Lackey, from Haywood amb Jackson counties, and community rep resentatives from Rosman, Quebec, Lake Toxaway, and Gloucester will meet at the county agent’s office here tonight for detailed discussion and planning for the proposed extension of the Cruso cooperative into Transylvania and the other two counties. Jimmie Moore, gen eral superintendent of the Cruso co operative, will meet with the group. D. L. Pless, president of the organization, is also expected to be preesnt. County agent Glazener declared that much interest had been shown by citi zens of Upper Transylvania in the pro posed electric cooperative and that edu } cational meetings had been held some time ago in the communities of Roman, Quebec, Lake Toxaway, and Gloucester for the purpose of organizing the co operative. Some 200 citizens were In at tendance at these meetings, he said. The last meeting was held three weeks ago. The proposed extension of the Cruso cooperative into Transylvania county would include approximately 100 miles t of line in territory. not now served by other utility companies. The minimum | service per mile of line would be three [ homes. The Cruso corporation, which was | founded two years ago, now has about I 170 miles of line in Haywood county, with the original A-line serving some 175 families and a B-tine extension into the Pine’s Creek section of Haywood serving approximately 400 families. At present the cooperative buys its power wholesale from the Carolina Light and Power Company. The proposed extensions into Jackson, Macon, and Transylvania counties would add about 275 miles of line, D. L. Fless, of Canton, R-2, president, told a repre sentative of The Times this week. Mr. PI ess said that the basic cost per home for servicing by the Cruso co operative woukl be a $6.00 membership fee and a minimum rate per month of $1.50. BAPTISTS WILL STUDY COURSE IN S. S. WORK Five-Day Course For Teachers To Be Conducted Here May 5-9 The Sunday School department of the First Baptist church of Brevard has planned a study course designed for its officers and teachers and for all oth ers interested in the mission and pur pose of the school. The study course will be carried on from Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 9, officials of Sun day school department said. The classes will be at the First Baptist church. Classes in the course will begin at 7:30 o’clock each evening during the five-day period. The evening will be divided into two class periods for study with a short fellowship intermission be tween the classes. The courses of study and the teach ers for the respective courses have been announced as follows: Outline of Bible History, to be taught by the Rev. B. "W. Thomason, pastor of the church; Adult Department of the Sunday School, with Rev. W. S. Price, pastor of the Fnon Baptist church, as teacher; Young People’s Department of the Sun day School, teacher to be announced later; Teaching Young People to Teach, with Julian A. Glazener, county farm agent, aa teacher; and New Testament Studies, Mrs. A. B. Galloway, teacher.
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